Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 July 1818 — Page 6

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htaaun Uepartun t. 26th Mays 1818. During the session ,l Cougrese, fee HiHisi t)l 11 presetitatWea ouopted a K o.u i n, afwnkfa the following is a CObl . iz. ;.- y r fkreientaltvee f the r . ! State March 30, 1818. J MciotVed) That thl secretary of the Treasury be requested t& prepare and report to t Y:r- ! louse, at their next session, a blnti for the application of such means ;.s arc Within the pwer of Congress, to the purpose of opening and improving r ads and making canals together with a s. it mi fit of Ihe undertaking ot that nature, v.: Lch, as object of public ton j)rotement may require and deserve the ai I ot i, ') (. nment ; and also a statement f works, of the nature above mentioned, which hate been eommetieed, the pfo gress which lias been made in them, the means and prospect df their being completed the pupnc Improvements carried on bi states or by companies, of incorporations which have been associated for SUCh purpe to Which il may be deemed expedient to subscribe, or afford assistance, the terms and conditions of such associations, and the state of their funds ; and such i I irm&tton as, in the opinion of ti e secretary, shall be materi a ?n relation to the ol p cts of this reso jjj.io.: Attest, Tih S DOUGHERTY, Clerk ' " f J - re Ken 'advea. To enable the crrc tary of the trca lury tocomptv with the important requi iillons 01 the foregoing resolution, all companies or Incorporations, associated for opening roads and making canal, which they may respectively cpneieve, require and deserve the aid of the gov eminent are Invited to furnish this Department with such inform ition concern in their respective undertakings, as Is required by the resolution, and which may be necc ary to bring their claims to the patronage 1 the government, be fore the Congress of the United States, at the couuiencemcnt of their next scslion Where a canal or road has been com mCnced the communication ou.;it to state distinctly the dimensions of the work ; the nature oft e soil and face of the cottntry through which it is to pass ; Its i test elevation and depression, ar.d mean 1 vcl ; the prog re s which ha been made ; the eitpenee incurred, and the Whole probable expense, estimated upon the experience acquired in the execu lion of the undertaking In all cases of canals, the number and dimensions of the lochs the mean quantity of earth to be removed per mile ; the nature and extent el the navigation to Which they are to be connected, should be distinctly made known. tn every case, the facility of obtaining materi .s tor the construction of road?, bridges and locks should be stated The I Cta of incorporation, or articles of AfcSO tlofi ; the by-laws winch have been ctcd thl amount of the fend author! . u oi agreed to baubscrided ; the sum ! tttall) subscribed ; the amount paid in; tl B sum expended ; the amount remaining on h Uid ; and the means and probability of enforcing the payment of the balance i should invariably be stated in ever) communication. And generally r kind information which can shed light upon the Undertaking. YM 11 CRAWFORD, Secretary J the T'teasury.

Pi inters RUthorieed to publish the. T wa ofthe United States are requested to publish the above tor one month. Mav 30 1m By ilic President of the I inted Siiites. frArffit, by an act of cor,rcss, pass ed oa the 36th of March 1304, entitled, An Act talking provision for the disy sal of the pu) ic lands in the Indiana territory, bumJ fU . tlici purposes," and fen let passed the 3d of March 1805, entitled, u Art supplementary to the an. entitle 1. an act i, provision for th diep sal of Liu abVtc lands in the Indiana . erritory," : nd an act passed on the 94th of April 18 8 entitled, n Act supplemental to an. act regulating th grants of lands in the Territory of Mic iran," the PresJ lent ot the United StaU s is authorised to ci use the lands in tie- landdistrict ofD troil to hv offered for sale when surveyed ; and w ereaaa part oi l ie said lands have bf en SU1 i ved : 1 erefot l ) VME U ROE, President of the United Staus in con f itv ith the said acts, do uercby desiate and make ki.oNm mat pubik iM;s

for the disposal (rccably to law) of the said lands, shall be held at Detroit in Michigan territory, viz : On the first onda in Jnlv next, for 4 w the lands contained in ranges, 9, 10, 11, 1 2. and 13, south of the base line ; on )he firsi Monday of September next far the lands contained in ranges 13, 14, 15, 16, tod L?, north ofthe base line ; and on the first Monday in November next, for the lands contained in ranges 9. in, 11 and 1, north ofthe base line, exceptina such lands as are, or may be reserved in said district, by lav-, for the support of Schools, and for other purposes. The sales shall continue open fur two weeks and no longer, and shall commence with the first section ofthe lowest number of townships and run.,' s, Sc proceed in regular numcrcial order. Qlven under my hand at the City of Washington, the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred ar.d eighteen. JAMES MONROE. By the President, JOSIAH MEIGS, CommV, tjfthe (i nrral Land Office. tPrintersof newspapers, who arc authorised to publish the Laws of the United States, will insert the above once v week till October next, and send their bids to the Genera) Land Office for payment, 12 tl Oct'r. nx'i.

NOTIC B. P'gIIK employment of an agent or Attfjruvv is net neccetary in anv cktim a unst the ejvemmcnt. It is most generatly attended with exfieHce and son' times with, actual teen laims will be promptly settled 1 en the accounts and vouchers ith which they are connected, are transmitted to the proper office Money wiil be transmitted whenev r a receipt for the sum due, or, where the amount is not ascertained, a receipt blank shall be forwarded to the Treasury Depai tmetstt vtititarv patents, and certificates of military pensions, v iil be transmitted i. like manner, whenever the necessary vouchers are forwarded to the proper mcc.

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Washington City, May 27 is 18. The Gazettes in which the a is of Con gress are published, are requested to insert the above, weekly for thr e months ; and papers in the interior w i 1 deserve the thanks of the community by giving it pub, icity in their respective districts, as it may be the means of sal ing expence and loss to that portion ot the people who are least able to bear them.

'i reasury Department April lb i s. Notice U hetxiby Given, EaI A I the sevctal acts of limb lion a heretofore parsed, and which barred the allowance and settlement of certain evidences of public debt, have been suspended for two years, bv an act passed the 13th of April, 1818, oi whicntho following is a copy. Wm. li. ( RAWFORD,

Secretary

, i he

AX ACT to authorise ti c payment of certain certificates. Sett ettaded by the 6'c note, fff-::c ef Representative ofthe United States t f Amertcain Cngres assembled) That so much of an act, entitled, An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt, passed the third day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety five ; and so much of the act, entitled 'An act respecting loan office and final settlement certificates, indents of interest, and the u ifoundedand registered debt, credited on the books of the Treasury.' passed the 12th day of une, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyeight, as bars from settlement and allow -ance certificates commonly called loan office and final settlement certificau & indents of interest, be, and the same is hereby, suspended for the term ol two years, from and after the passage ol this act ; a notification of which temporary suspension of the act of limitation shall be published by the secret..;, ofthe Treasury, for the information ofthe holders of the s.dd certificates, in one or more ofthe public papers in each ofthe United Slates. Sec 2. And be i: further n ;. a. That all certificates commonly t ailed, loan ofrue certificates countersigned by the lean vtlicvis of the states respective! ,

final settlement certiflcntes, and indents of interest, which, at the time ol passing t is act, shall be DUtstatiuiftg, m. be presented at the Treasury, and upon the same being liquidated and aojuud shall be p ud to the respective holders ot the same, with interest, at i per cent from the date ofthe last payment ot interest, as endorsed on said ccrtifit ates. See. 3. And be it further enact rdt 1 bat for can ing this act into effect, the sum of eight) thousand ullais he appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury ofthe United States not ot:. cruise apnrooriated. II CI AY, Xieakcr of the house of U; flti t n'a:ivc8y JOHN G aILLARD, President ofthe Senate pro tempore April 13, 1818 Approved, JAMES MONROE

TnKJSVR Y DEPAR TMEATT,

Washing row, pril 28, ibis. Aoti c is hereby Given,

't.'i'- Proprietor of Stect issued

I i ie convention with France ofthe

ili of April, 1905, Commonly culled Louisiana Stock ; That one moiety, or half of the principal of said stock, will be redeemed on the -1st of October nefct ensuing the date hereof, and that the same will be paid to the respective pro prietors, or their attorneys duly -author-ised, on the day before mentioned at the Treasury in Washington, or at uiii Loan i iV; e, on the hooks, whereof ariy po ption of said stock may then stand. Information is furthi tgi n That the interest due at the time of redemption, on such part of said stock as is held in Europe, will be paid as heretofore in London and Amsterdam ; and that the interest on stich nart of said stock as lias been domesticated wiil he paid at the Same time with the principal iier at the Tre my or at the I.e. an Office as b fort mentioned; And it in oho hereby 'a f 7: n hat lllte i est on t' c moietv oi ! fofs: id loutsiai a stock it tended to h redeemed as aforesaid uil cease and d u rrmne after the 2 1 st ".lav of October, 181b. WM. M.m VWFOUD,

Srcre'ar: jf the Treasury.

P' inters o newsnnn rs, who arc au-

i oriscd to publish the laws ofthe United Viates, will insert t e above advertisements once a week ti 1 O tober ne:t. Be send their accounts tuthe Treasury I.'epartment for pay. 28-t'l Oct.

Ihj the President of the United St tit ex. WHEREAS, by an act of congre . passed on the 3d of larch, 1817, Ciitiiled 'An act to autnorise the api intment fa surveyor t the lands in the northern pari of t i Mi i iippi territory , and the appointment oi a Purveyor for the lands therein described " the President of the United Slates is authortsed t" seleci certain lands, lor scitesfor owns, and cause the said lands to he laid oh into town Iols. and the said lots to be offered for sale Therefore, , James Monro, President of the United States, do hereby declare and make known, that puh.ie sales tor the ui posal ofthe lots in the town of Marathon, (heretofore called Milton's BiUfT) o'.; the south bank ofthe river Tennessee, (near the head of the Mu.-.cle Shoals) m Alabama Territory, shall be held at Muntsvilie, in the said l erritory, on the second Monday in October next. I he sa.es shall continue open for one week, aird longer if necessary, and the lots siall be offered for sale in regular numerical order beginning with the iowi st number. (iien under my hand at the City of Washington this 26ih day of Mav 1818. JAMES MONROE. By the President : JOSLlll MEIGS) C mmhiiom rttftht General Land-office. Printers who are authorised to publish the laws ofthe United States, will insert the above in their newspapers once a week till the first of October next and send their hill to the General Land Office for payment. 30

A Map of the Huntsville District is engrav 1 and a plan ofthe town of Marathon will he engraved as speedily as practicable, and will he solo a Hum vilie ; and at the ( leneral Land Office by JOHN GARDINER, Printers of the law.-, who insert this notice, snail have co U oi the Map . 1 i Plan, Maj til i Oct. neat.

By the rresident ofthe UnLted States. Whereas by an act of congress passed on the 3d March, 1 8 1 5 entitled" An aet to provide for the ascertaining at '1 surveying of the boundary lines fixed by the treaty with the Creek Indians and fof other purposes, the President of the United States is authorised to cause the lands hcuuircd by the said treaty to be olVered for sale when surveyed : and w hereas part of the said lands have been surveyed. The refore 1 James Monroe, President ol hc United States, do here bv declare anu make known; that public 'sales for the disposal of certa'n lands south of the Tennessee river and in the district of Maui, on county, shall be held at IluntsVllle in said county in A!uu..i::a territory, viz. On thr first Monday in July next, for be s le ofthe lands in lances 1.2, 3, 4, 5. On the Best Monday in September nc:.t for the lands in ranges 6, 7. b, 9. and 00

the first Monday in November next ; i

the lands m ranees 10, 11, I J, is. U.cx

CCpting such lands as arc or shall be ! -erved ae cording to iau,fortl:e support of schools and for other purposes. Each sale shall continue open for twm weeks, aud no lontrcr, shall commence w ith the section, township aad rane the lowest number, and proceed in regular numerical order. Given under my hind at the city of Washington, this Gist day ot Mrach, 1318 JAMES MONROE. By the President, JOSIUI MEtGS, C' mtn'r. of the General land Offer. Pi "nners who arc authorized to publish tbe laws of the United States wi:i pub lish the above encc a week til' Octobef nxt, and send their bills to the (ieneral Land U'vice iorp.ivmtnt. ( J2 tM. Oct nxt.) Cepperplat Maps of the above hnd?. may be had at the office of the .Vurvevor General, at IIuntsviHe;or at the General Land Office.

hy the President ofthe United Sates. WHEREAS, bv an act of Congress, passed on the 3d oi" March 1 84 5, entitled "An act to provide for the ascertaining 8c surveying ofthe boundary lines fixed by the treaty with the C nek Indians, and

0 - j - m for other purpo'.eb," the Pi es lent of the M United Slates is authorized to cau3c the lauds acquired by the said treaty to be ottered for sale w hen surveyed : Thzr irons, I J iuwn ?Io.; roe, President ofthe United States, do hereby ike I arc and make known, that public wales fur the disposal (agreeably to law ) of certain lai.ds in the Alabama territory, shall be held at MilledevLlc, in Georgia, iz : On the first Monday in O; tober nc:.: for the sale of town lots, in the town of Cahaba. in the said tl rriiory. situate the junction of the rieis Alabanra and Lahaba On the third Monday in October ner for the sale of townships 13, 14, 15, 16, in ranges 9, lo, 11, 12, 13, tS ; and of townships 14, 15, 1 6, in ranges ::ar.d 16 ol the land district in Alabama territory a directed by law to be sold at MUledgevillc, xeeptiiitr such lands as bave l '. n reserved by law for the support ol schools, or tor other put psi s : 1 sc pub iie sale shall continue open fbrtwo veeks and no longer. 'I he un lota, and other lands, shall be offered for sale in r gular numerical order, commencinfr with t!ic

lots, sections, ton

lowest number

ships and ranees.

And 1 further declare rr.d make known, that the oliiceb of tin- reerister and rec ivfroi public monies for the said district, shall be removed from M:.!icd:.-;"wi-the aforesaid tow not Cahaba, on the first th y of January, IS 19. Given under my hand at the Civ of Washington, this 23d day of May, 1318. JAMES MONROE. By the President : JUSIAII Mr.:c;s. Comrni.:sint r ofthe, tie.:, rat J. and- ffittm Printers who arc authorised to puiilii the laws of the United States, will publish the above once a week tiii thejirst of October next, and send their bills to tiu General jtnA office Ear payment. A Map ofthe above district, and a p.au of t-e town of Cabal a. will be engtaved a speedily as practicable, for JOHN i VKDIKER, Chief Clerk G neral Land Office r And sold by him ar.d at Millede;erikt. Printers ofthe laws w bo pulIuli 1.9ti. e shall hi'.c .u .