of Heard and Carroll, the thirtieth Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Campbell and Coweta, the thirty-first Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Fayette and DeKalb, the thirty-second Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Butts and Pike, the thirty-third Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Newton and Henry, the thirty-sixth Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Franklin and Madison, the thirty-seventh Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Oglethorpe and Elbert, the thirtyeighth Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Clark and Walton, the thirty-ninth Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Gwinnett and Forsyth, and the forty-second Senatorial district shall be composed of the counties of Hall and Jackson.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, January 21, 1850.

AN ACT to prohibit Sheriffs and their Deputies from becoming directly or indirectly purchasers of property at their own sales, to vaca e all titles taken or held by them for property so purchased, and to make penal the violation of this act, and to regulate their charges in certain

cases.

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 from and after the passage of this act, no Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff shall be permitted to purchase any property whatever sold by himself, nor any Sheriff property sold by his Deputy, nor any Deputy Sheriff property sold by his principal or other deputy of said principal, either directly upon his own bid or indirectly upon the bid of any other person; and that every deed and all deeds intended to vest in any Sheriff or Deputy a title to property purchased at such sales in violation of this act, whether made by such Sheriff or Deputy or by any purchaser at such sale, shall be null and void.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff who shall violate the provisions of the first section of this act, shall be liable to be indicted as for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to fine in the discretion of the Court, or imprisonment in the common jail of the county for a term not exceeding six months, or both.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever a Sheriff or his Deputy shall levy upon any negro property, he shall not be allowed to charge in any case for feeding and keeping or any other necessaries furnished such negro or negroes, in such cases where the services of such negro so levied on have been applied to the use of said Sheriff or his Deputy prior to the sale and pending the levy.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, February 22, 1850.

AN ACT to prevent Sheriffs from holding the office of
Constable.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives 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, no city or county Sheriff shall be allowed to hold the office of Constable.

SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, February 21, 1850.

AN ACT to allow the Sheriff of Chatham county certain fees which are not provided for by law, and to allow him to appoint special Deputy Sheriffs in certain cases, 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 Sheriff of Chatham county shall be allowed the following fees, viz: For attendance on the Superior Court for each case determined, one dollar and fifty cents; for receiving and detaining into his custody any person or persons given up to him by any security or securities in or out of Court, two dollars and fifty cents; and the said Sheriff shall not be compelled or liable to receive any person or persons so surrendered unless the fee be paid him by the security or securities at the time of the surrender; and for his attendance on the Petit Jury and for each verdict rendered, one dollar and twenty-five cents; and for the summoning of the jurors and attendance on criminal cases for each case tried or settled, two dollars; for carrying sentence of Court into execution, one dollar and eighty-seven cents; for estreating a bond,

fifty cents; for taking a bond in claim cases, bail cases, or a replevy bond, one dollar and twenty-five cents, and to be paid by the person who gives said bond in claims or replevins.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That if the Superior Court of Chatham county continues its session over (15) fifteen days, the Sheriff shall be allowed for his services of attendance a per diem fee of one dollar per day, which amount shall be paid by the county and passed by the Inferior Court as other bills; for the service of a rule or order of Court, or attendance on special jury in any cause or decree, one dollar and twenty-five cents each.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, When it so happens that the Sheriff levies on any property where it is actually necessary for him to have the same guarded, it shall be lawful for him to appoint a deputy or deputies for said purpose, who shall take an oath before a Judge or Justice of the Peace before he or they enter upon the duty assigned him or them by the Sheriff, and if any person or persons shall resist, oppose or assault any special Deputy Sheriff or Sheriffs, he, she or they on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the Court; and in all cases where the Sheriff requires assistance it shall be lawful for the Judge to allow a reasonable compensation to said Sheriff.

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

Approved, January 18, 1850.

AN ACT to reduce the official bonds of the Sheriffs hereafafter to be elected in the counties of Habersham and Hall from the sum of twenty thousand dollars to the sum of ten thousand dollars.

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 cracted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Sheriffs of the Counties of Habersham and Hall who shall hereafter be elected, shall, before they enter on the duties of their office, each give bond with two or more good and sufficient securities in the sum of ten thousand dollars, which said bonds shall be taken, executed and approved in the manner heretofore prescribed by law.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That all bonds, which shall be taken in conformity with the precceding section

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shall be as legal, valid, and of the same force and operation" as other Sheriffs' bonds of this State.

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

Approved, January 26, 1850.

AN ACT to authorize the county officers of the counties of Irwin and Telfair to publish in any public gazette in the towns of Milledgeville, Macon or Albany, and the county officers of Hancock county to publish in any paper in this State, and the Sheriff of Gwinnett county to advertise in some paper published in Augusta, Milledgeville or Athens, at their option.

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, it shall be lawful for the Clerks, Sheriffs, and Coroners of the counties of Irwin and Telfair to publish their sales, orders or other proceedings requiring publication, in any public gazette in the city of Milledgeville or Macon or in the town of Albany in Baker county; and that the county officers of Hancock county be allowed to publish their advertisements in any paper published in the State of Georgia, having a general circulation in said county; and that the Sheriffs of Gwinnett county be and they are hereby authorized to advertise their sales in some paper published in Milledgeville, Augusta or Athensany law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 21, 1850.

AN ACT to provide an annual Sinking Fund for the payment of the Public Debt.

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 from and after the passage of this act, the sum of seventy thousand dollars be and the same is hereby set apart and appropriated annually out of any funds in the Treasury, to be applied as soon as practicable to the redemption of such of the outstanding bonds of the State of Georgia as may fall due or be surrendered by the holders thereof

SECTION 2. And be it further enucted by the authority afore

said, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is here. by authorized to exercise a sound discretion in determining to what classes of bonds the funds hereby set apart and appropriated shall be annually applied.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any surplus which may be in the Treasury over and above the appropriations made by the General Assembly for that year, be and the same is hereby appropriated to the purpose, and under regulations set forth in the preceding sections.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor cause all bonds redeemed by this act to be cancelled and filed away, to be exhibited to the General Assembly or Financial Committee next in session thereafter.

Approved, February 11, 1850.

AN ACT to provide for the trial by the Superior Courts of this State of any slave or slaves or free person of color charged with any capital offence against the laws of this

State.

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 from and after the passage of this act, whenever it shall ap pear, after investigation, to the Justices of the Peace before whom any slave or free persons of color shall be put upon trial, for any offence against the laws of this State, that the said slave or free person of color has committed a capital offence, such slave or free person of color shall be immediately committed to the jail of the county wherein such of fence was committed, if sufficiently secure, and if otherwise to the nearest secure county jail, and the Justices before whom such examination shall have taken place, shall reduce their opinion to writing, and transmit the same, together with the report in writing of the evidence taken before them on such examination, and all other papers appertaining to said charge to the Attorney or Solicitor General, being the prosecuting officer in the Superior Court of said county, on the first day of the next term of said Court.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon receiving the papers in any such case as provided in the preceeeding section, it shall be the duty of such Attorney or Solicitor General to frame and send before the Grand Jury a bill of indictment against the person or persons so charged, as in cases of free white persons; and it shall and may be lawful for the Grand Jury in any county