morial prays an act of incorporation to said company to enable it to hold real and personal estate, the interest and rents of which are intended to be appropriated to the relief of disabled or distressed members of said company and their families

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, George A. Ash, Benjamin E. Stiles, Thomas Pense, John W. Long, Daniel Potter, John Gardner, W. W. Holton, Benjamin Snider, William Waters, L. Baldwin, M. Eigle, Hanford Knapp, William Remshart, Cyrus B. Carter, James Folker, William Herb, Gilbert Butler, William Rahn, J. J. Waver, J. G. Falligant, P. K. Wait, S. Little, S. D. Corbett, and W. K. Gaston, members of said Fire Company, and their successors, be, and they are hereby incorporated, under the name, style, and title of the "Savannah Fire Company;" and shall have power under their corporate name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered to, in any and all the courts of this State, and to have, exercise, and enjoy all the powers herein granted not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and of this State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said corporation be, and is hereby invested with power to purchase with said fund now in its possession, and such additions to it which may hereafter be derived from the same sources, real and personal estate: and also, to receive all donations, legacies, and bequests which may be made to it, to be held, used, and enjoyed for the purposes hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, that the rents, interests, and profits of all such property which said corporation may purchase or be interested in, and the interest of all loans which it shall make, shall be used and applied to the purpose of relieving the distresses of its members, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said corporation shall elect their officers in the manner pointed out in the ordinances of the City Council of Savannah, and that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to make said Fire Company independent of the City Council, but that it shall continue to be subject to the same control of the City Council as that body has heretofore exercised over it.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Fire Company hereby incorporated shall, on the first Monday of January, annually, report to the City Council of Savannah what property they have purchased or become interested in, what loans they have made, the state of their funds, what disbursements they have made, and for what benevolent purposes.

THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

Assented to, 18th Dec. 1834.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to incorporate the Georgia Lumber Company.

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 Stephen Chase, William Willis, Henry Goddard, Enoch Paine, and their associates who now are, and such other persons as may hereafter become, stockholders or subscribers in and to said company, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Georgia Lumber Company;" and the persons so incorporated are hereby authorized and empowered to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure; and by their corporate name aforesaid to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law and equity, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

That the said company shall have full power to make, establish, and ordain all such rules, by-laws, or ordinances for their own government as to them shall seem necessary and expedient; Provided, the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State: and the said company shall have power and be capable of receiving and holding, by purchase, gift, grant, or otherwise, all such lands and tenements, or other real or personal property, as may be necessary and convenient for the proper transaction of their business, or for the investment of any surplus funds belonging to said company.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the private property of the stockholders shall be bound and held liable for all contracts made by said company during the time that the individual shall be a stockholder in said company.

THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

Assented to, 17th Dec. 1834.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to extend an act heretofore passed 'entitled "An Act for the incorporation of the Steamboat Company of Georgia."

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 act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the 19th day of December, 1837, entitled "An Act for the incorporation of the Steamboat Company of Georgia," be, and the same is hereby extended to, for, and during the full end and term of twenty years from and after the 19th day of December, 1837; to have vested in the said corporation, and to receive, possess, and enjoy, during such term of

twenty years, all and singular the advantages, profits, and emoluments, with power and authority to hold, possess, and enjoy real and personal estate, and to be fully subject to all the conditions, limitations, and restrictions contained in the said act: Provided, that the exclusive privileges contained in the fourth section of the said act, and the pains, penalties, and forfeitures therein prescribed, shall not, after the said 19th December, 1837, obtain or be in force, and that the said fourth section of said act shall be thereafter repealed and of no effect.

THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

Assented to, 20th Dec. 1834.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to incorporate the Atlantic and New-Orleans Sea"board Line Company.

Whereas, Joseph Cumming, Samuel B. Parkman, George Hall, Robert Habersham, Anthony Porter, Ralph King, William Duncan, and others, have by their petition represented that, with a view to establish a shorter, more safe, and expeditious route from the Atlantic seaboard to New-Orleans than the one round the Cape of Florida, they have formed themselves into an association, under the name and style of the Atlantic and New-Orleans Seaboard Line Company; and in order to ensure and establish their said association in a permanent and effectual manner, so that the attainment of their object may be more facilitated, have prayed the Legislature to grant them an act of incorporation

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

said Joseph Cumming, Samuel B. Parkman, George Hall, Robert Habersham, Anthony Porter, Ralph King, William Duncan, and their associates, be, and they are hereby declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the Atlantic and NewOrleans Seaboard Line Company; and by the said name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, with power by their said corporate name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for recovering or defending any property, debts, or demands which they may have or claim in behalf of said Company; to hold real and personal estate, to have a common seal, and the same at pleasure, to alter or change; and with power to make, alter, change, and amend such by-laws as may be necessary and agreed on by the said Company; Provided, such laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State: and the said corporation are hereby invested with all the usual privileges, powers, advantages, and rights of incorporated companies.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall be the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of five hundred dollars each, with liberty to increase. the said capital stock to one million of dollars.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That subscriptions for constituting and collecting the stock of said company shall be opened in the city of Savannah on the third Monday in January next, under the direction and superintendence of Samuel B. Parkman, Joseph Cumming, and Ralph King, a majority of whom shall be competent to discharge the duties hereby devolved upon them: the books of subscription shall be kept open for one month, if that time shall be required for filling up said subscriptions; and the sums subscribed for shall be payable in manner following, i. e. ten per cent. at the time of subscribing, and the balance of the sum so subscribed at such time or times as the directors of said Company may require and direct: Provided, that sixty days' notice of the time at which payment be required to be made shall be given in one of the gazettes of Savannah.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if there should be a failure in the payment of any sum subscribed when the same is or may be required to be paid as aforesaid, the share or shares on which such failure should happen shall be forfeited, and may be again sold and disposed of as the directors shall order and provide, and the sum