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WEIGHING COTTON* -:• An act to alter ami amend the fifth *> H<* .ui ,w 't to regulate Uo wishing of Cotto. un .’the- oiniuodi- , tie* In this St&to, approved i)ecemlx>. Bth, 1800. SKC. 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That from and after the pon _ nii.ro of till* act, the fifth section of an uct to regu late the weighing of cotton and other commodities in thi* SUte, approved December Bth, 1800, shall bo altered | and amended so na to read as follows: It shall not be lawful for any Hcalenman or other person In any of th° cities, towns, villages, railroad stations or depots in tins State, to weigh any bale, bag or package of cotton, tierce or half tierce of rice, lx>x or barrel of indigo, or any other article or product disposed of by weight, without first taking and subscribing the following oath before soino one of the Justices of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace of the said counties or any other person authorized by law to administer an oath : “ I. A. 11., do solemnly swear, (or affirm, es the case may be,) that 1 will justly, impartially and without deduction, weigh all bales, bags or packages of cotton, tierces or half tierces of rice, boxes or barrels of indigo, and any other article or product disposed of by weight, that may be brought to me for that purpose, and mark the true weight thereon without any deduction whatever, and render a true and accurate account thereof to the par ties concerned, if so required—so help me God. This act to take effect from and after the let day of Septem ber, 1854. Section 2, And be it further enacted, That the weigher •hall be allowed to make such deduction for wet or other cause, funtwithstanding Ids said oath) which may be rea**rnable, when the hi Her or his agent shall consent to his Imi r < >; and bo it further enacted, That all pub lie scalesmah shall be at least eighteen years of age, and that no slava or free person of color, shall bo allowed to weigh any of the articles of pnsluoe mentioned in the abovs recited act. Apppoved February 7th, 1854. COLORED An act to change the laws now of force in this fltnte relating the arrival within the limits of this State of colored seninen. WIIKKIOAS, tho interest of commerce require an nlteraflon and modification of the laws now of force relating to the arrival of colored seamen within the limits of this State. Section l. lift it enacted Ac., That so much and such parts of tho laws of t his State as require ships or vessels coining into’ thug State by sen, having on buunl any free negro or free.person of oolor employed as a steward, mariner or/ln any other capacity, or as a passenger, to be subject to a quarantine of forty days, be mid the same are hereby repealed. Section 2. And be it, further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the master or owner of every steam bout, •toamahippr voAMlnf any description, arriving in this State from a'tiy port whatever, (except, from inirte in tfouth Carolina and Florida,) immediately upon his arri val at any port in this Stale, to report to the mayor or other chief magistrate or competent authority at the plae<* of arrival, the name, ago description and capacity of every free person of color descended from negroes or mulattos, employed on board his vessel, mi l to obtain a pa*sport, from such authority, to permit such person of color to laud, it being within the discietion of such mayor or other authority to grunt or refuse said pass port. tioction a And be it further enacted, That in case a tree person of color so descended as aforesaid, so arriving as aforesaUL shall be found on shore without such pass port, or in fbn contravention of tho lawn of this State, no slml We imprisoned until the departure of said ves sel, and Muster and owners of such vessel shall be come jointly and severally responsible, in the sum of one thousand dollars for each such free person of color, to be recovered in any Court in this Kate, at the in stance of such Mayor er other authority. flection 4. Anil bo it further enacted, That, no part of this act shall apply to or be of force in any port or place wit hin the limits of this State, where there is no muni ciple corporation or intendant or public chief magistrate or authority, but in all such places the laws at this day of force shall stand unaltered and ttnrepcalcd. Approved February 7th, 1854. EJECTMENTr Am act to omond the Judiciary act of seventeen hundred and ninety nine, ho fares to perfect service, served in Action a of ejectment for tho recovery of land, mesne profits, and to amend an art entitled complaints for the recovery of real estate and for mesne profits. WUKItfIAS. it frequently happens that an individual or individual residing in one county, have their plantations to extend over tho county line in an adjoin ing county, and whereas there is no provision in the stat ute ft* the perfecting of legal process on such persons in action* of ejectment or complaint. Be it therefore enacted, Ac., That from and niter the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the Clerk of the Superior Court of tho county where such land may lie, to issue process in behalf of tho plaintiff or plaintiffs against the defendant or defendants ; which process shall he directed to the Sheriff, or if tho defendant be a Sheriff, il shall bo directed to tho Coroner of tho county wherein •ueh land may lie, aud such Sheriff or Coroner, as tho case may he, shall ho authorized to serve and return the name, and such process and service shall ho as valid as if the name had l*oou directed to and served by the SheritT or Coroner of the county whore such defendant or defen dants may reside. Approval February 20th, 1854. FUKK jvKGHOE^ An act to nuthorfze tho Justices of tho Inferior Courts of this State to hind out any free negro, mulatto or free person of color between tho ages of five and,twenty-ono years. O KOTION 1. Bo it further enacted, Ac., That from and O after tho passage of this act it shall he the duty of tho Inferior Courts of the Several oouutios In this Shite to bind out to some fit and proper person, all free negroes or other free perilous of color between tho ages of five and twenty-one years, upon ita appearing to the Court by the evidence of two or more respectable persons that such free negroes or persons of color are nut being raised in a be coming and proper manner; and upon tho person to whom said negroes or free persons of color are hound giving bond and suffii ient security to said Court for their good treatment, aud uot to remove them out of the limits of this State, and to discharge them from his or her ser vice at tin; ago of twenty-one years. Sec. 2. Aud be it further enacted, Ac., That if any per *ou or perp<jus to whom such negro or negroes or other free persons of color is bound, shall sell or cause to he sold into slavery such negro or free person of color, he, she or they shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction thereof, shall be fined in a sum uot exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in tho Penitentiary at hard labor for a term of years not more than six, nor less Ilian two year#, as the court may direct. flee. 3. Aud ho it further euacted, Ac., That all laws and parts rff laws that militate against this act, he anil file same are hereby repealed* Approved Feb. 10,1H54. An Act tor tho bonofit of Free Persons ot color sulyect to to taxation. SECTION l. Bo it enacted Ac., That from and immedi ately after tho passagd of this act, that it shall he tho duty of all free poraous of color iu this Suite who are sub ject to taxation, to register their names as such, annually, in flic county where their guardians reside,and in case of t heir absence, it shall ho the duty of their guardians to register for them. flee. 2. Aud Ik* it farther enacted, That It shall he the du ty of the Clerk to famish each free person of color, alter having registered himself us such, a written certificate of the same, officially signed, and tho production of such cer tificate shall hOmfficicnt evideuco to relieve such free per son of any charge that may ho preferred against turn for AMrfoct or refusal to register himself in any other •ounty Plan tho ouo in which his guardian may reside. Sec. 3. Bo it farther enacted, That all laws or parts id* laws repugnant to this uct, ho end tho same are hereby repealed. Approved Feb. tSth, 1854. PLANTERS ANI) COTTON ~SkLLEIIS. Au oct for tho protection, iu certain eases, of Planters and fallen withiu the State of Georgia. SECTION 1. lie it euacted, Ac., That from and after the pas-age of thin act, cotton sold by Planters and Com mission Merchants ou cash sales, shall not he considered the property of the buyer or the ownership given up until tho same shall be fully paid for, although it may have been delivered into tho possession of the buyer, nuy law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. floe. 2. And be it further euacted/That any person en- CAgttdin the businoss of buying cotton, either ou his own account, or for others, who shall buy or engage to buy ootton on sale from a planter or commission merchant, •ml shall fail or refuse to pay for tho same, and shall rtaka way with or dispose thereof, before ho shall have paid for the same, shall be deemed guilty of fraud and amberilsflncnt, and shall be liable on conviction, to be ini prisoned in thapenitentiary, not less than one, nor more than five years, at tho disci* ti >n of the Jury trying the •ass. Approved Feb. I6th, 1854 NEW TKIAI.S. An net to regulate the granting of now trial*. O ECTIOJf I. Bo it witctoil tiy tho (ionoral Assembly ot O tho State of Georgia, That from ami after tho passage 01 tbia act, ft shall lx> obligatory upon tho Superior Courts of this Stato to grant lo w trials in all cases where u exception to any portion us the pleadings, may be ilb'- gally sustained or Illegally uvvvrulwt by the prodding Judge, against tho applicant so anew trial; iu all eases where any evidence may bellli gaily sulauitted to, or ille gally withheld from the jury, against tho demand of such applicant; iu all cases where the presiding Judge may •deliver an erroneous charge to tlie jury against such a|- plicant, or refuse to giva u legal charge to the jury against such applicant, or refuse to give a legal charge in tho language requested wheu the charge so requested is sub mitted in writing; and iu all rases where any evidence not merely cumulative iu its character, but relating to new material facts, shall be discovered hy the applicant gfter the rendition of a verdict against him, and shall be brought to the notice of the Oourt within the time now rMowed by law for entertaiuiaß a motion for anew trial. Sic. 8. And bo it furtlter cuactod, That it shall bo ob ligatory upon the Supreme Court of this State to reverse the judgment below, and award anew trial iu every case where tt shall appear that an error has I icon conunitted in any of the points enumerated in the first section of this act. by the Judge presiding at the trial of the cause. Sec. . And lie it further enacted. Tlut the Judge# of the Superior Courts may have the power to exorcise a •ouud discretion in granting new trials in cases where the verdict may bo decidedly and strongly against the weight of evidence, although there mav appear some •light evidence in hear of finding; and the Supreme Court shall have power tv* revise ami control such discre l unary power in the Superior Court* Approved Feb. 30th, !S*4 Inabilities of RalAioud C'*liipHiiic. An act to define tho liabilities of them w ial Uailroad C*inpanics of this .State far injury to, or d* -me bon of live stock killed or injured, or for destruction oi, or in jury or damage to property other than live stock by the running of Cars, engines or locomotives, or by the ope ration or use of any machinery whatsoever ttjs)ii a rail road in this fltate or damage done, or caused to be done by the agent or agents, |**rson or jiersoni in the employ of any it ail rood Company or Companies, to regulate tlu* inode of proceeding and define the costs iu such eases and to repeal conflicting laws, for remedy v. hereof, ii KCTION 1. Be it enacted, Ac., 1 tuit from aud after the O paaaage of this act, the several Kallroud Companies of this State shall Is- held liable under the rules hereinafter prtwcril*‘d for any damage done to any live stock or other property except for the assessment f damages for right of way to the owner or ow ners thereof hy the running of cars, locomotives or other machinery Upon their roads re-qs-tively, and for damage done by any person or per sons in the employ or service of such Kail road Companies and for damages done hy any such company by any means whatsoever. flee. 2. lie it further enacted, Ac., That any person whose stock has been or may he killed; wounded or in jured, or who*,* property has been destroyed or damaged (except as belbre excepted by the running of any cars, engines or locomotives or other machinery used by a Bailroad Coiupuiiyj on any railroad by any act done by airy person or persons iu the employ of a Uailroad Company or the officers, agents, engineers and conductors o| any such company to mpvj w ith a written notice ile-erihing th kind of stuck killed, crippled or injured, and the par ticular kind ot property damaged or destroyed, which no tiee sliall contain a statement of th<* time and place, sis can be ascertained, when and w here the damage was done, and may be served personally iqs'ii any employee of such company, at nny place where such officer or agent in the employ or service ofsuch company may bo found, at least three days previous to the day of trial, or by leaving a copy of aueli notice at the resilience of such employee, five days previous thereto, stud which notice shall I** served at any time within fifteen days after the happen ing of the injury complained of and not after, which ser vice shall be deemed and held a* sufficient notice to such Company **fiorlze the Court to proceed to give Judg ment fti ill eases of debt. Approved F* h. 20th, 1854. Preference to Persons ill Possession. An act to sc*‘lire a preference to persons in possession, in application* for grants under laws |k*imining to head rights. SECTION I. lie it enacted, Ac., That from and after the passage of this act* any person having |ossession of liugmnteii lauds, shall have a preference over all other persons applying for a warrant of survey under the laws pertaining to head rights, aud. before any such warrant iff survey idiall he issued, ten days notice shall he served upon tho person in iMstsessinn, of tlie intended application, and desorihing the land to he surveyed, and shalLbe re turned as lia\ ing been served by the flheritfof the comity, who shall receive for such return, the sum of two dollars, to he paid by the applicant for the warrant. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary ot State shall not attach the seal of the State to any gi ant under head rights, until the applicant shall furnish to him tho certificate of the Sheriff of the county w hen* the land lies, stating that the notice herein required, has been given, or that no person other than the applicant fora grant is in possession of the land proposed to he granted, aud all grants issued without a compliance with this act, shall ho void; Provedod that nothing herein contained shall he so construed as to apply to any land not in pos session of nny (fiber person than the applicant. Approved Fell. 17th, 1854. Remedy against Intruder* on Land. An act to protect the owners of lands or tenements against intruders, aud to provide a remedy for kind owners in certain cases. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That from and after the passage of this act, the following sliall he a summary prows* for ejecting intruders from the |Mssessioii of lands and tenements. When any person shall subserilx! an affi davit before any officer qualified to administer ail oath, stating that he, for himself, or as agent far some other named person, (toes, bona fide, claim the right of posses sion to any land or tenement, (describing it) and that such land or tenement is in the possession of a numed person, who does not iu good faith claim a right to HHch jk>hses sion, and yet refuses to abandon tin* same, and when such affidavit sliall he delivered to the sheriff of the county where the land er tenement lies, then and in that ease, it shall bo the duty of the sheriff, at the earliest practicable day, to exhibit stieli affidavit to the person described as being in possession of tlie land or tenement, aud to turn such person out of the possession, unless the person so in possession, shall at once tender to the sheriff a counter affidavit, stating that he docs, in good faith, claim a legal right to such possession of such land or tenement. flee. 2. The sheriff” sliall he a competent officer to admi nister an oath, for the purpose aforesaid, to tin* person in possession, and he shall receive l , for the service prescribed by this act, the sum of two dollars, to he paid by the ap plicant for the process. Sec. ff. W henever an affidavit, in the terms of the first section of this act, shall he tendered to the sheriff by the person in possession, then and in that ease, the process prescribed herein shall be stopped, the contending parties shall ho remitted to t heir respective rights, and the sheriff shall deposit both affidavits in the office of the clerk of tho Superior Court, of tho county in w hich tho land Kes, upon w hich an Issue may bo made up and tried by a jury, ac cording to the laws of this State, and if tho finding is for tin* Plaintiff* or movant, the clerk shall issue, upon tho judgment, a writ of habere facias possessionem, including a ti. fa. far the cost. flee. 4. And bo it further enacted, That whenever a per son shall be the tenant of another, upon land at will or sufferance, or in any other way, when therein no contract for rent, that the landlord may proceed to recover posses sion of thi) same, in the manner prescribed by the rent laws of this State; to ho returned and tried in the same manner, except that there shall In* no verdict judgment for any double rent. Approved Feb. 14, 1854. LWT LAWS. All act amendatory of an act to give to Masons and Car penters an incumbrance for debts due on account of work done, and materials furnished in building or re pairing houses and the premises to which they are attached, and to repeal all laws on tho subject so far us relates to the counties of Richmond aud Mclntosh, and in tie* cities of Savannah and Columbus, undented to the 22d day of September, 1854, and of au act to extend to the several counties in this State the provisions of said uct, assented to 28th day of December, 1887, and to ex ted tho provisions of said net to Machinists, who shall furnish or put up in any county in the State, steam mills or other machinery, or who may repair the same. SfiOHO.V 1. ti t- ft further enacted, <tc., That from mid after the passage of tlii* act, any Machinists, who may furnish or put up in any county in this State, any steam mill or other machinery, or who may repair the same, shall be entitled to the same lien on such machine ry. and tlie premises to which the same may be attached, and may enforce such lieu in the same manner, and with like benefits, privileges and restrictions as is by said acts extended to Masons and Carpenters. Approved Feb. 18th, 1864. PKSAL ('tll)K, And tu t to ailil an additional motion to tiio IStli division of tlio lVniU Code. I- Be it enacted liy tin* Sonata und House of bri Representatives of tin* Stato ot Georgia in General Assembly mot, and it is hereby enacted by tin* authority ot tin* same, Tliat from ami aftor tin* passage of this art, it shall not la* lawful for any luerelmut, tradesman or shopkeeper, by himsoif, ills clork or agent to have closed the trout door of his store or shop, whilst engaged in selling to. or buying from or in any wise trading with a | slave or slaves, or tree persons of color, and any person guilty ot a violation of the provisions of this section, shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indietment and Conviction thereof, shall pay a line of not less than ono hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, one half ol said line to lie paid to the informer, and on failure of the {a rson convicted to pay said fine, he shall lie im prisoned iu the common Jail of thu county at the discre tion of the court. See. 2. Amt lie it lurthcr enacted liy the authority aturesuid, That If any slave or slaves or free person sot color, shall ho found in any storo or shop, or going iu or coming out from the same, with the front door or doors thereof closed, {except for ingress or egress) it shall lie taken and received as presumptive testimony against the person or |a*rsona keeping said store dr shop, of a violation of the first section of this act, which presumption may h# rebutted, by any other circumstances in favor of the accused. Sec. :b And be it further enacted. That all laws and parts of laws militating against this ai-p ls> and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Fell, •doth, 1864. Art net to anicnd tho second section oi an act emitted an act to repeal the forty-eighth seetiou of the fourth di vision of the Penal (Vale, so for as it relates to capital eases, and add anew section in lien thereof, assented to December 27 th, 1843. S FICTION 1. He it enacted, Ac., That an addition to oaths administered to Jurors In cases where the pun ishment is death for the future, the following question shall is* propounded : Have you any conscientious scru ples ns to capital punismeutt And if tho Juror an swers iu the alHruiitive, lie shall la* an incompetent juror, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Fee. a. And Is* it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That ull laws and parts of laws militating against this act. Is* and the same an* hereby rivaled. Aiquovist Feb. 16th, ISot. WIDOWS ANI> ORPHANS. An act to amend an act for the relief and support of widows and orphans, and of the estates of their deceased husbands and porcutm assented to Ike. 27th, 18;kS. ION 1. ik* it enacted. Ac- That from agd after the Jsissngo of tliis act. It shall he tin* duty of the Courts of Ordinary of the several oninth's in this ‘{state, utsm the application of the widow and child roll, or even of the widow or child of any testator of intestate, to pass an order making the allowance authorised by the first section of the als*ve recited act.'provided that lit least ten days no tice of the time w hen such application will la* made, is first given to the Executor, or Administrator, representing the estate of such testator, or iutestate; and provided fur ther. that said allowance may be made iu luoncv or pro pertj, or Kith, at the discretion of the Court. K*c. 2. And Ik* it further enacted. That nil laws, and parts of laws, militating against this act. bo and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Fob. 16,1564. BILLS OF LADING For Steamboats, ueat and con vtty printed a (this office. PATROL LAWS. An act to amend the patrol laws in this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That it shall be the du ty of the Justices of the Inferior Court ot the several counties of this flhite at tin* first term of said Courts utter the passage of this act and annually at the first term ot said Court in every year, to appoint three proper and sui ta ble persons in each militia district of their respective counties, who sliall he known and designated as Patrol Commissioner*, whose duty it shall be as hemnalter specified, and the Clerks oi the Inferior Courts are here by required to notify said commissioners ul* their appoint, nient, in the nunc manner, and under the same penalty as 11 1 (*y are now required by law to notify Road Commis sioners of their appointment, and in the event any per son designated as commissioner does not tender his resig nation to someone of the Justices of the inferior Court w ithin ten days after being duly notified by the Clerk, he shall be considered as having accepted of the appoint ment, and in case of refusal, resignation or death, the Inferior Court* shall fill the vacancy produced in the same way its now provided far filling vacancies oecasioped by the refusal or resignation or death of Road Commis sioners. • flee. 2. Be it further friheted, That sold Commissioners after having tukeu an oath faithfully to discharge their duties as prescribed by this act, shall, w ithin fifteen days afa r being notified of their appointment, at the Court House <i at some place which they .select in the district in which they reside and make out a fist of the names ol all person* in their districts who are required by the laws . now of force to perform patrol duty and arrange and or ganize from -aid list two or more companies not having more than ten in each company, and the said commission ers sliall lay off their respective districts into jis many di visions as they shall organize companies, and assign to each company a division, and no company shall be com pcllcd to perfaiiu patrol duty lieyoud tlie limits of the division which may bo assigned to it. flee. *l. !*• it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said eojninissioiiors from each company which may be organized, to select aud appoint some discreet person us Captain, who shall he of good moral character and not less than twenty-five years of age, and the person so selected shall have the same authority as the captains of patrols now have, and shall demean himself iu every respect as lie is now required to do ffy the laws <>i this Stan*. The Captains of patrols shall be notified of their npimiiitment in writing, within ten days alter the meeting of the commissioners and notification to each captain shall be nccompupied with a list of the names ol* the per sons belonging to his company, and a notice of only one day from the captain to life iihhiilmtm of his company sliall In sufficient to require an attendance at the time and plan* the captain may direct, and perforin Uio duties which may In* required. If any commissioner or com missioners shall fail or neglect to discharge the duties which are herein required, within twelve months after their appointment, without a good and reasonable excuse to he judged of by the Justices of tlio Inferior Court, he or they ahull fa* lined by said Court n sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every failure, or neglect, and if the captain- of patrol companies shall refuse, fall or neglect to call out their companies w'itliin twenty days after being notified of their appointment and as often as otiee every fifteen days thereafter during the six months en suing from the time of their appointment, they shall he lined hy tho commissioners upon sutficent proof thereof being made to them, in a sum not exceeding ten dollars, for every such refusal, failure or neglect, and if any per son belonging ton company, after being duly summoned or notified, shall fail or retese to attend at the time and place designated far the purpose of performing patrol du ty or when in active service sliall deport himself insolent ly to the captain or in any manner contrary to tin* exist ing patrol laws, lie shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars for every such offence. flee. 4. And he it further enacted, That it sliall be the duty of tho Captains to report all delinauenccs to the commissioners within twenty days after they may occur, and all cases of disobedience or insubordination or de fault, shall t>e considered and deteiiniued in tlie same manner as road commissioners now consider and deter mine eases of default as to overseers and persons sub ject to work on roads, and all tines imposed shall be col lected in the same way as the law now prescribes lbr the collecting of lines imposed on defaulting overseers and persons liable to work on roads, and all hues imposed and collected by this act, shall be paid to the ordinary or commissioners of the poor school fund of the county, and become part of said fund. flee. 5. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons whatsoever, shall by force or otherwis, oppose any patrol company or member of any company whilst engaged in the discharge of their legitimate duties; or shall prevent or endeavor to prevent a search and exami nation being made of negro houses, or any other place where it may he supposed or suspected that any negro liable to be punished may be concealed, or shall annoy or menace any company or member of any company, whilst in the perfarßiance of patrol duty, he or they may he in dicted in the Superior Court for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be lined by said court in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and that this law shall only be enforced upon application of the citizens of tlie differ ent patrol districts, as herein before arranged. flee. 6. And bo it further euacted, That the provisions of tlie act passed the 18th of November, 17U5, regulating patrols in this State, and all other acts subsequent to that time in relation to patrols are continued in full force, ex cept so far as they conflict with this act. Provided that the provision* of this act shall not extend to the counties of Bulloch, Carroll, Dado, flail, llart and Rabun, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Feb. 20th, 1854. TAX. An act to levy and collect a tax for ouch of the political years 1854 and 1855, and thereafter until repealed. SECTION 1. lie it enacted liy the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That tho Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, sth, Bth, Ttlu Bth, 9th, loth, lltli, 13th, 14th, 10th, 17th, 18th, lUtlt, 20th, 21st, and 22d sections of an act, entitled an act to levy and collect it tax for each of the political years 1852 and 1853, and thereafter until repealed, approved January 9th, 1852, and the 12th and 15th sections thereof, as hereinafter altered tunl amended, he and the same are hereby contb ntfed in full force until repealed. Sec. 2. lie it further enacted, That the 12th section of said recited act. he so altered as to read as follows: That the receivers of tax returns throughout tho State, shall administer to each and every person giving in his or her taxable property, the following oath, to wit: You do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be,) that the account which you now give in is a just and true account of all the taxable’ property which you were pos sessed of, held or claimed, on the first day of April lust, or were interested in or entitled to, eithor in your own right, or tho rigid, of any iitlirr persuu or pormns whatsoever, as parent, guardian, executor, agent, administrator, or trus tee, or iti any other manner whatever; and that the valu ation which you have affixed thereto, is a just and true valuation of the same, as nearly as you can arrive at it. to the best of your knowledge anil belief—So help von God. Sec. 3. And bo it further enacted, That the 15th section of said recited act. shall lie so altered as to read as follows: That the amount so required to bo assessed and collected, shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dol lars. auuuuUy, exclusive of the commissions of the Decei vers and Collectors. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That an act supple mentary to the above recited tut. approved Jan. 21st. 1862, lie and tin* same is hereby revived mid made .supplemen tary to tliis net. Provided, ihat tho amount to be raised under the first section ol said act, shall not exceed the sunt specified in the third section of this act. Sec. 5. And lie it further enacted, That upon tho seve ral rail road companies of this Stato new in operation, or that limy hereafter go into operation, whose charters do not exempt them from such taxation, there shall la* levied and collected, in the manner now provided by law for tile collection of taxes from corporations, the same per centum tax upon tho whole amount of their capital stock, inclu ding hills, bonds, notes, and all other obligations due ot to become due them, ils is levied upon stock ill trade un der tin* provisions of tin* laws of force for the levying and collecting of taxes tin- the support of tin* Government. Sec. li. And licit furl her enacted. That Deceivers of tax returns shall have until the Ist of August to return their digests. Approved Feh. IT. 1554. Hours o f Labor ill Manufacturing; Es < altlisluncufs. An act to settle tmd tix the hours of labor by ull w hite persons under twenty-one years of age. in all cotton, woolen and other manufacturing establishments in this Slate, and to make all contracts to labor hi said facto ries for a greater length of time than herein prescribed, null and void, and to punish violations of this act. S FICTION 1. lie it further enacted. Ac., That front and immediately after thu passing of this act, the hours for labor by all white persons under twenty-one years of ago, in all cotton. Woolen or other manulacttiring estab lish incuts in this State, shall lie. and the same are hereby settled and fixed at and from sun rise until sun set, in cluding therein the usual and customary time for meals. Sec. 2. And he it further ctmcbsl. Ac., That all contracts made or entered into, whereby a longer time for lalsir iu each day shall he required of the la-tore described parsons, shall he null and void, so far as relates to the enforcemelt of said contracts uguin-t said before described persons, mu law. uagc or custom to the contrary, notwithstanding See. 3. And lie it further enacted. That any person di rectly or Indirectly concerned, either as parent, guardian, or officer or agent of any manufacturing establishment, ill any contract for labor that is prohibited by tho pieced ing section, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor! ami on eon viction shall Ki fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or bo Imprisoned in the common jail tod exceed ing sixty days. Approve* 1 Fob. 20th, 186 INSOLVENT LAWS. An ad to amend the Insolvent laws of this .State. SECTION 1. lie it further enacted. Ac., That wluiu ver r.ny Insolvent, under the insolvent laws of this State, shall set forth In his - hedtile any interest In remainder or reverse*it. the Court shall order the same to la* assigned as other property contained in the schedule of said iusol vent to some suitable person to soiled for the benefit of the creditor or creditors hi Intirest, which assignee shall advertise said Interest in remainder or recursion iu the sn><* manner as Hherifl's, ami shall expose the game to public sale in the same man tier and make such deed or conveyance of the same as Sheriffs are authorized to do, tmd shall account iVir the prodecds in the same manner as is now- required of assignees by the insolvent law. Sec. 2. And be it further eua'eted. Ac., That all laws and parts of law s militating against this act. be end the saute are hertby repealed. Approved Feb. ISth. 1854. TRADING WITH SLAVES. An act more effectually to prevent trading with slaves, and furnishing them with intoxicating liquors, and to prohibit Indians in Talbot county from selling or fur nishing liquor to slaves. \I T JIEKEAfI, license for the retail of spirituous lfalmi * has been granted, in some of the counties of this fltate to free persons of color, or to white persons acting as their guardian, agent or assistant, thereby evading the laws upon the subject, and encouraging an improper tra ding with slaves—far remedy whereof: flection 1. Be it enacted, Ac.. That from and after the passage of this net, it shall not be lawful for any free per son of color to sell ur disport* of any spirituous liquors, cordials, wines, ale, beer or porter, or any other intoxica ting liquors, or to keep open any lmue. shanty, or any other place, for the sale or disposal of such liquois, either in his, her or their ow n name, or in the name of his, her or their guardian, or in the name of any white person or persons, as partner, clerk, agent or assistant in such busi ness, or as agent or assistant to any white person or per sons. flee. 2. And be it further enacted, That euch and every free person of color, and each and every w hite person, who shall violate the first section of this act, shall, whethet principal, or only agent or assistant, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be tried therefor as hereinaftei directed, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, and upon failure to pay such fine, shall be imprisoned in the common jail of the county for six months, if a white person, or if a lice person of color, shall receive thirty-nine lushes. flee. and. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, any free person of color, or slave acting for himself or any other person or persons, white or colored, who slmll sell or furnish, to any slave or slaves, any goods, wares, or produce, except such articles as slaves are permitted by law to trade in, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall, for the first offence, receive thirty-nine lashes, and be fined fifty dollars, and imprisoned until said fine is paid, and for the second or any subsequent offence, shall receive fifty lashes, and be fined one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned until said fine is paid, and if the same is not paid within three months, shall he sold for such length of time as will produce a sum sufficient to pay such fine and cost. flee. 4. And be it further -enacted, That any violation of this act, if tin* same be by a white person, shall be tried by the fluperior Court, and if the same be by a free person of color, shall he tiled by the Justices of the Peace, as prescribed in relation toother minor offences in the county where the offence is committed, and within ten days after the arrest of the offender. flee. 5. And he it further enacted, That the second sec tion of thisract, and the penalty therein prescribed, shall apply to any Indians in the county of Talbot, who may sell or furnish spirituous or other liquors? to any slave ui slaves, and shall be fined and punished as in this act di rected, in relation to white persons. flee. fi. And be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts of laws, milituting against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved Feb. 17. 1854. RECORDING 1A STUI MEN Tfl, At ~ An act to admit to record, certain instruments, and to authorize oaths to be administered hi certain esses, by jiersous herein named. SECTION 1. Beit enacted, Ac., That any instrument which would be admissible to record,* if executed, or acknowledged before two witnesses, erne of whom is a Jus tice of the Peace, shall be admitted to record, and have all the legal incidents of a recorded instrument, if exe cuted or acknowledged before two witnesses, one of whom is the Ordinary or Clerk ol* the Inferior Court, Sheriff. Deputy Sheriff, Tax Receiver, Tax Collector or County Surveyor of the county in which the instrument is exe cuted or acknowledged, or Mayor, or Intendent, or Com missioner* of any incorporated town or city. flee. 2. And be it further enacted, Ac., That all persons appointed under the laws of this State as commissioners or processfoners of land, or appointed appraisers of the estate of deceased persons, or to distribute any estate of partitioners of lands or commissioners of the assignment of dowers, or commissioners of roads, or appraisers of damages for injuries done by railroads or tlie ears or en gines thereof, arbitrators and all other persons of whom two or more are appointed by law to do any particulai act, aud required to take oath for its proper performance may, and they are hereby authorized to take and sub scribe the oath necessary to be taken iii such cases, before each other, and they shall be subject to tlie same pains and penalties as though said oaths had been taken before any person now authorized by law to administer oaths in such cases. flee. o. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed*’ Approved Feb. 18th, 1854. PAGE’S IMPROVED PATENT CIRCULAR SAW MILL. GEOItGE PAGE A; CO., N. SCIIRQSDER >ST., NEAR WEST BALTIMORE STREET, Baltimore, Maryland, I>KSPKTI I LLY inform tlieir friends and tlio public V generally, that they have greatly enlarged tlieir mamifacturing establishment, and that tlieir facilities are now sneli as to enable them to execute all orders, with promptness, for tlieir celebrated PATENT POKTABLE CIRCULAR SAW MILLS which have given so much satisfaction throughout the Union, as also Steam Powers of all sizes and kinds, Horse Powers, (irist Mills, Corn and Cob Crushers, together with various other machines aud implements to econo mise labor. Since their Circular Saw Mills were invented hy, and patented to, tlieir senior partner, they have made many improvements, which render them perfect iii all their details, and justly entitle them to be considered among tlie greatest labor-saving inventions of the age. A Pamphlet containing full descriptions of tlieir three classes of Mills, prices, terms, capacity for sawing, Ac., will lie sent to any gentleman applying fo> <- je hy letter, postpcld Having recently obtained damages in action brought in tlie United States Circuit Court for tlie District oi Maryland, for an infringement of their Patent liight, they hereby forwarn the public from purchasing Mills similar to theirs from unauthorized builders or their agents. . Address (Jeokoe Pace & Cos., X . Seliroeder, near Balti more street. Baltimore. Maryland. GILMER & CO. Agents, jly-d-in Montgomery, Alabama. fsf: the magic impression. IJTACEK Frill WRITING WITHOUT PEN OR INK, Copying Leaves, Plants, Flowers. Pictures, Patterns for embroidery, Marking Linen Indelibly, and Manifold Writing. This article is absolutely the best portable ink stand in the known world, for a small quantity folded and placed iu the pocket, constitutes a travelling Ink stand, which cannot he broken. No pen is needed, for any stick sharpened to a point, writes equally as well as the best gold pen in tho universe. For drawing, it is in disputable. It is, indeed, the whole art of drawing and painting—taught in one lesson. Any leaf, plant or flow er can he transferred to the pages of an allium, with a minute and distinct resemblance of nature. Witli equal felicity, pictures andcinqsoidery pattern arc taken, and have received the highest eulugiums from the fair sex. and indeed, a more, tastful present for a ladv could not be produced. This Magic Paper will also mark linen, or other articles, so igi to remain perfectly indelible. All tho washing in the world fails to bring it out. Any child can use it w ith perfect case. IV ith this Magic Paper, likewise, onoor four copies of every letter written can lie secured without any additional labor whatever, making it the cheapest anil most convenient article extant. It is used to great ad vantage liy reporters of the public press, telegraphic ope rators. aud hosts of others. Each package contains four different colors—black, blue, green und red, with full and printed instructions, for all to use, and will last sufficiently to obtain Five Hundred distinct impressions. It is put up in beautifully enameled colored envelopes, with a truthful likeness of the proprietor attached. Each and every package warranted. Price—s 2 per dozen, or five for sl. Single packages 25 cents. Mailed to all parts of the world on tlio recep tion of fin* a I love prices. Address, post-paid, N. HUHBELL, 167 Broadway, New Yolk. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 1 In; hull's M one Impression Hyper. —We rcl'ei our readers to the advertisement in another column setting lhrih tho meritsofthis pleasing and ingenious invention. The cheapness should induce all to give it a trial. [Philadelphia Merchant. •• It is unsurpassed for neatness and utility, and should meet with the sale it so richly deserves."—(Tribune. “.lust what the public has so long desired, and recom mends itself to every individual of taste and refinement.” jnly-dtf [Journal and Courier. ASDIDY FEMALE INSTITUTE. Lft Fayette, Alabama. J. Wesley Stacy, a. m., Principal. Mrs. M. L. (Stacy, ) Teachers iu Literary Miss E. Bauielhek. / DciKirtmeut. tpilE exercises of this Institution w ill be resumed on X tho 2d Monday in January, 1860. Kates of Tuition, per Scholastic Year. Primary Department jlo ou Preparatory Department 26 <lO Ist and 2d Department College course 32 00 3d and 4th ** *• ** 4000 Music on Pimm 50 00 V oval Music taught w ithout extra charge. Speedy arrangements will he made to procure a suita ble teacher to bike charge of the Musical and Ornamen tal Depart men I. Tho Principal is an alumnus of Emory and Henry Col lege. Ya.—lms large experience in teaching, and comes highly recommended, both as to character and ability for imparting instruction. Situated iu the bosom of u beautiful und healthy vil lage. furnished w ith all the facilities necessary to the ac quisition of a finished education, flu* Institute strongly commends itself to tlio patronage of an intelligent pub lic; Board can bo obtained in several resectable families on reasonable terms. K. G. Richards, J. T. llmok. Caleb Holloway, John C. Towles. John W. Ilewcll, K. H. Muse. Win. J. Adams. A. M. Presley. J. F. Dowdell. Trustees. December 21.1855. ts AMERICAN COTTON PLANTED FOR 1836. * riMIK Fourth Volume of the American Cotton X will commence with the January number. in thus formally announcing the Prospectus for a Fourth Volume, we have but a few short paragraph, add. sanguiue in tlie belief that, with tlie intelligent, a dusirious patrons of progressive improvement mV, Agriculture. Mechanic Arts, Manufactures of the I'inj,,. ing States, and especially Alabamians, the past history ,* tlie Cotton Planter is its highest commendation. ‘ In the tirst place, we remark to our friends and readu that the Editor, Dr. Cloud, has again become the PnblM . er and Proprietor; and we hereby assure our reaV emphatically, that in future the Cotton Planter shall - sue promptly by the tirst day of each mouth. Flushed with*victory in the magnificent Exhibition .< Alabama's Industry, as demonstrated in the triumphal,; success of the tirst Annual Fair of the Alabama u,,- Agricultural Society, tlie Cotton Planter ‘•will taken Step backward” its progress is onward and upward to the highest niche of improvement. it is hoped earnestly by the Editor and proprietor, and hy tlie members of the Society, that the Planters ;ti. Farmers, the Mechanics and Manufactures of Alabama will rally en masse to tlie support of Alabama's only L. clusiVely) Industrial Periodical, the Organ of the Ala l ama State Agricultural Society, that its etticieney n,;a be unfettered in the great work of developing the j Ul '. measurable resources of the Keystone State of the South Devoted to Improved Plantation Economy, Manilla,.’ lures and tlio Mechanic Arts,” the object of the Anu-ri >m Cotton Planter is to ° a Improve tlie Soil anti tlie Min ( |,v With a corps of correspondents, numbering many nt the most practical as w<dl as scientific minds of the South wo feel assured wc shali be able to visit our patrons on the tirst of each month, to their entire satisfaction null profit. Every family in the country, wliataver nny he tlieir avocation, should patronise some Agricultural paper; 1, cause there is no reading matter published to the worn so innocent, and at the same time so practically profits file in all tlie walks of life as that obtained in a good agri cultural Periodical. The American Cotton Planter issue promptly 1 .y'the first day of tho month, it will |„ uniformly printed in magazine style, on good white pa per, with new and fair type, securely stitched and trim mod. Our Horticultural Department will he sustained, a heretofore, by a gentleman of practical experience, Mr. E. A. Halt, of Montgomery. Terms: One copy, in advance $ 1 00 Six copies “ to Twelve copies “ 10 00 Clubs or Agricultural Societies, 100 copies 75 00 ill t’dhnnunicaiioiis, either for tlie columns of the Plan ter, or containing remittances, ordering the paper, must he addressed to Dr. N. B. Cloud, Locklaml Post Office Alabama, Subscriptions should commence with the vohinic.- Xewspapers friendly to the work, throughout tlie State, will confer a favor hy copying tlie Prospectus. Our exchanges will please direct to Lockland, Ala. BROWK’S WASHING MACHINE. riMIE Inventor in introducing his new Rotary Washing J Machine to tlio notice of the public, does so with tin confidence that in all cases where a fair trial is given they will he ns they have been by those who have use. tlic-m. pronounced to he the best Machine for wasliin, now in use, and capable of performing more work in la: less time and with less damage to the clothes than an; other Washing Machine now made. He claims for this Machine, that it will cleanse tie clothes from dirt in 15 to 30 minutes and leave them en tirely clean, ready for boiling and rinsing. It will do an ordinary day’s washing in an hour an, docs not wear the clothes more than one-tenth as much i: when washed hy hand. It is adapted to washing from the finest Muslins toth, coarsest clothes. Blankets and Carpets. It can be worked by women or even a 12 year old boy. and is so simple in its construction that almost any lied; can repair it —if it should ever need it—and will with „ dinary care last from 5 to 10 years. Ifij ■ One of tho great merits of this Machine in addition to the facility in washing—is that the clothes an not m; out by washing. By tlio ordinary process of wasliii. clothes are more injured than by wearing. This advat tage together with tlie fact that it will do ten times tin work of hand labor, should induce every Hotel, Boardin. House, and family to have one. These Machines are sold for Cash only, delivered at on shop—price sl3. Directions for using sent with ever; machine. Manufactured by CLEMONS, BROWN & CO. Wo refer to a few of tho many who have bought an. used the Machines, viz ; (fen. Betliune, Columbus, Elisha Trammell, “ Dr. A. Pond, “ GoorgeT. Hurt, Bussell t A. M. Allen, “ Chas. A. Peabody, “ John W. Hurt, “ Hopson Smith, “ John Hudson, of tlie firm of A. Lowthcr, “ Threcw its, Holt & Cos., James Torbut, “ Thomas DeWolf, “ B. Whithurst, “ Charles Wise, “ W. A. MeGruder, “ B. E. Dixon, “ George McGehee, “ Dr. Urquhart, “ Walton B. Harris, “ P. A. Clayton, “ W. G. Williams, “ J. C. Brewer, “ D. Bullard, “ James K. Jones, ‘ “ It. N. B. Bardwell, Tuskcgi Charles P. Levy. “ J. C. Sale, Auburn. J. Ennis, “ A. R. Bell, Montgomery. Wm. Matheson. “ Jno. Gill Shorter, Eufaulii. J. W. Thomas, “ E. E. Brow n, Macon, Ga. James Comer, “ Female College, “ Owen Thomas, “ Geo. T. Rogers, “ Capt. J. E. Davis, “ 0. W. Massey, “ Kcv. J. W r . Talley, Oxford. W. S. Brantley, “ A. G. Slappey, Fort Valley N. Clayton, Chambers, o Col. Wellborn, Meriwether. N. W. Persons, Elion. Ala. Columbus, November 6 2m BANCROFT, BETTS & MARSHALL, CHARLESTON, S. C. CIRCULAR FOR THE FALL OF 1855 AIT - FI desire to call the attention of our friends, W the buyers of Dry Goods throughout the West at South-west, to our attractions lor tho Fall Sales of tii present year. Ottr business is now so well organized and arrange* that we are better able than ever before to supply tt trade with a large and attractive Stock. Our own importations will supply our Foreign Depar ments with ull the new and desirable fabrics from tt European markets, selected liy one of the House rcsido in Europe, and will be particularly adapted to our mark Our Domestic and Staple Goods Department will supplied with all the loading styles of Goods.; It is, we believo, an acknowledged fact, that our *t has always been one of the largest and most attracts in this country; and we also believe the best buyers ha’ been convinced that our system of short profits at pay is tho most satifactory, We invite the attention of all close buyers to 0 Large and Attractive Stock—but witli the distinct m del-standing that we sell goods only for cash, or good not’ payable in all cases at Bank. We shall, from this date forward, adopt anew plan connection with our Domestic Goods department. “ shall keep a full and completed assortment of Bleach Brown and Colored Cotton Goods, which will he sold ou for nett cash. Our object in this is to supply the goods as low as tin are sold by cash houses iu the Northern cities. In or*i to test this feature of our business, we only ask a cot I) arcs on of cash prices with time prices, and then leave the decision to the purchaser. From the three years experience since tho estublls meut of our business, we are enabled the more confidi ly to invite attention to our Stock and plans forbusin believing that we offer inducements second to no U*u in this country. ‘BANCROFT. BETTS & MARSHALL, jly-d3m 209 and 211 King st., Charleston, S. C SUPREME COURT. An act to alter and amend an act passpd the loth day December, 1846, to carry Into effect that part ot t first section of the third article of the Constitul which requires the establishment of a Supreme Ce for the correction of errors, and for other purpose* as to reduce the number of places for the .sessions said Supremo Court, and to prescribe the duty of’ Clerk of said Court in certain cases, and for other 1 poses, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and lion* Representatives of the State of Georgia in genet assembly met. and it is hereby enacted by theautie ol 1 the same. That said Supremo Court shall bo holder the times and places following, to-wit: On the set Monday in January and second Monday in June, in * year, for the First District, to tie composed of the East and Middle Judicial Circuits, at Savannah; On the fori Monday in January and fourth .Monday in June, in 1 year, for the Second District, to lie composed of tin’ > con. Southwestern and Chattahoochee Judicial Circtt at Macon : On the fourth Monday in March and the - ond Monday in August, in each ‘year, for tlio Third I trict, to be composed of the Flint, Coweta, Elite Iff and Cherokee Judicial Circuits, at Atlanta: On the four: Monday in May und fourth Moadayin November. In<■* year, for the Fourth District, to be” composed of the “ tern and Northern Judicial Circuits, at Athens; On t second Monday in May and November, in each year. < the Fifth District, to be composed of the Ocmulgec at Southern Judicial Circuits, at Milled jreyllle. Sec. 2. And lie it further enacted, That it shall be t duty of the Clerk of said Supreme Court to arrange t cases ou the docket of said Court by circuits; and it sli also be his duty to give notice in one of the newspap printed at the place where said Supreme Court is to held, of the order in which the Circuits are arranged *’Vel'y case tlmt is docketed, before all the cases from t Circuit are heard, and shall be considered docket* - time, and that errors may be assigned and issues) it in said cases as called. Sec. 3. And be itfurthereunctedby the authority off said, That all laws and parts of laws, militating agm this act. be and the same are hereby repealed. WILLIAM N. STILLS. Speaker of the House of Represent*!'’ DAVID J. DAILY, President of the Set* Approved, December 22*1.19M. IIERSCIIEL V. JOHNSO> TOBACCO.’ ) *> Boxes Tobacco, various brands, received at* l TO sale by JAMES Lloo>