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January 11, 1838- E. . DANDLE.
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STARKSVILLE. LEE COUNTY. GEORGIA.
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education.
A Act to establish a general system of edu
cation bv comotou Schools.
See. F. Be it enacted by the Senate and Unity
•:f Representatives of the State oj Georgia, ,■>
(a ncftl Assembly met, and it is hereby ena led b<,
the authority of the same, Thu’ from aud after th'
first day of January, eighteen hundred and tint
ty-nine, the funds ol This Sim. iuuHofure tmm
as the Academic and Poor School Funds, be, and
ttie .swine are hereby consolidated, and together
with the iutvrest on one-third |>art of the surplus
revenue, derived to this State from the United
States, aud heretofore set apart for that purpose,
shall compose and constitute a general fund
for Common Schools, tor the State ot Georgia.
See. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid , That within ten days alter the recep
tion ot such notice, the School Commissioners
shall assemble together, and elect horn their num
ber a President of the Board, aud „ Secre t a tVjund
shall also appoint a Treasurer,’who ahail give
bond and security to the Coimnirsioners for the
time being, and then successors in office, iu such
sums as they may fix upon, conditioned faithfully
to discharge his duty as Treasurer, and should
any vacancies happen in such board of Commis
sioners by death, resignation or otherwise, the
same shall be tilled by the board itself.
See. 5. And be it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, That ii sha'l he the duty of the
School Commissioners in each division, or a ma
jority of them, to lay oft their respective counties
into School aiitrietp, conforming as nearly as
practicable, to the present Militia districts, iu tbe
same, in a manner most suitable and convenient
for the purpose • ! u.plau ii hi ilnsact.
Sec. (j. And. be >t further enncl.-d by the author
ity aforesaid. That they shad apply for, and re
ceive from the State, their proportionable share
of the general fund for Com cn Education, and
shall apportion and divide the same, among the
several School districts in their divisions, in pro
portion to the number of children .u eat h, be
tween the age of five amt fifteen years, and shall
make an annual report to the Governor, of the
number of Scheol district in their respective di
visions. the districts from which reports have been
made to them, and the defaulting districts the
length of time a school „ha* been kept in each ;
and also the amount of funds rccrircd by them
selves or treasurer, from the State, ami from taxes
raised, and in what manner the same has been ex
pemled, and the number of children taught in
each district; which report the said Commission
ers rbnlt e«u«« to lie recorded by the Secretary, in
a hook kept for that purpose.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid , Tii.it the commissioners ot each
School divisions, shall, by this act, be, and they
are her* by constituted a body corporate, under the
name and style of the Trustees of the district
schools, with like powers as above, both of which
said corporations snail be allowed and entitled to
own real estate and other property, upon which to
erect School houses, and for other purposes con
nected w ith the schools.
Sec. 9. And be 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 w hite persons in their
respective districts, between the ages of gve ■ and
fifteen years, and. return the same to the commis
sioners of the school division to which Yiiey lie
long. They shall also receive Iroin the Schools
Commissioners, or their Treasurer, the funds to
which they are entitled under the law, ami on the
first Monday of November in each year, make a
report to said t omtuLsiuners. “bowing (lie amount
recaived, the tnauner ol ■ » expenditure, the
number of children tat- ht in their district,
the length of time which a .»<■• I has been taught,
and the compensation paid to teachers ami their
names. They shall locate and superintend
the erection of suitable school bouses in tin-irres
pective districts, at the most convenient and suita
ble place for the inhabitants and scholars residing
in the same, shall employ and pay teachers and
visit the Schools, at leii't twice m the year.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. That the Commissioners and
Trustees under this ac„ shall Jioltl their office tor
twelve months, or until tlicir successors are
elected, and receive no compensation lor tlieirser
vices.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid ; That it shall he ihe duty of lhe
Governor, auually to distribute to the ( bmunis
sioners of each School division of the State, their
proportionable part of the Common School fund,
which apportionment shall be made (by the last
census, until the next census he taken, and then
by that) according to the 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 and purchasing books
and stationary fas' children, whose parents are us
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 ot 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 number, show
ing the amount received by them, and how the
same has been expended, and that a school has
been kept in then districts, at least three months
in the year preceding, or then ending.
Sec.'ll. And be it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, That all moneys not drawn by any
such defaulting district shall' he added to thea
mounf to be distributed the next year, and ap
portioned among all the districts in such divis
ions.
Sec. 15. And be itfuilher enacted bjthc authority
aforesaid , That should the Commissioners, in any
division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund
received aa directed by this law. they shall be sab-
FLORENCE, GA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 183$.
ject to a suit for damages, at the instance of the
trustees of any district in such division, in anv
court < ; law in tins Stale having jurisdiction, anil
«ne ait mt ot i .mages so recovered, shall be col-
J-cted in ot the private property of such com
tiiswmtH-i.s, and not iroin the funds of the School.
■Sec. 17. And be if further enacted by the au
hoi ily dforetaid, 7 hat all white persons between
the ages to nve and til teen years, shall he allowed
to be tau :bt ns scholars in the respective districts
in which they reside, or to case their location may
mate it inconvenient, in the adjoining district, by
making application to the Trustees thereof, who
may prescribe, though bo one over the age of fif
teen years and under twenty -on*, shall be exclu
ded frum said Schools.
Sec 18. Aug be itfvr trier enacted by the author
ity afuraaid, Tltat in those countries where the
inhabitants are thinly settled, the commissioners
may, it they think it best, refuse to lav off the
same into school districts, but they shall employ
a suitable number ol Teacher* who shall under
their infections, teach school not longer thau
three months in any ouc district or neighborhood,
so that every section of each county shall receive
as nearly a» can be, equal advantages from said
fund; and it shall be the duty of the Commis
sioners ot any such county in which ths itinera
ting system iwwy be thought best, to mention the
same iu their report; and solar as relates to the
county ol Baker, the Commissioner* shall confine
themselves to tLree Military districts of said
county.
s®o is. And he it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, That the Commissioners and
i rustees elected as aforesaid, iu the foregoingacl
before they enter upon tiie duties of their offices,
shall take the following oath before any Judge of
the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court
a Justice of the Peace, in the county where they
reside, viz; J. A. B do solemnly swear, that I
will faithfully perform all the duties required of
me by law, as Commissioner of Common Schools,
as the case may be.
JOSEPH DAY’,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHt >LS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 26th December, 1837.
■GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
AN ACT
To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by common school*—assented to 2Gth
December, 1-37.
SEC. 1. lie it emu-led by the Senate and House
of Repressniatires of the State of Georgia in
General A sr.mbly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the tutiiority of tie same. That the second and
third sections of the above recited act, be, and tbe
earnc are hereby repealed ; and in lieu thereof,
that eac h county m this .State shall be considered
aud known as a Common School Division ; and
th ton ihe first; Monday in March, in the year
eighteei liundird and thirty-nine, and on the first
Monday in Jaufary, of every year thereafter, or
so soon alter thr above mentioned days, as the
same can be conveniently done, the Justices of the
Inferior Court of each county in the State, shall,
by order, entered upon the minutes of the Court,
appoint five* fir and proper persons, as Commis
sioners ot Common Schools, in the Division
wherein suilfljustices may reside, and shall, with
in ten days thereafter, cause a certified copy of
such appointment to fie delivered to them, which
shall be sufficient notice ol the same. And such
Commissioners ■'hall contiue in office for one year;
or until their successors shall be appointed,
Sec. 2. And be ft fail her enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, 1 hat it the said Commissioners,
or any of them, shall be unable, at any time topro
cure the services of a Treasurer, as contemplated
in the fourth section of the above recited act, it
shall and may he lawfu for the President of such
Board of Commissioners, to act as Treasurer, who
shall give bond and security to his Excellency, the
Governor, and liis 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 tittered in the minutes of
their board, appoint for each school district to 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 be appoint
ed, and shall be notified of their appointment
within ten days after it shall be made.
Sec. 3. Aid be it further enacted, That if the
Justices of the Inferior Court of any county, shall
not, within one month after the time herein before
fixed for tbar pjrposc, select and appoint five com
missioners as a’oresaid, who shall accept their ap
pointments. th<* saitl Justices of the Inferior court
shall themselves, discharge the duties of commis
sioners in their division; and nuless saitl commis
sioners shall within one month of their appoint
ment, select and appoint three trustees in each
district or division, who shall accept such appoint
ments. the Justices of the Peace, and such other
person as the Justices sf the Peace may appoint,
shall discharge the duties as trustees,in any dis
trict iu which such appointment shall have been
omitted ; and the commissioners apjHiinled 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 competen to dischargethe duties re
quired of them respectively.
Sec. 4. And be it ftrther enacted, That it shall
be theduty of the tru4ees of tbe school districts,
to collect bv subseripion, such sums as the citi
zens of the district liny he willing to subscribe,
w hicli shall he applies to supply an amount of mo
ney in addition to wtnr may bo allowed by the
State, so as to enabk them to employ a suitable
number of teachers in the district, provided there
shall be no liabily oil the trustees for said subscrip
tion money, further than to transfer the said list
of subscription to the teachers where suchschool
may be taught.
Sec. 5. Anl be it farther enacted, That the
List ices of the inferior Uourt of tho several coun
ties in this Stati, be, aud they ate hereby author
ized, at their decretion, t» levy„ar> extra tax in
their respective counties, not exceeding fifty per
cent, on the gener 1 tax, which shall be added to
the common schoolfund of said county, aud paid
over to tbe commissioners aforesaid, by the Tax
Collector, who shai! give bond and security for the
same, ns in case of other bonds for extra taxes.
Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That the trus
tees of any county Academy, be, and they are
I hereby authorized, to pay over to the conmusHiun
ers ol common schools, any funds in their hands
Sec. 7. And beit further enacted. That his Ex
cellency the Governor, within the month of Janu
ary next, be r* <; ired to cause so much of thea
bove recited act, as this act docs not repeal, to
gether with this act to be published in the news
papers of this State, and also to cause the same to
be published with the acts of tin present session.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by ihe uu
! thority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth,
i twenty-first and twenty-second sections, mil so
I much of the ninth section as refers to th# notice
to he given by a justice of the Pi ace and free hol
der to the trustees of their election, and so much
of the sixteenth section as refers to the balaucM
in the hands of the trustees of Academies and
their Treasurers be, aud the same are hereby re
pealed.
JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate
Absented to 29th December 1838
_3t GEORGE R- 'HLMKR. Govermw
STATE CONVENTION.
A N ACT to provide for the call of a Convtn
-c *- tion to reduse the number of the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, and for the
other purpose., therein named.
See. 1. H< it enacted by the Senate and House
of Represenlatices of the State of Gecrpia in Gen
eral Assembly met, aud it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same. That tbe first Monday iu
April, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, be, and
the same is hereby designated aud set apart as
the day on which the citizens of Georgia, quali
tied to vote for members of the Legislature, shall,
at the several places prescribed by law for holding
winh elections, vote for delegates tori present
them in Convention, in number equal to their
representation ii hath branches of the General
Assembly, according to the last census ; such
•lection to be conducted, managed and certified
under the same iaws as are of force in respect to
elections of members of the General Assembly.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall
be the duty of such managers to transmit to his
Excellency the Governor, the result of said elec
tions under (lie laws now of force conducting,
.managing and certifying elections of member* of
the General Assembly, as aforesaid, within ten
days after such election; whereupon it is made
the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to issue
his Proclamation discharging the result of such
election, by notifying the individuals severally
elected to represent the good people of Georgia
in <'onveutiou, as contemplated by the act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every
citizen oi’ the United Stales shall be eligible to a
seat in said Convention, who has attained the age
of twenty five years, and been an inhabitant of this
State three years, immediately preceding the day
of election, and who idial! have resided one year
in the county tpr which he shall be elected.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That each
member returned as duly elected, shall, previous
to taking his teat iu said Convention, taks the
following oath or affirmation, viz : *‘J do solemnly
swearthat I will not attempt to add or to take from
the Constitution, or attempt to change or alter
any other section, clause, or article of the Con
stitution of th* State of Georgia, other than those
touching the representation in Uie Gi■•«.«-«)
sembly thereof, and that 1 have been a citizen of
this State for the last three years, so help me God.”
Arid any person elected to a seat in said Conven
tion. who shall refuse to take oath aforesai I, shall
not be allowed to take his seat in said Conven
tion.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That tbe
members of said Convention shall assemble on
the first Monday in May, alter their election, at
Milledgeville, in the Representative Chamber of
the State House, lor the purpose of entering
upon and consumtUing the great objects of their
convention, to wit: a reduction and equalization
of the General Assembly; shall have power to
prescribe their own rules and forms of business ;
nd to determine on the qualifications of their
own members.; elect necessary officers, and make
all orders which they may deem conclusive to the
furtherance of the object for which such Conven
tion shall assemble.
Sec. 6. And beit further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to
give publicity to the alterations and amendments
made iu the Cnustitutiou in reference to the re
duction of the number of members composing
the General Assembly ; and the first Monday in
October next, after the raising of said Convention,
he shall fix on tor the ratification, by the people,
of such amendments, alterations, or new articles,
as they mny make for the objects of reduction and
equalization of the General Assembly only, aud if
ratified by a majority of the voters who, vote on
the question of•• Ratification” or ‘‘No Ratifica
tion,” then arid in that event, the alterations so
by them made and ratified, shall be binding on
the people of this State, and not otherwise.
Sec. 7. And beit further enacted. That it shall
be a fundamental article in the formation or a
mendments of the Convention, that each County
of the State now organized or laid out, or which
mny hereafter be created by law. shall be entitled
to at least one Representative in the Representa
five branch of the General Assjmbly. The Sen
ate shall be composed of forty-six members only,
from fort” Senatorial District's, composed of two
contiguous Couuties: and in the event of the
creation of any new county, it shall be added to
some contiguous Senatorial District; and that
the said Convention shall not disturb the Federal
basis, in apportioning the representation in ths
General Assembly of the State of Georgia,
v •*.. I.—No. 42.
i Sec. 8. And be it ttiac'sd, That so soon
is this Act shall Have passed, bis Excellency the
Governor be. aim h” is aersby requited to i aus#
it to be published iu th# gazette; of this State,
once a week uutil the day fixed on by this act for
the election of Delegates to said Convention; as
well as tbe number to w hich «acti County shall be
entitled in said Convention, according to the ap
jVtl tmnmxuA sbw*. -
bly, t# be naad# under me late Census, taken and
returned during ths present year.
Sec. 9. And b> it further enacted, That the
Delegates to said Couveutiou be paid at and after
the same rates that the members of the General
Assembly now receive ; and that his Excellency
the Governor be requested to draw his warrant on
the Treasurer for the same, out of any money not
otherwise appropuated ; and all laws and parts #f
laws militating vainst this act, be, aud the saute
ure hereby r*p«ai'd.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House ot Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 2dth December, 1838.
GEURGE R. GILMER, Governor.
Wvssmr
run Tut (itonoiA ui&acE.
LINES,
Written after u night of Dissipation,
Where hast thou been through the weary night?
'L he hue from thy cheek is laded quite,
And tliiue eye is (lira that once was bright.
Where hast thou beeu ? in every vein
The blood flow# slowly ; on thy brow rests a hea
vy pain.
With a throb that thy nerves will scarce sustain ;
Tby eye is dull, thy pulse beats low,
Thy stagnant life blood doweth slew.
Where hast thou been ! or, dost thou know ?
Hast watched by the couch of thy dying friend,
Eager each cry of his need to attend;
\\ atching, with tears, his lingering end ?
Hast smoothed his pillow with friendship’s care ?
Hast heard the spirit’s parting tear?
Not there ! Alas, thou wast net there !
Hast roved alone, through the miduight hour?
Hast been iu tby loved ones rose tree bower ?
Have thy thoughts once turned unto that Power,
W ho made thee mortal, that thou art,
Who readeth each thought of thy sinful heart.
And Luoweth whenever you depart
From the sacred law sud precepts true
By his kind mercy grameu you f
Have thy midnight hours in study sped I
Tell me tbe tome in thy vigil# read ;
What host thou gained f is thy heart or head •
Belter or wiser than 'twas yesterday !
Thou hast not studied, teil me, 1 pray,
lJow then has passed tfav night away ?
1 have been where the song and laugh wer#'hcard,
U here wit flowed freely with every word ;
W here the red wine sparkled on the board,
More precious than the miser's hoard.
Oil, ’tw as a jovial crowd met there,
Who lived for mirth—cared not for car# I •
’Twas there our night we spent with Joy and loirtb,
And sorrow was bauished at its birth !
Thau hast been amidst revellers, then ;
With a riotous crowd of drunken men,
Yosr shouts were heard through tho lonely str«e
As onward you hurried with tottering feet’
Thou hast been with a druuken, riotous crowd,
And thy shouts w«re heard as bold and loud :
As any one in that wicked crew,
Whose wild excesses werecheer#d by you.
The wine has been ragiug iu thy blood,
Like the storm beat sea's tempestuous flood ;
Tis that which sends the painful thro#
Ihrougn tuj n.urr, —i.>,-Vi tnxkes thy ewlsc ruu
low,
’Tis that robs tire# of friends, of wealth.
Os peace, of charaotei and health.
FOR THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
Written at the request of—
BT B *j. si-
. [Tune — Mary's Dream.
Adieu, adieu, thou maiden dear,
Since late decrees that we must part;
Adieu all that’s lovely, fair,
Thou charmer of my raptur’d heart.
Alas! Alas! I’lJ no more hear
Thy plaintive voice in tones of love.
Which did so oft thy lover cheer
As we’d through nature’s garden rove.
When flowers of May their beauty spread.
The Jessamine perfumed the air;
Whilst on tliy brow a wreath l laid.
My love, my hope, my only rare.
Not all the pomp of I’rinceor State^
And those of great and noble huo A ,
Could half such joys create,
As to feel that thou art mine.
Those tearful eyes, the melting kis*.
Oft told of days, more happy days,
When in thy lovely, fond embrace,
I’d glory in those sacred ties,
When all the ills of life seem fled,
Ami trouble lost in nuptial charms.
Truly happy, ’twould be indeed,
To breathe my last within thy arms.
But since ill fate decrees me this,
()n terms both fair and free,
Then let me seek for other bliss,
A home, a country far from thee.
1 am not rich r noryet repine.
For richer, richer, far than they.
Who boast of wealth* but live asjswine,
Aud still they’d thy aflectious sway.
Thu’ toss’d upon the briny deep.
Or in some distant land I sigh,
Tho’ lonely and forlorn 1 sleep,
Beneath some far and hostile skj.
Tw ill then be sweet to think on thee
And scenes now gone, forever gone,
’Mid all the charms of youthful glee.
When all our hopes, our oys were one
hi