Justices' Court for the sixth district of said county, shall hereafter be at the house of said Watley Mobley in said district.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the election precint heretofore established in the 8th district of Pulaski county, be and the same is hereby located and fixed at the place of holding Justices' Court for said district; that the election precinct at the house of Samuel Hodges in the 11th district of Dooly county, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Richmond Dozier, in the 13th district of said county.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding Justices' Courts in the 537th district, G. M., in the county of Upson, and the election precinct for said district, shall hereafter be at the house of Malachi Irwin in said county; that the election precinct heretofore established at Adairsville, in the 856th district, G. M., in the county of Cass, be and the same is hereby removed to the depot in said district, known as Wattsville or New Adairsville; and the precinct heretofore established in the 337th district, G. M., of the county of Telfair, be removed from the present place of holding elections in said district, to the place of holding Justices' Courts in said district; that the election precinct heretofore established at Trickham, in 807th district, G. M., in the county of Marion, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Jesse Wall, in the 961st district, G. M., in said county.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of B. Story, in the 710th district G. M., in the county of Marion, be abolished; and that the 10th section of an act entitled an act to establish sundry election precincts in the counties therein named, and to remove certain other election precincts therein specified, approved Dec. 30th, 1847, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Scriven.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct now established at the house of Thomas Wilson, in the county of Ware, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of John Taylor, in the 1050th district, G. M.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever any new Militia District shall hereafter be laid off by law, in the county of Floyd, it shall and may be lawful to hold elections for the purposes herein specified, at the place of holding Justices' Courts in said districts.

SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an election precinct in each of the Militia Districts of Heard county at the usual place of holding Justices' Courts in said districts; also, a precinct at a place known as Cross Keys, in Captain Tuck's district in Franklin county.

SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That the precinct

established at the house of Isaiah Hollingsworth, in Henry county, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Luke Johnson, lot number 185 in the 12th district of said county.

SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That the elections that may be held at the several precincts established by this act, shall be conducted in the same way, and governed by the same laws that are now in force regulating elections in the aforesaid counties, or other counties having election districts, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 21, 1850.

AN ACT to create one additional election precinct in the county of Washington, and to change various election precincts in the same.

SECTION 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 immediately after the passage of this act, there shall be an additional election precinct at the house of Matthew Mills, the place of holding Justices' Courts in the one hundred and thirty-sixth district, G. M., in the county aforesaid, under the rules and regulations of precinct elections.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after the passage of this act, the precinct heretofore known as Brown's or Cumming's precinct, in the ninety-sixth (96th) district, G. M., be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Joseph Williams, the place of holding Justices' Courts in said district; also, the precinct heretofore established at the store-house of Josey & Smith, in the 92d company district, G. M, that the same is hereby removed to the house of Quinny Lamb, the place of holding Justices' Courts in said district; also, the election precinct heretofore established at Snow Hill, in the 93d company district, G. M., be removed to the house of Mrs. Rebecca Harmon, the place of holding Justices' Courts in said district; and the place known as Youngblood's precinct be removed to the store of W. W. Buck, the place of holding Courts.

SECTION 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precincts in the several militia districts before mentioned shall follow the Justices' Courts in the said districts, and that all elections hereafter to be held for electors of President and Vice President, for Governor, Members of Congress, Members of the State Legislature, county officers, &c. shall be held at the places before mentioned until changed by authority of this act, and that all elections held

at the court grounds in said districts in terms of the law shall be held and deemed legal.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, February 22, 1850.

AN ACT to abolish the election precincts at the houses of Theodorick Montford and R. A. Hall in the county of Talbot, and to establish a precinct at McCant's Mills, the place of holding Justices' Courts in the 757th district, G. M. SECTION 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 election precincts at the houses of R. A. Hall and Theodorick Montford, in the county of Talbot, be and the same are hereby abolished; and that an election precinct be and the same is hereby established at McCant's Mills, the place of holding Justices' Courts in the 757th district, G. M. in said county of Talbot.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, February 1, 1850.

AN ACT to remove certain election precincts therein named, and to establish others.

SECTION 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 election precinct of the 96th district of the county of Washington be and the same is hereby removed from the residence of Ely Cumming to the residence of Joseph Williams,. the district court ground in said district; and that the election precinct in the 17th battalion, G. M., of the county of Burke, be and the same is hereby removed to Cowart's store in said battalion; and that the election precinct of the 904th district, G. M., of the county of Lowndes, be removed from the present place authorized by law for holding elections in said district, and located at Prescott's store on the western bank of the Allapaha river opposite the mouth of Troublesome creek, in said district and county of Lowndes.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct known as the West Vernon precinct, in the 735th district, G. M., of Troup county, be and the same is hereby moved to and shall hereafter be held at Whiteshill, the place of holding the Justices' Court in said district; and that the name of the election precinct known as Holefield's store, in the 800th district, G. M., Troup county, shall be and is hereby changed to the name of Antioch.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct now established at Baker's store, in the county of Habersham, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Fountain G. Moss of said county.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That an election precinct be and is hereby established in the 381st district, G. M., in the county of Camden, at the house of Isham Peoples of said county.

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

Approved, February 23, 1850.

AN ACT to remove an election precinct in the county of Carroll.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives 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 election precinct in the seventh district of Carroll county be and the same is hereby removed to the place of holding Justices' Courts in said district any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, February 1, 1850.

AN ACT to establish additional election precincts in the county of Habersham.

SECTION 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 in all elections held after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for precinct elections to be held at Currahee Law Ground, and at the place of holding Magistrates' Courts at or near Cool Spring in said county.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 14, 1849.

AN ACT to alter and amend "an act to explain an act to regulate escheats in this State, and to appoint escheators, passed the thirteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen," so far as to allow bastards or natural born children of widows, to inherit from their mother, under certain circumstances therein specified.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly convened, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, all bastards or natural born children of widows, when said widows shall die intestate, shall inherit the real and personal estate of their deceased mothers, acquired and accumulated during widowhood, equally with the child or children of said widows born in lawful wedlock-any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, February 11, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate the Georgia Exporting Company.

SECTION 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 Gustavus Heerlan, Charles Fendly and Duff Green, or any two of them are hereby authorized and empowered to open books of subscription at such, times and places as they may deem expedient, and that the owners of the shares hereinafter authorized to be created, shall be and are hereby made a body politic and corporate in law and in fact, under the name and style of "The Georgia Exporting Company," and by that name may sue and be sued, answer and be answered unto, plead and be impleaded, and appear and prosecute to final judgment in any Court or elsewhere, may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and may elect in such manner as they shall determine all necessary officers, and fix their compensation, and define their duties, and ordain and establish by-laws for the government and regulation of their affairs, and repeal and alter the same, with power and authority to purchase, use, transfer, sell, convey and otherwise dispose of estate, real, personal, and mixed, and to acquire such lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all such property of every kind as shall be necessary or useful for the purposes of said corporation; and also such other lands, tenements, hereditaments, or property as shall be taken in payment of or as security for debts due to the said Company; and to use, manage, dispose of, transfer, and convey the same at pleasure; and to possess, exercise,

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