GEORGIA MILITIA 1835 Militia Camden Co Centreville Rifle Company ***************** 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: Galileo http://www.galileo.usg.edu/ ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836. ACTS of the General Assembly of the STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836. RIFLE COMPANIES. 1836 Vol. 1 -- Page: 230 Sequential Number: 135 Type: AN ACT, Full Title: To incorporate a Volunteer Company, under the name of the Centreville Rifle Company. Sec. 1st. 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 whereas a Volunteer Military association has been formed in the Town of Centreville, in Camdem county, under the name and style aforesaid, the objects and purposes which are stated to be, for the defence of said Town, and the surrounding country: And whereas, the said persons so associated under the name and style aforesaid, are desirous of being incorporated. Sec. 2d. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several persons, members of said association, and others who shall hereafter become members thereof respectively, and the successors, officers, and members of the same, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style aforesaid, and by said name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, with power to make, alter, change, and amend such by-laws and regulations as may be agreed on by the officers and members of said association: Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not contrary to the laws and constitution of this State. That they shall be exempt from all battalion and general musters at Jefferson, in said county, except such as the ordered by, and under the immediate authority of the Governor and Commander in Chief: Provided also, that nothing herein contained in this act, shall be so construed as to exempt the said association from the liability of other militia of this State, on any emergency which authorizes calling on the militia for the suppression of insurrection, or of repelling invasion: Provided further, that nothing herein contained, shall prevent the repeal of this law, whenever the Legislature shall deem it proper so to do. Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor is hereby authorized to furnish said Company (upon the requisition made by the commander of said Company) the arms and accoutrements upon the same terms, as those granted to other volunteer companies of the State of Georgia. Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor. Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 23, 1836.