titled" An act to grant two irparate electi
ons and general mutters in Currituck coun.
To grant feparate elections and generaLraui-
iters in Oranre. . - ,
xor improving the navigatioa of -.Tar-river.
. froiiv'farborough upwards as faras ihe
lanic can pe enecteu. .- :
To grant a feparate eleflion and general mut
ter to the inhabitants cf Wayne county -
To prevent pebplerbm impeding the) free I
jjauagc yi.uui up Lac rivers ana creeks 01
thisthte. , ,
r", ! -1 yjr
An act tn authnri7j f hp ronnfu mnrts nV
-Gates and Perfon toTay a taxTorThe pub.
EdgcomS tolaaurthertax, for thepur.
pofc of building a houfe or hxufe for the
reception and maintenance olf the' "poor of,
faid county. .
Making compenfation to the owners of out-
lawed and executed flakes, fof the counties
of Bladen - HalifaGranvinetum.
Tand, Perquimans, Beaufort; : -
lif hnilHinrre - V
, For altering the names or Certain perfons
therein inentioneiU
Making compenfation to the county court
j'lws of New-Hanover, Surry, Stokes,'
Randolph, Chatham and Buncombe. ;. -.
Granting the inhabitants bt Bertie county fe-
jcu iy guci di uiuucrs aiiu C1CC11UI1S. .::
Io nend an aft paffed in 1 794, empower-
lay a tax for the'puVpdfe of deitroying
vermis. .;, .'.. S- ; . ' .
To repeal an aft, entitled " An ad to eftablim
a co np my for the opening the navigation
ule m 1788. ,
To nwke Hyes naviVable, &c
Graining feparate elections; in Buncombe
, county. . ' . , . : '
To appoint commiflioners to procure-houfe8
tor the poor, m Duplin and Camden coun.
, wes- .. , .... , . . .. '.. ' ::
To repeal 7ththefeftionofan aaftablilha
feparate eledions in Montgomery and
Kkhinond counties. -
To ernpower the county courts to bind but
the children of thofe who defert their fa.
. tnilies.
v 'vvun, wc uijpriiaiuy 01 , tnai oy jurv,
and to dircft the judges in giving charges
1 50 pctit-iuries.. . . b
oTutliorize the commiilioners of Eden:cn
.to grant Dbdor Samuel Dickenfon a cer
tain water lot in faid town
To appoint commiflioners for the town of
Hertford.
T faciluate the navigation of Meherrin river.
P0! the- county court of Moor to
. ippomt a perfon to tranferibe the reRitter
b oks. . 0
-w uum rt loJJ roaa tnrough the great
fwamp in Camden and Currituck counties.
0 einpower the county courts therein men
' tmned toby a tax for deftroying vermin
ofthonzethefecuritiesof the Jherift of
Nafl, to collea arrears for" the year 1 70c.
1 o anex part of Richmond to Robinlbn coun.
To alter the name of W. Lea to that of VTil.
liam Donoho.
To empower pbefon county to by a tax for
the year 1797, &c.
To eitabUHi at tow,,, for. hi Cafwell tottnty.
0aDtxint cninniiItwM.ir v'
boundary luie of this ijt.fm,i ;., n
I , WVUkliVllUa
ma. . .
To amend a,)d repeal an aft granting feparate
eleftjons and general multers in Cumber
Ui.d county. j .
To .eaabliih a free firry in Montgomery
county. . '' 0 '
To grant a feparate election in Sampfon coun.
.
eTrfting mm of the
.. countiaoflyrreland Halifax into one
county.
For clearing cut the Yadkin rivet, from Fo
red Mill-race, as far up die fame as may
To eltjbliih a town in ,he county of Randolph
onth. la.d, ofJefleHcnly, at the court
houle in faid emmty.
For altering the time of holding the county
courts of dca and quarter fcllions for the
.ttuntyof Ugcomb.
To' -uthoriitliemfmnersdf the Epifconal
church 111 the town Ntubcm to apin, nt
For laying oft and c(t ablifhing a town and an
mfjcftion, at or abouttl tonfluece of
Drci) and Haw rivers - -
To autlioruc die wardctuof tlic county of
To direft the :mo&-f;'ctndf3ifpmed "
cictnou5 minis ii ate, . ana 10 direct the
niode of preferring petirious to the General
Aflembly in certain cafes! ' '
To amencl the fixteenth feftionof an act, paf.
rled in Oftobcr, 1784, entitled, " Ah, aft
to empower the county courtrof -plelisand"
quarter-feflions of the feveraljcoUnties:
within this ft ate, to order the layingjout
. public roads, eftablifh and fettle fejrries,
and to dear in land rivers and creek's."
To authorize Daniel Camp, former fheriff of
, Rutherford county; to colleft all arrearages
of taxes due him. . ;
To appoint commiflioners tnlayott and cfta
bliiha town, at the place fixed upon in
Moore county for eftabliihing a' court houfe
prifon and ftotks of faid county and for
: lirefting the courts of tieas and quarter
feflions to be held there as , fooa as fuch
court houfc incompleted aL
To prevent the obitruding the pfjn.g6 of filh
jip Wicacon and Chincapen creeks in Hert
ford county. ,
To facilitate the navigation, of the . Yadkin
ana redeerivm, tr.om the riioudi ot U
hary, kc ,
To eftabliiha Eenefal mutier'and eieci!bn in
tle county of Craven, andtorepeal paitof
an aft eftablilhing feparate geyernl multers
and eleftionsiuihe couuties ui Craven and
Beaufort.
Better to regulate the town of Newbern;
and to lecure the collection of taxes m the
town of Halitax-
For improving the navigation of Roanoke.
ip paruon ana reitore to credit William Files.
To enable Richard Whitehoufe, late fheriff
or Carteret county, to colleft -. the arrears
of taxes for-1 701.
To fecu re property to religious cieties or
congregations. . v .
For improving the navigationof the Yadkin .
river. ": . .
To incorporate St. John's Lodge, No. x,'
Wilmington.
To improve the navigation of Great Cotent
. riey creek.
To provide for the appointment of clerks
and mailers in equity, for :
To amend thc feveral aftsfer the regulation
of the town of Hilllborough. '
To author .zc , J Mekher to make a flope in
his mill-dam. '
To explain the doftrinc ot pleas fince thelaft
contuiuaitcein contioverfies at law.
To amend an aft, entitled, " an aft for af.
certaining the damage upon protefted bills
oftxehangt."
To authorize the executor or admSniftrator
of Thomas Barret, deceafed; to colleft the
arrears of taxes, and the fecuritieiof Tbo.
mas Johnlton, deccafed, to colleft the ar.
rears of taxes .
To amend, flrenjben, and confirm" the fe"
veral acts of this ttatt, againtt the eman.
cipation of Haves. - , t
For cutting a navigable canal from Roanoke
river, near the town of Plymouth to Pun
go river. - . ; j
To autborize the rcc retary to iflue grants for
military lands in the manner therein def.
cribed, and to direft tb fecrctary and
comptroller to UTue warrant in certain
cafes. .
Divorcing Thomas Smith and Syah pri wife.
I'o autliurizethe'truitecs of LuiubcTfon aca
. demy to I5v off and fell i pa of Cbe.T)n
commons, toraifea fund Ux, the rAiffc
of building did acadrmy. - , ;.;"!
To add part of the county ol.StoUs.Ui.ibe
To sutlrizc If4 Jones to collect tbe iBeL
ment for the town of Sal fbinv.
1 ... - -
, ' For amending the fevfal laws now in fart
for the rtRUiatJon fcf baJilburv-.
- 4 - - - j
To amend an aft, for afcCTlaiatrttth method
of proving book cltNs.
To amend tne federal aftrrcfptflmglbe pilot
age ol Ca-Fctf b-r and tivcr
J empower WiUiam " May , late deriflT of '
J' Anfortjo colleft arrears of taxes, for the -ycar
1794 and 1795. '. '
To prevent any perfon from hauling two
".uiii uicjiamc place, in tne. aoanoke
f61uirilvmina brancbwereoEr'
Tc eftablifh a lown in Robfclou county, by
" the name of Prince Anrie; ; . 7; -To
grant a further time for the proving and
rcgUterihg grants, deeds, &o ;
To appoint cmmimoners to purcbafe lan4
" for a town in Rockingham county.
To amend the feveral . afts" preventing any
l.lfpttfiBoni holding any appoinrment
'der this ilate, - while he exercife any of
' fice under the United States.
To empower Baz'd Smith to colleft taxes in
Jones county, for which Thomas Williams,
latc lhefuT, is liable. ?w
Appoinringcommiflioners to extend the boun
dary line between Bladen and Brunfwick
, counties. ". v . '.; ;
Granting a feparate cleftion in Brunfwick '
county. .
To. amend an aft how in force for the reeil-
lanon 01 juincointon. . ,
To eilablifl. a town by the name of Jefferfoii,
in Chatham county, and infpeftion there
.. at. !; .. - . . ,v
To remedy a -certain incoriveniehce arifin
under the prefent land laws.
To amend and explain an aft palled in 1794,
entitled, "An aft to prevent the further
importation, and .. bringing - flaves or in.
dented fexvants tf cDtour intdthiTftate."
To enforce the duty of- infpeftors in this
itate, and: for other purpofes tbejeinmen
tioned. V' !'
To rninim peffons for removing ; debtors out
of one county to another, or out of the
date. . '-"j" ," - . :
Tb make further provifion Ut the wlidov$
of inteftates. ' . :
To raife a revenue for tlie payment of the
civil lilt nd contingent tharges of govern
ment, for tbe year 1797 and to amend:
tbe revenue laws in certain cafes.
To amend an aft to eriforce the attendance
of jurors, &c. -
To appoint commiflioners to run the dividing
- line between this itate and the itate of
Tenneflee.
To clear out the great fwamp in tbe county
of Robefon. - ..
To amend the militia laws of this (tare .
A HlNT TO THt IIwmrBWSJTrm fmtncf
- mmmm w wnvj 1UV 10
PROBABLY Or NKW-YoRK.)
- Mr. Martin, -
I WAS in Turks-Iflands aboiit tbe 15th &
20th of Novcmberlaft j at which place 1 be.
came atauainted with a Cantdin Stndard.whn
A ; w
had commanded a Snow out of the port of
New-York, one of the 'owhers names was
Tod of New. York the other owner's name
1 have forgot but, the -particular circum
fiance of the Snow, having failed from New
York to Bermuda, thence to Turks-Ifiand
1 very wtllrecolleft to have been frequently
told by capt ttodatd, among other things,
that the veflel was infured, that flie was an old
veiTel, and that (hevai regiftered as two years
old only from a variety of circuraftances,
1 believe the veflel was wantonly thrown a
.- "J .!!! .1 1 t I
way idu mis is ik utvui cu upuiMju 10 me,
of rapt. Archibald Graham f Turks-Ifland,
and of many other people of information
.1 " v.ui:rt. i 1 .
mere uupc wwyuuiua mis cany in
your gatette, that if, ai it conjefture, a fraud
has been intended o be'hnpofed on tbe un
derwriters they itiay avail tbmfelves of
this bint. If my tcUimony ever mould be
called for, my .refidctKC b near WalhmgtoA
North-Carolina. .'
... J ALDERSON. V
Deeemhcr ty, 196 rt-. jj
Note Tbe Snow was call away in thi
Tin-ks Hie raflaee, likely about the ill NoV
vember j - - "
H N ii'-y M U R k.
At tbe fign of the SprraJ tiagU, In Middit
(Irtrt, '
Has for fale, a thoke collection of
BOOKS and P R X N T S,
ALSO
(A D I E 3 S li O E S.
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