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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0413 and id is 1 raw text is: PRIVATE AND LOOAL, LAWS.-Orrms, &a.
City of West Point.
Iand I after the passage of this Act, the Commissioners of the
Power to Town of Washington, in the County of Wilkes, be, and they are
. V vested with the exclusive power to grant licenses for the re-
tail of ardent spirits within the corporate limits of said town of
Washington, and also to impose such conditions, restrictions and
penalties as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and
proper, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution and Laws of this State.
Szc. II. And be it further enacted by the authoiity aforesaid,
That whenever it shall so happen that no Commissioners are elect-
ay 1'-t in ed in conformity to the Act incorporating said town of Washington,
Inferiorschsal i
Court. the power to grant such heenses shall vest in the Inferior Court of'
the county, wiich said Court may or may not grant such licenses,
as in their discretion they may think proper and right.
Six. III. And be it furtAer enacted by the authority afore-
said, That all laws and parts of laws militating against-this Act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, February 13th, 18154.
(No. 213.)
An Act to amend theoseverai Acts of force in velation to the ineor-
poration of the Town of West Point, in Troup County. an[ to
incorporate the same under the name qf the City of T1Vest Point,
and to pnovide for the Election qf a 2fayor and Aldermen, and
such other oficers as may be required, and con.fer on them. speci-
fed powers; also, to incoqorate and confer certain powers upon
the Commissioners of the Town of 1Webbville I also, to authorize
the Trustees of Thomaston Academy to sell certain property, and
vest the proceeds thereof; and, also, to incorporate and confer
certain powers upon the Trustees of the First Presbyterian
Church at Atlanta, the Trustees of the Waynesville Presbyte-
rian Church. and the Trustees of the Permanent Fund of the
Children of bsreal, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enactel by the'ai'dtority of the same, That from
and after the passage of this Act, tie Town of West Point, in the
ointo County of Troup, siall be known and distinguished as the City of
West Point.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That within twenty days
after the passage of this Act, and by giving ten days notice in any
one or more of the city papers, or by advertising at two or more of
the most public places in said city, and on the second Monday in
every January thereafter, all free white [male] citizens residing
within the corporate limits of said city, who shall be entitled to vote
for Members of the Legislature of this State, shall be entitled to
Aldermen, vote for a Mayor and four Aldermen of 1,he City Council, and that
when and a esno esn ovt
how ctnd. any person or persons legally entitled to vote for said election shall
be elligible either for Mayor or Aldermen of said City Council, at
which election one Justice of the Inferior Court, or of the Peace,
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