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LAWS of the U. STATES. SECOND SKSSION L"TU CONGRESS. (By Authority.) aH 0 - AN ACT drclaiim; 'he a (Tent of concrete to an di of thr lyneral affrmbly of thr i' ur ot PfnofflVe therein mentioned. BE it enacted be the Senate and House ef Representatives of the United States of , nericai in Congress assembled i hat the silent of COtigre fa i hereby given and declared to n .c of the general affembly of thr ia:r of Tenneffee, entitled ' An at to provide for ihe more qnal and rquitable

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ttatr or I ennrliee bv an ci ot thr con grets of thr IT. State; at Ihe 1!; frfiion, am wg the counties in this ft ite : Provided i .:.it if II th rincipal iieuofi fliall not I ive hrr" ippointed prior to the Orftdayof February la II p , thtt tarn J; in tn.it cafe Ihe principal i flora in the refpeclive nflcff tia at dlltii&a Hi 11 fofprnd the delivery of the tax lilts to thr relpeclvr collettora for

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nta .t'' . tsaite out his tax lm?, to bettrhv -A to thr Collrl n ; dttfittg Hrhich tisr one tnooth it lh I! be the cf u ? v i'i the iVwi I princip! afiru ;rs to contply with the pi i: ioj nf the above oefrrilffd ? : of the grnrra' . T mhf of theft? rf TttinPffef. Set.i4 And be it fi rthi i . led, That i: II- .11 b tl i ofjffche principd aiT r li I ippotntrd tn iivr .t luu one mooth'a Aotiee fo th- othet principal aiteflors, hv oublicattort in the newfptpen pnhtifhed at Nafhvtlle. Ikn xvdlr md Hiwkint coWfjk I - u e, ( the ti tie of raeetin j at thr feat m I etotll 111 1 1 ltt to m.ifci t!ie an. trftetlts Poerfai which time of the tins

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fha'.l proceed to make an apportionment fcr their refprOive di(lris by making the quo ta of each county bear the fame proportion to the aggregate amount of the dired aX already anmntioncd am oner the fevcral counties of tlicir respective d-tricls, by thid of congre fa pufTr-d at the la it f flion, that the airdfcd value of the property of each county bears to the aggregate amount of the ftftefled value of the propert)- of all the counties in the diMritU of thole '.vho do at tend. Sec. v. And be It further enacted, That ii a:1y one or more ot the principal all iTois Hull fail to attend and perform the duties enjoined by the provisions ot this aCi, and

the ?. of the Rate of TenneiTtr, whicli is

Jwrein referred to, that then and in that cafr filch principal iffeflor or atTt-lVois f I a 1 1 ioi mediately afterwards proceed to make out tax lills, and the tax (h ill be colledied in their refprtVivr diftne.s in the f.me manner as if this adt had not bern pa fled. L ANGDON CHEVE3, Speaker of the House of Representatives E GERRY, VtCePretident cf the United States and President of the Senate March ii. 6 I 1 APPROVED. JAM liS MADISON.

AN ACT fcr :!ie relirf of John Cahoone and othrru. BK .'. enacted by the Senate and louse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asserrbed, '1 hat 'il t I . .... rj t 1 T T

ii claims ana intereit wmcn tne otates i;ave to tbS het proceeds ot the Britim priVateer called the Dirt, captiued by the revenue cutter tailed the Vigilant r.ml condetnned in the dillrict court of Rhode I land he i l-.ifVd i,d felinquifbed to, fc in favor ;.f joliH Cahoonr, Btaftef of f.iid ctittrr, his r.'tlicrrs, crew and aubciates, concerned in faid capvjrr. Sec. 'J. And:-" it further enacted That thr preitdent ot the U. Stat, s I8 ! cr- oy a-j iborifed and required to caule to he paid and difti iboted to the faid John Cahoone, his officers, itSW and afiqeiatts concerned in faid capture, the net Imount Gc proceed,-; thereof, i:i fuch OroportlOO, and upon fuch prinriplcs as to him Inall feem proper and equilablt. TANG DON CHEVES, Speaker of the ifejnsc of Representaitoesi f b hi;v, Vice -President of tlie United States, and President of the Senate. April II, 1811 AjTEoVau, J AMI S MAIMSON, AN ACT torr-ide for the co!leCion and preservation oi' fmh d g , ! : nrl ards and c.dors as 0 a 1 1 have been or ma7 hereafrrr bel! by the lam! ami tav.,1 foreff ot t. e United States from their eflr ms. Cr it enacted by thi Senate and House of Representatives of ''i. sin tied otaicj

of Am tea at Cctn-rcjs assembled. That f

the fecretarias of the ir ant- iav depart mrntl be, and they ar iiciry ci:: r"d t esufe to he rolleded & transmitted to them it the feat of ti r fofamment oi the United States. fuch flags, ttandards aij tolors as (hall itairf hrru uf mv hereal:er be tkeu fly the at my and navy of the U. l)ls:es. from their em mire. Sec, 2. And be it further enact d. Yb alt the llij-; ftn dafds and cniot, ( t tiie d"l ption iforefaid, which are now in the pal ii", "i !t J e i a ni --1 r 5 aJore'Vid, nd liisb Is may be atfiiftcf tranfiiiUttd to

them, he, with all convenient difpatch, delivered to the prrGdent of the U. States, for the purnofr of being, under his direction, prefrrvrd aj:d dilpla)ed m fuch public place as he (hall deem proprr. JSec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That the faro of 500 dollars be, and the fame is hereby appropriatt d tor the above purpofes, out of any monies in the trefury not oth erwifc approprihted. LANG DON CHEVES, Speaker of the House of Representatives: E. GERRY, I iee-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. April 18, 1814 APPROVED. JAMES MADISON. .'4jV" ACT to iHTcn the comoenfation for mar(bals, clerks and attornies in hk cafes thefeid mentioned. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stai of Anterica, in Congress assem!Ud, i hat from and after the fir ft day of June nexr, there fin!! not be allowed or paid to either thr mar (rial or attorney of the diftri&i of M (Tacbufetts, Rhode Itland, Connecticut, the fouthei rid'ltri: ofNew Yoih, or Penn (ylvania, nor to thr elerk '-i the diftrid fc circuit court cl the U States, in eithrr of fata diltricrS, any daily compeufation for attrndinj; on the ft id courts, and that thr clj'ik? ofthedidric and cr- uit courts (-f

the U. States lliall b.- entitled to one half of one per centum and no s.i"-re cn money deposited in court, any law to the contrary notwithftaftding.

LANODON CHEVES, Speaker cf the House of Representatives GERRY, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate April lb, 1814. APPitoTEX), JAM Kb MADICON. AN ACT far the relief of Mary Che'rr. BE it enacted iy the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States f Amer cr, m Congress assembled. Th.it from and afrr th pafiage of :his ait thne Hiall he paid out oi the navy peniion fund to Mary Chever, for and dunng lilr, the fum of doll irs nuarter yearly as a rratu itv from congrefi on account of ihe diilinguifhed bravrry and ferficei of hr two ions John (.hever and J off pi) V Chever, who Vera feamen on board the trigatr Corr. ftitution. and who were llain at tlie capture of tne Britim frigate J iva. I. ANGDON CHEVES, Speaker of the House of Representatives E. GERRY, Vice President cf the United States, and President of tch Senate April 12, 1814. SPP MOVED JAMES MADISON.

fv.m uum nut, ifcni ,irtrK couii'y'. rsaac Montgomery 1 troni the counties of David Robb and vKnox, Grbfon, uni Daniel JlPCturc. J Warrick.

Toumals of thi houfe of repreivntativts of the Indi.ina :er. itoiy, convened at the -own of Corydon, in the coUnty ol ilru fon. on Wadnefday the fir!4y of June, in the year of our Lord, 1 1 I 1 by v . t 1 1 r of n act oi Tongrrfs, approved Iarch 4th, 131 !. empowering thr hiufe of rrprrft nta ivs from timr to time to I v off ti terrl or-: into ciiftritls for thr election of its rnvmbe's of r!:r Irgiflative counril of the t-rnt' rv af-rp- iid, agreeably o thr oroila mation of thegove r.or of laid teiriiory. Prelent fs followi : fmes E;i:n itoxa VVayne county.

fames NoL!e. trom Franklin county. fesse L Holman, trom Dearbornc CDtanty illtam Hendricks, iow j f , fou county,,

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The ahovr n allied JnTr L. Holman, fr-m Drarhomr county, having bren elected Cnce the lfl feffion f the lrriilature, was new fworn in the ufu 1 form, and togci! cr with the Other members took his fc-at. The borne proceeded to elect a fpeaker upon exam::ation it w;ts found that J.:nes Nobte was dol) eleded, who accordingly tool; his IV at, On Motion, Reformed that Ifaac Blacka ford be continued nrrk of this houfe. A motion was inadg my mr. Hendricks, that the houfe come to the following rt lolUtlOP Resolved, Tlral the cifrk of tl is boufis othmence the J6urnih of he prefent u f . Ron in the f llowing form, vi-r. Journals ol the houfe of reprefentativea of ihe Indiana territory, roiiirened at the town ot Cor.ydoii, in the rounty of b!;.ifofl on Wednefday tlefiirfldai of hme, :r

inr yrnr or r uT i.ora, 114- oy virrue ol rin of congrt fs, approved Mar. h 4 h, 18 14, empowering the houfr of reprrfrntaciveSj fiom time to time tolayotTtbe territory u. to difiricts for thr election of its tHemt ral of th Irgiflatlve cenncil of the territnrj &- furcfaio, agreeably to the prociamation cf the rrovrrijor ot faid territory. The faid refofeftiOTl was read, Oii th qurftion Will thr houfe concur in faid r : lotion ? It Was determined iti the Smrm tire. The r-as ,md mys ht'n g derrnnded vy mr. !i , th. b Thpfe who v. trd in the affirm mative, arf rueffrs. Brown, Douthitt, Hefl diu ks, f lm0, Nonie, (fpeaker.) rbofe who voted in ue negative, arc Montgomery, V'Clur-. R ' i.. On Mctiori. Ordered that a committee be appointed to examine the i redentials r( Jr L. Holman, amraiher ot this houfe el c - fiiice ttw laft f llioo of the hgill-ture. and report tere on whereupon mrfTrs. Robb, Hendruks and Brown were appointed tfa CoTTifnfttee, Mr. Fconirgtcn, the rrprefentati vr for.i Harnfon county, appeared ane took his fea. On Vjtron; Ordered that thr ruirs and regulations adopteu by thr hoofe of reprefrntativrs f r v' goaernmrni thereof, durthe UA feffion of thr legifl'.ture, br cr ntinued thr rulrs and regulations of this Ipecial mrrting. Mr. Hrndricks from the committer appointed to examine the rrrdeatials of mr. Holm m reported, that thr faid T (Tr L. Holm n had b-rn f'u y eh a nv mber ot" this houfr, to fupply th- v caory of Ifaac. Djjni , r Ggned, and that he is enti hd to .x frt in this houfe j On fhr qu ft ion, will thr houfe corrtmiti fud rrpart '. it waa dkterfDined in thr a;, rlrnativr. Tnr yrat and n.v s beinfr drmsidvi lv tr.r. P oniogtor taofe wr voted u ti : alFrrrr'"P rr mrlfr. B. "wr, Douthitt, H -rdrirks, MoTtgomery, M Dure, !lji;b Noblr, vfpe .Iter.) M. P i ni. ijton vntrd in the nrefativr. FJ H-r'irks lk-o Irvr t. ''ii" ir t 1 'V ing oa thr lerritcfry ol I d ma i to diflriAa f ?r the fi'Chon ci its rrc n ttt lb- legiQatiff rou til. On tha q jrft.oi --fh'! lest be ; a i ta introduce f aid biU ' It w. decided ia the air.a;.ve.