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An Act for the relief of John Montgomery and William A. Lewis, of Forsyth County; Nancy Going, Adaline Page, Thursday, Isabella, De la Fayette, and Elmira, free persons of color, of the County of Columbia, and for other purposes therein specified. 1853-1854 533 (1853)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0415 and id is 1 raw text is: PRIVATE AND LOOAL LAWS.-RELIEF. 533 Small Pox-Free persons of color. expended, and that the City Council of Oglethorpe is wholly una- Not compen- ble to liquidate said claim or any part thereof. sated. SEorioN I. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 passrgo of this Act, his Excellency the Governor be Ordered to and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon be paid. the Treasury of the State, for the sum of eleven hundred and eight dollars, to be paid to the said May, out of any monies not other- wise appropriated, in consideration of monies expended and servi- ces rendered by him as aforesaid. SC. II. And be it farther enacted, That all laws and parts of laws~militating against this Act, be and the same are hereby repeal- ed. Approved, February 17th, 1854. (No. 471.) An Act for the relief of John .Montgomery and William A. Lew- is, of Forsyth County; Nancy Going, Adaline Page, Thurs- day, Isabella, De la Payette, tnd Elmira, free persons of color, of the County of Columbia, and for other _puposes therein .pecpfed. Wiriuu.s, Bryant Oxendine, a free person of color, was taken up for failing to comply with the Registration Laws of this State, in the year 1850, and was found guilty and fined by the Inferior Court of 1orsyth County one hundred dollars, and being unable to pay the fine was hired out, under the Laws of this State, for a term of Montgomery eighteen months, for the price of one hundred dollars, to John and Lewis. Montgomery, on the 5th day of December, 1850, and the said John Montgomery gave his note due eighteen months after date, to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Forsyth County, for the sum of one hundred dollars, with William A. Lewis as security for the same. And, WuEREAs, The said Bryant Oxendine ran away on the 28th day of August, 1851, and therefore failed to perform the service for Oxendine. the time for which he was hired. SECTON I. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the rene ay- said John Montgomery and William A. Lewis be relieved, dis- ment. charged and acquitted from the payment of so much of the said note, in proportion, as the service aforesaid was not performed, to wit: the sum of fifty-five dollars. An WHEREAs, Nancy Going, Adeline Page, Thursday, Isabella, Freenegroe. De la Fayette and Elmira, free persons of color, of the County of non-registry Columbia, have each been taxed or fined one hundred dollars, be-

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