Wm. C. Foliday's liabil Wm. C. Holliday, Sarah Anderson and D. Boatright. for a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, from the said Andrew J. Hud son. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) Assented to December 22d, 1857. [No. 321.] An Act for the relief of William C. Holliday, of the County of Fayette. Section 1. Be it enacted, That William C. Holliday, of the counities remv'd. ty of Fayette, be and he is hereby relieved from all disabilities on account of a divorce obtained by his wife, Jane Holliday, in the Superior Court of said county, and that the said William C. Holliday be made eligible to marry again. Rep'g clause Sarah And erson's disa Sec. II. [All laws to the contrary are hereby repealed.] [No. 322.] An Act for the relief of Sarah Anderson, of the county of Telfair. Section. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this bilities rem'd Act, Sarah Anderson, of the county of Telfair, be and she is hereby fully relieved from all liabilities and disabilities by her incurred by reason of a divorce having been granted to her former husband, John J. Anderson. Preamble Drewry Boat vorce and al Sec. II. [Repeals conflicting laws.] [No. 323.] An Act for the relief of Drewry Boatright, and to relieve him from certain disabilities. Whereas, at the April Term of Carroll Superior Court, 1857, a final verdict was rendered granting a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, in favor of Sarah Boatright, wife of Drewry Boatright; and whereas, by the laws of this State, the said Drewry is placed under certain disabilities on account of said marriage and divorce: Section 1. Therefore, Be it enacted, That from and after the right reliev'd passage of this Act, said Drewry Boatright be and he is hereby fulbilities of di- ly relieved from all legal disabilities by him incurred in conselowed to mar quence of his intermarriage with the said Sarah, and of her obtaining said divorce, and that he be allowed to marry again, in the same manner as though he had never been married. ry again, Assented to December 22d, 1857. Tax Collectors aud their sureties, &c. [No. 324.] An Act to relieve George W. Newman from all disabilities by reason of his intermarriage with Mary Ann Protter, and from all pains and penalties by reason of her having been divorced. The General Assembly do enact as follows: G. W. New man relievd Section 1. That George W. Newman be and he is hereby eliev- from disabiled from all disabilities pains and penalties by reason of his inter-ries of di marriage with Mary Ann Protter and the divorce granted her from said inter-marriage. Sec. II. [Repeals conflicting laws.] Assented to December 22d, 1857. ARTICLE III. SURETIES, EXECUTORS, &c. Act No. 325. Peter H. Coffee, Adm'r of Act No. 328. John A. Cogburn, Adm'r on An Act for the relief of Peter H. Coffee, Administrator of Mark Wilcox, deceased, Calvin Quin, Henry J. Campbell, Woodson Wilcox, William Brewer, Administrator of Archibald Brewer, deceased, and Christopher C. Smith, securities of Abraham F. Powell, late Tax Collector of Telfair county, and to appropriate money for the same. Whereas, Abraham F. Powell was Tax Collector of the county of Preamble. Telfair, for the year 1845, and Mark Wilcox, Calvin Quin and Henry J. Campbell were his securities on his bond, and whereas, many years after, to-wit: on the 28th day of October, 1856, and long after the said Powell had become insolvent, he, the said Powell, was pronounced a defaulter, and a fi fa issued from the Comptroller General's Office against the said Powell and his securities, for the amount of $204 62-100 principal, with 20 per centum per annum interest on the same from the 1st day of December, 1845, until paid, and whereas, the said securities have paid the said principal, interest and cost, amounting to the sum of Six Hundred and Ninety Dollars and ninety cents, (690 90-100) over to the Sheriff of Telfair county, which said sum, except the cost and commissions, has been paid into the Treasury of the State. And whereas, the said Abraham F. Powell was also Tax Collector for the county of Telfair for the year 1846, and Woodson Wilcox, Archibald Brewer and Chris 20 Govio draw the sureties Mrs. Elizabeth Clark. topher C. Smith were the securities on his bond, and whereas, many years after, to-wit: on the 28th day of October, 1856, and long after the said Powell had become insolvent, he, the said Powell, was pronounced a defaulter, and a fi fa issued from the Comptroller General's Office against the said Powell and his said securities on his bond, for the year 1846, for the amount of $70 22-100 principal, with 20 per centum per annum interest on the same, from the 1st day of December, 1846, until paid, and whereas, the said last securities have paid the said principal, interest and cost, amounting to the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-Nine Dollars and eighty-five cents, ($229 85-100) over to the Sheriff of Telfair county, which said sum, except the cost and commissions, has been paid into the Treasury of the State : Section 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of is warrant this Act, his Excellency the Governor shall be authorized to draw in favor of his warrant or warrants on the Treasury, tɔ be paid out of any monof A-F. Por ey not otherwise appropriated, for an amount sufficient to refund to Tax Col. of the securities of Abraham F. Powell, late Tax Collector of Telfair Telfair Co, county, for the years 1845 and 1846, the amount recovered of said Amt. drawn to exceed securities on fi. fas. issued from the Comptroller General's Office against said securities, and pay the same over to said securities, according to the amounts the said securities have paid on said fi. fas. by Gov. not Provided, the amount drawn by the Governor shall not exceed the sum of Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars and sixty-eight cents, the Evidence of amount paid by said securities, and provided, also, that evidence assets p'd by shall be filed in the Executive Office of the amounts each security has paid on said fi. fas. $670.68, securities. Eliz. Clark, ex'rx of Se Sec. II. [Repeals conflicting laws.] Assented to December 21, 1857. (No. 326.) An Act for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, executrix of the will of Sevier Clark, and for other purposes therein named. The General Assembly do enact as follows: Section I, That from and after the passage of this Act, the said vier Clark, Elizabeth Clark, executrix of the will of Sevier Clark, of the county exempted fr. of Hall, be, and she is hereby exempt from all the duties and requirements of the law, as such executrix, aforesaid, so far as said laws may require her to make annual returns of her actings and doings, as such executrix of the will of Sevier Clark, aforesaid. making ann. returns. But upon Sec. II. Provided, however, That should any of the legatees, uncomplaint of der said will, or heirs at law of said Sevier Clark, make complaint to said Ordinary of Hall county, of any improper management by said executrix of said will, then and in that case, she shall be required to make returns as now required by law. any legatee, she must make ann'al returns. Sec. III. [Repeals conflicting laws.] Assented to December 15th, 1857. L Thos. J. McGaughey and John A. Cogburn. [No. 327.] An Act for the relief of Thomas J. McGaughey, of the county of Gaughey au transfer his ex'orship fr. Clarke to Walton co. Section I. Be it enacted, That Thomas J. McGaughey, of the county of Walton, be, and he is hereby authorized to remove his Thos. J. Meexecutorship of the will of Isaac Treadwell, late of Clarke county de- thorized to ceased, from the Court of Ordinary of Clarke county, to the Court of Ordinary of Walton county, in the same manner, and under the same regulations and restrictions as if by a removal of his residence from the said county of Clarke to the said county of Walton, he came within the provisions of the Act of 1812, and also of the Act of 1843. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) [No. 328.] An Act for the relief of the estate of John Newsom, late of the coun- Whereas, on the 12th day of December, 1853, John Newsom, of the county of Putnam, then in life, become the security of one John Preamble. W. Ward, in a bond, conditioned for the appearance of the said Ward at the March Term of the Superior Court of the county of Morgan, next after the date of said bond, to answer to an offence in said bond set forth; and whereas, the said John Newsom has departed this life, upon whose estate the said John A. Cogburn has administered; and whereas since the death of the said John Newsom, the said bond has been "forfeited" in the Superior Court of Morgan county, and scire facias is now proceeding against the said John A. Cogburn, as administrator as aforesaid, for the purpose of collecting the penalty of said bond; and whereas it is doubtful whether, by law, the, said John A. Cogburn, as administrator as aforesaid, has the right to retake and deliver up. the said John W. Ward, if to be found, that was possessed by his said intestate as the bail of the said Ward, therefore: J. Newsom forfeited re Section I. Be it enacted, That the estate of the said John Newsom, deceased, and the said John A. Cogburn, administrator of the The estate of estate of the said John Newsom, is hereby fully, entirely and whol- relieved fr ly discharged and released from all and every liability except cost judgm't in a on account of the said bond, arising in any way whatever; and al- cognizance, so be fully relieved from said scire facias, and that the same be scire facias quashed and discharged, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding, quashed., Assented to December, 22, 1857. Tax Col. for lieved fr. pay Tax Collector of Walton. James Edmondson. [No. 329.] An Act for the relief of the Tax Collector of the county of Walton for the year 1853, and his securities. Section I. Be it cnacted, That the securities of the Tax Collector Sureties of of the county of Walton, for the year 1853 be, and they are hereby r. 1853, re relieved from the excess over and above the legal interest, upon the ing any but amount of a tax fi. fa. issued from the office of the Comptroller Genprin, and leeral against the said Tax Collector and his securities, the said secertain fi. fa. curities having paid off said fi. fa., the Governor be, and he is herewar in their by authorized and required to draw his warrant in their favor for the amount of said interest. gal int. in Gov. to draw favor. ell and J. P. pointed to Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That William W. Nowell and John W. W. New P. Edwards be, and they are hereby appointed to examine the tax Edwards ap digest for the year 1853, and compare the same with the said tax fi. examine tax fa., and correct any error they may find in said digest, and the said digest. &c. William W. Nowell and John P. Edwards are hereby authorized to allow the insolvent lists for the said year, or any part of the same, To make re which has not already been allowed, and they shall make a report port too. of all their actings and doings in the premises to the Comptroller Comp. Gen. General, who shall make a settlement upon the same, with the said tlem't upon Collector and his securities; and the Governor is hereby authorized their report. to draw his warrant in favor of the said parties, in accordance with said settlement. General. Oom. to make set Sec. III. [Repeals conflicting laws.] [No. 330.] An Act for the relief of James Edmondson, of the county of Murray, security of Thomas J. Harper, Tax Collector of the county aforesaid, for the year of 1850, and for other purposes hereinaf ter mentioned. Whereas, Thomas J. Harper, Tax Collector of Murray County for Preamble. the year of 1850, became a defaulter to the State of Georgia, for the amount of one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty-six cents principal, which defalcation was suffered to remain unsettled for several years, in the mean time, the said Harper, having disposed of all his property and left the State, insolvent; and whereas James. Edmondson, one of his securities, upon the demand of the present Comptroller General, paid up the principal sum due, without requiring the issuing of a fire facias, and by the direction of the Governor, the collection of the interest having been suspended, to enable the present General Assembly to release the said James Edmondson from paying the interest thereon: Section I. Be it enacted, That James Edmondson be, and he is son released hereby released from all interest upon said defalcation, aud that the Jas Edmond |