Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 February 1808 — Page 3

An aft for levying and colle&ing a tax on laud ami for other jturpolcs. See. I. He it enacted &c. That the courts of common f!;?as of the ftvcral counties in this Territory fliall within fifteen days after the rtill day of January next and within 1 5 days after thr fu ft day of January qu idrienn'nliy thereafter, or at any ipecial court by them to be appoiuted for that purpofe, whi.h thry are hereby authorifed at any time to hold, lhall appoint an alfelTor

for the purpofe hereafter mentioned, each of

whom brfore they begin the uuties ot their rcfpedive ciRce, take and fubferibe the following oath or aflii nation before any judge or jutlicc of the ft id county viz, I do fwearor affirm as th cafe may be that as affeflor for I w ill to the belt of my Hull and judgment diligently ami Faithfully execute the uuties f the office without favor aife&ion or partiality, and that I will d tqiul right and juftice to the beft of my knowledge and un dtrftandirg in

every cafe in w tilth I mall ac as alfclTjr fo

help me Gcd. A certificate of which oath or affirmation flnll be delivered to the aflV flor refprcYive-

ly, and a copy thereof tranfuiitted without

delay to the clerk ot the court of common Pleas of the county to be by him filed in his office ; in caie of the death, nfufal to acl, refiguation, or removal from

the county of the faid JlIelTor the laid court of common Pleas ffidU as foon as m w be

4 thereafter at ary fpecial court, to bc held for that purpnfe appoint a prrfon to fupply fuch vacancy, who (hall t;ike and fubferibe the fame oath or affirmation as the cafe may be, as by this al is directed to be taken and fubferibed by each afltflor ; Provided always, that no flieiifF or deputy (h?rifFof anv county fliall be eligible to excrcife the duty of aflVflfor under this act. Sec, 2. It fliall bi! the duty of the auditor and he is hereby authorifed and itnpowered to apply for anl procure from the proper officers, and abftrad"! of all the entries and locations and purclufcs made by individuals from the United States of lands in the feveral counties in this territory, noting

where and on what creeks, water courfes,

&c. fuch entries and locations and purcha r i i i r .

les nave otcn mnue, wim mc name oi ine

perfons for whom entered and located, and by whom purchafed from the United States, and it mall be the duty of the auditor to tranfmit the ft id abltra6ls of entries and locations of lands to lr clerk?, of the ref. peftive counties by the tirlt day of January next and the firft day of January quadrien-

nially thereafter, which clerks lit ail deliver the faid abllradU to the rtfpcciive alfcfiors as foon as appointed. Sec. 3. The laid aficfTors in the feveral counties Hull and they are hereby impowered and required as hereinafter mentioned to receive trom each and every perfon and perfons rtfiding in the feveral counties, and owning lands in the fame counties, a lift under ofcth, which the allYfiur is hereby impowered to adminiiter of his or her, their name or mmrs and of the lands which he Ihe or they chim in the faid county, either l y patent, entry, deed or conveyance, bond for conveyance or other evidence cf claim or purchafe from the United States which the afiVfior flu'I f-t down in writing, ant! thereupon tin: laid ail tfor lhall m ke a val uation nf eacli tract of land per hundred a-

cres. ncccrdirsr to ti e quality of the foil &

v relative ft tu at ion, which he at the frim

time ih'jll linify to the Iar.d holdrrs, but

in making fuch afiVlTtnrnt and v dilation.

foufes, barns, and other improvements fhall

be t xlIu Jed.

S-c. 4. The fuel affrff.n fhall advertifr

at the county town, and alio in the next

public pi ice in ;ith nvA evciy townlhip v their counties that he will ittend at a con-

venientplace therein to be mmtienrd, and as near :.s may lc tjthc centre of popula

tion in luch townlhip, not within twenty

davs alter Uich adtcrulrmcnt in. to re-

cciveot ;1I perfons rclident in the fail townlhip, a hit of all the lands which fuel

terion owns ov anv or tiitirr ot tr.e ways

before mentioned in the faid county and

4 the fairi perloni arc hetebv rrcuifcd to at tend at fuch tin e and plate in their rtf peCive townthips therefor accordingly.

Src. 5. In caie anv fuch inhabitaint

fliall not attend at the time and place no

tified by ih ailVfiW togie in a lill of his ir lirr tavntle lands in th.e faid ccuntv as

above ir.rntioncd. it ihall and may he law

ful for the ailcfior to receive his or her lift

at anv ti'.ne. urfvided luch perlcn tenccis

fuch, hii or her lilt, and makes oath to thej

jurtnefs cf it within ten days thereafter and in cafe of failure, the faid afleflfor fliall proceed to lift fuch perfon or perfons lands in the faid county, agreeable to the beft information he may paiTcfs. Sec. 6. If any inhabitant fliall rrglcA or refufe to Vender fuch account, or fliall render a falfe or fraudulent account, he Hull be fined to the ufe of the Territory in any fum not exceeding fifty dollars with coll, to be recovered in any court having competent jurifdiftin, by adlion of debt in the name of the atTeflTor. Sec. 7. If any non refident claiming lands in tbis territory either by entry, patent, deed for conveyance bond for conveyance, or other evidence of claim, his or h?r aj;ent or attorney, Hull negltct or rcfufe te lift his or her lands with the afiVifor of the county where fuch land may have been

entered and locattd before the tenth day of

iNiarchnext, and the tenth day of ' March quadriennially thereafter agreeably to the requifition of this act, then the afleflor fliall immediately proceed to lift an5 make a valuation of the lands of fuch non refidenty that may be in bis county in the

manner required by the third fec"lion in this

act. Sec. 8. The faid alTriTors refpeaively

fliall on or before the firft day of April next

and the firft day of April quadriennailly thereafter, make a fair lift of all the lands in their refpeclivc counties, in the form following.

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lit ' -V THK WK STERN SUN.

riNCLNNES, FEBRUARY 23, 180R

I?altimore, lying at anchor, & fliot one man. The next day a party of Americans afiemblcd on the ftiore ; and payed die Englifh handfomely ibr

- tlieir unprovoked attack.

We this day prefect our readers with an

extradl from the law for levying and col

lecting a tax on land, which we conceive

of the greattft importance, to admit which

A WARNING.

' I 'HE books and accounts of M'Gowen

8c Latrief, are left in my hands for

i collection, with directions if not fettled by

B lunderbu s is unavoidably omitted, as sjthc 20th ef March t0 bri fuits withou alio leveral articles ot importance from the';r.:,u

feat of government.

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Which lift they lhall deliver to the clerks af the refpecYive c ourts of Common Pleas, on or before the laft day of April quadrennially thereafter. Sec. 9. The judges of the court ef common pleas, or any two of them, fliall aflem ble at the court houfc of their proper coun

ty, on the firft Tucfday of the month of

May next, and the firft Tuefdays of the

fame month, quadrennially, thereafter and

the clerks fliall lay before them the faid ah-

ftracls of afiefTment and valuation of lands

fo made by the faid affeflbrs, in manner and

brm aforefaid, and the faid judges fliall and

they are hereby empowered and authorifed to hear any complaints of improper or par

tial ahefiment or valuation ot lands which may have been made by the faid aflefibrs, and tii make fuch alterations therein as they or a majority of them lhall think realbnable

nd juft.

Sec. 10. When the abftraft of afTeff-

ment for the rcfptcYive counties fliall b

thus reviled and corrected, the clerks of the

faid courts fhall make out two fair and cor

rect tranferipts thereof, one of which they

fliall deliver to the flierifls oi the refpectivc

counties as collectors therein, by the I5tl

b;y of.Mny next, and the 1 5th day ot

May quadrennially thereafter, and the o-

ther they fliall regularly tranfmit to the au

ditor of the Teriitory, within two months

thereafter, and the original abftract witl

luch alterations anu corrections as may have been made by the faid judges certified

by the faid clerks fhall by them be filed in

their relpectivr othces.

.Sec, II. If any alTeflbr fliall neglect or

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retuie 10 nerioim me urvice ana uuiv re

quired by this act, he flnll for every fuel

eclect or reiulal be fined in anv lum not

1 4

exceeding th.ree liundred dollars ; and if a

r.y clerk Qull neglect or ref ufe to periorm

he fervice and duty by this act required, hi lhall for every futh neglect or retulal be fi ned in the fum of one hundred dcdlar;

which fir.es fliall be recovered with cofts by information or indictment to, and for the

ufe of the Territory.

Thirty Dollars per month, And Boarding found For a good Journeyman at this Office, if immediate applicatitn is made. From the Washington Federalist, of December 31, We flop' the prefs to announce, that mr. Kandolph, this day i ofe in his place, & read a number of documents which go to (lievv gen. Wilkinfon's intrigue, with the Spanifti government of Lou-

ifiana. Powers pofitively de

clares that he carried nine

thoufand iix hundred & four dollars up the Ohio, for gen

eral VVilkinfon, and that he

had it on board when his boat was examined by lieutenant Steele, packed in barrels of

fugar and coffee.

Mt. Randolph moved the

discrimination

E. STOUT,

ONE of the fubferibe rs intending to ftart for Baltimore on or before tha 5th day of March next, requeft all perfong indebted to them to come forward and pay off their refpectivc accounts before that

time. Bullitt sf Smith. Vir.cennes, 9th Feb. I8Q8. 2w

Samuel Thorn,

Saddle Cat & Harness Maker

1) KSPIXTFULLY informs the public

JL V he has commenced bniinrfs on Main itreet, nearly orrnfite John 1). Hay's tavern

where they may be fupplied with any articles in his hyfmcis, or. the fliorteft notice, and made in the ncatcft and beft manner.

Vintcnncij Feb. 2d, 1108.

Notice, TS hereby given that I fliall make appllcationta the court of Cemmon Pleas of Kn x county, in the Indiana Territory, at the neit March term, for a licenfe ts efta-

uuiii a Wii wmic river, on my iana, oppofite where I now live. JOHN DECKER. February 5th, JtQS. Notice Ts hereby to all thofe indebted to the eftate of William King dec. late of this place to come forward immediately and difchargo the fame, otherwife fuits will be commenced againft the delinquents, without diftinction : thofe havintr demands acrainft the

tlement to Jofhux Huinpreys, Efqr. red

ding in this place.

Francis C. Clopper9 adm. New Madrid,?

By the Presidenc

or THE

UNITED STATES,

ollowins: rcfolution.

Uefolved, That the Pref.Dcc' 17 1807

dent of the United States be

requeued to caufe an enquiry

to be inftituted into the con-

duel: of brigadier general Jas.

Wilkinlon, commander in tit

chief of the armies of the U v V HEREAS by the aft, entitled;

lited states, in relation to " P;on tor ti dw

. .. "t uuuv. janu, uiui.eu occwccn tnc

)aing at any time, wime in Urited StlM, Mi,itlrv a . . Co

the Service Ot the United S-heaicut referye, and for ther purpofes,

COlTUptly received money M1 was enacted that for the difpfal of the

w wi. m

from the government of SDain ,Jinds oUhc Umtcd btates lY8 on ic

or its agents.

river

Vincennes diftriAt. a l.anrl flffir (Timilrl

r a I ...-.-wwj wuvt

i lie reiOlUtlOn IS not yet beeftablifl.cd at Ttfierfonville : And it wat

dllpoled Of. A motion IS further enaaed, that the lands aforefaid,

pending to refer it to a felecl Wlth t,ie exception of certain tracts therecommittee, with power to Y' bc offercd forr to the high-

. r r i en oiuaer at tne piacc aroreiaiu, en lucn lend for perfons and papers.. or . ... bv a ... ProcIama.

tion of tlie PreHdrnt of the United Stale-'

The expedition of general bc defignated fr that purpofe, in trtas cf

MoreaU tO the fouthward, IS the fame fixe, and on the fame terms and

(aid tO be an amicable one ; conditions as are provided for the lands

and that more that thirty of north of the river Ohio, and aborc tha . . r . . . Ml .. , , , . i mouth f Kentucky river.

IIIJJIIV.IJVIJ II' t IHtUUklMIIIU Wtiwi

double that number in New WHEREFORE I Tmomas J ETJEK

York are acouaintcd with the $0K indent of the United States, in

conformity with the nrevifion eftks aft fce-

mnocencc or nis excunion r . ,

who are the gen. fiicnds ?

Aurora.

fore recited Do hereby declare and mako

known that fales (hall be held at Jeffcrfon-

ville, in the Indiana Territory, for tb dil pofil of the abve mentioned lands, to

commence on the fecond Monday of A-

Anothcr Outrage

Captain lientham, Who ar- Pri, onc thoufand eight hundred and eight, ,.;.,,1 o. XTttr v'L. Th.if and continue, for and during the fix follow-

rived at New York on Thuf

day evening lafl in 19 days

from st. Bartholomews in

forms that an Englifh armed

brig, juft arrived trom Guern-

Icy and bound to st. Domingo

coolly and without the flight

ed provocation fired into the American fchr. Breeze, of

ing weeks.

Given under my hand the nineteenth day of November, one tkoufand eight hundred and feven. (Signed) TH: JEFFERSON

BLANK DEEDS For Sale a: this 0cc.