Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 26, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 June 1809 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

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VOL. II.

NO. 26.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1809.

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creafe and profits thereof, and of enlarging the fame by the fubferiptions, if fuh en

largement (hall be found necefiary to fulfil

FOR SALE AT' THIS OFFICE, l HE L A W S OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, Composing those A els formerly in force, and as Revised Br Ikssrs. JOHN RICE JONES, (and JOHN JOHNSON, '"nd passed (after amendment?) by the Legislature ; and the Original Ads passed at the First Session of the Second General Assembly of the laid Territory. Price Three Hollars Lf Fifty Certs. ALSO A FEW COPIES of the L A W S PASSED At the Second Session of the Second General Assembly of the Ji.diana Territory. frier Fifty Cents.

WANTED. A BOY between 14 k 16 yearn of age as an apprentice toth: punting bulint Is at this other. NEW MANUFACTORY. T I h Uibf ri'f rs hue with rry confidtra i- ex t'iimi, in expmment i referth, r v-rate;: a flittering efiay tuWdida the eft lillunrn: of a J.-tv ri(ii',rr Man dor if. Having to dp-rd entirely ti the dn.t of experiment, i!,r thru rr.ycls in th'n nrt, tbev are pxkhis to liiTit- thr I uiinrt-, by t!".e allinuur nl rv. rn M fd h it.dh, br-li-ving that th"re.n- l unl in .In fotmtiy xv ho hve f-rvrd rrj-t r 'jipn i!k r (hip to the bufinrfsnf in.'k.-y Hj-tuIh ir in Iu. rope, th-v iMf tl.'5pu' 'i' rtur tint t ! ) -y

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liv acc-l's to a bed oft 1 v. u I i; h thry rc tor.viiiicd i pfoprr for thr bor nu'pole. Th fitn;v 1 7 ' rr Son . Near Downiitovvr, Chcllcr county.

AN ACT to authoufc the making of a I the intent of this adt, and of purchafing, v.i

turn pike road from Mufon's caufeway king, and Ivluing to them and their facto Alexandria. efflors and afligns in fee-fimple, or for any BE it enacted by the Senate and House l'-ffer eft ate, all fuch lands, tenements, herof Representatives of the United States oj cditments and rftate, real and perfonal, America in Congress assctablcd That s fliall be nrcefiary or ufeful to them in John iiafon, David Wiley, Henry FoxIl 'he profec ufion of their works, and of fuJohn Cox, and John W. Bronaugh, and and bring fued, of having a common they arc hereby appointed and couftituted leal, the fame breaking and altering at pleaa board of commiflionrrs, a majority of lure, and of doing all and every other matwhom to conftitute a quoruJ, with full tc. and thiig concerning the fubjc-c afcrepower to receive and enter in fuch book or which a corporation or body politic books as they may deem proper, by them- may lawfully dr. fclves or by t h i r agents, fubferiptions for sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That railing a capital ftock of twenty thoufWd tnp Taid cnn?pany -ftiall meet on the fifi dollars, in mares of one hundred dollars Monday in pr biuary, in every year, at fuch rach, for the purpo(e of opening, grvling P'acc 38 br Xr on Dy their bye laws, and improving a road from the weft end of or lr)t purpofe of t hoofing fuch officers us w afon's cauf-way to Ah x ndria, in the aforefaid for the rnfuif g year, in m-Mir.er, diflridl of Columbia, the times, places, and "totefid, .nd at fuch other times as they

manner of receiving and entering fubfirip. ftU be fummoned by the prcfident and di. tions, ano the manner of authenticating reors aforefaid, at whkh annual nr fpeci!

powers of attornry, or other inftruments of meetings thty flill have full powrr and w.iting authorifmg fubferiptions to be authority to do and pei form any al by mad- by any prrfn or perfous, in the name lnw allowed, nd pirtuiuing to the aflTaiis of any other prrfon or pefons, to be afcer- f company.

tained by faid hoard of lommiffioivrs, ar.d Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That duly advertifed in fuch gazettes or public the prefident and directors lliall procure prints as they may deem expedient ; Pro- printed certificates for all the lhares of faid vided, that the book? for receivirg and en- ftock, and (ball deliver one futh certificate, teting fubferiptions ftiall be oprned on or figned by the prefident, to each perfon for before the fir ft day of May next, and that evety fhatc by him or her fubferibtd and no fubfeription fhtll be received unlefs the htld, which certificate lhall be transferable, fum of ten dollars be firft pr.id into thr at his or her plcafure in perfon, or by attorhands of fuch agent or other perfon, as faid ne y, in the prtfence of the prefiJcnt or commilTioners may autl orife to receive it. tre furer, fiibjrdl however to all payments Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That due or to grow due therufon; at-d the whrn any numb.-r of peifons Hull have fub flignee holding any duch certificate, havfrribed one hundred U fifty Iharrs or m(re n)R caufrd tie flignment tone entered in of the Ciid ftock, the faid commifliornTs, book of the company to be kept for that or a majority of them may, and when the prpofe, OmII be a member of faid compawhole numbrr of fturts afcrefai:' Hull be nv a"d for eveiy certificate by him held, fubftribed, (hall give notice in f-me news- Hi -II be entitled to one fhre in the capital pP'-r, printed in the diftrift of Columbia, ftock and rftate of fid company ; and if any of time and plare to be by them oppoint- fWkholde r, after thirty days notice in a ed for the fubferibrrs to proceed to organ- public piper printed in each of the towns izr the faid corporation, at which time and OI Alexandria and Georgetown, of the pi tee tiie faid fubftribers by a majority of we and place appointed for the payment votes to b dilivered by billot in nerlon, of any pottion or dividend of the fum fub-

or by proxy duly authorifed ftiall e!rft or e bribed in f-icl ftock, ftiall negledl to pay prefident St four directors, to conducl the l,,t" nit f r the fpate of thirty days after bufinefsot f-id ronipary for one year, k un- t,,r t,n,r appointed, the fhare or fh-ies til other fuili officers :hall be chofen in on wbch fuch delifquency has taken plate their pl,rrs, and may make f-jc h rules nr. m'H ht f 'rfrited to the faid company, and tiers, aw1 regulations, not inconfiftant with n,' l,t dd y them to any perfon or perthe? cc.nniuitnm and laws ofthrUt-itrd font, willing to purchafc, for fuc h price as Stues, as fhnll br n-cefiVy for the well be- ran be obtained, and in cafe futii ihare or in of the afif.ir of fid comp my ; Provi. Hires fhouM not, n a f.ile to b- made, dd dkszysi that no ftock holder find, in P'dure a net fum rqud to the portion or p-rCi;! or by proxy, h ve more than ten dividrnds then remaining to be p-id there vote-; at any rWVion, or in deterniininir n ,,,ch m recovered of'he

any queftion arifmg at fuch meeting, what- pen-)" or peil-.ns, lotht.j to pay, by war-et'-r nomhfr of Iharrs he or (lie may boh!, rant from ;ltice of the p-acr, if th- aand each ftm kholder, in p-rfon or by proxy, niount HnHiol exceed twenty doii 'rs, i d ih. II he entitled to one vote for eveiy lhare if lh" io dur ii ,!l exceed twenty d by hi:n or her held under faid number ; and l'rs l,:f 4,n' m4T lc recovered by motion, -llp'ifmis who may tbti fr, or tbereaftei m lumf of the faid compary, on ten may become, 'he afliul holders or proprie, days notu in any court of record in the torw f ftiarrsintht fid c oital flock, either county or diftricl w here the debtor may be

ss fubfl ribers for the fme, or ai the lrgi irpr(r!it;4t:ves. liKc-fTort, or ifllgnees t f

iv.( h lnl)fc ribers, (I;.m1 herome one bodv pol

it.c the

.nd torporatr, in deed and in Ijw, hv rarr.r ar.d ftvle r f thr I'refidrnt,

rrcos -nd C-mnnv of the G-oretov

itid lexandria tut i p'k- road, ar.d by the lid naui" (lull have perpetual lutcelhon, i i ri all t.e p i x i!'n inc ident to a corpora

tton, ai d ftill he c?pahe of taking and

lounu ; auu in an men warrants ai u m-

'ions'he certifirte of the clerk or record

goFuer ofthef-id company ftiall he ton.

lulive tvi!nicr of thr delendant'i brine? a

tKembercfthe companv, atui primafucie

-vidrncr of rhr ann Hint due on tlie ftiarc or

(bars held by furh dvfrndant.

sec. 5. And le it further ejected, Thar

b- f id prefi.l-nt and dirrco lb ill n.eet

at fuch times anl phres a fh!l he agreed

holding their faid capital ftcckj and the id- upjn fur t.aiiiiCUrj tl.cir bufir.tfij it j

which rneeetings any three members fhall form a quorum, who, in the abfrnce of the prefident, may choofs a ihairmin, and flial! keep minutes of all their tranf.cYioni , f ir!y entered in a book, and a quo um being met, they (hall have full power and authority to appoint a treafuret, and agree with and appoint all fuch furveyors, inlendauts, artifls, or other 2gents thty fi-.ll judge

neccilary to carry cn the intended works, md to fix their falaries, wages or compenfition ; to direct and order the times, manner, and proportions when and in which .the ftockholders fhall pay monies due on their refpedive (hares ; to draw orderf on the treafurer for all monies due from the faid company, and generally to do and tranfaA all furh ether matters, aU and things, as by the bye-laws, rules, and regulations of faid company (ball be required or permitted. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the faid prefident and cjhc&ors (lull caufe to be forveyed, laid down, afcereained and fixed, the faid turnpike road, from the weft

end of Ma fens caufeway, and palling near to the head of tide water of Four Mile run at a ? Iace c illed Adr m's Mill, and thence to the limits of Alexandra, in fuch route cr track for the fime," as in the b-rfl of their judgment and fk 11 will combine (liortnefs of diftance with the nidi convenient ground, and the fmalleft expenditure of tnoney ; and it fnall be lawful to and for the faid prefident and directors, their furveyors and agents, to enter upon all and every the lands and enclofures in, through and over which the faid turnpike road may be thought proper to pfs, and to -examine the ground moft proper for the purpofe, and the quarries and beds of ftone, i.d gravel, and other materials in the vicinity, that will be ufeful in making tin- fnid ro-d ; Provided, that iIt- faid road Iball not be fo lid out as to inteifi-ci the rosd hid out and eftablifhed by the Wafli ngton and Alexandria turnpike company, without the confent of the laid company, Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it flnll and my be lawful to and for the prefident and directors, by and with their fuperintendant?, artifts and !abrureis, with their tools and inftruments, v.ith carts, waggons and other carriages, s-nd beafts of draft or buidru, to enter upon the lands in, over or near to which the mute or tract of the faid intended road ftull pifs. fiift giving notice of their intention to the owners iherrof, or their repr? fenttiv g, and doing as little d mage th-r toas p hVJr, and repairing any breaches tl eym -y m-ike in the enclofures thereof, and makirg amends for any damages that may br do;.e, t y a reafotjablr agreement if they oti agrr; if they rnnr.ot agree, then by appi ailment

;o be md upon oa'.h or aflnmation, ry three indiiT. rent freeholders or ar-y two of thrm agreeing, !o be mutu lly chofi n, or if :!nv ramu't arree in a hcice, or if the nwncrs r.pon doe notice (b .11 neglect or refi.le to join in thr thoirr, then to be an.

nointed bv one nf tl

ir J!(igf S

Of th

e circuit

ourt ofthediftnet of Columbia, and hi-

virur tenilerrd the apprnfd valu" fo as 'ffiref id to br irudr, it lhall be la w fu' t cut, iti-, take, and carry away any logs, ftone, .ravel, fmi, or earth noft conveniently fituatr fir makirg or repjiring faid roid ; nd Hi4!l ; 1 m iv b- hwfjl for the fit$ prefident and oireclors, or atnjori'y of 'firm, to grec wilh the owners cf any jrouiid tn hr ot enpif d ovthr ro-i, andthc (Ccnitnucd m Fgc fjurth.J

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