Vincennes Gazette, Volume 10, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 February 1841 — Page 1

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ACTS AND JOINT HE SOLUTIONS

Of the General Assembly of the Slate of Indiana, parsed at tin' session commencing on the first .Monday of December. 18 4 approved and signed by His Excellency, Samuel Bigger, Governor. 1. An act authorizing a speei.il term of the Putnam circuit court. 2. For the relief of John S. Head. 3. To authorize the collection of the Slate and county revenue, for tht? year 183d, for the county of Dubois. 4. To amend an act app. Feb. 21. 1840, relating to Mite roads. 5. To stop the per diem compensation of members o( tin; (General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in ceitaiu cases therein named. 0. For the relief of Mrs. Cecil Brandt. 7. To repeal an act to provide for a more uniform mode of doing county business in the county of Randolph, approved Jan. 20, is:jy. 8. Fixing the times of holding the probate courts in Marion county, and for other purposes. 9. To amend an act to incorporate county libraries, app, Feb, 17, IMJ. 10. To provide for the mode of doing county business in Miami county. 11. To appropriate a part of the three per cent, fund belonging to Green county. 12. To vacate a part of the town of Franklin, to Clinton county. 13. To amend an act lor the benefit of persons who are likely to butler by the destruction ol the records ol Dubois county. 11.' For the relief of Benedict O'Neal, lo. To authorize the Board of Commissioners and the Probate Judge of J ackon county to hold the session ot their respective courts in the clerk'.; office, ot of said county. 10. To incorporate the Owen county band of (dospori. 17. To provide fr a more uniform mode of doing township business in de con my of Elkhart. To piovnle for a more un form mole of doirg township business in the counties of Lagrange, DeKalb, and Noble ID. To repeal ; much of an act app.oved Feb. '2 1, 1M0, as relates to the conn'.y of Union. J To vacate the. town plat of the .ii ire ol 't, . lotiavdle, in a a scius iio county. 2 I . For '.lie re' i I oi lock, coihictur of Scott U ; Col; ,iam i rue;;ty, for the ,' ears 137 a::d 18 -S. I'.ir 1 ,fl re lt-t o the co iwetor o ;he i o.nitv revenue I i" penef r county. 23. Regulating the j u risd irtion of justices cf the peace in Fount, on county. '2 1. To extend tin? provision ol a e rtain act tin rein named to i. e ei'Uiiiy ol Grro.it. 2 To vacate the town of Harrison, in 1 Uda ware county. 20. To amend an act regulating Gnst Mills and MiMers, app. Feb. 10, 1S31. 2 7. For the i lief of Win. 11. Evan '2. To amend an actio provide for the opening and repairing pumie roai.s highways in the county of Gibson, 1 approved Feh. 17. IS 58. '20. To revive t lie president and trusters of the Dubois county library. 30. For the relief of the trusters of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the town of Columbus, in Bartholomew county. 31. To authorize the commissioners of Dubois county to levy a tax, ad valorum, for certain purposes therein named. 32. For the relief of John W. Huntington, late collector of Putnam county. 33. For the relief of the heirs of John Bush. 31. To regulate the practice in fuitsat law. 35. To extend the time of final payment to purchasers of the 10th section. 30. For the relief of Senator S. Johnson, collector of Clay county. 37. To incorporate StGabrial College. 38. To amend an act subjecting real and personal estate to execution, app. Feb. 4, 1831. 3'.). To enforce the pnyment of toll? on the public works in Indians. 40. To amend an act relative to roads in Parke county, app. Feb. 1, 1830. 41. To revive certain acts relative to the stay of execution. 42. To amend an net to prohibit the amalgamation of whiles and blacks. 13? To authorize the state of Michigan to make certain improvements on the St. Joseph's river, and for other purposes. 41. To incorporate the Connersville Musical Institute. 45. To prevent the spreading of the disease commonly called glanders, among horses. . To incorporate the Madison Law Librarv. , 47. To repeal an art regulating the jurisdiction of justices of the peace of Jackson eeunty, approved January 5, 10. 48. For the relief of the securities of Andrew Mnrtin, collector of Daviess county for 18 10. 10. To equalize the judicial circuits of Indiana, and for other purposes. 50. To repeal certain acts therein named, so far as thty may relate to Carroll countv.

51. To (secure to the owners of land on which the public works have been suspended, the use of the same. 52. To authorize the associate judges in Ripley county to hold a probate court 53. For the appointment of Senators1 and Representatives in the General Assembly of the state of Indiana. 51. To distribute the school funds, and. for other purposes, in Ferry eounty. j

wO. I o repeal the 103d section of an act therein named as far as relates to Perry county. 51). To vacate a part of the town ..f Bowlinggreen, in Clay county. 57. To authorize probate judges to issue A rils of habeas corpus, a .d proceed to issue writs thereon. 53. To invest the real estate of Walter Slawter, deceased, in his children, and for other purposes. fO. To authorizo Thomas S. Ilinde to establish a ferry therein named. t'0. To incorporate the Prineet n Musical Institute. 61. To authorize the building cf a bridge across Laio-herv creek, in Kiley county. Ct'2. To prohibit the making, or circulatinjr small bills. issuing, C3. To repeal part of an act relative to the New Albany and Vinccnnes .M'Adamize.I road, atid for the better regulation, and for other purposes, approved Feb. 12-, 1S!0. til. To authorize the Governor to or der a special election for representatives in congress. 0"). To tlx the time of holding probate courts in Fayette county . 00. To incorporate the Indiana Iron Manufacturing Company. 07. To regulate the timed of holding courts in the several counties of the 0th judicial district. 08. For the relief of John Brook Dank, of Carroll county. 09. To amend an act to provide for the public printing and for the distribution ot the laws nnd journals, app. Feb. 10, 18 !0. 70. To annul an act regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace, app. Feb. 17, 1S30, 71. To amend an act to incorporate the town of Laporte, approved Feb. 18, 1-30,. 72. To amend an act to incorporate the tjjwn of New Castle, in the county of Her.iv, approved Feb. v. 1830. 73. To authorize the board of com-! missioners doing county business within! and for the county of Switzerland,, Indiana, to establish a toil bridge over Indian creek, in said county. 7 1. Relative 'o otTicers of state. 75. To provide for the selection of grand ami petit juror. 70. For the relief of late collectors of Harrison county, and for other purposes. 77. To authorize William Ilumford to build a bridge across the Wabash river in the county of Wabash. 78. To amend an act to authorize Danitl .1. Hancock and Isaac Hancock to huild a bridge across South Ilogan creek. in Dearborn county, approved Feb. 20, 1810. 70. To define the boundary line between Floyd and Clark counties. 8 h Legalizing the acts of Win. Ii. Thomas, school commissioner of Spencer county, and for other purposes. SI. To appropriate certain moneys therein named. 82. To amend an act subjecting real and personal estate to execution, approved Feb. 4. 1831. 83. For the lecation of a state road in the counties of Harrison and Crawford. 81. For the preservation of Sheep. 85. To amend an act for the relief of

John Kodolph Fischli, approved Feb. 18; 18'H). 8 ). For the relief of Edmund Clark, collector of Hendricks county. 8',. To remove the disability of Anne Maria Gile. NS. Declaring Patoka a public highway, and for other purposes. f-0. To incorporate the Fterpean band of South Bend. 1!0. To incorporate the Bristol Manufacturing Company. 01. Providing for draining swamp, ponds marshes, and other low iands within the county of Spencer. 91. For the relief of the school district No. 2. in township No. 0, south of r ange No. 10 west, in Vanderbu rli covin 03. For the relief Marshall S. Wines. 01. To regulate the receipt and disbursement of the internal improvement fund. 05. To amend an act authorizing the sale of certain echoo! lands therein named, and for other purposes, approved Jan. 0, W)8. i'G. Regulating the times of holding courts in the 1st judicial district, and for other purposes. 07. To authorize school commissioners to refund money in certain cases therein named. 08. Yo incorporate the Logansport Yrading and Manufacturing Company. 09. 7'o provide for the completion of that part of the Cross Cut canal which lies between the feeder dam and 7crrtllaute. lOh Fixing the times of holding courti in the Mb judicial district. 101. Tv carrr into efi'jct an act es

tablishing a state road therein named, app. Feb. 15, 1ST. 1;2. 7b amend an act to regulate the mode of doing county business in the several counties in this'state. 103. To extend a certain street in the town of Bloomington, and for other purposes. 10 1. To amend an act authorizing the seizure of boats, and other vessels, for debt, app. Feb. 17, 138. ICS. For the relief of Micajah Barkley. 100 7b amend an act for the encouragement of agricuiturSr-iipproved Feb. 1, 135. 107. In relation to tolls on tho public works. 108. 7b provide for a keeper of the Stale House and Library. 100. 7b authorize the Recorder of Cass county to correct his records in a certain case therein mentioned, j lit). For the relief of the ?liami and other Indians.

111- 7b authorize William L. M'Kinney, a minor, to sell real estate therein na med. 112- 7b amend an act to incorporate the town of Indianapolis, approved Feb. '.7, 18-10. 113- 7b authorize the board doing county business in Spencer county, to in crease tiie number of places of holding elections in said county. 111. Providing for the opening and repairing of the public roadj and highways in the county of Monroe. 115. 7b change the lime of holding court; in Daviess county. 1 1 G- 7b authorize the citizens of Montgomery and Putnam counties to open a p.irt of the New Albany and Crawfords ville turnpike road therein named. 117- Relative to the will of George Boon, late of Sullivan county, deceased. 118. 7b vacate u. certain state road in 7'ippeeanofe? county. 110' Attaching Sprinklesburg and Mount Prospect to Newburg, in H arrick county, and for other purposes. 12 To re-locate part of a state road therein named. 121- 7b declare certain names miss prints in the act concerning the state road from Washington to Porters ville. 122. fu establish a state road therein named. 123- 7b proviuH for the location of a state road, isr.d for other purposes. 121. Rool.-'tin tho salaries of Auditor, Secretary and Treasurer of State. 125. To v nfina to Enoch D. John and, C. G. W. Comogys certain water power therein named. 120. Relative to vacating Spring street, in tho town of Covington, Fountain county. 127. To amend an net to incorporate the Liverpool Bridge Company, approved Fob. 0. 137. 12S court:.; lienuhuln: times of h 1,,, i.e. ;ig in the- county of .Ma lison, 01 e 1 i ih judicial circe.it. 120. Providing for an additional term of tho De laware circuit court. 130. For tho benefit of Adam E. Rhodes. 131. For the relief of George D. Moore of Randolph county. 132. Relative to the Shelbyviilo independent Ride Company. 133. To further amen 1 an act dividing tho State into judicial circuits and fixing tho time of holding courts therein, and for other purposes, approved Feb. 10, 1831. 13 1. Repealing so much of an act re gulating tne jurisdiction and duties 01 justices of tho peace, approved Feb. 17, 1833, as relates to Madison county. 135. Lealizinc the election of a pro bate judge in Kosciusko county. 130. Repealing the eight suction of an act incorporating the Leeaburgh School Society, approved Feb. 21. 137. To change the name of tho town of Mil ford, in Warren county. 13S. To amend an act to provide for the election of an additional justice of the peace and constable for Morgan township, in the county of Harrison, app. Feb. 15, 16-iO. ' 139. To provide for the revision oi tho laws. 140. To amend an act for the relief ot the poor, approved Feb. 17, 1S38, so lar in the same relates to Marion county. Ml. To am.-nd the 10th section of en act relating to state roads, approved Feb. 21. 1M0. 1 12. To establish permanent corners to the streets, alleys, and lots in the town of Corvdon. 1 13. To enable the Treasury to meet the, current demands for the civil list for 18-11, growing out of the deficit for 1840. 1 1 1. To extend the benefit of an act to incorporate tiie Marion Fire Engine Cornpan v, approved Jan. 20, 13S. 1 15. To amend an ayt to regulate the mode of doing county business in the several counties in this State. l id. To define the duties of petitioners fur relocating seats of justice, and tor other purposes. 1 17. For the re-location of the seat of justice in Blackford county. 148. To authorize John Brown to invest certain money in bank stock for the use of heir?. 1 19. To authorize Enos Blair, former collector of Monroe county, vol to collect ; mauling uac atiu Ullhld ui

said county for the years 1830, 7, and 8, for which he was collector. 150. For the relief of Henry Geod, of Boone county. 151. To change a state road therein named. 152. To authorize the seminary trustees of Randolph county to borrow money, and for other purposes. 153. To incorporate the Orleans Band. 151. To re-locate apart of a state road therein named. 155. Conce-jing a state road in Tippecanoe countv. . 150. To a:,i ;nd an act to allow further time to the Lawreueeburgh and Indianapolis Railroad Company to settle upandciose their ailairs, approved Feb. IS, 1810. 157. For tho relief of certificate holders to certain school kmds in Monroe county. 158. To incorporate the Putnam band of music. 150. To amend an act attaching Decatur county to the sixth judicial circuit, and for other purposei, app. Fib. 13, 1810. 100. To provide for the payment of the interest on tiie public debt, and to increase the stock of the State in tiie State Bank, and to authorize siid bank to issue notes of a less denomination than five dollars. 101. To amend an act authorizing the appointiiic:!! of pilots at tho falls of the Ohio in thi:? State, nooroved Feb. 7. 1825.

1G2. To incorporate lisle, in Sullivan count v. town cf Car103. To n.-ovi lo for a state r. a 1 therein naineu. 101. To authorizo the citizens of Clay county to drain the Round pond. 105. To amuid an act relative tocrimc and punishment, cup. Feb. 10. 1831. ltV. ). f or tne renel Dav! Stivers, umee and 107. To incornorato the M Wabash Canal Company. 10s. To prevent speculation, by collectors, i.u Treasury notes and other moneys. 100. To incorporate tho trustees of the Daviess county Seminary. 170. To change the mode of selecting petit jurors in Brown and Martin counties 171. r ixmg tne time ot in the judicial circuit. loldmg court 172. For the relief of the heirs of John Saw ver, deceased. 173. To incorporate the Piiilothean Society, in Jefierson county. 174. To amend an act to incorporate the town of J elle rnv i!ie, approved Feb. 22, 1810. r ' 15. To mcor'.- ... ,,- uio .Michigan L:ty M a 1 1 u f a c t u r i n g C : 1 ) p a n y . 170. To amend tiie charter of the Borough of Yincennes. 177. R'-iative to the surplus revenue of the Fnited States allotted to Carroll county. 178. To amend an act subjecting real and persona! estate to execution. 170. For the relief of Orson Willard. 10. To amend an act amendatory to an act concerning the seminary townships of land in Gibson and Monroe counties, approved Jan. 25, 1837, approved Feb. 21, l's-10. 181. Regulating the times of holding circuit courts in the several counties of the second judical circuit. 182. Concerning the late Mayor of the town of Lafayette, in Tippecanoe county. 163. To incorporate the Liberty band. 181. To amend an act to incorporate the city of N-- .v Albany, and to repeal all laws now in force incorporating tho town of New Albany, approved Feb. 14. 1830. 185. To amend an act to incorporate the Delphi Insurance Company, approved Feb. 1, 1837. 180. To amend an act incorporating Congressional townships, and providing for public schools therein, approved Feb. 17, 1838. 157. To re-locate, the Rockport and Bloomington state road, in the county of Martin, and relative to the New Albany and Yincennes turnpike road. 158. To locate a state road in Sullivan county. 10. To amend an act concerning en closures and trespassing animals, approved Feb. 17. 1838. LO. To locate a state road therein named. 191. Toam.'nd an act relative to crime and nLUiishmetvtf Cir.uved Feb. 10, 1831 102. For the- relief of tho Hancock county librarv. 193. To attach certaiti territory to Jas per county. 191. Respecting licences for retailing soirituous liquors in the city ot luchmonu. 105. For the relief of Alex. Beard. 00. For the relief of John Eldon. 107. To provide for the election of a justice of the peace in Putnamviile, Put nam county. 108. To change certain roads therein named.. F.-9. To authorize the removal of tho obstructions to the free pa-sage of wafer down Mud creek ami the Mill fork of iel river, in Morgan county. 200. To locate and change the names of certain roads therein named. 201. To incorporate the trustees of the Parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Brookvillo circuit. 202. To legalize and give effect to certain official ucuof the late clerk of Floyd circuit court. 203. To legalize the meetings of the tru?tee.3 of theLagrange Collegiate Institute. 201, To :ct'jal au act to rcgulcte t.ic

jurisdiction of justices of tho peace in the county of Hamilton, approved Feb. 18, 1840.' 2'i5. In relation to tho jurisdiction of justices of tho peace in Posey county. 200. To provide for the election of an additional justice of the peace in Blulfton, Wells county. rt 207. Fertile relief of A. .Coleman. 208. To incorporate the 'lerre Haute Cavalry. 200. To amend an r.ct to amend an act to amend and revise an act to incorporate the several townships in the couty f Dearborn, app. Feb. 1, 1831. 210. To extend to the settlers on the Wabash and Erie Canal lands the benefits of an act for the relief of tho settlers on tho Wabash and Erie Cr.nal land, ticroed Feb. 21, 1810. 211. Authorizing an addition-1 justice

of the pence and constable in Jackson township in tho county of Putnam. 212. To authorizo tho sale of the asylum for the poor in tho county of Harrison. 213. To amend an act to incorporate the Columbus and Driftwood Bridge Company, approved Feb. 18, 1830. 211. In relation to school moneys deposited with tho superintendent of tiie Loan office. 215. To authorize Obodiah Jonej to build, a mill dam across the Mississinewuy river, in Grant county. 210. For tiie election of county assess or-'. 217. To amen 1 an act for the regulation of the state prison, approved Feb. 17. 183. 218. For tho relief of Elvira Gumcr. 210. For the relief of Ciudjriila link er. 220. To confirm to Nathaniel West a lease of certain water power therein named. 221. Authorizing tho survey of n canal from Peru to the head of Salt river, and the Erie and Michigan canal. 222. To valin tho property of this state. 223. To incorporate tho Preacher's Aid Society. 221. Prescribing the duties of county treasurers225. Pointing out the mode of levying taxes220. To incorporate " ' -w.--viiie in Morgan county. 0. -L-- r.-,.ji ate oie v irecnspurgn Steam Mill and Manafactoring Company in Decatur county. 22. To incori)orate Cambridge City, Way no county. 220- Prescribing tho duties of count v auditor230- To incorporate Wilmington, Dearborn county. 231. To" enable George G- Dunn, guar dian of tho minor heirs of Moses Fell, de ceased, io sell certain real estate. 232- To fix the time:) of holding the courts in the 0th judicial circuit233. To incorporate the Centre Ciuircn in C r a vv f o r d s v ; I ! e 231- Changing the name of Yv'm. Wallace to W. G. Ewing235. Repealing all laws now in force authorizing the sain of State bonds for internal improvements. 230- To amend an act relative to crime and punishment, approved Feb. 10, 1-31 237 To provide for the improvement of the Michigan road 23s To classify tho public works and for other purposes 239 Authorizing certain suits to be brought in the name of the agent of an unincorporated society 210 To provide for the appointment cf a Fund Commissioner to collect the surplus debt of the State. 211 To incorporate the Livonia band of music 2 12 To amend an act incorporating a seminary in the county of Gibson, and tor other purposes, approved Jan 21, 183.). so far as the same relates to the seminary ot Orange county 243 Supplemental to an act fixing the times of holding circuit courts in the eighth judicial circuit 211 Defining the manner of selecting petit jurors' in Hancock county 245 To amend au act to incorporate the town of Indianapolis, in tiie county of Ma1 - rion, approved Feb 17. 132 !0 LevvinMaxes tor rotate an u im-r-b 0 nal improvement purposes 247 Supplemental to an act -ubieciuig real and persoiirl property to execution. approved reb 1, 1831 2 18 For the relief of Joseph H. Hendricks 240 Amendat ory to the charter ot Michigan Citv 250 For the relief of Ann Gertrude Brick and Adam and Maurice Brick 251 To incorporate tiie Washington Band of Lapr:e 252 T repeal an act to incorporate the town of Lebanon in Boone county 173 To repeal au act relative to a stale road in Delaware county 151 To amend an act relative to county seminaries More eilecttta. o secure toe pun tv of elections 250 Providing for a state road in Allen and Huntington counties 257 Relative to lands returned to the school commissioner of Laporte county 2"8 For the relief of the collector of S-jett county for the yearj i'33 i and 1835

2"9- 7b amend an act to incorporate the Indiana Iron Manufacturing Company, app. Jan. 20, 1811. 200 7b provide in part for the payment of the interest on the public debt of tiie state of Indiana, and for the redemption of the Treasury Notes of the state 201 7b provide for tho better regulation of the Indiana University 202 Amendatory to an act subjecting real and personal estate to cxectiou, app Feb 4, 1811 203 7b revise and amend an act incorporating 'ongressional township, and providing for the public schools therein, app Feb 17, 1838 201 7b provide for the settlement of suspended claims for labor on tho public works 205 For the relief of Andrew Wilson 200 7b protect lands mortgaged to the

state from forfeiture for the nou payment of corporation taxes 207 To secure the safety of tho publio funds by requiring bonds of certain officers 208 Vacating part of a certain road therein named 209 7b incorporate the Indianapolis ban 1 of musicians 270 7b amend art act to incorporate the Lawreueeburgh Bridge Company, app Jan 21, 183 271 7b amend an act to provide for the distribution of tiie laws and journals, app Feb 10, 18 11 272 7b amend an act to amend an act to provide fur draining Lust Cretk in Vigo county 273 Providing for the payment of tho bank debt 271 7b authorize the sale of certain school lands in Jay county 275 7b incorporate the Hagerstowu Canal Company 270 7b extend the time of pav -input to purchasers of school lands 111 Ran dolph county, and for oilier purposes 277 o repeal au act vacating a p ut of the town of Milfoid, in Kosciusko county 278 Concerning petit jurors in certain counties therein named 270 7b repeal an act to repeal a cer tain act in Dearborn county, thcicm "a'i'A) 7b autho-ize the payment of contractors on the Wabash and Erie canal cast of the n.outh of 7ippecain e rivr r 281 7b incorporate trie Portagi bridge company 282 10 establish certain roads, and for other purposes 23 Regulating the taking up of ammals going estray, and w nr ciaft and other articles of value adrift 24 Supplementary to an act to pro. vide for t. e completion of that portion of the Cross Cut Canal which Iic.j between the feeder dam and 7Vrre-Haute, app Jan 3 h lbll 2" 5 7'o incorporate the Marion and Wabash 7'urnpike Company 28 ' 7b incorporate the Lagro and Mam heeler 7'urnpike Company 287 7b incorporate the town of Counersviile 288 7b incorporate the Jonesborough bridge company 29 7b provide for the payment of debts contracted by the late Ma;, or and Common Council of the town of Lafayette, under the charter of said town, app Feb 4, 182 7 200 For the relief of Thom-is Nichols 201 Authorizing purchaser i of tho Wabash and Erie Canal lands to pay interest thereon 202 Eor the relief of Eli Davis 2 )3 To amend an act to establish ri certain state road, tnd for other purposes, app Feb 21, 18H) 401 To tax individual stock in the branches of the state bank of Indiana 2'. 5 Supplemental to an act making specific appropriations for the year 111 200 To provide for the assessment and collection of the state revenue in tho county of Spencer due for the year 137; and, also, for the assessment and collection of the state revenue in the coun'y ' f Cas. for the year Ij-.TJ 207 To authorize tho erection of .1 mill dam across Eel river, in Wabash county 2 !s To re-locate the county seat of Sullivan county 200 Allowing further time for the assessor of Lawrence county to complelu his assessment, and for other purposes 300 Supplemental to an act pointing out the mode of levying taxes 301 For the relief of owners in Indian reservations 3( 2 Supplemented to an act parsed at the present session of the Genera! Assemble entitled an act lor the relief of Andrew Wilson 303 For the relief of Edward II. Jacot 301 To make general appropriation for the year lv41 3U5 Declaring a certain name a misprint, and for other purposes 3l G To pro viile for the further con struction of the lndiananapolis Rail Road S 7 To amend en act app l eb 20, 137, to provide for distributing o much of the surplus revenue of the U. States a the state of Indiana may be entitled to, and receive, by virtue of an act of Congress app June 23, 1S3(