shall form part of the first brigade of the seventh division of the militia of this State.

AN ACT to divide the county of Lee, and form a new county therefrom, to be called the county of Sumter.

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 from and after the passage of this act, the county of Lee shall be divided as hereinafter pointed out, viz: by a line commencing on Flint River at the point where the line dividing lot number two, from lot number three in the fifteenth district of I.ce county, strikes said river; thence westwardly, to where the line dividing lot number two, from lot number three, in the seventeenth district of Lee county, strikes the line dividing Randolph county from Lee county; thence northwardly up said last mentioned line to the Marion county line; thence castwardly on said last mentioned line to where it strikes the Flint river; thence down said river to the place of beginning.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the territory aforesaid shall form and constitute a new county to be known and called Sumter.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all officers, civil and military, who are by this act detached from the county of Lee and embraced in the county of Sumter, shall hold their respective commissions in the same manner as if commissioned for the county of Sumter.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Sumter county be included in the Chattahoochee Cir

cuit, and form a part of the second brigade of the ninth division of Georgia Militia.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Martin G. Mims, Hiram D. Youngblood, Lovet B. Smith, Samuel Faust, and Joseph Jackson, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, with authority to superintend the election of Justices of the Inferior Court and other county officers, and to appoint the times and place of holding said elections, and select the place of holding the Superior and Interior Courts, and to do and perform all other acts preparatory to the organization of said county.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Daniel Richardson, Robert Ford, Daniel Lawhorn, Alexander McCook, and Joshua Mercer, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners on the part of the county of Lee, a majority of whom may select a site for holding the Superior and Inferior Courts for said county, and they are hereby authorised to purchase a lot for said purpose out of the county funds, and divide the same into lots, in such manner as they may deem best, and sell such lots upon such terms as may be most judicious. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the erection of a Court House and Jail.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners appointed by the fifth section of this act, for the county of Sumter, shall have power to purchase a lot of land for a scite for the seat of justice in said county, to divide such lot in such manner as may be deemed advisable, and sell the same, the proceeds of such sale to be applied to the building of a Court House and Jail in said county, and the times of holding the Superior Courts in said county of Sumter, shall be Wednesday, after the fourth Monday in February and August of each year, and the Inferior Courts of said county, shall be the first Monday in June and September, of each and every year.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That until other provisions be made under authority of the preceding sections of this act, the Inferior and Superior courts for the county of Lee, shall be held at the house of John Slappy, in the fourteenth district of said county, and the Inferior and Superior Courts for the county of Sumter shall be held at the house of John Kimmy, in the twenty seventh district of said county, formerly Lee county.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this law, be, and they are hereby repealed.

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 authorise the planters and inhabitants of Skidaway Island, in the county of Chatham, to erect a bridge across Skidaway Narrows, under certain restrictions herein contained.

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 from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the planters and inhabitants of the Island of Skidaway, in the county of Chatham, to erect, at their own expense, a bridge for the purpose of connecting the said Island with the main land, Provided the same is executed with the consent of the Commissioners of the Roads in said county aforesaid.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Bridge shall be deemed a public way free for all persons travelling over the same.

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

AN ACT to add a part of Oglethorpe county to the county of Madison.

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, all that part of Oglethorpe county lying north and west of a line commencing at the mouth of Beaverdam Creek, where the same empties into the south fork of Broad River; thence up said creek to the mouth of Mill Shoal Creek; thence a direct line to the fork of Mill Shoal Creek; thence up the south fork of said creek to the Madison county line-shall be added to and become a part of the county of Madison.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representative.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, Dec 26, 1831.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to make permanent the site of the public buildings in and for the county of Randolph, at the town of Cuthbert, and to incorporate the same.

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 from and after the passage of this act, the public buildings in and for the county of Randolph, shall, and the same are hereby declared to be permanently fixed on lot of land number seventy six, in the sixth district of Lee county, as formerly, now the county of Randolph, which said public site shall be called and known by the name of Cuthbert, in honor of John A. Cuthbert, of Baldwin county.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in February next, and on the first

Monday in February in every year thereafter, it shall be lawful for all persons inhabitants within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, to assemble at the court house in said town, and under the superintendance of two or more Justices of the Peace or Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, to elect by ballot five Commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year, and until their successors are elected, and if it shall so happen that such election shall not take place on the day before appointed, it shall be lawful for the same to be held on any other day in the manner and form before prescribed by this act, upon ten days notice being given thereof in two or more public places in said town, and in case of the death, removal or resignation of any of said Commissioners, those remaining shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, until the next annual election.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforementioned Commissioners and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to pass all laws and regulations and all other matters of police as shall seem to them conducive to the peace and well being of the inhabitants thereof: Provided, the same is not repugnant to the laws now in force of this State.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commisssioners shall be authorised to issue executions for any tax, fines and penalties which may be assessed by them in conformity to the provisions of this act, and the same shall be collected as magistrates executions.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same is hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.