Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 May 1816 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN,

From the Press of ELIHU STOUT, Publisher of the Laws of the United States. VTNCENNES, (Ind. Ty.) SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1816. Vol. 7.J No. 25.

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jiN ACT in audition to an art to regulate the pod Office eftablttrttnent BE it enacted by the Senati and House f Representatives of the United States of Amenta, in Congress csse;r,oled. That from and after thr hrtt day o4 M ,y next, the following rates of pott ge be charged upon all letteis and p c kefs (excepting fuch us are now excepted by law) conveyed by the potts of the U. States, viz ; For every letter compr.fed of a fingle fiiect of paper, Conveyed not exceeding SO miles, 6 cents ; over 30 and not exceeding 80, 10 rents ; over 80 and not exceeding 150, 12 rents: over 150 and not exceeding 400, 18 cents ; over 400 milrs, 25 Cents ; and for every double letter, or letter comp drd of two pieces of pper, double thofe rates ; and for every triple letter, or one compiled of three pi-c-s I paper, triple th f rtes; and for v-iy pa krt compoferl of fottr or more pieces ot p,prr or one or more other articles, 6c weighing one ounce avoirdupois, quadruple thofe rates, & in that proportion for all greater w ig'ts: Provided, That no picket of letters conveyed by the water mails, (hall be ih-'grd with more than Quadruple podage, u.left the fame fhail contain mare than four diftinrt letters. No podmader fliall be obliged to receive to be eonvfved by the mail, any packet which (hill Weigh more than three pounds, the poflage marked on any letter or pck. et, -rA charged in the port bill which may accompany the fame, (hall be conclufive ev. idence in favor of the podmader who delivers the fame, of the lawful podage thereon, unlets fuch letter or packet (lull be op-ned in pretence rC the poftcnaftte or his clrrk. Every 4 folio pages, or 8 quarto pages, pr 16 oft avo pages of a pamphlet or magazine, (hall he confideied a Oieet, and the forplui paes of my pimphlet or magazine, fh ill he alfo confidertd a (hret ; Sc thr j. peris' of the legtflatures of the f-veral dates, rot being ditched or bound, (hall be iia1 le to t? e fainepiHag' as pamphlets Any rn' rn rtranduttt which diall 1 Written On a Bwfpaperf other printed paper, ar.d :ra.if. mitted by mail, fhall betharrd letter pottage, and any perfon who (hall de polite fuh tremor .ndum in any otlice t r the purpofe of defrauding the revenue, fliall fotf it for every fuch offenCO, t!ie fum of five dollars. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted. That the poflnnder general be, and he 1- ;,erehy authorifed to allow to each poftmaftef foch commitTion on the poftaget by him colWVd as finll be ulrquare to l is fervires : Prvfi ded. That his COtmifliofJ (hall not exceed the following feveral rates on the amount ICCeived in cne quarter; that to lay, On a fu n not exceeding iOO dollars, 30 per cent. On jpv rum over and above the fi'd hunteed dollars, ind not exceeding 400 dollars, ?5 pet cent. On any fum over and above the fuft 400 dollars, and not exceeding 2400 dollars, 20 per cent. On any fum over Sc above the fud 2400

dollars, 8 per cent. Except to the podmaders who may be employed in receiving and difpatching foreign mails, whofe com penfation may be augmented not exceeding 25 dollars in one quarter ; and excepting to the podmaders at offices where the mail is regularly to arrive between the hours of 9 o'clock at night & 5 o'clock in the morning whofe commilTian on the fi:d hundred dollars collected in one quarter may be incrca. fed to a fum not exceeding 50 per cent. The podmader general may allow to the podmaders refpertively, a commitTion of 50 per cent, on the moneys arifing from the podage of newfpapert, magazines and pamphlets ; and to the podmaders whofe compenfation fliall not exceed 500 dollars in one quarter, 2 cents for every free letter delivered out of the office, excepting fuch as are for the podmader himfelf, and each podmader who (hall be requited to keep a regifter of the arrival and departure of the mails, (hall he allowed ten cents for each monthly return which he make thereof to the general pod office. The podmader general my allow to the podmader at New O-leans at the rate of 800 dollars, and to the podmader at Warrenton, in North Carolina, at the rate of 200 dollars. & to the podmader at Wheeling in Virginia, at the rate of 200 dollar's a year in addition to their ordinary commifdons. The podmader gen ral is hereby authorifed to allow to the podmader of the City of Wafhington, in additn n to the allowance made by this art for p fl ge col lecltd, and tor fiee letters received by him for delivery, a commifiion of 5 per ctntum on the amount of mails didributed at his office; Provided nevertheless Tint the whole annual emoluments of the fa id podmader, including the extra compensation heretofore allowed to him by law, di tll Iways befubj-cl to,the gutriclions impofed by the 40th fr-cYion of tffe af of congrefa, approved the 30rh of April, 1810, to which this a is an addition. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That letters and packets to and from any member of the fenate, or member or delegate of the houfe of reprefentativesof the U. States, the fecretary of the fenate, and clerk of the houfe of reprefentatives, (hall be convryed free of podage, for 30 dys previous to each feflion of eongrt fs, and for 30 d ys after the termination thereof : Provided alwav-': That no l-tfr or prket Hnll excted two ounces in Weigh, and in cafr of excels of weight, tht rxvefs alone fl h 1 1 he p id for. St. 4. And be it further enacted, That the I I th Sc 28'h fections . f th" aft entitled 1 An art regu'ating the pod office eOablifhment ' approved April 30. 1810, an I the Id Sc 2d feeliona of the ad, entitled An art in addition to the art regul ating the pod ofF.re edhlifhmcnt,' approved F-brua?v 27, 18 15. and the 4th and 5th fertions of the fame, except fuch parts as relate to deam boats, their maders or managers and perfons employed in the fame, be, and the fame are hereby rp-aled. Sec. 5 And be it further enacted, That thi art diall take effort from and after the Slit day of March, 1816. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JONH G 11. LARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 9,1816. aPPROYlD JAMES MADISON. AX ACT to limit the right of appeal from the Circuit court of the United States for the Didrirt of Columbia. RR it enacted by the Senate and Hovse of Pepesentat;ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That ho Cufe lhll hereafter be removed from the Circuit rourt of the U. States for the DiOrirt of Columbia, to ti e Supreme court of th- U States by appeal or writ rf error, unlrfs rUe matter in difrute in fuch caufe dial! be of tje value of 1000 doilais or upwards, exclofie of cods. Sec. 2. Provided always and be it further enacted, That when any perfon or per ions, body politic or corporate, fhall think him, her or themtelves, aggrieved by any final judgment, order or decree of the faid Circuit court, where the matter in difpute, ex clufive of cods, fh?ll be of the value of 100 dollars, and of Irfs value than 1000 dollars, and (hll have pr ved an appeal, or (hall defire to tue out a writ of error to the Supreme court of the J. States, foch perfon or perfon. body politic or corporate, may exhibit a petition in writing, accompanied by a copy of the proreedirgs complained of, 8c an affignroent of the errors relied on, to any judge of the Dud Supreme court, who, if be

(hould be of opinion that fuch errors or any of them involve quedions of law of fuch extenfive intered and operation as to render the final decifion of them by the fid Supreme court dcfirable, may thereupon at his difcretion, and upon the terms Sc conditions prefcribed by law, by his order to be directed to the clerk of the county in which the proceedings dill have been had dirert fuch appeal to be allowed, or writ of error to be iffued ; which fliall be done accordingly. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That when any appeal or writ of error dial! have been direrted in the manner prefcribed by the 2d fertion of this art, and the order of the judge of the Sup.eme court aforefaid thereon fliall have been filed in the office of the clerk of the proper county, within 30 days after the end of the term at which the judgment, order or decree to he afferted by fuch writ ot error or appeal (ball have been xi ndered or made, fuch writ of error or appeal ft) all operate as a fnpertVdeas of all proceedings, under fuch judgment order or decree. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLAHD. President of the Senate pro tempore. April 2, 1 8 i 6 a pprovI1 d, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT to repeal the art, entitled 11 An art to provide additional revenues for defraying the exp-nfes of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying duties on houfehold turriture and on gold and filver watches." RE xf enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That lo much of the art entitled 4 An art to provide additional revenir for defraying the expences of government and matntainii g public crrdit by laying duties on hi uf -In Id furniture, and on gold and Give watches,' as lays a duty on houf hold furniture, and on watches kept for ufe, in the year 18 16, and in fucceeding years, di 11 be, and the fame is hereby repp;.led. H. CLAY, Speaker cf the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 9, 1816 APPunvKD JAMES MADISON. AN ACT for the remiffion rf cert tin duties on the importation of books for the ufe of Harvard College, and on the cirriaye and perfonal baggage of his Excellency William Gore, Governor of the B itilh province of Upper Canada. RE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, 1 hat all duties due and payable to the U States on an invoice of bo'ks belonging to Harvard College, in Cambridge Maflaehufetts, imported into Bofton in the year 18 15, be, and the fame are hereby remitted. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Tint all duties doe and payable to the U. States on the carriage and perianal baggage, of his excellency William Gore, governor of the Rritifh province of LTpper Canada, imported into New York, in the year 1815, be, and the fame are hereby remitted. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Represent at i ves. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tempore. April 9, 1816. appr vKD, JAMES MADISON. AN ACT further extending the time for ilTuing and locating military lai.d warrot?. and for other purp fes. Bv if enacted by the Senate ar.d H use of Representatives of the United S)utes of America, in Congress assembled, That the fecretary of war be autl onlrd to itTue military land warrantt tc fuch perfona a have or fliall, before the Id day of March, 18 18, produce to him fatisf rtory evidence of the validity of their claims ; which warrants, with thofe heretofore itTued, and not yet fatisfied, fhall and may he located in the name of the holders or proprietors thereof, prior to the Id day of Ortober, 1818, on any unlocated parts of the 50 quarter townfliips, and the fr a 5 tional quarter tow nfli -ps, referved by law for original holders of mil. ittry land warrants. And patents di!l he gr ned for the land located under this art, in the fame manner as is direrted by former arts for granting military lands. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of the term limited by this art, for the location of the military land

warrants afore faid, it hall be the duty of the commiffioner of the general land office, to tranfmit to the furvcyor general a lid of all the lots of land within the fifty quarter townth.ps and fractional quarter townth.ps, which (hall at that time remain unlocated ; and the furveyor general (hall prepare and tranfmit to the rrgiflers ct the lard office at Clulicothe and Zanefville, refpertively general plats of the aforefaid unlocated lots which lots (hall, after the 1 d day 0f March) 1819, be offe red for fale at the land offices in the diflrirts in which they are fituated, in the fame manner, on the fame terms and conditions in every refprrt as other public lands are offered at pi ivate fale, in the fame diiuicAo. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate, pro tempore April 16, 18 16 approved, JAMES MADISON. AN AC Tin addition to an art entitled 4 Art act in relation to 'he navy penfion fund. B E rf enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cafes of prizes captured Oy the public armed (hips of the U. States, which dull be fold under the order of the proper prize court, by inteilocutory or final decree, it dial! be the duty of the mardnl of the U. States, making the fale to py to proceeds thereof into the regiflry of the proper court, within 30 days afr fuch fle (hall be made and clofed, and immediately upon the payment into the regidry of the proceeds as aforefaid, it th ll be the duty of the clt-rk of the conrt todepi fit the feme in fome bank to brdf donated by the judge or judges of the n urt, fubj-rt to th- order a :-d didributior of the court ?.s in other caf s, & when the lid p z- (hall have brr n !u!y condemned, i: 11 1! be the duty of the court to dirert the llre of fuch prizes belonging to the U. States, to be forthwith r rried in the account with furh bank, to the credit of the treafurer of the U St .tis, on account of the navy p r fion fuod. and copies f the certificate of fuch drpofit and credit, (hall br thrn upon t r a n fm i t u d to the tre-furer of the U. St.ites and to the fecretary of the navy, ;,s foon as m y be. by the clerk of fui h court ; and the (hare of fuch prizes belonging to thr captors, depofited as aforefaid (hail he pa id over to the parties entitled, or to their authorifed agent r agrnts, upon the order of thr proper court in term, or of thr judge or judges of fuch court in vacation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it ftVll Of the duty of the mat fhals "f the feveral did-,rts of tho U. States, 8c of he cl-iks of the rrfprrtive courts oi thr U. States, to date and fettle their refpertive accounts, in ll cfes of prizes raptured as aforefaid, fpecif ing therein ill ends nd charges tax d, churned and paid by thm , Sc to tuhmit the f ime to the proper onrt, having cognizance thereof, for examinatim Sc allowance, wirhin 60 days after i final d judication of fuch caoies, unlrfs a different time tiidi be ..digued bv fut h court; and thereupon fuch courts in trrm, or ny judge thereof in vacation, may proceed fumm-irily to hear examine Sc allow the feme ac counts and, after fuel, allowance, one copy of the fame accounts (lull be filed among the records of the court, and another c py (hall be tranfmitted by the e'e k t the court to the fecretary of the navy, within ZO dajsafter the allowance there f Sec. 3 And be it further enacted. That it Trail br the duty f the didr rt attornies of the refoertive didrirts ( f the 17. States to tranfmit to the fecretary of the navy a datrmmt of all prizes captured 3S aforefaid which dial! be libell d, condemned or redored at each term of the didrirt and circuit routs, within their pfpertivr didrirts, as foon as may be after the conrlufion of each term, and to accompany fuch 1 tt with a fchedule and invoice of the various articles compofing the cargses of fuch prizes. Sec. 4. And br it further enacted, That the refpertive courts of the U States before whom the lihrl aatnfl ary prizes, captured as aforefaid, fh H be pending, or by whe ma decree of condemnation and didribution t f fuch prizes fliall have been awarded, Diatl have iuil power and authority, in the exerCite of their dmir..l y BcmaritiOMI jurifdiction, to ifTue a monition and other proper procefs to compel the marflial and clerk to perform Sc obf-y the requifitiors of this art ; and upon the complaint of tie U States or any perfon interedfd in the premiss, fuaimarily to hear aad examine the lame, and