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 / compiled by the appointment, and under the authority of the General assembly, by Oliver H. Prince.