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103 Also, a bill to authorize ihe granting of injunctions in certain cases; which were severally read the first time. Mr. Lane, of Hancock, introduced a hill to compensate the petit jurors of the county of Hancock, and to authorize the Justices of the Interior Court to levy an extra tax for that purpose. The following written communication, this day brought from his Excellency the Governor by Mr. Patten, his Secretary, was taken up, to wit:

I have the honor to transmit to both branches of the General Assembly the report of Judges Nisbet and Warner, in relation to existing defects in the laws ot Georgia and the remedies for die same, together with theiropinion of the expediency and practicability of condensing and simplifying the laws as to place them within the knowledge of the citizens of the State generally; which report is made in compliance with a resolmion ot 1847. GEORGE W TOWNS. And the same being read, was referred, together with the accompanying document, to the Committee on the Judiciary, and one hundred and fifty copies of said document ordered to be printed for the u^e of the House. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from H.K. Green and B.P. Stnbbs, Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum; which was referred without being read lo the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum. On motion, Messrs. Brown ot Burke, Barlow, Hammell, Terrell of Coweta, and Irwin were granted leave of absence for a few days.

The House then adjourned until 3 o'clock, P.M.

The House met pursuant to adjournment. The following bills of the House were severally read the second time and committed lor the third reading, to wit: A bill to grant certain privileges to the Burke Guards, a volunteer company of Infantry in Burke county. A bill tor the relief of the Merchants' Bank of Macon. A bill more pertectly lo secure the rights ot the citizens, the honesty of juries, the purity of judges, and the impartial administration of justice under the laws. A bill to add a part of the county of Monroe to the county of Butts.

A bill to be entitled an act supplemental to the general tax laws, and to tax certain properly therein mentioned and winch has hertofore been exempt from taxation.