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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 08:25:16+00:00

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§ 1. BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of November next, all that part of the county of Warrick, which is included within the following boundaries, shall form and constitute a new county, which shall be known and designated by the name and style of the county of Posey: that is to say begining on the Ohio river, where the range line passing between the tenth and eleventh range strikes or intersects the said Ohio river, north with the said range line passing between the said tenth and eleventh ranges, to its intersection with the line dividing the counties of Gibson and Warrick, thence west with the said line dividing the said counties of Gibson and Warrick to the western bank of the Wabash river, thence down the western bank of the Wabash river with the line of the Illinois Territory to its junction with the Ohio river, thence up the Ohio river with the meanders thereof to the beginning.
§ 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said first day of November next, all that part of the counties of Gibson and Warrick which is included within the following boundaries, shall form and constitute another new county, which shall be known and designated by the name and style of the county of Perry; that is to say, beginning on the Ohio river where the range line passes between the fifth and sixth ranges, west of the second principal meridian where it strikes or intersects the said Ohio river, thence north with the said range line until it intersects the township line passing between township two and three, thence east with the said township line, passing between township two and three, until it intersects the second principal meridian, or line of Harrison county, thence south with the said second principal meridian until it first strikes or intersects the Ohio river, thence down the Ohio river with the meanders thereof to the beginning.
§ 3. And he it further enacted, That the said counties hereby formed and established shall severally and respectively enjoy and exereise all the rights, privileges and jurisdictions, which to seperate counties of this Territory do or may properly appertain or belong : Provided always, That all suits, pleas, plaints, actions and proceedings, which may before the first day of November next, have been commenced, instituted or depending within the present counties of Gibson and Warrick, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution, in the same manner as if this act had never been passed, and that the Territorial and county taxes which are now due within the boundaries of the new counties hereby established, shall be collected in the same manner and by the same oflicers, as they would have been if this act had not been passed.
§ 4. And be it further enacted, That until a court house shall be erected in the said county of Posey, sufficient for the accommodation of the court, the courts for the the said county of Posey shall be held at the house of Absalom Duckworth, in said Posey county; & that until a court house is erected in the said county of Perry, sufficient for the accommodation of the court, the courts for the said county of Perry shall be held at James M'Donald's, in said Perry county.
§ 5. And be it further enacted, That Robert W. Tevault, William Brisco, Joseph English, Adam Young and Samuel Snider, all of the county of Warrick, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to fix the seat of justice in Posey county, who shall meet at the said Absalom Duckworth's on the third Monday in November next and proceed to fix the seat of justice for the said Posey county, agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled an act, for fixing the seats of justice in all new counties hereafter to be laid off ; and that William Barker, Jesse Ammerson and James Stewart of Gibson county, Joseph Paddox and Ignatious Abell, of Harrison county, be, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners to fix the seat of justice in Perry county, who shall meet at James M'Donalds in said Perry county, on the third Monday in November next, and proceed to fix the seat of justice for the said county of Perry, agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled an act, for fixing the seats of justice in all new counties hereafter to be laid off.
§ 6. And be it further enacted, That the courts authorised to transact county business in the aforesaid new counties, shall as soon as convenient after their seats of justice are fixed, cause the public buildings of their respective counties to be erected thereon, as near the centre of the lands procured by the county for its seat of justice, as an eligible situation can be had, and will best promote the interest of the said new counties, and shall adjourn the courts thereto so soon as their respective court houses are built, and, prepared for the accommodation of said court.
§ 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Posey and Perry counties shall be, and they are hereby declared a part of the first circuit, and shall be and remain a part of the district for the election of councellors composed of the counties of Gibson and Warrick, and in case of vacancy for a councellor, the associate judges of said counties of Posey and Perry shall have power to carry into effect the law regulating elections.
§ 8. And be it further enacted, That no person who is either clerk or recorder, in either of the aforesaid new counties, shall be elligible to hold the appointment of agent for eitheir of the said new counties.
§ 9. And be it further enacted, That the said counties of Posey and Perry shall be entitled to one representative and no more until otherwise altered by law, and when elected his time shall expire on the first Monday in August 1816, and when the Governor issues his writ of election, as is provided in the act, entitled an act, apportioning the members of the House of Representatives of the Indiana Territory, the associate judges of the circuit courts of the said counties of Posey and Perry, shall have power to convene at the place of holding their courts, and appoint persons to conduct the election as the laws of the Territory may direct, and when the superintendants of the election shall make their returns to the clerks of each of the aforesaid counties as directed by law, the sheriff of each county shall obtain a true statement of the number of votes from the clerk, and within ten days thereafter meet at the seat of justice for Warrick county, and compare the number of votes, and give the person having the highest number, a certificate of his having been duly elected.

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