Indiana Republican, Volume 1, Number 7, Madison, Jefferson County, 13 February 1817 — Page 1

i INDIANA "WH2RB LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY."

REPUBLICAN.

VOL. I.

MADISON, (INDIANA) THURSDAY, FEBRUART 1817.

PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL PELHAM, X VERY THURSDAY. '

CONDITIONS. Titr "Rbpublican " will be delivered af the ofti-wfir two dollars per annum, p'lhi in advance ; if paid within two ti tilths after subscribing, it will be con d.rcd in advance ; tw) d'Ulars and fifty oci't if paid tcithin six months ; tiro dollars and twenty five rents if paid cvif.fi! n nine month; three dollars if paid T'thin, In' 'v month ; or tkrtt dollars T'i f'fty ihits if not paid until the year Ctn'ns. t'n'Tjr two numbers. re ill he a year. All fiCnrs subscriptions taken fur the

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Buffalo. Dec, 17.

W!e"jrn by the western mail 'r- " .fat an nnn boat. fOITlC 2

itis since, left Eric for De-

rTortTwith three men, one weman and 5 or 6 children on board. A few days afterwards the boat was discovered on the bar, bottom upwards. The crew is supposed to be lost.

I Gen iv a, (N.YODe'c.35. Melancholy Acddcnt.-On Saturday morning last, two men, I named Joseph Ward and John tCriffiths, were drowned in the 'jSenaca LaVe, but a few rods from hhc shore, opposite this village. j'Hicy were unloading wood from ;'on a schooner into a smaller vesfbd, and the wood being some jwhat icy, gave way, and piling-, j cd them both tinder water. They I remained in this situation for the I space of thirty minutes before aassistance could be rendered, I u hen they vere both taken out I entirely lifeless.

United States, and the constitu

tion of this state, and also an oath of office. , Sec. 3. Treason . against this state shall coisist only in levying war against it, ia adhering to its enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. Sec. 4. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or his open confession in open court. Sec 5. The manner of administering an oath or affirmation, shall be such as is most consistent trith the conscience of the depo

nent, and -shall be esteemed the taost solemn appeal to God. Sec 6. Every person shall be disqualified from serving as a governor, lieutenant-governor, senator or reprtacntative, for the term for which he shall have been cxed, -who shall htve been cenany bribe, TOE? ffEf? cure his election.. Sec. 7. Ail officers shall reside within the state; and all district, county, or town officers, within their respective districts, counties ortowns, (the trustees of the town of Claksvillc excepted) and shall keep their respective offices at such places therein as may bedirccted by law ; and all militia officcrsshall reside within the bounds of the division, bridge, regiment batri&n or company, to which they may severally belong. Sec. 8. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state, otherwise than for the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, nor shall any indenture of any negro or mulatto hereafter made and executed out of the

bonnos of this state, be of any

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THE STATE OF INDIANA, J do pud in convention, at Cory don, on ths 2th day of Juns, 181 6, and of the independence of I be United States, the fortieth. CONCLUDED. Sec. i. Every peison who shall l;c chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit, under the authority of this state, shall, beiore entering on the duties of said office, take an oath or affirmation JiHorejmy pewou lawfully authorised to achnir.lirer oaths, to sujlurt .the. ""constitution of the

validity within the state. Stc. 9. No act of the general assembly shall be ip force untjl it shall have been published in print, unless in causes of emergency. Sec. 10. All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority, of the state , of Indiana, and sealed with the state seal, and signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state. Sec. 1 1. There sliall be elected in each county, a recorder, who shall hold his office during the term of seven years, if he shall so long behave well : provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the clerks of the circuit courts from holding the office of recorder. Sec. 12. Corydon, in Harrison county, shall be the seat of government of the state of Indiana until the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and until removed by law.

Sec. i x. The general assemblv.

when they lay off any new county, or counties, shall not 'reduce the old county, or counties, from which the same shall be taken, to a less content than four hundred square miles. Sec. 14. No person shall hold more than one lucrative office at the same time, except as in this constitution expressly permitted.

pec, 15. Wo person shall be appointed as a county officer within any county, who shall not have been a citizen and an inhabitant therein one year next preceding his appointment, if the coutv

snaii nave been so longcrected ; but if the county shall not hive been so long erected, then within t he limits of the county or counties out of nhichit shall have been taken. Sec 16. All town & township officers shall be appointed in such nnnneras shall be directed bylaw. "linmcnt shall not ir-.-"Ibwed greater annual f-ahries, until the year eighteen hundred and nineteen, thaa as follows the governor, one thousand dollars ; tke secretary i state, four hundred dollars ; the auditor of public accounts, four hundred dollars ; the treasurer, four hundred dollars ; the judges of the supreme court, eight hundred dollars each ; the presidents of the circuit courts, eight hundred dollars each ; and the members of the general assembly, net exceeding two dollars per day each, during their attendance on the same ; and two dollars for every twenty-five miles they shall severally travel, on the most usual route in going to, and returning from, the general sau'oly, after which time, their pay shall hi regulated by law. But u:. lav, passed to increase the pay of the members of the general assembly, shall take effect until after the close of the session at which suh law shall have been passed. Sec. 18. In order that the boundaries of the btate of Indiana may more clearly be known and established, it is rereby rrdainrd and declared, that the following shall be and forever remain, the boundaries of the said state, to wit : bounded on the east, by the Diercdian line which forms the western boundary of the state of Ohio : on the south, by the Ohio river, from the mouth

of the Great Miami river tt the mouth of the Wabash river; on the west by a line drawn along the middle of the Wabash river, from its mouth to a point, where a due north line drawn from the town of Vinccnnes would last touch the north-western shore of the said Wabash river ; and from

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the same bhall intersect an east and west hne drawn through a point ten ftVZ-K? ths soutnern atf cine of lake Michigan; on the north bv

Sd, ad west line, until the same shall intersect the first mention, cd meridian line, .which forms the .western boundary of the state of O. nio. , ARTICLE XII. Sec. 1. That no evils or inconvenience may arise from the dian-e of a territorial government to aper. manent state government, it is dl .dared by this constitution, that all nghtsuits, actions, prosecutions, recognizances, contracts, and claims, both as it respects individuals and bodies corporate, shall continue as it no change had taken place in ri?

government. Sec 2. Ml fines., penalties and fortenures, due, and owing to the tcr"IL0!"3. .JLaijy countyted to the governor, or anv other officer, in his official capacity in the territory, shall pas over 'o the goverror, or other officer- if the sure or county, and their successors in office, for 1 he use of the state or county, or by him or -ihern to fc respectively assigned over to the use of those concerned, as the case nay be. Sec. j;. The governor, secretary, ?nd judges, and ail other officer?;, both civil and military, under the territorial government, shall coniinucin the exercises of the duties of their respective departments, until the said officers are superseded under the authority of this constitution. Sec. 4. All law and parts of laws now in force in this terriiory, net inconsistent with this constitution, sliall continue and remain in full force and effect until they expire, or bs 1 epealed. Sec. 5. 1 he governor shall use his private seal until 2. state neal be procured. &c. 6. The governor, secret ary of state, auditor of public accounts, and treasurer, shall .severally reside, and keep ail the public records hooks and papers, in any manner relating to their respective ofiiccK, at. the seat of government ; Provided notwitb standing, That nothing herein contained bhaJl be so const rued as to affect the residence of the goveuor for the space of six months, and until buildings, suitable for his ac commodation,-shall be procured at the expense of the state. bee. 7. All suits, pleas, plaints,..and other proceedings now depend-' ing in any court of record, or justict'K rouris. shall be nrosecuted to h-

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nal judgment and execution, and ajl appeals, writs of error, certiorari, Scs lest Pave.