SECTION 14. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to James R. Butts to enable him to employ a Clerk for a short time.

SECTION 15. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the Clerk of this House, to cover incidental expenses; and the sum of twenty-five dollars to the Secretary of the Senate.

SECTION 16. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of purchasing and putting up suitable chandeliers for the Senate Chamber and for the Representative Hall, and for putting up an additional privy.

SECTION 17. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be paid to Alexander McDougald, survivor of the late firm of McDougald & Watson, for professional services rendered by said firm in behalf of the State in the prosecution of writs of "Quo warranto" against the Bank of Columbus and the Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking Company of Columbus; and that his Excellency the Governor do draw his warrant for the same upon any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in favor of said McDougald.

SECTION 18. And be it further enacted, That the sum of sixty-one dollars and sixty-four cents be appropriated to Mrs. Jane E. Rice, widow of the late Charles H. Rice, a Secretary in the Executive Department, to make out the full quarter's salary of the said Secretary.

SECTION 19. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated to pay for the necessary expenses in erecting a tombstone over the grave of Jared Irwin, former Governor of this State.

SECTION 20. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated to refund to purchasers of fractions money paid by them for fractions sold by mistake, which had before been disposed of by lottery, and which has already been authorized by law.

SECTION 21. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five dollars be paid to P. M. Compton, agent of Thomas House, which sum has been paid into the Treasury as a grant fee for a lot of land heretofore granted.

SECTION 22. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five dollars be paid to William E. Wirt for money paid into the Treasury for a lot of land which was granted to another person-the amount to be paid to John A. Jones, Representative from Paulding.

SECTION 23. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of seventy dollars and thirty-one cents be appropriated, to be refunded to John Bessent of Camden county, for error

commttted in making tax returns as agent for the U. S. Bank, and that his Excellency the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant for the amount in favor of J. L. Villalonga, Representative from Camden county.

SECTION 24. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of outstanding scrip heretofore issued by the Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and the same be paid according to the amount of said scrip upon presentation at the Treasury: Provided, That if the Treas urer shall suspect any such scrip not to be genuine, he may suspend such payment until satisfactory evidence shall be produced that the same is genuine.

SECTION 25. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Brown & Harris of the city of Macon, for the expenses incurred in demanding William Roberts, a fugitive from justice, from the State of South Carolina.

SECTION 26. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of the commission authorized by the present Legislature to settle the boundary line between the States of Florida and Georgia.

SECTION 27. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated as a special contingent fund, to cover expenditures required by the Legislature, for which no appropriation is made.

SECTION 28. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated to erect a monument over the remains of the Hon. John Forsyth, which are interred in the Congressional burying ground at Washington City, and that his Excellency the Governor cause the same to be put up with suitable inscriptions, &c., &c.

SECTION 29. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid to Lucius Goddard, to refund to him that amount for pedler's license, which he did not use.

SECTION 30. And be it further enacted, That Loring O. Reynolds, James F. Cooper, and Richard Peters, or a majority of them, shall make an accurate survey and estimate of the extra work done on the Tunnell on the Western and Atlantic Railroad by John D. Gray & Co., and they also estimate for work not done on the approaches to the Tunnell and other parts of the road, according to contract, and for the amount they ascertain to be due them, his Excellency the Governor shall issue to said John D. Gray & Co. bonds signed by himself and countersigned by the Chief Engineer of said road, bearing six per cent. interest, and payable in three equal instalments of one, two, and three years from

their date, which bonds shall constitute a debt against said road, and not against the State, and shall not be issued until the said John D. Gray & Co. shall fully complete all the work according to their contract on said road: Provided, That said John D. Gray & Co. shall pay said Reynolds, Cooper and Peters such compensation for their services as may be agreed upon between them; and that said Commissioners be requested to state the causes of the present embarassment of the road, and the delay in its completion, and report the same to his Excellency the Governor, to be submitted by him to the next Legislature.

SECTION 31. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to William C. Price of Rabun county, to refund that amount paid by him as Tax Collector of said county, in consequence of the loss of that sum remitted to the Treasury of the State in compliance with a circular forwarded to him by the Secretary of the Treasury.

SECTION 32. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Richard Chitwood of the county of Habersham, to compensate him for the loss of a lot of land, which lot reverted after an application was made for the grant at the Surveyor General's office.

SECTION 33. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated to pay Otis Childs for keeping in repair and winding up the State House clock, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the same having been left out of the appropriation bill of 1847 through mistake, and the Governor to draw his warrant for the same.

SECTION 34. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eight dollars and eighty-one cents be appropriated to Benjamin Starr of Fayette county the same having been wrongfully assessed against him in his tax for the year 1849, and which he has paid to the Collector of said county; and that John D. Stell be authorized to receive and receipt for the same. SECTION 35. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen dollars and three cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay Amos W. Hammond for tax overpaid by him for the year 1847 and 1848; and William Watson, Representative from Monroe county, be authorized to draw and receipt for the same.

SECTION 36. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, be, and it is hereby appropriated for the repair of the State House and other public buildings.

SECTION 37. And be it further enacted, That the Governor draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum of twenty dollars, to be refunded to Edwin Wiley, a citizen of

Hancock county, the amount of his tax for the year 1848, which amount having been paid twice.

SECTION 38. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated as an additional printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and fifty.

SECTION 39. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of Alden Walkey of Murray county, for five dollars and seventy-nine cents, the same having been paid by said Walkey to the Tax Collector of said county, in consequence of a mistake having been made by the Receiver of the Tax Returns by entering the stock in trade of said Walkey at $1500, when the real amount given in was only $15.

Approved, February 23, 1850.

AN ACT for the relief of Rene M. Pittman of Cobb county, and to appropriate a sum of money therefor.

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, his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasury of this State for the sum of one hundred and eighty-six dollars, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the said Rene M. Pittman, or his order any law to the contrary notwithstanding..

Approved, February 22, 1850.

AN ACT for the relier of John C. Whitworth, Administrator of the estate of Elijah Hill, deceased, and others, and to appropriate certain sums of money.

WHEREAS John C. Whitworth, Administrator of the estate of Elijah Hill, late of Walton county, deceased, gave in and paid taxes for said estate in the county of Gwinnett, where he, the said John C. Whitworth resides; and whereas, under the act of 1847, the said John C. was compelled to pay and did pay said tax again to the tax Collector of the county of Walton, the plantation and negroes of said estate being in said county of Walton:

SECTION 1. 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 the Treasurer of the State be and he is hereby authorized and required to refund to the said John C. Whitworth, Administrator as aforesaid, the sum of nine dollars and twelve and one-half cents, the amount illegally paid by him to the Tax Collector of the county of Gwinnett, and that the same be deducted from the returns of the Collector of the last named county.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of James Grubbs, Executor of the will of Thomas Price, deceased, for the sum of twenty-seven dollars, amount of State tax for 1846, which was returned by mistake in Burke and Jefferson counties, and paid in both.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen dollars be appropriated to refund to James T. Humphries, that amount of tax assessed and collected on property as his in the county of Scriven in the year 1849, which had been removed by him to the county of DeKalb, and paid taxes on there, or was paid for by others in the year 1849, and that the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury for the same..

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Pleasant Stovall, for the sum of sixteen dollars ninetynine cents, amount of a tax twice paid in the year 1847 on a house and lot in Augusta.

Approved, February 11, 1850.

AN ACT for the relief of James King, of the county of Cherokee, and to appropriate certain monies for the benefit of certain persons therein named.

WHEREAS James King, of the county of Cherokee, in compliance with the provisions of the act relating to reverted lands, assented to December 28th, 1842, made application for the grant to lot number twenty-four, in the second District and the second section of Cherokee county: And whereas, at the time of said application, it appeared by the entries in the books of the Executive Office, that the grant to said lot of land had issued: and whereas said lot was subsequently granted, as a reverted lot, whereby the Treasury of the State received twenty-two and a half dollars. more than would have been paid in had the grant issued to the said James King, the rightful owner of said lot :