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> -/ -v U $}&*'**- ■ m; f rUHN G. fOLIlILL) EDITOR. r-t. ’ ^ ss r^^ ! ^^Tr^ s ^^^^!^ m T^ ml>mm T^T r ^r^ rm T , ^T m T^T^ f ^ s ^ s ^^saBssssssi MILLEDGEVILLC, GEORGIA, SATGRPAT, NOTfiXISR fT> 1830. VOLUME I, NUMBER Ml. »ptrB rSTSRAL X* WI02T ,otjli*)ie*i wei r namriMf M ' OiWb dom-aRS p«rafi- i in «drance, or Four if nutp jid before the end of the ’ The O.fice is ou IV aynt-Street, opposite Me- Lnes’Tavebh. , , . . \DreansEMF.VTS published at the usnaijates. UdJ* Each C:t ition by th<r€le»hs of the Conrts of Or- lai-y tlia* »p*>lfe«ti«n has been made for LelHi/s ol Ad- nistration, mtrr-t be published Tbirti.dats »t Ita.-t. Notice by Executors and Administrators tor iKjilors \ C editors to rendei* iu their accounts must be pubfisii- Six week*. ‘ \ . Sates of’ rv^roes by Ex cotors and Administrators must adrerthed'sixTX dais before, the dny of sale, S t Ids of personal properly ‘(except n- gtix *>) of tesla tv and intestate estates by Executors and Administrators, must lie advertised Fortt cats. *■ Applications by Execuletia, Administrator a rmd Guar dians to the court of ordinary for lea\c to : cli_Eami : i/iosi be published Four. months. , Applications by Executors and AdministWftors tor Let ters iHemissory, ni'us'l be published * MWN THS - AppHcatrons lor f.H-t Closure «f AfortgHges unreal Es tate must be advertised once a month .for Six months. Sales of real estate fay Executor'*, Adminisiratcrs and CoirJiaos most be published Six ri Dan before tb* d«y -oTsafe These sales be mad# at the court-house , «{oor between the hours of 10 in the morning ami four in the afternoon. No sale from day to day is raiid, unless so evurersed in the advert iseiuthl. Orders of Court or Ordinary, (or com yarned with a copy ofi.be bond, or agrer.mcn.) to make lilies to Land, must be advertised Tiirf.k months al least. Sh Ml itF’s s ties under ex- cations rcffuiaciy granted by the enjtrts, mastbc advertised Thirty pais. Sb.erUPs sales under mbrtgacc executions tnti'.l be ad vertised Sixty dats before the day of sate. . Sheriff’s s.Jes <rf perishable property under order of Court .mu-d be advertised gf-etiernUy Ten tiay^. AH -luoeRsfor Ad-vcctwcmenls will be punctually at tended to. - # AM Letters directed to the office, or the Editor; I must be post-paid to ent itle them toirttention. FROM TH* NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. Man-of War Burial bt Sea and on Share'. Tbe bu.tiaj of‘the dead at sea is ‘a! aH times- bp impressive abet affecting ceremony. At theshnU piping and hoarse cry of the boat- swain and'hfs mares. *'AI1 hands b»:ry the dead-, the officers collect on the quarterdeck, and the men. with the boatswain at their head, in the.waist: and though ty»th features not ve ry ex pros-ive of grief or pity, with a respectfut and rather seri* us sir in their rough weather beaten faces and sturdy bearing, as affecting, perhaps, and strictly according with' the sofem city" oft ho nrcasfarr as tftesobs* or it may be, the silence, of a few nfar relatives, among a crowd of thoughtless, restless ind'fferent spec tators on shore. The body of the deceased sown up in itis hammock, with a shpt.or two, to make it sink, is now placed upon a plank, one end of which'rests! at the gangway, the other upon the shoulder • f a couple of Jus shipmates The chaplain then stops f<frth, or in hjs a h sconce one of his officers, and reads thV* burial service At the-firsf words—*‘l ura the resurrection and the life”—officers and men uncover their heads; and the hum of the busy and peopled deck for a time ceases; »nd nothing is heard hut the voice of the Quarter* master, more impressive than silence chanting at the tvheej hrs wonted^poft a little"—“stea* Wf. are requested losay, that Mr. CIfARLES D ilAMivlOND. is n oiindiiWite. for rt-tletHton to thn Office f*f Keerivi r of, Tax Returns, fur the .county of It iblwin, at the next election. Oct. It. .... w sn ,l c . rJ~ E nr*: niith 'riscH to-announce BAK ADEI.L P. STUSDS, E*q. as a-cart did Ate for T;,x Coilecior for B.iM vin eoqnty, at the Election in January next. October 3U F7 - If ■j* a, E aie i-fqur.sded to .an no, in.ee the name ih W ILL- * f 1 VM 1/ SftOUGIN, E^q as a can didst tc f;r Sheriff of Uald-via county atlhe Hcxl Vleotion for county offic-'-rs^ *- November 6 CARD. \ . A ■jfEl IF. fruruls of ill e sub-cnl-cr rvlio hold subscript ion JL lists ior .tne Grobin'Vkfistian Repertory, arc »e- q -tr-J to fur ward t.icai irumnlUidv l>v mail or other- tu,r. • “• ' G. CAPERS.. Maron, N- 'v-^nvbsr 9 19 . GAUBEiJJ SS32D. FRESH Su.'piy oi : l fiarouru'» Gwricn &fed just re- cti\\d by - i* -X». PLRK4N1S. iH*-iljr(>ville, Xov J3 > v 19 a™ s JU&KKimC- [Tjt.L ’•« sold, nt public aiiCtkOa, in the town of Mi led^eviHc, ’dh tv EONF^D W, tbe 29 h of mber next, the fubtic House aud Lol in said town, WITH A-C fsiDERAEEE OVA^Tlil OF House ftnd m Kitchen; Furniture. It is too uch known la r.ecd de^enpiion, -urid prisons to purchase, are rcrjuei'.oJ to"cp.tl and cxAinine- t Ih* ! pre'miscs. • . • .**' “ * *• . Ai-Or the corner ST01?E & LOT j« savd’t^wiJ, r.t prc.-:rnt oebapied by Tuekcr, &. Co. anti-Billy qVoqditff, if* Barber. . , ^ Alsu, the HOUSE ’and LOTbl present occupiecLhy Mr. Homer V. j-Joujird^in saad town. - - ~ , - .-> .- -'SEABORN JO-NES. Novewber 20 20.." 5t ^ ftjftirli Brs'*fc«’ y Jfeat Plans cj'. the Cherokee Country, S rtTAVlING the ei.*lricts 4 wafer euursim,&c. uecurale- ly copr. d from an ofi^iual made hv tbe Surveyor Gader * I lVem surveys anti the most autlientie inform u- lion that eoulo bp obtained, . , }?2 OQ for iaigv Maps and ... - §1 00 iujr sm ill i’UnsEr.^iire t ttfls ^a<e-House, KBNJAMIN H. STUROES. November 20 20 di -- PiiNIT E.WIAR V. rglllE Board o» injectors of ChePfuilcntiary, wilt re- eeivu Seaied-Proposals untilfl'iu.-iiday (he 7tli .day of December nefct, for firnishing vhe Guard and Canlicis with iiATI0i:S FOR TUB 1TFAR 1831; The ration of the Guhrd to c'ooAsxtfi Us uiqicea- ol Hour or 20 ounces of corn ineal sified; 12 otiRees of pqrk; & i omiCi.s of b-icun or 20 cunrtus ef brl f; one tcijl-CT spirits [per day; 4 pounds*of b»rd sh 7.5 2 qiiarls of vbiegrOE add IU pounds of caudles-—apd when sMi provisions-are issn- ' sd, 2 quarts of sail far every. 100 vafions, amr 4 qnaiis rhen fresh n't«ftt»a isvued. 'Fto) ratiiuvof.lh'e Co'uvlcts ar« 12 ounces of cornmea l, sifted; 12 b^ihcos oYj-fork; vOtui- Bes of baeen or J pound of beeh pcT'cTajj soap, sill and rinegar, same as the Guard, and for ^ix mouths in the rear, ns may be ordof.odjyl the hhysician, one pint of mo- isses each per wet h. VMmmu paib beef is issued iia ra- Ions, bacon or salt pot;k slia-il be issued twice in each reek during tfie time. ' '' / Sealed PropiMsats w iH aibiO he recelvctl unt-il tbe same |ime for furnishHig the Efcnitaoinry with UOALfmr the car ISM. Rond and security will be required, and tbp securities >rjpused m'rflft be-'iramcd in tlije proposal^. The usual ad* Vances will be mad0. - v - By. order of^joyBoord ofLnsjiectoce^ J OilN o‘JLLER, $ (-Cretan;. MlBcdgcvffle, Oct ?0, 1^30 J7 6t NciTica^ f UJE subscriber now efl r* tis LANDS and PLAN. TAT ION in Bibb county, 2 1-2 miles ;dio.e Ma con for sale, whiefi arc.qs foMoyv s; 800 acres, -300 of Iwl’.icb" are tl ared and Very pVcRlii'itive Tying on the East side of the Ocmulgee above the? town, directly cm the riv er. Any person wishing to jnirchase, would de-welt to come and. vie iv tbe promises, as Luatter my self, but fc»v any more desirable-plantations are in Hie vicinity of Al^- eon, and r very good Fishery is on -the same; the Lands are well timbered, the plarttatjoiTis tinder gfcod repair*, [with convenient cabins nod Gin House, with many trui’ trees, and no tract of Laud in the atate is better watered. LUKE Ross; Jlfacow, .Voe 3 v '* 2in JMOTTClt. SH ALL, on the first Mummy in January next, at it the Inferior Gnurt thhfLheid in the. county of.New- in for ordinary pnroo*e% no*Ire application to Mid Cout' or leave to sell tbefAlfcowidg NEBRQE8, to viti—CUV »rn, Nancy, Rose, Hmah. ^altian, Derry, Peter, V\ . .ley, Reuey, Turner, Moses« Tilnmf' and Gooty—wbic- ••hid negroes belong, to the estate oi Reuben B.. Neol, la» tof Newton countv, <fecea»e«l, ' JONATHAN €. MACKEV ? AdmV. ft September «5 x-y- -Bt time?. 16 llio sleer'rhatv At tfic word*—“we therrfrro commit Jiiaiiorly to the Hee;;”—t|)o body is Uwichet) from the plank ; a «:iirtilen phinge i? heard ; it sink? id its ,nn- knonn anti fathom’ess gratae : theshiji parses oarrlessly. oh, like ri l»ird ?h:>king a feather. imcTmhcipnsJy from her wing; the horn of its himy irmafe?. and the hoarse hruwHegof the *penkmg-t-rwinpet onee more breaks in upon the «*i!enee ; and the.dead is for the tirne for got* on, and. perhaps,'remembered no more. The burial of a seaman on shore i? iiriUic.kt- Jv for the mere grave and seriously disposer! spectator apt to bo attended with certain mis t?vkes, and other rnri.tentsof a more humorous character: tor a sailor no sooner leaves the <=hip H*an h'* reallv seems to leaveTiis wits with it. I was the other morning invited hv one of the Iae.ntenantS'lo accompany Wm to one ■of f fin small lonely rocky islands,, flung like a chain airos? the entrance of the bav.? and wit ness this {0 me, novel ceremony. A f»w feet of earth had been thrown mit from the ?ide of a hill nt a short distance front The shore 4* >q this rude snh'-titiue fora grave, the coffin was Horne on hMidspike?. An attempt wn« mado to f>rm the mourners to the no great number of 15. into a kind of straerling funeral procession, hut wifhottt much effect. There .was a constant stepping out’of‘the’ line to rUs cover what was’“go.ing an-ahead;" and sturnb- linpT .lostling 0/ shoobWrji, «»t.A -^rnvJng of heels, with at times a querulous, and to sav the Ttra c t of it, hard word The coffin having at Jr nfrth been laid in if? rude crave, and the eartb hastily filled in and heaped over it, the Lieutenant ordered them to gather around, ami commenced reading, inn rather yhaplain- bke manner,, tbe burial service. There was no great attentb'n. howeyer <tq the part pfthe spftSwt’ork’ for they could not fie caUe'd hsten- p'rj; One fellow, with his hands thrust into • he * ho®nm of his jacket, might be T spied, <piffing,through his.teeth, and looking forth, with a crilicol ove, upon the sea ar.d ship, as if forsoo*T>, he had never- seen either before; another busily .idjusting'!He knot of a bit 'of rope v^rn tioon his old rag of a tarpan!ro,. a ♦hir’d, the ItjaHrer belt of the waistband of his hreecho* ; a tbrtrfh 'dtdiherafelv helping hipi- self to. a comfortable, quid of tohndco ' v 'amd nerebaece. a fifljh seeding forth a- caTefu! eye around the inland if, by good limk -he might detect some lurking vagabond of a Greok with a drop of liquor about him, <0 he got for. love or mop v. At the. words “we therefom com mff his body to the earth—dust to dost, nsh>9 to ashes,” there was a siiddcn start and hus tle In the whole company, and' c-ach catching up whatexmr of the-earlhv kind lay near him. apd one, I noticed*, a stone of some two,'or three pounds H eight.. threw it upon the grave. The"burial service finished, ! .supposed tW* ceromenv was over; .hut it seemsthe most imt pertant parj remained—-which' was to set the edge of the grave carefully arrumd^ vvilb green twigs arid pehles, to the exclusion, no doubt, ofovil spirits arid witches. *£ T- r V^. U;'S. Ship—^. * B^y of Voiirln^ Turkey-. - . THE STAHS. Those voting looking rascals that peep from out the blue above ijs-— who have winkled do*vrvupon our.iforests and follies fogso tpany centuries—who' n-ightly come out from their homes to light up the sable countenance of night—►who and wbat are ye? Are- you shi ning worlds, and luive ye .diright eyes^and bro ken hearts :irr Vbpt realms, -such as shine and break here? Move you on your unmeasurable path, thoughtless of earth and its graves—hs grealness and its perishfthility? Wiumce came ye,' and whither do ye go? Reck ye of time, or do ye move amid iha endless Spaces and in terminable paths of e'ernity! I see Your btight face's reflected in the Lake-*-your silve ry hue resting on the leaves of the forest— but who. and what are ye? And ivho and what is the inquirer? The,dust will cover him, hut you will shine on. Ambition disappoint** ed—love ruined—the grey for age on him— still will ye shine, and gild the headstone of his grave, when he tbaj once lived, shall die forgotten. The monarch and his sceptre will crumble—the oak grow* old and fall—-the rivor ce»$e to follow’ its hed-^-einpires wax and Ayane—but still ye will shine on unruffled, se rene, glorious,. beautiful as now. Not one rav will your glittering brows, though it will fail on other eyes, on unborn millions——on oil■ or forests and hfnde now unknown to those. >vb.*, in mockery of scienc * trace out yoqr • albs through (he infinity of Heaven, Bfigh‘ /fats, look not ip mockery u u«n me! but gaz o human pow<*r, on human cuius, and read tv both thfi lessons of human frailty. HOUSE OF^lEi^E&ENTATIVES, Friday* November 19. Mr. Schley, from The Comrhittee on Public E'hscation and Free Schools, made a Report, which was read, and ordered to be printed, to wit; . .- s The Stib-commiHee, to u horn wns referred the Resolution of Senate, '"enquiring into the feXpedicncy or practicability- of estublishiiig com mon Sciiools fhroilghoi.it the Slate, for the mutual benefit of all concerned, f»eg hnjve rcsjwcifully to Report— - That they have hs(H the same under consideration, and havedili gently bestowed upoh it t4r.it mature rcflcctioD, which the importance, of the subject reqmdcs. . . _ Yowr conamiWfeo ilo not heslHite in giving it as their decided opin ion,that the time will come, and is fast approaching, when the pfio- plc, not •only--of fiosrgia, btH of the- whole of these United States, will call aloud for legislat ive enactment; to aid t hem in the .acquisi tion of 1cuow?odge,ivhieh is emphaticaiiy prouqunced id be the.first object of a worldly considerat ion. -• ■ - . - , - . Ammig the niani -legacieAlefi us by the immortal Jefferson, we find the follow iog:—‘ Educate and iuforni the whole mass of t ha people, ena-blo tlienvtosoe tliat it is!heir interest to preserve peace, and or der, and they wilt preserve j(: and it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberties, audit is the beft way of secur ing peace and attachment to our republican ipstiJations-” With ma ny filter such deebtrat ions of parental affection, he expresses his deep Ci nviction of the Otilrt y of learning —1 r • Your committee could present many other valuable quotations up on this subject; but they deem it unnecessary, -as the advanced stage of civil.zatioB amongst us, is sufficient to convince every one of its advantages. Reflecting upon the importance of fho matter reforr.ed. to them, tbey^are fully sensible of its direct and intimate connection wi'h the happiness and prosperity of their country,, and its controlling influ ence over theperniatieney of her institutions. It has for. some tune past engaged -the assiduous, anil almost con-Jant attention of the ad vocates of lihiTid principles throughout the. wurIcH and the irnpoc- tance, attached to it is rapajiy.increasing. If we investigate tiiecau ses of the decline and fall of other Republics we will readdy discov er, that much is to he attributed to the neglected education of youth. The mfluence of public opinion, to be salutary, must he enlighten, ed. Wherever knowledge hajB been generally diffused) republican principles luivq tqore or less predominalml; and, on the contrary, no country.has long retained her freedem, where ignorance swayed ifs gloomy sceptre., .. . -> Without this diffusion of knowledge, cur liberty, like that of.niost OJlier nations, ivho have waded through blood to obtain.it, wouldsoon have terminated m'bcentiqlisuftss, an<t been succeeded- by anarchy, and despotism Rational and practical tibort7, that liberty, Wtoch does not degenerate into turbulence, or unbridled voluptuousness, tnu^t he f«;U -ded on the immoveable basis ot kiKuvledge. If, therefore, we wish to fr an sin it to posterrily the sacred boon which our fathers have left us, rt c must not disregard those tnca i?, upon which its permanency so essentially depends Your Committee are fully persuaded, that the mass of the people, and of the rising generation, should understand their rights, and know how to protect them. Bring into requisition all your means lor ex tending the opportunities of education, and yon will greatly add to the positive amount of human happiness; ami afford profitable em plovment, for the leisure hours ot mnny. who now passThem in list hraanpTTtWy. Extend <ho means of |>opu1ar instruction; and you give immediate impulse to the public feeling qo Hus interesting subj ct; and how soon would our bosoms swell with the thought of being in some degree instrumental in raising genius and merit, trotn obscurity, to the highest Walks ef Let the lamp of education be made t«- penetrate thejpine barren,.as well as the more fertile soil of the St ate, and von wfli most certainly brighten the countenance of every true hearfed friend of our civil and religious liberties, ii wo would secure these liberties, and transmit them with the present structure of our government unimpaired to posterity, we must enlighten the public mind. Every schoof that is established, hud every child tiiat is ed ucated, whether in a log house, or elsewhere, are additional pledges of the growth, the influence, and perpetujty of our institutions. The government’of 1he United Stafesmorc than any other, depends for <fs continuance on enlightened public opinion. Among an ignorant anduneduftated people, its pecufiar‘organization connected with its geographical iffsturctions, add the active and energetic operation of drsfmct .sovereignties upon supposed conflicting interests might ex- erte jealousies and civil war; and perhaps divisions of territory. Ou tlie contrary, universal education, would he ci.Icuialed to allay our lamented sectional jealousies, and would make Us look with liberality, and kind feelings, upon every member of our great and growing Con federacy. And we. would moreover be better enabled to treat with forbearance, and respect, their foibles, and errors; and to combine in one common cause, the energies of a great and united nation 1 —Final ly, it would more perfectly eemcht the ties'of frien<lship:which natu rally a rise Troift -Hie history of our greats and glorious struggle for freedom, and the great action of out patriots, find..heroes, who from a common language, established our beloved institutions; in which we all feel so much pride, and the brilliant and glowing prospects of gen eral ions yet unborn. •’ - With these views, upon, the foregoing subject mallei’ of reference your committee most respectfully beg Tea vc.Tn.rt her to state, that they can but look forward with the inosf amtioiis solicitude to the time, when the means of a common English Education will be placed with in the reach of the whole rising generation. And To' effect this desir able object, it is only necessary to join heart and himd, and say it shall be done, and it will Tie done. Oik present resources, yeur com mittee behove to be "amply sufficient to make a fair beginning. They are a Ware of the objections occasioned fey The of wOr pop ulation, in many parts of*tlie Slide, but cannot deem this a sufficient rekson. why so large a portion of our State, consist iting perhaps niBe* tenths ofTier population "should not derive ifeose contemplated ben* efits, and especially when the balance will receive a proportional ad vantage froin the same resources- ' — . Your committee have had under tboir immediatc Inspection the views -of different States in the Union upon the common school'sys tem] anti belfeva the plan as adopted by lhc State of New York, to be tn every respect best calculated to effect the seme object ip iho State of. Georgia. New York makes an annua;! appropuitioo of one hundred'thousand dollars for t his pupose, to be .divided in proportion The number of children in each School-district, who are designed to be-fieRefitted by it, on condition tbatThe balance ofothe tuition mo ney for the time being, be raised by a direct tax for that purpose; and in the event of o fnsal by any ihstrict to raise the necessary amount as contemplated by law, the public money is withhold from such dis trict, and applied to those who may chbose to avail themselves oft he benefit of said nppropriiitioo. These schools are kept^quafleffy, ^ u t^ required by said commissioners, the said persons thus appoint- and at such seasons of the year, t» can fie heal ispared from the ot •linary labor of the country. By these means all the children of thi9 great Stale, between the age of 6 and 15 years are annually taught for a longer or a shorter period of each year. With this immediately before our eyes, shalfwe aqy longer say to our follow citizens that the time has not yet arrived to produce simil.uir effects in Georgia? The pride, and patriotism of the State, forbid longer delay; indepen dent of any obligation to promote the pefiee, and prosperity of fhe ri-ing generation. * . 1 In determining the amount necossary to commence the operations ,f a common school system m the State of Georgia, your committee ng to fie nllovi’ed to profit by the experience of the Slate of New- York. This State, it will bo perceived, appropriates only gl00,0QQ r uhoafly^ on certain eoodiHous, to a popfflation-of about 2 million? oi aforesaid majority. ople. This coriditiona! appropiatKHi howfifver small has proved to ae a sUfficient stiaavhint 10 cause the wholo Siate to enter into a laud 4 able zeal for a general emancipation from the shackles of ignorance. To produce this;r she established an uniform, and indiscriminate sys tem of common schools, worthy - the imitation of the whole world. Let it no longer be lamented that Georgia with a population less than one fourth of New York, and with resources very far stijierior in pro portionate her popotation, has not yet undertaken to do something'of the kind for her rising generation. « From these view? upon this interesting subject, your committee cannot forbear giving it «s their decided op.pion, that something should be doner to enable Georgia to keep at least in sight Of her 1 sis ter States, in advancing tlieintelligence of her citizerfs. here fore they beg leave to recommend the following feiW, which is not founded altogether on the principles of New York, but on a plan in the opinion of your committee better adapted to tbe local and peculiar situation of many parts of our State, and more congenial to ttie disposition-fifed ^habits of aH true hearted Georgians. A BILL, to be entitled an Act, to establish common Schools through out the Slate of Georgia. Sec. 1st. - Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly vitt, and it it hereby enact ed by the authority of the same, That the people ot This State, entitled to Vote.for Justices ot the Peace, shall be empowered to assemble on the fourth Saturday in January next. at tbe ploce^ of holding their district Courts, in each Capfoiu’s district, for the purpose of elect ing three freeholders, to be known, and denominated r.omhiissiwriers of common schools for said districts, ^said elections, to be managed in the same way, as an election for a Justice of the Peace. The three freeholders as aforesaid, who receive the highest numbers of vole* in said district, shall be pronounced duly eiected by tbe presiding wffi- cefs of said elections; and shall be entitled to a cerfificafe for the same, certified from under their bands arid scab; which certifiicate shall be enclosed, and transmitted forthwith to his Excellency the Governor, by either of the persons thus elected. Sec- 2d. And be it further enacted x by the authority aforesaid, 1 t hat his'Excellency the Governor, shall immediately ai er the receipt of the aforeesiiid certificate, cause the names of such commissioners us ' arfi Contained- Within thc-eame to be registered iq alphabetical order, first, hereaiter he added, in like alphabetical order, so as to confine the names of the aforesaid commissioners to their respective counties -— Qnwiiom.; lUirOoTcium itiriijeitiatety after me receipt of the names <d the commissioners as aibresaid, and. the same having been recorded as aforesaid, shall cause a printed commission to be i>»ued, signed by himself and transmitted forthwith to each commissioner, directed to^the Gdurt Houses of their respective counties; after the receipt q! Which,, by the aforesaid commissioners, they "shall before entering on tiie duties of their office, go b fore some justice of toe Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court, and take and subscribe, the following oath,—‘-I'A B do solemnly swear (ur affirm) before Al- mighiy Cud, that I will to the best of my abiliti s, take charge, con duct, auil so manage the common school concerns of my district, as Will be most conducive to the true intent* and meaning of the law. Creating the same, so help me God.’ 1 Soc 3 j. And be ii further enacted by the authority aforesaid^ That alter this, the aforesaid commissioner- shall he empowered to pro ceed to a discharge ot their duties, a majority of whom shall be con sidered Competent to transact business And. should a vacancy oc cur by death, resignation or otherwise, of either, or tbe whole of said commissioners, at least, ten day’s notice shall he.givt.-n of the. same by advartisement, put up,at one or more of the most public place# of said district, by the acting magistrates of the same, requiring tha voters to meet for tbe purpose of filling such vacancies; and allsuch Vacancies shall he filled by the same rule, manner, and form, of the. original appointments, and commissioned in the same way by bis Ex c'efieticy the Governor. Sec. 4 th. And he it further enacted dry the authority aforesaid, That the first duty ot 4he commissioners sbalJ be to take a cen-us of all the white children ot their respective district?, male and temale, between the ages of six and sixteen, and register t-hein in a book to be kept by them for that purpose, designatingJhe males and females,. bydfff.r. • ent columhs, and particularly noting the age of each child, betw gen the above numbers of six, and sixteen, mou to ascertain when each gets beyond the age of sixteen. After this, the said commissioners are hereby authorized to contract for one quarter’s tuition oft he afore said children,. iKovided tbe same does not exceed three dollars per scho lar, in any one year, at tbe expense-of the Stale; and provkt d further, that'the parents, or. guardians of said children, do oblige ie themselves to tlie said commissioners, to continue any such schpo', at feast six months or longer* including the three months contracted for by the State; and in all cases, where there shaU .be a refusal to continue such school beyond the aforesaid three months, auil thQ same is made manifest to the commissioner?, the said coromissionein . shall withhold the State’s contract, and the parents ot guardians shall be bound to pay the whole amount of tuition money tothe teaher, m as.full a maaner as if the State had not been a party to the contract; excepting however the poor children, who shall fe pan! for by thti State—said poor children to be designated by the afiiresaid commis sioners; and no cSuhf, or children, sbail .be considered poor unless a.- bandoned by his. her,or their fat tier; nor shall that child be coosufef- ed poor, whose father is kble to febpur, Sec. 5th. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid commissioners shall have the right of locating said schools ip the aforesaid districts, in such places as jfe their judgment will he. most conducive to the facilities of leariring m said districts; al ways having due regard Jo the interest aBd convenience, of each child; and in .no instance whatever, shall any child herein mentioned; have a preference-over another, however rich# or poor it may be. a? the design of this law is, that all shall ehare equally in the rann fi cence of the State. And whenever said schools, or either of them, shall go into operation, it shall he the ditty of said commission*-* either separately oroollectively, occasionally to visit the same for the purpose of seeing that the teacher does his duty, »nd especially, to • those of the poorer class, and in thfi event of its being discovered. ' that said teachers-, or either, of them shall fait to comply with tbe^con tract entered into between them and the aforesaid commivsiom r?, with regard to. said schools, the said - commissioners are hereby au thorized to discharge said teach*jy or teachers, so for as the State »& concerned, and to withhold any payment whatever, for the time taught under the Slate’s contracL - ‘ Seel 6th. And be it^f urther enacted by the authority aforesaid, Th;d in &ny case, where the said commisefeners or a majority of them ?h" l not be satisfied with respect to the qualification, or competency of any person making application to teach in any of the said school?, said- commissionerfl, shall require said applicant to go before two, <>r more. competent persons, to be designated by said commissioners, for the purpose of undergoing an examination^ And if fey such exami nation, it is found that Aucb applicant is competent to discharge tW ed to examine, shall certify the same from under their Haixls which certificate, on being presented to said commissioners, shall be ed sufficient evidence of qualification. Nevertheless, should a d*f- lerefice of^^opimon onthts subject, or any other> lake place between a neighborhood imase^tateQr interested in said school, and tbe cent- missioners. then said commissioners shall notify the freeboldef^ of said neighbonrhood interested as aforesaid; *to assemble at some cen- venieot place, for the purpose of forming a body, in which the thivo commissioners shall be included; and a majority'e€ ; said body ahlfI •de cide all such differences of opinion. And should -tbs aforesaid-frrr holders refuse to meet for purposes aforesaid, the sard qMiiwnitirrs shall have a right to pursue tbe coursu they think best, which ihi ’1 bind the parties aforesaid to asfull an eateot, aa if decidkd by o See. 7th. And bt it farther enacted by-the authority aforesaid, Tfcvt the sum ef one hendred and twenty thvusand dollars be, end the san.o