BIBB COUNTY, GA - Clearing mouth of the river Ocmulgee to Fort Hawkins ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE At an Annual Session, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1816. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GIORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1816. 1816 Vol. 1 -- Page: 54 Sequential Number: 034 Type: AN ACT Full Title: To appoint Commissioners for the improving the Navigation of the Ocmulgee River, and for other purposes. WHEREAS the improvement of the inland navigation of every Country is of primary importance to its inhabitants, and as few countries enjoy greater natural advantages than this State, for the extension of commerce, and it being conceived that the clearing out and removing obstructions from the mouth of the river Ocmulgee to Fort Hawkins on said river, would greatly conduce to the interest and convenience of the inhabitants settled to the South, and South Western parts of this State; BE it therefore 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 a Company shall be established by the name and style of "Commissioners to improve the Navigation of the Ocmulgee River," and they and their successors shall be and they are hereby created and made a body politic and corporate, and by that name and style are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, Lands, Rents, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and effects of what kind, nature or quality soever, and the same to sell, alien, demise or dispose of; to sue, and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, answer, and be answered in Courts of Record or other places, and -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page: 55 also, to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and also to ordain, establish and put in execution such bye- laws, ordinances and regulations as shall seem necessary for the improvement of the Navigation of said River, by Locks, Dams, Canals or otherwise, as they or a majority of them, hereafter appointed, or their successors, may deem necessary, to carry that object into effect -- provided such bye-laws, rules, regulations and ordinances are not repugnant to the Constitution or the Constitutional Laws of this state. § 2. And be it further enacted, That John Willcox, James M. Taylor, Wm. H. Gross, Lewis Calfrey and Philip Cook be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, for the purpose aforesaid, and are hereby constituted a body politic, with a corporate capacity, for the express purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into complete effect, and that they or a majority of them shall convene at such time and place as they may think proper, for that purpose, and to meet upon their own adjournment. § 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners and their successors, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to receive any gift, donation or gratuity of and from any person or persons, company or companies, body politic, corporate, or any appropriation that may be made by the State, to be appropriated to the clearing out and improving the navigation of the said River Ocmulgee. § 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners or a majority of them, as soon as it may be convement, shall proceed to give thirty days notice in the Georgia Journal, of the time and place when and where Books of Subscription will be opened, for the reception of such subscriptions as may be made to the said Commissioners, for the aforesaid purposes. § 5. And be it further enacted That the said Commissioners for the time being, shall have power and authority to appoint such officers and servants under them as shall be necessary for the executing the business of -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page: 56 the said corporation, and to allow them such compensation for their services respectively, as shall be reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other power and authority for the well governing and ordering the affairs of the said corporation as shall be described, fixed and determined by the laws, regulations and ordinances of the same, and shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen in their own body. BENJ. WHITAKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM RABUN, President of the Senate. D. B. MITCHELL, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to, 19th December, 1816.