carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and for the management of the temporal, affairs of the said church: Provided such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State.

AN ACT to authorize the Governor to issue a grant to the. Roman Catholic Church of St, Philip and St. James, for a lot in the Town of Columbus, for religious purposes.

Whereas, the Commissioners for laying out the Town of Columbus, have set apart four, lots for religious purposes, & the Roman Catholic church of St. Philip and St. James, have selected lot D in said Town;

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' his Excelleucy the Governor, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required upon application, to issue a grant for said · lot to the trustees or commissioners of said Roinan Catholic church, in said Town of Columbus, free of charges, to be held by them, or sold and conveyed, and the proceeds applied to the use of said church or society for religious purpo

AN ACT to authorize such [each] of the religious Societies of Milledgeville, to rent or sell their parsonage lot.

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 each and every religious Society owning a parsonage lot in Milledgeville, be, and they are hereby, authorized to rent or sell such lot any law to the contrary, notwithstanding.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to vest a certain lot in the Town of Macon, in the Episcopal Church thereof, and to repeal a part of the fifth Section of an Act entitled" An act to amend the several acts for the incorporation and government of the Town of Macoff, and to vest a certain lot in the Town of Macon, in the Episcopal Church thereof, "passed the twentysecond day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

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 the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to issue a grant to the wardens and vestry of the Protesatnt Episcopal Church in Macon, for lot number five, in square number forty-one, in said Town of Macon, in lieu of lot number six, in the thirty-ninth square of said town, which had been reserved to said church, but sold for the use of the State through mistake by the commissioners.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fifth section of an act entitled " An act to amend the several acts for the incorporation and government of the Town of Macon, and to vest a certain lot in the town of Macon, in the Episcopal church thereof, passed the twenty-second day of December. one thousand eight hundred and thirty," as authorized the Governor to issue a grant to the wardens and. vestry of the Protestant Episcopal in Macon, for lot number five, in the fifty-first square, in the town of Macon-be, and the same is hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

THOMAS, STOCKS,

AN ACT to incorporate, the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Philip and Saint James, in the town of Columbus, and county of Muscogee.

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 William Mullally, James A. Berthelot, Roger McGrath, Simon Fegan, and Patrick Brady, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Philip and Saint James, in the town of Columbus, and county of Muscogee, and the said Trustees are hereby authorised to have and use a common seal, and they are hereby made capable in law, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have, hold and enjoy, real and personal property, for the use of said Church, and for the support of a minister of said Church.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees or vestrymen of said Church, shall be elec

ted on the first Sunday in January in each year, by the members qualified to vote in said Church.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN; Governor.

AN ACT to authorise the building of a meeting house by the Baptist denomination, worshipping at a place known by the name of the Double Branches, in the county of Lincoln, and to make permanent the location of the same, on that spot of land heretofore set apart by one James Ware, of said county, and to secure the right of religious worship in said building to said denomination, so far as not infringe on the rights of other religious denominations, who may hereafter wish to build a house of religious worship at said place, and to appoint commissioners for the same; also to incorporate the Presbyterian Church of Newnan, Coweta county, under the name and style of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of the town of New⚫nan; also to incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newnan, Coweta county, under the name and style of the trustees of Newnan Methodist Episcopal Church; also to appoint trustees for the Baptist Church in the town of Cuthbert, Randolph county, with certain powers.

Sec. 1. Whereas, James Ware, did reserve one acre of ground on his own land in said county, including the privilege of the spring, known at this time as the Double. Branch meeting house, for religious purposes: And whereas, the Baptist denomination worshiping at said place, prays this Legislature to give them the privilege of building a house for religious worship, at said place, on said spot of land for the use of their denomination, and to incorporate the same.

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 from and after the passage of this act, the Baptist denomination worshipping at the place known as the Double Branches, shall be, and is hereby permitted and authorised to build a house for religious worship on that spot of land heretofore set apart for religious purposes by the aforesaid James Ware, and they be entitled to such use of the spring as may be necessary for their use and comfort as a religious worshipping people.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas Ayres, David Kinder, Randolph Davy, Robert Searls, and Wylie Jeter, and their successors in office shall be a body corporate, and shall be known as the trustees of the Double Branch Baptist meeting house, in the said county, and their successors in office, are declared to be a body corporate, and capable of suing and being sued, and using all legal means in protecting the Baptist denomination in the prileges herein granted.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall happen, [the persons] composing the Baptist denomination, at said place [shall] have the power of filling the same: Provided, nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to preclude any other religious denomination worshipping at said place from erecting a house of worship, for the accommodation of their society, on the aforesaid spot of land.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Jonathan Fielding, Anthony Story, David McLin, and James Hutcheson, Elders of the Presbyterian Church, in the town of Newnan, Coweta county, and their successors in office; and also any additional Elders of said Church, that may hereafter be duly constituted and ordained, and their successors in office, shall be, and they hereby are declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style ofthe "Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of the town of Newnan :" And they the said Jonathan Fielding, Anthony Story, David McLin, and James Hutcheson, Elders and trustees as aforesaid, and their successors in office, and the additional Elders to be elected, and [Laws of 1831.]

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