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Resolutions of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia. 1837 282 (1837)

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and being tuable to supply 'themselves, and as Oeace is the
tilne to prepare for war,- and self protection is'the first law of
nature,
For remedy whereof, be, and it is hereby resolved by the
Senate and Iouse of Representatives of the State of Georgia,
in General Assembly mct, That his Excellency the Governor,
be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his order on the Mili-
tary Store-keeper in Milledgeville, to deliver to such persons
-s may be appointed by the Justices of the Inferior Court of
Rabun county, for fifty stand of arms, by such person giving
bond with good security, to be judged of by said Court, made
payable to his Excellency the Governor, to keep the same in
good order, and to deliver the same to the Keeper of said Arse-
nal after the said Cherokee Indians shall be removed from
the State.
And be it further resolved, That the expense of conveying
said arms to the town of Clayton, and conveying them back
to Milledgeville, shall be paid for, out of' the county find of
Rabun county.
In the House of Representatives, agreed to, Nov. 23d, 1637.
JOSEPH I)AY,
Speaker of the House of Represctatives,
Attest-JOSEPII S'runcis, Clerk.
In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 11th, 1837.
ROBERT Al. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Attest-JolN T. L.urAn, Secretary.
Approved, Dec. 14th, 1807.
GEORGE R. GILI1ER, Governor.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Joint Committee on the State of the Republic, to whom
was referred so much of the Governor's Message as relates to
his correspondence with the Governor of Maine, which cor-
respondence was occasioned by the secret and felonious abduc-
tion from the city of Savannah, of a negro slave named Atti-
cus, thelproperty of James and Henry Sagurs, by Daniel Phil-
brook and Edward Kelleran, citizens of the State of Maine,
and fugitives fi-om justice, together with the accompa-
nying documents, to wit: the allidavit of Janies Sagurs,
one of the owners of said slave; the warrant of the
magistrate, and the return of the officer thereon; the
consequent demand of the   Executive  of Georgia upon
tiue Executive of Maine, for the delivery of said fugitives
to the agent of the State of Georgia, in order that they might

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