counties aforesaid to the Court-house in said counties shall be entitled to receive a compensation of one dollar each per day for their services for the same, to be paid out of the county fund: Provided, that not more than one person shall be paid for carrying up the same from each precinct. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 20th December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to provide for the compensation of the bearers of the returns of the polls of the respective election precincts in the county of Tatnall. 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 persons employed to convey the returns from the several precincts of elections in the county of Tatnall to the Court-house of the said county, at any general election, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, entitled to receive the sum of one dollar each for such service as compensation therefor, which shall be allowed and paid by the county treasurer upon the presentation of a certificate, signed by the managers and judges of the elections, or a majority of them: Provided, nevertheless, that not more than one person shall be employed or compensated for any one precinct. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS GLASCOCK, JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 20th December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to compensate one of the Justices of the Peace. who may be a superintendent of the elections at either of the election precincts in the county of Jackson. 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 after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of one of the Justices of the Peace who may be a superintendent at each of the election precincts in the county of Jackson, to meet at the Court-house and compare and consolidate the returns according to law heretofore made and provided for in such cases; for which services each of the above Justices of the Peace, superintending as aforesaid, shall for each return so made be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, to be paid out of the county fund. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the said Justices of the Peace shall make out their accounts agreeably to the first section of this act, setting forth the day and date, and cause the same to be laid before the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county; upon which it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court of said county to issue their order requiring the county treasurer to pay the same out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 20th December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to compensate one of the Justices of the Peace who may be a superintendent of the elections at the several election precincts in and for the county of Burke, and for other purposes. 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 it shall be the duty of one of the Justices of the Peace who may be a superintendent at each of the several election precincts established by law in and for said county, to meet at the Court-house and compare and consolidate the returns according to law heretofore made and provided in such cases; for which services each of the above-named Justices shall be allowed for each return so made the sum of two dollars, to be paid out of the county funds. SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of the above-recited Justices shall make out their ac counts agreeably to the first section of this act, setting forth the day and date, and cause the same to be laid before the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county. SEC. 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to issue their order requiring the county treasurer to pay the same out of any moneys belonging to the county not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, if any slave or slaves, or any free person or persons of colour, in the county of Laurens, shall sell or give to any other slave or slaves, or free person or persons of colour any ardent spirits, unless the owner, or overseer, or employer of such slave or slaves be present and consenting and agreeing to the same, such slave or slaves, or free person or persons of colour, so offending, on conviction thereof shall receive on his bare back not less than twenty and not more than one hundred lashes: offenders against this act to be tried and punished under the same rules and regulations as are now pointed out by law for the trial and punishment of slaves and free persons of colour in this State. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall at all times be lawful for any three or more freeholders in the county aforesaid to go into any negro house or other place where they may believe any slave or slaves, or free person or persons of colour, shall or may keep any spirits to give or sell to negroes or any other person or persons whatever, and make diligent search for the same; and if on such search they shall find in the possession or under the control of any slave or slaves, or free person or persons of colour, any ardent spirits so kept to be sold or given away to any negroes or other persons, it shall be lawful and the duty of such freeholders to take such ardent spirits from such slave or slaves or free persons of colour, and destroy it and the article or thing in which it may be contained, provided such article or thing belongs to the offender; and moreover to give such slave or slaves, or free person or persons of colour, not less than twenty and not more than one hundred lashes on his bare back. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons in the county aforesaid shall knowingly and wilfully allow or permit his, her, or their slave or slaves to keep, to sell, or give away any ardent spirits, any such person or persons so offending shall be considered guilty of a crime against the laws of this State, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the Superior Court of said county to lay before the grand jury, at the opening of every Superior Court, a list of all persons who may have lawful license to retail or sell ardent spirits, together with the date ⚫ or dates of such license or licenses, and it shall be the duty of the Judge to charge the jury to present all who sell without license. SEC. 8. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS GLASCOCK, JACOB WOOD, Assented to, 20th Dec. 1834. President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to compensate one of the Justices of the Peace who may be a superintendent of the elections held at the several election precincts in the counties of Floyd and Walker. 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 it shall be the duty of one of the Justices of the Peace who may be a superintendent at each of the several election precincts established by law in and for said counties, to meet at the court-house and compare and consolidate the returns according to law heretofore made and provided in such cases; for which services each of the above-named Justices shall be allowed for |