COUNTIES. AN ACT to change and define the line between the counties of Jefferson and Washington, and to legalize and make valid the official acts of Samuel Tarver as a Justice of the Inferior Court of the county of Jefferson. 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 aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the line between the counties of Jefferson and Washington, shall so diverge and again run into the original line, so as to include the present dwelling and out-houses of Samuel Tarver, taking from the county of Washington the smallest erea of land which may be necessary for the above purpose. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the official acts of the said Samuel Tarver as a Justice of the Inferior court of the county of Jefferson, be, and the same are hereby legalized and made valid. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, December 21st, 1839. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor. AN ACT to add the lot of land whereon Reuben Lawson now resides, immediately on the line of Jasper and Newton counties, to the county of Jasper. 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 from and after the passage of this act, that the lot of land whereon Reuben Lawson now resides, on the line dividing the counties of Jasper and Newton be, and the same is hereby declared to be attached to and belong to the county of Jasper; and that all laws so far as they militate against the same, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate Assented to, December 23d, 1839. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor. AN ACT to explain and amend an act passed the twenty eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, entitled an act to lay out and organize a new county from the counties of Floyd and Walker. WHEREAS, doubts have been entertained under a construction of said act, as to whom the Taxes due from the people residing within the limits of said new county, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, should be paid: 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 Taxes laid and assessed on persons or property, resident or being situated in those parts of the counties of Floyd and Walker, which by the formation of said new county have been included therein, and due and payable in the said year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, shall be considered a subject to be collected by the Tax collector of the said new county elected for the said year, and in all cases in which said taxes may not have been collected and paid, it shall be the duty of said tax collector of said new county of Chattooga, to proceed to collect the same in the usual manner, and by the process pointed out by law, for the collection of taxes in the several counties of this State; and in all cases in which said taxes shall or may have been collected by the tax collector of said counties of Floyd and Walker, the same shall be and are hereby declared to be vested in the Inferior court of said county of Chattooga, in the same manner as if they had been collected by the collector of said county; and it shall be the duty of such person or persons in whose hands such taxes may be, to pay over the same to the Inferior Court of said county of Chattooga, or to any person or persons by said Court duly authorized to receive the same, to be ascertained by the tax books of said county, whose collector may have collected the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, December 21st, 1839. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor. AN ACT to authorize and empower the Justices of the Inferior Court of the counties of Emanuel and Bulloch, to` sell or lease the lands belonging to, and set apart for county purposes. 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 from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior court for the counties of Emanuel and Bulloch, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell or lease, (after giving public notice by advertisement at three or more places in the county, at least thirty days before the day of sale or leasing,) for a term of years as in their judgment they may think proper for the interest of the county, all or any part of the public Lands of said counties, and that the proceeds be applied to county purposes. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, December 21st, 1839. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor, COUNTY OFFICERS. AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Court of Bibb county to appoint Thurston Rowland Bloom, a Notary Public. 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 from and after the passing of this act, the Inferior court for the county of Bibb, shall have full power and authority to appoint and commission Thurston Rowland Bloom of the city of Macon, a Notary Public for the county aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the Inferior court of the said county of Bibb, shall deem it fit and proper to appoint and commission the said Thurston Rowland Bloom as a Notary Public, that he shall be held, deemed and considered liable and responsible for all his contracts and acts in the same manner and to the same extent as if he was of full age. SEC. 3. And 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. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Assented to, December 21st, 1839. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor. AN ACT to compensate the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Appling. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, each Justice of the Inferior court of the county of Appling, shall receive as a compensation, two dollars per day for the time they may actually be engaged in the discharge of duties of Judges of the Inferior court, or of the courts of Ordinary, to be paid out of the county Treasury. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws miltating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate. Assented to, December 23d, 1839. CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior court of the several counties in this State to create and lay out any new districts, or change and alter the lines of those already laid out. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, that whenever it shall be necessary to create and lay out any new district in any of the counties in this State, the Justices of the Inferior courts, or a majority of them of said county, shall proceed to appoint three Commissioners, who shall be citizens of the district from which it is proposed to create or lay out the new district, whose duty it shall be to lay out and define the lines of said district, and report the same to the next Inferior court of said county, for county purposes. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever it is necessary to alter or change any of the lines of the districts now organized, or to define the same, that the Justices of the Inferior court of the several counties of this State, or a majority of them, shall appoint three Commissioners, who shall be citizens of the districts between which the change in defining is proposed to be made, who shall proceed to lay out or define said line, and report the same to the next Inferior court in said county, for county purposes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Commissioners appointed as contemplated in the preceding sections of this bill, shall deem it necessary, they may engage the services of a competent Surveyor to assist in laying out any new districts, or change or define any line in pursuance of the foregoing sections, who shall be paid for his services as Surveyor, out of the county Treasury. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said Inferior court, or a majority of them, shall approve the report of the before mentioned commissioners, that they shall cause the same to be recorded on the minutes of said court, after |