Jeremiah D. Yates, of Charleston, Treasurer, Lower Division, 2,000 Francis Burt, of Pendleton, 1,600 Fees. Henry Bailey, 1,100 and Fees. 1,500 Thomas Frean, William W. Ancrum, F. H. Elmore, W. E. Martin, Thomas W. Glover, of Newberry, do. Upper Division, Surveyor General, of Charleston, Attorney General, of Summerville, Sup't of Public Works, of Charleston, Pres. Bank of the State of S. C., 3,000 of Grahamville, Clerk of the Senate. of Orangeburg, Clerk of the House, JUDICIARY. Chancellors in Equity. 1,000 Courts of appeals in Law and Equity for hearing and determining all appeals, and motions in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial, are held in Columbia, on the first Monday in May, and on the fourth Monday in November, in every year. A similar Court sits in Charleston, on the 1st Monday in January, for cases brought up from the Courts in the Districts of Georgetown, Horry, Beaufort, Colleton, and Charleston. The Courts for the Correction of Errors, consisting of all the chancellors, and judges of the Courts of Law, are held at such time during the sitting of the Courts of Appeal, as the chancellors and judges may appoint. Alexander Herbemont, Clerk of the Court of Appeals. FINANCES. Whole amount of State Debt, in year ending Sept. 30, 1845, $3,234,502 31 The property of the State is as follows: XV. GEORGIA. GOVERNMENT. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, of Richmond Co., Governor, Salary. $3,000 The pay of the members of the Legislature is $4 a day. The sessions of the Legislature are now held biennially. Secretary of the Senate, 500 of Cass Co., Clerk of House of Rep., of Clark Co., The term of office for these judges is six years. The State is divided into eleven Circuits, with a judge for each. W. B. Fleming, R. L. Gamble, N. C. Sayre, Charles Dougherty, James A. Meriwether, J. J. Scarborough, John Floyd, of Chatham Co., Judge of the Eastern Circuit, $1,800 Inferior Court. -An Inferior Court is held in each county, composed of five justices, elected by the people every four years. These Courts possess the powers of Courts of Probate. The justices have no salary. By a census of the State of Georgia, taken in 1845, the population was found to be as follows: Macon and Western Railroad, from Macon to Atlanta, 101 miles. Western and Atlantic R. R., from Dawsonville to Cross Plains, 22 do. The Macon and Western Railroad is virtually an extension of the Central Railroad. Atlanta is the common point at which the Georgia Railroad and the Macon and Western Railroad terminate. The Western and Atlantic Railroad is the extension of both to the westward; and when it reaches Cross Plains, the works of internal improvements in the State will be completed within fifteen miles of the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee. From Cross Plains to the seaboard, by railroad, is as follows: From Cross Plains to Savannah, 395 miles. From Cross Plains to Charleston, 408 do. From Cross Plains to Nashville, via. Chattanooga, is about 160 do. Georgia Central Railroad and Banking Company. Amount of property in the banking department, $239,233; banking liabilities for circulation and deposits, about $80,000; expended for Railroad to Dec. 2, 1845, $2,964,193. The number of passengers transported on this road in 1845, was 14,611. The amount of receipts from passengers, $60,000; from freight, chiefly cotton, and mail, $308,340; total earnings of the year, $368,450; do. of the preceding year, $328,424. The number of bales of cotton transported, was 114,641. The expenses of the year amounted to $186,886, of which $78,286 were for maintenance of way, $54,460 for motive power and maintenance of machinery, and $8,573 for maintenance of cars. The number of miles run by locomotives was 223,241. XVI. FLORIDA. GOVERNMENT. Salary. WILLIAM D. MOSELEY, of Mickossukie, Governor, (term expires The General Assembly, chosen on the 1st Monday of October, meets on the 1st Monday in November of each year. The Representatives are elected for one year, and the Senators for two years; the number of Representatives can never exceed sixty. 3 a day. a day. 6 a day. Thomas Douglass, JUDICIARY. Circuit Courts. of Jacksonville, Chief Judge, Eastern Circuit, $2,000 John C. Smith, Salary. of Apalachicola, Solicitor, Western Circuit, Fees & 200 The Judges of the Circuits are also Justices of the Supreme Court, and hold court in the several circuits alternately. The Circuit Courts have original common law jurisdiction in all matters, civil and criminal. They also have original equity jurisdiction, until a separate Chancery Court shall be established by the Legislature. The judges are elected by concurrent vote of a majority of both Houses, and are chosen at first for five years; after that term, during good behavior. They may be removed by impeachment, or by address of two thirds of each House. The Attorney General is elected by joint vote of the two Houses for four years; the Solicitor also for each circuit for the same term. XVII. ALABAMA. GOVERNMENT. Salary. JOSHUA L. MARTIN, of Tuscaloosa, Governor, (term of office expires on the 1st Monday in December, 1847,) William Garrett, Jefferson C. Van Dyke, Secretary of State, Comptroller of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, $2,500 Fees and 1,200 Fees and 1,000 Fees and 1,000 Fees and 425 200 of Tuscaloosa, Attorney General, 200 The Secretary of State, the Comptroller, and the Treasurer, are elected for two years, by a joint vote of the two Houses of the General Assembly. The Senate consists of 33 members, elected for four years, one half of them going out every two years. The House of Representatives consists of 100 members, elected for two years. The pay of the members of both Houses is $4 a day each. John A. Wington, Andrew B. Moore, of Sumpter Co., President of the Senate. The legislature changed the seat of government from Tuscaloosa to the city of Montgomery. The building of the new State House in Montgomery has been commenced. The corner stone was laid, with Masonic ceremonies, on the 4th of July, 1846. The following is an extract from one of the memorials deposited therein : |