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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT
MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION; IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1823.
Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE.
1823 Vol. 1 -- Page: 217
Sequential Number: 179
IN SENATE, Nov. 18, 1823.
Resolved, by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Georgia, in General Assembly
met, That the commissioners appointed by the last legislature to sell the
fractional surveys be authorised and required to expose to sale all the
fractional surveys lying in the county of Walton, which were within the ninth
district, formerly Henry County: Provided, Said fractions and islands shall be
advertised and sold upon the same terms and conditions as the fractional surveys
authorised to be sold by an act passed at the last session of the legislature.
Approval Date: Approved, Nov. 23, 1823.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
PASSED In November and December, 1842
COUNTIES
1842 Vol 1—Page 66
FULL Title: AN ACT to alter and change the line
dividing the counties of Pike and Henry, so as to include lots of land, numbers
sixty-four, sixty-five, sixty-six , and ninety-six in the third district of
Henry county, belonging to James T. Ellis, and William Ellis , in the county of
Pike
Section 1, Be it enacted buy 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 present
line dividing the counties of Pike and Henry, shall so diverge from its present
direction , as to include lots of land numbers sixty-four, sixty-five,
sixty-six, and ninety-six, in the third district of Henry county , belonging to
James T. Ellis and William Ellis, in the county of Pike.
Sec.2 And be it
further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all laws and parts of law
militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.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: Assended to 8th December, 1842
Extracted
By Bob Ellis Duluth Ga.
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ACTS OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1849-50.
1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 137
Sequential Number: 167
Full Title: AN ACT to add a part of the county of Henry to the county of
Butts, and to designate the time for holding elections for county officers in
the county of Gordon for the year 1850.
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 county line between the counties of Butts and Henry be and the
same is hereby altered so as to include the residences of A. P. Johnson, William
Young,
Page: 138
Andrew J. Grimmet, William B. Shields, Paschal H.
Jackson, Jonathan Collins, George R. Lewis, Minton Jinks, Jesse Hendly, Isaac N.
Bishop, and Martin Couger, now in the county of Henry, and that their residences
and the lands on which they now reside, be added to and become a part of the
county of Butts.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the persons included within the county of Gordon, entitled to vote for
members of the General Assembly, shall on the first Monday in May next (instead
of the first Monday in February next, as authorized by the act laying off and
organizing said county,) elect five Justices of the Inferior Court, a Clerk of
the Superior and Inferior Courts each, a Sheriff and Coroner, a Tax Collector
and Receiver of Tax Returns, and a County Surveyor.
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, February 23, 1850.
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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, 1858.
PART
I.--PUBLIC LAWS.
TITLE VIII. NEW COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.*
* For
act to locate and define the line between the counties of Berrien and Coffee.
see Cities and Towns, Title III, No. 139; being an act to amend the several acts
of force in relation to the incorporation of the town of West Point, in Troup,
&c. &c..... &c.—Section XI.
And for adding certain lots of Land, in the
4th district of Irwin, to the county of [Illegible Text].—See same title and
number, section X.
1858 Vol. 1 -- Page: 46
Sequential Number: 038
Law Number: No. 36.
Full Title: An act to change the line between
Henry and Clayton counties.
97. Section I. Be it enacted, &c., That the
line between Henry county and Clayton, be so changed as to include lots of land
number 248 and 232, in the twelfth, it being the residence of Thomas Gardner, to
the county of Henry.
98. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approval Date: Assented to, December 13, 1858.
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ACTS AND
RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, AT THE SESSION OF 1870.
PART I.--PUBLIC LAWS.
TITLE IV.
COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.
I.—NEW COUNTIES.
II.—COUNTY LINES CHANGED.
1870 Vol. 1 -- Page: 27
Sequential Number: 022
Law Number:
(No. 22.)
Full Title: An Act to change the lines between the counties of
Butts and Henry.
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the lines between
the counties of Butts and Henry be so changed as to embrace in the county of
Butts lots Nos. 126 and 91, now in the second district of Henry county.
Sec. 2. 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 October 25, 1870.
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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: 408
Sequential Number: 289
Law Number: (No. 289 -- O. No. 335.)
Full Title: An act to change the
county lines of the counties of Dodge and Telfair, so as to include lots of land
numbers 107, 134, 135, 136 and 137, in the thirteenth district of Dodge, in the
county of Telfair; also, the line between the counties of Henry and DeKalb, so
as to include in DeKalb county lots of land numbers 228 and 229, in the twelfth
district of Henry county.
Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of
Georgia do enact, That, from and after the passage of this act, the county lines
of the counties of Dodge and Telfair be so changed as to include in the county
of Telfair lots of land numbers 107, 134, 135, 136 and 137, now in the
thirteenth district of the county of Dodge.
Sec. 2. Be it further
enacted, That the county line between the counties of Henry and DeKalb be so
changed as to include in the county of DeKalb lots of land numbers 228 and 229,
in the twelfth district of Henry county, the same being the lands occupied by
Mrs. Elizabeth Cook.
Sec. 3. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approval
Date: Approved August 26, 1872.
LEGISLATION CONCERNING ELECTION DISTRICTS IN HENRY COUNTY, GA
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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, 1831.
[missing title]
ELECTIONS.
1831 Vol. 1 -- Page: 125
Sequential Number: 100
Full Title: AN ACT to establish election [Illegible Text] or districts in
the several counties hereinafter named, in addition to those already
established, at the several places therein specified, and to punish those who
may attempt to violate the provisions of the same: viz. the counties of Twiggs,
Washington, Franklin, Habersham, Madison, Henry, Stewart, Newton, Early, Jones,
Marion, Lincoln, Talbot, Meriwether, Hancock, Decatur, DeKalb, Fayette, Laurens,
Coweta, Carroll, Randolph, Heard, Greene, Bulloch, Clark, Campbell, and Hall;
and to repeal in part an act passed the nineteenth December, 1828, entitled an
act to establish and regulate district elections in the county of Talbot.
Sec. 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 passing of this act, it shall be
lawful to hold elections in the several counties hereinafter named, and at the
places therein severally specified: viz. for Governor, Electors of President and
Vice President, members of the Legislature, members of Congress, and county
officers.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding
elections in the county of Twiggs, shall be at Marion, the Court-House of said
county, as heretofore; also, at the house of Hartwell H. Tarver, the place of
holding court in Capt. Rainey's district, and at the house of Benjamin B. Smith,
the place of holding Justices Court in Capt. Bostick's district; and at the
house of Samuel M. Granbury, or the place of holding Justices Court in Captain
Samuel Strutman's district.
Page: 126
Sec. 3. And be it
further enacted, That the place of holding the elections in the county of
Washington, shall be at the Court-House and Muster Ground, in the ninety-fourth
Company District, Georgia Militia, they now being established at the store of
Wm. P. Hardwick, commonly called Davisborough, and that the same be established
in lieu of the election ground heretofore established at the house of Robert
Whitfields, in Capt. Whitfields' district.
Sec. 4. And be it further
enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Franklin, shall
be at the place of holding the Justices Court in Captain Royston's militia
district in said county.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
place of holding the election in the county of Habersham, shall be at the place
of holding the Justices Court on lot number forty-four, in the fifth [first]
district in said county.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
place of holding the election in the county of Madison, in addition to that
already established at the court-house, shall be at the place of holding
Justices Court in that part of said county that lies north of the north fork of
Broad River, which shall be considered to form one election district in said
county.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding
elections in the county of Henry, shall be at the house of William Brown, in the
district commanded by Capt. Kellum, in said county, and at the house of Francis
Miller the district commanded by Capt. Colquham, in said county; also at the
house of John Anderson in Capt. Smith's district; and at the place of holding
Justices Court in Capt. House's district, in addition to the others already
established in Henry county.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
places of holding elections in the county of Stewart, shall be at the house of
Galby Mathews, in the twenty-fifth district of formerly Lee now Stewart county;
and also at the town of Roanoak, in the twenty-second district of said county;
and at the court-house in said county of Stewart.
Sec. 9. And be it
further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Newton,
shall be at the store house of Robert Leeks, in the four [five] hundred and
forty-sixth district, and at the house of John Thomasons in the five hundred and
sixty-seventh district, and at the house of James E. Todd, in the four hundred
and twentieth district, G. M. in addition to the places already designated by
law.
Page: 127
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the
place of holding the election in the county of Jones shall be at the house of
Luke Roberts, in captain Winter's militia district in said county.
Sec.
11. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the
county of Early, shall be at the town of Fort Gaines in said county.
Sec.
12. And be it further enacted, That the two additional places of holding
elections in the county of Randolph, shall be, one at the house of Tilman S.
White, and the other at the house of Lee Jeffers, in said county.
Sec.
13. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the
county of Heard, in addition to the one at the court-house, shall be at the
place of holding Justices Court on the west side of the Chattahoochee, in the
fourteenth district formerly Carroll now Heard county, or at some place as said
Court may hereafter sit in said district, the same being established by the
commanding officer of the militia district.
Sec. 14. And be it further
enacted, That there shall be another election district in the county of Greene,
in addition to that held at Greenesborough in said couty, viz. at the house of
Littlebury Stovall, in the one hundred and forty-fifth militia district in said
county.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That there shall be another
additional election district in the county of Bulloch, at the place of holding
Justices Court in the forty-fourth militia district in said county.
Sec.
16. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the
county of Clark, shall be at the court-house as heretofore, and at the
store-house of E. L. Newton, in the town of Athens.
Sec. 17. And be it
further enacted, That elections as aforesaid shall be held at the following
places in Marion county and no other, to wit: at the house of Thomas Taylor in
the first district of said county, and at the house of Moses Hill in the second
district of said county; at the store of Wesley Williams, in the fourth district
of said county; at the house of Eli Brewer, in the thirty-second district of
said county; at the store of David and McIver in said county, and at the court
[house] in said county.
Page: 128
Sec. 18. And be it further
enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Campbell shall
be at the place of holding Justices Courts in the fifth district in said county,
in place of the house of Wm. Morgan.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the
general elections for Governor, members to Congress, Electors for President and
Vice President of the United States, members of the Legislature, Militia
Officers, and county Officers, to be held at the following places in the county
of Lincoln, to wit: at the store-house of John McDowell, in the village of
Goshen; at the court-house in [Illegible Text], of said county, and at the
store-house of William Curry, under the superintendance of two Justices of the
Peace, two Justices of the Inferior Court, or two freeholders, or a majority of
them, under such regulations and provisions as have been prescribed by an act
entitled an act to prescribe the manner of holding elections at the several
election districts in the several counties of this State, and to punish those
who may defeat or violate the election laws of force in this State, passed on
the 23d day of December, 1830.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That
the additional places of holding elections in the county of Talbot shall be at
the house of William Brooks, the place of holding magistrates Courts in captain
Dupree's district, of said county; also at the house of Gardner H. Davis, on lot
number one hundred and eighty-one in the fifteenth district of originally
Muscogee now Talbot county; also at the house of William Rushin, on lot number
one hundred and thirty-five in the twenty-fourth district of originally Muscogee
now Talbot county; also at the house of Caleb M. Norwood's, in captain Young's
district in said county.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act, the election precinct in the county of Hall,
formerly held at the house of Pleasant Hulsey, shall in future be held at the
fork store of Patrick J. Murray, in said county, under the same laws, rules, and
regulations as govern all precinct elections in said county.
Sec. 22. And
be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of
Meriwether, in addition to those already provided, shall be at the house of Mr.
Lanier, in formerly the ninth district of Troup; and also at the place of
holding Justices Courts in the first district of said county.
Page: 129
Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That an election district be, and
the same is hereby established in the town of Powelton, in Hancock county, and
that elections for Electors of President and Vice President of the United
States, of Governor, members of the General Assembly, and county Officers, and
members of Congress, shall be held at the house of Charles W. Callier, in the
town of Powelton, and that the elections held in said district, shall be held,
superintended, returned, and directed, according to the provisions of an act
passed the twenty-third December, 1830, to prescribe the manner of holding
elections in the several election districts in the several counties of this
State, and to punish those who defeat and violate the election laws of this
State; and that all the penalties prescribed in said act, are hereby declared to
be in full force, so far as relates to the violation of this law, in said
district.
Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be
lawful for an additional election district to be formed, and held at the house
of Lyman Shepherd, in the twenty-first district of originally Early now Decatur
county, under the rules and regulations of the general election laws for said
county now of force.
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That an
additional election district be, and the same is hereby established at the house
of James Dearmonds, in Rockbridge district, in the county of DeKalb, for the
like purposes, and subject to the same rules and restrictions as provided for in
the establishment of other election districts of said county -- any law, usage,
or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 26. And be it further
enacted, That there shall be two additional election districts in the county of
Fayette, one at the house of Wright Martins, in captain Lambert's district, and
one at the place of holding Justices Courts in captain Crook's district.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That an additional election district shall
be established at the house of James Lee, in the third district of Coweta
county, or the place of holding Justices Court in Captain Adkinson's district in
said county, under the same rules and regulation that govern other election
districts in the county of Coweta.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted,
That so much of an act passed the nineteenth of December, 1828, entitled "an act
to establish and regulate district elections in the county
Page: 130
of Talbot, as creates an election district at the house of [Illegible Text]
Cormack's, or the place of holding Justices Courts in Capt. John [Illegible
Text] district, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 29. And be it
further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be one
additional election district in the county of Carroll, at the place of holding
the Justices Courts in the ninth district of Carroll county, and all elections
held at said place shall be governed by the same rules and regulations that now
are in force regulating elections in said county of Carroll.
Sec. 30. And
be it further enacted, That the elections held at the places designated in the
counties in the foregoing sections, shall be superintended and conducted in the
same manner as provided by an act passed on the twenty-third of December, 1830,
to prescribe the manner of holding elections at the several election districts
in the several counties of this State, and to punish those who may defeat or
violate the election laws of force in this State.
ASBURY HULL, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.
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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.
1840.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED
IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1840.
ELECTIONS.
1840 Vol. 1 --
Page: 72
Sequential Number: 071
Full Title: AN ACT to
remove the Election Precinct from John Lovejoy's in the 12th district of
Henry county, to the House of Alonzo P. Morris, the place of holding
Justice's court in said 12th district of said Henry county, and to
establish an election precinct at Pittsburg or Berry's Store, the place
of holding Justice's court in the 6th district of said county of Henry.
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, that the election precinct at the house of John Lovejoy, in
the twelfth district of said Henry county, shall be and the same is
hereby removed to the house of Alonzo P. Morris, the place of holding
Justice's courts in the said twelfth district of the said county of
Henry.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all elections
heretofore held at the house of John Lovejoy, as designated in the above
act, be and the same shall be held at the house of Alonzo P. Morris, in
the said twelfth district of said county of Henry, and to establish an
election precinct at Pittsburg or Berry's Store, the place of holding
Justice's courts in the sixth district in the said county of Henry; and
all elections held at said precincts, shall be held at the same time and
in the same manner, and subject to the same laws and regulations
prescribed by law for the holding of elections at other precincts in
said county of Henry.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be an election precinct established under the existing laws
of this State, at the Muster Ground of the forty-sixth district in the
county of Bulloch.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all
laws and parts
Page: 73
of laws, militating against this act,
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS, President of the
Senate.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented
to, 23d December, 1840.
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ACTS OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50.
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1849 Vol. 1 --
Page: 137
Sequential Number: 167
Full Title: AN ACT
to add a part of the county of Henry to the county of Butts, and to
designate the time for holding elections for county officers in the
county of Gordon for the year 1850.
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 county line between the counties
of Butts and Henry be and the same is hereby altered so as to include
the residences of A. P. Johnson, William Young,
Page: 138
Andrew J. Grimmet, William B. Shields, Paschal H. Jackson, Jonathan
Collins, George R. Lewis, Minton Jinks, Jesse Hendly, Isaac N. Bishop,
and Martin Couger, now in the county of Henry, and that their residences
and the lands on which they now reside, be added to and become a part of
the county of Butts.
Aad be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the persons included within the county of Gordon,
entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall on the first
Monday in May next (instead of the first Monday in February next, as
authorized by the act laying off and organizing said county,) elect five
Justices of the Inferior Court, a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior
Courts each, a Sheriff and Coroner, a Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax
Returns, and a County Surveyor.
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, February 23, 1850.
ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50.
[missing title]
1849
Vol. 1 -- Page: 164
Sequential Number: 214
Full Title: AN
ACT to abolish, change and establish new election precincts in the
counties hereinafter named, and to confer certain powers upon the
Interior Courts, and to authorize three freeholders to manage and
superintend elections in certain cases.
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, an election precinct
be established at Long Cane post-office, in the county of Troup, to be
known as Long Cane precinct; and that the election precinct in Elbert
county known as the Academy precinct be changed and removed to the
factory at Anthony Shoals in said county; and that the election precinct
in the first district in the county of Irwin be changed and removed to
the Law Ground of said first district; and that an election precinct be
established at the house of Jas. Harrison, in the twenty-first district
of Stewart county; and an additional election precinct at Western's
Cross Roads, in said county of Stewart, in the nineteenth district; and
an election precinct be and the same is established at the house of
Thomas Majors in the 1034th dist. G. M. in the county of Marion; and
that the election precinct heretofore established at Choice's Store, be
and the same is hereby removed to the place of holding Justices' Courts
in the 415th dist. G. M., in the county of Gwinnett; and that there be
an additional election precinct established at the house of William
Kembell, to be known as the Locust Grove precinct, in Henry county.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That an election precinct be
and the the same is hereby established at Laney's Mills in the county of
Harris; and that the election precinct in the 763d dist. G. M., in
Thomas county, be removed and hereafter held on lot of land 398 in the
10th district of originally Irwin, now Thomas county, and at the place
of holding [Illegible Text] Courts for said district; and that an
election precinct be established at the place of holding Justices'
Courts in the 585th dist. G. M., Dooly county; and that an election
precinct be established at the house of Mathew Johnson, in Henry county.
SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That an election precinct be
and the same is hereby established at the house of Andrew Brownings, in
the county of DeKalb; and that the election precinct near the Courthouse
at Trickum in 807th dist. G. M., in Marion county, be and the same is
hereby removed to the house of Jesse Wall, 961st dist. G. M., in Marion
county; and that the election precinct known as Cross Roads in the 683d
dist., G. M., in the county of DeKalb, be removed to Lithonia post
office in said county and district.
Page: 165
SECTION 4.
And be it further enacted, That the precinct heretofore held at the
house of Michael McElwreath in the 730th dist. G. M., in the county of
Campbell, be and the the same is hereby removed to the place of holding
Justices' Courts in said district, any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That an
additional precinct is hereby established at Salem Academy in the 183d
dist. G. M., in the county of Lincoln.
SECTION 6. And be it
further enacted, That the places of holding Justices' Courts in each
militia district which now are or may be hereafter established in said
county of Heard, are hereby constituted election precincts, at which all
elections may be held.
SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That
the Inferior Court of the county of Heard shall have authority, upon the
application of a majority of the citizens of any militia district, to
remove any of the places of holding Justices' Courts and precincts to
any more central or convenient place in such district by an order of
court, which shall be entered on the minutes.
SECTION 8. And be
it further enacted, That the election precincts herein established, or
which may be hereafter established, shall be governed by the laws now of
force for governing elections.
SECTION 9. And be it further
enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be
established an additional election precinct in the county of Clark, at
the store of Thomas F. Lowe, and the name of said precinct shall be
called Rockwell.
SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the passage of this act, there shall be an election precinct
at Fayewell in the county of Marion.
SECTION 11. And be it
further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the
election precinct of the 763d dist. G. M., of Thomas county, shall be
fixed at the place where the Justices' Court for said district is held,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 12. And be it
further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, an
election precinct shall be established at the house of Noah Griffin, in
the 10th district of the county of Lowndes.
SECTION 13. And be it
further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore established and
known as Smith's precinct be, and the same is hereby removed to the
usual place of holding Justices' Court in the 434th dist. G. M.; and
also, that the election precinct heretofore established and known as
Tucker's Chapel precinct [Illegible Text] and the same is hereby removed
to the usual place of holding Justices' Court in the 570th dist. G. M.,
both of said precincts in the county of Hall.
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SECTION 14. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage
of this act, there shall be an additional election [Illegible Text] at
Tunnell [Illegible Text], in the 872d dist., G. M., in the county of
Murray; and also an additional election precinct at the house of Samuel
R. McCamy, in the 11th district of said county of Murray.
SECTION
15. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore
established at Holt Clanton's in the county of Columbia be, and the same
is hereby changed to the place fornerly known as Darby's, on the
Washington road, now owned by Henry J. Smith, in said county.
SECTION 16. And be it further enacted, That each place of holding a
Justices' Court in each militia district in the county of Dade is hereby
declared to be an election [Illegible Text] and all precincts now
established, which are not at a place of holding a Justices' Court in
said county, are hereby abolished.
SECTION 17. And be it further
enacted, That the election [Illegible Text] now held at the house of
Daniel Granthom, sen., be changed to the place of holding the Justices'
Courts in in the [Illegible Text] dist. G. M., in Irwin county.
SECTION 18. And be it further enacted, That the election [Illegible
Text] heretofore established at Teloga Springs, in the county of
Chattooga, be removed to the place of holding Justices' Courts in the
927th dist. G. M. in said county; and also that additional election
[Illegible Text] be established at Trio Factory, in the 870th dist. G.
M., and at Cooper Loveless' house, in the 5th district of said county of
Chattooga.
SECTION 19. And be it further enacted, That the
Inferior Courts of the several counties in this State shall have power
to establish election [Illegible Text] in their respective counties, not
to exceed one in each militia district, and to change the same upon the
recommendation of the Grand Jury.
SECTION 20. And be it further
enacted, That in each election [Illegible Text] in this State, it shall
be lawful for three freeholders to manage any election which may be held
in such district, in case there is no Justice of the Inferior Court or
Justice of the Peace present; and in any such case either of such
freeholders shall authorized to administer any oath which it is
necessary to administer for the purposes of such election; and the said
three freeholders shall certify said election, as in other cases, which
shall be as valid as if it had been [Illegible Text] by a Justice of the
Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace and two freeholders.
SECTION 21. And be it further enacted, That at said election [Illegible
Text] there may be held elections for Governor, Members to Congress,
Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, Members
to the State Legislature, and all county officers.
Approval Date:
Approved, February 11, 1850.
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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 II.--PRIVATE AND LOCAL LAWS.
ELECTIONS AND PRECINCTS.
1853 Vol. 1 -- Page: 345
Sequential Number: 381
Law Number: (No. 292.)
Full Title: An
Act to abolish, change, and establish certain [new] Election Precincts
in the Counties hereinafter named.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That after the passage of
this Act, the following election precincts shall be established under
the laws now regulating election precincts in this State, to wit: At
Tessentee Court Ground, in the County of Habersham, and at the place
called the Double
Page: 346
Ponds," in the one thousand and
sixtieth district, G. M. in the County of Ware; and at the house of John
M. Backers in the thirteenth land district in the County of Chattooga;
and at the house of Asa P. Vandaver in the County of Hall, in the three
hundred and eighty-fifth district, G. M.; and at Bryant's Law Ground in
Franklin County; and at the place of holding Justices' Courts in the
seven hundred and fifty-seventh district, G. M., of Macon County; also,
at Oneal's Mills in the county of Troup; also, at the house of Lewis
Smith in the county of Liberty; also, at the place of holding Justices'
Court of the nine hundred and fortieth district, G. M. in the county of
Chattooga; also, at the usual places of holding Justice's Court in the
five hundred and eleventh district, G. M. of Pulaski County; and also at
the usual place of holding Justices' Court in the Mineral Spring
District of Stewart County.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That in every place in the counties of
Baker, Randolph, Stewart and Carroll, where Justices' Courts are now
held, or may hereafter be held, shall be made and constituted election
precincts, in addition to places already established or that may be
hereafter established by legal authority, except the election precinct
in the nine hundred and fifty fourth district, G. M. in Randolph County,
and it is hereby abolished by this Act.
SEC. III. And be it
further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be an
election precinct established at Emanuel Crawford's residence, in the
tenth district G. M., of Effingham County; also, at Busbyville, in the
county of Houston; also, at Public Square, in the county of Green; also
at Fishdam, in the County of Elbert; also, at Lewis' Court Ground, in
the County of Troup; also at the house of Solomon O'Dell, in the eighth
district of Henry County; also, at the house of Stokes Joiner, at the
Town of Reynolds, in the County of Taylor; and also Fish dam ford, on
Broad River at the house of Thomas J. Bullard, in the County of Elbert.
SEC. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That each and every place of holding Justices' Courts in the County of
Sumter, be and the same is hereby made and created an election precinct;
and that the precincts now established in the seven [eight] hundred and
thirty-sixth district, G. M., in the County of Campbell, be and the same
is hereby removed to the place of holding Justices' Courts in said
district; and that the precinct now established in the eight hundred and
sixth district, G. M., in the County of Coweta, be and the same is
hereby removed to the place of holding the Justices' Court in the said
district; and that the election precinct now established at the house of
Zara Paulk, in the second district of Irwin County be abolished, and the
same be removed to the house of Silas B. F. Townsend in said district;
and that the election precincts held in the County of Pike, at the
places of holding Justices' Courts in the five hundred and fortieth,
five hundred and ninety-second, five hundred and fifty-first, and five
hundred and eighty first districts, G. M. in said county, be and the
same [UNK] are [UNK] hereby abolished; and that the election precinct
now established at Rosseau Spring, in the eighth district of Columbia
County, be and the same is [UNK] are [UNK] hereby removed to A. F.
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Candler's store, at Raysville in the tenth district of
said county; and that the precinct established at the house of "Golba
[Goba] Matthews," in the twenty-fifth district of the County of Stewart,
he and the same is hereby changed to the place of holding Justices'
Courts in said district.
Approval Date: Approved, December 20th, 1853.
LEGISLATION CONCERNING MAIL ROUTES IN HENRY COUNTY
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A SESSION
OF THE SAME, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1857. COMPILED AND ANNOTATED BY EDWIN N.
BROYLES.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, DURING A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HELD AT
MILLEDGEVILLE, IN THE YEAR 1857.
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1857 Vol. 1 --
Page: 330
Sequential Number: 371
Law Number: (No. 11.)
Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are hereby requested
to use their influence to have established a mail route from Doctor Town in
Wayne county, via. Holmesville, Ocmulgeeville, to Feronia, in Coffee county;
also, a tri-weekly mail line between Albany in Dougherty county and Fort Gaines
in Clay county; also a weekly horse mail from Little York to Boxville in
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Montgomery county; also a tri-weekly mail from Americus in Sumter
county to Vienna in Dooly county; also a weekly mail from Vienna in Dooly county
to Vineyard in Irwin county; also a semi-weekly from Carrollton to Boughton;
also a tri-weekly from Jonesboro to Stockbridge; in Henry county; also a
tri-weekly line from Palmetto to Carrollton via Rivertown and Chanceville; also
a tri-weekly line from Thompson, on the Georgia Railroad, to Lincolnton; also a
tri-weekly line from Clayton in Rabun county to Hiawassee in the county of
Towns; also a line to be established between the Savannah and Albany Railroad
and the Brunswick and Florida Railroad; also a tri-weekly line from LaGrange to
Franklin in Heard county. And that his Excellency the Governor, be requested to
have a copy of this resolution forwarded to our delegation in Congress.
Approval Date: Assented to December 22d, 1857.
LEGISLATION CONCERNING RAILROADS IN HENRY COUNTY, GA
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A
BI-ENNIAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY & MARCH, 1855-'56.
COMPILED, AND NOTES ADDED, By JOHN W. DUNCAN.
1855 Vol. 1 -- Page: 167
Sequential Number: 111
Law Number: (No. 111.)
Full Title: An Act
to incorporate the Middle Ground Rail-road, to provide for its organization, to
define its rights and liabilities.
1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, &c., That
for the purpose of constructing a Rail-road from or near the city of Covington
by way of Grffin, McDonough, Greenville and Hamilton to Columbus or to the
Alabama line near the city of Columbus, Doctor William D. Conyers, John M. Clark
of Newton county, Allen W. Turner, Joseph A. Thrasher and A. W. Walker of Henry
county, Archibald A. Gaulding, William R. Phillips, James W. Simmon, Augustus
Burr and Henry P. Hill of Spalding county, William D. Alexander and Giles Driver
of Pike county, Dr. Wimbish G. G. Howard, William Moreland, Peter Martin, Henry
Harris and R. T. Marks of Meriwether county, John Murphy, A. F. Johnson and
George H. Bryan of Harris county, Henry T. Hall, John C. Reese, George W. Winter
and Joseph B. Hill of Muscogee county, and such other corporations and
individuals as may be associated for the purpose aforesaid, and their assigns,
shall hereinafter be made a body politic and corporate under the name and style
of the Middle Ground Rail-road Company, and by that name shall be capable in law
to purchase, hold and sell so much real and personal estate as may be necessary
for said purpose, to make contracts, sue and be sued, make by-laws and do all
lawful acts properly incident to a corporation, or necessary and proper for the
transaction of the business for which it is incorporated to have and use a
common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure.
2. Sec. II. And be it
further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed three
million of dollars to be divided into shares of not exceeding one hundred
dollars each, and the Board of Directors shall prescribe the mode and conditions
of the subscriptions for the stock in said Company and direct the issue of
certificates for the same.
3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That
for the organization of said Company, the said persons herein before named, or a
majority
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of them, shall appoint the times and places at
which the subscriptions for the stock of said Company may be made, and shall
thereafter appoint a time and place for the meeting of the subscribers for
stock, of which they shall give notice in one or more of the public gazettes of
this State, at which time and place the Stockholders shall proceed to the
election of seven Directors, who shall constitute and form the first Board of
Directors; one of said Directors shall be elected as President thereof, and said
President and Directors shall hold their offices for one year, and shall
prescribe in their by-laws the manner of holding the subsequent annual elections
for Directors, and in all cases the Stockholders shall be allowed to vote in
person, or by proxy under power of Attorney duly executed; the number of votes
to which each Stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of
shares he, she or they may hold in his, her or their own right or as trustee at
the time of the election, one vote to each share, the said Board of Directors
shall have power to fill vacancies which may occur in their Board, or other
offices, until the regular annual election by the Stockholders, and shall fix
the compensation of the President of the Board, and all other officers of said
corporation; not less than five Directors shall constitute a Board for the
transaction of business, of whom the President shall be one, except in case of
sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place shall be supplied by any
one of the Directors present to be elected President pro tem., by a majority of
the Board present.
4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said
Board of Directors shall have power to select and take, or receive as donations
such strips of land as they may deem necessary for the construction, convenience
and protection of said Rail-road, and in case of disagreement between the owner
or owners, and the said Board of Directors in regard to the damages or price of
any such strip or strips of land; it may and shall be lawful for said Board to
appoint one disinterested freeholder as an appraiser, and the owner or owners of
said land, and the disinterested freeholder if he she or they should think
proper, and the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of the
county in which said land may lie, shall appoint another freeholder, but if such
owner shall decline to appoint an appraiser on his, her or their part, then two
shall be appointed by the Justices aforesaid, all of whom shall be sworn by a
Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace, to make and return to
said Court a just, true and impartial valuation of the value of the damages or
value of said strip or strips of land thus required by said Company, and their
award shall be in writing, and signed by at least a majority of the appraisers,
and accompanied by a plat and full description of said land which shall be taken
and held as a judgment for the amount against said Company, and may be enforced
by execution from said Inferior Court, and said plat and description of said
land, and said award shall be recorded in the same manner as deeds, and shall
vest the fee simple right to the said strip or strips of land in the said
corporation, Provided, that if either of said parties shall be dissatisfied with
the award of
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the appraisers he or she may appeal to the
Superior Court of the county where the land lies, and have the damages
ascertained by the verdict of a special jury, at the first term, and such
verdict shall be conclusive and binding on the parties.
5. Sec. V. And
be it further enacted, That the Company shall build and keep in good order
substantial bridges or ways of passage wherever it may cross a public road.
6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the books, papers and
correspondence and the funds of said Company shall at all times be subject to
the inspection of the Board of Directors and Stockholders at any and every
meeting thereof when required, and all bonds, notes and other evidences of debt,
or contract, or liability, or engagement on behalf of said Company, shall be
binding and obligatory on said corporation, when the same shall be signed by the
President of said Company, and countersigned or attested by the Secretary
thereof, and the funds of said Company shall in no case be held responsible for
any contract or any engagement, unless the same shall be so signed,
countersigned or attested as aforesaid.
7. Sec. VII. And be it further
enacted, That the private property of each Stockholder, equal to the amount of
his stock, shall be liable for the debts of the incorporation, in the event of
the neglect or refusal of the incorporation to pay any debt owing by the same,
the creditor or creditors thereof may sue the Company in their corporate name,
and upon obtaining execution against the Company, it shall first be levied upon
the corporate property of said Company, to-wit: the Road or any portion thereof,
the cars, &c., &c., which shall be first liable, and upon the return of the
proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution
may then be levied upon an amount of the private property of any Stockholder of
the Company, equal to the amount of his stock, if that be not sufficient to
satisfy said execution, then it may be levied upon the private property of any
other Stockholder, equal to his stock, and so on, until the execution is fully
satisfied, and in all cases the levying officer shall be the Judge of the amount
of private property necessary to satisfy the fi fa.
8. Sec. VIII. And be
it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish
semi-annually in some public gazette of this State, a full statement of the
names of Stockholders of said company, and the amount of stock owned by each,
and that any transfer of the stock so owned by each Stockholder, transferred
within six months prior to the obtainment of judgment against the company, shall
not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the
provisions and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section.
9.
Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That in case any Stockholder or Stockholders
shall be compelled under the foregoing section to pay off the execution or
executions obtained against the company, it shall be kept open for his, her or
their benefit, may be levied by him or them upon the private property of any or
all the
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other Stockholders in proportion to their respective
shares of stock.
10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That this act be
and remain in force for thirty years.
11. Sec. XI. And be it further
enacted, That the laws now in force in this State defining the liabilities of
Rail-road Companies for damage done to persons and property be, and the same are
hereby declared applicable to this Company.
Approval Date: APPROVED,
Feb. 19th, 1856.
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STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1859.
1859 Vol. 1 -- Page: 332
Sequential Number: 399
Law Number: (No. 328.)
Full Title: An
act to authorize the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company to
construct and extend their Railroad to some point on the Railroad of the
Muscogee Railroad Company; and to authorize and empower the Muscogee
Railroad Company, by and with the consent of the Thomaston and
Barnesville Railroad Company being first had thereto, to extend their
Railroad from some convenient point on the said Muscogee Railroad, to
Thomaston in Upson county; and for other purposes therein mentioned; and
also, to incorporate the Middle Georgia Railroad Company.
109.
SECTION I. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this act,
the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company be, and they are hereby
authorized to extend and construct their Railroad from Thomaston in the
county of Upson, by the most practicable route, to some point on the
Railroad of the Muscogee Railroad Company; and for that purpose, they
are authorized to increase their capital stock two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges as
to the right of way or otherwise, and be subject to all the duties and
liabilities mentioned and prescribed in the existing charter of said
Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company.
110. SEC. II. Be it
further enacted, That the Muscogee Railroad Company be, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered, by and with the consent of the
Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company first being had thereto, to
extend its Railroad from some convenient point on said Muscogee Railroad
to Thomaston, in the county of Upson, and that all the disabilities,
rights, powers, privileges and provisions granted said Muscogee Railroad
Company in its present charter, be extended so as to embrace said
extension; and that said Muscogee Railroad Company have the right to
increase its capital stock three hundred thousand dollars for this
purpose.
111. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That from and
after the passage of this act, John J. Floyd, John Harris, A. H. Lee,
Thomas F. Jones, McCormick Neal and R. J. Henderson of the county of
Newton, Gustavus Hendrick, B. W. Collier, R. G. Duke, B. F. Ward and J.
W. Harkness of the County of Butts, Robert C. Barnes and William H.
Thompson of the county of Jasper, William L. Fambro and Owen Willis of
the county of Monroe, Andrew W. Walker of Henry county, and Frank.
Reveire of Pike county, and their associates and successors, and assigns
be, and they are hereby declared and constituted, a body corporate and
politic, by the name and style of
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the Middle Georgia
Railroad Company; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State, may have and use
a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at pleasure; and may
purchase, accept, have, hold, enjoy and convey any property, real,
personal or mixed, which may be necessary or proper for the purposes,
herein mentioned.
112. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said Company shall have power and authority to
survey, lay off, construct, equip, use and enjoy a Railroad from the
terminus of the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad, at or near the town
of Barnesville in Pike county, to Covington in the county of Newton, or
some other point on the Georgia Railroad, as they may deem best.
113. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
the capital stock of said Company shall not be less than fifty thousand
dollars, nor more than one million of dollars; Books of subscription for
which shall be open at such times and places as a majority of the
parties named, their successors or assigns, shall determine.
114. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the act incorporating the
Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company, so far as practicable, shall
be applied to said Middle Georgia Railroad Company.
115. SEC.
VII. Be it further enacted, That the property or the net profits of the
Companies chartered in this act, shall be subject to such taxation as
the necessities, requirements and exigencies as the State may require.
116. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That work must be commenced within six years upon said
Railroads, from the passage of this act, else this Charter to be
forfeited.
SEC. IX. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approval
Date: Approved December 19th, 1859.
ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
1847 Vol. 1 Page 234-237
Full
Title: AN ACT to establish a Botanico-Medical Board of Physicians in the State,
and for the better regulation of the Botanic or Thomsonian Practice of Medicine.
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, no person or
persons, except graduates of the Southern Botanico-Medical College, shall be
allowed to practise physic or surgery on the Botanico or Thomsonian system of
medicine, or any of the branches thereof, or in any case to prescribe for the
cure of disease for fee or reward, unless he or they shall have been first
licensed to do so in the manner hereinaftter prescribed.
SECTIONS 2 – 14
. . . . . . . . .
SECTION 15. And be it further enacted. That the
following gentlemen shall constitute the Botanico-Medical Board of Georgia, as
contemplated by this act, to wit: William Fisher, M.D., James Buys, M.D., L.C.
Quinn, M.D., John T. Coxe, M.D., M.S. Bellenger, M.D.., J. Sinclair, M.D., L.
Blankston, M.D., James T. Ellis, M.D., and J. Bryan.
Charles J. Jenkins,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the
Senate
GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor
Approval Date: December 24, 1847
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LEGISLATION CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF SHEARER MINERAL SPRINGS, HENRY
COUNTY, GA
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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. 1840.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER, 1840.
INCORPORATIONS.
1840 Vol. 1 -- Page: 104
Sequential Number: 098
Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Shearer
Springs, of Henry county, and to constitute the resident Board of Trustees of
the Mercer University commissioners of the town of Penfield, and to define their
powers, and to tax showmen exhibiting in said town.
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 the lot of land in the seventh district of Henry county, whereon John
Shearer now lives, known as the Mineral Spring Lot, be, and the same is hereby
incorporated under the name and style of the Shearer Mineral Springs.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Shearer, Daniel
Nolley and William Beck, and their associates, be declared a body corporate, by
the name of the Shearer Springs Company, and that they, or their successors,
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or assigns, be capable to sue and be sued, in their corporate
name, and do other acts which a natural man may do, and to elect a marshal, or
other officers necessary to carry such laws as may be deemed by them for the
benefit of said corporation, and to elect, or cause to be elected successors at
any time there may be a vacancy or vacancies.
Sec. 3. And be it further
enacted, That the resident Board of Trustees of the Mercer University, and their
successors in office, are hereby constituted and appointed commissioners of the
town of Penfield, in the county of Greene, in which said University is situated;
and that they be, and they are hereby authorized to pass all by-laws, rules and
ordinances for the government of said town, and appoint all necessary officers:
Provided such by-laws, rules and ordinances shall not be repugnant to the laws
or Constitution of this State, or the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it
further enacted, That all showmen shall pay to said commissioners, for the use
of the town, a tax of ten dollars for each and every day they may exhibit in
said town; and that any person refusing to pay the same, shall be liable to be
indicted, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than thirty
dollars, at the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.
CHARLES J.
McDONALD, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 23d December, 1840.
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