The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-09-11 00:00:00, page 1

Laws of the U. States.
B Ne R R R
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it AN-ACT
Régulating the, Post Office: ERtablithment.
[ Concluded from our lafi ]
S Sac. 28. And b: it further enald:d,
That the Postmaster General beaun
thorifed to allow to the poltmafiers
refpe@ively such commiflion on the
monies arising from the poflages of
letters and packsts as {hall be ade.
quate to their reipeétive services and
expenses : Diovided, That the fad
commiflion shall not =xceed thirty per
cent. on the fitft hundred dollats, col
le&ed ip ope quarter, and twenty five
per csnt, on & sum over ong bundred
and pot more thaf three hundred ;
.anagta’rcmy per cent. 6n any fam over
four hundred and not exceeding twd
thousand dolfars ; and eight per tent.
on any sum collected, being over two
thoufznd dollars ; cxcgpt“t‘o’.‘d}e pn(l
malters who miy be emgloyed in're
ceiving and dispatching foreign atails,
whof: compensation may be augmeat
ed, not exceeding twenty.five. dollars
in vae quarter, - and excepting to the
po;&-rhaﬂgig‘at'oﬁ{’ces,, where the mail
is regularlyto arri ?g,fb,ét_{vqegftb‘é‘ hoiirs
of nine o’clock at xﬁg_ﬁt. and five in the
morning ; whose commission on the
6¢l bundred dollgrs, colle@ted iff one
quarter, may be /increased to 'a sum
not exceeding ﬁf}’y,p’&r cent.” The post
maft:r genaral /may allow to the post.
-masters tcfa;éﬁ/wiyf a commission of
Bty berﬂ‘g?(t’; on the monies arising
“from the ppltage of newspapers, mag
azines and. patphlets ; and ‘to the
polt masters, whoie compensation thall
not exgzeed five hundred dollars, in
one Qmarier, two cents for evéry free
letter delivered out of the office ex
cept such as are for' the pr& master
himfelf ; and each post master
who shall be required to keep'a regifs
ter of the arrival and depatture of
the mails, thall be allowed ten centd
for each monthly return which he
makes thereof tothe general post office
Séc. .29, And be it further esadizd,
That if any poltmaller or ogher per
@n authorifed to reccive :lie postage
6'&lc‘tgc,r,;sf{a'gfa‘__‘dx»p:{é:it;ggtfgé‘il negleét. or
refuefe o rendes Hisacoaunts, and pay
puanio e polt master general the
balance by him due at theend of every
three months, it-shall be the duty of
the post master general to caule 4
suit to be commenced against the per
sons fa negleéting or refufing : 4nd if
the polt malter general fhali not cause
such suits to be commenced Within
fix moaths, from the end of every
fuch-thres months, the balances due
from every fisch. deligquent shall be
charged to.an recoverable from’ the
P Malter General That all suits
“which thall be_herzafier, commenced
" for the recovery of debts or balances
due to the geperal post office, whethier
they appear by bond or obligations
made io the yame of the exifting’ of
apg preceling Post mafier Generel, or
tberwife, fiallbe inflitited in the
“flame of the Poftmalter Getieral of
~_the United States.” "That certified
_copies ander the seal of the general
“poll fice of the accounts current of
e lovra polaslers afc e fime
“fpll have been examined and acjul
ed at that office shall bwdm&w
exidence in.all futs broyght by the
“Poltmalter, General for the recovery
“of balances or debts duefrom post male
_ters, and in like manner copies of fuct
_accounts current as are lodged in the
“office of the. Ragfﬁcrvﬁ*ﬁ"f
cerlified by the Regifler ‘under the
seal of his office, thall -be admitied as
ARG T sb B A R
e, g 0 And be it further onadld,
“Tha mwgww%wfw person
‘who. thall receive, add open, or dil
“patch miils, b/l pegledt woirender ac
| conts thereof £t one month after the
“vime, and guinne. prefeiised by Iw,
“and by che Polimailer Generalis in
“frudtion ;mnfbrmab’@éhﬁmﬁ
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“thon ithcfoh 3 the coure aßd
“récovered by the Poftmafler
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[No. 41,<Vor. LVi]
s o T - A e e S el e s o » " el AN e R TR RT L T UGN .PR LT S
PORTSHMOUTH : { Nsw-Haursinzs ) Posrsusp sy W, WEEKS«<Peinter 10 v9B STATE, awo Prixter 67 vwe LAWS oy rus Unizep Srtates
o e e D ibt g i ittt Ll iobe Sl B A B 8 SPl3o 2g iy e-sSR eR R TR T s B - .
for the fame, and the other Lalf to the
use of the United States. ke
Sec: 320 dnd beiit further enalled,
That it fﬁs‘a‘{ibe lawful for. the post
ma ter gmcral to. make . praovifion,
where it may be peceflary, for theire
ceipt of all Jateers and packers intend:,
ed t 0 be eanveyed by any ship or veffek
heyond {33, or from any port in the
UuitedStites to another port therein ;
and the Jetters {5 received {hill be
formed in%o a mail, sealed up and di
refted to the pallmafter of the port to
which fush fh'p ori vessel shall be
bouad. - And for every letter or p-;a’ck.
et so reciived, there:, shall be paid at
the gime il dts reception, a postage of
one centy which ifhail be for theufe
of the polimallers relpeively receiv-.
ing the fame. And . abe: paGmalier.
geacral may make arrangemsent with
the post mailars is any foreigo country,
'for the reciprocal receipt and delivery
of letters and packets through the post
offices, e e Sl
Szc 33 And be it further enafled, That
-the poftmalters and the persons em
ployed in the transportation of the
‘mail, {hall be exempt fiom militia
-dgties, and serving ow juaries or
any fine or penalty for negleé there
ks i : % i : |
. 3¢ec. 34.. And be it farther enafled, That
}zt'ter'garrictsihal_l’ oe employedat such
poll officés as the polt master general
thall dire&, for the deliyery of letters
in the places refpedtively where such
_poit offices are eltablithed ; and for
the delivery of each such letter the
letter cirrier may receive of the per
son to whom the delivery is made,
two cents : Provided, [That no letter
{hall be delivered to such letter carrier
for diftrabution, addressed o any per
son who shall have lodged at the polt
office 2 written request that his letrers
shall be detained in the office. And
for every letter lodgéd at any polt
office aot to be carried by polt, but to
be delivered at the place where it isto
be {o lodged, the post malter fhll re
ceive one cent of the person to whom
it shall be delivered.” -~ .
T e 35 __'Arz‘a’ be it further enaided, ‘That
all causes of a&ion arifiog under this
&& may be sued, and all offenders a
gainlt this a& may be prosecuted, be- -
fore justices of the peace, magistrates
or other. judizial, courts of the sev
eral {tates aad of ihie feweral territoties
of the United States, they having
eompstent jurifdidion by ¢he” laws of
such fatey or tercitoriesto the trial of
claims and demands of as great_valus,
-and ‘of the “profccutions where the
puniliments are of as great extent 3
and such jultices, magistrates or judi
ciary shalt taks “cognizance thereof,
and proceed to_judgment ang execu
tion as ip othercafes.
. Sec 35 Aud . 5{_,,,-it Sfurther enalled, That |
in all suits or causes arising under
this a&,the court shall proceedito trial,
and render " judgment the {firflt term
after Toch suits thall be commenced :
provided always, that whenever ser
vice of ahe process shall not have been
‘made twenty days at least previous to
the return day of such term, the de.:
fendant shall be_entitled to. one con
tiagance, {F the court oo the flatement
of such defendant shall jndge .it exper
dient ; Provided-also that if the de
fendant in fach suits shall makesf
davit that he has a claim againf the
general post office, not allowed by the
‘poltmafier ‘general, although submit.
ted to him conformably to the regu
lations. of the post office, and shall
Ipecify such claim in. the affidavit,
-and that he could not be prepared for
the grial at such term for want of ev--
AdbEsthie 2aks 36 Cach cal-beidg it~
ified i those refpe@s, may graota_
coatinuance until the next succeeding
Skc. 7. Aud be it fursher enafled, That
LG thie duty of the potmaller -
‘every polt road which fthall not, after
S B which has nob, aiter
thefecond yea frem its eflablithment, .
have produced one. third of the ex
pescupl CPiing | the Wil on the
ARIRRE R G T T T
800 48 dad deit further enatd, That
L SR e doputy.
poftmafier at the city of Wathington,
»fdrhiﬁ ordinary expences, incur
red inthe discharge of -the duties of
DA sl compen atin,
at therate of 0¥ thousand do'l "”"'ﬁ"
el aice Mheis hcnt. e
ﬁ««x« k » - .‘f* 5 “
Ll g e
said generals, any letter or ‘packat,
relating fol=ly to. the militia of such
state o 1 territory ¢ Provided always,
Thatevery fu-h offizer before he de,
livers-any (ach letters aor package for
tranfmithon, thall in his ewn proper
hand writing oo the onifide vhereof,
_endorfe the gature of the papers en.
closed, and there to. Tubfiribe his
nante and office, and {hail previcully
furnith the postmaster of the office,
wlhere be thall deposit the fume, with
a specimen of his signature : And if
any fuchcfhcer shell trapk any letrer
or ‘package in which tha#t be contain
ed any thing relative ) any fulj-&
‘other than of the miiitia of {uch &ate
Qv territary, every offvader. {inil, on
convidtion .of ewery such - offifce,
facteivandipny d Rueqf i v dolars:.
- Sec. 20, dud. be . it fartber encéied; That
from & afier the thirtich day of . Bep
tember next, whentver the annual
erpoiument of any, poitmafllar, after
dedudting therefrom the cxpenditures
Jncident to huis office, shall amount to
more than two thouland dollars, the
{urplut thall be ‘accounted for and
pai‘&? to the politmafter gereral, and
by him to be accounted for in the
{amae manner as other monies accru
ing from the post cffice eftablifh
men_t;. : : . .
SeC. 41, Aad be it further enalled; 'Thet
every depuiy poltmalter, the receipts
of whose office exceeds ore thouland
dollars a year, thall, on the last day of
September in each year, tras{mit to
the poltmalter general of the? United
States a Ratement ‘of the expenses of
the office under -his dir:¢tion, of the
number of clerks, with the time they
have been severally employed there.
in,and their refpeftive names and apes
. See. g 42. And be it further enated,
That from and after the firlt day of
June next, the second fedtion of an a&,
ensitled “an adl to eftablith, the post
offica '2nd psolk roads «w_f_t?iin_ the Uaited
Stares.” approved on the eighth day
of May, woe thousand-seven hundred
and Binc(y {()llF, :md an d‘ft entitled
“an a& to enablifh'the post oflice of
the United Stares,”” approved on the
second day of March, ode thonfand
{even hundred and njnety npine, and
all other a&s'and pans . of aéts. here.
tofore passed for the' regulation and
government of the general pott cifize, -
gnd of the pofimdfier peueral and
other officers and agents employed in
faiu office, shall be and the fame ars
hereby repealed : Provided that an
ad, entitled ““ am a& conceriing pub.
lig contraéts,” approved ou the twenty
firft day of April, one thousand eight -
hundred and eight, thall remain in full
force, and 0o polt road heretofore ef
tablifbed shall be discontinued by this
at : Provided alfo,That nothing here
in contained shall be confirued to
exonerate any person who fhaiil not
have performed the duty, or who
shall have violated any of the pra.
hibitions contained in the said alls
from suits or piofecutions, but as to
all bonds, contraéts, debts, demands,
rights, penalties and punishments,.
which have Been made, have arisen, -
or have been incurred, or which shall
be made,arife, or be incurred previous
to the firft day of June nest, the said
adts shall bave the fame force and ef
fect asthough this act, had rot been.
made. - Provided likswi, that. the
poftmaltcr general, aflitant pofmatter
general, deputy poltmafiers, contrac
tors for carrying the mail, and others
employed under the aforefaid ads, -
fﬁawﬁ"ﬂtmﬂﬂébﬁld their foveral
offices, appointments and trafts, until -
they are otherwise removed, any thing «
herein contained that ‘ﬁlght be con.
ftrued to the contrary natwithftand- .
ing ; and also the bonds which they
or either. of them have given .or may
give for. the faithful execation of their
eyskgl diiss _sid - ofiica. halbkog:
tinue 16 have the fame force and es. .
%;n&wanabg;rd““
. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1 FJOHN CAILLARD, “= 50 % |
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* April 30, 1810.~~aPPROVED, 0 |
Ao A AMES MaDISON.
i e Aﬁvﬁ A
To prescribe the mode i which appliéation
bﬁ‘:*fg“ﬂmm"“%w
the several land offiees ; wwﬂ
o MEERE Joeb Cartebar .~o oo ghe 7]
B Dt g e
jimw s S g, P g i e
offices of the United Statenfor the purchase
G e e R O SO R
AN ACT . ‘
Further to provide for the refagecs from the
.- Britith provinces of Canada ' #nd Nova
{ - ®cotia, and for othcr purposes. =- -
; BE it enaled by the Senate and House of Rapre'.
Sentatives of the United States {of Amevica in
Cougrefs " o Tembled, 'Vhat all persons having
claims ugder the resolutions of Congress,
paficd the twenty shird day of April, one
-thousand seven hundred ‘and eighty three,
2nd the thirteenth of Aprik ore thousand
seven hundred and eighty five, as refugees
from the Britith provinces of Canada and
“Nova Scotia, fhalftranfmit to'the war office,
within two years afier the pafling of this.
act, a jult and true account of their claims
to the bounty of Congress. .
- B&c. o, And be it Surther - enalted That
no other person thall be entitled to the bead
efits of thie provisions of this a&, than those
of the following descriptions, or their wid
ows and heirs, viz Firlt, thole heads of fam
ilics and single persons, not members of any
such familics, who were residents in one of
the provinces aforefaid, prior to the fonrth
. day of July, one thouland seven hundred
and seventy fix, and who abandéned their
fettiemcunds; in consequence of having given
aid to the nnited colonies or states, in the
“revolutionary war, against Great Britain, or
with intcntion to give such aid, aud con
tinued in the United States, orn their fer- -
vice during the said war, and did pot return
to refide’in the dominions of the king of
Great Britain, prior to the twenty fifth day
of November one thousand seven hundred
and eighty three. Secondly, the widows
and heirs of all such persons as were adtually
residents as aforefaid, who abaadencd their
settlements as aforefaid, snd died within the
“‘United States, or in their (ervice during the i
said war ; aod thirdly, all persons who were
imembers of familics at the time of theif |
_coming into the Uaited States, and who 'l
during the war entered.into their ferviee i |
Sec. 3. MAudde it further: enafid 'Thit
the proof of the {everal circuniftawnees necefs
fary to entitie the applicantsio the bencfits
of thig act, may be taken before -a judge of -
the supreme or diflivifk conrt of the United
States:or a judge of the supreme ot superi
or court, or the firft justice or firlt judge of
the court Hf OMMon pleas, or the county
court of any fate;, ! : :
; Sec, 4 ‘4’”‘/{ be i?}‘fbef' edaﬁed, That~
at the expication of fifteen nionths frem and '
after the pissing of this act, and from time
to time thereafter/it fball be the daiy of
the secretary -of the department of war, to
lay such evidence of claims as he may have
received before the secretary and comptrol.
ler of the treasury, and with them proceed.
to examine the tecltimony, and give their
judgment what qbantity oi land ounght to |
be allowed to th: individual’ claimants, in
proportion to the degree of their respective i
services, facrifices and fufferings, "in confe- |
quence of their attachment to ‘the caule of
the United Statds ; allowing to those of the
firft class a quantity not:exceeding one thou
sand acres, and to the last clafs.a quantity
ot exceeding one hundred, making such
intermediate’ clafles, as’ the refoiations a- |
forefaid, and distributive jultice may io their
judgmesgt require, and make report thereof .
to Congress. - And in- cale any such claim
ant, shall bave futained such lofles and fuf
ferings, or perfbrmed such services for the
United States, that he cannot justly be'clafl.
ed in any oue "general class, a separate re
pore shall be made of his circum@tances, to- -
gether with the quaitity of land that ought .
t 0 be allowed him, having referencecto the |
forcgoing ratio : Provided, That in confider
jug what comipenfation ought to be ade
by virtue of this ack, all grants, exeept mil-.
itary grants, which may have beea made by |
the Unired States or individual slates, shall
ke considered 'at the jult value thercof, at|
the time the fame were made IcfpeQively,
cithet jn whole or in part, as the cafc may
be, a fatisfadtion tothofe who may bave re- |
wcived the fame : Provided also, That po
claim under this law, Thall be affigaable, |
uatil after veport made tq Congress as afore
the persons catitled to the benefit of chis. |
- Sec. §1 o And bé. it further, erafied, That
all claims in yirtue of said rclolutions of |
Congress, which fhall_udt Be exhibited as
%&Em&mmﬁmﬁfﬁ%w Nathee,
AL oo thir o B baal by
ided, That no patent fhail-be iffucd to any -
sperfon who may hereafer cßablith it
‘claim uader the said a& -until he produce |
farisfadtory evidence to the secretary ofd e
?ﬁ#ﬂyzﬁf fieis at the me thicu belpg, g
1 resident "'ng A
i wefident within the United States. - &
s o B VARNUM Ao w 8
o Speaker of dhe Byl AL TReitetiet
\United Staiesy and"Frefidaat o/ S 8 goustes s o}
gl e T
&s@%&@“ sl LB e
e R AU Sl S &R AN SR T
ter by the proper npmber of the fetions,
half sections, or'quarter (a 3 the case may
bed and for the town(hip and range, fub
{cribing his name thereto; which memoran- |
dum the regilter (hall file and peclerve in
bas office, Ry '
-SEL: 2. And be i further enafsd, That
Joab Garrer thall be permizted to withdraw
his entry, made on the second day of Sep
tember, ane thousand eight -hundred and
{even, at the Jand office at Vincennes, frofm
the porth weft quartcr fc@ion, number two,
towithip number foven. south ranse num
ber seven well ; and the money paid by -
bim on the said entry shall e placed tobis
credit, On-any 'purcha{} ‘he thall, o m;'\y_‘
biave inade of public laud in the fame dis-
PR, ~ e e
J B VARNUM, ;
: Si-({lit’r qf‘tb; Hw,;fe o_ﬁße,bt_-r/;_'nfaiiwq;. !
. GEOQ : CLINTON, iz Piifideat of the
United Staies cnd Puj/?d;;.‘t, of the Senate,
_ Febiuary 14, 1800~ areroven, :
Losdomas ant G TANEES MADISON,?
LTWO DOLLS, PER ANNUM. ]
€ven a change for the better is often
~ received for a season ‘with difapproba:
tion by honest and disinterested men.
- How much more fitted was fach a
change, as that whi¢h Orleans under
went, to excite and inflame the pafl
sons of bad men, who owed all their
‘wealth and consequence to the corrupt
pradtices, not merely tolerated, and
couatenanced by the previous admin
‘trations. - That such ‘men and the
swarm of adventurers that flocked to
gether frem every corner of the union
thould flrive to fan every lurking
¢mber into a {lame, that they should -
I¢vile and endeavor to appal * the up
right triends "and organs ¢f the new
government, and produce extensive
misconceptions ‘as well within as
without the territory is extremely pa.
{ tural. 60730 \\ ;
It is, however, fortunately |the
nature of truth and justice “eventual
ly to triumph over the wiles an . op
position of their enemies; :gd of
time, which tries every thing, to dis
play men and measures in their true
OORe. o el 8
- It is not intended to affirm that the
administration of the public affairs in
thre territory of Orlganshas beed fanlt.
less. It is extremely probable, on the
contraty. that érrors bia wo btomg o -
mitted, at which good men thave re
volted, and which have produced in
their ‘minds ‘a temporary alienation
fsom tire government of the Usited
Statés. * But it is boldly aveérred that
the motives of the government have
been-invariably upright, and the gen.'
eral course of measures wife, liberal,
and ' conciliatory. If we are called
upon for proofs of this, we refer to the
undisputed prosperity of every clafs’
of the community and to their fpon
tanecus declarations us devotion to the
American union, re/pe& for the'gene
ral adminiftiration, and attachment to
its local organs. . Previous to the late
departure of Governor Claiborne
from:New Orleans; the city council
of New Orleans, as the readers of the
public prints have seen, presented to
him an address, upanimoufly adop
ted which concludes with the follow
lag emphatic and comprehensive lan-
BERe e LRI T
- *¢ Be so good, fir, as to become the
medium of conveying. our refpedtful
sentiments 10 government ; please to
‘affure the Ezecutive of our attach
‘ment to the American union, and be
persuaded that the gratitude with -
which we are imPf;Sﬂ'ed for your fer: -
vices will lak as long as the Temem
brance of your virtues.” = e
ge at the fame time feceived ad:
dreflesyall expressing the fame politi
cawaaperfei&!?@mmﬁwm ¥
officers of the militia, and the planters
in the vicinity of New-Orleang. - =
With regard to the *8'3"??".
proof of “@ﬂ“’ﬁg in these volun
tary declarations of the most refpec.
fay, that since its annexation to the
United States the! ptice of Jand * hus
sifen at leal three fold, “and in some
vafes~ ten fold, the population been
dotibled, and the exportations more
themrcbb&smﬁkmgmm&g
Zﬁfthte@““m has found in the
iied Bratere Mice gl ket ol
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gt &swm@eemﬁg‘*
Foou e SR e g
From the Natisnal f?{.’elfiszer. <
T erritory of Orlzans.—lt mult be
caule of sincere gratification to every
friend of his_country, to learn_that
the tarritory of ‘Orlcuns has, at no
pre’cetiing period, displayed more ng
merohis and unequivocal evideaces of
prosperity than at the present time.
Whef, to this, it is added, that a great
mzjdity of the people, and especially
of the planters, are warmly atrached
to the frmerican union, and to the ex
isting administration, local as well as
genfral, we have the singular good
fortyne of baving real ifed every ra
tionil expedtation entertatned arthe
acquisition of this important country.
That there should have exilted mo
meatary difcoptents in this territory
is by no means furprifiog. . The an
without linding the instance of a soli
tary colony,in. which, for a fhert pe-
Jlod after its transfer from one nation
to -another, there "has not prevailed
fonte diffuisfadlion.” ¥ndeed,man is (o
much “the creature of habit, that