of the said commissioners to report to the next Legislature the amount of said funds expended, and the extent of improvement on said road and bridge. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, Assented to, 9th Dec. 1834. President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of William Lasseter, tax collector of the county of Burke for the year 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 and required to draw his warrant on the treasury for the sum of forty dollars in favour of William Lasseter, tax collector of the county of Burke for the year 1833, it being the amount of the State's tax overpaid by him to the State. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, Assented to, 20th Dec. 1834. President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of Harman H. Howard and James Hollingsworth. Whereas, the receiver of tax returns for the county of Bibb returned William P. Hunter of said county, agent of the United States Bank, dealing in exchange as a broker, and in default for not giving in his taxes; and whereas the said James Hollingsworth issued his execution under the laws of this State against the said William P. Hunter as such agent; and whereas the said execution was placed in the hands of Harman H. Howard, then the sheriff of Bibb county; and the said Harman H. Howard having levied the said execution on the house and lot of the Bank of the United States, and sold the same for the sum of five hundred dollars, which, after deducting costs, he paid over agreeably to law, and the said the Bank of the United States having instituted an action in the District Court of the United States against the said James Hollingsworth and Harman H. Howard, and having recovered in the said action the sum of six hundred dollars for damages, and the sum of twenty-five dollars and fifty-eight cents for costs; and whereas justice requires that the damages and costs aforesaid be paid onehalf by the State and the other by the county of Bibb— 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 sum of three hundred and twelve dollars seventynine cents, the one-half of the amount of said damages and costs, be appropriated to pay the said one-half thereof, and also the sum of fifty dollars, the one-half the cost of counsel fees; and that the Governor draw his warrant on the treasury for the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tax collector of the county of Bibb be, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay from that part of the State tax of that county for the present year reserved for county purposes, the like sum of three hundred and twelve dollars seventy-nine cents, the other one-half of said damages and costs, and the sum of fifty dollars for counsel fees, and that the same be allowed to the said collector in settlement with the county authorities. THOMAS GLASCOCK, AN ACT for the relief of James B. Hanson of the county of Rabun, and John H. Lowe, administrator of the estate of John Selman, deceased. Whereas, James B. Hanson did heretofore purchase fraction number 8 in the third district of Rabun county, and pay into the treasury of this State the full amount of the purchase-money of said fraction; and whereas the said fraction was afterward sold by mistake as a reverted lot; and the same having been recovered from the said James B. Hanson in an action of ejectment; and whereas the said James B. Hanson is justly entitled to compensation for the loss which he has thus sustained— 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 sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby allowed to the said James B. Hanson for the injury he has sustained by the loss of the said lot No. 8 in the third district of Rabun county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, And to John H. Lowe, administrator of the estate of John Selman, deceased, the sum of two hundred and eleven dollars and sixty-nine cents, agreeable to a concurred reso lution. THOMAS GLASCOCK, JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 22d December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of Edmond Gresham of Walton, and Lancelot Johnston of Morgan county. Whereas, Edmond Gresham and Lancelot Johnston, the former of the county of Walton, and the latter of the county of Morgan, did prosecute and convict Enoch Waters and Nathaniel Simpson of the offence of negro-stealing at the last terms of the Superior Courts of Walton and Morgan counties, and did lay-out and expend a large amount of money in arresting in the State of Alabama, and bringing to trial and conviction said offenders against the laws; and whereas the good people of this State are all interested, particularly in the prevention of the crime of negro-stealing, by bringing to justice those who violate the laws in this regard; therefore 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 sum of four hundred and thirty-five dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any funds belonging to the State which are unappropriated, to Edmond Gresham and Lancelot Johnston, to be divided between them according to the amounts respectively expended by them in arresting, prosecuting, and convicting the said Enoch Waters and Oliver Simpson for the offence of negro-stealing. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favour of said Edmond Gresham and Lancelot Johnston for the aforesaid sum of four hundred and thirty-five dollars. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 20th December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of Anderson Craft, tax collector for the county of Elbert. Whereas, the last Superior Court of the county of Elbert failed to be holden in consequence of the death of the presiding judge, whereby Anderson Craft, the tax collector of the county of Elbert, was prevented from exercising the privilege allowed him by law of presenting and having allowed by the grand jury the insolvent list of said county; and whereas manifest injustice will be done the said Craft by settling with the comptroller-general without such allow-. ance for his relief; therefore 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 said Anderson Craft be, and he is hereby allowed the sum of ninety-nine dollars and fourteen cents, the amount of returns |