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*t !*)/: cuneTrel'f j led
. •tla-ing i 11 oa>, or a.Tirrna
t’HPj chat he will fupport rlie
tonilrution (Tche United Stares,
anti that ht doth ablolutely and
enrireiy renounce and abjure all
allegiance, and fidelity to any
’ foreign prince, potentate, (late,
and lov< reignty whatever, and
rart’cularfy by mine, the prince,
potentate,•Rate, or fovercignty,
whereof he was oefore & citizen
or fuhjed:: and moreover on
Its appearing to the farisfuflion
the Comc, chat during the
faid term of two years, he has
behaved as a manor good mo
ral character, attached to the
Cfonftituurin of the United
Snares, and well d'dpofed to th°
p od order and happinefs of
the fame ; and where the alien,
applying for aumiflion to citi
zenlbip, (hall have borne ahy
hereditary title, or been of any
of the orders of nobilitv in the
kingdom or (late from which he
O
can e on his moreover making
in the court an exprcTs renun
ciation of his title or order of
robility, before he (hull been
tirlcd to fuch admiffion : all of
which proceedings, required in
this provifo to be performed in
the court, fhall be recorded by
the clerk thereof: and provid
ed alfo, that any alien who was
refiding within the limits, and
under the jurfdiftlon ot the
United States at any time be
tween the laid twenty-ninth day
of January, one thoufand Even,
hind red and ninety-five, and
the 18th clay of June, one thou
sand feven hundred and ninety
eight, may within two year* af
ter the pafTmg of this act, be
admitted to become a citizen,
without a compliance with the
frit condition above fptcified.
Sec. a. And be it further
enabled) That in addition to the
directions afore faid, all free white
perfons, being aliens, who may
arrive in the United States after
the pairing of this aft, (hall, in
CTth r to become citizens of the
United Starrs, make regiftry,
aid obtain certificates, in the
.following manner to wit : Every
perf >n defirous of being natura
1 zed (hall, if of the age of 21
years, make report of himfelf,
r>i t under the age or a i years,
or held in fervice, fhall he re
ported by his parent, guardian,
matter, or miftrefs, to the clerk
of the diflndl courccf the diftrifl
where fuch alien or aliens fhall
crnve, or to fame other court
of record of the United Stares,
or of cither ofthe territorial dif
triebs of the fame, nr of a parr: -
ouUr (hue; and fuch report
fhad alcertain the name, birth,
place, age, nation and allegiance
cr each alien, together with the
country whence he or fne mi
giarcd, and the place of his or
her intended fetdement j and it
fhall be t!ic duty cf Uch clerk,
on receiving fjch repor, to re- I
cerd the fame in his office, and
to gran: to the perfon making
fuel) report, and to each indivi
dual concern d therein, whene
ver he (hall be required, a cer
tificate under his hand and fcal
o' office cf fuch report and re
gufrrv; and for receiving and
regiftering each report of an
individual or family, he fhall re
c■;/edify cents, and fur each
rc:dr are -graced fmfua’T to
this ad>, to an individual or fa
mily, fifty cents ; and fuch cer
tificate mail be exhibited to the
court by every alien who may
Strive in the United States, af
ter the pafilng cf this ruff, on his
application to be naturalized, as
j evidence of the time of his ar
| rival within the United Stales.
S t c. 3. And whereas , doubts
have a then whether certain
courts of record in feme of the
(bates, are included within the
defenpfion of ch ft rift or circuit
courts : Be it further tnafted,
that every court of record, in |
any individual (late, having 1
common law jiirifdidlion, and a
leal and cleric or prothnnotary,
fhall be confidered as a cliftncl
court within the meaning of this
ad 3 and every alien who may
have been naturalized in anv
fuch court, (hall enj -y, from and
after tne palling of the ad:, the
fame rights and privileges as if
he had been naturalized in adif
trid or circuit court of the U tilt
ed rates.
Sec. 4. A::d he it further
enabled, That the children of
peiTons duly naturalized under
any of the laws of the United
States, or who, previous to the
pairing of any law on that fub
;ed* by the government of the
United States, may have be
come citizens of any one of tlie
faid States, under the laws there
of, being under the age of twen
ty-one years, at the time of their
parent’s being fo naturalized,
or admitted to the rights of ci
t’zcnfhip, fliall, if dwelling in
the United States* be confider
ed as citizens cf the United
States, and . liC children of per- I
fens who now are, arc have
been citizens of the United
Stares, fhall, though born out of
the limits and jurifdidion of the
United States, be confide red as
citizens ot the United States :
Provided, That the right of ci
tizenihip fliall noc defeend to
perlcns whole fathers have ne
ver rtTided within the United !
Stares: Provided alfc, Thar no
perlon heretofore prettribed by 1
any flare, or who has been legal
ly cor.vided of having joined
the army of Grcar-Britain, dur- 1
ing the late war, fhall be admit
ted a citizen, aibrefad, with- i
out the content of the leg fla- 1
ture or the (late in which fuch
perfon was prefer!bed.
Sue. 5. And Le it further
matted, i hat all ads hm tolore
pa fled refpec'tir.g naturalization,
be, and the fame are hereby re
pealed. ,
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker cf the llouje of Repre-
Jentatives.
A ARON B U RR,
Vlce-Preftdent of the United States \
and Pref 1 dent of the Senate.
Approved, April 14, 1802.
J homas Jefferson,
Preficent cf the United States.
An ACT fir the relief cf the
7 rarjhals of certain dfhi fts
therein mentioned.
EE if enefted ly the Senate
and Iloufe cf Repnjentatlvss cf
1 he L tilted States cf America in
Corgrefs cf end led, 1 hat the
flt ref ary ot the treafury be, and
lie hereby is authorifed and di
re&td 10 apportion to the lev:-
' , rnl of the difis ias of
Virginia, Maryland, and Penn
fylvania, rcfpedlively, who have
been employed or concerned in
taking the late centos, the com
pe nfation allowed by the <( Aft
providing for the iccor.d centos
or enumeration of the inhabi
tants of the United States,”
according to the fervice each
may have performed.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker cf the Houfe of Kepre~
Jen tat Ives.
Aaron Durr,
Vice- Prefident cf the United States
and Prefident of the Senate.
j Approved, April 6, 1802.
j Thomas Jefferson,
Prefident of the United States.
An ACT to tr::he, and continue
in force, an act., entitled, <c an
act to augment the /cileries cf
the cf'-fleers therein mentioned/
puffed thcfcccnd day r f March, ■
one tool fundJeven hundred and
ninety-nine. j
D1 it enacted by the Senate
and llc'ufg cf Reprefintativcs cf
t h e United States cf /merica, i :
Ccngrcfs affemhled, That an
aft entitled, c< An aft to aug- ;
ment the falaries of the c dicers :
therein mentioned,” be, and
the fame is hereby revived, and
continued in force, for and dur
ing the term cf two years, from
the commencement of the pre
fer nt year.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker cf the Houfe of Repre
fentatives.
Aaron Durr,
Vice-Prefident ofi the United States
and Prefident ofi the Senate.
Approved, April 14, 1 noa.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefident cf the United States.
An ACT to amend an act enti
tled, * : An aft to retain a fur
ther fium on drawbacks for the
expences incident to the allow
ance and payment thereof, and
in lieu of ft amp duties on de
bentures S'
BF it ena fled by the Senate and
Hcufe of Reprefentativcs of the
United Slates of America, in
Ccngrefs affemhled, That the
j ft cord feftion of the aft enti
i tlco, “ An afl to retain a fur
ther tom on drawbacks, for the
j cxpences incident to the allow
ance and payment thereof, and
i in lieu of ftanip duties on de
-1 Dentures,” toall not be deemed
I to opt rate upon tin regime red
fhips or veflcls owned by the
: citizens of the United States,
| at the time of pafiirg the laid
1 afl, in thofe cafes where luch
| fhip or veffel, at that time pof
feffed a fea letter, or ether re
gular document iffued from a
cuftom-houfe of the United
t States, proving fiich fhip or
veffel to be American pro
perty.
Snc. 2. And he it further
cnaAcd, That whenever fatis
j faftory proof toall be made to
1 the ftcretary of the treatory,
that any unregiftered to ip or
vc-toel was, in fafl, the property,
in whole, of a citizen or citizens
of the United Stares, on the
thirteenth day of May, in the
year one thoufand eight hundred,
that the fccretary of the crea
tor) 7 be, and he is hereby au
thorifed and dircdUd to caufc
to bt liTucd to licit il'jip or vcf.
kb a which fliall
entitle fuch imre-gißercd fhin cr
vcfTei to the lame j riv ilvtrea
which are herein before granted
to imregißered (hips or vcffrh
owned by citizens of the United
Staies, and carrying a lea letter,
or other regular document ilfucj
from a cuftpm-houfe of the u.
niftd States, before the patting
, r r* i n • i t • o
o t the laid act, entitled, “
afb to retain a further fum on
drawbacks for the cxpences
incident to tttC allowance and
payment diercof, and in leu of
Ramp duties on debentures.”
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Hnufe of Repre •
Jentatvvcs.
Aaron Turr,
Vice-Vrefident cf the United States
and Prejident cf the Senate.
Approved, April 14, u,02.
1 homas Jefferson,
T ref dent cf the United States*
LOUISVILLE,
WEDNESDAY, June 23 1801.
f. f
Executive Department,
Lomfville , /#;;<? 18, 180:,
A refolution in the words fol-'
lowing, to wit;—
Resol ved, That his
Excellency the Gover
nor, be and he is hereby autho
rized and requeued to purfuc
fuch meafures as in his judg
ment may moll effectually afeer
tain and coded ail juft claims
which the citizens of this fate
may have againft the Creek
Nation of Indians j which laid
claims fliall, before they are
exhibited, be duly authentica
ted by thc oath of one or more
dlfintercfled perfons, taken and
certified by any judge, juftice
of the peace, or clerk of the
Superior or Inferior Courts,’*
having pc (fed both branches of
the Lcgiflaturc, and received
the affent of the Executive—
It is ORDERED,
That all perfons having claims
againfl tlie Creek Nation of In
dians, for property of any de
feription by them, taken rr
plundered, be and they are
hereby required to tranfmit the
fame, as foon as poffible to the
Executive Department, authen
ticated in the manner by the
afore-recited refolution pointed
cut —And it is further
ORDERED,
That the following certificate
of Horatio Marbury, Efq. ft>
cretaryof the Rate, be publilh
ed in the fjvcral gazettes of this
Rate, for die information of the
citizens thereof.
“ Errors in the printed La r i r
of 1801.—
“ In the ad explanatory of
Juftices Courts, page 46, line
the nth, from the top, after
the word “ fum,’* leave out
thc word (( not.”
<c In thc Tax A 6l, page 109,
line the Bth, from the top, after
the word <c quarter” for “ cents’*
read <c mills,” and then the/
will agree with the originals.
“ 1 Tor. Marbury,
<c Secret ary S'
Taken from the Journals cf MC
Executive Department,
Geo. K. Clayton,
Secretly.