Excerpt from Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: Containing All Statutes and the Substance of All Resolutions of a General and Public Nature, and Now in Force, Which Have Been Passed in This State, Previous to the Session of the General Assembly of December, 1820

Several important objects have been acted on by the legisla ture, not in the usual manner of general enactments, but almost entirely in detail. Count Academies, and water courses, are instances of this. Each 0 these has its peculiar acts, which are strictly local, and therefore inadmissible, consistently either with the plan prescribed by the legislature or any moderate size of the work. But, as collectively taken, these are matters of I undoubted public concern, the compiler was desirous, and in fact originally intended to insert in their proper places a summary of these and most of the other local acts now in force. This, though not required by the act prescribing the form of this di gest, would obviously have greatly enhanced its utility, and therefore would without doubt have been highly acceptable to the public. Not however having time for this very tedious and operose undertaking, the compiler has been obliged to content himself with references. All the private and local acts that have been passed respecting each county academy, town, river, incorporated company or church, and several other matters are accordingly classed and referred to; and such acts as relate to the counties respectively are moreover distinguished as they may concern either the organization, the lines and boundaries, roads and bridges, or county taxes. To have selected and re ferred to such only of these acts as are now in force, would have been a mode much preferable. But that process would have con sumed almost as much time as the summary just mentioned. As they now stand, the have cost no little labour, and it is presu med they may be 01 some use. Indeed an afterthought has sug gested the hope, that on some occasions, perhaps in a search by the.

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