Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 21, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 28 May 1831 — Page 1

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saQtgas) qt aaj -naa Rffiraaasrad H2s&&2t2?a asasirauiiai & &&3sa2X33i& . j. . LAWKMCEBUBGH, (IA.) SATURDAY, MAY 25 1831.

17. States Laws.

(3Y AUTHORITY.) LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTYFIRST CONGRESS. Public No. 62.J AN ACT to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and the Northern boundary of the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United states of America in Congress assembled, i hat (he President of the United Slates be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be run and marked the boundary line between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, by the surveyors General of Alabama and Florida, on the thirty-first degree of north latitude; and it shall be the duty of the Surveyor General of Florida to connect the public surveys on both sides with the line so run and marked. Sec. 2. And.be it farther enacted, That patents shall be issued for such tracts of land as were sold and paid for at the land office at Tallahasse, in the Teriitory of Florida, a3 are found to be situate, within the limits of the district of lands subject to sale at Sparta, in Alabama, agreeably to the terms of the act organizing that district; and the said entries and sales shall be as valid , in every respect, as if they had been made in the land district of Alabama. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to cause the Surveyor General of the United States for the Stales of Illinois and Missouri, and the Territory ot Arkansas, to act as a Commissioner on the part of the United States, whenever he shall be duly informed that the Government of the State of Illinois shall have appointed a Commissioner on its part, the two to form a board, to ascertain, survey and mark the northern line of the State Illirois, as defined in the act of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, &c. "passed the eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and, in case of vacancy in said office of Commissioner, or of his being unable to act from any cause, the President is authorized to fill such vacancy by the appointment of some other qualified person, whenever it may be necessary, until the object of the commission shall be attained. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of Commissioneis shall have power to employ the necessary surveyors and laborers, and shall meet at such time and plce as may be agreed upon by the President of the United States and the Government of the State of Illinois, and proceed to ascertain, survey and mark the said Northern line of the State of Illinois, and report their proceedings to the President of the United States, and the Governor of the State of Illinois. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President may allow to the said Commissioner of the United States, such compensation for his services as shall seem to him reasonable: Provided, It does not exceed the allowance made by the Slate of Illinois to the Commissioner on its part; and the said allowance, together with one half of the necessary expenses of said board, and the surveyors and laborers, and the allowance to be made to the Surveyors General of the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and the necessary expenses incurred by them in running and marking said line between said State and Territory, shall be paid from the Treasury of the United States, out of any money not otherwise appropriated; And, to enable the President to carry this act into effect, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars. Andrew Stevenson Speaker of the House of Representative John C. Calhoun, President of the Senate. Approved, March 2, 1831. ANDREW JACKSON. Public No. 63 AN" ACT allowing- the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati. Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez.jo be secured and pa.d at those Dlaces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of tiepreseniaiives oj the United states of A .. , ' "V,. , LI .1 ' I ' i u me tcu in vyi cjj uatmuicu, 1 nai tvheu any ood, ware, or merchan dize, are to be imported from any fro

eign country into Pittsburg, in the Stale of Pennsylvania, Wheeling, in the State of Virginin, Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, Nashville in the State of Tennessee, or into Natchez, in the State ofMississippi; the importer thereof shall deposite in the custody of the Surveyor of the place a schedule of the goods so intended to be imported, with an estimate of their cost at the place of exportations; whereupon, the said Surveyor shall make an estimate of the amount of duties accruing on the same, and the importer or consignee shall give bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Surveyor, in double the amount of the duties so estimated, conditioned for the payment of the duties on such merchandise, ascertaind as hereinafter directed; and the Surveyor shall forthwith notify the Collector at New-Orleans of the same, by forwarding to him a copy of said bond and schedule. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the importer or his agent, is hereby authorized to enter any merchandise, imported, as aforesaid, by the way of New Orleans, at that port, in the manner now prescribed by law; and the Collector shall grant a permit for the landing thereof, and cause the duties to be ascertained as in other cases, the said goods remaining in the custody of the Collector until reshipped for the place of destination; and the Collector shall certify to the Surveyor at such place the amount of such duties, which the said Surveyor shall enter on the margin of the bond, as aforesaid given to secure the same, which goodsshall be delivered by the Collector to the agent of the importer or consignee, duly au thorized to receive the same, for shipment to the place of impoitation; and the master or commander of every steamboat, or other vessel, in which such merchandise shall be transported, shall, previously to her departure from New-Orleans, deliver to the Collector duplicate manifests of such merchandise, specifying the marks and numbers of every case, bag, box, chest, or package, containing the same, with the name and place of residence of every importer or consignee of such merchandise, and the quantity shipped to each, to be by him subscribed, and to the truth of which he shall swear or affirm, and that the said goods have been received on board his vessel; stating the name of the agent, who shipped the same; and the said Collector shall certify the facts, as aforesaid, on the manifests, one of which he shall return to the master, with a permit thereto annexed, authorizing him to proceed to the place of his destination. Sec. 3. And be it jurlher enacted, That) if any steamboat or other vessel, having merchandise on board, imported as aforesaid, shall depart from New-Orleans without having complied with the provisions of this act, the master thereof shall forfeit five hundred dollars; and the master of any such boat or vessel, arriving at either of the ports above named, on board of which merchandise, as aforesaid, shall have been shipped at New-Orleans, shall within eighteen hours next after the arrival, and previously to unloading any part of said merchandise delivered to the Surveyor, of such port the manifest of the same, certified, as aforesaid, by the Collector of New Orleans, and shall make oath or affirmation before the said Surveyor that there was not, when he departed from New Orleans, any more or other goods on board such boat or vessel, imported as aforesaid, than is therein mentioned; whereupon the Surveyor shall cause the said casks , bags, boxes, chests, or packages, to be inspected, and compared with Ihe manifests, and the same being identified, he shall grant a permit for unloading the same, or such part thereof as the master shall request, and when a part only of such merchandise is intended to be landed, the Surveyor shall make an endorsement on the back of the manifests, designating such part, specifying the articles to be landed, and shall return the manifests to the master, en dorsing thereon his permission to such boat or vessel to proceed to the place

of its destination; and, if the master of such steamboat or vessel shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifests within the time herein directed, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Collector of the port of New-Or-leans shall permit no entry to be made of goods, wares, ormerchandise, where

the duty on the same shall exceed the amount of the bond deposited with the Surveyor, as aforesaid, nor shall the said Survevor receive the bond of 40 any person not entitled to a credit at the custom-house, nor for a sum less than fifty dollars, and that, when the said bond shall have been completed, and the actual amount of duty ascertained and certified on the margin, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Surveyor of the port where the bond is taken, to deposite the same for collection in such bank as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That where Surveyors are not already appointed in any of the places mentioned in the first section of this act, a suita ble person shall be appointed for such places, and on all such Surveyor!, whether appointed or to be appointed, shall devolve the duties prescribed by this act, in addition to the customary duties performed by that officer in other places; and the surveyor at each of said places shall, before taking the oath of office, give security to the United States for the faithful performance of all his duties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and shall receive, in addition to his customary fees, an annual salary of three hundred fifty dollars: Provided, That no salary arising under this act , shall commence until its provisions shall take effect, and merchandise may be imported under its authority. Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, 8z disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyseven. Approved, March 2, 1831. Public No. 64. AN ACT to repeal the act to establish the district of Blake ly.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oj the united States of America in Congress assembled, hat the act entitled "An act to establish the district of Blakely," approved the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty two, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, March 2, 1831. Public No. 65.J AN ACT to incorporate Fire Insurance Company in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Setiate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1 hat the subscribers to this company, their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Potomac Fire Insurance Company of Georgetown;" and shall by that name have succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of law in the United States, and to make and use one common seal, and the same to alter and amend at their pleasure. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That subscription be opened in Geortown, in the District aforesaid, under the direction of Francis Dodge, Raphael Semmes, Waller Smith, John Kurtz, William S. Nicholls, L. G. Davidson, John Marbury, Joel Crutlenden, O. M. Linthicum, James Dunlop, William G. Ridgeley, Samuel Humphreys, and William Hayman, as Commissioners, or a majority of them, for raising a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars, divided into eight thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners after giving ten days previous notice of the time and place for receiving subscriptions of the said stock, shall proceed to receive the same; and should the number of shares subscribed exceed the number of which the capital stock consists, then, and in such case, the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed so to apportion the shares subscribed among the several subscribers, by proportional reduction, as may red uce the whole to the aforesaid number of eight thousaud shares. Sec. 4. And be it Juriher enacted. Thai,

the sum of one dollar on each share shall be paid to the Commissioners at the time of subscribing, and a further sjm of four dollars on each share of stock by instalments, after giving thirty days previous notice to the stockholders, in one or more newspapers printed in the District of Columbia, not exceeding two dollars on each share ; and that the remainder of the said twentyfive dollars shall be secured by notes payable on demand, signed and endorsed to the satisfaction of the President and Directors. The said notes shall be renewed whenever the directors may consider it proper; but the directors are hereby required to cause the same to be renewed at least once in every twelvemonths; and every stockholder neglecting or refusing to renew hit note, or neglecting or refusing to pay any instalment, when required by the President and Directors so to do, shall forfeit all bis interest in this company, and beheld liable for his proportion of any loss which may have occurred previous to such neglect or refusal. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, should any forfeiture be incurred by any member of this ios.titution, the same may be annulled, remitted, and made void by a majority of th whole board

of directors present at the meeting at which the motion for such remistion shall be made: Provided, That no remittance of any forfeiture under this act shall take place without the nsvment of the principal of said instalment, and interest thereon, or the renewal of his note, as required by the directors, as also the payment of his proportion of such loss as may have occurred pievious to such forfeiture. Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That, as soon as two thousand shares shall be subscribed for, the Commissioners hereby authorized to receive subscriptions shall call a meeting of the subscribers. after giving ten days notice in one or more ol tne newspapers printed in the District of Columbia; and the subscribers who shall assemble in consequence of euch notice, or arnear bv proxy, shall choose by ballot from among the stockholders, by a majority of votes, twelve directors, who shall continue in office until the first Monday in August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; on which Monday in August, in every succeeding year thereafter, au election shall be held for twelve directors as aforesaid, who shall continue in office for one year from the time of their election, and until others be chosen in their stead: and the said directors, at their first meeting, shall choose from among themselves, or from the stockholders at large, a president, and allow him a reasonable compensation for his services; and, in case of death, remo val, resignation, or other disqualification of the president or any of the directors, the remaining directors may elect others to supply their places during the remainder of the term for which they were chosen. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That every subscriber shall be entitled to vote by himself, his agent or proxy , appointed under his hand and seal, attested by two witnesses, at all elections made by virtue of this act; and shall have as many votes as he holds, shares, as far as ten shares; one vote for every five shares which he may hold over ten shares as far as fifty other shares; and one vote for every twenty shares which he may hold over sixty snares. Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That, the affairs of this institution shall be conducted by the president and directors elected as aforesaid; that the president shall preside at all meetings of the directors, and, in case of absence, his place may be supplied by one of the directors, appointed by the board; that the president and directors shall have power and authority to make all kinds of insurances against loss or damage by fire, and insurances on inland transportation of goods, wares, merchandize, and country produce, not exceeding ten thousand dollars in any one policy, and to invest the funds of the institution in stock, or dispose of the same in such manner as in their judgment maybe most advantageous to the said institution; that they shall have full power and authority to appoint a secretary, and such other clerks and servants under them as shall be necessary for transacting the business of the said institution, and may allow them such salary as they shall judge reasonable; to ordain and establish such by laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall appear tp them necessary for regulating

and conducting the concerns of the said

institution, not being contrary to, or inconsistent with this act, or the laws&. constitution of the the United States; that he said president and directors shall conduct business in Georgetown, that they shall keep lull, fair, and correct entries of their tranactions. which shall be at all times open to the inspec tion ol the stockholders: they shall al so have power to hire or t.urchase a suitable building or buildings, in Georgetown, for the purpose of trans acting the atlairs of the institution; that the president, or such other persons as may be appointed in his place, and four directors shall from a quorum for trans acting business, and all questions which may come belore them shall be decided by a plurality of votes. Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That, all policies of insurance made by this corporation shall be signed by the president, attested by the Secretary, and sealed by the common seal thereof; and all losses on any such policy or policies shall be adjusted by the president and board of directors, and paid, agreeably to the terms of the policy, out of the funds of the company . m Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, dividends of the nett profits arising on tbt capital stock, or so much thereof as to then may appear advisable, after reserving one third of (be nett profits as a surplus fund, until it shall amount to the sum of twenty thouaand dollars, shall be mide at such periods ai the president and directors may judge proper, not oftener than once in six months, and the same shall be paid to tbe stockholders or their legal representatives; but if a dividend shall at any time be declared of a greater amount than the nett profits of tbe said company at tbe time of making the same, each and every director that consented thereto shall and is hereby deelared to be liable for, in his individual capacity, and bound to contribute to make good the deficiency in the capital stock occasioned by such improper dividend. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That, no stockholder shall be answerable, in bit person or individual property, for any contract or agretmeut of said company," or for any losses, deficiencies, or failures, of the) capital stock of said institution j except in the case of a director declaring an improper dividend, (as before provided for in the tenth section of this act; but tbe whole of tbe said capital stock, together with ail property rights and credits belonging thereto, and nothing more, shall at any time be answerable for the demands against the said company. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That, tbe stock of this institution is hereby declared personal and not real estate, and may be assigned and transferred on tbe books of the company, in person or by power of attorney only; but no stockholder indebted to the company shall be permitted fo make a transfer, or receive a dividend, until such debt is paid or secured to tbe satisfaction of tbe president and board of directors. See. 13. And be it further enacted, That, this act shall be and continue in force until the first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and until the end of the next session of Coogresa which shall happen thereafter; and on the dissolution or expiration of this charter, the president and directors for the time being shall take prompt and effectual measuers for closing all its concerns; but no sucb dissolution or expiration shall operate so as to prevent any suita to be brought or continued by or against the said corporation, for any debt or claim due by or to tbe same, and which arosa previously to said dissolution or expiration; but for the purpose of closing its concerns, its corporate powers shall remain unimpaired. Approved, March 2, 1831. United States' Bank. It is time to speak flainly. In the Assembly of this State on the afternoon of the 8th inst. Mr. Otis a member from Saratoga County is reported by the Albany Evening Journal to have used the following language. Mr. Otis, in reply to Mr. Sneezer, said he held himself responsible to prove that the United States Bank waa a political engine. It was, he said, decidedly opposed to Gen. Jackson's administration. Mr. Otis said that the Bank had recently attempted tocoriupt the public pres3 in the city of New York. OneEditor was offered 1000 to take ground for the Bank. He indignantly rejected it. Another Editor was offered fifteen daily subscribers at 40 dollars a year, to espouse the cause of the Bnk. We proceed (in fortification of tbo first position of Mr. Oli) to slate, that we learned personally at Albany on the i3J M irc.U from Mr. Durby, the Editor of the "Utica (Oneida,) Observer," that he had parted with the proprietorship of that Journal, and that on our return to this cit, we heard that tbe U. Slates