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An Act to authorize Justices of the Peace in Mitchell county to appoint Patrol Commissioners for said county. 1860 209 (1860)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0527 and id is 1 raw text is: LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS.-PATROLS. 209 Mitchell County. 11. SEC. Ill. And be it further enacted, That the members ofG{embers of said Board of Commissioners shall hold over until their successors s'. have been elected and taken their seats; and all vacancies occuringe-.iff &. in said Board from death or resignation, shall be filled by a majori- itric hlli ty vote of the remaining members of said Board; and in the event 1114 said Board becomes extinct from either or both of said causes, itgw ( shall be the duty of said Secretary to order an election to fill said onach save. Board by a public notice in the aforesaid Districts of the time and place of holding said election, at least twenty days before said election takes place. .12. SEc. IV. And be it further enacted, That means shall be pro- vided for the support and maintenance of said mounted police, by the payment, on the second Wednesday in January, 1861, and on the same day of the same month in each succeeding year, by each slaveholder in the aforesaid Districts, of a tax of not more thanTaxtobeol- led by sad one dollar, nor less than twenty-five cents, per capita, on his or her Board. slave or slaves, as returned on the Tax Digest for said county Provided, the same is in accordance with the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, after the tax for the year 1861, has been paid; the said tax to be collected by the Board of Coinmis- sioners through their Secretary in office, who shall be elected annually by said Board, and give bond and security payabtle to said Board of Commissioners and their successors in office, for double the amount of said tax, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and who shall receive such compensation for his services as said Board may deem reasonable; said tax to be collected and enforced under the usual penalties of execution and levy at the hands of the county Sheriff; Provided that all owners of slaves, who reside on their plantations at all times of the year, be exempt from the tax imposed by this Act. 13. SEc. V. And be it further enacted, That the Police created Said sHe under this Act, shall have constabulary authority throughout theahal e n ,t fConstabulary county of McIntosh; and any clause in the charter of the city ofauthority. Darien which conflicts with this Act, is hereby repealed. SEC. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Assented to December 19, 1860. 5. MITCHELL COUNTY. Section 14. Duty of J. P. in Mitchell county to appoint Patrol Commissioners. (No. 213.) An Act to authorize .fustices of the Peace in Mitchell county to appoint Patrol Conunissioners for said county. WHEREAs, The Justices of the Inferior Court of Mitchell county has heretofore, and still neglects to comply with the requirements of the law appointing Patrol Commissioners for said county ofreame. Mitchell ; and whereas, there is no restraint against the negroes in said county from strolling over said county, to the detriment and molestation of the good citizens thereof: 14

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