The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-29

AUGUSTA. Doc %, 1854
Among the passed By the last Georga Legislature
and which have Just been published st Eedgevie By H.
H. Waters the Secretary OF the Executive Department
are the following
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES
All foreign insurance companes Tor companies not n
corporated by the Stae) are compelled whenever they
establish an agency In Georgia. to be licensed by
rance commissioner appointed by the Governor. Tas
conditions upon ~hch the Accuse will granted such
will, probably nterdict the location State Of ssy
agency OF foreign insurance companies the ors
naly passed the 90 into opcrauan was t6s
LIST Of January 1860 but Subsequent Law postpesed tts
effect until the LIST Of December 1860 Auether leess
ture will meet before the latter uGe and tue Law sy 10
repealed modihed.
LOTTERY OFFICES
All lottery managers now, b. recent susctmeas 6
Law, compelled to make their annual returns ca Is
3lst OF December,
Tho principal officers OF all ekpresr companies dsisg
business In Georgia. are nOu requlfed 10 Ike their
nua returns TO yhe state Treasurer oa the lst day
April and to pay their tax to said officer free OF cost II
collection. The penalty FOR failing to comply Is sa6-
ciently severe aud summary to induce coupnance.
GEORGIA ARMoRy FOUNDRY.
The Governor has been directed 70 OBTAIN all the seoss-
cary information, statistics, &c, in relation to the
hshnent OF State armory and foundry for tho naau-
tacture OF arms and munitions OF and report " S
next session Of tho legislature.
TAX ON PEDrARs-sAIxs by SAMPLES, Ero.
will not be lawful hereafter for my tinerant perssa
persons to vend sell any article tbi0g Of value,
not manufactured 10 Georgia. By So np!o 'r othor s,se,
without license. The license hundred dollars
or other sum in the discretion Of tho Inferior Coar: Of hs
county IN which the pcddling sales made Al
additional tax Of one per cent on one hundred doiiam
sold. The peDaltJ Is fine and Imprisonment.
lFn EXCHANGE DRAFTS.
The preamble that tho protect tse hold
OF bills OF exchange drafts drawn and acceptoa
Of shipments or transfer of option and to
those who audulenty violate their contracts OF accept
ance or misapply the cotton received BY them its
appears be specially intended to protect cot
ton planters and interior merchants who forward thor
AND PRoFIIdArE FREE KEcIsoKs
Free negroes wandering or oling about, leading
an idle immoral or proigate OF life, hore-
after to be deemed considered as Migrants and may
be indicted as SUCH In case OF conviction they will ~
sold into slavery for any given Tune in the discretion q
Judge Of the Superior Court exceeding years
for the first offence; but upon conviction Of second Of
fence they must be sold into perpetual slavery.
PENALTIES FOR NoS-sPEclE PAYING BANKS.
Hereafter any Incorporated bank hich shall refuse
fail to pay specie for its bills, drafts
writing for which they may be bound to pay mouey SHAH
be liable 10 suits thereon any Of tho OF aie
sand the holders Of such blis &c addition 10 the pr
cpal and legal interest shall receive twenty per cent
cases, to find verdict in avcr OF the plaintiff agans.
such bank or banks, for the principal, interest and
damages provided for; aud all judgments rendered in
such cases must be collected BY executions thereon in
Ranks hereafter are allowed to discount or purchase
foreign b at their true market value provided the
does not exceed centum per annu the ad
donal Of the cost transporting specie from the
point which the bill of exchange may be payable 70
that at which the same was discounted or purchased
The act expressly guards against violations by restricting
its meaning to bona ade commercial bills
CHARTERS.
The name Of the "Planters and Mechanics Bank, Of
Daon has been changed that Of the s'Bsnk Of Whit
feld.n
An act was passed repeating the second section Of
act entitled act to repeal the nineteenth section OF
act to incorporate bank in tho city Of Atlanta to be caa
ed the Bank Of Fulton and for other purposes therein
named assented to the 18th Of December 1858 What
the nineteenth section do not know nor does thus
pealiDg act state.
An act passed extending, for twenty years, the
charter Of the Planters Bank the State OF Georgia. Ut
Savannah. The stockholders individual liability clause
was added.
Tho Of the "Mechanics' Savings Bank" in Savsn-
nah has been changed to that Of the "Farmers and Nc
chanics' Bunk