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 ATLANTA: GEO. W. HARRISON 18920000 English

ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 1892. 18920000 Compiled and Published by Authority. ATLANTA, GEORGIA: GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER. (Franklin Publishing House.) 1893. GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER, Atlanta, Ga.

TABLE OF TITLES. PART I.PUBLIC LAWS. TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE II.TAXES AND PUBLIC DEBT. TITLE III.CONSTITUTION. TITLE IV.CODE AMENDMENTS. TITLE V.SUPERIOR COURTS. TITLE VI.MILITARY. TITLE VII.EDUCATION. TITLE VIII.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE IX.MISCELLANEOUS. PART II.CORPORATIONS. TITLE I.BANKS. PART III.LOCAL LAWS. TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. TITLE II.CITY AND COUNTY COURTS. TITLE III.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE IV.REGISTRATION, LIQUOR AND GAME. TITLE V.MISCELLANEOUS. PART IV.PRIVATE LAWS. PART V.RESOLUTIONS.

STATUTES OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1892. PART I.Public Laws. TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE II.TAXES AND PUBLIC DEBT. TITLE III.CONSTITUTION. TITLE IV.CODE AMENDMENTS. TITLE V.SUPERIOR COURTS. TITLE VI.MILITARY. TITLE VII.EDUCATION. TITLE VIII.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE IX.MISCELLANEOUS.

TITLE I. APPROPRIATIONS. ACTS. General Appropriation Act. Special Appropriation to Institute for Deaf and Dumb. Special Appropriation for State Technological School. Special Appropriation for Lunatic Asylum. Special Appropriation for Academy for the Blind. For Cost of Paving in Front of Governor's Mansion.

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GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT. No. 132. An Act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Departments of the Government, payment of public debt and the interest thereon, and for the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State for each of the fiscal years 1893 and 1894 and to supply deficiencies in such appropriations for the years 1891 and 1892, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated on account of the Executive Department of the Government, for each of the fiscal years 1893 and 1894 to the persons and for the purposes respectively hereinafter mentioned and set forth: Executive Department. For salary of the Governor of the State, three thousand dollars. Governor. For salary of the Secretary of State, two thousand dollars. Secretary of State. For salary of the Treasurer of State, two thousand dollars. Treasurer. For salary of the Comptroller-General of State, two thousand dollars. Comptroller-General. For salary of the Attorney-General of State, two thousand dollars. Attorney-General. For salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture, two thousand dollars. Commissioner of Agriculture. For salary of the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary, two thousand dollars. Principal Keeper of Penitentiary. For salary of the Assistant Keeper of the Penitentiary, twelve hundred dollars. Assistant Keeper of Penitentiary. For salary of the Principal Physician of the Penitentiary, two thousand dollars. Principal Physician of Peniten tiary. For salary of the Railroad Commissioners (each), twenty-five hundred dollars. Railroad Commissioners Clerk of Railroad Commission. For salary of the Clerk of the Railroad Commission, fifteen hundred dollars. For salary of the State School Commissioner, two thousand dollars. State School Commissioner. For salary of the State Librarian, eighteen hundred dollars. State Librarian.

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For salary of the Assistant Librarian, eight hundred dollars. Assistant Librarian. For salary of the Resident Physician of the Asylum, twenty-five hundred dollars. Resident Physician Asylum. For salaries of Secretaries and Clerk of the Executive office, six thousand dollars. Secretaries and Clerks Executive Department. For salary of Clerk of Secretary of State, one thousand dollars. Clerk of Secretary of State. For salary of Clerk of Treasurer of State, sixteen hundred dollars. Clerk of State Treasurer. For salaries of Clerks in the Comptroller-General's office, including the Insurance Department and Clerk in the Wildland office, four thousand dollars. Clerks of Comptroller-General. Clerk of Commissioner of Agriculture. For salary of Clerk of Commissioner of Agriculture, twelve hundred dollars. For salary of the Clerk of State School Commissioner, twelve hundred dollars. Clerk of State School Commissioner. For salary of Clerk of State Bank Examiner, the sum of twelve hundred dollars for 1892, and the further sum of twelve hundred dollars for each of the years 1893 and 1894. Clerk of State Bank Examiner. For services of Stenographer of Attorney-General as provided by the act of 1891, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for 1891 and the sum of six hundred dollars for 1892, and the sum of six hundred dollars for each of the years 1893 and 1894. Stenographer of Attorney-General. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and they are, hereby appropriated on account of the Judicial Department of the Government for each of the fiscal years 1893 and 1894, and to supply the deficiencies in such appropriations for the year 1890 to the persons, and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and set forth, viz.: Judicial Department. For salaries of Supreme Court Judges (each), three thousand dollars. Supreme Court Judges. For salaries of Superior Court Judges (each), two thousand dollars. Superior Court Judges. For salaries of Solicitors-General (each), two hundred and fifty dollars, and the further sum of eleven dollars and fifty-six cents, balance of undrawn salary of W. J. Nunnally as Solicitor-General of the Rome circuit, being amount due said Solicitor-General for the quarter ending June 30th, 1890. Solicitors-General. For salaries of Supreme Court Reporters (each), two thousand dollars. Supreme Court Reporters. For salaries of Supreme Court Stenographers (each), fifteen hundred dollars. Supreme Court Stenographers.

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For salary of Sheriff of the Supreme Court, one thousand dollars. Sheriff Supreme Court. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated for and on account of the Legislative Department for each of the fiscal years 1893 and 1894, to the persons, and for the purposes herein mentioned and set forth, viz.: Legislative Department. That for the compensation of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives there is hereby appropriated the sum of seven dollars per diem each, during the session of the General Assembly, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile, by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the capitol. President Senate and Speaker House of Representatives. For compensation of members of the General Assembly, four dollars per diem each, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile, by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the capitol. Members General Assembly. For compensation of the Secretary of the Senate, the sum of sixty dollars per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of the Senate, as provided by the act of October 8, 1879. Secretary of Senate. For compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the sum of seventy dollars per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of the House of Representatives, as provided by the act of October 8, 1879. Clerk House of Representatives. For compensation of the Doorkeeper of the Senate, Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, Messenger of the Senate, Messenger of the House of Representatives, Postmistress of the House of Representatives, (each), four dollars per diem, and the same mileage allowed members of the General Assembly. Doorkeepers and Messengers Senate and House Repsentatives. Postmistress House of Representatives. For compensation of three Gallery-keepers of the Senate and three for the House of Representatives, four dollars per diem each. Gallery Keepers. For compensation of one Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate and three Assistant Doorkeepers of the House of Representatives, four dollars per diem each. Assistant Doorkeepers. For compensation of the Chaplain of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives (each), one hundred dollars for the session. Chaplains. For compensation for four Porters of the Senate and seven Porters of the House of Representatives, two dollars per diem each. Porters.

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For compensation of four Pages of the Senate and seven Pages of the House of Representatives, two dollars per diem each. Pages. For compensation of one Attendant of the Senate and one Attendant of the House of Representatives for services in keeping and cleaning the water-closets at the capitol during the session, two dollars per diem each. Attendant. For compensation of the several Committeemen of the Senate and House of Representatives in visiting the various public institutions of the State, to be paid on an itemized statement furnished by the members of said committees, twenty-five dollars each to defray the entire expenses of each member for the whole service or so much thereof as may be necessary; provided, they shall only receive an amount equal to the money actually paid out by them. Committees. For compensation of R. C. Mizell for twenty-one days services as sergeant-at-arms to the special joint committee to investigate charges against Judge George F. Gober, the sum of eighty-four dollars, and that the witnesses summoned in the said investigation committee be paid two dollars per diem while in attendance upon said investigation, and three cents per mile each way from their respective homes to Atlanta by the nearest practicable route, said witnesses to make proper affidavits as to miles traveled and number of days in attendance, and said accounts to be audited by the Gober investigation committee. The sum of four hundred and twenty-five ($425.00) to pay C. B. Conyers, stenographer of committee to investigate the charges against Judge George F. Gober in full for his services. Sergeant-at-Arms to Special Joint Committee. Witnesses. Stenographer. To the Postmistress of the House of Representatives for session of 1892, the same compensation as is fixed by this act for the session of 1893. Postmistress House of Representatives for Session 1892. To pay the incidental expenses of the General Assembly, to be paid on an itemized account presented to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate and by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, eighty-five dollars for the House of Representatives and fifty dollars for the Senate, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Incidental expenses of General Assembly. To pay the bill for stationery furnished the General Assembly, seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Stationery for General Assembly. That the sum of thirty-two dollars be appropriated to the Secretary of the Senate for draping the desk of the deceased Senator Reuben Jones. Draping desk of deceased Senator.

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Also the sum of forty-two dollars and sixty-seven cents ($42[UNK]) for supplying committee rooms with chairs and hatracks, both of the foregoing expenditures being ordered by the Senate. Supplying Committee rooms with chairs and hat racks. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated for and on account of the public institutions of the State for each of the fiscal years 1893 and 1894, and to supply deficiencies in such appropriations for the years 1891-'92 as follows: Public institutions. For the support and maintenance of the Academy of the Blind and for salaries of its officers, sixteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Academy of the Blind. For the support and maintenance of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and pay of its officers, attachs, etc., nineteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the sum of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifteen cents is hereby appropriated to cover the deficit for the years 1891 and 1892. Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. For the support and maintenance of the Lunatic Asylum, two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended only when directed by the Board of Trustees, and the Governor is authorized to make monthly an advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses of said asylum; provided, that the Governor shall require of the susperintendent and resident physician an itemized statement, monthly, of all the expenditures, which statement shall be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees, out of which ordinary repairs may be paid for; said amounts to be expended at such times and in such amounts as may be approved by the Board of Trustees; provided, said amounts are for absolute and necessary repairs, and the expenditure of same meets the approval of the Governor. Lunatic Asylum. For State University at Athens, the sum of eight thousand dollars. State University. For State University, for the support and maintenance of the School of Technology, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; provided, however, that this appropriation shall not be available, unless the trustees make a rule prohibiting any county having more than six free scholarships in the school and providing a reasonable tuition fee for all in addition to that number; provided further, that work and products of the shops of the school shall not be used to underbid the work and products of other local

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industries of the same kind in the State; provided further, that the Chairman of the Local Board of Trustees of said institution report to the Governor, before the session of 1893, of this General Assembly, to be submitted to the same, the number of teachers and other employees with their names and amount of salaries paid each, a catalogue of students showing their place of residence, from whom and how much is collected in tuition fees, an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures, disposition of the products of the shops, etc., and shall continue to make such reports annually before the meeting of the General Assembly. Further, that this shall apply to all educational institutions supported by the State; and that the same be printed and bound under the title of Reports of Educational Institutions for public information and the use of the General Assembly. School of Technology. No county to have more than six free scholarships. Tuition fee. Work and products not to be used to underbid those of other industries. Reports by Chairman Board of Trustees. Made applicable to all educational institutions supported by State. Printing, etc., of reports. For State University, for the support and maintenance of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, twenty-two thousand nine hundred dollars, and the further sum of one thousand for the improvement of the grounds, an itemized statement of which shall be furnished the Governor after the work is completed; also to pay annual appropriation as provided for in act of November 8, 1889, of eleven thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. Georgia Normal and Industrial College. For State University, for support, maintenance and repairs on building of the North Georgia Agricultural College, a branch of the University located at Dahlonega, the sum of three thousand dollars; provided, that under no pretext whatever, whether as tuition, matriculation fee, incidental expenses or otherwise, shall said college charge exceeding ten dollars per year, or five dollars per term for each pupil; and provided further, that any charge made in excess of said sum shall work a forfeiture of said appropriation. North Georgia Agricultural College. For the University for Colored People, under the act approved November 26th, 1890, the sum of eight thousand dollars, to be drawn only in accordance with the conditions prescribed in said act. University for colored people. For the payment of the interest known as the Land Scrip Fund, and due the State University, six thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars and fourteen cents. Land Scrip Fund. For the support of the common schools, six hundred thousand dollars, and whatever funds may be in the treasury at the time of making the apportionment, as required by section 1271, Code 1882, which funds properly belong to the school fund, as provided by laws now of force and enumerated in section 1272 of

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Code 1882. Should the returns of taxable property for the years 1893 and 1894 prove to be greater than four hundred and seventy-five million dollars, then, and in that case, the sums arising from the general tax levy upon said returns of taxable property in excess of four hundred and seventy-five million dollars is hereby appropriated to the common school fund of the State, in addition to the six hundred thousand dollars appropriated by this act for each of the years 1893 and 1894, and in addition to the moneys appropriated by existing laws to the common school fund. Support of Common Schools. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated to pay the recognized valid debt of the State, as follows: Public debt. To pay the interest maturing in each of the years 1893 and 1894, the sum of three hundred and sixty-eight thousand eight hundred and thirty-five dollars. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated for the following miscellaneous purposes necessary for the support of the State Government for the years 1893 and 1894: Miscellaneous appropriations. For the Department of Agriculture, the sum of ten thousand dollars, as provided by section 1465(f), Code 1882. Department of Agriculture. For salary of Chemist of Agricultural Department, the sum of three thousand dollars, as provided by section 1553(c), Code 1882; and for salaries of two Assistant Chemists, as provided by the act of 1891, the sum of one thousand dollars each. Said salaries of the Chemist and his assistants shall be paid out of the fees arising from the inspection of fertilizers. Chemist. Assistant Chemists. For replenishing chemicals and apparatus used by the State Chemist and his assistants, a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, said sum to be paid from fees arising from the inspection of fertilizers, as provided for in act of 1891. Replenishing chemicals and apparatus. For geological survey, the sum of eight thousand dollars, as provided by act of 1889. Geological survey. For the contingent fund, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of which shall be paid the fees of counsel in what is known as the county tax cases against railroads; also, out of which contingent fund shall be paid to R. F. Watts, of Stewart county, the sum of twenty-eight dollars and forty-eight cents, for mileage and per diem as a witness for the betterments case, tried by commissioners appointed by the Governor in 1890, and out of which sum

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five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to defray the expenses of the Board of Visitors and Managers to the Experiment Station. And the sum of one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the use of the State Board of Pharmacy for analyzing and preventing the sale of adulterated drugs and medicines, as provided by an act approved September 28th, 1881. Contingent Fund. Counsel fees in County Railroad Tax Cases. R. F. Watts for mileage and per diem as witness. Board of visitors and managers Experiment Station. State Board of Pharmacy. For contingent expenses Railroad Commission in paying incidental expenses of office, the hire of a porter, etc., the sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Contingent Expenses Railr ad Commission. For the contingent expenses of the Supreme Court, in paying for the necessary printing, stationery, purchasing record books, binding opinions of the court, hiring a porter, etc., the sum of twelve hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Contingent Expenses Supreme Court. For the printing fund, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of which fund one thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary, shall be paid for the publication and distribution of such final reports of the State Geologist as are ready, together with necessary maps and illustrations. Printing fund. Reports of State Geologist, etc. For the printing fund of the Railroad Commission, the sum of one thousand dollars to pay for such printing and advertising as the commissioners may deem necessary for the proper carrying on the business of said commission, as directed by law. Printing Fund Railroad Commission. For repairs to the public buildings, to purchase coal, wood, gas and furniture for the executive mansion and the various departments of the State Government, to pay the hire of engineers, guards, servants at the mansion and a porter for each department of State, including the School Commissioner, Commissioner of Agriculture and Attorney-General and general incidental expenses, and such other laborers as may be necessary, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of which sum two thousand dollars shall be paid to the Keeper of Public Buildings for salary of each of the years 1893 and 1894; provided, there shall be an itemized account of the various matters upon which these payments are made, presented to the Governor before he issues his warrant therefor; and the further sum of four thousand five hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, for repairs of sewers, buildings and fences of executive mansion and grounds and for refurnishing executive mansion with carpets, furniture,

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etc., the same to be expended under the direction of the Governor. Repairs to public buildings, etc. Engineers, guards, servants, etc. Salary keeper public buildings. Itemized accounts to be presented. Repairs of Executive Mansion and grounds, etc. For expenses of officers in visiting and inspecting convict camps, as provided by section 4821(h) of Code 1882, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of which shall be paid the deficiency for the year 1892. Inspection, etc. of convict camps. For insurance of public property, as provided by the act of 1883, the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Insurance public property. For organizing, arming and equipping the voluteer forces of the State, as provided by the act of 1889, the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Volunteer forces. For Public Library, to be expended as the judges of the Supreme Court may direct, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be paid from the Supreme Court Reports. Public Library. For printing Supreme Court Reports, as provided by section 228 Code, the sum of nine thousand dollars. Printing Supreme Court Reports. For binding the Journal, as provided by the act of 1889, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars. Binding Journals. To pay the salaries of the trustees of the Lunatic Asylum and actual railroad fare in going to and returning from Milledgeville, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, as provided by act of 1889. Trustees Lunatic Asylum. To pay the trustees of the State University, as provided by act of 1889, the sum of four dollars per diem, for expenses at the meetings of the Board of Trustees, and actual fare to and from place of meeting. Trustees State University. To pay maimed and disabled Confederate soldiers, as provided by act of November 11th, 1889, the sum of one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Maimed and disabled Confederate soldiers. To pay the widows of such Confederate soldiers as may have died in the services of the Confederate States or since from wounds received therein or disease contracted in the service of such Confederate States, the sum of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Widows of Confederate soldiers. To pay the fees of Solicitors-General in criminal cases before the Supreme Court such amount as may be due under the fee bill, as provided in section 1646 Code. Fees of Solicitors-General in Supreme Court. To pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court his salary, if the costs in the Supreme Court do not amount to the sum now allowed by law for compensation of said Clerk, an amount equal to the

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difference between the actual amount of cost and the amount due said Clerk as salary, which amount of difference shall be paid when certified by the Judges of the Supreme Court, as provided by section 225(a), Code 1882. Salary Clerk Supreme Court. To pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court the costs due him in proper criminal cases returned to the Supreme Court of this State, such a sum as shall be reported by said Clerk to the Governor, under the seal of said court, before receiving compensation therefor, as provided by act 1857. Cost Clerk Supreme Court in pauper criminal cases. To pay chaplains and committees visiting the various convict camps, as required by Code 1882 ( addenda ), sections 4813(l) and 4813(o), the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Chaplains and Committees visiting convict camps. To pay for engraving and printing the bonds, advertising expenses and other charges necessary in floating the bonds, as required by the act of 1891, the sum of nine hundred and seventy-five dollars and forty-seven cents. Engraving and printing bonds, etc. SEC. 7. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in making the appropriations hereinbefore mentioned, that when said appropriations are to be paid to persons, or for particular objects, same shall be paid from the funds arising from the sources now provided by law. From what fund [Illegible Text] to be paid. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the respective amounts appropriated by this act for salaries of the various State house officers and clerical expenses of the various departments shall be held and considered in full payment thereof, and such amounts shall not be increased, directly or indirectly by payment of additional sums from the contingent or any other fund to such officers, their clerks or any person, by way of extra compensation or for extra services or extra assistance rendered to such officers, in any department of said government; and should such extra service or extra assistance become necessary to said officers, or in said departments, the same shall be paid for out of the amounts respectively appropriated by this act for salaries of the various State house officers and for the clerical expenses of said officers, nor shall any money be paid from any fund to any officer or person, as a salary or otherwise, unless the same is authorized by law and the money duly appropriated therefor. Extra compensation forbidden. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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SPECIAL APPROPRIATION TO THE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. No. 84. An Act to appropriate the sum of five thousand five hundred ($5,500) dollars to the Georgia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, to be used for the purpose of material improvement to the grounds and buildings, to provide for the additional safety and comfort for the inmates, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum of five thousand five hundred ($5,500) dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Georgia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, to be expended by the Board of Trustees for the following purposes: Amount appropriated. For finishing rooms in dormitory, $800 00 For increasing capacity of stand pipe, 650 00 For piping building for fire protection, 500 00 For plumbing for boys and girls' lavatory, 500 00 For repairs to building, colored department, 500 00 For repairs to building, white department (new blinds for dormitory and new floors), 800 00 For furniture for schools and otherwise, 1,000 00 For drainage of grounds, 500 00 For fencing, 250 00 Total, $5,500 00 SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. For what purposes. Approved December 20, 1892. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. No. 91. An Act to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia a sufficient sum of money to restore the machinery and equipment of the State Technological School, lately destroyed by fire, and for other purposes.

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WHEREAS, The machinery and equipment of the mechanical department of the State Technological School was lately destroyed by fire; and Preamble WHEREAS, It is important that this branch of training should be continued in the State; therefore SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the trustees of the University of Georgia to be used for the purpose of purchasing machinery and equipment necessary to restore the mechanical department of said Technological School, and put the same in order for the use of said school. Twenty thousand dollars appropriated. For machinery and equipment. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. No. 94. An Act to appropriate certain sums of money for the State Lunatic Asylum, to be used in building fire walls in the halls of said institution, for adding two stories to one of the amusement halls, to build a cottage for the assistant physician, and for enlarging the laundry. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum of fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and is, hereby appropriated to the Lunatic Asylum, to be used by the trustees of said asylum for the following specified purposes: For building fire walls in the several halls of said institution, the sum of twelve hundred dollars; for putting two additional stories on one of the amusement halls, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars; for building a cottage for residence of the assistant physician, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; and for enlarging the laundry, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. Fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars appropriated. Purposes for which to be used. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That these sums, or any part thereof, may be drawn from the treasury by warrant of the Governor whenever the bills for

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such improvements have been approved by the trustees of theasylum and the Governor. How and when sums may be drawn. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION TO THE ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. No. 100. An Act to appropriate four thousand dollars to the Academy for the Blind, to be used for the purpose of material improvement to the grounds and buildings and to provide for the additional safety and comfort of the inmates of said institution, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000), or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the Academy for the Blind to be expended by the trustees thereof for the following purposes, to-wit: The material improvement of the buildings and grounds of said institution, for furniture for said institution and for-providing suitable fire escapes for the buildings of said institution. Four thousand dollars appropriated. Purposes for which to be used. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. FOR COST OF PAVING IN FRONT OF GOVERNOR'S MANSION. No. 125. An Act to appropriate six hundred and fifty-seven and eleven one-hundreths ($657.11) dollars to pay one-third of the cost of paving Peachtree street in the city of Atlanta in front of the Governor's mansion, to authorize the Governor to draw his warrant for the same, and for other purposes.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia. That from and after the passage of this act, the sum of six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eleven cents be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to pay one-third of the cost of paving Peachtree street in the city of Atlanta in front of the Governor's mansion. Six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eleven cents appropriated. To pay one-third costs of paving. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of the city of Atlanta to pay the sum set forth in section 1 of this act, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated. Warrants to be drawn in favor of city of Atlanta. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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TITLE II. TAXES AND PUBLIC DEBT. ACTS. General Tax Act. Repealing Act Creating Board of Equalization. Providing Sinking Fund to Retire Maturing State Bonds. GENERAL TAX ACT. No. 133. An Act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and the public institutions; for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only; to pay the interest on the public debt, and to pay maimed Confederate soldiers and widows of Confederates such amounts as are allowed them by law for each of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and to prescribe what persons, professions and property are liable to taxation; to prescribe the methods of receiving and collecting said taxes; to prescribe the method of ascertaining the property of this State subject to taxation; prescribe additional questions to be propounded to tax-payers, and to provide penalties and forfeitures for non-payment of taxes, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Governor be authorized and empowered, with the assistance of the Comptroller-General, to assess and levy a tax on the taxable property of this State for each of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four of two mills and ninety-three one hundredths of a mill, and the Governor be, and is, hereby

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authorized and empowered, by and with the assistance of the Comptroller-General, to assess and levy, in addition to the foregoing general State tax, a tax of one mill and forty-four one hundredths of a mill for each of the years eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four on all of the taxable property of this State, for the purpose of raising the funds necessary to meet the appropriations of this General Assembly for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only. General ad valorem tax for 1893 and 1894. General tax for educational purposes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the ad valorem tax on real estate and personal property, as required by the Constitution, and provided for in the preceding section, the following specific taxes shall be levied and collected for each of the said fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Specific taxes. First. Upon each and every male inhabitant of the State, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, on the days fixed for return of property for taxation, a poll tax of one dollar, which shall be for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only; provided, this tax shall not be demanded of blind persons, nor of crippled, maimed or disabled Confederate soldiers, relieved of such taxes under and by authority of an act approved July 23, 1883. Poll tax. Persons exempt. Second. Upon every practitioner of law, medicine or dentistry, presidents of each of the banks of the State, each agent or firm negotiating loans and charging therefor, the presidents of each of the railroad companies, presidents of each of the express, telegraph, telephone, electric light and gas companies doing business in this State, and in case the presidents of any such companies do not reside in this State, then in such case, upon the superintendent or general agent of such companies who may reside in this State, ten dollars, and no municipal corporation or county authorities shall levy any additional tax on said professions either as a license fee or otherwise. Lawyers, physicians, dentists, loan ag'ts corpor ation, presidents, superintendents or general agents. No additional tax by municipal corporations. Third. Upon every daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic and similar artist, ten [Illegible Text] in each county in which they may carry on business. Photographic and similar artists. Fourth. Upon every person carrying on the business of auctioneer, for pay or compensation, twenty-five dollars for each county in which they may carry on such business. Auctioncers. Fifth. Upon every keeper of a pool, billiard or bagatelle table, kept for public use, whether in a saloon, barroom, hotel or other public place, twenty-five dollars for each table. Keepers of billiard tables, etc.

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Sixth. Upon every keeper of any other table, stand or place for the performance of any game or play, and upon the keeper of any flying horses, or any other game or play (unless kept for exercise or amusement not prohibited by law and not kept for gain, directly or indirectly), twenty-five dollars in each county. Keepers of other tables, games, etc. Seventh. Upon every keeper of a ten pin alley or alley of like character, kept for public play, and upon every keeper of a shooting gallery, twenty-five dollars for each place of business. Ten pin and other alleys. Shooting gatheries. Eighth. Upon every travelling vendor of patent or proprietary medicines, special nostrums, jewelry, paper, soap or other merchandise, fifty dollars in each county where they may offer such articles for sale. Travelling venders of patent medicines, etc. Ninth. Upon every local insurance agent or firm of agents doing business in this State, ten dollars for each county in which they shall solicit business, and upon every agent of a matrimonial, natal or nuptial company, one hundred dollars for each county in which they shall do business, and upon every traveling or special or general agent of life, fire, accident or other insurance company doing business in this State, fifty dollars, which said tax must be paid before said agents shall be authorized to act as agents for any of their companies. Said tax shall be paid by said companies to the Comptroller-General, and shall be in addition to the license fee required of insurance companies by the act approved October 24th, 1887. The receipts of the Comptroller-General for the payment of this tax, together with his certificate as provided by said act approved October 24th, 1887, shall constitute the license for said agents to transact business for their companies as designated by said certificates; provided, this tax shall not be required of agents of assessment life insurance companies or mutual aid societies; provided further, that railroad ticket agents selling accident insurance tickets shall not be deemed insurance agents in the sense of this section, and this section shall not apply to railroad ticket agents selling accident insurance tickets, and that railroad ticket agents who sell accident insurance tickets shall not be required to pay the said tax. Local insurance agents, etc. Special or general insurance agents. To whom tax to be paid by such agents. What shall constitute the license of such agents. Not required of agents of assessment or mutual aid companies. Nor of railroad ticket agents selling accident insurance. Tenth. Upon each emigrant agent or employer or employee of such agents doing business in this State, the sum of five hundred dollars for each county in which such business is conducted. Emigrant agents, etc. Eleventh. Upon every traveling vendor using boats for the purpose of selling goods on the rivers or waters within the limits of the State, the sum of fifty dollars in each county

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where they may sell their wares, and said tax shall be a lien on the boat and its contents, without regard to the ownership thereof. Venders using boats. Lien for tax. Twelfth Upon all itinerant lightning rod dealers or agents, the sum of fifty dollars for each and every county in which they operate. [Illegible Text] lightning rod dealers or agents. Thirteenth. Upon all shows and exhibitions (except such as histrionic, musical, operatic and elocutionary), including the side-shows accompanying circus companies, fifty dollars in each and every city or town of five thousand inhabitants; forty dollars in cities or towns of four thousand and under five thousand inhabitants, and thirty dollars in towns of less than four thousand inhabitants. Said tax, so collected, shall be for educational purposes. Shows and exhibitions. Fourteenth. Upon every circus company or others, giving an exhibition beneath or within a canvas enclosure advertised in print or by parade, or in any manner whatsoever as a circus, [Illegible Text], hippodrome, spectacle or show implying a circus, three hundred dollars each day it may exhibit in the State of Georgia. Said tax shall be for educational purposes. To be for educational purposes. Circuses, etc. Fifteenth. Upon all dealers in spirituous or malt liquors, intoxicating bitters or brandy fruits or domestic wines, whether dealing in any or all thereof, one hundred dollars for each place of business in each county where the same are sold; provided, this tax shall not relieve such dealers from any local tax or prohibitory law in reference to the retail of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, nor be required of those who sell by wholesale spirits manufactured of apples, peaches, grapes, blackberries or other fruits grown on their own lands when sold in quantities not less than five gallons; provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to levy a tax on dealers in domestic wines manufactured from grapes or berries purchased by or grown on lands owned, leased or rented by said dealer. Said tax shall be for educational purposes. Liquor de ders. Tax to be for educational purposes. Sixteenth. Upon all dealers in pistols, toy pistols shooting cartridges, dirks, Bowie knives or metal knucks, one hundred dollars for each place of business in each county where the same are sold. Dealers in pistols, etc. Seventeenth. Upon every individual or firm, or his or their agents, engaged in the business of selling or buying through regularly organized stock and cotton exchanges or boards of trade, farm products, sugar, coffee and salt and meat, railroad stock and bonds, and stock and bonds of all kinds, not intended for bona fide sale and delivery, but for future delivery (commonly

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called futures), one thousand dollars each per annum for each county where such business is carried on; provided, that this tax shall not be demanded of any cotton warehouseman, dealer in cotton, or any provision broker who takes orders in the regular course of their trade only for the actual and bona fide delivery of cotton and other produce so ordered, and where by the terms of the contract it is not left to the option of the party so ordering, or the party taking such order, to avoid the delivery of the produce or products, by paying the difference in the market price of such produce or products at the time of delivery; provided further, that such cotton warehouseman, dealer in actual cotton, or any provision broker does not carry on the business of buying futures in connection with his or their other business, and upon every individual or firm, or his or their agents, engaged in a like business, when they take orders on their own account and determine the loss or gain between them and their patrons by market reports received from any other source whatever, and whose business is generally denominated bucket shops, the sum of ten thousand dollars. Dealers in futures. Not applicable to those taking orders for actual delivery, etc. If dealing in futures not also carried on. Bucket shops. Eighteenth. Upon every peddler of stoves or ranges for cooking purposes, the sum of one hundred dollars in every county in which such peddler may do business. Peddlers of stoves or ranges. Nineteenth. Upon every person or firm, for himself or agent for resident or non-resident owners, who holds or keeps for hire or sale any billiard, pool or other table of like character, fifty dollars for each county in which such person or firm does business. Sellers, etc. of billiard and like tables. Twentieth. Upon each peddler of clocks one hundred dollars in each county of the State in which said peddler may do business. Clock peddlers. Twenty-first. Upon all itinerant doctors, dentists, opticians or specialists of any kind, doing business in this State, ten dollars for each county in which they may do business; provided, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to persons whose fixed place of business is in a county of this State and have paid the tax required by paragraph 2 of section 2. Itinerant doctors, dentists, etc. Twenty-second. Upon all packing houses or dealers doing a a cold storage business in this State, whether carried on by the owners thereof or by their agents, five hundred dollars in each county where said business is carried on. Packing houses or cold storage. Twenty-third. Upon all brewing companies, and upon each agent of non-resident brewing companies, two hundred dollars. Breweries.

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Twenty-fourth. Upon each pawnbroker, fifty dollars for each place of business. Pawnbrokers. Twenty-fifth. Upon all mercantile and collecting agencies, commercial agencies, and all other agencies of like character, fifty dollars in every county where they have an established office. Collecting and commercial agencies, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the taxes provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 2 of this act shall be returned to the tax-receiver in the county of the residence of the person liable to such tax, and shall by the receiver of tax returns be entered upon his digest of taxable property, and that the taxes provided for in paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of section 2 of this act shall be returned and paid to the tax-collectors of the counties where such vocations are carried on. Tax returns and payment. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the taxes provided for in paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of section 2 of this act shall be paid in full for the fiscal years for which they are levied, to the tax-collectors of the counties where such vocations are carried on at the time of commencing to do business specified in said paragraphs. Before any person taxed by paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of section 2 of this act shall be authorized to carry on said business, they shall go before the ordinary of the county in which they propose to do business and register their names, place of business, and at the same time pay their taxes to the tax-collector; and it shall be the duty of said ordinary to immediately notify the Comptroller-General and the tax-collector. Any person failing to register with the ordinary, or having registered, failing to pay the tax as herein required, shall be liable to indictment for misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than [Illegible Text] the tax, or be imprisoned as prescribed by section 4310 of the Code, or both in the discretion of the court; one-half of said fine shall be applied to the payment of the tax, and the other to the fund of fines and for-feitures for use of officers of court. Payment of taxes on vocations. Registration of business, etc. Penalty for-failure to register. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foreign and home insurance companies doing business in this State shall pay one per centum on all premiums, in money or otherwise, received by them; provided, this shall not include return premiums on cancelled policies; and, in addition to the

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tax imposed by this act upon the gross receipts of such insurance companies, all such companies doing brokerage business in this State, such as discounting notes, bills, drafts or exchange, lending money or in any manner doing a business pertaining to banking or brokerage business, shall be taxed upon the capital so employed in the same manner and at the same rate as other moneyed capital in the hands of private individuals is taxed. Tax on gross receipts of insurance companies. Additional tax where brokerage or banking business is done. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foreign and home fidelity guarantee companies, or other companies furnishing bonds, or similar associations, doing business in this State, shall pay one per centum on all premiums in money or otherwise received by them, and the agents, general, special or local, as the case may be, of said companies shall make returns to the Comptroller-General on the same terms and in the same manner as insurance companies. Tax on gross receipts of guaranty and similar companies. How returns to be made. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the presidents of all building and loan associations, and other associations of like character, shall be required to return to the tax-receiver of the county where such associations are located, at its true market value, the stock of such associations owned by the stockholders thereof (upon which, as shown by the books of such associations, no advance has been made or money borrowed thereon by the individual stockholders therein), to be taxed as other moneyed capital in the hands of private individuals is taxed; provided, this shall not exempt such associations from paying the fees required by the act approved October 19th, 1891. Returns of building and loan and similar associations. Tax upon stock in. etc. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the presidents of all manufacturing and other incorporated companies (or their agents), other than railroad, insurance, telegraph, telephone, express, sleeping and palace car companies, shall be required to return all their property whatever, of their respective companies, at its true market value to the tax-receiver of the county where the same is located, or where the principal business of each company is located, to be taxed for State and county purposes as other property in this State is taxed: save and except, that all canal or slackwater navigation companies shall make through their respective executive officers or stockholders in possession of the same, returns to the tax-receiver of each county in which the same is located or through which the same shall pass, in whole or in part, of the right of way, locks and dams, toll houses, structures and all other real estate owned or used by the company or the stockholders

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thereof; provided, this act shall not make subject to taxation any property of canal or navigation companies which is not subject to taxation by the laws of the State as now existing. The president of every manufacturing company shall be required to answer under oath, in addition to those now provided by law, the following questions: Returns, generally of corporations. Returns of canal or slack water navigation companies. Questions to be answered by presidents of manufacturing companies. First. What is the value of raw material on hand on the day fixed for return of property for taxation? Second. What is the value of manufactured goods or articles on hand on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation? Third. What amount of money, bonds, notes, accounts and choses in action of every kind did you own on the day fixed for return of property for taxation? Fourth. What other property of every kind did your company own on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation? And such company shall be taxed upon its entire property so ascertained. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons or companies, including railroad companies doing an express or telegraph business and charging the public therefor, in this State, shall pay two and one-half per centum on their gross receipts, and all persons, or the superintendent or general agent of each telegraph or express company, or the president of each railroad company doing such business in this State, shall make a quarterly return, under oath, as follows: On the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year, to the Comptroller-General, showing a full account of their gross receipts during the quarter ending on such date; and said taxes herein levied upon such gross receipts as shown by said quaterly returns, shall be paid by the respective persons or companies to the Comptroller-General at the same time of making such returns; the gross receipts herein named shall be construed to mean the full amount of all money received from business done within this State. If any person, superintendent, agent or president, as the case may be, whose duty it is to make returns under this paragraph, shall fail to do so within thirty days after the time herein required, such person, superintendent, agent or president shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882. Tax on persons or companies doing express or telegraph business. Returns of such persons or companies. To whom and when tax to be paid. Meaning of gross receipts. Penalty for failure to make returns. Second. That each telephone company shall pay a tax of one dollar for each telephone station or box with instruments complete, rented or used by their subscribers, and the superintendent

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or general manager of the company shall make returns under oath and payments to the Comptroller-General on the dates named in the first paragraph of this section. Tax on telephone companies. Returns and payment of tax. Third. That each non-resident, person or company whose sleeping cars are run in this State shall be taxed as follows: Ascertain the whole number of miles of railroads over which such sleeping cars are run, and ascertain the entire value of all sleeping cars of such person or company, then tax such sleeping cars at the regular tax rate imposed upon the property of this State, in the same proportion to the entire value of such sleeping cars that the length of the lines in this State over which such cars run bears to the length of the lines of all railroads over which such sleeping cars are run. The return shall be made to the Comptroller-General by the president, manager, general agent or person in control of such cars in this State. The Comptroller-General shall frame such questions as will elicit the information sought, and answers thereto shall be made under oath. If the officers above referred to in control of such sleeping cars shall fail or refuse to answer under oath the questions so propounded, then the Comptroller-General shall obtain the information from such sources as he may, and he shall assess a double tax on such sleeping cars. If the taxes herein provided for are not paid, the Comptroller-General shall issue executions against the owners of such cars, which may be levied by the sheriff of any county in this State upon the sleeping car or cars of the owner who has failed to pay these taxes. Sleeping cars. By and to whom returns to be made. Questions to be framed by Comptroller-General. Penalty for failure to answer questions. Collection of unpaid tax. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every sewing machine company selling or dealing in sewing machines, by itself or its agents, in this state, and all wholesale and retail dealers in sewing machines selling machines manufactured by companies that have not paid the tax required herein. shall pay two hundred dollars for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof, to be paid to the Comptroller-General at the time of commencement of business, and said companies or dealers shall furnish the Comptroller-General a list of agents authorized to sell machines of their manufacture or under their control, and shall pay to said Comptroller-General the sum of five dollars for each of said agents, for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof, for each county in which said agent may do business for said company. Upon the payment of said additional sum, the Comptroller-General shall issue to each of said agents a certificate of authority to transact business in this State, and such companies, dealers and agents, having paid the taxes required

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herein, shall be exempted from any county or corporation tax for selling said sewing machines. Before doing business under this Act, all sewing machine agents shall be required to register their names with the ordinaries of those counties in which they intend to operate, and exhibit to said ordinaries their license from the Comptroller-General, and to keep such license posted on their vehicles or at their place of business. Wholesale or retail dealers in sewing machines shall be required to pay the tax provided herein for each manufacture of sewing machines sold by them, except the manufacture of such companies as have paid the tax required by this Act. All unsold sewing machines belonging to sewing machine companies, dealers or their agents in possession of said companies, dealers, their agents or others, shall be liable to seizure and sale for payment of such license, fees and tax. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code. None of the provisions of this section shall apply to licensed auctioneers selling second-hand sewing machines, or to officers of the law under legal process, or to merchants buying and selling machines on which a license tax has been paid as herein provided, and who keep the said machines and sell and deliver them at their places of business, such sales not being on commission. Sewing machine companies and dealers in sewing machines. Lists of agents. Tax for agents. Certificate to be issued to agents. Exemption from county or corporation tax. Registration, etc. of sewing machine agents. Tax to be paid by dealers. Lien on machines for taxes. Penalty for violation of this section. Certain exemptions from provisions of this section. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That no tax shall be assessed upon the capital of banks or banking associations organized under the authority of this State, or, of the United States, and located within this State, but the shares of the stockholders of such bank or banking associations whether resident or non-resident owners, shall be taxed in the county where such bank or banking associations are located, and not elsewhere, at their true and full market value, at the same rate provided in this act for the taxation of moneyed capital in the hands of private individuals; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to relieve such banks or banking associations from the tax on property owned by them and provided for in section 7 of this act; and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to levy any tax on the real or personal property held or owned by any bank or banking association doing business in this State, the value of which is represented in the market value of the shares of its stock as returned to the tax-receiver by said bank and banking associations. No tax on capital stock of banks. Shares of stockholders to be taxed. Banks not relieved from property tax. Property not taxed when its value represented in value of stock.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the president of all railroad companies doing business in this State shall make returns to the Comptroller-General, in the manner provided by law for the taxation of the property of the gross receipts on net income of such railroads, and shall pay the Comptroller-General the tax to which such property or gross receipts or net income may be subject according to the provision of this act and the laws now of force relating to the tax on railroads: and on failure to make returns or refusal to pay tax, said companies shall be liable to all penalties now provided by law, and the Comptroller-General is hereby required, upon failure of such companies to make returns, or if made, and not satisfactory to said office, to proceed against such companies as provided in section 826(d) of the Code of 1882. Returns for railroad companies. Payment of tax. Penalty for failure to make returns or pay tax. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the presidents and principal agents of all the incorporated companies herein mentioned, except such as are required to make returns to the tax-receivers of the counties, shall make returns to the Comptroller-General under the rules and regulations provided by law for such returns, and subject to the same penalties and the modes of procedure for the enforcement of taxes from companies or persons required by law to make returns to the Comptroller-General. Returns of corporations where not required to be made to tax receivers, to be made to Comptroller-General. General rules for etc. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or company, resident of this State, who is the owner of a vessel, boats, or water-craft of any description, shall answer, under oath, the number of vessels, boats and other water-crafts owned by them and the value of each, and make returns of the same to the tax-receiver of the county of the residence of such person or company, and the same shall be taxed as other property is taxed. Returns of owners of vessels, etc. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in returning property for taxes, all property shall be returned at its value; promissory notes, accounts, judgments, mortgages, liens of all kinds and all choses in action shall be given in at their value, whether solvent or partially solvent. Every person shall return for taxes all jewelry and other property of every kind owned by his wife and minor children, unless the members of his or her family return their property for taxation. In addition to the questions now propounded to tax-payers by the tax-receivers, questions shall be framed by the Comptroller-General to reach all property upon which a tax is imposed by this Act, and especially the following questions: General rules governing returns of property. Additional questions to be asked tax-payers.

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First. The number of horses, mules, oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, goats, and of all other animals upon which a tax is imposed by law and state the value of each. Second. The kind and value of property owned by the wife and minor children of the tax-payer and not returned for taxes by the owner thereof. Third. Whether solvent or partially solvent, give the value of your bonds, stocks of non-resident companies or corporations, or of companies or corporations in this State whose capital stock is not returned by the president of such company or corporation, all notes, accounts, judgments, mortgages, liens and other choses in action of every kind, whether such bonds, stocks, notes, etc., are held by the tax-payers in Georgia, or held by some other person for him, either in or out of this State. There shall be no deduction from the value of property returned for taxes on account of any indebtedness of such tax-payer. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the oath to be administered to all persons making returns of their taxable property shall be the oath required under the act of October 20th, 1885, to be attached to the printed list furnished under said Act, and presented to each tax-payer; provided, that non-residents, females and sick persons may subscribe the oath herein required before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and cause same to be delivered to the tax-receiver. Oath to be taken by persons making returns. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Comptroller-General is authorized and empowered to order the tax-receivers of this State to commence receiving the returns of taxable property immediately after the first day of April of each of the years eighteen hundred and ninety-three (1893) and eighteen hundred and ninety-four (1894), and that the Comptroller-General is empowered and required to cause the taxes to be collected and paid into the State Treasury by the 20th of December of [Illegible Text] of the years 1893 and 1894. When returns may be received. When taxes to be collected. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That blind persons and Confederate soldiers, relieved by the proviso in paragraph 1, section 2, from the payment of the tax designated in that paragraph, shall be relieved also from the payment of the taxes designated in paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 11 of section 2, if carrying on and dependent upon the kinds of business designated therein; provided, that before any person shall be entitled to the benefit of any of the exemptions provided for in this section, he shall go before the ordinary of the

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county in which he purposes to carry on business, and make and file an affidavit setting forth the facts that he is entitled to such exemptions, that he is proprietor of the business he proposes to conduct, and is conducting the same for himself and not for others. Exemptions of blind persons and Confederate soldiers. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the first day of April of each of the years 1893 and 1894, the Governor, Comptroller-General and State Treasurer shall fix a day between January 1st and April 1st of each of the years 1893 and 1894 as a day for making a return of taxes instead of April 1st, which day shall not be fixed until after April 1st of each of the years 1893 and 1894. Day to be fixed for making return of taxes. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892. REPEALING ACT CREATING BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. No. 113. An Act to repeal an act approved August 14th, 1891, entitled an act to provide a Board of Equalization of real and personal property subject to taxation in this State, and for other purposes, and to restore the law as it existed prior to August 14th, 1891. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an act, approved August 14th, 1891, entitled an act to provide a Board of Equalization of real and personal property subject to taxation in this State, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act of August 14, 1891, providing for Board of Equalization, repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws which were, in any way repealed or modified by the act hereby repealed be, and the same are, hereby restored to full force. Former laws affected by said Act revived. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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PROVIDING SINKING FUND TO RETIRE MATURING STATE BONDS. No. 123. An Act to create a sinking fund to pay off and retire bonds of the State as they mature (in accordance with article 7th, section 14th, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of 1877), by the levy and collection of a tax, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Governor is hereby authorized, with the assistance of the Comptroller-General, at the time of the assessment of the levy of taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, to assess and levy a per centum on the taxable property of the State sufficient to raise one hundred thousand dollars net, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in addition to the amount required to pay the public expenses and interest on the public debt, which shall be a sinking fund to pay off and retire (as hereinafter provided) an equal amount of the valid bonds of this State as they mature, and which shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever; provided, that this tax shall not be estimated by any county authorities in assessing for county purposes the taxes thereof. Levy of tax to provide sinking fund to retire State bonds authorized. This tax not to be estimated in assessment of county taxes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tax authorized herein shall be specially levied and collected, and separate accounts of the same shall be kept by the Treasurer, and the money arising therefrom shall be applied to the paying off and retiring the valid bonds of the State as hereafter provided. This tax to be specifically levied and collected etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said amount so raised in said year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three shall be applied to the payment of the same amount of bonds of the State maturing in the year 1893; provided, that the Governor and Treasurer of the State, in case that the bonds of the State maturing in the year 1893 cannot be purchased at par, may loan the one hundred thousand dollars raised in 1893 until the maturity of the bonds to which it is to be applied, at such rate of interest, not less than four and one-half per cent., as they may be able to obtain; and in case said amount is so loaned, the interest accruing on said amount shall be paid with the principal on the bonds to which it is applied as above stated; provided, that any applicant,

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negotiating said loan with the State, shall hypothecate and give collateral security to said Treasurer any sufficient number of the valid bonds of the State as said Treasurer may deem ample and full security for the payment of said loan at the time it becomes due, but no bond or bonds so taken as collateral security shall receive as an advancement thereon any sums of money in excess of the par value of the same, and in the contract of loan it shall be expressed in the note of obligations or other writing setting forth the contract a general or special power of the Governor and Treasurer to sue the same upon default, either at public or private sale, and the Governor and Treasurer shall have the right to purchase the same and when so purchased said bond or bonds shall be held as vouchers, and the purchase of said bond or bonds shall be shown in full upon the books of said Treasurer. Application of amounts raised. Where bonds cannot be purchased at par money may be loaned. Regulations as to loans, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all bonds paid or purchased under the provisions of this act shall be cancelled and stamped with the words Sinking Fund by the Treasurer and filed in his office. Bonds paid or purchased to be cancelled and stamped. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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TITLE III. CONSTITUTION. ACTS. General Act for Incorporation of Railroads, etc. Amending Act Providing Pensions for Maimed and Infirm Confederate Soldiers. GENERAL ACT FOR INCORPORATION OF RAILROADS, ETC. No. 68. An Act to carry into effect article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution of this State, in so far as the same relates to the issuing and granting corporate powers and privileges to railroad companies by the Secretary of State, to define the powers, rights, privileges, immunities and liabilities of such railroads, to regulate the same, to provide for the consolidation of the same, to build branches and make extensions thereof, to enable the same to run navigation lines in connection therewith, to provide for the purchase or lease of one railroad by another, to grant renewals of charters, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after passage of this act, all corporate powers and privileges to railroad companies in this State shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State, upon the terms, liabilities, restrictions and subject to all the provisions of this act and the Constitution of this State. If by reason of interest in the proposed corporation the Secretary of State should be disqualified from issuing and granting said powers to any railroad company, then in that case the duties required by

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this act to be performed by the Secretary of State shall be done and performed by the Comptroller-General of this State. Corporate powers and privileges to be granted by the Secretary of State. When he is disqualified Comptroller-General to act. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any number of persons, not less than ten, who desire to be incorporated for that purpose, may form a company, but before receiving a certificate of incorporation under this act shall first file a petition in writing, addressed to the Secretary of State, in which petition shall be stated the names and residences of each of the persons desiring to form said corporation, the name of the railroad company they desire to have incorporated (but in no event shall the name selected be the name of existing railroad or railway corporation in the State of Georgia), the length of said road as near as can be estimated, the general direction of said road, the counties through which said road will probably run, the names of the principal places from which and to which it is to be constructed, the amount of the proposed capital stock of said company, the number of years it is to continue, if the capital stock is to consist of common or preferred stock, the amount of each class and the rights and privileges of the latter over the former, the place where its principal office is to be located; that they do intend in good faith to go forward without delay to secure subscriptions to the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and operate said railroad; a request to be incorporated under the laws of this State, that they have given four weeks notice of their intention to apply for said charter by the publication of said petition in one of the newspapers in which the sheriff's advertisements are published, in case there is a newspaper published in said county, in each of the counties through which said proposed road will probably run, once a week for four weeks before the filing of said petition. There shall be annexed to said petition an affadavit made by three of the persons forming said company, that the names subscribed are the genuine signatures of the persons named therein, and that the facts stated in the petition are true to the best of petitioner's knowlege, information and belief. Said petition thus sworn to shall be filed in the office of Secretary of State, who shall indorse thereon the date of the filing and record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, which said book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times during the office hours of said Secretary of State. Number of corporators. Petition for incorporation; what it must contain. Notice of intention to apply for charter. Affidavit to be annexed to petition. Filing and record of petition. Record to be open to public inspection. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That when said petition has been filed with said Secretary, he shall issue to said company under the great seal of the State the following form of certificate, to-wit: To all to whom these presents may come, greeting: Whereas,

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in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved 18, and (naming the persons who sign the petition) having filed in the office of Secretary of State a certain petition seeking the formation of a corporation to be known as (here insert name), with a capital stock of $, for the purpose of constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating a railroad from to, and having complied with the statutes in such cases made and provided: therefore the State of Georgia hereby grants unto the above named persons, their successors and assigns, full authority by and under the said name of to exercise the powers and privileges of a corporation for the purposes above stated, subject to the provisions of article four (4) of the Constitution of this State, and all the laws governing railroad companies of force at the date of this certificate or that may hereafter become of force, either by constitutional or statute law, or by any rules and regulations of the Railroad Commission of this State, or otherwise, which govern and control the operation of railroads in this State. In witness whereof, these presents have been signed by the Secretary of State and to which is annexed the great seal of the State, at Atlanta, Ga., this day of 18. There-upon, persons who signed said petition and all persons who shall become stockholders in such company shall be a corporation by the name specified in said petition and certificate, and shall possess the powers and privileges and be subject to the provisions contained in this act. Before the Secretary shall issue said certificate the petitioners shall pay to the Treasurer of the State a fee of one hundred dollars. Form of certificate to be issued by Secretary of State. Corporation, [Illegible Text]-upon creted. Fee to be paid. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That before the Secretary of State shall issue the certificate mentioned in section 3 of this act he shall satisfy himself that all of the requirements of this act anterior to the filing of said petition have been substantially complied with, and any certificate or duplicate thereof issued under this act by said Secretary of State shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such corporation in all the courts and places in this State and of a compliance with all the requirements of this act. That when such certificate has been issued, the persons named therein, in case they shall not have subscribed for the entire capital stock, may open books of subscriptions to complete the subscription to the capital stock of said company in such places and after giving such notice as they may deem expedient, and may from time to time receive subscriptions until the whole capital stock is subscribed. The

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capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and in no case shall said capital stock be increased except as hereinafter provided. Secretary of State must satisfy himself that pre requisites have been complied with. Certificate conclusive evidence of existence of corporation. And of compliance with requirements of this Act. Books of stock subscription may be opened. Value of shares, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That when the amount of the capital stock has been subscribed, the persons named in said certificate of incorporation, or a majority of them, are authorized to call a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of organization, which said meeting shall be held in a city or town in which the principal office of said company shall be located, and of which meeting every subscribing stockholder shall have notice. At said meeting, at which persons holding a majority of the stock subscribed shall constitute a quorum, there shall be elected a Board of Directors of not less than five nor more than fifteen to manage the affairs of said company, stock to be represented at said meeting in person or by written proxy, each share of stock being entitled to one vote, and a plurality of votes cast being necessary to elect, said election to be governed by such by-laws as said company may prescribe, the persons elected as directors to continue in office until others are elected to fill their places. No person shall be elected a director unless he be a stockholder, owning stock in his own name, and a majority of the directors must be citizens and residents of this State. If for any reason the election is not held at the time appointed, the same may be held at any time thereafter, of which meeting every subscribing stockholder shall have notice. Notice of any organization meeting under this section shall be given in the following manner, to-wit, by a notice to each stockholder in writing, stating the purpose of the meeting, served upon him personally or by depositing said notice in the post-office, postage prepaid, directed to him at the post-office nearest his usual residence, at least ten days previous to the meeting. The Board of Directors shall select from their number a President, and may elect one or more Vice-Presidents, and may appoint a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary. The regular election for directors shall be held annually, at the principal office of the company. Vacancies occasioned in the Board of Directors by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled in such manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of the company. Meeting for organization Where to be held. Notice of. Quorum. Directors to be elected. Representation and vote of stock. Plurality to elect. Term and qualifications of directors. When election not held at appointed time. How notice to be given of organization meeting. Election of president and other officers. Regular elections for directors. Vacancies. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company shall not begin the construction of said road until all of the capital stock specified in said petition has been subscribed; that the directors may require the subscribers to the capital stock

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to pay the amounts variously subscribed by them in such installments as they may deem proper and the directors may receive cash or property, real or personal, at the agreed value thereof, in the payment of such installments. If any subscriber shall neglect to pay any installment as required by resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may direct suit to be brought against him forthwith for the amount of such call, or may in their discretion, after thirty days notice to such stockholder, cause his said stock, after such advertisement as may seem to them proper, to be put up at auction and sold to the highest bidder for cash, and any deficiency in the sum thus received necessary to make the amount of the call, shall be made good by the delinquent; any surplus over the amount of the call and the expenses of the advertisement and sale shall be paid to him. A new certificate of stock shall be issued to the purchaser, and he shall stand in the same relation to the company as the delinquent would had he not so made default. Such sale shall be in the city or town where the principal office of said company may be located, at such time and place as the Board of Directors may prescribe. If for any reason it is not practicable to serve such delinquent stockholder with notice of such sale, personally or by mail, or if he be a non-resident of the State of Georgia, then notice may be given him of such sale by publication in any newspaper published in the town or city where the principal office of such company may be located, once a week for four weeks prior to the date of such sale. The company may proceed to collect from delinquent subscribers by sale of the stock as aforesaid, by suit or by either or both of said remedies. Construction not to begin until stock all subscribed. Payments of stock subscriptions. Failure to pay subscriptions. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the stock in said railroad company shall be deemed personal property and shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the company, and no share shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in. All property, whether real or personal, of any stockholder in this State shall be exempt from the debts or liabilities of said company, except to the amount of the unpaid subscription of said stockholder to the capital stock of said corporation. In no case shall said road be bonded or capital stock increased except by a vote of two-thirds of the capital stock of said corporation represented at an annual or a special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, and after each stockholder has been notified in the way and manner prescribed for notifying stockholders in the fifth section of this act, and in addition to

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said notice there shall be published in some newspaper in the town or city where the principal office of said corporation is located, once a week for four weeks prior to the time of holding said meeting, a notice stating that at said meeting so called as aforesaid, that an increase of the stock or an issuance of the bonds of the roads would be considered, either or both. No action contemplated under this section looking to an increase of stock or issuance of bonds shall be legal unless there shall be present at said meeting a majority of stock represented in person or by written proxy. Stock transferable. Not until previous calls fully paid in. Liability of stockholders for debts of corporation. When bonds may be issued or capital stock increased. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all the powers and privileges and said certificate of incorporation of said railroad company shall cease and determine at the expiration of two years from the date of said certificate, if at the expiration of said two years said company has not constructed, equipped and are operating the same for at least fifteen miles of said road, or the entire road if the same be of less length than fifteen miles. The rights, powers and privileges granted said corporation shall not continue for a longer period than one hundred and one (101) years unless the same be continued by the laws of force at the expiration of said one hundred and one years. Powers, etc. to determine in two years unless road built and operated fifteen miles. Unless entire road be not fifteen miles long. Term of charter. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company shall be empowered, First. To cause such examinations and surveys to be made for the proposed railroad as shall be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route, and for such purposes to be empowered by its officers, agents, servants or employees to enter upon the land or water of any person for that purpose; provided, that said company shall be responsible for all damage done by injury to property. Examinations and surveys. Second. To take and hold such voluntary grants of real estate and other property as may be made to it, to aid in the construction, maintenance and accommodation of said road, but the real estate received by voluntary grant shall be held and used for the purpose of such grant only. Voluntary grants of property. Third. To acquire, purchase, hold and use all such real estate and other property as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of said road, and the stations, wharves, docks, terminal facilities and all other accommodations necessary to accomplish the object of said corporation, and to condemn, lease or buy any land necessary for its use. Acquisition, purchase, etc. of property. Condemnation, etc. of land. Fourth. To lay out its road not exceeding in width two hundred feet, and to construct the same, and for the purpose of cuttings and embankments, and for obtaining gravel and

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other material, to take as much land as may be necessary for the proper construction, operation and security of said road, or to cut down any trees that may be in danger of falling on the track of the road or obstructing the right of way, making compensation therefor as provided by this act for property taken for use of such company. Right o way. Fifth. To construct its road across, along or upon, or to use any stream of water, water course, street, highway or canal which the route of its road shall intersect or touch; provided, no railroad shall be constructed along and upon any street or highway without the written consent of the municipal or county authorities, and whenever the track of any such road shall touch, intersect or cross any road, highway or street, it may be carried over or under, or cross at a grade level or otherwise, as may be found most expedient for the public good. Construction across, along, etc., streams. streets, etc. Sixth. To cross, intersect or join or unite its railroads with any railroad heretofore or hereafter to be constructed at any point in its route, or upon the ground of any other railroad company, with the necessary turnouts, sidings and switches, and other conveniences necessary in the construction of said road, and may run over any part of any railroad's right of way necessary or proper to reach its freight depot, in any city, town or village, through or near which said railroad may run under the limitations hereinafter named in section 11; but in crossing another railroad, either over, under, at grade, level or otherwise, it shall be at the expense of this company, and in such way and manner, at the time of construction, as not to interfere with said railroad in its regular travel or business. Crossing, joining, etc., other railroads. May run over right of way of other railroads. Crossing other railroads must not interfere with their business, etc. Seventh. To take and convey persons or property over their railroads by the use of steam or animals or electricity or any other mechanical power, and to receive compensation therefor, and to do all those things incident to railroad business. Common carrier. General powers. Eighth To erect and maintain convenient buildings, wharves, docks, stations, fixtures and machinery, whether within or without a city, town or village, for the accommodation and use of their passengers and freight business. Erection of buildings, etc. Ninth. To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and property shall be transported, and the compensation to be paid therefor, subject to any law of this State upon the subject, or any rule or regulations governing such matters by the Railroad Commissioners of this State. Transportation rates, etc. Tenth. To borrow such sum or sums of money, at such rates of interest, and upon such terms as such company or its Board

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of Directors shall authorize or agree upon, and may deem necessary or expedient, and may execute one or more trust deeds or mortgages, or both, if the occasion may require, on said railroad in process of construction, or after the same has been constructed, for the amount or amounts borrowed, or owing by such company as its Board of Directors shall deem expedient; and said company may make such provisions in such trust deed or mortgage for transferring said railroad track, depots, grounds, rights, privileges, franchises, immunities, machine houses, rolling stock, furniture, tools, implements, appendages and appurtenances used in connection with said railroad in any manner then belonging to said company, or which shall thereafter belong to it as security, for any bonds, debts or sums of money as may be secured by such trust deeds or mortgages as they shall think proper, and all such deeds of trust and mortgages shall be recorded as is provided by law for the record of mortgages in this State, in each county through which said road runs, but all rights to borrow money, issue bonds or other evidences of debt, and to execute trust deeds or mortgages to secure the same, shall be exercised within the limitations and in the manner which shall be prescribed by the law of this State. In case of sale of any railroad heretofore incorporated by virtue of any general or special law or which may hereafter be incorporated by virtue of this act, or any part thereof constructed or in course of construction, or by virtue of any trust deed, or any foreclosure of any mortgage thereon, or any judicial sale, the party or parties acquiring titles under such sales, and their associates, successors or assigns, shall have or acquire thereby, and shall exercise and enjoy thereafter the same rights, privileges, grants, franchises, immunities and advantages in or by said trust deed enumerated and conveyed, which belonged to and were enjoyed by the company making such deed or mortgage, or contracting such debt, so far as the same relate or appertain to that portion of said road or the part or line thereof mentioned or described and conveyed by said mortgage or trust deed and no further, as fully and absolutely in all respects, as said railroad company, office holders, shareholders and agents of such company might or could have had had not such sale or purchase taken place. Such purchaser or purchasers, their associates, successors or assigns, may proceed to organize anew by filing a petition to the Secretary of State, with a request therein to be substituted for the original petitioners and stockholders, with all their powers, rights, privileges and duties and liabilities

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under this Act, when said new incorporators may proceed anew by electing new directors as provided by this Act, and may distribute and dispose of stocks, and may conduct their business generally as provided by this Act; and such purchaser or purchasers and their associates shall thereupon be a corporation, with all the powers, privileges and franchises conferred by, and be subject to the provisions of this section. But no debt, trust deeds, mortgages or other liens shall be made or created by the first railroad company, or by the purchasers, except on the terms and conditions as prescribed in the seventh section of this Act. Borrowing money. Trust deeds or mortgages. Record of. Limitations upon right to borrow money, etc. Rights, etc. acquired by purchasers at sales of railroads. New organization by purchasers, etc. No debts, etc., to be made by first company or purchasers, except as prescribed herein. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company may, under the provisions of this Act, extend said railroad from any point named in the petition for this charter, or may build branch roads from any point or points on its line of road. Before making any such extensions or building any such branch roads, said company shall, by resolution of its board of directors, to be entered in the records of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch, and advertise same in all of the counties through which said extension or branch road will run for the time, and in the manner as provided by the second section of this Act, and file a certified copy of such resolution and advertisements in the office of the Secretary of State, which shall be by him recorded as original petitions for charters are filed, and said company shall pay to the Treasurer of the State for the same a fee of twenty five dollars for each extension or branch road. Thereafter said railroad shall have the right, within one year from the filing of said resolution with said secretary, to begin the construction and equipment of said branch or extension, and if they fail to construct as much as twenty miles within two years, or complete the same if it be less in length than twenty miles, the powers and privileges to do so shall cease and determine. For the purpose of such extension or branch road said company shall have all the rights and privileges of condemning rights of way or acquiring the same as is provided by this act for constructing and building the main line. All the provisions of this act relative to the insurance of stocks and bonds on the road authorized under the original petition for incorporation shall be applicable to, and control the insurance of, stocks and bonds on said proposed extensions. Extensions and branch roads. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That in the event said company does not procure from the owner or owners thereof, by contract, lease or purchase, the title to the lands or right of

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way or other property necessary or proper for the construction or connection of said railroad and its branches or extensions, or its depots, wharves, docks or other necessary terminal facilities, necessary or proper for it to reach its freight or passenger depot, in any city, town or village in the State, as hereinafter provided, it shall be lawful for said corporation to construct its railroad over any lands belonging to other persons, or over such rights of way or tracks of other railroads as aforesaid, upon paying or tendering to the owner thereof or to his or her or its legally authorized representative, just and reasonable compensation for said lands or said right of way. When the compensation is not otherwise agreed upon, it shall be assessed and determined in the following manner, to-wit: When the parties cannot or do not agree upon the damages done such other railroad company for the use of its right of way or tracks as aforesaid, or to the owner or owners of the land or other property which the corporation seeks to appropriate as a right of way, or for its purposes, said corporation shall choose one of the citizens of the State as its assessor, and the person or persons, or railroad company owning the land sought to be taken, or the right of way or track sought to be used, shall choose another as his, her, its or their assessor, and in case the persons owning such land or a majority of them, if more than one person owns the land sought to be condemned, or said railroad company owning such right of way or track sought to be used, should fail or refuse to make such choice or select some one to represent his, her, its or their interest, or should be an insane person, lunatic, idiot or minor, or under any disability from any cause whatsoever, and have no legal representative, then it shall be the duty of the ordinary of the county in which such property or right of way or use of tracks so sought to be condemned is situated, to make such selection for such owner or owners or railroad companies so failing or refusing to make the same as aforesaid; provided, the said corporation gives notice to said ordinary that such owner or owners or railroad company fails or refuses to act as aforesaid or is an insane person, lunatic, idiot or minor, or under disability from any cause whatsoever, and has no legal representative; and the two assessors thus selected shall choose a third assessor, and should they fail for twenty days to agree upon a third assessor, the judge of the Superior Court of the county in which said property sought to be condemned is situated shall appoint the third assessor, and the three assessors thus selected shall be sworn to do justice between the parties, and

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after hearing such evidence as may be offered both as to the benefits and as to the damages done to the owner or owners of such property or right of way and right to use the same, and of such track sought to be used, or of such land sought to be condemned, as the case may be, they, or a majority of them, shall assess the damages and value the property so sought to be condemned, and shall say in writing what sum said corporation shall pay for the right of way, right to use track or land so sought to be condemned by it, and they shall file their said award within ten days after it is made in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where said land or right of way or track sought to be condemned or used is located, and the said clerk shall record the same, and it shall have all the force and effect of a judgment or decree by the superior court of said county, and in case either party is dissatisfied with said award, the party so dissatisfied, and in case he or she or they be under disability and have no legal representative, the ordinary aforesaid, as the representative of such party, shall have the right of giving written notice to the other party within ten days from the time said award is filed, as aforesaid in said clerk's office, to enter an appeal in writing from said award to the superior court of the county where said award is filed, and at the next term of said court, unless continued for legal cause, it shall be the duty of the judge presiding in said cause to cause an issue to be made up as to the damage or valuation of said land, right of way or right to use such track as the case may be, and the same to be tried, with all the rights for hearing and trying said cause in the superior court and in the Supreme Court as provided for cases in common law. The entering of said appeal and the proceedings thereon shall not hinder or in any way delay said company's work or progress, but the same may proceed without let or hindrance, from the time said condemnation proceedings are begun; provided, if said defendant appeals the amount of the award be first paid or tendered, and if said company appeal, it shall give bond and security for the payment of the amount rendered upon the final hearing of said case. Should no appeal be entered from said award within said time, and should said company fail to pay the same, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court, upon the request of any person interested to issue execution upon such award, as in other cases of judgments of the superior court, and said execution may be levied upon any other property of said railroad company, as in cases of other executions, and if such land owner or land

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owners be an insane person, lunatie, idiot or minor, or under disability from any other cause and have no legal representative, then, and in that event, said sum so awarded or found due by said corporation for the land so taken shall be paid to the ordinary, who shall cause the same to be invested for the use of such owner or owners, and to this end he shall appoint such guardians or other legal representatives to take, hold, manage and control such fund as is usual, necessary or proper, and said right of way and right to use such track shall vest in said company as fully and completely as if the same had been purehased or acquired by contract with the consent of the owner thereof; provided, that said railroad company seeking to condemn said right of way or land for the purpose aforesaid, shall not be compelled to accept the same at the price fixed by said assessors, or by final judgment, but may upon payment of all costs which have accrued and damages to property if any have been sustained by such entry or construction, and such attorney's fees as may be fixed by the judge of the superior court having jurisdiction thereof, enter upon the record or award the refusal to [Illegible Text] said land or right of way, but said award or judgment as to the value of said land or right of way shall be final and conclusive as between the parties. Disputed right of way, etc. Corporations may proceed upon paying or tendering just and reasonable compensation. Determination of compensation. Assessors, selection of. Oath and award. Award to be filed and recorded. Effect of. Appeal. Appeal not to delay work. If amount awarded be paid or tendered or bond given. When no appeal execution to issue. Levy. Payment of award in case of disability. Investment of amount so paid, etc. Railroad may refuse to accept property. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company shall have the power to change the general direction and route of said railroad from that stated in the original petition by a two-thirds vote of the capital stock of said corporation represented in person or by written proxy at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of said corporation, and when the same is so changed, shall have the rights and powers to enter upon, condemn rights of way and construct said road on the new or changed line as they had on the original line as set out in sections 9 and 10 of this act, but no change shall be made in any town or city after the road has been constructed without the consent of such town or city expressed through her proper authorities, and in case the route is changed after grading is commenced compensation shall be made to all persons owning land on the original route which have been injured by such grading or other work on such original route. If no agreement can be made, such amounts are to be ascertained in the method provided for condemning right of way provided in the preceding section. But no private property shall be taken or damaged, either on original, changed or new lines until just and adequate compensation has been first paid or tendered as above provided. And in all cases

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when said railroad shall cross a highway and the cutting shall make a change in the line of any such highway, or a change is desirable with a view to more easy ascent or descent, the said company may take such additional lands for the construction of such highways upon a new line as may be deemed requisite by the directors, under the mode provided by this act for condemning right of way and other property. Change of general direction and route. No private property to be taken without payment or tender of compensation. Crossing highways, land may be taken to construct highway upon new lines. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company shall have the power and authority is hereby granted to make and enter into contracts with any railroad company which has constructed or shall hereafter construct any railroad within this State or any other State as will enable said company to run their said roads in connection with each other and merge their stocks, or to consolidate with any such company within or without this State, or to lease or purchase the stock and property of any other such company and hold, use and occupy the same in such manner as they may deem most beneficial to their interest; provided, that no railroad shall purchase a competing line of railroad or enter into any contract with a competing line of railroad calculated to defeat or lessen competition in this State, and any violation of this section shall subject the corporation to all the penalties incident to such violation of the law. It shall be lawful for such companies to build, construct and run as part of their corporate property such number of steamboats or vessels as they shall deem necessary to facilitate the business operations of such company or companies. That the secretary or other officer or agent of said company who, by this act or by-laws of said company, is made the custodian of the books, records, papers or other property of said company, shall keep the same in his possession at all times during business hours, have the same ready to be exhibited to any officer, director or committee of stockholders of said company and furnish them or either of them with transcripts from the records of proceedings of the Board of Directors of said company under his official hand and seal on the payment to him of the same fee as that provided by law for the clerk of the court for transcripts from the records of his office, and the said secretary shall on resigning his office or otherwise vacating the same, make over all such books, records, papers and all other property of the corporation, which are in his possession to his successor in office, or when no successor has been appointed or elected to the Board of Directors, if any, or to the person or persons appointed by the stockholders of such company. Contracts to connect, merge or consolidate with or purchase, etc., other companies. But competition not to be defeated or lessened. Building, use, etc., of steamboats or vessels. Custody of books, papers, etc. Exhibition thereof to officers or stockholders. Transcripts from, etc.

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SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company may exercise all its rights, franchises and privileges in any other State or territory of the United States, under and subject to the laws of the State or territory where it may exercise or attempt to exercise the same, and may accept from any other State or territory and use any other additional power and privilege applicable to the carrying of persons and property by railway, steamboats and ships in said State, territory or the high seas, or otherwise applicable to the operations of said company as herein provided. Exercise offranchises, etc., in other States. Additional powers may be accepted from other States. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said railroad company in selecting the route of the same from and to where said road is to be built, and in selecting the general route and in constructing said road, and another railroad is already constructed or route selected and chartered between said points, the general direction and location of the railroad under this act shall be at least ten miles from the railroad already constructed or laid out and selected to be constructed, but this section shall not be construed to refer to any point within ten miles of either terminus or to prevent said roads from running as near to each other for the first ten miles from either terminus as the interest of such company building the new route may dictate. General location and direction with reference to road already constructed, or route selected, etc. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to and govern in the incorporation, control and management of suburban and street railroad companies. Act not applicable to street and suburban railroad companies. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That any railroad company that has been already incorporated prior to the passage of this act, whether by act of the General Assembly incorporating the same by name or under the provisions of the General Railroad Law of the State, and whether organized or not, is hereby declared to be a legal and subsisting corporation under the laws of Georgia, and may amend its charter either by adopting the provisions of this act or by extending the time of expiration of its original charter for a period of fifty years, and when it so amends its charter it may retain its original organization and the same amount of capital stock provided for in its original charter and any other powers and privileges, except exemption from taxation, granted in its original charter, which may not be in conflict with this act or any other act relating to the powers and duties of railroad companies, and such amendments shall be without prejudice to any of its prior rights or contracts, and the provisions of this act may also be adopted by any person or persons now owning or operating a railroad in this State, without prejudice to such

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organization as they may have already effected, and without prejudice to their existing contracts and obligations. Whenever any railroad company desires to amend its charter, or any person or persons desire to adopt the provisions of this act as above provided, it or they shall file a petition with the Secretary of State setting forth particularly in what manner it is desired to amend or adopt the provisions of this act. When such petition is filed the Secretary of State shall issue to said company or persons, under the great seal of the State, a certificate setting forth the manner in which said charter is amended, if the petition was for amendment, or if the petition was to adopt the provisions of this act, then a certificate setting forth that said persons are a body corporate with all the powers, duties and liabilities of this act. Before said certificate shall issue said petitioner or petitioners shall pay to the Treasurer of the State the sum of fifty dollars. Privileges granted to railroad companies already incorporated, etc. Amendments of charters, or adoption of provision of this Act. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That any railroad company incorporated under the provisions of this act shall have full power and authority to sell, lease, assign or transfer its stock, property and franchises to, or to consolidate the same with, those of any other railroad company incorporated under the laws of this or any other State or of the United States whose railroad within or without this State shall connect with or form a continuous line with the railroad of the company incorporated under this law upon such terms as may be agreed upon, and conversely any such corporation organized under the provisions of this act may purchase, lease, consolidate with, absorb and merge into itself the stock, property and franchises of any other railroad company incorporated under the laws of this or any other State or the United States whose railroad within or without this State shall connect with or form a continuous line or system with the railroad of such company incorporated under this law upon such terms as may be agreed upon. And it shall be lawful for any railroad company or corporation now or hereafter formed by the consolidation of one or more railroad companies or corporations organized under the laws of this State, or under the laws of this State and any other States with one or more companies or corporations organized under the laws of any other State or under the laws of this and other States, to issue its bonds and stock as provided for in this act in such amounts as they may deem necessary for the purpose of paying or exchanging the same for or retiring any bonds or stocks theretofore issued by either of the said companies or corporations so merged, purchased or consolidated

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or for any other purpose, and to the amount authorized by the laws of the State under which either of said companies or corporations so consolidated was organized, and to secure the same in case of bonds, by mortgages or trust deeds upon its real or personal property, franchises, rights and privileges, whether within or without this State; provided, that no railroad company shall make any contract under the provisions of this section with any other railroad company which is a competing line that is calculated to defeat or lessen competition in this State or to encourage monopoly. Sale, etc, to or consolidation with other railroad companies. Purchase, lease, etc., of other railroad companies. Issue of bonds and stock by consolidated companies. Competition not to be defeated or lessened. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. AMENDING ACT PROVIDING PENSIONS FOR MAIMED AND INFIRM CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. No. 85. An Act to amend the act approved November 11th, 1889, entitled an act to carry into effect the last clause of article 7, section 1, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of 1877, to provide pensions for maimed and infirm Confederate soldiers, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the act approved November the 11th, 1889, entitled an act to carry into effect the last clause of article 7, section 1, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of 1877, which act provides for pensions to disabled Confederate soldiers, be, and the same is, amended as follows: Add after the figures 1888, in the twenty-seventh line of section first of said act, the following: and any person who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, who was a bona fide citizen of this State in the year 1888, and who removed from the State after said date and have since returned to the State of Georgia, so that when amended said portion of the said section so amended shall read as follows: That any person who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, or of this State, during the civil war between the States of the United States, who was bona fide a citizen of this State on 26th October, 1888, and

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who continues to be a bona fide citizen of this State, and any Georgian who enlisted from Georgia, or served in a Georgia command, who was living within the State in 1888, and any person who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, who was a bona fide citizen of this State in the year 1888, and who removed from the State after said date and has since returned to the State of Georgia, but who for twelve months prior to making his application has been a bona fide citizen of this State and who was drawing pensions under the pension laws of this State at the time of their removal from the State. Act of November 11, 1889, amended. Benefits of Act extended to persons who were citizens of this State and removed after 1888, but have returned to this State. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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TITLE IV. CODE AMENDMENTS. ACTS. Section 943(a). State Depositories, Number Increased. Section 1496. Stockholders' Liability. Sections 3266 and 3271. Attachment Bonds. Section 3331. Lien of Attachments. Section 3406. Railroads Where Suable. Section 3514. Production of Books, Papers, etc. Section 3910(d). Traverse Jury List Enlarged. Section 3971. Foreclosure of Mortgages on Personal Property. Section 3972. Foreclosure of Mortgages on Personal Property. Section 4095. Nuisances in Cities, how Abated. Section 4711. Contempt Cases, how Tried. CODE SECTION 943(a). STATE DEPOSITORIES. No. 65. An Act to amend an act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection by the Governor of Georgia of banks in certain cities therein named to be known and designated as State depositories, so as to add to the cities named in said section the cities of Valdosta, Milledgeville, Darien, Dawson and Cordele, and for other purposes, approved October 19, 1889, so as to add the cities named in said act the city of Marietta and Richland, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the city of Marietta and Richland be added to the list of cities named in said amended act, so that said act as amended shall read as follows: The Governor of the State of Georgia shall name and appoint a solvent chartered bank of good standing and credit

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in each of the following cities of the State, to-wit: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Americus, Albany, Hawkinsville, Gainesville, Griffin, LaGrange, Thomasville, Newnan, Cartersville, Dalton, Valdosta, Milledgeville, Darien, Dawson, Cordele and Marietta, and Richland, which shall be known and designated as State depositories. Section 943(a) of Code amended. Banks in Marietta and Richland to be designated as State depositories. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. CODE SECTION 1496. STOCKHOLDERS' LIABILITY. No. 38. An Act to amend section 1496 of the Code of Georgia, so as to change the length of time which notice shall be published by any stockholder upon sale of his stock in any bank or corporation, to relieve such stockholder from individual liability, and to prescribe the newspapers in which notice is to be given. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact that section 1496 of the Code of Georgia, which reads as follows: When a stockholder in any bank or other corporation is individually liable under the charter and shall transfer his stock, he shall be exempt from such liability unless he receives written notice from a creditor within six months of such transfer of his intention to hold him liable; provided, he shall give notice once a month for six months of such transfer immediately thereafter in two newspapers in or nearest the place where such institution shall keep its principal office, be, and the same is, hereby amended, by striking out said proviso and inserting in lieu thereof the following: provided, he shall within ten days thereafter cause notice of such transfer to be published once a week for four weeks in the newspaper which publishes the sheriff's sales of the county in which such corporation shall keep its principal office, so that the same when amended shall read as follows: When a stockholder in any bank or other corporation is individually liable under the charter and shall transfer his stock, he shall be exempt from such liability unless he receives written notice from a

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creditor within six months after such transfer of his intention to hold him liable; provided, he shall within ten days thereafter cause notice of such transfer to be published once a week for four weeks in the newspaper which publishes the sheriff's sales of the county in which such corporation shall keep its principal office. Code section 1496 amended. Stockholder's liability after transfer of stock SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. CODE SECTIONS 3266 AND 3271. ATTACHMENT BONDS. No. 66. An Act to amend section 3266 of the Code which prescribes the mode of giving attachment bonds, and section 3271 of the Code which prescribes the mode of requiring additional security on bonds, or a new bond, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 3266 of the Code, which prescribes the mode of giving bond in cases of attachment be amended by adding to said section the following, to-wit: provided, however, that the amount of the bond required by this section shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars, but said bond may be increased as hereinafter provided; so that said section shall read as follows: The party seeking the attachment, before the same issues, shall also give bond, with good security, in an amount at least double the debt sworn to, payable to the defendant in attachment, conditioned to pay such defendant all damages that he may sustain, and also all costs that may be incurred by him in consequence of suing out the attachment in the event the plaintiff shall fail to recover in said case; which bond it shall be the duty of the magistrate or other officer before whom the affidavit is made to take, and where the affidavit is made by the agent or attorney at law of the plaintiff, such agent or attorney at law is hereby anthorized to sign the name of the principal, who shall also be bound thereby in the same manner as though he had signed it himself; provided, however, that the amount of the bond required by this section shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars, but said bond may be increased as hereinafter provided. Code sections 3266 and 3271 amended. Attachment bonds not to exceed $20,000.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That section 3271 of the Code, which prescribes the mode of requiring additional security on attachment bonds, or new bonds, be amended by adding to said section, at the close thereof, the following, to-wit: provided, however, that in all cases where an attachment shall be issued for an amount greater than one-half the amount of the penal sum named in the bond, and shall be levied on the property of the defendant, it shall be lawful for the defendant, by himself, his agent or attorney to file his affidavit that he has a good defence to the action, and the bond given in such attachment is not sufficient in amount, or is not a good bond, and the ground of its insufficiency, and when such affidavit is made and delivered to the levying officer, it shall be the duty of such officer to return such attachment, together with the affidavit, to the judge of the superior court of the county in which the attachment issued, who shall, as soon as practicable, and on such notice to the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, as he may prescribe, hear testimony as to the amount or sufficiency of the bond and, in his discretion, may require additional security or a new bond to be given within the time prescribed by him, and in default thereof the levying officer shall dismiss the levy made under such attachment; so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: When any attachment shall be issued and levied upon the property of the defendant, it shall be lawful for the defendant, his agent or attorney to file his affidavit that he has a good defence to the action, and that the bond given in such attachment is not a good bond, and the ground of its insufficiency, and when such affidavit is made and delivered to the levying officer, it shall be the duty of such officer to return such attachment, together with the affidavit, forthwith to the officer issuing the same, and the officer issuing the attachment shall, without delay, hear testimony as to the sufficiency of said bond, and such officer may, in his discretion, require additional security or a new bond to be given within the time prescribed by the officer, and in default thereof the levying officer shall dismiss the levy made under said attachment; provided, however, that in all cases where an attachment shall be issued for an amount greater than one-half the amount of the penal sum named in the bond and shall be levied on the property of the defendant, it shall be lawful for the defendant by himself, his agent or attorney, to file his affidavit that he has a good defence to the action, and the bond given in such attachment is not sufficient in amount, or is not a good

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bond, and the ground of its insufficiency, and when such affidavit is made and delivered to the levying officer, it shall be the duty of the officer to return such attachment, together with the affidavit, to the judge of the Superior Court of the county in which attachment issued, who shall, as soon as practicable, and on such notice to the plaintiff, his agent or attorney as he may prescribe, hear testimony as to the amount or sufficiency of the bond, and, in his discretion, may require additional security or a new bond to be given within the time prescribed by him, and in default thereof the levying officer shall dismiss the levy made under such attachment. How increased. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. CODE SECTION 3331. LIEN OF ATTACHMENT. No. 74. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to amend section 3331 of the Code so as to give the lien of attachment priority over that of an ordinary judgment obtained on a suit filed after the levy of the attachment, approved September 19, 1891, so as to correct a mistake in quoting said section of the Code, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an act entitled an act to amend section 3331 of the Code, so as to give the lien of an attachment priority over that of an ordinary judgment obtained on a suit filed after the levy of the attachment, approved September 19, 1891, be amended by inserting at the end of line four of the printed acts of 1890-91, volume 1, page 75, the following words, judgment and not the, so that said act shall correctly quote the Code and read as follows: The lien of an attachment is created by the levy and not the judgment on the attachment; and in case of a conflict between attachments, the first levied shall be first satisfied; but in a contest between attachments and ordinary judgments or suits, it is the judgment and not the levy which fixes the lien; provided, however, that the lien of an attachment shall have priority over the lien of an ordinary

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judgment that has been obtained upon a suit filed after the levy of the attachment. Code section 3331 amended. Lien of attachments. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. CODE SECTION 3406. SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS. No. 80. An Act to be entitled an act to amend section 3406 of the Code so as to define where certain actions shall be brought against railroad companies. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 3406 of the Code be, and the same is, hereby amended, by striking from the second line of said section the words liable to be, and also by striking from said line the word any and inserting in lieu thereof the word the, and to add to the end of said section these words: Any judgment rendered in any other county than the one in which the cause originated shall be utterly void; provided, that said suits may be brought in the county where the principal office of said railroad company is located, if the plaintiff should reside in said county; so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: All railroad companies shall be sued in the county in which the cause of action originated by any one whose person or property has been injured by such railroad company, its officers, agents or employees, for the purpose of recovering damages for such injuries; and also on all contracts made or to be performed in the county where suit is brought; any judgment rendered in any other county than the one in which the cause so originated shall be utterly void. But if the cause of action arises in a county where the railroad company liable to suit has no agent then suit may be brought in the county of the residence of such company. Code section 3406 amended Railroads suable in counties where cause of action originates. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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CODE SECTION 3514. PRODUCTION OF BOOKS, PAPERS, ETC. No. 45. An Act to amend section 3514 of the Code by inserting in the tenth line thereof and between the words next and terms the words or the then, and by striking from the sixteenth line thereof the words court to which it is made returnable and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Production of the deed, bond, note, book, writing or other documents shall be required, and to provide for the summary production of the same under certain circumstances. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That from and after the passage of this act section 3514 of the Code of Georgia be amended by inserting in the tenth line thereof and between the words next and term the words or the then, and by striking from the sixteenth line thereof the words court to which it is made returnable and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Production of the deed, bond, note, book, writing or other document shall be required, and by adding to said section the following: provided, that in all cases the presiding judge may require the summary production of any paper, book or other document by subp[oelig]na duces tecum, where the witness is able so to produce it and where the ends of justice require such summary production, so that said section, when so amended, will read as follows: When any deed, bond, note, book, writing or other document which it may be necessary to use as testimony in any cause pending in any of the courts of this State may be in the possession of any person resident in any county in this State and who is not a party to said cause, the clerk of the court or justice of the peace, as the case may be, in which said cause is pending shall, upon application of the party or his attorney desirous of using such testimony, issue a subp[oelig]na duces tecum directed to the person having such deed, bond, note, book, writing or other document in his possession, requiring him to be and appear at the next or the then term of said court, and to bring with him into said court the paper desired to be used as testimony, which said subp[oelig]na shall be served upon such person, if a resident of the county where such case is pending, ten days, and if not a resident of such county twenty days, when

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returnable to the superior courts, and when returnable to a justice court five days before the production of the deed, bond, note, book, writing or other document shall be required by a sheriff, constable or some private person, and the official return of the sheriff or constable, or the affidavit of such private person, shall be sufficient evidence that the same was duly served; provided, that in all cases the presiding judge may require the summary production of any paper, book or other document by subp[oelig]na duces tecum, where the witness is able so to produce it and where the ends of justice require such summary production. Code section 3514 amended. Production of books, papers, etc. required by subp[oelig]na duces tecum. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. CODE SECTION 3910(d). TRAVERSE JURY LIST. No. 53. An Act to amend section 3910(d) of the Code of Georgia so as to require that the traverse jury list of a county shall include also the names of the persons selected to serve as grand jurors, and to carry said charge into effect. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact: SECTION 1. That section 3910(d) of the present Code of Georgia be amended by striking out all after the words grand jurors in the line next to the last, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: whose names they shall write upon other tickets. The entire number first selected, including those afterwards selected as grand jurors, shall constitute the body of traverse jurors for the county, to be drawn for service as now provided by law, except that when in drawing juries a name shall be drawn as a traverse juror which has already been drawn for the same term as a grand juror, such name shall be returned to the box and another drawn in its stead, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 3910(d). Commissioners in each county in this State appointed by the presiding judge of the superior court, and constituting the Jury Commissioners, shall revise the jury list, and shall select from the books of the tax-receiver upright and intelligent men to serve as jurors and shall write the names of

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the persons so selected upon tickets, as required by law. It shall be the duty of said Jury Commissioners to select from these a sufficient number, not exceeding two-fifths of the whole number, of the most experienced, intelligent and upright men to serve as grand jurors, whose names they shall write upon other tickets, The entire number first selected, including those afterwards selected as grand jurors, shall constitute the body of traverse jurors for the county, to be drawn for service as now provided by law, except that when in drawing juries a name shall be drawn as a traverse juror which has already been drawn for the same term as a grand juror, such name shall be returned to the box and another drawn in its stead. Code section 3910(d) amended. Traverse jury lists shall include the names of grand jurors. SEC. 2. That in order to carry this act into effect, it shall be the duty of the Jury Commissioners for each county in this State to convene on the first Tuesday in February, 1893, or within thirty days thereafter, and prepare and place in the traverse jury box tickets containing the names of all persons in the grand jury box, the tickets containing the names found in apartments numbered one and two severally of the grand jury box being placed in the corresponding apartments of the traverse jury box, and mixed with the tickets already therein. Commissioners duty. SEC. 3. That all laws in conflict herewith be repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. CODE SECTION 3971. FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. No. 11. An Act to amend section 3971 of the Code of 1882 by adding after the word sheriffs in the fourth line from the bottom the following words or their lawful deputies. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, section of the Code of Georgia 3971 be amended by adding after the word sheriffs in the fourth line from the bottom the following words or their lawful deputies, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Mortgages on personal property shall be foreclosed in the following manner, to-wit: Any person holding a mortgage on personal property, and wishing to foreclose the same, shall either in person or by his agent

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or attorney in fact or at law go before some officer of this State who is authorized by law to administer oaths, or a commissioner for this State residing in some other State, and make affidavit of the amount of principal and interest due on such mortgage, which affidavit shall be annexed to such mortgage, or a copy thereof, sworn to by said person, his agent or attorney in fact or at law, as being a true and correct copy of said mortgage, and when such mortgage or sworn copy thereof with affidavit annexed thereto shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county wherein the mortgagor resides at the date of the foreclosure if a resident of this State, or when the county of his or her residence is not known, it shall be the duty of such clerk to issue an execution directed to all and singular the sheriffs or their lawful deputies and coroners of this State, commanding the sale of the mortgaged property to satisfy the principal and interest, together with the costs of the proceedings to foreclose the said mortgage. Code section 3971 amended. Forclosure of mortgages on personal property. Execution, how issued. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 30, 1892. CODE SECTION 3972. FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. No. 10. An Act to amend section 3972 of the Code of 1882, by inserting after the word sheriff in the second line from the top the following words: or his lawful deputy, and by adding after the word sheriff in the sixth line from the top the words: or his lawful deputy. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, section 3972 of the Code of 1882 be amended by inserting after the word sheriff in the second line from the top the following words, or his lawful deputy, and that said section be further amended by adding after the word sheriff in the sixth line from the top, the words or his lawful deputy, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: When the execution mentioned in the preceding section shall be delivered to

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the sheriff or his lawful deputy, or coroner, as the case may be, it shall be his duty to levy on the mortgaged property, wheresoever the same may be found, and after advertising the same in one or more public gazettes of this State, weekly, for four weeks before the day of sale, the said sheriff or his lawful deputy, or coroner, shall put up and expose said property to sale, at the time and place, and in the same manner as governs in case of sheriff's sales. Code section 3972 amended. Foreclosure of mortgages on personal property. Execution may be levied by deputy sheriff. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 30, 1892. CODE SECTION 4095. NUISANCES IN CITIES, HOW ABATED. No. 27. An Act to amend section 4095 of the Code of 1882, so as to confer jurisdiction to abate the nuisances therein referred to upon the police courts of all cities of this State having a population of twenty (20,000) thousand or upwards. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section four thousand and ninety five (4095) of the Code of Georgia of 1882 be, and said section is, hereby amended by adding after the word commissioners in the sixth (6) line of said section the words but if the nuisance complained of exists in a city having a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, the police court of such city, whether known as mayor's or recorder's court or otherwise designated, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question of the existence of such nuisance, and if found to exist, to order its abatement; so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: 4095. If the nuisance complained of exists in a town or city under the government of a mayor, intendant, aldermen, wardens or a common council or commissioners, such nuisance, by and with the advice of said aldermen, wardens, council or commissioners, may be abated and removed by order of said mayor, intendant or commissioners; but if the nuisance complained of exists in a city having a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, the police court of such city, whether known as mayor's or recorder's court, or otherwise designated, shall

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have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question of the existence of such nuisance, and if found to exist to order its abatement, which order shall be directed to and executed by the sheriff or the marshal of said town or city, or their deputy. Code section 4095 amended. Nuisances in cities, how abated SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing act are hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. CODE SECTION 4711. CONTEMPT CASES, HOW TRIED. No. 114. An Act to amend section 4711 of the Code of 1882, by providing how the issue shall be made in contempt cases, and providing for a trial by jury when a defendant denies that he has certain assets. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, section 4711 of the Code of 1882 be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: provided, that in no case shall any person be imprisoned for contempt for failing or refusing to pay over money under any order, judgment or decree of any court of law or any court of this State, when he denies that the money ordered or decreed to be paid over is in his power, custody or control, until he h had a trial by jury as hereinafter provided; the allegation of the plaintiff, receiver, referee, or any other person or persons that the defendant has a certain sum of money within his power, custody or control which he is withholding or refusing or fails to pay over, and the denial of the defendant that he has the power, custody or control of said money, shall form the issue to be tried by the jury, and the jury shall pass upon the facts. The judge presiding shall cause questions to be propounded in writing to the jury; when every question propounded shall be answered by the jury in their verdict, and upon the answers made to such questions by the jury the judge shall adjudge or decree whether the defendant be or not in contempt, with the right to either party to move for a new trial and carry the case to the Supreme Court by bill of exceptions as in other civil cases. The issue being made, a bond may be required in the

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discretion of the court for the appearance of the defendant for trial, which bond shall be of sufficient size to procure the attendance of defendant, to appear and answer the final judgment or decree in the case, which shall be approved by the judge, and on failure to appear the bond shall be forfeited as in criminal cases, and in default of bond the defendant shall be committed to jail for safe keeping until trial; so that said section when amended shall read as follows: The powers of the several courts of law and equity in this State to issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempt of court shall not extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of said courts or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers of said [Illegible Text] in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any officer of said courts, party, juror, witness or other person or persons to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command of the said courts; provided, that in no case shall any person be imprisoned for contempt for failing or refusing to pay over money under any order, decree or judgment of any court of law or any other court of this State, when he denies that the money ordered or decreed to be paid over is in his power, custody or control, until he has a trial by jury as herein provided. The allegation of the plaintiff, receiver, referee or any other person or persons that the defendant has a certain sum of money within his power, custody or control which he is withholding or refuses or fails to pay over, and the denial of the defendant that he has the power, custody or control of said money, shall form the issue to be tried by the jury, and the jury shall pass upon the fact. The judge presiding shall cause questions to be propounded in writing to the jury; when every question propounded shall be answered by the jury in their verdict, and upon the answers made to such questions by the jury the judge shall adjudge or decree whether the defendant be or not in contempt, with the right to either party to move for a new trial and carry the case to the Supreme Court by bill of exceptions as in other civil cases. The issue being made a bond may be required in the discretion of the court for the appearance of the defendant for trial, which bond shall be of sufficient size to procure the attendance of defendant to appear and answer the final judgment or decree in the case, which shall be approved by the judge, and on failure to appear the bond shall be forfeited as in criminal cases, and in default of bond the defendant may be committed to jail for safe keeping until trial. Code section 4711 amended, Powers of courts to punish for contempt. Orders requiring payment of money, how enforced. Issue on such orders how formed and tried. New trials and exceptions in such cases.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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TITLE V. SUPERIOR COURTS. ACTS. Requiring Clerks to Keep a Reverse Index Docket. Morgan Superior Court, when Held, etc. Rockdale Superior Court, when Held, etc. Rabun Superior Court, when Held, etc. Superior Courts of Flint Circuit. Hancock Superior Court, when Held, etc. Lee Superior Court, when Held, etc. Superior Courts of Coweta Circuit. REVERSE INDEX DOCKET TO EXECUTION DOCKET REQUIRED No. 116. An Act to require the Clerks of the Superior Courts of this State to keep a reverse index docket to the general execution docket. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of each county in this State shall be required to keep a reverse index docket to the general execution docket now required by law to be kept in their respective offices, on which docket the said clerk shall enter all executions entered on the general execution docket. Clerks of superior courts required to keep reverse index docket to execution docket. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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MORGAN SUPERIOR COURT, WHEN HELD, ETC. No. 35. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of the county of Morgan, to fix the regular terms of said court, to provide for the drawing of juries in said court and to define the term of service of said juries. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, the times of holding the Superior Court of the county of Morgan shall be on the first Mondays in March and September in each year, instead of the fourth Mondays in February and August as now provided by law, and said terms shall each contain two weeks. Morgan superior court first Mondays in March and September. Terms, two weeks. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all writs, suits, orders, summonses, processes and other proceedings, returnable to said court prior to the passage of this act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms as fixed by this act, and the grand and traverse jurors sworn for the term of said court next after the passage of this act, as prescribed by law prior to the passage of this act, shall be required to attend and to serve at the terms designated by this act. Returns under this act. Jurors for March term, 1893. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That at each term of said court after the passage of this act there shall be drawn in the manner now provided by law traverse jurors for each of the two weeks contemplated by this act, but said traverse jurors shall not be compellable to serve for a longer time than one week. There shall also be drawn, in the manner prescribed by law, one grand jury for each term of said court, and the grand jury drawn shall serve for both weeks, or so long as the public interests may demand, to be determined by the judge presiding at said court. Traverse jurors for each week. Grand jurors for the term. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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ROCKDALE SUPERIOR COURT, WHEN HELD, ETC. No. 30. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Rockdale county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That the Superior Courts of Rockdale county shall be held on the first and second Mondays in April and in October of each year instead of the second Mondays of March and September as heretofore held. Rockdale superior court first Mondays in April and October. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be discretionary with the presiding judge of said court to require the grand or traverse jurors or both panels of the court to serve during the whole term of each court, or to draw grand or traverse jurors or both to serve for each week during each term of the court. Jurors to serve one or two weeks as judge directs. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all writs, bills, petitions, processes, subp[oelig]nas, bonds and all other papers that are returnable to the March term, 1893, of Rockdale Superior Court are hereby made returnable to the April term, 1893, of said court. Returns to April term 1893. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. RABUN SUPERIOR COURT, WHEN HELD, ETC. No. 88. An Act to change and fix the time of holding the Superior Court in the county of Rabun, in the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of this State, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the time of holding the Superior Court of the county of Rabun, in the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of this State shall be fixed from and after the passage of this Act, as follows, to-wit: For the county of Rabun on the fourth Monday in February and August each year. Rabun superior court, 4th Mondays in February and August

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all petitions, bills, writs, summons, mesne and final processes and other processes of whatever kind now returnable to and pending in the superior court of said county, as the terms are now provided for, shall hold good and relate to the terms of said court as changed, fixed and provided by this act, and that all grand and traverse jurors who may be drawn and summonsed to attend the said courts as now provided by law shall be required to attend at the terms of said courts as changed and fixed by this act. Returns to and jurors for February term, 1893. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons subp[oelig]naed as witnesses to appear at the terms as fixed before the passage of this act, shall be required to attend the terms of said courts as fixed by this act. Witnesses required to attend February term, 1893. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. SUPERIOR COURTS OF THE FLINT CIRCUIT, WHEN HELD, ETC. No. 15. An Act to fix the time of holding the superior courts of the following counties composing the Flint Circuit, to-wit: Upson, Monroe, Spalding, Butts, Pike and Henry, to provide for the return of the writs, processes, the attendance of grand and other jurors, etc., and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the time for holding the superior courts of the counties that compose the Flint Circuit be as follows, to-wit: Upson, first Monday in May and third Monday in November; Monroe, first Monday in February and second Monday in September; Spalding, third Monday in February and fourth Monday in September; Butts, second Monday in March and second Monday in October; Pike, fourth Monday in March and third Monday in October, and Henry, the third Monday in April and Monday after the fourth Monday in October. Superior court of Upson county. Of Monroe county. Of Spalding county. Of Butts county. Of Pike county. Of Henry county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, processes and other proceedings returnable to the terms of the several courts above named as they now exist

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shall be returnable to the terms of the said courts as herein above provided, and the grand and other jurors drawn for the terms of said courts as they now exist shall attend at the terms of the courts herein above set out. Returns to and jurors for the terms fixed by this act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 8, 1892. HANCOCK SUPERIOR COURT, TERMS OF, ETC. No. 16. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Hancock county, to provide for two weeks session of each term of said court, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the paassage of this act the time for holding the Superior Court of Hancock county shall be changed from the second Mondays in April and October to the first Mondays in February and August in each year. Superior court of Hancock county 1st Mondays in February and August SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said court may remain in session for a period of two weeks whenever the business of said court may require. Terms of two weeks. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all suits summonses, processes, orders and other proceedings pending in and returnable to said court prior to the passage of this act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms herein fixed and prescribed. Returns to February term, 1893. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the grand jury drawn and summonsed for each term shall serve two weeks whenever the business of said court may require, that the presiding judge may in his discretion draw a traverse jury for the first and second weeks who shall be summonsed to appear and serve for the first and second weeks of said court; provided nothing in this act shall disqualify a juror who has served the first week from being competent to serve the second week of said court. Grand jurors, service of. Traverse jurors, service of. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892.

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LEE SUPERIOR COURT, TERMS OF, ETC. No. 43. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of the county of Lee in the Southwestern Circuit from the first Monday in September to the first Monday in November and to provide for the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the term of holding the Superior Court of Lee county in the Southwestern Circuit shall be changed from the first Monday in September to the first Monday in November, so that after the passage of this act the terms of the Superior Court of Lee county in the Southwestern Circuit shall be held on first Mondays in March and November in each year. Lee superior court 1st Mondays in March and November. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all suits, writs, summonses, processes, orders and proceedings pending in and returnable to said court prior to the passage of this act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms herein fixed and prescribed, and the grand and traverse jurors which have been or may be drawn for the terms as prescribed prior to the passage of this act shall be required to attend and serve as jurors for the terms fixed and prescribed by this act. Returns to March term, 1893. Jurors for March term, 1893. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. SUPERIOR COURTS IN COWETA CIRCUIT, WHEN HELD, ETC. No. 110. An Act to readjust the calendar of the Coweta Circuit by changing the times of holding the Superior Courts of the counties of Troup and Carroll, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the calendar of the Coweta Circuit shall be changed as follows: That the terms of the Superior Court of Troup county, which are now

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held on the fourth Monday in April and first Monday in November each year, be, and the same are, hereby changed to the first Monday in May and the first Monday in November of each year; and that the terms of the Superior Court of Carroll county, which are now held on the first Monday in April and the first Monday in October, remain as now fixed by law except that the spring term shall include all of the time between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in May. Superior courts of Troup county. Of Carroll county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That suits now brought or hereafter brought in criminal cases and all cases of whatever kind shall be returnable and stand for trial in accordance with the changes made in the first section of this act. Returns to said courts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all conflicting laws are hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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TITLE VI. MILITARY. ACTS. Chaplains for Battalions. Amending Act Organizing Fourth Regiment. Increasing Number of Companies of Third Regiment. Formation of Fifth Infantry Regiment. Surgeon-General. Assistant Quartermaster. Examination and Oath of Commissioned Officers. CHAPLAINS FOR BATTALIONS. No. 9. An Act to amend section 7 of an act to provide for the better organization, government and discipline of the volunteer troops of this State, etc., approved October 16, 1879, so as to enable the commanding officer of a battalion to appoint, in his discretion, a chaplain of said battalion. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the above recited act be amended as follows: In the seventh section of said act, after the words to these may be added, in the discretion of the battalion commander, a paymaster, a commissary, the following words shall be added to-wit: a chaplain, so that the clause shall read as follows: To these may be added, in the discretion of the battalion commander, a paymaster, a commissary, a chaplain and a surgeon, each with the rank of first lieutenant, an ordnance sergeant and a hospital steward. Chaplains for battalions may, be appointed by their commanders. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 30, 1892.

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AMENDING ACT ORGANIZING FOURTH REGIMENT. No. 12. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to organize and incorporate the Fourth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, to empower the said regiment to acquire, hold and dispose of property, real and personal, to issue bonds and for other purposes, approved August 11, 1891, by providing for an additional major, an inspector of rifle practice and conferring the rank of first lieutenant on the chaplain of said regiment. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 4 of the above mentioned act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the word two in the second line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word three, by inserting the words inspector of rifle practice, between the words paymaster and a commissary in the sixth line of said section; and by adding after the word chaplain in the seventh line of said section, the following words, to-wit: with the rank of first lieutenant, so that said section of said act, when so amended, shall read as follows, to-wit: That the officers of said regiment shall be one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, not more than three majors, one adjutant, one quartermaster (the two last named with the rank of first lieutenant), a sergeant-major and a quartermaster-sergeant. To these may be added, in the discretion of the regimental commander, a paymaster, inspector of rifle practice, a commissary and a surgeon, each with the rank of first lieutenant; also a chaplain, with the rank of first lieutenant, a commissary sergeant and a hospital steward. Fourth regiment to have three majors. An inspector of rifle practice. Chaplain, rank of, SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 30, 1892.

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INCREASING NUMBER OF COMPANIES OF THIRD REGIMENT. No. 13. An Act to authorize an increase in the number of companies that constitute the Third Regiment of Georgia Volunteers; also, to authorize an increase in the number of majors in said regiment. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, the number of companies composing the Third Regiment of Georgia Volunteers be increased by adding two additional companies to the said regiment, so that the number of companies composing said regiment be twelve instead of ten. Third regiment to consist of 12 companies. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the number of majors in said regiment be increased to three. And to have three majors. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1, 1892. FORMATION OF FIFTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. No. 48. An Act to authorize the formation of the Fourth Infantry Battalion, Georgia Volunteers, into the Fifth Infantry Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, by attaching to said battalion a sufficient number of companies to organize said regiment, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the adjutant-general be, and he is, required to attach a sufficient number of other companies of Georgia Volunteers to the Fourth Infantry Battalion to form an Infantry Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, which shall be designated as the Fifth Infantry Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, and be a body corporate under said name, and exercise all the powers and privileges incident to incorporations. Fourth Infantry Battalion to become Fifth Infantry Regiment and to be incorparated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said regiment shall consist of not more than twelve and not less than seven companies,

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and the officers thereof shall be such as are now or may hereafter be required by the Army Regulations of the United States and the military laws of this State, and they shall be elected, appointed and commissioned in conformity with the said military laws, and in case said regiment is organized with less than said maximum number, other companies may be attached thereto, from time to time, until said maximum is reached. Companies composing Officers of SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That such powers and privileges as may have been already conferred by law on either or all of the companies of said regiment are not hereby repealed unless repugnant hereto. Powers and privileges of Approved December 15, 1892. SURGEON-GENERAL. No. 135. An Act to amend section 3 of an act approved October 13th, 1885, amending an act approved October 16th, 1879, providing for a better organization, government and discipline of the volunteer troops of this State by providing for the creation of the office of surgeon-general, assigning rank thereto and prescribing the duties thereof, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 3 of said act is hereby amended by striking out the whole of said section and by the insertion of these words in lieu thereof, so that said section shall read as follows: The Governor is commander-in-chief of the volunteer forces of this State, to-wit: The Georgia Volunteers and the Georgia Volunteers, colored. The staff of the Governor shall consist of the following officers, to be appointed by him, who shall be commissioned as officers of the Georgia Volunteers, holding office at the pleasure of the commander-in-chief or until their successors are appointed and qualified, to-wit: One adjutant and inspector-general with the rank of colonel of cavalry, who shall be keeper of public property and shall receive no additional salary than already prescribed for him; one judge advocate-general with the rank of colonel of cavalry; one quarter-master-general with the rank of colonel of cavalry; one surgeon-general with the rank of colonel of cavalry, and not less

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than four aids-de-camp with the rank of lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and in his discretion as many more as he may deem proper. The adjutant and inspector general shall be chief of staff to the Governor; he shall keep and preserve the arms, accoutrements and other military stores of the State and shall keep a roster of the officers of said volunteer forces, and shall keep on file in his office all reports made to him; it shall be his duty, unless the Governor for cause should designate some other officer, to visit and inspect the commands of said volunteer forces under the instructions of the commander-in-chief, and to perform such other duties as may pertain to his office or as may be required of him by the Governor; he shall make an annual report to the Governor of the condition of said volunteer forces, and the Governor is required to lay the same before the Legislature; shall give his whole time and attention to said office. It shall be the duty of the judge advocate-general to supervise and care for the management of all things relating to the administration of justice among the volunteer forces of this State; he shall diligently scrutinize and examine the proceedings of all court-martial and report thereon for the information of the commander-in-chief; he shall also in like manner report in all disputed elections for an office which is filled by election under the provisions of this act. Under the orders of the commander-in-chief, the judge advocate-general shall act as judge advocate of any court-martial where the public interest may require his attendance. He is chief of his department and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the commander-in-chief. The quarter-master-general and the aids-de-camp shall perform such duties as pertain to their respective offices as may be directed by the commander-in-chief. The surgeon-general, by and with the advice of the commander-in-chief, shall have general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the medical department of the volunteer forces of this State; he shall issue the necessary instructions from time to time relating to the professional duties of the officers of said medical department, reporting his action for the information of the Commander-in-chief. He is chief of his department and shall perform such other duties as may be required of his by the commander-in-chief. Commander-in-chief of volunteer forces. Staff officers. Adjutant and inspector-general Judge advocate-general. Quarter-master-general. Surgeon-general. Aids-de-camp. Chief of staff, duties, etc. Duties of judge advocate-general. Duties of quarter-master-general and aids-de-camp. Duties of surgeon-general. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER. No. 145. An Act to provide for the creation of the office of assistant quartermaster in the volunteer forces of this State, assigning rank thereto, and prescribing the duties thereof, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the office of assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain of cavalry be, and the same is, hereby established in the volunteer forces of this State. Assistant quartermaster, rank of, SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to appoint, upon recommendation of the quartermaster-general, from among the officers or enlisted men of the Georgia Volunteers, a suitable person to the office of assistant quartermaster as aforesaid, who shall be commissioned as an officer of the Georgia Volunteers, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, or until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided, that the person so appointed shall, before being commissioned, pass a satisfactory examination touching his competency and fitness for said office, under such regulations as are or may be established by law; provided further, that the assistant quartermaster shall be an assistant to the quartermaster-general, and shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the Governor. Appointment of. Examination of. Duties of. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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EXAMINATION AND OATH OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. No. 147. An Act to provide for the examination of persons elected to or nominated for any commissioned office in the volunteer forces of this State, to provide that all officers now holding commissions and all officers who may hereafter be commissioned shall take and subscribe such oath and declarations as may be prescribed by the Governor, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, every person elected to or nominated for any commissioned office in the volunteer forces of this State, whether Georgia Volunteers, or Georgia Volunteers colored, shall appear before an examining board, consisting of two or more competent officers, which board shall examine said person as to his military and other qualifications; provided, that the Governor may waive the examination of any person appointed by him as a member of his military staff or of any person nominated for the office of chaplain. Persons elected or nominated for a commissioned officer to be examined. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to establish one or more boards for the examination of all persons applying for commissions as aforesaid, which examinations shall, in all cases, be written, and shall be conducted in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Governor; provided, that the examination of persons nominated for the office of surgeon shall be conducted by boards composed entirely of surgeons or officers of the medical department of the volunteer forces of this State. Examining boards. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That each board of examination hereinbefore provided shall within ten days after each examination make a detailed report, in writing, of the result thereof to the Governor, who shall approve or disapprove of the persons elected or nominated as aforesaid; provided, tha if any person elected to or nominated for any commissioned office, as aforesaid, shall fail to appear before a board of examination within thirty days after being notified, unless he shall give satisfactory excuse for such non-appearance, or shall fail to pass a satisfactory examination, the fact shall be certified by the board to the Governor, who shall declare the election or

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nomination null and void; provided, that any person elected or nominated as aforesaid, who shall fail to pass a satisfactory examination and be reported by the examining board as unqualified for a commissioner, he shall not be eligible for another election or nomination for the term of twelve months. Reports of board. SEC. 4. Bet it further enacted, That the board or boards of examination hereinbefore provided shall serve without compensation from the State, except actual expenses incurred. Compensation of boards. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That every person commissioned as an officer in the volunteer forces of this State, before he shall assume such rank or enter upon the duties of the office to which he may be commissioned, shall accept such commission and shall take and subscribe before some person authorized to administer oaths such oath and declarations as may be prescribed by the Governor; and that all officers of the volunteer forces of this State now holding commissions shall likewise take and subscribe such oath and declaration as aforesaid. Oath of commissioned officers. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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TITLE VII. EDUCATION. ACTS. Changing Name of the Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Loan of Certain Lands Belonging to the State to Mayor and Aldermen of Milledgeville for School Purposes, etc. Requiring State School Commissioner to Make an Annual Report. CHANGING NAME OF THE GEORGIA INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. No. 56. An Act to change the name of the Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, the institution heretofore known as The Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb be changed to Georgia School for the Deaf. Name changed to Georgia School for the Deaf. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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LOAN OF CERTAIN LAND BELONGING TO THE STATE TO MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF MILLEDGEVILLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, ETC. No. 87. An Act to set apart and loan certain land in the city of Milledgeville belonging to the State of Georgia for certain school purposes, to authorize and empower the Governor of the State and the local Board of Trustees of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College to lay off the same, to authorize and empower the mayor and aldermen of the city of Milledgeville to erect certain buildings thereon, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That two acres of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the land known as the old capitol square, situate in the city of Milledgeville and which has heretofore been set apart for the use of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College, be, and the same is, hereby set apart and loaned to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Milledgeville for the purpose of erecting thereon such buildings as may be needed for military barracks, for the use of the authorities and students of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College; the buildings aforesaid to be erected by and at the expense of said mayor and aldermen of the city of Milledgeville. Part of the old capitol square loaned to mayor and aldermen of Milledgeville. Upon which to erect barracks for use of Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor of this State and the local Board of Trustees of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College shall, as early as practicable, select the site for said buildings and cause the same to be surveyed and platted by some competent surveyor and the original plat shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of this State, after having been duly recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baldwin county. Selection, survey and platting of site. Filing and record of plat. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen of the city of Milledgeville are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon said land so soon as the provisions of the second section of this act shall have been complied with, and erect the buildings before mentioned, for the purposes and uses in this act set forth. That said land and said buildings, when erected, shall be held by the trustees of said Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College for the uses of said college so long as the said

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college shall be in use for school purposes; and if said college shall at any time be closed or discontinued, then said mayor and aldermen of the city of Milledgeville and their successors in office shall hold said land and buildings to be used solely for school purposes in said city of Milledgeville; provided, nevertheless, that if said land and buildings shall not be so used in the last named event, then said mayor and aldermen or their successors in office may remove said buildings without prejudice. When buildings may be erected. Land and buildings to be held for school purposes. If land not so used buildings may be removed without prejudice. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the State from taking possession at any time and using said land for any purpose whatever and from selling the same, but the city council of Milledgeville shall have the right to remove therefrom any building that it may erect on said land, in the event the State should devote the land to any other use or sell the same. State, at any time, may take possession of the land. But city council may move buildings. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. REQUIRING STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER TO MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT. No. 103. [Illegible Text] Act to amend the common school laws of this State by requiring the State School Commissioner to make an annual report, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 12 of the act to amend, revise and consolidate the common school laws, approved October 27th, 1887, be amended as follows: that the word a biennial be stricken out and the words an annual inserted in lieu thereof, so that when amended said section will read as follows: That the State School Commissioner shall make an annual report to the General Assembly, in which he shall present a statement of the condition and amount of all funds and property appropriated to the purpose of public education; a statement of the number of common and public schools of the various grades in the State; the number of scholars attending such schools, their sex, color, and the branches taught; a statement

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of the average cost per scholar of instruction under the common school system in each county; a statement of the plans for the management, extension and improvement of the common schools; a statement of the number of children of school age in the State, with as much accuracy as the same can be ascertained; also, a statement of the number of private schools and of colleges of different kinds in the State; the number of pupils in such schools or colleges, their sex, the branches taught, the average cost per scholar of tuition in said schools and colleges; to organize and establish in each county in Georgia a teachers' county institute for the assembling and instruction of the common school teachers of each county in the State, said institute to hold an annual session of one week's duration in each county of Georgia in the period of June, July and August, or in such other month as the State School Commissioner may deem best and expedient; provided, however, that the State School Commissioner may, in his discretion, combine the annual session of said institutes, or any number of them, so that the same may be held in any county designated by him; to prepare a programme of exercises, with a syllabus of each subject named in said programme for each day's session of said institute; to require county school commissioners to operate, at their regular per diem, said institute sessions under such general rules and regulations as he may deem best; to require all persons, white and colored, teaching in Georgia or having licenses entitling them to teach in the State, provided that those not teaching have not permanently retired from teaching, to attend all sessions of said institutes held in the county of their residence, and perform all duties required of them as members of said institutes, unless providentially prevented; to secure a prompt attendance of the teachers upon the exercises of said institutes by causing the county school commissioners and county boards of education to collect such fines from absentees as may be deemed just and reasonable by said commissioners and boards; provided, that no teacher shall be fined till he or she has stated the cause of his or her absence, in writing, to said commissioners and boards, and they have duly considered the same; provided further, that all money thus collected shall be used in purchasing teacher's libraries for the counties in which said fines may be collected; to provide separate institutes for the white and colored; to pay from the educational fund of each county an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars per annum for the purpose of securing the services of an expert in conducting the week's

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session of the institute of said county, which expert shall be chosen by the county school commissioners and county board of education, which expert shall assist in conducting the exercise of each annual week's session of said institute in the county where he is thus employed; to cause all sessions of said institutes to be held at county sites, or such other places as may be selected by the county school commissioner, and allow all persons so desiring to attend the sessions of said institutes; provided, that all visitors shall be subject to the rules and regulations of said institutes while attending the exercises of the same; to pay teachers whose schools have to be closed on account of said week's session of said institute their regular salaries; and to prescribe, from time to time, such other rules and regulations as he and the county school commissioners may deem best for successfully operating said institutes; provided further, that the county school commissioners shall establish teachers' county institutes for the public school teachers of each county, to hold monthly sessions on one Saturday in each month, during the term of the public schools, said Saturday to be determined by the county school commissioner, said monthly session to be governed and conducted by the county and conducted by the county school commissioner, as herein before prescribed for annual sessions of the teachers' county institutes; and in order that he may be able to carry the foregoing into execution he shall have the right to require of the county school commissioners to make such reports as he may prescribe upon the subjects herein mentioned, and in default of complying, as far as may be practical, with this requirement, such county school commissioners shall not be entitled to compensation for their official services. He shall also have the right to make the foregoing requirements of the president of the board of education, or chief executive officer of any public school organization in this State, operating under any special law, and until the requirement is complied with said organization shall not receive the pro rata part of the State school fund to which it would otherwise be entitled. Section 12 of act of October 27, 1887, amended. A biennial stricken and an annual inserted. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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TITLE VIII. COUNTY OFFICERS. ACTS. Election of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Weekly Reports by Tax-Collectors in Counties with over Thirty Thousand Population. Sheriffs and Deputies Made Ministerial Officers of County Courts. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES. No. 5. An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to change the manner of selecting Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in counties of the State where the same are now elected by the qualified voters of said counties, and for other purposes, approved October 19, 1891, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after passage of this act, the above recited act to change the manner of selecting Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in counties of this State where the same are now elected by the qualified voters of said counties, and for other purposes, approved October 19, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act of Oct. 19, 1891, to change manner of selecting county commissioners, repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 28, 1892.

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WEEKLY REPORTS BY TAX-COLLECTORS IN COUNTIES WITH OVER THIRTY THOUSAND POPULATION. No. 75. An Act to amend section 4 of an act entitled an act to fix the bonds of all tax-collectors in counties of this State having a population of thirty thousand or more, to require such tax-collectors to make more frequent settlements with the Comptroller-General of this State and with the county authorities than is now required by law, and for other purposes, approved October 21, 1891, by striking all the words after the word make in the second line and before the word and in the seventh line of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the words duplicate weekly reports to the Comptroller-General and the county authorities of the aggregate amount of taxes collected during said week, naming separately the amount of taxes collected for the State and the county, and shall swear that the same is a correct report of the taxes collected as aforesaid, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgian, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, section 4 of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from said section all the words after the word make in the second line and before the word and in the seventh line of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the words duplicate weekly reports to the Comptroller-General and the county authorities, of the aggregate amount of taxes collected during said week, naming separately the amount of taxes collected for the State and the county, and shall swear that the same is a correct report of the taxes collected as aforesaid, so that said section, thus amended, shall read as follows: That the tax-collector in each of such counties shall make duplicate weekly reports to the Comptroller-General and the county authorities of the aggregate amount of taxes collected during said week, naming separately the amount of taxes collected for the State and the county, and shall swear that the same is a correct report of the taxes collected as aforesaid; and if any such tax-collector makes out a false return of the matters required to be reported, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of false swearing. Section 4 of Act of Oct. 21, 1891, amended. Weekly reports to comptroller-general and county authorities required. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of

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laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIES MADE MINISTERIAL OFFICERS OF COUNTY COURTS. No. 76. An Act to make the sheriffs and their deputies of the several counties of this State wherein county courts have been established or where such courts may be hereafter established ex officio ministerial officers of said county courts, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, in all counties in Georgia in which county courts have been established or in which said courts may be hereafter established, the sheriffs and their deputies of said counties shall be ex officio ministerial officers of said courts, with power to serve all the processes issued by said courts or the judges thereof in the manner that said processes may now be served by the special bailiffs of said courts. Sheriffs and deputies ministerial officers of county courts. With power to serve all processes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the fees of said sheriffs and their deputies shall be the same as are allowed by law to the special bailiffs of said courts. Fees. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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TITLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS. ACTS. Direct Tax under Act of 1861 Refunded to Heirs at Law. Special Bailiffs in Superior Courts. County Chaingangs, where and how Employed. Capitol and Grounds, Use of Restricted. Running Freight Trains on Sunday. Public Property. Lots in Milledgeville Exchanged with Baldwin County. Telegraphic Messages. Penalty for Non-delivery, etc. Pensions to Widows of Georgia Confederate Soldiers. Georgia Confederate Soldiers may be Photographic Artists, etc., without License. State Capitol and Grounds, Protection of. State Property along Western and Atlantic Railroad, Agent for. Fines in Bastardy Cases, how Applied. Unfinished Business of First Session of General Assembly. Cases Returned from Supreme Court, when Tried. Municipalities May Receive Gifts and Act as Trustees. Land Lines made Lawful Fences. Divorces Granted Since Act of October 20, 1891, Made Valid. General Local Option Liquor Law Amended. City Courts, Establishment of in Certain Counties. Rocking Passenger or Street Cars or Shooting in or at Same. Private Insane Asylums, Protection of Inmates. Wrecking a Railroad Company Made a Felony. Supreme Court, Practice in. Rights and Liabilities of Landlords.

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DIRECT TAX REFUNDED TO HEIRS AT LAW. No. 134. An Act to amend an act approved October 21st, 1891, entitled an act to provide for the payment to the persons entitled thereto of the money received by the State of Georgia from the United States under the act approved March 2d, 1891, refunding the direct tax collected under the act approved August 5th, 1861, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting after the word persons in the ninth line of the second section the words: or if there be no duly qualified legal representatives, and there are no other debts due by such person or persons, then the heirs at law of such person or persons are hereby declared to be the legal representatives of such person or persons, and the warrant shall be drawn in favor of such one of the heirs at law as a majority of them may select; provided, that when the heirs at law make application they shall all unite in one application; so that said section, when so amended, will read as follows: Section 2. Be it likewise enacted that all claims for said direct tax money shall be filed with the Governor, who shall have prepared proper blank forms for making such claims and establishing the same by satisfactory evidence. Upon proper proof the Governor shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the person or persons from whom said tax was collected as appears by said copy tax list, or if such person or persons be dead, then the warrant shall be drawn in favor of the duly qualified legal representative of such person or persons, or if there be no duly qualified legal representative, and there are no debts due by such person or persons, then the heirs at law of such person or persons are hereby declared to be the legal representatives of such person or persons, and the warrant shall be drawn in favor of such one of the heirs at law as a majority of them may select; provided, that when the heirs at law make application they shall all unite in one application, and the certificate of the ordinary of the county where the application is made that there are no debts due by such person or persons and that all the heirs at law have united in the application shall be sufficient evidence to authorize the Governor to accept the same as true. Direct tax collected under act of 1861 and refunded under act of 1891, may be paid to heirs at law. Claims therefor.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892. SPECIAL BAILIFFS IN SUPERIOR COURTS. No. 32. An Act to authorize the judges of the superior courts in this State to appoint a special bailiff in counties containing a city of sixty thousand population or more, to define the term of service and duties of said bailiff, to fix his compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That all judges of the superior courts in this State shall have authority to appoint a special bailiff in any county in their judicial circuit which contains a city of sixty thousand population or more, which bailiff shall hold his office during the pleasure of the judge appointing him, and who shall discharge such duties in and about the court room when the court is in session and about the judge's chambers as may be now or hereafter required by law or as may be required by the judge so appointing him. Special bailiffs, how appointed. Term of office and duties. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said special bailiff shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of fifty dollars per month, or at that rate during his tenure of office, and the same shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for said county or in the absence of such commissioners upon the order of the ordinary. Compensation. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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COUNTY CHAINGANGS, WHERE AND HOW EMPLOYED. No. 33. An Act to authorize the county authorities having control of any county chaingang in this State to establish camps and work and control said convicts beyond the limits of the county to which said convicts belong for the purpose of providing material for public roads, and for other public purposes, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, any ordinary, board of county commissioners, county judge or other properly constituted county authorities having control of any chaingang in this State shall be authorized to establish camps beyond the limits of their respective counties, at any point in this State, for the purpose of quarrying or gathering rock, gravel or other material to be used by said county so controlling said chaingang in the improvement of its public roads, or improving the streets of any city situated in said county; provided, that the consent of the counties in which said camps are to be located shall be first had by obtaining the consent of the county commissioners or ordinary of said county or county judge. County chaingangs how and where employed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any county in this State so establishing any convict camp as provided in the preceding section may, in connection therewith, purchase, use and control any machinery necessary for the purpose of crushing rock or preparing the same for use on the public roads, or any public building in their respective counties in just as full and ample a manner as if said work were carried on within the limits of their respective counties. Machinery for, when employed out of their respective counties. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, HOW USED. No. 37. An Act to define and limit the use of the capitol building and grounds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, that the use of the capitol building and grounds shall be limited to the legitimate departments of this State, and to State and national political organizations. Capitol use limited. SEC. 2. That the keeper of public buildings and grounds is hereby prevented from granting the use of either the capitol or grounds to any other uses than these enumerated in section 1 of this act. SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. RUNNING FREIGHT TRAINS ON SUNDAY. No. 39. An Act to repeal an act to authorize the running of freight trains over the Georgia Railroad on Sundays, in certain cases herein specified, approved February 25, 1876. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act that the above specified act to authorize the running of freight trains over the Georgia Railroad on Sundays, in certain cases herein specified, approved February 25, 1876, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act to authorize running freight trains on Sunday repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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PUBLIC PROPERTY, LOTS IN MILLEDGEVILLE, EXCHANGE WITH BALDWIN COUNTY. No. 7. An Act to authorize and empower the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Baldwin county and said State, to exchange and convey one acre lots of land, in the city of Milledgeville, in the square upon which the Georgia Normal and Industrial College is located. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Baldwin county, in said State, are hereby empowered and authorized to exchange with and convey to the State of Georgia the one acre lot of land in said square now used for jail purposes by said county; and in consideration thereof the Governor of Georgia is hereby empowered and authorized to exchange and convey to Baldwin county one acre of land in said college square, lying due east of the acre aforesaid, and nearest the court-house of said county, the same to be used for a new jail for said county, the improvements now on said respective lots to be sold or disposed of before delivery, in such manner as the Governor and said commissioners may determine. Jail lot of Baldwin county exchanged for a lot of the State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 29, 1892. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES, PENALTY, ETC., FOR NON-DELIVERY. No. 93. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prescribe the duty, of electric telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting dispatches, to prescribe penalties for violations thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the act entitled an act to prescribe the duty of electric telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting dispatches,

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to prescribe penalties for violations thereof, and for other purposes, approved October 22, 1887, be amended by striking the words one hundred in the tenth line of the first section, and inserting in lieu thereof fifty, and by striking out the words justice or other in the twelfth line of said section, and be further amended by adding to the second section the following words, or if not residing in said limits, that the sender of the dispatch specify in the dispatch the place at which in said limits the dispatch is to be delivered, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that every electric telegraph company with a line of wires wholly or partly in this State and engaged in telegraphing for the public shall during the usual office hours receive dispatches, whether from other telegraphic lines or from individuals, and on payment or tender of the usual charges according to the regulations of such company shall transmit and deliver the same with impartiality and good faith and with due diligence under penalty of fifty dollars, which penalty may be recovered by suit in a court having jurisdiction thereof, by either the sender of the dispatch or the person to whom sent or directed, whichever may first sue; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as impairing or in any way modifying the right of any person to recover damages for any such breach of contract or duty by any telegraph company, and said penalty and said damages may, if the party so elect, be recovered in the same suit. Telegrams, penalty for non-delivery. Collection of penalty and damages. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That such companies shall deliver all dispatches to the persons to whom the same are addressed or to their agents on payment of any charges due for the same provided such persons or agents reside within one mile of the telegraphic station or within the city or town in which such station is, or if not residing in said limits that the sender of the dispatch specify in the dispatch the place at which in said limits the dispatch is to be delivered. Delivery of messages. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall not change the amount of penalties for which the right of action has accrued prior to the passage of this act. Rights of action accruing prior to this act unaffected. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS OF GEORGIA CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. No. 83. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to allow pensions to certain Confederate widows, and for other purposes, approved December 23d, 1890, so as to change the amount of the annual pensions, and by limiting the pensions to the widow of every Georgia Confederate soldier, and the widow of every Confederate soldier who enlisted in a Georgia regiment, now residing in the State of Georgia and so long as she may continue to so reside. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act section 1 of an act entitled an act to allow pensions to certain Confederate widows, and for other purposes, approved December 23, 1890, be amended by striking therefrom in line five the words and figures one hundred (100) and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures sixty (60),' and that between the words every and Confederate in the second line of the first section of said act the word Georgia be inserted, and that between the words soldier and now in the second line of the first section of said act the words to the widow of every Confederate soldier who enlisted in a Georgia regiment, be inserted, so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, To the widow of every Georgia Confederate soldier, and to the widow of every Confederate soldier who enlisted in a Georgia regiment and to the widow of every Confederate soldier who is herself a native Georgian now residing in the State of Georgia, and so long as she may continue to so reside there shall be paid annually beginning on the fifteenth day of February, 1891, a pension of sixty ($60) dollars; provided, that this act shall only apply to such widows as were married at the time of the service of such husband in the Confederate army and have remained unmarried since the death of such soldier husband; provided further, that the said soldier husband shall have died in the service of the Confederate states, or since from wounds received therein or disease contracted in the service. Pensions to widows of Georgia Contederate soldiers $60.00. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of

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laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. GEORGIA CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS MAY BE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS, ETC., WITHOUT LICENSE. No. 86. An Act to authorize certain disabled Confederate soldiers of this State, who are daguerrean, ambrotye, photographic or similar artists to carry on such business in any county or counties thereof, and who conduct such business on their own account and not with another, without paying license for the privilege of so doing. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for any disabled Confederate soldier of this State who is a daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic or similar artist to carry on such business in any county or counties thereof, and who conducts such business on his own account and not with another, without paying license for the privilege of so doing; and a certificate from the ordinary of any county stating the fact of his being such disabled Confederate soldier shall be sufficient evidence thereof; provided, that the privileges hereby granted shall not be transferable to or used by any other person; and provided further, that the privileges hereby granted shall not extend to any person who in the conduct of such business has as many as three employees. Georgia Confederate soldiers may do business as photographic artists,etc., without license. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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STATE CAPTOL AND GROUNDS, PROTECTION OF. No. 89. An Act for the protection of the State capitol building, the approaches thereto, the grounds thereof and the trees and shrubbery thereon, to authorize and empower the janitor and watchman of said building to make arrests in certain cases, to fix the penalty for marring, defacing or injuring the building or any property therein or belonging thereto, and providing for the trial and punishment of persons violating the provisions of this act, and other purposes connected with the proper protection and care of said capitol. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the approval of this act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to mar, deface or in any way to injure the capitol building, the approaches thereto, the trees, shrubbery or grounds belonging to same, or any of the furniture, fixtures or property therein, and upon conviction thereof the person so offending shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the judicial officer trying the case, the fine not to exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars and the imprisonment not to exceed six months on the chaingang of Fulton county. Defacing or injuring capitol or grounds. Penalty. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That either the recorder of the city of Atlanta or the judge of the criminal court of Atlanta for Fulton county is empowered and duly authorized to hear and determine any case arising under the provisions of this act, and to inflict the punishment prescribed herein upon guilty parties. Recorder of city of Atlanta and judge of the criminal court of Atlanta may try and punish offenders. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the janitors and watchmen employed by keeper of public buildings and grounds shall be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered under rules prescribed by the Governor and keeper of public buildings, to make arrests and convey offenders to the police headquarters of Atlanta to be tried either by the recorder or judge of the criminal court of Atlanta for Fulton county. And it shall be their duty to prevent the abuse of said building, to suppress disorderly conduct therein and protect it and its contents. Janitors and watchmen authorized to make arrests. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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PUBLIC PROPERTY ALONG WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD, AGENT FOR. No. 79. An Act to authorize the Governor to appoint an agent to look after the property of the State of Georgia in Tennessee and in Georgia along the line of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, to prescribe his duties, fix his compensation, make an approptiation therefor, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint some suitable person, skilled in law, to examine into the status of the State's property along the line of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and at the termini in Atlanta and Chattanooga; to investigate all adverse claims to any portion of said property, now or formerly belonging to the State, and all encroachments thereon, and to institute and prosecute legal proceedings for the protection and preservation of the interests of the State in any of said property, and to make from time to time full reports in writing of his acts and doings in the premises. State's property along W. A. R. R. An agent for its protection. Duty and authority. SEC. 2. Be it likewise enacted, That said agent shall act in all matters under the direction and advice of the Governor and Attorney-General, and that he shall be appointed until the next session of the General Assembly beginning January 1st, 1893, and that his salary shall be at the rate of two thousand dollars, and said sum is hereby appropriated for the year 1893, and the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the same in quarterly payments. The agent or attorney herein provided for shall report the result of his investigation to the next session of the General Assembly. Appointment. Salary. SEC. 3. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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FINES IN BASTARDY CASES, HOW APPLIED. No. 82. An Act to provide for the payment of fines in bastardy cases to the ordinary of the county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act that all moneys arising from fines imposed on conviction of bastardy shall be paid over to the ordinary of the county to be by him improved and applied, from time to time, as occasion may require, for the maintenance and education of such child or children, and shall not be retained by the officer of court for the purpose of paying insolvent cost due them, or for any purpose. Fines in bastardy cases to be applied by the ordinary. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF FIRST SESSION OF EACH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. No. 54. An Act to provide that all bills, resolutions and all other matters pending in the Senate and House of Representatives at the close of the first session of each General Assembly shall go over to the second session of such General Assembly as unfinished business, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That all bills, resolutions and all other matters pending at the end of the first session of each General Assembly shall go over to the next session of such General Assembly as unfinished business and occupy the same places on the calendar of the second session as such bills, resolutions and other matters occupied at the first session of such General Assembly. Unfinished business of first session goes over to next session of General Assembly. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the above act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892.

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CASES RETURNED FROM SUPREME COURT, WHEN TRIED. No. 28. An Act to prescribe the time when cases decided by the Supreme Court shall stand for trial in the courts from which they were appealed, to regulate the practice therein, to repeal an act entitled an act to fix with certainty on the dockets the places of cases in which new trials are granted by the Supreme Court, which was approved November 12, 1889, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That all cases decided by the Supreme Court, which are not finally disposed of by such decision, shall stand for a further trial or a further hearing at the term of the court from which they were appealed next ensuing after the decision by the Supreme Court, unless the lower court be in session when such Supreme Court decision is made, and in this event they shall stand for trial during the term of the lower court so in session when the Supreme Court decision is rendered. Cases returned from Supreme Court stand for trial in lower court when. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the lower court in which a remittitur is entered from the Supreme Court shall docket the case, if another trial or hearing is to be had therein, upon the proper docket immediately after the other cases then pending in his court which stand for trial or a hearing at the term above fixed as the time for trying or hearing the case referred to in said remittitur. Such cases must be docketed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the judge presiding in the lower court shall have it in his discretion to postpone the trial or hearing of any case that has been appealed to the Supreme Court to such day in the term above fixed for trial as to him may seem reasonable and just, or, if necessary to give proper time for preparation, he may continue the case until the next ensuing term of the court. Discretion of judge of lower court as to trial. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That an act entitled an act to fix with certainty on the docket the places of cases in which new trials are granted by the Supreme Court, which was approved November 12, 1889, and any or all other acts that may conflict with the terms of this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Act of 1889 on same subject repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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MUNICIPALITIES MAY RECEIVE GIFTS AND ACT AS TRUSTEES. No. 49. An Act to authorize all incorporated towns and cities in this State to receive donations of any property, real or personal, that may be given to them, by deed of gift, will or otherwise, whether subject to conditions or not, if the governing body of such towns and cities approve the same, and also to authorize them to act as trustees in cases of any gifts or donations for charitable or eleemosynary purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That all incorporated towns and cities in this State are authorized to receive any donations or gifts of real or personal property which may be made to them, by deed of gift, will or otherwise, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the instrument giving or donating the property, if the governing body of such town or city approves of such conditions. Incorporated towns and cities may receive and accept gifts. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the incorporated towns and cities in this State shall be authorized to act as trustees under any conveyance or will donating or giving property fr charitable or eleemosynary purposes. And act as trustees. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. LAND LINES MADE LAWFUL FENCES. No. 44. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the fence laws of this State, and to repeal section 1449 of the Code of Georgia, approved November 26, 1890, by adding thereto after the word action in the seventeenth line of said act the following: or which has not theretofore abolished or removed fences by an election, although not held at the time prescribed in act, approved September 5, 1883. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the above recited act

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be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding thereto after the word action in the seventeenth line the following: or which has not heretofore abolished or removed fences by an election although not held at the time prescribed in act approved September 5, 1883, so that when said act is amended it shall read as follows: In each and every county and district in this State the boundary lines of each lot, tract or parcel of land in said counties and districts shall be, and the same are, hereby declared a lawful fence; provided, that this section shall not become operative in any county or district of this State which has not heretofore abolished or removed fences either by a vote of the people or in pursuance of legal or illegal legislative action; or which has not heretofore abolished or removed fences by an election, although not held at the time prescribed in act approved September 5, 1883, unless by an election and in the manner provided for in sections 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1454 and 1455 of the Code of 1882. Land lines made lawful fences in counties and districts in which fences have been abolished. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. DIVORCES GRANTED SINCE ACT OF OCTOBER 20, 1891, MADE VALID. No. 127. An Act to make valid and legal certain divorces granted by the courts of this State since the passage and approval of an act of the General Assembly of this State approved October 20, 1891, designated as No. 741 in Volume 1 of the published acts of 1890-1891, on page 235, and entitled an act to prescribe the time of residence in this State, and of the counties therein, of all persons making application for divorce to the courts of this State and for other purposes. Inasmuch as it was not the intention of the General Assembly of this State to embrace within the provisions of the act above referred to such applications for divorce as were pending at the time of the passage and approval of said recited act, and were filed for or on behalf of persons who were bona fide residents of this State at the time of the filing of their applications; and, inasmuch as doubt exists as to whether the effect of said act is or was to embrace such cases: Preamble.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all divorces granted by the courts of this State since the passage and approval of the act recited in the caption of this present act which were pending at the time of the passage and approval of said recited act and filed for or on behalf of persons who were bona fide residents of this State at the time of the filing of their applications for divorce, be, and the same are, hereby made valid and legal, both as regards divorces granted to those making application therefor as aforesaid, and those whose disabilities have been removed as defendants in such applications as well as those whose disabilities, whether original plaintiffs or defendants, have been removed in separate applications for the removal of disabilities fixed by the verdicts or judgments in such divorce causes or the effect of such verdicts or judgments. Divorces granted since act of Oct. 20, 1891, made valid. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. GENERAL LOCAL OPTION LIQUOR LAW AMENDED. No. 115. An Act to amend section 5 of the general local option liquor law, approved September 18, 1885, by striking out the word two in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word four. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 5 of the general local option liquor law approved September 18, 1885, be, and the same is, hereby amended by strikout the word two in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word four, so that when said section is amended its hall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That if the result of any election held under the provisions of this act shall be for or against the sale, then no other election shall be held in the same county in less than four years thereafter, which must be done upon a new petition as aforesaid, and by otherwise conforming to this act. Only one election can be held in four years.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. CITY COURTS, ESTABLISHMENT OF IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. No. 146. An Act to altar and amend an act approved October 19, 1891, entitled an act to establish city courts in counties having a population of fifteen thousand or more where the same do not now exist upon the recommendation of the grand juries of said counties, to define the powers, mode of selecting officers and jurisdiction of the same, and for other purposes, by striking out of said act the words fifteen thousand and inserting in lieu thereof the words ten thousand. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this act the above entitled act shall be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out therefrom the words fifteen thousand and inserting in lieu thereof the words ten thousand, so that city courts may be hereafter established in counties having a population of ten thousand or more, whenever the grand juries of such counties may so recommend as provided by said act. City courts may be established in counties having a population of 10,000. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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ROCKING PASSENGER OR STREET CARS OR SHOOTING AT OR IN THE SAME A MISDEMEANOR. No. 139. An Act to make the throwing of any rock, stone or other missile at or towards or into any car or cars of any passenger trains upon any of the railroads, or street railroads of this State, and the shooting of any gun, pistol or firearm of any kind or nature at, toward or into any such car or cars, and the shooting while in such car or cars of a gun, pistol or other weapon of any kind whatever a misdemeanor, and to prescribe a penalty therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act any person who shall throw any rock, stone, stick or other missile at, towards, or into any car or cars of any passenger trains upon any of the railroads or street railroads of this State, or shoot any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind or nature at, towards or into any such car or cars, or shoot while in such car or cars any gun, pistol or other weapon of any kind whatever, shall for any one of the above described offences be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Throwing rocks, etc., at or in a passenger or street car, or shooting at or in the same a misdemeanor. Penalty. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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PRIVATE INSANE ASYLUMS, PROTECTION OF INMATES. No. 140. An Act to amend an act for the protection of persons confined in the private insane asylums of this State in their rights to communicate by letter with their friends, and to prevent sane persons from being imprisoned in insane asylums, and for other purposes, approved October 21st, 1891, by striking out the words both public and transposing the word private in the first section of the act and wherever they may occur in the succeeding sections so that the restrictions of the bill shall not apply to the Georgia State Lunatic Asylum. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act section 1 shall be amended by inserting the word private between the end of the third line and the beginning of the fourth line and striking out after the word asylum in the fourth line the words both public and private, so that the section when amended shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Geergia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act each inmate of every private insane asylum in this State shall be permitted to select one person, a relative or a friend, from the outside world with whom he or she may correspond by letter whenever he or she may desire, and over every such letter or letters directed to such chosen relative or friend, there shall be no censorship exercised or allowed by any of the asylum officials or employees; but the postoffice rights of such inmates so far as the person so chosen is concerned shall be as free and unrestricted as are those rights of any other resident or citizen of the United States and shall be under the protection of the postal laws; and every such inmate shall have the right, if he or she so desires, to make a new choice of such correspondent every three months; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent to furnish every such inmate, if requested to do so, with suitable materials for writing, inclosing, sealing, stamping and mailing at least one letter a week, unless the inmate is otherwise furnished with such materials, and all such letters shall be dropped by the writers thereof, accompanied by an attendant when necessary, into a United States postoffice

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box; but the attendant shall in all cases see that such letters are directed to the patient's correspondent, and if they are not so directed they shall be held subject to the superintendents' disposal. Letters of inmates of private asylums protected by postal laws of U. S. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by said authority, That section 3 be amended by inserting after the word any in the second line the word private, and by striking out in third line the words whether public or private, so that the section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any superintendent, officer or employee of any private asylum in this State, who refuses or neglects to comply with, or willfully and knowingly violates, any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than sixty days nor less than ten days, and shall thereafter be incapable of holding any office in any asylum in this State. Officials and employes of such asylums who violate this act, guilty of a mis-de-meanor. Penalty. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 5 be amended by inserting before the word insane in the second line the word private, and striking from the last line in said section the words both public and private, so that the section when amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That a copy of this act shall be printed, framed and kept posted in every ward of every private insane asylum in this State. Copies of this act to be posted. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 6 be amended by inserting after the word have in the third line the word private, so that the section shall read, when amended as follows: Be it further enacted, That the judges of the superior courts shall give this act in special charge to the grand juries of such counties as have private lunatic asylums located therein, and require said juries to see that the provisions of this act are enforced. This act to be given in charges to grand juries. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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WRECKING A RAILROAD COMPANY, ETC., MADE A FELONY. No. 67. An Act to make the wrecking of a railroad company, or an attempt or a conspiracy to wreck a railroad company, a felony, to define the same and to prescribe penalties therefor, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby, enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, any person who is a director or other officer or agent of any railroad company owning a railroad situated in whole or in part in this State, who shall either alone or in conjunction with any other person, whether such person is or is not an officer, stockholder or agent in any railroad company, do any act with the intent and purpose to wreck said railroad company, by which said act, either alone or in conjunction with other acts, the said railroad company is wrecked, shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than twenty years, or by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars and not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or both of said punishments in the discretion of the judge. Wrecking a railroad company a felony. Penalty. SEC. 2. That from and after the passage of this act, any person who is a director or other officer or agent of any railroad company, situated as aforesaid, who shall do any act with the intent and purpose to wreck said railroad company, although by said act said railroad company is not thus wrecked, shall be guilty of an attempt to wreck said railroad company, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than ten years, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or by both in the discretion of the judge. Attempt to wreck a railroad company. Penalty. SEC. 3. That any person, not a director or other officer or agent of any railroad company, situated as aforesaid, who shall conspire with any director or other officer or or agent of said railroad company, to do any act with the intent and purpose to wreck said railroad company, or who shall induce or agree with any person who is a director or other officer or agent of said railroad company, to do any act with

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the intent and purpose to wreck said railroad company, by which said act any such railroad company is wrecked, shall be guilty of the offence of railroad wrecking and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in the first section of this act. Conspiring to wreck a railroad company. Penalty. SEC. 4. That any person not a director, agent or other officer of any railroad company situated as aforesaid, who shall conspire with any director, agent or other officer of said railroad company to do any act with the intent and purpose to wreck said railroad company, or who shall induce or agree with any person who is a director, agent or other officer of said railroad company to do any act with the intent and purpose to wreck said railroad company, although by which said act said railroad company is not thus wrecked, shall be guilty of an attempt to wreck said railroad company, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in the second section of this act. Conspiring to wreck a railroad company but failing. Penalty. SEC. 5. That in contemplation of this act the crime of railroad wrecking shall be complete, when in consequence of any act with the intent and purpose as aforesaid, either taken singly or in conjunction with other acts, said railroad company has been rendered insolvent, or has been seized under any judicial procedure in consequence of insolvency either by the appointment of a permanent receiver to take possession of the same or under final process for the sale of the same. Wrecking defined. SEC. 6. That any act done by any parties subject to the provisions of this act with the intent and purpose to depreciate the value of the stock of said railroad company shall be taken as prima facic evidence of an intent to wreck said railroad company; provided, that nothing herein contained shall exclude from the consideration of the court and jury any other fact which under the rule of law shall be proper evidence of the existence of such intent on the trial of any person indicted and tried under the provisions of this act. Evidence of intent to wreck. SEC. 7. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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SUPREME COURT, PRACTICE IN. No. 121. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prescribe the manner of taking cases to the Supreme Court, to confine the decisions of the Supreme Court to the specifically alleged errors, and for other purposes, approved November 11, 1889. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 5 of the act entitled an act to prescribe the manner of taking cases to the Supreme Court, to confine the decisions of the Supreme Court to the specifically alleged errors, and for other purposes, approved November 11, 1889, be, and the same is, hereby amended by the following addition to the fifth section of the said act to follow after the word transcript at the conclusion thereof: If, however, it appears to the Supreme Court from the reading of the reporter's statement as now prescribed by the rules of the court or from the argument of counsel on the hearing or in the consideration of the same preparatory to making up the judgment of the court, that any part or portion of the record of the case in the court below has not been brought up to the Supreme Court, either upon the application of the plaintiff in error or by the defendant in error, as hereinafter provided for, and such part of the record not brought up is necessary, in the opinion of the court, to be before them in order to fairly and fully adjudicate the questions at issue and the alleged errors, that then the said court shall by its order directed to the clerk of the court below require him to certify and send up such portions of the record as in the opinion of the Supreme Court is needful or necessary in order to fully and fairly adjudicate the errors assigned, and there shall be no dismissal of the cause or failure to decide the errors assigned, if by the issuing of the order aforesaid the record can be supplemented; that the cost of this supplementary transcript shall be taxed by the court against the plaintiff in error, so that said section as amended hereby shall read as follows: Section 5. Be it further enacted, That if the defendant in error in either the main or crossbill of exceptions shall desire more of the evidence, or other parts of the record, or all of the evidence, or all of the record, sent up, he shall, within twenty days after the bill of exceptions

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is served on the defendant, or his attorney, petition the judge who signed the same, to order the whole or any part of the record sent up by the clerk, and the judge shall order the same certified accordingly and sent up. If it should clearly appear to the Supreme Court that any superfluous or immaterial part of the record has been brought up at the instance of the defendant, the court shall designate such part in the judgment of affirmance or reversal, and the cost of bringing up the same shall be paid by such party. And should the clerk below embody in the transcript of the record any part of the record not specified in the bill of exceptions, or in the judge's order, he shall be allowed nothing for that part of the transcript. If, however, it appears to the Supreme Court from the reading of the reporter's statement as now prescribed by the rules of the court, or from the argument of the counsel on the hearing, or in the consideration of the same, preparatory to making up the judgment of the court, that any part or portion of the record of the case in the court below has not been brought up to the Supreme Court, either upon the application of the plaintiff in error, or by the defendant in error, as hereinbefore provided for, and such part of the record not brought up is necessary, in the opinion of the court, to be before them in order to fully and fairly adjudicate the questions at issue and the alleged errors, that then the said court shall by its order directed to the clerk of the court below, require him to certify and send up such portions of the record as, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, is needful or necessary in order to fully and fairly adjudicate the errors assigned, and there shall be no dismissal of the cause, or failure to decide the errors assigned, if by the issuing of the order aforesaid the record can be supplemented; that the cost of this supplementary transcript shall be taxed by the court against the plaintiff in error. Additional record in cases transmitted to Supreme Court, how procured. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF LANDLORDS. No. 29. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to define the rights of landlords, to declare the effect of certain contracts, to make it penal for any cropper to sell or dispose of crops in certain cases, and to make certain acts of the landlord indictable, and for other purposes, approved November 5, 1889, by striking from section 2 of said act the words with intent to defraud his cropper, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act that section 2 of an act of the General Assembly entitled an act to define the rights of landlords, to declare the effect of certain contracts, to make it penal for any cropper to sell or dispose of crops in certain cases, and to make certain acts of the landlord indictable, and for other purposes, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking therefrom the words with intent to defraud his croppers, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: That any cropper who shall sell or otherwise dispose of any part of the crops grown by him without the consent of the landlord, and before the landlord has received his part of the entire crops and payment in full for all advances made to the cropper in the year said crops were raised to aid in making said crops, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia; and any landlord who shall fail or refuse on demand to deliver to the cropper the part of the crop, or its value, coming to the cropper after the payment of all said advances made to him as aforesaid, shall likewise be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed is section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Croppers not allowed to sell until landlord is paid. Penalty. Landlord after payment must deliver balance of crop. Penalty. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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PART II.Banks.

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TITLE I. BANKS. ACTS. Amending Charter of the Planters Bank of Americus. Amending Charter of the Maddox-Rucker Banking Company. Amending Charter of the Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank. Amending Charter of the State Savings and Banking Company. Amending Charter of the Milledgeville Banking Company. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE PLANTERS BANK OF AMERICUS. No. 78. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Planters Bank of Americus, to define its powers and privileges, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That section 3 of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the comma after the word president in the eight (8th) line of said section 3 of said act, and also that said act be amended by striking out the words not of their number which follow next after the word cashier in the said eighth (8th) line of said third section of said act, so that when said third section is so amended the entire third section shall read as follows, to-wit: Section 3. Be

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it further enacted, That so soon as there has been fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars of the capital stock subscribed and one-half thereof actually paid in lawful money of the United States, the said stockholders may organize and proceed to business under this act. The corporate powers of said bank shall be exercised by a board of directors, not more than nine (9) nor less than seven (7), to be chosen as hereinafter provided, who shall elect from their number a president and a cashier. Said directors shall be elected by the stockholders on the first Wednesday in each year, or within twenty days thereafter, by giving twenty (20) days notice in a public gazette of the city of Americus, and said directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. A majority of said directors shall have power to act at all meetings, and shall fill any vacancy that may occur in the board. Each stockholder shall vote in person or by proxy under written power of attorney and be entitled to one vote for every share he may hold; but no stock shall be voted which may be in arrears for installments, fines or other dues, until such arrears are paid up in full. Sec. 3 of Act of Incorporation amended. By striking the comma after President in 8th line. And permitting cashier to be also director Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING COMPANY. No. 95. An Act to amend an act to incorporate the Maddox-Rucker Banking Company, to define its rights, powers and privileges, and for other purposes, which was approved August 31, 1891. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section ten (10) of an act to incorporate the Maddox-Rucker Banking Company, to define its rights, powers and privileges, and for other purposes, which was approved August 31, 1891, be amended by adding thereto the following: The board of directors shall at any time have the power to elect or appoint such other officers, clerks or agents

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as in their judgment may be proper, in addition to the officers, clerks and agents named in said prior act, and they may specify the duties of such other officers, clerks and agents, provide what bond shall be given by them, if any, fix their compensation, and also fix the time for which they shall hold their office or be appointed. Sec. 10 of act of Aug. 31, 1891, amended. By giving directors power to choose other officers, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE ATLANTA GUARANTEE SAVINGS BANK. No. 105. An Act to amend an act to incorporate the Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, approved December 26, 1890, to change the par value of shares of stock. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 9 as it appears in the act approved December 26, 1890, be amended at the end of said section by adding the following: That the board of directors shall have the right and power and the option to issue paid up stock on payment of ten dollars per share having two kinds of stock, one of one hundred dollars per share, and one of ten dollars per share, but no stock to be issued until paid in full ten dollars per share, or one hundred dollars per share. Sec. 9 of act of Dec. 26, 1890, amended. Issue of paid up stock. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF THE STATE SAVINGS AND BANKING COMPANY. No. 122. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the State Savings and Banking Company approved November 13th, 1889, to change the name of said company to Fulton Savings Bank, to fix a period of succession of thirty years, to authorize the Board of Directors to be increased or diminished, to authorize said bank to lend money for a stipulated time, adding the interest for the whole period to the principal and to collect the same by monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or other installments, to enlarge the powers of said bank, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the act incorporating the State Savings and Banking Company, approved November 13th, 1889, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the fourth line of the first section of said act, and wherever else it may occur, the following words, to-wit: State Savings and Banking Company, and substituting therefor the following: Fulton Savings Bank, with succession for and during a period of thirty years with the right of renewal at the expiration of said term, so that said section when so amended will read as follows: The persons named, their associates and successors are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of Fulton Savings Bank, with succession for and during a period of thirty years with the right of renewal at the expiration of said term, etc., etc. First section of act of Nov. 13, 1889, amended, Name changed to Fulton Savings Bank. Term of charter. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That section 3 of said act be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following, to-wit: Said Board of Directors may at any stockholder's meeting be diminished to not less than three or increased to any number that stockholders may desire, and said board shall be authorized to fill any vacancies occurring in their own body during the period for which they were elected. Section 3 amended. Change in number of directors. Vacancies. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall be responsible to its creditors to the extent of its capital and assets, and each stockholder shall be individually liable for all the debts of said corporation to the extent of his or her unpaid

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shares of stock, and said stockholders shall be further and additionally individually liable, equally and ratably and not one for another, as sureties to depositors of said corporation for all moneys deposited therein in an amount equal to the face value of their respective shares of stock, it being the true intent and purpose of this section of this act, that as to depositors for all moneys deposited with said corporation, there shall be an individual liability upon such stockholders in such corporation over and beyond the face value of his or her original shares of stock, equal in amount to the face value of said shares of stock; provided, that said liability of the stockholders shall not prevent depositors from having equal rank with all other creditors upon the capital, property and assets of said bank. Liability of corporation to creditors. Of stock holders. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE MILLEDGEVILLE BANKING COMPANY. No. 128. An Act to amend an act to incorporate a bank in the city of Milledgeville to be known as the Milledgeville Banking Company, and for other purposes, approved February 28th, 1874. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 7 of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby so amended that the president and directors of said bank shall be elected by the stockholders thereof on the first Wednesday in January of each year instead of the first Wednesday in June, as now provided; that the first election under this law shall be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1893, and annually thereafter. Sec. 7 of act of Feb. 28, 1884, amended. Time of electing president and directors. First election under this act. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

PART III.Local Laws. TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS TITLE II.CITY AND COUNTY COURTS. TITLE III.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE IV.REGISTRATION, LIQUOR AND GAME. TITLE V.MISCELLANEOUS.

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TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. ACTS. Amending Charter of Albany. System of Public Schools for Albany. Amending Charter of Atlanta as to Street Paving. Authorizing Mayor and Council of Atlanta to Issue Additional Water-Works Bonds. Electric Light Plant Bonds for Carrollton. Water-Works Bonds for Carrollton. Amending Charter of Cave Spring as to Street Taxes. Amending Charter of Cave Spring as to Compensation of Mayor and Recorder, etc. Registration of Voters in Cave Spring, etc. Board of Water and Light Commissioners for Griffin. Board of Police Commissioners for Griffin. Water-Works Bonds for Hawkinsville. Corporate Limits of Hawkinsville Changed. Corporate Name of Hawkinsville Changed. Water-Works Bonds for Newnan. Amending Act as to School Bonds for Newnan. Amending Charter of West End. Incorporating Town of Nashville. Public Schools for Eatonton. Amending Charter of Mount Vernon. Amending Charter of Gainesville. Amending Act Creating Board of Commissioners for Darien, etc. Approving Grant by Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah to Savannah Theatre Company.

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Changing Corporate Limits of Bremen. Legalizing Occupancy of Certain Street in Macon by East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company. Incorporating Town of Etna. Amending Act as to Extension Corporate Limits of Columbus. Public Schools for Roswell. Public Schools for Tunnel Hill. Incorporating Town of Carlton. Incorporating Town of Statham. Authorizing West Point to Issue Certain Bonds. Amending Public School Act for Jonesboro. Confirming Certain Ordinances of City Council of Augusta. Incorporating Town of Leslie. Issue of School Bonds by Toccoa. Amending Charter of Waycross. Amending Charter of Emerson. Changing Corporate Limits of Shellman. Changing Corporate Limits of Walesca. Amending Charter of Brunswick. Changing Corporate Limits of Omaha. AMENDING CHARTER OF ALBANY. No. 1. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Albany, to create a Board of Water Commissioners, defining their powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That as early as practicable after the approval of this act, the mayor and council of the city of Albany, at either a regular or called meeting, shall elect a Board of Water Commissioners consisting of three citizens of said city, and neither of whom shall be a member of the city council, either in the capacity of mayor or councilman. Said board shall govern and control the water-works system in said city in the manner hereinafter set forth. The term of office of said commissioners shall be three years, but at the first election one commissioner shall be elected for one year, one commissioner for two years and one commissioner for three years. At all subsequent elections to be held by each retiring mayor and council at their last regular meeting

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in January of each succeeding year, beginning with January, 1894, the commissioners to be elected to succeed the retiring commissioners shall be elected for the full term of three years. All commissioners hold over until their successors are elected and qualified. Whenever a vacancy occurs by death, resignation or otherwise it shall be filled by the mayor and council for the balance of the term. First election of water commissioners. Qualification of commissioners. Powers. Terms. Sebsequent elections. Vacancies. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Water Commissioners shall choose from their number annually, one as a president of said water board. The said board of commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties during their continuance in office, and shall keep a record in books to be kept for that purpose of the acts and doing of said board, a full report of which shall be made quarterly to the mayor and council of said city; provided, however, that the said mayor and council, by the adoption of a resolution to that effect, may change the time for making said report. The books, vouchers and papers of said board shall be subject to inspection and examination at any time by persons authorized to do so by the mayor and council. President of board. Oath of commissioners. Minutes. Reports. Books, etc. subject to inspection. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That a majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all contracts and engagements, acts and doings of said board, within the scope of their authority, shall be obligatory upon and be in law considered as if done by the mayor and council of the city of Albany; provided, however, that no election held by said board shall be valid unless all three commissioners are present and vote in said election. Quorum of board. Contracts, etc. Quorum for elections. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have the power to appoint a superintendent, engineer and such other officers, clerks and laborers as may from time to time be found needful; the mayor and council, however, to fix the compensation for all such appointees. No appointment made by said board shall be for a period longer than one year. The superintendent may be required to make stated reports to both the board and the mayor and council. The said board shall adopt a code of rules and regulations defining the duties of the superintendent and other officers appointed, and may inflict penalties by way of fines, suspension or discharge for violation of said rules. Superintendent and other officers, etc. Reports by superintendent. Rules, etc. for officers. Penalties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have power to establish a scale of water rates, make and enforce rules for the collection of same, adopt rules and regulations respecting the introduction of water into or upon any premises, and from time to time to regulate the use thereof in such

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manner as shall seem to them necessary and proper; and the members of said board and all engineers, superintendents and inspectors in their service are hereby authorized and empowered to enter, at all seasonable hours, any dwelling or other places where said water is taken and used, and where unnecessary waste thereof is known or suspected, and examine and inquire into the cause thereof. They shall have full power to examine all surface pipes, stop cocks and other apparatus connected with said water works for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same are of the character and dimensions and fixed in the manner directed in permits issued therefor, and if any person refuses to permit such examination, or oppose or obstruct such officer in the performance of such duty, he, she or they so offending shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each offence, the proceeding against such offender to be the same as that against violations of the ordinances of said city. In addition the board may shut off the supply of water until the required examination is made and such alterations and repairs are completed as are necessary. Rates, rules, etc. Entry upon [Illegible Text] where water is used. Examination of pipes, etc. Obstruction of officers. Water may be shut off. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said board shall regulate the distribution and use of said water in all places and for all purposes where the same may be required, and from time to time shall fix the price for the use thereof and the time of payment, and they shall erect such number of public hydrants and stock founts and in such places as they shall see fit and direct in what manner and for purpose the same shall be used, for all of which they may charge at their discretion; provided, that all hydrants, conduits and appliances required and furnished for the purpose of extinguishment of fires shall be erected and placed as the mayor and council may direct, and be under their exclusive control and direction. Distribution and use of water. [Illegible Text] etc. Hydrants, founts, etc. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said board shall have full power and authority to require the payment in advance for the use or rent of water furnished by them in or upon any building, place or premises, and in case prompt payment shall not be made, they may shut off the water from such building, place or premises, and shall not be compelled again to supply said building, place or premises with water until said arrears, with interest thereon, shall be fully paid. May require payment in advance for water. Failure to pay. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said board shall make no contract for the price of using the water for a longer time than one year; all complaints regarding inequalities

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in the rates shall be heard by said board, and their decision shall be final and conclusive. No contract for longer than a year. Complaints. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council may require bond with good and sufficient security in a sum to be fixed by them of any or all employees appointed by said board, said bond conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties and the prompt delivery of all moneys belonging to said city coming into their hands during their continuance in office, and said bond to be made payable to the mayor and council of the city of Albany and their successors in office. Bonds of employees. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the said members of said board shall not receive any compensation for their services, but shall be paid for all reasonable expense they may incur while in the performance of their duties; that the said mayor and council shall be authorized by a committee of their own number, or otherwise, to inspect semi-annually or oftener the state and condition of the water-works and the property thereto belonging, and the said board shall give them every reasonable facility and assistance in making such inspection. Compensation of commissioners. Inspection of works, etc. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of the city of Albany may at any time remove any member of said Board of Water Commissioners; provided, it shall satisfactorily appear, after reasonable notice to the parties, and hearing the cause of complaint and answer thereto, if any should be offered, that the member whose removal is sought has been guilty of maladministration or neglect of the duties of his office, that his removal will be right and proper, and two-thirds of the members of said council shall concur in such removal. Removal of commissioners. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 22, 1892.

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SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ALBANY. No. 148. An Act to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools in the city of Albany, Georgia, to provide for acquiring property and buildings, raising means to maintain said schools, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That within ten days after this act shall be ratified by the voters of the city of Albany, as hereinafter provided, the mayor and council of the city of Albany shall elect by ballot from the citizens of said city six persons, who shall constitute a board of education for said city. At said election two of said persons shall be elected for a term of two years, two for four years, and two for six years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for a term of six years. All vacancies in said board from death, resignation, removal from city or otherwise shall be filled by said mayor and council at the first regular meeting thereafter. First election of board of education. Terms of office. Vacancies. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said board of education shall have authority to devise, design and adopt a system of public schools in said city; to modify the same from time to time; to establish such schools as they may see proper to prescribe, the councilmen to appoint and employ teachers for said schools, and a superintendent for the same; to suspend or remove such teachers and superintendent, to fix their compensation, to provide school houses by rent, building, purchase or otherwise, in the discretion of said board; to make and hold titles to any such property, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government and that of the superintendent, teachers and pupils of said school as they may deem proper and not in conflict with the laws of this State, and do any and all acts promotive of the best educational interest of said city not in conflict with the provisions of this act or the laws of this State. Powers of board. Schools. Teachers and superintendent. School houses, etc. By-laws and rules. General powers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the officers of said board shall be a president, vice-president and a treasurer, who shall also be secretary of said board, and such other officers as the board may deem advisable, all of whom shall be elected by said board from their own body, except the treasurer and secretary, who shall give bond with good security in such sum as the board may fix, not to be of less

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amount than the established amount of funds to be handled by him during each year; his compensation shall be fixed by the board previous to his election. All the officers of said board shall hold their office at the pleasure of said board. No member of the board of education shall be eligible to the office of superintendent of school, or to the position of teacher therein, nor to the office of mayor or councilman of said city. Said board shall serve without compensation. Officers of board. Bond of treasurer and secretary. His compensation. Terms of office. Member of board may not be superintendent, teacher or mayor or councilman. No compensation of board. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said board of education shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and shall furnish from time to time to the mayor and council an estimate of the funds required for the maintenance of said schools; and shall make a report annually on the first Monday in July to said mayor and council of the condition of the public schools, the attendance thereon, the receipts and expenditures for the school year, with such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper, which report shall be published in the newspaper published in said city. Minutes. Estimate of funds required. Reports. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of said city shall each year levy such tax upon all the property in said city subject to taxation as will be sufficient when added to the city's pro rata part of the State school fund to support and maintain said schools for at least nine scholastic months in each year, and shall collect the same and pay it to said board of education by the first day of March each year; provided, that said tax shall not exceed three-tenths of one per cent. per annum upon said taxable property. No part of said school tax shall be used for any other purpose than in the support and maintenance of public schools, or in providing furniture or buildings therefore. School tax. Amount of tax. Use of. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said board shall be entitled to receive, and it shall be the duty of the county school commissioners of Dougherty county to pay over to said board for the support of said schools such pro rata fund of the State school fund for Dougherty county as will be just and proper. Board to receive pro rata of State fund. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That authority is hereby granted to the trustees of the Albany Academy to convey to said board of education the property, furniture and building now held by them. Said property, when so conveyed, to be used by said board for school purposes exclusively for white children of said city; and that authority is also granted to the trustees of any present or future colored school in said city to convey to said board property,

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buildings or furniture for like use of colored children of said city. Trustees Albany Academy may convey property to board. To be used, how. Trustees of colored schools may also so convey. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said board of education shall provide separate schools for white and colored children, which said schools shall be kept open and free during not less than nine scholastic months in each year. All children in said city between the ages of six and eighteen years whose parents or guardians are bona fide residents of said city shall be entitled to the benefits of said schools under such regulations as the board may provide. Said board may also provide for the admission of children whose parents or guardians are not residents of said city, and such as may desire to attend said schools over the age of eighteen years upon the payment of such rates of tuition as said board may prescribe. Said board shall also require the payment in advance by all pupils of an incidental fee upon a guaranteed basis of not exceeding ten dollars per year for the most advanced scholar. Separate schools for white and colored children. To be kept open and free nine months. School age, etc. Children of non residents or persons over school age. Incidental fee. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of the city of Albany shall, within six months after the approval of this act, order an election, of which notice shall be given, published in said city for thirty days prior to said election, which said election shall be conducted as are elections for mayor and council of said city, and the return thereof made to the said mayor and council, who shall declare the result thereof. All qualified voters, residents in said city, shall be qualified to vote at said election. At said election said voters shall have written or printed on their ballots for public schools or against public schools, and this act shall not become operative unless two-thirds of the votes cast by qualified voters of said election shall be for public schools. The mayor and council may order other elections on the same question, from time to time; provided, that said elections shall not be held oftener than once every six months. Election to be ordered as to schools. Notice of Conduct of. Returns and declaration of result. Voters. Ballots. Vote necessary. Other elections on same question. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF ATLANTA AS TO STREET PAVING. No. 57. An Act to amend an act, approved February 28th, 1874, establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, and the various acts amendatory thereof; to authorize said mayor and general council to contract directly for the paving of streets occupied by the tracks of street railroad companies, and to require said street railroad companies to pay for the paving of the space therein occupied by them, as now provided by law; to place the matter of uniforming the policemen and firemen of said city at the public expense in the discretion of the mayor and general council; to provide that the mayor and general council may in their discretion abolish the office of marshal, and by ordinance confer the powers and duties of that officer as to the matter of the collection of executions, whether for licenses, taxes or assessments for public improvements, upon the city tax collector; to authorize the mayor and general council to establish two or more polling places in each ward. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the mayor and general council of the city of Atlanta are hereby authorized, upon the presentation of sufficient petition for the paving of any street or portion of street, to authorize its paving under the existing law, to pave or contract directly for the paving of the whole surface of the street or portion of the street indicated by such petition; and to require any street railroad company liaving or using tracks in such street or portion of street to pay for the paving of the space therein which such company or companies may be required to pave under the existing law, the object of this amendment being to allow the city to pave or contract for the paving of the whole surface of the street, without giving the street railroad company the option of having the space to be paved by it paved by itself or by a contractor at its instance; provided, that this section shall not apply to street railroad companies where the paving required of such companies has been satisfactorily done in advance of the letting of the contracts for paving the whole surface of such streets. Mayor and council may contract directly for paving whole surface of street. And require street railroad companies to pay for paving portion such companies how required to pave. Object [Illegible Text] amendment. Not applicable where paving satisfactorily done by railroad company before contract for paving street. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That hereafter the mayor and general council of said city shall not be required to

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furnish uniforms to the policemen and firemen of said city at the public expense, but said mayor and general council shall have authority to furnish such uniforms at the public expense to the members of the police and fire departments in the discretion of such mayor and general council. Mayor and council not required to furnish uniforms. But may do so at discretion. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and general council are further authorized in their discretion to prescribe and collect fees for the issuing of business licenses or executions, either or both, and for the collection of executions, and to provide for the covering of all such fees so prescribed and collected into the treasury of said city, as the property of the city of Atlanta. Fees for licenses or execucutions. May be carried into city treasury. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said mayor and general council are also hereby empowered, after the termination of the present term of office of the marshal of said city, to either continue the said office of marshal, or to abolish the same in the discretion of said mayor and general council, and in the event of its abolishment to confer upon the tax-collector of said city the powers and duties of such marshal with reference to the collection of executions, whether for license tax, general tax, or assessments for street, sidewalk, sewer or other public improvements. Office of marshal may be continued or abolished. If abolished tax collector to collect executions, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and general council of said city are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to establish two or more voting places in each ward of said city. Additional voting places. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the foregoing act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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AUTHORIZING MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF ATLANTA TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL WATER-WORKS BONDS, ETC. No. 58. An Act to amend an act approved February 28, 1874, establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, and the various acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the mayor and general council of the said city of Atlanta to issue $250,000 of additional bonds for the purpose of adding to and enlarging the plan of the new water-works, and completing and equipping the same, in the event the issue of said bonds is assented to by the requisite two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of said city, said bonds to run not exceeding thirty years, and to bear interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, and to be payable, principal and interest, in gold coin of the United States, of the present standard of weight and fineness, or its equivalent, and also to confer on said city of Atlanta police and sanitary authority over said new water-works, located on the Chattahoochee river, near the mouth of Peachtree creek, in Fulton county, including the pipe line and reservoirs of said new water-works, water shed, and all lands occupied for the purpose of water supply, and also to define rank and priority of the lien in favor of the city of Atlanta, for street and sidewalk paving and curbing assessments, or sewer assessments, upon the property of abutting owners, and street railroad companies, and to give such liens rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to the lien in favor of the city of Atlanta for taxes due said city. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Georgia in General Assembly convened, That the mayor and general council of the city of Atlanta are authorized to issue two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) of the four per cent. bonds of said city, to run not exceeding thirty years, and to be payable, both principal and interest, in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness, or its equivalent, for the purpose of adding to and enlarging the plan of the new water-works, and completing and equipping the same, provided the issue of said bonds is assented to by a two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of said city, at an election of which legal notice shall have been given. Amount of bonds. Term and payment. Purpose of. Two-thirds of qualified voters must assent. Notice of election.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and general council of said city shall have full power and authority to establish reasonable police and sanitary regulations over the new water-works of said city, located at the Chattahoochee river, near the mouth of Peachtree creek, in Fulton county, and along the pipe line of said water-works system, between said river and city of Atlanta, including said pipe line, the reservoirs of said new water-works system, the water shed, and all lands occupied for the purposes of water supply, and to punish a violation of such regulations by fine or imprisonment, as in case of violations of other ordinances of said city of Atlanta. Police and sanitary regulations for new water-works. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the lien given by existing law to the city of Atlanta for assessments upon abutting property, and also upon the property of street railroad companies for street or sidewalk paving or curbing, or the construction of sewers, shall have rank and priority of payment next in point of dignity to the liens in favor of the city of Atlanta for taxes due said city, such lien and priority of payment to exist from the date of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the execution of the work in each case. Rank of liens for street improvements, sewers, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT BONDS FOR CARROLLTON. No. 99. An Act to authorize the mayor and city council of Carrollton, Georgia, to hold as many elections as may be necessary, and as often as may be meet and proper, on the question of issuing and selling bonds not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), for the purpose of providing an electric light plant of sufficient capacity to well light said town and furnish as many lights as may be desired in business houses and residences, and authorize said mayor and city council to levy and collect a tax on all taxable property in said town to redeem said bonds, and to pay the interest that may accrue thereon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same,

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That from and after the passage of this act, the mayor and council of the city of Carrollton shall be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered at such time as they may select within two years from the passage of this act, and at the usual place of holding municipal elections in said city, submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of bonds or no bonds. Notice of the time of holding said election shall be given by publishing, in accordance with the provisions of the existing general law, in the newspapers published in said city, a notice setting forth the objects of said election, and the time and place of holding same. Said elections shall be conducted in all respects as elections for mayor and councilmen of said city are now conducted, and only those voters qualified to vote for mayor and councilmen at the election thereof next preceding the election for bonds or no bonds, shall be qualified to vote at the election herein provided for; provided, that the managers of the election shall make a return of the result of said election herewith provided for, with his certificate thereon, to the mayor of said city, and each ballot cast at this election shall have printed thereon bonds, or printed thereon no bonds, according as the voter may favor or oppose the issue and sale of bonds, as provided herein. Election to be held as to issue of bonds. Notice of election. Conduct of. Voters. Return. Ballots. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at said election the necessary two-thirds of the qualfied voters of said city shall vote in favor of bonds, the mayor shall so declare and announce his decision by publishing in the newspaper which published the notice of election, one time, the result of said election, and the mayor and council aforesaid may proceed as soon thereafter as practicable to issue bonds with coupons bearing interest at the rate not to exceed seven per centum per annum, and not to exceed in par value the sum of five thousand dollars, and to run for such time, not exceeding ten years from the date of their issue, as the mayor and council may decide. Said mayor and council may make said bonds redeemable at such time as may seem most advantageous for said city, and shall provide by taxation for the payment of the interest on the same, and shall also provide by such means as they may think best for the accumulation of a fund to meet and pay off said bonds when they shall become due. Said bonds, when issued, shall be signed by the mayor of Carrollton and countersigned by the clerk of council, and so much of them as may be necessary for the purpose hereinafter mentioned shall be sold by mayor and council in such manner as shall be most advantageous for the interest of said city of Carrollton. Declaration of result, etc. Issue of bonds. Amount, maturity, etc. Interest and sinking fund. Signing, etc. of bonds. Sale of.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the bonds herein provided for shall be negotiated and sold by said mayor and council for a sum not less than par, and the proceeds of same shall be applied and used by said mayor and council solely for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating an electric light plant in said city of Carrollton, under such regulations as may be prescribed by mayor and council of said city. Negotiation, etc. Use of proceeds. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event of an election held under the provisions of this act, the necessary two-thirds of the qualified voters as aforesaid shall fail to vote for bonds, then the question may be submitted to the qualified voters in the same manner as often as said mayor and council may seem meet and proper, upon petition of twenty-five freeholders of said city, under the same rules and regulations at the first election, just as though no election was ever held, notice having been previously given as herein provided for in the same manner as was given in the first election; provided, that the elections herein provided for by the four sections of this act shall not be held oftener than once a year. Resubmission of question. Petition for, etc. Elections not to be oftener than once a year. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. WATER-WORKS BONDS FOR CARROLLTON. No. 104. An Act to authorize the mayor and city council of Carrollton, Ga., to hold as many elections as may be necessary, as often as they deem meet and proper, on the question of issuing and selling bonds not to exceed twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars, or in the aggregate, for the purpose of providing or building a system of water-works for said town, and to authorize said mayor and council to levy and collect a tax on all taxable property within said town to redeem said bonds and to pay the interest that may accrue thereon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the mayor and council of the city of Carrollton shall be, and they are,

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hereby authorized and empowered at such time as they may select within two years from the passage of this act, and at the usual place of holding municipal elections in said city, submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of bonds or no bonds. Notice of the time of holding said election shall be given by publishing in accordance with the provisions of the existing general law in newspapers published in said city, a notice setting forth the objects of said election and the time of holding the same. Said election shall be conducted in all respects as elections for mayor and councilmen of said city are now conducted, and only those voters qualified to vote for mayor and councilmen at the election thereof next preceding the election for bonds or no bonds, shall be qualified to vote at the election herein provided for; provided, that the managers of the election shall make a return of the result of said election herein provided for, with their certificate thereon, to the mayor of said city, and each ballot cast at this election shall have printed thereon bonds or printed thereon no bonds, according as the voter may favor or oppose the issue and sale of bonds as provided herein. Election as to issue of bonds. Notice of. Conduct of. Voters. Returns. Ballots. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at said election the necessary two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city shall vote in favor of said bonds, the mayor shall so declare and announce his decision by publishing in the newspaper which the notice of election one time the result of said election, and the mayor and council aforesaid may proceed as soon thereafter as practicable, to issue bonds, with coupons, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed seven per centum per annum, and not to exceed in par value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), and to run for such time, not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue, as the mayor and council may decide. Said mayor and council may make said bonds redeemable at such time as may seem most advantageous for said city, and shall provide by taxation for the payment of the interest on the same, and shall also provide by such means as they think best for the accumulation of a fund to meet and pay off said bonds when they shall become due. Said bonds when issued shall be signed by the mayor of Carrollton and countersigned by the clerk of council, and so much of them as may be necessary for the purpose herein before mentioned shall be sold by said mayor and council in such manner as shall be most advantageous for the interest of said city of Carrollton. Necessary majority. Declaration of result. Issue of bonds. Rate of interest, amount, etc. Interest and sinking fund. Signing, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the bonds herein provided for shall be negotiated and

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sold by the mayor and council for a sum not less than par, and the proceeds of the same shall be applied and used by said mayor and council solely for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating water-works in said city of Carrollton under such regulations as may be prescribed by the mayor and council of said city. Negotiation and sale. Use of proceeds. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event of an election held under the provisions of this act the necessary two-thirds of the qualified voters as aforesaid shall fail to vote for bonds, then the question may be submitted to the qualified voters in the same manner as often as said mayor and council may deem meet and proper upon petition of twenty-five freeholders of said city, under the same rules and regulations at the first election, just as though no election were ever held, notice having previously been given as herein provided for in the same manner as was given in the first election; provided, that the elections herein provided for by the fourth section of this act shall not be held oftener than once a year. Resubmission of question. Petition for, etc. Elections not to be oftener than once a year. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. AMENDING CHARTER OF CAVE SPRING AS TO STREET TAXES. No. 60. An Act to amend the several acts incorporating the village of Cave Spring in the county of Floyd, to regulate the collection of street taxes by the marshal of the village, and to define when and how the same shall be levied and collected, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the act approved February 17, 1876, entitled an act to amend an act to amend and reduce into one the several acts and amendments thereto incorporating the village of Cave Spring in the county of Floyd, approved December 14, 1871, which act amends the several acts and amendments thereto incorporating the village of Cave Spring, by adopting all of the general incorporating act approved August 26, 1872, except sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, be amended by amending section 15 of said act by inserting after the words the money so paid and before

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the words to be used in the ninth line the words such commutation authorized by the mayor and council shall be due on or by the first (1st) day of May in each year, and be collected by the marshal of the village, and by him paid over to the treasurer, who alone shall be authorized to pay out such funds, as provided in an amendment to section 13 of the said general act. Sec. 15 of act of Feb. 17, 1876, amended. When street tax due. Collection and disposition of. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That all laws conflicting with this amendment be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. AMENDING CHARTER OF CAVE SPRING AS TO COMPENSATION OF MAYOR, RECORDER, ETC. No. 61. An Act to amend the several acts incorporating the village of Cave Spring in the county of Floyd, to define the duties and powers of the mayor, councilmen, marshal and recorder, to regulate the salaries of such officers, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the act approved February 17, 1876, entitled an act to amend and reduce into one the several acts and amendments thereto incorporating the village of Cave Spring in the county of Floyd, approved December 14, 1871, which act amends the several acts incorporating the village of Cave Spring and amendments thereto by adopting all of the general incorporating act approved August 26, 1872, except sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of said general act, be amended by inserting in section 6 after the word mayor in the second line the words whose compensation shall not exceed forty dollars per annum, and by inserting after the word recorder in the second line the words whose compensation shall not exceed thirty dollars per annum, and by inserting after the words and five councilmen in the second line the words who shall serve without compensation; also same section by striking out the words the board in the sentence as required by the board in the twenty-second line and inserting in lieu thereof the word law. Sec. 6 of act of Feb. 17, 1876, amended. Compensation of mayor. Of recorder. Of councilmen, etc. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That section 13 be amended by inserting after the sentence fix their term of service and compensation in the thirty-third line the following; provided,

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the salary of the marshal shall not exceed three hundred dollars per annum, and that he shall receive no portion of any cost or contingent fee as extra remuneration, but shall pay over such cost or contingent fee collected in the discharge of his duties to the treasurer, who shall credit it to the general fund. Sec. 13 amended. Salary of marshal. Disposition of costs, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That section 13 be further amended by inserting after the sentence to prescribe the powers and define the duties of the officers appointed by the council in the thirty-third line the following: provided, it shall always be the duty of the marshal to collect all levied taxes on personal and real property as well as all road, street, business, license or other tax and immediately pay the same over to the treasurer of the village, who alone shall be authorized to disburse any moneys so ordered collected by the mayor and council, and that such disbursement shall only be made by the treasurer upon a proper warrant drawn and signed by the recorder and approved by the mayor of the village, and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by the mayor and council. Sec. 13 further amended. Duties of marshal. Disbursement of money collected, etc. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That section 20 of said act be amended by insertion after the words term of office in the fourth line the following: provided, the said compensation shall not be in excess of that prescribed in the amendment to section 13. Section 20 amended. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That section 17 of said act be amended by inserting after the words other executions in the eighth line all moneys or cost so collected by the marshal shall immediately be paid over to the treasurer of the village as provided in an amendment to section 13. Section 17 amended. Money collected to be paid to treasurer. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with the foregoing amendments be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN CAVE SPRING, ETC. No. 62. An Act to amend the several acts incorporating the village of Cave Spring, in the county of Floyd, to provide for the registration of legal voters who may participate in the election for mayor and councilmen, and of such other officers as the charter requires elected by the popular vote, to define who shall be constituted legal voters, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the act approved February 17, 1876, entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend and reduce into one, the several acts and amendments thereto, incorporating the village of Cave Spring in the county of Floyd, approved December 14, 1871, be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: That it shall be the duty of the recorder of the village of Cave Spring to open a book for the registration of qualified voters ten days next preceding the first Tuesday in January of each year; said books to be kept open until the Saturday next preceding the first Tuesday in January at 8 o'clock P. M.; and that no person will be allowed to vote at said village elections for mayor, councilmen and recorder who has not been duly registered according to the provisions of this act. It shall be the duty of the recorder of the village of Cave Spring to cause to be posted in front of the town hall, or at two other public places in the village, at twelve o'clock on the day next preceding the election, a full and complete list of the registered voters of the village. It will be the duty of the recorder to furnish the managers of said election a certified copy of the legally registered voters of the village of Cave Spring before the opening of the polls for said election. Act of Feb. 17, 1876, amended. Book for registration to be opened, when. When to be closed. Only those registered may vote. List of voters to be posted. And furnished to election managers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That persons who shall have paid all State and county taxes legally demanded of them, and shall at the time otherwise be qualified to vote for State house officers and members of the General Assembly, and shall have paid the legally demanded village taxes, including property, street and license tax they may be due the village for the year next preceding said election, or that may be past due from previous years, and who shall have resided in the village of Cave Spring for ninety days next immediately preceding said election, shall be considered legal and qualified voters at said village election. Qualifications for registry.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with the foregoing be hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. BOARD OF WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS FOR GRIFFIN. No. 2. An Act to amend an act establishing a charter to the city of Griffin, adopted February 15, 1876, and the acts amendatory thereto, so as to provide that a Board of Water and Light Commissioners shall be created, consisting of one member from each of the four wards of the city, with the mayor as ex officio a member of said board, and to prescribe the terms of service of said board, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the the State of Georgia, That at the second regular meeting of the mayor and council of the city of Griffin in December, 1892, that body shall elect four water and light commissioners, one from each of the four wards of the city. The terms of office of the commissioners elected under this act, shall be as follows: The commissioner elected from the first ward shall hold office for one year; the one elected from the second ward shall hold office for two years; the one elected from the third ward for three years; and the one from the fourth ward for four years. And all subsequent elections shall be held by the members of this commission, whose terms of office have not expired, and the persons elected by them shall be approved by the city council and shall be for a term of four years, except when elections are held to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation of members. Then, members elected to fill such vacancies shall be from the ward in which such vacancy occurs, and for the unexpired term to which he is elected. First election of commissioners. Number and terms of commissioners. Subsequent elections. Term of office. Vacancies. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the four commissioners elected in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this act, and the mayor of the city of Griffin, who shall be ex officio a member of the Water and Light Commission, shall constitute the Water and Light Commission. Four commissioners with mayor to constitute board. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of persons elected under the provisions of this act, and the

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mayor to enter upon their duties as Commissioners of Water and Light Works of the city of Griffin on the first day of January after their election and to elect one of their members chairman, and the clerk of the city council shall be ex officio clerk of the said commission, and to elect a competent person, together with suitable assistants, to take charge of the water and light plant or plants of the city, and to fix compensation for such persons whose duty it shall be to perform all work pertaining to the operating of the water and light works, make all necessary repairs, and do all other acts necessary for the efficient and successful operating of said water and light works, who shall be under the direction of the Board of Commissioners. Whenever, in the judgment of the commissioners, it becomes necessary to extend, improve or change any part of the system of water and light works of the city, they shall make, or cause to be made, plans and specifications for all proposed extensions, improvements or changes, and submit the same to the city council for their ratification and approval, and no extension, improvement or changes shall be made, unless ratified by the mayor and council. Beginning of official term. Chairman and clerk. Other officers or employees. Duties and compensation. Extensions, improvement, etc. of works. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the member elected by the Water and Light Commission as its chairman, shall receive one hundred dollars per annum for his services, and each of the other members shall receive fifty dollars per annum for his services, from the day they are assigned to duty by the mayor and council, except, the mayor, who receives compensation as mayor; and no person holding a commission as an officer of the city, county or State shall be eligible to election as commissioner of water and light of the city of Griffin. Compensation of chairman and members of board. Qualifications of commissioner. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 22, 1892.

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BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS FOR GRIFFIN. No. 3. An Act to amend an act establishing a charter for the city of Griffin, adopted February 15, 1876, and the acts amendatory thereto, so as to provide that a board of police commissioners shall be created consisting of one member from each of the four wards of the city, with the mayor as ex officio a member of said board, and to prescribe the terms of service of the members of said police board, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That at the second regular meeting of the mayor and council of the city of Griffin in December, 1892, that body shall elect four police commissioners, one from each of the four wards of the city: the one elected from the first ward to serve four years, the one elected from the second ward to serve three years, the one elected from the third ward to serve two years, and the one elected from the fourth ward to serve for one year, and all subsequent elections shall be held by the members of the police commission whose terms of office have not expired, and ratified by the mayor and council, and shall be for a term of four years, except when held to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation of members of said board. All elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term to which such member was elected, and shall be from the ward in which such vacancy occurs. The four persons elected from the several wards, with the mayor, who shall be ex officio member of said police board, shall constitute a board of police commissioners for the city of Griffin. First election of commissioners. Number and terms of office. Subsequent elections. Official terms. Vacancies. Four commissioners and mayor constitute board. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that the police commission shall begin the performance of the duties of their office on the first day of January after their election, and shall organize by electing one of their members chairman, and the clerk of the city council shall be ex officio clerk of the police commission, and they shall have control of the police regulations of the city government, determine the number of policemen necessary to be employed, regulate the compensation to be paid with the consent of the city council, and to discharge them for cause. Beginning of official term. Chairman and clerk. Powers of board. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the member of the police commission acting as chairman shall receive one hundred dollars per annum for his services, and each of the

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other members shall receive fifty dollars per annum for their services, except the mayor, who is ex officio a member of the police commission and who receives compensation as mayor, and no person holding a commission of any office, municipal, county or State, shall be eligible to election as police commissioners. Compensation of chairman and commissioners. Qualifications of commissioner. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved November 22, 1892. WATER-WORKS BONDS FOR HAWKINSVILLE. No. 107. An Act to amend the charter of the town of Hawkinsville, in Pulaski county, so as to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the said town to order an election therein to determine whether or not bonds shall be issued by the said town to be sold for the purpose of building and providing a system of water-works for said town, and to authorize the levying and collection of a tax on the property in said town for the purpose of paying interest upon and paying said bonds at maturity thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the mayor and aldermen of the town of Hawkinsville shall submit to the qualified voters of said town under the provisions of the Code of 1882, sections 508(i) to 508(m), both inclusive, the question of issuing bonds for water-works for the said town, and at said election the ballots shall be, to-wit: For water-works bonds, or Against water-works bonds. Election to be held as to issue of bonds. Ballots. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the said election herein provided for be in favor of bonds for water works, then the mayor and aldermen of said town shall be authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of providing and building water works for the said town in a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars in the aggregate, each of the said bonds so issued to be in such sums as the said mayor and aldermen of such town may designate, provided the same be not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each, and which said bonds are to run for a period of twenty years, with interest thereon at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum,

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payable annually or semi-annually, as the mayor and aldermen of said town may elect in the premises. When bonds may be issued. Purpose of. Amount, etc. Maturity, rate of interest, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and clerk of said town under its corporate seal, and shall be sold, hypothecated or disposed of to the very best advantage and interest of said town, and the proceeds thereof be used exclusively for erecting, building and providing for a system of water-works for the said town. Signing of, et Use of proceeds. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the system of water-works herein provided for shall be located at such place, and shall be built and equipped in such manner and style as the mayor and aldermen of said town shall deem for the best interest of the town and most conducive to a full supply of good wholesome water for the use of the citizens of said town. Location, building, etc., of water-works. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen of said town shall have full and ample power to make any and all rules, regulations and ordinances relative to the said water-works and the supply of water therefrom for the use of the citizens of said town that they may deem right and proper; provided only, that the same are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State. Rules, etc. as to works and water. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen of said town are hereby authorized and empowered to annually assess, levy and collect a tax on all the property in said town in such sum as they may deem right and proper to pay the interest and accumulate a fund for the payment of the said bonds on maturity thereof. The said tax so levied, assessed and collected shall be kept separate and distinct from all other taxes, and used solely for the payment of the interest on said bonds and the payment of the principal thereof at maturity of the same. Tax to pay interest and provide sinking fund. SEC. 7. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and aldermen of said town are hereby authorized and empowered to make such deposit, loan or other disposition of the money raised annually for the payment of the principal on said bonds as will secure interest on such money and secure its safety, to be forthcoming to meet the said bonded indebtedness of the said town at its maturity, and thus annually provide a sinking fund for the said purpose. Deposit, loan, etc. of sinking fund. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That owners and holders of such bonds issued under this act shall have the right to pay such sum as such owner may

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be indebted to said town for taxes for any year during the term of the running of such bond or bonds by him or her held, by demanding that the interest on the bond or bonds so held and due by the town for that year shall go as a credit on his or her taxes due the town for the year in which said taxes and the said interest both become due. Municipal taxes payable with interest on bonds. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the election herein provided for should be against the issuing of said bonds, then in that event the mayor and aldermen of said town shall at their own instance, or on the application in writing of any five freeholders of said town, at any time hereafter order another election under the provisions of this act, provided such elections are not held oftener than once in twelve months. Resubmission of question of issuing bonds. Not oftener than once a year. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. CHANGING CORPORATE LIMITS OF HAWKINSVILLE. No. 108. An Act to change and amend the charter of the town of Hawkinsville, so as to change and enlarge the corporate limits of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act that the charter of the town of Hawkinsville, in the county of Pulaski, be, and the same is, hereby amended by changing and enlarging the corporate limits of said town so that the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows, to-wit: Commencing south of said town at the point where the Mile branch empties into the Ocmulgee river, and then following the run of said branch as a boundary line of said town on the south and west to the point on said Mile branch near Ryan's pond, where the present boundary line of the said town leaves the said branch, and then running along the present boundary line of said town in a northerly direction to Mitchell's rose hedge-row, then north or northerly along the line of said hedge-row, and from the northern end of said hedge-row in a continued straight line north to Town creek, and then down the run of said Town creek to the

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point where it passes under the trestle of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and from said point east on the line of said railroad and across its bridge on the Ocmulgee river to the east bank of said river, and then down the said east bank of said river south or southerly to a point opposite the point of commencement, then west across the said river to said point of commencement, so that the boundaries of said town will be the east line of the Ocmulgee river on the east, and Mile branch and a line running from it along Mitchell's rose hedge-row to Town creek the boundary on the south and west, and Town creek the boundary on the north and east. Charter amended. What shall be the corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. CHANGING CORPORATE NAME OF TOWN OF HAWKINSVILLE. No. 109. An Act to alter and amend the charter of the town of Hawkinsville, so as to make the corporate name of said town the city of Hawkinsville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the charter of the town of Hawkinsville, in the county of Pulaski, be, and the same is, hereby altered and amended so as to change the corporate name of said town from the mayor and council of the town of Hawkinsville to city of Hawkinsville. Corporate name changed to City of Hawkinsville. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the change of the corporate name shall in no way affect the rights or liabilities of the town under the former corporate name, but the same shall attach in full force to the town under the new corporate name given by this act as fully as under the old corporate name of the mayor and council of the town of Hawkinsville, the said town under the new corporate name assuming all the rights and liabilities under the corporate name before this change. Change not to affect rights or liabilities under former name. SEC. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all Laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the name are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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WATER-WORKS BONDS FOR NEWNAN. No. 124. An Act to authorize the mayor and aldermen of the city of Newnan, in the county of Coweta and State of Georgia, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of establishing a system of water-works for said city; to levy and collect a tax on all taxable property in said city, to redeem said bonds and pay the interest that may accrue thereon; to establish and maintain a system of water-works for said city; to adopt rules and regulations for furnishing of water to consumers and for the carrying on of said system of water-works; to extend the police authority of said city so as to include the plant which may be erected as a part of said system of water-works and the pipes and aqueducts or other fixtures or appliances which may be erected for the purpose of conveying water from said plant into said city, and for other purposes, and the submitting of the question of issuing bonds to the qualified voters of said city. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the mayor and aldermen of the city of Newnan, Georgia, be, and are, hereby authorized and empowered to establish, build, maintain and operat a system of water-works for said city, which system of water-works shall be owned by and be the property of said city. Mayor and aldermen authorized to build, maintain, etc. water-works. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and aldermen may furnish water to individuals, firms or corporations upon such terms as to said mayor and aldermen may seem reasonable and just, and the water rents arising therefrom shall be placed in the treasury of said city; that said mayor and aldermen shall regulate the distribution and use of water in all places and for all purposes when the same may be required, and shall erect such number of public hydrants and in such places as they may see fit, and direct for what purpose and in what manner they are to be used. Fix terms upon which water may be furnished. Water rents. Distribution and use of water. Public hydrants. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said mayor and aldermen may adopt such rules and regulations and pass such ordinances for the protection, maintenance and operation of said system of water-works or anything connected therewith as they may see proper. Rules, etc. for works.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enated, That said mayor and aldermen shall be authorized to employ a competent civil engineer or engineers and such other persons as may be necessary to aid them in determining the proper and most accessible place to get water, erect a plant for said system and to aid them in all other matters in connection with the building of said system of water-works. Location and erection of works. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to purchase for said city any real estate, rights, franchises, water privileges, or any other property necessary to establish, maintain and operate said system of water-works, and in case the said mayor and aldermen and the owner or owners of any property, either within or without the limits of said city and which is desired to be purchased or used for said purposes, cannot agree as to the price to be paid for said property or as to the damage done thereto, then said mayor and aldermen may proceed to condemn said property, and said mayor and aldermen shall appoint one freeholder who is a resident of said city and give or cause to be given to the owner of the land or property sought to be condemned, or to the trustee, executor, administrator or guardian in whose hands said property may be, not less than five days' notice in writing of the time and place where said freeholder and the parties hereinafter mentioned to be appointed will meet to assess and determine the amount of damage to or the value of the property sought to be condemned, and said owner or owners, trustee, executor, administrator or guardian shall appoint one freeholder, and said two freeholders shall select a third man, and the three men so selected shall at the designated time or at such other time as they may desire or appoint (said time not to exceed five days from said first appointed time) value, assess and determine the damage to said property or the value and price which said city shall pay for the same. In case the owner or owners of the land, trustee, executor, administrator or guardian notified as aforesaid fails to appoint a freeholder as aforesaid, then the city clerk of said city shall appoint a freeholder for him, and in every case where the two appraisers selected or appointed shall for the space of five days fail to agree upon the third appraiser, the said clerk shall appoint said third appraiser, and the appraisers which may be appointed or selected by said clerk shall have full power and authority to act. The finding of the majority of the appraisers acting shall be deemed the finding and award of the appraisers just as though it had been agreed to by all, and the finding and award of said appraisers shall be in writing and shall be

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filed within five days from the date of such finding in the clerk's office of the superior court of Coweta county, Georgia, and shall thereupon operate as a judgment, and execution may issue thereon. Either of the parties may within ten days after the filing of said award enter an appeal to superior court of said county upon complying with the law of this State regulating appeals from the justice to the superior court. The city of Newnan shall have the right at any time before entering an appeal to abandon the proceedings to condemn, upon paying the costs of such proceedings up to the time of abandoning the same and giving the opposite party notice in writing of such abandonment. Each of said appraisers shall be paid two dollars per day for each day they are engaged in estimating damages, appraising property and making their award, which costs shall be paid by the city of Newnan if said appraisers find the damage or value of said property to be more than was offered by said city before said proceedings were had, otherwise to be paid by the other party. And in all cases the party entering an appeal shall upon so doing pay all costs which have accrued, including the costs of said appraisers, up to the time of entering said appeal; provided, that the construction of or work on said system of water-works shall not be hindered or delayed by reason of entering said appeal. Purchase of necessary property. Method of condemning property. Appraisers. Assessment Failure to appoint appraiser. Failure to agree on third appraiser. Awards. Appeals. City may abandon proceedings. Pay of appraisers. Party appealing to pay accrued costs. Work not to be delayed by appeals. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to run and construct any pipes, aqueducts, ditches and sewers over, under or through the property of any individual, firm, railroad or corporation either within or without the limits of said city, to erect any buildings and reservoirs and to do any and all other acts necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes contemplated by this act, and in case it shall become necessary to condemn any property within or without the limits of said city under this section the proceedings shall be the same as in section 5 of this act. Power to run and construct pipes, sewers, etc. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the police authority of said city be extended so as to include the plant, buildings, reservoirs, pipes, aqueducts or other fixtures or appliances which go to form said system of water-works or any part thereof, and any person or persons any way interfering with or injuring said system of water-works or any part thereof shall be amenable to the laws and ordinances of said city. Police authority extended to plant, reservoirs, pipes, etc. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said system of water works is declared to be public property and shall be exempt from any and all taxation, including State and county taxes. System exempt from all taxation. Tax to pay bonds and maintain works. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and aldermen shall have power and authority to sell the bonds hereinafter

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mentioned, and levy and collect a tax on all the taxable property in said city sufficient to pay off said bonds together with the interest which may accrue thereon and sufficient to maintain and operate said system of water-works. System exempt from all taxation. Tax to pay bounds and maintain works. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That in order to raise money to carry out the purposes of this act said mayor and aldermen may incur a bonded debt and issue bonds of said city upon complying with the provisions of sections 508(i), 508(j), 508(k), 508(l), 508(m) of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1882. Regulations as to issue of bonds. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. AMENDING ACT AS TO SCHOOL BONDS FOR NEWNAN. No. 137. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Newnan, Coweta county, Georgia, and provide for the maintenance and support of the same, to provide for the issuance of bonds of said city for the purpose of purchasing school property, building school houses and other purposes, after submitting the same to qualified voters of the city of Newnan, and approved December 21st, 1886, so as to provide for the issuance of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars additional in bonds for school purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an act entitled an act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Newnan, Georgia, and provide for the maintenance and support of the same, and provide for the issuance of bonds of said city for the purpose of purchasing school property, building school houses and for other purposes after submitting the same to the qualified voters of the city of Newnan, approved December 21st, 1886, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word twenty in section 9 and inserting in lieu thereof the words thirty-five, so that said section 9 as amended shall read as follows: That the mayor and alderman of said city

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of Newnan shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said city, not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars in amount, to run for such length of time or times, none longer than thirty years, as the mayor and aldermen of said city of Newnan may think advisable, and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding seven (7) per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and to sell the same, the proceeds to be applied to the purchase of property to be used for school purposes and building and equipping proper school houses. Before issuing said bonds and after an election has been held at which two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city voted `for public schools,' as provided in section 2 of this act, said question as to the issuance of said bonds shall be submitted to the voters of the city of Newnan on a day to be designated by the Board of Education, notice of which election shall be published by the secretary and treasurer of the Board of Education in a newspaper published in said city fifteen days before the day of election. The same qualifications shall apply to the voters as provided in section 2 of this act. All persons voting in said election hereinbefore provided may have written or printed on their ballots the words `for bonds' or the words `against bonds,' and if a two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of said city shall vote for bonds, the mayor and aldermen shall issue said bonds, making provisions at the time of so doing for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of said debt within thirty years from the date of incurring said indebtedness as provided in article 7, section 7, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of this State. Section 9 of act of Dec. 21, 1886, amended. So that bonds to amount of $35,000.00 may be issued. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF WEST END. No. 8. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act to charter the city of West End, Fulton county, Georgia, approved November 1, 1889, so as to authorize the mayor and council of West End to charge interest upon all deferred payments for street improvements to contractors or other persons in consideration of time on deferred payments where the property owners may so elect; to provide for the filing of affidavits of illegality by property owners for the purpose of resisting the collection of assessments for street improvements, sidewalks, curbings and sewers, and to authorize the mayor and council to change the manner of paying for main or trunk sewers, as now provided in section 32 of said act of November 1, 1889. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 32 of an act approved November 1, 1889, entitled an act to amend an act to charter the city of West End, in Fulton county, be amended by striking out from said section the words after the word act in the eighth line of said section and down to and including the word sewer in the fourteenth line of said section and inserting instead thereof the following: In all cases where any sewer made of brick or stone or other material than manufactured terra-cotta pipe or other similar material for underground drainage, not exceeding twenty-four inches in diameter, shall be laid under the authority of this section in any street in said city, the sum of not exceeding ninety cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property and estates respectively abutting on said sewer on each side of said street in which said sewer is laid or constructed; and in case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property along the course of any natural drain or otherwise, a sum not exceeding $0.62 shall be assessed upon said property abutting on each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all not exceeding $1.25 for every lineal foot to be assessed upon such property through which sewers are constructed as aforesaid. When sewers so laid in streets are constructed of terra-cotta pipe or other similar pipe, and are of larger diameter than fifteen inches, the sum of not exceeding thirty-five cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property and estates respectively on said sewer on each side of said street in which

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said sewer is laid or constructed; and in case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property along the course of any natural drain or otherwise, the sum of not exceeding twenty-five cents shall be assessed upon said property abutting on each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all not exceeding $0.50 for every lineal foot to be assessed upon such property through which such sewers are constructed as aforesaid; and when such sewer of a larger diameter than four inches and less than fifteen inches or of fifteen inches diameter shall be laid in any street, the sum of not exceeding fifteen cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property of the persons or estates respectively abutting on said sewer on each side of said street on which said sewer is laid or constructed; and in case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property, a sum not exceeding twelve and a half cents shall be assessed upon said property abutting on each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all twenty-five cents per lineal foot to be assessed upon such property through which said sewer is constructed as aforesaid, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Whenever said mayor and council shall deem it proper to establish a system of sewer-age for said city they shall have full power and authority to locate any sewer in any street or alley in said city or through the land of any person, as they may deem proper, but the owner or owners of any land through which the sewer is constructed, which may be injured thereby, shall be entitled to damages, to be ascertained and recovered by assessment, as provided in section 28 of this act. In all cases where any sewer made of brick or stone or other material than manufactured terra-cotta pipe or other similar material for underground drainage, not exceeding twenty-four inches in diameter, shall be laid under the authority of this section in any street in said city, the sum of not exceeding ninety cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property and estates respectively abutting on said sewer on each side of said street in which said sewer is laid or constructed; and in case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property along the course of any natural drain or otherwise, a sum of not exceeding $0.62 shall be assessed upon said property abutting on each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all not exceeding $1.25 for every lineal foot to be assessed upon such property through which sewers are constructed as aforesaid. When sewers so laid in streets are constructed of terra-cotta pipe or other similar pipe, and are of larger

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diameter than fifteen inches, the sum of not exceeding thirty-five cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property and estates respectively on said sewer on each side of said street in which said sewer is laid or constructed; and in case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property along the natural course of any drain or otherwise, the sum of not exceeding twenty-five cents shall be assessed upon said property abutting on each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all not exceeding $0.50 for every lineal foot to be assessed upon such property through which such sewers are constructed as aforesaid; and when such sewer of a larger diameter than four inches and less than fifteen inches or of fifteen inches diameter shall be laid in any street, the sum of not exceeding fifteen cents per lineal foot shall be assessed upon the property of the persons or estates respectively abutting on said sewer on each side of said street on which said sewer is laid or constructed; and in case any such sewer is laid down or constructed through or over any private property, a sum of not exceeding twelve and a half cents shall be assessed upon said property abutting on each side of said sewer for every lineal foot, making in all twenty-five cents per lineal foot to be assessed upon such property through which said sewer is constructed as aforesaid; the amount thus assessed upon land shall be a lien upon same from the passage of the ordinances providing for the making of such sewer, the collection of which shall be enforced and execution issued by the clerk of the council. Should the mayor and council deem it advisable at any time to supply said city and the people thereof with water or with gas or with other method of furnishing lights for the city and the people thereof, they shall have full power, after having complied with the requirements of section 23 of this act, to adopt such measures as they may think best for either or both of these purposes, and supply water or light or both to the people under such rules and regulations and on such conditions as they may provide by ordinance. Sec. 32 of act of Nov. 1, 1889, amended. Assessment for sewers not of terracotta or similar material. For sewers of terracotta or similar material. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, In any case of real estate situated on corners and having frontage on two streets, the owner of the real estate thus situated shall be assessed by section 1 of this act provided for the frontage on the street in which the sewer is first laid, and where the sewer is laid on the other street, twenty-five feet shall be exempt from assessment on the owner and real estate for the last named sewer. Assessments upon realty fronting two streets.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the cost of constructing all sewers shall be paid by the city of West End, except that part of the cost thereof which is to be paid by the property owners, as provided in the first two sections of this act. Payment of cost of condemnation. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, In case any assessment heretofore has been or hereafter shall be made on any property or estates for street improvements, sidewalks, sewers or curbings by and in the city of West End, or against the owners of said property, and an execution has issued or shall be issued against said property and the owners thereof for the collection of the amount of such assessments, the property owner, the defendant in such execution, shall have the right to file an affidavit denying all or any part of the amount for which the execution is due, and stating what amount he admits to be due, which amount so admitted to be due, shall be paid or collected before the affidavit is received and the affidavit received for the balance, and all affidavits so received shall be returned to the Superior Court of Fulton county and there tried and the issues determined as in the case of illegality, subject to all pains and penalties provided in cases for illegality for delay. Affidavit of illegality. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the mayor and council be, and they are, hereby authorized to charge interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum upon all sums that may be due by any person or estate owning property in West End, for street improvements, sidewalks, curbings and sewers; said interest to be calculated from the date of the completion of said improvements, sidewalks, curbings or sewers. Interest for delayed payments. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the city of West End is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer, in payment of debts against said city, bills and executions in favor of said city for the cost of curbing, sidewalks, granite block and other street pavements, and of bills and executions for sewer assessments, whether such bills and executions be held by said city against abutting land owners, or against street railroad companies, for furnishing and laying curbing, side-walks, granite block and other street pavements and sewer assessments. The lien in favor of the city against abutting land and the owners thereof, and against street railroad companies, now provided by law, shall not be impaired or in any manner affected by this act, but the same shall exist and may be enforced in the name of the city, for the benefit of the transferee, until the assessment shall be paid. Such bills and executions against street railroad companies, when so transferred, shall be paid and collected and shall be enforced

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as is now required and prescribed by law. Such bills against abutting land owners and against street railroad companies, when so transferred shall become due and payable as follows: Payment shall be made within thirty days after the completion of the work and presentation of the bill therefor to the person liable for the same, or his agent. If the person so liable shall not prefer to pay all the assessment within thirty days, he may pay 25 per cent. thereof in cash within the thirty days, and 25 per cent. per annum each year for three years thereafter, with interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, on all such deferred payments; provided, however, that this privilege of paying part cash and postponing the payment of the balance shall not exist unless the person liable for the assessment shall, within the thirty days aforesaid, pay the 25 per cent. and shall in writing delivered to the transferee, declare his election to have the payment of the balance postponed, as is hereinabove mentioned. If default shall be made on making a deferred payment, then all the unpaid assessments shall thereby become due and payable, and collection thereof shall be enforced as if no postponement had been made. All proceedings to collect the transferred assessments hereinabove mentioned, whether the transfers have been made of bills or of executions, shall be conducted as if no transfer had been made, and shall be had in the name of the city of West End. But said city of West End shall not be liable to the contractor for all or any part of an assessment, after the same shall have been accepted by the contractor as a payment on the debt due him for the work. The transfer of executions as aforesaid shall be recorded as in case of transfer of State and county tax fi. fas. City may transfer bills and executions Lien preserved. Collection and payment of bills and executions. Payment by installments. Default as to deferred payments. Conduct of proceeding to collect transferred bills, etc. City not liable, when. Record of transfers. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 29, 1892. INCORPORATING TOWN OF NASHVILLE. No. 26. An Act to incorporate the town of Nashville in Berrien county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of

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the same, That the town of Nashville in said county be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name of the town of Nashville. Corporate name. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the court house in said town. Limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That W. L. Swindle is hereby appointed mayor of said town, and John T. Taylor, W. E. Lamb, L. A. Carter, L. L. Albrittin and T. I. Griffin are hereby appointed councilmen of said town, to hold their offices until their successors are elected. First mayor and councilmen. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held in said town on the first Saturday in February in each year for mayor and councilmen, the number of councilmen to be five to serve one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. Town elections. Terms of office. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and councilmen shall constitute a body corporate, with powers to sue and be sued in any of the courts of this State, to purchase, hold and convey property for the use of said town, to make all needful rules, by-laws and ordinances necessary to the proper government of said town not inconsistent with the laws of this State, to keep in good order and repair the streets of said town. Said mayor and councilmen shall have power to levy and collect for the use of said town a tax on all the property situated in the same, both real and personal, not exceeding fifty cents on the every one hundred dollars worth of property. General powers. Taxes. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in the event of sickness or absence of the mayor, or from any reason he cannot act, said councilmen may select one of their number as mayor pro tem., who shall be required to perform all the duties of the mayor. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the mayor shall be the chief executive officer of said town and shall cause all offenders against any ordinance of the town to be arrested by the marshal or police officer when engaged in the act, without a warrant, and hold in custody by placing him or her in the guard-house until the case can be disposed of by the mayor. Trial and punishment of offenders. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That if any vacancy should occur in the office of mayor or councilman from any cause, the same shall be filled by said board. Vacancies. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EATONTON. No. 31. An Act to authorize the mayor and city council of Eatonton to establish and maintain a system of public schools for said city, to levy and collect a tax for establishing and maintaining the same, and provide for the payment of said tax to the trustees of the white and colored schools of said city, to authorize the county school commissioner of Putnam county to pay over to said trustees such part of the State school fund as may be their pro rata share, and for other purposes herein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, the corporate authorities of the city of Eatonton having so recommended, That the mayor and city council of Eatonton are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect an annual tax, in addition to any now authorized by law, not to exceed two-tenths of one per cent, on all the property in said city liable to taxation, to be used for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of public schools therein. Annual school tax. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That before this act shall be of force the mayor and city council of Eatonton shall order an election held, giving at least twenty days' notice of the time of such election by publication in some newspaper published in said city, to determine whether such schools shall be so established and maintained. All persons qualified to vote for mayor and city council shall be qualified to vote in the election held under the provisions of this act. And such election shall be held at the usual place for holding elections in said city, and under the same regulations now governing such elections for city officers. All persons voting in said election shall have written or printed on their ballots for public schools or against public schools. Should it be found that two-thirds of all the qualified voters of said city have voted for public schools, the mayor and city council shall so declare and shall proceed to levy and collect so much of the tax provided for in section 1 as may be deemed necessary under the further provisions of this act to establish and run public schools for twelve months. Should said election be declared against public schools, the mayor and city council are authorized and required to order another election after the expiration of twelve months from

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the previous election, upon the written petition of not less than fifty qualified voters of said city. Election as to adoption of this act. Notice of. Voters. Regulations for election. Ballots. Necessary majority. Result. Resubmission of question. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all money raised under this act shall be paid over by the treasurer of the city to the trustees of the white and colored schools, upon their giving bond with good security, payable to the mayor and city council of said city and approved by them, in an amount fixed by said mayor and city council, conditioned for the faithful application of said funds in establishing and maintaining the public schools herein provided for. But the bonds given by the trustees of the white and colored schools shall be separate and distinct and in no manner connected with or dependent upon each other. Disposition of proceeds of tax. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all children between the ages of six and eighteen whose parents, guardians or natural protectors bona fide reside within the city of Eatonton shall be entitled to the benefits of tuition in said schools in such course of studies as are now provided for in State public schools, free of charge, except such incidental fee as may be prescribed by said trustrees. Children who do not reside in the city of Eatonton may be admitted upon such terms as the trustees may prescribe. But in no event shall any white child be taught in the colored school, nor any colored child in the white school. Pupils. Incidental fee. Non resident children. Separate schools for white and colored pupils. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That within thirty days after the election is held, provided such election be declared in favor of public schools, it shall be the duty of the trustees of each school, separately, to submit to the mayor and city council an estimate of the amount of money needed by them to operate public schools for twelve months. And it shall be the duty of the mayor and city council at once to levy and collect such amounts by taxation, and no tax shall be levied or collected for this purpose until such estimate has been so submitted. After the first assessment has been levied and collected as herein provided, the annual estimate shall be submitted by such trustees on or before the first day of August in each year, and such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner and at the time other taxes are levied and collected for city purposes. First estimate of money needed. Levy and collection of tax. Annual estimates, etc. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That when such tax is levied and collected as hereinbefore provided it shall be the duty of the mayor and city council of said city to pay over to each board of trustees such proportion of the money so raised as to them shall seem equitable and proper for the purpose of establishing and maintaining such public schools for white and colored children. Division of fund.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That upon the recommendation of the trustees of the Eatonton Male and Female Academy, of the city of Eatonton, to the mayor and city council, the said mayor and city council may increase the amount of taxation mentioned in section 1 from two-tenths of one per cent. to three-tenths of one per cent., to be levied and collected as hereinbefore provided. And upon the recommendation of the trustees of the Eatonton Male and Female Academy the mayor and city council shall suspend the operation of the public schools established by this act. Increase of taxation. Suspension of schools. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That after the ratification of this act by the election herein provided for, it shall be the duty of the county school commissioner of Putnam county, and he is hereby required to pay over to the treasurer of the board of trustees of the white and colored schools of the city of Eatonton, under such rules as the board of trustees may provide, that portion of the public school fund to which they may be entitled under the laws of Georgia, in such proportion to each school as the county board of education may assign to each under the existing laws. Pro rata of State fund. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. AMENDING CHARTER OF MOUNT VERNON. No. 34. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Mount Vernon, in the county of Montgomery, to define the powers, duties and liabilities of its incorporators and officers, and for other purposes in connection therewith, approved October 6, 1891, so as to allow the mayor's court to punish offenders by requiring labor on the streets or public works of said town, and also to allow the mayor and council to impose special taxes on business occupations, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, section 9 of the above recited act be amended by inserting after the word town in the ninth line of said section, the words

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or by labor on the streets or public works of said town, so that when so amended said section shall read: Be it further enacted, That the mayor's court shall be separate and distinct from the meetings of the mayor and council, and shall be held by the mayor, or in the case of his absence or disqualification by the mayor pro tem., or in the absence or disqualification of both then by any two members of the council, and its objects and jurisdiction shall be the enforcement of the laws and ordinances of said town, as a criminal court, by fine or imprisonment in the common jail of the county or the calaboose of said town, or by labor on the streets or public works of said town; and all such offences shall be brought before said court and not before the council. Sec. 9 of act of Oct. 6, 1891, amended. Offenders may be sentenced to labor on streets, etc. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 10 of the above recited act be amended by striking out all the words of said section between the word act in the fourth line and the word provided in the sixth line thereof, and inserting after the word act in the fourth line of the said section the words, and in addition to the power of taxation herein conferred, the mayor and council shall have the right to impose such special tax on all business occupations as they may see proper, so that said section, when amended, shall read: Be it further enacted, That all the provisions of the Code of Georgia of the compilation of 1882, from section 783 to section 797(b) inclusive, be, and the same are, hereby included and made a part of this act; and in addition to the power of taxation herein conferred, the mayor and council shall have the right to impose such special tax in all business occupations as they shall see proper; provided, that the said mayor and council shall have no power or authority to grant license to any one to sell spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors in said town. Section 10 amended. Special taxes. Section as amended. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF GAINESVILLE. No. 36. An Act to amend the charter and laws of the city of Gainesville, so as to provide for the collection of rents for water; to provide for the collections of rents for light; to provide for improving and paving the streets and sidewalks, and to enforce the payment therefor from the property owners and street railroad companies; to prohibit the sale of the water-works and light plant, except as herein provided; to provide for enlarging the water-works and light plant; to better provide for and maintain the public school system; to provide buildings for the public schools, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly enacts, That the charter of the city of Gainesville and the laws of this State be, and they are, hereby so amended as to authorize and empower the city of Gainesville to have and perpetually hold the present water-works and light plant (which belong to said city now), except a sale be made as is hereinafter provided; said city is also authorized and empowered to enlarge and improve the present water supply and water-works and light plant of said city in any manner and to any extent that is or may be needful from the present site or from any other site or sites; that said city shall have power to acquire all rights and property, both real and personal, necessary or appropriate for affording a complete and sufficient supply of reasonably pure and clear water to said city, and shall have power to acquire and hold or use all such rights and property, both within the limits of said city or elsewhere in this State, including ownership of and dominion in whole or in part over the water shed from which the water to be supplied is gathered, however large the tract necessary for the purpose may be, so as to let said water shed grow up in grass and trees, without manuring or tilling or other hurtful use, and so as to keep the water clear and pure. City authorized to have and hold water-works and light plant. Also to improve water supply, etc. To acquire necessary property, etc. Water shed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the water-works and light plant now owned and held by said city of Gainesville, with all of its pipes, fixtures, lines, holdings, franchises and privileges, shall remain the property of said city and be so held; and no sale of said water-works and light plant, or either, shall be legal by the mayor and council of said city,

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except upon a unanimous recommendation of the entire vote of the whole council, the mayor concurring therein, to order an election for the sale of said water-works and light plant, either or both, which election shall be advertised for thirty days, and held at the courthouse in the city of Gainesville, at which election all persons qualified to vote for mayor and council of said city shall be qualified to vote; said election to be held and conducted as elections for mayor and council, as prescribed by law. It shall be the duty of said elector at said elections to endorse or have printed on his ballot, as the case may be; if the election is for the sale of the water-works and light plant, then his ballot shall be, For the sale of the water-works and light plant, or Against the sale of the water-works and light plant; and if the election is for the sale of the water-works, his ballot shall be, For the sale of the water-works, or Against the sale of the water-works; and if the election is for the sale of the light plant his ballot shall be, For the sale of the light plant, or Against the sale of the light plant; and if two thirds of all the persons qualified to vote at said election shall be found to have voted for the sale of the water-works and light plant, or either the water-works or light plant, then and in that event, but not otherwise, it shall be to sell said water-works and light plant, or either the water-works or light plant. How works and plant may be sold. Election as to sale. Notice. Voters. Conduct of election. Ballots. Necessary majority. Result. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of the city of Gainesville, and all persons acting under their authority, shall have the right to use the ground or soil under any road, railroad, highway, street, lane, alley or square, within the city limits or elsewhere within this State, for the purpose of constructing or enlarging the water-works or light plant now belonging to said city, upon condition that they shall not permanently injure such road, railroad, highway, street, lane, alley or square, and shall repair all damages done thereto. Use of roads, streets, etc. for water-works or light plant. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, that the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to require payment in advance for the use or rent of water or light, or both, furnished by the city in or upon any building, place or premises, and in case prompt payment shall not be made, they may shut the water or light, or both, as the case may be, from such building, place or premises, and shall not be compelled again to supply said building, place or premises with water or light, or both, until the arrears, with the interest due thereon, shall be fully paid, with all expenses for shutting off and turning on said water or light, or both,

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and removing and returning any fixtures, with any other necessary or consequent expenses. And the said mayor and council can issue, through the clerk of the council, executions for any sums due the city for the use or rent of water or light, or both, against any delinquent, which execution shall be a lien on the property of such debtor for water or light, or both, from the date of its issuance, which execution shall be levied by the marshal of said city, and property advertised and sold, and other proceedings had the same in the same manner as sales for taxes due the city, and the purchaser at such sale shall acquire absolute title. Payment for water or light. Failure to pay. Executions for sums due. Lien of. Levy, etc. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of the city of Gainesville shall have full power and authority within their discretion to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve for travel and drainage of the streets and public lanes and alleys of said city, and shall have full power and authority to order and have the owners of real estate abutting the street and sidewalks to grade the sidewalks, pave, macadamize, put down curbing, cross-drains, crossings or otherwise construct or improve the sidewalks or to make such improvements or to construct said sidewalks at the expense of the real estate owners whose property is abutting the streets. Improvement of streets, etc. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That whenever the mayor and council shall order or notify any abutting property owner to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve the sidewalk in front of his property, as in their discretion seems best, and said work is not commenced in fifteen days and carried on to completion, then the mayor and council can have such work done at the expense of such abutting real estate owner and enforce the payment therefor as is hereinafter provided. Liability of abutting property owner for improving sidewalks. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to assess the cost of paving or otherwise improving the sidewalks, including all necessary curbing or other improvements for the same, on the real estate abutting on the street and on the side of the street on which the sidewalk is so improved. Assessments for sidewalks, etc. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall also have full power and authority to assess one-third of the cost of grading, paving, macadamizing, constructing side-drains, crossings and otherwise improving the roadway or street proper on the real estate abutting on each side of the street improved; and the street railroad company having a track or tracks running through the streets of said city shall be required to macadamize or otherwise pave, as

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the mayor and council may direct, the width of its track or tracks and for two feet on each side of its track or tracks now in use or which may hereafter be constructed by any such company; provided, that the law authorizing the assessment on the abutting property owners of the whole cost of paving or otherwise constructing or improving sidewalks, including curbing, is in no way affected hereby. Assessment for streets. Street R. R. Co. Assessment as to sidewalks not affected. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the assessment is to be made by estimating the whole cost of each improvement made and prorating the cost thereof on the real estate, according to its frontage on the street or portion of the street so improved; provided, if the street railroad company should fail or refuse to do the portion of the work prescribed by law, if any such railroad should have a track or tracks on such street so improved, then said street railroad company shall be liable for the cost of improving the width of its track or tracks and for two feet on each side, which amount shall be deducted from the whole cost, and the assessment made in accordance therewith. Manner of making assessment, etc. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That whenever said mayor and council shall undertake the improvement of any street or sidewalk, and shall notify any owner of abutting real estate, or any street railroad company having a track or tracks running through said street or a portion thereof, to grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise improve the said sidewalk or street as the said mayor and council may direct, as hereinbefore specified in this act, and said owner of abutting real estate or said street railroad company, shall fail to commence work on said sidewalk or street in fifteen days and carry on to completion said work, then and in that event the mayor and council of said city may have the said work done and enforce the payment therefor as is hereinafter provided. Failure of property owner or railroad to do work. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the amount of the assessment on each piece of real estate and amount of the cost of improving said sidewalks or streets shall be a lien on the real estate abutting the sidewalk and street and upon all of the property belonging to any street railroad company which may have a track or tracks on said street so improved from the day of the passage of the ordinance providing for the work and making the assessment. Lien for assessments, etc. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of said city shall have power and authority to enforce the collection of the amount of any assessment so made for work done either upon the sidewalks or streets by execution to be issued by the clerk of the council against the real estate so assessed and against the owner thereof at the date of the

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ordinance making the assessment; also against any owner of abutting real estate for improvement on sidewalks, and also against any and all property, rights and franchises of any street railroad company for any assessment for work so done either upon the sidewalks or streets, which execution may be levied by the marshal of said city on said real estate, or upon the property, rights and franchises of any street railroad company, and after advertising and other proceedings as is provided in cases of sales for city taxes, the same may be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder, and such sale shall vest absolute title in the purchaser; provided, that the defendant shall have the right to file an affidavit denying that he owes the whole or some part thereof of the sum for which the execution issued, and in case he owes any amount, stating what amount is due, which amount so admitted to be due shall be paid or collected before the affidavit is received, and the affidavit received for the balance and all such affidavits so received shall be returned to the superior court of Hall county and there be tried and the issue determined as in cases of illegality, subject to all the pains and penalties provided in cases of illegality for delay. Collection by execution. Sale under execution. Illegality. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That, whereas, the mayor and council of the city of Gainesville has organized and put into operation a public school system in and for said city under the act of September 4, 1883, the said mayor and council are hereby authorized and empowered to operate and continue said public schools for as much as ten months in each year instead of for six months as provided in said act, and to levy and collect a tax sufficient to provide suitable buildings and maintain said schools for and during ten months of each year or such other time as may be determined by the mayor and council or the board of education appointed by said mayor and council. The said schools to be free of tuition to all pupils resident in said city, except a matriculation fee, and with power to provide for and collect from non-resident pupils an amount for tuition not less than the pro rata cost for each pupil, for the expense of maintaining and operating said schools; provided, that no levy of a tax for school purposes for any one year shall exceed one-fourth of one per cent. on the taxable property in said city. Public schools for ten months. School tax. Free schools for residents. Non-residents. Amount of school tax. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this law be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892.

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AMENDING ACT CREATING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR DARIEN, ETC. No. 41. An Act to create a board of commissioners for the city of Darien, and to define their powers and duties. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the second Wednesday of June, 1893, five commissioners shall be appointed for the city of Darien by the Governor in manner hereinafter provided by this act. Commissioners for Darien, how appointed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the appointment shall be made of such men as the grand jury of the county may nominate. To be recommended by grand jury. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, And it is hereby made the duty of the grand jury at the May term of each and every year, commencing at the May term, 1893, to nominate proper and discreet men, citizens of McIntosh county residing in or within three and a half miles of said city of Darien, as commissioners, and who shall hold their office for the term of one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified; and any vacancy occurring by death, resignation or other cause shall be filled by the Governor, who shall commission a citizen having the qualifications as indicated for said unexpired term. Duty of the grand jury of McIntosh county. Qualification of commissioners. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be vested with the full authority of the city of Darien (but more recently invested in the commissioners of the county of McIntosh and the city of Darien), and hereby empowered to do all things authorized by law to be done by the said corporate authorities. Authority of commissioners. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have power to elect a chairman from their own number, who shall have the power formerly exercised by the mayor of the city of Darien, but nothing in this act shall prevent an appeal to the board of commissioners. Chairman of commissioners. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That a majority of said commissioners may sit at any time as a court for said purposes and for the exercise of any power they possess under this act. Commissioners' court.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That immediately upon the qualification of the said commissioners (whose oaths shall be that which was taken by the corporate authority of the city of Darien), there shall be turned over to them all books, papers and property of the city of Darien in the same manner and to the same extent to which the corporate authority of the city of Darien have been and are entitled by law to the possession and custody of same. Corporate rights and authority. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That no citizen who may be a commissioner of McIntosh county is eligible to serve as a commissioner of the city of Darien. Commissioner of McIntosh county not eligible. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. APPROVING GRANT BY MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF SAVANNAH TO SAVANNAH THEATRE COMPANY. No. 47. An Act to approve the grant by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah to the Savannah Theatre Company of nine (9) feet on Bull street in the city of Savannah for the purpose of remodeling the Savannah theatre. WHEREAS, Upon the petition of the Savannah Theatre Company the mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, granted to the said Savannah Theatre Company, subject to the approval of the Legislature of this State, for the purpose of remodeling the Savannah theatre on Bull street between McDonough and Hull streets in the city of Savannah, nine (9) feet on Bull street, with the proviso that the land granted shall revert to the public whenever the said building is not used for theatrical purposes: Preamble. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the said grant recited in the preamble to this act is hereby approved, with the proviso, however, that the nine feet granted shall revert to the public whenever the

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theatre building mentioned in the preamble is no longer used for theatrical purposes as a public theatre. Grant to Savannah Theatre Co. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. CHANGING CORPORATE LIMITS OF BREMEN. No. 50. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Bremen in the county of Habersham, to appoint a mayor and council for said town, to confer upon the mayor and council the power to regulate and control the sale of intoxicating liquors and bitters in said town, to grant to said mayor and council the authority to levy and collect a tax upon all the property in said town, and to confer upon them certain other powers and privileges, approved September 5, 1883, by altering and enlarging the corporate limits of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 16 of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby stricken out and the following inserted in lieu thereof: Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half mile east and sixteen hundred and ten yards west from the crossing of the Georgia Pacific and the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroads in said town, and shall extend one-half mile north and one-half mile south of said Georgia Pacific Railroad in said town. Charter of Bremen amended. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892.

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LEGALIZING OCCUPANCY OF CERTAIN STREET IN MACON BY EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY. No. 51. An act to legalize the occupancy of Wharf or Oemulgee street in the city of Macon by the East Tennesse, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company, to confirm the contract heretofore made by the authorities of said city concerning the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the occupany of Wharf or Oemulgee street in the city of Macon by the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company with its tracks, depot and other facilities as now laid down or constructed shall be, and the same is, hereby legalized to all intents and purposes, and the contract heretofore made by the mayor and council of the city of Macon with the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company concerning the use and occupancy of said street is by this act ratified, authorized and confirmed. Occupancy of street in city of Macon by E. T. V., G. R'w y Co. legalized. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall not operate to impair or lessen any rights of abutting citizens to damages which have occurred to their property along the line of said railroad in said street. Rights of abutting owners. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892.

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INCORPORATING TOWN OF ETNA. No. 70. An Act to incorporate the town of Etna in the county of Polk, and to grant certain powers and privileges, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the town of Etna, in the county of Polk, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name of the town of Etna; that the municipal government of the town of Etna shall be vested in a mayor and three councilmen or aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the town of Etna, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal, and be capable in equity and law to purchase, have, hold, receive and retain to them and their successors, for the use of the town of Etna, any estate, real and personal, of whatever kind or nature; and shall by the same name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law and equity in this State; and to sell, alien or lease any estate, real or personal, the property of or belonging to said corporation, or to convey the same or any part thereof, in any manner or way whatever; that the corporate limits of the town of Etna shall extend one-half a mile in every direction from the depot of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad in said town. The [Illegible Text] of Etna incorporated. Mayor and 3 aldermen a body corporate under name of town of Etna. Rights and privileges. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Alexander T. Hamilton be and is hereby appointed mayor of said town, and John Pearce, Joseph J. Hamilton, and H. T. Battle be and are hereby appointed councilmen or aldermen of said town, to hold their offices until the first election of mayor and councilmen of said town on the first Tuesday of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, until their successors are elected and qualified; the above named officers to enter upon the duties of their office immediately after the passage of the act, and that on the first Tuesday in January, 1893, and annually thereafter elections for one mayor and three councilmen or aldermen shall be held, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. All

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persons residing within the corporate limits thirty days next preceding any election, and who are duly qualified electors of said State shall be deemed electors of said town; said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers in this State and a certificate of the managers shall be sufficient authority to the persons elected to enter on the discharge of their duties as such mayor and councilmen or aldermen. First mayor and aldermen appointed. Election of successors. Term of office. Qualified voters. Result of election, how declared. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said incorporation shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges and powers incident to such corporations, not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State and the laws made in pursuance thereof; and said corporation by its mayor and councilmen or aldermen shall have full power and authority to enact all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government of the said town and securing the health of the inhabitants thereof. Powers of said corporation. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen or councilmen shall have power and authority to elect such marshals, clerks and other subordinate officers as they may deem necessary for carrying into effect the power herein conferred upon them, to prescribe the fees and duties of such subordinate officers and require such bonds for the faithful performance of their duty as they may deem necessary and proper. Marshal, clerk and other officers. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and each alderman and councilman shall be ex officio a justice of the peace and shall have full power and authority to issue warrants for any offence committed within the corporate limits of said town, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine them under oath, to admit any offender to bail or commit him or her to jail for violation of the laws of the State, committed within the corporate limits of said town, to commit to the guard house for any violation of the ordinances of said town. Mayor and aldermen justices of the peace. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and councilmen or aldermen shall have power to levy and collect a tax not exceeding one-tenth of one per centum upon all property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall have the power and authority to license, regulate or prohibit all shows and the sale of all spirituous liquors, and to pass ordinances for the abatement of nuisances and to lay out streets and to regulate the

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width and length of the same. They shall also have power to require all persons within said corporation, who are subject to road duty under the laws of this State, to work on the streets of said town, or they may prescribe a commutation tax, which may be paid in lieu of said work on said streets, and shall have power to imprison any defaulter who fails or refuses to work on said streets when required in the guard house in said town not exceeding three days for each day he refuses to work. Power to tax. To license shows and to regulate or prohibit sale of liquor. To abate nuisances. To require road hands to work streets. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor of said town, and in his absence the mayor pro tem. (who shall be elected by the aldermen or councilmen from their number), shall be the chief executive officer of said town. He shall see that all ordinances, by-laws, rules and orders made by said mayor and councilmen or aldermen are faithfully executed. He shall have control of the police of said town and may appoint special police when he may deem it necessary; and he shall deem it his duty especially to see that the peace and good order of said town are preserved, and that persons and property therein are protected, and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all riotous and disorderly persons in said town. He shall have the power to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment of the same, and in default of immediate payment he may imprison the offender in the guard house of said town. Mayor the executive officer. Power and duties. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at any time the office of mayor and councilmen or aldermen shall become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining members of the council may fill such vacancy by appointing any citizen of said town elegible to such office. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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AMENDING ACT EXTENDING CORPORATE LIMITS OF COLUMBUS. No. 72. An Act to amend an act to provide for the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee, approved September 2, 1887, by repealing section 4 of said act, relating to the keeping of separate accounts of all assessments for taxes and receipts and expenditures in the annexed territory. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an act to provide for the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee, approved September 2, 1887, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out and repealing section 4 of said act, which said section 4 of said act is as follows, to-wit: That it shall be the duty of the mayor and council of said city, when said extension shall have been accomplished to cause to be kept a separate account of all assessments for taxes in said annexed territory, and a separate account of all receipts arising from taxation or otherwise in said annexed territory, and for the period of twenty years from the date of said annexation said mayor and council shall be required to expend in the maintenance and improvement of said annexed territory and in the protection of the same and in the establishment of public schools therein, only such sums as may arise from taxation or otherwise in said territory, unless in the discretion of said mayor and council a greater sum may de desired to be so expended from the general treasury of said city. Corporate limits of Columbus. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ROSWELL. No. 81. An Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Roswell, in Cobb county, to provide for the election of a school board, to levy a tax for the support of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that the mayor and council of the town of Roswell are hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax annually in addition to any tax now authorized by law, not to exceed fifteen cents on the hundred dollars, on the real and personal property of the town of Roswell, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of public schools in said town; provided, the money so raised by taxation or otherwise shall be used for school purposes, as in the act set forth. Public schools for Roswell, tax to support. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That before this act shall take effect, the mayor and council of the town of Roswell, shall order an election to ascertain the wishes of the qualified voters of said town under the provisions of this act, as to whether public schools shall be established and maintained in said town or not. All persons voting at said election, who favor public schools, shall have printed or written on their ballots the words: For public schools, and all who oppose public schools shall have printed or written on their ballots the words: Against public schools. Should the question be decided in favor of public schools by two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town, as required by the Constitution of this State, it shall then be the duty of the mayor and council of the town of Roswell to declare in favor of public schools, and to proceed and levy and collect the tax as provided for in the first section of this act. Election for or against public schools. Result, how declared. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the election held under the provisions of this act shall be held under the same rules and regulations as now govern elections in said town for mayor and council, except the managers of the elections shall make returns of the election held under this act to the mayor and council of the town. Election, how held

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That so soon as this act shall be declared of force by the necessary vote, the mayor and council of the town of Roswell shall elect a board of education, male citizens of the town of Roswell, twenty-one years of age, of good moral character, to consist of not less than seven members; the mayor or intendant, and his successor or successors, shall be chairman of the board; two of said board shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years, and shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors shall be elected at such time as may be fixed by the mayor and council; provided, two members of the board should be elected annually. All vacancies in this board shall be filled by the mayor and council. Board of education. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said board of education shall have authority to establish from time to time a system of public schools for the town of Roswell; to modify the same, and to do each and everything necessary to organize and put in operation a thorough system of public schools in said town of Roswell, and to establish and maintain such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the government of said schools, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. All children whose parents, guardians or natural protectors bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town shall be entitled to the benefit of said school. The board of education can admit pupils residing out of the town on such terms as they may deem just and reasonable. Powers and duties of the board. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the officers of the board shall be a president, vice-president, secretary and treasury, and the board and the officers of the board shall serve without pay. Officers of the board. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That as long as the public school system shall be maintained in the town of Roswell, the school commissioner of the county of Cobb is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the treasurer of the board of education of the town of Roswell for the use of the public schools in operation in said town, the portions of the common school fund arising from any source, belonging to said town of Roswell, to be determined by the number of pupils taught in said schools, as compared with all of the children entitled to the school fund in Cobb county, to be expended by the board of education of Roswell in establishing and maintaining public schools in said town, as provided by law. Pro rata of school fund of Cobb county to be paid to Roswell. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have the right to receive any donations or grants that may be made for the benefit of the public schools, and said board of education

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shall submit a report quarterly of their acts and doings to the mayor and council, and their acts and doings shall be subject to the approval of the mayor and council. Gifts toward schools. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TUNNEL HILL. No. 92. An Act to authorize the board of commissioners of the town of Tunnel Hill to levy a tax for the purpose of establishing and maintaining public schools in and for the municipality of Tunnel Hill, under and in conformity with section 4, article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia, and to authorize the County School Commissioner of Whitfield county to pay over to the board of trustees of said town such part of the State school fund as may be a just pro rata share of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia (the corporate authorities of the town of Tunnel Hill having so recommended), That the board of commissioners of the town of Tunnel Hill, Whitfield county, Georgia, is hereby authorized to levy a tax annually, in addition to that now authorized by law, not to exceed five-tenths of one per cent., for the purpose of establishing and maintaining public schools in and for the town of Tunnel Hill, Whitfield county, Georgia; provided, that the sum so raised shall be used only for the purposes as set forth in this section. Public schools for Tunnel Hill, tax to support. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before this act shall take effect and become operative, the board of commissioners of the town of Tunnel Hill shall order an election, giving at least ten days notice of the same in three or more of the most public places in said town, to ascertain the sense of the qualified voters under this act, at said election, whether public schools shall be established in said town, and if the question shall be decided in the affirmative by the necessary constitutional

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majority, it shall be the duty of the corporate authorities to levy a tax as authorized by section 1 of this act; but should the question be decided negatively at said election, or at any future election, the effect shall only be to suspend the operation of this act for one year from date of said election. Election for or against public schools. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first election under this act shall take place on such day as may be determined by the board of commissioners, and if the school shall not have been established at the same time in any succeeding year, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of said town to order an election upon the written application of any five of the qualified voters of said town; provided further, that the election under this act shall be held in the same manner as the other town elections are held, and those favoring public schools shall have on their ballots For public schools, and those opposed shall have on their ballots Against public schools. If not established by first election others may be ordered. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever at any election held under this act to decide whether public schools shall be established and the same is carried by a constitutional majority in favor of public schools, then it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of said town of Tunnel Hill to elect five trustees, who shall be citizens of said town, and qualified under this act, two of said trustees to hold their office for one year and the other three for two years. Trustees. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees elected under this act shall have authority and it shall be their duty to employ teachers for said public schools, and to make such laws and regulations for the government of said public schools as they may deem necessary, and the said board of trustees shall further be empowered to elect their own president and secretary and to fill any vacancy that may occur in said board from death, resignation or removal, and the person so elected shall hold his office for the remainder of the term and until the next regular election by the board of commissioners for trustees under this act. Powers and duties of trustees. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored children of said town, and if there are not enough of colored children in said town to make a school the trustees may make arrangements with colored teachers outside of the town to teach the colored children living inside the corporate limits of said town. Separate schools for white and colored.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of said town of Tunnel Hill shall have authority, in addition to the taxes levied under section 1 of this act, to provide for an admission fee and collection of same, not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per annum from each child, or the parent, guardian or natural protector of such child attending said public schools. Admission fee. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons qualified to vote under this act shall be actual residents of the town of Tunnel Hill at the time of said election, and who are qualified to vote for board of commissioners of said town of Tunnel Hill. Qualified voters. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the taxes collected for public schools for the town of Tunnel Hill under this act shall remain a separate fund in the treasury of said town subject to be drawn for only upon orders of the trustees, said orders to be countersigned by the chairman of the board of commissioners and clerk of said town under such rules and regulations as the board of commissioners may prescribe. Taxes collected under this act a separate fund. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the school commissioners of Whitfield county are authorized and required to pay over to the said board of public school trustees, under such rules and regulations as the board of commissioners may prescribe, the proportions of common school funds arising from any source belonging to the said town, to be by them expended in the establishment and maintenance of said public schools as authorized and directed by the constitution and laws of this State. Pro rata part of county school fund. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said public schools may admit the children of non-residents, and those who have not resided in said town for twelve months, to the benefit of said public schools, upon the payment of such fees for tuition as to them may seem reasonable and just. Non-resident pupils may be admitted. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of commissioners of the town of Tunnel Hill shall have authority to pass all such ordinances as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State. Commissioners of Tunnel Hill to carry this act into effect SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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INCORPORATING TOWN OF CARLTON. No. 98. An Act to incorporate the town of Carlton in the county of Madison, to define the corporate limits thereof, to confer upon the mayor and council thereof certain powers, privileges and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That Carlton in the county of Madison be, and the same is, hereby incorporated and made a body corporate under the name of the town of Carlton, and in that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have and own a common seal, buy, sell, own, possess, alienate and convey property, real and personal, and have and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations and necessary to the proper discharge of the functions of town government, and that the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half a mile in every direction from the center of the depot of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad as now situated. Town of Carlton incorporated. Rights and powers of corporation. SEC. 2. That the government of said town shall be vested in a mayor and five councilmen, who shall be elected on the second Wednesday in January, 1893, and who shall hold their office for one year and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and that until the first election herein provided for L. P. Eberhart shall be mayor and L. P. Goolsby, F. P. Hoffman, E. D. Arnold, M. F. Glenn, J. G. Warren shall be councilmen of said town. Mayor and five aldermen to govern. SEC. 3. That the annual election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the second Wednesday in January, at the Georgia, Carolina and Northern depot, or such other place as the council may designate, shall be presided over by three freeholders, residents of said town, who shall be sworn to faithfully discharge their duties, and who shall receive and count the votes cast and make return to the mayor and council then in office, who shall publish the result and swear in their successors, delivering to such successors all moneys, papers, books and other property of said town. At such elections all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in Madison county and who have actually resided

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in the corporate limits of said town for thirty days shall be entitled to vote; provided, all such persons have paid all legal taxes demanded of them for the year preceding said election by the municipal authorities of said town and have performed all street work required of them legally by the town government of said town for the year preceding said election. All vacancies in the mayor or council shall be filled by an election to be similarly held after ten days' notice. The mayor and council before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such shall take and subscribe upon the minutes of said town before the outgoing mayor or any justice of the peace the following oath: I, -----, do swear that I will faithfully, well and truthfully perform the duties of mayor or councilman (as the case may be) of the town of Carlton by adopting such measures as will in my judgment best promote the welfare of said town and as are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of Georgia. Said council shall select one of their number mayor pro tem., who shall be clothed with all the powers of the mayor in case the mayor is absent or disqualified. Election of mayor and aldermen. Result, how declared. Qualified voters. Vacancies, how filled. Oath of mayor and aldermen. Mayor pro tem. SEC. 4. That the mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the town, shall be bound to keep the peace, and shall be ex officio justice of the peace, except that he shall have no jurisdiction as such in civil cases. The mayor shall also have authority to try and punish any person violating any ordinance of said town by fine not to exceed fifty dollars, imprisonment in the town calaboose not to exceed thirty days, or to work in a chaingang on the streets of said town not to exceed ninety days, any or all of these punishments in his discretion. There shall be the right of appeal from his decisions to the council, the appellant paying costs and giving bond to abide the final judgment, or make the pauper affidavit now required by law. Mayor, powers and duties. SEC. 5. The mayor and council shall compose the legislative body of said town, and shall have authority to pass any ordinance, by-laws or rules for the government of said town that they may deem necessary for the good order, peace, health, prosperity and welfare of said town and not in conflict with the State laws; all ordinances to be posted for ten days before they go into effect. Said mayor and council shall have power to prohibit the keeping for unlawful sale any spirituous or malt liquors, wine, bitters or intoxicating or alcoholic beverages of any kind, and also to license the sale of fresh meats and other articles usually sold in markets. They shall also have power to grant license to all shows, to auctioneers, to drays, wagons and vehicles, to hotels, boarding-houses, restaurants,

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barber shops, billiard saloons or tables, pool tables, ten-pin alleys and all other similar lines of business. mayor and aldermen, legislative body. SEC. 6. Said mayor and council shall also have power and authority to lay out and open new streets in said town under legal restrictions, to alter or abolish existing streets or alleys, to control, protect, work, lay out, repair and keep in good condition all the streets and sidewalks of said town, planting shade trees, and adorning the same when and where they deem it best. They shall have full authority and power to require all persons in said town liable to road duty to work the streets, sidewalks, lanes and alleys of said town not to exceed fifteen days' work by any hand in one year, or they may levy a commutation tax for street work not to exceed five dollars per capita per annum upon each person liable to road duty and resident in said town. Streets. SEC. 7. That the mayor and council are empowered to levy and collect a general tax upon all the taxable property of said town, real, personal and choses in action located in said town not to exceed one per cent. in order to raise funds to carry out the purposes and intentions of the incorporation and advance the general interest and public welfare of the citizens of said town. Taxing power. SEC. 8. That said mayor and council shall elect a clerk, who shall be ex officio treasurer of said town, who shall hold office for one year, shall keep the records of the town, and also keep all the moneys of said town, giving such bond for the discharge of his duties and the faithful accounting for said moneys as the mayor and council shall direct, and shall be paid such salary as the mayor and council shall fix, which body shall also fix the mayor's salary. Said mayor and council shall also select annually a marshal, who shall be ex officio tax collector of said town. Said officer shall hold his office one year, shall preserve the peace of said town, shall arrest all violators of any ordinance of said town, carry such offenders before the mayor, and enforce the punishment imposed by the mayor, and shall also collect all taxes on licenses imposed and pay the same over to the clerk and treasurer. He shall enter into such bond as the mayor and council shall require, and be paid such salary as they may fix. When said mayor and council deem it necessary they are empowered to appoint sufficient additional police to assist the marshal. When the marshal arrests an offender he shall prefer a written or printed charge at once against such offender and carry him with the least possible delay before the mayor. Clerk. Marshal. Police.

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SEC. 9. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. INCORPORATING TOWN OF STATHAM. No. 101. An Act to incorporate the town of Statham in the county of Jackson, State of Georgia, and to confer certain powers and privileges upon the mayor and council of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the municipal government of the town of Statham shall consist of a mayor and four aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the mayor and council of the town of Statham and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have and hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors for the use of the town of Statham any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatever kind or nature, and shall by the said name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State. Town of Statham incorporated. Mayor and 4 aldermen, styled mayor and council. Rights and privileges. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the center of the present depot in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held in the present storehouse of M. J. Tucker in said town or such other convenient place as the managers may select on the first Wednesday in January of each year for a mayor, treasurer and four aldermen, to serve for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the polls of said election shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon and closed at four o'clock in the afternoon; said election shall be held under the superintendence of one of the justices of the peace or notary public and two freeholders of said county, and in the absence of such justice or notary public, three freeholders

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may superintend said election as managers, and each of said managers, before entering upon his duties shall take an oath or affirmation before some justice or notary that he will faithfully and impartially conduct said election and prevent all illegal voting to the best of his skill and power, and in case the said managers of said election shall have any reasonable doubts as to the qualification of any voter, they shall have power to administer the following oath: You, A B, do solemnly swear that you have attained the age of twenty-one years, that you are a citizen of the United States, and have resided for the last thirty days within the limits of said corporation, and have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded of you by the council or its authority, so help you God? And any person who shall take either of said oaths falsely shall be liable to indictment and punished as by section 4310 of the Code. Election for mayor, aldermen and treasurer. By whom held. Oath of electors. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the person or persons receiving the highest number of votes at said election for mayor, aldermen and treasurer respectively shall be declared duly elected. Votes required to elect. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all male citizens qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of the town, and shall have resided thirty days within the limits of the corporation, and no other persons shall be qualified to vote at any election for officers of said town. Qualification of voters. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in case of vacancy in any of the offices, an election as [Illegible Text] in the preceding section may be held after ten days' written notice is given by the person or persons highest in authority in said council, and the person or persons elected at an election to fill a vacancy shall hold till their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That two tally sheets shall be made out and certified by the managers, one to be turned over to the mayor and the other retained by them. The persons elected shall be notified of their election by the managers, and they shall on the following Thursday next after the election (or as soon thereafter as may be practicable), take the oath of office before some person authorized to administer it, which shall be in writing, and in book of minutes of the council, which oath shall be as follows, to-wit: I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will do and truly perform the duties of mayor or alderman of the town of Statham by adopting such measure as in my judgment be best calculated to promote the

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general welfare of the inhabitants of said town, and not violative of the spirit and intent of its act of corporation, so help me God. They shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of their duties, and the treasurer shall be required to give bond with good securities for the faithful performance of his duties, in an amount to be fixed by the mayor and council. Result of election, how declared. Oath of mayor and aldermen. Treasurer's bond. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and diligently collect from all officers and others all town dues, to pay without delay, when in funds, all orders of the mayor and council according to their dates, and when in funds, or there is not enough to pay all outstanding debts, then all up to a certain date may be paid; when not enough for that, then they are to be paid ratably. He shall take a receipt for any moneys paid and file it away. He shall keep a well bound book, in which he shall enter all moneys received, when received and from what source, and on what account. He shall also keep a record of his disbursements, showing amounts, dates when and to whom paid, and on what account. He shall make returns to the mayor and council as they may require, and do such other acts as may be required of him by the mayor and council, by ordinance or otherwise, and for any wilful violation of his duties as an upright treasurer, shall be removed from office by a majority of the council, and may be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars; provided, that such punishment shall not debar punishment through and by the courts when he is guilty of felony. Duties of treasurer. Treasurer may be removed from office by council. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That in case the mayor or any member of the council, while in office, shall be guilty of any wilful neglect or malpractice or abuse of the power confided to him, he shall be cited by the clerk of council, by order of the mayor and council, to appear before the council at the next regular meeting thereafter and stand his trial, and if found guilty he shall be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of said council. Mayor and members of council, how tried for malpractice. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible as mayor or alderman of said town, unless he be a citizen not less than twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States and shall have resided within the corporate limits of said town at least one year immediately preceding his election. Qualifications of mayor and aldermen. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have power to appoint a clerk, a marshal and deputies and such other officers of the town as they may deem necessary, and shall have power to regulate the mode and manner

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of appointing the same, determine their salaries and fees, take their bonds, prescribe their duties and oaths, remove them for breach, neglect or incapacity. Clerk, marshal and deputies. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have power to impose fines for violation of this charter, or any of their ordinances or to imprison the offender, or cause him to labor on the public works, streets or sidewalks of the town, the fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, the imprisonment or labor not to exceed thirty days. Powers of mayor and council to punish for violations of charter and ordinances. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the mayor shall hold court as often as he may deem necessary; in his absence or in cases where he is disqualified the mayor pro tem. shall preside. When they are both absent or disqualified any member of the council may preside. Mayor's court. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That they shall have power to remove any house, fence, post or other obstruction in the streets or on the sidewalks, lanes, alleys or public square; to license all business and occupations permitted in the town. Powers of mayor and council to remove obstructions and to grant license. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That they may pass and enforce ordinances prohibiting the running at large of any and all domestic animals except dogs, and they may imprison such stock when found running at large under such rules as they may prescribe. May impound animals. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the taxpayers and owners of real estate in said town, and they are hereby required to make returns of the property in said town held by them in their own or another's right, and the mayor and council have authority to supervise all returns thus made and fix a just value to the property and add such property as may not be returned at its value. Real estate, how returned and valued for taxation. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That they may levy such taxes on the property in the town, both real and personal, as in their judgment may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town and liquidate its debts, not to exceed the constitutional limit, and not in conflict with the constitution. Power to tax. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That they may require each male inhabitant of said town who would be subject to road duty to work on the streets and sidewalks such length of time, not exceeding fifteen days in each year, as in their judgment is necessary. Streets, how worked. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That they have full power and authority to open new streets, widen old streets and otherwise to regulate, lay out, direct and control the streets and sidewalks of said town; to assess a tax for the payment of the

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damages caused by the same, when the property of any person may be injured thereby, and that all streets, alleys, sidewalks, pavements and street crossings shall be under their control and direction, and the mode and style in which all streets, crossings, sidewalks and pavements shall be constructed. But whenever the mayor and council shall exercise any of the powers herein conferred upon them in reference to the streets and sidewalks to the injury of private rights, there shall be appointed five freeholders of said town, two by the mayor and council, two by the owner of the land to be affected by the action of said mayor and council (or should the owner fail or refuse, within five days after having been notified by the mayor of the selection of two freeholders on the part of the mayor and council, then by the ordinary of said county in which the land may lie), and the other by the arbitrators so chosen, who shall assess the damages sustained by the owner or owners of such land, and from the award of said abitrators either party may appeal to the superior court under the same rules as govern appeals from other courts to the superior court; provided, private property shall not be so taken till the damages as assessed be first paid, or be legally tendered, but in case of appeal the work may nevertheless proceed if the mayor and council will tender damages and give good bond and security for any further damages that may be recovered on the appeal. New streets may be opened. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That they have power to elect one of their number mayor pro tem., who when acting as such has all the powers of a mayor. [Illegible Text] pro tem. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That they may, by ordinance, prescribe the duties of the marshal, deputies, clerk, and other officers within the town, and penalties for their failure or refusal to perform, and they have power to enforce their ordinances. Duties of marshal and other officers how prescribed. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That they have authority to fix the fees and salaries of the various officers of the town, including their own. Fees and salaries SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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AUTHORIZING WEST POINT TO ISSUE CERTAIN BONDS. No. 102. An Act to authorize the mayor and council of the city of West Point to issue bonds for the opening of new streets, construction of sewers and other improvements deemed necessary, to provide for the submission of the question of issuing bonds to the qualified voters of said city, to provide for the payment of the interest on said bonds and for the redemption of the same at maturity. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the mayor and council of the city of West Point be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered, at such time as they may select within two years from the passage of this act, and at the usual place of holding municipal elections in said city, submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of bonds or no bonds. Notice of the time and place of holding said election shall be given by publishing for thirty (30) days in the LaGrange Reporter, a newspaper published in in LaGrange, Troup county, a notice setting forth the objects of said election and the time and place of holding the same. Said election shall be conducted in all respects as elections for mayor and aldermen of said city are now held, and only those voters qualified to vote for mayor and aldermen at the election thereof next preceding the election for bonds or no bonds shall be qualified at the election herein provided for; provided, that the managers of the election shall make a return of the result of said election herein provided for, with their certificates thereon, to the mayor of said city, and each ballot cast at this election shall have printed or written thereon bonds, or printed or written thereon no bonds, according as the voter may favor or oppose the issue and sale of bonds as herein provided. Mayor and council of West Point, authority to issue bonds. Election required. Notice of election and how held. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at said election the necessary two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city shall vote in favor of bonds the mayor shall so declare and announce his decision by publishing in the newspaper which published the notice of the election one time

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the result of said election, and the mayor and council aforesaid may proceed as soon thereafter as practicable to issue bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, with interest coupons thereto attached bearing interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum, and not to exceed in par value the aggregate sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to run for such time not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue as the mayor and council may decide. Said mayor and council shall provide by taxation for the payment of the interest on the same, and shall also provide by such means as they may think best for the accumulation of a fund to meet and pay off said bonds when they shall become due. Said bonds when issued shall be signed by the mayor of West Point and countersigned by the clerk of council, and so much of them as may be necessary for the purpose herein mentioned shall be sold by said mayor and council, or by such agent as said mayor and council may appoint and authorize to negotiate the sale of the same in such manner as shall be most advantageous to the interests of said city of West Point. Result of election, how declared. Taxation required to pay interest and to provide [Illegible Text] to pay bonds. Sale of bonds. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proceeds of the bonds herein provided for shall be applied and used by said mayor and council for the purpose of opening streets, building sewers, improving said city in such manner as the mayor and council may deem necessary to the interest of said city. Proceeds of bonds, how applied. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event of an election held under the provisions of this act the necessary two-thirds of the qualified voters, as aforesaid, shall fail to vote for bonds, then the question may be submitted to the qualified voters of said city in the same manner once again before the expiration of two years first after the passage of this act under the same rules and regulations as the first election just as though no election had been held, notice having been previously given as, herein provided for the first election. Second election if first fails to authorize issuance of bonds. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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AMENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL ACT FOR JONESBORO. No. 106. An Act to amend section 6 of the act establishing public schools in the town of Jonesboro, Georgia, by striking out the word population in the fourth (4th) line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words children that attend the schools, and by further amending said act by striking out the word population in the fifth line of said sixth section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words children that attend the public schools, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that the act establishing public schools for the town of Jonesboro, Georgia, approved September 21, 1891, be amended by striking out the word population in the fourth line of the sixth section of said act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words the children that attend the schools, and by striking out the word population in the fifth line of said sixth section and inserting in lieu thereof the words children that attend the public schools, so that said sixth section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, The amount of the public school fund of Clayton county to be paid to the city of Jonesboro shall be estimated according to the ratio that school children that attend the school of said city of Jonesboro bears to the school children that attend the public schools of Clayton county as shown by the last school census. Public school law of Jonesboro amended. Per cent. of public school fund of Clayton county to which school of Jonesboro is entitled. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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CONFIRMING CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA. No. 118. An Act to confirm certain ordinances of the city council of Augusta, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following ordinances of the city council of Augusta be, and the same are, hereby confirmed, namely: The ordinance known as chapter 83 of the City Code of Augusta, as amended November 7th, 1892, which ordinance as amended reads as follows: Augusta, ordinances of, confirmed. 1. Whenever council shall, by resolution or otherwise, authorize or instruct the mayor to require any owner or owners of real estate in the city of Augusta to have the sidewalks on any side of their lots paved, repaved or repaired or otherwise put in good order, and said party or parties so required shall, after ten days' notice given thereof, fail to comply, then the mayor shall have the work done at the said owner's expense, and the amount shall be collected by execution with ten per cent. damages and costs. It shall also be the duty of the mayor to notify all owners of real estate in this city to have the sidewalks in front of their lots repaved or repaired when in his judgment such work is needed, ten days' notice to be given by him and on failure to comply with his order, he shall have the work done at the owners' expense, the amount to be collected by execution with ten per cent. damages and costs. Sidewalks, how repaired. 2. Pavements shall be of such height as the city engineer may direct. The width of pavements on Broad street shall be twenty feet; on Green street fourteen feet; on the other streets of this city ten feet. Whenever gateways are desired for carriages to pass into enclosures, they shall be paved with paving stones, or arched brick placed on edge. Height and width of pavements. Material to be used. 3. No person shall be allowed to lay any pavement, or to increase or decrease the height of the sidewalk on any street in this city, without first having such sidewalk inspected by the city engineer, and ascertaining from him what is the correct

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grade of the pavement; nor shall any person lay a pavement at any other height or grade than that furnished by said officer. Supervision of city engineer. 4. If any pavement hereafter be laid out of the general grade or height of the adjoining pavements, the person by whose authority the same was laid, or the owner, or the occupant of the premises opposite to which the irregular pavement is laid may be required to make the same to conform to such general grade or height, and upon failure so to do within ten days after notice from the mayor, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each and every day such irregular pavement is allowed to remain. Uniformity of pavements. 5. The city engineer shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars for the inspection and supervision herein required, to be paid by the person having the pavement laid. 6. Contractors who pave sidewalks under authority of council, shall be required to make out correct separate bills against the owner or owners of the lots in front of which such pavements may be made, and collect from such owner or owners the amount of their bills; provided, that after using for a reasonable time all proper diligence to collect said bills from said owners without success, said contractors may return said bills, duly sworn, to the mayor, who shall order the said contractors to be paid out of the city treasury, and proceed to have the amount collected from the parties owing for such pavements as hereinbefore provided. Contractors, how paid. 7. No portion or part of any cloth or canvas used as an awning shall hang loosely down the same over the sidewalk or footpath. Awnings. 8. All consents or permissions heretofore granted by the city council of Augusta, or by the board of fire wardens, under the provisions of section 6, chapter IV, and section 8, chapter LXXIV of the city code of 1880, so far as said provisions refer to hanging signs and awnings, are hereby revoked. No person or persons shall build or erect any hanging sign or signs, awning or awnings on the streets of this city without first obtaining permission from the streets and drains committee of council and the board of fire wardens conjointly, which permission may be revoked at the pleasure of council; and all such hanging signs and awnings so permitted shall be erected under the supervision of the said streets and drains committee and board of fire wardens. When ordering the removal of any hanging sign or awning, as heretofore provided, thirty days' notice of said order shall be given by the said streets and drains committee and board of fire wardens, at the expiration of which

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time the said streets and drains committee and board of fire wardens shall at once proceed to remove the same at the expense of the owner of said sign or awning; provided, that before any such removal said owners or their agents shall have the right to appeal to the city council. Signs and awnings, permission to erect required, which is revocable. 9. The storm-water from the roofs of buildings, etc., shall be conducted to the gutter or sewer under the sidewalk. All roof water that is discharged upon the sidewalks shall be changed to comply with this section. Storm water from roofs. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person doing business in this city to occupy the outer side of the sidewalk or pavement for the purpose of exposing goods for sale, or to place any counter, coops, shelves, signs, boxes or any other article or impediments on the outer side of the pavement or over the drains, except so far as they may be necessary in receiving and delivering goods with reasonable promptness. The outer lines of pavements shall be kept clear for pedestrians for a space of not less than five feet, and if the pavement be of greater width then three-quarters of such width shall be kept clear; provided, in no case less than five feet shall be kept clear, and in no case more than four feet shall be obstructed in the display of goods in any other manner. Obstructions on pavements prohibited. 11. It shall be the duty of every person occupying property in this city to keep the adjacent sidewalks clean. No litter, leaves or trash of any sort shall be allowed to accumulate thereon, nor to be swept into the surface drains. No property owner, contractor or builder, or any other person liable for the removal of such material, whether by the requirements of this ordinance or by public or private contract therefor, shall leave rubbish or trash or garbage of any kind upon the streets or sidewalks longer than twelve hours unless further delay is reasonably necessary to the work or contract in which they may be engaged. Rubbish, trash or garbage not allowed on streets. 12. It shall not be lawful for any person to occupy unused portion of any street, nor any part of the canal bank or right of way for a wood or lumber yard or for any other purpose, except by written leave from the mayor and on payment of such rent for the same as may be required. Streets and canal banks cannot be used for wood or lumber yard. 13. It shall be the duty of the police and sanitary inspectors to report all violations or neglect of the requirements of this chapter to the recorder's court for punishment. The penalty for violating any of the provisions of this chapter, not otherwise provided, shall not be exceeding one hundred dollars. Duty of police and sanitary inspectors.

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14. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Also an ordinance entitled an ordinance regulating the keeping of dogs within the city of Augusta, and to require all dogs to be registered and licensed, passed November 7, 1892, as follows: Section 1. Be it ordained by the city council of Augusta, That from and after January 1, 1893, it shall not be lawful for any person to keep or harbor about his premises, or suffer it to be done by any person remaining thereon, any dog, unless the same be registered and licensed under the authority of the city council as herein provided, and any person who shall keep or harbor a dog, or suffer it to be done on his premises without complying with the provisions of this ordinance, shall be fined by the recorder's court not less than two nor more than five dollars, or to be imprisoned not exceeding five days. Dogs must e registered and licensed. 2. Every person desiring to keep one or more dogs shall within the month of January in each and every year report the same at the office of the city sheriff, and all dogs so reported shall be registered by [Illegible Text] numbers, and the register shall show the sex, color and breed of each dog as near as may be, and the owner's name, and if the dog is of no especial breed it shall be designated as a cur, and a metal tag or badge shall be issued for each dog so registered, bearing the number on the register, and the owner of each dog shall pay for such registration and badge the sum of one dollar. Dogs so registered and wearing such badge shall be regarded as duly licensed and no others. Registration, how made. License, how procured. 3. On and after February 1st, in each year, any dog found in the limits of the city not licensed, or not wearing the tag or badge as herein provided, shall be taken and destroyed, or disposed of in such manner as the mayor and chief of police shall determine to be best, and the person in whose premises such unlicensed dog or dogs are found shall be reported to the recorder's court for punishment. But if such person shall pay the fine imposed and at once register such dog, then the dog shall not be destroyed, but shall be surrendered to the owner. It shall be the duty of the policemen and sanitary inspectors of this city to examine the premises of persons who may be supposed to harbor a dog contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, and report all such as are found so doing to the recorder's court for punishment. Any person resisting such officers in the discharge of this duty shall be punished as in other cases of resistance of officers, and any unlicensed dog found in the city

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shall be surrendered on demand by the person in whose premises it may be found, and refusal to do so shall be regarded as resistance to the officer demanding the surrender. Dogs not registered to be destroyed. 4. If any dog tag or badge shall be lost or destroyed, the owner may make affidavit of such loss before the city sheriff or his assistant, and receive a new tag in place thereof on payment of twenty-five cents, and numbers so reported lost shall be reported to the chief of police. All such lost numbers shall be designated on the register, and a list of them kept in the police office, and any person found placing or to have placed any lost tag or badge on a dog, shall be fined not less than two nor more than ten dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding ten days, and the lost tag or badge shall be taken up. New tags may be issued in lieu of lost tags. Use of lost tags prohibited. 5. If any person shall bring a dog into this city at any later time in the year, it shall be his or her duty to register such dog and procure the tag as hereinbefore required, and the license shall be one dollar, less twenty-five cents for each quarter of the year fully expired before such dog was brought into the city. Tags for dogs brought to city. 6.It shall be the duty of the city sheriff to provide the tags or badges herein required before January 1st of each year, and the mayor is authorized to pay for such tags, and for such assistance or extra compensation as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this ordinance and make the same effective, and the amounts so paid shall be charged against the receipts from this source and reported in the treasurer's monthly report to council. City sheriff to provide tags. 7. Any person who shall be convicted of hiding or secreting a dog within the city limits without paying for the registration and badge shall be fined not less than two nor more than five dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding five days, and it shall be in the discretion of the mayor, at any time, to order the capture and destruction by shooting or otherwise of all unlicensed dogs found at any place within the city. Hiding dogs, penalty for. 8. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the city council of Augusta from, at any time, altering, amending or repealing, in whole or in part, either or both of said ordinances. City council may repeal or amend these ordinances. Approved December 22, 1892.

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INCORPORATING TOWN OF LESLIE. No. 119. An Act to incorporate the town of Leslie in the county of Sumter, to confer municipal powers and privileges upon the same, and to prohibit the sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors within the incorporate limits of the same or within three miles of the church of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the town of Leslie in the county of Sumter be, and the same is, hereby incorporated. Town of Leslie incorporated. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of the town of Leslie shall consist of a mayor and four councilmen, who shall constitute a body corporate, under the name and style of the mayor and town council of Leslie; by that name and style they shall have perpetual succession; may have and use a common seal and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors, or to sell or otherwise dispose of the same for the use of the town of Leslie, any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatever kind or nature, within the limits of said town; and shall by the said name be capable of suing and being sued and pleading and being impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State. Mayor and 4 aldermen, styled mayor and council, constitute corporate body. Powers and privileges. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend three-fourths mile in every direction from the center of corporation where Bailey avenue and Wilson street cross in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of organizing the municipal government provided for in this charter an election may be held in said town in ten days after the passage and before the first of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for a mayor and four councilmen who shall hold their offices until second Wednesday in December, 1893, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Said election may be held under the management of any three [Illegible Text] fide residents of said town qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly. After the first election under this charter, provided for above, said officers shall be elected annually on the second Wednesday in December. Each election after the first shall be held under the management of three freeholders or of two freeholders and a justice of the peace, all of whom shall be residents of said town and not candidates in said election, and who shall be appointed by the mayor and town council to hold the election. The managers of all elections held under this charter shall conduct them as nearly as practicable as elections for members of

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the General Assembly are conducted. The polls at such elections shall be opened at nine o'clock A. M. and shall be closed at three o'clock P. M. Before proceeding with the election each of the managers shall take and subscribe before some person authorized to administer oaths, or if there be no such person present, each in the presence of others, the following oath: All and each of us do swear that we will fill faithfully superintend this day's election; that we are qualified, according to the requirements of the town charter, to hold the same; that we will make a just and true return thereof, and not knowingly permit any one to vote unless we believe he is entitled to do so according to the charter of this town, nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting who is so entitled, and that we will not divulge for whom any vote was cast unless called upon under the law to do so, so help us God. Election of mayor and aldermen. Term of. Elections, how held. Oath of managers of elections. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the managers at the first election held under this charter shall issue a certificate of the result of the election to each of the persons elected, which shall be recorded in the records of said town; said certificate shall be sufficient authority for the persons so elected to enter upon the discharge of their official duties after qualification as hereinafter provided. The managers of each subsequent election shall issue to the newly elected mayor and each of the councilmen elected, a like certificate and shall also certify the result of the election to the acting council, which last certificate shall be entered upon the records of said town. Result of election, how declared. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That at such elections all persons who shall have resided in said town for sixty days before the day of election, who have paid all taxes of every description legally imposed and demanded by the authority of said town, and who shall be qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be qualified voters. All persons qualified to vote at such election and eligible to hold office according to the Constitution and laws of this State shall be eligible to hold any office in said town. Qualified voters. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That should the office of mayor or of councilmen become vacant by death, resignation, removal or other cause, the mayor, or in any case his office is vacant, the mayor pro tem., or if both said offices are vacant, the councilmen shall order an election to fill said vacancy or vacancies, of which at least ten days' notice shall be given by posting the notice at two of the most public places in said town. Persons elected at such elections shall fill unexpired terms only. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon the discharge of their official duties the mayor and each of the councilmen shall take and subscribe before some person authorized to administer oaths, the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving upon me as mayor (or councilman as the case may be) of the town of Leslie during my continuance in office, according to the best of my ability and understanding, so help me God. Said oath shall be entered upon the records of the corporation. Oath of mayor and aldermen.

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SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and councilmen shall elect annually at such times as they may see proper, a mayor pro tem., from the councilmen, whose duty it shall be to act as mayor in all cases in the absence or disqualification of the mayor. They shall also have authority in their discretion to elect a marshal, and when the growth of the town may require additional police protection such number of policemen as they may deem best, and a clerk and treasurer. The marshal, the clerk and treasurer and the policemen shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, or for a less period of time if the mayor and town council see fit to so prescribe. They shall be governed by such rules as may be prescribed by the mayor and council. They may be removed from office by a majority vote of the mayor and council for neglect of duty, incapacity or malfeasance in office, or for violation of the rules prescribed by the mayor and councilmen for their government. The mayor and council may, if they see proper, select one of the councilmen to act as clerk and treasurer. The mayor and council may also appoint special policemen to serve whenever in their judgment such appointments may be necessary, such policemen to be discharged when the emergency for their services has passed, and to be compensated as the mayor and council may determine. Mayor pro tem. Marshal, policemen, clerk and treasurer. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the salaries or compensation of the marshal and of the clerk and treasurer shall be such as may be fixed by the mayor and council, and the mayor and council may also in their discretion require each or either of said officers to give bond for the faithful performance of duty, in such amount as they may prescribe. Salaries and bonds of marshal, clerk and treasurer. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have power and authority to levy and collect an ad ralorem tax not exceeding one-half of one per cent. upon all property, both real and personal, which is taxable by the laws of this State, except farming lands in bodies of five acres or more not laid off in town lots, and wood land in bodies of five acres or more not laid off in town lots; said tax to be for the purpose of defraying the general expenses of the town government. Mayor and council may levy and collect tax. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have power and authority, in addition to the ad valorem tax heretofore provided for, to levy and collect a specific tax upon all in such sums as they may see proper, upon all circuses, sleight of hand performances, tricks of legerdemain, theatrical exhibitions and other shows which may exhibit in said town, such taxes to be for each exhibition. Said mayor and council shall also have authority to levy and collect such license taxes upon business occupations in such town as they may see proper. Any and all the taxes provided for in this section, if not voluntarily paid, may be collected by execution, levy and sale, as hereinafter provided for the collection of other taxes. Specific tax SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That should any person fail or refuse to pay the tax imposed by the said town authorities, according

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to this charter, the clerk and treasurer shall issue an execution against such delinquent tax-payer which shall be signed by him in his official capacity, and bear test in the name of the mayor and town council. Said execution shall bind all the property that said defaulting tax-payer owned in said town on the first day of April in the year for which the property is or should have been returned for taxation. Said execution shall be directed to the marshal of said town, who, after levying the same upon the property of such defaulting tax-payer, and advertising the sales as sheriff's sales are advertised in case of real estate, and by posting in three of the most public places in the town, for ten days before the day of sale, where it is personal property that is levied upon, shall sell the property to the highest and best bidder before the door of the council chamber, or at such place as the mayor and council may direct such sales to take place. Where real estate is sold the marshal shall make the purchaser a deed to the same, which shall be as effectual in passing the title as the sheriff's deed in sales for State and county taxes. When said marshal shall sell any real estate under execution for town taxes, it shall be the duty of such marshal, upon application, to put the purchaser, or his agent, in possession of the real estate sold; provided, said marshal shall not be authorized to turn out any other person than such delinquent tax-payer, his heirs, tenants or assigns, since the lien of the town for taxes attached. Tax executions against delinquents. Sales by marshal. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have authority, in addition to the taxes heretofore provided for, to levy and collect as a street tax not exceeding five dollars per annum, upon each and every male resident of said town between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, except licensed ministers of the gospel in regular discharge of ministerial duties, and in actual charge of one or more churches, and all persons who have lost one leg or one arm; provided, that any person so taxed shall have the opportunity to work the streets of the town, and may relieve himself of such tax by working on the streets under the control and direction of the marshal for two days for each and every dollar of said tax due by him. Upon non-payment of said street tax and failure or refusal to work the streets as hereinbefore provided, the mayor shall have power, after five days' notice to such defaulter, to sentence him to work upon the streets for a number of days sufficient to pay all such taxes assessed against him, at fifty cents per day if the town provides rations, and at seventy-five cents per day if the party provides his own rations. It shall be the duty of the town marshal to execute these provisions so far as they appertain to his office, and to execute any sentence of the mayor made in pursuance thereof. No resident of said town shall be liable to road duty outside of the limits of said town. Street tax. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have power and authority to pass all rules, regulations or ordinances that they may deem necessary for the government of said town, the preservation of order, and the protection of the

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lives and property of its citizens; provided, they are not in conflict with the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. Police power. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors or intoxicating drinks shall be prohibited within the corporate limits and within three miles of churches of said town. Manufacture and sale of liquor prohibited. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the mayor of said town may hold a police court in said town, at any time, for the trial and punishment of all persons violating the ordinances and regulations of said town, the punishment not to exceed a fine of thirty dollars and costs, or labor on the streets not to exceed thirty days, or by confinement in the guard-house or calaboose of the town not to exceed thirty days, or the mayor may sentence the offender to work on the streets for a certain number of days, or to be confined in the guard house for a certain period of time, and allow, in said sentence, said punishment to be commuted upon the payment of a fine. Police court. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have full power and authority to remove or cause to be removed all buildings, porches, steps, fences or other obstructions or nuisance in the streets, alleys, lanes, sidewalks or public squares of said town; also to license, regulate and control all taverns or public houses in said town; to regulate all butcher-pens, slaughter-houses, steam ginneries, steam saw mills, steam grist mills, steam planing mills, dry kilns, blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys, within said town, and to remove, or cause to be removed, the same or any of them, in case they become dangerous or injurious to the health of any citizen of said town or become nuisances; and also, if necessary, to fill up all pits, cellars, sinks and excavations of said town or cause the owner thereof to do so; to drain all ponds or pools of water or cause the same to be done by the owner of the premises upon which the same is located; also to license and regulate all drays, omnibuses, wagons, carts or other vehicles owned or kept for use and hired in said town; and, also, to control all wells, pumps and livery stables in said town. Power to remove obstructions, grant license and to abate nu[iuml]sances. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall have full power and authority to open and lay out, widen, straighten or otherwise change streets and alleys in said town. Whenever the mayor and council shall exercise the power above delegated, they shall appoint one freeholder, and the owner or the owners of the lots fronting on said street or alleys, or through which the same may be laid out or opened, shall, after five days' notice, select one freeholder, who shall proceed and assess damages sustained or advantages derived by the owner or owners of said lots, in consequence of the laying out, opening, widening, straightening, or otherwise changing said streets and alleys. In case said two assessors cannot agree, they shall select a third freeholder to act with them, and then a majority of the three shall make the award. The said assessors shall take an oath to faithfully discharge their duties

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before proceeding to act. Either party dissatisfied with the finding of the assessors shall have the right to appeal to the Superior Court of Sumter county, under the same rules and regulations as govern appeals from justice's courts. The mayor and town council shall have full power and authority by execution to levy, collect, and enforce the final award, judgment, or decree against the owner or owners of said lot or lots, when the change effected or work done is found advantageous to said owner or owners. Power to open and straighten streets. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have full power and authority to protect places of divine worship; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder or other combustibles; to provide places for the burial of the dead and regulate interments therein; to make regulations for guarding against fire. Power to protect churches, to regulate keeping combustibles and to provide a cementery SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That when the mayor is presiding at any police court, or at any meeting of the council, he shall have power to punish for contempt of court by a fine not exceeding five dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding forty-eight hours. Police court may punish for contempt. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council shall prescribe by ordinance the rules and regulations under which property shall be returned for taxation, and the penalty for failure to make returns as required. Tax returns, how made. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That the marshal, or any policeman of said town, shall have power and authority to arrest without a warrant, any drunk or disorderly person, or any person committing or attempting to commit any crime against the laws of this State, or any offence against the town's ordinances, and commit him to the guard house or other place of safety to await his trial next day; or when the arrest is made on Saturday afternoon or evening too late for the mayor to hear the case, to await his trial on the following Monday. Powers of marshal and policemen. SEC. 24. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and council shall have power and authority in their discretion to establish and maintain a guard-house or calaboose, wherein to confine for safe keeping parties under arrest or to confine for punishment parties convicted and sentenced in the mayor's court. Guard house. SEC. 25. Be it further enacted, That the mayor, or mayor pro tem. when acting in his stead, shall be an ex officio justice of the peace so far as to have authority to issue warrants for persons charged with committing offences against the laws of the State in said town, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath and to discharge the person charged with the offence, or to require him to give bond for his appearance for trial before the proper court, or in default of bond to commit him to jail to await his trial. Mayor ex officio a justice of the peace. SEC. 26. Be it further enacted, That any fine imposed by the mayor or mayor pro tem. for violation of any of the ordinances, rules or regulations prescribed by the mayor and town council may be enforced by execution against the defendant or person convicted, which shall be directed, levied or advertised as other executions issued by the town authorities. Fines by mayor, how enforced.

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SEC. 27. Be it further enacted, That should any property levied upon under and by virtue of any fi. fa. issued by the corporate authorities of the town be claimed by any person not a party to said fi. fa. said claim shall be interposed under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as regulate claim cases under the laws of this State, and the said claim shall be returned to and tried as other claim cases in the first justice court or superior court having jurisdiction thereof as the case may be. Claims to property levied on, how made and tried. SEC. 28. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. ISSUE OF SCHOOL BONDS BY TOCCOA. No. 120. An Act to authorize the mayor and council of Toccoa to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting and equipping school buildings in said town of Toccoa, and to authorize said mayor and council to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, by levying a tax therefor, and to provide for an election to ratify the provisions of this act, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the mayor and council of the town of Toccoa shall provide annually for an election to be held in said town until the provisions of this act are adopted; said election shall be held and returns thereof made in the same manner as elections are held for mayor and council of said town, and the qualifications of voters at said election shall be the same as required by law at elections for mayor and council. All persons voting at said election shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For issuing bonds or the words Against issuing bonds; and if it shall appear to the mayor and council that two-thirds of the qualified voters residing in said town have voted for issuing bonds, the said mayor and council are hereby authorized to issue bonds, provide for the payment of the same upon conditions, and for other purposes herein prescribed. Mayor and council of Toccoa to provide for elections to authorize issuance of bonds. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in the event the necessary majority of the votes shall be cast at said election for issuing bonds the present board of education of Toccoa city or their successors in office shall be empowered and are authorized to purchase, build or construct two school houses, one for the white and one for the colored children of the town. School houses for Toccoa. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling the board of education of said town to buy suitable real estate and to purchase, build or repair schoolhouses, and to supply the same with suitable furniture, apparatus, etc., the mayor and council of

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the town of Toccoa are authorized to issue bonds of said town not to exceed the amount of ten thousand dollars, to run for not exceeding thirty years, bearing interest at six per cent. per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, at such time as the mayor and council may determine. Said bonds shall be issued in the sum of one hundred dollars each, and shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the treasurer of said town; shall have coupons attached to them for each installment of interest, which coupons shall be signed by the treasurer of the town, and the principal and interest coupons shall be payable at maturity on presentation to the town treasurer; said bonds, when so issued, shall not be sold for less than par, and only so much of the same shall be sold or negotiated as said board of education may require for the purposes specified in this section, and said mayor and council may deem necessary. Bonds to pay for school houses and furniture, how issued and sold. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of providing for the payment of the interest on the bonds so issued and negotiated as well as provide for the payment of the principal, when the same may become due, said mayor and council may set apart from the funds raised annually by taxation, as hereinafter mentioned, a sufficient amount to meet the interest on the school bonds falling due, and said mayor and council shall have the right, after the expiration of ten years, to retire one half of the said bonds, and at the expiration of the succeeding five years shall have the right to call in the remaining half of said bonds. Said bonds shall have printed on their face the right of said town to call in the same in the manner and at the time specified. Interest and principal on said bonds, how paid. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and council of said town be, and they are, hereby authorized and required to levy and collect such tax upon the taxable property in said town as will be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and to adopt such methods in reference to a fair and equitable assessment of said property for taxes as they may deem wise and just. Tax. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the title to all property purchased or acquired by this act shall vest in said board of education of said town for the benefit of the respective schools they represent. Be it further enacted, That no sum raised under this act, except the sum set apart for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds, shall be paid out by the town treasurer, except upon such claims for property purchased or work done as have been audited by said board of education, and upon the approval of the mayor of said town; and it shall be the duty of said mayor to examine each account or claim submitted to him for approval, and unless satisfied of its correctness it shall be his duty to call a meeting of the council of said town, and to notify the board of education of the time and place of meeting to decide upon the correctness and justness thereof. Title to school property. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF WAYCROSS. No. 126. An Act to amend an act to reincorporate the town of Waycross as the city of Waycross and to confer additional powers on said corporation, and to codify, amend and supersede all previous acts incorporating the town of Waycross, and granting a new charter to the said town, under the name of the city of Waycross, and for other purposes, approved November 1, 1889, by striking out the word ten in the seventh line of the sixteenth section of said act and inserting in lieu thereof the word thirty, and also by striking out the figures $10,000 in the line and section aforesaid and inserting therefor the figures $30,000. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the sixteenth section of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word ten in the seventh line of the sixteenth section of said act and inserting in lieu thereof the word thirty, and also by striking out the figures $10,000 in the line and section aforesaid and substituting therefor the figures $30,000, so that said section when amended shall read as follows, to-wit: Section 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and aldermen shall have the sole and exclusive power and authority to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors, wines, malt and intoxicating liquors of every kind whatever in said city, to grant license for the sale of the same and to fix the price for the said license; provided, the same shall not be less than the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars, to establish such regulations and restrictions for the sale of the same as they may deem proper and to impose penalties upon persons selling such liquors without license or for violating any of the city ordinances regulating the sale of the same. Charter of Waycross amended. Sale of liquor. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF EMERSON. No. 129. An Act to amend an act of the Gneral Assembly of Georgia, approved November 11, 1889, incorporating the city of Emerson, so as to reduce the number of aldermen in said city from two aldermen in each ward to one alderman in each ward thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section (16) sixteen of an act of the General Assembly of this State, approved November 11, 1889, incorporating the city of Emerson, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word two in the second line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word one, and by striking out the word eight in the fourth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word four, so that said section 16. when amended, shall read as follows: Section 16. Be it further enacted, That said city shall be divided into four wards, and each ward shall be entitled to one alderman, all of whom, as well as the mayor, shall be elected by general tickets, all voters voting for such candidates not exceeding four aldermen and a mayor, as they may desire. Charter of Emerson amended. Mayor and aldermen, election of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. CHANGING CORPORATE LIMITS OF SHELLMAN. No. 130. An Act to amend an act approved September 5, 1882, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Ward (the name of which, by an act approved October 6, 1885, was changed to Shellman) in the county of Randolph, to grant certain privileges to the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act section 2 of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following be, and the same is, hereby substituted: Section 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act the corporate limits of said town shall extend one half mile in every direction from the depot of the Southwestern Railroad in said town, except that Shellman Institute and its grounds shall be included in the corporate limits of the said city,

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and that for police purposes the corporate limits of said city shall embrace the colored Baptist church adjacent thereto, and the mayor and council of said city are hereby empowered to pass such ordinances for the preservation of peace and good order within said limits as may seem to them proper. Charter of Shellman amended. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. CHANGING CORPORATE LIMITS OF WALESCA. No. 138. An act to amend an act incorporating the town of Walesca, approved November 13, 1889, changing the corporate limits of the town of Walesca. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the act incorporating the town of Walesca, which act was approved November 13, 1889, be amended by striking out after the word extend in the fourth (4) line of section one (1) the remaining part of said section, to-wit: One mile in every direction from the Reinhart Normal College building in said town of Walesca, and substitute in lieu thereof the following: Two thousand feet in every direction from the Reinhart Normal College building and to extend beyond said two thousand feet limits in a southeasterly direction, to-wit, along and on both sides of the public road leading from Walesca to Canton four hundred feet on each side of said public road, to the property of the Reinhart Chapel church and cemetery, and thence extending so as to embrace and take in said church and cemetery property, so that the section will read when thus amended as follows: The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this act the town of Walesca in Cherokee county is hereby incorporated, that the corporate limits of said town of Walesca shall extend two thousand feet in every direction from the Reinhart Normal College building, and to extend beyond said two thousand feet limits in a southeasterly direction, to-wit, along and on both sides of the public road leading from Walesca to Canton four hundred feet on each side of said public road to the property of the Reinhart Chapel church and cemetery, and thence extending so as to embrace and take in said church and cemetery property. Charter of Walesca amended Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF BRUNSWICK. No. 142. An Act to alter and amend the amended charter of the city of Brunswick, approved November 12, 1889, so as to repeal section 2 and provide who shall be eligible to the office of mayor and alderman; to amend section 39, so as to change the term of the clerk and treasurer from one two years; to repeal section 19 creating the office of the solicitor of the police court; to repeal section 18 creating the office of recorder, and to provide that the mayor or acting mayor shall preside in the police court as judge; to amend section 30 as to the eligibility to the office of health officer, and to change the number of the board of health, term of office, eligibility and election; to authorize the change of the bonds of the denomination of fifty (50) and one hundred (100) dollars issued under section 43 to one thousand dollars; to alter and amend section 4 of the charter of said city approved August 27, 1872, so as to provide that the term of office of mayor shall be two years, and election to be held biennially; to alter and amend section 7 of said charter of 1872 so as to provide for election to fill vacancies in the office of mayor or alderman by the mayor and aldermen; to provide for the issuance of one hundred thousand dollars in bonds to be used and expended for public building, public works and in purchasing quarantine grounds and erection of suitable buildings thereon; to provide for the establishment of a board of public works, and for other purposes amendatory of the various acts incorporating said city. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 2 of the act approved November 12, 1889, amending the charter of the city of Brunswick be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and that the following be inserted in lieu of said section, as and to take the place of said section 2: That no person shall be eligible to the office of mayor of said city or alderman of said city, who has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is not a lawful voter of said city, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia. Charter of Brunswick amended. Mayor and aldermen, qualification of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 39 of said act of 1889 shall be, and is hereby, so amended as to read, appear and be as follows: That the mayor and aldermen shall, at the first regular meeting after the day of organization, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect by ballot all officers of said city, except a clerk and treasurer, not required to be chosen by the police commissioners, and fix their compensation, each of whom shall serve until the first regular meeting of council after the day of organization in the succeeding year, or until their successors are duly qualified, unless sooner removed from office. And

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shall biennially at said first regular meeting, also, elect by ballot a clerk and treasurer, or a clerk of council and a treasurer, in the event these offices should hereafter be separated, as hereinafter provided in this section of this act, and who shall hold their offices until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed from office, and who shall each give bond and security for the faithful performance of their duties, respectively, as may be required by said mayor and council, and shall each take and prescribe an oath that they will, to the best of their skill and ability honestly and faithfully discharge their several duties without fear, favor or affection. And said mayor and aldermen may at any time hereafter, at their pleasure, separate the office of clerk of council from that of treasurer, and elect a treasurer and a clerk, and may continue to separate or consolidate those offices whenever they deem it best so to do; but it shall require a three-fourths vote and the consent of the mayor to either separate or consolidate the same; and in the event of a separation of said offices, said mayor and aldermen shall define what duties imposed by this act on the clerk and treasurer shall be performed by the clerk and what by the treasurer, and what bonds they shall respectively make; and in the event of such separation, the said mayor and council shall at once fix the salary of the clerk and the salary of the treasurer. Officers elected by council, election, compensation and terms of. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 19 of said act of 1889, amending the charter of the city of Brunswick be, and the same is, hereby repealed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 18 of said act of 1889, amending the charter of the city of Brunswick be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and said office of recorder be and is hereby abolished; and that from and after the passage of this act, the mayor of the city of Brunswick, or in his absence the acting mayor, shall be and is hereby declared to be, judge of the police court of said city, created by section 17 of said act of 1889, and is hereby authorized and empowered to preside in said court as judge thereof, and to hold sessions thereof as often as to him may appear necessary, but at least three times a week. Office of recorder abolished. Mayor judge of police court. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 8 of said act of 1889 be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the oath of the mayor and aldermen at the conclusion thereof the following: and that I have not pledged my vote to any person or persons for office, directly or indirectly, so that said oath so contained in said section, when so amended, shall read, appear and be as follows: I, -----, do solemnly swear that I will truly and faithfully discharge all of the duties required of me as ----- of the city of Brunswick, and will not vote for or encourage any measure or ordinance which is not in my judgment for the best welfare of the inhabitants of said city; and will never vote for a candidate for any city office unless in my honest judgment he is the best qualified for the office. Oath of mayor and aldermen. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That

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section 30 of said act of 1889 be, and is, hereby so amended as to read, appear and be in the following words: that section 24 of said act of 1872 be so amended as that the same, when amended, shall declare, prescribe and read as follows: (a) The mayor and council shall have authority and power to elect a health officer, who shall be a physician of at least two years' practice in a seaport, and whose term of office shall be one year, and whose duties and compensation they shall prescribe and regulate (but when once fixed it shall not, whether salary or perquisites, be decreased during the term of an encumbent), and the first election for health officer under this act shall take place before March 1, 1890; and he shall exercise his functions over said entire quarantine area mentioned in section 31 of this act. (b) And said mayor and aldermen at any regular meeting after their organization in January next, and before March 1 next, shall elect a board of health, to consist of five members, whose term of office shall be for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified; they shall each be a citizen of said city, of Georgia and of the United States; and shall each take the following oath before an officer authorized to administer an oath: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly discharge all the duties required of me as a member of the board of health of the city of Brunswick, so help me God. They shall be citizens of said city, and shall exercise the functions of their office over said entire quarantine area as above defined. (c) Said mayor and council shall define by ordinance the duties and powers of said board of health not inconsistent with the laws of the land, and such as like boards usually have. Health officer. Board of health. Oath of health officers. Qualifications. Duties. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by said authority, That section 7 of the charter of said city, approved August 27, 1872, be and is hereby repealed, and that the following be and is hereby enacted to take the place of said section: That the mayor and aldermen shall hold their office for two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. That should any vacancies occur in the office of mayor or aldermen by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancies for such unexpired term shall be held by the mayor and aldermen in council assembled, at the first regular meeting thereafter; said election shall be by ballot, and the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected and shall fill said unexpired term. The mayor and aldermen shall be entitled to vote at said election. Terms of mayor and aldermen. Vacancies, how filled. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That whereas, under the provisions of section 43 of said act of 1889, amending the charter of the city of Brunswick, the said mayor and council are empowered and authorized to construct sewerage and establish surface drainage, and in order to pay for same were authorized to issue bonds in such sum as they might see fit, but providing that one-half of the series should be one hundred dollar bonds, and one-fourth of the series should be fifty dollar bonds; and whereas, under said provisions, after complying with the law, the said

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mayor and council did issue among others, certain one hundred dollar and certain fifty dollar bonds as provided in said section; and, whereas, by reason of the smallness in amount of said bonds, the mayor and council of the city of Brunswick have been absolutely unable to dispose thereof; therefore, be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby so enacted, that the said mayor and council of the city of Brunswick are hereby authorized and empowered to cancel all of said fifty dollar and one hundred dollar bonds so issued, and to issue in lieu thereof bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars, until said amount so represented by such fifty dollar and one hundred dollar bonds shall have been consumed in the issuance of bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars; and provided further that such bonds, when so issued, shall appear of the same date, and shall in every way, saving and excepting amounts or the names of officers, correspond with the heretofore issued bonds. Bonds to be canceled and others issued. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of the city of Brunswick, after complying fully with the general law governing the issuance of bonds by municipal corporations, shall be and are hereby empowered to issue bonds to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, in denominations of five hundred and one thousand dollar bonds, and after the sale thereof appropriate the proceeds thereof in payment of public buildings and public works generally, and in purchasing quarantine grounds, and erecting suitable quarantine buildings thereon; provided, they shall not, by any contrivance or contract, float or sell such bonds for less than ninety-seven and one-half cents on the dollar. Additional bonds may be issued. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 4 of the act consolidating and amending the charter of the city of Brunswick, contained in the acts of 1872, be, and the same is, hereby altered, changed and amended by adding the following after the last word of said section: But that the term of the mayor to be elected at the election for mayor and aldermen of said city on the second Saturday in December, 1892, shall be two years, and from thereafter elections for mayor shall be held biennially, and the term of office two years, or until a successor is elected and qualified; in all other respects said election shall be held as heretofore. Election and term of mayor. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of the city of Brunswick be, and they are, hereby empowered to establish by ordinance a board of public works, to provide for officers composing said board, their term of office, their powers, duties and for such compensation as may be granted them; provided, that the said mayor and council are fully empowered after the establishment of such board of public works, by ordinance, to repeal such ordinance and dispense with said board at any time within their discretion. Board of public works. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 17 of said act of 1889, amending the charter of the city of Brunswick be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking the

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words following: and the recorder hereinafter created, appearing on the fourth and fifth lines of said section, as it appears in said act of 1887, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: and the mayor or acting mayor of said city of Brunswick. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892. CHANGING CORPORATE LIMITS OF OMAHA. No. 41. An act to amend an act to incorporate the town of Omaha in the county of Stewart, approved October 5, 1891, so as to confine the corporate limits of said town to the original survey of said town. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an act to incorporate the town of Omaha in the county of Stewart, approved October 5, 1891, be amended by repealing and striking out therefrom section 1 thereof, which section is as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the town of Omaha in the county of Stewart be, and the same is, hereby incorporated, and the corporate limits of said town shall extend as follows: From the intersection of Second avenue and Savannah street in the plan of said town one half mile east, one-half mile south, one-half mile north and to the banks of the Chattahoochee river on the west, making the north and south lines one mile apart and running parallel to the river, the east line running north and south, intersecting the north and south lines at right angles, so that the corporate limits shall embrace all the territory between said lines and the river, and enacting and inserting in lieu of said section as section 1 of said act the following: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the town of Omaha in the county of Stewart be, and the same is, hereby incorporated, and the corporate limits of said town shall extend as follows: From a point at the northwest corner of the original plan of said town at the intersection of the south side of the right of way of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railway and lands of D. B. Fitzgerald, running south 2,400 feet, thence east 3,000 feet, thence north 2,400 feet to the south side of the right of way of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway, thence west along said right of way to

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the starting point, so that the corporate limits of said town shall be confined to the territory embraced in the original survey of said town. Charter of Omaha amended. Corporate limits. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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TITLE II. CITY AND COUNTY COURTS. ACTS. Establishing New Terms, etc., City Court of Atlanta. Amending Act Creating Criminal Court of Atlanta. Amending Act Creating City Court of Clarke County. Abolishing County Court of Quitman County. Establishing County Court of Bryan County. Repealing Act Abolishing County Court of Jefferson County. Amending Act Creating Solicitorship County Court of Macon County. Amending Act Creating City Court of Griffin. Establishing County Court of Dooly County. Abolishing County Court of Effingham County. ESTABLISHING NEW TERMS, ETC., CITY COURT OF ATLANTA. No. 6. An Act to establish new terms, and to regulate the practice of returning and trying cases in the city court of Atlanta, Georgia, and to amend the act establishing said court, passed December 15, 1871, and acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this act the city court of Atlanta have six (6) terms each year of two (2) months' duration each for the return and trial of all civil cases. Court to have six terms. For return and trial civil cases. SEC. 2. That said terms shall begin with January, 1893, and that the first term shall begin on the first Monday in January, and shall be known as the January term; the second term shall begin on the first Monday in March, and shall be known as the March term; the third term shall begin on the first Monday in May, and shall be

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known as the May term; the fourth term shall begin on the first Monday in July, and shall be known as the July term; the fifth term shall begin on the first Monday in September, and shall be known as the September term; the sixth term shall begin on the first Monday in November, and shall be known as the November term. Court calendar. SEC. 3. All cases brought in said court shall be returnable to, and triable at, the term next ensuing after twenty (20) days have elapsed from the filing, and the same shall be served on the defendant at least fifteen (15) days before the term to which the case is returnable, the purpose of this act being to require a case to be filed twenty (20) days before the term to which it is returnable, and to be served fifteen (15) days before the term to which it is returnable. First term trial term. Service, etc. SEC. 4. That all cases shall stand ready for trial at the first, or return term, and the defendants shall file their defence on or before the first day of said term of the court, and said cases shall then be tried unless continued, postponed or passed by the court for such causes and under such rules as cases are now continued, postponed or passed, or unless not reached by the court. When defences shall be filed and cases tried. SEC. 5. That, in addition to said regular terms, the judge shall have authority to hold such special or adjourned terms as he may designate. Special or adjourned terms. SEC. 6. That the appearance term of said court is hereby abolished, and all cases shall be returnable to, and triable at, the same term. Appearance term abolished. SEC. 7. That should the judge, in his discretion, and upon sufficient showing, determine that either party has not had sufficient time to prepare a case when it is called for trial, he may postpone the same to a later day in the term, but shall in no event continue the same to the next term unless cause for a continuance be shown, or the same be agreed to, and even when cause for a continuance is shown, then said judge may, in his discretion, merely postpone the case to a later day in the same term. Postponement of trial in discretion of judge. Continuances. SEC. 8. That section twelve (12) of the act of December the fifteenth (15), 1871, which reads as follows: That the sessions of said court shall be held on the first Mondays in June and December of the year for the transaction of all civil and criminal business, and on the first Mondays in March and September for the transaction of criminal business exclusively, and all acts amendatory of said section be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and said June and December terms for the trial of civil and criminal business, and the March and September terms for the trial of criminal business, are abolished. Section 12 of act of Dec. 15, 1871, and amendatory acts repealed. SEC. 9. That the act of December 24, 1884, entitled an act to permit the city court of Atlanta to try civil business during the March and September terms of said court in every year, be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and the same and all other acts with reference to the old terms of the said city court, and the old method of returning and trying cases, are hereby declared to be

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superseded by the terms herein created, and the manner of returning and trying cases herein prescribed. Act of Dec. 24, and other acts as to the old terms superseded. SEC. 10. That all cases now pending in said court shall be triable at said January term, 1893. Cases now pending triable at January term, 1893. SEC. 11. That all cases hereafter brought in said court in time to be returnable to January term, 1893, shall be triable at said January term, 1893, and cases thereafter brought in time for succeeding terms shall be triable at such succeeding terms, the intent of this section being to put the new terms hereby created in operation with January term, 1893. Cases returnable to January term, 1893, Cases thereafter brought. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That as the increase in the number of terms provided for said court will correspondingly increase the duties required of the two bailiffs of said court, said two bailiffs shall each receive the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid fifty dollars monthly out of the county treasury of Fulton county for their services, instead of the sum of two dollars per day each, as now provided by law. Compensation of bailiffs. SEC. 13. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act or any of its provisions be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 30, 1892. AMENDING ACT CREATING CRIMINAL COURT OF ATLANTA. No. 117. An Act to amend an act of August 6, 1891, establishing the criminal court of Atlanta by providing the manner of filling vacancies in the judgeship when same occurs when the legislature is not in session; and to further amend said act by adding to section six (6) in the first line of said section after the word terms, the following: beginning on the first Monday in each month, and by adding in the second line of said section after the words name of the the word calendar, and to further amend said act by adding in the thirteenth line of section seven (7), and after the word court the following: at which return term a judgment absolute shall be rendered against the defendant or defendants, and his or their securities on said recognizance or other obligation in the absence of such legal defence as are provided by law. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the act of August 6, 1891, establishing the criminal court of Atlanta be amended by adding to the second section thereof the following: Should a vacancy occur in the office of judge of said court when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a judge who shall hold said office until the next session of the General Assembly,

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when the Governor shall submit said appointment to the Senate, as before provided in this section; so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 2. That immediately upon the passage of this act the judge of said court shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the Governor on the address of two-thirds of both branches of the General Assembly for that purpose; the judge of said court shall be a practicing lawyer, who has practiced law at least four years, and is otherwise qualified as to age and citizenship, as are members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Georgia. Said judge shall not be allowed to practice law in any of the courts of this State or of the United States, during his continuance in office. Should a vacancy occur in the office of judge of said court when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall appoint a judge who shall hold said office until the next session of the General Assembly, when the Governor shall submit said appointment to the Senate, as before provided in this section. Second section act of August 6, 1891, amended. Vacancy in office of judge when Senate not in [Illegible Text]. Section as amended. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That section six (6) of said act be amended by adding in the first line of said section, after the word terms, the following: Beginning on the first Monday in each month; and by adding in the second line of said section, after the words name of the, the word calendar, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Said courts shall hold monthly terms beginning on the first Monday in each month to be designated by the name of the calendar month in which each term begins, and said court shall also hold such adjourned terms as the judge in his discretion may designate. Section 6 amended. Beginning and name of monthly terms. Section as amended. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That section seven (7) of said act be amended by adding in the thirteenth line of said section, and after the word courts, the following: At which return term a judgment absolute shall be rendered against the defendant or defendants and his or their securities on said recognizance, or other obligations in the absence of said legal defences as are provided by law, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Said court, as a court of record, is empowered to enforce production of books, papers, or other evidence in the possession of any party, to enforce obedience to its orders and processes of attachment for contempt, and to have all other powers necessary to carry into effect the orders, judgments and sentences, and which are incidental to courts. The general law of the State in regard to witnesses and their attendance, subp[oelig]nas, and all other laws pertaining to the procedure, practice and powers of the superior courts of this State in so far as applicable to the criminal court of Atlanta, are hereby conferred on said criminal court, including the power to punish for contempt, except that the clerk shall make the scire facias on all forfeited bonds, recognizances or other obligations returnable to the third term of said court, at which return term a judgment absolute shall be rendered against the defendant or defendants

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and his or their securities on said recognizance or other obligations in the absence of such legal defences as are provided by law. Also, except that the defendant shall not be discharged after putting his demand for a trial on the minutes until next term, after the expiration of six months from the date of his demand. The judge and other officers of said court shall have power to administer all oaths pertaining to the respective officers as fully as the judge and corresponding officers of the superior court are authorized to do. Said judge is empowered to take affidavits and attest all papers in like manner as the same may be taken and attested by any justice of the peace in the State. Section 7 amended. Judgment absolute or forfeited recognizances. Section as amended. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892. AMENDING ACT CREATING CITY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY. No. 17. An Act to amend the twenty-second section of the act approved September 9th, 1879, establishing a city court in the county of Clarke, so as to provide that the second term after the declaration is filed shall be the trial term in all civil cases, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the twenty-second section of the act approved September 9th, 1879, establishing a city court in the county of Clarke, be amended by striking all of said section after the word court in the first line and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, the second term after the declaration is filed shall be the regular term, so that said section as amended will read as follows: Section 22. In all civil cases in said city court the second term after the declaration is filed shall be the regular trial term. Section of act of September 9, 1879, amended. Second term regular trial term. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892.

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ABOLISHING COUNTY COURT OF QUITMAN COUNTY. No. 21. An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to organize a county court in each of the counties of Calhoun, Baker, Quitman and Miller, to define their jurisdiction, and for other purposes. Approved March 2, 1874, so far as the same relates to the county of Quitman. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above described act be, and the same is, hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to Quitman county. Act of March 2, 1874, so far as affects Quitman county repealed. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the same are hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892. ESTABLISHING COUNTY COURT OF BRYAN COUNTY. No. 22. An act to establish a county court in and for the county of Bryan, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That a county court be, and the same is, hereby created and established in and for the county of Bryan, with jurisdiction, powers, rights, privileges, modes of procedure and officers as provided in chapter 4, title 5, part 1 of the Code of 1882. County court created. With jurisdiction, etc., as prescribed in Code of 1882. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892.

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REPEALING ACT ABOLISHING COUNTY COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. No. 25. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to abolish the county court of Jefferson county, to provide for the disposition of business therein pending, and for other purposes, approved September 19, 1889. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the act entitled an act to abolish the county court of Jefferson county, to provide for the disposition of business therein pending, and for other purposes, approved September 19, 1889, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Act of September 19, 1889, repealed SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892. AMENDING ACT CREATING SOLICITORSHIP COUNTY COURT MACON COUNTY. No. 46. An Act to amend an act approved September 20, 1887, entitled an act to create the office of solicitor for the county court of Macon county, and said act to fix the appointment of the same by striking out all of section 1 of said act following the word services in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words to be paid exclusively from fines and forfeitures of said county court, and from the hire of convicts from said court. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all of the second section of an act approved September 20, 1887, entitled an act to create the office of solicitor for the county court of Macon county and said act to fix the appointment of the same, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all of section

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of said act following the word services in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words to be paid exclusively from the fines and forfeitures of said county court, and from the hire of convicts from said court, so that said second section as amended shall read as follows: Section 2, act of Sept. 20, 1887, amended. How solicitor shall be paid. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said county solicitor shall have the same power and authority in criminal cases that the solicitor-general would have in cases in the superior court, and shall be entitled to receive the same fees and costs as are allowed the solicitor-general for like services to be paid exclusively from the fines and forfeitures of said county court and from the hire of convicts from said court. Section as amended. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. AMENDING ACT CREATING CITY COURT OF GRIFFIN. No. 52. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to amend section 7 of the charter of the city of Griffin establishing a city court in said city, to define the jurisdiction of the same, and for other purposes, approved December 3, 1880, so as to extend and enlarge the jurisdiction of said city court, so as to give said court jurisdiction of all misdemeanors committed within the limits of Griffin, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act that section 7 of the above recited act be amended by inserting in the seventh line of said section after the word weapons and before the word and in said seventh line the following words, to-wit: and all other offences which are misdemeanors under the laws of Georgia which may be committed within the corporate limits of the city of Griffin, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 7. Be it further enacted, That said city court shall have jurisdiction for the trial of the following cases: Offences against the criminal laws of this State, when the offences are committed within the limits of said city; simple larceny and larceny from the house, where the property does not exceed fifty dollars in value; assault and battery, vagrancy, riots, carrying concealed weapons and all

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other offences which are misdemeanors under the laws of Georgia, which may be committed within the corporate limits of the city of Griffin; and upon conviction the judge of said court shall have jurisdiction to fine and imprison as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of this State. Section 7 of act of December 3, 1880, amended. Court given jurisdiction of all misdemeanors committed in Griffin. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1892. ESTABLISHING COUNTY COURT OF DOOLY COUNTY. No. 96. An Act to establish the county court for the county of Dooly, to repeal all local conflicting laws, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the county court for the county of Dooly shall be established and operated under the general law governing county courts in this State. Court established under general county court law. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all local laws relating to the county court for the county of Dooly in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Local laws conflicting with this act repealed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Governor of this State be, and is, hereby authorized to appoint a county judge for the county court of said county of Dooly by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, without further recommendation of the grand jury, such recommendation having already been made by the grand jury of said county. Appointment of judge. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the county court of said county shall have and entertain jurisdiction as provided by the general laws of this State, and shall have and entertain jurisdiction as to all issues arising upon judgments obtained in the last county court of said county, or executions issued therefrom, except in cases where the superior court has exercised and taken jurisdiction thereof. Jurisdiction of court. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the office of county solicitor for the county court of Dooly county be, and the same is, hereby created. Office of county solicitor created. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, without further recommendation from the grand jury of said county, such recommendation having already

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been made by said grand jury, there shall be appointed by the Governor of said State, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a county solicitor for the county court of Dooly county, who shall be appointed, commissioned, file oath and make bond, receive such fees and compensation and perform such duties as provided for in the act approved October 21, 1891, entitled an act to provide for the appointment and qualification of solicitor of the county court in the several counties of this State where county courts now are or may hereafter be established. Appointment of county solicitor. Commission, oath, bond, fees, etc. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892. ABOLISHING COUNTY COURT OF EFFINGHAM COUNTY. No. 136. An Act to repeal an act approved October 5, 1885, entitled an act to establish a county court for the county of Effingham, and also to repeal an act approved January 19, 1872, entitled an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, and all acts amendatory of said act, approved January 19, 1872, so far as said last mentioned act and amendments apply to the county of Effingham; to provide for the disposition of the records and business in the county court of Effingham county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, an act approved October 5, 1885, entitled an act to establish a county court for the county of Effingham be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act establishing court repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That an act entitled an act to create a county court in each county in the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein mentioned, approved January 19, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby repealed so far as the same apply to the county of Effingham. General county court act, etc. repealed as to Effingham county. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all the business, civil and criminal, now in said county court and all processes returnable to said court are hereby transferred to the superior court of said county of Effingham, and the county judge of said court is hereby required to deliver to the clerk of said superior court all books, records and

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writings of every description belonging or appertaining to said county court; and all cases so transferred to said superior court shall stand for trial therein at the May term, 1893, thereof. Disposition of pending business. Processes. Books, etc., delivered to clerk superior court. Trial of transfer red cases. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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TITLE III. COUNTY OFFICERS. ACTS. Election by the People of County Commissioners Chatham County. Supervisors of Elections in Chatham County. Election by the People of County Commissioners Fulton County. Appointment of Commissioners of Decatur County. Clerk to County Commissioners of Troup County. Amending Act Creating Commissioners of McIntosh County and City off Darien. Abolishing Board of Commissioners of Lumpkin County. ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHATHAM COUNTY. No. 17. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act approved February 21st, 1873, entitled an act to create and organize commissioners of Chatham county, who shall be ex officio judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties, and for other purposes, by providing that the appointments by the Governor shall be of citizens recommended by the grand juries of the superior court of said county, and for other purposes, by providing for the election of said commissioners by the qualified voters of said county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That

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the act approved December 3d, 1888, entitled an act to amend an act approved February 21st, 1873, entitled an act to create and organize commissioners of Chatham county, who shall be ex officio judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties, and for other purposes, be amended by striking the first section of said act and substituting in lieu thereof the following, which shall be section 1: The Board of Commissioners of Chatham county shall consist of five citizens of said county, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said county, and shall hold their offices for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The first election under the provisions of this act shall be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1893, and the commissioners elected at said election shall begin the performance of their duties March 4, 1893 All persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be qualified to vote for commissioners of Chatham county. All vacancies, whether arising by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled as follows: The chairman or acting chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Chatham county shall order an election to be held to fill any vacancy arising by giving notice in the newspaper printing the sheriff's advertisements once a week for four weeks, and by posting said notice at the court house door for twenty days preceding said election, said election to be held within thirty-five days from the date of said vacancy. The commissioners of said county before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall take the following oath before the ordinary of said county: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of my office. So help me God. Said commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to all exemptions formerly allowed to the justices of the inferior court. Act of Dec. 3, 1888, amended. By striking first section. Election to be by the people. First election. Voters. Vacancies. Oath of office. Compensation. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 22, 1892.

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SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS IN CHATHAM COUNTY. No. 71. An Act to amend an act approved February 21st, 1873, entitled an act to create and organize commissioners of Chatham county who shall be ex officio judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties, and for other purposes, by providing for the appointment of the notaries public and justices of the peace of the first, second, third and fourth (G. M.) districts of Chatham county and freeholders as supervisors of elections, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act approved February 21st, 1873, entitled an act to create and organize commissioners of Chatham county who shall be ex officio judges, to define their jurisdiction and duties, and for other purposes, be amended by inserting after the word elections in the second line of section 8 of said act, the following words: Said supervisors to consist of the notaries public and justices of the peace of the first, second, third and fourth (G. M.) districts of Chatham county and such freeholders as may be selected by said judges, so that said section when so amended will read as follows: That the commissioners and ex officio judges shall appoint the necessary supervisors of election; said supervisors to consist of the notaries public and justices of the peace of the first, second, third and fourth (G. M.) districts of Chatham county and such freeholders as may be selected by said judges, and the necessary talesmen or clerks as authorized by law, who shall receive such compensation for their services as the said commissioners and ex officio judges may allow, who shall take and subscribe each an oath that they will impartially discharge their duties as such. Sec. 8 of act of Feb. 21, 1873, amended. Supervisors of elections. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF FULTON COUNTY. No. 14. An Act to amend an act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Fulton county, and the several acts amendatory thereof, so as to provide for the election of said commissioners by the duly qualified voters of said county, and to provide the manner, time and place of holding said election, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 1 of an act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Fulton county, approved December 3, 1880, be amended by striking therefrom the words, as their terms expire their successors shall be elected by the first grand jury at the spring term of the court for three years. Sec. 1 of act of Dec. 3, 1880, amended. By striking provision for election by grand juries. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the election of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Fulton county shall take place as follows: The successors to the two commissioners whose terms expire January 1, 1893, shall be elected by an election by the duly qualified voters of Fulton county to be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1893, at the same time for holding the election for county officers, and subject to the same rules and regulations prescribed by law for the election of said county officers, and this act declares a vacancy in the office of said two commissioners after January 1, 1893, which vacancy is to be filled as first provided for in this act, except that the said commissioners whose terms expire at the said last named date shall hold over until their successors are elected and qualified as above set forth. The two commissioners so elected shall hold their offices until January 1, 1897, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The successors to said two commissioners shall be elected on the day of the regular election for members of the General Assembly immediately preceding the first day of January, 1897, and at the same time and place, and their successors shall be elected quadrennially thereafter in regular line, on the regular day of electing members of the General Assembly, immediately preceding the expiration of their predecessors' terms of office. Each of the successors to the said two commissioners shall hold their office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. All the above elections prescribed to be held on the day of holding elections for members of the General Assembly shall be subject to the same rules and regulations provided by law for the election of members of the General Assembly. Election for successors to commissioners whose terms expire Jan. 1, 1893. Regulations for. Vacancy. Terms of commissioners. Election of their successors. Terms, etc.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the successors to the three commissioners whose terms expire January 1, 1895, shall be elected by the duly qualified voters of Fulton county, to be held on the first Wednesday in October, 1894, at the same time and place for holding elections for members of the General Assembly, and subject to the same rules and regulations prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly. Of the three commissioners so elected one must be a non-resident of the city of Atlanta, or any other incorporated town in the county, and he shall be voted for under the designation, For commissioner from the country. Of those thus voted for the one receiving the largest vote, irrespective of the votes cast for the other commissioners, shall be elected and shall hold office for a term of four years. His successor in regular line, shall be chosen quadrennially thereafter, the provisions above made in this section applying. The other commissioners to be elected at this time shall be voted for under the designation, For County Commissioners, and the two receiving the largest number of votes cast, exclusive of those voted For commissioner from the country, shall be elected for a term of four years, as shall also their successors in regular line. The terms of office of the three commissioners thus elected shall begin January 1, 1895. Election of successors to commissioners whose terms expire Jan. 1, 1895. Qualifications of such commissioners. Ballots, etc. Beginning of term. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all commissioners elected for said county shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, and should a vacancy occur by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining commissioners shall fill such vacancy, if the same occurs within less than six months before the time for a regular election, but if it occurs six months or more before the time for a regular election, then the ordinary of said county shall, after ten days notice by advertising the same in the newspaper in which sheriff's sales are advertised, call an election for filling such vacancy, which election shall be by the qualified voters of said county and in accordance with the provisions of this act as prescribed for the election of commissioners on the day of holding elections for members of the General Assembly. Commissioners to hold until election and qualification of successors. Vacancies. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all the elections contemplated and specified under this act, except the one to be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1893 (as to which provision is above made), shall be conducted as to manner, place and qualification of voters and superintendents, and qualifications of managers, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the laws of Georgia for the holding of elections for members of the General Assembly, and the counting and consolidation of the votes and declaration of the result shall be under the same rules as are prescribed in cases of members of the General Assembly. General rules as to conduct, etc. of elections. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in case any of the candidates in the election may desire to contest the same, he or they shall do so in the manner now prescribed for contests for all county officers. Contests. General laws as to legality of votes, etc. applicable. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws of this State in regard to the legality of votes, and all penalties prescribed for illegal

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voting, for bribery or for the management of elections, shall be of force in the elections contemplated under this act. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1, 1892. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS OF DECATUR COUNTY. No. 20. An Act to amend an act to revise, consolidate and amend the act establishing a board of county commissioners for Decatur county, approved December 13, 1871, and all acts amendatory thereto, said act approved September 26, 1891, by striking from said act each and all the provisions providing for the election of commissioners by the people and providing in lieu thereof for their appointment by the judge of the Superior Court of the Albany Circuit, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act the above recited be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows: By striking from section 2 of said act the words to be elected by the qualified voters of said county as hereinafter provided, said words being between the words freeholders in the second line of said section and the word and in the third line of said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words: to be appointed by the judge of the superior court of said county as hereinafter provided, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: That said board shall consist of five upright, discreet and intelligent freeholders to be appointed by the judge of the Superior Court of said county as hereinafter provided, and that any three of said board shall be capable and duly authorized to transact any business appertaining to their office. Amending sec. 2 of act of Sept. 26, 1891. Commissioners to be appointed by judge Superior Court. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 4 of the above recited act be amended as follows: By striking from said section the words commencing in the first line of said section, to-wit: That at the regular election for county officers in January, 1893, three of said board shall be elected for a term of four years and two of said board shall be elected for a term of two years, and thereafter the term of office for each member of

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said board shall be for four years, so that two members of said board shall be elected at every alternate election for county officers, and the other three members at the other alternate elections, and they shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time that is provided for the election of county officers, and insert in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: That on or before the first Monday in February, 1893, three of said board shall by the judge of the superior court of said county be appointed for a term of four years and two of said board for a term of two years, and thereafter the term of office for each member of said board shall be four years, so that two members of said board shall be appointed every alternate two years and three members at every other alternate two years, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: That on or before the first Monday in January, 1893, three of said board shall by the judge of the superior court of said county be appointed for a term of four years, and two of said board for a term of two years, and thereafter the term of office for each member of said board shall be four years, so that two members of said board shall be appointed every alternate two years, and three members at every other alternate two years, and said board shall perform all the duties hereinafter prescribed, and that in the event of the death, resignation or disability of either of said commissioners or persons who may be appointed, said vacancy to be filled by the remaining commissioners to fill the unexpired term caused by said death, resignation or disability. Sec. 4 amended. Election not to be by people When appointments to be made, term of office, etc. Section as amended. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892.

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CLERK TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF TROUP COUNTY. No. 24. An Act to amend an act approved February 28, 1876, entitled an act to create a Commission of Roads and Revenues in the county of Troup, and for other purposes therein named, by striking out of the third and fourth lines of the sixth section the words the clerk of the superior court shall be clerk of said commissioners, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: The said commissioners shall elect some competent person clerk of said commissioners; also, by striking out of the fourth line of said section the word and and inserting in lieu thereof the word who. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited act creating a Commission of Roads and Revenues in Troup county, approved February 28, 1876, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out of the third and fourth lines of section 6 of said act the words: The clerk of the superior court shall be clerk of said commissioners, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: The said commissioners shall elect some competent person clerk of said commissioners; also, by striking out of the fourth line of said section the word and and inserting in lieu thereof the word who, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: That said board of commissioners shall elect one of their members chairman, who shall preside at their meetings; that the said commissioners shall elect some competent person clerk of said commissioners, who shall keep a written record of all their proceedings, and shall submit the same for the inspection of any grand jury at their regular sittings, and also be subject to the inspection of any citizen desiring to examine the same. Sec. 6 of act of Feb. 28, 1876, amended. Commissioners to elect their clerk. Who shall keep minutes, etc. Section as amended. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892.

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AMENDING ACT CREATING COMMISSIONERS FOR McINTOSH COUNTY AND CITY OF DARIEN. No. 40. An Act to amend an act, approved February 26, 1876, entitled an act to create a Board of Commissioners for the county of McIntosh and city of Darien, by limiting their powers and duties, and to define their powers and duties by limiting the number of commissioners; by providing for the selection of said commissioners from the county at large; by prescribing the time of their appointment and their terms of office. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act, approved February 26, 1876, entitled an act to create a board of commissioners for the county of McIntosh and city of Darien, and to define their powers and duties be, and the same is, hereby amended, so that from and after the second Wednesday of June, 1893, it shall not be lawful for said commissioners to exercise any of the municipal powers vested in them by section 5 and section 6 of said act. Act of Feb. 26, 1876, amended. Commissioners not to exercise municipal powers vested in them by certain sections. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after the second Wednesday of June, 1893, said commissioners shall be known as the commissioners of McIntosh county. Commissioners to be known as the commissioners of McIntosh county. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, said commissioners shall be appointed as now provided by law, save that said commissioners shall be selected from the county at large, without regard to the place of residence in said county. Commissioners to be selected from county at large. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act the number of said commissioners shall be limited to five; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be construed as to affect the terms of office of commissioners now under appointment. It shall not be lawful, however, for the Governor to fill the first two vacancies which may occur in said board by expiration of term of service, resignation, death or otherwise. Number of. Not to affect those now in office. First two vacancies not to be filled. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any vacancy occurring in said board (other than the two vacancies hereinbefore provided for in section 4 of this act) shall be filled by the Governor, who shall commission a citizen having the qualification prescribed by law for the term ending the second Wednesday of June next succeeding the date of said commission, and for no longer. Other vacancies. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, and it is hereby made the duty of the grand jury at the May term of each and every year, commencing

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at the May term, 1893, to nominate proper and discreet men whenever a vacancy or vacancies occur or will occur within the next twelve months succeeding said term, as commissioners who shall hold their office for the term of one year, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to refer to the vacancies provided for in section 4 of this act. Grand jury to nominate. Terms of office. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That no citizen who may be a commissioner of the city of Darien is eligible to serve as commissioner of McIntosh county. Commissioners of Darien not eligible. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12, 1892. ABOLISHING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LUMPKIN COUNTY. No. 97. An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the county of Lumpkin, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the above recited act, which establishes a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Lumpkin county and which confers upon said board the power and jurisdiction over the county affairs of said county, which act was approved September 7, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act establishing board repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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TITLE IV. REGISTRATION, LIQUOR AND GAME. ACTS. Registration Law for Newton County Repealed. Registration Law for Jefferson County Repealed. Registration of Voters in McIntosh County. Registration of Voters in Taylor County. Registration of Voters in Dooly County. Registration of Voters in Oconee County. Local Option Liquor Law for Whitfield County. Local Option Liquor Law for Troup County. Game and Birds in Macon County. REGISTRATION LAW FOR NEWTON COUNTY REPEALED. No. 18. An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for and require the registration of voters in Newton county, and for other purposes, approved September 22, 1887. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act that the act entitled an act to provide for and require the registration of voters in Newton county, and for other purposes herein contained, approved September 22, 1887, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Registration law for Newton county repealed.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892. REGISTRATION LAW FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY REPEALED. No. 23. An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to require and provide for the registration of all the voters in the county of Jefferson, to provide for carrying the same into effect and prescribe a punishment for illegal registering and illegal voting, approved August 14, 1891. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia entitled an act to require and provide for the registration of all the voters in the county of Jefferson, to provide for carrying the same into effect, and to prescribe a punishment for illegal registering and illegal voting, approved August 14, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Registration law for Jefferson county repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892.

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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN McINTOSH COUNTY. No. 19. An Act to amend an act approved October 23, 1889, entitled an act to require the registration of voters in McIntosh county, to provide for the same, and for other purposes, by prescribing the time during which the books or list of registration shall open for the purposes of registration, by designating the places at which said books or list of registration shall be opened, to provide for the registration of minors who attain their majority between the time the books of registration are opened and the election, to regulate the registration of citizens whose names do not appear on the tax digest of McIntosh county, but who claim to have paid taxes in another county, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the act approved October 23, 1889, entitled an act to require the registration of voters in McIntosh county, to provide for the same, and for other purposes, be so amended as to require the registrar to open the books or list, for the registration of voters during the month of June next preceding each State and county election, as follows: For six days in the city of Darien, commencing the first Monday in June and ending on the Saturday next succeeding, and for one day each at the following places: Jonesville, South Newport, Harris Neck, Sapelo, Crescent, Sapelo Island, Ridge and Pine Grove church, instead of as now provided by said act, notice of the registrar's appointments to be published once at least ten days prior to said appointments, except at Darien. Registration books, where and when opened. Notice of registration. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all minors who will attain their majority between the time prescribed by law for registration and the next succeeding State election thereafter shall be entitled to register. Minors may register, when. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, citizens claiming to have paid taxes in another county, but whose names do not appear upon the tax digest of McIntosh county, shall be required

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to produce a certificate from the tax-collector of the county in which said taxes are alleged to have been paid, before such citizens shall be allowed to register. Certain tax-payers may register. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9, 1892. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN TAYLOR COUNTY. No. 63. An Act to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of Taylor county, and to provide for carrying the same into effect, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the 29th day of December, 1892, it shall be unlawful for any person to vote in any eleceion in the county of Taylor without having registered in the manner as hereinafter provided. Voters must register. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the superior court of Taylor county, Georgia, shall be the registrar, or in case of sickness or of the absence of the said clerk, he shall appoint a person to be registrar temporarily in his place so long as he may be sick or absent, and shall before entering upon his duties as such registrar subscribe to the following oath before the ordinary of said county: I do swear that I will not knowingly register as a voter any person who is not legally qualified to vote under the laws of this State and the provisions of the Constitution, and that I will use my best efforts to prevent the registration of all persons not entitled to vote. Clerk superior court ex-officio registrar. Oath of registrar. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That when the said clerk, from sickness or absence, appoints a person to be registrar temporarily in his stead he shall also take the said preceding oath. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the registrar shall be provided by the ordinary of said county with suitable books

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and blank certificates. These books shall be known as the books of registration of said county. In these books the registrar shall enter, upon the personal application at the office of the clerk of the superior court of said county of any person entitled under the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia to vote in any election in this State, the name of such person, and the militia district in which he resides, in alphabetical order, keeping a separate list of the white voters and a separate list of the colored voters, but before entering said name he shall administer the following oath: I do swear that I reside in ----- district, Georgia militia of Taylor county; that I have attained the age of twenty-one years; that I am a citizen of the United States, and have resided for the last twelve months in this State next preceding the election to be held in January next and six months in the county of Taylor next preceding said election; that I have paid all taxes that since the adoption of the present Constitution of this State that have been required of me previous to this election and which I have had an opportunity of paying. Registration, how made. Oath of voter. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the books of registration shall be opened at the clerk's office of said county from December 16 to December 29 of each registration year, and the said books must be closed three (3) days before each January election to be held in said county for county officers. The registrar shall give at least three (3) days' notice, to be posted at the court house of the county, of such registration. Books opened. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the tax-collector of the county to furnish said registrar before he enters upon his duties with a full and complete defaulters' list, and when any person whose name appears on the defaulters' list shall qualify by taking the oath hereinbefore prescribed, it shall be the duty of the registrar to make a separate list in the registration book of said names under the heading: Persons on defaulters' list who have qualified; and it shall be the duty of the ordinary to present this list to the next grand jury of the county for investigation and comparison with the insolvent list allowed tax-collector. If the investigation proves any person has registered unlawfully the said registrar shall issue a rule calling on such person or persons to show cause why his name should not be stricken from said list of registered voters and his certificate made void, which rule must be served on such person by some officer (sheriff or constable) designated by the registrar, or by leaving a copy at his most

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notorious place of abode at least three (3) days before the day of hearing. Tax-collector to furnish defaulters' list. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be entitled to vote at any election in said county unless he shall have registered as required by this act, and any person who has not registered and who shall vote at any election shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Only those registered are entitled to vote. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the first registration to be made under this act shall be made in the year 1892, and at the same time every two years thereafter. Registration, when made. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the registrar shall close the books of registration three (3) days before the said January election, and shall have these books of registration filed with the ordinary within two (2) days. The ordinary shall make out alphabetically for each voting precinct of the county five (5) complete lists of the white registered voters, and also five (5) complete lists of the colored registered voters of the whole county, verified fully and so certified to from the registration books; said lists to be sent with the election blanks to said precincts to be used by the managers of the election and for public inspection. When said election is over the managers of the election shall return two of said lists to the ordinary to be preserved by him for public inspection until the election thereafter. Lists of voters to be furnished election managers. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That any person offering to vote at any election in said county shall be subject to challenge under the same rules and regulations as now govern, notwithstanding the provisions of this act. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall apply to any person or persons arriving at the age of twenty-one years after the books of registration shall have been closed and before the election at which he offers to vote; provided further, that he is otherwise qualified to vote under the laws of this State. Voters becoming qualified after registration books have been closed. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the compensation for the services of the registrar and ordinary shall be regulated by the first grand jury of the county after each registration. Compensation of registrar and ordinary. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That whenever the registrar shall fail to take the registration and turn the same to the ordinary, and whenever the ordinary shall fail to perform his duty herein required, the party failing to thus perform his duties, without a good and sufficient excuse, shall on convicsion for such failure of duty be punished as is prescribed in tection 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Failure of registrar or ordinary in duty a misdemeanor.

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SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN DOOLY COUNTY. No. 77. An Act to amend an act approved September 1st, 1891, entitled an act to amend an act approved December 24, 1888, to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Dooly, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an act approved September 1st, 1891, entitled an act to amend an act approved December 24th, 1888, to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Dooly, and for other purposes be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the last line of section 3 of said act the following words, to-wit: within twelve months from the date of the registration, and substituting [Illegible Text] the following words, to-wit: the twentieth day of December of the year following that for which the taxes are so paid, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said act be, and it is, hereby amended by striking out the fourth section thereof and inserting the following to be known as section 4 of said act, to-wit: `That it shall be the duty of the registrar to register all legally qualified voters when such persons pay their taxes, whether such payment is made by the voter in person or in any other way, and such registration shall be held valid and legal in any election which may be held before the twentieth day of December of the year following that for which the taxes are so paid.' All qualified voters registered on payment of taxes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN OCONEE COUNTY. No. 141. An Act to amend an act to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Oconee and to provide for carrying the same into effect, and for other purposes, approved December 26, 1888. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act that section 1 of the above recited act be amended by striking out of said section all of the words after the word election in the fifteenth (15) line from the top of said section, down to, and including the word fact in the twenty-sixth (26) line from the top of said section, so that said section when amended will read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the tax-collector of the county of Oconee shall be by virtue of his office registrar for said county, and shall take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties imposed by this act. It shall be his duty as such registrar to register all persons applying who are legally qualified to vote in the following manner: Said registrar shall write or stamp the words: Registered for election in the year 18, with the date of registration and name of registrar both on the tax receipt and upon the stubs in their books of tax receipts, the blank in the year to be filled with the year in which they are qualified to vote, which will qualify the voter to vote at any election to be held that year. His books for registration shall be closed fifteen days before each election. All applications to register shall be in person, and no person shall be registered unless he is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Georgia for one year and of said county for six months next preceding the coming election, and is twenty-one years of age or will become so before said election and has paid all State and county taxes due from 1878 inclusive until and including the year next preceding the election (as required by the Constitution), and who has not been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason against the State, of embezzlement of public funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or of any crime involving moral turpitude

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punishable by the laws of this State with imprisonment in the penitentiary unless such person shall have been pardoned, idiots and insane persons. If the registrar is not satisfied as to the qualifications of any applicant he may require the voter to make oath before him of such facts. It shall be the duty of the registrar immediately on the closing of his books to make out alphabetical lists of the registered voters for each militia district in his county and turn the same over to the board of county commissioners of roads and revenues of said county. Tax-collector ex officio registrar. Registration, how made. Who can register. List of voters. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 2 of the above recited act be also amended by striking from said section in the sixth (6) line from the top of said section the following words: in their respective districts, and also further amend said section by striking therefrom all of the words after the word list in the tenth (10) line from the top of said section down to and including all the balance of said section 2, so that said section when amended will read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said board of commissioners of roads and revenues shall cause to be plainly written or printed said alphabetical list of said voters so registered, and shall cause to be furnished to the managers of elections at each precinct in said county copies of the lists of said registered voters, which list shall be verified from the registrar's lists before being turned over to said managers; and said managers shall not permit any person to vote at any election whose name does not appear on the list, unless such person shall present his tax receipt with the evidence of registration thereon. Printed list of voters to be given election managers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That section 3 of the above recited act be amended by striking out from said section in the last line thereof the words in his district, so that said section when amended will read as follows: Be it further enacted, That if any person who on account of his age and having no property, or is otherwise tax free and whose name does not appear on the tax books, shall when he registers receive from the registrar a certificate of his registration which will entitle him to vote. Voters who are not tax payers. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892.

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LOCAL OPTION LIQUOR LAW FOR WHITFIELD COUNTY. No. 69. An Act to amend an act approved September 26, 1883, entitled an act to submit to the qualified voters of Whitfield county, or of any militia district therein, whether liquors shall be sold in said county or district. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited act be amended by adding the following proviso to section 7: provided further, that the provisions of this act shall not be construed to apply to the sale of domestic wine made from grapes or berries grown in said county, when sold by the makers thereof; provided, that said wines shall not be sold in quantities less than one quart and shall not be drank on the premises where sold. Domestic wine not included. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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LOCAL OPTION LIQUOR LAW IN TROUP COUNTY. No. 112. An Act amend the local option act for Troup county, approved December 24, 1884, by repealing all of section 4 of said act, except so much of same as authorizes the furnishing of wine for sacramental purposes, or any person from selling domestic wine made by themselves. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the local option act for Troup county be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all of said section 4 of said act after the word prevent in the second line and before the word persons in the fourth line of said section, so as that the said section when so amended shall read as follows: That the provisions of this act shall not prevent persons from furnishing wines for sacramental purposes, nor shall this act prevent any person or persons from selling domestic wines made by themselves. Wines for sacramental purpose and domestic wines not included. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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GAME AND BIRDS IN MACON COUNTY. No. 64. An Act to repeal section 2 of an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act for the protection of game and birds in the county of Macon, and for other purposes, approved December 29, 1888. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is enacted by authority of the same, That section two (2) of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby repealed, said repealed section reading as follows: SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section three (3) of the above recited act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking therefrom the words twentieth day of July in the fourth line of said section and inserting in lien thereof the words first day of November, so that said section, when amended, will read as follows: That any person who shall shoot, kill, trap or otherwise destroy, or shall buy, sell or offer for sale any dove in said county between the first day of April and the first day of November of any year, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in the first section of this act, and the words twentieth day of July shall be restored to their place in the original act approved October 6, 1885. Doves protected from April 1st to Nov. 1st. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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TITLE V. MISCELLANEOUS. ACTS. Counties May Buy Property Sold under Tax Fl. Fas. Bonds to Build a Court House in Stewart County. Clerks of Elections in Randolph County, Compensation of. Board of Equalization for Fulton County, Compensation of. Sale of Seed Cotton in Jefferson County, Law Prohibiting Repealed. COUNTIES MAY BUY PROPERTY SOLD UNDER TAX Fl. FAS. No. 59. An Act to authorize the Boards of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the various counties in the State, where such board has been created, or the ordinaries or judges of the county court in such counties as have such officers in charge of their roads and revenues, to bid in and hold real property properly and lawfully offered for sale by virtue of tax fi. fas., and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in counties where such boards have been created, or the ordinaries or the judges of the county court in such

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counties as have such officers in control of their roads and revenues, be hereby authorized and empowered to bid on, purchase and hold in their official capacity any real property legally and lawfully offered for sale by virtue of tax fi. fas; provided, that said commissioners, ordinaries or judges of the county court shall only be authorized to bid on such real property, so legally offered for sale by virtue of such tax fi. fas., when there will appear no other bidder or when other bids do not cover the amount of said tax fi. fas., and all cost legally accrued as shown on such fi. fas.; and provided further, that said commissioners, ordinaries or judges of the county court shall not be authorized to bid more for such real property so legally offered for sale than the amount of taxes and cost due as shown by the tax fi. fas.; provided, that said county authorities upon bidding in any property as is herein provided shall draw their warrant on the county treasurer to pay to the officers the costs due on said tax fi. fas., and accruing costs in effecting said sales. Counties may buy property sold under tax fi. fas. Proviso. Proviso. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That owners of real property sold under and by virtue of tax fi. fas., and bid in by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, ordinaries or judges of the county courts as provided in the first section of this bill, shall have the privilege of redeeming said real property from said officers and holding the same in their official capacity as provided for in other cases in section 898 of the Code of 1882, or as may be further provided in any amendment to said section. Right of redemption. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, ordinaries or judges of the county court are hereby authorized and empowered to dispose of said real property purchased under said tax fi. fas., and remaining unredeemed under the provisions of section 2 of this bill as provided for in sections 494 and 495 of the Code of 1882. If not redeemed may be sold. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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BONDS TO BUILD A COURT-HOUSE IN STEWART COUNTY. No. 143. An Act to authorize the commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Stewart to issue coupon bonds to an extent not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of building a new court-house in the town of Lumpkin in the county of Stewart, to provide for the creation of said county debt and the payment of the same, to provide for submitting the question of issuing said bonds to the qualified voters of said county for ratification or rejection, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the commissioners of roads and revenues in and for the county of Stewart be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered to issue coupon bonds of the county of Stewart in the name of Stewart county in an amount not to exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, bearing interest not to exceed the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually at such time and place as said commissioners may determine, to be stated in such coupons or bonds; said bonds to be prepared and signed by at least three of said commissioners, and the coupons to be signed by the county treasurer; that said bonds shall be made of such denomination as said commissioners may deem most advantageous for negotiation, and payable at such time not exceeding thirty years from date as said commissioners may deem best. The said commissioners shall keep a record of the number, description and denomination of all the bonds issued under this act. The principal of any one or more of said bonds may be payable in one year, and other bond or bonds payable in the year or years following, according as they may fix the date for payment of each bond; provided, that the date fixed for the payment of the bond or bonds running the longest time shall not exceed thirty years from the date of issuance. Said bonds shall be issued and used solely for the purpose of building a new courthouse in the town of Lumpkin for the county of Stewart, and shall under no circumstances be sold for less than their par value. Commissioners of Stewart county to issue county bonds.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said coupons and bonds issued in pursuance of this act shall be payable in lawful currency, and said coupons and bonds when due shall be receivable for all taxes, dues and debts to said county of Stewart. Bonds and coupons receivable for taxes. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That to pay the interest on said bonds and provide a sinking fund for the payment and redemption of said bonds the commissioners of roads and revenues for the county of Stewart, and their successors in office, shall annually assess, levy and collect during the full term of years said bonds shall be maturing and until they shall be paid off and discharged in full, such tax upon the taxable property, both real and personal, in said county of Stewart, in addition to the tax now authorized and required by law for county purposes, as shall be sufficient to produce a sum not exceeding the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum for the purpose of the payment of said interest, and to provide such sinking fund for the final redemption of said bonds. Said tax shall be called the court-house tax, and shall be separately levied, and shall be used for and applied to no other purpose whatever, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes are now collected. Tax for payment of bonds. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all sums remaining over after the payment of the annual interest and the redemption of such bonds as may have fallen due shall be covered into the sinking fund, and may be used to provide for any deficiencies that may arise from any cause in the collection of this special county tax, and if said fund shall at any time so increase as in their discretion the said commissioners may deem it prudent and to the interest of the county to do so, they are hereby authorized and empowered to redeem and cancel any of said bonds before maturity, either at the request of the holder or holders of said bonds, or by purchase, or by redemption at their full value and accrued interest, and the funds with which to purchase or redeem said bond or bonds shall be drawn from the said sinking fund. Sinking fund. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all coupons and bonds provided for in this act shall be payable at the maturity thereof at the office of the county treasurer of Stewart county and at such other place or places as said commissioners may designate, and when such other place or places are designated it shall be the duty of said commissioners to provide such means and erect such agencies as will enable said treasurer to pay off and discharge said coupons and bonds as they may become due, at the place or places designated for presentation

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for payment. All such coupons and bonds when paid off and redeemed shall be taken into the custody of said treasurer and by him delivered to the said commissioners at their first regular meeting after being received by him. Said commissioners shall mark said coupons and bond or bonds cancelled, and have the fact entered on the record kept for the record of said bonds, and return the cancelled coupons and bond or bonds to the said county treasurer. Where payable. How cancelled. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That at the spring term of the superior court to be held in said county for each and every year said bonds may be outstanding, it shall be the duty of the county treasurer to make a schedule which shall contain the number, date, when due, amount and state when paid, of all the coupons and bonds which are in his hands, and which have been redeemed or foreclosed and cancelled during the year previous to the sitting of said court, and present said schedule, together with the cancelled coupons and bonds described in said schedule, to the chairman of the board of commissioners, and said chairman and said treasurer shall go before the grand jury of the county and submit said schedule, together with the said cancelled coupons and bonds, to said body, and also the book of record of said bonds. Said body shall carefully inspect said coupons and bonds and, after comparison with the same, if found to be correct, it shall be the duty of said chairman to burn in the presence of said body all the coupons and bonds thus inspected. It shall then be the duty of the foreman of said grand jury to certify to the destruction of the coupons and bond or bonds set forth in said schedule, and said schedule and certificate shall be recorded on said book for the record of said bonds, and filed as provided for by the laws for other cancelled obligations of the county. Destruction of cancelled bonds. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the bonds issued under this act may be registered in the office of the county treasurer at the option of the holder, which registration shall be certified therein by the county treasurer, after which said bond shall only be transferable by indorsement by the registered holder to the transferee and transferred on said book of registration; if the original holder or last registered holder shall transfer the same to bearer then said bond shall be transferred by delivery. Registration of bonds. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That upon the final redemption of the coupons and bonds issued under this act, if any surplus be found remaining, said commissioners or their successors in office may cover the same into the county treasury

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to be appropriated to any fund for county purposes that they may see fit. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the full faith and credit of the county of Stewart are hereby pledged for the payment of said bonds and coupons, and the terms of this act shall constitute an inviolable contract between the said county of Stewart and each and every purchaser and holder of the same. Good faith of county. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That before this act shall become operative an election shall be held as follows: The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Stewart shall give notice, for the space of thirty days immediately preceeding the day of election, which notice shall be published weekly in the newspaper in which the sheriff of said county advertises his sales, and in any other paper published at the time, in said county that on a certain day named in said notice an election will be held in said county to determine the question whether bonds shall be issued as provided in this act. Said notice shall be advertised to the qualified voters of Stewart county, and shall state the amount of bonds to be issued, the interest they are to bear and the date when they are to be finally paid off. The election shall be held in the several precincts provided by law for voting in said county, by the same persons and in the same manner as county officers are elected, and the returns of said election shall be made to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county. Said commissioners or a majority of them shall meet the managers who meet at the court house on the day following the election to consolidate the returns, and said commissioners, or a majority of them together with said managers, shall certify said returns and declare the result. Each voter shall have written or printed on his ballot the words For bonds or Against bonds and if at said election two-thirds of the qualified voters of said county voting at said election vote For bonds, this act shall become of full force and effect and the commissioners shall enter the returns of said election upon their minutes and give public notice of the result in the same newspaper or newspapers as prescribed for giving notice of the election, which notice shall be published one time in such newspaper or newspapers, immediately after said election is officially declared. Election to make operative this act. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That all the expenses incident to said election shall be paid out of the county treasury of said county. Expenses of election.

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SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer of said county for the sole purpose named in this bill, and the county treasurer shall not be entitled to one and one-fourth per cent. commissions in receiving and paying out the same. Proceeds of bonds. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1892. CLERKS OF ELECTIONS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, COMPENSATION OF. No. 90. An Act fixing the compensation to be paid persons employed as clerks in holding general elections at the precincts in the county of Randolph, requiring the ordinary to draw his warrant on the treasurer of said county for the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act each person employed by the managers to act as clerks in holding a general election at the precincts in Randolph county, shall be paid out of the treasury of said county for their services as follows: Those serving as clerks at the county site shall each receive two dollars per day, and those serving as clerks at the other precincts shall each receive one dollar per day; and upon presentation of a certificate from the managers employing said persons as clerk, stating the fact of employment and term of service, the ordinary of said county shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of said county in favor of each of such persons for the amount due them for said service under the provisions of this act. Compensation of clerks of election managers in Randolph county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR FULTON COUNTY, COMPENSATION. No. 111. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for Fulton county, Georgia, to pay the members of the Board of Equalization for said county for the ten days extra service rendered by them during the year 1892, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Fulton county, Georgia, be, and they are, hereby authorized to pay the members of the Board of Equalization for said county the sum of three dollars each per day for the ten days that they were engaged in discharging the duties of their office during the year 1892, over and above the thirty days provided by law for the discharge of said duties. The same may be paid out of the said county treasury upon the draft of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues therefor if said commissioners deem it proper and wise to pay the same. Compensation of Board of Equalization for Fulton county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1892.

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SALE OF SEED COTTON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, LAW PROHIBITING REPEALED. No. 55. An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of seed cotton in the county of Jefferson from the fifteenth of August to the twenty-fourth of December, and to provide a penalty for the violation of the same, approved October the 14th, 1891. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia entitled an act to prohibit the sale of seed cotton in the county of Jefferson from the fifteenth of August to the twenty-fourth of December and to provide a penalty for the violation of the same, approved October 14th, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act prohibiting sale of seed cotton in Jefferson county repealed. Approved December 15, 1892.

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PART IV. PRIVATE LAWS. ACTS. For Relief of Wm. Chester and John M. Wilder. For Relief of Captain E. T. Mallory. FOR THE RELIEF OF WM. CHESTER AND JOHN M. WILDER. No. 73. An Act to relieve William Chester and John M. Wilder, securities on the bond of Thomas N. Goss, charged with the offence of misdemeanor, in the superior court of Dawson county, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, William Chester and John M. Wilder did, on the 4th day of August, 1891, become securities on the bond of Thomas N. Goss, to answer the charge of misdemeanor in Dawson superior court; and Preamble. WHEREAS, On the 4th day of August, 1891, said bond was forfeited and scire facias issued thereon; and WHEREAS, On the 8th day of March, 1892, final judgment was entered against the said Thomas N. Goss as principal and the said William Chester and John M. Wilder as securities for the sum of one hundred dollars principal, the penal sum named

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in said bond, with the sum of eight dollars as costs of forfeiture; and WHEREAS, The said Thomas N. Goss was, on said 8th day of March, 1892, in the custody of the United States authorities in and for the Northern District of Georgia, charged with a violation of the internal revenue laws of the United States, which fact was unknown to said securities, so that they could make said fact known to the court in answer to said sire facias, so as to prevent final judgment being taken against them; and WHEREAS, The said Thomas N. Goss has, since said final judgment was entered as aforesaid against the said William Chester and John M. Wilder, securities as aforesaid, been arrested, tried and convicted, and is now serving a sentence in the chaingang for said offence of misdemeanor; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the said William Chester and John M. Wilder, securities on the bond of the said Thomas N. Goss, charged with the offence of misdemeanor in Dawson superior court, be, and they are, hereby relieved of all liability on said bond and the final judgment entered on the forfeiture of the same in said superior court upon the payment of the cost, if any be due. Securities on bond of Thos. N. Goss relieved. SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 17, 1892.

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FOR RELIEF OF CAPT. E. T. MALLORY AND FRANK L. MALLORY. No. 131. An Act to relieve Captain E. T. Mallory, of the Macon Light Infantry, and his security in the matter of certain arms and accoutrements destroyed by fire in the city of Macon, county of Bibb, State of Georgia, November 29, 1892, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, The arms and accoutrements consisting of forty guns, forty gun slings, forty cartridge boxes, forty bayonet scabbards, forty waist belts, two gun cases and forty knapsacks, furnished the Macon Light Infantry by the State, were destroyed by fire in the city of Macon, Georgia, November 29, 1892; and Preamble. WHEREAS, It was by no fault of said company or its officers these guns and equipments were destroyed; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Captain E. T. Mallory, principal, and Frank L. Mallory, security, in the matter of certain arms and accoutrements furnished the Macon Light Infantry by the State, be, and they are, hereby released from any liability on the bond into which they respectively entered for the safe keeping of said arms and accoutrements. Securities for arms of Macon Light Infantry relieved. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22, 1892.

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PART V. RESOLUTIONS. ACTS. Requesting Repeal of Ten per Cent. Tax on State Banks. To Encourage Investments in this State. To Refund Certain Taxes to Houston County. To Refund Liquor Tax to James E. Love. To Provide for Indexing Journals. To Pay Pensions to Thirty-nine Widows. To Refund Taxes to Certain Liquor Dealers. To Pay Bond No. 193 for $1,000, Due July 1, 1892. In Relation to Publication of Laws. Recommending Passage of Hatch Bill. For Relief of T. J. Butler. To Pay for Transportation to Military Encampment of 1891. In Relation to Unfinished Business. In Relation to Unfinished Business. REQUESTING REPEAL OF TEN PER CENT. TAX ON STATE BANKS. No. 1. A Joint Resolution instructing our senators and requesting our represetatives in Congress to secure the repeal of the ten per cent. tax on State banks. WHEREAS, The banking capital of this State is wholly inadequate to the wants of the people; and

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WHEREAS, The existing condition of affairs in this respect is attributable to a provision of an act of the Federal Congress, approved March 3, 1865, which levies a tax of ten per cent. per annum on the circulation of all banks chartered under State laws; and WHEREAS, The said tax is unwise, oppressive and prohibitory and should no longer remain on the statute books of the nation; therefore be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That our senators in Congress be again instructed and our representatives in Congress be again earnestly requested to use their best efforts to secure, at the earliest practicable moment, the repeal of the provision of the act hereinbefore mentioned. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution be transmitted by his Excellency, the Governor, to our senators and representatives in Congress. Approved November 22, 1892. TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENTS IN THIS STATE. No. 2. WHEREAS, One of the results which will naturally flow from the great victory won by Democracy on the 8th of November, 1892, in favor of tariff reform, financial relief and non-interference with elections on the part of the Federal Government, will be the desire and willingness of capitalists, [Illegible Text] and west, to seek investments in Georgia and other Southern States; therefore [Illegible Text] it Preamble. Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That every encouragement consistent with the best interests of the people should be, and will be, extended to capital seeking investment, and the fullest protection is hereby guaranteed to all capital that may be invested in our midst. Protection to capital guaranteed. Resolved, That in the name of the people of this great commonwealth we extend to capitalists and home-seekers in every portion of the country an invitation to visit Georgia and see for themselves what we offer in social and educational advantages; in salubrity of climate, in possibilities in agriculture and

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horticulture, in manufacturing and in mining, in merchandising, in banking, and in real estatein a word, grand possibilities in every department of human endeavor. We say to all, for every idle dollar and for every earnest, honest worker there is a profitable place in waiting in Georgia. Invitation to investigate. Approved November 22, 1892. TO REFUND TO HOUSTON COUNTY CERTAIN TAXES. No. 3. To authorize the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for one hundred and seventy-one dollars and nineteen cents ($171.19) to refund to Houston county the amount of railroad taxes of 1890 belonging to Houston county and was paid into the State Treasury through mistake by Tax-Collector Green of said county. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State treasury in favor of C. E. Gilbert, county treasurer of Houston county, for the sum of one hundred and seventy-one dollars and nineteen cents ($171.19) for county taxes paid into State treasury through mistake by Tax-Collector Green of said county. $171.19 refunded to Houston county. Approved December 1, 1892.

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TO REFUND LIQUOR TAX TO JAS. E. LOVE. No. 4. To refund to James E. Love amount of tax paid as a liquor dealer for the year 1891. WHEREAS, James E. Love registered with the ordinary as a liquor dealer in Macon county on the 2d day of March, 1891, and paid the tax of fifty dollars assessed against him by paragraph 15, section 2 of tax act approved December 26th, 1890, to the tax-collector of said county; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The county commissioners of Macon county did on or about the first day of April following decline to issue any county licenses to sell liquor, thereby depriving him of the benefits of said tax; therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representative, the Senate concurring, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of James E. Love for the sum of forty-five dollars and eighty-three cents. Liquor tax refunded. Approved December 9, 1892. TO PROVIDE FOR INDEXING JOURNALS. No. 5. Providing for the indexing of the Journals for the House of Representatives and the Senate for the sessions of 1892 and [Illegible Text], and for other purposes. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That J. Troup Taylor of the county of Fulton is hereby authorized to make indexes for the Journals of the House and the Senate for the sessions of 1892 and 1893, and that the

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State Printer is directed to furnish him advance pages of said journals in order to facilitate the publications thereof. J. Troup Taylor to index Journals. Resolved further, That the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for one hundred and fifty dollars to compensate said Taylor for the work of indexing the House and Senate Journals for the present session of 1892, and one hundred and twenty-five dollars to pay him for the work of indexing the Journals of the House and Senate for the session of 1893. Resolved further, That the payment for the work specified shall be made each year after the Governor shall receive the certificate of the public printer showing that the work for each year, respectively, has been completed. Approved December 15, 1892. TO PAY PENSIONS TO THIRTY-NINE WIDOWS. No. 6. WHEREAS, the amount appropriated by the act of 1890, approved December 26, 1890, also the deficiency act of 1891, to pay pensions to widows of Confederate soldiers having all been spent in that direction; and Preamble. WHEREAS, It appearing to the General Assembly of Georgia that there are thirty-nine widows of Confederate soldiers who have not received their pensions out of said appropriation for the reason that the same was exhausted before their claims were reached, said thirty-nine widows of Confederate soldiers have come up to the requirements of the law, whose claims have been approved by the proper authority; therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That said thirty-nine widows of Confederate soldiers be paid their pension of one hundred dollars each as the other widows in like cases have been paid, and that the sum of thirty-nine hundred dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated out of the general funds in the treasury of Georgia to meet said payment, and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for said amount for said purpose. Authorizing payment of pensions to 39 widows. Approved December 15, 1892.

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REFUNDING TAXES TO CERTAIN LIQUOR DEALERS. No. 7. For the relief of O. B. Smith, C. C. Wheeler, J. H. Rhinehart, H. F. Evans and Thomas Wilson. WHEREAS, O. B. Smith, C. C. Wheeler, J. H. Rhinehart, H. F. Evans and Thomas Wilson, citizens of Walker county, State of Georgia, did each and separately pay the sum of fifty dollars State tax for the privilege of selling spirituous liquors in said county; and Preamble. WHEREAS, On account of the passage of an act of 1890, which left the question of granting such license in the discretion of the county authorities, said parties were not allowed to, and did not, use said license for more than two months; therefore be it Resolved by the General Assembly, That the sum of thirty-three and one-third dollars be appropriated to each of the above named parties, and that the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to pay the same upon the warrant of the Governor. Liquor tax refunded. Approved December 17, 1892. TO PAY BOND NO. 193 FOR $1,000 DUE JULY, 1892. No. 8. To authorize the State Treasurer to pay the face amount, $1,000, and interest coupons due on bond No. 193, issued by authority of an act of the General Assembly, approved January 15, 1872, and due July 1, 1892, which is owned by Dr. A. W. Calhoun. WHEREAS, On October 11, 1889, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, after full investigation concerning the status of bond No. 193 for $1,000, issued by authority of an act of the General Assembly, approved January 15, 1872, and due July 1, 1892, which was and is owned by Dr. A. W. Calhoun, did report on a resolution for the payment of said bond, as follows: That while it would be unwise to pay said bond now, they think that after the maturity of this series of bonds and their payment, it would be discovered if other duplicate numbered bonds exist, and should

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none other appear it would be proper for the legislature then to grant the equitable claim of the holder, even if it were still impossible to prove the time and method of the issuance of the said bond or to explain the fact of the non-collection of coupons during the period before mentioned, as will more fully appear from the House Journal of 1889, page 1095; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The time of the maturity of said series of bonds has passed, and they have been paid, and it has been discovered that no other duplicate numbered bonds exist, and none other has appeared; therefore be it Resolved, That Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the amount due on said bond and coupons upon the presentation of the same and surrender thereof for cancellation. Treasurer authorized to pay bond 193. Approved December 17, 1892. IN RELATION TO PUBLICATION OF LAWS. No. 9. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Public Printer be, and is, hereby authorized to print the acts and resolutions passed at this session by the General Assembly, and that the Public Printer be requested to publish said acts and resolutions at the earliest possible date. Publication of laws. Approved December 17, 1892. RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF THE HATCH BILL. No. 10. Concurrent Resolution. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That it is the sense of this the General Assembly that the bill now pending in the Senate of the United States, being House bill 7845, and known as the Hatch bill or some other law, should be enacted at the earliest possible date, whereby the practice of selling farm products by persons who are not owners thereof, and commonly

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known as short selling, shall be so regulated and restricted that the value of the actual products of the soil shall not be beaten down and in a large measure destroyed by the imaginary and fictitious products continually being offered by those who own little or none of the articles offered. Hatch Bill, passage by Congress recommended. Approved December 17, 1892. FOR RELIEF OF T. J. BUTLER. No. 11. To relieve T. J. Butler, of the county of Bibb, by refunding to him part of the amount paid by him for retail liquor license to the State. WHEREAS, T.J. Butler, of the county of Bibb, did, on the 6th day of January, 1892, obtain from the proper State authorities a license to retail liquor at Dry Branch, in said county of Bibb, paying therefor the sum of one hundred dollars; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Said Butler did sell at a certain place in said county of Bibb, believing that he was selling in compliance with what is known as the three mile liquor law, when in fact and in truth said place was sixteen feet less than three miles from a certain church in said county measured by a surveyor's line, though it was three miles from said church by the public highway; and WHEREAS, Said Butler was prosecuted and convicted in the city court of Macon on April 24, 1892, and fined in the sum of fifty dollars and costs, for violating said three mile liquor law; and WHEREAS, Said Butler had no intention to evade or violate said law; and WHEREAS, Said license since said time has not been used and is of no force; therefore be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Governor of the State be, and he is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum of sixty-six dollars and sixty-five cents ($66.65) in favor of said T. J. Butler, of Bibb county, thereby retunding to him the pro rata amount paid for said license for the time the same became of no effect. Tax for license to retail refunded. Approved December 20, 1892.

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TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARY ENCAMPMENT OF 1891. No. 12. WHEREAS, There remains unpaid and due by the State the sum of nineteen hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-four cents ($1,948.64) for transportation and other expenses pertaining to the military encampment at Camp Chickamauga, Georgia, in eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for which the appropriation for said purposes for said year was not sufficient; and WHEREAS, Said amount of money has been reserved from the appropriation for eighteen hundred and ninety-two for said purposes to meet said deficiency; therefore be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby directed to expend said amount of nineteen hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-four cents ($1,948.64) for said purposes out of the said appropriation for eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and this sum shall be paid out of the unexpended fund appropriated for 1892, and that the balance of said unexpended fund be covered into the treasury as belonging to the general fund. Payment for transportation to military encampment of 1891. Approved December 20, 1892. IN RELATION TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF LEGISLATURE. No. 13. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the capitol five (5) days after the final adjournment of the General Assembly for the purpose of affixing their official signatures to all bills and resolutions passed previous to said final adjournment, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Officers of Senate and House. Resolved further, That the chairmen, respectively, of the Enrolling and Auditing Committees of the Senate and the House, together with two members of each of said committees, to be designated by the chairmen thereof, be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the capitol for five days after the final adjournment of

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the General Assembly for the purpose of bringing up the unfinished business of the session, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Committeemen. Approved December 20, 1892. IN RELATION TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS. No. 14. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That Messrs. Mark A. Hardin, Clerk of the House, and H. H. Cabaniss, Assistant Secretary of the Senate, be instructed to prepare, publish and mail to each member of the General Assembly a statement showing the unfinished business of the session at the time of adjournment, and the status of each pending bill and resolution. Statement of unfinished business required.

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Showing Receipts and Disbursements at the Treasury of Georgia for Report Year Ending September 30, 1892. To balance in Treasury October 1st, 1892, as per report $ 730,939 96 DISBURSEMENTS. RECEIPTS. On account of Academy Blind, 1891 $ 4,000 00 From Artists' Tax, 1891 591 44 On account of Academy Blind, 1892 12,000 00 From Artists' Tax, 1892 938 00 On account of Agricultural Department, 1891 2,500 00 From Auctioneers' Tax, 1891 293 50 On account of Agricultural Department, 1892 7,500 00 From Auctioneers' Tax, 1892 947 55 On account of Contingent Fund, 1891 4,640 26 From Atlanta opening Alabama street 2,500 00 On account of Contingent Fund, 1892 7,537 75 From Billiard Tax, 1891 1,061 56 On account of Contingent Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1891 200 00 From Billiard Tax, 1892 5,953 54 On account of Contingent Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1892 600 00 From Citizens' Bank Assets. 17,355 07 On account of Contingent Fund Supreme Conrt, 1891 397 89 From Cost on ft. fas 11 50 On account of Contingent Fund Supreme Court, 1892 376 31 From Dividends 2,321 00 On account of Civil Establishment, 1891 61,216 66 From Damages Paid by City Chattanooga 2,000 00 On account of Civil Establishment, 1892 56,668 28 From General Tax, 1890 22,497 47 On account of Clerk Supreme Court Costs 811 25 From General Tax, 1891 1,909,149 38 On account of Deaf and Dumb Institute, 1891 4,250 00 From Hire Convicts 25,000 40 On account of Deaf and Dumb Institute, 1892 12,750 00 From Inspectors of Fertilizer Fees 7,706 63 On account of Direct Tax Refunded 55,000 00 From Inspectors of Oil Fees 12,408 32 On account of Experimental Station, 1891 366 68 From Insurance Fees, 1891 367 20 On account of Experimental Station, 1892 3,420 74 From Insurance Fees, 1892 9,195 20 On account of Geological Department 7,988 92 From Insurance Agents' Tax, 1891 300 00 On account of Insurance Public Buildings, 1891 3,834 31 From Insurance Agents' Tax. 1892 6,030 00 On account of Insurance Public Buildings, 1892 977 65 From Insurance Companies' Tax, 1892 44,782 96 On account of Library Fund 2,067 88 From Insolvent General Tax 14,022 90 On account of Lunatic Asylum, 1891 47,499 99 From Interest on ft. fas 1 65 On account of Lunatic Asylum, 1892 142,499 97 From Indian Springs Lease 110 00 On account of Land Scrip Fund 6,314 14 From Liquor Tax, 1891 7,633 75 On account of Legislative Pay-Roll 119,233 70 From Liquor Tax, 1892 106,124 76 On account of Military Fund, 1891 321 50 From Lease Oyster Lands 4,485 00 On account of Military Fund, 1892 19,850 47 From Money Retunded 299 75 On account of Maimed Soldiers, 1891 3,415 00 From Office Fees 1,803 55 On account of Maimed Soldiers, 1892 185,000 00 From Railroad Tax, 1891 192,747 08 On account of Normal School 50 45 From Rent Western and Atlantic Railroad 420,012 00 On account of Overpayment Taxes 25,995 62 From Rent Public Buildings 130 75 On account of Penitentiary Fund (general account) 1,495 79 From Sale Supreme Court Reports 2,700 39 On account of Penitentiary Fund (special account), 1891 351 00 From Show Tax, 1891 3,528 30 On account of Pentitentiary Fund (special account), 1892 813 98 From Show Tax, 1892 238 00 On account of Public Debt 842,068 40 From Sewing Machine Agents' Tax, 1891 140 00 On account of Public Building Fund, 1891 3,612 50 From Sewing Machine Agents' Tax, 1892 1,340 00 On account of Public Building Fund, 1892 11,564 59 From Sewing Machine Companies' Tax, 1892 1,600 00 On account of Printing Fund, 1891 2,180 71 From Sale of Public Property 70,193 97 On account of Printing Fund, 1892 11,104 73 From Sale of Land 71 25 On account of Printing Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1891 1,014 28 From Sale of Ungranted Lands 764 00 On account of Printing Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1892 636 00 From Sale of Bonds 209,199 37 On account of Salary Inspectors 1,799 99 From Tax on Dealers Pistols, etc., 1891 720 00 On account of Salary Chemists 4,416 61 From Tax on Dealers Pistols, etc., 1892 3,690 00 On account of School Fund, 1891 935,611 09 From Tax on Special Nostrums, 1891 626 03 On account of School Fund, 1892 3,344 28 From Tax on Special Nostrums, 1892 611 56 On account of School Fund, 1893 1,119 57 From Tax on Dealers Lightning Rods, 1890 22 50 On account of Solicitors-General 3,265 00 From Tax on Dealers Lightning Rods, 1891 349 90 On account of Special Appropriations 82,892 16 From Tax on Deaters Lightning Rods, 1892 472 50 On account of Supreme Court Reports 3,000 00 From Tax on Games, 1891 382 50 On account of State Chemist (chemicals and apparatus) 1,000 00 From Tax on Games, 1892 473 50 On account of State Laws (compiling) 300 00 From Tax on Clock Peddlers, 1891 254 00 On account of Trustees University 559 28 From Tax on Clock Peddlers, 1892 [Illegible Text] 00 On account of Trustees Lunatic Asylum 1,863 38 From Tax on Express Companies, 1891 2,200 52 On account of University of Georgia, 1892 8,000 00 From Tax on Express Companies, 1892 1,518 82 On account of University (colored), 1891 1,429 65 From Tax on Telegraph Companies, 1891 1,817 23 On account of University (colored), 1892 6,000 00 From Tax on Telegraph Companies, 1892 1,403 77 On account of Widows' Pensions 400,000 00 3,128,788 41 From Tax on Telephone Companies, 1891 1,657 25 By balance in Treasury September 30th, 1892 748,051 63 From Tax on Telephone Companies, 1892 1,718 25 From Tax on Agencies, 1892 540 00 From Tax on Sleeping Car Companies, 1889 and 1890 3,145 79 From Tax on Sleeping Car Companies, 1891 160 86 From Tax on Sleeping Car Companies, 1892 186 94 From Tax on Dealers in Futures, 1891 1,800 00 From Tax on Dealers in Futures, 1892 4,500 00 From Tax on Pawnbrokers, 1891 135 00 From Tax on Pawnbrokers, 1892 630 00 From Tax on Brewing Companies, 1892 1,530 00 From Tax on Specialist, 1891 112 50 From Tax on Specialist, 1892 45 00 From Tax on Cold Storage Dealers, 1892 3,155 64 From Tax on Dealers in Stoves and Ranges, 1892 180 00 From Tax on Wild Lands 3 86 From Railroad Tax, 1889 2,638 05 From Surplus Sale of Wild Lands 570 98 3,115,900 08 $ 3,876,840 04 $ 3,876,840 04

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INDEX TO PUBLIC LAWS. A APPROPRIATIONS For Academy for the Blind, 20 For Agriculture, Department of, 14 For Asylum, Lunatic, 19 For Board of Pharmacy, 15 For Bonds, printing and engraving, 17 For Chaplains of convict camps, 17 For Clerk Supreme Court, 17 For Common Schools, 13 For Convict camps, inspection of, 16 For Contingent fund of State, 14 For Contingent fund of Railroad Commission, 15 For Contingent expenses Supreme Court, 15 For Deaf and Dumb Institute, 18 For Department of Agriculture, 14 For Executive Mansion, pavement in front, 20 For Experimental Station, 15 For Geological survey 14 For Government, support of, 8 For Insane Asylum, trustees of, 16 For Insurance of public property, 16 For Interest on public debt, 14 For Inspection of convict camps, 16 For Journals of Legislature, binding, 16 For Library, State, 16 For Lunatic Asylum, 19 For Pavement in front of Executive Mansion, 20 For Printing fund of State, 15 For Printing fund of Railroad Commission, 15 For Printing Supreme Court Reports, 16 For Public institutions, 12 For Public buildings, repairs, 15

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For Public Library, 16 For Soldiers, maimed and disabled, 16 For Solicitors-General, 16 For State University, trustees of, 16 For Support of Government, 8 For Support of State institutions, 12 For Support of Common Schools, 13 For Technological School, 18 For Trustees of Insane Asylum, 16 For Trustees of State University, 16 For Volunteer forces, 16 For Widows of Confederate soldiers, 16 ASYLUM Private, protection of inmates, 109 ATTACHMENT Bonds to procure, 56 Lien of, 58 ATLANTA GUARANTEE SAVINGS BANK Charter amended, 121 B BANKS Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, charter amended, 121 Maddox-Rucker Banking Company, charter amended, 120 Milledgeville Banking Company, 123 Planters Bank of Americus, 119 State Savings and Banking Company, 122 BAILIFFS Special in Superior Courts, 93

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BALDWIN COUNTY Jail lot exchange for one of the State, 96 BASTARDY CASES Fines in, how applied, 102 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Act creating repealed, 34 BUTTS COUNTY Superior Courts for, when held, 71 C CAPITOL Buildings and grounds, use of, 95 Buildings and grounds, protection of, 100 CHAINGANGS Employment of out of their counties, 94 CHAPLAINS For battalions, 75 CARROLL COUNTY Superior Courts for, when held, 74 CITY COURTS Establishing of, 107 CLERKS SUPERIOR COURTS Required to keep reverse index dockets, 68

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CODE AMENDMENTS Sec. 943(a). State Depositories, number increased, 54 Sec. 1496. Stockholders' liability, 55 Sec. 3266 and 3271. Attachment bonds, 56 Sec. 3331. Lien of attachments, 58 Sec. 3406. Suits against railroads, 59 Sec. 3514. Production of books and papers, 60 Sec. 3910(d). Traverse jury list, 61 Sec. 3971. Foreclosure of mortgages, 62 Sec. 3972. Foreclosure of mortgages, 63 Sec. 4095. Nuisances in cities, 64 Sec. 4711. Contempt cases, trial of, 65 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS In volunteer forces, examination and oath of, 81 COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES Election of, 88 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA Business of as photographers without license, 99 Maimed and infirm, pension for, 52 Widows of, pension for, 98 CONTEMPT CASES Trial of, 65 COUNTY OFFICERS Bailiffs, special where allowed, 93 Clerks superior courts, duties of, 68 Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, election of, 88 Sheriffs and their deputies, ex officio officers of county courts, 90 Tax-collectors, reports of, 89 COUNTIES MAY BUY PROPERTY Sold under tax executions, 252

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COURTS, CITY Establishment of, 107 COURTS, SUPERIOR For Butts county, when held, 71 For Carroll county, when held, 74 For Hancock county, when held, 72 For Henry county, when held, 71 For Lee county, when held, 73 For Monroe county, when held, 71 For Morgan county, when held, 69 For Pike county, when held, 71 For Rabun county, when held, 70 For Rockdale county, when held, 70 For Spalding county, when held, 71 For Troup county, when held, 73 For Upson county, when held, 71 Practice in, 103 Practice in, 65 COURTS, SUPREME Practice in, 113 D DEAF School for, 83 DEPOSITORIES, STATE Number of increased, 54 DIVORCES Granted since act 1891 made valid, 105 DIRECT TAX Received from United States refunded to claimants, 92

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E EDUCATION Georgia School for the Deaf, 83 Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College, 84 State School Commissioner, report of, 85 EVIDENCE Production of books and papers, 60 F FENCES Land lines made lawful fences, 104 FIFTH REGIMENT Organization of, 77 FOURTH REGIMENT Act of incorporation, amended, 76 G GEORGIA RAILROAD Freight trains on Sunday, 95 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Unfinished business of, 102 GENERAL TAX ACT For 1893, 22 H HANCOCK COUNTY Superior court for, when held, 72

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HENRY COUNTY Superior court for, when held, 71 I INSANE ASYLUMS, PRIVATE Protection of patients, 109 J JURY, TRAVERSE List of, 61 L LANDLORDS AND CROPPERS Rights and Liabilities of, 115 LIQUOR General local option law amended, 106 M MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING COMPANY Charter amended, 120 MIDDLE GEORGIA MILITARY AND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Land for, 84

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MILITARY Assistant Quartermaster, 80 Chaplains for battalions, 75 Commissioned officers, examination and oath of, 81 Fifth Regiment, organization, 77 Fourth Regiment, act of incorporation amended, 76 Surgeon-General, 78 Third Regiment, organization, 77 MILLEDGEVILLE BANKING COMPANY Charter amended, 123 MONROE COUNTY Superior courts for, when held, 71 MORGAN COUNTY Superior courts for, when held, 69 MORTGAGES Foreclosure of on personalty, 62 Foreclosure of on personalty, 63 MUNICIPALITIES May receive gifts and act as trustees, 104 N NUISANCES How abated in cities, 64

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P PASSENGER AND STREET CARS Protection of, 108 PENSIONS For maimed and infirm Confederate soldiers, 52 For widows of Confederate soldiers, 98 PIKE COUNTY Superior Courts for, when held, 71 PLANTERS BANK OF AMERICUS Charter amended, 119 R RABUN COUNTY Superior Courts for, when held, 70 RAILROADS General act for incorporation, 37 Passenger and street cars, protection of, 108 Sunday trains on Georgia Railroad, 95 Suits against railroads, when brought, [Illegible Text] Wrecking railroad companies, 111 State's property along Western and Atlantic Railroad, 101 ROCKDALE COUNTY Superior Courts for, when held, 70

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S SHERIFFS AND THEIR DEPUTIES Ex officio officers of county courts, 90 SINKING FUND Tax to provide, 35 SOLDIERS Photographers without license, 99 Pension for maimed and infirm, 52 Pension for widows of, 98 SPALDING COUNTY Superior Courts for, when held, 71 STATE DEPOSITORIES Number increased, 54 STATE'S PROPERTY Along Western and Atlantic Railroad, 101 STATE SAVINGS AND BANKING COMPANY Charter amended, 122 STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER Reports of, 85 STREET CARS Protection of, 108

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STOCKHOLDERS Liability of, 5 SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS Where brought, 59 SUPERIOR COURTS For Butts county, when held, 71 For Carroll county, when held, 74 For Hancock county, when held, 72 For Henry county, when held, 71 For Lee county, when held, 73 For Monroe county, when held, 71 For Morgan county, when held, 69 For Pike county, when held, 71 For Rabun county, when held, 70 For Rockdale county, when held, 70 For Spalding county, when held, 71 For Troup county, when held, 73 For Upson county, when held, 71 Practice in, 103 Practice in, 65 SUPREME COURT Practice in, 113 SURGEON-GENERAL Office created, 78 T TAXES Direct tax, refunded to claimants, 92 General tax act, 22 To provide sinking fund, 35

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TAX-COLLECTORS Reports of, 89 TAX EXECUTIONS Counties may buy property sold under, 252 TELEGRAMS Penalty for non-delivery, 96 THIRD REGIMENT Organization, 77 TRAVERSE JURY List of, 61 TROUP COUNTY Superior courts for, when held, 73 U UPSON COUNTY Superior courts for, when held, 71

Index to Corporations, Local Laws and Private Laws. A ALBANY Board of Water Commissioners for, 129 Public Schools for, 132 ATLANTA Charter amended, as to street paving, 135 City court of, new terms established, etc., 219 Criminal court of, act creating amended, 221 Water-work bonds, additional authorized, 137 Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, charter amended, 121 AUGUSTA Certain city ordinances confirmed, 197 B BREMEN Corporate limits changed, 175 BRUNSWICK Charter of amended, 213 BRYAN COUNTY County court abolished, 224

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CARLTON Town of incorporated, 186 CARROLLTON Electric Light Plant bonds, election as to, etc., 138 Water-work bonds, 140 CAVE SPRING Amending charter, as to pay of mayor, etc., 143 Amending charter, as to street tax, 142 Registration of voters, 145 CHATHAM COUNTY County commissioners to be elected by people, 230 Election supervisors in, 232 CHESTER, WM., AND WILDER, J. M. Act for relief of, 261 CITY COURT OF ATLANTA New terms established, etc., 219 CITY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY Act creating amended, 221 CITY COURT OF GRIFFIN Act creating amended, 226 CLARKE COUNTY Act creating city court amended, 223 COLUMBUS Corporate limits, act extending amended, 180

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COUNTY COURTS Of Bryan county established, 224 Of Dooly county established, 227 Of Effingham county abolished, 228 Of Jefferson county re-established, 225 Of Macon county, Act as to Solicitor amended, 225 Of Quitman county abolished, 224 COUNTIES MAY BUY PROPERTY Sold under tax executions, 252 CRIMINAL COURT OF ATLANTA Act creating, amended, 221 D DARIEN Act creating Commissionrs for, amended, 173 238 DECATUR COUTY Appointment County Commissioners, 235 DOOLY COUNTY County Court established, 227 Registration law for, 246 E EATONTON Public Schools for, 164 EFFINGHAM COUNTY County Court abolished, 228

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EMERSON Public Schools for, 164 ETNA Town of, incorporated, 177 F FULTON COUNTY Board of Equalizers, compensation for extra service, 259 County Commissioners to be elected by people, 233 G GAINESVILLE Charter amended, 168 GRIFFIN Board of Water and Light Commissioners created, 146 Board of Police Commissioners created, 148 City Court Act amended, 226 H HAWKINSVILLE Corporate limits changed, 151 Corporate name changed, 152 Water works bonds, election as to, etc., 149 J JEFFERSON COUNTY County Court re-established, 225 Registration law repealed, 241 Sale seed cotton, law prohibiting repealed, 260

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JONESBORO Public School Act amended, 196 L LESLIE Town of incorporated, 203 LUMPKIN COUNTY Board of Commissioners abolished, 239 M MACON Occupation of certain streets by the E. T., V. Ga. Ry. legalized. 176 MACON COUNTY Game, protection of, 251 Solicitor county court, Act as to amended, 225 MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. Charter amended, 120 MALLORY, E. T. and F. L. Act for relief of, 263 McINTOSH COUNTY Commissioners for, Act creating amended, 238 Registration law for, 242

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MILLEDGEVILLE BANKING CO. Charter amended, 123 MOUNT VERNON Charter amended, as to punishment of offenders, 166 N NASHVILLE Town of incorporated, 162 NEWNAN School bonds, additional authorized, 156 Water works bonds authorized, 153 NEWTON COUNTY Registration law repealed, 240 O OCONEE COUNTY Registration law for, 247 OMAHA Corporate limits changed, 217 P PLANTERS BANK OF AMERICUS Charter amended, 119

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Q QUITMAN COUNTY County court abolished, 224 R RANDOLPH COUNTY Compensation of election clerks, 258 ROSWELL Public schools for, 181 SAVANNAH Grant by of land to Theatre Company approved, 174 SHELLMAN Corporate limits changed, 211 STATE SAVINGS BANK Charter of, amended, 122 STATHAM Town of, incorporated, 189 STEWART COUNTY Bonds to build courthouse, election as to, etc., 254 T TAX EXECUTIONS Counties may buy property sold under, 252

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TAYLOR COUNTY Registration law for, 243 TOCCOA Issue of school bonds authorized, 208 TROUP COUNTY Clerk to county commissioners, 237 Liquor law amended, 250 TUNNEL HILL Public schools for, 183 W WALESCA Corporate limits changed, 212 WAYCROSS Charter of, amended, 210 WEST END Charter amended, as to street improvements, etc., 158 WEST POINT Issue of certain bonds authorized, 194 WHITFIELD COUNTY Liquor law amended, 249 WILDER, J. M., AND CHESTER, WM. Aid for relief of, 261

Index to Resolutions. Butler, J. T., refunding liquor tax to, 271 Hatch bill, passage recommended, 271 Houston county, certain taxes refunded to, 266 Journals, indexing of, 267 Laws, publication of, 270 Love, J. E., liquor tax refunded to, 267 Military encampment, payment of transportation to, etc., 272 Smith, O. B., and others, liquor tax refunded to, 269 State banks, repeal of tax on requested, 264 State bond, No. 193, payment of, 269 Unfinished business General Assembly, 272 273 Widows, pensions of certain, to be paid, 268

SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR. [ Revised for 1893 by W. H. Harrison. ] ALBANY CIRCUIT. B. B. BOWER, Bainbridge, Ga., Judge; W. N. SPENCE, Camilla, Ga., Solicitor-General. BakerFirst Monday in May and November. CalhounSecond Monday in June and December. DecaturSecond and third Monday in May and November. DoughertyFirst, second and third Monday in April and October. MitchellThird and fourth Monday in March and fourth Monday in November. WorthFourth Monday in April and October. ATLANTA CIRCUIT. M. J. CLARKE, Atlanta, Ga., Judge; C. D. HILL, Atlanta, Ga., Solicitor-General FultonFirst Monday in March and September. AUGUSTA CIRCUIT. H. C. RONEY, Augusta, Ga., Judge; W. H. DAVIS, Waynesboro, Ga., Solicitor-General. BurkeFirst Monday in December and third Monday in May. ColumbiaFourth Monday in March and September. McDuffieThird Monday in March and September. RichmondThird Monday in April and October. BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT. GEO. F. GOBER, Marietta, Ga., Judge; GEORGE R. BROWN, Canton, Ga., Solicitor-General. CherokeeFourth Monday in February and second Monday in September. CobbSecond and third Monday in March and third and fourth Monday in November. DawsonFirst Monday in March and August. FanninFourth Monday in May and third Monday in October. ForsythThird Monday in February and fourth Monday in August. GilmerThird Monday in May and second Monday in October. MiltonFirst Monday in February and third Monday in August. PickensFourth Monday in April and September.

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BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. J. L. SWEAT, Wayeross, Ga., Judge; W. G. BRANTLEY, Brunswick, Ga., Solicitor-General. ApplingSecond Monday in March and October. CamdenTuesday after fourth Monday in April and November. CharltonTuesday after third Monday in April and November. ClinchFirst Monday in March and October. CoffeeTuesday after second Monday in April and November. GlynnFirst Monday in May and December. PierceFourth Monday in March and October. WareFirst Monday in April and November. WayneThird Monday in March and October. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. W. B. BUTT, Columbus, Ga., Judge; S. PRICE GILBERT, Columbus, Ga., Solicitor-General. ChattahoocheeFourth Monday in March and September. HarrisSecond Monday in April and October. MarionFourth Monday in April and October. MuscogeeSecond Monday in May and November. TalbotSecond Monday in March and September. TaylorFourth Monday in February and August. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. THOS. W. MILNER, Cartersville, Ga., Judge; A. W. FITE, Cartersville, Ga., Solicitor-General. BartowSecond Monday in January and July. CatoosaSecond Monday in February and August. DadeThird Monday in March and September. GordonFourth Monday in February and August. MurrayThird Monday in February and August. WhitefieldFirst Monday in April and October. COWETA CIRCUIT. S. W. HARRIS, Carrollton, Ga., Judge; T. A. ATKINSON, Greenville, Ga., Solicitor-General. CampbellFirst Monday in February and August. CarrollFirst Monday in April and October. CowetaFirst Monday in March and September. FayetteThird Monday in March and September HeardFourth Monday in March and September. MeriwetherThird Monday in February and August. TroupFirst Monday in May and November.

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EASTERN CIRCUIT. ROBERT FALLIGANT, Savannah, Ga., Judge; W. W. FRASER, Savannah, Ga., Solicitor-General. ChathamFirst Monday in March, June and December. BryanFirst Monday in May and November. EffinghamSecond Monday in May and November. McIntoshFourth Monday in May and November. LibertyThird Monday in May and November. FLINT CIRCUIT. JAS. S. BOYNTON, Griffin, Ga., Judge; MARCUS W. BECK, Jackson, Ga., Solcitor-General. UpsonFirst Monday in May and third Monday in November. MonroeFirst Monday in February and second Monday in September. SpaldingThird Monday in February and fourth Monday in September. ButtsSecond Monday in March and second Monday in October. PikeFourth Monday in March and third Monday in October. HenryThird Monday in April and Monday after the fourth Monday in October. MACON CIRCUIT. C. L. BARTLETT, Macon, Ga., Judge; W. H. FELTON, Jr., Macoa, Ga., Solicitor-General. CrawfordThird Monday in March and October. HoustonFirst Monday in April and October. BibbThird Monday in April and first Monday in November, and continues as long as necessary. MIDDLE CIRCUIT. ROGER L. GAMBLE, Jr., Louisville, Ga., Judge; B. D. EVANS, Sandersville, Ga., Solicitor-General. BullochFourth Monday in April and October. EmanuelThird Monday in April and October. JeffersonSecond Monday in May and November. JohnsonFourth Monday in March and September. ScrevenThird Monday in May and November. TattnallSecond Monday in April and October. WashingtonFirst Monday in March and September. NORTHEASTERN CIRCUIT. C. J. WELLBORN, Blairsville, Ga., Judge; HOWARD THOMPSON, Gainesville, Ga., Solicitor-General. HallThird Monday in January and July. HabershamFirst Monday in March and September. RabunFourth Monday in February and August. TownsFourth Monday in March and September. WhiteSecond Monday in April and October. LumpkinThird Monday in April and October. UnionFirst Monday in April and October.

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NORTHERN CIRCUIT. HAMILTON MCWHORTER, Lexington, Ga., Judge; W. M. HOWARD, Lexington, Ga., Solicitor General. ElbertSecond Monday in March and September. GlascockThird Monday in February and August. HancockFirst Monday in February and August. HartThird Monday in March and September. LincolnFourth Monday in April and October. MadisonFirst Monday in March and September. OglethorpeThird Monday in April and October. TaliaferroFourth Monday in February and August. WarrenFirst Monday in April and October. WilkesFirst Monday in May and November. OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. WM. F. JENKINS, Eatonton, Ga., Judge; H. G. LEWIS, Greensboro, Ga., Solicitor-General. BaldwinSecond Monday in January and July. GreeneSecond Monday in February and August. JasperFourth Monday in March and September. JonesThird Monday in April and October MorganFirst Monday in March and September. PutnamThird Monday in March and September. WilkinsonFirst Monday in April and October. LaurensFourth Monday in January and July. OCONEE CIRCUIT. C. C. SMITH, Hawkinsville, Ga., Judge; TOM EASON, McRae, Ga., Solicitor-General. DodgeSecond Monday in March and September. IrwinFirst Monday in April and October. MontgomeryFourth Monday in April and Octobor. PulaskiThird Monday in May and November. TelfairThird Monday in April and October. TwiggsSecond Monday in April and October. WilcoxFourth Monday in March and September. PATAULA CIRCUIT. JAS. H. GUERRY, Dawson, Ga., Judge; JAMES M. GRIGGS, Dawson, Ga., Solicitor-General. ClayThird Monday in March and September. EarlyFirst and second Monday in April and October. MillerThird Monday in April and October. QuitmanSecond Monday in March and September. RandolphFirst and Second Monday in May and November TerrellFourth Monday in May and November, and holds two weeks.

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ROME CIRCUIT. W. M. HENRY, Summerville, Ga., Judge; W. J. NUNNALLY, Rome, Ga., Solicitor-General. ChattoogaSecond Monday in March and September. FloydFourth Monday in March and September, and holds four weeks, longer, if necessary. WalkerThird Monday in February and August. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. AUGUSTIN H. HANSELL, Thomasville, Ga., Judge; H. B. PEEPLES, Valdosta, Ga., Solicitor-General. BerrienThird Monday in March and second Monday in October. BrooksFirst Monday in May and November. ColquittFirst Monday in April and Tuesday after third Monday in September. EcholsTuesday after second Monday in March and Tuesday after fourth Monday in September. LowndesThird Monday in May and November. ThomasThird week in April and October. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. W. H. FISH, Oglethorpe, Ga., Judge; C. B. HUDSON, Ellaville, Ga., Solicitor-General. WebsterFirst Monday in April and October. SchleySecond Monday in April and October. StewartThird and fourth Monday in April and October. LeeFirst Monday in March and November. MaconSecond and third Monday in May and November. SumterFourth Monday in May and November, and to continue as long as necessary. DoolySecond and third Monday in March and September. STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT. RICHARD H. CLARK, Atlanta, Ga., Judge; J. S. CANDLER, Atlanta, Ga., Solicitor-General. ClaytonFirst Monday in March and September. DeKalbSecond Monday in February and August. NewtonThird Monday in March and September. RockdaleSecond Monday in April and October. TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT. CHAS. G. JANES, Cedartown, Ga., Judge; A. RICHARDSON, Cedartown, Ga., Solicitor-General. PauldingFirst and second weeks in January and August. HaralsonThird and fourth weeks in January and July. DouglasSecond Monday in February, and third Monday in November. PolkFourth Monday in February and August, and continuing five weeks if necessary.

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WESTERN CIRCUIT. N. L. HUTCHINS, Lawrenceville, Ga., Judge; R. B. RUSSELL, Athens, Ga., Solicitor-General. BanksThird Monday in March and September. ClarkeSecond, third and fourth Monday in April and second Monday in October. OconeeFourth Monday in January and July. FranklinFourth Monday in March and September. GwinnettFirst and second Monday in March and first Momday in September. JacksonFirst and second Monday in February and August. WaltonThird Monday in February and August. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. LOGAN E. BLECKLEY CHIEF JUSTICE. Term to January 1, 1899. THOS. J. SIMMONS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. Term to January 1, 1895. SAML. LUMPKIN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. Term to January 1, 1897. Z. D. HARRISON CLERK. LOGAN BLECKLEY DEPUTY CLERK. HENRY C. PEEPLES REPORTER. GEO. W. STEVENS ASSISTANT REPORTER. J. M. GRAHAM, STENOGRAPHERS. E. H. CUTTS, STENOGRAPHERS. C. L. GLESSNER, STENOGRAPHERS. J. W. VAUGHN SHERIFF. Terms begin first Monday in March and October.

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 ATLANTA: GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER 18930000 English

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 1893. 18930000 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. ATLANTA, GA. GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER. Franklin Publishing House 1894.

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GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER, Atlanta, Ga.

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TABLE OF TITLES. Part I.Public Laws. TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE II.TAXES. TITLE III.CONSTITUTION. TITLE IV.CODE AMENDMENTS. TITLE V.SUPERIOR COURTS. TITLE VI.JUDICIARY. TITLE VII.EDUCATION. TITLE VIII.CORPORATIONS. TITLE IX.MILITARY. TITLE X.MISCELLANEOUS. Part II.Corporations. TITLE I.RAILROADS. TITLE II.BANKS. Part III.Local Laws. TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. TITLE II.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE III.CITY AND COUNTY COURTS. TITLE IV.GAME, ETC. TITLE V.REGISTRATION. TITLE VI.EDUCATION. TITLE VII.ROADS. TITLE VIII.LIQUORS. TITLE IX.MISCELLANEOUS. Part IV.Private Laws. Part V.Resolutions.

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STATUTES OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1898 . Part I.Public Laws. TITLE I.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE II.TAXES. TITLE III.CONSTITUTION. TITLE IV.CODE AMENDMENTS. TITLE V.SUPERIOR COURTS. TITLE VI.JUDICIARY. TITLE VII.EDUCATION. TITLE VIII.CORPORATIONS. TITLE IX.MILITARY. TITLE X.MISCELLANEOUS.

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TITLE I. APPROPRIATIONS. ACTS. To the Georgia School for the Deaf to Cover Deficits. To the State Lunatic Asylum. To the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, to Equip Buildings, etc. To the Georgia Normal and Industrial College. To the Academy for the Blind. To Furnish Office of the Railroad Commission. [Illegible Text] Penalty to Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad. To Pay Public Printer Balance for Printing Report State Geologist. Relief of Wm. D. Ruddle. APPROPRIATION TO THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF TO COVER CERTAIN DEFICITS. No. 192. An Act to appropriate the sum of ($1,505.56) one thousand five hundred and five dollars and fifty-six cents to the Georgia School for the Deaf to cover certain deficits arising in appropriations for repairs, approved December 20th, 1892, and to cover deficit occurring in the support fund for the year 1893, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum

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of ($1,505.56) one thousand five hundred and five dollars and fifty-six cents be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the Georgia School for the Deaf to cover certain deficits arising in certain appropriations for repairs, and in the support fund for the year 1893. $1,505.56 appropriated. To cover deficit in appropriation to increase capacity of standpipe $ 107 66 To cover deficit as to stand pipe. To cover estimated deficit in the appropriation for furnishing dormitory and for repairs to buildings (white department), new blinds for dormitory, new floors, etc. 425 00 As to dormitory and repairs to buildings. To cover deficit arising in the support fund for the Georgia school for the deaf on account of the increased attendance which required a larger expenditure on account of supplies, clothing, etc. 972 90 Deficit in support fund. Total $1,505 56 SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. APPROPRIATION FOR STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. No. 383. An Act to appropriate one hundred thousand dollars for the State Lunatic Asylum, to be used in erecting buildings, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and is, hereby appropriated to the Lunatic Asylum, to be used by the Trustees of said Asylum for the following purposes; for erecting additional buildings and furnishing same. $100,000.00 appropriated to State Lunatic Asylum for new buildings and furniture. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That only fifty thousand dollars of the one hundred thousand dollars appropriated shall be available for the year 1894, and that the remaining fifty thousand dollars be available for the year 1895. $50,000.00 available for 1891, and $50,000.00 for 1895. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That these sums, or any part thereof, may be drawn from the treasury by warrant of the Governor whenever the bills for such buildings have been approved by the Trustees of the Asylum and the Governor. How drawn. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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APPROPRIATION FOR INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. No. 399. An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Georgia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb to construct and equip suitable buildings on the grounds of the Institute at Cave Spring, Georgia, for the instruction of the inmates of said Institute in mechanical and industrial trades and pursuits, to make appropriation therefor, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Trustees of the Georgia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb be, and they are, hereby authorized to construct and equip suitable buildings on the gounds of the Institute at Cave Spring, Georgia, for the instruction of the inmates of said Institute in mechanical and industrial trades and pursuits best suited to their condition and qualifications, such as painting, printing, wood and iron repair work, cabinet work, shoemaking, carpentering, dairying, agriculture, typewriting, and such other trades and pursuits of like kind as they may be suited or qualified to learn and follow, such buildings and equipments not to cost over $5,500. Trustees of Institute for [Illegible Text] and dumb authorized to construct suitable buildings for mechanical and industrial instruction. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said buildings shall be constructed and equipped on plans to be examined and approved by the Board of Trustees of said Institute, and no moneys shall be paid out for the construction or equipment of said buildings until the claims shall have been presented to and approved by the Board of Trustees. When constructed and equipped said buildings shall become and be a part of said Institute and shall be under and subject to the control and management of said Board of Trustees. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees shall provide for the proper instruction and training of the inmates of said Institute in the trades and pursuits aforesaid, and shall fix and prescribe rules and regulations for the management and control of the mechanical and industrial department herein provided for. Trustees to prescribe rules for said department. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand and five hundred ($5,500) dollars, or so much thereof as may be encessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated for the purpose of constructing and equipping suitable buildings for the purposes aforesaid. $5,500.00 appropriated for constructing and equipping said building. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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APPROPRIATION FOR GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. No. 400. An Act to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia the sum of two thousand dollars to be used in repairing the Dormitories of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College; to build bath-rooms and water-closets, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia to be used for building bath-rooms and water-closets for the dormitories of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College and for repairing buildings known as the dormitory buildings. $2,000.00 appropriated to pay for bath rooms and water closets in dormitories of Georgia Normal and Industrial College. SEC. II. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 21st, 1893. APPROPRIATION FOR ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. No. 425. An Act to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to the Academy for the Blind, to be used for the purpose of improving and repairing the buildings of said Institution, and two thousand dollars for the purpose of maintaining the same. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the Academy for the Blind for the purpose of improving and repairing the buildings of said Institution, and two thousand dollars for the purpose of maintaining the same. $2,000.00 appropriated for repairs of academy for the blind. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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APPROPRIATION FOR FURNISHING OFFICE RAILROAD COMMISSION. No. [Illegible Text]. An Act to appropriate one hundred and ten dollars to supply additional fixtures and furniture for the office of the Railroad Commission. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the sum of one hundred and ten ($110) dollars is hereby appropriated to supply additional fixtures and furniture for the office of the Railroad Commission in the Capitol Building, and when the work has been approved by the Keeper of the Public Buildings, the Governor shall draw his warrant on the treasury for said one hundred and ten dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for the work and furniture. $110.00 appropriated to furnish office of Railroad Commission. SEC. II. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 21st, 1893. REFUNDING PENALTY FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND FLORIDA RAILROAD COMPANY. No. 319. An Act to refund to the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad Company, or to the Receiver thereof, five hundred dollars collected by the State from said railroad company as a penalty for non-payment of taxes for the year 1890, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to repay to the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad Company, or to the Receiver of the said railroad company, appointed by the Superior Court of Bibb county, the said amount collected by the State from the said Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad Company as a penalty for failure to pay the taxes levied upon said railroad company for the year 1890, the said amount having been collected and paid on the 16th day of January, 1891; the collection of said penalty having been declared by the Supreme

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Court to be unconstitutional and illegal, and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for said sum of five hundred dollars in favor of said railroad company or the Receiver thereof. Five hundred dollars appropriated. To refund penalty collected for nonpayment of taxes. Governor to draw warrant for same. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893. TO PAY PUBLIC PRINTER BALANCE FOR PRINTING REPORT STATE GEOLOGIST. No. 191. An Act to pay George W. Harrison, Public Printer, four hundred and sixty and [unk] dollars, balance of his account for printing report of the State Geologist. WHEREAS, By the Act approved December 23d, 1892, the sum of one thousand dollars was appropriated for the publication of said report; and Freamble. WHEREAS, The said Harrison, as Public Printer, was ordered by his Excellency, the Governor, to print said report, and his bill for the same amounting to fourteen hundred and sixty and [unk] dollars, has been audited and approved by the Commissioners of Public Printing; and WHEREAS, Only one thousand dollars of said bill has been paid and no appropriation has been made for the payment of said balance; therefore, SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Governor of the State be, and is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State for the sum of four hundred and sixty and [unk] dollars in favor of said George W. Harrison. $160.99 appropriated. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved December 1st, 1893.

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APPROPRIATING MONEY TO REFUND TO W. D. RUDDLE PART OF AMOUNT PAID FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. No. 354. An Act for the relief of William D. Ruddle, of the county of Dawson, by refunding to him part of the amount paid by him for liquor license to the State. WHEREAS, William D. Ruddle, of the county of Dawson, did on the 2d day of January, 1891, obtain from the proper authorities of the State a license to sell liquors in quantities of a gallon or more near Cumming in the county of Forsyth, paying therefor the sum of fifty dollars; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Said Ruddle did sell at a certain place, in said county of Forsyth, believing that he was selling in compliance with law, and WHEREAS, By an Act of the Legislature approved December 24th, 1890, the penalties attached for the violation of the retail liquor laws were made applicable to dealers who sell in any quantity whatever; and WHEREAS, The passage of said Act of December 24th, 1890, was unknown to the said Ruddle, and the county authorities of said county of Forsyth, who issued to him said license; and WHEREAS, Said Ruddle had no intention to evade or violate said law, and as soon as he was informed that such was the law, he ceased to sell under said license, having sold under the same only forty-two days, and has not since used said license; therefore, Resolved , By the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that the sum of forty-four dollars and seventeen cents be appropriated to the said William D. Ruddle, and that the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to pay the same upon the warrant of the Governor. Appropriation [Illegible Text] Approved December 20th, 1893.

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TITLE II . TAXES. ACTS. Amending General Tax Act as to Time for Fixing Date for Tax Returns. Amending General Tax Act as to Agents of Brewing Companies. Amending General Tax Act as to Agents Industrial Life Insurance Campanies. AMENDING GENERAL TAX ACT AS TO TIME FOR FIXING DATE FOR TAX RETURNS. No. 362. An Act to amend the General Tax Act of 1893-1894, approved December 23d, 1892, as contained in the published laws of 1892, on pages 22 to 34 inclusive, so as to strike out from section 19, on page 34 of said published laws of 1892 the word April in line two of section 19, and insert in lieu thereof the word March; also to strike out the words after April in line six of the same section and insert in lieu thereof the word March, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the General Tax Act of 1893-1894, approved December 23d, 1892, as contained in the published laws of 1892, on pages 22 to 34 inclusive, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out from section 19, on page 34 of said published laws of 1892, the word April in line two and inserting in lieu thereof the word March; also by striking out from the same section in line six the words after April and inserting in lieu thereof the word March, so that said section 19, as amended, shall read as follows: That immediately after the first day of March of each of the years 1893 and 1894, the Governor, Comptroller-General and State Treasurer shall fix a day between January first and April first of each of the years 1893 and 1894 as a day for making a return

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of taxes instead of April the first, which day shall not be fixed until March the first of each of the years 1893 and 1894. General tax act amended. Immediately after first of March time for tax returns to be fixed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING GENERAL TAX ACT OF 1893-1894 AS TO TAX UPON AGENTS OF BREWING COMPANIES. No. 215. An Act to amend the General Tax Act of 1893-1894, approved December 23d, 1892, as contained in the published laws of 1892, on pages 22 to 34 inclusive, so as to strike out from paragraph 23 of section 2, on page 26 of said published laws of 1892, the following words, and upon each agent of non-resident brewing companies, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the General Tax Act of 1893-1894, approved December 23d, 1892, as contained in the published laws of 1892, on pages 22 to 34 inclusive, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out from paragraph 23 of section 2 on page 26 of srid published laws of 1892 the following words, to wit: and upon each agent of non-resident brewing companies, so that said paragraph, as amended, shall read as follows: Upon all brewing companies two hundred dollars. Par. 23 of Section 2 of tax Act for 1893-94 amended. Provision as to agent non-resident brewing companies stricken. SEC. II. Be [Illegible Text] further enacted [Illegible Text] all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILERThe paragraph amended by this Act provided for a tax upon all brewing companies, and upon each agent of non-resident brewing companies, of two hundred dollars.

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AMENDING GENERAL TAX ACT OF DECEMBER 23d, 1892, AS TO AGENTS INDUSTRIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. No. 313. An Act to amend the General Tax Act for the years 1893-94, approved December 23d, 1892, so as to provide that the requirements of the ninth paragraph of the second section of said Act shall not apply to agents of industrial life insurance companies, and for other purpose. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the General Tax Act providing for the levy and collection of a tax for the support of the State government and the public institutions, etc., for the years 1893 and 1894, approved December 23d, 1892, and published in laws of said last named year, on pages 22 to 34 inclusive, be amended as follows, to wit, by adding to the provisions of the ninth paragraph of the second section of said Act, on page 24 of said volume, the following additional proviso, to wit: provided further , that this tax shall not be required of agents of industrial life insurance companies writing what is known as industrial life insurance, premiums on which are payable in weekly installments not exceeding $1.05 per week, so that the proviso of said paragraph of said section, when so amended, shall read as follows, to wit: provided , that this tax shall not be required of agents of assessment life insurance companies or mutual aid societies; provided further , that railroad ticket agents selling accident insurance tickets shall not be deemed insurance agents in the sense of this section, and this section shall not apply to railroad agents selling accident insurance tickets, and that railroad ticket agents who sell accident insurance tickets shall not be required to pay the said tax; provided further , that this tax shall not be required of agents of industrial life insurance companies writing what is known as industrial life insurance, premiums on which are payable in weekly installments not exceeding $1.05 per week. Ninth paragraph second section Act of Dec. 23, 1892, amended. Tax not required of agents of industrial life insurance companies. Paragraph as amended. SEC. II. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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TITLE III . CONSTITUTION. ACTS. Increase in Number of Justices of the Supreme Court. Relief of Confederate Soldiers. General Assembly, Changing Time of Meeting. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT. No. 194. An Act to amend paragraph 1 of section 2 of article 4 of the Constitution of this State, so as to increase the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of this State from three to five, to consist of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Constitution of the State be amended by adding after the words Chief Justice, in the second line of the first paragraph of section 2, article 4 thereof, the words and four Associate Justices, in lieu of the words in said line and two Associate Justices, so that said paragraph, when amended, shall read: The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. A majority of the court shall constitute a quorum. Number of Justices increased to five. Paragraph of constitution as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each congressional district in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election. Publication of proposed amendment.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication, as provided for in the second section of this Act, in the several election districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: For ratification of the amendment of paragraph 1 of section 2 of article 6 of the Constitution, and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: Against ratification of the amendment of paragraph 1 of section 2 of article 6 of the Constitution. Submission to the people. Qualification of voters. Ballots. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in the first section of this Act to a vote of the people as required by the Constitution of this State, in paragraph 1 of section 1 of article 13, and by this Act, and, if ratified, the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the same manner as in cases of elections for members of the General Assembly to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified. Declaration of result of election. SEC. V. If the amendment to the Constitution provided by this Act shall be agreed to by the General Assembly and ratified by the people as provided by the Constitution and this Act, then it shall be the duty of the General Assembly of this State convening next after such ratification, to proceed to elect (after the proclamation of the Governor as provided in section 4 of this Act) two additional Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, one of whom shall hold said office for six years, and the other for five years, from the first day of January, 1895, and until their successors are elected and qualified, but all subsequent elections for said office shall be for six years. Election of two additional Justices. Terms of office. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893.

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AMENDING ARTICLE 7, SECTION 1, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION AS TO RELIEF OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. No. 317. An Act to amend section 1, article 7, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to extend the provisions of said section, article and paragraph to all Confederate soldiers [Illegible Text] by reason of age and poverty, or infirmity and poverty [Illegible Text] blindness and poverty, are unable to provide [Illegible Text] for themselves, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1, article 7, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Georgia be, and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word service and before the word and in the thirteenth line of said paragraph the following words, to wit: or who, by reason of age and poverty, or infirmity and poverty or blindness and poverty, are unable to provide a living for themselves, so that said section, article and paragraph, when amended shall read as follows: Section 1, paragraph 1. The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes only: For the support of the State Government and the public institutions; for educational purposes, instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only; to pay the interest of the public debt; to pay the principal of the public debt; to suppress insurrection to repel invasion, and defend the State in time of war; to supply the soldiers who lost a limb or limbs in the military service of the Confederate States with substantial artificial limbs during [Illegible Text] and to make suitable provisions for such Confederate soldiers as may have been otherwise disabled or permanently injured in such service, or who, by reason of age and poverty, or infirmity and [Illegible Text] or blindness and poverty, are unable to provide a living for themselves; and for the widows of such Confederate soldiers as may have died in the service of the Confederate States, or since, from wounds received therein or disease contracted therein. Provisions of paragraph extended soldiers disabled by age and poverty, infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty. Paragraph amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That if this amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly, of each House, the same shall be entered on their Journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in

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each congressional district for two months immediately preceding the next general election, and the same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election, and the voters thereat shall have written or printed or their tickets For ratification, or Against ratification, as they may choose; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the next General Assembly, voting, shall vote in favor of ratification, then said amendment shall become a part of said article 7, section 1, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Publication of this amendment. Submission to the people. Ballots. Qualifications of voters. Result. Proclamation. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893. CONSTITUTIONGENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEETING OF. No. 409. An Act to amend article 3, section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of 1877 by striking out the word October in the third line after the word in and before the figures 1878, and substituting therefor the word July, and the manner of submitting the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after January 1, 1895, article 3, section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of 1877, be altered and amended by striking out the word October in the third line after the word in and before the figures 1878, and substituting therefor the word July, so that said paragraph, when amended, shall read as follows, viz.: The first meeting of the General Assembly after the ratification of this Constitution shall be on the fourth Wednesday in July, 1878, and annually thereafter on the same day, until the day shall be changed by law. Legislature will meet annually on the 4th Wednesday in July, if this amendment of constitution be ratified. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That if this amendment be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses, the same shall be entered on their Journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in one or more newspapers in each congressional district for two months previous to the next general election, and the same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election, and the legal voters at said election shall have written

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or printed on their tickets, For ratification or Against ratification, as they may choose to vote; and if a majority of the qualified electors shall vote in favor of ratification said amendment shall become a part of said article 3, section 4, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Ratification. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 21st, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILER.When and how the Governor is to make proclamation as to ratification of this proposed amendment of the Constitution is not prescribed. Qu[aelig]re: When will this Act take effect and when will the Legislature elected at the next general election meet?

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TITLE IV . CODE AMENDMENTS. ACTS. Amending Sections 282 and 283(f) as to Jurisdiction County Courts. Amending Sections 452 as to Transfer of Suits in Justice Courts. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depositories in various cities. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depositories in Forsyth, Jefferson and Washington. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depositories in Fort Gaines and Forsyth. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depository in Carrollton. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depository in Quitman. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depository in Greenville. Amending Sections 943(a), State Depository in Covington. Amending Section 1285 as to Election Precinets. Amending Section 1328 as to Constable's Elections. Amending Section 1349 as to Reports Trustees Lunatic Asylum. Amending Section 1589 as to Weights and Measures. Amending Section 1675 as to Recognition Foreign Corporations. Amending Section 1675(a) as to Ownership of Land by Foreign Corporations. Amending Section 1979 as to Liens of Mechanics and Material Men. Amending Section 2237 as to Making Shares in certain Corporations Personalty. Amending Section 2618 as to Transfer of Stock, etc., by Foreign Guardians, etc. Amending Section 2706 as to Record of Deeds. Amending Section 3845 as to Mileage Witnesses in Criminal Cases. Amending Section 4371 as to Seductions. Amending Section 4435 as to Embezzlement by County Treasurer. Amending Section 4662 as to Death by Hanging. AMENDING SECTIONS 282 AND 283(f) OF THE CODE AS TO JURISDICTION COUNTY COURTS IN CIVIL CASES. No. 350. An Act to amend paragraph 1 of sections 282 and 283(f) of the Code, increasing the jurisdiction of the County Courts of the State in civil cases. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That paragraph 1 of section 282 of the Code be, and is, hereby amended by striking out the figures $300.00 wherever they occur in said paragraph

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and insert in lieu thereof the figures $500.00, so that said paragraph, when amended, shall read as follows: 1. The jurisdiction of the County Courts shall extend in the county town, district or districts to all civil cases of contract or tort (save where exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Superior Court) where the principal sum claimed, in cases of contract or damages in cases of tort, does not exceed $500.00, and over the remainder of the county, when the principal sum aforesaid does not exceed $500.00 nor is less than $50.00. Sec. 282 of the Code amended. So as to give jurisdiction over cases not involving more than $500.00. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That section 283(f) be, and is, hereby amended by striking out the words three hundred in the sixth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words five hundred, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: At the monthly session said court may entertain jurisdiction of issues on distress warrants, and of suits, in which the amount of the principal, or of damages claimed, does not exceed one hundred dollars, and at the quarterly sessions it shall have jurisdiction of issues on distress warrants and suits wherein such amount is not more than five hundred dollars. Claims, illegalities, and other defences to the proceedings of executions from said court shall be tried at at such session as had jurisdiction of the suit whence the execution issued, or the amount of principal originally named in the execution. Amending Sec. 283(f) of the Code. So as to extend jurisdiction over cases not involving more than $500.00. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 452 OF THE CODE AS TO TRANSFER OF SUITS IN JUSTICES' COURTS. No. 349. An Act to amend section 452 of the Code of Georgia by inserting in the third line, between the words preside and such, the words or competent juries to try such cases. and by adding at the end of said section the words or upon the fact being made to appear to the court by affidavit of either party to such suits. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That from and after the passage of this Act section 452 of the Code of Georgia be amended by inserting in the third line thereof, between the words preside and such, the words or competent juries to try such cases, and by adding at the end of said section the words or upon the fact being

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made to appear to the court by affidavit of either party to such suits, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Suit may be transferred. If suits are already commenced and are suspended for want of a Justice of the Peace to preside or competent jury to try such cases, such suits shall be removed to the adjoining districts, unless the evil is removed within sixty days, or upon the fact being made to appear to the court by affidavit of either party to such suits. Sec. 452 of the Code amended. Transfer made where no competent jury. When to be made. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. PROVIDING FOR STATE DEPOSITORIES IN MILLEN, WARRENTON, CARROLLTON, ELBERTON, MONTICELLO, FORT GAINES, CEDARTOWN, JACKSON, HARMONY GROVE, THOMASTON AND DALTON. No. 379. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection by the Governor of Georgia of banks in certain cities therein named, to be known and designated as State depositories, so as to add to the cities named in said section the cities of Valdosta, Milledgeville, Darien, Dawson and Cordele, and for other purposes, approved October 19th, 1889; also the Act amendatory thereof, adding the cities of Marietta and Richland, and for other purposes, approved December 17th, 1892, so as to add to the cities named in said Act the cities of Millen, Warrenton, Carrollton, Elberton, Monticello, Fort Gaines, Cedartown, Jackson, Harmony Grove, Thomaston and Dalton, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the cities of Millen, Warrenton, Carrollton, Elberton, Monticello, Fort Gaines, Cedartown, Jackson, Harmony Grove, Thomaston and Dalton be added to the list of cities named in said amended Act, so that said Act, as amended, shall read as follows: The Governor of the State of Georgia shall name and appoint a solvent chartered bank of good standing and credit in each of the following cities, to wit: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Americus, Albany, Hawkinsville, Gainesville, Griffin, LaGrange, Thomasville, Newnan, Cartersville, Dalton, Valdosta, Milledgeville,

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Darien, Dawson, Cordele, Marietta, Richland, Millen, Warrenton, Carrollton, Elberton, Monticello, Fort Gaines, Cedartown, Jackson, Harmony Grove, Thomaston and Dalton, which shall be known and designated as State depositories. State depositories provided for in various cities. Act as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 943(a) OF THE CODE, STATE DEPOSITORIES IN FORSYTH, JEFFERSON AND WASHINGTON. No. 394. An Act to amend section one (1) of the Act providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, approved October 16th, 1879, and codified as section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, and the Acts amendatory thereof, so as to add the city of Jackson, Butts county, city of Forsyth, county of Monroe, Jefferson, in Jackson county, and Washington, in Wilkes county, to the list of such cities, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That section one (1) of the Act providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, approved October 16th, 1879, and codified as section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, and the Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby so amended as to add the city of Jackson, Butts county, city of Forsyth, county of Monroe, Jefferson, in Jackson county, and Washington, in Wilkes county, to the list of such cities. Cities of Jackson, Forsyth, Jefferson and Washington added to list. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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AMENDING SECTION 943(a) OF THE CODE BY PROVIDING FOR DEPOSITORY IN FORT GAINES AND FORSYTH. No. 299. An Act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection by the Governor of Georgia of banks in certain cities therein named, to be known and designated as State depositories, so as to add to the cities named in said section and the Acts amendatory thereof, by adding the city of Fort Gaines, in the county of Clay, and the city of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe, in said State. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the city of Fort Gaines and the city of Forsyth be added to the list of cities named in said above inscribed section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: The Governor of the State of Georgia shall name and appoint a solvent chartered bank of good standing and credit in such of the following cities of this State, to wit: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Americus, Hawkinsville, Gainesville, Griffin, LaGrange, Thomasville, Newnan, Cartersville, Dalton, Fort Gaines and Forsyth, which shall be known and designated as State depositories. Fort Gaines and Forsyth added. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 943(a) OF THE CODE BY PROVIDING FOR DEPOSITORY IN CARROLLTON. No. 298. An Act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, and the Acts amendatory thereof, so as to add the city of Carrollton, Carroll county, Georgia, to the list of cities. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, providing for

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the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named, as State depositories, and the Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are hereby, so amended as to add the city of Carrollton, in Carroll county, Georgia, to the list of such cities. Depository in Carrollton provided for. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 943(a) OF THE CODE BY PROVIDING FOR DEPOSITORY IN QUITMAN. No. 295. An Act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of Georgia of 1882, providing for the selection by the Governor of Georgia of banks in certain cities therein named, to be known and designated as State depositories, so as to add to the cities named in said section, and the Acts amendatory thereof, by adding the city of Quitman, in the county of Brooks in said State. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the city of Quitman be added to the list of cities named in said above described section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: The Governor of said State of Georgia shall name and appoint a solvent chartered bank of good standing and credit in each of the following cities of the State, to wit: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Americus, Albany, Hawkinsville, Gainesville, Griffin, LaGrange, Thomasville, Newnan, Cartersville, Dalton and Quitman, which shall be known and designated as State depositories. Depository in Quitman provided for Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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AMENDING SECTION 943(a) OF THE CODE BY PROVIDING FOR DEPOSITORY IN GREENVILLE. No. 292. An Act to amend section 1 of the Act providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, approved October 16th, 1879, and codified as section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, and the Acts amendatory thereof, so as to add the city of Greenville, Meriwether county, to the list of such cities, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That section 1 of the Act providing for the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities therein named as State depositories, approved October 16th, 1879, and codified as section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, and the Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby so amended as to add the city of Greenville, Meriwether county, to the list of such cities. Depository in Greenville provided for. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 943(a) OF THE CODE BY MAKING A BANK IN COVINGTON ONE OF THE STATE DEPOSITORIES. No. 164. An Act to amend section 943(a) of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1882, as amended by various Acts providing for the selection by the Governor of Georgia of banks in certain cities therein named to be known as and designated as State depositories, so as to add to the cities named in said section and the Acts amendatory thereof the city of Covington, in Newton county, Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the city of Covington, in Newton county, be added to the list of cities named in said above described section 943(a) of the Code of 1882, and the amendments

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thereto, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: The Governor of the State of Georgia shall name and appoint a solvent chartered bank of good standing and credit in each of the following cities of the State, to wit: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Rome, Americus, Albany, Hawkinsville, Gainsville, Griffin, LaGrange, Thomasville, Newnan, Cartersville, Dalton, Valdosta, Milledgeville, Darien, Dawson, Cordele, Marietta, Richland and Covington, which shall be known and designated as State depositories. Covington added to list of cities named in section. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 1285 OF THE CODE AS TO ELECTION PRECINCTS. No. 273. An Act to amend section 1285 of the Code relating to the places of holding elections, so as to provide for the establishment of more than one election precinct in certain militia districts. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1285 of the Code of 1882, which relates to the place of holding elections, be amended by inserting after the word district, in the fifth line of said section, the following, to wit: Except in militia districts lying in whole or in part in incorporated cities, towns and villages, in which militia districts as many precincts may be established as may be necessary and convenient for the holding of such elections, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Such elections shall be held at the courthouses of the respective counties, and if no courthouse, at some place within the limits of the county site, and at the several election precincts thereof, if any established or to be established. Said precincts must not exceed one in each militia district except in militia districts lying in whole or in part in incorporated cities, towns and villages, in which militia districts as many precints may be established as may be necessary and convenient for the holding of such elections. Such precincts are established, changed or abolished by the Ordinaries at a regular term of their court, descriptions of which must be entered on the minutes at the time. Election precinctsnumber increased by amending Sec. 1285 of the Code. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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AMENDING SECTION 1328 OF THE CODE AS TO CONSTABLE'S ELECTIONS. No. 302. An Act to amend section 1328 of the Code of 1882 by striking from said section the following words: A Justice of the Peace must be one of the persons presiding at a Constable's election, if there is one in commission to be had, and he is not a candidate at the same election. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 1328 of the Code of 1882 be amended by striking from said section the following words: A Justice of the Peace must be one of the persons presiding at a Constable's election, if there is one in commission to be had, and he is not a candidate at the same election, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Who to preside at Constable's elections. Their elections are to be conducted in the same manner as those of Justices of the Peace, with the exceptions that the returns must be made to the Ordinary of the county. Not necessary to have Justice of the Peace preside at constable's elections. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith be repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 1349 OF THE CODE AS TO TIME FOR MAKING REPORT OF TRUSTEES LUNATIC ASYLUM. No. 174. An Act to amend section 1349 of the Code of Georgia of 1882 by striking out of the second line of said section the word October and inserting in lieu thereof the word September, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1349 of the Code of Georgia of 1882 be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out of the second line of said section the word October and inserting in lieu thereof the word September, so that said section, when so amended, will read as follows: At the close of each fiscal year, which terminates on the

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first day of September, the Trustees shall make to the Governor, to be by him laid before the General Assembly, in connection with his annual message, a full report of the condition of the Asylum, in all its departments (embracing the amount of each kind of provisions, drugs, clothing and bedding purchased; of whom purchased, price paid and aggregate cost; number of persons received, died and discharged; dates of reception, discharge and death; male and female, pauper and pay patients, and partial pay, if any; and also whether payment was made in clothing, provisions or currency). Sec. 1349 of the Code amended. Time for report changed from October 1st to September 1st. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 1589 OF THE CODE AS TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. No. 346. An Act to amend section 1589 of the Code of 1882 in reference to weights and measures by inserting certain words therein, so as to reduce the penalty for violating the same, and by adding a proviso thereto, so as to exempt certain persons from the provisions of said section. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act section 1589 of the Code of 1882 be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows, by inserting in said section after the word collect and before the words any account the words more than three-fourths of, and by adding at the close of said section the following proviso, to wit: Provided , this section shall not apply to any person selling by weights and measures who has applied to the Ordinary of his county and found that the county has not been supplied with the necessary standards for testing weights and measures, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows, to wit: All persons engaged in selling by weights and measures shall apply to the Ordinaries of their respective counties and have their weights and measures so marked, and in default thereof shall not collect more than three-fourths of any account, note or other writing, the consideration of which is any commodity sold by their weights and measures, provided , this section shall not apply to any person selling by weights and measures who has applied to the Ordinary of his county and found that

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the county has not been supplied with the necessary standards for testing weights and measures. Sec. 1589 amended. Penalty for failure to have weights and measures marked, reduced. Section not to apply to one applying to ordinary, where county not supplied with standards. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 1675 OF THE CODE AS TO RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS BY COMITY. No. 214. An Act to amend section 1675 of the Code, providing for the recognition of foreign corporations by comity, by prohibiting to such foreign corporations the exercise within this State of any corporate powers or privileges which, by the Constitution or laws of this State, or by the public policy of this State, are denied to corporations created by the laws of this State, to enforce the prevention of the exercise of such powers, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 1675 of the Code of Georgia, relative to the recognition of foreign corporations by comity in this State, be amended by adding thereto the following, to constitute a part thereof: But no foreign corporation shall exercise within this State any corporate powers or privileges which by the Constitution or laws of Georgia are denied or prohibited to corporations created by this State, or the exercise of which is contrary to the public policy of this State, anything in the charter or corporate powers of the said foreign corporation to the contrary notwithstanding. Whenever any foreign corporation shall exercise or attempt to exercise within this State any corporate power or privilege denied or prohibited to corporations created by this State, by the Constitution or laws of this State, or contrary to the public policy of this State, it shall be the duty of the courts to declare said corporate powers or privileges invalid and of no force or effect within this State, and to restrain or prohibit by appropriate process, order or judgment, the exercise of said corporate powers or privileges by said foreign corporation at the instance of any party at interest, or at the instance of the Attorney-General, when the latter shall be directed by the Governor to proceed to that end in the name of the State. Addition made to Sec. 1675 of the Code. Foreign corporations may not exercise powers or privilege denied or prohibited to home corporations, etc. Penalty. Who may proceed to enforce penalty. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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AMENDING SECTION 1675(a) OF THE CODE AS TO OWNERSHIP OF LAND BY FOREIGN CORPORATIONS. No. 306. An Act to amend section 1675(a) of the Code of Georgia by adding thereto the following proviso: provided , that this section shall not apply to any foreign corporation or any corporation incorporated by the laws of any other State, engaged in the business of lending money on real estate security, nor to any such corporation which, holding a lien upon real estate to secure the payment of any debt, when said corporation, in order to prevent loss, is compelled to become the purchaser of lands covered by deed or mortgage to secure a loan, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 1675(a) of the Code be, and is, hereby amended by adding thereto the following proviso: provided , that this section shall not apply to any foreign corporation or any corporation incorporated by the laws of any other State, engaged in the business of lending money on real estate security, nor to any such corporation which, holding a lien upon real estate to secure the payment of any debt, when said corporation, in order to prevent loss, is compelled to become the purchaser of lands covered by deed or mortgage to secure a loan, so that said section, as amended, will read as follows: Any foreign corporation or corporations incorporated by the laws of any other State, and claiming to own lands in Georgia in quantity amounting to as much as five thousand acres, shall be incorporated by the laws of Georgia within twelve months after February 28th, 1877; and on their failing to do so the State of Georgia will not consent to the said corporation owning the said lands so located in her territory. And any foreign corporation or corporations hereafter incorporated by the laws of other States, who shall claim to own lands in the State of Georgia in quantity amounting to five thousand acres or upwards, shall become incorporated by the laws of the State of Georgia, and in default thereof Georgia will not consent that said foreign corporation or corporations incorporated by the laws of another State shall own said lands in her territory; and no foreign corporation or corporations incorporated by the laws of another State shall own more than five thousand acres of land except upon the condition aforesaid, of becoming a corporation under the laws of Georgia; provided , that this section shall not apply to any foreign corporation, or

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any corporation incorporated by the laws of any other State, engaged in the business of lending money on real estate security, nor to any such corporation which holding a lien upon real estate to secure the payment of any debt, when said corporation, in order to prevent loss, is compelled to become the purchaser of lands, covered by deed or mortgage to secure a loan; and provided further , that the provisions of this law shall not apply to any foreign corporation which loans money in this State at a greater rate of interest than eight per cent. per annum, which eight per cent. shall include not only the interest actually charged, but also commissions of agents or persons negotiating such loans; and provided further , that the provisions of this Act shall only apply to loans made after the 1st January, 1894. Section not to apply where corporation in business of lending money on realty. Nor where it held lien or realty to secure debt and buys to escape loss. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 1979 OF THE CODE AS TO LIENS OF MECHANICS AND MATERIAL MEN. No. 282. An Act to amend section 1979 of the Code, which provides for a lien in favor of mechanics of every sort and material men for work done or material furnished in building, repairing or improving real estate by striking out all of said section from the words as against such true owner in the sixteenth line of said section, providing in lieu thereof for a lien of 25 per cent. of the the contract price of the work done or material furnished, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1979 of the Code of Georgia be amended by striking out all of said section after the words as against such true owner in the sixteenth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: for a lien for 25 per cent. of the contract price of the work done or material furnished for the improvement of said real estate, upon written notice given to him of the amount of work done or material furnished, said notice to be given within thirty days of the completion of the work or the furnishing of the material. Lien as against owner (where work done or material furnished other than owner) only extends to 25 per cent. of contract price. Notice to be given within 30 days.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 1979. Liens of mechanics, etc. All mechanics of every sort, who have taken no personal security therefor, shall, for work done and material furnished in building, repairing or improving any real estate of their employers; all contractors, material men and persons furnishing material for the improvement of real estate; all contractors for building factories, furnishing material for the same, or furnishing machinery for the same; and all machinist and manufacturers of machinery, including corporations engaged in such business, who may furnish or put up in any county of this State, any steam mill or other machinery, or who may repair the same, and all contractors to build railroads, shall each have a special lien on such real estate, factories or railroads, when work done or material furnished for the improvement of real estate is done or may be furnished upon the employment of a contractor, or some other person than the owner, then and in that case the lien given by this section shall attach upon the real estate improved, as against such true owners for a lien for 25 per cent. of the contract price of the work done or material furnished for the improvement of said real estate, upon written notice given to him for the amount of work done or material furnished. Said notice to be given within thirty days of the completion of the work or the furnishing of the material. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 2237 OF THE CODE MAKING SHARES IN CERTAIN CORPORATIONS PERSONALTY. No. 224. An Act to amend section 2237 of the Code of Georgia as amended by the Act of September 25th, 1883, so that shares of stocks in incorporated companies shall be deemed personalty, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 2237 of the Code of Georgia, as amended by the Act of September 25th, 1883, be amended by striking out all of said section after the word personalty in the sixth line thereof, so that said section,

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when amended, shall read as follows, to wit: Personalty, or personal estate, includes all such property as is movable in its nature; in fact everything having value inherent in itself, or the representative of value, and not included in the definition of realty. Stocks representing shares in an incorporated company holding lands or a franchise in or over lands are personalty. Code Sec. 2237 as amended by Act Sept. 25, 1883, amended. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILERSection 2237 of the Code contained, before the passage of this Act, an exception as to mining and manufacturing companies, whose principal investments are in realty and machinery attached thereto. The section was amended by the Act of September 25th, 1883, by providing that shares in manufacturing companies might be transferred as personalty. AMENDING SECTION 2618 OF THE CODE, SO THAT FOREIGN EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND GUARDIANS MAY TRANSFER STOCKS, DRAW DIVIDENDS, ETC. No. 305. An Act to amend section 2618 of the Code of Georgia, so as to permit foreign executors, administrators and guardians to transfer stocks and draw dividends and deposits, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 2618 of the Code of Georgia be amended as follows: By inserting after the word administrator in the second line, the words or foreign guardian, and by striking out the words bank stock in the second line and inserting in lieu thereof the the words the stock of any bank or other corporation in this State; inserting after the word decedent in the third line the words or ward, and inserting after the word bank in the fourth line the words or corporation, and inserting at the end of the section the words, provided, however , that no stock shall be transferred until the foreign executor, administrator or guardian shall have given notice once a week for four weeks in the paper in which Sheriff's notices are published in the county of the principal office of the corporation, of his intention to make said transfer, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows, to wit: Transfer of stock, etc. Such foreign executor or administrator or foreign guardian may transfer the stock of any bank or other corporation in this State standing in the name of the decedent or

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ward and check for deposits made by him and dividends declared on his stock, first filing with the bank or corporation a certified copy of his appointment and qualification; provided, however , that no stock shall be transferred until the foreign executor, administrator or guardian shall have given notice once a week for four weeks in the paper in which the Sheriff's notices are published in the county of the principal office of the corporation of his intention to make said transfer. Foreign executors, administrators and guardians may transfer stock and draw dividends or deposits. No stock transferred until publication of intention to make transfer. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 2706 OF THE CODE AS TO RECORD OF DEEDS. No. 286. An Act to amend section 2706 of the Code of 1882 to authorize the record of deeds to realty or personalty when executed out of this State, by adding after the word Georgia in the third line the words, or Notary Public or a Clerk of a Court of Record, and by striking out all of said section after the word fact in the fifth line to the word if in the eighth line, so that said section, as amended, [Illegible Text] read as follows, to wit: SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That to authorize the record of a deed to realty or personalty, it must be attested by or acknowledged before, if executed out of the State, a Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Georgia, Notary Public, Clerk of a Court of Record, or a Consul or Vice-Consul of the United States (the certificate of these officers under their seals being evidence of the fact). When the deed is executed before a Notary Public the certificate of a Clerk of a Court of Record, under seal of the court, shall be attached, showing that said Notary is regularly commissioned and authorized by law to attest deeds. If executed in this State, it must be attested by a Judge of a Court of Record of this State, or a Justice of the Peace, or Notary Public, or Clerk of the Superior Court, in the county in which the three last mentioned officers respectively hold their appointment, or if subsequent to its execution the deed is acknowledged in the presence of either of the named officers, that fact, certified on the deed by such officer, shall entitle it to be recorded. Deeds executed out of the State admitted to record when attested by a Notary Public or Clerk of a Court of record, etc. Section as amended. When deed executed before Notary Public it must appear that he is authorized to attest deeds. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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AMENDING SECTION 3845 OF THE CODE AS TO MILEAGE OF WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL CASES. No. 309. An Act to amend section 3845 of the Code of 1882 by striking therefrom after the word and in the fourth line thereof the words two dollars for each thirty miles travelled, and inserting in lieu thereof the words their actual travelling expenses, not to exceed four cents per mile, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 3845 of theCode of 1882 be amended by striking therefrom after the word and in the fourth line thereof the words two dollars for each thirty miles travelled, and inserting in lieu thereof the words their actual travelling expenses, not to exceed four cents per mile, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Witnesses for the State in criminal prosecutions in the Superior Courts, attending in a different county from that of their residence, shall receive each two dollars per day during their attendance, and their actual travelling expenses, not to exceed four cents per mile in going and returning, verified on witness's subp[oelig]na, which said verification shall distinctly set forth the days of the month on which the attendance and service were performed, and the number of miles travelled, which said attendance, service and mileage shall be certified to by the Solicitor-General of the circuit after the case has been tried or disposed of for the term; and after this is done the amount so proved to be due shall be paid out of the county funds. In case of conviction the amount chargeable against the county shall be taxed in the bill of costs. But no subp[oelig]nas for a non-resident witness for the State shall be issued unless the same shall be signed by the Clerk of the court and the Solicitor-General of the circuit; provided , that non-resident witnesses for the State, who have been subp[oelig]naed as such in more than one case, shall receive mileage on going to and returning from the court from which subp[oelig]na or subp[oelig]nas issued as though subp[oelig]naed in one case only, but shall receive the per diem pay now allowed by law for each day's attendance on the court as a witness for the State in any criminal case pending in said court; provided further , that in those counties where the law requires that the County Commissioners of the county shall approve its accounts, this section shall not alter the name; provided further , that this section shall not be construed to repeal any local law on the subject of paying

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witnesses. The foregoing provisions of said section shall apply to defendant's witnesses when in the discretion of the presiding judge the end of justice may demand it. Only actual traveling expenses allowed. Not to exceed four cents per mile. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 4371 OF THE CODE AS TO SEDUCTIONS. No. 328. An Act to amend section 4371 of the Code of 1882 in reference to Seductions. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the [Illegible Text] of this Act section of the Code of Georgia 4371 be amended by adding at the end of said section, after the word seducer in the last line, the following words: provided , that the seducer shall at the time of obtaining the marriage certificate from the Ordinary of the county of the residence of the female seduced, give a good and sufficient bond in such sum as said Ordinary may deem reasonable and just, taking into consideration the condition of the parties, payable to such Ordinary and his successors in office, conditioned for the maintenance and support of said female and her child or children, if any, for the period of five years; said bond, when so executed and approved by said Ordinary, shall be filed in his office and recorded upon his minutes, for which service he shall be paid the sum of $1.00 by the party making said bond. Upon the failure of said party to comply with the terms of said bond, suit may be brought in any court having jurisdiction thereof. And in the event the defendant is unable to give any bond at all as required in this Act, then and in that event said prosecution shall not be considered at an end until the defendant shall have lived with said female in good faith for a period of five years, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: If any person shall, by persuasion and promises of marriage or other false and fraudulent means, seduce a virtuous unmarried female and induce her to yield to his lustful embraces and allow him to have carnal knowledge of her, such person on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for a term not less than two nor longer than twenty years. The prosecution may be stopped at any time by the marriage of the parties, or a bona fide and continuing offer to marry on part of

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the seducer; provided , that the seducer shall, at the time of obtaining the marriage certificate from the Ordinary of the county of the residence of the female seduced, give a good and sufficient bond in such sum as said Ordinary may deem reasonable and just, taking into consideration the condition of the parties, payable to said Ordinary and his successors in office, conditioned for the maintenance and support of said female and her child or children, if any, for the period of five years. Said bond, when so executed and approved by said Ordinary, shall be filed in his office and recorded on his minutes, for which service he shall be paid the sum of $1.00 by the party making such bond. Upon the failure of said party to comply with the terms of said bond, suit may be brought in any court having jurisdiction thereof; and in the event the defendant is unable to give any bond at all, as required in this Act, then and in that event said prosecutien shall not be considered at an end until the defendant shall have lived with said female in good faith for a period of five years. Sec. 4371 of the Code amended. Seducer marrying female seduced, to give bond to maintain female and child or children for five years. Bond to be filed and recorded by ordinary. Fee. Failure to comply with bond. Where defendant unable to give bond. He must live with female in good faith five years. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 4435 OF THE CODE, SO AS TO MAKE EMBEZZLEMENT BY COUNTY TREASURER A FELONY. No. 207. An Act to amend section 4435 of the Code of 1882, so as to make the offence therein described a felony, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act section forty-four hundred and thirty-five (4435) of the Code of 1882 be amended by striking from said section the word misdemeanor in the fifth line, and fine or imprisonment in the common jail, or both, at the discretion of the court in the sixth and seventh lines, and inserting in lieu of the same the words felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any time not less than two nor longer than twenty years, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Any County Treasurer of any county in this State, who shall divert, misapply, embezzle or conceal any money belonging to the county of which he is such County Treasurer as aforesaid, with intent to appropriate the same

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to his own use, shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any time not less than two nor longer than twenty years, and shall moreover be removed from office, and on the trial of such defendant, proof of his having failed or refused to make an exhibit to the grand jury of the county of which he is such Treasurer, at the Superior Court first held in each year in said county (unless prevented by providential cause), a full and complete statement of the county's funds, as required by law, received by him during the preceding year, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of guilt, and throw the burden of proof upon the defendant. The prosecuting officer, on the trial of any indictment [Illegible Text] on this clause, shall not be required to identify the money, coin or bank bills, or other property misapplied, embezzled or concealed, but in all cases on allegation that any [Illegible Text] of money or evidence of debt has been received by the defendant belonging to the county, and that he fails or refuses to account for the same, if proved, shall authorize a conviction, unless the defendant shall set up and sustain a valid and legal defence to the charge. Sec. 4435 of the Code amended. Embezzlement, etc., by County Treasurer made a felony. Penalty. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. AMENDING SECTION 4662 OF THE CODE, SO AS TO REQUIRE DEATH BY HANGING TO BE IN PRIVATE. No. 285. An Act to amend section 4662 of the Revised Code of 1882, which provides death by hanging, and which provides that the Judge, in passing the sentence, may order the execution to be in public, by striking out the words, the Judge passing the sentence may order the execution to be in public if he sees proper, so as to provide that death by hanging shall be in private, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act section 4662 of the Revised Code of Georgia of 1882 be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from said section in the sixth and seventh lines thereof the words the judge passing the sentence may order the execution to be in public if he sees proper, and by striking

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out also the words in either case in the eighth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words the judge passing the sentence shall order the execution to be in private, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Section 4662. Death by hanging. The sentence of death shall be executed by hanging the offender by the neck until he is dead. The execution of the sentence shall be in private and witnessed only by the executing officer, a sufficient guard, the relatives of the criminal, and such [Illegible Text] and friends as he may desire. The place for such execution shall be provided by the Ordinary of each county. The Judge passing the sentence shall order the execution to be in private, and may take such steps as he thinks best to secure the execution of the sentence and to determine when death supervenes. Sec. 4662 amended, so as to require that death by hanging must be in private. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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TITLE V. SUPERIOR COURTS. ACTS. Changing Terms of Johnson Superior Court. Changing Terms of [Illegible Text] Superior Court. Changing Terms of Taylor Superior Court Transferring of Dooly Circuit to Oconee Circuit. Changing Terms of Dooly Superior Court. Judicial [Illegible Text] for Brunswick Circuit. Changing Terms of Terrell Superior Court. Judicial Calendar Flint Circuit. Judicial Calendar Tallapoosa Circuit. Changing Terms of Floyd Superior Court. CHANGING TERMS OF JOHNSON SUPERIOR COURT. No. 232. An Act to change the time of holding Johnson Superior Court, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this Act the time of holding Johnson Superior Court shall be changed from the fourth Mondays in March and September to the third Mondays in March and September in each year. Terms changed to third Mondays in March and September. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all writs and processes, orders, summonses and other proceedings returnable prior to the passage of this Act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms as herein fixed and prescribed. Processes, etc., returnable to terms herein fixed. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That should it appear to the Judge, in order to transact the business of the court, it shall be necessary to keep the court in session for a second week in each term, the said Judge may, in his discretion, draw a jury to serve in said second week, which jury may be drawn at the term next preceding that for which it is to serve. Jury may be drawn for second week. At preceding term.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. CHANGING TIME OF HOLDING TATTNALL SUPERIOR COURT. No. 251. An Act to change the time of holding Tattnall Superior Court, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the time of holding Tattnall Superior Court shall be changed from the second Mondays in April and October to the first Mondays in April and October in each year. Court to be held first Mondays in April and October. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all writs and processes, orders, summonses and other proceedings returnable to said court prior to the passage of this Act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms as herein fixed and prescribed. Processes, etc., to be returned to terms fixed by this Act. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, should it appear to the Judge that in order to transact the business of the court, it shall be necessary to keep the court in session for a second week in each term, the said Judge may, in his discretion, draw a jury to serve during said second week, which jury may be drawn at the term next preceding that for which they are to serve. Jurors may be drawn for a second week. At preceding term. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. CHANGING TIME OF HOLDING TAYLOR SUPERIOR COURT. No. 170. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Taylor county, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Superior Court of Taylor county shall be held on the first Mondays in April and October of each year instead of the fourth Mondays in February and August as heretofore held. Court to be held first Mondays in April and October.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all petitions, bills, writs, summons, mesne and final processes, [Illegible Text] bail bonds, either civil or criminal, and all other processes of whatever kind now returnable to and pending in the Superior Court of said county as the terms are now provided for, shall hold good and relate to the terms of said court as changed and fixed by this Act, and that all grand and traverse jurors who may be drawn and summoned to attend the said courts as now provided by law shall be required to attend at the terms of said courts as changed and fixed by this Act. Petitions, etc., made returnable to terms fixed by this Act. Jurors to attend at terms fixed by this Act. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 23d, 1893. DOOLY COUNTY TRANSFERRED TO THE OCONEE CIRCUIT. No. 267. An Act to transfer the county of Dooly from the Southwestern Judicial Circuit to the Oconee Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the county of Dooly be transferred from the Southwestern Judicial Circuit to the Oconee Judicial Circuit. Dooly county transferred to Oconee Circuit. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893. CHANGING TERMS OF DOOLY SUPERIOR COURT. No. 268. An Act to change the time of holding Dooly Superior Court, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the time of holding Dooly Superior Court shall be changed from the second and third

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Mondays in March and September to the first and second Mondays in May and November in each year. Dooly Superior Court on first and second Mondays in May and November. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all writs and processes, orders, summonses and other proceedings returnable to said court prior to the passage of this Act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms as herein fixed and prescribed. Pending writs, how returnable. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893. JUDICIAL CALENDAR FOR THE BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. No. 270. An Act to revise the Superior Court Calendar for the counties composing the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the time for holding the Superior Courts in the counties composing the Brunswick Judicial Circuit shall, beginning with the year 1894, be as follows: Appling, first and second Mondays in March and third and fourth Mondays in September; Camden, Tuesdays after the third Monday in March and first Monday in October; Coffee, fourth Monday in March and second Monday in October; Charlton, Tuesdays after the first Monday in April, and third Monday in October; Clinch, second Monday in April and fourth Monday in October; Ware, third and fourth Mondays in April and first and second Mondays in November; Pierce, first Monday in May and third Monday in November; Wayne, second Monday in May and fourth Monday in November; Glynn, commencing on the third Monday in May and first Monday in December, and to continue for such time as the business may require. Superior Courts of Brunswick Circuit, when held. Appling county. Camden county. Coffee county. [Illegible Text] county. Clinch' county. Ware county. Pierce county. Glynn county. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all writs, processes, summonses, orders and other proceedings returnable to said courts prior to the passage of this Act shall be held and considered as returnable to the terms as herein fixed and prescribed, and the grand and petit jurors drawn for the terms as prescribed prior to the passage of this Act shall be required to attend and serve as such jurors at the times fixed for the terms as prescribed in this Act; provided , that it shall be discretionary with the presiding Judge to draw separate panels of grand and petit jurors for each week of such courts as are held longer than one week or require the same juries to attend and serve the entire term, or so long as their services may be required. Pending writs returnable to terms herein fixed. Jurors. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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CHANGING TERMS OF TERRELL SUPERIOR COURT. No. 300. An Act to change and fix the time of holding the Superior Court of Terrell county, in the Pataula Judicial Circuit of this State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the time of holding the Superior Court of the county of Terrell, in the Pataula Judicial Circuit of this State, shall be fixed from and after the passage of this Act as follows, to wit: For the county of Terrell on the third Monday in November and May of each year, and to continue in session until the business of said term shall be disposed of. Court to be held third Mondays in May and November. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all petitions, bills, writs, summons, mesne and final process, and other processes of whatever kind now returnable to and pending in the Superior Court of said county, as the terms are now provided for, shall hold good and relate to the terms of said court as changed, fixedand provided by this Act, and that all grand and traverse jurors who may be drawn and summoned to attend the said court as now provided by law shall be required to attend at the term of said court as changed and fixed by this Act. Return of writs, etc. Jury service. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all persons subp[oelig]naed as witnesses to appear at the terms as fixed before the passage of the Act shall be required to attend the terms of said court as fixed by this Act. Attendance of witnesses. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. JUDICIAL CALENDAR FOR FLINT CIRCUIT. No. 308. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts of the following counties composing the Flint Circuit, to wit: Upson, Monroe, Butts, Pike and Henry, to provide for the return of the writs, processes, the attendance of grand and other jurors, etc., and for other purposes, approved December 8th, 1892. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the sixth line of the first section thereof, the words second Monday in September, and inserting in lieu thereof the words fourth Monday

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in August, and by striking from the sixth and seventh lines of said section the words third Monday in February and fourth Monday in September, and inserting in lieu thereof the words third Monday in January and first Monday in August, and by striking from the seventh and eighth lines of said section the words second Monday in March and second Monday in October, and inserting in lieu thereof the words third Monday in February and third Monday in August, so that said Act, when so amended, will read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the time for holding the Superior Courts of the counties that compose the Flint Circuit be as follows, to wit: Upson, first Monday in May and third Monday in November; Monroe, first Monday in February and fourth Monday in August; Spalding, third Monday in January and first Monday in August; Butts, third Monday in February and third Monday in August; Pike, fourth Monday in March and third Monday in October; and Henry, the third Monday in April and Monday after the fourth Monday in October. Act of Dec. 8, 1892, amended. Fall term Monroe Superior Court fourth Monday in August. Spalding third Monday in January and first Monday in August. But [Illegible Text] third Mondays in February and August. Act as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, processes and other proceedings returnable to the terms of the several courts above named as they now exist shall be returnable to the terms of said courts as herein provided, and the grand and other jurors drawn for the terms of said courts as they now exist shall attend at the terms of the court hereinabove set out. Return of writs, processes, etc. Attendance of jurors. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. JUDICIAL CALENDAR OF TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT. No. 416. An Act to fix the times for holding the Superior Courts for the several counties composing the Tallapoosa Circuit of this State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That beginning with the year 1894, the terms of the Superior Courts for the several counties composing the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit of this State shall be as follows, to wit: For the county of Paulding, beginning on the first Mondays in January and August; for the county of Haralson, beginning on the third Mondays in January and July; for the county of Polk, beginning on the fourth Mondays in February and August; for the county of Douglas, beginning on the first Monday in May and third Monday in November. Superior Court of Tallapoosa Circuit, when held. For Paulding For Haralson For Polk For Douglas counties. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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CHANGING TERMS OF FLOYD SUPERIOR COURT. No. 358. An Act to amend an Act approved December 29th, 1890, fixing the time for holding the Superior Courts in the counties comprising the Rome Judicial Circuit in this State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 1 of the above recited Act be amended by striking therefrom after the word year in the second line of said section the figures 1891, and inserting in [Illegible Text] thereof the figures 1895, and also by striking therefrom after the word Floyd in the fifth line of said section the words on the fourth Mondays in March and September, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words on the second Mondays in January and July, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That, beginning with the year 1895, the terms of the Superior Courts for the several counties composing the Rome Judicial Circuit of this State shall be as follows, to wit: For the county of Floyd, on the second Mondays in January and July; for the county of Walker, on the third Mondays in February and August; for the county of Chattooga, on the second Mondays in March and September. Sec. 1 of Act of Dec. 29, 1890, amended. Terms fixed for second Mondays in January and July beginning in 1895. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the time now fixed by law for holding the Superior Courts of the county of Floyd shall continue and be operative until the time fixed in the preceding section for the change. Terms now fixed to continue until 1895. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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TITLE VI . JUDICIARY. ACTS. Fast Writs of Error to Supreme Court in Certain Bail Trover Cases. Prohibiting Dismissal of Certain Cases in Supreme Court. Regulating Practice in Supreme Court. Amending Act as to Competency of Witnesses. Service, etc., by Jurors in City Courts in Certain Counties. Revenue of and Time and Place for Holding Justice Courts in Certain Cities. Continuance of Cases. Regulating Pleading in Civil Actions. Allowing City Court Judges to Practice Law, and to Hear and Determine Criminal Cases in Vacation, etc. FAST WRITS OF ERROR TO SUPREME COURT IN CERTAIN TROVER AND BAIL CASES. No. 152. An Act to authorize writs of error to the Supreme Court from decisions on petitions for discharge from imprisonment in trover and bail cases, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in any case where a defendant in an action of trover and bail shall file or present a petition for discharge from imprisonment under the provisions of section 3420(a) of the Code of Georgia, it shall be lawful for either party dissatisfied with the decision rendered on such petition, to except thereto by writ of error to the Supreme Court at any time within twenty days from the rendition of such decision, subject to the rules and regulations hereinafter specified. Writs of error authorized from decision on petition for discharge in bail trover. To be taken within twenty days of decision. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in any case where a defendant in an action of trover and bail has heretofore filed or presented a petition for discharge from imprisonment under the provisions of said section of the Code of Georgia, it shall be lawful for either party dissatisfied with the decision heretofore rendered on such petition, to except thereto by writ of error to the Supreme Court and tender

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his bill of exceptions to the Judge rendering such decision at any time within twenty days after the date of the passage of this Act, subject to the rules and regulations herein prescribed. Made applicable to petitions heretofore filed. Exception to be taken within twenty days after passage of this Act. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the bill of exceptions in the cases specified in this Act shall, except as otherwise provided in section 2 of this Act, be tendered, signed and served as prescribed in section 3213 of the Code providing for the tendering, signing and serving of bills of exception in cases of decisions granting or refusing injunctions; and in such cases the Clerk shall make out the transcript of the record and transmit the same to the Supreme Court within the time and in the manner prescribed in section 3213 of the Code; and the hearing of said bill of exceptions and writs of error and all other proceedings on the same shall in all matters be in accordance with the provisions of said section 3213 of the Code. Bills of exception to be tendered, signed and served as in [Illegible Text] cases. [Illegible Text] as to [Illegible Text] mission of [Illegible Text] hearing in Supreme Court, etc., in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] made applicable. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 13th, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILER.The provisions of the Code as to hearings in the Supreme Court injunction cases are contained in section 3214 and not in section 3213. PROHIBITING DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT. No. 156. An Act to prohibit the dismissal of certain cases in the Supreme Court, and for [Illegible Text] purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, no writ of error in a criminal case, or in an injunction case or other extraordinary remedy in equity, shall be dismissed in the Supreme Court for the failure of the Clerk of the lower court to transmit the proper papers within the fifteen days after service of the bill of exceptions as directed in Code, section 3213, unless such failure is due to the neglect or fault of the plaintiff in error or his counsel. Such cases, when the proper papers are received in the Supreme Court, shall be heard and determined as though the Clerk of the lower court had not failed in the prompt performance of his duty. But nothing in this Act shall be construed to excuse the Clerk for his omission of duty or to relieve him from any liability consequent thereon. Writs of error in criminal or injunction cases and the like. Not to be dismissed for failure to transmit [Illegible Text] time. Unless failure due to plaintiff or counsel. Cause to be heard and determined as though transmitted in time. SEC. II. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved November 17th, 1893.

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REGULATING PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT. No. 283. An Act to regulate the practice before the Supreme Court; to prevent the dismissal of cases therein upon technical grounds; to make the duty of Judges certifying to bills of exception to look to the sufficiency and formality of the certificates thereto, and to prevent prejudice to parties from the failure of the Judge to properly discharge this duty; to preserve the rights of amendment in the Supreme Court granted by existing law; and to give the right of amendment as to bills of exception and certificates thereto at any time before final argument of the case in the Supreme Court. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for the Supreme Court of Georgia to dismiss any case now pending in, or hereafter carried to that court by writ of error or bill of exceptions for any want of technical conformity to the statutes or rules regulating the practice in carrying cases to that court, where there is enough in the bill of exceptions or transcript of the record presented, or both together, to enable the court to ascertain substantially the real questions in the case, and which the parties seek to have decided therein. Dismissal of cases for lack of technical conformity to statutes or rules, forbidden. Where enough in bill of exceptions or transcript to show substantially real questions in the case. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court or City Court, to whom any bill of exception is presented, to see to it that the certificate to such bill of exceptions is in sufficient and proper legal form before signing the same; and no failure of any such Judge to discharge his duty in this respect shall result in prejudice to the rights of the parties by dismissal of the writ of error or otherwise. Duty of Judge Superior or City Court. Failure to discharge this duty. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all rights of supplying defects in the records of cases before the Supreme Court, given by existing laws, are hereby preserved; and it is also expressly enacted that the bill of exceptions in any case, or the certificate thereto, may be amended at any time before the final argument thereon in the Supreme Court, so as to make such bill of exceptions or certificate conform to the truth of the case and the forms of law. Existing rights as to amendments preserved. Bill of exceptions or certificate may be amended. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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AMENDING ACT OF OCTOBER 29TH, 1889, AMENDATORY OF SECTION 3854 OF THE CODE, AS TO COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES. No. 211. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to repeal paragraph numbered one of section 3854 of the Code, and in lieu thereof, to more clearly define the competency of witnesses in cases where certain parties, persons or agents are deceased or insane, approved October 29th, 1889, by adding after the word or and before the word by,' in the second line of sub-section (a) of the first section of said Act, the words by the endorsee, assignee, transferee or, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1 of an Act to repeal paragraph numbered one of section 3854 of the Code, and in lieu thereof, to more clearly define the competency of witnesses in cases where certain parties, persons or agents are deceased or insane, approved October 29th, 1889, be amended by adding after the word or' and before the word by, in the second line of sub-section (a) of said section 1, the following words: by the endorsee, assignee, transferee or, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That paragraph numbered one of section 3854 of the Code, which reads: `Where one of the original parties to the contract or cause of action in the issue or on trial is dead, or is shown to the court to be insane, or where an executor or administrate is a party in any suit on a contract of his testator or intestator, the other party shall not be admitted to testify in his own favor,' be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and the following adopted in lieu thereof: (a) Where any suit is instituted or defended by a person insane at time of trial, or by the endorsee, assignee, transferee or by the personal representative of a deceased person, the opposite party shall not be admitted to testify in his own favor against said insane or deceased person, as to transactions or communications with such insane or deceased person. (b) Where any suit is instituted or defended by partners, persons jointly liable or interested, the opposite party shall not be admitted to testify in his own favor as to transactions or communications solely with insane or deceased partner or person jointly liable or interested, and not also with a survivor thereof. (c) Where any suit is instituted or defended by a corporation, the opposite party shall not be admitted to testify in his own behalf to transactions or communications solely with a deceased or insane officer, or agent of the corporation, and not also with surviving and sane persons, officers or agents of said corporation. (d) Where a person not a party, but a person interested in the result of the suit, is offered as a witness, he shall not be competent to testify if, as a party to the cause, he would for any cause be incompetent.

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(e) No agent or attorney-at-law of the surving or sane party, at the time of the transaction testified about, shall be allowed to testify in favor of surviving or sane party, under circumstances where the principal, a party to the cause, could not testify; nor can a surviving party or agent testify in his own favor, or in favor of a surviving or sane party, as to transactions or communications with a deceased or insane agent, under circumstances where such witness would be incompetent if deceased agent had been principal. (f) In all cases where the personal representative of the deceased or insane party has introduced a witness interested in the event of a suit, who has testified as to transactions or communications on the part of the surviving agent or party with a deceased or insane party or agent, the surviving party or his agent may be examined in reference to such facts testified to by said witness. Sec. [Illegible Text] of Act of Oct. 29, 1889, amended. Where suit by or against endorsee, assignee or transferee of deceased person, opposite party cannot testify as to transactions, etc., with deceased. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILER.For recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia touching the evidence Act of 1889, see Mayfield v. R. R. Co. , 87 Ga. 374; Morgan v. Johnson, Ib. 382; Rodgers v. Moore , 88 Ga. 88; Johnson v. Champion, Ib. 527; Rudolph v. Underwood, Ib. 664; Payne v. Miller , 89 Ga. 73; New Ebenezer Ass'n v. Gress, Ib. 125; Hidell v. Dwinell, Ib. 532. NUMBER OF AND SERVICE BY JURORS IN CITY COURTS IN CERTAIN CASES. No. 217. An Act to allow additional jurors to be summoned and to require jurors in City Courts in counties where there are more than one division of the City Court to serve in either division, and to require that they shall be interchangeably used in the several divisions when needed. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That one or more extra panels of jurors may be summoned for the City Courts in this State, when needed, in the opinion of the Judge presiding. Extra panels may be summoned. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in counties where there are or shall be more than one division of the City Court, the Judges of the several divisions shall in civil cases interchangeably use the jurors in the other division or divisions, and when a jury is on duty in one division and another jury is needed, said other jury shall be then and there taken from the jurors of the division or divisions not then on duty, each party striking as now required by law, until a jury of twelve is made. Service to be interchangeable where more than one division of City Court. Strikes. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any conflict arises as to the use of said jurors which needs to be decided, the Judge of the first division of said court shall decide the same where there are but two divisions of the City Court; and a majority of the Judges

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of said court shall decide the same where there is more than two divisions of the City Court in any county. Decision of conflict as to use of jurors. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. AMENDING ACT FIXING REVENUE OF JUSTICE COURTS IN CITIES, AND LOCATING TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING COURTS. No. 330. An Act to alter and amend an Act approved November 11th, 1889, entitled an Act to fix the revenue of Justices Courts in cities of this State having a population of over fifteen thousand, and to locate the times and places of holding said courts, by striking out of said Acts fifteen thousand and inserting in lieu thereof the words five thousand. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the above entitled Act shall be and the same is hereby amended, by striking out therefrom the words fifteen thousand, inserting in lieu thereof the words five thousand, so that said Act, when amended, shall read as follows: All Justice Courts and Notary Public ex officio Justice of the Peace Courts for Militia districts embraced in whole or in part within the corporate limits of any of the cities of this State, having by the United States census a population of over five thousand inhabitants, shall have jurisdiction as fixed by the Constitution in and over said district [Illegible Text] in and over said city, and shall hold their courts monthly at fixed times and places at some convenient place within said district or city, said time and place to be fixed as now provided by law. Said Justice and Notary Public ex officio Justice Peace may hold their courts at the same or at different times or at the same or different places, as they may desire. Act of Nov. 11, 1889, amended. Five thousand inserted in lieu of fifteen thousand in requirement as to population. Act as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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REGULATING CONTINUANCE OF CASES. No. 345. An Act to regulate continuances in the courts of this State. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, no continuance shall be granted in any of the courts in this State which have a continuous session for thirty days or more, over the objection of the adverse party, where the cause for the same can be obviated by a postponement to a later day during the term, but it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge, whenever a motion and a proper showing for a continuance is made by either party, at any time, to set the case down for a later day during the same term, if it shall be practicable thereby to avoid the continuance of the case. No continuance in courts holding more than thirty days, where cause can be obviated by postponement. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. REGULATING PLEADING IN CIVIL ACTIONS. No. 269. An Act to regulate the method of pleading in civil actions commenced by petition in the courts of this State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the plaintiff in all civil actions commenced by petition, in any of the courts of this State, shall set forth his cause of action in orderly and distinct paragraphs numbered consecutively. Civil actions, how commenced. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in all such cases, when the defendant desires to make a defence, by plea or otherwise, he shall therein severally and distinctly answer each paragraph of plaintiff's petition, and shall not as heretofore practiced in this State, file a mere general denial commonly known as the plea of general issue. Answer, how made. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge at each regular term of such court to call all cases on the appearance docket of such term and hear and decide all objections made to the sufficiency of petitions and pleas, and may by order dismiss plaintiff's petition or strike defendant's plea for non-compliance with this Act, unless the defect is cured by amendment; and the court may, on good cause shown, allow a reasonable time in his discretion for making and filing such amendment. Sufficiency of petition, plea and answer to be determined at appearance term. Amendments, how allowed.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That any averment distinctly and plainly made in the plaintiff's petition, which is not denied by the defendant's answer, shall be taken as prima facie true, unless the defendant states in his answer that he can neither admit nor deny such averment because of the want of sufficient information. Averments not denied taken as true. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893. ALLOWING CITY COURT JUDGES TO PRACTICE LAW AND TO HEAR AND DETERMINE CRIMINAL CASES IN VACATION, AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF INSOLVENT COSTS. No. 360. An Act to authorize Judges of City Courts in any of the counties of this State, where established upon the recommendation of the grand jury of said counties, by any law of this State, to practice law in courts other than those in which they are Judges, and to authorize such Judges to hear and determine criminal cases in vacation, where the defendant waives trial by jury, and provide for the payment of the insolvent costs of the Solicitor-General, Sheriff and [Illegible Text]. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Judges of City Courts in any of the counties of this State, where established upon the recommendation of the grand jury of such county, shall be allowed to practice law in all of the courts of this State other than the court of which he is the Judge. City Court Judges may practice law. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Judges are authorized to hear and determine criminal cases in vacation, where [Illegible Text] defendant waives trial by jury. And [Illegible Text] hear and determine criminal cases. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the insolvent costs due the Solicitor-General, the Sheriff and the Clerk shall be paid only from moneys arising from fines and forfeitures in said court. Payment of insolvent costs. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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TITLE VII . EDUCATION. ACTS. To Systematize Finances and Increase Efficiency Common Schools. Amending Common School Law. Qualifications and Compensation Members County Boards of Education. Admitting Female Pupils to State Normal School. [Illegible Text] County School Commissioners with Offices. Authorizing Conveyance of Certain Land to Medical College of Georgia. TO SYSTEMATIZE FINANCES AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS. No. 397. An Act to systematize the finances and increase the efficiency of the common schools by providing for direct payments into the State treasury of all moneys belonging to the common school fund, and the use of the same for common school purposes only; for quarterly apportionments and disbursements of the common school fund; for quarterly payments of teachers; for making the school year coincident with the fiscal year, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That, beginning with the taxes for the year 1894, all moneys belonging to the common school fund of the State, including poll tax and specific taxes, shall be paid direct into the State treasury, in like manner as other State taxes are paid, and said common school fund shall be used for none other than common school purposes as provided by law; provided, however , that when the poll tax from any county is received into the treasury, said poll tax shall be placed on the books of the Treasurer to the credit of the county from which it comes, and shall form a part of the apportioned fund belonging exclusively to that county in accordance with the general plan hereinafter set out. Money belonging to school fund to be paid direct into State Treasury. As other State taxes are paid. And used for no other than school purposes. SEC. II. Be it likewise enacted, That on the 31st day of March, the 30th day of June, the 30th day of September, and the 31st day of December, in each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Treasurer

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of the State shall place to the credit of each connty in the State, on his books, its proportionate part of the [Illegible Text] school fund in the treasury on each of said dates; such proportionate part to be determined by the State School Commissioner, the Comptroller-General and the Treasurer, and to be based upon the proportion which the school population in each county bears to the school population in the State, as shown by the last school census; provided, however , that the salaries of the State School Commissioner and his clerk or clerks, and the expenses of his office and any other items properly chargeable under the law to the general school fund, shall be deducted out of said fund before making the aforesaid apportionment to the counties. Quarterly credit on books of State Treasurer. How proportionate part to be determined. SEC. III. Be it likewise enacted, That on the 31st day of March, the 30th day of June, the 30th day of September, and the 31st day of December in each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the County School Commissioner of each county shall, under the approval of the County Board of Education, transmit to the State School Commissioner an itemized statement of the various sums due and unpaid by the County Board of Education on said several dates, whether the same be for teachers' salaries, for pay of the County School Commissioner, or for any other item of expense properly chargeable under the law to the County Board of Education; and when said itemized statements have been approved by the State School Commissioner and presented to the Governor, the Governor shall issue his warrants upon the Treasurer for all the funds standing to the credit of each several county upon the books of the Treasurer, or for such part thereof [Illegible Text] may be needed to liquidate the indebtedness of the County Board of Education of such county as shown by the itemized statement aforesaid. And the State Treasurer shall, upon presentation of the warrants aforesaid, draw his checks for the amounts of said warrants in favor of the County School Commissioners of the several counties, and the State School Commissioner shall immediately transmit said checks to the several County School Commissioners, who shall promptly disburse the money so received in payment of the sums set out in the itemized statement aforesaid; and if the money is not sufficient to pay said sums in full, then it shall be prorated among the various items. And the County Boards of Education are hereby authorized to make their contracts in such manner that the amounts payable to teachers shall become due on the last day of each quarter for services rendered during that quarter. Quarterly statements from County School Commissioners to State School Commissioners Of the sums due and unpaid by County Board of Education. When approved by State Commissioner, Governor to [Illegible Text] warrant. State Treasurer to draw check [Illegible Text]. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] money. Contracts by county boards. SEC. IV. Be it likewise enacted, That in order to make the apportionment herein provided, and in order to make quarterly payments to the teachers in the common schools of the State, the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to draw, on the first day of April, on any funds in treasury, three hundred thousand dollars to pay the teachers quarterly, the same to be repaid from the school fund when the same shall be paid into the treasury. State Treasurer may draw on April 1st on any funds in treasury. SEC. V. Be it likewise enacted, That beginning with July 1st, 1894, and continuing thereafter, the school year shall be coincident with the fiscal year of the schools, to wit, from July 1st to June 30th next following, and the State School Commissioner shall, on or before the first Tuesday

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in June of each year, make an approximate estimate of the entire common school fund of the State for the next succeeding year, and shall at once communicate in writing to the County School Commissioner of each county the amount of money, approximately estimated, that will be payable to his county; and on the second Tuesday in June of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, each County Board of Education shall meet and make the necessary arrangements for placing the schools in operation for the next school year, and shall have full authority in their discretion to fix salaries for the payment of teachers, instead of paying them according to enrollment or attendance; provided , that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the right of the respective counties of the State to select the time of operating their schools, which shall be left entirely to the County Boards of Education, nor shall it effect or change the time of operating schools under any special or local laws in any county of this State; provided further , it shall not affect the quarterly payment of teachers as by this Act directed. School year to coincide with fiscal year of the schools. Approximate estimate by State School Commissioner for succeeding year. County boards to make arrangements for putting schools in operation. Time of operating schools under local laws, not affected by this Act. SEC. VI. Be it likewise enacted, That in other counties having local school laws where schools are sustained by local taxation for a period of five months or more, the State School Commissioner shall, on the first day of January, April, July and October of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, notify the Governor of the amount of funds standing to the credit of each of such counties on the books of the Treasurer on said dates, arising from the quarterly apportionments aforesaid, and thereupon the Governor shall issue his warrants for said sums, and the Treasurer shall draw his checks for said sums, without requiring the itemized statements as provided in section 3; and the State School Commissioner shall immediately transmit said checks to the officer under the local school system authorized to receive its funds. And the State School Commissioner shall in like manner pay over to the proper officer under the school board of any town or city having a school system sustained by local taxation for a period of five months or more, and to which he is now authorized by law to make direct apportionments, such proportion of the entire county funds as shown on the books of the Treasurer, as the school population of the town or city bears to the population of the county, as shown by the last school census. As to counties having local laws sustaining schools five months or more, allotment and payments to, from school fund. Itemized statements not required from. Payments to proper officer of school boards of towns or cities, etc. Proportion to be paid. SEC. VII. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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AMENDING COMMON SCHOOL LAW. No. 353. An Act to amend section 12 of the Common School Laws of Georgia, approved October 27th, 1887, so as to create or establish County Teachers' Institutes, and for other purposes, approved October 13th, 1891, by striking out the words to require the County Boards to pay teachers whose schools have to be closed on account of said weekly sessions of said institute their regular salaries after the word same in the forty-seventh line of section 1 of said Act, and by striking out all of said section 1 after the word institute in the fifty-second line of said section 1 of said Act. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to amend section 12 of the Common School Laws of Georgia, approved October 27th, 1887, so as to create or establish County Teachers' Institutes, and for other purposes, approved October 13th, 1891, be amended by striking out the words to require the County Board to pay teachers whose schools have to be closed on account of said weekly sessions of said institutes their regular salaries after the word same in the forty-seventh line of said section 1 of said Act, and by striking out all of said section 1 after the word institute in the fifty-second line of said section 1 of said Act, so that said section, when amended, will read as follows: To organize and establish in each county in Georgia, a Teachers' County Institute, for the assembling and instruction of the common school teachers of each county of Georgia in the period of June, July and August, or in such other months as the State School Commissioner may deem best and expedient; provided, however , that the State School Commissioner may, in his discretion, combine the annual session of said institutes, or any number of them, so that the same may be held in any county named by him; to prepare a programme of exercises, with a syllabus of each subject named in said programme, for each day's session of said institute; to require County School Commissioners to operate, at their regular per diem , said institute sessions under such general rules and regulations as he may deem best; to require all persons, white and colored, teaching in Georgia, or having license entitling them to teach in the State, provided that those not teaching have not permanently retired from teaching, to attend all sessions of said institutes held in the county of their residence, and perform all duties required of them as members of said institutes, unless providentially prevented; to secure a prompt attendance of the teachers upon the exercises of said institutes by causing the County School Commissioners and County Boards of Education to collect such fines from absentees as may be deemed just and reasonable by said commissioners and boards; provided , that no teacher shall be fined till he or she has stated the cause of his or her absence, in writing, to said Commissioners and Boards, and they have duly considered the

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same; provided further , that all money thus collected shall be used in purchasing teachers' libraries for the counties in which said fines may be collected; to provide separate institutes for the whites and colored; to pay from the educational fund of each county an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars per annum for the purpose of securing the services of an expert in conducting the week's session of the institute of said county, which expert shall be chosen by the County School Commissioners and County Boards of Education; which expert shall assist in conducting the exercises of each annual week's session of said institute in the county where he is thus employed; to cause all sessions of said institutes to be held at county sites, or such other places as may be selected by the County School Commissioners, and allow all persons so desiring to attend the sessions of said institutes; provided , that all visitors shall be subject to the rules and regulations of said institutes while attending the exercises of the same, and to prescribe from time to time such other rules and regulations as he and the County School Commissioners may deem best for successfully operating said institutes. Amending Sec. 1 of Act of Oct. 13, 1891. By striking requirement as to paying teachers during session of county institutes. And by striking provision as to establishment of county institutes by County School Commissioners. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION MEMBERS COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION. No. 291. An Act to amend the school laws of this State by prescribing the qualifications of the members of the County Board of Education, providing their compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That section 16 of the Act of 1887, commonly known as the school laws, be repealed and the following inserted in lieu thereof: Section 16. That the grand jury of each county (except those counties which are under a local system) in this State shall from time to time select from the citizens of their respective counties five freeholders, who shall constitute the County Board of Education. Said members shall be elected for the term of four years and shall hold their offices until their successors shall be elected and qualified; provided, however , that no publisher of school books, nor any agent for such publisher, nor any person who shall be pecuniarily interested in the sale of school books, shall be eligible for election as member of any Board of Education or as County School Commissioner of any county in this State. Sec. 16, Act Oct. 27, 1887, repealed. New section. Selection, qualifications, and terms of office members county boards of education. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the members of the Board of Education in each county shall each be paid a per diem not to exceed two dollars for each day's actual service out of the school fund apportioned to the county; and their accounts for service shall be submitted for approval to

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the grand jury at the spring term of the court; and they shall not receive any other compensation, such as exemption from road and jury duty. Compensation of members board of education. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. ADMISSION OF FEMALE PUPILS INTO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. No. 365. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish, organize and maintain a State Normal School as a branch to the University, to appropriate money for same, and for other purposes, approved October 21st, 1891, by providing for the admission of female as well as male students, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the word male between the word white and the word students in section 6 of said Act be stricken out, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tuition in said school shall be free to all white students who are residents of the State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others who are not residents of this State shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per annum. Sec. 6 of Act of Oct 21, 1891, amended. Female pupils to be admitted. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. FURNISHING COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS WITH OFFICES. No. 294. An Act to provide for furnishing County School Commissioners with offices, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the county authorities of the different counties of this State to furnish the County School Commissioners thereof an office in the courthouse thereof; provided , there is sufficient room in said courthouse after furnishing the county officers of such county with offices as now provided for by law. Commissioner to be furnished office in court house. If sufficient room. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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AUTHORIZING TRUSTEES OF RICHMOND COUNTY ACADEMY TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA. No. 151. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a fund for the outfit of the Medical Institute of Georgia, and to alter the name of the same, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, By an Act approved December 20th, 1833, and set out in the title hereof, it was enacted that the sum of ten thousand ($10.000.00) dollars be appropriated for the benefit and use of the Medical College of Georgia for the purpose of enabling the Board of Trustees of said institute to procure a suitable piece or lot of land and erect thereon such building and make such other improvements as may be necessary for the various purposes of a medical college; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Under the said Act fifty (50) lots on the town commons of the city of Augusta were appropriated to the said Medical Institute, when set apart and sold with the consent of the city council of Augusta and the Trustees of the Academy of Richmond county; and WHEREAS, Said lots were not set apart, but upon the application of the faculty of the Medical College, a portion of the academy square, fronting one hundred and forty (140) feet on Telfair street and running through of equal width to Walker street, was granted on condition that the property was never to be used for any other purpose but to erect thereon college buildings and other buildings that may be necessary; and WHEREAS, The Medical College of Georgia has applied to the Trustees of the Academy of Richmond county to enlarge the said grant, and to add to the one hundred and forty (140) feet front on Walker street an additional frontage of sixty-eight (68) feet, running back of equal width a distance of one hundred and forty (140) feet, so as to enlarge the hospital building now standing on the lot heretofore granted; now, therefore. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Trustees of the Academy of Richmond county be, and they are, hereby authorized to convey to the Medical College of Georgia in addition to the lot already conveyed to them January, 1834, and upon which the Medical College and other buildings necessary for the various purposes of the Medical College, and upon which the hospital is now erected, that lot fronting sixty-eight (68) feet more or less on Walker street and running back of equal width a distance of one hundred and forty (140) feet, so that the Walker street front of the Medical College lot will be two hundred and eight (208) feet front and running back of equal width one hundred and forty (140) feet. Authority given to convey additional lot fronting on Walker street. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 13th, 1893.

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TITLE VIII . CORPORATIONS. ACTS. Repealing Act October 19th, 1891, as to Incorporation of Towns and Villages, and of Schools, Churches and Societies. Circulation of Notes by State Banks. Method of Incorporating Banks. Amending Act as to Incorporating Banks. Method of Incorporating Insurance Companies. Amending Act October 24th, 1887, Regulating Business of Insurance. Laws Regulating Insurance made Applicable to Individuals, Associations, etc. Method of Incorporating Canal Companies. Method of Incorporating Express Companies. Method of Incorporating Telegraph Companies. Renewal of Charters heretofore Granted to Divers Corporations by General Assembly. Amending of Charters Granted to Divers Corporations by General Assembly. Amending Act Regulating Business of Building and Loan Associations. Lien of Wages for Railroad Employees. REPEALING ACT OF OCTOBER 19TH, 1891, AS TO INCORPORATION OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF LESS THAN 2,000 INHABITANTS AND OF SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. No. 188. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide the mode of granting charters, and amendments to charters already granted or that may hereafter be granted, incorporating towns, villages, and municipalities of less than 2,000 inhabitants, [Illegible Text] of schools, churches and societies in this State, and for other purposes, approved October 19th, 1891. SECTION I. Be it enacted by General Assembly of Georgia, and it is enacted by the same, That an Act entitled an Act to provide the mode of granting charters, and amendments to charters already granted or that may hereafter be granted, incorporating towns, villages, and municipalities of less than 2,000 inhabitants, and of schools, churches and societies in this State, and for other purposes, approved October 19th, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act of Oct. 19, 1891, repealed.

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SEC. II. Be it enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILER.The Act of October 19th, 1891, repealed by the Act above printed, vested the power to grant charters to towns and villages of less than 2,000 inhabitants, and to schools, churches or other societies, or to amend charters theretofore or thereafter granted, to such towns, etc., in the Superior Courts. Does the Act above printed conform to the requirements of article 3, section 7, paragraph 17 of the Constitution of Georgia? CIRCULATION OF NOTES BY STATE BANKS. No. 344. An Act to authorize the issuance of circulating notes to the banks and banking associations of this State, to provide for the protection of the same, to provide for the protection of depositors of such bank or banking association, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be issued to the banks and banking associations of this State circulating notes upon the terms and conditions set forth in the following sections of this Act: Circulating notes to be issued to State banks. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor, the Treasurer, and the Comptroller-General of this State be, and they are, hereby constituted a commission authorized and required to cause to be engraved and printed, in the manner best calculated to guard against counterfeiting, such quantity of circulating notes, in the similitude of bank notes, in blank, of denominations not greater than one thousand dollars nor less than one dollar, as they may, from time to time, deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, and of such form as they may prescribe. Before such circulating notes, or any part of the same, are delivered to a bank, they shall be numbered and registered in proper books to be provided and kept for the purpose in the office of the Comptroller-General, and shall be countersigned by him in the presence of one or more of the Commissioners, so that each denomination of such circulating notes shall be of the same similitude and bear the uniform signature of such register. Commissioners to have notes engraved and printed. Quantity, denomination and form. To be numbered and registered. And countersigned by Comptroller-General. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any bank or banking association, now or hereafter chartered by the laws of this State, shall desire to issue circulating notes, such bank or banking association shall make and file with the Commissioners aforesaid a written application, verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and of a majority of the directors of such bank or banking association, in which application shall be shown: First.The name of such bank or

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banking association. Second.The place where its operation and business shall be carried on. Third.The amount of its capital stock and the number of shares into which the same is divided. Fourth.A transcript of the records of such bank or banking association showing the names and places of residence of the shareholders and the number of shares held by each of them. Fifth.The amount of capital stock actually paid by each shareholder on his shares of stock. Sixth.The compliance of such bank or banking association with all other conditions and requirements of this Act necessary to authorize it to become a bank of issue as herein provided. Seventh.That such application is made to enable it to avail itself of the provisions of this Act. Application for notes to be filed with Comptroller-General. How to be verified. What the application must contain. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when such application is filed, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners aforesaid to inquire into the truth of the recital of such application, and they may require of each or any of the shareholders of such bank a statement under his oath showing his financil condition, and may require of any officer or director any other or further statement under oath showing the financial condition of the bank or of the shareholders. Commissioners to inquire into truth of recitals in the application. May require statements of stockholders and officers. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of such bank or banking association shall not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars, bona fide subscribed and fully paid in by the stockholders in gold, silver or lawful currency of the United States. Stock of bank to be not less than $25,000.00 fully paid in. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That one-half of the cash paid in on the capital stock shall be set apart and kept on deposit in the vaults of said bank as a fund for the redemption of the bills issued by said bank, and shall be used for no other purpose. One-half of cash paid on stock to be kept as redemption fund. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the remaining half of the capital stock so paid in shall be invested in valid county, municipal, State or United States bonds, as follows: Not less than one-half of said sum shall be invested in valid State bonds or bonds of the United States, but the balance may be invested in the valid bonds of any county or municipality in this State; provided, however , that none of said bonds are below par of their face value; and provided further , that the Commissioners aforesaid shall approve such bonds. Investment of remaining half of capital stock. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said bonds, when so purchased by said bank or banking association, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, and by him safely kept until the same are released as hereinafter provided. Deposit of bonds with State Treasurer. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when such bank shall have complied with the provisions aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to issue to said bank such an amount of circulating notes provided under section 2 of this Act as will be equal to three times the amount of United States legal tender coins or currency deposited in said bank under the provisions of section 6 of this Act; the circulating notes thus issued shall be of different denominations as the bank may prefer, numbered, registered and countersigned as aforesaid, and shall constitute a first and prior lien on all the assets of the bank. Amount of notes to be [Illegible Text] to bank, etc.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the circulating notes thus issued and put in circulation by such bank shall be promptly redeemed and paid in legal tender United States coin or currency when presented and payment demanded by the holder at the office of such bank, and failure or refusal by such bank to so promptly redeem and pay its said notes on demand as aforesaid shall subject it to all the penalties and liabilities now provided by the laws of this State. Redemption of notes. Failure to redeem. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the bonds deposited with the Treasurer of this State, and also the United States legal tender coin or currency set apart and kept on deposit in the vaults of said bank as provided in section 6 of this Act, and all other assets of the bank shall each and both be and remain security in pledge for the redemption and payment of the circulating notes aforesaid, and as additional security for such purpose the shareholders of said bank or banking association shall be, and they are, hereby made liable to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares, which liability shall be and remain an additional security for the redemption of such circulating notes, and whenever any impairment or reduction of the fund in the vaults of the bank devoted to the redemption of the bank's circulating notes shall occur, so that such fund amounts to less than one-third of the amount of outstanding circulating notes, such redemption fund shall be immediately increased to an amount equal to one-third of the outstanding circulating notes of the bank. Security for redemption of notes. Liability of stockholders. Increase of redemption fund. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the personal liability of shareholders to the amount of their stock, as provided in section II of this Act, shall not cease for the period of sixty days from date of any transfer of such shares of stock by them. When personal liability of stockholder ceases. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such bank shall at all times have and keep as a reserve fund, in cash, an amount equal to at least twenty-five per cent. of the aggregate amount of its deposits in such bank. The shareholders shall be personally liable in an amount which, together with the amount of their liability for the security of the circulating notes aforesaid, shall equal the amount of their stock in such bank at the par value thereof; provided, however , that such personal liability is hereby pledged, first for the security of the circulating notes aforesaid, and subject thereto for the security of depositors. Cash reserve. Personal liability of stockholders. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever it shall appear to the Commissioners aforesaid, that any such bank has permitted the reserve fund for security of depositors, as aforesaid, to fall below the amount prescribed in section 13 of this Act, the Commissioners shall at once notify such bank to make good such reserve; and if such bank shall fail for thirty days thereafter to make good such reserve, the Governor shall direct the Attorney-General to institute legal proceedings in the Superior Court where such bank is located for the appointment of a receiver, and for the winding up and settlement of the affairs of such bank. Reserve to be made good. Failure to do so. Receivership. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at any time any of the bonds deposited by said bank, as hereinbefore required,

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shall become valueless or depreciate in value, the Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to require the banks to which the same belong to replace said bonds with good and valid bonds, so that the value of said bonds deposited shall always remain equal to the amount of the deposit required by the provisions of this Act. Depreciation of bonds. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners shall make and deliver to every bank which may deposit bonds with the Treasurer of this State in the terms of this Act a power of attorney to receive the interest due on said bonds at any time; but they shall revoke such power of attorney whenever in their judgment the safety of the bill-holders requires it, and all interest received on such bonds by the Commissioners shall be held in trust on account of such bank. Power of attorney to receive interest on bonds deposited. Interest received by commissioners to be held in trust. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the bonds so deposited with the Treasurer shall not be withdrawn until said bank shall have redeemed all of its circulating notes and paid all of its depositors unless necessary to sell or have sold for the purpose of liquidation; provided , that any such bank or banking association shall have the privilege at any time of paying to said Commissioners to be turned into the State treasury an amount of lawful money of the United States equivalent to its outstanding circulating notes, and shall thereupon be entitled to withdraw its bonds there deposited with said Commissioners, and the holders of said circulating notes shall thereafter present the same to the State Treasurer for redemption or payment, and the said State Treasurer shall pay the same out of the said lawful money of the United States so paid by such bank or banking association. When deposited bonds may be withdrawn. Redemption of notes by State Treasurer. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every such bank shall make four quarterly reports during each year to said Commissioners according to the form prescribed by the latter, which reports shall be verified by the oath of the President or Cashier of such bank, and attested by the signatures of at least three of the directors. Each such report shall exhibit in detail and under appropriate heads the resources and liabilities of said bank at the close of business on any past day by said Commissioners specified. Such report shall be by said bank transmitted to said Commissioners within five days after the receipt of a request or requisition therefor from the Commissioners, and the same shall be published in the newspaper in which Sheriff's sales are published for the county wherein said bank is located, at the expense of said bank; and proof of such publication shall be furnished by said bank to said Commissioners as required by them. Said Commissioners shall also have power to call for special reports from any particular bank whenever in the judgment of said Commissioners the same is necessary in order to a full and complete knowledge of the condition of each bank. Quarterly reports by bank. Special reports. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Bank Inspector, now provided for by the laws of this State, to visit every such bank as often as directed by said Commissioners, and make thorough examination of the affairs of such bank, with full power to examine any of the officers or agents of such bank on oath; and

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shall make a full and complete report of the condition of such bank or banks to said Commissioners. Bank inspection. Report by Inspector. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for any such bank to loan in the aggregate more than twenty-five per cent. of the amount of its capital stock to the officers and directors thereof, or to loan more than ten per cent. thereof to any one of such officers or directors. Limit on loans. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful for such bank to loan any of its funds to any person or persons on the indorsement of any of its officers or directors. No loans on indorsement by bank officers. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any officer, agent or director of such bank, violating the provisions of sections 6, 20 and 21 of this Act, or either of them, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than one year nor more than twenty years. Penalty for Sections 6, 20 and 21. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no dividend shall be declared by any such bank until after the net earnings shall reach an amount equal to five cent. of the capital stock, which five per cent. shall constitute a surplus, to which shall be added annually thereafter five per cent. of the net earnings of the bank, and no dividend shall be declared at any time except from the net earnings after deducting therefrom five per cent. of the same to be added to the surplus as above provided. Dividends. Surplus. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the cashier of the bank availing itself of the privilege of doing business under the provisions of this Act, shall be required to furnish the Governor of the State a good and sufficient bond in an amount equal to the redemption fund held in the vaults of such bank, and that this bond shall be conditioned on the good and faithful stewardship of said redemption fund, as provided by law, and which, in all instances, shall equal one-half of the paid in capital of the bank, said bond to be deposited with the State Treasurer, and made payable to said Treasurer. Bond of cashier. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. METHOD OF INCORPORATING BANKS. No. 343. An Act to carry into effect paragraph 18 of section 7 of article 3 of the Constitution of 1877, as amended, in relation to chartering of banks, to provide for the incorporation of banking companies by the Secretary of State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That any number of persons not less than three may form a

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corporation for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking by filing in the office of the Secretary of State a declaration in writing signed by each of them, stating their names and residences; the name and style of the proposed corporation; the location and principal place of business thereof; the amount of the capital stock, and the number of shares into which it is divided; the purposes and nature of the business of the proposed corporation, with any other matters which they may deem it desirable to state. Such declaration must be accompanied by the affidavit of the subscribers, verified by the Ordinary of the county in which it is proposed to do business, that twenty-five thousand dollars of the capital subscribed has been actually paid by the subscribers and that the same is in fact held, and is to be used solely for the business and purposes of the corporation, and by a fee of fifty dollars which shall be paid, on filing the application, into the treasury, and the Secretary of State shall not issue any charter before the payment of said fee, and if from any cause the Secretary of State is disqualified to act in any case, then in that event the application provided by this Act shall be filed with the Comptroller-General, who shall perform all the duties herein prescribed for the Secretary of State. Petition to be filed with Secretary of State. What petition must contain. Capital stock to be paid in, etc. Fee. When Secretary of State disqualified. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That when the declaration is filed in the office of the Secretary of State, as provided in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, upon the application of any one of the subscribers to the same, to certify and deliver to such subscriber a copy of such declaration and affidavit, and it shall be the duty of the subscriber to cause to be published in the official organ of the county [Illegible Text] which it is proposed to do business, once a week for four weeks, such certified copy, declaration and affidavit. Copy of petition and affidavits. Publication thereof. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That when said declaration and affidavit shall have been published, as provided in the second section of this Act, any one of such subscribers may apply to the Ordinary of the county in which it is proposed to do said banking business to certify the fact of the publication of such declaration and affidavit, and it shall be the duty of such Ordinary to certify the fact of such publication to the Secretary of State, and upon said certificate being filed by the subscribers in the office of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall issue to the subscribers, their associates and successors, certificate of incorporation under the seal of the State, certifying that the subscribers, their associates and successors are a body politic and corporate, under the name and style designated in the declaration, and that such corporation has the capacity and powers conferred, and is subject to all the duties and liabilities imposed by law, and the Secretary of State shall then and there record the declaration, affidavit, certificate of the Ordinary and the certificate of incorporation in the order named. Certificate of fact of such publication. Certificate of incorporation. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That such corporation, when organized, has power: 1. To have continuous succession for the term of thirty years, with the right of renewal for a like term, with all corporate powers and privileges herein granted. 2. To sue and be sued. 3. To have and use a common seal, and at pleasure to alter the same. 4. To appoint such officers and agents as the business of the corporation requires,

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prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and remove them at pleasure. 5. To make such by-laws as may be necessary or proper for the management of its property and regulation of its affairs. 6. To hold, purchase, dispose of and convey such real and personal property as may be necessary for its uses and business. 7. To discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt; to receive and pay out deposits, with or without interest; to receive on special deposit money or bullion or foreign coins, or stocks or bonds or other securities; to buy or sell foreign or domestic exchange, or other negotiable paper; to lend money upon personal security, or upon pledges of bonds, stocks or negotiable securities; to take and receive security by mortgage, or otherwise, on property, real or personal. 8. To increase or decrease the capital stock in the manner hereinafter provided. Corporate powers. Banking powers. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the business of the corporation shall be under the management and control of a Board of Directors, to consist of not less than three nor more than seven, members of the corporation, who must be owners and holders of one or more shares of the capital stock in good faith. The Board of Directors shall exercise only such powers as may be legally delegated to them by the stockholders, or by the by-laws adopted by the stockholders. The Board of Directors shall be elected by the stockholders at such time and place and for such term as may be appointed by the by-laws. Directors. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the corporation may be increased to such amount as may be desired by the stockholders, or it may be decreased to a sum not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, at a meeting of the stockholders called for the special purpose, of which notice for thirty days must be given each stockholder personally or by mail if his residence be known, and if not known, then such notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published at the location or principal place of business of the corporation; and such increase or decrease must not be made except upon the vote of the stockholders holding the larger amount in value of the capital stock. If, at such meeting, the stockholders holding the larger amount in value of the capital stock vote for such increase or decrease, the proceedings of the meeting must be reduced to writing and entered upon the books or minutes of the corporation, and a copy thereof, verified by the President or Cashier, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and when so filed and recorded shall become an amendment to said charter. Increase or diminution of capital stock. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That no corporation shall be formed under this Act without a capital subscribed in good faith of at least fifty thousand dollars, of which not less than twenty per cent., and in no case less than twenty-five thousand dollars, must be paid in cash by the subscribers for stock before the filing the declaration in office of Secretary of State. Subscribed capital must be at least $50,000.00. At least $25,000.00 must be paid in. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said corporation shall be responsible to its creditors to the extent of its capital and its assets, and each stockholder shall be individually liable for all the

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debts of said corporation to the extent of his or her unpaid shares of stock, and said stockholder shall be further and additionally individually liable, equally and ratably (and not for another as sureties), to depositors of said corporation for all moneys deposited therein, in an amount equal to the face value of their respective shares of stock, it being the true intent and purpose of this section of this Act, that, as to depositors for all moneys deposited with said corporation, there shall be an individual liability upon such stockholders in such corporation, over and beyond the par value of his or her original shares of stock, equal in amount to the face value of said shares of stock; provided , that said liability of the stockholders shall not prevent depositors from having equal rank with all other creditors upon the capital, property and assets of said bank. Liability of corporation to creditors. Liability of stockholders to creditors. To depositors. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. METHOD OF INCORPORATING INSURANCE COMPANIES. No. 301. A bill to be entitled an Act to carry into effect article 3, section 7, paragraph 18 of the Constitution of the State, as amended, in so far as the same relates to the issuing and granting corporate powers and privileges to insurance companies by the Secretary of State, to define the powers and liabilites of such companies, to regulate the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act all corporate powers and privileges to insurance companies in this State shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State, upon the terms, liabilities, restrictions and subject to all the provisions of this Act and the Laws and Constitution of this State. If from any cause the Secretary of State should be disqualified from issuing and granting said powers to any insurance company, then in that case the duties required by this Act to be performed by the Secretary of State shall be done and performed by the Comptroller-General of this State. All charters to insurance companies to be granted by Secretary of State. If he is disqualified Comptroller-General to act. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any number of persons not less than five may form a company, but before receiving a certificate of incorporation under this Act shall first [Illegible Text] a petition in writing, addressed to the Secretary of State, in which petition shall be stated the name and residence of each of the persons desiring to form said corporation; the name of the insurance company they desire to have incorporated; the kind or kinds of insurance they propose to carry out; the amount of the proposed capital stock of said company; the number of shares of the capital stock each of the petitioners agrees to take; that they do in good

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faith intend to go forward without delay to raise the capital stock and organize said company; a request to be incorporated under the laws of this State; that they have given thirty days' notice of their intention to apply for said charter by the publication of said petition in the newspaper publishing the legal advertisements of the county where the principal office of said company is to be located once a week for four weeks before the filing of said petition. There shall be annexed to said petition an affidavit made by at least two of the persons forming said company, that the names subscribed are the genuine signatures of the persons named therein, and that the facts stated in the petition are true. Said petition thus sworn to shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall endorse thereon the date of the filing and record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. Who may form company. Petition to be filed. What it must contain. Affidavit to be annexed to petition. Date of filing to be indorsed and petition to be recorded. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That when said petition has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, he shall issue to said company under the great seal of the State the following form of certificate to wit: To all to whom these presents may come, greeting: Whereas, In pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved....., 18....., and (naming the persons who signed the petition) having filed in the office of Secretary of State a certain petition seeking the formation of a corporation to be known as (insert name), with a capital stock of $....., for the purpose of organizing and running (kind or kinds) insurance company, and have complied with the statutes in such cases made and provided; therefore, the State of Georgia hereby grants unto the above named persons, their successors and assigns, full authority by and under the same name of (insert name), to exercise the powers and privileges of a corporation for the purposes above stated, subject to the provisions of the Constitution of this State, and all the laws, rules and regulations governing insurance companies of force at the date of this certificate, or that may hereafter become of force either by constitutional or statute law, or by any rules or regulations of the Insurance Commissioner of this State or otherwise, which govern insurance companies in this State. In witness whereof, these presents have been signed by the Secretary of State (or when he is disqualified by the Comptroller-General), and to which is annexed the great seal of the State, at Atlanta, Georgia, this..... day of....., 18...... Thereafter the persons who signed said petition, and all persons who shall become stockholders in said company, shall be a corporation by the name specified in said petition and certificate, and shall possess the powers and privileges and be subject to the provisions contained in this Act. Before the Secretary, or when disqualified, the Comptroller-General, shall issue said certificate, the petitioners shall pay to the Treasurer of the State a fee of one hundred dollars. Form of certificate to be issued. Corporate powers thereafter possessed. Fee to be paid. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That any certificate or a duplicate thereof, issued under this Act, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such corporation in all courts and places in this State; that when such certificate has been issued, the persons named therein, in case they have not taken the whole capital stock, may open books of subscription to fill up the capital stock of the company in such places, and after giving

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such notice as they may deem expedient, they may from time to time receive subscriptions until the whole capital stock is subscribed. The capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars for each class of insurance to be engaged in, and no insurance company chartered under this Act shall commence the insurance business until at least this amount for each class of insurance to be engaged in is paid in cash, or invested in bonds of the United States, of this State, or the cities or counties of this State, estimated at their cash market value this amount, or in mortgages in real estate in twice the amount for which the same is mortgaged, which investment must be approved by the Secretary of State, or, when he is disqualified, by the Comptroller-General. When bonds of the cities or counties of this State are invested in, the Secretary of State, or Comptroller-General, as the case may be, shall require an opinion from the Attorney-General of the State that the bonds are good, legal and valid bonds before approving the investment. Certificate prima facie evidence of existence of corporation. Books of subscription. Par value of shares. Amount of capital stock. Amount to be paid in before beginning business. Investments to be approved by Secretary of State or Comptroller-General. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That when the amount of the capital stock has been subscribed, the persons named in said certificate of incorporation are authorized to call a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of organization, of which meeting every subscribing stockholder shall have ten days' notice personally, or by depositing said notice in the postoffice, postage paid, directed to him at the postoffice nearest his usual place of residence. At said meeting there shall be elected a Board of Directors of not less than five, nor more than fifteen, to manage the affairs of said company, said directors to be chosen by a majority vote of the stockholders, each share of stock being entitled to one vote; said election to be governed by such by-laws as said company may prescribe, the persons elected as directors to continue in office until others are elected to fill their places. No person shall be elected a director unless he be a stockholder, owning stock in his own name, or as trustee or personal representative, and who is qualified to vote at the election at which he is chosen. If for any reason the election is not held at the time appointed, the same may be held at any time thereafter on a notice to all stockholders of ten days; but at any meeting of the stockholders or their legal representatives, the notice may be waived, and an election held at once. The directors, when elected, shall elect from their number a President, Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary. The regular elections for directors shall be annually, at such time and place as may be prescribed by the by-laws of said company. All meetings of directors of said company shall be held in this State. A majority of said directors shall be bona fide residents of Georgia. Organization. Notice of meeting to organize. Board of directors. How chosen. Terms of office. Qualifications of directors. When election not held at appointed time. Election of officers. Annual election of directors. Directors' meetings to be in this State. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said insurance company shall not begin business until at least one hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock has been paid in; that the directors may require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay the amounts variously subscribed by them in such installments as they may deem proper, which sums they may lend, as provided for elsewhere in this Act, until the company is ready to engage regularly in its business. If any subscriber shall neglect

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to pay any installment, as required by resolution of the Board of Directors, the said board shall declare his stock forfeited, as well as all previous payments thereon, to the use of the company; but they shall not so declare it forfeited until they have served a notice in writing on him personally, or by depositing said notice in the post-office, postage paid, directed to him at the post-office nearest his usual place of residence, stating he is required to make such payment at the time and place expressed in such notice, and if he fails to make the same, his stock and all previous payments thereon will be forfeited for the use of the company, which notice must be served at least sixty days previous to the day on which such payment is required to be made. $100,000.00 of capital stock must be paid in before beginning business. Payments on stock in installments. Failure to pay installments on stock. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the stock in said insurance company shall be deemed personal, and shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the company; and no share shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in. Stock to be deemed personalty. Transfer of. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all the powers and privileges and said certificate of incorporation of said insurance company shall cease and determine at the expiration of two years from the date of said certificate, if, at the expiration of said two years, said company has not organized and commenced business. The rights, powers and privileges granted said corporation shall not continue for a longer period than fifty years, unless the same be continued by the laws of force at the expiration of said fifty years. Organization and commencement of business. Term of charter to be fifty years. Unless continued by law at expiration of term. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That every life insurance company incorporated under this law shall have the power to insure the lives of all persons who apply for insurance therein, stand the necessary examinations and comply with such laws as may hereafter be enacted, and with such reasonable requirements as the directors of such company may establish; and to make any and every insurance appertaining to or connected with life risks. Powers of life insurance companies. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That any fire insurance companies incorporated under this law shall have authority to insure against any loss by fire on all kinds of property, either real, personal or mixed; also against all the hazards of the ocean or inland navigation, and transportation of every kind, and is hereby granted the power, rights and privileges to insure any and all classes of property that is now allowed to be insured by any of the laws of this State, or that may hereafter be allowed to be insured by any of the laws of this State, and may do any and all things that are necessary for the purpose of carrying on a fire insurance company, not in conflict with the laws of this State or of the United States. Of fire insurance companies. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That accident insurance companies, chartered under this Act, shall have authority to insure persons against accident, loss of life or personal injury; to provide a weekly indemnity to its members in case of accident, and shall have all the usual and ordinary powers incident under the law and custom of accident insurance, which are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State and the United States. Of accident insurance companies.

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SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That live stock insurance companies, organized under this law, shall have the right and power to insure against loss arising from the death of or injury to domestic animals, and shall have all the usual and ordinary powers incident to the live stock insurance business, which are not in conflict with the laws and Constitution of this State or of the United States. Of live stock insurance companies. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That contracts of insurance to be entered into by company organized under this Act shall not be binding unless evidenced by a policy of insurance in writing or print, or both, and the liability of said company in case of loss sustained by any policyholder, shall be governed by the terms, stipulations and conditions appearing upon the face of the policy. No policy or other contract of said corporation shall be binding except it be signed by the President or Vice-President and Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the company. Contracts to be evidenced by policy. Liability to be governed by face of policy. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors of any company organized under this law may declare dividends out of the earnings of said corporation; provided , no dividend shall be declared until the earnings are sufficient to pay the same, after deducting all expenses and losses, and after providing for such reserve as may be provided for by law. Dividends. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That corporations formed under this law are hereby empowered to issue stock dividends in lieu of money dividends; provided , that the Board of Directors shall decide to do so, and thereby add to the capital stock, not to exceed the highest limits of the capital stock of their charter. Stock dividends. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors of any company organized under this law may, after providing for such reserve as may be required by law, by a majority vote, give the holders of policies of said company on any particular line or class of insurance the right to participate in the net profits of such company to such an extent, in such manner and upon such terms as the Board of Directors may agree, the same to be plainly stipulated on the face of the policy; and unless it be stipulated on the face of the policy that the policy-holder has the right to participate, it shall not be lawful for any policy-holder to participate therein in any of the profits of such company. If the incorporators of any stock company see proper they may embrace this principle in their charter, stating therein the average amount of dividends the stockholders shall receive on the face value of their stock, in which case all net profits above this dividend and the reserve shall be paid as a dividend to all the policy-holders. Participation by policy-holders in net profits. If stipulated in face of policy. This principle may be embraced in charter. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That every corporation organized under this Act shall have authority to invest its money in and make loans on any bonds of this State, or the United States, or of the cities or counties of this State, and to make loans on real estate in this State to one-half the value thereof. Loans by corporation. SEC. XVIII. Any company organized under this Act may own for its own use, as a permanent investment, a building for the transaction of its business in the city where the principal office is located, or at any place where it may have a branch office or agency, and may sell and dispose

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of the same at pleasure. It may also buy, own and sell any realty that may be necessary for the protection of any loan it may make. Buildings which may be owned by corporation. May buy, own and sell realty. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That any company organized under this Act shall have the right to reinsure any or all its risks; and every company incorporated under this Act shall provide for such reserve as may be required by law. Re-insurance. Reserve. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That stockholders in corporations organized under this Act shall be individually liable to the extent of his or her unpaid subscription to the capital stock, and for no greater amount. Liability of stockholders. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the preceding sections of this Act, in so far as they are applicable, be applied to the formation of mutual or cooperative fire, life or accident insurance companies, but applicants for this class of insurance shall not be required in their petition to set out the amount of the proposed capital stock or the number of shares of the same; nor shall it be necessary for the Secretary of State to incorporate in his certificate of incorporation any reference to the capital stock of said company. Mutual or co-operative companies. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. AMENDING ACT AS TO INCORPORATING BANKING COMPANIES. No. 355. An Act to amend an Act approved October 21st, 1891, with the following caption, to wit: An Act to prescribe the method of granting charters to banking companies in this State, to define the powers and liabilities of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the fourth section of said Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting between the word transferred' and the word and in the twenty-third line of said section the following words: only they cannot be transferred except subject to the lien of the bank so long as the stockholders may be indebted or liable to the company. The stock of each stockholder shall always be bound for any debts, matured or maturing, that the stockholders may owe or be liable for to the company, either by indorsement, acceptance or otherwise, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate powers of said companies shall be vested in a Board of Directors, consisting of not less than five, but which, by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, may be increased to any number not exceeding twelve, a majority of which board shall reside in the place or county where the principal office is located. Every share shall be entitled to one

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vote in any meeting of the stockholders, but said vote may be cast by proxy, which shall be in writing and only given to a stockholder. The Board of Directors shall elect from their number a President, a Vice-President (if the stockholders should at any time deem the same necessary), a Cashier. Said board shall have the power to appoint all officers or agents necessary to carry on the business, to prescribe their powers and duties, to discharge them when thought proper and necessary, to fix their salaries and compensation, and to require such bonds of said officers and agents, including Cashier, as they deem necessary. Said board shall also have power to make by-laws for the management of the business; to declare dividends out of the net earning; to provide for the collection of a surplus fund; to provide how and in what manner certificates of stock shall be issued and how the same shall be transferred; only that they cannot be transferred except subject to the lien of the bank so long as the stockholders may be indebted or liable to the company. The stock of each stockholder shall be bound for any debts, matured or maturing, that the stockholder may owe or be liable for to the company, either by indorsement, acceptance or otherwise, and shall do all things for promotion of the business of the company not inconsistent with the laws of the State or the United States. Said Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected, The stockholders shall, at their first meeting for organization, fix the time for the annual meeting, but the [Illegible Text] may be changed at any subsequent meeting of the stockholders. 4th section of Act of Oct. 21, 1891, amended. Stock cannot be transferred except subject to [Illegible Text] of the bank. Liability of stock for indebtedness to bank. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING ACT OF OCTOBER 24TH, 1887, REGULATING BUSINESS OF INSURANCE. No. 351. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the business of insurance in this State, and for other purposes, approved October 24th, 1887, for the purpose of altering and defining the terms and conditions of the semi-annual statement of insurance companies to be made to the Governor of this State in July of each year, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of [Illegible Text], That from and after the passage of this Act the above recited [Illegible Text] approved the 24th day of October, 1887, be, and the same is, hereby [Illegible Text] by striking from the twenty-fifth to the thirty-first line, [Illegible Text] of the third section thereof the words which statement shall [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] full and exact report of their condition on the 30th day of June [Illegible Text] 31st day of December then next preceding, said statement to be [Illegible Text] in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth and required

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under the second section of this Act, which shall be sworn to by the officer or agent making the same, and inserting in place thereof the following: The January statement shall contain a full and exact report of their condition on the 31st day of December next preceding said statement, to be made in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth and required under the second section of this Act, which shall be sworn to by the efficer or agent making the same. The statement for July shall contain a report in short form of income, assets, expenditures and liabilities in gross, as of 30th day of June preceding, and sworn to by the officer or agent making the same, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows, viz.: That no insurance company of whatever class, except such companies as have already been chartered by the State, Masonic, Odd Fellows, religious and mutual aid socities and co-operative or assessment life insurance companies, shall be allowed to transact any business of insurance in this State, unless possessed of at least one hundred thousand dollars of actual cash capital paid up, or assets, and invested bonds or stocks, estimated at their actual market value at the date of the statement required by section 2 of this Act, or in mortgages on real estate worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged. Upon filing such statement, the Insurance Commissioner, when satisfied that it is correct, and that the company has fully complied with the laws regulating the business of insurance in this State, shall issue license to said company to transact business in this State. Said statement and license must be renewed annually on the 1st day of January, or within sixty days thereafter, and must show the condition of said company on the 31st day of December. In addition to this statement above required, all companies, including co-operative or assessment life insurance companies doing business in this State, shall, through their chief officer or agent residing in this State, make to the Governor of this State, semi-annual statements on the 1st day of January and July of each year, or within sixty days thereafter. The January statement shall contain a full and exact report of their condition on the 31st day of December next preceding; said statement to be made in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth and required under the second section of this Act, which thall be sworn to by the officer or agent making the same. The statement for July shall contain a report in short form of income, assets, expenditures and liabilities in gross, as of 30th day of June preceding, and sworn to by the officer or agent making the same. That at the time of making such report to the Governor each company shall publish at its own expense a duplicate thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in this State. That should any one of such insurance companies fail or refuse to make said statement to the Governor, it shall, by such failure or [Illegible Text], forfeit its right to do business in this State, until the 1st of January of the next year, and on such failure or refusal the Insurance Commissioner shall recall and cancel the license of such delinquent company. Amending 3d Section of Act of Oct. 24, 1887. By striking provision as to semi-annual statement. And providing what January statement [Illegible Text] contain. And what the July statement. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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LAWS REGULATING INSURANCE MADE APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS, ASSOCIATIONS AND CORPORATIONS. No. 260. An Act to make all laws regulating the business of insurance in this State by companies apply to individuals, associations and corporations engaged in like business. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws regulating the business of insurance in this State by companies be, and the same are, hereby made applicable to individuals, associations and corporations in like business. Insurance laws made applicable to individuals. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 14th, 1893. PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF CANAL COMPANIES. No. 373. An Act to provide for the grant of coporate powers and privileges to canal companies, prescribe their powers, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That any number of persons, not less than five, desiring to be incorporated as a company for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a canal, may file with the Secretary of State a petition setting out the names and domicile of the petitioners, that they desire to be incorporated as a canal company, the name under which they desire to be incorporated, the route as nearly as possible of the proposed canal, the headquarters of the corporation, the amount of the capital stock and the number of shares into which divided, and pay to the Secretary of State a fee of one hundred dollars to be covered by him into the treasury of the State. Therefore the Secretary of State shall issue to the petitioners a certificate as follows: Georgia. To whom it may concern, greeting:..... having filed their petition in the terms of the law, praying to be incorporated as a canal company, they and their associates and successors are hereby declared to be a body corporate for the period of thirty years under the name of....., with power to construct, maintain and operate a canal in and through..... with such powers, privileges and liabilities as now or hereafter prescribed by law. Witness my official hand and seal of State this..... day of....., 18...... Petition to be [Illegible Text] with Secretary of State. What it must contain. Fee. Certificates to be issued. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That upon the issuance of the certificate prescribed in the foregoing section, the persons therein named, their associates

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and successors shall be and become a body corporate for the period of thirty years. Said petitioners shall constitute the first Board of Directors of the corporation; they shall organize by electing one of their number President, and such other officers as may be necessary, prescribe rules and by-laws, and open books of subscription for the capital stock. When all the capital stock has been subscribed for and ten per cent. thereof paid in, notice of that fact shall be published three times in the public gazette in which the Sheriff's sales are advertised in the county in which is situated the principal office of the corporation. When this has been done the corporation is authorized to begin the transaction of business, but not before, and the directors and stockholders of said corporation shall be personally liable for all obligations incurred prior to a compliance with foregoing requirements. Incorporation to be for thirty years. First board of directors. First officers. Books of subscription, etc. Notice of subscription of all stock, etc. Corporation may begin business. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all companies incorporated under this Act shall have power to sue and be sued, make contracts, lease, purchase, hold and sell such property, real and personal, as may be necessary for the purposes of the corporation; construct and maintain a canal and branch canals, dams, races, weirs, aqueducts, reservoirs, towpaths and all other appliances necessary to divert, take or use the waters of any stream or body of water in the State; provided , they shall not, by building any dam in or across, or by diverting water from any navigable stream, destroy or obstruct the navigation of said stream; provided further , that such fish-ways shall be placed in any dams at the time of the construction of the dam as the [Illegible Text] Commissioner of the State shall direct, and said fish-ways shall be kept in good order and repair by the canal company, and said company shall notify the Fish Commissioner of the proposed construction of any dam; and provided further , that they shall pay such landholders as may have riparian rights in any stream or body of water taken, diverted or obstructed, as aforesaid, reasonable compensation therefor or for any damage done them. They may also enter upon, take and appropriate any lands and tenements necessary and appropriate for the purposes of the corporation, upon first paying reasonable compensation therefor; provided, however , that no company incorporated hereunder shall have power to construct or use any canal within the corporate limits of any incorporated city, town or village without first obtaining the consent of the proper corporate authorities of such city, town or village. General corporate powers. Powers as canal company. Navigation not to be obstructed. Fish-ways to be placed in dams, etc. Payment for taking or diverting water, etc. Condemnation of lands, etc. Construction or use of canal within towns or villages. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That when any person or corporation shall feel aggrieved or damaged by any appropriation to the use of said company of any of his or their lands, tenements or riparian rights, and cannot agree with the company as to the amount of damage that has thereby accrued, the amount of such damage shall be ascertained by three appraisers, who, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, well, shall take and subscribe an oath before some Judge or Notary Public well, truly and impartially to determine and award compensation in the premises. One appraiser shall be named by the Board of Directors of the company or its President, one by the aggrieved person or corporation and the other two so named shall name a third, whose award, or that of a majority of them, certified in writing under

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their hands and seals, in duplicate, one for each of the parties in interest, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which such lands, tenements or riparian rights are situated. If the person whose lands, tenements or riparian rights are taken or damaged shall fail or refuse to appoint an appraiser, or shall be a minor, non compos mentis , or in any way laboring under disabilities and not sui juris , the Ordinary of the county where the lands, tenements or riparian rights are located, upon application, shall appoint an appraiser in behalf of such a person failing or refusing to appoint an appraiser or not sui juris , and also a guardian ad litem for such person laboring under disabilities. The amount named in said award shall be paid, and the Clerk shall issue execution therefor unless appealed from as hereinafter provided. In case either of the parties shall be dissatisfied with the decision or award of said appraisers, such dissatisfied party may, within five days after the filing of the same, exercise his or their rights of appeal by making known such intention in a written notice served upon the adverse party, and upon the said Superior Court Clerk, whose duty it will be thereupon to suspend further proceedings and enter such appeal on the docket of the Superior Court to be tried as other cases of appeal. If said company, with good security to be approved of by the Clerk of the Superior Court, shall give bond where the appeal is pending, to pay the eventual condemnation money in said case, then said corporation may immediately enter upon and take possession of the lands and tenements, or proceed with the work which it was claimed was causing damage to any lands, tenements or riparian rights involved in the appeal. Dispute as to value of lands, etc., taken. Appraisers. Oath of. Selection of. Award. Failure to appoint appraiser, etc. Execution for amount of award. Appeal. Where bond given corporation may proceed. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That any company incorporated under this Act is authorized and empowered to enlarge any of the works or appliances of said canals or branch canals, and enlarge said canal anywhere along the line of the same by deepening and widening the same, making basins, dams, reservoirs or otherwise; also to construct and build branch canals to and from said canal from any and all points, with the same privileges and rights as are granted in constructing the main canal and other works, and to construct any dams, races, waste weirs, weirs, towpaths and other structures, to improve and make available said canal or canals, under the same limitations as already set out in this Act. Enlargement of canal, etc. Or construction of branch canals. Dams, [Illegible Text] races, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all companies incorporated under this Act are hereby empowered and authorized to allow water to be drawn from said canal or branch canals, for the purpose of propelling machinery, irrigating lands, furnishing [Illegible Text] for drinking, fire or any other purpose that the Board of Directors may deem proper, at any and all points along the line of the same, and charge for the use of said waters. May furnish water to others. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all companies incorporated hereunder may permit all goods, wares, merchandise, produce, lumber, [Illegible Text] of every description, logs, boats, vessels of every kind and all other things that can be so transported to be conveyed or passed through said canal or branch canals or any part thereof, and may collect such rates of toll as they may deem proper therefor. May permit goods, etc., to be conveyed through canals. Tolls.

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SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That whenever any canal or branch canal, reservoir or back waters of any company incorporated hereunder, shall encroach upon or cross any public road, said company shall restore said road to a condition suitable for use by the public, by bridges or otherwise. All bridges constructed under the provisions of this section shall be built and maintained in good order by and at the expense of the canal company. Encroachment upon public roads. Bridges. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That companies incorporated under this Act may mortgage, convey, sell or lease their canal and other properties, corporate rights and franchises, to obtain money to purchase, build, construct, operate or maintain their works, privileges and franchises to any person or corporation that they may deem to their interest. Mortgage, lease, etc., of canal or other property. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all companies incorporated under this Act may increase or decrease their capital stock by a majority vote of the stockholders of the corporation at any meeting called for the purpose, and upon filing with the Secretary of State a transcript from the minutes of the company showing the action of the company in increasing or decreasing the stock. Increase or diminution of capital stock. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the principal office of all companies incorporated hereunder shall be always in this State. Principal office to be in Georgia. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shall keep on file all the petitions for incorporation and transcripts from minutes provided for in this Act, and shall also keep a book in which shall be entered by him the name of the company, date of incorporation, amount of capital stock, location of principal office and any increase or decrease of capital stock. Petition for charter to be kept of file. Name of company, date of incorporation, etc. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the above named corporations shall be subject to State, county and municipal taxation. Corporation to be subject to taxation. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith be repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF EXPRESS COMPANIES. No. 363. An Act to provide for grants of corporate powers and privileges to express companies, to prescribe their powers, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That upon any number of persons not less than five in number filing a petition with the Secretary of State setting forth that they desire to be incorporated as an express company, the name under which they desire to be incorporated, the amount of capital stock which said company proposes to have, the place where the principal office of said company is to be located, and the States, Territories and countries in which said company proposes to operate, and paying to the Secretary a fee of one hundred dollars to be covered by the Secretary into the treasury of the State, the Secretary shall issue to the

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petitioners the following certificate, to wit: State of Georgia, To whom it may concern, greeting:..... having filed their petition in terms of the statute in such case provided, they and their associates and successors are hereby created and declared a body corporate for the period of thirty years under the name of..... for the purpose of carrying on an express business in..... with a capital stock of..... dollars, with its principal place of business at....., in the county of....., Georgia, with the powers, duties and liabilities as now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of this State. Witness my official hand and seal of this State this..... day of....., 18..... Petition to be filed with Secretary of State. What it must contain. Fee. Certificate to be issued. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the petitioners as above set out shall be the first directors of said company, and upon receiving the prescribed certificate they shall organize by electing one of their number President, and such other corporate officers as may be necessary; they shall open books of subscription to the capital stock of said company. When all the capital stock has been subscribed for and one-tenth in amount actually paid in, then notice of that fact shall be published in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's notices are published in the county of the principal office of said company at least three times, whereupon said company may begin the transaction of business, but not before. If the transaction of any business is commenced except upon compliance with the above prescribed requirements, the corporators and stockholders shall be personally liable for all obligations incurred prior to a full compliance with the requirements of this section. First directors. And officers. Books of subscription. Notice that capital stock has been subscribed for, etc. Company may begin business. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That any company incorporated under the provisions of this Act is authorized and empowered to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, to contract and be contracted with, to take bonds of indemnity with security from their agents and employees, to organize by purchase, devise or otherwise, and to hold real and personal estate of any value to the amount necessary and proper for the purpose for which the company is incorporated; to sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the same, to appoint all necessary officers, to make rules, regulations, by-laws and ordinances for the control, direction, management and operation of their affairs and business, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States; and to have, enjoy and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges [Illegible Text] to corporate bodies, and necessary for the purposes for which this corporation is created, as well as the powers and privileges hereinbefore specifically enumerated, within the the State of Georgia, and within all the States and Territories of the United States, and within any foreign countries enumerated in the certificate of incorporation, that shall permit or suffer the exercise of said corporate powers within its or their limits. General corporate powers. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all companies incorporated under this Act shall always have their principal office in this State. Principal office to be in Georgia. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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METHOD OF INCORPORATING TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. No. 348. An Act to carry into effect article (3) three, section (7) seven, paragraph (18) eighteen, of the Constitution of this State as amended, in so far as the same relates to the issuing and granting corporate powers and privileges to telegraph companies by the Secretary of State, and to prescribe and regulate the method of granting the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act all corporate powers and privileges hereafter granted to telegraph companies in this State shall be granted in the manner hereafter set forth. Corporate powers to be granted as hereinafter set forth. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That whenever any number of persons, citizens of the United States, not less than five, shall propose to form a corporation for constructing, equipping and operating any telegraph line, or for carrying on the business of telegraphy, they shall make and file in the office of the Secretary of State a written declaration to that effect, under their hands and seals, duly attested in the same manner as is required by law for the attestation of deeds to land in this State, setting forth the name of the corporation proposed, the object for which it is formed, its proposed capital stock, the number of shares of such capital stock, the places from and to which such telegraph line is intended to be constructed, equipped and operated, or if already constructed, then the place from and to which the same is intended to be operated, giving as near as practicable the county or counties, as well as the cities, towns and villages through which it may or does pass; the location of the principal office thereof, which shall be in this State; the time of commencement and duration of said corporation, which shall not exceed fifty years; the name and the residence of each applicant. Said applicants shall then pay to the Treasurer of the State a fee of one hundred dollars, and file with the Secretary of State the Treasurer's certificate of the fact of the payment of such fee. The Secretary of State shall then issue to said applicants a license as Commissioners to open books of subscription to the capital stock of said corporation at such times and places as a majority of said commissioners may determine after having given public notice of the same in one or more of the public gazettes of this State for at least two weeks. Declaration to be filed with Secretary of State. What it must contain. Fee. License to open subscription books. Notice of opening of books. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That as soon as may be after the capital stock shall have been fully subscribed, the Commissioners shall convene a meeting of the subscribers for the capital stock of said corporation, for the purpose of electing directors, and the transaction of such other business as may come before them. Notice thereof shall be given by depositing in the post-office, properly addressed to each subscriber, at least ten days before the time fixed, a written or printed notice stating the object, time and place of such meeting. In all elections for directors

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of the proposed corporation, each subscriber to the capital stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock subscribed for by him or her, which may be cast in person or by written proxy. Meeting of subscribers for organization, etc. Notice of. Vote of subscribers. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners shall make a full report of their proceeding and of the proceedings of the meeting of the stockholders, including therein a copy of the notice provided in the preceding section, a copy of the list of subscribers, with a statement of their respective residences and the number of shares subscribed for by each; the names and residences of the directors elected at the stockholders' meeting, and their respective terms of office, which said report shall be sworn to by at least a majority of the Commissioners and be filed with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall thereupon issue a certificate of the complete organization of said corporation, duly authenticated under his official signature and the seal of the State, and the same shall be recorded in his office in a book for that purpose, for which the usual recording fee shall be paid, and also in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which shall be located the principal office of the corporation. The Clerk of the Superior Court so recording such proceedings shall be paid by said corporation a fee of ten cents per one hundred words. Upon the recording of such proceedings in the manner hereinbefore required, said corporation shall be deemed fully organized and become and be duly incorporated under the corporate name set forth in the written declaration of file in the office of the Secretary of State, and is then authorized to proceed to business. But unless such corporation shall have so completed its organization within two years after the date of the filing of the written declaration for that purpose in the office of the Secretary of State, the license to the Commissioners shall be held and deemed revoked and forfeited. Report of proceedings of meeting of stockholders. Certificate of complete organization. Record of. Recording fee. Corporation then deemed fully organized. And may proceed to business. Organization must be completed within two years. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That corporations created under and by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall exist and have and enjoy succession under their respective corporate names, and under such names, respectively may make and enter into contracts, sue and be sued, purchase and hold such real, mixed or personal property as may be required for the purposes of said corporation within the scope of its business, and the same with all rights and privileges therewith connected, to sell, alien, mortgage, pledge and convey or otherwise dispose of under the corporate name, and make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations for its government as may be requisite or necessary; to have and use a corporate seal, and the same to alter at pleasure, and to appoint such officers or agents as may be necessary for the proper management of the affairs of such corporation. Such corporations shall also have power to erect and maintain telegraph and dispatch lines in and throughout the State of Georgia, or elsewhere in the United States of America, with all necessary stations, offices, apparatus, improvements and machinery, and to employ the same with any new inventions, which may from time to time be acquired, in the rapid transmission, for remuneration and profit, of information, messages and intelligence by means of electric agencies

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and magnetic telegraph, to and from the various places and stations on the telegraph line of such corporation. General corporate powers. Erection and maintenance of telegraph lines, etc. SEC. VI. Such corporation shall have the right and power to condemn land or other property necessary for the construction and operation of their telegraph lines, which condemnation shall be made under existing laws of this State provided for that purpose. Condemnation of private property. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. PROVIDING FOR RENEWAL OF CHARTERS HERETOFORE GRANTED TO DIVERS CORPORATIONS BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY. No. 364. An Act to provide for the renewal of all charters heretofore granted by the General Assembly of Georgia by special Acts to banking, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express and telegraph companies. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That any banking, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express and telegraph companies, heretofore incorporated by the General Assembly, by special Act, may from time to time renew its charter by filing with the Secretary of State a petition signed with the corporate name, stating the name and charter of the corporation, when incorporated, giving the date of the original Act of incorporation and all amendments thereto, that it desires a renewal of its charter as set out in the original Act of incorporation and the Acts amendatory thereof, and paying to the Secretary of State a fee of one hundred dollars, to be covered by him into the treasury of the State, and filing along with said petition a certified abstract from the minutes of the corporation, showing that the application for renewal had been authorized by proper corporate action. Thereupon the Secretary of State shall issue to the petitioning corporation the following certificate, to wit: Georgia. To whom it may concern, greeting: (insert name of petitioning corporation), a corporation created by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, by an Act approved (insert date of approval of Act of incorporation), and Acts amendatory thereof, approved (insert date of approval of amending Acts), having petitioned for a renewal of the charter of said corporation in terms of the statute in such case made and provided, the grant of corporate powers and privileges set out in the above recited Acts is hereby renewed for the space of thirty years, as to all parts thereof not in conflict with the Constitution and laws now or hereafter of force in this State. Witnesss my official hand and the seal of State, this..... day of....., 18. Charter may be renewed. Petition to be filed with Secretary of State. Fee. Abstract from minutes to be filed. Form of certificate to be issued. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That upon the filing of the petition and abstract, and the issuance of the certificate prescribed in the foregoing section of this Act, the corporation shall be conclusively presumed to

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have accepted the renewal of its charter, and said corporation shall be, and continue for the space of thirty years, a body corporate, with all the powers, privileges and liabilities as granted in the original Act of incorporation and the amendments thereto, so far as the same are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State, now or hereafter of force. Acceptance of renewal. Corporate powers to [Illegible Text] thirty years. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shall keep of file the petitions and abstracts specified in the first section of this Act, and shall keep a book in which he shall enter the names of all corporations obtaining renewals of charters under this Act, and the date of the renewal. Petitions and abstracts to be kept of file. And name of corporation and date of renewal to be recorded. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF CHARTERS GRANTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO DIVERS CORPORATIONS. No. 367. An Act to provide for the grant of corporate powers and privileges by amendment to the charters heretofore granted by special Acts of the General Assembly to banking, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express and telegraph companies. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That any banking, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express or telegraph company, heretofore incorporated by the General Assembly by special Act, may amend its charter so as to acquire any or all of the corporate powers and privileges granted to a like corporation under the Acts already or to be hereafter passed, providing for the grant of corporate powers and privileges to such companies by the Secretary of State, by filing with the Secretary of State a petition, signed with the corporate name, stating the name and character of the corporation, the date of the original Act of incorporation and all amendments thereto, that it desires an amendment to its charter by having granted it the corporate powers and privileges granted to similar corporations by the Act, or certain specified sections of the Act, providing for the grant of corporate powers and privileges to (insert kind of company) by the Secretary of State, and paying to the Secretary of State a fee of twenty-five dollars, to be covered by him into the treasury of the State, and also filing along with said petition a certified abstract from the minutes of the corporation, showing that the application for amendment had been authorized by proper corporate action. Thereupon the Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation the following certificate: Georgia. To whom it may concern, greeting: (insert here name of petitioning corporation), a corporation created by an Act of the General Assembly of this State by an Act approved

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(insert here date of approval of Act), and Acts amendatory thereof, approved (insert here date of approval of amendatory Acts), having petitioned for an amendment of the charter of said corporation, in terms of the law in such case made and provided, the corporate powers and privileges set out in the Act, or certain specified sections of the Act, providing for the grant of corporate powers and privileges by the Secretary to (insert charter of company), are hereby conferred upon (insert name of company desiring amendment). Witness my hand and the seal of this State, this..... day of....., 18. Amendments which may be made. Petition to be filed with Secretary of State. Fee. Abstract from minutes of corporation to be also filed. Certificate to be issued. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That after the filing of said petition, and the issuance of the certificate prescribed in the foregoing section, the corporation shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the amendment specified, and shall have, enjoy and exercise all the corporate powers and privileges set out in the Act, or the particular section of the Act specified in the petition, and certificate prescribed in the first section of this Act. Acceptance of amendment conclusively presumed. Powers to be enjoyed. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary shall keep of file all petitions and transcripts filed with him under the provisions of the first section of this Act, and shall also keep a book in which he shall enter the names of all the companies obtaining the amendments to charters under this Act, the date of the amendment and the Act, or portions of the Act, adopted as an amendment. Petitions and transcripts to be kept of file. Name of corporations, date of amendment, etc., to be recorded. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING ACT REGULATING BUSINESS OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS. No. 370. An Act to amend an Act to regulate the business of Building and Loan Associations heretofore and hereafter incorporated under the laws of this State which do business outside of this State, and also of Building and Loan Associations organized under the laws of other States, Territories or foreign governments, which do business in this State, to require the deposit by said association of seventy-five per cent. of all their securities with the State Treasurer, one of the State depositories, or some trust company, in trust for all other members and creditors, and to prescribe how the same may be withdrawn; to provide for a public examiner of such associations, who shall examine into the affairs of same from time to time, and to require annual reports from same and the payment of certain fees to the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer; also to impose same obligations and prohibitions upon such associations of other States doing business in this State as are imposed by said State upon associations of this State; to declare fines, interest

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and premiums paid on loans not usurious; to require all officers of said associations handling any of the funds thereof to give sufficient bond for the faithful performance of their duties; to prescribe penalties for doing business in this State, until the provisions of this Act are complied with, and for other purposes, approved October 19th, 1891, so as to provide for the withdrawal of securities upon ceasing to do interstate business, and to enlarge said Act, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act approved 19th of October, 1891, the title of which is set out in caption of this Act, be, and the same is, hereby amended by the addition of the following, to be known as Section 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Provided that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to Building and Loan Associations, or other associations of like character, which cease to do interstate business, and, upon satisfactory evidence being produced to the State Treasurer that such Building and Loan Associations have ceased to do business outside of this State, he (Treasurer) shall not demand the special tax on said associations now required by law to be paid by them, so long as they cease to do business out of this State; but this shall not be construed as relieving said associations from paying the same license or tax required of other associations only doing business in this State; provided also , that the provisions of the Act of October 19, 1891, shall not be construed to apply to interstate business conducted by such association prior to its passage. Additional Section to Act of Oct. 19, 1891. Provisions of Act not to apply to associations ceasing to do interstate business. Special tax not to be demanded of them. Act of 1891 not applicable to business done prior to its passage. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the number of section 13 be changed to section 14, and all laws in conflict herewith are repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. LIEN FOR WAGES OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. No. 239. An Act to fix the lien in certain cases of the liability of railroad companies for wages due to their employees, to prescribe the manner in which the same shall be paid, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the amounts due to the employees by any railroad company for wages earned by service rendered to said railroad company shall constitute a lien upon the railroad and other property of said railroad company, which shall be superior in dignity to the lien of any mortgage or other contract lien hereafter executed or created by said railroad company; provided , that no employee shall be entitled to said lien under this Act to an amount exceeding five hundred dollars. Amounts due employees for wages made a lien. Superior to mortgages or other contract liens. Amount not to exceed $500.00.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That whenever any railroad has been seized by any order or process from any court appointing a receiver for said railroad company it shall be the duty of the Judge presiding in said court to order payments on account of liabilities specified in this Act to be made out of any funds of said company available for said purpose so soon as the amount of said liabilities is liquidated, and if the same are disputed, then so soon as they can be judicially ascertained, and without awaiting the final judgment in said cause. And whenever any railroad has been seized by any trustee, or other person by authority of any provision in any trust deed or other conveyence to secure debt, it shall be the duty of said person so seizing said railroad to pay said liabilities specified in this Act out of the first moneys coming into his hands so soon as the amount of the same can be ascertained, and if said amounts are disputed, then so soon as the same may be determined, judicially or otherwise; and in all cases where a railroad has been seized as last aforesaid, the persons having such claims of liabilities shall have the same right to proceed against said property to collect and secure the amount due on account of said liabilities, as if said railroad had not been seized by any trustee or other person under said trust deed or other conveyance for the security of debt. When road seized by receiver payment of wages to be ordered. Out of any available funds. Time for such payment. Seizure by trustee or others, their duty to pay wages. Out of first moneys coming in. When amount is disputed. Claimant may proceed as if railroad not seized by trustee or others. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893.

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TITLE IX. MILITARY. ACTS. Reorganization, Discipline, etc., Georgia Volunteers. Providing for a State Naval Militia. Reorganization of Military Staff of Governor. Appointment of Graduates of Certain Institutions to be Second Lieutenants. REORGANIZATION, DISCIPLINE, ETC., GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS. No. 331. An Act to provide for the reorganization, the discipline and the regulation of the volunteer forces of this State, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the volunteer forces of this State shall be the active militia of this State, of which the white forces shall be known and designated as the Georgia Volunteers, and the colored forces as the Georgia Volunteers, colored. Volunteer forces the active militia. How to be designated. Number of infantry companies in time of peace. SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in time of peace the aforesaid volunteer forces shall consist of not exceeding seventy-two companies of infantry, white, and twenty companies of infantry, colored; twenty-four troops of cavalry, white, and one troop of cavalry, colored; two batteries of artillery, white, and one battery of artillery, colored; not exceeding six machine gun platoons, white; a medical department, white; a hospital and ambulance corps, white; and to each regiment of infantry and cavalry, white, which may be organized as hereinafter provided, a signal corps and a band of music; said volunteer forces, fully armed and equipped, to be allotted and apportioned in such localities of the State as the interests of the service, in the discretion of the Governor, may require: provided , that the Governor shall have power in case of war, invasion, insurrection, riot or imminent danger thereof, to increase the said forces and organize the same as the exigencies of the occasion may demand. Of cavalry troops. Of artillery batteries. Of gun platoons, medical department, etc. Signal corps and band of music. Apportionment of forces. Increase of forces, etc., in time of war.

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SEC. III. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid volunteer forces shall be organized and arranged by the Governor into such regiments, unassigned battalions, unassigned companies, separate departments and corps, with power to make such alterations in the organization and arrangement thereof, from time to time, as he may deem necessary; provided , that unassigned battalions of infantry and cavalry, white, now existing, or as may hereafter be organized, shall be assigned to regiments, whenever it is practicable in the judgment of the Governor so to do; provided further , that in time of peace the number of regiments of infantry, white, shall not exceed six, and the number of regiments of cavalry, white, shall not exceed two; provided further , that in such organization and arrangement the companies comprising any regiment shall be selected from the same general geographical section of the State, to the end that the territory in which a regiment is located shall be distinct and separate; provided further , that for the purposes of this Act as hereinbefore set forth, the Governor shall be authorized to transfer, if necessary, companies to and from regiments and battalions as they are now organized; provided further , that the infantry, colored, shall be organized into battalions and unassigned companies. Arrangement into regiments, battalions, etc., by Governor. Alterations in the organization, etc. Existing unassigned white battalions to be assigned to regiments. Companies of regiment to be from same section of State. Transfer of companies to and from regiments, etc. SEC. IV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That regiments of infantry and cavalry shall consist of three battalions; that to each regiment of infantry there may be attached, in the discretion of the Governor, a machine gun platoon; and to each regiment of infantry and cavalry there shall be one Colonel, one Lieutenant-Colonel, not exceeding three Majors, in the discretion of the Governor, one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Commissary, one Inspector of Rifle Practice, who shall be signal officer; one Chaplain, each with the rank of Captain, and one Sergeant-Major, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Commissary-Sergeant, one Color-Sergeant. Regiments to consist of three battalions. Machine gun platoon may be attached to infantry regiment. Officers of regiment. SEC. V. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That battalions of infantry and cavalry shall consist of not less than three nor more than four companies, and to each battalion there shall be one Major, one Adjutant with the rank of First Lieutenant, and one Sergeant-Major; provided , that until assigned to a regiment, any unassigned battalion now organized may have a commissioned and non-commissioned staff consisting of one Chaplain with the rank of Captain, and one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Commissary, one Inspector of Rifle Practice, each with the rank of First Lieutenant, and one Sergeant-Major, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Commissary-Sergeant, one Color-Sergeant, and that when such battalion is so assigned the said commissioned and non-commissioned staff shall be reduced to conform to the requirement of this Act, as provided in section 8 of this Act; provided further , that battalions of infantry, colored, may consist of not less than three nor more than six companies each, and to each battalion, colored, there shall be one Major, one Chaplain with the rank of Captain, and one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Commissary, one Surgeon, one Inspector of Rifle Practice, each with the rank of First Lieutenant, andone Sergeant-Major, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Commissary-Sergeant, one Hospital Steward, one Color-Sergeant. Number of companies in battalion. Battalion officers. Battalions of infantry, colored. Battalion officers.

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SEC. VI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to every company of infantry and cavalry there shall be one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, five Sergeants, four Corporals, and not less than twenty nor more than eighty privates; that to every battery of artillery there shall be one Captain, two First Lieutenants, one Second Lieutenant, five Sergeants, four Corporals, and not less than twenty nor more than eighty privates; that to every machine-gun platoon there shall be one First Lieutenant, three Sergeants, two Corporals, and not less than ten or more than forty privates; that each machine gun platoon, when organized, shall be attached to a regiment of infantry, and shall bear the numerical designation of such regiment; that to each regimental signal corps there shall be two Sergeants, one Corporal, and not less than eight nor more than forty privates; that to each regimental band of music there shall be one Chief Musician, two Sergeants, two Corporals, and not less than twelve privates; that to every company there shall be one Clerk, who shall be detailed for that duty from the company. Company officers and men. Battery of artillery. Gun platoon. Signal corps. Regimental band of music. Company clerk. SEC. VII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purposes of this Act the word company or companies shall apply to and include infantry, cavalry, artillery, machine gun and signal corps forces, except where herein specified; and the term unassigned battalion shall apply to a battalion not attached to a regiment, and the term unassigned company to a company not attached to a regiment or battalion. What [Illegible Text] `company' to include. What the terms unassigned battalion and unassigned company. SEC. VIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when a vacancy shall occur in any commissioned or non-commissioned office now existing in the artillery, infantry or cavalry of the aforesaid volunteer forces, but which is not provided for by this Act, such office shall thereupon cease and expire. When vacancies occur in offices, etc. SEC. IX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to defeat or impair the existing charters and privileges of any regiment, battalion or company now organized, except when inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Existing charters and privileges of regiments, etc., preserved. SEC. X. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That regiments, battalions and companies already organized may retain any special name [Illegible Text] designation they may have adopted or may have by charter, if incorporated, and any regiment, battalion or company hereafter organized [Illegible Text] adopt any special name or designation it may select, but regiments [Illegible Text] unassigned battalions must be numbered in their respective arms, [Illegible Text] to the date of their organization, and every company attached [Illegible Text] regiment or unassigned battalion must be designated in such regiment or unassigned battalion by a letter of the alphabet, in the manner [Illegible Text] in use in the United States Army. Special regimental, battalion, or company names may be retained. Adoption of special names hereafter. Regiments and battalions to be numbered. SEC. XI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That company [Illegible Text] shall be elected by the members of the company. In the case of [Illegible Text] company belonging to a regiment or unassigned battalion, the election [Illegible Text] be ordered by the regimental or battalion commander respectively. In the case of an unassigned company, an election for a sub-[Illegible Text] officer shall be ordered by the commanding officer thereof, and the [Illegible Text] for Captain shall be ordered by the Governor. In any case if an

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officer already in commission be promoted, the vacancy thereby created may be filled at the same election without further orders. Such elections may be superintended by any two or more officers of the volunteer forces not connected with the company in which the election is to take place, or by two or more Justices of the Peace or freeholders, or [Illegible Text] Justice and one freeholder of the county wherein the election is to take place. The polls should be kept open not less than two hours nor more than one day. The order for the election shall be promulgated to the members of the company at least five days before the election, in the manner as other orders to the company are promulgated, and shall specify what hours the polls are to be open. Election of company officers. Superintendence of elections. Polls. Promulgation of order for election. SEC. XII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That field officers of a regiment or unassigned battalion shall be elected by the commissioned officers of the companies of which such regiment or unassigned battalion is composed. If the election be for the Commander of a regiment or unassigned battalion, it shall be ordered by the Governor; if for a junior field officer, it shall be ordered by the regimental Commander. If a field officer already in commission in a regiment be promoted, the vacancy thereby created may be filled at the same election without further orders. Such election may be superintended by any two or more officers of the volunteer forces not themselves candidates, or any two or more Justices of the Peace, with one or more freeholders. The polls shall be kept open not less than two hours nor more than one day. The order for the election shall be [Illegible Text] in the same manner as other orders, at least ten days before the election is held, and shall specify the time and places of the election, and between what hours the polls are to be open. In the case of a regiment or unassigned battalion composed of companies in different counties, there shall be a poll in each county where there may be one company or more, and the election shall be conducted at each on the same day and in the manner above described. Election of field officers of regiments or unassigned battalions. Superintendence of polls. Promulgation of order for election. Where companies composing regiment, etc., in different counties. SEC. XIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That returns of an election for officers of companies belonging to regiments or unassigned battalions and for junior field officers of regiments shall be transmitted to the Governor through respective commanding officers, and those of elections for officers of unassigned companies through the Captains of the companies. Returns of election for Captains of unassigned companies and for Commanders of regiments and unassigned battalions shall be [Illegible Text] direct to the Governor by the Superintendents. Election returns. SEC. XIV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor may discharge any commissioned officer of the aforesaid volunteer forces for the following reasons, to wit: Upon tender of [Illegible Text] when it appears to the Governor that he is unable or unfit to discharge the duties of his office, or to exercise proper authority over his [Illegible Text] officers or soldiers, or that he has been convicted of an infamous crime; when he has removed his residence out of the bounds of his command to so great a distance that it is inconvenient to perform the duties of his office; when he has been absent from his command for a longer period than three months, without leave from the Governor; upon the [Illegible Text]

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of the organization to which he belongs; upon sentence of [Illegible Text] after trial according to law. Reasons for which Governor may discharge commissioned officer. SEC. XV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no officer shall be absent from his command for a period of more than thirty days, without leave of absence, which shall be granted only by the Governor. Absence of officer from his command. SEC. XVI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a resignation tendered by an officer shall be in writing, and shall be forwarded to the Adjutant-General, for the decision of the Governor, through all intermediate Commanders, and until duly accepted the officer shall not be considered as out of the service; provided , that no resignation of an officer shall be accepted against whom [Illegible Text] have been preferred prior to his trial upon, or the withdrawal of, the same, nor until he shall have satisfied and shall have been discharged from any bond given by him for the care of any ordinance or other military stores intrusted to his keeping by the State. Resignations by officers. SEC. XVII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That commissioned staff officers of regiments and unassigned battalions shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor, upon the recommendation of respective Commanders; that commissioned staff officers of battalions of a regiment shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor upon the recommendation of respective battalion Commanders, approved by the regimental Commander. And all such officers shall be subject to such examinations as to their fitness for commissions as are now or may hereafter be provided for by law. Appointment and commission of staff officers. Examinations as to fitness. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That [Illegible Text] enlisted man of the volunteer forces of this State shall be discharged before the expiration of his term of enlistment, except by order of the Governor and for the following reasons, to wit: accept promotion by commission; upon removal of residence from the State, or out of the bounds of command to which he belongs to so great a distance that, in the opinion of his commanding officers, he cannot properly perform his military duty; upon disability, established by certificate of a medical officer; upon conviction of felony in a civil court; upon his own application, approved by the commanding officer of his company, and by superior commanders; to carry out the sentence of a court-martial; whenever, in the opinion of the Governor, the interests of the service [Illegible Text] such discharge. Discharge of enlisted men. SEC. XIX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when an officer of the aforesaid volunteer forces holding a commission is elected or appointed to another office in the volunteer forces and accepts the same, such acceptance shall vacate the office previously held. Acceptance of another office, etc. SEC. XX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the medical department heretofore provided shall be known and designated as the medical department of the Georgia Volunteers, and shall consist of one Surgeon-General with the rank of Colonel, one Assistant Surgeon-General with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, one Medical Inspector with the rank of Major, not exceeding one Surgeon, with the rank of Captain [Illegible Text] one Assistant Surgeon with the rank of First Lieutenant, to

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each regiment; not exceeding one Assistant Surgeon with the rank of First Lieutenant, to each unassigned battalion and each unassigned battery which may be organized under the provisions of this Act; that all medical officers of the Georgia Volunteers now holding commissions, and all other persons who may hereafter be commissioned as medical officers of the Georgia Volunteers, shall constitute a medical staff, and that the said medical staff shall be under the direction and control of the said medical department. Medical department. SEC. XXI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers of the aforesaid medical department shall be appointed as follows, to wit: the Surgeon-General by the Governor; the assistant Surgeon-General and the Medical Inspector by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Surgeon-General; the Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the respective commanders of organizations entitled to such medical officers; provided , that no person shall be eligible for appointment as Surgeon-General, Assistant Surgeon-General, or of Medical Inspector, who is not at the time an officer of the medical department of the Georgia Volunteers. Officers Medical department appointed by the Governor. SEC. XXII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons nominated as medical officers of the volunteer forces of this State shall, before being commissioned, undergo such examination as to fitness as is now or may hereafter be provided for by law; provided , that all medical officers of the Georgia Volunteers now holding commissions, may be recommissioned as officers of the aforesaid medical department without examination. Examinations as to fitness, etc. Recommission of present officers without examination. SEC. XXIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all medical officers shall hold commissions during good behavior, and shall be subject to the same regulations for the government of the aforesaid volunteer forces as all other commissioned officers. Medical officers hold commissions during good behavior. SEC. XXIV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Surgeon-General of the Georgia Volunteers shall be attached to the military staff of the Governor, and, under his direction, shall have general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the medical department of the volunteer forces of the State, and shall be charged with the administrative duties of the medical department; he shall have supervision and direction of the selection and distribution of all medical and hospital supplies, and shall approve or disapprove of all requisitions for supplies from all medical officers; he shall make, subject to the approval of the Governor, such regulations for the government of the medical department as he may deem necessary; he is chief of his department, and shall submit annually to the Governor a report, in writing, of the medical department, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Governor. Surgeon General. SEC. XXV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon after the passage of this Act as practicable, the Surgeon-General shall assign to permanent duty with the various commands of the Georgia Volunteers, the medical officers connected with such commands; that these officers so assigned shall continue to act as part of the staff of the commanding officer of the organization to which they are thus assigned; that

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hereafter, in case of vacancy, an officer commissioned to fill shall in like manner be assigned, and shall serve as a part of the staff of the commanding officer of the command to which he is assigned; that officers of the medical department may be detached and detailed for temporary duty by the Surgeon-General should the interests of the medical department [Illegible Text] demand, but the detachment shall not continue beyond a reasonable [Illegible Text], nor to the detriment of the commands to which such officers are permanently assigned. Surgeon General to assign, etc. Medical officers part of staff [Illegible Text] Detail for temporary duty. SEC. XXVI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the hospital and ambulance corps, hereinbefore provided, shall be known and designated as the hospital and ambulance corps of the Georgia Volunteers, and shall consist of hospital stewards, acting hospital stewards and privates, and all necessary service in garrison, camp or field, including ambulance service, shall be performed by the members thereof, who shall [Illegible Text] regularly enlisted for a period of two years, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Governor; that said hospital and ambulance corps shall be permanently attached to and be under the direction and control of the medical department of the Georgia Volunteers. Hospital and ambulance corps. SEC. XXVII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Surgeon-General of the Georgia Volunteers shall have authority to appoint as many hospital stewards as, in his [Illegible Text], the service may require, but not exceeding two hospital [Illegible Text] to each regiment, and not exceeding one hospital steward to each unassigned battalion or battery, which may be organized as aforesaid. Hospital steward. SEC. XXVIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be appointed a hospital steward who is not a practical druggist, duly licensed from the State Board of Pharmacy. Qualifications of hospital steward. SEC. XXIX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Surgeon-General of the Georgia Volunteers is hereby empowered to enlist, or cause to be enlisted, as many privates of the hospital and ambulance corps, each to be over eighteen years of age, as the service may require, [Illegible Text] to limit and fix the number, and make such regulations for their government as may be necessary; and any enlisted man of the Georgia Volunteers shall be eligible for transfer to the said hospital and ambulance corps as a private; that privates of the hospital and ambulance corps shall perform duty as ward-masters, cooks, nurses and attendants in hospitals, and as litter bearers, and ambulance attendants in the field, and such other duties as may, by proper authority, be required of them, and these men shall have all the rights and privileges of enlisted men of the aforesaid volunteer forces. Privates of hospital and ambulance corps. SEC. XXX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That privates of the said hospital and ambulance corps may be detailed as acting hospital stewards by the Surgeon-General whenever the necessities of the service require the same. Acting hospital stewards, when educated in the duties [Illegible Text] the position, may be eligible for appointment as hospital stewards. Detail of privates as acting hospital stewards. SEC. XXXI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all general and special laws, and parts of such laws, in conflict with the purposes and terms of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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PROVIDING FOR A STATE NAVAL MILITIA. No. 325. An Act to provide for the establishment and government of a State naval militia, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That when in conformity with the military code an enrollment of persons subject to the military duty shall be made, there shall be separately enrolled and designated as naval militia in such districts as the Commander-in-Chief may designate, all seafaring men of whatever calling or occupation, and all men engaged in navigation of the rivers and other waters, all persons engaged in the construction and management of ships and crafts, or any parts thereof, upon such waters, together with shipowners, yacht-owners, members of yacht clubs, and all other associations for aquatic pursuits, all ex-officers and former enlisted men of the navy, subject to the existing qualifications and exemptions from enrollment for military service in the militia. Separate enrollment of naval militia. Who may be enrolled SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the companies of the Georgia Volunteers, which are now, or which may be hereafter, allowed, there may be allowed, in time of peace, the following companies of naval militia, organized by voluntary enlistment for the defence of the coast and harbors, which shall constitute a battalion to be known, as the Naval Battalion of Georgia Volunteers, to-wit: Three companies of Naval Reserve Artillery and one Naval Reserve Torpedo Company; provided , that the Commander-in-Chief shall have power in case of war, insurrection, invasion or imminent danger thereof, to increase said force beyond such limit of four companies, and to organize the same as the exigencies of the service may require; provided further , that the Commander-in-Chief may alter, annex, divide, consolidate or disband the said Naval Battalion, or any part thereof, whenever in his judgment the efficiency of the State service will be increased thereby. Companies of naval militia which may be allowed. Naval battalion of Georgia Volunteers. In case of war, insurrection, etc number of companies may be increased. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the term of [Illegible Text] in the aforesaid Naval Battalion shall be two years. No enlisted man shall be discharged before the expiration of his term of enlistment, except by the order of the Commander-in-Chief. Term of enlistment. Discharge. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to the aforesaid Naval Battalion there shall be one Lieutenant Commander, who shall command the same, one Lieutenant to act as executive officer, and one Lieutenant to act as navigator, which officers shall be chosen and commissioned as soon as the said Naval Battalion is fully organized. The commanding officer of the said battalion shall have power to appoint a staff, to be commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief, to consist of one Aide, one Ordnance Officer, one Paymaster, who shall be mustering officer, one Surgeon, each with the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade. There

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[Illegible Text] also be attached to the staff of the commanding officer the following warrant and petty officers: one Master-at-Arms, two Yeomen, one Hospital Steward, one Boatswain's Mate. Battalion officers. Staff. Warrant and petty officers. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That each company of Naval Reserve Artillery and the Naval Reserve Torpedo Company shall be commanded by a Lieutenant, and shall contain one Lieutenant, junior grade, two Ensigns, and not less than thirty-two nor more than [Illegible Text] warrant and petty officers and seamen as enlistmen. The Naval Reserve Torpedo Company shall consist of three crews, each of which shall [Illegible Text] at least sixteen warrant and petty officers and seamen. The first [Illegible Text] shall be commanded by the Lieutenant, junior grade, the second and third crews by the two Ensigns. Each torpedo crew shall contain at least two men with practical knowledge of electricity, and two others with a [Illegible Text] knowledge of steam engineering. Company officers. Number of men. Naval reserve torpedo company. Officers of crews. Torpedo crew. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioned warrant petty officers of the Naval Battalion shall be chosen and shall qualify under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commander-in-Chief. The rank given in this Act is naval rank as the [Illegible Text] now exists in the Navy of the United States. Regulations as to selection and qualification of battalion officers. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers and enlisted men of the aforesaid Naval Battalion, or any part thereof, shall perform such duty or service as may be ordered by the Commander-in-Chief, and shall be paid the same compensation as is allowed officers and enlisted men having the same relative rank or position in the Georgia Volunteers for performing similar duty or service, but they shall not receive any compensation from the State for duty performed by way of instruction or drill, or otherwise for which they shall [Illegible Text] compensation from the United States. The uniform of the Naval Battalion and the insignia and designation of grade and rank shall be [Illegible Text] by the Commander-in-Chief, who may change and modify the [Illegible Text] from time to time. Service to be performed. Compensation. Uniform. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the system of discipline, routine of duty and exercise of the Naval Battalion and parts thereof shall conform generally with the existing laws governing the volunteer forces of the State of Georgia, so far as the same may [Illegible Text] to the said Naval Battalion, and where the same does not apply, the discipline, duty and exercises shall conform generally to the laws, [Illegible Text] and usages governing the Navy of the United States. The Commander-in-Chief is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations from time to time as he may deem expedient for the government, [Illegible Text] and instruction of the Naval Battalion, but such regulations [Illegible Text] conform to this Act, and as nearly as practicable to those governing [Illegible Text] United States Navy, and when promulgated they shall have the same [Illegible Text] and effect as the provisions of this Act. The Naval Battalion shall [Illegible Text] subject to the articles and regulations for the government of the United [Illegible Text] Navy to the same extent as members of the Georgia Volunteers [Illegible Text] subject to the articles of war and regulations for the government of [Illegible Text] United States Army. System of discipline, etc. Rules for government, assignment and instruction of battalion. Battalion subject to articles and regulations United States navy

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SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the appointment, composition and powers of naval boards, courts of inquiry and courts-martial shall be as is now provided by the military code of Georgia for similar bodies in the Georgia Volunteers. Naval boards, courts of inquiry and courts-martial. SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Naval Battalion shall be considered to correspond to a battalion in the Georgia Volunteers, and shall be entitled to all the privileges and allowances of such battalions. Each company of said Navy Battalion shall be considered as the equivalent of a company of the Georgia Volunteers, and shall be entitled to the same privileges and allowances. The members of the Naval Battalion, and each company thereof, may form themselves into an organization, and adopt by-laws in the same manner, with the same powers, and subject to the same limitations as are now prescribed for members of companies in the Georgia Volunteers. Battalion to correspond to battalion Georgia Volunteers. Companies to correspond Georgia Volunteers Members battalion and each company, etc. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893. REORGANIZATION OF MILITARY STAFF OF GOVERNOR. No. 332. An Act to provide for the reorganization of the military staff of the Governor of this State, assigning rank thereto, and prescribing the duties thereof, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Governor is the Commander-in-Chief of the volunteer forces of this State, to wit: the Georgia Volunteers and the Georgia Volunteers, colored. The military staff of the Governor shall consist of the following officers, to be appointed by him, who shall be commissioned as officers of the Georgia Volunteers, holding office at the pleasure of the Governor, or until their successors are appointed and qualified, to wit: An Adjutant-General, who shall be keeper of public property, one Judge Advocate-General, one Quartermaster-General, each with the rank of Colonel, not less than four aids-de-camp, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and in his discretion as many more as he may deem proper, and in his discretion whenever the exigencies of the service require, one Inspector-General and Commissary-General and one Inspector-General of rifle practice, each with the rank of Colonel. The Governor may also appoint his private Secretary as his military Secretary, and commission him with the rank of Major. In addition hereto, the Adjutant-General, the Quartermaster-General, the Commissary-General may each have an assistant, and the Inspector-General may have two assistants, and the said assistants shall have the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. These assistants shall be

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appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the above mentioned respective heads of departments, and shall be attached to the military staff of the Governor. Governor Commander-in-Chief. His military staff to be appointed by him, etc. Terms of offices. Of whom staff composed. Assistants to the Adjutant General, Quartermaster General and Inspector Generals. SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Adjutant-General shall be ex officio chief of the staff to the Governor, and all communications between the Governor and officers of the volunteer forces of the State shall be made through and to him; he shall keep and preserve the arms, accoutrements and other military stores of the State; he shall keep on file in his office all reports made to him; he shall make an annual report to the Governor of the condition of the said volunteer forces, and the Governor is required to lay the same before the Legislature; he shall give his whole time and attention to said office. Unless such offices are filled the Adjutant-General shall perform the duties of the Inspector-General and the duties of the Inspector-General of rifle practice, and he shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Governor. The Judge Advocate-General shall supervise and care for the management of all things relating to the administration of justice among the aforesaid volunteer forces; he shall diligently scrutinize and examine the proceedings of all courts-martial and report thereon in writing for the information of the Governor. [Illegible Text] the orders of the Governor, the Judge Advocate-General shall act as Judge Advocate of any court-martial where the public interests may require his attendance, and he shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Governor. The Quartermaster-General, the Inspector-General of rifle practice, the aids-de-camp and the military secretary shall perform such duties pertaining to their respective offices as may be directed by the Governor. Unless such office is filled, the Quartermaster-General shall perform the duties of the Commissary-General. The duties of the Inspector-General, the Commissary-General and the assistants hereinbefore provided shall be correlative with those discharged by like officers in the United States Army, and they shall perform such other duties pertaining to their respective offices as may be required of them by the Governor. Adjutant General chief of staff. His duties. Duties of Judge Advocate-General. Duties of other staff officers. SEC. III. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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APPOINTMENT OF GRADUATES OF INSTITUTIONS GIVING MILITARY TRAINING TO BE SECOND LIEUTENANTS. No. 333. An Act to provide for the appointment by the Governor of graduates of educational institutions of this State in which military instruction and training are regularly given as Second Lieutenants of infantry of the Georgia Volunteers, assigning duty thereto, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to appoint and commission annually, from among the graduates of every college or educational institution of this State in which military instruction is regularly given to at least one hundred students, the graduates thereof having the highest standing, the same to be determined and certified by the faculty thereof, who shall have received military instruction and training during a full course of three years thereat, and who shall be, at the time, a citizen of the State of Georgia, as a Second Lieutenant of infantry of the Georgia Volunteers; provided , that application for such appointment and commission be made within six months after graduation from such college or institution. Governor authorized to appoint. Graduates having highest standing. Who shall have had military training, etc. When application to be made. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers appointed and commissioned in pursuance of the aforesaid provision of this Act shall be in addition to those now authorized, or who may hereafter be authorized in the said Georgia Volunteers, and that such officers may be assigned by the Governor, to such duty as, in his judgment, the interest of the service may require. Assignment for duty, etc. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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TITLE X . MISCELLANEOUS. ACTS. Clerks Superior Courts Eligible to be Clerks City or County Courts. Amending Act as to Courthouses in Militia Districts. Special Bailiffs, Act as to Appointment of Made Applicable to Counties Containing Cities of 30,000 Population. Pharmaceutical Examiners, Grant of Permanent License by. Special Bailiffs, Compensation Increased. Divorce, Residence Required of Applicants for. Georgia Reports, Republication of Certain Volumes. Ceding Land to United States for Road Purposes. Coroner, Physician to in Counties with Population of 40,000 or more. Drainage Purposes, Condemnation of Land for by Counties. Confederate Soldiers Authorized to Peddle without License. Labor Day Made a Legal Holiday. Liquors, Sale or Soliciting Sale Prohibited in Counties Where Sale Prohibited. Coroner's Inquests Regulated. Title to Realty as Security for Debt, Act for Relief of Holders of. Attachments or Garnishments, Commercial Notaries Prohibited from Issuing. Ex-Confederate Soldiers, Relieving Necessities of. Codification of Laws Provided for. Reformatory Prisons, Establishment of by Counties or Municipalities. Forthcoming Bonds, Measure of Damages Recoverable on. Elections, Method for Contesting. Roads, General Law as to Amended. Oils, Compensation of Inspectors of. Game Law Amended. Mob Violence, Prevention of. Lawful Wire Fences, Definition of. Atlanta Law School, Admission of Students of to Practice Law. Burn Property of Another, Punishment for Threatening to. Judgments against Sureties in Legal or Equitable Proceedings. Newspaper Libel Defined and Procedure in Actions for Provided. Ceding Land to United States for Road Purposes. Election Returns, Larceny of. Shad, Catching or Taking by Nets, Seines, etc. Union Trade Marks, Labels, etc., Protected. State Depositories, Regulation of. Commissioner of Agriculture to Report Statistics as to Agriculture.

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CLERKS SUPERIOR COURTS ELIGIBLE TO BE CLERKS CITY OR COUNTY COURTS. No. 160. An Act to make Clerks of the Superior Courts eligible to hold the office of Clerk of the City or County Courts in the county of their residence. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Clerks of the Superior Courts shall be legally eligible to hold the office of Clerk of the City or County Courts in the county of their residence on taking the oath and giving bond and security as prescribed by law. Clerks Superior Courts may be clerks city or county courts. Oath and bond. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 22d, 1893. AMENDING ACT AS TO COURTHOUSES IN MILITIA DISTRICTS. No. 167. An Act to amend an Act to authorize the building of courthouses in the several militia districts of this State, and the levy of a tax for that purpose, and for other purposes, approved October 20th, 1891, by striking out the words outside of the incorporate towns in the seventh line of said Act, and by adding the words and select the place for said courthouse after the word purpose in the ninth line of said Act. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is enacted by the same, That the Act entitled an Act to authorize the building of courthouses in the several militia districts of this State and the levy of a tax for that purpose, and for other purposes, approved October the 20th, 1891, be amended by striking out the words outside the incorporate towns in the seventh line of said Act, and by adding the words and select the place for said courthouse after the word purpose in the ninth line of said Act, so that said Act will then read: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is enacted by the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the county authorities having charge of the county revenues in this State are hereby authorized and empowered, upon the recommendation of the grand jury of said county, to erect, at a cost not exceeding one hundred dollars each, a suitable courthouse in each militia district in the counties of this State, and said authorities are authorized to levy a tax for that purpose, and select the place for said courthouse. After said courthouse has been erected the court-ground shall not be removed without the consent of the said county authorities. Act of Oct. 20, 1891, amended. Court houses may be built in towns. Place to be selected by county authorities. Act as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893.

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ACT AS TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL BAILIFFS MADE APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES CONTAINING CITIES OF THIRTY THOUSAND POPULATION OR MORE. No. 169. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize the Judges of the Superior Court in this State to appoint a special Bailiff in counties containing a city of sixty thousand population or more, to define the term of service and the duties of said Bailiff, to fix his compensation, and for other purposes, so as to make the provisions of said Act applicable to cities of thirty thousand population. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Act entitled an Act to authorize the Judges of the Superior Court in this State to appoint special bailiffs in counties containing a city of sixty thousand population or more, to define the terms of service, the duties of said Bailiff, to fix his compensation, and for other purposes, approved December 12th, 1892, be amended by striking the word sixty from the fourth line of the first section of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word thirty, so that the first section of said Act, when amended, shall read as follows, to wit: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That all Judges of the Superior Courts in this State shall have authority to appoint a special Bailiff in any county in their Judicial Circuit which contains a city of thirty thousand population or more, which Bailiff shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Judge appointing him, and who shall discharge such duties in and about the court room when the court is in session, and about the Judge's chambers, as may be now or hereafter required by law, or as may be required by the Judge appointing him. Act of Dec 12th, 1892, amended. Made applicable to counties containing cities of 30,000 population or more. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. PERMANENT LICENSES BY BOARD OF PHARMACEUTICAL EXAMINERS. No. 178. An Act to amend an Act approved September 29th, 1881, and amended and approved October 25th, 1889, entitled an Act to establish a Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, etc., as now contained in the Code of Georgia, pages 1482, 1483 and 1484, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 5 of the above recited Act be amended by inserting in line 23 thereof after the word board and before

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the word should the following words: Should an applicant prefer he may at the time of examination pay said board fifteen dollars and shall receive therefor a permanent license. Anyone who has paid five dollars for examination, who is not in arrears for renewal fees, and who shall pay ten dollars to the board, shall receive therefor a permanent license, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: That all persons applying for examination and license shall pay to the Board of Pharmacy the sum of five dollars, and if passing the examination shall be furnished with the license as hereinbefore provided, and an annual renewal fee of two dollars shall be paid to said board. Should an applicant prefer he may at the time of examination pay said board fifteen dollars, and shall receive therefor a permanent license. Anyone who has paid five dollars for examination, who is not in arrears for renewal fees, and who shall pay ten dollars to the board, shall receive a permanent license. Should the applicant fail to stand a satisfactory examination no fee shall be charged for a subsequent examination, such subsequent examination not to be granted within six months after the first. And it shall be the duty of the board to keep a record of its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose by the Secretary, said book to be turned over to their successors in office. All moneys received in excess of six hundred dollars by said board shall be paid into the treasury of the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association, and said board shall make an annual report to the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association. Sec. 5 of Act of Sept. 29, 1881, as amended by Act of Oct. 25, 1889, amended. Permanent license may be obtained. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. INCREASING COMPENSATION OF SPECIAL BAILIFFS. No. 182. An Act to amend an Act approved December 12th, 1892, entitled an Act to authorize the Judges of the Superior Courts in this State to appoint a special Bailiff in counties containing a city of sixty thousand population or more, to define the term of service and duties of said bailiff, to fix his compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Section (2) two of an Act of the General Assembly of this State, approved December 12th, 1892, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word fifty in the second line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words sixty-five, so that said section 2, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted, That said special Bailiff shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of sixty-five dollars per month, or at that rate, during his term of office, and the

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same shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for said county, or in absence of such Commissioners upon order of the Ordinary. Sec. 2 of Act of Dec. 12, 1892, amended. Compensation of special [Illegible Text] made $65.00 per month. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. TWELVE MONTHS' RESIDENCI IN STATE REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS FOR DIVORCE. No. 183. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the time of residence in this State, and of the counties therein, of all persons making application for divorce to the courts of this State, and for other purposes, approved October 20th, 1891. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the words and the county wherein the said suit is filed six months, in lines 5 and 6, in section 1, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: That from and after the passage of this Act, that no court in this State shall grant divorce of any character to any person or persons who has not been a bona fide resident of the State twelve months before the filing of said application for divorce. Act of Oct. 20, 1891, amended. So as to require twelve months' residence by applicants for divorce. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. REPUBLICATION OF GEORGIA REPORTS FROM SIXTY-SIXTH TO SEVENTY-SIXTH VOLUME, INCLUSIVE. No. 210. An Act to authorize the republication of the Georgia Reports from the sixty-sixth (66th) to the seventy-sixth (76th) volume, inclusive. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Governor be authorized and required to have republished the Georgia Reports from volume sixty-six to seventy-six, inclusive, not more than two hundred copies of each volume, and the amount of twenty-one hundred dollars ($2,100.00) is hereby appropriated for said purpose, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Republication authorized. Not more than 200 copies. Appropriation for. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Librarian shall sell these volumes at not less than one dollar and fifty ($1.50) cents per volume. Price to be charged.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. CEDING CERTAIN LAND TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ROAD PURPOSES. No. 216. An Act to cede to the United States of America jurisdiction over a strip of land fifty feet in width from a point on or within the corporate limits of the town of Chickamauga, northward and east of the C., R. C. R. R. to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park, and also a strip of land fifty feet in width, beginning at the east end of Rossville Gap, in Missionary Ridge, on the Rossville and LaFayette public road, to a point on the Missionary Ridge crest road near the crossing of that road by the boundary line between Georgia and Tennessee, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this Act, the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia is ceded to the United States of America over a strip of fifty feet in width, beginning at or within the corporate limits of the town of Chickamauga, and running northwardly and east of the railway known as the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad, on such route as now or may hereafter be located and adopted by the said United States of America to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park boundary; also over another strip of land fifty feet wide, beginning on the LaFayette and Rossville public road, at east end of the Rossville Gap, in Missionary Ridge, and running to a point on the Missionary Ridge crest road, near the crossing of that road by the boundary line between Georgia and Tennessee, on such route as now or may hereafter be located and adopted by the said United States of America, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining public roads thereon; provided , that concurrent jurisdiction is retained by the State of Georgia on said ceded lands for the purpose of the administration of the criminal and civil laws of the State of Georgia, and for the purpose of the execution of civil and criminal processes of its courts; provided further , that this cession shall not take effect until the United States shall have acquired right of way for said purposes. Jurisdiction ceded over strips fifty feet wide. Land affected by this Act. Concurrent jurisdiction retained as to administration of law and execution of process. When Act to go into effect. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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PHYSICIAN TO CORONER IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF FORTY THOUSAND OR MORE. No. 223. An Act to authorize the appointment in each of the counties of this State which have a population of forty thousand or more of a competent Physician to the Coroner, to prescribe the duties and authorize the fixing of the compensation of said Physician, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, in counties having a population of forty thousand or more, where there is not any other medical officer appointed for the purpose, upon the recommendation of the grand jury, the officer or officers charged with the management of county affairs may appoint for one year, at a compensation to be fixed by such officer or officers, a Physician to the Coroner, whose duty it shall be to perform all the post mortem examinations and autopsies required by section 4109 of the Code of 1882, accompanying the Coroner at all inquests, and testifying as to the cause of death. Said physician shall prepare a careful written opinion as to the cause of death in each case, and file the same with the coroner as a part of the testimony of the inquest. It shall be the further duty of said physician to investigate the cause of death of all persons dying in the county without the attendance of a physician, and report the same to the Coroner. Said physician shall furnish a burial certificate whenever directed to do so by the Coroner, whether an inquest be held or not. Said physician shall also make to the county authorities a monthly report, giving the number of inquests held and the result of each inquest; the number of cases investigated of persons dying without the attendance of a physician and the cause of such deaths. Physician to be appointed upon recommendation of grand jury. By county authorities Compensation. Duty of physician. Burial certificates. Reports. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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ALLOWING COUNTY AUTHORITIES TO CONDEMN LAND FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES. No. 238. An Act to authorize certain counties in this State to exercise the right to eminent domain and to condemn for public use such rights of way for establishing and maintaining a system of drainage, whenever such right of way cannot be acquired from the landowners with their consent, and to provide the manner of assessing just and adequate compensation to be paid to the owners of the land so taken, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, whenever the right of way to construct and maintain public drains cannot be acquired from the landowner, or landowners with their consent, by contract, purchase or grant, it shall and may be lawful for the coast counties of this State to construct such drains over any lands belonging to other persons upon payment or tendering to the owner thereof or to his, her or its legally authorized agent or representative, just and adequate compensation for the right of way, which compensation, when not otherwise agreed on, shall be assessed and determined in the following manner, to wit: The county shall choose one of the citizens of this State as its assessor and the person or persons owning the land sought to be taken, or the right of way to be used, shall choose another as his, her, its or their assessor; and in case the person or persons owning such land, or a majority of them, if more than one person owns the land sought to be condemned, should fail or refuse to make such choice or select some one to represent his, her or their interest, or should the owner be an insane person, lunatic, idiot or minor, or under any disability from any cause whatever, and have no legal representative, then it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the county to make such selection for such owner or owners so failing or refusing, or being under disability to make the same as aforesaid; provided , the said county shall give notice to said Ordinary that such owner or owners fail or refuse or are unable to act as aforesaid; and provided further , that if the county affairs are administered by the Ordinary of such county and not by commissioners, that the selection of the assessor for such person or persons as may fail or refuse, or be unable to act as aforesaid, shall be made by the Clerk of the Superior Court of such county to whom the notice of such failure, refusal or disability to act shall be given; and the two assessors thus selected shall choose a third assessor, and should they fail for ten days to agree upon a third assessor, then the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county shall appoint the third assessor. And the three assessors thus selected shall be sworn to do justice between the parties; and after hearing such evidence as may be offered, both as to the benefits and as to the damages done to the owner or owners of such property or right of way, they, or a majority of

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them, shall assess the damages and value of the property so sought to be condemned, and shall say in writing what sum such county shall pay for the right of way or land so [Illegible Text] to be condemned by it; and they shall file their award within five days after it is made, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county, and the Clerk shall record the same, and it shall have all the force and effects of a judgment or decree by the Superior Court of said county. And in case either party shall be dissatisfied with the said award, the party so dissatisfied, and in case he, she or they shall be under disability and have no legal representative, the Ordinary of said county, as the representative of said party, shall have the right, by giving written notice to the other party within ten days from the time said award is filed as aforesaid in the Clerk's office, to enter an appeal in writing from said award to the Supreme Court of the county, where said award is filed, and at the next term of the Superior Court, unless continued for legal cause, the Judge presiding in said cause shall direct an issue to be made up as to the damages or valuation of the land so taken, and the same shall be tried with all the rights for hearing and trying said cause in the Superior Court and in the Supreme Court as provided for cases at common law; provided , that if the county should return said appeal it shall file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court bond and security, payable to landowners for the payment of the amount rendered upon the final hearing of said case. The entering of said appeal and the proceedings thereon shall not hinder or in any way delay the said drainage or the progress thereof, but the sum may proceed without let or hindrance from the time that an award is made by the arbitrators, and either paid by the county or a tender of the sum assessed and awarded, duly made and continued and refused; and then said award shall become final by the filing thereof without appeal, or by the judgment on appeal the constituted authorities of the county having charge of its finances must grant an order on the County Treasurer for the damages so assessed. If the landowner or owners be an insane person, lunatic, [Illegible Text] or minor or under disability from any other cause, and have no legal representative, then [Illegible Text] sum awarded or found due on final judgment for the land so taken shall be paid to the Ordinary, and he [Illegible Text] cause the same to be invested for the use of such owner or owners, and to this end he shall appoint such guardian as is usual, necessary or proper; and the right of way and the right to use the same shall vest in the county as fully as if the same [Illegible Text] been purchased or acquired by contract with the consent of the owner or owners thereof. Condemnation for drainage purposes by coast counties. Upon payment or tender of compensation. Compensation, how determined. Choice of assessors. Oath. Proceedings and award. Effect of award. Appeal. Hearing of appeals. When appeal by county and bond given appeal not to delay the proceeding. Payment of damages. Payment where land owner under disability, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in [Illegible Text] with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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AUTHORIZING CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS TO PEDDLE WITHOUT LICENSE. No. 261. An Act to authorize all Confederate soldiers who are over the age of fifty years, and who have been residents of this State for ten years next preceding their application, to peddle in said State without obtaining a license from said State, or any county or municipality thereof, and without being subject to any tax therefor. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act all Confederate soldiers who are over the age of fifty years, and who have resided in this State for ten years next preceding the filing of their application, as hereinafter provided, are authorized to peddle in the State without first obtaining a license therefor from the State, or any county or municipality thereof, and without being subject to any tax therefor. Confederate soldiers fifty years old and resident in Georgia ten years, may peddle without license. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before any such Confederate soldier shall avail himself of the privilege conferred by this Act, he shall go before the Ordinary of the county wherein he resides, and make oath in writing that he served as a soldier in the Confederate army, stating in what company and regiment; that he is over fifty years of age, and has resided in this State ten years next preceding the filing of said affidavit; that the business which he proposes to carry on (stating what he proposes to peddle) is his own, and that he will not sell or offer to sell any article for another, directly or indirectly. Oath required of such peddlers. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That upon making and filing the affidavit provided for in the preceding section, the Ordinary shall issue a certificate stating that said Confederate soldier has taken the oath prescribed by law, which certificate shall authorize the Confederate soldier making such affidavit and holding such certificate to peddle in any county or municipality in this State procuring a license or being subject to any tax therefor, provided he shall not sell whisky, sewing machines or lightning rods. Certificate of authority. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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LABOR DAY MADE A LEGAL HOLIDAY. No. 263. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to set apart the first Monday in September of each year as a legal holiday, to be known as Labor Day, approved October 16th, 1891, [Illegible Text] making the same effective as a public holiday, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the first section of the above entitled Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding therein after the word legal the words or public, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the first Monday in September of each and every year be, and the same is, hereby set apart as a legal or public holiday, to be known as Labor Day. First Monday in September a legal or public holiday as Labor Day. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 15th, 1893. PROHIBITING SALE OR SOLICITING SALE OF LIQUORS IN COUNTIES WHERE SALE IS PROHIBITED. No. 287. An Act to make it unlawful to sell or solicit the sale of spirituous, malt or [Illegible Text] liquors in any county in this State where the sale of such liquors is prohibited by law, high license or otherwise, and to provide a penalty for the same. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or solicit personally or by agent the sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors in any county in this State where the sale of such liquors is prohibited by law, high license or otherwise, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction, be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia; provided , this Act shall not be construed as preventing the furnishing of such liquors to [Illegible Text] in such prohibition counties upon purchases made of licensed dealers in such liquors outside of, and not solicited or contracted for, in said prohibition counties; provided further , this Act shall not prevent the soliciting of orders from licensed druggists and practicing physicians. Unlawful to sell or solicit sale where sale prohibited. Penalty. Not to prevent furnishing upon purchases of licensed dealers outside prohibition counties. Nor soliciting order from licensed druggists and practicing physicians. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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REGULATING CORONER'S INQUESTS. No. 288. An Act defining the duty of Coroners in holding inquests, when the same shall be held, the number of jurors and the pay of jurors in said service, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act it is the duty of the Coroner of each county in this State to take inquest over such dead bodies in their respective counties as follows, to wit: 1st. Of all violent, sudden or casual deaths, when there are no eye witnesses to the killing or cause of the death. 2d. Of all sudden deaths in prison without an attending physician. 3d. Of all dead bodies found, whether of persons known or unknown, when it is apparent from the body that violence caused the death, or when the person died or disappeared under suspicious circumstances. 4th. Whenever ordered by a court having criminal jurisdiction; and it shall be the duty of said court, whenever an affidavit is made and filed with the court that a dead body is found and that the person came to his or her death by violence or foul play, to interrogate and examine other witnesses, if any, as to the necessity for an inquest, and should the court then decide that an inquest is essential to the ends of justice an inquest shall be ordered. When inquests shall be held. SEC. II. No inquest shall be held over any dead body, when the cause of the death was violence, or accident, or act of God in the presence of witnesses; provided , no person makes affidavit of facts raising a suspicion of foul play, when an inquest shall be held, but at the expense of the party making the affidavit and not of the county; but upon such inquest, if it should appear that the death was caused by violence and foul play, and the person guilty of the act is arrested, then the person paying the cost of the inquest shall be repaid by the County Treasurer upon an order from the Judge of the Superior Court of the county. No inquest, when. Unless affidavit raising suspicion of foul play. Payment of expense of such inquest. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Coroner shall summons and empanel six jurors to hold an inquest, and the majority vote of said six jurors shall decide the verdict. The jurors sworn and empanelled upon an inquest shall be paid one dollar each for their service as jurors upon each inquest. Six jurors. Majority decide [Illegible Text]. Pay of jurors. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with his Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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FOR RELIEF OF HOLDERS OF TITLE TO REALTY AS SECURITY FOR DEBT. No. 289. An Act for the relief of persons holding title to real estate as security for debt. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act every person having a debt on another person or persons which is due, and for which he has as security a deed to real estate, after suing said debt to judgment in any court having jurisdiction, may file a deed of [Illegible Text] to the real estate conveyed as security aforesaid to the maker of such conveyance in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court where such real estate is situated, for the purpose of compelling a sale of the real estate so conveyed and extinguishing all rights of the maker of such conveyance and then levy the execution issued upon said judgment on the real estate so conveyed by a proper officer [Illegible Text] said county, who shall proceed to sell the same as in other cases of levies and sales [Illegible Text] real estate. After such real estate is sold as aforesaid, the sheriff shall make titles to the purchase of the same, who shall hold the same divested of all rights or claims of any kind belonging to the maker of said deed; and the proceeds of such sale shall belong to the plaintiff in said judgment prior to all liens whatever against the [Illegible Text] in execution, unless some other creditor or person interested in such proceeds can show, as he is hereby allowed to do, that according to law said plaintiff is not entitled to a priority in said proceeds or any legal and just claim therein, but said creditor or other person claiming as aforesaid is entitled to the proceeds aforesaid or some part thereof. Holders of title as security may after judgment file deed to maker of conveyance. Have execution levied on property. Purchaser to hold title, etc. Claim of plaintiff in judgment. Unless [Illegible Text] can be shown by some person, etc. SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. PROHIBITING COMMERCIAL NOTARIES ISSUING ATTACHMENTS OR GARNISHMENTS. No. 290. An Act to prohibit Commercial Notaries Public from issuing attachments or garnishments. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for Commercial Notaries Public, or Notaries Public who are not ex officio Justices of the Peace, to issue attachments or garnishments

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or to subscribe affidavits or approve bonds for the purpose of issuing attachments or garnishments. Not lawful for commercial notaries to issue, etc. Or subscribe affidavits or approve bonds, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. FOR RELIEVING NECESSITIES OF POOR EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. No. 308. An Act to authorize and empower the county authorities of the various counties in this State to relieve the necessities of any ex-Confederate soldier who may become chargeable upon the Poor Fund of said county, without compelling said soldier or soldiers to become an inmate of the Poor House or Farm of said county. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, each and every county in this State is authorized and directed to use so much of the Poor Fund as may be raised by taxation in said county, as may be necessary to provide food and clothing for any ex-Confederate soldier of this State who may become chargeable upon the Poor Fund of said county, without compelling said ex-Confederate soldier to become an inmate of the Poor House or Poor Farm of said county. Use of poor fund to relieve ex-Confederate soldiers. Without compelling them to become inmates of poor house or farm. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any ex-Confederate soldier shall apply to the proper county authority in any county in this State for assistance from the Poor Fund of said county, it shall be the duty of said county authorities to ascertain, by such investigations as they may deem proper and sufficient, whether said ex-Confederate soldier is properly entitled under the provisions of this Act to the assistance contemplated by this Act. Regulations as to asserting whether applicant entitled. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the assistance to be rendered under the terms of this Act shall not be by payments of money, but shall be made in provisions of food and a proper amount of comfortable clothing to be used by said ex-Confederate soldier wherever he may see fit to reside; it being the intent and meaning of this Act that no ex-Confederate soldier of Georgia shall be forced to become an inmate of any Poor House or Poor Farm in this State in order to obtain relief from the authorities of the county in which he may reside. Assistance not to be in money but in food and clothing. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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PROVIDING FOR THE CODIFICATION OF THE LAWS OF GEORGIA. No. 320. An Act to provide for the appointment of three Commissioners to codify the laws of Georgia, to define the duties and powers of said Commissioners, to fix their compensation, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That within thirty days after the passage of this Act, the Governor and the Chief Justice and the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint three citizens, learned in the law, who shall be commissioned to codify the laws of this State. Any vacancies occurring in said commission before the completion of its work shall be promptly filled by the Governor and the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. Appointment of codifiers, when and by whom. Must be citizens learned in the law. Vacancies. SEC. II. Be it likewise enacted, That the duties and powers of said Commissioners shall be to codify and arrange in systematic and condensed from the laws now in force in Georgia, from whatever source derived, following the general plan and [Illegible Text] of the Code of 1863, and subsequent revised editions thereof. The Commissioners shall preserve, as far as practicable, the numbering of the sections contained in the Revised Code of 1882, and shall make marginal reference to statutes, and shall annotate the sections with the decisions of the Supreme Court of the State explanatory of the same, but shall not make annotation of any other decisions nor of any text-books. The Commissioners shall begin their work as soon as practicable after their appointment, and shall use due diligence in completing the same. When they shall have finished their work, they shall file two type-written copies of the manuscript, together with a full index to the same, in the executive office; provided , that the codifiers shall separately codify the civil and criminal laws of the State, and shall make a full and complete separate index to each of said codifications. The Commissioners shall have authority to employ a clerk, who shall be paid at the rate of $100 per month for the time he is engaged in his work; said salary to be paid monthly, on the warrant of the Governor, who shall issue his warrant upon the certificate of the Commissioners as to the [Illegible Text] due said clerk. Character of codification to be made. Numbering of sections, etc. Marginal references and annotations. When work shall begin. [Illegible Text] to complete. Two copies manuscript and index to be [Illegible Text]. Clerk to commissioners. SEC. III. Be it likewise enacted, That each of said Commissioners shall receive the sum of $3,000 as compensation for his services, one-half of which shall be paid on the warrant of the Governor, when the copies of the manuscript have been filed in the executive office, as hereinbefore provided, and the balance of said compensation shall be paid on the warrant of the Governor when the work of said Commissioners has been accepted or approved by the General Assembly. Compensation of commissioners. When payment to be made. SEC. IV. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893.

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PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF REFORMATORY PRISONS BY COUNTIES OR MUNICIPALITIES. No. 321. An Act to provide a mode by which counties or municipalities in this State, having a population of thirty thousand, may establish Reformatory Prisons; to make provisions for submitting the same to the qualified voters of any such county or municipality in which said Reformatory Prison is to be established; to provide the means for its support and the authority for the government and regulation of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act any county or municipality in this State having a population of thirty thousand, which may desire to establish a Reformatory Prison, for the confinement, punishment and reformation of misdemeanor convicts under sixteen years of age, or convicts violating the ordinances of any such municipality under the same age, may do so as hereinafter provided. County or municipality with population of thirty thousand may establish reformatory prison. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That whenever the grand jury of any county, or the city council of any municipality in this State having a population of thirty thousand, shall recommend the establishment of a Reformatory Prison for the class of convicts mentioned in section 1 of this Act, belonging to said county or municipality, the Ordinary of such county or the Mayor of such municipality shall call an election to be held to decide whether such Reformatory Prison shall be established. Upon recommendation by grand jury or city council. Ordinary or Mayor to call an election. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the said election shall be held within sixty days after the recommendation mentioned in section 2 of this Act. In any such election held in a county, all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to vote in such county election; and where an election is held in any municipality all persons shall be entitled to vote who are qualified voters of said municipality. Said election, when held in a county, shall be conducted under the same rules and regulations as govern in the election of members of the General Assembly; and where held in a municipality, said election shall be conducted under the same rules and regulations as govern in elections for Mayor and Council of such municipality. The votes cast at such elections shall have written on them For Reformatory Prison, or Against Reformatory Prison. WHere the election shall result in more votes being cast For Reformatory Prison than Against Reformatory Prison, then the Ordinary or County Commissioners in case of a county, or the City Council in case of a municipality, shall establish and maintain a Reformatory Prison as hereinafter specified. When election to be held. Qualifications of voters. Regulations for election Ballots. Result of election.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That in any county which has carried For Reformatory Prison as above provided, the Ordinary or County Commissioners of such county, and in any municipality which has carried For Reformatory Prison, the Mayor and City Council of such municipality shall purchase a site, erect such buildings, barracks, stockades, hospitals and other buildings and make such other purchases and do such other things as are necessary to the proper establishment and maintenance of a Reformatory Prison for such county or municipality. Purchase of site, erection of buildings, etc. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the design and purpose of such Reformatory Prison so established shall be the punishment, confinement, safe-keeping, humane treatment, protection, profitable employment and reformation of those who may be inmates of said Reformatory Prison. The said buildings shall be so constructed and the whole plan of said Reformatory Prison shall be so designed as to have fully in view the separation of the sexes and of the white and colored inmates. The said Reformatory Prison shall as far as possible be made self-sustaining and self-supporting by the profitable employment of its inmates, looking particularly to their reformation. Design and purpose of prison. Separation of sexes, and of white and colored inmates. Prison, so far as possible, to be self-supporting. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the authorities hereinbefore specified, namely, the Ordinary or County Commissioners in case of a county, and the Mayor and City Council in case of a municipality, shall make and enforce the proper rules and regulations for the management of said [Illegible Text] Prison as will carry out its design and purpose. They shall appoint a superintendent whose duty it shall be to enforce the rules and regulations made. He shall be a man of high moral character, humane disposition and of irreproachable integrity, shall also be competent and a practical business man of first-class ability. He shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the authorities respectively above named. He shall perform all other duties prescribed for him by said Ordinary or County Commissioners where appointed for a county Reformatory Prison, or by the Mayor and City Council where appointed for a municipal Reformatory Prison. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties as superintendent he shall give bond, with good security, payable to the Ordinary or County Commissioners or the Mayor and City Council, according as he may be appointed, in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as superintendent, and shall, before entering upon his official duties, take oath to do likewise. Rules for management of prison. Superintendent. His bond. Oath. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the authorities respectively above named, when said Reformatory Prison is ready to receive the inmates, a chaplain and a suitable number of persons to properly conduct said Reformatory Prison. All said appointments shall be from persons of good moral character, of humane disposition and capable of building up an institution of the kind indicated. They shall be persons well qualified to influence the minds and hearts of the inmates of said Reformatory Prison to better lives and citizenship. Chaplain and other officers.

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SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That upon the establishment of a Reformatory Prison in any county of this State as herein provided, all juvenile criminals of such county under the age of sixteen years, who have been convicted of a misdemeanor in any of the courts of such county, shall be sentenced by said court to the Reformatory Prison in such county; provided , that where a fine is imposed and paid the sentence to said Reformatory Prison shall not apply. And upon the establishment of a Reformatory Prison in any municipality in this State as herein provided, all juvenile criminals of such municipality under the age of sixteen years, who have been convicted of violating any of the ordinances of such municipality, shall be sentenced by the tribunal which shall so find, to the Reformatory Prison of such municipality; provided , where a fine is imposed and paid, the sentence to said Reformatory Prison shall not apply. The judges of the courts trying said criminal for such misdemeanors, or the tribunals trying for the violation of city ordinances, is hereby required to sentence said criminals accordingly, and shall direct that they be so confined and punished; and the jury upon the trial of such offenders or criminals, or the tribunal trying for offences against city ordinances in addition to finding the guilt or innocence of the defendant, shall find from the evidence the age of the prisoner where a verdict or judgment of guilty is returned. Juvenile misde meanor convicts to be sentenced to reformatory prison. Save where fine imposed and paid. Juvenile offenders against municipal ordinances to be sentenced to said prison. Save where fine imposed and paid. Directions as to sentence. Jury or tribunal trying to find age of convict. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That it is the design of the institutions herein provided for, that they shall be places where juvenile criminals of the kind heretofore mentioned shall be reformed, but at the same time properly punished, disciplined and kept employed. To this end the superintendent shall keep all the inmates of said Reformatory Prison constantly at work during week days, allowing the proper time for rest and for meals. The kind of work and the number of hours to be worked each day shall be prescribed by the respective authorities above mentioned, but the age, sex and physical condition of each inmate shall be taken into consideration. Every means possible shall be used to reform said inmates. With this in view the best influences possible under the circumstances shall be thrown around them. They shall be induced and encouraged to self-respect, and every effort shall be made to build up within them qualities of character and good citizenship. Designs of said prisons. Inmates to be kept at work. Kind and amount of work, etc. Reformation of inmates. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That when a Reformatory Prison is established in any county or municipality, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order all such convicts as are mentioned in this Act and under sentence serving the same, to be transferred to such Reformatory Prison where they shall serve out the remainder of their sentence under the rules and regulations of said Reformatory Prison. Convicts under sentence to be ordered transferred to reformatory prison. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the institutions herein provided for shall be so conducted as to avoid all competition with free labor, and this object shall be carefully adhered to throughout. Competition with free labor to be [Illegible Text] SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That in the construction and maintenance, as well as in all other respects, connected with said Reformatory Prison, there shall be exercised the strictest economy. Strictest economy to be exercised.

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SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Ordinary or County Commissioners in the case of counties, and the said Mayor and Council in case of municipalities, are hereby authorized to raise and appropriate the funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, in any county or municipality deciding as above declared For Reformatory Prison. Raising and appropriation of funds for prison. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893. MEASURE OF DAMAGES TO BE RECOVERED ON FORTHCOMING BONDS. No. 327. An Act to prescribe the measure of damages to be recovered on forthcoming bonds. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of [Illegible Text] and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That in all cases in the courts of this State where personal property is seized or levied upon, under judicial process, and a [Illegible Text] bond shall be given for the same, the measure of damages to be recovered upon such forthcoming bond shall be the value of the property, at the time of the delivery of the property under the forthcoming bond with legal interest thereon, and if the property seized or levied upon shall deteriorate in value by reason of being used by the person giving the bond or otherwise, [Illegible Text] shall then be delivered up to the officer making the seizure or levy, said officer or the plaintiff may recover on said bond the difference between the value of the property at the time of the delivery of the property under the forthcoming bond and its value when turned over to the officer making the seizure or levy and legal interest thereon; provided, however , that the amount of damages recovered shall in no case exceed the amount due on the execution levied. Damages to be value of property when delivered under bond and interest. Where property deteriorates in value. Damages not to exceed amount due on execution levied. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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PROVIDING METHOD FOR CONTESTING ELECTIONS. No. 329. An Act to provide for the filing, hearing and determining of contests in contested elections in this State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act that in all cases when the election of a person by the people to any office requiring a commission from the Governor is contested, the following shall be the proceedings in all contests arising therefrom: 1st. The contestant or his attorney shall give written notice to the Governor of an intention to contest, and upon receipt of such notice the Governor shall withhold the issuing of a commission until the contest is decided, or until the time hereinafter prescribed shall have elapsed without the filing of such contest. In all cases the Governor shall withhold the issuing of commissions to persons elected five days after said election shall have been held. 2d. Such contest shall be begun by giving the adverse party five days' notice in writing stating the grounds of contest, the time and place where the contestant intends to take testimony and the judicial officer before whom the testimony will be taken, provided for providential cause or other sufficient reason, any other judicial officer than that named in the notice, qualified to act, may preside at the taking of such testimony, the cause of such change being made to appear by the affidavit of the contestant and to be made a part of the record in said case Said notice may be served by the Sheriff, his Deputy or any Constable of the county where the contest is pending, who shall be paid by the party cast in the contest two dollars for service of notice of contest and fifty cents for each subp[oelig]na served. 3d. Any judicial officer of the county, where the testimony is taken, may preside, to preserve order, to swear witnesses, to see that the testimony is fairly and impartially taken, and reduced to writing. Said officer shall have power to subp[oelig]na witnesses and compel their attendance, if in this State, and to issue commission to take testimony of persons out of this State, and to adjourn from day to day, provided all testimony submitted on the part of the contestant shall be taken within thirty days from the day of the election contested. The contestee shall be allowed ten days after the closing of the contestant's testimony to submit and take testimony in rebuttal or on cross-grounds of contest. The judicial officer presiding shall be allowed two dollars per day for his services, and the clerk who takes down the testimony two dollars per day for his services, which, with the cost of service of notice and subp[oelig]nas herein provided for, may be enforced by execution issued by the judicial officer presiding in said contest against the [Illegible Text] cast in the contest. 4th. Either party may appear by himself or attorney, or both, and cross-examine the witnesses

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and have noted and certified all legal exceptions to the admissibility of testimony submitted by the opposite party, which exceptions shall be passed upon by the court finally determining said contest. 5th. The contestee may file cross-grounds of contest in which case he shall give like notice to the contestant as is required to be given to the contestee, and the testimony on such cross-grounds of contest shall be [Illegible Text] after the close of contestant's testimony and within ten days thereafter, in the same manner as is herein prescribed for the taking of testimony for the contestant, and certified by the presiding officer as such. 6th. No proceedings can be begun to contest an election after the Governor has issued the commission in such case. 7th. All papers and proceedings or copies of them duly certified by the presiding officer or agreed to by the parties in writing must be transmitted within five days after the closing of the testimony so taken to the Judge of the Superior Court of the circuit wherein the contest may arise, who shall hear and determine the same, either in term time or in chambers, after giving reasonable notice to the parties concerned, or their counsel, of the time and place of hearing. Contested elections as to office requiring commission from Governor. Notice to Governor of intention to contest. Governor to then withhold commission. In all cases commission to be withheld for five days. Notice to adverse party. Who may preside at taking of tetimony. Service of the notice. Costs of. Duties and power of presiding officer. Testimony taken within thirty days from election. Ten days allowed for contestee's evidence in rebuttal, etc. Compensation of. Appearance in person or by attorney. Noting and certifying exceptions. Exceptions to be passed upon. Crossgrounds by contestee. Notice of. Testimony on. No proceedings can be begun, etc. Transmission of papers, etc. Who shall hear and determine contest. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That whenever any contest arises over an election of any Constable, municipal officers, or other officers not provided for in the foregoing provisions of this Act, the same shall be filed with, heard and determined by the Ordinary of the county wherein such contest may arise, under the same rules and regulations as to the mode of procedure as prescribed in this Act for contests where commission is issued by the Governor. The Ordinary shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars per day for each day occupied in hearing said contest, to be taxed as costs which may be enforced by execution against the party cast in the contest. Contests as to officers not above provided for. To be filed with, heard and determined by Ordinary. Ordinary's fee. Collection of. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING THE GENERAL ROAD LAW. No. 335. An Act to amend section 11 of the general road law of this State, approved October 21st, 1891, so as to provide that the operation of said law shall be suspended in any county upon the recommendation of the grand jury. SECTION I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, section 11 of the general road law of this State, approved October 21st, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding thereto the following words: and the operation of this Act shall be suspended in any county in this State upon a like recommendation of the grand jury made at any term of court, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 11. Be it further enacted,

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That this Act shall not go into effect in any county in this State until it is recommended by the grand jury of said county, said recommendation to be made at any term of court, and the operation of this Act shall be suspended in any county of this State upon a like recommendation of the grand jury made at any term of court. Section 11 of Act of Oct. 21, 1891, amended. Operation of the Act, etc. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. COMPENSATION OF INSPECTORS OF OILS. No. 341. An Act to amend an Act, approved December 30th, 1890, entitled an Act to amend the laws of this State in reference to the inspection of illuminating oils by providing for the appointment of Inspectors of Oils, prescribing the manner and amount of their compensation, revising the schedule of fees now prescribed by law for the inspection of oils, providing for the disposition of fees, and for other purposes, further prescribing the manner and amount of compensation of Inspectors of Oils. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembls of the State of Georgia, That section 4 of the above recited Act be amended by inserting in the tenth line of said section, after the word dollars, the words less five per cent., so that said section, when so amended, will read as follows, to wit: Section 4 of Act of Dec. 30, 1890, amended. Compensation of Inspector. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all inspectors provided for by this Act shall receive compensation as follows: said Inspectors shall remit to the Treasurer each month, at the time of making their monthly statements, one-third of all fees received by them in excess of twenty-five dollars per month, provided that when any Inspector's receipts for a month shall, under the operation of this section, be such that two-thirds thereof shall exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars, he shall remit to the Treasurer all receipts in excess of said amount of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, less five per cent. Each Inspector shall keep a record of the amounts of oils inspected, with the name of the person, corporation or firm for whom said inspection is made, and also all the moneys received by him for said inspection, and he shall forward monthly reports on the first day of each month, containing an abstract from said record for the month preceding, to the Commissioner of Agriculture, and shall, at the same time, forward to the Treasurer of the State all the moneys received by him as fees during that time, except what he is entitled to as his compensation. Said report shall give the name of the Inspector or deputy who inspected each lot of oil. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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AMENDING THE GAME LAW. 342. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to protect game in the State of Georgia during certain seasons, approved October 16th, 1891, so as to more fully protect game in this State, to make said Act as amended uniform, to prohibit sale of game in certain seasons, to prescribe penalties for a violation of this Act, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all the sections and provisions of said Act occurring after the words authority of the same, in second line of the first section, and inserting in lieu of said stricken sections and provisions the following, to wit: That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, trap, kill, ensnare, net or destroy in any manner any wild turkey, pheasant, snipe, partridge or any insectivorous or singing bird, except English sparrows, crows, larks, rice birds, wheat birds and doves, in any county in this State, between the first day of April and the first day of October of any year; and as to doves, it shall be unlawful for any person to trap, kill, ensnare, or destroy any dove in this State between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of July in any year; and it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, wound or destroy any deer or fawn in this State between the first day of January and the first day of October of any year; and it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, any wild deer, wild turkey, pheasant, snipe, partridge, dove or other game bird killed, destroyed, caught or ensnared in this State within the dates aforesaid, in violation of the provisions of this Act. Act of Oct: 16, 1891, amended. Unlawful to shoot, trap, etc, wild turkeys, pheasants, etc. Between April 1st and October 1st. Doves. Hunting, Killing, etc., deer. Selling or offering for sale of deers, turkeys, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and wilfully violate the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882. Penalty [Illegible Text] violation of this Act. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall supersede all existing laws on the subject of game and game protection, and shall have a uniform and general application. This Act to supersede all existing, laws. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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FOR PREVENTION OF MOB VIOLENCE. No. 347. An Act to prevent mob violence in this State, to prescribe a punishment for the same, to provide a means for carrying this Act into effect, to punish [Illegible Text] failure to comply with its requirements, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, whenever any officer of this State, charged with the duty of preserving the peace and executing the lawful warrants of this State, has knowledge of any violence attempted to be perpetrated upon any citizen of this State by mob violence and without due authority of law, it shall be the duty of every such officer to summons to his assistance, either in writing or verbally, when necessary, any of the citizens of the neighborhood or county, whose duty it shall be to prevent such mob violence, if in their power to prevent it, and they shall use every means in their power to prevent such mob violence. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff or other officer charged with this duty, and of the posse summoned as aforesaid to the end of suppressing a riot or preventing mob violence, to arrest the persons engaged in the same and place them in the common jail of the county, or other place of safety, to be dealt with as the law directs; and any person so engaged in mobbing or lynching any citizen of this State without due process of law shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor longer than twenty years, and should death result from such mob violence, then the person or persons causing said death shall be subject to indictment and trial for the offence of murder under existing laws. Duty of officer knowing of attempted mob violence upon citizen To summon posse to prevent it. And use every possible means to prevent it. Must arrest persons engaged in same and commit them to jail. Penalty for engaging in mobbing or lynching. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any Sheriff or other arresting officer having knowledge of a meeting or assembling together of any citizen or citizens of this State for the purposes set forth in section 1 of this Act and fails to attempt in good faith to suppress the same, either by himself or by summoning a posse as prescribed in section 1 of this Act, such Sheriff or other arresting officers so failing to perform his duty as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882. Failure of officer to try to suppress mob violence. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That any person summoned as aforesaid, who shall fail or refuse to respond to the officer's summons, and assist in suppressing any mob violence being committed, or about to be committed as aforesaid (unless such person is physically unable to respond), such person so refusing to respond and assist such officer in good faith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code. Failure to assist officer by person summoned to do so.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That whenever any citizen of this State shall be summoned as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the officer so summoning to notify such person or persons to bring with them such firearms or other weapons as are necessary to be used in suppressing such mob violence, and it shall be the duty of such persons to respond promptly with such arms or weapons as he or they may be able to procure; and the arresting officer or his posse may, if the exigency of the case require, in order to prevent human life from being taken by mob violence, take the life of any person or persons attempting mob violence, in order to prevent it; provided , life shall not be taken, unless it be necessary to save the life or lives of the person or persons being mobbed, or to protect the lives of such arresting officers or his posse. Persons summoned to bring firearms. Life may be taken, when necessary, of persons attempting mob violence. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. DEFINING LAWFUL FENCES WHEN MADE OF WIRE. No. 352. An Act to define what shall be an additional lawful fence in this State when constructed of wire, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passege of this Act the following enclosure shall be deemed and held to be a lawful fence, and shall entitle the persons whose lands are so enclosed to the same protection and remedies that they would have if there lands were enclosed in accordance with the existing law as prescribed in section 1443 of the Code of 1882, to wit: Any enclosure made by stretching not less than six horizontal strands of barbed wire between posts firmly set in the ground or between growing trees not more than ten feet apart, the bottom wire to be not more than four inches from the ground, the next wire to be not more than four inches from the first, the next wire to be not more than six inches from the second, the next wire to be not more that eight inches from the third, the next wire to be not more than ten inches from the fourth, and the topmost wire to be not less than four and a half feet from the ground with a plank strip not less than four inches in width either below or above the topmost wire. What shall be a lawful fence when made of wire. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any county in this State now having, or that may hereafter have, in operation the no fence or stock law. This Act not to apply to counties having stock law. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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AUTHORIZING GRADUATES OF ATLANTA LAW SCHOOL TO BE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW. No. 357. An Act to authorize the graduates of the Atlanta Law School to plead and practice in all the courts of law and equity in this State without further examination, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act any person having a diploma of graduation signed by the proper authority of the Atlanta Law School, in this State, shall be authorized to plead and practice in all courts of law and equity in this State without further examination, upon payment of the usual fees and upon taking the oath and receiving the license required by law. And said graduates shall have the same rights, privileges and liabilities as are conferred and imposed by law upon the graduates of the Lumpkin Law School, and the other schools in this State. Graduates Atlanta Law School to be admitted to practice Without further examination. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. PUNISHMENT FOR THREATENING TO BURN PROPERTY OF ANOTHER. No. 359. An Act to make it penal to threaten to injure or damage any property by burning, and to provide a penalty therefor, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That any person who shall thereaten by posting any writing or printed matter to injure, damage or destroy, by burning or other means, any gin, ginhouse, barn, dwelling, stable, storehouse or any other house containing valuable property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction therefor shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code. Threatening to burn property of another made a misdemeanor. Penalty. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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JUDGMENTS AGAINST SURETIES IN LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS. No. 366. An Act to authorize judgments to be entered up against sureties in certain cases in equitable proceedings as is now done in cases of appeal. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be lawful to sign up judgment against principal and sureties at the same time, as is now the practice in cases of appeal in all cases in law or equitable proceedings when a bond has been made by the losing party conditioned to pay the eventual condemnation money in said action, and it shall not be necessary as heretofore to bring suit upon said bond. Judgments against sureties as in appeal cases. In all cases in law or equitable proceedings. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILER.The word between the words law and equitable in section 1 above may be read either or or on in the engrossed copy, but in the enrolled copy seems plainly or; hence it is printed or. If this be proper the Act provides in its body for [Illegible Text] different from what is expressed in its caption. DEFINING NEWSPAPER LIBEL AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURE IN ACTIONS FOR SAME. No. 368. An Act defining newspaper libel and providing for procedure in actions for same. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That any false and malicious defamation of another in any newspaper, magazine or periodical, tending to injure the reputation of any individual and expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, shall constitute a newspaper libel, the publication of such libelous matter being essential to recovery. Definition of newspaper libel. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That a fair and honest report of the proceedings of legislative or judicial bodies, or court proceedings, or a truthful report of information received from any arresting officer or police authorities, shall be deemed privileged communications; and in any action brought for newspaper libel the rule of law as to privileged communications shall apply. Privileged communications. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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CEDING JURISDICTION TO UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN LAND FOR ROAD PURPOSES. No. 372. An Act to cede jurisdiction to the United States of certain lands in this State for the purpose of constructing a public road from the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park to the town of Graysville, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia is hereby ceded to the United States over a strip of land fifty (50) feet in width, beginning on the Western and Atlantic Railroad at Graysville, in Catoosa county, Georgia, and extending in a westerly direction to the boundary of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park, on such route or roads as now, or may hereafter be, located and adopted by said United States for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a public road thereon; provided , that this cession is upon the express condition that the State of Georgia shall so far retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over said lands and road as that all civil and criminal proceedings issued under the authority of this State may be executed thereon in like manner as if this Act had not been passed; and upon the further expressed condition that the State shall retain its civil and criminal jurisdiction over persons and citizens in said ceded territory as over other citizens and persons in the State, and the property of said citizens and residents thereon, except land and such other property as the United States Government may desire for its use; and that the property belonging to persons residing in said ceded territory shall be liable to State and county taxes the same as if they resided alsewhere; and that citizens of this State in said ceded territory shall retain all rights of State suffrage and citizenship; provided further , that nothing herein contained shall interfere with the jurisdiction of the United States over any matters or subjects set out in the Act of Congress establishing said National Park, approved August 19th, 1890, or with any laws, rules or regulations that Congress may hereafter adopt for the preservation and protection of the property and rights in said ceded territory and the proper maintenance of good order therein; provided further , that this cession shall not take effect until the United States shall have acquired title to said land from the owners thereof in some legal way. Public road from Graysville to Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park, for construction of, jurisdiction ceded to United States. Conditions of cession. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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ELECTION RETURNS, LARCENY OF. No. 374. An Act to prevent the larceny or taking or carrying away or destroying election returns or other papers connected with the holding of elections in this State, and to provide a penalty therefor. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, any person or persons who shall take or carry away or destroy any election returns or paper or papers connected with the holding of elections in this State, with intent to steal the same or to prevent a proper return of such election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished us prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Election returns and other papers taking or destroying, prohibited Penalty. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. CATCHING OR TAKING SHAD BY NETS, SEINES, ETC. No. 376. An Act to prohibit the catching or taking of shad in any of the streams of this State with nets, seines or other contrivances covering, extending to, or obstructing more than one-half of the stream, to prescribe penalties for a violation of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is enacted by authority of the same, That it shall be unlawful to use nets, seines or other contrivances covering, extending to, or obstructing more than one-half of the stream for catching or taking shad in any of the streams of this State. Unlawful to use nets, etc., extending to or obstructing more than one-half of stream. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in section 4310 of the Code of 1882. Penalty. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20, 1893.

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UNION TRADEMARKS, ETC., PROTECTION OF. No. 380. An Act for the protection of union labels, trademarks and form of advertisement, and providing penalties for counterfeiting the same. SECTION I. Whenever any person, association or union of workingmen have adopted, or shall hereafter adopt for their protection, any label, trademark or form of advertisement announcing that goods to which such label, trademark and forms of advertisement shall be attached were manufactured by such person or by a member or members of such association or union, it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to counterfeit or imitate such label, trademark or form of advertisement with intent to use the same for the purpose of deceiving the public in the sale of the goods. Every person violating this section shall be punished upon conviction by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Trademarks, etc., of labor unions. Counterfeiting prohibited. Penalty. SEC. II. Every person who shall use any counterfeit or imitation of any label, trademark or form of advertisement of any such person, union or association, knowing the same to be counterfeit or imitation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Use of counterfeit prohibited. Penalty. SEC. III. Every such person, association or union that has heretofore adopted or shall hereafter adopt a label, trademark or form of advertisement as aforesaid, may file the same for record in the office of the Secretary of State by leaving two copies counterpart or fac simile thereof with the Secretary of State. Said Secretary shall deliver to such person, association or union so filing the same a duly attested certificate of the record of the same, for which he shall receive a fee of one dollar; such certificate of record shall in all suits and prosecutions under this Act be sufficient proof of the adoption of such label, trademark or form of advertisement, and of the right of said person, association or union to adopt the same. No label shall be recorded that probably would be mistaken for a label already of record. Labels and trademarks, copies of filed with Secretary of State. Adoption of. SEC. IV. Every such person, association or union adopting a label, trademark or form of advertisement as aforesaid, may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any such counterfeits or imitations, and all courts having jurisdiction thereof shall grant injunction to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale, and shall award the complainant in such suits such damages resulting from such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale as may be said court be deemed just and resonable, and shall require the defendant to pay to such person, association or union the profit derived from such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale, and

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such court shall also order that all counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of any defendant in such case be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed. Injunction and other remedies for counterfeiting or using counterfeits of labels or trademarks. SEC. V. Every person who shall use or display the genuine label, trademark or form of advertisement of any such person, association or union, in any manner not authorized by such person, association or union, knowing that such use or display is not authorized, with intent to deceive the public in the sale of goods, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. In all cases where such associations or unions are not incorporated, suits under this Act may be commenced and prosecuted by any officer or member of such association or union on behalf of and for the use of such association or union. Unauthorized use of label or trademark prohibited. Penalty. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons who shall in any way use the name or seal of any such person, association or union, or officer thereof, in and about the sale of goods or otherwise, not being authorized to so use the same, knowing that such use is unauthorized, with the intent to deceive the public in the sale of goods, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Unauthorized use of name or seal of labor unions prohibited. Penalty. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 20th, 1893. STATE DEPOSITORIES, REGULATION OF. No. 420. An Act to regulate the amounts deposited in the State depositories by the Treasurer of this State. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Treasurer of this State shall not deposit at any one time, or have on deposit at any one time, in any one of the depositories of this State for a longer time than ten days a sum of money belonging to this State that exceeds the bond given by said depository to the State. The Treasurer shall check from any depository the amount of the State's money that said depository holds in excess of its bond, and pay the sum into the Treasury; provided , that a State depository may be allowed to hold a sum greater than fifty thousand dollars, but not in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, upon such depository giving a new bond to cover the maximum amount to be deposited with it, and when such

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new bond has been executed and delivered to the Governor the old bond shall be discharged and surrendered, and whenever a National Bank is selected as a State depository the amount of the bond shall be double the amount of money to be deposited with it. The bond to be made by the State depositories may be a personal bond or may be made by a deposit with the State Treasurer of United States bonds or Georgia State bonds, or either one or both of said methods. Amount of State's deposit limited to amount of bend of depository. Bond of National Banks. Bond of depositories, how made. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That depositories [Illegible Text] render to both the Governor and the Treasurer such monthly statements as they are now required by law to make to the Treasurer. Monthly statements of depositories. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Repealing clause. Approved December 21st, 1893. COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE TO REPORT STATISTICS AS TO AGRICULTURE AS PRACTICED IN GEORGIA. No. 422. An Act to require the Commissioner of Agriculture of this State, annually to collect and present in his report, statistics, accurate and as full as possible, relating to agriculture in all its branches as practiced in this State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture of this State annually to collect and present in his report, statistics, accurate and as full as possible, relating to agriculture in all its branches as practiced in this State. The statistics thus collected shall show, by counties, the acreage, the total yield and the average yield per acre of the crops grown in this State. Commissioner to report statistics as to agriculture in all its branches as practiced in Georgia. What the statistics must show. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1893

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Part II.Corporations. TITLE I.RAILROAD COMPANIES. TITLE II.BANKS.

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TITLE I . RAILROAD COMPANIES. ACTS. Amending Charter of the Electric Railway Company of Savannah. Amending Charter of the Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern Railroad Company. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY OF SAVANNAH. No. 377. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Electic Railway Company of Savannah, approved December 11th, 1890, so as to give said company the power to increase its capital stock to not more than one million dollars, from time to time, by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, and power to lease, sell, assign or transfer its stock, property and franchise to, or to consolidate the same with, those of other street railway companies of the county of Chatham, and with power to purchase, lease or consolidate with, absorb and merge into itself the stock, property and franchise of any other such company, and with power to issue and use its bonds and stock for the purpose of paying or exchanging the same for, or retiring any bonds or stock heretofore issued by either company, so merged, purchased or consolidated. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Electric Railway Company of Savannah, approved December 11th, 1890, be, and the same is, hereby amended, so that power and authority are hereby conferred upon said the Electric Railway Company of Savannah to increase its capital stock to not more than one million dollars, from time to time, by a vote of a majority of the stockholders. Act of December 11th, 1890, amended. Power given to increase capital stock to not more than one million dollars.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the said Act be, and the same is, hereby further amended, so that power and authority are hereby conferred upon the said company to sell, lease, assign or transfer its stock, property and franchise to, or to consolidate the same with, those of any other street car suburban railway companies operating a line or lines of railroad in Chatham county, or to purchase, lease, consolidate with, absorb and merge into itself the stock, property and franchises of any other such street or suburban railroad company upon such terms as may be agreed upon. Power given to sell, lease, etc., stock, property, etc. Or to consolidate with other street or suburban companies. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the said Act be, and the same is, hereby further amended, so that power and authority are hereby conferred upon said company to issue and use its bonds and stocks for the purpose of paying and exchanging the same for or retiring any bonds or stock issued by it or such other street or suburban railroad company so merged, purchased or consolidated with, to the amount authorized by its charter, and to secure the same in case of bond by mortgage or deed of trust upon its real and personal property, franchises, rights and privileges. Power to issue and use bonds, stocks, etc. Or retire stocks, bonds, etc. Securing by mortgage, etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER BRUNSWICK, LAGRANGE AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. No. 419. An Act to incorporate the Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern Railroad Company, number 515, page 391, Georgia Laws 1890 and 1891, volume 1, by changing section 1 at the end of second line and the beginning of the third line, by changing the name James H. Tannin to James H. Fannin, so as to cause the section to read: SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That James H. Fannin, W. J. Weeks, E. B. Lewis and W. B. Burroughs, all of the State of Georgia, their associates, successors and assigns are constituted and declared to be a body corporate, with perpetual succession, under the name of the Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern Railroad Company, and by that name shall have the right to sue and be sued, to have a common seal, to be changed at the pleasure of the company; to contract and be contracted with; to purchase or receive by donation, and to hold, use and enjoy all property, real or personal, that may be deemed useful or necessary for said company, and to sell or dispose of such property as may not be required in its business; to fix and receive reasonable rates of tolls or charges for carriage of passengers and freights, and generally to do all acts for successfully carrying into effect the purposes of its organization. Act of Sept. 29, 1891, amended. Name of director James H. Tannin changed to James H. Fannin.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 2 of said original Act be altered by striking out the following words, beginning at the sixth line and ending in the seventh line, but no increase of stock shall be sold for less than par in cash, labor or property, causing section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said company shall be two hundred thousand dollars, with the right to the stockholders by a majority vote to increase the same to a sum not more than six millions of dollars, the stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars, and at all stockholders' meetings each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share held, owned or legally represented by him, and the share may be voted in person or by proxy, under power of attorney duly executed. In case of the failure of said company, each stockholder shall be bound in his private capacity to the creditors of the corporation only to the amount of his unpaid subscription, if any be unpaid, or if said stockholder has discharged or paid debts of the company to the amount of his subscription otherwise unpaid then he shall not be liable. Section 2 of Act of Sept. 29, 1891, amended. Sale of increase of capital stock. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That section 14 of said original Act be changed by striking out the word ten in the third line and substituting five, so as to cause the section to read, when amended: Section 14. Be it further enacted, That this charter shall be forfeited, and the rights, privileges and powers herein granted become null and void unless at least five miles of said road is built and in operation within five years from the passage of this Act. Section 14 of Act of Sept. 29, 1891, amended. Forfeiture of charter for failure etc. Section as amended. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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TITLE II . BANKS. ACTS. Changing Name Commercial Travellers' Savings Bank to Trust Company of Georgia, etc. Amending Charter of the State Savings Association. Amending Charter of the Chatham Bank. Amending Charter of the Capital City Bank, etc. Changing Name of the Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank to the Union Loan and Trust Company. Amending Charter of the Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank. Changing Name of the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta to Southern Banking and Trust Company. Amending Charter of the Shellman Banking Company. CHANGING NAME COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SAVINGS BANK TO TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA, ETC. No. 153. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Commercial Travellers' Savings Bank, approved September 21st, 1891, by changing its name to Trust Company of Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Act incorporating the Commercial Travellers' Savings Bank, approved September the 21st, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby amended by changing the name thereof to Trust Company of Georgia, and the words Trust Company of Georgia are substituted for Commercial Travellers' Savings Bank wherever the same occur in said prior Act. Said Trust Company of Georgia is hereby made the legal successor of the Commercial Travellers' Savings Bank, subject to all of its liabilities, and vested with all of its rights and powers Act of Sept. 21, 1891, amended. Name changed. Trust Company of Georgia legal successor to Commercial Traveller's Savings SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Trust Company of Georgia shall be the amount of the capital stock now subscribed to said Commercial Travellers' Savings

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Bank, but it shall not be at any time less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, with the power in the stockholders from time to time to increase the same to any sum not exceeding one million dollars, or to decrease it to any sum not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Bank. Capital stock. Power to increase or diminish. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That this amendment shall go into effect when the same is approved by a majority of the stockholders in said bank. This amendment to be approved by stockholders. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said prior Act is in all things else affirmed and continued of force, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved November 13th, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE STATE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. No. 274. An Act to amend section 6 of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the State Savings Association, with power to do a banking business, act as agent, assignee, receiver and trustee, and for other purposes, approved December 24th, 1888, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 6 of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the State Savings Association, with power to do a banking business, act as agent, assignee, receiver and trustee, and for other purposes, approved December 24th, 1888, be amended by striking out the word seven in the third line, between the words of and directors, and inserting in lieu thereof the words not less than five nor more than thirteen, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: That the business and the affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors, and the officers elected by it. Said board shall consist of not less than five nor more than thirteen directors, who shall be stockholders of said corporation, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, and they shall be chosen in accordance with the by-laws and shall hold their office till their successors are elected and qualified. The officers of said corporation shall be a President, Vice-President and Cashier, and such other officers as may be hereafter created by the Board of Directors of said corporation, who shall be elected at such time and hold their respective offices for such terms as may be fixed by the by-laws. Sec. 6 of Act of Dec. 24, 1888, amended. Number of directors. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15, 1893.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF THE CHATHAM BANK. No. 279. An Act to amend the Act approved August 1st, 1889, incorporating the Chatham Dime Savings Bank, the name of which was afterward, by an Act approved November 25th, 1890, changed to the Chatham Bank, so as to give said bank the power to act as agent, assignee, receiver, executor, guardian and trustee, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 2 of an Act to incorporate the Chatham Dime Savings Bank, approved August 1st, 1889, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: and also to act as agent, assignee, receiver, executor, guardian and trustee, when selected by any person or corporation, or appointed by any court for that purpose, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 2. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority of the same, That said corporation shall have power to do and transact a general banking business; to receive deposits of money, without liability for interest; to buy and discount notes, drafts, bills of exchange, checks, certificates and other evidences of debt; to purchase, own, sell and hypothecate stock; to lend money, and to take as security real estate, bonds, stocks, promissory notes, or any security or thing of value; to borrow money and secure the payment of the same by deed or mortgage, and any written evidence of debt, and by any other security; to invest the funds in real estate or in such other property, real, personal or mixed, as the Board of Directors, under the by-laws, may direct or determine; to buy and sell foreign and domestic exchange, and to make collections and to charge and receive pay for the same; and also to act as agent, assignee, receiver, executor, guardian and trustee, when selected by any person or corporation, or appointed by any court for that purpose. Sec. 2 of Act of Aug. 1, 1889, amended. Empwered to act as agent, assignee, executor, etc. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 16th, 1893.

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AMENDING CHARTER OF THE CAPITAL CITY BANK, ETC. No. 384. An Act to amend the charter of the Capital City Bank, and to consolidate and reduce to one Act all of the Acts and amending Acts in regard to the Capital City Land and Improvement Company, the Capital City Land, Improvement and Banking Company and the Capital City Bank, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, At the spring term, 1884, of the Superior Court of Fulton county, Georgia, said court granted an order chartering The Capital City Land and Improvement Company of Atlanta; and Preamble. WHEREAS, On the 20th day of December, 1886, the General Assembly of the State of Georgia passed an Act to incorporate said Capital City Land and Improvement Company, and granting to said corporation the power to do a banking business and conferring certain other powers under the name of the Capital City Land, Improvement and Banking Company, of Atlanta, Georgia; and WHEREAS, On the 27th day of August, 1887, the General Assembly passed an Act amending said Act of December 20th, 1886, and changing the name of said corporation to Capital City Bank; and WHEREAS, On the 27th day of December, 1890, the General Assembly, by Act, still further amended the preceding Acts by conferring certain other powers and privileges on said corporation; and WHEREAS, On the 19th day of September, 1891, the General Assembly passed still another amendatory Act correcting a certain error in the last previous Act as to the number of shares of capital stock of said corporation; and WHEREAS, It is desired that section 1, of the Act of December 27th, 1890, be still further amended by adding certain other clauses thereto, conferring additional powers and privileges upon said corporation; and WHEREAS, It is desirable that all of the aforesaid Acts of the General Assembly, and the amendment herein proposed, be brought forward, consolidated and reduced to one uniform Act; therefore , SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 1, as amended from time to time, and herein amended, read as follows: That the stockholders of the Capital City Land and Improvement Company, of Atlanta, Georgia, be, and the same are, hereby authorized to do a banking business under the name of the Capital City Bank, and that by and under said name it shall have power to sue and be sued in any court whatever; to have and use a common seal; to make and alter such by-laws as it may deem necessary or proper for the conduct of its banking business not in contravention of this charter or of the laws of this State or of the United States; to acquire any property, real or personal, by purchase or satisfaction of any debt due it, or which may have been

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mortgaged or conveyed to it for money which has been owing to it, or advanced by it, and to control or dispose of the same as in the opinion of the Board of Directors may be for the best interest of said banking company; to deal in precious metals, foreign and domestic exchange; to buy, sell, discount or collect promissory notes, bills of exchange or choses in action, claims or rents; and to perform all such other acts, to enforce the payment or fulfillment of any contract made to it or with it as may become necessary; to loan and borrow money, to discount and sell bonds, stock sand securities generally; to obtain and procure loans of money for any person, company, partnership or corporation, and to do all things necessary, desirable or incidental towards mediating between borrower and lender, either with or without guaranty, indorsement or liability on the part of said Capital City Bank, and to charge for such service such a commission as may be agreed upon between the borrower and said company; to guarantee the payment of any bonds, notes, mortgages, undertakings, or other securities or evidences of indebtedness, whether the same be loans negotiated by said bank or by others; and to guarantee any other character or evidence of indebtedness of any person, partnership, company or corporation, municipal or private; that said Capital City Bank shall also have the power to act as fiscal agent for the State of Georgia, or for any other State, or for any county, city, town, corporation or municipality whatsoever for negotiating, issuing, registering and countersigning bonds, certificates of stock or other obligations, and for guaranteeing the payment of such bonds, certificates, obligations, or the interest thereon; to lend its credit to any person, corporation, company or partnership, and generally to manage all such business for such compensation as may be agreed upon. Stock holders Capital City Land and Improvement Co. authorized to do a banking business. Under name of the Capital City Bank General corporate powers. Banking powers, etc. May act as fiscal agent SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said banking company may receive on deposit all sums of money which may be offered for the purpose of being invested in such sums and at such time and on such terms as its by-laws shall prescribe and which shall be repaid to such depositors at such time and with such interest, not exceeding the lawful rate, and under such regulation as the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe, and if money be deposited by a minor, such money may be withdrawn by the minor without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor. Deposit of money for investment Deposit by minors. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said banking company shall have power to receive money in trust, shall have power to accept and execute trusts of every description which may be committed to it by any order or decree of court, and shall have power to accept, by grant or assignment, transfer, devise or bequest, and hold any real or personal estate or trust created in accordance with the law of this State, and to execute such legal trusts on such terms as may be declared, established or agreed upon in regard thereto; and the said banking company is hereby authorized to act as trustee or assignee in this State, and funds in litigation in the various courts of this State may be received on deposit by said banking company bearing interest as may be agreed upon. Powers as trustee, etc.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the said banking company shall have power and authority to receive for safe deposit all money bonds, stocks, diamonds and silver plate, and all other valuables, and charge a reasonable compensation therefor. Safety deposits. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall be four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), to be divided into four thousand shares of one hundred dollars ($100.00) each, which may be increased, from time to time, by said corporation to any amount not exceeding one million dollars ($1,000,000.00); that said corporation shall be responsible to its creditors to the extent of its capital and its assets, and each stockholder shall be individually liable for all the debts of said corporation to the extent of his or her unpaid shares of stock, and said stockholders shall be further and additionally individually liable, equally and ratably and not one for another, as sureties to depositors of said corporation for all moneys deposited therein in an amount equal to the face value of their respective shares of stock; it being the true intent and purpose of this section of this Act, that, as to depositors, for all moneys deposited with said corporation, there shall be an individual liability upon such stockholders in such corporation over and beyond the par value of his or her original shares of stocks equal in amount to the face value of said shares of stock; provided , that said liability of the stockholders shall not prevent depositors from having equal rank with all other creditors upon the capital property and assets of said bank. Capital stock. Liability of corporation to creditors. Liability of stockholders to creditors. To depositors. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the business powers of said corporation shall be exercised by a Board of Directors, consisting of not less than nine nor more than fifteen; two-thirds of them shall be citizens of the State of Georgia, and each an owner in his own name of at least ten (10) shares of the capital stock. One of its directors shall be elected President by the Board of Directors, and said directors shall also elect a Vice-President and Cashier, and fix their compensation; they may also appoint such other officers for said corporation as may by them be deemed proper or necessary, and fix the compensation of such appointed officers; they may at any time remove such appointed officers, and may, in their discretion, appoint others; they may require and take bonds from persons so elected and appointed, in such sums as to them may be deemed proper, for the faithful execution of their duties; a majority of said Board of Directors shall have power to transact all business. Said Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in the board during the year until the regular meeting, and the present officers of the Capital City Bank shall remain in office until the regular annual election. Board of directors. Officers. Quorum Vacancies. Present officers continue until election of successors. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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CHANGING NAME OF THE ATLANTA GUARANTEE SAVINGS BANK TO THE UNION LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. No. 387. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, approved December 26th, 1890, to change the name of said corporation to the Union Loan and Trust Company. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Act incorporating the Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, approved December 26th, 1890, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the fifth and sixth lines of the first section of said Act, and wherever else it may occur, the following words, to wit: Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, and substituting therefor the following: Union Loan and Trust Company, so that said section, when so amended, will read as follows: The persons named, their associates and successors are hereby declared to be a body corporate, under the name of the Union Loan and Trust Company, the balance of said section to read as heretofore. Section 1 of Act of December 26th, 1890, amended. Name changed to the Union Loan and Trust Company. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE BUENA VISTA LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. No. 401. An Act to amend section (4) four of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank, and for other purposes, so as to provide for the election of a Vice-President, Associate Attorneys and the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors, etc. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That section (4) four of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank, and for other purposes, approved September 22d, 1887, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting between the words President and shall in the (12th) twelfth line of said section, the words and one of their number as Vice-President, and by inserting between the words attorney and for in the (13th) thirteenth line of said section, the words or Associate Attorneys; also by inserting after the word fix in the (16th) sixteenth line of said section, the words provided ,

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should a vacancy occur on said Board of Directors, the remaining members of said board shall elect, from among the stockholders of said bank, a member to fill said vacancy, and said member so elected shall only be elected to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor, so that said section, when thus amended, shall read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, That as soon as (400) four hundred shares shall be subscribed, and the sum of two thousand dollars paid in on said stock, said corporation shall have the right to organize and transact business. The first meeting of said Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank shall be held after said two thousand dollars shall be ready to be paid in, and after ten days' notice by publication, in the newspaper published in said town, given by any three of the incorporators, who shall also be stockholders at said meeting, and annually thereafter the stockholders shall elect of their members eleven directors, seven of whom shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The Board of Directors shall elect one of their number President, and one of their number Vice-President; shall also elect a Cashier and an Attorney, or Associate Attorneys for said bank, which officers must be stockholders in said bank, and shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as the Board of Directors may prescribe and fix; provided , should a vacancy occur on said Board of Directors, the remaining members of said board shall elect, from among the number of stockholders of said bank, a member to fill said vacancy, and said member so elected shall only be elected to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor. The Board of Directors shall make semi-annual reports to the stockholders, and the Cashier quarterly reports to the Board of Directors; provided, also , that the affairs of said bank shall always be subject to the inspection of as many as one-fifth of the stockholders, upon the request of so many in writing to the Board of Directors. Section 4 of Act of September 22d, 1887, amended. Vice-President. Associate Attorneys. Vacancies in Board of Directors. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. CHANGING NAME OF HOME LOAN AND BANKING COMPANY OF ATLANTA TO SOUTHERN BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY. No. 404. An Act to amend an Act approved November 13th, 1889, to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta, approved December 26th, 1888, by changing the name of said bank to Southern Banking and Trust Company. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an Act approved November 13th, 1889, entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta, approved December 26th, 1888, be so amended as to strike from the first section thereof the words Southern Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta in each place where they

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occur in said section, and substituting the words Southern Banking and Trust Company, so that the first section, thus amended, will read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta, approved 26th day December, 1888, be so amended as to strike from the first section thereof the words `Home Loan and Banking Company of Atlanta,' and substituting therefor the words `Southern Banking and Trust Company,' so that the first section, thus amended, will read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Martin F. Amorous, George R. DeSaussure and Morris Brandon of said State, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic under the name of the `Southern Banking and Trust Company,' with perpetual succession, and with power under this name to sue and be sued, and with all other powers enumerated in section 1679 of the Code of Georgia published in the year 1882. Act of November 13th, 1889, amending Act of December 26th, 1888, amended. Southern Banking and Trust Company substituted for Southern Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta. Act as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE SHELLMAN BANKING COMPANY. No. 406. An Act to amend the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 4th, 1890, incorporating the Shellman Banking Company. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the fourth section of said Act be amended by inserting five in the place of seven occurring before the word directors, and three in the place of five occurring before the words of whom shall constitute a quorum, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, That the corporate powers of said corporation shall be vested in a Board of five Directors, chosen and elected annually, and three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No person, however, shall be elected a director of said bank unless he is a stockholder in said bank and owning in his own right as many as three shares of stock. Said Board of Directors shall elect from their number a President and shall also have power to appoint a Cashier and such other officers as they may deem necessary to the business of said corporation, fix their compensation and may prescribe the duties and liabilities of such President and other officers, and may make and alter all by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said corporation and the management of its affairs that are consistent with the provisions of this Act. Section 4 of Act of December 4th, 1890, amended. Number of directors. Quorum. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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Part III.Local Laws. TITLE I.MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. TITLE II.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE III.CITY AND COUNTY COURTS. TITLE IV.GAME, ETC. TITLE V.REGISTRATION. TITLE VI.EDUCATION. TITLE VII.ROADS. TITLE VIII.LIQUORS. IX.MISCELLANEOUS.

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TITLE I . MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. ACTS. Abbeville, New Charter for. Alley, Town of, Incorporated. Athens, Oath of Applicant for Registration in. Atlanta, Corporate Limits Extended over West End, etc. Atlanta, Registrar for. Atlanta, Charter Amended. Atlanta, Charter Amended. Auburn, Town of, Incorporated. Bolton, Town of, Incorporated. Boston, Charter of, Amended. Bullochville, Town of, Incorporated. Cairo, Charter of, Amended. Clarkesville, Charter of, Amended. Columbus, Police Commission for. Comer, Town of, Incorporated. Conyers, Charter of, Amended. Cornella, Charter of, Amended. Cubana City Incorporated. Dawson, Charter of, Amended. Decatur, Charter of, Amended. Dublin, Charter for City of. East Point, Charter of, Amended. Elberton, Electric Lights and Water Works for. Gainesville, Charter of, Amended. [Illegible Text], Town of, Incorporated. Jesup, Charter of, Amended. [Illegible Text] Tavern, Reincorporated as City of Winder. Locust Grove, Town of, Incorporated. Louvale, Town of, Incorporated. Macon, New Charter for. Macon, Corporate Limits Extended. Manchester, Corporate Limits Extended. Milan, Act Incorporating, Repealed. Nellieville, Village of, Incorporated. Newnan, New Charter for. [Illegible Text], Regulating Sale of Liquor in. Patterson, Town of, Incorporated.

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Powellville, Town of, Incorporated. Rhine, Regulating Sale of Liquor in. Rome, Boundary of, Altered. Rome Authorized to Borrow Money. Rutledge, New Charter for. Savannah, Regulating Municipal Elections in. Savannah Authorized to Own and Operate Electric Light Plant. Savannah Authorized to Tax Poles on Thoroughfares. Seville, New Charter for. Sharpsburg, Charter of, Amended. Sparta, New Charter for. St. Charles, Town of, Incorporated. Stone Mountain, New Charter for. Summerville, Charter of, Amended. Tallulah Falls, Charter of, Amended. Trenton, Charter of, Amended. Waresboro, New Charter for. Warm Springs, Village of, Incorporated. Waycross, Charter of, Amended. Waynesboro, New Charter for. Woolsey, Town of, Incorporated. Wrightsville, Charter of, Amended. ABBEVILLE, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 356. An Act to establish a new charter for the town of Abbeville in the county of Wilcox. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the town of Abbeville in the county of Wilcox be, and the same is, hereby continued a body corporate under the name and style of the town of Abbeville; that the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and six Councilmen, who are hereby continued a body corporate under the name and style of the Corporation of the Town of Abbeville, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal, and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors, to the use of the town of Abbeville, any estate, real or personal, of whatever kind or nature; and shall by the same name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State, and to sell, alien or lease any estate, real or personal, the property of or belonging to said corporation, or convey the same or any part thereof in any manner or way whatever; that the corporate limits of the town of Abbeville shall extend one mile in all directions from the spot where the courthouse now stands in said town. Municipal government. Corporate name. General corporate powers. Corporate limits.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the present Mayor and Councilmen hold their respective offices until their successors shall be elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Present government continued until new election. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held at the council chamber, or at such other place as the Mayor shall direct and designate, on the second Tuesday in January, 1894, and on the second Tuesday of January of each year thereafter, for a Mayor and six Councilmen, who shall hold office for one year, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified; and should such election fail to be held at said time for any cause whatever, the Mayor shall order an election to be held by posting notice thereof in three public places in said town at least ten days before the time appointed for said election. The polls at said election shall be opened at 9 o'clock A. M. and closed at 3 o'clock P. M. The qualifications of voters at said election shall be such as are required by law for electors of members of the General Assembly, and in addition thereto, bona fide residence within the corporate limits of said town for sixty days next preceding the election, and the payment of all legal taxes required of them by said corporation, besides registration as hereinafter provided. The Clerk of the town Council shall keep a book to be labeled Registration Book of the Town of Abbeville, in which he shall register upon application, in alphabetical lists, keeping a separate list of white and colored voters, the names of all male persons who will take and subscribe the following oath: I,....., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen and duly qualified voter of the State of Georgia according to the Constitution and laws thereof, and that on the first Tuesday in January next I will have been a bona fide resident of the town of Abbeville sixty days, and have paid all taxes legally required of me by said town. Sworn to and subscribed before me this..... day of..... 18..... Clerk T. C. Such registration book shall be kept open for the registration of voters at all times except three days next preceding each election, when it shall be closed. Said book shall be present at each election in charge of said Clerk, or in case of his inability to attend for any cause, some suitable elector of said town to be designated by the Mayor, and no person whose name is not found thereon shall be allowed to vote. The Clerk shall have such compensation for keeping such registration book as the Council shall allow, not to exceed three cents per name. All elections held under this section shall be conducted under the superintendence of a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or of three freeholders, all of whom shall be legally qualified voters of

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said town, said superintendents to take an oath for the due and legal performance of their duties as such, and shall have all powers incident to superintendents of elections in this State. Annual elections for Mayor and Councilmen. Term of office. Failure to hold election. Polls. Qualifications of voters. Registration book. Oath of applicant. Opening and close of registration. Book to be at elections. No unregistered person to vote. Compensation of registrars. Election managers SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the superintendents of said elections shall conform to the laws governing elections in this State, in so far as they are applicable to said elections, shall duly declare the result of said elections, and shall issue certificates of election to those persons who receive the highest number of votes polled, who shall, within ten days from said election, qualify by taking an oath to well and truly perform the duties of their respective offices before an officer authorized in this State to administer oaths. Said oath, with a list of voters, shall be filed with the Clerk of Council, and by him preserved, and shall be entered of record on the minutes of the Council. Conduct and result of elections. Oath of officers,etc. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the council in each year they shall choose from their own number a Mayor pro tempore , who shall, in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, perform all duties required of the Mayor; and in case of the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor and the Mayor pro tempore , a majority of the Council shall choose one of their body to act as Mayor temporarily. Mayor pro tem. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That in case of the death, resignation, removal from office or from town of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tempore shall order an election to fill said vacancy, and in case of a vacancy in the Council from any cause the Mayor shall order an election to fill the same. Said elections to fill vacancies to be ordered and held as prescribed in section 3 of this Act, in case of failure to hold an election. Vacancy in office of Mayor or Mayor pro tem. Vacancy in Council. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to office under this Act who is not at the time of his election a legally qualified voter of said town; but this section shall not be construed to apply to the offices of Clerk and Treasurer of the town Council and town Marshal. Qualifications for office. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to elect a Clerk and Treasurer and such Marshals as they may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act and the powers thereby conferred upon them, and prescribe the fees and salaries of such subordinate officers, and to require such bonds for the faithful performance of the duties of such offices as they may deem proper. The Council shall have power to remove such subordinate officers for any breach or neglect of duty, or for incapacity. Clerk and Treasurer and Marshals. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said corporations shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers incident to

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such corporations not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and said corporation, by their Mayor and Councilmen, shall have full power and authority to enact all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government of said town and for securing the health of the inhabitants thereof. General municipal powers. Ordinances, etc. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall hold a police court in said town for the trial and punishment of all violators of the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town, the punishment to be inflicted not to exceed a fine of fifty dollars, or by labor on the streets or public works of said town not to exceed one hundred days, or confinement in the calaboose or guardhouse of said town not to exceed one hundred days, and in addition thereto such costs of the proceedings as may be imposed; said fine and costs shall be collected by execution issued by the Clerk of Council against the estate, both real and personal, of the offenders, if any to be found. Police Court. Punishments. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and other officers shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council, but said compensation shall not be increased or diminished during their terms of office. Compensation of officers. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to grant license for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, both wholesale and retail, and to regulate said sale in said town; provided , said wholesale license shall not exceed one hundred dollars per annum, and said retail license shall not be less than one hundred dollars per annum nor more than five hundred dollars per annum. They shall also have full power and authority to license and regulate ten-pin alleys (any number of pins), billiard and pool tables in said town; provided , nothing herein shall empower them to license any game to be bet at with money or other thing of value. They shall also have power and authority to license all livery stables and all buggies, [Illegible Text], wagons, carts, drays or other vehicles kept for hire in said [Illegible Text], and fix such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to govern any person engaged in carrying passengers out of said town for pay. Sale of liquors. Ten-pin alleys, billiard and pool tables. Livery stables, hacks, etc. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to assess, levy and collect such taxes upon real and personal estate within the corporate limits of said town as they shall deem necessary for the support and government of said town not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of [Illegible Text] State; also, to levy such special tax on business occupations, [Illegible Text] exhibitions or other performances exercised, performed

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or exhibited within the corporate limits of said town, as may by them be deemed proper, and to fix such licenses on circuses, menageries and shows, including all shows of domestic or wild animals; provided , no such special tax shall be levied on the business, wholesale or retail, of selling spirituous and intoxicating liquors in addition to the license tax hereinbefore provided for. Ad valorem tax. Special taxes. Licenses on shows. No special tax on liquor business. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority within said town to lay off, vacate, close, open, alter, curb, pave and keep in good order and repair all public roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks, drains and gutters for the use of the public or any of the citizens of said town, and to improve and light the same, and have them kept free from obstructions on or over them; to regulate the width of sidewalks on the streets, and, in their discretion, to order the sidewalks, drains and gutters to be curbed and paved and kept in good order, free and clean, by the owner and occupant thereof, or of the real property next adjacent thereto; also, to regulate and control all taverns and public houses in said town; also, to establish a market, or markets, in said town, to regulate all butcher pens, tanyards, blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys, and all turpentine distilleries, steam sawmills, steam gristmills, and any and all other machinery run by steam, and to remove, or cause to be removed, the same or any of them, in case they should become dangerous to the property or injurious to the health of any citizen of the town, or become a nuisance; and also, to fill up all pits, cellars and excavations in said town, or cause the owner to do so when the Council shall deem the same necessary to be done; also, to regulate and control all pumps, wells, fire companies and engines, or any apparatus of like character within said town. Powers as to streets, alleys, etc. Taverns, markets, butcher pens, etc. Turpentine distillerties, mills, etc. Pits, cellars, etc. Pumps, Wells, etc. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have power to take up and impound any horse, mule, cattle, hog, dog or other animal running at large in said town, and to pass and enforce all ordinances which they may deem necessary for the regulation and control of all such animals. Animals running at large. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That all male persons over the age of sixteen years and under the age of fifty years, who have resided in said town ten days, shall be subject to work the streets of said town not exceeding ten days each year, or to be taxed therefor as the Council may direct and determine as a commutation for such duty, not to exceed five dollars per year. The collection of said sum may be enforced by execution against the party, and said person shall not be subject to road duty outside of said town. Street working. Commutation tax. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to protect places of public worship;

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to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to provide places for the burial of the dead and regulate interments therein; to make regulations guarding against fire, and to fix and establish fire limits, and from time to time to enlarge or restrict the same. Protection of public worship. Keeping of gunpowder etc. Cemetery. Fire limits, etc. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted that the Mayor, or Mayor pro tempore , or any member of the Council who may be acting as Mayor, who shall be presiding at any police court or at any meeting of the Council, shall have power to punish for contempt any person who may be guilty of the same, by fine not exceeding five dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding forty-eight hours for each offence. Contempts. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal of said town, or the Mayor, or any member of the Council, shall arrest, without a warrant, any person whom they may see in the perpetration of a violation of any ordinance of said town and bring the offender before the Mayor for trial, and to this end may summon any citizen or citizens of said town as a posse to assist in such arrest. When brought before the Mayor a written or printed accusation shall be preferred against the offender in manner and form following: State of Georgia, town of Abbeville. I,....., Marshal of said town, in the name and behalf of the Mayor and Councilmen of said town, charge and accuse..... with the offence (here state offence fully) contrary to the laws of this town, the good order, peace and dignity thereof. This accusation shall be signed by the Marshal, or his deputy, or the acting Marshal, as prosecutor; and when said accusation is preferred, the same shall be sufficient authority to hold the accused till the final trial of the case, and to that end the accused may be imprisoned, unless he can give a good and sufficient bond and security for his appearance at such other time as may be required, and if such bond be given and the accused fails to appear at the time fixed for trial the bond may be forfeited by the Council and execution issued thereon by the Clerk, by first serving the principal, if to be found, and his [Illegible Text], with a rule nisi; such rule shall be signed by the Clerk and Mayor, and should there be a defence to said rule, the same may be heard by any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public in the militia district in which the town is situated. Arrests without warrants. Posse. Accusation Appearance bond, etc. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That all writs, processes, and subp[oelig]nas issued in behalf of said town shall be directed to the Marshal of said town and signed in the same manner as executions; all executions issued in behalf of said town for the collection of taxes, fines, forfeitures, or for other purposes, shall be directed to the Marshal of said town, signed by the Clerk and Mayor, and all

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sales by the Marshal of said town shall be advertised as provided in section 3656(a) of the Code of Georgia, and when a claim or illegality may be interposed the Marshal shall not sell, but in case of personal property the claim or illegality shall be returned to the Justice Court of the district in which said town is situated, to be tried, unless the amount of the execution shall exceed one hundred dollars; then the same shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Wilcox county and there tried, and in case of claim of illegality being interposed to sale of real estate, the same shall be returnable to the Superior Court of Wilcox county; and when there may be a claim of illegality interposed, the same rules and laws as regulate claims and illegalities in Justices' Courts shall obtain, if returnable to a Justice, and if returnable to the Superior Court, the same rules and laws as regulate such matters in Superior Courts shall obtain; and in any case if claims or illegality to a sale be interposed, in which the same is returnable to Justice's Courts, there may be an appeal to the Superior Court from the decision of the Justice in cases where the amount of the execution exceeds fifty dollars, and should the amount of the execution be fifty dollars or less, the case may be carried to the Superior Court by certiorari from the decision of the Justice. Writs, processes, etc. Executions Marshal's sales. Claims or illegalities. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That there may be an appeal from the decision of the Mayor to the Board of Councilmen in all cases, and a majority of said board shall be sufficient to hear such appeal. The appellant, before appealing, must pay all costs, or file an affidavit that, owing to his poverty he is unable to pay costs, and there may be a certiorari to the Superior Court in all cases from the decision of the Mayor, and there may also be a certiorari to Superior Court from the decision of the Board of Councilmen in all cases. Appeal from mayor to board of councilmen. Certiorari to Superior Court. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. AILEY, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 392. An Act to incorporate the town of Ailey, in the county of Montgomery, to define the duties, powers and liabilities of its incorporators and officers, and for other purposes connected therewith. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the town of

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Ailey, in the county of Montgomery, be and the same is hereby incorporated under the corporate name and style of The town of Ailey. Corporate name. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and six Councilmen, to [Illegible Text]: J. C. Milan, Jr., Mayor, and C. A. Blount, G. B. Allcom, C. M. Carswell, F. F. McArthur, Geo. H. Ratchford and J. G. Fuqua, Councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the above mentioned name and style, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, be empowered to have a common seal, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the Courts of Law and Equity in this State and elsewhere, and to have, purchase, hold, receive, possess and retain to themselves and their successors for the use, benefit and behoof of said town any property or estate, real, personal or mixed, of whatever kind or nature, and to sell, lease, improve or otherwise control the property of said town, or any part thereof, in any manner whatever that to them may seem fit and proper. Municipal government. General corporate powers. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall be a circle extending one-half mile from the depot of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway Company in said town in every direction. Corporate limits. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the officers aforesaid shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices immediately after the passage of this Act. Before discharging the duties of said offices they shall take an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, well and truly to do and perform all the duties of the same, which oath shall be entered upon the minutes of said town, and their successors perpetually and all other officers of said town shall be in like manner sworn, and the same shall be made of record. Oath of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted that on the second Wednesday in January, 1894, and annually thereafter, an election shall be held in [Illegible Text] town under the same laws, rules and regulations that govern elections for county officers, for a Mayor and six Councilmen of said town, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified as above specified and set [Illegible Text]; and in case no election shall be, for any cause, held on the [Illegible Text] herein specified, such election may be held at any time thereafter by order of the Mayor, or the last Mayor of said town, and in [Illegible Text] absence, refusal or failure, by any two or more of the last [Illegible Text] of said town, and in case of their absence, refusal or [Illegible Text] then by any ten qualified voters of said town. Said election, when not held at the regular time, to be advertised for ten

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days at the said depot door in said town, or some other notorious and equally public place, should said depot be removed. Municipal elections. Term of office. Failure to hold election. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall elect a Clerk or Recorder, a Mayor pro tem. to discharge all the duties of Mayor in the absence or disqualification of the Mayor a Treasurer and a Marshal, and said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to fix their respective salaries and define their duties. These officers shall hold their office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Subordinate officers. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall have all the powers of a Justice of the Peace, within his jurisdiction, so far as relates to criminal matters. Mayor given powers, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have full and ample powers to pass and enforce all needful laws, ordinances, rules and regulations for the preservation of the peace and good order and the advancement of the prosperity and morality of said town, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the land. They shall have full power and authority to put and keep in good order any and all streets of said town, and open new ones at their discretion; and in conformity to law, to work, or cause to be worked, on the streets, all hands within the corporate limits of said town for such length of time as road hands are liable to work, under the supervision of the Marshal or overseer, or to accept from them such commutation in lieu of said work as they in their discretion may deem right, fit and proper, such commutation to be fixed and uniform, operating upon all alike. In addition to this they may levy such commutation tax upon persons liable to street duty, or such ad valorem tax upon the property of the citizens of the town as may, in their judgment, be necessary to put and keep the streets in good condition, and they may have full power to use the common jail of the county for the enforcement of their laws and ordinances by the imprisonment of any and all offenders. By-laws, ordinances, etc. Streets. Street working. Commutation tax. Street tax. Use of county jail. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor's Court shall be separate and distinct from the meetings of the Mayor and Council, and shall be held by the Mayor, or in case of his absence or disqualification by the Mayor pro tem. , or in the absence or disqualification of both, then by any two members of the Council; and its objects and jurisdiction shall be the enforcement of the laws and ordinances of said town, as a Criminal Court, by fine or imprisonment in the common jail of the county or the calaboose of said town; and all such offenders shall be brought before said court and not before the Council. Mayor's court.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all the provisions of the Code of Georgia, of the compilation of 1882, from section 783 to section 797(b), inclusive, be, and the same are, hereby included in and made a part of this Act, if not in conflict or inconsistent with the same, and in case of conflict the provisions contained in this Act shall prevail; provided , that the said Mayor and Council shall have no power or authority to grant licenses to any one to sell spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors in said town. General municipal powers. No license to sell liquors. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. OATH OF APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION IN CITY OF ATHENS. No. 177. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Athens, and for other purposes, approved February 28th, 1874, so as to make the oath required of voters before registering conform to the Constitution of 1877 by striking out the words six months in the ninth line of section 2, and inserting the words one year, and by striking out the words one month in the tenth line of section 2 and inserting the words six months. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to amend the charter of the city of Athens, and for other purposes, approved February 28th, 1874, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the words six months in the ninth line of section 2, and inserting the words one year, and by striking out the words one month in the tenth line of section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof the words six months, so that, as amended, said section shall read: Section 2. Be it further enacted, That said Clerk, upon the application in person of any person qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia within the time prescribed by law for the registry list to be kept open, shall register the name of such person and the ward in which he resides; provided , such person shall [Illegible Text] the following oath, to be administered to him by the Clerk: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you are twenty-one years of age; that you have resided in the

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State for past one year, within the city limits of the city of Athens for six months last past, and in the ward where you now reside for the past ten days, and that you have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded of you by the authorities of the city of Athens. So help you God. Section 2 of Act of Feb. 28, 1874, amended. Residence in State one year and in city six months required. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. EXTENDING CORPORATE LIMITS OF ATLANTA OVER TERRITORY INCORPORATED AS WEST END. No. 157. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to extend the corporate limits of Atlanta over the territory now incorporated as the city of West End, on the basis proposed by the city of Atlanta and accepted by the people and city government of West End, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, The city of Atlanta has heretofore submitted to the city of West End the following basis for annexation of the city of West End to the city of Atlanta: Preamble. Basis for annexation. SECTION I. West End has assets as follows: Assets of West End. Gordon street lot, 75X100 feet $ 3,750 00 Impounding lot, west of school lot 2,000 00 Triangular lot, 60X60, Railroad avenue and Oak street 500 00 Mules, carts, wagon and harness and iron safe 660 00 School building and lot on Lee street, West End interest 22,000 00 Total 28,910 00 SEC. II. In consideration of the above, Atlanta will execute work and improvements in West End as follows, to-wit: Work and improvements Atlanta will execute in West End. Build four main sewers at estimated total cost of $32,000 00 ($15,000.00 in 1894, and balance as soon as practicable). All lateral and other sewers, and all other main or trunk sewers, shall be constructed on the same basis and system, as to assessment and otherwise, as obtains by charter in the city of Atlanta.

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Build in 1894 brick fire engine-house in West End, and equip with hose-reel, hose, horses, etc., at estimated cost of $6,850 00 said company to serve West End and as much of Atlanta also as practicable). Atlanta to put the present school building in proper repair for an eighth grade grammar school, and to pay all private subscribers [Illegible Text] stock, provided said stock does not amount to over $ 6,000 00 $44,850 00 SEC. III. In addition to the work, improvements and municipal expenditures above provided for, and amounting, with cost of water mains hereinafter provided for, to a sum equal to the municipal assets and property of West End, and also to the additional authorized debt of West End, to make equal with Atlanta's debt, Atlanta will, as early after annexation as practicable, lay water mains in West End as per exhibit A, attached hereto, at an estimated cost of $21,000.00 (from which to supply water for fire and sanitary purposes, and to also supply water for domestic use, at the same rate as for other portions of Atlanta). This expenditure, while made for the public good, will yield a moderate income to the city of Atlanta, West End's bonded indebtedness to be assumed by Additional water mains. Bonded debt to be assumed by Atlanta. Atlanta $52,000 00 $117,000 00 SEC. IV. In addition to the expenditures to be made, as above enumerated, the following interest shall be maintained as specified below, and it is estimated that the expenses of the same will be met from the income to Atlanta from taxation on West End property and business. 1st. The territory now embraced in West End shall be served by proper police protection as the needs of the territory may demand, and additional service shall be provided if the maintaining of order hereafter require it. Police protection. 2d. An eighth grade grammar school, on the basis of other grammar schools of Atlanta, with eight teachers, shall be maintained as soon after annexation as repairs can be made to the present building, and West End's contracts with teachers to be carried out by Atlanta. As soon as both municipalities have acted favorably to annexation and prior to the passage of the Act of annexation by the Legislature, West End children eligible to admission to the Atlanta High schools, will be admitted free of charge. There shall be no change of curriculum in the West End Academy until the spring term of 1894. Grammar school. West End children to be admitted to Atlanta High Schools, etc. 3d. The fire engine company shall have to operate it from five to eight men, or the usual number for such companies. Fire engine company.

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4th. West End territory shall have the same kind of sanitary service as other portions of Atlanta, and West End property shall be subject to the same tax for such service as other property. It is estimated that this tax pays only one-half of the cost of service. Sanitary service. Sanitary tax. 5th. Atlanta will maintain twenty are lights in West End, and will pay for the fifty gas lamps now in use at the same rate for the whole of $1,152.00 per year, until said contract expires, which expiration will be on or about the 28th day of March, 1895. After said gas contract expires, five additional are lights will be maintained in [Illegible Text] of the gas, making them twenty-five are lights in all. Street lights. 6th. The manufacture and sale of alcoholic, spirituous and malt liquors shall be prohibited in West End and the adjacent territory outside of Atlanta, as now provided by the charter of West End. Manufacture and sale of liquors prohibited. 7th. Atlanta will assume the bonded debt of West End, amounting to $52,000.00, and become invested with the absolute title and ownership, control and right of disposition of the municipal property and assets of West End, except balance due to private subscribers on school building, which is to be by West End delivered to Atlanta without incumbrance. Bonded debt to be assumed. Atlanta invested with title, etc. 8th. Atlanta shall succeed to and preserve all the rights of contract or law of West End (except as the law may be changed or modified by the charter and laws of Atlanta), and will especially preserve the rights of West End, as to street railroad franchises, grants and conditional grants. Atlanta to succeed to and preserve rights of West End. 9th. West End shall be constituted the Seventh Ward of Atlanta, and shall have one Councilman, but five years after annexation, or when the population becomes 5,000, then West End shall have two Councilmen. Should wards, as such, hereafter become entitled to representation by an Alderman each, then the right shall apply to the Seventh Ward as to other wards. The Seventh Ward shall also be entitled to representation on the Board of Water Commissioners, Board of Education, and other boards as by law provided in case of other wards. West End to be 7th ward of Atlanta. Councilmen. Alderman. Seventh ward to be represented, etc. 10th. In all cases, except where expressly excepted therein, the laws, whether general, charter or ordinance, applicable to the city of Atlanta as now constituted and incorporated, shall apply to the territory of West End, when annexed to or incorporated with Atlanta. Laws now applicable to Atlanta applicable to new territory. 11th. The foregoing basis of annexation of West End with Atlanta shall be submitted to the governing authority of Atlanta and to the governing authority of West End, and when the governing authority of each has considered the same, if approved, the legislative committee from the joint committee shall prepare an Act carefully and explicitly enacting the annexation on the above basis, the same to go into operation January 1st, 1894. Above basis of annexation submitted to governing authorities of both cities, etc.

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EXHIBIT A. On Lee street, from West End avenue to Beecher. Exhibit to basis for annexation. On West End avenue, from Lee to Ashby. On Park, from Peters to Ashby. On Ashby, from West End avenue to Baugh. On Oak, from Peters to Ashby. On Peeples, from Porter avenue to Baugh. On Gordon, from Lee to Holderness. On Lawton, from Gordon to Baugh. On Baugh, from Ashby to Lee. On Irwin, from Ashby to Lee. On Peters, from Park to Oak. And whereas, the governing bodies of both said cities have approved said basis; therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia as follows: SECTION I. That from and after the 1st of January, 1894, the territory now known as the city of West End shall be annexed to and shall become a part of the city of Atlanta, said territory to be so annexed being described as follows: Commencing where the original land line between land lots No. 108 and No. 109 crosses the present corporate limits of the city of Atlanta on the west, and running from thence west along the north line of land lots 108 and 117 to the northwest corner of said land lot 117; from thence running south along the west line of land lots 117 and 118 to the southwest corner of land lot 118; from thence east along the south line of land lots 118 and 107 to the Central Railroad; thence in a straight line in a northeasterly direction to a point where Humphries street crosses the present corporate limits of the city of Atlanta, as shown by Cooper's Map of Atlanta; and from thence along the present corporate limits of the city of Atlanta to the beginning point. Territory now known as city of West End annexed to Atlanta. Limits of said territory. SEC. II. In all cases, except where expressly excepted in this Act, all laws and ordinances, whether general or special, now applicable and in force in the city of Atlanta as now constituted, shall, from and after January 1st, next, be applicable and of force in the territory now known as West End, as described above. Laws for the collection of balances due West End, as well as for preserving order, are covered by this section. Laws applicable to Atlanta made applicable to annexed district. SEC. III. Said territory, now known as West End and described above, shall by itself be a separate and distinct ward of the city of Atlanta, and shall be known and designated as the Seventh Ward of the city of Atlanta, and shall in the future be, and remain, a separate, distinct ward with its boundaries unchanged, except as the

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same may be enlarged by and with the consent of two-thirds of the General Council of the city of Atlanta. Annexed district to be and continue a district ward of Atlanta SEC. IV. Said territory, when it shall become the Seventh Ward of the city of Atlanta, shall be entitled to only one Councilman for the next five years from the date of annexation, unless said territory shall sooner contain five thousand or more inhabitants, then, and in that event, said Seventh Ward shall be entitled to two Councilmen equally with the other wards of said city. The first Councilman for said ward shall be elected in the same manner and under the same rules and regulation as shall be the Aldermen and Councilmen for the other wards of the city of Atlanta at the next general city election, that is, at the general city election to take place in the city of Atlanta. The present territory of West End shall participate in said general election just as if it were then a part of the territory of the city of Atlanta, and the citizens thereof shall vote for the full city officers, including their own Councilmen, as do the other citizens of Atlanta, the citizens of West End being constituted citizens of Atlanta for the purposes of said election. Said Councilman at said election chosen shall serve for the term of two years, and at every other election a new Councilman for the Seventh Ward shall be elected. But the citizens of the Seventh Ward shall participate equally with the other citizens of Atlanta in every city election, whether a Councilman shall at said election be elected for the Seventh Ward or not. If the said Seventh Ward does not before said time contain five thousand or more inhabitants, then, at the general city election to be held in the fall of the year of 1898, there shall be a new Councilman chosen by the city, as all other Councilmen are chosen, to represent the Seventh Ward of said city for a term of two years, and a new Councilman shall thereafter be elected for said ward at each city election just as Councilmen are elected for the other wards of said city. If, before five years from January 1st, 1894, the said Seventh Ward shall contain five thousand people, then at the next city election thereafter held, a new Councilman shall be elected to represent the Seventh Ward. If it so happens that the original Councilman provided for in this Act is also to be elected at said last mentioned election, then the term of office of the new Councilman at said election to be elected shall be for only one year, and each year thereafter at each city election a Councilman shall be elected to represent the Seventh Ward. Councilman. Election of first Councilman. His term of office. Subsequent elections. Additional Councilman. His term of office. SEC. V. If, hereafter, the wards of the city of Atlanta shall, as such, become entitled to representation by an Alderman each, then, and in that event, the Seventh Ward shall have the same right with the other wards of the city to such representation. Said Seventh Ward shall also have the same representation as do the other wards of said city upon the Board of Education, the Board of Water

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Commissioners, the Board of Health, and upon the other boards as by law now or hereafter to be provided in the case of other wards; and to that end, said boards shall be enlarged by adding thereto the representative from the Seventh Ward, who shall hold for such tenure as the ordinances prescribe. At the second meeting of the Council in January, 1894, there shall be an election for the purpose of adding to said boards the representatives allowed for the Seventh Ward. Those then elected shall hold their office until there is a regular election under the charter of the city of Atlanta to elect the members of said boards, and at said regular election, and always thereafter, the representatives on said boards from the Seventh Ward shall be elected as are members from other wards. Alderman. Representation on various city boards. SEC. VI. Except as the laws may be changed or modified by the laws and charter of the city of Atlanta, said city shall succeed to and preserve and carry out all the rights of West End, whether they exist by reason of contract or otherwise, and especially will Atlanta preserve to the citizens of the Seventh Ward all the rights that the citizens of the city of West End now have as to street railroad franchises, grants or conditional grants. And in enforcing any contract or lien received from the city of West End under this contract, the city of Atlanta shall have and exercise all the rights and remedies that the city of West End, or its citizens, had or may have had; and in addition the said city of Atlanta shall have all the rights and remedies which West End now has to enforce said contracts or liens so received, this power to apply to executions for taxes and assessments for local improvements of any kind. Atlanta to succeed to and preserve rights of West End. Especially as to street railroad franchises, etc. SEC. VII. Atlanta shall, and by this Act does, assume the bonded indebtedness of West End, which amounts to the sum of $52,000.00, and on January 1st, 1894, said city of Atlanta shall, by virtue of this Act and by virtue of the agreement made by and between the city of Atlanta and the city of West End, and without any further writing or conveyance, become invested with the absolute title and ownership, control and rights of disposition, of all the municipal assets and property of West End. The assets of West End, which by this Act shall become the property of Atlanta, are Atlanta assumes bonded indebtedness of West End. And Atlanta takes title to property of West End, etc. Assets of West End covered by this Act. Gordon street lot, 75X100 feet. Impounding lot, west of school lot. A triangular lot, 60X60 feet, Railroad avenue and Oak street. The city interest in the school building and lot on Lee street, the city's interest estimated at $22,000.00. Such tax fi. fas. and claims for street improvements, sewers and sidewalks not collected by the city of West End on January 1st, 1894. Mules, carts, wagons, harness and iron safe.

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It is the purpose of this Act to invest the city of Atlanta with the full title of the property above described at the date aforesaid, and with title to all other assets belonging to West End January 1st, 1894. Uncollected executions for taxes or assessments, whether due to West End or [Illegible Text], shall be enforced by levy and sale by the Marshal of Atlanta, subject to redemption, as in tax sales. The city of Atlanta also assumes and agrees to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all the right, title and interest that private citizens have in and to said house and lot, provided the same does not cost more than $6,000.00, and shall keep and hold the sole and complete title to the same for school purposes. Uncollected executions for taxes or assessments. Atlanta to purchase interest of private persons in school house. SEC. VIII. The manufacture and sale of alcoholic, spirituous and malt liquors shall forever be prohibited within the territory now known as West End, and in the adjacent territory outside of Atlanta, as now provided by the charter of West End. Manufacture and sale of liquors prohibited. SEC. IX. Within the territory now known as West End, the city of Atlanta shall maintain twenty are lights until the termination of the present contract of the city of West End with the Atlanta Gas Company. After the termination of said contract, five additional are lights shall be maintained by the city of Atlanta in said territory. The city of Atlanta shall assume and carry out with the Atlanta Gas Light Company the contract the city of West End has with the said company, said contract providing that the city of West End shall pay for fifty gas lamps $1,152.00 per year. Lighting the annexed territory. SEC. X. The city of Atlanta shall have performed for the West End territory the same amount and kind of sanitary service on the same terms as to sanitary taxes as are or may hereafter be enjoyed by the balance of the city of Atlanta. Sanitary service. SEC. XI. The city of Atlanta shall in the year 1894 build a brick fire engine house in the present territory of West End and equip the same with engine, hose, hose-reel, horses, and with such other equipments as are necessary, at an estimated cost of $6,850.00. Said city shall man said fire engine house and its equisments with a company of not less than five men and said company shall serve West End and so much of Atlanta as practicable. Fire engine house, etc. SEC. XII. The city of Atlanta shall maintain upon the present school lot an eighth grade grammar school equal to the other grammar schools in the city of Atlanta, with not less than eight teachers. Said city shall also carry out the present contract made by the city of West End with the teachers now employed by the city of West End, and no change of books, curriculum or contracts of teachers of the present West End school shall be made until after the spring term of 1894. The present teachers, books and curriculum

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shall be retained by the Board of Education of the city of Atlanta until the end of the spring term of 1894, said teachers being always subject to removal for cause. Grammar school. SEC. XIII. The present territory of West End shall be by the city of Atlanta furnished with proper police protection, which shall be increased as occasion may demand, as is provided in the other parts of the city of Atlanta. Police protection. SEC. XIV. Said city of Atlanta shall, herself, out of the public treasury and without private cost [Illegible Text] the citizens of the proposed Seventh Ward, build to the present corporate limits of the city of West End the four trunk sewers in the territory of West End, called for by the sewer survey of said territory, made thereof by the engineer under the direction of the city of West End, and shown by plan or map of the proposed sewers of said territory. Said trunk sewers estimated to cost the sum of $32,000. The sum of $15,000 shall be by the city of Atlanta expended in building said sewers in the year 1894, and the balance as soon as practicable. All other lateral and other main sewers shall be constructed on the same basis and system as to assessment and otherwise as now obtains or may hereafter be provided by the charter of the city of Atlanta. Sewers. SEC. XV. The city of Atlanta shall also, as early as practicable after Junary 1st, 1894, lay water mains in the present territory of West End, on Lee street from West End avenue to Beecher; on West End avenue from Lee to Ashby; on Park street from Peters to Ashby; on Ashby street from West End avenue to Baugh; on Oak street from Peters to Ashby; on Peeples from Porter avenue to Baugh; on Gordon street from Lee to Holderness; on Lawton street from Gordon to Baugh; on Baugh from Ashby to Lee; on Irwin street from Ashby to Lee; on Peters street from Park to Oak, from which water shall be supplied for fire, sanitary and domestic purposes at the same rate as is charged other parts of the city of Atlanta. Water mains. SEC. XVI. Whereas, this Act is passed in pursuance of a contract made between the municipal corporations of the cities of Atlanta and West End, wherein the citizens of West End have lost all their rights, privileges and immunities as citizens of the corporation of West End, and have assumed all the burdens of citizens of the city of Atlanta. And whereas, it is important to the citizens of West End, and right that said agreement, as embodied in this, shall be faithfully carried out in all its parts, Be it further enacted, That upon the violation of any of the provisions of this Act, or upon the failure to perform any part thereof, any ten citizens of the territory of West End may enforce compliance therewith on the part of the city of Atlanta by petition for injunction, application for mandamus

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or by any other appropriate legal remedy in the Superior Court of Fulton county, or in any other court having jurisdiction thereof. Enforcement of compliance with this Act. SEC. XVII. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 20th, 1893. REGISTRAR FOR CITY OF ATLANTA. No. 165. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize and empower the Mayor and General Council to constitute and appoint the Tax-Collector of Fulton county to the office of Registrar of said city; to require him to perform the duties of said office when so appointed; to authorize the said Mayor and General Council to fix the compensation for said services, and to fix the time when this amendment shall take effect. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 154 of an Act entitled an Act establishing a new charter for the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same is, hereby amended by changing the period (.) at the end of said section to a semicolon (;) and adding the following words, to wit: To constitute and appoint the Tax-Collector of Fulton county to the office of Registrar of said city; to fix his compensation as such Registrar, and when so appointed to require him to perform the duties of said office, so that the said section of said Act, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 154, Section CLIV. That the Mayor and General Council of said city shall have full power and authority to provide for the registration of voters prior to any municipal election in said city; to make all needful rules and regulations for the same, and require that no person be permitted to vote unless registered as aforesaid; to constitute and appoint the Tax-Collector of Fulton county to the office of Registrar of said city; to fix his compensation as such registrar, and when so appointed to require him to perform the duties of said office. Section 154 Act, of Feb. 28, 1874, amended. Punctuation changed. City may appoint county tax-collector, registrar, etc. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the registration intended under this Act shall take effect at such time as the said Mayor and

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General Council shall fix by ordinance, and until then the present mode of registration for said city shall exist. When new registration taxes effect. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. ATLANTA, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 318. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, to wit: The Act incorporating the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, so as to authorize the Mayor and General Council of said city to provide, by ordinances, for the semi-annual collection of tax due said city on the taxable property, both real and personal, therein; and so as to make the liability of the sureties on the bond of the Treasurer of said city the same in lieu and dignity with that of sureties on the bond of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia; also to incorporate the grounds known as the Sanitary Dumping Grounds, to wit: Ninety-two (92) acres more or less, lying in land lot one hundred and thirteen (113), one hundred and fourteen (114), one hundred and fifteen (115) and one hundred and forty-three (143) in the Four-teenth (14) District of originally Henry, now Fulton county, Georgia, and the lands lying between the Dumping Grounds and the city of Atlanta, including also the various roads or streets running from the city to said Dumping Grounds, for police and sanitary purposes, and also to enlarge and extend the jurisdiction of the Recorder's Court of said city, in the manner pointed out in said Act, and to otherwise alter and amend said charter. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Act incorporating the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the various Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same is, hereby amended, so as to authorize the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta to provide, by ordinance, for the semi-annual collection of taxes due said city on real and personal property therein; the first semi-annual installment of fifty (50) per cent. of such taxes to be due and payable on the 20th day of April in each year, and the remaining installment of fifty (50) per cent. of such tax to be due and payable on the 20th day of October in each year; and so as to give to said Mayor and General Council the authority to regulate, by ordinances,

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the manner of making the assessments and returns of taxable property in said city, preparatory to such semi-annual collections of taxes, and to provide for the issue and levy of executions and the making of sales of property thereunder for any unpaid semi-annual installment of taxes, in the same manner as now prevails with reference to the annual collection of taxes, except that the date of closing the books of the Tax-Collector is changed from the 20th day of September in each year to the 20th day of April and the 20th day of October in each year; provided , that the owner of property sold at such sales shall have the right of redemption and on the same terms as under existing laws; and provided also , that the semi-annual collection of taxes shall be discretionary with the Mayor and General Council in office for the time being; that is to say, that the Mayor and General Council in office for the particular year may provide by ordinance for the annual or semi-annual collections of taxes; and provided further , that no property shall be sold under the first fi. fa. taken out on failure to pay the first installment, due April 20th, but that said fi. fa. shall be held up until the second installment is due on October 20th of each year, beyond which there shall be no further extension, except as the Council may allow, under existing laws. Semi-annual collection of taxes. Assessments and returns for taxes. Executions and execution sales. Days of closing books of tax collector. Right of redemption. Semi-annual collection of taxes discretionary. Property not to be sold until after failure to pay second installment. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Act of incorporation and the various Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the liabilities of any surety or sureties, or the bonds of the Treasurer of the city of Atlanta, when such bond is given after the passage of this Act, shall be the same as that of the sureties on the bond of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, to wit: That the property of any such surety on the bond of such City Treasurer shall be subject to a lien in favor of the city of Atlanta for the full amount of such Treasurer's bond from the date of the execution thereof. Liability of sureties on bond of treasurer. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Act of incorporation and the various Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the corporate limits of the city of Atlanta shall be extended so as to include ninety-two (92) acres, more or less, of land belonging to the city of Atlanta in land lots one hundred and thirteen (113), one hundred and fourteen (114), one hundred and fifteen (115) and one hundred and forty-three (143), in the Fourteenth District of originally Henry, now Fulton county, Georgia, said lands being those now known as the Sanitary Dumping Grounds of the city of Atlanta, and also the lands lying between said Dumping Grounds and the corporate limits of the city of Atlanta and the roads or streets leading from the city of Atlanta to said Dumping Grounds, and especially the roads known as Bellwood avenue, the extension of Simpson street,

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the extension of West Hunter street, the extension of Ashby street and Mason's and Turner's ferry road, and also any other roads now existing, or which may be opened, leading from the city of Atlanta to said Dumping Grounds, so as to give the Mayor and General Council jurisdiction over said grounds and intervening lands and roads for police and sanitary purposes; and to authorize said Mayor and General Council to make and enforce all ordinances necessary for the preservation of the peace and order and for the protection of the property and employees of the city of Atlanta from molestation, disturbance or injury in the prosecution of the sanitary work of said city in or about said roads and grounds, and to provide, by ordinance, for the punishment of persons violating any of said ordinances by fine or imprisonment, upon conviction thereof, in the Recorder's Court of the city of Atlanta, such fines not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) and imprisonment not to exceed thirty days in any such case. Corporate limits extended to include sanitary dumping grounds, etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted that said Act of incorporation and the various Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby further amended so as to empower the Mayor and General Council of said city of Atlanta to provide by ordinance for the regulation of public meetings and public speaking in the streets of said city of Atlanta, by preventing the obstruction of the streets of said city or the gathering of disorderly crowds in said streets. Regulation of public meetings and public speakings. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893. ATLANTA, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 322. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Act approved February 28th, 1874, incorporating the city of Atlanta, Georgia, be, and the same is, hereby amended by extending the jurisdiction of said city and the territorial limits thereof, for police and sanitary purposes, over the lands now or hereafter purchased and belonging to the city of Atlanta, known as the New Water-works site and grounds, including all lands now or hereafter to be owned by the city, in which tract is the pumping station at the Chattahoochee river, and all the lands belonging to said city

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at and around what is known as the inner reservoir filter or pumping plant, including also a strip of ground along Hemphill avenue and Chattahoochee avenue and three hundred (300) yards on each side of said roads and for a distance of three hundred (300) yards all around and on all sides of said inner reservoir and pumping station, from the present limits of the city of Atlanta to the Chattahoochee river at the pumping station, and giving the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta authority to provide by ordinance for the protection of the property of said new water-works system, and keeping the roads aforesaid free from obstructions and the preservation of the purity of the water in the reservoir, pipes, etc., belonging to said new water-works, and to have violators of such ordinances punished on conviction thereof in the Recorder's Court of the city of Atlanta, by fine not exceeding $200.00 and imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, either or both, in the discretion of the Recorder or other officer presiding at the trial of the case in said court. Extension of limits for police and sanitary purposes. Over new water works site and grounds. Protection of property, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended so as to authorize the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta, in any case where land has heretofore been taken from any owner, either for the purpose of widening and straightening any street, or for the purpose of constructing a sewer or drain through such land, or for any other public use, without first condemning and paying for such land, to institute condemnation proceedings for the purpose of acquiring title to such land, either for street or sewer or other public purposes, under the same rules and regulations as apply to condemnation proceedings when land is to be taken for street or sewer or other public purposes, before the actual taking and use of such land; and that any assessment, either for street paving, the construction of sewers, or other public improvement upon the property abutting on such street, sewer or other public improvement, and heretofore invalid through the failure to condemn and pay for the land taken in widening and straightening the street, or the land taken and used as a right of way for such sewer, shall become valid and binding upon such abutting property, on payment of the condemnation price for such land in either case, as finally ascertained either by the appraisers or by the jury trying the case; and thereupon such assessment shall be collectible as in case of assessments regularly made for similar improvements. The fact that such previous assessments have been held illegal and void in any case on the facts then existing, with reference to condemnation or purchase of the land in question, or with reference to the sufficiency or insufficiency of notice

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or petition in the case of the improvement in question, shall be no bar or impediment to proceedings under this Act, which is intended to be curative. Condemnation proceedings where land has been heretofore taken without condemning and paying for same. Assessment heretofore invalid for failure to condemn and pay for land taken. Made valid on payment of condemnation price, etc. Previous assessments held invalid, no bar, when. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that in any case heretofore occurring where the charter of said city requires the publication of notice as to the intention of the Mayor and General Council, or other authority of said city, to pave a street or alley, or construct a sewer in any street or through private property, or to construct any other public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by the assessment of the abutting property, and where the attempt has been made by the authorities of said city to comply with the statute on the subject of notice, and there has not been a sufficient compliance with said statute on the subject of notice, that in any such case it shall be lawful for the city, upon giving notice to the owner of the property in question, or in the absence of such owner, to his or her agent resident in said city, if any such agent there be, and in the absence of such owner or agent, upon giving notice by publication of the intention so to do, to have appraisers appointed; one by the Mayor and General Council of said city, one by the owner of said property or his or her agent, which two appraisers shall select an umpire, whose duty it shall be to examine the property and the improvement, and to hear evidence [Illegible Text] shall be offered by the parties, and determined in any such case, whether the property has been benefited by such public improvement, whether pavement, sewer or otherwise, to such extent as to [Illegible Text] the levy and collection of the assessment fixed by the charter [Illegible Text] abutting property, on account of such improvement, such finding to be subject to revision at the instance of either party, by a jury in the Superior Court, as in all cases of condemnation proceedings. And in either such case where the appraisers or the jury trying the case, determine the issue on the subject of benefits to the property in favor of the city and against the owner of the property, such property shall be subject to the assessment provided by the charter on account of such improvement, and the same shall be collected in the same manner as provided in the charter for the collection of such assessments in the first instance. When service of the [Illegible Text] is perfected by publication, as aforesaid, the Ordinary of [Illegible Text] county shall appoint the appraiser on behalf of the absent [Illegible Text] abutting property owner, when the appraiser appointed by the [Illegible Text], shall confer with the appraiser appointed by the city in [Illegible Text] of an umpire. This section is intended to be curative and [Illegible Text] holdings or adjudications shall be no bar or impediment [Illegible Text] proceedings hereunder. Proceeding to cure defect as to notice of paving, constructing sewer, etc. This section curative.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that in any case heretofore occurring where the assessment on abutting property has failed or become invalid by reason of any [Illegible Text] in the petition filed, and where there has been an attempt to comply with the statute requiring such petition, and the city has in good faith completed the public improvement, relying on such petition, and there has been no objection to the completion of the improvement by the owner of the property, in such cases it shall be lawful for the Mayor and General Council of such city, by notice served on the owner, agent, or by publication as prescribed in section 4 of this Act, to cause an inquiry to be made on the subject of the benefit conferred on the lot in question by the public improvement by appraisers appointed, one by the city, one by or on behalf of the owner, and an umpire selected by these two, as is provided in section 4, of this Act; and in case the issue of benefits, so tried, shall be determined in favor of the city and against the owner of the property, such assessment shall be lawful, and collected in the manner provided for the collection of assessments which were regular in all respects in the first instance. The same right of appeal by either party shall exist under this section as under section 4 of this Act. This section is intended to be curative, and proceedings under it shall not be barred by previous adjudications and holdings in any case. Proceeding to cure defect as to petition for improvements, etc. This section curative. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta shall have thirty days within which to accept or reject the award of appraisers, as to the value of land taken or the amount of damage done in any case of condemnation proceedings for street, sewer or other public purposes, instead of ten days as allowed by existing law. Thirty days to accept or repeal awards. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the Clerk of Council, Marshal, Comptroller, City Attorney, City Engineer, Commissioner of Public Works, Tax-Collector and Sexton and Treasurer of the city of Atlanta shall hereafter be elected by the qualified voters of said city; provided , this Act shall not interfere with the power of the Mayor and General Council, given by existing law, to abolish the office of Marshal, or to consolidate the offices of Marshal and Tax-Collector, in their discretion, nor with the power given by existing law to consolidate any of the other

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offices provided for by the charter of said city with the office of Comptroller. The first election of said officers, under this Act, shall occur on the first Wednesday in December, 1894, at the time of the election of the Mayor, Aldermen and Councilmen, and shall be for a term beginning on the first Monday in July, 1895, and ending on the first Monday in January 1897; and all subsequent elections of such officers shall be held with the election for Mayor, Aldermen and Councilmen, or for Aldermen and Councilmen, occurring next before the end of the term of office of any of said officers, and shall be for a term of two years beginning on the first Monday in the January following such election; provided , the Mayor and General Council of said city may elect a Commissioner of Public Works at the first meeting in January, 1894, who shall hold office until the first meeting in January, 1895, unless sooner removed for cause; and the Commissioner of Public Works to be elected by the people, under authority of this Act, shall hold office for a term of two years, beginning on the first Monday in January, 1895, unless removed for cause, as aforesaid. Vacancies in any of said offices, whether occurring by removal or otherwise, shall be filled by elections by the qualified voters to be called for that purpose by the Mayor and General Council, which election shall be held within one month after the occurring of such vacancy, from any cause; provided , that any vacancy in such office occurring within three months of the termination of the term of any of said offices may be filled by an election by the Mayor and General Council of said city, which shall also have power to fill any vacancy in the interim before and until filled by election. The officers of the city, whether elected by the people or otherwise, shall be subject to removal from office by the Mayor and General Council for cause, according to the provisions of the charter now in force. The bond of the Treasurer shall be fixed by the General Council at such amount as in their judgment may be sufficient, in no event to be less than $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars.) The General Council shall also have power to increase the bond whenever they may deem it necessary to protect the interest of the city. Subordinate officers to be elected by the people. But office of marshal may be abolished, etc. Consolidation of other offices. First election under this Act. Term of office. Subsequent elections. Term of office. Commissioner of public works. Vacancies. Removal from office. Bond of treasurer. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that from and after the first Monday in July, 1895, the deposits of moneys in the hands of the Treasurer of the city of Atlanta, belonging to the city of Atlanta, shall be regulated as follows: Whenever the money of the city of Atlanta, in the hands of the City Treasurer, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), such money shall be deposited in four (4) chartered banks of deposit and discount of said city, in as nearly equal proportions as may be practicable. The

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depositories shall be designated by the Mayor and General Council, and in making the designation regard shall be had to the rate of interest on balances of deposits offered by the various banks and to the amount and kind of security tendered by said banks, with the purpose on the part of the Mayor and General Council to get the best rate of interest and the best security for the money deposited. The Treasurer and his sureties shall not be liable on his bond for any of such moneys while on deposit as aforesaid, but he and his sureties shall be liable on his bond for any moneys belonging to the city of Atlanta not so deposited under direction of the Mayor and General Council. Moneys on deposit as aforesaid shall be at all times subject to be drawn out on warrants regularly issued by the Mayor and countersigned by the Comptroller to pay the debts or current expenses of the city, and shall likewise be subject to be withdrawn from the bank where deposited in the discretion of the Mayor and General Council at a regular or special meeting. The Treasurer of said city shall have no power of his own motion to withdraw any of the funds so deposited, but can only do so upon warrants regularly issued and countersigned as aforesaid. It shall nevertheless be the duty of said Treasurer to furnish the Mayor and General Council immediate notice of any information coming to his knowledge tending to show a necessity for the removal of deposits belonging to the city, and for a neglect to furnish such information the Treasurer and his sureties shall be liable on his official bond for any loss occurring to the city from such neglect on his part. But in case none of the banks of the city make reasonable offers of interest and security as aforesaid, or a smaller number of the banks than four (4) make such offers, then the whole subject of the regulation of the deposits of the moneys belonging to the city shall be left to the sound discretion of the Mayor and General Council in office for the time being. The Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta shall have full power to provide by necessary ordinances for the regulation and control of the deposits of funds belonging to said city in accordance with the spirit and intent of this Act. Deposits of money in hands of treasurer. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta shall have authority, in their discretion, to require the payment of a registration tax of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per annum on the business of selling watches, clocks or jewelry at auction in said city; provided , that when the registration tax on such business shall exceed two hundred ($200.00) dollars per annum, no ad valorem tax shall be charged to the dealer paying

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such registration tax on the stock carried by him; provided further , that when such dealer is relieved from the payment of ad valorem tax on his stock, the registration tax shall not in any case be less than the ad valorem tax on the assessed value of his stock would amount to. Tax on business of selling watches, clocks or jewelry at auction. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta may, in their discretion, provide for the erection of a bridge over the tracks of the General Railroad Company of Georgia, and do all other work necessary to the extension of West Alabama street to a point at or near the junction of Rhodes and Elliott streets in said city; and in their discretion may extend an arm of said bridge or roadway, or bridge and roadway, so as to connect with West Hunter street at a point west of the tracks of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company in said city; and to provide for the paying of the expenses of constructing said bridge and extending said streets partly out of the income of said city for the year 1894, and the balance from the income of said city for the years 1895, 1896 and 1897, or any one or more of said years, in the discretion of said Mayor and General Council. Alabama street bridge. SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to provide that the oath hereafter to be taken and subscribed by the Mayor and members of the General Council of the city of Atlanta, who shall have been elected after the passage of this Act, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall be as follows: I swear that I will faithfully and impartially demean myself as Mayor, Councilman or Alderman during my continuance in office. I have not, in order to influence my election to this office, directly or indirectly, expressly or impliedly, promised my vote or support to any person for any office in the city government of Atlanta, nor for any other office. I will not knowingly permit my vote, in the election or appointment of any person to a position in the city government, be influenced by fear, favor or affection, reward or hope thereof, but in all things pertaining to my said office I will be governed by what is my conviction for the public good. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of the above oath, upon a fair and impartial trial before the Mayor and General Council of said city, shall be forthwith expelled from office, and forever disqualified thereafter from holding any position of honor, trust or emolument connected with the city government of Atlanta. Oath of office. Violation of oath.

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SEC. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby amended, so as to provide that the city of Atlanta shall have jurisdiction, for police purposes, of the east one-half of land lot 151, in the Seventeenth District of Fulton county, Georgia, and to further provide that said city shall have the power to try, and upon conviction in the Recorder's Court of said city, to punish all persons guilty of violating the ordinances of said city, within the boundaries of said lot of land so incorporated for police purposes. Jurisdiction for police purposes over east half of L. L. 151 in 17th dist. Fulton county. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to authorize the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta to borrow, in the first half of each year beginning with the year 1894, as much as two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), to be used in paying the current expense of the city government during such half year, and the amount so borrowed shall be repaid out of the income of the year in which it is borrowed; the authority to contract a loan as herein provided for to be in lieu of the authority to contract loans for any smaller sum or sums, as now provided for by the charter of said city. Borrowing money. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of incorporation, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby further amended, so as to prescribe that in any year when the Mayor and General Council of said city shall determine to collect the taxes due said city on the taxable property in an annual installment instead of in two semi-annual installments, that in every such year the Tax-Collector shall close his tax books on the 20th day of September, and executions shall issue immediately thereafter, and all taxes unpaid by said 20th day of September shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum from said 20th day of September, until paid. Collection of taxes in one annual installment. Close of tax collector's books, etc. Interest on unpaid taxes. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the foregoing Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893.

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AUBURN, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 195. An Act to incorporate the town of Auburn, in Gwinnett county, to create the office of Mayor and Councilmen, and to declare and define the duties of the same, and to prohibit the sale of all malt, vinous or intoxicating liquors therein, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That the municipal authorities of the town of Auburn shall be a Mayor and four Councilmen, who, together, shall form a Common Council, but no person shall be eligible to either of said offices unless at the time of his election he resides within the corporate limits, and is at least twenty-one years old and a freeholder. The Mayor and Councilmen, as herein provided, and their successors in office, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name of the town of Auburn, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, purchase and hold real and personal estate necessary to enable them the better to discharge their duties, and needful for the good order, government and welfare of the town. All the corporate powers of said corporation shall be exercised by said Council, or under their authority, except otherwise provided by law. The Council shall also elect a Treasurer and Marshal, if they deem it necessary, each of whom, when elected, shall enter into bond with sufficient securities, approved by the Mayor, in such penalty as the board shall prescribe, payable to the corporation, conditioned faithfully to collect and pay over as required by the board all taxes, fines, forfeitures and all other incomes of said corporation; and said officers shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the Council, and shall perform the duties respectively as prescribed by law, or as may be required by the Council. The Treasurer may be selected from among the Councilmen. Municipal government. Qualifications for office. Corporate name. General corporate powers. Treasurer and Marshal. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms of office of Mayor and Councilmen. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, The first election of officers under this Act shall be on the second Monday in January, 1894, and annually thereafter, without further notice, on the second Monday of each year, at the Council room, under such rules, superivisions and regulations not inconsistent with the laws and regulations of county elections, as the Council may prescribe. Such elections to be evidenced by the certificate of the managers entered on the

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record of the town, and every person elected or appointed to an office in said corporation shall, within twenty days after his election or appointment, and before he shall enter upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath of office, which may be done before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, or before the Mayor of said town, which oath, with the certificate of the officer administering the same, shall be entered on the records of the town. Municipal elections. Oath of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That if from any cause the annual election, as hereinbefore provided, shall not be held at the time prescribed, the Mayor and Council or, on their failure, any Justice of the Peace within the town district may at any time, on giving the inhabitants of the town at least five days' notice thereof by advertising in any local newspaper, or by written or printed notices at three or more public places within the corporation, hold such election in all other respects as hereinbefore provided, and the persons so elected shall have the same powers and liabilities as if they had been elected at the regular period. Failure to hold annual election. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, All persons who have been bona fide residents of said town for six months next preceding a charter election held therein, and who are qualified voters under the Constitution and laws of this State, and none other, shall be allowed to vote at any charter election in said town. Qualifications of voters. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, When any vacancy shall occur from any cause in the office of Mayor, or in the Council, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Council from among the citizens of the town eligible under this charter. All contested elections shall be heard and decided by the retiring Council. Vacancies in office. Contested elections. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, The Council shall be presided over by the Mayor, or in his absence by the Mayor pro tem. , or in his absence by one of the Councilmen, elected by a majority of the Council present; and the Mayor and two members of the Council, or in the absence of the Mayor three Councilmen, shall be necessary to form a quorum for the transaction of business. Upon the call of the Mayor or any Councilmen, the yeas and nays on any question shall be taken and recorded upon the minutes. The Mayor, in case of a tie, shall have the casting vote. Who shall preside at Council meetings. Quorum. Yeas and nays. Mayor has casting vote in case of tie. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, The Council of said town shall have power therein to lay off, vacate, close, open, alter, curb, pave, and keep in good order and repair roads, streets, alleys, side-walks, crossways, drains and gutters, for the use of the public, or of any of the citizens thereof, and to improve and light the same, and have them kept free from obstructions, on or over them; to regulate the width of sidewalks on the streets, and to order the

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sidewalks, footways, crossways, drains and gutters to be curbed and paved, and kept in good order, free and clean, by the owner and occupants thereof, or the real property next adjacent thereto; to establish and regulate a market; to prescribe the time of holding the same; to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous, offensive or unwholesome; to prevent hogs, cattle, horses, sheep and other animals and fowls of all kinds from going at large in said town; to protect places of divine worship and other assemblies for literary or benevolent purposes in and about the premises where held; to abate, or cause to abate, anything which, in the opinion of a majority of the whole Council, shall be a nuisance; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to provide in or near the town places for the burial of the dead, and to regulate the interment therein; to provide for the regular building of houses or other structures, and for the making of division fences by the owner of adjacent premises, and the drainage of lots by proper drains and ditches; to make regulations for the guarding against danger or damage by fire; to provide for the forfeiture and collection of appearance bonds; to protect the health, property and person of the citizens of the town, and to preserve peace and good order therein, and for this purpose to appoint, when necessary, a police force to assist the Marshal in the discharge of his duties; to prescribe the powers and define the duties of the officers appointed by the Council; to fix their term of service and compensation, require and take from them bonds, when deemed necessary, payable to said corporation, with such securities and in such penalties as they may see fit, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties; to provide a revenue for the town and appropriate the same to its expenses; to provide for the assessment of taxable property therein, and to adopt rules for the regulation and government of its own body; to carry into effect these enumerated powers and all other existing or hereafter conferred by law. The Council shall have power to make and pass all needful orders, by-laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, and to prescribe, impose and enact reasonable fines and penalties, not exceeding thirty dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail or other place of imprisonment in said town for a term not exceeding thirty days, or as an alternative of failure or refusal to pay fines imposed to require labor in a work gang for a term not exceeding thirty days. Roads, streets, etc. Markets, etc. Animals running at large. Protection of Divine worship, etc. A batement of nuisances. Gunpowder, etc. Cemetery. Buildings, etc. Drainage. Fire. Appearance bonds. Protection of health, property, etc. Police force. Town revenue, etc. Assessment for taxes. Rules, by, laws, etc. Penalties SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the town; he shall take care that the orders, by-laws, ordinances, acts and resolutions of the Council are faithfully executed; he shall have power to issue his warrant for the

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arrest and shall try all offenders against the ordinances, orders and by-laws of said town; he shall have power to punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment, such fine not to exceed ten dollars, such imprisonment not to exceed ten days for each offence; he shall have control of the police of said town, and may appoint special police officers whenever he deems it necessary, and it shall be his duty to see that the peace and good order of the town are preserved and that persons and property therein are protected, and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all riotous and disorderly persons in the town. Before issuing his warrant therefor he shall have power to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of such payment he may commit the party to the jail of Gwinnett county or other place of imprisonment in said town until the fine and costs or penalties are paid, but in no case shall said imprisonment be for longer than thirty days. In the absence of or inability of the Mayor on any account, the Mayor pro tem. (to be appointed by the Council), and in his absence or inability one of the Councilmen, to be designated by the other members of the Council, shall perform the duties and be vested with all his powers. Duties [Illegible Text] powers of mayor. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, The Mayor shall receive like fees of a Justice of the Peace for like services, and the Marshal shall receive like fees of a Constable, and the Treasurer shall be allowed a commission of two and one-half per cent. upon all sums received by him and two and one-half per cent. upon all sums paid out by him. The Common Council may also elect a Clerk (and in his absence the Mayor may appoint a Clerk pro tem. ) whose duty it shall be to keep in a well bound book a fair and correct record of all proceedings of the Mayor's Court, and for such services he shall be entitled to have fifty cents for each case of conviction, to be taxed in the bill of costs. He shall also keep a record of the council proceedings, and for such service may be allowed such sum as the Council may deem proper. The minutes must be authenticated by the signature of the Mayor or other presiding officer for the time being. Mayor's fees. Marshal's fees. Treasurer's commissions. Clerk. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor, and until the first regular election J. O. [Illegible Text] shall serve as Mayor and J. S. Wages, G. G. Robinson, A. J. Pool and J. A. Pirkle shall serve as Councilmen upon their taking the required oath. When this Act to go into effect. Provisional town government. SEC. XII. And be it further enacted, That all malt, vinous or intoxicating liquors shall never be sold within the corporate limits of said town. Sale of liquors prohibited.

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SEC. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall be one-half mile in every direction from the 227th milepost on the G., C. N. R. R. Corporate limits. SEC. XIV. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be taken and considered as cumulative of the laws of the Code of Georgia (1882). This Act cumulative of the general law. SEC. XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in [Illegible Text] with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893. BOLTON, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 340. An Act to incorporate the city of Bolton, in the county of Fulton, Georgia, define limits thereof to appoint Commissioners, and to grant election powers and privileges for the same, and the passage of all ordinances and by-laws for the government of said city, and to provide penalties for violations of such ordinances and by-laws, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the town of Bolton, in the county of Fulton, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town, under the name of the town of Bolton. Corporate name. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the corporate limits of the said town shall extend from a point on the line between Fulton and Cobb counties opposite the mouth of Whetstone creek, where said creek empties into the Chattahoochee river; beginning at said point and following said creek with [Illegible Text] of same to where the line between the McGuff and Spinks property intersects said creek, said creek forming the northern and [Illegible Text] boundaries of said town; thence from the intersection of the line between the McGuff and Spinks property in a westerly direction across the Chattahoochee river to a point on the line between Fulton and Cobb counties; thence northerly up said line between Fulton and Cobb counties to commencing point. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That J. W. Spinks, W. C. Fisher, J. M. Moore, James Davis and W. G. Gable be, and are, hereby appointed Commissioners until the first [Illegible Text] election as hereinafter provided. Said Commissioners to have the power to select from their number one who is to discharge

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the duties of Mayor, and the rest to act as Councilmen, until the first annual election as aforesaid. Provisional Government. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That on the second Wednesday in January, 1894, and annually thereafter, on the same day, an election shall be held in the Council [Illegible Text] in said town for a Mayor and four Councilmen, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified; but no one shall vote for, or be eligible to, the office of Mayor or Councilman of said town who does not reside within the corporate limits thereof, and who is not qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly of this State. Said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers in this State, and the certificate of the Managers shall be sufficient authority to the persons elected to enter on the discharge of the duties of the offices to which they have been elected. Annual municipal elections. Terms of office. Qualifications of voters and for office. Regulations for election. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall not have a vote except in cases of a tie. Mayor no vote, save when tie. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That before entering on the discharge of their duties, the Mayor and each Councilman shall subscribe the following oath, which may be administered by any person authorized by the laws of this State to administer oath. I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving on me as Mayor (or Councilman as the case may be) of the town of Bolton, according to the best of my ability and understanding, so help me God. Oath of office. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have power to elect such Marshals, Clerks and other subordinate officers as they may deem necessary for carrying into effect the powers herein conferred upon them; to prescribe the fees and duties of such subordinate officers, and require such bonds for the faithful performance of their duties as they may deem necessary and proper. Subordinate officers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and each of said Councilmen shall be ex officio a Justice of the Peace in criminal matters, and shall have full authority to issue warrants for any [Illegible Text] committed within the corporate limits of said town, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath, to admit any offender to bail or commit him to jail for violation of the laws of the State and to admit to bail, or to commit to the guardhouse for violation of the ordinances of said town. Mayor and Councilmen magistrates as to criminal matters. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have power to pass all ordinances and by-laws that [Illegible Text] may deem necessary for the government of said town; provided , they be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State nor of the United States. Ordinances, etc.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have the power to levy and collect a tax of not exceeding one-half of one per cent. upon all property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall also have the power to require all persons within said corporate limits, who are subject to road duty under the laws of this State, to work on the streets of said town, or they may prescribe a commutation tax which may be paid in lieu of work on streets. Ad valorem tax. Street work. Commutation tax. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Councilmen shall have exclusive power to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in said town, to grant licenses or to withhold them, to fix the fee for same when granted, and to impose penalties upon any person selling liquors in said town without license; also, to license and tax all shows, ten-pin alleys, billiard and pool tables and other like devices. Sale of liquors. Shows, ten-pin alleys, etc. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town, and in his absence the Mayor pro tem. (who shall be elected by the Council from their own number), shall be the chief executive officer of the town. He shall see that ordinances, by-laws, rules and orders of the Council are faithfully executed. He shall have control of the police of said town, and may appoint special police whenever [Illegible Text] may deem it necessary; and it shall be his duty especially to see that the peace and good order of the town are preserved, and that persons and property therein are protected, and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all riotous and disorderly persons in said town. He shall have power to issue execution for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of immediate payment he may imprison the offender in the guardhouse of said town not exceeding thirty days. Duties and powers of Mayor or Mayor pro tem. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That if at any time the office of Mayor or Councilman shall become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, the members of the Council shall have the power to order an election to be held within thirty days thereafter to fill such [Illegible Text]. Vacancies. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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AMENDING CHARTER TOWN OF BOSTON. No. 171. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Boston, in the county of Thomas, in this State, approved October 24th, 1870, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the above recited Act of October the 24th, 1870, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from the first section thereof the words Commissioners of the town of Boston, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words Mayor and Council of Boston, and by substituting for the word Commissioners and for the word President, wherever they occur in the remaining sections of said Act, the word Aldermen and the word Mayor, respectively. First section of Act of October 24th, 1870, amended. Governing authorities to be Mayor and Council. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this Act the government of said town of Boston shall vest in a Mayor and four Aldermen, who shall be elected on the second Monday in January of each year, at a municipal election to be held under the rules and regulations prescribed in section 1 of said Act of October the 24th, 1870, for the election of Commissioners, and the qualification of voters shall be the same as are prescribed in section 3 of said Act. Election of Mayor and Aldermen. Qualifications of voters. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person securing the largest number of votes cast for Mayor at the elections provided for in the next preceding section of this Act, and the four persons receiving the largest number of votes for Aldermen at said election shall, as soon as the result of such election has been declared by the managers thereof, take the oath prescribed in section 14 of said Act, and [Illegible Text] upon the discharge of their respective offices, and continue to hold and exercise the same until their successors have been elected and qualified. Mayor and Aldermen to qualify and discharge official duties. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, or in his absence a Mayor pro tem. , to be elected by the Aldermen at the first regular meeting after they have been qualified, shall preside at all meetings of the Council, but shall not vote on any question pending before the Council at such meetings, except in case of a tie between the Aldermen, when he shall give the casting vote. The Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor pro tem. shall also preside at all sittings of the Police Court of said [Illegible Text]

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and shall have such other authority as was vested in the President of the Board of Commissioners of said Act of October the 24th, 1870, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the President and Commissioners at their last regular meeting before the municipal election to be held on the second Monday in January, 1894, and thereafter by the Mayor and Council of each succeeding year at their last regular meeting before their successors are elected and qualified; and in no case shall the salary so fixed be increased or diminished during the official term of the incoming Mayor. Mayor or Mayor pro tem. to preside at Council meetings. But not vote, save in case of tie. Other powers of Mayor or Mayor pro tem. Salary. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have authority to elect at their first regular meeting after being elected and qualified, either from their own number or from the qualified voters of said town, a Clerk and Treasurer, and to prescribe the bond to be given by and the compensation to be paid to the person so elected, which compensation may be in fees or in commissions on the taxes collected by him, or in both, but the compensation, when so fixed, shall not be increased or diminished during the year for which such person was elected. Clerk and Treasurer. Bond and compensation. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act of October the 24th, 1870, be further amended by striking out all of the proviso to section 4 of said Act after the word [Illegible Text] in the last line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words five-tenths of one per cent. on the appraised value of all the taxable property owned or held in said town, so that said proviso, as amended, will read as follows: provided , that said tax shall not exceed five-tenths of one per cent. of the appraised value of all taxable property owned or held in said town. Section 4 of Act of October 24th, 1870, amended. Amount of ad valorem tax. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall have authority to punish all persons convicted before him of any violation of the penal ordinances of said town by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or, as an alternative penalty, by labor on the public streets not to exceed thirty days, and all parts of said Act of October the 24th, 1870, and of the Act amendatory thereof, approved February the 17th, 1877, in conflict with the foregoing are hereby repealed. Punishment of offenders. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have authority to [Illegible Text] off and open new streets within the corporate limits, and to alter or extend existing streets, and whenever, in the exercise of this power, it shall become necessary to enter upon and take the land of any citizen, the Mayor and Council shall, before doing so, pay or [Illegible Text] to the owner of the property to be taken just and reasonable

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compensation for the land to be taken; and when the Mayor and Council and the property owner shall fail to agree as to the amount of compensation to be paid, the same shall be submitted to three resident freeholders of said town, one to be chosen by the owner of the property, one by the Mayor and Council, and these to select a third, who shall, after three days' notice to both parties, proceed to fix the amount to be paid to the owner of the property, and shall make an award in writing, a copy of which shall be furnished to each party, and the original shall, unless the property owner proceeds within the time and in the manner prescribed by the Code of Georgia to attack the award, be returned by the arbitrators to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county to be recorded, and when recorded shall become conclusive of the rights of all parties to the controversy; and in case any property owner, when requested to appoint an arbitrator, shall fail or omit for three days to do so, the Clerk and Treasurer shall proceed to appoint some disinterested freeholder of said town to act for the person so failing or omitting to name an arbitrator, and the person appointed by the Clerk and Treasurer shall, with the two chosen in the manner above prescribed, proceed to make an award upon the matter in controversy, which shall be binding on the parties when reported and recorded as herein required. Streets. Taking lands of another. Appraisers. Award. Appeal. Effect of award. Failure by owner to appoint arbitrator. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority to appoint, whenever in their discretion it may become necessary, one or more Policemen to assist the Marshal in the discharge of his duties; to prescribe the time for which such Policemen shall serve, and the compensation to be paid them. Police. SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. BULLOCHVILLE, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. 334. An Act to incorporate the town of Bullochville, to define the corporate limits thereof, to provide a municipal government for said town, and to confer certain corporate powers and privileges on the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the town of Bullochville, in the county of Meriwether,

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be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town, under the name of Bullochville. Town incorporated. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town of Bullochville shall consist of a Mayor and five Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the town of Bullochville, and by that name and style, shall have perpetual succession, and by said name shall be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in the State; plead and be impleaded, and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity; and shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy and possess, to retain to them and their successors, for the sole use and benefit of said town of Bullochville, in perpetuity or a term of years, any estate, real or personal, within the limits of said town, and to sell, exchange or lease the same in any way whatever. Municipal government. Corporate name and general powers. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Commencing at a point 20 feet east of the Georgia Midland and GulfRailroad in the center of the public road known as the river road and running east 45 chains, thence south 55 chains, thence west 45 chains, and thence north 55 chains to the original starting point. Corporate limits. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the corporate powers of said town shall vest in said Mayor and Aldermen, who shall be elected on the second Saturday in December of each year; but if the time of said election shall have passed before the passage of this Act, then the first election under this Act shall take place within sixty days after the passage thereof; said Mayor and Aldermen shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Municipal elections. Terms of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, subscribe to the following oath, which may be administered by any person in this State authorized to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as the Mayor (or Alderman) of the town of Bullochville, according to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath of officers. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the qualified voters of said town shall be all such persons who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly for said county, who have bona fide resided in said town for the period of thirty days previous to the election whereat they shall offer to vote. Qualifications of voters. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks and other subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary for carrying

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on the powers herein granted, and to prescribe the compensation of such subordinate officers, and to require of them such bonds as they may deem necessary. Subordinate officers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to pass and make all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government, peace and order and health of said town, and all power herein granted; provided , they are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. By-laws, ordinances, etc. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to levy a tax, not to exceed one-fourth of one per cent., upon all property, real or personal, subject to the State tax, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall also have power and authority to require of all persons subject to road duty, under the laws of this State, to work on the streets, alleys and sidewalks of said town, but they may receive in lieu of said work such commutation fee as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, which shall be used only in working the streets, alleys and sidewalks of said town. Ad [Illegible Text] tax. Street work. Commutation tax. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to assess and collect such a business or license tax as they may deem proper upon all kinds of business, professions or occupations carried on in said corporation; also on all shows, exhibitions and performances, on all billiard, pool or other tables for playing at games, and all establishments of like character in said town for amusement and gain. Business tax. Shows, billiard tables, etc. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide for the arrest, trial and punishment of offenders against any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of said town, by fine, imprisonment, or work on the streets of said town; provided , said fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars and such imprisonment not exceed thirty days. Arrest, trial and punishment of offenders. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting of the Mayor and Council, after their election and qualification, it shall be the duty of said body to elect a Mayor pro tem. , who shall perform all the duties of said Mayor when from any cause he cannot be present to execute the duties of his office. Mayor pro tem. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That in the event of the office of Mayor or Alderman, or any subordinate office of said town, shall become vacant, either by death, resignation or removal, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Mayor and Council. Vacancies. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to lay out, open and abolish streets and alleys of said town, extend and change the same, as the public interest may

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require, by paying the owners just compensation for the property taken for any such purposes. Laying out, etc., streets, etc. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide, by ordinance, for the collection of all taxes, moneys and fines due to said town, by execution, to be issued and signed by the Mayor of said town, or the Mayor pro tem. , and the levies of the same by the Marshal of said town, upon any real or personal property of the defendant to be found in the county, and said Marshal's sales shall be conducted as provided by section 3656( a ) of the Code of Georgia; and in case any illegality or claim is interposed to such sale, the same shall be returned with all the papers to the Justice Court in the district in which said town issituated. If real property be levied upon, then the said papers shall be returned to the next succeeding term of the Superior Court of said county; provided , that said court is not held within ten days after the filing of said illegality or claim. If held within that time, said cause shall be returnable to the next succeeding term; provided further , that in all cases where the Justice's Court shall not have jurisdiction, said papers shall [Illegible Text] be returnable to said Superior Court. Collection of taxes, etc. Illegalities or claims. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That upon the arrest of any person upon a charge of violating any of its ordinances or by-laws of said town, if it shall appear from the testimony adduced upon the trial of said person, that there is probable cause for his detention to answer to the charge of having violated any of the criminal laws of the State, said officer trying said cause shall issue his warrant committing said accused to the common jail of the county to answer to said charge before the County Court, or Superior Court of the county if said County Court shall not have jurisdiction of the offence. In either event if said case is one that is bailable by Justices of the Peace, bail shall be approved by such committing officer. Committing to jail for offences against State law. Bail. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That whenever anything for which State license is required is to be done within said town or village, the Council may require a town or village license therefor, except for the sale of spirituous, intoxicating, vinous and malt liquors, and may impose a tax thereon for the use of the town or village, and may also require a bond, with sureties, conditioned as required in section 779, payable to said town or village, in such penalty as it may think proper, and may revoke such license at any time if the condition of said bond be broken. And they shall have power to license and regulate the management of hotels and private boarding houses, livery stables, and private and public transportation through the town or village, and in addition to the ad valorem

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tax provided for by law, to levy a tax on all billiard tables, ten-pin or nine-pin alleys, and tables or alleys of any other kind used for the purpose of playing on with pins or balls, or both, within such town or village, and all contrivances, of whatever kind, used for the purpose of gaming or carrying on a game of chance, by selling cards, tickets or numbers, or by turning a dial or wheel, by using any other artifice or contrivance. They shall also have power to tax all shows taxed by the laws of this State which may exhibit within such town or village, which tax may be collected, if not voluntarily paid, by execution and levy and sale, as provided for the collection of taxes, under the general law prescribing the mode of incorporating towns and villages; and said Council shall have full power to pass all ordinances necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section. Licenses. Sale of liquor. Hotels, etc. Billiard tables, ten-pin alleys, etc. Shows, etc. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. CAIRO, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 375. An Act to amend an Act approved October 28th, 1870, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Cairo, in the county of Thomas, and for other purposes, and Acts amendatory thereof, by extending the corporate limits, to grant the town council power to levy and collect certain special taxes, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited Act be amended so that from and after the passage of this Act the corporate limits of the town of Cairo shall extend for a half mile and fifty yards additional in all directions from the depot of Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, except on the west side, which shall be bounded by Malory Mill creek. Corporate limits extended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That the town Council of Cairo, besides real and personal property, may tax or license any business, trade or profession carried on in said town not exempt by State law or competent authority of the United States; and may enforce the payment of such tax or license in such manner as said town Council may prescribe. Business tax. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of [Illegible Text] in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893

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CLARKESVILLE, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 386. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Clarkesville, in the county of Habersham, to define the corporate limits thereof, to confer upon the Mayor and Council thereof certain powers, privileges and duties, to repeal all existing charters or Acts conferring corporate powers upon said town, and for other purposes, approved August 22d, 1891. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That Clarkesville, in the county of Habersham, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name and style of the town of Clarkesville, and in said name may sue and be suid, plead and be impleaded in any of the courts of said State; shall have and use a common seal; shall buy, sell, own and possess all property, real and personal, that may be necessary for the purposes of corporate duties and existence, and shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the present corporation of the town of Clarkesville; and the corporate limits of the town shall extend one-half mile on either side of a line running in the center of the road or street as it now runs, beginning at the end of the bridge nearest the town across Soque river, thence along the center of the old street to and through the center of the courthouse, thence the center of the street to and through the center of the depot building on the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad to the line of right of way of said railroad most distant from said courthouse. Corporate name. Corporate powers. Succession to rights, etc., present corporation. Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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POLICE COMMISSION FOR CITY OF COLUMBUS. No. 246. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved November 29th, 1890, so as to provide for the establishment of a Board of Police Commissioners of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act to create a new charter for the city of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes, approved November 29th, 1890, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding to said Act an additional section to read as follows, to wit: Said Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall elect a Board of Police Commissioners for said city, and fill all vacancies which may occur in said board; that said Commission shall consist of five persons, who shall be freeholders and citizens of the city of Columbus, entitled by law to vote for Mayor and Aldermen of said city; that the term of office of each member of said board, after the first election, shall be five years; that said board shall have an exclusive power to appoint the members of the police force of said city and elect the Marshal and Lieutenants, and for cause to remove the same from office, and shall require of said officers a strict compliance with all the ordinances, laws and regulations for the government of the police of said city, and shall be in general charge of the police force of said city, their employment, and the supervision and direction of said force, and shall from time to time recommend to the Mayor and Aldermen of said city the number of the police force; but said Mayor and Aldermen shall have the exclusive power to designate the number of police. The Commissioners shall keep a record of their appointments and removals of officers and the causes for the latter, subject to the inspection at all times of the Mayor and Aldermen. The first election of members of the Board of Police Commissioners shall take place at the regular meeting of the Mayor and board of said city in January, 1894, at which time the five members constituting said board shall be elected, their term of office to begin 1st of January, 1894; one to serve until the 1st of January, 1895; another to serve until the 1st of January, 1896; another to serve until the 1st of January, 1897; another

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to serve until the 1st of January, 1898, and another to serve until the 1st of January, 1899; and as these respective terms of office shall expire, a new election shall be held at the regular meeting in July of each year to fill the term of five years from the date of the expiration of such term, so that one commissioner shall be elected in July of each year; and no Commissioner shall serve more than two consecutive terms. No officer of the city government, nor employee of the city shall be eligible to hold the office of Police Commissioner. Said Commissioners shall have power to elect a Chairman of the Police Commission; provided , [Illegible Text] nothing in this Act shall interfere with Marshal and Lieutenant elected for the year 1894. Act of Nov. 29, 1890 amended. New section. Board of police commissioners. Qualifications for office. Term of office. Powers of Board. Number of police force to be determined by Mayor and Aldermen. Record of appointments and removals. First election of commissioners. Term of first commissioners. Subsequent elections. No commissioner to serve more than two consecutive terms. Chairman of board. Marshal and lieutenant for 1894 not interfered with. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. COMER, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 253. An Act to incorporate the town of Comer, in the county of Madison, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by [Illegible Text] of the same, That the town of Comer, located in the county of Madison, on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name of Comer, with all the rights and liabilities of a municipal corporation. Corporate name. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall be a half mile in every direction from the depot as a center. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That on the first Saturday in January, 1894, there shall be elected five Councilmen from the citizens of said town, who are competent under the law to serve as Justices of the Peace (and under the election laws controlling the election of Justices of the Peace), while said Councilmen shall hold their office for one year and until their successors are elected and sworn in; that an election shall be held annually thereafter on the first Saturday in January and oftener, if necessary to fill vacancies. Municipal elections.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Councilmen shall elect one of their number as President, and they, or a majority of them, shall constitute a court to try all offences committed in violation of the ordinances of said town, and shall have the right to sit as often anywhere in said town as necessity may require. President of Council. Municipal court. SEC. V. Be it further enacted that said Councilmen shall have the right to pass any and all ordinances for the protection, government and welfare of said town they may think proper, not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or the United States, and make such penalties for the violation of the same as are consistent with existing laws. Ordinances. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Councilmen shall elect or appoint one or more Marshals for the town for one year and fix their compensation; that said Marshal so appointed shall have all the power to execute and enforce all the ordinary rules and regulations in the limits of said town. Marshal. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Councilmen shall have the right to commit as a Justice of the Peace for State offences committed in the limits of said town. Councilmen may commit for offences against the State. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893. CONYERS, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 181. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Conyers, so that the Mayor and Council shall be authorized to purchase real estate in the city of Conyers and to erect thereon buildings to be known as a City Council room and city prison and other public buildings necessary to carry on the city government, and to provide for the payment of same by the levying and collecting an annual tax not to exceed one-fourth of one per cent. upon all property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of said city. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the charter of the city of Conyers and the Acts amendatory thereof are hereby amended, so as to authorize the Mayor and Council of the city of Conyers to purchase real estate in the city of Conyers and to erect thereon buildings to be known as a City Council room and city prison and other public buildings necessary to carry on the city government. Mayor and Council authorized to purchase realty. And erect public buildings.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of said land or real estate, and for the purpose of erecting a City Council room and city prison and other public buildings thereon, be it amended and altered, so that the Mayor and Council shall be authorized to levy and collect an annual tax not to exceed one-fourth of one per centum upon all property, real or personal, within the corporate limits of said city, for the purpose above mentioned. Taxes for. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. CORNELIA, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 316. An Act to amend an Act approved December 29th, 1890, entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Cornelia, in the county of Habersham, to grant election powers and privileges, approved October 22d, 1887, and to confer additional powers upon the corporate authorities of said town of Cornelia, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 3 of an Act entitled an Act, approved December 29th, 1890, to amend an Act entitled an Act, approved October 22d, 1887, to incorporate the town of Cornelia, in the county of Habersham, be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and the following be enacted in lieu thereof: That if at any time the office of Mayor or Councilman shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal beyond the corporate limits of said town or otherwise, an election shall be held at such time and place as a majority of said Council may decide upon for persons to fill such vacancies. Section 3 of Act of December 29th, 1890, amended. Vacancies in office of Mayor or Councilmen. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That section 10, of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Section 10 repealed. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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CUBANA CITY INCORPORATED. No. 393. An Act to incorporate Cubana City, in the county of Thomas, to define the corporate limits of said town, to provide for the election of a Mayor and Aldermen for the government thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the town of Cubana City, in the county of Thomas, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of Cubana City. Cubana City incorporated. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town of Cubana City shall consist of a Mayor and five Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the town of Cubana City, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and by said name shall be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in the State; to plead and be impleaded, and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, and shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy and possess, to retain to them and their successors for the sole use and benefit of said town of Cubana City, in perpetuity, or a term of years, any estate, real or personal, within limits of said town, and to sell, exchange or lease the same in any way whatever. Municipal government. Corporate name and powers. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, The corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: The center of said town shall be the center of the section of Clay and San Rafael streets now laid off and opened in said town, and shall extend one-half mile in each direction, except that it shall not include any of the land now in Thomasville, Georgia. Corporate limits. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the corporate powers of said town shall vest in said Mayor and Aldermen, who shall be elected on the second Saturday in February of each year; but if the time of said election shall have passed before the passage of this Act, then the first election under this Act shall take place within sixty days after the passage thereof. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Municipal elections. Terms of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, subscribe to the following oath, which may be administered by any person in this State authorized to administer oaths: I do solemnly

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swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully discharge all the duties [Illegible Text] upon me as the Mayor (or Aldermen) of the town of Cubana City according to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath of office. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the qualifications to vote in said town shall be the same as for the election of members of the General Assembly, except that no person shall be entitled to vote unless he has resided in said town for three months immediately preceding the election. Qualifications of voters. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks and other subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary for carrying on the powers herein granted, and to prescribe the compensation of such subordinate officers, and to require of them such bonds as they may deem necessary. Subordinate officers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to pass and make all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government, peace, order and health of said town, and all the powers herein granted; provided , they are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Ordinances by-laws, etc. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to levy a tax not to exceed one-fourth of one per cent. upon all property, real or personal, subject to State tax within the corporate limits of said town. They shall also have power and authority to require all persons subject to road duty, [Illegible Text] the laws of the State, to work on the streets, alleys and side-walks of said town; but they may receive in lieu of said work such commutation fee as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, which shall be used only in working the streets, alleys and sidewalks of said town. Ad valorem tax. Street work Commutation tax. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide for the arrest, trial and punishment of offenders against any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of said [Illegible Text] by fine, imprisonment or work on the streets of said town; provided , said fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars, and such imprisonment or work shall not exceed thirty days. Arrest, etc., of offenders. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of the Mayor and Council, after their election and qualification, it shall [Illegible Text] the duty of said body to elect a Mayor pro tem. , who shall perform all the duties of said Mayor, when, from any cause, he cannot [Illegible Text] present to execute the duties of his office. Mayor pro. tem. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That in the event the office of Mayor or Alderman, or any subordinate officer of said town, shall

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become vacant, either by death, resignation or removal, the said vacancy shall be filled by the said Mayor and Council. Vacancies. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to lay out, open and abolish streets and alleys of said town, extend and change the same, as the public interests may require, by paying the owners just compensation for the property taken for any such purposes. Laying out, etc., of streets, etc. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide, by ordinance, for the collection of all taxes, moneys and fines due to said town, by execution, to be issued and signed by the Mayor of said town, or the Mayor pro tem. , and the levy of the same by the Marshal of said town upon any real or personal property of the defendant to be found in the county, and said Marshal's levies and sales shall be had under the same, as now provided in section 3656(a) of the Code. Collection of taxes, etc. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That upon the arrest of any person upon a charge of violating any of the ordinances or by-laws of said town, if it shall appear from the testimony adduced upon the trial of said person that there is probable cause for his detention to answer to the charge of having violated any of the criminal laws of this State, said officer trying said cause shall issue his warrant committing said accused to the common jail of the county, to answer to said charge before the County Court, or Superior Court of the county if said County Court shall not have jurisdiction of the offence. In either event, if said case is one that is bailable by Justices of the Peace, bail shall be appraised by said committing officer. Committing to jail of offenders against State laws. Bail. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. DAWSON, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 314. An Act to amend section 3 of an Act to establish a new charter for the city of Dawson, and for other purposes, approved September 21st, 1883. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the above recited Act be amended by inserting between the word election and the word shall in the ninth line of section 3 of said Act the following words: and who shall have paid all taxes due by them to said city, so that said section, when so amended,

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will read as follows: Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the second Wednesday in December next, and annually thereafter, an election shall be held in said city in the council chamber or courthouse for a Mayor and five Aldermen, and also for a Clerk of Council and a City Treasurer. At said election all male citizens of this State residing within the corporate limits of said city, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, and who have resided within said city for at least thirty days prior to the time of said election, and who shall have paid all taxes due by them to the city, shall be entitled to vote for a Mayor and five Aldermen of the City Council, and for a Clerk and Treasurer. Any person or persons legally entitled to vote at said election shall be eligible for the position of Mayor, Alderman, Clerk or City Treasurer of said city. Said election shall be presided over by a Justice of the Peace or the Ordinary, together with two freeholders of said city, none of whom shall be candidates, and the election shall be opened and closed as elections for county officers in this State, and the laws of this State regulating the keeping of tally-sheets, list of voters and disposition of the ballots, shall apply to and govern said election. The said managers of said elections shall take an oath faithfully to discharge their duties and that they will not divulge how any person at said election may vote. The persons voted for at said election who receive the highest number of votes cast shall be declared duly elected; and the said managers of said election shall give certificate to that effect, which shall be evidence of their election and authority to assume the functions of their offices, and said certificate shall be recorded by the Clerk of the Council in the minutes of the said City Council, which shall be held and esteemed to be the best evidence of said election. Any person voting at said election, contrary to the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, work on the chaingang or other public works not to exceed twelve months, any one or more of these, in the discretion of the presiding Judge. Sec. 3 of Act of Sept. 21, 1883, amended. Payment of taxes. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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AMENDING CHARTER TOWN OF DECATUR. No. 213. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Decatur, assented to December 10th, 1823, with the Acts amendatory thereof, approved March 3d, 1856,and September 20th, 1881, so as to separate the offices of Marshal and Tax-Receiver and Collector of said town, and to provide for the election of a Tax-Receiver and Tax-Collector of said town; to authorize the Mayor and Council of said town to assess the values of all taxable property within the corporate limits of said town; to authorize the Mayor and Council of said town to fix the time for returning taxes in said town, and to fix the time for payment of the [Illegible Text] to remove the limitation now imposed upon the Mayor and Council of said town in fixing the salary of the Marshal of said town, and to change the method of removing said Marshal from office; to separate the offices of Clerk of the Council of said town and Treasurer thereof, and to provide for the election of a Treasurer of said town; to provide for a system of registration for the voters of said town; to confer authority upon the Mayor and Council of said town to condemn private property for public use and to prescribe the method of procedure therefor; to confer authority upon the Mayor and Council of said town to compel every railroad company, corporation or individual operating a line of cars in the streets of said town, to pave said [Illegible Text] between the rails of said railroad tracks and for one foot on each side of said track; and to regulate the manner and speed of running said cars within the corporate limits of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. That from and after the passage of this Act section 4 of said Act, approved March 3d, 1856, be amended by striking from said section the following words on the ninth line of said section, to wit: [Illegible Text] or before the first Monday in March, in each year, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to wit: At such time in each year as the Mayor and Council of said town may fix, and by striking from said section the word Marshal in the eleventh line of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words Tax-Receiver, and by striking from said section the following [Illegible Text] to wit: and in case of failure to do so, the Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall assess the value of the same, and the

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Marshal shall collect the tax thereon at the value assessed, as though it had been given in, beginning on the twelfth line in said section and terminating with the end of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to wit: but the Mayor and council of said town shall have the power to assess the value of all taxable property within the corporate limits of said town when said property is not returned by the owner thereof at a fair valuation, so that the amended portion of said section 4, beginning in the ninth line of said section, shall read as follows: At such time in each year as the Mayor and Council of said town may fix, and also persons living out of the incorporation who hold taxable property within said corporate limits, to give in to the Tax-Receiver of said town the value of the same under oath, but the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power to assess the value of all taxable property within the corporate limits of said town, when the said property is not returned by the owner thereof at a fair valuation. Sec. 4 of Act of Mar. 3, 1856, amended. By striking time fixed for tax returns. Providing how time shall be fixed. By requiring returns to Tax Receiver. And by providing for assessments by Mayor and Council of property not returned. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power and [Illegible Text] to fix the time at which the Tax-Receiver of said town shall close his books each year, and that all persons failing to give in their taxes by such time shall pay double taxes, unless relieved by said Mayor and Council; and that said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to fix the time at which the Tax-Collector of said town shall close his books for the payment of taxes each year. Time for closing Tax Receiver's books. Double taxes. Close of Tax Collector's books. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That section 8 of said Act, approved September 20th, 1881, be amended by striking from said section the words and figures not to extend $500.00 in the fourth line of said section; and that said section be further amended by striking therefrom all of said section beginning with the words ex officio Tax-Receiver in the twelfth line of said section and terminating with the end of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to wit: as Marshal of said town; provided , that said Mayor and Council shall at all times have power and authority to remove said Marshal from office for any misconduct or misfeasance in office, and to elect his successor to fill the unexpired term only. Sec. 8 of Act of Sept. 30, 1881, amended. By striking provision as to Marshal's salary. By striking provision as to accounting by Marshal as ex officio Tax Receiver. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Act, approved September 20th, 1881, be amended by striking therefrom section 10 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The Mayor and Council of said town shall elect a Clerk of Council, who shall be ex officio Tax-Receiver and Tax-Collector of said town, and shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. His compensation shall be fixed by ordinance, and may be a salary or a percentage on all taxes collected

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by him, not to exceed ten per centum of such collections, nor shall his compensation be increased or diminished during his term of office. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, said Clerk shall enter into a bond, with good security, in such sum as-said Mayor and Council shall require, not less than one-third of the taxes assessed for the said town during the preceding year, payable to the Mayor and Council of Decatur, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such Clerk and ex officio Tax-Receiver and Tax-Collector, and to faithfully account for any and all money coming to his hands as Tax-Collector of said town; provided , that said Mayor and Council shall, upon reasonable notice, have at all times the power to remove from office said Clerk for any misconduct or malfeasance in office. Sec. 10 of Act of Sept 20, 1881, stricken. Clerk of Council and Tax Receiver. Term of office. Compensation. Bond. Removal from office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall elect a Treasurer of said town, who shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. His compensation shall be fixed by ordinance, and may be either a salary or a percentage of all money received by him as Treasurer, not to exceed five per centum of all money so received, but his compensation shall not be increased nor diminished during his term of office. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, said Treasurer shall enter into bond, with good security, in such sum as the Mayor and Council of said town shall require, not to be less than one-third of the taxes assessed for said town during the preceding year, payable to the Mayor and Council of Decatur, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such Treasurer, and to faithfully account for any and all money received by him as such Treasurer; provided , that said Mayor and Council shall, upon reasonable notice, have at all times the power to remove said Treasurer from office for any misconduct or malfeasance in office. Treasurer. Term of office. Compensation. Bond. Removal from office. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to provide for the registration of voters prior to any municipal election in said town; to make all needful rules and regulations for the same, and require that no person be permitted to vote unless registered as aforesaid. Registration of voters. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to open, lay out, to widen, straighten, or otherwise change streets, alleys and squares in said town of Decatur. Whenever the said Mayor and Council shall exercise the power above delegated, they shall appoint two freeholders, and the owners of said lots fronting on said streets, alleys or squares shall, on five days' notice, appoint two freeholders, who shall proceed to assess the damages sustained, or advantages derived,

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by the owner or owners of said lots, in consequence of the opening, widening, straightening or otherwise changing said streets, alleys and squares, and in case said assessors cannot agree, they shall elect a fifth freeholder, the said assessors to take an oath that they will faithfully discharge their duties; and if any property owner shall fail, after notification, to appoint assessors by the time prescribed, then the two assessors appointed by said Mayor and Council shall proceed to make the assessment, and in the event they fail to agree, they shall call in a third freeholder, who shall be sworn and act with them, and the finding of the majority shall stand as the award; but either party shall have the right to enter appeal to the Superior Court of DeKalb county within ten days of the rendition of said award; provided , that said Mayor and Council shall have the right to decline to accept any property assessed for public purposes, as above provided, whenever in the opinion of said Mayor and Council the price fixed, or award made, is too high or unreasonable. Opening, etc., of streets, etc. Assessment of damages and oath of assessors. Appeal. Town may decline to take property. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to compel every railroad company, street car company or other company, or corporation or individual operating a line of cars in the streets of said town, to macadamize or otherwise pave, as the Mayor and Council of said own may direct, the width of their track of tracks now in use, or that may hereafter be constructed, and for a distance of one foot on each side of said track or tracks. Improvement of streets by railroad companies. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to regulate, by ordinance, the manner and speed of running all railroad cars and street cars within the corporate limits of said town. Regulation of manner and speed of running cars. SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893.

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CHARTER FOR CITY OF DUBLIN. No. 219. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Dublin, in the county of Laurens, approved September the 17th, 1883; to reincorporate said town of Dublin as the city of Dublin, and to prescribe its limits; to provide for a Mayor and Councilmen and other officers, and prescribe their powers and duties; to fully declare and define the police powers of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Dublin, in the county of Laurens, approved September the 17th, 1883, and all Acts amendatory or explanatory thereof, heretofore passed, be, and the same are, hereby repealed, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Act. Act of September 17th, 1883, and amendatory Acts repealed. SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said town of Dublin is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the city of Dublin. The corporate limits thereof shall extend one mile in every direction from the center of the courthouse, in the county of Laurens, State of Georgia, as it is now situated, except it shall not extend beyond the western bank of the Oconee river. Corporate name to be city of Dublin. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said city shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen, who shall be styled the Mayor and Council of the City of Dublin, and by that name are hereby made a body corporate As such they shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal, and may contract, may hold, possess, sell, convey and purchase, for the use of said city, real or personal estate of any kind, and may sue and be sued. Municipal government. General corporate powers. SEC. IV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Councilmen of said city shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified; that the annual election for Mayor and Councilmen of said city shall be held on the first Monday in July, 1894, and on the first Monday in July each year thereafter. The polls at all elections in said city shall not be opened before eight o'clock A. M., and shall be closed at four o'clock P. M. Term of Mayor and Councilmen. Annual elections. Opening and closing of polls. SEC. V. Be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That all person qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, residing in said city, who shall have paid all legal taxes due said city, and have done all the work on the streets imposed and required by the authorities of said city, and who shall have resided in said city for six months next preceding an election, and shall have registered [Illegible Text] hereinafter provided, shall be considered electors and entitled to vote at such election. And no person shall be eligible to any office under this Act [Illegible Text] with the exception of registration, is not eligible as a voter at the election. Qualifications of voters. For office.

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SEC. VI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of the City Council of Dublin shall keep a book for the purpose of registration, and such book shall be kept open at all times except for six months immediately preceding the annual election of Mayor and Councilmen of said city in each and every year, and said Clerk shall close said book for the full term of six months prior to said annual election. Each and every person applying to be registered shall make oath before the Clerk, who is hereby authorized to administer the same: I am twenty-one years of age (or I will be by the time of the next annual election in said city); I reside in the city of Dublin; by [Illegible Text] next annual election in the city of Dublin I will have resided in the State of Georgia one year and in the city of Dublin six months. I have paid all legal taxes required of me, and which I have had an opportunity of paying. Registration. Oath of applicant [Illegible Text] SEC. VII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Councilmen shall appoint three freeholders, who shall be electors under this Act as managers of said elections, whose duty it shall be to receive and count the votes polled. Said managers, before proceeding with the election, shall be sworn as [Illegible Text] in sections 1283 and 1284 of the Code of Georgia. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the city of Dublin to furnish said managers with the book of registration herein provided. Election managers. Oath of. Registration book to be furnished to. SEC. VIII. Be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That any person offering to vote in said city election may be challenged; and when so challenged the managers shall cause such person to take the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years old; that I am a citizen of this State, and have resided for the last six months in Dublin; that I have paid all taxes and done all work on the streets legally required of me in said city; that I have registered, and that I have not voted before during this election, so help me God, and no person challenged shall be allowed to vote if he refuses to take the oath. Any person voting illegally at such election shall be liable to the same penalty that is prescribed by the laws of this State for illegal voting in State and county elections, and may be [Illegible Text] for the same in Laurens Superior Court. Challenge of persons offering to vote. Oath of person challenged. Penalty for illegal voting. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That if any person making application to register shall be refused the right to register, he shall have the right to appeal to the Mayor and Council, who shall hear and determine the question of his qualifications and his right to vote. Remedy of person refused registration. SEC. X. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That vacancies in the office of Councilmen by death, resignation, failure to elect, removal from office or from the city, shall be filled by an election which shall be ordered by the Mayor after five days' notice, posted at the Council Chamber. Vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled by election, which shall be ordered and published five days by the Council. Vacancies in office of Councilmen. Of Mayor. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the superintendents of said election shall conform to the laws governing elections in this State in so far as they are applicable to said

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elections, and shall issue certificates of election to such persons as receive the highest number of votes polled, who shall, within ten days from said election, qualify by taking an oath to well and truly perform the duties of their respective offices before an officer authorized in this State to administer oaths, which oath shall be filed with the Clerk of Council, and shall be recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose. Regulations as to elections Certificates of election. Oath of office. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council shall appoint a Mayor pro tem. , who shall have authority to discharge all the duties of Mayor whenever, from sickness, absence from the city or other cause, the Mayor is unable to act. Mayor pro tem. SEC. XIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and each Councilman shall be ex officio Justice of the Peace in said city, for the purpose of issuing warrants for offences committed within the city, and binding or committing to jail the offenders to appear in any court having jurisdiction of such offenses. Whenever it appears in the course of an investigation or trial of any case in the Mayor's Court of said city that a proper case has been made out for violation of any criminal law of this State, it shall be the duty of said Mayor or Mayor pro tem. , in default of such bond as he may require, to bind over any offender to appear in any court having jurisdiction, to commit such offender to jail, and the Sheriff of Laurens county is required to receive the same, and if after said offender is committed he desires to give bail, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to bring said offender before the Mayor, or in his absence for any cause the Mayor pro tem. , who shall assess and approve the bond. Mayor and Councilmen ex-officio magistrates Offenders may be bound over to other courts. Or committed to jail. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the city of Dublin shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers incident to such corporations, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and said corporation, by their Mayor and Council, shall have full power and authority to enact all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government of said city and for securing the health of the in habitants thereof. General municipal powers. Ordinances, by-laws, etc. SEC. XV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, or in his absence or inability the acting Mayor of said city shall hold a Police Court in said city at any time for the trial and punishment of all violators of the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said city, the punishment inflicted not to exceed a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00), or labor on the streets of said city or public works in said city not to exceed ninety days or confinement in the guardhouse of said city not to exceed ninety days, and in addition thereto such costs of the proceedings as may be imposed. Said costs and fines shall be collected by execution issued by the Clerk of Council against the estate of the offender, both real and personal. Police court. Extent of punishment. Collection of fines and costs. SEC. XVI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Marshal of said city may arrest without a warrant any person [Illegible Text]

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may see violating the ordinances of said city, or any person reported to him as having violated any ordinance of said city, and bring the offender before the Mayor for trial, and to this end may summon any citizen or citizens of said city as a posse to assist in such arrest. When brought before the Mayor a written or printed accusation shall be preferred against the offender in manner and form as follows: State of Georgia, City of Dublin. I,....., Marshal of said city, in the name and behalf of the Mayor and Councilmen of said city, charge and accuse..... with the offence of (here state the offence fully), committed in the city of Dublin on the..... day of.....,....., contrary to the laws of said city, the peace, good order and dignity thereof. This..... day of.....,....., and shall be signed by the Marshal or the acting Marshal as prosecutor; and when such accusation is preferred the same shall be sufficient authority to hold the accused until the final trial of the case and to that end the accused may be imprisoned unless he or she gives a good and sufficient bond and security for his or her appearance at such time as may be required, such bond to be adjudged of and approved by said Marshal; and if the accused fails to appear at the time fixed for the trial, and from time to time until the final disposition of the case, then the bond may be forfeited by the Council and execution issued thereon by the Clerk by first serving the principal, if found, and his securities with a rule nisi . Such rule shall be signed by the Clerk and Mayor, and should there be a defence to said rule, the same shall be heard by the Mayor, with the right of certiorari to the Superior Court of said county of Laurens. Arrest without warrant. Accusation Appearance bond. Forfeiture of. SEC. XVII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, processes and subp[oelig]nas issued in behalf of said city shall be directed to the Marshal of said city and signed in the same manner as executions. All executions issued in behalf of said city for the collection of taxes, fines, forfeitures, or for any other purpose, shall be directed to the Marshal, signed by the Clerk and Mayor, and all sales by the Marshal of said city shall be advertised, if personal property, by posting said advertisement in three of the most public places in said city for ten days before the sale, and if real estate, the Marshal shall advertise the same in the public gazette in which the Sheriff's advertising for the county is [Illegible Text] and shall advertise the same once a week for four weeks and shall only sell said real estate on the first Tuesday in each month. All sales by the Marshal shall take place in front of the courthouse in said city, and within the legal hours of Sheriff's sale. And when a claim of illegality may be interposed, the Marshal shall not sell, but in case of personal property the claim of illegality shall be returned to the judge of the County or City Court, but if there be no such Judge, then to the Justice's Court of the district in which said city is situsted, unless the amount exceeds the jurisdiction of said court; [Illegible Text] the same shall be returned to the Superior Court of Laurens county, and in case the claim of illegality be interposed to sale of real estate, the same shall be returned to the Superior Court of the county in which the property is situated. Direction, signing, etc., of writs, executions, etc. Advertisement of marshal's sales. When and where sales to be made. Illegality.

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SEC. XVIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there may be an appeal from the decision of the Mayor to the Board of Councilmen, in all cases, and the majority of said board shall be sufficient to hear such appeal, but there may be certiorari to the Superior Court in all cases from the decision of either the Mayor or Board of Councilmen. The appellants, before appealing, must pay all costs or file an affidavit that owing to his poverty he is unable to pay the costs. Appeals from Mayor's decisions. Certiorari, etc. SEC. XIX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for any gross official misconduct or abuse of power, or malpractice in office of any kind, by the Mayor or any Councilman, written charges may be preferred against such officer by any person; and upon a vote of two-thirds of the Council such officer shall be removed from office; provided , that in the trial of such cases, the officer on trial shall neither preside nor vote. Malpractice in office. SEC. XX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council, at the time of qualification, shall elect a Treasurer, Clerk, Marshal and City Attorney, fix their compensation, and require each of such officers to enter into a bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the Mayor, in such penalty as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Council, conditioned faithfully to collect and pay over, as required by the Mayor and Council, all taxes, fines and forfeitures, and all other incomes to said corporation; and said officers shall continue in office for one year, unless sooner removed by the Mayor and Council; and in case of a vacancy from any cause in any of such offices, the Mayor and Council shall fill such vacancies. Election of subordinate municipal officers. Compensation and bond. Term of office. Vacancies. SEC. XXI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where the Mayor and Council shall see proper to open any new street, or to widen any street, lane or alley, or any way to change the same, it shall be lawful for them to have said street, lane or alley surveyed and marked; and before proceeding to open the same, they shall give notice in writing to the owner of the land through which said street, lane or alley is to be opened or changed for twenty days, during which time it shall be lawful for such owner, his agent or attorney, to file objection to such new street, lane or alley, or to the proposed change in such old one, or to make claim for damages which may result to such owner. In case no objection is filed within said twenty days, it shall be lawful for said Mayor and Council to proceed at once to open said street, lane or alley, or to make such change in any old one agreeable to the survey made before the commencement of said proceeding. In case objections [Illegible Text] filed or damages claimed, it shall be the duty of the Mayor to select one disinterested frecholder, resident in said city, and the owner or his agent shall select another, and they two a third (and in case said owner shall refuse to select an arbitrator, the Ordinary of Laurens county shall be authorized to select one for him), and the three arbitrators so chosen, after examining the premises and hearing such evidence as may be offered by either party, shall proceed to assess the damages resulting therefrom;

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provided , either party, being [Illegible Text] with said award, shall have the right to appeal from the same to a jury in the Superior Court under the law governing appeals in other cases; and provided further , that upon payment of the damages so assessed, or the law-ful tender thereof by said Mayor and Council to said owner, or his agent or attorney, said Mayor and Council shall be authorized to open or change said street, lane or alley to correspond with the survey thereof, theretofore made, before final judgment on the appeal. The Mayor and Council shall have power to establish and regulate markets; to prescribe the time of holding the same; to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous, offensive or unwholesome; to prevent hogs, cattle, horses, sheep, and other animals and fowls of all kinds, from going at large in said city; to protect divine worship wherever held in said city; to abate, or cause to be abated, anything which, in the opinion of the majority of the whole Council, shall be a nuisance; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to provide in or near the city places for the burial of the dead, and to regulate interments; to provide for the regular building of houses or other structures; to provide for the construction of houses within the fire limits of said city, and said city is authorized to prescribe the boundaries of said fire limits and to make any other regulations guarding against danger or damage by fire; to provide for the making of division fences by the owners of adjacent premises and the draining of lots by proper drains and ditches; to protect the property and person of the citizens of said city, and for this purpose to appoint a police force to assist the Marshal in the discharge of his duties; to prescribe the powers and define the duties of the officers appointed by them; to fix their term of service and compensation; to erect, authorize or prohibit the erection of gasworks, electric lights or water-works in said city; to prevent injury to or pollution of the water or healthfulness of the city; to provide a revenue for said city; to provide for the annual assessment of taxable property therein; to adopt rules for the regulation and government of its own body; to lay off, vacate, close, open, alter, cut, pave and keep in good order and repair roads, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks, drains and gutters for the use of the public or any of the citizens of said city, and to improve and light the same, regulate the width of sidewalks on the streets, and to order the sidewalks, crossings, footings, drains and gutters to be curbed and paved and kept in good order, firm and clean, by the owners or occupants of the real property next adjacent thereto. To carry into effect these enumerated powers conferred upon said city or its Council by this Act, or any future Act of the Legislature of this State, the Council shall have power to make and pass all needful orders, by-laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State. Opening, etc., of streets, alleys, etc. Notice to owner. Objections and claims for damages. Where no objection filed. Where objection. appraisers to be chosen. Assessment and award. Appeal. Upon payment or tender of damages city may proceed pending appeal. Markets. Public health. Cattle running at large. Divine worship. Nuisances [Illegible Text] Interments Buildings, fire limits, etc. Drainage, etc. Police force. Regulations as to city officials. Gas works, etc. Revenue, etc. Opening, repairs, etc., streets, etc. Curbing, paving, etc., [Illegible Text] walks, etc. By-laws, ordinances, etc. SEC. XXII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council shall appoint annually three Assessors, citizens of this city, whose duty it shall be, under oath, to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their offices, to assess at its market

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value all real estate in said city subject to taxation; and, in case the owner is dissatisfied with the value set upon his property by the assessors, he shall have a right of appeal to the Council, whose decision shall be final. Tax Assessors. Appeal from assessment. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said city be, and they are, hereby authorized to establish a system of public or common schools within said city, upon first complying with the following regulations, to [Illegible Text] Before any common or public school shall be established in said city, to be maintained at the expense of said city, the Mayor, upon recommendation of a two-thirds' vote of the Council, shall advertise an election in the gazette in which the Sheriff's advertisements are printed once a week for four weeks, to be held at the courthouse in said city, at which all persons qualified to vote for Mayor and Council of said city shall be qualified to vote; said election to be conducted, in all particulars, as now provided by law for elections in said city. It shall be the duty of the electors at said election to indorse on his ballot Public schools, or No public schools, and if two thirds of all the persons qualified to vote at said election shall be found to have voted in favor of public schools, then and in that event, but not otherwise, it shall be lawful for said Mayor and Council to establish one or more public schools for each of the two races within said city, to be maintained in whole or in part at the expense of said city by local taxation; provided , that no local tax levied and collected for said purpose shall ever, in one year, exceed one-fourth of one per cent. on the taxable property of said city. Public schools. Election as to schools. Notice of. Voters. Conduct of elections. Ballots. Result of election. Limitation upon school tax. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Council shall cause to be annually made up and entered upon its journal an accurate estimate of all sums which are or may be lawfully chargeable on said city, and which ought to be paid within one year, and shall order a levy of such tax as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary to pay the same. The tax may be levied upon all property, real and personal, within said city, upon banking, insurance and other capital employed therein. The council shall have power to levy and collect a specific tax upon factors, bankers, agents or managers of gift enterprises, shows of all sorts, and upon all persons exercising within the city any profession, trade or calling or any business of any nature; provided , said tax is not in conflict with any laws of this State. Annual estimates. Tax levy. Specific taxes. SEC. XXV. Be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That said City Council shall have the power and authority to impose a license upon dogs within said city in such a manner and mode as said Mayor and Council shall deem best; providing , in no case shall the license imposed exceed one dollar per capita on said dogs. Dog tax. SEC. XXVI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, as such, when presiding at any Police Court or at any meeting of the Council, shall have power to punish for contempt by fine, not to exceed $50.00, or imprisonment not to exceed twenty-five days for each offence, and may, in his discretion, impose the full penalty herein prescribed upon witnesses who shall fail to respond

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to subp[oelig]nas duly and legally served upon them without legal excuse for such failure. Contempts. SEC. XXVII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and shall take care that the orders, by-laws, acts and resolutions of the Council are faithfully executed. He shall make out and publish annually a full report, showing the exact condition of the city and its finances, and shall require reports from the other officers of the city, showing the exact status of the affairs of each office. The Mayor shall preside over the deliberations of the Council, and shall not be entitled to vote except in case of a tie. Powers and duties of Mayor. SEC. XXVIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every male citizen of said city, not under sixteen or over fifty years of age, shall, if required by council, work not exceeding fifteen days in one year, and not exceeding five days in one month, by himself or an acceptable substitute, on the streets, sidewalks and alleys of said city under the direction of the Marshal, or he may be released from such work upon payment of such amount as may be fixed by Council as street tax. Street work. SEC. XXIX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council shall have complete control of the manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing of spirituous and malt liquors in the city; provided , the license for retailing spirituous liquors shall not be less than one thousand dollars per annum, and said Mayor and Council may refuse altogether to issue license. Liquors. License to retail. SEC. XXX. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Councilmen of the said city of Dublin are hereby expressly authorized to pass any ordinance not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, of this State or the laws thereof, to prohibit the storage or [Illegible Text] of wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or intoxicating liquors of any kind for illegal purposes, and to punish within the limits prescribed by this charter, any person or persons violating the same. [Illegible Text] storage or keeping of liquors. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any citizen of said city of Dublin may file a complaint, supported by an oath or affirmation which he shall take and subscribe before the Mayor, or the Mayor pro tem. during the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, setting forth that to the best of his knowledge and belief wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or other [Illegible Text] liquors are stored or kept for the purpose or with the intent of illegally selling or otherwise illegally disposing of the same in a certain described place within the corporate limits of the city of Dublin; that thereupon the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. , if the Mayor be absent, sick or disqualified, shall issue a search warrant, directed to the Marshal and policemen of said city, which may be executed by the Marshal or policeman, commanding the said Marshal and policemen to enter the suspected place (by breaking, if necessary), [Illegible Text] for the described wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or other [Illegible Text] liquors and seize them upon discovery; that the officer shall [Illegible Text] the goods in his custody and make return of his actions and doings upon the warrant to the Mayor or acting Mayor; that the

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Marshal or any of the policemen of said city may seize wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or other intoxicating liquors found by him or them or any one of them in any case where said Marshal or policemen would have been authorized to search for said wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or other intoxicating liquors, if armed with a warrant, but he shall then, within a reasonable time, procure a warrant and make return as above of what he has already done; that a written notice shall be served by the Marshal upon the party appearing to have the said liquors in his control or custody, or if no one appears to be in immediate control of the same, upon the person who appears to have control of the building or place where same were found, to appear and defend and setting forth where and when (a time not less than three days from the date of the seizure) a hearing shall be had. After notice as aforesaid, a hearing shall be had on the warrant, to determine whether the law has been violated by the storing or keeping of the wines, beer, malt, alcoholic or intoxicating liquors, and, if such question shall be determined affirmatively, the property aforesaid shall be destroyed by the Marshal after the lapse of thirty days from the date of the judgment on the warrant, unless the proper steps are taken within that time to have such judgment reviewed by a higher court. [Illegible Text] as to [Illegible Text] storage or keeping of liquors. Search warrant. Custody [Illegible Text] goods. Seizure without warrant. Warrant to be speedily procured. Notice to appoint custodian, etc. Hearing. Property to be destroyed, when. Review by higher court. SEC. XXXII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several officers now in office in said city shall continue to exercise their respective duties until the qualification of the officers who shall be elected at the first election under this charter. Present officers to hold over. SEC. XXXIII. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall take effect and be of force from and after its passage, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. When this Act to take effect. Approved December 9th, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER OF EAST POINT. No. 166. An Act to amend the charter of the town of East Point, in Fulton county, so as to allow persons covicted of violation of the ordinances of said town to be sentenced to work in the chaingang of Fulton county instead of on the streets of said town in default of the payment of the fine imposed by the city municipal court, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for the officer holding the municipal court of the town of East Point, in Fulton county, to sentence any person convicted of a violation of the ordinances of said town, in default of the payment of such fine as may be imposed, to work in the chaingang of Fulton county instead of working on the streets of said town, as now provided by

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law, in the same manner and for the same length of time that such offenders are now sentenced to work on the streets of said town. Convicts may be sentenced to work on Fulton co. chaingang. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. ELBERTON, ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND WATER-WORKS FOR. No. 324. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of the city of Elberton Georgia, to issue bonds (the question of Bonds or No Bonds having just been submitted to the qualified voters of said city) to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, to be used for the purpose of establishing a system of electric lights and water-works, either or both, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That [Illegible Text] and after the passage of this Act, the Mayor and Council of [Illegible Text] city of Elberton, in said State, shall be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered, at such time as they may select, and at the usual place for holding municipal elections in said city, submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of Bonds or No Bonds. Notice of the time and place of holding said election [Illegible Text] be given by publishing for the space of thirty days next preceding the day of election in the newspaper in which the Sheriff's [Illegible Text] for the county of Elberton are published, a notice, [Illegible Text] forth the object of said election, and the time and place of [Illegible Text] the same. Said election should be conducted in all respects [Illegible Text] elections for Mayor and Councilmen of said city are now conducted, and only those voters who are qualified to vote at the election of Mayor and Councilmen next preceding said election for Bonds or No Bonds shall be qualified to vote at this latter election. The managers shall return the paper to the officers calling [Illegible Text] ordering the election, who shall, in the presence and together with the several managers (who bring up the returns), consolidate said returns and declare the result. Election as to question of issuing bonds. Notice of. Conduct of. [Illegible Text] of voters. Consolidation of returns and [Illegible Text] of result. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if [Illegible Text] said election the necessary two-thirds shall vote in favor of Bonds the Mayor shall so declare and announce his decision by publication in the newspapers in said city one time, and the Mayor and Council of said city may proceed, as soon thereafter as [Illegible Text] and are hereby authorized and empowered to issue [Illegible Text] bonds of said city to an amount not exceeding in the [Illegible Text] fifty thousand dollars. Said bonds to be issued for such an amount each, and bear such rate of interest, not exceeding seven

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per cent. per annum, and to run for such time, not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue, as the Mayor and Council may decide; and the said Mayor and Council shall make said bonds redeemable at such time as may seem most advantageous for said city and shall provide by taxation for the payment of the interest on said bonds as fast as it becomes due, and shall provide, by such means as may be best for said city, for the accumulation of a fund to pay off said bonds when they become due. Result of election. Amount rate of interest, maturity, etc., of bonds. Taxation to pay. Sinking fund. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be applied in establishing a system of electric lights and water-works, either or both, in said city. Use of proceeds. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER OF GAINESVILLE. No. 242. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the city of Gainesville, approved February 28th, 1877, and the various Acts amendatory thereto, so as to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council to fix the license for the sale of spirituous liquors within said city at not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars per annum; to make the term of office of the Mayor two years, and to provide that he shall not be eligible to succeed himself, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the ninteenth (19) section of the Act approved February 28th, 1877, and the various Acts amendatory thereof, incorporating the city of Gainesville, in the county of Hall, be, and the same are, hereby amended by striking out the word two in the fourth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word five, and by striking out the words five hundred in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words one thousand, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 19. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have complete control of the manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing of spirituous and malt liquors within the city; provided , the license fee for retailing spirituous liquors shall not be less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 19 of Act of Feb. 28, 1877, amended. License fee for retailing liquors increased. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the passage of this Act section 4 of the above recited Act be amended by striking the word one in said section and

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inserting in lieu thereof the word two, and adding after the word qualified in the third line the words and the Mayor shall not be eligible to succeed himself in said office, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: That the Mayor of said city shall hold his office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified, and the Mayor shall not be eligible to succeed himself in said office. The Aldermen shall, after the first election under this Act, hold their offices for two years, but after the first election under this Act one Alderman from each ward shall be elected for one year, and one Alderman from each ward for two years, so that annually thereafter one Alderman from each ward shall be elected. Sec. 4 of Act of Feb. 28th, 1877, amended. Term of office of Mayor two years. Mayor can not succeed himself. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. INCORPORATING VILLAGE OF HAYNIE. No. 163. An Act to incorporate the village of Haynie, in the county of Floyd, to define the number and the title of the officers for said village, to define their duties, fix compensation for their services, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the village of Haynie, in the county of Floyd, is hereby incorporated under the name of the village of Haynie. Haynie incorporated. Corporate name. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of the said village of Haynie shall extend (500) five hundred yards in every direction from a square oak post, situated in the center of said town of Haynie, and being located one hundred and twelve yards due east from a certain fine tree now growing on the land lot line separating in an east and west direction land lots Nos. 391 and 392, and located very near the center corner of land lots Nos. 391 and 392, and 402 and 401. This incorporation to comprise part of lots of land Nos. 329, 330, 391, 392, 401 and 402, all lying and being in the fourth section and sixteenth district of Floyd county, Georgia. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held [Illegible Text] on the second Tuesday in January for a Mayor and five Councilmen, who shall serve until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, and that the first election for said Mayor and five Councilmen shall be held within sixty days from the date of the passage of this Act, and its approval by the Governor. Elections for Mayor and Councilmen.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the provisions contained in an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the manner of incorporating towns and villages in this State, approved August 26th, 1872, and not inconsistent with the foregoing sections of this Act be, and the same are, hereby made applicable to said corporation of the village of Haynie and the officers elected as herein provided. General municipal powers. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. AMENDING CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF JESUP. No. 244. An Act to amend the Act establishing a charter for the town of Jesup, approved October 24th, 1870, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, so as to confer upon the Mayor and Aldermen of said town the power to create the office of Town Surveyor, to define his duties and powers, term of office, oath, bond, costs and salary; to prescribe fire limits, to require parties to obtain a permit before erecting and building within said limits, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall be empowered to elect a Town Surveyor at any regular meeting they may see proper; to define and prescribe his powers, duties, term of office, oath, bond, establish and fix his costs and salary, which costs, salary and compensation may be reduced, increased or abolished at any regular meeting of said Mayor and Aldermen; also to remove such Surveyor from office at their discretion for breach of duty or any other good and sufficient cause. Town surveyor. His duties, oath, bond, etc. Removal from office. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town of Jesup shall have the power to prescribe, fix and establish fire limits within the corporate limits of said town, and from time to time to change, enlarge or restrict the same. Fire limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to require all parties intending to erect, rebuild or work over any building within said fire limits, to first make a written application to said Mayor and Aldermen setting forth therein the location, specifications and material to be used in the building intended to be erected, rebuilt or worked over, and obtain from said Mayor and Aldermen a permit for such purpose. Erection, rebuilding, etc., within fire limits. Permit from Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to pass from time to time and enforce all such resolutions and ordinances, not inconsistent with the Constitution of this State, as to them may seem proper and necessary for the

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enforcement of this Act and the safety and protection of all property from fire within said fire limits. General power of Mayor and Aldermen under this Act. SEC. V. Be it enacted further, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. JUG TAVERN REINCORPORATED AS CITY OF WINDER. No. 326. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Jug Tavern in the counties of Jackson, Walton and Gwinnett, approved December 24th, 1884, and reincorporate said town under the name of-the city of Winder, to extend the former corporate limits of said town, to grant a new charter to said city of Winder, to provide for the election of a Mayor and Council, to prescribe their powers and duties, to authorize the Mayor and Council of said city to issue bonds for the establishment of public schools, for water-works, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act incorporating the town of Jug Tavern, in the counties of Jackson, Gwinnett and Walton, approved December 24th, 1884, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act chartering Jug Tavern repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of said town of Jug Tavern, and also the inhabitants of the territory without the limits of said town of Jug Tavern, and within a radius of one mile in all directions from the point where the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad crosses Broad street in said town, be, and they are, hereby incorporated and made a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the city of Winder; and the municipal government of the city of Winder, and all its corporate powers shall be vested in and exercised by a Mayor and six Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the city of Winder; and by that name shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the town of Jug Tavern, shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power and authority to make, ordain and establish from time to time such by-laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as shall appear to them necessary and proper for the good government, security, welfare and interest of said city of Winder and the inhabitants thereof, and for preserving the health, morals, peace and good order of the same, not in conflict with the Constitution of this State or of the United States; and shall have power and authority in and by said corporate name to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any

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of the courts of this State; to have and use a common seal; to hold all property, real and personal, now belonging to said town of Jug Tavern, to the use of the said city of Winder, for the purposes for which the same were granted or dedicated; to acquire by gift or purchase, or otherwise, such other real or personal property within or without the limits of said city as may hereafter be deemed necessary and proper for corporate purposes; and to use, manage, improve, sell, convey, rent or lease any and all of said property as may be deemed advisable for the corporate interest, and may do all other acts relating to its corporate capacity. All ordinances heretofore adopted by the Mayor and Council of Jug Tavern, and now in force, shall continue in operation until the same are repealed or amended and codified by the Mayor and Council of the city of Winder, unless the same conflict with the provisions of this Act. City of Winder incorporated its limits, etc. Municipal government. Corporate name and general powers. Ordinances adopted by Jug Tavern continued of force. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said city of Winder shall extend one mile in every direction from the point where the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad crosses Broad street. Corporate limits. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the said city of Winder shall be divided into four wards, numbered respectively, one, two, three and four. Ward number one shall include all that portion of said city lying within the county of Gwinnett. Ward number two shall include all that portion of said city lying within the county of Walton. Ward number three shall include all that portion of said city lying in Jackson county, bounded by the line of Gwinnett county and the center of Broad street and the city limits. Ward number four shall include all that portion of said city lying in Jackson county, bounded by the center of Broad street, the Walton county line and the city limits. The center of Broad street from its intersection with Athens street northward to the city limits shall be the dividing line between the third and fourth wards. Wards. Ward One. Ward Two. Ward Three. Ward Four. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That there shall be elected at the next annual election, to be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1894, and annually on the first Wednesday in January of each year thereafter, a Mayor and six Aldermen, one Alderman from each of the several wards of said city, and two Aldermen from the city at large, who shall hold their offices for a term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The Alderman from each ward shall be a resident of the ward he is elected to represent, and the two Aldermen at large and the Mayor shall be residents and qualified voters of said city. In the event that the office of Mayor, or of any Alderman, shall become vacant, the Council shall order a new election (unless said vacancy occurs within sixty days before the regular election), by giving ten days' notice in any one or more newspapers published in said city, or by posting notice thereof at three or more of the most public places in said city, and the election so held shall be managed in the same manner as the elections hereinafter provided for in this charter. The elections provided for in this charter shall be by general ticket, and the Mayor and Council shall from time to time fix, by ordinance, the place or places for holding said election. Municipal elections. Term of office and qualifications for office. [Illegible Text] Regulations as to elections.

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SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall be held under the superintendence of one of the Justices of the Peace, or Notaries Public ex officio Justice of the Peace of one of the militia districts in which said city is situated, or either of them, and two freeholders chosen by them, or either of them; or the Mayor and Council shall have power to appoint any three freeholders, residents of said city, as managers to conduct said election. The managers of all elections in said city shall each, before proceeding with the election, take and subscribe to the following oath: All and each of us do swear that we will faithfully superintend this day's election, that we are qualified by being freeholders (or Justice of the Peace) to hold the same, that we will make a just and true return thereof, and not knowingly permit any one to vote who is not entitled to do so according to the charter of this city, nor knowingly prohibit any one who is so entitled. So help us God. Said oath shall be signed by each manager in the capacity in which he acts, and in the absence of an officer qualified to administer oaths, may be made and subscribed to by each manager in presence of the other. The managers shall at once report the result of the election to the acting Mayor and Council, together with the two tally sheets, two lists of voters, and the ballots used in said election, and all contests shall be decided by said Mayor and Council. In case said managers of election have any reasonable doubts as to the qualifications of any voter, they or either of them shall have power to administer the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you have attained the age of twenty-one years; that you are a citizen of the United States, and have resided for the last thirty days within the limits of the city of Winder, and have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded of you by the Mayor and Council or their authority. And any person who shall take either of said oaths falsely shall be liable to indictment for misdemeanor in the Superior Court of the county in which said election is held, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code. Election managers. Oath of. Report of result of election, etc. Contests. Oath of person offering to vote. Penalty for false swearing. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the person or persons receiving the highest number of votes at said election for Mayor and Aldermen, respectively, shall be declared duly elected. Who to be declared elected. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all male citizens qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of the city, and who shall have resided thirty days within the city limits, and no other persons shall be qualified to vote at any election held in and for said city; and the Mayor and Council of the city of Winder shall have power and authority to provide for the registration of voters in said city by the adoption of a proper ordinance to that effect, prescribing such rules and regulations for such registration as they may deem best, and not in conflict with the laws of this State. The place of holding all elections under this charter, until changed by ordinance, shall be at the city hall or council room, and the polls shall be kept open from 9 o'clock A. M. to 4 o'clock P. M., and the managers shall not begin to count the votes until the polls close if any candidate objects. Qualifications of voters. Registration. Place of holding elections. Polls, etc.

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SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the person elected shall be notified by the Clerk of the Council, and they shall, on the following Thursday next after the election, or so soon thereafter as may practicable, take the oath of office before the Mayor, or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths, which shall be in writing, and written in the book of minutes of the Council, which oath shall be as follows, to wit: I,....., do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all of the duties devolving upon me as Mayor (or Alderman) of the city of Winder during my continuance in office to the best of my ability and understanding, and will support only such measures as in my judgment will be best calculated to promote the welfare of said city and its inhabitants, and not violative of its Act of incorporation. So help me God. Oath of office. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall, at their first meeting in each year, elect a Mayor pro tem. , Clerk of Council, City Treasurer, City Attorney, Marshal, and such other officers and men as the Mayor and Council may determine, to constitute the police force of said city, and such other officers as the necessities of the city may demand, who shall each hold his office for one year, or until his successor is elected and qualified, unless removed for causes to be judged of by the Mayor and Aldermen. Their compensation shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council at the time of their election, and shall not be changed during the term for which they are elected. Their duties shall be prescribed by ordinances. On entering upon the discharge of their duties they shall each take and subscribe to an oath to faithfully perform the duties of their offices, and they shall each enter into a bond, with good securities, payable to the city of Winder, in such amounts as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council, for the faithful performance of their duties. The Mayor and Council may also appoint special policemen for special emergencies. The Mayor and Council shall also have power in their discretion to appoint a Board of Health, define their duties and fix their compensation. Subordinate officers. Policemen. Board of Health. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That a majority of the Aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but in all cases a less number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absentees. Any Alderman shall have the right to call for the ayes and nays, and have the same recorded on the minutes in all cases. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of said city, and he shall preside at the meetings of the Council, except as herein provided, but he shall have no vote except in case of a tie. It shall be his duty to see that the ordinances of Council are faithfully executed and the public peace maintained. He shall have the revision of all ordinances, orders and resolutions passed by the Aldermen, and said Mayor shall have five days after the meeting in which the Aldermen vote in which to file with the Clerk, in writing, his dissent; but the Aldermen may pass the said ordinance, order or resolution, notwithstanding the veto, by a vote of two-thirds to be taken by ayes and nays and entered upon the minutes. Quorum. Ayes and Nays. Mayor to have no vote, save in case of tie. Mayor's duty. Veto.

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SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city, and in his absence the Mayor pro tem. , shall have jurisdiction to try all persons charged with violation of any law or ordinance, rule or regulation, of said city, and to punish such persons, when properly convicted, by fine not to exceed two hundred dollars, imprisonment in the calaboose of said city not to exceed fifty days, and to work at hard labor on the streets, or such other public works as the Mayor shall adjudge, not to exceed four months. Any one or all of these punishments may be inflicted in the discretion of the Mayor or person acting as Mayor in the trial of offences. Mayor to try offenders, etc. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor's Court of said city is hereby established and declared to be a Court of Record, and shall be presided over and its sessions held (as often as may be necessary) by the Mayor or the Mayor pro tempore of the city of Winder. Said court shall have power to impose such penalties for violation of the charter, or of any of the ordinances of the city, as are prescribed in section 12 of this Act, and to fine or imprison or fine and imprison for contempt; and may enforce the collection of fines by execution issued, directed and returned as tax executions are provided to issue in this Act; and shall enforce all such imprisonments by mittimus , directed to the Marshal or Deputy Marshal of said city, and in all prosecutions in said city the same shall be commenced by affidavits as prescribed in section 4715 of the Code of Georgia, upon which a warrant shall issue and be signed by the presiding officer of said Mayor's Court, which shall be in form of warrant described in section 4716 of the Code of Georgia, except that it shall be directed only to the Marshal or Deputy Marshal, or policeman of said city, and shall require the person herein named to be taken before the said Mayor's Court of the city of Winder for trial; and on this warrant and affidavit the issue of guilty or not guilty shall be found, and the trial proceed whenever the case is sounded in open court unless continued under the rules of law as far as they can be applied to said court; and it shall only be necessary in such affidavit to describe the offence alleged with sufficient particularity, so that the Judge of said court may readily understand the nature of the charge and no more; and if such affidavit and warrant should be dismissed for the want of formality, either on demurrer before trial or be detected afterwards, and at any time before judgment, and whether the case is pending before the Mayor's Court on appeal before the Mayor and Council, the same will be nolle prosequied , and another be sued out, and so on from each dismissal until one shall be drafted sufficient for the purpose. And from the judgment of said Mayor's Court there shall be an appeal within ten days to the Mayor and Council of said city, to be heard the first meeting of Council after it is entered, unless continued under the rules of law granting continuance in this State as far as the same can be applicable; and before such appeal is received, the defendant shall pay all costs and give bond for his personal appearance to abide the final judgment in said case. And whenever a person is

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arrested by authority of this Act, it shall be lawful for him to enter into a bond to be approved by the Marshal of said city, conditioned for the faithful appearance of such person to answer such charge when the same shall be heard, which shall be made payable to the Mayor and Council of said city of Winder, which bond shall be forfeited on the non-appearance of the defendant in the same manner in said court as penal bonds are forfeited in the Superior Courts of this State. And no certiorari shall be allowed or granted to the decision of said Mayor's Court until the same has been appealed before the Mayor and Council, and the decision there confirmed or sustained in whole or in part, nor until all costs have been paid to the Clerk of the Council of said city and bond given for the appear[Illegible Text] of the petitioner in certiorari to answer the final judgment o[Illegible Text] the court in that matter, but there shall be no appeal or certiorari from a fine or commitment for contempt; but such fine for contempt shall not exceed five dollars, or imprisonment for contempt not exceeding five days; and the presiding officer of said Mayor's Court, or the presiding officer over the Council, when sitting on appeal cases, shall have the power to summon any witness residing in the counties of Jackson, Walton and Gwinnett, or in said city, to appear and testify for prosecuiton or defence. But the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore , who heard the case in the Police Court, shall not be allowed to sit in the trial of the said case in appeal before the Mayor and Council of said city. Mayor's court, etc. Appeal to Mayor and Council. Appearance bond. Certiorari. Contempts. Witnesses. Person presiding in Police Court, etc. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Mayor pro tem. shall be to all intents and purposes ex officio Justices of the Peace, so far as to suppress riots and breaches of the peace, and especially to enable them to issue warrants for offences committed against the laws of this State, within the corporate limits of said city (which warrants may be executed by any Marshal or Deputy Marshal of said city), and to commit to the jail of the county having jurisdiction of said offence, or to admit such offenders to bail for their appearance at the next term of the Superior Court of said county, and it shall be the duty of the Jailer of each of the counties of Jackson, Walton and Gwinnett to receive all persons so committed and safely keep them until discharged by due course of law, and for such services said Mayor and Marshal shall receive the same fees as now allowed by law to Justices of the Peace and Constables, to be paid as the costs of said officers are now paid. Mayor ex-officio a Justice of the Peace. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Winder may levy such taxes on the property in said city, both real and personal, as may be necessary in their judgment to defray the expenses of said city and liquidate its debts, not to exceed the constitutional limit, and not to conflict with the Constitution of the State. Said Mayor and Council shall have authority, in addition to the ad valorem tax above provided for, to levy and collect a specific tax upon all billiard tables, ten-pin alleys or nine-pin alleys and all tables or alleys of any kind used for the purpose of playing with balls or pins, or both, in the said city, and on all contrivances, of whatever kind, used for the purpose of gaming or carrying on games of chance, by selling cards, tickets or numbers, or

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by turning a deal or a wheel, selecting [Illegible Text], pictures, envelopes or photographs from a number of similar articles or objects, or by pitching rings at sticks or knives, or by throwing dice, or by any other artifice or contrivance whatever. They shall also have authority to levy a tax in such sums as they may see proper upon all circuses, sleight of hand performances, tricks of legerdemain, theatrical exhibitions, or other shows which may exhibit in said city, such taxes to be for each exhibition, and to be collected, if not voluntarily paid, by execution as hereinafter provided for in this Act. Said Mayor and Council shall also have authority to levy and collect such license tax upon any or all business occupations of different kinds or character carried on for any length of time in said city, as they may see proper, and to enforce the collection of the same as in the case of other taxes. Ad valorem tax. Billiard tables, ten-pin alleys, etc. Circuses, shows, etc. Business tax. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full authority to remove, or cause to be removed, all buildings, porches, steps, fences or other obstructions or nuisances in the public streets, lanes, alleys or public sidewalks in said city. They shall have power, if necessary, to establish a market or markets in said city, to regulate all butcher pens, slaughter houses, tanyards, livery stables, blacksmith shops, forges and chimneys, steam sawmills, steam gristmills, mill ponds, fish ponds and steam gins within said city, and remove, or cause to be removed, the same, or any of them, in case they become nuisances, dangerous or injurious to the health of the city. They shall have power also to fill up all pits, cellars or excavations in said city, or cause the owner or owners to do so, when they shall deem it necessary for the public interests to have the same done. They shall have power to license and regulate all hotels or taverns, public houses and boarding houses, and power to regulate all drays, omnibuses, hacks, wagons and other vehicles owned or kept for use or hire in said city, and to regulate and control all public pumps and wells, fire companies and engines, or any other apparatus of like character in said city. They shall have power to remove, or cause to be removed, all dilapidated or unsafe buildings, fences, chimneys, etc., which may be considered nuisances or dangerous. Removal of buildings, etc. Markets, etc. Nuisances. Filling up [Illegible Text], cellars, etc. Hotels, boarding houses, etc. Drays, hacks, etc. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to license and appoint as many auctioneers and vendue masters annually for the city as they may deem proper, and to fix and collect the amount of license required of each. They shall further have power to levy a tax upon all goods sold at auction in said city, to be paid by the auctioneer. They shall have power and authority to license all other occupations and businesses not herein specially provided for and not otherwise taxed. Said Mayor and Council shall also have power and authority to levy and collect, in such manner as they may be ordinance prescribe, such street tax on all male residents of said city, between the ages of sixteen and sixty, as said Mayor and Council may deem necessary. Auctioneers. Tax upon goods sold at auction. Licenses. Street tax. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have the sole and exclusive power and authority to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors, wines, malt and intoxicating liquors

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of every kind whatever in said city; to grant license for the sale of the same and to fix the price of said license; provided , the same shall not be less than the sum of six hundred dollars; to establish such regulations and restrictions for the sale of the same, as they may deem proper, and to impose penalties on persons selling such liquors without license or for violating any of the city ordinances regulating the sale of the same. The place of sale or house in which the sale is had shall have a glass front and there shall be no screens, no bedroom, billiard room or place for other business, nor card playing or other gaming allowed therein, nor shall other business be done in said house. The sale shall be open and public within the hours allowed by the ordinances of the city. Sale of liquors. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to open, lay out, widen, straighten or otherwise change the streets and alleys of said city, and to improve and light the same; and shall have power to lay off, vacate, close up, alter, open, curb, pave, drain and repair the roads, streets, bridges, sidewalks, alleys, cross-tracks, drains and gutters for the use of the public or any citizen of said city. They shall also have power to compel the owners or lessees of property to pave or otherwise keep in good order and condition, as they may direct, the sidewalks in front of said property. Should any owner or lessee fail to comply with any ordinance passed for such purpose, the work may be done by the city, and the expense attending the same collected by execution issued against the said owner or lessee. They shall have power also to protect places of public worship, provide places for the burial of the dead and to regulate interment therein; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles and explosives; to make regulations for guarding against fire; to establish fire limits and, from time to time, to enlarge and restrict the same. They shall also have power to provide, lay out, improve and maintain public parks or pleasure grounds, and have complete authority and jurisdiction over the same. Opening, etc., streets, etc. Protection public worship. Cemeteries Gunpowder. Fire limits, etc. Parks, etc. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to pass all such ordinances and regulations for the government of said city for the suppression of disorderly conduct; the protection of life and property, the maintenance of the public peace and the protection of the public health, which would not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State or of the United States as they may see proper to do, and to prescribe and enforce penalties for the violation of the same; and the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to make all such contracts in their corporate capacity as they may deem best for the said city. Ordinances etc. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city of Winder shall have power and authority to borrow money and contract loans when in their judgment it shall be to the interest of said city to do so; also to issue bonds and pledge the property, faith and credit of said city for the payment of the debts so incurred where now allowed by law, as prescribed in section 508,

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parts i, j, k and l of the Code of Georgia for 1882, which said sections are adopted as part of this Act. Borrowing money. Bonds. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Winder, shall have power and authority to enforce by execution the collection of any amount due, or to become due, to it for taxes, water rents, license fees and taxes and assessments of every kind; for fines and forfeitures, for paving streets and sidewalks, lanes and alleys, for laying sewers and for any other debt or demand due the city; such execution to be issued by the Clerk of Council against the person, corporation or firm by whom any such debt may be due, or may become due, which execution may be levied by the Marshal on the property of the owner against whom such execution issued, and the same may be sold, after advertising the same once a week for four weeks in some newspaper published in said city, before the door of the council chamber in said city, within the legal hours of Sheriff's sales, on a regular Sheriff's sale day. And the deed of said Marshal shall be as effective to pass the title to property thus sold as the deed of the owner. Should any property thus levied on be claimed by any third party, the claimant may interpose his claim as now provided by law for claims under tax fi. fas. for State and county tax, and such claim shall be returned to and heard in the Superior Court of the proper county. Collection of amounts due city. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every taxpayer and owner of real estate in said city, and they are hereby required, to make returns to the Clerk of the Council of said city of the property in said city held by them in their own or another's right, and the Mayor and Council have authority, and it is hereby made their duty, to supervise and revise all returns thus made and fix a just value to all property in said city, and add such property as may not be returned at its value. Such returns shall be made not later than the first day of June of each year and shall be revised within thirty days thereafter. Tax returns. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall have full power, whenever they may deem it necessary, to require any railroads in said city or running through said city, to make crossings on their several roads for the convenience of the travelling public, or to open and keep open for travel any street in said city; and the Mayor and council may pass any ordinances needful for the carrying out of the provisions of this section; and in case the railroads as aforesaid shall fail and refuse to fix said crossings when notified so to do, the Mayor and Council shall have power to put the same across such railroads at the expense of said railroads, and may issue execution therefor and levy and collect the same, as is provided in this Act for issuing, directing, levying and selling property of individuals. Railroad crossings, etc. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power, in the opening of any new street in said city, or in altering, extending or straightening any street, to condemn private property upon the following conditions: If the owner of the property to be affected claims that he will be damaged thereby, and if such owner and the Mayor and Council are unable to agree as to

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the amount thereof, the Mayor and Council shall select one intelligent and upright freeholder of said town, and the owner of said property shall select one such person, or if he shall fail or refuse to make such selection (within five days after having been notified by the Mayor and Council of their selection), then it shall be the duty of the Justice of the Peace of the militia district in which the land may lie [Illegible Text] if said land lies in more than one militia district, the Justice of the Peace of either district) to select some intelligent and upright citizen freeholder as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the two persons selected in either way above named to select a third intelligent and upright citizen of said city, and it shall then be the duty of said three persons to assess the damage sustained by the owner of said land, taking into consideration the enhanced value, if any, to the property by reason of the public improvement; and either party may appeal from the award of said arbitrators to the Superior Court, under the same rules as govern appeals from other courts to the Superior Court; provided , that the Mayor and Council, upon payment or tender to the owner, or his agent, of any sum found by said arbitrators, shall have the right to proceed to open, alter or straighten said street, notwithstanding said appeal, upon giving bond and security to pay any further damage that may be recovered on the appeal. Condemnation of private property for street purposes. Assessors. Appeal, etc. SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to establish a system of public schools for said city under such rules and regulations as they may deem proper. And in furtherance of said public schools, said Mayor and Council may issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of section 508 of the Code of 1882, parts i, j, k, l and m, but said bonds shall be limited in amount so that the total indebtedness of said city shall not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein. And whenever said Mayor and Council shall establish public schools and shall have elected a Board of Education for said city, which shall consist of not less than seven members, said Board of Education of the city of Winder shall be a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, and shall be invested with the management of said public schools and have power to pass all such rules and regulation for their government as are not in conflict with the laws of this State. The officers of said Board of Education shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer; and it shall be the duty of the School Commissioner of each of the counties of Jackson, Gwinnett and Walton, upon the presentation by the Treasurer of the said Board of Education of a list of all pupils entitled to the State school fund in attendance upon said schools, residing in such county, to pay to said Treasurer of the Board of Education of the city of Winder annually such portion of the school fund of their respective counties as the number of said pupils may entitle them to receive to be applied by said Board of Education, together with any sums raised by the Mayor and Council, by taxation or otherwise, to the maintenance of said schools according to law. Public schools. Bonds for. Board of Education. Participation in State school fund.

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SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to establish water-works in said city, under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe by ordinance, to fix the charges for water rents and enforce the collection of the same. Said Mayor and Council may also issue bonds to provide said water-works, said bonds to be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 21 of this Act. Water works. Bonds for. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. LOCUST GROVE, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 378. An Act to incorporate the town of Locust Grove, in the county of Henry, and to provide for the election of a Mayor and Council for said town, and to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the town of Locust Grove, in Henry county, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name and style of the town of Locust Grove by which name it shall sue or be sued, plead or be impleaded, etc. Corporate name and powers. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-fourth of a mile in every direction from the present depot of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and five Councilmen to be elected as hereinafter provided. Municipal government. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That M. P. Sowell be, and he is, hereby appointed Mayor of said town, and G. P. Combs, C. M. Mahone, J. L. Gardner, R. C. Brown and W. H. H. Peek be, and they are, hereby appointed Councilmen of said town, to hold their offices until the election and qualification of their successors in office. Said Mayor and Council and their successors in office are hereby created a body corporate with perpetual succession. They may have and use a common seal, may purchase, take, hold and possess for the use and benefit of said town, real and personal property, and make all such contracts as they may deem necessary for the welfare of said town. Provisional Mayor and Councilmen. General corporate powers.

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SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That on the first Saturday in January, 1895, and annually thereafter on the same day, an election shall be held in said town for the election of a Mayor and five Councilmen, at which election all male citizens of said town, who shall have resided therein for thirty days, and who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, shall be entitled to vote. Said elections shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern elections for members of the General Assembly in this State. The managers of said elections shall give certificates of election to the persons receiving the highest number of votes, which certificates shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council and shall be held the highest evidence of the election of said officers. Annual elections. Qualifications of voters. Regulations as to elections. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon their duties, the Mayor and Councilmen shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of Mayor, or Councilman, as the case may be, of the town of Locust Grove, during my continuance in office, so help me God. Any officer authorized by law to administer oaths may administer said oath. The Mayor and Councilmen provided for in this Act shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and in case a vacancy should occur in either the office of Mayor or Councilmen, the Council shall elect a successor who shall hold the balance of the unexpired term. Oath of office. Term of office. Vacancies. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to lay out streets and open new streets, lanes and alleys, and change the same from time to time, whenever necessary for the good of said town, and may condemn and appropriate for such use all such real estate as may be necessary for said purpose, upon paying to the owner thereof reasonable compensation therefor, which shall be agreed on by the Mayor and Council and such owner; and in case of disagreement as to price, the Mayor and Council shall select one appraiser, the owner of the real estate shall select another and the two shall select a third, which said appraisers shall assess the value of said real estate and the sum so assessed shall be paid by said Mayor and Council; but either party dissatisfied with the judgment of said appraisers may within ten days from the rendition of the same enter an appeal to the Superior Court of said county, when the damages shall be assessed by a jury. Laying out streets, etc. Condemnation of private property. Assessment Appeals. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide such public buildings as may be necessary for the benefit of said town, and to pass ordinances regulating the management of market [Illegible Text], private and public transportation

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through the town, public wells and pumps, to abate nuisances, public or private, suppress all disorderly conduct, disorderly houses and houses of ill fame within said corporate limits, to prevent loud and boisterous conversation, quarreling, profane and obscene language upon the streets or other places in said town; to provide for paupers living in said town and to prevent paupers being imposed on the town. Said Mayor and Council shall have power to pass all by-laws and ordinances for the punishment of any person or persons for any violation of any of the foregoing offences, or for any other offence, that they may see proper to make punishable, not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this State; said punishment not to exceed [Illegible Text] for twenty days, or to work upon the public streets of said town for a time not to [Illegible Text] twenty days, or a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, either or all of which may be imposed in the discretion of Mayor, or the Mayor and Council; and it shall be the duty of the Marshal or his deputies, whenever it shall come to their knowledge that any of said by-laws or ordinances have been violated, to arrest the offenders and bring them before the Mayor, and in his absence the Mayor pro tem. , and in the absence of both, a majority of the Council, who shall proceed to try said person or persons, and if found guilty such Mayor, Mayor pro tem. or majority of the Council, as the case may be, shall adjudge what punishment shall be inflicted; and the Marshal or his deputies shall execute such judgment. If it be not convenient for said Marshal or his deputies to bring any person or persons arrested by them before the court immediately, they may temporarily imprison said person or persons until they can be tried, but such imprisonment shall in no event exceed twenty-four hours; said Marshal and his deputies shall also have power to take bond and security for the appearance of persons charged with the violation of any of the ordinances of said town, to answer said charge. In the event any person shall be dissatisfied with the judgment of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. , he shall have the right to appeal to the Council under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinances of said town. Public buildings. Market houses, wells, nuisances, etc. Arrest and punishment of offenders. Appearance bonds. Appeals. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That for the transaction of all business, except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the Mayor and three Councilmen shall constitute a quorum of said board. Quorum of Council. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have control over the roads, streets and alleys in said town, and it shall be their duty to keep the same in proper condition, and for this purpose they shall have power to compel every person residing in said town who is subject to road duty under the laws of this State, to work upon the streets of said town under the direction

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of the Marshal for any time not longer than the number of days now fixed by law for working the roads in this State. Or said Mayor and Council may fix a street tax, for such sum as they may see proper, which may be paid in lieu of working upon the streets, and such tax when collected, shall be used in working the streets of said town. Street working. Street tax. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall elect annually at their first meeting, a Mayor pro tem. , a Treasurer, a Marshal, a Clerk, and three Assessors, all to hold their offices under such rules and rugulations as the Council may adopt; and the Mayor may also appoint special policemen to serve in cases of emergency, who shall be compensated as the Mayor and Council may direct. Subordinate officers. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed one-half of one per cent. for the ordinary current expenses of the corporation, and not to exceed one per cent. for both ordinary and extraordinary expenses of said corporation, upon all the taxable property within the corporate limits of said town. The valuation of property subject to taxation shall be assessed by three Assessors, elected as heretofore provided in this Act, who shall receive such compensation as the Mayor and Council may direct, and said Assessors shall have power to adopt as their appraisement the value placed on all the property by the owner in their returns to the Tax-Receiver of said county, or may require the taxpayer to make returns to them under oath of all their taxable property, but any taxpayer dissatisfied with such assessment shall have the right to appeal to the Council under such rules as the Mayor and Council may prescribe. Ad valorem tax. Tax Assessors and assessment. Appeals. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Council shall have power to issue executions for all taxes levied by the town authorities, and also for all special taxes and fines imposed. Tax executions, etc. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the ad [Illegible Text] tax herein provided for, the Mayor and Council shall also have authority to levy a special tax upon all billiard or pool tables, or other tables of like character, and upon shows of every kind, and upon all such callings and businesses as they may think proper. Tax upon [Illegible Text] tables, shows, etc. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal, Clerk and Treasurer of said town shall give such bond and discharge all such duties as shall be prescribed by the Mayor and Council; and for failure to give such [Illegible Text] or to discharge any duty thus imposed, the Mayor and Council shall have power to remove any of said officers from office. Bonds, etc., of subordinate officers.

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SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to pass all such laws as they may see proper for the protection of all cemeteries in said town, and also all needful rules and regulations for the public health and for the general good of said town not inconsistent with the laws of said State. Cemeteries. Public welfare. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. LOUVALE, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 197. An Act to incorporate the town of Louvale, in the county of Stewart, Georgia, and to provide for the election of Mayor and Councilmen, define thier powers and duties, and prescribe certain police regulations. SECTION I. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the town of Louvale, in the county of Stewart, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated as a town under the name of Louvale. Corporate name. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said [Illegible Text] shall extend one-eighth of a mile due north from the present site of the storehouse occupied by W. H. Tatum and Company, one-fourth of a mile due east, one-fourth of a mile due west, and three-eighths of a mile due south from said point, making the town one-half a mile square, the boundary lines running north and south and east and west, with said storehouse of W. H. Tatum and Company in the center as nearly as may be. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That W. H. Tatum is hereby appointed Mayor, and W. W. Peek, W. J. Tatum, W. F. Holt and T. Z. Deese are hereby appointed Councilmen of said town of Louvale, to hold their offices until the first election, as hereinafter provided. Provisional government. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That on the first Wednesday in January, 1895, and on the first Wednesday in January of each year thereafter, an election shall be held in said town for a Mayor and four Councilmen, who shall hold their office for one year and until their successors have qualified after election. No one shall vote or be eligible to the office of Mayor and Councilmen who does not at

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the time of election reside within the corporate limits of said town, and who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State. Said election shall be held and conducted by three freeholders in the same manner as elections for county officers in said State, and the certificate of the managers of said election shall be sufficient authority to the persons elected to enter upon the discharge of the duties of the offices to which they shall have been elected; said certificate shall be recorded in the Minute Book of said town by its Clerk. Annual elections. Terms of office. Qualifications of voters, etc. Conduct of elections, etc. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the Mayor and Councilmen shall subscribe the following oath, which may be administered by any person authorized by law to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving on me as Mayor (or Councilmen, as the case may be) of the town of Louvale according to the best of my ability and unterstanding, so help me God. The Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. , and three Councilmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but it shall require the attendance of the full board to amend or pass any ordinance or by-law for the government of said town. Oath of office. Quorum, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That should the office of Mayor or Councilmen become vacant by death or otherwise, the Council shall order a new election by giving a ten days' notice, at which time a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected. [Illegible Text]. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Councilmen shall have power and authority to elect a Marshal, Clerk and other subordinate officers, as they may deem necessary for carrying into effect the powers herein conferred upon them, to fix and regulate from time to time the salaries and fees of the officers under this charter. Subordinate officers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Mayor pro tem. shall be ex officio a Justice of the Peace, and shall have authority to issue warrants for any offence committed within the corporate limits of said town, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine them under oath, and to admit any offender to bail, or commit him to jail for the violation of the laws of this State, and to admit to bail or commit to the guardhouse for any violation of the ordinances of said town. Powers of Mayor as ex officio Justice of the Peace. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Councilmen shall have full power and authority to pass all ordinances and by-laws necessary for the government, good order and well-being of said town, to provide for appropriate municipal courts to try all violators of such ordinances, and to prescribe for the punishment of said violations a fine not to exceed one hundred

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dollars or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days. They shall have power to make all contracts in their corporate capacity which they may deem necessary for the welfare of the said town, not inconsistent with the laws of said State. Ordinances etc. Trial and punishment of offenders. Contracts. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Councilman shall have power to require all male persons above sixteen years of age, within the corporate limits, to work on the streets of said town for a period not exceeding ten days in each year, or they may prescribe a commutation tax which may be paid in lieu of work on the streets. Street work Commutation tax. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen shall have power to charge and collect such special taxes as they may deem proper, from all persons carrying on any kind of business or calling within the corporate limits of said town. Special tax. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, and in his absence the Mayor pro tem. (who shall be elected by the Councilmen of said town from their number), shall be the chief executive officer of said town, who shall see that all the ordinances, by-laws, rules and orders of the Council are faithfully executed, and that the streets of said town are properly worked. He shall have control of the police of said town and see that the peace and good order of said town are preserved; that persons and property therein are protected, and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all violators and disorderly persons in said town. He shall have power to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of which payment he may imprison the offender for a period not to exceed twenty days in a guardhouse, to be provided, or to work the roads or streets of said town for any time not exceeding thirty days. Powers and duties of Mayor. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Councilmen shall have power to impose and collect taxes upon realty and personalty within the corporate limits of said town, to be applied to the legitimate expenses of the government thereof, and if any person liable for the payment of said taxes shall neglect to pay the same, the Clerk of Council shall issue execution therefor, to be signed by himself and attested in the name of the Mayor, and directed to the Marshal of said town, commanding him to levy on the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the defaulting tax-payer, or so much thereof as shall be suficient to satisfy the amount of taxes due, with costs. Said execution shall bind all property of such defaulting tax-payer from the date thereof, and the Marshal shall proceed to advertise and sell said property so levied upon as provided for by section 3656( a ) of the Code of Georgia. Ad valorem tax.

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SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893. NEW CHARTER FOR CITY OF MACON. No. 158. An Act to create a new charter for the city of Macon, to consolidate the Acts relating to the rights and powers of said corporation, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the municipal government of the city of Macon shall consist of a Mayor and twelve Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, and by that name and style shall have [Illegible Text] succession, shall have a common seal, and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have and hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors, for the [Illegible Text] of the city of Macon, any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatsoever kind or nature, within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Macon, and shall by the said name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State, and shall [Illegible Text] to all the rights and liabilities of the present corporation of the city of Macon. Municipal government. Corporate name. General corporate powers. New corporation successor to the old. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of the city of Macon shall [Illegible Text] and remain as now fixed by law, and which are shown by the dotted lines on the map of said city made by J. C. Wheeler, City Engineer, and Hazelhurst and Hendrick, Civil Engineers, adopted by the city, officially, on September 18th, 1888. Also, with the addition of the property in the Vineville District, known as that of the Ocmulgee Land Improvement Company, and the small neck or parcel of land owned by J. W. Cabaniss, R. L. Henry and V. Kahn, all as shown on the map prescribed by section [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the Act approved December 29th, 1890, extending the boundaries of the city of Macon over the property of the said Ocmulgee Land Improvement Company and others. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the city shall be divided into six wards, numbered respectively one, two, three, four, five and six. The First Ward shall be included in the following boundaries; All of East Macon and that portion of West Macon lying between the Ocmulgee River and a line extending from the southeast boundary

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of the city through the center of Walnut street to Orange, from Orange to Jones, thence along Jones street to the city limits on the northwest. The Second Ward is included between the southwestern boundaries of the First Ward, just given, and a line running from the southeast boundary of the city, along the center of Cherry street as far as Nisbet Place, thence along Nisbet Place to Georgia avenue, thence along Georgia avenue to Jefferson street, thence along Jefferson street to the city limits. The Third Ward is included between the southwestern boundary of the Second Ward, just stated, and a line running from the southeastern boundary of the city through the center of Plum street, as far as Cotton avenue, thence along the center of Cotton avenue and Forsyth street to the city limits. The Fourth Ward is included between the southwestern boundary of the Third Ward, just given, and a line extending from the southeast boundary of the city, through the center of Tupelo street as far as Fifth street, thence along Fifth street to the junction of Oglethorpe street, thence along the center of Oglethorpe street to the city limits. The Fifth Ward is included between the southwestern boundary of the Fourth Ward, just given, and a line running from Division street, on the southeast, along the center of Ash street to the city limits on the northwest. The Sixth Ward is included between the southwestern boundary of the Fifth Ward, just given, and the city limits on the southwest boundary of the city. Division into wards. First ward. Second ward. Third ward. Fourth ward. Fifth ward. Sixth ward. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That on the second Saturday in December, 1893, there shall be an election for Mayor and four Aldermen, and annually thereafter on the same day for six Aldermen, or for Mayor and six Aldermen, in case the term of office of the Mayor is about to expire. Of the four Aldermen elected on the second Saturday in December, 1893, two shall be taken from the Fifth Ward, one of whom shall hold office for one year and the other for two years, and two shall also be taken from the Sixth Ward, one of whom shall also serve for one year and the other for two years. The eight Aldermen in office under the present city government, whose terms do not expire in December, 1893, shall continue to serve under this Act till the end of the term for which they were respectively elected. At all city elections the polls shall open at 8 o'clock A. M. and close at 5 o'clock P. M. Elections for Mayor and Aldermen. Selection and term of Aldermen elected in Dec. 1893. Aldermen whose terms do not expire Dec. 1893. Opening and closing of polls. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all persons qualified to vote [Illegible Text] members of the State Legislature in the county of Bibb, who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of the city, including the street tax, except for the year in which the election occurs, and who shall have resided three months within the jurisdictional limits of the city and have registered,

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as hereinafter provided, shall be qualified to vote at any city election. Qualifications of voters. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall appoint and the Council confirm three freeholders from each ward, who shall be registered voters therein to manage said election. It shall be the duty of the managers to receive, count and verify the number of voters polled. Each of said managers before entering on his duties shall take the following oath before some Judge or Justice of the Peace: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially conduct the election for which I am appointed manager, and prevent all illegal voting to the best of my ability and power, so help me God. Election managers. Duty of. Oath of. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That if any person offering to vote at said election is challenged, he shall take the following [Illegible Text] I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; that I have attained the age of twenty one years, have resided in the State one year, in the county of Bibb six months, and in the city of Macon three months next preceding this election; that I have paid all taxes which, since the adoption of the present Constitution of this State, have been required of me, and which I have had an opportunity to pay agreeably to law, except for the year in which this election is held, and that I have not voted at any other polling place this day, so help me God. Challenges. Oath of person challenged. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That any person voting illegally at any of said elections shall be liable to the same penalties as are prescribed by the law of this State for illegal voting in the State and county elections. Penalty for illegal voting. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the city to furnish all necessary material for carrying [Illegible Text] the elections in the different wards of the city, and he shall cause to be published in the city papers the names of the ward managers, and designate the buildings or places where elections will be held. Such notices shall be published for ten days previous to the election. Mayor to furnish material to carry on elections. Publication of names of election managers, etc. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of this city, in conjunction with the Sheriff of Bibb county and the Chief of Police of the city, shall take all necessary measures to preserve order, prevent the carrying of deadly weapons contrary to law, and to secure to all the electors the right to deposit their ballot at the polls. Police officers and challengers shall not intimidate nor persuade any elector at any of the polling places of the city at such elections. For every violation of this provision the party or parties so violating the same shall be subject to indictment, and on conviction be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than three

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months. The Grand Jury of Bibb county shall have power to inquire into this offence. Preservation of order, etc., at the polls. Penalty for intimidation or [Illegible Text] of voters by policemen or challengers. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That after the votes for Mayor and Aldermen, or for Aldermen, as the case may be, at any election shall have been counted by the managers they shall cause two certified copies of the tally sheets to be made out, one of which shall be handed over to the Mayor for the time being, and the other shall be retained by the managers. And so soon as the Mayor as aforesaid, shall be informed of the result of said election he shall cause the persons elected to be notified of the same, and shall also file with the Clerk of the Council of said city the certified copy of the tally-sheets of said election to be kept on file by said Clerk in his said office and duly recorded by him on the book of minutes of the Council aforesaid. The person who shall receive the highest number of votes for Mayor shall be declared duly elected. The person residing in the ward who shall receive the highest number of votes for Alderman of said ward shall be declared duly elected. Election returns. Notification of person elected. Tally-sheets to be filed and recorded. Result of election. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Registration for the city, consisting of three freeholders of the city, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council at one of the regular meetings in the month of October of each year. They shall hold their office for one year and until, their successors are elected and confirmed. Their compensation shall be four dollars each for each day of actual service, including the days prescribed for consolidating the registry lists. They shall take an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their office to the best of their skill and ability. This oath shall be filed with the Clerk of Council. The Mayor shall provide them with an office at the city hall, or at some other central point, at the expense of the city. Board of Registration. Appointment of. Term of office. Compensation. Oath. Office [Illegible Text] be provided by city. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the books for registration shall be kept open on each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in the month of November of each and every year from 7 o'clock A. M. to 8 o'clock P. M. The registry lists shall be consolidated during the week following the last day of registration, and shall be immediately thereafter turned over to the Clerk of the Council. Opening, of registration books. Consolidation of registry lists. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the following shall be the qualifications necessary for registration: 1. The person must be a male citizen of the United States who [Illegible Text] resided in the State one year, in the county six months and in the city three months, next preceding the time of the election. Qualifications for registration. 2. He must be twenty-one years of age, or must become so by [Illegible Text] day of the election.

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3. He must have paid all taxes, since the adoption of the present State Constitution, to the State and county and to the city of Macon, which have been required of him and which he had [Illegible Text] opportunity to pay agreeably to law, except for the year of the election. No person shall be entered on the registry who does [Illegible Text] apply to the Registrars in person upon the days and within the hours fixed for registration and furnish to them satisfactory evidence of his qualification for registration; provided, however that if the person so applying will take the following oath, he shall be entitled to registration: I do solemnly swear (or [Illegible Text] that I am twenty-one years of age, or will be on the day of the election, and am qualified by citizenship, residence and payment [Illegible Text] taxes to vote for members of the State Legislature in the county [Illegible Text] Bibb; that I will have resided for the last three months in the city [Illegible Text] Macon at the time of the election, and have paid all taxes [Illegible Text] have been required of me by the authorities of said city, and [Illegible Text] I have had an opportunity to pay, agreeably to law, since the adoption of the present Constitution, except for the year of the [Illegible Text] so help me God. The Registrars are each authorized to administer said oath, and where parties are so sworn they shall make a minute of the fact upon the registry. Any person swearing falsely under this section shall be liable to indictment and punishment as in other cases of false swearing under the laws of this State. Application to register must be in person, etc. Evidence of qualification. Oath of applicant. Penalty for false swearing. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be allowed to vote at any city election in said city who has not been duly registered according to the provisions hereinbefore set forth. Any person voting in any such election without having registered shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of this State. No unregistered person can vote. Penalty. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That in making up the registry of the voters the registrars shall enter thereon the name and age [Illegible Text] the applicant, the ward in which he resides and the place of residence therein, as near as practicable. The names of the white and colored voters shall be kept separate. Certificates of registration shall be furnished on application at the time of registration. Method of entering registration. Certificates of registration. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That there may be an appeal from the decision of the registrars to a Committee of the Council previously appointed for that purpose, whose decision shall be final. All appeals shall be made up, heard and decided within six days from the close of the registration list, exclusive of Sundays. After the decision of these appeals it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to cause to be printed and posted in front of the City Hall by 2 o'clock P. M. on the day preceding the election the corrected list of the registered voters, and also to furnish each of the election [Illegible Text]

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a certified copy of such printed list on the evening before the [Illegible Text]. Each elector must vote in the ward in which he resides, [Illegible Text] that at the first election under this charter, in December, [Illegible Text], the elector may vote in one of the four original wards in [Illegible Text] he is registered. The books of registration shall be open to [Illegible Text] inspection of the public at all times from the beginning of the registration to the day of the election. In all elections which may hereafter be held in the city of Macon for the purpose of [Illegible Text] the issue of bonds by the Mayor and Council for any purpose [Illegible Text], a special registration shall be had for such bond election, [Illegible Text] said registration list shall be prepared in the same manner and [Illegible Text] the same rules and regulations as they are prepared under [Illegible Text] Act for the election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city; [Illegible Text] that no such bond election shall ever hereafter be held in the city of Macon without such special registration, unless such bond [Illegible Text] shall occur within three months after the last registration. Appeals from decision of registrars. Registration lists to be published. And furnished to election managers. Vote must be in ward of residence. Except at first election under this Act. Registration books open to public. Special registration for elections as to bonds. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the provisions concerning registration, [Illegible Text] in [Illegible Text] Act, shall not be operative until after the election in December, 1893, but the present registration laws shall continue in force in the city until after said election. Present registration law of force until after election in Dec., 1893. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the persons elected as Mayor and Aldermen, or Aldermen as the case may be, shall attend on the first Wednesday after their election, at the council chamber, for the purpose of qualifying and taking the oath of office. The Mayor and each member of the Council so elected, shall take and [Illegible Text] before some Judge or Justice of the Peace, the following [Illegible Text]: I, A B, do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of Mayor, or member of the Council, as the case may be, by adopting such measures as in my judgment shall be best calculated to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the city of Macon and the common interest thereof, so help me God. They shall then immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices. Qualification and oath of Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That in case of any vacancy among the members of Council either by death, resignation, failure to elect, removal from office or removal from the city, the Mayor [Illegible Text] advertise a new election to fill the vacancy, and in case of the [Illegible Text] of the Mayor, his resignation, removal from office or removal from the city, the City Council shall order an election for filling the vacancy. In each case ten days' notice shall be given in the [Illegible Text] gazette of the city. Vacancies among Councilmen. In office of Mayor. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible as Mayor unless he be of the age of twenty-five years,

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qualified to be an elector of the city, and who shall have resided in the city two years immediately preceding his election. He shall also be a bona fide freeholder of the city in his own right at the time of his election, and shall remain such bona fide freeholder owning real estate in the city in his own right, during his entire term of office as Mayor. No person shall be eligible as an Alderman of the city unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and be at the time of his election a bona fide freeholder, owning real estate in the city in his own right. He shall remain such bona fide freeholder during his entire term of office as Alderman. He must also be qualified to be an elector of the city at the time of his election and must reside in the ward for which he is elected, and shall not remove therefrom during his term on pain of forfeiture of his said office. Qualifications for office of Mayor. Of Aldermen. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That the term of office of Mayor shall be two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall not be eligible to succeed himself till the expiration of two years from the end of the term for which he was elected. He shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum. He shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and shall have a general supervision over all its affairs, sign all deeds and contracts, approve all bills and vouchers for the payment of money, and shall be clothed with the veto power as hereinafter set forth. It shall be his duty to see that the laws of the State and ordinances of the city are faithfully executed within the limits of the territory over which the city government extends. He shall keep the Council advised from time to time of the general condition of the city, and shall recommend such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient for the welfare thereof. He may call the Council together at any time when deemed necessary by him, but shall not preside over the same. He shall have an office at the city hall, and devote as much time as may be necessary to the business of the city each day, and shall not be absent from the State for a longer time than six days together, without permission of the Council. Term of office of Mayor. Cannot succeed himself until a term intervenes. Salary. Powers and duties. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That of the twelve Aldermen, two shall reside in each of the six wards of the city at the time of their election. Their term of office shall be two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, but this shall not apply to the Aldermen to be elected on the second Saturday in December, 1893, under the terms of this Act. The Aldermen to be elected in 1894 shall each hold for the term of two years, so that there shall be an election for six Aldermen every year. They shall be ineligible to succeed themselves or to hold any other city office

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till the expiration of two years from the end of the term for which they were respectively elected. In voting for said Aldermen at the first election in 1893 each voter shall designate on his ticket the name of one person for the term of two years and another for the term of one year in each of the two Wards for which said Aldermen are to be elected. Residence of Aldermen. Terms of office. Cannot succeed themselves, etc. Ballots for Aldermen at election Dec., 1893. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That each of the said Aldermen shall be entitled to receive out of the Treasury of said city the following sums, which shall be in full of all compensation, to wit: For each and every session of the Council actually attended, three dollars; provided , that in no case shall the aggregate amount paid to any one Alderman exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; provided also , that no more than three dollars shall be paid to any Alderman for attendance during any one week, nor shall any service in one week be estimated for compensation in any other week. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Council to keep a faithful record of the attendance of each Alderman on the session of said Council, and the compensation herein provided for shall be paid only on his certificate of such actual attendance. Such certificate shall accompany the Treasurer's voucher. Compensation of Aldermen. Record of attendance of Aldermen, etc. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor, or any member of Council, while in office shall be guilty of malpractice, any wilful neglect in office, or abuse of the powers confided to him, or shall be guilty of any other conduct unbecoming his station, he shall be subject to be indicted before the Superior Court of the county of Bibb, and on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and shall, moreover, be removed from office. The said fine may be collected by execution and shall be paid to the city Treasurer for the use of the city. Malpractice, etc., of Mayor or member of Council. SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen shall constitute the legislative department of the city government, and as such shall be vested with full power and authority from time to time, to make and establish such rules and ordinances respecting streets, lanes, alleys, parks and open courts, the market and marketing, railroads, wharves, public houses, carriages, wagons, drays, livery stables, pumps, blacksmith shops, fire engines and all other matters affecting the good government of said city, as they shall deem requisite and proper for the security, welfare, health and convenience of the city, and for preserving the peace, order and good government of the same. This general enumeration of powers, however, is not to be so construed as to conflict with any special power or authority given to the Mayor and Council of said city by this Act, but rather in aid of such power. By-laws, ordinances etc. General municipal powers. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Chairman of the Council who shall be annually selected from the Aldermen

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to preside over that body, and who shall be clothed with all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor during the absence or disability of the latter officer. Before entering on the performance of his duty, the said Chairman shall take an oath of office to be prescribed by the Council. If the Mayor and Chairman of Council should both be absent or unable from any cause to attend to their duties, the Council shall elect a Chairman pro tem. who, on taking the oath, shall be clothed with all the powers, rights and duties of the Mayor, and shall serve during his absence or disability, or that of the Chairman. Chairman of Council. His oath of office. Chairman pro tem. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That every ordinance of the Council and every resolution passed by that body shall, before it takes effect, be presented, duly signed by the Chairman of Council, or in his absence by the Chairman pro tem. and certified by the Clerk, to the Mayor within two days after the passage thereof. If the Mayor approve it, he shall sign it; if not, he shall return it with his objections, and file the same with the Clerk within five days, Sundays excepted, after he receives it, and the Council shall at the first regular meeting thereafter, when a quorum is present, order the objections to be entered at large on the minutes, and shall at said meeting take a vote on the question: Shall the ordinance or resolution pass notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor? If as many as eight Aldermen shall vote in the affirmative, such ordinance or resolution shall stand and become effective; otherwise not. The ayes and noes shall in all such cases be entered on the minutes. If such ordinance or resolution shall not be returned by the Mayor within five days, Sundays excepted, after he shall have received it, the same shall become effective in like manner as if he had signed it. The Clerk shall indorse on each ordinance or resolution the time when presented to the Mayor, and this indorsement shall be conclusive of the fact of such presentation and the time thereof. Ordinances and resolutions to be presented to Mayor within two days after its passage. Veto. Passage over veto. Ordinance or resolution not returned by Mayor in five days effective as if signed. Indorsement by Clerk of time of presentation to Mayor. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Police Commissioners consisting of three citizens of Macon, neither of whom shall be the Mayor or member of Council. They shall be bona fide freeholders of the city, and shall be elected by the Council, in which election the Mayor will be entitled to vote. But the following persons shall constitute the first Commission under this Act, to serve for the term stated: S. S. Dunlap, chairman, for three years; J. G. McGolrick for two years; T. C. Hendrix for one year. The term of office of the Commissioners elected by the Council to succeed those hereinbefore named shall be for three years respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The members of this Commission shall not be eligible for any other city office during the term for which they are elected, and for

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three years after the expiration thereof, nor shall they be eligible to succeed themselves until three years from the expiration of their term of office. The term of office of each of said Police Commissioners elected after the expiration of the terms of the first Commissioners hereinbefore named shall be three years. They shall have full and complete control of the Police Department of the city; shall appoint all officers and men of the police force, including the Chief; prescribe rules and regulations for their government, and shall have power to suspend or remove any of the officers or men in said department, whenever, in their opinion, necessary to the well-being of the service or the interest of the city. They shall each receive a salary of two hundred dollars per annum. Board of PoliceCommissioners. First board Terms of office. Commissioners not eligible to other city offices. Nor to succeed themselves until after three years. Powers of board. Salary. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That each member of said Board of Police Commissioners shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe before some officer authorized to administer oaths the following oath of office: I do swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of Police Commissioner of the city of Macon during my continuance in office; that I will not knowingly permit my vote in the election or appointment of any person to positions on the police force to be influenced by fear, favor or affection, reward or the hope thereof, but in all things pertaining to any office I will be governed by my conviction of the public good, so help me God. This oath shall be entered on the minutes of the board and the original filed with the Clerk of Council. Oath of Commissioners. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted, That the said board shall meet at least once a month, and at such other times as the public interest may require. It shall elect one of its members to act as Clerk, whose duty it shall be to serve in such capacity and keep a record of all its proceedings without additional compensation. All vacancies in said board arising from any cause shall be filled by the Council, as in the first instance. Meetings of Commissioners. Clerk of board. [Illegible Text] in board. SEC. XXXII. Be it further enacted, That the police force of the city shall consist of a Chief of Police, two Lieutenants and such other officers and men as the Mayor and Council may by ordinance prescribe. The term of office of the Chief of Police and the two Lieutenants shall be for two years, but such officers shall be subject to removal, as hereinbefore provided. The compensation of all the police force shall be prescribed by ordinance of the Mayor and Council, but no extra pay or allowance or cost shall ever be awarded them. They shall have power and authority to arrest all persons in said city guilty of disorderly conduct or public indecency, all persons violating the ordinances of the city, and all persons committing or attempting to commit any crime, and to

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confine them in the city prison or in the common jail of Bibb county, to be brought before the Recorder's Court on the next day for trial or commitment; provided , that all persons desiring to give bail for their appearance before such court, in bailable cases, shall be allowed to do so. The amount of bail may be fixed by the Recorder at any time, or in his absence on disability by the Mayor of the city. Police force. Terms of office. Subject to removal. Compensation of police force. Arrest and imprisonment of offenders. Trial. Appearance bond. SEC. XXXIII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police upon notice in writing from the Mayor or any member of the Council or of the Board of Police Commissioners to prosecute all offenders against the laws of the State for crimes committed within the limits of the city of Macon. In case any offence shall be committed in the presence of said Chief of Police it shall be his duty to prosecute without such notice. Chief of Police to prosecute violators of State laws. SEC. XXXIV. Be it further enacted, That the Chief of Police shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties as Chief of the Police. In case of resignation, removal, death or disability of the Chief of Police, the officer of said force next in rank shall perform the duties of said office until the removal of such disability or a successor has been duly appointed to fill the unexpired term. Bond of Chief of Police. Vacancy in office of Chief. SEC. XXXV. Be it further enacted, That the Fire Department of the city shall be placed under the immediate supervision and control of a Board of Fire Commissioners, to consist of three members, neither of whom shall be the Mayor or member of Council. They shall be elected by the Council, in which election the Mayor shall have a vote, and shall hold office for three years and until their successors are elected and qualified. But the following persons shall constitute the first commission under this Act and perform the duties thereof for the time prescribed: E. S. Wilson, Chairman, for three years; Henry Lathrop for two years; T. C. Burke for one year. The members of this Commission shall be freeholders of the city and shall not be eligible for any other city office during the term for which they are elected and for three years thereafter, nor shall they be eligible to succeed themselves until three years after the expiration of their said terms. The term of office of each of said Fire Commissioners after the expiration of the terms of the first Commissioners hereinbefore named shall be three years. All vacancies in the Commission shall be filled by election of the Council as in the first instance. Board of Fire Commissioners, etc. Election of. Terms of office. First board Commissioners must be freeholders Not eligible to other offices, etc. Terms of office. Vacancies in board. SEC. XXXVI. Be it further enacted, That said Fire Commissioners shall take the same oath as that of Police Commissioners, varied to suit the office, and shall sign and enter the said oath as prescribed in the case of said Police Commissioners. The Commission of the Fire Department shall select the Chief of said department,

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and all other officers and men thereof, and shall have power to suspend or remove any of them whenever the said Commission shall deem it necessary or proper for the well-being and efficiency of the department. The Commission shall have power to prescribe rules and regulations for the general management and discipline of the officers and men of the department, but the pay of all such shall be fixed by ordinance of the Mayor and Council. The compensation of the members of the Commission shall be one hundred dollars each per annum. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, one of their members acting as Clerk without additional compensation. Oath of office. Selection of Chief fire department and firemen. Suspensions and removals. Rules and regulations for fire department. Pay of officers and men. Compensation of Fire Commissioners. SEC. XXXVII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Commissioners of Public Works to consist of three members, one of whom shall be Chairman, and all shall be bona fide freeholders of the city, not holding any other city office. They shall be elected by the Council, in which election the Mayor shall be entitled to vote, and shall hold office for three years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The duties of this Board, however, shall be performed in the first instance by the following persons for the times prescribed: Joseph Dannenberg, Chairman, for three years; Nisbet Hazlehurst for two years; Virgil Powers for one year. They shall be ineligible for any other city office during the term for which they are elected and for three years after the expiration thereof. They shall be ineligible to succeed themselves until three years after the expiration of their term of office, The term of office of each of said Commissioners of Public Works. elected after the expiration of the terms of the first Commissioners hereinbefore named, shall be three years. All vacancies in this board shall be filled by the Council as in the first instance. This Commission shall have power to order the construction, improvement and maintenance of all public work, including sewerage, the care and improvement of the public parks, the public buildings, the streets and bridges, and to employ all the agents and servants necessary for carrying on the work of the department, except the City Engineer. They shall also have power to remove or discharge all such agents or employees, and make all rules and regulations for the government of the same; also, to buy all material and make and let out contracts for work. All expenditures in this department shall be from money appropriated by the Mayor and Council, and the Mayor and Council shall by resolution or ordinance approve all new work before it is undertaken, and all bills for expenditures in this department shall be passed and approved by the Mayor and Council before they are paid by the Treasurer. The Chairman of this board shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars per annum

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and the other two members each a salary of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum. This board shall [Illegible Text] have control of all matters connected with the water supply and the lighting of the city in case the city should ever become the proprietor of a plant of its own for these purposes. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings, and shall be entitled to a clerk to be selected by said board whose term of office shall be three years and whose salary shall be one thousand dollars per annum. Each member shall take an oath of office similar to that prescribed for the Police Commission, varied to suit the office, and the said oath shall be entered and filed as in said case. After the expiration of the term of the Chairman of the several commissions hereinbefore named, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to designate the Chairman and prescribe the time for which he shall so act. Commissioners of Public Works. Qualifications of. Election. Term of office. First board. Ineligible to any other city office. Term of office. Vacancies. Powers and duties. Expenditures in this department. Compensation of Commissioners. Control of water supply and lighting city. Records. Clerk. Oath of office. Chairman of the several commissions above named to be designated by Mayor and Council, etc. SEC. XXXVIII. Be it further enacted, That whenever the owner of any land or any property is damaged by reason of the construction of any system of drainage or sewerage, or outlet or outlets to the same inaugurated by the Board of Public Works, as aforesaid, such damages shall be ascertained and assessed in the following manner: The owner of the premises shall appoint one appraiser and the Mayor of the city shall appoint another and these two shall select a third, whose award, or that of a majority of them, certified in writing, under their hands and seals in duplicate one for each of the parties in interest, the Mayor and Council and the owner or owners of said land or other property shall be recorded in the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Bibb county. The appraisers appointed for the purposes aforesaid shall in all cases in making up their award consider the benefits from the construction of the said system or systems of drainage or sewerage, or the outlet or outlets, thereto accruing to the owner or owners of such land or other property and set off such benefits against such damages, but in no event giving an award against such owner for the excess of benefits over damages. In case either party shall be dissatisfied with said award he, she or they may, within ten days after the recording of the same, enter an appeal to the Superior Court of said county, as in other cases of appeal, when the question of damages shall be determined by a jury; but the award of the appraisers, if not appealed from, shall operate and have the effect of a judgment upon which the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county shall issue execution. Damage to lands by drainage, sewerage, etc. Appraisers. Award. Matters to be considered by Appraisers. Award cannot be against owner of lands for excess of benefits. Appeal. Award not appealed from operates as a judgment. SEC. XXXIX. Be it further enacted, That the construction of said system or systems of drainage or sewerage, and the outlet or outlets thereto by the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, under the direction of the Commissioners of Public Works, as

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aforesaid, shall not be interfered with by any court, pending the action of said appraisers or the appeal from their award. Construction of drainage or sewerage not to be interfered with by the courts. Pending appraisement or appeal. SEC. XL. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Health, to consist of seven members, four of whom shall be reputable practicing physicians. One of these physicians shall be chosen as Chairman. The members of this board shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council, and shall hold the office for one year, and until their successors are appointed and confirmed. They shall hold no other city office during their respective terms. The compensation of the Chairman shall be six hundred dollars per annum, and the other members shall receive five dollars for every meeting they actually attend; provided , no member shall receive more than ten dollars per month, except the Chairman. The board shall meet once a month, from November 1st to April 1st, and twice a month from April 1st to November 1st of each year. Board of Health. Appointment. Term of officers. Can hold no other city office. Compensation. Meetings. SEC. XLI. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have full power to institute all sanitary measures necessary to the preservation of the public health, and likewise for the prevention of the generation and introduction of infectious and contagious diseases. They shall likewise exercise absolute power over the subject of quarantine, personal or otherwise, penalties for the violation of which shall be fixed by ordinance of the Mayor and Council. Powers of. SEC. XLII. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Health shall have full power and authority to declare by ordinances what acts and things shall be deemed nuisances, injurious to health, how and within what time the same shall be abated, and likewise to declare by ordinances whatever may be by the said Board of Health deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health and for the prevention of the generation and introduction of infectious or contagious diseases. The ordinances of said board now in force shall have the force and effect of law until the same shall be amended and repealed by the board herein provided for. The Mayor and Council shall by proper ordinance provide for the punishment of offenders against the regulations of the Board of Health, and the Recorder's Court shall have the jurisdiction to try all persons charged with a violation of any ordinance of said board, and the fines arising therefrom shall be paid into the treasury of said city. Powers as to nuisances, etc. Existing ordinances continued of force until amended or repealed Punishment of offenders, etc. SEC. XLIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Health shall have the supervision of all sinks and water-closets, together with the drainage and sewers of the said city. The smallpox hospital, or some temporary hospital for contagious or infectious diseases, shall also be under the sole management of said Board of Health. The said board shall also examine all public institutions within the city of Macon and compel such sanitary regulations

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therein as they may deem necessary. The expenses of the Board of Health shall form a legitimate item in the administration of the city government, to be met as in the case of other expenditures by such appropriations of money as the City Council in the exercise of of sound economy may deem proper. Supervision of sinks, water-closets, sewers, etc. Hospital Supervision, etc. Expenses of Board. SEC. XLIV. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Health shall make annually to the City Council of Macon at the last meeting of said Council in December, a full report of its acts particularizing its expenditures and making such recommendations touching the public welfare as said board in its judgment may see fit and proper, and shall also make such other reports on the same subject from time to time as the City Council may require. Five members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except in the time of epidemics, when three members shall have power to act. A record of the proceedings of this board, open to the public, shall be carefully kept, and filed among the archives of the city government. The Clerk of the Council shall be ex officio Secretary of the board, and shall perform such duties as the said board may prescribe. His compensation for such duty shall be fixed by said board and paid out of the city treasury. The said Board of Health shall have power to declare what are infected ports or places on information satisfactory to them, public notice of which shall be sufficient to give legal effect to all their subsequent acts. They may establish such quarantine regulations as are not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State. Annual report of board. Other reports. Quorum. Record of proceedings. Secretary. Quarantine, etc. SEC. XLV. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Health shall have power and authority to require all physicians, clergymen, magistrates, and other persons, to make and keep a registration of births, marriages and deaths, occurring in said city within their knowledge, and to require said persons to report the same to this board of Health and to pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary for the full enforcement of this section. Registration of births, deaths and marriages. SEC. XLVI. Be it further enacted that whenever any member of said board shall fail to attend three consecutive meetings without sufficient excuse, the board shall have authority to declare a vacancy and shall forthwith report the same to the Mayor of the city. All vacancies in said board shall be filled for the unexpired term as appointments are made in the first instance. Vacancies in board. SEC. XLVII. Be it further enacted, That should the Board of Health of said city neglect or decline to attend to the duties imposed upon them by this Act, the Mayor and Council shall act as such Board of Health, and exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties relating to the Board of Health prescribed in this Act. When board neglects or declines to attend to its duties. SEC. XLVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall, upon the report of the Board of

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Health, cause any nuisance likely to endanger the health of the city, of any neighborhood, to be abated in a summary manner, and where the nuisance is caused by the act or negligence of any individual, the expenses of such abatement may be charged against the party causing such nuisance, or the owner of the premises, as the Council may elect. Abatement of nuisances. Expenses of. SEC. XLIX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall, on the report of the Board of Health, cause the owner or owners of lots within the city to drain the same or to fill the same to the level of the streets or alleys on which said lot or lots are fronting. Also, on a like report, to compel the owner or owners of cellars holding water to cause the same to be emptied of the water, or filled up if necessary; and, in case the owner of such lot or lots shall fail or refuse, after reasonable notice to him or his agent, to comply with the requirements of the Mayor and Council by filling up the lots or cellars, or draining the same, it shall be lawful for the said Mayor and Council to employ some person to do the same; and for the amount so expended, the city Treasurer shall forthwith issue an execution against the owner of said property to be collected from said lot, or any other property belonging to him, and a sale under said execution by the Marshal shall pass the title to the property sold as completely as a sale by the Sheriff under a judgment and execution. Drainage filling of city lots. Cellars. Failure by owner to comply with order. SEC. L. Be it further enacted, That no member of Council or of any of the boards herein provided for shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract made with the city, or receive any profit or emolument for any purchase or sale of material or other articles paid for out of the public revenues, or for which the city becomes responsible. No member of Council or of boards may be interested in any city contract, etc. SEC. LI. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the officers already named there shall be a City Treasurer, a Clerk of Council, a City Marshal, a City Sexton, a City Engineer, a City Attorney, a City Recorder and such other officers or agents of the city as the Mayor and Council may, by ordinance, prescribe. These officers shall serve for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, unless removed for cause, to be judged of by the Mayor and Council by a vote of two-thirds of the Aldermen. They shall be elected by the Council by a majority vote of the whole board, the Mayor in all such elections being entitled to a vote. Other city officers. Terms of office. Removal. Election of. SEC. LII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive, keep, and disburse all the money of the city. He shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall take an oath in the presence of the Council that he will, to the best of

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his skill and power, faithfully and efficiently perform the duties of his office without favor or affection to any one. He shall make out quarterly reports of receipts and expenditures itemized, and have the same published in one or more of the public gazettes of the city as may be directed by the Mayor and Council. He shall sign all executions or other processes for the collection of taxes or moneys due the city. Duty of Treasurer. Bond. Oath of office. Reports. Shall sign executions, etc. SEC. LIII. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Council shall attend all meetings of the Council and Board of Health, keep the minutes and files of each, attend to the issuance of licenses and perform such other duties as the Mayor and Council may require of him. He shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall take the same oath of office, in the presence of the Council, as that prescribed for the City Treasurer. Clerk of Council. Duties. Bond. Oath of office. SEC. LIV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal to levy and collect all executions for taxes or other moneys due the city; to advertise and conduct all sales of property under execution, or other process, execute deeds and other conveyances usual in such cases, and perform such other services as the Mayor and Council may by ordinance require of him. He shall give bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties, and shall take the same oath of office, in presence of the Council, as that prescribed for the Treasurer. City Marshal. His duties. Bond. Oath of office. SEC. LV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority by ordinance to prescribe the duties of the City Sexton, City Attorney, City Engineer, and the other officers of the city whose duties are not herein prescribed, to fix their salaries and prescribe their bonds for the faithful performance of their duties when deemed necessary. They shall require an oath of office from all these officers. They may establish the fees of the City Engineer and other officers of the city, in their discretion, but these fees, when collected, shall be paid into the city treasury for the use of the city. No officer of the city shall ever charge or collect any fee, or cost of any kind, except such fees and costs as are collected and paid into the city treasury. City Sexton, Attorney, Engineer and other officers. Oaths of office. Fees. SEC. LVI. Be it further enacted, That all elections by the Mayor and Council and all votes on appointees for confirmation shall be in public, and shall be conducted as follows: As soon as the names of candidates or appointees are announced the Clerk shall call the roll, and each member of the body shall, as his name is called, vote viva voce , the Clerk keeping a list of the votes, which shall be entered upon the minutes. At the conclusion of the call the presiding officer shall declare the result. A majority of the whole board

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shall, in all cases, be necessary to elect or confirm, as the case may be. Elections by Mayor and Council to be public. Method of conducting Majority of whole body necessary. SEC. LVII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Recorder's Court established for the city, which shall have jurisdiction to try offences against the laws and ordinances of the municipal government, and to punish for the violation of the same. Said court shall also have power to enforce its judgments by the infliction of such penalties as may be provided by law; to punish witnesses for non-attendance, and also any person who shall counsel or advise, aid, encourage or persuade another whose testimony is desired or material in any proceeding before said court, to go or move beyond the reach of the process of the same. Said court shall be presided over by the City Recorder or, in his absence or disability, by the officer who is then performing the duties of Mayor, as in this Act provided, and shall be held daily, or as often as may be necessary to clear the city prison. Recorder's Court. Jurisdiction and powers. Presiding officer. Sessions. SEC. LVIII. Be it further enacted, That the City Recorder shall be a freeholder of the city, shall be twenty-one years of age and shall have resided for two years next preceding his election in the city of Macon. Before entering on the duties of his office he shall take an oath before the Mayor or some officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will truly, honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of his office to the best of his ability without fear, favor or partiality. This oath shall be entered upon the minutes of the Council. Said Recorder may be removed from office by the Mayor of said city after trial and conviction by the Council upon written charges for neglect of duty or other conduct unbecoming his station, to be judged of by said body. A vote of two-thirds of all the Aldermen elected shall be necessary to such conviction and removal. Qualifications of Recorder. Oath of office. Removal from office. SEC. LIX. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder of said city shall have power to impose fines for the violation of any law or ordinance of the city of Macon passed in accordance with its charter to an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars, to imprison offenders in the city barracks for the space of not more than sixty days or at labor on the public works in the county chaingang for not more than six months. He shall also have the same powers as Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to punish for contempts of officers and others by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars and imprisonment in the city barracks not exceeding thirty days, or either or both, in his discretion. He shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace so far as to enable him to issue warrants for offences committed within the corporate limits of said city, which warrants may be executed by any member of the police

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force of the city, and to commit the offenders to the jail of the county of Bibb, or admit them to bail in bailable cases, for their appearance at the next term of a court of competent jurisdiction to be held in and for said county. Extent of punishment Recorder may inflict. Contempts. Recorder ex officio Justice of the Peace. SEC. LX. Be it further enacted, That the right of certiorari from the decision and judgment of the Recorder shall exist in all criminal cases, and such certiorari shall be obtained under the sanction of the Judge of the Superior Court of Bibb county upon a petition in writing to said Judge, to be presented within ten days after the rendition of the decision or judgment complained of and not thereafter. Such petition shall state the grounds of complaint and shall contain a brief of the evidence had on the trial, and shall be duly sworn to. If, upon examination, the Judge shall consider the petitioner entitled to the writ of certiorari it shall be his duty to cause such writ to be issued and served on the Recorder as in other cases under the laws of this State, requiring him to certify and send up to the Superior Court a complete and accurate history of the case as his answer thereto, which answer shall be subject to correction and traverse, as provided in sections 4062 and 4066 of the Code of this State. The Judge, at Chambers or in term time, may hear and determine such traverse as well as the certiorari upon which it is based, after ten days' notice to each party, and may then affirm or reverse the decision or judgment of the Recorder; provided, however , that no writ shall be granted until the accused shall have paid all costs and filed with his petition an affidavit setting forth that he has been wrongfully and illegally convicted, and give good and sufficient bond and security, payable to the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, conditioned to answer the judgment of the court, or in lieu thereof shall make affidavit of his inability from poverty to pay the costs and give the bond aforesaid. If the writ of certiorari is granted the judgment of the Reeorder's Court shall be suspended until the Judge of the Superior Court shall finally pass on the case. Certiorari from Recorder's decision. SEC. LXI. Be it further enacted, That the Chief of Police shall designate a member of the police force to attend the sessions of said court and act as Clerk thereof, in addition to his other [Illegible Text] who shall sign and issue all processes, summonses, attachments, [Illegible Text] issuing out of said court, all of which shall bear test in the name of the Recorder. The ministerial officers of said court shall be the Chief of Police, Lieutenants and Patrolmen of the Police force of said city, either of whom, with the exception of the member designated to act as Clerk thereof, may execute the mandates of said court, and to whom, in the alternative, all mesne and final process thereof shall be directed. The Chief of Police or one of the Lieutenants shall attend each session of said court for the purpose of executing the necessary orders thereof. Clerk of Recorder's Court. Ministerial officers of such court. Chief or Lieutenant of police to attend sessions.

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SEC. LXII. Be it further enacted, That in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Recorder the Mayor, and in the absence, sickness or disqualification of both the Recorder and the Mayor, the Chairman of Council of said city shall be clothed with the powers of the Recorder, and hold the Recorder's Court. Chairman of Council may act as [Illegible Text] when. SEC. LXIII. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder's Court shall have jurisdiction and authority to try all persons guilty of vagrancy, within the limits of the city of Macon, and upon conviction to punish them as prescribed in section 4560 of the code of this State. In all cases where persons charged before said court with the offence of vagrancy shall demand a trial by jury, it shall be the duty of the Recorder to send such person before a court having jurisdiction of said offence, and if no such court shall be then in session, to bind said person over in sufficient bond for his appearance before said court for trial, or in default of bail to commit said person to await said trial. Vagrancy. Trial of by jury, etc. SEC. LXIV. Be it further enacted that the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to pass all laws and ordinances, rules and regulations necessary and proper to secure the efficient and successful administration of the business of this court. General powers of Mayor and Council as to ordinances, [Illegible Text] SEC. LXV. Be it further enacted that the Mayor of the city shall be authorized to suspend the sentence of any prisoner carried before the Recorder's Court for a violation of any city ordinance, law or regulation, until such person shall have an opportunity to appeal to the Council of the city, and lay before that body a statement of the facts of his case, and the said Mayor and Council shall have power after a full hearing of said case to commute, remit or suspend said sentence. Suspension of Recorder's sentence. Appeals. SEC. LXVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to control the markets and marketing within the city. They may establish one or more markets in the city and regulate the same; fix the hours of sale therein; prohibit the sale of marketable commodities elsewhere within the city, and pass all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary and proper to control and regulate the markets and marketing within the city. They shall have full power and authority to establish in said city a city market, and to restrict the sale of all articles and commodities usually sold at markets to the market so established. They shall have authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the government of said market, to rent out stalls and collect the income therefrom, and generally to take all proper steps and do everything necessary to carry out the intention of this Act with regard to this matter. They shall have power to prescribe proper penalties for the violation of the rules and ordinances concerning the market

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aforesaid, and to provide that offenders violating such laws or ordinances shall be punished by the Recorder after trial and conviction before said court. Markets, etc. SEC. LXVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have full power and authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any buildings, posts, steps, fence, or other obstruction or nuisance, in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, or public squares of said city. Removal of buildings, fences, [Illegible Text] SEC. LXVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority to grant encroachments upon the streets, lands, or alleys of the city, upon such terms and in such manner as they may by ordinance prescribe, and, for a valuable consideration, to vest in the purchaser of such encroachments absolute title thereto. In all such cases where this power is exercised, due regard shall be had to the property holders to be affected thereby. Granting encroachments. SEC. LXIX. Be it further enacted, That no person, or body corporate, shall, at any time hereafter, open, lay out or extend any street, alley, lane or open square, contrary to the original plan of said city, without the consent of three-fourths of the Council at a regular meeting; and any application of this kind shall be published for one month before the action of Council is finally had thereon. Opening streets, etc., must have consent of three-fourths of Council. Publication of application therefor. SEC. LXX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to regulate, lay out, direct and control, the streets and alleys of the city, and the grading of the same; to open new streets and alleys, and assess a tax for the payment of the damage caused by the same, when the property of any person may be injured thereby, or taken therefor. General powers over streets and alleys. Same subject continued. SEC. LXXI. Be it further enacted, That all streets, alleys, sidewalks, pavements and street crossings shall be under the control, power and direction of the said Mayor and Council, and they shall have full and complete power and right to direct the mode, manner and style in which all street crossings, sidewalks and pavements shall be constructed, paved or unpaved, and in case of failure or refusal of any property owner, after notice, to comply with the ordinance passed by the Mayor and Council in reference to the construction, paving or repairs of the sidewalks, pavements [Illegible Text] street crossings, said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe that said owner may be fined in a sum [Illegible Text] exceeding five hundred dollars, and to collect the same by execution; they may also direct their officers, or persons in their employment, to carry out and execute the provisions of said ordinance in reference to sidewalks, pavements and street crossings, at the expense of the owner so refusing or failing to comply with [Illegible Text]

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ordinance, and the said Mayor and Council are hereby empowered to issue executions for said bill of expense against the said owner, and levy and collect the same as in case of execution for taxes. Street crossings, sidewalks and pavements. Failure to comply with ordinance. SEC. LXXII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to license, regulate and control all hotels and public houses within the city; also, to regulate all butcher pens and slaughter houses within the corporation, and to remove the same if they shall become nuisances or injurious to the health of the city. They shall also have power to license drays, hacks and other vehicles used for business purposes, and to regulate the same. They shall also have full power to regulate and control all livery stables, pumps, barrooms, restaurants, places of amusement, telegraph, telephone and electric companies, all gas, water and railroad companies doing business or seeking to do business within said city. They shall likewise have power to remove any forge or smith shop when in their opinion it shall be necessary to insure safety against fire. They shall also have power to cause any stove or stovepipe, or other thing which shall endanger [Illegible Text] city, by exposure to fire, to be removed or remedied as their prudence shall dictate. They shall also have power, upon proof of the existence and maintenance of any house of ill fame or bawdy house within the city, to cause the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed without the city if they shall refuse to leave the same after five days' notice. The said Mayor and Council shall likewise have power to take up and impound any horses, mules, cattle or hogs running at large within the limits of said city, and to pass such ordinances as may be deemed necessary for the regulation of stock and other animals within the city. Hotels and public houses. Butcher pens and slaughter houses. Drays, hacks, etc. Livery stables, barrooms, restaurants, railroads, etc. Removal of forges or smith shops. Stoves or stovepipes. Houses of ill fame. Animals running at large. SEC. LXXIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to lease or sell any portion of the city reserve not leased or sold, which they shall deem proper, and to appropriate the proceeds thereof to the use of said city. Lease or sale of city [Illegible Text] SEC. LXXIV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Chief of Police to use all lawful agencies and means to suppress and prevent gambling in said city, and to enforce the laws of this State against gambling and keeping gambling houses or rooms or gaming tables, where such offences are committed in the city. The use of any house or room in said city for gambling or gaming purposes in violation of the laws of the State is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the Mayor and Council shall cause any such nuisance to be summarily abated, as in case of other nuisances. Gambling, etc. SEC. LXXV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to appoint inspectors of the weights and measures in use in said city and to pass rules and regulations with

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respect to the same and fix fees for such inspection, to be paid by the parties using said weights and measures. Inspectors of weights and measures, etc. SEC. LXXVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of the city shall have power and authority in case of riot, rebellion or insurrection in the city of Macon, to call out the several volunteer companies in order to aid in suppressing such riot, rebellion or insurrection; and it shall be the duty of the Captain and other officers of said company to obey the orders of said Mayor for said purpose, and for disobedience to such orders they and each of them shall forfeit their commissions. Riots, etc. Volunteer companies may be called out. Officers of must obey orders of Mayor. Penalty for failure. SEC. LXXVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to establish and fix fire limits within said city, and from time to time in their discretion to extend and enlarge the same. When said fire limits are so established it shall not be lawful for any one to erect therein other than fireproof buildings or structures of any kind whatever, and should any one erect or cause to be erected within such fire limits so established any buildings or other structures of any kind other than fireproof, the said Mayor and Council, after giving five days' notice, shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of the owners of such buildings or other structures. Such expense shall be collected by execution, as in other cases, and said Mayor and Council shall have power to determine what buildings or other structures are or are not fireproof. Fire limits. SEC. LXXVIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the power and authority to pass all rules and ordinances necessary for the protection and preservation of the present city bridge across the Ocmulgee River at Macon, as well as any other bridge across said river which may hereafter be built for ordinary travel, and any damage or injury done to said bridge or bridges shall subject the offender to indictment and punishment in the Superior Court of Bibb county as for malicious mischief. City bridge or bridges. SEC. LXXIX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax upon all property, real and personal, within the limits of the city; upon banking, insurance and other capital employed therein; upon salaries and incomes derived from property within the city, and upon gross sales within the city; provided , that no tax upon real or personal estate or property shall exceed one and one-quarter per cent. upon the value thereof. They shall have power to levy and collect a tax upon factors, brokers, and vendors of lottery tickets, upon agents or managers of gift enterprises and upon all persons exercising within the city any profession, trade, calling or business of any nature whatever; provided further , that

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the tax upon professions shall in no case exceed the sum of ten dollars upon each person exercising [Illegible Text] profession. The said Mayor and Council shall also have the power to tax all theatrical performances, exhibitions or shows of any kind within the corporate limits of said city. They shall likewise have power to levy and collect a street tax upon each male inhabitant of the city between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years; provided , such street tax shall not exceed the sum of five dollars for each person, and such person may satisfy the same by working ten days on the streets under the direction of the city authorities. In case of failure so to work or pay such tax the Mayor and Council may enforce the same by execution, or by compulsory labor thereon, at their discretion. Taxes. Ad valorem tax not to exceed one and one-quarter per cent. Specific taxes. Theatrical performances, etc. Street tax. SEC. LXXX. Be it further enacted, That the value for taxation of the real and personal property in said city shall be determined by three disinterested freeholders of the city, to be appointed annually by the Mayor, and confirmed by the Council, who shall be duly sworn to assess the real and personal property of said city at its fair market value, according to the best of their skill and knowledge. These Assessors shall be severally entitled to receive for said service not more than two hundred and fifty dollars per annum. In case of dissatisfaction with any assessment so made, the property holder dissatisfied may appeal to the Mayor and Council, whose decision upon the question shall be final. Tax Assessors. Compensation. Appeal from decision of. SEC. LXXXI. Be it further enacted, That the taxes levied annually by the city of Macon shall be due and payable quarterly in each year, and their collection may be enforced by execution as each quarterly payment becomes due. Taxes payable quarterly. SEC. LXXXII. Be it further enacted, That all taxes levied by the Mayor and Council shall be collected as follows: An execution shall be issued by the Treasurer of the city, directed to the Marshal thereof, against the real and personal property of the defaulter, and the Marshal shall proceed to levy the same and, after advertising the sale for four weeks in the paper wherein the advertisements of the Sheriff's sales are made, shall sell the property levied on before the courthouse door of Bibb county between the legal hours of sale on a regular Sheriff's sales day. It shall be the duty of said Marshal to put up the property and offer the same for sale in parcels, until he gets a bid sufficient to pay the taxes due, and shall then knock the property off to the purchaser, make him a deed and put him in possession as in ordinary Sheriff's sales. Such sale shall be as effectual to pass the title as the deed of the person against whom said execution was issued, but the right of redemption shall exist as in sales for State and county taxes. Collection of taxes. Executions Levy, advertisement and sales.

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SEC. LXXXIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the sole and exclusive right of granting licenses to retail liquors in said city, and of fixing the rates of such licenses and the terms upon which they shall be issued, and the locality within which such sales may occur, and of declaring such licenses void when the terms prescribed are not complied with. They shall also have power to license, regulate and control all the ten-pin alleys within the city, and to remove the same when they become nuisances to the neighborhood. They shall also have power to license auctioneers and vendue-masters for the city, charging therefor such sum as they may deem proper, and to levy a tax on all sales of goods on commission or at auction within the limits of the city. They shall also have power to license all vehicles within the city and to limit the rates of [Illegible Text] and passage on the same; also to license all hotels, boarding-houses and restaurants, barber shops, barrooms and billiard tables, as well as all other establishments not herein provided for and not otherwise taxed. They shall have power to license the sale of fresh meat and other articles usually sold at the market at places other than the markets of the city, and if they deem proper, to grade said license according to the amount of sales; provided, however , that in no case shall said license be less than the amount which would be received if said business was conducted at the market of the city. Retailing liquors. Ten-pin alleys. Auctioncers, etc. Vehicles, freight and passenger rates. License to hotels, etc. Sale of meats, etc., at places other than the market SEC. LXXXIV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have authority to levy and collect a license tax on all drummers and itinerant traders doing business in said city, upon all vendors and sellers of any article, goods or merchandise therein who have no permanent place of business therein, and upon all persons exercising any profession, trade or calling in said city, when not prohibited from so doing by the Constitution and laws of this State; to compel the payment of the same; to make all suitable laws and regulations necessary and proper to carry out the powers herein conferred, and to prescribe suitable penalties for the violation thereof. Tax on drummers, itinerant traders, etc. Business tax. SEC. LXXXV. Be it further enacted, That all sales of property under execution in favor of said city of Macon shall be advertised, and such sale shall be made and conducted in the same way and manner as Sheriff sales under execution in the county of Bibb. Sales under executions in favor of city. SEC. LXXXVI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act of the Legislature approved August 15th, 1879, and the amendments thereto of September 13th, 1881, and of December 20th, 1886, and of December 27th, 1890, commonly called the Bond Act, and its amendments, also the Acts approved December 10th, 1886, known as the Market Act, also the Act approved

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December 29th, 1890, extending the limits of the city of Macon over the Ocmulgee Land Improvement Company, etc., also the Act approved December 15th, 1892, concerning the occupancy of Ocmulgee street, be, and the same are, hereby continued in force and confirmed; also the portions of the Act approved September 29th, 1891, which is known as the Act authorizing the issue of bonds for water-works, and which are now operative, be, and the same are, hereby continued in operation and confirmed. Various previous Acts continned of force. SEC. LXXXVII. Be it further enacted, That territory contiguous to the corporate limits of the city of Macon may be incorporated as a part of said city by the consent of the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon and of a majority of the persons residing in the said territory qualified by law to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State. The property within the territory thus incorporated shall not be liable for taxation for the payment of any portion of the public debt of the city of Macon existing at the date of said incorporation; and all money realized by taxes assessed and levied upon property in said territory within ten years after the date of said incorporation shall be devoted exclusively to public improvements and to the expenses of police, water, fire protection and other necessary and proper municipal expenses within said territory. Said territory so incorporated shall be laid off into a ward, or wards, as the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall determine, and for each ward so laid off in the said incorporated territory there shall be added two Aldermen of the city of Macon, to be elected at the times and in the manner prescribed in this charter, for the election of Aldermen for the city of Macon. It shall be lawful for as many as fifty citizens residing within said territory sought to be incorporated to sign and file with the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon a petition for said incorporation as a part of the city of Macon, which shall particularly define the metes and bounds of said territory. If the Mayor and Council approve the same, said Mayor and Council shall have authority, by resolution, to order an election by the citizens within said territory, qualified to vote as aforesaid, and to appoint from among the citizens a board of three managers and to fix the time and place of said election. Said Board of Managers shall make out two lists of the voters at said election and two tally sheets of the votes cast in said election, one of which lists and one of which tally sheets shall be delivered to the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, and the remaining list and tally sheet shall be retained by said managers. If upon examination of said list and tally sheet it shall appear that a majority of the persons voting at said election have voted in favor of said incorporation, the said

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Mayor and Council shall so declare by resolution, and thereupon the Mayor of said city shall issue and publish his proclamation declaring the said territory incorporated as a part of the territory of the city of Macon subject to all the terms of this Act. Extension of city limits. New territory not liable for existing city debt. Money from taxes on new territory to be used for improvements, etc., therein. New ward or wards. Aldermen for. Petition for incorporation into city. Election as to incorporating new territory. Result of. SEC. LXXXVIII. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not abolish any of the ordinances of the city now in force except where they may be in conflict with the provisions of this Act. Existing ordinances continued of force save where conflicting with this Act. SEC. LXXXIX. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 21st, 1893. EXTENDING CORPORATE LIMITS OF MACON. No. 154. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Macon, State of Georgia, so as to include within the corporate limits of said city of Macon a lot of land on the corner of Boundary street and Old Houston Road, which is an extension of Fourth street, measuring 208 feet and 6 inches on Boundary street, and 156 feet and 6 inches on the Houston Road, and being on the eastern side of Houson Road, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the corporate limits of the city of Macon be, and the same are, extended, so as to include within the corporate limits of the said city of Macon, and to incorporate within the limits of the said city of Macon, a certain lot of land situated on the eastern side of what is known as the Old Houston Road, which is an extension of Fourth street, in the said city of Macon, the said lot of land measuring 208 feet and 6 inches on Boundary street, and 156 feet and 6 inches on the said Houston Road; and that the authority and power of the Mayor and Council of the said city of Macon over said lot of land, so incorporated within the limits of the said [Illegible Text] of Macon, shall be as complete and full as over any other property in the said city of Macon. Corporate limits extended. New territory. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, the said lot of land shall be taken and regarded for all purposes as within the corporate limits of the city of Macon.

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The corporate lines shall extend along the Houston Road, which is an extension of Fourth street, from what is now known as Boundary street 156 feet and 6 inches; thence along the line of said lot and along a twenty foot alley 208 feet and 6 inches in an easterly direction; thence at right angles along the line of said lot, and between the line of said lot and that of W. H. Whitehead, in the direction of Boundary street 156 feet and 6 inches, and thence along Boundary street 208 feet and 6 inches to said Houston Road. New limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved November 17th, 1893. MANCHESTER, CORPORATE LIMITS EXTENDED. No. 421. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the city of Manchester, and for other purposes, approved October 5th, 1891, to extend the corporate limits of said city, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1 of the above recited Act be amended by substituting for the words county of Fulton in the second and third lines of said section 1 the following words, to wit: the counties of Fulton and Clayton; and further by inserting after the word Georgia and before the word the in the sixth line of said section 1 the following words, to wit: and seventy-five acres in land lot six of the thirteenth district of Clayton county, commencing at the corner of the old M. E. Lyman land; thence across said lot to the original corner; thence west to the right of way of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad; thence southwest down said right of way to a point sufficiently far to make seventy-five acres; thence south to the original land lot line; thence east to the beginning point, being known as the Garret L. Wesley place: and also ten acres square in the northwest corner of land lot seven of the Thirteenth District of Clayton county, Georgia, so that, when so amended, said section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. The General Assembly do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act the city of Manchester, in the counties of Fulton and Clayton in this State, shall be a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of

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Manchester. The authority, jurisdiction and area of said city shall be land lots 159, 160, 161 and 162 of the Fourteenth District of Fulton county, Georgia, and seventy-five acres in land lot six of the Thirteenth District of Clayton county, commencing at the corner of the old M. E. Lyman land; thence across said lot to the original corner; thence west to the right of way of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad; thence southwest down said right of way to a point sufficiently far to make seventy-five acres; thence south to the original land lot line; thence east to the beginning point, being known as the Garret L. Wesley place; and also ten acres square in the northwest corner of land lot seven of the Thirteenth District of Clayton county, Georgia. The government of said town shall vest in a Mayor and four Councilmen, who shall be elected annually on the first Monday in December each year; and all persons residing in the corporate limits aforesaid who shall have resided therein one month prior to the day of said election, and who are entitled, under the laws of the State, to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be qualified voters in said elections. Such election shall be conducted at some place in said city to be selected by the municipal authorities, except that the first election under this Act shall be conducted at any place within such corporate limits as may be agreed upon by mutual consent of the citizens resident therein. Such elections shall be conducted as elections for members of the General Assembly, and the certificate of the managers of election recorded on the records of said town shall be a sufficient authority to the persons receiving the highest number of votes to enter upon the discharge of their duties as Mayor or Councilmen, as the case may be. Said corporation shall have perpetual succession; may have a common seal; shall be capable of taking, holding and purchasing for the use of said city any property whatever necessary or proper for the incorporative protection or government of said city, and by said name shall sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with. Sec. 1 of Act of Oct. 5, 1891, amended. Corporate limits extended. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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REPEALING CHARTER TOWN OF MILAN. No. 231. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Milan in the counties of Telfair and Dodge, and for other purposes, approved October 21st, 1891. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of, Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Milan, in the counties of Telfair and Dodge, and for other purposes, approved October 21st, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Charter town of Milan repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. INCORPORATING THE VILLAGE OF NELLIEVILLE. No. 175. An Act to incorporate the village of Nellieville, in the county of Richmond, to provide for the qualification of voters and election of Commissioners for the same, to prescribe the powers and duties of said Commissioners, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do hereby enact, That from and after the passage of this Act all persons who are citizens of the United States, and who reside in the territory in the county of Richmond and State aforesaid, comprised in the following limits, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of Marbury street and the Milledgeville wagon road, thence southeasternly along the western line of said Marbury street to the intersection of Marbury street and Savannah wagon road; thence southwardly along Savannah wagon road to property line of Mrs. M. L. Walton; thence south 20 degrees east to right of way of Augusta Southern Railroad; thence southwardly along said right of way to intersection of property lines of Bowles Baker; thence north 56 degrees and 30 minutes west to western side of Savannah wagon road; thence along the western side of Savannah wagon road to intersection of property lines of Clark and J. C. Ladeveze; thence north 57 degrees and 30 minutes west 2,487 feet; thence northwardly

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along the property lines of said Ladeveze and William K. Nelson, to new road recently opened by Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Richmond county, and following along the eastern and northern sides of said road to the eastern side of the Milledgeville wagon road; thence along the eastern side of the Milledgeville road, to the starting point aforesaid, shall be deemed, and they are hereby constituted, a body politic and corporate, which corporation shall be known as Nellieville; provided , that nothing herein shall be construed or held to favor, hinder or delay or prevent the incorporation of the territory herein set forth as part of the limits of the city of Augusta by subsequent legislative enactment. Corporate limits. Corporate name. Territory may hereafter be annexed to Augusta. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That every voter at any election, for any officer or officers of said village, shall be required to be a male citizen of the United States, to have resided within the State of Georgia for twelve months, and to have been a resident of said village of Nellieville for six months immediately preceding such election, and to have attained the age of twenty-one years, and to have paid all village tax that may have been assessed against him preceding the year in which the election is had, which he may have had an opportunity of paying agreeably to law. Qualifications of voters. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That three Commissioners for said village shall be elected, to hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified, which election shall be held by ballot on the first Tuesday in January, 1894, at the academy in said village, and on the first Tuesday in January in each and every year thereafter at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Commissioners of said village, by ten days' notice given in one of the gazettes of the city of Augusta; and in the event that such an election, from any cause, should not take place at the time specified, then the Justice of the Peace in the 123d District G. M., in said county, may appoint some other day for such election, and give ten days' notice accordingly. Commissioners. Elections of. Notice of. Failure to hold election. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the polls for the election of said Commissioners shall be opened at ten (10) o'clock of the day on which the same takes place, and close at four o'clock. The first election shall be managed and presided over by any Justice of the Peace in said county and two freeholders in said village, and the subsequent elections shall be managed by any Justice of the Peace in said county and two freeholders of said village; and the managers of such election shall have authority to issue to the persons who are elected certificates of their election, which shall be sufficient evidence thereof. Polls. Management of elections. Certificates of election. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the managers of any such election shall administer the following oath to any person attempting to vote, upon his being challenged, or upon either of them

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entertaining doubts as to his right to vote, to wit: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you are twenty-one years of age; that you have resided in this State for the last twelve months, and the village of Nellieville for the last six months; that you have paid all taxes assessed against you by the authorities of Nellieville preceding the year of this election; so help you God. Oath of voter. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have authority to appoint one of their number Intendant of said village; and the said Intendant, in additon to such authority as may be given to him by the ordinances and by-laws which shall be passed by said Commissioners, shall be clothed with all the powers of a Justice of the Peace within the limits of said village, and shall hold his office for one year from the time of his appointment, or until his successor is elected and qualified. Intendant. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall have power and authority to elect and commission a Marshal and a Deputy Marshal for said village; and also to appoint and organize a police force within the same, with such powers and subject to such duties as may be prescribed by the ordinances and by-laws of said village. Marshal and deputy. Police force. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to make assessments of taxable property within the said village; to levy and collect such taxes as they may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying their powers into effect; to impose and collect fines for all offences committed against the by-laws or ordinances of said village; to collect all taxes or fines due and payable to them by executions or other process, issued in such form as shall be by their by-laws prescribed; and generally to make and enact all such by-laws and ordinances, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the land, as they or a majority of them may deem expedient for the security, welfare and convenience of said village, or for preserving peace, order and good government within the same; provided , that nothing in this section contained shall be so construed as to authorize any interference with the working, management and care of the public roads in said village by the Commissioner of Roads of said county, or his agents. Taxation. Fines. Collection of taxes or fines. By-laws, etc. Not to interfere with management, etc., of roads. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893.

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NEWNAN, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 201. An Act to create a new charter for the city of [Illegible Text], in the county of Coweta. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the inhabitants of the territory now embraced in and known as the city of Newnan, located in the county of Coweta and State of Georgia, be, and they are, hereby incorporated under the name and style of city of Newnan, and by that name shall be, and are, hereby invested with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to municipal corporations in this State, and all the rights, powers, titles, property, easements and hereditaments now belonging or in anywise appertaining to said city of Newnan, as heretofore incorporated, shall be, and are, hereby vested in the city of Newnan created by this Act. And the said city of Newnan created by this Act may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have and use a common seal, make and enact through its Mayor and Board of Aldermen such ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions for the transaction of its business and the welfare and proper government of said city as to said Mayor and Aldermen may seem best and which shall be consistent with the laws of the State of Georgia and the United States. And all the said city of Newnan shall be able, in law, to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements and hereditaments of what kind or nature soever, within the limits or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes. Said city of Newnan created by this Act is hereby made responsible as a corporate body for all the legal debts, liabilities and undertakings of said city of Newnan heretofore incorporated. New corporation. Corporate name and general powers. Responsibility for debts, etc., former corporation. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the government of said city shall be vested in a Mayor and eight Aldermen. The present Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Newnan shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which they were elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and they and their associates and successors shall have and exercise all rights, power and duties hereby conferred on the Mayor and Aldermen of said city of Newnan created by this Act. Municipal government.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said city of Newnan shall extend three-fourths ([frac34]) of one mile in every direction from the courthouse in said city, and shall cover and embrace the following other territory described as follows: Beginning on the western side of Greenville street, where the above described corporation line crosses said street, and running southerly along said street to opposite the south line of David H. Kilgore's residence lot, thence easterly across said street and along said line of said lot to the southeast corner of said lot, thence easterly to the east side of Pinson street, where it joins the McIntosh road, thence northerly along said east side of said street to the said first mentioned corporate limits of said city; also, the northeast quarter of lot of land number twenty-two (22), in the original second district of said county of Coweta, and upon which is located the water-works plant of said city, said tract containing fifty acres; also the road (30) feet wide leading from said city to said water-works plant. Corporate limits. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That beginning with the year 1894, an election shall be held in said city annually on the first Saturday in December. That on the first Saturday in December, 1894, and biennially thereafter, four Aldermen shall be elected, and on the first Saturday in December, 1895, and biennially thereafter, a Mayor and four Aldermen shall be elected. The terms of office of said Mayor and Aldermen shall be two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. That on the second Saturday in December, 1893, a Mayor and six Aldermen shall be elected. The Mayor and four of said Aldermen shall be elected for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and two of said Aldermen shall be elected for a term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. That said election to be held on the second Saturday in December, 1893, shall be conducted and held under the laws and ordinances of said city as they existed before the passage of this act, and which laws and ordinances are hereby continued of force for the purpose of said election only. At the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen in each year, they shall elect one of their number Mayor pro tem. , whose term of office shall be for one year. If a vacancy occurs the same shall be filled for the unexpired term. Municipal elections. Terms of office, etc. Conduct of election of Dec., 1893. Mayor pro tem. Vacancy. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all elections held under the provisions of this charter, and all elections in which any subject or question is submitted to the qualified voters of said city of Newnan, shall be superintended and managed by a Justice of the Peace or some other judicial officer, and two freehelders who are citizens of said city and own real estate therein, or by three freeholders, all of whom shall be citizens of said city and own real estate therein,

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and each of said managers before entering on his duties shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace or other officer qualified to administer an oath, or before each other, the following oath: We and each of us do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct this election and prevent all illegal voting to the best of our skill and power, so help us God. Said managers shall keep, or cause to be kept, two lists of voters and two tally-sheets. All elections shall be held at the courthouse in said city, and the voting shall be by ballot. The polls shall open at 7 o'clock A. M. and close at 6 o'clock P. M. The persons receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared elected. The managers of all elections held under the provisions of this charter shall be appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen. Management of elections. Oath of managers. Polls. Result of election. Appointment of election managers. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally-sheets, and shall place one of said tally-sheets and one of said lists of voters in the ballot-box together with ballots, and seal the same, and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Ordinary of Coweta county, Georgia. The other tally-sheet and list of voters, together with a certificate showing the result of the election, signed by said managers, shall be placed in a package and sealed, and forthwith delivered to the Clerk of said city, who shall safely keep the same, and at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen occurring after the expiration of three days from said election, deliver said package to said Mayor and Aldermen, who shall open the same and declare the result, if no notice of contest has been given. If notice of contest has been given, then all further proceedings shall be postponed until the contest shall have been determined. If the result of any election held in said city is contested, notice of such contest shall be filed with the Ordinary of Coweta county within three days after such election, setting forth all the grounds of contest, and upon payment of a fee of ten dollars in advance to said Ordinary, the said Ordinary shall, within two days after he receives the same, cause a copy of said notice to be served by the Sheriff or his deputy on the contestee, if said contest is for an office; and if the result of any election in which any question is submitted is contested, then said Ordinary shall cause notice to be served on the Mayor of the city and published one time in the official newspaper of the city. Said Ordinary shall fix the time of hearing such contest, which shall not be later than ten days after service has perfected, of which time both parties shall have five days' notice before the hearing. The contestor shall pay the Sheriff or his deputy two dollars in advance for serving notice of contest. All contests shall be heard at the courthouse. Said Ordinary is authorized to hear and determine the contest, and the losing party

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shall pay all costs, for which said Ordinary is authorized to render judgment and issue execution. Election returns, etc Contested election. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in this State, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of said city, and shall have resided in said city six months prior to the election at which they offer to vote, and shall have registered as hereinafter provided, shall be qualified to vote at any election provided for in this charter. Qualifications of voters. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Alderman of said city unless he be of the age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the United States of America, and shall have resided in said city one year immediately preceding his election, and shall have registered as hereinafter provided, and shall have paid all taxes due to and demanded by said city. Qualifications for office. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in January of each year the persons elected to the office of Mayor and Aldermen, or to the office of Aldermen, shall appear at the council chamber in said city, and take and subscribe before some judicial officer, or the Mayor of said city then in office, the following oath, to wit: I do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of Mayor (or Aldermen, as the case may be) of the city of Newnan to the best of my skill and ability, and as to me shall seem to the best interest and welfare of said city, without fear, favor or affection, so help me God. And shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office. Qualifications for office. Oath of office. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen in January of each year they shall elect a City Clerk, City Treasurer, Marshal, who shall be the Chief of Police, and as many policemen as in the judgment of said Mayor and Aldermen may be necessary; a City Attorney and City Sexton. Each of said officers shall take such baths, give such bonds, receive such salaries and perform such duties as the Mayor and Aldermen may by ordinance prescribe. Subordinate officers. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Marshal of said city to levy all executions in favor of said city, and advertise and sell the property levied on in accordance with the law governing Sheriff's sales in this State. He shall have the same power to place the purchaser in possession as Sheriffs of this State have. That no person shall be eligible to the office of Marshal, Policeman, Clerk, City Attorney, Treasurer or Sexton who shall not have resided in said city twelve months immediately preceding their election or appointment. Levy of and sales under execution. Previous residence required of subordinate officers. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city shall be the Chief Executive of the city of Newnan. He shall

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see that all laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules of said city are faithfully and fully executed and enforced, and that all the officers of said city shall faithfully discharge the duties required of them. He shall have general jurisdiction of the affairs of said city. He shall preside at all meetings of the Mayor and Aldermen of said city, and shall have the right to vote in all elections and upon all questions which may come before said body, except upon questions where he is disqualified by reason of interest or otherwise. Powers and duties of Mayor. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Mayor's Court in said city for the trial of all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city, to be held by the Mayor in the council chamber of said city, as often as necessary. In the absence or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem. shall hold said court, and in the absence or disqualification of both the Mayor and Mayor pro tem. , any one of the Aldermen may hold said court. Said court shall have the power to preserve order and compel attendance of witnesses, punish for contempt by imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or fine not exceeding ten dollars, one or both. Said Mayor shall have full power and authority, upon conviction, to sentence any offender to labor upon the streets or other public works in said city for a period not exceeding thirty days, or to impose a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to sentence said offender to be confined and imprisoned in the guardhouse or other place of confinement in said city for a period not exceeding ninety days; either one or more of said penalties may be imposed, in the discretion of said Mayor. Mayor's Court. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of raising revenue for the support and maintenance of the city government, the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have full power and authority and shall prescribe by ordinance for the assessment, levy and collection of an annual ad valorem tax on real and personal property within the corporate limits of said city which is subject to be taxed by the State, said tax not to exceed one-half of one per cent. upon the value of said property for ordinary current expenses, said taxes to become due and collectible at such time as said Mayor and Aldermen may fix. Ad valorem tax. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That any person owning or holding any property within the limits of said city on the first day of April in each year, after the approval of this Act shall return the same for taxation under oath at any time on and from the first day of April, and until the first day of June of each year, to the Tax-Receiver of said city for taxation. Tax returns. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have power to require every male inhabitant of said city between the ages of sixteen and fifty years to work

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such length of time on the streets of said city as said Mayor and Aldermen shall direct by ordinance, in no case to exceed ten days for one year. Said persons so subject to work on the streets shall have the right to relieve themselves of said work by paying a commutation tax, which said Mayor and Aldermen shall fix by ordinance, and which tax shall in no event exceed five dollars for one year. Said work to be done and said commutation tax to be paid at such times as said Mayor and Aldermen may direct. Any person subject to work on said streets who shall fail to work or to pay said tax, after being properly notified, may be punished as may be prescribed in section 13 of this Act. Street work Commutation tax. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have power and authority to license, regulate and control all opera houses, livery stables, hacks, drays and other vehicles used for hire, vendue master, auctioneers, itinerant traders, theatrical performances, shows, circuses, and exhibitions of all kinds, itinerant lightning rod dealears, emigrant agents, clock and stove peddlers, peddlers of all kinds, itinerant dealers in jewelry or medicine, and all other traveling or itinerant vendors of articles, wares and merchandise, except such as are excepted by the laws of this State; every keeper of a billiard, pool or bagatelle table kept for public use or gain; every keeper of a shooting, ten-pin alley, and the keeper of any other table, stand or place for the perfoimance of any game or play, whether played with sticks, balls, cards, dice, rings or other contrivances; also, any person running a flying-jenny or flying-horses, bicycle, velocipede or skating rinks; all solicitors or canvassers selling goods, wares or merchandise by sample, at retail or to consumers, and all other establishments, business, callings or vocations, and which, under the laws and Constitution of this State are subject to license. Licenses SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full and complete control of the streets, sidewalks, alleys and squares of said city, and shall have full power and authority to condemn property for purpose of opening and laying out new streets and alleys, and for widening, straightening or otherwise changing the streets, alleys and squares of said city; and whenever said Mayor and Aldermen shall desire to exercise the power and authority granted in this section, it may be done whether the land sought to be condemned is in the hands of an owner or a trustee, executor, administrator, agent or guardian, in the following manner: The said Mayor and Aldermen shall appoint two freeholders and give or cause to be given to the owner of the land sought to be condemned or to the trustee, executor, administrator or guardian in whose hands the land may be, not less than five days' notice of the

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time and place where said freeholders will meet to assess and determine the amount of damages, and the said owner, trustee, executor, administrator or guardian shall appoint two freeholders, and said freeholders shall select a fifth man, and the five men so selected shall at the designated time, or at such other time as they may desire and appoint, value, assess and determine the damages and make their award accordingly. In case the owner of the land, trustee, executor, administrator or guardian notified fails to appear, or either of those appointed by either party fails to act, another time not more than ten days distant shall be appointed, and if any of the arbitrators appointed fails to act at such time and no others are appointed to fill their places, those acting shall select other freeholders until the board of five is completed, and these five shall make the finding and award. The finding of the majority of those acting shall be deemed the finding and award of the assessors just as effectually as though it has been agreed by all. Said assessors shall make out their finding and award, stating plainly what property is to be taken and the estimated damages due thorefor, and file the same with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Coweta county, Georgia, within ten days from the time appointed by said Mayor and Alderman for the assessors to meet to pass on the amount of damages. In all cases where the property sought to be condemned belongs to a railroad company, service of notice on them shall be had by serving the nearest agent of the railroad company. Either of the parties may have the right within ten days after the filing of said award to enter an appeal to the next term of the Superior Court of Coweta county, Georgia, after filing said appeal, which said appeal may be entered with the Clerk of said Superior Court by complying with the law regulating appeals from the Justice to the Superior Court. The city of Newnan shall have the right at any time before entering an appeal to abandon the proceedings to condemn, or paying the cost of the proceedings up to the time of abandoning the proceedings. Each of said assessors shall be paid two dollars per day for each day they are engaged in estimating the damages and making their award, which cost shall be paid by the city of Newnan. Control of streets, etc. Condemnation of private property. assessors and assessment Award. Where property belongs to railroad company. Appeal. City may abandon proceedings. Pay of Assessors. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority, and it shall be their duty to fix the salaries of said Mayor and Aldermen, and of all other officers, agents and employees of said city not hereinbefore mentioned and provided for; provided , that the salary of the Mayor shall not exceed three hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the Aldermen shall not exceed twenty-five dollars each per annum. Salaries of city officials. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have the exclusive right to license, regulate and control the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors

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and beverages in said city; to say whether said liquors shall or shall not be sold; to fix the amount to be paid for license; to grant or refuse license to any applicant as to them may seem best; to prescribe how and in what manner such liquors may be sold; to prescribe such regulations for the management of places where such liquors are sold as to them may seem reasonable and proper. Such Mayor and Aldermen may require a bond in such sum as they may deem best from any dealer, to keep a decent and orderly house and observe the ordinances, rules and regulations prescribed by said Mayor and Aldermen. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power to pass any ordinance relative to the sale of such liquors, and to prescribe such restrictions as to them may seem best; provided , that they shall not have power to fix the license at a sum less than two thousand dollars per annum; provided further , that no license shall be granted to sell any of such liquors in any quantity less than one quart; nor shall any of such liquors be sold except between the hours of 6 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M.; nor shall the house in which such liquors are sold have any screens, blinds or other obstruction of any kind, either at the front, rear or other part of said house; nor shall said house have any opening into any other house adjacent thereto, nor any opening whatever not on a public street, public alley or open square of said city; nor shall there be kept in connection with said business any billiard or pool-table, dice or cards, or anything with which games of any kind are played; nor shall such dealer allow any drinking in his house or place of business; nor shall any dealer be permitted to keep in his house or place of business for sale any articles or commodities except such liquors. If any person shall violate the provisions of this section or any law or ordinance of said city in reference to said liquors, such persons shall be punished as is prescribed by section 13 of this Act, and in addition thereto said Mayor and Aldermen may revoke the license of such dealer without refunding the amount paid for such license. If any persons shall sell any of such liquors without having obtained a license from said Mayor and Aldermen, each sale so made shall constitute a separate offence, and if the clerk or agent or any dealer in such liquors shall violate any of the provisions of this section or any law or ordinance of said city in reference to said liquors, he shall be punished as prescribed in section 13 of this Act. Sale of liquors. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That if any vacancy should occur in the office of Mayor, an election shall be called to fill such vacancy; the Mayor pro tem. , pending such vacancy, shall perform the duties of Mayor. If a vacancy should occur in the office of Alderman the Mayor and remaining Aldermen may fill such vacancy. Vacancies.

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SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen may enact any and all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary to lay out a fire district in said city, and enlarge, change or modify its limits from time to time; to prescribe when, how, and of what material buildings in said limits may be erected or covered, how thick the walls must be, and how chimneys, stovepipes and flues are to be constructed and generally to do all such things as they may deem necessary to protect said city, so far as possible, from dangers of fire, and prevent the spread of fire from one building to others. They shall also have authority to order any changes in the construction or arrangement of chimneys, flues and stovepipes, or the removal thereof, when in their judgment the same are dangerous or likely to become so, and make the owner of the premises pay the expenses of such changes, which may be collected as taxes are now collected. And if any person, firm or corporation shall erect any building which is not in accordance with the laws and ordinances of said city, said Mayor and Aldermen may order such buildings removed; and if such person, firm or corporation shall not remove such buildings after notice to do so, then said Mayor and Alderman shall have authority and power to remove the same at the expense of the owner, which expense may be collected by execution. Fire limits, etc. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to regulate and license all markets in said city to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous, offensive or unwholesome; to prevent hogs, cattle, horses, sheep and other animals and fowls from going at large in said city; to protect places of divine worship in and about the premises where held; to abate or cause to be abated any and all nuisances; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to provide in and near said city places for the burial of the dead and regulate the interment therein; to provide for the drainage of lots in said city by proper drains, sewers and ditches; to make regulation for guarding against danger or damage by fire; to protect the person or property of the citizens of said city; to provide for the appointment of special policemen when needed; provided , that no person shall be appointed a special policeman who shall not have been a resident of said city twelve months immediately preceding his appointment. Markets. Public health. Animals going at large. Divine worship. Nuisances, etc. Cemeteries Drainage. Protection against fire, etc. Police. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That all unliquidated claims against said city of Newnan shall be presented for payment within twelve months after they accrue or become payable, or the same are barred, unless held by minors or other persons laboring under

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disabilities, who are allowed twelve months after the removal of such disability. Presentation of unliquidated claims against the city. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have power and authority, in their discretion, to divide said city into four wards, and to require that two Aldermen shall be elected from each of said wards. Wards. SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the transaction of any business that may come before them, at any meeting, whether regular or called. Transaction of business at Council meetings. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling the authorities of said city to fully protect the reservoir of the water-works of said city, the pipe lines, the purity and healthfulness of the water flowing into said reservoirs, and any property or appurtenance of or connected with said water-works not embraced in the corporate limits of said city as fixed and defined in this Act, the police jurisdiction of said city of Newnan is hereby extended over the following land lots in the original second district of said Coweta county, to wit: Lots nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), twenty-four (24), forty-one (41), and forty-two (42), and the following parts of lots in the original Fifth District, to wit: those parts six (6) and seven (7) that do not lie within the limits of said city as incorporated by this Act, said lands constituting said watershed to the water-works of said city. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to pass such ordinances and enforce compliance therewith by suitable penalties, looking to the protection of said property and appurtenances, and looking to securing the purity and healthfulness of said water, and shall have full power and authority to abate or cause to be abated and removed through its Board of Health, if one, or other officers, anything which may cause impurity or unhealthfulness of the water of said water-works. Protection of water supply. Police jurisdiction extended, etc. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have power and authority and are hereby required to elect at their first regular meeting in January in 1894 three upright, intelligent and discreet persons, who shall be citizens and qualified voters of said city and owners of real estate therein as City Tax Assessors. One of said assessors shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years and one for a term of three years. At the first regular meeting in each year thereafter one assessor shall be elected whose term of office shall be three years. Said assessors may at any time be removed from office for good and sufficient cause, to be judged of by said Mayor and Aldermen. It shall be the duty of said Tax Assessors to assess the

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value of real estate in said city for the purpose of taxation by said city, and said Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to provide rules for their government. Said City Tax-Assessors shall make a return of the assessments made by them to said Mayor and Aldermen [Illegible Text] sixty days before the time for collecting taxes. When said return is made said assessors shall fix a time for hearing objections to their assessments and the Clerk of said city shall give each owner of property whose tax return has been increased at least fifteen days' notice of such meeting, stating therein the amount of such increase. If the property has been given in by an agent, notice to such agent shall be sufficient. If the owner is not a resident of the city and has no known agent residing therein, the said Mayor and Aldermen shall provide by ordinance what notice, if any, shall be given. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall have authority to prescribe by ordinance for assessing the value of all property, both real and personal, not returned for taxation, and for double taxing all defaulters. The City Tax-Assessors shall receive such compensation as the Mayor and Aldermen may fix. City Tax Assessors. Removal from office. Duty of Tax assessments Compensation of assessors. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have power to provide for the registration of voters prior to any and all municipal elections in said city, to make all needful laws and regulations for the same, and require that no person be permitted to vote unless registered; provided, however , that the books of registration shall always be opened at least forty days immediately preceding any election which may be held in said city and be closed ten days before such election. Registration of voters. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not be construed as repealing an Act approved December 27th, 1886, in reference to establishing a system of public schools in said city of Newnan, nor any amendments thereto; nor an Act approved December 23d, 1892, in reference to issuing bonds and establishing a system of water-works for said city, both of which Acts, and amendments thereto, are continued of full force. Former Acts as to public schools and waterworks preserved. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall have full power and authority, in their discretion, to pave or otherwise permanently improve the sidewalks of said city, with whatever material and in whatever manner they may deem proper and best; that in order to carry into effect the power delegated in this section, said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to assess the costs of paving or otherwise improving the sikewalks, including all necessary curbing on the real estate, abutting on the sidewalk so paved or otherwise improved; and the said Mayor and Aldermen are hereby authorized to pass any and all ordinances necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, provided , the provisions of this section

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shall not apply to the sidewalks outside of the fire limits of said city, unless a majority of the property owners on any street or part thereof shall petition the said Mayor and Aldermen to enforce as to said street or part thereof the provisions herein contained, in which event they shall have power to do so, and shall also have power to issue execution and levy and sell property of above mentioned property holders as sales are [Illegible Text] for the collection of taxes. Pavement of sidewalks. SEC. XXXII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 8th, 1893. OCHLOCHNEE, REGULATING SALE OF LIQUOR IN. No. 405. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Ochlochnce, in the county of Thomas, and to confer certain powers upon the Town Council of said town, approved March 3d, 1874, so as to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That section 4 of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Ochlochnee in the county of Thomas, and to confer certain powers upon the town Council of said town, be amended by inserting after the word same [Illegible Text] before the word also in the eighth line of said section the following words, to wit: provided , that no license to sell and retail spirituous liquors shall be granted unless two-thirds ([frac23]) of the qualified voters of said town shall vote for the sale of the same, and before said election shall be held a majority of the qualified voters of said town shall petition the Commissioners of said town to hold an election, which election shall be held after twenty days' notice of same shall have been given by said Commissioners, which notice shall be posted at three (3) of the most conspicuous places in said town. Those voting for the sale must have written or printed [Illegible Text] their tickets `For the sale,' and those voting against the sale must have written or printed on their tickets `Against the sale.' Said election shall not be held oftener than every two (2) years, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That said Chairman and Board of Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall hold their meetings at such time and in such manner as they

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may think proper, and shall have power to pass such ordinances as they may deem proper for the suppression of vice and the prevention of idleness as are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State; also to regulate the sale and retail of spirituous liquors and fix the license for the same; provided , that no license to sell and retail spirituous liquors shall be granted unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town shall vote for the sale of the same; and before said election shall be held a majority of the qualified voters of said town shall petition the Commissioners of said town to hold an election, which election shall be held after twenty days' notice of same shall have been given by said Commissioners, which notice shall be posted at three of the most conspicuous places in said town. Those voting for the sale must have written or printed on their tickets `For the sale,' and those voting against the sale must have written or printed on their tickets `Against the sale.' Said election shall not be held oftener than every two years. Also, to compel the removal of nuisances and to punish offenders against their by-laws, by fine not to exceed ten dollars and imprisonment not to exceed five days for each violation. Sec 4 of Act of March 3, 1874, amended. When license to retail liquors may be granted. Petition for election. Notice of election. Ballots. Elections not oftener than every two years. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it enacted, That all laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. PATTERSON, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 186. An Act to incorporate the town of Patterson, in the county of Pierce, and to grant certain powers and privileges, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the town of Patterson, in the county of Pierce, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated under the name of the town of Patterson; that the municipal government of the town of Patterson shall be vested in a Mayor and four Councilmen, or Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the town of Patterson, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal, and be capable in equity and law to purchase and have, hold, receive, and retain to them and

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their successors for the use of the town of Patterson any estate, real and personal, of whatever kind or nature, and shall by the same name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law and equity in this State, and to sell, [Illegible Text] or lease any estate, real or personal, the property of or belonging to said corporation, or to convey the same or any part thereof, in any manner or way whatsoever; that the corporate limits of the town of Patterson shall extend seven-eights of a mile in every direction from the depot of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad in said town. Corporate name. Municipal government. General corporate powers. Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That A. L. R. Avant be, and is, hereby appointed Mayor of said town, and Henry Hyers, C. F. Graves, L. C. Wylly and A. L. Griner, be, and are, hereby appointed Councilmen or Aldermen of said town, to hold their offices until the first election of Mayor and Councilmen of said town on the first Saturday in February, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, until their successors are elected and qualified; the above named officers to enter upon the duties of their office immediately after the passage of this Act, and that on the first Saturday in February, 1894, and annually thereafter, elections for one Mayor and four Councilmen or Aldermen shall be held, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. All persons residing within the corporate limits thirty days next preceding the election and who are duly qualified electors of said State, shall be deemed electors of said town; said elections shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for county officers in this State and a certificate of the managers shall be sufficient authority to the persons elected to enter on the discharge of their duties as such Mayor and Councilmen or Aldermen. Provisiona government. Municipal elections. Terms of office. Qualifications of voters. Regulations of elections. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said incorporation shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges and powers incident to such corporations not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State and laws made in pursuance thereof, and said corporation by its Mayor and Councilmen or Aldermen shall have full power and authority to enact all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government of said town and securing the health of the inhabitants thereof. General municipal powers. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Councilmen or Aldermen shall have power and authority to elect such Marshals, Clerks and other subordinate officers as they may deem necessary for carrying into effect the power herein conferred upon them, to prescribe the fees and duties of such subordinate officers and require such bonds for the faithful performance of their duty as they may deem necessary and proper. Subordinate officers.

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SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall be ex officio a Justice of the Peace, and shall have full power and authority to issue warrants for any offence committed within the corporate limits of said town, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine them under oath; to admit any offender to bail or to commit him or her to jail for violation of the laws of the State committed within the corporate limits of said town; to commit to the guardhouse for any violation of the ordinances of said town. Mayor ex officio Justice of the Peace. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Councilmen or Aldermen shall have power to levy and collect a tax not exceeding one-tenth of one per centum upon all property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall have power and authority to license, regulate or prohibit all shows and the sale of all spirituous liquors, and to pass ordinances for the abatement of nuisances and to lay out streets, and to regulate the width and length of the same. They shall also have power to require all persons within said corporation, who are subject to road duty under the laws of this State, to work on the streets of said town, or they may prescribe a commutation tax, which may be paid in lieu of said work on said streets, and shall have power to imprison any defaulter who fails or refuses to work on said streets when required in the guardhouse in said town not exceeding three days for every day he refuses to work; provided further , that this shall not apply to the Mayor, Councilmen or Aldermen and their minor officers. They shall be excused from street duty. Ad valorem tax. Shows. Liquors. Nuisances. Streets. Street work. Commutation tax. Officers excused from street duty. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of said town, and in his absence the Mayor pro tem. , who shall be elected by the Aldermen or Councilmen, from their members, shall be the chief executive officer of said town. He shall see that all ordinances, by-laws, rules and orders made by said Mayor and Councilmen or Aldermen are faithfully executed. He shall have control [Illegible Text] the police of said town, and may appoint special police when he may deem it necessary, and he shall deem it his duty especially to see that the peace and good order of said town are preserved, and that persons and property therein are protected, and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all riotous and disorderly persons in said town. He shall have power to issue executions for all fines and penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment of the same, and in default of immediate payment he may imprison the offender in the guardhouse of said town. Duties and powers of Mayor. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at any time the office of Mayor and Councilmen or Aldermen

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shall become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining members of the Council may fill such vacancy by appointing any citizen of said town eligible to such office. Vacancies. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. POWELLVILLE, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 323. An Act to incorporate the town of Powellville, in the county of Coweta, and to provide a government for the same, and to define the powers of said government, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the town of Powellville, in the county of Coweta, be, and is, hereby incorporated, and that the corporate limits of said town of Powellville shall extend one-half of a mile in every direction, from the front of J. P. Cote's storehouse in said town or from the depot on the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, when one is established in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That on each and every first Monday in January, after the passage of this Act, all the citizens residing in the corporate limits of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, shall be entitled to vote for Mayor and four Aldermen, which election held annually on said day, shall be held in said town, and in the manner and under the same rules and regulations as elections for members of the General Assembly, so far as they are applicable, the polls to be opened and closed as at precincts. Qualifications of voters. Municipal elections. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the certificate of the managers of the election shall be proof of election, and that before entering upon the duties of their offices the Mayor and Aldermen shall each make and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge his duties as an officer of said town. Oath of office, etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all contested elections shall be heard before the manager of the election, under such rules as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Aldermen, and all vacancies in the Board of Mayor and Aldermen occurring between elections by the people shall be filled by the remaining members of the board. The term of the Mayor and Aldermen, except when elected to

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fill an unexpired term, shall be for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Contested elections. Vacancies. Terms of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to alter the rules and regulations herein prescribed for the management of elections, to pass all ordinances and by-laws for the government of said town, not in conflict with the laws of this State or of the United States, and to enforce the same by executions, by fine or imprisonment, and may sentence in the alternative. Said board may provide for trial of cases and offenders before the Mayor and for an appeal from his decision to the full board or a majority of them. Ordinances by-laws, etc. Enforcement of. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, shall have power and authority to appoint all officers they may deem necessary for the good of said town and to carry this Act into effect, to compel all persons in said town liable to road duty to work on the streets or pay a commutation tax in lieu thereof; to open streets where deemed necessary, and to provide for just and equitable payment for land so taken; to levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all the property in said town, and such special taxes upon drays, livery stables, peddlers, billiard tables, auctioneers and all like enterprises as they may deem best for said town. Quorum. Subordinate officers. Street working, etc. Ad valorem tax. Special taxes. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Board and Mayor and Alderman by their corporate name, Powellville, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded with, and have and use all the power granted by and embraced in section 774 to 797 inclusive of the Code of 1882 of Georgia, which sections so far as not in conflict with anything herein stated, are embodied and made a part of this charter. Corporate name and general powers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors within the corporate limits of the town of Powellville, in the county of Coweta, Georgia, and said Mayor and Aldermen are prohibited from granting to any person the power and authority to sell such liquors. Sale of liquors prohibited. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 19th, 1893.

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REGULATING SALE OF LIQUORS IN TOWN OF RHINE. No. 225. An Act to repeal section 15 of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Rhine, in the county of Dodge, to confer certain powers, and for other purposes, approved September 1st, 1891, and to enact in lieu thereof section 15, conferring powers upon the authorities of said town to license and regulate the sale by retail of spirituous, or malt, or any kind of liquors. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this Act section 15 of the above recited Act, to wit: An Act to incorporate the town of Rhine, in the county of Dodge, to confer certain powers, and for other purposes, approved September 1st, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Sec. 15, Act of Sept. 1, 1891, repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following section be enacted in lieu of section 15, repealed by the first section of this Act, to wit: Section 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have full power to license persons to retail and sell spirituous, malt, or any kind of intoxicating liquors, and shall have full power to control, regulate and locate the sale of the same within the limits of said town. New section. Mayor and Council authorized to license and regulate sale of liquors. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. ROME, BOUNDARY OF, ALTERED. No. 403. An Act to alter the boundaries of the city of Rome, in the county of Floyd, so as to exclude from said boundaries a part of the farm of Mrs. Mary P. Nixon. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That instead of the Coosa river, as the now existing boundary line of said city between the points on said river hereinafter designated, the following shall be, and is, hereby made such boundary, to-wit: Beginning on Coosa river where the west line of Nixon street, if extended north, would strike the river, run thence south along that

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line to the line between land lots Nos. 278 and 283, thence west along that line and the line between land lots Nos. 279 and 282 to Coosa river. Boundary changed. New boundary. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. ROME AUTHORIZED TO BORROW MONEY. No. 408. An Act authorizing the Mayor and Council of the city of Rome to make a temporary loan or loans to supply casual deficiences of revenue, not to exceed one-fifth ([frac15]) of one per centum (1%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the Mayor and Council of the city of Rome shall have power and authority to borrow money by making a temporary loan or loans to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, not to exceed one-fifth of one per centum ([frac15] of 1%) of the assessed value of the taxable property therein in any one year. And it is further enacted that the sum or sums so borrowed shall be repaid out of the income of the city for the fiscal year in which the loan or loans are made, and before the expiration of the fiscal year in which the same was or were borrowed. Power to make temporary loans. Amount of. Repayment out of income for year in which loan made. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as an amount equal to the amount so borrowed (in case any temporary loans are made, as provided in section 1 of this Act) is paid into the city treasury by taxation, or from any other sources of revenue not already applied to other debts or liabilities of said city, the said Mayor and Council shall at once apply the same, or as much as may be necessary, to the payment of said loan; or said Mayor and Council shall be authorized in their discretion to make partial payments upon said loans with any moneys that may come into the treasury from time to time under the restriction herein provided, but in either case the total amount of said loan or loans shall be repaid out of the increase of and during the fiscal year in which said loans were made. Time and manner of repayment.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of said city of Rome shall incur no debt of whatever kind, or engage the credit of said city for any purpose, except as by this Act specially provided, until the present bonded debt of said city is fully paid and cancelled. No other debt permitted. Until present bonded debt paid. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as hereinbefore provided, the Mayor and Council of the said city of Rome are prohibited from issuing checks or other evidences of debt, or promises to pay, unless the money is in the city treasury to meet the same. No checks, etc., to be issued unless money in treasury. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all contracts entered into by said Mayor and Council contrary to this Act, for the purpose of raising money or otherwise engaging the credit of said city, shall be null and void as to said city, but the Mayor, if he approve, and all members of the Council present and voting, who fail to record their votes against such measure or contract, shall be jointly and severally liable thereon, as upon their contracts, and such liability may be enforced against such Mayor and Members of Council in any of the courts of the State having jurisdiction thereof. Contracts contrary to this Act void. Who liable upon. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. RUTLEDGE, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 385. An Act to reincorporate the town of Rutledge, in Morgan county, to codify, amend and supercede the several Acts granting corporate authority to said town of Rutledge; to provide for a Mayor and Council for said town; to empower the Mayor and Council to levy a tax upon all the property in said town; to provide for the collection of such taxes; to regulate the sale of spirituous, malt, vinous and intoxicating liquors in said town, and license the same; to provide penalties for violations of all ordinances of said town; to confer additional power upon the Mayor and Council of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the several Acts incorporating the

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town of Rutledge, in Morgan county, as well as the Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby codified, amended and superseded; that the town of Rutledge shall continue to exist under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the town of Rutledge, and the charter of said town shall be and read as in this Act contained. Previous Acts hereby codified, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend to and embrace a radius of one thousand yards in every direction from the crossing of Fairplay and Madison streets in said town, said crossing being the center. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the corporate powers and municipal government of said town shall vest in and consist of a Mayor and four Councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the town of Rutledge, and by that name shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the corporation of the town Council of Rutledge, as heretofore existing; that said municipal government shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power to make, ordain, establish and enforce such by-laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as shall appear to them necessary and proper for the good government, security and interest of said town and the inhabitants thereof, and for preserving the health, good order, peace and morals of the same, not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State or the United States, and shall have power and authority, in and by said corporate name, to borrow money for town improvements and repairs; to contract and be contracted with; to sue and be sued; plead and be impleaded; to have and use a common seal; to acquire by gift or purchase, or otherwise, and to retain to them and their successors, for the use of said town of Rutledge, any real or personal property, within or without the limits of said town, for corporate purposes, and to use, manage, sell, convey, rent or lease any or all of said property, as may be deemed advisable, for corporate interests. All ordinances, rules and regulations heretofore adopted in said town and now in force, shall continue in operation until the same are repealed or amended by said Mayor and Council; provided , the same are not in conflict with this Act. Municipal government. Corporate name and powers. Former ordinances, etc., continued of force. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That until the expiration of the term of office for which the Commissioners now in office were elected, the Chairman of said Board of Commissioners shall be Mayor and the other Commissioners shall be Councilmen; that on the first Monday in January, 1894, and on the first Monday in January in each and every year thereafter, an election shall be held at the town hall in said town, or at such other place in said town as

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the Mayor and Council shall direct or designate, for Mayor and Councilmen, who shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and should there fail, from any cause, to be an election held in said town at the time specified in this section, the Mayor shall order an election held in said town for Mayor and Councilmen, within thirty days after said first Monday, and shall give public notice of the same, at least ten days before the date of said election, by posting notices at three or more public places in said town. The Mayor and Council, as soon as practicable after their election, shall choose one of said Councilmen as Mayor pro tem. Provisional government. Municipal elections. Terms of office. Failure to hold election. Mayor pro tem. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That if any vacancy shall occur in any of the offices mentioned in section 4 of this Act, by death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be filled by an election had by the remaining members of said Mayor and Council, and the person so elected shall hold his office as long as his predecessor would have held the same. Vacancies. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That any two citizens who are freeholders in said town may superintend the election for Mayor and Councilmen, and each of said managers, before entering on his duties, shall take an oath before some officer qualified to administer an oath, or before the Mayor of said town, and in the absence of such officer or Mayor, then before his comanager, that he will faithfully and impartially conduct said election and prevent all illegal voting, to the best of his skill and power, and said managers shall cause to be kept two lists of voters and two tally sheets of such election. Said managers shall give their certificates of election to the persons elected, which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, and the persons having the largest number of votes shall be entitled to such certificates. The polls at each and every election held in said town and pertaining to the same shall be opened at seven o'clock A. M. and closed at three o'clock P. M. Election managers. Oath of. Lists and tally-sheets Certificates of election. Polls. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That after the votes at any election in said town shall have been counted by the managers, said managers shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets, and shall place one list of the voters and one of the tally sheets, with all the ballots, in the ballot box, and shall seal said ballot box and deposit the same, together with the other list of voters and tally sheet, with the Mayor. Election returns, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That before the persons elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices, they shall take an oath well and truly to discharge said duties, which oath they may administer to each other, and shall be in the following words, to wit: I,....., do solemnly swear that I will well

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and truly perform the duties of Mayor (or Councilman, as the case may be) of Rutledge, to the best of my skill and ability, without fear or affection, so help me God. Oath of office. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all persons qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, and who have paid all taxes legally imposed, and who shall have resided within the limits of said town for six months next preceding the day of election, shall be qualified to vote for Mayor and Councilmen, and at all other elections in said town. Qualifications of voters. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall vote at any election held in said town who is not qualified to vote shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before any court having jurisdiction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia of 1882. Penalty for illegal voting. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Councilmen unless he be twenty-one years of age, and shall have resided in said town twelve months immediately preceding his election, and shall have paid all taxes required of him by said town. Qualification for office. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall receive for his services such compensation as the Councilmen, or a majority of them, at a meeting of the Board of Councilmen held immediately before the expiration of the term of office, shall vote him. The Councilmen shall receive no compensation. Compensation of Mayor. Councilmen to have no compensation. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall elect such Marshals, clerks or other officers as they may deem necessary; prescribe their fees and duties and require of them such bonds for the faithful performance of their duties, as the Mayor and Council may think necessary. Subordinate officers. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall be the chief executive of said town. He shall see that all laws, ordinances and rules of the town are faithfully executed and enforced, and that all officers faithfully discharge the duties required of them. He shall preside at the meetings of the Mayor and Council of said town, and shall have the right to vote upon all questions before said body, except upon questions where he is disqualified by reason of interest, relationship or otherwise. Duties and powers of Mayor. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or in his absence or disqualification, any two or more Councilmen, shall, as often as may be necessary, hold a police court, to be known as the Mayor's Court, for the trial of all offenders against the laws and ordinances of said town. Said Mayor's Court shall have full power and authority, upon conviction, to sentence such offenders to pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding

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thirty days, or be put at labor upon the streets or other public works in said town for a period not to exceed one hundred days; either or all of said penalties may be imposed in the discretion of the court. Said court shall have the power to preserve order and compel the attendance of witnesses; to punish for contempt, not exceeding ten dollars or twenty days' imprisonment. Police Court. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That any person who may be convicted before the Mayor's Court, may, by giving notice of his intention to certiorari , suspend the judgment, and may be released from custody at once, upon giving bond with good security in such sum as may be fixed by the Mayor, for his appearance to stand to and abide the final judgment; provided , that all certioraris from said court shall be sued out within thirty days from the date of the judgment complained of. Certiorari. Appearance bond. When certioraris must be sued out. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to impose, levy and collect such taxes upon all real and personal property, and on all notes, evidences of debt and other choses in action held, kept, possessed or owned within the corporate limits of said town, as they may deem necessary for the support of the government of said town; and they may enforce the collection of such taxes, and also all fines imposed by them, in such manner as they, by law or ordinance, may prescribe. Ad valorem tax. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the town of Rutledge shall, in their discretion, have the sole and exclusive right to grant license to sell malt, vinous, spirituous and intoxicating liquors in any quantity whatever within the limits of said town, and to fix the rate of such license, the terms upon which license shall issue, and to regulate and control the sale of the same; provided , the license fee for retailing shall not be fixed at less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars per year. No malt, vinous, spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be sold in said town, in any quantity whatever, except under a license obtained from said Mayor and Council, and the Mayor and Council may, for any violation of this section, or the laws and ordinances passed in pursuance thereof, punish such offenders as provided in section 15 of this Act. Sale of liquors. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the power and authority to require every male resident of said town, not under sixteen nor over fifty years of age, to work, not exceeding fifteen days, on the roads, streets and alleys of said town, under the direction of such Superintendent as may be appointed by said Mayor and Council. Any person subject to this duty may be released therefrom by paying the Mayor or town Treasurer the sum of two dollars annually. Street working. Commutation tax.

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SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council of the town of Rutledge, by their corporate name, shall have and use all the powers granted by, and embraced in, sections 785, 786, 786(b), 786(c), 787, 788, 789, 790, 791 and 792 of the Code of Georgia of 1882, where the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, and so for as not in conflict with anything herein contained, said sections are embodied in and made a part of this charter. General municipal powers. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. REGULATING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN SAVANNAH. No. 243. An Act to provide for and regulate municipal elections in the city of Savannah, to prescribe suitable penalties for all violations thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That within three months from the date of approval of this Act by the Governor, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, by ordinance, shall divide the said city of Savannah into not less than fifteen election precinets, designating each precinct by a name or number and clearly defining and establishing the boundary of each. No precinct shall contain more than three hundred (300) voters. Division of city into election precincts. No precinct to contain more than 300 voters. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That on the last Saturday in the November next preceding an election for Mayor and Alderman of Savannah, or within five days prior to that date, the City Council of Savannah, in council assembled, shall designate a place of registration in each election precinct established by them under the first section of this Act. Of such action publicity shall at once be given by proclamation of the Mayor. Place of registration to be designated in each precinct. Proclamation thereof. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham county, the Judge of the City Court of Savannah and the Ordinary of Chatham county shall compose the Electoral Commission of the city of Savannah, with duties hereinafter set out. City Electoral Commission. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Electoral Commission of the city of Savannah shall, on the last Saturday in the November next preceding an election for Mayor and Aldermen, or within

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five days prior to that date, appoint two Registrars for each election precinct established by the City Council as prescribed in the first section of this Act. Both Registrars shall, if practicable, be bona fide residents of the precinct in which they are appointed to serve. It shall not be lawful for the Commission to appoint both Registrars in one precinct who are known to be adherents of any one ticket or candidate for office. [Illegible Text] the Commission will with fairness endeavor to give all parties contesting for office representation among the Registrars in each district. Registrars. Registrars to be residents of precinct. All parties to be represented, etc. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Registrars to appear on the first and second Tuesdays and the second and third Saturdays in December next preceding their appointment at the respective places proclaimed by the Mayor as the place of registration of voters, with the registration books, hereinafter provided for, for the purpose of registering voters to vote at municipal elections which shall be held for Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah on the fourth Tuesday in January next succeeding. Opening of registration books. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Registrars provided for in this Act, before entering upon the duties imposed upon them by this Act, shall take and subscribe before the Clerk of Council of Savannah the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially keep the register of voters in my election precinct; that I will not knowingly register or allow to be registered any person not a legally qualified voter; that I will not knowingly prevent any person from registering who is a legally qualified voter, so help me God. Oath of registrars. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That any citizen shall be entitled to register in the election precinct in which he is a bona fide resident, at the date he presents himself for registration, and who has the qualifications required of voters as prescribed in section 4831 of the Code of 1882; provided , that the production of the receipt for taxes collected for Chatham county showing payment of taxes of State and county for the year next preceding that in which the election is held shall be prima facie evidence of his payment of all taxes to date due the State and county; provided further , that the production of the receipt of the City Treasurer for the third quarter of the year in which the registration is held shall be prima facie evidence of the payment of all taxes due the city to the time of registration. No Registrar shall refuse to allow any citizen to register because of non-payment of taxes if said citizen will make oath that he has paid all taxes required of him by the Constitution. Who may register. Prima [Illegible Text] evidence of payment of taxes. Oath as to payment of taxes. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That prior to the time for registration the Clerk of Council shall have prepared, printed and

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ruled books of registration. These books shall contain blanks in which can be written, first a check mark, second the number of the ballot, third the date of registration, fourth the name of the voter, fifth his color, sixth his age, seventh his occupation, eighth the number and street of his residence, ninth the side of the street on which he resides, tenth the cross street nearest thereto, eleventh a blank in which can be written the word sworn whenever the voter is made to take the oath required by the statute. One of such books shall be prepared for each election precinct. Each book shall have marked thereon the name or number of the election precinct. Said books shall be safely and properly kept by the Clerk of Council and delivered by him under seal to the Registrars of their respective election precincts not earlier than the afternon of the day next preceding the first day of registration; said Registrars being first sworn by said Clerk to produce said registration book at the designated place for registration at the lawful time of registration the next morning with seal unbroken. Registration books to be provided. What they must contain. Keeping of books and delivery to registrars. Registrar to produce at place of registration with seal unbroken. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That Registrars shall attend for the purpose of registration on the days aforesaid and at the places in their respective election precincts as designated by Council as aforesaid, from 8 o'clock A. M. until 9 o'clock P. M. At the close of each day's registration the Registrars shall draw a heavy black line immediately under the last name registered on that day, and entirely across the page of the registration book, to indicate the completion of the day's work. Immediately after the close of the books of registration and before twelve o'clock of the same night, Registrars shall deposit their books of registration with the Clerk of the City Court of Savannah, who shall keep them in his custody until the afternoon next preceding the next legal registration day, when he will deliver them to the Registrars of their respective election precincts under seal, said Registrars being first sworn by said Clerk to deliver said books with seal unbroken at the legal registration place the next morning. When the books shall have been delivered to the Clerk of the City Court on the last registration day, he shall keep them in his custody until the afternoon of the day next preceding the election, delivering them to the managers of their respective election precincts, at said time, under seal; said managers to be sworn by said Clerk to deliver said books, with seal unbroken, at the legal polling place at the hour for opening the polls the next morning; provided, however , that the Clerk of the City Court shall make out and publish in a newspaper having general circulation in Savannah an alphabetical list of all voters by precincts. Such lists shall be published within the two days next succeeding each legal registration day. Registration hours. Indication on book of close of registration each day. Deposit of books with clerk city court, etc. Redelivery to registrars. Books to be delivered to election managers. Oath of such managers to produce at polling places. Publication of registration lists.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the books of registration, except when actually used for the purpose of registration, shall be open for public inspection at the office of the Clerk of the City Court, in his presence or in the presence of his lawful deputy from the time they are placed in his hands up to and through the fourth Saturday in December thereafter, at which time said books shall no longer be open to public inspection; provided , that no person shall be allowed to make a transcript or copy of any of said registration books. Should any error in either the improper insertion or omission of a name be found in the registration lists, same may be corrected at any time prior to the said fourth Saturday in December upon petition to the Judge of the City Court of Savannah who alone has authority to make any change in the books. Registration books open for public inspection. No copy or transcript therefrom. Correction of errors therein. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That all ballots cast in a municipal election for Savannah shall be printed and distributed at the expense of the city of Savannah as hereinafter provided. The ballots printed for use under provisions of this Act shall be printed in plain type in straight lines upon plain white paper, so thick that the printing shall not be distinguished from the back, with a slender line under each name and extending sufficiently to the left of the name to easily permit marking to the left of each name a cross mark (+) on said ballots. On said ballots shall be printed, first, under the head of Mayor the words vote for one, followed by the names of all candidates for that office; next, under the head Aldermen, the words vote for twelve, followed by the names of all candidates for that office. The names of all candidates for these offices shall be printed together and arranged alphabetically according to the initials of their surname irrespective of their party or faction. In addition to the names printed on said ticket, there shall be at least one blank space under the names of candidates for Mayor and twelve blank spaces under the names of candidates for Aldermen, and voters may write the name of the candidate or candidates of their choice on the said ticket in the blank spaces, whether said candidate shall have been previously nominated as hereinafter provided in this Act or not; provided, however , said names must be written with pen and ink, and it shall be unlawful to use pasters. Ballots to be printed and distributed at expense of city. Regulations as to ballots. Names can be written on ballots only with pen and ink. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That all ballots in each precinct or ward shall bear the name or number of the precinct in which it is to be voted, and shall be numbered and shall be fastened [Illegible Text] in convenient numbers in books or pads in such a manner that each ballot can be detached and removed separately. Each ballot shall have attached to it a stub of sufficient size to enable one of the election managers hereinafter provided for to stamp or write his name or initials thereon and so attached to the ballot that when

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same is folded the stub can be detached therefrom without injuring the ballot or exposing the contents thereof. No ballot shall be voted, or counted if voted, except the official ballots prepared and printed under the provisions of this Act by the officer designated herein. Ballots to bear name or number of precinct. And to be numbered and fastened in books or pads. Each ballot to have stub attached. Stub written on and detached. None but official ballots counted. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to have the ballots provided for by this Act prepared and printed. He shall provide not less than one thousand (1,000) ballots for each voting precinct. All ballots for each precinct shall remain in his custody, and shall be delivered by him to the managers of their respective election precincts not earlier than the afternoon of the day preceding the election under seal, said managers being first sworn to deliver said ballots with seal unbroken at the time of opening the polls at the polling places in their respective precincts the next morning. It shall be unlawful for the Clerk of Council to permit any person to inspect said ballots at any time while they are in his custody. Clerk of Council to have ballots prepared. Not less than one thousand for each precinct. Ballots delivered by clerk to election managers. Oath of managers. No person to inspect ballots, etc. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Council shall place on all ballots provided for by this Act the names of all candidates that have been certified to him under oath, at least five days before said election, as put in nomination by any convention, mass-meeting or primary election, or who have announced their independent candidacy, and filed with him more than five days before said election a petition signed by not less than two hundred (200) electors qualified to vote for the office for which he offers, requesting the printing on the official ballot the name of such independent candidate. How and what names to be placed on ballots. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the Electoral Commission shall, on the third Tuesday in January, and not sooner, appoint two election managers for each election precinct established as herein prescribed by the City Council. The election managers shall, if possible, be bona fide electors residing in the precinct in which they are appointed to serve and qualified to vote at said election. The said Commission shall not appoint both managers in any one precinct from among the supporters of any full ticket put in nomination for election in said election, except in the case where there is but one ticket in nomination. If there be two full tickets in nomination, and no more, and the chairman of the party or caucus nominating such full ticket shall nominate in writing to the Commission for election managers of each precinct supporters of the ticket they represent, and if said parties so nominated for election managers be men of high standing for integrity in the community, the Commission shall appoint such parties for election managers. If there be more than two full tickets in nomination, the Commission

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shall endeavor to give all parties in nomination representation among the election managers, but in no case where there are more than two tickets in the field shall they appoint two election managers for the same election precinct from the supporters of any one ticket. The election managers shall have absolute control of the election in their respective precincts. Electoral Commission to appoint election managers. Managers to be residents of the precincts. Regulations as to selection of managers. Election managers to have absolute control of election. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, The City Marshal of Savannah shall make all necessary arrangements for said election. He shall see that the voting places are suitably provided with ballot boxes (one at each), and a sufficient number of booths or voting tables at or on which voters may conveniently mark their ballots. He shall see that each voting booth, table or compartment is kept provided with proper supplies, to wit, pen and ink only, for marking the ballots. Each booth, table or compartment shall be so arranged that it will be impossible for one voter at one table or in one booth or in one compartment to see another voter at another booth, table or compartment in the act of marking his ballot. The arrangement shall be such that neither the ballot boxes nor the voting booths, tables or compartments shall be hidden from the managers for the election. The number of voting booths, tables or compartments shall be not less than one for every fifty (50) voters qualified to vote at such election. City marshal to arrange for election. Provision of ballot boxes and booths or tables. Supplies. Voters to be isolated. Boxes and booths not be hidden. Number of booths. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That no person other than said election managers, watchers, as hereinafter provided for, and voters shall be permited within the room where the election is held, or where the election is not held in a [Illegible Text] within the rail which shall inclose the ballot boxes, booths, etc. One officer may be permitted in the room or rail by permission of the election managers for the purpose of keeping order or enforcing the law. No more voters shall be permitted within the room or rail at any one time than there are booths, tables or compartments for making the ballots. No one but managers, watchers and voters in room, etc. Except an officer. No more voters than there are booths. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Electoral Commission shall convene in session in the Superior Court room in Chatham county from 8 to 9 o'clock on the morning of a municipal election. Should any manager at any precinct fail to attend for fifteen minutes after the time for commencing to hold an election, or refuse to act, any person may report same to the Electoral Commission who will appoint a suitable person to act in place of said manager and the election shall proceed at once. When commission to convene. Manager failing to attend. Appointment to fill vacancy. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That upon entering the polling places, the elector shall give his name, and if challenged, shall make oath before the managers that he is a resident of the voting precinct at which he offers to vote and qualified to vote at said

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election. If the elector is challenged and sworn, the word sworn shall be marked opposite his name on the registration book in the blank provided for that purpose. If his name appears on the registration books for that precinct he shall be permitted to vote, but no person whose name does not so appear on the books, shall be permitted to vote. If a qualified elector, his name shall be checked on the registration list and he shall receive an official ballot, the number of which shall also be noted on the registration books opposite his name. He shall go at once to the voting booth, table or compartment and there privately mark a cross (+) in front of the name of the candidates of his choice for offices to be filled, which mark shall constitute his vote. No elector shall receive the slightest assistance from any person in the marking of his ballot; provided, however , that any elector applying to vote, who shall declare on oath (which oath may be administered by one of the managers) that by reason of blindness or the loss of the use of his hand or hands, or because of the fact that he cannot read the printed ballot or card of instruction, he is unable to prepare his ballot, may have the assistance of the challengers or watchers stationed at said precinct, who shall retire with the elector who asks for such assistance in the preparation of his ballot to a booth or compartment, and there prepare the elector's ballot so as to indicate elector's declared choice of candidates for each office to be filled. All watchers shall have the privilege of assisting the elector in the preparation of his ballot, but it shall be unlawful for any watcher to make any suggestion or interference, or in any way seek to influence said elector's choice of candidates; provided, however , that said elector may have the list of candidates read to him by the watcher. No vote shall be counted for any office when more names shall be checked for the same office than can be elected, but error in checking shall only affect such office. As soon as the elector has checked the names he desires to vote for, he shall while at the voting booth, table or compartment, privately fold his ballot so as to conceal the name or names thereon and leave the stub and also the printed instructions on the back thereof open to view. He shall then deliver the ballot to the election manager who shall see by comparing the number on the stub with the number on the registration book whether the ballot is the same given to him. He shall then tear off and destroy the stub and deposit the ballot in the ballot-box. The elector shall mark and deliver his ballot without undue delay, and no elector shall be allowed to occupy any booth, table or compartment five minutes after the receipt of his ballot. But at the end of five minutes after the receipt of his ballot he shall leave the voting place. Any person ruining one ballot

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by mistake by marking may return the ballot folded so as not to show marks thereon and receive another ballot therefor. But no elector shall receive more than three ballots or remain in the polling place more than five minutes after the receipt of his first ballot. All ruined ballots returned to the [Illegible Text] managers shall be immediately destroyed by them in the presence of the elector, but they shall keep memoranda of such ballots so destroyed and certify same in their returns, together with a certificate of the number of ballots received, the number voted and the number unvoted, so sa to account for every official ballot received by them. Voter to give his name; [Illegible Text] challenged make oath. If sworn, registration book to be so marked. Who may vote. If qualified his name to be checked, etc. Preparation by him of ballot. No assistance to be given. Unless he make oath as to blindness, loss of hand, inability to read, etc. May then have assistance of challenger or watcher. Watcher to make no suggestion or interference. Voter may have list of candidates read to him. When ballots not counted. Voter to privately fold his ballot, etc. And deliver to manager. Comparison of ballot with registration book, etc. Voter to mark ballot without delay. Must leave five minutes after receiving ballot. Ballot ruined by mistake may be returned. No voter to receive more than three ballots, etc. Ruined ballots to be destroyed by managers Memoranda kept, etc. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That at the close of the election, the election managers shall count the ballots as indicated by the cross marks opposite each name, and make out and sign under oath certificates of returns of the election upon a form furnished by the Clerk of Council, and one copy of each with the official ballots voted, the unvoted ballots, the registration books and all other papers used in such election shall be delivered on the night of the election under seal, by one of the election managers, to the Clerk of the City Court of Savannah; the other copy of the certified returns shall be delivered on the night of the election to the Clerk of council. The election managers shall also, at the completion of the count, publicly announce the result of the vote in each election precinct. The Clerk of Council shall, immediately upon the receipt of the certified returns for each election precinct consolidate same and officially announce the result of said election. The candidate for Mayor receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed and declared the elected Mayor. The twelve candidates receiving the largest number of votes for Aldermen shall be deemed and declared elected Aldermen. Counting of ballots. Certificates of returns. Ballots delivered to Clerk City Court. Copy certificates delivered. Clerk of Council. Result to be publicly announced. Clerk of Council to announce result. Who declared elected. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That all ballots and papers deposited with the Clerk of the City Court, except the registration books, shall be kept by him unopened for the space of thirty (30) days after said election and then to be by him destroyed without examination; provided, however , that no contest is had. In the event of a contest it shall be his duty to keep all papers until called upon to produce them in the court having jurisdiction in said contest. After said contest shall have been decided he shall destroy all papers without further examination. The registration books shall be turned over to the Clerk of Council and shall be by him preserved. Duty of Clerk City Court as to ballots, etc. Registration books to be turned over to Clerk of Council. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be permitted within fifty (50) feet of any polling place, except the electors approaching to vote or persons passing along the highways on their business. Who permitted near polling place. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That one watcher or challenger, for each full ticket nominated, may be allowed within the

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room in which the election is held or within the guard rail; provided , that not more than three watches or challengers shall be allowed. The watcher may remain until the ballots are counted and the result announced. Watchers or challengers. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That no person shall speak to another person upon the subject of the election within fifty (50) feet of any polling place. No electors shall speak to or consent to be spoken to by any other person than an election manager or watcher, while at the polling place or within fifty (50) feet thereof and then only in pursuance of official duty. No election manager or watcher shall be permitted to speak to an elector while in the polling place for the purpose of influencing his vote in any manner whatever. No person shall speak to another as to election near polling place. Manager or watcher cannot speak to voter to influence vote. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Council shall have printed and furnished to the election managers of each election precinct certificates of returns to be substantially as follows: Form of certificates of returns. STATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham County. Election held on..... day of..... 18....., in..... precinct, in the city of Savannah. Number of ballots received Number of ballots voted Number of ballots marked spoiled Number of ballots returned unvoted Number of ballots received for Mayor by Number of votes received for Aldermen by and so on. [Signed.]..... ..... GEORGIA, Chatham County. We,....., election managers at..... precinct in the city of Savannah hereby certify the above to be a correct return of the election held therein on date aforesaid. ..... [L. S.] ..... [L. S.] SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Council shall have printed in large type, on cards, instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballot. He shall furnish same to the Marshal, whose duty it shall be to post one of such cards in each booth, table or compartment for the preparation of ballots and not less than three in prominent places near the polling places and not nearer than fifty feet thereto, about and outside of each polling place on the day of the election. Such cards shall be printed in large,

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clear type and shall contain the following instructions to electors: 1st. To obtain ballot for voting. 2d. To prepare ballot for depositing it in the ballot box. 3d. To obtain a new ballot in place of one accidentally spoiled. It shall be unlawful for any election manager or watcher to give this information to any elector. Printed instructions for guidance of voters. To be furnished marshal and posted by him. What to contain. Unlawful for manager, etc. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That the polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock A. M. on the day for holding municipal elections for the city of Savannah, and shall remain open until 4 o'clock P. M., and shall be then closed. Elections for Mayor and Aldermen shall hereafter be held on the fourth Tuesday in January instead of the third Tuesday as heretofore. Hours for voting. Municipal elections to be on 4th Tuesday in January. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That if in any precinct more than three hundred (300) voters shall register, that said precinct shall at once be divided by the City Council in the manner hereinbefore provided, into two precincts; provided, however , that this division shall not affect the election next ensuing after it is ascertained from the registration books that there are more than three hundred (300) electors in the precinct. Division of precinct. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That all the expenses necessarily incurred in the holdings of elections under provisions of this bill shall be paid out of the city treasury in the same manner as other debts are now paid by said city. The compensation of all officers in this Act shall be fixed by city ordinance. Election expenses to be paid, how. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That whoever shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this Act relating to the providing for municipal elections in Savannah, or who shall mark any ballot voted so that same can be identified as the ballot voted by certain person, or who shall have in his possession a ballot outside of the voting place, or who shall have in or about the polling places during an election any counterfeit of the official ballots, or memoranda, or paster, or slips of paper, dies or stamps, or other device or devices for the purpose of assisting in the marking of a ballot, save those provided by the City Marshal of Savannah, as herein provided, or any person who shall permit another person to see for whom he has marked or checked his ballot, or who shall wilfully observe for whom another has marked or checked his ballot, or shall wilfully hinder or delay an elector in voting, or who shall have in the voting place an imitation of the ballot so marked as to indicate the names of candidates he desires to vote for, or who shall endeavor in any manner whatever to [Illegible Text] an elector in his choice of candidates, or who shall in any way violate the secrecy of the ballot, or who shall approach within fifty (50) feet of the polling place, other than those herein expressly allowed to do so, or any manager or registrar who shall wilfully and improperly allow one

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not entitled to register or vote, or any person registering illegally, or any person voting illegally, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished according to section 4310 of the Code of Georgia 1882. Penalty for violating this Act. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, especially the following Acts, to wit: An Act approved September 29th, 1881, to provide for registration of voters of Savannah; also, an Act approved December 9th, 1882, to amend the Act approved September 29th, 1881; also, an Act approved August 29th, 1885, to provide for registration of voters in Savannah; also, an Act approved November 4th, 1889, to increase the number of voting places in Savannah; also, an Act approved November 13th, 1889, to redistrict the city of Savannah, be, and same are, hereby repealed. Conflicting laws repealed. Especially Acts of Sept. 29, 1881, of Dec. 9, 1882, of Aug. 29, 1885, of Nov. 4, 1889 and of Nov. 13, 1889. Approved December 12th, 1893. AUTHORIZING CITY OF SAVANNAH TO ERECT AND MAINTAIN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. No. 236. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah to erect and maintain an electric plant; to light the city of Savannah with electricity; to derive a revenue from persons and corporations for electric light furnished by the said municipal corporation, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and maintain an electric plant for the purpose of lighting the city of Savannah with electricity and to do all things necessary for this purpose, to contract with persons and corporations for the furnishing of electric lights by the said municipal corporation for such just and reasonable compensation as may be agreed on, and to adopt such ordinances, rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry out the true intent and meaning of this Act. City authorized to erect and maintain electric light plant May contract for furnishing light. Ordinances etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of [Illegible Text] in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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AUTHORIZING CITY OF SAVANNAH TO TAX POLES ON THOROUGHFARES. No. 235. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah to make and collect a reasonable charge for the use of the streets, lanes, public ways and thoroughfares in the city of Savannah by telegraph, telephone, railway and light companies, erecting their poles therein, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, a municipal corporation of this State, is hereby authorized and empowered to charge telegraph, telephone, railway and light companies, erecting their poles on the streets, lanes, public ways or thoroughfares in the city of Savannah, reasonable compensation for the use of such streets, lanes, public ways and thoroughfares, and to provide for the collection of the said charge. City authorized to charge for use of thoroughfares. [Illegible Text] II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are [Illegible Text] repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. SEVILLE, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 259. An Act to establish a new charter for the town of Seville, in the county of Wilcox. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the town of Seville, in the county of Wilcox, be, and the same is, hereby continued a body corporate under the name and style of the town of Seville; that the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and four Aldermen, who are hereby continued a corporation under the name and the style of the corporation of the town of Seville, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal, and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, receive and enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors, to the use of the town of Seville, any estate, real or personal, of whatever kind or nature, and shall by the same name be capable to sue and be

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sued in any court of law and equity in this State, and to sell, alien or lease any estate, real or personal, the property of or belonging to said corporation, or convey the same, or any part thereof, in any manner or way whatever; that the corporate limits of said town of Seville shall extend one-half mile in all directions from the center of the present site of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad depot in said town. Municipal government. Corporate name and general powers. Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the present Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall hold their respective offices until their successors be duly elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. Term of present Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That on the first Saturday in June, 1894, and annually thereafter on the same day in each year, an election shall be held in said town for a Mayor and four Aldermen, who shall hold their offices for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified; but no one shall vote for or be elected to the office of Mayor or Alderman of said town who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, and who has not been a resident of said town six months next prior to the election at which he offers to vote, and who is not registered as a voter in said town as hereinafter provided for. The Clerk of the town Council shall keep a book, to be known as the registration book, in which he shall by or before ten days next before any election to be held in said town, register in an alphabetical order, making separate lists of the voters of the different races, all male persons who present to him their tax receipts, showing that they have paid all taxes legally required of them by said town, and apply to him for registration as voters in said town upon their taking the following oath: I,....., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am twenty-one years of age, have resided in this State one year, in this county six months, in the town of Seville six months, and have paid all taxes which have been legally required of me by this town. Said registration book shall be kept open for the registration of voters at all times except ten days next preceding each election, when it shall be closed. Said book shall be present at each election, in charge of said Clerk, or in case of his inability to attend, of some suitable elector to be designated by the Mayor, and no person whose name is not found thereon shall be allowed to vote. The Clerk shall have such compensation for keeping such registration book as the Council shall allow. All elections held under this section shall be conducted under superintendence of a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or of three freeholders, all of whom shall be legally qualified voters of said town; said superintendents to take an oath for the due and legal performance of their duties as such, and shall have all powers incident to superintendents of elections in this State. Annual municipal elections. Qualifications for office and of voters. Registration. Conduct of elections.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the Mayor and Aldermen shall subscribe the following oath, which may be administered by any person authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving upon me as Mayor or Alderman, as the case may be, of the town of Seville, according to the best of my ability, so help me God. Oath of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That, at the first meeting of the Council in each year, they shall choose from their own number a Mayor pro tempore , who shall, in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, perform all duties required of the Mayor, and in case of the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor pro tempore , a majority of the Council shall choose one of their body to act as Mayor temporarily. Mayor pro tem SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That in case of the death, resignation, removal from office or from town, the Mayor pro tempore shall order an election to fill the vacancy; and in case of a vacancy in the Council, from any cause, the Mayor shall order an election to fill same, said election to fill vacancy to be ordered and held as prescribed in section 3 of this Act, in case of failure to hold an election. Vacancies. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to office under this Act who is not, at the time of his election, a legally qualified voter of said town, but this section shall not be construed to apply to the office of Clerk and Treasurer of the town Council, and town Marshal. No one not legally qualified voter eligible to office, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further [Illegible Text], That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to elect a Clerk and Treasurer, and such Marshals as they may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, and the powers thereby conferred upon them, and prescribe the fees and salaries of such subordinate officers, and to require such bonds for the faithful performance of the duties of such officers as they may deem proper. The Council shall have power to remove such subordinate officers for any breach or neglect of his duty, or for incapacity. Subordinate officers. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers incident to such corporations not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and said corporations, by their Mayor and Councilmen, shall have full power and authority to enact all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government of said town, and for securing the health of the inhabitants thereof. General municipal powers. Ordinances etc.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall hold a Police Court in said town for the trial and punishment of all violators of the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town, the punishment to be inflicted not to exceed a fine of fifty dollars, or by labor on the streets or public works of said town not to exceed one hundred days, or confinement in the calaboose or guardhouse of said town not to exceed one hundred days, and in addition thereto such costs of the proceeding as may be imposed; said fine and costs shall be collected by execution issued by the Clerk of Council against the estate, both real and personal, of the offender, if any be found. Police Court. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and other officers shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council, but said compensation shall not be increased or diminished during their term of office. Compensation of officers. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to grant license for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, both wholesale and retail, and to regulate said sale in said town; provided , said wholesale license shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per annum, and said retail license shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum, nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) per annum. They shall also have full power and authority to license and regulate ten-pin alleys (any number of pins), billiard tables and pool tables in said town; provided , nothing herein shall empower them to license any game to bet at with money or other things of value. They shall also have power and authority to license all livery stables, and all buggies, hacks, wagons, carts, drays or other vehicles kept for hire in said town, and fix such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to govern any persons engaged in carrying passengers out of said town for pay. Sale of liquors. Alleys, billiard tables, etc. Livery stables, etc. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to assess, levy and collect such taxes upon real and personal estate within the corporate limits of said town as they shall deem necessary for the support and government of said town, not inconsitent with the Constitution and laws of this State; also, to levy such special tax on all business occupations, theatrical exhibitions or other performances, exercised, performed or exhibited within the corporate limits of said town as may by them be deemed proper, and to fix such license circuses, menageries and shows, including all shows of domestic or wild animals; provided , no such special tax shall be levied on the business, wholesale or retail, of selling of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, in addition to the license tax hereinbefore provided for. Ad valorem tax. Special taxes, [Illegible Text]

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SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority within said town to lay off, vacate, close, open, alter, curb, pave and keep in good order and repair all public roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks, drains and gutters for the use of the public, or any of the citizens of said town, and to improve and light the same, and have them kept free from obstructions on or over them; to regulate the width of sidewalks on the streets, and within discretion to order the sidewalks, drains and gutters to be curbed and paved and kept in good order, free and clean, by the owner and occupant thereof, or of the real property next adjacent thereto; also, to regulate and control all taverns and public houses in said town; also, to establish a market or markets in said town; to regulate all butcher pens, tanyards, blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys, and all turpentine distilleries, steam sawmills, steam gristmills, and all other machinery run by steam, and to remove, or cause to be removed, the same, or any of them, in case they should become dangerous to the property or injurious to the health of any citizen of the town, or become a nuisance; and also, to fill up all pits, cellars and excavations in said town, or cause the [Illegible Text] to do so, when the Council shall decree the same necessary to be done; also, to regulate and control all pumps, wells, fire companies and engines, or any apparatus of like character within said town. Streets, alleys, etc. Taverns, markets, butcher pens, etc. Nuisances. Cellars, pits, etc. Pumps, wells, etc. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That all male persons over the age of sixteen years and under the age of fifty years, who have resided in said town ten days, shall be subject to work the streets of said town not exceeding ten days each year, or to be taxed therefor as the Council may direct and determine as a commutation for such duty, not to exceed five dollars per year. The collection of said sum may be enforced by execution against the party, and said persons shall not be subject to road duty outside of said town. Street working. Commutation tax. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to protect places of public worship; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to provide places for the burial of the dead and regulate interments therein; to make regulations guarding against fire, and to fix and establish fire limits, and from time to time to enlarge or restrict same. Protection of public worship, etc. Cemeteries Fire limits. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. , or any member of the Council who may be acting as Mayor, shall be presiding at any [Illegible Text] court or at any meeting of the Council, shall have power to punish for contempt any person who may be guilty of the same by fine not exceeding five dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding forty-eight hours for each offence. Contempts

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SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal or Deputy Marshals of said town, or the Mayor shall arrest without a warrant any person whom he may see in the perpetration of a violation of any ordinance of said town, and bring the offender before the Mayor for trial, or in the absence of the Mayor the offender may be brought for trial before a majority of the members of Council of said town, and to this end may summons any citizen or citizens of said town as a posse to assist in such arrest. When brought before the Mayor a written or private [Illegible Text] shall be preferred against the offender in manner and form following: Arrests without warrant. Trial of offenders. Form of accusation, etc. STATE OF GEORGIA, Town of Seville. I,....., Marshal of said town, in the name and behalf of the Mayor and Councilmen of said town, charge and accuse..... with the offence (here state the offence fully), contrary to the law of this town, the good order, peace and dignity thereof. This accusation shall be signed by the Marshal or his deputy, or the Acting Marshal as prosecutor, and when such accusation is preferred the same shall be sufficient authority to hold the accused till the final trial of the case, and to that end the accused may be imprisoned unless he can give a good and sufficient bond and security for his appearance at such other time as may be required, and if such bond be given and the accused fails to appear at the time fixed for the trial, the bond may be forfeited by the Council and executions issued thereon by the Clerk by first serving the principal, if to be found, and his securities with a rule nisi. Such rule shall be signed by the Clerk and Mayor, and should there be a defence to said rule, the same shall be heard by any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public in the militia district in which the town is situated. Appearance bond. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That all writs, processes and subp[oelig]nas issued in behalf of said town and signed in the same manner as executions; all executions issued in behalf of said town for the collection of taxes, fines, forfeitures, or for any other purposes, shall be directed to the Marshal of said town, signed by the Clerk and Mayor, and all sales by the Marshal of said town shall be advertised as provided in section 3656(a) of the Code, and when a claim or illegality may be interposed the Marshal shall not sell, but in case of personal property the claim or illegality shall be returned to the Justice Court of the district in which said town is situated, to be tried, unless the amount of the execution shall exceed the jurisdiction of said Justice Court, when in that event said executions shall be returned to the Superior Court of Wilcox county and there tried, and in case of claim of illegality be interposed to sale of real estate, the same shall be returned to the Superior Court of Wilcox county, and where there may be a claim

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of illegality interposed, the same rules and laws as regulate claims and illegalities in Justice's Courts shall obtain, if returnable to a Justices, and if returnable to the Superior Court, the same rules and laws as regulate such matters in Superior Courts shall obtain; and in any case of claim or illegality to a sale be interposed, in which the same is returnable to a Justice's Court, there may be an appeal to the Superior Court from [Illegible Text] decision of the Justice, in cases where the amount of the execution exceeds fifty dollars, and should the amount of the execution be less than fifty dollars, the case may be carried to the Superior Court by certiorari from the decision of the Justice. Writs, processes, etc. Executions Marshal's sales. Claims or illegalities. Appeals. Certiorari. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That there may be an appeal from the Mayor's decisions to the full Board of Councilmen in all cases, and a majority of said board shall be sufficient in all cases to hear such appeal. The appellant, before appealing, must pay all costs, or file an affidavit that, owing to his poverty, he is unable to pay costs, and there may be a certiorari to the Superior Court in all cases from the decision of the Mayor, and there may also be a certiorari to the Superior Court from the decision of the Board of Councilmen in all cases. Appeal from Mayor's decision. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 14th, 1893. NOTE BY COMPILER.The word private in the eighteenth section of this Act was evidently intended to be printed, but was plainly [Illegible Text] private in the engrossed and enrolled copies. SHARPSBURG, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 257. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Sharpsburg, in the county of Coweta, and for other purposes, approved December the 9th, 1871, so as to change the title of the authorities of said town from that of Commissioners to Mayor and Councilmen, to change the time for their election, to extend the corporate limits of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, the first section of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Sharpsburg, in the county of Coweta, and for other purposes, approved December 9th, 1871, be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and the following is substituted

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therefor: The town of Sharpsburg, in the county of Coweta, is hereby incorporated under the name of Sharpsburg. The municipal government of the said town shall consist of a Mayor and four Councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Councilmen of Sharpsburg. They shall have a common seal, and sue and be sued in any court in this State having jurisdiction. The Mayor and Councilmen shall have full power and authority to pass such laws and ordinances for said town as may be necessary for the preservation of good order, the health and all police regulations needful, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State. They may straighten and widen the streets of said town, lay out and open new streets, construct sidewalks, and for said purpose may condemn private property; provided , that whenever private property is to be taken for such purposes, the owner thereof shall be paid full compensation [Illegible Text] and, if the owner and Mayor and Council may not agree as to the value of the same, they may settle the matter by arbitration, or in any manner agreed on. If the owner refuse to arbitrate, the Ordinary for Coweta county may appoint two arbitrators, who shall select the third. In the event they do not agree, upon the petition of the Mayor, setting forth the facts, and the return of the arbitrators, which shall be made within ten days from their appointment, the Ordinary may enter a judgment on said return, from which judgment either party, if dissatisfied, may appeal to the Superior [Illegible Text] as is provided for other appeals from the Court of Ordinary. Sec. [Illegible Text] of Act of Dec. 9 1871, repealed. Municipal government and corporate name. General corporate and municipal powers. Streets, sidewalks, etc. [Illegible Text] of private property. Arbitrators Appeal. SEC. II. The second section of the [Illegible Text] approved December 9th, 1871, is hereby amended by [Illegible Text] out the words half mile and inserting three-quarters of a mile, and striking out that the town of Sharpsburg is hereby incorporated and, so that said section 2, as amended, shall read: The limits of the incorporation shall extend from the depot of the Savannah, [Illegible Text] and North Alabama Railroad, in said town, in every direction for three-quarters of a mile. Section 2 amended. Corporate limits extended, etc. Section as amended. SEC. III. That the third section of the Act of December 9th, 1871, providing for the tenure of office of the Commissioners, for the election of their successors and declaring who are qualified voters in said town, is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor: There shall be an election held on the second Saturday in January, 1894, for Mayor and Councilmen for said town, and annually thereafter on the first Saturday in January, who shall assume the duties of their office one week after their election, unless there be a contest. The election shall be held in the same manner as elections for Justices of the Peace in this State. The managers, or a majority of them, shall declare the result on the

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[Illegible Text] of the election. Any party at interest being dissatisfied with the result at such election, may file a notice of contest with any two or all of said managers, within five days, setting forth the grounds of contest, which shall be certified by said managers, or a majority of them, who shall return the same to the City Court of Newnan, and the Judge of said court shall proceed to hear and pass upon said contest at his earliest convenience, and shall prescribe the manner of procuring evidence. The present Commissioners, and any Mayor and Councilmen hereafter elected, shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. All persons who have resided in the corporate limits of said town for thirty days prior to the election, and who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, may vote at said elections. Vacancies in the board may be filled by the Mayor and Council as they may provide by ordinance. Section 3 repealed. Municipal elections. Conduct of elections. Contests. Terms of office. Qualifications of voters. Vacancies. SEC. IV. That the fourth section of the Act of December 9th, 1871, providing for the appointment of President, Marshal, Clerk and Treasurer, is hereby repealed, and [Illegible Text] following be, and is, hereby substituted therefor: The Mayor and Council shall have power to elect a Marshal, Clerk and Treasurer, who shall be subject to such requirements, orders and [Illegible Text] as the Mayor and Council may enact. Section [Illegible Text] repealed. [Illegible Text] officers. SEC. V. That whenever the terms President and Commissioners, or Commissioners, appear in the Act of December 9th, 1871, they be, and are, hereby stricken out, and Mayor and Council is hereby substituted therefor. Mayor and Council substituted, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to enforce their fines, collect taxes and licenses by the issuance of executions against the property of defendants, tax defaulters and persons licensed, signed by the Clerk in the name of the Mayor, which shall be directed to the Marshal of said town, the Sheriff and the Constables of said county, and said officers may levy upon the property of defendant in fi fa. anywhere in said county. If said Marshal or a Constable levy on real estate the same shall be turned over to the Sheriff, who shall proceed to advertise and sell the same, as is now provided for Sheriff's sales. If personal property be levied on the same shall be sold by the Marshal or officer levying, at such time and place in said town as may be prescribed by ordinance. And said Mayor and Council may pass such [Illegible Text] for the punishment of violations of their ordinances, and for police regulations of said town, as they deem best. Executions SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council may provide, by ordinance, for the working of the streets, either by levying a tax, or requiring persons subject to road duty to work or pay a commutation tax. Street working. [Illegible Text] tax.

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SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or one of the Council selected as Mayor pro tem. , shall preside at the trial of all offences against the laws and ordinances of said town, and may punish for contempt. When any person may be brought before said authority, and it be found that said person is guilty of a violation of the criminal laws of this State, said Mayor and Mayor pro tem. shall have power to bind over such person to the City Court of Newnan, or the Superior Court for said county; if the offence be bailable and in the event of a failure to make bond, to commit said person to the jail of said county. Mayor pro tem. Trial of offenders, etc. Binding over offenders against State laws. Commitment. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the sale of all intoxicating and spirituous liquors be, and is, hereby prohibited within the corporate limits of said town, and said Mayor and Councilmen shall not have power or authority to grant license for the sale of such liquors. Sale of liquors prohibited. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893. SPARTA, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 205. An Act to alter and amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts granting corporate authority to the town of Sparta, and to confer additional powers upon the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the municipal government of the town of Sparta shall consist of a Mayor and four Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Aldermen of Sparta, and by that name shall have perpetual succession; shall have a common seal and be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, for the use of the town of Sparta, any estate, real or personal, within or without the corporate limits of said town; to sell and convey, lease [Illegible Text] or improve the same; and shall, by said name, be capable of suing or being sued in any of the courts of this State. Municipal government. Corporate name and general powers. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That the corporate limits of said town shall be the same as prescribed

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in an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Sparta, in the county of Hancock, approved November 13th, 1889. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held at the courthouse in said town, on the first day of May next (1894), and on the same day biennially thereafter, for a Mayor and four Aldermen, who shall hold their office for two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and should there fail to be any election at the time specified, from any cause, or should any vacancy occur, by death, resignation, removal from said town or from other cause, the Mayor and Aldermen shall order an election to be held, by posting a notice of said election at the courthouse, at least ten days previous to said election, and such other publication as such Mayor and Aldermen may deem expedient. At all elections in said town the polls shall be opened at nine o'clock A. M. and closed at three o'clock P. M., and said election shall be held under the superintendence of one Judge or Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or by three freeholders, all residents of said town, to be appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen. And said election shall be conducted as prescribed by law for elections for members of the General Assembly, except that only two lists of voters and two tally sheets shall be kept, and after the polls are closed said managers shall count the vote cast, declare the result and certify the same to the Mayor and Aldermen, and deposit with said Mayor all papers [Illegible Text] to said election, who shall retain them unopened for ten days and then destroy them, unless notice of contest has been filed during that time. All contests shall be conducted as may be prescribed by law. Municipal elections. Terms of office. Failure to hold election. Vacancies. Polls. Conduct of [Illegible Text] etc. Contests. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, in the county of Hancock, who have paid all taxes legally imposed by the authorities of said town, including street tax, except for the year in which the election occurs, and who shall have bona fide resided within the territorial limits of said town six months previous to said election, and who have complied with such registration laws and ordinances as may be adopted by said Mayor and Aldermen, shall be qualified to vote in said election. Qualifications of voters. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That if any person offering to vote at said election is challenged, he shall take the following oath, to be administered by the managers: I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Georgia; that I have attained the age of twenty-one years; have resided in said State one year and in the town of Sparta six (6) months next preceding this election; that I have paid all taxes which, since the adoption of the present Constitution

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of this State, have been required of me and which I have had an opportunity to pay agreeable to law, except the year in which this election is held, and that I have not voted in this election, so help me God. Oath of challenged [Illegible Text] SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That any person voting illegally in any of the said elections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to the same penalties as are prescribed by law for illegal voting in the State and county elections. Illegal voting. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, that any person properly qualified to vote for Mayor and Aldermen shall be eligible to hold either office; provided , he shall be a bona fide owner of real estate in said town, the Mayor to receive such salary as may be fixed by the Mayor and Aldermen previous to the term of his election, in no event to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per annum and not to be increased or decreased during said term. The Aldermen shall receive no salary or emolument, but may be exempt from street tax during the continuance of their official term. [Illegible Text] for office. Salary of Mayor. Aldermen to have no salary. But exempt from street tax. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That within ten days after said election the Mayor and Aldermen who have been elected shall meet at such time and place as shall be designated by the Mayor, and enter upon the discharge of the duties to which they have been elected, after first taking and subscribing before some person qualified to administer oaths the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge, to the best of my ability, the duties of Mayor (or Alderman, as the case may be) of the town of Sparta, so help me God, which oath shall be recorded on the minutes of said town. First [Illegible Text] Mayor and Aldermen. Oath of office. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as they may deem practical, elect a Clerk and Treasurer, who may be one of their own number, or other citizen of the town, and a Marshal; and take from such officers such bond and security as may be fixed by the Mayor and Aldermen, to be approved by the Mayor, couditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties. They shall also take and subscribe an oath before said Mayor that they, and each of them, will well and truly discharge their several duties as Clerk and Treasurer (or Marshal, as the case may be) to the best of their skill and knowledge, and faithfully account for all money which may come into their hands by virtue of their office; that said Clerk and Treasurer and Marshal shall receive such salaries as the Mayor and Aldermen may deem just and proper, which shall not be increased or decreased during their term of office; that said Mayor and Aldermen shall by ordinance prescribe the duties and liabilities of each of said officers. Subordinate officers.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the present Mayor and Aldermen shall hold their respective office until after the first election and qualification of those elected under this Act, and all laws and ordinances of said town now of full force shall continue until the same are repealed. Term of present Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall hold meetings at such time and place as may be appointed for the transaction of the basiness of the town, at which the Mayor shall preside and vote on all questions in case of a tie; that said Mayor shall hold Police Courts for the trial of all offenders for violation of the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations prescribed for the government of the town, and, on conviction, shall punish such offenders by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment in the calaboose, or work on the streets not exceeding thirty days. Any one or all of said punishments may be inflicted in the discretion of the Mayor. When sitting as a court, or presiding over a meeting of the Aldermen, the said Mayor shall have power to punish for contempt of court, by a fine not exceeding five dollars or imprisonment in the calaboose not exceeding twenty-four hours. From all decisions of said Mayor, imposing penalties or punishment, there may be an appeal to the full board of Mayor and Aldermen, at which a majority shall decide all questions upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinances to be passed by said Mayor and Aldermen. Council meetings. Mayor's vote. Police Court, etc. Contempts. Appeals. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor shall be ex officio Justice of the Peace, with authority to issue warrants and summonses, to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books and papers in all cases in which he has jurisdiction and to attest deeds, mortgages and other papers for record. And upon investigation, should it appear that an offence against the laws of the State has probably been committed, he shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to commit to jail, or, in his discretion, admit to bail, where the offence is bailable under the laws of this State, by a Justice of the Peace. Mayor ex officio Justice of the Peace. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of said town. He shall see that the laws, ordinances, rules and orders of the Mayor and Aldermen are faithfully executed. He shall have control of the police of said town, and may appoint a special police whenever, in his judgment, it is necessary, and it shall be his duty to see that the peace and good order of the town is preserved, and that all persons and property therein are protected, and to this end he may cause the arrest or detention of all riotous or disorderly persons, or any person violating the rules, laws or ordinances of said town. Duties and powers of Mayor.

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SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That in case of the absence, sickness, or disqualification of the Mayor, from any cause, the Board of Aldermen may elect from their own number a Mayor pro tempore , who shall, in the absence of the Mayor, exercise all the powers with which the Mayor is invested and perform all the duties required of him. Mayor pro tem. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to pass all laws, rules and ordinances for the government of said town, the protection of life and property, peace, good order, health, comfort and convenienc of the citizens thereof, and to fix suitable penalties for the violation of the same. Laws, ordinances, etc. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority over all streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, commons, cemeteries for the burial of the dead, and to regulate interments therein; to remove all obstructions and nuisances from the same; to regulate and control all public houses, markets, butcher pens, hog pens, livery stables, blacksmith shops, gins, mills and all other machinery propelled by steam, and to remove the same in case they should become dangerous to property or injurious to the health of the citizens of said town; to establish fire limits and regulations to guard against fire and organize a fire company; to establish a system of drainage and water-works, street lights and other appliances and improvements as will conduce to the comfort and health of the citizens of said town; to fill all excavations, construct ditches, to drain all ponds, marshes and waterways, and to exercise all such police authority over all parts of said town as will conduce to the health, comfort, peace, good order and convenience of the citizens thereof; to regulate the running at large of all animals in said town, and to pass such ordinances as will be necessary for the control thereof. Streets, alleys, etc. [Illegible Text] houses, markets, etc. Fire limits, etc. Drainage, water-works, etc. General police authority. Animals running at large. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax, not exceeding one-half of one per cent. upon all property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of said town, and may adopt such measures in their discretion as will secure the just and fair returns for taxation of said property, and may, in their discretion, appoint Tax-Assessors, whose duty it shall be to assess all property in said town for taxation at a fair cash valuation. They shall have power to require all persons within said corporate limits, who are subject to road duty under laws of this State, to work on the streets of said town, or they may prescribe a commutation tax which may be paid in lieu of work on the streets, said tax not to exceed three dollars per annum. They shall also have

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power to levy and collect a special or license tax upon all kinds of business, callings, professions or occupations carried on within said corporate limits, and upon all shows, exhibitions and performances carried on for gain; also upon all tables, stands, places or establishments of like character where games or tricks for amusement or gain are played or carried on; upon all peddlers and itinerant venders, insurance and machine agents, upon all livery stables, hacks, drays or other vehicles kept for hire; stallions and jacks kept for breeding; hotels, restaurants, beef markets and green grocers, lunch counters, dealers in fish and oysters, barber shops, saloons and all dealers in spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors, and said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to pass such by-laws and ordinances as they may deem proper, to require the registration thereof, to regulate the same and prescribe the manner of collecting such license or special tax and to fix penalties against any one exercising the said privileges within the limits of said town without first having paid the tax or procured the license as may be prescribed by ordinance in pursuance of this section. Ad valorem tax. Street work. Commutation tax. Special taxes. Shows, etc. Tables, stands, etc. Peddlers, insurance and machine agents. Stables, hacks, etc. Liquors. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have exclusive right to grant or, in their discretion, refuse to grant license to sell malt, spirituous or intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of said town; shall prescribe the terms on which license may be issued and regulate and control the same. License to sell liquors. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen may establish within the corporate limits of said town a system of public schools, and for this purpose shall have power and authority to assess and collect an additional tax of not more than one-half of one per cent. on all the taxable property within said town, for the support and maintenance of said school. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall also have power and authority to issue the bonds of said town for the purpose of raising a school building fund, the proceeds of which shall be appropriated to the purchase of lands and the erection of school buildings thereon; provided , that any debt made or incurred for this purpose shall not be in violation of the Constitution of this State, but if created shall be in pursuance of and after an election which may have been or hereafter may be held in conformity to said Constitution and the statutes of this State. Public schools. School tax. School bonds. Election as to. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to enforce, by execution, the collection of any amount due, or to become due, to said town for taxes, fines, assessments or license fees or otherwise, which execution shall be issued by the Clerk and Treasurer and bear test in the name of the Mayor, and directed to the Marshal of said town and all and singular the Sheriffs and their deputies of this State.

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And such Sheriffs and their duputies are empowered and required to serve and execute all writs, processes, warrants, executions, [Illegible Text] etc., issued as aforesaid, when the parties or property to be proceeded against are without the corporate limits of said town, and the Marshal and his deputy to serve and execute all such issued as aforesaid when the parties or property to be proceeded against are within the corporate limits of said town. All sales made by the Marshal or his deputies shall be conducted in the same manner as is prescribed by law for Sheriffs' sales. Said Marshal shall have authority to put purchasers in possession and execute title to property the same as Sheriffs may have. Execution Service and execution, of writs, etc. Marshal's sales. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That all judgments or executions issued under the provisions of this Act shall be a lien and bind all property of the defendant, both real and personal, from the date thereof, and shall rank and have precedence as executions from the courts of this State. Claims or illegalities may be interposed to all levies made as aforesaid, under the same rules and regulations as may be fixed by law to similar proceedings in the Superior Court of this State, and all such claims or illegalities are to be returned to the first Superior Court of Hancock county that sits ten days after the interposition of such claim or illegality, and there tried as other claims or illegalities are in said court; the cost of said proceedings to be the same as are prescribed by law for other such cases in said Superior Court. Lien of judgments, etc. Claims or illegalities. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. INCORPORATING TOWN OF ST. CHARLES. No. 221. An Act to incorporate the town of St. Charles, in the county of Coweta, to provide a government for the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the town of St. Charles, in the county of Coweta, be, and is, hereby incorporated, and that the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the railroad depot in said town. Town of St. Charles incorporated. Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That on each and every [Illegible Text] Monday in January of each year after the passage of this Act all

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the citizens residing in the corporate limits of said town who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to vote for a Mayor and four Aldermen, which election, held annually on said day, shall be held in said town, and in the manner and under the same rules and regulations as are elections for members of the General Assembly, so far as they are applicable. The polls shall be opened and closed as at county precincts in other elections. Annual elections Qualifications of voters. Regulations of elections. Polls. SEC. III. Be it enacted, That the certificate of the managers of the election, or a majority of them, shall be proof of election, and that before the entering upon the duties of this office the Mayor and Aldermen shall each make and subscribe to an oath to faithfully discharge the duties as an officer of said town. Proof of election. Oath of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all contested election cases shall be heard before the managers of the election, under such rules as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Aldermen; and all vacancies in the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, occurring between elections by the people, shall be filled by an election by the remaining members of the board. The term of the Mayor and Aldermen, except when elected to fill an unexpired term, shall be one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Contested elections. Vacancies. Term of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power and authority to alter the rules and regulations herein prescribed for the management of elections, to pass all ordinances and by-laws for the government of said town not in conflict with the laws of this State or of the United States, and to enforce the same by execution, by fine or imprisonment, and may sentence in the alternative. Said board may provide for the trial of cases and offenders before the Mayor, and for an appeal from his decision to a full board, or a majority of them. General powers of Mayor and Aldermen. Trial of offenders. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, shall have power and authority to appoint all officers they may deem necessary for the good of said town, and to carry this Act into effect; to compel persons in said town liable to road duty to work on the streets when deemed necessary; to levy and colleet an ad valorem tax on all property in said town, and such special taxes upon drays, livery stables, peddlers, billiard tables, auctioneers and all like enterprises as they may deem best for said town; and that all sale of spirituous liquors is hereby prohibited within the corporate limits of said town. Quorum. Officers. Street work. Taxation. Sale of liquors prohibited. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Mayor and Aldermen, by their corporate name, St. Charles, shall have power

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to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded with, and have and use all the powers granted by and embraced in section 774 to 797 inclusive of the Code of 1882, which sections, so far as not in conflict with anything herein stated, are embodied in and made a part of this charter. General corporate powers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. STONE MOUNTAIN, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 252. An Act to amend and revise the charter of Stone Mountain, in DeKalb county, to provide a new charter therefor, so as to increase the powers of the Mayor and town Council, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the inhabitants of the territory hereinafter designated are hereby continued corporate by the name and style of the town of Stone Mountain, a body politic and corporate, with power to govern themselves by such ordinances, resolutions and by-laws for municipal purposes as they may deem proper, not in conflict with this charter, nor the Constitution and laws of this State, nor of the United States; with power in and by said name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts of this State, to have and use a common seal, to hold all property, real and personal, now belonging to said town, for the purpose and intents for which the same were granted or dedicated; to acquire by gift or purchase such other real or personal property as may hereafter be necessary for corporate purposes, and to use, manage, improve, sell and convey, rent or lease any and all of said property, as may be deemed advisable for corporate interests. Corporate name. Ordinances etc. General corporate powers. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend one thousand (1,000) yards in each and every direction from the Georgia Railroad depot in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That there shall be elected on the second Wednesday in December, 1893, and annually thereafter, between the hours of ten o'clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M., a

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Mayor and six members of Council. The Mayor and Council, in all cases, shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, said elections to be held as provided for election of county officers. Municipal elections. Terms of office. Conduct of elections SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of said town; he shall see that all the laws and ordinances of the town are faithfully executed; shall receive such salary as the Mayor and Council by ordinance shall fix, not to exceed the sum of fifty dollars per annum. Before entering on the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe the following oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and which shall be spread on the minutes or records of such Mayor and Council: I (A B) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will, to the utmost of my ability, discharge the duties of Mayor of the town of Stone Mountain during my continuance in office, so help me God. Powers and duties of Mayor. Salary. Oath of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of said Council in each year, they shall choose from their own number a Mayor pro tempore who shall, in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, perform all the duties required of the Mayor; and in case of the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tempore shall be clothed thereby with all the rights, privileges and duties of the Mayor-elect, when and during the sickness or absence of the Mayor, upon taking the usual oath, and not otherwise, and shall receive a salary as the Council, by ordinance, may fix, not to exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum; and if the Mayor pro tempore , as well as the Mayor-elect by the people, shall both be unable, from any cause, to attend to their duties, the Council shall elect another Mayor pro tempore , who shall thereby be clothed with all the rights, powers and duties of Mayor of the town, upon taking the usual oath. Mayor pro tem. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor shall be ex officio the presiding officer of said Board of Council, and in his absence, sickness or disqualification, the Mayor pro tempore shall be the presiding officer of said Board of Council, but neither shall have a vote except in case of a tie. Presiding officer of Council. Mayor's vote. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor pro tempore , shall have full power and authority to hold, at such times and places and under such rules and regulations as may be by ordinance prescribed, a Mayor's Court for said [Illegible Text] for the trial of offenders against the ordinances of said town, and impose such penalties for the violation thereof as may be prescribed by ordinance, not exceeding one hundred dollars fine, or imprisonment in the town prison, or labor on the streets or public

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works of said town not exceeding thirty days for each offence, and may impose one or more of such penalties for each offence, directly or in the alternative; and in the event such person or persons shall be dissatisfied with the judgment of the Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor pro tempore , he or they shall have the right of appeal to the Council at the next regular meeting upon paying up all costs and giving bond and security for their appearance before said Council to abide by the final decision of said Council; and the said Council, after hearing all the evidence submitted, shall have power to affirm or reverse the decision of the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore , and the Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor pro tempore , or in the absence of both a majority of the Council, shall have full power to punish for contempt by imprisonment not exceeding ten days or fine not exceeding ten dollars, or both; and also full power to compel the attendance of witnesses under the same rules and regulations as are required for the attendance of witnesses at a Justice's Court. Mayor's Court, etc. Appeal. Contempts. Witnesses. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor, or in his absence, sickness or disqualification, the Mayor pro tempore , shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace so far as to enable him to issue warrants for offences committed within the corporate limits of the town, which warrants shall be executed by the Marshal of said town, and to commit to the jail of DeKalb county or to admit to [Illegible Text] offenders for their appearance at the next Superior Court thereafter for the county of DeKalb, and it shall be the duty of the jailer of the county of DeKalb to receive all such persons so committed and safely keep the same until discharged by due process of law. Mayor ex officio Justice of the Peace SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That if at any time the office of Mayor or Councilmen shall become vacant, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Mayor or members of the Council shall order an election to fill such vacancy, to be held within ten days thereafter, provided, however , if such vacancy or vacancies occur within three months of the expiration of the time for which member or members were elected, there shall be no election ordered to fill the same, unless such vacancies would leave the Council without a quorum. Vacancies. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall elect a Marshal for said town, who shall hold his office one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified, shall receive such salary as the Mayor and Council, by ordinance, shall fix, and, in addition to his salary the Marshal shall receive one dollar and twenty-five cents cost in case of arrest of offenders against the laws of the town or of the State of Georgia, where the offender or offenders are adjudged guilty; provided further , that the Marshal shall receive

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no insolvent cost. Before entering upon the discharge of his office he shall enter into bond with good security in such sum as the Mayor and Council shall require, not to exceed two thousand dollars, payable to the Mayor and Council of Stone Mountain, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as Marshal of said town, and faithfully to account of and for all money coming into his hands as ex officio Tax-Receiver and Collector for said town, or as Marshal thereof; that the Mayor and Council, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, shall have power to remove said Marshal from office for disorderly conduct, abuse of his office, neglect of official duty, or other conduct unbecoming an officer. Said charges must be made in writing, and the Marshal shall have reasonable notice thereof before trial, and the Mayor and Council shall have power at any time to fill a vacancy in such office, to continue only for the unexpired term of the retiring Marshal. Marshal. Compensation. Bond. Removal from office. Vacancies. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power or authority to employ any number of regular or special policemen to assist the Marshal of said town in the discharge of his duties, or to preserve the peace and good order of said town, as occasion may require, and the Mayor and Council may, by ordinance, confer the power of appointing special policemen to discharge such duties upon the Mayor or Mayor pro tempore alone, when, in his judgment, the good order and peace of said town shall require. Police SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen shall elect a Clerk of Council, who shall be ex officio Treasurer of said town and shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. [Illegible Text] compensation and fees shall be fixed by ordinance and not changed during the term for which he was elected. Before entering upon the duties of his office said Clerk of Council shall enter into bond, with good security, in such sum as the Mayor and Council shall require, payable to the Mayor and Council of Stone Mountain, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and faithfully to account of and for any and all money coming into his hands as Treasurer of said town. Clerk of Council. Term of office. Compensation. Bond SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or Mayor pro tempore , holding and presiding in the Mayor's Court, shall have power and authority to administer oaths to any and all persons sworn as witnesses on the trial of any issue coming before said court to be determined. Administration of oaths to witnesses. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That for any breach of the bonds of the Marshal and the Clerk required by this Act to be given, the same may be sued and recovered to the full penalties

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thereof, in any court having jurisdiction thereof, by the Mayor and Council of said town. Suit on official bonds. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to levy an ad valorem tax not to exceed one-half of one per cent. upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of said town, made taxable by the laws of the State. It shall be the duty of the Marshal of said town to receive the returns of all taxable property returned to him, and to make out a schedule of all property within said town (liable to taxation not returned at such time), and in such manner and under such regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to collect the tax at such time and in such manner as said Mayor and Council shall by ordinance prescribe. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to scan the returns made and see that the value placed on all property returned by the taxpayer is fair and reasonable. Should a difference arise between the Mayor and Council and any taxpayer concerning the value of any property returned, such difference shall be referred to the Board of Assessors for settlement, whose assessment shall be final, as hereinafter provided for by section 16 of this charter. Ad valorem tax. Tax returns, etc. Collection of taxes. Examination of tax returns, etc. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall appoint three freeholders as a Board of Assessors for said town, at their first regular meeting after taking the oath of office, whose duty it shall be to settle all differences that may arise between the Mayor and Council and any property owner, as to the value of property given in for taxation, by assessing said property and making returns to said Mayor and Council, which assessment shall be final. Tax assessors. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall fail or refuse to pay the tax imposed according to this Act the Clerk of Council shall issue an execution which shall be signed by the Clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor. Such execution shall bind all the property which said defaulting taxpayer owned in said town on the first day of March of the year in which it is required to be returned for taxation. Such execution shall be directed to the Marshal of said town, who shall enforce the same by levy and sale of the property subject thereto, as that provided by law for Shereff's sale, for State and county taxes; and it shall be the duty of said Marshal to convey by bill of sale or deed, the property so sold by him, and upon request, to put the purchaser in possession of such property, the Marshal receiving the same costs as Constables and Sheriffs in such cases. Tax executions, etc. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to prohibit the

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sale of any and all intoxicants, intoxicating liquors, alcoholic, spirituous, malt liquors or beer of any kind whatever, and also to regulate the sale of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco and cigarette paper. Sale of liquors. Cigarettes, etc. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have authority in addition to the ad valorem tax hereinbefore provided for, to levy a tax on all billiard tables, ten-pin alleys, nine-pin alleys and tables and alleys of any other kind used for the purpose of playing on with balls or pins and on any and all contrivances of every sort used for the purpose of gaming for the public not less than the sum of one hundred dollars, nor to exceed two hundred dollars for each year on each of said tables, alleys or games; and may levy and collect a tax on shows and exhibitions for gain, peddlers, itinerant traders, drays, livery or sale stables, warehouses, auctioneers, market houses, stone or marble yards, gins, mills, blacksmith shops, wood shops, manufactories of all kinds, guano dealers, coal dealers, millinery shops, undertakers or undertakers' supplies, upon all mercantile business houses, to be graded upon amount of business done, not less than five dollars nor to exceed twenty-five dollars for each business house or firm doing business in said town; and may also tax dogs not to exceed one dollar for each dog; said tax to be paid at such time and in such manner as the Mayor and Council shall by ordinance prescribe annually. Special taxes. Shows, peddlers, markets, etc. Dogs. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted that all persons residing in the corporate limits of said town liable to perform road duty by the laws of this State shall be liable and subject to work on the streets of said town; provided , the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power to levy a street tax in lieu thereof; and provided further , that all persons who shall fail or refuse to pay said tax on or before such day as the Mayor and Council by ordinance may require shall be required upon three days' notice to do and perform street work as aforesaid, and upon failure thereof such defaulter shall be liable to be dealt with by the Mayor and Council as for violation of other ordinances of said town as provided in section 7 of this Act. Street work. Street tax, etc. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance for the imprisonment of any and all persons apprehended within the corporate limits of said town for the violation of such ordinances as they may pass or ordain for the preservation of the good order, morals or health of the inhabitants of said town, or violation of the criminal laws of said State, until said persons can be tried before the proper authorities of said town; provided , that the person so arrested shall not be held or kept in custody exceeding twenty-four hours, not counting the Sabbath, without a hearing, except on his

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own motion. They shall also have power and authority to bind any and all persons for the violation of the ordinances of said town, to appear before the Mayor's Court to be tried therefor and to abide the judgment of said court, and which bond shall be valid and binding on the principal and surety or sureties thereof, and in case of breach thereof may be recovered upon by said Mayor and Council in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Punishment of offenders. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of Stone Mountain shall have full power and authority to enact an ordinance providing for the establishment of a chaingang for said town for the punishment of offenders against the ordinances of said town. The chaingang shall be under the charge of the town Marshal and special police, and shall be worked upon the streets and sidewalks of said town, when within the corporate limits of said town, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Council for the control, management and safe keeping of said convicts. Chaingang. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have power and authority to abate and suppress nuisances and to keep the town in good sanitary condition, as may be prescribed for by ordinance within the corporate limits of said town. Nuisances. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to care for and make all necessary repairs to the cemetery of said town; to enlarge the same by purchase, when in their opinion it shall be necessary or proper; to regulate and provide for the burial of the dead therein, and may sell and by deed grant to persons who may wish to purchase any vacant and unoccupied lot or lots in said cemetery, which said lot or lots, when so deeded, shall become the property of said purchaser. They shall also have power to employ a Sexton for the same, with such assistance as may at any time be necessary, and do whatever they may deem best to preserve, protect and beautify said cemetery. Cemetery. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to establish and fix such system of grading and draining of the streets and sidewalks of said town as they may deem proper; they shall have full power and authority to lay out new streets and sidewalks, and also to compel property owners to keep their sidewalks in good repair, as they may deem proper. Upon failure of any property owner to comply with the same within the time prescribed by ordinance, the Mayor and Council may have the same done and levy and collect the expense thereof by execution against the lands and goods and chattels of the owner of the property. Grading and draining streets, etc. New streets, etc.

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SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to appropriate such sum or sums of money for the repairing and improvements of the town academy or academies, and shall have such repairs and improvements made as they may deem wise and prudent, and as the finances of the town may authorize. Schools. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Council of the town of Stone Mountain, and, in case of his absence or sickness, such person as shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council for that purpose, shall open at the office of said Clerk of Council, or at such place as shall be designated by the Mayor and Council for that purpose, a book for the registration of voters of said town entitled to vote for Mayor and Council; said book of registration to be opened thirty days prior to the annual election for Mayor and Council, and to be kept open twenty days, and not less than two hours each day, Sundays excepted, when said book shall be finally closed; and it shall be the duty of the Clerk, or other person appointed, to duly, upon the application of any one entitled to vote as aforesaid, which application shall be made in person and not by proxy, to register the name of such person and the Clerk, or other person appointed, shall, in every case, before making the registration, administer to the applicant thereof the following oath, viz.: You do swear (or affirm) that you are twenty-one years old, that you are a citizen of the United States, that you have resided in this State twelve months last past, in the town of Stone Mountain for last past three months, and that you have paid all legal taxes required of you by the authorities of said town. And the said Clerk, or other person conducting such registration, shall furnish the managers of said election with a copy of the same, and make out in alphabetical order, as soon as the polls are opened; and failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury the sum of fifty dollars; and it is further' provided , that no person shall be entitled to vote in said elections who fails to register, as prescribed by ordinance, as herein provided. Registration of voters. Oath of applicant. Registration lists to be furnished election managers. No person not registered may vote. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council in office in said town are hereby clothed with all the rights, powers and privileges during their continuance in office that, by the terms of this Act, are conferred on their successors as provided herein. They shall have full power and authority to pass all needful ordinances, resolutions and by-laws for the successful carrying into effect of this Act. Powers, etc., of present Mayor and Council. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Assessors, as hereinafter provided for, shall receive such compensation

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for their services as shall be prescribed by ordinance, not to exceed two dollars per day each for the actual number of days engaged in such service. Compensation tax assessors. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That any and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, including the Act heretofore incorporating said town and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. SUMMERVILLE, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 206. An Act to incorporate the village of Summerville, in the county of Richmond, to provide for the election of Commissioners for the same, to prescribe the powers and duties of said Commissioners, and for other purposes, and the Acts amendatory thereof, so as to confer upon said village the power to provide a water supply and sewerage system, and to issue bonds to provide for the payment of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is herely enacted by authority of the same, That the Act, approved December 19th, 1861, entitled an Act to incorporate the village of Summerville, in the county of Richmond, to provide for the election of Commissioners for the same, to prescribe the powers and duties of said Commissioners, and for other purposes, and the Acts amendatory thereof, be amended as follows, said village containing a population of over two thousand: Act of Dec. 16, 1861, amended. Paragraph 1. The village of Summerville, in Richmond county, is hereby authorized to provide a supply of water and a sewerage system for said village and the inhabitants thereof. Authorized to supply water and sewerage. Par. 2. The said village of Summerville is authorized to provide said water supply, if it deems proper, by contracting with private individuals or corporations to furnish water to the village and its inhabitants in such manner and in such quantities and on such terms as may be agreed upon between them and the said village provided , that the village shall incur no indebtedness beyond what may be paid out of the current year's income, except after authority so to do conferred by an election held in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and the general law applicable to he incurring indebtedness by municipal corporations. How water supply may be obtained. No indebtedness to be incurred save what may be paid from income. Unless authorized by election, etc.

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Par. 3. The said Mayor of Summerville may, if it deems proper, instead of contracting for a supply of water as provided in the foregoing paragraph, or upon the expiration of any such contract, proceed to purchase or construct a suitable system for the village and its inhabitants. Purchase or construction of water-works. Par. 4. The said village of Summerville is authorized, for the purpose of providing for the payment of the purchase money of a water-works system, or for the construction of the same, and also for the construction of a sewerage system, to issue bonds of said village in such amount and under such provisions as said village shall determine, upon receiving the requisite assent of the voters of said village at an election held for the purpose, in the manner provided by the Constitution and the general law in reference to the incurring indebtedness by municipalities. Bonds for water-works and sewerage. Par. 5. The said village of Summerville is further authorized, for the purpose of constructing or enlarging any system of water-works or sewerage, to obtain by purchase, lease or condemnation proceedings, and hold the title to the same in the name of the village of Summerville, any lands necessary for that purpose, either within or without the corporate limits of said village; provided , that lands held without the village shall be subject to the police control of the jurisdiction in which located. And it shall also have power to lay water-pipes and mains and sewers on and along or across any public road or street, within or without said village upon complying with the reasonable regulations prescribed by the officers and authorities having charge and control of said roads or streets. In the event that said village cannot procure from the owner or owners thereof by contract of lease or purchase the title to the lands necessary for the purpose aforesaid, it shall be lawful for said village, by its agents and employees, to enter upon and take possession of such lands, upon first paying or tendering to the owner thereof, or his or her or its legally authorized representative, just and reasonable compensation for said lands, and if the amount of such compensation cannot be agreed upon, it shall be ascertained and assessed by three appraisers, one of whom shall be named by the owner or owners of the lands to be taken, one by the Intendant of said village and these two shall select a third, who, or a majority of whom, shall make an award of the amount to be paid the owner or owners of the and to be taken, which award shall be certified in writing under their hands and seals in duplicate, one for each of the parties in interest, and delivered to said parties, and being filed and recorded in the office of the Clerk of said county; this award shall operate and have the effect of a judgment, upon which the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county of Richmond shall issue executions.

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In case either party shall be dissatisfied with said award, he, she or it may, within ten days after the filing of the same in the Clerk's office, enter an appeal to the Superior Court of said county as in other cases of appeal, when the question of damages shall be determined by a jury. If the owner or owners of the land sought to be taken should fail to appoint an appraiser after ten days' notice so to do, or in case they be infants or for any reason laboring under disabilities and not sui juris , then the Ordinary of the county where the lands are situated shall appoint appraisers for him or them. Right to obtain and hold property. Police control of lands without the village. Water pipes, etc., across public roads or streets. Condemnation of private property. Appraisers. Award. Appeal. Failure to appoint appraiser. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. TALLULAH FALLS, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 277. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act approved November 12th, 1889, to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Tallulah Falls, in the county of Rabun, to appoint Commissioners for the same, and for other purposes, approved October 7th, 1885. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act section 1 of the substitute in the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding at the close of said section the following: provided , that no part of said corporate limits shall extend into the county of Habersham. No part of corporate limits to extend into Habersham county. SEC. II. Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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TRENTON, CHARTER AMENDED. No. 413. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Trenton, to empower any one of the Commissioners of said town to try cases, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act any one of the Commissioners of said town of Trenton shall have the right to try cases for violation of the ordinances of said town. Any commissioner may try offenders against ordinances. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. WARESBORO, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 209. An Act to provide a new charter incorporating the town of Waresboro, in the county of Ware, and to grant certain powers and privileges to said town, and for other purposes. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act all charters heretofore granted to said town of Waresboro be, and the same are, repealed by this Act, and the charter of said town shall be as follows: Previous charters repealed. SECTION I. Be it enacted, That the municipal government of the town of Waresboro shall consist of a Mayor and five Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the town of Waresboro, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall by said name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State, plead and be impleaded, and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, and shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy and possess, and to retain for the use and benefit of said town of Waresboro in perpetuity or for any term of years, any estate, real or personal, lands, tenements, hereditaments of what kind or nature soever, within the limits of said town, and to sell, alien, exchange or lease the same or any part thereof, or convey the same or any part thereof in any way whatever. Municipal government. Corporate name and powers.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act the corporate limits of the town of Waresboro shall be as follows, to wit: One-half a mile in every direction from the white Methodist Episcopal Church in said town. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That John M. Spence, Jr., Mayor, and J. P. Lide, J. H. Hillhouse, S. F. Floyd, C. G. Parker and W. M. Boyett, the present incumbents, as Aldermen, shall constitute the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the town of Waresboro, under the provisions of this charter, until an election shall be held; that an election shall be held at the council chamber, or such other place as the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. of said town shall direct and designate, on the first Saturday in January, 1894, and the first Saturday in January in each year thereafer, for Mayor and five Aldermen, who shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and should there fail to be an election held in said town at the time above specified, from any cause whatever, the Mayor of said town shall order an election held in said town by posting a notice in three public places and advertising said notice in any public gazette having a circulation in said town. Said notice shall be posted ten days before said election. The polls at said election shall not be opened before nine o'clock A. M., and shall be closed at four o'clock P. M. The qualification of voters at said election shall be such as are required for electors for the General Assembly, and in addition thereto residence within the corporate limits of said town for six months next preceding the election and the payment of all legal taxes required of them by said corporation. Provisional government. Municipal elections. Terms of office. Failure to hold election. Polls. Qualifications of voters. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said election shall be held under the superintendence of a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or three freeholders, said Superintendents to take an oath for the due and legal performance of their said duties as such Superintendents, and to have all the powers incident to Superintendents of election in this State. In case the managers shall have any reasonable doubt as to the qualifications of any voter, or should any vote be challenged, they shall administer the following oath: You do swear that you are a citizen of the State of Georgia, that you have attained the age of twenty-one years, that you have resided one year in this State and for the last six months within the corporate limits of the town of Waresboro, and have paid all taxes legally required of you by said town of Waresboro, so help you God. Conduct of elections, etc. Oath of challenged voter. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Superintendents of said election shall conform to the laws governing elections in this State in so far as they are applicable to said elections, and shall only declare

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the result of said elections, and shall issue certificates of election to such persons as received the highest number of votes polled, who shall within ten days from said election qualify by taking an oath well and truly to perform the duties of their respective offices before an officer authorized in this State to administer oaths. Said oath shall be filed with the Clerk of Council and by him preserved, which oath, with a list of voters and tally-sheet, shall be entered of record on the minutes of Council; provided , that in the event of a filing of a contest to said election, the party whose election is contested shall not exercise the duties of his office until said contest shall have been heard and determined by Council, who shall hear and determine all contests under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe, and whose decision shall be final. Declaration of result of election, etc. Oath of office, etc. Contests. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That at the first meeting of said Council in each year, they shall choose from their own number a Mayor pro tempore , who shall, in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, perform all of the duties required of the Mayor, and in case of the absence, sickness or disqualification of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tempore shall be clothed thereby with all the rights, privileges and duties of the Mayor-elect, during the sickness and absence of the Mayor, upon taking the usual oath, and not otherwise; and if the Mayor pro tempore , as well as the Mayor elected by the people, shall both be unable, from any cause, to attend to their duties, the Council shall elect another Mayor pro tempore , who shall thereby be clothed with all the powers, rights and duties of the Mayor of the town, upon taking the usual oath. Mayor protem. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That in case of the death, resignation or removal from office, or removal from town, of the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem. shall order an election to fill said vacancy, as is prescribed in section 3 of this Act (in case of a failure to hold an election), and in case of a vacancy in the Board of Aldermen, arising from any cause, as above mentioned, said vacancy shall be filled by an election to be ordered by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. , as the case may be, in the same manner as is prescribed in section 3 of this Act, as in case of failure to hold an election. Vacancies. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to any office under this Act who is not eligible as a voter at the election aforesaid, and any officer of said incorporation who shall be guilty of malpractice or abuse of the powers confided to him shall be subject to indictment in the Superior Court, and on conviction shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars (said fine to be paid over to the Treasurer of said town and appropriated to the use of said town), or to be imprisoned not to

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exceed six months, in the discretion of the court, and upon said conviction said party shall be removed from office. Qualifications for offices. Malpractice. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to elect such Marshal and Clerk and Treasurer and other officers as they may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act and the powers hereby conferred upon them, and to prescribe the fees and pay of such subordinate officers and to require such bonds for the faithful performance of the duties of such offices as they may deem necessary and proper. They shall have power to suspend, remove from office or punish them for a breach or neglect of duty, or to suspend or remove them from office for incapacity to discharge their respective duties from any cause. Subordinate officers. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers incident to such corporations, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of this State and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and said corporation, by their Mayor and Aldermen, shall have full power and authority to enact and enforce all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the good government of said town and [Illegible Text] the health of the inhabitants thereof and that may be necessary to carry this Act into full effect, and all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations now in force in said town, not inconsistent with this Act, are hereby declared valid and of force until amended or repealed by said Mayor and Aldermen of said town. General municipal powers. Ordinances, etc. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. of said town shall hold a Police Court in said town at any time for the trial and punishment of all violators of their ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said town, the punishment inflicted not to exceed a fine of one hundred dollars, or in default of the payment of said fine and the costs, by labor on the streets of said town or public works of said town not to exceed sixty days, or confinement in the common jail of the said town not to exceed sixty days. Police Court. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and other officers shall receive such pay and compensation as the Mayor and Council shall deem proper, but their compensation shall not be increased or diminished during their term of office. Pay of officers. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Waresboro shall have the sole and exclusive power of granting licenses to retail spirituous, ale or vinous and malt liquors in the town of Waresboro in any quantity, and for fixing the rate of said licenses and the terms upon which they shall

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be issued, and of declaring such licenses void when said terms are not complied with; provided, however , the license fee for the sale of spirituous, intoxicating, ale or vinous and malt liquors, as well as ciders, bitters and patented nostrums, which if drank to excess will produce intoxication, shall not be less than ten thousand dollars. They shall also have power to license, regulate and control ten-pin alleys, billiard and pool tables, or to prohibit the establishment of said tables and remove or abate said tables or alleys when they may deem necessary. They shall have full power and authority to license all livery stables and all buggies, hacks, wagons, carts and drays and other conveyances kept for hire in said town, and fix such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to govern any person engaged in carrying passengers in or out of said town for pay. They shall have full power and authority to care for and make any and all necessary repairs to the cemeteries of said town, to regulate and provide for the burial of the dead therein, and may sell and by deed grant to persons who may wish to purchase any vacant and unoccupied lots in said cemetery for burial purposes; shall have power to employ a Sexton for same, with such assistance as may at any time be necessary, and do whatever they may deem best to preserve, protect and beautify said cemeteries. Sale of liquors. Ten-pin alleys, billiard tables, etc. Livery stables, etc. Cemeteries SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have full power and authority to assess and levy and collect all taxes upon the real and personal estate within the corporate limits of said town as they shall deem necessary for the support and government of said town, not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of this State, and collect such tax on trades, business occupations, theatrical exhibitions or other performances exercised, performed or exhibited within the corporate limits of said town as may be deemed proper, and fix and collect such tax on circuses, menageries and all shows of domestic or wild animals, as may be [Illegible Text] proper by said Mayor and Aldermen. Ad valorem tax. Special taxes. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have full power and authority to remove, or caused to be removed, all buildings, porches, steps, fences or other obstructions or nuisances in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks or public squares of said town; also, to license, regulate and control all taverns, boarding houses and public houses in said town; to regulate all butcher pens, tanyards, blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys within said town, and to remove, or cause to be removed, the same, or any of them, in case they should become dangerous or injurious to the health of any citizen of the town or become nuisances; and also, to fill up all pits, cellars and excavations in said town, or cause the owner to do so, when the Council shall

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deem the same necessary to be done; also, full power to regulate and control all pumps, wells, livery stables, fire companies and engines, or any apparatus of like character within said town. Removal of buildings, nuisances, etc. Taverns, etc. Butcher pens, etc. Pits, cellars, etc. Pumps, wells, etc. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That all males over the age of sixteen years and under the age of fifty years, who have resided in said town ten days, shall be subject to work the streets and roads of said town not exceeding fifteen days in each year, or to be taxed therefor, as the Council may direct or determine, as a commutation tax, not to exceed four dollars per year; and the Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to call out each and every male person within the jurisdiction of said corporation subject to street duty, who shall be compelled to do road and street duty according to the laws of this town; and the said Mayor and Council shall have power to punish defaulters by a fine of not more than two dollars per day for each day's default, and in default of the payment of said fine to work upon the streets or public works of said town not less than ten or more than thirty days, or the said Mayor and Council shall have the power to levy and collect a tax in lieu of such road and street duty from all persons subject thereto, and no person who shall be indebted to said town in any tax, fine, fee or assessment shall be allowed to vote at any election held under this charter. Street work. Commutation tax, etc. Defaulters. Street tax. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall have full power and authority to open and lay out, to widen, straighten or otherwise change streets and alleys in said town. Whenever the Mayor and Aldermen shall exercise the power above delegated they shall appoint two freeholders, and the owner or owners of lots fronting on said streets or alleys shall on five days' notice, appoint two freeholders, who shall proceed to assess the damages sustained or advantages derived by the owner or owners of said lots in consequence of the opening, widening, straightening or otherwise changing said streets or alleys; and in case said assessors cannot agree they shall select a fifth freeholder, the said assessors to take an oath that they will faithfully [Illegible Text] their duties, and either party to have the right to enter an [Illegible Text] to the Superior Court of Ware county within ten days from [Illegible Text] rendition of said award, under the same rules and regulations [Illegible Text] govern appeals from the Justice Courts. Opening, etc., streets, etc. Assessors and assessment. Appeals. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That any of the officers [Illegible Text] said incorporation who may be sued for any act done in his or [Illegible Text] official capacity or character may justify under this Act. Officers may justify under this Act. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, as such, [Illegible Text] Mayor pro tem. , when presiding at any meeting of the Board [Illegible Text] Council or holding a Police Court, shall have power to punish [Illegible Text]

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contempt by fine not exceeding five dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed twenty-four hours, for each offence, or may imprison, in default of the payment of said fine, for twenty-four hours, in the discretion of the officer presiding. Contempts. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, sitting on a Board of Council, shall have power to lay off, vacate, close, open, alter, curb, pave, drain and keep in good order and repair the roads, streets, sidewalks, alleys, crosswalks, drains and gutters, for the use of the public or any of the citizens thereof; to protect divine worship; to regulate the keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles; to fix and establish fire limits; and from time to time to enlarge, restrict or change the same, and to make such rules and regulations and pass all such ordinances and enforce the same as may be deemed necessary by the Council for the proper enforcement of this Act. Laying off, altering, etc., Streets, etc. Divine worship, etc. Fire limits. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the Marshals of said town, the Mayor or any Aldermen may arrest, without warrant, any person guilty of a violation of any ordinance of said town and bring the offender before the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. , for trial, and to this end may summon any of the bystanders as a posse to assist in such arrest. When brought before the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. , a written or printed accusation shall be preferred against the offender, in manner and form as follows: State of Georgia, town of Waresboro. I,....., Marshal of said town, in the name and behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, charge and accuse..... of the offence (here state the offence), contrary to the laws of said town, the peace, good order and dignity thereof, this the..... day of....., 18....., and shall be signed by the Marshal, or deputy or acting Marshal, as prosecutor; and, when such accusation is preferred, the same shall be sufficient authority to hold the accused until final trial of the [Illegible Text] But the accused may give bond and security to appear at such other time as the case may be adjourned to, and, in default of such bond being given, to be judged by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. , the accused may be imprisoned to await trial. If such bond be given, and the accused shall fail to appear at the time fixed for the trial, the bond may be forfeited by the Board of Council and execution issued thereon by serving the defendant, if to be found, and his securities with a rule nisi at least five days before the time of hearing of such rule nisi , to be signed by the Clerk of Council, bearing test in the name of the Mayor. Arrests without warrant. Posse. Accusation. Appearance bond. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That all writs, processes, subp[oelig]nas, rules nisi for the forfeiture of bonds, all executions issued in behalf of the town for the collection of taxes, fines, forfeitures or for other purposes, shall be directed to the Marshal of

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said town, and all and singular the Sheriffs and the deputies of this State, signed by the Clerk and bearing test in the name of the Mayor of said town, and such Sheriffs and their deputies are empowered and required to serve and execute all writs, processes, warrants, executions, subp[oelig]nas, etc., issued as aforesaid, when the parties or property to be proceeded against are without the corporate limits of said town of Waresboro; and the Marshal or Deputy Marshal shall serve and execute all processes, writs, warrants, executions, subp[oelig]nas, etc., issuing as aforesaid, when the parties or property to be proceeded against are within the corporate limits of said town, sales of real or personal property by the Marshal or Deputy Marshal of said town to be made as prescribed by section 3656(a) of the Code. The deed to real property of the Marshal or deputy, or Sheriff or deputy, made in accordance with such sale, shall as effectually pass title to the purchaser as the same existed in the defendant, and the sale of personal property shall in like manner pass title to the purchaser. All judgments or executions issued under the provisions of this Act shall be a lien and bind all property, both real and personal, of defendants from date thereof, and shall rank and have precedence and bind all property as executions from the courts of the State, and the costs of proceedings shall be the same as for like proceedings in the Superior Courts of this State. Claims or illegalities may be interposed to such sales under the same rules and regulations as are fixed for their interposition now, or may be fixed in future to proceedings in the Superior Courts of this State, and all such claims or illegalities are to be returned to the first Superior Court of the county where the proceedings are had that sits ten days after the interposition of such claim or illegality and there tried as other claims or illegalities are in said Superior Courts. Writs, etc. Marshal's sales, etc. Lien of judgments or executions. Claims or illegalities. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That there may be an appeal from the decision of the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. to the Board of Councilmen in all cases, upon the defendant giving bond and security in such sum as may be required by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. trying the case, and a majority of said board shall be sufficient to hear and determine such appeal. There may be a certiorari to the Superior Court of Ware county in all cases from the decision of the Board of Council under the laws governing certiorari to said court from Justice Courts in all cases, except the decision of Council upon the assessment of property of taxpayers and defaulters. Appeal from decision of Mayor. Certiorari. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. , and any three Aldermen, shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, and the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. , shall have the casting vote, and a majority of the votes shall determine

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all questions and elections before the Council, and the Mayor and each Alderman shall be, to all intents and purposes, a Justice of the Peace, so far as to enable them, or any of them, to issue warrants for offences committed within the corporate limits of said town, which warrants shall be directed and executed as provided elsewhere in this Act, and to commit to the common jail of Ware county or to admit to bail, according to law, offenders for their appearance before the next Superior Court of Ware county to await his, her or their trial; and it shall be the duty of the jailer of said county to receive all persons so committed and them safely to keep until the same be discharged by due course of law. Quorum of Council. Vote of Mayor. Mayor and Aldermen ex officio Justices of the Peace. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances, rules and regulations passed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall, before becoming operative, be entered on the minutes or ordinance book of the Board of Council and be published at least once in some newspaper having a general circulation in the town, or be posted at two or more prominent places in said town. Ordinance book. Publication of ordinances. SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have power and authority to establish a chaingang, to be worked upon the streets, or at such other places in said town as they may direct, and to pass all ordinances necessary for the control, to work, and for the government and safe keeping of convicts, and may provide and punish for escapes in the same manner as for the violation of the ordinances for which said persons were convicted. Chaingang. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That the expenditures of the Mayor and Aldermen and the compensation of the town officers shall be paid out of the town funds, by an order drawn by the Clerk of the Council upon the town Treasurer, and countersigned by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem. of the Council, out of the funds in the hands of the Treasurer, who shall keep a book in which he shall make an entry of all sums of money paid out, and to whom and for what purpose, which book shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, or any or either of them, and likewise shall entries be made of all sums of money paid into ths hands of the Treasurer by the provisions of this Act, and the same shall be, and is, hereby directed to be a fund for the exclusive use of said town; provided, however , all sums of money arising from the sale of lots in the cemeteries of said town shall be used only for the care, keeping, use and adornment of said cemeteries. Payment of compensation of officers. Treasurer's book. Money from cemetery. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all taxpayers and owners of all taxable property within said town, and they, and each of them, either by themselves or an agent,

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are hereby required to make annual returns under oath to the Clerk of Council in said town, or to such other officers as the Mayor and Aldermen of said town may appoint for said purpose, at such time as said Mayor and Aldermen may limit, of all their taxable property, trades, business, occupation or profession in said town, held in their own right or in the right of any other person, and in case any person or persons shall fail or refuse to make such returns, or shall make any return deemed incorrect by the Mayor, said Mayor may assess the property of such person and may fix such value thereon as he may deem correct and just. If any owner of property thus assessed by the Mayor of said town shall feel aggrieved by the assessment so made by him, he may appeal to the Council of said town, who may make such reduction as to them may seem just and reasonable, and the decision of said Council in fixing the value of said property shall be final. Tax returns. Tax assessment. Appeal from. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That no person holding office under this charter shall, during the term for which he was elected or appointed, or while in office, be capable of contracting with such corporation for the performance of any work which is to be paid for out of the treasury; nor shall any such person be capable of holding or having any interest in such contracts, either by himself or another, directly or indirectly. Officers may not contract with corporation, etc. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That the corporation of the town of Waresboro is hereby authorized to assess against telegraph, telephone, railroad companies and banks doing business in said town, and the property of each in said town, a special license, extra or general tax, such as it is now authorized to assess against individuals or the property of individuals, and that the corporation of said town is hereby authorized to collect such tax as it may assess, as herein authorized, in the mode and manner authorized for the collection, by the corporation of said town, of any other tax. Taxation of telegraph, telephone and railroad companies. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said town shall have full power, whenever they may deem necessary, to require railroads in said incorporate limits to make crossings on their several roads for the convenience of the traveling public, and to keep the same open for travel, and to pass all ordinances needful for the carrying out of the provisions of this section; and in case said railroads shall fail or refuse to make said crossings when notified so to do, the Mayor and Council shall have the power to put the same across such railroads at the expense of said railroads, and may issue their executions and levy and collect the same, as provided for in section 22 of this Act in the matter of issuing, directing, levying and selling property of individuals. Railroad crossings.

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SEC. XXXII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. while acting as Mayor, shall have the right to vote upon all questions before the Council when said vote is a tie; and said Mayor and Mayor pro tem. shall also have the right to veto any measure passed by the Council, which veto must be filed in writing within four days after the passage of such measure and be entered of record on the minutes of Council, and said measure shall not be effectual until passed over said veto by a vote of two-thirds of the Council at the first or second regular meeting of Council after said veto, and not thereafter. Mayor may vote in case of tie. Veto. SEC. XXXIII. Be it further enacted, That all previously granted charters, and amendments thereto, to said town of Waresboro be, and the same are, repealed by this Act, and all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. WARM SPRINGS, VILLAGE OF, INCORPORATED. No. 199. An Act to incorporate the village of Warm Springs, to provide a municipal government for said village, and to confer certain powers and privileges on same, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, The lands immediately adjacent to the Warm Springs, a noted health resort situated in Meriwether county, have recently been laid off into lots and streets, and a large number of said lots have already been sold to persons from different parts of the State, who intend to erect residences thereon and furnish the same for summer homes; and Preamble WHEREAS, Already a number of such persons have erected substantial residences and outhouses thereon, and have valuable real and personal property permanently there situated; and WHEREAS, A modern winter and summer hotel of large capacity, extensive houses for baths, amusements, etc., have also been erected, and a complete system of water-works, drainage and sanitary sewerage have been placed on the grounds of said village for the use of the inhabitants thereof, and legal protection to all of said property and works can best [Illegible Text] secured through a municipal government for said village; and WHEREAS, A United States postoffice has heretofore been established on said grounds, and other valuable and permanent public improvements are contemplated, and will be made at [Illegible Text] early day; now, therefore, for the better protection of the property located in said village, and of the inhabitants thereof, SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the

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village of Warm Springs, in the county of Meriwether, the limits of which are hereinafter defined, is hereby incorporated, and municipal authority within said limits is hereby conferred on three Commissioners, to be selected as herein provided. The corporate name of said village shall be Warm Spring, and said Commissioners shall be known as Commissioners of Warm Springs. Village incorporated. Municipal government. Corporate name, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of Warm Springs shall be embraced in the following lines, commencing at a point on land line dividing lots Nos. 136 and 137, second district, twenty (20) chains west of the northeast corner of lot 137, running from thence west sixty (60) chains, from thence south forty-five (45) chains, thence east sixty (60) chains, thence north forty-five (45) chains to beginning point. Corporate limits. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the government and municipal authority of said village shall be vested in three Commissioners, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said village on the second Wednesday in July in each year hereafter, the first election to be held on the second Wednesday in July, 1894, and that Charles L. Davis, Dr. W. T. Goodwin and Thomas F. Tidmarsh are hereby created and appointed Commissioners of Warm Springs to serve until the first election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Municipal elections. Provisional government. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall serve without pay, shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Any person shall be eligible to the office of Commissioner who is qualified to vote in said village, and any person shall be qualified to vote in any election held in said village who is qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in Meriwether county, and who shall have resided in said village thirty days immediately preceding said election. All elections shall be held in the storehouse in which the postoffice is located, or in front of said house, or other public place in said village, in the discretion of the Commissioners, who shall give due notice of such place; may be superintended by any two persons residing in said village who are qualified to vote; shall be held between the hours 10 A. M. and 4 P. M.; the managers shall be sworn to faithfully superintend and make true returns of said election to Commissioners. The Commissioners shall take an oath in writing before any officer of this State to faithfully discharge the duties of Commissioners before assuming their duties. Commissioners to have no pay. Terms of office. Qualifications for office and of voters. When elections shall be held. Notice of. Management of. Oath of office. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Warm Springs appointed by this Act and their legal successors shall constitute a body politic and corporate, shall have perpetual succession; they may sue or be sued in the name of Commissioners of Warm Springs; they may purchase, hold and convey property necessary for the use of said village, or which may have been so considered; they may contract and be contracted with in reference to such matters as pertain to the management, protection and improvement of said village, within the limit of existing law; to make all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations necessary for the government of said village, the peace and good order thereof, and which are not inconsistent

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with the laws of the State; to lay out new streets and improve the same; to regulate and control taverns and public houses; to grant or refuse to grant license for sale of spirituous or malt liquors; to establish markets in said village and regulate the same; to abate nuisances; to impose and collect a tax on the property in said village, not exceeding one half of one per cent. per annum for the support of said village; to impose and collect fines for violation of any municipal ordinance, which do not exceed fifty dollars in any one case, or to imprison the violator not longer than five days for any one offence. It shall always require a majority of the Commissioners to concur to perform any official act or punish for the violation of any municipal law or ordinance. Said Commissioners shall each be invested with the powers of a Justice of the Peace as to the preservation of order and the protection of property in said village, and of binding over or committing to jail persons charged with the violation of State law, when such offence has been committed within the limits of the village; they may appoint or elect [Illegible Text] officers and agents necessary to carry on the public business of the village; may impose taxes on shows and exhibitions, and shall in general have all other powers and privileges which are incident to or usually conferred on municipal corporations, and shall be subject to all pains and penalties for failure to discharge public duties as may be now or hereafter provided by law; provided , if any license for the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be granted, that the sale of such liquors be restricted to guests of the hotels, occupants of cottages and residents of said village of Warm Springs, and that such license shall only be valid and of force while the hotel business at Warm Springs open for the reception and entertainment of guests. General corporate and municipal powers. Commissioners ex officio Justices of the Peace. Subordinate officers. Tax on shows, etc. Sale of [Illegible Text] SEC. VI. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893. WAYCROSS, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 391. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Waycross as the city of Waycross, and to grant a new charter to said town under the name of the city of Waycross, and for other purposes, approved November 1st, 1889, by striking out the word one-third in the third line of section 12 of the aforesaid Act and inserting in lieu thereof the word one-half. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the twelfth section of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word one-third in the third line of the twelfth section of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the word one-half,

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so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have full power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax, not to exceed one-half of one per cent. upon all property, real and personal, within the incorporate limits of the city, which is taxable under the laws of the State; said ad valorem tax to be for the purpose of bearing the general expenses of the city government, and an additional tax, not to exceed one-quarter () of one per cent., for the special and extraordinary expenses, viz.: Cholera, yellow fever, small-pox or other contagious diseases, including quarantine and sanitary purposes, and to be collected and used for no other purpose whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor and Aldermen, the necessities of the city shall require the same, and in addition thereto they shall have power and authority to levy and collect and ad valorem tax, not to exceed one quarter () of one per cent., upon the value of all real and personal property in said city, for public purposes, as now authorized by an Act of the General Assembly providing for the establishment of a system of public schools for Waycross, approved October 22d, 1887, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved December 26th, 1888. Sec. 12 of Act of Nov. 1, 1889, amended. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. WAYNESBORO, NEW CHARTER FOR. No. 265. An Act to amend and renew the various Acts incorporating the town of Waynesboro, and which make the same a city, and all Acts amendatory thereof. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the corporate limits of the city of Waynesboro, in the county of Burke, shall extend and embrace a radius of one thousand yards, making the middle of the courthouse square the center. Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of the city of Waynesboro shall consist of a Mayor and six Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of Waynesboro, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession; shall have a common seal and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors, for the use of the city of Waynesboro, any estate or estates, real or personal, of every character, kind and nature, within and without the jurisdictional limits of the city for corporate purposes; and shall by said name be capable of suing and being sued in

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any court of law in this State, and shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the city of Waynesboro. Municipal government. Corporate name and general powers. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held in the city of Waynesboro on Wednesday preceding the third Monday in January annually. In January, 1894, a Mayor and six Aldermen shall be elected, the Mayor and three Aldermen for two years and the other three Aldermen for one year; in January, 1895, and every two years thereafter three Aldermen shall be elected, and in 1896 and every two years thereafter a Mayor and three Aldermen shall be elected. The Aldermen elected at the first election for one year shall serve for one year, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and the Mayor and other Aldermen shall serve for two years, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. At the first meeting of the Mayor and Council, or as soon thereafter as practicable, one of said Alderman shall be chosen Mayor pro tem. Municipal elections Terms of office. Mayor pro tem. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That in case of a vacancy in any of the offices mentioned in the preceding section by death, resignation, failure to elect, removal from office, removal from the city or otherwise, said vacancy, whether Mayor or Aldermen, shall be filled by an election by the remaining members, a majority being sufficient to elect. Vacancies. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all elections shall be superintended and managed by a Justice of the Peace, or some other judicial officer, and two freeholders; or, in the absence of a judicial officer, three freeholders, all of whom shall be citizens of said city; and each of said managers before entering on his duties shall take an oath before one of the managers that he will faithfully and impartially conduct said election and prevent all illegal voting to the best of his skill and power, and said managers shall keep or cause to be kept two lists of voters and two tally sheets of said election. Management of elections. Lists and tally-sheets SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall by ordinance prescribe a voting place in the courthouse square, and the polls at all elections shall be opened at 9 A. M. and closed at 3 P. M. The person receiving the highest number of votes at such election for Mayor or Aldermen shall be declared elected, and the managers shall so declare in writing. Voting places. Polls. Result of election. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That after the votes at any election have been counted by the managers, they shall certify two lists of voters and two tally sheets, and shall place one of said tally-sheets and one of the lists of voters, with the ballots, in an envelope or box, and seal the same and deposit it with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Burke county. The other list of voters and tally-sheet shall be filed by the managers with the Clerk of the Council. The Clerk of the Superior Court and the Clerk of the Council, after the expiration of sixty days, shall destroy said ballots and list of voters without examining as to how any man voted; provided , no notice of contest shall be filed or pending. Election returns, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That on the day after the election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the persons who have been certified to as elected by the managers shall appear at council chamber and take and subscribe the following oath: I, A B, do solemnly swear that I

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will truly perform the duties of Mayor (or Alderman, as the case may be) of the city of Waynesboro to the best of my skill and ability, so help me God. Oath of officer. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all persons who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authority of the city, who were bona fide residents of said city sixty days previous to the time of opening of the registration list hereinafter provided for, and who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be qualified to vote at said election for Mayor and Aldermen. Qualifications of voters. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk or Treasurer, or such other person as may be designated by the Mayor and city Council, shall open a list for the registration of voters on the first Monday in January in each year, which list shall be kept open from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 5 P. M., for two days, when it shall be finally and absolutely closed. Registration of voters. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Registrar, when any person applies for registration, to satisfy himself that the applicant comes up to all the qualifications prescribed in section 9 of this Act; and if so satisfied, he shall register the name of such person and furnish him a certificate to that effect. Who may be registered. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Registrar shall arrange a list of the names registered in alphabetical order and post a copy of the same before the courthouse door at least four days before the election, and shall also at the opening of the polls furnish the managers of the election with a certified list. Publication of registration list. SEC. XIII. That the Mayor be the chief executive of the city of Waynesboro; he shall see that all the laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules of the city are faithfully executed and enforced, and that all the officers of the city shall faithfully discharge the duties required of them; he shall have a general jurisdiction of the affairs of the city; he shall preside at all meetings of the Mayor and Council; he shall have the right to vote in elections for officers and upon all other questions before said body, except upon questions where he is disqualified by reason of interest, relationship or otherwise. Duties and powers of Mayor. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, or in his absence or disqualification, the Mayor pro tem. , shall, as often as may be necessary, hold a Police Court, to be known as the Mayor's Court, for the trial of all oftenders against the laws and ordinances of the city. Said Mayor's Court shall have full power and authority to force the attendance of witnesses, to punish for contempt, and upon conviction to sentence such oftenders to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or to labor upon the streets or other public works for a term not exceeding thirty days, or to impose a fine not to exceed fifty dollars. Either or all said penalties may be imposed in the discretion of the court. Police Court. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, that the Mayor and each of the Aldermen shall be bound to see that all the laws and ordinances are properly enforced to keep the peace, and shall be ex officio Justices of the Peace, so as to enable each one of them to issue warrants for the violation of the criminal laws of the State committed within the city of

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Waynesboro, when the Mayor, or Mayor pro tem. in the absence of the Mayor, shall have full power, on examination, to commit the oftenders to jail or to bail them, if the offence be bailable, to appear before the court having jurisdiction. Mayor and Aldermen ex officio Justices of the Peace. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have full power to appoint or elect such officers as may be deemed necessary or proper, shall have power to regulate the time, mode and manner of electing or appointing such officers and agents, to fix their fees and salaries, to take their bonds, to prescribe their duties and their oaths, and may at discretion suspend, remove or discharge them with or without cause. Subordinate officers. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority by ordinances to assess, levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all property, real or personal, within the incorporate limits of said city, said tax not to exceed four and one-half mills on the dollar for current annual expenses; that they shall have power and authority to tax, license, regulate and control all taverns, hotels, cafs, restaurants, boarding houses, when boarders are taken for less time than one month, livery stables, drays, carts, buggies, carriages and other vehicles run for hire, auctioneers, vendue-masters, itinerant traders, the atrical performances, shows, circuses and exhibitions of all kinds, itinerant lightning rod dealers, emigrant agents, clock and stove peddlers, peddlers of all kinds; itinerant dealers in jewelry and all other travelling or itinerant venders of goods, wares, merchandise, liniments, or nostrums of every nature whatsoever; every kind of billiard, pool or bagatelle table kept for public use; every keeper of a shooting gallery, ten-pin alley; upon the keeper of any other table, stand or place for the performance of any game or play, whether played with sticks, balls, rings or other contrivances; upon the keeper of flying horses, bicycles, velocipedes or skating rinks, insurance agents, life and fire insurance companies, express agents, express companies, dealers in futures, loan agents, merchants and agents for any other business or calling whatsoever; keepers of slaughter houses, beef markets and green grocers; upon every junk shop, pawn-broker, and upon all other establishments, businesses, callings or avocations not heretofore mentioned, and which under the laws of Georgia are subject to a license or tax. Ad valorem tax. Special taxes of licenses. SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to require each male citizen in said city, between the ages prescribed by laws of the State for working public roads, to labor on the public works and streets of said city (except those who may be exempt by the laws of the State), and to require them, when notified, to work on the streets or other public works of said city for four (4) days in each year, or to pay a commutation tax of two dollars in lieu of such work. Street [Illegible Text] Commutation tax. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have authority to elect three Assessors, freeholders of said city, whose duty it shall be to appraise and assess for taxation all the property, real and personal, within the corporate limits of said city. Tax assessors.

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SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to fix and establish fire limits, and from time to time enlarge, restrict or change the same; to provide a fire department and a system of fire alarms, and, within the fire limits as established, it shall not be lawful for any one to build or cause to be bullt other than fireproof buildings, except by special permission of said Mayor and Council, and in case of offence against ordinances passed in pursuance of this Act the Mayor and Council, after five days' notice, shall cause the same non-fireproo building to be removed at the expense of the owners or builders thereof, to be collected by execution, as other executions issued by the city. The Mayor and Council shall have the right to say what are or are not fireproof buildings. Fire limits. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to remove any forge, or smith shop, or furnace, or other thing which in their opinion shall be necessary to insure safety against fire; they shall have power to cause any stovepipe or other thing which will endanger the city as to fire to be removed or remedied at the expense of the owner, as prudence shall dictate. Removal of forges, etc. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to enforce by execution the collection of any amount due for license, fees and taxes and assessments of every kind; for fines and forfeitures, and for any debt or demand due the city, such execution to be issued by the Clerk against the person, corporation or firm by whom any such debt may be due; that it shall be the duty of the Marshal to levy all executions in favor of the city, and after advertising for four weeks he shall sell the property levied on before the court-house door in the city of Waynesboro, on a regular Sheriff's sale day, and between the legal hours of Sheriff's sales. If the property is divisible, he shall offer it in parcels, and shall sell it at public outcry to the highest bidder and execute titles to the purchaser, and shall have the same power to place the purchaser in possession as Sheriffs of this State have. Executions Marshal's sales, etc. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to establish police rules and regulations, to pass all laws and ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, which tend to promote the safety, health, good order, morality and general welfare of the inhabitants of said city. Ordinances etc. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to establish such quarantine regulations as in their judgment may seem proper and not inconsistent with the laws of the State and the United States, and they shall have ample power to enforce the same. Quarantine regulations. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to lay off, vacate, close, open or alter streets, sidewalks or alleys, to cut, open and keep clean through all lots all necessary ditches and drains, and to punish for injuries done to same, after allowing property owners reasonable compensation for damages, the amount to be ascertained in such mode and manner as is prescribed by the laws of Georgia in similar cases; and to prevent hogs, cattle, horses, sheep, dogs and other animals and fowls of all kinds from going at large in said city. Laying off, altering, etc., streets, etc. Compensation to property owners.

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SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Marshal of said city to prosecute all offenders against the laws of the State for crimes committed within the limits of the city. It shall moreover be his duty to arrest or cause to be arrested all disorderly persons, all persons committing or attempting to commit any crime, and to commit them to the guardhouse or other place of confinement to await trial. It shall be his duty to execute all processes and orders of the Mayor and Council, and to discharge any other duties imposed on him by the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of said city. Prosecution, arrest, etc., of offenders. Execution of processes, etc. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893. WOOLSEY, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. No. 262. An Act to incorporate the town of Woolsey, in the county of Fayette, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the town of Woolsey, in the county of Fayette, be, and is, hereby incorporated, and that corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: All the lands belonging to Mrs. A. F. Woolsey on east side of Atlanta and Florida Railroad, all the lands belonging to Dr. I. G. Woolsey west of the Atlanta and Florida Railroad, and east of the creek running south through the lands of I. G. Woolsey, including all the dwellings, tenant houses on said lands, also including depot and right of way of Atlanta and Florida Railroad, and all other lands within said boundaries in the town of Woolsey. Town incorporated Corporate limits. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That on each and every third Saturday in December, after the passage of this Act, all the citizens residing in the corporate limits of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia, shall be entitled to vote for a Mayor and three Councilmen, which election, held annually on said day, shall be held in said town, and in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations as are elections for members of the General Assembly, so far as they are applicable, the polls to be opened and closed as at precincts. Municipal elections. Qualifications of voters, etc. Conduct of elections. Polls. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the certificate of the managers of the election shall be proof of the election, and that before entering upon the duties of their office the Mayor and Councilmen shall each make and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge his duties as officer of said town. Certificate of election. Oath of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all vacancies in the Board of Mayor and Councilmen occurring between elections by the people shall be filled by the remaining members of the board. The term of the Mayor and Councilmen, except when elected to fill an unexpired term, shall be for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies. Terms of office.

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SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Mayor and Councilmen shall have full power and authority to pass all ordinances and by-laws for the government of said town, not in conflict with the laws of this State or of the United States, and to enforce the same by execution, fine or imprisonment. Said board may provide for the trial of cases and offenders before the Mayor, and for an appeal from his decision to the full board, or a majority of them. Ordinances, by-laws, etc. Trial of offenders. Appeals. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Councilmen shall have power and authority to appoint all officers they may deem necessary for the good of said town, and to carry this Act into effect; to compel all persons in said town liable to road duty to work on the streets or pay a commutation fee in lieu thereof; to open streets where deemed necessary; to levy and collect an ad valorem tax on all property in said town, and such special taxes upon drays, livery stables, peddlers, shows and all like enterprises as they may deem best for said town. They shall have power to license, regulate or prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors and other intoxicating drinks in said town; provided , the tax for the sale of spirituous or intoxicating drinks in said town shall not be less than ten thousand dollars; provided, however , the above provisions of this section relating to the sale of spirituous liquors and intoxicating drinks shall not be operated as long as the sale of spirituous liquors is prohibited in Fayette county. Subordinate officers. Street work, etc. Ad valorem tax. Special taxes. Sale of liquors. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Mayor and Councilmen, by their corporate name, Woolsey, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded with, and have and use all the powers granted by and embraced in sections 774 to 797, inclusive, of the Code of 1882 of Georgia. General corporate and municipal powers. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893. WRIGHTSVILLE, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 293. An Act to amend an Act approved August 25th, 1885, providing a new charter for the town of Wrightsville, in the county of Johnson, in this State, so as to authorize any member of the Council, selected as such, to preside as Mayor pro tem. in cases where the regular Mayor is absent or disqualified; to authorize the annual or semi-annual collection of taxes assessed in said town, and to increase the jurisdiction of the Mayor's Court in imposing punishments for the violation of the ordinances of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act, approved August 25th, 1885, providing a new charter for the town of Wrightsville,

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in the county of Johnson, in this State, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding after the last word in section 6 of said Act the following words: That a Mayor pro tem. may be selected from said Council to preside in any case or cases where the regular Mayor is absent or is disqualified for any cause from presiding in such case or cases as may come before the Mayor's Court for trial, so that said section, when amended, shall read the same as it now reads in said original Act, with the additional words herein provided for, giving the Mayor pro tem. the right to preside in the absence of the regular Mayor, and in cases in which the regular Mayor is disqualified. Sec. 6 of Act of Aug. 25, 1885, amended. Mayor pro tem. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That section 8 of said Act, approved August 25th, 1885, be amended by inserting after the word taxes in the second line of said section the following words: and to fix the time for the payment thereof, annually or semi-annually, as they may deem proper, so that said section, as amended, will read from the first to the middle of the sixth line thereof as follows: That said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to assess, levy and collect such taxes, and to fix the time for the payment thereof, annually or semi-annually, as they may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred per cent. on the State tax, upon all and every species of property, both real and personal, within the limits of said town (except school and church property), at its market value, on the first day of April in each year, the balance of said section 8 to remain unchanged in the reading thereof as it now stands in said original Act. Section 8 amended. Time for payment of taxes. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That section 11 of said Act, approved August 25th, 1885, be amended by striking out the word twenty in the sixth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word fifty, and by striking out the word thirty in the eighth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word sixty, so that said section, when amended, will authorize the Mayor's Court to punish the violation of the ordinances of said town by fine, not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment or work upon the public streets or works of said town, not to exceed sixty days, and in addition thereto the costs of the proceedings. Section [Illegible Text] amended. Punishment of offenders. Section as amended. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 16th, 1893.

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TITLE II . COUNTY OFFICERS. ACTS. Burke County, Compensation of Treasurer. Catoosa County, Bond of Sheriff. Catoosa County, Election Managers for. Catoosa County, Compensation County Commissioners and Clerk. Clinch County, Repealing Act of August 16th, 1889, as to County Commissioners and Restoring Old Law. DeKalb County, Sheriff's Pay for Boarding Prisoners. Echols County, Board of Commissioners for, Established. Laurens County, Board of Commissioners for, Established. Liberty County, Publication Minutes County Commissioners. McIntosh County, Selection County Commissioners. McIntosh County, Selection County Commissioners, Act as to Amended. Murray County, Act Organizing Board of Commissioners, Amended. Pulaski County, Act Creating Board of Commissioners, Repealed. Terrell County, Act Creating Board of Commissioners, Amended. Webster County, Act Creating Board of Commissioners, Amended. Wilkes County, Board of Commissioners for, Established. BURKE COUNTY, COMPENSATION OF TREASURER. No. 189. An Act to repeal the second section of an Act entitled an Act to provide for the election of the County Treasurer of Burke county, approved February 19th, 1877, so that the Treasurer of Burke county, instead of receiving two per centum upon all receipts and disbursements, shall henceforth receive the same commissions prescribed by law for all other County Treasurers throughout the State, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the second section of the aforesaid named Act be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and from henceforth that the County Treasurer of Burke county shall receive the commissions prescribed in paragraph 3703 of the Code of 1882, and not two per centum upon all receipts and disbursements as prescribed in the Act of February 19th, 1877. Sec. 2 of Act of Feb. 19, 1877, repealed. Treasurer to receive what commissions. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893.

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CATOOSA COUNTY, BOND OF SHERIFF. No. 184. An Act to fix the amount of the bond to be given by the Sheriff of Catoosa county, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the bonds of Sheriffs hereafter elected for said county shall be given in the penalty of five thousand dollars. Bond to be for [Illegible Text] SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. CATOOSA COUNTY, ELECTION MANAGERS FOR. No. 202. An Act to require the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa county to appoint Election Managers for the several precincts of said county for all general and county elections held in said county, and to provide compensation for the same and for their clerks. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa county, at least fifteen days before any general or county elections to be held in said county, to appoint in each militia district in said county three good and [Illegible Text] men of such district (one of whom shall be a Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public). Notice of such appointment shall be given said appointees at least ten days before said election is to be held of their appointment, and if any such appointee finds he cannot serve without manifest injury to himself or family or from providential cause, it shall be his duty to notify said board of the fact at least five days before the election, so that his place may be supplied by the appointment of another Election Manager in his stead. County commissioners to appoint election [Illegible Text]. Notice of appointment. Notice by appointee that he cannot serve. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc., That said Managers shall have the power to appoint their clerks, not exceeding three in number, whose duty it shall be to perform the clerical work incident to holding said elections. Managers may appoint clerks. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, etc., That any person appointed Election Manager as aforesaid, who shall fail or refuse to act as such without giving said board five days' notice as provided in this Act, shall be subject

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to a penalty of five dollars, which may be collected by said board as for contempt or by execution issued by said board against the property of such delinquent. Penalty for failure to act without giving notice. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Election Manager who carries the return of said election to the courthouse for the purpose of consolidation shall receive two dollars as now provided by law, and the other two managers shall receive as compensation one dollar each, and each clerk shall receive twenty-five cents; the last two items to be paid upon the certificate of the Manager carrying the returns to the courthouse as aforesaid, that the parties claiming the same did, in conjunction with himself, act as Manager and clerks at said election. Compensation of manager bearing returns. Of other managers and of clerks. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. CATOOSA COUNTY, COMPENSATION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CLERK. No. 203. An Act to provide compensation for the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Catoosa county, and for their Clerks. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act each member of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa county shall receive from the County Treasurer of said county for each day's service rendered the same compensation per diem as jurors of said county shall be entitled to during the year in which such service is rendered. Compensation commissioners. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the compensation provided for in the past section of this Act shall be paid only by an itemized account of the services for which compensation is claimed and such itemized account must be sworn to by the party claiming the same; when such claim is made and verified under oath as aforesaid, the same shall be paid by the County Treasurer, and when receipted shall be to him a legal voucher for the amount so paid. When to be paid. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall receive the following compensation: not less than fifty dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars per annum, as said board may allow, to be paid quarterly on the order of said board, which shall be in full for all services rendered except per diem service. Compensation of clerk of board.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That any member of said board who shall make out an account and swear to the same for any services not rendered, or for more time than he has actually served, shall be guilty of false swearing and subject to all the pain and penalty against the offence of false swearing. False swearing to account for services. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That for the present year the said Commissioners and Clerk shall have the compensation herein provided for, which shall be due then on the second Monday in February, 1894, for one year; all subsequent payments shall be made them according to the provisions of this Act. Compensation for present year. Subsequent payments. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. CLINCH COUNTY, REPEALING ACT OF AUGUST 16TH, 1889, AS TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND RESTORING OLD LAW. No. 150. An Act to repeal an Act approved August 16th, 1889, entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Clinch, and to restore the law as it existed prior to August 16th, 1889. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That an Act approved August 16th, 1889, entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Clinch, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act of Aug. 16, 1889, repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the laws in force on this subject, prior to the passage of the said Act of August 16th, 1889, be, and the same are, hereby restored to full force. Old law restored. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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DEKALB COUNTY, SHERIFF'S PAY FOR BOARDING PRISONERS. No. 275. An Act to amend an Act to alter and fix the pay of the County Treasurer of DeKalb county, and also to alter and fix the per diem that shall be allowed the Sheriff of said county for board of prisoners in the county jail, approved February 19th, 1876, by striking from the first section of said Act the following words: And that the Sheriff of said county of DeKalb shall be allowed sixty cents and no more as per diem for board of each prisoner that may be confined in the county jail. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act section 1 of the aforesaid entitled Act be amended by striking therefrom after the words County Treasurer the following words: and that the Sheriff of the said county of DeKalb shall be allowed sixty cents and no more as per diem for board of each prisoner that may be confined in the county jail. Sec. 1 of Act of Feb. 19, 1876, amended. Provision as to pay of Sheriff for boarding prisoners stricken. SEC. II. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed, Approved December 15th, 1893. COMMISSIONERS ROADS AND REVENUES FOR ECHOLS COUNTY. No. 218. An Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Echols, to define their duties, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in the county of Echols, in this State, a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, to consist of three persons, to be elected by the voters of the county and commissioned by the Governor, the first election to be held on the first Wednesday in January, 1895, and thereafter at the regular time of holding elections for county officers; and said Commissioners to hold their offices for the term of two years, and whenever a vacancy occurs before the regular election for county officers, said vacancy to be filled by the remaining Commissioners, and said Commissioners shall be exempt from militia, road and jury duty. Each of said Commissioners shall receive as compensation for services the sum of two dollars per day. Board established. Elections of. Terms of office. Vacancies. Exemption of members from militia, road and jury duty. Compensation.

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SEC. II. Upon the approval of this Act, the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint William Aldermam, A. D. Laslie and Henry Parish to serve as Commissioners for said county until the first regular election for county officers of said county. Temporary commissioners. SEC. III. That each member of said board, before entering upon his duties (besides the general oath required of county officers), shall be sworn before one other member of the board, all of whom are hereby empowered to administer said oaths, faithfully and truly to discharge the duties of a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of the county of Echols; the same shall be written down, subscribed and attested in a book of minutes to be kept as hereafter provided. Oath of office. SEC. IV. That the Clerk of the Superior Court shall attend the sessions of the board; [Illegible Text] keep a minute of all proceedings in a well bound book to be provided at the expense of the county, and said Clerk shall receive such compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury, as said Commissioners may see proper to allow him, said compensation not to exceed twenty dollars per annum. Clerk. Minutes. Compensation of clerk. SEC. V. That two of said Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and they must concur to pass any order or decree. Quorum. SEC. VI. That said Board of Commissioners shall have exclusive jurisdiction, when sitting for county purposes, over the following subject-matter, to wit: 1st. Governing and controlling all property of the county, as they may deem expedient, according to law. 2d. In levying, upon the recommendation of the grand jury, a general tax for general and a specified tax for particular county purposes, according to the provisions of the Code and the laws of Georgia. 3d. In establishing, altering and abolishing all roads, bridges and ferries in conformity to law. 4th. In establishing and changing election precincts and militia districts. 5th. In examining, settling and allowing all claims against the county. 6th. In examining and auditing the accounts of all officers having the care, management, keeping, collection and disbursement of money belonging to the county, or appropriated for its use and benefit, and bringing them to a settlement. 7th. In making such rules and regulations for support of the poor of the county, for the promotion of the health, as is granted by law or not inconsistent therewith. Jurisdiction of board. SEC. VII. That the books of the Board of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall be inspected by the grand jury, who shall report thereon in their general presentments at each term of the Superior Court. Books to be inspected by grand jury. SEC. VIII. That said Commissioners shall hold four regular sessions; provided, nevertheless , a majority of said board may convene the same in extra session whenever in their judgment it may become necessary. Regular and extra sessions. SEC. IX. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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LAURENS COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR, ESTABLISHED. No. 180. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Laurens, and to define its powers. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in and for the county of Laurens a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to consist of five persons as follows: W. A. Witherington, J. W. Fordham, T. J. Blackshear, J. C. Powell and J. F. Fuller, citizens of said county. Board established. Members first board. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the first two Commissioners named shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, which said election shall be held with and in the same manner as the regular election for county officers on the first Wednesday in January, 1895, and every four years thereafter. The last three Commissioners named shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, the election for which shall be held with and in the same manner as the regular election for county officers on the first Wednesday in January, 1897, and every four years thereafter. Any vacancy occurring in the board hereby created, or any subsequent board, shall be filled by the remaining Commissioners, and the person thus chosen shall hold his office for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whose vacancy he fills, and no person shall be eligible for office under this Act who has not been a resident citizen of said county at least one year next preceding his election. Election of commissioners. Terms of office. Vacancies. Qualifications for office. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters concerning county property, county taxes, general and special; in establishing and changing militia districts and election [Illegible Text]; in examining, auditing and allowing all claims against the county; in examining, auditing and settling the accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection, keeping and disbursement of money belonging to the county or due to the county; in establishing, altering and abolishing roads, bridges and ferries; in the appointment of Road Commissioners and enforcement of the road laws, and to exercise exclusively the authority conferred by the general law upon County Commissioners and Ordinaries when sitting for county purposes where no Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues exists. Jurisdiction of board. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, The regular meetings of said board shall be held on the first Tuesday in each month. Three of its members shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of three shall be necessary to pass any order or decree. Regular meetings. Quorum, etc. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the County Treasurer shall not pay out or disburse any funds in the county treasury except upon the

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written order of said Board of Commissioners, signed by at least three of its members upon a regular court day. Treasurer to pay only on written order. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office, in addition to the oath usually administered to all county officers, shall take and subscribe an oath, truly, faithfully and impartially to discharge their duties during their term of office as County Commissioners, which said oath shall be administered by and subscribed before the Ordinary as in case of other county officers. Oath of office. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall be authorized to elect a Clerk, who shall keep a minute of all the proceedings at each meeting of said board legibly written, in a substantially bound book provided at the expense of the county, which shall be submitted to the inspection of the grand jury at its regular sittings. Clerk of board. Minutes. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That as compensation each of the said Commissioners shall receive two dollars for each day he is actually engaged in his duties as Commissioner, and the Clerk, who may be one of the Commissioners, or any other suitable person, shall receive such reasonable compensation as shall be fixed by said Commissioners. Compensation commissioners. Of clerk. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893. LIBERTY COUNTY, PUBLICATION MINUTES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. No. 296. An Act to authorize and require the County Commissioners of Liberty county to publish the minutes of their proceedings immediately after each meeting, and to provide payment for same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the County Commissioners of the county of Libertyare hereby authorized and required to publish the minutes of the proceedings of the said Board of Commissioners of each meeting held by said Board of Commissioners for the said county of Liberty, to be published in the newspaper having the largest circulation in the county of Liberty; the minutes or proceedings of each meeting to be published one time only. Commissioners to publish their minutes. How and when. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the payment for the publication of the minutes of the proceedings of said Board of Commissioners shall not exceed the legal rate of advertisement for said county, and shall be paid out of the funds of the county treasury of Liberty county, upon an order approved by said Board of Commissioners. Payment for.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. SELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF McINTOSH COUNTY. No. 159. An Act to regulate the selection of County Commissioners of McIntosh county. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That at the next election by the grand jury, to wit, at the May term, 1894, of the Superior Court of McIntosh county, and at all succeeding elections before the grand jury, the five Commissioners now provided to be elected by law shall be selected in the following manner: One of said Commissioners shall be a bona fide resident of the 22d District (G. M.), one a bona fide resident of the 1480th G. M. District, one a bona fide resident of that portion of the 271st G. M. District bounded by the 1312th G. M. District, Hudson Creek, Boggy Gaul road, Windy Hill road, Altamaha river, Liberty county, Darien Short Line Railroad and Sapelo river, and two bona fide residents of the other portion of the 271st G. M. District; provided , that one of said last named Commissioners shall not be selected until the expiration of the term of Jas. Dunwoody, Esq. Elections by grand jury. Residence of the commissioners. Proviso. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 21st, 1893. McINTOSH COUNTY, SELECTION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACT AS TO AMENDED. No. 415. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the selection of County Commissioners of McIntosh county, approved November 21st, 1893, by striking out certain words and adding certain words in lieu thereof. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act entitled an Act to regulate the selection of County Commissioners of McIntosh county, approved November 21st, 1893, be amended by striking out of the fifteenth line of the first section of said Act the words the 271 G. M. District, and inserting in lieu

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thereof the words McIntosh county, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That at the next election by the grand jury, to wit, at the May term, 1894, of the Superior Court of McIntosh county, and at all succeeding elections before the grand jury, the five Commissioners now provided to be elected by law shall be selected in the following manner: One of said Commissioners shall be a bona fide resident of the 22d District G. M., one a bona fide resident of the 1480th G. M. District, one a bona fide resident of that portion of the 271 G. M District bounded by the 1312 G. M. District, Hudson Creek, Boggy Gaul road, Windy Hill road, Altamaha river, Liberty county, Darien Short Line Railroad and Sapelo river, and two bona fide residents of the other portion of McIntosh county; provided , that one of said last named Commissioners shall not be selected until the expiration of the term of Jas. Dunwoody, Esq. Sec. 1 of Act of Nov. 21, 1893, amended. Residence of commissioners. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. MURRAY COUNTY, ACT ORGANIZING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AMENDED. No. 411. An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to organize a Board of County Commissioners for the county of Murray, and for other purposes, approved February 21st, 1873. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the above recited Act shall be so amended that, at the next election for county officers held in said county there shall be three persons elected as County Commissioners. The person receiving the highest number of votes shall hold his office for the term of six years; the person receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold his office for the term of four years, and the person receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold his office for the term of two years. Act of Feb. 21, 1872, amended. At next election three commissioners to be chosen. Terms of office. SEC. II. Be it further enacted that at elections for county officers held in said county biennially after aforesaid first election, there shall be one person elected as County Commissioner, who shall hold his office for the [Illegible Text] of six years. Biennial elections. Official term. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall receive from the County Treasurer the sum of two dollars per day for each day of actual service rendered; provided , [Illegible Text] amount does not exceed twenty-five dollars each per annum. Compensation of commissioners.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the duties, powers, etc., of said Commissioners shall remain the same as now prescribed in the Act aforesaid, approved February 21st, 1873. Duties, powers, etc. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. PULASKI COUNTY, ACT CREATING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, REPEALED. No. 155. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Pulaski, approved December 20th, 1886, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of the Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Pulaski, approved December 20th, 1886, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act of Dec. 20, 1886, repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the books and official documents in the power, possession, custody or control of said board be immediately turned over by said board to the Ordinary of said Pulaski county. Books, documents etc., to be turned over to Ordinary. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 15th, 1893. AMENDING ACT AS TO COMMISSIONERS TERRELL COUNTY. No. 230. An Act to annul the Act approved September the twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Terrell, defining their powers and duties, etc., by granting to said Board of Commissioners the power to sell and dispose of any and all property of Terrell county and to make warrantee deeds therefor to the purchasers whenever in their judgment it is to the best interest to the county so to do, and to ratify and confirm the sale of that portion of the courthouse square heretofore made by said Commissioners and to empower them to make titles in fee simple thereto to the purchaser thereof. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act section 2

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of the Act approved September the twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Terrell, defining their powers and duties, etc., be amended by adding thereto the following: Said Commissioners are authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of any and all property of Terrell county and to make warrantee deed to the same to the purchaser thereof whenever, in their judgment, it is to the interest of the county so to do. The proceeds of any property so sold shall be covered into the county treasury as any other funds belonging to the county. Sec. 2 Act Sept 21, '83, amended. Authority to sell county property. Use of proceeds. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the sales of parts of the public square in the town of Dawson, made in eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to G. W. Farrar, S. T. Jordan, D. R. Stewart, J. M. Griggs, L. C. Durham and W. A. Cheatham be, and the same are, hereby ratified and confirmed, and said Commissioners are hereby empowered to make warrantee titles in fee simple to said purchaser, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows, to wit: Said Board of Commissioners shall have and exercise full power and authority to levy and assess all taxes for county purposes, to appoint all Road Commissioners, to establish new roads and abolish old ones, to build and repair bridges, to change lines of militia districts and establish new districts, to appoint a Superintendent of the Pauper's Farm and to say who shall be beneficiaries of the pauper fund, to examine, audit, settle and allow all claims and demands against said county, to examine and audit the accounts of all officers having care, management, collecting or disbursing any money belonging to said county and bring them to settlement by rule or otherwise, and to have such other powers and privileges in relation to county matters as were formerly exercised by the Inferior Courts of this State prior to the adoption of the Constitution of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Said Board of Commissioners are authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of any and all property of Terrell county, and to make warrantee deeds for the same to the purchasers thereof whenever, in their judgment, it is to the interest of the county so to do. The proceeds of any property so sold shall be covered into the county treasury, as all other funds belonging to county. Confirming sales of part of public square in Dawson. Commissioners may make deeds. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the sales of parts of the public square in the town of Dawson made in eighteen hundred and ninety-one to G. W. Farrar, S. T. Jordan, D. R. Stewart, J. M. Griggs, L. C. Durham and W. B. Cheatham be, and the same are, hereby ratified and confirmed, and said Commissioners are hereby empowered to make warrantee titles in fee simple to said purchasers. Confirming sales part public square in Dawson, etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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AMENDING ACTS AS TO BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR WEBSTER COUNTY. No. 173. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the county of Webster, define their duties and powers, and for other purposes, approved August 23d, 1872, and an Act amendatory thereof, approved February 14th, 1873, and an Act further amendatory thereof, approved August 18th, 1881. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That section 2 of the above recited Act, as approved August 18th, 1881, be amended by striking out the words twenty-five in the seventh line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word forty, so that said section, when amended, will read as follows: That said Commissioners shall receive the sum of forty dollars per annum as compensation for discharging the duties of their office, said compensation to be paid by the Treasurer of said county, etc. Sec. 2 of Act of Aug. 18, 1881, amended. Compensation of commissioners to be forty dollars per annum. SEC. II. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. WILKES COUNTY, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR, ESTABLISHED. No. 254. An Act to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and Public Property for the county of Wilkes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act a Board of Commissioners of Roads, Revenues and Public Property, and other county matters, hitherto controlled by the County Judge of said county, be, and the same is, hereby created for the county of Wilkes, consisting of five persons, citizens and freeholders of said county, twenty-one years of age, competent, intelligent, experienced and skillful, who have been citizens of Wilkes county for two years prior to holding said office, to be chosen, selected and appointed as follows: At the spring term of the Superior Court for the county of Wilkes, or at the November term thereafter, in the event of a failure to act at the previous May term, the grand jury of said county shall, by a vote of a majority of its members, select and recommend the members of said board in the same manner as Notaries Public and ex officio Justices of the Peace are selected and recommeded by the grand jury of said county, which persons, so recommended by said jury, shall

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be confirmed and approved by the Judge of the Superior Court, and commissioned by the Governor of the State, in the same manner as Notaries Public and ex officio Justices of the Peace are commissioned by the Governor. The terms of office of said Commissioners shall continue as follows: Two of them until the first day of January, 1896, two of them until the first day of January, 1898, and one of them until the first day of January, 1900. The grand jury so selecting and recommending shall designate which persons shall serve for two years, which for four, and which for six years, and the commissions issued by the Governor shall correspond with such designation. After the expiration of the term herein provided for, said Commissioners shall be elected by the voters of the county, as other county officers, and at the same time and for the term of six years. Should a vacancy occur at any time in said Board of Commissioners, the same shall be reported to the next grand jury, which grand jury shall proceed to fill said vacancy in the same manner as the first appointees under this Act, and the persons so selected to fill such vacancy shall remain in office until such vacancy can be filled, at the next regular election of county officers, and the person so elected shall be entitled to serve for the term so made vacant. Said person so appointed and commissioned shall take the usual oath of office taken by county officers, and shall at once proceed to elect from their own body a Chairman, or presiding officer, who shall vote as other members of the board, and at the same time elect a Clerk to keep a careful record of all the transactions of the board, and who shall continue in office during the pleasure of the board. The Sheriff of the county, or his deputy, or any person selected by the board may act as executive officer of said board. Upon all matters coming before said board for action a majority of the whole board shall be necessary to decide the same. Said board shall hold its meetings in the courthouse of said county on the first Tuesday in each month, or at such times as the said board, after its organization, may deem proper, and by order entered on its minutes fix and determine. Board of commissioners established. Membership of and qualifications for office. Appointment of. Terms of office. Subsequent elections. Vacancies. Oath of office. Chairman and clerk. Minutes, etc. Executive officer. Majority necessary to decide questions. Meetings. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall be invested as to the revenues of said county of Wilkes, in levying taxes, collecting the same and other revenues of the county, and disposing of the said taxes, with all the powers which have been invested in, and exercised by the County Judge of said county. And all claims of every sort against said county shall be allowed or rejected by said board acting as aforesaid. And as to roads, bridges, fences, public property of the county, care of the poor, said Board of Commissioners shall be invested with all powers and discharge all duties, which have been discharged and performed by the County Judge of said county. Powers of board. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all the laws of the State of Georgia, applicable to roads, [Illegible Text] bridges, public property, taxes, revenues of said county, the county poor and other county matters, which have been hitherto enforced and applied by the County Judge of said county, and all the duties which have been performed by him as such officer shall be continued and held applicable to and controlled by said Board of Commissioners. Laws as to roads, bridges, revenues, etc., to be enforced by board.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall each receive as compensation for his services the sum of two dollars per day while engaged in discharging the duties of Commissioner, such compensation not to exceed in any one year more than the sum of forty dollars. The compensation of the Clerk of the board and Sheriff or other executive officer shall be such as may be fixed by the board, the same not to exceed two dollars per day for each of said officers while attending upon said board. The compensation of all persons connected with working the roads, superintending the same, and taking care of and working upon the public property of the county (excepting bridges and other public works let out to contractors), shall be regulated by said board acting as aforesaid. Compensation of commissioners. Compensation of clerk and executive officer. Compensation of persons working roads, etc., to be regulated by board. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all the duties which have been imposed upon and exercised by the County Judge of said county in relation to any county matter, not hitherto enumerated in this Act, and required of him by any existing laws of the State, shall be performed and discharged by said Board of Commissioners. All duties heretofore imposed upon county judge to be performed by board. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893.

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TITLE III . CITY AND COUNTY COURTS ACTS . Appling County, Act Abolishing County Court, Repealed. Atlanta, Amount which May be Paid to Solicitor City Court from County Treasury Increased. Butts County, County Court of, Abolished. Carroll County, Jurisdiction City Court Limited and Judge Allowed to Practice Law. DeKalb County, City Court of, Established. Dooly County, Disposition Fines, etc., in County Court. Effingham County, County Court for, Established. Mitchell County, Salary Judge County Court. Morgan County, Judge County Court to Turn Over Convicts to County Commissioners. Quitman County, County Court, Established. Richmond County, Demand for Indictment, etc., in City Court, Right to Abolished. Taylor County, County Court, Act Amended. APPLING COUNTY, ACT ABOLISHING COUNTY COURT, REPEALED. No. 256. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to abolish the County Court established in and for the county of Appling by recommendation of the grand jury of said county at the October term of the Superior Court of said county for the year 1883, approved September 1st, 1891, and to re-establish said County Court, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to abolish the County Court established in and for the county of Appling, by recommendation of the grand jury of said county at the October term of the Superior Court of said county for the year 1883, approved September 1st, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act Sept. 1, 1891, abolishing County Court, repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said County Court for the county of Appling be, and the same is, hereby re-established, and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a Judge of the County Court for said county of Appling immediately upon the passage of this Act. Court reestablished Appointment of Judge.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893. ATLANTA, AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE PAID SOLICITOR CITY COURT OF, FROM COUNTY TREASURY INCREASED. No. 307. An Act to amend section 1 of an Act approved February 25th, 1876, entitled an Act to amend the third section of an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the city of Atlanta, approved March 4th, 1875, and to ratify acts done under said Act by changing the words two thousand in the sixth line of said section to three thousand; to provide when this amendment shall go into effect, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act section 1 of the Act referred to in the title above, approved February 25th, 1876, be amended by striking out the words two thousand in the sixth line of the first section of said Act, and substituting in place thereof the words three thousand. Amount which may be paid solicitor from county treasury $3,000. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall go into effect and become operative when a recommendation is made therefor by any grand jury of the Superior Court of Fulton county, and the same is approved by the County Commissioners of said county, within three months after such recommendation. When this Act shall go into effect. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. BUTTS COUNTY, COUNTY COURT OF, ABOLISHED. No. 278. An Act to abolish the County Court of Butts county. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the County Court of Butts county be, and the same is, hereby abolished. County Court abolished. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil suits pending in said court be transferred to the court having jurisdiction, and that all criminal prosecutions be transferred to the Superior Court of said county. Suits and criminal prosecutions transfered to Superior Court.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the dockets and records of said court be turned over to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county to be kept in his office as other records are kept. Dockets and records to be turned over to Clerk. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893. CARROLL COUNTY, JURISDICTION CITY COURT LIMITED AND JUDGE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE LAW. No. 361. An Act to limit the jurisdiction of the City Court of Carroll county in civil cases to amounts exceeding one hundred dollars, and to allow the Judge of said court to practice law in all the courts except his own, and except in cases arising from proceedings therein, and for other purposes pertaining thereto. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and the Senate, That the jurisdiction of the City Court of Carroll county in civil cases be limited to amounts exceeding one hundred dollars. Jurisdiction in civil cases limited, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court may practice law in all the courts except his own, and except in cases growing out of proceedings therein. Judge may practice law. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with the foregoing, in so far as they may apply to said City Court, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. DEKALB COUNTY, CITY COURT OF, ESTABLISHED. No. 258. An Act to establish the City Court of DeKalb in and for the county of DeKalb, to define its jurisdiction and powers, to provide for the appointment of a Judge and other officers thereof, to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City Court of DeKalb is hereby established and created, with civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole county of DeKalb, this Act to take effect on the passage thereof. City Court established Jurisdiction over entire county.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of DeKalb shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all civil cases of whatsoever nature; always provided , that said City Court of DeKalb shall not have power to correct errors in inferior jurisdiction by writ of certiorari; and said City Court shall not have power to issue writs of mandamus or prohibition or quo warranto , or to foreclose mortgages on real estate. Jurisdiction in civil cases. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said City Court of DeKalb shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of all criminal cases when the offender is not subjected to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary, committed in the county of DeKalb. Jurisdiction in criminal cases. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a Judge of said City Court of DeKalb who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice of the Senate, whose term of office shall be four years, and all vacancies in the office of Judge shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the residue of the unexpired term; such appointment being subject to the approval of the Senate, which may then be in session, or if the Senate be not in session at the time of such appointment, then subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session thereafter. The Judge of said City Court of DeKalb shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office, except to apply to a subsequent term, and shall be paid monthly out of the treasury of the county of DeKalb by the person or persons charged by law with paying out of the moneys of DeKalb county. The said Judge shall receive no other compensation, but may practice law in any court except his own. Judge. His appointment. Term of office. Vacancies. Salary. May practice law in other courts. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall be appointed Judge of said City Court must at the time of said appointment be at least twenty-five years of age. He must also have been a resident of DeKalb county at least four years immediately preceding his appointment, and he must also have been a practicing attorney at law at least five years before his appointment, and he shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath: I solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal rights to the poor and the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties which may be required of me as Judge of the City Court of DeKalb of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the law and Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the United States, so help me God; and said oath shall immediately thereafter be forwarded to the Governor and filed in the Executive Department. Said Judge shall have authority to issue criminal warrants, warrants to dispossess tenants holding over, and intruders; to issue distress warrants, and generally to do all acts which the Judges of the County Courts of this State are authorized to do unless otherwise provided in this Act. Qualifications for judgeship. Oath of office. General powers of Judge.

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SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Solicitor-General of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit shall be ex officio the Solicitor of the said City Court. It shall be the duty of said Solicitor to represent the State in all cases in said City Court in which the State shall be a party, and shall perform therein such other duties as usually appertain to his office. He shall receive for his services the same fees that are provided by law for similar services in the Superior Court; provided , the Solicitor-General or the person filling that office pro tempore shall have for preparing each accusation the same fees allowed Solicitors-General for drawing indictments. Whenever said Solicitor-General shall by reason of his official engagements elsewhere be unable to attend said court, it shall be his duty to secure the services of a competent attorney at law to represent him in said court. On his failure to do so, or in the absence of any one authorized to represent the State, the Judge of said court shall have power to appoint a competent attorney as Solicitor pro tem. Solicitor. His duties. Fee. Solicitor pro tem. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of DeKalb County shall be ex officio Clerk of the said City Court, and shall perform in said City Court the same duties that are by law required of him as an officer of the Superior Court, so far as the same are applicable, and for his services shall receive the same compensation he is entitled to receive for similar services in the Superior Court. The Sheriff of DeKalb county and his deputies shall be ex officio officers of said City Court, and shall perform in and for said court all duties that are by law required of them as officers of the Superior Court, and shall receive for their services the same fees as they are entitled to receive for similar services in the Superior Court; and all the officers of said City Court shall be subject to the same penalties and amenable to the same processes and remedies as they are now by law subject and amenable to as officers of the Superior Court, and shall be entitled to employ the same remedies for the collection of their fees and costs in said cases as they are entitled to in the Superior Court Clerk. His duties. His compensation. Sheriff. His duties. His fees. Officers subject to same penalties, etc., as officers Superior Court, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it enacted, That the said City Court in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction as hereinbefore defined, shall be governed by the same laws and shall have the power as to pleadings, practice, modes of procedure and as to the remedies in general, including all the modes of procuring the testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence which prevail in or appertain to the Superior Courts as the same now exists or as they may hereafter. Pleadings, practice, etc. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus , and to hear and dispose of the same in the same way and with the same power as the Judge of the Superior Court. Habeas corpus. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said City Court of DeKalb shall be held bi-monthly, beginning on the first Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November of every year. The Judge of said court shall have power to hold said court in session from day to day for a period not longer than seven weeks from the beginning of each term. Bimonthly terms. Terms to be not longer than seven weeks.

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SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That suits in said City Court shall in all respects be conformable to the mode of proceedings in the Superior Court except as hereinafter provided, but the process to writs shall be annexed by the Clerk of said City Court, be tested in the name of the Judge thereof, and be directed to and served by the Sheriff of the City Court of DeKalb or his deputies thereof. Suits. Process. SEC. XII Be it further enacted, That in all matters pertaining to service, pleadings and practice, the laws governing the Superior Court, where not inconsistent with this Act, and unless otherwise specially provided by this Act, shall be applicable to said City Court. Service, pleadings, etc. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power and authority to hear and determine all civil causes of which the said court has jurisdiction and to give judgment and execution therein; provided always , that either party in any case shall be entitled to a trial by jury in said court upon entering a demand therefor by himself or his attorney in writing on or before the call of the docket the first day of the term of said court at the term to which the case is returnable, in all cases where such party is entitled to trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of this State. Demand for jury trial in civil cases. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That all judgments obtained in said court shall be a lien on all the property belonging to the defendant or defendants throughout the State in the same manner as judgments of the Superior Courts are, but property exempt from levy and sale under the laws of this State shall be exempt from levy and sale under [Illegible Text] from said court, and all executions issuing from said court shall be tested in the name of the Judge and signed by the Clerk and directed to the Sheriff or his deputies of the said City Court of DeKalb, and to all and singular the Sheriffs or their deputies of the State of Georgia. Lien of judgments. Executions SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That said City Court shall have jurisdiction of claim cases where personal property is levied on under execution or other process from said court, and such claims shall be tried in the same manner as claims in the Superior Court. Claims to personalty. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That claims to real property levied on under execution or other process from said City Court shall be returnable to the Superior Court of the county where such real property is situated, and shall there proceed as other claims in the Superior Court. Claims to realty returnable to Superior Court. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That all laws upon the subjects of attachments and garnishments as to any matter whatever in the Superior Courts of this State shall apply to said City Court as if named with the Superior Court, so far as the nature of the City Court will admit. Attachments in said court, or returnable to said court, shall be directed to the Sheriff or his deputies of the City Court of DeKalb, and to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and the Judge of said City Court may, or any Justice of the Peace or Notary Public may issue attachments returnable to said City Court under the same laws that govern the issuing of attachments returnable to the Superior Courts. Attachments, garnishments, etc.

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SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That garnishment proceedings in said City Court shall be conformable to the laws of the State on the subject in the Superior Court. Garnishment proceedings. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That scire facias to make parties in any case in said City Court shall be had as in the Superior Court, but such scire facias shall run throughout the State and may be served by any Sheriff or his deputy thereof. Scire facias to make parties. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That the general laws of this State with regard to the commencement of suits in the Superior Courts, defences, set-offs, affidavits of illegality, arbitration, examination of parties to suits, or witnesses, by interrogatories or under [Illegible Text] , witnesses and their attendance, continuances or other matters of a judicial nature within the jurisdiction of said City Court, shall be applicable to said City Court. General law, as to commencement of suits, defences, etc., made applicable. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have the power to cause testimony to be taken and used de bene esse and for the purpose of perpetuating testimony within his jurisdiction according to the general laws of this State, and the Judge and all other officers of said City Court shall have power respectively to administer all oaths pertaining to their office, as the Judge and other officers of the Superior Court may in like cases do; and said Judge shall also have power to attest deeds and other papers, and administer affidavits in all cases anywhere in the State in which, by existing laws, such papers may be attested and affidavits administered by Justices of the Peace of this State. And the Judge of said City Court shall have all the powers and authority throughout his jurisdiction of Judges of the Superior Courts, except where by law exclusive power and authority are vested in Judges of the Superior Courts. And all laws relating to and governing Judges of the Superior Courts shall apply to the Judge of said City Court so far as the same may be applicable, except as herein provided. Testimony de bene esse, etc. Administration of oaths. Attestation of deeds, etc. General powers of Judges. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That said City Court shall be a Court of Record and shall have a seal and the minutes, records, orders and other books and files as are required by law and rules to be kept for the Superior Court shall be kept in and for said City Court in the same manner, and all laws applicable to the duties of the Clerk and Sheriff in said Superior Court shall apply to them in said City Court, except where they conflict with the provisions of this Act A Court of Record. General laws applicable to Clerk and Sheriff. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws regulating the enforcing of judgments of the Superior Courts, whether civil or criminal, shall apply to said City Court, and executions shall issue and be levied and sales be had thereunder, the same rules and laws regulating the same in the Superior Court. Enforcement of judgments, etc. SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have the same power to enforce his orders, to preserve order, punish for contempt and to enforce all his judgments as is vested by law in the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State. Preservation of order, punishment for contempts, etc.

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SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City Court of DeKalb to prepare and file in his office a complete copy of the traverse jury list of DeKalb county as provided from time to time for such Superior Court. From said copy so made traverse jurors in said City Court shall be drawn in the following [Illegible Text] The Clerk of said City Court of DeKalb shall write upon separate tickets the names of each traverse juror, and shall number the same, and place the same in a box to be prepared for that purpose, from which shall be drawn all traverse jurors, as now required by the law in the Superior Courts. All laws with reference to the drawing of selecting and summoning traverse tales jurors in the Superior Courts shall apply to said City Court except that the panel of jurors summoned for the trial of civil cases shall consist of twenty-four and the panel for criminal cases shall consist of eighteen. All exemptions from jury duty now of force in the county of DeKalb shall apply and be of effect in said City Court Copy traverse jury list to be filed Manner of drawing and summoning juries. Number of jurors in panel. Exemptions from jury duty. SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That all laws in reference to the qualification, relations, empaneling, fining and challenging jurors now of force in this State or hereafter enacted by the General Assembly regulating the same in the Superior Courts shall apply to and be observed in said City Court, except when inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. General law as to empanelling, challenging, etc., of jurors made applicable. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, that from said panel of twenty-four traverse jurors drawn and summoned by the provisions of this Act the Judge of said City Court shall cause to be made up one jury of eighteen persons, and all civil cases and issues to be tried by jury at that term of said City Court shall be tried by a jury of twelve stricken from said panel of eighteen as hereinafter provided. In case from any cause said panel should be reduced below eighteen, the Judge of said court shall have power to fill it by causing talesmen to be summoned instanter , In criminal cases tried at a regular term of said court the defendant shall be entitled to trial by a jury of five stricken from a panel of twelve, four peremptory challenges shall be allowed to the defendant and the State three, and in all civil cases the plaintiff and defendant shall be each entitled to three peremptory challenges, and all laws and rules, both civil and criminal, regulating the selection of juries in the Superior Courts shall apply to said City Court, except when they are inconsistent with the terms of this Act. Panel of eighteen jurors for civil cases. Cases to be tried by jury of twelve. Talesmen. Jury of five in criminal cases. Peremptory challenges in criminal and civil cases. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said court is authorized to appoint at each term of said court not exceeding two Bailiffs as officers of said court. Bailiffs. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That the defendant in criminal cases in said City Court of DeKalb may be tried on written accusation setting forth plainly the offence charged, founded on affidavit made by the prosecutor; said affidavit shall be made before said Judge, and said accusation shall be signed by the prosecutor, and the prosecuting officer in such court. Upon such affidavit and accusation being made and signed and filed in the Clerk's

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office of said court, it shall be the duty of the Judge of said court to issue a warrant for the apprehension and arrest of the defendant, directed to the Sheriff of said City Court of DeKalb or his deputy and to all and singular the [Illegible Text] and Constables of said State, Before the arraignment of the defendant the said Judge shall inquire of him whether he demands an indictment, and the response of the defendant shall be indorsed on said accusation and signed by the prosecuting officer in said court. If the defendant demands an indictment or stands mute, the Judge of said court shall, in the event of the inability of the defendant to furnish proper bail, which shall be required for his appearance to answer such indictment as may be found against him conformable to the general law of bail in criminal cases, commit said defendant to the common jail of said county to await the action of the grand jury in such cases. In the event a true bill is found or special presentment made in such case and returned to said City Court of DeKalb, all subsequent proceedings shall be in conformity with the laws regulating the trials of misdemeanors in the Superior Courts. If the defendant waives indictment the Judge of said court shall inquire of him whether he demands a trial by jury, and the response of said defendant shall be indorsed on said accusation and signed by the prosecuting officer in said court. If the defendant demands a trial by jury or stands mute, the Judge of said court shall proceed with said cause, if at a regular term of said court, according to the rules and laws of the Superior Courts applicable to the trial of misdemeanors. If the defendant demands a trial by jury and the said court is not sitting at a regular term, the Judge shall admit the defendant to bail to appear at the next regular term, or on the defendant's failure to give bond shall commit him to jail until the next regular term of said court. If the defendant waives trial by jury, then the said Judge shall proceed to hear and determine such criminal cases either in vacation or term time conformably to the law governing the Superior Courts, as the same may be applicable; provided always , that a reasonable time may be granted to the State or the defendant to procure witnesses. Defendant may be tried on accusation. Affidavit, basis of, accusation. Warrant. Demand for indictment. When indictment demanded. Commitment to [Illegible Text] When true [Illegible Text] found, etc. When indictment [Illegible Text] Demand for jury trial. [Illegible Text] of jury trial. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of the Superior Court may send down from the Superior Court of DeKalb county all presentments and bills of indictment for misdemeanors to said City Court for trial, the order so transmitting such cases to be entered on the minutes of both said courts. Transfer of misdemeanors from Superior Court. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all the Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public of DeKalb county to bind over to said City Court all persons charged with the offences committed within the limits of DeKalb county over which said City Court has jurisdiction to answer for said offences Magistrates to bind over to City Court. SEC. XXXII. Be it further enacted, That a writ of error shall be directed from the said City Court to the Supreme Court of this State upon a bill of exceptions filled under the same rules and regulations as govern and control the issue of writs of error and filing of bills of exception in the Superior Courts of this State. Writ of error to Supreme Court.

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SEC. XXXIII. Be it further enacted, That in all cases in said City Court, the same powers and rights of parties as to waivers in pleading or procedure, or other matters pertaining to the same, shall be allowed and upheld by the laws and rules governing parties in the Superior Courts. General rules as to waivers, etc. SEC. XXXIV. Be it further enacted, That in all cases, civil and criminal, now pending and undisposed of in the County Court of DeKalb county and the City Court of DeKalb heretofore established, shall be and are hereby transferred to said City Courts, and the same shall be placed upon the proper dockets in the said City Court, and shall be tried and disposed of as other cases in said City Court All fines and other processes now in the hands [Illegible Text] the Sheriff, Bailiff or other officers which are returnable to the County Court, shall be by them returned to the City Court instead of said County Court. The Judge and other officers of said City Court shall have power and authority to issue and enforce in the name of said City Court any and all processes in any case from the County Court necessary to the final disposition of the same which from any cause have not been issued and enforced by the officers of the County Court. All records, books and papers disposed of and of file in said County Court shall be filed and deposited with the Clerk of said City Court; that all fi. fas. and final processes not satisfied, now in the hands of the Bailiff of said County Court, shall be levied and enforced by the Sheriff of said City Court and returns thereof made to the said City Court. All unpaid orders for insolvent costs from the County Court and the City Court heretofore established, shall be transferred to said City Court and be entitled to share in the fines and forfeitures in said City Court. Disposition of cases pending in County and City Court. Processes returnable to County Court. Records, etc., of County Court. Fi. fas., etc., from County Court. Insolvent costs in County Court. SEC. XXXV. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court shall have power to grant a new trial in any case, civil or criminal, in his Court, upon the same terms and conditions and under the same laws and regulations in every respect governing the granting of new trials in the Superior Courts. All rules of pleading, practice and procedure governing motions, rules nisi and other proceedings in new trials in the Superior Courts shall apply to and govern the same in said City Court. New trials. SEC. XXXVI. Be it further enacted, That all jurors in said City Court shall receive two dollars per day for their services for every day of actual attendance, and shall be paid in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as jurors in the Superior Courts. Pay of jurors. SEC. XXXVII. Be it further enacted, That all suits against joint obligors, joint promissors, copartners or joint trespassers, in which any one or more reside in the county of DeKalb, may be brought in said court, if in its jurisdiction as already stated, under the same rules and regulations governing such cases in the Superior Courts, mutatis mutandis as to copies, second originals, returns and other matters connected with the suit. Suits against joint obligors, etc

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SEC. XXXVIII. Be it further enacted, That all rules of the Superior Court relating to continuances, motions, pleas and practice, shall be applicable to said City Court and shall obtain therein. Rules of Superior Court, etc. SEC. XXXIX. Be it further enacted, That the Solicitor-General shall, for his services in the Superior Court, be paid out of the treasury of the State by warrant drawn by the Governor, upon certificate of the Clerk of the Superior Court as to the performance of such services, and the certificate of the Clerk of the City Court of the insolvency or acquittal of the defendant. Pay of Solicitor-General. SEC. XL. Be it further enacted, That the first term of said court to which a case is brought shall be the appearance or return term; the second shall be the trial or judgment term, and all the laws, rules and practice in said court with reference to the terms thereof and to the continuances, pleadings and trials of causes therein, shall be the same as in the Superior Court, unless otherwise provided in this Act. Appearance and trial terms, etc. SEC. XLI. Be it further enacted, That whenever the Judge of said City Court is from any cause disqualified from presiding, and the Judge of the Superior Court cannot from any cause preside in said court as provided for in the Constitution, then, upon consent of the parties or upon their failure or refusal to agree, said cause shall be tried by a Judge pro hac vice selected in the same manner as now provided for in the [Illegible Text] Courts. Disqualification of Judge. SEC. XLII. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday of each month, or on any day previous to each first Monday he may deem proper so to do, the Judge of said court shall distribute the fines and forfeitures arising from cases tried in said court; said fines and forfeitures shall be distributed as follows: all bills for insolvent costs due the Solicitor-General, the Sheriff, Clerk, Justices of the Peace and Constables shall be approved by the Judge of said Court and entered upon the minutes thereof, and shall be a [Illegible Text] upon all the fines and forfeitures raised in said City Court superior to all other claims for insolvent costs, and when the Judge distributes such fines and forfeitures he shall pay the same to the Solicitor-General, the Sheriff, Clerk, Justices of the Peace and Constables pro rata on their bills for insolvent costs for fees in cases in said City Court, and when said bills of insolvents costs of the Solicitor-General, Sheriff, Clerk, Justices of the Peace and Constables are fully paid the Judge shall order the surplus paid to the person, who by law, acts as the Treasurer of DeKalb county, which surplus shall be by him placed to the credit of the fine and forfeiture fund of said county and distributed as now provided by law. In cases tried in said City Court which have been transferred [Illegible Text] the Superior Court, the Solicitor-General and Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Justices of the Peace and Constables shall have the right to share pro rata [Illegible Text] all fines and forfeitures arising from said transferred cases before any surplus is paid into the county treasury. Distribution of fines and forfeitures. Insolvent cost bills, etc.

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SEC. XLIII. Be it further enacted, That the County Board of Commissioners of DeKalb county shall provide a suitable place for the holding of said City Court and provide the necessary books for keeping the dockets, minutes and records for said City Court. Place of holding court. Supply of books. SEC. XLIV Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in [Illegible Text] with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893. DOOLY COUNTY, DISPOSITION OF FINES, ETC., IN COUNTY COURT. No. 396. An Act to provide for the disposition of fines and forfeitures arising from cases tried in the County Court of Dooly county, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, all fines and forfeitures arising from all cases tried and disposed of in the County Court of Dooly county (including cases transferred from the Superior Court) be paid over to, and be collected by, the County Solicitor, to be disbursed by him as hereinafter provided. Fines, etc., to be paid to and disbursed by County Solicitor. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the fines and forfeitures arising from cases which may be transferred from the Superior Court, when so collected by the County Solicitor, shall be appropriated by him as follows, to wit: First, in paying the costs accruing in the trial of each particular case in said County Court to the proper officers thereof, including himself; secondly, the residue of said fines and forfeitures shall be paid over by said County Solicitor to the Solicitor General of the Judicial Circuit in which said county of Dooly is located, to be by him reported to the Superior Court of said county for distribution, according to the same rules and laws that now, or may hereafter, prevail in said court. Appropriation of fines, etc., in transferred cases. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all the fines and forfeitures arising from cases originating in said County Court, when collected by said County Solicitor, shall be appropriated by him, first, in paying the costs in each particular case, including Justices of the Peace and Constables' costs; secondly, the residue to be disbursed by said Solicitor, according to the same rules that fines and forfeitures are disbursed in the Superior Courts from cases pending therein. In cases originating in County Court. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said County Solicitor shall make a sworn report to each grand jury of said county of the moneys received and disbursed by him as County Solicitor under the provisions of this Act. Report by County Solicitor. SEC. V. Be it further enarted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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COUNTY COURT FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY. No. 229. An Act to establish a County Court for the county of Effingham, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act a County Court shall be established in and for the county of Effingham, with jurisdiction and powers as set forth in part one (1), title five (5) and chapter four (4) of the Code of 1882, and the Acts amendatory thereof, all the provisions of which, except as hereinafter provided, shall apply to the County Court hereby established. Jurisdiction and powers. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That within thirty days from the approval of this Act, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Judge of said County Court of the county of Effingham, whose term of office shall be as prescribed in section 279 of the Code. Such County Judge shall receive a salary of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, to be paid by the County Treasurer, out of the county treasury, in quarterly installments without further recommendation by the grand jury of said county; he shall be entitled to receive the costs now allowed by law to County Judges in civil cases; such costs to be paid to him by the County Treasurer out of the county treasury of said county, upon the approval of his cost bill quarterly by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county. It shall not be lawful for such Judge to charge or receive any fees or costs whatsoever in any criminal case; and sections 281 and 300 of the Code of 1882, so far as the same authorize the County Judge to charge or receive costs in criminal cases, shall not apply to the County Court hereby established, nor shall any other statute which confers such right or authority apply to the County Court hereby established. Appointment and term of Judge. His compensation. No costs to be received by Judge in criminal cases. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall appoint a Solicitor of said County Court as prescribed by an Act, approved October 21st, 1891, and found in the published Acts of 1890 and 1891, at page 98. Such Solicitor shall be entitled to receive the compensation now provided by law for Solicitors of County Courts, but before payment by the County Treasurer of any cost bill of such Solicitor, the same shall be first approved in writing by the Judge of said County Court and by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county. Solicitor to be appointed. His compensation. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all moneys coming into said County Court, whether from costs in civil or criminal cases, or from fines and forfeitures, or from any other source whatsoever, shall be immediately paid over to the County Treasurer of said county, and upon no ground whatever shall any officer of said court retain any of such money. The cost bills of the Clerk and Bailiff of said

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County Court shall be paid quarterly by the County Treasurer of said county, upon the same having been first approved in writing by the Judge of said County Court, and by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Disposition of costs, fines and forfeitures. Cost bills of clerk and bailiff. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. MITCHELL COUNTY, SALARY JUDGE COUNTY COURT. No. 336. An Act to fix the salary of the Judge of the County Court of Mitchell county. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the salary of the Judge of the County Court of Mitchell county shall be four hundred dollars ($400.00) per annum, to be paid by the County Treasurer of said county, in quarterly installments, at the end of each quarter of the calendar year. Salary to be $400 per annum. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. MORGAN COUNTY, JUDGE COUNTY COURT TO TURN OVER CONVICTS TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. No. 407. An Act to authorize the Judge of the County Court of the county of Morgan to deliver to the Board of County Commissioners of said county all persons who shall be convicted in Morgan County Court of misdemeanors, and in consequence thereof would serve on any chaingang, said convicts to be employed by said Commissioners in working the public roads of said county, under the provisions of the general road law now of force in this State and embraced in an Act approved October 21st, 1892, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act all persons who shall be convicted in the County Court of Morgan county of misdemeanors, and who would in consequence of such conviction serve on any chaingang, shall be by the Judge of said County Court delivered to the Board of County Commissioners for said county. Convicts to be delivered to County Commissioners.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all convicts delivered to said Board of County Commissioners under the provisions of this Act shall be by said board put at work on the public roads of said county as provided in the general road laws now of force in this State, embraced in Act approved October 21st, 1892. To be worked on public roads. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Board of County Commissioners, upon the delivery of any convict to them under the provisions of this Act, shall pay all costs due officers of said court in the particular case of such convict. Payment of costs due court officials. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That an Act entitled an Act to appropriate the proceeds of the hire of convicts convicted of misdemeanors, and serving on county chaingang from the county of Morgan, to the payment of insolvent costs due the different officers of said county, approved December 24th, 1884, and all other laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Act of Dec. 24, 1884, repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. QUITMAN COUNTY, COUNTY COURT, ESTABLISHED. No. 161. An Act to organize a County Court for the county of Quitman, define its jurisdiction, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That a County Court shall be established for the county of Quitman of said State, to be called the County Court, the Judge of which shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Judge of the Superior Court. County Court to be established Appointment of Judge. Oath of office. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of this Act, that the Governor shall appoint some competent person as Judge of said court, and each fourth year thereafter, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided , that in case of a vacancy from death or resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall appoint some competent person for the unexpired term. When Judge to be appointed. Term of office. Vacancy. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said County Court of Quitman thus established shall have the jurisdiction, powers, proceedings and practice as provided by the Act of 1879, and the amendments thereof pertaining to County Courts and their officers as provided in section 279(a) et sequiter of the Code of 1882; provided , that nothing contained in the said Act of 1879 and the amendments thereof in reference to the appointment of Solicitor of said County Courts thus established shall be applicable to the court of Quitman county. Jurisdiction, etc. Solicitor. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the County Judge thus appointed shall in all criminal cases make quarterly reports to the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county of the

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amounts of fines and forfeitures collected by him during said quarter in all criminal cases in said court; that he shall be entitled to deduct therefrom five dollars as his fee in each case tried, paying the balance into the treasury of said county where the cases are tried, taking a receipt therefor, and in civil cases such fees as are now provided for in the general County Court Act. Quarterly reports by Judge. Fees of Judge. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, The Clerk of the Superior Court of said county shall be ex officio Clerk of the County Court herein provided for and shall receive the same fees as are allowed him in the Superior Court for similar service. Clerk. His fees. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 24th, 1893. AMENDING ACT ESTABLISHING CITY COURT OF RICHMOND COUNTY. No. 226. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of the County of Richmond, to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor thereof and to define their powers and duties, approved September 23d, 1881, so as to provide that defendants in criminal cases shall not have the right to demand an indictment by the grand juries of said county. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to establish the City Court of the county of Richmond, to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor thereof and to define their powers and duties, approved September 23d, 1881, be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting the word not between the words shall and have in the second line of section 46 of said Act, and by repealing all of said section 46 from the word provided down to the word commitment, both inclusive, so that said section 46, as hereby amended, shall read as follows, to wit: In all criminal cases within the jurisdiction of the said City Court, the defendant shall not have the right to demand an indictment by the grand jury of the county of Richmond. Sec. 46 Act of Sept. 23, 1881, amended. Defendants in criminal cases not to have the right to demand indictment. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act to amend be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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TAYLOR COUNTY, COUNTY COURT ACT AMENDED. No. 222. An Act to amend the County Court laws as regards Taylor county, and to provide for the appointment of a County Solicitor for said county, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Some persons are in doubt as to who shall manage and control the county business of Taylor county; now, to remove all doubt, and make it known who is entitled to manage and control the county business of said county. Preamble. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Judge of the County Court of Taylor county shall discharge all the duties that formerly devolved on the Justices of the Inferior Court as to county business, and shall have the exclusive control and management of all public buildings and property belonging to said county. Judge County Court to manage county business. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of the County Court of Taylor county may, in his discretion, appoint one or more Bailiffs, to serve at the pleasure of said Judge of the County Court, to serve all writs, precepts, warrants, executions, summonses, and all orders issued by said court or the Judge thereof; that when such an appointment is made, such Bailiff shall give bond and security in the sum of two hundred dollars, to be approved by the County Judge, and shall take the same oath that Constables do. Bailiffs. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint some competent attorney as County Solicitor for Taylor county, for the term of four years from the date of his commission; that said County Solicitor shall give bond and security in the sum of five hundred dollars, with same conditions as Solicitors-General's bond, and shall take and subscribe an oath similar to oath of Solicitor-General. County Solicitor. Term. Bond. Oath of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the County Solicitor to represent the State in all cases in the County Court, and shall prepare and draw all accusations against persons charged with criminal offences in said court and prosecute the same, and shall receive the same fees for preparing and drawing executions as are allowed Solicitors-General for drawing indictments, or presentments, and also receive the same fees for prosecuting criminal cases in said court that Solicitors-General receive for similar services in the Superior Court; that said fees shall be paid from the fines and forfeitures and from the hire of convicts from said County Court, on an order passed by the Judge of said court. Duty of Solicitor. His fees SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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TITLE IV . GAME, ETC. ACTS. Berrien County, Protection of Fish. Catoosa County, Game Law for. Coloquitt County, Protection of Fish. Dade County, Game Law for 1037th District, Georgia Militia. Dodge County, Game Law for. Schley County, Game Law for, Repealed. Upson County, Act as to Protection of Fish in, Repealed. BERRIEN COUNTY, PROTECTION OF FISH. No. 398. An Act for the protection of fish in the waters of Berrien county, to fix penalties for violation of same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to shoot, kill with dynamite or catch with seines of any kind, any fish in any stream, lake or pond in the county of Berrien. Fish not to be killed or taken with dynamite or seines. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any person to catch or entrap fish with hooks and lines, seines or in any other way, in any stream, lake or pond in the county of Berrien between the first day of February and the fifteenth day of April in each year. Fish not to be taken between Feb. 1 and April 15. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That for every violation of this Act the person offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and on failure to pay such fine shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than twenty days nor more than sixty days. Penalty. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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PRESERVATION OF GAME AND FISH IN CATOOSA COUNTY. No. 172. An Act for the preservation of game and fish in Cattoosa county and to prescribe a penalty for the violation of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to shoot, kill, trap or [Illegible Text] any deer, wild turkey, wild duck, doves, partridge or quail, or for any person to destroy or rob the nest of any wild turkey, partridge or quail of its eggs or young, or for any person to sell, offer for sale or have in their possession for sale any venison, wild turkey, partridge or quail or the young of any wild turkey, partridge or quail in Catoosa county between the fifteenth day of March and the first day of November in each year, and any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten or more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days in the common jail of Catoosa county. Prohibition of shooting, trapping, etc., of deer, wild turkeys, etc. [Illegible Text] destroying [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] nests. Or selling, etc., of venison, wild turkeys, etc. Penalty. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to trap, net or snare wild turkey or partridge or quail on the enclosed lands of another at any season of the year without the permission of the owner of said land, and any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in the first section of this Act. Trapping, etc., of turkeys, etc., on enclosed land of another forbidden. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to catch or entrap any fish with drag seines (except minnow seines) in any stream of Catoosa county between the first day of April and the first day of July in each year. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in the first section of this Act. Catching or trapping fish with drag seines between April 1st and July 1st forbidden. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of any officer of officers of said county to report any violation of this Act coming to his or their knowledge to the Solicitor-General of this circuit, and fines imposed and collected, after first paying the cost of prosecution, and also the net proceeds of all forfeitures on bonds in cases arising under this Act shall be paid to the County Treasurer of said county to the credit of the public school fund. Reports of violations of this Act. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893.

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PROHIBITING SEINING IN WATERS OF COLQUITT COUNTY. No. 228. An Act to prohibit the seining of any river, creek or other stream, or of any lake or pond in the county of Colquitt, and to prohibit the taking or catching of any fish with any seine in the said streams or waters, and to fix a penalty therefor. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to seine in any river, creek or other stream, or in any lake or pond in the county of Colquitt, or to take or catch any fish with any seine in the waters of the rivers, creeks or other streams or lakes or ponds in said county. Seining in streams, lakes or ponds prohibited. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Penalty. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. DADE COUNTY, GAME LAW FOR 1037TH DISTRICT, G. M. No. 412. An Act to authorize landowners in the 1037th District, G. M., of Dade county to prohibit the hunting for certain game on unenclosed lands, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act landowners in the 1037th District, G. M., of Dade county, shall have the right to post their unenclosed lands to prohibit hunting for birds, squirrels and turkey, as is now prescribed by law for posting inclosed lands, and all persons hunting on said lands in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be punished as prescribed in section 4441 of the Code of Georgia. Landowners may post unenclosed land. To prohibit hunting birds, squirrels and turkeys. Penalty. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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DODGE COUNTY, GAME LAW FOR. No. 187. An Act to protect the game in the county of Dodge; to prohibit the killing, trapping or netting the same during certain months; to prohibit the trapping, netting, buying, selling or offering the same for sale, or shipping or removing the same at any time for sale out of said county; to provide penalties for so doing, the disposition of fines and forfeitures, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person, between the first day of March and the first day of November in each year, in said county of Dodge, to hunt, shoot, kill, trap, net or otherwise destroy any wild turkey, wild duck, partridge or quail, dove, snipe, woodcock, or any other game bird, or to hunt, shoot, kill or wound any deer, squirrel or other game animal, except rabbits. Season during which destruction of game prohibited. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person, at any time, to trap, net, buy, sell or offer for sale within the limits of said county of Dodge, to ship or remove out of said county of Dodge for the purpose of sale, barter or profit, any wild turkey, wild duck, partridge or quail, dove, snipe, woodcock or other game bird, be the same dead or alive, or any deer, squirrel or other game animal, be the same dead or alive, and the removing or shipping of any such game by any person from said county of Dodge shall be prima facie evidence of an intention to sell the same. Trapping, selling, removing, etc. Evidence of intention to sell. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall violate any provision of this Act shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, imprisonment in the county jail or work on the county chaingang not less than fifteen nor more than ninety days, either or all, in the discretion of the court, and, in case a fine is imposed and collected, or any recognizance given in such cases is forfeited, one-half of the net fine or forfeiture, after payment of the costs of the same, shall be paid to the prosecutor of such case, and the other half shall be appropriated and paid over to the school fund of said county. Penalty. Disposition of [Illegible Text], etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893.

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SCHLEY COUNTY, GAME LAW FOR, REPEALED. No. 390. An Act to repeal an Act for the protection of game in Schley county, approved October 11th, 1891, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the above recited Act for the protection of game in Schley county, approved October 11th, 1891, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act Oct 11, 1891, as to protection of game repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. UPSON COUNTY, ACT AS TO PROTECTION OF FISH IN, REPEALED. No. 190. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to prevent shooting of fish or fishing in the waters of Upson county, except Flint river, with seines, traps, gill nets or otherwise, except as hereinafter provided, approved October 14th, 1891. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act Oct. 14, 1891, as to protection of fish, repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893.

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TITLE V . REGISTRATION. ACTS. Appling County, Registration Law Amended. Baker County, Registration Law for. Chatham County, Registration Law for. Chattahoochee County, Registration Law for. Echols County, Registration Law Amended. Irwin County, Registration Law Amended. Liberty County, Registration Law Amended. Macon County, Registration Law for. Tattnall County, Registration Law for. Thomas County, Registration Law Amended. Wilcox County, Registration Law for. APPLING COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW AMENDED. No. 402. An Act to amend an Act to authorize and require the registration of all voters of the county of Appling, approved October 7th, 1885, and an Act approved August 31st, 1891, so as to require the Tax-Receiver of said county to register all voters of said county that may apply for registration on or before the 15th day of September, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting after the word July and before the word after in the sixth line of the first section of said Act the following words: and to register all voters of said county that may apply for registration on or before the 15th day of September, so that the first section of said Act, as amended, shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Tax-Receiver of Appling county to register all voters of said county while making his regular rounds receiving the tax returns from the first day of April to the first day of July, and to register all the voters of said county that may apply for registration on or before the 15th day of September, after having the proper oath administered to them as now prescribed by law. Sec. 1 of Act of Oct. 7, 1885, amended. Voters to be registered who apply before Sept. 15. Section as amended.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. BAKER COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW FOR. No. 381. An Act to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Baker. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Tax-Collector of the county of Baker shall be, by virtue of his office, Registrar of said county, and shall take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties imposed by this Act. It shall be his duty as such Registrar to register all persons applying who are legally qualified to vote, in the following manner. Said Registrar shall stamp or write the word registered both upon the tax receipt of the person registering and also upon the stub in their book of tax receipts, together with the date of registration and the year and the election for which said person is registered. Their book for registering shall be closed ten days before each election. All persons voting shall vote in the district in which they reside and for which they were registered; provided , there is a voting precinct established in said district, and if there is no such precinct, then at any precinct in the county. All applications to register shall be in person, and no person shall be registered unless he is a citizen of the United States, and has resided in the State of Georgia one year, and in said county six months next preceding the coming election, and is twenty-one years of age, or will become so before said election, and has paid all State and county taxes which have been due by him, except for the year of the election, of which fact the Registrar may require the applicant to make oath before him when he is not satisfied as to the qualifications of said voter. It shall be the duty of each said Registrar immediately on the closing of his books to make out alphabetical lists of registered voters of each militia district in his county, and turn the same over to the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, if any, and if none, to the Ordinary of said county, as the case may be. Tax Collector to be registrar. Oath of office. Method of registration. Close of registration. Vote must be in district of residence. Proviso. Application must be in person. Qualifications for registry. Registry lists to be made by registrar. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or Ordinary, as the case may be, shall cause to be printed said alphabetical lists of said voters so registered, and shall cause to be furnished to the managers of elections at each precinct copies of the lists of registered voters of the district in which they sit, which list shall first be verified from the Registrar's list before being turned over to said managers, and the said managers shall not permit any person to vote at said election whose name does not appear

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on said list, under all the pains and penalties prescribed by law for illegal voting; and any person voting at any of said elections without having been registered as aforesaid, or who shall vote in the name of some other person appearing on said list other than his own name, or otherwise violating the provisions of this Act, shall be punished as prescribed by section 4310 of the Code of 1882; provided, however , that if the said stamping or writing of the word registered upon the tax receipt has been done after the time for closing the registration, said vote shall be illegal, and the voter, and any and all parties concerned in the unlawful stamping, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties prescribed by law for illegal voting. Lists to be furnished election managers. Voting without registration, etc. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the amount of compensation for the services to be thus done by said Registrar shall be two and one-half cents for each person registered, to be paid from the county treasury on the order of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or Ordinary, as the case may be. Pay of registrar. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when two or more elections occur within sixty days of each other in the same year, the registration list for the first shall be used for the succeeding election; provided , that the Registrar's books shall be kept open up to within ten days before said election, and supplemental lists made out and used in the manner prescribed in this Act for the original registration. When elections within sixty days of each other one registration. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, or the Ordinary, as the case may be, shall furnish to said Registrar a well bound book, in which the Registrar shall transcribe in alphabetical order the names of all registered voters and the militia district for which they have been registered, keeping the registry lists for each year separate; and it shall be the duty of said Registrar to deposit said book with said county authorities on or before the day of said election. Book to be furnished registrar. To be deposited, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at any time it shall be made to appear to the Board of Commissioners, or in case there be no such board, then to the Ordinary of the county, by the petition of one or more citizens, that the Registrar has entered on the list or issued certificates of registration to any person not entitled to vote, then the said board shall have authority, and it is hereby made the duty of the same, or of the Ordinary, as the case may be, to cause rule to be issued against the Registrar, calling upon him to show cause why said lists should not be corrected, the said Registrar and the person alleged to be illegally registered each to have five days' written notice of the hearing of said rule. If, upon the hearing it should appear from the evidence offered that any persons are illegally registered, the Board of Commissioners, or Ordinary, shall order the names of such illegally registered persons to be stricken from the lists, specifying the names of said illegally registered persons, and said persons shall not be allowed to vote, unless they shall, upon a new application to register, remove the disqualification which has been adjudged against them. The registration of voters shall not be conclusive evidence of the right of the person registered, but the right of contest shall apply to all of the elections herein provided. Improper registration, etc. Correction of lists. New application. Registration not conclusive of right to vote.

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SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. REGISTRATION LAW FOR CHATHAM COUNTY. No. 247. An Act to prescribe the manner of registering the voters of Chatham county for the election of members of the General Assembly and county officers, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage [Illegible Text] this Act the registration of voters for the election of members of the General Assembly and county officers shall be conducted in the following manner: The Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham county, the Judge of the City Court of Savannah and the Ordinary of Chatham county shall compose what shall be known as the Registration Commission of Chatham county. The said Registration Commission shall, during the month of February, 1894, and every second year thereafter, during the same month, appoint two upright citizens of said county, who shall be known as the Registrars of said county, with duties hereinafter set out. The said commission shall not appoint both Registrars from among the adherents of any one faction, party or contending political interest. But shall, if possible, with fairness, give all conflicting political interests in the county representation among the Registrars; provided, however , that said commission shall not appoint as registrars any person who holds a city or county office, either elective or appointed. The books of registration shall remain in the custody of the Registrars from the time same are opened until after the publication of the list in a newspaper, as hereinafter prescribed, subject to any rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the Registration Commission for their safe keeping; provided, however , that said books shall not at any time be taken from the office of the Ordinary; and provided further , that whenever said books are not in actual use, either for the purpose of registering voters or holding an election, or for preparing for an election, same shall remain in the office of the Ordinary under the seal of said Commissioners. The Registrars shall hold their office for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, but may be removed at any time, with or without cause, in the discretion of said Registration Commission. The compensation of the Registrars and for all other services and expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out the requirements of this Act shall be fixed by the Registration Commission, and all bills after approval by the said Registration Committee shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner as other debts [Illegible Text]

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by the county are now paid. Before entering upon their duties the Registrars shall take and prescribe before the Registration Commission, or some member thereof, the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of REgistrar of Chatham county, and that I will not in any manner whatever hinder or obstruct the registration of any citizen who is lawfully entitled to register, nor will I knowingly permit any person to register illegally, so help me God. Method of registration for election of members General Assembly and county officers. Registration Commission. Appointment of registrars. Not more than one registrar from one faction or party. All conflicting interests to be given representation. No person holding office to be appointed. Custody of registration books. But not to be taken from Ordinary's office. Term of office of registrars. Removal from office. Compensation. Oath of registrars. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the registration books shall be opened in office of Ordinary on the first Monday in March and close on the first Monday in June, 1894, and every second year thereafter; said books shall [Illegible Text] open for the registration of voters on each of the above days (Sunday excepted) from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., and on Saturdays from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Opening and closing of books. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all citizens of Chatham county desiring to vote at the election for members of the General Assembly or county officers shall within the above prescribed time present themselves at the office of the Ordinary and give their names, ages, residence and occupation, all of which shall be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose the person desiring to be registered as a voter for said elections shall also provide at the time he presents himself for registration satisfactory evidence of the payment of all taxes. Voters must register. Entries to be made on books. Applicant must show payment of taxes. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That within ten (10) days after the closing of said registration on the first Monday in June as aforesaid, the commission shall have published in a newspaper published daily in Chatham county the full and correct list of the duly registered voters, and within ten (10) days from the publication in said newspaper it shall post in convenient form one of said lists at the courthouse door, at the city exchange, at the postoffice, at Pooler, at Warsaw, and at Isle of Hope. Publication of registration lists. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, especially sections [Illegible Text] and 4 of an Act approved February 28th, 1874, entitled an Act to amend the Act approved February 21st, 1873, creating a Board of Commissioners for Chatham county and defining their jurisdiction and duties and any and all Acts amendatory or explanatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW FOR. No. 196. An Act to provide for the registration of voters in the county of Chattahoochee, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred

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and ninety-four, it shall be unlawful for any person to vote in any election in the county of Chattahoochee without having registered in the manner as hereinafter provided. Voting without registration unlawful. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Justice of the Peace of each militia district of said county shall be the Registrar for the district in which he resides, or in case of sickness or absence of said Justice, then the Notary Public of the district, or of a vacancy in the office of Notary Public, then the Ordinary shall appoint some citizen of that district to act as Registrar, and before entering upon his duties as such, shall subscribe to the following oath before the Ordinary of said county: I do swear that I will not knowingly register as a voter any person who is not legally qualified to vote under the laws of this State, and the provisions of the Constitution, and that I will use my best efforts to prevent the registration of all voters not entitled to vote. The Registrars shall be provided by the Ordinary of said county with suitable books and blank certificates, These books shall be known as the books of registration of said county. In these books the Registrar shall enter, upon the personal application of any person entitled under the Constitution and laws of the State to vote, the name of such person, and the militia district in which he resides, in alphabetical order, keeping separate lists of white and colored voters. But before entering said name, he shall administer the following oath: I do swear that I reside in district, Georgia Militia of Chattahoochee county, that I have attained the age of twenty-one years, that I am a citizen of the United States and have resided for the last twelve months in this State next preceding the election to be held in October next, and six months in the county of Chattahoochee next preceding said election; that I have paid all taxes since the adoption of the present Constitution of this State that have been required of me previous to this year and which I have had an opportunity to pay. Registrars. Oath of office. Books and blanks. Method of registering Oath of applicant. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That books of registration be kept open during the months of July and August only in the year 1894, and each two years thereafter; that said Registrar shall file with the Ordinary, on or before the twentieth day of September in each year that the books are to be opened, a certified copy of voters who have registered according to the provisions of this Act. Said Justices of the Peace or Notaries Public shall retain the original books of registration to be used in their respective districts at all elections held thereafter. When registration to be made. Copy of names of those registered to be filed with Ordinary. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be entitled to vote at any election in said county unless he shall have registered as required by this Act, and any person who has not registered and who shall vote at any election shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section [Illegible Text] of the Code of Georgia. Penalty for voting without registering. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That any person offering to vote at any election in said county shall be subject to challenge under the same rules and regulations as now govern, notwithstanding, the provisions of this Act. Challenges.

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SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall [Illegible Text] to any person arriving at the age of twenty-one years, after the books of registration shall have been closed and before the election at which he offers to vote; provided further , that he is qualified to vote under the laws of this State. Act not applicable, when SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the compensation for the services of said Registrar shall be fixed by the first grand jury of the county after such registration. Pay of registrars. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That should said Justice of the Peace or Notary Public refuse to comply with the provisions of this Act, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of this State. Refusal of registrar to, comply with this Act. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893. ECHOLS COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW AMENDED. No. 426. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize, require and provide for the registration of the qualified voters of Echols county, to designate the officer whose duty it shall be to register said voters, to define his duties in relation to the registration of voters and fix his compensation for said service, to prescribe the oath to be administered by him to the voters before placing their names on the list of registration as qualified voters, and provide a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this Act, also a registration book which shall be kept open until ten days preceding each and every election, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section II of an Act approved September 1st, 1891, be amended by striking out the word books in the second line of said section, and inserting therefor the registration book, which shall be kept open until ten days preceding each and every election, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: That immediately after the close of the registration book, which shall be kept open until ten days preceding each and every election, the Registrar provided for in the first section of this Act shall make out separate alphabetical lists of the white and colored voters of each district and turn the same, together with the book of registration over to the Ordinary of said county. Sec. [Illegible Text] of Act of Sept. 1, 1891, amended. Registration book to be kept open until within ten days of election. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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IRWIN COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW AMENDED. No. 266. An Act to amend section 4 of an Act entitled an Act to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of the county of Irwin, and provide that the same shall be done before the Tax-Receiever of said county and for other purposes, approved October 13th, 1887, so as to prevent persons from voting at elections in any district other than the district in which they reside or at the county site, and prescribe a penalty therefor. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act entitled an Act to provide for the registration of the qualified voters of the county of Irwin and provide that the same shall be done before the Tax-Receiver of said county and for other purposes, approved October 13th, 1887, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding after the word Act and before and in the third line of section 4 of said Act the following: and no person shall be entitled or allowed to vote at any election in any district of said county other than the district in which he resides, and by adding after the words attempt to vote at any election where they occur in the fourth and fifth lines of section 4 of said Act the following: or who shall vote at any election in any district other than the district in which he resides, so that said section 4 of said Act, as amended, shall read as follows: That no person shall be entitled to vote at any election in said county unless he shall have registered as required by this Act, and no person shall be entitled or allowed to vote at any election in any district other than the district in which he resides, and any person who has not registered and who shall vote or attempt to vote at any election or who shall vote at any election in any district other than the district in which he [Illegible Text], shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882; provided , that any resident of said county who is properly registered and qualified to vote in the district of his residence may be permitted to vote at the county site of said county. Sec. 4 of Act of Oct. 13, 1887, amended. Vote must be in district of residence. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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LIBERTY COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW AMENDED. No. 297. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a registration law for the county of Liberty, and for other purposes, approved September 1st, 1891, to allow voters in said county vote at the precinct best suited to his convenience, on presentation of his certificate of registration. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That section 2 of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking all of the words after registration in the fourth line of said section, and before the word and in the sixth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to wit: That any voter of said county may vote at any precinct in said county of Liberty best suited to his convenience on presentation of his certificate of registration, so that said section, so amended, will read as follows: Section 2. That it shall not be lawful for any person not registered, as required in the preceding section, to vote at such election for members of the General Assembly next following such registration; that any voter of said county may vote at any precinct in said county of Liberty best suited to his convenience, on presentation of his certificate of registration, and any person who violates the provisions of this Act by voting illegally, or any manager of such election who allows illegal voting, shall be, upon conviction thereof, liable to all pains and penalties now imposed by law for illegal voting. Sec. [Illegible Text] of Act of Sept. 1, 1891, amended. Voting may be at precinct most convenient to voter. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. REGISTRATION LAW FOR MACON COUNTY. No. 220. An Act to provide for the registration of the voters of the county of Macon, the appointment of Registrars, to prescribe their duties, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to vote at any general or special election which may be held in the county of Macon, without having first complied with the provisions of this Act. Unlawful to vote without registration.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said county of Macon, at their regular meeting in January, 1894, and biennially thereafter to appoint a suitable person in each militia district of said county, who shall act as Registrar for their respective districts and shall hold their said positions until their successors are appointed and qualified, and who, before entering upon the duties of their said office, shall take and subscribe before the Clerk of the said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, who is hereby authorized to administer the same, the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge my duty as Registrar for the..... District, G. M., of the county of Macon, during my continuance in such office, to the best of my understanding and ability, so help me God, which oath shall be by said Clerk recorded upon the minutes of said board. Selection of registrar for each militia district. Term and oath of office. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Registrar, twenty days before each regular election for Governor and Representatives, to open at the Justice Court ground in their respective districts a book for the registration of voters (said book to be provided by said Board of Commissioners), first having given twenty days' notice of the time and place of opening the same, by posting at three or more public places in said district a written advertisement thereof, and in said books they shall enter the names of all persons who are residents of their respective districts applying for registration who are legally qualified under the laws of Georgia to vote at the time of such registration, or who, by reason of becoming of age, length of residence or otherwise, will be qualified to vote on the day of the election to be held in said county next after said registration; and if such Registrars shall not be satisfied of the qualification as a voter of any person, they shall, before registering such person, require him to take an oath of the facts showing such qualification, which oath said Registrars are hereby authorized to administer; and all persons so sworn shall be so designated on the list. Registration books to be opened for general elections. Notice of time and place of opening. Qualifications for registration. Oath of applicant. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Registrars shall keep said books open for the registration of voters as aforesaid, for ten days, at the expiration of which time they shall be closed, and within two days thereafter they shall deposit said registration books in the office of the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners. Time for which books to be kept open. Disposition of books. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That ten days prior to any other election, general or special, except those mentioned in section 3 of this Act, to be held in said county, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners to open said books of registration at the county courthouse, after giving at least ten days' notice thereof, by having posted in some conspicuous place in each militia district of said county a notice in writing, and to keep the same open for five days, during which time he shall enter in the books of their respective districts the names of all persons applying for registration and who were not registered by said Registrars at their last time of registration, under the same rules and regulations as hereinbefore prescribed. Registration for special elections. Notice, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Clerk of said Board of Commissioners to furnish the managers of any election,

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general or special, to be held in said county, at each precinct, with at least three copies of the registration list of the district in which said precinct is located. Registration list furnished. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That no voter shall be qualified to vote at any election precinct in said county, except at the precinct of the district in which he may reside and for which he is registered, unless the polls are not opened at any such precinct, in which event the voters of such district shall be allowed to vote at the courthouse precinct of said county. Any registered voter removing from one district to another of the county shall nevertheless be allowed to vote [Illegible Text] the precinct of the district for which he is registered, notwithstanding the fact of his removal. Vote must be at precinct of district of residence and registration. Removal from one district to another. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the fact of being registered as a voter shall be only prima facie evidence of the qualification of any person as such, and shall by no means be construed as exempting said person from challenge at the polls by the managers or others, nor from prosecution and punishment for illegal voting, if guilty of the same. Registration only prima facie evidence of qualification. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That if from death, resignation or other cause, the office of Registrar of any district in said county should become vacant, it shall be the duty of said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, as soon thereafter as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, to appoint some suitable person to fill any such vacancy. Vacancy in office of registrar. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That for the services hereinafter specified, said Registrar shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by said Board of Commissioners to be paid out of the treasury of said county. Compensation of registrars. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall vote at any election, general or special, which may be held in said county of Macon, without having first registered in compliance with the provisions of this Act, shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed by law for illegal voting. Penalty for voting without registration. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. REGISTRATION LAW FOR TATTNALL COUNTY. No. 248. An Act to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Tattnall. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Tax-Collector of the county of Tattnall shall be by virtue of his office Registrar of said county, and shall take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties imposed by this Act. It shall be his duty as such

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Registrar to register all persons applying who are legally qualified to vote, said registration to be had in the following manner. Said Registrar shall stamp or write the word registered both upon the tax receipt of the person registering and also upon the stub of his book of tax receipts, together with the date of registration and the year and the election for which said person is registered. The books of registration shall remain open during the entire year, except for the ten days next preceding a State or county election. All persons voting shall vote in the district in which they reside and from which they register; provided, however , that where no voting precinct is established in their district such persons may vote in any precinct in the county. All applications to register shall be in person, and no person shall be registered unless he is a citizen of the United States and has resided in the State of Georgia one year and in Tattnall county six months next preceding the coming election, and is twenty-one years of age or will become so before said election, and has paid all State and county taxes which have been due by him, except for the year of the election, of which fact the Registrar may require the applicant to make an oath before him, when he is not satisfied as to the qualifications of said voter. It shall be the duty of such Registrar immediately upon the closing of his books to make out alphabetical lists of the registered voters for each militia district in his county and to turn the same over to the Ordinary of Tattnall county. These lists shall be made out twice in two years, to wit: Immediately preceding the State elections in October and also immediately preceding the county elections in January. This Act shall become operative in said county of Tattnall on the first day of January, 1894, and from said date the Tax-Collector, as ex officio Registrar, shall perform the duties herein imposed upon him. In so far as the voters of the county are concerned this Act shall not be operative until the county election to be held in said county in January, 1895. No registration shall be required nor lists used at the State elections to be held in October, 1894. Tax-Collector ex officio registrar. Oath of office. Manner of registration. Opening of books. Voting to be in district of residence and registration. Except where no voting precinct. Registration must be in person. Qualifications for. Registration lists. When this Act operative. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary shall cause to be printed before each election an alphabetical list of the registered voters, and shall furnish said lists to the election managers of each precinct and said managers shall not permit any person to vote at said election whose name does not appear on said list, under all the pains and penalties prescribed by law for illegal voting; and any person voting at said elections without having been first registered or voting in the name of any other person appearing on said list other than his own name, or otherwise violating the provisions of this Act, shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code; provided , that any person who presents his tax receipt, with the word registered stamped or written on it by said Registrar, shall be entitled to vote in the district of his residence, although his name does not appear on the list in the hands of the managers of said election; provided, also , that if said stamping or writing of the word registered on the tax receipt has been done after the time for closing the registration, said vote shall be illegal, and the voter and any and all parties concerned in the unlawful stamping and writing shall be subject to all the pains and penalties prescribed by law for illegal voting. Printed registration lists. Lists to be furnished election managers. Penalty for voting without registering. Who may vote though not on list, etc.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the amount of compensation for the services to be thus done by said Registrar shall be two and a half cents for each person registering, to be paid from the county treasury on the order of the Ordinary. Compensation of registrar. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That if any elections occur in Tattnall county other than the regular State and county elections, then the register list which was used at the State or county election, as the case may be, next preceding said extra or called election shall control. Registration lists for special elections. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary shall furnish to said Registrar a well bound book in which registration can be entered, which book shall be so ruled as that the following information concerning each voter can be entered, to wit: His name, his age, and the district and the place of his residence in his district. A new book shall be furnished by the Ordinary on the first day of January, 1894, and biennially at the same time thereafter. Registration book. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That if at any time, it shall be made to appear to the Ordinary by the petition of one or more citizens, that the Registrar has entered on the list or issued certificates of registration to any person not entitled to vote, said Ordinary shall cite said Registrar to appear before him at a time specified, to be not later than five days thereafter, to show cause why said list should not be corrected. If upon hearing it appears that any person is illegally registered the Ordinary shall strike the name of such illegally registered person from the registered list, and such person shall not be allowed to vote unless he shall, upon a new application to register, remove the disqualification which has been adjudged against him. Whenever the Ordinary shall cite the Registrar to appear before him for the purpose of correcting the register book, it shall be the duty of the Registrar to produce said book at the time and place of hearing set by the Ordinary for the purpose of having same corrected and with out further notice or rule. Registrar improperly granting registration. Illegal names stricken, etc. Registration book to be produced. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all persons over sixty years of age in said county, who do not own any property, and who are not therefore subject to taxation, may have their names placed upon the register list at any time while the books are open, upon application to the Registrar who will issue them a certificate in the following language, to wit: Georgia, Tattnall County. I....., Registrar for Tattnall county, do hereby certify that..... is more than sixty years of age, is entitled to vote and his name is upon the register list of the county. Registration by persons over sixty years old owning no property. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all citizens desiring to vote shall be required to register annually. Registration to be annual. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893.

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THOMAS COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW AMENDED. No. 410. An Act to amend an Act to require and provide for the registration of the legal voters of Thomas county; to designate the officer whose duty it shall be to register said voters, fix his compensation and duties in relation to the registration of voters, and to prescribe the oath to be administered by him to the voters of said county before placing their names upon the list of registered voters, and for other purposes, approved October 22d, 1887, so as to provide for registration by the Ordinary in certain cases, to compel Registrars to register names on the payment of taxes, to write the word registered on the face of tax receipts, to allow corrections in names and districts, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, section 1 of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the word applying in the eighth line of said section on page 765 of the printed Acts of the General Assembly published by authority for the year 1887, and inserting in lieu thereof the words at the time of the payment of their taxes. Said section shall be further amended by inserting in the ninth line of said section of said printed and published Acts on said 765th page after the words Thomas county and before the words He shall the words and it shall be his duty to place in his own handwriting across the face of the tax receipt of the person so registered the word registered and sign the same officially. Said tax receipt shall be dated and a record made of said date. Said section shall be further amended by inserting the words except for purposes hereinafter provided in the fourteenth line of said section of the aforesaid printed and published Acts on said page 765 after the words on that day and before the words all applications. Said section 1 shall be further amended by striking out the words application to register after the word all and before the word must in said fourteenth line of said section of said printed and published Acts on said page 765, and inserting in lieu thereof the word registration. Said section 1 shall be further amended by adding at the end of said section after the last word of the same, to wit, the word county on page 766 of said printed and published Acts, the words, provided , that any person who had paid all the taxes required of him as aforesaid before the closing of said registration book, and who is otherwise qualified to vote, may go before the Ordinary of Thomas county at any time after the closing of said registration book, except ten days before each election, and take, in addition to the oath hereinafter prescribed for persons registering, the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you had paid all taxes required of you since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877, and which you had a reasonable opportunity to pay before the closing of the registration book

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for Thomas county, so help you God. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary to satisfy himself of the truth of the oath, and if he is not so satisfied of its truth, he shall refuse to register the name of the applicant. Upon the payment by the applicant of ten cents to the Ordinary, as a registration fee, it shall be the duty of said Ordinary if he is satisfied, as aforesaid, of the truth of said oath, to place the name of the applicant on said registration book, on a list of the district where the applicant resides (unless by the permission of the County Commissioners he is permitted to vote in some one other district; in that case, in the district so allowed, as hereinafter provided); but all names placed on the registration book by the Ordinary shall be alphabetical and in separate and distinct places from those placed on said book by the regular Registrar, or Tax-Collector, and shall be properly distinguished by said Ordinary by suitable headings to said lists made by said Ordinary. Said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Tax-Collector of Thomas county shall be, by virtue of his office, Registrar for said county, and shall take an oath before the Ordinary of said county faithfully to discharge the duties imposed by this Act. It shall be his duty, as such Registrar, to register in a book to be kept for that purpose all persons, at the time of the payment of their taxes, who are legally qualified to vote in Thomas county, and it shall be his duty to place in his own handwriting across the face of the tax receipt of the person so registered the word registered and sign the same officially. Said tax receipt shall be dated and a record made of said date. He shall open his registration book for the purpose of allowing the qualified voters of said county to register at the same time the tax books are opened for the purpose of receiving taxes, and keep the same open until the 20th day of December in each year, closing the same at 4 o'clock P. M. on that day, except for purposes hereinafter provided. All registration must be in person, and no person shall be registered unless he is a citizen of the United States, has resided in the Ssate of Georgia one year, and in Thomas county six months preceding the next election to be held after his registration. No person shall register who is not twenty-one years of age, but applicants who will reach that age before the next election, and are otherwise qualified, shall be allowed to register. No person shall register who has not paid all taxes which since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877 have been required of him, and which he has had a reasonable opportunity of paying, except taxes for the year of the election. It shall be the duty of said Registrar immediately after the close of his book to make out alphabetical lists of the registered voters for each district in said county, and to turn the same over to the Ordinary of said county; provided , that any person who had paid all the taxes required of him as aforesaid before the closing of said registration book, and who is otherwise qualified to vote, may go before the Ordinary of said Thomas county at any time after the closing of said registration book, except ten days before each election, and take, in addition to the oath hereinafter prescribed, the following oath: `You do solemnly swear that you had paid all taxes required

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of you since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877, and which you had a reasonable opportunity to pay before the closing of the registration book for Thomas county, so help you God.' It shall be the duty of the Ordinary to satisfy himself of the truth of the oath, and if he is not satisfied of its truth, he shall refuse to register the name of the applicant. Upon the payment by the applicant of ten cents to the Ordinary, as a registration fee, it shall be the duty of said Ordinary, if he is satisfied, as aforesaid, of the truth of said oath, to place the name of the applicant on said registration book, on a list of the district where the applicant resides (unless by the permission of the County Commissioners he is permitted to vote in some one other district; in that case, in the district so allowed, as hereinafter provided); but all names placed on the registration book by the Ordinary shall be alphabetical and in separate and distinct places from those placed on said book by the regular Registrar or Tax-Collector, and shall be properly distinguished by said Ordinary by suitable headings to said lists made by said Ordinary. Sec. 1 of Act of Oct. 22, 1887, amended. All persons to be registered at time of paying taxes. Tax receipt to be marked registered, etc. Close of registration. Registration must be in person. Registration after close of book. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Act be further amended by inserting in the eighth line of section 2 of said Act, after the words illegal voting and before the words any person, the words, provided , that any person desiring to vote whose name does not appear on said lists, or whose name is incorrect on said lists, or whose name has been placed, by mistake, on the list of a district different from the district of the residence of the person so desiring to vote, he may exhibit to the Managers of said election his tax receipt marked `registered' and signed officially, as hereinbefore provided, and in addition to the oath required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, where a voter is challenged, he shall take the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you registered according to law, that your name was left off the registration lists by no fault of your own, or that your name is incorrect on said list through no fault of your own, or that your name has been placed, by no fault of your own, on the list of a district different from the district of your residence, and that the word, `registered' on the face of your tax receipt was written by the Tax-Collector of Thomas county, and signed by him officially, so help you, God. It shall be the duty of said Managers of said election to allow said person to vote, if satisfied of the truth of said oath, and that he is otherwise qualified to vote. Said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 2. Be it further enacted, That said Ordinary of said county shall cause to be printed said alphabetical lists of such voters so registered, and shall cause to be furnished to the Managers of each election precinct, at every election, copies of the list for the district in which they sit, and the said Managers shall not permit any person to vote at said election whose name does not appear on said list, under all the pains and penalties prescribed by law for illegal voting; provided , that any person desiring to vote whose name does not appear on said lists, or whose name is incorrect on said list, or whose name has been placed, by mistake, on the list of a district different from the district of the residence of the person so desiring to vote, he may

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exhibit to the Managers of said election his tax receipt marked `registered,' and signed officially, as hereinbefore provided, and in addition to the oath required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, when a voter is challenged, he shall take the following oath: You do solemnly swear that your registered according to law, that your name was left off the registration list by no fault of your own, or that your name is incorrect on said lists through no fault of your own, or that your name has been placed, by no fault of your own, on the list of a district different from the district of your residence, and that the word `registered' on the face of your tax receipt was written by the Tax-Collector of Thomas county, and signed by him officially, so help you, God. Section 2 amended. Correction of registration list. Section as amended. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Act shall be further amended, by adding after the last word of section 3 of said Act the words: provided , that any person who may desire to vote in a district different from the district of his residence may apply to the Board of County Commissioners of said Thomas county for permission to vote in some one other district of said county, and upon making a showing, satisfactory to said County Commissioners, that said applicant is a legally registered voter of said county or had paid all the taxes required of him, and which he had a reasonable opportunity to pay, before the closing of the aforesaid registration book, and is otherwise qualified to vote, and that said application is not made for any other purpose than the personal and business convenience of said applicant, said County Commissioners may allow said applicant to vote in said district different to the district of his residence. On making a satisfactory showing to the Ordinary of said county, that said change of place of voting has been allowed by said Board of County Commissioners, and that said applicant is otherwise a qualified voter of said county, it shall be his duty to place the name of the applicant on the Ordinary's list of the registration book, on the list of the district so allowed by said County Commissioners, and to properly distinguish the same by appropriate entries; and it shall be the duty of the Managers of any election for said district, to allow said person to vote in said district if satisfied that all of the above requirements have been complied with by said voter. Said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons voting shall vote in the district in which they reside and for which they are registered; provided , that any person who may desire to vote in a district different from the district of his residence, may apply to the Board of County Commissioners of said Thomas county for permission to vote in some one other district of said county, and upon making a showing, satisfactory to said County Commissioners, that said applicant is a legally registered voter of said county, or had paid all the taxes required of him, and which he had a reasonable opportunity to pay, before the closing of the aforesaid registration book, and is otherwise qualified to vote, and that said application is not made for any other purpose than the personal and business convenience of said applicant, said County Commissioners may allow said applicant to vote in said district different to the district

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of his residence. On making a satisfactory showing to the Ordinary of said county that said change of voting place has been allowed by said Board of County Commissioners, and that said applicant is otherwise a qualified voter of said county, it shall be his duty to place the name of the applicant on the Ordinary's list of the registration book on the list of the district so allowed by said County Commissioners, and to properly distinguish the same by appropriate entries; and it shall be the duty of the Managers of any election for said district to allow said person to vote in said district, if satisfied that all the above requirements have been complied with by said voter. Section [Illegible Text] amended. Permission to vote in district other than that of residence. Section as amended. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Act shall be further amended by striking out the words and figures, one hundred and fifty [Illegible Text] after the words shall be in the second line of section 4 of said printed and published Acts on page 766, and before the word dollars in the third line of the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures, two hundred (200), so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 4. Be it further enacted, That the compensation for the services rendered by the Registrar shall be two hundred (200) dollars per annum, to be paid out of the county treasury. The actual cost of printing and registration book shall also be paid out of the county treasury. Section [Illegible Text] amended. Pay of registrar. Section as amended. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893. WILCON COUNTY, REGISTRATION LAW FOR. No. 312. An Act to require and provide for the registration of all voters in the county of Wilcox, and to provide for carrying the same into effect, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Justice of the Peace, or, if there be no Justice of the Peace, the Notary Public and ex officio Justice of the Peace, of each of the militia districts of Wilcox county, shall be, by virtue of his office, Registrar of voters in and for his said district, and he shall take and subscribe to an oath before some judicial officer of said county, to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by this Act. It shall be the duty of such Registrars by or before the 25th day of December, in each and every year, to register all persons in their respective districts who are actual [Illegible Text] fide residents therein, and who are otherwise legally entitled to vote in this State, and who make application for registration as voters,

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presenting their tax receipts for the year in which they seek to be registered; and the Reistrar may require any applicant, if he has any doubt of the applicant having paid his former taxes, to make oath that applicant has paid all taxes legally required of him for three years next preceding. If said applicant shall be found to be qualified, the Registrar shall register him as a qualified voter in all elections to be held in said district and county, within the next ensuing year (provided, no person shall be allowed to vote in any district of said county except the one in which he registered, and of which he is an actual bona fide resident), in the following manner, to wit: He shall record in a well bound book, which he shall keep for that purpose, in alphabetical order, the names of all voters in his district, making separate lists of the voters of the white race and the voters of the colored race; and shall furnish the Ordinary of said county with a copy of said registration, which shall be kept by said Ordinary in his office, open to inspection, as all other public records in said office are kept; provided , any person who has resided in this State for twelve months, who shall become twenty-one years of age or otherwise legally entitled to vote in this State, after the 25th day of December, in any year before an [Illegible Text] to be held in said county during the next ensuing year, may, on application, be allowed to register at any time before said election. Registrars. Oath of. Who may register. Oath of applicant, etc. Vote must be in district of residence Method of registration. Registration lists. Registration at any time, by whom. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall hereafter vote at any election in said county of Wilcox, who has not been registered as a voter in the district in which he votes, and the managers of any election in said county who shall permit any person to vote in any district in said county in which said person has not been registered and of which he is not an actual bona fide resident, shall, upon conviction, be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia (1882). Penalty for violating this Act. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Registrar shall attend in person each and every election held in his district and have with him his registration book of the same, and no person shall cast his vote till the manager of the election shall ascertain that his name has been properly entered on said book. In case of the inability of said Registrar to attend any election, he shall furnish the managers thereof with his said registration book. And any person who shall add or erase any name of any voter to or from the lists recorded by said Registrar, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia (1882). Registrar to attend elections with book, etc. Additions to or erasures from book. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the registration of any voter, as hereinbefore provided for, shall be prima facie , but not conclusive, svidence of said voter's right to vote at any election to be held in said district and county. And any voter of said county shall have the right to challenge the right of any person to cast his vote in any election in said county; and the managers of said election, upon each challenge being made, shall try the question of said challenged person's right to vote as now provided by law. Registration not conclusive of right to [Illegible Text] Challeges, etc.

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SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Registrars of the respective districts in said county shall receive as compensation for the duties prescribed for them in this Act, five cents for every name of voters registered by them, which shall be paid out of the common fund of the county, on warrant from the Ordinary of said county. Pay of registrars. Appeared December 18th, 1893.

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TITLE VI . EDUCATION. ACTS. Americus, School Law Amended. Blackshear, Public School System for. Boston, Public School System for. Canton, Public School System for. Conyers, Public School Law Amended. East Point Authorized to Issue School Bonds, etc. Elko, Sale of Schoolhouse, etc., to Town of. Hogansville, Public [Illegible Text] System for. Jesup, Public School System for. Lawrenceville, Public School System for. Louisville, Public School System for. Marietta, Public School Law Amended. McDonough, Public School System for. Milner, Authorized to Issue School Bonds, etc. North Rome, Public School System for. Rochelle, Authorized to Issue School Bonds. Social Circle, Authorized to Issue School Bonds. Statesboro, Public School System for. Thomasville, Public School System for. Valdosta, Public School System for. Waycross, Authorized to Issue School Bonds. Waycross, School Law for, Amended. Warrenton, Public School System for. Washington, Authorized to Issue School Bonds. Waynesboro, Public School System for. AMERICUS, SCHOOL LAW AMENDED. No. 389. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a permanent Board of Education for the city of Americus and to incorporate the same, and for other purposes, approved February 13th, 1873, so that the members of said Board of Education shall be elected by the Mayor and City Council of Americus, and to fix their terms of service, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby

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enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the first day of March, 1894, except as is in this Act provided, the members of the Board of Education of the city of Americus shall be elected by the Mayor and City Council of Americus, and shall hold their terms for a period of three years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Election [Illegible Text] Board of Education. Terms of office. SEC. II. That at an election to be held by the Mayor and City Council of Americus at its first regular meeting in March, 1894, or as soon thereafter as practicable, four members of the Board of Education of the city of Americus shall be elected to serve for a period of six years, beginning with the first day of April, 1894, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall succeed the four members of the said board who have been, at the time of said election, longest members of said board, and the term of service of said four members who have been longest members at the time of said election shall expire upon the election and qualification of their successors. That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of Americus held in March, 1896, or as soon thereafter as practicable, four other members of said Board of Education shall be elected, also to serve for a period of six years, beginning with April 1st, 1896, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall succeed the four other members of said board who have been at the time of said election longest members of said board, and the term of service of the said last four members who have been longest members at the time of said election shall expire upon the election and qualification of their successors. That at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council in March, 1898, or as soon thereafter as practicable, four other members of said Board of Education shall be elected also to serve for a period of six years, beginning with the first day of April, 1898, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall succeed the four remaining members of said original Board of Education, or their successors, should any vacancy occur. Election in March, 1894 Term of those then elected, etc. Election in March, 1896 Term of those then elected, etc. Election in March 1898. Term of those then elected, etc. SEC. III. That biennlally thereafter, at the first regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of Americus, or as soon thereafter as practicable, four members of said Board of Education shall be elected to serve for a period of six years, beginning with the first day of April next thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified. Subsequent elections. Terms of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all vacancies that may hereafter occur in the membership of said Board of Education shall be filled by an election held by the Mayor and City Council of Americus, at any regular meeting thereof, after said vacancy shall occur, and the term of service of such member thus elected shall be for the unexpired term of the member creating such vacancy; this provision to apply to the filling of any vacancy that may occur in the original members of said board, as well as to those that may be elected by the Mayor and City Council of Americus, under the provisions of this Act. Vacancies. SEC. V. That the Mayor of the city of Americus shall be ex officio member of said board. Mayor ex officio member of Board. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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BLACKSHEAR, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 264. An Act to establish a system of public schools for the town of Blackshear, to provide for a Board of Education, to empower the Mayor and Council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance thereof, to authorize the County School Commissioner of Pierce county to pay over to said Board of Education such part of the State school fund as may be the just pro rata share of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia (that the corporate authorities of the town of Blackshear having so recommended), That the Mayor and Council of the town of Blackshear, Pierce county, Georgia, are hereby authorized to levy a tax annually, in addition to that now authorized by law, not to exceed one-fourth of one per cent. on the real and personal property of said town for the purpose of establishing and maintaining public schools in and for the said town of Blackshear; provided , the sum so raised shall be used only for the purpose as set forth in this section. School tax. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before this Act shall take effect and become operative, the Mayor of the said town of Blackshear shall order an election, giving at least twenty days' notice, to ascertain the sense of the qualified voters under this Act, at said election, whether public schools shall be established or not in said town. All persons voting at said election shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: For Public Schools or Against Public Schools, and if the question should be decided affirmatively by the necessary constitutional majority of two-thirds of all qualified votes cast in said election, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to levy a tax as authorized by section 1 of this Act; and if said question shall be decided negatively, the Mayor and Council are authorized to order other elections upon the same question; provided , twelve months shall elapse between said election. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of. Ballots. Necessary majority. Result of election. Other elections. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any election held under this Act shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern in other town elections, and the qualifications for voters at said elections for Mayor and Councilmen; the notices required to be given by this Act shall be by publication in one or more of the town papers and by being posted on the courthouse door. Regulations as to elections. Qualifications of voter. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That a Board of Education for said town shall be composed of the following persons, to wit: John C. Nicholls, A. P. Brantley, James Walker, John Baxter, John Strickland, Joseph A. Harper and John M. Purdom, and that any vacancy in said board shall be filled by election, the electors being the remaining members of said board. First Board of Education. Vacancies.

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SEC. V. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board shall supervise, regulate and make efficient said school system; shall have power to make rules for the government of themselves and the teachers and pupils of said schools; to establish grades therein and prescribe the studies therefor; to elect, to employ, fix the salaries and pay the teachers therefor, and to provide for the necessary conveniences and appliances of said schools, and to do all lawful acts necessary to the proper operation of the system, and are authorized to hold and apply any grants or donations of money or property made by any person or corporation for the benefit of said schools. Power of board. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That said board shall keep a record of all their proceedings; shall elect of their body a President and a Secretary, the compensation of the Secretary to be regulated and fixed by the board, the President and the other members of the board to receive no salary. Minutes. Officers, etc. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board shall have power, and it shall be their duty to maintain at least one school for the whites and one for the colored people in said town out of the fund provided for that purpose, and they shall make a report annually to the Mayor and Council of said town of their receipts and disbursements on or before the first Monday in January in each year after 1892, and the same shall be published in the newspapers of said town. Schools to be maintained. Reports by board. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall require their Secretary to prepare annually a list of the pupils entitled to the State school fund in attendance upon said schools of Blackshear, as established under this Act, who reside in Pierce county, and furnish it to the Treasurer of said town, who shall present the same to the School Commissioner of said county, and receive from him such portion of the educational fund for Pierce county as said pupils are entitled to, to be determined by the number of said pupils, which said sum it shall be the duty of said School Commissioner to pay over to said Treasurer, to be applied by said board to the maintenance of said schools according to law; and it shall further be the duty of said Treasurer, to recover from the Mayor and Council of said town all money raised by them by taxation and the admission fees and all tuition paid, and said Treasurer shall report the same to the board at each meeting thereof, and said Treasurer shall pay the same out only upon the order of said Board of Education. Pro rata of State school fund. Mayor and Council to turn over to Treasurer what money. Treasurer's report. Payments by. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all children whose parents, guardians or natural protector bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town shall be entitled to the benefits of said school. The Board of Education may also admit children into said schools whose parents, guardians or natural protectors do not reside within the corporate limits of said town upon the payment of such tuition as may be deemed reasonable and proper by said Board of Education. All sums arising either from admission fees or tuition, as provided for in this section, shall be used only for the purpose of maintaining said schools. Said Board of Education are authorized to receive all gifts and donations and appropriate the sum to the support and maintenance of public schools in said town. Pupils. Non-resident pupils Use of sums from admission fees. Gifts, etc.

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SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the County School Commissioner of Pierce county is authorized and required to pay over to said Board of Education, for the use of said public schools, under such rules and regulations as said Board of Education may prescribe, the just and full proportion of the common school fund, arising from any and all sources belonging to said town, to be by them expended in the establishment and maintenance of said public schools as authorized and directed by the Constitution and laws of this State. County School Commissioner to pay pro rata school fund. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the teachers to be employed under this Act be elected by, and the salaries of all teachers shall in like manner be fixed by, said Board of Education. Election and salaries of teachers. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and Council of the town of Blackshear are hereby empowered to pass such ordinances as may be necessary for collecting and turning over the school fund to the Board of Education. Ordinances as to collection, etc. school fund. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and part of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893. BOSTON, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 388. An Act to establish a system of graded schools in the town of Boston, Georgia, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the town Council of Boston is hereby authorized and empowered to levy a special tax on all of the property in the said town of Boston, not to exceed one-fifth of one per cent.; to adopt such methods as will reach a fair and equitable assessment of said property for taxes as they may deem wise and just, and that the revenues derived by the town of Boston from the following sources be, and they are, hereby appropriated to the maintenance of said public schools, and shall be turned over by the corporate authorities of said town to the Board of Education to be chosen and elected by the legal voters of said town, when collected, namely: All proceeds from grants of licenses to circuses and all other shows, traveling or otherwise, exhibiting in the town of Boston. School tax. School fund. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That a Board of Education be elected and chosen from the legal voters of said town of Boston, said board to consist of seven members and to be elected annually and at the same time that the Mayor and Councilmen are elected, under the same rules and regulations as other elections are conducted, except that the returns shall be made to town Council of Boston, which Council shall declare the result of said election as hereinafter provided. Said board shall have power to fill all vacancies caused by death, removal from said town

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of Boston or otherwise. No one shall be eligible on said Board of Education unless he is twenty-one years old and has been a legal voter of said town for six months preceding his election. Board of Education. Election of Vacancies. Qualifications for office. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education shall have the power to appoint a principal and such number of assistant teachers as they may consider necessary; to remove any member of the faculty when they consider it to the interest of the school to do so; to fix the salaries of the principal and assistants, and the mode and time of payment; to prescribe the course of study; to establish proper matriculation fees; provided , the same shall not be in conflict with the Constitution of the State, and to exercise a general supervision and control over all the property and interests of the school; to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the schools. Powers of board. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education shall have power to elect from their body a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, said Treasurer to be put under such restrictions as said board may provide for under their by-laws; that said Board of Education shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and shall publish the same at the close of each scholastic term in the paper or papers of said town. Officers of board. Minutes. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have power to provide suitable buildings for school purposes as may be required to meet the demands of said graded schools. School buildings. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the town Council of Boston shall be authorized to turn over all school tax when assessed and collected to such Board of Education as may be duly elected by said town of Boston, to be disbursed by said Board of Education, as in their judgment may be right and proper for the maintenance of said graded schools. Proceeds school tax to be turned over to board. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education shall provide separate schools for the white and colored children that may be admitted to said schools, and that the schools shall be kept open not less than nine scholastic months in each year. Separate schools for white and colored children. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall be submitted to the legal voters of said town of Boston for their approval, at an election to be called by the Mayor and Councilmen of said town at such a time as they may select after the approval of this Act, notice of which election shall be published in the newspaper of said town for ten days prior to the holding of said election, said election to be held under the same [Illegible Text] governing the election of Mayor and Councilmen. Those in favor [Illegible Text] graded schools as herein provided for under this law shall have printed or written on their ballots For graded schools, and those opposed [Illegible Text] graded schools under this Act, shall have written or printed on their [Illegible Text] No graded schools. The managers of said election shall [Illegible Text] their returns to the Mayor and Council of said town within five [Illegible Text] after said election is held. It shall be the duty of said Mayor and Councilmen, at their first regular meeting after said election, to open such returns and announce the result and record the same on the minutes [Illegible Text] that meeting. This law shall not become operative unless two-thirds [Illegible Text] the qualified voters of said town shall cast their ballots for graded schools

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If said Act fails to be adopted, said Mayor and Councilmen may submit the same question to the legal voters of said town, after the expiration of twelve months from date of preceding election. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of. Rules for. Ballots. Returns, etc. Majority necessary. New Elections. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the County School Commissioner of Thomas county is hereby authorized and required to pay over annually, as soon as the same is received, to the Treasurer of the graded schools herein provided for, such pro rata part [Illegible Text] the State school appropriation as may be due to said graded schools upon the enumeration of the children attending said public schools in the town of Boston. Pro rata State school fund. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. CANTON, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 284. An Act to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools in the town of Canton, to provide for acquiring property and buildings and raising revenues to maintain said schools, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That within ten days after this Act shall be ratified by the voters of the town of Canton, as hereinafter provided, the Mayor and Council of Canton shall order an election for the purpose of electing by ballot five persons from the citizens of said town, who shall be freeholders, who shall constitute the Board of Education for said town. At said election one of said persons shall be elected for a term of two years, two for four years and two for six years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for a term of six years. All vacancies in said board from death, resignation, removal from the town or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Education until the next regular election, when said vacancy shall be filled as aforesaid. Election of Board of Education. Terms of office. Vacancies. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have authority to devise, design and adopt a system of public schools in said town; to modify the same from time to time; to establish such schools as they may see proper; to prescribe the curriculum, appoint and employ teachers for said schools, and a Superintendent of the same [Illegible Text] deemed necessary; to suspend or remove such teachers and Superintendent; to fix their compensation; to provide schoolhouses by rent, building, purchase or otherwise, in the discretion of said board; to make and bold titles to any such property; and to make such by-laws, rules and [Illegible Text] for their own government and that of the Superintendent, [Illegible Text] and pupils of said schools as they may deem proper and not in [Illegible Text] with the laws of this State, and to do any and all acts promotive [Illegible Text] the best educational interest of said town not in conflict with the [Illegible Text] of this Act or the laws of this State. Powers of board.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the officers of said board shall be a President, Vice-President and a Treasurer, who shall also be Secretary of said board, and such other officers as the board may deem advisable, all of whose names shall be elected by said board. The Treasurer shall give bond, with good security, in such sum as the board may fix. His compensation, if the board deems it proper to allow him any, shall be fixed by the board previous to his election. All the officers of said board shall hold their offices at the pleasure of said board. No member of the Board of Education shall be eligible to the office of Superintendent of schools or to the position of teacher therein. They shall serve without compensation. Officers of board. Member of board not to be superintendent or teacher. No compensation. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, etc., That said Board of Education shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and shall furnish, from time to time, to the Mayor and Council an estimate of the funds required for the maintenance of said schools, and shall make a report annually on the 1st of July in each year to said Mayor and Council of the condition of the public schools, the attendance thereon, the receipts and expenditures for the school year ending 1st of October in each year, with such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper, which report shall be published in the newspaper published in said town. Minutes. Reports and estimates. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the revenues derived by the town of Canton from the following sources shall be appropriated to the support and maintenance of said public schools, and shall be collected by the corporate authorities of the town of Canton and turned over to said Board of Education, to wit: 1st. The town's pro rata share of the State school fund. 2d. The Mayor and Council shall levy such tax upon all property in said town subject to taxation as will be sufficient, when added to the sum received from the above mentioned source, to support and maintain said schools for at least nine scholastic months in each year and shall collect the same by the 5th of November in each year and pay it to said Board of Education; provided , that said tax shall not exceed three-tenths of one per cent. per annum upon said taxable property. No part of said school tax shall be used for any purpose than in the support and maintenance of public schools or in providing furniture or building therefor. School fund. School tax, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said board shall be entitled to receive, and it shall be the duty of the County School Commissioner of Cherokee county to pay over to the said board when received, the pro rata share of the State school fund for said county belonging to said town, as based upon the total number of children of school age whose parents or guardians live within said town. Pro rata State school fund. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall provide separate schools for the white and colored children, which [Illegible Text] schools shall be kept open and free during not less than nine [Illegible Text] months in each year. All children in said town between the ages of [Illegible Text] and eighteen years of age, whose parents or guardians are bona fide [Illegible Text] of said town, shall be entitled to the benefit of said schools [Illegible Text] such regulations as the board may provide. Said board may also [Illegible Text] for the admission of children whose parents or guardians are [Illegible Text]

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residents of said town upon the payment of such reasonable rates of tuition as said board may prescribe. Said board shall also require the payment in advance by all pupils of an incidental fee not to exceed five dollars for each scholastic year; provided , that no pupil receiving the benefit of the common school fund shall be required to pay said fees. The board, in its discretion, may vary the amount of this fee according to the grade of the scholar, but in no event shall it exceed five dollars per annum. Separate schools for white and colored pupils. Schools terms. Pupils. Non-residents. Incidental fee. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall, within thirty days after the approval of this Act, order an election, of which notice shall be given in the newspaper published at Canton for three weeks, and which shall be conducted as are elections for Mayor and Council in said town, and at which election the qualified voters, resident within the corporate limits of said town, shall be entitled to vote. At said election said voters shall have written or printed on their ballots: For public schools, or Against public schools, and this Act shall not become operative unless two-thirds of the persons qualified to vote in said election shall cast their ballots For public schools. The Mayor and Council may order other elections on the same question from time to time; provided , that said elections shall not be held oftener than once in twelve months. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of. Conduct of. Ballots. Majority necessary. Other elections. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. CONYERS, PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW AMENDED. No. 304. An Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Conyers, Georgia, to empower the Mayor and Council of said city to levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance thereof, to provide for the issuance of bonds of said city, for the purpose of purchasing school property, building schoolhouses, etc., to create a Board of School Commissioners for said city, to authorize the County School Commissioner of Rockdale county to pay or turn over to said School Board such part of the State school fund as may be the first pro rata share of said city and for other purposes, approved September 11th, 1889, by striking out the words not more than one in the third line of section 6 of said Act and inserting in [Illegible Text] thereof the words one or more, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act the sixth section of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the words not more than one in the third line of section 6 of said Act, approved September 11th, 1889, and inserting in lieu thereof the words one or more, so that said section, when

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amended, shall read as follows: Be it further enacted, That the said board shall have power and it shall be their duty to establish under this bill in said city separate schools for the whites and blacks (and one or more for each) out of the funds arising from taxation bonds hereinafter provided for, with which they are to procure suitable lots and erect suitable buildings thereon, and furnish and equip the same for said schools, and keep a record of said bonds which shall be open to the inspection of the citizens of said city. They shall make a report to the Mayor and Council of said city of their receipts and disbursements at such time or times as said Mayor and Aldermen may require. Sec. 6 of Act of Sept. 11, 1889, amended. Number of schools, etc. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. EAST POINT AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SCHOOL BONDS, ETC. No. 179. An Act to authorize the Common Council of the town of East Point, in the county of Fulton, to issue bonds to the amount of ten thousand dollars to build the schoolhouse in said town, and to provide for the payment of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Common Council of the town of East Point, in Fulton county, shall have the power to issue bonds of the denomination of one hundred dollars each, to the amount of ten thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, said bonds to be payable at such time as the said Common Council of the town of East Point may deem to the best interest of said town, and said bonds shall be used exclusively for the purpose of building a schoolhouse in said town of East Point; provided , the question of the issuance of said bonds shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of said town, as provided by the Constitution of this State, and in case two-thirds of such qualified voters vote for the issuance of such bonds at an election held therefor, then and in that event the same may be issued by the Common Council of said town of East Point as provided by the Act of the Legislature of 1878 carrying into effect section 7, article 7, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Constitution of this State. Said Common Council of the town of East Point shall provide for the assessment and collection of an amount of tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest of said bonds as they become due and payable. Denomination, amount, etc., of bonds. Use of. Election as to issuing. Majority necessary, etc. Tax to pay bonded debt. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said bonds shall run for a period of not less than ten years nor more than thirty years from the first day of January, 1894, and the interest shall be payable semi-annually on the first day of July and January of each year upon interest coupons. Said bonds shall be executed by the official signatures of the Mayor and Treasurer

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of the town of East Point. The interest coupons shall be signed by the Treasurer of said town, and each coupon shall indicate the bond to which it belongs. Maturity of bonds. Interest. Execution of bonds and coupons. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the principal of said bonds, when they shall become due, and the coupons of the same when they shall become due, shall be receivable by the said town of East Point for all taxes or other dues to said town, and the said bonds shall be non-taxable directly or indirectly by the said town of East Point. Receivable for taxes. And non-taxable. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be a misdemeanor for any officer of the said town of East Point to issue or use any of the bonds mentioned in this Act, except for the purpose herein specified and for each offence he shall be punished, on conviction, as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Penalty for misuse of bonds. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. ELKO, SALE OF SCHOOLHOUSE, ETC., TO TOWN OF. No. 424. An Act to authorize, empower and permit the trustees of the school at Elko, Houston county, Georgia, to sell the schoolhouse and grounds to the town of Elko, and to make deeds thereto, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the trustees of the school at Elko, Houston county, are hereby authorized, empowered and permitted to sell to the town of Elko the schoolhouse and grounds situated in said town and owned by said trustees, or any part or part or portion of said schoolhouse, or of said schoolhouse and grounds, for such price as may be agreed upon by said trustees and the authorities of said town; the proceeds of said sale to be used by said trustees for the payment of the debts of said trustees and for the improvement of said school building, if only a part or portion of said house and grounds is sold. Trustees of school authorized to sell to town Schoolhouse and grounds. Or any part thereof. Price. Use of proceeds. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees or a majority of them are hereby authorized and empowered to make the said town of Elko a deed in fee simple to all or such part of said schoolhouse and grounds as they may sell, upon the receipt of the agreed price, said deed to be signed by a majority of said trustees and to be made to the Mayor and Aldermen of said town and their successors in office; and said deed, when so made, shall pass a fee simple title to said town of Elko. Deed to be made. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR HOGANSVILLE. No. 245. An Act to authorize the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, to organize a public school system, independent of the public school system of the State of Georgia, to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, and for other purposes, after having submitted the same to the qualified voters of said town for ratification. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That at such a time as the town Council may fix (not to be less than forty-five days from the passage of this Act), an election shall be held in the town of Hogansville, county of Troup, to decide whether or not a system of public schools shall be established and maintained in said town. At this election each voter shall have plainly written or printed on his ticket the words For public schools or Against public schools, and only such persons shall be entitled to vote in this election as are qualified to vote for members of the town Council. If two-thirds of the persons qualified to vote at this election vote for public schools, then the town Council shall so declare the result, and the following section of this Act shall become operative. Election to be held. Ballots. Qualifications of voters. Result of election. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town of Hogansville, in the county of Troup, be, and is, hereby authorized to organize a public school system independent of the public school system of the State of Georgia; that said organization shall draw its pro rata share of all educational funds raised by this State, and that the chief executive officer of such organization shall make the same regular reports to the State School Commissioner as are required from the County Commissioners of the public school system of this State. School system to be organized. To have pro rata share State school fund. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town Council of said town is hereby empowered to provide for the biennial election of a Board of Commissioners of said school system, to consist of five members, which said board shall supervise, regulate and carry on said system and render the same efficient. Said board shall receive all money drawn from the educational funds of this State, and all funds raised by taxation in said town as hereinafter provided for, and shall disburse the same to the maintenance of said school system and for the payment of the legitimate expenses of the same exclusively. Election of School Commissioners. Powers of Board. Use of funds. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said town Council, for the maintenance and support of said system, is hereby empowered to annually levy and collect a tax on all real and personal estate within the incorporate limits of said town taxable by law, not to exceed one-half () of one per centum for any one year; and to issue, fix and collect the amount to be paid as tax or license by each circus for each performance, each menagerie, sideshow, sleight of hand or minstrel show, theatrical company and other companies or individuals performing or exhibiting for pay in said town, as well as all auctioneers,

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itinerant traders, insurance agents, sewing machine agents, and any other who shall sell or offer for sale in said town any article of merchandise without having first procured an annual license for selling the same in said town, and shall pay over the money thus raised to said Board of Commissioners for the purposes aforesaid, and shall not appropriate such money to any other purpose whatever. School tax. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR JESUP. No. 250. An Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Jesup, to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the corporate authorities of the town of Jesup, Wayne county, are hereby authorized and empowered to collect a tax annually in addition to that already authorized by the charter of said town, not to exceed one-half of one per centum on the assessed value of the taxable property of said town for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of public schools in said town. School tax. Amount of. Purpose. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before this Act shall take effect and be of force in said town of Jesup, it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town for their approval, for which purpose the Mayor and Aldermen shall order an election, giving at least twenty days' notice, by publication in a newspaper published in said town, which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and the qualifications of voters shall be the same. Those in favor of public schools and of the approval of this Act shall have printed or written on their ballots For public schools, and those against public schools and the approval of this Act shall have printed or written on their ballots Against public schools. The managers of said election shall make returns to the Mayor and Aldermen of said town, whose duty it shall be at their first regular meeting thereafter to open the same, declare the result, and record the same in their minute book. Should the question, at any election herein provided for, be decided in favor of public schools by the necessary constitutional majority, this Act shall become operative, and said Mayor and Aldermen and Board of Education hereinafter provided for, shall proceed to carry out their respective duties under the same. Should said question be decided against public schools, said

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Mayor and Aldermen may submit the same to another election at any time after the lapse of twelve months from first election, and after having given twenty days' notice as hereinbefore specified. Election as to [Illegible Text] tax. Notice of. Regulations for election. Ballots. Election returns. Result of election. If against school tax another election to be held. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That if two-thirds of the wotes cast in such election shall be For public schools, it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Aldermen, within thirty days thereafter, to order an election for two members of the Board of Education, giving at least twenty days' notice of such election by publication in a newspaper published in said town, which election, and all subsequent elections for this purpose, shall be held and governed by the same rules and regulations as elections for Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and the qualifications of voter shall be the same. The term of office of the members of said board thus elected shall be respectively one and two years from the first Saturday in January of the year of said election; the one receiving the highest number of votes, to serve two years and the one receiving the next highest number to serve one year from said date; but if the two members thus elected should receive the same number of votes, then and in that event, the length of their term shall be decided by the Mayor and Aldermen at their next regular meeting thereafter, at which meeting the said Mayor and Aldermen shall also elect two of their body to serve with and be members of said Board of Education, one for the term of one year and one for the term of two years. The Mayor of said town shall also be a member of said board, but he, together with said Aldermen, shall be eligible as members of said board so long as they retain their respective offices as Mayor and Aldermen of said town. At each annual election thereafter for Mayor and Aldermen of said town, one member shall be elected by the qualified voters as aforesaid to said Board Education, whose term of office shall be two years, and at the first meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen thereafter they shall elect one of their body, who shall serve as a member of said board for the term of two years. If a vacancy should occur at any time by resignation or otherwise, said board shall fill the unexpired term by appointment, so that the board would be constituted as above set forth. No one shall be eligible as a member of said board who is not a bona fide citizen and resident of said town and who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. Election by people for members Board of Education. Notice of. Regulations for. Term of office. Two members to be chosen by Mayor and Aldermen. Mayor to be member. Subsequent elections for members. Vacancies. Qualifications for membership. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall be a body corporate and politic, with continuous succession, under the corporate name and style of the Board of Education of Jesup, Georgia, with the right to take and hold to it and its successors for the town of Jesup any grant or devise of lands or buildings or donations or bequests of money or other personal property, and to provide for said schools all necessary lands, buildings, furniture and appliances, by purchase, lease, rent or otherwise, with the right to sue and the liability of being sued. Board to be a body corporate. General powers. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the officers of said Board shall be a President and a Vice President, both to be elected by and from their body. The Treasurer and the Clerk of the town of Jesup shall be respectively ex officio Treasurer and Secretary of said board, and each shall give a separate bond with good and sufficient securities in such

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amounts as said board may prescribe, payable to said Board of Education, conditioned for the safe keeping and proper disbursement of all moneys received for said public school use and the faithful performance of all duties required of them by said board. Said Treasurer shall keep a book in which he shall enter all sums received and disbursed by him, which book shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any person interested therein, and he shall make written reports whenever required so to do by said board. Said Secretary shall also keep a fair record of all the acts and doings of said board, which shall also be open for inspection as aforesaid, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be required of him by said board. Officers of board. Bonds of Treasurer and Secretary. Book to be kept by Treasurer. Reports. Minutes, etc. SEC. VI. Be it further enated, That non-resident children and those under six and over eighteen years old residing in said town may be admitted to said schools upon such terms as may be prescribed by said board. Non-resident pupils and those not of school age. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have authority to establish, and from time to time change or modify a system of public schools for said town of Jesup, to be open not less than six nor longer than ten scholastic months in each year, which time may, in the discretion of said board, be divided into two or more terms. Said board shall have authority to employ a Superintendent, or Principal, and other teachers for said schools, to provide for the examination of all teachers, to suspend or discharge them for good causes, to prescribe the terms upon which students are to be received into said schools, to prescribe text-books to be taught [Illegible Text] in, and to establish such rules, regulations and by-laws for the government of themselves and as they may deem right and proper in maintaining an efficient school system in said town; provided , the same are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State; provided further , that the money raised by this Act, or which said board may receive by authority of this Act, shall be used only in giving instruction in the various branches of an English education and providing lands, buildings, furniture and appliances as aforesaid. Students pursuing studies other than those included in an English education must pay such tuition as the board may determine. Term of schools. Superintendent and teachers. Terms on which pupils may be received, text-books, etc. Use of money by board. Tuition required, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That said board of Education shall make or cause to be made annually a full and complete list of all pupils in attendance upon said public schools who reside in the county of Wayne, and present the same to County School Commissioner of said county, and it shall be his duty to pay over to the Treasurer of said town (who is also ex officio Treasurer of said Board of Education) such pro rata part of the public school fund as may be due such public schools within said town. Annual list of pupils. Pro rata public school fund. SEC. IX. Be it further [Illegible Text] That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 271. An Act to establish a system of public schools in the town of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and to provide for the maintenance and support of the same, to provide for the issuing of bonds of said town for the purchasing school property, building schoolhouses, and for other purposes, after submitting the same to the qualified voters of Lawrenceville. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That so soon as practicable after this Act shall be ratified by the voters of the town of Lawrenceville, as hereinafter provided, the Mayor and Council of Lawrenceville shall elect by ballot from the citizens of said town, who shall be freeholders therein, five persons who shall constitute the Board of Education for said town. At said election one of said persons shall be elected for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and two for six years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for a term of six years. All vacancies in said board from death, resignation, removal from the town or otherwise shall be filled by the Mayor and Council. The members of said board shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. Board of Education. Term of office. Vacancies. SEC. II. That said Board of Education shall have authority to devise, design and adopt a system of public schools in said town; to modify and change the same from time to time; to establish such schools as they may deem proper; to prescribe the curriculum, appoint and employ teachers for said schools, and a superintendent for the same, if deemed necessary; to suspend or remove such teachers and superintendents; to fix their compensation; to provide schoolhouses by rent, building, purchase or otherwise, in the discretion of the board; to make and hold titles to any of such property, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government and that of the superintendent, teachers and pupils of said school as they may deem proper and not in conflict with the laws of this State, and to do any and all acts promotive of the best educational interests of said town not in conflict with the provisions of this Act or the laws of the State. Powers of board. SEC. III. The officers of said board shall be a President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary, and such other officers as the board may deem advisable, all of whom shall be elected by said board, to be taken from among their number, except the Treasurer and Secretary, who may be taken from without if deemed advisable. The Treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall be required to give bond and good security, to be approved by the President of the board, in such sum as the board may require, payable to the Board of Education, conditioned for the faithful performance of duty. The Board of Education shall serve without compensation, except the Treasurer and Secretary may be allowed reasonable compensation, if the board should deem it advisable.

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The officers of the board shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the board. No member of the Board of Education shall be eligible to the office of Superintendent of schools or to the position of teacher therein. Officers of board. Compensation of board and officers. Member board can not be superintendent or teacher. SEC. IV. That said Board of Education shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, to be anthenticated by the President and Secretary for the time being, which shall at all times be open to inspection by the Mayor and Council, or any citizen of the town. The Board of Education shall furnish the Mayor and Council from time to time an estimate of the funds required for the maintenance of said schools, and shall make a report annually, in writing, to the Mayor and Council, by the first Monday in August, giving the condition of the public schools, the attendance thereon, the receipts and expenditures for the school year, ending July 31st, with such other information and recommendations as they may deem proper, which report shall be published in the town as Mayor and Council may direct. Minutes [Illegible Text] and reports. SEC. V. The revenues [Illegible Text] by the town of Lawrenceville from the following sources shall be appropriated to provide schoolhouses as aforesaid, and the support and maintenance of said public schools, and shall be, as collected by the corporate authorities of the town, turned over to the Board of Education, to wit: 1st. The net proceeds of the sale of the bonds hereinafter provided for. 2d. The Mayor and Council shall levy such tax upon all the property in said town subject to taxation as will be sufficient, when added to the sums received from all other sources, to support and maintain said schools for at least nine scholastic months in each year, and shall collect the same by the first day of May in each year and pay it to said Board of Education. But said tax shall not exceed one-half of one per cent. per annum upon said taxable property, and no part of said school tax shall be used for any other purpose than in the support and maintenance of the public schools, or in providing furniture or buildings therefor, or paying the bonds hereinafter referred to and the accruing interest thereon. School revenue. School tax. Use of proceeds. SEC. VI. That said board shall be entitled to receive, and it shall be the duty of the County School Commissioner of Gwinnett county to pay over to said board, when received, the pro rata share of the State school fund for said county belonging to said town, as based upon the total number of children attending the schools of said town. Pro rata State school fund SEC. VII. That authority is hereby granted to the Trustees of Law-renceville Male Academy to convey to said Board of Education the real estate held by them; said property, when so conveyed, to be used by said board for school purposes exclusively for the white children of said town; and authority is also granted to the trustees of any present or future colored school in said town to convey to said board property, buildings or furniture for the exclusive use of the colored children of said town. Academy trustees may convey realty held by them to board, etc. Same power given trustees of colored school SEC. VIII. That said Board of Education shall provide separate schools for the white and colored children, which said schools shall be kept open and free during not less than nine scholastic months in each year. All children in said town between the ages of six and eighteen years of

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age, whose parents or guardians are bona fide residents of said town, shall be entitled to the benefits of said schools under such regulations as the board may provide. Said board may also provide for the admission of children whose parents or guardians are not residents of said town, upon the payment of such reasonable rates of tuition as said board may prescribe. Said board shall provide for the admission of children to said schools who reside out of said town, and also for the admission of such students residing in said town not within the ages of six and eighteen years of age upon the payment of such tuition as said board may provide. Separate schools. School terms. Pupils. Non-residents and pupils not of school age. SEC. IX. That the white and colored children of said town shall be taught in separate schools. Separate schools for white and colored children. SEC. X. That the corporate authorities of the town of Lawrenceville, having recommended the establishment of a system of public schools in said town, the Mayor and Council thereof are authorized and required to issue bonds not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, of the denomination of one hundred dollars each, to become due and payable at such time or times, within thirty years after date of the issue thereof, as said Mayor and Council shall determine, and bear not exceeding seven per centum interest per annum, payable annually, said bonds not to be sold under par. School bonds. SEC. XI. That said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor, Treasurer and a majority of the Council of said town, and negotiated in such manner as the Mayor and Council may determine, and the proceeds turned over to the Board of Education, to be used as hereinbefore provided. Signing and negotiation of. Use of proceeds. SEC. XII. That for the payment of said bonds and the interest coupons attached, the faith and credit of the town of Lawrenceville shall be pledged, and the Mayor and Council of said town are hereby authorized and required to provide by taxation for the payment of said obligations as the same fall due. Payment of. Taxation for. SEC. XIII. That not more than five hundred dollars of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be applied to the erection and furnishing of a schoolhouse for the colored children of said town. That the remainder of the proceeds of sale of said bonds shall be applie to the erection and furnishing a building for the white children of said town. Erection, etc., of schoolhouse for colored children. SEC. XIV. That the Mayor and Council of Lawrenceville shall provide annually for an election to be held in said town until the provisions of this Act are adopted; said election shall be held and returns thereof made in like manner as elections are now held for Mayor and Council, and the qualification of voters at said election shall be the same as required by law at the election of Mayor and Council. All persons voting at said election shall have written or printed on their ballots, For bonds, or Against bonds, and if it shall appear that two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town (the election for Mayor and Council last preceding being taken and considered to determine the number of voters in said town) have voted For bonds, then and from thenceforward this Act becomes of full force and effect. Elections as to adoption of this Act. Qualifications of voters. Ballots. Necessary majority. SEC. XV. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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LOUISVILLE, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 369. An Act to establish a public school system for the town of Louisville, Georgia, to appoint a Board of Education for said town, to provide for raising revenue to organize and maintain said system and carry the same into effect, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in the town of Louisville in said State a system of public schools, to be organized, conducted, maintained, supported and provided for in the manner hereinafter set forth, the corporate authorities of said town having so recommended as provided in article 8, section 4, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of said State. Public school system to be established. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the following named persons, to wit: J. G. Cain, R. L. Gamble, S. M. Clark, J. W. White, G. W. Kelly, I. F. Farmer, L. R. Farmer, W. A. Stone, G. H. Harrell, J. F. Brown, G. W. Warren and W. L. Phillips are hereby made the Board of Education for said town, and shall enter upon their duties as such as soon as this Act is approved by the vote of the people as hereinafter provided for and that fact declared by [Illegible Text] proclimation of the Mayor. First Board of Education. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the terms of four of said board shall expire on January 1st, 1895; four on January 1st, 1896, and the remaining four on January 1st, 1897; and at the first meeting of said Board of Education after the passage of this Act, said Board shall decide by lot whose terms shall expire upon each of said dates. That all vacancies in said Board of Education, caused by the expiration of the term of office, death, resignation or removal from said town shall be filled by the remaining board from the citizens of said town; and the new members of the board so elected shall hold office three years, except in the case of an election to fill a vacancy caused by death, resignation or removal, when the new member of the board shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor. Terms of office. Vacancies, etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have authority to devise, design and adopt a thorough system of public instruction in said town, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all the schools established under said system, and shall supervise, regulate and make efficient said system, and modify the same from time to time, as circumstances may require; establish such schools as they may deem proper, not exceeding one for the white race and one for the colored race, and no white child shall attend the colored school, and no colored child shall attend the white school; to appoint, remove or suspend teachers in their discretion; to provide for the appointment or removal of superintendents of said schools if deemed necessary; to fix salaries of superintendents and teachers and such other officers as they deem meet for the advancement of the school interests of said town; to prescribe a curriculum or course of

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study, establish grades in said school; to provide for the necessary conveniences and appliances of said school, and make such by-laws for the government and control of said schools as they think proper, and to do all lawful acts conducive to the proper and successful operation of said school system. Powers of board. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town shall each year levy such tax upon all the property in said town subject to taxation as will be sufficient when added to the town's pro rata part of the State school fund to support and maintain said schools for at least nine scholastic months in each year, and shall collect the same at the same time that other taxes of said town are collected, and pay over the same to said Board of Education, which fund shall be used by said Board of Education exclusively for the support and maintenance of the public schools herein provided for, or in providing buildings and furniture thereof; provided, however , that said tax shall not exceed three-tenths of one per cent. per annum upon said taxable property. School tax. Use of school fund. Limitation on taxing power. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That after the ratification of this Act by the election hereinafter provided for, it shall be the duty of the County School Commissioner of Jefferson county, and he is hereby required to pay over to said Board of Education under such rules as the said Board of Education may provide, that portion of the public school fund of said county to which the school in said town may be entitled under the laws of Georgia, and the rules of distribution under which the County Board of Education assigns to the schools of the county their pro rata share of the school fund under existing laws. Pro rata State [Illegible Text] fund. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the County Board of Education of Jefferson county to establish or foster any public school or schools within three miles of the corporate limits of the town of Louisville, unless by the written consent of the Board of Education hereinbefore appointed. County Board not to establish, etc., school in vicinity of Louisville. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all children between six and eighteen years of age whose parents, guardians or natural protectors reside in the incorporate limits of said town, or within a radius of three miles of the same, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act while attending said schools, and said board may provide for the admission of any into said schools over the age of eighteen or under the age of six within said prescribed limits, and of any residing out of said limits upon such terms and condition as may to said board seem reasonable and just. Pupils. Pupils non-resident or over school age. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored children by said board. Separate schools for white and colored children. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That said board may in their discretion prescribe incidental fees for the children who attend said schools, not to exceed in the primary grade fifty cents per month and in the high school grade one dollar per month, and said board shall prescribe when and how the same shall be paid, and with the exception of the payment of such fees as are by this section provided, said schools shall be open free to all children entitled to the benefits of this Act for nine scholastic months in each year; provided , that the incidental fee in the primary grade shall

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not apply to children of legal school age whose parents or guardians reside within the limits prescribed by this bill during the regular scholastic year of the State schools. Incidental fees, etc. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Education shall have exclusive power to control all the funds for school purposes that may arise from taxation, from the public school fund as hereinabove provided, from incidental fees, gifts and grants, from the use of the property purchased or given to them for school purposes, and all funds for said public schools arising from any source whatever, with full power to appropriate the same for school purposes as they may see proper from time to time. Control of school fund. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative its adoption shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town, for which purpose the Mayor and Council of said town shall order an election of which two weeks' notice shall be given in the News and Farmer , and such other notice may be given as the said Council may direct, which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as elections for Mayor and Council of said [Illegible Text] and the qualifications of voters shall be the same. Those in favor of this system shall have written or printed on their tickets For schools, and those opposed to it Against schools. The managers of said election shall make returns to the Mayor and Council of said town, whose duty it shall be at their first regular meeting thereafter to open the same, declare the result and record the same on their minutes, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters qualified to vote at said election shall be For schools, the Mayor within five days thereafter shall make proclamation of the fact, and this bill shall at once become operative and of force, and said Mayor and Council and said Board of Education shall proceed to carry out their respective duties under the same. Should this bill fail of adoption, said Mayor and Council may submit the same at another election in the same manner as hereinbefore provided after an interval of six months upon the petition of ten citizens of said town, and may do so from time to time upon such petition; provided , said elections shall not be held within six months of each other. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of. Conduct of. Ballots. Returns, etc. Necessary majority. Other elections. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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AMENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW OF MARIETTA. No. 149. An Act to amend an Act to create a system of public schools for the city of Marietta in the county of Cobb, to levy a tax and provide a support for the same, to create a Board of Education and define their powers and duties, to authorize a bonded indebtedness for said city, and other purposes, approved December 20th, 1890, amended September 26th, 1891, so as to change the amount of the school bonds, the maturing of the same, the collection of fees from high school pupils, and other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That sections 8 and 9 of the original Act authorizing public schools in and for the city of Marietta, in Cobb county, be, and they are, hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is substituted, to wit: As soon after the passage of this amendment as is practicable, the Mayor and City Council of the city of Marietta shall order an election to be held in the city of Marietta to determine the question of creating a bonded indebtedness for said city. Said election shall be held as provided in the first section of the original Act, and should the result be against bonds, the Mayor and Council of said city may order other elections to be held, not oftener than one per year, until the result is for bonds. [Illegible Text] 8 and 9 of the Act of Dec. 20, 1890, repealed. Election to be held as to issue of bonds. Regulations for. If result be against bonds other elections may be held. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That when the same shall be authorized by the voters of said city, as provided in the preceding section, the Mayor and Council of said city shall proceed to issue the bonds of said city to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk thereof, not to exceed an aggregate sum of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) of one thousand dollars ($1,000) each, to be known as the Marietta school bonds, and to draw interest at a rate not greater than six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually on the 15th of May and December of each year, and the principals thereof to mature thirty years after the date of their execution. Said bonds shall be exempt from taxation by the authorities of said city. Before the issuing of said bonds, the Mayor and Council shall provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax on the taxable property of said city sufficient in amount to pay the interest on said bonds as it shall mature. Said Mayor and Council shall also provide a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds at their maturity, by assessing and collecting an annual tax of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) upon the taxable property of said city. Said sinking fund thus raised shall be kept loaned by the Mayor and

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Council of said city until the maturity of said bonds, they requiring good security to be given therefor, and the interest to be paid at least annually or otherwise invest said fund so that it will be secure and yield a good income. No part of the funds raised for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds and the principals thereof, shall be used for any other purpose whatever. Said bonds shall be negotiated by the Mayor and Council at not less than par, and without expense to the city, and the whole proceeds thereof be turned over to the Treasurer of said board, to be by said board expended in purchasing school buildings or lots and erecting suitable buildings for said schools, furnishing and equipping the same, as provided in the original Act, and for no other purpose, and only so many of said bonds shall be negotiated by said Mayor and Council as said board shall determine to be necessary for said purpose. [Illegible Text] amount, rate of interest, maturity, etc., of bonds. Taxation to pay interest on bonds. Sinking fund. Sinking fund to be loaned. Money raised to pay bonded debt not to be used for other purposes. Negotiation of the bonds. Use of proceeds. SEC. III. Be it further [Illegible Text] That section 1 of the amended Act, approved September 26th, 1891, be amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Said board may also prescribe fees to be paid by all pupils attending the high school grades of said schools, and enforce the payment thereof by such rules and regulations as they may deem proper, so that section, when amended, shall read as follows: That section 5 of the original Act be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is enacted, to wit: `All the children between the ages of six and eighteen years, whose parents, guardians or natural protectors reside within the corporate limits of said city, shall be entitled to the benefits of said schools.' Said board shall also provide for the admission into said [Illegible Text] of persons over eighteen years of age residing within the corporate limits of said city, and of persons residing out of the corporate limits of said city who may desire to attend said schools; said board providing for said last two classes of persons such rates of tuition as may seem to them reasonable and just, which must be paid before they can enter said schools. Said boards may also prescribe fees to be paid by all pupils attending the high school grades of said schools, and to enforce payment thereof by such rules and resolutions as they may deem proper. Sec. 1 of Act of Sept. 26, 1891, amended. Fees of pupils in high school grades. Section as amended. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 6th, 1893.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR McDONOUGH. No. 233. An Act to establish a system of public schools for the town of McDonough, in Henry county, to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the support and maintenance thereof, to create a Board of Commissioners of Public Schools for said town, to authorize the County School Commissioner of Henry county to pay over to said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools such part of the State school fund as may be the proper pro rata amount on account of the pupils in said public schools, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, (the corporate powers of the town of McDonough having so recommended) and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That there shall be established in the town of McDonough, in the county of Henry, a system of public schools, to be established, conducted and maintained as hereinafter provided. School system to be established. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in conformity with article 8, section 4, paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State an election shall be held in the town of McDonough on the first Saturday in January, 1894, on the question of establishing and maintaining public schools in said town by local taxation. All persons shall be entitled to vote at said election who are entitled to vote at the municipal elections in said town, and under the general qualification prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Georgia; and those favoring said public school system shall have on their ballots the words For public schools, and those opposed shall have on their ballots the words Against public schools. Said election shall be held as elections for Mayor and Council of said town are held, and if two-thirds of the persons qualified to vote at said election shall cast their votes For public schools, then this Act shall become operative; if the result of said election shall be Against public schools, there shall be another election on said question held on the first Saturday in January, 1895, and annually thereafter on the first Saturday in January of each year until the provisions of this Act are adopted. Election as to schools. Who may vote. Ballots. Regulations for election. Result of election. If against schools other elections to be held. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That at the next regular election for Mayor and Councilmen of said town, occurring after the passage of this Act, there shall be elected six Commissioners of public schools for said town, who shall be residents of said town and over twenty-five years old, who shall be a body [Illegible Text]

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with perpetual succession. They shall hold their office for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Subsequent elections for members of said board shall be held every two years at the same time and in the same manner as the Mayor and Councilmen of said town are elected. Said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools and their successors in office shall have power to take and hold property, personal and real, that they may acquire by purchase, donation or otherwise, in trust for said town of McDonough, with the right to sue and liability of being sued. Public School Commissioners. To be a body corporate. Terms of office. [Illegible Text] elections. General powers. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall elect from their own number a President, Clerk and Treasurer, who shall perform such duties as may be required of them and receive such salaries as said board may prescribe. The Treasurer shall give bond with good security for such sum as said board may determine, said bond to be payable to said board, and conditioned for the safe keeping and proper disbursement of the funds placed in his charge. He shall not pay out any money except upon the order of said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools. Said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall receive no salary or compensation whatever, and if vacancies happen by death, resignation or otherwise said board shall fill said vacancy by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. Officers of board. Duties and salaries. Bond of Treasurer. Paying out money. Commissioners to have no compensation. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall establish two schools in said town, one for the whites and one for the colored, and shall elect principals and such other teachers as may be necessary for said public schools, prescribe the salaries, select text-books, prescribe the courses of study, determine the length of the scholastic term and the time of beginning and closing of said schools, and adopt such rules and regulations for their own government and that of the schools as they may deem necessary for the carrying out the purposes of this Act, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State. They shall have power to build, purchase, lease and rent such schoolhouses and other property as may be necessary to carry on said schools. They shall provide for the admission of children to said schools who reside out of said town, and also for the admission of such students residing in said town not within the ages of six and eighteen years of age, upon the payment of such tuition as the said board may prescribe. Said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall have power to provide a course of instruction for students who desire to engage in studies other than those usually included in an English education, but students who pursue such studies shall pay such tuition as the said board may decide is proper

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in addition to what is paid under the system of public schools established by this Act. Separate schools for white and colored pupils. Election of principals and teachers. Salaries, text-books, etc. General rules. Building, etc., of schoolhouses, etc. Pupils non-resident nor of school age. Higher instruction. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall determine, as soon as possible after the beginning of the scholastic year, what amount of money it will be necessary to raise by taxation to defray the expenses of running said public schools for the ensuing year, and shall lay the same before the Mayor and Council of said town, and it shall be the duty of said Mayor and Council to proceed to levy and collect the same; provided , the rate of taxation under this Act shall not exceed three-fourths of one per centum per annum on the taxable property in said town, and when collected the collecting officer of said town shall pay the same over to the Treasurer of said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools, which shall constitute a fund to be expended by said board in the payment of teachers and in building, purchasing, repairing, leasing or renting schoolhouses and other property, and for defraying all other necessary expenses in carrying on said public schools. Taxation for schools. Limitation of rate. Disposition of money raised. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall make provision for the education of all children residing in said town between the ages of six and eighteen years of age, and all such children shall be admitted to said public schools free, without any charge for tuition, entrance fee, incidental fee or other charge whatever, but separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children. Schools to be free to all residents of school age. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the School Commissioner of Henry county shall pay over to the Treasurer of said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools the pro rata share of the State school fund coming to said town on account of the pupils in said public schools, to be by them expended in the maintenance of said public schools. The said Board of Commissioners of Public Schools shall require the teachers of said public schools to make out reports of the attendance of children entitled to draw the State school fund, so that the amount due said town may be estimated. Pro rata share of State school fund. Reports of teachers. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Council of said town shall have power to appropriate from time to time such sums of money for the purpose of building or purchasing schoolhouses and other school property for the use of the public schools herein provided for as the condition of the treasury may authorize. Appropriations for school purposes. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TOWN OF MILNER. No. 212. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of the town of Milner to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing real estate for school buildings, and erecting and equipping school buildings in said town of Milner, and to authorize said Mayor and Council to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds by levying a tax therefor and to provide for an election to ratify the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Mayor and Council of the town of Milner shall provide annually for an election to be held in said town until the provisions of this Act are adopted; provided , the notice of the intention to hold said election shall have been given as required by section 508 (i) of the Code of Georgia. Said election shall be held and returns thereof made in the same manner as elections are held for the Mayor and Council of said town, and the qualifications of the voters at said election shall be the same as required by law at the elections for Mayor and Council. All persons voting at said elections shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For issuing bonds or the words Against issuing bonds, and if it shall appear to the Mayor and Council that two-thirds of the qualified voters residing in said town have voted for issuing bonds, the said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to issue bonds, provide for the payment of the same upon conditions, and for other purposes herein prescribed. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice, conduct and returns of. Qualifications of voters. Ballots. Authority to issue bonds. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in the event the necessary majority of votes shall be cast at said election for issuing bonds, the present Board of Education of said town of Milner, or their successors in office, shall be empowered and authorized to purchase, build or construct two schoolhouses, one for the white and one for the colored children of said town. Purchase or building of schoolhouses. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling the Board of Education of said town to buy suitable real estate, and to purchase, build or repair schoolhouses and supply the same with suitable furniture, apparatus, etc., the Mayor and Council of said town are authorized to issue bonds of said town not to exceed the amount of four thousand dollars, to run not exceeding thirty years, bearing interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, as the Mayor and Council may determine; said bonds to be issued in the sum of one hundred dollars

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each, and shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of said town; shall have coupons attached to them for each installment of interest, which coupons shall be signed by the Treasurer of said town, and the principal and interest coupons shall be payable at maturity on presentation to the town Treasurer. Said bonds when so issued shall not be sold for less than par, and only so much of the same shall be sold or negotiated as said Board of Education may require for purposes specified in this section and said Mayor and Council may deem proper. Purpose for which bonds may be issued. Amount of, rate of interest, maturity, etc. Signing of bonds and coupons. Payment Sale of bonds. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of providing for the payment of the interest on the bonds so issued and negotiated, as well as provide for the payment of the principal, when the same may become due, said Mayor and Council may set apart from the funds raised annually by taxation as hereinafter mentioned, a sufficient amount to meet the interest on the school bonds falling due, and said Mayor and Council shall have the right, after the expiration of ten years, to retire one-half of said bonds, and at the expiration of the succeeding five years shall have the right to call in the remaining half of said bonds. Said bonds shall have printed or written on their face the right of said town to call in the same in the manner and at the time specified. Provision for payment of principal and interest. Bonds may be called in. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town be, and they are, hereby authorized and required to levy and collect such tax upon the taxable property in said town as will be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and to adopt such methods in reference to a fair and equitable assessment of said property for taxes as they may deem wise and just. Taxation to meet bonded debt. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the title to all property purchased or acquired by this Act shall vest in said Board of Education of said town for the benefit of the respective schools they represent. Be it further enacted, that no sum raised under this Act, except the sum set apart for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds, shall be paid out by the town Treasurer, except upon such claims for property purchased or work done as have been audited by the said Board of Education, and upon the approval of the Mayor of said town; and it shall be the duty of said Mayor to examine each account or claim submitted to him for approval, and unless satisfied of its correctness, it shall be his duty to call a meeting of the Council of said town, and to notify the Board of Education of the time and place of meeting, to decide upon the correctness and justice thereof. Title to school property Auditing by Board of Education and Mayor, etc. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893.

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NORTH ROME, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 204. An Act to establish a system of free schools in the town of North Rome, to provide for the maintenance of said schools and government thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Mayor and Council of the town of North Rome, Floyd county, Georgia, are hereby authorized to levy a tax annually, not to exceed one-fourth of one per cent. on the real estate and personal property of said town for the purpose of establishing and maintaining free schools in and for said town of North Rome; provided , the sum so raised shall be used only for the purpose as set forth in this section; and provided further , that the entire tax, including the said one-fourth of one per cent. for school purposes, shall not exceed three-fourths of one per cent. on the real and personal property of said town as provided by the charter. School tax. Use of proceeds. Amount of tax. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before the Act shall take effect and become operative, the Mayor of the town of North Rome shall order an election, giving at least thirty days' notice, to ascertain the sense of the qualified voters under this Act at said election whether free schools shall be established or not in said town of North Rome. All persons voting at said election shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For free schools or Against free schools, and if the question shall be decided affirmatively by the necessary constitutional majority, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to levy a tax as authorized by section 1 of this Act. And if said question shall be decided negatively, the Mayor and Council are authorized to order other elections on the same question; provided , twelve months shall elapse between said elections. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of Ballots. Result of Other elections. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any election under this Act shall be held under the same rules and regulations as govern in other elections in said town of North Rome, and the qualifications for voters at said election shall be the same as required by law at elections held for Mayor and Aldermen. The notice required to be given by this Act shall be by publication in one or more newspapers published in Floyd county, and posting in three conspicuous places in the town of North Rome. Regulatians as to elections. Qualifications of voters. Notice by publication. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the town of North Rome shall provide for the election of a Board of Trustees, define their duties and do

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and perform all other acts and things necessary or proper for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools in said town of North Rome by local taxation under the provisions hereinafter mentioned. Board of trustees. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the School Commissioner of the county of Floyd is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the Mayor and Council of the town of North Rome for the use of said free schools, under such rules and regulations as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, the proportion of the common school fund arising from any source, belonging to said town, to be by them expended in the establishment and maintenance of said free schools, as authorized and directed by the Constitution and laws of the State. Pro rata State school fund. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. ROCHELLE, AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SCHOOL BONDS, ETC. No. 208. An Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Rochelle, in the county of Wilcox, State of Georgia, approved December 15th, 1886, to authorize the said town of Rochelle to issue bonds for the purpose of the erection of school buildings and the maintenance of schools, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That at any time within two years after the passage of this Act the Mayor and Council of the town of Rochelle, Georgia, may order, and they are hereby empowered to order, an election by the qualified voters of the said town of Rochelle on the question of bonds or no bonds. Notice of said election to be given as prescribed by section 508(i), Code of Georgia; and a two-thirds majority of all the qualified voters shall be necessary to an election in favor of said bonds, as prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 7, article 7 of the Constitution of 1877, and section of Code 508, and there shall be provided at said election two forms of tickets, one to be entitled For school bonds, and one to be entitled Against school bonds. Election as to issue of bonds. Notice of Necessary majority. Ballots.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That when said election has been duly held, if the necessary majority of votes have been cast in favor of said bonds, then the Mayor and Council shall be authorized to issue said bonds payable at such time as Mayor and Council may order, not later than thirty years from date, and bearing such interest as may be determined by said Mayor and Council, said bonds to bear interest coupons payable annually or semi-annually, and the bonds to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk of Council of said town; that the total issue of said bonds shall not exceed in par value seven thousand dollars, and that they shall be sold under the direction of the said Mayor and Council of said town, in such manner and at such price as said Mayor and Council may deem advisable for the welfare of said town of Rochelle; that the proceeds of said sale shall be devoted exclusively to the purchase or erection of school buildings, and the equipment and maintenance of schools, in such way as may be deemed best by the said Mayor and Council, or Trustees to be elected by the said Mayor and Council, and the Mayor and Council of the said town shall be authorized to levy and collect taxes from time to time to pay the interest and principal of the said bonds, subject to the tax limitations of the Constitution and general laws of this State. Maturity, rate of interest, etc., of bonds. Amount of bonds. Sale of. Use of proceeds. Payment of bonds. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That if in said election herein provided for, the said bonds fail to secure the necessary majority of the qualified voters, then the Mayor and Council may order another election to determine the said question at any time they deem best after the expiration of six months from the time of holding such preceding election. Other elections. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 9th, 1893. ISSUE OF SCHOOL BONDS BY SOCIAL CIRCLE. No. 162. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Social Circle to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting and equipping a school building in said town of Social Circle, and to authorize said Mayor and Council to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds by levying a tax therefor, and to provide for an election to ratify the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Mayor and Council of the town of Social

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Circle shall provide annually for an election to be held in said town by giving thirty days' notice thereof immediately preceding said election as provided by law, said notice complying fully with all the requirements of the same until the provisions of this Act are adopted. Said election shall be held and returns thereof made in the same manner as elections are held for Mayor and Council of said town, and the qualification of voters at said election shall be the same as required by law at elections for Mayor and Council. All persons voting at said election shall have written or printed on their ballots the words For issuing bonds or the words Against issuing bonds, and if it shall appear to the Mayor and Council that two-thirds of the qualified voters residing in said town have voted for issuing bonds, the said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to issue bonds and provide for the payment of the same upon conditions and for other purposes herein prescribed. Election to be held. Notice. Regulations as to election. Qualifications of voters. Ballots. Result of election. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in the event the necessary majority of the votes shall be cast at said election for issuing bonds, then there shall be five suitable persons elected by the qualified voters of said town, to be known as the Board of Education of said town of Social Circle, who shall hold their office for the space of two years or until their successors are elected and qualified, and in case of vacancy the board shall fill said vacancy or vacancies, and they or their successors in office shall be empowered to purchase, build or construct and furnish a good schoolhouse in said town for the benefit of the children of the town. Board of Education. Vacancies. Board may buy, etc., school-house. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling the Board of Education of said town to buy suitable real estate and to purchase, build or repair schoolhouses and to supply the same with suitable furniture, apparatus and so forth, the Mayor and Council of the town of Social Circle are authorized to issue bonds of said town not to exceed the amount of six thousand dollars, to run for not exceeding twenty years, bearing interest at eight per cent. per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, at such time as the Mayor and Council may determine. Said bonds shall be issued in the sum of one hundred dollars each and shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of said town, and shall have coupons attached to them for each installment of interest, which coupons shall be signed by the Treasurer of the town, and the principal and interest coupons shall be payable at maturity on presentation to the town Treasurer. Said bonds when so issued shall not be sold for less than par, and only so much of the same shall be sold or negotiated as said Board of Education may require for the purposes specified in this section and said Mayor and Council may deem necessary. Purpose of bonds. Amount, maturity, rate of interest, etc. Sale of bonds.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of providing for the payment of the interest on the bonds so issued and negotiated, as well as provide for the payment of the principal when the same shall become due, said Mayor and Council may set apart from the funds annually raised by taxation, as hereinafter mentioned, a sufficient amount to meet the interest on the school bonds falling due, and said Mayor and Council shall have the right after the expiration of five years to retire one-half of said bonds, and at the expiration of the succeeding five years shall have the right to call in the remaining half of said bonds. Said bonds shall have printed on their face the right of said town to call in the same in the manner and at the time specified. Payment of bonded debt. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town be, and they are, hereby authorized and required to levy and collect such tax upon the taxable property in said town as will be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to adopt such methods in reference to a fair and equitable assessment of said property for taxes as they may deem wise and just. Taxation to pay bonds. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the title to all property purchased or acquired by this Act shall vest in said Board of Education of said town for the benefit of the school they represent. Title to property acquired. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That no sum raised under this Act, except the sum set apart for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds, shall be paid out by the town Treasurer, except upon such claims for property purchased or work done as have been audited by said Board of Education, and upon the approval of the Mayor of said town, and it shall be the duty of said Mayor to examine each account or claim submitted to him for approval, and, unless satisfied of its correctness, it shall be his duty to call a meeting of the Council of said town, and to notify the Board of Education of the time and place of meeting, to decide upon the correctness and justness thereof. Paying out of sums raised under this Act. Auditing, claims. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 24th, 1893.

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STATESBORO, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 418. An Act to establish a public school system in the town of Statesboro, Georgia; to empower the Mayor and Town Council of said town to levy and collect a tax for the support thereof; to provide for issuance of bonds for said town for the purpose of purchasing school property, building schoolhouses, etc.; to create a Board of School Commissioners for said town; to authorize the County School Commissioners of said county to turn over to said School Board such part of the State funds as may be the full pro rata share of said town, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That there shall be established in the town of Statesboro, Bulloch county, a system of public schools to be conducted and maintained as hereinafter prescribed. Public school system to be established. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That that there shall be a Board of School Commissioners for said town consisting of five members, who shall be elected by the municipal authorities of said town at such time as said authorities may deem expedient and best after the passage of this Act for the first election, and all elections thereafter shall be held on the first Monday in April of each year. These terms of office shall be as follows: Two of the members of the first board shall hold office until the first Monday in April after their election, two to hold office until the first Monday in second April after their election, one to hold office until the first Monday in the third April after his election, and thereafter their successors shall hold office for the term of three years, unless to fill an unexpired term, or until their successors are elected and qualified. All vacancies in said board from death, resignation, removal from the town or otherwise shall be filled by the Mayor and Council at the first regular meeting after the vacancy occurs; provided , no person shall be eligible to said board who is not of age and has not resided in said town for twelve months next preceding his election. Board of Commissioners. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That before the members of said Board of School Commissioners enter upon their duties as such, they shall take and subscribe to the oath required of the County Board of Education. Oath of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said School Commissioners shall keep a record of their proceedings; shall elect from their body a President, a Secretary and Treasurer. Said Treasurer shall

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give bond in such amount, with such securities as said board may require payable to their body, for the faithful discharge of all his duties. Minutes and officers. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said board shall supervise, regulate and make efficient said school system; shall have power to make rules for the government of themselves, the teachers and pupils of said school; to establish grades therein and prescribe the studies thereof; employ, fix salaries and pay teachers thereof, and to provide for the necessary conveniences and appliances of said schools, and to do all lawful acts necessary for the proper operation of said school, and are authorized to hold and apply any grants or donations of money or property made by any persons or corporations for the benefit of said school. Powers of Board. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the said board shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to establish under this bill in said town separate schools for the whites and blacks (and not more than one for each) out of the funds arising from taxation, bonds or otherwise hereinafter provided for, with which they are to procure suitable lots and erect suitable buildings thereon, and to furnish and equip the same for said schools and keep a record of said bonds which shall be open for inspection to the citizens of said town. They shall make a report to the Mayor and Council of said town of their receipts and disbursements at such time or times as said Mayor and Council may require. Separate schools for whites and blacks, etc. Reports of receipts, etc. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town of Statesboro are hereby authorized to levy and collect annually a tax in addition to that now allowed by law, not to exceed one and one-half per cent. on the taxable property of said town, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining said schools, not to exceed ten months in each year, said funds to be used only for the purposes aforesaid. School tax. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all children between the ages of six and eighteen years, whose parents, guardians or natural protectors bona fide residing within the corporate limits of said town, shall be entitled to the benefit of said school. It is provided further, that said Board of School Commissioners may also admit children of like ages into said school when parents, guardians or natural protectors do not reside within the corporate limits of said town, upon the payment of such tuition as they may deem reasonable and proper, and that the said board may provide for the admission of pupils of any other age in said school whether residents of said town or not, on such terms and rules as to tuition, etc., as they may think proper and right. Funds so raised under this section shall be applied to the maintaining of said public school. Pupils. Pupils non resident and not of school age.

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SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the County School Commissioner of Bulloch county is hereby authorized to pay over to the Mayor and Aldermen of Statesboro for the use of said public schools, under such rules and regulations as said Mayor and Aldermen may prescribe, the just and full proportion of the common school funds arising from any and all sources belonging to or due said town, to be by the said Mayor and Aldermen expended in the establishment and maintenance of said school as may be authorized by the Constitution and laws of this State. Pro rata State school fund. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That before this Act shall become operative it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town, for which purpose the Mayor and Aldermen thereof shall order an election, of which thirty days' notice thereof shall be given in the public gazette of said town, which election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as that required for Mayor and Aldermen, and the qualification of voters shall be the same. Those in favor of public schools shall have written or printed on their tickets For public schools, and those opposed shall have written or printed on their tickets the words Against public schools. The managers of said election shall make returns thereof to the Mayor and Councilmen of said town, who shall on the first opportunity open said returns and declare the results thereof, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of the town shall be for public schools, then the Mayor and Councilmen shall immediately declare the result and this Act shall take effect immediately. Should this bill fail of adoption the said Mayor and Councilmen may submit the same to another election under the same rules and regulations of the first, after the expiration of twelve months between said elections; provided , thirty of the qualified voters of said town petition the Mayor and Aldermen of said town for the same. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of. Conduct of, etc. Ballots. Returns, etc. Necessary majority. Another election. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That should the result of said election favor said public school system, the Mayor and Councilmen of said town shall, and they are hereby authorized to issue bonds of said town to be signed by the Mayor and Recorder thereof, for a sum in the aggregate not to exceed ten thousand dollars, and of denomination not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and to bear interest at the rate of not less than six per cent. per annum, and to be known as the Statesboro school bonds, payable annually at such time as the Mayor and Councilmen may direct, and as to the amount of each as they may determine, so that the last of said bonds may fall due within thirty years after their issue and that the Mayor and Council shall be, and are empowered, at and before the issuing of said bonds to provide for the assessment and collection of any annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the

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principal and interest of said bonds as the same may severally fall due; provided , the tax for said purpose shall not exceed for any one year the sum of the principal and interest of said bonds falling due said year. Said bonds shall be turned over to the Board of School Commissioners or to their Treasurer as they may order, to be negotiated by them not less than par and without expense to the town, and the proceeds applied to said board to procuring suitable lots and erecting suitable buildings thereon for said public schools and furnishing and equipping the same as provided for in section 6 of this Act, and for no other purpose. Signing, amount, etc. of bonds. Tax to pay. Use of proceeds, etc. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That section 11 shall not go into effect nor said bonds be issued until the question of the issuance shall have been submitted to the qualified voters of said town and approved by a majority of the same, said qualification, time, place and manner of said election as that prescribed in section 10 of this Act for the establishment of public schools, and return of said election shall be and declared as in said section 10, and result entered on the books of proceedings; provided , that in case said question shall be decided negatively the Mayor and Council are authorized to order another election upon the same question after the lapse of twelve months between said elections. The ballots for said election shall have written or printed on them For the issuance of bonds, and those opposing shall have written or printed on their ballots Against the issuance of bonds. Election as to issue of bonds. Another election. Ballots. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the matters embraced in sections 11 and 12 may be submitted to the voters of said town as separate proposition before or simultaneous with the matters embraced in section 10 of this Act. Separate elections as to school system and bonds. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Councilmen of the town of Statesboro are hereby empowered to pass any and all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, in levying and collecting the taxes and issuing and selling the bonds, and disbursing the same, mentioned in this bill. Ordinances, etc, as to school tax and bonds. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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THOMASVILLE, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 311. An Act to authorize the city of Thomasville to establish and maintain a system of public schools in its limits by local taxation, and for holding an election therefor as provided in article 8, section 4 of the Constitution of this State; to provide a Board of Education to manage the same and to authorize the County School Commissioners of Thomas county to pay over to the Board of Education of said city its share of the public school fund. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Georgia, the corporate authorities of the city of Thomasville having so recommended, That K. T. MacLean, S. L. Hayes, E. M. Mallette, W. M. Hammond, J. T. Culpepper, W. E. Davies, James F. Evans, James Watt, Jos, Hansell Merrill, D. I. McIntyre, and T. C. Mitchell be, and they are, hereby created a Board of Education for said city of Thomasville with perpetual succession, their term of office to begin with that of Marshal and Clerk and other officers elected by the Mayor and Aldermen of said city. They shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Before beginning their duties, and after the election by the voters of the city of Thomasville hereinafter provided for, they shall settle by lot their respective terms of office, which shall be for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven years; so that there will be but one member of the board to be elected regularly each year, which election shall be by the Mayor and Aldermen at the same time and in the same manner as Marshal and Clerk are elected, and such election shall be for the term of eleven years. Vacancies occurring on said board, other than by expiration of office, shall be filled by the board for the unexpired term of the person going out. The removal of any member of the board without the corporate limits of Thomasville shall ipso facto vacate his office. No person who shall be ineligible for the office of Alderman of said city shall be eligible to membership on said board, except that not being a registered voter for any particular year shall not work a disqualification. Any member of board shall, for malfeasance or non-performance of duty, be removed from office by a majority vote of the other members of the board and the vacancy filled as herein provided. Board of Education. Terms of office. Vacancies. Qualifications for office. Removal from office. SEC. II. The said Board of Education and their successors in office shall have authority to take and hold, buy, rent, sell and improve property, real and personal; to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and to have all other powers usual and incident

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to corporations. The board shall elect from its own membership President and Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem advisable, all of whom shall serve without remuneration, except the Treasurer, whose compensation shall be fixed by the board prior to his election. The board may provide its own by-laws for the management of the details of its business. Corporate powers. Officers of, etc. By-laws. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said board shall have authority to establish and maintain such schools, having separate ones for white and colored children; to elect and fix the compensation of teachers and such other officers connected with the management thereof as they may deem advisable; to prescribe text-books and courses of study; to fix the terms of admission to such schools; to fix such terms as may seem reasonable and just for the admission of children of non-residents, and of non-resident taxpayers, and of indigent persons, and of children without the school age, and to do any and all acts that are necessary for the conduct of said school system as contemplated by the terms of this Act. Powers of board as to schools. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the necessary funds for establishing and maintaining said public school system shall be derived as follows: 1st. The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Thomasville are hereby authorized, empowered and required to levy and collect each year, after the passage of this Act, a special tax as the Board of Education may recommend, not to exceed four-tenths of one per cent. on all the property in said city subject to taxation by said city, and pay over the same to the Treasurer of said Board of Education. School tax 2d. The County School Commissioner of Thomas county is hereby authorized, empowered and required to pay over to the Treasurer of said Board of Education the share of the State school funds for Thomas county for all the children of Thomasville. Pro rata State school fund. 3d. The entrance fee and tuition of pupils shall be collected by the Treasurer of the Board of Education before children are allowed to enter said schools, except that where tuition is charged it may be paid half-yearly in advance. Entrance fee and tuition. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees of the South Georgia College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and of the Young Female College, and of the Clay Street Industrial School, and of any other schools or colleges in the city of Thomasville, are hereby authorized to allow the use of their buildings, grounds, furniture and other property by the said Board of Education. Trustees of various schools may allow use of their property.

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SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before this Act shall take effect and be of force in the city of Thomasville the Mayor of said city shall order an election, giving at least twenty days' notice by publication in a newspaper published in said city, to ascertain the will of the qualified voters of said city whether a system of public schools be established or not in said city. Those favoring public schools shall have written or printed on their ballots For public schools, and those opposing shall have written or printed on their ballots Against public schools. That said election shall be held in the same manner as elections for Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Thomasville are held, and all those qualified to vote at an election of Mayor and Aldermen of said city shall be permitted to vote at the election herein provided for. The managers of said election shall certify the number of votes cast For public schools and the number cast Against public schools to the Mayor and Aldermen of said city, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city shall vote for public schools the Mayor of said city shall so declare in writing, and publish his declaration once in a newspaper published in said city, and upon said publication this Act shall take effect and be of force, and the public schools therein provided for shall be put into operation as soon as deemed practicable by said Board of Education of the city of Thomasville. That if said election should not be carried for public schools, an election may be held, as herein provided, after the expiration of one year from said first election, and may be so held any or every year thereafter until the result shall be for public schools. Election as to adoption of this Act. Notice of. Ballots. Conduct of election, etc. Returns. Necessary majority. Result of election. Other elections, etc. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no portion of the fund herein provided for shall ever be appropriated for the support of any church, sect or denomination of religionists, or any sectarian institution. No part of fund to go to denominational institution, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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VALDOSTA, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 371. An Act to establish a system of public schools in the city of Valdosta, Georgia, and to provide for the maintenance and support of the same by local taxation and otherwise and the government of the same, to provide for a Board of School Commissioners for said public schools, to authorize and require the County School Commissioner of Lowndes county to pay over to the Treasurer of the Board of School Commissioners, for the use of said public schools, such part of the State and county public school funds as may be the just pro rata share of said city of Valdosta, to be determined by the average attendance on said public schools, and for other purposes herein mentioned. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in the city of Valdosta, Georgia, a system of public schools to be established, conducted, maintained, supported and provided for in the manner prescribed in this Act. Public school system to be established. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in conformity with the provisions of article 8, section 4, paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, there shall be held in the city of Valdosta, at the next regular election after the passage of this Act for Mayor and Council of said city, an election on the question of local taxation for the support of said system of public schools, and all persons who are qualified to vote in the election for Mayor and Council of Valdosta shall be entitled to vote in the election herein provided. All voters who favor such local taxation for public schools shall have written or printed on their ballots For public schools, and those who oppose shall have written or printed on their ballots Against public schools, and in case two-thirds of the votes cast at such election shall be for Public schools, then it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of the city of Valdosta annually to raise, by taxation, a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this Act; provided , the same shall not exceed one-fifth ([frac15]) of one per cent. on the taxable property of said city, and in the manner hereinafter provided. The said Mayor and Council shall give public notice of this election once a week for two weeks prior to said election in the Valdosta Times. The returns of said election shall be made to and the result of the same declared by the said Mayor and Council of Valdosta. Election to school as tax. Qualifications of voters. Ballots. Necessary majority. Amount of tax. Notice of election. Returns, etc.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said system of public schools shall be under the management of a Board of School Commissioners, consisting of the Trustees of the Valdosta Institute and their successors in office, each member of the Board of Trustees of the Valdosta Institute by virtue of his office being a member of said Board of School Commissioners, and three other members, who shall be white freeholders, residents of said city of Valdosta, and who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city at the next election after the adoption of this law, held for the purpose of electing a Mayor and Council for said city, and the one receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for three years, the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two years, and the one receiving the third highest number of votes shall be elected for one year; but their successors shall be elected for the term of three years, and at the elections held for Mayor and Council of said city. A quorum of said Board of School Commissioners shall consist of a majority of the members. Vacancies occurring from the members of said Board of School Commissioners elected by the people shall be filled by the Mayor and Council of said city. The officers of said board shall be a President, Vice-President, and Secretary and Treasurer. The office of Secretary and Treasurer shall be one office and shall be filled by the same person. The said Secretary and Treasurer shall give bond, payable to the Board of School Commissioners of said city and to be fixed by said board, conditioned for the safe keeping and proper disbursement of said school fund. His books shall always be open to the inspection of said Board of School Commissioners, and his compensation shall be fixed by said board. Said Board of School Commissioners shall have regular monthly meetings, the time to be fixed by them, and shall meet as much oftener as the public school interests may require. Their officers shall be elected by ballot and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The members of said Board of School Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services, except the Secretary and Treasurer, and his compensation shall be fixed by said board. The Secretary may or may not be a member of said board of School Commissioners. Board of School Commissioners. Term of office. Quorum. Vacancies. Officers. Secretary and Treasurer. Meetings of board. Election and term of officers. Compensation of Commissioners, etc. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Board of School Commissioners shall have authority to establish, and from time to time to modify, a system of public schools for the city of Valdosta, to be open not less than eight scholastic months nor longer than ten scholastic months in each year; provided, however , the first schools under this public school system shall be open on the first Monday in September, 1894, and shall be under the direction of the Trustees

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of Valdosta Institute, until after the election of the three members of said board as provided in section 3 of this Act, and until the said Board of School Commissioners is fully organized under this Act. Said Board of School Commissioners shall have authority to purchase, build, enlarge and rent buildings for school purposes, and to accept gifts and donations of property, money or other things for school purposes under this Act, and all deeds taken to real property shall be to the Board of School Commissioners for the city of Valdosta and their successors in office. Said board shall have authority to employ a Superintendent and other teachers for said public schools, and to prescribe their duties, to suspend or discharge them for good causes, to prescribe the terms upon which pupils shall be admitted into public schools, and to make such rules, regulations and by-laws as they deem right and proper in maintaining a system of public schools for said city. Powers of board. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That said Board of School Commissioners shall determine, as early as practicable in each year, what amount of money it will be necessary to raise by taxation to defray the expenses of running said public schools for the ensuing year, and shall lay the same before the Mayor and Council of said city, and the Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and shall be required to levy a tax annually, in addition to that now authorized by law, on all the taxable property in said city, not to exceed one-fifth ([frac15]) of one per cent. on the same; and when collected the collecting officers of said city shall pay the same over to the Treasurer of said Board of School Commissioners, to be disbursed for the maintenance of said public schools and to be paid out under the order of said board, under such regulations as they may prescribe. Said taxes shall be collected by levy and sale as the other taxes of said city are collected; provided, however , that as soon as the law is adopted as provided in section 2 of this Act the Trustees of Valdosta Institute shall lay before the Mayor and Council of said city what amount of money will be necessary to sustain said system of public schools for the first scholastic year, which shall commence on the first Monday in September, 1894, and said Mayor and Council shall levy and collect the same for said purposes, not exceeding the limit as prescribed in this Act, and the collecting officer shall turn the same over to the Treasurer of said board, to be disbursed by said board for said public school purposes; the said Trustees of the Valdosta Institute being invested with power to exercise all the duties of said Board of School Commissioners until said board is fully organized as required under this Act, after the election of the three additional members by the people. After the first year the scholastic year for said system of public schools

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shall commence at such time in the fall of the year as may be determined on by said Board of School Commissioners, which shall not be earlier than the first Monday in September in any year. Estimate of amount to be raised by tax. Tax to be levied. Disbursement of. Collection of. Estimate for first scholastic year, etc. Scholastic years. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the County School Commissioner of Lowndes county shall pay over to the Treasurer of said Board of School Commissioners the pro rata share of the State and county public school fund coming to said city, and which pro rata amount shall be determined by the average attendance of children on said public schools within the school age. Pro rata State school fund. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of School Commissioners shall establish separate schools for the white and colored children, and colored children shall be allowed to attend only colored schools, and white children shall be allowed to attend only white schools; that all children between the ages of six and eighteen years, whose parents, guardians or natural protectors bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said city, shall be entitled to the benefits of said public schools. The board may also admit children into said public schools whose parents, guardians or natural protectors do not reside within the corporate limits of said city, upon the payment of such tuition fees as the Board of School Commissioners may prescribe, payable monthly in advance. Separate schools for white and colored children. Pupils. Non-residents. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the Board of School Commissioners shall only recommend the levying and collecting a tax necessary to support said system of public schools in addition to the fund realized from entrance fees, tuition and the fund received from the State and county public school fund, and from other sources, so that the taxes for said system of public schools shall be as little burdensome as practicable, but the Mayor and Council shall be required to levy whatever amount is recommended by said board. School tax to be only what is necessary. Mayor and Council must levy what is recommended. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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SCHOOL BONDS FOR WAYCROSS. No. 241. An Act to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of the city of Waycross to issue bonds in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable in thirty years, and bearing [Illegible Text] at a rate not to exceed six per cent. per annum, for the purpose of constructing and furnishing a suitable school building for the whites on block No. 32 of said city, and also to provide additional school facilities for the colored people, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Waycross are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and in such denominations as they may deem best, to become due in not longer than thirty years, and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent. per annum, with interest coupons attached, payable either annually or semi-annually, as the said Mayor and Council may determine, for the purpose of constructing and furnishing a suitable public school building for the whites on block No. 32 of said city, and also to provide additional school facilities for the colored people. Authority to issue bonds. Amount maturity, rate of interest, etc. Purpose of issue. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That before issuing said bonds the consent of two-thirds of the legal voters of said city shall be obtained at an election ordered by the Mayor and Council and held for that purpose, upon thirty days' notice thereof given in the newspaper in which the legal advertisements of the city are published. Said election shall be held, and returns thereof made in the same manner as elections are held for Mayor and Council of said city, and the qualifications of voters at said election shall be the same as required by law at elections for Mayor and Council. All persons voting at said election shall have written or printed upon their ballots the words For bonds, or the words Against bonds, and if it shall appear to the Mayor and Council that two-thirds of the qualified voters of said city have voted for bonds, then the same shall be issued as herein provided, signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of said city, with the interest coupons signed by the Treasurer, and the said Mayor and Council shall sell the same for not less than par, paying the proceeds into the city treasury, subject to the order of the Board of Education for said city, and to be used by them for the purposes aforesaid, the

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said Mayor and Council, however, having the right to appropriate first from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds such sum or sums as may be necessary to cover the expense of lithographing, and paying a reasonable commission, if necessary, to effect a sale of the said bonds, but only so [Illegible Text] of said bonds shall be sold or negotiated as said Board of Education may require for the purposes specified in this Act. Should the result of the election herein provided for be against bonds, then another election may be held under the same terms, at any time after the expiration of six months. Election as to question of issuing bonds. Notice of. Regulations as to election. Qualifications of voters. Ballots. Result of election. Signing of bonds and coupons. Sale of bonds and use of proceeds. Result against bonds another election may be held. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall provide each year, by taxation, a sufficient amount to pay the interest on said bonds as the same falls due, and also to provide a sinking fund with which to pay off said bonds at maturity, which sinking fund may be deposited on interest or invested in safe securities. Said bonds shall be exempt from city taxation, and the interest coupons therof receivable for taxes and all dues to said city. Taxation to pay bonds. Bonds exempt from taxation and coupons receivable for taxes. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That from the proceeds arising from the sale of so much of said bonds as may be issued, negotiated and sold, the Board of Education of said city shall, with as little delay as possible and in the most economical manner, cause to be erected upon the block aforesaid a sufficiently commodious and modernized public school building of brick and suitably furnished and equipped as will comfortably accommodate the whites, and also from said fund provide such additional school facilities for the colored people as may be necessary, and said board may also make such use or disposition of the present building on said block as they deem proper, and they shall make to the Mayor and Council of said city a report of their acts and doings under this Act with a full and complete exhibit sustained by proper vouchers showing all expenditures made, which shall be published for public information. [Illegible Text] of building for white pupils. Additional school facilities for colored pupils. Disposition of present building. Report of Board of Education. SEC. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893.

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WAYCROSS, SCHOOL LAWS FOR, AMENDED. No. 272. An Act to amend the public school laws of the city of Waycross, Ware county, Georgia, as amended and approved December 26th, 1888, and for other purposes, so as to make it the duty of the County School Commissioner of Ware county to pay over to the Board of Education of Waycross, and to entitle said board to receive from said County School Commissioner the pro rata share of the school fund belonging to said county belonging to said city, to be based and computed upon the total number of children of school age whose parents or guardians reside in said city, said sum to be paid to the Board of Education without deduction or expense incurred by the County Board of Education. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act the public school laws of the city of Waycross, Ware county, Georgia, as amended and approved December 26th, 1888, be so amended as to require and make it the duty of the County School Commissioner of Ware county to pay over to the Board of Education of the public schools of Waycross, and to entitle said board to receive from said County School Commissioner the pro rata share of the school fund of said county belonging to said city, to be based and computed upon the total number of children of school age whose parents or guardians reside in said city, said sum to be paid without deduction or expense incurred by the County Board of Education. Pro rata State school fund to be paid to Board of Education. Basis of. No deduction or expense. SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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WARRENTON, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR. No. 255. An Act to establish a public school system for the town of Warrenton, Georgia; to appoint a Board of Education for said town; to authorize said board to levy and collect a tax and otherwise provide for raising revenue to maintain said schools; to authorize and require the County School Commissioner of Warren county to pay over to the Board of Education of said town such part of the State school funds as may be the pro rata share for all the children attending said schools, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in the town of Warrenton, in said State, a system of public schools, the same to be established, conducted, maintained, supported and provided for in the manner hereinafter set forth. System of public schools to be established. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That M. R. Hale, E. B. Farmer, William C. English, J. C. Jarnigan, T. J. Burkhalter, T. A. English and James Whitehead be, and are, hereby appointed and constituted the Board of Education for the town of Warrenton; that said board shall fill, by election from the citizens of said town, all vacancies occurring in its body by death, resignation, removal from said town or otherwise, and four members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all the duties and business of said board. Board of Education. Vacancies. Quorum. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the officers of said Board of Education shall be a President, who shall be ex officio the Superintendent of schools, and a Secretary and Treasurer; that no member of said board or officer thereof, except the Secretary and Treasurer, shall receive any compensation for their services; that the Secretary and Treasurer shall receive a salary of not more than fifty dollars per annum, to be fixed by said board, and shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties, which said duties shall be designated by the Board of Education. The duties of the President shall be prescribed by the board. The President and Secretary and Treasurer shall hold their offices at the will of the board. Officers of board. Compensation. Bond of Secretary and Treasurer. President's duties. Terms of office. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to establish under this Act in said town separate schools for the whites and the blacks; to provide schoolhouses by building, rent, purchase or otherwise; to repair

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the same; to employ teachers; to prescribe the curriculum of said schools; to provide all necessary school furniture and educational appliances; to employ teachers and fix their salaries; to hold and make titles to any property that may be procured by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise; to make all such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the board and the government of the schools and for receiving and paying out of school funds, as they may deem necessary and are not in conflict with the laws of this State. Powers and duties of board. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the necessary funds for establishing, conducting, maintaining and supporting such public schools shall be derived as follows: 1st. The Town Council of Warrenton is hereby authorized, empowered and required to levy each year, after the passage of this Act, a special tax as the Board of Education of said town shall recommend, not to exceed one-half of one per cent., on all property in said town subject to [Illegible Text] by said town; to collect said tax and pay over the same to the Secretary and Treasurer of said Board of Education. School tax. 2d. The Town Council of Warrenton is hereby authorized, empowered and required to pay to the Secretary and Treasurer fo said Board of Education all sums collected by the town authorities for licenses of all kinds, for special taxes on businesses of any and all kinds. Proceeds of town licenses, etc. 3d. The County School Commissioner of Warren county is hereby authorized, empowered and required to pay over to the Secretary and Treasurer of said Board of Education the pro rata share of the State school fund for Warren county for each child attending the schools established by said board. Pro rata State school fund. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all sums paid as above required to said Secretary and Treasurer or Board of Education, shall constitute the public school fund and shall be used for the following purposes, to wit: Payment of salaries of teachers, building, purchasing, leasing or renting schoolhouses and repairing and insuring the same; purchasing school furniture and educational appliances and repairing the same; payment of salary of Secretary and Treasurer, and for other purposes connected with and for the good of said school. Use of school fund. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That said schools shall be open for not less than five nor more than ten months in each year, and shall be free to all children between the ages of six and eighteen years, whose parents, guardians or natural protectors bona fide reside within the corporate limits of said town of Warrenton, and said Board of Education may also admit children of like ages into said schools whose parents, guardians or natural protectors do not reside

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within the corporate limits of said town upon the payment of such tuition as they may deem reasonable and proper, and may also provide for the admission of pupils over eighteen years of age in such schools, whether residents of such town or not, on such terms and rules as to tuition, etc., as they may think proper and [Illegible Text] Funds so raised under this section shall be applied alone to the maintenance of said public schools in said town. School terms, etc. [Illegible Text] Non-residents. Pupils over school age, etc. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That any member of said Board pf Education shall for malfeasance or nonfeasance be removed from office by a majority vote of the other members of said board, and his place filled immediately as heretofore provided. Removal from office. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Education of Warren county shall not establish or open any school within the corporate limits of [Illegible Text], nor have any authority or voice in the management of the schools therein established by the Board of Education of the town of Warrenton. County Board to have no school in vicinity, etc. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all contracts made by or with said Board of Education of the town of Warrenton shall on the part of said board be signed and executed by the President, Secretary and Treasurer of said board. Execution of contracts. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That this shall be submitted to an election for approval or disapproval by the qualified voters of the town of Warrenton on the first Wednesday in January, 1894; that notice of said election shall be by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of said town, published in the newspaper published in Warrenton twice previous to said day of election. Those voters favoring this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots For public schools, and those opposing shall have written or printed on their ballots Against public schools. That said election shall be held in the same manner as elections for members of the Town Council of Warrenton are held, and the managers of said election shall certify the number of votes cast For public schools and Against public schools to the Board of Commissioners of the town of Warrenton, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town shall vote For public schools, the Chairman of said Board of Commissioners of said town shall declare in writing and publish his said declaration once in the newspaper published in Warrenton, and upon said publication this Act shall take effect and be of force and the public schools herein provided for shall be put in operation as soon as deemed practicable by said Board of Education. Election as to this Act. Notice of. Ballots. Conduct of. Returns, etc. Result of. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 13th, 1893.

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WASHINGTON AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE SCHOOL BONDS. No. 200. An Act to authorize the proper authorities of the town of Washington, Georgia, to issue and sell bonds not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars in amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the proceeds arising from the sale of which to be used in the purchase or erection of public school buildings, and to provide for submitting the question of the issuing of said bonds to a vote of the qualified voters of said town. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Board of Commissioners of the town of Washington, Georgia, shall have power and authority to issue bonds of said town, not to exceed in amount the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Said bonds may be issued of such denominations and with such a rate of interest, not exceeding six per [Illegible Text] per annum, as said board may determine upon. They shall run for such time, not exceeding thirty years, as said board may decide upon, and the board may provide for the maturing of said bonds at any time during the thirty years. Said bonds when issued shall be sold and the proceeds turned over to the Board of Education of said town, to be used by said board for the purpose of purchasing or erecting public school buildings in the town and properly furnishing the same, and for this purpose only. Authority to issue bonds. [Illegible Text] denomination, etc. Use of proceeds. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That before any of said bonds shall issue the question of their issuance shall be submitted to a vote of the legally qualified voters of the town. For this purpose the Board of Commissioners of Washington shall order an election to be held at the courthouse and on such day as the board may fix. Notice of the time and place shall be published in the Washington Chronicle for at least thirty days preceding the election. All persons who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, and who have resided for six months within the corporate limits of Washington shall be entitled to vote at said election. Each voter may have written or printed on his ballot For bonds or Against bonds, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said town vote for bonds, it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to issue them at once. The election herein provided for shall be held under the rules and regulations governing elections for members of the General Assembly, and the managers thereof shall, on the day following the election, make their returns to the said

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Board of Commissioners, which board shall examine said returns and declare the result of said election. Election as to bonds. Notice of. Qualifications of voters. Ballots. Necessary majority, etc. Conduct of election, etc. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That at or before the time of issuing any of said bonds, the said Board of Commissioners shall provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax, sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of said debt within thirty years from the date of the incurring of said indebtedness. Taxation to pay bonds. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR WAYNESBORO. No. 227. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of the city of Waynesboro to issue bonds to the mount of six thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing and furnishing academies for said city, and to purchase a lot or lots on which to locate the same, and for other purposes. SECTION. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Waynesboro, said State, be, and the same are, hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city to the amount of six thousand dollars, said bonds to be of such denomination and to bear such rate of interest, not exceeding 7 per [Illegible Text] per annum, and to mature and become due and payable at such time or times within twenty years after the issue thereof, and the interest to be paid at such times as the Mayor and Council shall determine. School bonds. Amount, rate of interest, maturity, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said city shall assess, levy and collect annually upon all the taxable property of said city a tax of two mills on the dollar, in addition to the taxes collected for the current expenses of said city, and in the same manner that taxes of said city are assessed and collected for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, as the same shall come due, and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds as the principal of said bonds shall mature. Taxation to pay bonded debt. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk of the Council, under the corporate [Illegible Text] of the city, and shall be negotiated in such manner as said Mayor and Council shall determine to be for the best interests of said city. Signing and negotiation of bonds.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the proceeds arising from sales of bonds herein provided for shall be applied and appropriated by said Mayor and Council exclusively in crecting and furnishing suitable buildings for academies or schoolhouses for said city, and in purchasing suitable lots, if necessary, upon which to erect the same. The amount to be paid for said lots, the style of buildings to be erected and the division of funds to be expended on each building, and all the details, shall be left to the discretion and determination of the Mayor and Council; provided , that the academy or schoolhouses for the whites shall be exclusively for the whites, and that for the colored shall be exclusively for the colored. The lot for the [Illegible Text] of said academy or school building shall be selected in such manner as the Mayor and Council may determine. Use of proceeds of bonds. Separate schools for white and colored. Selection of lot. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That after the erection, furnishing and completion of said academy or academies, schoolhouse or schoolhouses, that the same shall be delivered and turned over to a Board of Trustees, to be composed of such numbers, to be selected in such manner, to have such qualifications, to hold office for such time or times, and to be governed by such rules and regulations, as the said Mayor and Council, in their discretion, may determine. Board of Trustees. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not have effect until the [Illegible Text] shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said city of Waynesboro, and approved by a two-thirds vote of qualified voters of said city. This Act not to have effect until approved by people. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of this Act, or so soon thereafter as is expedient, said Mayor and Council shall order an election to be held in said city, and shall give notice thereof for the space of thirty days next preceding the day of election, in the newspaper published in said city, in which the Sheriff's advertisements for the county are published, notifying the people (qualified voters) that on the day named an election will be held to determine the question whether bonds shall be issued by the said city, which notice shall specify the amount of bonds to be issued, for what purpose, what interest they are to bear, how much principal and interest to be paid annually and when said bonds are to be fully paid off. That said election shall be held on the day named in said published notice, at the voting [Illegible Text] for said city, and shall be held by same persons, and in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations that elections for Mayor and Council of said city are required to be held, at the time of such elections; and the same qualifications of voters at said election shall be required as, at the time of said election, are required of voters in the municipal elections of said city. That the managers of said

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election shall make the return of the result of the election to the said Mayor and Council of said city on the day after the election, which result shall be published within ten days of the election; that the ballots cast at said election shall contain the words For bonds or the words Against bonds, and unless For bonds shall receive two-thirds majority of all the voters of said city qualified to vote at said election, to be ascertained from the tally sheet of the last general election held in said city previous to said bonds election, then this Act shall not become a law. Election. Notice of. Regulations for election. Qualifications of voters. Returns. Ballots. Result of election. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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TITLE VII . ROADS. ACTS. [Illegible Text] County, Road System for. Milton County, Road Law for, Repealed. Whitfield County, Road Law for, Amended. ROAD SYSTEM FOR BRYAN COUNTY. No. 234. An Act to establish a Board of Commissioners, and to provide a system for working the public roads in the county of Bryan, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act there shall be established in and for the county of Bryan a Board of Road Commissioners, to consist of one Commissioner from each road district, who shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter designated, and with the powers hereinafter conferred, a majority of said board being a quorum for the transaction of business at meetings of the board. Board of Road Commissioners. Quorum. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the grand jury of said county, at the spring term of the Superior Court, 1894, to appoint a Board of Road Commissioners to consist of one Commissioner for each road district, whose term of office shall be two years from the date of such appointment, and shall serve unless excused by said grand jury. The successors of the aforesaid Commissioners shall be appointed every two years by the grand jury of Bryan county. Vacancies occuring from death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the Ordinary of said county of Bryan, and the persons chosen to fill the vacancies shall be commissioned for the unexpired term of the outgoing Commissioners, and hold their office subject to the ratification of the next grand jury of the county of Bryan. Appointment of commissioners. Term of office, etc. Vacancies.

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That when the said Road Commissioners shall have been appointed in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, it shall be the duty of said Road Commissioners, appointed to convene at the courthouse in Bryan county annually upon the first Monday in July each year, at which time they shall organize and form themselves into a Board of Road Commissioners, by the selection of one of their number as Chairman; the Clerk of the Superior Court being ex officio Secretary of such board, who shall receive a sum of two dollars per day for each day's attendance at the meetings of such board. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county to furnish to such Road Commissioners a well bound book, in which said Secretary shall fully and accurately record the proceedings, actings and doings of such board. When such Commissioners shall so have perfected their organization, the care, management and control of such Ordinary in the public roads of Bryan county shall entirely cease and be vested exclusively in such Commissioners. The sole right and authority to grant and establish public roads and private ways is hereby delegated to the Board of Commissioners hereby created, who, in establishing such roads or ways, shall be guided and governed by provisions of the Code of Georgia. Annual meeting for organization, etc. Officers of board. Compensation of Clerk. Minutes. Powers of board. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all male inhabitants of Bryan county between the ages of eighteen and fifty years of age shall be subject to work the public roads of said county, under the authority of said Commissioners, during a period of five actual working days in the fall of each year. There shall be appointed by said board two overseers for each road district of said county, who shall be ex officio summoners for their own district, who, when so directed by the Commissioner for their district, shall summon out the hands in their district, giving them notice in writing of the time and place of meeting, and to bring with them the necessary working tools and provisions, and in consideration of the performance of their said duty as summoners they shall be exempt from the performance of manual labor in working the roads during the continuance of their terms of office. The said Road Commissioners shall have, however, the power to divide the term of work of the laborers into two parts; provided , that no laborer shall be required to work the roads except in the fall season of the year. The laborer may, if he desires, be relieved and excused from the performance of road duty upon the payment to the Commissioner of Roads for his district of the sum of fifty cents per day in advance for every day of relief from work, the money so paid to such Commissioner to be applied in having other labor employed upon the same district. If any laborer shall desire a task said Commissioner shall have the authority to lay off a reasonable task for said laborer. Road duty. Overseers. Summons for road hands. Compensation of overseers. Division of term of work. No work required except in fall. Commutation. Laying off task for laborer. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That in the event of failure of any person summoned, as aforesaid, to appear and perform the duties which may be required of him by the overseer of his district without lawful excuse, such laborer shall for each day's absence from duty, or for any absence of any part of one day, be liable to a fine

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of not less than two dollars per day nor more than ten dollars, and in the event of a failure to pay such fine shall be liable to imprisonment not to exceed ten days in the county jail of the county. And the said county of Bryan shall pay for the arrests and jail expenses of said prisoners. The said Commissioners shall have the exclusive power to issue warrants for the arrest of defaulters, and also the right to impose fines on defaulters. Defaulters. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each Commissioner of Roads to make a return under oath to the grand jury of the Superior Court of Bryan county, at the spring term thereof, of the actings and doings of himself and his subordinates in his district, and of the number and names of the hands subject to road duty in his district and of the amount of hired labor employed in his district during the year, and shall state the number of dollars received from the road hands, which return shall be carefully examined by the grand jury, and in the event it shall appear that the Commissioner shall not have exacted, required or caused to be done by each person liable as aforesaid to road duty, his full term of work, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the grand jury to report such findings to the Judge of the Superior Court, who shall fine such delinquent Commissioner in a sum not more than five hundred dollars. All moneys to be raised under this provision shall be applied in and towards the benefit of the district controlled by such Commissioner, to the betterment of the roads of the said county of Bryan. Returns of commissioners. Penalty for neglect of duty by commissioner. Disposition of [Illegible Text]. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the aforesaid provisions limiting the time of work to the fall season of the year shall not be construed to prevent or interfere with the right of such board, or of such district Commissioner, in the event of the occurrence of an injury to or destruction of a bridge, or any extraordinary damage to a road, to call out the road hands at any other season of the year, crediting the amount of such extraordinary service to the road hands, and deducting the same from their annual obligation of service. Extraordinary work. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of Bryan county to have fifty copies of this Act printed in pamphlet form for the use of the Road Commissioners. This Act to be printed for commissioners. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not take effect or become operative before the first day of May, 1894. This Act to take effect May 1, 1891. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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REPEALING ACT OF AUGUST 23D, 1872, AS TO ROAD LAWS FOR MILTON COUNTY. No. 168. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to alter and amend the road laws of the State of Georgia as applicable to the county of Milton, approved August 23d, 1872. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the Act entitled an Act to alter and amend the road laws of the State of Georgia as applicable to the county of Milton, approved August 23d, 1872, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Act of Aug. 23, 1872, repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. WHITFIELD COUNTY, ROAD LAW AMENDED. No. 310. An Act to amend an Act establishing the public road system of the county of Whitfield and provide for maintaining the same by taxation, and for other purposes, approved December 18th, 1884, by providing who shall be subject to road duty under said Act, and to embrace therein all persons between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 8 of said Act be amended by striking therefrom these words: that every person subject to road duty under the general road laws of this State and inserting in lieu thereof the following words that every person over the age of twenty-one and under the age of forty-five, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: That every male person over the age of twenty-one and under the age of forty-five in said county shall be required to work four days in the year on the public roads in this district under the Road Overseer as now provided, and at such time as may be ordered by the Road Overseer under the direction of the Road Commissioners, or in lieu of said four days' work every person so preferring may, as a commutation tax, pay over to the Commissioners in his

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district three dollars ($3.00) as provided by an Act approved December 24th, 1886, and upon the payment of such sum said Commissioners shall give such person a receipt which shall operate as a further exemption from road duty for that year, and said Road Commissioners shall use said commutation taxes as provided in section 2 of an Act approved December 24th, 1886. Sec. 8 of Act, of Dec. 18, 1884, amended. Who subject to road duty. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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TITLE VIII . LIQUORS. ACTS. Carroll County, Manufacture of Distilled Spirits Prohibited. Catoosa County, Regulating Sale of Domestic Wine. Coweta County, Prohibition Law Repealed. Effingham County, Liquor License in. Pierce County and Blackshear, Liquor License Increased. Tattnall County, Regulating Sale of Liquor in. Troup County, Manufacture of Liquor in, Prohibited. CARROLL COUNTY, MANUFACTURE OF DISTILLED SPIRITS PROHIBITED. No. 427. An Act to prohibit the manufacture of distilled spirits within the limits of the county of Carroll and to prescribe a penalty therefor, and for other purposes pertaining thereto. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Georgia, That from and after the 15th day of February, 1894, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons or firm acting individually, jointly or as a corporation to manufacture any distilled spirits within the limits of the county of Carroll. Manufacture distilled spirits prohibited. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia of 1882. [Illegible Text]. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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CATOOSA COUNTY, REGULATING SALE DOMESTIC WINE. No. 185. An Act to regulate the sale of domestic wine in Catoosa county, to provide a penalty for the violation of the same, and to provide for submitting the same to the qualified voters of said county for ratification, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or exchange any domestic wine in Catoosa county, except the manufacturer thereof, who may sell under restrictions hereinafter imposed. None but manufacturer to sell. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any manufacturer of domestic wine to sell, furnish or exchange the same in said county in less quantity than ten gallons at one time, except that any person manufacturing wine from grapes cultivated and grown on his or her own, or rented, land shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. Regulation as to sale by manufacturer. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and in default of the payment of such fine to labor in the chaingang for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. Penalty. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of said county, within six months after the passage of this Act to give notice by publication, in accordance with existing laws, of an election at which the question of the ratification of this Act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said county. Said election shall be conducted the same as elections for county officers are conducted, and the ballots cast at said election shall have written or printed thereon For ratification or Against ratification, according as the voter may favor or oppose the bill; and returns of said election shall be made to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, and if a majority of the votes [Illegible Text] at said election shall be found to be in favor of ratification, then said Clerk shall publish the result of said election for five days in the newspaper in which the county advertising is done, and after the expiration of said five days this Act shall become operative. Election as to this Act. Conduct of. Ballots. Returns. Result. SEC. V. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 1st, 1893.

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COWETA COUNTY, PROHIBITION LAW REPEALED. No. 382. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors in the county of Coweta, and to provide a penalty for a violation of the same, approved September 8th, 1883, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the above recited Act and all Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Prohibition law repealed. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893. EFFINGHAM COUNTY, LIQUOR LICENSE IN. No. 417. An Act to amend an Act approved October 14th, 1891, entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the method of granting license to sell spirituous liquors in the county of Effingham and to increase the fee for the same to five thousand dollars, said last mentioned Act, approved August 24th, 1881. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act an Act approved October 14th, 1891, entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the method of granting license to sell spirituous liquors in the county of Effingham and to increase the fee for the same to five thousand dollars, said last mentioned Act approved August 24th, 1881, is hereby amended, so as to insert after section 4 of the said Act approved October 14th, 1891, so as to make it a part of said section 4, the following proviso: provided , that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent persons who raise grapes and manufacture them into wine from selling such wine so raised and manufactured in quantities of ten gallons and upward to be delivered at the time of sale, so that, when amended, said Act approved October 14th, 1891, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act to prescribe the method of granting license to sell spirituous liquors in the county of Effingham and to increase tax fee for the same to five thousand dollars, said Act approved August 24th, 1881, is hereby amended, so as to change section 4 to section 5 and insert

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the following as section 4: The words `spirituous or intoxicating liquors' in sections 1 and 3 shall be so construed as to mean and embrace cider, grape juice and any and everything that will produce intoxication, so that, when amended, said Act shall read as follows: An Act to prescribe the method of granting license to sell spirituous liquor in the county of Effingham and to increase the fee for the same to five thousand dollars Section 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That it shall not be lawful for the Ordinary or the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other authority of Effingham county to grant license to any person or persons to sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors of any kind in any quantity in said county, except upon the written petition of the applicant, stating especially the place at which he desires to sell and upon which petition shall be indorsed the written consent of the majority of the freeholders living within three miles of the place so designated in such petition. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all applicants for such license, in addition to the foregoing provisions of this Act, shall give the bond and take the oath now required by law for retailing spirituous liquors, and shall pay to the Ordinary or Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues or other authority, as the case may be, a license fee of five thousand dollars. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors of any kind in said county of Effingham without the license being granted as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4565 of the Code of Georgia, defining the offence of retailing spirituous liquors without a license and prescribing the penalty therefor. If any Ordinary or Board of Commissioners of said county or other person entrusted with the power to grant license for the sale of liquor shall grant license to any person contrary to the provisions and terms of this Act, he or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall likewise be punished in the manner prescribed by law for the punishment of persons who retail spirituous liquors without a license. Nothing in this Act prescribing penalties shall be construed to imply that a person retailing liquors without the license prescribed in this section may not be punished as prescribed in section 4565 of the Code without this enactment. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the words `spirituous or intoxicating liquors' in sections 1 and 3 shall be so construed as to mean and embrace cider, grape juice and any and everything that will produce intoxication; provided , that nothing in this Act shall be so construed to prevent persons who raise grapes and manufacture them into wine from selling such wine so raised and manufactured in quantities of ten gallons and upward to be delivered at the time of sale. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved October 14th, 1891. Act of Oct. 14, 1891, amended. Persons manufacturing wine from grapes raised by them may sell. Act as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 21st, 1893.

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INCREASING LIQUOR LICENSE FOR COUNTY OF PIERCE AND TOWN OF BLACKSHEAR. No. 176. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act fixing the license fees for the sale of spirituous, intoxicating and malt liquors in the county of Pierce and town of Blackshear, in said county, and for other purposes, approved October 20th, 1879, by striking out the words fifteen hundred, in the sixth line of the first section of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words twenty thousand, and also by striking out the figures 1,500 in the same line and section, and inserting therefor the figures 20,000. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the first section of the above recited Act be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out the words fifteen hundred, in line six of the first section of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words twenty thousand, and also by striking out the figures 1,500 in the same line and section, and inserting therefor the figures 20,000, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows, to-wit: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the 1st day of April, 1880, no license for the sale of spirituous, intoxicating or malt liquors in the county of Pierce or town of Blackshear, in said county, shall be granted by any county or municipal authority, except upon the payment of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum for such license, and no license shall be granted for a less time than one year. Sec. 1 of Act of Oct. 20, 1879, amended. License increased to $20,000. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved November 25th, 1893. REGULATING SALE OF LIQUOR IN TATTNALL COUNTY. No. 240. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to make the liquor license in Tattnall county for all dealers twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, and for other purposes, so as to regulate the sale of beers and all kinds of whisky, brandy, gin, rum, cordials, tonics, bitters, wines and beers in Tattnall county, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is enacted by authority of the same, That the Act entitled an Act to make the liquor license in Tattnall county, for all

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dealers, twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, and for other purposes, be amended, so that from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or offer for sale in Tattnall county any whisky, brandy, gin, rum, cordials, tonics, bitters and beers of all kinds or alcoholic beverages of any other kind in any quantity whatever, without first paying a license fee of twenty-five hundred dollars to the authorities of said county, and until the said person or persons so desiring to sell shall have first obtained the written consent of two-thirds of the freeholders living within three miles of the place at which the applicant proposes to sell, said freeholders being bona fide residents and having their dwellings or domiciles on their freehold within said area at the time of signing said consent, and also shall have resided therein for six months continuously prior to such written consent. Said written consent shall be filed by the applicant with the Ordinary at the time of making the application. Unlawful to sell or offer for sale, etc. Without paying license fee of $2,500. And obtaining consent of two-thirds of adjacent freeholders. Written consent to be filed with Ordinary. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. TROUP COUNTY, MANUFACTURE OF LIQUOR IN, PROHIBITED. No. 280. An Act to prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, except domestic wines, in the county of Troup, and to provide a penalty for any violation of the same. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to manufacture in any quantity any intoxicating liquors, domestic wines excepted, in the county of Troup. Manufacture of liquor prohibited. Except domestic wines. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia. Penalty., SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 16th, 1893.

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TITLE IX . MISCELLANEOUS. ACTS. Bibb County, Indexes to Records in Clerk's Office. Bulloch County, Regulating Peddling in. Burke County, Sale of Seed Cotton Prohibited. Cherokee County, Regulating Riding or Driving over Public Bridges. Floyd County, Insolvent Tax Digest for. Gwinnett County, Clearing out Running Streams, etc., in. Habersham County, Regulating Taking Stock into No Stock Law Districts. Richmond County, Limiting Insolvent Costs to be Paid Solicitor-General. Stewart County, Sale of Seed Cotton Prohibited. REQUIRING INDEXING RECORDS IN OFFICE CLERK SUPERIOR COURT BIBB COUNTY. No. 249. An Act to authorize and require the County Board of Commissioners for Bibb county to have prepared general indexes to certain records in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, to provide for the paying of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the County Board of Commissioners for Bibb county to have prepared, and they are hereby required and directed to have prepared, a suitable and convenient index upon an approved plan to all the records of mortgages and deeds to real estate in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county not already indexed under the Act approved September 26th, 1891, and also a general index upon a suitable and convenient plan to all of the minutes of Bibb Superior Court from the time of the establishment of said court up to the present time, which said general index shall be indexed under the name of the defendant, and shall show such facts as will be a ready and reliable guide to said minutes, and every entry thereon, both of which said indexes shall be

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kept in the office of said Clerk for the use of all persons desiring to examine the same. County Commissioners to have index prepared. To all records of mortgages and deeds not already indexed. Also to minutes Superior Court. Indexes to be kept in Clerk's office. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said County Board of Commissioners shall adopt such course as in their judgment will best secure the faithful and accurate performance of the work hereinbefore referred to at the least practicable expense to the county, said work to be paid for out of the county treasury upon the order of said County Commissioners, and not to exceed the total sum of $2,000. Provision and payment for the work. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said general indexes shall be completed as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county to keep the same up to date ever afterwards. When indexes completed Clerk to keep them up. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 12th, 1893. BULLOCH COUNTY, REGULATING PEDDLING IN. No. 338. An Act to provide for peddling in the county of Bulloch, defining the amount to be charged for license for same, prescribe and enforce a punishment for the violation thereof, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that it shall be unlawful for any one, except a disabled soldier of this State, to peddle, sell or vend, or offer for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise in the county of Bulloch and State of Georgia without first obtaining a license as provided by law. Peddlers must have license. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Ordinary of said county of Bulloch is hereby authorized and required to make the following charges and collect same before issuing said license, to wit: Each foot peddler fifty dollars; each peddler or peddlers on horseback fifty dollars; each peddler or peddlers using a one-horse wagon one hundred dollars; each additional horse fifty dollars; said license to be good for one year from the date of the same. License charges. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person violating the preceding sections shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the revised Code, one-half of the fine or fines collected to be paid to the informer. Penalty. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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BURKE COUNTY, SALE SEED COTTON PROHIBITED. No. 423. An Act to prohibit the sale of seed cotton in the county of Burke from the 15th day of August to the 1st day of December, and to provide a penalty for the violation of the same. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful to sell, buy or otherwise [Illegible Text] in seed cotton in the county of Burke between the 15th day of August and the 1st day of December of each year; provided , the provisions of this Act shall not apply to landlords or tenants who have the written consent of landlords to sell such seed cotton, nor to seed cotton sold under judicial [Illegible Text]. Sale, etc., seed cotton prohibited. From Aug. 15 to Dec. 15 Proviso as to landlords and tenants. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of this State. Penalty. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 22d, 1893. CHEROKEE COUNTY, REGULATING RIDING OR DRIVING OVER PUBLIC BRIDGES. No. 198. An Act to prohibit any person or persons from riding or driving faster than a walk upon any public bridge over the Etowah or Little rivers in Cherokee county, and to provide a penalty therefor, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ride or drive faster than a walk upon any public bridge over the Etowah or Little rivers in Cherokee county, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia; provided , that the county authorities of said county shall keep posted on both ends of such bridges a notice warning all persons not to ride or drive over such bridges faster than a walk. Unlawful to ride or drive faster than walk. Over Etowah or Little River bridges. Penalty. Notice to be posted. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 4th, 1893.

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FLOYD COUNTY, INSOLVENT TAX DIGEST FOR. No. 276. An Act to require the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Floyd county to cause an insolvent tax digest to be made out for the county of Floyd, comprising all the insolvent taxes reported since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Floyd county to procure at county expense, and cause to be opened in their office, a public record to be known as an insolvent tax digest, in which they shall cause to be entered by the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners, in alphabetical order, the names of all persons who have failed to return or pay their State and county taxes; including poll tax, for any year or years since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877, and who have thereby become defaulters in said county; said insolvent tax digest to be so arranged and kept as to show the year or years in which the default occurs and the amount thereof due by any person for each separate year. County Commissioners to have digest made. Entries to be made, etc. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in making up said insolvent tax digest it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to cause to be entered therein the names of all persons who may from time to time have been reported by the Tax-Collector of said county as insolvent or defaulters in making his returns to and settlement with said Board of Commissioners, and also all persons against whom nulla bona tax fi. fas. have been returned and filed by the levying officers of said county as provided by law; the purpose of this Act being to require said Commissioners to enter in said insolvent tax digest the name of each and every voter in said county who is now a defaulter either in the return or payment of any State, county or poll taxes that may have been required of him since the adoption of the Constitution of 1877. Names of those reported as insolvent or defaulters to be [Illegible Text] etc. Purpose of Act. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That when said insolvent tax digest is completed up to date, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to cause to be made additional entries or lists therein of the names of any and all persons who may thereafter be reported to said board as insolvent or defaulting taxpayers by the Tax-Collector of said county for any subsequent year, in his settlements with said board, thereby keeping insolvent tax digest up to date and keeping a correct record of all voters who have failed to return or defaulted in the payment of their taxes as aforesaid. Digest to be continued for the future.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall cause to be entered in said insolvent tax digest any and all credits that any insolvent or defaulting taxpayer may at any time be entitled to receive by reason of having paid his arrearages, or by reason of any corrections or credits having for any reason been allowed him by the proper anthorities; and shall also note in said digest the person to whom any such tax moneys may have been paid, the amount thereof, the year for which paid, and the disposition thereof; and shall also briefly note any reason why credits are allowed or corrections made in favor of any tax defaulter on said digest. And whenever collections are made of any amounts due by any defaulter, it is hereby made the duty of the Tax-Collector, Sheriff, Constable or other person making such collection to at once report the same to said Board of Commissioners or their Clerk, who shall promptly cause proper entries to be made in said insolvent tax digest, showing such payments and giving proper credits therefor, so that said digest shall at all times speak the exact truth in regard to the payment or non-payment of taxes by those who have been or may be in default in the payment thereof. Credits to be entered, etc. Collections to be at once reported. And entered on digest. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That it shall also be the duty of said Commissioners of Roads and Revenue to cause to be prepared and printed correct lists from said insolvent tax digest of the names of such tax defaulters as may appear thereon and whose taxes for previous years are then unpaid, said lists to be printed at county expense, and furnish the same to the election managers of each militia district in said county, at all State and county elections that may be held therein, said lists to be furnished to said election managers by or before the opening of the polls on any such election day. Lists from digest to be printed. And furnished to election managers. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners, under the direction and supervision of said board, to do whatever clerical or other work that may be necessary in properly, faithfully and promptly carrying out the purposes of this Act. The said Clerk shall receive as compensation for his services in making up and correctly keeping said insolvent tax digest, in addition to his regular compensation as Clerk of said board, the sum of $5.00 for every one hundred names entered thereon; and in the event of extraordinary service or labor in the preparation or keeping of said digest he may be allowed such additional compensation as the full Board of Commissioners may recommend and approve. Clerical work to be done by Clerk of board. His compensation. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 15th, 1893.

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GWINNETT COUNTY, CLEARING OUT RUNNING STREAMS, ETC., IN. No. 315. An Act to provide for the removal of obstructions of all kinds, other than dams used for operating mills or machinery of any kind, from the creeks and other running streams in Gwinnett county; to compel the owners of land in said county, in which said streams may flow, to remove said obstructions; to provide in what manner the same may be removed, when said landowners neglect or refuse to remove such obstructions, and to provide compensation therefor; to provide for the drainage of the lands in said county through which said streams flow, and the extension of drains or ditches through the lands of another, and to provide for the payment of all damages which may be sustained by such landowners through whose lands such drains or ditches shall be cut or extended, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act all landowners in Gwinnett county, Georgia, shall, during the months of July and August in each year, remove from the running streams of water upon their respective lands all obstructions, including trash, trees, timber rafts and other obstructions, except dams erected for the purpose of running machinery, or for fish ponds, which are excepted from the operation of this Act. Landowners to remove obstructions from streams. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any landowner in said county fail or refuse to remove the obstructions provided for in the first section of this Act by the 1st day of September in each year, then and in that event it shall be lawful for any adjoining landowner, after first giving said landowners so failing or refusing to comply with this Act ten days' notice of his intention to do so, to enter upon the lands of the owner so failing and refusing to do so, and to remove such obstructions, or have the same removed, and that the owner of such lands shall be liable to pay the party removing or having such obstructions removed reasonable compensation for such labor, for which he shall have a lien on all of the property of the party so refusing, to rank as and be in force as other laborers' liens are now in force under the law, and be enforced in the same way. When landowner fails or refuses. Adjoining landowner may act, etc. Landowner to pay. Lien for. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever a running stream is the dividing line between two landowners, and either of said owners shall fail or refuse to join the other in removing the obstructions provided for in the first section of this Act, or shall fail or refuse to remove them from his half of said stream, it shall be lawful for the other, after giving the notice required in the second section of this Act, to enter and remove, or have removed, such obstructions, and shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for one-half of such labor, to be collected as provided in the second section of this Act, and shall have the same lien as is herein provided for. When stream dividing line between landowners.

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SEC. IV. Be further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the owner of any land in said county of Gwinnett shall cut or dig any ditch or drain to the line of an adjoining landowner, and it shall be necessary to extend such ditch or drain through the lands of such adjoining landowner to a proper outlet in order to drain his lands, and such adjoining landowner refuses to extend such ditch or drain, or to allow the same to be extended through his or her lands, then and in that event it shall be lawful for the parties desiring to extend such drain through the lands of such adjoining landowner to a proper outlet, to do so at his own expense, and if the lands of such landowners be injured or decreased in value by reason of such ditch or drains, the party so injured shall be paid reasonable compensation by the party so ditching or draining through said lands, the amount to be determined by three freeholders of said county, to be appointed by the Ordinary thereof. Extension of ditches, etc., through land of adjoining owner. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That this shall not apply to any stream where it is the dividing line between Gwinnett and another county. Act not applicable to stream which is county line. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 18th, 1893. HABERSHAM COUNTY, REGULATING TAKING STOCK INTO NO STOCK LAW DISTRICTS. No. 193. An Act to make it unlawful for persons living in stock law counties, districts or sections, or any stock law districts of Habersham county, to take or drive their horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or other like stock into Habersham county, or from any stock law districts of Habersham county into non-stock law or fence law districts of said Habersham county for the purpose of allowing such stock to graze and run at large upon the uninclosed lands and natural pastures of said Habersham county, unless persons living in such stock law counties, districts or sections shall own lands in said non-stock law or fence law districts of said Habersham county, and provide penalty, etc, for violations of this Act. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That on and after the passage of this Act, that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons residing in stock law counties, districts or sections to take or drive their horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or other like stock into Habersham county, or from any stock law districts of said Habersham county into non-stock law or [Illegible Text] law districts of Habersham county, for the purpose of allowing such stock to graze and run at large upon the uninclosed lands and natural pastures of said Habersham county, or the non-stock law or fence law

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districts of said Habersham county, unless such person or persons living and residing in such stock law counties, districts or sections, or stock law districts of Habersham county, shall own and have in his or her own right and name in said non-stock law or fence law districts of said Habersham county five acres of land to each head of horses, five acres to each head of cattle, five acres to each or every five head of sheep, hogs or other like stock in proportion. Stock not to be taken, etc., from stock law districts or counties Into Habersham For grazing purposes, etc. Unless by one owning land in fence law districts. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons violating this Act shall be deemed guilty of a trespass, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882. Penalty. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 3d, 1893. RICHMOND COUNTY, LIMITING INSOLVENT COSTS TO BE PAID SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 395. An Act to limit and regulate the payment of insolvent costs of the Solicitor-General of the Augusta Circuit, for services in Richmond Superior Court, out of the treasury of Richmond county, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act, the Treasurer of Richmond county shall pay to the Solicitor-General of the Augusta Circuit, semi-annually, his bill of insolvent costs for services in Richmond Superior Court, upon presentation of itemized bill for same, audited and approved by the presiding Judge; provided , the sum paid shall not exceed, in any one year, the sum of two thousand dollars. Solicitor General to be paid not more than two thousand dollars. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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STEWART COUNTY, SALE OF SEED COTTON PROHIBITED. No. 339. An Act to prohibit the sale of seed cotton in the county of Stewart, to provide a penalty for the violation of the same, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful to sell, buy or otherwise traffic in seed cotton in the county of Stewart, between the 10th day of August and the 10th day of December of each year; provided , the provisions of this Act shall not apply to seed cotton sold under judicial process, nor to the delivery or surrender of seed cotton by tenant to his landlord in payment of rent or advancements, nor to seed cotton delivered by one tenant in common or joint owner to another in division of the crop. Sale, etc., seed cotton prohibited. Between Aug. 10 and Dec. 10. Exceptions. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of this State. Penalty. SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, nd the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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Part IV.Private Laws. ACTS. Emory College, Charter of, Amended. Gordon, B., et al. , Account for Relief of. Midway Meeting house, Election of Selectmen for. EMORY COLLEGE, CHARTER OF, AMENDED. No. 281. An Act to amend the charter of Emory College so as to make the resident Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of the State of Georgia, ex officio members of the Board of Trustees of the said college, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the charter of Emory College is hereby amended so as to make the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, residing in the State of Georgia, ex officio members of the Board of Trustees of said college. Bishops M. E. Church, South, members Board of Trustees. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 16th, 1893. FOR RELIEF OF BEIRNE GORDON, G. C. GAILLARD AND A. MINIS. No. 237. An Act to relieve Beirne Gordon, Captain commanding the Georgia Hussars, principal, and G. C. Gaillard and A. Minis, sureties, from the penalty of the bond by them executed June the ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and filed in the Adjutant-General's office on 18th day of June, 1891, to cancel said bond and surrender the same to the said Beirne Gordon, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Wm. M. Gordon, as Captain commanding the Georgia Hussars, a volunteer company, organized under the laws of the

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State of Georgia, did on the 30th day of April, 1883, enter into a bond with good security, conditioned that said volunteer company safely keep and properly use certain arms and accoutrements of the State, and surrender the same whenever required so to do by the Governor of said State; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Beirne Gordon, as Captain commanding the said Georgia Hussars, did, on the 9th day of June, 1891, enter into a bond with G. C. Gaillard and A. Minis, sureties on said bond, conditioned that said volunteer company should safely keep and properly use said arms and accoutrements, and return the same whenever required so to do by the Governor of said State, the said bond describing and covering the same property secured as above mentioned, which bond was duly filed in the Adjutant-General's office on the eighteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and WHEREAS, The aforesaid volunteer company since April the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, has been frequently called into the service of the State to suppress riots in the cities of Savannah and Jesup and upon other duties, whereby sundry articles belonging to the State have been lost; and WHEREAS, The natural wear and tear upon the aforesaid articles during ten years of service has been sufficient to cause others of said articles to be thrown away as unfit for use; and WHEREAS, In spite of due care and proper use of said arms and accoutrements by the officers and men of said volunteer company, the following articles are missing: Eight (8) Springfield carbines, three (3) carbine slings and swivels, sixteen (16) cavalry saddles, two (2) cavalry bridles, and eleven (11) sabre straps; and WHERES, Upon demand by the Governor the aforesaid Beirne Gordon has surrendered forty-two (42) Springfield carbines, forty-seven (47) carbine slings and swivels, twenty nine (29) cavalry saddles, forty-three (43) cavalry bridles, forty carbine boots (40) and twenty-nine (29) sabre straps; but neither the said Beirne Gordon nor the said G. C. Gaillard nor the said A. Minis are able to surrender the property described above as missing, in consequence of which the said bond is retained in the said office of the Adjutant-General at Atlanta, Georgia, until the aforesaid deficiency is made good, or until authorized to cancel and return the said bond by the General Assembly of this State SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Beirne Gordon, Captain commanding the Georgia Hussars, a volunteer company, organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, principal, and G. C. Gaillard and A. Minis, sureties, be relieved from the penalty of the bond by them executed June the ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and filed in the Adjutant-General's office, Atlanta, Georgia, June the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, which requires that the said volunteer company safely keep and properly use said arms and accountrements and surrender the same whenever required so to do by the Governor of said State; that said bond be cancelled by the proper official

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in due form, as if the full amount of the property of the State had been turned in, and that the said bond cancelled as aforesaid be forthwith returned to the aforesaid Beirne Gordon, Captain commanding the Georgia Hussars. Principal and sureties on bond for arms, etc., relieved from penalty. Bond to be cancelled. And returned. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 11th, 1893. MIDWAY MEETING-HOUSE, ELECTION OF SELECTMEN FOR. No. 337. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorperate the Episcopal Church in Savannah, called Christ Church, and the Independent Congregational Church or meeting-house at Midway, in Liberty county, and to authorize the Governor to grant charters of incorporation to other religious societies, approved December 23d, 1789, in so far as relates to the time and manner of electing Selectmen of said Midway meeting-house, and for other purposes, approved November 5th, 1889. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 1 of said Act shall be amended by striking out the word May wherever it occurs, and inserting in lieu thereof the word March, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That section 4 of the above mentioned Act shall read as follows: And be it further enacted, That the Selectmen shall hold their offices until the second Wednesday in March next, and on that day, and every second Wednesday in March, annually thereafter, the members now supporters of the Gospel in the said church or meeting-house shall convene therein, and then, between the hours of ten o'clock A. M. and five o'clock P. M., elect from among the members and supporters of the gospel in said church or meeting-house five fit and discreet persons as Selectmen, who shall be, and are, declared to be vested with all the necessary power to carry the purposes of this Act fully into effect.' Sec. 1 of Act of Nov. 5, 1889, amended. Elections to occur in March. Section as amended. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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Part V.Resolutions. Accepting Portrait Hon. D. N. Speer. Thanking Hon. J. L. M. Curry for Address, etc. Accepting Library Robert Battey, M. D. Discharging Certain Convicts from Penitentiary. Relief of A. L. Bartley. Honorary Commissioners Direct Trade and Immigration. Relief of A. Pinkus, Agent. Relief of Joseph Thompson. As to Compensation of C. P. Goodyear and Harbor Work near Brunswick. Payment to Date County of Expense of Executing Certain Convicts. Relief of W. W. Wood. Signing Bills, etc., and Bringing up Unfinished Business of the Session. Repeal of Tax on Circulation of State Banks, Tariff, etc. Examination of Fish-way in Savannah River by Fish Commission, etc. Employment of Counsel to Collect Claim as to Purchase Money for Cession Mississippi Territory. Authorizing Governor to Buy Northeastern Railroad. Striking Portion of Bill as to Public Schools for Statesboro. Advance of Portion of School Taxes to Glynn County. Settlement State Rights in Property Connected with Western and Atlantic Railroad. Relief of Alex. Sauceman. Thanking Hon. J. L. M. Curry for Address, etc. Refunding Money to Purchasers Wild Lands. Suspending Collection Certain Taxes in Glynn County. Sale Old Furniture, Carpets, etc., Belonging to State. Committee to Attend Commencement North Georgia Agricultural College. Relief of John H. Booth. Payment of Pension to Henry David. As to Making Pupils Technological School Self-sustaining. Salary Special Attorney for Western and Atlantic Railroad. Payment Committee to Investigate Books Treasurer and Comptroller-General. Committees Visiting State Institutions to be Paid Expenses, etc. Requesting Federal Appropriations to Experiment Stations. Payment of Stenographer, etc., to Committee to Investigate Treasury. Reopening Tax Assessment Augusta Southern Railroad Company. Paying Clerk of House and Assistant Secretary Senate for Certain Services. ACCEPTING PORTRAIT HON. D. N. SPEER. No. 15. A Resolution accepting the portrait of Daniel N. Speer, late Treasurer of the State. WHEREAS, The Hon. Daniel N. Speer was for four years the faithful and efficient Treasurer of the State of Georgia, and was during his whole life an honored citizen of this State, was characterized in all the relations of life by his integrity, capacity and fidelity; and Preamble.

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WHEREAS, His family has presented his portrait to the State Resolved , By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the State hereby accepts the portrait of the late Treasurer, Daniel N. Speer, and directs that the same be placed on the wall of the treasury in the capitol, and that it there be kept as a perpetual testimony of the honor and esteem with which his memory is treasured by the commonwealth. Portrait accepted. To be placed in State Treasury. Approved November 13th, 1893. THANKING HON. J. L. M. CURRY FOR ADDRESS, ETC. No. 16. Resolved , That the thanks of the General Assembly be tendered to Hon. J. L. M. Curry, agent of the Peabody and Slater funds, for the able address delivered recently before the General Assembly, and that one thousand copies of the same be printed for distribution throughout the State. Approved November 13th, 1893. ACCEPTING LIBRARY ROBERT BATTEY, M. D. No. 17. WHEREAS, Through his Excellency, William J. Northen, Governor of Georgia, Robert Battey, M. D., of the city of Rome, in this State, has tendered to this State his private library, consisting of several hundred, possibly one thousand volumes, to be delivered in Atlanta free of cost, as the beginning for a proposed medical alcove in the State Library; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The said Robert Battey, M. D., generously expresses his purpose to add to the liberal gift hereinbefore referred to; therefore be it Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that in the name of the people of Georgia the aforesaid gift be accepted, and that the Governor be requested to convey to Dr. Battey an expression of the high appreciation in which the donor and the gift will ever be held by the people of this State and by this General Assembly. Gift of library accepted. Resolved further , That the Governor be requested to take all steps necessary to the setting apart of an alcove in the State Library for the volumes donated by Dr. Battey, and for those which may hereafter be contributed by him and others. Alcove in State library set apart for. Approved November 25th, 1893.

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DISCHARGING CERTAIN CONVICTS FROM PENITENTIARY. No. 18. WHEREAS, It appears from the official records of the State of Georgia that there are convicts now in the penitentiary serving under sentences fixed by former statutes for crimes in this State; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Under the law as it now stands the maximum punishment for violations of same penal law of this State has been greatly reduced; therefore be it Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that when it shall be made to appear from the official records that any convict or convicts in the penitentiary of this State has served under a sentence fixed under former statutes the maximum punishment now fixed by law for violations of the same penal laws of this State, that the Governor be, and he is, hereby requested to issue his order to the Principal Keeper of the penitentiary of Georgia directing his, her or their discharge from said penitentiary; provided , that the conduct of such convicts has been good. Convict having served maximum of punishment as now fixed to be discharged. If conduct has been good. Approved December 1st, 1893. RELIEF OF A. L. BARTLEY. No. 19. A Resolution for the relief of A. L. Bartley. WHEREAS, A. L. Bartley, a citizen of Walker county, State of Georgia, did pay the sum of fifty (50) dollars, State tax, for the privilege of selling spirituous liquors in said county; and Preamble. WHEREAS, On account of the passage of an Act, 1890, which left the question of granting license in the discretion of the county authorities, said party was not allowed to, and did not, use said license for more than two months; therefore be it Resolved , By the General Assembly, that the sum of thirty-three and one-third dollars (33[frac13]) be appropriated to the above named party, and that the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to pay the same upon the warrant of the Governor. Liquor tax refunded. Approved December 11th, 1893.

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HONORARY COMMISSIONERS DIRECT TRADE AND IMMIGRATION. No. 20. WHEREAS, Southern Direct Trade has been started with all its benefits of commercial growth and choice immigration to be secured, in which Georgia is interested; therefore be it Preamble. Resolved , By the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, the Senate concurring, that the Governor is authorized to appoint from those active in the direct trade movement an Honorary Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of Direct Trade and Immigration to coperate with the movement and to have no emolument of any kind for salary or expenses, and to be subject to the regulation of the Executive. Governor to appoint. No salary, etc. Approved December 11th, 1893. RELIEF OF A. PINKUS, AGENT. No. 21. WHEREAS, A. Pinkus, agent, a citizen of Baldwin county, State of Georgia, did on the 4th day of January, 1892, pay one hundred dollars for State liquor tax for the purpose of carrying on a liquor business in the city of Milledgeville, State and county above named, from January the 4th, 1892, to December 31st, 1892, but failing to raise the five hundred ($500.00) dollars additional required by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Milledgeville, he, the said Pinkus, did not enter into the business of selling liquor; Preamble. Resolved , By the General Assembly, that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to the above named party, and that the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to pay the same upon the warrant of the Governor. Liquor tax refunded. Approved December 12th, 1893.

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RELIEF OF JOSEPH THOMPSON. No. 22. A Resolution for the relief of Joseph Thompson, of Fulton county WHEREAS, Joseph Thompson, of Fulton county, in April, 1889, became surety on the bond of Robert L. Reaves, of Clarke county, to answer the charge of simple larceny in Floyd Superior Court; and Preamble. WHEREAS, At the September term, 1891, said bond was forfeited and scire facias issued thereon, which was served on the surety; and WHEREAS, On the 24th day of April, 1893, final judgment was entered against the surety, said Joseph Thompson, for the sum of one thousand dollars, the penal sum named in said bond; and WHEREAS, The said Robert L. Reaves has voluntarily surrendered himself to the Sheriff of Floyd county, who now has him in custody; and WHEREAS, The said Reeves was absent from Floyd Superior Court at the September term, 1891, as he understood by leave of the Solicitor-General and sent a showing for a continuance at the April term, 1893, which reached said court after the bond was forfeited; Resolved , By the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that the said surety, Joseph Thompson, be, and he is, hereby released from all liability on said bond, and the judgment entered on the forfeiture of the same upon the payment of costs if any be due. Released from liability or bond R. L. Reaves, etc. Approved December 12th, 1893. AS TO COMPENSATION OF C. P. GOODYEAR AND HARBOR WORK NEAR BRUNSWICK. No. 23. WHEREAS, It is of immense importance to our country that its ports on the South Atlantic coast should be deepened for commerce in peace and for defence in war; and Preamble. WHEREAS, C. P. Goodyear, Esq., a citizen of Brunswick, Georgia, conceived the idea of creating a channel in the ocean bar of Brunswick with dynamite explosions, and has patriotically pursued the work with his own private means, assisted by the city of Brunswick, and encouraged by the Congress only to the extent of a conditional promise to appropriate a small sum for unusual results; and

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WHEREAS, It has been shown practically by the passage of vessels and by the evidence of experts of that harbor that from July 8, 1891, to date, he has increased the depth of the bar from 18.3 feet at mean high tide to 23.3 feet at mean high tide, the pilots and all skilled mariners using the bar concurring that the improvement is permanent in character; and WHEREAS, Under other methods the least cost of deepening an ocean bar, where the result has been permanent, has been more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) per foot, and in some instances costing as high as $4,000,000.00 per foot; and WHEREAS, The said Goodyear has exhausted his private means on this great work, has given to the nation a most valuable and economical idea and worked out for this harbor a grand result already, besides demonstrating that future like efforts will almost surely deepen the harbor to an extent required by commerce or required by the government for any of its future needs; Resolved , By the Senate of the State of Georgia, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Senators and Representatives from Georgia in the Congress of the United States be requested to bring this matter to the attention of Congress, without regard to past legislation, necessarily experimental, due to the novelty of the method employed, with a view to legislation which will adequately compensate Mr. Goodyear for the work accomplished to date, and appropriate conditionally, upon the procurement of additional depths, adequate amounts to enable Mr. Goodyear to continue this work. Congressional legislation to be sought. Approved December 13th, 1893. PAYMENT TO DADE COUNTY OF EXPENSE OF EXECUTING CERTAIN CONVICTS. No. 24. WHEREAS, On the 2d day of October, 1891, Abe Wayman, a State convict, was executed, after conviction, in the county of Dade, for murder; and Preamble. WHEREAS, On the 17th day of November, 1893, John Rutledge, a State convict, was executed for [Illegible Text] in the county of Dade; and WHEREAS, The expense of guarding, feeding, erecting gallows, etc., in the matter of two aforesaid State convicts was paid by the county of Dade, the same being a proper charge against the State; therefore,

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Resolved , That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of this State in favor of J. A. Cureton, Ordinary, etc., for the county of Dade, for the sum of three hundred dollars and ten cents, expense of guarding, feeding, executing, etc., the two aforesaid State convicts, which has been paid by the county of Dade. Expense of guarding, executing, etc., to be paid by State. Approved December 13th, 1893. RELIEF OF W. W. WOOD. No. 25. A Resolution for the relief of W. W. Wood, of Stewart county. WHEREAS, W. W. Wood, a disabled Confederate soldier living in Stewart county, opened a pool table three years ago and kept the same in operation without paying any license tax thereon during 1890, 1891 and the present year; and Preamble. WHEREAS, He was informed by the Tax-Collector that no license was demanded of him on account of the loss of his leg in the Confederate service, and cited the sixth paragraph of section 2 of the Tax Act as the authority which exempted him from the license fee for running said pool table; and WHEREAS, He has been called upon recently for the special tax due for each of said years, and is unable to pay the same; and WHEREAS, But for the information that no tax was required of him by the law, he would not have opened said pool table; be it Resolved , By the General Assembly of Georgia, that the said W. W. Wood be, and he is, hereby relieved of said special tax for the years 1890, 1891 and 1892, and the Comptroller-General will instruct the Tax-Collector of said county of Stewart not to collect the tax for said years. Relieved of special tax on keeper pool tables. Approved December 15th, 1893. SIGNING BILLS, ETC., AND BRINGING UP UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. No. 26. Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of

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Representatives be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the capitol five days after the final adjournment of the General Assembly for the purpose of affixing their official signatures to all bills and resolutions passed previous to said final adjournment, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Officers House and Senate to remain to sign bills, etc. Resolved further , That the Chairman, respectively of the Enrolling and Auditing Committees of the Senate and House, together with two members of each of said committees, to be designated by the Chairmen thereof, be, and they are, hereby authorized to remain at the capitol for five days after the final adjournment of the General Assembly for the purpose of bringing up the unfinished business of the session, and that they be allowed their per diem for said time. Enrolling and Auditing Committees to bring up unfinished business. Approved December 15th, 1893. REPEAL OF TAX ON CIRCULATION OF STATE BANKS, TARIFF, ETC. No. 27. WHEREAS, Great financial distress has prevailed, and is still prevailing throughout the country to such an extent as to demonstrate the necessity of the inauguration of a policy which shall be in the interest of the entire people of the United States, and the creation tion of an ample circulating medium uncontrollable by one class; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The immediate prospects of a return to the original Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue only necessitates an equitable substitute for the protection tax heretofore unjustly levied; Therefore , The Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, not assuming to usurp the functions of those upon whom is laid the duty of Federal legislation, but exercising, nevertheless, the privilege sanctioned by time-honored custom of expressing their views upon those matters within Federal control, which immediately affect the well being, the prosperity and the happiness of the people; do resolve First . That we hold it to be to the interest of the people of the United States that the Government of the United States should coin both gold and silver as the money of final payment, without discrimination against either metal, the dollar unit of coinage of which shall be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value. Coinage [Illegible Text] gold and silver without discrimination. Second . That indulging in no spirit of criticism, but on the contrary recognizing fully the integrity of purpose, and the

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patriotic desires which have animated and guided those who have honestly differed upon this vital issue, and looking solely to the future and to the momentous consequences which wait upon the action of Congress in this regard, we invoke, at the hands of those upon whom is laid the responsibility of its decision, the speedy determination of the future coinage of both gold and silver, and the future equality of both gold and silver coin as the money of final payment, to the end that the future prosperity and development of the country may be assured. Future coinage of gold and silver. Future equality of gold and silver as money of final payment. Third . That we hold it to be the constitutional right of the several States to enact their own banking laws, by which banking corporations within their borders shall be empowered to issue bank bills for circulation among their people for the necessary transaction of business; and that there is no constitutional right in the General Government to lay upon the States a prohibition against the exercise of such right, or to restrict, regulate or control the exercise of such right. Relief from tax on State banks. Fourth . That we hold that taxation, whether direct or indirect, is only justified as a means of raising revenue for the Government, and that, therefore, customs duties should be laid for the purpose of revenue only, and we indorse the present administration and the present Congress in their efforts to so readjust the tariff laws that they shall be upon a strict revenue basis only. Tariff for revenues. Fifth . That we favor the imposition by the General Government of an income tax, which shall be so graduated that the chief burden shall be laid upon large incomes, to the end that the wealth of the country shall bear its due share of the burden of supporting the Federal Government. Income tax. Sixth . That we request our Senators and Representatives in Congress, by their votes and influence, to endeavor to make effective the principles herein declared, by legislation to be enacted by the Congress of the United States. Senators and Representatives asked to forward purpose of these resolutions. Approved December 18th, 1893. EXAMINATION OF FISH-WAY IN SAVANNAH RIVER BY FISH COMMISSIONER, ETC. No. 28. Resolved , By the Senate, the House concurring, that the Fish Commissioner of this State is hereby directed to make a thorough examination into the subject of the disappearance of shad fish from the Savannah river, and all the causes therefor, including the alleged

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obstructions of the Augusta canal dam, the alleged insufficiency of the fish-way in said dam, and the alleged illegal use of wire nets in the river between Augusta and Savannah; and said Fish Commissioner shall make his report in writing to the Governor, who shall submit the same to the next General Assembly at its first session. Examination to be made. Report. Approved December 18th, 1893. EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL AS TO CLAIM FOR PURCHASE MONEY FOR CESSION MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. No. 29. WHEREAS, It is believed that the State has a claim against the United States Government, growing out of the cession of the Mississippi Territory to the United States, for the balance of the purchase money, which claim has been disputed and which various agents of the State representing said claim have been unable to collect; and, Preamble. WHEREAS, The interest of the State demands still further investigation of said claim and renewed efforts to collect the same; and WHEREAS, There is too much uncertainty about the collection to justify an appropriation for the purpose of having the same investigated and prosecuted; therefore be it Resolved , By the General Assembly of Georgia, that the Governor be, and is, hereby authorized to employ one or more competent attorneys to investigate and collect said claim; provided , that such employment shall not incur any liability to the State except such as may arise out of a conditional fee, which fee shall not exceed fifty per cent. of the amount collected, it being distinctly understood that the State shall not be liable for any expense or fees relative to said claim unless the same or some portion thereof be collected, and then only out of the proceeds of such collection. Governor to employ counsel. Compensation of. Approved December 18th, 1893. AUTHORIZING GOVERNOR TO BUY NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. No. 30. WHEREAS, The Northeastern Railroad Company has failed to meet the semi-annual interest due November 1st, 1893, upon its bonds indorsed by the State; and Preamble.

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WHEREAS, His Excellency, the Governor, in conformity to law, upon the happening of the contingency above recited, did, on the 15th day of November, 1893, seize and take possession of all of the property of said railroad; and WHEREAS, It is probable that it may be necessary for the Governor to sell said Northeastern Railroad and its equipments, and other property belonging to said company, as provided in the tenth section of the Act incorporating said railroad company and providing for the indorsements of its bonds by the State, approved October 27th, 1870; therefore be it Resolved , By the General Assembly of Georgia, that the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized, by himself or any one representing him, to bid for and purchase in the name of and for the State of Georgia the property so sold, if, in his judgment, such a course is necessary for the protection of the State's interest; provided , said property does not sell for as much or more than the amount due on the bonds indorsed by the State, together with all expenses connected with the seizing and operating of said railroad as provided in the above-mentioned Act. Governor authorized to buy if necessary to protect State. Proviso. Approved December 18th, 1893. STRIKING PORTION OF BILL AS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR STATESBORO. No. 31. WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 172 has passed the Senate and House, the said bill being one to establish a system of Public Schools for Statesboro; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The said bill contains words which probably renders some unconstitutional; and WHEREAS, The House by request of the author of the bill, and by joint resolution with the Senate, has returned said bill to the Senate that same may be corrected; and WHEREAS, The said words, all contained in section 8 of said bill, which are as follows: provided , that each child after having received the full share of the State public fund shall pay a fee not to exceed five dollars for the remainder of said scholastic year, or any part thereof, that said child might attend; therefore be it Resolved , By the Senate, the House concurring, that the above recited words be stricken from said bill. Certain words stricken from bill. Approved December 18th, 1893.

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ADVANCE OF PORTION SCHOOL TAX TO GLYNN COUNTY. No. 32. WHEREAS, Owing to the late epidemic, the House and Senate by joint resolution have suspended the collection of taxes in the county of Glynn, and have therefore made it impossible for the Tax-Collector of this county to honor the draft of the School Commissioner for the pro rata portion of taxes assessed for educational purposes on the property of the county of Glynn; therefore be it Preamble. Resolved , By the Senate, the House concurring, that the Hon. R. U. Hardeman, Treasurer of the State, be hereby authorized to advance the amount of $6,432, the county's portion of school taxes, and that the State Treasurer be instructed to hold the State School Commissioner's draft drawn for this amount, to be collected and carried back into the Treasury when the county Tax-Collector of Glynn has collected the county taxes under provisions of resolution heretofore adopted. Treasurer authorized to advance pro rata of school taxes, etc. Approved December 18th, 1893. SETTLEMENT STATE RIGHTS IN PROPERTY CONNECTED WITH WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD. No. 33. A Resolution to provide for settlement of the rights of the State in the various properties connected with the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and of encroachment on the rights of way of said railroad and to protect the free and unobstructed use of the rights of way of said railroad, and for other purposes. Be it resolved , By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the Governor and Attorney-General of the State are hereby authorized and instructed, as soon as practicable and from time to time when occasion may arise, to examine and inquire into all the various trespasses, encroachments and occupation of the properties connected with the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and of the rights of way of said railroad, which, on pages eighty and eighty-one of the printed report of the Special Attorney of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, have been referred for legislative direction, and shall also examine and inquire into all other trespasses, claims, encroachments, possession and occupation made, had

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or held of any property connected with said railroad in which the State has any interest, and also of all interests, claims or demand which any person or corporation may assert in and to any of the property or rights of way connected with said railroad other than that of the present lessees. Examination into trespasses, etc., upon property connected with W. A. R. R. Resolved further , That, after having so examined and inquired, the Governor and Attorney-General shall, after consultation with the Special Attorney of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and through said attorney effect, if possible, a settlement of each and every case of encroachment, adverse claim, occupation or right held against the interest of the State in such a manner and on such terms as will be fair and equitable, and will in their judgment best protect the rights and interests of the State in the matter at issue; provided , that such settlements and agreements shall be by consent of the lessees or made subject to the rights of the lessees under the contract of lease; provided further , that all such agreements and settlements shall not be final, but provisional only and subject to ratification by the General Assembly, and at the first meeting of the General Assembly after any settlement or agreement has been made in any case, the facts and details relating thereto shall, by the Governor, be communicated to the General Assembly for their action. Settlement as to. Resolved further , That after due and proper negotiation in any case, if no settlement be reached or without any negotiation if it shall be deemed best, the Governor and Attorney-General shall, if they deem it best to protect the interest of the State, advise and instruct the institution of legal proceedings, and when so advised the Special Attorney of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall institute and prosecute all proper legal proceedings necessary in his judgment to protect, define or determine the rights of the State in the subject-matter at issue. Suits for. Resolved further , That the Governor is hereby requested and directed to continue the employment of a Special Attorney for the Western and Atlantic Railroad until otherwise directed. His duties and compensation shall be the same as are provided in the Act approved December 20th, 1892, for such Special Attorney. Employment special attorney to be continued. Resolved , That if at any time the service of a Surveyor or Civil Engineer be required, the Governor is authorized to employ him and pay his service from the contingent fund, as he is also authorized to pay for any other necessary service or expense connected with said property and the litigation concerning the same. Surveyor or civil engineer may be employed. Approved December 19th, 1893.

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RELIEF OF ALEX SAUCEMAN. No. 34. WHEREAS, The State, by recent survey of the right of way of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, lays claim to property along said roadbed heretofore held by citizens of the State in ignorance of such claim; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Said right of way of the road is of the uniform width of sixty-six feet through the State, except through one lot of land, to wit, Number thirty in the Twenty-eighth District and third section of Catoosa county, which particular right of way was obtained by the State in 1841 from one Richard Jones; and WHEREAS, All record of such right of way was destroyed during the war, if it was ever on record, in Catoosa county, and, therefore, citizens could not have notice of any claim of the State to more than the ordinary width of right of way, to wit, sixty-six feet, which is the uniform width, except as to this particular lot; and WHEREAS, Said extra width of right of way is of no material value to the State, sixty-six feet bring ample for all railway purposes at this point; and WHEREAS, Dispensary proceedings have been commenced against Alex. Sauceman, a citizen of the county of Catoosa and a poor laboring man, who owns a house and lot encroaching on said right of way; said house and lot having been purchased by him in ignorance of any claim of the State to such extra width of right of way through this particular lot; the property he purchased having passed through more than five different owners' hands in the past twenty-five years, and is duly recorded at Ringgold, in said county, in the record of deeds, so that the full examination of title did not reveal to him any claims against this property; and WHEREAS, The extra width of right of way would include one-half of his lot and dwelling-house, and destroy the value of his property entirely, leaving a poor man homeless without any opportunity to recover the loss sustained from any one; therefore be it Resolved , By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the State's Attorney be, and is, hereby instructed to dismiss said dispossessory proceedings against the said Alex. Sauceman; provided , that the foregoing resolution shall not become operative until said Alex. Sauceman has filed, in the Clerk's office of the county, a full and complete disclaimer of title to said land; provided , the adoption of this resolution shall not in any manner affect any rights the present lessees may have in said property. Proceedings against Sauceman, etc. If he file disclaimer. Present lessees not affected. Approved December 20th, 1893.

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THANKING HON. J. L. M. CURRY FOR ADDRESS, ETC. No. 35. Resolved , That the thanks of the General Assembly be tendered to Hon. J. L. M. Curry, agent of the Peabody and Slater funds, for the able address delivered recently before the General Assembly, and that one thousand copies of the same be printed for distribution throughout the State. Thanks tendered. Copies of address to be distributed. Approved December 20th, 1893. REFUNDING MONEY TO PURCHASERS WILD LANDS. No. 36. A Resolution to refund the amounts, less taxes and costs, received by the State of Georgia from purchasers of wild lands in the State under the tax executions issued and illegally transferred to persons other than the owners or purchasers, by W. L. Goldsmith, then Comptroller-General. WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of executions issued for wild land taxes by the Comptroller-General of this State in the year 1877, and illegally transferred by him, certain lands were levied on and sold for taxes; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Said sales have been declared void and set aside by a decision of the Supreme Court of this State; and WHEREAS, The State has received its taxes and costs, as well as the balance of the purchase money remaining after the payment of such taxes and costs; therefore be it Resolved , By the General Assembly of Georgia, that the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the purchasers of the lands in said State sold under tax fi. fas. , illegally transferred, as aforesaid, to persons other than the owners or purchasers, by the Comptroller-General for the amount of the purchase money, less the taxes and all costs of sale, whenever satisfactory evidence is submitted to him that the person applying for said money was the bona fide purchaser of the land on which his claim is based, and that such applicant has been by reason of the illegality of said sale, dispossessed of such land or has filed a disclaimer of title in the office of the Comptroller-General; provided , it shall be made to appear to the

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satisfaction of the Governor that the person applying has not realized a profit from said land by sale of timber or otherwise, and upon the presentation of a certificate from the Comptroller-General and the Treasurer of the State that the amount has been received by the State and paid into the State treasury. Money to be refunded to purchasers at sales under illegally transferred tax fi. fas. When to be refunded. Approved December 20th, 1893. SUSPENDING COLLECTION CERTAIN TAXES IN GLYNN COUNTY. No. 37. A Joint Resolution of the General Assembly to suspend the collection of certain taxes levied for the county of Glynn for the year 1893. WHEREAS, There is now raging in the county of Glynn, in this State, an epidemic of yellow fever; and Preamble. WHEREAS, In consequence thereof, there is and has been in said county of Glynn a great depression and disorganization of business durinfi the present year; and WHEREAS, Many of the citizens of said county have been compelled to flee from the dreadful scourge, and those remaining are now in destitute condition, and have been for many months dependent upon the charity of the general public for subsistence; and WHEREAS, The universal depression in business in said county will likely continue for some time after the abatement of said disease, rendering its people unable to meet the pecuniary obligations imposed upon them as taxes for the current year; and WHEREAS, The enforced collection will result in great loss to the citizens of said county; be it therefore, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, Resolved , That the collection of all taxes levied for the State of Georgia in said county for the year 1893, save only such as are specially levied upon business and occupations, be, and the same is, hereby suspended until the first day of May, 1894, from which day fi. fas. may be issued for the collection of said taxes in the manner provided by law. Collection general State taxes for 1893 suspended. Until May 1, 1894. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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SALE OLD FURNITURE, CARPETS, ETC., BELONGING TO STATE. No. 38. A Resolution to authorize and require the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds to sell at public sale such old furniture and carpets, formerly used at the Executive Mansion and not now needed or in use, and to dispose of the proceeds arising therefrom. Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to sell at public sale, after proper notice, all the old furniture and carpets formerly used at the Executive Mansion and not now in use or needed, and that the proceeds arising from said sale be placed in the treasury to the credit of the fund for public buildings and grounds for 1894. Keeper Public Buildings to make sale. Disposition of proceeds. Approved December 22d, 1893. COMMITTEE TO ATTEND COMMENCEMENT NORTH GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. No. 39. Joint Resolution to provide for a joint committee of the Senate and House to visit the commencement exercises of the North Georgia Agricultural College. Resolved , by the House, the Senate concurring, that after the passage of this resolution there shall annually be appointed by the Speaker of the House a committee of three from the House, and by the President of the Senate a committee of two from that body, to attend the annual commencement exercises of the North Georgia Agricultural College, the same being a State institution and supported in part by State aid. Committee to be annually appointed. From House and [Illegible Text]. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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RELIEF OF JOHN N. BOOTH. No. 40. A Resolution for the relief of John N. Booth. WHEREAS, John N. Booth went security for R. F. J. Whitehead, indicted in Clarke Superior Court for a misdemeanor, in the sum of $150, and the said R. F. J. Whitehead failed to appear at said court according to terms of said bond because of sickness, and the said bond was duly forfeited, the reason for the non-appearance not being shown until after the forfeiture. After that time, but before the next term of the court, the said R. F. J. Whitehead was captured at the instance of the said John N. Booth, and was surrendered to John W. Weir, Sheriff and Jailer of Clarke county, and all accrued costs tendered with him at the next term of the Superior Court of said county. After the said R. F. J. Whitehead had been surrendered as before stated, a judgment absolute was taken on said bond, the said R. F. J. Whitehead in the meantime having given a new bond, attending court on the same, which judgment absolutely works a great wrong and injustice to said John N. Booth; therefore be it Preamble. Resolved , By the General Assembly of Georgia, that said John N. Booth be, and he is, hereby relieved of any and all further liability on said bond and judgment for forfeiture had thereon, except the legal costs up to the time of the surrender of said R. F. J. Whitehead, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Clarke county is hereby authorized and directed to mark said case settled and cancel said bond on the execution docket of said court, except the costs and charges aforesaid. Relieved from liability on appearance bond of R. F. J. Whitehead. Approved December 22d, 1893. PAYMENT OF PENSION TO HENRY DAVID. No. 41. WHEREAS, Heretofore, to wit: On the.....day of....., 1892, Henry David, a disabled Confederate soldier, of the county of Madison, returned to the Department of Pensions proper proofs of his disability, entitling him to the sum of fifty dollars; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The find appropriated had been expended before his claim was reached, although same was filed in time under the law; therefore

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Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of said Henry David for the sum of fifty dollars, amount due him as pension for the year 1892, under proof filed in time, and which was not paid for lack of funds, the appropriation having been exhausted; above sum to be paid upon presentation of proofs of his disability. Payment of pension authorized. Approved December 22d, 1893. AS TO MAKING PUPILS TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL SELF-SUSTAINING. No. 42. WHEREAS, A large number of young men in this State are compelled to deny themselves the advantages offered by the Georgia School of Technology, because of their inability to meet the expenses incident to a course in that institution; therefore be it Preamble. Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that the President of the aforesaid institution be instructed to give attention to this subject with a view to suggesting to the next General Assembly a plan by which young men of the class referred to may be able to work their way through the school. President of school asked to suggest plan. Approved December 22d, 1893. SALARY SPECIAL ATTORNEY WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD No. 43. A Resolution to appropriate $2,000.00 to pay for the services of a Special Attorney for the Western and Atlantic Railroad for the year 1894. Resolved , By the Senate and House of Representatives, that the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to pay for the services of a Special Attorney for the Western and Atlantic Railroad for the year 1894. $2,000 appropriated for salary for 1894. Approved December 22, 1893.

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PAYMENT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE BOOKS TREASURER AND COMPTROLLER-GENERAL. No. 44. WHEREAS, Under a joint resolution of the General Assembly, a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives was appointed to examine the books, vouchers, etc,. of the Comptroller-General's and Treasurer's offices; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Under said resolution the following committee did make said investigation: Corput of Senate, Persons of Senate, Render of House, Thomason of House, Stapleton of House, and their report has been made to this General Assembly; therefore be it Amount due members committee to be paid them. Resolved , That the committee named above be authorized to add to their pay-roll of this session the amount due each member as shown by the advances made to said committee by the Treasurer. Approved December 22d, 1893. COMMITTEES VISITING STATE INSTITUTIONS TO BE PAID EXPENSES, ETC. No. 45. Resolved , By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the several members of committees appointed by the Speaker of the House or President of the Senate, who have visited any of the State institutions, be paid out of the State treasury, on proper approval by the Auditing Committee, the actual expenses incurred by them in the discharge of that duty, such expenses including railroad fare and hotel bills paid out by such members but not including any per diem when Legislature was not in session. Committees to be paid actual expenses. Not including per diem. Approved December 22d, 1893. REQUESTING FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS TO EXPERIMENT STATIONS. No. 46. WHEREAS, The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States has reported adversely to the continuance of the Agricultural Experiment Stations located in every State of the United States and maintained by the Federal Government since 1888, and has omitted recommending any appropriation for the same for the current year; Preamble.

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WHEREAS, By a large expenditure of money by the citizens of Spalding county and this State the location for the Station in Georgia was purchased in good faith, trusting to the Act of 1888 for its continual maintenance, and is now being kept up at great benefit to the farmers and to the greatest industry in this section; Resolved , By the House of Representatives of Georgia, the Senate concurring, that the discontinuance of the usual appropriation would be of great detriment to the agricultural interests and a serious loss to the whole State, as well as a violation of the confidence under which said expenditure was made as aforesaid. Discontinuance of appropriation detrimental. Resolved , That we call the earnest attention of our Senators and Representatives in Congress to this omission, and ask that they use their best endeavors to have this item supplied in the appropriation bill as originally contemplated and kept up for the last four years. Continuance urged. Approved December 22d, 1893. PAYMENT OF STENOGRAPHER, ETC., TO COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TREASURY. No. 47. WHEREAS, Under a joint resolution of the General Assembly, the committee appointed to investigate the treasury were authorized to employ a clerk, etc.; and Preamble. WHEREAS, Said committee employed G. S. Finch as clerk and stenographer, who served said committee; and WHEREAS, The Chairman of said committee, A. F. Daly, advanced cash to pay for telegrams, etc.; Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that the sum of one hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to pay said G. S. Finch for his services, and the sum of twenty-one dollars is hereby appropriated to pay said A. F. Daly for cash advanced, and the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for said sums. Appropriation to pay stenographer, etc., to committee to investigate treasury. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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REOPENING TAX ASSESSMENT AUGUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. No. 48. WHEREAS, The Augusta Southern Railroad Company did, on the 20th day of February last, purchase at United States Marshal's sale the Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad; and Preamble. WHEREAS, The said Augusta Southern Railroad Company did not obtain possession of said railroad until the first day of May last; and WHEREAS, The blanks sent out by the Comptroller-General for tax returns were sent out previous to May 1st, and were not turned over to the new corporation, in consequence of which no tax return of said railroad was made by said Augusta Southern Railroad Company; and WHEREAS, Said railroad was assessed by the Comptroller-General from best information, which assessment is alleged to contain many unjust features in that property as included in said assessment which does not belong to said railroad company; be it Resolved , By the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that the Comptroller-General be, and is, hereby authorized and directed to reopen the matter of said assessment and make the same de novo as if no assessment had been made. Tax assessment to be made de novo. Approved December 22d, 1893. PAYING CLERK OF HOUSE AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF SENATE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES, ETC. No. 49. Resolved , By the House, the Senate concurring, that the sum of fifty dollars be paid to Mark A. Hardin, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the sum of thirty-five dollars be paid to H. H. Cabaniss, Assistant-Secretary of the Senate, for preparing and mailing to each member of the General Assembly an abstract of all the pending business before the General Assembly at the time of adjournment, as per resolution of the General Assembly. Payment for preparing, etc., abstract of pending business. Resolved further , That the sum of ninety-three dollars and twenty cents be appropriated to pay additional pages of the Senate who have served during the present session. Pay of additional Senate pages. Approved December 22d, 1893.

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TREASURER'S REPORT.

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EXHIBIT No. 1. Showing the Receipts and Disbursements at the Treasury of Georgia for Report Year Ending September 30th, 1893 . Balance in Treasury as per Report for year ending September 30th, 1892 $ 748,051 63 RECEIPTS. DISBURSEMENTS. From Auctioneers Tax, 1892 $ 429 00 On account of Academy Blind, 1892 4,000 00 From Auctioneers Tax, 1893 697 50 On account of Academy Blind, 1893 12,000 00 From Artist Tax, 1892 451 20 On account of Agricultural Department, 1892 2,500 00 From Artist Tax, 1893 901 90 On account of Agricultural Department, 1893 5,000 00 From Billiard Tax, 1892 1,759 00 On account of Civil Establishment, 1892 60,183 86 From Billiard Tax, 1893 5,401 00 On account of Civil Establishment, 1893 57,900 00 From Brewing Companies Tax, 1892 540 00 On account of Contingent Fund, 1892 10,459 57 From Brewing Companies Tax, 1893 1,890 00 On account of Contingent Fund, 1893 6,207 11 From Costs on fi. fas. 13 50 On account of Contingent Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1892 200 00 From Claim Against Citizens Bank 16,953 03 On account of Contingent Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1893 600 00 From Dividends on Stocks 2,871 00 On account of Contingent Fund Supreme Court, 1892 823 69 From Damages to State's Property Paid by City of Chattanooga 925 00 On account of Contingent Fund Supreme Court, 1893 845 85 From Dealers in Futures, 1893 2,900 00 On account of Clerk Supreme Court Cost 950 00 From Dealers in Cold Storage, 1893 1,811 66 On account of Chemicals, etc., State Chemist 1,000 00 From Express Companies Tax, 1892 1,920 67 On account of Deaf and Dumb Institute, 1892 4,250 00 From Express Companies Tax, 1893 1,805 30 On account of Deaf and Dumb Institute, 1893 14,250 00 From General Tax, 1891 81,270 97 On account of Direct Tax Refunded 6,000 00 From General Tax, 1892 1,926,954 69 On account of Experimental Station 2,680 47 From Hire of Convicts 25,000 00 On account of Geological Survey 6,650 58 From Insolvent Taxes 7,308 48 On account of Insurance Public Buildings, 1892 4,022 35 From Insurance Fees, 1892 296 00 On account of Insurance Public Buildings, 1893 3,067 72 From Insurance Fees, 1893 8,800 00 On account of Lunatic Asylum, 1892 47,499 99 From Insurance Agents, 1892 1,040 00 On account of Lunatic Asylum, 1893 150 000 04 From Insurance Agents, 1893 7,780 00 On account of Lunatic Asylum Trustees 1,938 24 From Insurance Companies Tax, 1893 48,772 62 On account of Library Fund 1,794 36 From Interest on fi. fas. 1,300 47 On account of Lessees, W. A. R. R. Claims 99,044 04 From Insolvent Cost Clerk Superior Court 222 50 On account of Land Scrip Fund, 1893 6,314 14 From Inspection of Fertilizer Fees 14,538 05 On account of Military Fund, 1892 5,149 53 From Liquor Tax, 1892 9,598 17 On account of Military Fund, 1893 14,851 86 From Liquor Tax, 1893 102,361 67 On account of Maimed Confederate Soldiers, 1893 185,000 00 From Lease of Oyster [Illegible Text] 459 00 On account of Normal School Visitors Expenses 107 19 From Moneys Refunded 15 00 On account of Overpaid Taxes Refunded 25,338 72 From Office Fees 1,677 46 On account of Penitentiary Fund (general account) 2,382 42 From Oil Inspectors Fees, 1892 3,916 30 On account of Penitentiary Fund (special account), 1892 445 73 From Oil Inspectors Fees, 1893 11,508 09 On account of Penitentiary Fund (special account), 1893 653 49 From Pistol Dealers Tax, 1892 620 00 On account of Printing Fund, 1892 894 53 From Pistol Dealers Tax, 1893 3,510 00 On account of Printing Fund, 1893 10,356 12 From Penalties Against Collectors 22 49 On account of Printing Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1892 364 00 From Railroad Tax, 1891 6,570 62 On account of Printing Fund Railroad Commissioners, 1893 402 09 From Railroad Tax, 1892 145,666 43 On account of Public Debt 280,230 00 From Rent Western Atlantic Railroad 385,011 00 On account of Public Building (repairs, etc.), 1892 4,435 41 From Rent Public Property 71 25 On account of Public Building (repairs, etc.), 1893 14,363 89 From Special Nostrum Taxes, 1891 22 50 On account of Solicitors-General [Illegible Text] 00 From Special Nostrum Taxes, 1892 655 30 On account of School Fund, 1892 947,001 71 From Special Nostrum Taxes, 1893 799 50 On account of School Fund, 1893 4,005 72 From Show Tax, 1892 3,445 00 On account of School Fund, 1894 1,191 65 From Show Tax, 1893 334 20 On account of Salary of Chemist 4,999 92 From Sale Supreme Court Reports 2,185 00 On account of Special Appropriations 113,957 10 From Sale of Laws 178 35 On account of Supreme Court Reports 6,000 00 From Sewing Machine Companies Tax, 1893 [Illegible Text] 00 On account of Trustees State University, 1892 102 23 From Surplus Sale Wild Lands 325 98 On account of Trustees State University, 1893 460 12 From Tax Specialists, 1892 63 00 On account of University of Georgia, 1893 8,000 00 From Tax Specialists, 1893 81 00 On account of University for Colored People, 1892 2,000 00 From Tax on Games, 1892 382 50 On account of University for Colored People, 1893 4,000 00 From Tax on Games, 1893 427 50 On account of Widows of Confederate Soldiers, 1892 3,900 00 From Tax Pawnbrokers, 1892 90 00 On account of Widows of Confederate Soldiers, 1893 243,600 00 From Tax Pawnbrokers, 1893 630 00 On account of Legislative Pay Roll Session, 1892 65,507 99 $ 2,464,188 42 From Tax [Illegible Text] Agencies, 1892 45 00 On balance in Treasury October 1st, 1893 1,139,837 45 From Tax Mercantile Agencies, 1893 450 00 From Tax Lightning Rod Dealers, 1891 62 50 From Tax Lightning Rod Dealers, 1892 182 00 From Tax Lightning Rod Dealers, 1893 225 00 From Tax Sewing Machine Agents, 1892 45 00 From Tax Sewing Machine Agents, 1893 1,095 00 From Tax Clock Peddlers, 1892 180 00 From Tax Clock Peddlers, 1893 229 00 From Tax Telephone Companies, 1892 1,761 00 From Tax Telephone Companies, 1893 1,791 50 From Tax Telegraph Companies, 1892 1,812 77 From Tax Telegraph Companies, 1893 1,266 29 From Tax Sleeping Car Companies, 1892 200 57 From Wild Land Tax 47 76 $ 2,855,974 24 $ 3,604,025 87 $ 3,604,025 87

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INDEX TO PUBLIC LAWS. A ADMINISTRATORS Foreign, may transfer stock, collect dividends, etc. 36 AGRICULTURE Commissioner of, to [Illegible Text] certain statistics 136 APPROPRIATIONS Academy for the Blind 10 Deaf and Dumb Institute 9 Deaf, Georgia School for the 7 Georgia, Sou. and Florida R. R. Co., refunding penalty 11 Georgia Normal and Industrial College 10 Public Printer 12 Railroad Commission, for office furniture, etc. 11 Ruddle, W. D., part amount paid liquor license 13 State Lunatic Asylum 8 ATLANTA LAW SCHOOL Graduates of may practice law 130 ATTACHMENTS OR GARNISHMENTS Commercial Notaries may not issue [Illegible Text] B BAILIFFS Special appointment 107 Special compensation 108 BANKS Circulation of notes by State 66 Incorporation of 70 Incorporation of, Act as to amended 78 BLIND Appropriation to Academy for 10

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BONDS, FORTHCOMING Measure of damages in suits on 123 BREWING COMPANIES Tax on 15 BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS Business of, Act regulating amended 90 BURN PROPERTY OF ANOTHER Threat to made crime 130 C CANAL COMPANIES Incorporation of 81 CHARTERS Amendment of those granted by General Assembly to divers corporations 89 Renewal of those granted by General Assembly to divers corporations 88 CITY COURTS Clerks of, Superior Court Clerks may be 106 Insolvent costs in, payment of 57 Judges of may practice law, and hear and determine criminal cases in vacation 57 Jurors in, number and service 54 CODE AMENDMENTS Secs. 282 and 283, jurisdiction County Courts 22 Section 452, transfer suits in Justice Courts 23 Section 943( a ), State Depositories 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 Section 1285, election precincts 29 Section 1328, Constable's elections 30 Section 1349, Trustees Lunatic Asylum, reports by 30 Section 1589, weights and measures 31 Section 1675, foreign corporations, recognition of by comity 32 Section 1675( a ), foreign corporations, ownership of land by 33 Section 1979, mechanies' and material men's lien 34 Section 2237, corporations, shares in certain to be deemed personalty 35 Section 2618, foreign executors, administrators and guardians, transfer of stock by, etc. 36

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Section 2706, deeds, attestation of when executed out of State 37 Section 3845, mileage of witnesses in criminal cases 38 Section 4371, seduction, punishment for 39 Section 4435, County Treasurers, embezzlement by 40 Section 4662, executions to be in private 41 CODIFICATION OF LAWS Act providing for 119 COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Report by of agricultural statistics 136 COMMON SCHOOLS County Boards of Education, qualification etc., of members 67 County Commissioners to be furnished offices 63 County Institutes, law as to amended 61 Teachers, payment of, disposition school fund, etc. 58 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS Peddling by without license 114 Relief of poor and infirm 19 , 118 CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENTS OF Confederate soldiers, relief of 19 General Assembly, change of time of meeting 20 Supreme Court, increase in number of Justices 17 CONSTABLES Elections for, managers of 30 CONTINUANCES Act regulating 56 CORONER Inquests by, act regulating 116 Physician to, in certain counties 111 CORPORATIONS Charters granted by General Assembly, amendment of 89 Charters granted by General Assembly, renewal of 88 Foreign, ownership of land by 33 Foreign, recognition by comity 32 Railroad employees, lien of for wages 91 Shares in certain to be deemed personalty 35 Towns, villages, etc., Act as to incorporation of repealed 65

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COUNTIES Drainages, condemnation of land by 112 COUNTY COURTS Jurisdiction of in civil cases 22 COUNTY TREASURER Embezzlement by a felony 40 COURT HOUSES Militia districts, Act as to amended 106 CRIMINAL CASES Judge City Courts may hear and determine in vacation 57 D DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE Appropriations to 9 DEEDS Attestation of, when executed out of State 37 Security for debt, relief of holders of 117 DIVORCE Residence, twelve months required 109 DRAINAGE Condemnation of land for by certain counties 112 E ELECTION PRECINCTS More than one in certain districts 29 ELECTIONS Constable's, managers for 30 Contesting, method of provided 124 Returns, larceny of 133 EMBEZZLEMENT By County Treasurer a felony 40 EVIDENCE Witnesses, law as to competency of amended 53

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EXECUTIONS OF DEATH SENTENCE To be private 41 EXECUTORS Foreign, may transfer stocks, collect dividends, etc. 36 EXPRESS COMPANIES Incorporation of 84 F FENCE Lawful, of wire, how made 129 FOREIGN CORPORATIONS Land ownership by 33 Recognition of by comity 32 FOREIGN EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND GUARDIANS Transfer stocks, etc., by 36 FORTHCOMING BONDS Measure of damages in suits on 123 G GAME Law for protection of amended 127 GARNISHMENTS OR ATTACHMENTS Commercial Notaries may not issue 117 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Time of meeting 20 GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Appropriation to 10 GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Appropriation to 7 GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS Reorganization, discipline, etc. 93 GOVERNOR Military staff of reorganized 102

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GUARDIANS Foreign, may transfer stock, collect dividends, etc. 36 H HANGING Death by to be in private 41 HOLIDAY Labor Day made a legal 115 I INQUESTS Coroner's, law regulating 116 INSOLVENT COSTS City Courts, from what funds paid 57 INSPECTORS OF OILS Compensation of 126 INSURANCE Business of, Act regulating amended 79 Business of, law regulating applicable to individuals, associations, etc. 81 INSURANCE AGENTS Tax on agents Industrial Life Companies 16 INSURANCE COMPANIES Incorporation of 73 J JURORS City Court, number of and service by 54 JUSTICE COURTS Jurisdiction, and time and place of holding, in certain cities 55 Transfer of suits in 22 L LABOR DAY Made a legal holiday 115

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LARCENY Election returns 133 LAWS Codification of 119 LEGISLATURE Time of meeting 20 LIBEL BY NEWSPAPERS Defined, etc. 131 LIENS Mechanics and material men 34 Railroad employees, for wages 91 LIQUORS Sale or soliciting sale in counties where sale prohibited 115 LUNATIC ASYLUM Appropriation to 8 Trustee's reports, time for changed 30 M MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA Conveyance of certain lands to authorized 64 MILITARY Georgia Volunteers, reorganization, etc. 93 Governor's staff reorganized 102 Graduates of institutions giving military training, appointment as Second Lieutenants 104 Naval Militia, law as to 100 MOB VIOLENCE Prevention of 128 N NAVAL MILITIA Establishment and government of 100 NEWSPAPER LIBEL Defined, etc. 131

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NOTARIES, COMMERCIAL Cannot issue attachments or garnishments 117 O OIL INSPECTORS Compensation of 126 P PHARMACEUTICAL BOARD Permanent licenses, grant by 107 PLEADING Act regulating 56 R RAILROADS Lien of employees of for wages 91 REFORMATORY PRISONS Establishment of by counties or municipalities 120 RICHMOND COUNTY ACADEMY Conveyance of certain land by 64 ROAD LAW Amended 125 S SCHOOLS Common, payment teachers, disposition funds, etc. 58 County Boards of Education, qualification, etc., members of 62 County institutes, law as to amended 61 County Commissioners to be furnished offices 63 Females to be admitted to State Normal School 63 SEDUCTION Marriage by seducer 39 SECURITY FOR DEBT Relief of those holding deeds as 117

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SHAD Taking by nets, seines, etc. 133 STATE BANKS Circulation of notes by 66 STATE DEPOSITORIES Establishment of in various cities and towns, 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 Law regulating 135 STATE NAVAL MILITIA Establishment, government, etc. 100 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Female pupils to be admitted to 63 SUPERIOR COURTS Brunswick Circuit, calendar for 46 Clerks of may be Clerks City Courts 106 Dooly county, terms changed 45 Dooly county, transferred to Oconce Circuit 45 Flint Circuit, calendar for 47 Floyd county, terms changed 49 Johnson county, terms changed 43 Tallapoosa Circuit, calendar for 48 Tattnall county, terms changed 44 Taylor county, terms changed 44 Terrell county, terms changed 47 SUPREME COURT Bail trover cases, fast writ of error to, in certain 50 Dismissal certain cases prohibited 51 Justices, increase in number of 17 Practice in, Act regulating 52 Reports of, certain volumes to be republished 109 SURETIES Judgments against in legal or equitable proceedings 131 T TAXES General tax Act amended, as to agents brewing companies 15 General tax Act amended, as to agents Industrial Life Insurance Companies 16 General tax Act amended, as to fixing date tax returns 14

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TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Incorporation of 86 THREAT TO BURN Property of another, punishment 130 TRADE MARKS, ETC. Union, protection of 134 TROVER Bail trover cases, fast writ error in certain 51 U UNION TRADE MARKS, ETC. Protection of 134 UNITED STATES Land ceded to for road purposes 110 , 132 W WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Code, Sec. 1589, amended 31 WIRE FENCES Lawful, when 129 WITNESSES Competency of, law as to amended 53 Mileage of in criminal cases 38

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Part II.Corporations. BANKS Atlanta Guarantee Savings Bank, name changed to Union Loan and Trust Co. 148 Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank, charter amended 148 Capital City Bank, charter amended 145 Chatham Bank, charter amended 145 Commercial Travellers' Savings Bank, name changed to Trust Company of Georgia 142 Shellman Banking Company, charter amended 150 Southern Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta, name changed to Southern Banking and Trust Company 149 State Savings Association, charter amended 150 RAILROADS Brunswick, LaGrange and Northwestern Railroad Company, charter amended 140 Electric Railway Company of Savannah, charter amended 139

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Index to Local and Private Laws. A ABBEVILLE New charter for 154 AILEY Town of, incorporated 160 AMERICUS School law amended 413 APPLING COUNTY County Court re-established 371 Registration law amended 393 ATHENS Registration in, oath of applicant for 163 ATLANTA Charter amended 173 , 175 City Court, amount which may be paid Solicitor by county 372 Corporate limits to embrace West End 164 Registration for 172 AUBURN Town of incorporated 183 B BAKER COUNTY Registration law for 394 BERRIEN COUNTY Protection of fish in 388 BIBB COUNTY Indexing public records 478

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BLACKSHEAR Liquor license increased 476 Public school system for 415 BOLTON Town of incorporated 187 BOSTON Charter of amended 190 Public school system for 417 BRYAN COUNTY Road system for 467 BULLOCH COUNTY Peddling in 479 BULLOCHVILLE Town of incorporated 192 BURKE COUNTY Seed cotton, sale prohibited 480 Treasurer's compensation 356 BUTTS COUNTY County Court abolished 372 C CAIRO Charter of amended 196 CANTON Public school system for 419 CARROLL COUNTY City Court of, jurisdiction limited and Judge allowed to practice law 373 Distilled spirits, manufacture and sale prohibited 472 CATOOSA COUNTY County Commissioners and Clerk to, compensation of 358 Domestic wine, sale of 473 Election managers for 357 Game and fish law 389 Sheriff's bond 357

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CHATHAM COUNTY Registration law for 396 CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY Registration law for 396 CHEROKEE COUNTY Public bridges, riding or driving over 480 CLARKESVILLE Charter of amended 197 CLINCH COUNTY County Commissioners, old law as to restored 359 COLQUITT COUNTY Seining in waters of prohibited 390 COLUMBUS Police Commission for 198 COMER Town of incorporated 199 CONYERS Charter of amended 200 Public school law amended 421 CORNELIA Charter of amended 201 COWETA COUNTY Prohibition law repealed 474 CUBANA CITY Incorporated 202 D DADE COUNTY Game law for 1037th district, G. M. 390 DAWSON Charter amended 204

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DECATUR Charter amended 206 DEKALB COUNTY City Court for established 373 Sheriff's pay for feeding prisoners 360 DODGE COUNTY Game law for 391 DOOLY COUNTY County Court, disposition fines, etc. 382 DUBLIN Charter for city of 210 E EAST POINT Charter amended 218 School bonds, issue of 422 ECHOLS COUNTY County Commissioners for 360 Registration law amended 399 EFFINGHAM COUNTY County Court for 383 Liquor license in 474 ELBERTON Electric lights and water-works for 219 ELKO Sale schoolhouse to town of, etc. 423 EMORY COLLEGE Charter of amended 487 F FLOYD COUNTY Insolvent tax digest for 481

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G GAINESVILLE Charter of amended 220 GORDON, BEIRNE AND OTHERS Relief of 487 GWINNETT COUNTY Clearing out streams, etc. 483 H HABERSHAM COUNTY Live stock, taking into, etc. 484 HAYNE Town of incorporated 221 HOGANSVILLE Public school system for 425 I IRWIN COUNTY Registration law amended 400 J JESUP Charter of amended 222 Public school system for 425 JUG TAVERN Reincorporated as City of Winder 223 L LAURENS COUNTY Board County Commissioners established 362 LAWRENCEVILLE Public school system for 428 LIBERTY COUNTY County Commissioners' minutes, publication of 363 Registration law amended 401

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LOCUST GROVE Town of incorporated 233 LOUISVILLE Public school system for 431 LOUVALE Town of incorporated 237 M MACON Corporate limits extended 266 New charter for 240 MACON COUNTY Registration law for 401 MANCHESTER Corporate limits extended. 266 MARIETTA Public school law amended 434 McDONOUGH Public school system for 436 McINTOSH COUNTY County Commissioners, selection of 364 County Commissioners, selection of, Act amended 364 MILAN Act incorporating repealed 269 MIDWAY MEETING-HOUSE Selectmen, election of 489 MILNER School bonds, issue of 439 MILTON COUNTY Road law repealed 470 MITCHELL COUNTY County Court, salary Judge 384

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MORGAN COUNTY Convicts, disposition of 384 MURRAY COUNTY Board County Commissioners, Act as to amended 365 N NELLIEVILLE Town of incorporated 269 NEWNAN New charter for 272 NORTH ROME Public school system for 441 O OCHLOCHNEE Liquors, sale of regulated 283 P PATTERSON Town of incorporated 284 PIERCE COUNTY Liquor license increased 476 POWELLVILLE Town of incorporated 284 PULASKI COUNTY Board County Commissioners abolished 366 Q QUITMAN COUNTY County Court established 385 R RHINE Liquors, sale of regulated 289

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RICHMOND COUNTY City Court Act amended 386 Insolvent costs Solicitor-General 485 ROCHELLE School bonds, issue of 442 ROME Borrow money, authority given 290 Boundary of altered 289 RUTLEDGE New charter for 291 S SAINT CHARLES Town of incorporated 322 SAVANNAH Elections in, Act regulating 296 Electric light plant, authority to own, etc. 306 Poles on thoroughfares, authority to tax 307 SCHLEY COUNTY Game tax, repealed 392 SEVILLE New charter for 307 SHARPSBURG Charter of amended 313 SOCIAL CIRCLE School bonds, issue of 443 SPARTA New charter for 316 STATESBORO Public school system for 446 STEWART COUNTY Seed cotton, sale of prohibited 486

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STONE MOUNTAIN New charter for 324 SUMMERVILLE Charter of amended 332 T TALLULAH FALLS Charter of town of amended 334 TATTNALL COUNTY Liquors, sale of in regulated 476 Registration law for 403 TAYLOR COUNTY County Court Act amended 387 TERRELL COUNTY County Commissioners, Act as to amended 366 THOMAS COUNTY Registration law amended 407 THOMASVILLE Public school system for 450 TRENTON Charter of amended 335 TROUP COUNTY Liquors, manufacture in prohibited 477 U UPSON COUNTY Fish, Act as to protection of repealed 392 V VALDOSTA Public school system forr 453 W WARESBORO New charter for 335

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WARM SPRINGS Village of incorporated 345 WARRENTON Public school system for 460 WASHINGTON School bonds, issue of 463 WAYCROSS Charter of amended 347 School bonds, issue of 457 School law amended 459 WAYNESBORO New charter for 348 Public school system for 464 WEBSTER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners, Act as to amended 368 WHITFIELD COUNTY Road law amended 470 WILCOX COUNTY Registration law for 410 WILKES COUNTY Board County Commissioners established 368 WOOLSEY Town of incorporated 353 WRIGHTSVILLE Charter of amended 354

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Index to Resolutions. AUGUSTA SOUTHERN R. R. CO. Reopening tax assessment 511 BARTLEY, A. L. Relief of 492 BATTEY, ROBT., M. D. Accepting library 491 BOOTH, JNO. H. Relief of 507 BRUNSWICK As to harbor work near, and compensation C. P. Goodyear 494 CLERK OF HOUSE AND ASS'T SECT'Y SENATE Payment for certain services 511 COMMITTEES VISITING STATE INSTITUTIONS To be paid expenses 509 CURRY, HON. J. L. M. Thanking for address, etc. 491 , 504 DADE COUNTY Payment to of expense of executing certain convicts 495 DAVID, HENRY Payment pension to 507 DIRECT TRADE AND IMMIGRATION Honorary Commissioners 493 Discharging certain convicts from penitentiary 492 EXPERIMENT STATIONS Requesting Federal Appropriations for 509

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FISH WAY IN SAVANNAH RIVER Examination by Fish Commissioner 498 GLYNN COUNTY Advance portion school taxes to 501 GLYNN COUNTY Collection certain taxes suspended 505 MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY Employment of counsel to collect State claim as to 499 NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD Authorizing Governor to buy 499 NORTH GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Committee to attend commencement 506 PINKUS, A., AGENT Relief of 493 SALE OLD FURNITURE, ETC Property of State 506 SAUCEMAN, ALEX Relief of 503 SPEER, HON. D. N. Accepting portrait of 490 STATE BANKS Repeal of tax on circulation of tariff, etc 497 STATESBORO Striking portion of bill as to public schools for 500 TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL As to making pupils of self-sustaining 508 THOMPSON, JOSEPH Relief of 494 TREASURER AND COMPTROLLER-GENERAL Payment Committee to investigate books of 509

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TREASURY Payment Stenographer Committee to investigate 510 UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF SESSION Bringing up, etc. 496 WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD Salary special attorney, as to 508 WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD Settlement State rights in property connected with 501 WILD LANDS Refunding money to certain purchasers of 504 WOOD, W. W. Relief of 496