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VOL. XXXVII.
MILLEDGEVILLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1845.
NO. 10.
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THU I.KUISl.vrUHK. *«• WKKKI.V THK HXMAIM.KH
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PETMISOJI T IIW8ATT,
EDITOR SSII PROPRIETOR,
AT rtltlKK n •U..IIISFRK innihi. in advance,
OX, pllUtt UOU.AHH AT THE UNDUE TUB YEAH.
N„ , I'j.ariplion will too roouivu.l lor l«»Mli«n » vent, nor
-III .,.,. , ,.! r i.n li.cmliin'iMU Anil/iitlarrearage*rtrepnitl.
will I,.11 ho .onI HI IHIV pun. nl iln< ailin’,
until in i . tli4uri,ilii.u .uuiwyii puul in uilvuiiinur xalialMlur>
trl'i’r.iic. *i*nn. .
VllVti ll’Hll'IEN I d .ire Inwnrl.nl at 7.i coin. per "quore
f„r Ml irn linoriion, n.nl SO «enl« |n-r aqiiare flir envli
in,,nil A 'quant inlll.iJ.inril.il in n .|.i..;« ollel.
I i * ii Dll vpH.A’.onViinin* ft**! doc* *»n« LauMnnl ««nln
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4. itr-« required 1“
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• iiimrrtt
» be belli
ill* Uoiire i»l ien
, nl tin* <*<
I - In*
xei:iiture,
die lire-
die fore
REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER
op TIIK
WESTERN AND Al l.ANTIC RAIL ROAD.
i Estate iniimt In'
i the Court nfOrdinii
nm i hi i three iu III" •ifierin txl ....
n. Miv in vx ik-U the laud».« «inint**<l. .Ni.li. e ol Huh* -iiIf*
m.Htbe «ireu in u public gnaetie SI XI Y DAYS previous to
lh 5 ‘JlioMEiWlES miMl bent ft public miction,on the firft
Tui*4 I iv id tu* iHontli, between ilia imiiuI lioureul side.at the
nl u e <»rp iblia 4ttle* ill the Bounty where the b liers i. sia.nrn
rJy, ,f l\ „i„i«irftti«.i or fSuariliftnftliip.mn' K r.m.-
Ll ilrst dwluc SIKI’V DAYS notli e tliereof.Mi one of the
ii I’dii* i ly.euvv* «< tbie State, nud at the do .r ol llio Court ( <|||VS, fill* ItlVIll
niiixe. where aueli aalee are to'be held. ...
Notice for the *.ili» ol I’eritonnl Property, imiflt be given in
like m inner. FORTY dai * tirevioiM to the dnv «!
Niticeio the Debtore ami Creditor
nuMiidied FOIlTY ilave*
that aortlicilion will be made . . .....
rvf.rl.Mve to tie 11 LAND, niiiat be published lor K»LK
■"V'.Kil'eVnrIn-iveIn •‘"■II NF,l,ROEA, mil.l I..’ pillili-liwd lor
K HI t 'I )N r*l S, before any order absolute slmllbe made
iherenii bv lilt* OoiiTl* . . ■ ■ • t ,
I’l r I ri .1. r.H l.’tier■. of AHinlm.lrnlinn. in.;M 1.0 ni.hliwl.w.l
tk r i if, -li.r fi n." n il mi i, i-irn I uni. monthly m
!liufA.-f..r.li«.nl«li.n Ir.ini Uw..r.liai.alii|.,/*rt#4«Jf«.
Hut K.l'irl'i. Inn”; 'i.nri* nf llnrttfne I" 1 |' | il'l'»li«l
tor f.1’11- ,» 0 ,,l(..-l'nn’.lilliU«lune l"»l I'Bjn’IH./ol’ tin'
lull npuet of three month*—Inr .•n"i|i«-l[ine 1
tor. r \’l Iiininriilnr., where n 0 I luia l.oeu five.. A) llir
Ml nonce of three moulht.
“ (iTi'ili ■ ili„.|» will aliviiv. Im I'liniin'ii'il nrrnrillup lo lln’.i’
tlu* Ifli'tinuiiiiniiH.iil*, mii...niliffwi.i* i*nli*Ti*i|.
All 'in*in'., nfllii. kiuH I’linlinile. in ri’mivp prompl ntl.n-
,i.,i, i.Mh' om nl Hi.• (IKOHUl A JOIIHN Al..
2,
NO.
CHEAP SIDE!
JVcir 4iood» Arriving ifuily.
CJCOARS-W llliA.,
Itico, tluvcovndo, mid
fmed Loaf For *">1** i^y
C i»FFI
obi lioverument, in
enle by
sling nf print* St.Cr«it.l*o
Orlenu 4 —I2"b lb** double r
WUICill r At S I F. I SON.
u, Ilia,Cuba.mid Si Doiuiiigo. Fi
Will till I* bV S IF. ISON.
Fl^OlIR—A auperinr urticle—ueeda but 0
trial to be appreciated.
C
111 Inure Hull & dnii'g
&. STETSON.
S OAP and STAKtilI
Fur eule Iiv
F.IJ Alts—111,11011 .if SuperlnrOiiiiiij'
M
re iifCiilr.ie'a nuike.
AVKIGU r & STETSON.
- in.In Iiv
v\ ItlHIl T Ai STETSON
1H.A8SKS—Ne.
r Orii'Uii. mill Culm l*'nr mhIu Iiv
AVKIlilir Ai S TKI .'O.N
o
ll,S—Sperm, Uuaecil ami’T
Fur note Iiv
AVRIlill I' Ai STE TSON.
s
>lu0 s„cU.,lnrgp h
B auoing —50 piecee,'
For dale by
B
vicliiiig *1 i»niim v in Hu’ varil.
\\ Itl'HI T Al sTEI -nv
ALE ROPE ANIDTWIME-a
1U1 Urn ill r»
In ill
AVRIGHT Ai STE I SON.
Rrt.V—inimiH Ilf Swwil mill Enili.li, Coal anil Gerninn
N
AILS—100 kaga
AVIUlitI T Ai Si ETMIN.
Ilpuu*n , u Tuimcc
.«uf sup.'riur Gulil l.eal Gi
nia Iiv
AVIUGIIT Ai STETSON
rnEA—fmiiarml,GmniuwJ.r, llv.miimil lUar k. Fnraale
1 In 1 AVIiUiH T it STETSON.
j| IHfcJ—A few barrel* ii
V XES—10 diiten tuperior cbm ett*el Fm mIb by
Wit.OUT A. S I F, I SON.
nTlOilKdllV and UtASk lA AME-a l«'*a
V 1 ii.a.urlmvni. Enrvnlnliy viltll.lll Ai s 11 1 , i al >.\
^ ATIHMIl i: S4E I>i a nil B ROO M <i-Eu
ulr bv
Wltllill T .V, S TK I SON
lOOLEBS and iUEASHRlJN-n U.gv ».™i
u main. F.iruiilubv IVlilGII T Ai STETSON.
n fIN»AHV-<JI.ASS-»Xl» lOXl- Mv.. u .up
1 i„r nnicla.—Fur ..la by AVIi 1 li ITT it •>TETSON’
T? A CIO It Y THREAD—Ilf nil nuiiilura. Fur .ule
r bv WRIGHT Ai S I E I SIIN.
B ED-COKD8, Nlioi-Tlncntl mid Sail I-
TOI1S—ull atini’ruir uriiulaa. Fur aula by
AVKIGIIT Ai STETSON.
K NIVES and FORKS, and POCKET-
KNIVES. Fur aula by AVKIGIII & STETSON.
and FILES.
B ROAD and SliiiiKlinu llaclM’ls. Fur an
bv AVIUGtlT Ai STETSON.
(^IIEEP SHE IKS, CurryCoinb!*, Spades
i and Shovels.
\\ BIGHT .N S TETSON
FryiuK-PanN. Fi
AVaille Irons, a.,
- aula l,v
AVIlltillT Jk STETSON
Wltllill I' ,M STE T
pOH'DEIl and shot, far,
1 IVnab lirii.liaa Sunil Fu|iar mill m
of wbiult will ba a«iId 1,0\VEli limn nl auv mliur limiaa iu III
cily.bv WIllUllT AND STETSON.
Mlllailievilla, Sapi.SS, IBJ.j. H if
l.oslien Unller and cheese.
VYf E NleilI ruevivu ulitiui ilia ilbili uf Ouiuber, n large bit
o Butter,Cbaaaa,uiul Inah FiHulnaa.
Samambaa Q1 |u«.
fififfiis i X
BROGANS!!!
■m a l.utGE ini ..I Nleirro 8|ioe«
1’ I ju«’ raaaivail at ilia ,\K IT HOOT AND
Aw .S7/(1£ STORE. All |tnrauiia plirabnaii'g
lliiu i nil. I a wi I ti wall in Siva n- u cull, uu
wa are il* luriniiia l In aall CHEAP.
E. ALEXANDER Ar CO.
il.ll'dreville.Oct. 11,1813. 3 •«
Engineer’s Department, W. &, A. It. It.)
Oclobcr 22d, i8t5. $
Hit Exirlh a ry
George W. Cbaavford:
Sir :—1 Uuve tlio honor to submit the following Report
of my trnnmirtinii* ns Chief Engineer of the Western mill
Atlantic It nil Komi, since the rinte of my Inst report, mill nil
ncciiiint of expenditures up to the 30th September Inst.
In tlint report, it Avas stilted Unit there AVere iwenty-ninc
miles of the truck hiiil in 1842, in which no clinuge of plan
Ik j aviim intended. The method to he pursued in repairing this
distnne.e, was the first matter requiring attention. Upon a
thorough cxmiiinntion of the truck, for Unit object, it Avns
clearly ascertained, that untiling short of mi entire renewal
would rcrniiiplish the desired end On the li5th of De
cember, contracts were inndo for timber, nud, within ii few i ''," 1 ",' '"a-""" "'
. -iii 1 checks, nlmvo mentioned
g the new truck. 1 his step aviis iimivoulnhle, , , p , ,, . .....
.i i .i ii 1 i .i . Then, the line union
us the old limber wns thoroughly rotten, mid the necessity
for this expenditure had u serious lieu ling on the elforts to
extend the Knud to the fm-lhest pnssjhle point.
Iii May, contracts were made Incomplete the trnck for 20
miles beyond Coosa Depot. The whole superstructure on
this Kond, tins been let at nn unprecedented low price.—
The entire cost of timber mid Avorknninsliip, Inis been from
8850 to 81050 per mile; uml tlfht lit I he highest price, wns
combined tvilli it large quantity nt ii very low price. Itis
believed that no work in the United Status bus been let Inw-
ei ihmi the highest of these rates. The work Inis been pres
sed with great vigor, and at the e.lnse of the year, the Statu
will possess 80 miles of Kail Itoud in successful operation.
There linvc been some circumstances attending the exe
cution nf the order fur l, w 40 Ions of Iron given to Alc-srs.
John Ernsier «t Co. of Charleston, on the 8th Wnv, 1844,
which it is deemed proper to make public. This order wns
given to them in consequence of an intimation given through
n third parly, that they could, through their l.iveipool
friends, procure the Iron nt the lowest cash prices, mid give
thcStnte of Georgia a credit of 12 months. After much
correspondence with these gentlemen, during which the
above conditions were repentedly mentioned, the order was
finally given nt a personal interview. It was sent to Messrs.
Ek'ldea, Riot hers & Co., of Liverpool. In the letter of
Messrs. Julia Frasier & Co., conveying the order, are these
words : “ Yon will now please find enclosed the spe -ifien-
Iions and drawings in conformity wiili which you will now
make n contract immediately for eighteen handled and forty
tons of Kails at the loirttt possible cash prices." The letter
further urged them to procure n credit if possible, adding—
“ If 12 months cannot begot, get as longn lime ns yon can
ku'. the order was to purchase tile roils positively, mid se
cure the credit if practicable. The only imperative condi
tion of the order was to purchase the rails at the luicestpos
sible cash prices.
ITkilur I tits oritar, Mr. Join* Piv.Ucrsgill, of London, one Ilf
the firm of Fielden, Brothers & Co., made a contract for the
rails with Messrs. Thompson and Forinnr, in Loudon, on or
about the 1st day of Jane, agreeing to give them about £2
per ton above the market price at that date. The price
agreed oil between them was £S ISs, and letters from se
veral of the most respectable American Houses, show this
to have been about £2 per ton ubuve the market price at
that time.
These facts were not known here until the first cargo ar
rived. They were then reported to your Excellency, when
every menus were adopted to obtain justice. As soon as
the complaint was made, Messrs. Thompson and Forman
agreed to deduct XoOOfioin their hill, ami Messrs. Fielden,
lirothers & Co. agreed lo deduct their commission ; show
ing that bolli were perfecily aw are of the injustice done to
the State ; hut they could not consent to disgoige the. whole
of the 8i8,000 overcharged. Unfortunately, Iron had risen
enormously in the mean time, mid ihe agent of the State
was forced to submit to the imposition.
Messrs. John Fiasier it Co., w ere al once satisfied of the
fact, ihut uu imposition laid been practiced, and made every
eifort to induce their l.ivei pool friends lo niljiisi it properly,
amt on failing to obtain rediess, they ngieedto charge no
commission. The only blame that can he ntiached to these
gentlemen is, for not titmice assuming the responsibility of
giving up the rails tu the State of Georgia at the iiiurkcl
price in Knglund, at the date of puichnse, and leaving ilu ir
English correspondents to establish their exorbitant de-
tnnml ns they could.
The ship YVnkoun encountered a heavy storm in her pas
sage, and the iron became much corroded by the effects of
salt water. This gave rise to a claim for duimigcs amount
ing to 87,-MO, which the Insurance office Inis refused to
pay ; though, it is believed, they cannot maintain the ground
they luivc taken on the subject, and ibis amount will yet be
recovered.
There have been nbont §51,000 paid ns duty on Raiijlond
Iron, nil expenditure, from which it was a I wny.>| believed
that the State would lie relieved by the justice of Cbdgreus.
A lull actually passed the Senate within the lti<t three dins
of the session, mid, it was believed, would have passed the
House of Representatives, if it had readied there. !No
doubt was ever felt that ibis duty would tic remitted. In
that confident expectation, il was deemed entirely safe to
project work which should consume the whole appropriation,
after setting apart the amount of theic duties which it was
supposed would remain a surplus on hand. The woik
which will he perfected at the close of this year, had to he
determined on eighteen months ago, mid certain parts let,
— nml the object in view was to bring the greatest possible ex
tent ol'Ruud into active and profitable use. The failure of
wTnlu | Congress to puss n hill for refunding this duty, deprived the
work of this reserved fund to coverany expected contingency.
When I he work had progressed so far, that no part could
ho suspended wit Ik at injury to the whole, it first became
known that the Iron had cost much itioie tlinn the estimate,
in consequence of the most extraordinary conduct of our
English Agents. This, together with the redemption of a
considerable quantity of scrip over what was sli >ivn by the
Kooks of the office to be iu circulation, has occasioned the
liabilities of the State under existing contracts In exceed by
about §14,000 ilie bonds ivliii-li have been issued. Hat ii is
respectfully submitted that the $270,000 of bonds is tied, do
not cover llie appropriation made in the Act of 1845. Your
extra .Message of November 22d, 1843, is the only document
from which the amount of the appropriation can be ascer-
'itiued. la that Message, the amount of hoods authorised
by existing appropriations, mid nut heretofore issued, is stil
ted nt 8270,975 54. Of the amounts deducted from exist
ing appropriations to show this result, there were of Stale
hnmls $1,000 returned as defective, mid cancelled under
year direction. There were also live deinmids oil the Trea
sury amounting to $500 $6, which were piesumcd nt the
time to lie paid, and were charged to the appropriations, as
paiil; Iml they were afterwards nsccitnined to he unpaid —
Ami Instly, there were $G 482 of six per cent, scrip men
tioned ns outstanding, anil charged ns an appropriation to
tlu; Rail Ruud. These sums ndded, will inulte $278,901 20,
ns the true amount of the uppiopriatioa.
Allow me to eall your atteatii.ii ton sentence in the Mes
sage referred to. You say, “ The aggregate expenditure
on this Kond, up to the commencement of the present year,
amounts to the sum of $2,010,008 28.” Can the snip in
question he called nn expenditure, if it must he called ill and
no equivalent from the Treasury issued to replace it ? The
mans argument will npply to the defective bonds and cash
APPENDIX.
A.
Nnn.p of llnnk.
Bu.nl,. lop.illircateil*
Amount of loan.
1) ink ol CliBrleslmit
B'lUMHlO
78.862 04
“ Rumliurg,
•27.(00
10 300 00
“ Auuiotn,
30 Of 0
30.000 00
“ t lie Si me,
20.000
25,000 00
Mechanic.' Bank,
25.000
25,000 00.
iieii. .M. Newloll,
5.000
6.000 00
<• Boyce,
20 000
20 000 00
Henry,
6.000
5.000 00
ilei'lmiiirs' Bank,
14 500
14.500 00
>ivurgnt Rml Komi Bank,
250,500
0,500 00-
ACCOUNT CURRENT.
Chat F. ,1f. Garnett, Chief Engineer of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road,
in account current with Ihe Stale of Geortria.frvm Oct. 1, 1844, to Sent.
30. 1815.
amount of the upprnprintion, being as
a have stated, leaves the surplus of liabilities incurred, over
uad above the appropriation, only $5,055 80. This cannot
ho wondered nt when the causes leading to such u result are
remembered.
At the period of the last report, there were $27,000 of
bonds hypothecated with the Rank of llmiiburg bu money
to carry on the work. All I lie cash expended Ims been ob
tained iu the same manner, nml the accompanying sinte-
meat, marked (A.) will exhibit the amount of each Inun, die
mime of the Bunk or individual holding the loan, the tale
of interest, and the amount of Immls hypothecated.
It will lie perceived that all the loans are made on mi
equal amount of bonds, except those from the Rank ol
Charleston, mid the Hank of Hamburg. In these two, is u
surplus deposit of bonds amounting lo $55,747 00. This
sum is considered pledged to lire Georgia Kail Road Bunk
for loans mid sums duo for traiisporintion of Iron.
The plan of transpoitatinii recommended in my last mi
nimi report, has keen carried out. The State has her own
locomotives, and passenger’s ears, and the Georgia Rail
Kond Coni|in»v furnish the freight cars. For the use ol
these cars, thut Company is lo receive one eighth of the
ft eight. This artmigeinent will, of course, lie extended to
the Monroe Rail Kond, when they form a junction. It is
confidently believed that no oilier plan can succeed. This
saves to the Stale all the expense and lisk of transhipment,
at the junction of ihe Komis, nml saves the owner of the ar
ticles conveyed iimoh delay mid some damage. Any other
plan would throw the first 20 miles of the Slate work al
most out nf use, and would operate as a caiisiilcrnble draw
back on the entire business of tlm Kond.
To abandon the plan would render necessary an immedi
ate expenditure of $30,000 to procure a supply ol Ircighl
cars. The State might lie forced to this measure hv an at
tempt nl extortion on the part of the companies owning the
cats; lint in no oilier event can it lie advised.
It is respectfully submitted, whether there may not he
some legislation necessary to protect the piopcriy of the
State on the Western anil Atlantic Knit Komi, nndtnpre-
vent malicious persons from placing obstructions on the
Kond.
The object kept steadily in view during ihe Inst two years,
Ims been to pill, in operation the greatest possible Icmttli of
Kond; ns the large sums of money ultcudy expended are
thus brought into active use. The mnouiii of wink ilms ac
complished will he, hy l lie close of I lie jour, 80 miles of
Komi. This reaches lo a point near a head in the Ousta-
ii ;i ii Iv River, five miles South of the crossing of said Rivet.
Ii was ai Hi Ml believed that (lie itppi oj.riut iim would extend
across I he Rivet, as this was ctinsidcicd a highly desirable
point; hot this wns found to lie impossible.
It is ccitniiily very desirable in every point of view, to ex
tend the road at once to Cross Plains, w hich can lie done at
a very trifling cost, compared with the sum already expend
ed, on this 20 miles. Ail appiopriatioa of $ 100.000 would
complete the road to this point with nplutcruil; nr $140,’ 00
would supply a track of the most perumiient character. This
would overcome the obstructions presented Iiv our River,
nml 20 miles of remarkably bail road, and reach a point of
great importance ; bring ihe jiiiii'lion of the Hightower road
with Uu; great 8tutc Tiutik. Of the expediency ol com
pleting the entire State Kond, there can lie very lillle doalii ;
lint the point here mentioned lias superior claims to atten
tion, both from its importance and ihe facility with which it
may he reached. The entiredistance is graded, and there is
a -ingle bridge wanting, which limy now lie Imilt m ii very
H iffmg cost. The receipts on a Itwil Kond increase ivith its
length, in a much greater ratio than the expenses—and this
would hestrungly exhibited in the case of this 20 miles, undci
the peculiar circumstances.
That the Western nml Atlantic Kail Kond will yield a
handsome revenue to the Stale—even larger than its warm
est friends have heretofore calculated, is now evident. Twen
ty miles of the work went into operation on iLo 15th of Sep
tember, ami the receipts of the fiist month have been up-
wards of $1100 00. It ivns not generally know n that ilie
Kond was opened—because apprehension.-, of n ili.-iippoim-
inent pi evented ihe necessary steps for making it known,
from being taken. The Hinmiut of guilds wagoned 11, rough
Murieltn dining the month was fully equal to tIml transport
ed on the Kond. Moreover, it is conceded that hmily miles
of rail road cannot make muiicv, except under ilic must I'.i-
voruhle circumstances. This is therefore to be taken only
ns an indication of ivlial may be expected, when a respecta
ble portion of tlie road is ill use, uml the fact is generally
known. The Warehouse in Marietta has been crowded
with packages of mcicliaudise for Huntsville, Decatur, and
oilier points iii Alabama, and lor Knoxville, Athens, uml
other places in Tennessee.
At the end of this year a traveller leaving Washington
City for Nashville, may reach there liy this road in tivodays
less limit than by nay other route—and the mail between
those points must necessarily come this wny. Every mile
that is added to the Kond will attruct the travel and trade ol
astill larger extent of country.
An accident on the Komi, in which I had the misfortune to
have a thigh broken, prevents me front extending this repott
to the limits which I had as-igned. Accompanying this Re
port you will find ua nccuuni current, and a table of the cost
of the Road. All of which is respectfully siikmilttcd.
(Signed,)
CilA’S. F. M. GARNETT,
Chief Engineer.
1844
I)R.
OfD'bcr 1.
To balancoa* por account curreni of thia date*
#112.178 03
Vnv. 20.
“ G perct. JSiato Bonds, rt*c. of Guv. Crawford
, 10.000 00
1845
.•Mi. 3.
«• ii H a it
15.000 on
\pnl 11.
ii «i ii i. ii
20.1 HID 00
ilny 17,
•i ii ii ii it
00 (ICO 00
uno 17.
“ “ '* “ “
40.000 (10
Amounting lo
8257,178 93
1844
CU.
tee. 31.
Byam't pd. fur construction during 4<hqr. 1844,
811,783 91
1815
March 31.
“ “ •• •• ltd. « 1845,
20 813 15
UML* UU.
.. .. .. .. ad “ -
150 3 M 30
It'll!. 3(1.
.. .. .. .. 3j .. ..
42.12(1 II
4. U
'• Scrip redeemed,
0 0110 00
“ "
" Balance on baud,
28.137 40
Amounting to
•257,178 03
COST OF ROAD.
An mint expended on cnnatriiciiun ui.ii.30ih Sept. 1814,
82.909,096 02
“ “ tu 30in Sept. 1845,
as per vouchers,
225 041 53
Cost of Road,
83,133,727 55
A BILL
To he entitled An Act for the proteetinn and preser
vation. of the rights and property of married wo-
men, nml to provide a remedy for the recovery and
sole, of tlirir property in ceitain cases, and the de
fence and prosecution of suits in relation thereto :
Sf.c. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
leiituliixs of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
•tnd it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Thai from
md alter the passage of this act, any married woman inuv
become seized and possessed of nay property, real or person
al, hy bequest, demise, gift, purchase, or distribution, in her
own immo and of her own properly, free from any control or
interest in, to or hy her husband, provided, the same does not
come to her front her husband, after coverture, or from bis
assets before coverture, which in law and equity are bound
fur the payment of then existing contracts.
Sf.c. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said, That hereuftei, when any woman possessed of any
properly, real oi personal, ortvlio limy ho tint it led tunny prop
erty, real or personal, either Ii v purchase, as heir, devisee, log
in ee, donee or distributee, skull marry, her property nod its nat
ural and artificial increase, shall continue on her as her sole
and separate property, notwithstanding her coverture, and
shall have, bold and possess the same as her separate proper
ty, exempt nml free from any liability for the debts or con
tracts of her husband, provided, this act shall not lie so con
strued as to exempt the said property from pievious liens
and liabilities, incurred by the operative effect of the present,,
laws nf this State.
Sec. 5. Ami bu it further enacted by the authority afore-
soid, That when any woman during coverture, shuli'pnrchnse
with the proceeds of hci own nml her children’s labor, or
shall become entitled to or possess any property real or per
sonal, hy conveyance, gift, iaheiiiaaeeor distribution, or oili-
wise, such property, tosreiher with its natural ami artificial
increase, shall inure and belong to the wife as her separate
ami sole prnpnity; and she shall have and hold the same
exempt and free from any liability for the debts or contracts
of her liiislmml.
^ Sec. 4. A id be il further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That all deeds, or other evidences of ownership of property
under this act, shall set forth the fact by inserting tint caption
of this net; and said deod or evidence of ownershiiE shall ho
recorded within six itmmhs front its execution, in tlio same
manner as is now required for the record of deeds in this
.State.
Sf.c. 5. Anl be it further enacted by the authority afmsaid,
That the control and management of ull such prcpeitv, and
the ieceipts of the rents, profits uml productions thereof,
shall belong to and remain iu the husband, for tlio use and.
support of himself, Itis wife nml their children, bat, if at any
time the said husband shall divert the use and enjoyment of
said property front the purpose above designated, or shall
iiiisaiinmgw the same, or otherwise defeat the objects of this
law. or at tempi or threaten to do so, then the wife by a pru-
c he in ami may apply to the Judge of the Superior Court,
setting as a Court of Chancery, by Bill oi Petition, setting
forth the faetsof her case, succinctly, nml upon lain ring said
fauae the Cluiticelhir shall uppoiut a Trustee to take charge
of ami mnnngn said property above stated, if in the opinion,
of said Court, it will be for the interest of said YVife and
Children to do so. And such Trustee so appointed shall bo
governed hy the laws now ill force governing Trustees ap
pointed hy a Court nf Chancery.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That on the death of the wife, such property shiili go and de
scend to the children and her said husband, share and shnre
alike; but on the death of the husband, the wife surviving,
her property shall go to and descend upon herself and her
children jointly together, share uml share alike ; ami incase
eit her the husband or wife shall die leaving no child or chil-
dicn, then all such property shall descend and go to the
survivors uml his or her heirs.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That if hi any time, the suit! Iiushaim and wife may desire and
n i-Ii to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any or all of
said property, the same may he transferred hy deed or other
instrument made and executed jointly hy the husband and
wife, in the presence of two freeholders of the Militia Dix-