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v.. 7 - EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume IV. LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA; SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1828. Number 32. feus.:

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LAWS Uf THE UMTU1) STATES PASSED AT TH FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Public No. 73.1 AN ACT to incorporate the bisters of Charity oi bamt Joseph, and the bisters of the Visi tation of Georgetown, in tbo District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America zn Congress assembled, That Mary Augustine Decount, Elizabeth Boyle, Jane Smith, Rossetta White, Mar garet George, Bridget Ferrell, Francis Jourdan, Ann Gruber, Adele Salva, Sa rah Thompson, Margaret Felicita Brady, kcholastica Beams, Julia Shirk, Louisa Roger, Martha Dadisman, Mary Joseph Kivell, Mary Agnes O Conner, Mary Clare Shirly, Mary Paul Douglass, Eliza Martina Butcher, Eugina Clarke, Jane Boyle Kosetta Tyler, Alary Love, Ann Collins, Mary McGinnis. El:zabeth Del low, Rachael Green, Ann Elizabeth Cor bev, Mary Maria Sexton, Jane Ilegina Smith, Helena Elder, Catharine Sttgers, Ann Frances Richardson, Ann Magdaline Shirley, Maria Muller, Ann Parsons, Rebecca Gough, Ellen Piggot, Margaret Shannon, Mary Green, Mary Delene, Lllen I immons, Mary Harding, Mary Ann Fagan, Eliza Susan Knot, Margaret Brady, Mary Francis Boarman, Ann Dorsey, Eliza Magner, Barbara Mario, Alary Gibson, Lvdia Dix, Mary Twyger, Eliza v Smith, Bridget Gibson, Ellen Hughes, Ann VVickham, Elizabeth Graver, Mary Councel, and their successors hereafter to, become Sisters of Charity of bamt Joseph, according to the rules and regulations, that have been, or may hereafter be, established by their asso ciation be, and they are hereby made, declared and constituted a corporation or body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever, by the name, style and title of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Eliza Matthews, Alice Lalon, Harriet Brent, M. Neale, E. Neale M. Marshal, Ann Combes, Louisa Jones, Jane Neale, Ann Wright, Elizabeth Clarke, Louisa Queen, Jane C. Neale, Mary Ann Boarman, Grace Turner, Mary Cummins, Eleanor Miles, Mary Olivia Neale, Ann Diggs, Catharine Corish, Lucretia Ford, Mary Caroline Neale, Mary King, Johanna Barry, Mary E. Neale, Margaret Cooper, Sarah Cooper, Margaret Dent, ITizabeth Wiseman, Jerusha Barber, Elizabeth Lancaster, Matilda Hanagan, Mary Brooks, Margaret King, Rebecca Hainson, Laura Bevans, Williamina Jones, busan Duke, Catharine Murrv, Eleanor Corcoran, Bridget Lynch, Mar caret O'Conner, Elizabeth Myers, Cath arine Waide, and Ann French, and their successors hereaf er to become Sisters of the Visitation, according to the rules and regulations that have been, or may hereafter be established by their association, be, and they are hereby made declared, and constituted a corporation or body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever, by the name, style and title of the Sisters of the Visitation. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all and singular the lands tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, property goods, and chatties, heretofore given, granted, devised or bequeathed

to either the said Sisters of Charity ofG anu snai1 receive, upon the said slock Rnint .Tospnh-nr Sitra rf flio V;Wot, the nronortion nf thp trdla whll.

or to any individual of either, or to any person or persons for the use of either of; said societies, or that have been nurrha sed for or on account of the same, be, and they are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said Corporations respectively, and that they may severally purchase, take, receive and apply to the uses of their associations, according to the rules and regulations, that they may respectively establish, from time to' time, for the management of the concerns ofl their societies, any lands, tenements, rents, legacies, annuities, rights, proper

ty,and privileges, or any goods, chatties; the Corporation of Washington, the Cororotherefrects,ofwhat kind or nature, so. poration of Georgetown, and the Corpoever; which shall or mayhereafter be giv- ration of Alexandria, within the District en, .granted, sold, bequeathed or devised of Columbia, shall severally, have full unto them respectively, by any person or power and authority to subscribe and persons, bodies politic or corporative, nay for shares of tho tnrl- nfiho C.U.

capable of making such grant, and that they may respectively dispose of the

same: Provided always, that neither ofUheady made by either of the said Cor-

tne sam associations snail at anv time hold, use, possess and enjoy, within the - District of Columbia, either by legal seizure or trust, for their uses and benefit respectively, more than two hundred "acres of land; nor shall either of said societies hold, in their own right, or by

any other person in trust, or for their benefit, an amount of real estate, the annual income of which shall exceed thirty-five hundred dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corporations, by their

names, styJes, and titles aforesaid, he, and shall be hereafter, capable, in law and in equity, respectively, to sue and be sued, within the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in as effectual a manner as other persons or corporations can sue er be sued, and that the said corporations or a majority of them respectively, shall cevcrally adopt and use a common seal and the same to use, alter, or change at pleasure; and from time to time, make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the Uniied States, or any law of Congress, as either may deem expedient and proper. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if, at any time hereafter any the persons herein before named, or anv of in u successors, snan cease to oe members of said sisterhoods, respective! v. such person or persons shall thereafter l-v , , , . I II J j - - have no control in the proceedings of saui corporation, under and in pursuance of the provisions of this act. Approved -24th May, 1828. Public No. 75. AN" ACT authorizing a subscription to the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1 hat the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of the United States, for ten thousand shares of the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and to pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions as shall be required of and paid by tfie stockholders, generally, by the rules and regulations of the company, out of the dividends which may accrue to the United States upon their Bank Stock in the Bank of the United States: Provided, That not more than one-fifth part of the sum, so subscribed for the use of the United States, shall be demanded, in any one year, after the organization of the said company; nor shall any greater sum be paid on the shares so subscribed for, than shall be proportioned to assessments made on in dividual or corporate stockholders: And provided, moreover, That for the supply of water to such other canals as the State of Maryland, or Virginia, or the Congress of the United States, may authorize to be constructed, in connexion with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the section of the said canal leading from the head of the Little Falls of the Potomac river, to the proposed basin, next above Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, shall have the elevation, above the tide of the river at the head of the said Falls, and shall preserve, throughout the whole section aforesaid, a breadth, at the surface of the water, of not less than sixty feet, and a depth below the same, of notjess than five feet, with a suitable breadth at bottom. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for the President and Directors of the said Company, according to such number of shares as the United States may at any time hold in the stock there the proportion of the tolls which shall from time to time, be due to the United States, for the shares aforesaid; and shall have and eniov, in behalf off hp United States, every other rieht of a stockholder in the said Company. Approved 24th May, 1S23. Public No. 76. AN ACT to enlarge the powers of the several Corporations of the District of Columbia and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled That apeake and Ohio Canal Company; and all such subsrrintirknc rc doll h porations, shall, and the same are hereby declared to be valid and binding on the said Corporations, respectively. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Corporations shall, severally, have power and authority, from time to time as the same may be "deemed

by them, respectively, either necessary

or expedient, to borrow money, at any rate of interest, not exceeding six per centum per annum, to pay tneir respective subscriptions, and the interest accruing thereon, to the amount which they have subscribed, or shall hereafter subscribe. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, I hat the said Corporation shall be, and the same are hereby, respectively, em powered to cause to be constituted certificates of stock for the sums borrowed. in pursuance of the authority severally vested in them by this act; each of said certificates shall be of the form follow ing, to wit: City or Town There insert the title of tbe City or Town. Mayor's Office. Be it known, That there i9 due from the Corporation of the City or Town her? in sert ine title ot the City or Town of unto inere insert the name of the creditor, or - . j assigns, the sura of here insert the amount in dollars bearing interest at here insert the rate oi interest J per centum per annum, from the dny of , eighteen hundred and inclusively, payable quarter yearly; the principal sum above mentioned is to be paid on the day of , id the year eighteen hundred and , which debt is recorded in this Office, and is transferable only by appearance in person, or by attorney, at this ofFice, , in testimony whereof, I hare hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the said City to be affixed. , Mayor. ' , Register, or other Recording Officer of the Corporation. A list of all such certificates, denoting their respective numbers, dates, and sums, and the persons to whom the same shall have been issued, authenticated by the Mayor, subscribing the same, shall be deposited by said officer at the time of subscribing the same, or within ten days thereafter, with the Secretary of Treasury of the United State?. The said certificate shall not be issued in any case, for a less sum, each, than one hundred dollars: any such certificate, or The forger' of of any transfer thereof, or of any power of attornev pur porting to authorize each transfer, shall be punishable in 1 ke manner with the forgery of a certificate of the public debt ot the United btates. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, I hat the said Corporations are, respect ively, empowered to employ an agent or agents, for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions to the loan or loans authorized by this act, or of selling, from time to time, the certificates of stock which may be created in pursuance thereof, and to fix the compensation of such agent or agents, which they shall respectively pay, as well as all other expenses attend ing the said loans, out of the proceeds thereof or of any other funds which they may respectively provide. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted-. That a tax, at the rate of one per centum ana inirieen-nunureains oi one per cen tum, on the assessed value of the real and personal estates within the citv of Washington, as shall appear by the np praisement thereof, made under the au thority of the corporation, or of the several acts of Congress, hereinafter declar ed to be revived and in force within the said" corporation to be existing, at the time hereinafter limited for the collec tion of the said tax; and at the rate of fifty-six hundredths of one per centum on the assessed value of the real and personal estate within the town of Georgetown, as shall appear by the appraisement thereof, made under the auth ority of the Corporation, or of the sev eral acts of Congress, hereinafter declared to be revived and in force, within the said corporation, to be existing at the time hereinafter limited for the col ..i .i. lection oi me said tax; and at the rate of fifty-eight hundredths of one per centum on the assessed value of the real and personal estate within the town of Alexandria, as shall appear, by the appraisement thereof, made under the authority of the corporation of the said town, or of the several acts of Congress, uereinaiter declared to be revived and in force, within the said corporation, to be existing at the time hereinafter limited for the collection of the said tax, be, and the same is hereby, imposed and assessed on the real and personal estate lying and being in the said city and towns: and, upon the failure of the said corporations, or of any of them, to pay, into the Treasury of the United States, ninety days before the same shall become due, to the holders of the shares or certificates of such loan or loans, as aforesaid, according to the terms and conditions thereof, the sum, or sums, which they or any of them shall have, respect-

ively, stipulated to pay at the expiration

of the period aforesaid, so that the same shall not he ascertained beforphrmd to be in readiness to meet the demand or claim about to arise on the shares or certificates of the said loan The President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, empowered to appoint a collector or collectors, whose duty it shall be to proceed and collect the tax imposed, as above, on the real and per sonal estate in the said city and towns, or either of them, the corporation or corporations of which shall have so failed to pay, as aforesaid, in advance, the sum or sums about to become due and demandable as aforesaid, or any part thereof remaining unpaid, as aforesaid, into the I rpnsurv. ninetv days in auj 7 j vance; such part, in case a part only be so in arrear, to be rateably and equa.'h assecsed, levied and collected, upon the property chargeable, as aforesaid, with the said tax within the said city and towns, or either of them, making such default in paying as required, ninety days in advance, as aforesaid: the appraisement or assessment of the value of the said estate preparatory to the collection of the said tax, if not previously made by the said corporation, to be made in the mode prescribed, as aforesaid, u the several acts oi Lonirre3 ncreDy revived and put in operation: Provided, That, if satisfactory evidence be afforded the President of the United States In the several corporations aforesaid, thai Ithev are proceeding, in cood faith, to raise and pay, m due time, their portions respectively, of the said loan or loans, and will be competent to raise the same by the means on which they rely, he shall be, and he is hereby, empowered to restrain such collector or collectors from proceeding to collect the said tax within the corporation allordinglhe evi dence aforesaid, until the expiration of the ninety days aforesaid, when, if the amount of the said tax be not actually paid, the collection thereof shall pro ceed, without further delay, on notice to the collector of such default. Spp. H. .Qnd. hp it further rnnrlrd. That tha Collector or Collectors, who may be appointed as aforesaid, shall v a give bond with good and sufficient security, for the faitfiful performance of the duties required by this act, and shall possess all the powers, be subject to all the obligations, and proceed, in all respects, in the discharge of his or their duties, in collecting the said tax, as the several Collectors possessed, were sub ject to, and were required to do, by an act, entitled "An act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of Government, and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the District of Columbia," approved the twenty-seventh of February one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and by the several acts of Congress therein referred to, or which were subsequently passed, in order to alter or amend the same; all of which acts, for the effectual fulfilment of the purpose of this act, and according to the tenor and intent thereof, are hereby declared to be revived, and in full force within the limits of the several corporations aforesaid. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the tax imposed by this act shall be continued and collected, from time to time, according to the provisions and conditions of this act, and of the several acts aforesaid, so long aa the proceeds thereof may, by any possibility, be required to meet the payment of the several loans authorized as aforesaid. Provided Aoryever, that all or either of the said Corporations may, in the negotiation of such loan, or loans, as they, or either of them, shall deem it expedient to make, in pur suance of the authority vested in them by this act, stipulate such terms or conditions for the payment of the interest or the redemption of the principal sum thereof, as shall dispense with the system of taxation provided by this act. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in the event that any loan or loans shall be negotiated by the said corporations, or any one of them, to the extent, in whole or in part, of the subscription of one or all of the said Corporations, to to the stock of tbs Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, in conformity with the provisions of this act, and based upon the system of taxation therein provided, a copy or copies of the contract or contracts, for any and all such loans, shall, as soon as practicable after the execution thereof, be deposited, either by the Corporation or Corporations contracting such loan or loans, or by the creditor orj creditors interested therein, with the Secretary of the Treasury; and, out of all such sums as shall be paid, by the

respectvc Corporations, in advance; as aforesaid, on account of their several

4 contracts, or as shall be levied and coi lected, in manner hereinbefore provided. the holders of the certificate of any such loan shall be entitled to receive, at thfc Public Treasury, such amount as maj be due to them, respectively ; and, ori the occurrence of any de ficiency in ths sum or sums voluntarily paid in, or assessed and collected, within the said Corporations, respectively, for the payment of their respective creditor the extent of such deficiency shall be ascertained by the Sec retary of the Treasury, from a reference to the trms of the loan or loans, in relation to which such defi ciency may occur; and, bring sc asi er tained and published in some one or more newspapers printed in the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the proper Collector to proceed to celled, and pay into the Public Treasury, the eaid amount, with all lawful charges attending the same? according to ch farther rateable assessment upon the estates and property within thrjuri?dict:on of the Corporation in arrear, according to the provisions of i his act, and of the several acts referred to therein, as shall be sufficient to sup ply suib ascertained defn iency ; and, on the completion of such collection, the holder or holders of the certificates of the stock of the Corporation, shall be entitled to receive such amount as may have been found due, and unprovided for, by the sums before paid in, or collected 03 account of such Corporation. Approved 24th May, 1828, Public No. 77. AN ACT altering the duties on W Inss iCi ported into tbe United States Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asstmbled, That from and after the first day of January next,' the duties now imposed on laines imported into the Uniied States, shall cease, and that, in the lieu thereof, the following duties shall be levied and collected on all wines so imported that is to say: On the wine3 of France, Germany, Spain and the Mediterranean, when imported in casks, unless specially enumerated, fifteen cents pergallon: except the red wines of France and Spain, when not imported in bottles, which shall pay only ten cents per gallon; On wines, of all countries, when imported in bottles or cases, unless specially enumerated; on wines of Sicily, ar?d on all wine3 not enumerated, whether imported in bottles, cases or casks, thirty cents per gallon, in addition to tho duties now existing on the bottles when thus imported ; On Sherry and Madeira wines? whether imported in bottles, cases orcasksj fifty cents per gallon, in addition to the duty on the bottles when so imported. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the duties imposed by this act on wine imported, shall be levied and collected on all wines remaining in the public warehouses after the first of January? one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, in lieu of the duties existing when the same may have been imported. Sec. 3. And be i! further enactedjTh&l a drawback oi toe duties on wines, im posed by this act, shall be allowed 6ii exportation, and that all existing laws con-" cerning the exportation of merchandiss for the benefit of drawback, th collection of duties, and the recovery, distri bution and remission of all penalties and forfeitures, shall be taken, and be deemed to be applicable to importations un der this act. Approved, 24th May, 182S. Public No. 78. AN ACT making appropriations for certsla Fortifications of the United States, for tha first quarter of tbe year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For Fortifications, to each, specifically, as follows For Fort Adams, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Hamilton, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Monroe, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Calhoun, ten thousand dollars?. For Fort Macon, at Bogue Point, ten thousand dollars. For a Fort at Oak Island, fifteen thou sand dollars..