The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. [volume], December 31, 1800, Image 2

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■ 5 ■ tion
in any wife al
ami George-Town, or any o
: -ress of f.l-
I,"
liw ; of t
vide."
. 11.
an a
recom-
ion to,
ion of
\ '
'he Territory o
prefeu-
I to a
mber, who Shall ha right to
id receive pay, but not to
I (hall .dio be entitl -d I
! States, until it fhall
nt population to
; and
nit Shall be entitled to an additi
i elector for every representative.''
EHDIX, No.
m of an art, which if it Should, in
•dine, meet the approbation of any
or, or Representative, is recommend
ed tO'b i by him, its faults correct -
m-ide to fubftitUte it
fort!- rted by the commit!
An Act to ' a government for the
Territory of Columbia.
. 1. Be it enacted, £cc. Thai
fhall be .
-c and affembly. The Senate fhall
i, and the affembly of forty,
;/ fhall
id of on-, hall of thofe,
. The f< i
d at its fu
annu-;
The Shall h I
iic firft
Monday in Jim
Son lh ill
■inn who (hall not he at the
■
. of A
, :;d in good fa.'Eh a refident within
i if a fenator, and
thereof for which he
be a Senator or ai!
hold any ( -illative,
dvc, or judicial, diplomatic or con
, under tl. I Suites ; or any
or judicial
under > executive,
ory. Each
i its own Speaker, and be
of the returns and qualifications
ibers.
\ndpe it further enacted, That
(hall he a governor of the Territory
ilumbia, who Shall be nominated by
. and by
,'d'<: and conSent of the Se
of the United States appointed and
n dby him. The governor fl ia 11
ii 1 1 hi i office dnrin .dure of the
P'-efi lent of the United States for the time
. Noperfon Shall be governor, who
Shall not be at the time oS his appointment
c years of age, a citiaen of the
-a, and in good
a refident within the Territory ef Go
i. The governor fhrll be incapable
, continuance in office of holding
.-or appointment under the
any individual State, or the
fhall uorni
by and with the advice and con
ic v of the fen erritory fhall
-1 commiihon, all executive ant;
.- Territory ; and
in chief of the militia
• from the
a com
,
hunt.
tily.
acted, Tha
ry or
.i: eel to
if not h urn it wi
bly { and if in fh .!;
' hotlt hi; *
by two
►th houfes, be a law and
.
', That
lire fhall have power to lay and
; within the fai v, not
.
die govern
ment and police of the faid Territory, or
any part thereof, not contravenh.
constitution of tiie Urn
treaty made or to
,or any 1 or to be p i
but all
laws, made and pa .1 Territory
i States, and the • of the
at any tim
ry law of
crry, any law or i n made
in th
' Thati
court of juftice
■••/, winch I 1
, and which Shall pom'
IW and eqi >n in all
> :ver, fubj
law, and on the fact, court;
of the United
thins a.i may be provided.; and
fhall be a 1 Idcrmen or;
juStices in Such pints of the faid t<
as the legislature the
■A ho (hall have power to render
in all controversies v !
mage Shall not I hundred ri
and to be attended by a jury of I
trial of fact and aft
of damage ; provided chat
from Such judgments, in all c,
both on the law, and on the fact, to
the General Court of the 'I erritory, under
fuch regulations as maylx
Sec. C>. And he it I
all the
the. city of Wafhington,
, to wit,
and running thence albt]
Street to its ir.t- i Firft-i
Street, thence down IE treettill it is!
v-fix.'
thence at right iEiE
ftreet
Eaft Second-fti ci
South-Cai
Avenue to itsint
Street, thanes down Eaft Ibm
lia Avenue,!
jtbcflce along the Virginia Avium to it*;
intellection with
South H Street, thence a
(Ireet to its interfection with Weft One-
Half Street, thence a! One Half
ftreet to its interfectji uginia
Avenue, thence
to its inte
tol-ftreet, and thence along South (
to the beginning, fhall :
giflature o ritory of f
bia, and Shall be and rem, , to the
Said Territory, for the erection
of public building;, and Shall be th
nt feat of the government of th
Territory.
. 7. And be it <
purpofe i
to this
palling
act; and the governor as foon as
maybe after his appointment fhall a
and commit]
ireCmct which II Wafii
■ met, and .
the City of Wall
cinct which fhall be termed Alexandria Pre
and (hall b
Alexandria* another for a precincf wbic]
• termed '
(hall 1.
>wn, anotln
d lhall
d of fo much i
if Columbia, lyi
Eatc'wim!c,as fhall not be in<
r for aprei
South
iril, ii
ie thouf'.ui I
■
William Tunnicliff in the city of '-.
of Clement Sewal.
-
the fheriff does not know or belie*,
perfon fo pell to be foqua
p rfonanoath or.
: "
Unite.
faith a rd*
d, wh'u
nt within
I
IE iii
ton El
i f four, ;
, and ii
faith refident wi
as may
w h i c 11
or fliall cm.
[Monday in Jun
ea< h houfe
its ow
Capitol in the City tff
ton, Snd tl
I h;inib: iv,
in the oc :
■II afterwards, and urn I
place orplar.es v,
as they ffi
- i. 8. A ii'l be 11' iii d that
Hate of :v
--ty within the I
Mon
dial! be collected or I wil h
jthat tl
ihave full power to collect all taxi
[.publicdoes which fh
Srft Mond
.(lie thoufand eight hupci
manner as ne previous
to the palling of this act.
it further en
thatth
lioner,
entitled 4'An Act for < Stablii
rary in
day of July in I :
yen tin N cea'e and
.ii April ii;
■ I and
one; and the faid con rs ahdeyery
;i or be he
y Shall i 'y of
: reafury of tates for th*
time being ail record*, b
■
kind whatever in then* pofteftion, i
■ City of V or the t< rritory
lid record..
c tin
I c (li v ol
■ Uni
of Co
■
i
fury <d'
if (E
--of the:
„ I.
on ■' mm:.
\ Oil
lUk
\ ci Id,
I
built 1- • cf Cari
memor)
For it is not to
to have
I ho
hereaf-
tomb,
with th
in
land, ;..
i
< A, i
-
-I
S A 7> ,
hie ho
nor done his i..
ii v\ as propofcd, in tie.- Roman SV
to ;:s im*
i this honor it
mr, however unworthy. It wa
, there never wouftl be . a-
Bot every
'' hii , ; the fame
-..as tic-creed to a Nero, a Caligula,
■<n, unci c Cir< rs < S the
d with the
of UK n, and whole hi
fi are execrat
ind.
\m is objectionabU, on the
ground of its i aud its no
■ncy to beg I and disajfecti a
to the nt which votes it. An
In idion of an unneceffary increafc
National debt. - y.tra
nditure of the
ney, wlii' I
orro'.v, :\vi prdil • :\
of the Secretary or the treafury, two
five hundred and setientj-ftt
, ons hundred and thlrty-vne
rs, end : nts, on the
■. 16th, 1798, and
May 7th, 1800, for the fcrvlce cf the
the year 1 800—has
fid effect, on the publfc n
le of the
n never be reconcil
hiring .
without the leaft uf«
i- bi ' tit retains
Bioft tin- a ' f. ,
which fecks th ir happin Is, without •,
cpen-
S'es and —Men v
: id
ood, in pri