LEGISLATIVE ACTS AFFECTING ELECTION DISTRICTS
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT
AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1827.
Elections.
1827 Vol. 1 -- Page: 88
Sequential Number: 063
Full Title: AN ACT to establish additional election
districts in the counties of Fayette and Wilkes, and to
punish those who may attempt to defeat the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia
in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the
passage of this act, it may and
shall be lawful to hold an election for Governor, members to Congress, electors
of President and Vice-President, members of the Legislature, and for all county officers, at the place
of holding courts in the
thirteenth district of the county of Fayete, in addition to the other places
established by law for holding
elections in the said county; also at the place of holding justices courts in
the 495th captains district in said
county of Fayetie.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That one justice of the peace, or one justice
of the Inferior Court and two
freeholders, may superintend the elections in said district, after the said
freeholders shall have taken the
following oath: "I do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully and impartially
superintend this day's election,
and make a full and true return thereof according to law, and the best of my
abilities -- So help me God."
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of said district
election shall and they are hereby
required, on the day of said election to count out the votes by them taken in,
and make a fair statement of
the polls, and one or more of the superintendants of said district election
shall meet one or more of the
superintendants of the election held at the court-house, and at the other
district elections, on the next day
after said election; which meeting shall be held at the court house in said
county, and [Illegible Text
compare and add the returns of votes together, and transmit a true statement of
the same to the Executive
Office, agreeable to the laws of the state now in force.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote or attempt to
vote at more than one place in
said county for the same election, or if any magistrate or [Illegible Text of
said district election shall
violate the trust to [Illegible Text committed by this act, such person or
magistrate shall
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be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the
superior court of said
county, shall be fined fifty dollars, or be imprisoned at the discretion of the
court, for a term not exceeding
ten days.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy,
may be supplied by any lawful
constable at said district election, and that said district elections shall in
all other respects than those herein
recited, be conducted in the same manner, and at the same time as is prescribed
by the laws now in force in
this state regulating general elections.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and
after the passing of this act, there
shall be established in the county of Wilkes, three additional election
districts in addition to those already
established, to-wit: one at the store of Dewberry & Scott, on the south side of
Little river; one at the house
of Charles Smith, and one at the house of Richardson Booker; at which places it
shall and may be lawful to
hold elections for senator and representatives of the state legislature, members
of congress, governor,
electors of president and vice-president of the United States, and for all state
and county officers; which
shall be superintended, managed, and conducted agreeable to the provisions of an
act passed on the 15th
day of December, 1826, creating and establishing an election district in the
county of Wilkes, and any
person or persons violating the provisions of said act, shall be subject to the
pains and penalties therein
expressed.
IRBY HUDSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
JOHN FORSYTH, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to Dec. 26, 1827.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN
MILLEDGEVILLE. AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1839.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. PASSED IN NOVEMBER
AND DECEMBER, 1839.
PRECINCTS.
1839 Vol. 1 -- Page: 180
Sequential Number: 169
Full Title: AN ACT to establish Election Districts in the several counties
therein named, and to regulate the
same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia, in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from
and after the passage of this
act, all elections for Governor, members of Congress, members of the
Legislature, elections to vote for
electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and all officers,
shall, and may be held at the
following places, in the several counties hereinafter named, viz:
In the county of Coweta, at the house of James Bexly, on the Burnt Village road,
on lot of land number
223, in the 2nd district of said county.
In the county of Dade, at the house of William J. Cole.
In the county of Harris, at Valley Plain, at the house of Doctor Bass, nine
miles east of Hamilton; also, at
the house of William L. Culbreath, near King's Gap, in said county.
In the county of Stewart, at the house of Beight Miller; and also at the house
of John Langford, where said
Langford now resides.
In the county of Wilkes, at the house of Sidney R. Crenshaw, or at such other
place as the Justices Courts
may be held in and for the French Store district, in said county of Wilkes.
In the county of Talbot, at the house of John Buckner, in the 17th district of
said county.
In the county of Macon, at the house of Nathan M. Rogers, and at Hamburg, on the
west side of Flint river;
also, at Marshalsville, on the east side of said river, in said county of Macon.
In the county of Franklin, at the place of holding Justices Courts, for Smith's
district, in said county.
At the store house of James R. Henry, in the county of DeKalb.
In the county of Elbert, at Centreville, at the place of holding Justices
Courts, for the 315th district, Georgia
Militia.
In the county of Hancock, at the store of John and William J. Hitchcock, near
Long's Bridge.
Also, at the store house of Thomas N. Poullain, the Scull Shoals manufactory in
Greene county.
Also, an election precinct at the house of Wm. Kinsey, in Gilmer county.
In the county of Lee, at the place called Palmyra.
In the county of Lumpkin, at the place of holding Justices Courts in the 13th
district.
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That the elections held at the different precincts in the county of Telfair, be
held at the places of holding the
Justices Courts of said county.
In the county of Randolph, at the house of Samuel A. P. Dean's, in the 6th
district of said county.
And at Reuben Benson's Mills, in the county of Cobb, in the 911th district,
Georgia Militia.
For the county of Jackson, two other additional precincts, to wit: one at the
house of Wood L. Randolph, in
the 455th district, Georgia Militia, and one other at the house of widow
Venable, or at the place of holding
Justices Courts, in the 242nd district, Georgia Militia.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election
districts heretofore established
and held at the house of James Hemphill, in the county of Floyd, be changed, and
for the future be held at
the Cave Spring, in said county; also, that the election district heretofore
established and held at the house
of Jesse New, be changed to the house of Henry Dalton, the place of holding
Justices Courts in said county
of Floyd.
That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Edward
Townsend, in the county of
Cherokee, be removed, and for the future be held at the place of holding
Justices Courts in and for the
899th district, G. M.
To change an election precinct heretofore established at the house of Isaac B.
Davis, in the 77th Comp'y.
Dist., of Jefferson county, to that of Sterling G. Jordan, in the 77th Comp'y.
Dist. of Jefferson county.
And the election precinct at the house of William A. Hamilton, in the county of
Gwinnett, to the house of
Benjamin S. Smith, the place of holding Justices Courts in said district.
That the election precinct in the county of Gwinnett, be changed from the house
of Thomas Maguire, to
that of Jesse Whitley's, the usual place of holding Justices Courts in
Rockbridge district; also, that an
election precinct in said county of Gwinnett be changed from the house of John
Cain, to the usual place of
holding Justices Courts in the 262d district, G. M.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precinct
election usually held at the
usual place of holding Courts in and for the 851st district, G. M. in Cobb
county, be held for the future at
the house of William G. Robinson, in said district.
From the house of Grandison Barber, to the house of Burris Brewer, in Camden
county.
To change the precinct election in the county of Harris, from the house of Mrs.
Phillips to the house of Mr.
Padgett, at Ellerslie P. O.
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The election precinct now established at English's Mills,
be changed, and hereafter be established at
Dublin, in the 6th district of Fayette county.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore
established at William Buck's, in the
99th district of Washington county, be changed to the house of William Clay.
That the election precint heretofore established at the house of Thomas Newman,
be changed to the house
of Torrence Conner, in Richmond county, on the road leading from the city of
Augusta to Louisville.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election
precinct heretofore established
at the house of James Knight, in the eleventh district of Monroe county, be
hereafter established and held at
the house of J. & G. W. Johnson, in the 7th district of said county; also, the
election heretofore held at the
town of Cullodensville, shall be hereafter held at the house of Berry Cooly, in
said county.
That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of A. Y.
Adamson's, on lot 185, in the county
of Henry, be changed to the house of Isaiah Hollingsworth, in said county; also,
that the election precinct
established at the house of Middleton Nole, be changed to the house of James A.
Beck's, the place of
holding Justices Courts in said District.
That the election precinct established at the house of Thomas Patterson, in the
county of Walton, be
changed to the house of Job Smith, at or near Whaley's Old Mills, the place of
holding Justice's Courts in
said district.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the elections that may be held at the
several districts established by
this act, shall be conducted in the same way, and governed by the same law that
is now in force regulating
elections in the aforesaid counties, or other counties having election districts
-- any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor
Approval Date: Assented to, December 21st, 1839.
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ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1843.
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1843 Vol. 1 -- Page: 51
Sequential Number: 065
Full Title: AN ACT to remove the precinct in the 839th district, G. M. of
Paulding, from where it is now
situated, to lot of land number 698, in the nineteenth district of originally
Cherokee, now Paulding county.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia, in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from
and immediately after the
passage of this act, the precinct now held in the 839th district, G. M. of
Paulding county, be removed from
where it is now situated, to lot of land number 698, in the nineteenth district
of originally Cherokee, now
Paulding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and
parts of laws militating
against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Also, to establish an election precinct at the town of
Jonesborough, in the 709th district, G. M. in the
county of Fayette.
Also, an election precinct, at the house of Allen
Jennings, in the 624th district, G. M. in the county of
Fayette, the place of holding Justice's courts in said district; also, to remove
the election precinct from the
Store House of Westbrook, in the 549th district, G. M. in the county of Fayette,
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to the house of William Watson, the place of holding Justice's courts in said
district, in the county of
Fayette.
Approval Date: Assented to, 28th December, 1843.
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