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An Act to protect the citizens of the Counties of Dade and Haberersham (sic) 
from the injurious consequences of Cattle Speculators driving stock through 
said Counties, and spreading distempers, to .....destruction of the Stock of 
the people living therein, and for ...purposes.  1853

WHEREAS: Many persons, for the sake of gain, are in the habit of purchasing 
cattle in the State of Alabama, and driving them through the County of DADE, to 
seek a market, range or pasturage, whereby great numbers of the cows, oxen and 
other black cattle of the citizens of the county aforesaid do yearly, perish of 
distemper, and other diseases thereby engendered:

SECTION 1.  Be it further 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 aforesaid, That hereafter no person shall drive stock affected with 
disease from the State of Alabama, through the County of Dade, at any time from 
the first day of April to the first day of October in any year, under penalty 
of two dollars for each head of cattle so driven, to be recovered before any 
Justice of the Peace in this State, or other Courts having jurisdiction of the 
same; one half of the same to go to any citizen of Dade County giving 
information of the same; the other half to be appropriated by the Justices of 
Inferior Court of said county to the keeping in repair the public buildings of 
said county.

SECTION II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, 
bailiffs, and other civil officers, whenever they may know of a violation of 
this Act, forthwith to make application to some Justice of the Peace, or 
Justice of the Inferior Court, who shall issue his warrant against the person 
or persons so offending, and also authorizing the detention of such cattle till 
the fine aforesaid, together with all costs, are paid:  Provided, That this Act 
shall not apply to oxen or other cattle used as work cattle:  Provided, that 
such sheriffs, bailiffs and other officers, shall receive no compensation for 
said service and information other than the legal fees now allowed by law for 
serving warrants.

SECTION III. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be allowed to 
drive or bring cattle of any description into that portion of HABERSHAM County 
north or west of the  road leading from Jarrett's Bridge, on the Tugalo River, 
by the way of Clarksville and the house of Christopher Meaders, to the line 
between the Counties of Lumpkin and Habersham, or south
of said county line extending from said road to the top of  the Blue Ridge, at 
any time from the first day of April to the first day of October, in each year; 
and any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and shall be prosecuted according to the laws relative to 
misdemeanors, and on conviction therefore shall be fined not less than five 
dollars for each head of cattle so driven within the bounds aforesaid; and said 
fine or fines shall be paid into the treasury of Habersham County.

Approved February 14th , 1854, in the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 
Milledgeville, 1854

Source:  GALILEO Digital Initiative Database
University of Georgia

 



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