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An Act to incorporate the town of Cumming in the county of Forsyth, and to make permanent the site of the public buildings of said county. 1834 255 (1834)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0267 and id is 1 raw text is: TOWNS. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Cumming in the county of Forsyth, and to make permanent the site of the public buildings of said county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Jolly, Daniel M'Coy, John H. Russell, Daniel Smith, and William Mliartin, and their successors in ofice, shall have full power and authority to pass all by-laws and regulations which may be deemed necessary for the improvement and repairing the streets, springs, and internal police of said town: Provided, nevertheless, that such by-laws, rules, and regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution of the United States and the constitution and laws of this State; and that penalties thereby imposed shall not extend to cor- poral punishment,except to people of colour; nor shall any tax upon the people of the town be imposed which shall exceed one dollar on each poll for the same year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commis- sioners shall continue in office until the second Tuesday in January in the year 1836, on which day, and on the second Tuesday in January in each and every year thereafter, all free male white citizens of the said town who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall assemble at the court-house of said county, and by ballot elect five commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year; at which election any two Justices of the Inferior Court or Justices of the Peace may preside. SE. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That when any vacancy in the commissioners of said corporation shall happen, by resignation or otherwise, the commissioners ii. office shall appoint some other person within the limits of said corpora- tion to fill such vacancy; and the person appointed shall continue in office the same length of time his predecessor would have done had no such vacancy taken place. Snc. 4. And be it further enacted, That said commission- ers and those hereafter appointed, or a majority of them, 255

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