The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-11-13 00:00:00

ENQUIRER EXTRA.
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1807.
By Authority.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
An ACT to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into the United States or the territories thereof from any foreign kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of color, with intent to hold, sell, or dispose of such negro, mulatto, or person of color, as a slave, or to be held to service or labor.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That no citizen or citizens of the United States, or any other person, shall, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, for himself or themselves, or any other person whatsoever, either as master, factor or owner, build, fit, equip, load or otherwise prepare any ship or vessel, in any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, nor shall cause any ship or vessel to sail from any port or place within the same, for the purpose of procuring any negro, mulatto, or person of color, from any foreign kingdom, place, or country, to be transported to any port or place whatsoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, to be held, sold, or disposed of as slaves, or to be held to service or labor: and if any ship or vessel shall be so fitted out for the purpose aforesaid, or shall be caused to sail so as aforesaid, every such ship or vessel, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted and condemned in any of the circuit courts or district courts, for the district where the said ship or vessel may be found or seized.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That all and every person so building, fitting out, equipping, loading, or otherwise preparing or sending away, any ship or vessel, knowing or intending that the same shall be employed in such trade or business, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, or any ways aiding or abetting therein, shall severally forfeit and pay twenty thousand dollars, one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and the other moiety to the use of any person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , If any citizen or citizens of the United States, or any person resident within the jurisdiction of the same, shall, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, take on board, receive or transport from any of the coasts or kingdoms of Africa, or from any other foreign kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, in any ship or vessel, for the purpose of selling them in any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States as slaves, or to be held to service or labor, or shall be in any ways aiding or abetting therein, such citizen or citizens, or person, shall severally forfeit and pay five thousand dollars, one moiety thereof to the use of any person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect: and every such ship or vessel in which such negro, mulatto, or person of colour, shall have been taken on board, received, or transported as aforesaid, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods and effects which shall be found on board the same, shall be forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned in any of the circuit courts or district courts in the district where the said ship or vessel may be found or seized. And neither the importer, nor any person or persons claiming from or under him, shall hold any right or title whatsoever to any negro, mulatto, or person of color, nor to the service or labour thereof, who may be imported or
brought within the United States, or territories thereof, in violation of this law, but the same shall remain subject to any regulations not contravening the provisions of this act, which the legislatures of the several states or territories at any time hereafter may make, for disposing of any such negro, mulatto or person of color.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That if any citizen or citizens of the United States, or any other person resident within the jurisdiction of the same, shall, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, take on board any ship or vessel, from any of the coasts or kingdoms of Africa, or from any other foreign kingdom, place or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, with intent to sell him, her, or them, for a slave, or slaves, or to be held to service or labor, and shall transport the same to any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, and there sell such negro, mulatto, or person of color, so transported as aforesaid, for a slave, or to be held to service or labor, every such offender shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted before any court having competent jurisdiction, shall suffer imprisonment for not more than ten years, nor less than five years, and be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars, nor less than one thousand dollars.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That if any person or persons whatsoever, shall, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, purchase or sell any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, for a slave, or to be held to service or labor, who shall have been imported, or brought from any foreign kingdom, place, or country, or from the dominions of any foreign state, immediately adjoining to the United States, into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, after the last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven, knowing at the time of such purchase or sale, such negro, mulatto, or person of color, was so brought within the jurisdiction of the United States, as aforesaid, such purchaser and seller shall severally forfeit and pay for every negro, mulatto, or person of color, so purchased or sold as aforesaid, eight hundred dollars; one moiety thereof to the United States, and the other moiety to the use of any person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect: Provided , That the aforesaid forfeiture shall not extend to the seller or purchaser of any negro, mulatto, or person of color, who may be sold or disposed of in virtue of any regulation which may hereafter be made by any of the legislatures of the several states in that respect, in pursuance of this act, and the constitution of the United States.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That if any ship or vessel shall be found, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, in any river, port, bay, or harbor, or on the high seas, within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, or hovering on the coast thereof, having on board any negro, mulatto, or person of color, for the purpose of selling them as slaves, or with intent to land the same, in any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, contrary to the prohibition of this act, every such ship or vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods or effects which shall be found on board the same, shall be forfeited to the use of the United States, and may be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in any court of the United States, having jurisdiction thereof. And it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, and he is hereby authorized, should he deem it expedient, to cause any of the armed vessels of the United States to be manned and employed to cruise on any part of the coast of the United States, or territories thereof, where he may judge attempts will be made to violate the provisions of this act, and to instruct and direct the commanders of armed vessels of the United States, to seize, take and bring into any port of the United States, all such ships or vessels, and moreover to seize, take, and bring into any port of the United States, all ships or vessels of the United States, where soever found on the high seas, contravening the provisions of this act, to be proceeded against according to law, and the captain, master, or commander of every such ship or vessel, so found and seized as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be liable to be prosecut-
ed before any court of the United States, having jurisdiction thereof; and being thereof convicted, shall be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than two years, and not exceeding four years. And the proceeds of all ships and vessels, their tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the goods and effects on board of them, which shall be so seized, prosecuted and condemned, shall be divided equally between the United States and the officers and men who shall make such seizure, take, or bring the same into port for condemnation, whether such seizure be made by an armed vessel of the United States, or revenue cutter thereof, and the same shall be distributed in like manner, as is provided by law, for the distribution of prizes taken from an enemy: Provided , That the officers and men, to be entitled to one half of the proceeds aforesaid, shall safe keep every negro, mulatto, or person of color, found on board of any ship or vessel so by them seized, taken, or brought into port for condemnation, and shall deliver every such negro, mulatto or person of color, to such person or persons as shall be appointed by the respective states, to receive the same; and if no such person or persons shall be appointed by the respective states, they shall deliver every such negro, mulatto, or person of color, to the overseers of the poor of the port or place where such ship or vessel may be brought or found, and shall immediately transmit to the governor or chief magistrate of the state, an account of their proceedings, together with the number of such negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color, and a descriptive list of the same, that he may give directions respecting such negroes, mulattoes or persons of colour.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That no captain, master, or commander of any ship, or vessel, of less burthen than forty tons, shall, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, take on board and transport any negro, mulatto, or person of color, to any port or place whatsoever, for the purpose of selling or disposing of the same as a slave, or with intent that the same may be sold or disposed of to be held to service or labor, on penalty of forfeiting for every such negro, mulatto, or person of color, so taken on board and transported, as aforesaid, the sum of eight hundred dollars; one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and the other moiety to any person or persons, who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect: Provided , however, that nothing in this section shall extend to prohibit the taking on board or transporting on any river, or inland bay of the sea, within the jurisdiction of the United States, any negro, mulatto, or person of color, (not imported contrary to the provisions of this act) in any vessel or species of craft whatever.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That the captain, master, or commander of any ship or vessel of the burthen of forty tons or more, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, sailing coastwise, from any port in the United States, to any port or place within the jurisdiction of the same, having on board any negro, mulatto, or person of color, for the purpose of transporting them to be sold or disposed of as slaves, or to be held to service or labor, shall, previous to the departure of such ship or vessel, make out and subscribe duplicate manifests of every such negro, mulatto, or person of color, on board such ship or vessel, therein specifying the name and sex of each person, their age and stature, as near as may be, and the class to which they respectively belong, whether negro, mulatto, or person of color, with the name and place of residence of every owner, or shipper of the same, and shall deliver such manifests to the collector of the port, if there be one, otherwise to the surveyor, before whom the captain, master, or commander, together with the owner, or shipper, shall severally swear or affirm, to the best of their knowledge and belief, that the persons therein specified were not imported or brought into the United States, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and that under the laws of the state, they are held to service or labor; whereupon the said collector or surveyor shall certify the same on the said manifests, one of which he shall return to the said captain, master, or commander, with a permit, specifying thereon the number, names, and general description of such persons, and authorizing him to proceed to the port of his destination. And if any ship or
vessel, being laden and destined as aforesaid, shall depart from the port where she may then be, without the captain, master, or commander having first made out and subscribed duplicate manifests, of every negro, mulatto, and person of color, on board such ship or vessel, as aforesaid, and without having previously delivered the same to the said collector or surveyor, and obtained a permit, in manner as herein required, or shall previous to her arrival, at the port of her destination, take on board any negro, mulatto, or person of color, other than those specified in the manifests, as aforesaid, every such ship or vessel, together with her tackle, apparel and furniture, shall be forfeited to the use of the United States, and may be seized, prosecuted and condemned in any court of the United States, having jurisdiction thereof; and the captain, master, or commander of every such ship or vessel, shall moreover forfeit, for every such negro, mulatto, or person of color, so transported, or taken on board, contrary to the provisions of this act, the sum of one thousand dollars, one moiety thereof to the United States, and the other moiety to the use of any person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That the captain, master, or commander of every ship or vessel, of the burthen of forty tons or more, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, sailing coastwise, and having on board any negro, mulatto, or person of color, to sell or dispose of as slaves, or to be held to service or labor, and arriving in any port within the jurisdiction of the United States, from any other port within the same, shall, previous to the unlading or putting on shore any of the persons aforesaid, or suffering them to go on shore, deliver to the collector, if there be one, or if not, to the surveyor residing at the port of her arrival, the manifests certified by the collector or surveyor of the port from whence she sailed, as is herein before directed, to the truth of which, before such officer, he shall swear or affirm, and if the collector or surveyor shall be satisfied therewith, he shall thereupon grant a permit of unlading or suffering such negro, mulatto, or person of colour, to be put on shore, and if the captain, master, or commander of any such ship or vessel being laden as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifest at the time and in the manner herein directed, or shall land or put on shore any negro, mulatto, or person of color, for the purpose aforesaid, before he shall have delivered his manifest as aforesaid, and obtained a permit for that purpose, every such captain, master, or commander, shall forfeit and pay ten thousand dollars, one moiety thereof to the United States, the other moiety to the use of any person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
March 2, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT for the relief of George Little.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers liquidate and adjust with George Little the account of damages, interest and charges, in the case of the brig Flying Fish, captured by him while commander of the frigate Boston, in the service of the United States, during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and afterwards libelled in the district court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts; in which case judgment was ultimately rendered by the circuit court, in pursuance of a decision of the supreme court of the United States; and that so much as may be necessary for satisfying the same, be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
January 17, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.

TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Run away from the subscriber on the eleventh of this month, A LIKELY Negro Man, named DAVID, twenty years old, five feet, seven or eight inches high, is of a black complexion, spare made, and has a pleasing countenance, has a black spot on one of his fore teeth and commonly uses his left hand. He has a lump on his breast occasioned by a burn when a child. He is a tolerable Blacksmith. I expect he will endeavor to pass as a free man. I will give the above reward to any person for information of said Negro, so that I get him again. I do hereby forewarn all matters of vessels and others from harboring or carrying said Negro out of the state.
CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. Cumberland county, Oct. 23. oaw4w
THE SUBSCRIBER
RESPECTFULLY thanks those who have hitherto favored him with the tuition of their sons, and informs them and his friends generally, that his SCHOOL will be moved to his dwelling-house, the ensuing year; in which will be taught Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Geography, the Latin Language, Arithmetic and Surveying. The terms of tuition are, for Reading, Writing and Arithmetic ten dollars; English Grammar and Geography 15 dollars; Latin 25 dollars; Surveying 10 dollars. The School will commence about the 10th of January, and end about the 15th of December. There will be a vacation of about ten days at Whitsuntide, and again from the 15th of August to the 1st of September. He wishes to take 6 or 8 boarders: the terms of board are £20 a year, 25 dollars in advance, and each boarder is required to furnish his own bed. Parents who may think proper to board their sons with him, are assured that proper attention will be paid to them, and every exertion used to promote their education.
WALTER LEWIS, jun. Louisa, Oct. 23. oaw4w
TO BE SOLD,
At Hanover Court-House, on the 4th Wednesday in November next, being Court day, pursuant to a decree of the County Court of Hanover, (in which William Wingfield and others, legatees of John Wingfield, dec'd. are Plts. and Thomas Wingfield and others defts.)
A TRACT of LAND, belonging to the estate of the said dec'd. containing between 5 and 600 acres, lying and being in the county of Franklin and state of Kentucky. A credit of twelve months will be given the purchaser or purchasers, and a deed executed to him or them, with a special warranty, on entering into as many bonds with security, as there are legatees, payable to them respectively.
BY THE COMR'S. Sept. 19. law2m
WILL BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder, on Wednesday the 2d day of December next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the dwelling-house of the late David Patterson, in the county of Buckingham, about four miles below the town of Warminster.
TWENTY-FIVE NEGROES, on a credit of one, two and three years. The above Negroes are uncommonly valuable, and known to be so, by most of the neighbors. Bonds with approved security will be required. It is deemed necessary here to insert, that the Legatees, are not expected to purchase much, if any, of the above property.
REUBEN B. PATTESON, Only acting Ex'r. of David Patterson, dec'd. Oct. 23. oaw5w
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
In pursuance of a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, for the Richmond District, by consent of parties, the following property, belonging to the estate of James Anderson, dec'd. will be sold to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, to wit:
On Tuesday the 29th day of September next, THAT commodious and well situated HOUSE & LOT, on the main-street in the city of Williamsburg, at present occupied by Mrs. Camp. Also, two vacant half acre LOTS, near the Free School in the said city. The sale to be made on the premises.
On Monday the 14th day of Dec. following, That valuable HOUSE and LOT, situated at the foot of the capitol hill, in the city of Richmond, in the occupancy of Charles Boshier and others. The sale to be made on the premises. Also, at the same time and place, two valuable Tracts of LAND, lying on Wills Creek state of Kentucky, and within a few miles of the Ohio river.
There are eight thirty-fifth parts of the above named property, which belongs to infants, and where the price of any one separate parcel exceeds fourteen hundred dollars, an interest with the purchaser must be retained in that portion for them.
Additional information may be had on application to Robert Anderson of Williamsburg.
THE COMMISSIONERS. Sept. 1. Sawt29thS law11d Sept14thD.
FOR SALE,
THE Tract of LAND whereon I now live, containing two hundred and forty-one acres, lying and being in the county of Chesterfield, about nine miles from Manchester, and one from James River; there is a very good dwelling house with a good barn and other out houses; apple and peach orchard: it is a very high and healthy situation: very small part of the aforesaid Land cleared. I also wish to sell one half of a Grist-Mill, on Powhite Creek, within one mile of my aforesaid Land. This Mill is entirely new, and perhaps is as profitable as any mill of the kind in the county. There is only one pair of stones at work at the present; but is so constructed (at a small expense) to put up another pair. For terms apply to the subscriber.
JOHN FORE. P. S. There is no doubt but there is Coal on the aforesaid Lands, as a great sign has been discovered. Sept. 19. law2m J. F.
LOST.
THE Scrip for one share of the Stock of the Bank of Virginia, in the name of the subscriber; numbered 507 and dated the 7th Dec. 1804. Any person who has found the same, is requested to leave it at the office of the Enquirer, as application will be made at the Bank for a renewal thereof.
ALEX'R. McRAE. Oct. 10. oaw5w.
WILLIAM> WILLIAM MCCABE, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER:
Has moved from his former stand, which was near the Bell Tavern, to the well known stand opposite Messrs. Gamble's store, and one door above Mr. Brooke's Dry Good store nearly opposite the cross street leading from Mayo's bridge to Byrd's ware-house.
WHERE all commands in his line will be promptly attended to and executed with fidelity and dispatch. He returns his sincere thanks for past favors, and hopes his attention to business will guarantee a continuance. He has on hand and will keep a supply of WATCHES, which he will warrant: likewise an assortment of Chains, Keys, and Seals of a superior quality.
October 27. oaw5w.
NOTICE.
A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, for the removal of the District Court, now holden at the Court-House of Northumberland county, to a more central place, within the district composed of the counties of Richmond, Westmoreland, Lancaster and Northumberland.
Westmoreland Court-House, Sept. 26. law2m
TUITION.
HAVING engaged a gentleman of approved abilities as an assistant, the subscriber embraces the earliest opportunity to inform his friends in the city and vicinity of Richmond, that the additional number of ten or twelve students will be admitted into his Academy. He at the same time begs leave to acquaint the public in general, that he has moved his Academy to that large and commodious house next to the late Dr. Currie's on the main street, Shockoe-Hill, where he continues to instruct the youths of both sexes in the following branches and on the following terms, viz:
Greek & French languages, per ann. 60 dols. Latin language, Mathematics, Geography, use of the Globes, English Grammar practically, Cyphering, &c. at 40 dollars, to be paid quarterly. Exclusive of five dollars entrance money.
JAMES A. OSWOLD. N. B. The Gentlemen and Ladies occupy separate rooms. October 27. law2w
D. T. MADOX,
HAVING obtained Licence to practice as ATTORNEY at LAW, begs leave to inform those who may have business for the employment of his profession, in the County Courts of Goochland, Powhatan and Chesterfield, or the District Courts of Richmond and Petersburg, may rely upon every exertion of vigilance and industry to whatever may be confided to his attention.
Oct. 20. oaw6w.
TO BE RENTED, MOUNT COMFORT.
IT is a mile and a half from Richmond—There are fifty-six acres of Land; ten acres of which are meadow. The whole Farm enclosed with a new post and railing.—A Dwelling-House containing eight rooms, and all necessary offices.
ALSO—TO HIRE—A good GARDENER, and two well qualified female house SERVANTS. They can be recommended as honest and sober.—immediate possession given of the whole, E. RANDOLPH. November 3. ep2w.
By virtue of a Decree of Gloucester county court bearing date June term 1807, in a suit in Chancery therein depending, in which Philip Tabb was complainant, and Mary Anderson Executrix and Devisee of Matthew Anderson, dec'd. was defendant. We shall on Tuesday the 10th of December next, if fair, otherwise the next fair day: proceed to sell for cash,
ALL that tract or parcel of LAND, of which the said Matthew Anderson died seized, lying & being in the said county of Gloucester, on the North river, commonly called and known by the name of the Exchange. The sale will take place on the premises, for the purpose of satisfying the said Philip Tabb, a debt of $28 18s & 6d. with interest thereon, after the rate of five per cent. per annum, to be computed from the 10th of April, 1806, till paid; also, the further sum of 250£ with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, to be computed from the 10th day of April, 1806, till paid, and the costs and charges attending the said sale.
JAMES H. ROY, JOHN CATLETT, } Commissioners. GEO. W. BOOTH, } Nov. 10. ep4w
NOTICE.
The Co-Partnership of Hobson & St. John, terminated with the thirty-first day of August last:
ALL those indebted to said concern are requested to come forward without delay and settle their accounts; those having claims against said concern will exhibit them for adjustment.
JOHN HOBSON, jun. JOHN ST. JOHN. New-Canton, Oct. 14.
THE subscriber will continue business at the same place on his own account. He has now on hand, a general assortment of GOODS, suited to the present and approaching season, which he will sell on moderate terms for cash, produce, or to punctual customers on the usual credit.
JOHN HOBSON, jun. Oct. oaw5w
FOR SALE,
By the subscriber, three doors below the market bridge, 25 HDS. OF CIDER VINEGAR, Of superior quality, which will be disposed of, on moderate terms, by wholesale and retail. SAMUEL WHITE, May 19. law6m.
TO BE SOLD,
Painville, in Amelia county, on Monday the 28th of December next, AN extraordinary valuable BLACK-SMITH, belonging to the estate of Rich'd. Eggleston, deceased, on a credit of six months; bond with approved security will be required of the purchaser BY THE EXECUTORS. Oct. 14. oaw10w
NOTICE,
THAT A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, praying that the right of the said Commonwealth to the real estate of Wm. F. Aft, Dec'd. who died intestate, may be released for the benefit of his Nephew, Henry T. Arnold, who is an alien, having only resided three years in this state, the whole of that time in this City, who prays to become a citizen under the same act. Richmond, Oct. 16. oaw6w
JOHNSON'S VIRGINIA ALMANAC.
FOR SALE, BY THE GROSS, DOZEN, OR SINGLE, NEXT DOOR TO ROYSTER AND BOHANNAN'S, JOHNSON'S VIRGINIA ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1808: Being Bissextile, or Leap-Year. Containing, besides the usual matter for an Almanac, The Astronomical Calculations to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond. Oct. 20. oaw2m.
WILL BE SOLD,
At Public Auction, on the 12th day of December next, at the door of the Eagle-Tavern, NINETY-TWO thousand, seven hundred and thirty acres of Western LANDS, lying in the counties of Montgomery, Harrison and Kenawha—A credit of one, two, three and four years will be allowed, if satisfactory security shall be given. SAMUEL GREENHOW. Richmond, Oct. 7. oaw tf
LOAN OFFICE, STATE OF VIRGINIA, JUNE 8. 1807.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT, in conformity with the provisions of the act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," books will be opened at the office of the commissioner of loans for the state of Virginia, on the 1st day of July next, to continue open until the seventeenth day of March, 1808, inclusively, the fourteen last days of each quarter excepted, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions for such parts of the old six per cent. deferred six per cent. and three per cent. stocks, as may, on the day of subscription, stand on the books of the said commissioner of loans.
Those proprietors of the old six per cent. and deferred stocks, who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof a new six per cent. stock, equal to the unredeemed amount of the stock surrendered, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, under a proviso however, that no reimbursement shall be made except for the whole amount of any such new certificate of stock, nor till after six months previous notice: and the proprietors of the three per cent. stock who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof, a six per cent. stock, equal to sixty five per cent. of the amount of three per cent. surrendered, redeemable in the same manner as the new six per cent. above mentioned, but not reimbursable however, without the assent of the holders, until after the whole of the new six per cent. (given in exchange for old six or deferred as above mentioned,) as well as the whole of the eight per cent. stock of the United States, shall have been reimbursed. It is also provided that in every reimbursement which may take place, a preference will be given to those creditors who may notify their will to be reimbursed; and that if the applications to that effect shall at any time either exceed or fall short of the sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment shall, so far as may be necessary, be determined by lot.
The present stock-holders who reside in any part of Europe, and may assent to that modification, may, at their option, receive the interest accruing on the new stock, either in the United States as heretofore, or in London, or Amsterdam, at par: in which last case, the interest will be paid there by the bankers of the United States, six months subsequent to the day, on which the same would be payable in the United States, and subject to no variation; nor to any other deduction than a commission to the bankers, of one half per cent. on the interest thus paid.
JOHN PAGE, Commissioner of Loans.
NOTE.
  Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal six per cent. stock, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to receive, 649 62 of new six,   If subscribed between the 1st October, and 31st December, 1807, 644 37 —   between the 1st January, and 17th March, 1808, 619 03 —   Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal deferred, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to receive, 855 78 —   If subscribed between the 1st October, and 31st December, 1807, 853 62 —   between the 1st January, and 17th March, 1808, 831 42 —   Being the unredeemed amount of the old stock on the 1st July, and October, 1807, and 1st January, 1808, respectively.   Proprietors of 100 dollars three per cent. stock will be entitled to receive 650 dollars of new six. J. P. Com'r L'ns. June 10, oaw9m. 
NEGROES FOR SALE.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed to us by Edwin Land, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum of money therein mentioned, to Grief Truly: Will certainly be sold for cash, at America court-house, on Thursday the 26th of November next, (it being court day.) TWO NEGROES.
JNO. T. LEIGH, THOS. PERKINSON, } Trusts. Amelia, Oct. 24. law4w
In pursuance of two Orders of the Common Hall for the City of Richmond,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT the said Common Hall will proceed, at the next monthly meeting, (which is the third Monday in next month) to elect one person to act as a Police Master for the said City, whose salary will be eight hundred dollars per annum; and one other person to act as Captain of the night watch for the said City. N. SHEPPARD, C. C. Hall. Oct. 23. t3MN.

An ACT regulating the grants of land in the territory of Michigan.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the decisions made by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming lands in the district of Detroit, in favor of such claimants, as entered in the transcript of decisions which have been transmitted by the said commissioners, to the secretary of the treasury, according to law, be, and the same are hereby confirmed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That to every person, or persons in the actual possession, occupancy, and improvement, of any tract or parcel of land, in his, her, or their own right, at the time of the passing of this act, within that part of the territory of Michigan, to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and which said tract or parcel of land was settled, occupied, and improved by him, her, or them, prior to and on the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, or by some other person, or persons, under whom he, she, or they, hold or claim the right to the occupancy, or possession thereof, and which said occupancy or possession has been continued to the time of the passing of this act; the said tract or parcel of land thus possessed, occupied and improved, shall be granted, and such occupant or occupants, shall be confirmed in the title to the same, as an estate of inheritance, in fee simple: Provided, however, That no other claims shall be confirmed by virtue of this section, than such as have been entered with the register of the land office of Detroit, within the time, and in the manner provided by law, and by the commissioners aforesaid, have been inserted in their report, transmitted as aforesaid; nor shall more than one tract or parcel of land be thus granted to any one person, and the same shall not contain more than the quantity claimed, nor more than six hundred and forty acres: And provided also, That the same shall not extend to any tract heretofore reserved, or which may by the President of the United States be set aside for public uses, in the town of Detroit and its vicinity, or on the Island of Michillimakinac.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the territory of Michigan, together with the register and receiver of public monies, of the land office of Detroit, shall be commissioners for the purpose of ascertaining and deciding on the rights of persons claiming the benefit of this act: and the said commissioners shall previous to entering on the duties of their appointment, respectively take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before some person qualified to administer the same: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will impartially exercise and discharge the duties imposed upon me, by an act of Congress, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land in the territory of Michigan." And it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to meet at the town of Detroit on or before the first day of July next, and they shall not adjourn to any other place for any longer time than three days, until the first day of January next, or until they shall have completed the business of their appointment. And the said commissioners, or a majority of them shall have power to hear and decide in a summary manner, all matters respecting such claims, to compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths and examine witnesses, and such other testimony as may be adduced, and to determine thereon according to justice and equity. Minutes of the proceedings, decisions, meetings and adjournments of the board, shall be regularly entered by the register, in a book to be kept for that purpose, together with the evidence on which such decisions are made, unless such evidence has already been entered according to law, in the book or books of minutes, kept by the commissioners appointed under former acts, to investigate the claims to land in the district of Detroit. And when it shall appear to the said commissioners that the claimant is entitled to a tract of land by virtue of this act, they shall give a certificate thereof stating the circumstances of the case, and that the claimant is entitled to receive a patent for such a tract of land, by virtue of this act; which tract shall be surveyed in conformity with the decision of the commissioners, at the expense of the party, and under the direction of the surveyor general by such of his assistants, residing in the territory of Michigan, as the said surveyor general shall appoint for that purpose: Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and making the list shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be actually run, surveyed or marked. The surveyor general shall transmit to the register of the land office at Detroit, general and particular plots of all the lands surveyed as aforesaid, and shall also forward copies of the said plots to the secretary of the treasury. The com-
missioners shall transmit to the secretary of the treasury a transcript of their decisions in favor of claimants, which shall contain a fair statement of the evidence on which each respective claim is founded, and shall be signed by the said commissioners, and shall state the names of the parties in whose favor the certificates have been granted, the number of acres granted and the situation of the land. And the certificate and certificates, granted as aforesaid by the commissioners, being duly entered with the register of the land office of Detroit prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and nine, shall entitle the party or parties, as soon as the plot or plots aforesaid, shall have been transmitted to the said register, to receive from him a certificate or certificates, for each of which certificates the register shall receive one dollar, directed to the secretary of the treasury; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said secretary, that such certificates have been fairly obtained, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, then and in that case patents shall issue, in like manner as is provided by law for the other lands of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the powers vested by this act in the commissioners above mentioned shall not extend to the lots in the town of Detroit, the claims to which shall be ascertained and decided upon, in the manner provided by the act, entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of titles of land, in the town of Detroit, and territory of Michigan, and for other purposes."
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the territory of Michigan, shall be entitled to receive five hundred dollars, in full for all the services rendered by him under this act, to be paid out of the sums which have been, or may be appropriated for carrying into effect the several laws enacted for the disposal of public lands and for the adjustment of claims in the Indiana or Michigan territories.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT making provision for the disposal of the public lands, situated between the United States military tract and the Connecticut reserve, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the disposal of the lands of the United States, situated between the United States military tract and the Connecticut reserve, a land office shall be established, which shall be kept at such place as the President of the United States may direct: and that for the disposal of the lands of the United States, lying on the Ohio river, between the Cincinnati and Vincennes districts, a land office shall be established at Jeffersonville: and for each of the said offices a register and receiver of public monies shall be appointed, who shall give security in the same manner, and in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, duties and authority, shall in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be provided by law, in relation to the registers and receiver of public monies in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States, north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the lands of the United States, in the said districts, shall, with the exception of the section number sixteen, and with the exception also of thirteen sections, including the lower town of the Delaware tribe of Indians, and their improvements, which said thirteen sections shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be reserved for the use of the said tribe and their descendants, so long as they continue to reside thereon, and cultivate the same, be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the places, respectively, where the land offices are kept, and on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose: the sales shall remain open at each place for six weeks, and no longer: the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size, and on the same terms and conditions, as have been, or may be by law provided for lands sold north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river. All the lands of the United States, in the said districts, with the exceptions above mentioned, remaining unsold at the close of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by the register of the respective land offices, in the same manner, under the same regulations,
for the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided by law, for the sale of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river. And patents shall be obtained for all lands sold in said districts, in the same manner and on the same terms as are provided by law, for other public lands sold in the state of Ohio and the Indiana territory.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several superintendents of public sales, directed by this act, shall receive six dollars a day, for each day's attendance on the said sales.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, in the recess of Congress, shall have full power to appoint and commission the registers and receivers of public monies of the land offices established by this act, and their commissions shall continue in force until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing such appointment.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several lead mines in the Indiana territory, together with as many sections contiguous to each as shall be deemed necessary by the President of the United States, shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States; and any grant which shall hereafter be made for a tract of land containing a lead mine, which had been discovered previous to the purchase of such tract from the United States, shall be considered fraudulent and null: And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorised to lease any lead mine, which has been or may hereafter be discovered in the Indiana territory, for a term not exceeding five years.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That George Ash shall have the right of pre-emption to six hundred and forty acres of land including his improvements on the river Ohio, below the former Indian boundary line, the boundaries of the tract shall be designated by the register of the land office, and the said land shall be granted to him at the same price, and on payment being made in the same manner as for other public land at private sale, the respective instalments of the purchase money shall become due at the same time with the payments of the first public lands sold in that district.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT authorising the settlement of the accounts between the United States and William Eaton.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers be, and they hereby are authorised and directed to liquidate and settle the accounts subsisting between the United States and William Eaton, late consul at Tunis, upon just and equitable principles, under the direction of the secretary of state.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT repealing the acts laying duties on salt, and continuing in force for a further time, the first section of the act, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the act, entitled "An act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes," passed the eighth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, shall be, and the same hereby is repealed, and that from and after the thirty-first day of December next, so much of any act as lays a duty on imported salt, be and the same hereby is repealed; and from and after the day last aforesaid, salt shall be imported into the United States free of duty: Provided, That for the recovery and receipt of such duties as shall have accrued, and on the days aforesaid respectively remain outstanding, and for the recovery and distribution of fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and the remission thereof, which shall have been incurred before and on the said days respectively, the provisions of the aforesaid act shall remain in full force and virtue.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of January next, so much of any act as allows a bounty on exported salt provisions and pickled fish, in lieu of drawback of the duties on the salt employed in curing the same,
and so much of any act as makes allowance to the owners and crews of fishing vessels, in lieu of drawback of the duties paid on the salt used by the same, shall be, and the same hereby is repealed: Provided, That the provisions of the aforesaid acts shall remain in full force and virtue for the payment of the bounties or allowances incurred or payable on the first day of January next.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, passed on the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers," as is contained in the first section of the said act, be, and the same hereby is continued in force until the first day of January next, and no longer: Provided, however, that the additional duty laid by the said section shall be collected on all such goods, wares and merchandise liable to pay the same as shall have been imported previous to that day.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT making appropriations for finishing the south wing of the capitol, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to appropriations already made, the following sums of money shall be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to the purposes hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:
For finishing the south wing of the capitol, twenty-five thousand dollars:
For furnishing the same for the accommodation of the House of Representatives, seventeen thousand dollars:
For making a new roof and other repairs to the north wing of the capitol, twenty-five thousand dollars:
For opening and repairing avenues and roads within the territory of Columbia, three thousand dollars:
For repairs and improvements on the President's house, and the lot of ground on which the same stands, fifteen thousand dollars:
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
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Sales at Auction.
Will be sold for ready money, on Saturday the 28th inst. at the Eagle-Tavern, in the city of Richmond:
A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, lying partly in Hanover and partly in Goochland, lately the property of John S. Moore, and adjoining the Lands of Elisha Leake, Samuel Mobly, Wm. Woodson and others, and containing by estimation, five hundred and sixty acres.
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CAVALRY DISCIPLINE
AND NEW SWORD EXERCISE.
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An ACT est blushing circuit courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled , That so much of any act or acts of Congress, as vests in the district courts of the United States, in the districts of Kentucky, East and West Tennessee, and Ohio, the powers, authority and jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted , That for the purpose of holding therein the circuit courts, to be established by this act; the state of Kentucky shall constitute one district, the state of Tennessee one district, and the state of Ohio one district, and the said districts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, shall constitute and be denominated the seventh circuit. And there shall be holden annually in each district of the said circuit, two courts, to be called circuit courts, and to consist of one justice of the supreme court of the United States, and the judge of the district where such court shall be holden. And the sessions of the said courts, in the district of Kentucky, shall be held at Frankfort, and commence on the first Monday in May and November, annually; in the district of Tennessee, at Knoxville, and Nashville, alternately, to commence on the first Monday in June, and third Monday in October, annually, beginning at Nashville; and in the district of Ohio, at Chillicothe, to commence on the first Monday in January and September, annually. And the circuit court of Tennessee shall designate at which of the two places where the said court is hereby directed to be holden, the office of clerk thereof shall be kept.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted , That all the authority, powers and jurisdiction, vested in the several circuit courts of the United States, or the judges thereof, or either of them, shall be, and hereby are vested in, and may be exercised by the several circuit courts of the seventh circuit, and the judges thereof: And that all actions, causes, pleas, process, and other proceedings, relative to any cause, civil or criminal, which shall be returnable to, or depending in the several district courts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, acting as circuit courts, on the first day of May next, shall be and hereby are declared to be respectively transferred, returnable, and continued, to the several circuit courts constituted by this act, at the times herein appointed for the session of each of the said courts, and shall be heard, tried, and determined therein, in the same manner, and with the same effect, as if no change had been made hereby in the courts of the said district. And the said circuit courts of the seventh circuit, shall be governed by the same laws and regulations as apply to the other circuit courts of the United States, and shall appoint clerks for the said courts respectively, who shall reside, and keep the records of the said courts, at the places of holding the courts, whereunto they shall respectively belong, except as herein before provided, and shall perform the same duties, and be entitled to, and receive the same emoluments and fees, respectively, which are by law established for the clerks of the other circuit courts of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the state of Tennessee shall be divided into two districts, for the purpose of holding district courts in the same, one to consist of that part thereof which by the laws of the said state, now forms the district of Washington and Hamilton, which shall be called the district of East Tennessee; and one other to consist of all that part of the state of Tennessee, which by the laws of the said state now forms the districts of Winchester, Mero and Robertson, which shall be called the district of West Tennessee; and all the authority, powers and jurisdiction vested in the several district courts of the United States, and the judges thereof, in those districts in which circuit courts are now held, shall be retained, and may be exercised by the several district courts of Kentucky, East and West Tennessee, and Ohio, and the several judges thereof. And the sessions of the said district courts shall, after the first day of May next, be as follows: in Kentucky, at Frankfort, two sessions, to commence on the first Mondays in June and December, annually; in East Tennessee, at Knoxville, two sessions, to commence on the third Monday in April, and second Monday in October annually; and at Nashville, two sessions, to commence on the fourth Mondays in May and November, annually, and in Ohio, at Chillicothe, three sessions, to commence on the first Mondays in February, June, and October, annually, and all actions, causes, pleas, process, and other proceedings, relative to any cause, civil or criminal, which shall have been issued, and shall be returnable to, or depending in the said several district courts of the United States, acting as district courts, on the said first day of May
next, shall be returned and held continued to the said several district courts, respectively, at the times herein before appointed for holding the same.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted , That the supreme court of the United States shall hereafter consist of a chief justice, and six associate justices, any law to (the) contrary notwithstanding. And for this purpose there shall be appointed a sixth associate justice, to reside in the seventh circuit, whose duty it shall be, until he is otherwise allotted, to attend the circuit courts of the said seventh circuit, and the supreme court of the United States, and who shall take the same oath, and be entitled to the same salary as are required of, and provided for the other associate justices of the United States.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
February 24, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT authorising the erection of certain light-houses and the fixing of stakes, buoys and beacons at certain places therein named.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled , That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorised and directed, to cause a good and sufficient light house to be built at each of the following places, that is to say: on Fair Weather Island, in the state of Connecticut, and at Nausawn island near Tarpaulin cove, in the state of Massachusetts, at such points as the President of the United States may select for those purposes; and to appoint keepers, and otherwise provide for such light houses, at the expence of the United States: Provided , That sufficient ground for the accommodation of said light houses, respectively, can be obtained at a reasonable price: And provided also , That the legislatures of the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, shall cede the jurisdiction over each place respectively to the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorised and directed, to cause the light house at present established on Smith's point, at the mouth of the river Potomac, to be taken down, and to cause another good and sufficient one to be built at such other spot on the said point, as the President of the United States may select: Provided , That sufficient ground for the accommodation thereof, can be obtained at a reasonable price; and provided also, that the legislature of the state of Virginia shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorised and directed to cause the light house heretofore established on North Island, at the entrance into Winyaw bay, in the state of South Carolina, to be rebuilt in such manner as may in his opinion be most likely to secure its future safety.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorised and directed, to cause proper and sufficient buoys and stakes to be fixed in, and along the channel in Winyaw bay, leading to the harbor of George-town the state of South Carolina: and also, to cause proper and sufficient buoys and beacons to be placed on, or near the rocks and shoals in the channel leading into the harbor of Salem, in the state of Massachusetts.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That for the purpose of defraying the expences which may be incurred in the execution of this act, the following sums shall be, and the same are hereby respectively appropriated, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: that is to say, for building the light house on Fair Weather island, five thousand dollars; for building the light house at Nausawn island, two thousand five hundred dollars; for pulling down and rebuilding the light house on Smith's point, six thousand dollars; for rebuilding the light house on North Island, twenty thousand dollars; for fixing buoys and stakes in Winyaw bay, one thousand five hundred dollars; for fixing buoys and beacons in the channel leading to Salem harbor, one thousand five hundred dollars.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
February 10, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT to annex certain shores and waters to the district of Mississippi; and to authorise the building a custom house at New-Orleans.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled , That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, all the shores and waters of the river Ohio, and of the several rivers and creeks emptying into the same; and also, all the shores and waters of the rivers which empty into the river Mississippi, or any of its branches, be, and the same are hereby annexed to, and shall make part of the district of Mississippi.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That a surveyor shall be appointed for each of the following towns or places, that is to say: Pittsburg, Charles-town, Marietta, Cincinnati, Limestone, Louisville, Massac, and Natchez, who shall be authorised to grant temporary registers to vessels of the United States, in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions as may be done by the collectors of the several districts of the United States; and each of the said surveyors, besides the fees paid in relation to the admiralment, and registering of vessels, shall receive an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the collector of the district of Mississippi, shall, on the surrender of any temporary register, granted to a vessel of the United States as aforesaid, issue a permanent register for such vessel: Provided , That the master of such vessel shall take the usual oath, and perform all the other conditions required by the registering act, except that he shall not be obliged to give any new bond to the said collector.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That so much of any act or acts as erects any of the shores or waters, annexed by this act to the Mississippi district, into separate districts, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorised and directed to cause to be built upon some convenient site, belonging to the United States, in the city of New-Orleans, a good and sufficient house, to serve as an office and place of deposit for the collector of the customs at that place. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to defray the expense of erecting the same, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
February 13, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT to continue in force for a further time, an act intitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States, and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo."
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled , That the act entitled "An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo," passed on the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and six, be, and the same hereby is continued in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the prohibitions and provisions of the aforesaid act shall be construed, and are hereby declared to extend to Genoa and Tortuga, and to any other dependency of the said island of St. Domingo, not in possession of, or under the acknowledged government of France.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
February 24, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT further supplementary to the act intitled "An act concerning the district of Columbia."
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled , That so much of the act intitled, "An act additional to, and amendatory of an act intitled, "An act concerning the district of Columbia," as directs that no capias ad satisfaciendum shall thereafter issue on any judgment rendered by a single magistrate, or in any case where the judgment shall not exceed twenty dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed, and in all such cases a writ or writs of capias ad satisfaciendum may hereafter issue, any thing in the said recited act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That such writs of capias ad satisfaciendum shall be issued, directed, and made returnable in like manner, and the clerk and constable shall be entitled to the same fees therein, as the said act herein before re-
cited, directs and allows in cases of executions against the goods and chattels of the debtor.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the eighth section of the aforesaid act shall be, and the same is hereby also repealed.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
February 24, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT to punish frauds committed on the Banks of the United States.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled , That if any person shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist, in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any bill or note in imitation of, or purporting to be a bill or note issued by order of the president, directors and company of the bank of the United States, or any order or check on the said bank or corporation, or any cashier thereof, or shall falsely alter, or cause or procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely altering any bill or note issued by order of the president, directors and company of the Bank of the United States, or any order or check, on the said bank or corporation, or any cashier thereof, or shall pass, utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish, as true, any false, forged, or counterfeited bill, or note, purporting to be a bill, or note, issued by order of the president, directors and company of the bank of the United States, or any false, forged, or counterfeited order or check, upon the said bank or corporation, or any cashier thereof, knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeited, or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish, as true, any falsely altered bill or note, issued by order of the president, directors and company of the Bank of the United States, or any falsely altered order or check, on the said bank or corporation, or any cashier thereof knowing the same to be falsely altered with intention to defraud the said corporation, or any other body politic, or person; every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labor, for a period not less than three years, nor more than ten years, or shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten years, and fined not exceeding five thousand dollars: Provided , That nothing herein contained shall be so construed to deprive the courts of the individual states of a jurisdiction under the laws of the several states, over the offence, declared punishable by this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the act, intitled "An act to punish frauds committed on the bank of the United States," passed the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided nevertheless , That the repeal of the said act shall not be so construed, as to prevent the trial, condemnation or punishment of any person, or persons, charged with or guilty of a violation of any of its provisions, previous to the passing of this act.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
February 24, 1807.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
FOR RENT,
And possession given Christmas next, for a term not less than three nor more than seven years,
MY TAVERN and the plantation thereunto adjoining in the county of Mecklenburg, about one mile from Lady Skipwith's, and Somerville's ferries on Roanoke river, on the main road leading from the Carolina's, Georgia, &c. to Petersburg, Richmond and the Federal City.
The Tavern-house is large and commodious, good stables and all other necessary out houses—on this place is a good apple and peach orchard, which never fail bearing fruit—there is a quantity of hickory timbered land convenient which may be cleared and used at the discretion of the tenant. It is deemed unnecessary to say more as it is presumed that those who wish to rent would first view the premises. But the subscriber can with propriety say the advantages attached to this place, renders it by far the most advantageous stand for a tavern and store in that part of the country. There will be a tolerable crop of wheat sowed on the place. For terms, &c. apply to the subscriber living on the premises.
HOWEL GRAVES.
Sept. 5,
GW3m.