A digest of the English statutes of force in the State of Georgia : containing all the statutes of a general nature which were "usually in force on the fourteenth day of May, 1776, and not repugnant to the Constitution, laws, and form of government since established in this state: "with explanatory notes, connecting references, and references to English and American decisions, and the acts of the General Assembly of Georgia : and an appendix, containing several statutes which the compiler believed to be in force ... with a copious index / compiled by the appointment, and under the authority of the General Assembly by William Schley.