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About The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1789-1806 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1790)
SATURDAY, February 13/ 1790.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE • * .. . * - ' AND * ~ » > GAZETTE of the STATE. y\ * j FREEDOM of the PR E.S S, and TRIAL by JURY, (hall remain inTiolate. CnftUutin if Cur git. AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. S M IT H, Printer to the State; EJfays, Articles es Intelligence , Adjerti/emcnts, tdc. will be gratefully received , and every kind of Printing performed. An ACT • For regulating the Town of gufta \ ana to amend an Aft en titled, u An aft tor regulating tie Town of Savannah , aud Hamlets thereof” BE it enabled b > the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the htateof G o.gta, in Central Ayembiy met , That seven fit and dis creet perions (hall be elected trom amanjj the inhabitants of the town of Augusta, who (hail be occupiers of a. house or lot therein, which seven persons so elefted, (hall be the Aldermen of the said toWn. And be it further tnutded, That on *he firflt Monday in January next, and in every second yeai thereafter 'he proprietors andoccupier of the houses or ICts withifi the town of Atigufta, aud the limits thereof as hereinafter pointed out, (hall meet at the tnaiket-houfe’ of the said town, and before two or mote magistrates of the coumy' of Richmond, (hall proceed to •left by ballot, seven persons aa afoiefaid, having the qualifications* above-irfeationed, and the persons so chofcb, or a majority of them, (hail meet on the (econd Monday in January, and cleft by ballot out of the*r own body, a Mayor for the said town, and (hall appoint a Town Clerk, aud such other officers as may be necelfary to carry this Ad into effect: And the said Mayor and Aldermen, before they proceed on the duties of their Office, (hall take the following oath or affii ill ation, to wit : “ 1 do (wear or affirm, that I will diligent ly and uprightly, perforin the duties of May -01 or Alderman for the town of Augulta, ac cording to the belt of my knowledge and abi lities/’ And be it farther enabled, That the Mayor an cf Aldermen, elefted an l qualified as afore faid, (half have power and authority to enaft" byelaw*, and to impose penahias and forfei tures for the better governing and regulating the fa'd town of Augusta: Provided, Such bye laws be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this (fate, or of the United States i Pt„viaed aljo , That the powers herein veiled {fall not extend to the mfiifting corporal pu nilhment, except on (laves, free negroes or * mulattoes, for offences committed within the limits of the said town. And be ti further enaSed , That it fliall and may be lawful for the said Mayor and Alder men, or a majority of them, yearly, and every year, or oftener, if occasion may re quire, to make, lay, aud afiefs one or more late or rates, aflefl'ment or affefimenta, upon all and every person or persons, who (hall hold, occupy or enjoy any house, building, tenement of lot in any square, street or place, within the limits of the town as aforefaid, &r railing such sum or sums of money, aa.' they or a majority of them (hall think neces sary, for .carrying this Ad, and the bye laws which may be made under it into execution i And that in cases of negleft or refufal to pay »ny rates, aftefiraents, penalties or forfei tures, laid or iinpofed under any bye law pas sed by virtue of this Ad, theu, and in that ealt, such rate, alTelfment, penalty or for feiture, (hall be recovered by warrant of dittrtfi tod fait, to be levied on the good* GEORGIA. and chattels, and on failure of them,' upon the lands and tenements, and on failure of both, upon the person of the delinquent, which warrant lhall be telied in the name of the Mayo*, signed by the Towu Clerk, and sealed with the seal of the said Corporation. And be itjurthei eni.tlea, That the Mayor and Aldermen, or e thet of them, (hall not be entitled to receive for their lervices, by rate, afiellment, fees or othciwife, any per quilite, emolument, pay or compensation > whatever. dna he it further enabled, That the limits of « the laid town, and the junfdiction of the said : Corporation, (hall ex end and operate two miles iu every diieftion from the market • house of the said town, and to the middle of the Savannah river. And be ttjunker enabled, That the Mayor and Aldermen fliall have, and they are here by severally veiled with the power and autho rity of Julticc* of the Peace, within the above dclcnbed limits add junfdiction. Ana he it farther en bled , That the said Corporation (hall, by their Town Cierk, pub „ lull quarterly a fettleraent of ail receipts and expendituies of money, had and made, by them, by virtue of this Aft, fur the informa tion of the inhabitants of .he fa:d town. Aud be i fu/ther enadtu , That the said Mayor and Aldermen to be appointed under thi6 Act, lhall be a body politic and corporate, and may sue or be sued, plead or be implead ed, and may acquitc, have, hold and enjoy, real and pcifonal property', for the use aud benefit of the said town. s Ana whereas, by an Aft of Adembly, pas sed the tenth day of February, one thouiand, seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled, “ An Aft for better regulating the town ot Savannah, and the hamlets thereof,” it is theiein enacted that ceraio persons, flyied Wardens, arc to be elefted in the said town annually, by the'proprietors of lots or houses, who ate to eleft from such Wardens a person that is (Ijied Piefident of the of War dens ; Now »>e it enabled, That the said town of savannah (hall herealter be known and called by the flyie and name of the city-of Savannah ; and that on the firft Monday in March, one ihoufand, seven hundred and ninety, and thereafter annually, the owners or occupiers of any lot or house in the said city or hamlets, (hall, under the direftion of ' any two or more Justices in the said city, } cleft an Alderman for each Ward men tioned in the said Aft, from among the said citizens generally, who (hall, on the Monday following after the eleftion of such Aldermen, choose from their own body a Mayor, aud that from and after the eleftion of such Al dermen and Mayor, their style (hall be the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan nah, and the hamlets thereof, and are hereby empowered to carry into executioo-che power* intended by the said Aft, and (hall be a body politic and corporate, to have and to use a common seal, with power to sue and be sued, plead or be impleaded, and may acquire, have, hold aud enjoy, real or personal -pro perty, for the ult and benefit of the said city and hamlets. And he tt furtbtr enabled, That so much of the said recited Aft as is repugnant to the principles of this Aft, be, and the fame is / hereby itpealed/ And to prevent difordore, or eontageoue dificiupen from beingl'prtad throughout, the fiete, Jh tr t*t fW COfficer, being a physician, (hall be appointed for thn putt t>f Savannah, whufe duty it flnll be to 39 on board every vcllcl arriving from a poit, and before her arrival at Fivefaihona Hole, and there examine aa to the health of the crew and paileogcis on board, and certify the fame to the captain or com manner of fucfa vefl'el, for which certificate fitch phyfioian (half be eutitled to receive, and the captain of fucb vellei (halt pay three dollars, after which be* ing granted, the said crew and pailengtrff, thall be permitted to pass Fort Wayne and not otherwise : And in case any veil'd lhailhavn any uifeAious dtforder on board, or arrives - with any number of pafTenvc • above forty perlons, (thcctew excepted) ftich vetfellhall be obliged to pet form the ulual quarantine requited by the taws*of this state, and parted ui der the provincial government thereof} Provide# aiwa't, That nothing herein con* tair.ed fhab be so court rued as jo contraveno any law of the United States, in any refpecl whatever. * t SEABORN JONES, Speaker of the . Houjt or Reprejtutativtt. N. BROWNbUN, Ptefaent of tb§ St Mate, Concurred Dee, t?, 17G9. EDWARD TELFAIR, Governor. An Ad For disposing of certain vacant Zands or territory wttbm this State, 1 WHEREAS divers perfonsfrom the (fats of Virginia, NOl th-Carolina and Sonth-Carolina, have made applica* ' tion for the purchase of certain traits and par* cels of land, lying and bordering on the Team neftiee, Tom or Eton Bigby,* Yizooand Mif fippi rivers, within this state, and have of* feted to engege to fettle the fame, a part of which territory has been already fettled om behalf of.fomeof the applicants, under an<J by virtue of an Ait of the General Alfembly of thia state, bearing date the fevenrh day of ' February, one thousand, seven hundred and eighty -five',, as Savannah entitled, *« An Aib for lay iug out a dirt nit of land, fituat ed 011 the river Mifti/ippi, within the limits of thia state, into a county to be called 'Bourbon /Vcw, therefore, be it enacted by the Senate ana Houjt oj Reprejeniativet of the State of Georgia in General /iffembly met , That all that trait or part #f territory of this Bate, v.ithin the following limits, to wt: Begin* ning at the month of Cole’s creek, on the Miffifippi, continuing to the head spring of source thereof, from thence a due exit course to the Tom or Don Biguy river, then conti nuing-along the- middle of said rive*, up to the latitude thirty-three, thence down along the latitude thirty-three,- bounding on tho territory of the Virginia Yazoo,Company, % due weft course to the middle of the Midi fip pi,: thence down the middle of )fhe Miffifippi to the mouth of Cole’s creek aforefaid, and containing about five millions As acres, dial! he reserved as a pre-emptiop for the Souih* Carolina Yazoo Company, Tor two year* from and after the parting of this AA ; sn if th* said South-Csrolina/ Yazoo Compan, ihsll, within the said tetm/of two yea *, p* \ into the public Tiealur/ of this st ate, tbv / [Vox.. 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