there exist doubts on the minds of some persons as to the legality of the same.

SECTION 1. 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 Abram Harmon, Thomas Dowell, George W. Davis, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of Deacons and Trustees of the Second Baptist Church of Savannah in the county of Chatham, with power to hold any property, either real or personal, which may now belong to, or be hereafter acquired by said Church, whether by purchase, gift or bequest, for the use and benefit of the said Church; and they and their successors in office are hereby declared capable of suing or being sued, and of making all by-laws that may be necessary for the government of said corporation, not inconsistent with this act, or the Constitution and laws of this State; and of using all legal means for defending or recovering any property whatever, which they, the said Deacons and Trustees or their successors may hold, claim or demand, now or hereafter.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the above named Deacons and Trustees shall continue in office until the Saturday preceding the seoond Sabbath in November, eighteen hundred and fifty-one (1851), when the male members of said Church shall, at their usual place of worship, proceed to the election of three or more Deacons and Trustees selected from the members of their body for two years thence ensuing; and on the Saturday preceding the second Sabbath in November every two years thereafter, an election shall be held in like manner, any member of the Board being re-eligible; and in the event there be a failure to hold an election at the time above directed, an election may be held on any other day thereafter, the members of the last Board in all cases to continue in office until their successors shall have been elected.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That any vacancies which may occur in the Board of Deacons and Trustees, by death, removal, resignation or otherwise, may be filled by the vote of the majority of the male members of said Church at any meeting called for that purpose.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts done and and performed by said Deacons of the Second Baptist Church in the city of Savannah, under and by virtue of the act of incorporation aforesaid, be and the same are hereby legalized and confirmed; Provided, the same be not repugnant to the laws of this State.

Approved, December 19, 1849.

AN ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the "Permanent Fund" for the support of a Reader or Minister to the Hebrew Congregation at Savannah:

WHEREAS certain ladies of the Hebrew Congregation at Savannah having by their exertions raised a sum of money which they presented to said Congregation as a "Permanent Fund," the interest of which to be appropriated to the support of a suitable Reader or Minister, as soon as a sufficient amount can be raised to enable the Congregation to employ one, and in the mean time the interest to be reinvested and added to said sum: and whereas the said Congregation, by one of its rules or by-laws having vested said "Permanent Fund" in three Trustees to be elected by the Congregation, and Jacob De la Motta, Octavus Cohen, and Levy Hail having been elected said Trustees:

Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is her by enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Jacob De la Motta, Octavus Cohen, and Levy Hail, Trustees as aforesaid, and their successors as provided for in the existing rules and by-laws of said Congregation, be and they are hereby created a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Permanent Fund of the Hebrew Congregation at Savannah, and are hereby clothed with every power necessary to carry into effect the objects and intentions of the said donors, and the spirit and letter of the rules and by-laws aforesaid.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said "Permanent Fund" shall be vested forever in said Trustees and their successors, and that they shall have perpetual succession, for the purpose of preserving said "Permanent Fund" for the use, objects and intents aforesaid.

Approved, December 19, 1849.

AN ACT to incorporate New Hope Baptist Church in the Sixth District of Randolph county.

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 Baptist Church in the Sixth District of the county of Randolph shall be known by the name of New Hope Baptist Church, and that Andrew Paulhill Mitchell, Samuel Day, Nely Rigsby, Gabriel Smith, and Richard Thornton, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared a

body politic and corporate, under the name and style of New Hope Baptist Church, and as such shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, to receive by gift or otherwise, and to hold, use, and dispose of any property they may become possessed of by gift, purchase, or otherwise; and shall have power to make all by-laws necessary and proper to carry their powers into effect, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State or the United States; and the said Trustees may use a common seal, and appoint such officers as to them may appear proper, and to remove the same; and when any vacancy occurs in the Board of Trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining Trustees shall have power, or a majority may appoint, as their by-laws may direct. Approved February 23, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate the Presbyterian Church at Griffin in the county of Pike, and to 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 from and after the passage of this act, Jason Burr, Garland W. Prince, Allan Fleming, Addison A. Wooten, Joseph Richardson, Wareham W. Woodruff and William Fleming, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Griffin, and as such shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, to receive by gift or otherwise, and to hold, use and dispose of any property which may belong to said Church, and shall have power to make all by-laws necessary to carry into effect the powers granted by this act; Provided, the same shall not be contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Trustees shall have power to fill any vacancy in the board of Trustees that may occur from death, resignation or otherwise, to use a common seal, to appoint such officers as to them may seem proper, and to remove them at pleasure.

Approved, February 1, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate Mount Zion Church in the county of Irwin, and appoint Trustees for the same; also, to re

vive and make of force the act incorporating the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Milledgeville.

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 L. Willcox, Miles Fitzgerald, Richard J. Young, James Mixon, Owen D. Mulkey, and their successors in office, are hereby appointed Trustees for Mount Zion Church in Irwin county.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby vested with the power of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, in the several Courts of law and equity in this State; of making all necessary by-laws for their government, not repugnant to the laws of this State; to fill all vacancies that may occur in their Board by death, removal or otherwise; holding titles to and conveying real and personal estate; and of doing all other things, and enjoying all other immunities, and be subject to all liabilities, incident to like corporations.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the "act to incorporate the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Milledgeville," passed on the nineteenth day of December, 1828, be and the same is hereby revived and made of full force, and that Ebenezer M. Cowles, Daniel R. Tucker, Miller Grieve, Alfred M. Nisbet, Richard M. Orme, Olney Eldridge, and George D. Case, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees, in the place of those named in the said act, with all the power and privileges thereby conferred.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, January 26, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate the First Baptist Church in the city of Atlanta, 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 David G. Daniell, Ira O. McDaniel, Frederick Kicklighter, Alfred W. Woodin, and James S. Baker, be and they are, hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name of the Trustees of the First Baptist Church in the city of Atlanta and county of DeKalb, and that they shall have a perpetual succession, and a common seal; and they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in

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law to possess, purchase, receive and retain to them and their successors forever, any lands, tenements, rents, goods or chattels of any kind whatsoever, which may have been given already or shall hereafter be given or purchased by them for the use of said Church, provided the amount shall not at any time exceed twenty thousand dollars, and the same to dispose of in whatever manner they shall adjudge most beneficial for the use thereof, and by the said name shall be able and capable to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in any Courts of law and equity.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That all vacancies. occurring by the death, resignation or removal of any of the Trustees, shall be filled by said Church at a regular meeting.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That any three of the said Trustees shall constitute a quorum, and be fully authorized to exercise all the power granted by this actany law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, January 26, 1850.

AN ACT to incorporate Cedar Creek Church in Emanuel 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 Jordan F. Outlaw, John Braddy, Allen Davis, Daniel Heath, and Archibald Wilson, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Cedar Creek Church, and that they and their successors in office shall be invested with all manner of property which now belongs or which they may hereafter acquire or be possessed of by gift, grant, or purchase, made or transferred to them the said Trustees and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of the said Cedar Creek Church; and that the said Trustees, and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, and of using all necessary steps for recovering and defending any property whatever which the said Trustees may hold or claim for the use of said Church.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power to make all by-laws necessary for the government of the temporal affairs of said Church, not repugnant to the Constitution of this State.

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