Indiana Gazette, Volume 8, Number 18, Corydon, Harrison County, 14 April 1824 — Page 1

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J L X C 6 it is b vas WHS V 1 i Printed BHAXDON & Co. Publishers oJ te Laws o tie VluUel States. CORYDON, (INDIANA) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1824, No. 18 VOL. VIII.

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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLT, BV BRANDON &Co. Conditions. The Gazette is delivered to subscribers at the ffice, at Tv:o Dollars per annum, paid iu advance, with the addition of Twenty-five Cents forevrrv three months delay in payment. Subscribers at a distance , or out of the county ofllarrisou will be required in advance, and no continuance without, unless at the option of the llditors. No subscription for less han one year. A failure of paying arrearages, and giving notice of discontinuance punctually at the close of the vear, will be considered as a subscription for the year succeeding, and the paper will be accordingly forwarded as before, Advertisements accompanied with the cash, will be inserted three times at $1 per square, & S5 cents for ech continuance. Advertisements will not be continued for more than one year, unless payment is n,ade for thfi first year. Letters and communications addressed o the Editors must be post-paid, or they cannot be attended to. LAWS OF THE U. S. BY AUTHORITY AN ACT for the better organization of the District Courts of the United States within the slate of Alabama Be it enacted by the Senate Sf Hotue of Re'jiresent'itives of the Uniltd States of America in Ccngrest aascm died, That the State of Alabama sha'il be, and the same is hereby, divided into two Districts, in manner following, to wit: That part thereof composing the counties of Jackson, D.catur, Madison, Limestone, Lauderdale, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Blount, St. Clair, Jefferson, Walker, and Marten, shall compose one District, to be called the Northern District of AlaDani a ; and the residue thereof, shall compose another District, to be called Wie Southern D strict of Alabau.a. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That there shall be two terms ot the District Court for the Southern District, held at Mobile, in each year, to beiii oii the third Monday atter the fourth Monday in March, and the iouith Monday alter the fourth Monday in October ; and one term &t Cahawba, in each year, to begin on the third Monday in June ; and one terrri of the District Court, for the Northern District, shall be held in Huntvi 1 , in each year, to begin on the second Monday in July; and the D;stnct Judge of the United States, for the tiiatu of Alabama, is hereby required to hold the Courts aforesaid, and furthermore, to hold one or more special terms, at Cahawba, and at Huntsville, in each year, if, in nis opinioiii the business of the Court shall require it to he done. Sec. 3i And be it further enacted, That the tnird Monday in December) in each year, shall b2 a return day for vr ts and executions, returnable to the said District Court atCahwoa ; Si the second Monday in January, in each vcar, shall be a return day for writs 5c executions returnable to the said District Court at Huntsvillc and ths parties to such suits as shall be so returned, shall make up their pleadings under such rules as the Court shall prescribe, in order to hav the causes so returned, in a state for trial at the next regular term Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That all causes pending in the said Distrit Courts at Mobile and Cahawa shall be adjourned arid continued ,rom the times heretofore prescribed bylaw for holding said Courts, respectively, to ths times appointed by this act ; and all recogn:zances and process of every description, made returnable to the former terms of holding said Courts, respectively, shall be returned to the terms herein established, and be as valid as if th time of

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pending in the said District Courts at Mobile and Cahawba. in which the defendant or defendants resided, n the Northern District at the time of serving the process, shall be transferred to the District Court for the said Northern District, established by this act, and be proceeded in, adjudged, Sc determined, in the same manner as if originally commenced in said Court ; and it shall be the duty of the Clerks ! the said District Courts at Mobile and Cahawba, to transmit, by some safe conveyance, to the Clerk of the D strict Court for the Northern District, the original papers in all such causes, toguher with a transcript of all pi ocei dings had therein Sec. 6. And be it further enacted f That all suits hereafter to be brought, in either ot the Courts aforesaid, not of a local nature, shall be brought only in the Ds?rict where the defendant shall res'de; but if there be more than one defendant, and some of them reside in the North rn, and some in the Southern District, the plaintiff may sue in either, and send a duplicate writ to the other, on which he shall endorse that it is part of a suit brought in the D. strict from which it is sent ; and the said writs, when executed and returned, shall constitute one sutt,ard be proceeded in accordingly. Sec 7 And be it further enacted, That the Judge of said Courts shall appoint a Clerk of the District Court ot the Northern District, who shall reside, and keep his office, and the re cords and documents app rtaing thereto, at the place of holding said C'ur: . be eniitled to the same fees allowed by law to the Clerks of the Southern District, and be suoject to the same liabilities and penalties vkc. 8 And be it further enacted. That the District Attorney heretofore appointed lor the District of Alabama, shall be the District Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama ; and there shall be a District Attorney appointed for the Northern District of Alabama, who shall hold his appointment for the same term, be subject to the same duties, and receive the same salary, fees, and emoluments, allowed to the District Attornty for the Souththem District of Alabama. Sec 9 And be it further enacted. That, should the Judge fail to attend at the time and place of holding any of the Courts herein mentioned, before the close of the third day of the term, the business thereof shall stand adjourned to the next term. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DANIEL D. TONKINS, Vice President of the United Slates, and President of the Senate. Washington, March 10, 1821 Approved : J A MLS MOW 110 E. of tc Committee OF WAYS AND SUSANS CONTINUED. Statement of the Revenue and Expenditure tj :2anJ 1623 Continued. Amount ot Taxes on the Lands Sc Polls for 1 822, hereinbefore specified viz : Lands - 17,916 64 Polls - 13,817 00

31,803 64 Add assessments not included in the above, viz : Fayette, Tax on Lands and Polls - 1,109 63 Dearborn, tax on Bank stock 87 81 Floyd, tax on Lands 323 71 Harrison, tax on Servants 6 00 Greene, tax on do. 3 00 Pike, 3 oo

192 09 1,723 24 Total of assessments 33,527 88 Dedict delinquents and commissions - 4 905 96 Nett Revenue which accrned from Taxes during 1822 - - 28,621 92 Actual Receipts from taxes during 1822, viz s Taxes for 1822 9,874 12 Da', previous years 2 971 76 12,845 89 Current expenses during j the year 1822 S20,970 5$ Amount of Taxes on the Lnds and Polls for 1823 hereinbefore specified, viz : Lands - 22,074 48 Polls ' 14,521 50 36,595 98 Add assessments not included in the above, viz: Fayette, Tax on Lands and Polls 910 63 Dearoorn, tax on bank stock 87 81 Jt.'ffcison, tax on do. do. 97 46 Harrison, tax on Servant 3 00 UnlUted lands 180 63 Total of Assessments 37,875 51 Deduct delinquents and commissions - 4,931 28 Nett Revenue which ac ciued from taxes during 1323, 32,944 23 Acmal Receipts from tax cs during 1823, viz : Taxes for 1823 13.597 37 Do. previous years 14 889 76 28487 13 Current expenses during the year 1823 S6.308 64 Upon the facts contained m the alove statement of Pu .lic Revenue and fcxpeuditure, for the last two years, the commut e have founded the following E&timate of Receipts and Expenditures for the year 1824, which is respectfully submitted for the consideration of the House. RECEIPTS. frrom the Taxes in arrear at this time, there will probably be received during the year 1824 16,000 CO From the Taxes of 1824, the nett amount ot which, if the present rates be continued may be estimated at 34,000 dollars, there will probably be received before the 31st Dec. next- 14,000 00 Total, S 30,000 00 EXPENDITURES. Legislature Eighth Session, Pay and mileage to 64 members, 64 days 8,900 GO Six clerks, stationary, fuel Sec. 1,100 00 Printing, distributing laws, &c. - 3,000 00 Executive -Governor, Auditor and Treasurer 2,200 00 Judiciary Eight Judges 5,600 00 Attorney General 200 00 Indianapolis agent 200 00 Penitetuiaey, including transportation of convicts 1,000 00 Specific appropriations 1,100 00 Contingent expenses 100 00 Militia service 100,00

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Interest on public debt 1,100 00 Balance 4,000 oo Total, S 30,003 00 The above estimated surplus of the Receipts over the Expenditures of 1834 4,000 00 Added to the amount now in the Treasury 4,155 38

Shows that the means of 1 824 will exceed the expenditures thereof 3,155 38 Which excess, will of course, be applied to the reduction of the public debt It follows, that on the first Jan 1825, if the estimates of the committee be well founded, the Public debt of the state will be 218,888 81 The present debt, exclusive of the Treasury notes, doss not press upon the Treasury. It is the opinion of the committee, that the Treasury notes should be paid as soon as practicable. For their redemption, the revenue is particularly pledged, and the honor and interest ot the state are deeply concerned in the event. Froca apparent necessity they were reluctantly resorted to, and should be abandoned the first opportunity 5,000 dollars of the loan authorized by a lavr of the present session, have already been obtained, the remainder it is confidently expected, will be procured without much delay. The completion of this loan, will ena'ile us at once to redeem the Treasury notes in circulation, and thus free our state from the last remains of a depreciated currency Our debts will then be consolidated, and made payable at convenient periods by which the Treasury will be relieved Iro.n tlie daily demands of unfortunahte creditors, fic the. payment of the public debt, by being deterred, will in the end, be greatly facilitated, by the increasing revenue from the n. w counties, and indeed from every part of our flourishing country. It is earnestly hoped and believed by the committee, that the means of payment now in the Treasury, with the aid of audited warrants, Sc the contemplated receipts from loans and revenue, will satisfactorily answer the purposes of the government, for tho next ensuing year. That prudent and enlightened policy which will secure to the Treasury a reasonable surplus of the receipts from revenue ;over tho current expenses of the government, will soon bring to a close our public debt, and ensure to your young and rising state, that proud independence to which the resources of our country invite us to aspire. ROB'T. M. EVANS, Chairman. After closing the foregoing report, your committee beg leave to remark -That your committee when first organized, determined upon the expediency of entering intoa full, complete and through investigation, not only of the books of the offices of Auditor and Treasurer of State, from the commencement of the state government to the 1st. day of January 1824, but also cf a full examination of all papers and documents in each of thoseoffices. On coming to this determination, ycur committee were aware that it would become necessary to call their assistance an accountant and bookkeeper ; for admitting that each of your committee had been complete accountants, (which however is not the case,) your comm,ttee were awaro that this important investigation, coo Id only be made in a correct and satisfactory manner, by the constant application and undivided attention of your committee, or by the assistant of some able and efficient accountant your committee therefore applied t3

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