1. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated to the respective persons and objects hereinafter named, viz: The sum of four thousand dollars to his Excellency the Governor as his salary for the year 1864; and the further sum of three thousand dollars, each, to the Secretary of State and Treasurer, and the sum of three thousand dollars to the Comptroller General, for the year 1864; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, each, to the Secretaries (not exceeding two) employed in the Executive Department, for the year 1864; and the sum of six hundred dollars to pay the Messenger of the Executive Department for the year 1864; and the sum of one thousand dollars to the State Librarian, as his salary for the year 1864; . and the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars to each, the State's Attorney and the Solicitors General, for the year 1864; and the sum of one thousand dollars to the Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, as his salary for the year 1864; and the further sum of six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court for the Correction of Errors, for stationery and advertising notices of the meeting of said Court in the year 1864; and the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars to each Judge of the Supreme Court, as his salary for the year 1864; and the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to each Judge of the Superior Court, as his salary for the year 1864.

2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated as a contingent fund for the year 1864; and the sum of thirty thousand dollars be appropriated for a printing fund for the current year, and in case of a deficiency in this appropriation, the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the deficit, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the sum of seventy-five dollars to the person selected by the Governor to keep, clean, scour, air the chambers, &c., of the Senate Chamber and Representative Hall, for the year 1864; and the sum of fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for repairing and keeping in order the State House clock, for the year 1864; and the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars to pay the State House Guard for the year 1864.

3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the sum of ten dollars, each, per day, be paid to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during the present session of the General Assembly, and the sum of five dollars for every twenty miles of travel, going to and returning from the seat of Government, the distance to be computed by the nearest route usually traveled; and that the sum of six dollars, each, per day be paid to the members of the General Assembly, during the present session, and five dollars for every twenty miles of travel, going to and returning from the Capitol, under the same rules which apply to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives; provided, that no member of the General Assembly shall receive pay for the time he may be absent, unless his absence was caused by the sickness of himself or family, or he had leave of absence granted by the Senate or House for satisfactory reasons.

4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Senate be paid the sum of eighty-seven dollaas and fifty cents per day for the present session, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be paid one hundred dollars per day for the present session, out of which sums they shall pay all their assistants and sub-clerks; provided, that no warrant shall issue in favor of either until his Excellency the Governor shall have satisfactory evidence that they have carefully marked and filed away all reports of standing committees and all papers of importance connected with either house; and the sum of seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof, as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, each, to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, to defray the contingent expenses of their respective offices, at the present session of the General Assembly; and that the sum of ten dollars per diem be appropriated to pay the Clerks of the standing committees of the Senate and House of Representatives; provided, that the Auditing Committee of either the Senate or House shall not be authorized to audit said Clerks' accounts for any greater number of days than shall be certified to by the Chairman of the Committee to which he was clerk.

5. SEC. Be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars per day be paid to each of the Doorkeepers and Messengers of the Senate and House of Representatives, at the present session of the General Assembly, and the same mileage to each of said Doorkeepers and Messengers as is paid to the members of the General Assembly; and that the sum of fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for cleaning, lighting and keeping in order the chandaliers of the Senate Chamber and Representative Hall, during the present session of the General Assembly.

6. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where the General Assembly directs the performance of any service or labor for which no provision is made for compensation, the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for such sum or sums as in his judgment may be a just compensation.

7. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the various sums of the annul salaries of all the officers of this State whose salaries are fixed by law, be, and the same are hereby appropriated annually, to pay said salaries, until they are otherwise altered by law.

8. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the Treasurer be authorized to pay from time to time to the officers of the Government whose salaries are appropriated by this act, seventy-five per cent of the amount for which service has been actually rendered, at the date of such payment, taking receipts from said officers for the same, which receipts shall be his vouchers, and are hereby declared offsets to the extent of said payment, to executive warrants, drawn at the end of the quarter for said officer's salary.

9. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the “Georgia Relief and Hospital Association”, to be drawn and expended according to an Act, entitled “An Act to appropriate funds to the uses of the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association”, assented to Dec'r 12th, 1862.

10. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, That the sum of two millions five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purchasing and procuring clothing, shoes, caps or hats, for all the privates and non-commissioned officers, who are now or may hereafter be in the army of the Confederate States, from this State, during the present war.

11. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of six millions of dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the support of indigent widows and orphans of soldiers, and indigent families of soldiers, who may be in the public service, and for the support of indigent soldiers, Who may be disabled by wounds or disease, in the service of this State or the Confederate States, for and during the year 1864, and if necessary, His Excellency the Governor, is hereby authorized to borrow the money or to issue State bonds bearing no greater interest than six per cent, which bonds shall be sold in the market to the highest bidder, in an amount sufficient for said purpose, and in such sums as may be needed from time to time to effect the object of said appropriation.

12. SEC. XII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be used for the purpose of supplying the people of Georgia with salt, as directed by an act entitled an act to provide for the supply of the people of Georgia with salt, and to appropriate money for the accomplishment of that object, assented to Dec 6th, 1862; and that the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of purchasing cards, and procuring the necessary materials for carrying on the work of manufacturing wool and cotton cards, and card clothing for factories.

13. SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one million seven thousand and ninety-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay any portion of the public debt, which may become due within the present political year, and to pay the interest on State bonds, as may be issued by authority of any law, passed during the present session of the General Assembly, the same to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

14. SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the salary of the Superintendent of the Georgia Military Institute, at Marietta.

15. SEC. XV. Be it further enacted, That the sum of three millions of dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated as a Military fund for the year 1864, to be drawn from the Treasury on warrants of the Governor, from time to time as the same may be required, to defray the expenses for Military purposes.

16. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to pay for the guard at the State Magazine, at Milledgeville, for the year 1864; and the sum of nine hundred dollars to pay the Military store keeper in the city of Milledgeville.

17. SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the recording Clerk of the Executive Department, for the year 1864.

18. SEC. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay. Iverson L. Hunter for his services as page of this House for the present session of the General Assembly. And that the sum of three hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents be appropriated to pay the per diem and mileage of the Hon. William Herrington deeceased, Representative from Terrell county, and that K. J. Warren be authorized to receive the same and pay it over to his representatives.

19. SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted, That thesum of thirty-five dollars each, be appropriated to reimburse Hons. Mr. Warren of Lee, and Mr. Graham of Clay, for expenses incurred in accompanying the remains of the Hon. Mr. Herrington to his residence.

20. SEC. XX. Be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated as an advance to Messrs. Boughton, Nisbet and Barnes, on the State printing for the year 1863, and that the Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to pay the same to said State Printers, on the warrant of his Excellency the Governor, of this State.

21. SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated for the use and benefit of the Henningsen Hospital, at Richmond Va.; and the Governor is authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Mrs. W. A. Henningsen for said sum of five thousand dollars.

22. SEC XXII. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to import any of the Military supplies necessary to be purchased for the use of our troops, under any of the provisions of this Act; and to use all the means and take all the risks necessary to accomplish this object, and if necessary, in his opinion, he is authorized to purchase one good swift steamer, to be used in running the blockade, for the purposes aforesaid, to export cotton or other commodities, to be used in place of exchange, in the purchase of the necessary supplies. For the purpose of purchasing such steamer the Governor is authorized to purchase and sell or hypothicate cotton, or to issue and sell or hypothicate bonds of this State, bearing six percent interest, payable semi-annually, the principal payable twenty years after this date; Provided, that the sum expended for each purchase shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose.

23. SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purchase of stationery for the use of the Executive Department.

24 SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to each, the Door Keeper of the House of Representatives, and the Door Keeper of the Senate, to pay for negro hire necessary to discharge the duties of their respective offices, the present session of the General Assembly.

25. SEC. XXV. Be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Richard Clark for his services in superintending the printing of the Code of Georgia, and preparing an index to the same.

26. SEC. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and thirty-one dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses incurred by the Committee who visited the Asylum for the Blind, at Macon, during the present session of the General Assembly.

27. SEC. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Dr. Samuel Higgins, for his services, and payment of expenses in attending and preaching a sermon, by invitation of the General Assembly, on the late Fast Day, and the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the same on the Treasury, in favor of said Dr. Samuel Higgins; and the farther sum of four thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-five cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of State, to pay for fuel, lights, and other contingencies provided by him for the General Assembly, as per account tendered the Finance committee, to be drawn on the warrants of the Governor, and paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

28. SEC. XXVIII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one and forty-two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to and for the support of the State Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1864, according to the provisions of an Act passed at the present session of the General Assembly, to appropriate money for the support of the State Lunatic Asylum for the year 1864.

29. SEC. XXIX. Be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the Rev. Dr. Joseph J. Ridley for his services as Chaplain to the Senate during its present session, to be paid out of the contingent fund.

30. SEC. XXX. Be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to have cast twenty sets of forge hammers and gudgeons, which may be sold to persons at cost.

31. SEC. XXXI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars each, be paid to James S. Walker and R. B. Knight, for services rendered the conference committee upon the bill to reorganize the Militia, in copying said bill, and making out two reports for the committee.

32. SEC. XXXII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the Compiler of the laws of this session of the Legislature; and that the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay George N. Lester, B. H. Bigham, N. C. Barnett, and S. S. Stafford, commissioners to prepare a new great seal for the State of Georgia, for services, and to reimburse them such funds as they, or either of them may have paid out for the accomplishment of the said work. The Governor is hereby authorized to audit the accounts therefor, and to pay so much of said accounts as he may find just, from any fund in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Assented to Dec'r 14th, 1863.

1. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the salary of the Superintendent and resident Physician of the State Lunatic Asylum for the year 1864.

2. SEC. II. And the General Assembly do further enact, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the salaries of Trustees, Treasurer, sub-officers, attendants, and servant's hire, for the said Asylum for the year 1864; Provided, such; amount be found necessary for said purposes.

7. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia, do enact, That the sum of twelve thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the support of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, during the current political year, and that His Excellency the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the same, in favor of the Trustees of said Academy.

8. SEC. II. All conflicting laws are hereby repealed.

Assented to Dec'r 7th, 1863.

1. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Act to consolidate the offices of Receiver of Tax Returns and of Tax Collector in this State, and to require the duties thereof to be discharged by one officer, to be styled “Tax Receiver and Collector,” assented to on the 30th day of November, 1861, be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, that no Receiver of Tax Returns or Tax Collector shall receive more than fifteen hundred dollars commissions on the general State Tax.

Assented to Nov. 30th, 1863.

1. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That each and every distillery which may be run or worked in this State contrary to any or either of the provisions of the laws heretofore passed, to prevent unlawful distillation, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and in addition to the remedies heretofore provided, may be abated as follows:

2. SECTION II. It shall be the duty of each and every Justice of the Peace, in the several Militia Districts of this State, and Justices of the Inferior Courts, to diligently enquire about every such still as may be either publicly or clandestinely run in his District, or County, and upon being informed on oath, or being otherwise induced to the opinion, that such still or stills are running unlawfully, or that unlawful sales of spirituous liquors are made from the proceeds of such stills, by the owner of said stills or his agent, he shall issue his warrant against the party or parties owning and operating said still, and the still itself, including both, which said warrant shall forthwith be delivered to the Sheriff of the county, who, thereupon, shall arrest the party and seize the still. The writ shall be returnable twenty days after it shall thus be issued, and at that time the Magistrate shall summarily try the question with the assistance of twelve free holders of the county, and one or more Magistrates, as to whether or not such still so seized, is a public nuisance. The effect of a verdict of no nuisance, shall be, to discharge the party or parties, and release the still. The effect of a verdict of nuisance, shall be to retain both in custody, but the party or parties shall have the right of appeal or certiorari to the Superior Court of the county, pending which, however, the still or stills shall be retained in the custody of the officers of the law, and not to be run during the pendency of the suit, but the party or parties shall be at liberty to go at large upon giving bond with good and sufficient security in a sum to be judged of by the Court. This however, shall in no wise exempt such party or parties from indictment under other provisions of law, to prevent unlawful distillation, and it shall be the duty of the presiding Magistrates to investigate fully, whether or not such party or parties have violated any of the provisions of the law, and in each case, and for each day, to bind such party or parties over in bonds for their appearance to the next Superior Court for trial, or else commit them to jail. The Magistrates shall return their proceedings to the next term of the Superior Court.

3. SECTION III. For non-compliance with the provisions of this Act each officer failing promptly and fully to do his duty, shall be guilty of malpractice in office, and it shall be the duty of the Grand Jury to make presentments thereof.

4. SECTION IV. In all cases when in the discretion of the Magistrate or Magistrates, it shall be deemed best, the warrant shall, in the first instance, be transmitted to His Excellency the Governor, who is hereby empowered to have the same executed by any officer of the State, Civil or Military, he may deem the peculiar exigencies of the case require. In which event, the subsequent proceedings shall be as hereinbefore provided.

5. SECTION V. In all cases where the Governor shall be informed, that any still or stills are run in any county of this State in violation of law, or that any unlawful sale or sales are made from any such still or stills, and the Justices and other county officers have failed to act, he shall forthwith send an officer or person to be designated by him to the vicinage, who shall investigate facts, and upon being satisfied that there exists probable cause for the charge against any one or more persons in the county, such officer or person shalt make complaint thereof on oath to any Justice of the Peace or Justice of the Inferior Court of the county, or to the Judge of the Superior Court of the circuit of which such county is a part, or in case of his absence, to any Judge of the Superior Courts of is this State. The officers thus applied to, shall thereupon issue a warrant for the seizure of the still or stills, as a nuisance, and the arrest of the person or persons owning or engaged in running the same, including all who either own or are engaged in running the same, so far as they may be set forth in the affidavit, or can be ascertained, which said warrant shall be directed to any lawful officer to execute and return. The Governor shall thereupon cause the same forthwith to be executed by any officer of the State, Civil or Military, he may deem the exigencies of the case require; all further proceedings shall be as provided in the preceding sections, only, that in the event the warrant shall be issued by any Judge of the Superior Courts (it?) shall be made returnable before him on a day to be named therein, at the Court house of the county in which it is charged that the nuisance exists; and it shall be the duty of the Judge to attend on the day mentioned, and assisted by a Jury of twelve free holders make the summary investigation in the preceding sections provided.

6. SECTION VI. The parties owning such distilleries as may be so taken and held by the Government, shall be entitled to payment for the same, the value to be fixed by the Inferior Court in accordance with the statutes now in force, providing compensation to owners for stills seized by the Government.∗

Assented to Dec. 3, 1863

WHEREAS, In the fifth section of the above first recited act, it is provided, that no person distilling under any license authorized by that act, shall sell any whiskey or any other spirituous liquors for more than one dollar and fifty cents per gallon, nor alcohol at more than two dollars and fifty cents per gallon, under the penalties recited in said act; and whereas, since the passage of said act, from the greatly increased and increasing value of grain and labor, of all implements, machinery and articles used in distilling, as well as on account of the heavy taxes imposed by both the Confederate and State governments upon distillers, the above named prices have become wholly inadequate and unremunerative to persons who have heretofore contracted, or may hereafter contract, to distill whiskey or alcohol, for the Confederate government; therefore, for remedy whereof,

7. SECTION I. Be it enacted, &c., That all that part of the said fifth section of said act of the 22d, November, 1862. which restricts the price of whiskey to one dollar and fifty cents, and the price of ∗ See Pam. Act, Nov. 22, 1862, pages 25 and 26. Also, Act Dec. 11, 1862, pages 27 and 28. alcohol to two dollars and fifty cents per gallon, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that the Confederate government may, by its officers or agents, contract for the distillation in this State of whiskey and alcohol for the use of the Confederate government, at such price or prices as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties; and the said government may, by its officers or agents, increase the price to be paid for whiskey and alcohol under contracts heretofore made, or hereafter to be made, to distill whiskey or alcohol for said government, to any extent which may be agreed upon; provided, such contract price shall not exceed the prices for whiskey and alcohol respectively fixed from time to time in the schedule of prices established by the commissioners for Georgia, appointed under the impressment act of Congress.

8. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That, hereafter in issuing licenses for the distillation of whiskey or alcohol for the use of the Confederate government, authorized to be issued by the above recited acts as altered and amended by this act, his Excellency the Governor may issue the same, regardless of the price or prices to be received by the party or parties applying for such license or licenses; Provided, such price or prices does not exceed those fixed by the commissioners under the impressment act of Congress, as set forth in the first section of this act; And provided further, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize or require the Governor of this State to issue licenses for the distillation in Georgia, for the use of the Confederate government, of more than one million of gallons of spirituous liquors of all kinds, including alcohol.

9. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all and any such person or persons who may be at any time distilling under any contract with the Confederate government, who shall at any time make or sell or otherwise dispose of any whiskey, brandy, or other spirituous liquors, the product of his or their still or stills, on private account, or to any other person or corporation or partnership, or who may ship from his or their distillery any such product thereof, other than to the government or its authorized agent, he, or they so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished, in the discretion of the Court, by fine not less than one thousand dollars for each and every such offense so committed, or imprisonment in the common jail of the county, or both; and any and all officers and agents of the Confederate government who shall consent to any such sale, disposal or shipment, shall be held and deemed a principal in the first degree, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by like fine and imprisonment.

10. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall go into operation and take effect from and immediately after its passage.

SEC. V. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 14th, 1863.

1. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That all persons in the military service of this State, and the Confederate States, including those in hospitals, and detailed men for any purpose by the military authority, citizens of this State, who are now by law entitled to vote, or who may at the time of such election, be entitled to vote at any municipal election in this State, be and they are hereby authorized to assemble at such place as they may be stationed at, and cast their votes, as though they were in the town or city where they reside.

2. SEC. II. That at said elections it shall be lawful for any two commissioned officers, residents of the State, to preside and hold said elections under the same rules and regulations that are now prescribed by law for holding such elections, and make returns of the same, as though the said election had been held in the town or city of the residence of the voters respectively, sending a copy of the list of voters, and a copy of the tally sheet to either the Mayor, Intendant, Alderman, Councilmen or Wardens of the town or city, where the soldiers voting reside; and all elections thus held shall be accounted good and valid; provided, the returns thereof, shall reach the proper municipal authority, within fifteen days after the day of said election.

3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the registry laws in force for all cities and towns in this State, shall not apply to absent soldiers and detailed men, voting under the provisions of this Act.

4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That said commissioned officers authorized to hold the several elections provided for by this Act, shall, before they proceed to hold said elections, subscribe the following statement in writing; (first state the regiment, Battalion or company of which they are members, station and date); each and both of us declare on honor, that we will faithfully superintend this day's election; that we are commissioned officers in the Confederate, or State service, (state the regiment, Battalion or company,) that we will make a just and true return thereof, that we will not knowingly permit any one to vote, unless we believe he is entitled to do so, according to the laws of Georgia, nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting, who is entitled by law to vote, and we will not divulge for whom any vote was cast, unless called on under the law to do so; and it shall be the duty of said Superintendents to forward a copy of said statement, with the copies of the tally sheet and list of voters, and the same shall be taken in lieu of the oath now required by law to be taken by Superintendents of such elections.

SEC. V. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 1st, 1863.

5. SEC. I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act the above recited Act be amended by adding the following section thereto, That said commissioned officers so entitled to hold said elections, shall before they proceed to hold the same, subscribe the following statement in writing: (first state the regiment; Battalion or company,) each and both of us do declare upon honor, that we will faithfully superintend this day's election, that we are commissioned officers of the State or Confederate government, (state the regiment, Battalion or company) that we will make a just and true return thereof; that we will not knowingly permit any one to vote unless we believe him entitled to do so according to the laws of Georgia; nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting who is entitled by law to vote, and we will not divulge for whom any vote was cast unless called on under the law to do so.

6. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Superintendents to forward a copy of said statement with the copies of the tally sheet and list of voters, and the same shall be taken in lieu of the oath now required by law to be taken by Superintendent of such elections.

SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 14th, 1863.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the hour for the meeting of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, be and the same is hereby altered and changed from noon, to the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon; any law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

Assented to Nov. 23d, 1863.

1. SECTION I. The Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia do enact, That the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, or a majority of them, shall meet at their respective Court-houses, on the first Monday in June next, or so soon thereafter as practicable, and cause lists of the names of all the citizens of such counties over the age of twenty-one years who are not physically and mentally unable to serve on juries, to be made out and placed in the jury boxes of said counties, which persons shall be required to serve on juries, regardless of age or profession, except practicing Attorneys at Law.

2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall be of force from its passage, and shall continue until the termination of the war.

SEC. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 7, 1863.

3. SECTION I. Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases where any of the Superior Courts of this State may have been adjourned by the Clerks of said Courts, in the absence of the presiding Judge, who may have failed to issue an order for adjournment to the said Clerk, from Providential cause, said adjournment by said Clerks are hereby legalized, and declared to be valid, to all intents and purposes.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Nov. 18, 1863.

WHEREAS, The Court-house of said county is untenable on account of the proximity of the enemy at Brunswick.

4. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Glynn, shall be held at such place as the Inferior Court may select.

SEC. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 14, 1863.

7. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, the time of holding the Inferior Court of Pike county shall be changed from the first Mondays in June and December, to the first Mondays in January and July.

8. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all suitors, witnesses and parties interested in the proceedings of said Court, shall be bound to appear at said terms of January and July, and on failure, shall be subject to the same liabilities and penalties, as though they had failed to appear at the terms of June and December.

SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 5, 1863.

Whereas, the Court-house of said county has been burned by the public enemy at Darien, as well as the entire city of Darien.

9. SECTION I. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this Act, the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of McIntosh shall be held at Ebenezer Church, near the residence of W. H. McDonald in said county, or at such other place as the Inferior Court shall ordain and direct.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Nov. 23, 1863.

11. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That when a libel for divorce is instituted, the respondent may in his plea and answer recriminate, and ask a divorce in his or her favor, and if on the trial, the jury believe such party is entitled to divorce instead of the libellant, they may so find upon legal proof, so as to avoid the necessity of a cross action; if one verdict is found in favor of the respondent, the libellant cannot dismiss his or her suit, without the consent of the opposite party.∗

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 3, 1863.

12. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That when any person shall apply for a writ of Habeas Corpus to any Judge of the Superior, or Justice of the Inferior Courts, whose duty it is to grant said writ, such Judge or Justice, so refusing to grant the same, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, to be recovered in any Court of law in this State having jurisdiction of the same.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 14, 1863.

13. SECTION I. Be it enacted, That all first cousins, who have heretofore intermarried since the 1st day of January 1863, are hereby relieved from any penalties they may have incurred under, the laws of this State, and that all such marriages are hereby declared to be legal.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 11, 1863.

16. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, if any person shall violate the Provisions of the one thousand eight hundred and fifty-fifth (1855) paragraph of the revised Code of Georgia, he, she, or they shall be punished by fine, at the discretion of the Court.∗

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 12, 1863.

18. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, the first clause of the two thousand four hundred and eightieth (2480) section of the revised Code of Georgia be amended, by inserting the words “real estate and” between the words “the” and “personal,” thereby making said clause read, “all the real estate and personal property.”∗

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved Dec. 12, 1863.

19. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, that portion of the two thousand two hundred and eighty-seventh (2287) section of the Code of Georgia, as prohibits the creation of trusts, express or implied, in any property, for any male person of sane mind, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 11, 1863.

22. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, the third and twelfth sections of the Code of Georgia be, and the same are hereby repealed.∗

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 14, 1863,

27. SECTION I. The General Assembly of this State do enact, That the seven hundred and eighty-sixth (786) section of the Code of Georgia, be so amended as to provide, That if any person shall fail to make a return of taxable property, in whole or in part, under the tax acts in force in this State, such person so in default, shall be double taxed for the first years default, for the second years default four fold, and increasing in the same ratio each year, until a return is made.∗

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 7th, 1863.

28. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the. State of Georgia do enact, That the six hundred and thirty-third (633) section of the Code of Georgia be, and the same is hereby repealed, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.∗

Assented to Nov. 28, 1863.

29. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That that portion of the second paragraph which follows the word “location” shall be stricken out, and the remainder of said paragraph shall be as follows: The Clerk of said Court shall place before the Judge of the Superior Court of the county, at the next term after the expiration of said advertisement, a copy of said declaration, and affidavit, and certificate of publication; and if the Court be satisfied that the application is legitimately within the purview and intention of this Code, it shall pass an order declaring the said application granted, and a certified copy of said declaration, affidavit, certificate of publication and order, shall be held and received as evidence of the charter of said corporation in any Court in this State.

30. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in any cases in which parties have made efforts to obtain a charter under said section of the Code, that they be allowed to have such declaration, affidavit and certificate filed, and such order taken at the next term of the Superior Court of their respective counties, succeeding the passage of this Act.

31. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall go into to operation from the day of its passage.

IV. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 5, 1863.

WHEREAS, doubts exist in regard to the proper oaths to be administered to Notaries Public of this State; for remedy whereof;

1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this Act, the only oath or affirmation to be administered to Notaries Public of the State of Georgia, shall be, as follows;

I do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will well and truly perform the duties of a Notary Public for the county of to the best of my ability, and I further swear or affirm that I am not the holder of any public money, belonging to the State, unaccounted for, so help me God.

4. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, the oath of nonresident Tax payers, required to be taken on special return as it now stands in the seven hundred and sixty-fourth (764) section of the Code of Georgia, be so amended for the year 1864, as to make it read; “And that it was not worth on the first of April in this year, more than the valuation you have affixed to it, in Confederate Treasury notes, to the best of your knowledge and belief,” instead of reading as it now does, “and that it is not worth more than the valuation you have affixed to it, to the best of your knowledge and belief”; and that the oath of Tax payers required to be taken on general return, as is now required in the same section of said Code, be changed, so as to make it read; “and the value you have affixed is a just and true valuation on the first day of April of this year in Confederate Treasury notes,”instead of reading, “and that the value you have affixed to it is a just and true valuation,” as it now stands stated in said Code.

5. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That in case any Tax payer shall fail or refuse to make his return in accordance with this amended oath, he shall be deemed a defaulter, and his property shall be double-taxed according to the valuation prescribed in the foregoing section of this Act.

6. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That all persons holding notes or indebtedness on any individual or incorporation, shall give in the same, at its value in Confederate Treasury notes.

7. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any of the tax payers of this State, shall have made a return of their property to the Receiver and Collector, previous to the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the said Collector and Receiver, to require of said tax payers that they make another return to him, upon valuation, as provided for in this Act.

SEC. V. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 2, 1863.

1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever any free white person shall die in this State, whose family and immediate kindred are indigent, and unable to provide for the decent interment of such deceased person, and where the deceased is a pauper, and destitute of the means of paying for a decent interment, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County where said death shall occur, are authorized, and it is hereby made their duty, in case there be any Pauper funds belonging to the county unexpended, to appropriate a sufficient amount thereof to provide a decent interment, for such deceased Pauper; or to re-imburse such persons as may have expended the same voluntarily after the passage of this Act, said appropriation not to exceed what is necessary to defray the ordinary funeral expenses of persons dying in humble circumstances in this State.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 14, 1863.

WHEREAS, Owing to the depredations of the enemy, and the presence and necessities of our own army foraging upon the country, and also the extreme droughth and early frost, the people of Northern Georgia are in great need of bread stuffs; and whereas, nearly the entire laboring population of said section is now in the army, and the people must inevitably suffer unless aided by the generosity of the State,

1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, &c., That the Quartermaster General of this State, be, and he hereby directed and required to purchase and ship to such points on the Railroad as shall be designated by the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties hereinafter enumerated, and subject to their order, the following amounts of corn to-wit: 6,000 Bushels of corn to the County of Chattooga.10,000 bushels of corn to the county of Walker.8,000 bushels of corn to the County of Dade.8,000 bushels of corn to the county of Catoosa.10,000 bushels of corn to the county. of Whitfield.7,000 bushels of corn to the county of Murray.8,000 bushels of corn to the county of Gilmer.8,000 bushels of corn to the county of Fannin.8,000 bushels of corn to the county of Union.4,000 bushels of corn to the county of Towns.3,000 bushels of corn to the county of Rabun.4,000 bushels of corn to the county of Habersham.3,500 bushels of corn to the county of White.4,000 bushels of corn to the county of Lumpkin.3,000 bushels of corn to the county of Dawson and3,000 bushels of corn to the county of Pickens, or so much thereof as the Governor may think necessary; and it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the amount of money necessary to pay for the purchase, sacking and shipping said corn; which amount shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That said Quartermaster General be authorized to employ such agents, and to take, control and use such transportation, by the order of the Governor, as in his judgment shall be absolutely necessary to carry out the objects of this Act; and to pay just compensation for the services of said agents or transportation, to be approved by the Governor.

3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Justices, to make such arrangements for the transportation of said corn from the Railroad to their respective counties, as circumstances may require, and to employ such agents to take charge of and distribute the same as may be necessary; and it shall be the duty of said Justices to furnish, or cause to be furnished by said agents, to each soldier's family, and the families of deceased soldiers; the families and widows whose sons are in the military service, or whose sons have died in the military service, who are destitute of corn and need the same, a sufficient quantity of corn for their bread, and no more, free of charge; and to each person or family who are in such indigent circumstances as to require it, (to be judged of by the Justices aforesaid) a sufficiency for their bread and no more, free of charge; and to such other persons in their respective counties who may be destitute of corn and need the same, a sufficiency for bread and no more, at the price or cost of its delivery; and the money arising from such sale or sales, to be paid over to said Justices for the use and benefit of soldiers families, the widows of deceased soldiers, widows whose sons are in the army, or whose sons have died in the army, or been disabled, and the indigent poor of their respective counties, after paying all costs that may arise in transporting and distributing said corn.

4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any persons through whose hands said corn may pass, shall intentionally misapply said corn, or convert the same to his own use, or in any other way direct or use the same, contrary to the objects contemplated in this Act, he, she or they so offending, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the common jail of the county, for not less than two months, nor longer than six months.

5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said disbursing agents, under the penalties contained in the fourth section of this Act, to keep a book in which he shall have entered all corn distributed by him, and to whom, and how much, and at what price sold, and said book shall be open to inspection to any person at any and at all times; and it shall be the duty of said agent to exhibit said book to said Justices at least once a month; and said Justices shall have power to dismiss said agents at any time they may see proper; Provided, the provisions of this bill do not come in conflict with the absolute wants of the General Government.

SEC. VI. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Nov. 26, 1863.

SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from and after the seventh day of December next, the salary of the Comptroller General shall be three thousand dollars; that from and after the twelfth day of December next, the salary of the State Treasurer shall be three thousand dollars; and that from and after the twenty-ninth of November instant, the salary of the Secretary of State, shall be three thousand dollars.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved Nov. 26, 1863.

Whereas, from the issue of bonds, Treasury notes and change bills by the State, the duties of the Treasury department have become too onerous to be properly discharged by one person, on which account, during the past year the Governor has thought proper to allow temporarily the employment of a Clerk, to assist the Treasurer in the discharge of his duties. And whereas, the Treasurer in his annual report, suggests that a permanent Clerk be attached to the department for the purpose of receiving and recording coupons and bonds falling due, and the discharge of other duties incident thereto, and connected with the Treasury, therefore,

2. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to employ a suitable person as Clerk, to assist him in the duties of his office, and to remove him at his pleasure; and to enable him to procure the services of a competent and trustworthy Clerk, the sum of sixteen hundred dollars is hereby annually appropriated for the salary of said Clerk, to be paid in the same manner as other salaries of the civil establishment.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 7, 1863.

3. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the 7th day of December inst., the salary of the two Secretaries of the Executive Department shall be twenty-five hundred dollars each, per annum; and that from and after the 7th day of December inst., the salary of the principal Recording Clerk of the Executive Department shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.

4. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the act approved Dec. 17th 1862, allowing the Comptroller General a Clerk, be so amended as to authorize said Clerk to receive the same per annum, salary as is here allowed to each of the Secretaries and Recording Clerk of the Executive Department.

5. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of January 1864, the salary of the principal keeper of the Penitentiary shall be two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. That from and after the first day of January 1864, the salary of the Superintendent of the Georgia Military Institute, be three thousand dollars per annum.

6. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That this act shall go into effect from and after its passage.

SEC. V. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 7, 1863.

WHEREAS, The cost of material used in printing, and all labor have advanced to such an extent, that the State Printer cannot execute the work required of him by the present law, without great loss; Therefore,

7. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, That the State Printer shall be paid thirty per cent on the actual cost of such material and labor, employed in such public printing, provided, that said public printer before being paid, shall make out an account, on oath, of the actual cost of material and labor employed, and present the same to his Excellency the Governor, who may allow or reject said account, or any part thereof, as in his judgment, may seem right and just.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Assented to Dec. 11, 1863.

6. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Georgia, do enact, That all persons and bodies corporate in this State, all persons making income by purchase or sale of any property, real or personal, all keepers of hotels, inns and livery Stables, Express Companies, Rail Road Companies, not exempt by their charter from taxation, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Auctioneers; all persons engaged in the manufacture of Salt, all persons engaged in the sale of goods, Wares and Merchandise, Groceries and Provisions; all persons and bodies corporate engaged in the manufacture and sale of cotton and woolen goods, in the tanning and sale of leather and in the manufacture sale of any article made thereof, and all persons engaged in the distillation or sale of alcohol or spirituous liquors from grain of any kind, or from any other article, when they make a return of their taxable property, shall make a return under oath, of the net income or profitswhich he, she, or they, may have made respectively in the sale or manufacture and sale of any of the articles above enumerated, and in the conducting of any of the business aforesaid, from the 1st day of April 1863, to the 1st day of April 1864, over and above 8 per cent on the capital employed in his business.