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.>n of the farmer. An opportunity is .
tuetnto have just such a market for !
• as fiey iiave long wanted, and of pro
,;o by establishing such a Bank as
B* l4 mr worthy correspondent, to en
able 1- ie” their sales to the very best
advantago. r •’•titers iiave long thought thev i
wcr< * ,nr ■ ! • of tb inercaurile inter- j
p ' ’ ,0 . ' - have oetyi Minn-what ;
i... ,‘n ,i ..i 1., .. f -' J ■ whom the i
hlan.-i should res: . , -, 0 doubt on
the mind of mr. ? walked out into
,he business wo: - ...... h;ls
ieeii am* sti" is j-n.i' at me mercy of the
Banks. • h'" e itiiti;u‘- v.w holding char
ier- J -a • late iat prostituted from
ther oiigin. design, • ~o.'i:ng facilities to the
trad? ‘>l the cotintry, into perfect monopolies
aud shaving -hops. Their agents are in every
market, monopolizing the trade and regulating the
price. The cotton cannot be bought without mo
-1 ;?y and the Hanks will not let any person have i 1
unless he will act as their avent and b? hound by
their instruction?, ’I he farmer may sc?, at the
in-st glance, how completely the banks have them
in their power.
the day, an I now's the hour,”
to place their jatcie t beyond the control of these
Banks, and to jut their Staple into the market on
equal terms.
The Batik i .tores?, nr. 1 some of the note shav
ers »;!! make a great hubbub about tho Free Bank
ing law, ir, ! sttenipt will b? mad? to frighten
tb? p’Opie by showing it‘'lT ps ‘‘race head and
if is lhr ir hu-rest to do so, but b-t
every nun, rm-l especially the f.n ler, coin,-. t;> th?
#xarruuaTioa of the subject st.lmly ami deflibemfe-
I’nt read our correspondents plan mid reflect
upon it .an.l tr.’k about it until the plan ivru.arnr
rei.
Our respected covretp -indent is more than wei
a’ome to «ur columns mJ we hope to hear from
'him often.
T' F, TPK 0; IRO-1A MIRROR.
Messr* Auditors :—The planters in the neigh
boring > uUi.tip-., embracing, say. Stewart,-Sumter,
Marion. Ra riolpb, Lee ami Baker, can, by pro
rereoreett and action. produce a material aud
■valuable influence in the cotton trade on the riv
?r. indeed, th'-y can make at any point they may
see proper to select for tlvuusHves, as advantage -
oits a market as any i:i the State, and the passage
of the late act for the permission of Free Bank
in?, renders the juncture peculiarly favorable for
soneev e- - v- and comhiurd movement, with a
view of s taking off the d.tficnlties and embarrass
ments which, tor vrnrs. iiave e!o. red the indue-
The j lan that 1 would teomuu-n I, wo'n'M he
shr-'lv t ; .s: Let the - oing cotton planters in
ilie above named co . join tneaisches into
r.n aAWPitt’ftu. v, u'k • lit be t ‘fined, tint “,-i.
notion fnr th:- y•' he < ■''•a bade, and
for Li / •>• a J. »t ea • member, at
;h : time of the f-'-T- ••n this :• natation. ren
der in, --i . n- o .at''. a j-’.-l and true as
(-u: ' rs t- • tit-- invested !:i the plaut
i l-i‘ i:i' •• h indlvidii and, th is associa
ted, c .. ■ ■ ■■■ ■ ion to his e trial invest
»i’c?' in jdv re,-. Me- 1 :?ht;g, at game
eiinible po; f c-:t f-e ; v- a r*• eem.Ttn ho,is
ware houv.n 0 • •of < rnr:. Let this
v-irelv • -e. '■ • ■ • v.-mV: *;* each indi
vidual t th ■ : ' hwpwrtot •
the rott.m ra ' be :>«;»■» ?iy f’ce to eac): !
for tlvf * * ' • whit h -■ may grow I
in .r :.c: t o ■ .-.'a’’ ,yi’-.: the n j
• e.-vaty nu.nVr .-.1 a' l.vn x to take charge of I
tm: ware ii• ■■ ' t ; ' a wotthl have
a-s extensive cm ‘ ’ ‘ or. ?n. .v- ug n vast a- !
Tt or.nt of v.c ilt i an ; at ; .son:d infliterißC, tuul j
controlling tr. ' >• v quantities o* ih? 1
rvy best Cnito'' fState, inted i-, the support
and euro: '-<ge:uer f es a cottp6 martlet.
'i ll? am---■-.trig r.dn-ibleeffects of such an
in ncenr *tt. «’ II I ' com.? at ~>x< apparent in
a. activeeomnr-d: 1 • t "nr ihe ptirch •? of the val
u.-.'i'e prod nets <■’ ?’ ■■■ compan v , and in the imme
th ,te creation • ’ an a-ii'nated cotton trade.
To make ti ? l -iit to all, requires but a
vr i d.—With the same -propriety that money is
said to he power, may it be said that cotton is, in
a rood many important sense®, also power. It is
so indispensable f?> sustain the hiiwtiess of the
v orld, that wherrv ?r it is collected in large and
imposirgquantities, there will he th? purchasers
to buy, and the money to fun/ with, and money of
any kind that the planter may demand. Ves, e
veil with th** balanect- a gains* -is abnad, gold and
silver would flow . r. propprlion, in search of this
indispensable cot 'diiy. and would flow to that
point thong: ft ht he man uneulHrated wil
de.rw, where th ~ valuable article is collected or
likely to be collect*.* I in iarge masses. It results
fr; m this view, that the company, having a heavy
accumulation at o e j oint, of this necessary stn
g le, there would, at once, be, at this point, a well
sustained, generous cotton market.
Thus much, for cue branch of the scheme. —
The other branch consists as you may collect
lid in the name I have -iven to the association, in
ite becoming a banking association under the late
act of cur Legislature. Should other, and rival
places, who have been extensively favored with
chartered banking privileges, bo disjiosed to ope
rate against ns, or withhold ftom us a circulating
medium, we sVuld, by- t’his latter branch of the
concern, be eraVcd to supply a sound and unques
tionable currency of our own, thus creating aseil
f’.tslaininp, independent market for cotton, afford
ing on tl to spot, every necessary faedity to the buy
er, and every cnevorageim r.t for the commerce
•ttrid |r P neral busii *. . of :he place, and furnishing
a prompt, ready and early sale of the avails of the
planter's labor. And should any individual mem
ber of the company wish to keep his cotton until
a late market, or find it to his interest to send it
abroad, it will always be in the power of our Bank,
•ami always to its interest too, to tnaKe liberal advan
ces on cotton, thereby permitting the planter a
reasonable latitude, both in selectiag his market
jvul timing his sales, and enabling him at the same
by tne assistance of the Bank, to realize I»r
all u seful and practical purposes, at an .early day,
hi* pecuniary income. Thus you have a hmsty
•Vetch of a «cbeine which it is believe*! would go
aitow-rds rerteriog this ami many of the neigh
h®ri«f ccunlics, pf the emhatrasstneTtrs and pro
crastinations resulting from the want of a prompt,’
ready and convenient market for the sale of cot
ton,aud well deplored by many and felt, more o*
less, by all. £
Messrs Editors—Having entered on the duties
of another year, my mind, looking back to the
history of the past, was led to the following re
flections on the history of by gone years, which,
it you thins worthy a place in your columns, are
at your service. Some may suppose them out of
| ace for a political pajier, if think so you can
consign them in the rubbish of the office.
FLORENCE.
FOR THE OkOROIA MIRROR.
----v hut!) the morning stars sang to
gether, and the sous ol c-iou -a .... ;
From the wild war of uature’s elements a bright,
harmonious universe arose and time coimnenc
ed his course. The situ, rising in Ins glory from
his chamber in the east, rejoicing, as a strong man
to run hisrnce, lookeJ nu* upon a world of beau
tv and grandeur, far surpassing the imaginings of
fancy in her happiest moods. Under the infiu
cnce of his genial rays, the blossoms put on a lov
iier tint and threw their grateful fragrance on the
passing breeze; the lamb gamboled in sportive
mood around the lion’s lair, and the dove nestled
in the serpent’s coil and spread lift- plumage to
the warming beams ; the rising lark sung her ear
ly matin to the new born day, and every tenant of
the bough caroled in concert to its Maker's praise.
\-titre, fresh from her Maker* j hand, appeared in
all her ijvchnessand beauty, and man, the lord of
nature's wo*i-' ; » walsed forth i:i this paradise of
bliss, prepared to pn j o >’ to th© fail all the blessings
w!;ich had been strew ed t **ouu<! him by his Ma
ke's hand ; every note tv ji< h fell upon his ravish
ed oar chordetl in unison with his grateful heart,
and a «ong of praise arose from h.'s glad lips, and
deepened along the vale, until the tiding moun
tains caught the sound and echoed it Ogcli into
the ear of Heaven. As vet no spoiler had e>.t©i--
t-d this goodly temple; not a discordant note was
heard -. peace, harmony ami joy unspeakable,
reigned ttirou ’bout—cic ru es and death, and all
th - pains which flesh ts heir to, were strangers in
Fa* .. we are lati"’-.? hv ihr host of Books, was
man in bis fir-t estate, and such the world prepar
ed for his i. • t .ti.-m. ‘ But how is the mighty
fallen,'th‘- fine gold become dim?” How painful
the reflection —how sod the retrospect. In an tin
happy hour this world has been converted into ts
chare ,| house, and man into—a lemon, l was go
in;: to -y, hut perhaps that term may be deemed
too strong; it is certain, however, that ho lias
been changed, by his own folk from a happy,
to a wretched, miserable and unhappy being, anti
that an unhallowed five has been kindled in his
bosom, which threatens to destroy his peace here,
and forever. Instead of peace, harmony yml con
cord, there is stri e and evetjk.evil work; Hod’s
curse is upon his habitation, and the sentence n
gainst man ;« gone forth. “Dust thou art an I un
to dust shah thou return,” and t e sentence has
been executed to the letter. Time, in ins course
has witnessed th? rise and fall of Kingdoms, Krn
pires anil Republics. The warrior, whose arm
spr-ml terrm „ a .n-nncd him, who gloried
in the but l l” field,l br nr.d the laurel, stepped
in human gore, on l;i~ brow, w here is he ! A L'ar
* ir. an Alexander, a Bon impart \ those mighty
thunderbolts of war, where are they? Their
••oire is no longer heard rising above the battle
stnfe, their arms are n-:velrss and- their
voice is h‘ishcd| the stillness of death is upon
them, and thr r glory nano ved-down to a wind
ing sheet nod coffin. Those statesmen, too, who
by th ivha-pi -nco and wisdom have directed the
do-dinier of nations, and h -ld a listening audience
e Tranced, and who, by the grasp of a mighty in
!h c» hav*' born- down all opposition, and ruled
;k- hfutr, wliere are they? fione! gone! and
‘ti ■'o low as to do ti.em reverence.” Cities
- r been swept away and scarcely a vestige left;
a til :or have been ntr.pt of their power, and
fhtn>- glory perished.
So we write of other generations, and the gen
s’ itions to come will sing the same dirge over us.
We may w-h adopt the language of a good and
wise mar, “the things which are seen are tempo
ral, but the things which are not seen are eter
nal.”
FOR TUF. GEORGIA MIRROR.
ON GOVERNMENTS.
Governments, like coats, can be easily made to
fit the people for whom they are intended, but it
it is very difficult to make the people fit the Gov
ernment. Governments ought to be adapted to
the character of the governed, and in order to this
adaptation, it is only necessary to take the dimen
sions of the people to be governed, and cat and
frame th? Government accordingly. If the peo
ple tic ignorant and vicious, a Despotism suits them
best; if they be intelligent and virtuous, a Free
Government is most congenial with their feelings.
Principle is the rallying point or mainspring of
action in free Governments—measures, not men,
is the pass-word of Republicans. The ignorant
wot not what principle is, and must necessarily
have a rallying point that they can sec and feel. —
This rallying point despotic Governments furnish J
in the person of t-he Despot or Despots. “Make
us Godst s go before us,” exclaimed the ignorant
and vicious Israelites to Aaron, who soon fashion
ed them a CALF around which they danced with
eijthusMastic folly. The calf was a God or leader
that they could see and feel. There is no Govern
ment so veil adapted to an ignorant and vicious
community a rigid iron despotism. This is
‘ easily framed by those who are iuclined to rule, j
An intelligent and virtuous people who act from
•principle, would spurn the idea of being in lead
i mg strings to any man or set ot men—they are ca
-1 pable of thinking and acting tof themselves. A
tree government alone is adapted to a highniind
cd intelligent people—no other suits them. To
make such a people fit a despotic government you
must degrade and debase them—blot out their in
telligence and obliterate their virtue. This would
I be a difficult task—the oak of the forest is more
, yielding than the mind of an intelligent, virtuous
; man. Tie spurns the idea of passive submission,
an# stands erect, snppoited by a moral courage
which scorns the dictation of an equal.
The only way to make an ignorant and vicious
people fit a free Government, is to enlighten the
mind and diffuse virtuous principles in tho heart.
! The mind may be eulightened by the brilliant
! torch of education. Education alone can shed
! the rays of intelligence over the natrtral darkness
i of the mind, and without it no community ca* en'-’
joy freedom. Vice, that most frightful of all
monsters, can only be conquered by the refined
jind purifying system of Christianity. The gospel
sword, alone, has an edge sufficiently keen to
prune off the vicious propensities of the human
Ticare. It beep roes (hen Ihe dmj tf*ey ph»-
THE GEORGIA HIRKOfC.
UnthropLt and patiiot to exert his influence in
tavor ot eduration and religion.
Tiie government of the United States is one of '
liberty; it is yet doubtful whether there be virtue
and intelligence enough to sustain it much lon- 1
ger. I her© has been an angry cloud rising in
ous political horizon for some time—sharp light
nings have been seen and h»uvy thund -rings
heard. 1 lie American people are experitoeut
iug, they arc testing man's capability of self-gov
ernment; it the experiment tails, the genius of!
lioerty, like the dove ol Noah, will find no resting ’
piac: below the sun. If success attends the es- j
tort, we may expect our ex a npie imitated—other j
nations will echo back our songs ol gratulatiou j
and tiil tne land with the richest tones of their
inany voices. \\ hether man is capable of self
coiitruvereJ “m.?HSo ' w, ‘* with m , UJV ‘ of-doubtful
counoveisy , oui panto, , .Wueriiii..-,...
point oi the bayonet, to make the experiment—
>ve are their successors in office , if we remain
virtuous and become more intelligent, we have
nought to tear—if »v ■do not, we may expect eve
ry evil consequence. The signs of the times, at
present are omaious,—the clouds blacken in one
point ol the heavens—an Abolition mania is rife
in the North. JTn brat of frightful growth is
the legitimate offspring of the harlot iunorancc,
begotten by the monster vice. Ltliefhe beast seen
in the Apocolyptic vision of the isle, it has seven
neads and ten hoev.s —these heads, like Daniel's
rams, are pushing Northward and Southward, and
the horns are threatening to gore the peace of the
United States.
11, by any means our present form of govern
ment should fail, it will only remain for Minte des
pot to form one better adapted to an ignorant and
vicious people. S. J. H.
On Thursday evening, J>d of January, by the
Rev ]<’. D. Wimberly, the Rev. jost-ren T. Tai,-
r.T, oi Harris county, fo’ Miss ’Margaret 11.
*ij.ry ‘ daughter of Mi ' losep’h and Mrs. Avyrala
f ilettu f>t Stewart co. Georgia. •
On Monday evening, the 7fh of January, ba
the RewJossoh T. Tally, the Rev. Dr. E. \V. >f.
Ricf., ol to AlEs L. P. Ballard,
daughter of MY*. Bullard, of Stewart co. Geor
gia. |
TOWN COUNCIL.
ON motion Resolved, that iv'r the present the
< loutici! adopt the Ordinance*of the form r
Board. T. D. H ARVE VT, Secretary.
Jannarv f), 18T8.
REDUCTION CON V iSN Tr) S.
____ THE following gentlemen afF
•’ announced ;is the candidates of
ILijS»he I'ni< n j.arty, to represent
Stewart county in the Rcdncfion
Cotivcnth n. vi ti ii is to assemble
in Miliedgeviftc on the hr- 1 Monday in May. E I
lection out! • first Monday h April.
JOHN FLEMING.'
John and. pitts,
ROBERT HATCHER,
SAMUEL BKOOKS.
Jan. 12 40 ot
dissolutTon"
The firm of GARDNER & HARVEY was
dissolved by mutual consent, on the 7th inst.
Those Indebted to the firm are earnestly request
ed to call on T. Gardner and settle the claims a
gniost them. THO: GARDNER,
Jan 12 40 JOHN P. HARVEY.
""copartner ship.”
E BENJAMIN GARDNER having purchased
the entire interest of Mr. John P. Harvey,
of the firm of Gardner and Harvey, the business
will bs conducted hereafter under the firm of
Thomas Gard.xer A. Cos.
THO: GARDNER,
BENJ’N. GARDNER.
Jan 12 40
LAW NOTICE
TIME undersigned having move ! to Lumpkin,
will practice Law in the County of Stewart
and the adjacent counties. All business entrust
edtohis care will be promptly attentedto.
January 11, 1888- E. W. RANDLE.
CAUTION! CAUTION!!
A LL persons are forewarned from trading for
,IjL either of five promissory Notes given by
the subscribers to Samuel Tompkins for Eleven
Thousand Dollars each; the first due on the first
day of January, 1840, the second due on the first
day of January, 1841, the third due on the first
day of January. 1842, the fourth due on the first
day of January, 1843, and the fifth due on the first
day of January, 1844, all dated on the 4th day of
January, 1839. Said notes were given in consid
eiation for Land, Negroes, Stock, Provisions,
Plantation tools, A’c. for the delivery of which we
hold said Tompkins’ bond for One Hundred and
Ten thousand Dollars, and said notes are said to
be lost or mislaid, and we will not pay them or ei
ther of them, or any part thereof, to any other
person than the said Tompkins, and to him only,
according to the letter and specifications of the
contract, as set forth in said bond.
JOHN D. PITTS,
11. \V. JERNIGAN.
Jan. 10 403 t.
flkr 3 The Enquirer and Sentinel, Columbus,
Macon Messenger, Southern Recorder and Irwin
ton Herald, will please publish the above three
times and forward their accounts for payment.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD
CAME to my house, in Dale county, Alabama,
on Pea river, about 18 miles of Dalesville,
about the 12th of December last, one WM. J.
CALDWELL, and borrowed my horse under
the pretence of using him for 8 days, and hfs not
yet returned him, I will therefore give the above
reward to any person who will detect the villain
with the horse, so that justice can have her dues,
or 1 wall give TWENTY DOLL ARS for the
horse alone The, horse is a dark bay, almost
black, with a bald face from his eves down, and
roan around the root of his tail, walks and trots
well, one of his hind feet white, believed to be the
right, and about 8 or 9 years of age. *
C is a small spare built i»an v witli
a salfow complexion, and very mnch addicted to
infoxicjttibn, tretwem'4o and*43 years of age. ' ThE’
last heard him he was in Lumpkin a few days
after "he wot tho hbrSP, and further , tbau that he
?annokb? heard-df. The public are requested to
be on the lonkAt as some ones stable will stand a
very good chance of beiug robbed.
ANDREW FARMER.
•> fw7,1539 #5 41*?
EDUCATION.
A N Act to establish a general system of edu
— *- cation by common Schools.
Sec. I. be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, That from aud after the
first day ot January, eighteen hundred aud thir
ty-nine. the lurijs ol this State Heretofore known
as the Academic aud Poor School Funds, be, aud
the same are hereby consolidated, aud together
with the interest on one-third part of the surplus
revenue, derived to this State from the United
State>, and heretofore set apa>-t for that purpose,
shall compose and constitute • general fund
for Common Schools, for the State of Georgia.
Sec. 4. Aid be it further enacted by tin authority
aforesaid. That within ten days after the recep
tioi) i,i at*#!* notice, the School Commissioners
shall assemble together, ami
ber a President ot tho Board, and a Secretary, and
shall also appoint a Treasurer, who aliail give
bond and security to the Commirsioners for the
tune being, and theii successors in office, iu such
sums as they may fix upon, conditioned faithfully
to discharge his duty as Treasurer, and should
anv vacancies happen in such board of Commis
sioners, by death, resignation or otherwise, the
same shall be tilled by the board itself.
Sec. £•. And he it further enacted by the autkor-
Mt aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the
School Commissioners in each division, or a ma
jority ot them, to layoff their respective counties
into Dchool districts, conforming as nearly as
practicable, to the present Militia districts, in the
same, ;;i a manner most suitable and convenient
for tlje purpo-c contemplated in this act.
Sec. (i. And be■; further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, That they shall apply for, and re
ceive trout the State, tfierir proportionable share
of the general fund for Common Education, and
shall apportion and divide the same, among the
several School distiicts in their divisions, in pro
portion to the nmnoi-r of children iu ea*h, be
tween the age of live amt fifteen years, and shall
make an annual report to the Governor, of the
mimbsr of School district in their respective di
visions, the districts from which reports have been
made to them, aud the defaulting districts the
length of time a school has been kept in each ;
and also the amount of funds received by them
selves or treasurer, from the State, and from taxes
raised, and in what manner the same has been ex
; ended, and the number of children taught in
each district; which report the said Commission
ers shall cause to be recorded by the Secretary, iu
a book kept for fb.it purpose.
Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted by the author
ity afbresa /, That the commissioners ot' each
S. hool divisions, shall, by this act, be, and they
are hereby constituted a body cotporate, under the
name and style of the Trustees ot' the district
schools, with like powers as above, both of which
said corporations shall be allowed and entitled to
own real estate and other property, upon which to
erect School houses, and tor other purposes con
nected with the schools.
Sec. 9. And hi it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid. That the Trustees shall within fif
teen days after their appointment, proceed to as
certain the number of free white persons in their
ilictrir-ts. between the ages of gve and
fifteen years, and return the same to the commis
sioners of the school division to which they be
long. They shall also receive from tho Schools
Commissioners, or their Treasurer, the funds to
which they are entitled under the Jaw, and ou the
first Monday of November in each year, make a
report to said Commissioners, showing the amount
received, the manner of its expenditure, the
number of' children taught in their district,
tiie length of time which a school has been taught,
and the compensation paid to teachers and their
names. They shall locate aud superintend
the erection of suitable school houses in their res
pective districts, at the moit convenient and suita
ble place for the inhabitants and scholars residing
in th? same, shall employ and jiay teachers and
visit the schools, at least twice iu the year.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the au
t'ority aforesaid, That the Commissioners and
Trustees under this act, shall hold their office for
twelve months, or until their successors are
elected, and receive ho compensation for tiwiit ser
vices.
Sec. 11. And le it further evaded by the au
thority aforesaid’, That it shall be the duty of the
Governor, initially to distribute to the Commis
sioners of each School division of the State, their
proportionable j>art of the Common School fund,
which apportionment shall be made (by the last
census, until the next census be taken, and then
by that) according to tb*- number of free white
persons, between the ages of five and fifteen years
of which he shall give to said commissioners, in
each division, immediate notice.
See. 12. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That no monies received from
the State by the Commissioners for School pur
poses, shall be expended for any other purposes,
than for paying teachers aud purchasing books
and stationary for children, whose parents are un
able to furnish the same.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. That after those schools shall
have gone into operation, no trustees of districts
shall be allowed to receive any funds from the
Commissioners unless they shall have made a re
turn signed by a majority of their uumber, show
ing the amount received by them, and how the
same has been expended, and that a school has
been kept in theii districts, at least three months
in the year preceding, or then ending.
Sec. 14. And be it further enact'd by the author
ity aforesaid. That all moneys not drawn by any
such defaulting district shall be added to thea
mount to be distributed the next year, aud ap
portioned among all the dietiictß in such divis
ions.
Sec. 15. And be it fur ther enacted by the Authority
aforesaid. That should the Uonimissiouers, iu any
division, fail to apply for. distribute the fund
received as directed by this law, they shall be sub
ject to a suit for damages, at the instance of the
trustees of any district in sufh division, in any
court of law in this State havmg jurisdiction, aud
the amount of damages so recovered, shall be Col
lected out of the private property of such com
missioners, and not from thefuods of the School.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. That all white persons between
the ages *ffive and fifteen years, >hall be allowed
so be taught as scholars in the respective districts
in which they reside, or iu case rheir locatiou may
make it inconeeuieat, in the adjoining district; by
maki*® application t» the Trustees tbereot, who
may pre*cribe, though ne one over the age ol fif
teen years and under tweDtj-floe, shall be exclu
ded from *aid Schools.
Stc if. Jtr.d be u/yan mxetfythe autfroT
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i ity aforesaid, That in those countries where the
inhabitants are thinly settled, the commissioners
may, if they think it best, refuse to lay off the
same ioto school districts, bul they shall employ
a suitable number of Teachers who shall umur
their (directions, teach school not longer tha u
three months in any one district or neighborhood,
so that every section of each county shall receive
as nearly as can be, equal advantages from said
fund: and it shall be the duty of the Commis
sioners ol any such county in which the itinera
ting system may be thought best, to mention th
same in their report; and so far as relates to the
county of Baker, the Commissioners shall confine
themselves to three Military districts of said
county.
Sec 19. And be it farther enacted by the author
iiy aforesaid, That the Commissioners and
1 rasters elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act
before they enter upon the duties of their offices.
• i.-It take the following oath before anv Judge of
the.Super.orLoun, .u. tnfJrior Cotm
a Justice oT the Fence, m the county where thev
reside, viz ; I. A. 13 do solemnly swear, that" f
will faithfully perform ;.!! the duties required of
me by law, as Commissioner of Common Schools,
as the cast- may be.
JOSEPH DAY*.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 26tli December, 1837.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Govarnor.
AN ACT
To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by commaii schools—assented to 2fith
December, 1837.
SEC. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate ami House
of Representatives of the State of Georgia irt
General Assembly met., and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the second anil
third sections of the above recited act, be, and the
same are hereby repealed ; and in lieu thereof,
that each county in this State shall be considered
and known as a Common School Division ; and
that on the first Monday in March, in the vear
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and on the first
Monday in January, of every year thereafter, or
so soon after the above mentioned days, as the
same can be conv?niently done, the Justices of the
Inferior Court of each couufy in the State, shall,
by order, entered upon the minutes of tbe Court,
appoint live lit and proper persons, as Cminms
siotiers of Common Schools, in the Division
wherein such justices may reside, and shall, with
in ten days thereafter, cause a certified copy of
such appointment to be delivered to them, which
shall be sufficient notice ot tk? same. And such
Commissioners shall contiuc in office for one year;
or until their successors shall be appointed,
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. That if the said Commissioners,
or any of them, shall be unable, at any time to pro
cure the services of a Treasurer, as contemplated
in the fourth sectiou of the above recited act, it
shall and may be lawful for the President of such
Board of Commissioners, to act as Treasurer, who
shall give bond and security to his Excellency, th»
Governor, aud his successor, for the faithful dis
charge of his duty as treasurer. And the said
commissioners, within ten days after their appoint
ment. shall, by order entered in the minutes of
their board, appoint for each school district t® be
laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the above
recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall re
side in the district for which they shall he appoint
ed, and shall be notified of their appointment
within ten days after it shall be made.
Sue. 3. And be it further enacted. That if the
Justices of the Inferior Court of any county, shall
not, within one mouth after the time herein before
fixed for that purpose, select and appoint five com
missioners as aforesaid, who shall accept their ap
pointments, the said Justices of the Inferior court
shall themselves, discharge the duties of commis
sioners in their divisiou; and unless said counnis
sioners shall within ono month of their appoint
ment, selact and appoint three trustees in each
district or division, w ho shall accept such appoint
ments, the Justices of the Peace, and Mich other
person as the Justices of the Peace may appoint,
shall discharge the duties as trustees, in any dis
trict in which such appointment shall have been
omitted ; and the commissioner*appointed by the
court, may fill, by election, any vacancy which
may occur in their board during the year ; and a
majority of the commissioners, and of the ttus
tees shall be competent to discharge the duties re
quired of them respectively.
'See. 4. And be it further enacted. That it shall
be the duty of the trustees of the school districts,
to collect by subscription, such sums as the citi
zens of the district may be willing to subscribe,
which shall be applied to supply an amount of mo
ney in additiou to what may be allowed by tiie
State, so as to enable them to employ a suitHilo
uumber of teachers in the district, provided there
shall be no liabily on the trustees for said subscrip
tion money, further than to transfer the said list
of subscription to the teachers w here such school
may be taught.
!Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the
Justices of the inferior Court of the several coun
ties in this State, be, and they are hereby author
ised, at their discretion, to levy an extra tax in
their respective counties, not exceeding fifty per
cent, on the genert l tax, which shall be added to
the couumiu school fund of said county, and paid
over to the commissioners aforesaid, by the Tax.
Collector, who shall give bond and security for tko
same, as in case of other bonds forextra taxes.
Sec. C. And be it further enacted. That the trus
tees of auv county Academy, be, and they are
hereby authorized, to pay over to the commission
ers of common schools, any funds in their hand*.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That his Ex
cellency the Governor, within the month of JnTTt
ary next, be required to cause so much of thea
tiove recited act, as this act dee9 not repeai, to
gether with this ret to be published in the news
| papers «l this State, aud also to cause the same to
; be published with the acts ot tho present session,
i Sec- 8- And be ii further enacted by thr au
thority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth,
twenty-first and twenty-second sections, and so
much of the ninth section as refers to the notice *
to be giveu bv a justice of the Peace and free hol
der to tho trustees of their election, and so mucji
of tbe sixteenth soctiort as refers to the balances
in the bands of the trustee* of Academies and
their Treasurers be, and the same are hereby re
pealed.
JOSEPH DAY, ' ■ ;
Speakur oLifep House off Reprftfentatsfcd's,
’ CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
; 3t ' GEORGE R. GILMER, GMcrtiOT