Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 July 1826 — Page 1

mKAh AO YE I V BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1820. Vol. 17. No. S3.

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public No. lxxv AN ACT further to amend the charter of Georgetown in the District of Columbia. BE it enacted bu the Senate and llovse of Representatives cf the United States cf America in Congress assembled, That the Levy Court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, shall not possess the power of assessing any tax on real or personal property w ithin the limits cf the Corporation of Georgetown, nor shall the Corporation of the said town be obliged to contribute in any manner towards the expenses or expenditures of said Court, except for the onefourth part of the expenses incurred on account of the Orphan's Court, the office of Coroner, the jail of said county, and one half fJof the expenses for the opening and lepairvhig of roads in the County of Washington, V Jvest .of Hock Creek, and leading to ""Georgetown : Provided ahvays, That nothing1 herein contained shall be construed to Xprevent the said Court, or the Collector by them appointed, from collecting all taxes which hae been lev ied by the said Court on real and personal property within the limits cf Georgetown, before the passage ot" this act, and of appropriating the same according to present existing laws ; but that it shall be the duty of the said Court, and they are hereby authorized and directed to use all the powers with which they are now invested, fur collecting the said tax : A.:d provided further, That all laws now in force, which make it the duty of the s.tid Court to provide for the support of the poor residing within the limits of Georgetown, be, an the same aie hereby, repealed, and that henceforth it shall be the duty of the said Court to provide for the support of such only of the poor of the county as reside out of the limits of Wash

ington. sec, Z. And be n jurtr.rr cnac;e;:, 1 nat . . y .1 J I 1 the said Corporation may, for the ircneral mm loses mentioneu in tne euarier 01 bara 1 . 1 - . 1 1. 1

y v town, and for the support of the poor annaally, lav a tax on all real ami personal property within the limits of Georgetow n, not exceeding seventy cents in the hundred dollars, anv law to the contrary notwithstanding. "Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof. JOHN W. TAYLOR, Speaker of the House cf Representatives. JOHN C. CALHOUN, Vice-President cf the United States, and President cf the Senate. ippkovkd Mav Z0, 18J6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

1 i. "public no lxxv:. AN ACT' to authorize the Secretary of the War Department to purc hase a site for an Arsenal at St. Louis, in the state ot Missouri, and to provide for the erection of an Arsenal on the same. BE ?.' enated bu th Senate and Hjusc of Rcprexf'itatives cfthe United States otl v.'-rica in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the War Department be, arid he is hereby, authorized to purchase, as soon as it can be effected, on reasonable terms, a site for an arsenal, at or in the vicinity of St. Louis, Missouri ; and cause to be erected such an Arsenal on the same, as may be deemed proper for the safe-keeping cf the arms and munitions of the United States, on that frontier ; and that for these purposes the sum of 13,000 dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropiiatcd out of the money of the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. APPitcvrn May 20, lS2t. C PUBLIC NO. LXX.II t AN ACT to authorize the Judge ot the District Court for the Western District of irgmia, to hold the District Court for the Western District of I'enns) lvania, for the trial cf certain cases. BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives 'of the United States of .7nenca in Congress assembled. That the District Judge for the Western District cf Virginia is hereby authorized and required

pending in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in which the Judge of the said last mentioned District Court had been concerned as counsel before his appoint-

ment, m the same manner, and at the same times and places, as the said District Judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania ! might or could have done had he not been . concerned as counsel therein.

Sec. 2. And be it Jurther enacted, That ! the objects aforesaid, out of any money in the appropriated, out cf any money not otherwise the said judge shall receive for his services, ' Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. And appropriated, to carry into effect the Treatyeight dollars per day, for the time he shall be , that tlx- Secretary of War be, and he is here- concluded between the United States and the

employed in holding said Courts, and travelling to and from his place of residence, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. approved May 20, 1826. rUBLIC NO. I.XXYIIl AN ACT iO amend an act, ntit.ed, An act toincorporatc a company for making a certain turnpike road in the coumy of Alexandria," passed 13th July, US 13. Whereas, by an act, entitled 41 An act incorporating a company to establish a turnpike road from Wiley's Tavern, in the county of V nrf ix, to a point of intersection on the Little Kivcr turnpike road, or on the line of the District of Columbia," passed by the General Assembly ot the .Hate of Virginia, it is provided, that the company thereby incorporated may, at their discretion, locate their said road, so as to intersect the Little Kivcr Turnpike road, or the line of the District of Columbia; in the '..Iter caie cf intcrsectir.g the line of the District rf Columbia, the said road may terminate at some distance from the town of Alexandria BE it enacted bit the Senate and Hiuc cf'Reprc entativea cf the United States ff :n-)',: ,! in Cr,:rsrts. astsfinhh n'. Tha? flic Commissioners, to Ie appointed uudciJliic act of Congress to which this is an amemU mcni,ior locating aim mai ling tneroaei Herein mentioned, shall have power to lay cut the same from any point of intersection on the line of the District of Columbia, if the said Virginia company shall so locate their road, to sneh point in the. line of the corporation of Alexandria, as they, in their judgment, may think fit ; and the said company, incorportcd by the act to which this is an amendment, at tiieir annual il 'Meeting in March, sii til elect, from anion: the bioekhoiavrb. a I rosMent 1 arid four Director:;, to maii'U'e the concerns of the company for one vear, and until others are appointed in their plaeo hoc. the rat' act. sh 2. .i'fd te it Jurtnrr e: rs of toll h.eretofore fixe d.l be ccnsideredi as thc :actrd. That by ate: :ne said a two miles, and tint the Company shall have pow - er to demand or recei e, in the s.mfe in-oix-.r-l1 t'.en, tor a giThe tolls to .:'.ter or less distai.ee. Provuleil, :c collected thereon shall not exceeu tiie ate of tolls 011 the Little linenturiioiue T'o ul, for the like distance ; and 1 a, nith. Robert J. Tavlor. lliciiard M.

hoott,.lohn C. Vowll, Thomas Vowi dl, Tho- j nieiitioned, one section and one quarter sectima.s mdford, W illiam Fowk Ilumplirv J of bind, for the support of schools within

IVaKe, and Thomas Peyton, he added to the Commissioners named in the said act. for taJ king subscriptions t the said stock. 4 I Sec. o. And be it further enacted, Thiit if, at anv time hereafter, the aaid roacfsltfciYL become free- unde r the provisions of thf said act, then, and in that case, the Levy Court of the county of Alexandria shall thereafter keep the saiel road in repair, at the expense of the said county. api' r ej v y.d M ay CO, loo. rusi.ic no lxxix AN ACT to authorize the payment of interest due to the city of Baltimore. BE it tnacted bu the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the prone accounting olhccrs oi the 1 reasury

Department be, and they are hereby, author- the said Territory, with a view to actual seti.ed and directed to liquidate and settle the 1 tlement on the lands by them drawn in all claim of the citv of Ralumore airainst the U- ! such cases, where it shall be made to appear.

nitcd States, for interest upon money borrowed, c': actually expended by the city in itsele? fe-nce, during the late war with (treat Britain. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Tnat in ascertaining the amount of interest due to the city cf Baltimore, the follow irg rules shall bo adhered to, to wit: That interest shall not be computed on any sum which the citv of Bai'unore hv.snot expended for the benefit of the United States, which sum shall be evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to the city of Baltimore by the United States; that no iotc rest shall be paid on any sunt on which the city of Baltimore has not paid interest ; and that when the principal, or any part of it, has been paid by the United States to the citv of Baltimore, the interest on jjicf sum so paid shall cease, and not be chfrL geaOie 1 to the United States any longer than to the time oi repayment. Sec. 3. .Ind be it further cnacttd, That the amount of the interest, when ascertained as afores.iid, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. -PPROviiD Mav 20, 1326. PUBLIC NO LXXX 3 ACT eoncernimr the United States' ! AN Arsenal in Georgia. BE it enacttd by the S r. ate and House cf Rt presentatives of the United States ofAmerica, in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be purchased, in the vicinity of Augusta, a suitable site for the United States' Arsenal, and to be erected thereon such buildings as may be necessary, in lieu of these at this time occupied for such pur-

on reasonable terms, and with a proper re- l gard to health, & to the public convenience : And provided also. That the consent of the ! proper authorities of the state of Georgia

shall be given thereto, and the jurisdiction o ver the same be ceded to the United States, bee. 2. And be it Jurther enacted That a sum not exceeding seventy thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, aomonriated for by, authorized to cause to be sold, or otherwise cisposedof, the buildings above mentioned, at present used as an arsenal ; with the ground on winch they stand, so as may bestCflnriuc.fi to the mihlir. intnrrst rnrl tc the uesiconciuce 10 mc puonc interest, ana to the approved May 20, 1826. public No. LXXXI 1 AX ACT to appropriate Lands for the sup port of Schools in certain Townships, and Fractional Townships, not before piovided for. BE it enacted by the Senate and Ifausc cf Reprt seutatives'f the Unhi d States fAmerica v.i C; r.tres . asstm bled. That to make provision Kr ihe suppei t ot scnools, in ail townships or fractional townships for which no 1 n,d h;-s be-c-n heretc fore apprc pviatccl for ipprcp that ;.! dojso Slates in which section number 10, or oi.ier laud equivalent thereto, is by luvv dire ..ied to be re sen ed for the support of schools in t aoh township, there shall be rescned .md appropriated, for the use i schov-ls, in each entire township prtractional tov r.s. ;a r. hioh no land h is been iierctof"'e a 0 1 -or iad oi granted for that pur pose , : '1 og cpaanuties ot iai:U, to w.t lev earn t ,n :op or fractional township, ccntav. i-ig a greater quantity of land than three quarters of an ent.ie- tovnship, cue sec tion ; for a fractional township, greater quantity of hand ;h.. c not more, than three vjuat a: . :1 three quarters of a section . : township contaaiii g a gie t".; ti.;nga 'Y ii. and I."-".; f.'lip, actional ! OitltV of land tnan quarter, :t::d '.ct im re than cne half of a towiiflop, one h...i: section ; and. for a fractional township, containing a greater qaantit) of land tin. a one e ntire he, ion, aal not more than one quarter of a to.vnship, one quarter section f land. Sec. J. lud be it. further enacted, That the aforesaid tracts of land shall be selected h the Secrc tan of t lie J reusurv, out of anv i unappropriated public land within the land Miiot Wocre t.ie towiiMup tor whicn any act is select d may be situated : and when so se ' amiv looted, shall be held by the same tenure. upon the same terms, tor the support of ! schools, in such township, as section number j sp.teen is, or may Oe held, m the State where : such township shall be situated. ! Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That tlierc shall be selected, in the manner above that tract or country usually caikel tne French Grant, in the county of Sciota, and State of Ohio. approvld May 20, 1826. PUBLIC NO LXXXIl AN ACT authorizing certain soldiers in the. late war, to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lie u therec f. PiE i enacted by the Senate and House if Representative of the United States of A?nerica i l Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for any soldiers in the late war, or their heirs, to whom bounty lands have b en patented, or may hereafter be patented, in the Territory of Arkansas, and which land is unfit for cuiti- ation, and who 1 have removed, or shall hereafter remove, to in such manner as me commissionei 01 ene General Land Office shall direct, to the satisfaction of the Register and Receiver of the proper district, that the land patented to them h unlit for culth don, and on the surrender of the patent to : em granted, accompanied witli such a i .se of their interest i. . as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescii'oe, such soldier, or his heirs, may locate and enter with the Register of the Land Office, for the proper district, in the Territory of Arkansas, according to the sectional and di isional lines, the like quantity on any of the unappropriated public lands in the military district in said Territo ry ; and upon such entry and location being I made, it shall be the duty ct tne negistcr to j issue to the person locating, a certificate sp

cifyingthe quarter or half section of land so J proper Accounting Officers ol the Treasury located and entered ; and it shall be the du- Department be, and they are hereby, authoty of the Commissioner of the General Land , nzed and directed to liquidate anel settle tho Office, if he is satisfied such certificate was j clim cf the State of New York, against the fairly obtained, to issue a patent for the lands j Uniied States, for interest upon loans on moso located, w henever the certificate aforesaid ne s borrowed, and actually expended by her

shall be presented to him for that purpose : Provided, That before such certificate of location shall be granted, the applicant shall satisfy the Register and Receiver that his interest in the land originally patented by him, has not been divested, either by his own acts, or by the operation of law, for taxes or otherwise'. And provided also, That such surrender and re-location shall be made en or before the first day of January 1850. But, if said interest shall have been divested in cither mode above mentioned.no title shall be acquired to the land subsequently patented. , AXTiiovED May 2, 132c.

(public No. LXXXIH AN ACT making appropriations to carrtf into effect the Treaty concluded between the United States and the Cieek nation, ratified the twenty-second of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. BE it enact cd by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the Unittd Staff s cf Ar tnerica in Ccneress assembled. That the

follow W c,, ho cH .1,-, com,, i,V,v Creek nation on the 4th of J! uarv 1825 and ratified on the 2kd of April. 1826. that is to say : For the pa ment of the sum to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Creek nation, chm,l.,tfi :.. .1... li . .:!.. r .t . . t stipulated in the 3d article of the said Treaty. in addition to an unexpended balance of ir0,CC0 dollars, appropriated by the act of the 3d of March, 1825, and which is hereby directed to be used for the purpose of thia act, 4r,t00 dollr.rs, both of which sums shall he paid o the Chic fs of the Creek nation, to be divided among the Chiefs and Warriors of the said nation, and that the same be done under the direction of the Secretary of War. in a full council of the nation, convened upon notice for that purpose l or the payment ot the permanent annuity to the Cieek nation, prowe'eo for b) the 4tli article of the said Treaty, the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Tor the payment cfthe sum to the friends ai d t bowers of general M'lntosh, stipulated for in the ninth article of the said Treaty, o;.t. hundred tli usii d denials. i 'he pa .a ot of tne sum to the Creek nat.'tn s'-puhaed for by the supplemental article to di s dd Treaty , 50.000 dollars. For earning into effect the stipulations of the Cih, rt'n, -Sth, 10th, 1 1th, and 16th articles, and to defray allothei expenses attending the faithful execution ol the provisions cf said T'caiv, i;0,GG0 dollals. approved May 22, 1S6. public No LXXXIV. AN AC T to fix the times and places of holding the District Courts of the United btates, m the Districts of Alabama. JSE 1: enacted b;f the St 'iate ai d House cf i'.re.yematives cf ' '. I r-"d States tfAincrka in ' - hi, d. That the i tie.t Conns in the l):rtr; : vf A 'tbama St.. .a licreafter be holdcn at the tm.es and places, and i;. the aaanner herein provided for, any law to the contrary notwithstanding ; that is to say : At Huntsville, in and for the N01 thern District of Alabama, u the first Monday of March, and the hibt Monday of October; at Mobile, in and fori he Southern District, on the first Monday in May. and on the second Monday in Uctobc in each year Provided, That, for the final disposition of causes commenced in, and pencing in the District Court, i.ow held at Cahawba. in said Southern District, there shall be a Court held at said place, at the times now fixed by law, and after judgment in said case', final process thereon may be issued from, and made returnable to, the said Court, to be held at j Mobile, in which Court all further proceed1 ings thereon shall be had. j Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That . all causes and proceedings, of evt i description, commenced or depending ic dier of said Courts, .shall be continued and .eturnable to said Courts, to be he ld accord!: g to the prov.v.jns of this act, and proceeded with in due form of law. apphovkd-Mav 22, 1826. public No. LXXXV AN ACT alleAvg ippe.dN : u . . -ts of error from the decisions in the D.strh.i Court in the Northern District of New Vork, in certain cases. J)E it f-nacted by the Senate and 'louse of Representatives f the Unittd bta.es of Amcrica in Co?igrt ss assembltd, That appeals and writs of error shall lie horn decisions in the D.strict Court for the Northern District of New York, when exercising the powers of a Circuit Com t ; and from decisions which, may be made by the Circuit Couit for the Southern Distiict of said State, in causes heretofore rcmoed to said Circuit Court, from the said District Court, sitting asaCirJ cuit Court, to the Supreme Court of the Unitcd States, in the same manner as from Circuit Courts. approved May 22 1S26. public No. LXXXVl AN ACT authorizing the payment of interest due to the State of Sew York. BE it enacted by the Senate end House cf Representatives cfthe Unittd States cf America in Congress assembled. That the for tiie use and benefit of the United States, during the late war with Gieat Britain. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That in ascertaining the amount of interest, as aforesid, due to the State of New York, the following rules sfnll be understood as applicable to, -md goen.ii g the cisc, to wit: 1st. That interest shall not be computed on any sum which New York, has no expended for the use ur.d benefit of the United States, as cidenccd bv the amount refunded or repaid' to New York, b the United States ; Zd, That interest shall be paid on any sum cq wuch she liaa not paid interest ; 3d. That,