Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 July 1818 — Page 6

ply with thf regulations md formalities here tofoff established far entries of exportation f ,r the benrfit of drawback. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted. That all peril! tie l & ferffitorei incurred by force cf th's cl, shall be sued for, recovered, dis-tnbut-d and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled u An act to reaUte the collection of duties on import! 8c tonal" pifiW on the 2d day of M rch, 1799, m,1r he m't'ipted or remitted, in tht rmnnf r prcr'hcd by the act, entitled An act to provide fjr mitigating or e Tnitttn the f f itures, p naltiei and disabdities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned." pfled on the third day of Much. 1707. Sec 26- And hi it further enacted, That thil act shdl continue in force for the term of two yeare from and after the passing thereof. H. CLAY, Speakerofthc House of Representatives JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro. tempore. April 20. 1818. Approved: J A ME MONROE. m ' r AN ACT to divide the state of Pennsylvania int" two judicial districts. BE it enacted'' the Senate and House of B presentatttvs cf the United States of America m Congress assembled 1 nit the state of P?nnsyl vanii be, and the sime is hereby, divided into two districts, in manner following, to wit : The counties of Fayette, Greene ; Washington, hVghanv, Westmoreland, SotB'tset, Beutord, Huntingdon, Centre, Mifttn, Clearfield, lW'KMn, Potter ff-'son, Cambria, Inrli.na. Armstrong, Birler, Beaver, Mercei, Crawford, Venango, Erie, and Warren, ah H compose one district, to be called the Western district ; and the rrsidue of the said state shall compose another district, to be oiled the E. stern district ; and the terms of the district court for the said E a -cm district, shall be held in the ciy of Philadelphia, at the several times they are now directed to be held in said district of Pennsylvania ; and the terms of the circuit court for the VVt-stern district shall commence and be held in the city of Pittsburgh, on the firstMondavs cfthe months oljnne and December, in earh and every year, and be continued tnd adjnirned from time to time, as the court mny deem expedient to th- clinch nf the business thereof. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That Richard Peters now judpe of the district court of Pennsylvania, shall be, and he ia hereby, assigned a the judge to hold the courts in the Extern district, and to do all things appertaining to th office of a district judge, under the constitution and Lvra of tilt United States. See. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of th United Matt she, and he is hereby authorised and directed, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint a distrct jude for the sid Western district of P nnsylvjni, whub judjre, when appointed, shall receive a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in the same manner as the salary of the judce of the Eastern district of sid state, and he shall also do and perform all such duties as are enjoined on, or m any wise appertaining, a district judge of the United States. Src 4. And be it further enacted, That the ciraiit court of the United States shall he h.ld.fr the Eistern district of Pennsylvania, at the city of Philadelphia, at the timet, and in the manner, now cireited by law to he held for the district of Pennsyl vani and the district court for thf laid Western district, in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a district court shall, within theliVnits of said Western district, h ive ju ttdittton of all causes, except of ippeall and writs of error, cognis ible by 1 iw in a circuit court c shall proceed therein in the sjmc manner as the circuit court ; an 1 writs of error shall lie from decision! therein to the circuit court in the laid Eistern district of Pennsylvania, in the sme mmuer as from other district tGUrtS. to f,cir rsoertive circuit courts. Sr t. I, A;;d be it further enacted Th?.t the President of the United States, by and With the .ulvitr and consent of the S-nite b', a d herehv is authorised to appoint one person i a dis'net attorney, and one per, as marahal fat the laid western district, Whose terms of appointment and service, as Well as dutiei nd emoluments shdl be the same with those respr tively annexed to ti e sid nSie?in the Eastern district. And the iittrtet attorney and the marshal for the district of Pennsylvania ihall, reiptttivetv, be diateitt attorney and marshal for id Ratetl rJiatfltt See. C. And be it further tnattedy That all actions. uirs, process, pleadings, and Other proceedinei. of a civil nature, except in case of appeals ind writs of error, com-

tienced or pending in the district or circuit court of slid district of Pennsylvania, in which no verdict shall have passed, or plea to the merits shall ruve been decided, and which, by law, should have been had or commenced in said district court of said WestaSn district, if the same had been had, or commenced before the passing hereof, and where the parties to the same shall not otherwise agree, shall be, and hereby are, continued over to the district court of the Western district established by this act, nd shall there be proceeded in with like effect, and in the same manner, as if originally had or commenced thereon. And the said district and circuit courts of said Eastern district shall possess and exercise all reresiary powers tor the removal of all papers and files relating to such actions, suits, process, pleadings, and other proceedings, to the said district court of laid Western district, so continued over as aforesaid : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to eflT-ct any bond or recognisance made or entered into any of the actiona or suits hereby directed to be removed ; but the same shall continue cf as much vilidiry as though this act had not passed. April 20, 18 18 Approved, JAMES MONROE.

AN ACT for changing the compensation of receivers and registers of the land offices. Be ic enacted, by the Senate cjf House of Rt firesentatives of the United States of Anurica, in Congress assembled, That instead of the compensation now allowed by law to the receivers of public monies, for the lands of the United States, they shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars each, and a commission of one per centum on the monies received, as a compensation for clerk hire, receiving, safe keeping, and transmitting such monies to the Treasury of the I nited States : Provided ativays, that the whole amount which any receiver of public monies shall receive, under the provisions cf this act, shall not exceed for any one year, the sum of three thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it furtherenacted, That instead of the compensation now allowed by law, to the registers of the land offices, they shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars each, and a commission of one per centum, on all the monie, expressed in the receipts by him filed and entered, and of which they shall have transmitted an account to the Secretary of the Treasury : Provided always That the whole amount which any register of the land offices shall receive, under the provisions of this act, shall not exceed, for any one year, the sum of three thousand dollars April 20, 1818. Approved, JAMES MONROE. J ACT for transferring claims in the )ffice of commissioner to the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department. Be it enae'ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all claims under the act, entitled "an act to authorise the payment of property lost, captured, or destroyed, by the enemy, while in the military service of the U States and for other purposes, passed the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and the act in amendment thereof, passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred seventeen, now remaining in the office of commissioner of claims, and not acted on finally bv said commissioner before the ninth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same are hereby transferred to the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department ; and the said Third uditor, in all adjudications upon the claims aforesaid, shall be governed, in all respects, by the same rules regulations, and restrictions, as have heretofore been prescribed to the commissioner of claims under the above recited arts. Sec. 2. . tnd be it further enacted That the Third Auditor aforesaid for perform ing the duties hereby required of him, shall be allowed and paid the sum of five hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. April 20, is is Vpproved, JAMES MONROE AN" Act respecting the surveying and sale of the Public Lands in Alabama te rritorv. Be tr enacted by the Senate and If lite cf Refireserita'ives of the United State of America in Conrrr ss assembled, That the poweti and duties of the surveyor for the lands in the northern part of the

late Mississippi territory, shall extend to the whole of the Alabama territory, and that only. And it shall be his duty to cause such of the said lands, to which the Indian title has been, or shall hereafter, be extinguished, as the president of the United States shall direct, to be surveyed and divided in the same manner, and under the same regulations, as are provided by law in relation to other public lands. And the said surveyor shall receive for his services hereafter, an annual compensation of 2000 dollars, and shall be allowed not exceeding tw o clerks whose whole compensation shall not exeeed 1500 dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in every public sale hereafter to be made of public lands in the territory of Alabama, there shall, in addition to the usual reservation of section sixteen, in each township, for the support of schools, be excepted from the sales such sections, not exceeding ten in any one land distiict, as the president of the U. States shall have designated, for the purpose of laying out and establishing towns thereon ; which sections so designated and reserved, for the purpose aforesaid, shall be laid off into lots, and offered for sale, in the manner, and on the terms and conditions, and with the same limitation as to price, as is prescrilnxl for ihe laying off and sale of lots, by the fifth section of the act, entitled " An act to authorize the appointment of a surveyor for the lands in the northern part of the Mississippi territory, ft the sale of certain lands therein described." passed ontnc 3d of March, 1817. And there shall be reserved from sale in the Alabama territory, an entire tow.iship, which shall be located by the secretary of the tieasury for the support of a seminary of learning w ithin the said territory ; & also, any one entire section which mav be located under the direction of the governor of the said territory, for the seat of government therein. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted. That all the lands lying between the basis meridian, and the first standard meridian, in the Alabama district, be attached to the land district cast of Pearl river And the lands so attached to the said district, east of Pearl river, after having been surveyed according to law, shall, with the exception ot section number sixteen, in each township, which shall be reserved for the support of schools therein, and w ith the further exception of such reservations as may be made, in pursuance of the second section of this act, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office, and the receiver of public moneys, at the place where the land office is kept, and on stich clay or days as shall, by proclamation of the president of the United States, be designated for that purpose ; the sales shall remain open two weeks 8c no longer. The lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, & shall in every otlnfr respect be sold in tracts of the same size, and on the same terms k conditions as have been or may be provided for lands sold in the same district. All the lands otTorcd for sale & remaining unsold at the close of the said public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by the register of the land office, in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided for tK:e sale of other lands in the same district ; and patents shall be granted in the same manner, and on the same terms, as for other lands in the said district. April 20, 1818 Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN Act authorising the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the city New -Orleans and town of Mobile. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled That the President of the United States shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion it shall be consistent with the public interest, to abandon the use of the navy arsenal, military hospital, and barracks, in the city of N. Orleans, and of Fort Charlott, at the town of Mobile ; to cause the lots of ground whereon the said arsenal, hospital and barracks, in New-Orleans, and Fort Charlotte, at Mobile, now stand, to be surveyed and laid off into lots, w ith suitable streets and avenues conforming, as near as may be, to the Original plan of the city and town aforesaid ; and, when the surveys are completed, one plat thereof shall be returned to the secretary of the treasury, and another to such oncer OC agent as the President shall have authorized to dispose of the said lots ; and the said lots of ground shall be offered at public sale at the city of New-Orleans

and town of Mobile, respectively, on such day or days as the President shall, by his proclamation, designate for that purpose, in the same manner, and ontho same conditions and terms of credit, as is provided by law for the sale of public lands of the United .States, and patents shallbe granted therefor as for other public lands sold by the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized, as soon as in his opinion the public interest will permit, to cause the Fort St. Charles to be demolished, and the navy yard in said city to be discontinued, and the lot of ground on which the said fort is erected, shall be appropriated to the use of a public square, and may be improved for that purpose by order of the corporation of the said citv. April 20, 1818 Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN Act for the relief of Cornelia Mason. Be ir enacted by thr Sena'e and ffoute of Representatives of the United S'ate of America An Congress assembled That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby authorised to place on the half pay pension list, for five years, at the rate of four dollars per month, Cornelia Mason the widow of Alexander Mason, who volunteered his services as a militia man, with a dctachm' nt of militia commanded by lirigadier (ieoeral Perkins, on the northern frontier, in the year 1812, and who w as killed in a battle w ith a party of Indians, in the month of September of the said year to be to the use of her and her six children, the legitimate offspring of her the said Cornelia Mason and her said deceased husband, Alexander Mason, under the rules and regulations prescribed in and provided for, by an act entitled, 'an act making further prov ision for military services during the late war, and for other purposes," approved April 16. 1816. April 20, 1818 Approvrp, JAMES MONROE.

PORTE RSVILLE. THERE will be sold to the highest uiwvn.1 uuur zuin ciay ot July next, a a - -" "uii 111 X.IIM IUH II Jl Porters ville, the county scat of DuboU ;l ) ' rtl rt a II. t . , .. . 1 tersville is situated on the East Fork of White River, about 1 4 miles above its junction with the West fork, there is not a more beautitul scitcfora town on said river, and it is probably not surpassed by any in the western country it is high and dry, in the heart of an extensive and fertile country, and is on the direct rout from Louisville bv Corydon to yincennest it is 20 miles from Washington and about the same distance from Petersburgh, and about 40 miles from Vincennes the sale w ill continue for 3 days if it should be thought necessary. PR RMS, one third in 6 months one third in 12, and the remaining third ia eighteen. John Niblack, . Agent D C. Dubois county, May 18. 26 3t G R. C. Sullivan & Qill. ILL hereafter practice law inconT v junction, in the county of Knox, these who may wish to employ them may ucpcmtupoti me attention and exertions of both. They have made arrangements so as one or the other will always be found at their office in Vincennesi nearly opposite the Post-Office. Collecting Business will be particularly attended to in Knox county. They will also attend to Conveyancing upon the shortest notice, and undertake agencies not incompatible with their profession. The postage of Letters addressed to them on business must be paid. H tf Vineennes, Feb. 1 2.

J. C REILEY, b CO. Watch and Clock Makers. SiU versmitlrs & Jnccllers. Respectfully informs their friends and the public in general that they have removed their shop to the house lately occupied by Mr. liadolett, as the Register's office Where every description of WATCHES 8c CLOCKS, will be repaired and warranted to perform tw elvo months. They also continue to manufacture all kinds of Silver-Ware and Jewels. The highest price given for old GOLD & SILVER. April 18. tf

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