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vF v? 1 t ' 1 s . , - ' - . EG I S .A i X - - -,(. v- 1 2 zette Onr arc tb pUntof fair de'Iightfol pwe, XJowatpM byfartyrgtfctolie Bkefcrotheri. Monday, April 15, 1805. VOL. VI. . . . . AND;;;. : . . North-Carolina State Ga 3Bp auti&Orftg. JLAWS p the U. STATES. AN ACT 7i flwiemf tie charter of Gevrge-Tavn. BE it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Pepresentatnes of tbe United State oj Amer ica, in Congress assembled, That from and after the second Monday in March current, the corporation of George Town, in the district of Columbia, shall be divided into two. branches ; the first branch to be composed of five members and a recorder, and ,o be called the board of Alder Spro; and the second branch to be composed of eleven membei-s, and to be called the board of common council men; which said two bran ch shall be elected as hereafter par ticularly provided. Sec.2. And be it further enacted, That im mediately after the passage of this act, and before the , said day above mentioned, the present, members of the said corporation shall meet at their usual place-of meeting, and then and there choose by ballot, from their body, five persons to compose the said board of Aldermen, which aid persons, when chosen as afore said, shall compose the said board of Aldermen, and be, nnd continue mich. nntill the fourth Monday in 7 - . February, 1806 ; and that the pre ent recorder of the said corporation shall be the President of the s.id board of aldermen, until the time last aforesaid : that the other mi ru bers of the said corporation, (except the mayor shall compose the said second branch, called the board b common council men, 'and be and continue such, untill time aforesa.d and shall choose out of their own .body, a President to be, and continue such until the time aforesaid, ana 'when thus organised, said corpora tion shaft have, exercise, and possess all the powers and rights now vest,ed in the said 'corporation, and to be herein and hereby vested in them. Sec, 3. Jnd he it further enacted That the present tniyor.pf tUe co'rpo- ration of George-town, shall fae, and con- liiv.c such, until the- first -Monday of January next. '" Sec. 4. And he it furth:r enacted. T 1 at on the fourth Monday of Febru aty next, the frte while male citizens of Geore-town, of full age, and hav ing resided within the town aforesaid twelve months previously, and having paid tax. to the corporation shall as semble at a place to be appointed, as hereafter directed, and then and there J shall proceed to elect, by ballot, five fit and propeT persons, citiiehs of the United States, and residents of the said sown, one whole, year next ,efore the saia day of election, above -twenty one years' of age; and' having paid tax to said corporauon. to com pose the sai board of alderm.eo ; and shall alt t&eisame time proceedas foresaid, wx elect eleven lit-arm pro, per ptrsoni, having the quaKfieatrctfrs ; last aforesaid, to compos ' tite) said board of common counci! ; the said , board of aldermen to continue two years, and tbe said board f common council to cbntlnueone year : and the said may or, . tojgetheit with such other fit persons" as shall be named and aprjpifjtedby th; said arporaiion shsllbe Judges f. xhc election, nd4 the five persons voted for as aider- men, who shall havthegreatestnum bcr of JegaVQtes n the final cast ing up of tfie polls, shall be declared , duly elected for the board of common council ; and that the Jikeft lection for aldermen be held on the' fourth Monday in February, every two years tnereatter and for the said common council, pa the said fourth Monday in February annually, forever there after. . Sec. 6. And be it further enacted That on the first Monday of January neict, and on "the same day annually forever thereafter, the said corpora tion shall,; by a joint ballot of the said two branches present, choose some fit-and proper person to be mayor oT the said corporation, and some fit and proper person,, learned in the law, to be the recorder of the said corporation, to continue in. of fice one year. ' Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That xne saia mayor betore he acts as such ud the said recorder) before he acts AS such, shall respectively make oth, before soma justice ofr the peace, for the county ; pf Washing yn. aforesaid i me presence ot both branches of p the said corporation, that he will wcjl and faithiully discharge tne several and respective duties of his pfirce ; and that each member or tne saw hranches shall, before he acts as such, ih the presence of the corpora- tion, take an oatn to oistnrgc uic duties aril trust reposed "m him, with integrity and fidelity. Sec. 7. Jnd be kJurtUr enacted, That four members of .the board of alder men, and seven members of the board of common council, shall form t quorum to. do business, the said corporation shall hold, two sessions in each year; one. to commence in the first Monday in March, and the other on the first Monday in Decem ber, with power to adjourn from day to day, to be held at such place as the mayor may designate not other wise provided tor by orumance Provided alwayt, That the mayor shall have power, on urgent occa sions, to convene said corporation, on application of at least five members in writing, giving reasonable notice of such intended raeeung. Sec. 8. Andbt it further enacted, That each of the said branches snail udere tf the elections, qualifications and returns of its own members, and j may compel the attendance oi the members of each branch by rcasona -j ble penalties ; and either tranchshall j have power to appoint their president, - ... pro-temr ?ve, m case oi the aosence of the one duly chosen as aforesaid; any ordinance may originate in ei ther branch, and njo oramance snan )e passed, but by a majority oi both branches, nor unless Jt sha11 Pass xth branches during the same ses- sion,and be approved of by the mayor, who shall sign the same, unless he objects thereto within forty-eight hours from the time the same is pre sented to him for signature ; if he does so object, he shall immediately j return the same "to the said corpora- ! tionT with" his objections in wiiting, and if, on recOnsiderafion, two thirds';, of each branch of the corporation, shall be of opinion that the said law ought to be passed, it shall notwith standing the objections of the mayor become a law, and he shall sign the same ; if the said mayor shall not re turn his objections to the same, to the said corporation, within the time aforesaid, it shall become a law, and shall be signed by him ; the cferk of the corporation shall record, in a book, to be kept by him for that pur pose, all the laws and resolutions which shall be passed as aforesaid, and deliver a copy of them to the public printer; to be printed by hi,m for the .use of the people. - Sec. . And be it further enacted, That ur ease the aldermen composing the first branch, -shali at any time, on any question lefore them, be equally divided, -the-recorder; shall have the casing vote,' and" determine such question to.tnc same etiect as it the same had been.deterinihed by a ma jority of the aldermen present, and similar power is hereby given to the president-of the second branch, in case of an equal division iu that body ,' -Sec. 10 A,id ie it further enacttd, That it shall bcthe. 'duty, of the mayor, to see that the laws of the " corporation ie duly executed, and to report the negligence or misconduct of any tfit cer to the said corporation ; who on satisfactory proof thetrcef, may re move from office the said delinquent, or take such other measures there upon as shall be just and lawful ; he shall lay before the said corporation from time to time, in writing, such alterations in the laws of the said corporation as he shall deem necessary arid proper ; he shalf have andexercise the powers of a justice of the peace in the said tewn ; and shall receive for his services annually a just and reasonable compensation to be allowed and fixed by the said corporation ; no pePsoil shall bt eligi ble to the said office of mayor unless a citizen of the United States of the age of thirty years, a resident of the said town for five years then last past, and unless he shall have paid a tax to said corporation. Sec. 11. And bt it fuitber enacted, That in case, of a vacancy-in either branch of the said corooration, bv death. 1 4 removal or otherwise, of either of the members, a fit person or persons qualified as uforestid, shall be e lecied by thefop'e in the manner aforesaid, to fill such va- vacancy immediately thereafter, the mayor giviwg however, at least five day s notice of such election : and in case.of the vacancy of the mayor of recorder, the said corporation shall, within five days thereafter, as here in before directed, proceed to the choice of a fit person or persons, qualified as aforesaid, to fill his or their placev Sec. 12. And be itjmbe enacted, TJAtthe said corporation shall have power to impose a tax not exceeding in any one year fifty cents in the hundred dollars, th all property within the said town ; and the sessions of th? said corporation shall be held as heretofore, until the said second Monday in March current ; and the 11 said corporation shall have, possess , and enjoy all the rights, immunities privileges and powers heretolore en- j joyed by them; and shall he cauta by the same name as heretofore, and shall have perpetual succession ; and in addition thereto they shall have power to regulate the inspec- tion of fjour, andtsbacco in said town, 1 to prevent the introduction of conta- j gious diseases within said town and precincts, to establish night watches and patrol es, and erect lamps : to regulate the stationing, anchorage and mooring of vessels; to provide for regulating, and licensing ordinar- hackney carriages, waggons, carts and drays within said town and pre- cincts; to restrain or prohibit gam- II bling, to provide for licencing, regula ting or restraining theatrical or other public amusements, to regulate and stablish markets, to pass a!l laws i for the regulation of weights and measures, to provide for the licen sing and regulating the sweeping of chimneys, and fixing the rates there ,oF, to . establish and regulate fire I wards ami fire companies, to rcgu i late and establish the size of bricks to be made and used within the said town, the inspection of salted provi sions, and the aslze of bread, to sink wells, and erect and repair pumps in the streets, to impose and appropri- ate fines, penalties and forfeitures for breach of their ordinances, t erecl work houses, to o e i, extend and regulate streets within the limits of tlie said town, provided they mke to the person or persons who may be injured by such opening, extension or regulation just and adequate com pensation to be ascertained by the verdict of an impartial" jury to be summoned, and sworn by a justice of the peace of the county of Washington,- and to be formed of twenty three men who shall proceed in like manner as has been usual ia other cases where private property has been condemned for public use ; and they shall have the power of restraining, regulating and directing the manner of building wharves and docks ; also to direct the manner in which the im provements thereon to be erected shall be made, so that they may not become InjivrroUs to the health of the town ; in addition to the power here tofore granted to the said corporation by the act of Congress, entitled M An act addititional to and amendatory of an act, entitled An act concerning the district of Columbia," of laying a tax of two dollars per foot front, for pa ving the streets, lanes and alleys of the said town,' they shall have the power upon petition in writing,, of a majority of the .holders of the real property fronting on any street or al ley, if in their judgment it shall be deemed necessary, to slay such Fur ther and additional sum on each foot front on said street or part of a street, as will be sufficient to pave said street or part of a street, lane or alley so petitioned for ; and the like remedy shall be used for the recovery thereof. as is now used foe , the recovery of the public county takes in the said I county of Washington ; and they shall have power by ordinance to di rect or order the paved streets to be cleansed and kept clean, and appoint an officer for that purpose ; to make ana Keep m repair an necessary sew ers and drains, and to pass regula tions necessary for the preservation j of the same. Sec. 13. 'And be it further enacted That the duties on all licenses to be granted as aforesaid, shall he to and for the proper use and beneht of the I said corporation ; anu tae saia cor- poration shall have power to pass all laws not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, which may be necessary to give effect and ope ration to all the powers vested in the said corporation ; and to appoint con stables and collectors of the taxes, and alt. other officers who may be deemed necessary for the execution of their laws, whose duties and pow ers shall be prescribed in such man ner as the said corporation shall deem fit, for the purpose' aforesaid. Sec. 14. Aftd be it Jttrthert enacted, That the jurisdiction of the said cor poration shall extend to the limits of the original plan of said f on, and to such addisions as are recognized by law : ana tnai a surrey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made under the direction of the said corporation, as- certaining said limits, and a " platl thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when epproved of iy them, shall be preserved, and be- come a record, NATHi. MACONv Speaker ftbe House of Rtpresentatites- JUS. ANDERSON. PretiJcnt of tbe Senate, pro tempore. Apprvc4 Mttk f. lSo. TH JEFFERSOX. AN ACT To continue in force an act tfedaf ing the assent of Congress to an act of the State of Maryland, passed the 28th day of De cember, 1793. far the appointment of a Health officer. BE it tmcted by tbe Senate and Mosses Pepresentatives of tbe United States of Afntr iea, in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be and it is herebv grant ed and declarer to the operation of an act of the Central Assembly of Maryland, passed the twenty-eighth day ot December, one thousand se ven hundred and ninety-hree, enti tled ' An act to appoint a health o Seer for the port of Baltimore in Bal timore County V so far , as to enable the state aforesaid to collect a duty of one per cent per ton on all vessels coming into the district of Baltimore, from a foreign voyage, for the pur poses in said act intended. . 2. And beit further enacted, That this act shall be in force for nine years from the passing thereof, and from thence to the end of the next Session of Con gress threafter, and no longer. NATHt. MACON, Speaker of tbe Heuse of Representatives. JOS. ANDERSON. President of tbe Senate preAtmpore. AurMW, March id, it. TH; JEFFERSON. AN ACT - To authorise tVie Secretary at' War to issue M Unary Land Warrants, and for other purposes. Bk it enacted by tbe Senate and Houseof Pe presrntati'oss of tbe United States of America, in Corgress assembled, That the Secretary of War be and he hereby is authoris ed from and after the passing of this act, to issue warrants for military bounty lands, to the sixty-three per sons who have exhibited their claims and produced satisfactory evidence to substantiate the same to the Se cretary of War, and also to such per mm t . r sons as shall, betore tne nrst Gay o April next, produce to him saiisfac tory evidence of the validity of their claims, in pursuance of the act of the 26th of April, eighteen hundred and two, intituled An act in addition to an act entituled An act in addition to an act regulating he grants of land appropriated for military services and for the Society of the United Bre thren, for propagating the gospel a mong the Heathen. Sec. 2. And be it fuitber enacted, That tbe holders or proprietors of the land warrants issued by virtue of the pre ceding section, shall and may locale their respective warrants, only on any Unlocated parts of the fifty quar ter townships, and the fractional quarter townships, which had been reserved for original holders, by vir I tue of the fifth section of an act in- tuled MAn act in addition to an act intituled An act regulating the grams of land appropriated f r military ser vices, and for the Society of the Uni ted-Brethren, for propagating the If gospel amonp; the Heathen , Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act, entituled u An act in addition to an act, entitled An act in addition to an act regulating the grams of lands appropriated fort, military services, and for the rSocltty of $he United Brethren, for 'propagating the gospel among the Heathen," approved the 2 6th dav of April, 1 802, be and the same is hereby Continued in force un Jil the ! st day of March, i805. Sfxtitr ef tbe Motae of Hefretentaiitd A. BURll, , 'f Vice President of tbe United Stater, mni President of tbe Senate. ' THs JEFtUHSONw SHERIFF'S is ale. 9n the lOtb day f May next, at Duplin Court -bouse, ixnu be scia, 'as qittco of tbe following land ae will be sufficient to pay tbe taxes and expencts of said lands for tbe. years 103 rf 1804. 320 acres of land, belonging o the heirs of James Spftler, adjoining the lines ot J aeries Kenan. 300 acres patented by Wilfiafa Ellis, ri ven in by Felix Frederick, joining the Hues of said relix, en the rans of Nahunga. 88 acres on Muddy Creek, belonging to therein of Jacnes Lockhart, joining James Pickett and Lincoln Sheffield's lines. 100 acres, belonging to the heirs of John; j Megee, joining the lines oi Merit Manin and Abraham Andrews 300 acres on EWr swamp, joining the lines of Lewis Hedgman, supposed to be ewncd fay Moy. 612 acres on Persimmon swampi joining the lints of Thoma RuUedge, given in toy William Higgins fbrthe heirs of Nicholas Hunter, and claimed by George Hooper, granted to Jobn Rutherford. 249 acres on both sides of Maxwell swamp, joining Nathaniel MCahn and Isaac Hun ter's lines supposed to be the preperty q George Hooper, granted to John Thalley. 100 acres belonging to the heirs cf John Megee, joining the neirs of Samuel Saadlin and Daniel Sutherland 63 1-3 acres, the property of Rebecca Harvel, joining the lines of John Alderman and Joshua Blanton. 4u0 acres belonging to the heirt of John ston, on the east side the No. East, joining William Pickett's line. 100 acres bttanging t tbe heirs of Archi bald Pearce, joining the lines of Arthur Murray and VVilia Pickett. 2000 ,acre belonging to the heirs of Wil liam Jones, joining the tines of Geo. Povrli Jesse Gewge and John Whitman. JAMES HALL, shff. Match 23, 1803. N. B. No letter or order vdll stop tbe sale p nothing but cash. Belfield Academy Lottery. At a meeting of tbe managers of tbe Bel field Academy Lottery on tbe Hb March, the, FOLLOWING SCHEME vias adopted, in place ef tbe one first published " 1 Pr e of 10QO Dollars, is 1000 I 500 - 500 10 100 , 100O 20 -50' 1000 50 20 i ' 1000 1250 8 1000 First drawn blank on the th day of the dratving, wiH be entitled to First drawn blank on the 25th day Of the drawing, will be C 1000 entitled to "3 Last drawn blank will be entitled to 4000 1S35 Prizes, ' 2665 IHankx 20000 4000 tickets at 5 dollars tatn, is 20000 N. B. Not 2 blanks to a priae. At said meeting it was resolved, that th drawing of said Lottery shall cqmmence on Monday the oth April next, at the tavern. of John Avery, in Belfieid and as a trrrial alteration in the former scheme has. been deemed necessary, it behoves the managers to inform such as have hitherto purchases tickets under the former scheme, that if any should be dissatisfied, they may on' applica tion, and oh returning their tickets, receives their money from tUomof whom tbev pur chased, provided the$$p by the 10th of April : But it is belrtv4 na hoped, that as no man can be injtired by the alteration, so no person will exact return. Test, Phil. CLAiaoasfc, see'ry. March 14, 1805 ' . New Invention t&lmake feliars dry T5 Y a simple process, 'makes Cellars dry, vr ithout either draining or ramming on the outside, and the expence is not more than 10 ot 15 dollars. Several gentlemen of Raleigh (whose cellars he has made dry) will testify the useful nes? of bis plan, whick w nds not only to convesienct, but the pre servation of health. He oflers bis wetvicew to the citizens of Wake: and the adjacent counties as well in the above line, as in the digging of wells and draining of wet laads. . Ratttgb, Mareb 25i:l05. - Letters (pest paid) addressed to him or tea tbe Post Master at this pUcsiriUbc duly at tended to. " State of JNorth-Carolina. Wayne Cchjhtt Couat, 5 ' February Term,. 1805. William Exum. THE Petitioner w. J x states, that hi is te- Jhn Burke, and Inant in cb.twnon with the heirs ot Nancy 1 the defendants, of a his late wife. J-ttact of land, situated in Wayne county, on tne south side of Nau huutea, aad prays pardtion of theSnune. It being suggested to the court that the de fendants are absent "Und oat of the state, it is ordered, that public notice,o the petition l given in the State aiettafi4eeably- to 1 law. Test, JAMJSS SASXP. C I! 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