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THE FEDERAL UNION.
VOLUME 2-XO. 28.
MILLLEDCSEVILLE, GA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1832.
WHOLE NUMBER 80.
EDITED BY
J. G* POLHILL 6c J. A. CUTHBERT.
THE UNION is published every Thursday-at THREE DOLLARS
per annum, in advance, nr FOUll. if not paid before the end cf the
year. I'he Office is on Wayne Street, opposite McCombs’ Tavern
All ADVERTISEMENTS published at me usual rates.
N. n. Eic-h Citation by the Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary that
application has I men made for Letters of Adtu.nistratiou mtatt be
published THIRTY DAYS at least.
Notice hy Executors and Administrators for Debtors and Credi
tors to render in their accounts, must be published olX WKEIu
.Sales of Negroes by Executors and Adininistrators must l-e
Vertised SIXTY DAYS liet'ore the day of sale.
i ad-
•Sales of personal property (except hogro
fate estates by Executor - - - -
FORTY days.
ertv (except hogroest of (estate and ir.tes-
s and Administrators, must be advertised
Application^ by F.xecatara, Administrators and Guardians to tiie
Oour* of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published FOL'lt
months.
Applications hy Executors and Administrators for Letters Dismis-
Bovy. must he published SIX MONTHS.
Applications for JforeclAsAre of Mortgages on real estate must be
advertise 1 onee-v month for SIX MONTHS.
Sales of real estate hy Executors, Administrators and Guardians,
must be publishe-d SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale. These
sales must be made at the court-house door between the hours of to
Hi ihe morning and 4 in tiie afternoon. No sale from day to day is
V4lid, unless so expressed in the advertisement.
Orders of Court of Ordinary’, (accompanied with a copy of the
bond, or agreement) to make titles to laud, must be advertised
THREE MONTHS at least.
Sheriff's Sales under executions regularly granted by the courts,
most he advertised THIRTY DAYS—under mortgage executions,
Wx t’Y DAYS—rf.iies of perishable properly under order of Court,
must be advertised, generally, TEN DAYS before the day of sale.
All orders for Advertisements will be punctually attended to.
*.* All loiters directed to tins Office, or the Editors must be post
paid, IO entitle them to.attention.
That the territory aforesaid shall form and constitute
a new county, to lie known and called Sumpter.
See. 3. Be U further enacted, That ail officers civil and
military, who are by this act detached from the county
of Lee, and embraced in the county of Sumpter, shall
hold tiictr respective commissions in the s^me maimer as
if commissioned for the county of Sumpter.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the duthority afore-
said, That Sumpter be included in the Chattahoochee
circuit., and form a part of die second brigade of the
ninth division of Ge< >rgia Militia.
5. And he it further enacted Ly tie minority afore
said, That Martin G. Mims, Hiram D. Youngblood,
Lovet B. Smi li, Samuel Faust, and Joseph Jackson be,
and they are hereby appointed commissioners with au
thority to superintend the election of Justices of the in
ferior court, ami other county officers; and to appoint
the times and place of holding said elections ; and se-
lore the first day of said court, shall be legaland valid,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore*
said, That the time of holding the superior court for the
county ot Muscogee, shall be on the first Monday in
February and August of each year ; and that ail writs,
subpoenas, and other papers, which stand returnable to
the terms of satd court as heretofore regulated, shall be
returnable to the terms thereof, as regulated by this act,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
ASBURY HULL,
Sjreaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
Governor.
LAWS OF GEORGIA.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT, T o change the time of holding the winter
session of the Interior court of Fayette county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
foesciUatircs of the State of Georgia in Gen end Assembly
piet, and it is hereby enacted by the - authority of the same,
Thai from and immediately after the jtas&age of-this
act, tne time of holding the whiter session of the inferior
<*iuurt of Faydte coun.y shall be on the second Mond ay
in January in each and every year, instead of the third
Monday m December, as heretofore.
Sec. 2. Ant be it further enacted by the authority of the
tame, Thai ali persons summoned, subpoenaed, or bound,
lect the place of holding the superior and inferior courts:
and to do and perform • afFether acts preparatory to the
organization of said county.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said, That Daniel Richardson, Robert Foard, Daniel
Lawhorn, Alexander McCook, and Joshua Mercer, be,
and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the
part of the county of Lee, a majority of whom may se
lect a site lor holding the superior and inferior courts of
said erfunty; and they are hereby authorised to pur
chase a lot for said purpose, outef the county funds, and
divide the same into lots in such manner as they may
deem best, and sell such lots upon such terms as may be
most judicious. The proceeds of such sale shall be ap
plied to the erection of a court-house and jail.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted ly the authority afore
said, That the said commissioners appointed by the filth
section of this act for the county of Sumpter, shall have,
power to purchase a lot of land for a scite for the seat of
justice in said county; to divide said lot in such man
ner as may be deemed advisable, aud sell the same: the
proceeds of such sale to be applied to the building a
court house and jail in said county. And the times of
holding the superior courts in the said county of Sump
ter shall be, Wednesday after the fourth Monday m
February and August of each year: and the inferior
courts kf saur cofi mysiuilf be the first Monday in June
and September in each and every year.
See. 8. And be it further enacted by the aidhurity afore
said, That until other provisions are made under the
number of prizes are drawn out in maimer prescribed 1 \ I Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that die <* namw-
ihe above recited act. ... I .loners as aforesaid or a majority of them, shall Lav.
Section 5th. And be it further enacted, That the lain' f c niplele power, to call to their assistance such non.her
pointed out in this act, shall be drawn by a separate lot -1 i the free white citizens of the respective counties, op
leryfrom the one contemplated in the above recited act, positc to which any obstruction may be found, as they
and shall be conducted by the same commissioners and j may deem necessary to remove the same, and it any
’ ‘ * person or person so summoned, shall foil or refuse to as
sist such commissioners after-one day’s notice so to do,
such person or persons so ofoMiding or refusing, shall uu
proof and conviction beforekny justice of the peace, in
the district ill which said owinder resides, be liable to
pay five dollars per day, for ea<$h day he shall fail or re
fuse to serve, provided, that in nq case more than three
us suitors, Willic^ses, jurors, or in any other capacity, to
at tend said court., at the time widen by law now m mice ; authority of the preceding sections of tliisact, the infer!
me hoi den, shall be bound, by virtue ol said summons, j or and superior courts of the county of Lee shall lie
arc nerehy repealed.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives."
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
AssfcUttd to Dec. IOth, JS3i.
WiLbON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT, To alter and fix the time of holding the in
terior courts m the couiu.es of bie .var. and Randolph.
See. 1. Be it enacted l y the Senate and House oj Rt-
prcsintatires of the Slide of Georgia in General Asstu-.biy
met, and it is Hereby tnaciea by tne utithority of the same,
That the interior court of the enmity 'of Stewart shall
hereafter be licid on 1 uesday alter the first Monday in
Ja in try :uid July, m each and every year.
.'aer. 2. .lid Oe it farther enacted by die authority afore
said, That the interior court of the county of Randolph
shall n- rcatier be held on the Thursday after the first
M-unlay in January and July in each and every year.
Sec. 3. A id be it farther enacted by the authority ttfure-
■fdt'il, That all writs, procopLs, and processes of any kind
or l.ai are whatever, shall be made returnable to the terms
aforetuiu.
-ter. 7. Aud be id further enacted by the author’ty afore-.
S"id, That ad laws mili idling against this act, be, and
iae same ai'e hereby repealed.
Anbury hull,
Speaker of the Mouse of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS.
President of the Senate.
Assented to Dec. 2-1, 1 '31.
V. 1LSUN LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT, To alter aud amend an act, to authorise a
survey and di-posi.utp ol tne lands wit!im v ilie limits
ot' Georgia, in the occupancy of the Gin inkee tribe ol
Indians, aud all other uuiocateu lands within the lim
it* of said Si lie claimed as Creek lauu, anti to author
ise the Governor io coil qnt'a niililary force to protect
the surveyors in the’disenacge-ot their duties, and to
provide lor tius.puu’isiiment of ’persons who may pre
vent or attempt lo prevent au^ surveyor hum peirtijrm-
>.u;r his duties as pointed out by this act, or who shall
wflfuiiv cut down a>M! deface any marked trees, or re-
>move any landmark which may lie made in pursuance
of this act, aud to protect the Indians m the peacuble
possession of their improvements and of ilie lots on
which they maybe siriialed,” passed outlie 23d ol
December,' 1830, and to order the immediate survey,
distribution, nuil occupancy of said i'erritory.
free. 1. Beit enacted by the. Semite and House of Re-
■presentaiives of the Slate oj Georgia in General Assembly
.suet, and it is hereby enacted by the authoriiy oj the same,
That so much of the thirteenth section ot tire above in
cited act, “as requireyn residence of four years within the
organized limits of this State, immediately preceding
the time iiis Excellency the Governor shall issue tiie no
tification,” be, and the'same is hereby repealed, and that
all persons possessing the other qualifications contained
In said act, who have been inhabitants within the organ
ized limits of this State, three years immediately pre
ceding the first day of January eighteen hundred and
thirty two, .snail be entitled to a draw or draws, us
^Contemplated by this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said, Thai the fifteenth' auction oi said act be, anu tiie same
is hereby repealed.
Sec 3. And be it further enactetl by the authority afore
said, That so much ofthe-.thirty-fifth section of said ac',
as declares, “and in the event that tiie President of the
United Stains shall at any time during the ensuing recess
ofthe Legislature, succeed in executing the compact be
tween the United Stales an d the State of Georgia in re
lation to the Cherokee lands, that the Governor shall or-
-der the Dist rict Surveyors to proceed to the discharge of
-their duties and to the'completion of the survey of the
Districts, as required by tliisact, and to the occupancy
of said territory, otherwise the survey ot tiie district shall
be suspended until the meeting of the next General As
sembly, and until further enactment for this purpose,”
lie, and the same is hereby repealed.
See- 4. And be it farthux enacted by the authority afore
said, That on the first day of April next., ensuing, the
Governor is hereby required lo order out the District Sur
veyors for completing the surveys of said territory, with
as little delay as possible ; and when the said survey shall
be comple.ed and. returns thereof made, in conformity
with tiie provisions of said act, it shall be the dutyfof the
Governor, in case lie shall deem it for die interest of the
-State to cause the Lottery Commissioners to assemble at
Millcdgeville, to commence the drawing of die Lottery,
-jl6 contemplated by this act.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 3.2-d Dec, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT, to divide the comity of Lee, and form a new
county therefrom, to be called the county of Sumpter.
Sec- 1st, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives ofthe State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passage of this Act, the county of Lee
nha.il be divided as hereinafter pointed out, viz: by a line
commencing on Flint river, at the point where the line
dividing lof number two from lot number three in the fif
teenth district of Lee county, strikes said river; thence
westwardly to where the line dividing lot number two
from lot number three in the seventeenth district of Lee
county, strikes the line dividing Randolph county from
Lee county, thence northwardly up said last mentioned
Tine, to the Marion countynrie: thence eastwardly on
said last mentioned line to whfere it strikes Flint river:
thence down-said river jtothe place of beginning.
%c. %, Bed further tnW&ty mthority aforesaid,
y m me twenty
county, formerly Lee county.
1 Ac. 9. And be it farther enacted by the authority afore
said, That ali laws and parts of laws militating against
I this act be, and they are hereby repealed.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS.
President oi the Senate.
Assented to Dec. £8, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN,
. Governor.
AN ACT, To lav out and organize a new county, to
be comprised of ail ttic lands lying West of the
Chattahooehie river and North of Carrol county line,
within the limits of Georgia, and to attach the same
to the Western Circuit.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cf Re-
presenlulires of the State of Georgia in General Assembly
iiret, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That all the territory lying West of the Chattahooehie
river and North of Carrol county line, within the limits
of Georgia, and which is now attached to, and forms p*art
of the several counties of Carrol, DeKalb, Gwinnett,
Hail and Habersham, shall form one comity, to be cal
led Cherokee.” That on the first Monday of Febru
ary next, the persons who may be in said county, and
wfio may be entitled to vote for members of the General
Assembly, may meet together at the House of Ambrose
damage, and under the authority and -superintendence
of three justices of the peace, elect, five justices of the
Inferior C ourt jro said county, u Clerk of the Superior
Court or (and) Clerk of ilie Interior Court, a Sheriff, a
Coroner, a Receiver of tax returns, a Tax collector,
and a county Surveyor.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That said justices shall
certify under their hands to the Governor, the persons
so elected, v, ho shall thereujxm be commissioned to ho d
their respective offices until the next election for like of-
fie.es throughout the State—Prodded, That nothing in
this act contained, shall lie so construed as to affect any
commission heretofore issued to any officer now resid
ing in said territory.
See. 3. Be it farther enacted. That the said justices of
the inferior court, as soon as practicable, shall fix oil a site
for ihe necessary public buildings, mid shall have erected
thereat, such temporary public buildings as in their
judgment may be for the public interest, and such as the
public interest may require—And such justices shall, as
soon as practicable, lay oft said county into Captains
Districts, not more than two io be formed of each sec
tion—and \\ hen the same shall be defined, they shall give
fifteen days notice of the time and place in eacii district
for holding an election lbr justices of the peace and two
other persons resident in the district, shall superintend
said elections and certify the result of said election to
his Excellency the Governor, who shall proceed to cause
commissions to issue to the justices elect, which said
commissions shall continue until the time for election ol
justices throughout the State. .
Sec. 4. Atid te it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the justices of the peace in each district, after
they shall have been commissioned as aforesaid to ad
vertise in tiieir rcspciive districts the election for cap
tains and subaltern officers according to the militia laws
of this Slate—and the captains after they are so elected
and commissioned, .shad as early as piacticable make out
a complete roll of all persons in their respective districts
liable to do militia duty and return the same to the Infe
rior court of said county, and the captains and justices
shall proceed to advertise and superintend elections for
field officers, according to the militia laws now of force
in this State.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of
the Inferior Court, shall proceed to draw grand and petit
jurors as directed by the laws now of force..
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, TliaL the time of
holding the Superior Court of said county shall be on
the fourth Monday in March and September—and the
time of holding the Inferior Court shall been the fourth
Monday in June and December.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the place of
holding tiie Superior and Inferior Courts shall be at the
house of Ambrose Homage.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That said county
he added to, and make part of the Western Judicial
Circuit, and shall form part of the first brigade of the
seventh division of the militia of tliis State.
4 ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
. President of the Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 26, 1331.
WILSON LUMPKIN,
Governor.
AN ACT, To alter and fix the time of holding the Su-
, perior courts for the county of Muscogee, and to make
all cases returned at the last superior court for Novem
ber, in the county of Thomas, stand for trial at the
next superior court for said county.
Whereas owing to the failure of the Judge of the su
perior court ofthe southern circuit, to attend the late term
ofthe superior courts of Thomas county in Nov. the ap
pearance docket of said court was not called; and whereas
considerable inconvenience and delay will result from
that cause: for remedy whereof, .
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That all cases which were made returnable to Novem
ber term, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, of
the superior court of Thomas county, shall stand for
trial at the next superior court to be held in and for said
county under the same rules and restrictions, as it there
had been no failure of ft court, that said cases had been
regularly called at the appearance term, and that ail
j,le^ ami a^wers kave beg> oj» <jr
AN ACT to alter and amend an act, to impose an addi
tional Tax on Pedlersand other itinerant traders, pas
sed 9th December, 1824, and to punish such traders for
illegal trading with slaves.
See. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met,
T hat from and after the passage of tiiis act, the lax re- i
quired of Pedlersand other itinerant traders who may
carry about their wares and mercliandize in wag »,is or
other vihicles drawn by horses or mules, or packed u|>on
horses or mules or other animals of draught or burthen,
shall be two thousand dollars for each license; which li
cense shall be limited to oue county only in this State,
and which shall not authorise trading beyond tlic limits .
of such county—And that the tax required of those Pul
lers or itinerant traders who may carry about their wares
and merchandize on foot and without the aid of horses
or mules or oitlier animals, shall be annually one thou
sand dollars, subject to the same restrictions and limita
tions as above specified—Provided, that traders in Tin,
Stone, Earthen and Iron wares actually manufactured in
this Slate, shall not be subject to the tax imposed bv this
act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fines which
may be imposed under the third section of the act, of
which this is amendatoi'y, shall not be less than tlirec
thousand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any Pedler or
itinerant trader, whether carrying his wares and mer
chandize in a wagon or otherwise, shall at any time ei
ther buy or sell, or otherwise trade with any slave or
slaves, unless it be with the permission, and in the pres
ence ol the master, overseer or other person having charge
ot such slave or slaves, such Pedler or itinerant trader
shall be indicted, and on conviction thereof, shall forfeit
and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, one
half to the person prosecuting, and the other half to the
county where die offence was committed,
Sec. 4. and be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
ot laws, which may militate against the provisions of this
act, be, and they are herely rejiealed.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 22d December, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
under the same rules and regulations, as pointed out in
said act, and other services, required to be done by tliis
act, not particularly specified, shall be done by the same
officers, and in the same manner as said act prescribes.—
That all persons who may draw land by authority of
this act, shall in like manner receive a grant for the same
on payment of the ten dollars; and also that fraudulent
returns shall be subject to the same forfeitures and prose
cuted in the same manner, as pointed in the above recit
ed act.
Section 6th. J} A be it farther enacted, That nothing in
tliis act contained shall be so construed, as to authorise
the survey or lottery of the land pointed out m this act,
until! the time that the above recited act is authorized to
be carried into effect by authority of the State.
Sect ion 7lh. And be it further enacted, That all laws
militating against tliis act shall be, and we, hereby re
peated.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to December 24th 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
* * •'T’ To lay out the Gold region in the lands at
pie^ent in tiie occupancy of ihe* Cherokee Indians into
small lots, and dispose of the same by separate Lotte
ry.
8ec. 1st. Be it mated by the Senate, and House of Repre
sentatives oj the State of Georgia in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That
Districts x\os. one, two, three, four, five, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen and fifteen in the first section: Dis
tricts Nos. one, two, three, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen and twenty-one in the second section,
Districts Nos. one, two, three, four, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty and twenty-one in the third section:—
And Districts* Nos. one, two, three, sixteen and seventeen
in t^ie fourth section, g shall by the Surveyors heretofore
jiointed out by taw, be subdivided into Lots of Forty A-
cres each, by lines running parallel with the District
lines, at the distance of twenty chains apart, and crossed
by other lilies at right angles, and of the like distance
from each other, marked and numbered according to the
plan prescribed by the Surveyor General.
Section 2nd. And be it further enacted, That the follow
ing shall be the descrijition and qualifications of. persojjs
entitled to a draw under this act, “ to wit; Every white
male person of the age of eighteen years and upwards,
being a cit izen of the United States, and an inhabit am
within the ornganized limits of tliis State, tluue years
immediately preceding the first day of Jaimaiy (IS32)
eighteen liundreed and thirty two, including such
as shall be absent on lawful business shall be enti
tled to one draw; but no jiersou shall be entitled to a
draw, under this act who 1ms a family residing out. of this
State, or whose family has not resided in this State for
three years as aforesaid, except officers in the Army r
Navy of the United States; provided said person has
had a family so long.—All widows with like residence
shall be entitled to one draw.—AH families of orphans
of like residence, except such a* may be entitled in then-
own right, shall have one draw.—And ali heads of land-,
lies one additional draw in consideration of their fami
lies.
Section 3rd. Aiul be itfurther mated, That separate lists
of persons cntiileU to a draw under this act, shall be
made out. and returned by the same persons authorized to
take in names of persons entitled to draws by an act en
titled “an act to authorize the survey and distribution
of the lands within the limits of Georgia in the oceu-
of the CHemkce Tribe of Indians ; and all other
unlocated kind within the limits of said State, claimed
as Creek land ; and to authorize the Governor to call oui
a military force to protect surveyors in the discharge ol
their duties, and to provide for thd^ninishmeut oi persons
whnjmay prevent, or attempt to prevent any surveyor from
performing his duties, as pointed in this.act; or who
shall wilfully cut. down and deface any market! trees, or
remove any land mark, which may lie made iu pursu
ance of this act, and to protect the Indians in the peacea
ble possession of their improvements and of the lots on
which the same may be "Situated.” Approved the twen
ty-first of December 1830.—And the person or persous
taking in names as aforesaid, shall administer to all ap
plicants for draws under this act, other than widows guar
dians or next friend of Orphans the following oath viz:
“ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of
the United States and have resided in this State three
years immediately preceding the first of January 1832,
(except absent on lawful business,) and am an inhabitant
of the same, tnat I am eighteen years of age,—that I
have not given in my name for a draw in the. present con
templated Laud Lottery ofthe Gold Region in any other
part of the State; and that I did not directly or indirect
ly evade the service of this State or the United States,
in the Revolutionary War, or the late Wars against
Great Britain or the Indiana : So help me G al.” And
the following oath shall be administered to all Widows:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a widow, that
I have resided in tliis State tlirf e years immediately pre
ceding the first of January eighteen hundred and thirty-
two, except absent on lawful business, and am now are-
sident of tliis district,—that lhave not given in my name
for any draw in die present contemplated land lottery of
the gold i egion, in any other part of the State; so help me
God.” And all guardians or next friends of Orphans shall
t«kc. the following oath. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that the Orphans or family of Orphans, whom I return,
is, or are entitled to a draw under this act, to the best of
my knowledge, so help me God.” And the persons au
thorized to take in the names of those who are entitled to
a draw under this act shall receive Iwenty-five cents from
sucli apjilicant for each draw; and the following oath
shall be administered to all hcads of families, “ I, A B.
do solemnly swear Unit I am a married man with a family
so help me God.”
Section 4th. And be it further enacted, That as soon as
said lists are made out and returned as aforesaid ; his
Excellency the Governor, for the purpose of carrying
the lottery into effect, shall cause the names of persons
entitled to draws together with otherdeeignatory remarks
residence &c, to be placed on tickects as nearly similasas
possible^ which shall be deposited in one wheel; and the
prizes, on tickets of like description, siiall be dejiositedin
another wheel; which prizes shall consist of all square
lots of Forty Acress each, lying in the above named dis
tricts ani front each wheel, as nearly at the same time,
as may be, a ticket shall be drawn and delivered to the
BirperiutcKding macogers, and go ov, und! the- whole
AN ACT, To authorize and direct the.Superintendents
iff the public hands at Columbus to open and construct
a road from Columbus to Franklin jfl Troup coxmty :
and also to work and improve tne road from Co
lumbus, by the way of Lagrange, to the old McIn
tosh reserve in Carroll county: and also the road from
Greenville Menwethfcr county, |p Newnan in Cowe
ta county.
Sec. 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re]>^
resent tlives of theJ Slate of Georgia, in General Asseru|
blymet, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sanle,
That the superintendent having charge of the public
hands in the vicinity of Columbus, be, and he is hereby
authorized immediately after the first of January next,
to proceed with said hands to open and construct-* good
market road, thirty feet wide, on the best and most
convenient route from the town of Columbus, to Frank
lin in Troup county.
Sec. 2nd. And be it further enatedby the authority afore
said, That so soon thereafter as the above mentioned
road shall have been completed, the said Superintendent
is hereby authorized and directed to proceed with said
hands, to the improvement of tlic road leading from
said town of Columbus, by the way of Lagrange, to the
old Mclntftsh Reserve in Carrol county.
Sec. 3rd. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said, That so soon thereafter as said last ment ioned road
shall have been completed, the said Superintendent is
hereby authorized to proceed with said hands, to open
and construct a good market road, thirty feet wide,
on the best and most convenient route, (such as may be
selected by the Justices of the inferior courts of the coun
ties of Merriwether and Coweta, respectively) from
Greenville in Merriwctcer county, to Newnan in Cowe
ta county.
Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said. That all laws and parts of laws militating against
this Act be, and they are hereby repealed.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
Dec. 23, 1831.
AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts passed,
to prevent obstructions to the free passage of fish in
the Oakinulgee river and. its branches, passed in the
years 1821, 1824, and 1823, also for the better regula
tions of fishing with scins, in the said river anu its
branches.
Whereas, great inconvenience has and will !>e expe
rienced in effectually caiTying into operation the above
recited acts for remedy w hereof,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Slate of Georgia, in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That Allen Stephens, of the county of Bibb, David
Howard and Thomas S. Milton, of the county of Mon-
roe, Baaiam Peters and Michael M. Healy, of the coun
ty of Jones, Augustus Lane and Wm. Barkley, of the
eounty of Jasper, John M. Pearson, of the county of
Butts, Wm. R. Harvey, of the county of Newton, and
J e threw Barnes, of the county of Henry, be and the
same are hereby appointed commissioners of the Oak-
mulgee river and its branches above Macon, with full
power to carry into effect the provisions of this act; and
should it so happen that either of the persons above
named as commissioners, should fail or refuse to serve,
it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court, of the county
where such vacancy may happen, to appoint some fit
and proyier person to fill such vacancy.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commis
sioners as aforesaid, shall before they procede to the du
ties required of them by tliis act, take the following oath
or affirmation, to wit: I, A. B. do solemnly sw ear, that
I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties re
quired of me in terms of this act as a commissioner of
tne Oakmulgce river and its branches, and faithfully
execute the trust reposed in me without favor or affec
tion, so help me God. Anu said commissioners or a ma
jority of them so qualified, shall on the 15th February',
1832, or so soon thereafter as may be convenient j>ro-
ceed to survey', lay oft’, and define the main channel of
said liver and its branches, in the following manner, to
wit .- Allen Stephens, of the county of Bibb, David
Howard, aad Thomas S. Mellon, of the county of
Monroe, Baaiam Peters and Michael M. Healy, of the
county of Jones, Augustus Lane and William Barkley,
of the county of Jasper, are hereby required or a ma-
jorit y of them, to commence at Macon and continue up
said Oakmulgee river to the place where the Alcofahat-
chie river river intersects the same, and no farther.—
John M. Pearson, of the county of Butts, Wm. R.
Henry, of the county of Newton, and Jethrew Barnes,
of the county of Henry, are hereby" B required, or a ma
jority of them, to commence their labours at the above
last mentioned place, and continue up said river and its
branches to the following places up the South River to
the Snapping Shoals, up the Yellow River to the Cedar
Shoals, and up the Alcofahatehie river to Water’s mills.
And the commissioners as aforesaid are hereby empow
ered and required to open or cause to be opened, ninet y
feet in said River from Macon to the place where the
Alcofahatehie intersects said Oakmulgee River, and forty
feet up the same to the Snapping Shoals on South River,
and forty feqt up the Yellow River to the Cedar Shoals,
and forty feet up the Alcofahatehie river to Water’s
Mill, for the free passage of fish, and irt each river the
main sluice or ehannel shall be included.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That wherever there
is an island or islands situated in said rivers, it shall be
the duty of the commissioners as aforesaid, to lay off
and define a public channel on each side of said island
or islands, as nearly proportioned to the width of tile
river ort each side as is possible, including the deepest
channel on the shoal in each case, both channels together
not to exceed 90 feet in width, in the Oakinulgee, and 40
feet in width in the South, Yellow, and Alcofahatehie
River’s.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, It shall not be lawful
"for any person or persons, their agent or agents, slave or
slaves, to fish with two seins at the same landing or beach,
or opposite landing or beach within one hour of each
haul, nor shall it be lawful to fix, locate or situate in
said rivers any sein, giil net, or other obstruction across
die main channel so as to prevent die free passage of
fish, and any person or persons so offending by them
selves or agents, shall be liable to indictment for a com
mon nuisance, and on conviction shall be liable to pay a
fine of two hundred dollars for each and every such of-
fi nee, one half of which shall go to the informer and tl.ft
other half to the county in which the offender or offen
ders reside at the time of their conviction, and if any
slave or slaves without die coersion of his, her, or dieir
owner, or overseer, shall offend against'any provision of
this section, or if any free person of color shall violate
die same, he, she, or they, on proof before any justice of
the peace or justice of the Inferior Court, shall receive
thirty-nine lashes, on his, h£t or fctfre bftrfk for evt-
-ry sucji ertteftcCs
days service shall be required of (fey individual or indi-
ji cftpan i
victuals at any one time, nor more
one year.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
recited streams shall have obstruct
fislq jilaced in diem, contrary t
second section of tliis act, die,
fending, shall be liable to in
sauce before any court
and on conviction di
of two hundred dollars
sance shall remain, unr
go to the inform^
which the offender or
their conviction, and
but such offender or
with, according
JSec. 7. And
commiss
ed the
six days in any
henever the above
to die passage of
provisions of the
or persons so of •
eg a common nui-
%pee of the same
be subject to pay a fine
•, for every day sucli nui-
one half of sucli fine to
r-lmjf to the county in
may rtside at the time of
ice shall be necessary, but
rs may be prosecuted fordi-
vtsion of the act.
her enacted, That whenever sa ; d
[1 have laid off, marked out and defin-
in said rivers, agreeably to the provisions
of this' act, for the free passage of fish, beginning at Ma-
extending up to the before mentioned places,
thj»y shall make out a fair statement of the number or
days they were actually engaged iu said business, and
present the same to the Inferior Court, of die county in
which diey respectively reside, and on examination and
1 approval by said court, they shall issue an order to pay
the same at not more dian three dollars per day for each
day said commiesioner was so employed, io L*e j;a;d out of
the county funds, provided they s: all not receive pay for
more than ten days in any one year.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever any
individual or individuals may be called on by any of die
commissioners above named, for the purpose of remov
ing obstructions in said rivers, they shall be allowed one
dollar per day for each day they are actually so employ
ed, to be pa>d by the county in which they respectively
reside, provided, the individual claiming compensation
for services rendered produces a ce rtificate from one of
the commissioners aforesaid, setting forth the number
of days such a person - was so employed.
Fee. 9. And be ii further enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws militating against the provisions of this
act. be and the some are herein-repealed.
ASBURY LULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS;
President of the Senate.
Ass*ented to, Dec. 26, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT to regulate the future elections of members of
of Congress in this State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentativeS
ofthe State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacicd by the authority oj the same, That so su.ni
as his Excellency the Governor, shall obtain the law of
Congress fixing the ratio of representatives to be elected
for the National Legislature, agreeably to die late census,
it shall be his duly to issue his proclamation, announcing
the number of representatives tins State is entitled to.
See. 2. And be it further enacted by the authoity aforesaid.
That at the next annual election for members of tl.e Le
gislature, and every two years thereafter, until altered
by law, the citizens of this State shall be entitled to elect
such number of Representatives to Congress ns shall lie
announced by the proclamation of his Excellency the
Governor; agreeably to die foregoing section.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMASaSTOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT to alter and amend the thirty-eight section of
an act entitled “an act to rcvisuand consolidate the Mi
litia Laws of this State, and to repeal the cavalry laws
now in force, jiasscd Dec. 19th, 1813, so far as respects
the appointment of Judge Advocates.
Whereas, by the aforesaid section there is but rnr
judge advocate appointed for cadi division, who is re
quired to attend -ail Courts- Martial in tiie division for
which lie may be appointed, and whereas, that mode <Y
appointment, has failed to secure the attention of such of
ficer, on the Courts Martial aforesaid, for remedy where
of.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
ofthe State of Georgia m General Assembly met, and ilia
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and
after the passage of ihs act, it is hereby made the duty < f
the Colonel commandant of each regiment of tiie Mill- ia,
to nnminuie and ajqxnnt one fit and j*roper person who
shall bear the title of Lieutenant, to act as Judge Advo
cate, whose duty it shall be to attend all Courts Martial
held in the regiment for which be may be appointed, and
toany other Court Martial in the division on which ho
may be detailed, who shall be considered as part of the
Colonel’s stuff.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of tlic Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor,
AN ACT to repeal the fourth section of an act, passed
the twenty-first day of December, eighteen hundred
and thirty, to appoint eleven additional trustees of tire*.
University of Georgia, and to provide a permanent ad
ditional fund for the support of the same, and declare
the number of trustees which shall be necessary to
form a board, and to authorize a loan of ten thousand
dollars to the board of trustees of said University, and
to provide for the education of certain poor children
therein mentioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Ceneral Assembly of the
State of Georgia, That the fourth section of the above re
cited act, which authorises the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the several counties in tliis State, to select from
the poor of tiieir county, one young man to partake of tire
benefits of said University, be, and the said fourth section
of the above recited act is hereby repealed.
ASBURY HULL,
Sneaker of the House of Representative!.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, December 26, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT to authorise the Judge of the Superior Court
of the Southern Circuit, to hold an extra term of said
Court, in the county of Decatur.
Whereas, it is manifest from the unavoidable failure cf
the Superior Court, for November terms for the coum;
of Decatur, results in sundry inconvenience, to the citi
zens of said county.
Sec. 1, Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority ofthe
same, That from and after the passage of this act, it sha !
and may be lawful for die Judge of the Superior Court,
and he is hereby required, to hold an extra term of said
Court, at the place of holding the Sujierior Court, in the.
town of Bainbridge, in the county of Decatur, on tbe
fourth Monday in January next.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said, That all jurors and witnesses, tliat were legally com
pelled to attend the regular xerm of said court, shall be
hereby compelled to attend the extra term of said court
as contemplated by this act, under all the pains and pen
alties, as are contemplated by the laws now offeree in
this State, in sucli cases made and provided.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore«
said, That all persons,either plaintiff’s or defendants, or
other persons concerned in the business of said court, are
hereby required to attend, and abide the rules and order
of court at the said extra 'term, as is herein oonteu «
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