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I have already adverted to the difficulty which occurred in regard to tax returns. Accompanying this communi- cation will be found a copy of a letter from the Tax Col- lector of one of our border counties, to the Comptroller- General, stating his embarrassments, and asking instruc- tions ; also, a copy of a letter from a citizen of Georgia to myself, stating that the duty of administering an estate lying in the disputed belt has devolved upon him, and asking directions in which State he shall seek the neces- sary authority for so doing. These appeals present in
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strong light the evil of keeping the question open. Other and perhaps more serious difficulties will occur in the progress of time, if a finality be not given to it.
Questions of jurisdiction, civil and criminal, will arise between the courts of the border counties of both States. The rights of property, the privileges, duties and liabili- ties of citizenship, the punishment of crime, and the peace of the border counties are all involved. To me it seems that these considerations far outweigh in importance the right of eminent domain over this narrow strip of land, and even the relation of citizenship between the State of Georgia and the inhabitants of that belt. Doubtless, there dwell upon it good and true men, whom we should all grieve to lose, but of all men in the State, they are most interested in the settlement of the controversy. But whatever interests or ties are involved in it, I respectfully insist, that by the action of the two States, Georgia is committed to the Orr and Whitner Line, and good faith requires that she make full and final acknowledgement of it. I recommend that the General Assembly authorize the Executive to issue a proclamation declaring that line the boundary, and requiring her citizens and officers to govern themselves accordingly.
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 1866.
The following message was transmitted to the Senate, to-wit:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, December 12th, 1866.
TO THE SENATE :
I return, unapproved, to your body, in which it origi- nated, "An Act for the relief of the people of Georgia, and to prevent the levy and sale of property under certain circumstances.
On the 6th of March last, I returned to you an Act bearing the same title, with the additional words "and within a limited time," with my reasons for disapproving it. The objections stated to that Act resting mainly on its violation of the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Georgia, as I understand them, apply with equal force to this, and it is quite unnecessary to repeat them. Subsequent reflection and lights coming from other sources, have tended to confirm the opinions then expressed. I do not expect to make converts, but without the slightest disrespect to a co-ordinate branch of the Government, it shall be my care to keep the Department confined to me, right upon the record, according to my own firm convictions.
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 1st, 1867.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA,
January 1st, 1867.
Whereas, by conventional arrangement between the States of Florida and Georgia, a line has been run and marked by W. Whitner, Commissioner of the former, and G. J. Orr, Commissioner of the latter, for the purpose of clearly defining the boundary between said States West of the St. Mary's River.
And whereas, the said line has, by enactment of the Legislature of each, been adopted and confirmed as the boundary between them:
Now, therefore, I, Charles J. Jenkins, Governor of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of a request of the General Assembly by a resolution, approved 14th Decem- ber, 1866, do issue this my proclamation making known to all whom it may concern, that the line run and marked by Commissioners Whitney and Orr, as aforesaid, is the established, permanent boundary between the States of Florida and Georgia from its initial point on the Western boundary of the latter at or near the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers to its terminal point at or near Ellicott's Mound on the St. Mary's River, from which point said boundary proceeds down the middle of said river to the Atlantic Ocean.
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All citizens and officers, judicial, ministerial and mili- tary, will govern themselves accordingly.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Ex- ecutive Department, this the 1st day of January, A. D., 1867.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor.
By the Governor :
H. J. G. WILLIAMS, Secty. Ex. Dept.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1867.
CIRCULAR.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, .
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA,
January 4th, 1867.
TO THE JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURTS OF THE
SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA :
The following is a copy of an Act of the General Assembly, approved 11th December, 1866, entitled “An Act to amend an Act to regulate the manner of convicts laboring on the public works, and to define the powers and duties of the Inferior Court and Governor of the
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State, touching the same, and for other purposes therein mentioned, approved 20th March, 1866."
"SEC. 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That the justices of the inferior courts of the several counties shall have power, and are re- quired to provide suitable places for the safe keeping of all convicts, and to make provisions for their support by the county, and to employ such overseers or guards, or both, as may be necessary for their safe keeping and for their constant and diligent employment upon the public works, and shall also have power to hire out or bind out such convicts to contractors on the public works, or to individuals upon such bonds and restrictions as shall sub- serve the ends of justice. And for the purposes afore- said any two or more counties by said justices, may com- bine, keep and work together such convicts on such terms and upon such public works anywhere in the State as they may agree upon ; and the Governor may, if he deems it advisable, refuse to receive such convicts from said justices as required of him by the second Section of said Act."
Therefore, in pursuance of the discretion given me by said Act, and that there may be no misunderstanding on the subject, I hereby notify you that I do, and shall, re- fuse to receive all or any convicts sentenced to labor on public works or in chain-gang. No such convicts will hereafter be sent for or received by me.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1867.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, January 9, 1867.
In conformity with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, I, Charles J. Jenkins, do hereby appoint N. J. Hammond, Esq., of the city of Atlanta, arbitrator on the part of said State to arbitrate between the State and Messrs. Seago, Palmer and Co., of said city, touching a claim asserted by them; with power and authority to do all things whatsoever contemplated by the provisions of said Act to be done and performed by said arbitrator, who is required, so far as instructed, to govern himself by said Act.
CHARLES J. JENKINS, Governor of Georgia.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1867.
NOTICE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, .
February 4, 1867.
Drs. H. F. Campbell, R. A. T. Ridley and Thos. S. Powell, a committee appointed by resolution of the Gen-
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eral Assembly to examine and report upon the merits of the Eureka Artificial Leg, invented by Dr. H. L. Byrd, of Georgia, and the artificial arm invented by Diterick W. Kolbe, having made such examination, and having reported favorably of said artificial limbs, and the said Byrd and Kolbe, jointly concerned in manufacturing the aforesaid artificial leg, and the said Diterick Kolbe, alone in the manufacture of said artificial arm, having entered into contracts with the executive for carrying into effect, in the city of Macon, the intentions of the General As- sembly: notice is hereby given that all officers and sol- diers in the late war who suffered the loss of an arm or a leg whilst rendering military service to the Confeder- ate States, or to the State of Georgia, as members of a Georgia military organization, and who were excluded from the benefits of the "Act for the relief of maimed indigent soldiers and officers of this State, who belonged to military organizations of this State, in the State or Confederate armies," approved 12th March, 1866, may apply to them for limbs so soon as notice is given that they are prepared to commence their work.
Applicants must observe the second, fourth, fifth and sixth Sections of the Act of March 12th, 1866. Officers and soldiers entitled under the first appropriation, but excluded because it was exhausted, may apply under this notice.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor.
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TUESDAY, MAY 28th, 1867.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA,
May 28, 1867.
Ordered, That Messrs. Clayton and Adair be, and they are hereby, appointed agents of the State of Georgia for the purchase of corn to supply the destitute of Georgia, under the thirty-fifth Section of the General Appropria- tion Act, approved 12th December, 1866.
CHARLES J. JENKINS, Governor.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th, 1867.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, September 30, 1867.
Ordered, That the following additional regulations relative to the education of maimed indigent soldiers be observed by the universities and colleges engaged in their instruction, and that a copy be forwarded to the chief executive officer of each.
I. Such students may be transferred from either of those institutions to any other of the five mentioned in the Act; provided, That such transfer can only be made
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at the end of a quarter of the calendar year. No pupil will be permitted to spend a portion of a quarter at one institution and the remainder at another.
II. Whenever any such pupil shall leave the insti- tution at which he may have matriculated, the chief exec- utive officer shall endorse on his bond the length of time he may have been taught there, and shall transmit it to the like officer of the institution to which he may go. .
III. These transfers will not interfere with any con- ventional arrangements or recognized comity existing among those institutions. Only the students discretion in the matter of transfer is restricted.
IV. All such transfers must be embraced in quar- terly reports to this office.
V. The last quarterly report for the year, from each university or college. must set forth the name of each pupil instructed at the charge of the State-the time of his entrance and departure, (if he shall have left)-the sum actually expended for him on account of board-of tuition-of clothing and of books, and their aggregate to the end of the third quarter-and also what is claimed for him on account of each of those items and their ag- gregate for the fourth quarter. College terms must not be confounded with quarters of the calendar year. This office settles by the latter. No final settlements for the year will be made with any of those institutions until this exhibit is filed in this office.
VI. For the portions of the year which are given to vacations no board must be charged. The items for which the State is chargeable (within the limits of the three hundred dollars allowed,) are tuition, to which the
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institution is entitled according to its own regulations, and the sums actually expended for board, clothing and books. Any balance in favor of or against the State at the end of the third quarter must be stated.
VII. Returns for the fourth quarter, already made, which do not conform to these regulations, are not ac- cepted. They must be made in conformity.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11th, 186S.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, January 11, 1868.
Whereas, by reason of the interference of the Con- gress of the United States with the administration of the government of the State of Georgia, the meeting of the General Assembly at the time appointed for the year 1867, has been prevented, whereby the usual appropria- tions for the support, during the year 1868, of the Luna- tic Asylum, the Academy for the Blind, the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb and the Penitentiary, have not been made; and whereas, by the Constitution of said State it is ordained that "no money shall be drawn from the treasury of this State except by appropriation made by law,"
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Now, therefore, for the purpose of avoiding the seri- ous consequences which must result from the closing of those institutions, it is
Ordered, That the Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad advance to each of said institutions, in each quarter of the year last aforesaid, commencing on the first inst. the following sums, viz .: To the Treasurer of the Lunatic Asylum, upon the order of the trustees thereof, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the sup- port of the pauper patients. To the Treasurer of the Academy for the Blind, upon the order of the trustees, for the maintenance of pupils, salaries of officers and incidental expenses, the sum of two thousand, seven hun- dred and fifty dollars. To the Treasurer of the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, upon the order of the trustees. the sum of two thousand dollars, and to the bookkeeper of the penitentiary, upon the order of the principal keep- er, for the support of the penitentiary, the sum of five thousand dollars.
And it is further ordered, that said Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, upon each pay- ment to the trustees of each institution, as herein before provided, take from said trustees of the three first named, and from the principal keeper of the penitentiary, ac- knowledgements of such advances as a loan to be re- funded when an appropriation shall be made for that purpose by the Legislature, unless by Act of the Legis- lature, said obligations be cancelled.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor.
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HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND ALABAMA,
ATLANTA, GA., January 13, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. S.
I. Charles J. Jenkins, Provisional Governor and John Jones, Provisional Treasurer, of the State of Geor- gia, having declined to respect the instructions of, and failed to co-operate with the Major General Command- ing the Third Military District, are hereby removed from office.
II. By virtue of the authority granted by the Sup- plementary Reconstruction Act of Congress, passed July 19th, 1867, the following named officers are detailed for duty in the District of Georgia :
Brevet Brigadier-General Thomas H. Ruger, Colonel 33d Infantry, to be Governor of the State of Georgia.
Brevet Captain Charles F. Rockwell, Ordnance Corps, U. S. Army, to be Treasurer of the State of Georgia.
III. The above named officers will proceed without delay to Milledgeville, Georgia, and enter upon the dis- charge of the duties devolving upon them, subject to in- structions from these headquarters.
By order of Major General George S. Meade, U. S. A.
Commanding Third Military District.
In accordance with the above order, Brevet Brigadier- General Thomas H. Ruger entered upon the duties of his office as Provisional Governor of Georgia on this, the 15th day of January, 1868.
INDEX
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Act, an, to amend an act to regulate manner of convicts laboring on public roads, ete. 592.
Adair, G. W., delegate from Fulton, 135.
Adair & Clayton, appointed agents to purchase corn, 596.
Adams, D. R., delegate front Putnam, 136.
Adams, W. II., delegate from Elbert, 134.
Aiken, Warren, appointed trustee Georgia Orphan Home, 532.
Alexander, John R., delegate from Thomas, 137; explains vote on ordinance to ignore public debt, 345.
Alexander, W. D., delegate from Pike, 136.
Allen, James, delegate from Hart, 135.
Allen, R. G., elected Justice Peace, 27.
Allred, L. J., qualified as assistant messenger, 164.
Amnesty Oath, 12; 16;
Administered by ordinaries, 19.
Administered by Hon. I. L. Harris, 13S.
Committee appointed to memoralize President of U. S. in be- half of citizens excepted from benefits of 340; committee reports, 348.
resolution to compensate ordinaries and clerks for adminis- tering, 323.
Anderson, E. C., delegate from Chatham, 134.
Anderson, J. W., appointed trustee of Georgia Orphan Home, 532.
Anderson, W. D., delegate from Cobb, 134.
Anderson & Wing, mentioned, 65.
Appendix to Journal of the Convention, 365.
Arnold, E. B., delegate from Henry, 135.
Arnold, F. W., ordinary Morgan County, 25.
Arnold, J. W., delegate from Walton, 137.
Artificial limbs, maimed soldiers to be supplied with, 523; 534; 538; 595.
Ashley, Matt., delegate from Coffee, 134.
Atkinson, E. N., delegate from Camden, qualified, 153.
Atkinson, N. S., delegate from Troup, 137.
Atlanta Intelligencer, mentioned, 20.
Attorney General, to enforce administration of justice, 11.
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Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, mentioned, 20.
Augusta Manufacturing Co., mentioned, 48.
Autrey, John F., appointed to administer amnesty oath, 24.
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Bacon, N. C., delegate from Warren, 137.
Bagley, Wm., delegate from Chattahoochee, 134.
Bailey, J. G., mentioned, 69.
Baldwin, D. H., mentioned, 58.
Baltimore, Ladies' Southern Relief Fair of, sends supplies to Geor- gia, 524; Georgia's gratitude to, 526.
Banks of the State, ordinance for relief of, 327; to make return of their condition to the Governor, 485.
Barksdale, J. W., delegate from Lincoln, 136.
Barlow, W. W., delegate from Sumter, 137.
Barnes, V. M., delegate from Columbia, 134.
Barnct, Samuel, member committee on distribution, 525.
Barnett, David, appointed commissioner of deeds, 36.
Barnett, J. L., delegate from Butts, 133.
Batey, R., appointed director W. & A. road, 32; appointment objected to, 34.
Batton, T. E., delegate from Walker, 137.
Baugh, Robert, appointed Superintendent of W. & A. R. R., 33; report of, 121.
Baxter, J. W., delegate from Gwinnett, 135.
Beach, Mr., mentioned, 69.
Beach, Root & Co., mentioned, 71.
Beall, A. A., mentioned, 67; 71.
Beall, Jeremiah, member committee on distribution, 525.
Bell, Sampson, delegate from Webster, 137.
Bell, W. H., delegate from Forsyth, 135.
Bentley, W. D., disqualified from administering amnesty oath, 26. Bethune, M., delegate from Talbot, 137.
Bivins, M. L., delegate from Marion, 136.
Black, G. R., delegate from Sereven, 136.
Black, L., delegate from Walker, 137.
Blance, J. A., delegate from Polk, 136.
Bless, F. C., appointed commissioner of deeds, 36.
Blount, J. H., delegate from Jones, 135. .
Bly, Dr. Douglass, awarded contract to supply artificial limbs, 534; agreement between Bly and Governor Jenkins, 535.
Bonds and coupons of the State of Georgia to be funded, 540.
Boundary line between Georgia and Florida, message from Gover- nor concerning, 585; proclamation defining permanent line, 591.
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Bowen, Stephen, delegate from Wilcox, 137. Bower, I. E., delegate from Miller, 136. Bowers, L. G., mentioned, 65. Bowers, William, delegate from Hart, 135. Boyd, Wier, delegate from Lumpkin, 136. Brady, Wright, delegate from Sumter, 137. Brantley, F. M., delegate from Meriwether, 136. Brassell, P. H., delegate from Fayette, 135. Brewer, Joel, delegate from Polk, 136. Brewton, Nathan, delegate from Ware, 137. Brewton, S. J., delegate from Bulloch, 133. Brigham, H., .
Correspondence, Briscoe, L. H., 102. Johnson, Prov. Gov. James, 60.
mentioned, 26; 53; 55; 57-59; 66; 71; 516; 517. $200 ordered paid to, 105.
resolution to reclaim 1,650 bales cotton, belonging to State, from, 334.
Brightwell, W. B., delegate from Oglethorpe, 136. Briscoe, L. H.,
appointed Secretary to Governor, 13.
acting Secretary of Convention, 133.
Correspondence, Brigham, H., 102. McCulloch, H., 103.
mentioned, 49.
requests State House officers to report condition of offices, 34. Brown, E. D., mentioned, 49.
Brown, Jeff, appointed Commissioner of deeds, 18.
Brown, Joseph E.
action of, in relation to cotton owned by State, approved 243; correspondence, Johnson, Prov. Gov. James, 54; 62; mentioned, 26; 57-61; 81; 82; tendered seat on floor, 160.
Bruce, E. M. & Co., mentioned, 48. Buchannan, Hon. Hugh,
appointed member committee on distribution, 525;
elected member U. S. Congress, 107.
Burts, D. H., delegate from Chattahoochee, 134. Burwell, Hon. W. M., invited to seat on floor, 213. Bush, Isane, delegate from Miller, 136.
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Cabinees, Hon. E. G.,
delegate from Monroe, 136; elected member U. S. Congress, 107; member committee on distribution, 525. Calaway, Morgan, delegate from Randolph, 136. Cameron, A. J., delegate from Telfair, 137.
Campbell, James, pardoned, 36.
Candler, Milton, delegato from DeKalb, 134. Cantrell, W. F.,
elected Justice of Peace, 28.
Caraker, D. A., mentioned, 49.
Card factory, agent appointed to adjust accounts of, 491.
Carrington, L.,
acting Secretary of Convention, 133.
Chichester, T. W., appointed agent and attorney to negotiate loans for the State, 527; 530.
Chambers, J. M., appointed trustee Ga. Orphan Home, 532.
Chandler, D. J., delegate from Madison, 136.
Chappell, A. H., delegate from Museogee, 136.
Christy, Hon. J. H.,
delegate from Clark, 134;
clected member U. S. Congress, 107;
member committee on distribution, 525;
Clark, F., delegate from Colquitt, 134.
Clayton, Samuel, mentioned, 515.
Clayton, W. W., appointed treasurer W. & A. R. R., 514.
Clayton & Adair, appointed State agents to purchase corn, 596.
Clement, Stephen, delegate from Forsyth, 135.
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Cobb, Gen. Howell, appointed Commissioner to report upon pro- priety of removing penitentiary, 531.
Cochran, R. J., delegate from Wilkinson, 137.
Cochrane, Hon. A. E., unexpired term of, to be filled, 34.
Coffey, M. V., elected Justice of Peace, 28.
Cohen, Solomon,
delegate from Chatham, 134;
elected member U. S. Congress, 107;
member committee on distribution, 525.
Cole, C. B.,
appointed Judge Superior Court, 22; delegate from Bibb, 133.
Colley, G. W., delegate from Calhoun, 134.
Collis, C. H. J., appointed commissioner of deeds, 27.
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Columbus Enquirer, mentioned, 20. Committee,
to prepare and report code of laws, 116;
finance, report of, 120;
to report business for Convention, 139;
to report to the Governor that Convention is organized, 139; report, 140;
to secure services of clergymen for convention, 139;
of sixteen to report business for Convention, 14 ?;
of five to memorialize President of U. S. in behalf Jefferson Davis, A. H. Stephens and others, 144; 162; report, 197; re- port adopted, 211;
on enrollment and auditing, 161;
report of enrollment committee, 205; 293; 311; 317; 354; 355; to report to next legislature what laws will be necessary, 163; reports on communication from Gen. Tilson, 200;
on 2d Article of Constitution, 253;
to provide for organization of militia companies, 259; report, 294;
of sixteen report on 8th paragraph of 5th article of Constitu- tion, 275;
to bring up unfinished business, 322;
report address to President of United States, 324;
report on Governor's message relative to cotton, 333;
to investigate financial operations of the State, 333;
to memorialize President of U. S. to extend clemency to certain citizens; 340; report, 348;
to memorialize Secretary of Treasury, 342; 350;
to execute 3d Section of Act for relief of maimed indigent soldiers, 523.
Compton, P. M., appointed agent to adjust accounts of card factory, 491.
Comptroller General,
order to report to the Governor, 76;
report of, 85;
report, annual, to be published for use of Convention, 144. Confederate treasury notes, etc., to be burned, 533.
Congress of United States,
interferes with government of the State, 598; members elected to, 107;
Congressional districts, ordinance to establish, 146.
Constitution, Article I of revised Constitution of Georgia reported, 168;
Constitution, Article II of revised Constitution of Georgia reported, 172;
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Constitution, Article III of revised Constitution of Georgia reported, 206;
Constitution, Article IV of revised Constitution of Georgia re- ported, 226;
Constitution, Article V of revised Constitution of Georgia reported, 275.
resolution to print one thousand copies of, 289; as adopted, 365.
Convention of 1865,
addressed by President, 356;
adjourns sine die, 364;
called to order by Prov. Gov. Johnson, 133;
committee appointed to report business for, 139;
committee to report to Governor that Convention is organized, 139;
committee to secure services of clergymen for, 139;
delegates to, 133;
elects officers, 138;
journal of, 133;
meets in Milledgeville, 133;
messages to from Prov. Gov. Johnson, 38; 47; 48; 49; 53; 73; 78; 97; 238;
printers appointed for, 144.
resolution relating to printing and distribution of journal of, 322.
rules adopted for government of, 143; to be held in Milledgeville, 37.
Convicts, Governor refuses to receive convicts to labor on public roads, 592.
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