Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 July 1818 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN & GENERAL A0VERTTSF.lt.

Bt Kunu Stoit. VINTCENNKS, (Ivn ) FRIDAY; JULY 3, 1818. Vol. No. 31.

CONDITIONS. tt:e W&sterM sv.y & r;:.vBBAL Al) EK TISER is printed on every Saturday, at Two Dollars per vemm, it" paid in advance or Tw o DoL i a as k Fifty '.'envs at the fttld of the for which a note will -e required No subscription can be withdrawn entil ii arrtara jet arc paid. Advertisements conspicuously insert vi on the iiiiual terms. Advertising custonn r will note on their advertisements the number of times wish them inscrted."Those sent without such directions will be continued until forbid) ami must be paid lor ac-

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AN Vet to incorporates 1 "ire Insurance Company In the CJ'jy of Wasl ington lie it enact l b:j th V, nfl f Brtd HoUst

cr Refiteentative ftm United State

pfAntertcatn Congres acnbttd That

subscribers n this co u patty i t ir

cessors St assigns, shall he, and te.cy

hereby created a body pohtlCf by the

i unt and stvle of the Franklin insurance

Company and shall by that name, have succcssiont and shiH be able tosUe and b sued, implead and be impleaded in all courts of law in the United States. Sec. 2. And bt il fttrtl it enacted That a subscription be opened m the citv f Washington) under ti c direction of John Davidson, Satterlee Clark Alex err, R '. Weightman Dcnj, '. :. Orr Wm. Brent) .Vaml. Miller and Win. Doughty,

or a m ijorlty of them, for raising a capital stock of 250)000 doll ira in shares of

25 dollars each; and that each person.

upon subscribing, pay to the persons above mentioned Bve dollars, upon each th ire so subscribed for ; and that the remainder ofthc sai 1 "5 dollars shall be sccured by negociable note- , signed & endorsed to the satisfaction of the aforesaid J Davidson, Sattertee Clark) A. Keir. R. C. Weightman R G. Orr W. lin it, -V. Miller, and V. Doughty) or a majority of them and payment thcicof may he thereafter demanded at such times, and in such proportions, as the president and directors hereafter mentioned, shad judr;e advisable, giving six Weeks notice in at least three of the Gar.ettes printed in tbe District of Columbia. Sec. 3. And be it fart h. t enacted That every subscriber shall be entitled to vote by himself, his agent or proxy, appointed Under his hand snd seal, attested by two vi itnesses, at all elections made by virtue ot this act ; and shall have asVnany voles as he holds shares, as far as ten shar. s. One vote for every five shares which tie may hold over ten shares us far as fifty Other sh ires, and one vote for every 3J shares, Which lie mav hol t over sixty sl ares : k evert stockholder (not in debt t i the company) may with the assent ot the president and directors, in person, or bv power of attorney assign and transft r his Btock in the i q lpany in the books of

the same, or any part thereof) not being

i ; s than a whole share , but

holder, indebted to te.e com;:

permitted to make a transfer, or receive .a dividend until such d bt is paid or s -:ured, to the satisfaction of the president and directors. St o. 4. A ifkbe itfnrth r en4ctrd, That as s too Ss 5000 shares shall be suhscribe U tht: persons hereby authorized to receive subscriptions shall call a mc ?tin j of the subscribers, giving two weeks no ticc iii two ot the papers printed within t c district ; Jx the subscribers, who shall assemble in person, or by proxy shall choose by ballot, from among the stock holders, by a majority of votes 12 directors, who shall continue in c;Y.cc until the first Monday in June; in the year 819 ; on which Monday i n June, in i v

cry succeeding year thereafter an electa shall be held for Ii directors as aI rc aid, wlw shall continue in office for b - year from the time of their election ad until others be chosen in their stead. Vnd tee -ai l directors at their firs: mictie-, shad choose from among themselvc , or fitm the stockholders at large a p .-.ide-.e, and allow him a reasonable compensation for lis services: and in case of death, removal, vev.rnatior., or other disqualiH cation of the president, or anv of the directors, the remaining dirc( tors may elect others to supply their places dui ing the remainder of the term for which they were ehosenj ill every r.vse Where one of the directors shall be chosen president, the vacancy shall be supplied, as in the case of death, removal or reM'r,..:i .on. That the persons hereby authorized to receive subscV.p'ions, or any u.; c ot them be u;;'JumuUcc to su-

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pei intend the Brat election of directors ; a I a committee of three stockholders. not being directors be appointed by the directors to superintend every succeeding ele tkm See. 5. And be if farther matted That the president aid directors shall have power to ordain a. I make such by-laws ordinances Sc regulations) as sluuM appear necessary, for regUlatit g and COttdUf ting the concerns of the company, not in ing contrary to I ls art or the laws or Constitution of the U. States And the funis of the company, r.s they shall arise, may be vested in the funded Stock of the U. 'Via; s, or of any Individual state, or in stock of any incorporated bank. "ec. 6 And b- it fnr'h r enact d . That V e members of the company shall not be. liable for any loss, damage or responsibility) other than the property they hae in the capital or funds ofthc company, to the amount of the shares respecfively held bv them and any peo;o , a i ', tii re from net divided Prtvid d The Skid corporation shall) fn m time to tine, kpply all su us f monev i u ived by them for premiums o the payment of losses, in the first Instance ami to make Up the amount of their o. ii ai capital) whenever it shall have suffe eo any dimh ution bv 16s es. St 7 And be iifu 'h - enact e ', Tit t the president i id directors for t e tin c

beiii s' all have powei tod';

cornin! to the provisions ol ti - 'ftieti

alt'i ' t. t'-r - ;.! - i e n, . , ?ttli,i'l unso d ai - f rm ; i -i t f i'w comp-.'m , and tht v s .ii, m w p. r a' -c tiprr - vide by nurchp.se o1- otherw ise, a sidrab i pla .e for an o-'ce ti o'he ali'U. s and re-.tu!atio:'s ior co an: inr 'h business o; iusur uie . Cv ti'.' co -rus oftl. company not provided for bv this act; to appoint a secretary, and such other ofTirers as thev mav find nee SSary ; and to make such compensattot f r their services as thev mav deem prope ' : and they shall have full power and authority to make insurances against fire on any and every k scription of prop rty. All policies of insurance and other contracts) made by said company, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, shall b ob!i'ra orv o naid com pany and have the same eTret as if the said 'policies and contracts had been attested by corporate seal Sec. S. And be a fur r waefhh That the said president and directors shall conduct business in th. city f Wasl (ngton, tiiat they -hall keep proper books and record their proc ie is therein ; that on the first Monday in av a:.cl tlie first Monday of No v mber in eTery year after the first veer, they shall declare a dividend of so much of the clear profits as they mav deem anviseahle av.d 'bhm ten days thereafter shall pav the same to the stockholders ; but it shall not be lawful for the sai:' president end directors to include in surb dividend the premiums of any risk which was not actually terminated nor to divide more than two thirds of the cu ar profits until by the half yearly appropriation rf the other third thereof, a contingent fund oftwenty thousand dollars shall be formed : and as often as the fund shall be impaired by losses, the said president an I directors shall continue the half vearly appropriation aforesaid until it oe returned to the amount before mentioned. See r. And be U fur ther enact That eve -- (,;. ctor who shall be present at the d :claration of anv dividend in violation fthe eighth section of this act, shall be in 'i.i 'u dv answerable to the stockholders for the injurv resulting therefrom, unless his protest be recorded in ti e oks of t e corporation Sec. 10. And be it furthef c::actrd, r ii in ca e any action shall be prosecuted on any insurance made by virtue of t is act, it shall be deemed sunicient service of such process to leave a copy t h e re o f v i t ! : t h e p rc side n t OT sec re t a r v for the time being ard ell recoveries bad in any such action or actions shall be conclusive on the company, so far as to render the Stock and property of the company liable, and no further. Sec. 1 1 . And be it forth t aactea That this art shall be arid continue til force for and during the term of twenty years, from and after the passing thereof, and until the end of the next session of f Congress ; and on the dissolut ion or expiration of this charter the president and directors, for the time being) shall take prompt and effectual measures i.e eio:tbg all its concerns s hut no such dissolution or expiration shall ope rat e so as to preventany suits to be broughtor continued by or against the said corporation for any debt or claim due by or to the

same, and which arose previously to said dissolution or expiration, but for the purpose of closing its concerns its corporate po rs s'';dl remain unimpaired. Sec 12. And he it fa rch r enacted That t'.i. corporation shall not issue any prom Ksaory note in the w ay of banking and that Congress may, at any time, during the pcrio I, for which this charter is granted repeal and amend the same. II CLAY. Sfteaket of the houe of Heftr tentative JOHN GAILLAB , Prc-id nt of the Senate fin tempore. April 9. 1818. pproved: J VME9 MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Sara D wees, relict and widow of Win 1) .ces decu and the h ii and legal representatives td'the said William cwees. Be ii enacted bit th- $i hate and II ue of Kefireentattve of the Vniti d S'mte ofA;i"7i u in Congress UBMefabted) That t re he paid to Sarah D v. ees relict of c h Williani Dcwees, md the heirs aid i gal representatives of the said colonel William Dewees. deceased tlic sum of h 0 dollars in full of all claims the cstateof the said tleceascd may have against the I'. States, for tlic loss of propi rty, owing to its being taken for public use ; and that the said &um be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated April 16, 18I8 Approved, JAMES MONROE A ACT' eonet n i g Navigation. ' U enacted by the Senate lius? f Rcftrcsentattve of the United State "f America in Congress assembled) That

From Be after the 3 th of September neat ti e ports of tht: U. States shall be and remain closed against every vessel ownCd v. : oily ( in part by a subject or subj cts of his li; itannic majesty, coming or arriving from any port or place In a colony or territory of his Brilnmiic majesty, that is or shall be, by the ordinary iaws of navigation U trade, closed against vessels owned .by citizens of the States; and such vessel teat in the courjc of i!;e voyage, shall have touched at or cleared out from any port or place in a colonv or territory of Great Britain, which shall or may be, by the ordinary law s of navigation and trade aforcwud, open to. vessels owned l.y citiaens ol i! e U. States shall nevertheless, ! deemed to have come

from the port or place in the colony t

territory otG B itam, closed as afon

against vesselsowUed by citizens of the U o'tatcs, fiooi v hich sucli v iSel cleared out and s. iled before touching at and cle: . in.: out fi , i n intcrnru diate and open poit or p a i as aforesaid ; ai d every sucli vessel, socxi iuded from the ports ol the U. Si; i' s, that shall cuter or attempt to enter tin same, in violation of this art shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture together with the cargo on board such vcr.sci, be forfeited to the U. 6 t Ltf s.

1nd hi it further enacu

from re.d alter the aforesaid 30th of September next, t' e owner, consignee, or agent, oi evi ry vessel owned wholly or in part, by a subject or S bi Ctsof his liiitannic majesty which Shall have been du ly entered in any port of the U. State?, and on board of which shall have been there laden for exportation any article or article ofthc growth, produce or manufacture o! the U. Stat s other than provisions and sea stores nccessa y for the voyage, shall, before such vessel shall have been cleared out'a .. J at the custom house give bond in a itira double the alue of such a: tides, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the colli c tor that the article or articles so laden on board such vessel for exportation shall be lauded in some port or place other than a pe t or place in a colony or territory of his Britannic majesty which by the ordinary lav.icf navigation and tra 'e iz closed against vessels owned by citizens of the U. States ; and any ve.eh vessel that shall sail, or attempt to sail fn n any port of the U States w ithout hai in g complied with the provisions aforesaid, bv giving bond as aforesaid, shall, with her tackle, apparel and fui ruture, together with the article or articles aforesaid, laden on board the same as aforesaid, be Ibrfi ited to the U States : I'r zid datWayt, That northing in this act cor.trined shall be so de med or construed, so as to violate any provision ofthc conrention to regulate commerce between the territories of the 17. Statt s fit his Britannic majesty, signed tbe 3d dav ol July, IR15. Sec. 3 And be t fur ther enacted That the form of the bond aforesaid shall be prescribed l the v( tary of the dUt oattmeat ot the treasury, and the same hall

S may be discharged, and not other is by producing, w itiiin one year after th date thereof, a like cej tificate to that ra" quired by and under the regulations eon" tained the 81st section of the act, to regulate the collection ct duties on imports," passed the second day of March, 1799, that the aitictes-of the gfQ t's produce and manufacture of the U States, laden as af re said, were unlades Sc landed conformably to the provisions of this act, or, in e. ses of loss by sea, by capture or other unavoidable accident, by tne production of such other proofs as thb aature of the case will admit, according to fhe provisions of t!e said 81st section of the act aforesaid: Sec. 4. And h' 1 ;. r h r enacted, That all penaltM s an forfeitures incurred by force ol this act. shad be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for; and may be miti jati d cr remittedVin w.c Wianner Sc according to the provisions of the rev. nue laws of the U. States. Apr;! U, I0I8. Approved. JAMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Danic? Bur. net, Gibson Chirlc atiC the legal representatives Of Hul ert Rowel. i.e it t ' (iced by tht S( na c vnd Iloie of Representative of the United s.'?.. gj ' America in C(.::greaS axs( moled, i hat it shah be ti c duty of the register oftl land office and receiver of pub ic nun t s west of Pearl river, in the state of Mi,. 6ii,sippi. to examine the evidence herd tore pjiven, and to receive additional testimony iii the claims to land of Daniel Burnet and Gibson v lark of the state ,f .Mississippi, founded on warrants or crdei s of survey, granted by the Spanish government to JamCs Davenport 8c J2S. t wart, and it it shall appeal to the 1 1tisfaction of the said register and rcceiver, that the jaid .Tas. Davenport and Jas. Stewart, under whom the said Daniel Burnet and Gibson Clark, claim, were? resident in the laic Mississippi tenitoiy on the 27th day of October 1795, ther, Sc io that caac, the claims aforesaid sliau be respectively confirmed, and patti.ts sjiall i sue for the t-ame as in other cases. A d it shall moreover be the duty of the said receive r of public monies to refund to either of the said claimants any mo niea which they, or either of them, may nave paid to tee United Suites, in com, quence of said lands being granted to them in right of pre-emption. Sec. j Ail', e fui her r,qc.;ed,TrzX the leial prcscntatives ol Hubi i :R -II a 1 r ."

ei oe, auo iney are nerenv iomiu.k in

lppi, on ti e

waters of the : ayou Saia contah i; 850 a ; cuts giiuited pj th" Spanish , am iot nt to , i i EiubeH Rqw 1 bv patent, iegally Ix fully executed bearin date the 16th day oi May i 7 J I Pr id f, The said land has not been already disposed of under theautl ority of the U. St..us. April 11, 1818 Approved, JAAii.S ROE. AX AT :o extend the t, ,e for locatm Virj ii--. n i i arj Land warranta, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office.; ai I ford ignating tl e wi sten in undary iioc of the Virginia military isau. Be it in act id Li- the Stnatt U Bomsa of Representative of . United State) oj A : r: a m ( . ?; r mbl d. Ti at tin omcers and soldiers of the :i . in. iine, on continental tablishmem their hcira, snd asaigi entitled 10 bounty lands, with:., thet irginia military trac between the Lilt! Mi a end the Sciota riv.: s, shaU t: allowed a further term of two years from the ratifieation of any treaty, extingtnaning the Italian title to larr.s v. ithin the said bcunc iries not heretofore ext n euished, to obf in warrants' at. J compute their locations, and a furtier tt-.m of three years froni the ratlficatvan of any treaty extinguish Ing the Ir.aian tit e to lands withui the said boundaries rot hrrttofo-e t xtinu.shed, as afoiesaid, to return their survevsand warrants orcertific' copies of warrants toil.. General Land Oflic e any thing to anv tor: .cr act to the con-t:a-y : Otw ith: taneira--. Sec 2. And b- it farther enacted That the provisions of the act. entitled "An act authorising pate: ts to jssue for lei .'s located and surveyed by virtiK 01 c 1 - n VtrgtUM warrants M paesed on ll M day el March. 107, shall I revivec ; d in force, widi all its restrictions, ei t that the respective times allowed fat making locatioos nnd retuituue Hirsi , thereon, shall be lift ' . d to the term p-erci ibed b tb f.:f.t section tf tl at t for t! e location 1ml leturool rarveyi 1 r outer warranty aiid ti.v the uncjs sLail

their claim to a tract oi land, lying sm being in the stau of Mississippi, on t.