as insolvent; and that the comptroller-general be hereby authorized to settle with him accordingly. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 1st December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. ASYLUMS. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Clarke county to provide for and establish an Asylum for the invalid poor of said county. 1 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 so soon as the Justices of the Inferior Court of Clarke county shall have at their disposal sufficient funds, and deem the measure expedient, they shall be, and are hereby authorized to purchase for said county a suitable tract of land for the use and occupation of the invalid poor of said county, contract for the erection of suitable buildings thereon, and make every other provision which to them may appear necessary to an economical and comfortable support of such invalid poor. 126 SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Justices shall have full power to act themselves, or appoint curators, overseers, and other officers and agents, for the care and management of the Asylum and poor aforesaid, make all orders, rules, and regulations which they may deem necessary and most conducive to the end and object contemplated by this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, after the establishment of said Asylum, the said Justices shall be entitled to apply an adequate portion of the Poor-school Fund, appropriated to the use of said county, to the education of the poor children residing at and near said Asylum; subject, however, to the same accountability that is provided by any general law on that subject. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all paupers received at said Asylum shall be under such rules and regulations as shall be hereafter pointed out by the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county; but no part of this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Justices from making any appropriation, at any time, in order to aid and facilitate the promotion of said institution, or in favour of any poor persons, which they may deem more conducive to the interests of the county, or more congenial with the feelings of humanity, to keep them in any other part of the county. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 22d Dec. 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Greene, Houston, Bibb, Talbot, Glynn, and Decatur counties to provide and establish an Asylum for the poor of each of said counties, and to appoint Directors for the management of the same. Be it enacted, &c., That so soon as the Inferior Courts of the counties aforesaid, respectively, shall have at their disposal funds sufficient, and the measure shall be deemed expedient, said Courts shall be, and they are hereby authorized to appoint three suitable and discreet persons of said counties, who shall be denominated and styled "the Directors of the Asylum" of the said counties respectively. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Directors, when thus appointed, shall take and subscribe before any one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county the following oath :-I do solemnly swear, that I will, according to the best of my skill and ability, manage, and so direct the affairs of the Poor-house Asylum of the county of which I am appointed a Director, as shall seem to me best calculated to promote an economical and comfortable support of the poor or invalid received at the same: and make annually a true return to the Inferior Court of all expenses incurred in conducting the affairs of said institution. Which oath shall be entered on the minutes of the Inferior Court. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Directors aforesaid shall hold their offices during good behaviour, which shall be determined by the Inferior Court of said counties respectively, and a majority of them shall be competent to the transaction of business: and should either of them fail or refuse to do their duty as Directors aforesaid, the Inferior Court shall have power to remove them and appoint others in their place. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Directors, when thus appointed and qualified, shall immediately proceed, under the instructions of the Inferior Court, to purchase a suitable tract of land for the use and occupation of the poor of said counties respectively; contract for the erection of suitable buildings thereon, and make other provisions which to them may appear necessary to an economical and comfortable support of such invalid poor. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Directors shall have power to employ, if they deem it necessary, two suitable persons (male and female, who in all cases shall be husband and wife) to act on the premises and superintend the feeding, clothing, and general management of the paupers, and attend to other duties, under such instructions, rules, and regulations as the Directors shall from time to time prescribe; for which objects the said Directors shall meet at said Asylum at least once in three months, or oftener if the affairs of the institution shall require it. They may also employ a physician to attend the paupers when sick, and such other persons as may seem best calculated to promote the ends and objects contemplated by this act. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Directors aforesaid shall have power to purchase and provide every thing necessary to any of said Asylums, especially all necessary implements for work, in and about said Asylums, and the farms thereof, according to sex, condition, and ability of said poor; and said Directors shall, at the first term of the Inferior Court in each year, lay before the Justices of the same an exact account of the amount of expense incurred in conducting the affairs of said institution the preceding year: at which time the Inferior Court shall order an appropriation to be made to meet the same, to be placed in the hands of the Directors for its payment, if they shall deem the same correct and just. They may also, at the same time, allow the said Directors such compensation as may seem just and reasonable for their services in conducting the affairs of said institution. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all paupers received at said Asylum shall be under such rules and regulations as shall hereafter be prescribed by the Inferior Court of said counties respectively: the said Justices of the Inferior Court being at all times authorized to call in and consult the Directors of said Asylum as to the best mode, &c. of profitably and economically maintaining and directing said paupers. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be construed as to prevent the Justices of the Inferior Court of said counties, respectively, from making any appropriations, at any time, in order to aid and facilitate the operations of said institution, or in favour of any poor persons, when they shall consider it will be more conducive to the interest of the county, or more congenial with the feelings of humanity to keep them in any other part of the counties aforesaid. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That said Justices of the Inferior Court of said counties, respectively, are hereby fully impowered to do and perform, direct and order, the arrangements of said Asylum in such manner as they shall deem most conducive to the good of the paupers, and the interest of the counties aforesaid. THOMAS GLASCOCK, JACOB WOOD, Assented to, 20th Dec. 1834. President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Wilkinson and Elbert counties to provide for and establish an Asylum for the invalid poor of said counties. 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 so soon as the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Wilkinson and Elbert |