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V ,y. **** 1 • AN ACT ■ * .j To aothorise the*, several courts of Equity in this state to grant remedies in cerriid cases and to regelate the Courts oi Law and £. «aity state#’ and for affording tempo ) , tiiry rebel to the soldiers w hilst hi the ser« \ ” vice of the si ate or mjt he United States 3k G for ether purposes v - // Sec# •*. fifje-tr enacted by the Semite and House oEßeprgsentatives 6f theoj ! Stale of Georgia In General Ass cm blyjroeJ, and i r is hereby enacted by the authors? of toe s'anie, T.iat ♦where any person or persdns has dr shall run out of this State the proper--,j I of a deceased pc won or to the in jury of the orphans of said de-i* i ceased, or to the injury of the next of km entitled to the same, it ✓shall snd may be lawful fin* the Judges, of the sever al comcs of equity in this state, upon application and the facts hedng stated on’ oath, made to the thith-thereof* ahd also the property being described and its value sworn to by the person or persons eniii ltd to said estate, his# her or their agent ior attorney, to give to the part) a remedy either by arresting the defen fiant or taking his property or; both*. las the coqn in iu discretion shidl deem necessary and ded always, that the Judge, granting the same shall take good security of ■ i|he party, his, her or their agent or kUomey, in double the amount lm make good all coats and damages the defendant shall sustain, if the \ Hplaimvif shall Aiicontintlt or be cast fa the said stuu Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That toe dclend&at if arrested ajid , ifiis property also/if take shall be discharged ahd returned to him on his giving good security to perform ordu and decree of the ocoru Sec. 3#And be it i'ufiher enacted/ That if the defendant fails or neg lect or refuses to give such the courtsUuay make such dispdsi- I tion y the property as in its discre- I tion it shall deemmes; adumtageou* ( Part ADd^ 'hi*\w' *-r h* tercd and signed thereon in ary of ! the Spperkrt or Inferior courts of this statej 1 party against whbin such fudjpiient ishftil be so entefod* ‘nay stay all further proceeding'* by entering a good and sufficient secu rity, either in open court or in the. clerk g ohrce within ten days after the judgmeiit of said Court, for the pay* merit oft lie judgment and costs witii ui twelve months from the date of the sa*d judgment, and if such par- \ ty ..pot pay the same agreeably thereto, execution may issue against such party and the security without £ny other proceedings thereon. >«ec. 5. Artd he it further enacted, i’hai all parties against whom judg- * ments are rendered ia any of the luslices court? ir* this State, shall be entitled to the Benefits and provis ions of the foregoing section; upon their complying with the terms therein required by giving security to the Justices of the Peace. dec. €. And be it further enacted? f Hat it shall riot be lawful for any of toe Judges ol the “ Superior courts,. JuM;t£Cs otHae Interior courts, or ! Justices of the Peace in this state to suffer any verdicts to he rendered of judgments entered or signed in any or either of their said courts, against <iny scldier or officer of this state, whilst such soldier or officer is in the Htrvice of this state or she United States, but in all cases where it shall . made satisfactorily to appear to «ny of the saidjeourts that either of thtj to any case m either df 1 iu ir said courts depending, is in the service aforesaid, the same shaft be deemed and considered a good j ground and sufficient cause of con- I tjnuance of said case, if either of ! said parties, their agent or attorney pfcoose to claim the same. Nor shall any execution be levied on or che property of any such soldier or offi \ Cy«*irt)e sold by virtue oi any execu tion which has heretofore, or r may he re after be issued against him whilst he is in the seiNuce aforesaid; or o.r • *is way to, or returning from p* of i endciv/ous, oi” within 6 oionthsafter the expiration of the lenn Ot service of such soldiers, pro vidcd> such soldier shall within twen -ty ciays after the expiration ‘ >f his term of service give security as oth er persons are required to do by this act, nor shall any civil process what ever be issued against any soldier or officer whilst fn such service. Secyf. And be it further enacted, That Jo all ca-,es where judgnieni haa already been obtained in any of the courts aforesaid, the party a gainst whom the same has been ob tained, may by complying with the terms contained in the fourth sec tion of this act, clAlrti and receive : the benefits and provisions of $a and section—and where execution ha’ already issued, the officer in whose hands the same may bej shah be bound to taice the security- required as directed in sa’d-sectioni it a ffhi takers , Speaker of the House- of Representa tives, ‘■ ■v” „ ‘ t j •: / - ■ fared Irwin , x J*resident of the Senate pro tem. Dissented to by the Governor 22d November. J 8 i 4. ; u N in. the House of Representatives 52c., November, 1$ 14.—Rep&ssed by a nujbrity of twd thirds ufthe .realise v agreeable todbe provisions oi ttve Constitution, BENJAMIN WHITAKER, J Speaktr^ Attest, ‘ - , ; J,\ • “ A. S, Clavton, Clerk, , Repassed by two thirds of the Sen ate 23d No/ember, tat 4. • \ ’ JARED IRWIN, 0 President of the Senate, pro tern. Attest, - Wn.t Jam Robes sow, // r\: < Secretary* •’ in act to Ufy a Tax for die support cf Governrkera for the political year A$ i S', ctrid jp r&lm! r ursep the State in oar: the turn for which his ieney the Governor j t pjt/t >rised Ay ~ a concurred resolution to settle with | ’ the General Closer nwerH fie Direct .. „ ‘ Pax for die political year IS U. *. Sec. Ist. He it >eu«tcted by the - ckiiate aad House oi Representatives cf he State of 1 Georgia in General .met, aH4 it u nereby cnac- Cs ! l' ! w ; if o*f 0 *f f‘S for A year t*W, he and the)’ arc Hereby .revived &id continued m ATHENS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1814. force for the political • cc -. it further enacted i hat for the purpose of re-im burning Jje Stats in part thsisum lireeled to be paid by his Exiellency hi con formity: with the saidiesohitlon, that each citizen of this Stite, and ail o ther persons holding taxable proper ty real or personal in said State, is, ‘ and are hereby liaS.de and required to pay a tax of 50 per centum on thd amount of the State , tax required of him, her or them, fur the support of the Government of this Statt, for the political year 18la, which shall be Collected and settjed by the Pjbt'GoT lectora.with the Comptroller Gener al, pit or before the first day of De cember, 1$ i 5, under thesame /rules, regulations and restrictions, as are pointed dut for the collection of the State tax now lit force in tfch* state ; and ft shall be the duty of the res pective Tax Collectors in tHifi state to collect the tax herein assessed, a grebable to the requisitions of an act entitled ar? act to authorise* his Excellency the Governor to Settle ‘ with the UtHted States : tk& arvroont ‘of the Direct Tax due by the Suite of Georgia, and to point out the me* thpd of fe-imbursing the State the. said sum in part, passed on the 6th day of December 1 913*-*Provided nevertheless, That in case any of the Tax Collectors aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to collect t}qe tax afore said upon the terms pointed out in the before recited act, th*n and in that case the justices of the Interior Courts iti‘Counties where such refu sal shall be made, shall proceed to appoint one St and proper person to receive and collect said fax, ble to the requisitions gff the tax now in force in this state * and ihc said Collectors so appointed us aforesaid, shall be commissioned by the Governor ax heretofore practised for other,, ‘fax Collectors in this state ; and Provided aUo, That such Collectors so to be appointed &s a* ioresaid, if any such should be up pointed as aforesaid, shall give band and security n* conformity with the tax laws now in force in this state, mp the faithful performance of hi» or their duty as Collectors, which may be appointed in conformity with this act ; and for the purpose M uset v ta'mmg the amount of tax required by this act, it shall be the duty v ol the Clerks of the Inferior Cmi ru to deliver to such Collectors appointed in conformity with this act, the ‘ Digest of the Receiver of fax-Ke tm nsj deposited in their .offices. bee. 3d. And be it further euacted. That the Collectors aforesaid shall signify his or their acceptance or re* fusai in writing, to perform the du ties by this act required, to three or more of the Justices of the Inferior Courts aforesaid, on dr before the Ist Monday in January next,ancf shah give bond and additional security in terms of the tax laws mm in force in this State i—~And provided M*a} Jfhat in -case of such refusal being made by the 3 ax Collector, the Infe- • i ior Court shall not appoint the said fax Collector to collect said tax** Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted. That no security or securities for Tax Cbilectors shall be entitled to hold the office 6f Sheriff in anv county in this state until all monies collected by the said TajT Collector orGuilectors shall have been paid by him or them to the proper authorities. Sec, 3th, And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the Treasu rer and comptroller General shall is sue executions tftjaimt delinquent tax-coUectofs, it shall be lawful foi any Sheriff into whose hands such execution or execution* may be pla ced, to collect from such delinquent tax cblieclor two and au half per. «ent on. and in addition to the a mount ofsuch execution or executi ons, which shall be full compensation for the trouble and txpence of auch Sheriff or Sheriffs, in collecting and paying oyer at the Treasury* the av mount of such execution or exeeur lions as may be placed in their hands as aforesa \A-—provide4, That every Sheriff who’ shall recieve said per Cbm shall be liable to refund the same to the collector* from * whom it may be received, if he does hot return the execution and pay over the money collected thereon for the State at the Treasury, on or before the duv he &ay be required solo do by said execution. • cA? Sec. 6th. And be it further uq Collector shad hereafter be allowed an insolvent list*’ if he does not obtain the same at some term of the Superior Coltffc prior to the clay ort which he may be required to close his accord]/‘at the Comptroller Gen 4 * etti’s office— provided, he shall not have been prevented from obtaining his insolvent list by reason of a fai lure of the courts* ‘ BENJ.. Vv’iHT AREifc» Speakerof the Moose of Represen tatives. * Jared inwra, < President of the Sen ate pro test Executive Department Georgia ; } Assented to 22d November, 1814- > PETER EARLY } Governor. an act To alter and amend an act, entitled an art, to organize the detachments of men which may hereafter be re.~ qvdredby the l*resident of the United States, from the executive of this state, for the service of the Union, and for other purposes therein ex pressed, passed on the bih day of i December 18(4.*. . v.J Sec.. U Xfc it enuc.teu by the'S Artie and House oi. Representatives of the state of Georgia i n General Assem bly met, and* it . hereby etUcj *)-l by the authority of the same, and hat for the better organising the detachments of Militia which may be hereafter called into “service, i t shall ‘ and may be lawful for iiis Excelled •, cy the Governor to issue orders to the respective Major Generals from whose detachments of mili tia may be called, directing; him to order,elections for field andcompany officers, and whose duty it shall be to issue orders accordingly and to ap point oncers, to advertise, hold add preside at Midi elections*: And it shaft be the duty of the officers thus appointed, to advertise such elec tions ten days previous to holding the same, and all persons shall he entitled to vote at such election who will be subject to the command of such office *s when elected, and tha< in case such detachment shall be the place of reddezvona or encampment previous to the elec tion of any regimeimvl ofticers, it i shall be th* duty of the general or officer, commanding syofi detach ment to order an election for field and coinpany officeis* or otherwacan cy as the Case may require-—and ii shall be the duty of the presiding officers or a majority of them, forth* with after such election, to certify she persons having the lifghetet rmav ber of votes, and make a return thereof to the Governor, who shall thereupon issue special commissions to the officers elected—and i* shall ‘ and raayb*. lawful f> t!iecoit; ,iaßd ing officer of the detachment to is sue brevets to the elected, un« til their commissions arc received* I And be tt further enacted \ hy ike .authority afotesatf That in case oi the dealt}, resignation or oth er vacancy of any field,or company officer of the detachments a servi e, suen vacancy shall be nifmediately filled by appointment to be made by the commissioned officers belong ing to such detachments, and It shall be the duty of the commanding Officer of such detachment within IQ days thereafter to transmit a return thereof to fiis Excellency tfieGover nor, who shai) thereupon issue com missions to the person or persons so appointed , and it shill and may be lawtui fqr the commanding officer to brevet thty officer or officers till his or their commissions are receiv ed, duHng the time that intervenes between such vacancy &. the. issuing brevets, the officer neap; in rank shall be the; officer com in case of the death, resignation or re moval of any non-commissioned pf fkcr belonging to such detachment, the Captain of the company to which such non-commissioned officer was attached, shall forth proceed to fill such vacancy. Sec. 3* And be ft farther enacted by the authority aforesaid. That there shall be attached to each regiment called into service, one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, one adjutant, one quarter master, one pay master. v one chaplain, one s«rges% two surgeon’s mates, one sergeant major, and two principal musicians—and to each .company there shall be attached one captairty one first lieutenant, one second licu~ teaauL, one third lieutenant, one en i Mgn, five -sergeants, Jcrur corporals, ptfq musicians and ninety privates,’ b ee. 4, And be tt further enacted by tfhs authority That nothing; contained Ih this act shall operate h<\h« ,<43naltetit manner upon cUt*u*,ij merit lieretqfoie called uuo service, c. See 5.. And...be h further melted iy the authority etforesaid. bis celteuscjr the ‘ >r, siiaU be m& he m hereby* authovdsed fto cbn&dl-. date the Volunteer tniaotry and’ Ri. “.fie'campanil of , this state ip Mich manner as he ‘.may deem y yie and expedient for public PrevaUd, they should not be t\, j pre vious to tjieih call to take the m ld t and to select either of the captains oi s&td companies thu& consolidated, to command such consolidated Com pany when called into service, and thef other commissioned oiftcers pf jsaid company shall be appointed by; the field officers and captain St said’ company out of the officers attached to either Or any of the composing the said cpnsolubued company, ah cl the etl officers shall be appointed by the captain. » v "■■■['* ; See- 6. And be it farther enacted bv . v be lawful and ms excellency the gov ernor auiaouseti to icaii into the serv ice of the UmCeci Suies bros this suite, any ponton of Uni cavalry to act either > s a, u ara gaoni or as mounted mhuiuy, and may consolidate incomplete irubp.,, Provided, such cdhsoiiuatiou be . made of troops belonging’ i% tlte sqiiadron—ami the. c^pi.ay-pi of such consolidated truop > shad hn selected by the Major coiurit uuiiug the squadron in Which such corn solixlation , may take / place, together with Uie colonel id whose raiment i such hqtl'adt.bn- was attached, arm .the major pi the cavalry or a majority: ,of them out of the capuf.ni>. of the troop so consolidated, lae other commissioned office’ >•; .. si leered trua* .the officers of sid4 con s lidated trbojps by toe hi if.afore* said, the brigade major pt the taval ry and the captain sdueted <ts .uiore said ; the non -com »n isSpJn ed pincers to be a.ppbyu! $d by the comiiH> »ioti ed officer tfamtXilfrkfai Uiifc nothing herein contained shall .pre vent incomplete troops from ibi ru ing voluntary coaso.tUutions a; Ifare said, and his excellency fne govlv* nop shall in all cases re&qguue such voluntary consolidated a^.,eol ations a ?l d pretereuee to them tor the service alb.rusaid. .’Sec . y'c Aad-be it further enacted by tht authority aforesaid x i'hat Witen any [•• detachment or detachments m.mdiUii or volunteer coffipatues shall Die here after called intp service, the men be« to the class ordered auty siiaii appear at the place of rendez vous at the time appointedqr oiler a suitably substitute to be recc.ve,u aj the discretion of the Captain codi mandnig said company, .and on fait lure thereof,•; .the commanding offi cer of said company shall oe, and he„ is hereby invested with full and ami pie power to coerce the attendance of any defaulter* y. y . , Sec* 8* Azul he it further enacted bp the authority dforsai4)Th%X U sliaii bo the duty of all persons “subject to mi litia duty, who* shall vein v e horn the district wherein they were .Clash ed, to repoyt themselves wit ain ten days thereafter so the coauaundaig officer of the district to whicn they uia* so remove, and produce a eerti* cate from under the it arid ‘pt the captain pf the district trom winch thef have so removed* spectiynig the class to which they beloog, .and, on failure thereof he or tncj Snail be attached to the c<kss tha I *, will, next thereafter be called into service^ Sec £* And fe it fur tkei enacted** That the respective lieuten^at cpio tie is ot commanding officers oi reg iments arc hip‘€oy authorised and required to convene as soon a* may be after the passage of this the cotamtsaioped officers of their tu pettive regiments, or so man> Jtne,e of as tHH rnai.v a liumbci Unties than thirteen, at their reflective re girriental muster grounds, gxnVg di least ten days notice of suen conv tu ition by advsrtusetneiU in eacit cap tain's in such regimc-Mai u.s-- irict Getting, forth the day and »j x* where such convention shad ! >c u .ld and the purpose for which they are convened* which shall be for hear ing and determining on ail applica tions tor exemptions* ■from nuuua service. And tinii from mu na ntf diately after the passage oi Uh* act, U>e c'apw&s of iot,di|»Vi-.«ii |districU and they are inreO) d»-> no, xmt