Whereas, it appears from the certifiate of the Comptroller General of this State bearing date the twenty-first day of of Nov. 1831, that John Fort, Tax Collector of the county of Twiggs, for the year 1829, has from an error in the digest of tax returns of said county, overpaid sixty-two dollars twenty-three and a half cents : Therefore be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorised and required to refund to John Fort, tax collector as aforesaid, the sum of sixty-two dollars twenty-three and a half cents, it being the amount so improperly paid and received into the treasury. Read and agreed to, in the House of Rep. Dec. 7, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] * Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 14, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, or his successors in office be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered, to furnish to the different volunteer companies of this State with the necessary arms, on its appearing that they are full and complete. Resolved, That the commanding officer of each volunteer company shall, at the time of receiving such arms, give a bond with security, to the Governor, to be approved by him and his successors in office, in a sum equal to double the es timated value of such, to return the same in good order, when the company is dissolved, or required by the Governor for the time being: Provided, that the Governor do always ́retain in each arsenal such amount of arms as he may deem expedient and prudent. The committee to whom was referred the Report of Washington Poe, Esq. agent appointed to settle with the Commissioners of the Ocmulgee River below Macon, have examined the same, and beg leave to make the following Report: It appears from the communication of the agent, that in obedience to a resolution of the last Legislature, he called upon the commissioners for a statement of the actual condition of the State's property and funds in their hands; to which call they have not thought proper to pay any other attention than simply to refer him to their agent for carrying on the boating business, who has also failed to make any report to him. It further appears from said report, that, in the opinion of the agent, the State is left remediless, for that if a suit be instituted against the Commissioners, nothing more than nominal damages may be recovered. The amount of losses sustained by the boating-business, appears to be $4,565. Who the Commissioners were under whose superintendence these losses were sustained, does not appear from said report. If the opinion given by the States's agent be correct, your committee are of opinion, that actions against the Commissioners had better not be commenced: and therefore recom mend the following resolution : Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested not to cause suits to be instituted against the Commissioners of the Ocmulgee River below Macon; unless in his opinion there be a prospect of recovery to be had. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 19, 1831. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. Approved, Dec. 20, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 14, 1831. The committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Moore, of Clark county, report, That from an examination of the documents accompanying said pétition, they find him unjustly charged with a double tax for the year 1830, which tax he has been compelled to pay : they therefore offer the following resolution: Resolved, That George W. Moore be allowed the sum of twenty-three dollars eighteen and three-quarter cents, to be placed in the appropriation act of the present session. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. THOMAS STOCKS, President. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 17, 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That Jesse Harris, of Dooly county, be appointed a Commissioner of the public hands below the Federal Road, in the place of Thomas E. Ward, removed. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 20, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, furnish six copies of Prince's Digest, for the use of the Justices of the Peace of the several districts in DeKalb county, and twelve copies of the Georgia Justice, and Prince's Digest, for the county of Decatur. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Whereas, John Wells, tax collector of the county of Bryan, for the years 1823 and '24, stands charged upon the books of the Comptroller General, as in default to the amount of $52 28 cts.; and whereas, by a resolution of the Legislature of 1825, the said John Wells was directed to refund to Thomas S. Clay, for the estate of Joseph Clay, dec'd. the sum of $40 33 cts. said estate having been over assessed to the amount; and whereas, it does appear by a statement of the Comptroller General, taken from his books, that the said John Wells overpaid the sum of $20, and that his insolvent list amounting to $4 24 cts. was not allowed on his settlement with the Comptroller General at that time. The whole amount with which he was not credited in the office of the Comptroller, amounts to $64 57 cts.; and whereas, it appears when the said John Wells is credited with the whole amount paid over, there is due him the sum of $12 49 cts. Be it therefore 'resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Comptroller General, be, and he is hereby directed to credit the said John Wells on the books of his office with the sum of $52 28 cts, and that the Treasurer is hereby authorised and directed to pay to the said Wells the sum of $12 70 cts. as the balance due the said Wells, out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Read and agreed to, Dec. 20, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. The Joint Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the Governor's communication upon the subject of the Banks |