1 Suspend the enforcemect of Judgments, perfeet service against Exp. Co's., regulate Court costs. lowed. (No. 224.) An Act to suspend the enforcement of Judgments in cases of Forcible Entry and Detainer for ten days, to give parties dissatisfied with the same, time to make out their writs of certiorari. 5. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That in all cases of Forcible Entry and Detainer, the enforceTen days al- ment of the Judgment shall be suspended for ten days, to allow the party dissatisfied with the same, time to make out his writ of Certiorari; Provided, that the party conplaining of said de cision shall, at the time it is made, give the opposite party written notice of his intention to take said case to the Superior Court. Proviso. officer does this State. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 225.) An Act to perfect service against Express Companies. 6. Sec. I. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, service may be perfected in any suit at law or proceeding in When chief equity upon any Express Company, whose chief officer does not not reside in reside within the State, by leaving the bill, subpoena, writ, attachment or other original process necessary to commence the same at any of the offices of any Express Company doing business in this State, or by serving the same upon any agent of said Company within this State, and that judgment or decrees obtained in cases so commenced shall bind the property of said defendant as fully as though service had been effected on the President or other chief officer. When chief in this State. 7. Sec. II. That when the chief officer of any Express Compaofficer resides ny shall reside in this State, it shall be the duty of such Company to post in a public and conspicuous place, at each office where it transacts business, the name of its President or other chief officer, on whom service can be perfected in this State, otherwise, service made as provided for in the first Section of this Act, shall be deemed sufficient and proper service. stamps inclu Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 226.) An Act to regulate Court cost in certain cases. 8. Sec. I. The General Assembly do enact, That from and after Revenue the passage of this Act, the amount of all revenue stamps used ded in costs. upon affidavits, declarations, bills, judgments, executions, letters of administration, and any other writ, process, order or decree, issued To relieve certain persons from Jury duty. Land. by any Court of this State, upon which a revenue stamp has to be Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 227.) An Act to relieve certain persons in this State from Jury duty. 9. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State or Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, all citizens of this Stage above the age of sixty years are hereby exempt from re service on any Juries of the several Courts in this State. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. years cxempt from jury du ty. TITLE XXIV. LAND. C. Sec- 1. Time extended for granting land on Sec. 2. Grants to be issued to Surveys now (No. 228.) in office. An Act to extend the time in relation to issuing grants on head rights, so as to extend the time for granting the same until the 25th day of December, 1868, and to authorize the Secretary of State to issue grants to all sur・veys now in office. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the time for granting lands surveyed on head rights be extended to the 25th day of December, 1868. Time extend. ed. 2. Sec. II. That the Secretary of State be authorized to issue Certain ! grants to all surveys now in office that have not been granted. grants to be issued. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved 21st February, 1866. Relief of maimed indigent soldiers and officers. TITLE XXV. Governor au advertize: invited. MAIMED INDIGENT SOLDIERS. Sec. 1. Governor to advertise for proposals to Sec. 3. Comptroller to keep book of registry. furnish artificial arms and legs- 2. Description to insure identity of appli cant. Duty of Ordinary (No. 229.) Orders to applicants. 4. Receipt of applicant. Affidavit of manufacturer. Order on Treasurer. 5. Penalty for fraudulent use of papers. An Act for the relief of ma med indigent soldiers and officers, citizens of this State, who belonged to military organizations of this State in the State or Confederate States armies. 1. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georthorized to gia, That the Governor be authorized and required to cause an advertisement to be inserted for sixty days in one newspaper published in Augusta, one in Macon, for proposals to furnish artificial Competition arms and legs for disabled soldiers, inviting competitors to bring to Milledgeville samples, and prices at which they will be delivered at some central point in Georgia, to be named by the bidder, where the same will be, by said bidder fitted to the disabled limb; when said bids have been received and opened at the end of sixty days, the Governor shall give the contract to the lowest bidder, taking always into consideration in the determination of said bids Cntr'et giver as well quality as price, and after notifying the person selected, it shall be the duty of the Governor to make a contract with the bidder to supply all limbs applied for within twelve months, upon the terms and conditions of this Act. That whenever any maimed indigent soldier or officer, who has become so maimed in the service of the State or in the service of the Confederate States, while ser or soldier a member of any Georgia military organization, it shall be lawful to apply to for such soldier or officer to apply to the Ordinary of the county. Ordinray. where he resides for an order to obtain such artificial limb or part to whom. Maimed offi thereof as his maimed condition may render necessary, which he shall be entitled to receive on complying with the conditions of this Act. That the Governor be requested to appoint a commake report. mittee of scientific surgeons, who shall examine and report to him upon the various patents, the value and worth of such limbs. Surgeon to Description to insure identity of applicant. 2. SEC. II. That every such application shall contain a personal description of the applicant, designating his age, color of his hair and eyes, his height, and any other distinguishing mark calculated to insure his identity, also the Company and Regiment to which he belonged, the place and time of receiving his wound, and Relief of maimed indigent soldiers and officers. his present business or employment, which statement shall be sworn to by the applicant, and the facts verified by some citizen of the county known to the Ordinary, all of which shall be kept by the Ordinary as an office paper, and a copy of the same transmitted to the Comptroller General, accompanied with the certifi-Duty of Or cate of the Ordinary, that he believes the statement to be entitled to credit, which application and certificate shall be filed in the office of the Comptroller General. dinary. Comptroller: 3. SEC. III. That the Comptroller shall keep a book in which Duty of shall be registered the name of each applicant, and a synopsis of the facts contained in the application, and shall forward to the Ordinary an order on the person who may take the contract herein provided for, for such limb or limbs as the applicant may have lost, in which order, the person of the applicant shall be described. delivered to This order shall be transferred by the Ordinary in writing, and delivered personally to the applicant. Order to be applicant. Receipt of ap. returned to manufactu 4. SEC. IV. When the applicant shall present the order and receive the limb from the makers or their agent, he shall give therefor a receipt written on the back of the order, and say that the plicant to be limb or limbs suit his condition and are satisfactory, which paper Comptroller. shall be returned to the Comptroller, and be by him examined and audited, and if accompanied with an affidavit by the manufactu- Affidavit of rer or his agent, made before some officer of this State authorized rer. to administer oaths, that he has in good faith delivered a limb or limbs to the applicant in accordance with said receipt, that the same was of the quality contracted for, and that the person receipting identified himself as the person entitled under the order of the Comptroller General to receive the same; the said receipt shall become an order on the Treasurer in favor of the contractor on Treasurer. for the sum or price agreed upon in his contract with the State for the limb or limbs so furnished. Receipt order Penaliy for 5. SEC. V. That if any person entitled to any of the provisions or benefits of this Act, shall fraudulently use any of the papers fraudulent issued under its direction, in any way to his own benefit, except use of papers. according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by confinement in the Penitentiary not less than one year nor more than three years, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the Court, and either or both of these punishments may be inflicted in the discretion of the Court. Approved 12th March, 1866. Authorize married women to deposit money in Savings Banks. TITLE XXVI. men may de In Savings MARRIED WOMEN. Section 1, Married women may deposit earnings in Savings Banks. May control sums thus deposited. (No. 230.) An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to authorize married women to deposit money in Savings Banks, or Institutions, now chartered, or which may hereafter be chartered by this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned, assented to December 16th, 1861. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it Married wo- shall and may be lawful for any married woman to deposit in any sit earnings Savings Bank, or Institution for Savings, now chartered in the State of Georgia, or which may hereafter be chartered in said State, any sums of money, the proceeds of her own labor, or that of her children, less than two thousand dollars taken in the agCtrl as gregate, and to control, draw for, dispose of, devise or transfer, in any way whatever, the sum or sums thus deposited, in every respect as if she were not a married woman. Control sams SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. |