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VGUS ¥ A: (Georgia) Printed by D. DRISCOL, near -the market, SATURDAY, February 18, 1809. (j Dolls, per Ar.it .
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B(By Authority.)
J AN ACT
the proprietor! of f<puare%_ and
B its in the city of ft have the
Whitnefub divided and admitted to record.
it matted by the Senate and lloufe »f
of the United States of A me* ]
Hin Con? refs AJfembled , That wh-never j
■ proprietor of any square or lot in the j
Hr of Washington, (hall deem it
fcWivSde fiich square or lot into convc. j
Hit building lots, piec's or portions for
H ?ind occupancy, and alleys for their
Himmodarlon, he maw cause a plat of the j
■4;ohc made, on which (hall be exprdfed J
1 iimefuions and length of all the lines of '
Hi portions »s are ncctffit* for defining
H faying off she fame on the ground, and
Hr certify such subdivision under his hand
H teal, in the presence of two or more ere- j
Hie witnesses upon the fame plat, or on a
H r or parchment attached thereto.
Bi |"c. 2. And he it further enabled, That
■the irq-icft of the said proprietor. th* fur-
Brtr of the city (hall examine whether the |
Hi pieces or parcels into which any square I
Hit may be subdivided as afbrefaid, agree
Hii with the whole of the fqtare
H»t so intended to he subdivided, and
the dimenfioos expressed in the plat
be the.true dimensions of the
Btsib expressed ; and if upon such exami.
Bios, he (hail find the plat cor rest, he
Hi certify the fame under his bard and leal,
Hh such remarks as appear to him neccf-
By for the further illustration thereof, and
Bnril the said plat, as examined, in a book
■books to be kept by him. for that pur-
He<
3. Andie it further matted, That
Ben such subdivision of any square or %at
Bit lie (b certified, examined and recorded, '
B purefiafer of any part thereof or any
Bfon interested therein, may refer to the
Bd plat and record, for defeription, in the
He mariner as to fqaares .and lots divided
Bween she commissioners snd original pro.
Becors j and the ways, alleys or paff’gcs
Bi out or expressed on such plat of fubdivi-
B, fhalil be and remain to the public, or
Bjeft to the uses declared by the person
■king fgch subdivision, at.all ti/nqs under
B fame police regulations as the alleys
Id off by the coromiflioner* on division
Btb the. proprietors.
■ Sec. 4. And be it further enntted, That
Bierruer the surveyor of the said city (hall
wrff any lot therein, or any of the parts
Bo which a square or lot may he subdivided
Baforefaid, he (hail measure the whole of
Hr front of the square on which each lot or
Brt lies ; and if, on fnch admeafu.remenr.
Be whole front of the square exceeds or falls
■ort of the aggregate of the fronts of the
■is on that fide cf the square, as the fame
Be recorded, be (hall apportion such excess,
■ deficiency, among the lots or pieces on
Bit front agreeably to their refpeftive di.
Bnficns. Whenever on such admeafure.
Brvt, the wall of a hewfe previoully erefted
I anv proprietor, (hall appear to (land on
B adjoining lot of any other person in part
K than feyen inches in width thereon,
Bh wall fhisl! he confidcrcd as (funding aho-
Bther on the land of such proprietor, who
Bil pay to the owner of the lot on which
Be wail ipay ft>nd, a reasonable price for
Be ground so occupied, to be decide J by
Bbifrators or a jury, as the parties inferef-
H may agree ; but if the wall of any honfe
Beady erefted, cover seven inches or more
I width ol the adjoining lot, it fii >ll be
Bcmcd a party wall, according to the re
lations for building iq/aid city, as pro.
Bilgated by tbc Prefidcnt of the U. S. and
Be ground focccEpicd> tnorc than seven in-
Bei in width, (hall be paid for as above,
■hich faft the surveyor (hall afeertain and
Brtify, »rid .put on record as the request and
■pence of any person interested therein.
B Sec. S, And be it further enabled, That
B (hall be the duty of the surveyor to at.
Bnd, whfta ncqutftcd, and examine the foun-
Btionor walls of any house to be erefted,
■hen the fame (hall be level with the street
B furface of the ground, for the purpose of
Bjufting the line of the front of such buil.
Bng to the line of the street, and correftly
lacing the party wall on the line of dirt.
B)n between that and the adjoining lot j
Bd hit certificate of the fiaft (hall be ad.
Bitted as evidence,, and binding on the par
ies interested,
■ Sec. 6, And be it further enabled , That
Be surveyor (hall be authorized to receive
Bom the perfonsfor whom he (hall perform
Be services required by this aft, the fees
■llowing, that is to fay >'For examining
Be plat-and calculations of any subdivision 1
■ a square or lot twelve and an half cents j
Bf each of the lots or portions into which it
Bay he subdivided j Provided, that no
Bore (hall be paid for the lots in one square
B«m one dollar and fifty cents ; for examn.
Bg any building and. giving the certificate
Squired by the fifth feftion of this aft, and
B.uidmg tbs Um oat dollar k fifty cents
for recording anydivifion, or subdivision of
any square, or lots, for transcripts from re
cords, and for fearchcs in his office,, the
fame fees that hare heretofore been paid to
the clerk of the county ; Provided, Thaf
they do not in any case exceed the fee here,
by allowed for examination.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled, Thai
all records of the diyifion of squares and lots
heretofore made between the public and ori
ginal propretors, or which are autherfed by
this art, (hall be kept in the office of the fur
vcyor of the city ; and all transcripts there
from, certified by him, (hall be evidence
equally valid with certified transcripts froth
the keeper of the office for recording deeds
for the conveyance of land in the county of
Washington.
Sec. 8. And be it further enafled, That
whenever thc President of the U. S. (hall
deem it neccffary to fuhdivide any square or
lot belonging to the U. S. within the city
of W*(hington, which may not hare been
reserved for public purposes, into conve
nient building lots, pieces or portions, for
fdr and occupancy, and alleys for their ac
commodation, he may caufc a- plat to he
made hy the furveyorof the city in the man
ner prescribed by the firft fertion of th»s art,
which plat (hall be recorded by the said sur
veyor, and the prorifions of this art (hill
extend to the lots, pieces and parcels of
ground contained in fitch plat as fully as to
fuhdivifions made by individual proprietors.
Sec. 9. And be it further enaßed, That
the surveyor of the city of Washington,
before entering upon the difeharge of the du
ties required of him by this art, (hall take
an oath or affirmation before the mayor of
the city of Wafliington, that he will faith
fully and impartially perform the duties
herein before required of him.
J. B. VARNUM,
Sfeeler »f the Hovfe of Roprefentatives,
GEO ; CLINTON,
Vice.Prefident of the U. S. end Prejidmt
of the Senate,
Approved, Jan. 12, 1809.
TH: JEFFERSON.
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The following ad paffti the laji Legijta
tore,
AN ACT
Pointing out the Juliet of Sheriffs, in felling
Lands under execution.
B E it enaßei by the Senate and House of
, Repvefentattves of the Stale of Georgia in
General AJfemhly met. That it (ball hereaf
ter he the dutv of the Sheriffs of the fcvcral
counties in this State, when they levy any
execution on land, to leave a written notice
of the said with the owner, if in the
county, or tenant in pofleffion if any, or
transmit the fame to him, her or them, in
five days after such levy.
See. z. And be it further enaded, That
it (hall not hereafter be lawful tor any
Sheriff within this State, to levy upon or
A ll any land which lies out of the counties of
which he is Sheriff, any thing in any law to
the contrary notwichfianding.
Sec. 3, And he it further entitled, That
if (hall be the duty of the Sheriff aforefaid,
to advertise their Tales in some public ga
zette, within the judicial circuit, where
such Tales are intended to be made ; provi
ded there is such a gazette within the
fame.
BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Rcpref ntalivt t
HENRY MITCHELL,
President of Senate,
Executive D.-partmenf, Georgia,
Affemed to zzd Dec. ISOS,
J ARED IRWIN,
Governor,
Tax Collertoi’s Sale,
On the I JlTutfday in Mry next , at the Mar
let house in the city of Augujfa, between
the hours deferibed by law,
Will be Sold,
290 acres of land on the waters
of Spirit Creek, returned bv Willoughby
Barton for the year 1806. Tax due 19 dol
lars twenty cents.
ALSO,
216 acres of land in Elbert coun
ty, adjoining lands of Burch, Hart & Woods,
originally granted to Jesse Woods, returned
by Levin Wails. Tax due z dolls, 9J cts.
ALSO,
One improved lot on Broad llreet
in the city of Augusta, returned by Tolls,
vet Cox a%ths property of the estate of Jo.
feph Cox. Tax due 9 dollars 191 cents.
H. M'TYRE, t. c. r. c.
I(jt Thofc who have not paid and kaow
themlelves to be in arrears (hall appear in
two weeks from this dais, without fail for
1807.
January 21. (ts)
Webster's Spelling Bosks y
For Sale at this Office,
B. HALL, & Co.
Have Just Received at Hoeir Store
four doors below the City-Hotel .
30 Reams Panting Paper,
1 z do fiift quality letter do
3d do isl, 2nd and 3rd quality fools '•ap,
3 Trunks Ladies Morocco flippers rflbr
ted colors,
4 do. Men* and Youth’s firftand second
quality (hoes and pi.ru; 8,
Two very convenient New-Ark made 1
GIGS,
Plated Harness Complete.
ALSO ON HAND, ,
A General Affbrtrncnr of
Dry Goods & Groceries,
All of which they will fell on
the lowest terms.
February 4. (jt)
To Printers,
FORS4LE,
h Printing Office, complete and
can be fi r d for work in twenty-four hours
—term! cslh and cheap.— Euqaiie cf ('*>i
printer hereof. x
February 4. (ts)
~ GEORGIA,
By his Excellency Jared litwitf,
Governor, and Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy of
this State and of the Militia
thereof t
A Proclamation,
Whereas I have received official
information of a ciuel and ba.baioos mur
der having been committed on tire body of
Edward Drnton, in the county of
on the ad clay of July Just, which appears
from a copy of ihe verdifl of »he inqutft
held thereon to have been perpetrated by ere
Kendall Lewis, who it is represented h-s
fincc rmde his (Trace ; Now, in order that
he fa»d Kendall Lewis may he brought to an.
fwer for the crime alledpcd eaaif'ft him, I
0-0 1
have thought fit to ifliie this try Proclama.
tior, offering a reward cf Ore Hundred
Dalian so any person or perfors, who will
anprelend and lodge in the common tail of
Walhineton county the Lid Kendall Lewis.
Given under my hand and the great Jer,l of
the flatty at the State Hoi ft in Milledgc.
fitille, this 3 i/i day cf December , In the
year of our Lot d, 1808, end of the In.
dependence cf the United States of A uteri.
, ca the thirty third.
JARED IRWIN.
By the Governo*,
Ho*. Maxbuxv,
Secretary of the State.
~~CAUTIOR
I forwarn all perform from tra
ding for five notes of hand, and a Red
Morocco pocket book, which I left at or
near Aogufla, and am now apprehrrfive
that fonts defigniag perfou has them in po
feffion, the notes cf h*nd are as follows,
viz : one for two hundred dollars on Solo
mon Salflniry, baring date payable thefirft
day of January 1809, said Sa lb irv Jiving
in Barks county. One of twenty fi“e dol
lars, bearing date, payable the fnfl day of
January 1809, on A. Gordon. Two cn
Josiah Mathu, one of thirty seven dollars
and seventy five cents, and bearing date
payable the firft day ,*f January 1809, the
ether bearing date payable the firft of Janna
ry 18101 of thirty didlar*. Also, one of
one hundred and tended I*?*, 1 *?*, on Jeff; Sts
pheas, hearing date payable the firtt day of
I January 1839.
PJ. B. Any person securing fr.id Book
and papers by lodging them at this Office,
fhs!l be hanGmely rewarded by the fab
feriher-
D. Ct. Salffjury.
Feb. 4,
Sheriff’s Sale,
On the fir (I Tuefd -y in April ■> e*t\ at War.
ren Court- houft, titm.n the ufvaihours.
Will be Sold,
One negro man named June ta
ken as the property of Jt (hua (oner* by
virtue of an execution ifined from the in
fetier court of this county, in favor cf
Ethc Id red Thomas Esq. upt’er the foreclo-
I (are of a Mortgage.— Cordhi-n! Calb,
1 I HOMAS BATTLE, o. *.
Janaary 25,
«• .
Now in Richmond Jail.
Peter, about forty years of
age, five feet seven or eight inches high,.
favs he belongs to Mrs. Smith of Savan
nah, that he faraway in March last.
The owner are requtted to comply with
the law and take them away.
A. RHODES fheriff.
November 26. (ts)
Notice. '
Those indebted to the estate of
Obedience Bugg late of Richmond County
deceaftd, arq ir quelled to make payment,
and those who have dcmandi agalnft the ef
tatc, will plcafe to render them in.
Bazil Lamar, adm'ir.
February 4. [jrJ
Notice.
All persons having demands a
gainst the estate of Isaac Oliver, are requeued
to render In their accounts properly attested.
And those indebted to make payment to lha
fubferibers.
JAMES OLIVER, \. . ,
JOHN MOORE, J Adm or *‘
February M. (31)
Sheriff’s Sale.
On ih.t f.rji Tue/day in March next, at the
Market - Hovjt in the city es Augvjia, at tht
ufuai heirs.
Will be Sold,
One undivided seventh part of
eight hnrdred acres of land on Savannah
River in the county of Richmond, at pre
y lent occupied by Mn. Tabitha Harris,
/ bounded originally by Savannah River oi
the eali, by lands of William Dabney
Cawtliora, on the South &c. levied on as
the portion or lhaic of Michael Harris in
said entire tra.£, to fatisfy Executions in
favour of Jacob D»nforth and Campbell A
Niilfou against (aid Hanfi, Sc pointed out
by the plaintiffs.
CoHclilioniCtlh,’
A. RHODES, s. a. c,
January a B. (jt)
Sheriff’s Sale.
On tht firfi Tvefday in March next, at th e
Court- heufe in the town of Waynejlot ought
between the ufuai hours.
Will be Sold,
45 Acres of land mote or less in
Rurkc Coanty, Wing lands of Griffin Sc
Mr*. Buxton, levied on as the property of
William Stobo at the instance of .Francis
Parris Executor of Parris dec.
ALSO,
202 \ acres of land in the 22d
dlftrift in Wilkinlon County, No, 37. ad
joining lots No. 38. and No. 54. levied on
as the property of Stephen WhrHlcr tjec.
at the inftknce of fames Letter Executor of
Jcffe Cox and others..
Jq/epb Perry, Sheriff.
Febrncry 4
Sheriff’s Sale.
On thefifi Tuefinv in.h'arch next, at the
Court, houft i-.t H l 'arren county, between tht
ufuai hours
Will be Sold,
3 2 5-acres of land more or left
in W:rnen adj ining LAnfon and
other* it being the land w*• rcort John
Williams now live*, wirh a Grist-Mill
thereon taken a* the property of fsid Wil
liams to fstiify an execution in Lvor of
Dtvid Catfon afiignee and pointed out by
Jtthn Stith Plaintiff's at*orney,
ALSO. .
400 ac,n*s of land more or lef»
In laid county, on Big Cre*k adjoining
John M Coy and others I-vied on ss the
property of Lewjg fa isfy an cxe
ention in favor of Grcfhsm Smyth and
pointed out by the de'e^daor.
A ISO,
825 acres of land more or left?
i*» (Hid county, on the w«-e*sof Brier Or -“it
adj ining Benja.j.ia GKee(e : io, ftffe Rich
er f>a and otH rr, ’evied oil a; fffr property
of P-tcr Hodo >o feist” an execution W f»-
vor of Joseph Stub* and 6 a d return
ed to ase by J ffjsi P'.rr'rbalter c< tillable.
ALSt\ -
ioc acres of land more or 1* Is
in said cen '*y. n the wv:»s of otisms
Creex, ads titimg Jacob Data n and , ihhit,
it being the G-H ftereew. Dixon
now lives and lev'cd i»ir -ahh property »•
fa'isfy t rrruti rv in favor o: j- h,. Gibfba
and others, and returned tn me Jacob
Darden cor ft* We. C nditfon* Calh
THOMAS, BA TTLE, t>. a.
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