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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Congrefs cf the United
States.
At the firft Seffion, begun and
held at the City of Wafhing
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7th
of December, 1801.
Jn ACT additional to, and a~
rnendntory cf an a SI, entitled
(i An ail concerning the dtfhisl
cf Columbia .”
BE it enabled by the Senate
and lloufe of R eprefentatives
of the United States cf America,
in Congrefs ajjenabled. That the
circuit court of the county of
Wafhington, in the territory of
Columbia, fhall have power to
proceed in all conrnon law and
chancery caufts which n*>w are,
or hereafter fhall be infbmted
before it, in ve hich either of the
parties nfide without the laid
territory, in the fame wa\ that
non- re fide r,» s art procec ded a
gainft in the general court, or in
the court ot chancery in the
Hare of Maryland
Sec. And he it further
enabled. That the circuit court
of the county of Alexandria, »n
the diftridl of Columb a, fhall
la ,? t power to proceed in all
common law and chancery, cau
fes v,h'ch now are, are hereafter
may be inflituted before it, in
which either of the parties are
non-refidents of the Aid diftr.6l
of Columbia, in the lame way
and under the fame regulations
obferved by the diftnct court or
by the high court of chancery
in Virginia, in proceeding a
gainft non-refidents.
Sec. 3. And he it further
enabled, r hat the courts fur the
counties of Alexandria and
Wafhington, fhall hereafter be
holden at the periods following,
to wit : For the county of Alex
dria, on the fourth Monday of
June and November, and ror
the county of Wafhington, on
the founh Monday of July and
December, in each year; and
ail procefs heretofore iliued from
the oinces of the laid courts and
not yet returned, fhall be return
able to the firft day of the lef
fions of the Aid courts rcfpec
tively, and all cafes now de
pending in the fame, fhall ftand
adjourned and continued over
to the next ftftions of the fa:u
courts, as < ftablifhed by tins
aft. And the laid courts are
hereby invefted with the fame
power of holding adjourned
leflions that are exercifcd by the
courts or Maryland.
Sec. 4. And be it further
enabled , That no capias ad !a
ti'fr. ■: >- J. - , Kp-nftrr ifthe
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REPUBLICAN TR UM PET.
Y T DN L S D AY, December S, 1802.
LI RE ATI IS OVR MO/TO TXU't it vUH OUiUa.
on any judgment rendered bv a
Bugle magiftrate, or in any cafe
where the judgment, excluflve
of cofts, fhaii not exceed twenty
dollars * bur that in fuch cafes,
| execution fhaii be only on the
goods and chattels of the deb
, tor, anc fhaii ißue by order of
the jnfiice who may have tak
en cognizance of the afticn,
from the clerk’s off ce, and fhaii
be returnable thereto. '1 hat
ail fuch executions be returna
ble on the firft Monday in eve
ry month j and that the fame,
and alfij the warrant to bring
the party before the juffice, be
dire died to one of the confta
bks, whofe duty it fhaii be to
obey the fame ; that each of
the find conflables fhaii give
bond, with one flifficient furcty,
to be approved of by one of the
diftrift judges, for the faithful
execution of the duties of his
fffice, in the fum of five hun
dred dollars. That the clerk’s
fees fc r iffuing and filing the re
o o
turn of every fuch execution
fhaii be twenty-five cents j the
conftables’s fees for retnrn and
fci vice, fiiall be fifty cents; and
that a comrmflion of 8 per cent,
be allowed the conftablc for e
very fum thereon by him le
vied.
Sec. 5. And he it further
enabled, Thar fo much of the
original aft to which this is a
further fupplement, as confines
the jurifdidUon ot the courts of
this territory to cafes between
parties who arc inhabitants ot, or
rtfidents within the ian;c, Biall
not be conftrued to extend 10
any cale wh< ie, by the laws of
Maryland and Virginia, refpec
tivelv, attachments may iffuc
to afTedl the property of ab
iconding debtors, or others hav
ing property within the diftrift,
! and whofe perfons are not an
! fwerable to the procefs of the
j court.
Sec. 6. And he it further
enabled. That the taxes to be
levied in the county of Alexan
i dria, fhaii hereafter oe aflcfTcd
by the juftices of the peace of
the faid county, and the poor
of the town and country parts
of the faid county of Alexandria,
fhaii be provided for reflec
tively, in hke manner as the
county and corporation courts
, were author!led to do by the
law s of Virginia, as they flood
in force within the faid county,
i on the firf! Monday of Decem
ber, in the year o. e thoufand
eiuht hundred.
°Sec. 7- And he it further
enacted , That no part of the
lav. 1 of Virginia or Mai viand,
j dc lured by an aft of congrefs,
' pafAd the twentyTevcath day
t T Fthruary, ore thoufand eight
hi I.tired and one, “ convening
the dillrift of Columbia,” to
be in force within the laid cl. 1-
t.’ift, (hall ever be conftrued h)
as to prohibit the owners of
Bavcs to jure them within, or
remove them to the laid diflnft,
in the lame way as was practic
ed prior to the pallk-e of the
I r * u
above recited aft.
Sec. 8. And he it further
t tabled, That fo much of the
two ads of cui grefs, the one
paffid on the ap 1 h clay of Fe
bruary 1801, entitled “ An aft
concerning the diflnct of Co
lumbia,” the < ilicr pa fled die
3d day of March, ivOi fupplc
mentary to the afordaid act, as
provides for the cornpenfation
to be made to certain j offices of
the peace thereby created, and
for cornpenfation to jurors at
tending the courts within fait!
difi.net, except fo much thereof
as lelatcs to their travelling ex
pences attending the fame, lhall
be, and is hereby repealed i and
juiors, in future, fharl firve in
the faid courts, and be fummon
ed to attend the lame, in like
manner as jurors ferve and w< re
fummoned in the courts of Vir
ginia, prior to thepaß*age of die
above recited act.
Sec. 9. And he it further
enabled. That ordinary licences,
retailer’s licences, and hawker’s
and pedlar’s licences, fhaii be
granted bv the circuit court of
the faid diflnct, in the relpcc
tive counties, as the fame were
heretofore granted by ihe courts
of Maryland and V.rginia, ref
pectively. And the leverai
judges of the faid circuit court
Bull have like authority to
grant fuch licences in vacation,
as the juftices of the courts of
Maryland and Virginia, hereto
fore polUded i and the money
anfing from fuch hcenfes fhaii
ne applied to the ulc and bene
fit of * the faid counties, reflec
tively, in Inch manner, and to
fuch purpofes, as the juftices of
the levy courts in die lame Biall
appoint and direct.
" Sec. 10. And he it further
enabled, That the marfhai of the
diflrict of Columbia be, and he
hereby is authorised and direct
ed, with the approbation of the
Prefidentof the United States,
to caufc a good and fufficient
jail to be built within tne city
of Wafhington, and that a fum
not exceeding eight thoufand
dollars be, and the fame hereby
is appropriated to d.at purpofc
to be paid out ot a.iy unappro
priated monies in the treafurv.
Sec. 11. And he it further
enacted, That the corporation
of 0 in tnc
cf Columbia, Hull have full
pciv.tr and authority to tax any
particular part or diftnct of the
town, for paving the ilreets,
laiK s or alleys therein, otffbr
fluking wells, or creating pompa
whic h may appear fur the bene
fit of Inch partitul.u paM of
diftridl : Provided thar tlir iate
of fax fo to be levied, llujl noC
exceed cwodollars per footrrunt,
and that the fame Hull be en
forced and collected in the fame
manner that the taxes which the
laid corporation had heretofore
been authonled to lay ancfcolk d.
Sec. 12. j bid be it further
evaded) That articles impeded
at one port in the laid chilnd:
iLall mit be fulvjcd to a lecond
inflection at any other pure la
the laid diflrid.
Slc. i 3. And he it further
enabled, That the Prefi lent of
the United States be authoriled
to caufc the nuliria of tnc
refpcdivc counties of Wafhing
ton a< d Alexandria, to be form
ed into regiments and other
coips, confui ii übly, as marl/
as may be, to the laws Oi i\la
ryland and Virginia, as they
hood in force in the laid coun
ties, rtTpedivcly, on the f 1 ft
Monday in Dect mber, in the
year loco ; and that he appoint
and commiflion during pl< afurc,
all Inch officers of the militia of
the fa.d diflrid, as lie may think,
proper} that lie he authorifed
to call them into fervice, in bkc
manner as the executive of Ma
ryland and Virginia were aurho
nied in the councied ofWalli
ington and Alexandria, refpcc
tively, on the Hr ft Monday of
December, 1800. And rhac
fuch militia, when in aftual fer
v;cc, be entitled to the fame
pay and emolument a. the mili
tia of the United Smce , when
called out by the Prcfident.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker cf the I Life <f Reprc
fentath es.
Abraham Baldwin,
P ref dent cf the Senate, pro tern •
Approved, May 3, 1802.
Thomas Jefflrsov,
P ref dent cf the United States .
AN ACT to incorporate the in
habitants of the City of lUafh
ingten, in the d\’frill if Co
lumbia.
BE it enabled by the Senate and
Jl.ufe of Reprejer.talives of
the United States cf America, in
Cor grfs off smiled. That the
inhabitants of the city of Wafh
ington be conftituied a body
poi uc and corporate, by the
name of a mayor and council
of the city c a Wafhmgton, and
by tneir corporate name, may
IwC and be iUcci, i.iipicad and
[No. 182.
