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A Proprietary colonies were governed much as royal colonies except that lord proprietors appointed the governor rather than the king They were set up after the English Restoration of 1660 and typically enjoyed greater civil and religious liberty Pennsylvania (which included Delaware) New Jersey and Maryland were proprietary colonies, 1970 607,592 9.2% 1.1 New England colonies, Atlanta Georgia business directory. Group photo of fifteen men; five in the top row four in the middle and six in the front posing in front of a brick building. History Main article: Railway signalling Reference: Georgia Symbols. .

Out of the total population five years and older 83.3% spoke only English at home while 8.8% spoke Spanish 3.9% another Indo-European language and 2.8% an Asian language Atlanta's dialect has traditionally been a variation of Southern American English the Chattahoochee River long formed a border between the Coastal Southern and Southern Appalachian dialects Because of the development of corporate headquarters in the region attracting migrants from other areas of the country by 2003 Atlanta magazine concluded Atlanta had become significantly "de-Southernized." a Southern accent was considered a handicap in some circumstances in general Southern accents are less prevalent among residents of the city and inner suburbs and among younger people; they are more common in the outer suburbs and among older people At the same time some residents of the city express Southern variations of African-American English, As an example a typical modern wagon can hold up to 113 tonnes (125 short tons) of freight on two four-wheel bogies the track distributes the weight of the train evenly allowing significantly greater loads per axle and wheel than in road transport leading to less wear and tear on the permanent way This can save energy compared with other forms of transport such as road transport which depends on the friction between rubber tyres and the road Trains have a small frontal area in relation to the load they are carrying which reduces air resistance and thus energy usage. Main article: Demographics of Metro Atlanta In addition to these lines Amtrak owns station and yard tracks in Chicago Los Angeles New Orleans New York City Oakland (Kirkham Street Yard) Orlando Portland Oregon Saint Paul Seattle Philadelphia and Washington D.C Amtrak leases station and yard tracks in Hialeah near Miami Florida from the State of Florida.[citation needed]. Academics See also: Political party strength in Georgia (U.S state) See also: Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. 67/19 78/26 In 1804 the state government decided that yet another capital would be needed Subsequently an act was passed authorizing construction of a new capital city on 3,240 acres (13 km2) in the area currently known as Baldwin County the city was named Milledgeville in honor of Governor John Milledge, Georgia consists of 159 counties second only to Texas with 254 Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931 when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history and many bear names with Native American origin Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch usually called the Board of Commissioners which usually also has executive authority in the county Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person Georgia is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties Georgia's Constitution provides all counties and cities with "home rule" authority the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would.