paid N. G. Foster, Solicitor General, for expenses incurred in the trial of Newman, a convict who escaped from the Penitentiary; and that the same be paid from the Penitentiary fund for 1840.

SEC. 44. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars be, and the same is hereby allowed to William A. Tennille, Secretary of State, for money advanced by him for extra Clerk's pay in his office, during the Legislature of 1838; which said pay was allowed by the said Legislature, but by accident not enrolled in the appropriation bill of 1838.

SEC. 45. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers of the Central Bank be, and they are hereby required to furnish to the Treasurer in Central Bank bills, or in other current bank bills, such amount as may be necessary to meet the expenses of the present session, and the demands upon the Treasury during the present political year.

SEC. 46. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the amount of money, or any part thereof, due for the year 1839, and set apart under the act to establish a general system of education by common schools, which may have been diverted from that object in consequence of the failure of the Bank of Darien, or from any other cause, shall be re-imbursed out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be distributed among the several counties as the before mentioned act requires, so as to enable the trustees of the School Districts to meet their liabilities, and to do equal justice to those Districts and counties where no Schools have been taught under the aforesaid act.

SEC. 47. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Secretary of State be allowed extra pay for the hire of one clerk eleven days during the Convention in May, at five dollars per day, and one clerk during this session.

SEC. 48. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty-six cents, be allowed to John J. Dews, late Sheriff of Chatham county, in full of balance due him as Jailor, for fees on negroes of the State, confined in that jail.

SEC. 49. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of forty dollars be appropriated and paid David Stanford, of Lowndes county, for services performed in setting troops and provisions across the Alappaha river, in the year 1838, on his presenting to the Comptroller General his acccunt with the usual voucher: Provided, also, that the

Comptroller shall believe the same to be reasonable and

Just.

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 appropriate a sum of money to pay off the claims of certain Volunteer Companies, who were not compensated under the act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, and to pay certain ac

counts.

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 the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby specially appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying off the claims of two Volunteer Companies of Lowndes county, and the accounts for the supplies furnished all the companies who were in service in that county, which now remain unpaid-which claims and accounts shall be audited by the Comptroller, and paid by the Treasurer, according to the report of Yelverton P. King, the Commissioner appointed by the Governor.

JOSEPH DAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ROBERT M. ECHOLS,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, December 20th, 1839.

CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.

ATTORNIES.

AN ACT to authorize William R. DeGraffenreid, Henry R. Jackson, Allen Mathews, Jr., James H. Foster, Thomas M. Kemp, Augustin S. Wingfield, Henry P. Strickland, John F. Gallaher, Clifton Blake, John Patterson, Smith, William W. Anderson, Alexander Speer, Jr., William H. Hull, Robert Trippe, J. G. McHenry, and Oliver Luckett, to plead and practice law in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, and to prescribe their liability touching the same.

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, William R. DeGraffenreid, Henry R. Jackson, Allen Mathews, Jr., James H. Foster, Thomas M. Kemp, Augustin S. Wingfield, Henry P. Strickland, John F. Gallaher, Clifton Blake, John Patterson Smith, William W. Anderson, Alexander Speer, Jr., William H. Hull, Robert Trippe, J. G. McHenry, and Oliver Luckett, be, and they are hereby authorized and admitted to plead and practice law in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, upon their undergoing an examination in open Court, according to the laws of this State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said William R. DeGraffenreid, Henry R. Jackson, Allen Mathews, Jr., James H. Foster, Thomas M. Kemp, Augustin S. Wingfield, Henry P. Strickland, John F. Gallaher, Clifton Blake, John Patterson Smith, William W. Anderson and Alexander Speer, Jr., shall, upon their undergoing said examination and admittance, be held, deemed and considered liable and responsible in law for all their acts and contracts, in the same manner, and to the same intent, as if they were of full age.

JOSEPH DAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ROBERT M. ECHOLS,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, December 23d, 1839.

CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.

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AN ACT to authorize Gilbert E. Thigpen to plead and practice in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, on certain conditions therein expressed.

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, Gilbert E. Thigpen, of Jones county be, and he is hereby authorized and permits ted to plead and practice as Attorney, Councellor and Solici→ tor, in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State; Provided, that he shall undergo an approved examination be fore some Superior Court of Georgia, according to the law and rules prescribed in such cases.

JOSEPH DAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ROBERT M. ECHOLS,

President of the Senate..

Assented to, November 13th, 1839.

CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.

BANKS.

AN ACTto alter and amend an act to establish a Bank at Milledgeville, to be called and known by the name and style of the Central Bank of Georgia, &c., passed on the 22d day of December, 1828.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives 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 Directors of the Central Bank of Georgia shall be authorized and empowered to issue and put in circulation any amount of the notes of said Bank not exceeding double the amount of the capital stock of said Bank, and that so much of the 25th section of the act above recited, as prohibits the putting in circulation the bills of said Bank for a larger amount than the aggregate amount of its specie and bills of other Banks, and

the 12th section of said act, which provides that the total amount of debts which said Bank may owe, at any time, shall not exceed the amount of its capital stock, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Directors of the Central Bank shall be authorized to refuse specie payments of its bills to the agent or holders of any Bank which has suspended specie payment of its bills.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Directors of said Bank proceed to sell and transfer in such manner as the same may be required to be assigned in behalf of this State, the shares owned by the State in the Bank of Augusta, in the Planter's Bank of the State of Georgia, in the Bank of the State of Georgia, and in the Darien Bank, so soon, from time to time, as par value can be obtained for the same, and the money for which the same may be sold, shall become a part of the capital stock of said Bank, under its control, and for its use; Provided, that said Directors shall not sell or dispose of any shares or stock, the interests and profits of which have been heretofore by law secured to the use of the University of this State.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That after the sale of the stock in any of said Banks, no directors therefor shall be appointed on the part of the State, and if a part only of the stock be sold, the Directors on the part of the State shall be appointed accordingly by the General Assembly.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to change the funds now known as a Common School Fund, for the State of Georgia, to any other purpose than that of public education; but the said funds, and the interest arising therefrom, shall be applied to the purposes of education, as the law may di

rect.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws or 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.