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r : I U x i. ., . j t . -... , ----- "V-T M ,w. V NE5tVBERN, N. C. SATURDAY iy m 10, i82fj; ! -V II I I III. I IPliiiiil PUBLISHED. WEEKLY, BY J WATSOW f MAUHEN, At S3 per annum -half payable in-rfdrance AN ACT making further appropriation fot compensation and mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives. t Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemoea, That 7 lie wharves and deepen docks and basins. wnaryes, inter the harbor 5 to authorize. with the approbation of the President of the United States, the drawing of lot tertes, for effecting, any important 'im provement in and to tha town, which the ordinary funds and .revenue thereof will not accomplish J to restrain and' prohibit ing bf : tipling houses and alt kinds of I gambling ; to provide for the licensing, cal,- and public shows and amusements, and renders of lottery tickets j to ap point guagers of caskj9 Inspectors of do mestic spirits; measurers and inspectors of wood, lumber and bark, grain,: coal, beef, pork, fish, butter and lard ; weigh ers of hay, fodder and straw ; and to re gulate, by law, the inspection, measur meiit, and weighing of the articles afore said ; to regulate part Jr and other wails the sum of one hundred and fifty thou-1 and knees, nd to determine by whom sand dollars be, and the same is hereby they shall be kept in repair, to direct in apiuiiuii-u iui nit vwtupciisaiiuu alJVJ mileage, granted by law, to the members of the Senate and House of Representa tives, and Delegates of Territories 5 . and. that the same be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropri ated. " ; ' ; - ----- , JOHN VV. TAYLOR, : Speaker of the House of Representatives. ... ; JOHN C. CALHOUN, -'Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved May 13, 1826. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. ' No. S8. AN; ACT further to amend the Charter of the Town of Alexandria. - -' 1 ' ' j ; Ke it enacted by the Senate and House xrf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That tenements arid lots of groundwithin the town of Alexandria, on whicbltes, as sements or charges, remain due and un paid to the Com .non Council of the said iurisdi tion; of all other crimes and offrtnr.es comi. milled against" the lawsof the said Terri- tory ; and original and exclusive jurisdic- siyq 01 an crimes ana ottertcest which hall be cognisable under the autaority of the Uuited States, committed ithin the, re spective districts ot the laid superior courts, I or upon the high siis'. y . Sec.:2. nrf6ertrAerhiaceei,That the said superior courts, ani court of a d- peals, in term, and the judjes thereof, in vacation, snail, respetively iate full pow er and authority, in ait civil causes and criminal cases, to issue writs bf habeas corpus, of error, of certiorari, .tf manda mus, of prohibition of scire facijs, and of quo warranto, according to the principles Mfid rules of law. v .' Sec. 3 Antlbe it further enai taf, That the ;said superior courts, res actively, shall be held as occasion mav reauire. the nightly and other disorderly meet-, to prevent a delay of justice fod the trial ings of slaves, free negroes and mulat-4 of causes of admiralty of maritime juris toes, and to punish such slaves, by whip- diction, and . for the hearing of causes ping, not exceeding forty stripes, or, at in equity, as often as the judgfs of the the option of the owner of such slave, by , said courts, respectively, shall deem fit . ..... .uu., uui CA- w appoini. .-. i ceediriff three months for everv nnonf.. c..V a JL.t.i.j;TLl1 fence 5 and to punish such free negroes j the said superior courts, respectively, and mulattoes for such offences, by fixed i shall have power, in cases where there penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars has been a trial by jury, to grant new tri for one offence ; and in case of the als, as often as may be deemed necessary failure of such free negro and mulatto,! for the due administratiori of justice, for to pay and satisfy such penalty and costs, j reasons for which new trials havensually 4" dui.ii iicc .icgiw ui uiuirtuo 10 oe been cranted in the courts of law. and civh causes, Originating in the inferior ; laws oTJmpbst,ynaviMti6n ad trade bf courts of the said Territory, wbatete may the Uniterl States, thesameees and com. be the amount in controversy jfahd shall pensation as are allowed by law,to the have and exercise original and ekmsive? clerks; marshals, and dis jurisdiction of all ; crimes and offences I the district court of, the United States for committed agaiilst the laws of the said lui 1 erntory, wherethe punishment shall be t and in all other causessuch fees as have . ! ana original and apellate jurisdic-1 been or shall b- hereafter established by the Legislative Council of the said Terri tory. And the clerk, United Statesiat torney arid marshal, of the court of ap peals,' shall Have the same feesarid com pensation for attending said court, .whilst exercising the. powers of a circut court, as directed, in this act, as are allowed to the Sec; 1 i. 4ndbe it further enacted, That the members of the Legislative Council shall not be eligibfe to any office created during the period of their service j. or the fees of which-were regulated by laws, pas sed whilstihey were members, or for one yer"thereafter.-Kfik Xlt. - ' ' Sec. 12. And be it further .enacted. That it shall be lawful for thei Legislative Coun cil to pass any law imposing a higher tax dn the lands, of non-re$idents,f 'than - those of residents of said Territory, ; V ' r Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That so much of ths several acts of which this is is an Amendment. a mav h i ccr, ttuonicjr unu marsiidij i iww. tent with the provisioos of this act, be ...It ...... TiU. ITlt.J CAina n 1 :M I, . . . .' ' . l r P .uifc tuui vi uic .uiihbu.1 jica , . ttfju, in j an( tfie same, are hereby, r what part of the town buildings of wood shall not be erected, and to regulate the size of bricks to be made or used; arid shall have power to restrain and prohibit all other cases,; such fees as the Legisia five. Council of said Territory have estab lished, or may direct. , : ;; ; Sec, 8. And be it further enacted, That the judges of the Superio rcourts shall only be required to hold a court in one other place, in their respective districts , than the one assigned by the laws of the Uni ted States, ' to be designated by the Go verrior arid Legislative Conncil ; . and so much of any law as restricts said courts to a particular number of days, for the trial 01 causes arising onder tlie constitution and laws of . the United. States, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the marshals of l each district shall reside within the same, and execute all the pro cess of said courts, . whether arising un der the laws of the United States, or of said Territory ; and perform all the du ties of ministerial officers of the same; arid shall execute bond with security, to be approved by said judges, conditioned for the performance of the duties required of the executive officers, by the laws of confined to labor for any time, not ex- , shall have nower to administer all necM- 1 said Territory m the sum of ten th.wi. ceedinp six months for anv nn nftunfa . I .. i . i-. ' o 71 vmmvi. , , sctry, iiftins ur uiuriiianuus, ana cO maKe repealed : and so much' of any of the laws of said Territory j as are repugnant to the same, are disapproved nd annulled. - . Sec. 1. And be it further enacted, That the several acts passed by the Governor 8s Legislative Council granting divorces; the four first sections of f An act to amend an act to define crimes' &c. approved De cember tenth, eighteen hundred and twen ty-five; and " An act to prescribe the forms of actions," &c approved December fifth, eighteen hundred and twenty -five; the act " in addition and amendment of an act to determine fees' &c. approved De cember ninth, eighteen hundred v and twenty-five; and "An act to amend an act regulating judicial proceedings,? &c. approved December eight, eighteen hun v dred and twenty-five ; " An act to pro -vide, in part, Tor raising a revenue," ap proved the ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, be, and the same are hereby, disapproved and an nulled. - Approved May 15, 1S26. master of such minor or apprentice, by confinement! to labor for a limited time. not : exceeding tnree , montns ior one offence. . ; " ' ," j 'i ' .. i to cause and provide for the removal of all such paupers, vagrants and other per sons, as may not be legally entitled to town, fnr the snare nf twn VMn nr kati ' residence within the said corporation ; (o hereafter remain due or unpaid, for that Punish b.fi" or penalty, any minor or space of time, or so muchof said lots as fPPren5" guilty of any breach of aoy mav he necessary, jnav be sohl t nnhlir ! ,aw of tDe corporation and unless such auction, for the paymeaVof4 1asmrit- or cnarjea- "vm tir, vi be due thereon, ; with the expenses at . tending the sale : Provided, That, before ant such sale be made, an affidavit of the J Collector o tne uistrici or vvara.ui ; c,3: jndbe it further enact ed, That wiucn sucn iois. ue, -ng inai nu Suu the mW Common Council shall have 1 t... . r n' Annn jr-fc riAreana rnfiP. i - tir ciiaueis ui me (jcumi vi, r1' . , v- power to subscribe to the stock of the ged wilh the payment of such taxes, ;as- ; (urD ;ke road which is authorized to be segments, or charges, sufficient to satisfy I ma()e by an act of the General Assernbly the same, ca.i oe . uuu , .. r q VirEin!a, passed the fourteenth day of ration, snan oe luuyvu " iuv vnriiv paknitt thanA 0,nhi h.nAA and eighteen, entitled " An act incorpo rating a company to establish a turnpike road fiom Wiley's Tavern, in the county of Fairfax, to a point pf intersection on the Little River turnpike road, or on the line of the District of Columbia," and to other public ira been, or may be, Congress, leading to the town, of Alexandria; jand the said Common. Council may lay and tax on the property in the .said town, i to promote any public improvement for- the benefit of the said town, when, in . the opinion of tdo arl Hnrnmnn frtiinril it mav hf fX - the square in which they lie is bounded, pedjent whkh sai(1 taxes may be collec the name - of th? .person or persons to ted as all other taxes are or may be direc hom they have bn last assessed,; on ted tQ be conected. . . " r the books or the Assessors, ana tne a- , s . Jnfi h. ; further enacted. That the Common Council ; Ana, provtaea, That public notice of the time and place of skch sale, shall be given, by adverti sine: in some newspaper published in the town of Alexandria, for. at leas! six months, where the property is assessed to and establish all necessary rules of prac tice and pleading, and' for the orderly conducting of the business of the said courts: Provided, Such rules be not re pugnant to the laws of the United States, or of the said Territory. ' i v : Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That To. 40 AN ACT for the sale of a House and Lot in New-Orleans, , and a Store-House at the Quarantine Ground, in Louisiana. f Be it enacted by the Senate and House FrwSrr5 u,5UUl u, r ..,HCur, : , turnpike road, or three months, where Uie pmperty is as- vemenHt - whch ,ias sessed to persons sKiinw, run ine authori2ed bvanactof said superior courts, where the matter in dispute shall amount to the sum or value of one hundred dollars, exclusive of costs to the court of appeals of said Territory ; in all civil causes of admiralty and mara time jurisdiction ; In a(l pauses of seizure, under the laws of impost, navigation and trade, 6f the United States in all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred un der the taws of the United Slates, and in all suits in which the United1. States shall be a party ; in all civil causei in law and equity, arising under the Constitution and laws of the United plates,: and treaties made and which shall be made, under their authoritv. and in all civil cases afM feeling Ambassadors, other public Minis-1 Delegate to Congress niied -States, but without the District of Columbia : and six weeks, when the prop erty is assessed to perstwis 'residing 'with-. ;a the District Jbf Columbia; in which notice shall be stated, the street or streets, on which lots lie, tlie streets by. which and the a- mount of the taxesassessments . or char ges, due thereon : And provided further, That the purchaser or put shasers shall ' nnt he nrtlitred to" D8V. at the time of :-9 r .J , so much of an act passed the twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty four, entitled ." An act suppleraeritarv to the act tn inrarnorate the inhabitants of such sale; more than the taxes, assess-; lhe CitJ Washington, passed the fi ft jnenis or cnarges uur, wu c teenth of May, one thousand eight hun- of sale; and that, if, within two years dred and tweQty and for other pnrpoi from the day of sale, the popnetor or e s as reiates lo the town of Alexandria, proprietors qi suiai im, .,, tuC .., d ln same ;s Herebv repealed.,- heirs, Representatives or agents shall re-j, Annro-f -13: w. , 1 AN ACT to . fNoi39.J amend the several acts for establishment bf in Florida. . the a Territorial Government Be it enacted by the Senate and House 'pay to such purchaser, or to the Mayor, the money paid for such '. taxes, assess ments, or charges and expenses, as afore said, with ten per centum per annum,; as interest theseon, or to rnake" a tender of : the same, he or she shall W re-instated n his, her or ineir or gmai m.e, 0r 0 6 f the United States . no such tender oe maae,wunin two years , , Congress assembled, That next after such sale, then the purchaser ; lne superiorr courts of, the territory of shall pay tbe balance of thea purchase ria- w:thjnheir respective: districts: money of such lot 6i lots, intn the a- fsiii ave and exercise original jurisdic sury ofjthe Common, Cooncilwheje it Iiorin au civil causes' of law and eqtiity. snail reraam, suojeci to tne oru.i u.c r whether arising under the ? laws of the proprietor or proprietors, or bis or their j said rrltbry Or otherwise where the sum lesal representatives ; and the porchaser . - rtVPrsw .hall amount to one hun- oh.the payment of the ; whole amount of red dolars r and shal( have original and tne purcnas money, anau receive a nr ezcuSive cognizance of all civil causes of to the sjd lot or lots, in lee simple; lrpmdOTira,i flnd mt ;n uc mojiui, uiiuvi - ; riudinfirail seizures umier. wn w i.uiuua. of his oftice, whicfrshallM'd and valid Jn law, an4 equity. J ' whether such seizures; be made on land Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, I hat - - :.f and of all 8Uits for. penalties the Common Council of Alexandria shall fand forfeitures incurred under the laws pf hav& power ; to iprotMe.fiiQhe aWi4he United States j and originalbuf not ment, maintainance and supincViexclusi 'otill suits fn which of public schools, anrj for the registering - hr states shall be a "partvw-wbaU ot births, marriages and deatns, an? snaii, : . .., , , the amount in controversy have power to preserve the navigation of io . ch ses -d uUg . andshaU havej sand dollars, which shall be recorded bv the clerks of said courts. ! Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That J thirteen persons shall be annually elected by-the people of. said Territorv, , who . of Representatives of the United States shall; compose the Legislative Council of America in Congress assembled, That thereof, each of whom shall be ah inhab- 4 he Secretary of the Treasury be, arid he? itant of said Territorv: and shall have is herebv, authorized to sell.aJaWy'Tvl shall be elected shall be one year, to ;Houri op uie um eu , u.. commence on the second Monday of ! storehouse and lot of land at the Quar December annually. And it shall be .) amine Ground, in the State o Louisiana, .u. j..i .r .K. finnnr tn. livido tho i whenever, in nis opinion, me same snau si irr mil v ui iiic viuTciuvi v i ' . " w ca.,1 Trritnrv iinto thirteen convenient be deemed expedient. districts, so as to give to each : district, ApprovedMay 15, 1826 as near as may; be, aq equal number I of free white, inhabitants, for the: purpose of electing members of the Legislative Council of said Territory ;' and he shall also designate places for holding elec tions in each district, and appoint judges or managers to preside at, and conduct the same, who shall take the same . oath, i and observe the same . formality, as is .- ters and Consuls: in contioversies be tweeh citizens of two difirent States, and ! between aliens and cilzens of the United States, in the same manner, and under the same regulations, Las. appeals are directed to be taken rom a districftoi a circuit court of the United States. And writs of error and appeals shall lie,, and may be taken from the final decisions of the said court of appeals, iii- all such ca ) ses ; to tne supreme court, oi me.uiuiru. States, in the same manner, and under the same restrictions and regulations, -as writs of error and appeals are directed to be taken from the circuit courts of , the United States.. And in all other cases, writs of error and appeal may be taken and y prosecuted from said., superior cours to the court of appeals, in such manner as the Legislative Council, have directed, or shall dlrect.: v.f.p''.-r- ''.. ' Sc. 6. And be it further enacted, TbI the regulations prescribed, tjy the nine teenth, twentieth, twentyrfirsi, twenty-s-cond, twenty-third and twehty-fpurtb sec-, tions of the act of the twenty rfourth of September, "seventeen hundred and eigh-ly-nine, entitled " An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States, and by the act of i the twelfth - of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-fonr, enti tled r" An act to amend and explain, the twenty -second section pf the act estab lishing tne judicial courts of : the ,Unlted States,,, as far as said regulations shall be practicable, ' sbal 1 be observed in respect to all writs of error and appeals from; the said superior courts ' to the court of. ap peals in the cases enumerated in "the first part of the preceding section, and in writs of error and appeals iroin the said court of appeals to the supreme court of the United tt& :ik- v WSc-7?And be it further enacted, That the clerks of the said codrtsi respectively i ' where the courts are held, shall keep cor rect, particular and regular minutes; ana Records' of ever day's procced'mgs-of the said courts, and the said clerks, marshals and district attorneys, shall respectively Vee.eiv for their services, in all causes of No. 41. AN ACT to confirm certain Claims to Lands in the District of Opelousag, in Louisiana. Be ik enacted by the Senate and House f Representatives of the United States . of America in Congress 'assembled, That ; the several claims to lands, recommen ! ded for confirmation in the report of the . i f i r ita I unit 9t nnalnnss. now required oy law, in tne election oi cgiici ut . 'j'he time and 1 in. tne piaie oi uouiittiw,,uaicu uu uic place of holding the elections shall lirst day oi wiooer, one iuoumuu cigut be made known,-by proclamation, and i hundred and twenty-nve, ana wnicn sent to each district, respectively ; and are designated in that report by leler A, it shall be lawful for the inhabitants with- and numbered one, two, three, four, eight, in the esPctura-4Utricis-whQAre.-or injnej ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, four may be qualified voters, tinder the laws f teen, ; fifteen, seventeen, eiSm, ofUie same, to elect one person ; in teen, f twenty, twenty-one, twenty- wo, each district, as a member of the, Legis, entyney - lative Council- ' And it shall be the duty of the said judges or managers, in each tv-one, tnirty-iwo, iiiriyvurcc, iiiii- four, thirty-eight thirty-nine, forty, for- the Potomac river, within their j uhsd ic- .se aDDelIale jurisdiction, in all : adm.rahty and marat ime "T?1 ; ;- . . k. I- I. . n n,ih. -. T , ; in ailas'flTltina nn leuuun UUUCI IUV six, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixtyrthree, ' sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty nine,; seventy,' seventy-five seventy-six, seventy -seven seventy-eight j : seventy nine; eighty, eighty-two eighty-three, eighty-seven, andninety, be, , and tbe same are hereby confirmed agreeably, to the said report 5 FroriaW, That this con firmation shall operate only as a relin quishment f the : claim of .the United States to Jhe lands hereby confirmed, i Appkovko May 16, 1826. tf Atrl to make a return to theGovernor . ty-t wo, lorty-tbree, lorty-iour, lony-n ve, r ...rv nprenn voted for as a member of 1 fbrty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, hfty- the UgisWive Council, in such district, two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty together with the number of votes which each persoii shall have received, written in full, opposite his name ; and the votes in eachMistrict shall be cariyased by the Governor and Secretary of the Territory , or by : such other persons, or, in such other manner, as the Legislative Council may hereafter direct by law ; and the. person in each district, having the great est number of legal ' votes, shall be der dared electedand entitled to a seat in thef Legislative Council ;ahd in ;Case two or morei persons J shall Jiave the greatest,' and an equal number of t votes in any district, it shall be lawful for" the Governor to order a new election in such; district, in such manner; and at such time, as the Legislative Council ; may by law. prescribe. Ana me saia iegisiaiive Council shall hold a session in every year. "-t . . . . .V : : ' . 1 '' I commencing on tne! seconav tionuay in December, in eachear,' at the reat of Govefhment in said'Territory, and con tinue not longer than six weeks J ; and the, members, of said Council shall receive three dollars each per day, during their attendfance in Council, and three dollars forevery twenty miles,' to be estimated by the actual distance fro ni the place of residence to the Seat of Gavernment, aud so dbtinctly certified by the Governor of said Territory, in going to, and return ing from any meeting ofthe Legislative Council, once , in each session,' and . no more and the first election shall beheld on the first Monday of pctober next, arid at such times thereafter, - and onder such regulations, ps the Governor and L-egisIa- UVe ;-.VOH.0CH.MMU UUW. J Vv, : ; No. 42. AN ACT to alter the lines between the Land : District in the Territory of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the boundaries of the Southern Land District, in the Territory of Michigan, as ; established by Ttbe act passed the third of March, eighteen Hundred and twenty-three, entitled, u An act to estab lish an additional land office in the Ter ritory of Michigan,"! shall be so altered, as that, from the point where the present boundary line Deiween uie tuiru ouu iwui uji townships south ' intersects the'' meridian line, the boundary 'of 7 the; said District shall run north with' the meridian line, until it shall intersect the base line, and thence with the. said line.west to Lake Michigan. . I r, : " ( 1 ", ArrfcoTKD May 16, 1826.-; ; WRAPPING PAPER. T. VATSON has on hand a Quantity of Wrapping Paper, 'which will j be sold 9Wi JuneS. i ' " i . - - "'; fir - ---- . p-i r. - 3 i 4f I: 4 4 .f i A i. ' r, J Q
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