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302 PRIVATE AND LOCAL LAWS-KNOXVILLE Camp Ground.

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authority of the same, that the Justices of the Peace, of said District, are authorized and required to hold their Courts at the usual place of holding the Superior Courts, in said town of Sandersville. 2. SEC. II. That the Justices of the Peace of said District, are Two days authorized and required, in the event they fail to dispose of the business of said Court on Saturday, the day now designated by law, for holding said Court, that they adjourn said Court over, to the following Monday, for the purpose of completing the unfinished business of said Court.

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(No. 324.)

An Act, to appoint certain persons therein named, Trustees of the Knoxville Camp Ground, Crawford county Georgia, and to vest certain powers in them.

WHEREAS, By the act incorporating the Knoxville Camp Ground of Crawford county, Georgia, certain persons therein named, were appointed Trustees for the same, and said Trustees having all died, or removed from said county,and no provisions having been made to fill such vacancies; for remedy whereof:

1. SEC. I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That Orrin S. Woodward, Wesley F. Smith, Cary H. Smith, VinTrustees ap- cent Nichols, and Augustus Danielly, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Knoxville Camp Ground, of Crawford county, in the place of those deceased and removed.

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2. SEC. II. That in the event of any future vacancy occurring in Conference said Board, by death, removal, or otherwise, the Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of the circuit in which said camp ground is situated, are hereby vested with authority to fill the same by appointment."

3. SEC. III. That the Trustees, with the consent of the said Quarterly Conference, shall have power to sell, either publicly or Power to sell privately, and convey all the real estate belonging to said camp ground, and dispose of the proceeds of sale, in such manner as said Quarterly Conference may direct.

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Arthur Hutchison.

4. SEC. IV. That said sale, when thus made, shall convey a good To make title. title to the purchaser, and the same shall be held and taken to be valid and binding, in any Court of law or equity, in this State.

SEC. V. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved 1st February, 1866.

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An Act for the relief of Arthur Hutchison, of the county of Campbell, Administrator on the estate of Benjamin G. Barker deceased, against a tax fi fa, issued by the Tax-Collector of the county of Clinch.

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WHEREAS, Any one owning five thousand (5000) acres of land, in any county in this State, shall pay tax on the same, in said county; And Whereas, The Collector of tax, for the county of Clinch, issued a fi fa against Arthur Hutchison, of the county of Campbell, Administrator on the estate of Benjamin G. Barker, deceased, as a defaulter in tax, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, (1861,) after he had, by sale, reduced the number of acres below five thousand (5000,) therefore :

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Arthur Hut

1. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from, and after the passage of this Act, the said Arthur Hutchison, Administrator on the estate of Benjamin G. Barker, de-chison relievceased, is hereby relieved from all pains and penalties, of such tax fi fa; Provided, he shall show that he has paid said taxes in some other county.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved 21st February, 1866.

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Isaac Hardeman, Artimesia A. E. Jones, Olivia Kate Wallace.

(No. 326.)

An Act for the relief of Isaac Hardeman of the county of Jones.

2. SEC. I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, Gov author- That His Excellency, the Governor, be and he is hereby authorIsaac Harde ized and requested to draw his warrant on the Treasury of this State in favor of Isaac Hardeman, of the county of Jones, for the sum of twenty five dollars, with interest thereon from the 27th day of October, 1857, for legal services rendered the State of Georgia in the prosecution of a bond to judgment against John M. Woodall, of Jones county, at the October term of the Superior Court of said county, in the year 1857.

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SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 20th February, 1866.

(No. 327.)

An Act to authorize Artemesia A. E. Jones, wife of James M. Jones, of Bibb county, to receive and receipt for any property she is or may hereafter be entitled to by inheritance or otherwise, where the same is not limited over, in the same manner as though she were a feme sóle.

3. Sec. I. The General Assembly do enact, That Artemesia A. E. Mrs. Jas. M. Jones, wife of James M. Jones, of Bibb county, Georgia, (said ized to act as James M. Jones having assented thereto,) be and she is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for any and all property she is now or may hereafter be entitled to, where there is no limitation over, as she might or could do were she a feme sole, and that her receipt for the same shall be binding and of full force; that she be allowed to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, for and concerning said property, as though she were a feme sole.

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Olivla Kate

Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 20th February, 1866.

(No. 328.)

An Act to declare Olivia Kate Wallace, of the county of Morgan, the adopted child of Stephen B. Jones, late of said county, deceased, so as to enable her to take and receive any property or legacy to which she may be entitled by his last will and testament.

WHEREAS, Stephen B. Jones, of Morgan county, deceased, did by his last will and testament, give to Olivia Kate Wallace certain property, coupled with the desire that she should be adopted as his child before she could possess or take the same; therefore,

4. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of GeorWallace de gra, That the said Olivia Kate Wallace be declared the adopted clared adopt child of said Stephen B. Jones, so as to enable her to take and re

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Letters of Administration to L. A. Whatley-John S. Edmonson.

ceive any property or legacy to which she may be entitled under his last will and testament.

Approved 26th March, 1866.

(No. 329.)

An Act to authorize the Ordinary of Newton county to issue letters of ud ministration to L. A. Whatley, a non resident, on his giving bond and security

WHEREAS, James D. Johnson, of Newton county, Georgia, died intestate, leaving a solvent estate; And whereas, his heirs all reside Preambla in Texas, and have empowered L. A. Whalley, by duly authenticated power of attoreny, to represent said estate and wind the same up, which can be done without delay; And whereas, the said L. A. Whalley, one of the heirs, a non resident, desires to take out letters of administration,

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5. Sec. I. Be it enacted, &c., That the Ordinary of Newton thorised to lo county be and he is hereby authorized, upon the exhibition of the letter of letters of attorney from the several heirs of said estate, to issue ti letters of administration to the said L. A. Whalley, upon his giving bond and security as now required by law when letters of administration are issued to citizens of Georgia.

Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved 21st March, 1866.

(No. 330.)

An Act for the relief of John S. Edmonson, of the county of Wilkes, and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Since the war, John S. Edmonson was requested by the citizens of Wilkes county to make arrangements for the supply. and sale of drugs to the citizens of said county, there being at Preamble that time a great necessity for the same; And whereas, the said Edmonson, not knowing that there was a Board of Physicians from whom license might or should be obtained, did procure and sell drugs since the war without such license,

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6. Sec. I. For remedy thereof, be it enacted, That John S. Edmon- Act relieving son, an apothecary of Wilkes county, be and he is hereby relieved from all the pains and penalties which he may have incurred by reason of having vended drugs and medicines in this State.

without the necessary license.

See. II. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 12th March, 1866.

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Moses G. Collins-Miley Howard-Martha A. Lester.

(No. 331.)

An Act for the relief of Moses G. Collins of the county of Whitfield.

WHEREAS, Moses G. Collins, of the county of Whitfield, intermarried pending the war with Caroline Carmile, under a rumor of a reliable character, that the husband of the said Caroline, to whom she had previously married, was killed at the battle of New Hope Church, proved not to be the case,

7. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That said Moses G. Collins, of the county of Whitfield, is hereby relievMoses G. co ed from all pains and penalties under existing laws in this State, in consequence of said marriage.

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Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved 9th March, 1866.

(No. 382.)

An Act for the relief of Miley Howard, former wife of Simon P. Howard, of Pierce county, Georgia..

WHEREAS, Miley Howard was married to Simon P. Howard, in 1854; And whereas, afterwards, the said Simon P. sued for, and obtained a divorce from said Miley, and whereas, the said Simon P., has since intermarried with a Miss Woods:

S. SECTION I. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from, and after the passage of this Act, Miley Howard, of the county of Pierce, be, and she is hereby relieved, reFor Miley leased, and fully exonerated, from all liabilities, disabilities, pains or penalties, by her incurred, by reason of the intermarriage between her, and her former husband, Simon P. Howard, and that she be, to all intents and purposes, fully authorized to contract and enter into marriage, as fully and as legally, as if she had never been married to said Simon P. Howard.

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SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 12th March, 1866.

(No. 333.)

An Act for the relief of Martha A. Lester, of the county of Fulton.

WHEREAS, Martha A. Lester, of the county of Fulton, was, on the 24th day of February, 1864, married to John R. Millen, and whereas, the said John R. Millen, at the time of such marriage, did have another living wife, which fact was, at the time, unknown to the said Martha A. Lester, and immediately upon the fact being made known, she separated from the said Millen, and commenced criminal proceedings against him, therefore:

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