Western Sun, Volume 8, Number 28, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 June 1817 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN. From the Press of EUHU STOUT. Publisher of the Laws of the United States.

VOL. 8. MNCENNfclS, (Inu ) SATUliDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, tbi7. No. 28.

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Tin: WESTERS SUN, IS printed on every Saturday, at Two Dollars par annum, if paid in advance, or T o Dollars and Fifty Cents at the end of the year, for which a note will be required. Vo subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages arc paid. Advertisements conspicuously inserted on the Usual terms. Advertising customers will note on their advertisements the number of times they wish them inserted I hose sent without such directions will be continued until forbid, and must be paid for accordingly. Mi ll I P "W"JiwutHT CY AUTHORITY Laws of the Union. Mh Congress. 2nd Session. f A ACT making reservation of certain public lands to supply timber for naval purposes. HE it enacted by the Sena r an 7 house f Repreacntn five a ofthe United S'ate f America in C ngrcsa assembled That the secretory ofthe navy be authorised, and it shaii be ins duty under the direction of the President of the U States, to cause such vacant and unappropriated lands of the United States as produce tae live oak and red cedar timbers to be explored, and set ction to be made of such tracts or portions thereof, where the principal growth is of either of the said ti-libera, as in his judgment mav be necessary to furnish for the navy a sufficient supply of the said timbers The said Secretary shall have power to employ such aent or agents and surveyor as he WtMf deem necessary for the aforesaid purpose who shall report to him the trots by them selected, with the boundaries ascertained and accurately designated by actual survey or water courses ; winch report shall be laid before the resident, which he mav approve or reject in whole or in part ; and the tracts of land thus selected with the approbation cf the Presid ait shah be reserved, unless othersvise directed bi law, from any

future sale of public lands, and be appropriated to the sole purpose of supplying timber for the navy ot the U States : Provf i -d That nothing in tins section contained shall be construed to prejudice the rights of any person or persons claiming lands which may be reserved ss aforesaid. See. 2 And be i' fkrth r enacted, Tha if anv person or persons shall cut a v timber on the lands reserved as afbresai ! or shall remove or he empl reed in removing timber from the same, unl ss 'u:v authorised so to do, by order of a Co npetent officer and for the use of the Navy of the United States; or if any person or persons shall cut any live-ak or red cedar timber on, or remove or be employed in removing from any other public lands of United States with intent to di ipose of the same for transportation to anv port or place wit mi the U

States or for exportation to any foreign

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ed before any court having competent jurisdiction, shall pay a tine not exceeding iive hundred dollars md be imprisoned not exce -di ig sis. months. Sec 3. And be U fkrth r enacted, That if the m ister, owner or consign e, of anv ship or vessel, shall knowingly take on board any timber cut on lands reserved as aforesaid, without proper authority and for the use of the navy, or Khali take on hoard any live oak or red cedar timber, cut on any other lands of the U kit fid States, with intent to transport the tame to any port or place within the United States, or to export the

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tMll t- seised, shad with her tackle, fcpparelj and furniture be wholly forfeit ed. Sec. And be it further enacted TKtl iT anv timber as aforesaid shall, contrary to the prohibitions of this act, be exported to any foreign country, the this oi vessel in which the same shall

have been exported shall be liable to foifeiture, and the captain or master of such a ship or vessel shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and foi failures incurred for taking on board, transporting or exporting timber by force of this act, shaU be sued for, recovered, and distributed and accounted for in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled, " An j act, to regulate the codection of duties

on imports and tonnage, and shall be mitigated or remitted or remitted In the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned." H. CLAY, Speaker cf the House of Refireaentatirvet. JOHN GAILLARD, President of th ' Senate, ftro tempore. March 1, 1817 approved, J ME - MADISON.

..V ACT more effectually to pteserve the neutral relations of the U- States. BE it enacted by the S'nafe and h' use of ftetreaentduvea of the United Si ores nfAftx ri;a in CnngretB assembled '! hat if any person shall within the limits of the U . States, fit out and arm, or attempt to tit out and arm, or procure to be fitted cut and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out or arming of any such ship or vessel wit! i intent t? at such shin shall he employed in the service ot any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, dish let people, to cruise or commit hostilities, or io aid or co-operate in any warlike

against the subjects, citizens or property of any prince or state, or ot any coiony district or people, with whom the L iiited States are at peace. Sec 4. And he it further enacted, That if any person shall within the territory or jurisdiction of the U. Mates, increase or augment, or procure to be increased or augmented, or shail be know ingly concerned in increasing, or augmenting the force of any ship of w ar, cruiser, or other armed vessel, which at the time of her arrival within the United States, was a ship of war, cruiser, or armed vessel, in the service of a foreign prince, or state, or of any colony, district or people, or belonging to the subjects or citizens of any such prince, state, colony, district or people, the same being at w ar w ith any foreign prince or state, with whom the I nited States are at peace, by adding to the number or size of the guns of such vessels prepared for use, or by the addition thereto of any equipment, soleiy applicable to war, every such person, so offending shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court in which the conviction shall be had, so as that such fines shail not exceed one thousand dollars, nor the term of impris onment to be more than one year. Sec. 5 And be it further enocred. That this act shall Continue in ibrce lor the term of two years. II CLAY, Speaker of the House cf P.. firesentatrvem JOHN GAILL WAX

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Tiiat the owners of all arme - si ips sailing out of the ports of the United States, and owned wholly or in part by citizens thereof, shall enter into bond the United States, with sum lent sureties, prior to clearing out t-he same, in dbubie the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, inclu ling her armament, that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed by such owners, in cruising or committing hostilities or in aiding or co-operating in any warlike measure against the subjects citiztos or property of any prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people witV whom the Unite, I Si .tes are at peace. Sec 3. And be it further enact ed That the collectors of the customs be, and thi v are hereby respectively authorised and re uired to detain anv vessel ma kifcstl) bunt for warlike purposes and about to depart from the United States of which the c argo shall principally consist of arms and munitions of war, when the number of men shipped on hoard, or other circumstances, shall render it probable that such vessel is intended to be employed by the owner or owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the subjects, citizens or property of anv prince or state or of any colony, district or peio.e, with whom the United Slates are at peace until the decision of the President be bad thereupon, or until the owner enters into bond, and sureties to the United States prior to clearing out the same, in double the amount of the value of the vessel and cargo onboard, including her armament, that the said ship or vessel shall not be employed by the owner or owners, in cruising or com nitting hostilities or in aiding or CO-ope rating in any warlike measure

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er, and thence up tlie same to the beginning, shall, for the purpose of a temporary government, constitute a separate territory, and he called M Alabama " Sec 3 And be it further enacted, That all offices Which may exist, and all laws which may be in force, in said territory, within the boundaries above described, at the time this act shall go into effect, shall continue to exist and be in force, Until otherwise provided by iaw. And the Presid tit of the United States shall have power to appoint a Governo and Secretary for tne said Alabama territory, who shall respectively exercise the same power, perform the same

duties, and receive for their services the

same compensation, as are provided the Governor and Secretary of the

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rotary, shall be submitted to the Senate for their advice and consent, at the next session of Congress Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That there shall be appointed an additional J udge of the Mississippi territory, who shall reside in the eastern part thereof, and receive the same compensation as the other Judges, and that the Judge appointed by virtue of an act passed the twenty-seventh day of " 'arch, one thousand ei t hundred and four, for the appointment of an additional Judge for the Mississippi territory, together with the Judge appointed for Madison county, and the Judge to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall possess and t ercise exclusive original jurisdiction in the uperior Courts of Washington, Baldwin, larke, Monroe, Montgomery, Wayne, Green, Monroe, Montgomery, Jackson, Mobile, Madison, and of such new cuuu-

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ties as may be formed out of them, and rdiad arrange tlie same among themselves, from time to time : Provided, That no udge shall ?it more than twice in succession in the same court, and that the other Judge of the ississippi territory shall exercise, as heretofore authorized by an act of Congress, or of the territorial legislature, exclusive jurisdiction in the Superior Courts of the other counties. That a general court, to be composed of the Ju lge appointed by virtue of the act of twenty seventh March, one thousand eight hundred and four, the udge to be appointed by virtue of this act, or any two of them, shall be holden at St. Stephens, comment ing on the first Mondays of January and July, annually, who shall have the same power of issuing writs of error to the Superior Courts of the counties mentioned in this section, or which shail hereafter be formed in the eastern division of the territory, winch was given by the act for the appointment of an additional Judge, passed the year one thousand eight hundred and four, to the Superior Court of Adams District, and w hich shall possess, exclusively of tne courts of the several counties, the federal jurisdiction given to the Superior C ou!'ts of the territories, by an act passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and five, entitled w An act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases, to the territorial courts." l-cc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Governor to be appointed under the aittno ity of this act, shall, immediately after entering into office convene, at the town of St. Stephens, such of the members ofthe Legislative ouncil and House of Representatives ofthe ississippi territory, as mav then be

the Repres- ntativCs for the aforesaid A ibama 1 i c y. wl ose powers, in rei n to the said territory, shall be, until the expiration of the term for which t :y shall have been chosen, or until Congress shall otherwise provide, t e Sa ec In all respects as ai e now possessed by the L' gislative ouncil and House ut Representatives of the Mississippi territory ; etui t! e said Legislative ouneil and House cf Representatives ofthe Alabama territory, so formed, shall have power to nominate six persons to the Pre en n a 1 the United States, three of whom s!ia i be selected by him for mem bersofth T igislative ouncil, in addition to the number which the said territory may possess agreeably to the foregoing provisions of tin's section. 'i he said egislative council and House of Representatives shall also have pow erto eleet a delegate to Congress, w ho shall in a!; respects possess the Fame rights and immunities as other delegate) from territories of the L nitcd States. Sec. 5 And be it further enact ed That this art shall commence and be in force so soon as the convention, the appointment whereof has been authorized by Congress at their p reseat session, shall leave formed a constitution and state government for that part cf the Mississippi territory lying west ofthe territory herein described , of wnich act of convention the Governor oi the S ississippi, fo: the time being, shall give immediate notice to the 1 resident of the I nited St ites, who s'.ail thereupon forthwith proceed to the execution ot tite powers vested in him by the second section of this oct ; but in case said convention shall fail to form a constituti n ate' state government as aforesaid, then this act shall become null and void, except so far as relates to the third section thereof, w dch shall take effect, and be in force from and after the passage of this act. Sec. 6 And be it further enacted II at all persons who shall be in office wit in the territory hereby establishccL when tie said convention shall have formed a constitution and state government, as aforesaid, shall continue to hold and exercise their offices) in ail respects as if this act had never been made ; and the Governor and Secretary ofthe Mississippi territory, for the time being shall continue to exeri ise the duties of their respective offices, in relation to the terrrory hereby established until a Governor and Secretary shall be appointed therefor, in pursuance of this act Sec. 7. And b it fur'hrr tnw" dt That all judicial process in the said ter-