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i ' " ' ; - . I '"';;; ,-' Y-: . ';' i s j'"- ''-4 . ' : - ; V Hi A I ' -j' 1" Cj '; ' ,. j' '5 ."i ;' ! ' Dumber j'57i ;W l! VOLUM I 1 VIE II. 3 AVBERN, N. C; SATURDAY, APRIL Z4, I8jy. I TERMS. THE .CAROLINA JOHN CEVTINEL IS WEEKLY BY PUBLISHED I. PASTEUR, At Three Dollars per akinuoi, cue third payable ir advance. ! Xo naber will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid up, except at the op- tion of the piibhsher. ..Advertisements inserted at 50 cents npr sauare the first week, arid 25 cents a cmiare for each succ$edirir insertion. " . ! . , i . . 1 - ! - m Si . I : ' rica,dr elsewhere, fh?re he may, bountv.jfbr; each I person delivered as quired by this act, or deemed ne- . tere iatln-ft attrmn H miHc tk rrrv '"nfnrfi'ir1: i i i cessarv or expedient by the com prea ori thelae trade ..bcitizens; or res- f Sec. 4. U.ndbe H further endcted idems of the U. Stnfcs, in com raven- tThat wenpiiv ciitizen r other per tion of the- acts of 6ngress prohib- s6n.shall lodge information, with the iting the same, anqto instruct and attorney for the district of any state direct the comminfcrs of all arm- or territory as the case may be, expt pany herematter named ; the time, place and manner, of receiving and entering such subscriptions, to be ascertained by the said board of commissioners and duly advertised i 1 ! I iOvl I l .J BY AUTi ACTS PASSED OF THE AN AT THi: SECvOND i SESSION fiftee:th compress. - SUDDI; rm conctttning the Coasting Beit thacicd by th Senate of Llthrh'rntathes cYtJie U a ea vessels ot tne uuted btates, to that an V negro, mulatto, or person ii-oui.H.-.ui.Wapaliw. .hk - m seize, takeL and brig; into any ; port of color has been imported - therein deem jexptrdi. nt : Provided, That of the I United Stats, all shiDs or contrarv td the nrovisions of the acts the time be fixed upon, by the i. aw t - -si ... vessels of the Unhid Spates L whefe. in such cask made and orovided, it said board ot commissioners, tut, o- soever found, whicjmav have taken shall be thf dutv of the said attorney pening books for receiving said sub- iithJnav be intended forthwith to commence a prosecu- scriptions, shall be. on or be tore the for the nurnos?7rStin on Iho irri: tion. bv information : & orocess shall 1 second Monday in 31 arch next, &nd or of tranpor.inJ . or may have issue agaipst the; person charged that no subscription shall be recciv- ed. unless tre sum 01 ten uouars oe i , ; ' k . . r . . . ,. t h - - :. - I f ' .1 .. 1 L f U' . person of color, insolation of ; any.-f mulatto, rriulattdes, person or per-- nrst paia mio uic.uatms ui iuc ,. ot the provisions ol the act, cntttied sons, of color, sb alleged to .be ,im- son jauthonz.ed to receive the' same,. An act in arhlitrn to an f act m norted contrarv to the nrovisions ui on each share subscribed for. from and after the arv, in the! prohibit the imputation ot slaves the acts aforesaid : And if, upon the into any port orplfce withiji the ju- return of the process executed,! it risdictron of the.I United" tjStates, j shall be ascertained, by the verctici rst vear vessels, their tacklq appartl n.iture, and tht- gopes and efTi hnar.fi of them, wftch shall be so seized! prosecuted, :nd condemned . i. - - - - i . i - t uly be vvjeen the he officers and men who ioatl seizi take, or bring, tor coauem- entary t che acts 1 raCle. iedStatSs Amtricrt, J hat, lor the more Convenient rc g uiation of ih? coasting trade, the sea coast arid navigabld rivers 61 the U nited States be, & hereby are, div id- shall be vlivided eq cd intoltwo creat disuictsJ ihe hrst, TTnitpfl Sp ates and to include all the districts da the aa coast and navigable riyersJ between limits' ot thi United the southern 'limits of GeoiRia : and the second, to include all the districts on the sea coast and vets, between the. river kl the vvestern jhmits ol States. ' fanu ! one i : eiirni. oi our thousand eight hu til red and. and to repeal ceriin paris of the same, or or any-' dher act or acts prohibitinfi: the traflr in slaves, to be proceeded ag-unst ircording Jtolaw : And th nro':t eds if all shins and fur- ct on tne eastern States ' and navigable r Perdldo an the Urn Sec. 2. Thate tnen of ery cnt dis shall bd - . i carry on st ted twLnty tons, or urivvaids. li cepcedto trade between the difTei;- tricts oi ifii unuqu ouues, I, arid is herg;b , atith rized to the same I into ptt . .. . . . ... . i. rfAtiort' whether sitn mrsde hv an arrc yssei oi nited ttes or re Vitue cutte of: mtv And) he $a '.cd in like manner ii .is proy t I I A' . law ior 'h4 distnbu n ot p ken from an enemv.l L rnvidc- seizure h the y, r there h .11 be distribu- Idtd U izcs ta- That Aud be it further enacted, the officers and menlo be sunlit ltd to shin or vessel, cf the bur- t, ,i r Ylf th rr Lirle nf:)ieauL - , r . of aurv, that surh negro, negroes, mulatto, n&ulattoes, person or per sons of color, have been brought jin. contrary tcjthe true intent Si meaning ot the actsln sui h .cases matie and provided, then the court shall direct the marshal of the said aistrtct , to Sec. 2. And be tt further enacted, Thar whenever two hundred of the - aid shares shall be subscribed jfor, all bersons who'mav then be, or here after m or prop aniial stock either as subscribers lor the same, or as the legal repre cs actually subscribed for, or the legal-rej reseniatives or prpprie--v tors: Provided however. That no meeting of! the said cornoanvlt shill ay bet ome, the actual holders ; b.t legal or valid, unless a quorum irit tors of shi res in the said 1 shs.ll be - tor med, consisting of the majority. f .the member of said company. Or ot the pr prietors of at sentatives, successors, or assignees, i least tw)-thirds or the number or of such subscribers, shall be, ar.dJ shares actuallv subscribed for,1 ihtir . take the: said necrroes, mulattoesl or they are hereby, made and created'.;' legal repre'jse:ntative8;urctos; or m d, as the said company nresrrlhf HtiH r)rfrt tn thftr hv.lnw and regulations, and shall be dee in eb persona), and not rea$ property and thtt the shares held by any in dividual shall be liable to be attach ed, or taken' by fieri facias, to satis iythe debts due from such indvidi al, in like manner as other ! personal property- may be : j V- j, J ' A Szc. 5.,4nd beyt Jurthrr enacted IJiuta meptirgof the said com any may, at any time, be called, at sonic com enient. place in the City of ' v 'ashington, by a majority of the din ctors of the. company, for the time being, and by om-ihird of the members df the said company, or by tne proprietors of one-third ot the shui Persons Oil COlOr, mtO'niS CUIOUV, I uuy uuuiit auu v.i juih.c, j iJiUiics, uui umrss iin; nmv WV tor Wplrimr snh srt to th. orders the name and st ie oi i ne iNiavv - - . , of the President of the U. States; & Yard Bridge Company, and by the informer or informers, who shall that name may sue and be sued, im iorlfr th Inform nti.m. chall . be en- plead and be impleaded, and do, and Columbia titled to riceive. ovr and above the suffer all acts, matters, and ththgs, shad have r w portion of the penalties accruing tb which a body politic ana corporate - gaily cauea ana coastitue a, m pur hirrror thim bv the provisions of may lawfully do and surf-r ; and hiay nuance of this acy to displace any tne acts in sucn case maue auu u meeting be previously advertised, tor three weeks successively, in one izcttes, in the District of : and the said company po wer, at -any Sheeting le- r more g for may break and alter at pleasure,! and t supply; by a new election, all kicr.n- , vided, a bbunty of fifty dollars, v. uiiu. w w 7 , . li , . . . . - , I . . ' ,. . npr,nn nf 'rolori who shall huve been regulations, and ordinances, lor the directors or olhcers,oMhe5 ompatn ; ; Si- h trade bet w ee tricts included within the atoresasd great, districs, respeetjveli', and be n the dis- oie h U of the4 pr :-eds aibreaid, . . ... i . tnan saie Kern t;verynegm, iui'u, or person of color fmd on poird ot any hip of vesst-1 sderzed, taken, or b ought irvto port, fvj' condeinnationf such negro, color, i to the marsh d of the diiict intd whih inu snail ueiiv r eviry mulatio, or personpf .1 t , s -l I - .t " . ... - tween y $tdte in one, and an adj in- lhey art. brought, ltlnto a port ot the mg state1 li another, greap aistrict, in manner land subject only, to the reirulationi that aire, now by law re quired to be observed by such ships or ve tnct to from a ssls, an.t n trading front one dis- :T 1. - , - 'J ther in the samb state, or district in one state to a dis trict in the next adjoi i sg state, any thing in any law to the contrary r.otvithsiahdinc;. And be tt fiirth'r enacted, snip or vessl3, the bur- be c. That eyerv .den of censed ;;nd is 3. Uni;-:d States , or,iif elsewhere, to such persbn or pejsons as shall be lawluliy appointed y he Pi esident of the United Statis in 'h., manner h e r e i n a ft er d i re c t e t , 1 1 a n s m i 1 1 1 r sr. t ; the President o! th United tstates, ;s soon as mliv aftir such delivery, ra. descriptivje list ot such negroes, mu- iaU-es or'pi-.sonsbt v color, that h m jv trive directiOT for iht,: Bispona' ;f th m. And firvidedf urther, that the- Cv)mrrianders if such Jommis- twenty tons or upwards, li- sion d Vt sels, dopause to bc'appr to trade as aiores iitl, shall be, hcndc d, & take litocnstodv, evety hereby, required, in trading J person fobnd on Ipard of such ves- I'rcm one to another great' district, sei So seiked andtaken, being of the him or enient- Lritv of jceeded in-some other than between , a state m one, ffi ers 0ri rew Uerebt, and ,i . L .1 . . ! i I : ! - . I1 M and ah adioinmjr state in anoiner. them conVev. as pon as con Jtl-V 'fA lr t rvVl I I : J. U'.J .Uj,.;.,: s e i ve the r e mil at i o t s , th a t, of nassmp- this act. are r quned to be observed bv such vessels, from a dt district in ing sta Sec! e. 4. istrict in uny other than A the United States, to ag dnvt in!due coiyse ol 'of the districts tiereof. au th in trading an aajoin- Th he prc,;ient t oe pr fhvv,! Andpe it further i tne er exacted, hd be it furih That, the trade between the districts not included in either of ,hb v.. great districts aforesaid, shall Continue to on in the manner, and sub ject to the regulations, aljeady pro- Vidtd t r jhis1 purpose. 1 ; Sec 5. Ad be it further enacted, That tliis act shall commence and be 1,1 ent o States bei and te is hereoyj delivered into; the custody of marshal ; jand the Secretary of I'reasurv is hereby authorized land required ip pay, or cause to be p the aforesaid bounty, upon the tifirate ofiih: clerk of the court the distrisct where the prosecution may have beer, had, wuh the seal of office thereto annexed, stating number of negroes, mulattoes, or V it i i mai- make nil bve-laws. rules, l and S cies that may happen amoncr' he tV.f o-ood trovernmert of said comnaav, anda maiority of th -" s I'd directors the aRd tor carrying into eneci tne oo- may provisionally supply, uy un; it . own election, any. vacancies that mi y : id, Cer- for oersons o Sec. 5..' ti Sec. 9. And be it further enacted ' legal mee " color, so delivered. That at all elections for directors & officers of said company, each St eve- 1 . i e .i i . :i And be it further enacted, ry memaer oi tne saui coupuau That it sKall be the duty of the com- nF entiuea ir as muuy vme. c mander oC anv armcd vessels of the hhc mav hold shares of the capital United States, whenever he -shall sto ot said company, ana may vene 0V rrOXW Cacluicu uuuti uiui 1 1 make any capture under the prajvis- en acted, United author- Dns ana em ex- in force, Irom and after the1 thirtieth day of Tiine next after there oil. -Spsakej- of the II. CLAY, House of Representatives JAS. BAKBUUK. he passing Pi esident of the Senate, pro tempore Marth 2! , lSli). Approved, he acts pro- AN ACT in addition tot hibitintr the slave trade Be it enacted by the Sen Je & House i or irm c . ehrestntdtiv of America, in Congress Tqat I the! President oi otateS be; ana ne is nere ised, Whenever he shall t pedient, (o cause any of I vessels of the Uni cd S emr.l4ved to cruise on coasts o tones nited States 'isserfibL d, he United pv, lutn ir- tem it ex- thereof, or of the coast of Af- crews, oi: the United Stat , or tern- caus to izjd to mjake sith regulati artar.ffemehts, is he may ci pedient tir th,- salejeepitjg. sup port, andjrem fal bepnd tlje limits oi the United States, :of all such ne groes, mulattics, or per-ons ' ot color, ns pay :oe so .deliyred arid brought Jwithh their jurisdiction : And to iappomt.a proper. person or pet sons, res id ng upon the toast of Atrica, as agnt or agencsi ior re ceiving the tegroesj niuiatto.es, or persons of jc -br, delivered from on board veSselsi seized in the prose cution of I the lave jtradejj! by- com manders of tie United Stakes' arm ed vessels. ' j j . ' - " ii . . Sec. 3. Aid b- it Jurthcf enacted, ! h t a b mnty of twent nje dollars be paid, to the officers audi crews of the commissioned vessels jf the U nited Siaiet, of reyenufe cutters, for each and ercrv negro mulatto, or person t color, who sh ll havr been, as hereinbefore provided, delivered toth.'' marshal or agent duly appoint the armed ! ed to receive them : atrs' to bel'tarv of the Treasury any of ' thorized ions of tht a::t, to bung the vessel and her cargo, for adjudication, into, some of the ports of the state or ter ritory to 4'hiclisuch vessel,- so c:p .ured, sh ll belong, i f he can as'cer tain the same ; if n t, then to be sent into :;ny cbnvenient port of the Uni ted Stated. 1 f Sec. .6.; And be it further enacted. That all such acts, or parts of acts, as may bef repugnant to the "provis ions ot. this act, shall be, and the same are -hereby, repealed. Sec. 7.j And be it further exacted, That a sum, not exceeding one hun dred thousand dollars, be. and the same is !hereby, appropriated to carry this law! into effect. . j . II. CLAY, ' ; Speaker if the House of Repesntatives JAS. BAuoUUli, President of the Senate, pro tempore Marchl 18 19- Approved V I T A 1VIHC Mil i JAMES MONROE. AN ACT to incorporate a compa ny to lipild a Bridge over the Eas tern Branch ot fotomac, between east, hands and seals, in the presence of two witnesses ; a-d that when two i hundred of the said shares shall be J subscribed for, as aforesaid, or as soon after as may be, the saidboard of commissioners shall call a meet ing of the company, at some conven ient place in the jcity of Washing tori, giving at least three weeks no tice thereof, by public advertise ment, in one or more newspapers published in the District of I blum b'ia ; and . the said comianv shall then and there elect, by ballot, five directors and a treasurer, and such other officers, agents and servants, as the company may think fit to ap point; and as soon thereafter as a board. of directors shall be formed, they shall elect one of their body to be1 president of the said board of di- ;nrl all the powers, author- ity, and duties, whatsoever, by this act vested in the said board of com missioners, shill cease and deter mine, and thenceforward b come vested in the president and direct ni4 for the time beincr of the said .nmMnv '! and the said board of VUlll"" . . , ' ' -.11 npmint r I commissioners swan avu". . Sec. 6. That the b.t paid by the ob- i iects of their institution, so that such bye-laws, rules, regulations, happen among the numbt l ol dirtpt anri nrHinnnres. he not renutrnant . ors. or amonc the--number ol: the to the laws of the. Unitt d States, m ; officers otl the c mpany, and the pe- , force within the District of Colum- ' son so elected, bv the ..said directors. bia. may continue in orhie till ,tne nexc mgof the company. s And be.it further anctrd amount of ea. h shart shall - instalments often dollars, at sucli time as the . said comp y ; sha'l direl.t ; and n case any ; inst .1 mentVor instalments shall not ae paid, at the time appointed by, the said company or ; witiiin ten days thereafterv the same may ered in. the name ot the pany, by warrant frt m a justice of-die peace, if the amount due shallncjt ex- deed twenty dollars, & if the ium ,?o due shall! exceed twt r.ty ;ric liar i. the same may be recovered by motion on; of district founcl ; be recov- saia com- eleventh and Twelfth streets Wa vhincrtonl Be itermcteMy thry fU &?, Bouse president and directors of the said nr7?HrXtrfili United States I romcanv. at then first .meeting, lor 'si ..i ic.imiv.'j" I i r i ' .- . . i -.1 ! of Ambled, in (Jonress assenibl d,U moneys received by tnem or tneirj agents, pn accuuui j ouu. inuMa, trents and shall immediately pay over the ' . .r c. ii ef, curl rnm same to me usmuh-i , .uu panv. And the said directors and treasurer shall ho'd their offices un i the first Tuesday in Ottrber next, and until a new election shall h made bv the comoanv And ai.a m iircu n be paid,, t- uch c their agent, the And the Secre- s hereby au- sioc k " not exceeding twenty -fi ve rwcanrl r1rnr ' in sh'resfof; one the said rill oil each, for the pur- of ekct That the following persons viz : William Prout, WiUiarn ,Mrbary Samuel N. SmallWod, -Timothy Winn, aril Adam Iiindsay, am three of therot be, and are hereby, eonsri'utfd a board of jcommispiion- er?i withl full power apti RUthbrity be opened. books - for receiving and entering there shallbe holclen on that day, and, subscript ons.l for raising a capital annually thereafter, on every first fuesday in October, a meeting oi company, for the purpose ing five directors and a reasj pose of Erecting a bridge between urer and other officers and agents; eleventhlanditweltth streets easi, in as aiorcsu.u. ,;r . , the Citvi of Washington, over the M Sec. 4. And beitfurtte Eastern ranch, to the jmbst covivcn- That the said shares shall be nego ient lanctini; on the opposite 'shore, tiable and transferrable from one to t - -1 . i mi- nr ; and masmc j U ... u- j Ci 'fixAnrr ciirK nther in- -rited aforesaid , cidental I erpen.esj .sfc shall be re-least, and authem.uucd uud regis- m good in the name of the said compan ten days n- tice, in any court record in the countv or where the debtor should be and in all such .wat rants and mo tions, the certificate of the ileik, of the said company, authenticated by. the president, under the c irnmot seal of the said company, s hail be conrlusiye evidence ,of! the defen dant's be ing a member of the compa- ny, and piihia facie ev idencef of the sim unt due ori the shares held by such defendant ; and if such ins U ment.be not paid within sixty' days -after the time limited for the pay- , ment of the same, and advertisement ' for four weeks successively in ir ne or rhore nevspapets - published: in the District of C ojlumbia, the presi dent and directors of tie said com pany may proceed to forfeit, for the; use of the company, the share or shares of the person or persons so failing ip pay. r ! . k Sec. 7V And, be tt fur ther e?inc:tea ? liat the said cc;mpunv be, and they are hereby, authoi ized and empow ered to erect and build, or cause to beVrec.tedkandybuilt;':over. the Eas tern Brai.ch, between Eleventh and 7 welfdi steels, east, in the citv of Washington, and the land of Will iam Mar bury, on the opposite shore -of the said Eattern Branch, a good and sufficient bridge, at least tw en -j ty-fivr feet ide, t sound and r suit'- able matt-rials, and in all respecs adequate fot the pasage of jtrave 1 lers, horses, cattle and carria g es, with aj secure railing on- iea.chi i" side, at least, fr ur. feet high.! f 1 Sec. 8.' Arid bt it further ,entic'tc?9 ; That the said . . iii - ,i . . . s . J ii . . I i. to be bull V and kept and ,m -mtifif ti. repair, a convenient uf- -! ' f fi !" S ' j '''':' ',-'"'..- i- ;- ; -j.v."'.. '! 'X: V' - ' i' ' t. i if. . - v...
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