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LEGISLATION CONCERNING
THE FORMATION AND BOUNDARY CHANGES OF HENRY COUNTY
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION;
IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1823.
Resolutions WHICH
ORIGINATED IN SENATE.
1823 Vol. 1 -- Page:
217
Sequential Number: 179
IN SENATE, Nov.
18, 1823.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the state of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the
commissioners appointed by the last legislature to sell
the fractional surveys be authorised and required to expose
to sale all the fractional surveys lying in the county of
Walton, which were within the ninth district, formerly Henry
County: Provided, Said fractions and islands shall be advertised
and sold upon the same terms and conditions as the fractional
surveys authorised to be sold by an act passed at the last
session of the legislature.
Approval Date: Approved,
Nov. 23, 1823.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
PASSED In November and
December, 1842
COUNTIES
1842 Vol 1—Page 66
FULL Title: AN
ACT to alter and change the line dividing the counties of
Pike and Henry, so as to include lots of land, numbers sixty-four,
sixty-five, sixty-six , and ninety-six in the third district
of Henry county, belonging to James T. Ellis, and William
Ellis , in the county of Pike
Section
1, Be it enacted buy 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, the present line dividing
the counties of Pike and Henry, shall so diverge from its
present direction , as to include lots of land numbers sixty-four,
sixty-five, sixty-six, and ninety-six, in the third district
of Henry county , belonging to James T. Ellis and William
Ellis, in the county of Pike.
Sec.2
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That
all laws and parts of law militating against this act, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
William
B. Wofford
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
Robert
M. Echols
President
of the Senate.
Charles
J. McDonald
Governor
Approval
Date: Assended to 8th December, 1842
Extracted
By Bob Ellis Duluth Ga.
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Act/Resolution 167 of 503
ACTS OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50.
1849 Vol. 1
-- Page: 137
Sequential Number: 167
Full Title: AN ACT to add a part of the county of Henry
to the county of Butts, and to designate the time for holding
elections for county officers in the county of Gordon for
the year 1850.
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, the county
line between the counties of Butts and Henry be and the
same is hereby altered so as to include the residences of
A. P. Johnson, William Young,
Page: 138
Andrew
J. Grimmet, William B. Shields, Paschal H. Jackson, Jonathan
Collins, George R. Lewis, Minton Jinks, Jesse Hendly, Isaac
N. Bishop, and Martin Couger, now in the county of Henry,
and that their residences and the lands on which they now
reside, be added to and become a part of the county of Butts.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the persons included within the county of Gordon, entitled
to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall on the
first Monday in May next (instead of the first Monday in
February next, as authorized by the act laying off and organizing
said county,) elect five Justices of the Inferior Court,
a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts each, a Sheriff
and Coroner, a Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns,
and a County Surveyor.
And be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws militating against this
act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approval
Date: Approved, February 23, 1850.
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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, 1858.
PART I.--PUBLIC
LAWS.
TITLE VIII. NEW COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.*
* For act to locate and define the line between the
counties of Berrien and Coffee. see Cities and Towns, Title
III, No. 139; being an act to amend the several acts of
force in relation to the incorporation of the town of West
Point, in Troup, &c. &c..... &c.—Section XI.
And for adding certain lots of Land, in the 4th district
of Irwin, to the county of [Illegible Text].—See same title
and number, section X.
1858 Vol. 1 -- Page: 46
Sequential Number: 038
Law Number: No. 36.
Full Title: An act to change the line between Henry
and Clayton counties.
97. Section I. Be it enacted, &c.,
That the line between Henry county and Clayton, be so changed
as to include lots of land number 248 and 232, in the twelfth,
it being the residence of Thomas Gardner, to the county
of Henry.
98. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting
laws.
Approval Date: Assented to, December 13, 1858.
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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED
IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AT THE SESSION OF 1870.
PART
I.--PUBLIC LAWS.
TITLE IV. COUNTIES AND COUNTY
LINES.
I.—NEW COUNTIES.
II.—COUNTY LINES
CHANGED.
1870 Vol. 1 -- Page: 27
Sequential
Number: 022
Law Number: (No. 22.)
Full Title: An Act to change the lines between the counties
of Butts and Henry.
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.,
That the lines between the counties of Butts and Henry be
so changed as to embrace in the county of Butts lots Nos.
126 and 91, now in the second district of Henry county.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
of laws militating against this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
Approval Date: Approved October
25, 1870.
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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT ITS SESSION IN JULY AND
AUGUST, 1872.
PART II. LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS.
TITLE II. COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.
1872 Vol.
1 -- Page: 408
Sequential Number: 289
Law
Number: (No. 289 -- O. No. 335.)
Full Title:
An act to change the county lines of the counties of Dodge
and Telfair, so as to include lots of land numbers 107,
134, 135, 136 and 137, in the thirteenth district of Dodge,
in the county of Telfair; also, the line between the counties
of Henry and DeKalb, so as to include in DeKalb county lots
of land numbers 228 and 229, in the twelfth district of
Henry county.
Section 1. The General Assembly of
the State of Georgia do enact, That, from and after the
passage of this act, the county lines of the counties of
Dodge and Telfair be so changed as to include in the county
of Telfair lots of land numbers 107, 134, 135, 136 and 137,
now in the thirteenth district of the county of Dodge.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the county line
between the counties of Henry and DeKalb be so changed as
to include in the county of DeKalb lots of land numbers
228 and 229, in the twelfth district of Henry county, the
same being the lands occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Cook.
Sec. 3. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approval Date:
Approved August 26, 1872.
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