ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA: PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE At an Annual Session, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1810
1810 Vol. 1 -- Page: 40
Sequential Number: 023
Type: AN ACT
Full Title: To establish and make permanent the [Illegible Text] of the public buildings in the County of Twiggs.
§ 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 the court-house and other public buildings for the county of Twiggs shall be erected at or near Joiner's Spring above Savage's Creek, on Lot No. 73, in the 25th district, late Wilkinson, now Twiggs county.

§ 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Harden, Jacob Ricks, William Davis, Lovet B. Smith and James M'Cormick be, and they and their successors in office are hereby appointed Commissioners of the Court-House and Jail of the said county of Twiggs, and they or a majority of them are hereby authorised to purchase as a site for the public buildings not less than 75 nor more than 200 acres of the said lot No. 73 above described; and they or a majority of them are hereby authorised to contract for and superintend the building of the court-house and jail for the said county of Twiggs at the place mentioned in the first section of this act, after giving at least thirty days previous notice in one or more of the public Gazettes in the Ocmulgee District.

§ 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners be and they are hereby authorised to lay off on such Land as may be so purchased as aforesaid, such number of lots as they or a majority of them may think proper, and the same to expose to public sale, after giving thirty days notice as above, on credit, at four equal annual instalments, the purchaser giving bond with approved security to the said Commissioners and their successors in office for the amount of such sales -- The proceeds of said sales to be applied to the erection of the public buildings in said county and for other county purposes.

§ 4 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all acts & parts of acts militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JARED IRWIN,
President of the Senate.
Executive Department, Georgia,
DAVID B. MITCHELL, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to 8th December, 1810.
 
 

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA: PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE At an Annual Session, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1810
Resolutions, WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE.
1810 Vol. 1 -- Page: 164
Sequential Number: 134
IN SENATE, 20th November, 1810.
Resolved, That William A. Harper, Henry Fulgam, George G. Gaines, William S. Lancaster, George Walker (of Pulaski county), Henry Sheppard, Jonathan Sawyer, Thomas Davis, John G. Underwood, John Fulwood (of I aurens county), Robert Flournoy, James Alston, Robert L. Troup, Abraham Jones, David M'Cormick (of Montgomery county), Thomas Mitchell, William Carrol, Mitchell Griffin, Abraham F. Powell, Augustin Cray (of Telfair-county), John Hatcher, Mathew Caswell, Daniel Hicks, Stephen Gafford, Jeremiah Loftin (of Wilkinson county), Jacob Ricks, James M'Cormick, James Johnston-Thomas Daniel, Abraham Wood, (of Twiggs county) be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of the academies of their several counties.

Approval Date: Approved, 24th November, 1810.

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA: PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE At an Annual Session, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1810
1810 Vol. 1 -- Page: 99
Sequential Number: 058
Type: AN ACT
Full Title: To authorize certain commissioners to lay out a road from Milledgeville to the town of Hartford in the county of Pulaski, to [Illegible Text] the road now open from Hartford to the Twiggs county line.

§ 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 it is hereby enacted, That Aaron Feagen and B. M'Crary be, & they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the county of Baldwin, and that John King, Thomas Durham and Thomas M'Ginty be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the county of Wilkinson, and Robert Sherrard, John Hays and Thomas Dennard be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the county of Twiggs.

§ 2. And be it further enacted by the [Illegible Text] aforesaid, That all the hands subject to work on roads, agreeable to the general road law in this state, residing within three miles of said road, shall [Illegible Text] liable to work on said road, under the direction
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of the aforesaid Commissioners, and in default, they shall be subject to the same fines and penalties as are [Illegible Text] by the general road law of this state.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the said [Illegible Text] missioners shall carry the road as is hereafter [Illegible Text] out, to wif; from Milledgeville to [Illegible Text] Ford on Commissioners Creek; from thence [Illegible Text] Green's Ford on Big Sandy Creek; from thence [Illegible Text] Pasmore's on the Old Uchee Path; from thence [Illegible Text] Luke Bozeman's on Shellstone creek; from [Illegible Text] to intersect the road as aforesaid.

§ 4. And it is hereby enacted, That the said [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] with full power and [Illegible Text] to carry this law into effect; [Illegible Text] is also made the [Illegible Text] of the aforesaid commissioners to attend to [Illegible Text] same, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JARED IRWIN,
President of the Senate.
Executive Department, Georgia,
DAVID B. MITCHELL, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 15th December, 1810.

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT
 AN ANNUAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1821.
 1821 Vol. 2 -- Page: 5
 Sequential Number: 004
 Short Title: For the relief of Robert Cummins and the Justices of the Inferior Court of Twiggs County.
 Type: AN ACT
 WHEREAS, The public lands belonging to the County of Twiggs and under the control of the Justices of the Inferior Court,
 and the lands of the said Robert Cummins, are divided by a creek, the course and bed of which may be changed to the
 advantage of both parties,

 Be it therefore 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 the said Inferior Court or a majority of them, and the said Robert
 Cummins be and they are hereby authorised to change the bed and direction of said creek in such manner and upon such terms
 as they may agree on; -- Provided, such change shall not affect the rights or privileges of any person or persons whatsoever
 owning property upon said creek.

 §. 2. And be it further enacted, That said creek, when it shall be so changed in its direction, shall be considered as the dividing
 line between the parties aforesaid.

 DAVID ADAMS,
 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 MATTHEW TALBOT,
 President of the Senate.
 JOHN CLARK, Governor.
 Approval Date: Assented to 3d December, 1821.

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN
 ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1832.

 RELIEF.
 1832 Vol. 1 -- Page: 148
 Sequential Number: 098
 Full Title: AN ACT for the relief of Philip Cook.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Gcorgia in General Assembly met, That Philip
 Cook, now of the county of Twiggs, formerly of the county of Baldwin, his heirs, executors and administrators, and his and
 their property as such, from and after the passage of this act, shall be, and hereby fully and entirely released and exonerated
 from the payment of two judgments recovered against him in the Superior court of Baldwin county, in the present year, in favor
 of the Central Bank of the State of Georgia, on bonds given by him for the purchase of lots in the town of Milledgeville; the said
 Pillip Cook paying all court costs, which may have accrued thereon.

 ASBURY HULL,
 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 THOMAS STOCKS,
 President of the Senate.
 WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
 Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 22, 1832.

 ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED In November and December,
 1842.
 RELIEF.
 1842 Vol. 1 -- Page: 151
 Sequential Number: 148
 Full Title: AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Streetman's representatives.

 Whereas, Ira Peck, of Twiggs county, did, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, return his stock in trade at twenty-five
 hundred dollars, and paid the tax due upon the same, but in eighteen hundred and forty-one, he failed to make any return, and
 was doubled taxed; And whereas, the Receiver of Tax Returns in eighteen hundred and forty-one, in transferring the return of
 eighteen hundred and forty to the digest, set it down as twenty-five thousand dollars, instead of twenty-five hundred dollars, as
 it was in truth, and upon this sum he was doubled taxed. And whereas, the said Ira Peck paid his taxes to the Tax Collector in
 eighteen hundred and forty-one, according to the true amount, namely: a double tax on twenty-five hundred dollars. And
 whereas, the Treasurer is now claiming of the securities and representatives of the late Tax Collector of Twiggs county, the
 amount of taxes on twenty-five thousand dollars:

 Section 1. Be it therefore 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 the Treasurer be directed to settle with the
 representatives of the late Samuel Streetman, for the taxes of Ira Peck, as above stated, so far as the stock in trade is
 concerned; any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

 WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,
 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
 President of the Senate.
 CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
 Approval Date: Assented to, December 27th, 1842.

1855 Vol. 1 -- Page: 523

 Sequential Number: 504
 Law Number: No. 501.

 Full Title: An Act to authorise and empower Uriah Evans of the county of Twiggs, and others therein named, to
 peddle without license.

 8. Section I. Be it enacted &c., That Uriah Evans of the county of Twiggs, a cripple and unable to work, of a large and
 dependent family, be authorised to peddle and vend wares, goods and merchandize in the county of Twiggs, without paying for
 a license, as now required by law.

 9. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions in the first section of this act, be extended to P C. Jones of the county   of Dade, within the said county of Dade, and to George W. Allen of the county Harris, within the said county of Harris, and to  Ransom Cooper of the county of Floyd, within said county of Floyd, and to Fleming J. Peters of the county of Gwinnett, within  said county of Gwinnett -- provided, always, that nothing in this act shall be construed as to allow any of the persons therein  named to traffic in spirituous liquors without a compliance with the laws of this State now in force.
 [Sidenote: Others allowed to peddle.]

 10. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act apply to Jeptha Mock of the county of Macon, to peddle
 in the second Congressional District.
 [Sidenote: Jeptha Mock to peddle, &c.]

 11. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.)

 Approval Date: APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

1876 Vol. 1 -- Page: 396
 Sequential Number: 512
 Short Title: To relieve securities of Thomas E. McRea.
 Law Number: No. DXIII.
 Origin: (O. No. 348.)

 Full Title: An Act for the relief of the securities of Thomas E. McRea on criminal bond.

 WHEREAS, Thomas E. McRea, of the county of Wilkinson was, at the October term, 1873, of the Superior Court of Wilkinson County, tried and convicted of the offense of voluntary man slaughter; and

 WHEREAS, The said Thomas E. McRea afterwards, to-wit: on the eleventh day of November, 1873, pending a motion for a
 new trial in the case, which was adverse to him, gave bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with H. D. Hughes, of the county  of Wilkinson, and E. S. Griffin, Haywood Hughes, W. B. Tarver, W. L. Bloodworth, W. D. Mitchel, Thomas H. Jones, J. C.  Ryle, W. H. Crocker and R. H. Arrington, as securities, conditioned for his appearance to abide the further order of the court,  upon the hearing of the motion for a new trial in the Supreme Court; and

 WHEREAS, The said Thomas E. McRea, pending said motion, absconded, whereupon the said recognizance was, at the April  term, 1875, of said Superior Court, forfeited, and judgment entered thereon in favor of James M. Smith, Governor of the State  of Georgia, against the principal and sureties, for the amount thereof; and

 WHEREAS, The said Thomas E. McRea has, since said judgment, been apprehended by the officers of the law, and is now
 awaiting the penalty to be imposed upon him under said verdict; therefore,

 SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That the aforesaid securities on said recognizance, to-wit: H. D. Hughes, of the county of
 Wilkinson, E. S. Griffin, Haywood Hughes, W. B. Tarver, W. L. Bloodworth, W. D. Mitchel, Thomas H. Jones, J. C. Ryle,  W. H. Crocker and R. H. Arrington, of the county of Twiggs, be and they are hereby released and exonerated from the  judgment aforesaid, and that they be and are hereby discharged from any and all liability whatsoever thereon, except the costs.

 SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

 Approval Date: Approved February 25, 1876.

1877 Vol. 1 -- Page: 356

 Sequential Number: 403
 Law Number: No. CCCCIII.
 Origin: (O. No. 176.)

 Full Title: An Act to relieve the securities on the bond of Henry Martin, former Tax Collector of Twiggs county, and to
 give them more time to collect the taxes due by the people of Twiggs county, and for other purposes.

 WHEREAS, James T. Glover, J. N. Burkett, E. S. Griffin, James Hammock, and Hayward Hughes, stood the security of Henry  Martin, as Tax Collector of Twiggs county for the years 1873, and 1874; and, whereas, some of the tax payers of said county  in the year 1873, applied to the Judge of the Superior Court of said county, to restrain said Tax Collector from collecting a  portion of the tax levied for said year; and, whereas, said Judge granted an injunction restraining the collection of a portion of  said taxes, which virtually stopped the collection of any of said taxes; and, whereas, said injunction was carried to the Supreme  Court, which made more than twelve months from the granting of said injunction, until said Tax Collector was allowed to  proceed; and, whereas, in the meantime, a very inefficient sheriff had been elected in said county, who refused to levy the tax fi  fas. issued by said Tax Collector; and, whereas, said sheriff was re-elected in the year 1875, and held his office until January  1877, and still refused to levy said tax fi. fas. although often requested so to do by said sureties; and, whereas, at the late  election the people of said county have elected a good and efficient sheriff, who will make said levies, and collect said taxes;  and, whereas, the Comptroller General of the State, has issued his execution against said sureties, which is about to be levied on  their property, which, if sold, will utterly ruin them, and bring their families to want; and, whereas, the people owing said taxes,  are able to pay off said tax fi. fas. when called on by an officer who will perform his duty:

 SECTION I. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the execution of the
 Comptroller General, issued against the said Henry Martin, and his securities, be, and the same is, hereby stayed until the first
 day of November, 1877, to give said securities time to collect said taxes from those who justly owe them.
 [Sidenote: Stay of execution granted.]

 SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Henry Martin, and his said securities be, and they are hereby, relieved of the twenty
 per cent. penalty due by them under the law: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve said Martin,
 and his securities, from the payment of seven per cent. interest on the amount due the State, from the date of said Comptroller
 General's fi. fa.

 SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws.

 Approval Date: Approved February 22, 1877.

1878 Vol. 1 -- Page: 430
 Sequential Number: 377
 Short Title: APPROPRIATION TO PAY H. J. G. WILLIAMS.
 Law Number: No. 21.

 WHEREAS, By an Executive order, bearing date June 1, 1869, E. J. Williams was authorized to transcribe certain numerical
 land books of the lottery of 1805, pertaining to the Executive Department, the same having been greatly mutilated by use and
 otherwise; and whereas, by reason of death the said E. J. Williams was debarred from executing said labor, whereupon H. J.
 G. Williams, father of said E. J. Williams, undertook and completed said transcript, being the counties of originally Wilkinson,
 embracing the present counties of Wilkinson, Twiggs, Laurens, Pulaski, Dodge, Telfair, and Montgomery; also, the county of
 originally Baldwin, embracing the present counties of Baldwin, Jones, Putnam, Jasper, Morgan, and a part of Bibb; also, the
 county of originally Appling, embracing the present counties of Appling, Coffee, Clinch, Echols, Ware, Charlton, and Pierce,
 together with the county of Wayne, and had the same bound in a neat and durable manner; and whereas, by the tenor of said
 Executive order, no amount was specified as compensation for transcribing said books, but the matter was submitted to the
 judgment and liberality of the General Assembly; for remedy whereof,

 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the sum of six hundred dollars be, and the same is
 hereby, appropriated to pay H. J. G. Williams for the transcribing and binding said numerical land books, and that his
 Excellency, the Governor, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for said sum out of any money in said
 Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to said Williams on his delivering said books to the Secretary of State, said
 amount of six hundred dollars to be in full payment for said work.
 [Sidenote: Amount appropriated $600.]

 Approval Date: Approved October 13, 1879.

 Sequential Number: 682

 Short Title: FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FLOYD RIFLES.
 Law Number: No. 617.

 Full Title: An Act for the relief of the Floyd Rifles and their securities on a bond given the State in 1873.

 SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Adjutant General of this State, by and with the
 consent of the Governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to cancel and annual the bond given by the Floyd Rifles (a
 volunteer military company) on the 20th of January, 1873, to James M. Smith, Governor, on which said bond F. M. Heath,
 Geo. B. Turpin and Geo. S. Cherry are securities; the same being made by W. H. Ross, First Lieutenant; Provided, that said  bond shall not be cancelled, nor the principal or securities relieved, unless within three months after the approval of this Act,  said Floyd Rifles shall return to the Adjutant General fifteen (15) Springfield Rifles, being a part of the stand of arms for which  said bond was given, and shall also furnish such proof as may satisfy the Adjutant General that the other arms for which said  bond was given were taken possession of by Lieutenant Colonel C. M. Wiley, of the Second Georgia Battalion, (of which  battalion said Floyd Rifles is a company), and by him turned over to the Wiley Guards, a company of Georgia volunteers in the  county of Twiggs.

 SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act be, and
 the same are hereby repealed.

 Approval Date: Approved November 11, 1889.

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