Baptist Church of Christ in Fayetteville

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN
MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A BIENNIAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY,
1851-'2.
PART II.--LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS.
CHURCHES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.*

TITLE IV.
1851 Vol. 1 -- Page: 360

Sequential Number: 240
Law Number: (No. 240.)

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church in the town of [Illegible Text in the county of Cobb,
and appoint Trustees for the same; also, to incorporate Pisgah Baptist Church in the county of Floyd; also,
to incorporate the Baptist Church of Christ, in Fayetteville in Fayette county, and appoint Trustees for the
same.

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 David Dobbs, John M. Edge,
William H. Robert, T. D. Key, A. S. Smith, and William S. Tweedle, be and they are hereby constituted a
body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Marietta Baptist Church, in the
village of Marietta, and the county of Cobb, and that they shall have a perpetual succession, and common
seal, and they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law and equity, to
possess, purchase, receive, and retain to them and their successors, forever, any lands, tenements, rents,
issues, goods, and chattels, of any kind whatever, which may have been given to or purchased by the said
Trustees, for the use of said Church, and the same to dispose of in whatever manner they shall adjudge
most beneficial for the use thereof, and by the name aforesaid, shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, answer and be answered, in any Court of Law or Equity.

SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That all vacancies occurring by death, resignation, removal or otherwise,
shall be filled by said Church at a regular Church meeting, and that any [Illegible Text of the Trustees be a
quorum, and authorized to exercise all the powers granted by this Act, and that said Trustees shall have
power to make all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary to carry their powers into effect, not repugnant
to the Constitution and Laws of this State, or of the United States.

SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That Alvan Dean, [Illegible Text Dawkins, and Joseph J. Harden, and
their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the
name and style of [Illegible Text Baptist Church, of the county of Floyd, and as such may have a common
seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, recover and hold property conveyed to them, and transfer
and sell the same at pleasure, and that said Trustees and their successors, shall have power to fill

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all such vacancies that may occur in their body, and make such by-laws and regulations as they may deem
proper; Provided, The same are not contrary to the Constitution and Laws of this State, or of the United
States.

SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That John D. Stell, James J. Whitaker, John Murphy, Jeptha Murphy,
John B. Allen, William H. Hooten, and John Nash, and their successors, be and they are hereby declared to
be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of Trustees of the Baptist Church of Christ, at
Fayetteville, Fayette county, and by such name and style shall have power to hold, possess, and enjoy
property, real and personal, and transfer the same at pleasure, may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, and may pass any rules and by-laws for their government, not contrary to the Constitution and
Laws of this State, or of the United States, and said Trustees, or a majority of them, may fill any vacancy
that may occur in their body.


SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act, be and the
same are hereby repealed.

Approval Date: Approved, January 20, 1852.

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