tions as above specified: Provided, That traders in Tin, Stone, Earthen and Iron wares, actually manufactured in this State, shall not be subject to the tax imposed by this act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fines which may be imposed under the third section of the act, of which this is amendatory, shall not be less than three thousand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any Pedler or Itinerant Trader, whether carrying his wares & merchandize in a wagon or otherwise, shall at any time either buy or sell, or otherwise trade with any slave or slaves, unless it be with the permission, and in the presence of the master, or overseer or other person having charge of such slave or slaves, such Pedler or Itinerant Trader shall be indicted, and on conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, one half to the person prosecuting, and the other half to the county where the offence was committed.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, which may militate against the provisions of this act, be, and they are hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate..

Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to be entitled an act to remove obstructions in the streets of the town of Petersburg, in this State, and to keep open the same.

Whereas sundry persons have obstructed and closed up some of the public streets in the town of Petersburg in this State, to the inconvenience and injury of the owners of property and others residing in said town.

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 upon complaint and information given to any one or more of the Commissioners of roads of the district in which the said town of Petersburg is situated, by any free male citizen or citizens over the age of twenty-one years; that any public street or streets of said town, is or are obstructed or closed up, and stating the name or names of the person or persons so obstructing or closing up the same, and asking that the same may be opened and cleared out, it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners as aforesaid, forthwith to notify the person or persons so complained of, for obstructing or closing up said street or streets, and direct that he immediately open the same from all obstructions: and in the event of said person or persons non-compliance, and a second application being made as aforesaid, then it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners to direct the overseer of the main road in said district, leading to said town, to proceed to open and clear out such street

or streets.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every person so complained of for closing up or obstructing said street or streets, as set forth in the first section of this act, and who upon being notified thereof and directed to clear out and remove the same, as specified in said section, shall refuse or neglect so to do, shall for each and every day's refusal or neglect, pay a fine of two dollars, to be recovered and appropriated in the same manner as is prescribed in the act entitled an act, to alter and amend the road laws of this State, passed December nineteenth, 1818,

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each and every Commissioner or Commissioners and overseer or [of] roads, as contemplated by this act, who shall upon due information and notice given, refuse or neglect to comply with its provisions, shall be proceeded against, fined, and the fine appropriated, in the same manner, as is prescribed by the laws already in force in this State, for a breach or non-performance of their duties-and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governors

AN ACT to loan to the town of Columbus a sum of money, for the construction of a Bridge across the Chattahoochee River, at the said town, to provide for the payment of said loan, to make permanent said Bridge, and for other purposes.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and. it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That as soon after the passage of this act as they may think proper, it shall be lawful for the Intendant and Commissioners of the town of Columbus, to receive from the Treasury of this State, by way of loan, out of any moneys therein, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a Bridge across the Chattahoochee River, at the ledge of rocks, terminating the falls of said River, between Crawford and Thomas streets, in said town, the said amount to be drawn by said Intendant and Commissioners at such times and in such sums as may be necessary for carrying on and completing said Bridge.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, &c. That it shall be the duty of said Intendant and Commissioners to let out the building

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of said Bridge, at the place aforesaid, to the lowest bidder, and upon the best possible terms, and to have the same finished at as early a day as practicable; and said Intendant and Commissioners, before they receive the said sum of money, or any part thereof, shall give bond in their representative capacity, payable to the Governor and his successors in office, in the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars, for the payment of the amount drawn from the Treasury, in pursuance of this act, together with interest, in such instalments as are hereinafter allowed and provided; and for the prompt and faithful, application thereof to the purposes aforesaid, and the discharge of their duties in the building of said Bridge.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, &c. That said loan shall bear interest at and after the rate of six per cent per annum, upon the sum or sums actually drawn from the Treasury, from the time of drawing the same, and until the same shall be refunded, according to the provisions of this act.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, &c. That the whole sum drawn from the Treasury, for the purpose aforesaid, shall be refunded and paid back to the State, together with interest as aforesaid; in ten equal annual instalments, the first instalment to be paid within one year from the first day of January, 1833.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, &c. That said Bridge shall at all times be subject to the payment of said debt so due for the same, and every part thereof in performance [preference] to any andall other demands, or liens, upon the same; nor shall any sale or transfer thereof defeat the State from this lien on the same; and whenever said town of Columbus shall fail to pay any of the instalments due the State, according to the provisions of this act, the Governor shall have power both to sue on the bond of the Intendant and Commissioners given according to the provisions of this act, and also to have an execution issued against said town by the Comptroller General, for the whole amount due, and proceed with the same against said Bridge, and all other property belonging to said town of Columbus.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, &c. That when said Bridge shall be completed and received by the corporate authorities of said town, the same shall vest in the said town of Columbus, to be held, [used] and enjoyed by the corporate authorities thereof, in trust for the perpetual benefit and advantage of said town, subject to the lien heretofore imposed, and to such regulations as may hereafter be adopted...

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, &c. That the Inferior Court of the county of Muscogee, shall have power to fix the rates of toll to be charged for crossing said Bridge; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the proprietors of said Bridge to demand, have, or receive any toll for any waggon or other vehicle carrying any agricultural productions to market in said town of Columbus, or in returning from the same.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That ne person or persons whatsoever, shall be authorised to erect a toll Bridge on said river, within three miles of the site pointed out in the foregoing part of this act.

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 incorporate the town of Franklin, in the county of Troup, and to authorise the trustees of the Franklin Academy, to erect their Academy building on lot number two hundred and eighty-three in the fifth district of said county.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Charles R. Pearson, William Adkins, Robert M. Richards, Thomas Erwin, and John C. Webb, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the town of Franklin in the county of Troup, and shall continue in office until their successors are appointed, agreeably to the provisions of this act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; and on the first Monday in April in each and every year thereafter, it shall be lawful for all persons inhabitants within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to