Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 28, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 July 1810 — Page 1

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(BY AUTHORITY.) LAWS of the U. STATES. Session 1809 8c 1810. AN ACT Making further appropriations for completing the Capitol, and for other purposes. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled) That in addition to the appropriations heretofore made, the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the president of the United States, to the purposes hereinafter mentioned, that is to say : For sculpturc, and warming and ventilating the chamber of the House of Representatives, 7500 dollars, . , For defraying the expense of completing the court room, and the offices of the judiciary on the east side, completing the senate chamber, and stopping the leaks in the roof of the north wing of the Capitol, 20,000 dollars. For repairs to the presidents house and offices, 5000 dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it be the duty of the superintendant of the city of Washington, prior to any further advances of money being made, to call for all claims on account of materials furnished, or work done in the public, buildings in order that the same may be liquidated and paid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That the several sums of money hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. J- B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GA1LLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. May I, 1810. Approved, JAMES MADISON,

AN ACT Allowing compensation to Robert Robinson BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid out of the treasury of the United States, out of any monies therein, not otherwise. appropriated the sum of 500 dollars to Robert Robinson, in full compensation for his extra services as clerk to the board of commissioners at Kaskaskias and as interpreter and transcriber of the different languages, and as agent to the board, and for conveying the report of the commissioners to the seat of the government of the United States. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives, JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro-tempore. May 1, 1810. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT Confirming the decisions of the Commissioners in favor of the claimants of land

in the district of Kaskaskia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That all the decisions made by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons, claiming lands in the district of Kaskaskia, in favor of such claimants as entered in the transcript of decisions, bearing date the 31st day of December, 1809, which have been transmitted by the said commissioners to the secretary of the treasury according to law, be and the same are hereby confirmed. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. May 1, 1810. : 1 Approved, , JAMES MADI50N; AN ACT' For the relief of William W. Weymouth and Joseph P. Weeks. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativs of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the penalty incurred some time in the month of March last, by William W. Weymouth, master of the schooner Weymouth, for not complying with the injunctions of the ninth section of the act, entitled, An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight," previous to his leaving the port of New-York, with a fugitive slave .on board, named Oliver, belonging to the estate of James Bedford, deceased late of Richmond, in the state of Virginia, be, and the same is hereby remitted ; any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the penalty incurred some time in the month of July last, by Joseph P. Weeks, mailer of the schoouer Ceres, and also the forfeiture of said schooner, incurred for

not complying with the injunctions of the said ninth section of said act, previous to his leaving the port of NewYork, with a fugitive slave on board, named Lige, belonging to Isaac Entwistle, of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, be, and the same are hereby remitted. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN G A1LLARD, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. May I, 1810. APPR0VED, JAMES MADISON. RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constituton of the United States. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. Two thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following section be submitted to the legislatures of the several states, which when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the states, shall be valid and binding, as a part of the constitution of the United States. If any citizen of the United States shall accept claim, receive, or retain title of nobility, or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall

cease to be a citizen of the United States,

and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them. . J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARD President of the Senate, pro tem AN ACT To establish Post Roads. ("Continued from our last, ) MASSACHUSETTS. From Suffield, Ct. by Springfield, Wilbraham, Palmer, Western Brookfield, Spencer, Leicester, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Marlboro', Sudbury, Watertown, Cambridge, Boston, Charlestown, Maiden, Lynn, Salem, Beverly, Wenham, Hamilton, Ipswich, Rowley and Newburyporr to Salisbury. . - From Suffield, Ct. by Westfield, Southhampton, Northampton, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield and Greenfield, by Barnardstown. From Salisbury Ct. by Sheffield, Great Barrington, Stockbridge, Senox, Pittsfield, Lansboro and Williamstown, to Greenfield. From Canaan, Ct. by Sheffield, to Egremont. From Colebrook, Ct. by Southfield, Sandisfield, Lee, Lenox and Hancock, to New Lebanon, N. Y. From Springfield, by Stockbridge and West Stockbridge, to Albany, N. Y. From Granby, by Granville; Blandford and Cbester, to Middlefield. From Brookfield, by Ware, Belchertown, Hadley, Northampton, Cl elt rfield. Wort!iington, Paitidgrfirld, D l on, Ptttfi Id aud Hancock to New Lebanon. From Stafford, Ct,to BtooLfi'-M or Worlefler, and thence by Fiamingham o Bofton. From WorceOer, by Holder), Rutland, Barre and Prterllnm to Atl.ol. From Rutland, by Hubbardflown and Trppletnn, to Winche fide I). From Rutland hy Grrrnwich, Hardwicfi, Prlham, Anihrril ai d FLdlry;, to Northampton, and thencr by South ILdEy,-to Spiiugfirld. From B. fton, by D dfnm, Walprle FoX borough and Attleborough, to Providence, R. I. From Boflon, by the Ne wbu yport turn pike to New-uiyport. From Dedham, by MrdfieJd.- Medway, B"llnk-ham, Milffd, Mendon, UxiridC and DouLfs, t Thrnpion. From Boflotf, by Milton. Cmton, Eafloa Taunton, Buikley ii.d Fieetour, to NewBedford. From BOon, ! y Dorr! eP.er, Qnincy, Brain . ree, WtU'onth, H nnver. Pen tkc Kingllon. Pi) mouth, uiwnh, B rnllaljl-, Yarmouth, D-nnii, Bcfirr. Harwich, Chatlwrn, Orleans, Wjy, cl'fi rtand Truro, to Province toviFrom Sandwich, hy Falmouth to Nantucket. From Falmouth to Edgirtrwn. From Sanuui. h. by W.r- loo., H rluflrr New Bedford U D.rtu,oUh. Wr Hp'irt, From Wrvmoiith, hy Hi' ,n C-.h-IT-r, i ituate, Mir.hbtlJ -isd DrA ury to Kngl". From Weyrr.r,u:h, hy Abirptnn. Brui.a:r, nbam, T-ui too. Debtor. , S: ;iK'f-t f. l Swai ?.-S- to Warrrn. R. .

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