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Volume IV.] 1.0 JISViLLL, (GEORGlA)—Published every Wednelilay, by AMbKOoli DAY vY JAMES IIELY, ac 3 dollars per ann.Where Efiays, Articles of budlign.ee, AJvcrtifcmeius, ccc. ccc. arc tlunkluii/ received, and PiviA i’ING w all its variety, is executed witii ncatuels ami ddjuich. [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 THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE; and # 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.