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Whole Xo. 087 The Tarborongh Press BY GEORGE HOWARD, t nnhlishcd weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty 11 ... .ir. if Data in advance or, 1iree It the rxniration of the subscription year. ii" ' period less than a year, Tiventy-five " t nor month. Subscribers are at liberty to ( (7(1' " 1 .:.,n at nnv time, on rivinjr notice thereof Toivin" arrears those residing at a distance ran;n"j j.j ... o 1 i.i.r ntv in ;ii vanpo. nr ri vrf ii rnsiinn Ii-,firpnce in this vicinity. Advertisements imt exceeding a square will be ted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 23 inS fnr every continuance. Longer advertise- in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju i o,K-pr!isements 25 per cent, higher. Ad visements must be marked the number of in V'rtions required, or they will be continued unti 8fi-rUp ordered and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the Editor must be post BY AUTHORITY. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OP THE TWEXTl'-FIFTH CONG K ESS. PlTRLIC No. 17. An ACT for the relief of umbrella ma kers. Be it enacted, by thc Senate and T louse pf Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, I hat there shall be refunded, out of the Trea sure, to S'ich umbrella makers as have imported umbrella stretchers since the pas seofthe act entitled "An act 'to alter and amend Mie several nets imposing duties on imports," approved the fourteenth dav ofJulv, A. 1). eighteen hundred and thirty two, all excess of duty, beyond what such importers would have been required to paT, if the provisions contained in the tenth and twelfth clauses (r the second section of said act had at all times since its passage been suspended in their operation in the same manner as they were suspended by the act of the second of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An act to explain and amend the several acts impo singdutieson imports, passed the fourteentii of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, so far as relates to hardware and certain manufactures of copper and brass and other articles," and by other sub sequent acts of like character. JAMES K. POLK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MI. M. JOHNSON, Vict President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, March 3d, 1S39. M. VAN 13 U REN. Public No. IS. AX ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to purchase a tract of land belong ing to the heirs of John Harris, deceased, being within the limits of the navy yard in Chnrlestown, Massachusetts. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be and he hereby is authorized and required to pur chase certain lands situated within the lim its of the navy yard in Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts, said land being the property of the heirs of John Harris, late fsaid Charlestown, deceased. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, I hat the price and value of said hind may be fairly am; justly estimated, the Secretary f'he Navy is hereby authorized to agree with said heirs in selecting and choosing three disinterested, discreet, suitable men, w'ho, after being sworn, and having fully examined said land, shall estimate and appraise the same: Provided, It can be pur chased for a reasonable sum. Sec 3. And be it further enacted, hat, when the appraisal shall be made krovn to the Secrctarv aforesaid, and a pud & sufficient deed of the same land shall tendered or given to the United Slates Jy the said heirs, then the Secretary of the shall pay said heirs the amount of jjiu appraisal, being the. consideration for ne Premises, out of any money in the Trea ty not otherwise appropriated. ArpuovED, March 3d, 1S39. Public No. 19. . ACTmaking appropriations for build up pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago lake, and for other purposes. Jhit enacted by the Senate and House V representatives of the United States fn tu mca hl Congress assembled, That w the security of thc navigation of the mmercc of the United States, the follow gs,msbe, and the same hereby are, ap- Rlated' t0 bo Pald out of any money in inii LUrynot otherwise appropriated, m be applied to the following objects: 1 ' Tarborough, .Z131 northern ex- r rV- vl!,ncilaSlake, in the Territo ry of Wisconsin, the sum of five hundred dollars; Por placing buoys at the mouth of Nee nan river, at the head of Great bay, in said I crntory, to mark the channel thereof, the sum of five hundred dollars. Approved, March 3d, 1S39. Public No. 20. AN ACT making a donation of land to thc i.iiuij oi iovva, tor the purpose of erecting public buildings thereon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America m Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated and granted to the Territory of Iowa, one entire section of land, of any of the surveyed pub lic lands in said Territory, for thc purpose ot erecting thereon the public buildings for the use ot thc Executive and Legislative de partments of the Government of the said territory: Provided, That the said section ot land shall be selected under the authori ty of the Territorial Legislature, the scat of Government located thereon, and notion nf said selection officially returned to the reg ister oi the land office in the district in which the land is situated within one year from the passing of this act: And nrovidpd. further, That nothing herein contained hull authorize the selection of the sixteenth section in any township reserved for the use ot schools, nor of any lot reserved for public purposes; and thai in the selection to be made as aforesaid, no pre-existing improvement or right to pre-emption rc cognised by law, shall be prejudiced thcre- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That if, at the time of the selection of the section of land to be made as aforesaid, the contiguous sections thereto have not been made subject to public sale, or being so subject have not been sold at public sale or by private entry, then each and every sec tion contiguous to said selected section, and not so sold, shall be thereafter reserved and withheld from sale in any manner, un til the iurther order of Congress thereon. But nothing herein expressed shall be con strued to restrain the said Territory of Io wa, alter appropriating a sufficient quantity of land within said selected selection for the site and accommodation of thc public buildings, from selling and disposing of the residue of said section in lots or other wise, for the use of said Territory, in the erection and completion of said buildings. Approved, March 3d, 1S39. Public. No. 21. AN ACT for thc improvement and survey of certain rivers, and thc repair of certain roads in Florida. Resolved by the Senate and House of Rejircscntalivcfi oj the united States of America in Congress assembled, rI hat the following sums 6f money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not oth erwise appropriated, for the purposes here in specified, that is to say, For thc removal of obstructions at thc mouth of the Suwannee river, and for thc survey of thc said river, with a view to its improvement, fifteen thousand dollars; For the survey of Yellow river, FJorida, to ascertain the practicability and cost of removing the raft which obstructs its nav igability, five hundred dollars; For the repair, including the alteration if necessary, of the road from Jacksonville, by the way ofGarey's ferry, to Newmans ville, Florida, five thousand dollars; For the construction of a road from Jack sonville to St. Mary's, Florida, in part or in whole upon the route of the existing road, as may be found expedient, seven thousand five hundred dollars; all which sums shall be expended under the direction of the Sec retary War. Approved, March 3d, 1S39. ' Public No. 22. AN ACT granting to the judges of the Su preme court of Iowa the same compensa tion as by law is given to the judges of the supreme court of Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the commencement of the next quarter, after the passage of this act, the judges of the supreme court of the Ter ritory of Iovva shall receive thc same salary as is now received by the judges of the Ter ritory of Wisconsin. Appuoved, March 3d, 1839. Public No. 23. AN ACT to provide for taking thc sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That thc marshals of the several districts of the United States, and of the District of Colum bia, and of the Territories of Wisconsin, (Edgecombe County, AT. C.) Saturday, Jlpril 27, 1839. ilowa, and of Florida. rOSnPOft Vol r otmll I oe. arm nro irrnUr .i i; ' : y.-,n.4-JHcu,uiiucr ineui- mug io me civil divisions ot the States or reclion ot the Secretary of the department Territories respectively, the several fami oi state, and according to such instructions lies, by the name of the head thereof, as he shall give, pursuant to this act, to Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, cause the number of thc inhabitants within That every assistant failing or ne-!ectin' tneir respective districts and territories to make a proper return, or makin a false (omitting, in such enumeration, Indians not return of the enumeration to the marshal, taxed) tobetakenaccordingtothedirections within the time limited by this act shall I..- -iu i iiu said enumeration snail uis- tlniniioli lU . PUP t. I tinguish thc sexes ofali free white persons, and ages of the free white males and fe- males, respectively, underfive vcars ofaro- thoscof five and undertenyears ofage;those of ten years and under fifteen; those of fif teen and under twenty; those of twenty and under thirty; those of thirty and under forty: those of forty and under fifty; those of fifty and under sixty; those of sixty and under seventy; those of seventy and under pi-htv: those of eighty and under ninety; those of miH iy anu uncier one nundrcd ; those ot one hundred and upwards: and shall further dis tinguish the number of those free white per sons included in such enumeration who are deaf and dumb, under the age of fourteen years; and those of the aire of fourteen vears and under twenty-five; and of the age of iwenty-nvc years and upwards; and shall further distinguish thc number of those free white parsons included in such enu meration who are blind: and also in like manner of those who arc insuie, or idiots, distinguishing further such of the insane and idiots as are a public charge. The said en umeration shall distinguish thc sexes of all free colored persons, and of all other color ed persons bound to service for life or for a term of years, and the ages of such free and other colored persons, respectively, of each sex, under ten years of age; those of ten and under twenty-four; those of twenty four and under thirty-six, those of thirty six and under fifty-five, those of fifty-five and under one hundred, and those of one hundred and upwards: and shall further distinguish the number of those free colo red and other colored persons included in the foregoing who are deaf and dumb with out regard to age, and those who arc blind: and also in like manner of those who arc insane or idiots, distinguishing further such of thc insane and idiots as area public charge. For effecting which the marshals aforesaid shall have power, and are hereby required to appoint one or more assistants in each city and county in their respective districts and territories, residents of such city or county for which they shall be appointed, and shall assign to each of the said assistants a certain division of territory, which division shall not consist, in any case, of more than one county, but may include one or more, towns, townships, wards, hundreds, pre cincts, or parishes, and shall be plainly and distinctly bounded. The said enumeration shall be made by an actual inquiry by such marshals or assistants, at every dwelling house, or by personal inquiry of thc head of every family. The marshals and their assistants shall, respectively, before enter ing on thc performance of their duty under this act, take and subscribe an oath or affir mation before some judge or justice of the peace resident within their respective dis tricts or territories, for the faithful perfor mance of their duties. The oath or affirm ation of the marshal shall be as follows; "I, A B, marshal of the district (or territory) of , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will truly and faithfully cause to be made a full and perfectenumeration and de scription of all persons resident within my district, (or territory,) and return the same to the Secretary of State, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress entitled An act to provide for taking the sixth cen sus or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,' according to the best of my ability." The oath or affirmation of an as sistant shall be as follows: "I, A 13, ap pointed an assistant to thc marshal of thc district (or territory) ot do solemn- ly swear (or affirm) that I will make a iusf, faithful, and perfectenumeration and dcs - cription ot all persons resident within the ant, a atorcsaid, shall, in any case, beenti division assigned to me for that nuroose ed to receive said compensation, he shall by the marshal of the district (or territory) of , and make due return thereof to tne said marshal, agreeably to tne directions of an act of Congress entitled An act to provide for taking the sixth census or enu meration of the inhabitants of the United States,' according to the best of my ability, and that I will take the said enumeration and description by actual inquiry at every enumeration of the inhabitants of the Uni dwelling house within said division, or ted States,' have been ascertained byan ac personal inquiry of the head of every fami- tual inquiry ateverydwelling-house,ora per- ly, and not otherwise." The enumeration snail commence on me iirst uay in dune, in the year one thousand eight hundred and P 4... .1 II I .1 I . 1 --H .1 . .1 T lUILy, UI1U Sliaii Ue CUIIipieiUU UUU i;iU3t:U - - - within ten calendar months thereafter. Vhn cororil ncdcfinfc cKill tvifhin ninA months, and on or before the first day of r.l il . ,1 U k.,,.,l, forty, deliver to the marshals by whom .1 1 11 I J 1 ... mey Mian ue apponueu, icsjjcuuvcjj'j utu copies of the accurate returns ofall persons, except Indians not taxed, to be enumerated ions, which returns shall be made in a sche dule, and which shdl distinguish, in each county, city, town, township, ward, prc- Inft lint-.. !.,..! .!. 1 . : 1 J . lorien thc sum ol twohundred dollar? rcco it. .. vcrable in the manner pointcdoutinthe next section hereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that thc marshals sh all file one copy ot'e.ich of the several returns aforesaid, and, also, an attested copy of the aggregate amount hereinafter directed, to be "transmitted by them, respectively, to the Secretary of State, with thc clerks of their respective districts, or superior courts, as the case may be, wlioare hereby directed to receive and carefully to preserve, the same; and the marshals respectively, shall, on or before the first day of December, in the ye.ir one thousand eight hundred and forty, transmit to the Secretary of State one copy of the several returns received from each assis tant, and, also the aggregate amount of each description of persons within their respec tive districts or territories, and every mar shal failing to file the returns of his assis tants, or the returns of any of them, with the clerks of thc respective courts, as afore said, or failing to reuirn one copy of the several returns received from each assistant, and, also, the aggrcgite amount of each description of poisons in their respective districts or territories, as required by this act, and as the s ame shall appear from said returns, to thc Secretary of State, within the time limited by this act, shall, for every such offence, forfrit the sum of one thousand dollars; which forfeiture shall be recovera ble in the courts of the districts or territo ries where the said offences shall be com mitted, or within the circuit courts held within the same, by action of debt, inform ation, or indictment ; the one-half thereof to the use of the United States, and the other half to the informer; but where the prose cution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States, the whole shall accrue to their use; and for the mora effectual dis covery of such offences, the judges of the several district courts in the several dis tricts, and of the supreme courts in the ter ritories of thc United States, as aforesaid, at their next session to be held after the ex piration of the time allowed for making the returns of the enumeration hereby directed to the Secretary of State, shall give this act in charge to the grand juries in their respec tive courts, and shall cause the returns of the several assistant, and the said attested copy of the aggregate amount, to be laid before them for their inspection. And the respective clerks of the said courts shall, within thirty days afterthe sud origi nal returns shall h ive been laid before the grand juries aforesaid, transmit and deliver all such original returns, so filed to the De partment of State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Tint every assistant shall receive at the rate of two dollars for every hundred per sons by him returned, where such persons reside in the country; and where such per sons reside in a city or town containing more than three thousand persons, such as sistant shall receive at thc same rate for ev ery three thousand, and at the rate of two dollars for every three hundred persons over three thousand residing in such city or town; but where, from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants in some divi sions, two dollars will not be sufficient for one hundred persons,- the marshals, with the approbation of the judges of their res pective districts or territories, may make such further allowance to the assistants in such divisions as shall be deemed an ade quate compensation: Provided, The same does not exceed two dollars and fifty cents fr every fifty persons by them returned: Brovided, further, That before any assist- lae and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before some judge orjusticeof u,c peace, auuiunzuu io aummisier me same, to wit: "I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the number of persons set forth in the return made by me, agreeably to the provision of the act entitled 'An act to provide for taking the sixth census or sonai inquiry oi mcneau oi every iamuy, in cAatuumui iuuiujjiovhiuus m san act, and that I have, in every respect, ful- fi 1 nA l-a -lilt ifc t-nn 1 1 i roi nf mo K .n!,l n.t exact conformity with thc previsions of said un,uuuwiv-.juin,u vjiui, uy JJIU ULl, to the best of my abilities; and that the re- turn aforesaid is coiTPot and trup- accord- ing to the best of my knowledge and be lint" The compensation of the several marshals d 1 1 1 -iCk na rtl : -kiiTc The marshal of the district of Maine, foui nunureu uouars; The marshal of the district of New Hamp shire, four hundred dollars; The marshal of the district of Massachu setts, four huudrcd and fifty dollars ; Vol. XV Xo. 17. The marshal of the district of Rhode Is land, two hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the district of Vermont, four hundred dollars; The marshal of the district of Connecticut, three hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the southern district of New York, four hundred and fifty dollars; Thc marshal of the northern district of New York, four hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the district of New Jer sey, three hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of thc eastern district of Pennsylvania, four hundred dollars; The marshal of the western district of Pennsylvania, four hundred dollars; Them irshal of the distant of Delaware, two hundred and twenty-five dollars; The marshal of the district of Maryland, four hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the eastern district of Vir gina, four hundred dollars; The marshal of the western districtof Vir gina, four hundred dollars; The marshal of the district of Kentucky, four hundred and fifty dollars; , The marshal of the district of North Car olina, four hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the district of South Carolina, four hundred and fifty dollars; Thc marshal of the district of Georgia, four hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of thc district of East Ten nessee, two hundred dollars; The marshal of thc district of West Ten nessee, two hundred dollars; Thc marshal of thc middle district of Ten nessee, two hundred dollars; The marshal of the district of Ohio, five hundred dollars; The marshal of the district of Indiana, four hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the district of Illinois, three hundred dollars; The marshal of the northern district of Mississippi, two hundred dollars; The marshal of the southern district of Mississippi, two hundred dollars; Thc marshals of the districts of Louisiana, two hundied dollars each; The marshal of the northern district of Alabama, two hundred dollars; Thc marshal of the southern district of Alabama, two hundred dollars; The marshal of the District of Columbia, one.hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the district of Michigan, two hundred and fifty dollars; The marshal of the district of Arkansas, two hundred and fifty dollars; The marshals of the Territory of Florida, respectively, fifty dollars; The marshals of the,Territoryof Wiscon sin, two hundred and fifty dollars; The marshals of thc Territory of Iowa, two hundred and fifty dollars. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person whose usual place of abode shall be in any family on the said first day of June, one thousand eight hun dred and fort-, shall be returned of such family and the name of every person who shall be an inhabitant of any district or Ter ritory, without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the sche dule which is allotted for the heads of fami lies in the division where he or she shall bo on the said first day of January, and every person occasionally absent at the time of enumeration, as belonging to the place in which he or she usually resides in the Uni ted States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That each and every free person more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of fam ilies or not, belonging to any family with in any division, district, or territory, made or established within the United States, shall be, and hereby is obliged to render to the assistant of the division, if required, a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered in any action of debt, by such assistant; the one-half to his own use, and thc other half to the use of the United Stales. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That eaah and every assistant, previous to making his return to the marshal, shall cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitants within his division to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which copies the said assistant shall be entitled to receive fiye dollais: Provided, Proof of the schedule having been set up shall be transmitted to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons; and in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the marshal, with the return of thenumber of nersons. as aforesaid. he shall forfeit the compensation allowed in ut uv una ui. i. Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required to trans mit to the marshals of the several districts-, and Territories, regulations and instruc tions, pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect; and, also, the forms coq-
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