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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF GEORGIA,

1849 & 1850.

AN ACT to appropriate money for the support of Government for the political years eighteen hundred and fifty and eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

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 following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated to the respective person's and objects hereinafter named, viz:

The sum of three thousand dollars each year to his Excellency the Governor, as his salary; and the sum of sixteen hundred dollars to each, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller General, the Treasurer, and the Surveyor General, for each year; the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars each to the Secretaries (not to exceed three) employed in the Executive Department, for each year; the sum of eighteen hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Superior Court for the several Judicial Circuits within this State, and such as may be created by this General Assembly, for each year; the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court for the Correction of Errors, annually; the sum of one thousand dollars annually to the Reporter of the said Supreme Court; and the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars to each, the Attorney General and Solicitors General, per annum.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for each of the years eighteen hundred and fifty and eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated as a military fund for each of the years eighteen hundred and fifty and eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated

as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and fifty, and the sum of two thousand dollars as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be appropriated to pay the salary of the Superintendent and Resident Physician of the Lunatic Asylum, annually; and the sum of four thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars be appropriated to pay the salaries of Trustees and Treasurer, and sub-officers, attendants and servants' hire; and the sum of six thousand dollars for the support of pauper patients in the Asylum, annually, for the years eighteen hundred and fifty and eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated annually to pay the Chaplain of the Penitentiary, the sum of three hundred dollars to pay the Military Storekeeper at Savannah each year, and the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to the Military Storekeeper at Milledgevills, each year; the sum of fifty dollars, to be paid to Otis Childs for winding up and keeping in repair the State House clock each year; and the sum of fifty tollars to David Creamer, to scour and keep clean and air the Senate Chamber and the Representative Hall, and preserve the furniture in each, annually.

SECTION 7: And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars per diem be appropriated to each, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during the present session of the General Assembly, and the sum of four dollars to each for every twenty miles coming to and returning from the Seat of Government; and the sum of five dollars per day to each member of the General Assembly during its present session; and the sum of four dollars for each twenty miles coming to and returning from the Seat of Government: Provided, That no member shall receive pay for any time after having left for the remainder of the session, or for any time he may have been absent without leave from that branch of the General Assembly of which he is a member, unless absent from sickness of themselves or family.

SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars each per day shall be paid to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the like sum to each of their respective assistants; and the further sum, to the Secretary and Clerk aforesaid, of fifty dollars each, for their contingent expenses in their respective offices; and the sum of five hundred dollars be paid to each, the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives for their salaries for the year eighteen hundred and fifty: Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first

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SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer be authorized to pay, from time to time, to officers of the Government whose salaries are appropriated by this act, seventy-five per cent. of the amounts for which service has actually been rendered at the date of said payment, taking receipts from said officers for the same, which receipts shall be his vouchers, and are hereby declared offsets to the extent of said payments to Executive warrants drawn at the end of the quarter for said officers' salary.

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SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars each per day be appropriated to pay the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks of both branches of the General Assembly during the time they shall be actually employed in their respective offices: To entitle them to receive such pay, they shall produce the certificate of said Secretary or Clerk that their services were necessary, and that they actually performed the duty, and served the number of days set forth therein.

SECTION 11. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars per day be paid to each, the Messenger and Doorkeeper of each branch of the General Assembly, during the present session of the same.

SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the same be, and the same are hereby repealed.

JOHN W. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,

Approved December 20, 1849.

President of the Senate.

GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor.

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AN ACT to appropriate money for the purpose therein designated.

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 sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart from any monies in the Treasury, for the partial payment of the members of the Legislature and its

officers.

SECTION 2. Aud be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to pay, upon the receipt of the several members of the Legislature or its officers, an amount not exceeding seventy-five per cent. of the pay and mileage to which they would be entitled, assuming the compensation allowed by the appropriation act of 1847 as the basis of such advances: Provided, that in no case whatever shall such officer be authorized to make advances for services not performed.

Approved, November 24th, 1849.

AN ACT to appropriate money for the purposes therein mentioned.

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 sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the repairs of the Arsenal in Savannah-the said repairs to be under the control and direction of his Excellency the Governor.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy-two dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay Messrs. Warner & Hooker of Savannah, the same being a balance due them for furnishing materials and making preparations for the interment of the remains of the late Col. J. S. McIntosh.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to refund to Moses Hanshaw of Habersham county, a double tax paid by him in 1847, and that J. Sanford be authorized to draw the money and receipt for he same.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That twelve dollars and forty-eight cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Mrs. Jane E. Reeves of Scriven county, to refund that amount of over tax paid by her in 1848; and that the sum of four dollars be appropriated to Thomas M. Boston of Thomas county, the said amount having been assessed and paid on property exempt from taxation; and that A. T. McÎntire be authorized to draw and receipt for the same.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby required to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars in favor of John Jones, late Captain of the Crawford Guards, and that the same be paid to the said Jones or to his order.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of nine

dollars and seventy-six cents be appropriated to refund said amount to Alexander Spear, administrator on the estate of Thomas Grant, deceased, for double tax paid by mistake.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy-four dollars and twenty cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to refund to John Boyle, said amount paid into the Treasury by him for lands previously sold and granted by the State; and that the agent of said Boyle be authorized to draw the money and receipt for the same.

SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty-three dollars and ninety-one cents be appropriated to J. R. Saussy, for tax overpaid to the Tax Collector of Effingham county.

SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-one cents be paid to the legal representative of Tuttle H. Moreland for fraction No. 292 in the sixth district of originally Lee, now Randolph county, fraction No. nine in the twenty-eighth district of originally Lee, now Sumter county, and fraction number 281 in the third district of Lee county; which fractions had been paid for by said Tuttle H. Moreland, and the grant fees deposited in the Treasury, and were again sold by the State's agent by mistake, and the purchase money paid into the Treasury.

SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That his Excelleney the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant in favor of N. B. & H. Weed of Savannah, for the sum of nineteen hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the debt due by the Penitentiary of the State to said N. B. & H. Weed; and that the Treasurer be, and he is hereby instructed to hold the evidences of said debt and payment as a debt against the Penitentiary.

SECTION 11. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the indebtedness of the Penitentiary to Wright, Nichols & Co., of Augusta, be, and the same is hereby appropriated; and his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby required to issue his warrant for said amount, and that the note, or other evidences of said debt be placed in the hands of the Treasurer, and exist as a debt against the Penitentiary.

SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars annually be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the State Librarian.

SECTION 13. And be it further enacted, That the sum of forty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court for advances made by him for the uses of his office; and the further sum of fifty dollars annually to purchase stationery for his office.

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