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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, Apr i t 30, [No. 15.
~ ' REASON AND TRUTH IMPARTIAL GUIDE THE IV AY. "
: —Publifhed every Tuclday, by AMBROSE DAY, at three dollars per ann. payable half yearly in advance.
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A W S OF THE
5X T 0F
t act for the better protection
4 * ' an d fecurity 0] orphans and their
nft'i'l enaCled by the Senate, and
15 Houfe of Reprejentatives of
ihe Slate of Georgia , in General
/{trembly nut, and by the authority
of the fame, it is hereby enaHed ,
That horn and after the palling
of this a a, it (ball be the duty
of the clerks of the court of or*
dinar} in the rePpedive counties,
to enter into a book to be kept
for that purpose, the names of
all the executors, adminiftratois
, and guardians, which may have
been, or Ihall in future be ap
pointed in the feveral counties,
together with the names of their
fecurities, which book (hall at
all times be fubjeft to the exam
ination of the inferior court, and
of fuch other perfon or penons
as may he inlc?efted therein.
And be it further enaHed , That
all guardians, executors and ad
miniftrators heretofore appoint
ed, and which (hall hereafter be
appointed, (hall at the next in
ferior court after the expiration
of nine months in the refpe£live
counties Tfer the pacing of this
aft, exhibit an account on oath
of all the eflate of fuch orphan
ordeceafed perfon, which he or
they ihall have received to be
entered by the clerk of the court
of otdmary in a book to be kept
for that pmpofe only : and when
fuch court ihall know or be in
formed that any fuch guardian,
executor or adminiilrator, (hail
wade or in any manner mifman
age the eflate of fuch orphan,
or dcceafed perfon, or does not
take due caie of the education
and maintenance of fuch orphan
according to his, her or their cir
cumllances, or where fuch guar
dian, executor or adminiftrator,
or his, her or their fecurities, are
hkely to become infolvent; fuch
court may make fuch order for
tae better managing fuch eflate,
and educating and maintaining
g™ or Phan as they fhall think
jfd k it further enafod. That
“ Huh be the duty of all guar
lanS executors and adrniniilra-
to render a full and correa
ccount of the ftatc and condi
on of fuch eftates as they may
to „ ave ln thcir pofleffion,
m «-K*V \ e re *P e &‘ v e counties
an • lC j feverally be
accotlnlfh n year > which
of thp I 1 Conta * n a ftatement
the eftates
cedinVf ecem hcr pre
}eaily at the court
aforefaid examihe the accounts
of fuch guardians, executors and
adminiflrators fo to beexhibited;
and fhall direft procefs to iftuc
returnable to the next court
againft all guardians, executors
and adminiflrators, then failing
to appear and render fuch ac
count, whether he, (he or they
be refident in the fame or any
other county : and fhall alfo en
quire into the abufes or mifman
agernent of all guardians, exe
cutors and adminiflrators, and
whether they or their fecurities
arc likely to become infolvent or
not, and thereupon to proceed
according to the powers herein
before given by this a6l. Pro
vided, that nothing herein con
tained fhall be conflrued to re
flrain the faid inferior courts
from enquiring as often as they
fhall think proper into the abufes
and mifmanagement of guar
dians, executors and adminiflra
tors, but they may exercife fuch
powers at any time when it fhall
appear neceflary.
And be it further enaHed , That
all guardians fhall be allowed in
their account to charge all rea
fonable difburfenients and ex
pences fui table to the circum
flances oF the orphan committed
to his care. And where it fhall
appear to the court that the an
nual profits of the eflate of any
orphan is not fufficient for the
education and maintenance of
fuch orphan, it fhall be the duty
of fuch court, forthwith to bind
out the* faid orphan, for the
whole or fuch part of the time
of fuch orphan's minority as to
them feem heft ; and the perfon
to whom fuch orphan fhall be
bound, fhall undertake to clothe
and maintain fuch apprentice in
fuch manner as the faid court
may dircQ, and fhail caufe fuch
apprentice to be taught to read
and write the Englifh language
and the ufual rules of aiuhmetic,
and in all cafes where it fhall ap
pear to the court that any perfon
to whom any orphan fhall be
bound in manner aforelaid, fhall
mifufe or ill-treat fuch orphan,
or fhall fail to comply with tire
condition on which fuch orphan
was bound, it fhall be the duty
of the faid court on due notice
and proof thereof, to take the
faid orphan out of the pofTeflion
of fuch perfon and bind him or
her to Tome other perfon.
And he it Jurther enaHed, That
when any guardian, executor
or adminiftrator chargeable with
the eflate of any orphan, or de
ceased perfon, to him, her or
them committed fhall die fo
chargeable, his, her or their ex
ecutors or adminiflrators fhall be
compelable tc pay cut of his,
her dr their eflate fo much as
(hall appear, to be due to the
eflate of fuch orphan, or dc
ceafed perfon before any other
debtof luch teflatoror imeftate.
David Meri wether, Speaker
oj the Houfe of Repre/entativesi
Robert Walton, Prefident
of the Senate .
Afiented to, Feb. 18, 1799.
James Jackson, Governor.
FOR SALE,
At the OFFICE of the LOUISVILLE GAZ
ETTE, chtaji for Cofx,
NINE pair Gold Ear-Rings
Twelve pair round Gold Wires
Six G’H Seals lo tell the day of the month
Six Silver Bottle Table*
Sit Plated do., do.
Three Silver Tea Caddie Ladles
Six Plated do, do. do.
Four pair of Silver Boot Buckled
Six pair ol Plated Spurs
Plated Whins
Four Thoufand Needles
One grocc large Pearl Buttons
Cotton or Tobacco will be
received in payment for the
above Articles.
March 12.
TO BE SOLD,
Cheap for Cafh or Produce,
SEVEN nundred and ninety-two Acres
ol Oak and Hickory LAND, third
quality, lying on the Eight Mile Branch,
on the new road leading from Louifvillt to
Savannah • thirty Acres of the laid Land is
c'ca'-ed, an.l under good fence. For fur
‘.hrr particulars, enquire at ibis Office, or
ol the SuUlcribcr,
Arthur Claik.
April 25,
WANTED TO PURCHASE
IMMEDIATELY,
A NEGRO WENCH,
Tor which the Co/h will be paid.
For further particulars, enquire at
,Jhis Office .
April 23.
FOR SALE,
A HOUSE and LOT, with a STORE
adjoining, near the Marke;, with a
Kitchen, Stable, and an excellent well ol
water. It has five fire places, and is forty
two by twenty feet, with a SHED twelve
feet wide.
a t s o,
A two Pory HOUSE and LOT, with a
Kitchen, Stable, Garden, and a good fpring
near the Houfe.
Conditions, one half cafh ; the remainder
on a credit of fix months.
Jofeph Chairs.
February 19.
REMOVED.
LUCKY ESCAPE
WILL cover this seafnn, at the liable
of George Wilfon’s, feven miles
below in the County of Jeficr
fon, on the Savannah road.
That beautiful full-blooded Arabian
Horfe LUCKY ESCAPE, lately brought
from New-York. He will cover cn the
foilowmg terms, viz. Six Dollars each,
the Scafon ending thelaft of June. Lucky
Efcapc is a beautiful dark bay, rifi-ig five
years old, nearly fifteen hand* and an hall
high *, he is very tractable, and will with
out doubt produce as good flock as any
' turf Horfe cm inserted.
J. Reeves.
April 16,'
■■ i, r,
notice.
TUGSLEY & DEVEAUX
Inform their Friend* and the Public, that
they have received by ihc way of Au«
gufta, a FRESH
Aflbrtmcnt of MEDICINE,
Suitable to the Practice ; and alTar*
them, that the drifted attention will be
paid to all Orders, &c.
April 23.
Notice is hereby given,
TO the Citizen* of Ltmifville, and
they adjacent vicinities, ,i iat t h e
Subfonber will open Schorl on MONDAY,
the 29th inlhur, in the Houle formerly oc
copied by Mr. IVFMurray ; where he will
teach the Englifh Tongue, agreeable to
Dr. Louth’s Etlay, ard the renowned Mr.
Sheridan’* Rhc.oiical Grammar. Alfo,
Writing, Arithmetic, and Book Keeping,
Geometry and Navigation, with many
other ufeful Part* ot the Mathematic*;
a* alfo of Aftronomy, &rc.
Term*, One Dollar per month, or Ten
Dol.ars per annum. in fummer,
ten, two intcrmiiiion ; winter, eight, ouc
iuitrnnflion,
William M‘Kain;
April 23.
N O T I cHET*
AI.L Prrfors are hereby forwarred from
trading for either of Two NOTES
of HAND, given by the Subfcribcr, to
Mathias Dolton ; one for One Bundled and
Forty Dollar*, and the other for One
dred and Thirty Dollar*, at the condition*
for which 1 give the laid Note* for, has
failed.
I fact Rawls.
April iff.
N O T I C E.
ALL thefe indebted to the Eftate of
lohn Ca lhoum, dcreafed, are re
queued to come forward and fettle their
Account* ; elfo aU thole to whom the faid
EUate is anywife indebted, arc requeued
to bring forward their Demand* regularly
attefled, to receive payment of
John Burton, adminijlrator .
February 19. ,
FOR SALE,
Cheap for Cajh,
ROSE and London Duffil Blankets
Bath Coaling
Keu Flannel*
Clouded, Striped and Yellow Nankeeni
Thickfer*
Black, Blue and Pink Durants
Camlet*
Calicoes and Chintzes
Tamboured, Sprigged and Striped Plain |4«
conet and Bock Muftm
Muffin Handkerchiefs
Gingham*
Pocket Handkerchiefs
Mull net*
R bband*, Sewing Silk and Twill
V\ Lite and Coloured Thread
Shoe Thread
jri/li J.’nen 4-4 wide
Hutnhums
Oznabu tgi
Men and Youth’s Cotton and Worflcd Hole
Federal Heady Reckoners
Spelling Book*
A v iriefy of fmall Hiflorics aid Song Book#
Looking Glafles
□idling Combs
Pen Knives
K nives and Forks
Table Spoons
Bridle Hit*
Cotton Card* No. 10
Jamaica and Well India Rum
Apple Brandy
Hyfon Tea ,
Chocolate
Coffee
Sugar
Pepper and Spice
Copperas
Snuff
Befl Riffle C tin Powder
Shot allotted * 1
Salt
Pound Pins
Sciflors
Nceile* f
Writing Paper.
Alfo, a large alforrmcnt cf Qjiecnnrsre, Ue
gcihtr with a vatict/of «*:her articles.
John 13 lair.
February 26,