Indiana Gazette, Volume 5, Number 9, Corydon, Harrison County, 1 February 1821 — Page 1

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Iiavis o? Indiana. TSy Authority. AN ACT Am?ndatory to the act, r milled an act for the relief of insolvent debtors, approved January 20th, 1820 Sec. I Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Indiana. That vlicn hereaft r, any insolven. debtor shall file his petition and sched tile, attested by oath or affiiuation, ii the clerk's office of the proper county, with bond and security to the party :i whose suit he is imprisoned, o be approved by the clerk of said ffficc, con ditioned as is required in tiic a t to which this is an amendment, it shall be the duty of said cleik, if civil process of any kind shall have issued aframst such petitioner, to issue a supersedeas to such process, which all sheriffs ant? other officers are hereby rrquiied to obey. Sec. 2. That when the circuit court shall sit on the final hearing of said p titioo, as contemplated by the act to .which this is an amendment, it shall be lawlul for any person or persons by disinterested testimony, to establish fiaudon such petitioner," aud if mch fraud is satiafactorily shewn to the said court, the said court shsll with hold the benefits of tht9 and ;he act to which this is an amendment from such fraudulent debtor, by refusing to discharge him, and if process shall have been Issued and superseded, nc w process shall issue. This act to takt e ffect from and after its publication in the Indiana Ga zette. WILLIAM GRAHAM, Speaker of the House of Represents RATL1FF !JOON, President of the Senate Approved, January 5ih, 1821. JONATHAN JENNINGS. AN ACT Authorising the building of a state prison and for other purposes. Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the GenerT'mi St. nhen Rannev. John F-shil. Sytnucl Gwathmey, John Prather and William Bowman are hertby apnointed a board of managers for ouilding and governing a prison, to be locatt d at or near Jeffersonville in this state, on such spot as ithe said managers shall select; and the said managers alter being duly sworn, to ptrb.ru. taitn fully the duties assigned them by this . ... - l act. shall have Dower to receive uoua- i tions oi real and personal p. operty, inc uue io ...u, ...... wv the agent ot -n, saiu p.u ..u ...b successors m office, which agent shall be appointed by the said managers, and shall be sworn as aforesaid, and 'i .. o Knnl frt ihp r-ahlifiil nprftm.inri of his duties, with security, to be approved by the said managers, and payable to the governor of this state and his successor in office, which bono shall be in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Sec. 3 The said managers or a majority ol them, who may act in all cases, shall supply vacancies in their wn body, tnd shall have power to make rules and regulations for the government nd - employment of the convicts, who may ue connnta in toe said prison, their clothing and main tenance, and shall appoint such othcers as may be necessary lor the saluly keeping such convicts j they shall l.n.nnnint a clerk, who shall record their proceedings, and once every month a committee of their body shall be appointed to examine the situation of the prison, the receipts and expenditures of the agent ; and on discovcry of coy Cticcaduct cf the elector

any of their officers, such, agent or

other officers shall be removed, and some suitable person or persons appointed by the managers, who shall 'jc governed by the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the i Sent to make contracts, receive and nay out monty under the directions of the managers, and when convicts are ronfined in the prison, shall attend daiy to enquire into the state thereof, the health, conduct and safe keeping of he prisoners, and to employ them most "uitably to their various capacities, to purchase provisions, clothing and tools necessary for the convicts, and raw rrat:mls to be by them manufactured, ar.d dispose of the same for ?"c support of the convicts, and such Mer objects as to the managers shall d.-t m expedient. Sec. 4. All the contracts and dealings on account of the said prison, sall be transacted by and in the name of the agent of the Jeffersonville pri sen, and by that name he and his sue ct-ssors in office, shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and oeing answered unto defending and being defended, in all courts and pla ces, and in ail actions, suits, complaints matters and causes concerning the said prison, and by that name, the a for the time being, shall be and is hereby authorised and empowered, to sue for, prosecute and recov-. r and receive of and from all persons indebted to any former agent, or on ac count ot the said prison, such sums of monty an shall become due or damages that shall accrue of and from any person or persons. Sec. 5 The said agent, by and with the consent of the managers is authorised, to contract with the President ojid Directors of the Jeffersonville -Ohio Canal Company, for the employment of the able bodied convicts, in labor on the said canal, in such manner as may be thuugl t expedient. Sec 6 5o scon as the said prison shall be sufficiently completed for the safe keeping of convicts, the managers shall give notice of the same to the governor, who shall make the same nublic bv croclamation : and whenever thereafter, any person shall be convicted of any offence, for which such person would be liable by the existing laws of this state to punishment bysHpes, in every such case where the punishment or penalty, might by l i u ' - La-a . . auni iuva MAI Ubkll fcAWIIUVU IVS IMIV hundred stripes, such person in lieu of said sri,s, .b.ll be adjudged to b ,.C i . i i i-i u- :,l ...... auuii taws nave uctii cxwuucu iu um- i

confined to hard labor in the said prison for any term not exceeding seven NEW HAMPSHIRE 6. years, and where such punishment or Joseph Buffum Jr. Josiah Butler penalty might have been not exceed- Clifton Claggttt Arthur Livermore ing filiy stripes, the time of confine- Wm Piumerjr. Nath. Upham. mtnt as above in the said prison, snail MASSACHUSETTS 13 nottxeeed five years, and in every . ' m ahpfo iw. nnni.u.i r npn9i Bcmamin Adams Samuel C. Allen

ty might by such laws have been stripes not exceeding ihirty nine, the said urison. shell not exceed three years: Provided, The extent of the punisiinitm nod nenalties, shall be fixed as heretofore. Sec 7. hen any person shall be convicted and sentenced to Imprison mem in the said prison, the clerk of the court m which such sentence shall be passid, shall make and certify a copy thereof and deliver the same to -t - ' n i . . me sntnit, wno, wnen ne conveys such convict to the said prison, deliv ,w,, u-.Aw.mv w Keeper oi saiu prison, ana receive trom the keeper a certificate of such delivery, and such shtiiff shall be allowed alter the rate of twenty-five nnic n f i m i I o fr. tli rltetanri th sheriff may have conveyed such con vict ; but when more than one convict is conveyed, ten cents per mile shall be allowed for each additional convict. Sec. 8. While the sheriff is engaged in carrying any convicts to the said prison, he shall have the like authority to demand the assistance of any cf the people of this state, as if he were acting in his proper county, and all persons shall be aiding and assis I ting such sheriff under the tame pen - i aities. I Sec. 9. The agent shall, on orbe - fore the second Monday of December annually, lay an account of his proceedings under this act, before the gener al awemhlv Sec. 10 If any person shall barter, sell or give away ny spiritous liquor to any person confined in said prison, except the same has been allowed by the managers, or convey any writing to cr from toy cf ihstiid coniicts,

without the consent of some of the officers of the said prison, every per son so offending, shall on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars. Sec 11. The sum ofthree thousand dollars is hereby appropriated toward the building of the said prison, which shall be paid out of any aionty arising from the sales of lots at the permanent seat of government: Provided, That after all txpences lor the support of the convicts, cl )thing, Ecc. and suitable allowances to the officers of the prison are paid, the proportion ot the residue of their earnings, -which would belong to the stated according to the different sums p3id, shall be laid out in the purchase of canal stock for the benefit of the state, and the proportions belonging to individuals according to the amount by ihcm subscribed and paid, shall be apportioned in such mnnner, as the said managers may direct their said agent to contract with such individuals on their subscribing Sec. 12. The privileges granted by this act. shall continue to be exercised as is provided by this act for and du ring the term of eight years, provided the said prison shall be ready for the reception of convicts, cn or brfore the first day of October next, and that any future legislature may establish the a bove prison for a permanent state prison, by compensating the subscri

bers under this act, for the interest of i which they may be divested by such change, the value of which interest, shall be estimated by tin ee disinterested persons to be appointed for that purpose by the judges of the supreme couct This act to be in force from and afUs passage. WILLIAM GRAHAM, Speaker of the house of representatives. WM. POLKE, President of the senate pro tern. Approved : January 9, 1821. JONATHAN JENNINGS. Congress. We present tfte following to our readers as a corrected list of both Houses ot Congress. To the politician in particular, and to newspaper reaaers generally, it will lurnisn a useful relerence. House of Heiresentatives of the U. S. MAINE 7. . . . Joseph Dane Joshua Cushman . . i i It'll t, ar . , ! fcSJwSl 1-ZvKiei w nun : , ..... .. .. , iviarn is. run martin ronsiey James Parker ;,m' . I'8' tis,vice Walter Folger,ir. Jtulward Uawst I tmothy ruller B nj Gorham,vict ) Jonas Kendall .J'),liil,ia.n iVIas01 5 Samutl Lathrop Marcus Morton lienry Shaw Jeremiah Nelson Nath. Silsbee One vacancy. VERMONT 6. Samuel C Crafts Ezra Meech Ro,iin C. Mallory Charles Rich Mark Richards William Strong Avn KHOUL ISLAND 2. C I Tjj.. T.i i t oamuci jcuuv iNamaniei nazau: CONNECTICUT 7. H Edwards Samusl A. Foote Jon Q Moeley Ejsha pf,eS John Russ Ja.nes Stephens Qldcon 'fomlinson. ' NEW-YORK 27. Nathaniel Alden Walter Cass Jacob H. Dcwitt John Fay Ezra C Gross Georgc'Hall Henry Meigs Henry Gayon Harmanus Peek Henry R. Storrs James Strong Caltb Tompkins Caleb BAcr Robert Clarke Jno D Dickenson William D Ford Aaron Hackley, jr. Joseph h. Lyman Robert Moncll Jon. Richmond Nathaniel Pitcher RandallS. Street John W. Taylor Albert H. Tracey 1 So!. Van Ransalear P. W. Wendover laiiaswooa. l NEW-JERSEY 6. Enhrasm neckman jv c q;fi, Dcrntra omitn Jos. Bloomfifld John Lyon Henry Southard PENNSLV ANIA 23. Henry Baldwin Thos. Patterson William Darlington Robert Philson Samuel Edwards Thos J. Rogers Samuel Gross Christian Tarr Joseph Hemphill Andrew Bodeo

Wm. P. McClay George Dennison Robert Moore Thomas Forrest John Murray Jacob Hibsham Jacob Hostetter (Vice Fullerton David Marchand resigned) Samuel Moore John Sergeant McCullough James "Wallace One vacancy occasioned by the elec tion of Joseph Hcister as Governor.") DELAWARE 2. Willard Hall Lewis McLain MARYLAND 9. Stephenson Archer Thomas Bailey Thomas Culbreth Joseph Ktnt

Peter L"t:!e Ralph Neale Samuel Rintrold Samuel Smith Henry R. Wat-field VIRGINIA 23. Mark Alexander Wm. S. Archer William L. Bll Philip P. Barbour William A. Burrill John Ficyd Robert S Gurnelt John C Gray vice James Jones James Johnson Edwd. B. Jackson William M'Cey vice I'andall, Chas F. Mercer Thos L- iluorc Thomas Newton John Randolph Alexander Smyth George fucker Jared Williams Hu?.h Nelson Sevtrn E. Parker Ballard Smith T. Van Sv.eann gen John Tyler NORTH-CAROLINA 13. H. G. Bur. on William Davidson Charles Fisher John Culpeper W. N. Edwards Thomas H. Hall Lemuel Sawyer Jesse Slocumb Felix talker Charles Honks Thomas Settle James 3 Sm'r.h Lewis Williams SO U T H CAROLINA 9. Joseph Brevard James Irvine Elias Earlc; Wm. Lowndes Jas Overstreet. Eld ridge Simpkins John McCreery Churlfs Pinkney Sterling Tucker GEORGIA 6. Joel Abbott Thomas VV. Cobb Joel Crawford John A. Cuihbert Robert R Reed William Tenell KENTUCKY 10. R. C. Anderson, Jr. William Brown Henry-Clay---- Bojamin Hardin Francis Johnson Alney McLean Thos. Montgomery Thomas Mctcalf George Robertson David 1 rimble TENNESSEE 6 Robert Allen Henry H Bryan Newton Cannon John Cocke Francis Jones John Ray OHIO 6. Philomen Beecher Henry Brush John W. Campbell Samuel Herrick Thomas R Ross John Sloane LOUISIANA Thomas Butler. INDIANA William Hendricks. MISSISSIPPI Christopher Ran kin. ILLINOIS Daniel P. Cook. ALABAMA John Crowcil. SENATORS. With the date at which their respec tive terms ot service expire. MAINE. John Holmes, 1821 ( no successor appointed. J John Chandler 1823 NEW HAMPSHIRE. David L Morrill, 182 John P. Parrott, 1825 MASSACHUSETTS. Elijah Mills, 1821 ( re-elected for another term J Harrison G Otis, 1S23 RHODE ISLAND. William Hunter, 1821 ( superseded by James D. Woil J James Burrill, Jr. (dead.) 182J CONNECTICUT. Samuel W. Dana, 1821 (superseded by Elijah Boardmun.) James Lanman, 1325 VERMONT. Isaac Tichcnor, 1821 ( superseded by Henry Seymour ) William A. Palmer, i25 new-York. Nathan Sanford, 1821 (no successor appointed.) Rufus Kinr, 1325 NEW-JERSEY. James I. Wilson, 1821 (succeeded by James L. Southard) Adhlon Dickerson, 1 823 PENNSYLVANIA. Jonathan Roberts, 1821 f no successor appointed. Walter Lowrie, 1825 DELAWARE. Outcrbridgc Horsey, 1821 (no successor appointed.) Nicholas Van Dvke, 1325 MARYLAND. William Pinckney, 1821 f no successor gnrsinted.) Edward Lloyd, 1823 VIRGINIA. Justs Barbour! 182!

( no successor appointed ) James Pleasants, NORTH CAROLINA. Montford Stokes, Nathaniel Macon, SOUTH CAROLINA. William Smith, John Gailard, GEORGIA. Freeman Walker, John Elliot, KENTUCKY. Richard M. Johnson, Isham Talbot, TENNESSEE. John H. Eaton, (no successor appointed.) John Williams, OHIO. Benjamin RuggJes, ( no succt ssor appointed.) William a. TrimMe, X-OUlilAKA. Henry Johnson, James Brown,

It: i8cr 182 I8r: 18S 1825 1825 182! 1822 182: 1825 1825 1825 1821 1825 1821 1823 1823 1825 182S 182 INDIANA. James Noble (no successor appointed.) Waller Taylor, ' MISSISSIPPI. David Holmes, (no successor appointed.) Thomas H. Williams, ILLINOIS. Jesse B. Thoma9, Ninian Edwards, ALABAMA William R. King, John W. Walker Frcm the Boston Gazette. National Calendar. Aany of our readers nr n.rkflft. not acquainted with the p,.-. "L the stveraldepanmentsofourgovem' their intriMniiinn The President cf t!i tv;4 c..... has per annum, - . nOA 1 he Vice President Las 6,Oo5 Detiarimcnt of State. The Secretary of SlaJe. or the United brates, has a salary. Pcr ycir, cf fS ,0C0 He has under Lim a g.i,;ar ' other clerks, a messenger, and assistant salaries amount to 14,1 10 Treasury Department. The Secretary of the Treasury Department of the United States, Las a salary, per year, of QQ He has under fcim, a chief clerk. 6 other clerks, a mesr.er and assistant messenger, tihose salaries amouut to 9,1 ic ThenrStComPtrolleroftLeTrcaSarr,5,I,C hasasalaryof 17 e He has under Lim, 15 clerk, end a messenger, whose salaries aniouat to 18.C60 Theseccnd comptrHtr of the Trea-?2,16 sury. Las a salary of , COfl He has under him, 1 1 clerks, and a messenger, whose salaries amount to 12,9 SO The first Auditor of the Treasury has a salary of J 3 He has under him, IS clerks and a ..iur , w uose salaries amount to 1 5 ,6 1 0 18 10 The second Auditor of the Treascry ' has a salary of ' 3 Wr He has under him, 15 clerks and a ' messenger, whose salaries atneuot to 17,610 20 CIO The third Auditor of the Treasury ' has a ealary of S ODC He has under him. 34 r!rr!- ' senger, and assistant messenger, whose The fourth Andifar nf tV. t i.V II.UWI I has a salary of o Ife has under Lim, 13 clerks aad a ' mesienjer, who. salaries amrunt to 15.4CC 18 460 The fifth. Auditor cf tha TrMeW 1 ' a salary of ' 2Qa, He has under him, 9 clerks, anJ a messenger, whose salaries amouiit to 1 0,9 1 0 13 SIC Tlie Treasurer of the Hp. has a salary of 3 qq lie nas under him, 6 c!erks and a messenger, whose salaries ameuLt to . ,S5G . . 8,84,0 The Reuter of the Treascry, Lai 4 falary of a He has under him, 21 clerki aad 4 meueoger, whese sallies aaoa&t to SJtS5C 14.851' liar Department. The Secretary of War, ofth UciU3 States has a salary of f He has under tin, 33 deris. a mes cngrr txA asisnu. tutsuugtr. wl alarjeasca.t to .