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NEW ECIIOTA, THURSDAY APRIL, 17, 2 828.
NO. 0.
EDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT
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ISAAC H. HARRIS,
FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION.
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AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE
PHCENIX.
Application has been made to a number
Of Gentlemen, in different parts of the Uriit-
e 1 Slates, to act as Agents for this work.
We hear, as yet, of only the following who
fcave consented.
Henry Hi hi,, F.sn. Treasurer of the A.
B. 0. F. M. Boston, Mass.
O- .io! M. Tracy, Agent ofthe A. B.
C. F. M. New York.
Pollard & Converse, Richmond, Va.
P.ev. James Campbell, Beaufort, S. C.
Col. George Smith, Statesville, W. T.
Beside® th“ above; Mr. Thos, R. Gold,
An itinerant Gentleman, residing lately in
TTeov, N. Y. has rendered us much service,
end will act in future as our Agent.
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CHEHOKEE LAWS.
[concluded.]
JVeio Toicn, Nov. 12, 1624.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That suits which have
been appealed from the district courts
<o the superior court, incases of debt,
the person or persons nonsuited, or a-
gainst whom judgment shall be given,
such person or persons shall pay a cost
<»f six per cent, on the amount of the
judgment issued, which per cent, shall
be collected fo the benefit of the
treasury of the Cherokee Nation; and
Be it further Resolved, That any
person or persons who may be subpoe
naed by the clerk of a court to ap
pear before the superior court as evi
dence in any case, and such person or
person’s refusing to appear and bear
evidence, and cannot give any reason
able and lawful excuse for not appear
ing, he, she or they, shall pay a fine
of ten dollars, for the benefit of the
? >erson or persons non-suited or cast
n consequence of the want of that
persons testimony; and
Be it further resolved, That such wit
ness attending agreeably to the sum-
toons, he, she or tfiey, shall be entitled
to fifty cents for each day’s attendance,
to be levied off the persons against
whom judgment may he issued; and
Beit further resolved, That any per
son who shall be guilty of perjury or
give false evidence in any court of
justice in the Cherokee nation, upon
conviction, shall he forever disquali
fied from being a witness in any mat
ter of controversy, and shall also re
ceive thirty-nine stripes on the bare
back, to be inflicted by any officer or
officers on dutv in fhe district in
which the offcii *-• or may be com-
taitted
By order,
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t N. Com.
Approved-PATII * KILLER,
mar!-,
A. M'COV, Clerk N. Com.
$UJAH HICKS, Clerk N, council.
New Town, Nov. 9, 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
ctnd Council, That no person or per
sons whatsoever shall be allowed or
permitted to dig for salt within the
circumpherence of half a mile from
the salt well of any person or persons
who may have obtained salt water by
digging under the special permission
of the National Committee and Coun
cil; Provided, that this resolution shall
not extend so far as to deprive any
person or persons from digging with
in their own enclosures, who may be
living within such bounds, and may
have settled there previous to the
digging for, and the discovery of, salt.
By order,
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t N. Com.
Concurred in by the council,
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N, Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clk. N. Council.
New Town, Nov. 13, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That no citizen or citi
zens of the Cherokee nation shall re
ceive in their employment any citizen
or citizens of the United States, or ne
gro slaves belonging to citizens of the
United States, without first obtaining a
permit agreeably to law, for the per
son or persons so employed; and any
person or persons violating this reso
lution, upon conviction before any of
th? district courts, shall pay a fine for
every such offence at the discretion of
the court, not exceeding ten dollars;
and the person employed to be remov
ed.
By order ofthe National Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t N. Com.
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Com,
A. M’COY, Clerk. N. Council.
Nero Toicn, Nov. 12, 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That a Register’s office
be opened at New Town, and a Regis
ter be appointed, whose duty it shall
be to record all the advertisements of
estray property which may be sent to
him by the rangers of the several dis
tricts, and each advertisement so re
corded, to be set up at a public house
at New Town, and the Register shall
he entitled to twenty-five cents for
each advertisement recorded, to be
paid out of the proceeds of the sale of
the property so advertised and sold;
and it shall be the duty of the several
Rangers to transmit a copy of all their
advertisements to the Register at New
Town, and if there should be no op
portunity to forward, by private con
veyance, the advertisements to the
register, it shall be the duty of the
captain of the light horse company
when applied to by a Ranger, to send
one of his men with the advertisement
to the Register; and
Beit further resolved, That all es
tray cattle, hogs, sheep and goats,
shall be advertised and sold bv the
the Ranger in the same manner as is
prescribed by law for estray horses.
By order of the N. Committee,
JNO. ItOSS, Pres’t N. Com.
his *
Approved—PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk. N. Council.
ELIJAH HICKS, National Com,
New Town, October 25, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That the road from Chat
tahoochee river, to May’s ferry on
Hiwassee l iver, and also the one to
Blythe’s ferry, on Tennessee river,
are hereby ordered to be let out in
ten shares, to the lowest bidders, to
be opened and kept in good repair for
the term of five years from the first
day of December, 1824, on the fol
lowing conditions, to wit:
The road to he cut and opened twen
ty-four feet wide, clear of trees, and
the causewaying to be covered with
dirt, togethei with the digeingof moun
tains and hills, to be fourteen fleet wide,
~Ienr of rocks, roots and grubs. and the
L 'nks of all water course* to be put
in complete order, and the road to be
divided into shards in the following
manner; (to wit:) From May’s ferry
to Canausauga river, including One
bank and half the width of the
bed of the river if required; from
Walker’s ferry to Five Killer’s; from
Blythe’s ferry to Canda’s Creek, n
eluding one bank of said creek; from
thence to where May’s ferry road in
tersects the same; from them e to the
middle ofCannasauga river, to YLin’s
mill creek; from thence to the middle
of Coosawatee river; from thence to
the middle of Talking Rock creek;
from thence to the middle of Long
Swamp creek; from thence to the mid
dle of Etowah river; from thence to
the Chattahoochee river; and
Be it further resolved, That the un
dertakers enter into bond and sufficient
security for the faithful pei form
ant: e of their respective con
tracts, in a penal sum of twice the
amount of the sum for which the un
dertakers may engage with the Trea
surer of the Cherokee nation, and that
the Treasurer is hereby authorised
and directed to appoint one or more
commissioners, to review the roads
once in four months, throughout the
year, whose duty it shall be, to make ;;
report to him of the situation of said
roads, and in case of violation on the
part of any of the undertakers, that
suits he instituted against such person
or persons in the courts of the dis
trict to which he or they may belong;
and in case of forfeiture, the Treasu
rer is authorised to let out the share
or shares so forfeited.
By order of the National Com.
JNO ROSS, Pres’t N. Com.
PATH X KILLFP,
mar!..
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Council.
ELIJAH HICKS, Cleik N. Com.
New Toicn, Jan. 27, 1824.
Whereas, great evil has resulted
from the disposition and use of ar
dent spirits at bail plays, all night
dances and other public gatherings,
and in order to suppress this grow
ing evil,
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That no person or j or*
sons whatsoever, shall vend or other
wise dispose of in any manner, ai de
spirits at such places, under t'i
penalty of having all their liquors was
ed; and it shall be the duty ef even
light horseman, marshal, sheriff, de
puty sheriff and constable, to take
cognizance of such offences, and to
execute this resolution, and if any of
the aforesaid officers being in full pos
session of the fact of a violation of this
resolution, fail to enforce its penalty
they shall, upon conviction, before a-
ny of the district courts, pay such a
fine as may be imposed upon them by
the court, one half to the informer,
& the other half to the treasury ofthe
Cherokee nation. This law to be and
remain in full force from and after the
first day of January, 1825.
By order ofthe N. Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres’t. Nat. Com.
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH 111CKS, Clerk of N. Council,
New Toun Nov. 11, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That it shall be the du
ty of the several marshals, sheriffs,
constables and light horsemen, to take
cognizance of every violation of law
within their respective bounds of dis
tricts, and to give information of, and
bring to justice, according to law, such
person or persons, so offending, and
should any of the aforesaid officers,
neglect to bring to justice any trans
gressor of law, after having been duly
informed of sucb transgression, such
officers, upon conviction before any of
the district courts, shall he subject
to pay a fine, to be assessed by the
court; the fine not to exceed one hun
dred dollars, and not less lhan five
dollars: and the officer or officers so
neglecting, shall he subject to he re
moved from office at the discretion of
the notional Council.
By order ofthe National Commit
JNO. ROSS, lires’t. N. Col.’ 0 *
Approved,
his
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Council,
New Town, November 11, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That all free negroes
coming into the Cherokee, nation, un
der any pretence whatsoever, shall he
viewed and treated, in every respect.
,’s intruders, and shall not be allowed
to reside in the Cherokee nation with
out a permit from the National Com
mittee and Council.
Bv order,
* JNO. ROSS, Prc-’t N. Com.
his
Approved-PATII X KILLER,
mark.
MAJOR RIDGE, Speaker.
A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Coun.
New Town Nov. 11, 1824.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That any person or per
sons whatsoever, who shall commit
robbery upon another, he. she or they,
so oflending, being prosecuted in any
ofthe district courts, shall, upon con
viction, be subject to such penalty and
punishment as the court may impose;
Provided, That such punishment shall
not extend so far as to inflict death.
By order ofthe National Comm ttee,
JNO. ROSS, Prer’t. N. Com.
his
Approved-PATH X KILLER,
mark.
CHARLES HICKS.
A. M’COY, Clerk.
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