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LAWS the United States.
PUBLISHED
BY AUTHORITY.,
; TO
AT THB SECOND SESSION,
Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the
slate of Pamfyloama, on Manda,, the third of
November, 1794. „
An AR to authorize a grant of lands
to the French inhabitants of Galliop
olis, and other purposes therein men
tioned.
e DE it enabled b, the Senate
* C| D and House of Representa
tives of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled, That the Prefix
dent of the United States shall be &
fa is hereby authorized and empow
ered to cause to be purveyed in the
.territory north weftof the Ohio, #
tra&of land situate on the northerly
bank of the river Ohio, beginning
one mile and a half on a straight line
above the mouth of Little Sandy,
thence down the said river Ohio a
long the courses thereof eight milea,
when reduced to straight line, thence
at right angles from each extremity
of the faid.line, so a# to include the
quantity of twenty four thousand a
, ere# of land, to be disposed at herein
after directed.
Sec. 2. Andje it farther enabled,
Th#the Prefideot be authorized to
cause to be afeertained the number of,
'French inhabitants and actual fettler#j
of the town or settlement of Galli- 1
opolis, being males above eighteen
years ofage or widows who argor shall
be within the said town or settlement
of Galliopolii, on the firft day of No
vember next.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled,
That the Proficient of the United
States, fall be, and he is hereby au
thorized and empowered to issue let
ter! patent in the name and under the
seal of the United States thereby
granting to John Gabriel Gervais, &
his heirs, four thouhtnd acres of land,
part of the said twenty four thousand
acres, to be located on the north weft
bank of the river Ohio, opposite to
the mouth of the_Little Sandy, with
condition to the said letters patent,
that if the said John Gabriel Gervais,
or hit heirs, shall not personally with
in three year# from the date of #
r fame patent, fettle bn tbe fame trad
of land, and there continue fettled
for three years next thereafter, the
• : fame letters patent, shall be void and
determine, and the title thereof reveft
^fohe United States, as if this law
Wto fa paffed.^^^^l
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled,
That the President of the United
States, shall be and he is hereby au
thorized and empowered to cause to
farveved laid off and divided, the
remaining twenty thousand acres of
land residue of the twenty ffi thou
find acres, into as many lots or parts
as the taoal fallen of G#fl
shall on the afcertainmern aforelaid.
' amount to, and the fame to be desig
nated. marked and numbered on,;
plat thereof, to be returned to the
Secretary of the laid territory, togeth
fyh 1 certificate of the courfa of
th, fridtots. the said lots or parts of
>% ^id 1% to beamed to
the falters aforefaid by lot. And
& Prefidegt of the United States is
NEWHAMPSHIRF PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY RUSSELL AND DAVIS, AT CONCOKD.
[VOLUME III.]
hereby authorized and empowered to
issue letters patent as aforefaid to the
said actual fettiers and their heirs, for
the said twenty thoufsod acres to be
held by them in fev&slty in lots to
be defignaced and described by their
numbers on the plat aforefaid, with
condition in the fafae letters patent,
that if one or more of the said gran
teel. his or her heirs or assigns, shall
not within five years from the date
of the fame letters, make or cause &
procure to be made an actual settle
ment on the lot or lots assigned to
him, tier or them, and the fame con
tinue for five years thereafter, that
then the said letters patent, so far as
concerns the said lot or lots not fet
tled and continued to be fettled as a
forefaid," shall ceife and determine &
the title thereof shall reveft in the U
nited States in the fame manner as if
this law had not passed.
Sec. 5, And be it further enabled,
That nothing in this aft shall be tak
en or considered in any manner to
impair or affe& the claims of the said
settlers against any person or persons
for or by reason of any contrasts
hertofore made by them, but that
the fame contrasts shall be and re
main in the fame state as if this law
had not passed.
Approved, March 3, 1795. .
George WaJhington.
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ImAa making prhvijion for the par
pofes of trade with /fee Indians,
BE it enabled b, the Senate and House
of Reprefentatroes of tbe United States
of America, in Congress afabled, That
a sum not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars be appropriated to the pur
chase of goods for supplying the In
dians within the limits of the United
States, for theyear one thousand fev>
en hundred and ninety five ; and that
^ : ^e of such goods be made under
che- direction of the Prefideot of the
Udi ted States.
Approve!, March 3, 1795-
George IVafhington.
l Aa for the more general promulga
tion of the lams of the United Slates.
S:c. i. BEit enabled b, tbe Senate
and House of Representatives of the V
jnited States of America, in Congress as
fembled, That, for the more general
promulgation of the laws of the U
nited States, the Secretary for the de
partment of State shall, after the end
of thepsi session of Congress, cause
to be printed and collated at the pub
lic expense, a compleat edition of the
laws of the United States, compnf.
irig the constitution of the United
&ata, the public Athen in force,
and the treaties, together with an in
dex to the fame. :
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled,
, That four thousand five hunted cop.
ies of the said edition shall be divided
by,the said Secretary, among the re
fpe&ive States, and the territories
.northwest and fouth of the river O
hio, according to the rule for appor
tioning representatives ; and that the
proportion of each State or territory
shall be tranfmittflby the said Secre
tary to the governor or supreme ex
ecutive msgiftrate thereof, to be de
pofijed in (uch fixed and convenient
ptein each county, or other fubor.
dicae civil divifo of (uch ft&e&
CONCORD, F R:I D AY, MAY 22, 1795.
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r+v-rarorc umuwMilinal w • —
territory, as the executive or legifla
cure thereof (hall deem most condu
cive to the general information of the
people : and that five hundred copie#
lof the laid edition be reserved for the
future disposition of Congress.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled,
sto the ads passed at each foecced
ing session of Congress, including fu
ture treaties, shall be printed and dis
tributed, in like manner and propor
tion.
1 Approved, March 3, 1795.
George WaJbi region:
FREE THINKER versus VERITAS.
for the FEDERAL MIRROR.
MR. Veritas fays he proved, or
at leift endeavoured to prove,
that the whole of the human race
were not finally saved ; and at best it
was but a poor weak endeavour. He
may try until he is as old as Methuse
lah, as he said in one of his publica
tions, and he Cannot prove it ; un
less he firft proves the scriptures falfe ;
which he appears very anxious to do,
by asserting that they are not to be
taken laterally, and do not mean as
ghey fay : did I know that to be the
case, I would reject them all in a
lump, as not beings indeed and in
truth the word of God, but I am per
. Juried that God does not mean to
mock his creatures, by laying one
thing to them, and at the fame time
did not mean as he said ; for that
would be cloathing him with a garb
of bfackaefi and deceit—but I do
really believe the scriptures to be a
compart of truth, and I can view a
perfeft chain of consistency in them,
taking them as they stand recorded ;
but if Mr. Veritas cannot, I don't
pretend to condemn him for that, tor
where there is but little given, there
cannot with propriety be but little re
quired—but I think him blame wor
thy, for cohsradiaing the truth, be
fore he knows the truth. Mr. Veri
tas finch fault that I have not endeav
oured to (how the incooclufivenefs
of his argument ; Were I to under
take I (tyould not treat his quotations
as he does mine ; 1 Ihouirf not fay
they are not co be taken litterally ;
flhobld not alledge falfehood against
them or their author ; JShould not
fay where' they mention everlasting
punilhment they mean everiafting
happiness ; no, by no means. lam
accused of heaping up great numbers
of verses and half verses and detach,
ed paflages ; it is true, but I did not
take them from John Calvin, nor
Granney ; but I took them from the
fcriptuie; and Veritas confeffes that
they have #,fltew of univerfefity,
and in the next word contrad^i g
far he fays, in his humble opinion,
they are nothing to my purpose to
prove that oilmen will be finally far
ed ; they are all capable of a ration
al answer, and the aofwer he gives
them is, that they are not to be tak
en litterally ; which ineffence is they
are not to be taken a# truth, but as,
lie ; but if it is left with Mr. Ven
arw define tbe feto, CT*
determine what paffsges mean as tney
% and what do norland to deter
mine the state oft ata death,
must sfk his pardon, at I have never
I heard of his appointment. Mr. Ver.
was faye, if you would find cut a man,
[ go home with him ;,he may deceive
you abroad by hit outward gub and
appearance ; ?$ much as to lay, if we
take the f raptures #lthey stand re
corded, we may be deceived by them.
& think it a very high charge against
Christ and his witnesses, to accuse
them of. a deception. Mr. Veritas
fays I quote Prov. 16. 4. The Lord
hath made all things for himfelf—
and finds fault that I omitted the
latter part, which fays, yea, and even
the wicked for the day of evil, I
would sfk him if the former pare of
the verse is cot true ? I conceive he
will aofwer yet. I allo grant the lat
ter part to be equally as true ; yea,
and even the wicked for the day of
evil, is that of an eternity of punish
ment ; I suppose he will fay it meahs
so, chough it does not txprefsly fay
so. I think it a great thing to be a
just interpreter—the apostle fays, fee
then that you walk circumfpeai,,
not as fools, but as wife, redeeming^
the time because the days are evil. It
is evident that God made all the hu
man race, as creatures of this world,
for a Ihort continuance, and this
world is full of evil ; the inhabitants
thereof are all doing evil • ,there is no
man that liveth and fioneth not, of
whatsoever character, class or de
nomination ,so thatall are evil : and •
it the tore cited day of evil means an
eternity of punilhmeot, it is evident
that all the human race without dif
cindion mutt fuffer it; but that f -
conceive cannot be the meaning of
the wife Solomon, he could not refer
to any thing more than while in this
world of evil: Howbeit, Solomon
lived in the time when all men were
under the law ; but we live under tbe
gospel ; and the wages of fin is death
—yet the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord—And
the apostle declares in positive terms,
that God does not impute trespasses
to men, — but they afe imputed to
Christ our furety—for he fays, If any ,
man fin, we have an advocate with
the Father, even Christ the righteous ;
and he is a propitiation for our fins,
aqd not for ours only, but also for the
fiosof the whole world —therefore the
fins of the whole world are imputed
.to him, and not to men. If this does
not suit you, Mr. V, don't growl at .
me, but growl at him who iofpired
hi# witnesses to put them thus on re
cord. .
Mr, V, fay#, wretched must that
cause be, which needs such unfair
means of fupport —I would ask the
candid public, who takes the most un
fair means to support their cause, he
who asserts that the scriptures are an
absolute truth, and that the, do adu
ally mean as they fay, and that there
is not, neither can there be, any kind
of deception in them ; or he who pos
itively declares they are not to be ta
ken literally ? that % that they are
not to be taken, neither do they mean,
as they fay-Stitch can be nothing^
^ffiort of taxing the Father, the Son, r
and all theirmcoeffe^ with an abfo
^^^^^
to support their cause. * Surely Mr V.
most bring in httverdia a
gainftj^e latter ; and I should think
[number 135.]