The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-08
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
MESSAGE
MESSAGE
OF TIL GOVERNOR To BoIHHoUsEs OF THY TX
GISLiTU&E.

9 III A94ls Of R.srJ;n.a;iUes,
The annual aaembIage of the legislature, is well
iuted 20 The mature of free government. Ii ena-
bies you IN form regulations which may have efcaped
yolr predictions uch recent crc.rnAlnces NAV
iugget-So IuPp!y the defects in former laws which
experience has pointed out-and TO examine into the
pnbic conduct Of the oiiicers of government during
the preceding political years. tiIat year has nov pi-
led; bit before proceed to give you detail of rnea-
lures taken under the authority OF laws and approx
ed reioluticns OF which it is requiie yop fhond b..
informed, allow tenind you how al iaes
eeary II Is FOX you to keep confanty in views Will
IN the dhcharge Of your important duties ths chr
objects OF government, and to carry into effect
whole, or fuch of them circumstances will permit
| by providing amply The means OF public defence-by
endowmentS where they may be wanting III aid of thr
aeaGenlies oil the reflective countics and of cur cole
gate inititution, By improving navigabe waite,
ooures and highways, for the advantage Of our aqr
cultural and commercial ntercourfe-and by eiab-
hihng penitentiary 1yem, with the view ofloften-
ing the rgor of our penal code.
! Having received in November lah, letter from
the superintendent OF Indian affairs, in the Greek M
tion mentioning that he had directions from the fcre-
tary OF war, respecting the running and making the
boundary Ike between the Creek indians and our
State,as agreed on by the treaty of Fort Wiknlon in
1902, and that it would ne commenced as loon as
practicable, after the arrival of the United States fur
veyor, thought proper TO appoint Gen. John Carl,
and Major David Adams and Iohe NTCall
oners on the part OF the Hate uperntend the fame
In February following was apprzed Of IFS being
run and marked, from the high fhoals Of The Apaa-
chez to Palmetto Creek, the lower extremity of Wiki
n!on county, and thlt the luperintendart Col H,v-
kns VINO was the United States commlioner for thi
bniines, had Informed the commiifionefs of Georgia
tat, from the dpction Of part of the Indians man
eitcd to HIM by deputaton from the nations h..
hould be conirIned 10 defer the running OF the low
er lire till the month of May. Copies of the docu
ments which will give you all the information am
Poteied OF on this iubeet, will be fovnd marked No
thought proper, however, to direct the d;nrie
urveyors for the counties of Baldwin and Wilkiniop.
to proceed to the duties required of them and for thar
Plrpoie on the 18th Of March they received the amount
dTected by the at on the 1lth Of May 1908 TO be-.
advanced them. have infiru6ted the furveyor gen.
eTai 10 report to you the manner in which the work
had been executed, and how far il is competed
Not having received, until the lalt of Aurun iDror-
nation of the completion of the lower line, and conf
derable difficulty having arfen in procuring furveyor
TO iuppy the place of Mr.. Bird, who was appointed
Tor dhtrIT No 2, in Wayne county, and reGguei the
iurveying of that county is not, nor will it be for ome
tiue, completed.
Among the documents marked No. J is a copy of
an affidavit, which enelofed to me by the COM
mloners who luperintended the running of the line
the part Of the Rate, fetting forth that perop had
been engaged in iurveying the land the Oconee
river. Viewing iuch proceedings . direct violation
-four laws; deemed proper to ue ;he proclauia-
ton, copy OF which is alto iubjoned.
In purfuance Of the a of the lcgnature, for laying
off the county Of Walton, wrote to the governor Of
North-Carolina encloing him extract from that a4
and requeitng cooperation with this Rate in aicer-
tanning and plainly marking the dividing line between
the two fates-Ihat delrabe obje6s, however, re-
mains mplihed-the caule Of which will be nl-
y explained to you by the letters t.at have ped be-
tween the governor Of that fate and myfef copies Of
which are in packet No ?
After the time had expired for which the Law Rood
iuipended, the uitiees Of the inieror court
were qualified, the civil and military officers
elected ard CONDITIONED, and the county completely
organized but it is with regret have to inform
you, that, from the approximation Of ome Of the PRIV
epal county officers the laws Of the fate cannot in
thar quarter, be Carried into ceG, and that rregu-
larities coniantly taking place between our CHI
zens and thoie of North Carolina. Your attention
will, therefore, be drawn the Reps neooary TO be
aiken for iettlng the dfpute between tie two face
relative to boundary, and for coming to fueh an un-
derhanding with the government Of North Carolina,
as will eniure FOR the future conduct on the part
Of thoie Of hes citizens adjacent to walton County,
more contiifent than theirs has been, with that of
living under control Of law ard produce that harmo-
ny which certainly ought TO fgbGG between faer
hates. In addition TO the Information on this fbeS
which you wili derive icon copy Of Letter marked
No. 3, mui' refer you 10 he ieiator and reprefenta
tive OF Walton County. VINO will no .,,rht rsaJii,