fied in the act of which this is amendatory, shall be authorised and compelled by the provisions of this act, to commence at Carrollton, in Carroll county, on the sixteenth day of January, 1832, [and continue] until he shall have performed the duties required of him in the above recited act, after having given the notice required by said act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said agent shall be authorised to rent said improvements for the term of eleven mouths from the first day of February next, and no person renting the same, shall be authorised by the provisions of this act, to hold possession longer than the first day of Janua ry, eighteen hundred and thirty-three.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said agent, to rent to the highest bidder, for eleyen months from the first day of February next, the public ferry-landings on the west bank of the river Chattahoochie, and the agent shall be fully authorised to give possession to the person renting the same, on the first day of February next, or when demanded, and the person renting shall give his note with good security, payable to his Excellency the Governor, and his successors in office, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, for the payment of the rent; and all other persons renting any of said improvements, shall give their notes in like manner.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all other improvements in said territory, not in the immediate possession and occupancy of Indians or their descendants, shall be rented by said agent for the same term of time.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be. lawful for any Indian, proposing to enrol himself for emigration, by and with the consent of the State's agent, to deliver to any citizen of this State for the year, or the residue of the year, eighteen hundred & thirty-two, the occupancy of his improvements; whereupon, the State's agent may let said citizen have the same, rent free, for the year.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

[Laws of 1831.]

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AN ACT to authorise the sheriff of Stewart county, to sell lot of land number two hundred and twenty, in the twentysecond district of originally. Lee, now Stewart county.

Whereas, the said lot of land number two hundred and twenty, in said twenty-second district of Lee county, has been condemned as fraudulently drawn, by the judgment of the Superior Court of Randolph county-And whereas, the infornier cannot get partitioners to agree' in the division of said lot of land between himself and the State-Therefore,

Sec. 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 aforsaid, That the sheriff of Stewart county, be, and he is hereby required, to advertise the said lot of land for sale, giving thirty days notice thereof, in some public gazette, in the Chattahoochee Circuit, and the said sheriff shall sell said lot, and pay one half of the amount said lot of land sells for, into the Treasury of Stewart county, within two months of the sale, and the other half to the informer, after retaining his usual fees, as in other cases.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said sheriff, by virtue of this act, is authorised and required to make titles to the purchaser of said lot of land; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives..

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to alter and amend the sixth section of an act entitled "an act, to sell and dispose of the State's interest in lots of land which have been or may hereafter be condemned as fraudulently drawn, in the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Marion, Harris, Talbot, Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, and Carroll," passed the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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 the sheriffs of the above named counties, as well as of such other counties as may have been or may hereafter be formed within the limits of the territory last acquired from the Creek Nation of Indians, shall be entitled to retain in their hands, as a compensation for their services, in selling the State's interest in the lots of land which have been or may hereafter be condemned as fraudulently drawn, out of the money received by them from the purchaser or purchasers of said interest, five per cent. on the amount of each and every sale made in compliance with, and in conformity to, the act above mentioned.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any sheriff shall hereafter refuse or neglect to make his return to the Treasury of this State, and pay over all monies in his hands, for which he is bound to account, within forty days after the day of sale, as is required by the said sixth section of the above recited act, then, and in that case, the said sheriff shall not be entitled to any compensation whatsoever, for his said services, and the Treasurer shall immediately cause such proceedings to be instituted in some court of competent jurisdiction in this State, as may be necessary to compel said sheriff to pay over the sum or sums of money by him withheld.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws contravening this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Assented to, Dec. 27, 131.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to dispose of fraction number four hundred and two, in the fourth district of formerly Baldwin, now Morgan county.

Whereas, fraction number four hundred and two, in the fourth district of formerly Baldwin, now Morgan' county, has been sold, by the sheriff of Morgan county, in pursuance to a law directing the sale of fractions in said county; and whereas, the purchaser of said fraction [failed] to comply with the terms of sale, and the same was forfeited to the State, therefore,

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 so soon as practicable, after the passage of this act, the sheriff of Morgan county, shall give notice in the public gazettes at Milledgeville, thirty days; and after the expiration of said time, shall offer for sale, in the town of Madison, [fraction] number four hundred and two, in the fourth district of formerly Baldwin, now Morgan county, [and] shall sell the same to the highest bidder; and he is hereby authorised and empowered to make titles for the same, as in ordinary cases of sheriff sale: Provided, That such title shall not be made until the purchaser shall have executed and deposited in the Central Bank of Georgia, his note with good security for the amount of the sales-deducting the sheriffs fees and the expenses for advertising-and shall retain for selling the same, such commissions and fees as are allowed him by law, in case of sales by execution-and shall pay over to the directors of the Central Bank, the amount [of] such sales-and all laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed.

AN ACT to extend the time for fortunate drawers in the Land Lotteries of eighteen hundred and eighteen, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and eighteen hundred and twentyone, to take out their grants.

Sec. 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 all and every person who was a fortunate drawer, in the land lottery, by authority of the act. passed the fifteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, and by authority of the act passed the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, shall have until the twentyfifth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to take out his, her, or their grant or grants, for the land drawn by him, her, or them, and that the grant or grants, shall issue to him, her, or them, for the same, according to the provisions of the twenty-fifth section of said acts, on paying into the Treasury of this State the sum of Five dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and every person who was a fortunate drawer in the said land lottery, by authority of the act passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to take out his, her, or their grant or grants, for the land drawn by him, her, or them, for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty-one, on paying into the Treasury of this State the sum of Five dollars.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed:

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Nov. 19, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.