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THE opinion
Or tilt' Court nl' \ |»[M*nin, fur tlx: Common
weal'll of Kriilurkj'i ill the ruse of the
Cii'iimiinwealth, in. ,liimrii Morrison,de
livered by Judge How an.
upon, are not by reason of their subjec- fine, would be denominated excessive—
tion io corporate action, of that character, Hut the transcension, by the legislature,
and thereby drawn from taxation. They should lie flagrantly outrageous, to autbo-
may nevertheless be taxed by the sove- rise the judge to proodrike the Hup ex-
reigu whose subjects they are. cessive, and vacate the iegi|lative act.—-
. . ' The fine in this case is RIO,000—The
Legitimate corporate power, can be tuI exacted by the legislature was 8 5,000
taxed by the sovereign power alone, who _ T | ie wffence wa9 a fai | ure pay the
grants it. The corporate power display- ^x—The penaltv imposed for the failure,
ed in the post office department, might he | 8 j IH1 |,| u ||, e aln ount of the duty required,
loxeu by the nation, for she granted it. YVe cannot suy it is excessive—Its amount
and the gr,nt was legitimate; the slates g e ems to have been fixed, by a criterion
cannot tax d; but the horses,^ carriages, 0 f great antiquity, in all monied matters,
employed by the undertaker,'- in the |( j- " |r j vale
carriage of the mail, may be Inxcd by the j t
( Concluded fivm our lust.)
Hut the argument is erroneous i,n the
assumption of the fart, that the nation mi
nted this capital—The nation mulled the
device by which the caiillnl was drawn in
to the vaults of that office; but the money
pre-existed the device, and was in its pre
existent character, subject to taxation by
the state wherever it was found therein.
That money in the v-ults of chartered
banks is a fit subject for taxation has been
evinced by the nation—The capital in the
vaults of the banks, in every slate have
been taxed by the nitlioli—even that which
belonged exclusively to the slates, anil
that toobr a tax laid upon the corporate
agency of (ho banks. Now if the nation
and slnles are co-ordinate sovereigns, ns
to the power of taxation, t'ae taxing pow
er which the former may exercise within
its sphere, the latter may exercise with
in their spheres—slid if there be any thing
in the argument now used, it might then
have been used by the states successfully
—they might have urged the sanctity of
the corporate character, and the necessary
fiscal agency, of their hanks—They might BUC
have also urged that the stork therein, at
least that which belonged exclusively to
them, should he exempt from taxation—
They might have siiperadded that the na
tion by taxing, might destroy their fiscal
devices—Hut (lie nation, as if conscious
that those arguments were unavailing, im
posed and collected the tax—thereby as
serting practically that neither the cor
porate character of the device, its utility
to the slates as a fiscal agent nor the
money in the vaults thereof, were, nr
ought to be exempt from taxation by the
nation. It may therefore he safely asser
ted, taking the states anil nation to be
co-ordinate sovereigns as’to the power of
taxation, upon the authority of the latter;
that banks may be taxed—that money
employed in banking by the states, mat
be taxed, in common with that, so cm
plated by individuals; and we have no he
sitation in saying that if money thus em
ployed by the states, may be taxed by
the nation, money so employed by the
nation, within the slates. t»«. .1
Uy in—,,,. And ileuce we would infer that
the money empluyed by either sovereign,
within the sphere ofthe other, in banking
or any gainful pursuit, loses its character
niiliquity
e as well as public, character.—
- ... . ,v„ farther objected that this act of the
state in which the undertaker resides and leirislnt ure imposes the tax upon the cor
se employs, them; and the undertaker nr poru tiun, and nut upon its money or pro- limit the duration of the bill to two years
iarrier would be alike subject to a poll L c| . tVi This, upon a fair construction of instead of leaving it indefinite, reported
tax, with the other citizens of the state, in t (, e ac t /which is loosely worded) we are
which he might reside, The patents inclined to say, is the fact,
granted by the nation to the authors or hi-, \\e al . c therefore unanimously of the
venters of any new anti useful discoveries opinion that the law establishing the office
cannot be taxed by the slstr; hut the fa- of discount within this state is uuconsti-
lirieks erected bv the patentees, or their tut ; ona |, am | ,| lat the gta(e ha8 „„ that
vendors, thereunder, or pursuant thereto, accnllll , „ rig |, t t( , tax j,. The chief jus
inny ne justly taxed, by the state m which ,;,, p js of the 0| , inion that the capita | s j ( „y
, . - . , -, , , ...»opinion that the capital stock
they are erected. Ncit ier the judicial u f that office upon the supposition that its
process, of the courts ol the IT. Stales, charter is legitimate, cannot be taxed by
nor the commission nl the judge who forms ;i||e st|lte . j ul | , 8 ()w8 , ev an(l | l()W an are
the court, can be taxed by the 8,a, '* s: !of opinion that the state may tax its capi-
11." the judge, and the parties and "taUtock, whether its charter he legitimate
witnesses, who are the subjects of the The chief justice and judge Ows-
iiii.I "m commission, may be tax- , ey are „f , )p i nimi j hat , he ( | ec i 8 i, m of the
- state ill which tliev resole. I he i 1 -
IN SENATE.
Friday, Januari/14.
One or two reports on privato claims
were taken up and agreed to,
Mr. Sanford, from the committee on fi
nance, to whom hud been referred the bill
“ to continue in force the act of 20th April
181-5, entitled an act supplementary to
an act entitled, an act to regulate the col
lection of duties on imports ami tonnage,
passed the 2d day of March, 1799,” with
an amendment, the object uf which is to
SAY.l.VXAVh
WEDNESDAY MOHNINU, Ji.xc
*ar 25.
The Communication signed “It,” lircccm-i I
and will appear in our next.” v
process,
e,l by the II, vv-mc meyrcs"..-. ; 8lI p ri .,„i C CO u, l of the nation, in the case
proccHU un*l trie commission arc ineilitim* i.V vi«/ , 11 i!.i ,i 4 , »• >1 •
of sovereign agenev-indiria ofthe .ove- “ ml «*» M^yleml,
reign power empli.yed pro hue. -re he question n. tbtacase and
:.i..V.,:c...i _ y 1 • , :buttling upon this enurt. To preserve an
identified with the sovereign,’ and like so- ltli . ,i . .
vereignlv, are exempt from taxation. The
paper and lhe.p'ircluni!iit me just subjects
♦tl ion and lusys of the United States in
of taxation, but thev exist no" ger.'thev nnti “ n - 1 i *. is
are lost it. the process a,id the commission, j ’i‘ l,e,e 9 ' ,>; ' ,! be vested in one tnbu
• • | ( Iirnlthe power id ultimately deciding all
does nut,' to be suri, cease In he money. !l''T’ na , i,m,l 1 vin « validity or ef-
wlicn it becomes revenue, more than the ,vl un< | ei i a tmling
paper ami parclmieut cease to exist as
when they become com missions and
_, the supreme
court to be vested with that power and
that It has under the constitution and laws
in nicy ihm unit* c(Niiniis:M(Mis *t u ci r i T -. ■ .. . ..
but like those articles, it is en- '1. S W , . lla,e 1 J»nsd,c
nuc iik<* ninsc articiHs, it is en-'*- .. • 4| . : » • .— j ,
eil in its employment bv, and icle„tifi-l‘'°,‘" hl . 8 , cw ' they conceive themselves
m with, the sovereign, whose inviola- .f' 1 ^ ,lec,, I on ; 8,1(1 therefore
ol re: nine, is no longer ta.r, is iituney.
and may be taxed by the sovereign, will’i-
itf whose circle i is'thus employed. W>
think it uhvinus that ill subjects of tnxii-
tinn nut atirrentleretl by the stales, to the
nation exclusively, may be taxed by both
concurrently—That neither can withdraw
any of those subjects from taxation by the
other. That, either can pretermit, nr se
lect such'ofthe subjects aforesaid as it may
choose and tax them at discretion. That
niether ran enjoin m nlistrucb the other
in the exercise of that discretion—'The
power nl obstructing or enjoining implies
superiority on the part of the enjoining,
and subordination on the part uf the en
joined. Hut a subordinate sovereign can
not exist even in idea—It is a contradic
tion in terms—if the energies of the su
preme power of a state, cun he arrested
uy any judicial officer of the nation. If
the tiering umrer ofthe states can be thus
arrested. Then are the sentiments, which
have been entertained, in relation to the
sovereignty or the stales, erroneous and
illusory—the states may be subjects—they
cannot be agents. While they subserve
the views, or the wishes of the nutiiu'al
government, tlu-y may solace themselves
with the belief that their agency is sove
reign; Hut when they brtmravene those
views, or wishes, they may be awakened
from the flatturiog allusion, of cnnarimia
sovereignty, ami reduced to the state of
degraded vassals, by a writ of pni/ii/ti.
tion, or injunction, awarded by any judi
cial agent of the nation. And this too, in.
relation to every taxing dibi t which they t8e
may attempt. For if they may be enjoin
ed from collecting tax on money, thev
may in like manner, and upon the same
principle, he restrained from collecting
taxes upon lands houses, and other taxa
ble property, under the pretext, that
those subjects are taxable by the nation,
and will not bear the tax, exacted b the
nation, in addition to that about tube col
lected by the states. That neither the
stats s or the nation can tax a corporation,
lawfully createil by the other, is a posi
tion too obviously clear to require illus
tration. For we must still insist that
they are each sovereign, ns to all the sub
pruces
mild
ration ....
bility it enjoys, while In
ported by the terms, (me or revenue, ex- l gt , llt9
ists. Being of opinion that-the stork of
the office of discount and deposit located
by the bank ofthe United Stales at Lex
ington within this slate, is liable (upon
the hypothesis that the charter of that in
stitution is lawful) to he taxed by the
state, it is next to he enquired whether
the law imposing the tax thereon, is valid
or void. That act is alleged tu be void,
because it imposes a tax upon the property
ot citizens of the U. S. & others, not with
in the limits of the sovereignty of the
slate. It cannot sorely he contended,
that the property within this state of per
sons not resident therein, cannot be taxed
by the stale. That property is pro
tected by the government within which it
may be permitted to exist, and that it is
liable to the government for that protec
tion, and that il.o laeix-i, in tlie Cxactinn
of no equivalent therefor, ma v at ils op
tion, address itself to the property, nr its
proprietor, seems to he a political princi-
Iple, of axiomatic clearness; one upon
the same. The snbject is yet to be acted
on.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the subject of the Maine bill, (us pro
posed to be amended by adding Missouri
to it) and the proposition by Mr. Ilillievts,
tu recommit the hill with instructions to
the committee to seperate the two, anil
report Maine in a distinct bill, as it came
from the other house.
The Debate on this question was resu
med. The motion for recommitment was
opposed by Mr. Harbour, Mr. Logan,
and Mr. Smith, and supported by Mr.
Otis, Mr. Roberts, und Mr, liana.
The question thereon was then taken
by Yeas und Nays, and decided in the
negative.
For recommitment 18
Against it 25
So the motion was negatived; the Se
nate thus refusing to s-perate the con
junction of the two sta’ ■» of Maine and
Missouri.
And the Senate then adjourned to Mon
day.
IIOLSR OF It 15l*ltESENTAT1VE9.
He connexion im- i*®™ *'P M*«ent of the court below,
jlrom which Albrmance Judge ilowan dis
jects, upon which they can respectively
aci. Yet the nation cither did not per
ceive, or perceivi g, totally disregarded
this obvious position, when she taxed
the charters ol incorporations granted by
the states to banking companies. A clear
distinction certainly exists between the
charter of a hank, and the money in the
vaults of that bunk—Between the corpo
rate agent, and the subjects upon which
itsets. By the charter a corporate pow
er is conferred; money and other proper
ty, to a defined and limited extent, are
we subjects, upon which the corporate
J lower acts, T: n acting power if it be
egitimnte, is a portion ol sovereignty sod
cannot be taxed; but the subjects acted
which all governments have acted. The
power ol noting in rein, is inherent in so-
veri'ignly, one without which if could not
do—It is necessary to justice even in judi
cial proceedings, us well in relation to the
jurisdiction of Courts, as to their adjudi
cation—And the action in rein, is recon
ciled to the princinle that intelligence and
responsibility arc inseparable, hv a fiction
which like other legal and political fic
tions, supplies the place of reality, and
cannot b.- controverted. The proprieior
is supposed to be addressed and notified
in, and through the address lo his proper
ty. “ Where a man’s treasure is, there
will his heart lie also.” Property needs
from its very nature, as well the'care of
its proprietor, as the protection of the go
vernment in which it is, It cannot l»e
without tlie latter, and a just estimate of
human nature, forbids the presumptiun,
that it is destitute of the former. There
is therefore nothing in the objection. It
is alleged as a further objection to this «ta-
u'e.that it imposes upon the offices of that
iimi t ti- n heavy penalties for the faithful
discharge of their official duties. Thev
are not officers of the government of the
nation—They are agents of the stock
holders, ami nre citizens of this state—
the penalty inflicted bv the law, is not for
the discharge of official duty, but for the
violation ol that primary duty which as
citizens they owe to their government. If
the money in the vaults of that office, and
if not only that, but the office itself was,
as we have supposed, liable, to be taxed by
llie state; it was the duty ofihea-
gents of that office to have paid the tax,
and in failing to do so, they violated not
only their duty to the state, but to the
stockholders who must be presumed, when
they bought the stock to have assumed to
pay whatever .tax might accrue thereon;
tor all property is bought, held, and trans
ferred, subject to the laws ofthe sovereign
within whose limits it is. We cannot
think there is any thing in this objection.
It is further objected that the penalty in
flicted by this law is in violation of the
15th section ol the bill of rights, in the
state constitution, which provides. "That
excessive hail shall not ,be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel punish-
utent inflicted.” The objection, rests, it
is supposed, upon the intermediate pro
vision, ut that humane ternary. No de
finite criterion is furnished bv'the consti
tution, or bid of rights by which to asew-
tain, what fine would, or would not, be
excessive, wiiliiu the provision above quo
ted. 1
lie reverences that exalted tribu
nal, and respects its opinions; with the
chief justice who penned the opinion in
the case alluded to, he has the pleasure of
a personal acquaintance, he is longe om
nium mnrimns; sed etinm Jupiter aliqil-
niitlo nutnt. That tribunal, and even he,
may have erred—,1. Ilowan would, if his
brethren hud united with him, have re
versed the judgment of the court below,
ami thereby afl'orded to the appellate
court ol the nation an opportunity of re-
il.‘. - ! A .. A A *
Friday, 14//i January,
Mr. Strother moved the adoption of the
following resolutions:
1. Hestil ed, That the Secretary of the
Treasury lie directed to report, without
delay, to this house the actual balance in
the Treasury, anti in the hands uf the
Treasurer, as agent uf the Navy Depart
mentaml War Department, and the a-
mount, it any, in the Treasury, subject
to the control of the cuuiinissinucrs of the
sinking fund, the first of January 1820.
2. Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury lie directed without delay to re
port to this house upon what principles he
has estimated the receipts into the Trea-
ennsidering this very important question. 8ur . v the sales ot public lands, fur
lie is unwilling to surrender auv portion i the year 1820.
ol the sovereign puttier of his state upon j .1. Resulte d,
the first summons,
, , . ‘It# the-Secretary of the
Indeed he is nut pre-! Treasury he directed, without delay, to
pared to say that he should feel himself report to this house what amount of the
bound by the repeated decisions of that public debt will be redeemable, according
tribunal to make the surrender. If the j to the.terms of the contract, in the years
iiahno can through the agency of congress. 182'), 4821, 1822, 18-23 and 1824 and
usurp the sovereign power of the slates,: wliut amount would be left of the sinking
and by its judiciary affirm the usurpation; fund in each year respectively, after the
the states, it would seem to him, ought to payment of the interest ofthe public debt
withholdin'i 'T P’ ," f I"" 1 ".’ e P°'' ,ion ,,f " ,e Pri"ci|«l'which m««
w Iholihog the r consent, and thereby be redeemable within the year. J
indicating that they had still little , „ ™ . .. '
regard for the sovereignty ot which they T - «<’*'*>»'*. 1Wat the Secretary of the
were thus disrobed. A prompt acquies'- ! ' rW!tf, |’ w,tl,#Mt tn
cence on their part would 'seem to i. vite MJ?. th " 3°"“ S" P?*)* P* 8
the nation to repeat and extend its en- !L 18 an I whethei III Ins opinions,
croachments to the utter annihilation of ' P " re ls P»r. , ‘ will probably
their sovereignties—but lie cannot believe c,,n ' lnue M " ntl1 P'‘'"'d at which the
that they are under any obligation to he- st , lss : l , l!<l shall become
come accessaries to their own destruction, i 6 ,? 1 ,,!., lf 111 1,18 opinion, such
For he insists that the principles asserted 8l “>d d |"'ubublv be the fact, whether it
in that decision mav be extended tn the w 1 " ul,l , n “ t hl ' 8llv,8 ;! ble 1 W'.V the sue
entire prostration of state power and l> 1 "'* °' the smiting loud tn the current ex -
therefore protests against its binding in- P enccs « f ‘begovernment, rather than re-
fluence upon this court. It may he said
that ni»
acquiescence in the decisions ot’
sort to loans or taxes.
Mi. Hnteman moved that the resolution
the supreme court of the nation, conduces! be on the table and be printed; whicl
to umiormity of decision and promotes
the Harmony of the union: That the bind
ing force ot the opinion of the appellate
tribunal »f the nation upon that of the
state, in cases like the present is to be
deduced from‘those beneficial results.—
lie acknowledges the mighty influence
which considerations of that sort should
have upon the tribunals of both the pow
ers: But lie denies, that it should actuate
either, to surrender to the other, any es
sential part of the Sovereignty of the go
vernment, whose functionary- it is, and
with whose power it has been intrusted.
, e thinks it cannot be
either, tu the other—nor
surrendered by
tn the diminution, n? demoliH.m of Gu ?'° n ' jun ' but
a 'iv ol the essenti
The fine imposed, shuuhl bear a iost
proportion, to the oficnce committed, the
situation, circumstances, and character of
the offender—That proportion must b e
ascertained by the sound discretion of the
uiurt—a flagrant transcension, bv the le
gislature in fixing the fine, of that just
rv'la.ive proportion, between offence and
vital lunations of its
govern me n t, - 1 lie taxing power in the
soveteign is in political economy, analo
gous lo the vital fluid, in the economy of
nature, and is a substance too precinu's tn
be so disposed of. It rnav be said that if
a ci infliction between the state and nation
al governments be continued, by the pro
tracted rcsistence of the judiciary of the
mrtner, to encroachments of the latter,
i consequences may be serious aud un-
pleasant—He replies let the nation see to
Hat, and retrace its steps. The worst
•bat can happen to the state, in the event
"I protracted resistance, is the loss of its
sovereignty; and if that is to happen, let
it be deferred its lung ns possible, and be
produced by any other, than its own agen-
cv-— Let it be wrested from the state, not
from the state, not
surrendered by its functionaries—He con-
cludes his dissent with an expression of
the diffidence with which it is made, a
diffidence not resulting from, any view of
he subject, which he has been able to
take; but from a very high respect for.
and confidence in, the judgment and le
gal attainments of his brethren.
British JVfevy.—On the 8th of Novem
ber last, there were building, at the sever
al dockyards™ Great-Brirain and at Bom-
motion prevailed, 50 to 49; and
Tlie resolutions were laid on the table
accordingly.
CONTESTED ELECTION.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole, Mr. Smith, of Mil. in the
chair, on the report of the committee of
Elections on tlie petition of James Guyon,
jnn. contesting the right of Ebeneaer
Sage, one of the members returned as
elected from the state of New-York, which
report declares that Mr. Sage is not enti
tled tn a seat, and that Mr. Guyon is.
[ The question involved in this case was,
whether votes which were given for James
ned by the officer
without the addition of‘‘junior'’ should
he allowed to J. G. jm>. no other person
of that name being a candidate. These
votes had been withheld from Mr. G.
which gave Mr. Sage a majority—by giv
ing to J. Guyon, jun. all these vines it
would make a majority in his favor. The
committee decided to correct the error of
the returning officer ngreeabl v to the prac
tice of the House of Representatives in
similar cases heretofore. Mr. S. has not
appeared to claim the si ;«<,]
A good deal of discussion took place
on tins subject, relative to various cir
cumstances attending the election, the
conduct ofthe officer, &c. after which
- The committee rose aud reported their
agreement to the report.
The house concurred in the report,
which decided the petitioner entitled to a
scat in the House; when
He came forward, was qualified, and
took his seat; and
The House adjourned to Monday.
Prompt measures have been taken by the tow 1
Council or Georgetown, 8. C. lo raise coniribu
tinns for the relief of the tufferett by the f llv -
this city. "
IN COUNCIL,
January 1J-, lflOQ
Tlie handsome and generous tender of M r
Itrasclr, to furnish bread to lltoie in waut,f ori
specific time ut Ills own expense, and the relief
wind, he lias already afforded, calls „p un Cotl „
eil for sn expression of approbation, for
benevolent conduct.
suck
De “ therefore Resolved, that the Mal\jr d, I
lender tlie thunks of tills Hoard to ,Mr jirasc',
for tlie offer lia lias made to furnish bread te
tlie poor and distressed, at Ins own expenoe-
and for tlie quantity already issued in pursuance
of his advertisement, and that this resolutioa
and tlie letter of tlie Mayor lie published.
Extract from the Minutes.
M. MYER8, c, c.
. POLICE OFFICE,
Savannah, Jan. 19, 1820,
Sta—I am directed by the City Council, t,
tender you thunks for your humane and gene,
t-ous offer, to furnish bread gratuitously to the
poor of tins city.—Such an offer, at this
Period of heart-rending distress and general
suffering, ougli, and will, Sir, give you thigh
place in the esteem of this community) and at
the same time, conciliate the warm affection of
llie indigent tellow creatures whom your boun.
ty feeds.
Such lias ever been my attachment for the
inhabitants of this city, that t cannot avoid feel,
ing and expressing my individual gratitude for
any kindness evinced towards them at a time
like this, requiring the exercise of such bene-
volence, as you, Sir, have manifested.
Accept in behalf the Aldermen, and my.
self assurances of respect, esteem and consider
ration.
THOS. U. P. CHARLTON.
Savannah, Jan. 20th, 1820.
Sin—I have received your letter of thanks,
with a resolution of Council which dictated it.
For the very warm and flattering manner in
which I have been noticed, I beg Sir, tha you
and the honorable body over which you pre
side, ■will accept my warmest acknowledgments.
If, in attempting to relieve the distress of the
poor I have been in the least successful, I fed
doubly rewarded in ils having met your appro
bation. What I have done is nothing more
than a duty due the public, for to their gene
rous patronage while located-among you—1 am
made happy in this instance, by having it in my
power, in some measure, to alleviate the suffer
ings of the unfortunate.
Permit me, through you. to tender my res
pect and esteem for the gentlemen composing
the board, and please, Sir, accept the same for
yourself.
1 win Sir, your most obt. &fc.
PHILIP BKASCH.
T. U. P. Charlton,
Mayor of Savannah.
_ It is pleasing to witness the attention
ol the officers of our ships of war tu ve, s s
in wantofassistance. Several’instances
have receutlv been acknowledged with
gratitude. Yesterday afterrfoon, a sloop
loaded with hay, was caught in the ice
On Thursday last, tlie citizens in town meet--
ing, passed the following resolution:
Pcsolvcd, That the citizens of Savannah deem
it unnecessary for the corporation of Savannah
to send anv person into the other states or cities,
fertile purpose of requesting donations for the
relief of the sufferers by the late fire—the citi
zens of Savannah relying fully upon the' volun-
tary aud unsought liberality of tliejr fellow citi
zens of the sister states. ,
On the next day the Mayor laid the above re
solution before Council; when after due consi
deration, that body agreed to dissent against tjie
resolution; and the following one was ott'erod
and adopted by them:*
IN COUNCIL,
21*/ Januari/, 1820.
The proceedings ofthe citizens yesterday, irt
relation to the mission of Doctor White having
been laid before council, by the Mayor, on mo
tion,
Rewired, That the Mayor and Aldermen of
the city of Savannah, entertain a high respect
for any expression of opinion from their fellow
citizens, and regret, that on mature reflection,
the)' should differ from them in opinion, in
deeming the mission of Dr. White, as a mea
sure nowise unusual, hut calculated tp belief}
tlie poor distressed inhabitants of this city, from
the late dreadful conflagration.
iUtvact from the Slfiuvtee. -
M. MYERS, c. c
Acui.Iork- Mercantils Jdv.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to authorize the erection
of a market in South Broad-Street.
Whereas the public Market in Elli-’s
Square having been consumed by the late
fire, and whereas it is highly essential to
tlie interest and convenience ofthecitizens
of Savannah that a public market should
be erected in a more central part of the
city.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aider-
men in council assembled, and it is here
by ordaiuaed by the authority of the same,
that a publH market shall be erected in
South Broad-street, the centre of which
said market so to be erected, shall be op
posite Barnard-street & extend east and
west in said South Bruad-street.