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WEIGHING COTTON, *
An art to alter hu<l amend tho GitU JW*!'’ t *- iiri m 0
rogulatathe weighing of Cotu.. an -Ui- outworn
tat in tliin Ftute, approved Decewbe. Bth, i riw.
• < EC. 1. 11,: it enad-ed, *<•., That from and after the pa*-
O sage of thin art, the fifth action of an act to rc-gu-
Ute the weighing of cotton and other c ‘ ,ra 1 V 1 1 ‘„ 1 -!,
11)1-1 State, approved Dccomber Bth, IW>, shall bn ajt r
and amended DO os to road an follow.-,) It Kliall Wlb
lawful for any sraloswan or other person >'* any of the
towns, villages, railroad station/? orj ilopota in tni*
Stats, to weigh any bale, bag or package <rf cotton, tlerre
or half tlerre of rioo, l*>x or barrel of indigo, or any
other article or produet disposed of by weight, without
llrst taking and subscribing the lollowing oath betore
aomo one of tho Justice* of tho Inferior Court, or .fustics
of the J’oaco of the said counties nr any other person
authorised by law to adminiflter an oath : “I. A. uo
polflttmly sircar, (or affirm, e tho owie may b.) that !
will justly, impartially and without deduction, weigh
all bales, bags or package# of cotton, tierces or hull
tierce* of rice, boson or barrels of indigo, ami any other
article or product disposed of by weight, that may bo
brought to mo for that purpose, mid mark the true
weight ttferoon without any deduction whatever, and
render u true and accurate account thereof to the pur
lieu concerned/If *0 requited—so help me tied. This
not to take effect from and after the Ist day of Septem
ber, 1854.
Section 2. And be It further enacted, That the weigher
Khali bo allowed to make such deduction for wet or other
•jaurio, (notwithstanding his said oath) which may he
reasonable, when the seller or his agent ehaU consent
to ids doing bo; and bo it, further enacted, That all pub
lie scalosmen 8k all bo at least eighteen years of age, and
that uo Hlavo or Trim person of color, shall be allowed to
weigh any of tho articles of produce mentioned in the
above recital act.
Apppoved February 7fh, 1854.
COLOItED SEAWKA.
An act to change tho laws now of force in this State
relating to the arrival within tho limits of this State
of colored seamen.
WiIEIUSAS, the interest of commerce •
alteration aud of the laws now of
fitrvo relating to the arrival of colored seamen within
tho limits of this fttate.
Section 1. Bn it enacted Ac., That so much and such
parts of the laws of this State us require ships or vessels
coming into this State by sea, having on board any free
negro or free person of color employed as a steward,
mariner or in any other capacity, or as a passenger, to
• bo subject to ft quarantine of forty days, be and tho
same are hereby repealed.
Section 2. And be it further ena- ted, Thul it shall be
tho duty of the master or owner of every steamboat,
steamship or vessel of any description, arriving in this
rotate from any port whatever, (except from ) orts in
•South Carolina and Florida,) immediately upon his arri
val at any port in this State* to report to the mayor or
other chief magistrate or competent authority at tho
place pi arrival, t he name, age description ini l capacity
of every free per soil of color descended from negroes or
muiattoes, employed on board his vessel, and to obtain
a passport, from such authority, to permit such person
of color to laud* it being within the discietion of such
mayor or other authority to grant or refuse Mtid pa -
port.
Section 3. And be it further emu*tod, That in case a
tree person of color eodescended as aforesaid, so arriving
/is aforesaid, shall be found on shore without such pass
port, or hi the cAntravvilli'>n of the laws of this Slab',
be chatl be imprisoned until the departure of said ves
sel, and the master 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 qplor,
rn he recovered in any Court in this State, at the in
stance of such Mayor or other authority.
Section 1. And bo it farther enacted, That no part of
this act shall apply to or boos force in any port or place
within the limits of this Stale, where there is no muni*
ciplo corporation or intendant or public chief magistrate
or authority, but in nil such places the laws at this day
nt‘ force shall stand unaltered and uurepealed.
Approved February 7th, 1854.
IS.IiO< I ;3KJVT.
An act to amend tho .Judiciary act of seventeen hundred
and ninety nine, so far as to perfect service, served in
actions Os ejectment for tho recovery of land, mesne
profits, and to amend ail act entitled complaints,for the
recovery of real estate and for mesne profits.
W11121U3A3. it frequently happens that an individual
or individuals residing in one county, have their
plantat ions to extend over the county line in an adjoin
ing county, and whereas there is no provision in the stat
ute for the perfecting of legal process on such persons in
actions of ejectment or complaint.
Be it therefore enacted, Ac., That from and alter 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 tho defendant or defendants; which process shall
be directed to the Sheriff, or if the defendant boa Sheriff',
it shall bo directed to the Coroner of the county wherein
such bind may lit', and such Sheriff or Coroner, as the
case may bo, shall be authorized to servo and return the
same, and such process and service shall boas valid ns if
the same hail been directed to and served by the Sheriff
or Coroner of tho county where such defendant or defen
dants may reside.
Approved February ‘2oth, 1554.
FREE NEGROES;
An act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of
this Stale to bind out any free uogro, mulatto or froo
person of color between the ages of five
years.
SECTION 1. Be it further enacted, Ac., That from and
after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the
Inferior Courts ol’ tho several counties in this Wate to
bind out to some fit and proper person, all free negroes or
other free pefsuus of color between the ages of live and
twenty-one years, upon its appearing to the Court by the
evidence of two or moro respectable persons that such free
negroes or persons of color are not being raised in a be
coming and proper manner; and upon the person to
whom said negroes or free persons of color are bound
giving bond and sufficient security to said Court for their
good treatment, and not to remove them out of the limits
of this State, and to discharge them from his or her ser
vice at the age of tweuty-one years.
Hoc. 2. And be it further enacted, Ac., That if any per
son or persons to whom such negro or negroes or other
free persons of color is bound, shall sell or cause to be
sold mtt> slavery such negro or free person of color, he,
she or they shall l> guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof, shall he lined in a sum not exceeding live
ihousaad dollars, or imprisoned in tho IVuitentiary at
hard labor for a term of yours not moro than six, !•**
than two years. As the court may direct.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, Ac., That all laws
and parts of laws that militate against this act, be and
t he same are hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. lb, 1854.
An Act for the benellt of Free Persons ot color subject to
to taxation.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted Ac., That from and immedi
ately after the passagd of this act, that it shall bo the
duty of all free persons of color in this State who are stib
fect t;> taxation, to register their names as such, annually,
in the county where their guardians reside,aud in case of
their absence, it shall be the duty of their guardians to
register for them.
tfec. 2. And bo it further enacted, That it shaft be the du
ty of the Cleric to thrnish e/ich free person of color, after
having registered himself as such, a written certificate of
the same, officially signed, and the production of such cer
tificate shall be sufficient evidence to relieve such free per
son of color from any charge that may be preferred against
him for neglect or refusal to register himself in any other
county than the one in which his guardian may reside.
Sec. It. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws repugnant to this act, In* and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved Feb. 18th, 1554.
PtiANTBRS V\!> COTTOHI sEbLEUS.
An act for the protection, in certain cases, of Planters and
cotton sellers within the State of (loorgia.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That from and after tho
passage of this act. cotton sold by Planters and Com
mission Merchants on cash sales, shall not be considered
as the property of the buyer or the ownership given up
until tho same shall bo fully paid for, although it may
have been delivered into the possession of the buyer, any
taw, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Hoc. 2. And be it further enacted, Thai any person en
gaged in the butanes* of buying cotton, either on bis own
account, or for others, who shall buy or engage to buy
cotton on sale from a planter or commission merchant,
and shall fail or refuse to pay for tlie same, and shall
make way with or dispose thereof, before he shall have
paid for the same, shall bo deemed guilty of fraud and
embezzlement, and shall be liable on conviction, to bo im
prisoned in tho penitentiary, not less than one, nor more
than five years, at tho dlscvtion of the jury trying the
case.
Approved Fob. 16th, ISfi-l
NEW TRIAI.S.
An not to regulate til. granting of u, w trials.
SECTION 1. lt> it enacted by tlio Uotiernl Assembly of
tlio State of Uoorgia, Tliat from aud alter tlio passage
>'t this net, it shall Ik* ofiligntury 111*011 the Superior
Courts of tills Stilt,* to grant now trials in all rasas where
1111 exception to iuV\ portion el the pleadings, lunvhe ille
gally sustained or illegally overruled hy the presiding
•lodge, again*! thu upplioiuit for anew trial; in all eases
” hero any evidence may he illegally submitted to, or illo
ally Withheld fro:.: the jury, against the demand of such
applicant; in all eases where the presiding Judge luav
deliver an erroneous charge to the jury against such an
pltonnt, or refuse to give a legal charge to the jury against
stieli applicant, or refuse to give a legal charge in the
language re ;nested alien tile charge so requested is sul*-
ntitted iu writing; and in all cases where any evidi'itee
not. merely cumulative in iis cluiracUr, hut r**latiiig t,>
a, m material facts, shall he discovered hy the applicant
filler the rendition of n v erdict against hiiu, and shall Ik*
brought to the notice of tho Court within the time now
allowed hy law for entertaining 11 motion for anew trial.
Sec. 1. And l*o it fpriher enacted. Tliat it shall heel*
ligHtory Upon tl.e Supremo Court us this State to reverse
thojudgment Ik low, and award u new trial in every else
where it shall appcir that au error has been committed
in any or the points emimerated in the first section of this
• ‘• J !‘ r i ''* !i iding at the trial of tin* cause.
cec. O. And I*o ;i further enacted, Tliat tin* Judges of
•ie Miperior Coin ts may have tho puwir to exercise a
• uiinl discretion in granting new trials in cuscs where
the verdict may bo decidedly and strongly against the
■aright cf evidence, although there may appear some
glit evidence in fitvor ot finding; and tin* Pupremo
< ourt slmll have power to revise and control such discre-
I mnary power in the Superior Courts
Approved Fob. 20th, 1864.
Liabilities of Railroad Companies.
An act to define tin: liabilities of tin* several Railroad
Companies of this State for injury 10, or (ii-Htruction of
live stock killed or injured, or lor riwtruoLfou of, or in
jury or damage to property other than live ninth hy tho
j running of earn, engine* or locomotive*, or hy iho ope
ration or uhc of any machiuory whatsoever upon a rail
road in thin State or damage done, or caused to he done
hy the agent or agents, person or persons in the employ
of any Hail mail Company or Companies, tS regulate
the mode of proceeding and define the cents in such
(janes and to repeal euiilTictlnglaws, for icniedy whereof.
SECTION 1. lie it enacted, Ac., That from and after the
passage of this net, the several Railroad Companies of
this State -hall he held liable under the rules hereinafter
prescribed for any damage done to any li’ e stock or other
properly except tor the assessment of damages for right
of way to the owner or owners thneof hy tho running of
cars, locomotives or other machinery upon their roads
respctivHy, and for damage done by any person or per
sons in the employ or service of such Railroad Companies
und fur dan rages done hy uny such company hy any means
whatsoever.
bee. 2. lie it further enacted, we., That any parson
whoso stock has been or may he killed, wounded or in
jured, or whose property lias hoe li destroyed or damaged
(except as before excepted by the running of any cars,
engines or locomotives or other machinery used by a
Railroad Company) on any railroad hy any act done hy any
person or perse oh in the employ of a Railroad Company
or the officers, agents, engineers and conductors of any
such company to serve with a written notice describing
tho kind of stock kilfod, crippled or injored, aud the par
ticular kind of property damaged or destroyed, wlijch no
tice shall contain a statement of the time und place, as
can t/n nreertuined. when and where the damage was done,
and may he served personally upon any employee of such
company, at any place where such Officer or agent in the
employ or service of such company may he found, at burnt
three days previous to tlie day of trial, or hy leaving a
copy of such notice dt the residence of such employee,
live days previous thereto, and which notice shall ho
served at tin w/thin fifteen days after the happen
ing of the injury coiuplatuud of aud not after, which ser
vice shall In* deemed and held us sufficient notice to such
company to authorize the Court to proceed to give judg
ment e.s in eases of debt.
Approved Fob. ‘doth, 1854.
Preference to Persona in Poaaeaslon.
An net to secure n preference to persons in possession, in
applications for grants under laws pertaining to hi ad
rights.
SECTION J. Ik* it enacted, Ac., That from and after tlie
passage of tills act, any person having possession of
uugnuited lands,slhdl haven preference over all other
persons applying for a warrant of survey under the laws
pertaining to head rights, mid. before any such warrant
of survey shall he issued, ten (lays notice shall be served
upon the person in laissession, of tho Intended njipliiatiou,
a...1 (lesvrihiiig the land to he surveyed, aud shall lie re
turned Hs having 1 iccu served by the Fheriii'uf the county,
who shall receive for such return, the snm of two dollars,
to lie paid by 1 he applicant fur the warrant.
lice. 2. And lie It further enacted, That the Secretary ot
State shall not attach the seal of Hie State to any grant
under head rights, until the applicant shall furnish to
him the certificate of the Sheriff of tho county where tlie
land lien, stating that the notice herein required, has been
given, or that no jierson other than the applicant fora
grant is in possession of tlie land proposed to ho granted,
and all grant* issued without a compliance with this act,
shell he void : Kmroded that nothing herein contained
shall ho so construed as to apply to any laud not in pos
ses ion of any other person than the applicant.
Approved Eeli. 17th, ISO I.
Remedy iignlnst Intruders on Land.
An act to protect tlie owners of lands or tenements against
intruders, and to provide a remedy for land owners in
certain eases.
SECTION 1. lie it enacted, Ac., That from and after the
passage of lids act, tlie following shall he a summary
process for ejecting intruders from tin* jiossession of lands
und tenements. When uny person sliaH subscribe an affi
davit before any officer qualified to administer an oath,
stating that he, for himself, or as agent for some other
named poison, does, bona fide, claim the right of posses
sion to any land or tenement, (describing it; and that such
land or tenement is in tho possession of a named person,
who does not in gcsxl faith claim a right to such posses
sion, and yet refuses to abandon tin* same, and when such
affidavit shall he delivered to the sheriff of the county
where tlie land or tenement lies, then and in that case, it
shall he tlie duty of tlie sheriff, lit the earliest practicable
day, to exhibit such affidavit to tlie person described as
being in possession of tlie land or tenement, and to turn
such iierson out of the possession, unless the portion so in
posse ssion, shall at oyce tender to the sheriff a counter
affidavit, stating that lie doe*, in good faith, claim a legal
right to such possession of such land or tenement.
Sec. 2. The sheriff shall ho a competent officer to admi
nister an oath, for the purpose aforesaid, to the person in
possession, and ho shall receive, for tlie service prescribed
by this act, the sum of two dollars, to he paid*by the ap
plicant for the process.
Sec. o. Whenever an affidavit, ill the terms of the first
section of this act. shall lie tendered to the sheriff’ by the
person in possession, tiien and ill that ease, the process
prescribed herein shall be stopped, Iho contending parties
shall ho remitted to their respective rights, and tlie sheriff
shall deposit both affidavits ill the office of the clerk of the
Superior Court of tho county in which tlie land lies, upon
which an issue may bo made up and tried hy a jury, ac
cording to tlie laws of this State, and if the finding is for
the Plaintiff or movant, tlie clerk shall issue, upon the
judgment, a writ of habere facias possessionem, including
a li. fa. for the cost.
Sec. t. And he it further unacted, That whonever u per
son shall he the tenant of another, upon laud at will or
sufferance, or in any other way, \\ lien there is no contract
for rent, that the landlord may proceed to recover posses
sion of the same, ill tho manner prescribed hy the relit
laws of tins State; to ho returned and tried in the same
manner, except that there shall he uo verdict judgment
for any double rent.
Approved Fell. 14, 1854.
I.SES LA\VS.
An act a men i lately of an art to give to Masons and Car
penters ail ineiiniUraiico for debts due on,account of
work done, and materials furnished in building or ro
pairitoj Vineses und the premises to which limy are
attached, amt to repeal all laws on tlie subject so far as
relates to Urn counties of Richmond and Mclntosh, and
in the cities of Savannah and Columbus, assented to the
li-d day of September, 1854, and of an act to extend to
the several counties in this Ftato tlie provisions of said
act, assented to 2Sth day of December, 1837, and to ox
teii tlie provisions of said act to Machinists, who shall
furnish or put up in any county in tlie Elate, steam
mills or other machinery, or who may repair the same.
SECTION X. Uo it further enacted, Ac., That from and
aflur tiio passage of this act, any Machinists, who
may furnish or put up in any county in this State, any
steam mill or other niuchincry, or who may repair tho
same, shall lie entitled to the same lien on such machine
ry. and the premises to which tlie sumo may he attached:
ami may enforce such lien in tlie same manner, and with
like benefits, privileges and restrictions as is by said acts
extended to Masons and Carpenters.
Approved Feb. 18th, 1854.
PENAL CODE.
Aud act to add an additional section to tin* loth division
of tlie Renal Code.
SECTION !. Uo it enacted hy the iSenate and House of
Representatives of tlie State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by tho authority
of tho fame. That from and alter the passage of this act,
it shall not he lawful for any merchant, tradesman or
shopkee|K‘r, hy himself, ltis clerk or agent to hare closed
the front 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 free persons of color, and any person
guilty of a violation of the provisions of this sectiou,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, ami on indictment and
conviction thereof, sbnlfpay u fine of not less than one
hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, one half
ot said line to he paid to the informer, aud on failure of
the person convicted to pay said line, he shall he im
prisoned in the common jail of the county at the discre
tion of the court.
tee. ‘J. And tie it lurlher enacted hy the authority
aforesaid. That if any siavo or slaves or free persons of
color, shall be found in any store or shop, or going in or
(siloing out from the same, with the front door or doors
thereof closed, (except for ingress or egress) it shall he
taken and received as presumptive testimony against the
person or persons keeping said store or shop, of a violation
of the first section of this act, which presumption may
ho rebutted, by any other circumstances in favor of the
accused.
See. ft. And lie it further enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws militating against this act, lie and tlie same
are hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. 20lb, 1554.
An act to able.id the second section of an act entitled ail
act to repeal the forty-eighth section of the fourth di
vision of the Renal Code, so for as it relates to capital
eases, and add anew section in lieu thereof, assented to
December 27 th. 181;!.
SECTION 1. lie it enacted. Ac., That an addition to
oaths administered to Jurors in eases where the pun
ishment is death fertile future, the following ipiestiou
: hull lie projHMimlcd: Have you any ronsetentioiis scru
ples ns to capital puiiisineiit ? And jf the Juror an
swers in the affirmltire, lie shall he an incompetent
juror, any law or usage to tins contrary notwithsianding.
Fee. J. And be it further enacted‘by the authority
aforesaid, That all laws and iwrts of laws militating
against this net, he and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. 18th, 1854.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS,
An act to amend an act for the relief and support of
widows and orphans, and of the estates of t heir deceased
husbands and parents, assented to Dec. 2lt(i. 1838.
LOTION 1. Ho it enacted. Ac.. That from und after the
for pa—ago of this net. it shall V the duty of tlie Courts
ol Ordinary of the several counties in this State, upon the
application of tho widow and children, or even of tlie
w blow or child of any testator or intestate, to jiass an orde r
making the allowance authorized hv the first section of
tha above recited net, provided that at least ten days no
nce of the time w hen such application will ho made, is
fir.-t given to the Executor, or Administrator, representing
the estate of such testator, or intestate: and provided fur
ther, tlmt said allowance nmv he made in money or pro-
Krt.V, or both, at tho discretion of tho Court.
Fee. 2. And lie it further enaeted. That all laws, ami
Jiarts of laws, militating against this act. he aud the same
arc hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. 15,1854.
BILLS OF LADING
For Steamboats, neat and conyctly printed utthis office.
PATROL LAWS.
An act to amend the patrol law* in this State.
LtiKCMON 1. 150 it enaeted, Ac., that it sliall be tlie >lu-
O ty of tho Justices of tho Inferior Court of the several
counties of tills Stale at tho first term of said Corn t. ultei
the passage of this act and annually at the first lei mot
said Court ill every year, to appoint three propel” and suita
ble poisons in each militia district of their respective
counties, who sliall lie known and designated as Ratrol
Commissioners, whoso duty it shall be us lieroinultei
; specified, aud the Clerks of the Interior Courts arc hei c
; by iispum I to notify I aid commissioners ot their appoint,
j incut, in tho same maiiuer, and under the same penalty
■ as they are now required by law to notily Knurl Commis
sioners of their appointment, aud in the event eny per-
I sou designated hc coßUiuwioitur does not tender his resig
j nation to some onettof the Justices of tho Inferior Court
j within n-tr days niter being duly notified by tlie Clerk, lie
, shall be considered as having accepted ol tho appoint
ment, and in case of refusal, resignation or death, tlie
i Inferior Coin ts shall fill the vacancy produced in the
’ same way us now provided for filling vacancies occasioned
by the refusal of resignation or death of Road Commi*-
filftnirs.
Sec. 2. Re R further enacted, That said commissioners
after having taken an oath faithfully to discharge their
duties ns prescribed hy this act, shall, within fifteen days
after being notified of their appointment, lit the Court
House or at suns place which they select in the district
in which they reside aud make out a list of the names of
all pel* ills in their districts who ale required by 111!) laws
now ol force to perform patrol duty and arrange und or
ganize from said list two or more companies not having
nunc than ten iu each company, and the mid commission
ers shall lay ml their respective districts into as many di
visions as they shall organize companies, aud assign to
each company a division, and uo company shall be com
pelled to perforin patrol duty beyond tho limits of tlie
division which may be assigned to it.
Sec. b. lie it further enacted, Tlmt it sliall bo Ike duty
of the raid commissioners from each company which may
be organized, to select and appoint, some discreet porsou
as Captain, who shall tie of good moral character and
licit less than twenty-live years of age, unit the ponon so
selected sliall have tlie same authority ns tlie captains of
patrols now have, and shall demean himselt ill every
respect as he is nmv required to do by tlie laws of this
State. ‘Hie Captains of patrols shall be notified of their
appointment in writing, within ten days after the meeting
of tlie commissioners and notification to each captain
sliall he accompanied with a list of tlie names of tlie per
sons belonging to his company, and ii uotice of only one
day from the captain 1 to tlie members of his company
sliall he sufficient to require an attendance at the time and
place the captain may direct, and perform the duties
which umy lie required. Jf any commissioner or com
missioners hull fail or neglect to discharge tlie duties
which are herein required, within twelve mouths after
their appointment, without a good and reasonable excuse
to be judged of by the Justices of the Inferior Court, he
or they Shull Uo fined by said Court a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars lor every failure or neglect, and if tlie
captains of patrol companies sliall refuse, fail or neglect
to call (ait their companies within twenty days after
being notified of their appointment and us often as once
every fifteen days thereafter during tlie six months en
siling from tlie Lime of their appointment, they sliall he
fined by tlie commissioners upon snftiei nt proof thereof
being made to them, in a snm not exceeding ten dollars,
for every such refusal, failure or neglect, and if any per
son belonging to a company, after being duly summoned
or notified, shall fill or refese to attend at tlie time and
place designated for the purpose of performing patrol du
ty or when in active service shall deport himself insolent
ly In (lie captain or in any manner contrary to tlie exist
ing patrol Jaws, lie shall be fined in u sum not exceeding
five dollars for every such offence.
Fee. 4. And be it further enacted, Tlmt it shall be tlie
duty of tlie Captains to report all delinquency to tlie
commissioners within twenty days after they may occur,
and all cases of disobedience or insubordination or de
fault, shall he considered and determined ir. the same
manner as road commissioners now consider and deter
mine eases of default as to overseers and persons sul>
ject to work on roads, aud all fines imposed sliall be col
lected in the same way as tlie law now proscribes fur
tlie collecting of fines imposed on defaulting overseers
and persons liable to work on roads, and all lines imposed
and collected by this act, shall he paid to the ordinary or
commissioners of the pour school fund of the county, and
become part of said fund.
Fee. 6. lie it further enacted, That if any person or
persons whatsoever, sliall liy force or otlierwia, oppose
any patrol company or member of any company whilst
engaged in tho 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 pilace
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 tlie performance (if patrol duty, lie or they may bo in
dicted in the Superior Court for a misdemeanor, aud upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined by said court in a sum
not eXceediug fifty dollars, aud tlmt this law shall only
he enforced upon application of the citizens of tlie differ
ent patrol districts, as herein before arranged.
Sec. ti. And be it further enacted, That !he provisions
of tlie act passed the 18tli of November, 17(;5, 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 provisions of this act shall not extend to the counties
of fiuUoch, Carroll, Dade, llall, Hart and Rabun, and
that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act,
be aud tlie some are hereby repealed.
Approvi dFi 11. IR.UIi, 1854.
TAX.
An act to levy and collect a tax for each of the political
years 1854 and ISho, and thereafter until repealed,
qj EITION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
O Representatives of the State of Georgia, ill General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by tiro authority
of the same, That the Ist, 2d, bd, 4th, sth. Oth, 7th, Stli,
9th. loth, 11 tli, loth, 14th, 10th. 17th, 18th, 10th, 29th,
21st, and 22d sections of an act. entitled an act to levy and
collect a tax for cadi of the political years 1852 and 1853,
and thereafter until repealed, approved January 9th, 1852,
mid tho 12th and 16th sections thereof, as hereinafter
altered and amended, ho and tlie same are hereby conti
nued in full force until repealed.
Fee. 2. 15e it further enacted, That the 12tli section of
said recited act, be ho altered as to read as follows: That
the receivers of tax returns throughout the Ftatc, sliall
admiuister to each and every person giving in Iris or lier
taxable property, tlie following oath, to wit:
You do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be.)
that the account w hich you now give in is a just and true
account of all the taxable property which you wore pos
sessed of, held or claimed, Oil the first day of April last, or
were interested in or entitled to, either in your own right,
or tlie right of uny other person or persons w hatsoever, as
parent, guardian, executor, agent, administrator, or trus
tee, or in any other manner whatever; anil that the valu
ation which you have affixed thereto, is a just and truo
valuation of the same, as nearly as you etui arrive at it,
to tho best of your knowledge and belief—So help you
God.
Fee. 3. And be it further enacted, That the loth section
of said recited act. shall be to 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, annually, exclusive of the commissions of tlie Recei
vers and Collectors.
Foe. 4. And lie it further enacted, That an act supple
mentary to the üboto recited act. approved Jan. 21st, 1852,
bound the sumo is hereby revived aud made supplemen
tary to this act, Provided, that tlie amount to be raised
under the first section of said act, shall net exceed the sum
specified in the third section of this act.
Fee. 5. Ami lie it further enacted. That upon tlie seve
ral rail risid companies of tills Ftate new in operation, or
that may horeafter go into operation, whose charters do
not exempt them from such taxation, there sliall lie levied
and collected, iu the manner now provided by law for the
collection of taxes from corporations, the same pereentuni
tax upon tlie whole amount of their capital stock, inclu
ding bills, bonds, notes, and all other obligations duo or
to become due them, as is levied upon stock in trade un
der the provisions'of the laws offeree for the levying and
collecting of taxes for the support of tlie Government.
Fee. 0. Aud be it further enacted. That Receivers of tax
returns shall have until the Ist of August to return their
digests.
Approved Fell. 17,1854.
Hours of Labor iu Manufacturing” Es
tablishment s.
An act to settle and fix the hours of labor by ull white
persons under twenty-one years of ago. in all cotton,
woolen and other manufacturing establishments in this
Ftate. and to make all contracts to labor in said facto
ries for a greater length of time than herein prescribed,
uull and void, nod to punish violations of this act.
SECTION 1. lie it further enacted, Ac., That from and
immediately after the passing of this act. tlie hours
for IuIkiI” hy nil white persons under tweuty-one years of
age, in all cotton, woolen or other manufacturing estab
lishments in this State, shall lie, and tiie same are hereby
settled and fixed at mill from sun rise until sun set. in
cluding therein the usual and customary time for meals.
Fee. 2. And be it further enacted, Ac.. Tlmt all contracts
mailu or entered into, whereby a longer time for labor in
each day shall he required of the before described “persons,
shall he null aud void, so far as relates to the cnforcemen
ot said con tracts against said before described persons, any
law. usage or custom to the contrary, notwithstanding
Fee. 3. And be it further enacted. Tlmt any porsou di
rectly or indirectly Concerned, either as parent, guardian,
or officer or agent of any manufacturing establishment,
in any contract for labor that is prohibited by tlie pieced
ing sectiou, sliall be guilty of a misdemeanor, und on eon
victiou shall be lined in u sum not exceedinguue hundred
dollars, or bo imprisoned iu the common jail not exceed
ing sixty days.
Approved Feb. 29th, 185”
INSOLVENT LAWS.
An act to amend the Insolvent laws of this Ftate.
qH ! l v i ION 1. lie it further enacted, Ac., That whenever
insolvent, under the insolvent laws of this Ftate,
shall set lortli in his ‘clicihdc any interest iu remainder
el” reversion, the Court shall order tlie same to be assigned
as other property contained in the schedule of said insol
vent to potne suitable person to solloct for the benefit ol
the creditor or creditors in interest, which assignee shall
advertise said interest in remainder or reversion in tho
*llllll’ manner as Sheriffs, and shall expose tho same to
public sale iu tlie same manner nod make such deed or
conveyance oi the same us Sheriffs are authorized to do,
and shall account for the proiicciU in till, same manner as
is now required of assignees by the insolvent law .
Pee. 2. And licit further emu ted, Ac., That all law sand
parts oi laws militating against this net. he mid tlie same
are hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. 18tli. 1854.
TRADING WITH SLAVES.
An act more cllectually to prevent trading with slato
and furnishing them witli intoxicating liquors, and to
prohibit Indians in Talbot county from selling or fur
nishing liquor to slaves.
11’ 11KKKAS, license for tlie retail ol spirituous liquor.-
\\ has been granted, hi some of the counties of this
Stale to free persons of color, or tn white persons acting
as their guardian, agent or assistant, thereby evading the
laws upon tlie subject, and encouraging an improper tra
ding with slaves—for remedy whereof:
Fectkm 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That from and after tin
passage of this act, it sliall not be lawful for any fl ee per
son of color tefscll or dispose of any spirituous liquors,
cordials, wines, ale, beer or ] inter, nr any other intoxica
ting liquors, or to keep opeu any house, shanty, or any
other place, for the gale or disposal of mu h liqnoi s, either
in ills, iier or their own name, nr in the name of his. her
or their guardian, or in the name of any white person or
persons, us partner, clerk, agent or assistant in such busi
ness, or as agent or assistant to any white person or pel
sous.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That euch aud every
free person of color, and each and every white person,
who shall violate tlie first section of this net, shall, whether
principal, or only agent or assistant, ho deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, unit sliall be Hied therefor as hereinafter
directed, and upon conviction thereof sliall be fined iu a
sum not less tliu.ii one hundred dollars, and upon failure
to [iay such fine, sliall be imprisoned in the common jail
of tho county for six months, if a white person, or if a
free person of color, sliall receive thirty-nine lashes.
Fee. 5. Ami be it further enacted, That from and after
the jmssage of tills art, any free person of color, or slave
acting for himself or any other person or persons, wiiiti
or colored, who shall soli or furnish, to any slave or slaves,
any goods, wares, or produce, except sucli 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, und be fined
fifty dollars, and imprisoned until said fine is paid, and
for the second or any subsequent offence, sliafl receive
fifty lashes, and be fined one hundred dollars, and lie
imprisoned until said flue is paid, and if the same is nut
paid within three, months, shall be sold for such length of
time as will produce a sum sufficient to pay such fine and
cost.
Fee. 4. And be it further enacted, That any violation
of this ai t, if tlie same be by a white person, shall be tried
by the Superior Court, and if the same lie by a free person
of color, shall be tried by the Justices of the Peace, as
prescribed iu relation to ether minor offences iu the county
where tho offence is committed, and within ten days after
the arrest of the offender.
Fee. 5. And be it further enacted, That the second sec
tion of this act, 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 ot
slaves, and shall he fined and punished as in this act di
rected, in relation tn w hite persons.
Fee. 6. And he it further enacted, That all laws, and
ports of laws, militating against this act, be and the tame
are hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. 17, 1854.
RECORDING INSTRUMENTS, A-t.,
An act to admit to record, certain instruments, and to
authorize oaths to be administered in certain cases, by
persons herein named.
OBCTION 1. Be it enacted, Ac., That any instrument
IO which would he admissible to record, if executed, or
acknowledged before two witnesses, one of whom is a Jus
tice of the Peace, shall lie admitted to record, and have
ail the legal incidents of a recorded instrument, if exe
cuted or acknowledged before tw o witnesses, one of whom
is tlie Ordinary or Clerk of tlie Inferior Court, Sheriff.
Deputy Alterin', Tax Receiver, Tax Collector or Comity
Surveyor of the county in which the instrument is exe
cuted or acknowledged, or Mayor, or Intendent, or Com
missioners of any incorporated town or city.
Fee. 2. Arid be it further enacted, Ac.. That all persons
appointed under the laws of this State as commissioners
or processioners of land, or appointed appraisers of the
estate of deceased persons, or to distribute auy estate of
partitioners of lands or commissioners of tlie assignment
of dowers, or commissioners of roads, or appraisers of
damages for injuries done by railroads or the cars nr en
gines thereof, arbitrators and all other persons of whom
two or more are appointed by law to do any particular
act, and required to take oath for its proper performance
may, anil they are hereby authorized to take and sub
scribe the oath necessary to be taken in such cases, before
each other, and they sliall be subject to the same pains
anil penalties as though said oaths had been taken before
any person now authorized by law to administer oaths in
such cases.
Foe. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and
jiarts of laws, militating against this act, be and tlie same
are hereby repealed.
Ajiproved Feb. lstli. 1854.
PAGE’S IMPROVED
PATENT CIRCULAR SAW MILL.
GEORGE PAGE & CO.,
N. Fciikokdkr Ft., near YV est Baltimore Ftreet,
Baltimore, Maryland,
IFESBETFULLY inform their friends and tho public
V, generally, that they have greatly enlarged their
manufacturing establishment, and that their facilities are
now such as to enable them to execute all orders, with
promptness, for their celebrated
PATENT PORTABLE CIRCULAR SAYY r MILLS
which have given so much satisfaction throughout tlie
Union, as also Steam Rowers of all sizes and kinds, Horse
Rowers, Grist Mills, Corn and Cob Crushers, together
with various other machines and implements to econo
mise labor.
Since their Circular Saw Mills were invented liy, and
patented to, their senior partner, they have made many
improvements, which render them perfect in all their
details, and justly entitle them to bo considered among
the greatest labor-saving inventions of the age.
A Pamphlet containing full descriptions of their three
classes of Mills, prices, terms, capacity for sawing, Ac.,
will be sent to any gentleman applying far rue by letter,
post-
Having recently obtained damages in action brought
in the United States Circuit Court for the District ol
Maryland, for an infringement of their Patent ltjght,
they hereby forworn the public from purchasing Mills
similar to theirs from unauthorized builders or their
agents.
Addrens Geokge I'age & Cos., N. Schroeder, near Balti
more street, Baltimore. Maryland.
<4l LMEII & CO. Agents,
jly-d2m Montgomery, Alabama.
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not be produced.
This Magic Paper will also mark linen, or other articles,
so its to remain perfectly indelible. All tlie washing in
the world fails to bring it out. Any child can use it w ith
perfect ease. With this Magic Paper, likewise, one or four
copies ot every letter written can be secured without any
additional labor whatever, making it the cheapest and
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OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS.
llubbell’s Magic Impression Paper.—'We refer our
readers to the advertisement in another column setting
forth the merits of this pleading and ingenious invention.
The Cheapness should induce all to give it a trial.
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meet with the sale it so richly deserves.”—[Tribune.
“Just what the public has so long desired, and recom
mends itself to every Individual of taste and refinement.”
july-dtf [Journal and Courier.
vsiIURY FEMALE INSTITUTE.
La Fayette, Alabama.
.J. YYwnjnr Stacy, a. m.. Principal.
Mas. M. L. Stacy, ) Teachers tn Literary
Miss K. Hachslder. j Department.
T *— “ > Music and Ornamental Department.
milE exercise* of this Institution w ill be resumed on
_L the 2d Monday iu January, 18511.
ltate of Tuition, per Scholastic Year.
Primary Department %U\ ou
Preparatory Department qq
Ist and 2d Department College course o‘2 (X)
Bd and 4th “ *• 40 00
Music on Piano oo
Yocal Music taught without extra charge.
Speedy arrangements will be made t< procure a suita
ble teacher to take chargo of the Musical and Ornann n
tal Depart lueul.
The Principal is an alumnus of Emorv and Henry Col
logc. \a.—has large experience in teaching, and comes
highly recommended, both ns to character und ability for
imparting instruction.
Situated in the bosom of a beautiful und healthy vil
lage. furnished with all the facilities necessary to the ac
quisition of a finished education, the Institute stiougly
commends itself to the patronage of an intelligent pub
lic.
Board can be obtained in several respectable families
oil miMOiuihle terms.
K. O. Richards. x. Brock.
(Allot) Holloway, John C. Towles.
John W\ Howell. E. H. Musi*,
Mm. J. Adams, A. M. Presley,
J. F. Dowdell, Trustees.
December 21. 1855. ts I
AMEEICAN COTTON PLANTS
FOR 1850.
riMIII Fourth Volume of the American Cotton I'lai. ?
JL'vill commence with the January number.
in thus formally announcing _the Prospectus i w
Fourth Y ohmic, we have but a few short puragmpi. j
arid, sanguine in tlie belief that, with the intelligent, j
riustrious patrons of progressive improvement iu . .
Agriculture, Mechuuie Arts, Manufactures of the p, .
ing Ftates. and urpenisiU Alabamians, the past 1 1 , *
the Cotton Planter is its highest commendation.
In the first plage, wo remark to our friends and rear •
that the bditor, Dr. Cloud, has again become the 1v.,1 ( :
or and Proprietor; and we hereby assure our raw,
emphatically, that iu future the button Planter sLaff, I
sue promptly by the first day of each month. I
Flushed with victory in the magnificent Kxliibiti, 1
Alabama's Industry, as demonstrated iu the triuinu
success lit the first Annual lair of the Alabama fl
Agricultural Society, the Cotton Planter ‘‘willtak, I
step backward” its progiess is onward and upward t J
highest uielte of improvement.
it is hoped earnestly by the Editor und proprietor.,
by the members of the Society, that tlie Planters „ 1
Farmers, the Mechanics and Manufactures of AluL, ’
will rally en masse to tlie support of Alabama’s only
clusively) Industrial Periodical, the Organ of the .( I
banal Ftate Agricultural Society, that its efficiency u,
lie unlettered iu the greet work of developing the
measurable resources of the Keystone State ofUic&. 11l I
•• Devoted to Improved Plantation Economy, Mtmul,
tures and the Mechanic Arts,” the object of tiie Ju l( <
c an Cotton Planter is to
a improve the Soil and the Min,[,
“With a corps of correspondents, numbering mum !
tho most practical as well as scientific minds of theß,;. j
we feel assured we shall tie able to visit our patrons j
tlie first of each month, to their entire satisfaction .
profit. ,
Every family iu the country, whatavermsy he tl,. ,
avocation, should patronise some Agricultural paper; ‘
cause there is no reading matter published to tln n,.
so innocent, aud at the same time so practically pr ol .|
hie in all the walks of life as that obtained in a good: .
cultural Periodical. The American Cotton Planter
issue promptly by thetirst day of the month. It mi| j
uniformly printed in magazine style, on good whit,
per, with new and fair type, securely stitched and t K 1
meri.
Our Horticultural Department will he sustainiM, j
heretofore, by a gentleman of practical experience. J
E. A. Halt, ut'Montgomery.
Terms :
One copy, iu advance sll j
Fix copies “ 5 1 j
Twelve copies “ ._. lo •
Clttlw or Agricultural Societies, 100 copies 7i s,
All coiimnjuicaiious, either for tlie columns of the Ii
ter. or containing remittances, ordering the paper, n.-1
he addressed to Dr. N. B. Cloud, Locklanil Rost OHS
Alabama.
Subscriptions should commence with thevoluiu ,]
Newspapers friendly to tho work, throughout the .-i :
will confer a favor hy copying tlie Prospectus.
Our exchangee will please riireotto Lockland, Ala.
BROWN’S
WASHING MACHINE.
rpilE Inventor in introducing liis new Rotary Wash::
JL Machine to tlie notice of tlie public, does su with:
confidence that in all cases where a fair trial is gh,
they will he as they have been hy those who have n,,
them, pronounced to ho the best Machine for xvaslii:;
now in use, and capable of performing more work in:
less lime and with less daniuge to tho clothes than a
other Washing Machine now made.
He claims for this Machine, that it will cleanse i
clothes from dirt in 15 to 30 minutes and leave thorn.
tirely clean, ready for boiling and rinsing.
It will do an ordinary day’s washing in an hour;:
does riot wear the clothes more than one-tenth as much j
when washed hy hand.
It is adapted to washing from tlie finest Muslins tots
coarsest clothes. Blankets and Carpets.
It can he worked hy women or even a 12 year old 1
and is so simple in its construction that almost any i,
can repair it —if it should ever need it—and will witlm
dinary uue last from 6 to 10 years.
JtjSr One of the great merits of this Machine in adilitt
to tiie facility in washing—is that the clothes are not i<
out try washing. By the ordinary process of wasliii
clothes ore more injured than by wearing. Thisadni
tage together with the fact that it will do ten tiniest
work of hand labor, should induce every Hotel, Boar*
House, and family to have one.
These Machines are sold for Cash only, delivered at
shop—price sl3. Directions for using sent with eve
machine.
Manufactured hy
CLEMONS, BROWN & CO.
YVe refer to a few of tlie many who have bought a:
used the Machines, viz : -
Gen. lietliune, Columbus, Elisha Trammell, “
Br. A. Pond, “ George T. Hurt, Russell c
A. M. Allen, “ Chas. A. Peabody, “
John YV. Hurt, “ Hopson Smith, “
John lludsou. of the firm of A. Lowther, “
Tlireewits, llolt & Cos., James Torhut, ‘”
Thomas DeWolf, “ B. Whitliurst, “
Charles Wise, “ YV. A. McGrudor, “
R. K. Dixon, “ George McGehee, “
Dr. Urquhart, “ YValton li. Harris, “
P. A. Clayton, “ YV. G. Williams, “
J. C. Brewer, “ D. Bullard, “
James R. Jones, “ It. N. R. Bardwell, Tuski;
Charles P. Levy, “ J. C. Fale, Auburn.
J. Ennis, “ A. R. Rell, Montgomery.
Wm.Matheson, “ Jno. Gill Shortor, Eufaiii
J. W. Thomas, “ E. E. Brown, Macon, Ga.
James Comer, “ Female College, “
Owen Thomas, “ Geo. T. Rogers, “
Capt. J. E. Davis, “ 0. YY r . Massey, “
ltev. J. YV. Talley, Oxford. YV. F. Brautley,
A. G. Flappey, Fort Talley N. Clayton, Chambers, ih ■
Col. Wellborn, Meriwether. N. W. Persons, Enon, Ala. j
Columbus, November 6 2m-
UACIIOFT, BETTS &, MARSHALL
’CHARLESTON, s. c.
FOE THE FALL OF 1555
TTfE desire to call- the attention of our friends, t:
}\ the buyers of Dry Goods throughout the West at ’
South-vest, to our attractions for the Full Sales of tl.
present year.
Our business is now so well organized and urrau ;
that we are better able than ever before to supply ti J
trade with a large and attractive Stock.
Our own importations will supply our Foreign Dcp:
ments with all the new and desirable fabrics from tl
European markets, selected by one of the House resid t
in Europe, and will be particularly adapted to our mark
Our Domestic and Staple Goods Department will
supplied with all the leading styles of Goods.;
It is, we believe, an acknowledged fact, that our s!
has always been ono of the largest and most attract!’
in this country ; and we also believe the best buyers La
been convinced that our system of short profits’ in
pay is the most satifactory, .--s'”
We invito the attention of all close buyers to >
Large and Attractive Stock—but with the distinct t
derstanding that wcsell goods only for cash, or good a t
payable in all cases at Bank.
We shall, from this date forward, adopt ffdw plan it 1
connection with our Domestic Goods- department. “
shall keep a full and completed assortment of Blearin’
Blown and Colored Cotton Goods, Which will ba.soldci
for nett cash. .
Our object in this is to supply the goods (V* low as t‘ :
are gold by cash bouses in the Northern cities. In “>
to test this feature of our business, we only ask a 1
purisun of easli prices w ith time prices, and then 1
leave the decision to the purchaser.
From the three years experience since the establi ‘
meat of our business, we are enabled the more eoiitiiL
ly to invite attention to our Stock and plans for basin
believing that wo offer inducements second to no lb l
in this country.
BANCROFT. BETTS & MARSHALL,
jly-ddm 200 and 211 King st., Charleston. S. C.
SUPREME COURT.
An act to alter and amend an act passpd the JOtli day
December, 184S, to carry into effect that part of
first section of, the third article of the Coiistitn’
which requires the establitihment of a Supreme l’
for the correction of errors, and for other purped
as to reduco the number of places for the session
said Supreme Cofirt, and to prescribe the duty “t
Clerk of said Court in certain cases, and for other p
poses.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifon- 1 .
Representatives of the State of Georgia in geia’
assembly met, ami it is hereby enacted by theauthoi:
of the same, That said Supreme Court shall be liobb n
the times and places following, to-wit: On the see
Monday in January and second Monday in June, in 1
year, lor the First District, to he composed of tile ‘
and Middle Judicial Circuits, at Savannah ; On the fiutt
Monday in January and fourth Monday in June, in <
year, for the Second District, to be composed of the ‘
con. Southwestern and Chattahoochee Judicial Cin e
at Mocou; On tile fourth Monday in March and 11“’
end Monday in August, in each year, for the Thin! 1
trict, to be composed of the Flint, Coweta, Blue h
and Clierokoe Judicial Circuits, at Atlanta; On tin-ball
Monday in May and fourth Monday in November, im
year, for the Fourth District, to be composed of the V.
tern and Northern Judicial Circuits, at Athens; On’
second Monday in May and November, in each year
the Fifth District, to bo composed of the Ocnittlgee
Southern Judicial Circuits, at Milledgeville.
Sec. 2. And lie it further enacted, That it shall h< :
duty of tlie Clerk of said Supreme Court to arrange u<
cases on the docket of said Court by circuits; and it -h ■
also be ids duty to give notice in one of the new-pal
printed at the place where said Supremo Court is b
held, of the order in which the Circuits are arranged. l ’
every ruse that is docketed, before nil the’ ea.ses from 1 i
Circuit lire heard, and shall be considered doekrte' 1
time, and that errors may be assigned and issues j"‘ ‘
in said eases as called.
Sec. 8. And lio it further enacted by the authority id .
said, That nil laws and parts of law's, militating ag
tliis act. be and the same are hereby repealed.
WILLIAM 11. ST!l.l>\
Speaker of the House of Represolitati' 1 *
DAVID J. BATLT,
President of the Set’ !
Apjauved, December 22d. 1856.
HEBSCPEL V. JOlltSOj
TOBACCO.
4 •) Boxes Tobacco, various brands, received (O
ttO sale by JAMES LTGO>