Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 March 1809 — Page 1

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SATURDAY, MARCH 25, iso9.

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The Miami nation ot Indians, hive brot' in and delivered up to the governor, one brown urarrjfupuofed to have been ftolcn, abeut y years old, 14 hands high, branded on the left llmuluer, hut not lrdgible, a little white on hrr off fide fore and hand font, heavy with foal, has been with the Indiansiincr Idl fall the owner is defired to cine forward prove property, pay char res and take her away. 1 JOS. BARRON, Int.

(Bl AU'IHORITY.) AN ORDINANCE for the appointment of a Borough Conftable, for the regulation of his office, and fer other purpo-fes.

T)E it ordained by the Chairman and

X-3 Assistants of the Borough of Vin

cennes, in Common Council assembled, and

it is hereby ordained by the authority afore said, That it Ihall be the duty of the Chair

man of the Common Council, and he is

hereby authorifed on or before the fir fl day of January, yearly, to appoint and commit-

fion (which commifiion fliall be under the

common feal of the corporation) a Confta ble for the faid Borough who fliall conti

nue in office for the term of one year, and

fo long thereafter as may be fufficient for

his fucceffor in office to have notice of his

appointment, take the oath, and enter on

the duties of his office : Provided however. That nothing herein contained fliall oblige him to ferve for a longer term than three

months after the expiration of his appoint

ment.

Sect. 2. Be it further ordained, That

the faid Conftable before he begins the ex

ercife ot his office fliall take and fubforibe bofore fome Juftite of the Peace or Judge

of the Common Pleas the following oath or

affirmation, to wit :

4 1, A B, do folemnly fwear or affirm (as

the cafe mav be) that I will faithfully dii.

charge the duties of my office as Conftable

of the Borough of Vincennes, according to

the bed of my undemanding and abilities.

So help me God.

A cony of which oath fliall be figned by

the Conftable, and certified by the Juflice

or Judcje taking the fame, and Gl?d by the

faid Conftable, forthwith after the taking

thereof, with the fecretary of the Common Council. Sect. 3. Be it further ordained. That it flnll be the duty of the faid Conftable, as far as in him lies, to apprehend and bring to juflice all felons, and diflurbers of the peace, to fupprefs all riots, rout3, and unlawful alTemblies, and to keep and obfervc food order in the Borough, and alfo to ex

ecute and ferve all warrants, writs, fei-

zuftT, precepts, and other procefs to him

lawfully directed.

Sect. 4. lie it further ordained, 1 hat

the laid Conftable (h ill receive the fame fees for fimilar fervices, as are allowed to county Conlbbles, in, and by a law of the Territory, entitled tk An act regulating the

fees of the Conftables in the lcvrral counties within this Territory," and approved

the nineteenth cf December, one thuuland feveu hundred and ninety nine.

Sect. 5. Be it further ordained, 1 hat

FOli SALK. 1- TvnK rrfonaoh- funs the following

1 . . :1. ..n.,w! .moires in the old

iran i. ... M hi. an i a fact ot I ny

r, w.r.imr mr. Lilnt', on the i

tV. tide of thr'Wabafli ; for terms ap;l in Vinct-nnt-s to, HYACINTIIE LAbSLELL.

md he is hereby authorifed and requi red,

immediately to appoint another Conftable to fupply his place, who fliall take the fame oath, receive the fi-me fees, and be fubject

to the fame forfeiture for neglect of duty, as the one firft appointed.

Sect. 7. Be it further ordained, 1 hat

it fliall be the further duty of the Conftable

for the time beinr, to act as collector o

taxes, in, and for the faid Borough, butj before he fliall begin the collection of the faid taxes, he fliall give a bond, with one or more futfirient fureties, to the Chairman,

and his fucceflbrs in office, for the ufe ot

the Borough, in double the amount of the

taxes for which he may be charged with

the collection of, conditioned for the faithful collection and paying over to the Borough Treafurer the amount of taxes with which he may be charged with the collecti

on of, which bond fliall be filed with the

fecretaryoftheCounc.il, and upon forfeiture or breach of the condition thereof, fuit hVII and may be brought thereon, in any court of record within this territory, in the name of the Chairman, and to and for the

ufe of the Corporation.

Sect. 8. Be it further ordained, I hat the faid Conftable, as Collector aforcfaid, within one month after he fliall have received the duplicate of taxation, fliall give notice to the feveral perfons chargeable with taxes, (either verbally, or in writing, left at their ufual place of refuUnce) of the amount of their taxes, ten days after which notice given as aforefaid, if the tax fliall not have been piid by the perfon fo notified, it fnall and may be lawful for the Collectoi todiftrain and feize the property, either

perfonal or feil, of the perfon or perfens fo

delinquent ; five days after which feizure,

the fame fliall he fold bv the faid Collector,

he having publickly advertifed the fmr in fome one or more publick phces in the faid Borough, and thelurplus, if any, after pay ing the amount of tax due, and the expences of feizure and fale, to the delinquent Two months after the faid collector fliall havr rectived the duplicate aforefaid, hr fliall comnlef the collection thereot, and

pay the amount fo collected into the Treafury, taking his receipt therefor, firft dedueling therefmrn ten per centum for his trouble in collecting. S-ct. 2. And be it further ordained, That the faid Cn!lrc":nr fliall annually, on or before the firft day of April, fettle with the Common Council, his amount of col-

lections aforedid, at which iVrlrment he fliall be allowed all jtift and reifo:iablr eredits, by rcafon of delinquencies or infulvrurifr, and upon lVttlement fliou'id the faid Collector be in arrear wi:li the faid Borough, he (lull immediately f.tisfy and pay over the fame to the Borough Trefurer,

whofr receipt fliall he a uifcharge of thr

all actions or fuits that were pending in the circuit courts of the United States for the diflrict o! TenntflTee, eftabliflied by an act entitled An act eftablifliing circuit courts and abridging the jurifdiction of the diftrict courts of the diftridts of Kentucky, Tenneflee and Ohio," in which any judgment or decree w.s rendered, or any fciitence pa (Ted previous to the palTsge of the . act entitled An act to amend the act entitled an act eftablifliing circuit courts, and abridging the jurifdiction of the diflrict courts of the diflriets of Kentuc ky, Tennef

lee and Ohio the clerk of the cirt uit court

of the United States for the diflrict of Eaft

Tenneflee be, and he is hereby authorifed and directed to iflue executions, and all other prccefs neceflary for carrying the fame into complete effect, in the f.me manner as if the faid laft mentioned act had not pafled which executions and other procefs fliall lc directed to the mnrfbal of either of the diftrictsof Eaft or Weft Tenneflee, in w hich the party ngainft whom the fame fliall ifiue may reftde, or his property may be found, who fliall execute and return the fame, in like manner he would have clone if the act to which this is a fupplcment had not pafled and fliall receive the fame fees as are by law allowed for fimilar fcrvicts in other cafes. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the next feffion of the diflrict court of the United States for the difltict of Kentucky, fliall be holden on the fecond Monday in May next, and that the fefficn of the faid court heretofore holden on the firft Monday in June, annually, fliall thereafter he holden annually, on the 2d Monday in May, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all wiits-and procefs, which (hall have been ifTued, or may hereafter iflue, and all recognizances returnable, and :M fuits and other proceedings of what nature or kind foever, which have been continued to the Pud diflrict court on the fl'ft Monday in June next, from the laft December term, flnll he returned and he Id continued to the

faid fecond Monday in May next.

J. B. VAUNUM,

Speaker of the House of Rtpesentcthes

JN: M ILLKUGE,

President cf the St nate, pro-tempcrc.

I'rbnnry 4, 1809. APPrtovkn, TH: JEFFERSON.

I" l. I . .11 1.- ..VWHMt.y In Ilf "

every penuu im iih 'imvw , . ' , . r . i i -. i. . laid Collectors bono.

ofliceot Conttiole as aiore ami wuu

Chairman cf the Council.

Passed the 12th December. 1R(5.

fliall not within ei;;ht dys after notice ot fuch appointment, t;kr th- oith herein prefcrihed, and every (rlViM? who having taken the oath :.forefiid, (hall neglect, or refufe to --riV.im ai.y cf the duties apper. tainimMo lis ( nirr, ill for f-it and py for every fuch nchct, or refutal tl.r fun )f ten dMIa-s, to be recovered with c rdi?f fuit, hehu' y Juit ce of the Peace of the cr.ut.tv el nf t!'r 'ir-:ifiif r o! the B rt ugh, to, anu

tor the u'.r cf the B'.rfiy h.

S-ct. f. He it fu'ttirr irdatntd,

That

u cafe rfde;.th. rtfuf-d !-.art,of other dil- , rill 1

f t - I iui f .o'iitatiir, me

nuahlitation

GEN i.. V JON TON, Sec clary if the Common Council.

AN . 'C P flip; lementnry Xn th acl, enti

tied 4 An act amerd the adt, entitled

An act efullifliin circuit cu)its. and jibri ?gin the jurifdiction r.f t!;e d.d.iit

cnurti v thdiliricti of Kentucky 1 c;i nelTee r;i Oliio.

BE it en a:

C i if

the Ser.aie an I

o f H t rt-it n tjtives of t h c i't. itei i S ? -1

rr A ' '

Chainnau of the Cumu:un Council, may- in Cu :rc:s c-jcu

FOR THE WESTERN SUN. TO THE CITIZENS CF KNOX. THE time is approaching, and has arri

ved when your thoughts wdl be engaged i;i ftlecting the perfons whom you arc to cloatlj

with Legiflative authority, to reprrlent you in the General Ahn-bly f ti e India, na territory ; my nar.K h.sbrm announced to you by fome of my friends as a candi. date fur th-t important truft ; with uifll. deuce as to my af ilr.ies, 1 fixer yru niy tVrvices, if it is your free choice to elect me. But in obedience to the rrcaieft of A Citizen of Vincennes,' publiftrd in the V. Su?, it become neciiTary for nje, as a candidate, to make a declaration of my politi. c:.l fentirner.ts rclpccf'ir the iidr.i.llion of tlivery into tfe trrritory, which, he f.:y-f s ad i fave the trlling a thoufand tledti--i ernnt; fik 5, I fuppofe he n.ans lies. I tri nn 4( Cju.inted with the ch fi;n s. or perih'i ot th proj-ofrr but le; It h.r, or any of in ichu.v ut'uci,;, (hauld think I v.iih to