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That, w -he da*-* of the * IV> uu*. ;';n ailio-ied wro ;ir ?jac [ ii .nil *•-<• ootni ‘ if v;at:tr.m. >n the ’aid date: and f'.o ‘■ iiuii* ‘<•>■ up itinj*. tuf- ntti i awful authority atini! .‘.f. v.numllti'.ni'r'.- md ’win, rffiiffivr n Ac Aid cit ■’ • o’ r ‘Ju aid ‘.‘Vttn rloiland, E.ouinis, :-wy •O'tip i-.Tium o :u* ‘.if. *,f ■ Viru ic a ’Committee from, ittiC n Up lsmn tvC ;i<* -Vnumhi** up Vs ivor awl /vh*:'it* *r tii ’<ut m it’ v'.*’ann;ih. defined and rciLin*-t !>*’ ‘ ipivL f v -;{ Hjainft ‘foment, if ,‘rp:-: s\r up wt vjjnt ’of Chatham, ,< Min! up. w wurjCmap if up :at Lemtlaturs of this J..; ■, ant v up: .‘.xvumi in purfnance ; A.mj v:***stM ‘if.uattkVts and ‘W/ies late! r ■wio!i!;it tin*, the hue: tut v’ prteas. n and hv a certain <f. o’ up. .•‘lueia * .'/enhi • and j\.Ted in the •.'.• ■.• ii” •I'.-'.-jut !• if • ‘iirir.r ’ me thoa&nd ‘even hurt* f •: am nine. ‘ dv. nf-.itort. ‘ J.eh- e. the 4 • ni-i* n :if lev*:*-,i u-v v-.uiit.er, n dus itat.ed’ :t vtr - Hiuimjtf Jinuj;, ’ruae.et, ‘ That up Office'.? 4 t; ...m. n tip ii**l w iv.ate n *sie > 1 tiu lion ffiould 1 v- an .mm’:; me ynijA’we-rf. n Ui- .r ‘ ; t vp patrol c.'. v. <in;>v*:ii*:ut Mei;-'., Vs illee. or .hilatto. ‘■mm Imv* \r- love';. v'w\ ihnflSd there .e-iv* u m” jat* if “his lat .vim any of the • el .u.-tlrv u* Jtaiutiita . .|:-ndv.. me v, been ‘r.r.h Muftees, 1 .t= u* vf.tinmws. n er'.iii md afeouftndo. until ‘ -ic-- v.nju vt eonnituet u>dm die doronration of ‘a an ■. or m** tn'*.-* if :iit /’♦ace ‘or any of the v.ue; .lei * no n tip :•( tiv’dijn. vho are therebv an :ir./- vrC ii vmii* ui’li iieeunn ir ovyenen. lave ir itaves* . ,j, •-.y t - r *- t *f> - A tip e.“jp:u:e *.f thp rrnvTter or owner, 1 v -*‘h \> r w:\pr <: hereby nade liable for,” v-M .<• x.r ,>e yr-temte. of aotwaHrnduuj -or weening; ju-i vp'-lmr ” >uc vMprtan ii*-*n and tie- J rt’te- y.itTitti uiJ, to vui m or alViat o’ ‘epftctiiyr ial. or nto ‘■ v tip l*tic.r.mo* *. am;i; Rafter, if 1 : aii *'.*-* >'v-rtertite. me of :ie rl'.h.ania Llands, • “ifiigTi-e vAe!’-:. V..i*-fiie:*o jtvr vdr.-nej if oarpnnah* *.i:,iur. iiiiC v'urtf ini l/iiJattiip.*, md ‘dess-nes vere uv O - tip. uwc rtmr.inrr m ip-- latfiftr.* iVntn iv.nr jp vrMtr if tip hit) eoit-rb-’ I'd. • o- iiuf i'lini tie .lamt if i'Y*nr,e;i. -,nd ire directi-- n yr’ *. up nui- a’V. mtt v vitiut the tip. intent ai! ‘"-’ iiiiii *.f ;u .me- tip ’ iar*n? .torwed n -he oort pvitnir.il /*;w it d/'i./ andall French. ‘' v /*-’ ■ / * w : • irtr • i • zJ’U'd -i - * , ‘ ■ ■ ar! upnijine; vt’ and . -.aninOftesl v.th it.-e* i /u* tie. ‘ate .‘.Ji.urf if mmada. ‘nr -reaion and eheitinn. *'•’ ‘rme-.-r • titiinvr.iiir. nhp jeac.i itwi uatet. of die state. , *.•* tie v.diiu'-mr r.ir** of letoynizance ■ e mu k tie .iiit ...land if Omnsda ’ -r their tram* f’ .im r,*,m he-n - .-. h:,t ,* •* . tV'. and. “>A. Be t •••nu*:ni;pr'*<_ Vat’, in iie i his -Jr n the tliirty •- euti - pip if tip if ijr ‘r.’ rreißTl -onl fo'-orys ■i* ur'.. o- tie iftiiv- if ,*vt, iCmr if ‘v-eat 3rta:n* t . -slier ■ LiruP. if :.p 7own if tr. n - ;*• ,: ‘iiit i> rviiiirf!;. V r i‘:-.-ti:,ui. i!•• -amr lefirg me ‘ i'h'um ‘riiiit. *-*Munv>. me if ip *..ii'iant illices of nr id ,;el-* : .ini— ir mrumrn ‘’nas ie!e n raid fir the •'* *! .ml •) rvir.ea. me }rk.i,-.*v'**.*tyd iimU'.lf t*i ow* vi on* irtii c.r.i Up v.tin- vo tinnlhnd ootinds of .owe mil si tl nr.np- if *r:uin. *o ie uaefe mi! p-- p;t t* ur *ouf: in.; r.;at>!s* lauds and tene iu*-v ■- ci to* in* *nr hid mni he di-ny* his neirs di-: mv vPurt ueuii-. hr,i! ip niidii“ .ii Up conditio!} ipr- nieiv v tun tLvn ml u-t r.i'.’v’edffed lefore u* .*.uiiCti-,un it up itvj’-e v- -i-ten xciisuiaance -u-h. ■ iru v'u*:v*r,r .he i,ul :.mea vs f.u lie, :dr aud m tip y r tt m; mntier iiui r’aT, .;• John VT*3umie. . mil iaiifis *ar*-—. in. it id Vnli>r’- nm t-his ll .Ufl. ctlvem v'lke inn # Mr *.•'/.•**,( #**sft* /..: v'in ir.v.-* v*.-*n wutr.3.*i- and rr.t - ***•*;,‘zr.o. ur? i.-,v ; n’Ceiv’-.l utb ■-■fo.ir null- >v,r.rnc yirt'Hi, I'ion c-mditjon of f yv'io: wi.in -ip huf f-rin m;i ,'nnes ,vf‘3irne TiH ,1 ‘ r ’ ’ ’-J* Wft* ■ f ird*) \pj'n Ti3'[ u* it. itirl Kstt u* *iv*m Jie Pu^ic -•io*suM*r *.t hiß cdr f nrt. he ’nm if oonnds ten 4 I 1 * . • ft uu *:u iii’dif*— ill*! Idr.f 3^ Uu-nn :•: m”*-..?* - ‘'.i>v ;ien-rtmp, f 0-p hi ohn p.ui Jane-? if’ cutnu-. ir ;-tp jrr'lm ir oerthns aonoHlted • -ir. 1? if UP v.-fr: ,r re :Hi v ’;m* uni fes iihe-d jei-'iinß. nr- to jt onto board ituiiiinit hail mil ir. nsv.r. o and 00-oaari a to-1 ‘ i*i-yr*nis vhrv TiuiT iedet’nwed t tfcer and .Uhl m*- rmd ir ml in lom* .Ukl pßrlims, or anv of -‘rni n in’* ‘-115 m<t oemy to ,;e eafnwarct of so* ‘ ii< if or n any iJrtuh cuiionv or d**nd —'. uic*- \r -;tv* ufißr -han a -ir-urvfl c.mntr-r-, llld i” l -u- v i.im i*auvi:tiUß irue n*n the .lute ill the “ • n- dir. v-'uti u to* tfiater ami Vfbte .of do** aelTei? *of in i !'p im! -v'uio* and .hie v.l.mprf oerliows afordaki ir *.g*v*- >'*d. orc.l’- nr anus* and places oe FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1798. ■v-cYively when ar.d where thej’ and every of them flial! v ‘ have been landed and put on shore, such depolition to ‘ oe tsk m and certified by a Magistrate, or foiiie other u Public Officer, at the firft Britifti or American jxirt the 44 -bid vefTel or veiTels (hall arrive at after having so landed ‘ md out on fliore the said wliite and free colored persons is atorefaid, the dangers of the seas and capture by the enemy to ’oe-coiiii.lered as a general exception, then the ’* ; ‘id obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full 1 hat the said Mulattoes and Negroes, so being per'ims exore! Uy meant and intended to be prohibited from being; imported by the said a&, the said Mayor and Alder ■nen e!t ;t tiieir duty, and did therefore, in pursuance and execution of the fame aft, and of the power and authority to them thereby given, cause the said Mulattoes and Ne gr es :o oe put'and kept in cl'.fe and fafe custody until oie-; cotnd oe exported from the rfate according to the di vetions of the said aft; but whilst the said Mulattoes and -7 roes were so confined in custody, and the Mayor and Aldermen were proceeding to fiich other steps as were ne c--'!ary to fully execute the purposes intended by the said or % the Aid William Norment, as Tax Collector as afore ;a? l. feized.the aid Mulattoes and Negroes, pretending they were forfeited to thelfate, under an aft of Aflembly, eo ?Je?;, “ An Xci to niife a Tax for the Support ofKdo ‘ jp. orient for the Year of one thousand seven hundred 1 1 ninety-seven,” by which, am ngft other things, it is 1 •* That the sum cf.fifteen dollars lhall be levied 1 on til l-T.-groes brought into the Jute by sea for fettle ‘ ment or sale, except such as'may be brought in by emi “ grants from any other part of.the United States for fettle “ roent, to be paid to the Tax Collector of the county * thin which fuch*Negroes may arrive within the space ‘ of twenty days after such arrival, and a return of such * Negroes thall be made to the Receiver of Tax Return's of -he county within five davs after luch arrival, fpecify mg the lumber and sexes of Negroes fb imported; and, “ in case of neglect or refufal to make such returns or 4 payment, the said Negroes shall be, and are hereby de “ dared to lie, forfeited to and for the use of the hate, and uch fax Colleftor is hereby authorized and required to fell and dispose of such Negroes, and to lodge the amount of sales thereof in the Treasury,” Whereas the laid Mulattoes and Negroes, so far from being- forfeited to the date, under the said clause of the said act, do not come V- ‘ the our ew, intent, or meaning of the fame, not being such, ‘ Negrbes ((laves) brougiit into this state for * fettlemcnt or fate as are meant or contemplated by the laid aft, nor can they by any confirmation thereof be in any wife arfected thereby, they being such perfqns ta), m up at sea and .brought into the fi re in manner herein before ment.oned: And forthat the said William N-rment liaviug h, hegaii-y, afld in direct violation of the laid firft menti oned ift, and of the power and authority to the Corporation of aavanrtah thereby given, seized the laid Mulattoes and Negroes, he the said William Norment, in contempt of the dignity cf the State, and cf the Legiikture thereof, .. by the grossest mifrepreientations and miilatement of Acts, so far deceive ancTmiilead the late Legiflaiure as to induce-tliem to pass a resolution, touching the premises, in the words following, to wit:. “ Be it refc!ved, That his F.ccc.iency toe Governor be required to order the said William Norment, Tax Collector, to fell and dispose of “he said Negroes, in terms of the aft for imposing a tax for the year 1797 And for that the said resolution cf the said Leghldtnre is void, illegal, and tmconftitutional; Fri’i. As t was obtained and entered into under the im - bon of such rmfreprefentations as aforefaid; Secondly, t ir. .-.t.nngement ot the Judiciary Department, to h-e 1 iid William Norment ought to havt; had r n a question involving law and faft, if so clear a ■ <- ■'’ TTotve eithe’-; I’hirf.ly, As it will, if carried into -:t • -i. gany ar.d unconftinitionally, without accusation or :-.J- dcpr.ve free'nen of liberty; Fourthly, As it is a nr.:.-: /.elation cf the said firft motioned act, and an in f intemeut of Me rights, jurilcliftion, and authpritv of the f.iui Corporation to them thereby given; andlaftly, Be cause the said firft menciored act cannot, nor can any aft ?>’ v<e Gen ra: AA.-mbly, solemnly pafled, ai’d concurred in, be altered, amended, abrogated, rejiealtd, contravened, made vid, or in any wife affected, by any -cfoiution or proceeding of the said Aflembly, other than an act made and pafled with equal fclemnitv. Aerefore the-laid JA’nn Ixive and John Holland, t!ie Committee atAr.-faid, having desired and required me to oroteit. I th.e Sbiu Notarv* have at such their request protested, and by these prefen ts do, for and in the name and behalf of the- Mayor and Aldermen of die laid city of Savannah, moll publicly and solemnly protest, as well against the said Wil iam No-. -.r.ent, Tax Ccilector as aforefaid, as against the Aid ‘ Union and proceedings of the late Legislature, and ne order of tlie Executive Department thereupon issued, ind ail sale ar.d lales of the said free Mulattoes and Ne g-oes oiread_ had and made, cr hereafoer to be had and made, n p —luance t.Kreof, the laSie being w holly illegal and un :t: * .ntionnl, a violation and infringement of the authority of :lie said Gorporation, and highly Injurious and dangerous to the peace and fofety of die llate, for the several causes, reasons, and allegations, herein before mentioned, set forth, and contained. ‘ T nis done tnd protested at Savannah aforefaid, in the date afcrefiud, the day of February, in the year of mir Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in die twent v-fecund year of the Independence of the Unit ed States of America. In tejttmcnium veritatis , JOSEPH WELSCHEH, J. P. & Not. Pub. A few Copies of the Ftre Ordinance and iVroi Law may be had of the Printers. (4 dollars per ann.) WAR OFFICEof the UN ITtD STATES, ( January the ill, 1798. WHEREAS frauds have been praftifod in obtaining warrants for Bounty Lunds, due to tlie Officers an 1 Soldiers ot tlie late Continental Army, by the produc tion of forged instruments, to check in future such inipofi tions, it has been tliought advisable that all persons having claims for Bounty Lands, whether in their own right, as legal representative, or by virtue of any instrument or deed of transfer, be required to forward their refpoftive claims to the War Office, on or before the firft day of January, 1 7519i in order that such claims may be duly examined, adjusted, and determined upon. ± 1 o fubfhntiate such claim a ftrift observance of the rules heretofore ilfucd from the War Office will be indlfpenfable; and, in addition to what is required by the said rules, the certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney mull also set forth the place of residence and oc cupation of the claimant or perlbn making such acknow ledgment; and, when the proof of perlbnal knowledge is by a witnefs.or witnesses, their place or places of residence must beset forth in li e manner. JAMES M‘HENRY, Secretary of War. EXfiCUriVE DtPAR IMFNT. Louisville , B tb February , 1798. A CONCURRED resolution of the 2d instant being presented and read, as follows: In the HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. Friday , the 2 d February , 1798. The House proceeded to take under consideration the resolution moved by Mr. Wapkins, of the 31st ultimo, pointing out 1 the method of filling vacancies that may hap pen in the ensuing (Convention, and tlie fame being read is as follows: Whereas a just and equal Representation is inseparable from the idea of a free gbyernment, and the rights and happiness of no people can be feture without a due apporti onment of such Representation: And whereas no provision has been made whereby such just and equal Representation can be accurately made, afeertained, or apportioned: iior remedy whereof, Be it refolded, That it lhall be the duty of the Captains or Commanding Officers of Militia through out the state to make out fair and accurate lifts of all free white persons, as well young as old, residing within the limits of their refpeftive company diftrifts, and they are hereby required to return the fame, duly certified under their hands, to the Clerics of the Superior Courts of the several counties, on or before the firft Monday in April next; ami it shall be the duty df *he said Clerks to trans mit, by the hands of the Members of the Convention, all such retufns, under seal, to the President of°the Conven tion, for the information of that Body. And whereas no mode has hitherto been pointed out for filling up such vacancies- as may happen by the death, resig nation, or otherwise, of tlie Members returned to represent the state in Convention, Beit refolded. That his Excel lency the Governor be fully, authorized and empowered, and he is lierebv required, to iflue writs of eleftion for filling no such vacancies; pfovided that no eleftion fliall be held in any county without ten days previous notice thereof having been set up in writing at three or more of the moll public places in the county; and all such eleftions fhall’ be held and condufted, and the returns made, in like manner and form as is preferibed bj law for the eleftion of Memb ers of the legislature. And on the question to agree to the fame it pafled ill the affirmative. Ayes 24* Noes 19. Ordered , That the Clerk do carry the fame to the Se nate, and request their concurrence thereto. Extradl from the Minutes , James M. Simmons, Clerk. In Senate, 2 d February, 1798. The foregoing resolution being taken and read was con curred in. A •> Tef* Wm. Robertson, Secretary. Ordered, That certified copies thereof be transmitted for publication to tlie Printers in Savannah and Augusta, for the information of all whom it may conccrrf. Attest. Thomas Johnston, Sec. E. D. 1\ O r I F I C Alio iV. ALL Tax Gilleftors, who are in arrears, are requefled to come forward to the Treasury, and make a settle ment, by the 25th day of March next, otherwise executi ons will iflue agreeably to law. Sheriffs, who have o rnitted to return their executions, and Clerks of the Courts, who have not made returns and fottlement, are notified to do the fame, on or before that Say, or the law will be enforced against them. Receivers of Tax Returns, who have not sent forward their returns, are desired to depofite them in the Treasury immediately. Persons fending packets or fetters to the Trea&rer by poll are requested to p*y the postage, otherwise the letters will go on to the General Poftoffice. JOHN BERRIEN, Treasurer. Treasury Oijice, Louijville, February 9, 1798. NOTIFICATION. THE Members of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, and the refpeftive Lodges by their proper Representatives, are desired to attend at the Long Room in the Filature, in the Gty cf Savannah, on Saturday the 3d day of March next, at 1 o o’clock in tlie forenoon, being a Grand ’Quar terly Communication. By Order of the Right WorfliipfulTaOHd Mafler, William Bblcheb, Grand Secretary. Savannah , February 21, £7?S WANILD on rent, \ SMALL aaaveaienr DWELLINGHOUSE in a ly fart of the utr. Inquire of tip Printer* 1r . •