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Commissioners for the current year, whose offices shall in like manner expire on the last day of the ensuing December. And the Commissioners so elected shall have all the rights and powers held by the present Commissioners of the Academy of Baldwin county.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the providing a regular succession of Commissioners there shall be held at the Academy on the first Tuesday in January, in each year, an election on the principle above stated, for three commissioners; Provided, That the omission to elect on that day shall not prevent the persons entering scholars from holding the election on any subsequent day.

THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

Assented to, 22d Dec. 1834.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to amend an act passed the 19th December, 1827, to authorize the commissioners of Washington County Academy to raise by Lottery a certain sum of money for the benefit of said Academy.

Whereas, by the said act the Trustees of the said Washington County Academy are made the commissioners to carry said lottery into effect,

And whereas, there are now more incorporated academies in said county,

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 each of the incorporated Academies of said county shall be entitled to a distributive share of the sum or sums of money which may be raised by said lottery, to be apportioned according to the law now in force for the distribution of the Academy fund of said county.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in place of the Trustees of the Washington County Academy being the lottery commissioners, said lottery shall be conducted by commissioners chosen by the Trustees of all the incorporated Academies in said county, the Trustees of each Academy to choose one lottery commissioner, a majority of whom shall form a quorum, and be authorized to proceed to business; and the commissioners thus chosen shall be governed by the acts of which this is an amendatory--any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

Assented to, 22d Dec. 1834.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to amend an act incorporating the Cassville Academy, in Cass County.

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 William Brewster, Berry W. Gideon, Isaac Anderson, and Leander Goodwin be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees to said

AN ACT to alter the 12th section of an act passed the 26th Dec. 1831, to incorporate Stone Creek Academy, and appoint Trustees for the same, in the county of Twiggs.

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 names of William A. Tharp, Jeremiah A. Tharp, and James Pearson be inserted in lieu of William A. Sharp, Jeremiah A. Sharp, and William Davis, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Stone Creek Academy, in the county aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

THOMAS GLASCOCK,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, 18th Dec. 1834.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

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AN ACT to authorize the Trustees of the Academy in the town of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee, to lay off two acres of the commons of said town for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for said Academy, and to authorize them to lay off into lots the present Academic square, and sell the same for the use of said Academy.

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 Trustees of the Academy in the town of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee be, and they are hereby authorized to select and lay off two acres of the town commons of said town for an Academy square for said town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees be, and they are hereby authorized to lay off the present Academy square into town lots, and sell them for the use and benefit of said Academy.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, or so much thereof as militates against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,

JACOB WOOD,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, 9th Dec. 1834.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to authorize the citizens of McIntosh county to elect the Commissioners of the Academy of said county, and to alter the act regulating the election of the Commissioners of Poor-schools and the Poor-school tax in said county.

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 on the first Monday in January next, being the time for electing county officers, the citizens of McIntosh county qualified to vote for members of the Legislature shall, and they are hereby authorized to vote at the said election for seven Commissioners to manage the Academy of said county, take care of its funds, and provide for the best mode of instructing the youth at said Academy.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall continue in office two years, but be eligible to a re-election; that they shall be bound at the expiration of each term to file a full statement of the receipts and disbursements of said Academy in the Clerk of the Superior Court's office of said county, which shall be received as of record therein.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners elected as aforesaid shall, before they enter on the duties of their office, take before any Judge or Justice of the Peace the following oath :-I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge my duty as Commissioner of McIntosh County Academy to the best of my knowledge; and while I continue in office: so help me God.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the majority of said Commissioners shall be authorized to fill all vacancies in their own body that may occur during the time for which they were elected.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That instead of three Commissioners of Poor-schools to be elected by the several precincts of McIntosh county,

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