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|( , E oN BROAD ST.-AT THE OLU STAKE.
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Bair* of Advertising.
. Inserted at the rale of Owe Dollar
I j rut C«ais per square of Eight Line*, for the
I “i Lite and .Serenly-five Conte for —*■
|lr«t ,n * f io j er iion—payable in advance.
de-irt»)C l« ‘‘*” 1 rti 7 lo “*' r ,h »“ «*""
|J2U can da te at the following ralea:
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lo^T^uare
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to not *>a
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a co. k. o Toon.
DBS. TODD & CONNELLY
/^FFER their services to the citizens of Alban;
V and Tie!nit; sa practltionerlof M'cdicine. Mid
wifery. and.Surger^; and trust, by assiduous at
tention to tEeir profession, to gun a share of the
pubhe patronage. ~
Office formed; oeenpied by q«L Wright, when,
the; can he found b; da; or night.
Alban;, On./June 24th. 1865. 17-Cm
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21 001 30 00| 60 00
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50 001 70 001 85 00
55 00) 75 00 90 00
5 p K C 1 A L KOTIC El
!! aa'nouoeementa of candidates for office, 510,
I Ksntitl ia advance.
Tdbiiutry notice* to be charged for at regular ad-
miMMnt ralea—to be paid in advance.
of eight line*, of brevier, mate one
t tdverfi*enieat> that make over eight line*
ls Jer fifteen line*, counted a* two square*.
«prii<cr* will mark on their advertisements
jubfi of square* they wish them to occupy,
,aaatti»ic*ti‘>a* for individual benefit, will
■iirp-l ? I per square for each insertion.
. Hitti Professional Cards per year $20 jOO,
i wife, payable in advance §20 00.
f.rgal A dvcrlUcmcul*.
uKwwin® are our rates lor legal advertise*
Dr. Benj. M. CromwelL '
I-VFFERS bis professional service* to Us citizens
of Alban; mndnicinil;.
Office two doors above In, Foil Office*
Alban;, On., June 17,1865. 16—1;
Administrator's Notice- .
FVlWp months after data application will bo made
A ths Ordinary of Dougherty count; for lca.e
to scU Uo lands belonging to the estate of Thomas
U, Monghon, deceased. Forthe benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased.
T J08. A. DAVIS, Administrator
_ T. H. MOUOHON.
Alrany, September 23, 1865. * 29=-2tn
Dr. H. V. Callaway
O FFERS his professional aerrieea to Ua citizen
of Palmyra and .ieinit;.
June 3, 1865. - 14—tf
GEORGIA—DOUGHERTY COUNTY.
CA7IIEREA8, Geo. H. King applies ta me for
V ¥ letters ef administration on tbs estate of
Oeo. B. King, lata of said eonnl;, deo’d. ,
Theta are, therefore, to cite and admohUh all
and aingnlar Ua kindred and creditors ol said de
ceased to be and appear at m; office within Ue tlano
prescribed b; law to .how cauae. if an; lbs; tors,
“ ! d letters shonld not bo granted.
. ander m; hand and official signature at
Offica in Allan;, September 1st, 1865.
W. H. WILDER,
Alban;, Sept. 2, 1865.—SOd Ordinar;.
A. B. BADGER,
DENTIST,
AI.IJA.VV .GEORGIA.
O FFERS hit professional services to Us citlsens
or Albany and vicinity. Having just returned
irum tLc service, I solicit general pair—age.
I can be found at the residence of F. Lehman.-—
Ladies will be attended at their residences if desired.
Provision* taken in payment for work.
Albany, Sept. 9th, 1V05. 27—tf
O. 8. SKTSOPB....
.r. W. ALUAXDUU
Drs. Seymour & Alexander
yjAVISQ entered^into co-partnership for the
practice of SURGICAL and MECHANICAL
ATSTRV, do respectfully offer their professional
;.v, r , r levy of eight lines or less.S 3 00 Mr 1 ' ic “ *• -«*• “ J Oentfcmen of Dougherty
;, r ',‘ nf . P 6 00 * nJ »urroundtng counties.
' r u s 1 H ner levy ’ ** * o 00 FwiicoUr aueulion given to the regulation of
utefetiars efA d m i n i m rat ionlil —1—7.4 00. **g*r*"*** SunsmcTs* inserted
lior liters of Guardianship 4 00 i 0, ,^ # ° r ,i i'j*. ,, .. . .
r anplicaiion of dismission from Admin- jjMr residence if requested.
w## 6 oo 1 Office- on llroad^Street over Jones A Cotiiff’s
ot aiu.!ic:iiion for dismission Trom Guar- »_ «•. ,» . . . . , ,
1 4 oo | p 0®** hoars from -8 to 12 A. M. and from 1 to 4
!.4 00' Albany, September 23d, 18C5. 29—
Dc I per square .-8 00
if o?rinh*ble properly, lendsjrs... ...3 00
My dayr R ^
ihe above roles will be required in
SAMUEL D. IRVIN,
Attorney at Law, _
TTAS resumed the practice of his profession.—
Office in the Farmer building—up stairs—
Washington 8treet, Albaay, Gv All business en
trusted to his eare will receive prompt attention.
Albany, September 23, 1805. 29—tf
SPECIAL NOTICE,
in i by Admini»>tralor*, Executors or
f required by law to be held on the |
rvu. no and three in the afternoon, « REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
Tin. be countywhich lUe. F r “!« r - gpHE «.b.crlber ha, opened an Agene; for the
!: .T" 8 | I sale of bauds in eondeelion with th. practice
Atrite fort; dayspre «• ._ 0 i |,~ w. He will bn; or Mil lands for a reasonable
I-.lie of personal ]) pe J ComimMion,In,e.tigaleTilles.drawDeeds«fCjn-
iH.mner. through a public gazette •« «„ uce , , n ,l gi« le^.1 adrie. general); in refer-
ale day. „ ence to the purchase or sale of lands in South-Wes-
j tern Georgia. Persons having lands to sell, or
Administrator’s Sale.
©EOlOil A—MITCHELL COUNTY.
O N the first Tuesday in October, between 10 a.m.
and 8 o’clock p. m., will be sold in the town of
Uamllla, Mitchell Co, all of town lot No. 8, fronting
25 feet, running back 86 feet. Said lying and
length in block No. 8, within ths town of Camilla,
Mitchell county, Ga., as the property of Timothy
O’Brien, lats of said county, deceased
August 23, 1865.*
Cl EOKCSKA—DOUGIIERTY COUNTY.
XTTHEREAS, Gideon Drown applies to ms for
pff letters of administration on ihs estate of
Robert L. Tomlinson, laU of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to eite and admonish all
end singular the hundred and creditors of said de
ceased to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they
have, why sSid letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Albany, 22d
August, 1865.
W. H. WILDER,
Ordinary.
Albany. August 25. 1865. 25—80d
irom me obligation or obedience.
No citizen shsll be deprived of life,
•pen;, except b; doe process 0 r Isw;
ltbcrt;, only b; the judgment of bis
Albany Lodge No. 24, F. A. M.
X UK regular meetings of
this Lodge are on the
prti and third Friday nights
iv each month.
The brethren will please
take due notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
D- W. C. SPENCER,
Secretary.
Albany, April 13th, 18C5.-tf.
i estate
i' nontb*«.
* for l
n»iil creditors of
.'Jlic^Dnn will be made to the Coprt £*** b “ Tl '• 0aU ~ 10
It.', to Mil bund must be publish- gynBn. in the Farmer Building, orer Field's
,t.r. of Administration, On.rdi.n-' * «• • »a,bi.g.on D. IRVIN.
26—tf
Albany Chapter No. 15, A. 7. M.
T HE regular convocations of this Chaptei sire on
the tcond and fourth Friday nights in each
ioath. : ,;.i .
The companions will please take notice and gov
ern themselves, aceordibgly.
E. W. JENKINS,
Secretary.
Albaxy. Amt 13lh, 18G5.-4f .* *
* U Albany, September 23,1865.
Sr GEORGIA—WORTH COUNTY,
t-w .o.ttilr for four month.—.for,stftbli#bing Ord.nsry's Office for sard eount;.
Hi«tf»TilK full space of three month.—for -WTTnEREA8, Matilda U. Ti«on and Thomas
Veiling titles from Kzecutors or Administrators,, Vf Tison applies to me for letters of adminia-
Ijicd bore been given by tbe deceased, the tratton on the estate of William W.. Tison, late of
•f»'t of th-fo months. i said county, deceased j _
These are. therefore, to notify the kindred and
creditors or said deoeased to be and appear at my
office oa or before the'Srst Monde; in October Best
to show cause, if an;, they have, why said letters
shonld not be (rest'd to ths applicant.
Given under m; hand and official signature, this
August 21st, 1865.
* JAMES W. ROUSE,
Ordinary. '•
G. J. WRIGHT,
attorney aft Law,
AUUifY, GA.
J\U. prapiire in all the Court* of the South*
.^vftb I’ircuit ami the Supreme Court of
r» at the old Stand, next door to Dr.
a F on Broad street.
pt. 1«, 1866. 1855. 28-ly*
j-l/idtl
ALBANY^ HOUSE.
-Mrs. A. Arline, Proprietor.
T [IS well known and neatly furnisehd Ilousc ii
bow open to the travelling public
AT THS SAME RATES
Aa waa charged before the war. Her table Is al-
wajs furnished
With the Best' the Harket iflhris,
And her bedding ia alwaya kept, well aired and
clean. Remember the Old Stand on Broad Street.
Albany, Ga., June 24, 1865.-ly
THE CONSTITUTION
.or TBE
STATE OC GEORGIA,
A* nmetnfal by Ms. Slate Convention, at Savannah.-
m March, and eubmilled to, and
ralifed by. m fote ofrte People of Georgia, on the
fint Tiiaiay in July, 1881, and duly proclaimed
by Mu Excellency, the Governor of the stale.
if. ” AEHCLE I.
DECLZEATIOS OT WVMDAMKnhU rnnrmTm
Section I. The fandsmenul principles or free
government omnot be too well understood, nor too
pRw recurred to. ** /.
Section 2. God has ordtined that man shall lire
tinder government; bat aa the tomusnd admin atm-
tinn are in hnmnn, and therefote talliblo, hands, the,
may be altered or modified whenever the satetirw
happiness of the go-reroed requires it. No govern-
ment shonld. fig changed for light or transient canoes,
nor unless upon reasonable assurance that a better
will be established..
Section 3. Protection to person and property ia
)he duty of governmentand a’ government which
knowing); and persistently denies or withholds from
the governed each protection, when within its power,
rele.se> then) from the obligation of obedience
Section 4. No c" "
liberty, or property,
and of life or liberty,
peer..
Section 5. Tim writ of * Habeas Corpus” shall
not be suspended, unless, in case of rebellion or in-
vasien, the public safety may require it.
Section 6 The right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.
Section 7. No religiou. test shall be required for
the tenure of an; office; and no religiou ulull he es
tablished by law; and no citizen shall be deprived of
an; right or privilege by reason of bis religious
belief.
Section 8. Freedom of thought and opinion, free
dom of *peech,and freedom of the presc, are inherent
element* of political liberty. But while every citi-
aeu may freely *peak, write and print, on any subject,
heshall be re*pon*ible fi*r the abuse of the liberty.
Sectioa 9. The right of tbe people to appeei to
the courts; to petition government on all matters of
legitimate cognizance; and peaceably to assemble
for tbe consideration of any matter of public concern
—ahwll never be impaired.
Section 10. For every right,tfiere should be pro
vided a remedy; and every citizen ought to obtain
justice without purchase, without detdaT, and without
delay—conformably io the laws ot the (and. ,
Section 11, Every person charged with an of
feree against tbe laws of the State ahull have the
privilege and benefit of counsel:
• Shall be furnished, on demand, with a copy of
the accusal ion, and with a list of the wilr
him:
iUmap-compoLory process to obtain the atten-
of hi* own witn^eu: . r
Shall be confronted with the witness testifying
against him: and ’ * *
• Shall have a public and speedy trial by an impar
tial jury.
Section 12. * No perron shall be put in jeopardy
of life or libeity more than once for the same offence.
Section 13. No conviction sImI! work corruption
of blood, or general forfeiture of estate.
Section 14. Excessive bail shall not be required;
nor excessive fines imposed; our cruel and unusual
punishment inflicted. ; .
Section 15. The power of the courts to ponish
forcontempt shall be limited by Legislative Act*.
Kja. tmiv l ft A - .l. •
September 2d, 1663.
GEORGIA—WORTH COUNTY.
TAW wrAmTrtxj . I ’ Ordinary’s Office for said county.
• LAW NOTICE. • 11| r-nEREA8, F. M. Tison and Theo W. Tison
<'outin being open for the transaction .oj Vy makes.application to me for letters of ad-
I haie returned from- the country to; ministration on the estate of Willtom W. Tison, late
V." rwu ®etl*o practice of my profession, and 0 f «aid county,^leceased t .. , , ,
"‘ ni prowjuly and faithfully to all business These are, therefore, to notify all and singular
the kindred and creditor* of said deceased t# beand
appear at my office within tbe Urns pr^eril^dby
Aug.
law
1*05.
L. V. D. WARREN.
25-tf *
r NOTICE.
pF. FrocUtaxtion of Governor Johnson ef tlto
lustant, having autboriied<he civil
vfr to •• proceed (after taking the a
the discharge of the duties of their
, i 1 c>r «i»t to the laws ia existence prior to
^Uwuary, 1801, so far as the same are not
‘ w with our present condition,” we take
»o *Ay ibAt our office has been openc ‘
irausacUon of profe^iona! business, M
us can always be coassulted. . - 1
PETER J. 8TR0ZER,
. , WM.B. SMITH.
Ang. !:►, 1865. 24—3m
appear a
law tool
tors ahouULnot tor** 4 *
Given under my hand
August 28d, 1865.
September 2d, 1855.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
S r th. FIRST OF OCTOBER, or as soon as ths
mails are re-established. I will renew tbe pub-
Ion of the •»CHRISTIAN INDEX ” and ef tbe
•«CHILD’S GUIDE” I have been publishing.
Price of u „Index,” per annum........ $3 00
Price of- Child’s paper,
deduction made for Clubs.)
Money may be remitted at ones, as toy determi
nation is positive. My desjre is to^eenre a large
subscription list with which to begin, and I is»ue.this
Prospectus, that subscribers may have time to for
ward their
Section 16* A faithful execution of the laws is
essential to good order; and good order in society is
es#ePtial.to liberty. * •
Hectkm 17. Legislative Acts in violation of tbe
fundamental law are void; and the Judiciary shall so
declare them.
Eection 18.. Ex paft facto laws,and laws impair
ing-tbe obligation of contracts,and retro active legis
lation injuriously affecting the right of the citizen,
are prohibited.
Section 19. Laws should have a general
lion; and no geoerol !»w »hal! be varied in a partic
ular case by special Legislation; except with consent
of all persons to baufteted thereby.
8n*tinnQll 'I'Ilm nfi....;..
bAW NOTICE. •
10 offeT * his profenionsi satvices
......?" bl “; wil1 u, <nd proroptl; ta all
„. Is his on. tMMoe up stairs in
GEORGIA—DOUGHERTY COUNTY.
“^^ A^TSS^S-aarePaiO MI and
^rJSSlr^yhSd^ <S^a ripMlsr., Ot
*« i“ AH-*..«a* *****WWMW.
Albas;. Sspi-1,1865.—SOJOrdte^.
•I’iJri
ijoildioj
23, 1365,
D. P. HILL,-
Auorne; at Law,
Alban;, Ga.
rcmitti
It-is ro; inlentisn tn issue first dass papers, and
_j pais, or expense will be spared to secure that
end. The beat writers and correspondents will be
second, sad the highest religiou. and literary tat-
eat wiU be given to tho papers. The Conn's Pa-
:a Win be prefOni; illustrated; sod will, in ever;
ue, bo made to conform to its new title,
The Ctuid* Delight!
UeM;ma;b.seotW KngesScr otherwlse-if
b; Espress, at m; risk, if th# Express receipt is
at me, bo the resumption of mail facilities.
H; eawneelioo wills the (no of J. W. Burke k
Co., is dissolved, bot I will esUblisk ssi office is
Moeoo, Ga., wherb eooununlcatioas asm; be ad-
ezied. ‘ SAMUEL BOYKIN.
August 23, 1865. . 25—5t
GEORGIA—WORTH COUNTT-
Ordink-ye Opee foreaid County.
HBEKAS. Gord- ^^hSSSaSSSi
b of said county,
BINES & HOBBS. *
Tf OUNEYS AT LAW,'
•, alrajiv, ga.
for Mrd». P 7’’*Ir 1 *° “* ke sppHeoUoOS
" ■ fr ,™. ,or ,k05 « »»"h over >20,000.
««pjed intha Amnest; Pro-
1 ‘PHicui™^ 1 ^"»t Jolhnsoa. We wHl brio*
L'^«ria2Jr?' rt L W *" tb * Proviritrofl
K rtl r .it “* *PP r »’1i and ome of
uum of .
„ the «£w of William Sprio*. lotoofst
mba19 ’ 1Wi ’ JAKES w. BOUSE, Ordlomy-
September 23.1855.
I «fi.
hSetuii,
K th.praotloo of
fe^7 22, 18C5. 5-5J
■^^7ISk~OF ALBANY,
Jttr.'£££»“«<deetlePh;sieiail, with.
ih ® po,t
►""‘1.«... Corns
A. CBKA/ra a^ovmu-^ f<jc U)Un
of E.' 8. Walxer, late
Albany ’Male and Female
Academy.
• ALBANY, OA., AUG. 28, 1865.
runs undersigned hare leased tbe Aeadem; for-
A WMrijLooeupiedh; Mr. J. 8. Ingraham, where
ther Will open A Select- School to com men oe aa the
2dM0NDAY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT.
Ills the design of ths undersigned «• bnltd op
gntdlsm Jnstitotieo, and thspatrows of the School
— n w oo over; effort possihlo being made to ad.
wtea wo interests afthaSehoal and popils.
Good board aa bo obtained in tows at reasooa-
' TMtSn Biz Doilais ($6.00) par ssaolh ef foot
weeks for Fell session.
Incidentals One Dollar.
A competent msale Teacher will furnish Instroc-
sos to these deairing it-at the ocoal rates.
BM'dGEORGB MACAULET,
E. L. HINES.
Alhaa;; Osr, Bspt. 2,18®.v
vf said , mMa ,e— -
^robpan.1 appaaratm; a**tfZZtojhave)
^3l«dCord.li»E. Walker onTi.-_8. WMS«
Wtom»e»y b»* “Jf n?iS3Ek»gffi
Eepiember 22,1965. . '
Section 4. The compensation of the members
sod officers of the General Assembi; Shall be fixed
by law, at tbe first session subsequent to the adop
tion of this Constitution: and the same shall not be
increased anas to efibet the compensation- of the
members or officers of tho Assembly by which tbe
increase is-adopfed.
Section 5. No person bolding any mlHlary cpm-
mission or other appointment,haring any emolument
or compensation annexed thereto, under this State or
the Confederate Stales, or either of them, (except
1notices of the Inferior Court, Justices of tbe Peace
and officers of the militia), nor any defsalter for pub
lic money, or for legal taxes required of him, shall
of dw General
haves scat in either branch of
My; nor ahull spy Senator or 'Kcpresenlstire. nfier
hia'qnliocstioo as sack, be elected to any offica or
appoiatssent by the .General Assembly baritw any
emnhrai .nts or compensation annexed thereto;oaring
tbe tium lor which be shall hare been elected.
Section ff. No person cooricted ot any felony be
fore any Court of thm State, or of tbe Confederate
States, shall be eligible to any office or appointment
ol honor, profit or treat, within this State.
Section 7. No peraon who io a collector or bolder
of public money, shall bs eligible to any office in
this Slate, until'the aame is accounted far and paid
into the Treasury.
SERTtOS n.
1. The Senate shall consist of forty-ibnr mem
bers, odc to be chosen from etch senatorial district,
which district shall be composed of three eantigooes
coo at Ms. Ira new county is established, it shall be
t which i ~
be another arrangement
districts
r county 1
added tn a district whieb it adjoins until there shall
of tho senatorial diatricts^-
The senatorial districts shall got ho changed except
when a new census shall have been taken.
2. No person shall be a Senator who shall not
have attained to the age of twenty-five years-, and be
a citizen of the Confederate States, and have been
for three years an inhabitant of this State, and for
one yearn resident of tbe district from which he is
chosen.
3. The presiding officer aha!! be styled tbe Presi
dent of tbe Senate, and shall be elected viva voce
from their own budy.
4. Tbe Senate shall have the sole power to try
all impeachments. When sitting for lhat purpose,
they shall be on oath or sffirinalfon; and on person
shall bo convicted without the ooneerrence of two-
thirds of the members present Jodgraent, in cases
of impeachment, shall not extend farther than remo-
val from office and disqualification to hold sad enjoy
tn; office of honor, profit or trust within this State;
but tho part; convicted shall, nevertheless, be liaMe
and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and pun
ishment according to law.
• SECTIOS lit.
I. The House of Representatives shall be
posed as follows: The thirty-seven counties hading
tbe largest representative population shall have two
Resreneatalii
have one Repffhedtativev
conmies having two Reprovebtatives shsllse it __
by the General Assembly immediately slier the taking
Of each census. ' IF
No person shall be n Representative who shall,
not have attained ta the age of twenty-one years, and'
be a ciiizen of the Confederate States,and have been
for throe years an inhabitant of this State,-and for
one year a resident of the county which be rente-
tents.
The presiding officer of tho Hoose of Repre-
seiitaiiVes.shall be styled Spesker. and shall be elec
ted rimyoce frotp their own body.
• 4. They shall have the sole power to impeach
all persons who have hreu or. may be in office.
Ait bills for raisiog revenue, or appropriating
money, shall originate in the House of Representa
tive* ;• bat the detune may propose or concur in
amendments,oa m other bills. \
YTs ate now prepared ta da aH kinds of
Section 20.. Tho right of taxation can be granted
only by the people; and'shall be exercised only to
taise revenue lur the auppgrt of government,’to pay
tbe public debt; to provide for the common defence,
and for such other purposes are specified io the
gnat of powers.
Section 31.' In esses oi necessity, private ways'
may be' granted upon just compensation being first
paid; pnd with this exception, private property shall
not be taken except for )piblie sac; and then, oof;
upon just compensation; such compensation, except
'n caeca of pressing necessity, to be first provided
nd paid. .
Section 22. The right of tbe people to be secure
ia tbcirpefsons, boom, papers and effects, against
unreasonable searches andaeiznres, shall not be vio
lated ; and no warrant shall issse hot a poo probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and partiea-
larip describing the place or places to be searched,
and tbe persons and things to bo seized..
Section -23. Martial law shall not. be declared,
except in cases of extreme necessity.
Section 24. Large stsnditfg armies in time of
peace, an dangerous to liberty.
Section $5. No soldier shall, io time o( peace, bo
quartered in au; house without the consent of the
owner; nor in limn of star, but in a manner pre
scribed bylaw. '
' Section 26, Tbe person of « debtor shall not be
detained in prison slier delivering bona fide nil his
estate for the use of his creditors.
- Section 27. The enumeration of rights herein
contained shall not be.tmostroed to deny to the pen*
ple .snjt inherent ■ rights whidh they have hitherto
This deciantion is part of this Con
stitution, and shall oeVer bn violated on an; pretence
Whatever.
• _ . AXTKU it. • .
' LXOtSUTtTI ■ dxTastuXxt.
I. The Legislative, Executive and Jodi-
rial departments, shall he. distinct; and each depart
ment shall be coo6ded.to a separate body*of magis
tracy, No person or colleeUqo of persius, being of
one department, ebsli exercise no; power properly
attached to either' of the others; except in cases
herein expressly provided. -
. Sections. The Legislative power thill he vested
in a General Assembly, which shall'oonsist of at
Senate and Houm oT Representatives.
Section 3. The meeting of tbe General Assranbljr
andt be annual, and on the first Wednesday in No-
vembdr, until such dayof meeting shall be altered bp
Each Hoose shall be the judge of the election
returns and qualifications of its own members; and
•hail have power to pouisb them for disorderly be
havior or misconduct, by censure, fine, imprisonment
or expnlsion; but no member shall be expelled except
by n vote of twotnieds of tbe House from which be
is expelled. -
‘3. Each House may ponish, by Imprisonment not
extending beyond the session,any person not s mem
ber, who shall he guiIty of a contempt, by any disor
derly behavior in itepresence; -or who,daring the
session, shall threaten injury ta the perspn or estate
of nny member, for anything raid or done in either
Home ; or who shall assault nny member therefor ; nr
who sbail assault or arrest an; witness going to or
returning therefrom ;4>r who shall rescue, or attempt
to rescue, ao; persop arrested by order of either
llonse. -. • - -
3. The members of both Houses shall ho free
from arrest .during their attendance oa tbe General
Assembi;, end in going M and returning therefrom,
except, for treason, felony, or breach of the peice.—
And no member shall be liable to answer, in an;
other place, lor anything spoken in debate in either
Constitution and not repugnant to the Constitution
of the Confederate States, which tbs; shelf deem De
nse rysnd proper for the welfare of the Stale.
S.- They ms; alter the boundaries of countiee,
and lay off and establish new counties; bat every
bill to establish a new connty shall be passed b; at
least two-thiids of the members present, in each
branch of the General Aspembly. - •• "■<
-A Ike; shall provide for tbe taking of a emeus
or enumeration of-the people of this Bute, ml regu
lar decades of yean, commencing at such times a*
'^"XeGeSeial Assembly, shall have power 1#
ze mooev for tbe promotion of learnings!*!
and to provide for the education of the
7 *2?*Tho General Assembly shall have power by a
vote of tarodhirds of each branch, to grant pardon*
in eases of final conviction fortreason, and to prdow
of final conviction for mnrder.
I. The General Assembly shall have no power to
grant, corporate powers.and privileges to private
companies, except to hanking, inadranee, railroad,
qanal, phuik road, navigation, mining, express, lum
ber, and telegraph companies; nor to make or change
election precincts; nor to establish bridges and fer
ries; nor to change names, or legitimate children-,
but shall by law prescribe tbe manner In which inch
power shall be exercised by thfi courts. Bat no
book charter aha!) be granted or extended, and no
Act passed antborixfng tbe suspension of specie pay
ment by nay chartered bank, except by a vote of
two-third* of each branch of tbe General Assembi;.
3. No money shall be drawn from tbe treasury
of this State, ereept by appropriation made by iasc;
and a regular statement and account of the receipt
and expenditure of an public money sbail bo pub
lished from time to time.
3. No vote, resolution, law or order shall pats,
granting a donation or gratuity in favor of an; per
■on, except by tho concurrence of two-thirds of the
General Assembly.
Nb law sbail he passed by which a citizen'
•hall be compelled, directly or indirectly, to become .
a stockholder in, or contribute to a rail road or other '
work of internal improvement, withoa) bis consent;
except tbe inhabitants of a corporate town or city.—
This provision shall not he coostroed todeny the
power of taxation for tbe purpose of rqaking levees
or dams to prevent tbe overflow of rivers.
sect rex vn.
1. The importation or introduction of negroes -
from no; foreign country, other than the s!ave%o!d-
ing States or Territories of tbe United Stptes of
America, is forerer prohibited.
3. Tito General Assembly may prohibit (he.tn- -
traduction of negroes from any'State; but they shaU
hare no power to prevent immigrants from bringing
their slaves with them.
3. The General Assembly shall have no power to .
ki'l or
would
be inflicted in ease the likeefleace had been commit
ted on a free while persoa.
ABT10LE UL
'EXECUTIVE DEPaitTMEXT.
sectiox 1.
I . The executive power shall be vested In s Gov-
nor, who shsll hold his office daring the term of-
two years, and nntil each time n« a successor shall
be chosen and qualified. He shall have a competent
salary fixed by few, which ahall not be increased or
dijaioiahed during the period for which he eball have
heeq elected; neither shall he receive, within that
period, any other emolument from the Confederate
States, or either of them, of from any foreign power.
3. The Governor shall be elected by the persons
qualified to vote for members of the General Assem
bly, on tbe first Wednesday in October, in the year
of our Lord, 1861; nod on the first Wednesday in
October, in every second yesr thereafter, until such
time be altered by law; which election shall be brirL.
at tbe places of hoidinggeneral elections, in.tl.e sev
eralcounties of this Bute, in tbe manner prescribed
for the election ot members of the General Assembly.
The returns for every election of Govefnor shall be
sealed np by tbe managers, separately from other
yetonis, and directed to the President of the Senate
and Bpealrer of the House of Representatives, and
transmitted to the Governor, or the person exercising
the duties ofGovcroor for the time being; who shall,
without opening the said returns, cause the same to
be laid before-toe Berate, on the da; q(ter the torn
houses ahall have been organized; and they Shall be
transmitted by tbe Berate to the House of Represen
tatives. The members of each branch of the Gen
eral Assembly ahall convene in the Representative
tber, and. the PresMent of the. Senate, and the
A Each Hoose shaU keep a journal of its pro-
eeedtngs, sod publish them immediately after its ad.
:. The yeas and nays oft be members on
jonrnment. I De yeas and non oTIt
an; qacstmi shall, tt tbe desire of oae-fifth-of the
members present, be entered 00 the journals. The
original journals shall hs preferred (after nab!leaf
linn) in iheuSceof th*SecretaryofBtate; buuhere
shall be nix other record thereof.
8. Ever; hip, before it shall puss, shall fie rend
three times and on three separate and distinct days
in each Hunan, sales* incase* of aclaal invasion or
insurrection: Nor shall sa; law or ordiraaca pas*
which refers to more tban'oae subject owner, or con
tains matter diflemit from what is expressed in the
title thereof.
«. All Acta shall he signed by tho President of
the' Berate and the Speaker dike House efNrwsr*
aentstirea ; and no bill, ordinance, or resolution ,'in-
lended to bare the effect of Jaw, Which shall have
been rejected by either Hoose, shall ha again pi
posed under the same ot any other title, whbont v
consent oi tsro-tUrds of the House by wbicirtheni
■ rejected. m .
J. Neither Hoase shall adjourn for more than
three dsys. nor to oa; otter place, whbont the con
sent of the Miter; and in cate of disagreement
' mofmijonznro
job. rw o n
AT T8UW OFFICE,
With Neatness and Dispatch
few.. A majority of each Uasae shall constitute a
quorum to transact business; hot« smaller number
may arfenro from day to day, and compel the alien:
danoe of their mpmbers'in siich roaanrr as each
House.shall prescribe. Nonessioo of IheGenaral
Assembly slu,U continue for more than forty days,
unless tbe same shall bn done by-a vote of two-thinls
of each branch thereof.
tween th#twoHo«aes,ooaqoestica _______
the Governor may adjourn them.
• S v. E ' nf s *i> rr » ot * , l'r. before tat-
^g^jjsaagai'a
of this State; and also* that be hath wot
any uniawful means, either directly or indirectly,to
proenre hi# election. And every puatm coavfetS
of havinggiien or offered a bribe, shall be dbqaali-1
fort “
9. Whenever this Constitntisra reesiresan Act
sa^gpBaassssK
chamber, , . ....
Speaker of ibo House of Representatives, shall open
publish the returns in the presence of the-Geo-
I Assembly; nod the person having tbe majority
he whole number of votes given in, Ahall -be do
led duly clectwHioveroor oi tbja“Stale; but if no
leiaon bsve nch isijonty, then from tho two person*
isviag the highest number of votes, who sball be in
Sfe, and shall not decline an election at the time sp.
pointed for the Legislature to elect, tbe General A*.
•reabM steli feamediatelV elect a Governor sun wee#
and in. all cases of election of . a Governor by- the
General Assembly, a majority'of'tbe votes of- the
.members present shall be necessary for a choice—
Contested elections shall he' determined b; both
Hanses of (ha General Assembly, in each manner ns
shall be prescribed hr Isw.
3. No peisoa'shall he eligible to the office of
Governor who ahall not hare Men a citizen of tbe
Confederate -Stales twelve years, and an inhabitant*
of this State six years, and who hath not attained tte
ago ex'thirty yearn.
4. Id ease ol tte death, resignation, or disability
of Ite Governor, the President of tte Borate shat!
exercise tire executive powers of the government un
til each disability be removed, or a successor is elec
ted or qualified. And in case of the death, resigna
tion, or diaatplit; of tire President of the Senate,the
Speaker of Ite Hoose of Representatives shall exer
cise the executive power oT tire government until tbe
reiqfealofttedlnabHiljeelhnaTwiionsralBualifica-
lioo of m Governor.
6. The Gocerwar shall, before he' enters on the.
duties of his office, take the following oath or affirma
tion: “I do solemnly swear or affirm (as the ease
may be.) that I will faithfully execute lbe office of
Gorernor of the State of Georgia; and. will, to-the
best of m; abilities, preserve, protect and defend th#
constitution thereof.
XECUOtl Jt.
t. The Gorernor ahall Jie <Cnnucaoder4a-Ciiief
efthe army and navy of .this State, and of the militia.
2. He shall have fewer to grant reprieves for
offences against the State, except in cases of im
peachment, ufe -to grant pardons, nr to remit any
pari ni a sentence, hi alt cases after conviction, ex
cept for treason or mnrder, in which .cases he may
respite tire execution, and make report titereolla tte
makeaUfewinS' 6ht ^.’ a,e *<>w« to "^S^rilsBteSe'jrits ofelectfoas tofili racaa-
, OBdioaacc*, coosutcnt with this xueathut hajjpen iolhe Senate or Uous* of JUeord*
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