Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Georgia Law, Georgia Georgia. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia MILLEDGEVILLE 18261100 English

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ACTS OF THE General [Illegible Text], OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, [Illegible Text] IN [Illegible Text] AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOV. AND DEC. 1826. 18261100 18261200 MILLEDGEVILLE: PRINTED BY CAMAK RAGLAND 1826.

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ACTS OF THE General [Illegible Text] OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1826. Academies. AN ACT to appoint Trustees for the poor school fund in the county of Ware, and to vest the fund of Ware county Academy in the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the [Illegible Text] school fund, and the fund set apart for academical purposes for the county of Ware, be consolidated and the dividends which hereafter may be due the poor school and academical funds of said county, be altogether a poor school fund for the county of Ware aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority of the same, That William R. Towler, William P. Dennison, James Jones, (little) Frederick [Illegible Text], and James Jones, (school-[Illegible Text]) be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the poor school, [Illegible Text] of the county [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], with power to receive from the proper authority holding the academical or poor school fund that by right should belong to the county of Ware

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aforesaid, or from the inferior court, or all or either of them, who have or hereafter may have or hold within hands, any part of the academical or poor school funds. And that the said William R. Towler, William Dennison, James Jones, (little) Frederic Carson, and James Jones, (school-master) and their successors in office are hereby declared to be a body corporate under the name and style of the Trustees of the poor school fund of the county of Ware, with full power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in the name and style aforesaid, and to hold property. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the trustees aforesaid shall appoint a treasurer who shall not be one of their board, and who shall give bond to the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, in a sufficient sum to secure the amount of money to be placed in his hands, for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the children entitled to the benefit of the poor school fund of this State; by an act entitled an act to alter and amend an act, passed the twenty third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, to distribute the bank dividends and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund, among the different counties of this State, shall receive the benefits of this fund according to the manner pointed out in said act, so far as it does not militate against this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, When any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any member of the board of trustees, the same shall be filled by the remaining trustees: Provided, that a majority of trustees for the time being shall be necessary to constitute a choice. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating [Illegible Text] this act, be, and the same, are hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT, to be entitled an act, to consolidate the academical and poor school fund set apart for [Illegible Text] county and the same become a poor school fund. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in [Illegible Text] Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that immediately after the passage of his act, the [Illegible Text] fund set apart for Decatur county, and [Illegible Text] poor school fund for the same, be and the same is hereby set apart and

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consolidated, and become a poor school fund for said county, subject to be drawn by the Justices of the Inferior court of said county, said sum or sums so drawn by said Justices, shall be by them placed in the hands of the county treasurer, subject to the call of said Justices, and by them applied to the education of poor children; annual returns to be made by said Justices to his excellency the Governor. Assented to, 27th December. 1826. AN ACT, to amend an act, entitled an act, to incorporate the De Kalb county Academy, passed and approved the twentieth December, [Illegible Text] hundred and twenty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Samuel T. Bailey, Zachariah Hollaway, William Ezzard, Joseph Morris, Joseph D. Shoemate, Reuben Cone, James Blackstocks, William Towns, Merrell Collier, Samuel Prewett, and James M C. Montgomery, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the De Kalb county academy, and that any five of said trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever a vacancy shall happen by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the remaining trustees. Provided, that a majority [Illegible Text] all the members present shall be necessary to a choice. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer and such other officers as they shall deem necessary, and shall require of such officers bond and security in such sum they shall think proper, and shall have power to remove all such officers and appoint others in their stead, when in their judgment the interest of the institution may require it. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and resolutions repugnant to, or militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 20th December, 1826.

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AN ACT to authorise and empower the Trustees or Commissioners of Columbia County Academy, to soil certain real estate belonging to said Institution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the trustees or commissioners of the said academy, be, and they are hereby authorized to sell and convey in such manner as they may deem most to the advantage of the said institution, forty acres of land belonging to the said institution situated in Columbia county, adjoining on all sides lands of Thomas N. Hamilton and the estate of Neil Dougherty, deceased, the same being a donation by James Hamilton, Esq deceased, and conveyed by him in his life time to the former trustees of said academy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees or commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey in such manner as they may deem most for the interest of said institution not exceeding fifteen half acre lots of land to be laid off on the eastern and southern parts of the tract of land on which the said academy is building, and on that part of the said tract of land which is near the court house lot, and adjoining to the public road leading from the court house to the town of Wrightsborough, the same being a part of the land conveyed by the late William Appling to the former trustees of the said academy. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to appoint Trustees for the poor school fund in Tatnall county, and vest the funds of the Tatnall county academy in the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the poor school fund and the fund set apart for academical purposes for the county of Tatnall be consolidated, and the dividends which may hereafter by law be due the poor school and academical fund for said county, be altogether a poor school fund for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Daniel Brinson, William Clifton, jr. Roderick McKiness, Thomas Archer, William Tippins,

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Henry Strickland, and Elijah Mattox, jr. be and they are hereby appointed trustees for the poor school fund for the county aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any debts and demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, and also of recovering the issues and profits of the same or any part or parcel thereof. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, or removal of any of the trustees, said vacancy shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out in their regulations at their first meeting after the passage of this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond and approved security to the said trustees for the time being and their successors in office, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the same, be and they are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to establish and fix the name of the Female Academy in the county of Elbert, and to incorporate the Trustees thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That immediately from and after the passing of this act, the female academy at Elberton in the county of Elbert, shall be called and known by the name of the Elberton Female Academy, and that Richard Fortson, William A. Hering, Thomas Jones, Benajah Houston, and Thomas J. Heard and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Elherton Female Academy, and as such body politic and corporate, shall be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust confided to them; that they shall be invested with all manner of property both real and personal, which shall be acquired by gift, purchase, or otherwise for the use and benefit of

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the said academy; shall be capable of sueing and being sued, of having and using a common seal, and they the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall have the privilege of making their own bye-laws: Provided, they contain nothing repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, and of filling all vacancies in their own board, which may be occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Crawfordville Academy in the county of Taliaferro, and to appoint trustees for the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Hermon Mercer, Archibald Gresham, R. Q. Dickinson, Wyllie Womack, and Leonidas B. Mercer, be and they are hereby appointed, they and their successors in office shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and under the title of Trustees of Crawfordville Academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, all money and specialties belonging, or in any wise appertaining to the said institution Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to make such bye laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, That such bye laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, and that they be intrusted with all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the use aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded,

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and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, and also of recovering the rents, issues and profits of the same, or any part or parcel thereof. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, or removal of the trustees of said academy, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may appoint, in conformity to their bye-laws and regulations thereof. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond and approved security to the said board of trustees for the time being and their successors in office, in whatever amount they may deem adviseable for the faithful discharge reposed in him. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed as to dissolve the affinitive relations between said institution and the Senatus Academicus of this State, but the same shall be construed as amenable to, and entitled to participate in all the advantages now by law derived from the same. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to appoint trustees of the Poor School fund in Appling county, and vest the fund of the Appling County Academy in the same, and to repeal the 3d section of an Act passed the 24th of December, 1825, entitled an Act to add that part of the proceeds heretofore set apart for the support of the County Academies to the free school fund, so far as respects the counties of Chatham, Irwin, Telfair and Ware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the poor school fund set apart for academical purposes for the county of Appling be consolidated, and the dividends which may hereafter by law be due the poor school funds and the academical fund of said county, be altogether a poor school fund for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Henry Hagan, Solomon Mobley, Richard Strickland, Edmond Matthews, and Bryant Lane, be appointed trustees of the poor school fund for the county aforesaid, with full power to receive of the commissioners or trustees of the

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academy of the county aforesaid, and from the treasury of the State, money now belonging to, or hereafter to belong to the poor school and academical funds of said county, and that the said Henry Hagan, Solomon Mobley, Richard Strickland, Edmund Matthews and Bryant Lane and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the trustees of the poor school fund of Appling county, with full power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in the name and style aforesaid, to hold property and choses in action of all kind. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall appoint a treasurer who shall not be one of the trustees aforesaid, and who shall give bond to the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, in a sufficient sum to secure the amount to be placed in his hands for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the children entitled to the benefit of the poor school fund of this State, by an act to alter and amend an act passed the twenty third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty two, to distribute the bank dividend and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund amongst different counties in this State, shall receive the benefits of this fund according to the manner pointed out in said act, so far as it does not militate against this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, or removal without the county of any of the trustees of said poor school fund, the same shall be filled by the remaining trustees: Provided, that a majority of the votes of all the trustees for the time being shall be necessary to constitute a choice, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 6. And be it furthet enacted, That the 3d section of a law passed twenty fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, entitled an act to add that part to the funds heretofore set apart for the support of county academies to the free school fund, so far as respects the counties of Chatham, Irwin, Telfair and Ware, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Butts county Academy, in the town of Jackson, and to authorise the justices of the inferior court of said county to select and convey to the trustees of said academy, a suitable lot for said institution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the

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authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, David [Illegible Text], Robert Brown, William V. Burney, John McMichael, Abel L. Robinson, Samuel Lovejoy, and James Harkness, are appointed, and they and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body coporate by the name and title of the Trustees of the Jackson Academy, with the [Illegible Text] of having and using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate, in the manner they may think best suited to promote the interest of said institution, all monies and specialities belonging, or in anywise appertaining to said institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said Academy: Provided, such bye laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this Stateand that they shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatever, which may belong to said institution, by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, [Illegible Text] or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the proper use, benefit, and behoof of said academy. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said institution and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being [Illegible Text], and using all manner of lawful means for recovering or defending any property, debts, or demands whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be, and is hereby made the duty of said trustees, to lay before the grand jury at the first term of the superior court of said county in each year, a full and correct statement of the situation and investments of the funds of said institution, in such manner and form as they may think proper, or said jury recommend; and the said returns shall by the said jury be delivered to the clerk of said court, and remain in his office until the general election next ensuing, when it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver the same to the senator of said county, to be by him laid before the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]. when thereunto required. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees be, and they are hereby required, to appoint one person separately from their board, as treasurer, and to take good and sufficient security for the faithful performance of the duties required of him, in such manner as will effectually secure said institution against any loss which might happen by his misconduct, and the said treasurer shall receive out of the academy fund such compensation for his services as the board of trustees may think proper.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said academy, or a majority of them, shall have full power to appoint a secretary, under such restrictions as may to them appear suitable and proper, and to allow him such compensation as will renumerate him for his servicesalso to fill all vacancies that may occur in any of the offices of said institution by death, resignation, or otherwise. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the inferior court of said county, or a majority of them, shall be fully authorised to convey to the trustees of said academy, and their successors in office, a fee simple title to a lot in the town of Jackson, [Illegible Text] exceeding five acres, to be selected by the said Inferior Court for the before named purposes. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend and explain an act, entitled an Act to incorporate the Henry County Academy, and to appoint trustees for the samepassed the ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said act shall be so construed as to authorise and empower the trustees of said Academy and their successors in office, to sell and convey in fee simple titles, any lot or lots of land or real estate, which they do now, or may hereafter possess, by virtue of any private donation whatever, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the benefits of said institution, as by said act of incorporation provided for. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act, and all other acts as militate against the true intent and meaning of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Towaliga Academy, in Monroe county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the Academy in Monroe county, now known and called by the name of Towaliga Academy, shall be known and called by that name, and that [Illegible Text] Phillips, John C. Willis, Merideth Kendrick, John B. Vardeman, and William Ham, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Towaliga Academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said Academy: Provided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, and for that purpose, may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said Academy. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the trustees of Towaliga Academy, the survivors or remaining trustees shall fill the same, in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate Monaghan Academy, in Warren county, and Brockman United Academy, in Green county, and to appoint Trustees for said Academies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That Turner Persons, John C. Turner, Samuel Pitts, Robert Palmore, and Thomas Gibson be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the [Illegible Text] Academy, in Warren county, with the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect a suitable edifice for the promotion of literature, all monies and specialities belonging, or in any wise appertaining to said institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as they may deem necessary for the government of said Academy: Provided, that such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution of this State and the laws thereof, and that they [Illegible Text] intrusted with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed or transferred to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the use aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall be capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and detending the property, debts or demands in right of said institution. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, in the board of trustees, the remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall fill such vacancy as they in their bye-laws may direct. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to elect a treasurer who shall give bond with approved security to the said board of trustees for the time being and their successors in office, in whatever sum they may deem advisable, for the faithful discharge of the duties reposed in him. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to dissolve the affinitive relation between said institution and the Senatus Academicus of this State, but the same shall be construed as amenable to and entitled to participate in all the advantages now by law derived from the same. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, William Redd, Abraham Greer, John High, Joel Hunt, William McWhorter, John S. Penn, and James Brockman, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Trustees of Brockman United Academy, in Greene county: and the said trustees and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be capable

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and liable in law, of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have and hold real and personal property for the use and benefit of said Academy. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, shall have power to fill all vacancies which may happen in their board by death, resignation, or otherwise, and to make all necessary bye-laws, rules and regulations for the interest and government of said institution, and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, may appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office, for improper conduct or neglect of duty: Provided, such bye laws, rules and regulations, be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this StateAnd that five of the aforesaid trustees shall be sufficient to form a board for the transaction of the business of said institution. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate Arthur Academy, in Oglethorpe county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Barnabas Arthur, John Townsend, Jesse Bell, William Bugg, and Emanuel Zuber, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Arthur Academy, in Oglethorpe county: and the said trustees are hereby authorised to have and use a common seal, and are hereby declared to be able and capable in law of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have and hold real and personal property, for the use and benefit of said Academy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees, and their successors in office, shall have power to fill all vacancies which may happen in their board, by death, resignation, or otherwise, and that three of the aforesaid trustees shall be sufficient to form a board for the transaction of the business of said Academy; and shall have power to appoint such officers, removeable by said board for improper conduct or neglect of duty, and to pass such bye-laws as may be necessary to carry the powers hereby vested in them into full effect: Provided, such bye laws are not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid Academy shall be entitled to all the provisions of the second section of an act entitled an Act to distribute certain funds among the several counties in the State, for the use of Academies, and to provide a method of obtaining further information concerning endowments heretofore granted, passed the twenty third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty two, to which other academies of said county are entitled. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to establish Free Schools in the county of Gwinnett. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, George M. Grisham, Isom Williams, William J. Russell, Thomas W. Alexander, William Montgomery, Elisha W. Chester, James McLure, Robert S. Adair, and Reuben McLunge be, and they are hereby appointed a board of trustees for the establishment and government of free schools in the county of Gwinnett, and they are vested with powers to fill all vacancies that may occur in their board, from time to time: Provided, that the concurrence of a majority of said board shall be necessary for the transaction of any business. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the trustees of the free schools for the county aforesaid, shall before they enter on the duties of their office, give bond and security, to be approved of by the clerk of the superior court for said county, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars each, and payable to his Excellency the Governor for the time being and his successors in office, conditioned that they discharge their duties faithfully, as may be ascertained by law, and as may seem in their judgment most conductive to the education of the youths of the county. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of said free schools be, and they are hereby authorised and required to receive from the board of trustees for the poor schools of said county, all sums of money drawn by said board of trustees for the poor schools in said county, from the State, for the use of said poor schools, and not actually disbursed in the education of said poor children, and on failure or neglect, to account for and pay over all sums of money that may be in their hands, the trustees of the free schools for said county, are hereby empowered and required to cause suit to be instituted on the bonds of said trustees of the poor schools, and said suit or suits

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shall be prosecuted in the name of the trustees of the free schools for the county of Gwinnett, and the money recovered or paid over by said board of trustees of the poor school shall go to and form a part of the free school fund. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the free schools, for the county of Gwinnett, shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits that the trustees of the poor schools were entitled to under the several acts establishing and regulating said poor schools, and they are authorised and required to draw on the Governor of said State for the time being, and his successors in office, at such times as may be needed, the amount of money that the trustees of the poor school would have been entitled. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the free schools be, and they are authorised to adopt such measures as they may deem best calculated for the education of the youths in the county of Gwinnett; and they are hereby empowered to use all lawful means to carry this act into effect. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are repealed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate Leonicera Academy, in Baldwin county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the Academy in Baldwin county now known by the name of Leonicera Academy, shall be known and called by that name; and that James Lamar, William W. Carnes, Benjamin H. Reynolds, James Bonner, and John A. Jones, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and incorporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Leonicera Academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said Academy: Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State, and for that purpose, may have and use a common seal, and appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office.

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Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of the said academy. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one or more of the trustees of said Academy, the survivors, or a majority of them, shall fill [Illegible Text] same in such manner as may be pointed out by the bye [Illegible Text] and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate Lake Academy, in the county of Bibb. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Luke J. Morgan, Thomas Lundy, Henry Audulf, and Oliver H. Prince, and their successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Lake Academy, with the privilege to receive and hold any real or personal estate that may be necessary to the objects of the trust; and with the power, under a common seal, or under the hands of any three of the board, to do any lawful and constitutional acts which in their opinion may be best suited to promote the interests of the institution. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That if by death, resignation, or otherwise, the trustees should be reduced to a number less than three the vacancies shall be filled so as to increase the board to that number, by the inferior court of Bibb county, for the time beingall other vacancies shall be filled by the board. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to appoint Trustees for the Poor School Funds in Lowndes county, and vest the funds of the Lowndes county Academy in the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the poor school fund and the fund set apart for academical purposes, for the county of Lowndes, be [Illegible Text] and the dividends which may hereafter be due [Illegible Text] poor school academical purposes, for the county of Lowndes, be [Illegible Text] and the dividends which may hereafter be due the poor school or academical fund of said county, be altogether a poor school fund for the county aforesaid. Sec. 2. A nd be it fur t her enacted, That Henry Parrish, Lawrence Folsom, Archibald Strickland, Jesse Carter, and Samuel Knight be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the poor school fund for the county aforesaid, with power to receive from the justices of the inferior court of said county, [Illegible Text] all or any other person or persons who have, or may hereafter have or hold in their hands, any part of the academical or poor school fund, and that the said Henry Parrish, Lawrence Folsom, Archibald Strickland, Jesse Carter, and Samuel Knight, and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be a body corporate under [Illegible Text] name and style of the Trustees of the poor school fund of the county aforesaid, with full powers to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in the name and style aforesaid, to hold property and choses in action of all kinds. Sec. 3. A nd be i t further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall appoint a treasurer, who shall not be one of that body, and [Illegible Text] shall give bond to the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, in a sufficient sum to secure the amount to be placed in his hands, and for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fur t her enacted, That the children entitled to the benefits of the poor school fund of this State, by an act entitled an Act to alter and amend an act, passed the twenty third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, to distribute the bank dividend and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund amongst different counties in this State, shall receive the benefits of this fund according to the manner pointed out in said act, so far as it does not militate against this act. Sec. 5. A nd be it fur t her enac t ed, That when any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the remaining trustees: Provided, that a majority of all the trustees, for the time being, shall be necessary to constitute a choice, any law to the [Illegible Text] notwithstanding. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act passed the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty three, to alter and amend an act passed the twenty third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty two, to distribute the bank dividends and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund amongst the different counties in this State, so far as relates to the county of Franklin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the trustees of the poor school fund of Franklin county, be, and they are hereby required to make annual settlements with the Inferior court of the county aforesaid of their actings and doings as trustees aforesaid, up to the twenty-fifth of December last preceding such settlement. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That upon going into such settlement, the trustees aforesaid shall produce all necessary vouchers to establish the legal disbursement of the poor school fund aforesaid under the act of the twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and twenty two, and of the twenty-second December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, of which this act is amendatory. And in case of a breach or violation of the duty enforced by this act by any trustee; he or they shall be sued on his or their bond or bonds by the [Illegible Text] court of said county, and the amount recovered thereon shall, after defraying necessary expenses, go to and become a part of the poor school fund of said county as provided by the before recited act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall, and they are hereby required to meet at the court house in said county quarter yearly, to-wit: On the first Tuesday in January, April, July and October in each and every year. Two of the trustees aforesaid shall form a quorum to do business, but one of them may adjourn at a regular meeting, to some subsequent day, when a majority of the trustees do not attend the regular meetings aforesaid, of which adjournment the secretary of the board of trustees hereinafter to be appointed, shall give notice at the most public places in said county. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall, and it is hereby especially enjoined upon them, to appoint a sub-trustee for each and every militia district in said county, whose duty it shall be to report, at the regular or adjourned meetings of said board of trustees, the number, names, and situation of the poor children in their several districts, and under the direction of the board, contract for and superintend the education of such as the board shall agree to educate, upon which reports so presented, the trustees shall act forthwith. Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall immediately after the passage of this act, appoint a treasurer

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and secretary to their board, neither of whom shall be one of the trustees, and shall require bond of their treasurer, made payable to themselves or their successors in office, in a sum not exceeding double the amount of funds to be placed in his hands, or that may at any time be in the treasury of the board, with such security as shall be approved by said trustees, and such bond so [Illegible Text] shall be deposited in the clerk's office of the Inferior court of said county, and upon a breach or neglect of the duties required of said [Illegible Text] his bond shall be sued on before the Inferior conrt of said county, and such recovery had thereon as shall appear just. Sec. 6. A nd be it further enacted, That the treasurer aforesaid shall make an annual report to the trustees of the receipts and disbursements on account of the poor school fund, at such time as the trustees shall require and direct, accompanied by such vouchers as shall be necessary to elucidate and explain such report. Sec. 7. A nd be it further enacted, That the trustees shall purchase sufficient bound books, to be paid for out of the poor school fund, for the purpose of registering all proceedings under the requisitions of this act; and the secretary hereinbefore authorised to be appointed, shall attend all meetings of the board of trustees, [Illegible Text] record and attest all their proceedings. Sec. 8. A nd be it further enacted, That accounts for tuition as contemplated by this act, shall be made out fairly, sworn to, and presented to the trustees at their regular or adjourned meetings; and shall be received or rejected by said trustees as to them shall seem fit and proper: Provided, That upon acknowledging such accounts as being reasonable and just, the trustees aforesaid shall give an order on the back of such proven accounts [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] treasurer, directing him to pay the several sums sworn to; [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] other way than provided by this section, shall accounts as aforesaid be received and paid off. Sec. 9. A nd be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid shall continue in office during good behaviour, but shall nevertheless be removed by the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or a majority of said court for a [Illegible Text] or neglect of duty as trustees aforesaid, and upon such removal shall turn over to their successors in office, all [Illegible Text] belonging to the poor school fund of said county which may be in their hands at the time of such their removal, and their successors in office upon receiving monies as aforesaid from their predecessors, shall pay the same immediately to the treasurer of the board of trustees. Sec. 10. A nd be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid may give their treasurer and secretary a reasonable and moderate compensation for their services out of the poor school fund. Sec. 11. A nd be it further enacted, That all persons holding, or who may hereafter hold and detain in their hands any monies belonging to the poor school fund of the county aforesaid, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, after the same shall have been demanded in writing, shall pay interest on the same at the rate of twenty five per cent. per annum, until such monies held and detained as aforesaid shall have been paid.

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Sec. 12. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That the Inferior court of Franklin county or a majority of said court, be and they are hereby authorised and required to remove from office the trustees aforesaid at any time when they shall believe the public good to require it, or that the trustees aforesaid appear lukewarm and indifferent in the discharge of their duties, and may take upon themselves the office and duties of trustees of the poor school fund of the county aforesaid, any thing in the ninth section of this act to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 13. A nd be i t fur t her enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Flat Shoal Academy in the county of Jones. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby [Illegible Text] by t he au t hori t y of t he same, That from and after the passing of this act, the academy in the county of Jones now known and called by the name of the Flat Shoal [Illegible Text] shall be known and called by that name, and that Abner [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Cox, Peter Northern, Ichabod Cox, and Joshua B. Bateman, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body [Illegible Text] and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Flat Shoal Academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorized to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of of said academy. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation or otherwise of any of the trustees of the Flat Shoal Academy, the survivors or remaining trustees shall fill

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the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid: Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to prevent the Senatus Academicus from the right of inspecting this institution, as now pointed [Illegible Text] by law. Assented to, 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Franklin Academy in Upson County. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General Assembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hori t y of t he same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the academy in Upson county, now known and called by the name of Franklin academy, shall be known and called by that name, and that Henry Kendall, jr. Andrew Hunt, Edward Holloway, Eaton Bass, and Alexander M. White, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the trustees of Franklin academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye laws are not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. Sec. 3. And be i t further enac t ed by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation or otherwise of any of the trustees of Franklin Academy, the grand jury of said county of Upson shall fill the [Illegible Text] at such term of the Superior court, and in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to amend the sixth section of an act, entitled an act to alter and amend an act passed the twenty [Illegible Text] day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty two, to distribute the bank dividend and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund amongst the [Illegible Text] counties in this State, passed twenty-second day or December, eighteen hundred and twenty three, and also to amend the act to distribute certain funds for the use of the several academies in this State, passed twenty-third of December, eighteen hundred and twenty two. Be i t [Illegible Text] by t he [Illegible Text] and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] in General A ssembly me t. and [Illegible Text] is hereby [Illegible Text] by t he [Illegible Text] of t he same, That from and after the passage of this act, the trustees of the poor school fund shall in future, in addition to their making their annual returns to the Senatus [Illegible Text] as prescribed by the said 6th section of the act aforesaid, also make the same to his excellency the Governor, and until such returns are made to the Governor in all cases where money has already been distributed, or which may hereafter be distributed, shewing an accurate and clear disposition of the money advanced, the Governor is hereby authorised to withhold any further distribution as required by the above recited act. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, Thet the trustees of the several academies of this State, shall not be entitled to their distributive share of the funds set apart and provided for said academies in last recited act, until they shall also in addition to the returns required to be made to the Senatus Academicus by said act, make a return to his excellency the Governor of the manner in which they have already disposed of monies placed in their hands, and such as may hereafter come into their possession by virtue of said act, shall also be accounted for before they shall draw or receive any further distribution under said act. Assented to, 22d December, 1826. AN ACT to appoint trustees for the poor school fund in Houston county, and vest the fund of the Houston county academy in the same. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General Assembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hori t y of t he same, That the poor school fund and the fund

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set apart for academical purposes for the county of Houston, be consolidated, and the dividends which may hereafter by law be due the poor school or academical fund of said county, be altogether a poor school fund for the county aforesaid. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That Howell Cobb, John Walker, Robert Brown, Simeon Taylor, and Kenaday Dennard, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the poor school fund for the county aforesaid, with power to receive from the commissioners or trustees of the academy of the county aforesaid, or the Inferior court, or all or any other person or persons who have, or hereafter may have or held in their hands any part of the academical or poor school fund, and that the said Howell Cobb, John Walker, Robert [Illegible Text] Simeon Taylor, and Kenaday Dennard, and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be a body corporate under the name and style of the trustees of the [Illegible Text] school fund of the county aforesaid, with full power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in the name and style aforesaid, to hold property and choses in action of all kinds. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That the trustees aforesaid shall appoint a treasurer who shall not be one of that body, and who shall give bond to the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, in a sufficient sum to secure the amount to be placed in his hands for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That the children entitled to the benefits of the poor school fund of this State, by an act entitled an act, to alter and amend an act passed the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, to distribute the bank dividend and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund amongst different counties in this State, shall receive the benefits of this fund according to the manner pointed out in said act, so far as it does not militate against this act. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That where any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be [Illegible Text] by the remaining trustees: Provided, that a majority of all the trustees for the time being, shall be necessary to constitute a choice, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Jefferson Academy, in the county of Newton, and to appoint Trustees for the same. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he [Illegible Text] of t he same, That John L. Graves, Josiah Perry, Thomas Johnson, Henry Lane, and John Hodnett, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body corporate by the name and under the title of the Trustees of the Jefferson Academy, in the county of Newton, with the privilege of useing a common seal, and be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, and to do and perform all such matters and things as may be authorised by the constitution and fundamental regulations of said Academy. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That the trustees of said academy shall have power to adopt such bye laws and regulations as may be necessary for its government and prosperity, and to appoint and remove for improper conduct or neglect of duty, such officers as may be authorised by the proper authority: P r ovided, the regulations for the government of said academy be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and that nothing therein contained shall be so construed as to prevent a majority of the trustees from acting in all cases, and to fill all vacancies that may occur in the board of trustees: A nd p r ovided also, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to entitle the trustees aforesaid to apply for or receive any part or portion of the annual dividends that Newton county shall or may be entitled to out of the nett proceeds of the funds set apart for the endowment of county academies. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That the said trustees, and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That elections of trustees and other officers shall be held at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the laws and regulations for the government of said institution, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to [Illegible Text] Nov. 1826.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Washington Academy, in the county of Bibb. Be i t enac t ed by t he S ena t e and House of Rep r esen t atives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is he r eby enac t ed by the authority of the same, That Needham Mims, John Lamar, Benjamin B. Lamar, David G. Worsham, and Henry G. Lamar, are appointed and they and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Washington Academy, in the county of Bibb, and as such body politic shall be capable of sueing and being sued, and of doing other acts which may be necessary to the execution of the trust confided in them, and for that purpose they may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove them for misconduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed by t he au t ho r i t y afo r esaid, That the trustees shall be capable of accepting and holding all manner of property, both personal and real, and all bequests, gifts, and donations, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to them or their successors in office, are hereby authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as they may deem expedient: Provided, such bye laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or the United States. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed by the aut hori t y afo r esaid, That should any vacancy happen by death removal, or otherwise, of the Trustees of the Washington Academy hereby established, it shall be the duty of the remaining trustees to fill such appointment: P r ovided that the remaining trustees consist of a majority of the whole board, and in case there should not be a majority of the trustees, such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the [Illegible Text] court of said county of Bibb as aforesaid. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate Constitutional Hall Academy, in [Illegible Text] county, and to appoint trustees for the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, Alexander McDonald, [Illegible Text] Echols, Abram B Dale, John Brownfield, and Lawson S Holland be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office shall and they are declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Trustees of Constitutional Hall Academy, with the privilege of useing a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That said Trustees, and their successors in office, shall bo capable in law to sue and be sued plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy and for the advancement of Literature in the same: Provided, such bye laws be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That said Trustees, and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all [Illegible Text] grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which hereafter may be conveyed or transterred to them, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and be hoof of said academy. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to add the Academy Fund to which the county of Baker is entitled, to the Poor School Fund of said county, and fifty dollers seventy cents of the poor school fund to which the county of Early, was entitled for the years eighteen hundred and twenty four and eighteen hundred and twenty-five to the same; and to authorise the taking of the census of sundry counties in this State. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enac t ed by he au t hority of t he same, That the money appropriated for the use of the academies of the several counties in this State, so far as respects the county of Baker, be added to and become a part of the poor school fund of said county. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed by t he au t hori t y afo r esaid, That fifty dollars and seventy cents of the poor school fund to which the county of Early was entitled for the years eighteen hundred and twenty-four and eighteen hundred and twenty-five be added to and become a part of the poor school fund of the county of Baker.

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Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That it shall be the duty of the [Illegible Text] of the inferior court of the several counties of this State, which have been created since the last census was taken, or which may hereafter be created and organised, to appoint one fit and proper person in each battalion of their respective counties, to take a full and accurate census or enumeration of the free [Illegible Text] populationand the persons so appointed shall make their returns to the clerk of the inferior court, within the time prescribed by the authority from whence they received their appointments. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That so soon as the census or enumeration may be taken, certified, and forwarded by the inferior court to his Excellency the Governor, such county or counties shall be entitled to draw an equal portion, according to their white population, of the poor school fund appropriated for annual distribution among the several counties of this State. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That the persons appointed to take the census or enumeration, shall receive the compensation and be governed in the performance of their duty by the provisions contained in an act, passed the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, providing for taking the census of this State, except so much as militates against the provisions of this act. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to add that part of the funds heretofore set apart for the support of County Academies, to the Poor School funds, so far as respects the county of Rabun. Be i t enac t ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and [Illegible Text] is hereby enac t ed by the autho r i t y of t he same, That from and after the passage of this act, that all that part of the funds which have heretofore been set apart for the support of the county academy in the county of Rabun, be added to and become a part of the poor school fund for Rabun county, subject in every respect to the laws now in force on that subject. Sec. 2. And be i t fu rt her enac t ed by t he au t hority afo r said, That any person or persons holding money in their hands under the before mentioned act, is hereby bound when called on, to pay over the same to the board of trustees in said county, for the use above mentioned, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to incorporate Oak Grove Academy in the county of Morgan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John S. Fall, James Hitchcock, Edward W. Callier, Elijah Loyd, S. H. Gilmore, Benjamin Cameron, and [Illegible Text] Carlton, be and they are hereby appoin'ed trustees, they or their successors in office shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name of the trustees of the Oak Grove academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and [Illegible Text] to appropriate in the manner they may think calculated to promote the interest of said institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, all money and specialties belonging, or in any wise appeartaining to said institution. Sec. 3. A nd he i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the aforesaid trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye laws and regulations be not [Illegible Text] to the constitution and laws of this State, and that they be entrusted with all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which hereafter may be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, and of useing all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever, which they may demand in right of said institution. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of said trustees of said academy, it shall be filled in such manner as the remaining trustees may point out. Sec. 6. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the said trustees shall have power to appoint a treasurer, who shall give bond and approved security to the board for the time being and their successors in office, in such a sum as the trustees may deem advisable. Sec. 7. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 14th. Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to incorporate Corinth Academy, in Baldwin county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the Academy in Baldwin county now known and called by the name of Corinth Academy, shall be known and called by that name; and that Edmund Brantley, Josiah Matthews, Henry Densler, Benjamin Doles, and James C. Watson, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Corinth Academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the trustees of Corinth Academy, the survivors or remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall fill the same in such manner as may be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826.

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Appropriation. AN ACT to appropriate monies for the support of Government during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That for the political year [Illegible Text] hundred and twenty seven, the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated, viz: The salary of his Excellency the Governor shall be three thousand dollars per annum. The Secretaries of the Governor, not exceeding three, one thousand dollars each per annum. The Secretary of State two hundred and fifty dollars. The Treasurer fifteen hundred dollars per annum. The Surveyor-General five hundred dollars per annum. The Comptroller-General fifteen hundred dollars. The Adjutant General two hundred dollars. The Clerk of the House of Representatives six hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Senate six hundred dollars. Provided, no warrant shall issue for the first quarter's salary of the clerk of the house of representatives and secretary of the senate, until the Executive shall have satisfactory evidence that the said clerk of the house of representatives and secretary of the senate, have respectively made or caused to be made and attached to the engrossed journals of the present session, good and sufficient indexes. The Judges of the Superior Courts twenty-one hundred dollars each. The Attorney-General and seven Solicitors-General two hundred and twenty-five dollars each. For three Inspectors of the Penitentiary not exceeding two hundred and twenty four dollars each. Which said several sums shall be and they are hereby appropriated for their use, to be paid quarter yearly by warrant from the Governor on the Treasurer, out of any money not specially appropriated.

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Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated. And for a printing fund not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart as a contingent fund, subject to the orders of the Governor during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty seven. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That for the compensation of the members of the Legislature four dollars each per day during their attendance be appropriated, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in coming to and returning from the seat of government. And the sum of six dollars each per day to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives during their attendance, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in coming to and returning from the seat of government. To the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate during the session of the Legislature six dollars each per day, and the sum of sixty dollars for contingent expenses each. To the two engrossing Clerks and an Assisting Clerk of the House of Representatives, and three engrossing Clerks in the Senate six dollars each per day. To the clerk of the Committee on Finance one hundred dollars. And the clerk of the Committee on the State of the Republic one hundred dollars. To the clerk of the Committee on Public Education and Free Schools, and the clerk of the Committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, the clerk of the Committee on the Judiciary and Military Committee, eighty dollars each. To the Messengers and Door Keepers of the Legislature four dollars each per day during the session. To [Illegible Text] A. Greene the [Illegible Text] of one hundred and twenty dollars for airing, scouring, and taking care of the Senate and Representative chambers, desks, carpets, c. in the recess of the Legislature, and making fires on wet days. And to Peter Fair, jr. the [Illegible Text] of one hundred and twenty five dollars for winding up the clock, keeping [Illegible Text] the stair-cases, passages, c. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the [Illegible Text] of three hundred and sixty two dollars and ninety five cents be paid to Carlton Wellborn for extra services in beinging up the unfinished business of the Surveyor General's Office, by recording twenty-three hundred and fifty-three plats. And that the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated, to wit: The sum of four hundred dollars to the keeper of the Public Arms, for cleaning and furnishing materials and taking care of all the public

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arms which now are or may hereafter be deposited in the [Illegible Text] at the seat of Government, during the present political year. The sum of eight hundred dollars to William Triplett, Comptroller General, for Clerk hire. To Lovic Pierce, of Greene county, the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars in lieu of thirty six acres of University land recovered by suit in Greene Superior Court, [Illegible Text] to a concurred resolution of both branches of Assembly. To William Schley the sum of four thousand dollars, being a balance [Illegible Text] him of account of two thousand copies of the Digest of British Statutes furnished the State on subscription of the Governor. The sum of four hundred dollars to James Houston, in lieu of a bounty warrant, pursuant to a concurred resolution. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby set apart as a military fund. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised to pay the balance due for making certain bridges in the county of Dooly, over Cedar creek, Swift creek, Jones creek, Abrams [Illegible Text] and Deep Mill creek: Provided, the same is paid out of the unexpended sum of eight hundred dollars, and no other fund, appropriated for that purpose at the last Legislature. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four thousand one hundred and eighty one dollars be appropriated out of any monies now in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the bank dividends and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund for the present year, so as to make the sum of twenty thousand dollars to be distributed among the different counties of this State, as the poor school fund is now directed by law. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars and forty-one cents be appropriated to John C. Easter, for his services as Adjutant-General, from the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, to the twenty-fourth of December, same year. Sec. [Illegible Text] And be it further enacted, That the sum of four thousand and seventy-five dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the use of the Academies of the counties of Taliaferro, Baker, Butts, Thomas, and Lowndes, the same to be equally divided and paid over to the trustees of the academies of the aforesaid counties, being their [Illegible Text] to place them on a footing with the other counties of the State, that have received the like sum. To Polly W Jenkins, widow, twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. And to Mary Ann Bostick, widow, eleven dollars ninety three and three fourth cents, being an amount paid by each over and above their [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by reason of double taxes imposed upon them, without any intention on their part to defraud the State out of its just dues. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eight hundred dollars, in Darien money be, and it is hereby appropriated for the

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building of bridges across four creeks in the county of Baker, to wit: [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text], Chickesehachee, and Okiokee, and that his Excellency the Governor be authorised to draw on the Treasury for the above sum in favor of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, upon their giving bond to his Excellency the Governor in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful application of said appropriation. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be appropriated as a salary for one year for the Chief Engineer, to commence from and after the expiration of the year for which the present incumbent is appointed, and that he draw the same quarter yearly in the same manner of other salary officers. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be paid to Joseph Delk, agreeable to a concurred resolution. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to appropriate money to reimburse C. R. Parker, for the taking of the Portraits of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, La Fayette, and Oglethorpe. Whereas, by a resolution of the Legislature of the eleventh day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, his Excellency the Governor was requested to purchase and procure the portraits of General Washington, General La Fayette, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and General OglethorpeAnd whereas, one C. R. Parker having executed said likenesses, in a manner creditable to himself as an Artist: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of three thousand dollars be appropriated to the said C. R. Parker for his services in taking of the above named portraits, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and that his Excellency be requested to issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the said C. R. Parker, for the above sum of three thousand dollars. Assented to 5th Dec. 1826.

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[Illegible Text]. AN ACT to regulate the intercourse between the Banks of [Illegible Text] State, and other institutions and Brokers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it any bank or other institution, which is or shall or may be incorporated by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, or other lawful authority of the United States, or any one of them, or any broker, or any agent, attorney or officer of any broker or bank or other institution as aforesaid, shall at any time [Illegible Text] the passage of this act, collect, acquire, purchase or receive, whether in deposit or otherwise, the bill or bills, note or notes, or other security or securities of any bank or banks which is, or are, or shall or may be incorporated by the General Assembly of this state, or located in this State by lawful authority, such banks or other institution or broker, agent, attorney, or officer so collecting, acquiring, purchasing or receiving such bill or bills, note or notes, or other security or securities, shall not be entitled to claim, demand, have, recover, or receive of or from such other banks so incorporated or chartered by the General Assembly of this State, or located therein by lawful authority as aforesaid, interest on such bill or bills, note or notes, or other security or securities above or beyond the rate of four per [Illegible Text] per annum: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorize or allow any bank to refuse redeeming any of its bills which shall have been received in payment for land at any United States' land office upon demand for payment made by any United States' agent. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever a demand shall be made for specie upon either of the banks incorporated by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, or upon any bank located therein by lawful authority, and the president or cashier of the bank upon which the demand shall be made, shall suspect or believe that the person demanding specie is the officer, agent or attorney of any broker, or any incorporated institution whatever, whether authorised by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, or located therein by lawful authority, or created by authority of any of the States, it shall be lawful for the cashier or president of the bank from which specie shall be demanded, to require the person or persons making the demand, to take an oath before a judge, justice or magistrate in the presence of said president or

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cashier, that he is not acting as the officer, agent or attorney of any broker, or of any incorporation whatever, and in [Illegible Text] of a refusal to take said oath by the person or persons demanding specie, then such person or persons shall not be entitled to claim, demand, recover, or receive interest on such bill or bills, note or notes, beyond the rate of four per centum per annum. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to deprive individuals, (brokers or their agents excepted) who may demand specie for themselves for the notes or bills or other securities of either of the banks incorporated by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, or located therein by lawful authority, from the same privileges and advantages in obtaining specie or interest, as now exist by the laws of this State. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act, to incorporate the Bank of Darien, passed the fifteenth December, eighteen hundred [Illegible Text] eighteen. Whereas, the said act locates the principal Bank at [Illegible Text], and provides for the establishment of Branches at other places in this StateAnd whereas, the commercial situation of the town of Darien and interest of the State, requires that the principal Bank should be removed from Darien to [Illegible Text]. Therefore be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the [Illegible Text] bank shall be removed to the town of Milledgeville, and for this purpose the Governor is hereby authorised and required to appoint one or more fit and proper persons, to repair to the town of Darien, then and there to demand and receive from the cashier and directors for the time being, all the capital stock, specie, bonds, bills on other banks, and all the funds of whatsoever kind belonging to said bank, notes running to maturity (lying over or in suit [Illegible Text]) of which a fair list shall be taken by such person or persons, and the funds, specie, bonds, bills or stock, and list so received shall be added to the funds, specie, bonds and bills now in and be onging to the branch of said [Illegible Text] at Milledgeville, and which when so added, shall form and become the principal bank. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the bills of the said bank now in circulation, or issued payable either at the principal

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bank in Darien or at the branch in Milledgeville, shall be considered as payable at the principal bank in Milledgeville, and payment demanded accordingly. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a branch of said bank, be and the same is hereby established and located in the town of Darien, and that all notes, bills or other securities, now made payable at the principal bank in Darien, shall be and they are hereby declared to be payable at the branch of said bank in Darien, where they shall be paid, reduced, or renewed as the directors shall from time to time order and direct. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all notes, bills and other securities, now payable at the branch bank in Milledgeville, shall be considered, and the same are hereby made payable at the principal bank in Milledgeville, where they shall be paid, reduced, or renewed from time to time, as the directors shall order and direct. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to cause any suit already commenced by said bank of Darien or any of its branches, to abate or be discontinued by the removal of the principal bank to Milledgeville, or to prevent the [Illegible Text] or prosecution of any suit or action by said bank so removed, or any of its branches, on any note, bill, or other paper now due the said bank of Darien or any of its branches, that shall not be paid, reduced or renewed, in manner and form as heretofore pointed out by this act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if two thirds of the stock-holders holding stock on the first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, in their own right, or as administrator, executor, or guardian, do file their objections in the Executive Office of this State, to the removal of the same within sixty days after the passage of this act, and on that fact being published by the Governor, this act shall be of no effect, and the said bank shall still remain at Darien. Assented to, 20th December, 1826. AN ACT to define the liability of indorsers of promissory notes and other instruments, and to place them upon the same footing with securities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that the practice heretofore required of making a demand of

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the makers of promissory notes and other instruments, for the payment and performance of the same, and their giving notice of such demand within a reasonable time to the indorsers of said promissory notes and other instruments, shall cease and become entirely unnecessary to bind said indorsers, and that whenever any person whatever, indorses a promissory note or other instrument, he shall be held, taken, and considered as security to the same, and be in all respects bound as security, until said promissory note or other instrument is paid off and discharged, and shall be liable to be sued in the same manner and in the same action with the principal or maker of said promissory notes or other instruments; any law, practice, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that nothing herein contained, shall extend to any promissory notes which shall be given for the purpose of negotiation, or intended to be negotiated at any chartered bank, or which may be deposited in any chartered bank for collection: A nd provided also, That nothing contained in this act, shall be construed as to prevent the indorsee from defining his liability in the endorsement. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That any security or endorser may, whenever he thinks proper, after the note or instrument become due, require the holder to proceed to collect the same, and if he should not proceed to do so within three months, the indorser or security shall be no longer liable. Assented to, 26th December, 1826. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an Act to incorporate the Bank of Darien, passed the fifteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen. Whereas, doubts have been entertained whether the Bank of Darien could take a conveyance of real estate or hold or reconvey the same: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the said corporation to hold all such lands, tenements, and hereditaments, as shall have been or may be bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all conveyances heretofore made to the said corporation, of any lands, [Illegible Text], and hereditaments, shall be held and deemed valid and effectual at law and in equityany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 22d Nov. 1826. AN ACT further to amend an Act to incorporate a Bank, to be called the Bank of the State of Georgia, passed the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen. Whereas, by the sixth section of the act to incorporate the Bank of the State of Georgia, it is enacted that for the well ordering of the affairs of said corporation, there shall be fifteen Directors, nine of whom shall be elected by the Stockholders, and six by the StateAnd whereas experience has proved that it is proper to reduce the number of Directors, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the number of Directors of the Bank of the State of Georgia, from and after the passage of this act, shall be ten, six of whom shall be elected by the Stockholders, and four by the State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That not less than six Directors, being a majority of the whole board, shall have power to do business, excepting during the months of July, August, September and October, in every year, when four Directors, who must be unanimous, and of whom the President or President pro tempore, must always be one, shall constitute a competent number, any thing contained in the act of incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 18th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to extend the charter of the Bank of Augusta, and to authorise an increase of the capital. Whereas, the Directors of the Bank of Augusta, in conformity with instructions from the stockholders, have applied by petition to the General Assembly, for an extension of the charter, and for leave to increase the capital of said bank in certain eases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That the charter of the bank of Augusta be, and it is hereby declared to be prolonged to the first day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the stockholders of the said bank, at any meeting to be called for the purpose, and in the manner prescribed in the existing charter, to increase the capital of said bank from time to time, and in such portions, as they may deem to be expedient, not exceeding in the whole six hundred thousand dollars in addition to the present capital of the said bank. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon every such increase being agreed upon, by a decision of the stockholders, one sixth part of such increased stock shall be reserved for the State at par, until the end of the session of the legislature next after the capital shall be so increased, and that the other five sixths shall be disposed of by the directors for the time being, in the manner pointed out by the second rule of the original charter for the benefit of the individual stockholders, if any benefit there should be in the disposition thereof, the interest of the State in such cases being equalised by receiving its portion of such increased stock, at par, as hereinbefore provided. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1826.

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Canals. AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled an act to create a Board of Public Works, and to provide for the commencement of a system of Internal Improvement, passed the twenty first of December, eighteen hundred and twenty five, and also to repeal an act, entitled an act, to lay out a Central Canal or Railway through this State, passed the twenty-fourth December, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the above recited acts be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Savannah, Ogechee, and Alatamaha Canal Company. Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the twentieth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, a grant was made to Ebenezer Jenckes, to construct a canal from the Ogechee to the Savannah rivers, and vesting in him and his representatives, the proprietory interest thereof for the term of sixty years, with certain privilegesAnd whereas, by another act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the twenty-fourth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, the said Ebenezer Jenckes was authorized to construct a canal from the Ogechee to the Alatamaha rivers upon certain conditions, and to vest [Illegible Text] him and his legal representatives the proprietory interest therein for the term of sixty yearsAnd whereas, after the passing of the said acts, books were opened in the city of Savannah and subscriptions to a large amount were obtained for effecting the objects of the

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said grants, and the said subscribers associated together by the name of The Savannah, Ogechee, and Alatamaha Canal Company, and a board of Directors for the time being, were appointed to manage its concerns, and certificates of stock issued to the subscribersAnd whereas, it bath been represented to this General Assembly, that the said Ebenezer Jenckes has transferred all his rights and interests in the said grants, with certain restrictions and reservationsAnd whereas, Alexander Telfair, Joseph Cumming, Thomas Young, Wm. C. Daniell, Richard F. Williams, Benjamin Burroughs, and John D. Mongin, who are the directors of the said company for the time being, and others the stockholders of the said company, have petitioned the Legislature, that the said company may be incorporated under its present nameAnd whereas, it is deemed expedient that the said company be so incorporated: Therefore, 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 said Alexander Telfair, Joseph Cumming, Thomas Young, William C. Daniell, Richard F. Williams, Benjamin Burroughs, and John D. Mongin, with all such persons as are now, or may hereafter become stockholders in the said company, their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a corporation and body [Illegible Text] by the name and style of The Savannah, Ogeahee, and [Illegible Text] Canal Company, and by that name shall be, and are hereby [Illegible Text] able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects of whatsoever kind, nature, and quality, subject however to the restrictions and limitations hereinafter provided, and the same to sell, grant, alien, and dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in courts of record, or any place whatsoever; and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution such bye-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as they shall deem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation: Provided nevertheless, that such bye-laws, rules and regulations be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States, and generally to do and execute all and singular the acts, matters, and things which to them it shall or may appertain to do, subject nevertheless, to the rules and limitations hereinafter prescribed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of the said corporation shall be seven hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but may be increased to a sum not exceeding one million of dollars whenever it is deemed expedient by a majority of the board of directors of the said corporation for the time being. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the management of the affairs of the said corporation, there shall be seven directors, being stockholders in their own right, who shall be annually elected at the office of the said corporation in the city of Savannah, on the first Monday in April in each year, by the stockholders

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of the capital of said corporation, and by a plurality of [Illegible Text] then and there actually given according to the scale of voting hereinafter prescribed; and the directors so duly appointed and elected, shall be capable of serving by virtue of such appointment and choice, from the first Monday in the month of April in each year, until the end and expiration of the first Monday of the month of April in the year ensuing the time of each annual election to be held by the stockholders as aforesaid; the first election to be held on the first Monday in April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven until which time the present board of directors of the said company shall continue in office as the board of directors of the said corporation. And the board of directors annually at the first meeting after their election in each and every year, shall proceed to elect one of the directors to be president of the corporation, who shall hold the said office during the same period for which the directors are appointed and elected as aforesaid, and with such salary as the board of directors may deem reasonable: Provided, that in case it should at any time happen that an appointment or election of directors, or an election of the president of the said corporation should not be so made as to take effect on any one day, when in pursuance of this act they ought to take effect, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful at any other time to make such appointments, and to hold such elections (as the case may be;) and the manner of holding the elections shall be regulated by the bye-laws and ordinances of the said corporation; and until such appointments or elections be made, the directors and president of the said corporation for the time being shall continue in office: And provided also, that in case of the death, resignation, or removal from the State or office of the president of the said corporation, the directors shall proceed to elect another president from the directors as aforesaid; and in case of the death, resignation, removal from the State or from office of a director, the vacancy shall be supplied by the stockholders upon ten days previous public notice of the time and place of such election being given by the directors. Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That the directors for the time being shall have power to appoint such officers, engineers, clerks and servants under them, as shall he necessary for executing the business of the said corporation, and to allow them such compensation for their services, respectively, as shall be reasonable, and may require and take from each or any of the said officers, engineers, clerks and servants, a bond to the corporation with one or more securities to the satisfaction of the directors in such penalty as they may prescribe, with a condition for his good behaviour and faithful performance of his duties to the said corporation, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities for the well governing and ordering of the said corporation as shall be prescribed, fixed and determined by the laws, regulations, and ordinances of the same. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the corporation created by this act, be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to make, contract, and forever maintain, a canal or slack water navigation, of suitable width, depth, and dimensions, to be determined by

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the board of directors of the said corporation, from such point on the river Savannah to such point on the river Ogechee, and from such point of the Ogechee river to such point on the Alatamaha river or its branches the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, as the said board of directors of the said corporation shall judge best; and said corporation may form and contract a [Illegible Text] path or paths, all necessary locks, aqueducts, culverts, dams, waste weirs, and toll houses, artificial harbors for boats and rafts, side cuts or lateral canals connected with said basins, or with said Savannah, Ogechee, or Alatamaba rivers or their or its branches, at such place or places as shall be found expedient, and all necessary feeders from said rivers, or from other streams if more convenient for [Illegible Text], maintaining and repairing said canal or navigation; and that the said corporation shall and may fix and establish, and be entitled to receive and take by way of toll for all goods, merchandise and produce carried on or through, and boats and rafts and other water craft passing on or through the said canals or either of them, such sums or rates as the said corporation shall think proper to impose, not exceeding at any time twenty-five per centum on the money which shall have been expended in constructing, making, and keeping in repair the said canals and other necessary appendages thereto. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the board of directors of the said corporation, as soon as the said canals and navigation, or any ten miles of either of the said canals shall be completed so as to allow of the passage of boats or rafts, to appoint such and so many collectors of tolls for the passage of boats, vessels or rafts in and through the same, and in such places as the [Illegible Text] board of directors shall think proper, and to allow to the said collectors for their services, such compensation, and to take from each of them like bond and security, as are specified and provided in and by the fourth section of this act, and [Illegible Text] it shall and may be lawful for such collectors of toll and their deputies, to demand and receive of, and from the persons having charge of any boat, raft, ark, craft, or other vessel passing through or upon the said canal or navigation, such toll and rates as the said board of directors shall think proper, at any lock or other convenient place: Provided, the same do not exceed the rate hereinbefore specified. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of tolls duly appointed by the board of directors as heretofore provided, may stop and detain all boats, vessels, crafts, or rafts using the said canal and navigation until the owners or commander, or super [Illegible Text] of the same, shall pay the toll as aforesaid fixed, and if any owner, skipper, or super cargo of any boat or ark, craft or [Illegible Text], shall pass by any place appointed for receiving tolls, without making payment thereof according to the provisions of this act, and with intent to [Illegible Text] or defraud the said corporation of such toll, he, she, or they so offending, shall forfeit and any for every time he, she, or they shall to pass by such appointed place, to the said corporation, the sum of twenty dollars to be sued for and recovered by action of debt, in like manner and subject to the same rules and regulations as debts under thirty dollars [Illegible Text] be sued for and recovered, together with the costs of suit.

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Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in order to ascertain the tonnage of boats and vessels, and the [Illegible Text] of rafts using and passing the said navigation, and to prevent disputes between the owners, skippers, or super-cargos, and the collectors of tolls concerning the same, upon the request of the owner, skipper, or super-cargo of such boat, vessel, or raft, or of the collector of said tolls at any place or lock appointed for receiving of tolls upon the said navigation, it shall and may be lawful for each of them to choose one skilful person to measure and ascertain the tonnage the said boat is capable of carrying, or the measurement of the said raft, and to mark the tonnage of the said boat when so ascertained in figures upon the head and stern of the said boat in colors mixed with oil or other durable material, and the said boat or vessel when so measured and marked, shall be permitted to pass through the said canal or navigation for the price to which the number of tons so marked on her shall amount, agreeably to the rates fixed in the manner aforesaid; and if the owner, skipper, or super cargo of any boat, vessel, or raft, shall decline to choose a person to ascertain the tonnage or measurement thereof as aforesaid, then the amount of such tonnage or measurement shall be fixed and ascertained by the person appointed for that purpose by the board of directors of the said corporation, or chosen by the collector of tolls, and the tolls shall be paid according to such measurement before any such boat, vessel, or raft, shall be permitted to pass the place where such toll is made payable. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall complete and finish the said canal from the river Savannah to the river Ogechee, within three years from the passing of this act, and shall complete and finish the said canal from the river Ogechee to the river Alatamaha, or to either of its branches within five years from the passing of this act, and on failure thereof shall forfeit all the rights, immunities, and privileges herein and hereby granted so far as the same are especially applicable to the canal not completed within the time specified as above. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may purchase, and forever hold any and all lands and real estate necessary for constructing, maintaining, and repairing said canals, and the works connected therewith as aforesaid, and may also receive, hold, and take all voluntary grants and donations of real estate, and lands which shall be made to them to aid the objects of said corporation; and whenever in either of the ways aforesaid, said corporation shall become possessed of, and own any lands and real estate which it may be unnecessary for them to retain for the purposes aforesaid, it shall be lawful for them to lease, occupy, alien, or convey the same by lease or deed with their seal affixed thereto, and to sell or lease any or all surplus waters of said canal, not wanted for the most commodious navigation thereof, on such terms and for such purposes as they shall deem expedient, and for the purposes as they shall deem expedient; and for the purpose of assuring to the said corporation all the lands, real estate, and waters requisite for most economically constructing and maintaining said canal and the works connected therewith, and incident and necessary to the navigation of the same,

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whenever the said lands and waters shall not be obtained by voluntary donation or fair purchase, it shall be lawful for said corporation by its agents, superintendants, or engineers, to enter upon, take possession of, and use all such lands, real estate, ponds and streams, as shall be necessary for the purposes aforesaid. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the directors of the said corporation, by and with the superintencants, engineers, artists, workmen, or laborers employed by, or acting under the authority or with the consent of the board of directors of the said corporation, may enter into, or upon the lands contiguous and near to the track of the said intended canal or navigation, with their tools, instruments, carts, waggons and other carriages, and beasts of draught or burden, giving notice to the owners or occupiers of such lands, and from thence take and carry away any stone, timber, gravel, sand, earth, or other material, doing as little damage to the said lands as possible, and repairing any breach they may make in the enclosures thereof, and making amends for any damages that may be done thereon, and paying for the materials so taken away; the [Illegible Text] whereof, if the parties cannot agree, shall be assessed and valued by three disinterested freeholders residing in the neighborhood, under oath or affirmation, to be appointed by the parties; or if they cannot agree in their appointment, then to be appointed by any Justice of the Peace of the district; and it shall be the duty of the said freeholders to file a report of their assessment within seven days after they shall have agreed upon the same, with a Justice of the Peace of the district, by whom the same shall be entered upon his docket; and the said [Illegible Text] shall also within the said seven days, notify to each of the parties the name of the justice of the peace with whom their report has been filed, and either party may appeal from such report to the Superior court of the county at any time within thirty days after the same shall have been so filed, which appeal shall be tried by a jury at the first term of the said court held after the said appeal shall have been entered, and the verdict of the said jury shall be final. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said corporation shall require or take possession by its officers or agents, of any lands, ponds, streams or waters, which are necessary for the purpose of making, excavating, maintaining, or using the said canals or either of them, or any part thereof, and any disagreement arises as to the price of the land or water so required or taken possession of by the said corporation or its agents, between the owner or owners of the said lands or waters and the said corporation, such disagreement by the award of three sworn appraisers, to be chosen one by the owner or owners of the said land or waters, one by the said corporation, and one who shall be appointed by the Judge of the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, which award of the said appraisers shall be rendered in writing, under the hands and seals of the said appraisers, or a majority of them, and shall be returned to the clerk of the said Superior Court within ten days after the same shall have been [Illegible Text]; and it shall be the duty of the said appraisers to notify in writing to the parties that such award has been made and returned as aforesaid, within five days thereafter; and if either party be dissatisfied

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with such award, he, she, or they may appeal therefrom, within thirty days after such award shall have been returned as aforesaid, and which appeal shall be tried by a special jury, at the term of the said Superior Court, next thereafter held in that county; and the decision in whatever way finally made, shall vest in the said corporation the fee simple of the land in question, and in the other party a judgment for the value thus ascertained. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all lands lying, being, and situate within one-fourth of a mile of the line of the said canals, and not heretofore granted, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the said corporation, to be held, sold, leased or conveyed by the said corporation, in like manner as other lands received, purchased, held or taken by the said corporation as heretofore provided. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said canals shall intersect a public road, the said corporation shall be bound to build a safe and suitable bridge; but the bridges of all public roads laid out after the passage, crossing the said canals, shall be constructed and kept in repair by the county. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the books and accounts of the said corporation shall be liable to inspection and examination, by any commissioner or commissioners, who may for that purpose be selected or appointed by the Legislature or Governor of this State. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall be obliged to keep the said canals and locks in good and sufficient order, condition and repair, and at all times free and open, remarkable causalties and accidents excepted to the navigation of boats, rafts, and other water crafts; and for the transportation of goods, merchandise and produce: Provided, the boats, rafts, and other water craft are not so constructed as to injure said canals, or to obstruct the free navigation thereof. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw dirt, rubbish, trees, or logs, into the said canals, or to injure the locks, basins, feeders or banks, or any part of the work or works appertaining to the said canals, or either of them, or in any manner to hinder, or obstruct the navigation of the said canals or either of them; and any person or persons so offending, shall be liable to an indictment as for a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the judge of the court before the conviction is had, and the said offender or offenders shall also forfeit and pay to the said corporation four times the amount of the damages by them sustained, together with costs, to be recovered by action of debt, before a justice of the peace, or any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall and may collect and reserve water for the use of the said canals, paying a just renumeration therefor, and also all damages by occasion thereof, to be ascertained upon disagreement, in the same manner as pointed out by the eleventh section of this act.

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Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the said canal and its [Illegible Text] shall be forever exempt from all taxes, duties and [Illegible Text] whateverand that after the expiration of sixty years from the passing of this act, if the Legislature of this State shall deem it for the interest thereof, that the property of the said canals should be vested in the said State, then and in that case, the said corporation shall convey all its rights and title and interest of, in, and to the said canals to the said State, on receiving from the Treasury of the State, a sum of money equal to all the sums expended in constructing, making, improving, and keeping in repair the said canal, together with a nett interest, above all charges, of eight per centum per annum, on such part of the stock as shall not have afforded such interest. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation be, and is hereby authorised, to receive from the Treasury of this State the sum of fifty thousand dollars in bills of the Darien Bank, hitherto appropriated as a loan to [Illegible Text] Jenckes for the same purpose, to assist the said corporation in opening the said canals, or either of them: Provided, the said corporation shall give a bond to the Governor of the State of Georgia, for the time being and his successors in office, to secure to the State the repayment of the same; which loan is not to draw interest until the Governor shall notify to the said corporation, that the bills of the Darien Bank are at par value; then the said corporation shall be and is hereby required to pay an interest of five per cent, per annum, until the State shall require the repayment of the said sum so borrowed: And provided, the Legislature may require the repayment of the said money at any time, upon giving the said corporation six months notice thereof, whether the same be at par or not; and that the sum so drawn shall be expended in cutting said canals, or one of them, and for no other purpose whatsoever. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the State shall have a lien on the said canals for the money so loaned to the said corporation, any contract or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 22. A nd be it further enac t ed, That nothing contained in this act, shall prevent the State from uniting to the said canals, any canal, rail-road, or other public work, which may be necessary for the benefit of the citizens thereof; but it shall at all times be in the power of the Legislature to open any other canal or pass any public work to or across the said canals, whenever it shall be deemed necessary for the general good: Provided, the same does not obstruct or impede the free navigation and use of the said canals. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That the following rules, restrictions, limitations and provisions, shall form and be fundamental articles of the constitution of the said corporation, to wit: RULE I. The number of votes to which the stockholders shall he entitled in voting for Directors, shall be according to the number of shares

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he, she, or [Illegible Text], respectively shall hold in the proportions [Illegible Text]; that is to say, one share one vote, two shares two votes, three shares three votes, four shares four votes, five shares five votes, and for every additional five shares one vote; and no shares can be voted but by the persons in whose names they stand on the books of the corporation, at the time of the election, unless a power of [Illegible Text] be produced expressly authorising the person or persons offering the votes to represent the said shares, except the shares of minors, whose parent or guardian may vote the said shares; and no person shall be a Director who is not a stockholder in his own right. RULE II. The Directors shall elect, annually, a fit and proper person to discharge the duties of Treasurer and Secretary, who shall give bond to the said corporation, with two sureties, to be approved by the board of directors in such sum as the said board may require for the faithful performance of the [Illegible Text] reposed in him: and the compensation of the said treasurer and secretary shall be fixed by the said board. RULE III. A majority of the said Directors shall form a quorum for the transaction of business: and the minutes of the proceedings of the said board, shall be recorded in a book to be provided for that purpose. RULE IV. The minutes of the proceedings shall be subject to the inspection of the stockholders, upon the requisition in writing, of any person or persons legally representing one eight of the stock of the corporation. RULE V. The yeas and nays shall be registered upon any question, when [Illegible Text] by a single member of the board. RULE VI. The certificates of stock or shares in the said the Savannah, Ogechee, and Alatamaha Canal Company, shall be called in by the said board of directors of the said corporation as soon as may be practicable, and certificates of the stock of the said corporation shall be issued, in the name of the said corporation, to the holders thereof; and any person or copartnership neglecting or refusing to pay any future instalment on the said stock, when required so to do in manner hereinafter directed, the share or shares, on which such failure shall happen to occur, shall for such failure be forfeited to the corporation, and may be again sold and disposed of, as the board of directors shall order or provide, and the sums which may have been paid thereon, shall enure [Illegible Text] the benefit of the corporation, together with any advance which may occur on the sale of the said shares.

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RULE VII. The Board of Directors of the said Corporation shall have authority to call in the instalments which may remain due on said stock and in such sums, not exceeding ten dollars per share, at any one time, as a majority of them may deem necessary for the uninterrupted and speedy [Illegible Text] of the said canals: Provided, thirty days previous [Illegible Text] be given thereof. RULE VIII. All certificates of stock shall be signed by the President, and attested by the Treasurer, and shall be transferable, personally or by attorney, on the books of the company only, according to such rules [Illegible Text] may be established in that respect by the board of directors. RULE IX. All contracts made by, or with the said corporation, shall be in writing; and it shall be a condition in every contract for materials or labor, that the board of directors of the corporation shall have the power of making the same void, upon the representation of the chief engineer in writing, that the contractor refuses or neglects to do the work as directed by the engineer. RULE X. No Director of the said Corporation shall be a contractor during his continuance in office, either directly or indirectly. RULE XI. Dividends of the profits of the Corporation, or of so much of the [Illegible Text] as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and [Illegible Text] half yearly; and the said dividends shall be determined from [Illegible Text] to time, by a majority of the directors, and shall in no case [Illegible Text] the nett profits actually acquired by the corporation. RULE XII. The lands, tenements, and hereditaments which it shall be [Illegible Text] for the said corporation to hold, shall be only such as are [Illegible Text] specified, and such as shall be necessary for its immediate [Illegible Text] in relation to the convenient transaction of its business, [Illegible Text] such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to the corporation [Illegible Text] way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction or as security [Illegible Text] money advanced, or to be advanced by the said corporation, or [Illegible Text] at sales upon judgments which shall be obtained for debts [Illegible Text] to the corporation. Sec. 24. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the capital stock of the [Illegible Text] corporation may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] time to the amount prescribed

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and limited by the second section of this act, whenever a majority of the stockholders shall so determine, at any special or stated meeting, by authorising the directors to receive subscriptions [Illegible Text], or to dispose of shares of one hundred dollars each, to any person or persons in such manner as they shall think [Illegible Text]: Provided, that in receiving such subscriptions, or in making such disposition, the holders of stock subscribed for previous to the passage of this act, shall have a preference over all others; and the new subscribers, if any, shall become parties to the corporation, reserving however, for the State of [Illegible Text], one thousand shares of such increased capital, to be subscribed for at the first session of the Legislature after the capital shall be so increased; and should the Legislature fail to subscribe for part or the whole of the said stock so reserved for the State, it shall and may be lawful for the directors of the corporation to dispose of that part of the stock so reserved for the State, and not subscribed for as aforesaid, to individuals, upon the same terms, and with the same preference, as are prescribed for the disposal of the other part of such increased capital; and upon the State subscribing for the said one thousand shares of stock, she shall be entitled to appoint one member of the board of direction, annually, in which case the number of directors to be elected thereafter by the stockholders shall be reduced to six: Provided, that if any profit shall be made by the disposition or sale of such increased capital, the same shall enure to the use and benefit of all the holders of the stock, held at the time of every such extension or increase. Sec. 25. A nd be i t fur t he r [Illegible Text], That as soon after the passage of this act, as the same may be practicable, the treasurer of the said Savannah, Ogechee, and Alatamaha Canal Company, shall transfer to the said corporation all the funds of the said company, and which when so transferred, shall become a part of the funds of said corporation, and thereupon the funds and property of the said corporation shall immediately become liable for the payment of all the debts due and owing by the said company, and for all contracts made by the said company, or its directors in its behalf, previous to such [Illegible Text]; and no stockholder or director of the said company, or of the said corporation, shall be held or considered individually liable in [Illegible Text] person or estate for the payment of any debt contracted by the said corporation or the board of directors in its behalf; but the canal property and funds of the said company or corporation alone shall [Illegible Text] held liable for the payment of the same. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That if any officer or servant or other person, employed by the said corporation or by the board [Illegible Text] directors thereof, shall steal, secrete, embezzle, or runaway with any note or notes, bank bill or bills, warrant or warrants, bond or bonds deed or deeds, security or securities, draft or drafts, check or checks money or effects, of the said corporation entrusted with him, or [Illegible Text] directors of the said corporation, or which shall [Illegible Text] been received or collected by him, for and on account of any tolls, or other [Illegible Text] due to the said corporation, such offender on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor, or in solitude in the [Illegible Text] for any term, not less than three years, nor longer than [Illegible Text] years.

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Sec. 27. A nd be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act, shall be so construed as to deprive or divest the said Ebenezer Jenckes of any right, interest, privilege or immunity, granted or allowed to him by the acts of the Legislature in the preamble to this act referred to, and which has not been assigned and transferred by him to the said the Savannah, Ogechee, and Alatamaha Canal Company, or to trustees for the use of the said company, or which may not hereafter be assigned and transferred by him to the said corporation. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Brunswick Canal Company. Whereas, James Fort, John Burnett, senr. James Gould, Thomas B. King, Daniel-Blue, Stephen C. King, John Burnett, junr. John Hardee, William B. Davis, Henry Dubignon, and others, by their petition to this General Assembly, have represented that the opening of a Steam Boat Canal, or constructing a rail way, or both, between the Alatamaha and Turtle river, or their branches, to communicate with the harbour of Brunswick will be of great utility to the community at large, and to the State in general; and that the said petitioners have entered into an agreement for establishing a company for opening and constructing, and keeping in repair such inland communication, if the undertaking should receive the sanction of the Legislature, by incorporating said company with vested powers, rights and privileges, for carrying the necessary arrangements and work fully into effect; and for the encouragement of the same: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the above mentioned petitioners, their associates and successors be, and are hereby incorporated as a body politic, by the name and style of THE BRUNSWICK CANAL COMPANY. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the said company to create a stock to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, to be increased if necessary, not to exceed one-third of the present capital, for the purpose of carrying said canal or rail way, or both, into full effectthat is to say, they are hereby authorised to cause books of subscription to be opened, so soon after the passing of this act as may be convenient, and at such places and in such manner as they may deem most

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conducive to the attainment of the stock required: first giving thirty days notice of the time and places for opening said books, in the public gazettes. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That the stock of said company shall consist of two thousand shares of one hundred dollars each, but the number of shares may be increased hereafter should it be found necessary to complete the objects of the company aforesaid, not to exceed one third of the present capital; and that upon subscribing, the sum of five dollars shall be paid upon each share. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the said company, by the name and style aforesaid, shall be capable in law as a body politic and as such may sue and be sued, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts of the State of Georgia, or any place whatsoever having competent jurisdiction over any matter, dispute, or transaction, touching the business, affairs, or well being of said company; and that the stockholders may elect seven members thereof annually, who shall constitute and form a board under the name and style of the President and Directors of the Brunswick Canal Company, and shall be competent to make all necessary bye-laws, rules and regulations they may deem conducive to good [Illegible Text] faith, and [Illegible Text] government of said company: Provided, such bye laws, rules, and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United Statesand also to make all contracts, or to cause the same to be done in behalf of said company, which shall be binding upon the same, and to appoint or elect, artists, agents, and employ all necessary officers, belonging, c. c. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That when the said company shall have completed the aforesaid communication, within four years from the passage of this act, or as much sooner as possible to accomplish the work in a permanent and [Illegible Text] manner, they and their associates and successors, shall be entitled and empowered to demand and receive by way of toll on all goods, wares, merchandise, or productions of the country, carried on or through said canal or rail-way, such sums of money as they may think proper to impose in their regulations of toll, not exceeding, at any twelve months together, twenty five per cent. per annum, upon the whole amount of money they shall have actually expended in making and keeping in repair the said canal or rail way, or both. To ascertain which, the board aforesaid shall cause an accurate set of books to be kept, showing the amount of stock paid in, and also of all expenditures for the canal or rail way, including repairs and income of tolls: which books shall always be liable to the inspection of a committee appointed by the Legislature, to the end that said company shall not abuse the remunerating privilege of this act. Sec. 6. A nd be i t furt he r enac t ed, That it shall be lawful for the board of direction aforesaid, or their authorised agents, to stop, or prosecute and recover upon any goods, wares, merchandise, or productions of the country, steam or other boats, vessels, crafts, rafts, or vehicles of any description, from passing on, or through said canal or

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rail-way, until payment of such ratio of toll, as may be demanded aforesaid. And in case said company should hereafter accumulate a surplus fund from the revenue and benefits of their institution, they may apply it in such public manner as may seem most important to the majority thereof, under the chartered powers and remunerating privilege herein vested, in the promotion of the commercial and mercantile prosperity of Brunswick: Provided, that nothing in this section shall confer upon said company any banking privileges whatsoever. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have power to select and purchase, or receive as donation for themselves and successors, such strip or strips of land from the Alatamaha to Turtle river, or their branches, as may be necessary for their canal or railway, and in case of disagreement in regard to any part of the necessary land which may be required for the object aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the company to appoint three disinterested freeholders, and the owner or owners of such land shall also appoint three disinterested freeholders, all of whom shall be sanctioned by the honorable the Inferior court of Glynn county, who together shall form a committee of valuation, and shall proceed upon the premises and award the amount of damage which the said company shall pay unto such owner or owners in fee simple right to the said land forever. In case the committee aforesaid cannot agree upon the award, they shall choose an umpire to be attached to said committe. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That no canal or railway shall be permitted hereafter to be cut or constructed between the Alatamaha and Turtle river, or their branches, within twenty miles of the route the aforesaid company may select. Sec. 9. A nd be it further enacted, That in case of practicability, the aforesaid company shall construct their canal agreeable to the following outlines: That is to say, at least forty five feet in width at the water line, and thirty-five at the bottom, and of sufficient depth to afford four feet draft of water from one river to the other, which shall admit steam-boats to pass with their cargoes on board, carrying at least eight hundred bales of cotton, and to return from Brunswick into the interior with equal facility, and to be constructed with recesses or side basons at convenient distances from each other, and within sight to admit the widest class of steam or other boats, while others of a similar class in case of necessity may pass in the opposite direction, and to construct the locks and a guard lock also at the Alatamaha with brick. All rafts of [Illegible Text] or lumber, shall be constructed in width agreeable to the regulations of said company, or be debarred from entering the canal. Sec. 10. A nd be, it further enacted, That the said company shall build good, substantial, and safe draw bridges across their canal or railway wherever it may intersect or cross a public road, and that the said canal or railway and their appurtenances, shall be exempt from all taxes, duties, and impositions whatever, unless it be such a tax and no more, as is imposed on any other stock in this State.

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Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That no member of said company shall be eligible as a director, unless he shall hold at least ten shares of the stock in his own right, or as [Illegible Text], executor, or guardian; the board at all times to be competent to call a public meeting of the stockholders when necessary, who shall be competent to regulate the rule of voting for directors by a special ordinance or bye law, of whom the directors shall elect one of said number to the office of president with such remuneration, and to the other members of the board as may be established by the bona fide owners and lawful representatives of at least two thirds of the capital stock of the institution. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the board of direction shall have power to call in such ratio of the subscription for stock on the books of said company by way of instalments, as from time to time they may deem necessary for the prompt progress and execution of the work, first giving public notice thereof in two or more of the public gazettes of this State, at least sixty days previous to the time required for the payment of such instalment. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That any subscriber or stockholder in said company, refusing to pay his, her, or their instalments when called on in manner aforesaid, shall forfeit the same to the use of the company if so [Illegible Text] by two thirds of the stockholders at their next meeting thereafter, which stock so confiscated may be offered by the president and directors for re subscription, as if it never had been subscribed for. All calls for instalments shall be general, and officially issued by the president with the concurrence of the board. Sec. 14. And be it further enac t ed, That the shares of stock in the aforesaid company, shall be taken, considered, and held in law as real estate, and may be sold, transferred, assigned, or [Illegible Text] by the proprietors thereof as such. Assented to, 20th December, 1826.

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Counties. AN ACT to organise the Territory lately acquired from the [Illegible Text] Indians, lying between the Flint and [Illegible Text] rivers, and west of the [Illegible Text] river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that part of the territory lately acquired from the [Illegible Text] Indians, lying between the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, immediately above the old lines of Early county, and known as the first section, shall form one county to be called Lee. That all that part of said territory lying between [Illegible Text] rivers aforesaid, and known as the second section, shall form one county to be called Muscogee. That all that part of said territory lying between said rivers, and known as the third section, shall form one county to be called Troup. That all that part of said territory east of the Chattahoochee, and known as the fourth or upper section, shall form one county to be called Cowetaw. And that all that part of said territory lying west of the said river Chattahoochee, shall form one county to be called Carroll. That on the first Monday in May next the persons who may be in said counties, may meet together and under the superintendance of three freeholders, elect five Justices of the Inferior Court for their respective counties, a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Court, a Sheriff, and Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver, a Coroner, and a County Surveyor. That the place of election in the county of Lee, shall be Pond Town, or Williams' Store. That the place of election in the county of Muscogee, shall be at the house of William C. Osburn That the said place of election in the county of Troup, shall be at the house of Joseph Weaver. That the said place of election in the county of Cowetaw, shall be at the house of James Caldwell. And that the said place of election in the county of Carroll, shall be at the McIntosh Reserve, at the house of William O. Wagnon.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said freeholders shall certify under their hands to the Governor, the persons so elected, who shall thereupon [Illegible Text] commissioned to hold their offices till the next general election for the like officers throughout the State, unless their offices shall be sooner vacated by law. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court in their respective counties, or a majority of them, shall fix the site of the necessary county buildings as they may think most [Illegible Text] to the public interest; and they shall have the power of erecting all the necessary public buildings in their respective counties. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Justices, as soon as practicable, shall lay off their respective counties into Captains Districts, and whenever said districts may be defined, they shall advertise, and one or more of them shall superintend the election of two [Illegible Text] of the Peace in each Captains District, giving fifteen days notice thereof, who shall be commissioned by the Governor to continue in office till the next election of Justices of the Peace throughout the State, unless their offices be sooner vacated by law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace, after they shall have been commissioned as aforesaid, to advertise in their respective Districts the election of captains and subaltern officers, as required by the militia laws now in force, and said captains shall as early as practicable make out a complete roll of all such persons as are liable to do militia duty, and return the same to their Inferior Court. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the militia [Illegible Text] in the severa [Illegible Text] of the said respective counties, shall be elected and [Illegible Text], it shall be the duty of the justices of the inferior [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the election of field officers for each county, giving fifteen [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] notice: and it shall be the duty of two or more justices of the peace to superintend said elections, and certify the same as required by the militia laws now in force. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court for sand counties shall proceed to elect grand and petit jurors, agreeable to the law now in force. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the five afore mentioned counties with the [Illegible Text] of De Kalb and Fayette shall form a new circuit to be called the Chattahoochee CircuitThat as soon as may be convenient after this act passes, there shall be elected for said circuit a Judge of [Illegible Text] Superior Court, and a Solicitor General. That the times of [Illegible Text] the Superior Courts in the Chattahoochee Circuit, shall be as follows: In the county of De Kalb, on the second Monday in April and October. In the county of Fayette, [Illegible Text] the third Monday in April and October.

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In the county of Coweta, on the fourth Monday in June and December. In the county of Carroll, on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Troup, on the Monday thereafter In the county of Muscogee, on Thursday thereafter. In the county of Lee, on Monday thereafter. That the times of holding the Inferior Courts in the Chattahoochee Circuit, shall be as follows: In the county of De Kalb, on the first Monday in June and December. In the county of Fayette, on the second Monday in June and December. In the county of Coweta, on the first Monday in August and February. In the county of Carroll, on the second Monday in August and February. In the county of Troup, on the third Monday of August and February. In the county of Muscogee, on the fourth Monday in August and February. In the county of Lee, on the first Monday in September and March. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts in the counties of Lee, Troup, Muscogee, Coweta, and Carroll, shall be the places designated in this act for electing county officers, till the justices of the inferior court shall select sites for the public buildings in the several counties. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all that part of De Kalb county lying below a certain line beginning on the Chattahoochee river, at the upper corner of Fraction No. one [Illegible Text] and thirteen, in the fourteenth district formerly Fayette [Illegible Text] D Kalb, thence running along the line of lots on the range of said district to the upper corner of lot No. one hundred and twenty-[Illegible Text][Illegible Text] that part of said district below said line to be added to and become a part of Coweta county. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That [Illegible Text] officers, civil and military, residing in said [Illegible Text], are to continu in office during the time for which they were elected. In the House of Representatives Read the third time and passed sixth December, 1826. In Senate Read the third time and passed [Illegible Text] Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to add the Reserve at the Old Agency, on the east side of Flint river, to the county of Crawford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act, all the Reserve Land lying and situate on the East side of Flint river, be added to and become a part of the county of Crawford. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to explain and amend an act passed on the twenty-fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty five, entitled an act to lay out a new county to be composed of parts of the counties of Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, and Oglethorpe, and to provide for the organization thereof. Whereas, by the eighth section of the above mentioned act, it was provided that the taxes payable by persons in such parts of the aforesaid counties as were included in the county of Taliaferro for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, and thenceforth should be collected and accounted for as from the said county of TaliaferroAnd whereas, difficulties have arisen in the construction of said act: Therefore, Be it enacted by t he S enate and House of Represen t atives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enac t ed by the authority of the same, That the taxes laid and assessed on persons and property resident and situate in those parts of the said several counties of Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, and Oglethorpe, which by the formation of the said county of Taliaferro, have been included in said last mentioned county, and payable during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, shall be considered as subject to be collected and accounted for as from the said county of Taliaferro, and that in all cases in which the said taxes payable in said year shall not have been collected in said county, it shall be the duty of the collector of taxes of the said county of Taliaferro, elected on the first Monday in January last, and he is hereby required and authorised to proceed to the collection of the same in the usual manner

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and by the process directed by law for the collection of taxes in the several counties of this State; Provided however, that such collector shall first take the oath required by law, and shall execute bonds with good and sufficient securities to be approved by the Justitices of the [Illegible Text] court of said county, well and faithfully to execute the said duty, and to account for said taxes so to be collected by him; and in all cases in which the said taxes shall have been, or shall be collected by the tax collectors of the said counties of Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, and Oglethorpe, or of any of them, so much of said taxes as by the appropriation of the General Assembly has been vested in the Inferior courts of said counties respectively for county purposes, and the assessments on the State tax laid and imposed by the Inferior courts of said counties for county purposes, as has been raised in and from the said county of Taliaferro, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the Inferior court of the said county of Taliaferro for county purposes; and it shall be the duty of the persons in whose hands such taxes may be, and they are hereby required on demand made by the Inferior court of said county of Taliaferro, to pay to such person as said court shall appoint, all the proportions, sums, and taxes, which by the said act hereby amended, and by this act have been and are vested in the Inferior court of said county, to be ascertained by the tax books of the said several counties, whose collectors may have received any of such taxes. See. 2. And be it futher enacted, That the several collectors of taxes for the said counties of Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, and Oglethorpe, shall be exonerated from accountability at the Comptroller's Office for so much of the State tax as is by this law vested in the said county of Taliaferro, on production of a sufficient [Illegible Text] of having paid such proportion according to the directions of this act, and that the tax collector of the said county of Taliaferro shall be allowed until the first Monday in March next to collect and account for the taxes to be collected by him under this act and the act hereby amended, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to [Illegible Text] Nov. 1826. AN ACT amendatory of an Act to organise the counties of Thomas and Lowndes, passed the twenty fourth December eighteen hundred and twenty-five, so far as respects the eleventh section of said Act. Whereas, the eleventh section makes provision for the tax collector of Thomas county to call on the receiver of tax returns of Irwin and Decatur counties, who shall give him fair and correct lists of the

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returns of taxable property on the respective tax lists, so far as relates to Thomas county; and it shall be the duty of the tax collector of Thomas county to proceed to collect and disburse the same as pointed out by the tax law of this State as in other casesAnd whereas, no such provisions were made for Lowndes county formed at the same time, and by right ought to be entitled to the same privileges, in as much as the receiver of tax returns for Irwin county, did refuse to comply with provisions of the before recited act: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Thomas and Lowndes counties when applied for, all the tax reserved for county purposes collected from the said Thomas and Lowndes counties, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices of the Inferior Court of [Illegible Text] county shall make a true return or estimate of the tax collected from each county of Thomas and Lowndes, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five, and reserved for county purposes and pay over to the same, to the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Thomas and Lowndes, the sum thus estimated for each of themsaid sums when thus paid over as aforesaid, shall be set apart by the said Justices of the Inferior Courts of Thomas and Lowndes for their respective purposes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the same is hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to define the line between the counties of Newton and De Kalb, and to add a part of the former to the latter. Be it enac t ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, all that part of the county of Newton lying west of a line starting from the South river, one mile below the mouth of Crooked creek, about four miles below where the present line strikes it, running a straight direction from thence to where the present line crosses the Yellow river, be added to and become a part of the county of De Kalb. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of De Kalb to appoint

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some fit and proper person whose duty it shall be to run and plainly mark the above described line, who shall be paid for his services out of the funds of the county of De Kalb. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That so soon as the above line shall be run and marked as provided for by this act, it shall be held deemed and known as the true line dividing the counties of Newton and De Kalb, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to alter and amend an Act passed December twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to organise the counties of Thomas and Lowndes, so far as respects the holding of courts and elections at the house of Sion Hall. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hority of t he same, That from and immediately after the first day of February next, the Superior and Inferior courts and general elections for the county of Lowndes heretofore held at Sion Hall's, shall be removed to the house of Francis Roundtree's, and all notes, bonds, obligations, or other papers or things made returnable to the courts heretofore held at Sion Hall's, shall be hereby made returnable to the house of Francis Roundtree. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That the courts and elections shall be continued at the house of Francis Roundtree's, until such times as the commissioners appointed to fix on the site of public buildings for said counties shall have fixed on said site and a court-house built thereon built, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to Nov. 30th. 1826. AN ACT to add part of the county of Washington to the county of Baldwin. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General Assembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed

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by the autho r i t y afo r esaid, That immediately from and after the passing of this act, that part of Washington county lying between Gum creek and Town creek, shall become a part of the county of Baldwin, commencing with a line at the mouth of Gum creek where it empties into the Oconee river, and then running up [Illegible Text] creek to its head or most western branch, and from thence a straight line to the dividing line between the counties of Washington and Hancock at a place known as Vinson's old field about a quarter of a mile from the residence of John Giles, and thence on the [Illegible Text] line to Town creek, and any expenses that may accrue in running of the line shall [Illegible Text] paid by the county of Baldwin. Assented to, 27th December, 1826. AN ACT to lay off and add a part of the county of Dooly to the county of Pulaski. Be i t enac t ed by t he [Illegible Text] and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and [Illegible Text] is hereby [Illegible Text] by [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of t he same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, all that territory including the fourth district and so much of the fifth and eighth districts as shall be included by a line commencing at the north west corner of the fifth district and running south east through said fifth district, and thence the same course direct until said line intersects the Irwin county line, and thence said last mentioned line to the Oakmulgee river in the county of Dooly, be and the same is hereby added to and shall be a part of the county of Pulaski, any law to the contrary notwithstanding Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on all days that the citizens included as aforesaid, shall be required to attend at Hartford to [Illegible Text] public duty, it shall be lawful for them attending as aforesaid, to pass free of any charge across the river at Hartford, and it is hereby made the duty of the Inferior court of the county of Pulaski, to make the necessary arrangements with the ferryman at said river or otherwise, as shall secure to them the right of crossing as aforesaid free of any charge. Sec 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the lines as above mentioned shall be run under the superintendance of two or more of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said counties, and the expenses accruing in running the same, shall be paid for by the Inferior Court of Pulaski county. Sec. 4. And be i t further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to [Illegible Text] the tax collector

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of Dooly county from collecting all taxes which are now given in in said districts included as aforesaid in Pulaski county Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all military officers, together with the justices of the peace included by this act in the county of Pulaski, shall hold their offices as though this act had not been passed, and all officers holding public monies included as above, the property of Dooly county, be and they are hereby required to pay the same immediately into the hands of the Inferior court of said county. Sec. 6. A nd be i t [Illegible Text] enac t ed by t he [Illegible Text] aforesaid. That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT [Illegible Text] the trading of Merchants, Shop-keepers and others, so far as regards the county of Liberty, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, [Illegible Text] shall not be lawful for any merchant, shop-keeper, or any persons whatever, to trade with any slave or slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, with or without a ticket, after sunset or before sunrise in the county of Liberty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authori t y aforesaid, That if any slave or slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, shall be seen in any store, shop, or tipling house, with any articles of sale within the afuresaid prohibited hours, it shall be taken and received as evidence against the person or persons owning, or person keeping the store, shop, or tipling house, of a violation of this act: P r ovided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall be so [Illegible Text] as to prevent the owner or owners of said store, shop, or tipling house, from supplying any written order of the owner, overseer, or manager of any such slave or slaves, free negroes or mulattoes. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall violate the before recited act, [Illegible Text] she, or they shall, for the first offence, be lined in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, with [Illegible Text] in the common jail for a period

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of not less than twenty days; and for each repetifion of the offence, five hundred dollars and forty days imprisonment, one half of the before mentioned sums to be paid to the informer and the other half into the treasury of the county. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any free negro, mulattoe, or other than a white person, be guilty of breaking said law, he, she, or they shall be punished by whipping at the discretion of the Judges of the Inferior court, or any three free-holders, by the Sheriff of said county or his deputy, and imprisonment at the discretion of the court, with sale of all the goodsrchattels wares and merchandise found in the store, shop, or tippling house (at the time of said offence,) in which said offence may have been committed, whether belonging to the delinquent or not, and the proceeds of such sale to be paid into the treasury of the county. Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to add a part of the county of Lowndes to the county of Thomas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] part of the county of Lowndes lying in the eighth [Illegible Text] be added to and become a part of the county of Thomas, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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Constitution. AN ACT to be entitled an Act, to alter and amend the seventh section of the second Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Whereas, the said seventh section of the second article of the Constitution of this State is in the words following, viz: He, (the Governor) shall have power to grant reprieves for offences against the State, except in cases of impeachment, and to grant pardons or to remit any part of a sentence in all cases after conviction except for treason or murder, in which cases he may respite the execution and make report thereof to the next General Assembly, by whom a pardon may be granted. And whereas the said clause requires amendment. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so soon as this act shall have passed according to the requisitions of the Constitution, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the said seventh section: The Governor shall have power to grant reprieves for offences against the State, except in cases of impeachment, and to grant pardons or to remit any part of a sentence in all cases after conviction, except for treason or murder, in which cases he may respite the execution and make report thereof to the next General Assembly, and the said General Assembly may commute the punishment to confinement in the penitentiary for [Illegible Text] or for any shorter time that the said General Assembly may deem proper, or the said General Assembly may grant a full and free pardon. Assented to, 23d December, 1826.

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Courts. AN ACT to alter the time of holding the Superior Court in the county of Columbia, and the winter session of the Inferior Court, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That the superior court of said county shall be held in the said county on the first Monday in March and September in each year, and may continue in session three weeks at each term, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorise the said superior court to detain the juries longer than two weeks in the month of March, and the winter session of the inferior court of said county shall hereafter be held on the first Wednesday after Christmas, except of such year as Christmas may come on Wednesday, in which case the court shall be held on the fourth Monday in December; and that all suits, precepts, and processes, made returnable to the superior court on the second Monday in March or September, shall be returnable on the first Monday in March and September, and those returnable to the inferior court on the third Monday in December shall be returnable on the first Wednesday after Christmast. Assented to 8th Dec. 1926. AN ACT to prevent the testimony of Indians being received in Courts of Justice. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by

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me authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, no Indian and no descendant of an Indian, not understanding the English language shall be deemed a competent witness in any court of justice created by the constitution or laws of this State. Assented to, 26th December, 1826. AN ACT for the better organization of the Mayor's Court of the City of the City of Augusta, and for changing the name of the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the court now known as the Mayor's Court of the City of Augus a, shall be called the Court of Common Pleas for the City of Augusta. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the judge of the said court shall be elected by the Legislature immediately after the passing of this act, and shall [Illegible Text] his office for the term of three years, unless removed therefrom by the Governor on the address of two thirds of both Houses of the General Assembly. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act shall be and are hereby repealed. Assented to, 21st December, 1826. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Inferior Courts in the county of Telfair. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January next, the inferior courts of Telfair county shall be held in said county on the first Monday in April and October, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to advertise this alteration at one of the most public places in each captains district of said county. Assented to 22d Nov. 1826. AN ACT to repeal the third section of an act entitled an Act to alter and amend an act, entitled an act to alter and fix the time of holding the superior and inferior courts in the several judicial circuits in this State, and to add the county of Madison to the northern, and the county of Bullock to the eastern, and the county of Columbia to the middle circuit, passed the fourteenth December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, so far as relates to the times of holding the superior courts of the middle circuit, and to alter the laws on the subject of drawing and arranging grand and petit [Illegible Text], so far as relates to the county of Richmond. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the same, That the third section of an act entitled an act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to alter and fix the time of holding the superior and inferior courts in the several judicial circuits in this State, and to add the county of Madison to the northern, and the county of Bullock to the eastern, and the county of Columbia to the middle circuit, passed the fourteenth of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, so far as relates to the times of holding the superior courts of the middle circuit be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be drawn for each term of Richmond superior court sixty grand jurors, and seventy-two petit jurors, who shall be summoned as now prescribed by law, and that it shall be the duty of the judge presiding at the commencement of each term, so to class, arrange and dispose of said jurors as [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] the attendance of any individual more than one week [Illegible Text] the term, unless it should so happen that at the end of the week a

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jury either grand or petit should be charged with a cause, in which event, they shall attend the court until the said cause be disposed of and no longer. Assented to 8th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Inferior Court in the county of Butts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the time of holding the Inferior Courts of said county, shall be on the first Monday in February and August in each year. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all declarations, writs, recognizances, precepts, and processes returnable to either of said terms as heretofore established, shall be made returnable to the next February term of said court. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to fix the time for holding the Inferior Court in the county of Lowndes, and two additional Commissioners to assist in fixing the public site for the same, and to change the time of holding the summer session of the Inferior Court of Hancock county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the [Illegible Text] Court for the [Illegible Text] of Lowndes shall be holden on the third Monday in January and

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the first Monday in June thereafter, at the same place pointed out by law for holding the Superior Courts for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Jesse Carter and Benjamin Simmons be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to assist those heretofore appointed to fix on the site for the public buildings in the county of Lowndes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the summer term of Hancock Inferior Court, shall be changed from the third Monday in August, to the first Monday in August in each year. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to alter and fix the times of holding the Superior Courts in a part of the Southern circuit, and to alter the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Flint circuit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of February next, the times of holding the Superior Courts in the counties of Early, Baker, and Dooly, shall be as follows, to wit: In the county of Early, on the first Monday in July and third Monday in January. In the county of Baker, on the second Monday in July and fourth Monday in January. In the county of Dooly, on the Thursday thereafter. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any law militating against this act, be and the same [Illegible Text] hereby repealed. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Flint circuit in future, shall be as follows, to-wit: In Bibb, on the fourth Monday in February and August. In Monroe county, on the first Monday in March and September. In Upson county, on the second Monday in March and September. In Pike county, on the Thursday thereafter in March and September. In Henry county, on the third Monday in March and September

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In Butts county, on the Thursday thereafter in March and September. In Newton, the fourth Monday in March and September. In Crawford, on the first Monday in April and on Wednesday after the first [Illegible Text] in October. In Houston, on the second Monday in April and October. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all writs and processes which have been made returnable to any of the courts in the counties aforesaid, shall be taken and held as returnable at the times pointed out in this act, any thing to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to alter the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Middle and Northern Circuits, so far as respects the counties of Montgomery and Taliaferro. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the time of holding the Superior Courts in the county of Montgomery, shall be on the Tuesday after the first Monday in April and the Thursday after the first Monday in October. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suits, precepts, processes, and papers made returnable to the Superior Courts as before, shall be made returnable to the times hereinbefore specified, and such return is by this act declared to be legal, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the superior courts in the county of [Illegible Text] be hereafter [Illegible Text] on the third Mondays in January and July in each year, and that all writs and processes returnable to the next term of said court in February next, be held and considered as returnable to the next January term thereof, as contemplated by this act, and that all jurors and witnesses attend the same under the provisions of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws contravening the provision of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 26th December, 1826.

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Churches. AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church, on Williams' creek, in the county of Warren. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas Smith, Jethro Darden, senr Jethro Darden, [Illegible Text] Solomon Lockett, Robert Shuffield, Buckner Bass, and Edwin Baker, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Baptist Church, on Williams' creek, in Warren county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, by t he authority aforesaid, That the above recited trustees and their succesors in office, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, and to convey the same, all donations, gifts, grants, hereditaments, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the church at the time of the passage of this act, or which may be hereafter made conveyed or transferred to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said church; and also that the trustees and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being [Illegible Text] impleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary legal steps for recovering and defending any property whatever, which the said church may hold, [Illegible Text] or demand, and also for recovering the [Illegible Text] issues, and profits of the same, or any part or parcel thereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of the Baptist Church, on Williams' creek, shall hold their office for the term of three years from and after the passage of this act, and on the third Saturday in March, eighteen hundred and thirty, or within three months thereafter, the supporters of the gospel in said church shall convene at the meeting house of the aforesaid church, and there between the hours of ten and four o'clock, elect from the supporters of the gospel in said church, or other virtuous and discreet persons. five trustees, who shall hold their office three years as aforesaid, with the same powers and for the same purposes as above declared. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to authorise the commissioners appointed to lay off the Town of Macon, to lay off and set apart a suitable piece of ground in lieu of the one set apart by the said commissioners, for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the Town of Macon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners appointed to lay off the town of Macon be, and they are hereby required on their first meeting for the purpose of selling or laying off [Illegible Text] in said town, to lay off a suitable piece of ground for the benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having due regard to quantity and locality, in lieu of the one laid off by them heretofore. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed to lay off said town, do execute a fee simple title for said piece of ground to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at [Illegible Text] any thing to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the the Unitarian Society, in Augusta Georgia. Be it enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t atives of t he State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, Alexander Cunningham, Gilbert Longstreet, Thomas S. Metcalf, William Sims, and Philip C rane, all of the city of Augusta, together with such others as now are, or hereafter may become members of the association called the Unitarian Society, in Augusta, Georgia, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Unitarian Society, in Augusta, Georgia, and shall be capable to receive, hold, and enjoy, real and personal estate for the use and benefit of said Institution, and shall have perpetual succession of members and officers, and may have and use a common seal, and under the name and style aforesaid, may [Illegible Text] and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this State, having the requisite juris diction.

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Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That the said society shall be capable in law of receiving any bequest or donation, whether in money or other thing, for the benefit of said Institution, by whatever name or style the same may be made, and under their name and style aforesaid when the interests and prosperity of the said society seem to require it, sell, lease, or exchange any estate by them acquired, either by purchase, bequest or donation. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the Unitarian Society, in [Illegible Text], Georgia, aforesaid are hereby vested with full power and authority to make and establish such bye laws, rules and regulations for their own government as they may deem expedient and necessary: Provided, such bye laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the laws or [Illegible Text] of this State, or of the United States: A nd provided also, that such bye-laws, rules and regulations be subject to be altered and repealed by the Legislature. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Roman Catholic church of the purification, at Locust Grove in Warren county. Whereas, a religious society known by the name of the Roman Catholic church of the purification, at Locust Grove, has been established in Warren countyAnd whereas, it is necessary for the promotion of religion and virtue, that churches or religious societies be made capable of holding, enjoying, and defending, any property which they may acquire by donation or otherwise. Be it therefore [Illegible Text] by the Senate and House of Represen t atives of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby [Illegible Text] by t he [Illegible Text] of t he same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Rev. Patrick O'Sullivan, Henry B. Thompson, James Rossignol, Ignatius Semmes, Thomas H. Luckett, and William R [Illegible Text], and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared a body corporate by the name and style of the vestry of the Roman Catholic church of the Purification, of Locust Grove in Warren county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the vestry aforesaid and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall be invested in them all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, immunities, and privileges whatsoever, which may belong to the aforesaid church at the time of passing

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this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to said vestry or their successors in office to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said church, and also, that the said vestry and their successors shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, and using all necessary and legal steps for recovering or defending any property whatsoever, which the said church may hold, claim, or demand, and also for recovering the rents, issues, and profits of the same, or any part or parcel thereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said vestry shall hold their office for and during the term of two years from the passage of this act, and the congregation shall assemble at the aforesaid church every two years thereafter, for the purpose of chooseing a vestry consisting of five discreet and virtuous men, who shall hold their offices for the like period of two years, to be vested with the same power and for the same period as above described. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorize the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Episcopal Church in Augusta, called St. Paul's Church, to sell a part of the lot conveyed to the Protestant [Illegible Text] Church of the city of Augusta, by act of the nineteenth December, eighteen hundred and eighteen. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of [Illegible Text] of t he State of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and it is [Illegible Text] enacted by the au t hority of t he same, That the Church Wardens and Vestry men of the Episcopal church in Augusta called St. Paul's church, be authorized to sell on such terms as they think proper, that part of the lot described in the act of the nineteenth December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, which was formerly used as a place of burial for slaves: Provided however, no sale of said part of the lot shall be made, until all remains of persons buried there shall have been removed, and carefully interred in the place at present used as a burial place for slaves, and until there shall be erected on the line formerly dividing the cemetry of St. Paul's from that part of the lot authorised to be sold, a good brick wall, such as at present surrounds the whole lot. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of said sale shall be for the use of the church wardens and [Illegible Text] men of the Episcopal church in Augusta, called St. Paul's church. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Baptist Churches in [Illegible Text] town of Macon and county of Bibb. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t atives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enacted by the authority of t he same, That Angus McKenzie, John Lamar, A L Acee, Edward W. Wright, and Samuel Gillespie, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees sf the Macon Presbyterian Church, in the town of Macon and county of Bibb, and that Christopher B. Strong, Edward D. Tracy, Albert G. Clopton, Addison Mandell, and Reuben Burroughs, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the wardens and vestees of the Protestant Episcopal Christ church, in the town of Macon and county of Bibb; and that Richard W. Ellis, Thomas M. Ellis. Benjamin Russell, Marmaduke J. Slade, and Robert Birdsong, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Baptist church of Christ at Macon, in the town of Macon and county of Bibb, and the said trustees respectively of the several churches aforesaid, those of each church, are hereby authorised to have and use a common seal, and they are hereby made capable in law of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and of having, holding, and enjoying real and personal [Illegible Text] for the uses of the churches [Illegible Text] respectively for the support of the ministers of the gospel for said churches. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, by t he au t hority a f orasaid, That the trustees of the Presbyterian and Baptist churches aforesaid, shall hold their office till the first Wednesday in December, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, [Illegible Text] which time, and annually thereafter on the first Wednesday in December, the supporters of the Gospel at the Presbyterian and Baptist churches aforesaid, shall convene at the meeting-houses of their respective churches, and elect from among the supporters of the Gospel at the said respective churches, five discreet persons as trustees, who shall hold their office till the first Wednesday in December following, and until other persons are elected as trustees to succeed them: Provided, that if the supporters of the Gospel aforesaid, should at any time neglect to convene at their respective churches and elect trustees as aforesaid on the first Wednesday in December, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent them from holding said election at any other time, [Illegible Text] giving ten days notice of the holding of said election in one of the public gazettes in the said town of Macon; and that the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal church aforesaid, shall hold their office till the first Monday after Easter, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven, at which time, and annually thereafter on the first Monday after Easter, the supporters of the Gospel at the said Protestant

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Episcopal church, shall convene at the meeting house of their church, and elect five discreet persons as trustees, who shall hold their office till the first Monday after Easter in the year following. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised to cause a grant to be issued to the trustees of the Macon Presbyterian aforesaid, to lot number four, in the thirty-ninth square in the said town of Macon, and a grant to the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal church aforesaid, to lot number six, in the thirty-ninth square in said town of Macon, and a grant to the trustees of the Baptist church aforesaid, to lot number four in the thirty-eighth square, in the said town of Macon: Provided, that neither of the lots aforesaid shall, on any occasion, be used as a burying ground. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the thirty fifth square in the said town of Macon, being distinguished on Dane's Plan of said town of Macon as Church square, be, and it is hereby set apart for the use of the citizens of said town, as a burying ground. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826.

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Divorces. AN ACT to separate and divorce Anna Moon and James Moon her husband. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] o f Georgia in G eneral Assembly [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] is [Illegible Text] enacted by the authority of the same, That [Illegible Text] and after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion, or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Anna Moon and James Moon her husband shall be, and is hereby completely [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Anna Moon and James Moon her husband shall be held in [Illegible Text] as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made and entered into by or between them. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to separate and divorce John [Illegible Text] and Mary Ray his wife. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House o f [Illegible Text] o f t he [Illegible Text] o f Georgia in General A ssembly me t, [Illegible Text] i t is hereby enac t ed by [Illegible Text] au t ho r i t y o f t he same, That [Illegible Text] and immediately after the passing of this act, the [Illegible Text] connexion or civil contract of marriage entered into between John Ray and Mary Ray his wife, late Mary Pate, shall be completely annulled, set aside; and [Illegible Text] as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by t he au t hority a f o r esaid, That the said John Ray and Mary Ray his [Illegible Text] shall in future be held and considered as distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to separate and divorce Marian Desha and George W. Desha her husband. Be i t enac t ed by t he [Illegible Text] and House of [Illegible Text] of t he State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and [Illegible Text] is hereby [Illegible Text] by [Illegible Text] au t ho r i t y of t he same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion, or civil contract of marriage made between Marian Desha and George W. Desha her husband, shall be as fully and completely rendered null and void, set aside and dissolved, as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Marian Desha and George W. Desha her husband, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union, or civil contract of marriage, heretofore entered into between them, as though the same had never [Illegible Text] Assented to 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to divorce and separate John Smith and Sarah his wife. Be it enac t ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act, the matrimonial [Illegible Text] or civil [Illegible Text] of

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[Illegible Text] made between John Smith and Sarah his wife, shall be [Illegible Text] and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said John Smith and Sarah his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons in law, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever heretofore entered into between them. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to separate and divorce [Illegible Text] Crocket and Elias Crocket her husband. Be it enac t ed by the Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] o f Georgia in General A ssembly [Illegible Text] and i t is hereby [Illegible Text] by he [Illegible Text] o f t he same, That from and after the passage of this [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] connexion or [Illegible Text] contract of marriage made and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] between [Illegible Text] Crocket and Elias [Illegible Text] her husband, be and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Patsey Crocket and Elias Crocket her husband, shall in future be held as separate and [Illegible Text] persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made and entered into between them. Assented to 1st Dec. 1826. AN ACT to separate and divorce C ordy D. Stokes and Theny [Illegible Text] his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made between C ordy D. Stokes and Theny Stokes shall be completely [Illegible Text] set aside and dissolved, as fully as if no such contract had ever heretofore been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Cordy D. Stokes and Theny Stokes his wife, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatever at any time heretofore made between them. Assented to, 26th December, 1826. AN ACT to separate and divorce Susannah Melson and [Illegible Text] Melson her husband. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is [Illegible Text] enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the [Illegible Text] of this act, the matrimonial connexion and civil contract of [Illegible Text] made and entered into between the said Susannah Melson and Elijah Melson her husband, be and the same is hereby annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Susannah Melson and [Illegible Text] Melson her husband, shall be held in future as [Illegible Text] and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatever, at any time heretofore entered into between [Illegible Text] Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Mary Gorham and Thomas Gorham her husband. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage between the aforesaid Mary Gorham (formerly Mary Avery) and Thomas Gorham, shall be completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Mary Gorham and Thomas Gorham, shall in future be held as distinct and separate persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to divorce Riley Finley and his wife Mary Finley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That from and immediately after the passing of this act the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Riley Finley and Mary Finley his wife, shall be and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Riley Finley and Mary Finley his wife, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnscted by any union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made and entered into by or between them. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Dennet Taylor and Cynthia Taylor his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made between Dennett Taylor and C ynthia Taylor his wife, shall be completely [Illegible Text], set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever heretofore been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Dennet Taylor and C ynthia Taylor, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made or entered into between them. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to separate and divorce Hannah Norman and Sherwood Norman her husband. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connexion and civil contract of marriage between the aforesaid Hannah Norman (formerly Hannah Andrews) and Sherwood Norman, shall be completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Hannah Norman and Sherwood Norman, in future be held as distinct and separate persons altogether, unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever. Assented to, 14th December, 1826.

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AN ACT to divorce and separate Elizabeth Palmer (formerly Elizabeth Daniel) and Elisha Palmer her husband. Whereas the said Elizabeth Palmer commenced her action in the Superior court of Pike county, against the said Elisha Palmer for a divorceAnd whereas, at September term, eighteen hundred and twenty-six of said Superior [Illegible Text], the said [Illegible Text] was tried by a special Jury, who after hearing the testimony, returned a verdict for an absolute divorce. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the civil contract of marriage and matrimonial connexion between the said Elizabeth Palmer (formerly Elizabeth Daniel) and Elisha Palmer, shall be completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if no such contract had ever been entered into by them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person and property of the said Elizabeth Palmer, shall be free and exempt from the claims of said Elisha Palmer, in as full, complete, and ample manner, as if they had never been married; and that the said Elizabeth be, and she is hereby declared fully authorised to do and perform all such acts and things, as she might have done as if no such contract ever had been entered into between them; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to divorce and separate Joseph Duke and Jane Duke his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the matrimonial connexion and civil contract of union between Joseph Duke and [Illegible Text] Duke his wife, be fully and completely dissolved, as if no such civil contract of union or matrimonial connexion had ever taken place between them, and they and each of them are from henceforth declared to be single persons, and completely separated, as though they had never been united in the bonds of wedlock. Assented to, 27th Dec. 1826.

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Elections. AN ACT to repeal an Act, entitled an Act to lay off the State into seven Congressional Districts, passed the twenty second December, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 18th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to repeal an Act, entitled an Act, to lay off the counties of Emanuel and Tattnall into election districts, passed the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty four, so far as respects the county of Fattnall. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 above recited act, so far as respects the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] be [Illegible Text] the same is hereby repealed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to establish and regulate an additional election district in the county of Liberty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the general elections for members of Congress, for members of the Senate and House of Representatives in the State Legislature, and for all county and State officers so far as respects the county of Liberty, may and shall be hereafter held at Riceboro', and at the muster ground of the seventeenth company district, in conformity to an act passed the twentieth of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and also at the muster ground of the sixteenth district. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That said elections shall be held in the same manner and under the same rules, regulations, and penalties, as are pointed out in an act passed the twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled an act to establish and regulate district elections in the counties of Telfair, Early, and Appling, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. Assented to, 14th. Dec. 1826. AN ACT to establish an additional Electoral District in the county of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, there shall be established an additional [Illegible Text] district in Columbia county, at the house of Holt Clanton in district number 1, at which place it is hereby made legal for any person entitled to a vote for members of the General Assembly of this State in said county, to vote at the aforesaid place for representatives from this State in the congress of the United States, members of the legislature, electors to elect the President and Vice President of the United States, Governor of this State, and all county officers, which elections shall be held and conducted under the same rules, regulations, and penalties, as are prescribed in a law passed at the annual session of the legislature for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to establish electoral districts in Columbia county; all laws or parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 20th, Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT for the division of the county of Jefferson into Electoral Districts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the general election for representatives to congress, and for members of the State legislature, for Governor, and for all county officers so far as respects the county of Jefferson, may and shall be held at the court-house as heretofore, and also at the house of Mr. Abner Pope in district number eighty one, in said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That one Justice of the Peace or one Justice of the Interior court, and two freeholders, may superintend said election, after said freeholders shall have taken the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully superintend this days election, and make a just and true return thereof according to law and the best of my abilities, so help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of the said electoral districts shall, and they are hereby required on the day of the election aforesaid, to count out the ballots by them taken in, and make a fair [Illegible Text] correct statement of the [Illegible Text], and one or more of the superintendants from said district, shall meet the [Illegible Text] or superintendants who shall have presided at the election of said courthouse, which meeting shall take place at said court house on the next day after said election, and they shall then and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and certify to his excellency the Governor the persons so elected, agreeable to the laws of this State now in force. Sec. 4. A nd be it furthe r enacted, That if any person shall vote at more than one of said places of election for any of the respective candidates at the same election, or if any magistrate or freeholder, presiding at such election, shall violate the trust confided to him by this act, such person, magistrate, or freeholder, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof before the Superior court of said county, be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court, for a term not exceeding ten days. Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted, That when any doubts shall be suggested as to the legality of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants to administer in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath, viz: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not this day voted at any election, for any senator, representative, governor, member of congress, or county officer, so help me God. SEC. 6. A nd be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy, may be supplied at such electoral district during said

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election, by any lawful constable, and that the said election shall in all other respects than those herein recited, be conducted in the same manner, and at the same time, as is prescribed by the laws now in force regulating general and county elections. Sec. 7. A nd be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to establish and regulate district elections in the county of Wilkes, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it may and shall be lawful to hold elections for members of the senate and house of representatives in the State of Georgia, members of congress, and for all state and county officers, at the muster ground of the thirty ninth battalion, and at the court-house of said county. Sec. 2. A nd be it furthe r enacted by t he au t hori t y a f oresaid, That any two magistrates and two freeholders within said county, or a majority of them, may superintend said elections at each place, after said freeholders have taken the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or [Illegible Text]) that I will faithfully superintend this days election, and make a just and true return thereof according to law and the best of my abilities, so help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of each of said election districts, shall and they are hereby required on the day of said election, to count out ballots by them taken in, and make a fair statement of the polls, and one magistrate or superintendant from each of said election district, shall meet one or more of the magistrates or superintendants of the other election districts at the court house on the day following said election, and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and to certify to his excellency the Governor the person or persons so elected agreeably to the laws of this State now in force. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall [Illegible Text], or attempt to commit any act designed to defeat the intentions

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of this act, shall be considered guilty of a high crime and misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the Superior court of said county, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding fifteen days at the discretion of the court. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fur t he r enacted, That when any doubt shall arise as to the property of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants to administer, in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath, viz: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not this day voted at any election for any senator, representative, member of congress, or any State or county officer, so help me God. Sec. 6. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at such elections by any lawful constable, and that said election shall in all other respects than those herein recited, be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by the laws now in force regulating general and county elections. Sec. 7. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That all laws or parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 15th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to repeal an act, passed the twentieth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, establishing district elections in the counties of Telfair, Early and Appling, so far as respects the county of Early, and to repeal an act establishing an electional district in the county of Decatur. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the above recited act, so far as respects the county of Early be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, that the act passed the twenty fourth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty five, establishing a district election in the county of Decatur be, and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT for the division of Upson county into electoral districts, and to establish an additional election district in the county of Rabun. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of [Illegible Text] act, the general election for representatives to congress and for members of the [Illegible Text] legislature, for governor and all county officers, so far as [Illegible Text] Upson county, may and shall be [Illegible Text] at [Illegible Text] as heretofore, and also at the house of John Robertson, in district number first originally Houston now Upson, and at the house of Ephraim Mabry's in the tenth district originally [Illegible Text] now the county aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That one justice of the peace or one justice of the inferior court, and two freeholders may superintend said elections at the two last mentioned places, after said freeholders shall have taken the following oath: I do [Illegible Text] swear, or affirm, that I will faithfully superinted this day's election, and make a just and true return thereof according to law and the best of my abilitiesSo help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of each of the said district elections shall and they are hereby required on the day of the election aforesaid, to count out the ballots by them taken in, and make a fair and correct statement of the polls, and one or more of the superintendants or the magistrate from each of the said districts shall meet the magistrates who shall have presided at the [Illegible Text] in said Thomaston, which meeting shall take place at said court-house on the next day after said election, and they shall then and there compare and add the several returns or votes together and certify to his Excellency the Governor the persons so elected, agreeably to the laws of this State now in force. Sec. 4. A nd be it fur t her enac t ed, That if any person shall vote at more than one of said places of elections for any of the respective candidates at the same election, shall violate the trust confided to him by this act, such person, magistrate, or freeholder shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof before the superior court of said county be fined in a sum of twenty dollars, and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court for a term not exceeding three days. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when any doubt shall arise as to the legality of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants to administer, in addition to the oath prescribed [Illegible Text] law, the following oath, viz: I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I have not this day voted at any election for any senator, representative, governor, member of congress, or county officerSo help me God.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied by any lawful constable, and that the said election shall in other respects than those herein [Illegible Text], be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by the law now in force regulating general and county elections. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, The general election for representatives to congress and for members for the state legislature, for governor, and all county officers, so far respects the county of Rabun, shall or may be held at William Hamby's, on War Woman [Illegible Text], in the said county of Rabun, and said election shall be subject to all the provisions of this act, so far as they properly apply to the true meaning and intent of this section. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an Act to lay off the county of Dooly into election districts, passed the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty four; also to make permanent the site of the public buildings in the county of Dooly, and to name the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, all elections for members of the general assembly, members to congress, and for governor, and all county and state officers, that the citizens of said county are entitled to vote for, shall be held and conducted at the court house in said county in manner already pointed out by law; and the act creating election districts in the county of Dooly be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the site of the public buildings in said county of Dooly be, and the same is hereby made permanent on lot number fifty-seven in the seventh district of said county, and shall be known by the name of Berrienall laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to establish and regulate district elections in the county of Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General Assembly met, and [Illegible Text] is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this [Illegible Text], the general elections for governor, members of congress and of the senate and house of representatives in the state legislature, and for all county officers, so far as respects the county of [Illegible Text], may and shall hereafter be held at the court-house in Clinton as usual, and at the cross roads near Swepson Taylor's, and at the house of John Tole's, in captain Newby's district, and at the old Fortification, in captain Pope's district, and at the house of James Huckaby in captain Lowe's district. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That one justice of the peace or justice of the inferior court and two freeholders may superintend said elections at each place after the said freeholders have taken the following oath: I do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully and impartially superintend this day's election and make a just and true return thereof, according to law and the best of my abilitiesSo help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of each district election shall, and they are hereby authorised on the day of said election to count out the ballots by them taken, and make a [Illegible Text] statement of the polls, and one or more of the superintendants from each of the said districts shall meet one or more superintendants from each of the other districts at the court house of said county, on the next day after the election, and then [Illegible Text] and add the several returns together and [Illegible Text] to his excellency the Governor the person [Illegible Text] persons so elected, agreeable to the laws of this State now in force. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote or attempt to vote at more than one of the said election districts at the same election, or if any magistrate or superintendant presiding at such election shall violate the trust confided to him by this act, such person, magistrate, or superintendant shall be deemed guilty of a [Illegible Text] and shall be indicted, and on conviction thereof before the superior court of said county shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court, for a term not [Illegible Text] twenty days. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at such election by any lawful constable, and that said elections shall in all other respects than those [Illegible Text] recited be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as is [Illegible Text] by the laws now in force in this State regulating general elections.

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Sec. 6. A nd be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to alter and amend so much of an act entitled an act to regulate the general elections of this State, and to appoint the time of [Illegible Text] of the General Assembly of this State, so far as requires the elections to be held at the place of holding the superior courts, so far as respects the counties of Hall, Richmond, Henry, De Kalb, and Gwinnett, and to amend an act passed on the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixteen, relating to the county of Franklin, so far as relates to the separate election [Illegible Text] held at the house of Samuel Armstrong, in the county of Henry. Be it enacted by [Illegible Text] Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and [Illegible Text] is [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] enacted by the authority of the same. That the separate election heretofore held at the house of Samuel Armstrong, in the county of Henry shall in future be held at the place of holding justices courts in the five hundred and twenty sixth district Georgia militia, in the county of Henry, under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as pointed out by the before recited act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend an act passed the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty four, entitled an [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] county and [Illegible Text] into election districts, so far as respects the county of Emanuel.

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Whereas, by said act it is required that a fair statement of the [Illegible Text] taken and made by the presiding magistrates and freeholders of each district shall be taken to the court house by one magistrate or more of the superintendantsfor remedy whereof: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of [Illegible Text] act, is shall be [Illegible Text] for one of the magistrates or either of the superintending freeholders from each district, to take the returns and meet one or more of the superintendants from each of the other districts, at the court house, and compare the said returns according to the above mentioned act. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That all laws repugnant to this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to establish an election district in the county of Warren. Be it enacted by the S enate and House of R epresentatives of the S tate of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and it is her by enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] representatives to congress, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] members to the state [Illegible Text] for [Illegible Text] and for all county officers, so far as respects the county of Warren, may and shall be held at the court house as heretofore, and also at the house of John McCoy in the one hundred and fifty first district of said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That one justice of the peace or one justice of the inferior court and two freeholders may attend said election at the last mentioned place, after said freeholders shall have taken the following oath, to wit: I do [Illegible Text] swear, or [Illegible Text] that I will faithfully superintend this day's election and make a just and true return thereof according to law and the best of my abilitiesSo help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of said election district shall and they are hereby required on the day of the election aforesaid, to count out the ballots by them taken in, and make a fair and correct statement of the [Illegible Text] and one or more of the superintendants, or the magistrate from said district shall meet the

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magistrates who shall have presided at the election at the said court-house, which meeting shall take place at said court house on the next day after said election, and they shall then and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and certify to his [Illegible Text] the Governor the persons so elected agreeably to the laws of this State. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote at more than one of said places of election for any of the respective candidates at the same election, or if any magistrate or freeholder presiding at such election shall violate the trust confided to him by this act, such person, magistrate, or freeholder shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof, before the superior court of said county, be fined in a sum of fifty dollars, and be [Illegible Text] at the discretion of the court, for a term not exceeding ten days. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when any doubt shall be suggested as to legality of the vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants to administer, in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath, viz: I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I have not this day voted at any election for senator, representative, governor, member of congress, or county officerSo help me God. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at said election district during said election, by any lawful constable, and that the said election shall in all other respects than those herein recited, be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by the laws now in force regulating general and county elections. Sec. 7. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. [Illegible Text]

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Judiciary. AN ACT to alter and amend the first section of an Act, entitled an Act, to alter and amend the twelfth section of an Act, to protect the [Illegible Text] of Orphans, and to make permanent provision for the poor, assented to the eighteenth of December, eighteen hundred and sixteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the S tate of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in the several counties of [Illegible Text] State, when siting for ordinary purposes, to order a [Illegible Text] of such [Illegible Text] the whole of the real estate of every [Illegible Text] or intestate, on application of the executor, executors, or [Illegible Text] administrator, administrators, or administratrix, guardian or guardians, which shall be as public [Illegible Text] and on the first Tuesday of [Illegible Text] month between the usual hours of sale at the place of public sales in the county where such real estate may [Illegible Text] first giving sixty days notice thereof in one of the gazettes of this State, and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] door of the court house in the county where such sales are to be held, where it is made fully and [Illegible Text] appear that the same will be for the benefit of the [Illegible Text] and creditors of such estate: Provided, that a notice of such application for sale, be first made known in one of the [Illegible Text] of this State, at least four months before any order absolute shall be made thereupon. Sec 2. A nd be it further enacted by the authority a foresaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Whereas, doubts have arisen whether an administrator can manage an estate by keeping the property together and working the same for the interest of said estate, and the [Illegible Text] are, under the law, [Illegible Text] to rent or hire out the propertyfor remedy whereof: Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, that intestates estates may be so managed as [Illegible Text] in the discretion of the administrator, [Illegible Text] the direction of the [Illegible Text] court sitting for ordinary purposes, he deemed most [Illegible Text] for said estate; and that in all cases where any of the [Illegible Text] in interest shall make known to the court, that the administrator is mismanaging any estate,

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said court shall [Illegible Text] appoint three or more proper persons, who shall inquire into the [Illegible Text] of said [Illegible Text] and report their decision to the next court, who shall make such order thereon, as shall be deemed [Illegible Text] to the interest of said estate. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to define the liability of securities on appeal on stay of execution, and for the protection of bail on recognizance, bond, note, or other contract. Be it enacted by the S enate and House of R epresentatives of the S tate of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in all cases where any person or persons hath [Illegible Text] entered himself as security on appeal, or for stay of execution in any case in any court in this State, and may subsequently thereto have paid off and discharged the execution issuing in such case, it shall and may be lawful for such security to apply to the sheriff, clerk, constable, marshall, or attorney to whom such payment may be made, and procure an entry or certificate to be made on such execution, that the same was paid by the security, and such security shall thereupon be entitled to the use and control of such execution, for the purpose of proceeding against his principal Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That in all cases of appeal where security [Illegible Text] been given, and [Illegible Text] given, and hereafter to be tried, it shall and may be lawful for the [Illegible Text] or his attorney, to enter up judgment against the principal and the security, jointly or severally, and execution shall issue accordingly, and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] either or [Illegible Text] at the option of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] he is satisfied Provided nevertheless, if the execution against the security or securities be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by him or them, [Illegible Text] the execution against the principal shall still [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and under the [Illegible Text] of the security or securities, until the same be satisfied by said principal Sec 3. A nd be it further enacted, That where [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] have been given, or may hereafter be given for the stay of an execution after judgment, execution shall issue [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] cases of appeal, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] principal and security jointly or severally, and [Illegible Text] and be controlled in like manner. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That where any person or persons [Illegible Text] heretofore, or shall [Illegible Text] become [Illegible Text] on [Illegible Text]

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or security on bond, note, or other contract, and shall be sued thereon, it shall and may be lawful for such bail or security on the trial of such case, to make special defence, and in case it should appear to the court, that one or more of the defendants is or are securities only, and not interested in the consideration of the contract sued on, then and in such case verdict and judgment shall be entered accordingly, and further proceedings had and privileges exercised as herein before prescribed in behalf of other securities: Provided, the plaintiff shall in no case be delayed by any dispute which may arise between the defendents, but the court shall [Illegible Text] the issues, and the verdict which may have [Illegible Text] finally [Illegible Text] on the issues between [Illegible Text] defendants, shall relate back to the time of the verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That in all cases in which any person or persons [Illegible Text] heretofore became security in the manner herein before specified, and judgment has been rendered against him or them, and execution has been issued accordingly, in which they may be able to [Illegible Text] that he or they were security only, and as such [Illegible Text] or have been paid off and [Illegible Text] such execution, such security or securities shall have the benefit thereof and power to control the same for the purpose of indemnifying himself or themselves out of the property of the principal. Sec. 6. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That where any security to any note, bond, or obligation, shall subscribe himself as security, such statement appended to his name on the said note, bond, or obligation, shall be held and taken as good evidence of his being such security, and the plaintiff shall sue out original and mene process against him accordingly. Assented to, 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend an Act, entitled an Act to enable feme coverts to convey their estates, and for confirming and making valid all conveyances and acknowledgments heretofore made by feme coverts, passed the twenty fourth of April, seventeen hundred and sixty, so far as the same relates to feme coverts conveying their dower. Whereas the before recited act, in order to enable the husband to convey the entire interest which he has in lands and tenements, requires that the wife, by her own free consent, become a party in the deed of conveyance with her husband, and make, sign, seal, and deliver,

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a formal relinquishment of her interest of dower in and to the premises therein describedfor remedy whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, all [Illegible Text] of lands and tenements made by the husband alone during the coverture, shall be legal and valid, and effectually convey the entire premises therein [Illegible Text], except such lands as the husband may have become possessed of by his intermarriage with said feme covert, any law, usage, custom, or rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the widow from her right to dower in all lands of which her husband may have died, seized, and possessed. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That whenever it shall so happen that any person shall die intestate and without issue, his wife shall inherit the whole estate, both real and personal of her deceased husband, after paying his just debts. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That so much of the above recited act as militates against this, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend an Act for the better protection and security of Orphans and their [Illegible Text] passed on the eighteenth day of February, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, if any guardian heretofore appointed, or hereafter to be appointed to any minor or minors, insane person or [Illegible Text], should be desirous of obtaining letters dismissory from such guardianship, it shall and may be lawful for such guardian to apply to the Court of Ordinary whence his letters issued, and obtain an order [Illegible Text] requiring all persons concerned to appear at the next term of said court, to shew cause why he, she, or they should not be dismissed from said guardianship. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That it shall be the duty of any guardian so obtaining such order [Illegible Text], to publish the same for forty days in one or more of the public gazettes of this State having the

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most extensive circulation in the [Illegible Text] where the application is made, and when it shall be [Illegible Text] to the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] such publication has been made, it shall be the duly of said court strictly to examine the returns, accounts, and vouchers of such guardian, and take such further order, or grant letters dismissory, as the circumstances of the case may require. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be found that any guardian applying to be dismissed under the provisions of this act, shall have in his or her hands any money, property, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to his or her [Illegible Text] or wards, the same shall be delivered to the court of ordinary, who by their clerk, or such other person as the court may deem proper, willing to accept the same, shall take charge thereof and manage the same for the benefit of such minor, lunatic, or insane person, until the appointment of another guardian. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That whenever it shall become necessary for [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the court of ordinary to take upon himself the duty of [Illegible Text] as [Illegible Text], he shall give bond and security for the faithful discharge of his duty as in ordinary cases of guardianship. Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted, That after the passing of this act, it shall be the duty of the court of ordinary to require of all guardians, good and sufficient security for the faithful discharge of their duty as [Illegible Text], in a sum double the supposed value of the property belonging to said ward or wards, payable to the Inferior court sitting as a court of ordinary. Assented to, 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to amend the [Illegible Text] section of an act, to protect the estate of orphans, and to make [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for the poor, [Illegible Text] the twenty-fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighteen, so far as respects the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] and Elbert. Whereas, it is found by experience that the provisions made for the poor in the above [Illegible Text] act is [Illegible Text] for their support: Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House [Illegible Text] Represen t a t ives o f t he [Illegible Text] and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he authority of t he same, That the justices of the inferior court

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of the counties of Burke [Illegible Text] Elbert, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to levy a tax and assess all taxable property returned in said counties, not to exceed one sixth part of the general tax of said counties annually, and that it be collected in the same manner and under the same restrictions as are prescribed in the above recited act. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to admit certain deeds to record, and to authorise the same, or copies thereof, to be read in evidence, and also the copies of certain other deeds. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] of Georgia in [Illegible Text] Assembly [Illegible Text], and [Illegible Text] is [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by the authority of the same, That from and after the [Illegible Text] of this act, all deeds for lands which may have been recorded upon the lawful affidavits of two or more subscribing witnesses, or by being subscribed and witnessed by one or more witnesses and a notary public, judge of the superior court, justice of the inferior court, or justice of the peace, but not recorded within the time prescribed by the laws of this State, shall be admitted in evidence without further proof; and where the originals are lost or destroyed, and that being made judicially known to the court, copies of the same may be introduced and read in evidence on any trial before any court of law or equity in this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all deeds executed and proved according to the laws of this State, but not yet recorded, may nevertheless be recorded within twelve months from the passage of this act, upon the usual proof of their execution, and when so recorded, the same, or copies thereof may be read in evidence without further proof. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT pointing out the mode of compelling the Attorney-General and the Solicitors General of this State to pay over monies collected by them for the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the attorney general and the solicitors general of this State shall be subject to a rule of court, to compel them to pay over monies collected by them for the State, under the same rules and regulations as govern attorneys and counsellors at law, when they neglect or refuse to pay over monies collected for their clients. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any practising attorney at law when employed for that purpose by the Governor, Treasurer, or Comptroller General, shall be fully competent to prosecute such rule against any defaulting attorney, or solicitor generalany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That the judges of the superior courts shall have power to imprison as for a contempt such defaulting solicitor or attorney general, and during such imprisonment, said courts shall have power to appoint temporarily some attorney to execute the duties of such delinquent solicitor or attorney-general. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend the Judiciary of seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, so far as relates to mortgages on real estates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text] That from and after the passage of this act, [Illegible Text] so much of the before recited act as makes it necessary for all rules to foreclose mortgages on real estates to be published in one of the public [Illegible Text] of this State, at least once a month for twelve months, or copies of said rules be served on the mortgagers or their special agents, at least six months previous to the time the money is

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directed to be paid, [be and the same is hereby repealed;] and that in lieu thereof it shall only be necessary for said rules to be published in one of the public gazettes of this State once a month for six months or be served in the manner [Illegible Text] in said act three months before the time at which the money is directed to be paid: P r ovided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect any mortgage which may exist at and before the passage of this act. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. Land. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act amendatory of an Act, passed the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty five, to dispose of and distribute the lands lately acquired by [Illegible Text] United States for the use of Georgia, of the Greek Nation of Indians, by a Treaty made and concluded at the Indian Springs on the twelfth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General Assembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hori t y of t he same, That the words first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six in the said act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty seven be adopted in lieu thereof. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the inferior court of the respective counties of this State, or a majority of the same, to cause the above section to be carried into effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the persons appointed by [Illegible Text] which the above recited act was amendatory and of this act, shall [Illegible Text]

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in the oaths laid down in the act, to which the before recited act is [Illegible Text], the words the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, instead of the words the first day of September, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, wherever the later occurs. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons who shall have [Illegible Text] in this State three years before the said first day of January next, and who have served a tour of duty for three months or more in the service of this State, in the late war with Great Britian and the [Illegible Text], shall be entitled to one draw in addition to those which they are entitled by the before [Illegible Text] acts, notwithstanding they may have drawn a lot or lots in any previous lottery; and the persons appointed to carry this act into effect, shall administer the following oath in lieu of the oath prescribed by said [Illegible Text] acts, viz: I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I have served a tour of duty for three months or more in the service of this State, in the late wars with Great Britian and [Illegible Text] Indians, and that I have resided three years within this State. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That all persons who have given in their names for one draw, agreeable to the provisions of the act to which the before [Illegible Text] act was amendatory, and who since giving in their names shall have by marriage entitled themselves, according to the provisions of [Illegible Text] act to two draws, shall be permitted to give in their names for another [Illegible Text], on their making oath thereto before the persons appointed to carry into effect the provisions of said act: P r ovided, such person has not married a widow or orphan who has given in for a draw in the present contemplated land lottery. Sec. 6. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That all males who are idiots, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], or who are deaf and dumb, or deaf or dumb, or [Illegible Text], who may be ten years old on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, and under the age of eighteen years, and who have resided in [Illegible Text] State three years immediately before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, shall be entitled to [Illegible Text] draw, and all [Illegible Text] females who are idiots, [Illegible Text], or [Illegible Text], or who are deaf and dumb, or deaf or dumb, or blind, who may be ten years old or [Illegible Text] on the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and have resided in this State three years immediately preceding the said first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, shall be entitled to one draw, and the guardian or next [Illegible Text] to any idiot, [Illegible Text], or insane person, or any person who may be deaf and dumb, or deaf or dumb, or blind, shall take the following oath, to wit: I do [Illegible Text] swear that the person whom I now return is entitled to a draw in the contemplated land lottery, to the best of my knowledae and beliefSo help me God. And any land [Illegible Text] by any [Illegible Text], lunatic, or [Illegible Text] person, or any person deaf and [Illegible Text], or [Illegible Text] or dumb, or blind, the grant shall issue in the name of the drawer on paying the usual fees. Sec. 7. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed. That all tracts of land drawn in the present [Illegible Text] land lottery by fictitious names may be

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returned as [Illegible Text] draws, and subjected to be [Illegible Text] as in other cases of fraud. Sec. 8. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the [Illegible Text] appointed by the inferior courts to carry into [Illegible Text] the provisions of this act, shall have until the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, to make their final returns to the [Illegible Text]: Provided however, that all returns made [Illegible Text] to the commencement of the drawing, shall be put [Illegible Text] to the wheel. Sec. 9. A nd be it [Illegible Text] enac t ed, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to issue grants to all fortunate drawers, who may apply for the same, as soon as the lottery commences, on their [Illegible Text] the lawful fees and obtaining a certificate from the commissioners of the lottery, that they have drawn such lot or lots. Sec. 10. A nd be it [Illegible Text] enac t ed, That in every instance where land shall be drawn by a defendant in execution, and the grant shall be taken out by the plaintiff in execution, his agent or attorney, the amount of the grant fees shall be refunded and paid to such plaintiff, his agent or attorney, out of the money raised by the sale of such land, in preference to any other lien whatever; and in all such cases, the certificate or receipt of the [Illegible Text] shall be taken and considered as sufficient evidence of the fact of said fees having been paid by such plaintiff, agent or attorney. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT supplemental to and explanatory of an act, passed at the present session of the Legislature, entitled an act to [Illegible Text] an act amendatory of an act, passed the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty five, to dispose of and distribute the lands [Illegible Text] acquired by the United States for the use of Georgia, of the [Illegible Text] Nation of Indians, by a Treaty made and concluded at the Indian Springs on the [Illegible Text] day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of [Illegible Text] same, That the [Illegible Text] session of this Legislature, which allows and [Illegible Text] all persons

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to one draw in the present contemplated land lottery, who shall have resided in this state three years before the first of January, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, and who have served a tour of duty for three months or more in the service of this [Illegible Text] in the late war with Great [Illegible Text] and the Indians, was not to give said draw, where such a case may arise, to a substitute who performed said service. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to rent certain reserves and improvements within the late acquired territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of [Illegible Text] in General Assembly met, and it is [Illegible Text] enacted by the authority of the same, That so [Illegible Text] as this act shall have [Illegible Text] into a law, there shall be appointed by the Governor, one commissioner for the counties of Lee, Muscogee, and Troup, and the ferries and bridges in said counties, and one commissi ner for the counties of Coweta and Carroll, and the ferries and bridges in said counties, and also the [Illegible Text] on Flint river at the old Agency, whose duty it shall be to rent out the reserves and certain improvements which may be found in the progressing survey to be fractions, and not subjected to [Illegible Text] drawn by any individual in the progressing land lottery. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners [Illegible Text] in [Illegible Text] of this act, shall on or before the tenth day of February next, rent out to the highest bidder, all reserves and fractions which may be improved within the limits of [Illegible Text] late acquired territory: Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to appoint same suitable place at or near the centre of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] sections on Flint river, where said reserves and fractions shall be rented out, said commissioners giving at least twenty days [Illegible Text] in all the public [Illegible Text] of Milledgeville and Macon, of the time and place of such meeting, and said commissioners giving, previous to entering on the discharge of their duties, bond and security in the sum of ten thousand dollars each, to his [Illegible Text] the Governor and his successors in office, for the faithful performance of their appointments. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all notes and bonds given for the rent of said improved reserves, fractions, ferries, and [Illegible Text],

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shall be made payable on the twenty fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty seven with approved securities, to his excellency the Governor and his [Illegible Text] in office, which said notes or bonds shall be filed in the Comptroller's office within twenty days after the first day of March [Illegible Text] Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall receive ten per [Illegible Text] each on [Illegible Text] amount of the bonds and notes taken by them respectively, in their several sections, and returned to the Comptroller as aforesaid, as a compensation for their services to [Illegible Text] retained out of the bonds or notes given by persons renting fractions as aforesaid. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General be, and he is hereby [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] transfer to [Illegible Text] commissioners, bonds or notes to that amount returned by them respectively. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any lessees shall be obstructed in taking possession of any of the lands leased by them, the Governor shall cause the same to be removed, and the party put into the possession and protected therein against any one who shall unlawfully oppose said possession. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall, by inspection or otherwise ascertain as they shall be able, the real worth of said fractions, and place a minimum price thereon; under which said fractions shall not be rented. Assented to, 27th December, 1826. AN ACT to repeal in part the twelfth section of an Act, entitled an Act, to dispose of and distribute the lands lately acquired by the United States for the use of Georgia of the Creek nation of Indians, by a treaty made and concluded at the Indian Springs, on the twelfth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty five, passed the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be i t therefore [Illegible Text] by t he [Illegible Text] and House of Rep r esen t atives of t he [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] General A ssembly me t, and [Illegible Text] is hereby [Illegible Text] by [Illegible Text] au [Illegible Text] of t he [Illegible Text], That the before recited [Illegible Text] section, be and the same is hereby repealed, except the words or clause, it shall be illegal for any [Illegible Text] or person authorised to administer an oath, to administer an oath to any person selling his chance or chances, lot or lots, which clause shall continue in full force. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to sell and dispose of fraction number two hundred and forty one in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of Monroe county, which was omitted to be sold at the last sales of the fractions. Be i t enac t ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the sheriff of [Illegible Text] county [Illegible Text] and he is hereby authorised and required to advertise and [Illegible Text] to sale fraction number two hundred and forty one in the fifth [Illegible Text] of Monroe county, under the laws, rules and restrictions [Illegible Text] for the sale of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] ten and one hundred, passed on the twenty second [Illegible Text] eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to continue in force an act entitled an act to revise and amend the several land acts now in force in this State in relation to vacant lands, and land surveyed on head rights and bounty warrants, passed the seventeenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said act passed the seventeenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to revise and amend the several land acts now in force in this State, in relation to vacant [Illegible Text] and lands surveyed on [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and bounty warrants be, and the same [Illegible Text] hereby [Illegible Text] and to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] until the same shall be altered by lawany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. A nd be i t further enac t ed [Illegible Text] all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826.

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AN ACT to amend an act to sell and dispose of the States interest in lots of land which have been or may hereafter be condemned as [Illegible Text] drawn in the counties of [Illegible Text] Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Monroe, Upson, Pike, Henry, [Illegible Text] De Kalb, and Newton, passed the twenty fourth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the above recived act [Illegible Text] and continue in force until all [Illegible Text] draws now [Illegible Text] or which hereafter may be condemned, are finally disposed of, and the sheriffs of the aforesaid counties in all cases where there is a condemnation of lots or draws, either previous to this act or the one of which it is amendatory, [Illegible Text] proceed to sell the same according to the [Illegible Text] of said recited act, so soon as they can [Illegible Text] ain a [Illegible Text] plat of the partition of said [Illegible Text] draw [Illegible Text] shewing and designating the states part of said draw. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in cases where there has been a partition and the surveyor making the same, has moved away or died without making and returning to the proper office a plat of the same, that the county surveyor in which said draw may lie, shall make out and return a plat of said [Illegible Text] draw according to the partition which has been made by the former surveyor, it the lines and marks can be ascertained, and if not, to make a partition and return a plat of the same, with due regard to the interest of the State and the other party concerned. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to extend the time for fortunate drawers in the land lotteries of eighteen hundred and eighteen, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and eighteen hundred and twenty one, to take out their grants, and to reduce the present price on lottery grants. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That ad and every person who was a

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fortunate drawer in the land lottery, by authority of the act passed the [Illegible Text] day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, and by authority of an act passed the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty seven, to take out his, her, or their grant or grants for the land drawn by him, her, or them, and that a grant or grants shall issue to him, her, or them for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth section of said act, on paying into the treasury of this State the sum of eight dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and every person who was a fortunate [Illegible Text] in the [Illegible Text] land lottery by authority of the act passed [Illegible Text] the fifteenth day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, to take out his, her, or their grant or grants for the land drawn by him, her, or them, and that a grant or grants shall issue to him, her, or them for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty one, on paying into the treasury of this State, the sum of ten dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the different executive officers to issue a grant or grants to any person or persons applying for the same in their own name, any lot or [Illegible Text] of land in the counties of old Baldwin, Wilkinson, and Wayne, under the laws now in force, on his, her, or their paying into the treasury the sum of five dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to extend the time for District Surveyors to make their returns in the contemplated lottery, and to authorise the Governor to fill vacancies in certain cases therein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he Sta t e of Georgia in General Assembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by the [Illegible Text] of t he same, That the time required for district [Illegible Text] to make their returns in the contemplated land lottery, shall be extended to the twentieth day of February next, and in all cases where said surveyors from accident, default, sickness, neglect, or unnecessary

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tardiness, the Governor upon such information of either of the above mentioned disabilities, shall forthwith substitute some other fit and proper person to complete the surveys of said delinquent. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT assenting to and confirming a purchase made by the United States of a piece of land situated near Augusta, Georgia, and for ceding the jurisdiction over the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enacted by t he au t hority of t he same, That the consent of the legislature of the State of Georgia is hereby granted to a purchase which the United States have lately made from Freeman Walker, of a certain tract of land situate in the county of Richmond, about three miles above the city of Augusta, containing seventy acres, for a site for an arsenal and military establishment, which tract is bounded as follows commencing at a stone corner and running north two degrees to the west, eighteen chains and twenty five links to a stone corner standing on the road, which divides the Bellvue tract of land from land belonging to Mr. Thomas Cumming, from thence running with the road, and on the left side thereof north eighty-nine degrees and thirty seconds to the west, twenty-nine chains and eighty-seven links to a stone corner, from thence running south twenty-eight chains and ninety-two links to a stone corner, from thence running north seventy-one degrees fifteen seconds to the east, thirty-two chains and twenty links to the beginning, having in all four corners, each of which has the initial letters of the United States (U. S.) engraved on the top thereof, and that the jurisdiction over said tract is hereby ceded to the United States: Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be constructed to extend, so as to impede or prevent the execution of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this State. Assented to, 26th December, 1826.

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AN ACT to give further time to purchasers of fractions, lots, or islands at the late sales of the fractions, to pay for their lands. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of [Illegible Text] Sta t e of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he [Illegible Text] of t he same, That all purchasers or holders or [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] parts of survey, lots, or islands at any of the late sales, lying and being formerly in the counties of Henry, Fayette, Newton, Monroe, Houston, De Kalb, Dooly, Upson, Pike, Bibb, Decatur, Crawford, Irwin, Early, Appling, Telfair, Rabun, Hall, Habersham, Gwinnett, and Walton, shall or may be indulged twelve months after the twenty fifth day of July next, by paying up one half of the original purchase money with all interest due thereon, by the twenty-fifth day of July next. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all those whose lands may have become forfeited to the State of Georgia by failure of payment, may, by complying with the requisitions of this act, be entitled to all the advantages thereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the same indulgence be extended and granted to the purchasers of lots in the town of Macon, upon the above named terms and conditions. Assented to, 20th December, 1826. AN ACT to sell and dispose of the land lying in the twelfth and thirteenth districts in the county of Ware, formerly Appling county. Be i t enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives o f t he [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enac t ed by the authority of the same, That the lots and fractions of land contained within the twelfth and thirteenth districts of Ware, formerly Appling county, shall be sold at the same time and place, and under the same terms, that the fractions which may be left and undisposed of in the present contemplated land lottery will or may be sold, and they shall be sold by the same persons who are or may be appointed to sell said fractions, and the money or bonds received or taken for said lots and fractions in the districts aforesaid, shall be returned to the same office where the money and bonds arising from the sale of the [Illegible Text] aforesaid are required to be returned. Assented to, 26th December, 1826.

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Dotteries. AN ACT to authorise certain commissioners therein named, to establish a Lottery for the purpose of raising the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be appropriated to the construction of a turnpike road from the village of Athens to the city of Augusta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted [Illegible Text] the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the [Illegible Text] hereinafter named, to establish a lottery or series of [Illegible Text] within two years after the passing of this act, to raise the [Illegible Text] of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, under such scheme [Illegible Text] regulations as they, or a majority of them may deem necessary [Illegible Text] proper, for the construction of a turnpike road from the village of Athens to the city of Augusta. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Asbury Hull, Stevens Thomas, Robert Freeman, [Illegible Text] Jordan, John Moore, Duncan G. Campbell, Mark A. Lane, William Dearing, Peter Crawford, Arthur Foster, Nathaniel Collins, Freeman Walker, William Cumming, and Robert H. Musgrove be, and they are hereby appointed [Illegible Text] to carry the aforesaid lottery into full effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the aforesaid commissioners, or a majority of them, to fill any vacancy or vacancies which may be created in their board by death, resignation, or otherwise. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to authorise the Trustees of Sparta Academy in the county of Hancock, to raise by lottery the sum of five thousand dollars, for the benefit of said Academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of t he same, That the trustees of Sparta Academy, in the county of Hancock, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorised to raise by a lottery, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the benefit of said academy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That William Terrell, Robert W. Alston, Thomas S. Martin, Nathan C. Sayre, Thomas A. Smith James [Illegible Text]. Jones, and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], esquires, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to superintend and conduct said lottery, and the said commissioners are hereby authorised to divide said lottery into as many separate schemes or drawings as in their judgment shall best suit the interests of said Academy; and any sum or sums of money which may be raised by said commissioners under and by virtue of this act, after deducting the necessary expences of said lottery, shall be by them paid over to the trustees of said academy for the use and benefit thereof, Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorise certain commissioners therein named to establish a lottery for the purpose of raising the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, for the purpose of aiding and assisting the funds of Eatonton Academy, in the county of Putnam. Be it enacted by the S enate and House of R epresentatives of the S tate of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery within two years after the passing of this act, to raise the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars under such scheme and regulations as they, or a majority of them, may deem necessary and proper for the purpose of aiding and assisting the funds of the Eatonton Academy.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That John C. Mason, William Williams, Mark A. Cooper, Turner [Illegible Text]. Trippe and Irby Hudson, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry this lottery into full effect. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to authorise certain commissioners therein named to establish a lottery for the purpose of raising the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be appropriated to the building a Masonic Hall, in the town of Milledgeville. Be i t enac t ed by t he [Illegible Text] and House of Represen t a t ives of t he State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hority of t he same, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery within one year after the passing of this act, to raise the sum of fifteen thousand dollars under such scheme and regulations as they, or a majority of them may deem proper and necessary, for the purpose of building a Masonic Hall within the town of Milledgeville. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Seaton Grantland, William Y. Hansell, Jacob Keister, James S. Calhoun, William Green, Samuel Rockwell, John Miller, and Prior Wright, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry the aforesaid lottery into full effect. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT authorising certain commissioners therein named to raise by lottery a fund for the erection of Monuments to the memory of Greene and Pulaski, in the city of Savannah. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named, to raise by lottery, in one or more classes, the nett sum of thirty five thousand dollars, for the purpose of aiding the erection of Monuments to the memory of General Greene and of Count Pulaski, in the city of Savannah; the place already consecrated by the blood of one and the ashes of the other. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That the following persons are hereby appointed commissioners with full powers for carrying the aforementioned lottery into effect, in such form and manner and under such regulations as they may deem necessary and proper, that is to [Illegible Text], John Stevens, William B. Bullock James B Read, Richard W. Habersham, James P. Screven, Alexander Telfair, Abraham B. Fannin, Mordecai Myers, John Shellman, William P. [Illegible Text] Anthony Porter, [Illegible Text] B. Parkman, and Joseph Vallance Bevan. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to authorise a lottery for the benefit of the poor in the county of Burke. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery to be divided into as many classes as the said commissioners or a majority of them shall deem necessary, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, to raise the sum of ten thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper, for the benefit of the poor in the county of Burke. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted. That Southworth Harlow, John Carpenter, William R. Calwell, John [Illegible Text], Thos. Jones, Jonathan Lewis, and Lewis F. Powell, are hereby appointed commissioners to carry said lottery into full effect. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall pay over to the [Illegible Text] court of [Illegible Text] county, whatever sum of money may be raised by said lottery, after the necessary expenses shall have been paid, to be applied by the said court to the purposes contemplated by this lottery. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to authorise a lottery for the benefit of Wrightsborough Academy in Columbia county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereafter named, to establish a lottery as soon as practicable after the passing of this act, to raise the sum of two thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper, for the purpose of re-building the Wrightsborough academy in the county of Columbia. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Thomas White, [Illegible Text] Thomas Bowdre, Henry Gibson, Charles M. Linn, and Bushrod Pettit, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, with full power and authority to choose three other commissioners to carry the aforesaid lottery into full effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said sum or any part thereof when so raised and received, shall be applied by the trustees of said academy and their successors in office, to the use, benefit, and promotion of the interest of said institution, but they may allow such compensation to their secretary as may be reasonable and just. Sec. 4. And be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorise certain commissioners therein named, to raise by lottery the sum of three thousand dollars for the use of the De Kalb academy, and also to authorise the Inferior court to vest one thousand dollars of the Inferior court's funds in said lottery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, to raise the sum of three thousand dollars under such scheme and regulations as

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they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper for the use of the De Kalb academy in Decatur. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That S. T. Baley, Alexander Curry, J. F. Cleavland, William Ezzard, and Leonard [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry the aforesaid lottery into full effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Judges of the Inferior court or a majority of them be, and they are hereby authorised to [Illegible Text] in the said lottery from the county funds, one thousand dollars or more as they or a majority deem expedient. Assented to [Illegible Text] Dec. 1826. Public Officers. AN ACT to alter the mode of filling the vacancies of Sheriffs, Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, and Tax Collectors, and provide for filling the vacancy of Receiver of Tax Returns. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act, when any office of sheriff, clerk of the superior or interior court, tax collector, or receiver of tax returns in any of the counties of this state may become vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the justices of the inferior court, or any two or more of them, to give notice at the door of the court-house, and at three or more of the most public places of said county within which such vacancy may happen, twenty days previous to said election for filling said vacancy, which said vacancy shall be filled by persons [Illegible Text] to vote for members of the legislature of said county, and the person so elected shall be commissioned by the Governor

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in conformity with the laws now in force in this state on that subject, and the person so chosen shall continue in office no longer than his predecessor would have done. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That where any two or more candidates for any of the aforesaid offices may have the highest and an equal number of votes, the presiding justices or superintendants at said election shall certify the same to the justices of the inferior court of the county where such election may be held, whose duty it shall be forthwith to advertise another election, giving notice as prescribed in the first section of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the autho r ity afo r esaid, That in the interim from the time said vacancy may happen up to the time that a successor may be elected and qualified according to the foregoing provisions. (in cases where it may be necessary) the justices of the inferior court of the county where said vacancy may happen, is hereby authorised to attend at the court house of said county and appoint some fit and proper person to discharge the duties of said office, until such vacancy may be filled according to the foregoing provisions, who shall be compelled to give bond and security and take the usual oath. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to change and define the compensation of the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Surveyor General and Comptroller-General, and to give to each officer a permanent salary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the next election of each of them, the [Illegible Text] of State shall receive as full compensation for all the services required of him by law the sum of two thousand dollars per annum. The Treasurer shall receive as full compensation for all services required of him by law two thousand dollars per annum. The Surveyor General shall receive as a full compensation for all services required of him by law two thousand dollars per annum.

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And the Comptroller-General shall receive as a full compensation for all services required of him by law two thousand dollars per annum, to be paid out quarter yearly [Illegible Text] of any money in the Treasury. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the next election of the above named officers, the perquisites allowed to the same be paid into the Treasury, any law to the contrary notwithstandingand from and after the said election, all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this law, be and the same are hereby [Illegible Text] Assented to, 26th. Dec. 1826. Penitentiary. AN ACT to define the mode of proving accounts due the Penitentiary. That whereas divers difficulties may result to this institution from the rule of evidence as established by law, in all actions for recovery on open accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the assistant keeper who acts as book keeper, shall be known and established as principal book keeper of the Penitentiary, and it shall be lawful in all cases where suit may be commenced in any of the courts of this State on open account for moneys due this institution, that the account shall be drawn off, and a certificate of the principal book-keeper annexed thereto, that it is a correct transcript from the book of original entrys kept by him, which certificate so made and subscribed, shall in all cases be sufficient to establish [Illegible Text] account, unless the same shall be legally controverted by the defendant:

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Provided, this act shall not be construed to affect any other cases than the above recited. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the board of inspectors, whenever they may deem it necessary, to employ an assistant clerk, whose duty it shall be to attend to the liquidating and collecting debts due the institution, and other duties they may deem necessary for the advancement of the institution. Assented to, 23d December, 1826. AN ACT to amend the Penal Code of this State, so far as relates to costs on indictments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this [Illegible Text], it shall [Illegible Text] be lawful to demand of defendants on any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in any of the Superior courts of this State, the payment of costs, until after conviction on said indictment by the jury. Sec. 2. And be it fu rt her enac t ed by [Illegible Text] au t ho r i t y afo r esaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826.

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Militia. AN ACT to regulate the Battalion and General Musters of the county of Liberty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the officers commanding the fourth battalion first brigade Georgia militia, to order all the musters of said battalion at, or as near the centre of the county of Liberty, not including the Island of St. Catherine's, as practicable: Provided never t heless, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the officers of said battalion, in case of invasion or insurrection, or the danger of either, from exercising all powers guaranteed to officers of equal grade by the laws of this state. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the county surveyor to ascertain from the best data possible the centre of said county, and shall make out a fair plat of the same, for the use of the officers of said battalion; and the county surveyor shall for said services be compensated by the major commanding the battalion, out of the funds arising from the fines of said battalion, at the same rate as prescribed by the law regulating the fees of county surveyors. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to be entitled an act to create a new Brigade in the Fifth Division of Georgia Militia, and to attach the same to the Fifth Division. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the counties of Monroe, Upson, and Butts shall form the third brigade of the fifth division of Georgia militiaany laws or parts of laws militating against this act be and they are hereby repealed. Assented to, 21st Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Lowndes county to lay off said county into Militia Districts. Be it enac t ed by the Sena t e and House o f Represen t a t ives o f t he [Illegible Text] o f Georgia in General A ssembly me t , and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hori t y o f t he same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, that it is hereby made the duty of the justices of the inferior courts for the county of Lowndes to lay off said county into as many militia districts as in their opinion will be convenient. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That it shall be the duty of said justices, any two or more of them, to advertise in each militia district so laid off, for two justices of the peace, and superintend said election, certifying from under hand the person having the highest number of votes, to his Excellency. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That in like manner they shall attend to the election of militia officers for said district so laid off as aforesaidany law or parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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ROADS, BRIDGES FERRIES. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Richmond county, commissioners and overseers of roads, and contractors for the construction and repairs of roads in said county, to enter upon the lands and enclosures of individuals or of corporations, and to take therefrom materials necessary for the construction or repairs of roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall be lawful for the justices of the Inferior court of Richmond county, all commissioners and overseers of roads, and all contractors for the construction and repair of roads in said county, or any or either of them by their agents, laborers, or servants, to enter upon the lands and enclosures of any person or persons, individual [Illegible Text] corporate, within three miles of any public road passing through said county, and to take therefrom any rock, stone, gravel, or earth, and any timber (other than shingle [Illegible Text]) for the purpose of making or repairing any road or roads, bridge or bridges, and that the person or persons who may be injured thereby, shall receive a reasonable compensation for the damage or injury they may sustain, to be determined by two persons, one to be appointed by each party, and by an [Illegible Text] elected by the referees in case of disagreement. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the award shall be returned to the office of the clerk of the Superior court by the referees, and notice given to the parties, and that if either party shall be dissatisfied with the award, an appeal may be entered by the dissatisfied party at any time within ten days after notice given of the award, which appeal shall be entered and tried as appeals from the verdicts of pettit jurors. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the Road Law of Glynn county, passed December the twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty five. Be i t enac t ed by t he Senate and House of Representa t ives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enac t ed by the au t hority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the commissioners of the roads for said county, shall be elected at the same places and by the same persons who are entitled to vote for members of the State legislature, members of congress, and all county officers: three road commissioners shall be elected from the twenty-fifth district, three road commissioners from the twenty-sixth district, three road commissioners from the twenty-seventh district, on the first Monday in January annually, who may appropriate the hands liable to road duty in their respective districts as a majority of them may deem most proper, except the twenty-fifth district, which shall be governed by the road law of eighteen hundred and twenty five. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said nine road commissioners so elected annually, shall form and constitute a board of road commissioners for the county of Glynn, and they or a majority of them shall meet at Brunswick as often as they may deem it necessary, giving sufficient notice thereof; and all fines which may arise in the several districts, shall be subject to the control of a majority of said commissioners who may be present, and the said commissioners so presiding, are hereby empowered to compel all receivers of road fines to make their returns on oath unto them, and pay over all monies collected unto their order, and are fully authorised to issue executions against all defaulters, according to law. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the presiding magistrate or freeholder from each election district in said county of Glynn, shall make their returns to the justices of the Inferior court of said county, and any three of them are hereby authorised to notify said persons of their election, and receive their acceptance of said appointment; in case any person so elected as a commissioner of roads for said county, shall refuse to act or die, such vacancy shall be filled by the commissioners of roads for the district where the vacancy occurred. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in case any district should refuse or neglect to elect three commissioners, the justices of the Inferior court or a majority of them are hereby empowered to appoint three road commissioners for said defaulting district. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fur t he r enac t ed, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the Road Law in reference to the liability of Commissioners, and for other purposes, so far as respects the county of Elbert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty, and it is hereby required of the grand [Illegible Text] for the county of Elbert at each and every term of the Superior court for said county, to make true presentments of all commissioners of roads who may fail or neglect to perform their respective duties as such, as pointed out by the above recited ace. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the Superior court for said county, to give information of all commissioners who may be presented in terms of this act, to the justices of the Inferior court, whose duty it shall be to proceed against them (the said commissioners) in the manner pointed out by law, all laws or usages to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled an act, to exempt from road duty on certain conditions, all [Illegible Text] slaves on the island of St. Catherine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act, entitled an act, to amend the road laws of this State, [Illegible Text] to on the nineteenth December, eighteen hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act, when [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] do [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in this State, shall make application to the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] in his State for a proportion of road [Illegible Text] himself and hands to work on and keep in repair, it shall be [Illegible Text] duty of said commissioners, or a majority of them in each captain's district, to meet on such application, and to parcel off and lay out to such applicant and his hands liable to work as [Illegible Text], some equal and just portion of said road as to the said commissioners may seem reasonable and proper, and the said portion of road so laid out to such person, shall be increased or diminished as the said applicants hands shall increase or diminish. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said person or persons so receiving any portion of road as aforesaid, shall make an annual report to the commissioners of the number of his hands liable to work, [Illegible Text] after such applicant shall receive, work on and put in good repair said portion of road so assigned to him by the commissioners as aforesaid, then said applicant and hands shall not be transferred to any other part of the road without his consent, and in case any person shall neglect to keep in good repair such portion of road as may be laid out to him as aforesaid, he shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures to which commissioners of [Illegible Text] are now liable for neglect of duty, and shall be proceeded against in like manner: Provided nevertheless, that if the commissioners and applican's should not agree on the portion of road to be laid off to him, then the said applicant shall remain and work in common with other hands in the district in which they belong, according to the road laws now of force in this State. Sec. 3. And be [Illegible Text] further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act to alter and amend the Road [Illegible Text] of this State, passed December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, so far as respects the counties of Franklin, Hall, Lincoln, Columbia, and Wilkes. Be it enacted by he Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is [Illegible Text] enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act it shall be lawful and is hereby made the duty of the grand juries of Franklin, Hall, Lincoln, Columbia, and [Illegible Text] counties to present all [Illegible Text] or delinquent overseers and commissioners of roads and bridges in said counties. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon such presentment, the court shall fine such defaulting or delinquent overseers in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, and such defaulting or delinquent commissioners of roads and bridges, in a sum not exceeding forty dollars for each and every such default or delinquency. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act hereinbefore recited, be and is hereby so amended as to require all persons [Illegible Text] a list of hands liable to perform road duty, in addition to the requisitions of the said third section, to be sworn to such list or return. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all road laws heretofore passed, in any the least degree contravening the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorise and empower [Illegible Text] Phillips, of [Illegible Text] county to establish a Ferry across Flint River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby [Illegible Text] by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of this act, [Illegible Text] Phillips, of the county of [Illegible Text]

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be and he is hereby fully authorised and empowered to establish a ferry across Flint river, on his own land. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Jonathan Phillips, his heirs and assigns be fully authorised and empowered to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage which has been allowed to other owners of ferries on said riverany [Illegible Text] to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 22d Nov. 1826. AN ACT to establish a ferry aeross Flint River, on fraction number one hundred and seventy eight, in the first district in the county of Dooly, and to vest the right of said ferry in William Lampkin and his heirs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for William Lampkin to establish a ferry on lot number one hundred and seventy eight, in the first district in the county of Dooly, it being his own land; and he is hereby authorised to ask, demand, and receive the following rates of toll, from all persons that may cross at said ferry: For each waggon and team fifty cents, a four wheel pleasure carriage fifty [Illegible Text], an ox cart twenty five cents, a horse cart twenty-five cents, a man and horse twelve and a half cents, a led horse six and a quarter cents, a footman six and a quarter cents, each head of neat [Illegible Text] two cents, and for each head of hogs, sheep, or goats, one cent: Provided, said Lampkin shall keep a good ferry boat, and pay strict attention to it, and pay all damages that may occur by reason of his neglect. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to authorise Elijah Phillips to erect a Bridge or Ferry over the Toweliga river, in Monroe county, on his own land, and to establish the toll [Illegible Text]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Elijah Phillips be and he is hereby vested with full power and authority to erect a bridge or ferry over the Toweliga river, in Monroe county, on his own land, and that the said Elijah Phillips is hereby authorised to ask and receive from any person or persons crossing on said bridge or ferry the same toll rates as is allowed or established by law at the public ferries on the Ocmulgee river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the au t hority a f oresaid, That said Elijah Phillips is hereby deemed and held responsible for all losses sustained by passengers arising from neglect of duty on his part: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to hold said Elijah Phillips responsible for unavoidable accidents or improper conduct on the part of passengers. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826.

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Relief laws. AN ACT to alter and change the name of James James to that of Henry James, Addison Kendrick of Columbia county to that of Addison Hassel, and Bradford Carter to that of Bradford Johnson, Robert Touchstone of Ware county, to that of Robert Henderson, and Elizabeth Mary Ann Pass of Ware county, to that of Elizabeth Mary Ann McDaniel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the said James James shall be called and known by the name of Henry James, Addison Kendrick of the county of Columbia, shall be called and known by the name of Addison Hassel, and Bradford Carter shall be called by the name of Bradford Johnson, Robert [Illegible Text] of Ware county, shall be called by the name of Robert Henderson, and Elizabeth Mary Ann Pass shall be called by the name of Elizabeth Mary Ann McDaniel, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 27th Dec. 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Lewis Lynch of Putnam county. Whereas it appears to this General Assembly, that Lewis Lynch of Putnam county, drew in the land lottery of eighteen hundred and twenty-one, the tract of land number one hundred and sixty six, in the second district of Habersham county, which said tract of land has since been sold as a fractional survey, by authority, and for the

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benefit of the StateAnd whereas, the said Lynch has thus been deprived of the benefits which resulted to him from his draws in the lottery aforesaid. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he State of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby [Illegible Text] by the [Illegible Text] of t he same, That the said Lewis Lynch of Putnam county, be, and he is hereby entitled to two draws in the contemplated lottery for the distribution of the [Illegible Text] lately acquired from the Creek nation of Indians, and that the Governor cause to be entered, for two draws, on the list of persons entitled to draws, the name of Lewis Lynch aforesaid, residing in the district commanded by Capt. Clarke, in Maj. Allum's battalion, at the time the list of persons entitled to draws was made out. Assented to [Illegible Text] Dec. 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Mark Donald Clarke of Bibb county. Whereas, the said Mark Donald Clarke did, at the sales of the fractions in the town of Milledgeville, under an act passed in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, become purchaser of fraction number two hundred and ten in the fifth district of Houston county, at and for the sum of six hundred dollars, and of fraction number two hundred and eleven in the same district and county, at and for the sum of twenty-five hundred dollarsAnd whereas, the said Clarke has paid fourteen hundred and twenty-four dollars and thirty-five cents, on account of said purchases, and it appears that the title of said two fractions is now in the State, and that said fractions have been greatly improved and enhanced in value. Be it therefore enacted by the S enate and House of R epresentatives of the S tate of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if the said [Illegible Text] D. Clarke shall, on or before the first day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, pay into the treasury of this State the full amount of principal and interest due the State for said fractions, a grant or grants shall issue to him the said Mark Donald Clarke for said fractions, in the same manner as if said Mark Donald Clarke had paid into the treasury the instalments due for said fractions, as required by law, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin T. Rees and Talbot S. Rees, of Columbia county. Whereas, satisfactory evidence having been adduced, that one Mary Smith, widow of Michael Smith, deceased, drew lot number one hundred and fifty two, in the fifth district [Illegible Text] Early county, under the land lottery of eighteen hundred and nineteen, and the said Mary Smith having departed this life intestate, and without leaving any legal heir or heirs, whereby the said tract of land has escheated to the State, but that the said Mary Smith often in her life time, and some short time previous to her death, expressed it as her will and desire, that the said tract of land should be [Illegible Text] divided between the said Benjamin T. Rees and Talbot S. Rees, of Columbia county. Be it therefore enacted by the S enate and House of R epresentatives of the S tate of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all the right, title and interest of this State, in and to said tract of land, be and the same are hereby vested in the said Benjamin T. Rees and Talbot S. Rees, and that a grant for said tract of land shall issue to the said Benjamin T. Rees and Talbot S. Rees, on their paying into the proper office the usual and customary fees. Sec. 2. A nd be i t [Illegible Text] enac t ed, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this, be and the same are hereby repealed: Assented to 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to change the names of certain persons therein mentioned, and [Illegible Text] the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and William Maddin, shall be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] law by the names of [Illegible Text] Spier and William Cooper, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, [Illegible Text] they are hereby declared to be [Illegible Text] and completely [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been entitled to if born in lawful

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wedlock, and be capable of inheriting all manner of property by, virtue of the statute of distributions, so far as relates to the real and personal estates of James Spier and Henry Cooper, their reputed fathers. Sec 2. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the name of Sarah Jane Wells, be changed to the name of Sarah Jane Rakestraw, that she be declared legitimate and capable of inheriting, and like privileges in law, as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. Assented to, 22d Nov. 1826. AN ACT to change the name of John Bellah to that of John McDaniel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General Assembly met, and i t is hereby [Illegible Text] by t he [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] same, That John Bellah of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], shall be known and called in law by the name of John McDaniel, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 4th Dec. 1826. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of William Bacon, deceased. Whereas it appears by the certificate of M. F. Boisclair, Esq. receiver of tax returns for the county of Richmond, and a certificate from the [Illegible Text] General, that taxes have been paid for three years on a house and lot in the city of Augusta, by the representatives of William Bacon, deceased, after said lot had been sold, and also that taxes have been paid by R. R. Reid, the late purchaser and present owner on the same property for the same time, whereby the State has received double taxesnow, for the relief of said heirs, Be i t [Illegible Text] by t he Senate and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and i t is hereby enacted by t he authori t y of t he same, That the Governor be, and he is hereby

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authorised to issue his warrant on the treasury, in favor of Henry Hull, administrator of said William Bacon deceased, for the sum of fifty one dollars fifty six and a quarter cents, being the sum which has been overpaid. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT for the relief of James Cartledge, tax collector of Columbia county, and administrator of Ayres Cartledge, late tax collector of said county. Whereas, it has been made appear to the legislature, by the said James Cartledge, that Ayres Cartledge late tax collector of said county, departed this life sometime in August last, after he had collected most of the taxes due to the State for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and that in the last illness of said Ayres Cartledge, the same or the greater part thereof was stolen from the said Ayres, and the said James Cartledge having offered by his petition to this legislature, to give bond and security to the State for the payment of the same within twelve months, and to pay interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of G eorgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Comptroller General be, and he is hereby required to grant indulgence to the said James Cartledge, until the first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, for the payment of the said taxes into the treasury of the State: Provided, that the said James Cartledge shall, on or before the twenty fifth day of December next, file his bond in the Comptroller General's office, payable to his excellency the Governor and his successors in office, with good and sufficient security conditioned for the payment of the said taxes into the treasory of the State on the said first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. from the time that the same should have been, by the now existing law, paid into the treasury of this State. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That for the purpose of enabling the said James Cartledge to comply with the requisitions of this act, that the Justices of the [Illegible Text] court of said county, or any three of them, are hereby entitled and authorised to witness the execution of said bond, and to judge of the security to be given in conformity with the provisions of this act, by the said James [Illegible Text] and to transmit the same to the office of the Comptroller General. Assented to, [Illegible Text] November, 1826.

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AN ACT to pardon Levi White, of Walton county. Whereas, at a superior court held in and for the county of Walton at February term, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. Levi White of said county was convicted of the crime of murder, but was highly recommended to mercy [Illegible Text] the Jury, and subsequently reprieved by the Governor until the first day of December next: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after [Illegible Text] passing of this act, the said Levi White be and he is hereby declared to be freely, fully and entirely pardoned, exonerated and discharged from the pains and penalties of his said conviction and sentence, as fully, freely, and entirely as if such conviction and sentence had never taken place, or the offence been committed. Assented to 24th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to pardon Hugh Gallagher. Whereas, Hugh Gallagher was lately convicted of the crime of murder in the [Illegible Text] court of Bibb county, and was respited by his Excellency the Governor, for the purpose of his petitioning the Legislature for a pardon: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Hugh Gallagher be and he is hereby released and discharged from all the pains and penalties of his said conviction for the aforesaid crime of murder; and he is hereby fully and freely pardoned for said crime of murder as if the same had never been committed by him. Assented to 24th Nov. 1826.

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AN ACT to legitimate and change the name of Alexander Meedes to that of Alexander Harrington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Alexander Meedes be and the same is hereby changed to that of Alexander Harrington, and he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimated and entitled to all the rights and privileges that he would have been had he been born in lawful wedlock, and fully capable of taking, inheriting, and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distributions of this State, so far as relates to the estate real and personal of Richard Harrington, sen. the reputed father of the said Alexander Harrington, to all intents and purposesany law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that this act shall not enable the said Alexander Harrington to inherit to the exclusion of any child or children of the said Richard Harrington, sen. born, or who may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. Assented to, 30th Nov. 1826. AN ACT to letitimatise and change the names of certain persons therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of George A. Wilson be changed to that of George A. Millican, and that he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatised and entitled to all the right and legal privileges that he would have been, had he been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Samuel Millican, his reputed fatherAnd that the names of Martha Yon, Jesse Yon, and Jason Yon be changed to that of Martha Gardner, Jesse Gardner, and Jason Gardner, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatised and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been, had they been born in lawful wedlock, and fully capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all

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manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the estate both real and personal of Lewis Gardner, their reputed father: Provided, that nothing in this act countained shall be so construed as to enable any of the above named persons to inherit to the exclusion of any child born in lawful [Illegible Text] lock to their reputed fatherany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Levy Reynolds. Whereas, Levy Reynolds at September term of the superior court of Morgan county, was fined by said court in the sum of seventy-five dollars, upon a charge of gamingAnd whereas it is made further appear, that the said Reynolds is a poor man with a large family, and that the infraction of the law was only the amusement of an idle moment, and not for the purpose of lucre or an evil example to community. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 inferior court of Morgan county be and they are hereby authorised to remit said fine so imposed upon the said Levy Reynolds, upon his paying all costs which may have accrued in said prosecutionany law and order of court to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT for the relief of Sally Woodson. Matthew and Polly Ann Higginbotham, children of Benjamin Higginbotham and Elizabeth Higginbotham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby [Illegible Text]

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[Illegible Text] the authority of the same, That the right and title to lot number one hundred and twenty two in the second district of Monroe county be and the same is hereby vested in the said Sally Woodson, [Illegible Text] and Polly Ann Higginbotham, children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Higginbotham, in the same manner as if they had been orphans at the time of drawing the sameany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorise John W. Rabun, George Washington Gordon, and Marcellus Jones, of Clark county, David B. McCombs, of Tallahassee, to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That after the passing of this act, the said John W. Rabun, and George Washington Gordon, shall be admitted to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State, on their undergoing an examination in the mode now pointed out, and being found qualifiedany law, custom, or [Illegible Text] to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to vest in Jinny Poindexter and her legal representatives, a distributive share of the estate of her deceased father, Bartley McCrary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and [Illegible Text] after the passing of this act, the distributive share of the estate both real and

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AN ACT for the relief of Henry T. Hall and Sarah his wife. Whereas, by the marriage settlement executed upon the marriage of Henry T. Hall and Sarah his wife, certain estate real and personal is conveyed to trustees limited to the said Sarah for and during her natural life, and after her death to the children of the said Sarah by him the said Henry, and in case of her death without issue, then to the said Henry T. HallAnd whereas, the said Henry T. and Sarah his wife are desirous of exchanging or selling the said estate, and that the property so received in exchange or upon such sale be settled and limited in the same manner as the property to be exchanged or disposed of now is, and there is no provision in the said marriage settlement authorising the trustees to make such exchange or disposition of the said estate: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees or trustee for the time being, in the marriage settlement of the said Henry T. Hall and Sarah his wife, named at any and all times hereafter, upon the request in writing of the said Henry T. Hall and Sarah his wife, to exchange, sell and dispose of all or any of the estate in said marriage settlement mentioned, to any person or persons whatever: Provided, that the property so to be received in exchange or the proceeds upon such sale shall be of equal value with the property so exchanged or disposed of, and that property so received in exchange or the proceeds upon such sale shall be invested and settled in the same manner, and subject to the same limitations and to all liabilities to which the property so exchanged or sold and disposed of now is, by the said marriage settlement, or in any other manner whatsoever: And provided also, that the same be done under the direction of the judge of the superior court of the castern circuit. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the property so exchanged sold or disposed of, shall be held and taken by the purchaser or purchasers free and discharged from all and every the limitations in the said marriage settlement contained. Assented to, 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT for the relief of Alexander Ware. Whereas, Alexander Ware has petitioned this Legislature for indulgence on the instalments that are due from his to the state, for the purchase of fractional surveys of land at the late salesAnd whereas the said Alexander Ware has made it satisfactorily appear that he has exhausted his funds by furnishing the friendly Indians with subsistence while [Illegible Text] from their homes, and has not been reimbursed by the United States Government: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Alexander Ware shall be indulged one year for the instalments that is now due or which may become due within ninety days from and after the passage of this act, on fractions number thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three, forty-four, and sixty-three, in the sixth district Fayette county, and number one hundred and sixty, in the seventh district Fayette county, by paying lawful interest on the sameany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to 22d Dec. 1826. Rivers. AN ACT to provide for the improvement of of the navigation of certain water courses therein expressed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the improvement of

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the navigation of the Oconee river below Carter's bridge, opposite [Illegible Text], and that Tomlinson [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] Grantland, Farish Carter, David Blackshear, and R A Blount be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to manage said work, with full power, [Illegible Text] a majority of them, to draw said sum or any part thereof at any time by warrant from the Governor, and to exercise a general discretion as to the manner of effecting said object, and to employ such artists, assistants, or managers, as they may deem necessary to carry said object into effect, and that they be [Illegible Text] to keep a fair record and report their actings and doings to the next Legislature. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the present Oconee navigation board be and they are hereby required to turn over to the said commissioners as early as practicable all the public property now in their hands, [Illegible Text], implements, c. to be employed in the promotion of the objects contained in the foregoing sectionany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of removing obstructions and clearing out the channel of the [Illegible Text] river, commencing at Macon on said river, and so clearing out the channel of the Ocmulgee river as to render it so far as is practicable navigable for boats up to the mouth of the Alcovahatchee, in Jasper [Illegible Text] on said river, thence to the Cedar Shoals, on Yellow river, and to the Snapping [Illegible Text] on the South river, and to the High Shoals on the [Illegible Text]. Sec [Illegible Text] And be it further enacted, That the sum hereby appropriated be set apart out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be drawn from the treasury by warrant from the Governor and placed in the hands of the commissioners hereinafter namedthat said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to the discharge of their duty in such manner as may in their judgment seem most likely to promote the object of this appropriationthat a majority of said commissioners shall at all times be competent to transact business, and should any vacancy occur in said board of commissioners, it shall be the duty of the Governor upon its being made known to him by the remaining commissioners certified by them to fill such vacancy. Sec. 5 And be it further enacted, That Charles Phillips and Mickleberry Ferrell, of Jones county, George A. Brown, of Monroe county, David Adams and William Scott, of Jasper county, Hugh W [Illegible Text] of Butts county, Tarpley Holt, of Bibb county, Solomon Graves and Harrison [Illegible Text], of Newton county, and Jethro Barnes, of Henry county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry into effect so much of the above recited act as relates to the improvement of the navigation of the [Illegible Text] river. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall make an annual report to each succeeding legislature of all disbursements made by them, and in what manner disbursedthat the commissioners and their successors in [Illegible Text] shall at all [Illegible Text] be under the control of the legislature.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of the river [Illegible Text], and that the commissioners of said river, or a majority of them, be authorised to draw upon his Excellency the Governor for such part or parts of the above named sum as shall from time to time be required for the purpose above named. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of said river to purchase slaves with the above named sum, or such part thereof as shall be deemed proper, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of this appropriation. Sec. 9 And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of said river, on the second Monday of October in each year, to transmit to his Excellency the Governor a correct report of their proceedings, to be by him laid before the General Assembly at the commencement of each session. Sec. 10. A nd be i t fur t he r [Illegible Text], That if at any time it shall appear to the commissioners of said river, or a majority of them, that the slaves thus purchased are no longer required for the improvement of the navigation of said river, then it shall be their duty to communicate the same to the legislature, who shall direct in what manner said slaves shall be disposed of for the benefit of the state. Sec. 11. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That Dr. James Troup and Roswell King, Junr be hereby appointed commissioners of said river Alatamaha, in addition to those already appointed. Sec 12. A nd be i t fu rt he r [Illegible Text] That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of the Chattahoochie river, to be paid to the commissioners that may be appointed to superintend the improvement of the navigation of said river, on their giving [Illegible Text] to his Excellency the Governor for the faithful discharge of their dutyand that Jacob R. Brooks of De Kalb Edward [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] G [Illegible Text], Richard [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text], Joseph Morris of De [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to superintend the improvement of the Chattahoochie river above the Coweta Fallsalso the sum of five thousand dollars for the navigation of Ogechee river below the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] Comfort creek: Provided nevertheless, that the Governor shall not [Illegible Text] his warrant for the said sum until the [Illegible Text] navigation company shall have first relinquished all right to demand toll [Illegible Text] said river. Sec. 13. A nd be i t fu rt he r [Illegible Text], That Andrew Byrd, Robert Burton, Thomas Jones, Michael Shellman, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and John Love, be appointed commissioners to carry the same into effect. Sec. 14. A nd be it further enac t ed, That the Governor shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in said board. Sec. 15. A nd be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the improvement of the navigation of the [Illegible Text] river below Macon.

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Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That James Oliver of Twiggs, John L. Lampkin of Telfair, John Rawls of Pulaski, and Robert Brown of Houston county, be appointed commissioners in addition to those already appointed for said river below Macon. Sec. 17. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the foregoing appropriations shall be paid in Darien money by the treasurer of the state. Sec. 18. A nd be it fu r the r enacted, That none of the sums appropriated by this act, shall be drawn from the treasury until the engineer shall have examined the rivers therein named, and that such examination shall be made as soon as practicable, beginning with such river as is most important to the commerce of the state, and the improvement of which shall yield the greatest public benefitand proceeding in like manner until the whole are examined; such precedence to be determined by his Excellency the Governor and the Engineer. Sec. 19 And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Engineer so soon as he may complete a survey, to report the same to the several sets of the commissioners herein named, advising them of the points in greatest need of improvement, and of the cheapest, most expeditious and effectual mode of progressing with the work. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to appropriate money to improve the navigation of the Savannah river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of removing obstructions in the Savannah river below Augusta, and of improving and deepening the channel of that river, so as to render it at all times navigable for steam boats. Sec. 2. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the sum hereby appropriated, be placed at the disposal of the Governor, who shall appoint three or more commissioners to superintend the contemplated work, and that the commissioners shall be instructed to proceed to the discharge of their duty with the means which may be given them by this state alone, or to act in concert with any commissioner or commissioners

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who may be appointed on the part of South-Carolina, and furnished with adequate means of co operation, as to them may seem best for the interests of Georgia. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the principal Engineer of the State shall attend the said commissioners and give them his aid as often and as long as they may find his assistance necessary. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as practicable after the passing of this act, a survey and examination shall be made of such portion of Savannah river as lies between Andersenville and Augustasuch examination to be made by the Engineer or his Assistant in concert with such Engineer or Assistant as may be appointed on the part of the State of South-Carolina. And when such survey shall have been made and reported to the board of commissioners hereinafter appointed, it shall and may be lawful for said board to draw upon the treasury for such sums as may be necessary to carry on the improvements on said river contemplated by this act: Provided that the said board shall not have authority to draw more than one fourth of the appropriation herein made at any one time, nor oftner than once in three months. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That William Jones of the county of Lincoln, Archibald [Illegible Text] of the county of Elbert, William B. [Illegible Text] of the county of Columbia, and Zachariah Bowman of Elbert county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry the provisions of this act into effect, and that they proceed to the duties of said appointment as soon as they shall be notified of a similar appointment and equal [Illegible Text] made on the part of the State of South Carolina, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby apprepriated to carry this act into effect, as far as the same relates to said portion of said river between Andersonville and Augusta. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case either or all of the commissioners hereinbefore named should decline to act, it shall be lawful for his Excellency the Governor to supply their places, and whenever vacancies may occur in said board he shall have power to fill them, and in all cases, a majority of said board shall be competent to the transaction of business. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That his [Illegible Text] the Governor be requested to transmit to his Excellency the Governor of South [Illegible Text] a certified copy of this bill as soon as the same shall receive the formalities of a law. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to amend the several acts of the Legislature now in force, to prevent encroachments on the river Savannah, within the jurisdiction and limits of the city of Savannah, and to alter and amend the fourth section of an act passed the twelfth of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled an act supplementary to an act, [Illegible Text] an act, to regulate the pilotage of vessels to and from the several [Illegible Text] of this State. Whereas, the true line of low water mark of the wharves in the city of Savannah on the Savannah river, has never been ascertained, or if ever ascertained, is now lostAnd whereas, there is now no record or vestige of any such line, or of any line run by commissioners appointed to designate the proper line of [Illegible Text] heads on the said river within the jurisdiction and limits of the city of SavannahAnd whereas, repeated [Illegible Text] on the said river, require legislative interposition to put a stop thereto, by designating a line beyond which there shall hereafter be no encroachments. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the State of G eorgia in G eneral Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That Alexander Telfair, John W. Long, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], J. P. Henry, George W. Anderson, Benjamin Edward [Illegible Text], W. J. Hunter, J. Minis, Abraham Nichols, Alexander Hunter, Francis [Illegible Text], be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and are vested with full power and authority, and are hereby required forthwith to cause to be made an accurate survey of the wharf heads on the river Savannah within the jurisdiction and limits of the city of Savannah, and to run, or cause to be run, a line from the western end of the uppermost or western wharf head in the said city, to the eastern end of the lowest or most eastern wharf head in the said city, so as to embrace within the said line all the wharf heads which are now actually [Illegible Text], and so as to correspond as nearly as may be with the natural course of said river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners in running the said line, or causing the said line to be run, shall cause the same to present as uniform a front of wharf heads on the said river, as may be without injury to the navigation of the channel of said river, or to the wharf heads already erected, and shall cause the said line to be [Illegible Text] in as direct and straight a course, as shall be consistent with these objects and with the natural [Illegible Text] of the said river, and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to cause to be crected and fixed at the points of commencement and termination of the said line, a post or pillar of some durable and imperishable material, and in like manner to cause to be erected and fixed a post or pillar of like material at each point in the course of the said line at which the same shall diverge from a direct line, and it shall further be the duty of the said commissioners to cause to be ascertained by [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], the [Illegible Text] and distances of each post or pillar so to be [Illegible Text] and fixed as aforesaid from some natural and permanent object in its vicinity, or from some ascertained and determinate

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point of the corporate lines of the said city, so as to designate the spot in which such post or pillar should be in case of loss or removal, and it shall further be the duty of the said commissioners to cause to be made a plat, chart, or map of the said line, shewing the points of commencement, [Illegible Text] and divergings of such line from a direct course, the bearings of such line, the distances between each post or angle of such line, and also the distance of each post from such natural object or ascertained point of the city line from which it shall have been measured as aforesaid, and to cause the same to be accurately copied and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county, on the minutes of the City Council of Savannah, and in the office of the Secretary of State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said line when so run and ascertained as aforesaid by the said commissioners, shall be held and considered, and is hereby declared to be the true line of wharf heads on the said river within the jurisdiction and limits of the city of Savannah, beyond which there shall be no encroachment [Illegible Text] a penalty of two thousand dollars for every foot so encroached, to be recovered at the instance of the commissioners of pilotage for the bar and river Savannah, to be applied by them to the improvement of the navigation of the river Savannah, and they are hereby empowered and required to cause any such encroachments to be removed, and the costs and expenses of said removal is hereby declared and made a charge upon the wharf lot from which any such encroachment shall be made, and may be recovered by distress and sale of such wharf lot and improvements, notwithstanding the forfeitures herein before expressedAnd whereas, the requisition made by the fourth section of an act of the Legislature passed on the twelfth December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled an act, supplementary to an act, entitled an act to regulate the pilotage of vessels to and from the several ports of the State, for the attendance of seven members of the board of commissioners of pilotage for the bar and river Savannah to constitute a board, is unnecessary, and tends only to retard, embarrass, and [Illegible Text] the business of the said boardfor remedy whereof: Sec. 4. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the chairman of the board of commissioners of pilotage for the bar and river Savannah, and any two or more members of the said board, shall constitute a board, and shall have full power and authority to transact all business and matters with which the said commissioners of pilotage are intrusted; Provided always nevertheless, that twenty-four hours previous notice of any contemplated meeting of the said board, shall be given to each member of the said board who shall be in the city of Savannah at the time of such contemplated meeting of the said board. Sec. 5. A nd be i t fu rt he r enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating with this act, be and the same are hereby repeated. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to lay off, define, and keep open the main channels of Flint and Chattahoochie rivers, so as to prevent the obstruction of the free passage of boats and fish, and to appoint commissioners for the same, also to appoint one commissioner for the Ocmulgee river in the county of Henry. Be it enacted by the S enate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the commissioners hereinafter named shall have full power and authority to survey, or cause to be [Illegible Text] and laid off, the main hannel of Flint river from that part of said river where the lower line of Crawford county strikes the said river, to the three forks in [Illegible Text] county of the north east prong of Flint river, and to Ware's mills of the south west prong, and said river shall be [Illegible Text] open from the fifteenth of February until the fifteenth of May in each year. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to reserve and keep open for the free passage of fish and boats, thirty feet of said river in width including the main channel thereof. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to obstruct by dams, traps, or any other thing or things, any part or portion of said river so laid off and set apart for the purposes mentioned in this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall obstruct, or cause to be obstructed any part of said main channel, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners or any one of them, to give the person or persons so offending, three days notice to remove such obstruction, and on such person or persons failing or refusing so to do, he, she, or they shall, on proof and conviction thereof, in any Justices court having cognisance of the same, be sentenced to pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every twenty-four hours such obstruction shall remain after service of such notice: P r ovided, such obstruction shall not be caused by freshets Sec. 5. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That [Illegible Text] Montfort, James R. Cargill, and Peter How of the county of Crawford be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said river so far as the said river touches the county of Crawford; that William Williamson, William Towns, and Springer Gibson, of the county of Upson be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said river, so far as the said river touches the [Illegible Text] of Upson; and that Ethan [Illegible Text], Reuben Westmoreland, and Jonathan Phillips, of the county of [Illegible Text] be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said river, so far as the said river touches the said county of Pike.

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Sec. 6. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That Wyatt Heflin, Gilbert Gray, and Manson Glace be, and they are appointed commissioners of the north east prong of Flint river, so far as the same runs through Fayette county to the three forks above Dixon's bridge, and Robert Westmoreland, William Morgan, and Cheadle Cochran be, and they are appointed commissioners of the south west prong of Flint [Illegible Text] so far as the same runs through Fayette county to Ware's Mill, to keep the said prongs open eight feet wide for the free passage of fish. Sec. 7. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That said commissioners or a majority of them, shall have full power to carry into effect this act within their several boundaries, by calling to their assistance such number of the free white citizens of their respective counties, as they may deem necessary to remove such obstructions as they may, at any time, find in said main channel: Provided, said commissioners shall not cause such person or persons so summoned, to serve more than three days at any one time, nor more than six days in any one year. Sec. 8. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That if any person so summoned shall neglect or refuse to assist said commissioners, after reasonable and due notice given, such person or persons [Illegible Text] neglecting or refusing, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars for each day he shall so neglect or refuse to serve, to be recovered before any Justices court in the district where such person or persons reside, to be applied to the clearing out of such obstruction or obstructions. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the like provisions and penalties herein contained in relation to said river be, and they are hereby extended to and applied to Chattahoochie river, so far as Fayette and De Kalb counties bound on said river Chattahoochie, and that James Hicks, John F. Beavers, and James Black, are hereby appointed commissioners of the county of Fayette, and [Illegible Text] Howell, Gilbert Greer, and James M. C. Montgomery, are hereby appointed commissioners of the county of De Kalb to carry the said law into effect, so far as relates to the river Chattahoochie. Sec. 10. A nd be it fu r ther enacted, That Wiley [Illegible Text] is hereby appointed for the county of Henry to keep open the Ocmulgee river, in place of Jethro Barnes, who refuse to serve. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior courts of the aforesaid counties, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorised and required to fill all vacancies which may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, [Illegible Text] Dec. 1826.

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Society. AN ACT to incorporate St. Andrews Society of the City of Augusta Georgia. Whereas, a voluntary association of persons hath been formed in the city of Augusta, under the name and style of the St. Andrews Society, of the city of Augusta, Georgia, for benevolent and charitable purposes[Illegible Text] whereas the persons so associated under the name and style aforesaid, are desirous of being incorporated: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the several persons and members [Illegible Text] said society, and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] who shall hereafter become members thereof, shall be and they are hereby [Illegible Text] to be a body [Illegible Text] in deed and in name, and under the style of the St. Andrews Society of the city of [Illegible Text] Georgia, and by said name shall have perpetual [Illegible Text] of officers and members, the privilege of making and using a common seal the power of establishing, forming, ordaining, changing, and amending such constitution, bye laws and regulations as may be agreed on by the officers and members of said society: Provided, such [Illegible Text] bye laws, and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said society shall have power and authority to sue [Illegible Text] and recover any and all debts, dues and demands which it now [Illegible Text] may hereafter have, and the rights and privileges of said society in any court to defend, to contract and be contracted with, to receive and [Illegible Text] conveyances of real or personal estate for the use and benefit of said society; and shall, and are hereby declared to be invested with all the privileges, powers and advantages, rights and immunities of a society of people incorporated for the purposes intended by their association and institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken as a public act, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. Assented to, 1st Dec. 1826.

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Slaves. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act supplementary to an act more effectually to enforce an act entitled an act prescribing the mode of manumitting slaves in this State; and also to prevent the inveigling and illegal carrying out of the State persons of color. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for the clerk of the inferior court of any county of this State to issue any certificate of registry of freedom to any colored person, but upon [Illegible Text] first made by the guardian of such person of color, that he or she is a free person of color duly manumitted agreeably to the laws of this state; and that he or she is about to remove into another county or beyond the limits of this state, or about to depart in the capacity of a servant to some inhabitant of this state. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That previous to the granting of certificates of registry of freedom, it shall be the duty of the clerks of the superior and inferior courts of the several counties of this state, to give ten days notice in one of the public gazettes or in some other public manner of the name of the applicant or applicants, his age, c. and of his, or her or their guardian or guardians. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That such certificate of registry of freedom when issued as aforesaid, shall contain an accurate description of the person, age, occupation, and residence of such person of color, and that the clerk so issuing the same shall be entitled to have and receive from the guardian of such person of color the sum of five dollars; and should any free negro or person of color transfer his or her certificate of registry of freedom obtained as aforesaid, to any slave or free negro or other person of color, such free negro or person of color so offending shall be punished [Illegible Text] such fine, imprisonment, and other corporeal punishment, as any court competent to try slaves and free persons of color may in its discretion think proper to inflict.

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Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That if any captain of a vessel, [Illegible Text] or other person or persons shall transport, entice, [Illegible Text] away or inveigle, or shall attempt to transport, entice, carry away, or inveigle, or shall aid, abet, or in anywise assist or be [Illegible Text] in the transportation, removal, enticing, inveigling, or going, running, or carrying away out of the State of Georgia of any free [Illegible Text] of color or any other person of color, claiming or pretending to claim to be free, who shall not have such genuine certificate of registry of freedom duly issued to him or her as aforesaid, such person or persons so offending shall be liable to be indicted as for a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the common jail of the county, at the discretion of the court, and such person or persons and each and every one of them shall also forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars for each offence so committed, to be sued for or prosecuted by action of debt as on the case in the name of the S tate, in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, at any time within five years after the commission of the offence, one half of which said forfeiture when recovered shall be to the use of the state, and the other half to the use of the informer; and it shall be the duty of the attorney-general or solicitor-general, who shall be assigned or appointed to prosecute the pleas of the S tate in the county where the said action is cognizable to sue and prosecute for said sum [Illegible Text] he shall be informed of any such offence: Provided nevertheless, that it shall and may be lawful for any such person to sue and prosecute for said sum, if such attorney or solicitor general shall not have previously sued or prosecuted [Illegible Text]. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That no colored seaman arriving from any port whatever (except from ports in South Carolina) shall be [Illegible Text] to leave the vessel in which they have arrived, in any port in this state, from the hours of six o'clock in the evening until five o'clock in the succeeding morning, and it shall be the duty of every captain of a vessel having such seamen as aforesaid on board, to report to the chief magistrate of the city or town where the vessel is, a particular description of the seamen, and their names, and the said captain shall give bond with two [Illegible Text] in the sum of one hundred dollars for each seaman aforesaid, payable to the chief magistrate of the city or town where the vessel is, conditioned for the maintenance of each seaman for the retaining each on board his said vessel, as is above required, and for the taking, removing, and carrying away each of said seamen when the vessel departs, whether by the articles entered into the said port of this state be a port of discharge or not. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the said captain shall violate or omit to perform any of the provisions or conditions of said bond so entered into, it shall be the duty of the aforesaid chief [Illegible Text] to direct the solicitor general of the circuit court, or recorder of the city in which the vessel may be, or employ any solicitor or [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in any [Illegible Text] having [Illegible Text] jurisdiction, and the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] on-said bond shall be paid into the treasury of such town or city.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. [Illegible Text] to 20th Dec. 1826. Dares. AN ACT to authorise and require the present Tax Collector of the county of Baker to collect the tax due from the citizens of said county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the present tax collector of the county of [Illegible Text] to receive from the present tax collector of the county of Early, the names of all the persons now living in the county of Baker, with the amount of their taxable property given in for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and to collect the same at the time of collecting the state and county taxes of said county, for the year eighteen hundred and twenty sixany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Senate Read third time 30th Nov. 1826. House of Representatives Read 20th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to compel the next Receiver of Tax Returns, elected for Lowndes county, to receive the returns of the citizens of said county, whose taxes are due this state prior to the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and to make it the duty of the collector to collect said tax. Whereas, it appears that there are a number of citizens in Lowndes county who are in arrears with their taxes prior to the year eighteen hundred and twenty five, and as far back as the year eighteen hundred and twenty two, the receivers for the years eighteen hundred and twenty five and eighteen hundred and twenty-six, refused to receive the returns of the citizens in arrearsfor remedy whereof: Be it therefore enacted by t he Sena t e and House of Rep r esen t a t ives o f t he State o f Georgia in General Assembly me t, and i t is he r eby enac t ed by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the next receiver of tax returns of taxable property, for the county of Lowndes, and it is hereby made his duty to receive the returns of the citizens of said county who are in arrears prior to the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and as far back as the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, under the same rules and regulations as are pointed out by the [Illegible Text] law of this stateany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 27th December, 1826. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Franklin county to levy an extra tax, for the purpose of building a courthouse. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court of the county aforesaid be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to lay an extra tax on the inhabitants of said county, not exceeding fifty per cent on the state or general tax, for the purpose of building a court house. Sec. 2. And be i t fu rt her enac t ed, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 30th Nov. 1826.

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AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled an act further defining the duties of Tax Collectors in this S tate, passed the ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Whereas, the above recited act requires all collectors of taxes in this S tate, to attend at the polls at all elections for members of the legislature and for members to congress, and whereas much incovenience has arisen from the said acttherefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the S t a t e o f [Illegible Text] in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That immediately from and after the passage of this act, the above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 14th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to raise a tax for the support of Government for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen t atives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act passed the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty four, entitled an act to raise a tax for the support of Government for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, together with all acts and parts of acts which said act revived and continued in force, be and they are hereby revived and continued in force, as the tax act for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. Sec. 2. And be it fu r ther enacted, That one half of the tax of each county so directed to be levied, shall be paid into the treasury of this S tate as heretofore, and the other half to the Inferior courts of the respective counties for county purposes, to be placed by them in the hands of the county treasurer for safe keeping, to be appropriated by said courts to the building of court-houses and jails, and to the building of bridges, the improvement of the public roads, for the support of the poor, and the education of youth, as the said courts may deem respectively most expedient, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. A nd be i t fu rt he r enac t ed, That the Justices of the Inferior court of Morgan county be, and they are hereby authorised and directed

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to pay over to the Trustees of Madison Academy in said county aforesaid, one half of the moiety of the [Illegible Text] tax collected in the aforesaid county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and which is directed by law to be paid by the collector to the justices of the Inferior court for county purposes, for the purpose of enabling the commissioners or trustees of the academy aforesaid, to build an edifice in the town of Madison as the county academy. Sec. 4. And be it furthe r enacted, That a tax of thirty-one and a quarter cents shall be paid on every hundred dollars employed by exchange or money brokers in this S tate, to be returned and collected in the same manner as the tax now collected from merchants, shop keepers, and others on their stock in trade. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when money or exchange brokers make their returns to the receivers of returns of taxable property, they shall state on oath the probable average amount employed, or to be employed by them in the course of the year, and in the event of a failure to make such return, by any money or exchange broker before the digest shall have been delivered to the tax collector, it shall be the duty of the tax collector immediately to issue an execution against the goods and estate of such defaulter, or against his person as in the opinion of the tax collector may most certainly secure the payment of the sum of one thousand dollars which is hereby declared to be the penalty incurred by a neglect to make such returns. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior court of Columbia county, be, and they are hereby authorised and directed to pay over to the commissioners or trustees of the academy of the county aforesaid, five hundred dollars out of the moiety of the general tax collected in the county aforesaid for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and which is directed by law to be paid by the collector to the Justices of the Inferior court for county purposes, for the use and benefit of the Columbia county academy situated at Columbia court-house: P r ovided, nothing herein contained shall compel the Justices of the Inferior court of said county to pay over the aforesaid sum of five hundred dollars to the commissioners or trustees of the Columbia county academy, if they should determine on building a new jail in said county any time before the first day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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Towns. AN ACT to authorise certain Commissioners to sell and dispose of the lumber and site for the new Court House at Wiley Robson's, in Wayne county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That at any time after the passage of this act, William Stafford, sen. Isaac Abrahams, and Sherard Sheffield, or any two of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, in the place of the Justices of the Inferior Court, to sell and dispose of the lumber and site which were got for the new court house at Wiley Robson's, to the highest bidder, and the proceeds of the same to be by them paid to the Clerk of the Inferior court, for to be applied to county purposes, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 20th, Dec. 1826. AN ACT to authorise and direct a further sale of lots in the town of Macon, and to enlarge the common of said town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners appointed to lay out the town of [Illegible Text], are hereby directed within three months from the date of this act, to expose to public sale forty lots in the said town, under the same regulations as heretofore prescribed for the sale of lots in that town, first giving thirty days notice

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thereof in one of the gazettes in the [Illegible Text] of Augusta and Savannah, and in the towns of Milledgeville and Macon. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town common shall, by the said commissioners, be [Illegible Text] out and plainly marked, so as to enlarge the same to the width of half a mile on the north west and south west of the boundary of the town plat. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners are hereby directed within three months from the date of this act, to admeasure by metes and bounds, twenty lots adjoining the common on the north west and south west sides of said town, each to be equal in extent, and located in a range with the squares of said town, so as not to intercept the streets leading out from said town, and the said lots when so laid out, shall be by the said commissioners exposed to public sale, at the same time and in the same manner as aforesaid in respect to the lots mentioned in the first section of this act. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to preserve the timber in the vicinity of the town of Macon, for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of preserving the standing [Illegible Text] immediately below the improved part of the town of Macon, for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of said town, all the land within the town plat below Seventh street, together with a space of six hundred yards below and a space three hundred yards on the south western or outer side thereof, is hereby vested in the corporate authority of said town for the time being: Provided, that if the said corporate authority shall sell, lease, or in any way alien or incumber the said land, or any part thereof, or shall offer the same in any manner, or for any purpose to be inhabited, the land, or portions of land so aliened, incumbered, or inhabited, shall thenceforward revert in the State: And Provided also, that nothing in this act contained, shall prevent the State from resuming the said land, if in the opinion of any future legislature the public good should require such resumption. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That if any person shall cut down, or kill, or shall direct or cause to be cut down, or killed, any

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tree of more than two inches diameter at two feet from the ground other than pine trees on any of the land within the town [Illegible Text] of the said town below Seventh street, and within a space of six hundred yards below and three hundred yards on the south western or outer side thereof, such person shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be held guilty of [Illegible Text] mischief, and shall be punished at the discretion of the court, by confinement in the common jail of the county, and by fine payable to the corporation of Macon. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That any slave, or any person in the employment of others, shall violate this act, it shall be presumptive evidence of the same being done by direction of the owner or employer: Provided, that no person shall be punished [Illegible Text] such presumptive evidence alone, otherwise than by fine; but if it shall satisfactorily appear that such offence was not committed by the direction or assent of such owner or employer, then the person actually committing the offence, shall be liable, if a white person, to trial and punishment as provided by this act, and if a person of color, to such punishment as the ordinances of the said town may have imposed; but nothing in this act shall prohibit the exercise by the Inferior court of their ordinary and legal jurisdiction, in laying out and opening, or altering necessary roads, or shall restrict the said corporation, or any legal authority, from digging any necessary drains or canals, or shall be held to restrain, or abridge in other respects than herein mentioned, the authority of the agent, for the time being, of the public reserve. Assented to, 23d December, 1826. AN ACT to incorporate the Town of Crawfordville, in Taliaferro county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, that the following persons, viz: Hermon [Illegible Text] Thomas Chastin, Willie Womack, Sherwood Towns, William Little, John Murphy, and John W. Jordan, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the town of Crawfordville, in the county aforesaid, and they or a majority of them, shall have full power to convene at any time after the passage of this act, and proceed to the appointment of a clerk and such [Illegible Text] officers as they may deem necessary to carry this act into execution.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have [Illegible Text] power and authority to pass all bye-laws and regulations which may be deemed necessary for the improvement and repairing the streets, and internal police of said town: Provided nevertheless, that such bye laws, rules and regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution of the United States, and the constitution and laws of this state. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That the said commissioners and their successors in office shall have corporate jurisdiction to the extent of the corporate limits: and that the said commissioners shall continue in office until the second Tuesday in January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, on which day, and on the second Tuesday in January in each and every year thereafter, all free male [Illegible Text] citizens of the said town, who are entitled to vote for members of the general assembly, shall assemble at the court-house of said county and by ballot elect five commissioners who shall continue in office one year, at which election any two justices of the inferior court or justices of the peace may preside: Provided, nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to make any of the commissioners aforesaid inelligible to a re election. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy in the commissioners of said corporation shall happen by resignation, or otherwise, the commissioners in office shall appoint some other person within the limits of said corporation to fill such vacancy, and the person appointed shall continue in office the same length of time his predecessor would have done, had no such vacancy taken place. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners and their successors in office shall have full power and authority to impose a tax on all shows, exhibitions and showmen, [Illegible Text] in said town for the sake of gain, and also upon itinerant traders, and to collect and receive the same in such manner as they may prescribe by the bye-laws and regulations of said corporation: Provided, the tax hereby intended to be imposed on shows, showmen, and itinerant traders, shall not exceed five dollars for each day. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners shall not be authorised to lay a poll tax of more than one dollar on each free [Illegible Text] person within the corporate limits of said town, and they shall not be authorised to tax any species of property, except real estate, goods, wares, and merchandise and [Illegible Text] the tax on real estate and merchandise not to exceed twenty cents on every hundred dollars valuation, and the tax on slaves not to exceed twenty-five cents on each slave. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in case any person or persons who may be liable to pay any tax to be imposed by any bye laws and regulations of said corporation in pursuance of the authority of the same, shall refuse to pay the same, then and in that case the commissioners of said town, or a majority of them, shall, and they are hereby fully authorised to issue their warrant directed to any officer to be by them appointed, requiring him to levy and sell of the goods

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and chattels of the person or persons so refusing to make the amount of tax so imposed, and said officer shall receive such fees as a compensation as are by law allowed to justices of the peace and constables in similar cases: Provided, that all sales to be made by virtue of such warrant, shall be advertised at least ten days at the court house door in said town. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town and their successors in office, shall have power and authority to pass and ordain any bye-laws and regulations necessary to cause to be established and enforced a civil patrol, either by day or by night, within the limits of said town, and in case of neglect or refusal in any citizen or inhabitant of said town to comply with the bye laws and regulations passed and made on this subject, that the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may proceed to fine such citizens or inhabitants, and collect such fine as is herein before prescribed for the collection of taxes: Provided, that the fines to be imposed in virtue of the power derived under this act, shall not exceed five dollars for each case of refusal or neglect. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners do and they are hereby authorised to appropriate all taxes, fines and forfeitures, imposed, assessed, and collected in virtue of any bye laws or regulations adopted in pursuance of the authority given said commissioners by this act, to the repair and improvement of the public springs, pumps, square and streets of said town, in such manner as they or a majority of them shall deem most conducive to the interest and safety of the citizens thereof. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners to impose a tax on all persons retailing spirituous liquors in the public square or streets of said town: Provided always that such tax shall not exceed three dollars for each year, such person or persons shall retail spirituous liquors as aforesaid, in less quantity than one gallon. Sec. 11. A nd be it further enacted, That the town shall comprehend within its limits all persons residing within half a miles distance from the court house of said town, and that no person shall be elected a commissioner or an officer of said town, who shall not reside within said limits. Sec. 12. A nd be it further enacted, That each and every commissioner before they proceed to the performance of their duties, [Illegible Text] take an oath before a justice of the inferior court or justice of the peace, well and truly to perform their duties to the best of their abilities. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to amend and consolidate the several acts for the better regulation and government of the town of Milledgeville, passed the nineteenth of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the town of Milledgeville shall be divided into four wards, to wit: the intersection of Wayne and Green streets, forming the town into four divisions shall constitute said wards, which shall be known and designated as followsthe north western division, ward number one, the north-eastern division, ward number two, the south-western division ward number three, and the south-eastern division ward number four. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the intendant and commissioners of said town shall be vested with full power and authority to make such assessments on all property both real and personal, within the tract of territory originally laid out for said town and common, as shall appear to them expedient and proper, and to collect the same in such manner as they may prescribe by the bye laws and ordinances of said corporation: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorise the said intendant and commissioners to make any bye-laws or ordinances repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State or of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where a dispute shall arise between said intendant and commissioners, and any person taxed by the bye laws of said town, touching the amount of tax laid on the valuation of any property, that the matter shall be decided by referees, one to be chosen by the commissioners, and one by the party complaining, and if said referees cannot agree they may call to their assistance any other person whose decision shall be conclusive between the parties. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That so much of the before recited act as militates against the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1826.

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AN ACT to make permanent the site of the public buildings at Thomasville, in the county of Thomas, and to name said village, and to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court to lay off militia districts, and to establish the time of holding the Inferior Courts of said county. Whereas, the commissioners appointed for the county of Thomas, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly, passed the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty five, did fix on the site of the public buildings in said county, and did purchase for county purposes, lot of land number thirty-nine in the thirteenth district originally Irwin now Thomas county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the proceedings of the commissioners, so far as respects the purchase of said lot of land for the public site, is hereby confirmed and made valid in law. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by t he au t hority aforesaid, That the court-house and jail of said county of Thomas, be and is hereby made permanent at a place now known and called by the name of Thomasville, and shall be called and known by that name. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by t he au t hority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Thomas, or a majority of them be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, out of any land heretofore purchased for county purposes, and not otherwise disposed of, to convey to the commissioners of Thomas county academy, in fee simple for said academy, such portion thereof as may be thought necessary for the purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon, and such other lot or lots as the said Justices of the Inferior court may think proper to convey by way of donation or otherwise. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Thomas, or a majority of them be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to convey in fee simple to each and every religious society or association of this State, out of the land acquired for county purposes, and not otherwise disposed of, a quantity of land not exceeding one acre to each society, in such part of said land as the said justices or a majority of them may think proper, for the purpose of erecting buildings thereon for public worship: Provided, that the said land shall revert to the county, if the same be not improved within one year from the time of selection and conveyance. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Thomas, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and required to lay off the said county of Thomas into as many militia captain's districts,

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as in their discretion may be proper, and whenever said districts may be laid off and defined, the Justices of the Peace or the Justices of the Inferior Court, or any two of them, shall advertise and superintend the election in each captain's district, for two justices of the peace, giving fifteen days notice thereof at the most public place in said districts, who shall be commissioned by the Governor to continue in office until the election for justices of the peace throughout the State, unless their office may sooner become vacant by law. Sec. 6. A nd be it fur t her enac t ed by the authority afo r esaid, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the peace, after they shall have been commissioned as aforesaid, to advertise in their respective districts for the election of captain and subaltern officers as required by the militia laws in force in this State, the said elections to be superintended and certified agreeable to the provisions of said militia laws of this State. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the time of holding the Inferior courts in the county of Thomas, shall be on the first Monday of January and July. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to make permanent the site of the public buildings in the county of Early, and to name the same. Be it enac t ed by t he Sena t e and House of Represen t a t ives of t he [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General A ssembly me t , and i t is he r eby [Illegible Text] by t he au t hority of t he same, That from and after the passage of this act, the present site of the public buildings in the county of Early, be and the same is hereby made permanent, and shall be called and known by the name of Blakely. Assented to, 27th Dec. 1826.

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AN ACT to amend the several acts incorporating the town of St. Mary's. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he S t a t e of Georgia in General Assembly me t , and i t is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hori t y of the same, That from the passage of this act, the intendant of said town, or any member of council, shall have power to issue writs of attachment returnable to the intendant's court for said town, for any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, in all cases where attachments can issue returnable to the Superior or Inferior courts under the like rules and regulations as to the number of return days, and all other things now existing in issuing attachments returnable to the said Superior or Inferior courts. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the proceedings on attachments returned to the intendant's court, shall be the same as now exist in the Superior and Inferior courts. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said intendant's court shall have jurisdiction over all civil actions not involving the right to real estate, whether founded in contract or tort: Provided, the damages awarded do not exceed one hundred dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the intendant of said town is interested in the issue of a cause depending in the intendant's court, a majority as to [Illegible Text] of the members of council of said town shall preside and adjudicate on the same. Assented to, 26th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, entitled an act, for appointing commissioners for ascertaining the boundaries of the towns and commons of Brunswick and Frederica, in the county of Glynn, passed February the twenty-first, seventeen hundred and ninety-six. Be i t enac t ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by t he au t hority of the same, That Robert [Illegible Text] James H. [Illegible Text], Charles C [Illegible Text], John Harris, Henry [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] Wright, and Daniel Blue, son. be and they are hereby appointed

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commissioners for the towns of Brunswick and Frederica, and they or a majority of them, shall have power to lay out, or cause to be laid out, the town of Brunswick aforesaid, as nearly as possible to the original plan thereof, and cause the streets of the same to be opened, and the lots plainly marked or staked off; and shall also cause the commons of said town to be re surveyed, and an accurate map thereof, together with a plan of the said town, returned to the Surveyor General's [Illegible Text] in twelve months after the passing of this act, there to be recorded. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the above named seven commissioners for the town and commons of Brunswick be, and they are hereby authorised and required to carry into full effect all the provisions and intention of the law of seventeen hundred and ninety-six, so far as relates to the towns and commons of Brunswick and Frederica. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That in case any one or more of the above named commissioners should die, or refuse to act such vacancy shall be filled by a majority of the remaining commissioners. Sec. 4. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That all laws heretofore passed appointing commissioners for the towns and commons of Brunswick and Frederica, or militating against the law of seventeen hundred and ninety-six in its provision and intention, be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed, as to authorise or allow the said commissioners to encroach upon the property of the State adjacent to the town, as formerly surveyed or laid out. Assented to, [Illegible Text] November, 1826. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act, to regulate the town of Lexington, passed on the twenty-fourth of November, eighteen hundred and six, and other acts amendatory of and concerning the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly me t, and [Illegible Text] is hereby enac t ed by t he au t hori t y of t he same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the said act passed on the twenty fourth of November, eighteen hundred and six, to regulate the town of Lexington, and all other acts amendatory of or concerning the same, [Illegible Text] and the same are hereby repealed.

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Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed That all laws or parts of laws militating with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to 23d Dec. 1826. AN ACT to amend an act appointing Vendue Masters for the City of Augusta. passed the twenty first of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it may be lawful for the city council of Augusta to appoint and qualify as many vendue masters [Illegible Text] auctioneers as to them may seem most advantageous to the city and state, by their paying commissions and giving bond as heretoforeany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 20th Dec. 1826. AN ACT to make permanent the [Illegible Text] of Jackson, in [Illegible Text] county, and to incorporate the same; also to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to select a lot in said town of Jackson for the building of a church for the Methodist Society, one for the Presbyterian Society, and one for the [Illegible Text] Societyalso to select a suitable burying ground for the public. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the [Illegible Text] selected by the Inferior Court of said county for a public site, according to the provisions of an act passed the twenty-fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, entitled an act to lay cut and [Illegible Text] said county of [Illegible Text] and known by the name of Jackson, be and the same is hereby [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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Sec. 2. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That Samuel Lovejoy, Edward Butler, William V. Burney, John Robinson, and Henry Hatley, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said town of Jackson, and they and their successors in office are hereby fully authorised and empowered to pass all bye-laws and make such regulations not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this state, for the government of said town, which in their judgment may appear most conducive to the public interest and good order of the community. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend over all the land which was purchased by the Inferior Court for the benefit of said county. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That the commissioners herein before mentioned shall hold their appointments until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, at which time there shall be an election held in said town for commissioners, and on the first day of January annually thereafter, and no person shall be elligible to that appointment except he or they shall reside within the corporate limits of said town. Sec. 5 And be it further enacted, That no person shall be entitled to vote for commissioners as aforesaid, except those who live within said corporate limits and are entitled by law to vote for members of the legislature. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all elections for commissioners, marshal, and clerk, shall be held at the court house in said county under the superintendance of three of the freeholders resident as aforesaid. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in case any vacancy should occur by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, of any of the commissioners that are appointed or may hereafter be elected, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to give at least ten days notice by advertisement at three of the most public places within said corporation for an election to fill said vacancy or vacancies. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners herein before appointed, be and they are hereby vested with full power and authority to appoint a marshal and clerk for the time being, and that all annual elections for commissioners as aforesaid, the citizens who are by this act entitled to vote shall also be entitled to vote for a marshal and clerk. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the marshal and clerk shall receive such compensation for their services as the commissioners may in their discretion think proper, to be paid out of the funds arising from the provisions of this act. Sec. 10. A nd be it further enacted, That all nett proceeds arising from the benefit of this act, shall be appropriated to the use of keeping the streets of said town in repair, and all other objects of public [Illegible Text] within said corporate limits.

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Sec. 11. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That in case a vacancy should occur in the office of marshal or clerk, the commissioners shall have authority to appoint others to fill such vacancy until the next election pointed out by this act. Sec. 12. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That in case of failure to hold the election for commissioners, marshal, and clerk, on the day herein before specified, it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court to give at least ten days notice by advertisement at three or more of the most public places in said corporation, of such election. Sec. 13. A nd be i t fur t her enac t ed, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Butts, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby vested with full authority to select a lot in said town of Jackson, and convey fee simple titles to the commissioners that are or hereafter may be appointed, for the use of the Methodist Society, one for the Presbyterian Society, and one for the Baptist Societyalso to select a suitable burying ground for the public. Assented to 26th Dec. 1826.

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Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESETATIVES. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 9th November, 1826. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber at 11 o'clock on Saturday next, for the purpose of electing a Brigadier General of the first brigade of the sixth division, and a Brigadier General of the seventh division of Georgia Militia. Approved, 11th November, 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 21st November, 1826. Whereas, Lovick Pierce of Greene county, has recovered from the purchasers of University lands in said county, thirty-six acres belonging to several lots of said land, whereby said purchasers are entitled to a deduction on their bonds, of the price of the lands so recovered;

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but it being for the benefit and convenience of such purchasers to return said land, and said Pierce having proposed to relinquish his title to the purchasers holding under the University title. Resolved, That so soon as the Treasurer of this State is notified by the secretary of the board of trustees of said University that said Pierce has relinquished his title to said land to the individuals claiming the same under the University title, said treasurer shall pay to said Lovick Pierce the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars, that being the price paid for said land by the original purchasers, and that the same be invested in the appropriation bill to be passed this session. Approved, 29th November, 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 12th December, 1826. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the principal Engineer be directed forthwith to make a survey of that section of the Oconee river lying between the mouth of Fishing creek and the present boat landing, and report to the legislature as soon as practicable, the probable cost of rendering navigable the said section, and the manner of executing the said object. Approved, 20th December, 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 18th November, 1826. Whereas the navigation of the Savannah and Tugalo rivers is highly [Illegible Text] for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of Georgia and South-CarolinaAnd whereas, the State of South-Carolina through their Governor, has recently corresponded with the Executive of Georgia, and manifested a willingness to co-operate in commencing topographical examinations, by the selection of persons

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to the discovery of a knowledge of the nature, the ascertainment of the existence and character of the obstructions to navigation, the probability of removal, and the supposed accomplishment of such improvement in point of extent and expenditure. Be it t herefore resolved by the Senate and House of Rep r esentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That his excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to reciprocate with the State of South Carolina in the proposed mutual co-operations to the improvement of the navigation of the Savannah and Tugalo river, and to continue such correspondence with the executive of South Carolina, as is best calculated to promote the end of so desirable an object, and one so obviously prominent in point of local and commercial character to both States, tn originating a mutual ratification and agreement of the stipulations of the articles necessary to be [Illegible Text] by concurrent acts of the legislatures of both states. Approved, 24th November, 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 18th November, 1826. Whereas John Keener of Bibb county, now of Upson, became security for Law on Keener for the rent of the ferry across the Ocmulgee river at the town of Macon for the year eighteen hundred and twenty two, for which rent a judgment for upwards of twenty-one hundred dollars with interest and cost, has been recovered against the said John Keener, and the legislature of eighteen hundred andtwenty four, on the said John Keener's paying all interest and cost which was then due on said judgment, and giving satisfactory security to the Solicitor General of the Flint circuit, for the principal and interest which might thereafter fall due on said judgment stayed all further proceedings on said judgment until the first of January, 1826, and the said John Keener having availed himself of the benefits of said resolution, since which time an execution founded on said judgment has been levied on the property of John Keener, and the same has become subject to a safe on the first Tuesday in December next. Resolved, That all further proceedings be stayed on said execution for one year from the first day of January next: Provided, that the said John Keener do pay by the 1st day of January next, the interest and cost which has accrued on said execution, and eight hundred dollars of the principal, and the sheriff having made the levy aforesaid suspend the sale of said property until further orders from the [Illegible Text] General of the Flint circuit. Approved, 24th November, 1826.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 13, 1826. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Governor be, and he is hereby required to cause a sufficient number of copies of the act of the legislature passed at this session, to extend the time for giving in for draws in the contemplated land lottery to be printed to furnish the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State with one copy each, and the Clerks of the Inferior and Superior Courts with one copy each, and also to cause the same to be published forthwith in the several gazettes of Milledgeville. Approved 20th December, 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 12th December, 1826. The committee to whom was referred the communication from the Comptroller General, relative to T. F. Wells, Attorney General, being in arrears for a considerable amount of the public money, have performed the duty assigned them, and they find that said attorney-general is in arrears to the State about twenty-seven hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty seven cents. It further appears, that he has been called on by a rule nisi before Richmond Superior Court to pay over said money to William W. Holt, esq. who was duly authorised to rule him for the same, and his honor Judge Schly refused to sustain the rule against him, upon the ground that the attorney general is an officer of the State, and that there are other modes prescribed and pointed out in the constitution for proceeding against him. While your committee approve of the vigilance and fidelity of the comptroller general, and while on the other hand they are disposed to approve of the decision of his honor the Judge, they feel themselves constrained to offer the following resolution by way of address to the Governor: Resolved t herefore, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required, two thirds of each branch of the Legislature concurring, to remove from office the said T. F. Wells, Attorney-General of this State, on the first day of March next, unless the said attorney general shall before the first day of March next

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pay over to the proper officer all the monies heretofore collected by him for the State with the interest now required of him by law, which shall be found due, and in his hands, after allowing him such fees and commissions as shall be reasonable and just, or shall give by that time good and sufficient security to the Governor and his successors in office for the payment thereof, on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, with interest at the rate of eight per centum from the time such security shall be given until paid, or shew good cause to the contrary. Approved 20th Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised to appoint and commission an officer to take the command of the detachment of troops about to proceed to the protection of the Southern Frontier of the State: Provided, his rank be not higher than that of a lieutenant colonel. Approved 21st Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 16th December, 1826. The committee to whom was referred the petition or memorial of sundry citizens of Jasper county, in favor of James Wade, a free man of color, beg leave to report That they have had the same under consideration, and think the prayer of the petitioners to be reasonable and just, and ought to be grantedThey therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the tax collector of

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Jasper county be, and he is hereby required to release and relinquish to the said James Wade, the tax imposed on him by law by reason of his neglecting to comply with the requisitions of the same: Provided the said James Wade shall leave the State within six months. Approved 21st Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 16th December, 1826. The committee on Finance to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Cook, of Henry county, beg leave to make the following reportYour committee are of opinion the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and just, and therefore should be grantedand recommend the following resolution: Whereas, the said Benjamin Cook having removed from the county of Elbert to the county of Henry, and was returned as a defaulter by the receiver of tax returns to the collector of taxes for the county of Elbert, in eighteen hundred and twenty five, and having enrolled his property and paid his tax for the same year in the county of Henry: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the tax collector of the county of Elbert be, and he is hereby required to suspend all further proceedings which may have taken place against the said Cook, and the comptroller general of this State be and he is hereby ordered to settle with the said tax collector of Elbert county, by allowing him a credit for the amount of said tax so returned [Illegible Text] said Cook as a defaulter. Approved 21st Dec. 1826.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1st December, 1826. Whereas, doubts are entertained whether the receipt endorsed on the execution issued from the comptroller general's office against William W. Oliver, a defaulting tax collector, was obtained by him for money paid in good faith to James Bryan, late sheriff of Scriven county: Be it Resolved, That the attorney-general be authorised to join in an issue upon the disputed fact to be tendered by the said William W. Oliver, and tried by a petit jury in Scriven county Superior Court from whose verdict an appeal may be had to a special jury, as in ordinary cases. Resolved further, That all proceedings under said execution be suspended until the final determination of the case hereby authorised to be made: Provided, that the said William W. Oliver at the next term of the Superior Court in Scriven county shall tender the issue to the attorney general, and shall not continue the same more than twice. Approved 6th Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 25th November, 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and requested to purchase and furnish the commanding officers of divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, one copy each, of the late approved discipline on Infantry Tactics which has been adopted for the United States ArmyAlso one copy to each of the general officers, of the Rules and Regulations adopted by the War Department for the government of the Army of the United States, and that the same be distributed with the laws and journals of the present session. Approved 6th Dec. 1826.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 12th December, 1826. Whereas, the expression of opinion by the people of this State in their legislative capacity, in favor of an individual who will unite their sentiments and meet their undivided support for the Chief Magistracy of the United States, is calculated to operate beneficially throughout the Union, and give to our fellow citizens in every section of it, evidence of the unanimity which prevails on a subject so important and so deeply interesting to our common country: Be it therefore Resolved, That the people of this State look with confidence to the election of ANDREW JACKSON to the high and responsible office of President,as a hero, statesman, and patriot, whose services in times of difficulty and danger were freely rendered to the country; whose moderation, purity of character, and acquiescence in the voice of the majority, fully evince his republicanism and his attachment to the laws and constitution; whose energy of mind, and soundness of judgment, and discretion in the senate and in the field, eminently quality him for, and entitle him to an office in which the exercise of these qualities are required, and the display of those eminent virtues constantly elicited. Approved 20th Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 15th December, 1826. Whereas, his Excellency the Governor has received and communicated to this Legislature, information that recent murders have been perpetrated upon certain citizens of this State on the Florida line, by the Seminole or Lower Creek Indians, and that murders have been repeated near the same place upon individuals living on the Florida side of said lineAnd further, that ten Indians painted and prepared for hostilities on the [Illegible Text] of the State have been taken by the United States force stationed in that quarter, from whom information is received that two hundred Indians are embodied and ready to make an invasion upon the settlers of this State, and the danger of such invasion being so imminent as to admit of no delay:

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Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor take immediate steps by the use of the militia or volunteer companies of this State, to repel said invasion as he may think proper, and in sufficient force, either by arms or fortifications, to afford protection to our frontiers, and that the expense of said expedition be defrayed out of the fund appropriated for military purposes. Resolved, That as it is provided by the eighth section of the first article of the Federal Constitution, the General Government is bound to suppress insurrections and repel invasions, and also by the fourth section of the fourth article of said constitution is pledged to protect each State against invasion, that [Illegible Text] Governor without delay call upon the General Government to afford its aid and support in the exigencies herein before mentioned and to ratify what may be done by the Governor in this behalfand to the end that the burthen of the expense attending said expedition shall not fall upon this state, in the use of its military force, for repelling a sudden invasion, and warding off a pressing and imminent danger, an accurate account of said expense be kept and presented to the General Government for reimbursement. Approved 20th Dec. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 18th December, 1826. The committee on the State of the Republic to whom was referred the petition of Col. Wm. Melton for himself and others, who performed certain militia services in the years ninety two, three and four, on the frontiers of Georgia, and praying compensation for the same, have had said petition under their careful consideration, and beg leave to Report The claim belongs to that class of cases emphatically called the Georgia Militia claims, and which have so often been presented to the General Government for satisfaction. Your committee believe it to be a just claim; but as firmly believe the obligation for its discharge rests with the General Government. The refusal to satisfy these claims cannot but be a matter of great regret, if not surprise, to Georgia. If there is any one consideration more than another, that entitles the Federal Government to our respect and admiration, it is the uniform good faith with which it has always complied with its [Illegible Text] Indeed it is proverbial for this estimable trait, and the unbounded credit which it [Illegible Text] in all [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] taansactions, affords ample proof of the factBut your committee are constrained

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to believe, that in this instance of these claims, there is a departure from this elevated and wonted character, doubtless resulting, not from design, but from an improper understanding of their true merits. Georgia was one of the first States that readily and heartily entered into the Union under the present Federal Constitution, adopted as will be recollected in the year 1787. In that constitution the States yielded the right to the General Government to regulate and conduct the whole military force of the [Illegible Text] and specially to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections and repel invasions. This was not all, the constitution tied up the hands of the States from the hostile use of arms, or the engaging in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent [Illegible Text] as will not admit of delay. By which, every one must at once perceive, there was an undoubted pledge to protect the States. The General Government was to repel [Illegible Text] but when her immediate aid could not be had, and necessity of defence became so urgent as to admit of no delay, then the States were authorised to fight for themselvesBut it must be obvious the General Government could not be released from the obligation to pay the expenses, as when the States, from inevitable necessity, were compelled to protect themselves, as when the invasions were repelled by the General Government itself Protection was due from her, by contract, the allowing the States to do it, in particular instances, was only a modification of the manner of affording that protection, leaving her still bound to discharge the cost. The situation of the States, especially the frontier ones, rendered them peculiarly liable to invasions, and from the then recent troubles, as well as the character of the enemy from which invasion might be expected, there can be but little doubt that the very case upon which these claims are founded, was fully in the eye of the Convention, when the Constitution was framed. From the moment of the adoption of this constitution, while many of the States, from their internal situation, were rapidly improving in population and wealth, the State of Georgia as every one knows, was subjected to a constant harrassing invasion from this exterminating enemy. The growth of the State was retarded, the progress of improvement was arrested, the arts of industry were suspended, and the whole frontier four hundred miles in extent, presented a scene of the most heart chilling massacres and desolating ravages. These bloody and waste-laying depredations could no longer be repelled by the voluntary exertions of the frontier settlers, who alone for years, without the aid of either State or General Government, withstood these destructive incursions, and had nevertheless greatly extended the settlements of the country. At length a crisis arrived when the frontier had to be abandoned or defended, by a different force from that which had constituted its former support, and in the year ninety-two, but five years after the Federal Government had guaranteed protection against invading enemies, the State of Georgia was constrained to call out her militia, not only under the express authority of that instrument as contained within the exception above expressed, but by the explicit and now well established direction of General Washington, then President of the United States. Every one knows this militia was composed of poor men, they were in constant and

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highly useful service, they were so long in service as to lose the means of support by their honest labour, and their families were deprived of the supplies which usually result from farming pursuits. These are the facts that constitute the claim of the Georgia MilitiaThere is something [Illegible Text] hard in taking from a State the right to use its military force, except in certain cases, compel the State to contribute to the maintenance of that force under the direction of the General Government, and in a few years after having pledged the national faith to give protection, to see that State suffer the most unspeakable injuries from murderous invasions, and refuse her satisfaction for repelling them with her own force, and that force used too by every right that could sanctify its exercise. It is this view of the case which has authorised your committee to intimate the appearance of a want of good faith on the part of the General Government, not however designing to charge the same as by any means wilful or intentional. Your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That Congress be respectfully requested to take the Georgia Militia claims once more under their serious consideration, and to afford the relief which seems, as Georgia would with great deference alledge, to be so justly due to those individuals who defended the frontier of this State against the invasions of the Indians, at a time when the emergency would not admit of delay, and when the General Government was not prepared to afford the support and protection contemplated by the constitution, but was afterwards approved and confirmed by them, and that his excellency the Governor be requested to take measures to have this application submitted to Congress. Approved, 20th Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 19th December, 1826. Resolved, That the General Assembly approve the measures already taken by his Excellency the Governor, and that he be authorised and [Illegible Text] to employ and put in service any of the military force of this State he may deem proper, to repel the invasion made by the Indians upon the frontier settlements of this State and to give complete protection to the same. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to dispatch without delay an express to the Little Prince, of the Creek Nation,

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and demand of him that he will immediately apprehend and deliver to the authorities of Georgia the Indians who have committed the recent depredations on the frontiers of this State. Approved 21st Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested after [Illegible Text] first day of January next to send some competent surveyor to examine the tenth district of Irwin formerly, now Lowndes county, and report whether the same has been surveyed according to law, and if it is found not to be surveyed according to law, his Excellency the Governor is hereby requested to have it surveyed, giving Charles McKenon, the district surveyor, fifty days notice of such examination. And be it further resolved, That if it is found not to be surveyed his Excellency is hereby requested to enter suit on the said Charles McKenon's bond as quick as practicable. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 22d December, 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to have printed and published, the act supplementary to and explanatory of an act to extend the time for taking in draws in the contemplated land lottery, to be printed, published and circulated in like manner as he is directed to print, publish and circulate the law to which it is supplementaryAlso the act to amend an act to incorporate the Bank of Darien. Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Whereas judgment hath heretofore been obtained in favor of the State against Flemming F. [Illegible Text] and his securities for a sum of upwards of four thousand dollars, which has been reduced by payments to less than twelve hundred dollars. Resolved, That further proceedings upon said judgment be stayed for the terin of twelve months, unless it should appear to the Governor and the Solicitor General of the Western circuit, that such stay would endanger the ultimate safety and collection of the debt, in which event the [Illegible Text] founded upon said judgment, shall proceed upon the order of either the Governor or Solicitor. Approved, [Illegible Text] December, 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2d December, [Illegible Text]. The committee on Public Education and Free Schools, have had their attention drawn to a variety of topics connected with the literary concerns of the State. The first document referred to their consideration, consists of a portion of the Executive MessageThis adverts briefly to the flourishing condition of Franklin College, to County Academies, and to the system of Poor Schools, and the fund by which it has been attempted to be carried into operation. The endawment of these institutions being derived from public munificence, they are regarded by your Committee, not only as [Illegible Text] of legitimate enquiry, but of the strictest legislative scrutiny. They compose the most interesting part of the public wealth, require the most [Illegible Text] care, and yield the greatest benefits The power which created them, asserts her right to absolute [Illegible Text], as far as their destiny depends upon the public bounty She may enlarge, diminish, or annihilate [Illegible Text] pleasure; and she will enlarge, diminish, or annihilate, as necessity may require, policy suggest, or [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]. To enable you to determine whether you will treat these [Illegible Text] with a more liberal, or a more sparing hand, your committee have considered it matter of profitable enquiry to ascertain specifically of what their several endowments consist, as provided by law, and as far as practicable, the advantages which have been yielded. To the early history of the endowment of Franklin College, and its total insufficiency to maintain the institution in credit, or afford it

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the means of usefulness your committee do not consider it essential they should advert. For all needful purposes, it is sufficient to remark, that from the commencement of collegiate operations in 1802, to the [Illegible Text] of a land, for a money endowment in 1816, insuperable difficulties were encountered, and but few fruits produced. The sale of the College Lands amounted to the sum of one hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars. This sum, secured by [Illegible Text] and mortgage, being placed in your [Illegible Text], induced on the part of the Legislature, the grant of one hundred thousand dollars in the stock of the State Bank With the outfit, thus beneficially provided, the College in 1817, commenced its course of progressive improvement. With the prosperity of the times, it flourished until 1822, and then with their depression, it would have sunk, but for the sustaining influence of the public liberality. The legislature of that year, placed the institution beyond the fluctuations of commerce and of bank dividends, by providing a permanent endowment of eight thousand dollars. With this sum, and the avails of tuition, the operations of the College are conducted by a Faculty consisting of a President, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Botany, Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Ethics and Belles Lettres, and two Tutors. By the enumeration of the members composing this Faculty, your committee are led to examine another topic referred to them through the legislature, by the Senatus Academicus which lately closed its session at the seat of government. That board exercises a superintendance over the whole of the literary concerns of the [Illegible Text], and has passed a Resolve, That it was expedient and proper, to solicit from the General Assembly, an annual appropriation of twelve hundred dollars, to be applied exclusively to the establishment of a Professorship of Modern Languages in Franklin College in the University of Georgia. Coming as this resolution does, from a body so distinguished and enlightened as the Senatus Academicus, your committee cannot permit themselves to question the expediency or [Illegible Text] of the application. They yield to it a more willing [Illegible Text], when they come to compare the professorships in Franklin College with those of other Colleges not more mature in age or extensive in usefulness. To give effect therefore to the application of the Senatus A [Illegible Text], your committee have submitted herewith a [Illegible Text] resolution. The funds heretofore set apart for the endowment of county academies, and for the [Illegible Text] and support of free schoolsThe manner in which these funds have been applied, and the effects produced, next demand the examination of your committee. The school fund consists of five hundred thousand dollars, and is made up of, S tock of the Bank of Darien, $200 000 S tock of the State Bank, 200 000 S tock of the Bank of Augusta, 100,000 $500,000

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The several acts which have been passed upon the subject of county academies, commencing with the charter of the University in 1785, and terminating in 1824, obviously contemplate an efficient endowment of at least one academy in each county. With this view, that charter made each county academy a branch of the University, and subjected them to supervision accordingly. In furtherance of this view also, was the act of [Illegible Text] and Amercement in 1792, authorising commissioners from [Illegible Text] county, to purchase in confiscated property to the amount of one thousand pounds. The aid contemplated from this source, was uncertain and [Illegible Text], even in the hands of the most fortunate, and with many, was wholly inoperative. The amounts realised were small, and in but few [Illegible Text] beneficially applied. The present existing laws have affixed an estimate to this intended munificence, by holding the intended beneficiaries accountable for only one eighth of their [Illegible Text] purchases. Under the new scheme of endowment now in progress, the older counties have been made to account for their ancient purchases. An equal participation in the fund distributed in 1824 and 1825, has been denied them, that they might be brought to an equality with their younger sisters, and then draw equally from the common parent, until the receipts of each should amount to the sum of two thousand dollars. This being effected, each county will be considered as specifically endowed, and thenceforward the profits of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in bank stock will be distributable amongst all the counties in the State, in proportion to their representation. For the last political year ending on the 1st day of November, the distributive share amounted to the sum of $215 38. This is receivable at the Treasury upon the joint application of the Trustees of the incorporated academies in each county, and to be divided between them in proportion to the number of scholars usually taught in each. For a policy thus enlightened, and a munificence thus liberal, no further requittal is demanded on the part of the State than that the participants of her bounty should keep a just and accurate account of the [Illegible Text] in which the same should be disbursed and applied, and make report thereof annually through the Senatus Academicus to the legislature. The Propriety of such report is dictated by a sense of obligation; but its necessity is the positive requirement of the law. But notwithstanding these things are so, your [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to state, that in the range which they have taken through the several reports made by the Senators to the Senatus [Illegible Text], they discover but [Illegible Text] traces of that particularity required by law, and which is so essential to a due course of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] a subject so important. It was not to have been expected that any [Illegible Text] of endowment, [Illegible Text] a new and varying population, [Illegible Text] have made any near approach to perfection. Hence the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] information, not only from each county, but from the [Illegible Text] of the incorporated academies in the State. Information short of this would be short of the laws already in force, and insufficient to enable the State to dispense her practical and well aimed aids, and enforce due accountability on the part of her agents. To enforce a compliance with the laws in this regard, your committee beg leave to accompany this report with a resolution, which they hope may be adopted.

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Resolved, That [Illegible Text] trustees or commissioners of any incorporated academy, shall hereafter be [Illegible Text] to draw [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] from the treasury of this State, until they shall have presented a [Illegible Text] and fair [Illegible Text] of the manner in which all sums previously drawn shall have been disbursed; and that his excell [Illegible Text] the Governor be requested to enforce strictly the provisions of this resolution. Provided, this resolution shall not debar the right to receive dividends heretofare declared. The subject of free schools for the education of poor children, has also been referred to the examination of your committee. By the act of 1821, before referred to, poor schools were intended to be endowed by the profits of the one half of the school fund, which has already been [Illegible Text] to consist of an half million of dollars. Instead, however, of confining [Illegible Text] department to [Illegible Text] distributive share of the bank dividends, it has found [Illegible Text] better provision and safer reliance in the increased liberality of the Legislature, expressed in an act of [Illegible Text]. This sets apart the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be [Illegible Text] annually amongst the different counties of this S tate, in proportion to the number of free white population in each county Your committee have annexed [Illegible Text] a tabular statement, shewing the population of each county, and the amount which they are entitled to receive, respectively. The sums thus provided, have been eagerly sought after, but the evidence of [Illegible Text] in their application, and utility in their [Illegible Text], has not been furnished in a manner satisfactory to the minds of your committee. From some counties, imperfect reports have been receivedfrom others, no reports at all. The several agents may have been faithfulIf they have, the fact should have been made appear, as well for their own credit as for the needed information of the legislatureIf they have not, then the information was the more necessary, to enable the legislature to apply the corrective. In the absence of such information, your committee are unable to determine whether the benefits intended by a [Illegible Text] so kindly and so amply bestowed, have been, or are likely to be realised. The subject is one of great interest and complexity, and of novel introduction among our citizens. Your committee have been directed to enquire into the system as it now exists, and to report a more complete system suited to the state of our funds and the number and exigencies of our population. Such a work would require more deliberation [Illegible Text] your committee have had it in their power to bestow, and a more thorough and extended knowledge of facts, than they have had it in their power to obtain. It is a work however, well worthy the legislator and philanthropist, of grateful performance, and fraught with the most lasting benefits to an interesting portion of dependent population. In order, therefore, that it may be subjected to the deliberation which it merits, and such report made as shall be as available as practicable, and furnish the grounds of future legislation, your committee submit a further resolution. The subject of free schools in this State, being one of the first importance to the community in general, and to a dependent portion of our population in particular, and no system having been yet formed

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and digested, securing fidelity in the management of the funds, and usefulness in their disbursement. Resolved, That Messrs. Campbell, Hull, of Clark, and Holt, of [Illegible Text] be, and they are hereby appointed a committee; and they are requested by the General Assembly to digest and report a plan of free schools suited to the condition of the poor school fund, and of the dependant population of the state. And to enable said committee to proceed efficiently in the discharge of its duty, the executive and other officers of the state are requested to afford to said committee all the information and facilities in [Illegible Text] powerSaid report to be made to the next session of the legislature. Resolved, That in all cases in which any county, by its agent, may heretofore have drawn any portion of the poor school fund, and shall not have made a full, distinct, and detailed return of the manner in which such fund so drawn has been disbursed, it shall not be lawful for such county to draw any further portion of such fund, [Illegible Text] full report shall have been made, according to the [Illegible Text] in force upon this subject shall have been fully complied withAnd that his Excellency the Governor be requested to have this resolution strictly enforced And it is further Resolved, That nothing in the foregoing resolution shall debar any county from drawing dividends heretofore declared, either on the funds of county [Illegible Text] or poor schools. Returning again to the subject of county academies, your committee repeat their convictions of the necessity of giving to them increased encouragement and energies. It is from these, that teachers are to be mainly drawn for supply of the schools in other sections of the counties. If it be the fact, that education must descend, then it is necessary that the source should not only be high, but that it should be pure. The only means of producing these ends, are to be found in a course of enlightened policy and liberal benefaction on the part of the State. Under the most flourishing condition of the funds heretofore set apart, their profits were inadequate; but now that the aids derived from the Darien Bank have failed entirely, and those from the State Bank have been greatly diminished, your committee see every necessity of supplying the deficiency. This may be done by [Illegible Text] apart the stock which may hereafter be taken by the State in the Bank of Macon, or in the increased funds of the Bank of Augusta. To secure this object, your committee submit a further resolution. Resolved, That any stock which may hereafter be subscribed for, or taken by the State in the Bank of Macon, or in the increased stock of the Bank of Augusta, that the same be set apart and added to the stock composing the school fund of the State, and that the dividends thereof be distributed accordingly.

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POOR SCHOOL FUND FOR THE POLITICAL YEAR 1826. Counties. No. Inhabitants. Am't due for last year bro't forward. Overpaid last year by miscalculation. Am't due. * * Returns of the Census made too late to be included in this Return. Appling 1433 Baldwin 3596 322 07 Bibb - 2223 199 09 398 18 Bullock 2359 211 28 Burke 5438 478 04 974 08 Bryan 833 74 60 149 20 Camden 15 3 137 30 274 60 Chatham 4902 439 04 878 08 Clark 5181 464 02 Columbia 4106 367 79 Crawford 1781 159 51 Decatur 923 De Kalb 3569 319 65 Dooly 611 54 72 Early 1069 95 74 191 48 Effingham 1449 129 78 Elbert 6406 [Illegible Text] 74 Emanuel 2489 1 86 221 01 Fayette 2127 190 50 381 00 Franklin 6930 620 67 Glynn 410 Greene 5962 533 97 [Illegible Text] 6943 5 01 616 87 Habersham 3935 352 43 704 86 Hall 7633 683 62 Hancock 5629 504 15 [Illegible Text] 4387 392 87 Houston 1428 127 89 Irwin 1131 Jackson 7118 5 18 637 51 Jasper 10207 914 13 Jefferson 3927 351 89 Jones [Illegible Text] 801 86 1603 72 Lawrence 3624 324 57 649 14 Liberty 1686 151 00 302 00 Lincoln 2964 2 20 263 22 Madison 3066 274 60 McIntosh 1255 112 40 Monroe 5971 535 14 Montgomery 1101 98 60 Morgan 7204 645 21 4290 42 Newton 5555 497 52 Oglethorpe 6190 4 51 549 88 Pike 2869 256 95 Pulaski 2477 221 40 Putnam 7788 697 52 Rabun 1089 97 53 195 06 Richmond 4484 401 60 Scriven 2342 209 75 Tatnall 2139 191 57 383 14 Telfair 1483 132 82 265 64 Twiggs 5819 521 12 1012 24 Walton 5491 491 79 Warren 6583 589 59 Washington 6394 572 62 Wayne 844 75 59 151 18 Wilkes 7019 628 54 1257 28 Wilkinson 5144 [Illegible Text] 71 Whole number of Inhabitants, [Illegible Text] Aggregate amount distributed, $19999 36 Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 22d December, 1826. Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives for the time being are each entitled to a copy of the laws and journals annually, printed for distribution in pamphlet form, and that copies be delivered them accordingly by the proper officers in their respective counties. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Resolved, That [Illegible Text]. Howard and Watson, Representatives of Baldwin, be a committee on the part of this House to join such committee as may be appointed by the Senate, to examine the remainder of the journals of the two House, and to receive such acts as may remain in the Executive Department at the close of the session, and see the great seal affixed thereto, and that the committee be allowed three days after adjournment for the performance of this service. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Whereas, in every government truly republican, it is highly [Illegible Text] that he affection of the people should be secured to the constitution and the laws by giving to them the right of bestowing all offices, and [Illegible Text] those which place great power and [Illegible Text] in the hands of those who fill them, on men in whose virtue and intelligence they can place the most unbounded confidence:

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And whereas, from the past history of our government it is to be feared, that under the provisions at present embraced in the Federal Constitution, the office of President of the United Statesone giving to the incumbent a power which may be effectually used for the best or for the worst of purposesmay sometimes be bestowed upon a man whom the suffrages of the people would not elevate to that high office, and whose only hope of a continuance therein will be derived from an artful use of the [Illegible Text] of the government, a dangerous instrument in the hands of an ambitious man. And whereas, these evils, that we have already partially felt, and which we have reason to fear will be much more seriously felt in future, can only be remedied by an alteration of the Federal Constitution. And although all the efforts that have been heretofore made to effect that alteration, have failed; yet it is believed that the good sense and patriotism of the great mass of the nation will ensure success to an amendment of that instrument, which will give to it so much firmer an interest in the hearts of the people. Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That our senators in Congress be [Illegible Text] and our representatives requested to promote such an alteration of the Constitution of the United States as will prevent the election of President from devolving, in any event, on the house of representatives, and which at the same time, will preserve [Illegible Text] all the rights of the States growing out of the compromises of the Constitution. And be it further resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward copies of the foregoing preamble and resolution to each of our senators and representatives in Congress, and to the Governors of the several States. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 22d December, 1825. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward with the laws and journals of the present session, to each county in this State, a sufficient number of copies of Schly's Digest of the English Statutes, to furnish one copy for the use of the Justices of the Peace in each district, and ten [two] copies to the Clerk of the Inferior Courts, Courts of Ordinary and the Superior Courts, for the use of their [Illegible Text] courts.

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And be it further resolved, That the several clerks of the superior, inferior courts, and courts of ordinary shall at all times when required by said courts, produce a copy of said Digest, or be subject to a fine not exceeding ten dollars. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed to report to the next legislature, the amount of Darien bills, the amount of current bills, and the amount of specie in the Treasury on the thirty first day of October next, distinctly stating the amount of each, and the amount of general tax paid into, or due to the treasury for the year eighteen hundred and twenty six. And be it fur t her Resolved, That the Comptroller General be directed to report to the next legislature, the amount due to the State on the following bonds, notes, c. to wit: On bonds for fractions sold in August eighteen hundred and twenty one; for the rent of fractions under the act of May eighteen hundred and twenty one; for the rent of fractions under the act of December eighteen hundred and twenty-one; for fractions and square lots sold in eighteen hundred and eleven; for forfeited lands; for fractions rented out by James S. [Illegible Text]; for bonds, notes, c. delivered to Charles James [Illegible Text], late Solicitor General; for reverted lots; for public property [Illegible Text] Fort Hawkins; for bonds, notes, c delivered to Charles J. [Illegible Text], late Solicitor General, for collection on the tenth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-three; for Indian goods; for fractions sold in Baldwin and Wilkinson; for lots sold in the town of Macon; for the State house in Louisville; for rent of fractions in the seventh district of Baldwin; for reverted confiscated property; for bonds and notes for fractions delivered to John Kell late Solicitor General for collection: for bonds, notes, c. delivered to Bedney Franklin, late Solicitor General, for collection; for lots sold in Milledgeville; for bonds, notes, or other securities given for the University lands; and the amount due on the installments for fractions sold in eighteen hundred and twenty three; and that the Comptroller General report particularly the names and amounts due by all defaulting Attorney and Solicitor Generals, tax collectors, and other agents having the collection of the public monies, with the amounts received by each respectively, and not accounted for, and that said reports be made during the first week of the next session. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 20th December, 1826. Whereas, at the term of the Superior Court of Putnam county, held in March eighteen hundred and twenty five, a judgment was obtained in favor of the State against John A. Cuthbert, [Illegible Text] Favor, and Luke J. Morgan, for the sum of four thousand six hundred and [Illegible Text] dollars, on which two thousand dollars has been paidAnd whereas, by a resolution passed on the twenty ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty five, it is provided, that the execution shall not be levied on the property of the aforesaid defendants, if they, or either of them, shall pay on said judgment, the sum of one thousand dollars on or before the first day of July next, and the further sum of one thousand dollars on or before the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, and the further sum of one thousand dollars on or before the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and the entire balance due on said judgment, on or before the 1st day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty nine: Provided further, that on failure of the said defendants, or either of them, to comply with the terms offered in this resolution, that it shall be the duty of the Solicitor General of the [Illegible Text] circuit, to proceed without delay to have one half of the amount due on said judgment collected from [Illegible Text] Favor one of the said defendants, and then have the execution sent to the county of [Illegible Text], and have the balance due on said execution collected without delay from [Illegible Text] J. Morgan, another of the said defendantsAnd whereas, here is satisfactory evidence that the said Isaiah Favor, one of the defendants, has paid the sum of two thousand dollars on said judgmentAnd whereas, the said defendants are equally [Illegible Text] as securities, and it is just and right that they should pay in equal proportions. Be it therefore Resolved, That any further proceedings be suspended against the said Isaiah Favor, until an equal amount be collected from the said Luke J. Morgan of Bibb county, and then to be equally bound for the balance due on said judgment: Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this resolution shall be so construed, as to release the said Isaiah Favor from the final payment of said judgment, in the event of the said Luke J. Morgan proving insolvent. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826.

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Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE. IN SENATE, 9th November, 1826. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber, on Saturday next at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of electing by joint ballot, a Solicitor General of the Southern circuit, in the place of Thomas D. Mitchell, deceased; and also a solictor General of the Northern circuit, in the place of John B. Stewart, also deceased, and a Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah. Approved, 11th Nov. 1826. IN SENATE, 9th November, 1826. Resolved, That George T. Rogers be, and he is hereby appointed a commissioner of [Illegible Text] for the port of Darien, in the place of John Hunter, removed. Approved, 13th Nov. 1826.

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IN SENATE, November 13th, 1826. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to assign one of the rooms in the Arsenal to the [Illegible Text] of the Franklin College, for the purpose of transacting business during the sitting of the [Illegible Text] Academicus, and that the same be fitted up accordingly. Approved, 13th November, 1826. IN SENATE, 23d November, 1826. Resolved, That the General Assembly do most cheerfully [Illegible Text] in the sentiment suggested by his excellency the Governor as expressed in his message, that it is the duty of nations and communities, as well as individuals, to render from time to time, that homage and adoration so justly due to that Being who is the donor of all goodThey believe and acknowledge [Illegible Text] to be a duty of constant and unremitting obligation imposed on them by Almighty God, always to be deeply impressed with a due sense of their dependance and reliance on Him, who is the disposer of all events, either social or individual, and to be prepared at all times [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] that submission and service so justly required at our hands, to the dispensations of the Ruler of the Universe, which it may please Him, the disposer of events, to blend in the lot of either men or nations[Illegible Text] in the present year there has been many undeserved favors received and bestowed by the hand of Providence to claim [Illegible Text] fervent and united thanks, and there has been also seen in our land his hand of affliction, sent no doubt for our [Illegible Text], and to [Illegible Text] us our dependance on Him an independent GodTo testify therefore in a christian-like manner, in every way suited to the professions and practices of christian people, and to shew how grateful we are and ought to be for the protection of Heaven, while we are not less humbled by the afflictions sent upon us during the present year for correction for our disobedience, we do sincerely recommend to his excellency the Governor, to set apart a day of general [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] as suggested in his communication, and to [Illegible Text] such measures as he may think proper to carry this resolution into effect. Approved, 4th December, 1826.

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IN SENATE, 24th November, 1826. Whereas, the legislature at their last session, did pass a resolution authorising the Governor to deliver to William Bowen the Africans now in custody of the state, and also the balance of money as proceeds of Africans heretofore sold, and it appearing that one of the conditions on [Illegible Text] such delivery was founded, is impossible to be complied withfor remedy whereof: Be it resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That immediately after the passing of [Illegible Text] resolution, it may and shall be the duty of his excellency the Governor to deliver, or cause to be delivered to William Bowen, all the African negroes now in the custody or control of the State, and also to pay, or cause to be paid to the said William Bowen, whatever sum of money remains unexpended of the proceeds of African heretofore sold by said State, on the condition that the said William Bowen do execute to the Governor a full release of all claims on the State for her interference or detention of said slaves and proceeds: Provided nevertheless, that the said William Bowen pay to Henry [Illegible Text], in satisfaction for services rendered in taking care of said Africans, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, or execute to him a sufficient conveyance for a negro woman and two children, a portion of said Africans now in possession of said Darnell. Approved, 4th December, 1826. IN SENATE, 21st November, 1826. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested, and he is hereby authorised to have each of the portraits in the State House cavered in such manner as he may think proper, for the purpose of avoiding injury from dust, [Illegible Text] c. Approved, 4th December, 1826.

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IN SENATE, 10th November, 1826. Resolved, That George Pullen of Newton county be, and he is hereby appointed a commissioner to keep open the rivers for the free passage of fish, in the place of Michael Whatley, deceased. Approved, 4th December, 1826. IN SENATE, 15th November, 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to purchase four copies of the Georgia Justice, and have them transmitted to the justices of the inferior court of Liberty county for the use of said county, and that the same be paid for out of the contingent fund. Approved 4th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 16th Nov. 1826. Resolved, That James R. Wylie and Thomas J. Rusk be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of Clarkesville Academy, in the county of Habersham, in addition to those already appointed. Approved 4th Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, Nov. 11th. 1826. A resolution amendatory to a resolution approved the 17th day of [Illegible Text], 1825, appointing commissioners to examine the roads leading from Jenckes' bridge, on Ogechee river, to the town of [Illegible Text] in Bibb county: Resolved therefore, That Matthew Caswel. of Wilkinson county; be and he is hereby appointed one of the commissioners on the said road. Approved 4th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 21st Nov 1826: The committee to whom was referred the correspondence of his Excellency the Governor with the General Government, relative to the boundary line between Georgia and FloridaReport, That they have had the same under consideration, and fully approve of the course proposed and agreed on by the Governor and the President. They accordingly recommend that a commissioner be appointed by his Excellency the Governor, to attend on the part of Georgia on the first Monday in December next, or to attend on any other day which shall be subsequently agreed on by the parties, for the purpose of defining and marking out said line. Approved 4th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 28th Nov. 1826. The committee on the state of the republic have had under consideration the resolution submitted to them, directing an enquiry into the expediency of again applying to the General Government to renew

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the negatiation with the Cherokee Indians with a view to extinguish the title to the lands in their possession within the limits of GeorgiaAnd also of enquiring into the propriety of requesting the General Government to propose a treaty allowing the Indians reservations, not to exceed one-sixth of the territory acquired, subject to be afterwards purchased for the use of Georgia. Upon the best reflection which the committee have been able to bestow upon this subject, they entertain an opinion which is without division among them, that the extinguishment of the Indian title to all the lands within the limits of Georgia is a matter of not only constant, but urgent expediency. This question has been so repeatedly presented to the general government, and the wishes of the state pressed upon its attention under such a diversity of aspects, as to render, at this time, a detailed exhibit of its views entirely unnecessary. It would seem that little else was required to be said, than what would serve to relieve the general government of whatever solicitude might be felt, from having a subjact so often and so importunately brought to its consideration. The respect which the state owes itself, and which it certainly entertains for the general government would, in courtesy, require the declaration that whatever else may be thought to belong to this application, nothing is further from its intention, than a spirit of captiousness or a restless impatience under repeated disappointments. The state has always believed its claim perfectly just, and acting under the honest confidence which unquestionable right never fails to inspire, it acknowledges that every occasion has been sought openly, but frankly, to avow that no demand could be better fortified with motives for its speedy satisfaction, than that which we have so long and so abortively urged, and therefore, the frequency of our attempts to bring this matter to a final adjustment. If now, by adding another essay to those which have gone before, and which have proved so untoward in their issue, any thing of clamor or resentful discontent should be supposed to exist in this appeal, we are ready to give the assurance that nothing can be more foreign from its temper, and in a fair interpretation of its design, nothing could be more widely misunderstood. We believe that circumstances of recent origin in the Cherokee Nation, which, from prudential considerations, need not now be mentioned, render at this time, another effort to obtain the country, more auspicious than any which have heretofore been made, or which can hereafter be made, with any well grounded hope of success, if the present occasion is permitted to pass away unimproved. But when to these indications, so highly favoring the view of a prosperous negotiation, there is added, as we conceive, the influence and effect which extensive reserves are calculated to have among Indians of a certain character, little doubt is entertained of a result altogether satisfactory to the reasonable wishes of GeorgiaTo the general government possessed, as it is, of a full knowledge of the state and condition of the Indian Nation, the power and avarice of certain characters who control its affairs, and the causes which have hitherto thwarted the measures designed to fulfil her engagement with Georgia, it cannot be necessary to suggest the efficient

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agency which this course must have, in any future operations of the government seeking to realise the just expectations of the [Illegible Text] expectations which, though the subject of repeated complaint, find some justification in an unusually protracted postponement. Under this view of the subject, your committee recommend the following resolutions, to wit: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to take [Illegible Text] steps as are usual, and as he may [Illegible Text] expedien and proper, for the purpose of, and preparatory to the holding of a treaty with the Cherokee Indians, the object of which shall be to extinguish the title to all or any part of the lands now in their possession within the limits of Georgia. Resolved, That if such treaty be held, the President be respectfully [Illegible Text] to instruct the commissioners to grant, if necessary to [Illegible Text] a successful completion of the same, reserves of land in favor of certain Indians of the Nation, not to exceed one sixth of the territory to be acquired, and to be subject to future purchase by the general government for the exclusive benefit of Georgia. Resolved. That his Excellency he Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing report and resolutions to the President of the United States, and one to our senators and representatives in Congress, with a request that they use their best exertions to obtain the object therein expressed. Approved 4th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 25th Nov. 1826. Resolved, That sixty feet square on the commons of the town of Milledgeville, on which the Bath-House stands be laid off, and that the use and benefit thereof be vested in Henry [Illegible Text] for ten years. Approved 4th Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 30th November, 1826. The joint committee on the state of the republic, to whom was referred so [Illegible Text] of the message of his excellency the Governor, as relates to the dividing line between this State and Alabama, have carefully examined the accompanying documents, and beg leave to Report: That in conformity with the resolution of the General Assembly, the Governor on the 25th of June last, appointed Richard Blount, Joel Crawford, and Everard Hamilton, Esquires, commissioners to run the dividing line between this State Alabama, agreeably to the stipulations of the first Article of the Articles of Agreement and Cession entered into between the United States and Georgia, on the sixteenth of June, eighteen hundred and two, and that Messrs. Blount, Crawford, and Hamilton, the commissioners, accompanied by a skilful Mathematician, the Engineer of the State, a Surveyor, and a competent number of labourers, and every way prepared to execute the purpose of their appointment, attended at the time and place previously agreed on by the Governor's of the respective States, and were met by one only of the commissioners on the part of AlabamaAs the attending commissioner from Alabama declined while his colleage was absent, to enter into a discussion as to the place from which the line should commence, (the only point of difficulty), it was agreed to run a random line from a bend in the Chattahoochie near Fort Mitchell, to Nickajack, when it was [Illegible Text] every thing preliminary to the actual demarcation of the line would be adjusted. This random line was run, and at Nickajack, (the absent commissioner of Alabama having arrived,) an exchange of powers by the respective parties took place, and a discussion was entered into on the subject of the exact point of departure from the Chattahoochie. It had been ascertained by actual survey in running the random line, that the first great bend in the river next above the mouth of the Uchee, from which a right line would run to Nickajack without touching the river, was the Big Shoal or Miller's Bend, and this the commissioners on the part of Georgia contended, was the bend at which the line should begin. The commissioners of Alabama considered the Uchee as an unimportant circumstance in ascertaining the point of departure, insisted on the great bend where the direction of the river is changed from South west to south, as the place of beginning, and rested their arguments on the facts that the Cussetah and Coweta towns are above the Uchee, and that above Miller's Bend and below the great bend named by them, there is a stream emptying into the Chattahoochie on the western side called the We-hut kee, said best to answer the description of Uchee [Illegible Text] in the Artitles of Cession.

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This discussion being continued for some time, and it being pretty well ascertained that neither party would recede from the position assumed, the commissioners of Georgia gave notice to those of labama, that they should terminate a conference which was likely to prove so fruitless, and proceed to run the line to the Big Shoal or Miller's Bend, which they accordingly did, unaccompanied by the commissioners of Alabama. It is deeply to be regretted, that there should exist such ambiguity in the Articles of Cession, as to leave any doubt on the subject of boundary, a subject in which the least uncertainty is always embarrassing; but your committee believe this ambiguity which evidently arose from the imperfect knowledge had by the commissioners who negotiated the Cession of eighteen hundred and two of the topography of the country through which the line was to run, and of the relative situation of Nickajack and the other extreme of the line, is not so great but that the meaning of the parties to that instrument may be arrived at with sufficient certainty. Previous to the cession of 1802, the western limit of Georgia was the Mississippi river, but the people of Georgia contemplating a sale to the United States of a part of their western territory, and desirous of fixing permanently the bounds which should limit the power of the legislature to sell or dispose of their territory, and of establishing permanently the boundaries of the State, carefully expressed in the Constitution of seventeen hundred and ninety-eight what those limits and boundaries should be. By a reference to the twenty-third section of the first article of the Constitution, it is seen that the whole of the Chattahoochie is reserved to Georgia. This which is the supreme law of the State, must have been known to the commissioners who negotiated the cession of eighteen hundred and two, and it is fair to presume reference was had to it, for we find that though they depart from the authority and power given by the acts of 1799 and 1800 on that subject, yet they adhere to the provisions of the Constitution, and cautiously preserve to Georgia the whole of the Chattahoochie river. The commissioners in their negotiations having pursued a medium course between what was prescribed by the acts of 1799 and 1800, and regarded the Constitution under which those acts were passed, may be presumed apart from all other evidence to have intended the line to leave the Chattahoochie at the first point above the mouth of Uchee creek, from which it would run to Nickajack without touching the river, as the line must be a straight line; and from the survey made, it appears that Miller's or the Big Shoal bend is that pointThat a bend still lower down the river and in the neighborhood of Fort Mitchell was supposed to be that point, and the bend designed by the commissioners, [Illegible Text] from the concurrent testimony and assent for more than twenty years of all those best acquainted with the country through which the line was to run, and with the negotiation between the United States and Georgia. That the great bend where the river changes its general direction, or the general western bend, or the most western [Illegible Text] as it is frequently called was not designed, is apparent from thisThat this bend was well known and named as one of the points of limit in the act of 1799, which act was certainly not conformed to

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by the commissioners, and the bend named in the articles of cession is designated as if to distinguish it from that bend. The great bend thereof (referring to the Chattahoochie) and next above the place where a certain creek or river called Uchee, being the first considerable stream on the western side above the Cussetah and Coweta towns enters into the Chattahoochie riverNow it is hard to conceive why, if this great or greatest bend, a place well known had been intended, the Uchee creek and the Coweta and Cussetah towns sixty miles distant, should have been referred to more clearly to designate it. From the whole view of the subject, your committee are of the opinion that the line run is the true line, and they entertain too high a respect for the good sense, justice, and magnanimity of the citizens of Alabama, to believe for one moment that a difference of opinion will be entertained by the two States, after the whole grounds of dispute shall have been maturely and deliberately considered by them. Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved by t he Senate and House of Representa t ives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the line run and marked from Nickajack to Miller's Bend on the Chattahoochie, is the true line contemplated by the Articles of Cession of 1802 between the United States and Georgia, and that it be recognised as such by the State of Georgia. Approved 8th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 5th December, 1826. Whereas, from the smallness of the annual tax of Emanuel county, and the great difficulty on that account of getting any one to collect the same, a practice has obtained in said county of conferring on one and the same person the appointment of both receiver and collector, and suffering said officer to collect two years taxes at the same timeAnd whereas, Charles C. Jenkins was appointed receiver and collector for the years 1824 and 1825, of said county, and never received his commission as collector until the month of July, 1825, when he immediately proceeded to the collection of the taxes for both of said years, and received the same in Darien money, as said money was then receivable at the public treasuryAnd whereas, the legislature at their last session, passed a resolution in the month of December, declaring that said money should be receivable at the treasury until the ensuing first of January, and after that time for all taxes of the year 1824 that had been received by collectors, and said resolution having passed so near the time when said money [Illegible Text]

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cease to be received, the said Jenkins had no notice of the same, and the taxes which he had collected for the year 1825, according to the practice of his county, to-wit, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars, was refused to be received by the treasurer on the 6th of February last, when he applied to pay in the same. Now, as it would be unjust for said collector to loose the discount on said money, for remedy whereof, Be it Resolved, That the Treasurer of this State be, and he is hereby authorised to receive the said money collected by the said Jenkins, as the taxes for the year eighteen hundred and twenty five of the county of Emanuel, any resolution to the contrary [Illegible Text] Approved 11th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 2nd. November, 1826. The committee to whom was referred the communication of the Governor in relation to the survey of the eleventh district of Irwin (now Lowndes) county, have had the same under consideration, and from the document inclosed therein, it appears to them that it will be necessary to re-survey and re-number the lots of a part of said district, so that the errors which seem to have been made may be corrected. It has also been made appear to the committee, that the part of the country in which said district lies, is much subjected to [Illegible Text] which precludes the possibility of making a correct survey of it in many seasons of the year, in consequence of which the district surveyors received such additional instructions from the Surveyor General, as enabled them to make a report of the survey of their districts in times of extreme high waters; and the committee being satisfied that such might have been the case during the time of the survey of the eleventh district aforesaid, are of opinion that the surveyor of said district should be indulged, and therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the surveyor of the eleventh district of Irwin (now Lowndes) county, be and he is hereby allowed and required to make such resurvey and alterations, as may be necessary to correct any errors or mistakes which may have been made in the surveying and numbering the lots in said district, and to make a return of the same to the Surveyor General within six months from and after the first day of January next. Approved 10th Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 23d November, 1826. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of James Houston, have had the same under consideration, and have believed the prayer of the petitioner to be reasonable, and that it ought to be grantedThey therefore respectfully submit the following [Illegible Text] Resolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the use of James Houston a revolutionary soldier, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation act. Approved, 11th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 13th December, 1826. Resolved, That both branches of the legislature will convene in the representative chamber on Thursday next at 3 o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of electing a Judge of the Superior Court and Solicitor General for the Chattahoochie Circuit. Approved, 14th Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 16th December, 1826. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will meet in the representative chamber on Monday next at 3 o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of electing a Brigadier General of the 2d brigade of the 17th division, in the place of Gen. Colquit, resignedAnd also a principal keeper and three inspectors of the Penitentiary. Approved, 18th Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 20th December, 1826. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly convene in the representative chamber on this day at 3 o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of electing Four Directors for the Bank of the State of Georgia, on the part of the State. Two Directors on the part of the State for the Planters' Bankand Five Directors on the part of the State for the Darien Bank. AlsoA Brigadier General of the 3d brigade of the 5th division of Georgia militia. And a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the city of Augusta. Approved, 21st Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 13th Dec. 1826. The committee on banks, to whom was referred the annual statement of the Bank of Augusta, beg leave to Report That on examining the statement they find such evidence of the ability with which the affairs of that bank have been conducted, and of its sound and stable condition, as fully to sustain the high credit of the institution. Although the business of the bank has been such as to render its stock better and more profitable than that of any other bank in the state, yet your committee find that there are in circulation only sixteen hundred and seventy dollars, eighty-two cents more of their bills than they have of the bills of other banks, and of specie in their [Illegible Text] and that they have a surplus fund nearly equal to the whole amount of their bad and doubtful debts, and of the estimated value of the real estate held by the bank. Your committee, therefore, respectfully submit the following resolution Resolved, That the ability and fidelity with which the affairs of the Bank of Augusta have been conducted, merit the approbation of the general assembly, and entitle the bank to the fullest confidence of the public. Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 21st Dec. 1826. The committee to whom was referred the report of the commissioners appointed to open a road from the Locust Stake to the Currahee Mountain, have examined the same, and now Report That said commissioners represent that they can effect the object intended by the legislature, in opening said road, upon much more economical terms and to greater advantage to the public, by changing its direction from that prescribed in the resolution of the last legislature: Therefore be it Resolved, That said commissioners be authorised to open said road in the nearest and best direction to the Franklin line, without regard to the directions heretofore given, and that they exercise their own discretion in making said road, so as to [Illegible Text] the object intended by the legislature. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 13th Dec. 1826. The select committee on banks, to whom the exhibit submitted by the bank of the State of Georgia to the legislature was referred, have the honor to Report That the exhibit sustains the character of the institution, and [Illegible Text] that amidst the revolutions and disasters in the commercial world, by correct management, its solvency and its reputation have been sustained. The precious metals being the only solid support of a paper medium, it is therefore the policy of every monied institution to accumulate those in a sufficient quantity, to meet every demand that shall be made for the redemption of its paper; pursuing such a course, public confidence ensures its prosperity, and public feeling becomes identified with its reputationGold and silver from their beauty, their ductility, and the ornamental uses to which they are applied, both in a state of high civilization, and one of rude savagism, have been deemed not only the sign but the substance of wealth; they excite the avarice and desires of [Illegible Text] and as commerce opens the avenues to the gratification of the appetites and passions, this restless and uncurbed anxiety for their possession, augments and [Illegible Text]

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and exercises an influence on every transaction and every department of the active scenes of life. It is not surprising that the precious metals should be sought after with avidity, and hoarded with care For convenience, for transportation, for security against fraud, a paper medium however possesses equal advantages; for modern ingenuity has rendered forging more difficult than the alloying, clipping, and fileing of gold and silver, and when they are the basis of a paper currency, the public confidence reposes with equal security on the one as the other. The proper standard by which we can estimate a currency or a circulating medium, is by comparison, and if it bears a just and equal value with that of other countries, it may be considered sound and undepreciated. With a sufficiency of gold and silver and property, which in exchangeable value is equivalent to it, and its debts secure, with its paper or bills answering all the purposes of barter, exchange, and sale, we are not hazarding too much in expressing our opinion that the bank of the State of Georgia is in a prosperous and flonrishing condition Banks have to contend against fluctuations in commerce, and the [Illegible Text] incidental to commercial transactions. Like individuals, they feel an anxiety to discharge the obligations they are under to the community: managed by men subject to the frailties of our nature, they often pursue plans which are frustrated, and experience results different from their anticipations; like individuals, but with increased risques, they have to extend credit, and encounter losses from failures, and misfortunes, and sometimes from dishonest creditors: these are the incidents which are inseparable from money institutions: but local or State Banks have another and a greater evil to resist and contend against, it is the United States Bank; wielding a capital, which regulates the exchange between the several states, from the extensive circulation of its bills, it controls and influences every other institution, it exhausts their profits in the sustaining of their credit. Collecting the revenue of the country, it limits the issues of the local banks by receiving this revenue in their bills, and drawing upon its coffers for gold and silver. It may introduce the bills of its branches from the north and circulate them in the south, and from the distance and their wide diffusion prevent any operation of the local banks to protect themselves. It affords no facilities to the citizens of the state where it is located, but trades alone for the benefit of its stockholders, with no sympathy for the wants of the community; protected by the supreme court against every measure adopted by the states to curtail its influence, its power equals that of the government itself. With this view, subject to this mighty power, it is a subject of gratulation to the committee in state, that the situation of the State Bank is prosperous, and that they have met every demand made by the United States Bank to the amount of more than one million and a half of dollars, and at the same time given to the state and the stockholders a dividend on their stocks. Approved, 22d December, 1826.

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IN SENATE, 18th Dec. 1826. Whereas, it is necessary to hold all public functionaries to a strict responsibility in the punctual discharge of their duties: Be it therefore resolved, That his Excellency the Governor cause all monies remaining in the hands of delinquent solicitors-general, whose terms of office have expired, to be collected with as little delay as practicable. Approved, 22d December, 1826. IN SENATE, 18th Dec. 1826. The joint military committee, to whom was referred the report of Lewis H. Kenan, military store keeper, beg leave to Report That they have performed the duties assigned themthat so far as they could examine, they find the report correct, and that the arms, equipments, military stores, c. are in excellent order, and kept in a situation highly creditable to the military store keeper. They also beg leave further to report, that they have acted on all things that have come properly before them, and therefore beg to be discharged from any further duties as a committee, during the balance of the session. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 5th Dec. 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be instructed to purchase for the use of Rabun county, five copies of the Georgia Justice

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and have the same forwarded to said county with the laws and [Illegible Text] of the present session, and that the same be paid for out of the contingent fund. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 30th Nov. 1826. Resolved, That the solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee Circuit, be and he is hereby instructed to suspend all proceedings on the part of the state against William W. Brown, for the term of one year from the first of January next, for the amount due the state by said Brown, for one year's rent of the ferry across the [Illegible Text] river, at Macon: Provided, the said William W. Brown shall pay the interest due on said debt, and that the give further security if required by the aforesaid solicitor general: And provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the immediate collection of said debt, if the securities [Illegible Text] bound do urge the same. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 18th Nov. 1826. Whereas, Murdock McLeod deposited his bond with security in the Executive Office for the faithful performance of the surveying of the first district of [Illegible Text] countyAnd whereas, the said McLeod has failed to perform that duty agreeable to the requisitions of said bond: Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby requested, to have said bond put in suit against the said McLeod and his securities: Provided, the said Murdock doth not pay into the treasury of this state, on or before the first day of June next, the damage the state has sustained in examining and re surveying the said first district of [Illegible Text]. Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 18th Dec. 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor withhold the issuing of the warrant for the last quarter's salary of the state-house officers, until he shall be satisfied that all their books are brought up, and what by law they are required to do, has been done in their respective offices, in relation to the recording of papers and keeping their office books. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 5th Dec. 1826 Whereas, it frequently so happens, that from the increasing population in the counties now laid out or in new created counties, that new created militia company districts are frequently laid out and defined by a convention of militia officers and judicial officers appointed for the same: Be it therefore resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to purchase and have forwarded to the clerk of the inferior courts of said counties, a number of the Georgia Justices and of Prince's Digest of the laws of this State, to allow at least one copy of each to each district, whenever the same shall be certified and requested by a majority of the justices of the inferior courts of said counties respectively; and that his Excellency the Governor do pay for the same out of the contingent [Illegible Text]: Provided, that unless the same be forwarded with the laws and journals of the state, the expense of carrying the same to said counties, shall not be paid by the state, but delivered to the order of the inferior courts of any county entitled thereto, by any person applying to his Excellency the Governor. Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 18th Dec. 1826. The joint printing committee to whom was referred the proposals of the several printers of this city, for printing the laws and journals of the present session, beg leave to Report That they have agreed to receive the proposals of Messrs. Camak Ragland at one cent. per sheet of eight octavo pagesthe laws to be printed in three weeks after the close of the session, and the journals in six weeks thereafter Your committee beg leave further to report, that Messrs. Camak Ragland have made propositions for the execution of the laws and journals in a superior manner, at an increased price, which your committee beg leave to submit for the consideration of the legislature. All which is respectfully submitted. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 22d Dec. [Illegible Text] Resolved, That Wiley B. Ector and Alexander Hall be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to rent for one year to the highest bidder, the McIntosh Reserves, in Butts county, under the same regulations and restrictions pointed out by a resolution passed the 23d of Dec. 1825, directing the inferior court of Monroe county to rent said reserves. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 21st Dec. 1826. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to direct the comptroller-general to proceed to have collected the sum of three thousand

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dollars, loaned to the Unacoi Turnpike Company, under the act of the 22d day of December, 1821, so soon as the provisions of said act will authorise the collection of the same: and his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised to take and use all legal and necessary measures to carry into effect this resolution. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 2d Dec. 1826. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to purchase six copies of the Georgia Justice, for the use of Glynn county; also four copies of the same, and three copies of Prince's Digest for the use of the county of Fayette, and forward the same to said counties with the acts and journals of the present session. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 12th Dec. 1826. Resolved, That Zachariah Coward be, and he is hereby appointed a commissioner of the Early County Academy, in the place of William McDonald, removed. Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 12th Dec. 1826. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Delk, clerk of the superior court of Wilkinson county, have had the same under their consideration, and are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and ought to be granted. They therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be allowed the said Joseph Delk, clerk of the superior court of Wilkinson county, it being the amount improperly paid into the treasury by the said Joseph Delk, as holder of public money, and that the same be placed in the appropriation law. Approved 22d December, 1826. IN SENATE, 13th December, 1826. Resolved, That the treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised to refund the sum of one hundred dollars to the legal representatives of James Cunningham, deceased, the same having been paid by said Cunningham for a licence to peddle, and it appearing that said Cunningham was deprived of the use of the license by sickness and death, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation act. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 21st December, 1826. The select committee to whom was referred the communication from the Honorable John Macpherson Berrien to the President of the Senate enclosing the memorial of Jonathan Elliot of the city of [Illegible Text], have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report, that by said memorial it is proposed by Mr. Elliott, to publish

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the debates, resolutions, and other proceedings in all the original thirteen States on the adoption of the Federal Constitution, as agreed to at Philadelphia on the seventeenth of September, seventeen hundred and eighty seven; the first volume to be published in the month of January next. Your committee are of the opinion, that a work of this description if properly executed, would be productive of much important information not only to this State, but to the whole union; embracing as it would the opinions and views of many of our most illustrious sages of the revolution on the present constitution. They therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be required to subscribe for 16 copies of said work for the use of the Legistature and Executive Department, to be paid for out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 12th December, 1826. Resolved, That John McClain and Joseph Pinson be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of Clayton academy in the county of Rabun, in addition to those already appointed. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 16th December, 1826. The joint committee of Finance, have had the subject of the Finances of the State under its consideration, and take leave to make the following report as the result of their investigations: The committee have examined the books of the Treasurer, and find that the entries of the receipts and expenditures correspond with

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the [Illegible Text] of that officer, which was submitted to the legislature near the commencement of the session and referred to your committee, by which document it appears that the receipts into the treasury up to the 5th November, 1826, added to the balance on hand when the present incumbent came into office, Amounts to the sum of $1,008,280 18 The expenditures during the same time amounts to the sum of 216 158 13 Leaving a cash balance on hand of $792,122 04 This balance, which on examination is found to be in the [Illegible Text] consists of the following description of bank notes and other [Illegible Text], viz: Bills on the Bank of Darien, $590 301 Bills on the Planters' Bank, 29 870 Bills on the State Bank Georgia, 153 605 Bills on the Augusta Bank, 11 460 Bills on the United States' Bank, 4 879 30 Silver in crowns and half crowns, 1,040 60 Silver in dollars and half dollars, 707 00 Silver in small change, 41 13 Balance, $792,122 03 Your committee have also examined the list of Executive warrants drawn on the treasury, and find as far as they are able to discover, that the warrants are drawn on the proper funds. They recommend that document to be considered as a part of their report, and a very important part, as setting forth the manner and amounts of the expenditure of the public monies, and the various objects to which the funds of the State have been applied, than which no part of the transactions of the Government is more interesting to the people, or should be more fully known and understood by them. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 21st December, 1826. Resolved, That Howell Cobb be, and he is hereby authorised and appointed to rent out at public outcry, all the Indian reserves belonging to the State lying in Houston county, on the terms and under the same restrictions provided for in a resolution passed at the annual session of 1823: Provided, That the said Howell Cobb do execute to

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his excellency the Governor a bond with good and sufficient security for the faithful performance of his duty, and moreover he the said Cobb shall advertise the renting of the said reserves at five of the most public places in the county aforesaid, thirty days previous to renting, and that he continue renting the same yearly, until otherwise disposed of. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 22d December, 1826. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to have published in all the public gazettes of this State, the resolution passed at this session of the legislature on the subject of calling a convention, at such times and as often as he may think it necessary to give complete publicity to the same. Approved, 22d December, 1826. IN SENATE, 14th December, 1826. Resolved, That Benjamin F. Harris, Angus McLeod, and Norman McRea be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the Montgomery county academy, in place of Moses Daniel and Daniel McIntosh removed, and James McLeod, deceased. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 20th Dec. 1826. Penitentiarg, December 19, 1826. In compliance with the request of the Penitentiary Committee acting under the requisitions of a resolution of Senate of the 18th instant, directing an enquiry to be made into the causes of the late revolt and escape of certain convicts from the Penitentiary, cthe Inspectors of the Penitentiary beg leave to submit the following, as the result of their examination: As to the causes of the revolt and escape we can assign none, nor are we able to collect any other than a desire to free themselves from their confinement, which they were persuaded could be effected under no other circumstances. From what we can collect as to their obtaining the arms, ammunition, and spirits, with which they calculated on escaping, we believe that the ammunition and spirits were furnished by some negro women who were engaged in the spinning establishment, and that the arms were some which were brought to the institution for repair, but were never touched, and which the convicts who revolted and effected a temporary escape, fixed up in such a manner as to answer their purpose. For the discovery of means the best calculated to prevent a like attempt, we refer the committee to their own judgments and the opinion of the principal keeper. We cannot conclude, without recommending to the committee the intrepid and praiseworthy conduct of John Bulger, one of the assistant keepers, and John Briggs, one of the guards, who successfully resisted the attacks of the revolters. WILLIAM GREEN, JOHN BOZEMAN, THOMAS H. KENAN, Inspectors Penitentiary. The committee on the Penitentiary, to whom was referred a resolution cirecting them to enquire into the causes of the late revolt of the convicts, c. have performed that duty, and now present the Report of the Inspectors on that subject, for the information of the Senate. Upon which Report, your committee would recommend the [Illegible Text] resolutions: [Illegible Text] That the Inspectors adopt such regulations as they may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to prevent such a frequent [Illegible Text] between [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and to guard particularly against furnishing [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the means of making their escape.

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Resolved, That the conduct of the principal keeper, John Bulger, and John Briggs, in suppressing the insurrection and preventing the escape of the convicts, is highly meritorious, displaying great firmness and personal courage, and deserving in an eminent degree, the approbation of the legislature; and they recommend as a reward for the services and intrepid exertions of the said John Bulger and John Briggs, that a small appropriation be made in their favor. Approved 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 13th Dec. 1826. The Select Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Elisha [Illegible Text] the security of Joseph Bennett, for the rent of the ferry over the Ocmulgee river, at Macon, [Illegible Text] Report That they conceive the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and justand therefore recommend the following resolution: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the [Illegible Text] general of the Flint circuit, be and he is hereby authorised to suspend the collection of the amount due the State on the bond given by the said Joseph Bennett and Elisha Tarver, security for the rent of the ferry over the Ocmulgee river, at Macon, for the year 1825, until the first day of January 1828, upon the said Elisha [Illegible Text] giving good and sufficient security to the State for the effectual payment of the principal and interest due thereon. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 8th Dec. 1826. The committee on the State of the Republic, to whom was referred that part of the Governor's communication and the accompanying

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documents which relate to the Treaties with the Creek Nation of Indians, and our differences with the General Government, have had the same under attentive consideration, and ask leave to make the following Report: The unfortunate misunderstanding between the General Government and the State of Georgia, has been marked by features of a peculiar character, and plainly [Illegible Text] a force and power in the former which should have formed the subject of concern, if [Illegible Text], to our sister States. But we regret to say that the very reverse has been the fact, and a cold, if not a [Illegible Text] indifference, has taken the place of much more deserved regard. We are not unapprised of the influence of power, nor are we unmindful of the forbearance claimed from weakness; but we did believe that the structure of the Federal Government was such, its foundations so laid, as we fondly hoped, in the best and most generous feelings of the heart, as to have protected a sister State, if not from injury and oppression, at least from unnecessary insult an contempt. Your committee speaking, as it sincerely believes, the sentiments of the Legislature of Georgia, cannot but imagine that our wrongs are neither known nor felt, or if [Illegible Text], in so slight a degree, as to be entirely misunderstood by our sister States.Entertaining, as we do, the most exalted veneration for the Union, in [Illegible Text] to its government, and the most unaffected attachment for the states in relation to the kindred affections, interests and habits which bind us together, and believing that these bland relations are wholly reciprocal, we are at a loss to conceive how our repeated complaints have fallen upon the ear of such benevolence with so much apathy, and our remonstrances turned aside with so little concern. It cannot be accounted for upon any other rational principle, than the one which is just suggested. It is not now the intention of your committee to betray a clamorous spirit of complaint. The regard which they feel for the dignity and honor of the state they represent, would, of itself, sufficiently admonish them to avoid such a course; but when to this is added the fact, which we can in great truth [Illegible Text], that we have not a single discontent against the Federal Government, considered in relation to its legitimate powers, there can be no necessity to swell our [Illegible Text] beyond the immediate acts, which, as we conceive, have the rather sprung from the abuse, than the exercise of acknowledged right. In the good feeling and [Illegible Text] of the states, we have the most undoubted confidencein the integrity of purpose, honesty of motive, and fidelity of service of the national legislature, we cannot feel one [Illegible Text] emotion. Before that body we believe we can be respectfully heard, and to that body, we as firmly believe the crisis has arrived when it becomes necessary to preter a solemn appeal. And we would premise, in a temper of perfect respect, but of not less decisive earnestness, that it is a sovereign, and not a subject that sues; it is an equal and not an inferior that remonstrates; it is an independent

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member of the Union, and not the subordinate creature of a family that complains. It is not for forfeited privileges we supplicate, but we seek the redress of violated rights, and in this, we cannot for a moment suppose, that the States in Congress assembled, could desire to see us approach them in any other manner than that of an open, honest and confident avowal of our grievances. The Executive Department of the General Government has, in fact and principle, distinctly asserted, that the states have not the exclusive jurisdiction of the soil within their chartered limits; that the Indians and the territory occupied by them, within the recognised and admitted boundaries of states, originally independent, and so acknowledged by Great Britain, belong to the exclusive management and control of the General Government; and that the States have no right to exercise [Illegible Text] over the one, or interfere with the other. It has not only [Illegible Text] the right to prevent a state from exercising jurisdiction within its limits, but it has given open proof of the fact, that it will become the ally [Illegible Text] the Indians against one of its own family, and will actually wage war in the very bosom of a state, for what, in its own mere [Illegible Text] without regard to the opinion of the opposing state, may be deemed an infraction of the Federal Constitution:Thereby at [Illegible Text] establishing this monstrous [Illegible Text], that the General Government can and will connect itself with foreign nations in acts of hostility to the local measures of the states, and consequently turning their own power and resources against themselves. The principle is avowed, nay, confirmed by the fact, that an [Illegible Text] force may be directly employed against a state, before [Illegible Text] is had to the civil authorities of the government to correct whatever real or imaginary violation of law may be [Illegible Text] to exist; thus using, at once, the strong arm of power in preference to the milder and more moderate course of legal investigation;a resort that deprives the citizen of the valued right of trial, involves the country in all the horrors of war, and can only terminate in the most unspeakable disasters. It has assumed the prerogative to dispense with the established laws of the land upon its own unconditional pleasure, taking upon itself the sole right to judge when they shall or shall not be executed, prejudging cases without a hearing, and [Illegible Text] offenders without a trial. There is a public law of the land, wisely intended for the harmony of the Union, providing for the protection of the state authorities against the insult and [Illegible Text] of the military establishment of the general governmentan institution always haughty in its [Illegible Text], and often dangerous in its purpose. A just complaint was preferred against a general officer of the Union, under this well known law, for acknowledged insult and contumely offered [Illegible Text] the Governor of the state; and, though a trial was formally demanded, it was as formally refused upon the ground that the first insult was given to the officer; and yet a much more meritorious officer for resenting an outrags, not upon himself, but upon his country, was not only tried but disgraced, at the instance of a petty Spanish Province. So far as relates to the states, the principle is now settled, that in all future cases, for the protection of his officers, the President will be the exclusive judge of the nature, degree and justification of [Illegible Text] crime, before it shall be submitted [Illegible Text] the authorised and [Illegible Text]

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tribunals of the country, thereby making the law a perfect nullity, and its object a still more vexatious mockery. It has asserted the principle, and confirmed it by the authority of practice, that the Federal Government is not founded in public opinion, or the just wishes and interest of either state or people, and that the views and inclinations of public functionaries, will be consulted and [Illegible Text] in preference to the people whose servants they are, and officers will be kept in power and made to rule over us, manage and direct our affairs, long after they have become perfectly odious, against our will, against our interest, against our solemn and repeated remonstrances, and, what is more intolerable, when it is well known that their outrages and oppressions come mixed with the most insupportable insult and derision. An officer of the General Government has been stationed near the limits of Georgia, in charge of interests highly important to the state, where she was almost exclusively concerned, and, in the execution of his trust, he has been so studious and unwearied in opposition to the feelings and wishes of Georgia, that he has sought every occasion to [Illegible Text] her views, defeat her designs, degrade her character, and, this too, in direct contravention of the avowed, and it was hoped, sincere policy of his own government. The Executive of this state has respectfully and earnestly remonstrated against the continuance in office of a man so lost to the duties of his station, and so unmindful of what was due to his own government. This remonstrance has been thrice repeated by successive legislatures, of all parties and of all interests in the state, and yet it has been treated, if not with sheer contempt, at least with the most profound and unmoved indifferencethereby evincing, that the public good weighs nothing when it conflicts with the interest of the public servant, or the ambition of his irresponsible master. It has asserted in principle, which is also not without the aid of fact, that it can make and break treaties at pleasure, without regard to the interest and desire of states, notwithstanding such treaties are exclusively confined to the rights of states, not in their federative but individual characterrights intimately connected with their safety, [Illegible Text] from their sovereignty, and thoroughly identified with their territory and jurisdiction. The original territorial, and jurisdictional rights of Georgia, are deeply and obviously founded in her acknowledged independence, by Great Britain, and long acquiesced in by the other states upon the most mature and solemn deliberation. Though she has formed a compact with her sister states, yet in every stage of that much debated question, from the unsuccessful experiment of articles of confederation to the still stronger obligations of a national constitution, she has inflexibly reserved the rights of territory and jurisdiction, as received from the hands of conquered Britain, and she has never relinquished one particle of either to the Union or any other Government whatever. With the exception of the territory, now forming the states of Alabama and Mississippi, every instrument between them may, in vain, be searched for the least concession that will falsify this advisedly made and deliberate declaration. By the cession just referred to, the rights of Georgia received additional confirmation, if such could have been needed, for it gave the

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most unanswerable proof that the general government conceived our title, both to soil and jurisdiction, perfectly unquestionable. By purchasing part of our soil, they permitted the remainder to be oursby promising to extinquish the Indian title to a permissive occupancy, they acknowledged that we had that previous right; for it must exist somewhere. Before this cession, they had no such right, consequently it was a concurrent right derived from us, obviously obtained by our [Illegible Text]; and our consent as obviously implies an original right, the exercise of which conclusively settles the question of jurisdiction. Apart from this view of the subject, if we have ever divested ourselves of this right we claim an inspection of the instrument by which it was effected. Under this contract then, for we affirm it can be found no where else, it is most wrongfully assumed, by the Executive Department of the general government, that the Indians and their lands, within the chartered and conventional limits of Georgia, passed into the exclusive care and superintendance of the national government, and that we dare not further interfere with either, unless we are prepared to break down the legion of federal power, or have strength enough to overcome its military arm. By virtue of these articles of cession, and, as it now seems in pretended compliance with their obligations, a treaty was held at the Indian Springs in 1825. It was constitutionally ratified, formally promulgated, and as deliberately notified to Georgia. The state, believing that under all its rights, both original as well as those recently acquired for her use, by the general government, there could be no difficulty in proceeding to a disposition of the territory, with a view to its final [Illegible Text] and improvementan object, though long, and to her political standing and interests, [Illegible Text] delayed, yet not the less urgent and desirablepassed a law, in the succeeding June, for its distribution among her waiting and patient citizens. Every thing was done, that she could rightfully do, and we regret to say, was permitted to be done, by the superior, not to say capricious, power of the general government, to realise the full enjoyment of this property, the right to which, seemed clearly to have lost its expectant, and had assumed and absolute vested character. Yet, in the face of all right, both [Illegible Text] and vested, was another treaty held and concluded, at Washington, with an entirely different party, though belonging to the same nation, and all the rights acquired by the first became [Illegible Text] and annulled, and Georgia was required to withhold her possession of any other land than that which was specially permitted by the last. It is now fully ascertained, that all the land of the first treaty is not contained in the second, and it seems to be as fully resolved that what the second embraces, is all that the State shall, upon her peril, receive. Your committee cannot but view this as a most appalling state of things. It believes, and so it is persuaded, every ingenuous mind will believe, that right is with, but power is against us; and that the former, as all history will mournfully attest, can never successfully contend against the latter. It is a matter of anxious and fearful contemplation what must be result of this [Illegible Text], if we fail to enlist the well known justice and prudence of that part of the general government to which we have now been compelled so reluctantly to appeal.

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In order to place this question in a point entirely within the reach of every capacity, we would make but one remark. Could the General Government have annulled the Treaty of the Indian Springs, by a treaty, in which we were to acquire no lands at all, and by which we were to be placed, as formerly, at their perfect pleasure and convenience for another acquisition? We presume no one will answer in the affirmativeIndeed the General Government did not so conceive; for it gave the Indians decidedly to understand that the first treaty would not be revoked without a large cession of lands to Georgia; and we have no doubt that the Senate of the United States, acting under an honest and just sense of our rights, confidently behaved that the second treaty conferred upon us all the territory claimed from the Creek nation of Indians. Now if this proportion be undeniable, can any treaty be either just or constitutional that leaves out one single acre of the former purchase? For it is impossible to conceive of the justness of a role, in the application of which it would be good or bad, as to the whole, and not as to a part. As another most astonishing result, arising from this power, claimed for the General Government, of managing and controlling the Indians and the lands occupied by them, within the chartered limits of old States, it is absolutely denied to the State of Georgia to enter the Cherokee Nation either to ascertain the boundary between herself and her sister State, or to take any measures connected with the internal improvement of the State; and this, too, within her well known and acknowledged limits. Indeed this doctrine is so very strange, not to say alarming, that it requires no small degree of faith to give credit to an assumption so wild and extravagant; and there fore your committeee, for the information of its own citizens, as well as to enlighten our fellow citizens abroad on the subject of our wrongs, supposed by many to be fancied, would beg leave to [Illegible Text] the evidence of the fact in this report. The Governor a letter to the Secretary of War states, that our Chief Engineer engaged in a reconnoisance under orders, and within the unsettled limits of Georgia, has been stopped by the Cherokees, and his further progress threatened to be arrested by forceand further, these infatuated and misguided people threaten to resist by force the execution of the measures concerted by the Governments of Georgia and Alabama for ascertaining the dividing line between the two States. [Illegible Text] answer to this letter the Secretary of War states, distinctly, that it is the opinion of the President that these measures cannot be effected without the CONSENT of the ludians, and concludes, the President is persuaded that this consent may be obtained by amicable and pacific means. If, however, it cannot, be deems a resort to coercive measures as altogether unwarrantable. If, in the justness of this view, the constituted authorities of Georgia should coincide, it will be [Illegible Text] to the President. But to guard against the consequences of different views, on their part, he feels himself required to protest, in the name of the UNITED STATES, against the use of forcible and hostile means to effect the purposes referred to in your letter. These are same of the chief powers assumed by the General Government [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] of Georgia; but there are very many [Illegible Text]

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of peculiar aggravation attending their exercise, which have given keen and deep-felt mortification to the feelings of Georgia. A sa sovereign State, in connection with others, as we fondly hope, upon [Illegible Text] of the most sincere regard and affection, all looking with no common solicitude to the maintenance of their own rights and dignity, we cannot but believe we shall kindle a sympathy strong enough, at least, to put down the force of prejudice too successfully arraved against us, though we may ultimately fail in challenging a just and returning respect for our much abused and neglected privileges.We have been iosulted by petty agentswe have been brow beaten and derided by Indians. Our Chief Magistrate at home, and our Representatives in Congress, while in the public service and under the very eye of the General Government, have been compelled to brook the insolence of half breedswe have been prevented, nay ordered to desist, from surveying our own lands, when no possible harm could ensue, and when too the General Government, under precisely [Illegible Text] circumstances, was carrying on its own surveys, among Indians unremoved from recently acquired landsa privilege heretofore uninterruptedly enjoyed by every new and fronter State, and questioned only for the first time in the case of Georgia, one of the original `thirteen States' We have had our Indian Allies, those who long defended Georgia from the tomahawk of the very Indians who are now so high in favor, murdered in cold blood, their families exiled from home, made wanderers and outcasts from the very country which but nine years ago was declared to be exclusively theirs, under the plighted faith and solemn written guarantee of the General Government, and all these misfortunes, cruclties and hardships they have been destined to endure, from no other cause, as we verily believe, than that of being the unswerving friends of Georgia. These are reflections that cannot fail to inspire the most touching [Illegible Text]; there is a point and anguish in their effect, which perhaps it were better to suppress than to vent; and though in silencing their upbraidings, a severe reproach is spared to the national character, yet it will be well understood by every candid mind, as it must be certainly felt by every honest bosom. We cannot but trust that the authority to which we have now referred these unhappy differences, will duly appreciate the motive as well as the object of this appeal. Our reliance is upon the wisdom and justice of the nation. We want nothing more than we would be willing to grant; and if we know our own hearts, there is not a grievance we have [Illegible Text], which if [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] of our sister States, we would not promptly resent and redress, and, [Illegible Text] every [Illegible Text], feel it a bounden duty to make common cause with the injured party. We want nothing that [Illegible Text] not fairly belong to the State sovereignties. To whatever our sister States will [Illegible Text], in that we must acquiesce; if they would be contented [Illegible Text] the treatment Georgia has received, and will come out with a public declaration of the fact, from that moment our complaints are hushed We threaten no consequencesit would be idle and vain to do so The lose of confidence and affection, by reason of neglect and disappointment, is consequence enough to a reflecting [Illegible Text]; and a high minded and generous people, cannot turn from such a result, without emotions of the deepest regret.

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Under this view of the subject, your committee beg leave to offer the following resolutions: Resolved, That Georgia owns exclusively the soil and jurisdiction of all the territory within her present chartered and conventional limits, and, with the exception of the right to regulate commerce among the Indian tribes, claims the right to exercise, over any people white or red within those limits, the authority of her laws, as she in her wisdom may think proper; and that she has never relinquished said right either territorial or jarisdictional to the General Government, in any manner or by any instrument whatever, and the exercise of such right by said last mentioned Government, is illegal, [Illegible Text] and unjust. Resolved, That threatening a State with an armed force, and actually attempting to carry said threats into execution by stationing the [Illegible Text] on its borders, whether the conduct of the State thus sought to be [Illegible Text], be right or wrong, is contrary to the spirit and genius of [Illegible Text] Government, a fundamental principle of which is, that the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to the civil authority: the former being the instrument of [Illegible Text] necessity makes a resort to the latter always indispensable in the first instance; any other course is destructive of free government, subversive of State rights, and tending to the complete [Illegible Text] of State sovereignty. Resolved, That the refusal to arrest and punish a military officer of the General Government, who had grossly violated a law of the land, in abusing and insulting the highest authorities of a State, is, as we conceive, an abuse of office, and if not properly [Illegible Text] for, wall and ought to leave this lasting reproach upon the nation, that even [Illegible Text] republics, the law affords no protection against the views of power or the resentments of ambition. Resolved, That the retention of a civil officer in power, after earnest and repeated solicitations for his removal, from a sovereign State, through its highest authorities, in which there was uncommon [Illegible Text], and after too it was known to his government that he was not only oppased to its own views, but was extremely inimical to the interests of the State, in which he was placed, and highly insulting to her public functionaries, is an instance of contempt for the opinion of a State, and a disregard for the welfare of a large portion of the community, highly dangerous to the principles of representative government where the public servart acts for the people and not for himself, and where, as soon as he becomes obnoxious to their interes's, [Illegible Text] to be removed. Resolved, That the attempted abrogation of the treaty of the Indian Springs, by the treaty of Washington, in so far as it divested the State of Georgia of any right acquired under the former, is illegal and [Illegible Text], and we feel the utmost confidence, that when the General Government comes to be informed that Georgia is deprived of lands to which she had an unquestionable claim by virtue of the first treaty, it will think with us in this regard; and, actuated,

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by its accustomed sense of justice, will take speedy steps to remove all obstructions to the full enjoyment of this, at present, contested right. Resolved, That the assertion of the President that we have no right to enter the Indian country within our own limits, for the purpose of ascertaining boundary and effecting measures connected with the peaceable objects of internal improvement, without the consent of the Indians, is a doctrine which this State will not admit, and against which it does most solemnly protestIn this she has every confidence of the support of her sister States, especially those who have so long and so uninterruptedly enjoyed a similar right. And his solemn protest against any measures contemplated by the State to exert her right over this necessary and essential part of her sovereignty, is an instance of dictation and federal supremacy unwarranted by any grant of power to the General Government, and which we trust and believe the national legislature will promptly disavow. Resolved, That a separate copy of this report, with the documents necessary to support the facts therein detailed be forwarded by his excellency the Governor to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, to be by them respectfully presented to each branch of Congress, with a request that they use their best exertions to have redressed the grievances of this State, in the various particulars to which this report has reference, and for the future harmony of the States, to request of that body to make an explicit declaration of the rights that belong to the National Government and those which belong to the State of Georgia, (and consequently the other States,) [Illegible Text] from the immediate differences of opinion specially enumerated in the foregoing report. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to forward also a copy of this report and the documents, to the Governor of each State in the Union, with an earnest and respectful request, that he lay the same before the legislature of his State; and they are hereby most affectionately and respectfully solicited to express to this State, whether they are prepared to admit the foregoing principles and the powers growing out of them as belonging to the General Government, and whether Georgia is bound and must submit to the treatment which she conceives she has most wrongfully sustained at the hands of the Executive Department of the General Government; Approved, 22d December, 1826.

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IN SENATE, 20th Dec. 1826. The committee on the State of the Republic, to whom was referred that part of the Governor's communication and the accompanying documents relative to the distressed condition of the friendly Indians, have had the same under their consideration, and ask leave to Report That by what is called a talk, on the part of the Indians, held on the 8th of March, 1817, with the general government, the friendly Indians exolicitly stated, that when General Jackson treated with us he gave us to understand that the land which is now left us, was left to us friendly Indians, and we tell you now, that the same who were then friendly are still your good friendsAnd again they say, our enemies have ruined our country, and the little piece of land which you have now left us, as your known friends, was left as a proof that we were friendly, and we are assured that no interruption [Illegible Text] be permitted, but that we would be permitted to hold and keep this land as belonging to us alwayswe wish you to give us this assurance, for we wish it from you before we go away. In answer to this the general government distinctly stated to the friendly Indians, through the Hon. George Graham, then acting Secretary of War that, the land which was guaranteed to you by the treaty, signed by Gen. Jackson, and your Chiefs and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] on the 9th of August, 1814, is [Illegible Text] land, and your father the President who holds you and your nation fast by the hand, will take care that no part of it is taken from you, except by the free consent of your Chiefs and Head Men, given in council and for a valuable consideration Yet these self same friendly Indians have been driven from these very guaranteed lands, and that too, by the hostile Indians against whom they sought protection, because they had fought against them for Georgia and the general government. And in their expulsion they have suffered the most trying hardships, such as it would be now unavailing to describe, but which seems to demand some reparation at the hands of the white people, their former friends, to whom they have rendered some of the most useful and hazardous services. They have fled to the frontiers of Georgia, where they have found a refuge and have been sheltered, [Illegible Text] and clothed For these supplies and acts of kindness, on the part of our citizens, something is certainly [Illegible Text] and we hope and believe, it is only necessary to satisfy the general government of their justness and the actual fact of having been rendered, to secure at once their immediate attention and dischargeAnd to this end your committee would recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That our senators and representatives in Congress, be requested to use their best exertions to procure from the general government some relief for the friendly Indians, and especially satisfaction to our own citizens, for the aid, relief, and supplies afforded by them to said Indians, in their flight from the nation, during the [Illegible Text]

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troubles which took place in the spring and summer of last [Illegible Text] and that said compensation be afforded as early as [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the frontier [Illegible Text] have put themselves to great trouble and expense to furnish the said aid and [Illegible Text] so much so, as to become, [Illegible Text] turn, very considerable sufferers. Approved, 22d Dec. 1826. IN SENATE, 18th Dec. 1826. Whereas, both branches of the General Assembly are too numerous, [Illegible Text] great expense and delay in the dispatch [Illegible Text] public business, and is according to the population in the respective counties, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]And whereas, also from the increasing number of members in both branches of the general assembly, the house set apart for their deliberations will not be sufficiently large for that purpose, and will consequently be required to be enlarged at very great expensetherefore, Be it resolved, That at the next general election for members of the General Assembly, the voters be requested to signify to the [Illegible Text] legislature whether they wish a convention for the special and exclusive purpose of altering the [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] sections of the 1st [Illegible Text] of the Constitution of this State, so far as to authorise a reduction of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and to be apportioned hereafter upon the principles of the population alone, and in order to ascertain the sense of the voters on this subject, those who are in favor of a convention will please endorse on [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the word `Convention'those who are against it will [Illegible Text] the words `No Convention.' Approved 22d Dec. 1826.

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IN SENATE, 20th December, 1826. The committee on the state of the republic, to whom was referred the Governor's communication of the 9th instant, with an accompanying letter from the Secretary of War, dated 27th of November last, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report: That so far as relates to the alteration of the boundary of Georgia by what is called the New Treaty, little need be said by your committee, inasmuch as the General Government, in the letter of the Secretary of War, disavows any such intention, though your committee are of opinion that said treaty is susceptible of such construction The constitution of Georgia in defining the western boundary of the State, claims to the western bank of the Chattahoochie river so far as that river is made the line, and the Articles of Cession of 1802 between Georgia and the General Government, recognise the same line. In the second article of what is termed the new treaty, and repeated in the supplemental article to the same, the middle of the Chattahoochie river is distinctly made the line between Georgia and the [Illegible Text] Indians, and by the 13th article of said treaty the U States agree to guarantee to the Creeks all the country not herein [Illegible Text] so that if by this guarantee, the general government mean to [Illegible Text] to the Indians the absolute right to these lands and one half of said river, during the pleasure of the parties (and the term can mean nothing else) your committe, with great deference conceive, that such an indefinite assurance does amount to an alteration of boundary, and if the Indians should never choose to cede any more lands to Georgia, a doctrine they have been allowed not only to indulge but [Illegible Text] the above conclusion will, as they think, be readily perceived by any capacity. Your committee, in placing its construction upon the other part of the Secretary's letter, think they perceive a determination on the part of the General Government to adhere to the new treaty, giving a promise, however, that as soon as our difficulties are settled with Alabama, an opportunity will be embraced to carry into effect, by fresh negotiation, if practicable, the entire [Illegible Text] of the Creek landsAnd, but for this difficulty with Alabama in fixing the dividing line, it was the design of the President, the [Illegible Text] the line had been established, to open [Illegible Text] negotiations with the Creeks, for the purpose of procuring any fragment of land such line might have left of theirs within the limits of Georgia. Now, it must be obvious to every one, that the future acquisition of this fragment, is made to depend upon a certain [Illegible Text] and that contingency is of the General Government's own creation. It supposes that there is such a [Illegible Text] anding between Georgia and Alabama, as to present an insuperable [Illegible Text] to any [Illegible Text] purchase of territory by fresh negotiation. This is not the fact, for admitting that there was doubt, as between the two States, where the line shoud run, it cannot be a [Illegible Text] of any concern [Illegible Text] the IndiansThey can have no [Illegible Text] now, whatever may have been their fears before, as to the direction

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of the line and the quantity of land they might lose. The Secretary of War thinks it highly probable that he should have [Illegible Text] in obtaining their relinquishment, the more especially as were by the line run by the Georgia Commissioners, there is less than 200,000 acres of Indian lands. Let the General Government then go up to the line run by the Georgia Commissioners, and leave the dispute between the two States, to be adjusted as they think proper. If the lands could have been obtained at the time this new treaty was made, provided the dividing line had been run, there can be no good reason why they should not now be obtained, since it is run; and as to any feeling which the Indians may have in the controversy between Georgia and Alabama, they cannot be so much affected by its issue, as to make it a matter of any consequence to their interest how it terminates. Your committee must therefore believe, that the supposed difference between Georgia and Alabama, presents no [Illegible Text] to an immediate extinguishment of the Indian title to the lands left out by what is called the new treaty, and if persisted in so as to delay the acquisition of the disputed territory, it must be clear to every understanding, that our embarrassments are far from being near their termination, [Illegible Text] if, as is intimated, the new treaty is to be considered valid. The Secretary of War does not admit, that it was the intention of the last treaty to include all the territory in Georgia; he only thinks it highly probable' if the line had been run between the two States, he might have obtained itAnd speaking of the President's design to have opened fresh negotiations for the purpose of procuring the fragment, left out, and that he will hereafter, in a certain event, attempt to effect an entire cession, are, to your committee, very plain indications that the new treaty is to be regarded as the one by which Georgia must abideIf so, the State owes it to herself, to enter her solemn protest against such a procedure, and relying upon the validity of the old treaty, go on to occupy the lands acquired thereby, until prevented by a force either moral or physical, to which, by the laws and constitution of the Government, it will be her duty to submit: And this, as she trusts, will be shortly ascertained by the appeal she has lately been [Illegible Text] to make. Approved, 22d December, 1826.

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LIST OF TITLES. Academies, PAGE 3 Appropriation, 32 Banks, 36 Canals, 42 Counties, 57 Courts, 68 Churches, 74 Divorces, 80 Elections, 87 Judiciary, 98 Land, 105 Lotteries, 118 Militia, 124 Public Officers, 120 Penitentiary, 122 Roads, Bridges, and Ferries, 126 Relief Laws, 132 Rivers, 151 Society, 160 Resolutions of the House of Representatives, 180 Resolutions of the Senate, 202

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INDEX. ACADEMIESTrustees of Academies to make returns to the Governor, 195 To vest the funds of the Ware county academy, 3 To consolidate the academical and poor school fund of Decatur county, 4 To amend the act of incorporation of De Kalb county academy, 5 To authorise the trustees of Columbia county academy to sell certain real estate, 6 To vest the academical fund of Tatnall county, 6 Concerning the female academy of Elbert county, 7 To incorporate the Crawfordville academy, 8 To vest the academy fund of Appling county, 9 To incorporate the Butts county academy, 10 To amend the act of incorporation of Henry county academy, 12 To incorporate the Toweliga academy, 13 To incorporate the Moneghan Academy, 13 To incorporate the Arthur academy, 15 To establish free schools in Gwinnett county, 16 To incorporate Leonicera academy, 17 To incorporate Lake academy, 18 To vest the funds of Lowndes county academy, 19 Concerning the Franklin county academy, 20 To incorporate the Flat Shual academy, 22 To incorporate the Franklin academy in Upson county, 23 To vest the fund of the Houston county academy, 24 To incorporate the Jefferson academy in Newton county, 26 Commissioners for the Clayton academy appointed, 223 To incorporate the Washington academy, in Bibb county 27 To incorporate Constitutional Hall academy, in Jasper county, 27 Academy fund of Baker county vested, 28 Academy fund of Rabun county vested, 29 Oak Grove academy incorporated, 30 [Illegible Text] academy incorporated, 31 Sparta academy lottery for the 115 Eatonton academy do. do. 115 [Illegible Text] academy do. do. 119 De Kalb academy do. do. 119 Clarkesville academy commissioners for appointed 205 Early county academy, do. do. do. 221 Academy commissioners appointed for the Montgomery co. 225 APPROPRIATION ACT, for the year 1827, 32 In favor C. R. Parker, 35 Augusta Bank charter extended, c. 41 Augusta concerning the Mayor's court of, 69 Augusta concerning vendue masters in 177 Administrators may sell real estate after four months notice for leave, 92

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Administrators may keep an estate together and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for the benefit of heirs, c. 98 Appeal securities on 99 Attorney General act concerning the 104 Attorney General resolution concerning the 183 Adrian, Fleming P. resolution in favor of 192 Africans, to be delivered to Wm. Bowen, 204 [Illegible Text] county academy incorporated, 10 Baker county academy fund vested, 28 BANKS to regulate the intercourse between banks and brokers, [Illegible Text] To amend the act of incorporation of the bank of Darien, and remove the same to Milledgeville, 37 To amend the act of incorporation of the bank of Darien, as relates to real estate, 39 To define the liability of indorsers on promissory notes negociated at bank, 38 To increase the capital of the bank of Augusta, and extend its charter, [Illegible Text] To amend the charter of the State Bank, 40 Board of Public Works act creating the, repealed, 42 Brunswick Canal Company an act to incorporate [Illegible Text] Baldwin county, part of Washington added to 63 Butts county, Inferior courts of 71 Baptist church of Warren county incorporated, 74 Baptist church in Macon do. 78 Bail an act for the protection of [Illegible Text] Burke county concerning the poor of 102 , 118 Brigade, new created 125 BRIDGE Elijah Phillip's authorised to build a bridge over the Toweliga, 132 Bacon, Wm. for the relief of the representatives of 136 Bass, Buckner his marriage legalised, 145 Baker county, concerning the taxes of 163 Brunswick and Fredrica, concerning [Illegible Text] Business unfinished, committee on, appointed 190 Bank Directors election of 214 Banks reports of committee on 214 , [Illegible Text] Brown, Wm W. resolution in favor of 218 Columbia county academy act concerning, 6 Crawfordville academy incorporated, [Illegible Text] Constitutional Hall academy in Jasper county, 27 Corinth academy incorporated, [Illegible Text] CANALS To incorporate the Savannah, Ogechee, and Alatamaha canal company, 42 Act to lay out a central canal, repealed, 42 To incorporate the Brunswick canal company, 53 COUNTIES To organise the territory lying between Flint and Chattahoochie rivers, 57 To add the reserve at the Old Agency to Crawford county, 60 To explain the act laying out Taliaferro county, 60 Concerning Thomas and Lowndes counties, 61 To define the line between Newton and De Kalb, 62 Concerning courts and elections in Lowndes county, 63 Part of Washington added to Baldwin, 63 Part of Dooly added to [Illegible Text] 64

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Concerning merchants, shop-keepers, [Illegible Text]. in Liberty c'ty. 65 Part of Lowndes added to Thomas, 66 CONSTITUTION To alter and amend the 7th section of the 2d article of the 67 COURTS Time of holding in Columbia county, 68 Testimony of Indians not to be received, 68 Mayor's court of Augusta, concerning 69 Inferior courts of Telfair, 69 Concerning jurors in the courts of Richmond county, 70 Inferior court of Butts county, 71 Inferior courts of Hancock and Lowndes, 71 Superior and Inferior of the Chattahoochie circuit, 58 59 Superior courts in Montgomery and Taliaferro, 73 Chattahoochie Circuit Superior and Inferior courts in the 58 59 CHURCHES Baptist church in Warren county, incorporated, 74 Methodist church in Maconact for benefit of 75 Unitarian church in Augusta, incorporated, 75 Roman Catholic church in Warren c'ty. incorporated, 76 Episcopal church in Augusta, authorised to sell ground, 77 Presbyterian church in Macon incorporated, 78 Episcopalian ib. ib. ib. [Illegible Text] Baptist ib. ib. ib. ib . Congressional district law repealed, 87 Columbia county, concerning elections in, 88 Clerks of the Superior and Inferior courts, new mode of filling vacancies in the offices of the, prescribed, 120 Code penal amended, as relates to costs 123 Columbia county, concerning the roads in 130 Clarke M. Donald, for the relief of 134 Cartledge James, for the relief of 137 Chattahoochie river, concerning the 158 Crawfordville, act to incorporate 169 Cook Benjamin, resolution concerning 185 Ckerokee lands, report of the committee on the subject of 206 Convention resolution on the subject of 237 COMPTROLLER GENERAL, authorised to allow a credit to Benjamin Cook, 185 Required to make a detailed rep. to the next legislature, 200 Comptroller General, salary of the fixed, 121 Decatur county academy, act concerning 4 De Kalb county academy, act concerning 5 Darien Bank, act to remove to Milledgeville, 37 Darien Bank, act to secure mortgaged property, 39 De Kalb, county, act to define the line between, and Newton, 62 Dooly county, part of added to Pulaski, 64 DIVORCES Of Anna Moon and James Moon, 80 Of John and Mary Ray, 80 Of John and Sarah Smith, 81 Of Cordy D. and Theny Stokes, 82 Of Mary and Thomas Gorham, 84 Of Dennett and Cynthia Taylor, 85 Of Elizabeth and Elisha Palmer, 86 Of M. G. W. Desha, 81 Of P. and E. Crocket, 82 Of S. and E. Melson, 83 Of R. and M. Finley, 84 Of H. and S. Norman, 85 Of Joseph and J. Duke, 86 Decatur county, concerning elections in 91 Dooly county, do. do. [Illegible Text] Dower, an act concerning 100

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Deeds certain, admitted to record, 103 Durrence Joseph, for his relief, 142 Darien, commissioner of pilotage apponted for, 202 Darnell Henry, resolution in favor of, 208 Delk Joseph, resolution in favor of, 222 Etbert county female academy, act concerning, 7 Elbert county, road laws of, 128 Episcopal church in Augusta, authorised to sell certain land, 77 Episcopal church in Macon incorporated, 78 ELECTIONS Congressional districts repealed, 87 In Tattnall county, 87 In Liberty county, 88 In Columbia county, 88 In Jefferson county, 89 In Wilkes county, 90 In Early county, 91 In Decatnr county, 91 In Upson county, 92 In Rabun county, 92 In Dooly county, 93 In Jones county, 94 In Henry county, 95 In Emanuel county, 95 In Warren county, 96 Of Brigadiers, 182 , 213 Of Judge Solicitor, 202 , 213 Executors c. may sell real estate after four months notice for leave 98 Estates may be kept together by administrators 98 Execution, securities on the stay of 99 Elbert county, concerning the poor of 102 Evidence, certain deeds admitted as 103 Ellison Samuel, act for his relief 147 Early county, concerning the public buildings in 174 Engineer, required to examine Oconee river, 181 Free schools, in Gwinnett county 16 Franklin county academy, act concerning 20 Flat Shoal academy incorporated 22 Franklin academy in Upson county, incorporated 23 Flint circuit, Superior courts in the 72 Fraudulent draws in the last land lottery, 111 Fractions, [Illegible Text] to the purchasers of 114 Franklin county, concerning the roads of 130 FERRIES Jonathan Phillips authorised to establish a ferry on Flint river, 130 William Lampkin, do, do, do, 131 Flint river, act concerning 158 Franklin county, extra tax authorised 164 Free Schools, report of the committee on 192 Favor [Illegible Text] resolution in his favor 201 Finance, report of the committee on 228 Gwinnett county, free schools in 16 Guardians, [Illegible Text] duties further defined 101 Grants, time of taking out extended 111 Glynn county, road laws of, amended 127 Gallagher Hugh, act to pardon 138 Georgia and the General Government, report on differences between, 227 , 238 GOVERNOR Requested to arrange with South Carolina concerning the improvement of Savannan river, 181 Requested to have the land act printed, 183 Requested to have the supplementary land act published, 191 Requested to remove the Attorney General from office, 183

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GOVERNOR Authorised to appoint lieut col. of cav. 184 Authorised to purchase infantry tactics, 186 Authorised to employ militia against the Indians, 187 Legislature approves of Governor's measures in regard to Indian murders, 190 Requested to have 10th dist. Irwin county examined, 190 Requested to send Schley's digest to clerks, c. 199 Requested to assign a room to trustees Franklin college, 203 Requested to appoint a day of thanksgiving, 203 Requested to deliver Africans to William Bowen, 204 Requested to have portraits covered, 204 Requested to send Georgia Justice to Liberty county, 205 Requested to collect monies from public agents without delay, 217 Requested to purchase Georgia Justices for Rabun c'ty. 217 Requested to have suit commenced against M. McLeod and his securities, 218 Requested to withhold warrants of state house officers, 219 Requested to purchase Georgia Justices, 219 Requested to collect money lent Unacoi turnpike com'py, 220 Requested to purchase Georgia Justices for Glynn c'ty, 221 Requested to subscribe for 16 copies of debates on, Federal Constitution, 223 Requested to have published the resolution concerning convention, 225 Henry county academy, act to amend the act of incorporation of 12 Houston county academy, act concerning 24 Hancock county. Inferior court of 71 Henry county, concerning elections in 95 Head rights and bounty warrants 110 Hall county concerning the roads of 130 Higginbotham, for the relief of sundry persons so named 140 Hall Henry T. and Sarah, act for their relief 150 Houston James, resolution in his favor 213 INDORSERS To define their liability, 38 Indians, testimony of, not to be received, 67 Inferior court of Thomas county authorised to lay off militia districts, 173 Indian Affairs report on 227 Indians, friendly report on the subject of 236 Indian territory, report of the committee on the subject of 206 Jefferson academy in Newton county incorporated, 26 Jurors in Richmond courts, concerning 70 Jefferson county, concerning elections in 69 Jones county, do. do. 94 Jackson, in Butts county, concerning 177 Judge, Chattahocchie circuit, election of a 213 Keener John resolution in his favor, 183 Leonicera academy incorporated, 17 Lake academy do. 18 Lowndes county academy act concerning 19 Lowndes county, act organising, amended. 61 Lowndes county concerning courts and elections in 63 [Illegible Text] county concerning merchants and shop keepers in 65 [Illegible Text] county, part of, added to Thumas, 66

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Lowndes county Inferior court of [Illegible Text] Liberty county concerning elections in 88 LAND The act disposing of the late purchase amended, 105 Supplemental and explanatory of the land act, 107 Reserves, c. to be rented out, 108 Part of the land act of 1823 repealed, 109 Fraction in [Illegible Text] county to be sold, 110 Surveys on head rights and bounty warrants, 110 Fraudulent draws in the territory distributed in the last land lottery, 111 Time of taking out grants extended, 111 Time for the surveyors to complete their work, extended, 112 Certain purchase of, by the United States, confirmed, 113 [Illegible Text] to purchasers of fractions, 114 Land in Ware county to be sold, 114 Land purchasers indulged, 146 LOTTERIES For a turnpike road from Athens to Augusta, [Illegible Text] For the benefit of the Sparta academy, 116 For the benefit of the Eatonton academy, 116 For a Masonic Hall in Milledgeville, 117 For the Greene and Pulaski Monuments, 117 For the poor of Burke county, 118 For the Wrightsborough academy, 119 For the De Kalb academy, 119 Liberty county, concerning musters in 124 Lowndes county, militia districts in 125 Lincoln county, concerning the roads in 130 Lynch, Lewis for the relief of 183 Law sundry persons admitted to practice, 141 , 149 [Illegible Text] concerning the town of 276 Laws and Journals, to be sent to members of the legislature, 198 Line between Georgia and Florida, resolution concerning 205 Line between Georgia and Alabama, report concerning 209 [Illegible Text] academy incorporated, [Illegible Text] Montgomery county, superior courts of 73 Methodist [Illegible Text] in Macon, act for the benefit of 75 Mortgages on real estates, concerning 104 [Illegible Text] Hall, in Milledgeville, lottery for 117 Monuments to Greene and Pulaski, lottery for 117 MILITIA Claims against the United Statesresolutions 188 Act to regulate battalion and general musters in Liberty county, 124 A new brigade created, 125 Militia districts in Lowndes county, 125 Melton, Ethen for his relief, 143 Macou acts concerning 167 , 168 Milledgeville, acts incorporating, amended, 172 Military store keeper, report of committee 217 Newton county, act to define the line between, and De Kalb; 62 NAMES CHANGED Names of sundry persons changed, 133 , 135 , 136 , 139 , 143 , 146 , 148 , 149 . Oak [Illegible Text] academy incorporated, 30 Oliver, Wm. W. resolution concerning 186 Poor School Fund, commissioners of, to make returns to the Governor, 24

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Public Works, act creating the Board of, [Illegible Text] 42 Pulaski county, part of Dooly added to 64 Pardon alteration of the constitution respecting 67 Presbyterian church in Macon incorporated, [Illegible Text] Poor in Burke and Elbert, act for their benefit, 102 Poor in Burke county, lottery for [Illegible Text] PUBLIC OFFICERS Mode of filling vacancies in county officers prescribed, 120 Salaries of the state house officers fixed, [Illegible Text] PENITENTIARY Accounts due the penitentiary how to be proved, 122 Penal code amended, as relates to costs on indictments, 123 Penitentiary report and resolutions in regard to attempt at revolt, 226 Poindexter, Jenny act for her relief, 141 Pierce, Lovick resolution for benefit of 180 Presidency resolution on the (recommending A. Jackson,) 137 Presidency resolution concerning election to the 198 Public Education and free schools report of the committee on 192 Public Printing contract for 220 Rabun county academy fund vested, 29 Richmond county, concerning jurors in the courts of 70 Roman Catholic church in Warren county incorporated, 76 Rabun county, concerning elections in 92 Reserves in the late acquired territory to be [Illegible Text], 108 ROADS Concerning work on the public roads in Richmond co. 126 Road laws of Glynn county amended, 127 Turnpike road from Athens to Augusta, [Illegible Text] Road laws of Elbert county, 128 Work on the roads of St. Catherines', 128 Concerning work on the public roads generally, 129 Concerning the roads in certain counties, 130 From Jenckes' bridge to Macon, commissioners for, appointed, 206 From the Locust Stake to the Currahee Mountain, 215 Rees, B. T. and T. S. act for the relief of 135 Reynolds, Levy act for the relief of 140 Rose, William to legitimate 148 RIVERS To provide for the improvement of the main rivers of the State, 154 For the improvement of the Savannah river, 154 Concerning the Savannah river within the jurisdiction of the city of Savannah, 156 Concerning the Flint and [Illegible Text], 158 Reserves, McIntosh, to be rented out, 220 Reserves in Houston county to be rented out, 224 State Bank charter of, amended, 40 Slaves, traders with, to be punished in Liberty county, [Illegible Text] Southern Circuit Superior courts of the 72 Securities on appeal and stay of execution, 99 Solicitors General an act concerning 104 Surveyors time of completing their work extended, 112 Sheriffs vacancies in the office of, how to be filled, [Illegible Text] Secretary of State, salary of the, fixed, [Illegible Text]

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Surveyor-General, do. do. 121 [Illegible Text], John and Floyd act for their relief, 144 Savannah river acts concerning the 154 , 156 Savannah river resolution concerning the 181 St Andrews' society incorporated, 159 SLAVES an act concerning 161 St Marys concerning the town of 175 Surveyor, of 11th dist [Illegible Text], required to perform certain [Illegible Text], 212 Tattnall county academy, act [Illegible Text] 6 [Illegible Text] academy incorporated 13 [Illegible Text] county, to explain the act laying out 60 Thomas county, the act organising amended 61 Thomas county, part of Lowndes added to 66 Testimony of Indians not to be received 67 Telfair, Inferior courts in 69 Taliaferro county, Superior courts in 73 Tattnall county, concerning elections in 87 Tax receivers collectors, vacancies in the offices how to be filled, 120 [Illegible Text] duty at elections, 165 Tarver Elisha, resolution in favor of [Illegible Text] Treasurer, salary of fixed 121 TAXES Tax act for 1827 165 Concerning the taxes of Baker county, 163 Do. do. Lowndes county, 164 An extra tax in Franklin county, 164 Concerning the duty of tax collectors at elections, 165 TOWNS Concerning the court house in Wayne county, 167 Sale of lots in Macon, ib . Timber near Macon, 168 To incorporate Crawfordville, 169 To amend the incorporation of Milledgeville, 172 Concerning Thomasville, 173 Public buildings in [Illegible Text] county, 174 Concerning St. Mary's, 175 [Illegible Text] and Frederica. act concerning ib . Concerning the town of Lexington, 176 Concerning the town of Jackson, 177 TREASURER Authorised to settle with L. Pierce, 181 Required to make detailed report to the next legislature, 200 Required to receive Darien money from collector of Emanuel county, 211 Required to refund money to Cunningham 222 Unitarian church in Augusta, incorporated, 75 Upson county, concerning elections in 92 Vendue Masters in Augusta, act concerning 177 Ware [Illegible Text] academy, act concerning 3 Washington academy in Bibb county, incorporated, 27 Washington county, part of added to Baldwin, 63 Wilkes county, concerning elections in 90 Warren county do. do. 96 Wilkes county, concerning the roads in 130 White Levi, act to pardon 138 Ware Alexander, act for his relief 151 Wayne county, concerning public buildings in 167 Wells Thomas F. resolution concerning 183 [Illegible Text] James, resolution concerning 184