Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-31
HISTORICAL.
F,om the Kennedy Gc.am.

the people lnhsbuing tho district known by the
nsine Of the kentucky District. that The sam,
should be separated from this commonwealth
whereof II Is part, AMI be form,d into an in
dependent member af the American coufedera
es, and IL IS Judged By the General Assembl,
that such partition Of the Commonwealth Is
rendered expedient by the femoleness of abe
more fertile, which mus, be the mos, populous
part OF the said district, and by the interiaeeut
natural impedimeats TO convenient and reru
lar communication thereaith;
BE II eaaetes! by ne General .issca5lg Ths,
IN the month Of Angnsi next, on the respec, /.
i've court davs OF the counties within the sad
district, and at the respective places of hold
ing courts therein, representatives 80 continue
IN appointment for one year, and 10 compose s
convention with the powers. aud ior a.e pur
pesos aefein alter mentioned shall be elected
" Tie rec IDaie i9abttants Of each couhiy in
Ike manner as de'egaies 10 the genera assemhl,
have been elected within tie said district, in
The Proportion folowing;--in tie county OF
Jefferson shall be elected five represent siive.,
10 TIE county Of Nelson FIVE representatives;
IN the county of Fayette FIVE representatives
in the county OF bourbon Ave representatives
IN the county OF Madison five repre- sentatlyes;
and in the county OF Mercer five representative.
That full opportunity may be given to the good
people. of exercising their right of suffrage
on an occasion so interesting to them, each al
the officers holding such elections shalt con.
tnue the same from day to day, passing over
Sunday, for five days, including the FIRST day
shall cause Ibis act To be read on each day I'm
media'ely preceding the opening Of the elec
ton al the door OF the court house, or other
convenient place, and shall tiS up two copies at
least of ths act, in The most public situations
kfss. 81.
the commencement thereof Each Of the said
officers shalt deliver 10 each person duly elect.
ed representative, Certificate CT hrs election,
and shall moreover transmit general return to
the clerk OF the supreme court of the dis
triet, to be by hm laid before the convention.
For every neglect Of any d.the duties hereby
eHIolned on suchKeiiicer, be shall forfeit one
hundred pounds, 10 be recovered by action of
debt, BY any person SURG for the same. The
sad convention shalt be held u paoyile, on the
~ Monday Of September as soon as two
inids Oh the representatives, shall be convened.
they snail and nay proceed, after choosing a
president and other proper officers, and settling
the proper rules OF proceeding, &c consider a0i
by majority Of voices 10 determine, whether
Il be expeditnl for, and be the wii Of the good
people Of the said district, thas the same be
erec'ed INTO an isdependsnsetate, an The terus
and conditions following;
lisa. lhai The boundary breween the ptopos,
ed state and the state OF ViEgx,ia. shall remaiu
the same as at present sepsrAte the district
from the residue Of ihe Commonwealth.
% That the proposed state shah take upon
nseit jus, proportion of the public debt OF
tlls Commonwealth.
90. ltIHt all private rights and interests 10
lands with the said district, derived from the
iaWg al AsPgtFsu Oh. skat4
remain valid and secure under the laws Of the
proposed state, and shall be determined by
tie laws now existing in this sfpie.
4ih. That the lands wlthbh the proposed
state OF non resident proprietqrs, shall isossAn
any case be taxed higher than Ae lands Of re,
cldeHts'at any time PROS 60 taeesGmiasion Of the
proposed state to vote by its deli gates IN Con-
BFess. where such non residents reside out OF
the United States; nor al any time either be-
tore or after such admission, where such nom
residents reside within this Commonwealth,
within which this stipulation shalt be rectpro-
cal; or where such non-resideats reside with
IN any other OF the United STATES, which shall
declare the same to be reciprocal within ITS
limits; nor shall neglect Of cultivation or I'm.
provement Of any land within either the pro
posed state Of this Commonwealth. belonging
To non-residents, citizens a the other, sub
Ject such non-resldeDts. clpzcns Of the other,
subject such non residents to forfeiture or other
penalty. within the term Of six years after the
admission Of the said state into the Federal
Union.
5th. That no grant of Land nor land warrant
to be issued BY the pCsposed state shall inter
fere with anv warrants heretofore issued from
the land Office ofssNiFgfhia. which shall be 10
Gated on land within the said ds,rlc, nov Liable
thereto, on or before the first day Of September,
es,s thousasdseyen hundred and eighty eight
9th. That the INDICATED lands within the
said district, which stand Appropriated oy the
laws Of this Commonwealth TO individuals
or descriptions of individuals, for military or
other services, shall be exempt from The dis
position OF the proposed state, and shall re
main subject to be disposed Of BY the Common
wealth OF Virginia according TO sach appropr'.
alton, until the FIRST day Of September, 1888 aud
no longer. and thereafter the residue OF ali
lands remaining within the limits Of the said
district. shall be subject to the disposition OF
the proposed state.
7'h That the use and navigation Of the river
Ohio, so far as the territory Of the proposed
state, or the territory which shsli remain
within the limits of this Commonwealth hes
thereon shall be free and common 20 the Cit.
Gems OF the United States, and the respective
Jurisdictions of This CQnmonwea lih, and of the
proposed state, on the river as aforesaid. shall
be concurrent only withthe safes which msy
possess 'he opposite shores OF the said river
9th. That IL case any compliant or dispute
shall at any time arise between the Common.
wealth of Virginia and the said district. after il
shall be an independent. state, concerning the
meaning or execution OF the foregoing artlcles.
the same shall be determined by six commits.
sloners, OF whom two shall be chosen by each
OF the parties, and the remainder by the CON-
mlssioDers so first appointed.
Ben further enacted, Tina, ifthe said conven.
ton shall approve OF an erection OF the said
district into an Independeni state. on the fore