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An Act to compel owners of slaves on plantations or farms in Effingham county, to keep a white man on said plantation or farm. 1855-1856 538 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0446 and id is 1 raw text is: 538 LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS-RELIEF. John W. Carlton employed, &c.-Plantations in Effingham. (No. 531.) An Act for the relief of John W. Carlton oJ the county of Fulton, who received serious injury whilst in the employment ofthe State. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. WHEREAS, John W. Carlton, a citizen of the county of Fulton, was in the employment of the State of Georgia, on the Westers Preamble, and Atlantic Railroad as a fireman on the engine called Bobuel, a1 the time the said engine burst her boiler, and by the said explosion the said John W. Carlton lost an arm, and has been rendered unfit for labor, and thrown upon the charities of the good citizens of this State, and whereas, the State of Georgia having been the last em- ployer, and the injuries received whilst in her servica, she should donate for his support, and relieve her citizens to this extent, from this burthen, therefore: 16. SEC. 1. Be it enacted &c., That the Superintendent of the ee or Western and Atlantic Railroad be required to give such permanent John w. employment on the Road to John W. Carlton as he is capable of at- Canton; tending to, and that he be instructed to give him liberal wages for such service rendered, not less than thirty dollars per mouth, pro- vided that said Carlton be a sober man, and of good moral charac- ter. 17. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws TITLE XXV. SLAVES. 1. Owners of plantations in Effingham. 4. Negro man Boston set free. 2. Repealing clause. 1 5. Repealing clause. 3. Riley's slaves to pay tax as free persons of color. No. 532. An Act to compel owners of slaves on plantations orfarms in Efingham county, to keep a white man on sazd plantation orfarm. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the pas- sage of this act, all owners, trustees, or agents of plantations, or farms in the county of Effingham, whereon there are three or more grown slaves employed, and where such owner, trustee or agent to be ke to shall reside off and away from said plantation or farm, then it shall plantation; be the duty of such owner, trustee or agent, to keep employed and statedly residing on such plantation or farm, a white man for the

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