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Ours arc Use plaits of fair delightful peace, miwarp'd by party r ) I VO&. XtL. MONDAY, JAUAliY 14,. 139. NO. 11; l"W ftTWgT AT CAPTIONS 'f f I OF THE ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF N.CAROLINA, At its Session.oflS3S-9. PUBLIC ACTS. . 1. An Act to extend the time for paying in Entry money rtGivcs until ilsth of December, 1841. 2. An Act roneerning the Election of Constables in cer tain rases.l Provides that the Elections shall be held SO : davs before 'the County Court, which lhny fall on the last "Mondiij nil December, or the fu st Monday in .January. i S. An Act appointing Commissioners to lay off a Pub I lie Road, from Bunisyillc, Yancy County, to the Tennessee f line. Appoints John Roberts, Joint Ramsay and George Gahngan, Commissioners for this purpose, at 2 per day each. 4. An Act to amend the thirty ninth section of the Re- t vised Statute 'entitled." An Act coucerniuc: Courts of Jus tice. 'Practice, Pleas and Process." Repeats so much of I I said Act as gives authority to bring suits in counties, other i j.than those! in w hich the defendant resides. ! 5. An Act to lav offand establish a County by the name ' I of Henderson. Erects into a new County, all the South ern portinjn of Buncombe County, beginning on the top of Pisgah mountain, un the Haywood line, and running to the Rutherford and South Carolina line. 6. An Act; supplemental to an Act, passed by the pre sent General Assembly, entitled " An Act to lay offand 1 establish ji Countv by the name of Henderson. Provides i that all UHirers, ot whatever kiwi, living in ine poi mm m tv cli-ill vore"me. the same power, authority and jurisdiction, as if appointed specially for the County of Henderson. Art to compel owners' of Bridges to construct cr, when they deem proper to exercise it, to 'draw '42 Jurors , 20. To incorporate the Rocky Mount Manufacturing for the succeeding Courtrj Company. 27. To amend the Inspection Laws. Regulates the in- ' 21. To incorporate the Lexington Manufacturing Com- spcction ot lumber on t!ie Cape Fear. 28. To incorporate (lie Weldon Rail Road Company. pany I 22. To incorporate the Cane Fear and Western Steam t w . - . 29. To prevent free white persons from training with slaves. Imposes a penalty of fine and imprisonment. SO. Supplemental to an Act of the present session, in corporating the Fayettcville and Western Rail Road Com- Orange. pany. rrovnies mic Charter, shall be lorleiled, il llie woru 25. To autliorize the Justices of the Countv Court of Penjuimons to ptsi-chase the b'loat Bridge across Perquim- uoat Company of Nortli-Carolina. To incorj)orate the Trustees of Davidson College. 2 1. To incorporate the Junto Academy in the county of hr tmr : rnn'imenreil in im vpi:U'5. ;um o-ip ti t ho hnn ;ij I of the State the power of dealing in the bonds issued by the ons River, and to coiifirm all contracts for the same. i J i 20. To revive an Act nasscd in 1821k to incorporate a Si.' Concerning Weights and Measures. Adopts the 'Company entitled the RoanoSve Inlet Companv. I standard recognized by Congress. 0 S2. Authorizing Slieriffs and Coroners to niake deeds, jnia, in the County of Stokes. I'o appoint Commissionei's for the town of Bctha- where their predecessors may have failed to do so. 33. Concerning the children of Parents who mav be di vorced. Gives to the Court the power of committing. the. cut. dy of the children of divorced Parents, either t; t he farther or mother, as they may think most expedient. 54. To amend the 58th section'of the Revised Statute, entitled " Insolvent Debtors." 28. For the better fregulaiion of the Countv Courts of RdtlKM'l'ol'd. 23. To incoi porate the Washington Mining Company. 30. Authorizing the Justices of the Peace in certain coun ties to class themselves for the purpose of holding thc.Couu tv Courts. n.. i..., ...i... ...... i Li i wi iiii-.- Hi.il niii-n in- of,lollfi otl A,.f niL'cnii in i coo ;.w ,....,:, . f. . o t x o iuik mi an .Li ii vi hi mtvii ni mniw uiv en It L4 'ti'O Pn intnr t m n V in unomoomtt tiw . tn m.. JJ. t.i 1 ' tJ aMM in l i iv uu wt mi i mi i uiv mini 9 a nu ii; v., undinv t pay the fine, they may take . the oath of insolvency like debtors, on going into Jail for twenty days. 35. To prevent frauds in Voting at Elections. Requires each voter to place on one scrip of paper the names of all the persons for whom he votes in the House of Commons 3G. Relating to the Public Road in Buncombe. Appoints Commissioners to designate hands to work on the Road,kc. 37. Authorizing the making of a Turnpike in Haywood county. Incorporates, a Company for the purpose, with $4,000. ' " "r 38. To authorize the captains of 251 li regiment of N . C. Imposes a fine of '850 on all owners of Bridges, Militia of Jones county to muster their company once every three months. 59. To change the time of holding the County Courts of Rowan, to 1st Monday in February, May, August and November. 40. To incorporate "the Hiw asnee Turnpike Company -Road from Murphy , toJVnuessee line, capita! to be S3, 000, in shares of twenty dollars each. 41. To amend the Revised Statute entitled ! Bastard Children." Gives to the Courts the power to legitimate bastard children. 42. Making mill and void marriages, bet ween free per sons of colour and white persons. 43. To explain and amend the SGth section of one of the Revised Statutes, concerning Crimes and Punishments. Declares it to be the meaning and intent of said section to include notes or due bills, under one dollar, intended to pass as money. ,44. To appoint commissioners to alter and amend a part of the State Road in Cherokee countv. 7. An draws. wlin eefiiU tn rnnstiMici a Draw within 90-days from the time that notice is givfcn them to do so. 8 An Act to amend an Act, entitled " An Act for the re lief of such persons as have been disabled by w ounds, &r. Repeal ji so muchof said Act as requires the certificate of the Coujity Court, to be countersigned by the Speakers of the Legislature. ' 9. A A Act to extend the time for registering-Gratits, mesne conveyances, powers of attorney, bills of sale and deeds ojfgi ft., Extends the time two years. 10. To lay offand establish a county by the name of Cherokjce. Erects that portion of country, recently sold under the authority of the State, into a new county. 11. To alter the time of holding the .Superior Courts of Law ahd Equity in Stokes and Guilford. Provides that, in 1839, two weeks shall be allowed to Stokes, to enable that county to bring up its business, which will have the effect, for this year, of bringing Guilford Court on the 4th Monday after the 4th Monday in March and September.! , , . , , ., , r . -. occmi ,lt !4d. To amend an Act of 1836, authorizing attachments 12. lo ameud.and supply the defects oT an Act, passed at ; ,., ,., ri i m e i i A a ; i . . i ,i ;,. r, to issue lor the recoery ol debts, ecc. Defendant against nig ei try money. 13. For the relief of the Raleigh and Gaston Road. Provides that the State shall lend its credit to the Com pany.) for ttie siiin of 8500,000,. to enable them to complete the Road to Raleigh. . 11. To amend the Act incorporating the Fayetfeville and Western Road. Authorizes a subscription of three fifths by the State, instead, of two-fifths, as prescribed by the Act of 1S3G. . . 1 is To improve a part of the State Road, leading from Franklin, in Macon, across the Nantahala Mountain. 16L To amend the Charter of the Cape Fear Batik. 17. Limiting the time in which title to land heretofore entered and paid for, may be perfected. (Limited to 181. lio. To establish Common Schools. Provides for the appointment of not e ss than five Superintendants of Com mon! Schools in catfi County, at the first Comity Court which may happen after the 1st of 'May, who are to pro ceed immediately to lav olf each countv in the State into m C School Districts, .of not less than six miles 'square. At the next Election fir Members of Congress, the question i. to be submitted to the people, whether they arc willing t( raise in each county, by taxation upon them, nnc dollar foi every two contributed from the Literary Fund. If they vote in favor of Schools," each District is to be entitled for the year 1840, to 840 for the 820 raised by them, to be expended for the purjioses of Education, ccc.J 1,9. Making an appropriation for carrying on and c plcting the Capitol of the State. Appropriates 875,000 moj-c to finish the building. 20. To give, effect to the Revised Statutes, as the same Jiaxfe been published. Provides that the printed text of said 'Statutes, as published, shall beheld and taken to be the , truje text. 21. To amend the Revenue Law s of this State. Provides that in those counties where Assessors have not been ap pointed under the Act of 1836, for valuing lands, it shall now (jo done ; and legalizes the appointment where the same was not uradc in the time required by that Act. Gives to the County Court the power. to remit double tax, &c 22. To prevent the malicious obstruction of Rail Roads. Imposes fine and imprisonment on all persons placing ob structions of any kind on Rail Roads. 1 23. To appoint Commissioners to jay off a part of the great State Road from Presley Shepard's to Frederick Sea vert's. 24. To authorize the laying off and establishing a Turn pike Road from Cove Creek in Rutherford coiiuty to Jo spph Carriers' in Buncombe county. Appoints Commis sioners and authorizes a subscription to the amount of 5310,000, in shares of g50 each, the Company to be styled the Hickory Nut Turnpike Company. 25. Vesting in the United States of America, jurisdiction over the tract of land in Fayetteville, on w hich the Arsenal i situated. ' I 26. To amend the 27th section of an Act, concerning ; Courts of Justice. Gives to the County Courts the pow- ' 1 MQf 1 1 I'M HOP t V II 1 1 n r 1 1 m 01 i I . c tccnnil mtiv i i r m i cr i i 1 1 o bail before judgment, replev y and pJead to issue. 46. To prevent obstructions to the passage offish up the Pedee and Main Yadkin rivers. 47. Concerning the. appointment" of Clerks of the Supe rior Courts. When not convenient for the Judge to admin ister the oaths or take the bonds of the Clerk by him ap pointed, he may commission two Justices to perform that duty. .... 48. To amend an Act concerning the action of replevin. 49. Supplemental to an act, passed at the present session, for establishing the county of Cherokee. Organizing Courts, fcc PRIVATE ACTS. 1. An Act to change the time of holding the Courts of Picas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Wilkes. 2. To establish a 'Toll Bridge over the South Yadkin River, near Hall's Mills, in Davie county. S. Making valid certain surveys made by the Deputy Surveyor of Haywood count'. 4. To circumscribe the corporate limits of the Town of Milton. . 5. Concerning the. Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions or the county of Iredell. 6. To alter the mode of electing Constables in this State, sofar as relates to the county of Martin. 7. To authorize Robert Walker, of Wilkes county, to build a Mill on Roaring River, on his ow n land, at or near a place called the Rock House. 8. To appoint Commissioners for the Town of Hertford, and other purposes. 9. To incorporate the Tow n of Morganton, in the county of Burke. 10. For the better regulation of the town of Green ville. 11. To emancipate Caroline Cook and her four chil dren. 1 2. To incorporate the Trustees of Pleasant Grove Acad emy, in the county of Perquimous. 13. To compel the Jailer of Stokes county to live in the Jail, and for other purposes. 14. To repeal ait Act of Assembly of 1815, allowing compensation to Jurors in the county of Yancy. 15. To incorporate the Trustees of the Rutherfordton Male and Female Academics, in the county of Rutherford. 16. Allowing compensation to the Wardens of the Poor in the county of Wayne. 17. To incorporate I he Trustees of the Greensboro Fe male College, in the county of Guilford. 18. To empower the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Buncombe to draw Jurors for each week of the Superior Court of said county. 19. To amend an Act entitled an Act to establish a Lite rary and Manual Labor Institution in the county of Wake, passed in 1833. Male and Female Academy in Charlotte, Mecklenburg countv. 32. To incorporate the Buncombe Warm Springs Com pany. 53. To alter the time of holding Person County Court. To be- held hereafter on the third Monday of March, June, September and December. 54. To incorporate the Phoenix Company in the town of Fayetteville. 35. To establish the Salisburv Female Academy and to incorporate the Trustees thereof. 36. To incorporate the Yadkin Manufacturing Company. 37- Concerning thcMiJitia of Beaufort comity. 98. Toamcnd an act of last session, Concerning the pub lic printing of the. Slate Secretary to let out printing as heretofore, but price of printing not to exceed 84 per octnir;f vo page lor laws, aim 251 su per page lor journals ami printing ffir session.. 59. Concerning the Rangingof hogs, horses or cattle in Currituck county, in certain cases. 40. To divide the first Wreck district of Carteret count v. . and to appoint an additional Commissioner of Wrecks. 41. Directing officers of S7lh reeriment of Davidson conn ty to hold two and not more than four drill musters a year. 42. Authorizing the County Courts of D 11 pi in to appoint overseers and hands to clear out Rockfish creek in said countv. 43. Making compensation to jurors of Columbus county of Si per day. 44. Appointing County Trustee and Treasurer of public buildings for the county of Columbus. 4-5. To amend ie several acts heretofore passed in rela tion to' the burning of the Court House and iiecords' of Hert ford county. ' 46. To amend an Act establishing Clcmmousvillc Acad emy. 47. To incorporate the Randolph Manufacturing Com pany. 4S. Incorporating the Trustees of. the Randolph Female Academy. 49. To exempt lock-keepers on the Dismal Swamp Ca nal from working on the Road. 50. To .incorporate the Raleigh Guards and Henderson Liirht Infantry. 51. To authorize the construction of a Bridge across Trent River. 52. To incorporate the town of Mocksville, in Davie co. Compensating him RESOLUTIONS. 1. Resolution in favor of William Ash lev. 2. In favor of the Public Treasurer. Allows him Si 297, 67 in settlement of his accounts, being the amount of Treasuiy Notes burnt by Committee of Finance. 3. In favor of Thomas Winkler and others. 4. In favor of Benjamin Haw kins. 5. In favor of certain entercrs of landspaid for and not granted in Wilkes. 6. In favor of Osborne Bowers. 7. In favor of Turner & Hughes. 8. In favor of Matthew Waddcll. 9. In favor of Benjamin B. Smith. for the House in which the Legislature sat. , 10. Directing Secretary ot State to issue grants for Lands, sold at the sale of the Cherokee Lands. 11. In favor of Hiram Higgins and Solomon Perry of Ashe. 12. Resolution for the repairing the Steeple of the Pres byterian Church. 13. Concerning Delinquent Sheriffs. Acquits from all legal liability, those Sheriffs w ho neglected to make proper returns of the Governors election. 14. Resolutions relating to the General Government 1st. These Resolutions condemn the. conduct of the Senate of the United States, in expunging from its Journal a certain Resolution. 2d. They declare that the Senate ought to pass Resolutions condemnatory of the act. 3d. They de nounce the Sub Treasury Scheme. 4th. They declare that tile public Lands arc thccomVnon property of all the Stafes, and condemn the Pre-emption Act of Congress. 5th. They assert that the proceeds of the Public Lands should be di vided among the States.- 6th. They denounce the extrava gance of the Administration. 7th. They declare that Ex ccutive power ought to be abridged. 8. They assert that our Senators w ill represent the w ishes of the people by vo ting to carry out these Resolutions. 15. In favor of the Sheriff of Ashe. 16. In favor of Charles L. Hintou, 17. In favor of Flealden Henslcy and others. 18. In favor of William Harbinson. 19. Concerning the Public Lands. Declaring that the States, in whose favor- Congress has not made appro priations of the Public Lands, arc entitled to their just proportion condemns, in decided lapguage, the Gradua tion Bill before Congress, atjd requests our Senators and Representatives to vote agaifist the same. 20. Concerning Specie Change. Requests our Senators and Representatives to have an Act passed authorising the coining of Specie Change at the Mint. 21. In. favor of John Mr Gee. In favor of William Leach. In favor of Samuel Chunn. In favor of James C. Turrentinc. In 'favor of Dove Panncll. In favor of Simon M. Smithwick; In favor of Win. II. Haywood, Jr. 3650 for settling the claim of the State Government for Military service. 28. Relative to the Wilmington and Raleigh Road. Pro vides that the last quarter of. the State's instalment shall be paid in such proportions as may be required of individ uals. ' 29. In favor of John C. Ehringhaus. 30. In favor of Joseph II. Waters. 31. Directing the Board of Internal Improvements to investigate the title of the State to reclaimed Sw amp Lands. 32. In favor of David Royster. 33. Imposing duties on the Secretary of State and Pub lic Printer. 34. In favor of the Door-keepers. 35. In favor of Willis D. Dowd. 56. Requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their endeavors to procure an appropria tion from the General Government for opening an Inlet.at' Nags Head. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. on Allows him the General STATE LEGISLATURE iN SEN ATE. ... "'V.-' The Internal Improvement Convention, which assembled in Raleigh on the 10th of December, sent a Memorial to the Legis lature on the subject of State improvements, which we published last week. That Memorial was referred to. the Committee on In ternal Improvement; and Mr. William B. Shepard, Chairman of the Senate's Committee on that subject, made thereon the fol lowing REPORT : "Th? committee to whom was referred a memorial of the Inter nnl inaprovement Convention, lately assembled in the City of Ra leigh, have bad die same under consideration, and have giveii to the very important subject to. which it relates, as mature a delibe ration as the very short space of time allotted to them would, al low. The committee regret that the late period of the session at which this memorial was presented may give to their delibera tions somewhat the appearance of precipitancy. They are how ever, consoled-by the reflection that the subject was not new: they have, each of them, at various times, occupied the attention of the State, until a firm and settled conviction seems to pervade all classes of the community, that the time has arrtvedwhen the State of North Carolina can no longer, consistently with her character or her interest, delay embarking in a system of Internal Improvements. j- The memorial before the committet was the result of the delibe rations of a very numerous convention of individuals assembled -(Vom all parts of the State, and bringing with them the most satisfactory evidence of the great inconveniences and privations wider which the people of the State labor; and calling upon the Legislature, as their duly constituted agents, to remove them. This appeal reaches us in such an imposing form, it so surelv speaks the wishes of a large majority of the people of the State, that, if so disposed, we caji.no longer disregard it, eithrr injus tice to ourselves or to the various interests we represent. We must, at all events, give some satisfactory reason why we wilt not aid in removing grievances of which all classes complain. The committee do not deem it necessaryat this time, to enlarge upon the' $reat benefits which the people of the State would deriva from a general and well devised system of Internal Improvements. They sincerely hope that no member of "the Senate doubts that much can be done, by facilitating the means of intercommunica tion among the people, fto improve their condition, and to place wthin the reach of the poorest, means of rational enjoyment, from which, at this time, they are utterly debarred by the difficulties and the cost of transportation. Dr. Adam Smith, the author of the Wealth of Nations, observes, that good roads, canals, and navigabje rivers,.by dimin ishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of a country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighborhood of large towns, and on that account they are the greatest of all improve ments. They encourage the cultivation of the remote parts, whi?h must always be the most extensive circle of the country; theyi?are advantageous to towns, by breaking down the monopoly of the country in the neighborhood and they are advantageous to all parts of the country; for though they introduce some rival commodities into the markets, they open many new markets to its produce. - That in all societies there should be found many wher blindly ad here to the existing state of things, from an undefined appre hension of danger from all changes, is to be expected from the na ture of men: thds we are told byshe same author, in 1776, thet fifty years before that time, some of the counties in the neigh borhood of London petitioned the Parliament against the exten sion of the turnpike roads into the remoter counties. -"The remoter counties, they pretended, from the cheapness of labdr, would be able to sell their grass and corn cheaper in the London markets than themselves, and would thereby reduce their rent , and ruin their cultivation. Their rents, however have risen, and the cultivation has been improved since that time.' It is likewise said that the counties on , the Hudson river in New York, opposed the canal in that State, which has added ninety millions of dollars value to her real estate, from the same narrow-minded and illiberal fears fears which have been disap pointed almost beyond belief; for the rich stream of wealth which has poured through this canal has fertilized every portion of the State. We have, however in North Carolina, but little to ap prehend from such jealous fears as these. Every portion of our State is suffering from the same cause. Those counties which are within sound of the roar of the sea, are barred from its benefits by narrow sand banks, which not only rembva them miles jroni j market, but add incalculably to their expense 6f transportation, uencw u is, inai every ponton 01 ine oiaic is viiany wiercsiea this subject. ) "
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