“AN ACT to change the name of Elizabeth Strong to that of Elizabeth Ware, and to relieve her from the pains and penalties of bigamy in the event of her marriage.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the name of Elizabeth Strong, of the county of Heard, shall be Elizabeth Ware, by which name she shall be known and distinguished. – Sectjon 2. Be it further enacted, That should the said Elizabeth Strong, whose name is changed to Elizabeth Ware, intermarry within this State, she shall be relieved and totally exempt from the pains and penalties of the penal laws of this State against the crime of bigamy; and, that said marriage, should the said Elizabeth marry, be and the same is hereby declared legal.

Approved, February 22, 1850.”