Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 18, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 7 May 1831 — Page 1

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7. States Laws. (23Y AUTnoniTY.) LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTVFIRST CONGRESS. Public No. 43.J AN ACT for the relief .of ceruin insolvent debtors of the United flutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States tf America in Congress assembled, Thai nny person who was an insolvent debtor on or before the first day of January lasf, and who is indebted to the United States for any sum of money then due, which lie is unable to pay, unless 6uch person be indebted as the principal in an official bond , or for public money received by him, and not paid over or accounted for according to law, or for any fine, forfeiture, or penalty, incurred by the violation of any law of the United State?, may make application in writing, under oath or affirmation, to the Secretary of the Treasury, for the purpose of obtaining a release or discharge of the said debt ; which application shall state, as near as may be, the time when the applicant became insolvant, how soon thereafter he made known his insolvency to his creditors, the cause or causes, and the amount of such insolvency ; and, also, all the estate real and personal, which the said applicant owned at the time of his insolvency, and the manner in which such estate his been disposed of; and what estate, if aoy, he has since owned, and still own9. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to transmit to the District Attorney of the United States for the District or Territory within which the said applicant shall reside, a certificate copy of the said application, with such instructions as he may think properj nnd it shall be the duty of the said Dis trict Attorney to toy the 6aid copy of such application beore the Corntnis sioner cr Commissioners of Insolvency, to be appointed by virtue of this act, nd to appear and act before them as counsel in behalf of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted That the Secretary of the Treasury is here by authorized and directed to appoint ny numoer oi commissioners or insoi vency he may think proper, not exceeding three in each judicial district or Territory of the United State?, who, before they enter upon the duties ol their appointment, shall severally take an oath or affirmation before one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, or before any Judge of a District Court of the United States, that they will faithfully execute the trust committed to them: and it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners to proceed publicly to examine the books, papers, and vouchers of each of the eaid applicants; and they, or either of them, shall also be authorized to examine each of the said applicants, or any other person or person, upon oath or affirmation, touching the said application: and it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners to make a ieport, in writing, to the said Secretary, of the result of their examination in each case, therein particularly stating, as near as may be, the timu when the applicant became insolvent, how goon thereafter he made known his insolvency to his creditors. the cause or causes, and the amount of such insolvency; and, also, all the es tate, real and personal, which the said applicant owned at the time of his insolvency, nnd the manner in which such estates has been dispoeed of; and what estates, if any, he has since owned, and still owns. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, after he shall have received the report of the said Commissioner or Commissioners. shall proceed to examine the circum stances of each case, and , if it shall have been proved to his satisfaction that the said debtor is unable to pay the said debt or debts which he owes to the United States; that he hath done no act fraudulently to deprive the United States of their legal priority; that he has not been guilty of any fraud, nor made any conveyance of his estate, real or personal, in trust for himself, or with on intent to defraud the United States, or whereby to expect any beniit or advantage to himself or family; then and in that case, the said Secretary may compromise with the said debtor, upon such terms and conditions as he may

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tne circumstances oj ui case, auu ma; execute a release to him or her for the amount of the eaid debt or debts which he or 6he may owe to the United Slates; which said release shall contain a reciiul that the foregoing particulars have been entiafactoi it? proved to the i - . It 11 , . T,k,..t end aocreiary: i roiimu, noutici, u. the said rIeaso shall be rendered null and void, if it shall at any time be ascertained that the eaid insolvent debtor hatb obtained the same upon false sug gestions. Sec. 5. And be it turtner enactca, mat if the said insolvent debtor, or any other person, shall falsely take an oath or al firmation under this act, he or the 6hall be deemed guilty of perjury, nnd shall eutTer the pains and penalties in that case provided. Sec. 0. And be U further enacted, I hat each of the said Commissioners of Insol vency shall receive five dollars per day for each day they shall be actually employed in the performance of their duty under this act; which 6um together with the uctu.il expense incurred for office rent and all other contingencies, provided the same shall not, in the whole, exceed two dollars per day, shall be apportioned among (he several applicants by the said Commissioner or Commissioners, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, according to the time occupied in the investigation of each case; and each of the 6aid applicants, immediately after the investigation of his or her case thai I be completed, by the Commissioner or Commissioners, and before the report shall be transmitted to the said Secretary, shall pay his or her respective proportions of the 6ame: and it shall be ihe duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners, to transmit with his or their report, in each case, a statement, under oath or affirmation, to the said Secretary, of the time actually occupied in the investigation thereof, and the amount which they shall have received from the eaid applicant. Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted, That the compensation to be paid to the District Attorney of each district and territory shall bo five dollars for each day he shall be actually employed under the provisions or this act. Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of . i n a . . . tne xreabury 10 report annually to Congress tne names of the applicants under tins act, and the nature and amount of the debt or debts, due from each to the United Slates ; and, also, the names of those who shall have obtained release?, together with the terms of compromise in each case. Sec. 0. And be it jurthcr enacted, That the sum of rive thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into elFect the provisions of this act. Sec. 10. And be it farther enacted, That this act shall continue in force for three years and no longer. Andrew Stevenson Speaker oftio House of Jlepretintative$ John C. Calhoun, President of the Senate. Approved, March 2, 1831. ANDREW JACKSON. Public No. 49. AN" ACT for the continuation of the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, lhat, the sum of one hundred thousand dol lars be, and the same is hereby appro priated, for the purpose of opening, grading, and making the Cumberland road, westwardly of Zinesville, in the State of Ohio; and that the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for repairs on the said road during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty ; and also the further sum of two thousand se ven hundred dollars, to be expended un der the direction of the Secretary of War in completing the payments to in w dividuals for work heretofore done on the Cumberland road, east of Zanesville in the State of Ohio, under the di rcction of the superintendent of said road, or so much of said sum as may be found necessary for that purpose ; al so for the payment of arrearages for the survey of the-said road from Zanesville to the capital cf Missouri, two hundred and si ty live dollars nnd eighty live cents; and that the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars be, and the same hereoy appropriated, lor tne purpose of opening, gradiDg and bridging the

Cumberland road, in the State of Indiana, including a bridge over White river, near Indianapolis, and progressing with tho work to the eastern and western boundaries of said State; and that the sum of sixty.six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of opening, grading and bridging the Cumberland road, in the State of Illinois; which sums shall be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated and replaced out of the fund reserved for laying out and making roads under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That

for the immediate accomplishment of these objects, the superintendents heretofore appointed or hereafter to be ap pointed, in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and I'linoi, shall under the direction of the President of the United States, separately superintend, in a faithful manner, such parts of said road as may be designated to each, and disburse the money, each giving bond and security as he shall direct, and shall receive such compensation a?, in his opinion, shall be equitable and just not exceeding to each, that heretofore allowed by law to the superintendent of the Cumberland road, in the State of Ohio. Approved, March 2, 1831. Public No. 50. AN ACT making appropriations lor the Indian Department for the ear one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of tiepreientatives oj the tinted States oj America m Lungress assembled, ) hat the following sums be appropriated, to be paid out ot any unappropiiated mon ey in the Treasury, for the Indian Department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, viz: For pay of the Superintendent cf In dian Allans at St. Louis and the several Indian agents, as authorized by law, twenty-nine thousand live hundred dol lars. For pay of sub-agents, as authorized by law, niueteen thousand five hundred dollars. For presents to Indians, as authori zed by the act of one thousand eight hundred nnd twelve, fifteen thousand dollars. , For pay of Indian interpreters and translators employed tit the several euperintendencies and agencies, twcntune thousand five hundred and twentyive dollars. For pay of gun and blacksmiths, and their as?istants, employed within the superinlendencit'8 and agencies, under the treaty provisions and the orders of Ihe Secretary of War, eighteen thou sand three hundred and forty dollars. r or iron, steel, coal, and other expen ses attending the gun and blacksmith's stiop, live thousand four hundred and twenty-six dollars. ior expense of transportation and distribution of Indian annuities, nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars. For expense of provisions for Indians at the distribution of annuities while on visits of business with the different superintendents and agentF, and when assembled on business, eleven thousaud eight hundred and ninety dollars. ror contingencies ot the Indian De partment, twenty thousand dollars. b or expenses incurred in surveying the northwestern boundary lines ol the Miami and Potawatamie cessions, by treaties of sixteenth October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and twenty-third October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, two huudred and twenty-seven dollars. For surveying and dividing the re servation granted to the half-breed Sacs and Foxes by the treaty of fourth August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, two thousand dollars. tor the payment of sundry claim: for Indian depredations, heretofore al lowed at the Department of War, one thousand three hundred dollars. For payments made for provisions and necessary assistance to Indians emigrating to the West, and to those tribes now settled on or near the Karzis rier, West of the Missouri , in addition to the appropriation heretofore made for that object by act of ninth May, one thousand tight hundred and twentv eight, three thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars eighty-six cents. l or provisions and other assistance to Indians rcmovirc to the West from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, re quired in one thousand eight hundred

and thirty-one, five thusand dollars. I

For building houses for Indian agents, sub-agent?, blacksmith's shops in all the several agencies, seven thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the whole of this period; and by rehe following sums, cariied to the sur- ference to the Journals oi those sever-

plus fund, at the commencement of the I

present year, be, and the same are zen within the district may readily behereby appropriated, viz: come acquainted with my private and

I' or additional expense at the Red river agency per act of ninth May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyeight, thirteen hundred dollars. For extinguishment ot the title of the Creeks to land in Georcia, per act twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, balance reappropriated twenty-hrst March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, (our thousand nine hundred and eighty-uine dollars and fifty-seven cents. ror claims against the Osage?, by citizens of the United State, per act third March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, balance reapprepiiated twenty first March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, eight hundred and thirtyfour dollars and fifty cents. For extinguishment of the claim? of tho Cherokees to their lands in Georgia, per act ninth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, forty-

six thousand one hundred and four dol- which he was elected or appointed, lars and fifty cents. without boing first fairly tried for miaFor carrying into effect the treaty conduct in cilice, concluded with the Creeks, fifteenth That removing men from cfiice for a November, eighteen hundred twenty- mere excercise of the r ight of suffrage seven, per act twenty-fourth May, eigh- is a violation of the genius of our govteen hundred and twenty-eight, four ernment, I have no doubt, thousand eight hundred aud fifty-seven That all men should be removed dollars. from office whenever it appears that For carrying iuto c fleet the treaty of tbey are unworthy cf the cfiice or the sixth May, eighteen hundred and twen- cor lidenco of the people, ty-eight, with the Cherokee Indians, That tha elective franchise should for their removal, &c. from Georgia, be free and equal to every citizen, per act twenty fourth May, ono thou- That no candidate should be supporsand eight hundred and twenty-eight, ted upon party principles alone, fifty-nine thousand one hundred and That merit should be the principal thirty-four dollars and nineteen cents, test, for an officer of any description. For expense of Indian delegations to That no one should ride into effice explore the country West of the Missis- upon the merits ot any other man. sippi, per act twenty-fourth May, eigh- That we should allow all candidatei teen hundred and twenty eight, one to exercise their rights, as free men, hundred and fifty-nine dollars. and particularly the right of suffrage For running the Indian boundary as well as other citizens. Cut when

line in Florida, per net twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and twentybur, one hundred and thirty-five dolarp and forty-nine cents. For purchase of Creek and Cherokee reservations, per act second March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three. twenty-one hundred dollars. For expense of treating with the hoctaws and Chicasaws, for extin guishment of their title to lauds within he limits of Mississippi, per act tw enti eth May, eighteen hundred and twentysix, six hundred and tilty-eight dollar A rr roved , March 2, 1C31. To the Electors of the third VoiigrcssioMil Miairiel. Gentlemen: Having become a can didate to represent this district in the next Congress, I deem it a duty I owe to myself, and the citizens of the district generally, to give a short and con cise history of my nativity, rise and pro gress lite, throughthe medium of this letter, together with my political sentiments and intentions. I am a Kentucktan by birth, forty two years old, trained to the farming business, came into the territory of Indiana tviih mv father in the year 1 005, continued . ith . - . - - - him until November, 1810, on the place a where he now resides, (two miles south ofRichmond, Wayne county, Indiana.) was elected a member of the houfce of representatives and served as such in 1815 June, 181C, was a member of the convention at the formation of uur Constitution. I . . . V. ... .fit. in ujc Himci oi u;e game vear was a member of the house of representa tives at the first session of our state le gislature, was re elected two or three years in succession ; after an interval o one year, was again elected two years in succession from the county, to the same office. In 1823, received a commission dated 3d March, as receiver of public monies at Foit Wayne, from the hand James Monroe, President of the United S'ates, for the term cf four years -arrived at Fort Wayne, 2d September 1823, with my family, where I now residewas iccornmissioned by the hand of J. Q. Adams, the 3d ot March, 1827, for four years more, and ut the expiiaration of two years, five months and twelve days I received my papers of removal, beirgthe 15th of August, 180. At the August election cf 1830, wa again elected a representative to the legislature, frcm the counties of Allen,

Cass, Elkhart, and St. Josephs. Ilav"

ing served in all those stations within this congressional district, together with my social and privato transactions with my neighbors and friends during al sessions it does seem that each citipolitical character. Perfection should not be expected from any person on earth, therefore I do not claim it. I am conscious of many imperfections. But do not fear a fair investigation of any particular net uf my life, or trait in my character. Fictitious writers I am disposed to treat with silent contempt. 1 am a true republican, according to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the U. States, but would be better pleased to have it so altered as to have the President elected directly by the people, and re-elected a second timo only, at the will of the people, I have ever been in iavor of periodical elections or appointments, and only renewable by a vote of the people direct or by their immediate represeutatives. That no officer should be turned out of effice for aud duiing tho term lor representatives of the people, they hould strictly obey the mandates of heir constituents. Should any representative be con scientious, and could not serve the peo ple according to their will, he should resign his seat and permit the people to elect nnother man to nil his place. lhat 1 have ever been in favor of periodical elections will show, by re ference to the Journals of our State Convention. The internal improvement of cur country by reads and canals, greatly depend upon the persons whim you elect as your servants to the State and United States deliberative assemblies: therefore, great care ghould be taken to elect good, competent and attentive men to business, to til those stations. 1 have always been in favor of tho General Government donating liberal ly, tor the purpose of making a turnpike road from Lawrenceburgh to Fort Wayne, and from thence to the south bend of the St. Joseph's river, with a view of extending i: to Chicago. That the government by so doing will enhance her own interests, by making a market for lands lhat would not otherwise readily sell. Provision should be mode to extinguish the Indian title to their lands within the limits cf our state, inasmuch as the most of them are anxious to sell and go over the Mississippi. Thia would be an important acquisition to the state. That liberal nnd yearly appropriations for the ccmpleticn ol the Cumberland road should be a eul joct of interest to evcy citizen of Indi ana. Additional donations of public Iand3 for the ccmpleticn of the Wabash Canal, may be required in order toccmplete that work. The United Slates ratio should be so fixed as to give Indiana her full share of Representation, inasmuch as her last census could not give her a fair return of her strergth in consequence of the rapid emigration to the State at that time, now and still will continue with the same rapidity for years to com?. The Michigan road i3 a subjret of importance and should be strictly attended to. In the last Presidential canvass I voted in favor of Adams, and would do ?o agrln under similar circumstances, though my course on that occasion was

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