The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, March 19, 1799, Image 1
r " ~7~ T U E S D A V, Marc ii 10, 1799. [No. 9.
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REASON AND TRUTH IMPARTIAL GUIDE THE IV. ,T.
—LQLJISVI t.LE ; Pabiithed every Tuelday, by AMBROSE DAY, at three dollar* per ana, payable half yearly ia advance.
, L a W S or the
\ T E or GEORGIA.
A’ ACT to repeal an all. tnti.'lfd
h an an lor in pern'tin
on ce> tain per fans, therein va
m,ir [afar, a, it rejpdh the
ham foment of John
' *l3- E it enabled by the Senate and j
! XJ Houfe of Rep r e!entstives of
i the State Q' f Georgia , in General
■ Ajjmhhmd , r l¥ z&> en
! 1 4:d “aw fot mfl amg pe
* Baltics oh, suid eenfifcating the
; efia-tes' of fucK puffins as are
i therein declared guhty of tiea
| foa r and for other purpofes
therem mentioned, |>a fifed Lie
i 4th day of May, 1782, To far
; as it refpeeb the banifhment
only of (lie pci Ton of (he (aid
i John John (on be, and the fame
i is hereby repealed.
' David M fjiwethe?, Speaker
i of ike Houfe of R prefentatives .
Rq 1 £s.t W Alton, Prejident 1
of the Senate.
j Affcntrd to. Fob. 7, 1799.
J iMu Jaek. s o x , G over no r ,
| in ACT U confirm and makj valid
all titles to certain lo's, sold by \
l| , the emmiffiomn ef the town of
i!. Lmvswilc,
I T>E matted hy the Senate and
I Homs of Representatives of
I th Stale of Georgia, in General
I AffmMy met , and it is hereby enabled
I h the authority of the fame , T hat |
I ia all cafes where lots have been
I, fold by any former cornmiflioners
I of the town of Louifville, and
■ tit es have not been made and
■ executed, it fhall and may be
I; lawful, and the comrniffioners
I herein after named, or a map)*
I icy thereof, are vefted with full
I powers and authority, to make
I and execute titles in fee limp e.
I Inch pufehafers or their legal
■I re p-’e-€Eitatives for the lot or lots
I ha fneb fiiuation.
I further enable.l, That Mi-
S| cha *l Shcllfti’an, Zaehaiiah La
-1 ] [ ap > anc l Daniel St urges, he and
B . T are hereby appointed ccm
’■ i.m|Uo.rie-rs of the town of Lou
■-idvi!; C> veft-d- with full power
■ and authority to carry this aft
■■into full e fife ft.
■ \ V ! ° ERI w r ther, S beaker
■ l/ uis Houfe cf Re prefentatives*,
I. oH:: *x Wa lton, Prejident
I . r of the Senate,
| Allan ted t o| f eb . 15 . 1;99 .
I Jamis Jackson, Governor.
l u V [ ij r wi/e and amend 11 an
B * ot preventing controver [ics
I [ZV ing thebounds °f w
■TA F ° r P roce jf lontn g the famed*
Isj t\ J cna bled by the Senate end
■p, 9 t ° u,le Reprefentatives of
G/ Geo S ia ' 111 General
1 ih» il ,:U U a]ld h the authority
* jU>n G 1 hat the time allow-
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
ed for proceffioning lands by an
aft, entitled 14 an aft for pre
vcnlingcontrovei Ties concerning
(he bounds of lands, and lor
piocefhoning (he fame/’ pa (Ted
at Louifville, the .feccnd day of
Fcbruaiy, one thou fund ieven
hundred and ninety-eight, (hall
be and the fame is hereby ex
pended to the fii ft day ot July,
in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred : and any perfon failing
to proceflion and new mark the
tree lines of their lands in man
ner (herein pointed out, (hall be
fubjeft to (he fines and penalties
theiein mentioned.
And he it further enaUed by the
authority a/ore/aid t That when
ever any pesfon intends (o pio-|
cellion his land which adjoin
lands belonging to any other
perfon or peilons who may re
lide in the county in which the
lands lie ; then and in that cafe,
1 wiitten notice (hall be given to
Inch perfon or perfons at lead
ten days before, that he will on
a day fpecified in the notice,
proceed to procellion the lands
adjoining fuch perfon. and if the
peden fo notified (liall fail to at
tend at the time appointed, then
the oppofite party may in prr
fence of any two or more of the
neighbor, or inhabitants con-
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tiguous to the land, go round
and new mark his tree lines,
|
which dial I beconhdercd on his
: part as fully complying with the
i before recited aft.
And he it farther enaSed , That
whenever any perfons own lands
in this (late, adjoining lands of
another, who rehdes out of the
county in which the lands may
he intended to be proceffioncd,
then and in fuch cafe, notice
(hall be given by advertifement,
in one ct the public gazettes of
this Tate, that he will on a day
therein mentioned, proceed to
piece (lion his own lands as here
in before direfted ; which (hail
be published at leaf! fix months
previous to the time appointed
for proccfiioning the lands, and
the expence of adveitifing (hall
be paid by the owner or owners
of the land intended to be no
tified.
And he It further enabled y That
any perfon or perfons may, as j
agent cr attorney for the ov/ner
of any lands to be proceffioncd
oh producing a pa t or paits,|
and grant or grants thereof, pro
ceed to prccdTion the fame For
and in behalf of the proprietors,
in like maimer as it they were
them ft Ivc? prefect, and had done
1 the fame.
And be it further enabled j That
' whenever the lines of lands aie
> difputed, and are refurveyed as
■ directed by the before recited
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; aft, that then and in tvery fur h
| cafe, a plat of fuel) lands fiial:
be made cut by the county fur
veyor or his legal deputy, and
certified by him, and the pro
cdhoners of the diflrift, and
fliail be by Lid (urveyor record
ed in his office. Provided , (hat
nothing in this aft contained
ihall extend to be con Trued to '
effeft the lra6h fold under die»
con fi feat ion aft, where (he p’ats
(hall not appear of record in (he .
fuivcyor general’s office, fo as
to give a preference of tide for
want of proccfiioning.
And provided also , That where :
(he plats for lands granted or ,
furveyed for any pci Ton cr per-I
lons, p ior to tire 4th of July, !
1776, (hall not appear of record
in the furveyor gencal's office,
and the iofs of die original plat!
Trail be fatisfadlo?ily prove! to 1
the proccdioners, by the perfon '
holding or claiming any traft or
trafts of land as aforefaid, the j
fa'id proccfiionCrs fhall proceed
to proceflion from the bed evi
dence in their power to obtain.
And be it further enabled. That
the returns of the eleftions of
dl proccflioners heretofore, or
hereafter to be made, Trail be
depofitedof record in the clerk’s
office of the fuperior court, in ;
the county wherein they Trail or
may be (o appointed, and where
any vacancy Tl.Il happen in the
appointment of procefiioncrs,
either by death, refignadon, re
moval out of the did rift, or
otherwife, fuch v acancy fhall be
filled in manner pointed out by
the find recited aft, and a return
j thereof made as herein before
I direfted.
David Me p i w ether, Speaker 1
of the Houfe of Rr.preftnlatives,
Robe r t W a lto n , Prefiden t
of the Senate.
! A (Tented to, Feb. 18, 1709.
James ]ackaon, Governor,
G E O R G I A.
!By his Excellency ] AM E S
JACKSON, Governor ami
Commander in Chief of the
Army and Navy of tins State,
and of the Militia (hereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the General
Affcmhly of this State,
paffed an act on the fxte nth day of
| February infcan\ entitled “ an act
j“ to compel all officers , civil and
military , to take and fuhfcri e
! “ an oath, to fupport the conjhtutum
; “ thereofin the words following,
I to wit:
“ Whereas, it is necefjary that
alio fleers, civil cud nvhtaiy , whim
' this Stale , Jhould he hound to [up
| port and maintain the confutation
,; of the fame ,
“ Be it therefore cn. ftcd, that
all and every office r, civil an / mili
tary, holding any office under the
authority of this Sta r, hy ccmmtj
fion or ether wife, fhall take and
fulferibe the following rath , hejort
the cl rk of the fupe.ru r cr inferior
courts, of the county in which he
may re fide ; or if a fiat* officer s '
[before hi< Excellency the Governor ,
I for the time hang, to wit: “I. A .
B. do fo’emn’y fw a r , cr affirm ;
the cafe mry br) ih i / will
b ar true faith and adegiance to the
Sta'e cf Georgia; and to the at
mofl of my power and ability ,
; obfervr, c njorm to, fupport and
, defend the confhlufion thereof ;
without any rrfervation , cr eqnivo-
I cation whatfoever, end (he confti•
tuti n 0/ the United Sta 'es —So h Ip
! me Go /.”
! “ And be it fiuther enafted,
1 that all officers who arc now in
commiffion, civil or military, exceht
fin h jl lie. officers as have been cletl
|ed hv the General aj/tmbly , at this
prefent feffion, and have been duy
qualified before his Excellency the
Governor, fhall, wdh n the term of
fix month, take and fubfcribc the
aforefaid oath , in manner and form
cforefaid, which fhall be made of
record by the officer before wh m it
is taken ; and in cafe of ufufal or
I neglect of any officer, his office fhall
he cor filer ed null and void; and his
Excellency te Gv rncr, is fur thy
author,f d and required, to fill up
fuch v coney, in the fume manner as
if it had been made hy death, rejig
nation or rem vat from th" nfmcl;
and in cafe any fh riff , clerk of the
fuperior cr inferior court , or any
other officer having of fee or trvfl
under the authority of ilu faU fhall
neglect o r refufe to fake the afore -
I /and oa h. in manner and fo;m
oforefa d, within the term of fix
months , their act or alts as they cp
pertain to the f aid offne . JhalL be
con fiber cd null and void”
I have therefore , thought fit , to
ijfue this,mv proclamation, notifying
and requiring oil officers, civ I and
military , within this fate , compre
hended in the /aid ai!, fo conform
thereto , hy appearing before the pro
per officer, and taking the [aid oath,
within the period thereby limited,
as they wi I anjwer the contrary at
their peril.
Given under mv hand, and
the Great Seal <J the laid
Stale, at the State Houfe,
in Louifville, this eighteen hi
dav of Eebrwv y, in the year
of our lord one thou ft nd
Jrven hundred and ninety
nine, and in the twenty
third year cf American
Independence.
Sign'd, 7 MES JACKSO Nn
By the Governor,
John Mi lton, Secretary %
C:d Jave the State,