Mode of Changing County Sites Prescribed. shall be endorse on their ballots "For removal," and those who are opposed to removal shall endorse on their ballots "Against removal," and How ballots if it shall appear that two-thirds of the votes cast at said election endorsed. are in favor of removal to any one particular place, the General vote necesAssembly next convening after said election, may provide for the sary for reremoval of said county site by appropriate legislation. Two-thirds moval. of Sec'y SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Certificate certificate of the Secretary of State, showing that said election of State as was held, and that two-thirds of the qualified voters of said county to election. (as indicated by the Tax Digest, as in section first) voted at said election in favor of "removal" shall be sufficient evidence of the holding of said election and the number of votes cast. SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 8, 1879. Headings of Acts. TITLE IV. CODE AMENDMENTS. ACTS. Certain liens foreclosed before debt due. Pay of non-resident witnesses in criminal cases. Prescribing fees of Solicitors-General. Where mortgages on realty shall be foreclosed. Redemption of land sold for taxes. Salaries of County Judges. Juries how selected to try disabilities from divorce. Illegal hunting with dogs, fire-arms, etc. Date and service of summons in Justice Courts. Statements of persons on trial for felony. Venue of suits against certain insurance companies. Jurisdiction of Ordinary over "Court contracts." Penalty for "larceny from person." Prosecution not required in damage suits for torts. Forfeiture of recognizances in criminal cases. Concerning issue of bonds or coupons for lost bonds, etc. Charters of private corporations by the courts. Trial of joint defendants. Recovery by widow or children for life of husband or father, etc. Commutation of the death penalty in cases of murder. R. H. Leonard relieved of certain disabilities. Penalty for burning outhouses. Superior Court may charter schools, colleges, churches, etc. Crime of "shooting at another" defined and punished. Penalty for unlawful firing of woods. Arresting officers may carry weapons on person, etc. Prescribing penalty for burglary. Appeals from Court of Ordinary in forma pauperis. Mode of paying S'ate's witnesses from other counties. When Road Commissioners may resign. Assignment of dower and trial of objections thereto. Authorizes Governor to purchase under tax sales. Laying off and platting homesteads, etc. Registration of dentists. Mode of appointing Judges of County Courts. Certain insurance companies not licensed by Comptroller-General. Certain Claims may be Foreclosed before Debt is Due-Payment of Non-Resident Witnesses. CERTAIN LIENS MAY BE FORECLOSED BEFORE DEBT IS DUE. An Act to allow certain liens of landlords to be foreclosed before due, Section 1978 SECTION I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the liens of landlords, provided for by section 1978 of the Code of the Code, and by the Act of February 25th, 1875, amendatory amended. of said section, may be foreclosed before the debt is due, if the tenant is removing or seeking to remove his crop from the premises. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provision of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 16th, 1878. RELATING TO PAY OF NON-RESIDENT WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL CASES. No. 217. An Act to amend section 3845 of the Code of 1873 in reference to the pay of non-resident witnesses for the State in Criminal cases, by adding a proviso thereto, providing that such witnesses when subpanaed for the State to attend the same term of the Court, in more than one case, shall receive, each, per diem pay and mileage as though subpoenaed in one case only; and to provide for payment of defendant's witnesses in certain cases. to non Compensa SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Section 3845 Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That of the Code section 3845 of the Code of 1873, which provides the pay and amended as mileage of non-resident witnesses for the State in criminal residents. cases, in the Superior Courts be amended by adding at the end of said section the following proviso, to-wit: Provided, that non-resident witnesses for the State, who have been subpoenaed tion. as such in more than one case, shall receive mileage in going to and returning from the Court, from which subpoena, or subpoenas issued, as though subpoenaed in one case only, but shall receive the per diem pay now allowed by law for each days' attendance on the court, as a witness for the State, in any criminal case pending in said court: provided further, that in those counties where the law requires that the County Commissioners of the county shall to affect loapprove its accounts, this Act shall not alter the same: provided compusat n further, that this Act shall not be construed to repeal any local The Act not cal laws for plied to de Where Road Hands may be compelled to work-Attachments for Purchase money. May be a law on the subject of paying witnesses. The foregoing provisions of said section, shall apply to defendants' witnesses, when in the discretion of discretion of the presiding Judge the ends of justice may demand fendant's witnesses at Judge. it. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 8, 1879. of the Code amended Boad Law. WHERE ROAD HANDS MAY BE COMPELLED TO WORK. No. 273. An Act to amend section 611, of the Code of 1873, which reads as follows: "The same road hands shall not be compelled to work on more than one public road, which must come within three miles of their residence, except in opening a new road, when all the road hands of the road district are subject to work upon it. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That Section 611 section 611 of the Code of 1873, be so amended as to read as follows: The same road hands shall not be compelled to work on more than one public road, which must come within three miles of their residence, or be the nearest public road to their residence, except in opening a new road, when all the road hands of the road district are subject to work upon the same. SEC. II. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this amended Act are hereby repealed. Approved October 15, 1879. of the Code to attachments ATTACHMENTS FOR PURCHASE MONEY. No. 278. An Act to amend section 3293 of the Code, concerning attachments for purchase money. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Section 3293 Georgia, That section 3293 of the Code, defining the right of amended as attachments for purchase money, be amended, by adding thereto the following words, to-wit: "Or where said property is in the for purch'se possession of any one holding the same for the benefit of said debtor, or in fraud against such creditor; and judgments on such attachments shall take rank from the date of the levy of the attachment." money. Fees of Solicitors-General-Administrator's Sale of Insolvent Papers. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 16, 1879. PRESCRIBING FEES OF SOLICITORS GENERAL. No. 284. An Act to amend section 1646 of the Code of Georgia in reference to the fees of Solicitors General. amended as Solicitors SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Section 1646 Georgia, That section 1646 of the Code of Georgia of 1873 be, of the Code and the same is hereby, amended, ty inserting immediately before to fees of the words: For each person indicted or presented, five dollars," General. in said section the words following to wit: "For each person prosecuted to trial or plea of guilty for any offense not otherwise provided for, five dollars." SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws special or general, in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 16, 1879. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF INSOLVENT PAPERS. No. 285. An Act to amend section 2558 of the Code of 1873 as to the sale of insolvent papers by Administrators, and for other purposes. of the Code SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, section 2558 Section 2559 of the Code of 1873 be, and the same is hereby, amended by amended as striking out of the sixth line of said section the words, "Court solvent pahouse door," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "place of ministrat'rs. Sheriff's sale.” SEC. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 16, 1879. to sale of in |