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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE; AND REPUBLICAN TRUMPET. \olume IY.] c, E D N E S D AY, August 15, 1802. [No. 174. LIBERTY IS OUR MOTTO siND TRUTH OUR GUIDE. . LOUISVILLE, (GEORGIA) Published every Wedncfday, by AMBROSE DAY & JAMES HELY, State Printers, a: 3 dollars per ann.: Where Mays, Articles of Intelligence, Advcrtikmcnts, &c. btc. are thankfully received, and I RIN i ING in ail its variety, is executed with neatnefs and difpatch. !l 4 *'■ • [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 i-^T’<«•■< 1-o I'Tvvc rd tKp 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 •J 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-