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An Act to incorporate the town of Jacksonville, in the county of Telfair. 1815 68 (1815)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0087 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF GEORGLL. of his said renognizance-Pr'ovided, he shall deliwr to the proper officer of Hancock county, tie body of the a- foresaid James Pitman on or before the last day of the term of the Superior Court of said county, in August 1816. BENJ. WHITAKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives.. WILLIAM RABUN, President of the Senate.. Assented to, 12th December, 1815. D. B. MITCHLL, Goverpor AN ACT U'o incorporate the town of Jacksonville, in the county ofj Tcifair. § . BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly ,met, and by the authority of the same, That Charles AV- Kinyan, Abell L. Hatton, William Harris, Nathaniel Ashley and Noah Palmour, be Commissioners of said town, and they and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to pass all bye-laws and regula. tions, which may be necessary for the improvement and re- pairing the streets, springs and .nternal police of said town, and the preservation, repairs and charge of the pub- lic buildings in said town-Provided nevertheless, that such bye-laws,,rules and regulations, shall not be repug- nant to the constitutional laws of this state, and that no penalty thereby inposed, shall extend to corporal punish- ment, except to people of colour; nor shall any tax upon the people of said town be imposed, which shall exceed one dollar upon each poll for the same year. § 2. Anld be it further enacted, That the said Commis- sioners shall continue in office until successors are elected in their place; and it shall be lawful on the first Mon- day in January in every year for all the free male citizens of the said town above the age of eighteen, to assemble at the Court-house in said town, and by ballot elect five Commissioners, at which election two Justices of the peace fbr said pounty sha yreside as J udges of the electionu

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