tive corps, they are hereby declared exempt from all militia duty forever, except in cases of insurrection, invasion, rebellions or war.

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SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That before the respective corps above mentioned shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of their several commanding officers to furnish to the Clerk of the Inferior and Superior Courts of their respective counties a list of all the members of their several companies, with their certificate of their membership; which certificate shall be held sufficient to entitle the individual thus designated to all the immunities and privileges of the several sections of this act; and the captains of the several companies shall also return to the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts the name of any member who may have been expelled, or who may have withdrawn from their respective companies, within one month after such withdrawal or expulsion, and the member thus withdrawn or expelled, unless he shall have served ten years in his company, shall forfeit all claim to the immunities and privileges of this act.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized, upon a requisition made and the necessary security being given by its officers, to furnish the Houston corps of Dragoons with such arms as they may require for their proper equipment.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the Scriven Troop, a volunteer cavalry corps of the county of Scriven, be and it is hereby declared to be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the first three sections of this act, and subject to the regulations and requirements therein contained. Approved, February 6, 1850.

AN ACT to repeal so much of the act entitled an act to grant certain privileges and immunities to the Hancock Guards, a volunteer company in the county of Hancock, and to the Harris county Cavalry, a volunteer company in the county of Harris, as relates to the Harris county .Cavalry.

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the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to the Harris county Cavalry.

Approved, January 26, 1850.

AN ACT to grant certain privileges to the Burke Guards, a volunteer infantry corps in the county of Burke, and to the second division of the Independent Fire Company of Augusta.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives 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, that all persons enrolled as members of the Burke Guards, or who may hereafter enrol themselves as members thereof, shall be permitted to have and enjoy the same rights, privileges and immunities that have been extended to the Hancock Guards, a volunteer company in the county of Hancock, and the Harris county Cavalry in the county of Harris, by an act approved 28th day of December, 1847.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers and other members of the second division of the Independent Fire Company of Augusta, not exceeding forty in number, shall be and they are hereby exempted from ordinary militia duty, and jury duty in all the courts of Richmond county and city of Augusta.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, January 18, 1850.

AN ACT to consolidate the fourteenth and fifteenth Regiments, G. M., of the county of Hancock.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the fourteenth and fifteenth Regiments, G. M., of the county of Hancock be and they are hereby consolidated and made one, to be called and known as the fourteenth Regiment G. M. Approved, February 22, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate a company of cavalry in the county of Walton, to be known under the name of the Georgia State Guards; also, a volunteer rifle company in said county, known as the Walton Rifle Company, and to grant them certain privileges and exemptions.

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 after the passage of this act, the members of the volunteer cavalry company, known as the Georgia State Guards, and the members of the rifle company known as the Walton Rifle Company, both in the county of Walton, shall be and are hereby incorporated under the respective names aforesaid, and shall be authorized to make and enforce all such rules, regulations and by-laws for their government as they may think proper, which shall be binding on said respective companies to all intents and purposes: Provided, such rules, regulations and by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a board of officers of said respective companies, consisting of three or more, two of whom shall be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form a court of inquiry, and fine delinquents for non-attendance, or other default or misconduct as members of said companies, which courts shall be governed by the laws and rules regulating company courts of inquiry in this State.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That all persons enrolled as members of said companies, or who may hereafter enrol themselves as members thereof, shall be exempted from all militia duty, excepting such duties as may be required of them as members of said companies: Provided, That said exceptions shall not exonerate the members of said companies from drills and inspections which may be ordered by the commander-in-chief as required by law, nor during times of invasion, insurrec

tion or war.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the names of the officers commanding the Georgia State Guards be transmitted to his Excellency the Governor, who is hereby authorized and requested to grant commissions to the same.

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 11, 1850.

AN ACT so far as relates to the collection of fines by the Provost Marshal of the 1st Regiment Georgia Militia.

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 it shall be the

duty of the Provost Marshal of the 1st Regiment Georgia Militia to pay over to the treasurers of the respective companies composing this regiment all fines as he may collect from the members of such corps for non-attendance at regimental parades.

Approved, February 23, 1850.

AN ACT to change the names and legitimatize the persons therein named, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this law, that the name of Jackson Futch, of Fayette county, be changed to that of Jackson Peters, his reputed father, and entitled to all the rights and privileges he would have enjoyed had he been born in lawful wedlock; and that the name of Nancy Elizabeth Luker and John T. Luker, of the county of Wilkes, be changed to that of Nancy Elizabeth Hugerley and John T. Hugerley, and that they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized as the children of John T. Hugerley of said county, their reputed father, and they are hereby made capable of inheriting any real or personal estate from their said reputed father, John T. Hugerley, according to the statutes of distribution of this State; and that the name of William Pearce of the county of Cobb be changed to that of William Gault, his reputed father, and that he be declared fully legitimatized and entitled to all the legal rights and privileges he would have enjoyed had he been born in lawful wedlock.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the name of William Bridges, of the county of Elbert, be changed to that of James Dooly, and he is hereby declared legitimate and capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, real and personal, of his reputed father, Barnabas J. Dooly, of said county; and that the name of Harriet Elizabeth McLeroy, Nathan Patrick McLeroy, and Mary Catherine McLeroy, of Harris county, be changed to that of Harriet Elizabeth Welden, Nathan Patrick Welden, and Mary Catherine Welden, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and have and enjoy all the legal rights and privileges they would have had if born in lawful wedlock, and to become fully capable of inheriting their portions as heirs at law of all the property, real and personal, of Robert Welden, of Harris county, their reputed father; and that the name of Sarah Jane Juner and Elisha Juner, of Henry county, be changed to that of Sarah Jane Cox and

Elisha Cox, and that the said Sarah Jane and Elisha Cox be and they are hereby fully legitimatized and made capable of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of John M. Cox, their reputed father.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the name of Sterling C. Waters, of Pike county, be changed to that of Sterling C. Pritchard.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the name of Thomas Marion Williams, James Williams, and Anna Williams, of the county of Rabun, be and they are hereby changed to that of Thomas Marion Arnold, James Arnold, and Anna Arnold, and that they be fully legitimatized and made heirs at law, and entitled to all the rights and privileges they would have enjoyed had they been born in lawful wedlock, and that they be made capable of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of Thomas Arnold, their reputed fa

ther.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the name of John T. Edmondson, of Habersham county, be changed to that of John T. Carter, jr, and he is hereby declared to be fully legitimatized, and made capable of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of his reputed father, John T. Carter, sr.; and that the name of Mary Ann Oliver, William J. Oliver, Amantha Oliver, Georgiana McDonald, and Margaret McDonald, be and the same are hereby changed to that of Mary Ann Mosely, William J. Mosely, Amantha Mosely, Georgiana Mosely, and Margaret Mosely, and that they be fully legitimatized and entitled as heirs at law to inherit the real and personal estate of their reputed father, Cuyler P. Mosely, of Montgomery.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That the name of Margaret Martha Virginia Few, of the county of Morgan, shall be changed to that of Margaret Martha Virginia Head, and she is hereby fully legitimatized and made capable of inheriting all manner of property by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Marshall Head, of Morgan county, her reputed father; and that the name of John J. Perkins, of the county of Taliaferro, be changed to that of John J. Kent; Romulus Leary, of the same county, to that of Romulus Frasier; and William Capers Day, of the county of Greene, be changed to that of Willian Capers Rhodes, and that the said William Capers Rhodes be and he is hereby legitimatized and made capable in law of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of his reputed father, Archibald S. W. Rhodes; and that the name of John Nelson Laney, of the county of Cobb, be changed to John Nelson Henderson.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That the name of Nancy Elizabeth Cobb, of the county of Appling, be changed to that of Nancy Elizabeth Bowen, and that she shall be