LEGISLATION CONCERNING INCORPORATION OF SHEARER MINERAL SPRINGS,

 HENRY COUNTY, GA

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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. 1840. 
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1840. 
INCORPORATIONS. 

1840 Vol. 1 -- Page: 104

Sequential Number: 098 

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Shearer Springs, of Henry county, and to constitute the resident Board of Trustees of the Mercer University commissioners of the town of Penfield, and to define their powers, and to tax showmen exhibiting in said town.

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 the lot of land in the seventh district of Henry county, whereon John Shearer now lives, known as the Mineral Spring Lot, be, and the same is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Shearer Mineral Springs.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Shearer, Daniel Nolley and William Beck, and their associates, be declared a body corporate, by the name of the Shearer Springs Company, and that they, or their successors,

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or assigns, be capable to sue and be sued, in their corporate name, and do other acts which a natural man may do, and to elect a marshal, or other officers necessary to carry such laws as may be deemed by them for the benefit of said corporation, and to elect, or cause to be elected successors at any time there may be a vacancy or vacancies.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the resident Board of Trustees of the Mercer University, and their successors in office, are hereby constituted and appointed commissioners of the town of Penfield, in the county of Greene, in which said University is situated; and that they be, and they are hereby authorized to pass all by-laws, rules and ordinances for the government of said town, and appoint all necessary officers: Provided such by-laws, rules and ordinances shall not be repugnant to the laws or Constitution of this State, or the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all showmen shall pay to said commissioners, for the use of the town, a tax of ten dollars for each and every day they may exhibit in said town; and that any person refusing to pay the same, shall be liable to be indicted, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than thirty dollars, at the discretion of the Court.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

CHARLES J. JENKINS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, 23d December, 1840.
 

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