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ADX EKTI SF. MX TS inserted at the usual rate*. Sales of LAND, by Ad ini
■i«tra!>'rs. Executors, «*r Guardians, are required by law to be held on the lirstTues
day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the after
•♦♦on. «i the Court How in the county in whi< hthe property is situate. Notice of
cbese Mtea must be given in a public gazette SIXTY DAN S previous to the day ot
of NEGROES must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month
between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the
letters tcMitneut-iry,of Adminislrationor Guardianship, inn} have been granted, fivst
giHR* D \ YS notice thereof, in one of the public gazettesot this State,
•nd nt th ‘door of the Court House w here such sales arc to be held.
Notice tor the sale of Personal Property must ba given in like manner, FOR TN
DAVS pie vions to the da\ of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTI
DANS.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell
LAND, must be published Ihr FOUR MONTHS.
Notice forleaxe to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOLK MONTHS
before any order absolute shall be made by the Court thereon.
Notice el Application for Letters of Administration must be published THIRTY
DAYS.
Notice wt Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administration of an Es
tate, are required to be published month!} for SIX MON THS.
BY AUTHORITY.
As Act to authorize the arrest ami confinement of lunatic or
insane persons in certain cases.
Secti >n 1. 7A it enacted by the Senate anti House of Rep
rcsentativ sos the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
and it is h r< !>y enacted. by the authority of the same, That
upon the application of any of the good people of this State,
under oath, that he, she, or they It ive reason to apprehend anv
injury to their person or properly, from any lunatic or insane
person, w ho is sutfen d to go at large—anv justice of the peace
to whom such application may he made, shall be, and he is
hereby authorized to issue his warrant, in the same way as in
Criminal cases, l.ir the arrest of said lunatic or insane person,
and to bring such person before himself or any other Justice
of the peace who shall proceed to enquire into all the circum
stances of the case, and if he should be satisfied that the partv
making the application has just grounds to apprehend any in
jury to himself or his property from such lunatic or insane per
son going at large, to commit such person to the common Jail
of the county, and shall forthwith notify the clerk of the Infe
rior Court of the county of such coinmital.
Sec. 2. An I b it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the clerk of the Inferior Court of the county, upon being so
notified, to call together the Judges of said county, or a ma
jority of them, who shall make such provisions for the confine
ment and detention ot such lunatic or insane person, either in :
the common Jail of the county, or by placing such person in
the custody and under the control of some suitable individ
ual, as they or a majority of them may deem best; and such
lunatic or insane p r-on shall be confined, and not permitted to
go at large w ithout being under the immediate custody of such
person.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That when said Court,
or a majority of them, may be satisfied that such lunatic or in
sane person so cominitt d as aforesaid, is destitute of property
or other means to defray the expenses thus incurred for Ins, I
her, or their maintainance during such confinement, to order
the same to be paid out of the county funds—and if said lunatic
or insane person shall be able to d efray the expen-es aforesaid,
such expenses shall be ordered to be paid out of his own funds
in such manner, and at such time as said court shall order.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CAHRLESDOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 28th December, 1533.
GEORCE R. GILMER, Governor.
To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
An Act to amend the until section of the thirteenth disision
of the Penal Code of this State.
Whereas, the above named section is in the fallowing
words: Any person who shall conceal, harbor, or hide, or
cause to be concealed, harbored or hidden, any slave to the in
jury of the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon com iction thereof, shall be pnni-hed by fine not
exceeding the value of the slave, or imprisonment in the com
mon jail of the county, or both, at the discretion of the Court;
and whereas, the above recited part of said section requiring
amendment :
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, ami it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the above recited
clause of the ninth section of the thirteenth division of the Pe
nal Code of this State, be, and the same is hereby repealed ;
and in lieu thereof the follow ini' be adopted and received : Any
person who shall conceal, harboi, hide, employ in their own or
in the service of any other person or per-ons, any slave to the
injury of the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a high misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by im
prisonment and labor in the Penitentiary of this State, for a
time not exceeding three years, nor less than one jear, at the
discretion of the Court.
And be it further enacted, That the proviso immediately next
following the first recit'd danse in the ninth section of the thir
teenth division of the Penal Code aforesaid, he, and the same
is hereby declared in fid I force and virtue.
JOSEPH DAY, •
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
(£7* I’he Milledgeville papers will publish the above once.
An Act to be entitled an act to alter and amend the first
section of an act pa-sed the 22d December, 1834, to author
ize the Courts of Ordinary of the different counties of this
State, to issue commissions of lunacy, and to regulate the
proceedings thereon, so as to increase the number of persons
to whom said commission shall issue.
Whereas said fir-t section directs the issue of a commission
directed to any twelve discreet and proper persons ; and where
as it is often impracticable to procure the attendance of said
twelve persons—for remedy whereof,
Sec. 1. /;,■ a rnarh / t>y Ute Senate anti House of Reprexenta
to< sin <o m ro 1 /L ./ mbty m t, and it is hereby enaeletl by author
si 'j the sum , 1 hat said commission shall be issued as men
tions in said m l, directed to any eighteen discreet and proper
rer l''."- | ng them to attend at such time and place as
. . ' f mentioned in said commission, within the county where
said commi-Mon shall issue, and any twelve of them to exam
ine by nispecimn the person alleged to be an idiot, lunatic or
insane person, and act upon said < ase as directed in said act.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That "all
laws and parts of laws militating auam-t thi, act, are hereby
repealed. JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, "
1 resident of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
The Milledgeville papers will publish this act once.
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jIfILLEDOEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1839.
An Ait to admit certain deeds, mortgages, and bills of sale,
to be proven and recorded, and to admit them or their co
pies in evidence, in the Courts of Law or Equity in this
State.
Section 1. />< 7/ enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the Stale of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
ami it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
’ from and alter the passing of this act, that whenever any per
son or body politic or corporate, may hold any deed, mort
gage, or bill of sale, purporting to have been signed in pres
n encc of a witness, tiecording to the requisitions of law, and the
r said subscribing witness or witnesses, shall have departed this
" life before the said deed, hill of sale, or mortgage, shall have
been proven, that then and in that case, it shall and may be law
ful for the holder of said deed, mortgage, or hill of sale, to
prove the same by proving the hand writing of the witnesses
who may have aitested the same, arid the hand writing
. of the maker of the said deed, mortgage, or bill of sale,
,r. bv affidavit in w riting to be attached thereto, w hich said aflida
f j vit shall he taken before a Judge of the Superior Courts, or
I Justices of the Inferior Courts of this State, and the same so
' proven and recorded shall be admitted in evidence in any
( I Courts of Law or Equity in this State, under the same rules of
, I Law by which they wonld have been subject, if recorded with-
I in due time of law : Provided, that all deeds, mortgages, or bills
of sale, be so proven and recorded within one year from the
I first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
Sec. 2. Ami be it further enaeletl by the authority aforesaid,
That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be,
1 and the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 31st December, 1338.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
027“ The Milledgeville papers will publish the above act one
i time.
■ An Act to be entitled an act to more fully define the legal
residence of citizens and inhabitants of this State.
Whereas no small degree of embarrassment has arisen, and
is likely to rise from the indefinite manner in which the place
■ of residence bf citizens and inhabitants of this State is defined
: by law; for remedy whereof,
i Sec. 1. 7>i’ it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the 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 place where the family of any
person shall permanently reside in this State, and the place
where any person having no family shall generally lodge, shall
be held and considered as the most notorious place of abode of
such person or persons respectively.
Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That all law* or parts of laws conflicting with this act, be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
m*To be published in the .Milledgeville papers once.
An Act to amend an act to regulate the auditing and pay- 1
ment of accounts against the State, approved December 26, I
i 1836, so as to extend the duties of the Comptroller General, 1
in supervising the accounts of Agents and others, entrusted
with the public funds.
Section 1. />'< // enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resent at ires of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in i
addition to the duties of the Comptro-ler General, as required
by the above stated act, it shall be, and is hereby declared to j
be the duty of’ the said Comptroller General, to supervise and ■
audit the accounts of the Agents of the State and others, to [
w hom have been, or may hereafter be entrusted with the ex - i
penditure of monies appropriated for public purposes, and
drawn from the Treasury, and make report thereof to the Gov
i ernor, who shall lay the same annually before the General As
j sembly.
Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted, That if at any time it i
shall so happen that any of the public Agents shall fail to make
out semi-annually reports and accounts current, concerning the
disbursements of the public money entrusted to said Agent, I
supported by proper vouchers, such defaulting Agent shall be I
proceeded against in such manner as the Governor shall, in his
I discretion, think most conducive to the interest of the State;
anv law to the contrary, in anv wise, notwithstanding.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGER.GILMER.Gov ernor.
1 o be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
An Act to legalize and make valid the adjournment of Bibb
Superior Court, nt the (Fall) term, 1838, and to authorize
the holding of said Court in pursuance of said adjournment;
and <o change the time of holding the Superior Court of
Richmond county, anil the Inferior Courts of Richmond
and Columbia counties.
Whereas the presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the
county of Bibb, at the regular term of said Court, held on the j
third Monday in November, 1838, did adjourn said Court over '
until the second Monday in January, thereafter; and whereas
there arc doubts entertained as to the legality of that adjourn-
I ment—for remed v whereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
\ reseutatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
\ and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the
I order of the Judge of the Superior Court of the’county of Bibb,
• at the late regular term of the said Court, held on the third
■ | Monday in November, 1838, adjourning over the said Court
until the second Monday in January, 1839, is hereby declared
legal and valid ; and that said Court be held in pursuance of
the said order of adjournment.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sessions of the
Inferior Court of Columbia county, shall hereafter be on the
fourth Monday of January and June; and the sessions of the
Inferior Court of Richmond county, shall hereafter be on the
I first Monday of March and September.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sessions of the
Superior Court of Richmond county, shall hereafter boon the
second Monday in January and June.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
1 As.ented to 28th December 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
■ An Act to amend the thirty-fifth section of the fourteenth di-
vision of the Penal Code of this State.
Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Represent at i ices of
■ Z//r State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and il is hcrc
i by emu ted by the authority of the, same, That the time precri-
bed in the thirty-fifth section and fourteenth division of the Pe
nal Code of this Slate, within which indictments shall be filed
and found, shall not extend to those cases in which the offend
er or offenders is or are unknown ; and all laws militating
against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
i Assented to 31st December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
07’ Ihe Milledge papers will publish the above act one
time.
Ottr Conscience—On>• Couiitry^-o Mr peril).
, An Act supplementary to an act to regulate the granting of
Certioraries and Injunctions in this State, passed December
s 4th, 1811.
Sec. 1. Beil enacted by the Senate and House of Rcpresen-
- talives of the Stale of Georgia in General Assembly met, and
, it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That front
t and immediately after the passing of this act, it shall not be
- lawful lor any Judge of the Superior Court to sanction or gi ant
- any writ of Certiorari under the provisions of the above reci-
- ted act, unless such writ of certiorari shall be applied for with
e in the term of six months next after the case has been delcrmin
s ed in the Court below.
? Sec. 2. zlwrZ be it further enacted by the aulhority afmesaid,
- That all laws and parts of laws that' militate against this act,
> be, and the same are hereby repealed.
s JOSEPH DAY,
; Speaker of the House of Representatives.
, CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
r Assented to 29tli December, 1838.
> GEORGE R. GILMER , Governor.
GJ” The Milledgeville papers will publish the above act
f one time.
s An Act to be entitled an act to amend an act to regulate the
- mode of taking testimony by commission and de bene esse
within this Stase, and to alter and amend the several laws
, relating thereto, approved 20lh December, 1823.
, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Georgia in Gem ral Assembly met, ami it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act (for
which this is amendatory) more effectually to ensure the testi
mony of witnesses going beyond sea, and aged and infirm per
sons, passed on the Sth day of April, 1806, w hich had been re
pealed and again re-enacted and declared to be operative and
effective in all cases pending, or which may he brought in the
■ several’ Courts of this State, by act of 20th December, 1823,
be amended so as to read as follows, to wit : That in case
either plaintiff or defendant K?av deem any witness or witnesses
material in any cause or causes penning in any of the Crmrls
of law and equity of this State, and who going beyond
, seas, removing without the county, or bc-vond the ’urisdiction
of the State, or whose official or other business would r t <7'>ire
his absence from the county at the term of trial ofsaid cause, or
from age or other bodily infirmity may he unable to attend
' Court, it shall and may be lawful to examine any such witness
| or witnesses under commission, on serving and filing interrog
atories in the manner prescribed by law in case where witnesses
reside out ofthe county : Provided, That in case the person or
: persons whose testimony shall h ave been taken, return or be
• able to attend, that then and in that case such written testimo
ny shall not be received or read.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That al!
laws or parts or amendments of laws militating against this
i amendatory act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 28th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
(Ez’The Milledgeville papers will publish the above once.
An Act to alter ami change the time of holding the Inferior
Courts of the county of Forsyth.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Reprc-
I sentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and
; be it enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after
j the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for the Inferior
Courts of the county of Forsyth to be held on the first Mon
; days of June and December, instead of the second Mondays of
the same months.
Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
' of laws conflicting with this act, be, and the same are hereby
j repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CIIA R LES DOUG HF.RTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
(£7" To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
l An Act to impose, levy, and collect a tax for the political
year 1839, on property both real and personal, and to inflict
penalties for refusing or neglecting to comply with the pro
visions thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Representatives of
the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and il is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the Tax Act, assent
ed to on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1837, together
[with] all acts and p tris of acts which said act revives and
continues in force, shall he, and the same is hereby revived ami
continued in force, as the Tax act for the political year one
i thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
I An Act to authorize partners, or persons jointly interested,
under certain circumstances, to execute sealed instruments.
Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Representatives ofthe
State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is herebyen
acted by the aulhority of the same, That in all suits either in fa
vor of, or against partners, or persons jointly interested, and in
all cases when sin h partners or persons jointly interested shall
in anywise become connected with any suit or other matter
pending in any of the Courts of this State, in any way what
soever, wherein it shall become necessary for said partner.* or
persons jointly interested to give bond, it shall and may be
lawful for any one of said partners or persons jointly interest
ed, to execute she same by signing the names of all of said
partners or persons jointly interested, and the same shall be
' obligatory and binding upon every of said partners or persons
' interested; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
• . President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE K. GILM ER, Governor.
To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
An Act to alter and change the time of holding the Inferior
Courts ofthe county of Stewart.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assmnb'u im t,
. and it is hereby enacted by the authoriiy of the same, That from
a.id immediately after the passage of this act, the time of hold
s ingthe Inferior Court ofthe county of Stew art, shall be on the
. first Monday in May and November, in each and every year
. thereafter, instead ofthe time now established b\ law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
I That all persons summoned, subpamied, or bound as suitors,
- witnesses, jurors or in any other i npaeity, to attend said Courts
; at the times which by the laws now in force they are holden,
shall be bound by virtue of said summons, subpoena, or other
process heretofore issued, to attend said Courts, as are estab
lished by this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That all writs, precepts and ptocesses whatsoever, heretofore
issued or that may hereafter be issued returnable to the terms
of said Courts as are now fixed by law, shall be considered and
: held as returnable to the terms of said Courts, respectively, as
fixed by this act.
I Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
i I hat all laws and parts us laws militating against this act, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
/ Speaker of the House of Representatives.
i CHARLES DOUHERTY,
President of the Senate.
t Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
An Act to authorize and empower County Surveyors to
administer oaths in certain cases.
’ Sectio.n 1. il enacted by the Senate and House of Rcp
resentativesof the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
and o' is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from
am! after the passage of this act, County Surveyors, when
called on to admearsi : e and lay off dower, or divide Ends held
in common or joint tendency, [tenancy,] shall be, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to administer the oaths pre
scribed by law in such cases.
1 be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That all laws militating against this act, he, and the same are
I hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
S CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
I President of the Senate.
s Assented to 29th December, 1838.
' r GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
1 To be published in the Milledgeville papers once.
An Act to regulate the auditing of accounts rendered by certain
persons, and to provide for default, in the application of monies
I | appropriated in certain cases.
Sec. 1. B- if enacted by the Senate, ami House of Rcprescnta
, fives of the. State, of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is
, hereby enacted by the. authority ofthe same, That from and after
. the passage of this act, no money appropriated for making or itnprov
_ ing roads, improving the navigation of rivers, or other like objects,
’ shall be paid out of the Treasury of this State, until tha person or
poisons appointed to receive and disburse such money shall have
1 given good and sufficient bond and security to apply the same accord
i big to the provisions of law, making such appropriation ; and more
, ,;vt- r to make due and periodical reports of his or their actings, do
| ings, atK. l disbursements, in the premises.
; i Sic. 2. be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
J Comptroller General, fforo time to time, as such reports are made,
to audit the accompanying accounts, and to certify only such as shall
' t be duly sustained by voucher.-, and to credit the parties bound with
the amounts audited and allowed; and in cas? any disbursing officer
shall tor three months be in default, in making his or fhyir report, or
shall foi the like space of lime fail in producing tiic proper vouchers
to sustai i his or their accounts, it shall be the duty of his LaCellenej'
i the Governor, on notice of the fact from the Comptroller Genorai,
to order a bond or bonds of such defaulting officer to be sued, and to j
j report the same to the General Assembly at the ensuing session.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That notice shall be given by |
publication, by his Excellency the Governor, to all persons having in '
their possession money, negroes, or other property of the State, here
tofore appropriated for the improvement of roads or rivers, and who 1
have not fully accounted for the same, to render their accounts on or
before the first day of June next, and to make a full and detailed re
port of his or their operations, and to show sufficient reason, If any
they have, why the same should not be appropriated to some othci
object.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
’ President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 18.38.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
C7*The Milledgeville papers will publish this act once.
An Act to define and affix the punishment of a crime or misde
meanor committed by a slave, by the counsel, persuation or pro
procurement, or other means, of free w hite persons.
ile it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe
State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That if a slave shall commit a
ciime or misdemeanor by the counsel, persuation, or procurement,
or other means, ot a free white person, and it appearing that the of
fence was committed by the counsel, persuation or procurement or
other means, of a free white person or persons, he, she or they, shall
be prosecuted for the offence, and iffound guilty shall incur (he same
punishment as if he, she or they had actually committed the crime or !
misdemeanor with which the slave is charged : Provided, This act '
shall not be construed to extend to any crime or offence which, if
committed by a slave, would, under existing laws ofthe State, sub- |
ject him or her to the punishment of death.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUG H ERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, IS3S.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
Q7 2 ” The Milledgeville papers will publish this act once.
An Act to compel Steam and Thompsonian Doctors to pay the
annual tax of regular’medical Doctors and laws [Lawyers] of this
State.
Be it enacted by the. Semite and House, of Representa
tives of the State, of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all practitioners
ofthe Steam and Thompsonian system, shall pay the annual tax paid
by regular medical Doctors of this State.
I'e it further enacted, i’hat after the passing of this act, any Steam
or Thompsonian practitionei, who shall be found practicing without
paying the usual lax of medical Doctors, shall be fined five hundred
dollars fur every such offence.
.zl/m be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militat
ing against this act, be, and the sani' 1 arc hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER’, Governor.
(tT’The Milledgeville papers w ill publish this act once.
An Act to alter the mode of computing time hie- certain cases.
I'e it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representa
tives of the 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, in ail cases whatsoever, where time is requir
ed to be computed by the month or by months, the computation shall
be by the calender month, and not by the lunar month : Provided
always, That this act shall not affect rights or interest accrued before
its passage.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
I Assented to 23th December, IS3S.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
The Milledgeville papers will publish the above act one time.
I Ax Act to regulate the settlements between the Banking Institutions
of this State, and to define th? liabilities of stockholders who shall
transfer their interest therein, or other institutions.
Sr.c. I. th it enacted by the Senate and House, of Rcprcsenta
» fives oj the. State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the. authority oj the same, That from and itnnic-
- , diately after the passage of this act, the several Banks chattered by
> ! the General Assembly of this State, and the branches thereof, shall
i- receive their own bills, whether issued or made payable nt the parent
Batik, or atty of its branches, at par. at the counter of suclip irent
I Bank or tiny of its branches, in settlement of bal.inces due to such
’ . or any of its branches, as the case may be, any law or
’ , usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
s i Sec. 2. Ind be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
, I whore the stockholders in any bank or other corporation are individu
r ally responsible under the charter thereof, and any such stockholders
- shall transfer his or her stock, he or she shall be exempt from all lia
bility tor the notes and contracts of such Bank or other corporation,
unless Im or she receive written notice from tiny creditor thereof
’l within six months after such transfer (in which case he or she shall
1 ! not be exempt from such creditor’s claim): Provided, Such
s I stock holder shall give notice once tl month, for six months,
i ol such transfer, and immediately thereafter in two newspapers in oi
s I near the place where such B ink or other corporation shall keep the
| principal office.
P. L..ROSBNSON, PROPRIETOR.
, •‘'j 1 ' - be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
- all laws and parts o! laws militating against this act,’ be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
, , , T- President ofthe Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
/y—s-.r, ... GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
the Mdl-dgcv rib-papers will p..!,fish the above act one time.
cIISCE LLAf'O u S f ”
SELECTED, BY A DISCONSOLATE,FOR THE STANDARD.
BY R. IIEMMETT HOOE.
“ Hy life is like the summer rose."— n. n. wilde.
Aly life is like the scattered wreck,
Cast by the waves upon the shore;
1 The broken masts, the rifled deck,
# 'fell of the shipwreck that is o’er:
. A ct Iron) these relies of the storm,
The mariner his raftwtll form,
.Again to temp; the faithless sea;
’ But hope rebuilds no bark for me.
Aly life is like the blighted oak,
I hat lilts its scar and withered form,
Scath’d by the lightning’s suilden stroke,
Sternly to meet the comingstorm :
Yet ’round that sapless trunk will twine
The curling tendrils of the vine,
And life and freshness theie impart,—
Not to the passion-blighted heart.
Aly life is like a desert rock,
In the mid-ocean lone and drear;
AVorn By the wild waves’ceaseless shock,
1 3 hat round its base their surges rear:
s Yet theie tiie sea-muss still will cling—
Some flower will find a cleft to spring.
And breathe, e’en there, a sweet perfume;
( 1' or me, life’s flowers no more will bloom.
A YOUNG WOMYN MURDERED BY HER LOVER.
> 1 he Assize Court of Versailles was occupied two consecutive sit
tings with a tragical event that happened some little time back in
■ the wood of Chars, near Pontoise. Anthony Ferrand, seventeen
■ years of age, a woolen draper’s clerk in Paris, had conceived a most
■ violent attachment for a y< ting woman named Marietta, of his own
age, who lived with the sempsttess opposite to the shop where Fer
rand was engaged. Mar ietta returned his Jove, but his mother most
' positively opposed their marriage, and threatened to send her son to
! sea. In a fit of despair t lese young people conceived the project
! ! of putting an end to their days; it was agreed that Marietta should
1 j die by the hand of Ferrand, and that he should then put an end to
’ j his own life. Pistols and a dagger were chosen for the purpose.
i he prisoner was thus addressed by the Court: ‘ You both arriv
: ■ ed at Chars on the day of the fair, at eleven o’clock, P. Al. and
! itamediately went tip into the wood near the village; you wished to
. write a low words, but perce.ving you had lost yoor pencil, yon
i camo out of the wood with Marietta. Between twelve and
j one you were a house, where yon each took a cup of
■ coflee. There a pencil was given you, yon hastily wrote a letter to
Mr. Lance, in which you expressed a desire to Ire buried near Ma
rietta. Then you again went ini,? the wood. What happened after
wards!’ Ferrand—‘Having gone Lack into the wood, we walked
; about for a long time ; then we sat down for about two hours and a
; half, because people were continually passing. Marietta then re
' minded me that 1 had promised not to refuse her atty thing, she
said she wished to be struck w hile sleeping, but she could not fall
asleep. S.lt'? then asked me to fire a pistol at Iter; I hesitated a
long time. Both my pistols were loaded ; one was intended for Iter,
the other for myself. I fired at her head but it only stunned her;
she asked me to fire the other at her.’ By the court — 1 Did your
pistol touch her when you fired?’ Prisoner—‘No sir, 1 stood at a
certain distance.’ ‘How did you load your pistol?’ ‘ I filled it
with powder, then spilled a little to put in wadding and make room
for the bullet.’ ‘ Was the bullet the same size as the barrel ?’ ‘No;
it shook a little, so I was obliged to hold it upright. Marietta was
only wounded at the first shot. 1 was not willing to fire again, and
! said to her, ‘Tomorrow I’ll put you in the coach,’ I wanted to die
. alone, but she insisted, and 1 fired a second time at her heart. I
I thought she was dead. 1 put her on my shoulder to carry her down
' to the wood. I laid her down where she was found. It was four in
; the morning. 1 then saw that site was not dead. She seemed to
I be in great pain, and said ‘finish mo, finish me!’ ’ ‘ Was it then
i you stabbed her in the bosom after having removed her chillies ?’
; ‘Yts, * * * Then 1 fainted away. 1 did not
recover myself till it was quite daylight. I tiied to kill myself. I
j went again to the top of the wood to get my pistols, which 1 had left
' there. I came down again and hung my shirt upon a tree—then I
1 suspended myself by my neck, and filed a pistol in my mouth.’—
'■ ‘Why did you suspend yourself from a tree?’ ‘ I wanted to shoot
myself, but I thought my body would be found sooner if 1 suspended
myself. The firing brought me down senseless on the brink of the
ditch.’ ‘Did you not wish to stab yourself?’ ‘ Y r es—when I re
covered my senses, I was within a few paces of Marietta. I tried
to take the knife, bitt I could not get it out of her hand; I then
wished to use my pistols, but cpld and pain so overcome me that I
coujd not load them.’ ‘Did you not throw yourself into the brook?’
‘1 knew a very deep part ; 1 was going to it when 1 saw two men ; I
then turned away, took oil’ my coat, put my hands in my trowser’s
pocket, and jumped in where I was found.’ ‘ Where did you go
j after you were brought back to the village ?’ ‘ I saw my uncle, La
bouree, standing at his dour. 1 went in for a moment, and asked
for a little water to wash my mouth which was filled with blood ;
thence I was taken to prison.’ ‘ Had you ever taken improper lib
erties with Marietta?’ A Juror—‘lt does not appear that the
accused ever attempted to do so, or that he was driven by Alarietta’s
refusal to his fatal resolution.’ President— ‘ The certificates of
Medical men who examined the body not only prove that the unfor
tunate girl was not pregnant, but that she had never been guilty of
any impropriety.’ The counsel for the ptosecution maintained that
the accused was guilty, but admitted extenuating circumstances.—
'Die prisoner was most ably defended, and the jury deliberating for
about ten minutes, acquitted him. President— ‘ Go, Ferrand, you
are now free, as the jury leave you to the tribunal of your own con
science. Let the remorse of your own life be your just punishment,
until that day when your repentance may disarm Him whose justice
no one can escape.’ [London Sm.
7’he Congreve Rocket.— The very flight of the Congreve Rocket
is startling; it springs from the ground in a volume of flame, and
then tushes along with a continued roar, with its large head blazing,
sit iking point blank, and with a tremendous force, at the distance of
a mile or inure; in tr seige it is already extremely formidable. It
bursts through roofs; it fixes itself wherever it can bore its way ;
and it inflames every thing that is combustible. Stone walls can
only repel it and that not always. This weapon may be regarded
as almost exclusively English in its use as well as its origin. It will
be like the English bow in the fifteenth century. In the next war
what an extraordinary change will take place in all the established
instruments of putting men out of the world! We shall be attacked
at once ft out above, around and below. We shall have the balloon
showering fire upon us from miles above our heads; the steam-gun
levelling us front walls and ramparts, before we can come witinn
distance to dig a tren’ li; the Congreve s. tting our tents, ammuni
tion wagons, and ourselves, in a blaze in our first sleep; and the
steamer limning and doing mischief every where. But of all these
misrhief makers 1 should give the palm to the rocket. No infantry
on earth could stand for live minutes within five’ hundred yards of »
well served rocket battery. Half a dozen volleys of half a dozew
of these fiery arrows would break the strongest battalions into frag
i ments, lay one half dead on the ground, and send the other blaming
I and torn over the field. 'Die heaviest fire from guns is nothing tex
their effect. It wants the directness, the steadiness, the flame, and,
- resulting front all these, the terror. If the Btitish shall ever come
s into the field, w ithout an overwhelming force of rocketers, they will
• throw away the fust chance of victoiy that over was lost by national
■ negligence. Nothing can be mo; e obvious than that this tremendous
I weapon has not yet arrived at its full capacity for war on a larges
t scale. [Blackwood’s Magazine*.
> Lovt:.— A complaint of heart, growing out of tin inordinate long*
r ing after something difficult to obtain. It attacks persons of both
sexes, generally between the ages of fourteen and thirty ; some have
t been known to h ive it at the ace of sixty.
Symptoms.— Absence of mind; giving things wrong names; call
s ing tears nectar, and sighs zephyrs; a gteat fondness for poetry and
- music; gazing on the moon and stars; tootliach ; bleeding at the
, nose; loss of appetite; neglect of business; a loathing for all things,,
f save one; blood-shot eyes, and a constant desire to sigh.
I Idjfects.— \ strong heart-burn ; pulse high ; stupidly eloquent,
i eyes; sleeplessness, and a!! that sort of thing; at times imagination
, bright; bowers of roses; winged cupids; and buttered peas; and
r then again oceans of despair, racks, tortures, and hair triggered
>' pistols.
Cttre.—Get married !
. r»a 2<51.