Preamble. Inferior Court author promise and now due. And issue County Bonds, Taxes, &c. Bartow issued, in accordance with law, the bonds of said County, on which they borrowed money to support the wives, widows, mothers and children of indigent soldiers, and other poor of the County, and some of said bonds are due and unpaid; and owing to the currency said Justices received for said bonds, justice requires that the whole amount apparently due thereon should not be paid; therefore, 1. SEC. I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enaet, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Bartow, ized to com or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to compromise and settle bonds settle, according to equity and justice, the bonds now due and owing by said County, upon such terms as said Justices and the holdnew bonds. ers of said bonds may agree, and to issue new bonds for the amounts agreed on; Provided, that no bond shall be issued by said Justices for such purpose, to run for more than fifteen years, nor drawing more than legal interest. This act shall take effect from its passage. Proviso. applied. Proviso. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 50.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of the County of Bartow to issue bonds to raise revenue for County purposes. 2. SEC. I. Be it enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Bartow are hereby authorized and empowered to County bonds authorized. issue and negotiate County bonds to an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, the proceeds of which, when sold, shall be apProceeds how plied to such County purposes as the said Court may deem just and proper, to pay Jurors, to build bridges, and defray such other County expenses as may be necessary; Provided, however, that such bonds shall not be issued for a longer period than five years; And Provided, further, that such County tax shall be levied from year to year, after the expiration of this year, as will pay off and extinguish said bonds, and the interest thereon, by the time they mature and fall due. All laws militating are hereby repealed. Approved 12th March, 1866. (No. 51.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of 3. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, in the County of Bulloch, be authorized to impose and collect an Tax author extra tax on the State tax, not to exceed one hundred per cent., for the purpose of building a Court House and bridges in said Counbridges. ty, for each and every year, so long as the Justices of the Inferior ized for building Ceurt House and County Bonds and Taxes. Court aforesaid shall deem it absolutely necessary; the said tax to be collected and paid over in the same manner as is now authorized and required by law. "he collector shall be allowed two per centum on the amount collected as his compensation. Court may 4. SEC. II. That the Justices of the Inferior Court, as aforesaid, or a majority of them, be authorized, immediately upon the passage of this Act, to issue the bonds of the Inferior Court, bear- Inferior ing seven per cent. interest, to the amount of five thousand dollars, issue bonds. for the purpose of obtaining a loan on said bonds, to enable them to proceed at once with the building of a Court House and bridges aforesaid; said bonds to be signed by a majority of the members of the Inferior Court, countersigned by the Clerk of the Court, and to be made payable at any time fixed by the direction of the said Justices of the Inferior Court, within a period of five years, and the faith and credit of the County are hereby pledged to the redemption of the same. SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 52.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Clarke County to money for certain purposes, by an extra tax, or by the issue of bonds. raise 5. SEC. I. Be it enacted, &c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Clarke County be, and they are hereby authorized to Inferior levy and collect an extra tax, not to exceed one hundred per cent. Court to levy upon the general State tax, for the purpose of defraying the expen-objects. ses incurred by reason of the prevalence of the small pox, in said County, to build bridges, to purchase the toll bridge over the Oconee river at Athens, and for other necessary county expenses; Proviso, Provided, that should no general tax be levied by the General Assembly for the year 1866, the said Justices are hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax not to exceed one eighth of one per cent. on the taxable property of said County. Inferior 6. SEC. II. The Justices of the Inferior Court of Clarke County are hereby authorized, in order to raise money for the purposes Court may indicated in this Act, to issue and sell the bonds of said County, in issue bonds.. such amounts and having such a rate of interest as they may deem best, and the faith and credit of the County is hereby pledged for the payment of said bonds. SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Tax authorized to pay for purchased County Bonds and Taxes. (No. 53.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Early, in this State, to levy and collect an extra tax, to pay for provisions heretofore purchased by them for the poor of said County, and for the use of disabled soldiers and their families. 7. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County provisions have authority to levy and collect, in the manner now pointed out for poor, &c., by law, an extra tax, sufficient in amount to pay for all provisions heretofore purchased, by them for the use of the poor, and disabled soldiers and soldiers families of said County. and object of. SEC. II. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Approved 23rd February, 1866. (No. 54.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Elbert County, 8. SEC. I. Be it enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Elbert County, or a majority of them, be authorized to levy Tax-amount and collect a tax for County purposes, sufficient in amount to pay for keeping the Asylum for the Poor for the year 1865, to pay Jury fees, and other County indebtedness, contracted since the 1st day of June, 1865, and to pay the current County expenses for How assessed 1866. 9. SEC. II. That said Justices, or a majority of them, be authorized to have said tax assessed by the County Assessor, and collectand collected, ed by the County Collector, or they may appoint any other person or persons to assess and collect the same, allowing such comCompensa pensation as in their judgment may be just and equitable, the said Assessor and Collector giving bond and security in double the sum to be collected, for the faithful performance of duty. tion for. Bond. Tax laws in 1860 to gov and collector, 10. SEC. III. That said Assessor and Collector shall be governed ern assessor, in the performance of their duties in assessing and collecting said tax, by the tax laws in force in 1860, except so far as the changed state of the negro may affect the same. SEC. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 55.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Greene County to levy an extra tax for the purpose of building a bridge across the Oconee river, to repair the bridges in said County, and for other purposes. 11. SEC. I. Be it enacted, &c., That the Inferior Court of Greene County Bonds, Taxes, &c. County, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury, be, and they are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax, of not more than Extra tax au one hundred per cent. upon the State tax, for the purpose of build-turized for ing a bridge across the Oconee river, for the repairing the bridges bridges. in the County, and for other purposes. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. App: oved 5th March, 1866. building and (No. 56.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Heard to levy and collect a tax, to compensate citizens for attention to cases of small pox in said County. 12. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, that the Justices of the Inferior Court of Heard County be, and they are, hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax in said County, to com- Tax may pensate P. G. Morrow, and others of said County, for their atten- pensate for tion to cases of small-pox in said County; and said Justices are cases of smal empowered to collect such tax in such an amount and at such times as they may deem proper and necessary. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 57.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Thomas County, and of the WHEREAS, The Inferior Court of Thomas County, and of the County of Liberty, purchased provisions for the support of soldiers' families in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, before the surrender of our armies, which purchases were never paid; therefore, levied to com attention to Preamble, Tax author 13. SEC. I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That the Inferior Court of Thomas County, and of the County of Liberty, ized to pay are hereby authorized to levy a tax sufficient to pay the aforesaid indebtedness. indebtedness. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 58.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of the County of Lumpkin to levy an extra tax, for the purpose of building a Jail, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury. 14. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the Inferior Court of the County of Lumpkin shall jail. raised. County Bonds and Taxes. be, and it is hereby, authorized and requ red to levy and have colTax author lected, (independent of any other County tax,) on the State tax, ized to build such a per cent. as will raise the sum of of seven hundred dollars Amount to be for the year 1866, and the sum of eight hundred dollars for the year 1867, for the purpose, exclusively, of building a Jail in said Grand Jury County; Provided, the Grand Jury, empaneled at the February Term, 1866, of the Superior Court of said County, recommend that the above named tax for the year 1866, be levied and collected. to recom mend. Duty of Tax ers. 15. SEC. II. That it shall be the duty of the Tax Collector of said County to collect the tax levied under this Act, and pay over the same to A. G. Wimpey, Jas. L. Harris, J. C. Brittain, M. F. Whelchel and J. W. Woodward, or a majority of them, who are Commission hereby constituted Commissioners for the purpose of receiving said fund, and having said Jail constructed, with full power, in conjunction with the Inferior Court of said County, to carry out No compen the intention of this Act, and neither said Tax Collector, the County Treasurer, nor the Commissioners, shall receive any compensation for any services under this Act. sation. Bonds au thorized to pay for treat Approved 15th February, 1866. (No. 59.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Randolph county to issue bonds to pay for treatment of small-pox, and for other expenses incurred by said Court, for county purposes. 16. SEC. I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Randolph county be, and they are hereby, authorized to issue three thousand dollars in bonds, of such denomination as said Court may deem proper, for pox and for the purpose of paying for the treatment of small-pox, and other Receivable expenses incurred by said Court, for county purposes. Said bonds so issued shall be receivable for all county dues. ment of smail county pur for County dues. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved 12th March, 1866. (No. 60.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Richmond county to levy an extra tax for county purposes. .17. SEC. I. The General Assem ly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Richmond county are Extra tax au. hereby authorized and empowered, upon the recommendation of County pur- the Grand Jury of said county, to levy an extra tax upon the citizens of said county, not to exceed one hundred per cent. upon the State tax; the same to be applied to county purposes. thorized for poses. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved 8th March, 1866. |