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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 NX 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