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An Act for the better regulation and Government of the town of Athens in the county of Clarke. 1815 22 (1815)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0081 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF GEORGIA. AN ACT .rov the beller regulation and qoeriunent of the town of .lihens in the county qf Clarke. 6 1. B E it enacted by te Senate and House of Repre- $entatives qf the State o* Georgia, in General .dssembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the aithority qf the same, That Thomas P. Carnes, John Brown, Augustin S. Clay- ton, Samuel E!rown and Francis Farrar ,e, and they are hereby appointed coliinissiqners ol said town, and they and tleir successors in oflice, are hereby vested with ull power and puthority, to pass all bye laws and regulatins which may be liecessary for the improvement andkeeping in good repair all the strcets of the said town and the pub- lic roads leading fiomi the same in every direction, and to the extent of one imile from the College Chapel and no furthlier, and to have kept in repair, the public Spring, and to pass any other bye laws for the better Government of said tow, as may not be repugnant to, or inconsytent wvith, the constitution and laws of this state. Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to extend the powers of said conusioners to the north cast side of the Oconee river. § 2. .12nd be itfuirther evacted by the authority afore- said, That the said commissioners and their successors in oflice shall be, and they are hereby authorised, to impose, any tax upon the citizens resident within the bounds a- foresaid, for public purposes, which shall not exceed que dollar on each poll within the term of any one year. § 3. .1nd be it further enacted, That the sid coninus- sioners and their successors in effee, may impose an fines or penalties not incompatible with the constitution or laws of this state-Provided, that no penalfy thereby imposed shall extend to corporal punishment (except to people of color) whose punislhment for any one violation of the bye laws of the corporation, shall not exceed thirty-nine lashes. § 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commis. sioners he, and they or a majority of them are hereby au. thorised to Appoint, at their first meeting, which shall be in.

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