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AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
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Vot. XX.] , FREEDOM of the PRESS and TRIAL b y JURY shall remain inviolate. [No. 1022
AUGUSTA: (Georgia) Printed by D. DRISCOL, near the market. SATURDAT, May 3,1806. [3 Dolls, per Ann.]
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(By Authority.)
AN ACT
Extending the powers of thesurvey »f gene,
ta she territory of Loujiana , and ti
thes' pur fifes,
K it evaded by the Senate and llonft of
g 3 Representatives of the United States of
America, In cong ejs affe tabled , That (he
Towers veiled by law in the survey or general,
{hall extend over all the public lands of the
United States, in the territory of Louisiana,
so which the Indian title has been or hereaf
ter fin al I be extinguithed. It dull be the
duty r.f the fa id Purveyor general to appoint
» fafiL-ient natn' er of ikilfui surveyors as his
t&bptmcs, in the ibid territory, one of whom
iie (hall, with the approbation of the fccre
cary of the rreafurv, designate as his princi
pal deputy for tire fame. Which f.dd depu
ties (hall fcvcrally take an oath, or affirma
tion, truly and faithfully to dilcharge ihe
duties of their refpcdlive offices. The said
principal deputy shall reside and keep an isf
£oe in the said tcnitoiy, and (hall, under
tthafcpcrintendance of the furvevor-gcneral,
rt::ccu;e or cause to be executed by the other
&::uties, such surveys as may hereafter
cc aaihorifed by law or as he may be
di reded to execute by the commillioners ap
pointed for the parpofe of afee: raining the
titles and claims to land aforefkid ; arid In all
generally perform therein, in conformity
•rub the regulations and inftrudions of the
£tid surveyor general, the duties imposed by
law on the Ltd surveyor general.
&:c. 2. And he it further evaded, That
all the plots o: surveys, and ail other papers
and documents pertaining, or which - did
pertain to the office of surveyor general, un
tier the Spanish g wernment, within the lim-
Jisof the territory afoief dd, or to any other
rSrcer heretoforeeftablifhtdorauthoriftd for
the parpofe of executing or recording fur.
vcys of lands within the said limits (hall be
delivered to the principal deputy atorcfiid,
and no plot of survey shall be admitted as
evidence, in any court of justice, unlefsccr
»i£kd by the said principal deputy, to boa
grtie copy of the iccord in his yface.
See. 3. And be it further treadled, That
fa much of the a«H, eniituled, “ An afl for
sfcercaining au.l adjusting the titles and '
chains to hnd within the territory of Orleans
and the cliffrict of L uifiana,” as makes it
die duty of every claimant to lands, wirhin
'the territory of Louisiana to deliver to the
recorder of land titles to a plot cf the
traft, or tracts, claimed by him, be and the
fame is hereby repealed, so far as relates to
claimants whose trads h..d not been survey -
cdby the proper effi.cr, under the Spaniffi
government, prior td the twentieth day of
December one thoufaud eight hundred and
three- And the commillioners appointed tor
afeertaining the titles and claims to land,
within either the territory cf Louisiana, or
that of Orleans, are, hereby authoriftd to
direst the officer exercising the powers of fur
veyOF-general, within the fame, to execute
fach surveys as they may think nccefi’iry,
for the purpose of deciding on claims presen
ted f,r their decificn : Provided, That the
expence of executing such surveys Shall be de
frayed by the parties claiming the land, un-
Isfs the fame be claimed by a legal French
or Spaniih grant, made and completed before
thefirftday of O lober 1800 ; And provi
ded also and it is hereby further erased,
that every such survey as well as every other
survey, by whatever authority heretofore
executed, those of the above
complete titles only excepted, (hall be held
and considered as private surveys only ; and
all the traasof land, the title to which may
be ultimately cor firmed by cong refs in con
formity with the provilions oi the aid above
mentioned, (ha 11 prior to the issuing rs tne
patents, be re.furveyed, it judged ncccffiny
under the authority of the pcifon exercising
thejoowers cf surveyor general, and at the
expeiice ot the parties.
Sec. 4. And be it further evaded, I hat
the farvsyor general (hall fix tns ccrnpenfa
tion of the deputy, surveyors, chain carri
ers and axe men, in the territory of Lou.fi
ana : Provided, That the- whole expence
of surveying and marking thelir.es, wheth
er paid by the United States, or individuals,
shall not'exceed three dollars per mile, for
every mile that shall be actually run or .ur
veyed and marked. And the principlal de
puty aforefaid (hall be entitled to receive
from individuals the following fees, that is
to fay, for examining and recording the sur
veys executed by any of the deputies, at t e
rate of twenty-five cents for every mi.c ot
the boundary line of such survey and for a
certified copy of any plot of a survey in his
office, twenty-five cents,
NATHI. M ACON,
Speaker of the Ihufe of Reprefentati'ves.
GEO: CLIN TON,
Vice.Prefidint of the United States and P re.
fident of the Senate,
Approved, ■ B^ ERSOV .
S LANK DEEDS OF^CON VEY A NCE,
FOR SALE at this Oh MCE.
AC'S S.
Faffed by the las Legifhturo of the fate of
Georgia.
AN ACT
For the better feleftton and drawing Grand
Jurors Jor the frieral counties in this
Jiate,
BE :t tnafiei by the Senate and House
of Repr e f en tati-ves of the Jiate of Gear -
£ :a f tn Genet- I Affemlly net, and by the
authority of the fame, That it (hall be the
doty of the jufticts of the inferior court of
each county, togedier with the fhcruT and
clerk, or a majority ot them, to convene
ai the court-house of their nTpeftive coun
ties, on the tirif Monday in jane next, and
biennially on the firit Monday in June there
after, whofc duty it fliall be to feleft from
the books of the receiver of tax returns, for
their irfpeftive counties, fit and proper
pet Tons to serve as grand jurors; and (hall
make a lid of persons fofelefted, arid trans.
mit it under their hands to the next superior
court ot their refpeftive counties; and it '
ftiail be the duty of the judge, there pre
siding, to cause the clerk of the said supe
rior court to make out tickeis with the
names of the persons so fllefted, which
tickers thali he pat "in a box to be provided
by the clerk, at the public expcnce, which
said box dull have two apartments marked
number one and two, and the clerks of said
courts (hall Immediately after receiving such
lids, fairly enter the fame in a book for
that purpose, to he provided at his own tx
pcnce, diiiinguifliing in separate columns
the persons liable to serve as grand jurors,
and those for the trial of civil and criminal
causes, ?s pointed out by law ; which said
box (hall be locked and sealed up by the
judge, and placed in the care of the clerk,
and the key in the care of the fheriff, and
nn grand jury (hail be drawn and impannel
bur in the presence of the judge in open
court, nor (hall any clerk of the court, or
other person having the custody of the jury
box, presume, on any pretence whatever,
to open the said jury box, tranfpefe or alter
the names, except it beby direftion of the
jndge in open court, attending for the pur
pose of drawing jurors, under the penalty
of being dealt with in the manner pointed
out bv law for malpractice in office.
Sec. 2. And be :t further enacied , That
the said judge, in open court, (hall unlock
8c break the seal, & cause to be drawn out cf
the apartment of the said box marked number
one, not less than twenty, three nor more than
thirty.fix names to serve as grand jurors,
which names so drawn cat (hall, after an
account is taken of them at each time of
drawing, be carefully depoftted in the other
apartment of such box marked number two ;
and when all the names (hall be drawn out
of the apartment number one as aforefaid,
they (hall then commence drawing from the
apartment number two, and return them
into number one and so on alternately ; but
no name so depoftted fliall on any pretence
whatever be destroyed, except it is within
the knowledge of the judge that the said
juror is cither dead, removed out ot the
county or otherwise difqualified bylaw, or
the thcrilt certify the fame. <
Sec. 3. Aadbeitfurther enaEtef, That
if it (houid so happen, that there (hould be
a failure of the court in confeqnence of the
nonattendance of tbs' judge, then and in
that case, the jurors being summoned, (hall
(land over to the next fucceedtng term, in
the manner as suiters and witnefles do in like
cases. Provided always , that if the said
jollices, fiaeriff and clerk aforefaid, (hall
jail to make such feleftion on the day afore,
said, that then it (hail he the duty of the
said jufHces (hcvilF and cleik aforefaid, or
a majority of them, to mtike such (election
at or before the next superior court there,
after, which (hall be held in theif refpectivc
counties.
Sec. 4. And be it further enatted, that
so much of an aft entitled an “ aft to amend
nr. aft entitled an aft to revise and amend
the judiciary system of this date,” paifed at
Louisville the 16th day of February, 1799,
as militates against this aft, be, and the
fame is hereby repealed.
ABRAHAM JACKSON.
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
F JARED IRWIN,
F ref dent cf the Senate,
A (Tented to, December 7, 1805.
JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor.
AN ACT
To appoint conmiffoners for the belter re
?ulat>on and government of the town of
[Vafhington, and for incorporating tae
T) E it cnaEted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Ajfemhly
mt. That the following persons, to wit:
Francis Willis, James Corbet, Felix H.
Gilbert, Thomas Terrill and William San
fom, be, and they arc hereby appointed
commifioners of the town of Wafliingtnn ;
and that they, or a majority of ihsm, (hall
immediately after the paffine; of this aft,
convene and proceed to the appointment of
j a clerk, and such other officers as they may
deem neceflary to carry this adl into execu
tion, I
Sec. *. And he it further enaSed, That
the said commissioners (hall hold their refpec
i»ve appointments, hereby given them, un
til the firft Monday in January, ISO7, at
which time, and on every fubfequeni year
thereafter, the citizens of Walhington,
entitled to vote for members of the general
aficmbly, (hall choose by ballot five perfens
to fuccecd them as commissioners of said
town, and they (hall have, and they are
hereby veiled with full power and author!,
ty to make sch bye-laws and regulations,
I and iafl'uH or itOpole such fines, penalties
and fenfeitures, and doing other incorporate
I sdls, as in their judgment (hall be condu
cive to the good order and government oi
the said town of Wafhing'ton, Provided,
• that such bye-laws and regulations be nut
repugnant to the laws and constitution of
this Hate,
" . Sec. 3. And he it further enetltd, That
ar.v two or more jottices of the peace for
said county of Wilkes, are hereby authori
fedand required to preside at luch elections
to r cottiraiffionws aforefaid. Provided al
t}ki/iye 'Tixu*,.., omliii.g herein
contained (hall be so construed as to prevent
the *lecliau of the commissioners herein be
fore named j and any person or persons who
may hereafter be eletted commissioners of
said town, (hall be ie-eligib!o at the next,
Or any fubfequen* election, after the expira
tion of the time for which he or they may
be elected as commissioners, under this ail.
ABRAHAM JACKSON,
Speaker of the House of Refire/e/.tatives,
JARED IRWIN,
Prcjidtnl of the Senate,
Afllmtcd to December 7,180 J.
JOHN MiLLEDGS, Governor.
COMMUNICATION.
THF/SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF
CONGRESS.
The Houle of Representatives having
now taken effi the injumftipn of secrecy
from their late confidential proceedings, it
appears that they related to the Spanilh
territories.,
With Spain we have two important points
of difference, reluhing from our relations
with France. One is the quell ion refpefling
the extent and limits of Louifian •>, which
was ceded to us from France by a dclcription
referring* to a prior erffion, or rcceflion, horn
Spain to France, and also to the ancient
French polfcffion i f the province. From a
want of geographical certainty, a dispute
has arisen, with refped to the foulh weftern
boundary ; and, from a limilar caufc, to.
gethcr with the relative terms of the de
feriprion, there has been a dltfcience ol
opinion and claim, as to the cafUrrt extent
0} the ccffion. While the territorial liuiiiS
were thus unsettled, our government has
abltained from taking pdkffii nos the dis
puted traci of country, or changing the ex
iting Hate oi things. The other fubjed of
controversy is the claim we make on Spain,
for French fpolitions committed within
Spanilh jurifdktion, previous to oar treaty
of settlement with France, if Spain is liable
to us, France may be justly refponfiblc to
Spain. So far at leafl France is concerned
iw the dispute ; and, being in an alliance
effenfive and defenfive with Spain, it is
Cuppofed must, upon the principles of that
alliance, in case of a rupture between us and
Spain, take purlin the war against us.
The territorial controversy not being
fettled, our vessels have been fubjedfed to
duties on their passage down the Mobile,
and certain ptrfons under the Spanilh jurif
diilion eroded the line of our acknowledged
territory in a riotous pursuit of a family of
the name of Kemper.
The Prefidem, after (lengthening the
adjacent polls, by a judicious arrangement
of our troops, laid the fuhjedt beiore Con
gress for kgifiative cr nfideration; Two
leading measures appc.u to have been pro
ofed. One was to raise such an additional
Handing army, as the Preiident might deem
Efficient (not exceeding _ tro P s )
<( to protcA the southern frontier oft.ie O.
States from Spanilh inroad and insult aid
to chastise the fame." The o -jed of this
was a military expedition, off dive as well
as defenfive, against the Flotrdas. In
principle, it feenrs to be similar to the pro.
pofitton of Mr. Ross in ihv case of the viola
tion of cur right of deposit ai New Orleans.
It was opposed, as annecdlary and dange
rous, leading directly to a war with Spam
and with her ally, France, and to an even
tual alliance with G. Britain, A majority
of the House rejected it.
The objeft of the other mcafure, which
proposed and finally adopted, was as it is
expressed on the journal, “ to procure aces.
fion of the Spanifti territories eaftwatd of the
river Mississippi by purchase," and by an
appropriation pi tt’O 3 ci 4^ aM »
•* to enable the President, in effefling such
purchase, to lecure to the United States,
the »ort advantageous terras.*' It was fimu
lar to the ad, which preceded 'the acquisi
tion of JLousfi ma. Indeed the policy is the
fame, and the hint appears to have been
taken from that case. In opposing this, the
Federalists aded confidently with their
opposition to that measure. The principal
objedion against the propefed purchase, *
seems td have arisen from another quarter,
that France has an undue influence over Spain,
and by her mediation will coerce Spain to
make the cession, in o der that by some
fccrct llipulation between them the purchase
money may be eventually fccured by France.
This has buen reprefenttd to be dishonorable,
and, by the aid of strong prejudices and a
heated imagination, has been wrought into
a topic of vehement invedive and declama
tion. It has even been pronounced a hiibing
of France to bully Spain. Whereas the
simple truth is, that Spain being an inde
pendent power, it is as to us, both in a
moral and political view, pcrfedly immate
rial, in case of a cession, how Ihc may think
proper to dispose of her money.
Refpefling the proper time for removing
the injundion of (ecrtcy, there appears to
hpen a lilfffrrm. i rrK
conliitution and the rples cf the two houses
have provided for confidential proceedings,
whenever it may be neceflary, as in case of
foreign relations. The rCafons are very
obvious. Iris not to conceal the mtnfures
of Congress from the people of the United
Sralcs, but from foreign nations, with
whom we have occasion to negociate. In'*
the present case, the question was whether
the proper time had come for puhlifhing the
journal. Some doubdefa wiffied, by a
prematuredifeiofure, to prevent the purchase.
Some, who were friendly to the purchase,
were of opinion that it was not necessary to
keep the proceedings any longer from the
public eye. Others thought the fuhllance
had, by forac means or other, already been
divulged, and therefore itoqght to be for
mally puhlifhed. And pcihaps a wish to
cuumcraft the unfounded fcggeftions that
the majority were afraid and ashamed to
have the people know what they had
been doii-g in few.*, **»• *•**« its
influence. At any rate a fufficient number
of the friends of the prepofed purchase joined
in the vote to give a majority. And the
journal is now before the public. What
effeft its publication may have upon the
negcciation, and what will be the final
iifue of the measure, must be left to be deci
ded by the event. In the mean time, it is
confidently believed, an intelligent public,
notwithllanding any efforts to rniflead them,
will be fatisfied, that the ohjcdf of this pa
cific policy is highly beneficial and impor
tant, Intel,
The grand jury, for the diftrift of N.
York, have found bills against Samuel G.
Ogden, Col. W. S. Smith, Captain W.
Aunftrong, Gen. Miranda, and Captain
ThomuS Lewis.
From a London Paper,
The follonuing picture of the timet is given
by Porcupine , andcanuot fail to command
the attention of our readers,
“ As conceded with the department of
finance (fays he) we must remember the state
of the poor.* Upwards of SIX MILLIONS
a year has been raised upon the parishes to
be dealt out in aid of those means by which
the laborer obtains his bread ; and of persons
receiving this aid, there are upwards of one
million ! All, all the laborers having fam
ilies, are now paupers ! ! This is a new
state of things ; a state of things which has
been produced by the funding and tax
ing fyftcm pushed to an extreme, is there
any one who will deny, that this is a molt
deplorable state of things, which has render
ed ALL the laborers, having families, pau
pers > — The plain fact is, that a man with
a wife, and with four children that arc una
ble to work, cannot now, out of his labor,
pcffibly provide them and himfelf with ths
means of living, I do not mean, that he
cannot live comfortably, for, to comfort,
such men have long ago bid farewell ; but I
assert and am ready to prove, that he can
not provide them, without parilh aid, with
afutuciency of food, qor/atify their era
vines, but to Juftain lift. Will even Old
R »fr, wallowing in the luxury of eighteen
:houfand a year, drawn from the public
purfc fay that nothing ought to he attempted
to alleviate ihcfc fuffe rings ? There are hun
dreds of thoufards of the people of England
who never taste any food bur bread and ve
getalsles, and who scarcely ever know what
it is to have a foil meal even of thele !
« With the United States of America,
wc have a dispute not cafily fettled, without
an abandonment, on our part, ot much of
that which we have heretofore contended
for and maintained. A pret y equal mix
ture of arrogance and imbecility, in our ruin.
ifters, has produced this dilute.’*