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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.