State Treasurer to make certain advances-Declaratory of the force of a certain Bond. Advance to (No. 7.) An Act to authorize and require the Treasurer of this State to make certain advances, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That the members Treasurer of this State be, and he is hereby authorized and required and others. to make advances to any member of the General Assembly, to the Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks, and Messenger and Door-Keeper, and Clerk of the House, Assistant Clerk, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks, Messenger and Door-Keeper, and in no case to exceed the probable per diem pay and mileage of any member, and the probable per diem of the Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks, Messenger and Door-Keeper, and Clerk of the House, Assistant Clerk, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerks, and Messenger and DoorKeeper. Limit. To State Printer. SEC. 2. That the Treasurer be authorized and required to advance the sum of five thousand dollars to J. W. Burke, State Printer, upon the warrant of his Excellency, the Governor. TITLE III. Preamble. BONDS OF THE STATE. SEC. 1. Declares force and intent of a certain | SEC. 2. Issue of Bonds authorized. (No. 8.) An Act to declare the force and effect of a certain Bond executed by the State of Georgia, through Campbell Wallace, Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and John Jones, Treasurer of said State, on the first day of April, A. D. 1866, and to make said Bond valid for the purposes therein set forth, as now understood and agreed by the parties. WHEREAS, the late provisional Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad purchased from the government of the United States a considerable quantity of railroad property, in the month of October, 1865, amounting to four hundred and seventy-two thousand nine hundred and forty-four dollars and sixty-six cents ($472,944.66), by the invoice, and to be thereafter delivered, for the amount of which purchase, with interest thereon at the rate of 7.30 per cent. per annum, bond was required to be given: Redemption of a certain part of the Bonds of the State. AND WHEREAS, by an act of the General Assembly, approved 13th March, 1866, Campbell Wallace, Superintendent of said railroad, and John Jones, Treasurer of the State, were authorized to execute to the United States of America a bond, pledging the faith of the State of Georgia for the payment of the purchase money of the property aforesaid, stated in said act to be four hundred and sixtyfour thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-five cents ($464,152.25), which sum proved to be less than the amount actually purchased by invoice: AND WHEREAS, upon fuller information, a penal bond in the sum of nine hundred and eighty-two thousand three hundred and ten dollars and seventy-two cents ($982,310.72), was executed and delivered by said officers, binding the State of Georgia to the complete and punctual payment, in monthly installments, within two years from the purchase, of the amounts which may be due for the said materials received or to be received by it from the United States. AND WHEREAS, the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War of the United States, did, on the 27th day of August, 1866, agree and consent with Charles J. Jenkins, Governor of Georgia, to release the said State from the payment of monthly installments on said debt, provided the General Assembly of said State would, by act, declare the said bond valid for the payment, at the expiration of two years from the time of purchase, of the principal and interest of said debt then remaining due, and provided that all interest due the first day of November, 1866, be then paid, and accruing interest quarterly thereafter Now, therefore, for the purpose of correcting all mistakes, and more clearly defining the liability of said State, bond. 1. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do Intent and enact, That the true intent and meaning, the force and effect of said meaning of before mentioned bond, is, that at or before the expiration of two years from the time of purchase aforesaid, the amount of principal due on said purchase shall be paid in full, and the interest paid quarterly from and after the first of November, 1866; and for such payment of principal and interest, the faith of the State is solemnly pledged by said bond and by this act. Assented to 18th December, 1866. (No. 9.) An Act to authorize the redemption of a certain part of the Bonds of the State of Georgia. WHEREAS, bonds of the State of Georgia to the aggregate amount of six hundred and seventy-five thousand and five hundred dollars will fall due during the years 1868, 1869 and 1870, and it being desirable to protect the credit of the State by making some provision for their payment or redemption; and whereas, the sum of six hundred thousand dollars of the mortgage bonds of the State, bearing seven per cent. interest, was prepared under the act of the Legislature Preamble. Governor exchange Subjects and Sections. of March 12th, 1866, to pay the Federal land tax on Georgia, which bonds have not yet been executed. 2. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do authorized therefore enact, That his Excellency, the Governor, be and he is bonds in hereby authorized to execute said bonds prepared as aforesaid, to the for bonds amount of six hundred thousand dollars, and to issue the same, upon 1869 & 1870, such terms and in such manner as he may deem best for the interest of the State, in exchange for or in redemption of the said old bonds of the State falling due in the years 1868, 1869 and 1870. due in 1868, An Act to alter and amend paragraphs two hundred and four (204) and two hundred and six (206) of the Revised Code. 1. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That paragraph (204) two hundred and four be amended by inserting after the word "Judges" the words, "one of whom shall be styled the Chief Justice. Chief Jus 2. SEC. II. That paragraph (206) two hundred and six be amended by inserting after the word "commission" the words, "in the absence tice. of the Chief Justice is," and strike out the words "the Chief Justice or," and strike out the word "associates" and insert "associate," so the whole paragraph will be as follows: "They, or two of them, may hold said court, and the oldest Judge in commission, in the absence of the Chief Justice, is President thereof, but without any greater of Court. powers than his associate. President Chief Jus 3. SEC. III. That when the office of the present oldest Judge in Election of commission shall become vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise, a tice. Chief Justice shall be appointed or elected to fill such vacancy. Approved 7th December, 1866. (No. 11.) An Act to alter and amend the 324th section of the Revised Code of Georgia. 4. SECTION I. The General Assembly do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the word "ten" shall be substituted for the Section 324 word "twenty" in the 324th section of the Revised Code of Georgia. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. amended. B Section 638 Sections 638 and 877 amended. (No. 12.) An Act to alter and amend the 638th section of the Code of Georgia. 5. SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That whenever the grand jury in any county in this State shall present any road commissioners for amended. neglect of duty generally, or in any particular, it shall thereupon be the duty of the clerk of the court to issue a summons in writing, directed to such commissioners, commanding them to be and appear at the next term of the Superior Court in which the presentment is made, to answer the accusation of the grand jury, which said summons shall be served by the sheriff upon the commissioners at least twenty days before the court to which the same is returnable; and if, upon the investigation of the case, it shall appear that the accusation is made out by the proof, the Judge shall thereupon impose upon such commissioners the penalty provided in the 637th section of the Code of Georgia. Words repealed. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 13.) An Act to amend the 877th section of the Code of Georgia, and to provide that, under certain circumstances therein mentioned, the provisions of the Code in reference to the issue of new State Bonds, in lieu of lost Bonds, shall apply to stolen Bonds. 6. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the words following, to-wit, "and that he does not believe they are possessed by any person," be and the same are hereby repealed. 7. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be authorized to issue a new bond or bonds in lieu of a bond or bonds of the State Governor, which may have been stolen, upon the holders making affidavit as toissue new provided for in the 877th section of the Code as altered and amended bonds for by the first section of this act, provided said holders may have given authorized stolen. Proviso. or shall give twelve months notice of the loss or theft of said bonds, fully describing the same, at the treasury of the State at least twelve months prior to the time when said new bonds may be or shall be issued Provided, that no new bond shall be issued for or in lieu of any lost or stolen bond until the owner of such bond shall first give to the State a bond, with security, to be approved by the Governor, for the time being, fully indemnifying the State against the payment of the bond so lost or stolen. Approved 15th December, 1866. |