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1 . i. . I ff 4-- VOLUME I - NEWBERN,' N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1818, DUMBER 23. ! TKRIS : I, i " TflE Carolina; cevtineil. is published rs JX tv B,.lr rri- ! IIJ.I1 I t-'I'l r- I 1 K A.t TuaSE Dollars per annum, otic f&r payable: in advunce. " i ' To paper -will he discontinued until all arrearages are paid up, except at the op jo:i of the publisher. Advertisements - inserted at 50 cents the first week, and 25 cents a square, for . each succeeding insertion. nci .1 i raoRiiY. AN ACT to Abolish the Internal Duties. : Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe .jfReprcsentatires of the United States tf A tiericdm Congress assembled, That, froTi and after.the thirty-first day of De cember, one thouand eia;ht hundred and seventeen, the' internal duties on licenses vtlttViN M on refined sugars; .licences to retailers ; sales at auction ; xarnages for the conveyance of persons ; and stamp el vellum, parchment, and paper, shall be discontinued ; and all acts, and parts of acts, relative thereto, shall, from and after the said thirty-first day of December, be repealed : Provided, That, for she collec ti in, recovery, remission, and receipt, of such duties as shall have accrued, and on tlie (iav aforesaiii remain outstandinsr, and foi the" payme.it of drawbacks or allowan ces on the exportation of any of the said spirits, or su gars entitled thereto, provided J the exnortation be etlected previous to the 'first day of January, one thousand eight i. tvvlrfd and nineteen, and for the recov ery and distribution of fines, penalties, and which shall have been incurred before and on the said thirty-first day of December, 'the provisions of the aforesaid acts shall remain in full force and virtue. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That - du-? offices of the collectors of the internal .'duties and direct tax shall continue in each collection district, " -respectively, until die collection of the duties abovemention ed. a'id of the direct fax, .shall have been completed in such district, and no longer, unless sooner 'discontinued by the Presi dent of the United States, . who shall be, und hereby is,! 'empowered,-' whenever, the collection of the said duties. and tax shall h ive been so lar compieteu in anyaisinci as to render, in his opinion, the measure expedient, to discontinue any of the said collectors, and to unite, into one collection distnet, any two or' more collection dis tricts, lying and being in the same state ; in which case, the collectors thereafter employed in the collection of the said du ties and tax in such state or district," shall be appointed and removeable by the Pre sident alone; and for the promoting of ' the collection .of any of the aboyemen tioned duiies or tax, which iriay be out standing after the said thirty-first day of December, the .President of the United States shall be j and he hereby is, empow . ered, at any time thereafter, to make surh allowance as he may think proper, in ad dition to the commissions now allowed by I law to any.of the collectors of the said du- 4fAI nv-k) 4-np' rt n 4-ln l o v n 4- m W Provided, That the whole of such additional allowances shall not, in the aggregate, j exceed five per centum of the amount of the duties and tax paid into the Treasury after that day ; and that the extraordinary allowances authorized by the second and fourth sections-of the act? "passed March ijhird, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, entitled " An act to fix the compensation, and increase the res ponsibility, of the collectors of the direct tax and internal duties, and for other pur poses connectedj with the collection there of," shall, jafter the said thirty-first day of December cease ; and the office of com missioner of tHi 'revenue shall cease, and De ttiscontmued .whenever the collection or the duties and tax abovementioned hall bo completed j unless sooner discon tinued by! the President of the United States, who shall be, and -hereby is, em powered whenever the collection of the said duties ana: tax shall have been so far completed as, in his opinion, to render that measure expedient, to discontinue the said oince; in which case, the immediate su perintendence of the collection of such parts of th'said duties and taxes as may then remain outstanding, shall be placed isuch.ou1cer,-of the Treasury Depart ment as the Secretary, for the time bein?, Sy desieriate t Provided. 11 " - i . 7 v. , , notes, or otner instrument A .1 aich have been charged with" the, pay- BY AU merit ofHa duty, and Wftich shall, at any time prior to tlie said thirty-first day of jy hav? been written or printed upon vellum, parchment j or paper, not stamped or marked according to law, jr ' j 'i upon vellum, parchment, or paperj stamp ed or rharkedta lower rate of duty than is by law required fr such bond, note, or other instrument, may be presented to any collector of the internal revenue, or . col-a lector of the customs within the state, and, . where there, Is no such collector, to the : marshal of the district, whose duty it shall be, upon the payment of the duty with which such instrument was chargeable, together, with the. additional sum of ten dollars ; . for which duty and additional sum, the said collector or marshal shall be accountable to the Treasury of the United States j to endorse Hpon some part of said instrument his receipt for the same; and thereupon the said bono!, note,' or other instrument, shall be, to all intents and purposes, as valid and available to the person holdin g the same, as if it had been or were' stamped, or marked, as by law required ; any thing in any act to the con trary notwithstanding. V . Sec. 3. Aiii be it farther ehacted, That all persons who shall obtain, or who shall ,u,c -w-cu licenses lor si us or ooil- ers, or for sehui:; by retail, or certificates . for .;'carnare,' extending bevbnd the said tnirty-b:st ot December, shall be allowed a de luction from the duties paid , or se cured by them, proportionate to the part of their term which may remain unexpired ? on the said thirty -first of December ; and the several banks or bankers vlich may have agreed to niake the annual composi tion of one and a half per centum On their dividends, in lieu of the stamp duty on the otes issued, by them, shall pay jpnly at the rate of , one and a half per centum per annum on si ch dividends far the portion of the year that shall remain from the time ofthe last annual payment to the said thirty-first of Decenber, to be estimate! upon the dividend or dividends that'ha,'ve" beei or shall be declared and made py such bank or bankers,5 respectively, within a year from the time of such last annual payment; aqd in. all cases in which pay ments shall have been made, or duties se cured,, for aterm extending beyond the said thirty -first of December, on account of any certificates for the u se of a carriage, or license to distil or retail, so much of the sums so paid or secured, as shall jje pro-, portioned to the part ofthe term which may.reraain unexpired' .shall be refunded or remitted : ProwVfef,That all duties on sales at auction effected, and on refined sugar removed, previously to the first day of Januarys one thousand eigfht hundred and eighteen, shall be paid in the same mannerasifthisact had notben passed. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That all persons who shall, on or after the said thirty-first day of December, have blank vellum, parchment, or paper, which lias been stamped, and on which a duty has been paid to the-use of the govern ment, shall be entitled to receive, from the collector of the district to whom it may be delivered, or from such Otliexre veriue officer in the respective states or districts, as may be designated for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, the value of the said stamps after deduct ing, in all cases, seven and a half per centum ; and the said officers are hereby authorized to pay the same: Provided, The said blank vellum, parchment, or pa pery be presented within four months after the said ihirly-fiftt of December. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That on all sums that may be refunded in vir tue of this act, as well as all sums receiv ed after the thirty-first day of December aforesaid, and before potice of this act, the collectors shall be allowed a commis sion of x per centum, to be charged by them in settling their accounts with the Treasury Departmenf. , 1 1 Sec". 6. Ami be it further enacted, That in case a collector shall not have in; his hands a sufficient sum out of which to re fund the, sums authorized to be refunded by this act, or to defray the expenses in cident to the collection of the outstanding duties or direct tax, such repayments and expenses shall be made and defrayed out of any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated. ' ' f Sec. 7. And be it fiiriher enacted, That if, on jthe settlement of the accounts of any collector relative to the direct tax and in ternal duties, balances shall be found due to and from him on the different accounts, they may be adjusted, so as to ascertain the finarbalances ; and if this be in favor' of the collector, it shall be paid out of, any money in the Treasury not otherwis ap propriated, j Seel 8. And be it further enacte, That the fifth section of the act; passed the third day. of March, one thousand eight handred and fifteen, entitled, j". An act to fix the compensation and increase he res ponsibility of the colllectors ofthe direct K tax and internal duties, and for other pur- poses connected with the collection there- of, shall cease after the thirty-first day of Docember; i one 'thbusand height, hundred and seveiiteen. . , n r , J ! . Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARI), President of the Senate pro tempore December 3, 1 817. Approved, , ! , JAMES MONROE. AN ACT to remit the duty on a PaiAt ing, presented to.the Pennsylvania Hos pnaL ' , . . ;. , ' Beit enqctej by tke Senate end House of Representatives of the U. States of Aherica in Congress assent--bled) - That the duty secured to the United States on a painting lately presented by i B en j a m in West, pre sident or the royal academy, .Lon don, to the Pennsylvania hospital, be, and the same is hereby, remitted. :-H.:. ClfAY, .;V,: Speaker of th'e.IIouse of Representatives. - JOHN GAILLARI), : President of the Senate pro tempore. tt i t iqiq 'A A ; J -ki v' I JAMES MONROE.. AN AC T for the relief of Samuel Aik7 man. ; ' BE it enacted bit the Senate and House of Representatives of the 7. States of America in Congress assem bled) That the register and receiver of public-moneys of the land office lor the district of Vincennes, on sat isfrctorv evidence beinc produced to them thai James Aikmafi, who en tered at the said office the northwest quarter of section thirty-four, in to vn ship two north, and range'seyen' vyest, had made application for the' purchase of the said quarter section through mistake, intending at that time to have applied for the north west quarter section thirty-five, in the same township and range, and that the occasion of the mistake in his application was the erroneous numbers marked at the corner of the aforesaid section on surveying the said landsshall permit Samuel Aik man, the assignee of James Aikman, to withdraw the aforesaid entry, and, ifi Heu thereof, to enter the last rhentioned quarter section, if the same shall at that time remain un sold : and the receiver of Diiblic mo- I hvs shall allow the said Samuel Aikman a credit on the said entry, j . or, in case of the previous sale of the land,- on any other entry which he shall make of land within the said district, equal in amount to the mo neys paid on the first . mentioned quarter section : Provided, That no credit for the moneys paid as afore said shall j be allowed, until the said Samuel Aikman shall have returned the patent to him granted for the first mentioned quarter section to the said register, who shall transmit it to the general land office, where the same shall be cancelled. j j '. jll.CLAY, ; Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives. j j JOHN GAILLiAKD, -I President of the Senate pro tempore. January 14,; 1318. Approved, JAMES MONROE, ; .: notice. - 'The employment of an Agent or Attorney ' is. j not necessary in any claim against, the government. It is most generally attended with ex pence and sometimes with actual ioss. !. f i r; j Clairris will be promptly settled, when the; accounts and vouchers with which theV are connected, are transmitted to the proper office. j Money will be transmitted , when ever a receipt for the suifl Kte, or where the amount is not ascertained a receipt in blank; shall be forward, ed to the tasury Dtpartment. ! HHtj-y parents, and certificates of nvditary pensions, will be trans mitted in like manner, whenever the necessary vouchers are forwarded to the proper loffice. ; i John Quicy Adams. Wm. H. Crawford. J. C. Calhoun. B; VV Crowninshield. Washmgtou City. May 27, 1818. 3m BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. . . STATES. f j "THERE AS, br an ac.of.Conr jj gress, passed on th 26th oi I.March 1804, entitled, "An Act m j king provision for the disposal of tht t lam n the Indiana Terrl tn. puouc tanas in tne. inaiana i'erri D' and for other purposes," and ai Act passed the 3d of March 1805, entitled, "An Act supplementary to th -' act, entitled, an act-making pr- -visVqn for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Tertitorv," and an act passed on the 25th of April 1808, entitled, tfcAn Act supplemen tal to an act regulating the grants oi lands in the Territory of Michigan, " the President of the United. States is, authorized to cause the! lands ix; the land district "of Detroit; to be of fered for sale when surveyed ; ant! whereas a part of the said lands have been surveyed Therefore I, James Monroe, President of the. United States, in conformity with the said tacts, do j hereby declare & make known, that public sales for the disposal (agree ably to law) of the said lands, shall be held at Detroit, in Michigan Ter ritory, viz : , ' 'j On the first Monday in July next, for the lands .contained in ranges 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, south ot the base line ; on the first Monday of Septem ber next tor -the lands contained in ranges 13, 14V 15, 16, and 17 north of the babe line; and on the first Monday in November next, for the lands contaned in ranges 9, 10, 11,- and 12, norm ot toe Dase i i " i line, ex or mav cepting sucn lands, as are be reserved in said district, by law, for the support of Schools, and lor other purposes. The sales shall con tinue open for two weeks and no longer, and shall commence with the first section of the lowest number of townships and ranges, and proceed in regular numerical order. Given under my hand at the City 'of Washington, the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. . , JAMES MONROE. By the President i ! 1 1 - JOSIAH MEtGS, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Printers of newspapers, who are. authorized to publish! the laws of the United States, will insert the above once a week tjdl October next and send their bills to the! General Land Office for payment, j BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. ' . . - STATES. - HERE AS by, an act of C on gress passed on the 3d March 1815, entitled "An act to provide fqr the ascertaining and surveying of the boundary lines fixed by the trea ty with the" Creek Indians and for other purposes, the President of the United States is authorized to cause the lands acquired ' by the said trea ty to be offeied for sale When sur veyed ; and whereas part of the said lands have beenfsurveved : Therefore I, I anies Monroe, Pre- sident ofthe Un ted States, do here by declare " and 1 make known, that public sales for the disposal of cer tain lands south of the Tennessee river and in the district of Madison county, shall be held at Huntsville in said county in Alabama territory, viz : - ' ' i . ' ' "VI;."- ' On the first Monday in July next, for the sale of the lands in ranges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. On the first Monday in September next for the lands in ran ges 6, 7, 8, 9, aad on the first Mon day in November next for the lands in ranjres 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 ; ex cepting such lands as are or shall be reserved! according to law, for the support of schools and for other pur poses. Each sale shall continue open for two weeks, and ho longer, shall commence with the section, township and range of the lowest j numbe r, and proceed in regular numerical order; ! " . . - , ; ..' Given under mv hand, at the city of Washington, this 31st day of March, 1818. w 1 JAMES MONROE. Bv the President, h p . JOSI AH MEIGS. Commissioner of the Geh'U Land Office. ' wtloglo , THE FK ESID E Si, Or Tllii 17, ; STATES. HEHEAS by an act of Congress parsed on the '3d of March, 181 7,! entitled An act to authorise the uppointmentl of Surveyor for the lands in' the; norths rn part ot tne Mississippi territory, and the sale df certain lands therein described, " the President of the U. States is authorised to select certain lartds, for scites for towns, r.rid cause ihe said lands to be laid ofTinto townl ftots, pnd the said lots to be offered for. sale : r r' l :' i Therefb, t, James MoNnrJ President of -the United States' do hereby declare and make known, that public sales for the disposal of the lots in' the town of Marathon! I (heretofori called MiltWs Bluff) on tne soutrt oank ot.the river T ennes see, near the head of the MustU Shoals) in Alabama Tlerritorv, shal be held at nuntsville, 311 the sai territory, on the second Monday in; Uctober next. j . jJ .,' V The sales shall continue open for. one week, and longer it accessary & the lots shall b e offered fb r s ale in regular numerical order, beginning wun tne lowest number, V Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this 2Glh day of May 1818. ' : - ; , JAMES MONROE. By the President. ' , JOSI AH MEIGS. : Commissioner General Land Office Jilne 0. 12-t-l- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES. " X . HEREAS by anvact of Congress, passed on the 3d of -Marc h, 1815, entitled, an act to provide for the ascertaining" and surveying ofthe bour.dary lines fixed by the treaty with the Creek. Indians, and for' other purposes,1? the President of the United States ' is authorized 'to cause the lands ac quired by the s lid treaty to be offered tor sale when surveyed : Therefore I,' James Monroe, President of the United States, do hereby declare and' make knnvvn, that public sales for ;the disposal (agreeably to law) of certain lands in the Alabama territory, sh Ui be held at Milledgeyille in ( icorgiu.vi t: On the third Mdjiday in Octob" r next for the" sale ot town lots, in the town of Cahaha, in the said ttrri'ory situate at the junction of the rivcr . Alabama and Cahaba, 'i f T On the third Monday in October next, for the sale of townships ixt 14, 15, 16, in ranges, j 9, 10, 11, 12,, 13, 15 ; and of townships 14, 15, 1 6, in ranges 14. and 16 of the- land dis trict irr Alabama territory, di red eel by law to be sold at Milledgcvilje, excepting such lands as -have been reserved by law; for the support of schools, or for other purposes ; eadh public sale shall continue opth for two weeks, and no er. The town lots, and other land?,, shall be offered for sale in regular numeric:! order, commencing with the lowest number of lots, sections, townships and ranges. :. ' s AndI further declare and make known, that the offices of the regis ter and receiver of puhVif monies lor the said districv shftll be r.emovttl from Milledgeville to the aforesaid, town of Cahaba, on the ' first day of January. 1819. . Given under my hand "at the City of Washington,! thijs , twenty third dSy8 of ,Mavj. 1818. JAMES MONROE By the President : JOSI All MEIGS, Commissioner i)f the General Land! i 1 " Office. June 6, 12-t-l-o. : DEVEKcUX & CUES I ER, L - --r.y- W:HAVE', '. : ;;, J UST received per; the schooner Rufus King; and offer for sale on liberal terms. 1 ' . - . - j ' ' ' 18 Puncheons WL I. Rum, ; '. 28 do. Molasses, r f ; 5 2 . bbls. do. 11 7 hhds. - Muscovado Sugar 24 bbls & 2 half bbls. do. Nevbern July 23d 1818 19,tfr I 4 1 r1 . .
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