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Ariißs of all Nations '»i t* nd !
A Premium for Genius-
Executive Department, Georgia,
louifville, Eth 2 3* *799*
The Aa, entitled “ *n aft f« r
a!te:inp (he Great S*al <T the
State of Georgia," p;iffe<l the
Bth <3lv r of Ffbiuary* 1799*
1 einp taken up and confider
ed ; it i'v
OR I) E R E H, That a premium
of thirty dollars he given for
the he/I drawing of the device for
the Great Seal o/ this State, m pur
[nance of the freoni feßion of the
fail aH—tke device being as follows ,
to wit:
“ On the one fi 'r, a view of the
fra fhore, with a fjvp hearing the
flag of 'he United Slates , riding at
anchor near a wharf receiving on
hoard hogfheads of tobacco, and
hales of Cotton, emblematic of the
exports of this State —at a /mall
difiance a boat landing from the in
terior of the Sta.r, with hog/heads,
Udc. on board, reprefending her in
to nal tra/Jic —in the hack part of
the fame fide, a man in the art of
■ploughing, and at a Imall di/iance
a /lock of fherp in different poftures,
/haded hy a ftourifhing tree.—the
motto on this fide agriculture and
commerce, 1799 —that the other
Jide contain three pillars, [upporting
an arch, with the word confutation
engraven within the fame, emble
matic of (he confutation, fuppdrted
hy thie three departments of the go
vernment, viz. the legifla'.ive, judi
cial and executive—the fir hi pillar
to h ive engraven on its ha/e wi/dom,
the fccond juft ice, and the third mo
deration ; on the right of the lift
pill ir a man ft mding with a drawn
fwo) d, upre/eutmg the aid of the
military , in defence 0/ the confli
tutwn—the motto State of Georgia,
1799” —Provided fitch drawing
h lodged in ihe Executive Qfji e, at
Loir/vide, on or he)ore the twen ieih
day of April next; the fize of the
Jeal two inches and one quarter in
diameter ; and it is further
()rdercd, that prcpo/als he re
ceived at Ihe fame office , until the
Jcid twentieth day of April, for
forming, making and engraving
the f ine, agreeably to fitch device
a d drawing, in a mafterly and
workmanlike manner, on or before
the third day of fitly next. Bend
and fecurity to be given /or the due
performance of the work, zvithm
the time limited , in the [am of two
thou/and dollars . The prop pals
will he fealed up, addrrffcd to ihe
executive, and marked propofols for
forming % making o-nd engraving
ike Great Seal of the State of Geor
gia The drawings will alfo he
Jealrd up, addrejfed ini ke manner,
and marked drawings for the device
of ihe Gnat Sea!, and will he ex
amined the twentieth of April ajore
fnd.
The cafh. will he paid for the
(drawing, the moment it is decided
on as ihe heft irjign, and for the
Sea! immediately it is covip’.eated
and delivered if applied for.
Taken from the Minutes,
Teft, Thomas Johnson,
Secret *'y.
G E O R G I A.
By his Excellency j A M E S
JACKSON, Governor and
1 Ommander in Chief of the
Army and Navy of this State,
and or the Militia thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS ihe General
Affembly of this State,
puffed an all on the ftxtemth day of
February inftan\ entitled “ an aB
“ to compel all officers, civil and
“ military, to take and fubferihe
“ an oath to fupport the conftttuhon
“ thereof," in the words following,
to wit:
u Whereas, it is necfjfary that
all officers, civil and military, within
this State , jhould he bound to fup
port an I maintain ihe confutation
of the fame.
Be it therefore cnaElcd, that
all and every officer , civil and mili
tary, holding any office under the
1 authority of this Stair, hy commif
-1 fton or othcrwife, [hall take and
fubferihe the following oath, before
the chrk of the fupenor or inferior
' courts , of the county in which he
may refide ; or if a [late officer ,
before hi\ Excellency the Governor ,
for the time being, to wit: “ /, A.
B. do fo'emnly fwear, or affirm ,
[as the cafe may he) that I zvill
hear true faith and allegiance, to the
Stale cf Georgia; and to the ut
7no ft of ?)iy power and ability,
oh feme, conform to, fupport and
defend the confutation thereof;
without any refervation, cr equivo
cation whatfoever, and ihe confu
tation of the United Slates—So help
me God."
“ And be it farther ena&ed,
that all officers who are now in
conmiffm, civil or military, except \
fuch JUie officers as have been eidl
ed by the General affembly, at this \
■ prefent fefjion, and have been day
■ qualified before his Excellency the
Governor, /hall, within the term cf
• fix month*, take and fubferihe the
I aforcfaid oath, in manner and form
of ore/aid, which /hall he made of
. record by ihe officer hef ore whom it
- is taken ; and in cafe of refufal or
• I neglect of any officer , his office Jhall
• be coo fide ml null and void; and his
■ Excellency the Gov'rncr, is hereby
| autkorifed and required, to fill up
• fr.ch vacancy, tn the fame manner as
' if it had been made hy death, re fig- j
• nation or removal from the diftnß ;
i and in cafe any fturijf, clerk 0/ the
i fupenor or inferior court, or any
; other officer having office or truft
■ under the auth 01 ity of this ft ate, Jhall
■ negleft or refuje to take the afore
■ fa d oa'h, in manner and fonn
a fore [aid, within the term of fix
- months, their aB or aßs as they op- 1
, pertain to the [aid office, Jhall he
- conftdered null and void."
J have therefore, thought fit, to
, ijfue this, mv proclamation, notifying
and requiring all officers, civil and
■ military, within this flate, compre
-1 /tended in (he faid aB, to conform
- thereto , by appearing before the pro
per officer and taking the faid oath,
within the period thereby limited,
as they wi I anfwer the contrary at
their peril.
Given under viy hand, and
tie Great Seal tj the fail
Male, at the State-Houfc ,
in Loui/ville , this eighteen'k'
day of February, in the year .
of cur Lord one tkovfcnd
Jiven hundred and ninety
nine, and in the twenty*
third year of American
Independence.
JAMES JACKSON .
By the Governor,
John Milt os, S ecrclary,
God jave the State .
Head-Quarters, Louifville,
2 February , 1799.
GENERAL ORDERS. |
THE Adjutant General will
proceed to the annual con
vention of the Field Officers of
the refpedlive Regiments and
Battalions, together with the
Brigade Infpeftois of the Bri
gades they refpedlively belong
to, at fuch times, and at fuch
places as may be mod conveni
ent for all the Field Officers of
fuch Brigades, in order to in
ftrud them in'the difcipline
preferibed by Congrefs; and in
order that the evolutions pre
frnbed by law may be praftifed,
the Brigadier Generalswill order
a company of Light Infancy
or Fufileers, to attend each ref
pe6live Brigade Convention of
Officers, provided, armed and
equipped as the law diredh fuch
corps to be.
He will alfo concert with the
feveral Brigade Infpe&ors on the
mod proper time for convening
the refpe&ive Regimental or
Battalion Officers, with the Ad
jutants and firft Seneants there
! of, for the purpofe of inftru&ing
them in the laid difcipline—and
as it is of the greatefl confe
quence at the pie lent critical
period, that the privates ffiould
be particularly taught the duty
required cf them in the field,
the commanding Officers of the
tefpedive Regiments and Bat
talions are called on to a6f in
concert with the Adjutant Ge
i neral and Biigade Jnfpeftors,
; by ordering Regimental and Bat
| laiion mutters, at fuch times as
1 they may be notified by the Ad
jutant General, that he will at
tend them for that purpofe. At
1 fuch mutters the ufual inflec
tions will take place, and the
1 commanding Officers will give
the numbers of the lefpe&ive
Companies of their Regiments
and Battalions to the Adjutant
General, to make return of the
fame to the Commander in Chief.
Such numbers to be decided on
by the Commanding Officers of
the Regiment or Battalion.
By order of the Commander
in Chief ,
Thomas Johnson, Scc’ry,
Adjutant General *s Office,
February 26, 1799.
IN conformity with the Ge 1
neral Orders annexed, you will
attend on the Brigadier Generals,
or in their abfence on the Officer
next in command in the Brigade
in vvlnch ycu ftfp: dive I y i ft ;
receive and diftiibute anv Or
ders they may p’cafe to take, for
- the purpolc of carrying into ex
ecution that part of thefe Gene
ral Orders, which relates to the
Convention of the Field Officers
and the Light Infantry or Fuli.
Icer Company of their refpedive
commands, at the places they
may appoint, and within the
pci iods hereafter affigned to each
Brigade.
You will appoint the time of
convening the commiffioned
Officers, Adjutants and firit Ser
jeants of every Regiment (or
Battalions when commanded by
a Major Commandant) within
the fame penod ; as alfo the time
of the Regiment or Battalion
mu her preferibed in General
Ordeis.
The Field Officers command,
ing Regiments or odd Battalions
wiil pleale determine on the
company numbeis of their ref
pedive commands, previous to
the day of infpedion.
All commiffioned Officers
will bring their comrniffions on
the ground, and thofe command
ing Companies will come pro
vided with exad rolls of the
number of each grade ern oiled
in their refpedive diftrids or
commands: they will greatly
I facilitate and accelerate the in*
; fpedions, by keeping the men
jin their ranks, during the re
views, and the by-ftanders from
crowding on them. The gene
ral return of the Hate of the
militia will alfo be more accu
rate ; if the Officers would pre
vail on their men more generally
to biing on the ground what
arms and equipments they have,
the put pole of the review will
theieby be better anfwered, and
the whole will have exhibited a
greater degree of regard lor the
laws of their country.
j
j For the iff Brigade, from the
1 ih to the 27th of Ap il, 1799.
For the 2d B igade, from the
I ft: to the 25th ot May, 1799.
For the 3d Brigade, from the
2d to the 1 ith September, 1799.
For the 4th Brigade, from ciis
23d of September, to the sth of
Odober, 1799.
For the sth Brigade* from the
14th to the 3 1 fl Odober, 1799.
For the 61 h Brigade, from the
II th to the 27111 of Nov. 1799.
You will report to me as loon
as poffible on the Brigadier Ge
neral's Orders, and on your ar
rangements.
Jonas Fauche, Adj Gen*
i u
Major Edmdrd White, ill brigade#
George Poythrefs, 2d do#
John Foftcr , 3d do,
David Blachjhcar, 4th do.
Richard Wor/kam , sth do.
Ferdinand Phmizy, 6th do*
Brigade Inlpcdors.
WANTED TO HIRE*
By (he frfonth or
A NEGRO MAN.
Enquire at thii OJfitts
J.t>tuary 21,