Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 May 1810 — Page 1
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VOL. III.
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1810.
NO. 19.
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AN ACT
Making an appropriation for the purpose of
trying the practical use of the Torpedo or sub-marine explosion. BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
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One Dollar, and Twenty-Five not tlicrwife appropriated, to dctray the
I -HCiiwc which man ae incurreu in any acCents, for every after tnscrttcn i . : n ri e i j j I tual xneriments. when the Prrfitlf nf th
To avoid unpleasant disputes, it is re- United utcs d j excdient to
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TAwi? without such V""? oi-iu.umujg wun precuion, now iar
. . t j m.m;t rA;j the torpedo or fubmanne explofions may be directions rvtll be continued until forbid r r r i . , , . , ulftully einploycd as engines of war, who and must re paid for accordingly. h hmb d'ncctcd to rt to GonrCf3
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FOR SALE AT THIS OfFICE, THE LAWS INDIANA FTERRITORY,
Comprising those Acts formerly in force,
and as Revised i?r Messrs. JOHN RICE JONES, and JOHN JOHNSON,
T. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO : CLINTON, Vice-PresedcrJ of the United States, and President of the Senate. March 30, 1810. AI'PROYED, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT
For altering the time for holding the DK;
met court ot umo. E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Con press assembled
1 hat the feflions of the diltritl court for j
And passed (after amendments) by the Legislature : and th Original Adh
passed at the First Session of the Second thc of Ohio, by law appointed to be
General Assembly of the faid Territory. no,dcn at Chilicotlie, in the laid ditVitt, on
Trice Three Dollars is Fifty Cents
ALSO A FEW COPIES OF TUK LAWS r ASSED At the Second Session of the Second Ge-
neral Assembly of thc Indiana Territo
ryPrice Fifty Cents
the firtt Monday? in February, Tune and
October, (hall hereafter be holden at Chili
cotlie, on the fecond Mondays of Septem
ber and Jmuary annually.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, i hat
all writs, oroticis. and recounizances which
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PRINTING. Handbills, Circular Letters, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS, :;latlt and accukatkly tainted AT THIS OFFICE. NOTICE, ALL prfons are hereby cautioned, atrairat trading wth, or crediting niy wife E!izibv-:h orj iy account, as I wiil pay no debts of her contucting, after tlii UmIc TOIIN MILLER. Afrilc :o:h 1810.
mav have been made returnable, and fill
inrrs, whiUli
fi.ft Moil liercbv are
fuits, caufes, procrTs and proceedings
may have btcn continued to the h
dyof June next, HihII be and hereby
nude returnable ar.d continued over to the fcRon of laid court, which fliall be holden on the fecond Monday of September next, and (hall be as valid and proceeded on in the fame manner, at faid September frftion of faid court, z if fjch writs, proceii, recognizances, fuit, caufes and proceedings
had been originally made returnable tQ, and
continued to laid September i'clacn el laid
court.
to laid September fcilion faid T.B'VAUNUM, V
Speaker cf J-.e II:uz of Representatives. ' GEO: CLINTON, ' VicePresiuc:ii cj the Unitrd States, and President of the Senate. March 26, 1,310. Appkovlu, JAMES MADISON.
Providing
' jrrr 'ird cer.ln or enum
iiibauitants of
:ra-
the
far
tijn ot the
States.
E it enacted bi the Sir.aie cr.J Ifouse
of Representatives of the United
$tai:: cf Auiriia in Convrss anc:r,bkd
That thc marlhalsof trie fcveral diftriclsbf the United States and of the diltric of Columbia, and the fecretaries of the Mifliffippi territory, of the Indiana territory, of the Michigan territoiy, of the Illinois territory, of the Louifiana territory, fcc of the Orleans territory refpeclivcly, (hall be, and they are hereby autuorilcd and rccjuired, under the diiediou of the fetretary of. Hate, and according to fuch inftrudlions as he fliall give purfuant to this ail, to caufe the number of the inhabitants within their relpeC.tve diftri&s and territories, to be taken, omitting in fuch enumeration, Indians not taxed, and difliuguifhing free perfons, including thofc bound to fervice for a term, of years from all others ; ditlinguifbing alfo the fexes and colors of free perfons, and the free males under ten years of age ; and thofe
of ten years and under fixteen ; thofc of fixteen and under twenty fix ; thofe of
twenty lix and under forty five ; thofe of forty five and upwards ; for effefling of which, the marflials and fecretaries aforefaid, fliall have power, and hereby are refpectively authorifed and required to appoint one or more aflillants in each county and city, in their rcfprclive diftri&s and territonrs, rcfidents of the county and city for which they fliall be appointed,. and fliall allign a certain diviflon of his diflrift or territory to each afliflant, which divifion fliall not conliit of more than one county or city ; but may ronfilt of one or more towns, townlhips, wards, hundreds or parilhes, plainly and diflinttly bounded by water courfes, mountains, public roads, or
other tnonumtnts ; and the faid enumera
cion fliall be made by an actual enquiry at
every dwelling houle, or of the head of eve
ry family within each dillrift, and not other-
wife: The marflials or fecretaries, as the cafe may be, and their ahjfhnts, fliall refpeftively take an oath or affirmation, before fome judge or jultice oi the pence refiJent within their .rtfpedive dillrids or
territories, previous to their entering cn the duties by this a& required. The oath or affirmation of the marlhal or frcretary fliall be as follows : " 19 A B, marflial of thedilbict of (or fecretary of the territory of as the cafe muy be) do folemnly fwear, or affirm, that I will well and truely caufe to be made a juft and perfect enumeration and defcription cf all perfons refident within my diflricl (or territory) and return the fame to the fecretary of ft .te, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congrefs entitled, "An ac providing for the third cenfus or enumeration of the inhabitants of thc United States, ac
cording to the befl of my ability." The oath or affirmation of an affiflant fliall be : 4 J, A R, do folemnly fwear or affirm) that I will make a juft and perfect enume
ration and uclcnption of all perform rcii
dians hot taxed, within their refpeclivc iU
viuoni ; wnicn returns (hall be made in a fcedule diftinguifhing in each county, city, town, townlhip, hundred, ward or pju nlh, the feveral families, by the names o their mafler, miflrefs, ftcward, overfrer,
. inivipi jjiiou kiicrciii, in inc manner following, that is to fay : The number of perfons within my divifion, eonfiftf appears in a fchedulc hereto annexed, fubferibed by me this of A B affiftantto the marflial of or fecretary of SCHEDULE Of the phoU number of persons within tht divison allotted to A B.
Names of the county, parifh, townfliip, town, Or city, where the fa mily refides.
Name of head cf family.
Free white males under ten years o - age Free white males of ten and under fixteen.
Free white males of fixteen, and under twenty fix, including heads of families.
Free white males of twenty fix, and undf-r forty fi?c, including heads of families.
Free white males of forty five and upwards, including heads of families.
Free white femalrs under ten ycara of age.
Free white females of ten years' and under fixteen.
Free white females of fixteen, and under twenty fix, including heada of families.
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Free white females of twenty firf and under forty five, including heads of families. Free white females of forty five and upwards, including heads of families.
All other free perfons except Indi ans, not taxed.
Slaves.
B
clrnt within the dmfjon affincd to u.e for that purpofe, by the marflial cf (or to thc fecretary of the territory of a? thc cafe may be) and make due return theicuf to the faid nuifhal (rr fecretary) agreeably to the direction; or -n ci of congrefs, entitled " An act providing for the third cenfuior enumeration of the inhabitants of the Unitrd States," according totliehrfl of mv abilities. ' The enumcration fliall commrr.ee on the fir ft Monday
ot vuguft next, and ih-.ll clofr within nine
r.lCu I i n ti - . . . . i
amiiauzs man, within thc lani nine montlii tranfmit to the marflisls or fecretaries, by whom they flull be refpectively appointed, accurate returns of all perfons, except In-
Sec. 2. And be it further er.zcted, That
every afiiftant failing or neglecting to male
a proper return, or making a fulle return of thc enumeration to the marfha1, or the fe
cretary (s the cafe may be) within tha
time limited by this aft, fuall forfeit the fuRi of two hundred dollars Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the marflials and fecretaries flull tile the feveral returns aiorefaid, and alfo an attcflrd copy of the aggravate amount hereinafter directed to be tranfmittcd by them refpec tively to the feiretary of flate, with the clerks of their refpective diftiidi, or fupenor courts (as the cafe may be.) who are hereby directed to recrive and orctully pr;ferve the fame. And the marflials and fr-cretari-s, refpf dxivcly, fhall, on or b-fie the firfl day of March, or.e thoufnd eiht hundred and eleven, tranfmit to the fetrtkry of ftate, rhe a;Tirgate amount of m h
defcription of prrfons within thrir rrfiKCtivc dilliicts or territories. And every m .rfhal or frcretary failing to f.Ie th rrtu.-.n' of hii afliflant, or any of them, wit tho clcikt of their rcfpcdUvc courts as afercfaid