ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA PASSED AT LOUISVILLE, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1801.
ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
1801 Vol. 1 -- Page: 73
Sequential Number: 025
Type: AN ACT
Full Title: For the Inspection of Flour.
SEC. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, there shall be an Inspection of Flour, at the several places hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: -- In the City of Savannah, in the City of Augusta, Petersburg, and at the Mill of Joseph Ray, in the County of Columbia, and at the Town of Sparta and Montpelier in Hancock County; and at Leven Wail's Mill in the County of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Philip Hunter's Mill in the County of Greene, [Illegible Text] Mill in the County of Jackson, and at Hudson's Mill in the County of Scriven, under such regulations as are hereinafter pointed out.

DAVID MERIWETHER, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
JOHN JONES, President of the
Senate, pro tempore.
JOSIAH TATTNALL, [Illegible Text]
Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to December 5, 1801.

1805 Vol. 1 -- Page: (44)

Sequential Number: 033
Type: AN ACT

Full Title: To incorporate a company for the improvement of the navigation of that part of the Oconee river, between the Big Shoals, at John Barnett's, and the town of Milledgeville.

WHEREAS the improvement of the inland navigation of every country, is of primary importance to its inhabitants;
and as few countries enjoy greater natural advantages than this state, for the extention of commerce, and it being conceived that the clearing out and removing the obstructions in that part of the Oconee river, from the Big Shoals, at John Barnett's, to the town of Milledgeville, would greatly conduce to the convenience and interest of the inhabitants, settled in the north and southwestern parts of this state.

SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That a company shall be established, the capital stock whereof shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, divided into two thousand shares, each share being twenty five dollars; and that subscriptions towards constituting the said stock, shall, on the first Monday in January next, be open at Hancock, Green, Clarke, Jackson and Franklin court-houses, Washington, in Wilkes, and Milledgeville, under the superintendance of such persons as the corporation may appoint for that purpose; which subscriptions shall continue open until the whole of the said stock shall have been subscribed.

SEC. 2. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person, copartnership, or body politic, to subscribe, as he, she or they shall think fit, for such or so many shares, not exceeding fifty; and that the sums respectively subscribed, shall be payable in gold, silver or bank bills of the United States, to be paid at four several payments, at the distance of twelve calender months from each other, the first whereof shall be paid at the time of subscribing.

SEC. 3. AND be it further enacted, That all those who shall become subscribers to the said company, their successors and assigns, shall be, and are hereby created and made a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of the OCONEE NAVIGATION COMPANY, and by that name shall be, and are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of what kind, nature or quality soever; and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record or other place whatsoever: and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure; and also to ordain, establish and put in execution, such bye-laws, ordinances and regulations, as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to the laws of this state, or to the constitution thereof, (for which purpose general meetings of the subscribers to the said stock shall and may be called by the directors, and in the manner herein after specified) and generally to do and execute all and singular acts, matters and things, which to them shall appertain to do; subject nevertheless, to the rules, regulations, restrictions, limitations and provisions hereafter prescribed and declared.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the well ordering of the affairs of the said corporation, there shall be ten directors, for whom there shall be an election on the first Monday of January in each year, by the stockholders or proprietors of stock in the said corporation, and by a plurality of votes, actually given, and those who shall be duly chosen at any election, shall be capable of serving as directors, by virtue of such choice, until the end and expiration of the first Monday of January next ensuing, the time of such election and no longer, and the said directors at their first meeting after such election, shall choose one of their members as president.

SEC. 5. PROVIDED ALWAYS, and be it further enacted, That as soon as the sum of two thousand dollars shall have been actually received on account of subscriptions to said stock, notice thereof shall be given by persons under whose superintendance, the sum shall have been made, in one of the public Gazettes of this state, and the said persons shall at the same time, and in like manner, notify a time and place at the distance of thirty days from the time of such notification, for proceeding to the choice of directors: And it shall be [Illegible Text] for such election to be then and there made; and the persons then and there chosen shall be the first directors, and shall be capable of serving, by virtue of such choice, until the end and expiration of the first Monday in January next ensuing, the time of making the same, and shall forthwith thereafter commence the opperations of the said corporation. And provided further, That in case it should at any time happen, that an election for directors should not be made upon any day when, pursuant to this act, it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved; but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by the laws and ordinances of the said corporation.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the directors for the time being, shall have power to appoint such officers and servants under them, as shall be necessary for executing the business of the said corporation, and to allow them such compensation for their services respectively, as shall be reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities for the well governing and ordering the affairs of the said corporation as shall be described, fixed and determined by the laws, regulations and ordinances of the same.

SEC. 7. AND be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the said corporation shall have so removed the obstructions in that part of the Oconee river, between the town of Milledgeville and the Big Shoals, at John Barnett's, that boats carrying a burthen of eight crop hogsheads of tobacco, when the water is at its common height, shall safely pass up and down from the Big Shoals, at John Barnett's, to the town of Milledgeville; then the said corporation and not before, shall have power to levy and receive a toll on all articles carried up and down the said river, which shall not exceed the following rates, viz:

For every hogshead of tobacco, 50 cents.
For every barrel of flour, 18 3-4
For every bale of cotton, 25
For every hundred weight of all other articles except lumber, 12 1-2
And for every thousand feet of lumber, 25

And shall also levy a toll in proportion to the distance from any other place on the said river, between the said town of Milledgeville and the Big Shoals at John Barnetts; and if any person passing up and down the river as aforesaid, with any boat or other vessel with goods or any articles on board, and shall refuse to pay the toll aforesaid, or any other rates the said corporation may establish, not exceeding those aforesaid, then, and in that case, the said corporation shall have power, and are hereby authorised, to seize and detain the same until the customary toll shall be paid.

SEC. 8. AND be it further enacted, that the following rules, restrictions, limitations and provisions, shall, form the fundamental articles of the constitution of the said corporation; the number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they shall hold, in the proportions following -- that is to say, for one share, and not more than four shares, one vote; for five shares, and not more than nine, two votes; for ten shares, three votes; and for every five shares above ten, one vote exclusive of the three to which he, she or they may be entitled by the ten shares.

None but a stockholder shall be elligible as a director. No director or president shall be entitled to any emolument, unless the same shall be allowed by a majority of the stockholders at a general meeting.

Not less than five directors shall constitute a board for the transaction of any business, of whom the president shall be one, except in cases of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place shall be supplied by another director.

A number of stockholders not less than twenty-five, shall have power at any time to call a general meeting of the stockholders, for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least twenty days notice in one of the public Gazettes of this state, and specifying in such notice, the object or objects of such meeting.

Every treasurer before he enters on the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond with two or more securities,
to the satisfaction of the directors, in a sum not less than 20,000 dollars, with condition of his good behavior and faithful performance of the trust [Illegible Text] in him, the stock of the said corporation shall be assignable and transferable according to such rules as shall be instituted in their behalf, by the laws and ordinances of the same.

Yearly dividends shall be made of so much of the profits of the stock as shall appear to the directors advisable, and once in every two years, the directors shall lay before the stockholders, at a general meeting, for their information, an exact and particular statement of all debts due or owing, and all monies received or expended.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Samuel Gardner, B. Harris, Joseph Cooper, Jehu Smith, Joel Early, John Stewart, Joseph Phillips, Frederick Beall, James Terrill, Henry Harford, Charles Doraughty, Bedford Brown, John Floyd, Thomas Napeir, Francis Boyaken, John Dawson, Thomas Terrill, Francis Willis, Archibald M. Devereaux and Samuel Tinsly, are hereby appointed superintendants to open the subscriptions and conduct the business of the said corporation, until organised according to the prescriptions and limitations of this act.

SEC. 10. AND be it further enacted, That the said company shall remain, and continue a body politic, under the restrictions, limitations and provisions aforesaid, for thirty years, to commence from the day when the corporation shall order the reception of the toll, according to the conditions of this act.

ABRAHAM JACKSON, Speaker of the

House of Representatives.

JARED IRWIN, President of the Senate.

JOHN MILLEDGE, GOVERNOR.

Approval Date: Assented to, December 7, 1805.

1833 Vol. 1 -- Page: 44

Sequential Number: 027

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain Churches and Camp-Grounds, and to appoint Trustees for the same.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Baptist Church in the village of Sparta, formerly known as the Fort Creek Church, shall hereafter be known and called by the name of the Sparta Baptist Church, and that James Barnes, John G. Gilbert, Lewis Barnes, Reuben Bullington, Robert Bird, Daniel Garrott, John Garrott and James Thomas, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Sparta Baptist Church, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any and all courts of law and equity in this State, and are hereby authorized to make such by-laws and regulations for the government, protection and enjoyment of the property belonging or to belong to said Church, not inconsistent with or contrary to the laws of this State, as they or a majority of them may deem expedient, and that they may appoint all necessary officers to execute such by-laws and regulations, and at their pleasure remove them from office, and appoint others in their place, and said Trustees shall and may have and use a common seal, and make and enter into any contracts for the benefit of said Church.
 

1838 Vol. 1 -- Page: 230

Sequential Number: 179
Type: AN ACT,

Full Title: To incorporate the Hancock Steam Saw Mill Company.

Section 1. 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 James Bell, Reuben J. Battle, John Rudisill, Charles M. Irwin, William R. Battle, John W. Rabun, and Levin E. Culver, and such others as may hereafter be concerned with them, and their successors, heirs, and assigns, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Hancock Steam Saw Mill Company, and that as such they may be capable of sueing and being sued, may plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and may establish and use a common seal.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said company may appoint a competent number of Directors for conducting its affairs, and that any rules or regulations established by said company, or under their authority, shall be good, valid and binding: Provided, they be not contrary to the laws of this State, or of the United States.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company shall be capable in law, of purchasing, holding, and conveying any estate, real and personal, necessary for their Milling purposes, and no other.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons and property of the stockholders shall be held and deemed liable for all contracts, or debts due, or owed by said company, to the amount of the value of each share or shares that they may severally subscribe for, or hold in said company.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said act of incorporation shall be and remain in full force for the space of twenty years, from and after the passage of this act.

JOSEPH DAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

CHARLES DOUGHERTY,

President of the Senate.

GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, 31st December, 1838.

1842 Vol. 1 -- Page: 40

Sequential Number: 033

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain Churches and Camp Grounds therein named, and to appoint Trustees for the same.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Myles G. Harris, William H. Sayre, and Algernon S. Brown be, and they are hereby incorporated Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Sparta, and that they and their successors be a body corporate, by the name and style of Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Sparta; and that the said Trustees shall have ability to receive and hold to the use of said Church, by gift, grant, devise or bequest, any property whatever, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of conducting the secular affairs of said Church.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ROBERT M. ECHOLS,

President of the Senate.

CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, 28th December, 1842.

Sequential Number: 302

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Hancock Steamboat Company.

SECTION 1. 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 Thomas M. Turner, Andrew J. Lane, William A. Cook, Henry D. Amos, George W. Watkins, Orrick J. Murray, James R. Simpson and John Foster, together with their associates and such persons as may hereafter become associated with them as stockholders in the premises, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Hancock Steamboat Company, and by that name and style may hold, purchase, receive, retain, enjoy, sell and transfer, real and personal property, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, may have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, may make such by-laws, rules and regulations as the stockholders and persons appointed by them to manage the concerus of said company may deem necessary and expedient: Provided, the same be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said company shall consist of one hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be held by the present members of the company, in the respective proportions already fixed among themselves, and for which the proper officers of said company shall issue certificates in the manner to be provided by their by laws, and said company may commence business and enjoy the benefit of its act, when the amount of the capital stock shall have been paid in, and not before.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That by a vote of the stockholders, holding a majority of the whole, [the] capital stock of said company may from time to time be increased, by the creation of new stock of one hundred dollars per share, as said stockholders may findexpedient: Provided, the whole capital stock shall never exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said company shall have power and authority to charge, ask and receive of and from all such persons as they transport merchandise or produce for, or carry as passengers, such compensation therefor as the company or its agents or officers may deem fit, or as may be specified in the bills of lading.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of said company shall be managed either by a Board of Directors, or an Agent or Agents, as the stockholders may determine, the same to be appointed by said stockholders, each share of stock to entitle the holder thereof to one vote for the same; and the said stockholders, or the Directors or Agents elected by them for that purpose, may appoint all such officers and servants, and regulate the duties and compensation, as to them may seem expedient for the interest of the company.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall be liable for all losses caused by fire and steam, if occasioned by their own negligence or that of their agents or servants, but not otherwise.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall be authorized to insure all property shipped in their boats, against risks for which they are not legally liable.

Approval Date: Approved, December 20, 1849.

1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 214

Sequential Number: 269

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turnpike Road Company, the Columbus and Lumpkin Plank and Turnpike Road Company, and the Sparta Plank and Turnpike Road Company, and for other purposes therein named.

SECTION 1. 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 Hampten S. Smith, John Banks, John C. Leitner, George
 
 

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W. Winter, John C. Winter, David [Illegible Text] R. L. Mott, or a majority of them, their successors and [Illegible Text], are hereby declared and constituted a body corporate by the name and style of the Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of constructing a plank and turnpike road from the city of Columbus towards Greenville in Meriwether county, and towards Talbotton in Talbot county, together with such extensions, branches and bridges as they may find expedient or necessary, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in any court of law and equity of the State of Georgia or United States, and may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and amend at pleasure; and may have and hold real and personal property necessary to carry on their business advantageously, with full power to transfer or convey the same.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and that subscriptions to the same shall be regulated by the said persons herein before named, or a majority of them, and their associates, as to the number of shares, the times, places, manner and mode of subscriptions, the amount to be paid in, with time or times when the reremaining portions shall be paid, and the mode of payment, with full power to declare forfeitures (under certain rules to be before prescribed) when stockholders fail to comply, and to do all things necessary to ensure the prompt payment of the several instalments of stock when required: Provided, That any regulation thus adopted shall be general, and operate on all subscribers alike: And provided also, That should any stockholder fail to pay in his subscription according to the regulations of said corporation, the same shall have power, on giving ten days' notice to such defaulting stockholder, to move for and obtain judgment in either the Superior or county Court of the county in which such stockholder may [Illegible Text], for the amount he may be in default, with five per cent. thereon, and costs of suit.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be assignable and transferable according to such regulations as said corporation may adopt; and on all questions arising at business meetings, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share he may own: Provided, That the subscriptions of stock shall be registered in a book to be provided by said corporation, which shall at all times be opened to the inspection of stockholders.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That said company shall not be considered as organized until stock to the amount of forty thousand dollars shall be subscribed, after which the stockholders shall elect three or more Directors,
 
 

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to manage the property, business and affairs of said corporation, one of whom shall be appointed President by the other Directors, which Directors shall be chosen annually at such time and place as the Directors may determine upon: Provided, That the Directors for the time being shall serve until their successors are elected; and they, or a majority of them shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, and shall have power to make all such by-laws, rules and ordinances as to them may appear needful, touching the management of the road to be constructed, and effects of the corporation, and all such matters as may appertain to the same, not inconsistent with the Constitution and the laws of the State of Georgia, and they shall have power to employ such officers, agents and laborers as they may deem necessary for the transaction of the business of the corporation, and to displace, remove or discharge such officers, agents or servants at pleasure.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall or may be lawful for said corporation to construct and make a plank road from the city of Columbus to the town of Greenville in Meriwether county, together with such branches as may be deemed expedient on such convenient route as said company may select: Provided, No public road now in use shall be thereby [Illegible Text] without first obtaining the consent of the Inferior Court of the county where such obstruction may be contemplated: And provided further, That in the event said corporation shall [not] be enabled to obtain the right of way for said road from the owner or owners of lands through which the same may pass, such compensation shall be paid to the owner or owners of such land as may be assessed by a jury upon a writ of ad quod damnum, to be sued out and tried in the mode prescribed by the fourth section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Muscogee Railroad Company, and to punish persons for violating the provisions of the same, passed and approved on the twenty-seventh day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five and said section is hereby adopted as part of this act as fully as though the same were herein inserted.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws, rights and property acquired by said company, with said road when completed, and all profits which may accrue therefrom, shall be invested in the respective shareholders, their heirs, legal representatives or assigns forever, in proportion to their respective shares.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That in case any person shall wilfully injure or obstruct the said road, whereby said company shall sustain any loss, he shall forfeit and pay to said company the amount of all damages which they may sustain in [Illegible Text] thereof, to be sued for and recovered in the same manner as provided for by law for individuals
 
 

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in like cases, and shall be further subject to indictment and punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the [Illegible Text] of the jury trying the offence.

SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That said company are invested with the right and power of exacting and demanding such tolls for transportation of persons or property as they may require: Provided, That a tariff of tolls shall be annually established and published at each depot on said road for the information of the public, and shall not be in any manner increased until the next annual meeting.

SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said company may be made liable for the debts of said company to the amount of stock by them respectively taken or owned, but for no greater amount.

SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That John Woolfolk, Grigsby E. Thomas, Charles J. Inslee, John G. Winter, and William Rankin, or a majority of them, their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate under the name and style of the Columbus and Lumpkin Plank and Turnpike Road Company, with the privilege of making and constructing a plank and [Illegible Text] road towards the town of Cuthbert, in Randolph county, with a branch to Lumpkin in Stewart county, together with such extension branches and bridges as may be deemed expedient or necessary by said company.

SECTION 11. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall be subject to all the rules, regulations and restrictions, shall be subject to all the rights, privileges, immunities and benefits, which are stipulated, confered, granted and conveyed to the Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turnpike Road Company, with a capital stock not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That William Terrell, James Thomas, A. J. Lane, R. M. Johnson, D. W. Lewis, T. J. Smith, and J. B. Gonder, or a majority of them, their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate under the name and style of the Sparta Plank and Turnpike Road Company, with the privileges of making and constructing a plank and turnpike road towards the town of Warrenton, in the county of Warren, and towards Sandersville, in the county of Washington, with such extensions, branches and bridges as may be deemed expedient or necessary by said company.

SECTION 13. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall be subject to all the rules and regulations, [Illegible Text] and restrictions, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, immunities and benefits, which are stipulated, confered, granted and conveyed to the Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turnpike Road Company, with a capital stock not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars.
 
 

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SECTION 14. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid acts of incorporation in this bill shall be in force for and during thirty years, and no longer.

SECTION 15. And be it further enacted, That one-half of the stock shall be taken in one year, the road commenced in eighteen months, and completed in seven years from the passage of this act, or the above act of incorporation shall be forfeited.

SECTION 16. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approval Date: Approved, February 21, 1850.
 

Full Title: An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize all the free white citizens of the State of Georgia, and such others as they may associate with them, to prosecute the business of Manufacturing, with corporate powers and [Illegible Text] passed on the 22d day of December, 1847, so far as the Hancock Manufacturing Company are [Illegible Text] and to incorporate said Company, and to grant to said Company certain [Illegible Text]; to incorporate and confer certain powers upon certain Gas Light Companies in Augusta and Macon.

33. SECTION 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 aforesaid, That William Terrell, Benjamin Harris, Thomas M. Turner, Thomas M. Hunt, William D. Winn, James Thomas, Theophilus J. Smith, and their associate Stockholders, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic, under the name and style of the Hancock Manufacturing Company

Approval Date: Approved, January 21, 1852.

Sequential Number: 318
Law Number: (No. 318.)

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Sparta Hotel Company.

SECTION 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 William Terrell, Thomas Whaley, David W. Lewis, Thomas C. Grimes, Theophilus J. Smith, Thomas M. Turner, James B. Edwards, William Fraley, with their associates, in the building of an Hotel in the village of Sparta, and such other persons as may hereafter be interested therein as Stockholders, by subscription to the Capital Stock, or by assignment, are hereby incorporated as a body corporate, by the name of the Sparta Hotel Company, and by that name shall be authorized to receive and hold title to the land on which the Hotel is erected, and other lands in and near the village of Sparta, necessary or suitable to the objects of said Company, and to hold such furniture, servants, and other personal property, as may be deemed necessary and expedient for said object, and the same, from time to time, to sell, exchange, mortgage or lease, and by that name they may sue, and shall be liable to be sued, and may appear in any of the courts of this State; that the Stockholders for the time being shall be liable for the debts of said Company.

SEC. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid Company shall be authorized to erect a building for an Hotel, and all other necessary and convenient out buildings connected therewith; and the Stockholders in said Company shall annually, on such day as they may designate, elect five of their members to be Directors for one year ensuing their election, and until others shall be elected in their place; and shall have power to make such rules and regulations in relation to said Hotel and its management, and the officers of said Company, as they may deem expedient, not repugnant to the laws of the State; and the Directors, under the regulations and rules established, shall have the control of said property, and the management of the affairs of the Company: and shall, when required by a majority of the Stockholders, in value, sell, mortgage, or lease the common property, or any portion of it; and said Directors may sue any of the subscribers to the Capital Stock for the amount of his subscription, or any part thereof, that he may have failed to pay; that Stockholders to the amount of One Thousand Dollars shall have power to call a meeting of the Stockholders for the election of Directors, or for any other purpose appertaining to the interest of said Company, of which meeting, notice shall be given at three or more public places in the county of Hancock, at least ten days before the time of meeting. That the Capital Stock of said Company shall be in shares of One Hundred Dollars [Illegible Text] and shall be considered personal property, and shall be transferable only on the books of the Company, in such manner as the Directors shall prescribe.

Approval Date: Approved, January 14, 1852.

222. SEC. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That Thomas M. Turner, Thomas T. Windsor and Andrew J. Lane, all of Hancock county, and such others as may be associated with them be, and they are hereby incorporated, under the name and style of the Bank of Sparta to be located in the town of Sparta, Hancock county, Georgia, and that they and their successors have all the rights and privileges with the limitations restrictions and liabilities conferred and imposed in the foregoing sections of this act upon the Bank of Madison so far as the same are applicable.

Approval Date: APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

6 Sec VI. Be it further enacted, That Wm. Waly and others be and they are hereby incorporated under the name of the Montrose Manufacturing company, located in Sparta, Hancock County, with all the rights, privileges and liabilities now granted to or imposed upon companies in this State, organized for the manufacture of yarns and other cotton goods; the capital stock of such company to be thirty-five thousand dollars.
Approval Date: APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

Full Title: An act to change the name of the Montrose Manufacturing Company of Sparta, Hancock county, *to that of the "Montour" Manufacturing Company; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, by an act assented to on the fifth day of March, 1856, in the sixth section thereof, William Fraley and others were incorporated under the name of the Montour Manufacturing Company,

located in Sparta Hancock county, with all the rights, privileges and liabilities hitherto granted to, or imposed upon companies in this State, organized for the manufacture of yearns and other cotton goods, the capital stock of such Company to be thirty five thousand dollars; and whereas in the engrossing and enrolling of said act, the name of "William Fraley" was changed to that of "William Waley," and the name of the "Montour" Company was changed to that of the "Montrose" Company.
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10. SEC. I. Be it therefore enacted, That from the passage of this act, the above recited act in the section specified, shall read in the first line of said Section, "William Fraley" instead of "William Waley;" and in the second line of said section, it shall read "Montour," instead of "Montrose;" and that all the privileges and immunities granted by the above recited act, be, and the same are hereby conferred unto said Company as fully as if the errors herein corrected had never been committed.
[Sidenote: Changed to Fraley,]
[Sidenote: Montrouse changed to Montour. Privileges continued.]

11. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the said "Montour Company" shall have the power to employ the operatives in said Company's Factory, during the period of the year between the 20th day of September and the 20th day of March, in each, from sunrise until half past seven o'clock, P. M., allowing the usual time for meals. All conflicting laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
[Sidenote: Operatives, working hours.]

Approval Date: Approved Dec. 10th, 1859.

Full Title: An act to change the name of the Southern Central Agricultural Society, *to that of the State Agricultural Society of Georgia, and for other purposes.

4. SEC. I. Be it enacted, That the name and style of the Southern Central Agricultural Society of this State, incorporated with certain privileges, by an act, passed seventeenth February, 1854, be, and the same is hereby changed to the name of the Georgia State Agricultural Society; and that all the rights, privileges and immunities, granted to the Southern Central Agricultural Society, shall remain and be confirmed to the Georgia State Agricultural Society.

5. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That James Thomas, A. J. Lane, Benj. J. Harris, and Elisha Cain, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby incorporated by the name and style of the Planters Club of Hancock; and that they hereby have all the rights, privileges, and immunities, usual to such corporations, as well as all the rights and privileges which were granted to the Southern Central Agricultural Society by the act approved 17th February, 1854, so far as the same are applicable to, or may be made of benefit to said Planters Club.
 

Approval Date: Approved December 19th, 1859.

1859 Vol. 1 -- Page: 328

Sequential Number: 397
Law Number: (No. 326.)

Full Title: An act to amend an act approved on the 4th March 1856, incorporating the Bank of Sparta; to confer certain privileges upon the corporators therein named; and to provide for the construction of a Railroad from Sparta to Tennille or any other point on the Central Railroad.

97. SEC. I. The General Assembly do enact, That in addition to the privileges conferred by said act upon Thos. M. Turner, Andrew J. Lane, and Thomas T. Windsor and their associates and successors, the said corporators, and as many persons as may become
 
 

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associated with them, shall have the power to organize a Railroad Company, in the same manner and upon the same terms and with the same corporate powers and privileges and liabilities and restrictions, as now conferred and imposed upon Railroad Companies in Georgia -- said Company shall be styled the Sparta Branch Railroad Company -- and in such name shall exercise all their corporate privileges.
[Sidenote: Sparta Branch R. R. incorporated.]

98. SEC. II. They shall have power when their road or any portion of it shall be completed, to make contracts with the Central Railroad for the use of its rolling stock upon the Branch Road, and to do all other things not inconsistent with the laws and constitution, proper and necessary for the building and completion of said road.
[Sidenote: Power to get rolling stock from Central R. R.]

99. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to deprive the General Assembly of the power to impose such tax upon the property and capital stock of Sparta Branch Railroad Company, as may be imposed upon the property and stock of any other Company in this State, all conflicting laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
[Sidenote: Taxing power]

Approval Date: APPROVED, December 21st, 1859.
 

Sequential Number: 507
Law Number: (No. 403.)

Full Title: An Act to incorporate the Hancock Van Guard, an Infantry Company, in the county of Hancock, and also the Hancock Troop of Cavalry of said county, and to incorporate the Jackson Rifles, and for other purposes.

44. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That David W. Lewis, Captain of said Company, and Lieutenants Hamlin Lewis, James M. Stanford and Elisha Cain, and the subordinates and members of the Company, be incorporated under the name and style of the Hancock Van Guard, and they shall hereby enjoy and possess the usual privileges granted by the Legislature to the best organized Companies of the city of Augusta, with the exception of exemption from Jury and Patrol duties.
 

46. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That Benjamin T. Harris, Captain, and A. J. Lane, and A. E. Sykes, Lieutenants, and the members of their Company, and their successors be, and they are hereby incorporated, with all the privileges herein secured to the Hancock Van Guard, under the name and style of the Hancock Troop of Cavalry.
 

50. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Volunteer Corps of Infantry, in the county of Jackson, known as the "Jackson Rifles," be, and the same is hereby incorporated and made a body politic, under that name and style; and shall have power to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations, necessary for the government of said Corps, not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State.
 

51. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That five officers of said Company, two of whom shall be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form a Court of Inquiry and Court Marshal, a majority of whom may try and affix such penalties as may be provided by the by-laws, on any member or members violating the same, and that said Court may issue executions for collecting fines so imposed; all conflicting laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
 

Approval Date: Assented to, December 19th, 1859.

SPARTA BRANCH RAILROAD. APPROVED, December 21st, 1859.
and to provide for the construction of a Railroad from Sparta to Tennille or any other point on the Central Railroad.

97. SEC. I. The General Assembly do enact, That in addition to the privileges conferred by said act upon Thos. M. Turner, Andrew J. Lane, and Thomas T. Windsor and their associates and successors, the said corporators, and as many persons as may become associated with them, shall have the power to organize a Railroad Company,
 
 
 

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