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The first English settlement of Georgia was commenced in 1733,History. Savannah , by general Oglethorpe, together with 160 persons.
. . The first constitution of Georgia was formed in 1777 ; a second,
and S govern n in 1785; and a third, the one now in operation, in 1798. The legis-ment. [ a ti V e power is vested in a senate and house of representatives, whichtogether are styled the General Assembly. The members of both houses arechosen annually on the first Monday in October. One senator is elected foreach county, and the number of representatives is in proportion to population,including three fifths of all the people of color; but each county is entitled toat least one, and no one to more than four, members. The executive power isvested in a governor, who was formerly elected by the general assembly; buthe is now (and ever since 1824 elected by the people on the first Monday inOctober ; and he holds the office for two years. The general assembly meets(at Milledgeville) on the first Monday in November; unless convened at anothertime by the governor. The constitution grants the right of suffrage to all“ citizens and inhabitants, who have attained the age of 21 years, and havepaid all the taxes which may have been required of them, and which they mayhave had opportunity of paying, agreeably to law, for the year preceding theelection, and shall have resided six months within the county.”
The judicial power is vested in a Superior Court and in such inferior juris-dictions as the legislature may, from time to time, ordain and establish; andthe superior and inferior courts sit twice in each county every year. The judgesof the Superior Court are elected by the legislature for three years; the justicesof the inferior courts, and justices of the peace, are elected quadriennially bythe people; and the clerks of the superior and inferior courts biennially.
The annual salary of the governor is 3,000 dollars.
This state sends nine representatives to congress.
Length, 280 miles; breadth, 160 miles: containing 46,000 square miles.Between 30° 12' and 35° N. latitude; and between 8° and 11° 30' W. longi-tude from Washington. Bounded north by Tennessee ; east by Georgia ;south by Florida , and west by the state of Mississippi .
TABLE OF THE COUNTIES AND COUNTY TOWNS.
Counties.
Population.
County Towns.
Autauga
m
11,872
Washington
129
'Baldwin
s
2,324
Blakely
228
Bibb
m
6,305
Centreville
39
Blount
nm
4,233
Blountsville
110
Butler
sm
5,634
Greenville
143
Clarke
sm
7,584
Clarkesville
146
Conecuh
s
7,444
Sparta
205
Covington
s
1,522
Montezuma
187
Dale
s
2,021
Dale C. H.
242
m
14,017
Cahawba
96
Fayette
nm
3,470
Fayette C. H.
50
Franklin
nm
11,078
Russelville
127
Greene
mm
15,026
Erie
47
Henry
se
3,955
Columbia
260