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SATURDAY, November i 7, 1787. GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE OR * I INDEPENDENT REGISTER. % ** » 0 » _ _ % —- * ■ ■■■ ■ ——— I ■ ML, «■„■■■■■■■ I - - t .FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL bj JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Constitution of Gtorgis* ' • • ' v V AUGUST A .* Printed by JOHN >E. SMI TH, Printer to the State ; Ffiav* Articles of Intelligence* Advert if ements , &c. will be gratefully received , and every kind of Printing performed. —'* '—* -£5 -'• •■ ■ --■-- ------ - - - - - i - " ■ ■ " -—■■'■■ in ■ i —■— I— J IJ+ An A£t For fupprejjing the Violences of the Indians . {Concluded from our last.) • AND be it also ena£hd , That the Infpeftor-Ge neral (hall be empowered and required to view all such troops in like manner as the State Troops ; and the officers of the said regiments (hall in like manner, make returns to the Infpeftor- General at the end of every month, when in actual service; and all officers and men embodied as aforefaid, and serving at all times when required, during the present war, and obtaining a certificate to that end at the eftablilhmentof a peace, (hall be entitled to the bounties of land in like manner, as is herein after pointed out, and allowed to the State troops : And the Infpeftor-General, and one or more General Officers, (hall be a board, with authority to examine and give certificates to the officers and men that may embody as aforefaid, at the expiration of the period aforefaid. Provided always, that nothing herein contained (hall ex tend, or be construed to extend, to preclude the men intended to be embodied by this Aft, from doing militia duty, at such time or times as they may not be ordered out by the commanding officer, to parade in battalion. And whereas it may so happen that certain per sons have run and surveyed lands without the li mits of the refpeftive counties of this (late, as eftabliffied by law, and for which grants may have been futTepthioufly claimed : Be it enaSledy That all lands without the limits aforefaid are hereby declared to be vacant, any warrant, survey, or grant to the contrary notwithstanding; and that a traft of land, laying and comprehending within a line to be drawn from the mod southern dream of the South Fork of Oconee, commonly called the Apalachy, in the neared direst ion to the head or fburce of the main dream of Flint River, down the said river, including all the ifiands of the fame, to the confluence of the Chatahouchea and Flint Rivers, thence feadwardly to the head or source of St. Mary’s to the confluence of the rivers Oconee and Oakmulgee, and thence up the River Oconee to the head or source of the mod northern dream of the Apalachy or South Fork, where this line begins, (hall be reserved, and at the cessation of the hodilities with the Indians appropriated to and for the allowances and bounties of and for the said officers and troops; and no warrant, survey, or grant (hall be obtained for any part of the lands •within the said reserve by any person whatever, until such hodilities (hall cease ; and all such officers or troops (hall have a preference in laying their bounties within the said reserve. And be it also enabled, That the said bounties (hall not interfere witl/a certain quantity of laud in the vicinity of those Indian towns, which are and dull continue to be friendly, which quantity lhall be determined by a future Legidature. And be it farther ena3ed by the authority afore faid, That all the ‘allowances and bounties to the officers, and bounties to the said troops, (hall be made and allotted in the following proportions : To a Colonel, one thoufend two hundred acres. To a Lieutenant-Colonel, one thoufaudonc hun dred acres. To a Major, one thousand acres. To a Captain, nine hundred acres. To a Fird Lieutenant, eight hundred acres. To a Second Lieutenant; feveu hundred and If tr«crei. Non-commiflioned efficers, fcven hundred acres. And to Privates) well armed and accoutred, fix hun > dred and forty acres. And any General Officer or Officers called into the service, for the time being, shall have further allotments made to him or them, in the following proportions: To a Major-General, one thousand five hundred acres. And to a Brigadier-General, one thousand four hundred acres. And that the Staff Officers taken from the line, fay, Brigade Majors, Adjutants, and Quarter Mailers, be allowed in addition two hundred and fifty acres each for extra services? the Aids-de- Camp to the Commander in Chief be allowed the rank and emoluments of a Lieutenant-Colonel; Aids-de Camp to Major and Brigadier Generals, ' be allowed the rank and emoluments of a Major; that an Adjutant-General be appointed by the Exe cutive, with the rank and emoluments of a Colo nel ; and Arch allowances and bounties (hall be made in good faith to the different officers and sol diers ayfoon as may be after the ceffadoa of hofti- reftoration of peace.' And be it enabled by the authority afore,faid, That it shall and may be lawful for his Honor the Gover nor, with the advice of the Executive Council for the time being, to enter into such engagements with the people in Franklin, as may be considered necessary for suppressing the said hostilities of the dians, and to engage on the part of the Hate, that for all the officers and privates that shall be actually engaged in the accomplifbing the above purpose, the fame bounties shall be made and given as are herein before direded by this Ad, to the officers ~ and troops to be raised for this State; also, an additional bounty of fifty acres on every one hun dred acres, in lieu of rations and all other claims against the state, out of and upon the trad of coun try commonly called the Bent of Teneffee, with in this state. Provided, That the number do not exceed fif teen hundred, in addition to those already empow ered to be raised upon this Ad. And provided al so , That the right of pre-eintion on all surveys heretofore made by the authority of this state, shall be firft set apart. And be it farther enabled, That an Infpedor- General, with the rank and emoluments of a Co lonel, shall be appointed ; whose duty it shall be to cause monthly reviews of the different regiments and corps in adual service, to commence the firft day of every month ; and also to examine into the arms, ammunition, camp equipage, and all other public stores, noting the state thereof, and fee that they are fatisfadorily accounted for, agreeably to the mcnthly returns made to him} and a Com missary of Issues, with the rank and emoluments of Colonel, shall also be appointed, whose duty it shall bq to keep a clear and corred regifler of all supplies of provisions delivered into his custody, with proper columns distinguishing in each the time, quality, and species by him received} he shall keep a fair, clear, and corred account of all issues in his department, with columns distinguish ing the pame of the officer commanding each com pany, with the number of men each day on adual duty, also the name of the Colonel of the regiment to which such company do belong, together with the issues that may be made to the officera on ac tual duty as herein after is pointed out, that is to fay, To a Major-General or Commanding Officer, ten rations; to a Brigadier-General, five rations ; to a Colonel, three and ene-half rations { a Lieu tenant-CelofiCV Uu«« rations j a M*j«r two and THE one-half rations; a Captain two rations; SubaU , tern officers one and one-half rations; non-com missioned officers and privates one ration ; Gene ral-Staff Officers three rations; Deputies in the said departments, one and one-half ration : Which (aid rations (hall be composed of the following ar ticles, that is to fay, Three-quarters of a pound of fait beef or pork, or one and oue-half pound of frefh beef, or one pound of frefh pork; one pound and one-quarter of rice, fiour or meal; one gill of spirits, and one gill of fait to every five rations ; and no person whatsoever (hall be allowed pay for retained rations, nor draw back rations for mote than three days ; he (hall hue boats, waggons, and teams at such rates as lhall be approved by the Exe cutive ; and his Honor the Governor Council (hall have power and authority to draw warrants on the Treasury, for such sum or fumi as may be or (liall be required for deputies, labourers, coop ers, or transportation, in favor of the said Com missary of Issues: And during the recefa of the Legidature the Executive (hall at all times have full power and authority to direst and approve of the number of boats, teams, and number of per foas that (hall be requisite in the (aid department ; he (hall keep an exaft register of all teams, and persons employed in his department, diftinguidiing by proper colfimns the place or places they are di rected to proceed to, noting the time and condition of payment, that in every payroll the name and employment of every person be inserted at full length, and for each team the pay-roll (hall be dgned by the waggon-mafter, and in like manner to be dgned by all other person or persons that may be employed as aforefaid, and thereafter (hall be referred to the lufpeftor-General to examine and regider the fame, and after being certified by him, (hall be a voucher to authorife the Governor in Council to draw on the Treasurer for payment of the fame; he (hall also procure from the Captains or Officers commanding each company, daily re turns of the issues for each company, and (hall also on the last day of every month, exhibit a clear £hd perfeft statement of the idues that may be made within the fame, with columns diftinguidiing the number and rank of officers and number of privates, and also columns for the different articles that &mpofe a ration ; and on the last day of eve ry month, (hall present the said statement to the commanding officer, to be compared with his re turns, and after being by him certified, the fame (hall be delivered to the Infpeftor-General, who (hall examine the fame ; he (hall keep a fair and correft register of every other official tranfaftion, to the end that such supplies may be fully known and accounted for. And be it also enabled* That a Difeftor-General in the Medical Department, with the pay and emoluments of a Colonel, (hall be appointed, who (hall have power to nominate and recommend tho surgical assistance necefiary in his department, and who (hall report the number to the Executive for their approbation of that body. He (hall keep a fair and correft register, to be made up the last day in each month, in which he (hall enter the name of each person to whom medical or surgical af fiftatice may be administered, together with the company and regiment to which he belongs, and feach afiiftant as (hall be approved as aforefaid, shall have the pay and emoluments of a Lieutenant-Co lonel, and each (hall make monthly returns of all official tranfaftions in his department to the In- . fpeftor-Gcneral. And be it tnaaed t That the command of a Bri gadier-General (hall consist of not less than one * thousand men; a Colonel three hundred and fifty; a Lieutenant-Colonel two hundred and fifty; a [No. LA. w