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VOL. II.) ATHENS, GEORGIA : PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M‘DONNELL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, ISO 9. The following is a lift cf the Atts p ’ fed during the fejjion of theGe veral Ajfcmbly of this State of 1809.. AN ACT, To alleviate the condition of ffTocors, and to repeal an aft to aU *4 viafr* toe condition of debtors and H > afT rd them temporary relief, j afted 2 tft December 1808. To carry into efflft the (lift fee ti a of v\ *>ft refpefting h&ftardy and other imnoralftits, and the mo-e £fF; ftually to power the Inferior C-urn to provide for the irsainrrnance of baft&rd chddren. To author;fe James Smith of Cam hen county to collect the taxes due in laid county for the year 1802. To continue in force an aft giv ing further tune to fortunate draw ee in the late land lottery to take lit their g-mts. To enable the commtffionrrs of the Gshnden Academy to after tain ? • 1 v.Trft the amount of the funds of laid Y-dlitmion. To rrukr permanent the fitc of the public buildings in Morgan county a: the town of Madifon, and to incorpoi ate the fame. for the relief of certain wharf holders in the city of Savannah. To exempt ordained minifters of thegofpel from ferving as juror* or tio'ng m litary duty. Supplemental to the aft to ap propriate the funds heretofore let a p:wt fur the redemption of the pub -1 cr'ebt. To alter and amend foe 83 1 f*c th\o of judiciary aft pafTtd the 9th o’ February 1797, and to amend the judieiarv aft pafied the i6:h of February 1709. To compile and arrange the lava nrd rHoutiom of this /tare palled foe political year 1800. To amend the 2oih leftion of the judiciary law cf this ftate. To ftcure to Jofoua Grinage the right to erect a ferry over Little river in Lincoln county, on the rnrin road leading from Augufta to P< te fbu'g. To divorce William Sorrow and Pr f. ilia his wife. To regulate the town of Eaton ten in the county of Putnam. More effrftusliy to puaUh the crime of horfe fteaiirg. To levy an extra tax on the ab fsotees in the county of Glynn, to h * applied to the erefting of bridg €s Sic. in faid county. To repeal an aft compelling C-crks to keep their ofHces within one rode cf their refptftive Court Houfcrs, fo far as refpefts the coun ty Scriven. To amend the fcveral militia la vs r,f thisftare, and to organize the Cavalry, palled the 17th De cember 1808. To prohibit ducllirg. To provide fur taking the cen- * ! Foreign Correspondent o GEORGIA EXPRESS. MANY SHALL RUN TO AN© FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED, fus of this Rare as required by the conftitution. Further to extend the powers of the Comptroller General fo far os t°> relieve the heirs of William Pierce, a foldier in the Utc State Troops. To veR the eft Ac real 3rd per fonai of Lewis Johnfbn, decraied, in Eliza Lwiue, Rachel Johnion, and Sarah Dryldak, children of (aid Lewis Johnfon. ‘Fo alter the times of holding the Superior Courts in this Spue. To admit CreiVtll McDonald, James C. W. Stew art, Georre Walton, William Robin (bn, Job 1 R. B*own, John G. Willing ‘ian', Thaddeus Holt, John B. Barnes and Dav?d Sim, 10 plead and prac tice la the fevers! ccurjts of law and equity in this Rate. To am horile William Garrett and Leroy Hammond, and Walter lee and Edward Rowell, to ere ft toll-bridges at the pixies therein mentioned. To alter snd amend an aft enti tled an aft, to regulate and to keep in repair the public roads, canfways and bridges, in the counties it Burk*, Jeffcrfon.} Richmond, Green and Morgan, fo hr as re'o-cU the counties of Burke, j fflrfon and Richmond. To amend in eft, to air horiflt the Juftic*s of the Inferior C ourts ©frhis State* to diicharge infolwn: debtors, confined by procefs from any court in this Rate whatever. To amend the tax acls, now in force, in this Rate. For the relief of David Maddox. To aurhorife the Inferior Court of Baldwin county, to levy an ex tra tax tor county purpoles. To make permanent the feat of the public buildings for the coun ty of Pukfki. To amend an aft, regulating reads in this fta*e, 1 ; . far as rtlpt&s the opetaticn of faid aft*, in*flic counties therein named, pa fled Bfo December ißc6, fo far as lefpcfts the counties of Can den. To.limit the junlciftion cf the Aldermen of the City of Savannah, fo far as relates to ihe regulation or the market. To amherife the Inferior Gourf, together with the Clerk and Sheriff of Wayne county, to draw juries for the next er?filing term of the Superior Court, for laid county. To authorife the JufViccs of the Inferior Courts of Lcureps zed Pu- Rlki counties, to T vv an < xtra tax, to defray the t xpe.oc-rs c f running thedividirg lnt between iaid coun ties. To author'fe Sherwood M'Call to ere ft a bridge acrofs great Oge cher river. To appoint comnrfTnners, to af rertaTn the divid r g lire between the counties cf Wayne and Cam den, To attend an aft, to rereive and continue in force, an aft for the li m tad >n of aft ions and avoiding ftit at law, pa fled Bth December 18-08. ‘ha atithorife the Inferior Court together with the Clerk and Sheriff r>r the cot nry of l elfair, to draw Grand and Petit Juries. To authorise ihr Inferior Court * i Pulaiki county, to draw Grand and Pent Junes. Fur the relief of David Ltnsber rr - Fo repeal an aft to compenfate the Jußias of the Inferior Court. ‘Fo au horife Clerks, Sheriff*, Coroners and Surveyors, to hold their 1 tfi un 1 the conamiflion irgof their iucct fiors, and to regu kie ihe transfer of papers. Fo amend an aft, to compel Clerks to keep their ft flies at or V' 1 1thin one mile of their relptftive Court Houfi *, fo far ds refpefts the counties of PuLflci and Ftifair. Fo eme urage the Ft male A fy liiiii or b&vannah, ft o coiiij ti jfuftices of the Peace to keep a fair and rogulai book of entry, ft o keep open the main channel of Broad river, from the confluence eft the fame w-rla Savannah river, ro the mouth of Hu Hon ft river, m Frai.kiin county. F r the tenovalTf an audited crrdflcace therein mentioned. To quiet the cia.m ol Sylvanus Church. To divide the county cf Wi‘l -a: cl to form om? other new ccuiity. [( he new ccunty is call td Twigg,.] Securing to jofeph Hill, theex c’liive right, to ere ft three toil bridges acrols Savannah river and it s branches, and caufways acrofs l iutchudonft ifland, and other ifl ands in laid River. To amend an nft, to profeft the eftate cl Orphans, and aiake per manent prcvifion fr< r the poor. 10 auihortle Zachariuh Simrpt to ere ft a Br dge over the Oconee river a: his nulls. To amend and explain 2n aft. to incorporate the Savannah poor Houle and HMpitsl Society. I o regulate the rate* cf tavern licence m thft flate. To k'>p opin, remove and pre ver;t..obflii;fki’ons in Savannah nwr, fo far at relpefts the countiis cf Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln, Elbert ard Franklin. Supplementary to the Judiciary S>fam, of this (late. To authcrife the holding an extra fefli n of the Superior Court, in the county of Wilkes. ft o eflablifh an Arademy,- in the trwn of Eacontcn by the nfiir.e of Union Academ) ” and to incorpo rate the lame. To author!fe Charles R. Carre-, to ueft a tod Bndg*, acrefs Little (No. 3 1. river, at the Mills of faid Carter, i n Wilkes county. ft o amend and continue in force * an aft to authorise Thaddeus Holt, Liq. to ertft a Bridge over the ‘ Oconee river, paiLd io:h Dcc o 1807. ft o appropriate monies for the pel deal y ar 1810. An aft to authorif-i an ex ft (iion of the Superior Court in tae county of Richmond. An aft ro give further time to the Inferior Cdurtof Elbert ccuntr to let the building of the Jail there” of. An aft to incorporate the Corrs mi(Turners cf the Effingham Aca-f demy. An aft toeflabli/h the fire csf the public buildings in the Laurens, ard to appropriate the v monies arifing from the fale of lets. < An act to amend an aft to incor porate Augufta, and to improve the public roads in the neighborhood, there? f. As aft for the relief cfThcs. V. Sample ar and Aaron Springfield. An aft ror the better regulation of fences on Haris’ neek “in the county of M‘lnc- fh. An aft for the better regulation and government cf th~ Town cf Clinton in the county of J - p.es. An aft to repeal th: aft of confif* cation and banifoment fo far as ref pefts the bam foment of Stephen Corker. * An aft to alter and cL names cl certain perfons thmia mentroned. An aft to authorize theTruflees of the Richmond Academy to con vey a lot to the Bapt.fi Society, and K) lay off another ranreofbu in ciry of Augufta. An aft to alter the rzme of P*- becca Bennett to that cf R. Tur ner, ar.d the name JBaitkc: K r to that of Barr If y t M'Crearv. An udf to amend t <e third lection eft an aft enrided an aft to cftabbfh tiie Town of Wr ghrfo -ro’ m the county of Columb.a, aad t > fecurc to the inhabitants thereof, cer-ain lands appropriated for their berefit and to incorporate the fame luff'd tf,e hof Feb. 1799. P A P E R M I L L. T A HE Subfcriber intends ereft irg a Paper M 11 on the Oconee r ear the Scull Shoals, and wants a large quantity of z\: kinds of RAGS, For whica a liberal price will be given. The want and iifTrv rf fuch an eftabliflitnent in this Sta:*?, in which we Oave no Paper M ii, is hoped will induce its citizens ro afford ile‘r- co-operating aid luch an urdertaki'-g. ZACHAKIAH SLMS<