AN ACT to incorporate the Savannah Lyceum.

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 Joseph Cumming, Joseph Habersham, Timothy G. Barnard, John J. Mitchell, Washington Baird, Robert M. Charlton, John Millen, William Miller, William H. Stiles, Ralph King, and their associates, be, and they are hereby enacted a body corporate, by the name and style of the "Savannah Lyceum ;' with power to hold and convey real and personal estate for the use and convenience of said Lyceum, to hear and be heard, implead and be impleaded, by their said corporate name, and with such other powers as are usually incident to corporate bodies, and especially to appoint such officers and to establish such constitution, by-laws, and regulations for the management of the said institution as the majority of the members may from time to time deem expedient: Provided, the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State.

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 incorporate a Volunteer Company of Infantry, at Stalling's Store, Monroe county, known as the "Monroe Blues."

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 Company of Infantry at Stalling's Store, Monroe county, commanded by Captain Archibald A. Gaulding, be, and are hereby incorporated under the style of the "Monroe Blues;" and that the members thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to form such rules and regulations and pass such by-laws for their own government and regulation as they may think proper; which by-laws and regulations, when formed and passed, shall be binding on the members of such company to all intents and purposes: Provided, that such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the laws of this State or of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a board of the officers of said company, of three or more, two of which must be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form a court of inquiry, and try and fine defaulters for non-attendance or other defaults and misconduct as members of said company; which court shall be governed by the laws and regulations governing courts of inquiry in this State.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said company shall enjoy and exercise the corporate powers and privileges with which it is invested by virtue of this act, so long as said company shall contain thirty men in uniform.

THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, 22d December, 1834.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to incorporate a Volunteer Company of Riflemen in the county of Habersham, to be called the Clarksville Union Rifle 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 the company of riflemen in Clarksville, Habersham county, commanded by Captain John T. Carter, be, and are hereby incorporated under the title of the Clarksville Union Rifle Company; and that the members thereof are hereby authorized and empowered to form such rules and regulations and pass such by-laws for their own government and regulation as they may think proper; which by-laws and regulations, when formed and passed, shall be binding on such company and each individual thereof to all intents and purposes: Provided, that such bylaws and regulations be not repugnant to the laws of this State or the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a board of the officers of said company, of three or more, two of whom shall be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form a court of inquiry, and to try and fine delinquents for non-attendance or other defaults or misconduct, as members of said company; which court shall be governed by the laws and rules regulating company courts of inquiry in this State.

THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, 22d Dec. 1834.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

INDIANS.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled An Act more effectually to provide for the government and protection of the Cherokee Indians residing within the limits of Georgia, and to prescribe the bounds of their occupant claims; and also to authorize grants to issue for lots drawn in the late Land and Gold Lotteries, in certain cases, and to provide for the appointment of an agent to carry certain parts thereof into execution, and to fix the salary of such agent; and to punish those persons who may deter Indians from enrolling for emigration; passed 20th December, 1833.

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 his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint such agent or agents as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and of the act of which it is amendatory, who shall take an oath and give bond as required by the aforesaid act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the agent or agents appointed by his Excellency the Governor, under the authority of the act of which this is amendatory, to report to him the number, district, and section of all lots of land subject to be granted by the provisions of said act, which he may be required to do by the drawer or his agent, or the person claiming the same; and it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, upon the application of the drawer of any of the aforesaid lots, his or her special agents, or the person to whom the drawer may have bona fide conveyed the same, his agent or assigns, to issue a grant therefor; and it shall be the duty of said agent or agents, upon the production of the grant so issued as aforesaid, by the grantee, his or her agent, or the person, or his or her agent, to whom said land, so granted as aforesaid, may have been bona fide conveyed, to deliver possession of said granted lot to the said grantee, or person entitled to the possession of the same under the provisions of this act, or the

act of which this act is amendatory; and his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorized, upon satisfactory evidence that the said agent is impeded or resisted in delivering such possession by a force which he cannot overcome, to order out a sufficient force to carry the power of said agent or agents fully into effect, and to pay the expenses of the same out of the contingent fund: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to require the interference of said agent between two or more individuals claiming possession by virtue of a title derived from a grant from the State to any lot.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person entitled to the possession of a lot of land under the provisions of this act, or the act of which this is amendatory, shall make application to said agent or agents for such possession, and exhibit to him his or her grant, or the grant of the drawer, and a regular chain of titles, recorded according to law, from the drawer to the person so applying, the said agent or agents shall, without regard to any previous application or proceedings had thereon, deliver possession of said lot to the person entitled to the same.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person dispossessed of a lot of land under this act, or the act of which it is amendatory, shall go before a Justice of the Peace or of the Inferior Court, and make affidavit that he or she was not liable to be dispossessed under or by any of the provisions of this or the aforesaid act, and file the said affidavit in the clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county in which said land shall lie, such person, upon giving bond and security in the clerk's office for the costs to accrue on the trial, shall be permitted, within ten days from such dispossessing, to enter an appeal to said Superior Court; and at said Court the Judge shall cause an issue to be made up between the appellant and the person to whom possession of said land was delivered by either of said agents; which said issue shall be in the following form :-" A. B., who was dispossessed of a lot of land by an agent of the State of Georgia, comes into court, and admitting the right of the State of Georgia to pass the law under which such agent acted, avers that he was not liable to be dispossessed of said land by or under any of the provisions of the act of the Genral Assembly of Georgia, passed the 20th of December, 1833, more effectually to provide for the protection of the Cherokee Indians residing within the limits of Georgia, and to prescribe the bounds of their occupant claims; and also to authorize