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An Act to alter and amend the seventh section of the first Article of the Constitution of this State. 1843 14 (1843)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0327 and id is 1 raw text is: 14 liko powers respecting the appointing of a person or persons fbr taking the census of such county, as are hercin given to the Justices of the Inferior court. Sec. 6. And be it fiirther enacted by the authority aforcsaid, That if the census or enumeration of' any county shall not be taken and returned according to the provisions of this act, then and in that event, such county shall be entitled to but one representative in the Legislature, until the census of such county shallhave been taken and returned in conforini- ty to the constitution of this State. . Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons appointed to take tile census of any Battal- ion District, of, or in any county of this State, under the pro- visions of this act, are hereby authorised and required to ad- minister to all heads of' ihmilics or others, before receiving his return of census, or the number of his or her family, the following oath :-I, A B do solemnly swear, (or aflirmn, as the case may be) that I will give in as members of' my fami- ly, only such as belong to my family, either present or ab- sent, in the character of wife, children, slaves and boarders and free persons of color, on the first day of April, one thou- sand eight hundred and lbrty-five. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each person appointed to take the census under the provisions of this act, shall receive as compensation, the sum of twenty-five cents for each thmily taken in by him. Sec. 9. And be it jhrther enacted, That it shall not be law- ful for the person or persons appointed under this act, to re- turn the name of any person except in conformity with the provisions of this act, and that any violation of this section shall be punished, on conviction, by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Assented to, 23d December, 1S43. AN ACT to alter and amend tile seventh section of the first Article of the Constitution of this State. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever this act shall have passed in accordance with the requirements of the constitution of this State, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the said seventh section:-Each county of this State shall have one Representative, and no county shall have more than two Representativcs,-Thirty-seven coun- ties, having the greatest population, counting all free white persons, and three-fifths of the people of color, shall have two Representatives-and if any new county shall be here-

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