Sureties on Attachment and Official Bonds. § 6625. Collection of Bunds; Recciver for bonds deposited.-A. 1896, p. Whenever any loss insured against occurs, the insured, in order to secure his recovery, may give notice to the State Treasurer of the pendency of said loss and of the amount claimed, after which time the State Treasurer shall be bound to retain, subject to the order of the court trying any suit that may be brought for the recovery of such loss, a sufficient amount to pay the judgment in said case, in the event of recovery; when suit is ended, and the amount ascertained for which said party sued may be liable is not paid in ten days, then said plaintiff may file an application with the judge of the superior court of the county where the case was tried, for a receiver to take charge of so many bonds as shall be necessary to satisfy the aforesaid judgment. 58. $6626. Bonds to be delivered to receiver; sale; application of A. 1996, p. proceeds.—When said receiver is appointed by the judge, who shall always require bond and security of him for the faithful performance of his duty, said State Treasurer, on his application, shall deliver to him bonds sufficient in their market value, if in his custody, to satisfy said judgment. Said receiver's receipt shall be a complete discharge to said Treasurer and the State of Georgia. Then said re ceiver shall apply to the judge of said superior court for an order of sale, and in pursuance of said order sell said bonds. After deducting such expenses and commissions as shall be allowed by said judge, he shall pay over to the plaintiff, or his attorney, a sufficient amount to satisfy the said judgment, and if there remains any residue in the hands of such receiver, he shall pay over the same to the agent of the company, taking his receipt for the same, which shall be filed and recorded with the other papers in the case. 58. $6627. Conflicting claims, proceedings in case of. -If there are A. 1896, p. conflicting claims, then the State Treasurer shall deliver over to the receivers, in the order of their application, the aforesaid bonds, and if there is any contest between creditors which cannot be settled in this mode, then the party not receiving sufficient bonds through the receiver appointed in his behalf may become a party to the other case and make known his claim to the other receiver by making affidavit of the claim and filing the same with him, and then the receiver shall report such claim to the judge of the superior court appointing him, who shall by order provide for a bill of interpleader, as in cases of equity. 58. § 6628. Withdrawal of company from State.-When any company A. 1896, p. desires to withdraw from the State and will satisfy the Insurance Commissioner that all suits pending against such party, and of which no notice has been given, have been fully satisfied, or whenever no notice of claim has been given, and when such companies have been released from all bonds theretofore given by them, then the said Treasurer shall return to said party the bonds so deposited upon order from said Insurance Commissioner. Miscellaneous Provisions. A. 1896, p. 58. § 6629. Reduction or increase of amount of bonds.—Whenever, by means of the provisions of this Act, the amount of bonds so deposited are reduced, said Treasurer shall at once notify the Insurance Commissioner in writing, who will give notice to the company depositing, and require more bonds to be deposited, so as to always maintain the original amount, and if the company so notified by the Insurance Commissioner fails to comply within thirty days, the right of the company to do business in this State shall be revoked, and said Insurance Commissioner shall, at the same time, give notice, by publication in a newspaper published at the capital, of the fact of such failure and revocation of license, and shall mail written or printed notice to the several ordinaries of this State, the cost of which publication shall be paid by the company failing to comply with the provisions of this Act; and when any company, having made the deposit required by this Act, has assumed any liability, by suretyship or otherwise, on which no losses have accrued, and which company wishes to withdraw its deposit, before being allowed to do so said company shall have itself released from such obligation, whether suretyship or otherwise, and give notice of its intention to withdraw from this State, and of the fact that it has satisfied all losses and the claims against it, and have been released from all obligations assumed by it, which notice shall be published in a newspaper to be designated by the Insurance Commissioner of the State, and at the expense of said company; and it is hereby provided, that any claims of the citizens of this State must, whether for losses accrued or upon obligations therein before assumed by said company (where no losses have occurred), be fully settled before said deposit shall be withdrawn. A. 1898, p. 106. TITLE XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. § 6630. SEC. 1. Bills and notes; protest fees fixed.-It shall be unlawful for any notary public or other officer of this State whose duty it is under law to protest, note and give notice to indorsers, sureties, or makers of negotiable instruments such as notes, checks, drafts, mortgages or other evidence of debt, to charge for such services more than fifty cents on all amounts of two hundred dollars or less; on amounts ranging from two hundred dollars to one thousand dollars, one dollar; on amounts ranging from one thousand to three thousand dollars, two dollars; on all amounts over three thousand dollars, three dollars. SEC. 2. Schedule fees full compensation.-The fees mentioned in the preceding section shall be a full compensation for the officers mentioned for the full service regarding the noting, protesting, giv Miscellaneous Provisions. ing notice, making copies, and, etc., in regard to the instrument or other evidences of debt mentioned in the preceding section. 82. § 6631. Bill of sale to personalty to secure debt; foreclosure.-The A. 1899, p. owner of any bill of sale to personal property to secure a debt where the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars, may foreclose the same in the manner as mortgages on personal property are now foreclosed, under the laws of the State of Georgia. § 6632. Defense thereto.-In the event any such bill of sale is A. 1899, p. foreclosed as herein provided, the after proceedings of the said fore- 82. closure shall be the same as proceedings to foreclose mortgages, with the same rights to mortgagees to defend in the manner as defenses to foreclosure of mortgages as are now provided by the laws of said State. 68. $6633. Record of Bonds for title.--Bonds for title to land or any A. 1900, p. interest therein shall, when executed with the formality now prescribed for the execution of deeds to land, be admissible to record in the county where the property therein described is located. $6634. Notice from date of filing.-Such record shall, from the A. 1900, p. date of filing, be notice of the interest and equity of the holder of such 68. bond in the property therein described. 68. § 6635. Cancellation of; entry by clerk.-When any such bond a. 1900, p. for title shall have been recorded and subsequently surrendered, or satisfied, such surrender or satisfaction may be entered of record by the clerk of the Superior Court, in the same manner that cancellations of mortgages and deeds to secure debts are now entered of record. 72. § 6636. Census of cities, how taken.-It shall be the duty of the a. 1896, p. Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, upon request presented from the mayor and general council, or other governing authority of any city in Georgia having a population of five thousand or upwards, to have a census of the population of such city made by enumerators to be sworn by the ordinary of the county, the affidavit to be prescribed by the Secretary of State, one copy of which census shall be returned to and filed with said Secretary of State, and one or more copies filed with the clerk of council of such city. Such census shall be taken in accordance with regulations prescribed by the mayor and general council of said city and approved by said Secretary of State. The expense of taking such census to be paid by the city having such census taken. (a) Such enumeration of the population of said city, when taken and filed with the Secretary of State, shall be recognized as a State census or enumeration of the population of said city until a new census shall thereafter be taken by authority of the United States Government, or of the State Government. 109. § 6637. Visiting Committees of General Assembly.-All commit- A. 1898, p. tees appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to visit the various institutions of the State of Georgia, shall A. 1898, p. 109. A. 1900, p. 80. A. 1897, p. 119. Cession of Lands to United States. consist of not more than three from the Senate and nine from the House. § 6638. Compensation of.—Said committees shall receive as compensation for visiting institutions of said State, in addition to their per diem, as is now provided by law for members of the General Assembly, the actual and necessary money paid out by them as expenses in visiting said institutions. § 6639. Commissioners to Buffalo and Charleston Expositions.— A commission of three is hereby created, to be known as the State Board of Managers of the Pan-American and Charleston and West Indies Expositions, one member of which Commission shall be appointed by the Governor, another of which shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture and the third of which shall be the State Geologist. (a) It shall be the duty of the aforesaid commission to arrange for a display of the State's resources first, at the Buffalo Exposition and second at the Charleston Exposition; transferring the exhibit from one place to the other, at such time as in their judgment they deem best. (b) The members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services; and nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create any liability of the State, directly or indirectly, for any obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or for pecuniary assistance from this State in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations contracted by said board. (c) The Geological department and Agricultural department of the State are hereby authorized to co-operate with said board in displaying at the aforesaid expositions such exhibits of the State's resources as are now in the custody of these departments. (d) In arranging for transportation of such exhibits as may be needed by the aforesaid commission, they shall not be authorized to incur any liability until by separate Act this General Assembly shall make the necessary appropriation therefor. $6640. Jefferson Davis' Birthday a public holiday.-The third day of June of each year, commonly known as the birthday of Jeffer son Davis, is declared a public holiday in this State. A. 1897, p. § 6641. Stafford's Office Calendar, legal evidence.-Stafford's Of 87. A. 1899, p. 92. fice Calendar shall be legal evidence, covering all dates between the years 1490 and 2000, both old and new style, in all the courts of this State; provided, that this Act shall not effect any calendar which has heretofore been made legal evidence in this State. CESSION OF LANDS TO UNITED STATES. § 6642. National Park, land ceded to.-WHEREAS, the United States Government has recently entered into negotiations with a view to purchasing for use as a national park the following land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the seventeenth Cession of Lands to United States. (17th) district of Fulton county, Georgia, commencing at a point of land lot No. 110 of said district, at the northwest corner of Peachtree road and the Collier road, and running thence westerly along said Collier road through land lots Nos. 110, 146 and 156 to the Howell's Mill road, and continuing west in a straight line to the western line of what is known as the A. P. Woodward property; thence north along the west line of said Woodward's property 1258 feet, more or less, to the north line of land lot 153; thence west along the land lot lines to the west line of the property of Mrs. M. V. Lyons; thence north. through land lot No. 185, and along Mrs. Lyons' west line to the south line of land lot No. 184; thence west along the south line of land lot No. 184 to the property of McCamey and Henson; thence north along said McCamey and Henson line to Peachtree creek; thence west along the line of said creek to the west line of land lot No. 184; thence north along said west line of land lot No. 184 to the north line of said land lot; thence east along the north line of said land lot to the line of Jane Howell; thence south along said Jane Howell's line to her southwestern corner; thence east along said Howell's south line to the Howell's Mill road; thence north along said Howell's Mill road to a six-acre tract belonging to Betsy Howell; thence east along said Betsy Howell's south line to her southeast corner; thence north along said Betsy Howell's east line to the north line of land lot No. 155; thence east along the north line of land lots No. 155 and No. 144, to the west line of land lot No. 112; thence south along the west line of land lots Nos. 112 and 111 to Peachtree creek; thence easterly along the meandering of said creek five hundred feet, more or less, to Howell's line; thence southeasterly 738 feet to Thornton's line; thence southeasterly along Thornton's line 650 feet; thence easterly along Thornton's south line 601 feet to Peachtree road; and thence southerly along the west side of Peachtree road 2,200 feet, more or less, to the beginning point; together with such approaches and such other lands contiguous to that above described, which the United States Government may hereafter acquire for the purpose named. Therefore, be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That jurisdiction over said land and territory be, and the same is, hereby ceded to said United States Government on condition that it shall acquire title to the same; provided, however, that the State of Georgia shall retain concurrent jurisdiction thereover with the United States Government. 109. § 6643. Concession as to public road in Ringgold and in Catoosa a. 1897, p. County. The right and authority is granted and ceded to the United States to construct and maintain a public highway or road of chert or other substantial material, in, upon and through the public streets of the town of Ringgold, in the county of Catoosa, State of Georgia, and along and upon the public road or roads in said county from the corporate limits of said town to and through Ring |