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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
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REPUBLICAN TRUMPET.
\olume IY.] c, E D N E S D AY, August 15, 1802. [No. 174.
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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Covgrefs cf the United
States.
the firft Seffion, begun and
held an the City of Washing
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7th
of December, 1801.
An ACT to amend (S an aid to
*• efiahlijh the compenfations cf
ike ojjicers employed in the cel
led ten of the duties cn imports
and tonnage \ and fer other
purpof’s.”
BE it enabledby the Senate and
Ihuje of Reprefentatives of
the United States cf America , in
Congrefs affenabled , That from
and after the thirtieth day of
June in the prefent year, then
Xhail be paid, annually, to the
collector of the cuftoms for the
diftrid of Richmond, in addi
tion to the fees and emoluments
otherwife allowed by law, the
fum of two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Sec. 2. And he it further
enabled) That from and after
the faid thirtieth day of Ju:; p ,
the falary heretofore allowed by
law to the collector of the cuf
toms for the d lit rid cf Peterf
hurg be, and the fame hereby
is difeontinued.
Sec. 3. And be it further
enabled) That from and after die
laid thirtieth day cf June, when
ever the annual emoluments cf
any coikdor of the cuftoms,
after deducting therefrom the
•expenditures incident to his
office, Hi all amount to more
than five thoufand dollars ; or
thole of a naval officer, after
like dedudion, to mere than
three thoufand five hundred
dollars, or thole of a furveyor,
after a like dedudion to more
than three thoufand dollars, the
lurplus (hall be accounted for,
and be paid by them, refped
ivcly, to the Treafury of the
United States: ProvidedakveyS)
that nothing in this ad contained
fhall be conftrued to extend to
fines, forfeitures and penalties
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United States.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker ot the Houfe of Repre
) fen ta fives.
A Bit a ham Baldwin,
Prefidcnt cf the Senate y pro tern.
Approved April 30, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson,
P ref dent of the United States.
An ACT to enable the people cf
. the Eaftern Divificn cf the
Territory North JVcf of the
River Ohio, to form a confli
tution and fate government ,
and for the admijfwi cf fuck
fate into the Union , cn an
equal foe ting with the original
fates y and for ether purpojes.
it enabled by the Senate ami
Houfe cf Reprefentatives cf
the United States of America , in
Congrefs ajfembledy That the
inhabitants of the Eaftern divi
fion of the territory north weft
of the river Ohio, be, and they
arc hereby authorized to form
for themfelves a conftitution and
ftate government, and to aflame
fuch name as they (hall deem
proper, and the laid ftate, when
formed, fhall be admitted into
the union, upon the fame foot
ing with the original Hates, in
all refpeds whatever.
Sec. 2. And he it further
enabled) That the faid ftate fhall
confift of all the territory in
cluded within the following
boundaries, to wit : bounded
cn the eaft by the Pennfylvania
line, on the fouth by the Ohio
River, to the mouth of the great
Miami River, on the well by
the line drawn due north from
the mouth of the great Miami,
aforefaid, and on the north by
an eaft and weft line, drawn
through the foutherly extreme
offtake Michigan, runningeaft
after interjecting the due north
line aforefaid, from the mouth
of the great Miami, until it
fhall interfect Lake Erie, or the
territorial line, and thence with
the fame through Lake Erie to
the Pennfylvania line, aforefaid;
Provided) that Congrefs fhall
be ac liberty at any time here
after, either to attach all the
territory lying cafe cf the line
to be drawn due north from the
mouth cf the Miami, aforefaid,
to the territorial line, and north
of an tail and weft line drawn
through the foutherly extreme
offtake Michigan, running cart
as aforefaid to Lake Erie, to
the aforefaid ftate, or difpofe of
1c otherwife, in conformity to
the fifth article of compadl be
tween the original flates, and
the people and dates to be
formed in the territory north
weft of the river Ohio.
Sic. 3. And le it further
enabled) That all that parr of the
territoiy of ti e United States,
north well of the River Ohio,
heretofore included in the cart
el n divifion of laid territory,
and not included within the
boundary herein preferibed for
the laid ftate, is hereby attached
to, and made a part of the In
dian territory, from and after
the formation of the faid ftate,
fubjeift neve ahe left, to be here
after chfpofcd of by Congrefs,
accompanied to the right re
fereed in the fifth article ot the
ordinance aforefaid, and the in
habitants therein fhall be enti
tled to the fame privileges and
immunities, an i fubjefl to the
fame rules and regulations, in
all relpcdh whatever, with all
other citizens redding within
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the Indian territory.
Sec. 4. And be it further
enacted) That all male citizens
of the United States, who fhall
have arrived at full age, and re-
Tided within the territory at
leaft one year previous to the
day cf election, and fhall have
paid a territorial or county tax,
and all perfons having in other
refpeds, the legal qualifications
to vote for reprefentatives in the
general aflembly of the terri
tory, be and they are hereby
authorifed to choofe re prelim ta
il ives to form a convention, who
ihali be apportioned amongft
the fcvenal counties within the
eaftern divifion aforefaid, in a
ratio of one leprcfentative to
every twelve hundred. inhabi
tants of each county, according
to the enumeration taken under
the authority of the United
Stares, a* near as may be, that
is to fay, from the county ot
Trumbull, two reprefentatives;
from the county ot jefferfon,
feven reprefentatives, two of the
feven to be defied within what
is now known by the county of
Belmont, taken from JcflVifon
and VValdington counties; from
the County of Walhington, four
reprefentative 4 : from the coun
ty of Kofts feven reprefentatives,
two of tire feven to be elected
in what is now known by can
field county, taken from Rols
and Walhington counties ; from
the county of Adams, three
reprefentatives; from the coun
ty of Hamilton, twelve repre
fentatives, two of the twelve to
be defied in what is now known
by Clermont county, taken en
tirely from Hamilton county ;
anu the eleftion lor the repre
fctadves afotefaid, (ball take
place on the fecond Tuefday of
October next, the lime fixed by
a law of the territory, entitled,
<c an act to afeertain the number
cf free male inhabitants cl the
age of twenty one, In the ter*
ritory of the United States
north Weft of the river Ohio,
and to regulate the elc&ions of
representatives for the fame,**
for electing reprefentatives tc9
the general affembly, and (hall
be held and conducted in the
fame manner as is provided by
the afore fold aid, except that the
qualifications of electors (hail
be as herein fnccified.
Sec. 5. And he it further
air Sled > 1 hat the members of
the convention, thus duly elect
ed, be and they arc hereby au
chorifed to meet at Chilicothc
on the firft Monday in Novem
ber next ■, which convention,
when met, (hall firft determine
by a majority of the whole num
ber defied, whether it be or
be not expedient at that time
to form a conftitution and Hate
government for the people,
within the laid territory, and if
it be determined to be expedi
ent, the convention fhail be,
and hereby arc atnhorifed to
form a conftitution and
government, or if it be deemed
more expedient, the fold con
vention (hall provide by ordi
nance for dealing represent 1-
tlves to form a conftitution or
frame of government i whicU
foid reprefentatives (hall be cho
fen in fuch manner, and in fuchi
proportion, and fnall meet as
fuch time and place, as (hall b'?
preferibed by the fold ordinance i
and lhall form for the people?
of the foid date, a conftitution
and date government; provid
ed the fornc (hail be republican,
and net repugnant to the ordi
nance of the thirteenth of Tub/
one thou fond feven hundred arul
eighty ft ven, between the ori
ginai ftates and the people ami
Hates of the territory north we it
of the river Ohio.
Sec. 6. And be it further
enrefedy That until the next ge
neral cenfus fnall be taken, the
foid (late fhail be entitled to one?
renrefentative in the Hotifc of
Reprefentatives of the United
States.
Sec. 7. And he it further
enatlcdy That the following pro*
pofuions be, and the fame are
hereby offered to the conven
tion of the eaflern Hate of the
foid territory when formed for
their free acceptance or reject
tion, which, if accepted by the
convention, (hall be obligator/
upon die United States.
I 'i f, 'lliac the fedlion, num*
her fix teen in every townihip,
and where fuch leflionha; been
fold, granted or difpofed of
other lands equivalent thereto,
andmoft contiguous to the fame,
ft:ftl be granted to the inhabit-