McIntosh County GaArchives History .....Nick King, Blind 19 Year old 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com February 14, 2004, 11:29 am Acts and Resolutions OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1897 Part IV.--Resolutions. 1897 Vol. 1 -- Page: 615 Sequential Number: 288 Short Title: FOR RELIEF OF NICK KING. Law Number: No. 61. Whereas, McIntosh county has at present no inmate in the academy for the blind at Macon, Georgia, and, [Sidenote: Preamble.] Whereas, There is in McIntosh county an indigent blind boy, Nick King, who has resided in said State and county all of his life, who is nineteen years of age, who has attended said academy for the blind, but has not attained a sufficient education, or sufficient proficiency in a trade to enable him to gain a livelihood; and, Whereas, McIntosh has no suitable place provided to properly care for said Nick King; and, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page: 616 Whereas, Said Nick King is now rooming in the common jail of the county; and, Whereas, Said Nick King could, by admission into said academy for another term of four years, be enabled to provide for himself; therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the Governor request the trustees of the academy of the blind at Macon, Georgia, to receive said Nick King into said academy for another term of four years, and said trustees be authorized and required to so receive said Nick King for such term. [Sidenote: Return of Nick King to Academy for the Blind.] Approval Date: Approved December 11, 1897. Additional Comments: Source: Galileo Legislative Documents on-line This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb