The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
HOW TO POST LAND.
Full Text of the Georgia Laws
Providing For 1t.
REGISTER AT COURT HOUSE

bidding Trespasss. Is the Duty of
Tax Receivers to Carry the Reg
istry Book With Them on Their
Rounds to Precincts.
The News is frequently asked
what is the law governing the post
ing of land, and for the benefit of
all who may be interested we print
below the act in full prescribing how
it shall be done
Section /. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of Georgia, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That section 221 of the
third volume of the CoGe of 1895 be,
and the same is hereby amended, so
that said section, when amended,
shall read as follows, to-wit: If anv
person or persons shall hunt with
dogs, firearms, or any other way.
on any lands, enclosed or unen-
closed, of another, or fish with hook,
seine, nets or in any other way in
any streams, lakes, ponds or lagoons
| OF another, after being forbidden
so to do, when ordered to desist
therefOrm by the owner thereof. or
| by person having same in charge, or
his agent, such person shall be
deemed guilty of a misdeameanor.
1t shall be the duty of the land
owners to post a notice in two or
more places on each tract of land
owned by the party posting the same.
forbidding all persons to hunt lnere-
on or fish in the streams, ponds.
lakes or lagOons belonging to said
owners thereof. When said lands
are posted such posting shall be held
and deemed legal notice under this
| section
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
Ordinaries of the several counties of
! this state, or the commissioners of
roads and revenues in such counties
| where the board of commissioners of
roads and revenues exist, to furnish
a suitable book, to be known as the
register for posting lands" to the
clerk of the superior court of their
respective counties, in which the
! landowner shall register his or her
name, after having first stated in the
! presence of the officers in charge of
said book that the two notices have
already been posted upon said land
! owners land, as required by section
of this act.
Sec. 3. The posting of the notices
at two or more places on each tract
of land (although such notices, from
! q fhnrna hn do
! faced, knocked down or destroyed)
and the registering of the landown-
er'S name in the book, to be kept
for that purpose in the Office of the
clerk of the superior court of each
county in this state, shall be deemed
and held a legal notice under this sec
ton.
Sec. 4, 1t shall be the duty Of the
receiver of tax returns of the sew
eral counties of this state to carry
said register for posting lands with
them on all their rounds when re-
ceiving tax returns, and all land
owners who have placed notice at
two or more places on their land as
required by this act are hereby au-
thOriZed to register their names in
the register for posted lands in the
presence of the tax receiver of their
county in the same way as if reg
iStered in the presence of the clerks
of superior courts of their several
counties; it being the intention OF
this act to permit the landowners to
register their names in the register
for posted lands, either in the pres
ence of the clerk of the superior
court of their county, or in the pres
ence of the receiver of tax returns
of their county. At the time of the
registering of the name of the land
owner he shall also register a de-
scription of the lands that have been
posted, giving the district in which
said lands are located and either the
numbers of the lots or other descrip-
ton of the lands sufficient to put
the public on notice of the lands re-
ferred to. For registering said
name and description the officer in
whose presence the registry is made
is authorized to charge and collect a
fee of twenty-five cents from the per-
son so registering.
Sec. 5. The book known as the
register for posted lands" shall be
kept in the Office of the clerk of the
superior court, except while being
used by the receiver of tax returns
while making his rounds, as prOvid-
ed in section of this act. 1t being
the purpose of this act to provide
either the parties posting the lands,
as we'll as the parties desiring to
hunt or fish, the privilege and oppor-
tunity to examine the register.
Sec. g. BE it further enacted
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act be, and the
same are hereby repealed
Approved August Is, 1903.
MADDOX SIDE BURNT THE COIN.