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An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Marthasville, in the county of DeKalb. 1847 50 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0348 and id is 1 raw text is: CITIES AND TOWNS. poratc limits of the city of Dalton, the sum of three dollars each, to be collected and applied as before specified. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful at any time for the persons within the corporate lim- its of said city, who are subject to road duty, to be compelled to perform road duty without the limits of said city, neither shall it lie lawful for any citizen or person who resides with- out the limits of said incorporation, to be required to perform road duty within the limits of said city. SEc. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and ordinances herein contemplated and au- thorized are in no instance to militate against the laws of this State, or of the Constitution thereof; that all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House oJ Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, .Prehident of the Snaite. Approved, December 29, 1847. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Marthasville, in the county of DeKalb, pass- ed on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hun- dred and forty-three; and also to enlarge the boundary of said town, and to incorporate the same under the name of the cityof Atlanta; and to change the name of the town of Rome to that of thd city of Rome; to provide for The elec- tion of a Mayor and City Councilmen and other officers of said cities, and to confer upon them s ecified powers; and for other purposes herein mentioned. SECTION 1. Be it enacted I the Senate and Howse of Repre- sentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the town of Atlanta shall be known and called the city of Atlanta, and the authority and jurisdiction of said city shall extend one mile from the State Depot in every direction. SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That within sixty days after the passage of this act, by giv- ing two days notice, and on the third Monday in every Jan uary thereafter, all free white persons, citizens residing within the incorporation of said city, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the Legislature of said State, shall be entitled to vote for a Mayor and six members of the City

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