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Georgia & Carolina Gazette.
Volume a 1
LOUI VILLE, July i.
GEORGIA.
By bis Excellency JOHN MIL
LEDGE, Governor and Com
mander in Chief of the Army
and Navy of this State, and of
(be Militia thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
\\7 HERE AS >n & by an act,
▼ \ pafled the- 26th day of
Junt* inst. entitled “Anad to
** dilpofe of & diftrbut? the late
“ cession of lands obtained from
** tne Creek Nation, by the
#< United States, in a treaty con*
** eluded at the city of Waihi g
** ton, on the fourteenth day of
” November, one thousand
t{ eight hundred ani five,” the
Governor is required “ forrh
** with to issue his proclamation,
4< and cause the lame to be pub
€i iilhed in one of the Gazettes
** of the Cities of Savannah and
•• Augusta, and in tHofeof Lotr.f
** t ilk, Sparta, Wash ngton and
<£ Petr, {burgh, fctnng fourth
#t she • 11 lines of this act, and
** requiting all ptrfons intended
•* therein, to exhibit their claims
• f in the counties of rheir ret
pe£hve rt fide nee.”—— I have
therefore thought p.opcr 1
iff. ie this my proclamation, n
order to make known the out
Enes of the afore-recited adl,
vrnich are as after mentioned,
to wit:
The territory to which th
Indian title has been extingufh
cd, by the treaty concluded a,
the city of Wafhii g'on as afore
said, and for the dill ofing of
and distributing which* the a
f re- recited a6l, was pa fifed, is
to be laid off in the following
manner:—ihe line dividing
the counties of Baldwin anc
tVilkinlon is to be extended
** touch forty-fm degrees wtil,
“ to the Ocmulgee river f* and
all that part of laid territory
which lies above laid line, is t
be attached to, anti con fide re
as a part below said line, -xctfr
the relerve made in the aforeiaid
treaty, is to he attached to, and
considered as a part of the coun
ty of Wilkinson. The whole
territory afore said is to br divi
ded into thirty-eight dist rifts, as
nearly equal in size as they ca -
be conveniently made, b run
ning parallel lines iouth forty
five degrees wefi, and others
interfering them at right an
gles i the land contained in the
fcveral diftrifts, except the re
feree aforeiaid, is to be divided
bv lines running paiallel with the
lines dividing laid diftrifts, ami
others eroding them at right an
gito, so as co form trafts, (f. jrty
five chains square) to contain
two hundred two and an half
acres each. The fractional
parts of surveys which rmv be
©ccafioned in each d.ftiift, by
the natural or artificial boun
daries of laid territory, are to br
set apart for the redemption of
ihe public debt, under the di
left ion of a future Leg future.
The Surveyors appointed to
Coakc the fiuveys il* die levcrai
(Georgia) — Printed by ALEXANDER M‘DONNELI..
difttifts, as ai< 11 laid, ait ug ‘ e
bom, lor the faithful cnlchaig.
of the duties required of then
by the aft afore-rtuted, in tht
penalty ofter- thousand dollars
each, payable to rhe G* ‘error
for the tinii btirig, or li mc
cefT<-rs in fin e, w th ‘ucl, i< cu
nty as mav be approved of by
him, t r a tr.aj< rnv <>t the Justi
ces of the Inferior Courts of rhe
refpeftive cotintirs when ffie
laid Survevois may r fide; —
which bonds ate to b* tak n bv
rhe Governor, or the aforelaid
lufti e-, and dtprfird in the
Exrn unve Offii e
Ihe lurve-os afoteiald are
to make the furvev* >f thtP
refpeftive difti ifts in their tl own
proper perlon”—;hey are im
mediately after rhe b undarv
and difinft lines (hall hav<- betn
run by the pn per an horitv, to
mark or cause t<. be maiked,
piamly and diftinftly upon tree ,
if practicable, other wifi stakes
may luffi all lines ahi b they
mav be required to run n mak
i g the surveys aforelaid ; which
lines they shall cause to hr mea
iureci, withai) poftible eXaft. els,
with an half chain containing
two perches of fixtern feet and
one half each, confiding < f fifty
i qual links, wuch shall bt ad
justed by a standard t<> be kept
for char purpofi in tre Surveyor
General’s ftfie, and take as
accurately as pcflible, the itie
di decs of all vyater courses which
lhail form boundaries to any of
the surveys—they are to n- te
in field books to be kept by
them refpejftivelv, the names ;f
the corner and dan- r, trees
(which are to be numbered in
inch manner as rhe Surveyor
General may direcft) arid all ri
vet-, creeks, ano other water
c< urfes which mav be touched
upon or cross and in running or
mtafurii g any of t l e lines atore
faid ; tranfenprs of which field
b< i ks after being examined with
me ong nals, by the survey r
general, and c rt-fted and fign
cd on every page bv rhe res
pective furVeyors returning the
lame, are to be depi filed tn the
Surveyor General’s c.ffi.e—they
are to furmfh the Surveyor Ge
neral, within niriery davs after
the* running of the boundary and
diftr’ftt lines as aforelaid, with
maps of their relpeflive didridts,
in which shall be corredtly de
lemated, represented and num
bered, in such order as the
Surveyor General may prelcribe,
all die lurveys within tht fan]
leveral districts, and, at the fame
time, with detached plats of
luch lurveyii cerofied and sign
ed by them refpe<stiveh—and
the v are to conform to luch in
-4
ftrudions, not militating with
the ad af< re-recited, as the
may receive from the Survey* r
General, from time to timi,
during their continuance in ol
sue, and while executing the
dutus thereof.
I hr lurveys containing two
hundred two and an half acres,
/ V U R ? D I 7\ July 24, ISO 6
as atorrlaid, arr 1 1 be diftrbut
< and bv a lotrerv* m which f>er-
I n.s art to be entitled to draws
as after mentioned* to wu :
Every free male w'hite perlon,
twenty-one years of age and
upwards, who is a c itizen <f the
United States, and has re Tided
in tins Hate three years imme
diately preceding the paftage of
the ad af >re-retited, and paid a
rax towards the lupport of go
vernment (including fin h as
m u b absent on lawful bufi
nefs) w draw—every free male
peri -n of likr’ delcnption, nav
mg a wi fr, or legi matr child or
children under the age of twen
ty -one v r ars, two draws—all wi
dows v like rrOdeiice, one
draw—all free female white per
sons, who have arrived to the
age of twenty-one vears or up
wards, and have refidetl in this
state, as is abore, and are un
married, one draw—-all families
of orphans residence as afore
laid, under the age of twenty
one years, wnofe Jather is dead,
one draw—and ail families of or
phans con ft ft; Ag *f more than
one, w\o iav nether father
or m >rher living, two draws—
but if only one, turn luch or
phan is to have* one draw ; the
draws of orphans to be entered
in the county and diftndt where
the deleft of each family of them
re fide .
No person who drew 3 prize
or pr zes in the la e land lottery,
is to be entitled to a- y dra or
draws tn the one now contem
. placed.
Alphabetical lifts of perfonS
entitled to draws m the lottery
aforefaid, are to be made out
within three months from the
pafti g of the afore retired aft:,
by inch perf *ns, not exceeding
two to ca h bartalion difti !£ts
as the Juftites of the Inferior
C->urt in each counts may ap
point j and it ts de- hired 11 be
the outy of the said Jufticesto
make luch appointments. The
perlons so appointed are to at
tend in each Captain’s diftrift,
on as many leveral davs as he
laid JuftiCts may deem necefia
ry and appoint, (having rirftgi
ven ten days notice in each
diftrift of such attendance) for
the purpose of taking down the
names of perlons entitled to
draws as aforelaid, and are to
receive, as a compensation for
their services, from the appli
cants for draws, twelve and an
half cents foreacn draw by them
entered i and previous to enter
ing on the duties of their ap
pointments, they are to take
che following oath, which is t*.
be admin.ftcrcd by any of ih<
said J uft ecs: —“I, ,do
f ftemnly swear or affirm, (as ne
cale may be) that l will not re
ceive or reg lier any name ex
rp, the person giving :n ftialj
tirlt take the oath preienbed by
thn> aft.”. I'he lifts aforelaid,
.vtien completed, and copies c\
them deposited in the office 01
UK fflpectivc clerks of Uk S u-
perior Court, are to be r-anfi*
m tted to thr Executive <Jfti('e,
by the perlons appointed to
make them nut.
All applicants for draws in
vhe laid lottery, except widows,
are to take the following oath,
which is to be adnvniftcicd by
the persons appointed to cake
down their names as aforefaid,
to w-t: — “ I , rl;>fo
lemnlv swear or afri ,n, (as the
cale may b’ ) that Ia n a >tizni
of tiie United vaies, and have
refilled in this fta e *hree yrar*i
immediately preceding the paf
fii g of this aft, and ain now an
inhabitant of this diftrift ; rhac
I am twenty-one years of age ;
tha< I have a wife, child or chil
dren (as the case may bt ) thae
I have not given in mv name
fur any draw or draws in the
present contemplated io ery,
m any other part of this state *
that I have not drawn a rraft of
land in ihe former lottery ; and
that the orphans or family of
orphans whom In *wrfrurn, is
or are entitled to a draw or
draws under this aft, to rhe beffc
of my knowledg •—-So nefi) me
Go ’.” And w:d ws, applicants
afore said, the following ath s
il I > , do folt mni I wear
or affirm, (as the 13 e mav be)
that I am a widow; thai 1
refilled the three lafr vta; io
this ftatr, and am now rcfi-ienc
in this diftrift; that I ha < not
put in my name for a draw in
the prtfent lottery in any other
part of this state ; and that I
have not drawn land in the for
mer lottery, to the brft of my
knowledge and belief—So help
me God.”
The Governor is to crtife
tickets to be prepared and the
iottery drawn in the folk wing
manner :—fhe names of per
sons entitled to draws, are to be
written on feparatc pie sos
paper, as nearly equal m size as
they can be made, and dtp fired
in a box or wheel, conftrufted
for the purpose ; and the blanks
and prizes are to be deposited
in another box or wheel; and
from each wheel one ticket at a
time is to be taken and deliver
ed to the commifii iners ap
pointed to superintend the draw
ing of the lottery, who are to de
clare the reful t, and cause each
name against which a prize may
be drawn, and a delcnption of
the prize, to be entered in a
book to be provided for that:
purpose.
One month’s notice of tho
dav the drawing of the lottery
will commence is to be given
in the several Gazettes before
iKntioned,
If any Diftrift Surveyor shall
<’ sign or die, the Governor is
i itnor-zed to fill the vacancy
thereby occasioned. And if any
surveyor ftiali fail to execute
(~e rruft reposed in him, either
lr ;n inattention or other wife,*
i'i lurli manner, as in the opi
nion of the Govern* r, may ren
ttef -oub .‘ul the fiuiihiag hi>
[Number 53.