Spalding County Communities - Griffin
ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1843.
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1843 Vol. 1 -- Page: 106
Sequential Number: 125
Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the City of Griffin.
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 after the passage of this act, the
citizens of Griffin, in the county of Pike, shall be and they are hereby
authorised to meet annually, and choose from among themselves five
Commissioners, to be called a Board of Commissioners, who when so chosen
and elected, shall have the power and authority, and their successors in
office, to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations which they or a
majority of them may deem expedient and necessary for the good order and
government of the said city of Griffin: -- Provided, the by-laws be not
repugnant to the constitution of the United States and the constitution
and laws of this State.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said
commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power to convene at
any time and at any place within the corporate limits of said city, after
the passage of this act, and proceed to the appointment of a Clerk,
Marshal, and such other officers as they may deem necessary to carry this
act into execution.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said
commissioners shall hold their office for the term of one year, and that
said term shall expire on the first Saturday in January, when an election
shall be held each succeeding year for the appointment of new
commissioners, and that all free white males residing in the corporate
limits of said city, who are entitled to vote for members of the
Legislature, shall be entitled to vote for said commissioners.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
authority and jurisdiction of the said commissioners, and their successors
in office, shall extend over and embrace that portion of land which lies
within one mile of the centre of said city according to its original plan.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any
vacancy occur by death, resignation, or otherwise of said commissioners,
the said commissioners shall have power to fill such vacancy until an
election shall take place as herein provided.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
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That the said board of commissioners of the said city of Griffin, by such,
their corporate name, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, and
shall have and use a common seal.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
said commissioners or a majority of them, shall have special powers to
make all contracts which they may deem necessary for the welfare of said
city, to levy a tax of not exceeding fifty per cent. over the State tax on
all persons who are subject to taxation according to the laws of this
State, and to impose a tax not exceeding three dollars on each person
residing within said corporation subject to road duty, which shall be in
lieu of said duty -- Provided, that any person subject to said tax shall
not relieve himself therefrom by doing six days labor on the streets
subject to the order of the Marshal of said city -- to empower their
Marshal or Deputy Marshal to remove all nuisances within the corporate
limits of said city.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any of
the officers of said corporation sued for an act done in his or their
official capacity, shall justify under this act.
Sec. 9. 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.
Approval Date: Assented to, 28th December, 1843.
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ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50.
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1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 82
Sequential Number: 101
Full Title: AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts incorporating the city of
Griffin.
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 municipal government of the city of Griffin shall consist of
a Mayor and eight Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under
the name and style of Mayor and Council of the city of Griffin, and the charter
of said city shall be and it is hereby declared to be the same as the present
charter of the city of Augusta; and the said Mayor and Council of the city of
Griffin shall be elected as is provided in said charter for the election of
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Augusta, and shall be entitled to all the
corporate privileges enjoyed by the corporate authorities of the city of
Augusta.
SECTION 2. 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 21, 1850.
Source: Digital Library of Georgia
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