resentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly convened, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, his Excellency the Governor of this State cause to be made out and issued to Duncan McDougald of Muscogee county a grant for fractional lot number 188 in the seventh district thereof, on the payment of the lawful grant fees, and that he be released from all further payments for or on account of the same. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of forty dollars and fifty-one cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the said Duncan McDougald, out of any monies not otherwise appropriated; and that the Governor do draw his warrant on the Treasurer for said amount, in favor of said McDougald. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved February 22, 1850. AN ACT to complete and furnish the Georgia Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, to appropriate a sum of money for the same, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives 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 thousand dollars, together with the unexpended balance of the annual appropriation for the education of the indigent Deaf and Dumb for the year eighteen. hundred and forty-nine, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the completion and furnishing the Asylum edifice, the erecting of the necessary out-buildings, work-shops, and such other improvements as the Board of Commissioners in their discretion may deem absolutely necessary; and that his excellency the Governor be authorized to draw his warrants upon the Treasurer for said amount in favor of said Board, for such sums and at such times as they may deem necessary and proper: Provided, always, That no greater sum shall be drawn than is absolutely required to carry out the provisions of this act. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners shall make a report of all their actings and doings to his Excellency the Governor annually on the first day of July, instead of semi-annually as now required by the seventh section of the act for the establishment and location of said Asylum. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, February 11, 1850. AN ACT for the relief of William Wayne of the county of Cherokee. WHEREAS William Wayne of the county of Cherokee, in compliance with the provisions of the act relating to reverted lands, assented to December 28th, 1842, made application for the grant to lot number seven in the 2d Dist. and 2d Sect. of Cherokee county; and whereas, at the time of said application it appeared by the entries in the books of the Executive Office, that the grant to said lot of land had issued; and whereas said lot was subsequently granted as reverted lot, whereby the Treasury of the State received the sum of ninety seven dollars and fifty cents more than would have been paid in had the grant issued to the said William Wayne, the rightful owner of said lot : SECTION 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 his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby athorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the said sum of ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents, in favor of said William Wayne. Approved, February 11, 1850. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Isaac S. Wood. WHEREAS, agreeably to an act passed 22d day of December, 1827, entitled "An act to dispose of the residue of lands heretofore reserved for the use of the State," Isaac S. Wood, on the 8th day of January, 1829, was the purchaser of fraction number three in twelfth district of Carroll county, at the price of twenty-five dollars and twenty-five cents; and also fraction number thirteen in said district, at the price of thirteen dollars; and whereas the said Wood, having fully paid the purchase money for the said fractions, departed this life, and A. R. Walton of the county of Carroll became the representative of his estate, and never having applied for grants to said fractions, the same reverted to the State, and were sold for the price of thirty-eight dollars and ten cents for remedy whereof SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the sum of thirty-two dollars and ten cents in favor of the said A, R. Walton. Approved, February 22, 1850. AN ACT for the relief of William Hardeman of the county of Cherokee. WHEREAS William Hardeman, of the county of Cherokee, in compliance with the provisions of the act relating to reverted lands, assented to December the 28th, 1842, made application for the grant to lot number three hundred and nineteen, in the second district and second section of Cherokee county; and whereas at the time of said application it appeared by the entries in the books of the Executive Office, that the grant to said lot of land had issued; and whereas said lot was subsequently granted as a reverted lot, whereby the Treasury of the State received the sum of twenty-two dollars and fifty cents more than would have been paid in had the grant issued to the said William Hardeman, the rightful owner of said lot: SECTION 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 his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the said sum of twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, in favor of William Hardeman; and that the Treasurer pay the same to Joshua Roberts, Representative from Cherokee county, Georgia. Approved, February 21, 1850. AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to build a road over the Lookout Mountain, in the counties of Walker and Dade. SECTION 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 the sum of three thousand and five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Dade, to be applied by the said Justices to making a road over the Lookout Mountain in the counties of Walker and Dade; the said road commencing at Jesse Stephen's in Walker county, near the foot of Lookout Mountain, thence ascending to the top of the Mountain, thence to the Gap near Col. Benjamin Easley's, thence down the Mountain to intersect the Valley road at or near the house of Col. Benjamin Easley's; the said road to be fourteen feet wide and a grade not to exceed fifteen inches in every ten feet. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be three Commissioners, to wit, Benjamin Hawkins, Gallaton Stephens and Joel Halsey, whose duty it shall be to superintend the construction of said road, and who shall report to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Dade county when said road is finished according to the provisions* of this act; and said Justices of the Inferior Court shall report to his Excellency the Governor of this State that said road is finished according to the provisions of this act, and it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of the contractor for the said sum of three thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the contractor shall enter into a bond with good and sufficient security in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of said contract, and the finishing of said road in twelve months from the passing of this act, and that the said bond shall be made payable to his Excellency the Governor, and his successors in office, and shall be tested and approved by three or more of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Dade county. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Inferior Court shall have the said road laid out in mile sections, to be let at public outcry to the lowest bidder, after two months advertisement at Dade and Walker court-houses. Approved February 23, 1850. AN ACT to incorporate the Andrew Academy, and appoint Trustees for the same. SECTION 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 James Middleton, John Brown, Caleb Pendavis Joseph Logan, Thomas Drawdy, Michael King, and Stephen A. Myers, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees, and they and their successors in office are declared a body corporate by the name and style of the Andrew Academy in the county of Wayne. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the Trustees aforesaid be, and they are hereby vested with full power to fill all vacancies that may occur in said Board of Trustees, to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in the several Courts of law and equity in this State, to hold title to and convey real or personal estate, to make all by-laws necessary for their own government not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, to appoint to and remove from office such officers as they or a majority of them may think proper. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved December 21, 1849. AN ACT to add an additional number of Trustees to the Attapulgus Academy in Decatur county. SECTION 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 from and after the passage of this act, John H. Gibson and Daniel McKennis, and Robert J. Smallwood, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Attapulgus Academy in Decatur county, in addition to those already appointedany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 21, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the Buena Vista Academy in Greene county. SECTION 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 Cordial N. Daniel, William Tuggle, jr., Hugh C. Mitchell, William Heard, Peter C. Johnson, Richard J. Harris, and Elisha S. Hunter, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Buena Vista Academy in the county of Greene, and they the said Cordial N. Daniel, William Tuggle, jr., Hugh C. Mitchell, William Heard, Peter C. Johnson, Richard J. Harris, and Elisha Hunter, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all monies due or that may become due, gifts, grants, hereditaments, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said Academy, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to them, the said Trustees and their |