MISCELLANEOUS LEGISLATIVE ACTS AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY, GA
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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.
Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE.
1826 Vol. 1 -- Page: 221
Sequential Number: 237
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.
Approval Date: Approved 22d Dec. 1826.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1842.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED In November and
December, 1842.
SHERIFFS AND OTHER OFFICERS.
1842 Vol. 1 -- Page: 162
Sequential Number: 163
Full Title: AN ACT to compel the Sheriffs, Clerks, Coroners, and all other officers of the county of Fayette, to advertise their proceedings in the Southern Transcript, or in the Milledgeville Gazettes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for all clerks, sheriffs and other officers of said Fayette county, and they are hereby required to advertise their proceedings in the Southern Transcript, published at Newnan Coweta county, or any public Gazette published in Milledgeville or Griffin.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 28th December, 1842.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1829.
RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE.
1829 Vol. 1 -- Page: 249
Sequential Number: 209
IN SENATE, Dec. 21, 1829.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Commissioners appointed to lay out and mark a large market road from Decatur in DeKalb county, to the town of Columbus, and the Surveyor employed by them be entitled to have and receive for their services on said road, the sum of three dollars each per day for the time they or each of them were engaged in said service, the commissioners to be paid by the Inferior courts out of the county funds of the
county in which they reside respectively: Provided they shall think fit to do so -- and the Surveyor to be paid out of the county funds of the counties of Muscogee, Harris, Meriwether, Fayette and DeKalb, each paying one fifth of said sum: Provided the Inferior courts of said counties shall think fit to do so, and it shall be the duty of the Inferior courts of said counties to draw orders on their respective county treasurers for the immediate payment of said commissioners and surveyor out of any money in the hands of said treasurers not otherwise appropriated.
Approval Date: Approved, Dec. 21, 1829.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1834.
TAX.
1834 Vol. 1 -- Page: 239
Sequential Number: 182
Full Title: AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Fayette county to levy and collect an extra tax for county purposes, not exceeding one hundred per cent. on the general tax, for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-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 from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Court of Fayette county, or a majority of them, to levy an extra tax upon the citizens and taxable property of said county, for county purposes, for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven: Provided, that said extra tax shall not exceed one hundred per cent. on the general tax heretofore levied and collected by authority of the laws now of force in this State.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the aforesaid tax shall be levied according to the provisions of this act, the same shall be collected in the same manner and under the same regulations as is prescribed by the existing laws of this State; and when collected shall be applied in discharge of the several debts now due from said county.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed, so far as respects the said county of Fayette.
THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB WOOD,
President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 20th Dec. 1834.
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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.
[missing title
Rivers.
1826 Vol. 1 -- Page: 158
Sequential Number: 158
Full Title: 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 Senate and 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 channel 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. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or
persons to obstruct by dams,
traps, or any other thing or things, any part or portion of said river so laid
off and set 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:
Provided, such obstruction
shall not be caused by freshets
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, 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. And be it further enacted, That Wyatt Heflin, Gilbert Gray ((GAY)), and
Manson Glace ((GLASS)) 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. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners or a majority of
them, shall have full power to
carry into effect this act within their several boundaries, by calling to their
assistance such number of the
free 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. And be it further enacted, 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. And be it further 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.
Approval Date: Assented to, [Illegible Text Dec. 1826.
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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
PASSED AT ITS SESSION IN JULY AND AUGUST, 1872.
PART II. LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS.
TITLE II. COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.
1872 Vol. 1 -- Page: 418
Sequential Number: 295
Law Number: (No. 295 -- O. No. 168.)
Full Title: An act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenue in
the county of Fayette, and to
define their powers.
Section 1. Be it enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, there
shall be established, in the
county of Fayette, a board of commissioners of roads and revenue, to consist of
five persons, as follows: J.
P. Shropshire, William Mathews, J. J. Gilbert, W. P. Redwine and John I.
Whitaker, whose term of office
shall be two years from the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. That the successors of the aforesaid commissioners shall be elected
every two years, by the grand
jury of Fayette county at its spring term, next preceding the expiration of the
term of office of the
commissioners aforesaid.
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Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That vacancies occuring from death resignation or
otherwise shall be filled by the
remaining commissioners; that the person chosen to fill the vacancies occurring
shall be commissioned for
the unexpired term of the outgoing commissioners, and hold office accordingly;
that no person shall be
eligible as a commissioner, under this act, unless he has been a resident
citizen in the county for at least one
year next preceding his qualification.
Sec. 4. That it shall require three of said commissioners to form a quorum for
the transaction of business,
and three must concur to pass any order or decree.
Sec. 5. Be it enacted, That said board shall have exclusive jurisdiction, when
sitting for county purposes,
over the following subjects-matter: 1. Governing and controlling all property of
the county, as they may
deem expedient, according to law. 2. In levying a general tax for general, and a
specific tax for specific,
county purposes, according to the laws in this State. 3. In examining, auditing,
settling and allowing all
claims against the county. 4. In examining and auditing the accounts of all
officers having the care,
management, keeping, collecting and disbursement of money belonging to the
county, or appropriated for
its use and benefit, and bringing them to a settlement. 5. In having exclusive
control of the county poor-farm and the paupers of the county, with the sole right of appointing a person,
who shall superintend the
farm and take care of the paupers placed under his charge, and the right to make
such rules and regulations
for the keeping and taking care of the poor and the management of the poor-farm
as they may deem best. 6.
In establishing, altering and abolishing roads, bridges and ferries, according
to law.
Sec. 6. Be it enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have the same
power of appointing road
commissioners and enforcing the road laws as is now held by the Ordinary of said
county, and shall
exercise such other powers as are granted by the Code of this State to said
Ordinary, or as are indispensable
to their jurisdiction, and shall have no jurisdiction save and except as to
county matters.
Sec. 7. Be it enacted, That said commissioners shall hold four regular sessions
annually: Provided,
nevertheless, That a majority of the same may convene a session whenever, in
their judgment, it may be
necessary.
Sec. 8. Be it enacted, That the Treasurer of the county aforesaid shall not
disburse or pay out any of the
funds of the county treasury on any order, unless the same shall have been first
countersigned by a majority
of the commissioners, except in the case of certificates of grand and petit
jurors.
Sec. 9. Be it enacted, That said commissioners shall have power to purchase, for
the county, such property
as may be sold for State and county taxes: Provided, That they do not pay more
than the amount of the
taxes and costs.
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Sec. 10. Be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall keep a written record
of all their proceedings, in a
well-bound book, and shall submit the same for the inspection of each grand jury
at its regular meeting.
Sec. 11. Be it enacted, That said board of commissioners shall, if they deem it
necessary, appoint a clerk,
who, with the commissioners, shall receive such compensation as the grand jury
may consider reasonable
for the services rendered: Provided, That it does not exceed two dollars per
day.
Sec. 12. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of the
Superior Court shall be ex-officio clerk of said board, subject to perform such services as may be required
of him by the board, for
which he shall receive such compensation as the board, by the recommendation of
the grand jury, may
determine to be just and proper, the same to be paid quarterly, by order of the
board, out of any moneys in
the county treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 13. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approval Date: Approved August 23, 1872.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN
MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A BIENNIAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND
FEBRUARY. 1853-4. COMPILED, AND NOTES ADDED, By JOHN RUTHERFORD.
PART I -- PUBLIC LAWS.
APPROPRIATIONS.*
1853 Vol. 1 -- Page: 9
Sequential Number: 006
Law Number: (No. 3.)
Full Title: An Act to appropriate money for the support of Government during the
political years 1854 and
1855.
1. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the
following sums of money be
and the same are hereby appropriated and set apart for the support of Government
for the political years
eighteen hundred and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and fifty-five, to wit: For
the payment of the salary of
his Excellency the Governor, three thousand dollars per annum for each year. For
the payment of the
salaries of the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller General, and Surveyor
General, sixteen hundred
dollars each, per annum, for each year. For the payment of the salaries of the
Secretaries of the Executive
Department, not exceeding three in number, twelve hundred and fifty dollars each
per annum. For the
payment of the Solicitors and Attorney General
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two hundred and twenty-five dollars each per annum. For the payment of the
salaries of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. twenty-five hundred dollars each per
annum. For the payment of
the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Courts of the several Judicial
Circuits of the State, the sum of
eighteen hundred dollars each per annum, for each of the years eighteen hundred
and fifty-four and
eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of nine hundred dollars be
appropriated as a military
fund, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four and one thousand dollars for
the year eighteen hundred
and fifty-five.
3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twelve thousand dollars
be appropriated as a Printing
Fund, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and five thousand dollars
for the year eighteen hundred
and fifty-five.
4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen hundred dollars
be appropriated for the
payment of the salary of the Physician and Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum
for the years eighteen
hundred and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and fifty-five, each, the sum of
seven thousand six hundred
and forty-five dollars, for the payment of the trustees, attendants and
servants' hire, treasurer and
subordinate officers for each of the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four and
eighteen hundred and fifty-five; and for the support of pauper patients in the Asylum, the sum of ten
thousand dollars per annum for
each of the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and
fifty-five.
5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars [for? each
of the years eighteen hundred
and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and fifty-five be and the same is hereby
appropriated to pay some fit
and proper person, to be selected by his Excellency the Governor, for winding up
and keeping in repair the
State House Clock; Provided, The person so selected shall keep the same in good
repair during the said two
years.
6. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars, each, per
day, be paid to the President of
the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives during the present
session of the General
Assembly, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles' travel in going to
and returning from the Seat
of Government; the sum of five dollars, each, per day, to the members of the
General Assembly during the
present session, and four dollars, each, for every twenty miles of travel going
to and returning from the Seat
of Government; Provided, No member shall receive pay for any time he may have
been absent without
leave, except [on account of? sickness of himself or family.
7. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Senate and
Clerk of the House of
Representatives be paid, each, the sum of five hundred dollars for the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-four;
Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarter's salary of either
until his Excellency the
Governor shall have satisfactory evidence that they have respectively made or
caused to be made and
attached to the Journals of their respective Houses, a good and sufficient
Index, and have carefully marked
and filed away all the reports of standing committees, and all other papers
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of importance connected with either House; the sum of seven dollars, each, per
day, to the Secretary and
Assistant Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the House of
Representatives; and the
sam of six dollars per day to the Journalizing Clerk of each branch of the
General Assembly during the
present session; and the sum of fifty dollars, each, to the Secretary of the
Senate and House of
Representatives for contingent expenses of their respective offices; the sum of
six dollars, each, per day, to
the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives
during the time they may
be actually employed in their respective offices, which shall only be allowed
them upon the certificate of
the Secretary of Clerk stating that he required their services, and that they
were performed as charged for.
8. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That six dollars, each, [per day? , to
the Messengers and Door-keepers of the Senate and House of Representatives during the present session.
9. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the Inspector of the Penitentiary
shall be paid the sum of five
hundred dollars per annum for each of the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four
and eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, and that the sum of eleven hundred dollars for the payment of the
State House Guard for each of
the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and fifty-five;
and the sum of five hundred
dollars per annum for the pay of Messenger to the Executive Department for each
of the aforesaid years;
and the sum of one thousand dollars be paid to David Cramer or some proper
person to be engaged by his
Excellency the Governor, for cleaning out the State House, sunning and dusting
carpets and airing the
rooms during the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four and eighteen hundred and
fifty-five.
10. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer be authorized to pay
from time to time the
officers of the Government, whose salaries are appropriated by this Act,
seventy-five per cent. of the
amounts for which services have been actually rendered at the date of such
payment, taking receipts from
said officers for the same, which receipts shall be his vouchers, and are hereby
declared as offsets to the
extent of said payments to the Executive warrants drawn at the end of the
quarter for said officers salaries,
and that the Treasurer be authorized to pay committee appointed to visit the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, the
actual expenses incurred by them, they rendering an account of the same.
11. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and eighty
dollars be appropriated to
pay the expenses incurred by the committee appointed under a resolution of the
House to examine the
Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and that the same be drawn by warrant of the
Governor.
12. SEC. XII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred dollars
be appropriated annually to
pay the Military Store Keeper at Savannah, for each of the years eighteen
hundred and fifty-four and
eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
13. SEC. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the mileage and per diem pay of
W. W. Arnold, deceased,
late a member of the House of Representatives for the whole of the present
session, be paid to the widow of
said deceased, and that Thomas C. Trice, a
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Representative from the county of Pike be and he is hereby authorized to receive
and pay over the same.
14. SEC. XIV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars be appropriated to
pay the Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville for each of the years eighteen
hundred and fifty-four and
eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
15. SEC. XV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be
and the same is hereby
annually appropriated and set apart to be used by his Excellency the Governor,
at his discretion, in
supplying and enlarging the Library with such books as may be required for the
years eighteen hundred and
fifty-four and eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
16. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred dollars be
appropriated for the salary
of State Librarian for each of the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four and
eighteen hundred and fifty-five,
and that it shall be his duty to take charge of and keep in good order the books
in the Library, and that he
make out and keep on hand a schedule of all the books in the same, and report
the same to his Excellency
the Governor, and that he shall be further required to receive from the State
Printer the Laws and Journals
of each session of the Legislature, and that the distribution of the same to the
various committees
[counties? shall be under his direction and discretion, and all receipts of
Clerks of Courts shall be given to
the said Librarian for such Laws and [Illegible Text as well as all other books
distributed, and that he be
required to file said receipts.
17. SEC. XVII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars annually
be appropriated to pay for
Stationery, &c., for the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of this State.
18. SEC. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighty dollars be and
the same is hereby
appropriated to refund a double tax paid into the Treasury by James T. Sansom,
executor of Thomas
[Illegible Text deceased, and that the Governor issue his warrant in favor of
said Sansom for that amount,
and that the same be paid over to Hon. Asbury Hull, of Clarke county.
19. SEC. XIX. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and
sixty-three dollars and forty-seven cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the Hon. J. W. H.
Underwood, for professional
services rendered the State.
20. SEC. XX. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars per day be
paid to each of the Clerks
authorized by resolution and allowed to various committees for the time they are
in actual service, and that
their accounts be audited and paid in the same manner as accounts of members of
the Legislature.
21. SEC. XXI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one [Illegible Text
hundred dollars be paid
James Dinan, of Bibb county, for capturing a negro charged with [the? crime of
murder, and that his
Excellency the Governor be required to draw his warrant for the same in favor of
Thomas Hardeman, one
of the Representatives of said county.
22. SEC. XXII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred and
forty-eight dollars and ninety-eight cents be paid William S. Jones for printing done for the State, and that
his Excellency
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the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury for the same.
23. SEC. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars
be and the same is hereby
appropriated to Joseph Sturgis, the State's Agent, for collecting the claims of
the State against the United
States, the same being for the amounte due him under his contract with Governor
Towns for his expenses
for two sessions of Congress, viz: the session of eighteen hundred and fifty-one
and eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, and the sessions of eighteen hundred and fifty-two and eighteen
hundred and fifty-three.
24. SEC. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy-six dollars
and fifty cents be and is
hereby appropriated to S. W. Minor, being an amount due him for printing done in
the years eighteen
hundred and forty-nine and eighteen hundred and fifty, and that
D. D. Denham, Representative from
the county of Fayette,
be authorized to receive and receipt for the same.
25. SEC. XXV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-nine dollars and
eighty-eight cents be
[and the same? is [Illegible Text appropriated to make up a deficit in the
commissions due [Illegible Text
Thornton, late receiver of
tax returns for the county of Fayette, for the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-two,
and that D. D. Denham,
Representative from the county of Fayette, be
authorized to receive and receipt for
the same; and that the sum of thirty-five dollars be appropriated to pay A.
Porter for a lost coupon of bond
No. 139, upon his giving a bond to the Treasurer to pay the original conpon,
should it ever be presented to
the Treasury, and that the said sum be paid to the Senator from Chatham, John W.
Anderson; and that the
sum of eighteen dollars and ten cents be paid to J. R. [Illegible Text tax
collector of Pike county for
eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for amount of tax of said county paid by him to
the State over and above
the amount on the Digest furnished him to collect by, and that the sum be paid
to T. C. Trice,
Representative from said county; the further sum of twenty-three dollars and
fifty [Illegible Text to Robert
C. Wilson, assignee of A. Chase, for sundry printing done the State and
Penitentiary, as per bill rendered,
and that the same be paid to A. Hull.
26. SEC. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars, with
interest at the rate of six per
cent. per annum, from the first of June, eighteen hundred and forty, be
appropriated to pay a certificate of
work done on the Western and Atlantic Rail [Illegible Text issued in favor of
H. L. Currier, and now
owned by James S. Simms, and that the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant
in favor of Willis
Willingham, Senator from the county of Oglethorpe.
27. SEC. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That the witnesses who have attended
in obedience to
subp[oelig nas before the Special Committee of the House to whom was referred
the memorial of James J.
Scarborough, containing charges against Abner P. Powers, as Judge of the
Superior Court of the Macon
Circuit, be paid the [Illegible Text of five dollars, each, per diem, during
the time they may have been in
attendance, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles they may have
traveled coming to and
returning
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from the Capitol, and the Auditing Committee of the House do ardit the accounts
of said witnesses; that
John A. Breedlove, Sheriff of the county of Baldwin, be paid the sum of five
dollars per day for services
rendered in serving subp[oelig nas, &c., in the matter of the memorial of James
J. Scarborough; and that
the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars be allowed to W. B. Terhune for his
services as Clerk of said
Committee, and that the Auditing Committee of the House do audit the accounts of
said Sheriff and Clerk.
Approval Date: Assented to, December 21st, 1858.
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* [Illegible Text NOTE -- The objects and amounts of appropriations vary too
much to specify, if useful --
for last General Appropriation Act, see Acts 1851-'52, page, 11 -- all previous
Acts under this head in Acts
1849-'50, in Cobb's Dig., Prince, &c. [return
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