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GEORG LA.
By tHt HUmorable ‘o EOR G E
H A NT* 1* E-Y* Esquire, Cap
Chief iW and'over tic
feid Stflte. *
AProclamation.
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and Com-
Vs missioners appointed ta.treat with the
Southern Tribes of Inrfiaha have received offi
cial-accounts from the-Creek Indians, mani
fefting a desire and wiHingnefs to come to a
treaty to.be hoideoinSeptember next, and in
consequence thereof have ordered all ho ft 1 li
tres to cease tin their. paw agajuft the State of
Geprgia aforefaid.——+L HAVE THERE
FORE thought fit, by, and with the advice
4nd. coidcat of tlie honorable the. Executive
Council, to iflue this my Proclamation, com
manding, that all hofti litres on the part of the
said date, do cease again# the said Indians,
hereby forbidding all perfon# of the said ftatp
to interrupt *or othei wile injure the said In
dians, on their,way to, attending on, and
re timing fronrthe said Treaty.——AND I
DO HEREBY order and command all Ofa
ceia Civil and Military to apprehend and se
cure any person or persons who shall be found
trefpafling again# this Proclamation, in order
that they may be brought to condign frunifh
ment. •
GIVEN under my band and the Great
. ' Skat' efthe' said State at Augusta,
this thirty'fir ft day of July, in the
Tear of our LORD One Thou fund
* Seven Hundred and Eighty-eight ,
and’of our Sovereignty and Indepen
dence the Thirteenth.
GEORGE HANDLEY.
, .ExhhMomf s Command f ,
J. MILTON, Sec'ry.
GOD SAVE THE STATE!
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THIS is to give, notice, that being
about to purebafe a lot from John
Kroofe, in Broad?ftreet, Augusta, known
hy tlie(No. 30, we therefore think proper
to make known the fame, in cafe.any per
son ihould have a mortgage of said lot,
dt ftiould there be any incumbrance on
the fame.
SEBASTIEN BLACHE.
JEAN LARY.
Augusta, Sept. 5, 1788.
Lilt of Defaulters in Capt. VVaUon’s com- ;
pany, Burke county.
CHAPEL Taylor, james Jones, Tho
mas Frederick, Jacob. Rcadick,
Lewis Stinfon, Christopher Rutledge,
jPetfr JReadick, James Chambers, John
Beate, Jofepb Wealch.
WILLJAM JRYALL, Rec.
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t JfcAHE Subferiber will dis-
JL poie of that large and
airy House on Broad-street, in
Augusta, next door to the
Printing-Office, on very rea
jfonable terms, to which indis
putable titles will be made.
The terms may be known on
application to Capt. Watts,
near .
K H. GRAVES.
[HOUSE of ASSEMBLY,
I If' eatiefday, January 30. iyBB.
’' A motion was made by Mr. William
‘ Few, that the House do come to the fol
, 4cwmg tefolutions:
Rejblvedy That this House will proceed
to name three fit and discreet persons from
. each county, to be convened at Augufl a, by
the Executive, as soon as may be after
official information is received that nine
Bates have adopted the Federal Constitu
tion; and a majority of them fliall pro
ceed to take under thpir ccnfideiation the
alterations, and amendments that are ne
cessary to be made in the Conffitution of
this State, and to arrange, digest, and al
ter the fame in fuel* manner, as in their
. judgment will be most conti/tent with the
irttereft and fafety, and bed fecire the
rights and liberties of the citizens thereof.
. Andthefaid resolution being again read,
an amendment vfaspropofed by Mr. Clay
thereunto.
Refolded , That when the Confiituttonls
altered and amended in the manner afore,
said, five hundred copies thereof ihall be
printed, and sent by the Executive to the !
different counties, and didributed among
the Jutfices and field officers of the mili
tia, to be communicated to the people for
their confidcration.
Refolded, That it be recommended to
every county, on the firft Tuefday in De
cember thereafter to choose three Mem
bers each, tomeet at Auguda on the fourth
day of January after, veded with fuil
power, and for the folepurpofe of adopt
ing and ratifying, or rejecting the fame.
The said refoluiionsbeingfeveraliy read,
were agreed to by the House.
Refolded, That to-morrow be the or
dex of the day for the House to proceed to
name three persons from each county, for
the purpose intended by the resolutions of
this day, that relate to the alteration of
the Constitution of this date.
THURSDAY, January 31, 1788.
The House proceeded to the appoint
ment of three fit and discreet persons 'for
each county, to be convened at Auguda,
by the Executive, as soon as may be, af
ter official information is received that
nine dates have adopted the Federal Con
ditution, to take under their considera
tion the alterations and amendments that
are neccffary to be made in the Conditu
tion of this date j and to arrange, dige#,
and alter the fame in such manner, as in
, their judgment will be mod confident with
the intered and fafety, and bed fccure .the
rights and liberties of the dtizens of this
date; and the following persons were
named and appointed for the different
counties;
For the County of Chatham:
John Houfto’jn, John Haberiham, and
General Lachlan M'lntoffi, Efqmrcs.
For the County of Burke .* ,v
Edward Telfair, George Walton, and
qhrf Powell, Esquires.
For the County of Effingham :
Nathan Brownfon, Jeukin Davis, and
Thomas Lane, Esquires.
For the County of Richmond:
William Few, James M‘Niel, and
Charles Crawford, Esquires.
For the County of Wilkes :
Arthur Fort, Florence Sullivan, and
John King, Efquirefc.
For the County of Liberty :
James Dun woody, Gideon Dowse, and
James Powelf, Esquires.
, For the County of Glynn :
George Handley, John Milton, and
Christopher Hillary, Esquires,
For the County of Camden •
Henry Olborne, James Seagrov- ..
John Webb, Esquires. *
For the County of fTafiington .
jared Irwin, John Watts, and* Tofc
Rutherford, Esquires.
For the County of Frankly.
Larkm Cleveland, Samuel Garden
Niel Cleveland, Esquires.
t For the County of Greene:
Hiarles Abercrombie, William q.
and Thonjaa Horton, Esquires. ICtr *
Refolded, That the persons attend
for the purpose of framing a plan 0 {
Conftitutiou for -the state, be entitled *
the fame allowance as Members 0 f i!!
Legislature e And his Honor the q O ,
nor in Council is hereby authorial T
draw in favor of them individually 0 *
the Tieafury.for such allowance, aedfo
any other nccelTary expence attwduufc
fame. ' 6 s
Refolded, That in case any perfonsao.
ipmated by the Legislature, to report,
draft of a Conflitution for this lht Cj
; decline ading, or if their fens HuU h c .
come vacant in any other manner, that
tiie Afiiftaut judges of the counties where
such vacancies ihall happen, fliail appoiot
a day for supplying them, and ihall gj rc
twenty days notice of such a day; aa j
the'keprefentatives of such county are
recommended and dircde.f, to convene
at any place that may be appointed by the
aforgfaid Judges, and to nominate some
person or persons to lupply such vacancy
or vacancies, and the perfoq or perfuni
chosen. by a majority of the faid.Repre
sentatives ihall be coafidered as properly
appointed.
Extract from the Minutes,
JAMES M. SIMMONS, C G L
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By the CHIEF JUSTICE.
Jt is Ordered^
THAT the Rcfolution of the Honor*
able the General Aflcrably of the
24th January last be publilhed : And that
the Clerks of the re fpedive counties be
and they are hereby required to render
an account agreeably to the said Resolu
tion on the fit ft dajf of the next term i»
each county, on pain of being proceeds!
agaiuft for a contempt.
HOUSE of ASSEMBLY,
Monday , the Z'Ztb January, 1788*
Rejolvedy That the Chief Justice be direefei
andrequired to call upon the Clerks of the
different counties for a clear account of
all the judgments that have been obtains!
agaiuft public debtors, together with the
executions that have been iflued again!
them ; and of the monies that have best
paid thereon, to whom and at what time
such payments were made : And as foot
as he ftaall receive aftatement from all the
Clerks, he fliail deposit them in the Tiw
fury.
ExtraS from the Minutes ,
JAMES M. SIMMONS, C. G.A.
And it is further
That the R.egifters of Probats oft^
fpedive counties do lay before the u
rior Court irr each county on the hr “ •
of the ensuing Term, a general re^*
taxables and taxable property for ,
sent year, agreeably to the direfr 03 ’
an Ad, entitled, “ An Ad for
Tax for the year 1788.” Andalfoi
die Tax Colledors return at the fame 11 ®’
the defaulters in each diftrid in ° nC
neral lift for each county. And this' .
are by no means to omit on any p ret * n
whatever. H. .OSBORN
Augujiai Augujl 25, 17S 8 *