of said county, as it may deem proper, to the improvement of said roads and bridges.

AN ACT amendatory of and supplemental to "an act to lay off, define, and keep open the main channel of Savannah River, from Augusta to the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, in Elbert county, so as to prevent the obstruction of navigation, and the free passage of fish therein, and to punish those who may obstruct the same, and to appoint Commissioners to carry the provisions of this act into effect, and to point out the mode of their compensation," passed the twenty-second 'December, 1829, and also the act passed December 22, 1830, to amend the said recited

act.

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 nothing in the acts contained to which this act is amendatory and supplemental, shall be so construed as to preclude the Commissioners of that part of Savannah River, between Augusta and the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, in the county of Elbert, or a majority of them, from reserving and keeping open for the free passage of boats and fish, the one third part of said river in width, including the main sluice or sluices, channel or channels thereof, at each and every place or part of said river, between the two points or places aforesaid, more particularly the Stump sluice and Bool sluice.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall remove or displace, or shall cause to be removed or displaced any corner or corners, beacon or beacons,

.which have been or shall be made, reared or designated, to carry into effect the purposes contemplated by the acts to which this act is amendatory and supplemental, shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor, before the Superior Court having jurisdiction of the case,, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of two hundred dollars for every such offence, the one half of such fine shall go to the informer, and the other half to go to the county in which such conviction is had.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of the Roads and Rivers in the Eastern Division, be, and he is hereby authorised, should he consider it not injuri ous to the public service, to detail from such of the companies of public hands as he may deem expedient, a sufficient number of said hands to make the company at this time working on the road from Augusta via Goshen, Petersburg, Elberton, Carnesville, and Clarkville, to Clayton, in Rabun county, amount to twenty hands. And the said superintendent is hereby authorised and required to cause the said hands to work on the Savannah River at any time when he shall be directed so to do by a majority of the Commissioners of Savannah River, between Augusta, and the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, in the county of Elbert: Provided, that nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to authorise the said superintendent to cause the said hands-to work on said part of Savannah River for a period of time exceeding two months in any years

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to alter and amend the road laws of this State, so far as respects the county of Dooly.

Sec. 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, it shall not be lawful for the overseer of the roads, in any of the districts of said county of Dooly, to call out the persons subject to perform road duty therein, exceeding three days at any one time of working: Provided always, that whenever it shall be made satisfactorily appear to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Dooly, that the building of any bridge across any of the water-courses in said county, cannot be done by the road hands within three days, it shall and may be lawful for said Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid, to appoint Commissioners and proceed as is already prescribed by the laws now of force in this State, except that the contractor for the building of any bridge shall give bond and security to the said Justices of the Inferior Court and their successors in office, instead of the Governor, for the faithful performance of their duty.

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

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the improvement of the roads and rivers of this State, passed the eighteenth of December, 1829.

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 superintendents of the public hands of this State, shall have the entire power of appointing all overseers provided for by said act, which overseers shall be subject only to their contract, [control] and by said superintendents, subject at any time to be removed from service: which overseers shall be paid as formerly, agreeable to the time they may have been in actual service.

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

AN ACT to regulate slaves in the town of Milledgeville, and to punish their owners or managers, in certain cases.

Whereas much evil exists in the town of Milledgeville, in consequence of the owners and managers of slaves permitting them to hire their time, and to live separate and apart, from owners and managers;

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 first day of January next, it shall not be lawful for any owner or manager of any slave in the town of Milledgeville, to permit such slave to hire his or her time, or to live upon a lot separate and apart from his or her owner or manager; nor shall it be lawful for any owner or manager in the town

of Milledgeville, to hire such slave to any other person with the intent that said slave shall be allowed to live upon a lot separate and apart from his owner or manager; and that any owner or manager ofending against this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to indictment for the same, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. ·

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any one or more freeholders or the marshal of the town of Milledgeville, may, whenever they know of any slave or slaves living separate and apart from their owner or manager in the town aforesaid, take said slave or slaves, to the keeper of the common jail of the county of Baldwin, who shall receive them and safely keep them, until their owners or managers shall have paid all jail fees, and given bond and security to abide the judgment of the Court, on any indictment, which may be instituted under this act, and which jail fees shall be the same as in all other cases, for the imprisonment of slaves: Provided, that the jailer shall not be authorised to receive any slave or slaves from said freeholder or freeholders, or town marshal, until one freeholder or freeholders, or the town marshal aforesaid, shall file an affidavit that said slave or slaves has been apprehended under the provisions of this act, or for its due enforcement.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

AN ACT to exempt from road duty, on certain conditions, all male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine..

Whereas all male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine are required to perform road duty, on the main; and where