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people of South Carolina, ami have consented! The power of the Preaidrnt, so tar ns this | and the proud hnpee of the future. Smith Car
lo abandon their duty to the State, no one know* subject is embraced, in relation to tho Army j oliua should bo rnldlv all unioned to Iter fate,
better thui the Presid 'nt hiinsclf.that theymight and Navy, is exactly coextensive with that | and reduced to subjection, by an unholy com-
have been honored with the htgln st ni.inilcs- over the militia. Rv the 1st section oflhe Art bmation amant! her sister Stales—which is
tations of public regard, and perhaps instead of <*f3J Mareli 19(17, it is expressly provided, j believed to he
hems the objects nf vituperation, might even that in nil cases of “ nlig'ruction to the I
itterlv impossible—and the
doctrines promulgated by the president nro to
LIST OF ACTS
Passed hi/ Hie Legislature of Georgia, at the
.Session held in November and
December, 1932.
An ucl to a|>|iomi uu atitiiuonat number of Lolten
Com.niHsiont.'n), lor the paipuaool expediting the draw -
, iii- si u- piv_ .. e. . . . . , . ■ r - ■» ' • i trOHMiiHSionors, ior uie uuipose oi uxiiouiiiiii; me
have been basking in the sunshine of hxer- n f t|, e t. S. or of nnv individual Mite, where j become the foundation* of a now system ce- j |IU| ol luc a(ll ] L dt ,V, Lou cries oi tun State,
. 'Tliiu tnnir' u n 111 ■■ l.v, I tn ntnrnlv' '. ■ • «*««• .1 11. _ . J . * 11 z* 1. si... I . it ■ 1 1 1 1' — . Is . . . . . _ . ... .... 1 c .
favor. This topic is alluded to, merely j| is lawful for the President to call f>r'h the jimmied by the blnod of our citizens, it matters I
fur tho purpose 01 guarding the people ol oar militia for the purpose of raising tlm laws to j not .what mav he nnr lot. Under such Gov-1
ru-t-'r States against the fatal delusion that South he duly executed, n shall he lawful for turn
t'dina has assumed her present position un-' em ,,|„ v f„ r the same purpose, such p in
der the influence of a temporary excitement; |. 1IM » r , r nn ,v,| f,, rPK of the United States,)* mn
and to warn them that it has been the result of | be nc.-ossnrv, having first observed nil ill
the slow blit steady progress of public opinion . pr p. r e^,nsiies of the law in mat 1
for the last tell years : that it is the net of the ' ,j oir |iien „ ap ,, n ,|, „ ,|„
ti-ople themselves, taken in conformity with the ;
rv assemblies ; nod the solemn detertnina-
!"• • tiie Legislature, publicly announced
meic t tail tw o years ago. Lot them not so far
d . ce themselves on this subject as to pt-rse-
wr. in a course which must in the end inevita
bly produce n dissolution of the Union, under
tii v iin expectation that the great body of the
p elc of South Carolina, listening to the conn-
etis of the President w ill ticdnowledge their er-
n 1 nr retrace til tr steps : and still less that they
will I" liven from tiie vindication of their rights
b ■’ ' •> mini.ilion of the danger of domestic dis-
c.-ri. and threats of lawless violence. The
I rave men who have thrown themselves into the
hie lit, in defence of the rights and liberties of
th« ir country are not to he driven from their ho
ly purpose by such means. Kven unmerited
obloquy, and death itself, have no terrors fin hi 11
1 tiels ami knows that lie is engaged in theper-
b.e
rnmenl ns there
f tho jeould he no security either for our persons or
our property.
Hut there is one consolation of which in
spec 1.”—' the providence of God.no people can be de-
Pres.dent priced without their own consent. The proud
. resolved to disregard all ennsiilolionnl ohli- [consciousness of having done their duly. If
! *l’’ r,: resolutions repeatedly adopted in their „ B |j,ins, and to trample the laws of iiis country j mir rountrv most lie enslave.I, let her not he
tinder Ins feet he lias no authority whatever to j dishonoured hv her own sons ! Let them not
use lon e against the Stnlo of .Snntb-C'arolina. )•* forge the chains themselves 67 '.chick their
and should lie attempt to do so, the patriotic 1 liberties are to be inanaclctl.”
citizens of this Sinto, know too well their own ■ The President h is ininn iled in his Proula-
rtghts, and have loo sacred a regard in their | (nation that a “standing Army” is tiboot to
dalles, to hesitate one moment, in repelling; ne raised to carry secession into effect.—
invasion, come from wh.it qutir'*r •' tniv.— j South Carolina desires that Iter true position
('mild they lie deterred by the threats of law-1 shall be clearly understood both at home, and
less liolon e, or any ati|irehen>ioii of cuise- ahroatl. Her object ts not “ disunion”—she
cpieuees from the faithful performance of their j lias raised no “ s anding \rrny,” nod if driven
duty, they would feel that Kiev were the tin- ] to repel invasion or resist aggression, she wll
worthy descendants of the “ Pinckneys, Sum- do so by the strong arms and stoat hearts oi
lers, and Rutledges, and n thousand other | her citizen*. South Carolina has solemnly
names which adorn the pages of our rovnlu- j proclaimed her parpase; that purpose s the via-
tmnnry history,” some of whom have just gone dication of her rights. She has professed n ein-
I’roin among us, and been gathered to their fa-1 eere attachment to the Union ; and that to tho
Iters, leaving as a legacy their solemn in junc- | utmost of Iter power she w ill endeavor to pre-
non that we should never abandon this conto*t j serve it, “ hut believes that for this end it is her
An act la uuiiiurizj u certain class of persons who
went untitled to a oratv in Hie Isold and Land Lotlc-
22u
ltd lie no liberty, so there
passuti 22t
1, tint win
furtnaneo of a sacred doty. Tho people of
South Carolina are well aware that however
passion and prejudice may obtain for 11 sea
son the mastery of the public mind, reason and
jo tt 0 mast sootier or later reassert their cm-
5*:- aa.i that w hatever may bo the event of this
co;n -t, pcsterity will do justice to their motives,
in- 1 to the spotless purity and devoted pariot-
111 n wi h which they hnve entered into an urdti-
o'.i • and most unequal conflict, and the iinlhlter-
i:tg courage with which, by the blessing of I lea
ven tiicy will maintain it.
i ho wliolo argument, so far ns it is design
ed nt this tuno to enter into it, is now dtspos.
ed of: nnd it is necessary to advert to some
pa sages ill tho Proclamation which cnimot he
pa--ed over ill silence. The President dis
tinctly intimates flint it is his determination tr
exc-t the right of putting down the opposition
ol ''outh-Carolinn to the 'I'tiriir, bij force of
.'Inns. Ho believes himself invested with
power to do this under that provision of the
Constitution which directs him "to take cure
that the laws I10 faithfully executed.” Now
if by has it was only meant to bo asserted that
umlor the laws of Congress now of force, the
President would feel himself bound to aid the
civil tribunals in tho manner therein prescri
bed, supposing such laws to he constitutional,
no just exception could bn taken to this asser
tion nf Uxeeiiiivo duty. Rut if, ns is ni iiii-
t. * !v intended, the President sets up the eliiiin
ta judge far himself in what manner the laws
are to ho enforced, and feels himself at liberty
to call forth tho militin, and even tho military
and tiiivnl forces of tho Union, against the
Slate of Sonlli-Carolina, her constituted uu-
thorite’., and citizens, then it is clear that he
assume.* „ power not only not conferred on the
Executive by the constitution, hat winch be.
■ to no despot upon earth exercising n less
u authority Ilian the Autocrat of,all the I f<
until we shall huve obtained “ c.frcsh under
standing of the bargain," nnd restored the It-
' crttes for which they fought nnd hied. O1I1-
■rs still linger among ns, unimating us hv their
example, nnd exhorting us to maintain that
solemn Ordinance .and Declaration," which
Kiev have subscribed with tlitnr mvn names,
md in HUpporl of ivhteli they have “pledged
1 heir lives, their fortunes, mid their sacred
(inn or.”
The nnuals which record the struggles of
freedom, show us that Hitlers in every ago nntl
every country, jealous of llietr power, have
resorted to the very sitinn moans to extinguish
in the bosom of man that noble instinct nf F,i-
beriy which prompts him to resist oppression.
The system hy which Tyrants in every ago
have attempted to obliterate this sentiment
and to ririish the spirit of the people, consist*
ttt the skilful employment of promises mid
threats, in alternate efforts to encourage their
hopes and excite their tears—to show that ex
isting evils are exaggerated, the danger of re
sistance great—anu the difti aillios in the way
of success insuperable ; nnd finally to sow
dissenlioiis among the peopln by creating jeal
ousies mid exciting a distrust of those whose
counsels nnd example may lie supposed to
have an important bearing on the succoss of
their cause.
duty to watch over and oppose any infraction of
those principle which constitute the onlv basis
of that union, because a faithful observance of
them can alone secure it* existence ; that
slut venerates tho constitution and will
protect and defend it,‘ against every aggression
either foreign or domestic,’ hut above all, that
she estimates as beyond all prico her LIBERTY,
which she ,s unalterably determined never to
surrender while she his the power to main
tain it.”
The President denies in the most positive
terms tho right of a State under any circum
stances to s.-cedo from the Union, nnd puls
this denial <10 the ground “ that from the lime
the States parted with so many powors ns to
ronsliiule jointly with the other Slates n
single nation, they cannot from that period
possess any right to secede." What then
have tailed, iicgiccicu, or uuuitud Lu give 111 UilIi
as.nes,or wuiosu names lhuu*u given in, are nut pla
ced 111 me nliucls ul me Gum ai d Land LuUcncs ,
liereulter to give in me same; audio malic valid cer
tain draws ul heads ul tamdies, and lur other purposes.
An eel lu upprupriaie money tu meet the vuriuus ex
penses of Inu Laud and liuld LuUcrics.und lu puy the
arrearages lur surveying the Lund and Isold region in
Cherokee county, ana to tix tiie cumpensallun of tire
matin; i,eiiiiiii»*iuners,clerks, buys, and dour keeper,
cuipiuyed hy them.
An ucl tu lepeul ati act entitled “ an act to abulish
Penitentiary imprisumncntiu tins male, except lu cer
ium eases, tu enunge the mode ut punishment lur
dimes and misdemeanors, and far oilier purposes,”
passed If till Dec. 1831.
An ucl tu lay uut a new division of Georgia Militia,
out ut the second brigade of the uiiitli Division.
An act to pardon iv itiiaui Peardon ut Pike county.
An act to add parts of the counties ol Habersham
ana Hall to the county ot lihciokee, and 10 divide the
said county ot Cherokee tutu 'Pen counties; and to
provide tor lltc organization o! tile suiiie.
An act ta alter and umcnd uu act passed the 'liil
Dec. 1828, so lur as respects the poor school fund tor
me county ul Montgomery.
An act lo alter and amend ” an act to incorporate
the Independent Presoytenan Church, in the luwn of
Si Mary’s,” passed go ill Dec. 1828.
An act to compel the 1 reasurer and Inferior Courls
ot thu several counties m tins .Male tu receive fiom
lax Collectors m cerium cases, bills of the Bank of
Alacoo lur tuxes due oy tliein tu tiie State and counties
lur tile year Is31, and cullectcd during the year 1832,
An act tor thu reitet of the orphans ot William Bond
deceased, and lo make valid draws fur them pul in lur
iho Laud and Gold Lotte,ijs^and to require the Land und
Goto Lottery Commissioners and Clerks, to luke und
subscribe un oain before they enter un the tnrllicr du
ties ol llietr appointments, and to require of the said
Lottery Commissioners to give bond und security lur
the luilhlul performance of their dunes, and to provide
tor llicuppumtmentoi Clerks tor the said Lotteries.
An act to define the rights and nubilities ul inlortners
who may return fraudulent draws ut the present Gold
and Land Lotteries.
W tiers a person lakes out a grant for the purpose of
returningu tract ot Land, he shall have ttic exclusive
nglii ol returning it f„ r tlitrty days.
J lie niturmaiil to be liable lor costs if the defendant
isiosulveoi.
Whire the lot has Indian improvements on it, no
gran , but ari executive certincute to issue, on which
tiie cause may proceed.
An act to compel the Clerks of the Superior end In-
reinnitis of those “ rights of (lift States” for; f® rlur Dourts ot Lee County to keep their ollices at the
which tho Prnsiden! prilossos so "high (trover-1 1 UU3UI “ said county, or within one mile of the
once.” In tvhitt d.) they consist? And by
what tenuro are they held ? The uncontrolled I Delimb.
An act to compensate Petit Jurors in the county of
of Iho federal government. Lilm any
other petty corporation, tho Stains muy exert
An act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior
uut ot Jasper county to purchase or hire uegtues for
ills improvement ut the roads and bridges in sntdenuo-
; iii i 1 auu uriuues in suiu eouii-
mich powers and such only ns may be permit-, ty, a.miubur.ow m ,ney to carry said object info effect,
led hy their superiors. When they step be- An act to authorize the Governoi to issue a plai and
yond these limits,even n federal nfli er will set I *?. 1 tuv ' 9 A1| ller, lor Lot of Land, number ninety,
at nought their decrees, repeal their solemn or- 8LL<mJ (2d) dial, third (3d) section,
dmnnees, proclaim llietr citizens to he the
Traitors, and reduce them to subjection hy
military force ; and if dr; . on to desperation,
thay .should seek a rcliige in secession, they
are to he told lit it they have bound themselves
to thoso who have perpetrated or permitted
llnso enormities, in the iron bonds of a “ per
petual Union.”
known as Troup county.
An act to incorporate a volunteer company of Caval
ry, under the name of the Gainesville Dragoons.
An act to Lcfinc the line between the comities of
Marlon and lalbut, and to add a part of Marion to Tal
bot county.
An act to incorporate the Clear crcelt Methodist
Lpiseopal Church to DeKalb county, on lot -17, ui the
1 fill dial, ot said countv, and to appoint'Trustees for
the same.
... . , An act to exempt the citizens of Talbot countv from
II these principles could be established, then Working and keeping ill repair tor the distance of one
indeed would the days of our liberty be tium-11 1 . 1 ' 1 Illllc hour the river, till roads leading to ferries
J - ‘ I Hint rtve-
Un
xli ar.it!erl slavery.
row, r ivb ttshever lo execute the Laws,except
in the mode and manner prescribed by the
Laws themselves. On looking into these
J-uvs, n will he seen that hchn * no shudou or
tt. hit.to ofauthority to cxecuto any of the
threats »r. hlie lias thrown oulgninst llie good
people ot Snuih-Carolina. Tho Act of 2311
F’liini-v, 1 v.15, given the President auliiurity
to i nli forth the militia in case of invasion “ hy
it foreign main or Indian tribe.” Ry tho 2nd
section of that Act, it is provided that “ when
ever tho Laws of iho United Stales rthnll lie
opposed, or lip. execution thereof obstructed
in any State, by cnnihitiaiiont too powerful to
1 irese, with animated appeals lo the loyalty
ul tiie people, and tin imposinz array of mill'll-
ry force, constitutes llio mentis by which the
people have in every ngo been redocml to sla
very. When wc turn to the pages of our own
history, tve find that such were tho inoasuri's
rosorteJ lo at iho commencement of onr own
glorious revolution, to keep onr fathers in sub
jection to Great Rritnin; nnd such are the . . i
IUCUIH now lined lo induco tlic people of Cur- l,er ^ nml the republic will lisivo found a An uaVo authorize the
lirt.1 I o “ rdrucc their slips," und lo rein tin master* II South Carolina had not nfroud v f of the county ot’.Monroe,
taken her stand ngains' the usurpation of hy Kucliel Vardctnan
iho federal
appto
r dcgrutled colonists, governed not
n authority, which, if submitted to, j reference to titeir own interests lint, tho inter-
ttce reduce the free people of these esls of others, (lor Futhers were told, as tve
ati'ii to state o( the most abject and now arc, that their griovate es were in a gro 0
l!ul the President has no | me i«ure iinagiimry. Tlo-v worn promised, ns
we have been, that ilm-m grieveanees sltould
be redressed They wore told, ns we now
are, that i(n> |i»tqile worn misled-by a few de
signing men, whose object wits a ilisolntion
ol tin- Union, nnd their own self-aggrandize
ment—They were told, ns wc now are, of the
Danger that would ho incurred bv disobedi
ence to the Laws. The power nnd resources
nf the Mother Country were then, ns now, ns.
tontalinuslv displayed in insulting contrast
with tho scattered population and feeble re
sources on which wo could alone rely. And
the punishment due to Treason nnd Rebellion
weru held out ns the certain futo of all who
should disregard the paternal efforts of their
R"\ *1 M aster lo bring li n k his erring children
o thu arms of llietr indulgent Mother. They
were eonmmnded, os we have been, to “ re-
irico their steps.” Hut though divided among
themselves to tt greater extent linn tve are
now, without on organized Government, and
desiitute of urma mi l resources nf overy des-
iription, they hid dctintii e to the tyrant’s potv-
er, und rufused nliethonee to his emntnunds.
They incurred the legal guilt of Rebellion, nnd
braved the dangers, both of tho scafTnld nod
the fluid, in opposition to tho colossal power
ol llietr acknowledged sovereign, rather than
submit to Iho imposition of taxes light nntl in-
considerable in tliemselvos, hut imposed tnl/i-
out their consent Jbr the benefit of others. A nd
what is our present condition ? W. '
ed hy the ordinary course of judi
cial proceedings, or by the powers vested in
the marshals hy this Act, it shall bo law I'ul
for tho President of the United Suites to cull
forth the militia ol sucli Stale, or of at:: other
State or Srates, a* may be neeossmy to sup
press aiicli emnbinatieus, and lo cause the
La* * to bp duly executed."
The words here used, though they might
be supposed t«. tie very comprehensive in l> cir
import, are restrained by thoso which follow.
Rv the next section it is declared that “ when-
ev. i it riNiv be necessary in tho judgment of
the PresidHut to use tire military force hereby
dneet, d io he called forth, tho President slmll
forthw ith, bv Proclamation, command such in
surgents to Disperse and rotiro peaceably to
their respective abodes within a limited lime.”
On reading those two sections together, it is
manifest (hat they relate entirely to combina
tions of individuals acting of themselves with
out any lawful authority. The constituted
authorities ai ling undnr the lawa of the State,
and its citizens yielding obcdienco to its coni-
m inds, oamiot possibly he considered as a
tn-ie o.nb forming combinations against the
authorm and laws of the Union, lobe disper
sed hy an Kxecutivo Proclamation, and any
ntte’t>|ii so to irent them would lie a gross and
palpable violation of the sovereign author ily
ot the Stale, and an offence punishable ertnti-
nsllv in her own Courts. Whether tho lain
PioelWmalion oflhe President was intend d as
a compliance with the provisions of this act,
doc* not very clearly appear, lint if so, it can
only ho considered a* directed against the
Slate, since the Laws of iIip United Styles
have certainly not been forcibly obslrurled by
combinations of my sort, and it is certainly
worthy of observation that the command exten
ded to the peoplo is not that they should dis
perse, but thot they should re-assemble in Con-
veution and repeal the obnoxious Ordinance.
government, hero would hnve
been tin occasion, when she must have felt
horsclf impelled hy every impulse of patriotism
and evert- sentiment of duly, to sittud Ibrih, in
open defiance of the arbitrary decrees of the
executive, when a sovereign Stale is denoun
ced, her authority derided, Iho allegiance nf
hor citizens d-uiiedptiid she is threatoned with
military power to reduce tier to obedience lo
the will of t.tio of thu functionaries of thu
federal government, by whom she is comman
ded to “tear from her archives” her most.so
lemn decrees—surely the lime has come when
it musi bo seen whether tho people of tho sev
eral States hnve indeed lost tho spirit of the'
revolution, nnd whether thoyure to become the
willing instruments of on unhallowed despo
tism. Iu such a sacred cause South Carolina
will feel that she is striking nut for her own,
hut the liberties of the Union and the rights
of MAN, nnd sho confidently trusts that the
issue nf this,■oiliest will he nn example to free-
men and a lesson to rulers throughout the
world.
Fellow-citizens—In the nnmc and bo
Imlf oflhe State of South Carolina, I do onco
more solemnly warn you against all attempt
to sedaco you from your primary allegiance to
the State—I charge you to ho faithful In
your duty ns citizen* of South Carolina, nnd
earnestly exhort you to disreg nrd thoso “vain
menaces” uf military force, which, if the Pres,
ident, in violation of all Ins constitutional ob
ligations,nnd ofyotti- most sacred rights, should
ho tempted to employ, it would become your
mn duty nt nil hazards to resist. I require
litivc an
orguaized Government, nnd n population three | *° ho Fully prepared, lo sustain the dignity
times as grout as that which existed in ’70. I °"d protect tho liberties nf the Stalo, if ncod
We are maintaining not only the ligh’s and ,K! > ' Vl, h your “ lives and fortunes.” And may
liberties of tho people, Imt the Sovereignty of great and good IIeing, who, as a “ father
our own Stale, against whose authority'rebell
ion may lie committed, hut in obedience to
whose commands no man can commit treason.
!>e nro struggling against unconstitutional and
oppressive taxation imposed upon us not only
without nnr consent, hut in di-flanrn of our
repealed remonstrances and solemn protests.
Iii such a quarrel our duly to our cuurilry, our
selves, arid our posterity, is ton plain to be
misluken. Wo will stand upon the soil of
(..'aroliiiu and maintain tho sovereign authority
of the State, or lie buried beneath its ruins.
As unhappy Poland fell before the power of
tho autocrat, so may Carolina lie crushed by
the power ot her enemies; hut Poland was not
surrounded by free nnd independent Sla'es,
interested, liko herself in preventing tho estab
lishment of tho very tyranny which iliov are
called upon to impose upon a sister Stnlo. If
in spito of our common kindred, and common
interest, the glorious recollections of tho past,
curetli fur Ins children." inspire us with that
HOLY ZEAL IN A GOOD CAUSE, which IS tile bos
safe-guard of our Rights and htnEKTiES.
In testimony whereof, I have caused
tint seal nf the State lo lie hereunto
[L. S.J affixed, and have sig'Ttj ill** sntni!
with wy liniul. Done* at Columbia,
this 2U;!i d »y of Dm enibcr, in thu
Year of Our Lord, 1832, nnd in tho Indepen
dence of (he United Siute.s, the fifty seventh
ROB BUI? Y. 1I \YN E.
By the Governor,
Samuel Hammond,
Secretary nf'State.
By the la»t United States* Telegraph, wo learn that
the editor, Gen. Duff Green, has been beaten by Gen.
Blair, ol South Carolina, for having called the members
of the Union party of Carolina, Tories. Green had his
the Justices of the Inferior court
to remit a forfeiture incurred
An act to alter and amend an act entitled an act for
the better regulating tho admeasurement of lumber in
this State, passed 5th Dee. 1701), and for other purposes.
An act to alter and amend the caption ol an act enu-
tled an uet to regulate the licensing of lMiysieians to
practice in this .State, passed 2-1 tli December, 1825.
An act to repeal so much of the fifth section »»f ar<
act passed the !Cth Dec. 1828, incorporating the 'Town
of Lagrange, as gives exclusive government of all per
sons in suid town liable to work on the rouds, to the
commissioners thereof.
An act to make permanent the public site in the
county ot Lee, and lo iiuine the sunte.
An act to remove the Court House to the centre of
the county of Wayne.
An act to authorise persons heroin mentioned to
plead and practice in the several courts of Law and
Etfuily m this State under certain conditions.
An ucl tu divorce and separate Mary Ann Pursons
and Augustinu Parsons,her husband; and to change the
name of the said .Mary Ann and that of her son.
An act to incorporate and appoint Trustees for Brier
creek Academy, in tho county of Warren.
An act to alter and change the time of holding Land
courts in the county of Scriven.
An act to reduce the Sheriff** bond so far as respects
the county of Wayne.
An act to legitimatize Milley Lindsey, Wife of Dol-
pliin Lindsey, so as to make her capable of inheriting
the estate ol John Glenn of the county of Butts.
An act to vest in Lphruim W. Russel and wife Mary
Uussel, the property of Albert G. Vaughn, an ilfcgiti-
mutc minor.
An act to make permanent the site of the public
buildings in the county of Tattnall, and to name the
same.
An act to authorise the Trustees oflhe Poor School
Fund of the county of Tuttnail to loan out the said
fund and to collect all and any of said fund w hich has
hcieloforo been loaned out or otherwise due, on cer
tain conditions.
An act to incorporate the Burke county Sociul Libra
ry conipuny.
An act to legalize and make valid the acts of Martua-
duke Gresham, clerk of the Superior court of the coun
ty of Stewart.
An apt to alter and amend an act passed on the 23d
day of December, 1831, regulating the mod laws of this
Stale, so far as respects the county of Camden.
An act to compel the clerk of tho Inferior court of
the countv of Henry, to advertise all estray Horses or
tnu.es, which may be regularly tolled in said county,
in somo public Gazette published in the Town of MtL
Icdgcville.
An act to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize
John Bailey and Robert Collins of the county ol Bibb,
to niako and construct a causeway and turnpike road
on their own land through tho Tohasofka swamp, and
to charge and receive toll at the same, and to annul an
order of the Inferior Court of the county aforesaid, es
tablishing a toll bridge over the Tobasofka creek, on
the road leading from the town of Macon, to Perry, in
the countv of ll-»u*ton, with certain privil.grs, passed
the 2Ctli Dec. 1831, and to require the sup. rmtendunt
ofthe Western division to do certain work with the
Public hands.
An act to regulate the returns of Division and Brig
ade Inspectors.
An set to appoint from the county of Talbot three
additional Commissioncis ol Flint rivet.
An act to incorporate the town of Roanoke in the
county of Stewart, and to appoint commissioners for
the same.
An act to incorporate tho village of Gainesville in
Ocmulgce river at or near Ins lauding in Tultk.r ^
ty. to be proptllcd by the note,. ..I «!Sd river C ° UB -
An act lo alter end amend the 2d »ectioo’of an . .
tomcorpurato the town of Covington, i n #, K “«
An tu t to authorise precinct electione at Lam,,,
eruis roads in I’titimm county. J -sonar e
All act lo authorise the Sheriff of Monroe m.,.., .
sell and dtspuae of Island No. 241, in the 5lh dial v? “
IOC county. -"“i. Moij.
All act 10 establish Robert Young’s ferry ..
Chullnhoochec mvc, upon Iris own land in Ihecoumy
An act to alter and amend an act passed 26th n
1B3I, an for as relates to the removal ol the undishu,.?!
lutide 11 om ihe Smithville Academy, in Early countv 6 ' 1
An act to repeal so much of act, entitled an ect u/L
of), delme and keep open the main channel of ||„ in *'
und Lliatlalioocliee rivers, so as lo prevent the ohsi,*
lion of the lre« passage of Boats und list,, and i„ .*'
point commissioners lor the saujp: also to nnr!
Commissioners tor the Onkmulgee river, in thei.—? 1
of Henry, assented lo Dec. 26, 1826, so fit,as*
the South West prong of Flint. *te«to
An act to authorize Hie J I. C. of Franklin county I,
remit a ioitciiuic, incurred by Thomas White »„,i i ’
XMnle. s-’u t. in *
18 *1 * ct 10 “PPfopriate money for the political year
An act to regulale the Poor Schools, ,„d , pproDri
ale lunds, so tar as relutes to McIntosh countv P
An act to authorise the President and Director. „r
the Central Bank ol Georgia, to aptiuinl an addition t
Clerk in said Bank, lo be known as Teller U<,,llon a |
An ait m repeal the 7tl,, Bill and Uth sects, of an as.
entitled un act lo prevent the exercise of aaeumed !!!}
arbitrary power, hy all persons under pretext ofauiho ^
ty from tho Cherokee Indiana and their f,w,^ aid '*
prevent white persons from residing in that nirt nf.i
chartered Imnta of Georg,a, o,-cuffed by thefch.£&
t , he d Sd a ^„iU r c OV,dCa 6Uard ^ ‘ h 'P-«Sl e f
An act to repeal an act entitled an ant, to ,dd it,.,
part oflhe lunds herctolore set apart for the lupporlof
county Academics, to tho poor reboot fund so f.r..
relates to the county of Crawford, passed 27th n.„
I. Jl, and to provide lor tho payment cf the debts duo
trum the Trustees ot tho Knoxville Academy.
An ucl to authorise the Governor to purchase
jur,hoG'ynn County Hussars, and Ho^aTon Co^
An act tu incorporate the Augusta Ice Company
An act to alter and amend iho several acts i icornom
ting the town ol St. Mary’s. corpora-
An act to authorise the J. I. C. of Warren countv to
uf said county'. d es, “ 1 ' lisl, “ n “ s >' lum for ‘he invalid poor
An act to alter and nmend the 30tli section oflhe
tax law, now m force, in the Slate of Georgia, so far as
respects the county of Liberty.
An act to reduce tho width of Buy Street in tl,„
town ot Brunswick, *c. J ’ Ulc
An act to authorize the Slit-rills ofTalbot and Jifier-
son Counties, lo advertise their sales for said countie.
iii one ol the papei* printed in Millcdgcvillc.
le.'t'l'iu. 1 *° 8 ive " , “' or masons and master carpcn-
ers a lien upon buildings erceled by them in ihecoue-
iy ot Houston, upon curtain cunritioris.
An ucl to incorporate the Darien Baptist Church in
sanic° Unty ufllancutk ’ and ,0 “PPoint Trustees for the
An act to amen t the patrol laws of this State so far
as respects tho county of Liberty, Sic.
An act to requite all children, who reside in the city
e , 1 oo V *j n , n *f T d "j"'"' , ,wumilc ’> of‘he same, wl,o arc
entitled to the benefit ofthe poor school fund,to be educa
ted at the Tree school of Savannah, Sec.
An act to incorporate tho Manual Labor School in
the county of Camden.
r « n “ cl ro give longer time to Peter Strickland, Tax
Collector of Bryan county for the year 1831.
An act (orthe relief of the Tnx collectors ofCrawford,
Slawart, W aync, Fayette, Decatur and Carroll.
An act to incorporate Meriwether W arm Springand
appoint Commissioners for the same.
An act to make permanent the site the of public buil
dings in Ihe town of Amcncus in Sumpter county, and
lo incorporate the tame.
An ucl lo sell jots 10 and lOOin the several districts in
the county ol Lowndes, reserved for Academic imr-
poses. • 1
An act to authorize the Jusliics oflhe Inferior Court
ot Upson and Houston counties lo establish an asv-
ium ler the invalid poor of said county.
An net to amend an act to incorporate the town of
Tlioiiiusville m the county ol as, and lo appoint
Commissioners lor the same. *
An ar t to repeal nn act, entitled an act, to alter ami
amend the additional oath required hy law to he taken
l>y all olhceis, civil und military, to prevent Ihe ollenee
ii!o ln ®’ • an< 1 "" 10 r ‘ pcal an na passed llltli Dec.
1818, requiring all officers, civil und military, lo be ap-
"“j 1 a,kr Hie 1st Jan. 1819, in lids State,to take an
oath therein prescribed, and io relieve all those who
have violated Iho provisions of said act from thedt-a-
bilitica therein incurred.
An act to odd an additional number of Trustees to
the Carroll county Academy at Carrollton.
An act for the incorporation of tho Village at Social
Circle in Walton r.ounty.
An net to exempt rlto Company known hy the name
ol the Macon \ olimleers in tho county ( .|' Bibb, from
the ordinary patrol muy requind by law.itc.
An ail to appoint John Lovo of F.manucl countv.
I flisten ot the poor School ol said county.
An act lor the relief ol Philip Cook.
A" act to authorize the Justices ofthe Inferior Court
ol DeKalb county to appropriate certain lots in the
town ol Dnatur, to the use oflhe Baptist and I’rcsbt to
rtan Societies, &c. J
at 10 rep .! #l 8,1 lnl ! ch of an * c< Da|, « <;d December
21, I8JJ, as authorize* the Commissioner* of W’arda of
Chatham county, to convene as a Boatd but once in
eacu year.
An act the better to define the dividing line between
the counties of Sumpter und Marion.
An act to incorpoialo certain Academies therein
named, and to appoint Tru»:ec» for the same, and to
appoint 1 ruslees tor others therein named, and foioth.
cr purposes.
Aiti act tu authorize the Sheriff of Jefferson count*
to sell n runaway slave, lo apply t|,e proceeds of Saul
sale, audio authorize the Sale of all runaway slaves af-
ter they have been confined, and advertised 12 months,
way^lave' C,lb ° lhc ‘»«c and place of advertising runa-
Ati uct lo exempt the officers and members of tho
corps of cavalry in the city of Savannah, known aa tho
Georgia Hussars, from tho performance of Jury di>
tv,&c.
An act to authorize the Governor to pay over to tho
Trustee of the Stewart countv Academy, and to the
Sumpter county Academy, to tire Franklin, Heard coun
ty Academy, llm sum of (ISIS each, to place said Am’.
Cline* on an equal footing with other Academies in
this State*
All act to improve the Penitentiary edifice, and to
regulate the management of us concerns, and for eiec-
ting ot cells, &c. and to appropriate money for it* snr-
P° r, i “nd ro provide a road and river fund, andtbr the
compensation ot person* appointed to anrvey and
mark out certain roads, and for other purposes,
n A "* u c ’ 10 re P eal ,h «. nth sec. of an act passed 22d
Dec. 1830, to prevent the exercise of assumed and ar
bitrary power by all persons, under pretext of author-
Ry Iront the Cherokee Indiana and their laws, Sic.
An act to alter the 3d.sec. of the4th art. of th* consti
tution of Hu* *o far •» to authorize the pcoi-le to
elect the General officers of the militia.
An act to separate Slid divorce Sarah Brace from
her husband Henry Brace, and other persons therein
mentioned.
An acl lor the relief of Jas. Berry and Edmond G.
Berry, securities for Wm. Berry.
An act lo be entitled an act the more effectually to
cnuipensale Jurors, and to explain an act assented to
2lst Dec. 1830, entitled an act to alter Jury’s and At
torney’* fees in this State.
Ail act to slier and change Ihe name of Franklin in
Troup county, to that of West Point, 4-c.
An act to declare and pie*ciibe the punishment of
ncorporating the Bank of
charter fo/feited, and to
receiver for the same.