RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, DURING A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HELD AT AT LANTA, IN JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1868. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. Judges of Superior Court, ex-Judges of | No. 17. Treasurer to advance per diem pay to Supreme Court, Solicitors General, 2. Governor to take and receipt for bonds 3. State aid to railroads. 4. Governor to prohibit unlawful assemblages. 5, Governor to issue writs of election for counties of Telfair and Irwin. 6. To encourage immigration, etc. 7. Superintendent of Public Works to revise map of the State, 8. Superintendent of Public Works to assort, etc., documents, etc., at Milledgev.lle. 9. Election of United States Senators. 10. Removing obstructions from Tennessee river. 11. To authorize State Treasurer to pay committee clerks, etc. 12. Pay of Commissioners for visiting State Institutions, etc. 13. Three competent persons to examine land books of Muscogee, Carroll and Coweta, etc. 14. Comptroller General to transfer certain entries, etc. 15. Relief of James Holliman, tax collector of Upson county. 16. Governor to furnish members and all civil officers of State wtth Constitution, etc. members and officers, etc. 18. Treasurer to advance to officers and 19. Asking appointment of special com- 20. Free ticket over State Road to Mrs. 21. Governor to furnish all civil officers of 22. Certain advances to Secretary of Sen- 23. Per diem pay of R. H. Fleming, de- 24. To authorize Governor to accept char- 25. Election of United States Senators, 27. Authorizing J. W. Burke to execute 28. Clerk of House and Secretary of Sen- 29. To furnish Harrison's Pamphlet to cer- (No. 1.) A Resolution that Judges of the Superior Courts, ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, Reporter and Clerk of the same, and Solicitors General, shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant to pay the same. Whereas, Section 4963 of Irwin's Code provides that Judges of the Preamble. Superior Courts, ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, Reporter and Clerk of the same, and Solicitors General, shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified; and whereas, all Judges of this State were elected or appointed according to the laws of this State, and continue to exercise the functions of their offices up to the recent appointments of their successors; and whereas, some of the said judges still continue to perform the duties of said office, and no successor has, as yet, been appointed; be it therefore Resolved That the Governor of the State of Georgia is hereby authorized and instructed to issue his warrants to the Treasurer of said Certain Officers continue until their successors are elected-Bonds and Currency-State Aid. certain Ju cers-how. Salaries of State to pay said Judges, Solicitors General, Clerk and Reporter of dicial offi- the Supreme Court, the regular salaries allowed them by law, up to paid. date of the appointment of their respective successors by the GovTheir acts ernor, and the official acts performed by said Judges are hereby made valid. declared valid and binding. Gov'r to receipt for bonds and hands of agents. Approved October 7, 1868. (No. 2.) A Resolution authorizing and requesting his Excellency the Governor to take possession of, and receipt for, all bonds or currency belonging to the State, now in the hands of agents, heretofore authorized to have and hold said bonds. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency, Governor Rufus B. Bullock, be and currency in he is hereby authorized and requested to take possession of, for the benefit of the State, and to receipt for any and all bonds or currency belonging to the State now in the hands of agents, heretofore authorized to have and to hold said bonds; and that the said bonds shall be held subject to disposal under laws heretofore or to be hereafter enacted. Approved October 3, 1868. (No. 3.) A Resolution for the further protection of the State in lending its aid to certain railroads, and for other purposes. Whereas, Certain bills have been passed by the General Assembly, and others are now pending, entitled acts to extend the aid of the Preamble. State to certain railroads therein named; and whereas, said bills authorize his Excellency the Governor to place the endorsement of the State on the bonds of said companies; and whereas, it is necessary to protect the interest of the State as fully as possible; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Governor may, prior to endorsing the bonds, or Public any portion of the bonds, of said companies, as provided for in these examine acts, cause the Superintendent of public works to examine said roads, tion of Rail and ascertain if the terms upon which said aid is granted have been roads aided first fully complied with. Superintendent of Works to into condi by the State. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor shall cause the above named officer to report annually upon the condition of all such roads, the number of miles constructed under the provisions of said acts, the cost of the same, the expense of operating said roads, the amount of profits arising therefrom, also the amount paid into the treasury from the taxes levied upon the property of said companies, the increased value of taxable property in the sections through which said roads pass, and any other information that may be deemed necessary for the use of the Legislature; and for this purpose the presidents Armed and unlawful assemblages prohibited-Writs of Election for certain officers. said roads, and all others, are hereby required, when called upon, to furnish such information upon the above named points as may be in their possession. Approved September 21, 1868. (No. 4.) A Resolution requesting the Governor to prohibit armed and unlawful assemblages. Whereas, It being the proctice of a portion of the citizens of this Preamble. State to assemble in large numbers, with arms, for the purpose of exercising in military tactics, and for other unlawful purposes, without authority of law, and to the terror of the good citizens thereof; therefore, unlawful Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Ex-Governor cellency the Governor be and he is hereby respectfully requested to to prohibit issue his proclamation prohibiting such armed and unlawful assem-asseinblages; but the right of the people to peaceably assemble for the · consideration of any matter shall not be impaired by any proclamation of the Governor. Approved September 9, 1868. blages. (No. 5.). A Resolution authorizing the Governor to issue writs of election, as in other cases of vacancy, for members of the House of Representatives and county officers in the counties of Telfair and Irwin. Whereas, In consequence of a failure on the part of the registrars for the Fifteenth Senatorial District to hold elections in accordance with the election order of General Meade, in the counties of Telfair and Irwin; and whereas, his Excellency the Governor has been petitioned to order elections in said counties, but has declined to do so in consequence of a doubt in his mind as to the authority vested in him by the Code of Georgia to order elections in such cases; therefore be it Preamble. Governor Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized, and it is hereby made his duty as in other cases of vacancy, to issue writs of authorized election forthwith for an election to be held in said counties for mem-writs of bers of the House of Representatives and county officers. 2. Resolved, That this resolution be transmitted forthwith to the House of Representatives, with the request that it be taken up immediately and concurred in by that body. Approved August 16, 1868. to issue election. |