run. 209. XI. An habeas corpus according to the true intent and mean- Where the ing of this act, may be directed and run into any county palatine, the writ may cinque ports, or other privileged places within this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. to foreign 210. XII. And for preventing illegal imprisonments in prisons be- No subjects yond the seas, Be it further enacted, &c. That no subject of this shall be sent realm that now is, or hereafter shall be an inhabitant or resident of prisons. this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, shall or may be sent prisoner into Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Tangier, or into parts, garrisons, islands, or places beyond the seas, which are or at any time hereafter shall be within or without the dominions of his majesty, his heirs, or successors; and that every such imprisonment is hereby enacted and adjudged to be illegal; and that if any of the said subjects now is or hereafter shall be so imprisoned, every such person and persons so imprisoned, shall and may for every such imprisonment maintain by virtue of this act an action or actions of false imprisonment, in any of his majesty's courts of record, against the person or persons by whom he or she shall be so committed, detained, imprisoned, sent prisoner or transported, contrary to the true meaning of this act; and against all or any person or persons that shall frame, contrive, write, seal, or countersign any warrant or writing for such commitment, detainer, imprisonment, or transportation, or shall be advising, aiding, or assisting in the same, or any of them; and the plaintiff in every such action shall obtain judg- The penalty. ment to recover his treble costs, besides damages, which damages so to be given, shall not be less than five hundred pounds; in which action no delay, stay, or stop of proceeding by rule, order, or command, nor no injunction, protection, or privilege whatsoever, nor any more than one imparlance shall be allowed, excepting such rule of the court wherein the action shall depend, made in open court, as shall be thought in justice necessary, for special cause to be expressed in the said rule; and the person or persons who shall knowingly frame, contrive, write, seal, or countersign any warrant for such commitment, detainer, or transportation, or shall so commit, detain, imprison, or transport any person or persons contrary to this act, or be any ways advising, aiding, or assisting therein, being lawfully convicted thereof, shall be disabled from thenceforth to bear any office of trust or profit within the said realm of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, or any of the islands, territories, or dominions thereunto belonging; and shall incur and sustain the pains, penalties, and forfeitures limited, ordained, and provided in and by the statute of provision and præmunire made in the sixteenth year of King Richard the Second; and be incapable of any pardon from the king, his heirs, or successors, of the said forfeitures, losses, or disabilities, or any of them. 211. XIII. Provided always, That nothing in this act shall ex- Exceptions, tend to give benefit to any person who shall by contract in writing Person conagree with any merchant or owner of any plantation, or other person tracting for, whatsoever, to be transported to any parts beyond the seas, and receive earnest upon such agreement, although that afterwards such person shall renounce such contract. praying for 212. XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if any person or convicts or persons lawfully convicted of any felony, shall in open court pray transporta to be transported beyond the seas, and the court shall think fit to leave tion. him or them in prison for that purpose, such person or persons may be Offenders may be seat to be tried where their offences were committed. Prosecutions for offences, time to be made. transported into any parts beyond the seas; this act, or any thing therein contained, to the contrary notwithstanding. XV. Fixes the commencement of the operation of the act at the 1st day of June, 1679. 213. XVI. Provided also, That if any person or persons at any time resident in this realm, shall have committed any capital offence in Scotland or Ireland, or any of the islands, or foreign plantations of the king, his heirs, or successors, where he or she ought to be tried for such offence, such person or persons may be sent to such place, there to receive such trial, in such manner as the same might have been used before the making of this act, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 214. XVII. Provided also, and be it enacted, That no person or within what persons shall be sued, impleaded, molested, or troubled for any offence against this act, unless the party offending be sued or impleaded for the same within two years at the most after such time wherein the offence shall be committed, in case the party grieved shall not be then in prison; and if he shall be in prison, then within the space of two years after the decease of the person imprisoned, or his or her delivery out of prison, which shall first happen. After the assizes pro prisoner to be removed but before the judge of assize. 215. XVIII. And to the intent no person may avoid his trial at the chimed, no assizes or general jail delivery, by procuring his removal before the assizes, at such time as he cannot be brought back to receive his trial there; Be it enacted, That after the assizes proclaimed for that county where the prisoner is detained, no person shall be removed from the common jail upon any habeas corpus granted in pursuance of this act, but upon any such habeas corpus shall be brought before the judge of assize in open court, who is thereupon to do what to justice shall appertain. In suits for offences fendants may &c. 216. XIX. Provided nevertheless, That after the assizes are ended, any person or persons detained, may have his or her habeas corpus according to the direction and intention of this act. 217. XX. If any information, suit, or action shall be brought or against this exhibited against any person or persons for any offence committed, Faw, the de- or to be committed against the form of this law, it shall be lawful for plead the ge- such defendants to plead the general issue, that they are not guilty, eral issue, or that they owe nothing, and to give such special matter in evidence to the jury that shall try the same, which matter being pleaded had been good and sufficient matter in law to have discharged the said defendant or defendants against the said information, suit, or action, and the said matter shall be then as available to him or them, to all intents and purposes, as if he or they had sufficiently pleaded, set forth, or alleged the same matter in bar or discharge of such information, suit, or action. Preamble. 218. XXI. And because many times persons charged with petty treason or felony, or as accessaries thereunto, are committed upon suspicion only, whereupon they are bailable, or not, according as the circumstances making out that suspicion are more or less weighty, which are best known to the justices of the peace that committed the persons, and have the examinations before them, or to other justices Persons com- of the peace in the county; Be it therefore enacted, that where any cessaries be person shall appear to be committed by any judge or justice of the to petty te peace, and charged as accessary before the fact, to any petty treason son or felony, or felony; or upon suspicion thereof, or with suspicion of petty trearemoved or son or felony, which petty treason or felony shall be plainly and spehailed by vir- cially expressed in the warrant of commitment, that such person shall not be removed or bailed by virtue of this act, or in any other manner than they might have been before the making of this act. nitted as ac fore the fact shall not be tue of this act. LOCAL ACTS. REFERENCES TO PRIVATE AND LOCAL ACTS.* SMALL INCORPORATIONS. Savannab Union Society, Vol. I. 142. II. 464. Grand Lodge of Georgia, Vol. I. 148. The Hibernian Society of Savannah, Vol. III. 827. The Union Axe and Firemen of Savannah, Vol. III. 842. The Savannah Poorhouse and Hospital, Vol. II. 180, 449, 464, 578. III. 830, $60. Savannah Female Asylum, Vol. II. 550, 618. Savannah Insurance Company, Vol. III 824. Savannah Marine and Fire Insurance Company, III. S31, 835, Savannah Steam Ship Company, Vol. III 523. Savannah Mechanical Society, Vol. I. 146. Savannah House Carpenters, Vol. II. 94. Savannah Library Society, Vol. II. 1. Vol. III. 828, Savannah Theatre, Vol. III. 849. Augusta Wharf Company, Vol. III. 858. Augusta Fire Company, Vol. III. 837, 856. Augusta Mechanical Society, Vol. I. 147. Augusta Thespian Society and Library Company, Vol. II. 467. Milledgeville Thespian Society, Acts of 1820, p. 30. Milledgeville Mechanic Society, Vol. III. 834. Darien Steam Sawmill Company, Acts of 1820, p. 52. Medway and Newport Library Society, Vol. I. 149. Eatonton Academy Library Society, Vol. III. 840. CHURCHES. Vol. II. 611. The Kiokee Anabaptist, Vol. I. 143. Vol. II. 6. The Baptist Church at Powell's Creek, in Hancock, II. 1. Van's Creek Baptist Church in Elbert, II. 179, 315. Independent Presbyterian in Savannah, Vol. II. 248, 325, 405. Redd's Creek Baptist in Columbia, Vol. II. 315. Episcopal Church in Frederica, II. 477. Lutheran Church at Ebenezer, Vol. II 64, 479. Baptist Society in Augusta, Vol II. 526 Vol. III. 838. Roman Catholic Society of Augusta, Vol. III. 822. Greenwood Church in Lincoln, Vol. III. 823. Protestant Episcopal Society of Augusta, I. 464. III. 836, 848, 857. Newport Baptist Church in Liberty, Vol. III. 839. Baptist Church at Bethesda in Greene, Vol. III. 843. Quakers, Vol. I. 356, 392. Vol. II. 205. The Churches of Augusta generally, Vol. III. 840. Whether now in force or not. COUNTIES. The laws marked (1) are those which relate to county lines; comprehending of course the various modifications and adjustments which have taken place from time to time of their boundaries and extent, whether by addition, subtraction, division, or otherwise. (0) Stands for Organization. (r) Roads and Bridges. (1) County Tax. The unmarked acts are relative to public buildings, extra sessions of courts, drawing of jurors, and other miscellaneous matters. Appling, Vol. II. 234, (1) 236.(0) Baldwin, Vol. II. 255, 279 (0) 296,(0) 357 (1) 359.(1) 363,(1) 456, 459,(o) 486,(() 555.(t) Vol. III. 193,(1) 402, 781,(r) 895,(1) 900,(1) 903,(t) 908,(t) 914,(t) 1687.(1) Bryan, Vol. 1. 49, 160, 167,(l) 169,(1) 172,(1) 173.(I) Vol. II. 4, 125, 152,(r) 215,(r) 253,(t) 266,(r) 350,(r) 484, 492.(r) Vol. II. 149, 211, 756,(r) 760.(r) 770.(r) Bulloch, Vol. I. 169,(l) 175,(o) 177,(o) 370. III. 197,(1) 204,(1) 215,(1) 760.(r) Vol. II. 41, 143, 615,(l) 679. Vol. Burke, Vol. I. 6,(1) 134, 151, 161, 165,(1) 169.(1) 653.(r) Vol. III. 3, 295, 760.(r) 888, 916.(1) Vol. II. 271, (r) 394,(r) 543,(r) Camden, Vol. I. 6,(1) 161.(0) Vol. II. 11, 70, (r) 152,(r) 175,(1) 215,(r) 266.(r) 282,(1) 350,(r) 473,(1) 492,(r) 474,(1) 579,(r) 623, 673.(1) 445, 458, 749,(r) 760,(r) 778,(r) 897.(t) Chatham, Vol. 1. 6,(1) 151, 153, 167,(l) 172, 409,(r) 564. 94, 138.(r) 152 (r) 180, 197,(r) 215,(r) 384,(r) 437, 484, 673, 249, 760,(r) 761,(r) 888. Vol. III. 142, 195,(|) Vol. II. 5, 69, 70. (r) 679, 681. Vol. ììí. Clarke, Vol. II. 35,(1) 89,(1) 317, 318,(t) 378,(1) 672. Vol. III. 181,(1) 200,(1) 201,(1) 777,(r) 894, (t) 899,(t) 914.(t) Columbia, Vol. I. 163,(1) 172. Vol. II. 319,(t) 407, 685. Vol. III. 160, 208,(1) 293, 488, 506, 915,(t) Dooly, Acts of May, 1821, p. 3,(1) Early, Vol. III. 236,(0) Effingham, Vol. I. 6,(1) 151, 158, 165,(1) 172.(I) Vol. II. 90, (r) 138,(r) 140;(r) 197, (r) 309, (r) 384.(r) Vol. III. 760,(r) 761,(r) 909.(t) Elbert, Vol. 1. 163.(1) Vol. II. 175,(1) 304,(1) 423,(t) 490, 493, 522. Vol. III. 181, 190, 221, 240,(1) 488, 506, 777,(r) 904.(t) Emanuel, Vol III. 197,(1) 204.(1) 210, 215,(I) 215, 224. Fayette, Acts of May, 1821, p. 4.(1) Frankiln, Vol.I. 168,(1, 330.(1) Vol. II. 175,(l) 199, 247,(t) 303,(1) 304,(1) 309, 617. Vol. III. 181,(1) 194,(1) 226,(1) 239,(1) 240,(1) 268, 488, 506, 777.(r) Glynn, Vol. I. 6,(1) 152,(I) 153 (1) 159, 160. Vol. II. 152,(r) 175.(1) 215,(r) 266,(r) 282,(l) 350,(r) 398.(r) 492.(r) 673.(1) Vol. III. 156, 755,(r) 760,(r) 762,(r) 767,(r) 778.(r) 780,(r) 782,(r) 795, (r) 902, 912,(t) 932, 978. Greene, Vol. I. 162,(1) 164,(1) 173.(1) 176.(1) Vol. II. 89,(1) 110,(t) 378,(I) 394.(r) 487,(r) 626. Vol. III. 913,(t) 933.(t) Gwinnett, Vol. III. 226,(o) 231,(l) 234,(o) 929.(t) Habersham, Vol. III. 226,(o) 234,(o) 239,(1) 929.(t) Hancock, Vol. 1. 164.(1) Vol. II. 310,(t) 363,(1) 424,(1) 617. 898,(t) 905,(t) 914,(t) 931.(t) Henry, Acts of May, 1821, p. 3.(1) Houston, Ibidem. Irwin, Vol. III. 236.(0) Vol. III. 225 (1) Jackson, Vol. I. 168, (1) 176. Vol. II. 35,(1) 90,(1,t) 111, 317. Vol. III. 181.(1) 194,(1) 226,(1) 231,(1) 268, 911.(t) Jasper, Vol. II. 357,(1) 481. Vol. III. 157, 199, 216,(1) 896,(1) 906,(t) 919,(t) 933.(1) Jefferson, Vol. I. 169,(1) 170.(1) Vol. II. 19, 3)7,(t) 394,(r) 543, (r) 644,(l) 653.(r) Vol. III. 760,(r) 784,(t,r) 794,(†) 795.(r) Jones, Vol. II. 358,(1) 459.(0) 484, 615.(1) Vol. III. 220, 923,(t) 932.(t) 232, 354, 760, (r) 771,(r) 784.(r) Vol. III. 185,(1) 186, Liberty, Vol. I. 6,(1) 151, 567. Vol. II. 152,(r) 175,(l) 215,(r) 266,(r) 321.(1) 350,(r) 492.(r) Vol. III. 187,(1) 760.(r) Lincoln, Vol. I. 170,(1) 176, 554. Vol. II. 617. Vol. III. 297, 488, 506, 760,(r) Vol. II. 62, 66, 152,(r) 175,(l) 215, 266,(1) Madison, Vol. III. 181,(1) 190, 193, 201,(I) 206, 240,(1) 901,(t) 902.(t) Montgomery, Vol. I. 167,(1) 174. Vol. II. 34,(1) 175.(l) 610, 615,(1) 616,(1) 617, 644 (1) 676,(1) 679,(1) 689.(1) Vol. III. 185,(1) 189,(1) 197,(1) 200,(1) 202, 204,(1) 20 (1) 760.(r) 926.(t) Morgan, Vol. II. 357,(l) 394,(r) 459,(o) 482, 487.(r) Vol. III. 216,(l) 928.(t) Oglethorpe, Vol. I. 166 (1) 173,(1) 176.(1) Vol. II. 317, 432. Vol. III. 181,(1) 200,(1) 927.(t) Pulaski, Vol. II. 459,(n) 470,(1) 538, 539,(t,l) 501, 606, 610. Vol. III. 135, 188, 201, 399, 760, (F) 907.(t) 925.(t) Putnam, Vol. II. 358.(1) 485, 615,(l) 617. Vol. III. 781,(r) 914.(t) Rabun, Vol. III. 241.(0) Richmond, Vol. I. 6,(1) 151, 163.(1) Vol. II 394,(r) 523, 543,(r) 653.(r) Vol. III. 217, 229, 488, 506, 760,(r) 784.(t,r) Scriven, Vol. I. 165,(1) 169,(1) 173, 177. Vol. II. 208, 529. Vol. III. Pam of 1812, p 88. 113. Tatnal, Vol. II. 34,(1) 61, 210, 300,(t) 616,(l) 617, 674,(o) 676,(!) 689.(1) III. 187, 189,(1) 200,(1) 209,(1) 760,(r) 777,(r) Vol. Telfair, Vol. II. 175,(1) 358,(1) 459, (o) 492, 540, 603, 610. Vol. III. 135, 180, 196, 200,(1) 203, 212, 234, (1) 399, 760,(r) 910,(t) 921.(t) Twiggs, Vol. II. 565,(l) 608, 610, 628. Vol. III. 143, 222, 296, 760.(r) Walton, Vol. III. 226,(o) 234,(0) 929.(t) Warren, Vol. I. 166,(1) 169,(1) 175. Vol. III. 208,(1) 290, 760,(r) 776,(r) Washington, Vol. I. 157, 164,(1) 170, 330.(1) Vol. II. 319,(t) 363,(I) 596, 617. Vol. III 185,) 193,(I) 225 (1) 760,(r) 920.(t) Wayne, Vol. II. 255. 282 (1,0) 320), 350,(r) 473.(l) 491,(r) 492, (r) 493, 538, 574,(1) 623. Vol. III. 147, 184, 195, (1) 747,(r) 758,(r) 760,(r) 778.(r) Wilkes, Vol. I. 6,(1) 166,(1) 169.(1) Vol. II. 89,(1) 250,(t) 563, 575. Vol. III. 906,(t) 914,(t) 918.(t) 934.(t) Wilkinson, Vol. II. 255, 279,(o) 296,(o) 357,(l) 358.(1) 459,(o) 482, 565,(l) 610, 623.(1) Vol. III. 136, 143, 191, 298, 354, 760,(r) 777,(r) 918,(t) 1087.(1) TOWNS. Appling, (Columbia,) Vol. II. 685. Athens, Vol. II. 329. Vol. III. 1006. Augusta, See Judiciary. Vol. III. 1027. Brunswick and Frederica, Vol. I. 158, 160. Vol. II. 63. Vol. III. 902, 977, 978. Carnesville, Vol. II. 247, 309, 396, 501. Vol. III. 1953. Clinton, Vol. II. 484. Vol. III. 1026. Danielsville, Vol. III. 193, 1040, 1041. Darien, (See Judiciary.) Dublin, Vol. II. 642. Vol. III. 186, 232, 950. Eatonton, Vol II. 485, 551. Vol. III. 1032, 1035. Ebenezer, (Effingham.) Vol. I. 154, 158. Pam. of 1820, p. 33. Elberton, Vol. I. 164. Vol. II. 144, 500. Frederica, (See Brunswick.) Greensborough, Vol. 1. 162. Vol. II. 89, 149, 212, 495, 630. Vol. IIL 1018, 1021, 1022, 1071. Hardwick, (Bryan,) Vol. I. 156. Hartford, Vol. III. 188, 201, 936, 937, 938, Irwinton, (Wilkinson,) Vol. III. 191, 1024, 1025., Jacksonborough, (Scriven,) Vol. 1. 177, Jacksonville, (Telfair,) Vol. III. 1015, 1161. Jefferson, (Camden,) Vol. I. 162. Vol II. 499. Jefferson, (Jackson,) Vol. I. 177. Vol. II 90, 306. Vol. III. 1048, 1049. Vol. III. 947. Lexington, Vol. I 166. Vol. II. 307, 400. Vol. III, 1037. Lincolnton, Vol. III. 1044. Louisville, Vol. 1. 19, 99, 101, 129, 169, 567. Vol. II. 19, 126, 207, 496, 672. Vol. III. 971, 973, 974, 976. Madison, Vol. II. 482, 553. Vol. III. 1002, 1003. Mallorysville, (Wilkes,) Vol. III. 1050. Marion, (Twiggs,) Vol. III. 939, 940 Milledgeville Vol. II. 107, 209, 265, 316, 322, 361, 390, 487, 496, 621, 624. Vol. III. 958, 960, 961, 963, 966, 967, 968, 1066. Monticello, Vol. II. 481, 609. Vol. III. 979, 980, 983. Petersburg, Vol. II. 92, 182. Powellon, Vol. III. 4, 1029, 1031, 1032. Riceborough, (Liberty.) Vol. I. 157. Vol. III. 1051. |