Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 November 1812 — Page 1

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

1812,

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they particularly Spctify the number cf times their Advertisement's are to

year? of age, a free white mitt citizen of the U. States, and fhali have been a re fide nt ot the city of Wafhington one whole ye r next preceding the day ci election, be hall, at t he time ct hiu election, be a refidentof the ward for which h.e (hail be elected) and poUchcd a freehold tlUte in the faid pity of VVathington. and lhall have been aflefied two months preceding the day of election. And every ft ee wh itc male citizen of law fui

age, who (hail have redded in the city 01

two board i (ball cleft mother in his plsct to ferve the remainder oi the year. Sec. 4. And be it furthei enacted) That the fir ft election f.r members of the board of aldermen and board of common council, (ball be held on the f.it Mond-y in June annually thereafter ; the firftelc&ion to be held by three eooimiffioners, to be appointed in each ward ly the mayor of the ci.), and at fuch place in each ward as he may direct ; a-d all fubfeouent elections lhail

tent

jjf, the

I p :y the f 0 rJ g f no mats length than hserted three times for a H d 1 W K N TY. F t V R v after insertion

disputes, it is rer customers th t

WaOiingten for the fpace of one year ore- be held by a like number of cotnrniflioners,

ceai g ti.e ay ot elect 1 00) ana inU be a iciidcnt of the ward in which he Qui) ( ffei to vote, and who fiiall have been aifeifed ( n the books of the cotporation not lc is tl a

two months prior to the day of eh rtion

Hull be qualified to vote for men tervt in ihe faid boar., of aides men 8c b cf common council, and no oil ie r pi w hit; ver tln!l e:-;crcifc the right of fi

to i .rci

contt'iu

t fiOUt such 1

nth election ec 3 And b

lent mi

e it furlticv entlctedf it ei the cit oi V

directions tvtil be continued until forbid and must be Paid for accordingly A f O w

All Letters mddre 1 the Editor I must be Pest paid, or they Will tic: I

( ton, lhall be. ?.rd continue fuch

,ge

the

et be appointed tn each ward bv the tvo

- boards in joint meetings which feveral appintments, except the firft, ihallbeat leafl ten days previotii ru the day of each auction. An I t (hall be the duty of the w;ayor for the hi it election, and of the commtfiloneis for all fubfequei t elcclions to gv:e at ld five days' previous public notice of the

cull ward where lu h eleCtJOi .arc

rl"!.e receiv

laid c inv bi

:fi;onrrs ti-ail.

taken out cf the office

fecond Monday in tuna next, on which dy J and on the fecond Monday in June annually theieafter, the mayor of the faid city (hall br elected by ballot of the board oi

aldermen and board of common council in j votes ot Inch perform as a

LAWS of the U. STATES. (B Authority.) yfaY AC J -rther to amend the Charter cf the City ot Warning ton. BF. it t:ac: d e-y the Senate and House or Representatives of the United Stai s of Ammca, in Congress assembled i hat frotaatkd a -rr the Brft Monday . June rex. the cotajoration of the city of VVshV ii 'ton fujil b- cc oofed ct a mayor, a

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joitlt meeting, and a majonte oi the votes

ot all the membera of both bo.uu. in be ntteffary to a choice ; and if there (bould !)e an equality of votes between two perfo08 after the third Lallct, the two hoards (lialUdetermine tl'.e choice by lot. He (hall . lore he enter- uroti the duties oi his oti fice, take an oath or affirmation) in the pre fence of both, boarci, 'lawfully to execute the dutieaof his office to the bft ol his fkdl and judgment) without f.r.-or or parti ality1 He (hall exofiicio, have and exerdl all the powera authority St juriidiction of I jut'tice of the peace tor the county r i Waflungton) within the iid county. He (hall nominatt) and with the content ot

1 Cj t he j brior

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tne oiiowiug o3ti. or aunmation, to oc au miniftered by the mayor of the city cr rv

H'ttire t. tne prace tor te county or Wafi.'i f'ton ; 4 I, A. h, do folemnl) wear J or aftirm (as the cafe may be) that I will i trulv ar.d f hful!v receive and :eturn the

I aw entitled

'o vote for members ot tl;e board i t alatr tneu and boaid of common council in ward No. according to the b i of n v iuor tnei1.. and undei (landing ; aiid that I will not irnowingly, receive or return the vote

rntitlcd To

of any net fy?

4 1 the fMiie, fo 1 br opened .. t

who is not 2ttj;

polls (hall morntnff,

nif G,!. . tr

and he clofed at 7 o'clock in tl of the fume day. Immediately the po!! the commiilioners oi

or a maioritv of them (liall r unt the bal

tr hai us and o per Cons for

t Idling

lots and make out under tl

j frals a c c 1 1 C t t e; u: n of the t

r i n i it

leCtion, and ol

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b rd of aldermen and a ; udot com a ! lhall

Council) to be tie Aed bj ballot) as hereafter I majority oi the members of the

' ireded. The board COOufl of riv t nfn' be I two years, iwo to be u feri from each v . d by refidcnt thrrei.) ; ' d J council (hall con ft (1 ot br elecled foi one ve.r

of alae nirr, (lit 11

auuea

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sidcrmen, appoint to nu omcea unuer xnc corporation (excej . the eommifliot ?rs ot e lection) and any fuch officer fh.di ue rcmo ;vi t orn office i the concurrent remon

tri ;r nt ft m rttontv oi tnt tw

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thr two boards

fill

He lhall api

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aie

f und ehofen from each ward in manner negligence or milcondnd i any (ucei to

ftforefaid ; and eat h board lhall meet at the

:. ;il chamber on the fecond Moi vlav in

Jusre next "or the defpatch of bunnefs at ten o'clock in thr morning; and on the lame day and at thr uinc h ur annually thereafter. A m . j of each board dial! be necefltar) to . quorum to da hulmrls, but .i L bef may adjourn from sa) to day. I i r b tai I f aldermen,

ihey hall i.. vc ..tTcm blc

ne pr i ion tor

nil fubfequent elections, having the jrcattfi number of leeal voteit together with the nu her of votes given to each, ?s vembcrs oi t- bi.a:d rf aldermen ; nd of tr.i 3 per! ; i having the greeted number ol '"gl votes, together with tl e number c i votel given to each, as members ci the board oi common council in I U e two peif r s at the firfl election and the or.v perl..:, .it all lubfrquent eletionS haying the gfeiteft number of leo a) votes for the board of al-

a Contefled election of its members ; and the fever members of each boaid 0.11 beforeepteridg upon theduties of their office, t :ke the tciiowmg oath or affiimation : 4 I do tweaT, vor folemnly fmce?e!y and truly .dirm and decLte, as the cafe may he) that i wul faithfully execute the ( fiit.e of to the bt ft of my knowledge and ability, which oath or affirmation (hall be adu it iftced by the mayor or ion e jnllice of the peace tor the county of Washington Sec. 5. And b: it further enacttd, Tht in audition to the powers heretofore pranced to the Corporation of the city of Vafhington by ao a, entitled 11 An act to mcrporate the itthabitants of the city of YY tftliington, in the diitrtel of Colombia1 and an acvt, entitled 11 An act fupplementary to an act, entitl-,1 An act to incorporate the inhabitants r the city of WanSiogtor in the d kit net of Columbia,' the f. id coeporation fi' i have pov rr to lay t.ixe?, ra p irth ul ir wards, part , or f clions of the ci ty, lor t ht i particular ! r r h ! improvement; that after providing for all objects of n general r atur-, the taxes raifed or, the a fle (Table property in each ward (hall br expended tl ereiO) and in no other, in regulating, filling up and repairing of ftreetsand avepues builuing of bridges, (inking of wells, erecting pumps and keeping them in repair ; in conveying water in pipes and in the preieivation of fprings ; fn erecting and repairing and repairing wharves ; in providing fire engines and other apparatus for the xth cVion vt fires ; ar .i tor cth'-r h eal improvements :id purpofes, in fuch manner as h? f.;d board of aldermen and board of common Council Cnll provide ; but the fnn s raiPd

the fupport of thr peer, a?ed and it firm.

ih.ti! be a charge on each w::d in pmporti

fo th

immediately after they in contequencr ot tl " d. vicie themlciv- bv I the feats of the fi (t cla at the txpiratior i rf the fecond el I e. virat ;;n ot w i n

may be chofen ev ft (hall app lint its ow - en its own metnb-rs, i 1 1 ! j the ft ffioni ol board, an catting vote on a

in equ j! iuon fttall not have b ell nan o:r. Sec . nd - To pn fon (h 11 re boud of alderti council, hi 1 fi Ui

ll br

vacat

I r c . i . l.

t rr cei or me ui).ru i!

j fiich Appointment to wie end r. the then it fefllOOi He lhall have power to t :v ; e the two boards when in his t n the oodof thecommunity m.v require it, j tnd he (hall lay oefore them, from tune to time, in writing, fuch alterations in the laws ot the Corporation as he (hall deem neceOarv cr prcorr, and mall receive for his fervi C s annually. S lUft and rea .):tar . "t1ti) to be allowed and fixed by the two ' boat la h ch (halt neither beincrriled nor i ditnimfbed during the period ir :ch h.e . fi-all'.-ve been eleccu. Any nen.u- ii all

le to tne c Pee ot i 1 " r,

dermen ; and the three per ' . c i. ." unii er o( legal vo' ot Common council, thall b an'! in a!i cafes of an eoual i

r 1 1! the caul o s n

is Ihli oe t e live red to t: ot the fucceedine day

the i m

bavin J the t the noard v elected : it Votes the . 1'i r tid n'ayor ot who Hi til

to be pn bli tiled in tome newf

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the city of Waihington. n. t ere ner w itli a iiil qI roted at fitrh rlrtr'ion. lhall the faid commiffioners to

1'ialc ci.iz-v ',uve ; : t -i K

(lull be

choid e ie i:

a boi

e laid

ci.y, an (hall i city two ycai

ccalioned by hn previ i immediate

pei n

. '..ip;: hs

IrCTlOn ; rind no e to the f.id of-

i.e. 1 n cafe oi the refusal .t attj perlon o accept thr ofi": e of mayor upon Nta ekec

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reniM-i n,

the re r i t the city, on th.e day fuccerdi " tl elerTion, who Hiall preferve and record the Mmr ; ind fi!il!, within two days thrreatter, notify the several perfons fo ornetl, f their election. And each board Riail jti Igeof the ler.ility of the elr-cioi s. returns and qualification f its own members, and th di lunpU ') vacancies in its own 1 f i v canting elections to he made to fill t!;e fame in the ward and for the board in which, ftieVS vacancies mill happen, giving at leaO five daya" iotice prrviou thereto: and eacti board tliall have fuUvpoWef topafs all rnles nrf-fTa'? ami reqtiiite to enable

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. on to it? population or ?.y. iion, as the two boards fi;.:li decide. That Whenever the proprietors of two thirds of the inhabited boules, fronting on both fidrs of a flreet, (hall, by petition to he two branches, expreiS their deiirC of improving thr fame b by laying the kirb ft one of the foot pave men', and paving the gutters or carri.irre way thereof, or otherwise improving faid (treet agreeably to its graduation, the faid corporation (hall hae power To cruifr to h d. nr at si y expenfe not e::rerding twoclollaii and fifty ctn's per fronf toot, of the !ors fronting on fuch iinprrvrd Rreet or p-rt of a Oreet, ind cha-e the fanve to the rwners of the Iota fronting on f.id flreet or patt of a treet in due proportion ; ?nd alfo ni a (jjee petiti n, to provide tor erecting lanu1? r lighting any Itreet or part of a (trerr, ;'nd to defray the expenfe thereof, by a t x on the nroorictors or inhabitants ot fuch l.oufes, in peoportion to their rent u or valuatioil as the two boaids (hall decide. Sec. 6 And be it further enacted Tht the laid corporation ihdl hve full p wer ?c authority to ereel and eftabltftl hofpitals or pert hot; fes, v.ik boufes, h. ofeai f coTrdlion, penitentiary and oth.tr public buildings, fo.- the afe c. the city, ard to 1 y andcolI c taxes for defraying the expences there- ( t ; to irv !a:r party or uther f nres, an t o determine by whom the fame Hi -11 b? made and kept in rep iir ; to I ly open Oreets avenn; I I CM 4vd alleys, Pnd to regtfJatt or ornhioir all rnr Ir Tures the rr f. and to ocfopy and improve for puhlic purpfs. bv a d uritl thr confentof the pri (idtfi t ol thr LT. State s v pirt of the public 8c opon fpoca r i, nir- i:i fnid c ty, not intrrtering- wi'.T im private rights ; to reguUte the mralurement of, and weib by which alt aaticlrs n eht intj the ity - rak li'! be d..a