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Resolution of the Senate of the State of Georgia, 19th December, 1821 1821 131 (1821.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0142 and id is 1 raw text is: IESOLUTIONS, &c, 'States, or injure the credit of the bills of 'the Ianks of the State of Georgii. They would advise all collision with the Bank of the Uni- ted States to be eschewed if possible. But a proper regard to the safety of their own institutions, demands and imperiously requires that snmething should be done for their protection. Your committee, therefore, recommend that a law shall be passed establishiin a rate of interest between the United Statis' Iank and the Banks of the state of Georgia, below the present legal rate. of interest of the state, and so low as to prevent the said Banks frorm being benefitted by anl accumulation of the bills of each other: for which purpose your conmittee recommend the passave of a law. nlnd further, your committee recommend, that while the State Banks shall rigillv persevere in paying their bills in specie to all imn';v;'luals applying therefor, who may not be agents of the Bank of tl- United States or either of its branches, that 1hey shall ref ie, whenever they may think it prudlent so to do, to pay specie for t'eir bills to the United States' liank, or its oflices or agents, upon giving sit v' days previous notice of huch intention And your committee contidently hope that public opinion will bear the state institutions out in such a course of conduct, as none other seeus in the mind of your committee to be calculated to save lhe state institutions eventually from utter atnnihilation, under existing circumntances, to the great injury of the state and of the individuals who are or may be stockholders in the aforesaid banking etablish- Ilents. Appi oved, !22d December, 1021. IN SENATE, 17th Decenber, 1821. Resolvrd, That Robert W. Pooler be, and lie is hereby appointed-a sot.iry Public for the county of Chatham. Approved, 21st December, 1821. IN SENATE, 19th December, 1821. Wanu-s, Henry Darnell has rendered many imporaj t services to the state, by his attention to and care of the Africans seized by his Excellency William Rabun, and now in the custody of this state, for which said services lie has never been sufficiently c'ompensated: Be it therefore resolved, That the said Henry Darnell be, and he is hereby authorised, in consideration of said services, to recPive and retain in his possession a certain negro girl named Ifinda, one of said Africans: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so con- strued as to vest in the said Henry I)arnell an absolute title to raid negro girl ; but that he shall be bound to deliver her to the Coloniza- tion Society, or to the claimant of said Africans, if his claim shouli .+e establish'l., if required by a future Legislature. Approved, 22d December, 1821:

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