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/’•* Uv:tsd States cf Aweru'Oy in
% a yrjs nf'mkiedy That the
circuit court of the county of
Walhingtoa, in the territory of
Columbia, fhall have power to
j rnceed in al! common law and
chancery caufes which noware,
* t/>r Hereafter (had be inllituced
before it, m which either of the
mnics re fide without the faid
territory, in the fame w&y that
.4*on-refidcnts are proceeded
againfl: in the general court or
in the court of chancery in the
Hate of Maryland.
Sec/ 4. And be it further
. tnullef That the circuit court
cf the County of Alexandria,
in the diHrift of Columbia,
fhall have power to proceed in
ail common law and chancery
caufes which now are, or here
after (ball be inftituted before ir,
in which either of the parties
■are uon-refidents of the faid
diftrift of Columbia, in the
fame way, and under the fame
regulations obferved by the dif
trift court or by the high court
of chancery in Virginia, in pro
ceedings againlt non-refidents.
Sec. j. And be it further
piaffed. That the courts for the
counties of Alexandria and
Wafhington, fhall hereafter be
holden at the periods following,
to wit:—For the county of A
iexandria, on the fourth Mon
'day of June and November,
and for the county of Wafliing
ton, on the fourth Monday of
July and December, in each
year; and all procefs heretofore
ifimed from the offices of the
faid courts and not yet returned,
{hall be returnable to the firll
day of tire feffions of the faid
courts, refpeftively, and all
caufes now depending in the
fame fhall Hand adjourned and
continued over to the next fef
fions of the faid courts, as
eftablifhed by this aft. And
the faid courts are hereby in
veiled with the fame power of
holding adjourned feHions that
are exercifed by the courts of
Maryland.
Sec. 4. And he it further
enactedy That no capias adf at is -
faciendum fhall hereafter iflue
on any judgment rendered by a
fmgle magiHrate, or in any cafe
where the judgment, cxclufive
of colls, fhall not exceed twen
ty dollars; but that in Inch cafes,
execution fhall be only on the
goods and cl&ttels of the deb
tor, and fhall ilfue by order of
the jullicc who may have taken
cognizance of the aftion, from
the clerk’s office, and fhall be
returnable thereto. That all
Juch executions be returnable
on the firll Monday in every
ruonth ; and that the fame, and
alio the warrant to bring the
party before the juftice, be di
left ed to one of the conHables,
whofc duty it fhall be to obey
tjfie fame: that each of the faid
conllahles fhall give bond, with
, one fu/fiftent furety, to be ap
proved of by any one of rhe
diflnft judges, for the faithful
execution of the duties of his
office, in the fum cf five hun
dred dollars. That the clerk’s
fees for iffiuing and filling the
return of every ftich execution,
£hal) he twenty-five cents ; the
conftable’s fe es for return and
fervice, fh.})l be fifty cents; and
th&s a ccmmiffiion of eight per
cent, be aihwed the rn.'ftaoje
for every fum thereon by him
levied.
Sec, 5. And he it further
enaßei) That fo much of the
original aft to which this is a
further fupplcmcnt, as Confines
the jurifdiftion of the courts of
this territory to cafes between
parties who are inhabitants of,
or rcfiJcnts within the fame,
final 1 not be con ft rued to extend
to any cafe where, by the laws
of Maryland and Virginia, ref
peftively, attachments may iltue
toaffeft the property of abscond
ing debtors, or others having
property within the diflrift, and
whofe perfons are not anfvvei
able to the procefs of the court.
Sec. 6. And he it further
enactedy That the taxes to be
levied in the county of Alex
andria, (hall hereafter be affielled
by the julbces of the peace of
the laid county, and the poor
of the town and country parts
of the faid county of Alexandria
fhall be provided for refpeftive
ly, in like manner as the county
and corporation courts were au
thor! fed to do by the laws of
Virginia, as they Hood in force ;
within the faid county, on the
firll Monday of December, in
the year one thoufand eight
hundred.
Sec. 7. And he it further
enactedy That no part of the
laws of Virginia or Maryland,
declared by an aft ofCongrefs,
palled the twenty-feventh day
of February, one thoufand eight
hundred and one, <f concerning
J O
the diHrift cf Columbia,” to
be in force within the laid dif
trift, fhall ever be conflrued
fo as to prohibit the owners of
Haves to hire them within, or
remove them to the faid dillrift,
in the lame way as was praftifed
prior to the paffiage of the above
recited aft.
Sec. 8. And he it farther
enabled , That fo much of the
two afts of Congrefs, the one
paHed on the tvyenty-feventh
day of February, one thoufand
eight hundred and one, entitled
“ an aft concerning the diflrift
of Columbia the other paHed
the third day of March, one
thouland eight hundred and one,
fupplementary to the aforefaid
aft, as provides for the compen
fation to be made to certain
juHices of the peace thereby
created, and for com pen fat ion
to jurors attending the courts
within faid diHrift, except fo
much thereof as relates to their
travelling expences attending
the fame, (1 jail be, and is here
by repealed : And jurors, in
ferve in the laid
courts, and be fummoned to
attend the fame, in like manner
as jurors ferve and were fum
moned in the courts of Virginia,
prior to the pallage ct the above
it cited aft.
Sec. 9. And he it further
enathdy 1 hat ordinary licenfes,
retailer s Inenfcs, and hawker’s
•and pedlar’s licenfes, fnall be
granted by the circuit court of
the laid diHrift, in the refpeftive
counties, as rhe fame were here
tofore granted by the courts of |
Maryland and \irgmia, relpec- j
tively. And the fcveral judges j
of the faid circuit court fhall j
have like authority to grant j
iuch licenfes in vac alien, as the .
t jnfiivcs of tiie c?i;rts fTMnryk
! iaml and Virginia heretofore
| polfeflecl i and the money arifing
from fuch licenies fhall be ap
plied to the life and benefit of
the faid counties, refpedively,
in fuch manner, and to fuch
purpofes, as the jnflices of the
levy courts in the fame fhall
! appoint and direct.
Sec. io. And he it further
enabled, That the mar dial of the
diftri<st of Columbia be, and he
hereby is authorifed and direct
ed, w.ith the approbation of the
Prefident of the United States,
to can re a good and Sufficient
jail to be built within the city
of Wafhington, and that a Turn
not exceeding eight ilioufand
dollars be, and the fame hereby
is appropriated io that purpofe,
j to he paid out of any unappro
priated monies in the treafury.
Sec. ii. And be it further
enacted , That the corporation of
Georgetown, in the difirid of
Columbia, lhali have full power
and authority to rax any particu
lar part or difirid of the town,
for paving the fireets, lanes or
alleys therein, or for finking
wells, or erecting pumps which
may appear for the benefit of
fuch particular part or diftricSt.
Provided that the rare of tax fo
to be levied fhall not exceed
two dollars per foot front, and
that the fame fhall be enforced
and colluded in the fame man
ner that the taxes which the faid
corporation had heretofore been
authorifed to lay and colled.
Sec. 12. And he it further
enacted , That articles infpeded.
at one port in the faid difirid
fir all not be fubjed to a fecond
infpedion at any other port in
the faid diftrict.
Sec. 13. Andie it further
enacted , 1 hat the Prefident of
the United States be authorifed
to caufc the militia of the ref
pedive counties of Wafhington
and Alexandria to be formed
into regiments, and other corps,
conformably, as nearly as may
be, to the laws of Maryland and
Virginia, as they flood in force
to the faid counties, refpedive
ly, cn the firfl Monday in De
cember, in the year one theu
fand eight hundred ; and that he
appoint and commifTicn, during
pleafure, all fuch officers of the
militia of the faid difirid, as he
may think proper; that he be
authorifed to call them into ler
vice, in like manner as the exe
cutive of Maryland and Virgi
nia were authorifed in the coun
ties of Wafhington and Alex
andria, refpedively, on the firfl
Monday of December, one
thoufand eight hundred.*—And
that fuch militia, when in actual
ftrvice, be entitled to the fame
pay and emoluments as the mi
litia of the United States, when
called out by the Prefident.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the llcufe of Reprc-
Jentatives.
Abraham Baldwin,
Prefident of the Senate , pro tem.
Approved, May 3, iSc2.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefdent of the United States.
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Of CONVEYANCE,
for Jale at this Offce*
CSlc her 2,
LOUISVILLE,
WEDNESDAY October 27, |g 02i
fP’ The ir.dij t f ; i.
Editors, for feme time f.nj}, p rgm
‘vented the publication cf this Ga
zette. 'I hey are new faji reco
vering, and hfpe will be able in
a few days tojerve their JubfcrL
hers regularly.
Died, on Sunday morning
lall-, Mr. William Sturges,
Died, on the Bth inftant, after
a Jong and lingering illnels #
Mifs Elizabeth Tcung Downer
?ged 9 years and five week%
daughter of Mr. John Dow.
ner, of this place.
Died, on the 13th inflanr,
in the 66rh year of her agp*
Mrs. Nancy Barron, widow
of Mr. Samuel Barron, deccafed.
We have the fatisfaftion to
inform-our readers, that two
thouland copies of the Digeft
of the Laws of this Bate, as
compiled by Horatio Marbury
and William H. Crawford, Ef*
quires, and fanftioned by tho
Lcginature, have been printed
by Me firs. Seymour, Wool
hopter & Stcbbins, of Savan
nah, and a confidcrable number
of them already forwarded to
this place. The whole will
be here by the fir ft of the next
month.
GEORGIA.
By his Excellency Josiati Tatt
nall, jtin. Governor and
Commander in Chief of' the
Army and Navy cf this fate?
and cf the Militia thereof,
A PROCLAMATION. ,
HAVING arranged and cafh
up the votes of fuch coun
ties as have made return of tnc
eleftions, held on the fourth
day of Oftober irftant, for per
rons to reprefent this Bate in the
Houfe of ofthe
United States, agreeably to aa
aft of the General Aflembly,
patted the fixteenth of June,
4 • J ,
eighteen hundred and twe —and
it appearing that John Milledge*
David Meriwether, Peter Ear \y
and Samuel Hammond, Efq’rs.
have the higheft number ofvotes.
I have thought fit ro ifilie this
my proclamation, notifying the
fame, in order that the laid
John Milledge, David Meri
wether, Peter Early, ard Sa
muel Hammond,.may fignif/
the acceptance or refufal of their
Laid appointments, and adduce
the requifites by law required.
Given under my hahd, and
the Great Seal of theilate,
at. the State Hcufc, in
Louifville, this twenty
fix th day of Cftcber, in
the year of our Lord on c
thoufand eight liundred and
two, and or the Independ
ence of the United States
cf America the twenty
fevenih.
Josl am Tattnall, jun.
By the Governor >
Horatio Mareury,
Secretary of fate.
God lave IIIC