ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN
MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1833.
CHURCHES.
1833 Vol. 1 -- Page: 44
Sequential Number: 027
Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain Churches and Camp-Grounds,
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 Joshua Sutton, Frederick Cannup,
Jesse Green, Willoby Barton, and Stephen Caudell, and their
successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body
corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the
Baptist Church, at Providence, in
Habersham county.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Joshua
Dasher, John Grace, William Grace, John Johnson, and Joseph J. Bell,
and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to
be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the
Pleasant Grove Camp-Ground, in the county of Tattnall.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
William Stovall, William Cox, Daniel McCollum, John Wood, and Reuben
Underwood, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate,
under the name and style of the Trustees of the
Baptist Church at Blue Creek, in the
county of Habersham.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Peter
Alexander, William Bailey, Alfred Hammond, Thomas Jones, and Richard
C. Adams, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby
declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Camp-Meeting ground in the
county of Elbert.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the
rights privileges and immunities which are conferred by an act
passed 27th December, 1831, upon the Newnan Methodist Episcopal
Church, be, and the same are hereby conferred
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upon the aforesaid Churches and Camp-Grounds: Provided, that the
Trustees of said Camp-Grounds, shall have power to pass such by-laws
and regulations, for the protection of said Gamp-Grounds, and to
remove all disorderly persons therefrom, as well as to suppress all
riotous conduct, as they may deem proper, if the same do not
conflict with the laws and constitution of this State.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Smith
Davenport, Abraham Rowan, Joshua Hames, William A. Slaughter, Philip
Pritchard, Duncan McKisaca, and Peyton Holt, be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Rock Spring Camp-Ground, in the county of
Putnam. And when any vacancy shall happen, by death, or otherwise,
the said Trustees shall fill said vacancy.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
corporate limits of said Camp-Ground shall extend a half mile in
each direction from the lines on which the tents are erected.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Augustus
H. Palmer, Creed M. Jennings, Rene Stone, William A. Drake, and
Joseph Sams, be, and they are hereby incorporated, under the name
and style of the Trustees of the Methodist Camp-Ground, near Monroe,
Walton county, and as such may have a common seal, and sue or be
sued, plead or be impleaded, and may receive and hold any property
conveyed to them, and transfer or sell the same, when they may
choose, and may fill all vacancies in their own body.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Thomas
Bivins, William Hathorn, Thomas Johnson, William Howell and Neal,
Urquhart, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby
declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the
Trustees of the Pondtown Camp Ground in Sumpter county.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That William
Blair, John Jordan, William Hendry, James J. Jordan, and Randal
Folsom, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby
declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the
Trustees of the Mount Zion Camp Ground, in the county of Lowndes.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Baptist Church in the village of Sparta, formerly known as the Fort
Creek Church, shall hereafter be known and called
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by the name of the Sparta Baptist Church, and that James Barnes,
John G. Gilbert, Lewis Barnes, Reuben Bullington, Robert Bird,
Daniel Garrott, John Garrott and James Thomas, 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 Sparta
Baptist Church, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any and all courts of
law and equity in this State, and are hereby authorized to make such
by-laws and regulations for the government, protection and enjoyment
of the property belonging or to belong to said Church, not
inconsistent with or contrary to the laws of this State, as they or
a majority of them may deem expedient, and that they may appoint all
necessary officers to execute such by-laws and regulations, and at
their pleasure remove them from office, and appoint others in their
place, and said Trustees shall and may have and use a common seal,
and make and enter into any contracts for the benefit of said
Church.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said
Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all
manner of property, real and personal, by gift, grant or purchase,
and all the privileges and immunities now appertaining to said
Church, and which may hereafter be acquired, and of holding and
enjoying the same for the use and benefit of said Church; and that
when Deacons of said Church shall be elected, all the property,
rights, privileges, benefits and immunities belonging to said
Trustees shall be vested in such persons as shall be elected
Deacons, and they and their successors shall have, hold and enjoy
all the property of said Church, as Trustees of said Church, and
shall thenceforth be known for all civil purposes as the Trustees of
the Sparta Baptist Church, and shall be invested with and have and
enjoy all the property, rights, privileges, benefits and immunities
appertaining to said Church, and hereby granted to the persons
herein before named and their successors, and the functions of said
persons named herein, shall thenceforth cease: Provided, that they
shall not be authorized to alien or convey any property of said
Church, without the consent of a majority of the male members
thereof.
THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB WOOD,
President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 23d Dec. 1833.
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