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An Act to establish and fix the fees of Sheriffs, Constables and other officers, in certain cases. 1840 53 (1840)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0305 and id is 1 raw text is: COUNTY OFFICERS.

AN ACT amendatory of an act entitled  An act to author-
ize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the several coun-
ties in this State to create and lay out any new districts,
or change and alter lines of those already laid out -As-
sented to on the 23d December, 1839.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That nothing
in the aforementioned act shall be so construed as to admit
of applications being made in manner aforesaid to lay out
any new district, or to change the lines of any district already
laid out, only at a regular term of the Inferior Court.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That as soon as any new district shall be regularly laid out
and formed, agreeable to the provisions of the above recited
act, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Inferior Court of
the county where such district is made, to immediately in-
form his Excellency the Governor of the same; all laws to
the contrary notwithstanding.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 23d December, 184:0.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
AN ACT to establish and fix the fees of Sheriffs, Consta-
bles and other officers, in certain cases.
WHEREAS, doubts have been entertained, in some places,
whether, under existing laws of this State, Sheriffs and
other officers are entitled to any fee or charge for making
the entry of nulla bona on executions which come into their
hands; and whereas, it is proper that the law in this case
should be settled and uniform, therefore-
SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Geogia, in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and
after the passage of this act, in all cases where fieri facias
are placed in the hands of Sheriffs or other officers, as afore-
said, when no property can be found subject to the same,
and such Sheriffs or other officers shall make such entry on

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