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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0468 and id is 1 raw text is: LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS-MISCELLANEOUS RELIEP. 309
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.
payment made by him to the present Comptroller General, be held' gygo
as a final settlement, so far as the State is concerned. ..t.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General be Oomp. Gea.
directed to issue a fi. fa. against the said Thomas J. Harper for thetam fi. a. to
amount of the principal of said default, and that the said fi. fa. be be
delivered to the said James Edmondson, who is authorized to reim-.on.
burse himself out of any property of said Harper that may be sub-
ject to said fi. fa. with seven per cent. interest on the amount so paid
by the said Edmondson, on the 21 day of October, 1856.
Sec. III. [Repeals conflicting laws.]
Assented to December 22, 1857.
ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF.
Act No. 331. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson. Act No. 845. Morgan Swinney.
332. Elizabeth Coleman, colo'rd. 346. Benjamin Johnston.
333. John Atwell. 317. Jesse M. Davis, Alexander
334. Andrew T. Rowe. F. Bennett.
335. James E. Williams. 348. James W. Bowden, N. J;
336. Lewis Jones, Rich'd Turner, Jones, James M. Whorden,
Solomon Hart. Jno. P. Radford,A. J. Pool,
337. Peter Cole. Jno. S. Montgomery, Wil-
339. Reuben S. Williams. lianH. Green,Jas. Adams.
339. Rachel Black and her chil- Planters and Mechanics
dren declared citizens. Bank, Cherokee Ins-
340. John Sirmons, George. W. rance and Bk'ng Company
McKinley. at Dalton, and the Maufac-
341. Rufus Rabun, Jos. B. Ellis. turers and Mechanics Bank
' 342. Calvin J. Crawford, Henry of Columbus, relieved.
Ivey. ames Crocker, county sur-
343. James Hamby. veyor ofiabersham core-
3-44. John W. Spain. lieved.
[No. 331.]
.ln a~ct for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, qf the county
of Elbert, and to repeal conflicting laws in her case only.
Whereas, by the existing laws of Georgia, the owners of slaves Preamble.
areforbidden, under certain penalties, to allow their slaves to hire
their own time, and whereas, Elizabeth Thompson, of the county
of Elbert, although liable to the penalty of said law by having al-
lowed her negro slave (a negro man named Nathan) to hire his own
tine, but was evidently ignorant of the existence of such a law, and
recalled her said slave as soon as informed of its existence, and be-
ofore any injury was done to the public, and wheeas, by the collec-
tion of the State and 'county tax as a penalty, a manifest injustice
'will de done to an innocent person, for remedy whereof : zbh
Section 1. Be it enacted, That in case the State and county sur-
aforesaid (which is the sum of One Hundred Dollars, State tax) hasamcvedorr
344. ohn W.Spain.lieved
not been collected and paid from and by the said Elizabeth Thomp- state and
son, before or at the time of the pa sing of this Act, that she be andes ctyaMX.
Itannt arwa-
is hereby relieved and excused from all liability to pay the same. dy paid.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsga0468&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)