Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 June 1821 — Page 4

it j ic f jr tne in:iij .::u:it"j the ir J Ammmovkd January 9th, 1821. Sec. 1. Be i: cn.icu-d O'j in, iitwral .Isznnhii of tks t-tu'e o l.utianu, iutt u hvise for the e.npioy aient auu support ot tae poor .vwul be erected la ttie county ot K.rx, i.i tne aianaer aua eiiKiei ene co.iUiUon hereinafter presented aiul enacted. bee 'J. To a t-ic citizens oi evaox county ;it the next :;caeral election tor electing nu.n ers far tae hoase oi representatives sa ill elect i uve rcpatable cu.icus oi tae sai I co i.ity to be directors ot tne poor, tnd ot tae house ot e.oplo incut lor tue county ot ivaox ; aad the judge and inspectors ot elections in t.icir several lowiis.ups in the sad county aner receiving tue votes shall certdY the same m the s t.ne manner as is repaired by law lvg d niag me elections of t a s state and return tne same accordingly auer casting up tue votes, the c1.Tn.oi tne c- ant c un su di hie tne certiiicate in tus 0 nce, ail torV.i .vita gn e notice in writing to t ie directors ot" their oemg eiectec.1 and tne sti.l director su id aieet ai the court-ii use iu tue b irouga oi v lucennes oa tiie nrst M n 1 iii epte.dher next ensuing tneir eleetioa a ad dtvaJs themselves into taree cl isscs ; the pi u-e of tae tirst to be vacated at tae expiration of the tirst year, of the second at the expiration of tne second year, aa I of t ie thru! at tae expiration of tae third vearsothat those who snail be chosen after t le first election an lia tae in ideabave described, in inner in iv serve for three years and one third be aunu dly eleceed. Sec. 3. - Ta it every elector elected in manner aforesaid sa til within ten days after his appointment aad before he enters upon t ie duties of nis odice, take an oath or afhr. nation according to 1 which any justice of the peace of the said county is hereby authorized to admin. iter that he will disc'a trge tue once of director of tae poor trule faithfully and i npardaily to the best of Vfs knowledge and nudity and in case of n gleet or re fas d to take the necessary oath or ainvuiation within the time afore saiel, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of thirty dollars for rue use of tne poor of said county: I'dviJJ u! va a.-, that no person shall be elected a director of the poor for the said county who is not a citizen thereof. Tec. 4. .i-id c it .further enacted by '.V au'h jrlf'! aforesaid Tnat the said directors respectively shall forever hereafter m name and in fact be one body politic and corporate in law to all intents and purposes fv, Mn dsoever relating to the poor of the sa.d i?Vcounty of Knox, and sh ill have perpetual succession, aid may s.ie and be sued, plead V be imple ele 1 by the n ime, style and ti-w-tle-of "the directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Kaiox and by that name shall and may rcspcctiN ely receive t ike and hold any lands tent meats and hereditaments not exceeding the yearly v due of live thousand dollars, and my goods and ch litles w!i its ever of the g ftahenau or be pucst of any person or persons whomsoever to purchase take and hold any 1 ants and tenements in tUeir couatx in tie

nple or others 'se and civet su. table badass thereon for the tveeption, ue and ac-

coinmoilat'uMi of fie poor of their several to.v iiships to pr vv ide ad things access iry for i,v reception Uvlging maintenance an 1 empl.nunent ot the sod poor; to appoint a ire isnror an in illy, v. s'.iali give bond vith sa ricieat securuy for faithful discharge

of thedaties ot ins o e and at the expira-

a thereof h' will we'l and truly pay, and liver i er to his successor ah monies Hi. Is notes b vk.s accounts and other pa-

i-rs to the said eorneratova belnnginj which

shall Ije rem uni.ig m his hands eust.v.ly and jvnvHossaon ; to em)loy and at pleasure re in . e a stewart or Stewarts, m nron or uiatro .s, pavsi- l tii s irge-'a or surgeons and all

ier access irv attendant tor tne s ua poor suectiveiy to bond out as apprenti- i s to aart mvsterv or occup itioa so that such i i.- i i. ..

np renticesinp m expire n uuui-samr oif. re t'ne ige of twent -oik years, if females at or before the age of e-gutien years such pour childivn as snail come under thcirno-

ticccras my be bound apprentices by the overseer ot tne poor and to exi rtisc m.d enjoy all sacn other powers now estedin the overseers of the poor as are not herein granted or supplied, and the said directors respectively shall be empowered to use one common seal in all buscaess rel iting to the s iid corporation and the same at their pleasure to alter or renew. Sec. i. The said directors as soon as may be utter their election and organization as atoresaid sindl make an estimate of the probable expense o' purchasing the land erecting the necessary buildings w ithin their county tor one year whereupon the commissioners of tne countv shall and tliev are herebv authorised and required to increase the couiuy tax by one fourth part of the sura necess iry for the purposes aforesaid and may procure on loan on a credit of the taxes herein directed to be le . icd the remaining three fourths thereof to be p iid in instalm mts with interest out of the co m;y txxes ; Pnvid d akvaus. That if such loan Can.ua b m ule tiie wnole of the sum necessary for the purposes aforesa d or such part thereof as m ty be deemed proper siiall immediately be added to the county tax to be paid by the county treasurer to the d, rectors aforesaid on orders drawn in taeir fa orby thecoumtv com nismoners as the same mav be found necessary. Sec. 6. That the sai l directors shall at least once in everv year re a er an account of all monies by them received and expended to the countv commissioners subject to the same penalties rules and regulations as .ire by I iw directed respecting the. account of the o.erseersof the poor and shall also at le-.s-t once in eery year lay before the circuit court and grand jury of Iviiox countv a fat of tne number ages svx of tiie persons maintained and employed in the saio house of employment respectivelv and of t'ne children by them bound out to apprenticeship to ser e as afores od with the names of their in istcrs and mistrescs and their tr: de occupation or calnng and shall at all tunes when re paired submit to the inspection and free exa.niu itiou of such vis. tors .-.ssndl from time to time be appointed by said circuit court, all tneir books accounts and e conomy wita tne rents interest and iocs pn able and receivable be the said corporation ami also an account of all sales purchases donations devises and bo par; ts as shall nave bee made by or to them. Sec. 7. Tn it Daniel M.Ciuiv. Thorn is lvmison James Vatscn Sa unci Chambers Henry Ruble William Gamble Tiionais Jordan and Abraham Kirkendall of the said county of knox be an I they are hereby authorised empowers, d and directed to rtceive and hear such applications as shall be directed to them respecting the place which ni iy be deemed mot proper for erecting ih b iii bags for the employment an 1 suppon of tne )oor as aforesaid withi l their eoa'n v and shall on or before the tirst due of August next determine upon and fix the j i.ee w. thm the sai l county of Knox in whirh tne said building shall be erected and su dl certify their proceedings mv.hr tiu ir h 'o. : to the clerk of the circuit court of the said comity to be tiled in his office. Sec, b'. That as soon as the said respective buildings siiall be erected ami all nec-s-sary accommodations provided therein n i:ces shall be sent signed by anv twoof t"ie said directors of tiiu said countv of K.iox 10 the o erseer of the several townsuup ' f t'ne said county of K.iox rv-piir .g the u f r hwuh to !ring the poor of their res)e tive toxv. sh.'.ps to the ud house fe uplnyu.ent wiiicli order the said oveis lers are iien by tiijo ne 1 and required tocomplv with otherwise to forfeit the costs of all tiuure maintenance exctit in cases when by sickness or other sufficient cause any poor person e.mno: be remoNc.!, in which case tae said oversc r- shall n prescnt the same to the nearest jaticeof the peace who bemg satisfied of the truth thereof shall certify t'ne same to the said directors and at the same time isue an o'der under his hand to the said overseers direor,:g t hem to maintain such poor until such t.mcs as he o" s in shall be in a Mtuati'vi to he ti nioNed then to convey said pauper and deliver him

or her to the stev.-rt or keener of the sr.hl house ot cinpan men I i get.al n ilh the said order and the cnurgv and ixpj.as of such temporary relief and cf such removal shall be p. an by the said directors at a reasonable, allowance tc. 9, That the said directors respectively shall from t.ra to time pnnide fer ai d employ according to the true intent and meaning of this act all Mich poor raid indigent pei son.i us shall be i rdkkd to l chef or snail hae gained a leg d settr. me nt in the said county of Kr.o;;, and s':i dl be sent theie i)y an order or warrant for that purpose under the hand and seal of any tNvo justices of the peac, directed to any constable cf the said county of Knox or to tiie oNcrsccrsof tiie porper tor.uiship in any other county of this state and to the said directors of the poor and of the house of employment of the saal county of Knox and tiie said directors respeciiN ely are hereby authorized when they snail deem it proper ami coun i -incut so to do to permit any poor person or persons to be maintained elsewhere and if the pauper be mariaed and the person to whom he or she is mamcd not support! d at tiie county expense it siiall be the duty of the s.hd directors to place the said pauper n ith the person to whom ae or she is married if required ; Pr-jvld:dt Tiie cqaioc of such in lintcnance doln not exceed that of the house of employment, cf. 10. Tint the said directors or any i. e ei them : io.il do husi.r ss witiiin their iMp.o'o.e c-..!.!.t;e:- : iaish.il hae full power to make a a. 'I : main all such ordinances i s anil lvgu. a:-, ns as they siiall tlnnk i o : , a r e an", -v and necessarv tor tiie cliw a.n go-.vi a.aei t aaa support of tiie h'-ua1 or e inpa y a.' i t ai resaul and of the reeaie thereunto- Ik n s.gmg ana ot al: so.cii peit as as shah ccme u.Ov'.er their c av or c gn.sance : J'twidt d the sa:i e l,ie la t re i anr oa'at to tins iaw or any the r of t!ie laws oi this state, or of the Uniu d State:-, ,ihd :rovid d ais'j, t ...t the same siiall not have any force or ellVct until they Mmll hav e be en submitted to tiie pi es'.vient and a -x cutte juages of the circuit court tor the time being for the casirict within which tiie said county or Km :. sin. li be and shall ha e ivcci ed the lip p rob it ion of said court. Sec, 11. That one of the said directors ;-h dl a.: i ne is Ik re by e; -.joined and required to a-.v.d at t.he sad house of etuphn mnct i i k uvtouce incNe ry month and n i-it the a- ) ud a. a.s ioal see that the poor are cmion tnbiy sttppi-.rted and hear all compi.nnts ami re ae.-s or cause to be l e ire s-ed all

r:CN at.ee a vvh'.ch mrv hu-penin tin ne : .eat

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their n; soymeni or otherwise. Sec. 1 2. Tnat tne sm l directors shall each ; tlu in ivce i. e for ineir s;. rv ices ten d'u.ais red- mianm torn iron tiie extn um s f tneir i. ccssury attendaare on tiie tiatles cf tneir i. Mice. Sec. 13. That in case r.ny vac. .ncv or vaC: s oy (h.o. h resigia.t. -.a i rnoN :n litgh ct ia; i ' a tiie rv. is e t.f ny of the s .id mri 1 1oi s, tie iv-m amu-g lnvc tor or dnectois s'a.dl I'M su. "a vac.uCA or aiamcies by ;q p- iutna at i o4:e (r t.t citca. lis cf s;idt . untv as tae c.se in :V n qir.re to serve until the n-xtgoo rid etc ti' n n hen nker i-iia cti rs su ai b'.- v le. le d to serv i lo;-vj.e j) -; iod v pcrr. t's vvh an such director or aire ctors v erto ha'. s.rvtd i: nosueh N,.camey or acanci s hu:l h pi t ne d. S.. 14. Tl; t nil rnonie v hich siiall l)e rem, nua intheh.md o: t' e o ersee: s of the )( ni! tue soid eauntN' d Ku'X the time wlv n the ft count v p. r tax sh all he assossi levied, ami co'.lecteJ sh ill lie f)ai i over b'.- t'l.t sad o.'N . ;-" V oor to tlit-(li-rrcto: cf 'I'-: ' be Hpivd by them t(v:,r - -. ' . -f the po-r. S-c. 1 ... ' m p.( rv ( f the sr'o coumy . "'. ' :-. .. a i"i ovrd to the j)oor-!uiUee oi eno f n,in, i t th' al ( oimt. t'ne oa ice id on r cr cf the o or within t , '( countv shall from thenceforth be -buvhed. S c. If.. That f r the serv ices of the c'" ! cf the circuit co;i' t of the said countv of Knox by iiu ac; hr sh .) )t t ntdhd to exhibit his accounts to the countv commit

sir-ners of the -:ud cour ty v. r.o hail exniine and ailow the saine as in like services and draw on the county treasure r for the amount thereof. Stc. IT. That so much ( f the law s; c f th!s state relating to the poor of Knox county as is bv this act altered cr Mn-vtiied a;:d no more b'e and the sane is herein- ivTjeaeii.

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INTERESTING bALE. The sale of Lois in the Town of Lmvrencemlle ' r"IIc seat ol Justice fur Lu rcr.ee county, will take place on the sc- i cond Monday and ' uestiay in Ju!v next, be hue; the 9th and 10th days oi tin "mor tli.

1 iii ltvou!)lc sjiot has icccntiv bt en selected b) antnoiity of the Lcp'dcune ol Illinois, and is himdsoinely tiiutitcd o:i the west bank of L'Jhi benas ricr. aliout ten nii.es v.cetol Vinccnncs, on the diiect road to Vandaiia the scat of government of the state, and to St. LouKiu Missouri, and in the centre ol a ciy thickly settled, rich and fertile country. It may besufti) said, that the indu'ia! advantages of Lawi enccv ii!c, at r wkmmt a parallel in the s'atc. Never fe.i.i;u; vi d healthy Spring, Mone Coal and baih in.;-; R'ck arc in abun ance an-m d i'. ; the lulls in the liver ilond ttiy f.-ciliiv tt water uorks adjoinn re; the town, vtU.c a mist and saw mill are now in rapid operation. LThnbcrras is asr v tvu i: aloe to this place, whence ei t!ic Vabaii ca v be ascemled to incenia ; the su: i cuna -intcountiy is inhabited by tin ivin-; k in . dustiious tanr.ers i-i.d is fast im : easin: in population, nclies arc! coiiM-mtu-cc 1 L iwiencevilie bids fair to become a town ot ;;ica: niannfattni inj; intrust when people will resolve to conform to the situation of their country; American will adopt their only lmiioiud j niicv, and leain to exist upon the resource the posst ss w ilhin thcuMdN cs, then w ill this place, Iron i it s natural advantage, b'J witii b nv livids in the v. est. I hr town is laid c ff on a liberal plen, nd ofl i s entry it duct mrnt to u i c Lasers. Pists may be obtained by application to the Commissioners, or '1 Dubois, Iwp- on tiie piesnisrs rnt chrnics particularly, ol CNcrv desciipt'mn, iwv much v. anted in the town and netH bou i hood, and uiil fmd it the ir interest to attend on the d a s ol sale, as the terms will be t

tremciv liberal

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i.awrcnccviiic, .M;,y iy, lf;2L l6-7td fC'I'hc Piintrrs at Vandaiia.

Shaw oca town, H'mois will please pub

v. v, uuHiv, in uiui lespeciiNC p; p until t!io C ...1, fr .

u..... niv- uo (ii sau, yno i -rvvaril thei accounts to T. Dubois. Esqr. at Law aenceville lor collection.

jjdiik of Vincemies. ihe Stale Stale Bank of Indiana,

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DIVIDEND was declared on the 3ist Mav, 1F21, bv the Director..

at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, for the last six months, cn the amount of stock paid in. The same will be paid at the llai k, any time after the f6th July next, to the Stockholders, or their lecal representatives. Ky order of the Bord, ' V.J. HKADLliY, Cc;nVr.

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