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55. To separate and divorce Richard S.
Thomason and Amelia Thomason, his wile.
56 To incorporate the Presbyterian and
Methodist Georgia Education Society. . —- - -
57. To chantre trie first section of an act of an ?*•! to provide for the payment of costs
entitled an net to establish election districts in
the couuty of Lowndes.
53 To authorize the holding elections »(
the house of Waller L Campbell m the 717th
district Georgia Militia, in the county of Hous
ton, and to punish those who may attempt to
defeat the same.
60. To authorize the members of the Inde
pendent Fire Company of the city of Augusta,
to raise by lottery a sum of money therein Darn
ed, for the benefit of said company.
61 To amend an act regulating patrols,
passed November 18, 1765, so as to vest the
appointment ot patrols in the Justices of the
Peace.
G2. To repeal so mnch of the 14th section
of an act entitled an act to revise in«l consoli
date the militia laws of this State, and to re
peal the cavalry laws now in force, passed De
cember 19 1818, so far as regards the county
of Jones.
63 To alter and change the time of holding
the Inferior Court of the county ot Franklin.
64 To separate and divorce JohnYVans-
}ew, and Sarah Wanslow, his wife.
65. To provide for the payment of one of
the presiding magistrates from each election
district, in the county of Ware, for attending
at the court house on the day after the elec-
• tool <vi tasw U1 LUildUUUdllli^ 111C 1C"
turns.
66 To incorporate the Farmers’ Bank of
4hc Chattahoocbie.
67. To relieve John A. Jones, John D. Chap
man, John R A/ahone, and the legal represen
tatives of Abner ILmmond, doc’d. from the
payment of certain money, as therein mention
ed.
68 To authorize the survey and disposition
of lands within the limits of Georgia, in the
occupancy of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians,
and all other unlocated lands within the limits
of said State, claimed as Creek land, and to
authorize the Governor to call out the milita
fry to protect surveyors in the discharge ol
their duties, and to provide for the punishment
of persons who may prevent, or attempt to
prevent, any surveyor from performing his dn
ties, as pointed by this act, or who shall willful
ly cut down and deface any marked f; "es, or
remove any land mark which may he made m
pursuance of this act, and to protect the In
dians in the peaceable possession of their im
provements, and of the lots on which the same
may be situate.
69 To separate and divorce Sarah Randal
and Washington Randal, her husband.
70. To amend an act passed the 11th day
of J une, 1825, to establish election districts in
the counties i f Irwin, Appling, and Ware, and
to punish those who may attempt to defeat the
flame, so far as it regards the county of Ware.
71. To add an additional election district in
the county of Jefferson to those already estab
lished.
72 To provide for the payment of the ex
penses which have been or may be incurred by
the counties of Carroll, D; Kalb, Gwinnett,
Hall, and Habersham, for prison fees in the
prosecution of crimes committed in the terri
tory claimed by the Cherokee Indians, which
was added to the aforesaid counties, by an act
passed December 19th, 1829.
73. To amend an act entitled an act to reg
ulate the admission of evidence in certain ca
•es, in the several court* of law fc and in equi
ty in this State, and to provide for the record
ing of conveyances of personal property.
74. To separate.and divorce Reuben Thorn
ton and Ann Thornton his wife.
75. To incorporate the Mariners* Church in
the city of Savannah.
76. To add a part of the county of Houston
to the county of Crawford.
77. To alter and amend the 3d section of
an act entitled an act to alter and amend an
uct entitled an act to alter the place of hold
ing the election for county officers in this 9tate.
passed December 16, 1811, so far as respects
the county of Henry, and DeKalb, passed De
cember 19, 1827.
78. To amend an act entitled an act tlie
more effectually to quiet and protect the pos
session of personal property, and to prevent
the taking possession thereof, by fraud or vio
lence, passed December 25. 1821.
79 To amend an act entitled an act to a-
tnend the several acts respecting the court of
common Pleas of the city of Augusta.
80. To vest in George A. B. Walker and
Va lentine Walker, executors of Freeman Wal
ker. deceased, and their executors and admin
istrators, forever, all the tight, title, and inter
est of the State of Georgia, in and to all that
lot. piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
being on Washington and Green streets, in the
city of Augusta, and known in the plan of said
citv as lot number forty.
31 To authorize the raising and establish
ing.! fire company in the town of Macon, and
to authorize the commissioners of said town,
to raise a fund by taxation, for the purchase
of fire engines and their appurtenances.
82. To authorize the several courts of law
and equity of thi9 State to award judgment
against garnishees in certain cases, ami to
point out the mode whereby such garnishees
may be relieved from the operation of said
judgments.
83 To niter a part of the line that divides
the counties of Hancock and Washington.
84 To alter the jury’s and attorney’s fees
in this State.
85. To alter and fix the times of holding
the superior courts of the Middle circuit.
86 To appoint eleven addit ional trustees of
the University- of Georgia, and to provide a
permanent additional fond for the support of
the same, and to declare the number ot trus
toes which shall be necessary to form a board,
and to authorize a loan of ten thousand dol
lars to the board of Trustees of sard Univ<-i si-
ty, and to provide for the education of certain
poor children therein mentioned
87. To incorporate » Banking Company in
the city of Augusta.
88. To authorize the rebuilding of the meet-
ing house, generally known as the Double
Branch Meeting House, in live county of Lin
tcuto, to make permanent the location of the
same, on that spot of land heretofore sel apart,
and to secure the right of religious worship to
all religious denominations, and to appoun
commissioners for the same.
89. To amend the 2d, 3d, and 4th sections
in certain cases, passed December 13, 1820, as
amendatory of an act entitled an act to provide
for the payment of costs in certain cases there
in mentioned, passed December 13, 1816.
90 To alter and change the time ot holding
the summer session of the supciior court, also
to change the time of holding the fall session
of the Superior court of Wilkes county.
91. To establish a ferry from the new road
recently opened through the laDds of R. Grant
and F. Butler, on the Altamaha river, in Glynn
countv, to Darien, in McIntosh county.
92. To authorize the payment to the trus
tees of Franklin couuty Academy; of all ar
rears and dividends, now due, or to which- the
said Institution may he enliled, and to provide
for the payment to the same of all dividends,
that may hereafter be declared in favor there
of
93. Vo divorce Nancy Oliver from her hus-
hand Joseph Oliver.
94. For the relief of purchasers of fractions,
town lots, dnd islands, at the late land sales
made at Miiledgevilie, in the years 1828 and
1829, and at the sales of town lots in the town
of Macon and Columbus.
95. To incorporate the Thomasvillc Acade-
in the county of Thomas.
96. For the relief of the purchasers of the
cuaie interest in lands which have been con
demned as fraudulently drawn, in the couutie*-
o! Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Monr«*e, Upson,
Pik>\ Ilcury, Fayette. Do Kalb and Newton.
97. To compel purchasers of mortgaged
property, purchasers of life estates, or estate;
for a term of years, in personal property, ;•
sheriff's, coroner’s, or constable’s sale, to giv*
bond. —
98. To render legal and valid the election ol
Mayor of the city of Savannah and hamlets
thereof also all the ordinances, resolutions*
rules, regulations, acts, and domes, oflhe May
or and aldermen of-said citv and hamlets there
of, since the 1st July, 1830; also to point on
t lie number of aldermen who shall compose the
board to transect hu-mess during certain per-
ods ot the year* & -also the number oialderrnn
who shall be authorized to elect a mayor, & !■
empower the present and future mayors of saul
city, to perform the duties of said mayor, until
a successor shall bo elected am! qualified.
99. To provide for the temporary disposal
of the improvements and possessions purchas
ed from certain Cherokee Indians and resi
dents.
100. To provide for surveying and dispos
ing of the unappropriated islands in Flint nin>
Chattahoochie rivers, &, for gram ing t e sum: .
101. Amendatory of an act to provide fot
the payment of the Superintendanls <•!' the
roads and river* oi this StaLe, passed Decem
ber 18, 1829.
.102 For the encouragement of vo!untee i
companies of militia in thi- State.
103. To lcgiiimatiz • and change the names
of certain persons therein named.
104. For the relief of George Mi!l>*n, Wil
liam K. Guerincau and Robert M. Good tv;.
of Che count y of Chat ham, from I he operatic
of the act passed Dec. 20, 1828. concernim
duelling.
105. To incorporate the Justicesof the It
lerior Court of R cbmond county, and to inve-i
the said justices with full power and authori' -
to purchase any number of slaves not exceed
ing ten, and such horses and mules and imple
ments, as may be necessary to enable them
to effectually work on the public roads in said
county,and keep them in good repair
106. To ahthonze certain cormnisfioner
therein named, to raise by lottery the suin' <-•
six thousand dollars, for the budding a r ur
house and academy in the county of Scrivc;.
107. To establish three additional elcctiui
districtsio the county of Troup
108. To authorize the Inferior Court of tin
county of Liberty, to appropriate money lor
the purpose of procuring and improving »
piece of land to accommodate the militia ot
said county.
109. For the relief John Harder, security
on the bond of Joseph Crows, given according
to law fiy the said Joseph Crews, as-tax col
lector of the countv of Camden, for the years
1805. 1806, and 1807.
110. To incorporate and appoint trustees
for the Franklin Academy in Troup county
111. To extend the charter of the Bank ot
the State of Georgia, and the acts now of
force amendatory thereto.
112 To create an additional election dis
trict in the county of Henry.
113. To sell and dispose of certain fractions
in the fifth district of Early county.
114. To exempt the officers and members
of the volunteer corps of Cavalry in the city
of Augusta, known as the Richmond Hussars,
from the performance of jury duty, and afeote
exempt certain property therein earned, from
levy and sale under execution.
115. To add an additional number of trus
tees to the Pulaski County Academy.
116. To amend an acl to lay off define, and
keep open the maincbannCl efSavannah R-uer,
from Augusta to the mouth of Light wood Log
Creek, in E'bert county, so as to prevent the
obstruction uf navigation, and the passage ot
fish therein, and to punish those who may ob
struct the same, and to point out the mode of
their compensation, passed Dec 22, 1829
• 117. To prescribe the mode of proceeding
under writs of no exeat; and to amend the laws
regulating the granting of writs of injunction
by the judges ol the Superior Courts of this
State.
118. To amend the several act? for the in
corporation and government of the town el
Macon, and to vest a certain lot in Macon, in
the Episcopal Church.
119 To authorize the punishment of per
sons concealing the existence of small pox or
other contagions diseases.
120. For the relief of the citizens of the
coumy ot Crawford.
121. To amend an act entitled an act to au
thorize Ebenozer Jencks, to establish a toll on
the Newington Road, between Joshua Loperfo
in Effingham county, and the city of Savau
nah. passed Dec 10. 1803, and to compel tfe
said Ebenezer Jencks, to keep the said road it.
good repaid or to forfeit tii® right of taking
toll during such time the ro *d shall be out
of repair, and also to appoint commissioners
to carry this act into effect, and to throw open
said road-under certain cifcumsiatfces.
122 To form a nec county from the coun
ties of Troup, Coweta, and Carroll.
123. To incorporate the Baptist Church,
near Newnan, m the comty of Coweta.
124 To incorporate the Baptist Conven
tion of the State of Georgia.
125 To repeal anact entitled an act to lay
off the counties of Eiuanuel and Tattnall, ‘ nto
election districts, passed December 9, 1824,
so far as respects the county of Emanuel, and
an net to establish election districts in the
county of Twiggs, an! to punish those who
may attempt to defeat tie same.
126. For the relief ofthe securities of Rob
ert Henry, Senior, Tax Collector of Liberty
county, and to aulhonzi Robert Henry, Jor.
one of his securities, tocollect the taxes now
due an<l uncoilected, ia said couuty, for the
years 1827 and 1828.
127 To provide for faking the census of
[ Lho S’alc of Georgia, iij pursuance to the re
quirement of the 25th section ofthe 1st article
oflhe constitution ©flirt State of Georgia.
120. TV emancipate md Q ct free Joy Rose
and her two sons Jun and John, formerly the
properly of RaymondDemere, late ol the Is
land ol Sr. {Simon’s in the county of Giynn.
129 To establish an additional election dis
trict in the county of Lee, and to regulate the
same and to amend anact entitled an net to
lay off the county of Lee into election dis
tricts, passed December 22, 1829, and to fix
i he time and place of holding the courts in
the counties of Sieve..! tint! Randolph, and
tin' places of electiojs in said counties.
130. To authorise the agent appointed by
the commissioners ot Free Schools ot Emanu
el count v, to loan out the lends of said schools,
jo call on all (hose poisons who have borrowed
f s..id foods, to r u w their notes oi pay the
aun ilui due oil sai i antes.
131 To appoint a master in equity for lho
counties of Chat bans Richmond, and Bibb,
respectively.
132 To amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the county academy in the towu
jf Neuman, in the county of Coweta, and to
appoint trustees for the st me, passed Decern
n r 16, 1823, so far as to appoint lour addi
t-Oiial trustees for ^an'l academy.
133 To incorporate the Macon Insurance
Company, ami to define the powers and liabil
ities uf said Company.
134 For Che relief of the estate of James
Nephew, deceased.
135 To regulate slaves in the county of
Twiggs, and to punish the owners or rnnna-
rs, m certain cases, and to prevent the sale
•f poultry by slaves, except iu ccrfoi*. cases.
136 To amend an act euillled an act to es-
an’-ish and regulate election districts in the
i unties of VValton, Fayette, Pike, Coiveta
o;d Hull, and to punish those wlio may at-
nipt to defeat the same, and to establish an
ohidiutia! election district in the county of
Co’v f;t.
137 To alter and amend an act entitled an
• ct lor t tie t.eiter regulating of vendue masters
oi :fiis State, so fur us it reopects the town of
Sr. Mary’*-
138. To vest ui Young Johnson, and his
msociates, their heirs and assigns, the right of
-reeling-and using a float mg noli on the River
Ocimrlgee, withui the limns ol the Macon re-
".rve, lor a certain tune, and on certain, con
i it tons therein « xpressed.
139. To authorise tire justices of the infe-
ior c url of Oglethorpe county, or a majority
i them, to hire or purchasi negroes, for the
improvement o* the roads and bridges, aud to
in out the county funds at interest.
T10. i o separate and divorce Pollv Cleg-
i fio and W ill latn Ciegiiorne, her husband ;
also to separate, and divorce Henry J. M Ken-
i >ii and Mary K nnoii hi- wife.
111. To decide void all contracts hr-retU
ot nr-ui a with the Cherokee Indians, so far us
i e (mi.ans are concerned.
142 To prevent the exercise of assumed
•at arbitrary power, by all persons, under pre-
e\t oi authority Irum the Cherokee Indians,
and their laws, and to prevent white persons
hum residing within that part of the limits ol
Georgia, occupied hy the Cherokee I dmns.
mil to provide a guard for itic protection ol
he gold mines, and to enforce the laws of the
•Slate, Witlen the aforesaid territory.
143 iu authorise a lottery to lit u purpose
r raising within a certain tune, tne sum ol
£5 000, to h< -ppr<-pruned to th<- repairs ot
(Sve streets ot Mifleugevii.e, ami to the keep-
tig tin* same in'good order, and to appoint
commissioners to carry said object into effect.
144 To. separate ;pul divorce Euzibcth
rurhage ti« rn Henry Turn-age, her husband
145 To make permanent the public site in.
the county of Irwin, and to appoint com mis
sionors lor the same.
146. To authorise the issuing of writs of
ne exeat, at the instance oj persons claiming
personal property in remmn'di r and reversion,
and to preserve the rights 4 such persons.
147. i’o fix the iime of holding the courts
for the trial ot caveats, against the passing ot
grants ol land m the several counties iu this
Slate
l4o To require the commissioners of pi
lotagc-.for the bar and river of Savannah, to
restore John Low, a suspended pilot, to all
the rights and pri vileges of a pilot
149 Up authorise, and requ.re the trustees
°l the poor school fond of the county of'
Houston, to pay to the commissioners ol’ th>-
Academy at P^rry and Fhnt River, .a certain
portion »< the Academy fund of saul county.
150. To alter ami amend the S‘ veral acts
regulating the superintending elections for
Governor, electors, members of Congress,
members of the Legislature, and county offi
cers, so far as respects the county of Gwinnett.
151 To appropriate moneys for the sup
port of government for the' political year
155 To authorise and require the Comp
troller General to remit the interest paid by or
due from William Scott Jun. tax collector.ol
the county of Camden, and to relinquish to
the trustees of Camden county Acadeaiy cer
tain moneys claimed by the State.
156. To alter the time of holding the Su
pertor and Inferior courts in the Fhnt circuit,
and in the counties ol Jones, Jasper and Heard.
157. For the rebel of Woody J .cksou and
John Hale, of Oglethorpe county, purchasers
of University lauds, and to repeal an act en
titled an act for the relief of John Hale, pas
sed December 28, 1828
258. To impose, levy and collect a tax for
the political year 1831, on property both real &
personal and to inflict penalties for neglecting
or fading to comply with the provisions there
of.
159. To alter and amend an-act passed on
the 8th of December. 1323, so far as regards
the county of Richmond, entitled an act to
alter so much of an act entitled an act to reg
ulate tho general elect ions ot this State, and
to appoint the time ol meeting ol the General
Assembly of-this State, so far as the same re
quires the elections to be hejd at the place ol
holding the Superior courts, sy» far as re?pccts
certain counties therein ii.uncd, and to amend
jin act relating to the county ’A Franklin.
160 To amend the sever.3 laws of force in
this State, regulating the pilotage of vessels
to and from, the ports and' harbours *A this
State, and more distinctly t-o define the powers
and jurisdiction of the commissioners of pilot
age for the several ports and harbours thereof.
161. To alter and change the name ol
Henry Langford to (bat ot Henry Dees, and
to legitimatize the same, ami change ihc
name oi W W. Edwards to that of W. W.
Alford. > -
462. To prescribe the manner of holding
elections at tlie several election districts in
the several counties of this Slate, and to pun
ish those who may attempt to defeat or violate
the election laws of force in this State.
163. To amend an act passed .December
22, 1829, to incorporate the town of Bain*
bridge, in tire county of Decatur
164. To incorporate the Cullodan Academy,
n the county of Monroe ; the Mount Vernon
Academy, in the n.unty of Monroe; the CtM»-
irevdlb Academy in the county of Talbot ; the
Columbiana Academy, in the county of Jack-
«<'n; the Clayton Academy, in (fie county ol
'Warren; the Monticello Union Academy, in
county of Jasper; the WuodLiwn Academy,
in the county of Monroe ; lh«4 Talbotlen Fe
male Academy, in the county of Talbot ; the
I>avish« rough Academy, in the county ol
Washington ; the Jenkins Academy, in the
county of Harris; and to appoint trustees for
said Academics.
- --**9 Q Qlina m
SENATE.
Friday Deccmbei 1G.
BANK OF MACON
The Senate took up the following'report.
which being read was agreed to :
The committee to whom were referred the
annual statement of the Batik of Macon, the
memorial of ,-evera! citizens of the town of
Macon, the counter memorial of the Pre-ideut
of that Bank, and accompanying documents
Report :—
That having carefully examined llie refer
red statements, they are of opinion, that the
Bank ism a sound and stable condition. Bo
fer your committee are advised, the limits
prescribed by its charier* have been strictly
observed, and its requisitions fully complied
with The amount of- specie in its vaults
hills little short ot the runount of capital stock
paid in. The amount of bills in circulation i*
considerably less than its capital stock would
warrant, consistently with the provisions of its
character. Believmg ! hat the nffV irs of the
Institution are managed with good faith to the
public, and profit to the stock-holders, your
committee woujd cheerfully submit a resolu
tion expressive ot that belief, and take have
of the subject. But due’respect* to the me-
moralists, who have preferred a charge against
the Bank, and justice to (lie Biuk itself, re
quire an investigation into the subject matter
ol complaint.
The memorial alleges a violaliorvof the I3th
section of the act of incorporation, which
provides for prompt redemption, on demand,
< t the bills of the Bank, and concludes, with
•» prayer for an investigation into its afTiirs,
under the 14rhruJe of the 7th section, which
subjects its hooks, papers, correspondence,
and tends, at all limes, to the/inspection of .a
committee, to t»e appointed by the legislature
for that purpose. The alleation is extremely
mdefinite, inasmuch as it neither states wheth
er or not the demand was made hy or in be
half of any other Bank, nor whether thera
was a refusal 4o pay generally, or only to pay
in specie There being a provision in the
charter of the Bank of Macon, by which it is
authorised, when its bills .f.e presented for
payment, by or in behalf of another Bank, to
pay in the bills of the B ink so presenting and
demanding payment. Such statement in the
allegatiiarc deemed necessary. The al!e
gation. general as it is, is wholly unsupported
by any evidenced referred to your Committee,
except a copy of noiarial protect of Grey
Champlain, which, in the opinion of vour
exhibit *. which charge, although unsupported
Ivy'any evidence, is clearly retuted, in a certi
ficate of the Cashier, referred on the part of
the Bank
4thlv; A written opinion of fifty two gentle
men, that the Bank of Macon ought not to-
oppose au investigation before the legislature.
* 5tldy. A certificate of T. P Ifond, E q.
setting forth the manner in which an exami
nation into the affairs ef the Bank, by three
gentlemen (hereinafter referred to) was con
ducted. _
6thly. A certificate of Rice Durrctt, E-q.
stating that he did ne t sign the memorial a.
gainst the Bank, to which hisnam • appears.
7tlily- A letter of T. P. Bond, accouipany-
in the two last mei-tioned documents.
All these documents, your committee think,
afford no evidence of the charge contained in
the memorial, wliic.h is itself a hare written
declaration of seven individuals, not signing
Under sanction of an oath.
Assuming, however, that the cl ni ;n ib
tru<v*tl is, as before observed, 'remarkably
vague,and therefore susceptiideofexplanation.
That explanation is afforded hy (tie counter
memorial ol the President of Ihc Bank- w hich,
while it docs not contradict the statement in
the memorial, supplies the precision arid foil-
nn.ss in which the latter is wanting. It sots
forth that the pr-sen!merit of hills, and de»
maud of p ivmcnt, were on behalf ofthe -Ma
rine ami Fsre Insurance Bar.k of Savannah,
and the payment was tendered in the hills of
that Bank, which, beru? refused, a protest «nd
suit at law ensued. This memorial, is. in the
opinion, of your committee, to sav the least on- ■
titled <o as much credit as the ol her, and in it
t lie Bank is represented in the.light of » cor
pora!!/ Institution, not violating the salutary
provisions of its charter, but pru.L nlly hus
banding its resources, hy meeting a proving
demand at once safe to itself, and consistent
with the charter. But had the Batik really
violated the 13th section of the act of incur-
poratioh. that section prescribes a remedy by
suit at law, which the party aggrieved ( f in
deed there be a grievance) is now' regularly
pursuing. If, therefore,-the memorialists fed
any sympathy for the sufferers, or anv appre
hensions-on behalf of the public, your com
mittee would refer them, to the party plaintiff
in that action, to whorn their assistance in m i
king out the case, would doubtless, be i.i^hiy
accept able.
There is, however, among tie docomc.r,!s
referred, an address to the committee on
Banks, from T P. Bond and II B Gutters,
E-qrs. imisling on the cfoirge already consid
er d.nnd prelhring three adu.homd Chiirgcg
against the.Bank of Macon.
fot
The
loaning of rimre than
fen
tfion-
sand d
mhos
to one individual, u
hich
i? for-
bidden
by th
e Mill section
ol the
act
of . r» -
corpora
i! ion.
For pruul of
th s c!u
• rge,
refor
ence is
made
i to the Preside
ui and
Cn-I
mer of
♦he Bank of
Macon, and to
11*<* Pri
i‘S'dc
nt iitul
Cashier of t!
ie State Brink
Your
comri'i ice,
not being invested wiih power to-scud for peT-
?oos and papers, coiliit not avail tluMn.-etens of
this testimony, lin'd are therefore in li:e dark
on that subject.
2 Hy. The violation of (he 13:b rn!c. 7;1»
section, rtgulatuig the keeping ef minutes ;
and in support ol tins charge no proof has
be.jh i-ffered.
3-.l!v. Thr* purchasing of co-lfon hy rpnnt,
contrary to ihe 13ih rule, 7th section; no proof
of which has been submitted.-
Yfour Committee cannot suppose that it
ever was intended to predicate extraordinary
fogi-dalrve investigation,ifite the affairs of any
Bank, upon the statements of two rubvtdu-
als, unsustuincil by evidence, and the !e*s so
when qpon scrutiny, these statements as\umc
the more airy form of vague suspicions that
all is not-right.
Rut the officers -S the 'Bank of M aeon*
knowing that such a mcmorial hut] been pre
sented ; in the exercise of abundant cautiuu,
have not chosen to,rest thehr case there —
Among 'he documents referred, is a state
ment ol this Bank, made on the first N ;'vo«v
her, the correctness of which is attested by
O H. Prince, E q, W. B Rogers, President iff
the Branch Bank of Darien, at Macon, and
J- hu T. Rowland, President of the Branch
Bank of l he Siate of Georgia. Not withstand
ing much business had been-transacted by the
Bank, sought fc he circumvented, in the inter
val between the date of the first, and the date
of the last statement, the latter represents it
in a no less flourishing and sound condition,
than the former. In addition to thrse circum
stances, it is ajac* of general notoriety, tliat
the Bills of the Bank are at par throughout
the fctate,* For ail these reasons, vour com
mittee aTe ot' opinion, that the investigation
sought is unnecessary. And if necessary, they
believe it would be improper for the follow
ing reasons ;
1st. That the provision of the charter to!
'vhiLj.i the memorialists refer, prescribes an
extraordinary procedure, intended to pr vent
injury to liu. public, growing out of gro^s
abuses of Banking pxivil ges. To induce such
a step on the part, of the Legislature, there
should fie proof of such abtlses, or of circum
stances warranting_reasonable .presumption*
that they do exist. . But on an impartial re
view of all the circumstances, within thfle
committee, insufficiently accounted for by the j knowledge uf veur cornniitteo, they entertain
1331.
152. To divide the -county of Randolph,
ud to lay out and form a new county I here-
rom.
153. To regulate the internal police of -the
Penitentiary, as far as respects the guard.
154 To establish an election district in the
ounty of Upson, and to punish those who may
attempt to defeat the same-. -
affidavit of-Jair.es Rea, Cashier, and the cer
lificate of said Grey Coamplain.
These documents are as follows :
1st. Two fetters written by T.. P Bond,
E-q. to the present Executive of Georgia,
and to his predecessors, requesting the inter
ference of those officers in certain alleged dis.
orders in the affairs of the Mircon Bank, and
their answers, declining the interference
SOUghtr
2dly. A letter from T. P. Bond and H. S.
Cutter, E>qrs. (two of ihe memorialists,) to
the Hon Senator from Habersham, covering
a certificate, and proposing seven individuals
as fit persons to constitute the contemplated
committee of investigation, three of whom
are signers ol the memorial, and one also a
signer of Ihe same letter.
3dly. A copy of a letter addressed hy T.
P.^ Bond, E-q. te 1,; Wilcox, Esq Cashier
at Macon, charging that Bank with having
loaned specie to the Bank of Macon, oaa late'
occasion, to enable the (utter to make a fair
no su-ph ioo, that such abuses are practised
hy that institution. - . »
2d By well established cn«tom, full credit
is given to the reports of .Banks, signed by
their Presidents and Cashiers, as officers act
ing under the sanction of oaths.
A resolution of the legislature, ordering 1
such au investigation, would operate as a tem
porary withdrawal of that credit, ana would
necessarily weaken public confidence in tbo
institution so distrusted. Hence wonb> resulf.
depreciated currency, and loss of business, in
juries, which the Legislature should not cause
lessly inflict, and which the officer^.of all
hanks are- in- duty hound to resist.
Your committee cannot close this report
without remarking that the memorial - against
the Bank, comes before them in a very ques
tionable shape.
In the first placi, the lact that in a popular
<d tne Branch Bank ol the State of Georgia lion sb large as that of Macon, the memorial*
ists are only seven in number, warrants the be
lief that their complaint had its origin rather
in personal pique than in public grievance.