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w At Lockport , the revival was *aid to be as 1
powerful <)6 .. any former period. Aod in
many otUei place* in the -'me, west o| the
G ne-i*e River. the Churches are repre
sented a- enjoying precious season* ol re
freshing from the presence of the Lord
Uncommon pungency of conviction has
mark’ and some if not all the above mentioned
revivals. The subjects are of all classes in
society, and of all ages, from old age to
childhood. And yet, I have never di-cov
ered in any reformation, less of what might
be called enthusiasm or fanaticism than I
have witnessed in these revivals The
work has generally commenced among the
professed followers of Christ. Christians
hav tieen led to mourn over the desolations
of Zion ; and fervent, constant, and perse
Termg prayer for that object, has in several
instances been answered by the most pow
ertul outpourings of the Holy Spirit. The
spirit of supplication ha- at first been felt hut
by a very small number of Christians; they
have been agreed in their prayers and in
their exertions, to produce a similar frame
of mind in others ; and their oumhers h ;ve
gradually increased, until, “ like a little
leaven,” they have “ leavened the whole
lump.”
One peculiar and animating feature in
these revivals, is. that in most cases where
the greatest numbers havp been gathered
into the Churches, the friends of Zion ap
pear to consider the pr. sent ingathering of
souls, as but the first fruits, and not as the
harvest itself; —and they converse and pray,
and act under the influence of this senti
ment. They feel with increasing weight,
the worth of souls, the preciousoess of the
Saviour, the all sufficiency of the atone
ment, and the power and willingness ol God.
to glorify himself, in multiplying the sub
jects of grace.
A” I designed only to recite facts, in this
communication, I must forbear to enter up
on the reflection- growing out of the sub
ject. which 1 may send you at a future day.
A TRAVELLER ‘
Extract of a Letter from the Rev. J Humphreys,
to l)r. Morrison, dated Anglo-Cliinese College,
Malacca, Juue 3, 1824.
It will gladden vour heart to heir, that
many, hoih of’ the Chinese and Malays,
have recently called, and begged for the
Word of Life. Not long ago, we forward
ed a i.ouiderable number of copies to
Cochin China by government vessels be
longing to ‘hat country. They were ea
gerly read by the Cochin Chinese; and
many of their great men came to the Col
lege with a retinue of servants, and r*-que-t
ed hooka. Asa proof that the book- sent
to that country when yon were here, have
been read and are understood by them, I
wd* only mention that they had •rittM>
do-vis he names of many of them, and
brought them to us in order that we might
supplv them with books of the same d'scnp
tion O that thp Lord would bt“.ss his own i
word !
Many hundred copies have gone hence I
since v Mi left u*. and there appears an in
creasing desire among people of all classes
to obtain the Holy Scriptures.
In aoother letter Mr. Humphreys ays,
We hope, in th® course of a fetv w-eks. to
eend to the British and Foreign Bthle So
ciety a more detailed account of our opera
tions in disseminating the Word of Life i
among the heathen, who are perishing for
lack of knowledge. Fresh copies of the
Scriptures are daily issuing from the Chi
nese press at this station, and circulating
among the p* opie.
REFORMF.D SYNOD
Pendleton, ‘lay 25
At •* lat” meeting if tne Associate Reform j
ed. Synod of the South, a Theological >em j
INAC.y w’.i* organiz- I and professor* chosen, j
T - Rev John Hemphill, of Chester. S C.
was elected Professor of Di W.tick and Po- |
lemtck Theology; and the Rev. John’ T. j
PkesSLY, of Abbev ille, S. C. was elected ‘
Professor of the Original Language*, Blbli
Cal Crtticwm. and Church History. Until
the funds become = wffii ent fur ihe support
of ttie Professors, in part or in whole, ihey
will remain Ihe pastors of their respective
congrega tons ; and, after a course of twelve
or e.gn een months with one of the Prife*
sors. Hie students will resort to the other,
to spend with him an pqual poi tion ot time
Few men who fill the sacred de-k possess
Ei re energy of intellect, more love of the
troth,or a greater capacity to recommend
end defend it, than these Professors At
the present ‘tme, it is htghlv necessary, that!
to all other indispensable qualifications for
profes-irships in our Theological Semina
lies, there ~hould be added, real talent and
decision of character. Where these are;
found in the per*ons nf such Professors, or
in those of literary Intruders, there is!
much of their electricity imparted to the j
minds of pupils who ro 1 e in contact with
them, and which often and -s more for the
accelerated growth, and mature education
of youthful minds, than all the elaborate
routine of medium talent Riblical Criti
ci* a, or Critical Lectures on Doctrinal and
li I'torical parts ol Scripture, was a striking
feature of the Theological Seminary of:
N-w York, tha first of the kind in this cotin |
try. In attending to the department, its
Senior Prolessor, Dr. Mason, displayed the
uncommon originality of his mind, and ren
dered this adionci to his department of Dt
dac'ir.k and Polemir.k Theology, highly in
teresting. His Biblical Lectures embraced
not merely the philology of the context,
hut also its connexion, sope and argument
Professor Pressley was his pupil for four
years, and will, doubtless, be the better
able to manage this department, from Lav
ing been in contact with the genius which
burned so brightly in Professor Mason.
Messenger.
The lute John Keith, t.-q of Buck’s county,
Pa. bequeathed $2,500 to the Princeton Theo
logical Seminary.
For the Missionary.
CHRISTIANITY AN OPERATIVE PRINCIPLE
Chn-lianity, as a virtue, 1- a principle of
the soul. It has a direct influence on the
will ; rectifying and directing that sprinu
to human conduct. It is sufficient to coun
leract the impetuous tendency ot depraved
feeling, and to control the vicious irreg
ularities of human action. Its infl ience on
the character is ihe grand test ot its genu
ineness, not producing a mere wannto ol
Zeal, and eilat y of devotion. I hese,
though common, are notits invariable at
fondants; and when disconnected with its
more appropriate effects, are ot a spurion
production. The nature of its operation
is discoverable in the quality and tendency
of the effects—|n the tenor of the life —in
ihe simplicity and beneficence of the ar
tion. The connexion is indissoluble he
tweeo this principle and its characleristick
effects. Revelation recognizes this con
nexino. It does not require the practice
of the moral dulyes without the Christian
principle. Because the thing is impossible.
They must flow from it as their source.—
But it promises blessedness to the posses
sors ot this principle —because the moral
duties are implied. Christianity being a
vital principle, its effects must as necessari
ly result from it as any other effects of vi
lality from their respective principles. As
its influence extends to Ihe character ol the
affections aud the form of the conduct ; it
must be felt and perceived. And its exia
tence can be ouly nominal, at most only
ideal, without its sensible and visible effects
It being a principle of heaveuly origin,
no less heaveuly are its productions. It
pervades and auimates all parts of the
moral sy-teua. It harmonizes the whole
‘character; associating in its train all ihe
! heavenly graces, and ad-.riiing the life by
their various effects. Far trom encourag
ing licentiousness, or granting any dispen
sations, it enjoins and prompts a rigid ad
herence to virtue. Aud its professors, with
all allowances, do by thee lives refute the
charge as calumnious. Ignurauce may mis
take, policy may underrate, hypocrites may
dis-euit'ie, and admirers may imitate the
life of the Christian ; yet enough maybe
seen 10 evince the opeiation of the princi
pie by which it is governed.
1 might safely challenge the world fora
principle of equal influence. Its effects,
when only partially matured, but possess
ing an unobstructed operation must appeal
unrivalled to those who recall the suffer
ings it ha- supported, the forbearance it nas
produced, the labours it has achieved, the
cnanges it has wrought. When possessed
in its highest degree by its subject, even in
this state of trial, this scene of infirmities,
his consciousne-s of internal vigour, and a*
surnnee of exterior assistance, stimulated by
the prospect ot final success, are sufficient
to render him a tearless combattant in his
spiritual warfare. With an instinctive pre
cision it directs his conduct in casts of diffi
culty, where human reason could not inform
him; and affords him armour in seasons
of danger and assault, which uninspired
philosophy could never furnish. Bui most
of all we admire its influence when witnes
-mg the animating courage, the successful
energy and sensible ascendancy over Ihe
greatest enemy, which some, from first to
last, are able
march all becomes a dreary waste, a com
forties- desolation ; whose power and ter
ror seemed aimed at the prostration of our
happiness and the extinction of our hopes
We ought not, therefore, to vilify and dis
card ihts principle; unless we are sure that
in the exclusion of its aid we can elsewhere
find Ihe relief we need. CERIN.
LAND LOTTERY LAW.
AN AfT
To dispose of and distribute the lands lately ac
quired by the United Slates for the use of Geor
gia of the Creek Nation of Indians, hy a Trea
ty made and concluded at the Indian Spring
on the twelfth day of February, eighteen hund
red and twenty-6ve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hatise of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in
General Assembly met. and it is hereby enact
ed by the authority of the same. That the ter
ritnry acquired of the. Creek nation of In
dians by the United States for the use of
Georgia, as described in articles of a Treaty
entered into and concluded between Com
: missioners on the part of the United Stales,
and the Chiefs, Head Men and Warriors,
of the Creek nation of Indians at the Indian
Spring on the 12'h day of February, 1825,
shall form and he divided into five sections,
as follows,to wit: All that part of said terri
lory which lie south of a line commencing
on Ihe Flint rivpr opposite where the line
dividing the counties of Houston and Dooly
Strikes said river, and running due west to
the Chattahoochie shall form what shall
be called Section the First, and the crimin
al jurisdiction thereof shall be attached to
the county of Doolv. —All that part of-aid
territory which lies north of the line afore
said and south of tho line commencing on
Flint river opposite where the original line
dividing the counties of Monroe and Hous
ton md running due west of Cattahoochie
I river, shall form the Second Section, and
the criminal jurisdiction thereof be, and
the -ame u hereby attached to the county
of Houston. And all that part of said ter
j ntory which lies north ol the Imv la*’
alore-aid, and south of a line commencing
[on the Flint river where the original line
! dividing the counties ol Heorv and Monroe
si like i, -aid river, and running due west un
til it strikes ihe Chattahoochie river shall
he, and the same i- hereby called the 1 bird
Section, and the criminal jurisdiction there
of atiached to the county of Pike —And all
that part of said territory which lie- north
ot said line, and East ot Cbmlahoochie riv
er, shall form the Fourth Section, and the
criminal jurisdiction thereof shall he attach
ed to the county of Fayette And all that
part of said territory lying West ol l hatia
hoochie river, and East of the dividing line
between this state and the state of Alaba
ma, shall form the Fifth Section, and the
criminal jurisdiction thereof, shall he at
tached to the county of Pike.
Sec 2 .3nJ be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid , T hat each ot the sec
lions heroin before laid out and described,
shall be divided into districts of nine miles
square as near as practicable —the district
lilies running parallel to the lines dividing
sections, and crossed by other lines at right
angles ; and said districts so laid out, shall
he again subdivided by lines to be run in
like directions into square tracts contain
ing each two hundred two and one hall
acres marked and numbered according to
thp plan heretofore pursued under the in
structions of the Surveyor General
Sec. 3. And be.it further enacted, That,
the fractional parts ol surveys which may
be created by the divisions and subdivisions
aforesaid shall he reserved for publick uses,
and be disposed of as a future legislature
may direct.
Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted. That
one hundred district surveyors -hall be ap
punted by joint ballot of the legislature in
one genera! ticket; and the person having
the'highesi number of votes shall be enli
lied to the first choice of districts, and in
the same order, agreeably to the number
of votes each surveyor may receive ; and
in case of a tie between any number of
surveyors, then preference in choice shall
he decided hy lot id presence of the Sur
veyor General.
Sec. 5 And be it further enacted, That
ten person- shall he appointed hy joint bl*
lot of the legislature, neither of whom shall
be a district surveyor, to run and plainly
mark the seveial districts reserves and sec
tional lines herein before directed, whose
duties shall be apportioned by the surveyor
general as nearly equal as practicable —
and that no ticket shall be counted unless it
contains the names of ten person®
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That
no ticket lor district surveyors shall be
counted unless it contains one hundred
names. Any person elected surveyor
who shall fail to perform the duties of his
office, as required by the provisions of thi*
act, shall he considered as forieiting hi*
bond, and him*elfand bis securities inline
dialely liable therefor
Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That,
the survey ors respect.vely shall give bond
in Ihe sum of ten thousand dollars to the
governour and his successors in office, with
such security as he or a majority of the
justices of the inferior court of the county
in which such surveyor may reside shall
approve, conditioned tor the faithful per
formance of the duties required of them by
this act, which bond shall be depo-ited in
the executive offil
Sec. 8. And be. t further enacted. That, it
shall hp Ihe duty of the surveyors appoint
ed in pursuance ol this act, to roak* the
surveys of the sections, reserves and dis
tricts to which they may he appointed, in
their own proper person, to mark, or cause
to be marked plainly and distinctly upon
trees, if practicable, otherwise on posts,
all stations and all lines which they may
be required to run for the purpose of mak
ing the surveys of their respective sections,
reserves, and districts, immediately upon
being required so to do bv the surveyor
general, to.cause all such lines to he meas
ured with all possible exactness, with a
half chain containing thirty three feet, di
vided into fifty equal links, which shall be
adjusted by the surveyor general, accord
ing to Ihe standard in his office ; to take
a accurately as possible the meanders ot
all water courses which shall form natural
boundaries to auy of the surveys ; to note
in field hooks to be kept by them re-pec
lively, the name of the corner and station
trees, which shall be marked and number
ed under the direction of the surveyor
general; also all rivers, creeks and other j
watercourses which may be touched upon j
or crossed tu ruuntng any of the lines afore
said, transcripts of which field books alter
being compared with the originals by the
surveyor general, and certified and signed
on every page by the surveyor reluming
the same, -hall be deposited in the survey
or general’s office, and become a record ;
and the district surveyors shall make a re
turn of their surveys and works within
ninety days from the time ihey are notified
to enter upon the discharge of their duties,
containing a map of their district in which
shall be correctly represented and number
ed all lots and fractions of said district and
waters therein delineated as the surveyor
general may direct, and also return at the
same time a detached plat of each lot and
fraction which said district may contain,
certified and signed by such surveyor,
which plat shall be filed among the re
cords of the surveyor general’s office, and
from which copies shall he taken to be an
nexed to grants: and said surveyors shall
conform to such instructions as they may
. receive from time to time from the survey
!or general during their continuance in of
fice ; Provided , The same do not militate
| against this act. And the surveyors ap
pointed to lay out section, reserve and dis
j trict lines shall make return of their works
to the within sixty dt> s
11cm tin un'i tin v stum b* inquired in *n
ttr open Mi* duties ol their ffi l '” °f II en*'B
surveys as -ball Uve hei n n adi on ll east
Side • tl> rhatalmochie river; and as to the
remainder of the territory within-ix'y days
from the noiifiration of the running of the
line between this state and Alabama.
Sec. 9 And be it further enacted. That
the district -urvty<rs lobe a| pointed by
this ad, shall receive three dollars for eve
rv mile that -ball actually be run or survey*
ed a a full compensation tor the duties re
quired of them hy this act, out of which
they shall defray the wholp of the expen
ses incident to their offices; and hi* ex. el
lenry the gov ernotir is hereby authorized
and required to i-®ne his warrant on the
treasury in favour of each ot the aforesaid
surveyors, upon his being called into ser
vice to the amount of three hundred dollars,
to enable him with the less delay to enl< r
upon his duties, and the balance to winch
nuch surveyor may be entitled, shall he
paid to him in like manner, upon hi* pro
ducing a certificate from the surveyor gen
eral setting forth a performar.ee of the
work, and the amount due.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That
the surveyors who may be appointed to
run section, reserve, and district lines, shall
receive three dollars and tilty cents tor
each mile they may rnn and survey, as a
full compensation for their service, out “t
which all incidental expenses shall be paid ;
and the governour is required to issue hi
warrant on the treasury in favour ot eaci
.of said surveyor* for the sum of three him
dred dollars upon their being called into
service, and in like manner to pay any bal
ance which may be due when the work is
completed, and the surveyor general shat,
t er'ily the same.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That,
ihe territory acquired as aforesaid shall be
disposed of and distributed in Ihe tollowing
manner, to wit ; After the surveying is
completed ar.d returns made thereof, hi*
xcellency the governour shall cause tick
ets to be made out, whereby all the num
hers of lots in the different districts intend
ed to be drawn for shall be represented,
which tickets shall be pul into o wheel and
constitute prizes. The following shall be
the description and qualifications of person
entitled to give in their names for a draw
or draws under this act: Evpry male white
person of eighteen years of age and up
wards, being a citizen of the United States,
and an inhabitant within the organized lim
its of this state three years immediately pre
ceding the passage of this act, including such
as have been absent on lawful business,
shall be entitled to one draw; every male
person of like description having a wife or I
legitimate male child or children under I
eighteen year* of age, or unmarried female |
child or children, resident a* aforesaid, or 11
who were born and have ever since resided i ;
in this state shall have two draws; all wtd I
■ivv? with like residence shall be entitled to 1
one draw ; aud wives and children id this
state, of persons whn.have been absent from 1
this stale three years, shall be on the same
footing as to draws as if the said husband
was dead, and the title to such lots as said
females or childien may draw be vpsted
permanently in them as though they were
widows and orphans; all families of orphans
resident as aforesaid, or who have resided
in this state from their birth under the age 1
of eighteen years, except such as may be
entitled in their own right to a draw or
draw 9, whose father is dead, shall have one
draw; all families of orphans consisting of
more than two shall have two draws—but if
not exceeding two, then such orphan or or
orphans shall be entitled to one draw, (o be
given in the county and district where the
eldest of said orphans or where the guardi
an of the eldest resides: Provided, That
should such guardian or such orphan or or
phan, or the eldest of such orphans reside
within the organized limits of this state,
then such draw or draws shall he given in
Ihe county in which such guardian may re
side, or such orphan or orphans or the eld
est of such orphans may reside; all widow*
of the like residence, whose husbands were
killed or died in the service of the country,
or on their return march, in the late war*
against Great Britain or the Indians, shall be
entilled to a draw exclusive of that other
wise allowed by thi- act to widow®; all or
phans whose fathers were killed or died in
the service of the country or on their re
turn march, in the late wars again*’ Great
Britain or the Indians, shall be entitled to a
draw exclusive of (hat otherwise allowed
bv tbi-act to orphan*; and all men who
have been wounded or disabled in the late
wai with Great Britain or the Indians, so
they are not able to procure a competency
for a support, in consequence of their
wounds, be allowed one draw in addition :
and they shall take the following oath in ad
dition —1 do solemnly swear, that 1 was
wounded in the late war with Great Brit
ain and the Indians, and am so disabled hy
the same, that it renders me unable to pro
cure a support by my labour: Provided.
That nothing herein contained shall be
so construed as Io entitle any person
or persons to a draw or draws in the
present contemplated land lottery who may
have been fortunate drawers in any previ
ous land lottery, except such persons as
have drawn land as one of a family of or
phans and who have arrived at the age ot
eighteen, but such person shall he entilled
to one draw, and the remaindei of such fam
ilies of orphans shall be entitled to ooe
draw: And provided, That all widows of
revolutionary soldiers -hall have one draw
in addition to those already contemplated
by this act; and that all revolutionary sol.
diers who were not fortunate drawers as
revolutionary soldiers in the late land lot
tery, shall be entitled to Iwo draws as rev
olutionary soldiers; and those who drew one
tract of land in the former lottery a* revo
lutionary soldiers, one draw— Provided,
; That the citizens of this state who come
under Ibis act end
who v. lunteered or were legally draf t and in
the late wai again- Great Britain or the
Indians,'’and r. insert io -< rve a tour ol duty
either in person or by substitute, or who
may have deserted tr. nt the service ol this
state or of the Untied States, shall not be
entitled to the provisions of this act as above
contemplated, nor any of those who ill* gai
ly avoided a draft, by removal or olherwi-e ;
and that no persno or persons who have re
moved from the organized limits of ibis
slate lor the purpose of avoiding the laws of
this stale, or who have absconded for debt,
shall in no wise be benefilled by this act,
and who have not paid all laxe- required ot
them. In case any land is drawn by minors
Ihe grant shall issue accordingly open pay
ment of the usual fees : Provided also, Noth
ing herein contained spall be construed to
exclude such persons as by the provisions
of this act ar> allowed a draw >u draws.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That
any sale or transfer that any person eulilled
to a chauce or chances in this land lottery
may make of such chance or chances, or
may make of any lot or lots ot lard such
persons may draw before the grant or grants .
of the same are taken out, shall be void,
aDd any bond, or obligation, or letter of at
torney given by said person to make titles
-hall not be binding on such person : And
further, It shall be illegal for any magis
trate or pi rson authorized to administer an
oath, to administer an oath to any persoty
selling his chance or chances, lot or lots,
contrary *o the provisions of this section,
that he will moke titles to the same.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That
nothing herein contained shall be so con
strued as to allow any convict in the Peni-”
tentiary, to give in for a draw in ll * pres
ent contemplated lottery : Provided never
theless, That the child or children, w ho have
resided in (his state three yeai-, of any
said convict, shall be entitled to a draw or
draw-, in the same manner they would btt
entitled if they were orphans, aud may bdi
given io for by their mother or other per
son under whose care they may be, and the
grant or grants shall issue accordingly to
any lands -o drawn— Provided, no such con
vict has drawn in any of the former land
lotteries of this State in his own name.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That
lists of persons eutitled to draws under this
act, shall be made out by the Inferuur
court of each county, or such persons as
they may appoint, (oot exceeding two to
each battalion) within two month* from ti e
publication of this act; and said lnf--r<"ur
court of the several counties of thi* sta e,
or the persons they may appoint, -hall
tend in each captain’s district, at leajl two e s
giving ten days notice ot such attendant e,
for the purpose of taking the names ot <i e
persons entitled to draws; the names of the
persons entitled, shall !, e entered by ‘he
Receivers in a book to be kept for that pur
pose, a transcript of which hook, fairly
made out, shall be transmitted to the Exec
utive, and the original deposited with the
Clerk of the Superionr court of the respec
tive counties; and should the Inlennur
court of aDy county tail to take in such
names themselves, or to make proper ap
pointments by the first day of September
next, then the Clerk of the Superior court,
(or his legal deputy in hi* absence) in sueti
county, may make such appointments. And
said Receivers, before they euter up. n
their duties, shall take and subscribe tf.e
following oath. “I do sol
emnly -wear (or affirm) that I will not re
ceive or regi-ter any name, except the per
son giving in shall fir-t take, the oath pre
scribed by this act —So help me God.”
Wnir.b oath any justice of Ihe lufenour
court, or justice ol the peace, is hereby re
quired to administer, and the person nr per
sons taking in names as aforesaid, “ball ad
minister to all applicants for draws niher
than widows, guardians or next friends of
orphaus, the following oath to wit: ,l 1 do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citi
zen of Ihe United Stale 9, and have resided
in this state three years immediately pre
ceding the passage of this act, except absent
on lawful business, and am an inhabitant ot
the same; that I was eighteen years of age
at the lime of the passing of this act; that
1 have, (or have not) a wife or child or chil
dren ; that I have not given in my name for
any draw or draws in the present contem
plated land lottery in any other part of the
*tate ; that I have not drawn a tract ol land
in the former lotteries in my individual ca
pacity, nr as an individual orphan, and that
1 did not, directly or indirectly, evade the
service of this state or of the United States,
in the late wars against Great Britain or
the Indians.” And the widows of revolu
tionary soldiers shall lake ihe following
oath or affirmation, (a- the case may be,)
to Ihe best of their knowledge and belief,
viz: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I
am ihe widow of a revolulionary soldier to
the best of my knowledge and belief—So
help me God.” The following oath shall
be administered to all married women enti
tled to draws on account of three years ab
sence of their husbands, as contemplated by
this act, to wit: “I do solemnly swear or
affirm that my husband has been absent from
this -taie three years, that I have resided
the three last years in this state, except ab
sent on lawful business, and am now a res
ident in this district, that I have not put in
’ my name for a draw in the approaching land
lottery in any other part oi the state, and
that I have not drawn any tract of land in
the former land lotteries, either in my indi
’ vidua! capacity, or as an individual orphan,
to the best of my knowledge and belief—So
help me God.” The following oath shall
be administered to the mother or next friend
i of any minor or family of minors who may
be entitled to a draw or draws on account of
three years absence of their father as con
templated by the act, to wit: ‘-Ido solemn
ly swear that the minor or family of minors
whom I now return is or are entitled to a
draw or draws under this acl to the be9t cf