The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, May 07, 1836, Image 1

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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Bi ROBERT JTKS1G1?T? uO:J?h*rO U>?L?w??f lli? Vailed 8U(M? Edited by JUHS C? WEST. ~ ?-?egg I MgggB BBSgSgggggSBgaga^?* i I ii mmmmmwfO VOL. XL 4flDfc%, MHJTU-CAKOLl**, flAlf, 7, 1836. tV01^ t?????. TS3 OAKSBST fOTOlT P4.tliiS.si ceirif Si'.arJjy M trnia/ f ROBERT .n'KACiir, ruaustiCK or tul lawj or tut. txio: S UliS CRfPTiO -NS TUroc d >IKrj a year in advance, or four ~ - A I t /*4l u ue euu 01 mi' twi . ADVEllTlSEilEN'TS Inserted at ?srentjr five ccau the Bqua.ro fir#?, and halt tint amount fur each con'inu Tbo number of insertions to be market1 inv^in or tltey will be continued and chx cordtogJy. Those inserted acini-monthly ' and -.noatbly $1 a nqa ir: for each inserlior Com-nunicaliona by mail to be pott paid 01 unleaded to. [B Y AUTHORITII law or Tnr. irsirco states tas# THE TWENTY FOURTH COXCKL F1RT SUASION*. [Public, No. 14 ] AN ACT establishing the Ten Government of Wisconsin. RrMtlvcd by ike Static an ! ILnue of Hep lifts of tkt foiled StAta <f Atwrvc* in Cun? setailed, That fr ci and aftrr the liiirtl day next, the country included irithia t! lowing boundaries shall consiituc a rale Territory, for the purposes of ( rary gorernmcnt, by the name of \M sin, that is to say: Bounded on the by a line drawn from the northeast of the State of Illinois, through th die of Lake Michigan, to a poiai middle of said Lake, and- opposi main enannci oi orecn liay. amJ tr said rhanue! and Green Bay to (he of the Meoomonic rirer; th&ncc tl the middle of the main channel of * rer, to that head of said rircr nrai the Lake of tin* Desert; (hence in a line, to the middic of saiJ lake; i through the middle of the main cl of the Montreal rircr, to its mouth; ( with a direct line across I.akc S . i to where the territorial line of the I States last tooebrs said lake nortl thence on the north, with (he raid t rial line, to the White-earth ri?er; ? west, by a Hoc froui the said bounds following down the middle of (lie channel of the White-earth rircr, Missouri rircr, and down the raidi the main channel of the A1i*s? uri to a point due west from the norl corner of the Stale of Missouri; ai the south, from said point, due cast north, west comer of the Stale of A! ri; and then en with the boundaries Sute* of Missouri and Illinois, r? ?ljr fixed by acts of (/on;rcn-. And tht Mid third day of July next, all and authority of the Government < chljan In and over the Territory 1; constituted, that I cease. Piotiud, nothing in this act contained shall b Aimed to impair the rights of per* property nonr appertaining to any |i within the said Territory, so Ion* a rights shall remain unrxtiuguislu treaty between the United State such Indian*, or to impair the obii; of any treaty now existing b'-ttvec United Stales and such Indians, or pair or anywise to affect the authoi tne Gorernmcnt ol the United 8ts make any regulations respecting st dians, their lands, property, or righu, by treaty, or law, or oth? which it would hare been eompe the Government to make if this ac never been passed: Provided, Titain in this act contained shall be con Ir? inhibit l.if (<nVprnmrtll nf llir* I Stale* from dividing the Territory I established inio oncer more other lories, in such manner, on I at such at Congress shall, in tU discretion, convenient and proper, or from ntt any portion of taid Territory to any Stale or Territory of the United Si Sac. 2. And is it further etvuted, That t eeutive poorer and authority in and the said Territory shall be rested Governor* who shall hold his ofii three years, unlets sooner removed President of the United Stales. Gjveruor shall reside within the sai ritory, shall be commander-in-cli the militia thereof, shall perform I tie* and receive the emoluments of intendent of the Indian aft'tirs, and approve of all laws passed by the jalivc Assembly before they shall Is feet; he may grant pardons fjr ol against the latrt of jIjq uij Ten and reprieves for ofihnees again laws of the United States, until the eion of the President can be made I thereon; he shall commission all < who shall bo appointed to office um laws of the said Territory, and sha care that the laws be faithfully f f* A Sr.C. 3. .hid b; it far-Liter rxactci. Thai ibrrr ?ha be a Secretary of the said Territory, wh shall reside therein, and hold hit office fc tour years, unless sooner removed by th * President of the United Slates; lie sha record and preserve all the laws and prt 7 jeeedings of the Legislalirc Asseutbl hereinafter constituted, and all the aci and proceedings of the Uorcrnor in hi ===== executive department; he will transrn one copy of the la?rs and one copy of th dollars Excc?jjvc proceedings on or before ill first Monday in December in each yeai for the to l',n P^'blcnt l',c United States; an 3ncc at the same time, two copies of the law | .. to the Speaker of the House of Rcpn i on i.ie , , ? rffedac "?r the use of Congress. An "feints In casc ^,e !cmora'i resignatio or necessary absence of the Governo [' . from the Territory, the Secretary sha rcmsin jja?e^ antj jjC jd hcrcky authorised and n quired to execute and perform, all th ' nntreru and duties of ihe Governor durin r such vacancy or absence. Stc. 4. And he itfarther enacted, That the I> gi*lative power ?h?l3 bo /e*led in ibe G< ?rj>* vcrnor anil a Legislative Assembly. Th ? Legislative Assembly slull consist of Council an J House of Representative! i The Council shall consist of thirtec members, having the qualifications of v< tcrs as hereinaltcr prescribed, whos term of service shall continue four yean ED AT The House of Representatives shall cor 93 siHt of twenty-si* members, possess in the same qualifications as1 prescribed fc the members of the Council, and who* itorial term of service shall continue ttvo yean An apportionment shall be inai'e, as neai rcj**ta- Jv equal as practicable, among the severs \Tjuhf conn^r,< f?r ^,c election of the Counc ic fol- aru' Representative*, giving to each sei tion of the Territory representation i the ratio of its tionulalion. Indians rxccr C?m>>* ? ?1 1 f r 'iscon- let** M nearb* h# n,a>' b?* And tlic sai ; ctsL member* ?f the Council and House c corner shall reside in and be ir c mid- habitants ?f the district for which the in the ,oa^ c'cclc^* Previous to the firi te the c'ccl'on? ;'lC fiovernor of the Tcrritoi iro'i^h cause the census or cnumcro'.ion c mouth the inhabitants ?f the several c> unties i ,rOU2h ^iC Territory lo be taken and made b old heriff* the **td roomies, respeel rest lo ivc,y- ani* rclurn* thereof made by sai direct *hcnflV lo the Governor. The firai elcc thence *hi?li he held 01 such lime and placi Irtnnc1! and be conducted in snclt manner, as ih p jliorcrnnr shall appoini and direct; an mr shall, ai ihc tame lime, declare lb number of members of the Council act I; west* Mouse Rcpresrnloiiues to which eac erriio-!0^ l*,c eountica i* entitled under this an ?n the*?nUf?bcr of persons authorised lo b jinc'elected hiring ihe greatest number n main i *?te* in each of the said counties for lb lo the: Oownril, shall be declared, by the said Gv tile of Trrnor' 1(1 he duly elected to the *i?i 1 river Council; ?ri' the |*rsor? or persons bavin, thwestl1^? greatest number of votos for the hotts r?d on ^cpreatotatires, eqosl to the numb* to tho (? whtch each county may be entitled ahali also be declared, by the Gorernoi limiil* ? j?,_ . ? r? ?. j f?i.. r? of llic ' ciecu a: rrociaea, i ne wotci ajrca. {nor shall order nev election when Uicr after '<a between two or more persons ro Tfr!ted for, to supply the neancy tra !e b; jf Mi- ilucn l*c* ^Dl' l^? thus circled i irrcbv l',c kegislaiire Assembly shall meet a That tuc'' P'*cc 00 iafb *1*? ** 'JC ^tiall appnini c roJJ. but, thereafter, the lime, place, and man ?n or ,ltT folding 4,,'J conducting all cite ndian* l*?n!k by l',c Pco|de, and the apportion s snrh '"o l',c representation in tin: scrcral coun d bv l'r# ,4> t'IV ?ut?c-i1 and 1!<>u*c of lieprc ? and acc??rdmg i population, shal ation* be prescribed by law, a* utll a> the da n ihcio^ '^c a niual commencement of the set to im* **OM l',c **"' l*c^i*la'irp Assembly; bu 'itv of no *CMk*"n* ?">' year, shall exceed th tea to lrrm <"rr,,ty*Iirr days. | See- 5. Jimi is if furtlu/ tAactrd, That ever ten In* frrc white male eitizrn of the Unite other aboto the age of twenty on raise, %carSt ?ho shall hare been an inhabitan lrn| l<j of ?sid Territory at the time of its organ 1 ,. ization, shall be entitled to rote at the fin ing election, and shall be eligible to any oflic *lrm*U wjjjjj,, ||IC #ajj Territory; but the qualtf * . cations ol" rolcra at ail subsequent clc< tcrcby tjun5 shall be surli as shall be determine .crrl* by the Legislative Assembly; Providti times, '('|)nt ,jlc rtlf|^| af nulfru^c shall be cxci deem rj%cj ohj. by cjd2cns 0f (|,c Unite oilier | . G. .Ind h it further tnacted,That lite legt tale*. |nti?c power ?l the i'crrilury shall ex leu he Ex- to all rightful subjects of legislator over ! |>ut no law shall be passed interfering wit ' a ' the primary disposal of the soil; no ta ro for nbali be imposed upon the property ofth by the ; United States; nor shall the lands or oth? l'l,c| properly of non-residents he taxed highf 'j I er-1 thm, tlic lands or other property of res lief of dents. All the laws of the(lorcrnor an he du- Legislative Assembly shall he submietc super- to* and, if disapproved by the Cor slull gross of tho United States, the same aha kegis- be null and of no effect, ike of- 8>rr. 7. .Inn be it fnrthtr rnnttnl, That a [fences township officers and county officers, cj rilory, ccpl judicial officers, justices of the peart st the sheriffs and clerks of the courts, shall t: dcci- elected by the people, in such manner i known may be prorided by tin; Governor or L< ifficcrs gislatire Assembly. The Governor sha Icr the nominate, and, by and with the advit II take and consent of the Legislative Counci exccu- shall appoint, all judicial officers, justiei of the peace, ?-*!:criffV. and all militia of H ? frs, except those of the sla$ ar civil officers, not herein provide* >r Vacancies occurring in the recess c r Council shall be tilled by appoint! I' from the Governor, which shall exji ? the end of the next session of the I }' la tire Assembly; bnt the said Gov may appoint, in the first instance is aforesaid officers, who shall hold it offices until the end of the next sc e of the Legislative Assembly. C Sac. 6. And be it fnrtktr enacted, That no r, bcrof the Legislative Assembly shall d or be appointed to any office cr?*ati s the salary or emoluments of which j- have been increased whilst he was a i (I ber, daring the term for which he n have been elected, and for one year ir tlte expiration of such term; and oc || son holding a commission under the ?. led Stales, or any of its officers, e: e as a militia officer, shall be a tnemb g the said Council, or shall hold any IISA nAPAMtmnitl nf fkn MLI H uuun iiiv viv/v vi uuivii? vi ???v oaiM j s- lory. ?. Sec. 9. jfcuf he it further eneeud, That thi c cial power of the said Terriiory slu a rested in a supicme court, district c< probate courts, and in justices ol n peace. The supreme court shnll ct ). ??f a chief justice and two associate ju v anv two of whom shall be a quorum i. who shall hold a term at the seat ol i. rernmeutof the said Territory, anni jt and they shall hold their offioes d ,r good behavior. The said Territory li> be divided into three judicial <fisi and a district court or courts shall be r. in each ol Ute three districts, by a ,1 the judges of the supreme court, at ti times and places as may be preserib > law. The jurisdiction of the sc n courts herein provided for, both a >. late and original, and that of the pr d courts, and df the justices of the fi ,f shall be as limited by law: Provided i- ocr, That justices of Ute peaee thai y hare jurisdiction of any matter of [t irorcrsy, when the titie or boundar v land may be in dispute* or where lh< if or sum claimed exceed* fifty dolla D And the as id supreme discrict cour y spectively, shall' possess chancery ai [. as common law jurisdiction. Eoct j trict court shall appoint its clerk* .. shall keep his olfice at the place? ,t the court tnay be held* and the said c e shall also be the registers in chan J and any vacancy in said office or c happening in the vacation oC said c d may be filled by the judge of said dii h which appointment shall continue i the next term of said court. And f. of error* bills of exception* and ap if in chancery causes* shall be allow* c all cases, from the final decisions o said district courts to the supreme < d to the supreme court, under such re g tions as may be prescribed by law, I *. no case removed to tbo supreme c r shall a trial by jnry be allowed in I, c iurL The supreme eoort may ap its own clerk* and every clerk shall >. his olfice at the pleasure of the eon e which he shall have been appointed. writs of error aud appeals from the y decisions of the said supreme eouri u be allowed and taken to the Sap ,i Court of the United State*, in the m. nn., anil lamia* ilia ?..nl. IIA* H ?? ????. ??? ?wgU..?w.< i. from iho circuit courts of the (J > States, where the raluo of the proj i. or the smouut in conirorery, to be i mined by the oath or affirmation of i party, tliail exceed one thousand do || And each of the said district courts y narc aud exercise the same jurisdii <u all eases arising dhder the consul ,i jnd laws of the United States as is v c in the circuit and district courts a United H tales. And the first six da y ereay term of th? said courts, or so d thereof as shall be necessary, slia v appropriated to the trial of causes si it under tho constitution and law*, i writs of error, and appeals from the it decisions of the said courts, in u!l v e?ftcs, shall be mode to the supreme i- of the Territory, in the same mant : in other cases. The said clerks shi d ccive, in all such cases, the same /, which the clerk of the district Co r- the United States in llio northern di d of tho SuiId of Now York receives I rnilar services ? rftc. 10. he it further enacted. Thai d 'hall bo bii Alioriicy fur the said Ton i; appointed, who shell coniinuc in h tour years, unless sooner removed h x President, and who shall receive the ie fees and salary as ihe attorney c t United States for the Michigan Terr r There shall also be u Marshal ft i- Territory appointed, wlm shall hoi >1 office for four years, unless sooni d moved by the President, who shall i- cute all process issuing from the said c II when exercising their juridiclion c mil and district courts of the t 'II States, ile shall perform the same d l* be aubjcri to the Mine regulation! >' penalties. and be entitled lo thesamt as the Marshal of the district court < " United States for the northern diali P* ihc Stale of New York; and shall, 1' diticn, be paid the sunt of two hu e dollars, annually, as a compensate ' extra services. cs Stc. 11 Ar>M be U further enacted, Thai 1 li- rcrnor. Secretary, Chief ?f bti'*'* at id all social* Judges. Atjprney, and Marshal,t^ 1 for. shall be nominated, and, by and with the ele >f the advice and consent of the Senate, 'op- pja nents pointed by the President of the Uniicd ma lire at States. The Governor and 8ceretaryf to an<] ?egis- be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before ~re ernor they act, as such respectively take an oath by , tlie or affirmation before some judge or justice a 0 their of the peace in the existing Territory of per isrion Michigan, duly commissioned and qoali- 8 fictl to administer an oath or affirmation, pro* mem- to support the constitution of the Uniicd and I hold States, and for the faithful discbatgeof on t >d or the duties of their respective offices; which belt shall said oaths, when so taken, shall be certi- gan mem- tied by the person before whom the same low shall shall hare been taken, and each certifi- and after cate shall be received and recorded by the shal i per- said Secretary among the Executive pro- of J Uni- ceedings. And afterwards, the Chief Jus- com *cr.pi ucc ana associate juuges, ana an otner que, cr of civil officers in said Territory, before they Iran office act as Mich, shall lake a like oath or affir- and rerri- roatiun before the said Governor or Se* est a cretary, or some judge or justice of the coui i Jadi- Territory who may be duly commissioned Si >11 be aQ<j qualified, which said oath or affirm** whi< juris, s|,a|| ^ trausmiued by the persoii Tron l!,c taking the same to the decretory, to be lor insist by bim recorded as aforesaid; and, after* of I dges* wards, the like oath or affirmation shall into end be taken, certified, ami recorded, in soch Mic r Go* manner and form as may be prescribed by ther Bally, be. Tho Governor sh* 11 receive an an- bee uri?g nual salary of tiro thousand five hundred com shall dollars for his scrriccs as Governor and as said iricls; superintcntent of Indian ofiairs. The Ceet held SaiJ Chief Justice and Associate Judges mar ,nc shall each receive an annual salary of ?P? such eighteen hundred dollars. The Secretory ?| "I by shall receive an annual salary of twelve veral hundred dollars. The said salaries shall tppel- be paid quarter-yearly, at the Treasury of J"? obatc jj,e United States. The members of the **1 ?*ce, Lc^ialatrrc Assembly shall he entitled tn the recei re three dollars neb per day, daring ,0^ I not their attendance at the sessions thereof, raoc con- 9Dd three dollars each for every twenty I*01 ies of njilca* trarel in going to and returning i debt frotn the said sessions, estimated accord- 8 ? ing to the nearest osoally-travelled route.? is re- There shall be appropriated, aunoally. Via I well the sum of three hundred and fifty dollar* i dis- |0 ^ expended by the Governor to defray A "ho the conligcnl expenses of the Territory, rhere anj there shall also be appropriated anIcrks nually, a sudicif nt sum, to be expended eery; by the Secretary of the Tetrilory, and clerk 0poo an estimate to be mad* by the Secre- c :oori, uryof the Treasury of the United States, j itrict, to defray the expenses of the Legislative j, until Assembly, the printing'of the laws and & writs other incidental expenses; and the Secrepeals tary of the Territory shall aonnally acctl in count to the Secretary ol the Treasury of the f the (he United Stale* lor the manner in which the :ourt, the aforesaid smn aliali hire been cxpen-f oft gula- ded. drei >U( io * Sic. 12. Jt*d U Ufarther emtdoi. Thai tbs in- Ma; :ourt, habitant! of the said Territory shall be thai i said entitled to, end enjoy, ell and singular the point the rights, privileges, tod advantages, thsi hold granted and secured to the people of the put irt by Territory of the United Slates northwest g And of the rirer Ohio, by the articles of the ajj final compact contained in the ordinance for rooj ahall lhe Government of the said Territory, lrei remo I paased on |he thirteenth day of July, one (njl name j thousand seven hundred sod eighty-seven; jn is, as]sod shall be subjeet to all the conditions jril nitwi ] and restrictions and prohibitions in said M r icrty, | articles of compact imposed upon the peo- pn isccr- pie of the said Territory. The said inbarither bitants shall also be eotitled to all the ' liars, rights, privileges, and immunities, hereshall tufurc granted and secured to the Terri- J ction,' lory of Michigan, and to ila inhabitants, utiun ! and the existing leers of the Territory of ested Michigan shall be extended over said Ter- , f the ritory, so far as the same be incompatible " tys of with the provisions of this set, subject, ^ much nevertheless, to be altered, modified, or II be repealed, by the Governor end Legists* . * rising tive Assembly of the sakl Territory of And j Wisconsin; end further, the laws of the p > Anal I llnif*<l KlalM brn h?r?Kii avlnnilxl omf I * ??v HWIVVJI v *? UU VW Vf VC| ' such and shall be in force in, raid Terrritory, j court bo far as the ume, or any provision* ter as thertof oiay be applicable, ill re- Sw. 13. And k it Junker enacted, That the Lei fees fiielaiirc Assembly-of tbe Territory of AN urt of Wisconsin shall hold its first sessional t istrici such l'mc an^ place in said Territory as e fur si- M?c Governor thereof shall appoipt and e direct; and at said session, or as soou c there thereafter as may by them be deemed cx- ere ritory pedient, the said Governor and Legists- B office tire Assembly shall proceed to locate and ^ >y liic establish the seat of Government for said aaar same Territory, at such place as they may pro f the deem eligible, uhich place, however, cen itory. sh&ll thereafter be subject to be changed mai )r tiie by the said Governor and Legislative As- fou d his xcmbly. And twenty thouiand dollars. tw< :r re- to bo paid out of any money in the Trea- to I fxe- sury, not otherwise appropriated, ishprc- the :ourts by gircti to the said Territory, which act is cir- shall he applied by the Governor and Lc- day Initcd gist&Uvc Assembly to defray the expenses drc utics, of creeling public buildings at the seat of for ? and Government. < ?cli J fees, Brc. 14. And kt it further enacted, That a Dele- autj if the gafo la tbe House of Representatives of in < rici of lhc United Hlalcs, to serve for the term Ru in ad- lwo years, may be elected by the vondrcd lcrs qualified to elect members of the Lc- er< in for giolativc Assembly, who shall be entitled to Th the same rights and privileges as hare been sid _ I a. i v\ 1 * _ i* .1 a j?c Go- gran led 10 mc ucicgaics irom <nc several o? id Ar-'Tcrri?oric5 of the United Stnte* to tlic'foi d House of IteprcseaUiires. i Tbe first ction shall be held at sueb time anil ce or places, and be conducted mauch nher, as the Governor shall appoint i disrcct. The person having the a lest number of votes shall be declared the Governor' to be doff elected, and rrtificate thereof shall be given ta the son so elected* jsr . ' tc. 15. Jbkd U itfurtkertBotUsL, TbataDsnilr, less, and proceedings, and all indictments informations which stall be dndetennmed he third day of July nex% io lite courts I by the additional judge for the Jd'chtTCTritorr, io the comities of Brown and a; and all suits, process and proceedings, all indictments and ditformafncs which I be undetermined on the said third day luly, in the county courts of ihe several nties of Crawford, Brown, low*, IWmi, Mdwalke, awd l>rs Moines; tshall be sfefred to be heard, tried, prueeeutcd, determined, in the district conrts hereby Wished, which may include thw said Bties tc. 16 be ilfmrtkcrametedjTfal lfleSGSTf cb shall bare been or may be removed i the courts held by the additional jodgo llie Michigan Territory, in tbe counties Srown and Iowa, by appeal or otbciuisc, tbe supreme court fi* tbe Territory of bigan, and which shall be determined! etii on the third day of July next, shall enificd by the clerk of tbe said supieaie rt, and transferred fotbe irtpreae court of 09% - < ? ' termor? 01 ivtseonmi, thereto be preled io to final determination, in the nne tner that they might bate been in the said erne coon of the Territory of Michigan, ic. 17. Ami be it farther maetei, That tfcr scna ire thousand dollars be, and the same b iby, appropriated, out of any money in Treaaoiy not otherwise appropriated, to expended by and under the direction of LcgisUtire Assembly of said Territory, be purchase of a library tor the accomlatioo of said Assembly, sad of the an* ne court hereby established. JAMES K. POLK, Ipcaker of the Ifoese of Representatirca. M. VAN BURBN, e President of the United States and *\ President of tbir Senate. iTPEOved, April 30, ISffff. * ANDREW JfACKSON. [Pc?lic. No. 13. J * ACT'to eerry into effect the treaties (included by the Chickasaw tribe of ndisns on the twentieth October, eighscn hundred and thirlr-four. f jf nwittrf l| rt> fnwfi Aw sri . telgtat 9L*U* 4 tales of lands under the stipnlataonao? ^ treaties with the Chickasaw Indians he twentieth of October, eighteen him* J and thirty-two, and the twesty-fb&rth K, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, i be paid into the Treasury of United States in the Mine manner I moneys received from the sales of die lands are paid into tftd Tressfm igc. % And be UJnrtker%aetei, TtStt " payments ccouired to be made,, and all neys required to be vested by the paid ity, are hereby appropriated in coidoey to it, and shall be draw? from the asury, as .other public moneys are wn therefrom, under such instructions nay from time to time be giren by the isioenL ' ec. S. JbkiUitftrtJur cmvtai, That *11 investats of stock, required by the Mid tree(hall be made under the direction of the sident; and a special account of the ds under the Mid treaty, shall be kept he Treasury, and a statement thereof II be annually laid befote Cougress* t the sum of one hundred and fifty usand dollars, heretofore appropriated, eeably to the Mid treaty, and to aid in fulfilment shall be refunded to the ?asarr, as soon as funds sufficient relor, are received from the tale of the i lands. kpprorcd 20ih April* 1836* [Public. No. 15.} ^ ACT in addition to the Ml of the wenty-fourth of May, one thousand ight hundred and turenty-efght, entitld M An act to authorise the licensing >f vessels to be employed in die maek1 fishery." ( u cmcUd hf the Senmf mmi JhmM if Riprtftxxm ?f tk* Vuittd States of Amerk* w Cmgrew mUtk, Thai vewela duly. lieMutd under the ivisions of4* An act to authorize the lining of vessels to be employed In the ckerel fishery/' passed May Utentyrth, one thousand eight hundred and mty-cigt, shnll not be deemed or takes be liable to the forfeitures imposed by fifth and thirty-second tactions of the of Congress, approved the eighteenth nf Prhrtiatv. ? I - - j 1 ??w nuuouilll acivil IIUIC (1 and ninety-throe, entitled "An net enrolling end licieensing ships or vcsi to be employed in the coasting trade I fisheries, end for regulating the same, consequence of any such vessel, whilst snsed as aforesaid, having been enjed in catching cod, or fish of any otbdescription whatever, Providedkmcaxr, at this act shall not he deemed or con* ercd as authorizing or entitling the ncr or owners of any resscl licensed (lie lnnckcral fishery. \o receive t'i