Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 June 1819 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ADVERTISER.

BY fcLIUU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY JUNE 19, 1819. Vol H. No,

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LAWS OF THE UNION 15th Congress, 2d Session. AM ACT to enable the people of the Alabama territory to form a consti- , union an 1 state government, and for the a mission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states. it enact ed hu the Senate V House of H firesentatives of the United State of America in Congress oiif5frf, That the inhabitants oi the territory -of Manama be, and they are hereby, authorised to form for themselves a constitution and state government, Sc to assum? such name as they may deem proper, an 1 the said territory, When formed into a state, shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the original states, in all .respects whatever. Sec. 2. And be it fur'her enacted, Thut the state shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the point where the 31st decree of north latitude intersects the Perdido river; thence, east to the western boundary line of the state of Georgia ; thence, along said line, to the southern boundary line of the state of Ten- ' n:ssee ; thence, up the same, to the j mouth of Hear creek ; thence, by a di- - raft line, to the northwest corner of Wa&hintrtnn countv : thence, due south, to the Gulph ;f Mexico; thence east Wardty, including all islands with- , 'in 6 leagues of the shore, to the Perdido river ; and thence, up the same, to the beginning. Sec. S. And be it fur ih r enacted That it shall be the duty of k sr. -veyor of the lands of t'.e U. tcs. south of the stale of rennesseej and the surveyor of the public lands til the Manama territory ,torun S cut out the line of demark uion, between the State of Mississippi and the state to be formed of the Alabama territory ; and if itf should appear to said surveyo: that so much of said line designated in the preceding section, running due South, from the northwest cornet of Washington county, to the Gulph of Mexico, will encroach on the counties of Wayne Green, or Jackson, in said atate of Mississippi, then the same shall be so altered as to run in a direct line from the northwest corner of Washington county to a point on the Gulf of Mexico, ten miles east of the mouth of the river Pensagola. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That all white male citizens of the U States, who shall have arrived at the ac:e of 21 years, and have resided in - said territo- v 3 months previous to the day of election, and all persons having, in other respects, the legal qualifications to vote for representative in the General Assembly of the said territory, be, Sc they are hereby, authorised to choose representatives to form a constitution, who shall be apportioned among the several counties as follows : From the county Madison, eight representatives. From the county of Monroe, fur representatives. From the county of Blount, three representatives. From the county of Limestone, 9 representatives From the county of Shelby, two repre tentative. From the county of Montgomery. two representatives. From the comity of Washington, r representatives. Prom the county of Tuskaloosa, 2 representatives. From the county of Lawrence, two representatives. From the county of Franklin, two representatives. From the county of CotaCO, 9 representative-..

Fr m the county of Clark, two repre sentatives. From the county of Baldwin, one representative. From the county of Cahauba, one representative. From the county of Conecah, one representative. From the county of Dallas, 1 representative. From the county of Marengo, one representative. From the county of Marion, one representative. From tne county of Mobile, I representative. From the county of Lauderdale, one representative. From the county of St. Clair, one representative. From the county of Autauga, one representative. And the election of the representatives afjresaid shall he holden on the first Monday and Tuesday in Maynext, throughout the several counties in the said territory, and shall be conducted in the same manner, and under the SAtne regulations, as prescribed by the laws of the said territory, regulating elections therein for the members of the house of representatives. Sec. 5 And he it further enqcted, That the members of the convention thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby, authorised to meet at the town of Hunts ville, on the firt Monday in July next ; which convention when met, shall first determine by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be, or be not, expedient, at that time, to form a constitution and state government for the people within the said territorv ; and if it be determined to be expedient, the convention shall be, an 1 hereby are, authorised to form a constitution and state government : Provided, That the same, when formed, shall be republican, and not repugnant to the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, between the people and states of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, so far as the same has been extended to the said territory by the articles of agreement between the United States and the state of Geo Via, or of the constitution oftheUnicd States Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the following propositions he, Jc the same are hereby, offered t

the convention of toe territory of Alabama, S.o wh : formed, for their free acceptance b rejection, which, if accepted by th convention, shall be obligatory Upoi the United Mates : First That the section numbered . . i . sixteen m every cownsmp, ana WijiM such section has been sold, gr; nted disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to t , same, shall be granted to the inha ; tants of such townships for the use oi schools. Second. That all salt springs wit! in the said territory and the lands re served for the use of the same, togeth er with such other lands as may, b the President of the United States, bi deemed necessary and proper for woi -king the said salt springs; not exceeding in the whole the quantity contained in 36 entire sections, shall be erranted to the said state, for the use of the people of the said state, the same to be used, under such terms conditions, and regulations, as the legislature ol the said state shall direct : Pridtd, The said legislature shall never sell nor lease the same for a longer term than ten years at any one time. Third. That five ner cent, of the net proceeds of the lands lying with in the said territory, and which shall he sold by Congress, from and after the 1st day of September, in the year 1819, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved for making pu lie roads, canal?) md improving the navigation of rivers of which three-fifths shall be applied to those objects within the said state, under the direction of the legislature thereof, and two-fifths to the making if a road of roads leading toisaid state, tinder the direction of congress. Fourth. That thirty-six sections, rone entire township, to bedesignaed by the secretary of the treasury. inder the lent of the direction of the PreaiUnited States, toe-ether vith the one heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the nse ol a seminary of learning, and vesed in the legislature of said state, lobe appropriated solely to the use of uch seminary by the said legislature nd the secretary of the treasury, uner the direction aforesaid, may reserve the seventy-two sections or townships, hereby set apart for tin suppoft of a seminary of learning, ii. small tracts Provided, that no tract shall consist of less than 2 sections; &.

provided, always, that the said convention shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable1 without the consent ot the United States, that the people inhabiting the said territory do agree and declare, that they forever disclaim all right and title to the waste or un appropriated lands lying within thsaid territory ; Sc that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States ; am! moreover, that each and every tract of land sold by the United States, after the 1st day of September, in the year 1819, shall be and remain exempt from any tax laid by the order, or under the authority of the state, whether for state, county, township parish, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years, from and after the respective days of the sales thereof ; and that the lands belonging to the citizens of the LTnited States residing without the said state shall never be taxed higher than the lands belonging to persons residing therein ; and that no tar. shall be imposed on lands, the property of the U. States ; and that all navigable waters within the said state shall forever remain public highways, free to the citizens of theyiaid state and of the U. States, withrmt any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said state. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That in lieu of x section of land, provided to be reserved for the seat of government of the said territory, by an act entitled "An act respecting the surveying and sale of the public lands in the Alabama territory'" there be granted to the said state, for the seat of the government thereof, a tract of bnd containing 1,620 acres, and consisting of sundry fractions and a quarter section, in sections 31 and 32, in township To. and range 10. and in sections 5 nd 6, in township 15, 8c range

10 and in sections 29 and 30, in the same township and range; lying on both sides of the Alabama and Cahawba rivers, and including the mouth of the river Cahawba; aijd which heretofore has been reserved from public sale, by order of the President of the United States. S ec. 8. And be it further enacted. That, until the next general census shall he taken, the said state shall oe entitled to one representative in the House of Representatives of the L -kited States. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted hat, in case the said convention shall form a constitution and state government for the people of the territory of Alabama, the said convention, as soon thereafter as may be, shall cause a rile and attested copy of such consti- ' u ion or frame of government as shall be formed or provided, to be transit 1 to congress for its appro baion. II. CLAY, Speaker of the I louse of Reps. JAMES BARBOUR, President of the Senate pro. tempore. March 2, i8i9. Approved : JAMES MONROE. T ACT to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land offices, for the disposal of public lands not heretofore offered for sale in the states of Ohio and Indiana Re it enacted by the Senate and House of" Representatives of the United State of America, in Cungres asMemdled, That, for the sale of the unappropriated public lands in the state ot Ohio, to which the lnlian title is extinguished, the following districts shall be formed, and land offices therefor established. All the public lands, as aforesaid, King between the western boundary line oi the state of Ohio, and a north and south line to be drawn at forty-eight miles cast of the said western boundary line, and bounded on the south by the Indian boundary, established by the treaty of Greenville, and on the north by the northern boundary of the state of Ohio, shall form a district for which a land office shall be established at Piqua: And all the public lands, as aforesaid, lying between the above declined distiict and the western limits of the Connecticut reserve, and Canton land district as firt established, and bounded on the south by the Indian boundary established by the treaty ol G. eenville, and on the north by the northern boundary of the state of Ohio, shall form a district, for which a lai d iTirc shall he established at the town of Delaware. And for the di-po-al of the unappropriated public lands in the --tatc of Indiana, to which the In dian title is extinguished, the following districts shall be formed, and land offices established All the public lands, as aforesaid. I i which the Indian title was cxt. :uishetf bv the

treaties concluded at St Mary's in the month of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, lying east of the ran p une, separating the first and second ranges, east of the second principal meridian extended north to the preem Indian boundary, and north of a meto be run, separating the ninth

mki lemn uers ot townships north ot the base line, shall form a district, for winch a land ofiice shall be established at Brookville. And all the public lands, as aforesaid, the Indian title to which was extinguished by the treaties, aforesaid, and lying west of the ! last described district, shall forma! i . . . ' i .district, lor which aland office shall (be established at the town of Terrelaut : And all the public lands, as aforesaid, the Indian title to which was extinguished by the treaties aloresaid, lying east of the second prin 'r11 mciiuian, aiiu S'mrn ol alloc to i . . . I . . ....... i . i r t.

i .... v iiiiaai, nine siidii )C Dam. Oil till be run, separating the ninth and tenth last cfDcccmhcr zlZ c tiers of townshups north of the base owner ol every fishing boatu serine, shall be. and are hereby, attached , or his n D collector of o the district of Jeffersotnille ; and lhc district huhcrc'sucll boat the said lands shall be offered for sale, sel be, shall be quaiiwith the same exceptions, and on the jacd, agreeably to law, for car ni- "on terms and conditions, m every re- the Bank and other Cod fisheriefaS spect, both at public and p.ivatc sal ,,, that shail actually have been employ, as is provided for the sale of the lands cd therein, at sea, for the term of in the : stricts aforesaid : Provided four months, atkast, of the S ing Uo: riiat the president of the United season next prececUng, which season Mates shall have power, and he is a ,ccotInled?0 TaaTo hereby authorised-, to remove, when- of February to the last dav of Vovever he shah judge it expedient so to embcr, m every year, for each and ev. do, the land office from Je lersonville, toQ of Mlcb Lat or vesseo , witnin tbe district ! as licensed or enrolled, if of more Sec. 2. And he it further enacted I than five tcr.s, and not exceeding That the president is hereby author- thirty tons, three dollars and fifty ized to appoint, by and with the con- cents ; if above thirty tons, four dolsent and advice of the senate, for each iars ; and if above 30 tons and having of the districts aforesaid, a register ot bad a crew of not less than ten perthe land office and receiver of public ons and I aving been actually emmoneys ; which appointments shall ployed in the cod fishery at tea, for not be made, for any of the aforesaid the term of three and one-half respective land districts, until a suf- months, at the least but less than ficient quantity of public lands ahall four months of the season aforesaid, have been surveyed within such dis- three dollars and fifty cents : Pr.vitrict, as to authorise, in the opinion of di d. that the allow ance aforesaid on the president, a public sale of land any one vessel, for one season, shall within the same ; which registers of not exceed three hundred and sixtv the land office and receivers of public dollars. moneys, when appontcd, shall each, ! Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, respectively, give security, in the That such parts of the fifth and sixth same sums, and in the same manner, sections of the act hereby amended, and whose compensation, emolum- as are contrary to the provisions of cuts, and duties, and authority, -Jiall, thisact. be, and the same are hereby in every respect, be the same, in re- - repealed.

speet to the lands which shall be dis - posed of at their offices as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public mo;.evs in the several land offices establish ed for the disposal of the public lan:s ; ol the United States, in the states o; Ohio and Indiana. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That all the public lands within the aforesaid "several distiicts, to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and which have not beer, gi anted to, or reserved for, the use of any individual or individuals, or appropriated and reserved for any other purpose, by any existing treaties or laws, and with the exception of section numbei ed vbueen, in each township, which, shall be reserved for the support ol schools therein, shall be offered foi sale to the highest bidder, at the land offices for the respective ( istricts, Under the direction of the register of the land office and receiver of public monev s, on such day or days as shali by proclamation of the president ol the United States, be designated fo j that purpose ; the sales shall remain open .t eacii place for three weeks, and no longer ; the lands shall not,be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall, in every other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size, on tinsame terms and conditions, as hae j been, or may be, by law provided fur the sale ol the lands of the L mted States in the states of Ohio and Indiana. All the public lands in the said districts, with these exceptions above mentioned, remaining unsold at the close ci the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by the register of the respect iv land offices, in the same manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms and conditions in every l Sspect, as arc or may be provided b law for the sale of the lands of the I' nited States in the slates of Ohio an Indiana: And patents shall be obtained, for the lands sold in the San districts, in the same manner, BncVoi the same terms, as are or may he h law provided for other public law I sold in the states of ( )hio and liu iana Sec. 4. And bf it fur h r etu. That the president of the Unites , States shall have pwer and he iv hereby authorised, to remove a 1 ne er he shall jude it expedient so t do any and each of the land ofhecs established hv this act, to such suitabh I placCj within the district for which it

was established, as he shall judtc most proper. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That each or the registers of the la. office, and receivers of public moneys , shall receive five dollar fcr each day's attendance in superintending the public males in their respective dis-

trjrts March 3, 1 8 1 9 Annrovt d. JAMES MONROE. 1 N ACT in addition to, and alteration of, an act. entitled An act laying a duty on imported salt granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and almwences to certain vessels employed in the fisheries. lie it enae'ed by the Senear is" IFou c Representatives nf the United state of America in Congres assembrd. I hat. Irom and alter the nasinc? r.i! .... ..r nf.K;, .u k-ii i ; March 3, 1819 Approved, J.1MEH MOXROE. AN ACT to authorise the secretarv of v ar to convey a lot, or parcel of land belonging to the UmU d Slates, lying in Jefferson county, in the state of Virginia. Re it enacted hu the Senate and Ih use rf Representative of the Uni tad S'ates ot America, in Cunrc assembled, That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, authorised to comey by deed, in fee simp e, to a certain Johg Peachet, a lot or parcel ol land, with the appnrteanances belonging to the same, lying in Jefferson county in the state of Virginia cal'ed ihe Keep-Tryst Fui race and containing two hundred and tweiity-cne acres, beiongirg to the United States, upon such terms as he may think mctt conducis to t e interest of the United States; and the money arising from the kale thereof to depositc in the treasury of the United St ates. March 3, 1 8 1 9 Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN' ACT to authorise the secretr.n of warto appoint an additional ajrnt for paying pensioneri of tl c United States in the stale of Tennessee. Re it enacted by the Senate cr.d Huhc of R rprrhrntaiives of 'he c'r.jed Star qfAmerifm in Cangrrm assembled That Fiom and after the passing of this act, the secretary nf the department of war be, and he ii hereby, authorised to appoint an agent, in addition to the one aln adv ap pointed in the state of Tennessee, under the ad of the tsrenty-lbarth April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for the puiposr of pa ing pensioners of the United S-.oi, residing in cast Tennessee whose lu t-e shall he, in all respects, simitar o thne appointed under the aforementioned act. March 3, 1R10 A' - - ; JAMES MONROE. W ACT roncen in tl r -.:"o'. nee of pensions up Ki a rclli. uis!;mer.t o b'on,t laodhf. Be if enacted by theStnn'e -'d HonieaftCefiseamtmti-vesofthe V -fed Stuie tf Arntri'Cy in C n: .1isen.ledi That the sreond rrt the act making further proi-(, t militar) set vires t'uing1 the 1 te m r, and for other purposes,, approv.j