Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 July 1819 — Page 1

Western Sun & General Advertiser;

BY EL1IIU STOUT; VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY JULY 8, 1819. Vol it. Ho. .7

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r' Con fcESS 3 I RESStOK. AN to m norste t Medical Society of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted bu the Senate and House cf c' furentatwen qfthe Unit ea State qf Am- ri Con surest ass mbled, That J Charlf-s 'ortaxiton. Jam s II. Bl ike, John T. Sh em. Thorn is Sim, Frederick M i Jrvl T, Gustine, Elish i II trrison, Peregrine Warficl 1, Alexander McWilli iuis, G ;orge Clark, 1 1 snry rluntt, Thomas Henderson, John Harrison, Benjaill I .i. u ' i: v , 1 1 1 I i iuiin.i, .ivuuiia 1 nn W. VY rthind n. W ili tm Jones. James Ul ' ' I .J.I I 111 I, II I I LI I II MEI11IU HI , V V k tj V Mr;, lio'ievt French, and such persons as they m i. , from t.me to tune lect, an 1 their successors, are hereby declared to be a com u inity, corporation, and body politic, foreveiy bv and under the name and title of t io Medical Society of the District of Columbia ; and by and under the sa ne n ime and title they shall be able an I cap ible iii law t: purchase, take, h ive, aude.i j ee, t o them a ad tiieir iUCCeSSors, in f e or for lease, estite or est ites, m) land, tenements, rents, annuities, chattels, I) mk. stock, registered debts or or other public securities within the district, by the gift, bargain, s ile, demise, o!- of any person or persons, bodies politic, or corporate, Capable to make the same, and the s un -, at their pleasure, t', alien, sell, transfer, or lease and apply, to such purposes as they m ty a 'j id ;e most conducive to the promoting and disseminating medical and surgic J knowledge, an 1 for no other pur-? pose whatever! trovided nevertheless , That the said society, or body politic, sh ill not at any one time, bold or posses: property, real, personal, or mixt, exceeding in total value the sum ci six thousand d Uars per annum Sec. 2. And br it further enacted, That the members Of the said Society, above designated, shall hold, tn the city or V u lington, four stated meetings in everv y ir, -. (u the first Mondays in January April, Julj and October ; the officers of the society to consist of a President, two Vice Presi Lents, one corresponding secretary i one Recording Secretary, one Treasurer, and one Librarian, who shall be appointed on the second Monday in M iich, 119, and on the annua meetiii! inlanuaryfor ever thereafter, not less than k era members being present at Such meeting : and the society may make a Co nmon seal, and may elect into their b i ly s i i medical and chimrgical practitioners, within the District of Columbi i, aatliey mav deem qualified to become members of the soeiety : it beine und ri' no . tae a.iCer.-.o tne societv nov. ;ted are to rem un in office until tiu at election after the pa: igeoftiiis ict itShalland may be lawful for the sai-. M heal Society, or any number of them attending, not less than seven, to elect In ballot five pers ns, residents of the district, who shall be styled the Medical B ar 1 of F.x i mint rs of the District of Columbia, whose duty it shall be to grain licenses t.i such medical and chirurgica gentlemen as they may, upon a fad ex aminatton, judge ad u ite to comment the practice of the medical and chirurgi cal arts, or as may produce diploma from same respectable college or societj each person so obtaining a certificate t pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars, tobt fixed 00 or ascertained by the society. I Sec. 4. Ar.d be it further t naett d, Th it v three of the examiners shall constiVu a board f ri imining such cantli I m as may apply, and !iall subscribe their names to each certificate by then granted, which certificate shall also !x countersigned by the President of the So ciety, and have the seal of the society af tlx d thereto ly the Secretary, upon pax in into he hands of the Treasurer ti sum f money to be aseertah ed, as ,:bo q v ov.iei , ami anv one u tne saa xaminers may grant a license to practic ltd a board, m conformity with this act n be held: Provided, That nothini htrcin contaiiuil shall authorise the su corporation in any wvt () regul ite th pvWe of medical or chirurgii d atteu dance, on such persons as may need thost st -rv ices. Sec. S. And be it further enmtt&f, Tha nfter the appointment of the aforesui medical board, no person, nt heretofbr practitioner of medicine or lutger witnin the District of Columbia, sh ill . illoWed to practice within the said D.v

trict, in either of the said branches, an 1 receive payment for his servici s, withou first h ing obtained s license, testified a by this law directed, or without the pro duction of a diploma, under the penalt of fifty dollars for each offence, to be re covered in the county court where he m i reside, by bill of presentment and indict ea at ; one half for the nsc of the society and the other for that of the informer. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That ery person who, upon application, sii tl be elected a meinher of the Medical So ciety shall p ty a sum not exceeding te dollars, to be ascertained by the society. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, Tha the Medical S ciety be, and they art hereby empowered, from time to time, t make such bye-laws, rules and rcgul . tions, as they may rind requisite, to break

or liter their common seal, to fix th times and places for the meetings or' th board of examiners, tilling up vacancie in the medical board, and to do and per form such other things as may be requi site t r earn lh;s u.t into execution, & stitution and laws of the United State.-. stitution and laws ot the I rated States j Providt d That nothing herein container ! shall extend, or be construed to extend to prohibit any person during hi his actual residence in any of the Unit. . St ites, and who, be the laves of the st itwherein he dedi or may reside, is no nroliibited from oractisi - in either of t i tbove brandies, from practising in th. I) strict : Provided altifa is, Th it it h ii m l m ly be lawful for any person reside it as aforesaid, and not prohibited a: afores dd, when specially sent far, to come into any part of this District, and admin1 1 ter or prescribe medicine, or perform my operation tor the relief of such to whose assistance he m iv be sent for. See. i. And b' it further enacted, Thai Congress may, at any time, alter, amend, or annul, this act of incorporation of saivi society at pleasure. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. VS. BARBOUR, President of the Senate, pro tempore. February 16, 1&19. Vproved, JAMES MONROE. AN CT to increase the salaries of cer tain Officers of Government, P.e it t-riactcd by the Setuzte and House f Reftresentatives qfthe United States of America, m Congress assembled, That instead of the salaries now allowed by law to the following officers, there shall be paid to them, quarterly, the followihg annual salaries, rcspectivel) ; that is to say ; to the Secretary of State, 6000 dollars: to the Seeretary of the Treasury, 6000 dollars : to the Secretary of W ar, 6000 dollars : to the Secretary of the Navy, 6000 dollars : to the Attorney General, 3,500 dollars : to the Post-Master Gener d, 4000 dollars : to the Chief Justice of the United States, 5000 dollars : & to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, 4,500 dollars: and to the Assistant Post-Master General, and Additional Assistant PostMaster General, 2,500 dollars each : to commence the first day of January, 1819 ; and to be paid Out Of any money in the treasury act otherwise appropriated. February 20, 1819. Approved : JAMES MONROE. RESOLUTION authorising the trans mission of the Documents accompanying the Report of the Committee to examine into the proceedings of the Uank of the United States, free of postage. Resolved, by the (Senate and House of f? i7 ':.. f.f ih TT"il,-rt SZtnfoa , f I . . . .ww. v . w f . t. . flUI U "J.' Mil. Jf tmenca, m Longrcsa assembled, lh.it he Members of Congress, the Delegates rom territories, tlie Secretary ot the Senate, and Clerk of tlie 1 louse of Rt preentatives, be, 8c they are hereby authorzed, to transmit, free of postage, to any 'ost-Office within the United States, or i ie territories thereof, the documents acompanyingthe Report of the Committee appointed by the Mouse of Representafives to examine into the proceedines of ae Bank of the United States. February 15, 1819, Approved, JAMES MONROE. N ACT authorising the President of the United States to purchase the lands reserved by the act of the 3d of March l.Sir, to certain Chiefs. Warriors, or other Indians, of the Creek nation. Be it enacted by the Senate ana' House f Reftrcsentative qfthe Umh d State of (merica, in Congress assembled, Th.it t shall be lawful tor the President of the mited States to purcli ise for. and on betalf of the United States, any tract or tracts of land, reserved by the act of the hirdday of March, 1817, to the chiefs, warriors, or other Indians of the Creek itioh, which they or either of them mav e disposed to sell ; and the amount of e.ich purchase shall be paid out of any aoney in the Treasury, not otherwise ippropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That ny tract or tracts of land, the title to vaieh may be acquired by the United A itfs bv virtue of this act. shall be offere 1 t Dublic sale, at the land office rrf the strict in which thv mv he itiitf nrn tttch day or days as the President shall, j proclamation, designate for that par - lose, in the same manner, and on the une conditions and terms of credit, as is irovaded bv law for the sale of oublic mrUnf thn I "nitl St t.-s : un.i nntont

hall be granted ttiertfor, as for other public lands and town lots sold bv the USited States, February SO, 181 1 Vppcove : JAMEb MONROE,

IN ACT for the relief of Benjamin Lord lQOs and to repeal certain parts or PooL , the ?-ame," or of my ether act or acts prt - Be it enacted by the Senate and JFfosuf hibctingthe traSc in slaves, to be pm f Hi fir tentativi qfthe Unitt d State of ceeded spunst accordfais to law : And t. tmcrvca in Congress assembled. That . proceeds of all ships and vessels, t'nthe Secretary of the Treasury shall be au- , tackle, apparel, and furniture, and th a u ised to pav to Benjamin Pool, the a-, goods and efiectson board fthem, wh nountof a judgement recovered against (shall be so seised, prosecuted and co;.um by Humpnrei Moore, in the Sa- I demned; shaH be Bvided equally betwea treme Court of New Hampshire, in con-' th- United States and the ofltoem& re.e. iequence of an erroneous assessment of who Shall seize, take, or bring, She s.n. lis property, toeether with the costs of into portrfbr condemnation, whetiici v..

ait, and all reasonable expense diaries incident to the defence of the said suit. February 20, isiq. Approved : JAMES MONROE VX ACT for the relief of Adam Kinsley, Thomas French and Charles S. Leonard. ?- it marred hu the Senate and House j f Representative qfthe United States Jf tm Tica, 4 in Conirress assembled That I

he secretary of war, be, and he is hereby shall deliver every such negro, mulatto, mthorized to pay unto gdam Kinsley and . or person of color, to die marsh U of tnt rhomas French, such sum of money, in j district into which they are brought, 11 iv tddition to that already paid, under a j to a port of the United States, or, if else contract entered into on the 20th day of ' wliere, to such person or perstms as shal October, lsu.s, between Tench Coxe, on ; be lawfully appointed by the President :ic jart of the U. St ites, with the said ! the United States, in the m mner hereinVdam Kinsley and Thomas French., for after directed, transmitting t ) the Pn sioie manufacture of 49H0 stand of arms : dent of the United States, as soon a

is shall increase the price ot each stand of - may be after such delivery, a d enpei e irms delivered under the said contract, ', lit of such negroes, mul ittoe i,OT per a :o a sum equal to that allowed to others j of color, tii it he may give directions : who entered into contracts to manufac- j the disposal of them. And fircvid ijkrLire and deliver arms to the U. States, on I th"i That the commanders . t such Comir about the s tme time, keeping in vie w missioned vessels, do cause to be appredic quality of tlie arms delivered by each ; . bemied, and taken into custod) , e i rj uul that die same be paid out of any mo- j person found on board of s u :h ves I, si iey n the treasury, not otherwise appro- j seized and taken, being of the officei printed. or crew thereof, and him tueni conve) Sec. 2. And b it further enacted, That ( as soon aa conveniently may be, to the cthe said secretary, make the like additi- j vil authority of the United States, to Ik onal compensation to Charles S. Leonard 1 proceeded against, in due course of law ,

out ot any mone s m tae treasure not o- i therwise aimropriatcd, for arms manufactured and delivered by him, under a contract ee. time above the rule:; pr lion. February d into, on or about tiie nentioned, keeping in view ribtd m the preceding sec- j ipin Approved : JAMES MONROE AN ACT providing for a grant of land for tlie s; at of government in the state

of Mississippi, and for the support of a 1 Africa, as agent or agents, for receiving seminary of learning witiun the said I the negroes, mulattoes, or persons of costate, lor, delivered from on 'oo;ird vessels, seizBe it enacted by the Senate and House j ed in the prosecution of the si ive tr ide, f Rcfircscntatives qf the United States of by commanders of the United States America, in Congress assembled, That armed vessels. there shall he granted to the state of is - ; See. 3. . 1nd be itfurthi r enacted, Th: I sissippi, two entire sections u iandi 6r a bounty of twenty-five dollars be pajdti fractional sections, orquarter sections not j the officers and crews of the commissioner ceeding the quantity contained in two j ed vessels of the United States, for eat entire sections, for a seat of government and everyjjncgro, mulatto, or person o. in the said state; which land shall be l ca- color, who shall have been, as hercmh ted in one entire tract, at such place as, fore provided, deliv ered to the marsh a under tlie authority of the said state , c i. II or igent duly appointed to receive th i be designated for the se.it of government . And the secretary of the treasury is hen therein, whenever the Indian title shall by authorised and required to pay, have been extinguished thereto, c before cause to be paid, to such officers an the commencement of the public : les of ; crews, or their agi nt, the af resaid bouu tlisjAdjoiningSc surrounding lands belong-1 ty, for each person delivered as afoia

sr to the United Stat s. See. 'J. And be it further cnacu d, That in a Idition to the township of land granted for the support of Jt fferson College, there sh ill be granted, in the said state, another township, or a quantity of land equal thereto, to be located in tracts of not less than four entire sections each, which sh dl he rested in the legislature of the said state, in trust, for the support of a seminary tif learning therein ; which lands shall be located by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, whenever an extinguishment of Indian title sh ill be made for i inds, suitable, in his opinion, for that purpose, in the s ad state. Which grant hereby provided to be made, snail be considered as made in lieu of a township directed to be reserved bv the fifth section of an act, entitled 11 An act to provide for the ascertaining and survej -ing of the boundary line fixed by the treaty with the Creek Indians, and for other j purposes,' passed March 3,1815; and which reserve of orie township, provider t- he made by the aforesaid hfth i-e lion ot said at t, shall be offered for sale, in dif same manner as the other public lands in tlie same tihtrict. February o, 1819 Approved, jam;;.-) MONROE. ! AN ACT in additi n to the prohibiting the slave trad Be it enacted by Ju Senate and Houst qf R Urcst ntatrve$ qfthe United States America, in Congress assembled, Thai the President of the United St. ites be, and he is hereby, authorised, whenevei he shaH deem it expedient, to t ause an of the armed a ss. Is of the United States to be employed toerui.se on any of tht coasts of the U. S. or territories thereof, or of the coasts of Africa, or elsewhere, where he may judge attempts may bt made to carry on the slave trade by citizens or residents of the United Matt in contravention of the acts of Congress, prohibiting the same, : nd 1 1 instruct anv direct the commanderi of all armed a sels of the United States, to sei-a, tak. and !.ri..c; into any part of the U. Si iU I aH &hlpS or vessel, of the United St ite 1 wheresoever found, which may hav Li ken on board, or vt 'nieh m:i be intendec ' tor the Impose ot" 1 :M 00 r-h or i transporting, or may hate transported, ;inv ne5TO' mulatto, or perso i oi color, u violation oi any oi tne provisi .as t ti I act, entiuea An act in aouition to an aci

to prohibit the import ati n of slaves to :i!lV l)0Vt or l)laiCc withl 1 the jurisdicUoi. of the! nited States, and after tht l!ti vi ln i Y uf our

seizure be madebv an armed vessel

the United States or revenue cutu r tit r. - of : And tin . - j ie same shall be distributed m r as is provided ly la v for th j like maimer distribution of prizes taken from anew my. Previa d, That the omc i men to be entitled to one half of the pfOCee Is aforesaid, shall safe keep every negro. mulatt vorpi rson of color, foua lonb lard of any ship or vessel so s.i d, taken, or brought into port, for condemnation, aiu in some the districts therv( f, Sec. 2 And be it further t nacted, Tier. the President of the hated States be, ai d he is hereby authorised to make .-.nun regulations and arrangements, as he raaj deem expedient, for i!ic safekt eping, sup- ! port and removal bevond the limits of tin United States, of all such n groes, mulattoes, or persons of cob r, as may n so delivered and brought within their jurisdiction : And to appoint a proper perj son or persons, residing noon the coast oi m. m m sa:d. See. .J. ,1...' i, it further enacted, Tha when any citizen or other person, shal. lodge information with the attorney f the district of any state or territory, as th case may be, that any negro, mulatt. or person of color, has been importe therein, contrary to the ja o isions of tl acts in such case made and provided, shall be the duty of the said attorm forthwith to commence a prosecution, b information; and process shall issue gainst the persons charged with hold., s ,rh negro, negroes, mulatto, mulattOe: , person or pers!is of color, so adledgeO s be imported, ccrarary to the provisions i the acts aforesaid : And if, upon the rt turn of the process executed, it shall b ascertained, by the vt edict of a jury, tha. such negro, negroes, mul itto, mnlattoef. person or persons of color, have been . ought in, contrary to the true intent & neaningof the acts in such cases mad md pro feded, then the court shall direi he marshal of the said district to taki the said negroes, mul ittoes, or persons ( color, into his custody for safekeepinj subject to the orders of the Pr ident the united States ; and the inform : Dl informers, who shall have lodged the m formation, shall bu entitled to receive, o ver and above the portion of the penaltk v iccruing to him cr them by the provisk ns if the acts in sach case made and pr led, a bounty of fifty dollars, force h a . very negro, mulatto, or person of coloi who shall 'nave been delivered into tl ustody of the marshal ; an.l the seen : try of the treasury is hereby authoria : required to pay, or cause to be paid.th.foresaid bounty, upon the certiheaie oi the clerk of the court for the dis-ri vhtre the proecntir.n mav hav ieen aad, with the seed of office tncreto annexed, stating the number of negroes, n'dattoes, cr persons of culor, so dcliv -red. Sec 5. A ul bt it further enacted, Tha; t shall be the duty of the commander ofl my armed vessels of the United States whenever he sh-dl make any capture tinier the provisions of this act.to Bring th essel and her cargo, for adiudic it; .. . . smiiil- m uic ports tA tne st...e er t ti - rj to which such vessel, so c ; tav . . lall belong, if he can sscertain the - urn not, then to be sent into any cenvenien .'it of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further ftterfat,Tha ill such acts, or parts of acts, as ina ) 'epucnant to the provisions of this m-. shall be, and the nunc aix- hereby repeal -

ea. be ;. 7. And in itfu rther emu l':.ai

i e d to or. ui.s !aw wr. ii ct. JAMES MONROE. N ArTsupplrmentan-tothf '.ctsconcernmg the Ciasting Trade. Pr It matted bu the Oenatr cr.d fftusc f Uef n m ntatwe of the United Jatr of rur'ra in Cmgnm axenr.'! d. That, for the more convenient nidation of the lastillg trad-, th.- sea coa-t and ::aigale ri . i s : the t'mted i. u s bt , and H'lVllV Hl rlivWtf A itTll 1 HWt A'mtJ, -m . - . ...... b v u.aii iia Lhe nrat, to include aO the d stricts aa Use e i coasts and navjr ble ri ers, bctwec n thee tstern limits H th? United States che southern limits ot Georgia; aiii the tecona, to include .lithe ' stricts on ii,e sea e i sr ami nigihle r .ars, betv,e n ie r n r Perdido and the western limits th- United States. Sec. 2. Andbi. it further enacted THiat very ship or au I, f th burthen mQ tons or upwards, licensed to trao bean it dxffi rent districts of the Unin d I ites, Lhall be, ai;d is hereby authorised o earn on such trade bt veen the d.s.ricts included within tlie aforesaid great listricts, lvspectively, and between a state in one, and an atijoii.nig stte in anther, great district, iu SSnnnfT. ai.d sabject DBl to the regulations that are, now c la w required to be obs rved by sau h -hips or -.asals, in trading from one d sri t in One state to a district in the mxt idjorning Stat a any tiling in any law to re contrary m twhhstaadi ir. S e. 3. And b itfkrtkt r , acU 4 That very diip or ressel, of the buxdeii of .0 ions or upwards, lie. used to trade as afores lid, shall be, and is he reby required, a trad in;; from one to another great district, other tiiau between a state in one, nd an adjoining st .te in enothcr, great Listrict, to conform to an I observe the 'egulations, that, at the time of passsnc i s act, are required to be obst r ed, by ueii vessels, in tr idiag from a distric t sa ne state to a district m any other tlian n adjoining state. Sec. -i. And be it further endttcd. T: it the trade between the districts net indued in either of the two great districts af .resaid, shall continue to be carried a the maimer, and subject to the ;eula.:ais, already prov'.dt u for th.s pun vse. Sec. 5. And be it further nacu d, 1'hat this aet sdxall commence itr.d be in force rom and after the .SOth day of June next ifterthe patting thereoC .March 2, 119. j.procd, JAMbS MONROE. IN ACT for the relief of John Clark. BE it enacted ty the na and U use ! Repr tentative of the Unit d S'utr f Amt rica in Congress assembt. d. That liesecretar) of war be, and ht ,s hereby ithorised and directed to issue to Joiin 1 t k, late an officer in the revolutionary I m , a land warrant for the quantity of 0 acres of lend ; which warrant, when sued, shall be located on any untreated arts of the lift quarter townshins .md Miomd ou irter townships, reserved hv iw for c r.ginal holders of nuhtary 1 d irrants, m the manner end within ne me provided by law for other saiifit iy arranta, issued forssnwipea in th n voitkmsry army ; ant! a patent or pate t.ts 11 be granted thereon -sin other cases. February .0, if- iS. Aj proved : JAMES MONROE. N ACT fr the relief of Henry D. v s. Be U nai ted by the & y.at, and 1. ' Ri f, r sent a thfes qf the Unit d St Imerica, in Congress amemthled,Tht e h C tary of the treasure cause to be iid unto Henry Diis, of Rockingham vonty, state of North Carolina, the sum I dollars and 70 cents, out of anv ntt t " in the treasury not otherwise appro H i ted. February Z0, lftlP. Apnrov. d, JAMES MONROE. Tin and Topper Manufactory., s MM. THE subscribers have com nenced tiic COPP&R-SAfITHM a C-SIJYLSS m this place, ou We.vr itreet, near the Vineeni.es II trl and lope to me ; t itu enroui a, enieut t.om tlie p. .hue in general. i Ji. v ae now, intl will COBStantlT tx ep j;i tiaiM, a supply i i ALL KINDS OF 0OPPEH & VIS WARE, OF TBI I mST C;L AIIT, which the) will uispe ot un rennen - ile terms. to: i), vouce. St t . IC7 Wanted, one or twoUOYS an

sum, not exceedme It'iJOKA lol aid the s-inie is her. Sy, approjiri

i'.fir, -.nets to the above bsiainens ev otutt come rccotninended. T. Y. u.