Georgia, historical and industrial . of daily, weekly and monthly laborers are excepted from garnish-ment. The rights of creditors are favored by the courts and every facility forthe collection of debts has been made. In the making of a will no particular form is required. All wills, ex-cept nuncupative, must be in wi-iting, signed by the maker, or in hispresence and by his direction. Every will must be attested by three com-petent witnesses in the presence of the testator. All wills disposing of realproperty in the State, in order to be entitled to probate, must be executedwith the same forma
Georgia, historical and industrial . of daily, weekly and monthly laborers are excepted from garnish-ment. The rights of creditors are favored by the courts and every facility forthe collection of debts has been made. In the making of a will no particular form is required. All wills, ex-cept nuncupative, must be in wi-iting, signed by the maker, or in hispresence and by his direction. Every will must be attested by three com-petent witnesses in the presence of the testator. All wills disposing of realproperty in the State, in order to be entitled to probate, must be executedwith the same formality as if made in the State. Bequests to any kindof institutions must be executed at least ninety days before the death ofthe testator, and must not so dispose of more than a third of the estate, ifthe testator has a wife, child, or descendants. If any bequest violatesthis rule, it is null and void. The legal age at which marriage may be contracted is seventeen inmales and fourteen in females. Under eighteen in females the consent. DR. THOS. V. JANES,First (oiniiiissioner of Agriculture, GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AXD IXDUSTRIAL. 423 of the parents must be obtained. Marriage within the Levitical degreesof affinity and consangniaity are forbidden. Miscegenation, or marriage betTveen the white and colored races, isforbidden. The divorce laws are better than those of many States, in that theymake the sundering of the marriage tie no easy matter. The property rights of the wife, both real and personal, are fully pro-tected by the law. Banking, insurance, railroad, canal, navigation, express, and telegraphcompanies, formerly chartered by the General Assembly are now char-tered by the Secretary of State upon petition, and are given by statutethe powers usually conferred upon such companies. Other corporationsare chartered by the superior court in the county where their principaloffice is located. The Comptroller-General is ex officio Insurance Commissioner, and alicense from him, granted o
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