PART II.-LOCAL LAWS. TITLE I. COUNTY REGULATIONS. SEC. 1. Act making Honey Gall Landing a pub- | SEC. 11. Tax collectors' compensation. lic landing repealed, etc. 2. Land owners, etc., in 6th District, Habersham county, authorized to employ survey of lands. 3. Acts of J. J. Chitwood, as surveyor, made legal, etc. 4. Acts relating to fees of magistrates repealed as to certain counties. 5. Owners of land on Board Creek may 6. Owners refusing, others may do it. ers. 8. Offices of R. T. R. and T. C., in Charlton county, consolidated. 9. Ordinary of Bibb county to assess tax, etc. 10. How said tax is to be collected. (No. 1.) 12. Tax levied by Echols county, in 1868, legalized. 13. Acts of E. D. Watson legalized. 16. John Overstreet may establish fishery, 17. Restrictions on seining. 18. Acts of Judge Clarke legalized. 20. Criminal jurisdiction of said court. 21. Judges' powers in said Court. 24. Act takes effect immediately. An Act to repeal an act making the Honey Gall Landing, on Turtle Whereas, At some session of the Georgia Legislature, between the years of eighteen hundred and ten and eighteen hundred and thirty, Preamble. a law was passed making the Honey Gall landing, on Turtle river, in Glynn county, a public landing; and whereas the precise year and session cannot now be ascertained by reference to any records in the State library, nor can the exact title of the bill be found; therefore, ed. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage Act repealof this act, the act making the Honey Gall landing, on Turtle river, in Glynn county, a public landing, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that all privileges and immunities therefrom be reverted to the rightful owner. Approved October 10, 1868. Land surveys in Habersham-Repeal of Act of March, 1856, as to Fulton-Board Creek. Preamble, Owners may have land surveyed. (No. 2.) An Act to authorize the survey of lands in the 6th district of Habersham county, and for other purposes. Whereas, Much doubt, uncertainty and confusion exist in reference to land boundaries, and divers persons are perplexed to determine the exact locality of their lands; and whereas it will be greatly conducive to the benefit of land owners generally in what was originally known and distinguished in the land system of this State as the 6th district of Habersham county; therefore, 2. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the land owners and proprietors in said district be and they are hereby authorized to employ J. J. Chitwood to run out and establish the lines in said district, and to charge the same fees allowed by law to county surveyors for like services. 3. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the actings and doings of the said J. J. Chitwood, under and by virtue of the 2d section of this Chitwood's act, be and the same are hereby confirmed and made legal and valid, acts legal- as such actings and doings would be if done and performed by the county surveyor under ordinary circumstances. ized. SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 3.) An Act to repeal an act to extend the provisions of the act to amend the several acts now in force regulating the fees of magistrates and constables in the State of Georgia, so far as relates to the counties of Bibb, Richmond, Monroe and Lee, and to provide for the mode of collecting the same, approved January 22, 1852, to the county of Fulton, approved March 1, 1856, so far as said act applies to the county of Fulton. 4. SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of an act to amend the several acts now in force regulating the fees of magistrates and constables in the State of Georgia, so far as relates to the counties. of Bibb, Richmond, Monroe and Lee, and to provide a mode of collecting the same, approved January 22, 1852, to the county of Fulton, approved March 1, 1856, so far as said act applies to the county repealed as of Fulton, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1st March, '56. to Fulton county. Approved October 9, 1868. Removal of obstructions in Board Creek. (No. 4.) An Act to authorize the land owners on Board Creek, in the counties of Liberty and Tatnall, to remove obstructions from the same, and for other purposes. obstruct'ns creek. 5. SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage of this act, the owners of lands lying on Board Creek, in the counties Removal of of Liberty and Tatnall, from a point known as Flat Ford down to from Board the Altamaha river, be and they are hereby authorized to remove from the bed of said creek all logs, rafts, brush, sand bars or other obstructions, and to clear off and remove from the banks thereof all such timber, stumps, roots, brushes or other obstructions as commissioners hereinafter named may deem necessary to render said creek navigable for rafting timber and lumber down the same. 6. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, owning lands on said creek between the points aforementioned, shall Land ownneglect or refuse to aid in cleaning out said creek upon his or their ers to assist. own lands, according to the true intent of the first section of this act, then and in that case the other owners of land within said limits shall have full power and authority to enter upon the land of such person or persons so neglecting or refusing, whether they shall consent or not, Not conand do and perform all that is authorized by the first section of this senting. act, in as full and ample a manner as they might or could do within the boundaries of their own land. inspect. 7. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That Zachariah Hall, William Sikes, J. D. Deloatch and W. J. Griffin, of the county of Tatnall, and S. P. Parker, J. R. Slone and D. H. Foster, of the county of Liberty, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of land owners aforesaid consenting thereto, with authority to inspect Commissaid creek within said limits, and to designate such points or places sioners to as they may deem necessary to be worked, to notify the owners when and where to commence said work, and to exercise a general supervision and control over the operations contemplated by the first section of this act: Provided, that this act shall not be so construed as to au- Proviso. thorize such commissioners or land owners to interfere with any mill- Must not dam or public bridge, or other fixture for propelling machiney, or to interfere prevent any land owner within said limits from erecting any mill-dam or bridges. or other fixture on said creek, within the boundaries of his own land, so that the same does not infringe upon the rights of adjacent land owners as established by existing laws. SEC. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. with dams Offices consolidated-Assessment of tax in Bibb county. Tax Recei (No. 5.) An Act to consolidate the offices of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax 8. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do ver and enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the offices of ReCollector of ceiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector be and the same are hereby Consolida- consolidate, so far as relates to the county of Charlton: Provided, that the officers discharging give the bond required of each. Charlton ted. Preamble. to Assess tax &c. to build. Jail. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9, 1868. (No. 6.) An Act to raise funds by taxation to build a common jail in the county of Bibb, and to authorize the building of the same, and for other purposes. Whereas, There is no common jail in the county of Bibb, the old one having been burned down, and all prisoners who are usually required to be confined in a county jail, under the laws of this State, in said county, are committed for such confinement to the city guard house in the city of Macon; and whereas, the said guard house is small in dimensions, and not unfrequently crowded with prisoners sent there by the city authorities, so that the health of prisoners is greatly endangered; therefore, 9. SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary. Ordinary of the said county of Bibb to assess a tax upon the property of Bibb county, of such per cent. on the estate tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine as will raise the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or such sum as will be sufficient to erect a suitable jail building in said county of Bibb. by T. C. &c 10. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That said tax shall be colCollected lected by the tax collector of Bibb county, with the State tax collected by him, and be paid into the county treasury of Bibb county, to be used solely for the purpose of erecting a county jail in said county of Bibb, under the direction and supervision of the proper county authorities in said county. 11. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the tax collector, for collecting and paying into the county treasury said tax, shall have T. C. Com- the same compensation or per cent. as he is allowed for collecting and paying over the State taxes. pensation. SEC. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Inferior Court of Echols county-E. D. Watson--R. T. Massey. (No. 7.) An Act to make valid the tax levied by the Inferior Court of Echols county, for educational and county purposes, for the year 1868. Whereas, The Inferior Court of Echols county incurred heavy liabilities in building and completing a court house in said county, and Preamble. in building a bridge across the Allopaha river, in addition to the ordinary expenses of said county, for the payment of which they levied an extra tax; 1868. for clared legal 12. SECTION I. Be it therefore enacted, That all tax levied and assessed by the Inferior Court for the year 1868, for the county of Tax levied Echols, whether with or without the recommendation of the grand Echols, dejury, be and the same is hereby declared as vaild as if the same had &c. been levied in strict conformity to law. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 8.) An Act to legalize the action of E. D. Watson, Ordinary of Lee county. Whereas, The Ordinary of Lee county did, under an emergency, Preamble. issue an order to John Batts et al., as commissioners, to receive subscriptions to the amount of three hundred dollars, to have the bridges over Muchalee creek, in said county, repaired, said bridges being impassable and of great public utility; and did authorize said commissioners to issue certificates to subscribers for the amount subscribed, which certificates to be receivable by the tax collector for county tax; 13. SECTION I. Be it therefore enacted, etc., That the action of said Acts of OrE. D. Watson, Ordinary of Lee county, is hereby made legal to all galized. intents and purposes. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. dinary le (No. 9.) An Act to empower R. T. Massey to sell the real estate of E. M. Edwards, deceased, on the premises, instead of in front of the Court· House. Whereas, R. T. Massey, administrator on the estate of E. M. Ed- Preamble. wards, deceased, late of the county of Fulton, of this State, has had the real estate of the said E. M. Edwards, deceased, surveyed and laid off into convenient and eligible building lots, in the city of Atlanta; and whereas, it is customary to sell such property on the premises, as better sales can be effected there than at the court house of said county; therefore, |