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NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1820. NUMBER 112. TERMS. ' ;-; 1 ' ' -. . - . - e -'J " " THE CBNTINEL IS PUBLISHED AVEEKLY.JBY ; PASTEUR; WATSON, V At Three ; Doliajis per annum;; j one half payableJn advance. : ; V I No paper will.be discontinued until all arrearages are paid up, except at the op ion of the publishers. ! Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square the first week, and 37 1-2 cents per square for each succeeding insertion. ; (B Y A U T HO R I T Y.) AN ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Craden.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That ? the becretary oi tne lJtpartment oi War be, and he is hereby, directed , jto issue, in the name of Elizabeth Braden, a land warrant tor the boun- ty land to which her son George Braden,a soldier who died of wounds received in the late war, would have been entitled had he lived. II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore, 1 April 24, 1820. Approved : AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of State to cause die Laws of the Michi- Dtateto causey . m : gan lerntory, to be prmtea, ana ais-. U1S" I tributed, and for other purposes. , He 11 enuczcu, uu uic otw; u.nu, I,, Pyrmm ... r- . t it .. i .ci. rti( rr inc juawsoi mc ihiuiu iv-nuu.. iii force, shall be printed under the direction of the Secretary of State , anct that a competent number of co pies thereof shall be distributed a- moncrtne peopic ui saiu as the Governor and Judges thereot . j shall direct: Provided,:y I hat the to be sold at private sale; by entry the. time of twenty days shall be al expense of such printing shall not at the land office, at one dollar and lowed, from the date of the clear- exceed twelve nunarea an u imy uui- j lars Sec. 2; be it further enacted, That fifteen sets of the L aws of the United States, which were compil ed by order of Congress, and pub lished by Bioren and Duane, in one thousand eight- hundred and fifteen, shall be transmitted, by the Secreta ry of State, to said Territory, to be ; distributed therein, as the? local go- i vernment thereof mav direct. H CLAY, t Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore. April 24, 1820. Approved : ?. JAMES MONROE. V AN ACT making further provision for y ; the sale of the Public Lands. ' fie it enacted by tlte Senate and House ; of Reprcscntatices of th. United States 7.of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first dav of July next, all the public lands 6f the Uni-;f-ted States, the sale of which is, or may be, authorized by law, shall, . when offered at public sale, to the highest bidder, be offered in half ( quarter sections ; & when offered at t private sale, may be purchased,at the option of the purchaser, either in en- i ure sections, nait sections, luarter sections, or half quarter sections ; & in every case ot the division of quarter section, the line for the di- jvision thereof shall run north and south, and the corners and contents i oi nait quarter sections, which mav thereafter to be sold, shall be ascer tained in the manner, and' on the principles, directed and prescribed by the second,section of an act. en. titled tl Ari act conr.ernino- tht Pf sun-eying the public lands of th- lilted SfJlC nicaorl enthday of February eighteen hun G.fcd and five, and fractional sec-q-v y containjng one hundred and 'y acres, or upwards shall, in lik. I banner, as nearly as practicable, be subdivided into half quarter sections, . unaer sucn ruies.ana regulations as suoject u cuuy ul ynvavc amc, iu may be prescribed' the Secretary fthe! same manner, and at the same of the Treasury ; but fractional sec-1 price, with the other .lands sold at tions, containing less than one nun- area ana sixty acres, snairnot oe ai- vided. but shall be sold entire : Pro- vided, That this section shall not be 1 construed to alter any special pro vision made by law for thesale w of land in town lots. v ; Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That credit shall not be allowed tor the purchase money on the sale of any ofthe public lands which shall Lbe sold after the first . da?, of July next, but every purchaser of land sold at public sale thereafter, snail, on theday of purchase, make com plete payment therefor, and the pur chaser at private sale shall produce . from the Treasurer of the ITni- I LU i. 1 III Ml 1 I 1 I I III. I I I I 1 J I I t V I nilhi:c m nnU nf rK Hifiv rl. amount.of the purchase money on any tract, before he shall, enter the same at thefjland ; office7 "'and if any person, being the hightist bidder, at public sale, tor a tract of land, shall fail to make payment therefor; on the day on which the same was pur- chased, the tract shall be aain offer ed at public sale, on the next day of sale, and such person shall not be j capable of becoming the purchaser of that or any other tract offered at such pubiic sales. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, 1 hat from and after the first Tl-lv npt - ' . ;w , J, - )fFered for sal-', shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre ; and. at every, public! 7 .6,v. ,u oa make payment as aforesaid, shall be . the purchaSer : but no lands shall be .1 - I 1 . 1 1 1 li 1 ( sold; sold, either at public or private sale for a less price than jonev dollar and . uu.iu4u jwuc UUH41 rtiivi n " . wenty-nve cents an acre ; ana au snail nave ueen onerea at puouc sase oerore thefirst day of July next, and which shall then remain unsold, as well as ociiv utiutv me innua that shall .thereafter, he ri ferediat public sale, according to law, and remain unsold at the close Gf such public sale, shall be subject twenty-nve cents an acre, to De paid at the time of making such entry as - the; same shall be laden fbr. com aforesaid, with the exception, how- pleting the entrv, and taking the ever, of the lands which may have oath required by law : Provided. reverted to the United States for hat . the exporter shall, in every failure m paymtnn, and of the here-I other particular, comply with the tofo re reserved sections for the fu- j regulations and formalities hereto ture disposal of Congress, in the hfore established, for entries of ex states of Ohio and, Indiana, which portation for the benefit of draw shall, be offered at public sale, as back. :! hereinafter directed. ? ! ; ; II. CLAY. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands which have reverted, or which shall hereafter revert and become forfeited to the U. States, for failure in any manner to mke payment, shall, after the first day of July next, be subject ,to entry at pri vate sale, nor until the same shall have been first offered- to the high est bidder at public sale ; and all . such lands which shall have revert- ! ed before the said first day of July I next, and which shall then belong to! the United States, together with the ' 0f Representatives of the United States sections, and parts of sections, here- ' of America in Congress assembled, That tofore reserved. for thp future dispo- no J person who now is, or he re sal of Congress, which shall, at the I after may be, placed on the pension time aforesaid;' remain unsold, shall list of the United States, by: virtue, be ' offe rrd at publi c sale to the high- , of the act, entitled ' Ah act 'to pro est bidder who shall make payment : vide for certain persons engaged in therefor in half quarter sections, at the land and naval service of the the land office for the respective dis-United States in the revolutionary tricts, on such day or days as shall,! war,?passed! on the eighteenth day of by proclamation of the President of; March,' one thousand eight hundred the United States, be designated for and eighteen, shall, after the pay- 'hat purpose ; and all land3iwnicn; Hall rtvert and hecome torleited for failure of payment after the said first day of July next, shall be offer ed, in like manner, at public sale, at such time or times as the President shall, by his" proclamation, designate or he purpose; Provided, that no -uch lands shall behold at any pub ic sales hereby authorized for a less Vice than one dollar and twenty five cents an acre, nor on any other terms than that of cash pav ment ; and all the lands offered at such nub- lie sales, and which'shall remain tin- r:- sold at the close thereof, shall be private sale at tne respective land omces. Sec. 5. And be.it further enacted 4 That the several public sales au thorized by this act,' shall, respect- ivpTvJ . Ke 'kent onen tor two weeks. and no longer ana tne n.egisiers 01 the Land Office, and the .Receivers of public money, shalteach, respect lvely; be entitled to nye , aouars lor each day's attendance ;tnereon. Sec. 6k 'Audbilt further enacted, Thal in jevery ce hereafter,-where two or more'persons shall apply for the purchase, at private sale, of the same tract, at the same time, the Re lister shall determine the prefer- ence-by forthwith offering the tract to therhighest bidder. II. CLAY, Speaker oif the House of Representatives; 1 j j ! JOUiN uAlLLAK U, President of :the Senate, pro tempore. April 24, 1820." Approved : ) ? I. !'.. - i T4ll iniVRHF AN ACT to Continue in force theact passed on the twentieth day of April,' one tliousandj eight hundred and eigh : teen,, entitled " An act supplementary to an act entitled 4 An act to regulate the-Qollectiori of duties on imports and tonnace,' passed the second day of ' March one thousand . seven hundred and ninety-nine,?' and for pother pur poses J ! tie it enacted by the Senate and House aj Mepresentatwes oj itie umtea Mates Congress assembled, Th tu onf nanserl nn the twentieth dav 0f April, in the year one thousand eiht hundred and eighteen,, end- lled jnact supplementary , to an aet entitled ,iAn! act to reffulat:e the . .1 . collection of duties on tonnage, passed the second day of ; March, one thousand seven hundred j rVTarrh nne.thoiisanH sveo hundred . and; ninety-nine,!' shall continue in j force for two5 years from the twenti- hunared'and twenty, and from that time until the end of the next ses- uth Hoii-fit A nn nn' thnnconrlcinrnr : -AaiUnf Anril aiDti of CoiiUoJ, vaiid uu looget. Sec. 2. . And be it further enacted, That m all casek of entrv of mer. chandize for the benefit of drawback. ance of the ship or vessel in which Speaker: ofjhe House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 24, 1820. Approved ; ;! J JAMES MONROE. AN ACT in addition to an act, enti tled " An act to. provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the 1 nited States in the re volutionary war passed on theeight- eenth dav of jMarch, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted bv the Senate and House ment of that part ot tne pension which became due on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and twenty, continue to re ceive the pension granted by the said act, until he shall have exhibi ted to ipme court of record, in the ipounty; city, or borough, in wbicn he j resides, a schedule subscribed by him containing his whole estate and income his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) and shall have, (before the: said court or some one of the ludees thereof) taken and sub , scribed,, and produced to the said court, the following ?oath or affirma- AN ACT for the relief of John Steel, tion, to wit. I, A. B. do solemnly Be it enacted by the Senate and House Wear or affirm (as jthe.case maybe) of Representatives of the United States of that I was a resident citizen of 'the .America in Congress assembled, That for UnitedStates on the eighteenth day the discharge of a judgment ob March, one Jthousand eight hundred Jt John j Steel,- collecto and eighteen iridlhatl have notsince f ?.mladclPhla on account of his re that me, bgil sale,?or in any sal. '&? clearance tor the manner - wjiatever, disposed of my SPan fbnS oa Dos Amigos, m propert orWpart hereof; wi intent thereby io to diminish it as to der an instruction from the De bn actWongress, enthled " an act to prdViae for Certain persons dollars be, and the same is hereby engagelixiPthe land and Wal W:'aPt l bcaid outofW viclofth&Unitedtatesintherevb-lm lutionary war passed on the esffht-' c, . .v..1 i rr ... i. i r ti u j (Speaker of the House of Representatives eenth day of March, one thousand ; JOHN ga1LLArjw eignt nunarea ana eignieen, anal that -1 . have not, nor ' has any per son in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed : Nor until such person shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered to 'the Secretary of War, a copy oi the aforesaid schedule and oath or affirmation, certified by the Clerk of the court to whi h the said schedule was delived, tugether with the opinion of the said court, also certified by their clerk, of the value of the property contained in the said schedule : Provided, That, in ev- ery case in which the pensioner may oe insane, or mcapaoit oi taking an bath, the court may receive the said schedule, without the aforesaid oath 0rj affirmation, tro other person auth m the commute or person autnorizea to taKe care i of such person. Sec. 2. And be it further enaeted That'the original schedule, andioath j or affirmation shall bei filed in the clerk's office, of the court to which imports andrfthe schedule and oath or affirmation. aforesaid shall be exhibited : & any person who shall swear or. affirm iijeiavju wjiu Ditait. r 1 U 11 faselv in the premie4 and be there- of convicted, shall suffer as lor wil- I . -1 . .1 , , Sec. 3. And be it further enacted' That, on the receint of the tnpy. oi'i the schedule and oath, or affirma tion aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the War depart ent, to cause to be struck, from the list of pensioners under the sa id act, the name of such person," in case the said; person shall not, in his opinion, be in such indigent circumstauces as to be unable to support himself with out the assistance of his country : Provided, .That every pers.cn who shall have been placed on the pension list in consequence ot disability from known wounds received in the revo lution aryi war, and who shall have relinquished such pension in order to avail themselves of the benefit. of the provisions of the act, to which this is an amend ment, who, by vi r tue of this section, may be striken from the "pension list,!shall be forth with vestored to the Ipension so re linquished. , f - ' II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of -Representative. JOHN GAILLARD, i President of the Senate pro tempore.8 May 1, 1820; Approved : JAMES MONROE. i ' ' AN ACT to increase the allowance of the Judges of the Orphan's Court, in the counties of Washington and Alex andria, j-'v Be it enacted by the Senate 8f House of Representatives of the United. States o America in Congress assembled,Thai from and after the passage of this act, the Judge of the orphanTg court, for the county of Washington, in the Dis trict of Columbia, anil the judge of the orphan's rourftor the coumv oi Alexandria, in the same -District, ! i li of shall, each, be entitled to receive: in lieu of his present compensation, the sum of six dol ars, day oe snan aucuu i " of his office ; to be paid in the same manner as is now by! law directed. II. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD. i, - i 7 President of the Senate pro tempore. May 1. IS20. Approved : JAMfS MONROE. President of the Senate pro tempore Mav 1, 1820 Approved : , JAMES MONROE. AN ACT to establish a District Court to. A the State of Alabama. . Ll Be it enacted by the Senate. and House of Representatives of the United States of America in, Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable ' shall be extended to the state of Al- : abama, and shall have the same force and effect within the same, as else-., where within-the United States. . . Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That tne said state shall be onetlis trict, andJ be called the Alabama district; and a district court shall be held tHerein, to consist of one, . Judge, who shall reside iff the same 1 district, and be cahed the distr ' t ; Judge. He shall hold, alternate 1 at the towns of Mobile and Cahaba, begining at the firgt, four stated ses sions annually j the first, to com mece on1 the first Monday in April next, and' the three; other sessions, progressively, on the first Monday of every third calendar month there after. He shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law givrn to the Judge of the' Kentucky dis trict, under an act, entitled " An act to establish the judicial com ts of the United States," and an act, eatided " An act in addition to the act, en titled An act tp establish the judi cial courts oflhe United States,' ' approved second Mach, one thou sand seven hundred Sc. ninety-three. He shall appoint clerks for the said district, who shall reside, and keep . the records of the Court, at the pla ces of holding the same and shall re ceive, for the services performed by them, the same fees to which the: ' clerk of the Kentucky dis tret is en titled for siraifar services. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted That all causes, , actions, indict ments, libels pleas, processes, a d proceedings whatsoever, returnable, commenced, depending, or in any manner existing in the general c urt established by ah act, entitled " An act to establish a separate territorial government for the pastern part of the Mississippi territory," by virtue of the Federal jurisdiction by that act 'granted, be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the said dis- . trict court, and may tys proceeded in, shall exist, and have like incid ents and effects, as if they had been, originated, and been proceeded in, in the said district court Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That the docket's, books, records, and papers, belcng'.ng to the said general court, arising out of, and ptrtaining tcj, its federal jurisdic cn, sha i be transferred to, and be come the docKets, books, records, and papers, of the said district court. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. mat mere shall be a lowed to the j ofl ne said dlslria couit :the nvA Cympen3ation cf fifteen hun dred dollars, to commence from the d ,Fpo,ntnient, to be paid q'jf.rter yearly at the Ireasuiy ot the 1 United States. Sec. C. And be it further enactnl Tnit there .hall he aDcointed in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as Attorney for 'the Uni ted States; who shall, in addition to his stated fees be paid by the United States, two hundred dollars annually, s a full compensation Iwr ail extra : services' V ;jj t s, ; tt i ,1 .r; II 4 i i '. .1 . 1 - ' I - it : 1 .3 ' ..:'!M ' 1 :-t' . . ." 1 " ' ' -. " I''.. I .' li - - " " ' ; 1 ;:. .. i
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