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An Act to incorporate the City of Oglethorpe, and to alter and amend an Act to incorporate the town of Oglethorpe, in the county of Macon. 1851-1852 398 (1851)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0385 and id is 1 raw text is: 398 CITIES AND TOWNS-1851-'2. Cit! of Oglethorio. authorize a larger per centum per annum to be collected and raised, than is provided for in the orignal Act, of wich this is amnudatory, or a greater amount of money than will be suflicient to pay the principI and interest which may be due or becoe lue tlie city subscription as aforesaid. (No. 253.) AN ACT to incorpornto the City of Oglethorpe, and to alter and inend an Act to incorporate the town of Oglethorpe, in the county of Macon. Approved, January 22, 1852. SECIox I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rpresentatives of the Stateof Georlia, in, (neral As- snably vt, anl ;I is herebUl enl1c by the authoity coro of the same, That the corporate limits of the City of' Ogle- IuItaeda.,thorpe, in tihe county of Macon, shall extend friom the De- pot of the South-Wectern Railroad, within the present cor- porate limits, one mile in every direction. Sic. II. And be it further enacted by the authority Ma or and aforesaid, That the Municipal Government of the City of ^ 'e\nwr Oglethorpe, shall consist of a Mayor aid six Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Mayor and City Council of' Ogle- thorpe, and by that name and style shall have perpetual Powrand surccession-shall have a conunon seal, and be capable in privilege-, law and equity, to purchase, have, hol, receive, enjoy, possess, and retain, to them and their successors, for the us~e ot the City of Oglethorpe, any estate or estates, real or perscinal, of whatsoever kind or nature, within the ju- risdictional limits of tire City of Oglethorpe, and shall, by the said iame, be capable of sucing and being sued, in any Court of L-iv or Equity in this State,, and shall suc- ceed to all the rights aid liabilities of the present corpora- tion of the town of Oglethorpe. Simc. III. Ile it further enacted by the autlhority afore- Ehtoion or said, That an election shall be li-ld in the Council Cham- coamv, ber in the City of Orlethorpe, on the third Saturday in February, cighteen 7unidred and fifty-two, and on the first Saturday in January in each year thereafter, for a Mayor and six Aldermen, to serve for one year and until

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