The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-15


two, one thouiand ieven hundred and nuety-three,
one thouand ieven hundred and ninety flour, aud
thouisnd ieven hundred ard nin.ty-6 drawn BY the
governor, the PRECEDENT of the l-nae and lpeaker OF
the houie OF Representatives in the following manner,
that is fay Fifty thouiand dollars be depo6ted
in the teainry previous the pafng OF this aet and
the remaining two hundred thouiand dollars be
paid or before the hrft day of November next.
! ArdSs itfisr:bcr eaaSoa, That whenever the iaid
| James Gum, Matthew M'ANiter, and George Wal
kerr and their socstes, their agent agents iall
produce his eSceency the governor receipt gned
by the treaurer, that they have depoted the afoTe
iad fun ot ffty tl,eufand dollars, according the
tenor ard effect OF this ae, i, ihall then be tie duty
Of his excellency the governor, ard he is hereby
quired iilue and gn TO the iad James Gum, Mat
thew M'Alliter, and George Walker, aid their az
focistes, their heirs and ahens, in fee Gnpe
in common, and not Joint tenants, grant for
the aforeaid traS of country, they iecuring the lat
payment of two hundred thousand dollars the Fate
by mortgageto his exceleaey the governor, and
his iucceiors in Office OF the whole OF the land 10
granted, which mortgage ihall be immediately fore
cloied cafe default ihal be made in the payment of
the faid fun of two hundred thouiand dollars,
before the frit day Of November next as aloreiad
in the superior court OF any county within the fate Of
Georgia. the dhoretion ot his exceeacy the cover
nor. any law or uiase, regulating the mode OF fore
cloing mortgages, TO the contrary notwithstanding,
and the whole FUN of fifty thouland dollars depoti,ed
hal become forfeited &c and for the pe of the Rate;
and the grant to be given to the fad lanes Gum,
Matthew M'Alliaer, and George Walker, and their
ahociates be- and the fame that cafe is hereby de-
| clared to be null and void.
AnS6e hfIS.5er rGt?ed That the fad Georgia COM
pany ha reerve for and TO the uie of the citizens
of Georgia. excuGvey, the quantity of one million Of
acres OF their rurchaie, in the following manner,
wit: AZ the expiration of;kree months from and after
the pai!Bg of this az, fublcription book ia be
pened the treaury office of this Rate and be kept
open fer the Of -four months thereafter for the
purpofe of receiving fuhicrPtons of the citizens for
the faid referved lands; PyoVioed, That no perfon
who mall otherwe become member, or int t-efted
in either Of tie companies herein contemplated fall
be allowed to ubfcrbe for any part of iaid reierved
land perfon fhail be permitted to fubfcribe for
than five thouland acres in his own name or in
the of any other citizen, unef duly authorized
and appointed by him FOR that purpofe under war
rant of attorney, executed in the preence of two or
more witnehes, of whom at Leaf ihal be uitice
appointed for holding the inferior cour. Of the county
where the fubicrber redes, which aid power of at
torney ihal b. lodged with the treafrer his vouch-
er for entering fuch fubicription irG 5yor;od a5
That the citizens of the reflective counties fhall not
at any time wi.hn three months from and after the
opening of the books of fubicripon as aforefaid be
allowed to fubfcribe for greater quantity Of
the aid referved lands, than the proportion herein
after particularly deeribed and limited TO wit Chat
| ham, enc hundred and feventy thouiand acres: Eff
Ingham, hxty-two thouland acres Burke, one hun
dred and fffty-fiv- thoufaud acres; Richmond one
hundred and fifty five thouiand acres; Columbia one
hundred and ffty-fve thoufand acres Wilkes, two
hundred and feventy-two thoufand acres Waihinc
ton one hundred and thrty-on thouland acres Ell
bert, one hundred ard thirty-one thouiand acres :.
Greene, one hundred and twenty-five thoufand acres
| Franklin, fcventy-eight thcuiand acres; Liberty
xty-nine thouand acres; Glynp, thrty-two thouiand
| acres Camden, thrty-two thoufand acres; Min
toih, thrty-fve thoufand acres; Bryant thirty-two
houland acres Warren, ninety three thouiand acres
Ogle:horp, one hundred and fx.een thoufand acres
Montgomery, twenty three thoufand acres; Scriven
thirtyeght thoa(and acres; and Hancock ninety fix
thouand acres And it fha be the duty of the trea-
urer in all cafes of application to ubfcrbe, to require
an affidavit, in writing, in the following words q do
| olen,nly fwear affirm, that in no way inter-
eited, directly or indirectly, either a member, or o.
herwife, in any conpany's purchafe of lands in the
wetern part of this fate, and that the fubfcrip,ion
which propoie to enter, is in my proper right,
and to my ue and benefit only. And il fhall be the
duty Of the uttices of the inferior conrs before whom
warrants of attorney authorizing fubfcrptions, fa
be executed to require Ike affidavit the back of
iuch warrant Of attorney, before attehng the fame
ard the land 70 fubcrbed and paid for lhall be held
byuch fubicrbers, in fee-Gmple, IN COM
mon and not as Join. ;!!s fae Terms. aud
upon the fame principles with original purchalers of
the company in which they ihall fubfcribe, and iha
be entitled TO fair and equal representations in flch
company, in proportion the quantity of hand, 70 by
them iubfcribed and paid for
IND be it further eGa67ed, That upon entering any
iubcrPton aforefaid, it fhall be the duty of the
reaurer and he is hereby repaired receive of the
lubcribers the Purchafe money being the proportion
of one fifth part of fuch fubicrpton, in terms of this
act, the remaining four fifths balance of the pur-
chafe money, lha within four months from and at
ter the opening the iaid book of ublcrptons be paid
unto the treafrer, in like manner aforelaid and
10 cafe fuch balance iha be paid, on or before
the expiration OF the id faven months from the paf-
fng of this a6 them and in that cafe, the iubcrber
iubfcribers 70 failing, ihall be at liberty to with
draw their lad iubcription, together with the money
70 paid by then and the lands 70 fubfcribed for by
them, mali revert to and be veled in the company in
which iuch fu bfription hall have been made or en-
| tered.
And bh fyf5ey matted, That that raGt of country
including iands, :uate, lying, and being within the
following boundaries, that is to fay Beginning on the
river MhIidiPPi, at the place where the latitude of
! thirty-one degrees and eighteen minutes north of
the equator, interfects the fame thence due eait
courle to the middle Of Don or Tombigby river
thence the middle of the aid river to where il in
terfe6s the latitude Of thirty-two degrees and forty
minutes north of the equator thence dHe wet
courie along the Georgia company line, the river
| Mhhippi; thence down the middle Of the fame to
the place Of beginning; ihalI be fold to Nicholas
| Long, Thomas Glaicock, Aulbroie Gordon and Tho