Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 July 1820 — Page 2
erect Hospitals -or pest-houses, watch, and win k -houses, houses of correction, penitentiary, aud other public buildings, and to lay and collect taxes for the expenses thereof; to regulate party or other wIU aird fctKes.and to determine bv m the same shall be kept in repaif: to c ause new alleys to he opened through V' t squares, and to e.rtend those already laid out, upon the application of the owners of more than one half the property in such squares: Provided, Tha. Xhe damages which may acc.tue therein, to any individual' or.indiudtiaU, shall be firt ascertained by a jury, to be summoned and iinpannelkd by the Marsha' of the District of Columbia, (and it is hereby ni ide hi duty to summon and impunnel the same, in all such case.s. upm application to him in writing by tlie luavoi- ol the city,) and such damages to be paid by the corporation ; the amount thereof, and the expenses accruing, shall he levied in due pioportion Upon the individuals whose property on uch squares shall be benefited thereby, find collected as other taxes are ; to occupy and improve, for public purpose, by and with the consent of the President of the United States, any part of the public and open spares and squares in said city, not interfering with any private rights; to regulate the admeasurement and weight by which all articles brought into the city for sale shall be disposed of to provide for the appointment of appraisers and measurer of builders' work and materials, and tilso of wood , coal, grain, and lumber: to restrain and prohibit the nightly ami other disorderly meetings of slaves, free Ueroes, and mnlattoes, and to punish such slaves by whipping, not exceeding forty stripes, or by imprisonment, not xcedin2 x months, for any one offence, and to punish such free negroes xmd in ulattoeSjby pcnalties,not exceeding twenty dollars for any one olience, and in case of the inability of any such free Zicgro or mulatto to pay any such penalty and cost thereon, cause him or her to be confined to labor for any time not
exceeding six calender months ; to cause All vagrants , idle or disorderly persons,
cil persons of evil hie or ill tame, and all such as have no visible means of sup
po t, ir are likely to become chargeable to
the corporation as paupers, or are
found begging or drunk in or about the Street, or loitering in or about tippling houses, or who can shew no reas'snabir
caus? of business or employment in the
city, ana all -suspicious persons woo have no Qxed place of residence, or who
cannot give a good account ot them selves ; all tvesdrop jers and night
Walkers ; till who shall be guilty ot open
profanity, or grossly indecent language or behavior publicly in the streets; all public prostitutes, and such as lead a
notoriously lewd or lascivious course ol
Jfcfe, and all such as keep public gaming
tables, or gamins houses, to gve secu ritv for their gjoocf behavior for a reason
able time, and to indemnify the city aeinst anv charge for their support, and.
in case of their refusal or inability to give such security, to cause them to be confined to labor until such security shall be given, not exceeding, however, one year at a tima; iut, if they shall be found again offending, the like proceedings may be again had, and from time to time, as often as may be necessary ; to enforce the departure ofsucli Tagi ants and paupers as may come into the city to reside, unless they shall give ample security that they will not become chargeable on the corporation for their 8Mp )ort ; to provide for binding out as apprentice of poor orphan children, arid the children of dunkards, vagrants, end paupers ; to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which free negroes and .mulattoes may reside in the city ; to -authorize, with the approbation of the Pre-
sido.it of the United States, the drawing
-oflottrris for the erection of bridges
aud ''effecting any important improvements in the citv, which the ordinary
re etiue thereof will not accomplish, for the term 'of ten years: Provided, That he amount so authorized to be raised in each Year shall not e.rceed the sum
-often thousand dollars, clear of crpen-
t ofth? goods tnfl chattels of thpr-ieiTlinf$ wardi, twongst the wards es-fr v. rt '--able therewith : but no I ; r.tnaA tlii tniin mum int and!
ci Tioie meieuith ; nut no an
sale shall be made unlei ten diya' p, e . us mfic t ereof given be in m news
per printed in the city of Washington.
a a M
ml (ha nrnvUUinj At tha ii-tc . t
,:mbly of Maryland, now in force with 'i the county of Washington, r!atu,
to the right of replevying personal nrot . . ...
-hall apply to all cases of personal pror
rtv taken by distress to satisfy taxes ujposed by virtue of thi, art. Scc.l5.An4 be itf ti 'h r enacted, Thar the levy court of the county ot Washington, in the District of Columbia, nhall not possess the power of assessing any ta.r on property in the citv of Wash
ington ; nor bhall the corporation of the
than that quantity,) as may be necem-1 ry to pay any uch taxes, with all legi costs and charges arising thereon, ma; be sold at public sale to satisfy the corporation therefor : Provided, That pubPic notice be given of the time and place of sale , by advertising once a week, i. -oin? newspaper printed in the Cit;. of Washington, for at least six month.., where the property is assessed t persons rcsidiug out of the United States: for three months, where the property is assessed to persons residing in the United State9, but without the District r Columbia; aud for six weeks, where t!e property is assessed to persons residing:
.utnin tne uisiricEoi uoiuuioia; in which advertisement shall be stated the numbe; of the jt. or lots, (if the square has been dividj -yihto lots,) the number of th ... ..r::
square or squares, or oiner suuiuicm
lehnite description of the property se
lected for sale, the name of the person
or persons to whom the same may have
)cen assessed, for the respective years
taxes due thereon, as also the name ot the person to whom the same is asses-
ed, and the aggregate amount ot taxe
due. The purchaser or purchasers oi
any such property shall pay, at the time
ot sacli sale, toe amount ol the taxes due on the property so purchased by him
ier, or them, respectively, with the a
mount of the expenses f sale 5 a id h
she or they shall pav the residue of ih
iju-chae money within ten days alter n e
expiration of two year from the day of
sale, to the collector ot taxes, or oihe.
officers nf the corporation authorized r. receive the same ; and the amount ol
such residue shall be placed in tiie cit. treasury, where it shall remain, subji'c. tf tha "order of the original m onneto;
or proprietors, hi,her,or their, legal rep- January and Jul win every year, correct
nished by this section, unou jut and
..qui table principles. And the board ol Aldermen shall, so soon as the Mine shah ave been organized, on the second Monday in Jane next, divide the memers mto two classes in the manner fol-'owinr-to-wit : 'Iltose member9 who
r now in office, and, by virtue oftteir
rty taken in e.recution for public taaes. -lection in June last, shall be entitled to
;iK.e meir trait m iitt uum w , members from the wards in which they shall, respectively reside, shall be placed in the first class, and those members vho shall be elected, from the same wards, in June next, shaft be paced in the second class ; and the other members shall be placed in their respective
-lasses by lot ; and the seats of the nrst
said city be obliged to contribute, in any class shall be vacated at the end of the manner, towards the ejrpences or e.r- first year, and the seats of the -.ecoud nenditures of said court, e.rcent for the rlass shall be vacated at the end of the
one-half part of the expenses incurred I second year, so that one member shall
on the account ol the Orphans' court, be elected, in each ward, every year the office of Coroner, the jail of said thereafter. And the members of the
county, and the opening and repairing! Hoard of Aldermen shall be, hereafter of roads in the countv of Washington, y officio, justices of the peace, for the
Cit of Uock-creek, leading directly to county of Washington, unless holding the city of Washington, but the said commissions in the army or Navy of the
corporation hall have the sole control I United States.
nd management of the bridge aerosol Sec. 17. Jndbe it further enacted, That
or over Rock-creek, at the termination this act shall continue in lorce tor and
of K. street north ; and shall be charge- durin the terra of twenty years, andun able with the eapence of keeping the til Congress shall, by law determine otb
.uiit; 111 icpaci, aim i euuiiuuig it wuen i erwise
necessary. S-c,.4.1ndbe it further enacted, That the clerk of the circuit court, and the raster of will, !oc the county of Wash.ngton, respectively, shall furnish the register ot the citv, or other officer of the corporation, appointed to receive th
about the first Monday in
II. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLAR1),
President of the Senate, pro tempore
May 15. 1820. Approved: JAMES MONROE.
a;ne, on or
i
resentatives : and the purciiasrot pu;-
chasers shall receive a title in fee innne.
in and to the lot or lots so sold and
purchased, under thehand of the Mayor
and seal of the Corporation, wmco soa;i be. deemed good and valid in law and equity : Prodded, nevertheless, That it.
within two years irom the day ot any such sale, or before' such purchaser or purchasers shall have, paid the residue of the purchase money js aforesaid, foe proprietor or proprietors of any proper
ty which ihau have been sold as aturesaid, hif , her, or their, heirs, agents, or lcu;al representatives shall repay to such purchaser or purchasers the moneys paid for the tares, and expenses as aforesaid, together with ten per centum per annum, as interest thereon, or make a tender thereof, or shall deposit the same, in the hands ol the Mavor of the city, or other
oilicer of the Corporation appointed to
list of the transfers of real property in he city, durinjr the next preceding half year, so far as can be ascertained b
the records in their respective ottice ; and the said corporation shall make to the said clerk and register of wills sucnl compensation therefor, a3 shall be agreed
on between the respective parties, not e.rceedinu sir cents for each transier
on such lists. Sec.t5r& it further enacted. That
toe commissioner of the public buildings or other person appointed to superintend the United States' disbursements in the
city of Washington, shall reimburse to the said corporation a just proportion of
any erpence wmcn may hereatter be
100 Dollars Reward.
A REWARD f ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, will be given by the sub scriber for the recovery of a letter de
posited in the Post-Office in this town
n the 14th day of July last, directed to
Messrs. A DEL & MOULTOIN, Mer
chants, New-York, containing
Four Hundred Dollars
in Notes nfglOOeach, on the bank of the United States. Said letter not having been received in New-York. JAMES JACOBS, For the late firm of JacobsSfteRoy. May 31. 8-tf
Estrays
STATE OF INDIANA Posey County, TAKEN UP
Hy Razen HaUell, of Posey countr, I-- Tt .m
cars luwnsuin. one d ick .iare. i
l andsand one half hih, branded J. C.
on the near shoulder, supposed to be 11 or 12 years old, a few white spots on
ler back, occasioned by the saddle, ai d
a white speck on her right flank, and a
white speck on her Ittt thigh and a rear
white hairs about her tail, appraised t&
40 dollars, by m. Dodge and G. Lowe.
before me this 5d day of June, 1820.
J copy rest. 3. CdVhTT, j.p.p.a . JuneSd. ll3wpd. TAKEN UP,
By John J. O'Hrien, at the mouth of the
Wabah,Two Mares, one is a brown 7
years old, 15 hands bi2;h, branded on the
near shoulder with E. appraised at 50 dollars. The other is a Bav, 8 earg
old, 1 5 i hands high wi'h a snip and star near her hind foot white, a lump on the right ear, appraised at 35 dollars.
Black township, Posey co. "
31 ay lth, 1320, 5 ll-3tpd TAKEN UP By David Greathouse, a calico coloured HORSE, about 9 years old, supposed to be of the Spanish breed, with a bell on, and branded with the letters J. C. on the left shoulder, appraised at 31 dollars. JOUX mXIEL.jp. Posej ct'j. Ia. May 27. 11-Stpd
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receive the same, lor tne use 01 sucir
purchaser or purchasers, and subject to his, her, or their, heirs or legal representatives' order, of which such purcha
ser, his heirs or legal representatives, shall be immediately informed by notice, in some newspaper printed in the city of Washington, or otherwise, he, she, or they, shall be reinstated in his, her, or . 1 1 1 j-.i . . .1' 1
their, original ana line, as 11 no sucn
sale had been made. And 11 anv sucn
purchaser shall fail to par the residue
of the purchase money as .aforesaid, within the time required by this section,
tor any property so purchased by him,
he shail pay ten per centum per annum, as interest thereon, and in addition to
such residue, to be computed from the expiration of the two years as aforesaid,
until the actual payment of such residue,
and receiving ot a conveyance trom the corporation : and the said interest shall alike be subject to the order oi the ori
ginal proprietor or proprietors, as the
residue ot thepurchase money as aiore
said. Provided, also- That no sale shail
be made, in pursuance of this hection,
ot any improvedproperty whereon there
is personal property 01 sumcient value
to pay the saidtaxes ; aud that minors,
mortgages, or othei, having equitabh interests in real property, which proper
ty shall, be sold for taxes as aforesaid,
shall be allowed one year after sucn
minors' coming to or being of full age,
or after such mortgagees and others hav
ing equitable interests, obtaining posses
Hides and Skins.
incurred, in laying open, paving or oth- KUffOlir. Tcilflor & Webb, crwise improving, any of the streets or '?T r ' . J . .
I, or adjoining to, or "" ?r erciuuiuize,
ior uoy quanxiry 01 Raw Hides, Calf, sheep, and Deer
SKLVS,
Of a good quality, deliverable at their
torencar the STKAM-MILL.
Vincennes, Jan. 8, 1820, 42-tf
avenues in front of, or adjoining to. or
which may pass through, or between, any of the public squares or reservations.
which proportion shall be determined by a comparison of the length of the front,
or fronts, of the said squares or reservations, of the United States, on anv such
street e.r avenue, with the whole e.rtent of the two sides thereof; and he shaU
cause the curb-stones to be set, and foot
ways to be paved, on the side or sides, of any such street or avenue, whenever the said corporation sha, by aw, direct
sucn improvements to be made by the. proprietors of the Zots on the opposite side of any such street or avenue, or ad
jacent to any such square or reservation; and he ha?Z cause the foot-ways to be paved, and the curb-stcnes to be set, in
rront 01 any lot or tots, belonging to
the United States, when the ike im
provements sha be ordered bv the cor
poration, in tront of the lots adjoining, or squares adjacent thereto-; and he sha defrav the e.rnences direr.tpd bv this
, j
Bees-Wax. KITJrOVR, TAYLOR IV EBB, WISH to purchase a quantity of
Beeswax. For which they will pay a reasonable price in CASrfor MERCHANDIZE, at reduced prices.
January 22. 41-tf '
Taken UP BV Joseph Chamness, living 4 miles east of Washington, Daviess county, a bay Mare, 7 vears old, 15 hand high, a star in her forehead, a white spot on her left hip, a feather on the neck, fright
side) shod before, no brands perceivable, appraised to 75 dollars, by K. Palmer,
and Michael lie, before me,
P. P. KODUERS,j.p d.c. Washington, June 1. 10-3w Taken UP,
By Cornelius Berkshire,livingin "Wash-
ington, Daviess countv, la. a Lhesnu SORREL MARE, about 13 hands 3 inches high, near hind oot white, a blaze in her face, branded with the letters A. C. on her near shouU der. Appraised to 30 dollars, by Jamea Ball, Jacob Freeland and A. Bruce. P. P. RODGEES, J. P. Washington, June 12. 103wpd Groceries.
'PTlirt a - a . 11 l
Kectipn. 0uf.0f.1nr monp.vc nrkln, fm ni IS give nonce io an maive
IV . cl
hanging to the United States and from P,e! w" are ueu p yo.me dj noie or
fund
Hear Ye ! Hear Ye !
HIS is to cive notice to all m;
manner of persons, gentle and simwho are indebted to me by note or
on book account, that it is necessary to
THE Subscriber has just received, from Xeiv-Orleass, an assortment of GROCERIES, consisting of tive following articles :
Best Green Coffee, IMPERIAL, YOUNG HYSON, HYSON J CHOCOLATE, LOAF and BROWN SUGAR,
MADEIRA,
1
TENERIFFE, TTT sherry, UrtneSf
i.
Sec. 16. JlndUit further enactea That PaY,p' mediately, it tney wish to a
the present boards f aldermen and com- vulu c. 1 ne Den gene
mnn -council shall, before the last Mon
day in May nest, divide the said city
into as many wards, as, in their opinion, shall be most conducive to the interests
of the city: and the boards of alder-
men and common council ma v., from time
to time, as the Interests of the citv shall
require, alter the number and bounda-
r m m m 1
rous; it you will be lust, we will snuare
the yards, and all well. If you neglect! this reasonable call, I shall shew you the'
Dig papers, uirectiy. w- e. breading. Vincennest June 24. 11 tf
Notice
; to" take care of and regulate burial
grounds; to provide for the registering f births, deaths, and marriages $ to punish corporeally any colored servant or slave for a breach of any of their laws Or ordinances, unless the owner or holder f such servant or slave shall pay the fin in such cases provided ; and topass ajl laws which shall be deemed necessary An 1 proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by this act in the said mration or its officers.
fec. 9. And be it farther enacted, That
the Marshal of the District of Columbia t8'ia!l receive and safely keep nithiu the
jvi fur the county ol ahingto.n, at expense of the said corporation, all !oiis committed thereto, under or by authority of the pravisons of this act. And in all cass where suit shall be -bro iht before a justice of the peace, for the recovery of any fine or penalty, risin- or incurred for a breach of any Jaw vr ordinance of the corporation, execution hall and may be issuod as in I other ca;es of small debts. Sec W.Jrrfbe it further matted That Veal property, whether improved or unimproved, in the City of WahingtHn, on uhich two or more years' taxe shall Wp rt-maiaed due aud unpaid, or on
which anv special tax, imposed by virtue
of authority of the provisions ot this act, ihall have remained unpaid for two or nnrp viars after the same shall have
become dee, or so much thereof, not
leas than a lot, (when the property upon
"opertyso sold wurus suan, at an times, dc so i.jcuhh ui urchasers, hi.s ,al(l aJ1tered ad bounded, that each JaC0J)S JT J011 navinir the a- uard sha11 C0,1Prse, as near as may be' v 7v teici- JVJ.IUIJ
siunoLora decree for the saleT of such r es .ine Jaiu 1'roviaea, I nat a.c.cu.p uu.ure msi-
.. a i . .1 the sau wards sha . t all tnnr ho : so unuer tne nrm ot
nrooeriv-, to reaeem loe Dronei iv so som . . . . - -----
'1.7 II
from the purchaser or pun
lior f r f Koii accinrnc t r'i r i ti ir
mount of purchase mon.v so naid there- an "I nutnDer ot the inhabitants ot as dissolved on the 12th instant, by
f.,r uu an .r.t.-Lt ti,M - the said city: And, provided nowever, mutual consent. AH persons indebted
5,e afrwr; in,i nil i,ov u lm 1 That if such division shall not be made to them by Note or Book Account, will
Mt?.tAlWl.OllU UUU ttll VliV tU A J -VIA V I , ... . ... It J tk ...
been paid thereon by the purchaser, or F t0 the said last .Monday in May, please to . can immediate.; ;and adjust the!
. . lhnn thn ..ml , . Unll K .1.., ,.lnrA .r,ir I tlmi Ulth Mr fihivrf t 7 II .i
h i assigns, betwppn the dnv ot sa e and " stl'" v,lJ uau uc u,v,"cu ,,llu . X. ' ""CM,iM' A li
the period of such redemption, with ten wards ,n raann?; Hotving, to wit: the More formerly occupied by Jacob,
taxes, ami also the full value of the iin- ward of sixteenth street west, shall con- settle the cexneerns of said firm.
provementa which may have beci made
or erected on such property bv the pur
chaser, or his assigns, while the same was in his or their possession. And pro
vided moreover That where the estate
of the tenant in delault, as lor years or fr life or live", shall be sufficient to defray the taxes chargeable theieupon,
such estate only thai! be liable to be sold under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the collector or other officer (duly authorized) to post
pone, after such advertisement, the sale of any property advertised according to (he provisions of the foregoing sec
tion, to any tuture day, for the want
of bidders, he giving public notice of
such postponement, and the sale made
at such postponed time shall be equal
ly valid as at made on the day stated
in the advertisement.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That
the person or persons appointed to col
lect any tax imposed 'by virtue of the
powers granted by this act, shall have authority to collect the same by listrts
stitute the first: that part to the eastward of Sixteenth street west, and to
the westward ef 1 enth street west, shall
constitute the second; that part to the
eastward ot lenth street west, to the
westward of First street west, and to
the northward ot h street south, shall
constitute the third ; that part to the
eastward ot hirst street west, to the
westward of Eihth street cant, and to
the northward of E street south, shall
constitute the fourth; that part to the eastward of Tenth street east, to the
westward ut tourto street east, and to the southward of E street south, shall constitute the fifth-; and tne residue of the city shall constitute the sixth ward.
Tltf
April 29, 1820.
JAMES JACOBS,
ALEXIS LeROY. 3-tf
Notice.
Samuel U. Clubb, assignee f William Martin, for the n. e.ir. of spr.. 'n is
in T. No, 3, n. of H. No. 13, w. havi '
uicu in ui. uuice an aruuavit ot the loss 1 tT . r
or imsiaing 01 certilicate JSo. 5298, granted on the 2d day of May. 1818, to
sam iiuam Martin, lor the above d
signatetf quarter section.
All persons concerned, are hppKv r
quired to take notice, that in 3 months
it w lit 1 11c Uiiif 1 trtnr. 1 Qhi .
ptbc ,i-;i,n.k.: 1 : . m oua11 '"ue 10
vuvnu, u,v JC .uiuuKu, ... ,u,am Martin, a duplicate of fiiid rpr ovm-and repairinn the streets which t;fi, v woo . 1 OI . cer
tnat time, some legal and sufficient ob
PORT and
CLARET
COGNIAC BRANDV,
JAMAICA SPIRITS, NEW-ENGLAND RUM, HOLLAND GIN, PORTER. MOLASSES, RAISINS, ALMONDS, CINNAMON, NUTMEGS, SHAD, MACKAREL, Dried HERRING PEPPER, ALLSPICE, GINGER, ALLUM, INDIGO, COPPERAS, SPANISH WHITING, SPANISH BROWN, WHITE LEAD, Ground in Oi?, SPIRITS of TURPENTINE, LOG WOOD, IRC JN, CUT NAILS, Assorted, from 3d to 24d. WROUGHT NAILS, TRACE CHAINS, MUSTARD, SPANISH SEGARS, SNUVF, SALT PETRE, POWDER, LEAD and SHOT. brimstone, queens ware, Glassware.
ALL of which will be sold low for Cash
Win. Bartch.
Vincennes, May 1, 1820. 4.
QtA those who have
long standing accounts, are earnestly .A.A.t.J 4 n lll Or..) I A I - J
counts immediately.
meir ac W. B.
improv
torm the boundaries of the several wards
shall be defrayed out of the taxrs raised jections are made thereto.
in me several warus wmcn aojoin tne same, respectively in equal proportions ; and the present boards of Aldermen and Common Council shall, before the first Monday in June next, apportion, by law, -uch portions of the debt of the city, a wave beea heretofore chargeable to the
JOHN BADOLLET. ? t o
r . nnn ' .-...w.
june ioj. ll-3pd
Pantaloons JwVJ M 0 U.'D3 BO UTS FOR Two Dollars
Blank Deeds
I prv r jm. .
For sale at this office! K,i TS