A digest of the laws of the state of Georgia : containing all statutes and the substance of all resolutions of a general and public nature, and now in force, which have been passed in this state, previous to the session of the General Assembly of Dec. 1837 : with occasional explanatory notes, and connecting references : to which is added an appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States ; the Constitution of the state of Georgia as amended ; the statute of frauds and perjuries ; The habeas corpus act, &c. : also a synopsis of the local acts, arranged to each county, and classed under appropriate heads : with a copious index /