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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
t i TUESDAY, M a y 7, 1709* fNo. 16.
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L A W s OP THE
STATE of GEORGIA.
A" ACT to regulate the General
EkHions «» ihis / ]ate > f nd J° a P'j
point the muting of the General
h the Senate and
lime of Representatives of
the Slate of Georgia, General
A JemUy met, and by the authority
off he fame, That all elections
for members to repici.nt this
B ,rt in the General Allcmbly
thereof, and for reprel«ntatives
in Congreft, fliall be held at the
court houfe or plicc appoint
for bolding the fupeiior courts
ia the refpe&ive counties, ana
the electors thereat fhall vote
viva voce.
It fliall be the duty of any
three or more of the magiflrates
of each county not being candi
dates, to prsfide and make
returns of all eleflions forfena
tors and reprefentatives in me
General Aflembiy, and reprefen
tatives in Congrefs; and the
fheriff of each county or hE
deputy is required to attend at
fuch elections (or the purpofe of
enforcing the order? of the pre
fidmgtnaglfoutcs and preferviag
good oider. That the general
election (lull be held annually
on the firll Monday in October;
and the time for receiving the
votes (hall be from fix o’clock in
the morning till (even
in the afternoon ; and when any
doubts (hall aiife with rcfpedl to
the qualification of the voters,
the following oath {hall be ad
miniftcrcd : “ I A. 13. do fo
lemnly Iwear or affirm (as the
cale may be j that I have attain
ed to tke age of 21 years, have
have paid all legal taxes which
have been required of me, and
which I have had an opportunity
°‘ paying agreeably to law, have
tedded fix months within the
* Gm Y> an d that I am a citizen
ol the United States and an in
«auUant of this date,”
An ’ be it farther enacted , That
1 1 “ , ; 1J magiflrates
c * at fuch elections {Trail
mj ‘*. ea fraudulent return, or they
either of them while luperin
-8 tng at (uch ele6fioti, or any
Jri idate (hall influence or en
eavor influence or perfuade
n J voter no: to vote as he fir ft
t 0r intended, 01 fhall
any undue means to obtain
, they lha;l forfeit
dUI '! C 11,ft °Tence, one hundred
lO be by in-
S“°. n * any court having
SS°si/ h '" o,i “ d if ”
fed F- 1 r ,0 t rever difqyiali
fon oF h crvin 5 111 £ Ee commif
diddte ttaU K Ce t , ; a"dlfacan
r ■*'* he thereby :acapa-
j citated horn ferving in the po(
lor place for which he may hi
jelcfted. That if any pc; Ton 01
’perfons whatfoever, fliall on any
day appointed for holding lucly
elections prefume to violate thty
freedom of fuch eleftion by any
aneff, menace or threat, or atv
tempt to overawe, affright or
force any per Ton to vote, or oiler
any bribe, to induce him to vote
contrary to his inclination, or
fliall after the laid eleftion is
over, menace or defpirefully ufe,
abufe or inlult any per'on be
caufc he hath not voted as he or
they might have wilhed him,
every per (on fo offending upon ,
(affluent proof of fuch violence!
or abufe, menacing or threaten
ing, before any jullice of the
peace, fhall fee bound over to
the fuperior court, himfelf in
one hundred dollar 5, and two feou*
ritics in fijty dollars each, to be
of good behaviour and abide the
(entence of faid court, where il
the offender or offenders are
convidled of fuch off uce as
aforefaid, then he or they fhall
> ✓
refpeftively for each offence,
forfeit a fum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, and be committed
co gaol without bail or m iinpnze
till the fame be paid, wh ch faid
fine fo impofed, fliall be veco-j
vered by writ of Jcire facias or;
ca, fa, iftued and figned by the |
clerk of the faid court, under 1
md by virtue of the fentence oi j
the fame : and the fhciilf eft the j
county is hereby requi ed to
levy £uch writ forthwi h.
That no civil ofheer fhall exe
cute any writ or civil procefsi
whatfoever, upon the body cd
any perfon qualified to vote at}
any eleftion as aforefaid. either
011 his journey to, or return
from, or during his flay there
upon that account, under a pc
-1 nalty not exceeding five hundred
dollars: Provided . he fhall not
be more than four days onftfts
journey go ngto, returning from
and flay at the place lor holding
faid election to he recovered of
and from the officer who (ball
ferve any proc Is or an eft as
aforefaid, after (uch manner and
form, and to be difpofed of as
j herein before dire died ; and all
j fuch writs or civil proceff, exe
cuted on the body of any p«r
-| lon cither going to, or returning
Irom the place where fuch elec
tion is appointed, within the j
time before limited, he being |
qualified to vote thereat are j
hereby declared null and void. |
That at the genual eleftion
which (hail be he'd for members ;
of the Geneial Adembly on the
fir ft Monday in Oft )ber, one
thoufand eight bundled, and at
every fecoad geneial election
thereafter, the cleflors at fuch
ele&ion, fhall v»te for members
to reprefent ibis (late in the
houfe of reprefentatives of the
i United States.
That noperfon (hall be defied
a rcprefentative in Congiefs who
has ROt been an of this
Hate three years, next preceding
his elcclion, p id his -'tax regu
larly during that time, nor 11 all!
behold any office of piofit under
this date or the United States,
duiing the time for which he
miy be defied a representative. 1
That the names of> the levc-|
ral candidates be kept on fepa
, mte papers, and the number and
! names of the voters fli 11 be
fca'ed up together with an accu
rate date of the pe l under the
hands of the prefiding magill rates
and tranhnitted by exprefs to
his Excellency the Governor
within twenty days after doling!
the poll at fuch eh chon, who is
empowered to draw on the trea
fury for payment of Inch ex
prefs not exceeding ino dollars
per day.
That the Governor or Com
mander in Chi f for the time
being fhall within five days aft* r
the cxpiiation of the bud twenty
days herein befoie allowed foi
making returns, count up the
| votes from the feveral counties,
: or fuch of them as may hive
; made returns, for each pcrlon,
| and immediately thereafter iffue
I liis proclamation, dcclaii g the
peifons h iving the highed num
ber of votes, and qualified as
aforclud, to be duly cleclcd to
reprefent this date in the houfe
j of reprefentativcr oi the United
i States, and to grant a certificate
■thereof under the (Teat Seai of
I the State, to each of them, Pro
vided. no certificate or commif
fion dial 1 iffue to or for any fuch
perfon fo c!c6fed untd fatisEc
tory proof is pioduccd, that the
tax of fuch perfon h «s been ie
gularly paid as above mentioned
and th.t he has actually had die
refidence heroin prcTcnbed.
That where any two or more
an equal and the
highed: number of votes jpihe!
than tho e duly ciedbed on the
general poll, then snd in thai
cafe the Governor (hall iffue
proclamation directing a kdw
cLclion
That in cafa any peifon dull
; e’efled, being in th.s fl ite and
J O
j noticed thereof in manner herein
diredled, fhall not within twenty
j day*, and if out of this ft ate.
within forty days after fuch no
| tification, lignify hi s ? acceptance
or fhall depait tins life, the v o
| vernoror Commander In ‘ hicf,
fhall order a new election to be
held in like manner as herein
pointed out,
c
That ad writs of eleftions to
fill vacancies that may happen
for rnembeis of the General
‘ Ifcmfily of th s (late, or houli
of reprefentatives of the ! nited
States, fhall be direfted to tht
julliccs of the inferior courts of
the refpeftive counties, who at*
hereby required to give public
notice thereof, and caule the
fame to be bald in manner and
form ?.i herein before pointed
out. agreeably to Inch writ.
n /
That the pi eliding i-nagtll rates
;at any clcti on for members of
{the Central Allcmbly ot this
• ft. te or reprefentatives iu Con
grefs, arc liercby empowered
and required to appoint the
clc-ks t* attend the la deleft ons,
whofe duty it lhail be to keep
the rolls.
And he it further enaH d by the
: autho ity afore/aid, That the G. -
jneral Allcmbly of thi> ftarc,
| lhail from and after the palling
of .his aft, meet on the Itrlt
Mond yin Nov. annually.
David Mel wtth ta, Speaker
oj (he Houfe of Reprefcn.ativcs,
Robert Walton, Prejidint
of the Senate.
Affentcd to, Feb. 11, 1799.
j amf/j Jackson, Governor,
F O R S A L E,
At the Oil IGF. nf the LOUISVILLE GAZ .
h l'T E, <.ha.fl for Gojh,
NH!' pair Gold Ea -R ngs
Tm c’vc pair romd Cxjid Wires
Si* G''t bfuls to :H 1 the day of the month
Si* S : L er U iu>c j ablcs
“•ix I’Utcd do. d".
T’urcr Sihcr Tea Coddic Ladlss
Si< Plated do. do. do.
Four pair of Sliver Hoot Hucklel
Six pair of Plated Spurs
Plated Whi >s
Four Thou fan 1 Nf'dlej
One grace Fenti Huttons
Gotten or Tobacco will ba
received in payment for the
above Articles,
Mi ch 12.
,
>sB^
removed .
LUCKY E 3 CA P E
T 'J j ILL cover ih r. Sen for, at the ftah’e
VV l)t VS.lif'i’s, fmn mi’ii
ictuiv I, ni! lie, iii th* County oi J Ae -
on, ■ n the Su . a: .ah roati.
Thit bruriul full-blooded Arabian
.{ , r Te LUCKV KSC iPE, lately
o a Ncw-Y rk. Ha will cover in the
ollov*it;g tenns, v z. Six Dollar* ,*ach,
■he Scalan en ing‘he laft of tuna Lucky
ECcupe a beautnul dark bay, riig fi «
. eai s o.d, near y fifecn hands ard rin half
high *, be very AraUable, ard v»i 11 wiili
)ut • oi. if product as g U'd limk as any
turf Horlc ever im orted.
* J. Re«v«s.
April 16.
BEAM IC DEE D S
0/ CONVEYANCE ,
For Sale, at the Office of the Lou*,
ifvilk Gazette,
April i.
