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4UG U S T A: (Georgia) Printed by D. DRISCOL. near the market., ij, 1808. [3 Dolls, per At,a.
S. M. Smyth,
Has fur f ale next door below Johnson
and Kunze’s Store.
30 Barrels of Brown Sugar,
2$ Bags Green Ccff.-e,
G r °und SALT.
RUM and GIN.
IRON and S’/EEL,
6000 wt. Caffingi, \
POTTS and OVENS,
1000 wt. LEAD,
ao Keg* POWDER,
v Manufactured Tobacco, &c, Bcc,
AH of which will be fold low for
Calh or Produce.
Oflober g. [ +t ]
THE SUBSCRIBEBLS,
Intending to leave this place in •
a few days, new offer for falc, low for Calh
or Produce, next door to Mr, John Cor
mick, their prefect Pock of
GOODS;
Confiding of a variety of arti
cle* too tedious to caumerare.
Those who are indebted to the
firm are tequefled to make immediate
payment, and those who have demand* a
gainst the fame are requested to render in
their account* for payment.
J. & R. BLACKBURN.
O&obcr 8. ' (ts)
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
Have removed their Stock of
Good*, to the Store formerly occupied by
M-ffr*. Watjow and Herbert, where
they are just opening.
An Extensive AJfortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
hardware.
CUTLERY,
STATIONARY, £?
SADDLERY.
They have an assortment of SHOES,
which they will difpofc of on the iroft tea
finable terou; they have a?fo on hind, a
QUANTITY OF SALT, all of which \
they are determfird t> fell a* low as they
can peflibly be fold in this place or Savan
nah, for cash or produce.
La Roche & VanSinderen.
Oftnbcr 8. (jt)
Administratrix’s Sale.
On Friday the j 8 thof N umber next at the
late residence of Eli Garnett dec. in Co
lumbia county .
Will be Sold,
All the pcrfonal part of the es
tate ot f«d deceafsd, Conlifting of Cotton,
Corn, Fodder, Hoifcs, Cattle and Hog*,
one Cotton Gin, and a number of other
thing* too tediou* to mention j Sale to coa
tinue from day to day until ail ti fold, the
*cr ; ,a will be made known on the fitft day
of falc.
Sarah Garnett, Admr’x,
Odlober 8. (<Jr)
POSTPONEMENT.
Sheriff’s Sale.
On the firjl Tue/day in November next , at j
the C house tn the Waynejbaro ’
between the usual hours t ?
Will be Sold,
Ohe Bay h*rfe taken as the pro
petty of Peter Wynn to facisfy Execution*
in favor of John Boykin, Noyel Nelloms,
and others. The above sale postponed till
the firft Tuefday in November next.
JOS. PERRY, s. b. c.
Oa. g.
5 Dollars Reward
For Apprehending Betty.
Runaway from the Subfcribcr
rSSr ,h# ** ult * * ncgro wo,nan n* m ed
aTTY, about 30 year* of age, has very
ttoat limbi, pitted with the Small Pox,
complexion very black, remarkable thick
J‘P»» (hew* her underteeth when (he fpeak*,
M v «ry talkative and plausible, about the
common fisc, a native of Maryland. She
"tty attempt to get to Angufta, a* (he has
* Q(band employed on board of one of
. c „ Augoft. Boat**—The above reward
,V be. Paid for apprehending Betty and
a ,vc f ,n S I*®* to me or John Moore of
A “gufta» or securing her in Jail,
* . THOMAS FLINT;
s *vannah t Sept, / 6t)
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
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(By Authority.)
AN ACT
For.the Eflablfoment of a Turnpike Compa
ny* in the county of Alexandria, in the
dijiritt of Columbia,
[concluded.]
And the (aid board of commiflionets (hall
account to the said company at the firft ipee
ting of the fame, for all monies received by
them or their agents, on account of fach
subscriptions, and (hall immediately pay o
ver the fame to the trcafarer of the said com
• pany, or to to such other peifon or persons,
as the said company maydireft and appoint ;
the said company, nevertheless, to allow all
just credits for monies, actually and neccffa
rily expended by the said board of commiffi
onei s, in the execution of their said trust and
duties.
Sec, 4. And be it further enacted. That
there (hall be annually holden, on the firft
Monday in January, a meeting of the said
company, for the purpofc of elefting five
direftors, a clerk, and a trsafurcr; and the
said company (hall have power, at any mee
ting legally called and conftitutcd, in pur
suance of this aft, to ciifplace apy of thier di
rectors or officers, and to Supply, by a new
eleftioo or appointment, all vacancies that
may happen among the direftors, or officers
of the company ; and the said company (hall
have power to preferibe and regulate the 1
powers and duties of the said directors, and
of all other officers of the company, and a
majority of the said direftors may, from time
to time, cleft one of their body as Prcfidcnt
and may provisionally supply, by their own
eleftion, any vacancies that may happen a
mong the number ofdireftors, or among a.
ny of the officers of the company ; and the
persons Co elefted, by the said diieftors may
continue in office till the next legal meeting
of the company ; and the direftors ol the
said company, to be elefted in purfuancc of
this aft, (hall, unless fbqner displaced by~
the said company, continue in office until
the firft Monday in January next fuccecding
fheir eleftion, and from that time until a
new eleftion (hall be made by the laid com
pany.
Sec. £. And be it further enacted. That
a meeting of the said company may, at any
time, be called by a majority of the direft
ors of for the time being, or
by one third of the members of the said com
-1 pany, or by the proprietors of one third of
'the (hares aftually fubferibed for, or the le
gal representatives or successors of such mem
bers or proprietors : provided however.
That no meeting of the said company, (hall
be legal or valid, unless a quorum (hall be
farmed, confiding of the majority of the
members of the find company, or of the
proprietors of at lead: two. thirds of the num
ber of (harts aftualiy fubferibed for, their
legal representatives, fucceifors, or proxies
nor uolefs the place, (being within the town
qf Alexandria,) and the time of such meet
ing be previonily advettifed for three weeks
feediively, in one or more gazettes in the
eitv of Wafhiß-.gton, and Alexandria,
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That
every direftor, clerk, and treafurcr, before
he afts as such, (hall take an oath or affirm
ation, for the due execution of his office.
Sire, y, And be it further emitted, Th?t
the said (hares (hall be negociab/e and tranf
fcrable ftom one to another, by affignmentg
1 in writing executed before two witnesses at
the least, and authenticated and registered,
as the said company may preferibe and di
rest in th ir bye-laws aod regulations.
Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That
the amount of each (hare (hall be paid by
iriftalments of ten dollars, at such times as
the said direftors, for the time bcr. t , (hall
appoint; and in case any inftalmeu. or in
ftalments (h ill not be paid at the time appoin
ted, or within ten days thereafter, the fame
may be recovered in the name of the com
pany, by warrant from ajulliceir the peace
if the amount due (hall not exceed twenty
dollars, the lame may he recovered by mo
tion, in the name of the said company, on
ten day’s notice, in tfny court of record in
the county or aiftrift where the debtor may
be found ; and in all such warrants and mo.
tions the certificate of the clerk of the said
company (hall be conclusive evidence of the
defendant’s being a member of the company,
and prima facie evidence of the amount due
on the (hares held by such defendant; and if
fach inftalment or inftalments he not paid
within sixty days after the time limited for
the payment of the fame, and advertised so.
four weeks fncccflivelv in oncor more gazettes
publiffied in Wafhtngtonor Alexandria, the
president and direftors of the said company
may proceed to forfeit, for the ufc of the
company, the (hare or (hares of the psrfon or
persons so failing to pay-
Sec. 9. And whereas, certain individu
als have already fubferibed and paid sundry
fmail Turns of money, which have been ap
propriated to the purpofc of opening and
partially improving the said road ftom Al-
i exandria, to Walhington : Be it further en
acted t That it shall and may be lawful tor
the said hoard of cotnmiffioneri to place th®
said payments to the crcdk of those individ
uals, who have rcfpecHvcly paid the fame,
and who are desirous of purchaling (lock in
the said company, by allowing them the
full amount of the money they nave reflec
tively advanced, in the purchase of a (hare
or (hares in the said company.
Sec, 10. And be it further enacted. That
the said company be, and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to open, extend,
gravel and improve, in the turnpike manner,
a good and fufficienc road, commencing at
the interfeftion of Walhington and Montgo
mery ftrccts, in the said town of Alexandria,
thence extending in aftraightline to the north
eastern corner of the aims-iioufe lot, & thence
by the moll eligible and convenient route,
to bridge point, on Alexander’s illand, and
a!fo to end and build, or cause to be ereft
ed and built over Four Mile creek, a good
and Adßcient bridge, of found and fultablc
materials and in all rtfpeds adequate (of the
pal&ge of travellers, horses, and carriages
with a feciire railing on each fide, at least
four feet high, and a convenient way for
foot passengers, on 'fine (ide, which (hall be
separated from the carriageway, by a good
and fufficienc raling, at kaft four feet high.
Sec. 11. And be itfurther tnaiied, That
it (hall and may be lawful for the said pre
fidsnt and di’rcdors, or the majority of them
to agree with the owner of any land, (luoogh
which the said road is intended to pass, for
the purchase tWreof ; and in case ol difagrec- (
ment, or in case the owner thereof (hail
be a feme covert, under age, non-compos,
or out of thediftrid, on application to one
of the judges of the circuit court, the said
judge (hall iflue a warrant direfled to the
district, to summon a jury of twenty.four
inhabitants of Alexandria county, of prop
erty and reputioo, not related t® the parties,
nor in any manner intcrcfted, to meet on the
.land to be valued, at a day to be expreffi’d
in the warrant, not less than ten, nor more
than twenty days thereafter, and the mar
(hal, npoh receiving the said warrant, (hall
forthwith furarron the said jury, and when
met, provided there be not Irfa than twelve
-(hall adminiftcr an oath ox affirmation to c
very juryman that (hall appear, “ Thar he
will faithfully, justly, and impartially val
ue the land, (not exceeding the width of one
hundred feet) and all damages the owner
thereof (hall sustain by opening the road
through fnch land, according to the bed of
his (kill and judgment.*' And (he inquifi.
tion thereupon taken, (hall be fig'ned by the
marlhal and by the jurymen present, and re
turned by the marlhal to the cleik of the
county, to he by him recorded. And upon
every such valuation, the jury is hereby di
rected to prescribe and ascertain the bounds
of the land by them valued ; and their val
uation (hall be coucluilve on all persons, and
(hall be paid by the Caid president and di
rectors to the owner of the land, or his le
gal representatives, and on payment thereof |
said land (hail become an open public road >
forever.
Sec. 12. And he if further enacted) That
as (oon as the said road (ha!!*bc opened and
improved, and the said bridge (hall beercc
tod and built, as required by this act, the
(aid company (hall be entitled to demand and
receive by their proper agents, (ervants, or
officers, at the said bridge, tolls not eucce
ding the following t>, >•, to be regulated
from time to time by the circuit court of
the United States, in and for the district of
.Columbia, in the county of Alexandra,
under the direction of Gongrefs ; for each
person and horse, fix cents and a quarter;
(breach chaise, sulky, or riding chair, iz
and a hall cents ; for each coach, coachee,
ftage-waggon. chariot, pbaatoo, or curricle,
or other rid ng carriage, twenty-five cents,
and the further (am of four cents fir each
horse, more chan two, by which such coach
coachee, chariot, pbze oi, or curricle 11101
be drawn; for each fled or sleigh, twelve
and a halt cents, and the further sum ct four
cents for each h rfc or fuller bead:, more
than two, by which such fled or sleigh, (hall
be drawn ; for each four wheeled waggon,
cart, or other four wheeled carriage of bur.
then, twenty, five cents, and the further sum
of four cents, for each horse or other be fts,
more than two by which the fame shall be
drawn; for each two wheeled cart dray,
or other a wheeled carriage of burthen,
twelve and a halt cents, and the further sum
of four cents for each horse or other heart,
more than one, by which the fame (hall be
drawn ; for each (beep or twine, one ever ;
for horses and neat cattle, oiht-r than those
in teams, drawing fleJs, sleighs or oarria
ges, or those with riders, two cents each.
And it (hail be the duty of the said compa
ny to keep ported op in fume conspicuous
place, at the fa*d bridge, where the roll is
collected, a printed lift of the rates oi toll
allowed bv this act, and for every day the
(amc (hall be neglected, they (hail forfeit and
pay one dollar, to be recovered by warrant,
by any person who (hall fuc.tor the fame.
Sec, 13. And be it Junker enautd k That
✓
it (hall be the doty of the fa id corporation,
to keep the fajd road and bridge in good re
pair ; and if in neglect of ihcir said duty*
thefaid corporation (hall at any time fuffer
the said road or bridge to be cut of repair,
so as to be unfafe or inconvenient for paflen
gers, the said corporation (hall be liable to
be presented for" such neglect, before any
court of competent jurisdiction, and uptn
conviction thereof, to pay to the U. States,
a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars
at the difcrction of the court; and (hall «lfo
be lefponfihle for ail damages, which may
be foftained by any person or persons, in con
sequence of fach want of repair, to be reco
vered in an action of trcfpafs on the case,
in any court competent to try the fame »
Provided always, and it is fnrthtr enabled,
Thar whenevee the net proceeds of toll col
lected on said road, dial) amount to a sum
fuffioient to reimbarfe the capital dock,
which (hall be expended in the purchase
said land, building said bridge, and making
laid road, and twelve per cent, interest
thereon, to be afeertained by said circuit
court, the fame (hall become a free road, and
toll (hall be no longer collected ’hereon j and
said company (hall annually make returns to
said circuit court, of the amount cf toll col
lected, and of their neerfftry expenses, so
as to enable said circuit court to detertnin*
when said toll (hall ccafe.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the lioufe of Reprtfentali-vis*
S. SMITH,
Pejident of the Senate pro tem,
Approved, April ai, 1808.
TH : JEFFERSON.
From the Bojlon Gazette,
TRANSLATION. ,
By the politemfs of a gentleman, who came
pajfenger in the Artistry!, we are favor
ed with a Copy of Joseph Napolbon's
Confutation for Spain and the Indies,
The publication of the whole of this volti .
minous production Would exceed our lint,
its ; but we are assured the following ar
tides are the ms material, and aUriml-
are necessary for a view of the divifons
and powers of the new government,
CONSTITUTION,
(Concluded form our lajl.)
The variations which (hill be made in
the civil or perial code, in the fyltatn of
imp ifts or the fyftcm of coins (hall be pre
sented in the fame manner, for the dciibara- <■
tion and approbation of the assembly.
CHAPTER X.
Os the Kingdoms and Spani/h Provinces in
America and AJta,
Article 87-h- rjje Kingdoms and Span
ish Ptoviocts of America and Afii, (kali en
joy the fame rights as the metropolis.
Art. 89 —A reciprocal commerce is per
mitted between the Kingdoms and Provinces
and the metropf : is, w
Art. 90 —Their deputies (hall be in
1 number, twenty, two, viz—twofrornNcw-
Sprin ; two from Peru ; two from the New
Kingdom of Grenada ; two bom Buenos
Ayres; two from the Phi.'Opines; one
\ from Cuba ; one from Porto Rico; one
' from Venezu Ij ; one from Caracas ; one
bom Qriio. one from Chili ; one from
Cur.co; one from Goatimdi; one from
Yucatan; one from Guaijahxata ; one from
the internal Wcflern Provinces of New
Spain; and one from the Eaftctn Pro
vinces,
Art. 94.—'The deputies (hall exercise
'their functions for rSie brace of eight years.
CHAPTER XI.
Os (he Judicial Order.
Article (hall be adminu.
tered by the name’ of the King, by tribunals,
which hehimfeU (hall eftabiilh;
Art. 99— The King (hall appoint all
the Judges.
Art. 100—No Judge can he deprived
of his odice but by approbation of the
King.
Art. io6 —At the Erd feflion of the
Cortes, the quefiton (hall le debated,
whether the trial by jury may be elfab
lifned.
CHAPTER XU.
Os the Adsni>f fnat ion of the Revenue.
Article 1:7 - The fyltem ol cormi-
I hributioiS thail be equal throughout ibe-
Kingdom*
Art. 118—All the privileges which
aflaaliy exifr. givm to companies or indi-'
viduals, arc foppt* K,d.
A RT- 1f 5, —''l he nattonal treafmy flndl
be du.icCt tn'in the treabut of the crown.
A.rt. izi—Thf King IhaU appoint the
nrtii nal tuafii'Cr,
\ Art,’ ib j-- J’tir lO ill die
offices (ball b. icnc to <r»> ivii.c, wi 10 ’he
authorises to v» horn ir is, coii&titd by 'ho
laws and regHatl na.
CHAPTER XHI.
Ceneial Dfp'Jit o/.s, \
Article >/4~Thrre ilnl) tie an clif
ancc offsnfive and de’e-'fivc perpetually, as
well by tea as by land, between Fram ft
Spain. A special treaty (hall tleuuoac