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as, by such requisition, they are not only subjected to much inconvenience, but exposed to great hazard.

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 immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for all owners of male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine, either to perform road duty in conformity to the laws now in force, or to commute for the performance of such duty, by paying for each male slave liable to work on the public roads the sum of three dollars per annum.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owners or ma nagers of such slaves shall be summoned in the manner pointed out by the law regulating roads in the county of Liberty, and on refusing to deliver to the person summoning a list of such slaves, or neglecting to perform the duty enjoined, or to commute for their labor, shall be subjected to all the pains and penalties which the existing road laws inflict.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all fines which may be incurred under this act, shall be paid into the hands of the Commissioners of the road district where the labor of such slave may be apportioned, to be by them applied to the use of such road district-any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to be entitled an act to manumit and set free from slavery Sophia, a person of colour, the property of Eli Fenn, and to give her a name.

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 [Laws of 1831.]:

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after the passage of this act, Sophia, a person of colour, now the property of Eli Fenn, shall be manumitted and set free from slavery, and shall be entitled to all the rights, immunities, and privileges, as though she had been born free,

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in future the said Sophia shall be called and known by the name of Sophia Fenn.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

AN ACT to regulate slaves in the county of Burke, and Jefferson and Scriven, and to punish their owners or managers, in certain cases.

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 first day of January next, it shall not be lawful for any owner or manager of any slave or slaves, in the counties of Burke, Jefferson, and Scriven, to allow him or them to hire his or their own time, to live on a separate town lot from his owner or manager. or to hire themselves on any farm or plantation, or hire any slave or slaves to any other person, to the intent that said slaves may be allowed to live separate and apart from their owner or manager, or to be allowed to furnish victuals for sale or the accommodation of any person or persons whatsoever; and that any owner or manager offending against this act, shall be deemed and considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to indictment for the same, and on eonviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any two or more freeholders may, whenever they know of any slave or slaves living separate and apart from their owner or manager, in

the counties aforesaid, and doing any act which manifest to them that they are allowed to act for themselves, or furnish victuals for any persons whatsoever, for pay or emolument, take said slave or slaves to the keeper of the common jail of said county, who shall receive them and safely keep them until the owner or manager shall have paid all the 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 jailor shall not be authorised to receive any slave from said freeholders until one or more of them shall file an affidavit that said slave or slaves were apprehended with a view to the enforcement of this act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person purchasing of any slave any poultry, without a written authority from the owner or manager of said slave, shall be held and deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

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AN ACT to impose, levy, and collect a tax for the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, on property real and personal, and to inflict penalties for neglecting or failing to comply with the provisions thereof.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it

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is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act passed the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hunred and twenty-five, together with all acts and parts of acts, which said act revived and continued in force, together with the act passed the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be revived and continued in force, as the tax act for the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the one half of the tax of each county so directed to be levied, shall be paid into the Treasury of this State, as heretofore, and the other half to the Inferior Court of the respective counties, for county purposes,to be placed by them in the hands of the County Treasurer, where there are Treasurers, and where none, the Clerks of the Inferior Courts, for safe keeping, to be appropriated by said Courts to the building court houses and jails, and to the building of bridges, the improvement of publie roads, and for the support of the poor, for the education of youth, as said courts inay severally direct as most expedient; any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all brokers, private bankers, or exchange merchants, or firm or firms of brokers, private bankers, or exchange merchants, and their agents in this State, shall, during the month of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, respectively return on oath, to the receivers of tax returns of the respective counties of this State, where he or they shall reside, or do business, the maximun amount of Capital which he or they employ or intend to employ in their said business, at any time during said year, and the said brokers, private bankers or exchange merchants, or firm or firms of brokers, private bankers, exchange merchants or their agents, shall pay a tax of forty cents, on every hundred dollars of capital so returned, to be levied and collected by the tax collectors of the respective counties, as in other cases: Provided, 'That in all cases under this section, where a firm shall be required to make a return as above specified, that a return by one member for and in behalf of the firm to which he belongs, shall be deemed sufficient.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, (except incorporated Banks of this State,) shall be found after the first day of February next, and during said year of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, doing the business of a broker, private banker or exchange merchant, or as their agent, without having made the return required by the third section of this act, it shall be the duty of the receiver

of tax returns for the county where said broker or brokers, private banker or bankers, exchange merchant or merchants, or his or their agent or agents, may reside or do business, to return said broker or brokers, private banker or bankers, exchange merchant or merchants, or his or their agent or agents, as defaulters, who shall pay a tax for said year of five thousand dollars, to be levied and collected by the tax collector, as in other cases, or by a capias ad satisfaciendum.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the taxes to be levied by the provisions of this act, shall be reduced at and after the rate of twenty-five per cent.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act to impose an additional tax on Pedlers and other Itinerant Traders, passed ninth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and to punish such traders for illegal trading with slaves.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, the tax required of Pedlers and other Itinerant Traders, who may carry about their wares and merchandize in wagons or other vehicles drawn by horses or mules, or packed upon horses or mules or other animals of draught or burthen, shall be two thousand dollars for each license; which license shall be limited to one county only in this State, and which shall not authorise trading beyond the limits of such county. And that the tax required of those Pedlers or Itinerant Traders who may carry about their wares and merchandize on foot, and without the aid of horses or mules or other animals, shall be annually one thousand dollars, subject to the same restrictions and limita

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