Indiana Intelligencer, Volume 7, Number 14, Charlestown, Clark County, 26 March 1825 — Page 2

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arm paiU mio me man ireasmy. See. HQ. That prasout, future arid foiiner collectors shall have power to pnicefd in the ceih'ftitn of taxs due them for two years Iro.n tlie time at which they were bjund to pay over the sta'? and county revenue in each yunr; bat nothing in this section shall he i CTnstrnnd a to authorise any to!h:ctur to meddle with delinqueuts after having received a credit for the same. Sec. 21. That in all cases of colhcirs and ttlfier debtors l the state of Indians, thn real arnS jiersonal estate of the debtor shall be hound fruiu the teste of the process, by which such dubtor is to be Buramoned or arrested to an flwer the demand of the elate, and in all cases where the estates of any debtor to the state is insufficient to pay his debts, the state shall have preference, and its demands shall be first aettled and satisfied out f mu li es'a'e; ain' in all suits prosecuted in favor of the state, or in favor of any person as trustee of the state, if process be returned th it any defendant is not found, it shall be in tho ( lection of the attorney prosecuting the suit, to have an attachment issued ajainst such defendant, directing tho seizure of his goods and (battles,

Jands and tenements, rights, cr edits and (H't'Cts. to answer said demand, without ay affidavit of the existence of the debt, as in other ra.ic between ir'lividuals; and notice of (lie issuing of the attachment sliall be sivnu forthwith by puhlifhing the same in some newspaper in the county where the suit is pending, or setting i:n tlu same at the court house door in writing; and at any time aftr tea days nwtien slnll he given, judgment may be render ed as in o'ber cases, whero proaess issued iu domestic attathmcnt. SiiC. 22. That th tuxrs charged o:j personal property fur the yearl.'ii, which iajy have been returned as tle-

l'!;,;'.!'!:! . !y llio e.,l!ectr, fihall he tr a.n-h rrcd hy ihe tleiks d' each cout;ty in the duplicate lor 1 8 ; awl in like manner for eac h succeeding car, the ch ilts shall transfer to tho duplicate and dejirxjuent list, which shall he col Ik ted by t!.i collector and paid over as in otl"'r ease1;. St-.c .'J. Th it each cdlcc'.or ii his cnut.ty be ntithorizi'd arid required to ascss and collect a state and ceunty tr.x from all real or peisonal estat', or pei soiis that may n t have bfen aicsi--ed f i r the ve.i' m;e thot-satid tight hondied an.l twenty-four or any sifter ir, and shall make return h?fvof, vcii'ud by his iath at tho tirr.o he makea return of (he precept ruen'baed i,i the act la whith Ibid is ati ..netidlueiit; su.J aliail also set uj) at tho fintt h ntSv' du r of his county, a hst of the names and property from vbLh ho has coll -cud .such ta.t 's, arid if he shall ina!;e. a false return, sh,.!i be liable to the penalties ol the act afowsaid. Sue. S'liat the tltrks of the our.oics of llti.drirks, Ileiry, Perry, i'utam, Hnsh i.nd Vt ruislivti, shall severally transcribe their tssrsHnent I'ldls f,.r one ihoosand eigh hnmlreiJ and twenty f;; anii c?rity them for tht ir collt!i-ii to tln ir col.'ti tors, for one thou-ai'd eig'-t hnudied anl t entjfiv, v.i:!i ttie l:isl:i ata lor tl.it year; and the t'oloitor hball Collect tnd pay over the s..:ne as in ether cases, Sr.c. 23. That it shall bo tb doty of the circuit prosecuting atUrfiys, hy fjiiit or otherwh", to ex.unine into tho r Ciiia! conduct of tin collectors of the revet:;:e fir any or each year since the orjaiuation of the state govcrnneut, by inspecting and overhauling the d i plicate!, returns report-?, delinpent lists, ta;l!.-i;-d property, and all (tier documents atid papers rtlating to the coilec ioii f the revenue, which pay he on file in the clt-rks' oCicri. in t'j auditor's oiliee, or in Ihe posirsoior r f any othrr person; ant! require all -lectors to account for all um of money which, from the records and papen aforesaid, or from evidence, tmy ap pear to be in their hand-; :vid s.;it pro jeeutors may have any co5!re-T cxamivd under oath viva veto a tlie 1 1 1 a.1 f any suit, tombing his drfau!;, and s'aali have tho same cotr.tnith'd to writing; and said prosecutor shu',1 1; rntiiled to twenty percent, of sue!) m tnics as may be fctiml in ths hi'iis ol any collector for his trouble in su'-h es aniioatitin, over a id above th fees M::d commission now allowed in cue!) case-., to It received a-rainst delinonents for the prosceutoi's use, whirh sliall b in lies of all dtjtni'ids for such serrLcs upon the slate treasury. Sec. ir That any oOircr v. ithbo! 1ing the paymrnt f any monies h longing in tht- slate, after the same shall b-i demanded or become due, shall be liab! to p u j firo per cent in damages, ard ten per centum interest mr annum, from tin dato of such defalcation, to b recovered of such oHicer and his s.eturities, or either of them by action, as in other cases. Elc. 27. That oHicial etatctnenis of aecnui.fs liait'srribed tVn the reeu-ds of the olhets of tho auditor of public accounts or treasurer ofjtate, certified tn he true Ly the auriiti.r or Ireasuier, according to Ihe nv.ture of iht irase, and .'luthriiticatt'd by the state seal, shall be evidenct) in all cafces i.f debtors of the charges thereon stated, and put the t'cfindaGt cjtsn hia de'etico to the dinatid. Sec. 21. Tbr.t t?.ch colh-i-tor, whenever he discovers that any tract of land has hetn assessed wioi e tlian oi.'je for the same year, he shall mike collection of the single tax and make return of the balante as llKgjl assjhsi)!?nN. And in nil eases where to.i i!uch p,".. sona! propel ty has been, through mis li'.kr, charged by tin I i -1 t.s, ihe colJjetor tuny e.Mcti'-f s':ch pet sor, and re port the ,inie with Ihe d-d: ifp.ienl li-,t. And .!ouM any i-.u mm fee J r.g-i"ve.'j by tlse rate vv liis.fi iruty be fixed en Lis laud by tlie lister of any county, set person luriv produce evidence before the board of justices, an I if they thiiil, the r a'e of hucLi land too h;-;h and ioi pn-prly i'a'.;l. they shall order th cl i i; to I'.J'erit arcoiuirglv: j'torided, iotwxvt, 'i'nat all socii liats remrne ; hy ()y collector of i!le--:i! as-, snir?;! sir.:!! eo:,liti t de'-i-ri'n; u'. trie pr erfy illegally a'.se.'s.sed, nti i i'i ..hat lh illeg t! it c'i-.tsfs, and tt.a rson

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cu'd court, Itforc It shdl have auy tf. Inf. t-r.v. 29. Ithhall be the duty of tho mil clor of state rrvtiuo in the county of Washington for the 3 car one thou, sand eight hundred and twenty. five, to call up 'ii every person, who is resident on lan which was ubject to taxation in eighteen hundred ami scventten, to declare how much land he was the owner of, ttt v?as aubject to taxation In said year; and whatever quantity was so subject to tax, it shall be the duty of Raid collector to collect tho amount of such tax, that such person would have been Hallo to pay, if the sarue had been assessed tinder the law in lone iu the said year eighteen hundred and seventeen; and said collector shall pay Ihe same into the state treasury at the same li.i' and wanner, that he is re(jtiind to pay other state revenue; and it nhall he the duty of said ollettor to enter in a hook kept for that purpose, the names of rath person from whom such tax shall be collected, with the u mount and rate of laid; a transcript of which he shall return to the oJfjc of the auditor of public accounts, whirh transci ipt fdiall govern said auditor in settling with s-tid collector, and aid collector Khali file the original in the flice of Ihe clerk of said county. Sec. SO That in all cases of tracts or lots of land which are iubject to taxation, and which havo not or may not be assessed iu any particular year, in which such tract of land was r may be liable to taxation, the assessor or person performing tho duties of lister, as ftocn as he shall have knowledge ol such oBiittcd tract shall assess the 8am for any and all such omitted years, according to the rates ef the j ear omitted; and enter the samo in his roll for assessment and collection in like man ner as lands for th cut rent year; bu'. such assessor shall not make any such assessment as aforesaid lor any year further back than three years piior to the year in which he shall ituke tuch assessment as afuesaid, nor in any case beyond tho yiar eighteen hundred and twenty-four inclusive, except as is herein bviMre provided for; and in all suchomiitid cases, the 1 ncJ shall be subject to the tax omitted to be asses3ed as aforesaid in wh.se hi.iida sotivcr it nwy come.

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WAiHISSTO:.' CITY, IIARCH 4. T'iis d -y, at tlie appointed hour. Johu Q. Atlims t" k. the oath of oflice as PcinJe;ii of the U. Scales, at the Capitol, aad uu the occasion, delivered t'.i e 1'oilowin I N A U f I URAL ADDH ES. Ta om;lidhce with an usig? ceeval wUh ths ex'stence cf our Federal Conit.tation, and soiciioi.ed hy '.he example ct my predecessors, in Out; career upon w'.iich 1 am ab'-ut to enter, I appear, my it Mow ci-iasns, in your pretnet , v.vl in that t he.vi n, tohu.d iny-elf by tlie solemtnties ot religious ,bl:j;;ttion, to thf tai.litu' pcrtonnai.cc tf the duties allotted to me, in the itaticn to winch 1 have b, en tailed. In uii'f.ldinj to my country m'-n, the pri:icip!s:jy w;,ich I bhall be jjoveroed, io the fuiiihueut of tii. ".e O'iiies. my first rcsott w;ii be to thdt constitution, wh ch 1 slni'.l swur, to tlie best of my ability, to preserve, protect and defend. Th it revered instrument t mini t rates tie1 powers, aad prescribes the daties ol the Executive Magistrate, and in its fir:.t worcis, deciaus tlie purposes to whuh these, and ihe whole action of the government, itis'ituted l if, sh juld he iu ai'ably and sacredly devi:ed to foi m a more perfect utiitn, eatii'ndi justice, insure domes' ic traiKiuili'.y, provide lor the common defeiice, promote U e pern ral welfare, and secure the blesMiigb ol l.berty to the people of this Lima i, in their successive generations, ti nee the adoption cf th; s icial compact, one o! these gen. -rations huve passed away. It is the work of our forefathers. Adminiiiteud by sonic oi the mo-jt eminent men, who couti ihuttd to its formation, through all the vi-ci'-sitatlis of pear.c and war, incident.il to tlie coi-.d.tijn cf eis-ocUied man: it has not dis p pointed lh hopes and aspirations of those illustrious benefactors of their nge and nation. It has promoted the lastmjj welfare of that c.iumty ho dear to us all; it has, to an e;;te:it, far b yitul ths o: dinaiy lot of lmirianH) , secired the freedom a id happiness of tins people. We now receive it as a precious inheritance from those to whom we areiridtbud fot its CaW.biiii.meat, doulily bounJ by tho ex..'.n;,!es which ti.ty have left us, and by t!,f l;lv.i"::i,gs which we have enjoyed. a thv truits of their labors, to tra::?;:..t the sa.ne, uuimpatred, to tae hucsceumg generation. I:i tbecc.;rfe-tss of 3G jeas s'nee this pieat natiunal rr.vfiunt was instinitfd, a body ot laws, en ac.t d under its authority, and in rontorm.iy w ,i h its pt ovisions, I.hs unf'oldi d its power.., and earned u u jiractical opt r At ion its elective tnetfifs. Subevdm ite dep-irt-n;e:!'; h;v hstrihi' f'd the Kv.'fi! ve iunctidis ii, V v.rinu telatums to u rein at-fail'-, to tni' I e e.'l'Je e :id ,p''olii Lui-s, Klio to the '..i i.: .ry ( .;. i, the Lm..u, by u:.d m.'i 'f'a. A eo-.u d'n.i't deparM-ent Iti.e Jud i t , h "jjoo'i h .! ti'.e e h-m;u'i.), n,,c! 'Ii'- ll'.Vv; Sf't.lli'ij in ha t nidiiiniH C 'hClilence

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ineparrrcijia-ion cf cur rights acrt . UJ : rurbiirder.k ar.d blevsings; the iorio t,:es','f len by the axe ot our woudser ,i ak1 been made to item by the tillar'e , f r",! j'? nuTM our commute ha, MmK ccean; the dominion f man ever rl nature has been extended hy the iiiv'w''' our artists; I berty pt.d law kave T0f hand ... hnd; all the purpo.e, of lf sociatu it have bttn accomplihedis ly, asunder any other governrnem ST girbc;.ai,d at a cost little exceeding ' whole Rtnera ion, the exper.aiture of i.atitris :n a sinie j tar. Aer Si.chis the t,nt3l,KSerated pictcre of euc end iimn, order a constitution foondJ0 the it publican piinciple f equal r4., T lCmM that this lecture has its shade, Jk to say, that it is bull ihe condition tf b'wS'" u. eaHh. From evil, physical, mcul Z pe.mcal, it is notour tUini to be ese e ha en. fined, someumeiby the v-i'i. ' ol heaur, through d,e ; ot'ttn.'hy S wren-s and injustice of other nati-ous eiH to the txtitinme ol war; and. lastly L stntkns amors oursoivei disseDliooi dX hapt, msi par.,L)ie Irom the enjwynitut Jf L,

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men, and with it, the overthrow tf all the tn.j ymtnts f our presmt lor, ai.d all oui eiriL. ly hopes of th luture. '1 he causes of tli dissentions have bttn vaneu: founded il Hcrtocts of speculation iu the theory of'rt. publican goveriimeriT; upon conflicting ;ti of policy, incur relations with lurtii rav tions; upon jealousies cf partial and stctiw,J interests, aggravated try prejudices ai.upre. possessio:i!, which strangers to each cua: are ever apt to entertain. It ii a source ol giatfkatien and ofer,:o'.: apeir.tnt to me, to observe, that the great result of this experiment upon the the'T) r, human r jhts has, at the close of that Ktrieration by which it was formed, beta crowded with success, e(,ual to the most sanguine expectations of its feunders. Uuimi, juiuf;, tranquility, the common defenre, the general welfare, and the bltssnigs liberty all have been piomottd by the govtrr.,e:,t, Uidf? which ws have lived. Standing, at this point of time, looking back to thtt gcneraiica which is gone by, and iorward tc Unit whiih is .dvanctng, v may, at onr, ii-t'u c- u etattlul axultatiun, Liid iu chet;in; htt. From the experience of ihe pat, wetltr.ve mstructiie leisons tor the future. 01 tlie two great pulitical parties, wh oh hi.ve tiviiltl the opii.ions and ftel.ng cf cur country, tr.s ca .did and the just will now admit, thjtb'vti have coon ibuud splendid talents, spotki intent i;y , lii'dcnt pa'riotism, sniJ disii.urt-i1.. ed saci dices, to the formation and J.dra;ii traticn of this i;overemen'; and ih.tb; ;i have required a liberal indulgence f;.r a tu n ot i.umai. infirmity and error. Theuvi luL.cnai y wars; of Europe, commencing piei;..wlv at '.he luoiiitnt, when tlie Y.veniBi lit ol ihe U. S. first went into operation, unc.r this coiist'ituthat, excited a colSitsion of suutinifi.ts tiidol f-y n.patiiieK, which ka.d'eii sJ tl.e passions, and cmbitten d the confl.C. c! panes, till tiie cation was iuv..ivtd :n war. ai d ihe Union was shaken to its crU. Th.s tune of trial tiobraced a period of five and twenty yeais, during which, tl.e MJ of the Union, in its n lations w it ti tu -rpe, constituted ihe principal basis ol itr poiiticl divisions, and trie most urtlui us pan ol ti,e afc ii. a cf our feiltra'. govci nniei.t. itht;.e catastiopl.u in hi cn the wts ol' the Fret.cU revohit'on tci ir.ina'cd, a:.d our o'au suU'ttment pti.ee with Gieut hiitain, the bsr.e ut weed of p.arty f.ti.fe was upreoted. that timr, nodiffeifi.ee oi principle, cow tttcd cither w.th tlie tiirt ry il government, cr with om inteiccuise wiih f'crnijr: natitns. has fxiV'td, or bc talhdlordi, m force di-. cient to iu-itain a continued Comb i-i" 0 parties, or to c.ive n.oie than wlr-.es'. i-c Li iinatiou to public iui:uisfi:t, ' hitvar. debate. Unr puhuc.d ui td i-,w ilixi'a ft smtiiej M.':ce that can br Lean! that t..s will oi the eople is the sf.MCf. and the "P' pmrss oi tl.e people the end, oi all le&inu vt j loot nt epi 1. 1 ar h the Lot scrri') l" the 1 era licence, it the best purantj i tlie a Luxe of powi r, consis's in the Cl :' ; tlie purity, ai d the iiefjiti ncy of P' pureit.Hons that the trivial go-. trr.ii'Ciit Union. uMi the . pfi v.'c !:oveinnnen s c-t l stutco. aie ad sovt leot.t.t cf limitiUpf"-'

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