Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 June 1819 — Page 1
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s". ; ;ns. i ii'i oi mother oi hi it rtod nions - iM ..1 must be nn 1 . s I I .O.I e provi . k. . i v C l 0 !. . -s to the I tO I I ; 1 - ' h I t is i R ' J 7 t 1 f 1 .. nlative 0 ih t Jr. ricet in" ('orrre-ii . rr.t in all elsciions of ch iic liai'k Oi t.'tj U States ii tic held) mme- and by rirk Vet to inCorporaie tne 1 0 1 Is ill (I. juqges 01 .iicii election t iirty vo es ti tlie wiio e, i sc "cri ( y him es at- j , ,ora;cu.v lor any others, I 1 1 e Ari n.cijcs ot elections, iy one Of them rC herebv autbor1 av.l reijuhed to admtntst?r to the I p isc!i SOOfferiu. to votC) te l .. ::;; or.th or afh; r. iti( v z , d ) s in. s.:res Upon Wmch i attorm vole k I .vl. I in r . i . o '. eel ire an r . o r . c ! , 1 1 1 i xi fatth. owned bv t'.u pel hose nimes they now stand in voting at this election, in any maiincr violate ih.e h ital article of the "Act to ii ' nc hu 'St v rers to toe . i
tales. And the ,said j assembled That William Prout, of t. ;, or anv one ofith n;tF.f rni..mk u i i, ;..
elections) or kCni, ,'1 h x authorized and erapow- j ttoetr idscmion, Drat the in-! of r ny stock Imlder of the hank, ii' Oiii. ill ice. a . And '"'if fhtfh rehected, person shall Ut entitled to vote i'h clection,as attorney, pmxfht, for any other person, co p, oi k p uti v imotit In that i lrnh b Low .'i.: - m k - i " ("'.iv u v 1 1 iy volt; !, ii: the present e of a witness, 1 in the bank) and on w! tcb . ill : s endorsed the oath ot 11 1 v Lt (v i v h, vJi OtaO O I Li iC rS) oc ai ihc head) or sonic pnnn i pOV v -.... ff it ( ni I fi!i "a ' 'l 1 i :ei s ot body ;oiiti' power, :.C W( ds lolCO olcmnh r.c case may Le. ) .e copartntrshin , are, or known bv ifct ira ion , as tr case mav beN the owner, for ot1 oi tne 1 1, ua i cs the capital stock of the bank ted Staus, specified in the i r of attorney, and of no ; that no other person any interest in the said si cs, di- : i I o inmrcctiy, exeept as stated in t e saitl power ; and that no other -v r has been given to anv person. t ic i is i v.- in lorce, io oie torme.j v . Tot ihc copartnership aforesaid ' : r : 1 ly politic aforesaid, as th case maybcai any election of dirce- - ' It'll I : . ? h I . V . , r i-.Kcn before a no - or knstlce of the dial! be certified bv him. id He it further en teted, i v s ol any eh n of be be I a; aforesal 1, a) al veil aa? p4 rson to ive mors thi s thirti i cs inthe whole, at any sacl ! xtiomwith u the said .c.sois h in - i k n the afores ttd oath or afEr mstion, or shall Buffer anv nan : nt. or pro;y, for any other person : . . copartnet ship, or bodt v. ith"1 i r newer f t! at r 1 C iC -cd by the fort i ' I., 1 i - v. I V. Ill: ti I Cv. amnnaiK ;s ot ; id :s i ihatl ci ascnt t ievi rail . bt deemed gtalt
na: anor, fc on conviction thereof, shall )( subject tt a line not exceeding i dollars j or to i m prison raent not exceeding one yet r, at the discretion i i court I) it a t avhich such conric ion shall be hat) And if any person s it wilful!) And absolutely swearer tmrtn falsely, in taking my oath or tiurrnation prescribed by this act, such rson so offending, shall, upon lue conviction thereof, be subject to
- pains and penalties which arc b) a.v prose ribed for the punishment ot ilful and c irrojJt perjury. Sec. And he it further enacted That if any person shall, directly or ihdirectly) giveany sum or sums o! money, or anv other bribe, present) or reward) or any promise, contract, iblieation or security, for the pay merit of or delivery ot any money, pre sent) or reward) or any thing to obtain or procure the opimot vote, or in u est the President oi .he Bank i the united States, or either ol the lirvctors thereof, or tlie president or . director 01 either. oi the branches 04 t He said bank) in any election) question, mattcr or thing) wMch shall
j r" na before the said presidetitand cR- ; rectors fordeeisiotijiii relation to the
interest and lUanagement oftne bisi"Mil" said bank, and shall be .hereof convicted : such Derson o; persons -o giting, promising) contraciinar, or si curing to he eriv( n, paid, dclivc cd, any sum 01 sums of mo nv, nresent, rcwar 1 or other bribe. -s aforcseid ; anu tne president or di Ltdl rector who shall, in any wise, accept r rcc ive t.ie conviction tlier of, shall be fined and imprisoned the discretion of the court, and shall forever be disouaiified to hold anv ofI i bl lie; o' nroc! under the s.tui corporation, and shajl, also, forever be disfruaUfied to hold anv oHice of honor, trust, or profit, under ihc United Stales. ii. ( LAV, Speaker of the Mouse of Reps. JAMES BARBOUR, President of the Senate nro. temnorc. March l.Sl Approved, JAMES MONROE. M. l VWm. Pioul to jyo: m Eouttv before the ciretin court tor the 1? stnrt of Columbia, against the commissioner of the public buildings, and to di reel a defence therein ' ii enacfea) by the Senate and e of Representatives of the Uni America i t Congress nstriet ot t oh e, and he is thorlsed istitute a bill in cqi, before the circuit court for the plstrict aforesaid, against the comj nusbioner of the public, buildings, C i too tun ' ing, to try 1 is claim to rc- ; "o er i ,8 ! t: dollars and f-c cents, and :on- nich c alledc:isaue .o m-ii from the . . htatcv. rtain lands by them f olden in District ol C lemina, reserved for larine hospital; and the attorney the I district afo: esaid is hereby dito C I ty) in behalf oi the United March - JAMES MONROE. -x - rVCl f of Harold Senate and .iii - it em Houne of Rrtiresentative t the . tc ' States f America in Cvngres assembl f, That the proper accounting officers of th e treasui v denartment e, aiuj mey are hereby authorised t i iiidttand settie tne accounts o i ..ii. i . ..It... . . . . . . . IT i . . Old Smvth late a captain by h c v in mv of the United Statt Un lhe quarter mssteratFort McHenry, up prmcipiea ot equity and iustic I S 1 ? pprovcd, James m roe. VCT ibr the re!; Aloss. '. n ,kTt sentativi t tth ' o tmenca. in C qhltcss asst mt ' ' 1 ;-, . . L11 BecreJa7 ' . nv7 '"ea ami rcctea tc issue to uamei moss, ot the citv o; Ki w-York, a mil ary a urrant tor I acres of land, for revoJutionarv servi ces, i! lieu of ?. wa nt aliedgf d to I'. I- oln - 7, .proi .. Ave been issued nd to have been March 5. 181 i reh f . and P. i.- brothi : Ike Senate W usr v - fthetfnii . states t - ci rr bled. '. t f n proper a ousting orf . pi s ot rent be, and they unting oRfieers of un d a
sre hereby authorised to settle and ad- Stc. 3. 4ud be it Junket enacted form the same duties, in cliv rcjust the accounts of l and P. Jour- That every person, or his or her legm! spect, in relation to the claims that ds brothers, ofthe state of Louisiana, representative) arhose claim is com- may be filed ia rirtue of the Cth sec
lot exceeding m amount the sum of 28,000 dollars ; and that the same be I pal 1 out 6f any unappropriated money in the treasury. March 3, 1319 Approve JAMES MONROE : ACT for the relief of John 13. Timberlake. Be it eitaeted bu 'he Senate and ffouee of Refttetentattvet of the ted State of America in Concrete aeecmbtedy That the proper account inc o&cers ol" the treasury be, and!
they arc hereby, authorised and requi- uca on- asa donation : i 'rwrfetf, tnat 1 hat it '..aii be the duty ol the n -is. red, i-.ithc settlement of the accounts I not more than one tract shajl he thus ter of cr.cii of t!:c s.iid land oArics, of John P. Timberlake, a purser1 in granted to any 1 person, and tlie same respectively tomahe to the commas the navy, to allow him a credit of! ssll not contain more than 640 acres; skmer of the general bad omcc s re3,08 ' dollars and 33 cents ; this sum j that no lands shall be thus gran- i- t of alJ the t lain s filed With ;..e having been drawn by the late Lieu-tec' which aro claimed or recognised register aforesaid, with the su stance tenant John.Trippe, while in the com-! D ;!lc preceding sections of this act. of tlie evidem e in suppoit th reol ; mand of the United States' schooner J $ec 4- 'JM be it further enacted and of the claims (brmeriy fi!ed, ia Lnter prize, over ami above h.is pay Sc '; "' every person comprised in the ; support of u iii l additional evidei e emoluments, from the said John D. ) hst of actual settlers, not having I shall have been received, v.'.th ihc rimbeiiake the purser of the said written evidence of claim to land I substance a such evidence ; and also
Mi rch 2, 1819 Approved, JJMl.S MONROE. Aa Ac. l tor a iiiusi 'li-.o f A e an '1 ai t ill iw i i iiiT ?'4'..i , - ,,. . . . , V . omcies, m the ('istr! :t cast of me i ilanu of Xew -Orleans. , Ue It enacted ( tlie VW7'- t.v!
House of Representatives of the Uni- J which the other public lands are sold era! Ian;: oilice, before congress, at . &a o America, in Congress a- p, ival e sale : Ptvided, that the first their nt xl session, for their deti : rninaassembled, Ti.at ail tlie claims to j instalment of the purchase money tion thereon. land, founded on complete grants I snaU be piid to tne receiver of public j Sec. 10. And be it fkrtker ewactec from the Spanish government, repor-jiftceys of the district within which I That the said re:;;stLj s and rtctic!s
ted to the secrctarv of th iUlT I the commissioners om ue S" ' cai and WCSt 01 1 ari river, . r i .
anpointi d under the authority of an s ;c. 5. And be it further enacted ' Spanish languages, and who s.4all j. tract entitled "An act for ascertaining j That, fur the purpose of adjusting form the amy ol translator, when ie-
the tillers and claims to lands part of Louisiana which lies the river Mississippi And i NTew Orleans wfnch are con the several reports of the comi tl .1 iOiU V i i i 1 ( i 1 Hi III in east ol ; . i t'ld Ol - ined id p i e" m. I opini-1 on oi valid attreei sages, and cus ment, bo, ant the iblv ! sioncrs I ;,, Uvern is, am recogrised, as va id and complete ties against am cl ii on the pai of thc United States: And that all claims founded on Briti h grants, containcd in the said reports, which hate been sold and comx o.l. a' ;;. ; Im tne provisions oi tne ireaiyoi peace, between Great Britain and Spain, J Ill liiL JU 111 3CACMlUwr, t OUjUj ) iiltll . hat part of Ijotiisiana, lying eat.t of hie isiaiai of Orleans, was ceded to Soam, under the denomination ol W est Florida oi ich w ere settled and cultivated by the person having
ihc legal title thcrem, at the date of i lands in either oi the said dissaid treaty, arc recognised as valid J tricts, who s claims have not heretoand complete titles, against any claim fore been filed with the commission! i on the part of the United States, or0f the land office, of the district
right derived from the United State.-., Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, i hat all claims, reported as ; toresaid, and contained in the several reports of the said commission! r . f anded on any order of survey, requctn . permission to settie, or any Written evidence of claim, derived from the Spanish authorities, which ought, in the opinion of the commissioners, to be confirmed, and which, by the said reports, appear to be derived from the Spanish government, before the 20th vlay of December is 35 and t'. land claimed to have been cultivate md inhabited) on or before ti at ch.-. , shall be confirm i in t s; me manner ts if the till j l.v.-i h-.cn rotnpictcd : Provided, that in all such claims, where the plat and certificate of surrey, made prior to the 15th dry c! nril, one tlioti tand y ht hundred a;.;', thirteen under the autliorhy of the Spanish government, in pursuance o: such claim, has not been filed with ihe said commissioners, such claim shall not be confirmed to any one p. rson for more that twelve hundred and eighty acres ; and that for all the other claims to land comprised in the r. -ports aforesaid, and which ought, in the opinion of the commissioners, to be confirmed, the claimant to sue I land ill be entitled tf the of- r as a donation : i rovidi d, thai such grant, as donation, shall not ! i made to any one person for more tl an twelve hundred and eighty acres ; which confirmation of the said incomplete titles and grants of donations, hereby provided to be made, shall amount only to a relinquishment forever, on tlie part of the United States, of any ciaim whatever) to the tract i nd so confirmed or granted : And fir vided, o '.o, that no such claim shall be confirmed to any person to wh' -n the title to aav tract of lai shall have been recognised under il j shall have preceding pi ivison i .
prised in the lists, or riegister ot
ci .mis. reported by the saiJ cojmr.i.-- , sioners, and the persons enbraced in the list of actual settlers, or their legal repre tentatiies) not having any written evidene em claim reported as afore-1 said, shall, where it appears by the said reports, or by the s.! hsts, that j j ihc land claimed or settled on, had j been actually inhabited or cultivated, by such person or persons in Whose f right he claims, on or before the I5t!i ! day of April 1S13, be entitled to a grant for the land so claimed or secday of p 1814 shah have inbabi-
ted or cultivated a tract of land in ei-1 proper to make; which report tothcr of the . :m! districts, not claimed gether with a lit of the claims, which.
I bv virtue of either of the nrecediner section . cms ai, suan ne cmiue,; 10 a nrei re nee, on becoming: a pur- , ' . , B r , cdiiscr truin lue u uiicu oLaiea oi sucu i tract of land, on the same terms and ranrlitiAM. anrl nt thi sjimn nrirft. fnr the land lies within two d after j the opening oi the land omce for such ' , les
' I c .v. is xi lands inthelquired by said leiristers ami reccir-
ts afores: '.-!, an.! for the dispo-lers .he lands which may remain the ty of the United States therein, office shall be established in
each of the said districts, to be kept forth :stern district at St. Helena t house and, for the eastern dis,at Jackson c mrt house; Sc a rcais
herehy,tera id re ?ivcr ofnubUcm meys shall
u-jbe appointed foi each of the said land I omres, who shall give security in the I same manner, and in the same sums, and whose compensation, duties, and I authority, shall, in every respect, be ! jiu. s o-- in relation to t "u- lands which shall hereaiter he disposed ol, at their respective o'.lu i bv la iw pro- , jJJ " latior to the other ie:,i ,ti r , crs of public moneys for the :.J ouices of the United J?r: h" i fir'lvr maeted land w : I sev Thai ei ry person or persons claim - wherein the Ian Is lie, shall be allowed wherein until the until the 1st day of July, 1G:o, to dcliver notices m writing, ana t.ie eidences of their claims, in the saiddistricts, rcspH ctively, to t e register ol" the land oRice at J.ici-.s n court house . and at St Helena court lion the notices and cvid nrcsso ed, within the time limited by this act, shall be recorded in the same manner, and on the payment ol the same fecr, as if the same had b'-cn delivered before the commisioncrs closed their said registers. Sec. 7. And be it fkrtker enact . Drat everv person or persons, wlm i;ad nice! his or their notice of claims to land, within cither of the said districts, v. itii the commissioner of the land omce. according to the former laws, but have ;. I ahibited safSciew testimony in suppoit of the same, and whose claim basnet been recoinmenvied for confirmation, shall be allow ed until the 1st day of July, S2:,, to dclh er w i itten evident e, or othc r testimony, in support of his or their claim, the notice of which had bu n filed as aforesaid, to the register ot the land oiTice at St. Helena, for lands lying in the district west f Pearl rivr, and to the register of the land ofIce at J.fh'5on court l ouse, for the lands Iving in the district east ol Pearl rti r ; and th.e i " id nee o laims, tl e : oticc v. hen ol b.e filed rs aforesaid, for lands king B hesaid .li-triet, delivered whmn the lin.e limited hy tins section, to tl i .dd registers, shall be recorded i them, respectively, m the i ame n u ncr : i " . . lircct d by former arti mn leivi the spme fees allowed b said acts, for recording evidence ot cl ims t land m the same distiicts Sec. 8. And bi itfurth ; enacted I i at the register and receiver i I b ic moneys of the sai respect ivi land offices, at Jackson court bous4 I atSt, Helena c it house, hnll
a::ic Uw.. eis. uiwi per-
tion of this act, and in w :i.- 10 the
claims, the notices of which had been filed under former acts, as well as to the additional evidv ncc which shall be adduced in sUppoi ; thereof, agrees bly to the aerenth section of this act, as hc conunissiimers Kbr the mstricts east and west of Pearl river would have bad, or should have perform ed, if such notices had been filed, and such evidence adduced, before the said commisiyners cioevl their rc i stern. Sec. 9. .i :d i-it fi r:-, r , :c ' i, specting the claim as they may think in the ooinion of the register axrd m ceiver,ougtit to be confirmedand alsoa list ot actual settlers,prior to the nas ... . . . , . siv,t uh hci, uvuiig inc lime ot their respective settlements, shall !e laid, l v ll?p rnmn.kxi, r, r f r? o shall, respectively, ha'.c power to ' appoint a clerk, wiio -Iia.it be a person Irmahleol tranilatinfr th Frcnrh an1 T - W ; and each of tlie said registers 1 nd receive s sluiii be allowed, as a compensation for their services in relation to the sad claims, at tlie rats fof nfieen hundred dollars a year; and each ol the t j iks at inc rate oi one j thousand dollars a year " Provided ; '1 hat not more than eighteen months compensation be thus uhowid to the
register, receiver, sod clerk, for tlie deistrict east of Pearl iicr; nor more man is months' compensation beat lowed to the register, receiver, and clerk, of the district west of Pearl river.
1 Sec. II. And be i f r:!,er :aetrd i Kit rurvcyor L nds s-nth of the sta:,c ol TennosseS shall, uith the consent and approbation of hc jp csldent of t!.- United states, appoint a pMii. pa! d pmy survivor I for the lands within the said ilistrici??. 1 wlm shall receive an annual jialery oC 500 dollars, and. in addition thereto, the following fets ; thai is to say : lor examining and tco- mg the surveys executed by any of the deputie . at the rate of 25 cent.-, fori rcry mile ol tlie boundary lin of suchcfw y ; and for a certified r py of ai v piat of a survey inthe office, 25 rcats; : :d whose duty it shall be to surVev, or cause to be surveyed, by i.i, c ,r deputies, the lands, tlie claim to which are confirmed, and that are di rccted to be granted as conations, I where the same have not been aire y surveyed, and the lands w.ii. h M;JV be claimed bv ril.t of Dfe-emn ion. cr L:aiu'u uv we r; it', lr j: . .1 i .i. . i g and receiver, and to cxccuie such other surveys as mry be necessary for the ascemmment of the lands, the title or claim to which is tmltaced in ihe ji;u)il o. "the eon ;.:ash:: aioi esaid. And the said principaJ dupa iy sunreyor shall make out particular plats of the sorveyi directed by this act, which 1 e shall return to the register of the nron r district; and - Islso, a general and connected plat, n ncn Me snail return to the serve) r f the tends south of the state' of Tennessee ; and the expense of am reying shall he paid by the United States: Provided The aaaac ithali not exceed, m the .v;iot, leur doila. s a mile, for every mHe i hicli slail be actually anrvej t d and raai ki dSec. IS. And bi i' further sr ac'cd. That the books of th. former coasmis i-.n-rs. i: v. huhtc e 1. Irs. an 1 c vi dences of chums, arc recorded, mall be lodged with the n i I evs 1 1 t' e and ofhee, for tie res pec live nicts ; ?n 't the regist . d n. -cr or p blic mo?ies hi r u b re? tive distiict, shall j.ae pa war to ess I .tioiii.' 'h rlrtim it cmi i...fb - t., 1 r ntok o, ,i, lo ol: r.i.K; provisions of this act, as : e . lai - & to the right of pre-empt ' ill make out lo M h ( hi -nd iLf aat, ei n-
tied, "m their opinion tin. ixio-a ccf.ficate, according to the aaftarc c4 imder li inttriK'ti irs i lucf may receive from the comnaissiaraw