“Whereas James R. Ware, a resident of Stewart county, represents to the General Assembly that he is a native of Great Britain, but has resided in the United States since the year eighteen hundred and sixteen, and that having considerable property now, and expecting to have by inheritance and otherwise considerably more, he wishes, as he has no child of his own, that Ellen M. Baker, the cousin of said Ware and the child of Alpheus Baker of Stewart county, may be made his heir and caused to stand related to him as if she were the child of his body, so that she may as such inherit whatever property he may at his death leave undisposed of by will, or that the said Ware may be entitled to by inheritance or otherwise; and whereas the said James R. Ware prays the General Assembly to pass an act to accomplish his wish ; therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Ellen M. Baker shall henceforth stand related to the said James R. Ware in all respects as if she were the child of his body, and as such shall at his death become his heir and inherit whatever property or other things of value he may leave undisposed of by lawful will and whatever property the said Ware would be entitled to inherit if living.

Section 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, December 20,1849.”

Reference Data:

Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia, by Georgia, 1850, page 194