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PHCENIX.
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CTIIs iOKEE LAWS.
[continued.]
JWis Town, Oct. 28, 1820.
Resolved by the, National Committee
mnd Council, That any person or per
is whatsoever, who shall tnde with
negro slave without permission
fj'ora the pioper owner of such slave,
«nd the property so traded for, be
proven to have been stolen, the pur
chaser shall be held and bound to the
legal proprietor for the same, or the
falue thereof; and be it further
Resolved, That any person who sh: 'I
permit their negro or negroes to pu:--
chise spirituous liquors and vend the
® ins, the master or owner of such ne
gro or negroes shall forfeit and pay a
fine of fifteen dollars for every sui h
«iT:n?e, to be collected by the mar
eV>'s within their respective districts
for the national use; and should any
fciegro be found vending spirituous li
quors without permission from their
tesoective owners, such negro, so
•offending, shall receive fifteen cobbs
or paddles for evpry such offence,
from the hands of the patrolers of the
or neighborhood in which
ilie offence-was committed, and eve
ry settlement or neighborhood shall
t>e privileged to organize a patrolling
«ompany.
JJ, order of t'i" National Cotnm'ttee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't. N. Com.
his
Approved—PATH X KILLER,
mark.
CHARLES HICKS.
A. M'COY, Clerk.
New Town, Nop. 8, IS2?.
Iteiolverl by the .National Committee
cni Council, That the judges of the
district courts shall keep a record of
the proceedings of all causes, eviden
ces a id de Msions: and
Be it further Ret nine That each
person who may be as clerV
• r the dis*' - courts, s'lall b«> allow
ed aud jiaid the sum of tivo dollars per
©MEII©IG3E
day for his services during the sitting
oi' the courts.
By order ol' the National Committee,
JNO. ROSS, Pres't. N. Com,
Approved,
his
PATH SX KILLER,
liiai...
A. M'COY, C.erk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Council,
JVcic Town, Nov. 8, 1822.
Whereas, the great variety of vices
emanating i'rom dissipation, parti
cularly from intoxication, and gam
ing at cards, which are so preva
lent at public places, the national
committee and council, seeking the
true interest and happiness of their
people, have maturely taken this
growing evil into their serious con
sideration, and being fully convin
ced that no nation of people can
prosper and flourish or become mag
nanimous in character, the basis of
whose laws are not founded upon
virtue and justice; therefore,
to suppress, as much as possible,
those demoralizing habits vvhi, h
were introduced by foreign agency
Resolved b,j the National Committee
That any person or persons whatsoev
er, who shall bring ardent spirits with
in three miles of the General council
house, or to any of the court houses
within the several districts the
general council, or tie sitting of the
courts, and dispose of the same so as
to intoxicate any person or persons
whatsoever, the person or persons so
offending, shall forfeit his or their whis
key, the same to be destroyed; and be
it further
Resolved, That gaming at cards is
hereby strictly forbidden, and that any
person or persons whatsoever, who
shall gume'at mius a.tha
nation, such person or persons, so of
fending, shall forfeit and pay a fine of
Iwenty-five dollars: and further, any
person or persons whatsoever who may
or shall be found playing cards at any
house, camp, or in the woods within
three miles of the general conncil
house or any of the court houses of the
several districts during the session of
the general council or sitting of the
district courts, such person or persons,
so offending, shall forfeit and pay a fine
of fifty dollars each for every such
offence, and that any person or persons
whatsoever, who shall bring into the
Cherokee nation and dispose of play
ing cards, such person or persons be
ing convicted before any of the judges,
marshals, or light horse, shall pay a
fine of twenty-five dollars for every
pack of cards so sold; and it shall be
the duty of the several judges, mar
shals and light horse companies to
take cognizance of such offences and
to enforce the above resolutions: and
Be it further Resolved, That all fines
collected from persons violating the
above resolutions, the money so col
lected shall be paid into the national
treasury. To take effect and be in
full force from and after the first day
of Janaary next.
By order of thf N. Cc onittM,
JNO. ROSS, Pr 't. Nat.Com.
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
A. M'COY, CWk N. Com.
i ELIJAH HICKa, Clerk of N. Council.
JWw Town, November 20, 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That any person or per
sons whatsoever, who shall wilfully
embezzle, intercept and. open any
sealed letter, so that the owner be in
jured or deprived of the benefits oi
such letter, the person or persons so
ofTending, upon conviction, shall forfeit
and pay a fine of one hundred dollars
and be punished with one hundred
stripes on the bare back, the fine to be
converted to national purposes.
By order,
J NO. TIOSS, Prps't N. Com.
Approved-PATH X KILLER,
CH \RLES HICKS.
A. M'COY, Clerk.
New Town. N ". T2, 1822.
Re ' fved by tt>e Nationo 1 Committee j
and Council; That there shall be a su-
NEW K CSS OTA, THURSDAY
perior court, to be hel l at New Town,
• luring the session of each natio; !
coun.il, to be com: osc I of tin
ral circuit judges. Lo determine :*1
causes which may be ..ppealed fioni
the district courts; and
Be it further Resolved, That the ! '\v
ippropriating forty dollars for the stp
lort of each district count il, is lieie
iy repeal d, and that in future the
nation shall not be accountable for sup
plies furnished the district councils.
By order c the Nat dial Cornn.itt e,
J NO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
P TH X KILLER,
marlv.
ELIJAH HICKS, Cleri, N. Com. |
A. M'COY, Clerk. N. Council.
New Townj Nov. 12, 1822.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That the cuvuit s
be vested with authprhy to nomin; c
lioht horse companies in their rt s; et -
tive districts in i ftse of resignation c'
otherwise, and suvh nomination beini?
repeated to the head chiefs and san- -
tioned by them, shall be considered
valid.
By order of the N. ComrniHee,
JNO. ROSS, P • s»t N. C<4n>.
his
Approved—P TH KILLER, J
ma . I
A. M'COY, Clerk. N. Ccunc >.
ELIJAH HICKS, National C m.
New Town, N,'>. 13, 1822. "
Resolved by the National Comifytee
and Council, That the mar si-. .6 o.
tax collectors of the several dist.icis,
are hereby authorized "o seize iijior:
and attach the property of any
or persons who shall not make mr, -
tual payments of their r spective u-x
--es, when called upon, and the proifer
ty so seized and attached shall br- ail
,•. . i c.... _ . i.. 1 ,„„ ,1 I. 1.0
allowed for the rfitSsnpirohonf ; #fffbp
erty so attached. Incase the prop
erty be not redeemed in that time,
then the marshal or collector shn 1 pro
ceed to expose to public sale such
property to the highest bidder, and all
sums of money which may be receiv
ed over the amount of taxes, for which
the property may be seized, attached
and sold, shall.be returned to the per
son or persons from whom it was ta
j ken.
B r order of the C^m.
JNO UOSS, Pres't N. Com»
his
PATH X KILLER,
inai ..
A. M'COY, Cler, N. Council, .
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Com.
JVew Tom J\'v. 13, 1822
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, That the Chattoogee,
Chickamauga and other tunu ike com
panies, who have not been heretofore
under any obligation to keep in good
repair their respective roads, be, and
they are hereby required to keep in
good repair their respective roads and
in case of non-compliance with the a
foresaid requisition, the privileges
and authority in them vested for keep
ing a toll gate tbereoh, shall t ease and
become void whenever full and suffi
cient evidence may be established
before the national committee and
council.
. Bv order.
JNO. ROSS, Pres't N. Com.
his
Approyed-PATH fx! KILLER,
mark.
MAJOR RIDGE, Speaker.
ELIJAH HICKS, Clerk N. Com,
. M'COY, C'-cr'. N. Coun.
jYew Town 13, 1822.
Resolved b> the National Committee
and Council That a decree passed
October 28. 1819, imposing a tax on
merchant citizens of the nation, is here
by reduced from twenty dollars to
twelve dollars per annum, and the tax
on pedlars, not citizens of this nation,
is also hereby reduced fiom eighty
dollars to fifty dollars, per annum, to
lake effect after the first of January
iext; the regulation to be observed and
nforced agreeably to the said decree.
By order,
•TNO. ROSS, Prrs't N, Com.
\pr>rov'" , -PATH X K LT./.K #
'.A. fti'COy, Clerk oi JN,Com*
,VJ* 1 iL- 10, 182S,
New Town, October 14, 1823.
Resolved, That the business of the
council, during the session, be suspen
ded on the Sabbaths, and also, that the
merchants, & pedlars, and mechanii s,
at New Town, c lose the doors of their
shops and suspend all business; and
aijy . erson or persons violating this
resolution shall forfeit and p«y the sum
of fifteen dollars, to be collected for
the benetit of the nation by the proper
otfieer.
By or erof the Nations 1 Co«n*wttee,
JNO. ROS t 3 ies't N. C mmittee.
II s
PATH X KILLER,
mark.
CHARLES HICKS.
A. McCOY, Sec'y to the Council.
New Town, October 9, 1823.
Resolved by ihe National Committee
and Council, That all resolutions, em
anating from either body, shall receive
the concurrence of the other, before
the assent a-:d signature of the head
chiefs shall be requi ed". and their
urrence shall then give effect to
such resolutions.
By order,
JNO. ROSS, Pre't N. Com.
Concurred in by the council,
his
PATH X KILLER,
n.ar .
M'COY, C'e-U N. Com.
kL,J H HICKS, C .N. Council.
New Town, Ockper 17, 1823
The National Committee have discov
e ed that claims i f a private na
ture, which more properly belong
to the courts for adjustment, have
been taken up by- the Council and
acted upon by that body and sub
mitted to the Committee for con
currence, those claims are brought
before the cornmiHee without evi-
» *' '• pee*™ e of the par
ties, which makes it difficult and
impossible to inves! i ate the mat
ters of dispute, therefore,
Resolved by the Committee, That all
matters of private controversy, bro't
before the Council or Committee,
which have not been appealed from
the district courts should be submit
ted to that court of the district where
the parties reside, and all causes
wbi 'h have been fpre iled from the
dec'sion of the district courts shou'd
be submitted to the supreme
session for a decision agreeable to law
and equity.
By order,
" JNO. ROSS, Pre-'t N. Com.
his
Approve<t-PATH X KILLER,
(iia .
A. M'COY, C'-rk N. Com.
ELIJAH HICKS, Qlerk N. council
WO. 8.