all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.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, 20th December, 1834.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

CHURCHES AND CAMP-GROUNDS.

AN ACT to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Columbus, under the name and style of "The Church-wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church in Columbus."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met and convened, That H. R. McClintock and Lewis C. Allen, Church-wardens, and Edwin L. De Graffenried, George Hargraves, Junior, Charles A. Peabody, John A. Urquhart, John Forsyth, Junior, John E. Davis, and Battle A. Sorsby, Vestry-men, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby made a corporation and body politic, under the name and style of "The Church-wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church in Columbus," with the right of perpetual succession, and the power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to use a common seal, to hold, possess, and convey property, both real and personal, and generally to do and perform all other acts incidental to corporations aggregate.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Churchwardens and Vestry, and their successors in office, shall have power to make, ordain, and establish all needful by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government and management of the affairs of the said corporation, as to them shall seem expedient: Provided, the same shall not be repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State, or to the canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Georgia; and provided further, in all corporate acts, that five of the said Church-wardens and Vestry shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; and the concurrence of a majority of those present shall be sufficient to render their acts valid and obligatory.

THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, 20th December, 1834.

WILSON LUMKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Church in the village of Culloden in Monroe county, the Presbyterian Church at New-Hope in Madison county, and the Baptist Church at Concord in Carrol 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 from and after the passage of this act, the Methodist Episcopal Church in Culloden, Monroe county, shall be known and called by the name of the Culloden Methodist Episcopal Church; and that James J. Banks, Thomas Stanford, Robert Tripp, New

dygate Ousby, James Smith, John W. Persons, and Nicholas W. Persons, 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 the Culloden Methodist Episcopal Church, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorized to make such by-laws and regulations as shall be necessary for the government of said Church: Provided, such by-laws are not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State and, for the purposes aforesaid, may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever which may now belong to the said Church, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit, and behoof of said Church.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall happen in said Board by death, resignation, or otherwise, the survivors, or a majority of them, shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the by-laws and regulations of the Trustees aforesaid.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Presbyterian Church at New-Hope, in the county of Madison, be incorporated under the name and style of the New-Hope Presbyterian Church; and that they be invested with all the powers and enjoy all the privileges granted and allowed by this act to the Trustees of the Culloden Methodist Episcopal Church; and that David Evans, Thomas Long, Samuel G. McCrady, and Benjamin W. Wood be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for the same.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Baptist Church at Concord, in the county of Carrol, be incorporated under the name and style of the Baptist Church at Concord; and that they be invested with the same powers and enjoy all the privileges allowed and granted by this act to the Culloden Methodist Episcopal Church; and that Isaac E. Cobb,

Thomas B. Williams, and Thomas P. Wilkins be appointed

Trustees for the same.

AN ACT to incorporate the First Particular Baptist Church in the city of Darien, McIntosh County.

Whereas a religious society having been established and dedicated to the Lord in the city of Darien, and of Baptist denomination

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 Rev. James McDonald, Rev. Samuel S. Law, Rev. Edward Postell, James Smith, and Charles O'Neal, and their successors in office (of the same faith and order), shall be, and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the First Particular Baptist Church in the city of Darien, McIntosh County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said James McDonald, Samuel S. Law, Edward Postell, James Smith, and Charles O'Neal, Trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office (of the same faith and order), shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, and hereditaments, privileges, and immunities whatsoever which may be

long to the said Church at the time of the passing of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their successors in office as aforesaid; shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and of using all neces sary legal steps for recovering or defending any property whatsoever which the said Church may hold, claim, or demand, and also for recovering the rents, issues, and profits of the same or any part thereof.

SEC, 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all vacancies which may happen in the said incorporation by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled up by appointment from their own body or Church, for one or more, as the case may be, of the same faith and order as aforesaid.

THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB WOOD,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, 18th Dec. 1834.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church at Mars Hill, in the county of Clarke.

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 David Stephens, Josiah Daniell, Abram Doolittle, Bedford Langford, Jeremiah Daniell, Anselm L. Harper, and Walden Wise, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Baptist Church at Mars Hill, in the county of Clarke, with power