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PHCEYIX.
VOL. I.
JTEW ECIIOTA, Til IT It AY AP1UL 10, 1828.
JSO. 8.
EDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT.
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PHCEN1X.
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F. M. New York.
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oy, N. Y. has rendered us much service,
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Cm E ".10 K J5 E LAWS.
- [CONTINUED.]
Nero Town, Oct. 28, 1820.
,1 Resolved by the National Committee
mid Council, That any person or per
mits whatsoever, who shall tnde with
any negro slave without permission
feora the pioper owner of such slave,
<1 the property so traded for, be
oven to have been stolen, the pur-
aser shall he held and bound to the
gal proprietor for the same, or the
lue thereof; and be it further
Resolved, That any person who shall
rmit their negro or negroes to pur-
lase spirituous liquors and vend the
me, the master or owner of such ne-
0 or negroes shall forfeit and pay a
e of fifteen dollars for every such
’ence, to be collected by the mor
als within their respective districts
r the national use; and should any
gro be found vending spirituous li-
ors without permission from their
pectivfe owners, such negro, so
ending, shall receive fifteen cobbs
paddles for every such offence,
m the banns of the patrolers of the
tlement or neighborhood in which
offence was committed, and eve-
settlement or neighborhood shall
privileged to organize a patrolling
mpany.
( By order of the National Comm ; ttee, .
JNO. ItOSS, Pres’t. N. Com.
Ills
proved-PATH X KILLER,
mark.
CHARLES HICKS.
M’COY, Clerk.
day for his services during the sitting
of the courts.
By order ofthe National Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Preset. N. Com.
Approved, •
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Council*
New Town, Nov. 8, 1822.
[Resolved by Vie National Committee
Council, That the judges of the
[trict courts shall keep a record o r
proceedings of all causes, evitlen-
and decisions; and
I Re it further Resolved, That each
Irson who may he employed as clerk
“the district courts shall he allow'
aud paid the 6umoftwo dollars per
New Town, Nov. 8, 1822.
Whereas, the great variety of vices
emanating from dissipation, parti
cularly from intoxication, and gam
ing at cards, which are so preva
lent at public places, the national
committee and council, seeking the
' true interest and happiness of their
people, have maturely taken this
. growing evil into their serious con
sideration, and being fully convin
ced that no nation of people can
prosper and flourish or become mag
nanimous in character, the basis of
whose laws are not founded upon
virtue and justice; therefore,
to suppress, as ‘much as possible,
those demoralizing habits which
were introduced by foreign agency
Resolved by the National Committee
That any person or persons whatsoev
er, who shall bring ardent spirits with
in three miles of the General council
house, or to any of the court houses
within the several districts during the
general council, or the sitting of the
courts, and dispose of the same so as
to intoxicate any person or persons
whatsoever, the person or persons so
offending, shall forfeit his or their whis
key, the same to be destroyed; and be
it further
Resolved, That gaming at cards is
hereby strictly forbidden, and that any
person or persons whatsoever, who
shall game at cards in the Cherokee
nation, such person or persons, so of
fending, shall forfeit and pay a fine of
twenty-five dollars; and further, any
person or persons whatsoever who may
or shall he found playing cards at any
house, camp, or in the woods within
three miles of the general conncil
house or any of the court houses of the
several districts during the session of
the .general council or sitting of the
district courts, such person or persons,
so offending, shall forfeit and pay a fine
of fifty dollars each for every such
offence, and that any person or persons
whatsoever, who shall bring into the
Cherokee nation and dispose of play
ing cards, such person or persons, be
ing convicted before any of the judges,
marshals, or light horse, shall pay a
fine of twenty-five dollars for every
pack of cards so sold; and it shall be
the duty of the several judges, mar
shals and light horse companies, to
take cognizance of such offences and
to enforce the above resolutions; and
Be it further Resolved, That all fines
collected from persons violating the
above resolutions, the money so col
lected shall be paid into the national
treasury. To take effect and be in
full force from and after the first day
of Janaary next.
By order of the N. Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t. Nat. Com.
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk of N. Council.
New Town, Not ember 20, 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That any person or per
sons whatsoever, who shall wilfully
embezzle, intercept and open any
sealed letter, so that the owner be in
jured or deprived of the 1)00611(8 o>"
such letter, the person or persons so
offending, upon conviction, shall forfeit
and pay a fine of one hundred dollars
and he punished with one bund ref
stripes on the bare back, the fine to be
converted to national purposes.
By order,
JNO. ROSS, Prrs’tN.
Approved-PATH X KILLER,
CHARLES II1CKS.
M’COY, Clerk.
perior court, to he tyld at New Town,
during the sessioiijof each national
council, to be compsed ol the seve
ral circuit judges, to determine all
causes which may^e appealed from
the district courts and
Be it further Retired, That the law
appropriating fort' dollars for the sup
port of each distibt council, is here
by repeal’d, and that in future the
nation shall not ^accountable for sup
plies furnished tip district coun< ils.
By order ofthe liatienal Committee,
JNO. IOSS, Pres’t N. Com.
lis
PATH 1 KILLER,
nark.
ELIJAH HICKS,Rerk N. Com.
A. M’COY, Clerk.N. Council.
New Town. Nov. 12, 1822.
Resolved by the Null on ni ( emnnttee
and Council, That the cYcuit judges
he vested with authority to nominate
light horse companies in tieir n spec-
tive districts, in case of reienation or
otherwise, and such nornifftton being
repeated to the head chics and sanc
tioned by them, shall b< considered
valid.
By order of llie N. Compute
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t
his
Approved—PATH X CILLER,
mark
A. M’COY, Clerk. N. Cune.il.
ELIJAH HICKS, Natural Com.
Ncmj Town, October 14, 1823.
Resolved, That the business of the
council, during the session, he suspen
ded on the Sabbaths, and also, that the
merchants & pedlars, and mechanics,
at New Town, close the doors of their
shops and suspend all business; and
any person or persons violating this
resolution shall foifeit and pay the sum
of fifteen dollars, to be collected for
the benefit of the nation liy the proper
officer.
By orderofthe National Committee,
JNO. ROS , Pres’i N. C -mmittee.
PATH'* KILLER,
mark.
CH YRJL.ES HICKS.
A. McCOY, Sec’y to th<' Council.
N. Com.
JVfito Town, Nov. 3, 1822.
Resolved by the Natit <ial Committee
and Council, That th< marshals or
tax collectors of the se eral districts,
are hereby authorized 0 seize upon
and attach the propertytof any person
or persons who shall not make punc
tual payments of their Respective tax
es, when called upon, aWl the proper
ty so seized and attached shall be ad
vertised for sale, and ten days shall be
allowed for the redemption of the prop
erty so attached, hi case the prop
erty be not redeemed in that time,
then the mat jhal or collector shall pro
ceed to expose to public sale such
property to the highest bidder, and all
sums of money which may be receiv
ed over the amount of taxes, for which
the property may be seized, attached
and sold shall he returned to the per
son or persons from whom it was ta
ken.
By order of the National Com.
JNO ROSS, Pres’i N. Com,
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Council.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Com.
Com
New Town. Nov. 12, 1822.
Resolved by the National Cnmmittf
and Council, That there shall be a su
New Town, October 9. 1833.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That all resolutions em
anating fiom either body, s!k 11 receive
the concurrence of the other, before
the assent aud signature of the head
chiefs shall be required; and their
concurrence shall then give effect to
such resolutions.
Bv order,
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t N. Com.
Concurred in bv (no council,
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH IIiCKS, Ci . N. Council.
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New TounNov. 13, 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That the Chattoogee,
Cliickamauga and other turnpike com
panies, who have not been heretofore
under any obligation to keep in good
repair their respective roads, be, and
they are hereby, required to keep in
good repair their respective roads and
in case of non-compliance with the a-
foresaid requisition, the privileges
aud authority in them vested for keep
ing a toll gate thereon, shall cease and
become void whenever full and sufli-
•ient evidence may be established
before the national committee and
council.
By order.
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t N. Com.
his
Approved-PATH X KILLER,
mark.
MAJOR RIDGE, Speaker.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Com.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Coun.
New. Town Nov. 13; 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That a decree passed
October 28. 1819, impwng a tax on
merchant citizens ofthe nation, is here
by reduced from twenty dollars to
twelve dollars per annum, and the tax
on pedlars, not citizens of this nation,
is also hereby reduced from eighty
ollars to fifty dollars, per annum, to
ake effect after the first of January
text.; the regulation to he observed and
•nforced agreeably to the said decree.
By order,
. 'JNO. ROSS, Pros’t N, Com.
nprov ’ATH X KILLER,
’A- M’COY, Clerk ofN. Com,
New Town, October 17, 1823.
The National Committee have discov
ered, that. claims of a private na
ture, which more properly belong
to the courts for adjustment, have
been taken up by the Council and
acted upon by that body and sub
mitted to the Committee for con
currence, those claims are brought
before the committee without evi
dence 0 the presence of the par
ties, which makes it difficult and
impossible to investigate the mat
ters of dispute, therefore,
Resolved by the Committee, That all
matters of private controversy, bro’t
before the Council or Committee,
which hove not been appealed from
the district courts should be submit
ted to that court of the district where
the parties reside, and all causes
which have been appealed from the
do Ision of the dist.ri t courts, should
he submitted to the supreme court in
session for a decision agreeable to law
and equity.
By order.
‘ JNO. ROSS, Pm.’t N. Com
ti s
Approved-PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. council.
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