correcftion ; 3d. the public education j 4th, 'the funds for the encouragement of agriculture and industry; sth. the preservation of public pro perty ; 6th. the forefts, rivers, canals, roads, &c. 7th. the building of churches, prelbyteries, &c. Bth. the execution of the laws relative to public security and lalubrity ; 91!), the fei vice and the employment of the militia. No resolution of a dilli iift or department (hall be carried Into execution, without theconfent of the King, excepting current business. The adniiniltrative al'emblies (hall have no right to levy an impolt, or to open a loan with out the consent of the National Afl'embly. In the primary aflenibltes, the votes of those ■who cannot write, shall be written by three of the oldelt citizens, who shall have taken an oath to this purpose, and who shall during the meet ing remain at the fame place. The electors shall not write their votes any where ell'e than at. the place of meeting. None lhall be elecfted or eligible, without ha ving taken the civic oath. The head of every municipal bodyfhall be cal led the Mayor, All active citizens may concur in the formation of municipalities. 4000 inha bitants shall form one allembiy, 8000, two, &c. Two near relations (hall not be at the fame time members of a municipality. The lr.ayois fliall be elected by the plurality of votes, and the other members by ballots of double lifts. The number of the members (hall be in propor tion to the population of 'he dilhi<fts. Each municipal body (hall be divided into a council and a board. The council to meet once a ninuth. The board to be permanent. The mayor may be re-elected after two years, but ftiall not serve more than four years. The elections (hall take place in the whole kingdom on the Sunday after Saint Martin's day. The functions of the municipalities (hall be two fold, lit, under the authority of the depart ments, to fnperii'tend the revenue of public pro perty, to dil'cliai ge local expences, to lurvey pub lic works, audio maintain a good police. 2d, tinder the authority of the King, to make a re partition of direc't contributions, to superintend the collection of the fame, and their payment ; to direcft and survey public establishments ; to build and kdep in repair chinches, prelbyteries, prisons, lfofpitals and other public buildings. The municipalities may request the aflillance of the national guards. WORCESTER, May 21 Tuefdny last liis Excellency the Vice-Prefidenr of the United Stares, his Lady and Family, palled through this town on their way to his feat iiy Braintree. / BOSTON, May 23 Thursday last arrived at his feat in Braintree, the Vice-Prelident of the United States of Ame rica. ( The Legiflnture of $onnt£licut, following the example o<"our Gallic Allies, have abolifiied Ti tles.— Formerly their Legiflatu: e contained three or four score Geneials, Colonels, Majors, Cap tains, llonorables, and El'q lires, —Now none are more than simple iVlaJlers. Faneuil-Hall is now new painting and repair ing in a bandfoire llyle—We cannot therefore forbear expreflinp- our hope, that the arches which are left for picui es, may be filled up with the productions of our artists. The portrait of lii 3 Excellency the Governor, ihnuld decorate the arch on the right —whiltt that of ihe liberal do nor of the edifice, would fill up hit on the left. To complete the groupe, lei a full length of the " MAN WHO UNITES ALL 11 .All IS"— fill the window which fonnerly iiad 111 it a portait of Georc £ 11. The dillritft of Maine contains 96,500 inhabi tams—The males exceeded tne females 2,101. The piincipal towns in the lowei parts of Maine, at- for a reparation—and have in gene tal chofcn Representatives. At Portland, the votes were, for a separation 39 —againfl it 38. To- morrow, about noon, will be launched from Mr. Derby's wharf, in Salem, a fliip, of between J and 6co tons—supposed the largelt ever built in that county. Such immense quantities of corn have arrived at Martinique, from the United Stares, that Capt. Campbell, of Wifcallet, made a (peculation of i {00 bnfliels,at 2S. 6d. with which he has arrived at Wifcallet. The Revenue Cutter of this Didritfr is to be called ihe Matfachufetts. GEORGE-TOWN, May 2 J The Diftricft Court at Dum fries ended on Mon day tlie2)d inft. without a finale indictment be ing brotglit in by tiie Grand Jury ! ! We learn 1 hat a gentleman trom Holland, late ly arrived, with an intention to purchase all tl'.c \acant fiares in the I'atowmack Company. Philadelphia, June i. Tt is said that an elderly gentleman in the neighborhood of Princeton, New- Jerfev. is about to institute a regular series of ex periments in Animal Magrictijm ; a fubjeft which has been lately explained in this paper.—From this gentleman's character for ac curacy in invefti^atfoh, 'quickness of apprehenfton, and precision of thought, it raav be expe£led that he will throw much light up on this sublime science ; and the public mind will doubtlels re ceive singular gratification from a communication of the oL his experiments in due season. v Abjlratt of Frcrch intelligence fromthe Dublin Chronicle, to April 5. The health of his Majesty the King of Frenchmen was so far re cruited the 16th March, that Te Deum was ordered to be cele brated on the occasion ; the Queen receives the felicitations of the AfTembly and the people with uncommon delight. The Abbe Seves has been ele&ed to four Bishoprics at one and the fame time —he has not yet made his ele&ion. The rights of primogeniture are abolished by the National Af femblv. Poor de la Tude who fuffered thirty years imprifonmdnt in the Baftile, is about to publish an history of his life. M. de Montefqiiiou has succeeded M. de Noailles as Prefidcnt of the National Aflembly. An address from the Germanick Diet, dated Feb. 2, breathes universal resistance of all the States of Germany against France— among other expreflTions is the following : " The King is a pri soner—the National Aflembly never received the power it has af fu ned, injurious to the rights of the Germanic body, and the faith lue to treaties." The ex-Prince of Conde and his two sons were received at Mentz with the greatest diftin&ion. The beautiful castle of Worms is afligned for their residence. This Prince loses 600,000 livres pr. annnm by a late decree of the National AfTembly. The period for a general ele&ion is now approaching—there remain only a few ftitutional articles to be decreed—and it is probable the present aflembly will not set longe r than April—and the next will meet the latter end of May. Tt Deums without end are throughout France for the King's narrow escape on the 28th February. 1400 Hotels to be let in ! The time for the Clergy's taking the oath is prolonged M. Dupont, informed the AfTembly that the prisons of the ca pital are so crouded, that tho* the Judges dispatch from 40 to 50 trials in a week, they would not be able to try all the prisoners in less than four or five years. He moved that two more tribu nals (hould be eretted, seven Judge! to preside in each. Mr. Freteau moved that fix more tribunals be added to those lately erefted,confiding of forty-two additional Judges; this mo tion was decreed. Mr. Dupont informed the AfTembly that there are at this mo ment, between thirty and forty thousand people in Paris who live entirely on plunder ! ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Brig Live Oak, Ship Favorite, Brie Hope, Ship Hannibal, Snow Ship Henrietta, Schooner Charlotte, Brig Mary, TO CORRESPONDENTS, (j Birtha's inejlimable favor, and fever a! other communica tion* /halt appear as j tfl as pojjible. Evelina will fee by this day's Gazette that she mijlaket. XX WAR DEPARTMENT,! / MAY 30, 1 791 • J INFORMATION is hereby giten to all the military Invalids of the United States, that the sims to which they are entitled for fix months of their annual penfon, from the 4th day of Mareh, 1791, and which will become due on the 4th day of September ensuing, will be paid on the said day by the Commiflioners of the Loans within the States refpe£lively,under the usual regulations,viz. Every application lor payment must be accompanied by the fol lowing vouchers. iff. The certtficafe given by the llate, fpecifving that the person poflefling the fame is in fa ft an invalid, and afccrtaining the sum to which as such he is annually enditled. 2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the following form A. B came before me. one of tht JuJlices of the connty of in the fiate of and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the original certificate in his pofjefjion was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the Jlate tt be recited) That he served (re giment, corps or vejfe!) at the time he was disabled, and that he now re sides in the and county of aid has resided there for the lajl years, previous to which he refded in T n cafe an invalid (hould apply for payment by an attorney, the fiid attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, mud produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to the folio w ing form: I, A. B. of county of Jlate of do hereby conflitute and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of nt\ pevfton Jor fx months, as an invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of March, one thoufandfeven hundred and ninety-one, and ending the Jouith day of September of the fame year. Signed and r ealed J in the presence of /'f/t Is j- Witness. ' Acknowledged before me, Applications of executors and administrators mail be accompa nicd with legal evidence of their refpe&ive offices, and also of the time the invalids died, whole pension they may claim. By command of the of the United Stares, H. KNOX, Secretary of War. The Printers in the refpedive States are requejied to publijh the. above in their new/papers, for the /pace oj two months. FOR TWO THOUSAND ACRES of LAND, in Jefferfon County, state of Kentucky, situate 25 miles from Louisville, in a thick fettled neighbourhood. This is supposed bv good judges who are acquainted wfth its fituaion Sind quality, o be the most valuable in that part ot thecounciy, as its connection by waier with Louisville, the principal town in all Kentucky, mullincreafe ts value—it was some of the firft land taken up in that neighbour hood, so that the title is indisputable. Lands in the neighbourhood of Louisville, not superior 111 quality or fuuation, have fold cur n ly at one guinea per acre. The Proprietor of this tract wilbes to dispose of it for Cacti, in order to improve other tra£ls in that neighbourhood, and therefore will fell cheap. Any gcntl man desirous to bargain for the Came, may, by appli cation so the Printer, be informed of the price. N. B. The above tract ol land is well known to a number of gentlemen in the state of Virginia, who will if required, certify its value. 39 Jamaica, Irvin, Reed, Lee, Cunningham, London, Jamaica, Cadiz, Jamaica, Bayne, Wicks, Havre de Grace, St. Lucia, Miller, Curvin, St. Croix, S A L h, TO THK PUBLIC. OX" the frtUrtcehth of January last the fubferiber presented a memorial to Congress, dating his intention to publish a complete and correct octavo edition of the Law% Resolutions, and Treaties of tke United States, and praying that Curb mcafurc& might be adopted as would give authenticity to i - id edition. The memorial was read in the House of Reprefen: stives, and re ferred to the Secretary of State, On the ieventh of February that officer, after matwre deliberation made the FoP.owiag report : — " The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the memorial of Andrew Brown, printer, of Philadelphia, has had the lame un der his consideration, and thereupon makes the following Report, The Mcmorialift states that he has in contemplation to publiffi a corrcft edition of the Laws, Treaties, and Refactions of the United States, and prays, that such meahires may be adopted for giving a public authentication to his woi k, as may euTurtf its re ception throughout the United States- The Secretary of State observes, that there exists, at prcfent, but a Tingle edition of the laws of the Cnitcd Stares, to wit, the one printed by Childs and Swaine; that this edition is authentic,, the proof-Pneets thereof having been carefully collated by sworn clerks, with the original rolls in his office, and rendered literally conformable therewith. That the firft volume ol this edition can now rarely be found, the copies originally printed being inoftly disposed of. That it is desirable that copies of the laws fliould be so multi plied throughout the states, and in such cheap forms, as that every citizen of the United States may be able to procure them. That It is important also, that such publications be rendered authentic, by a collation df the proof-fheets with the original rolls, by sworn clerks, when they are printed at the feat of government, or in its neighbourhood, and by a collation of the whole work when print ed at a distance, and a certified correttion of its typogrophical er rors annexed to each volume. That this, however, if done at the public expense, would occa sion an inconvenient augmentation of the number of clerks, as the ast of collation requires the presence of three clerk?, one to hold the roll, a fecortd a printed copy jalready authenticated, and the third the proof sheet. That it would be more reasonable that persons of confidence should be employed, at the expence of the Editor, to be named and sworn as clerks, for the Tpecial occasion. That, in this way, he is of opinion that it will be advantageous to the public to.permit that the Laws, to be printed by the Memo rialist, be collated with, and corredled by, the original rolls, and that a certificate thereof, by the Secietary of State, be annexed to the Edition. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secietary of State. February 5, 1789." Iq consequence of this report, Congress have adopted the fol lowing resolve— " RESOLVED by the Senate and Hous f. of Represent a ti ves of the United States of America in Congress aflembled, That Andrew Brown, or any other printer, be permitted, under the dire&ion of the Secretary of State, to collate with, and correct by, the original rolls, the Laws, Resolutions and Treaties of the United States, to be by him printed. And that a certificate of their having been so collated and corretted be annexed to the fa?d Edition. Provided, That such collation and corre£tion beat the expense of the said Andrew Brown, or such other printer, and that the person or per Tons to be by him or them employed in that service, be approved by the Secretary of State. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the Houfeof Reprcfentatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefidcnt of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, Februarv the eighteenth, j79J.*:. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Secretary of State THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.** As this Edition of the statutes of the united states is to. be printed at the feat of gov rnment, and with the approbation of Congress, and as the proof-(heets shall be collated with the original rolls and records, by ("worn clerks, in the office of the Secretary of State, there caii be no doubt but it will meet with a candid and universal reception. Confiding particularly in the patronage of the citizens of the United States, whose interests are itioft materially conncflcd with a due execution of this work, th« editor submits to their consider ation the following TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION 1 ft. The work (hall be printed with a new type on good paper. 2d. The a&s of the different feflions of each Congre's (the du rationof which is limitted, by the Constitution, to the term of two years) shall be comprised in one volume,o&avo,and delivered to the fubferibers in boards. 3d. The volume, from the commencement of the firft, to the conclusion of the present feflion, shall be printed with the utmoil expedition ; and every other volume shall b' ready to be deliver ed at Philadelphia in a few days alter the close of the last feflion of eveiy future Congress ; —or the work (hall be delivered in num bers at the close of each feflion (at the option of the fubferibers) the acts of each feflion making a number. 4th. The firft volume (hall contain such a6ts of the Congress, under the Confederation, as may be thought molt important to be generally known in the administration of the present govern ment, together with the a&s of the firft, fccond, and third feflion# of the present Congress, and the treaties which have been entered into with foreign nations, and with the Indian tribes. The firft volume, it is supposed, will contain five hundred and pages ; in this cafe the price will be one dollar and two thirds : (hould the number of pages be more or less, the pricc will be incrcafed or diminilhed in proportion. A Complete index (hall be annexed to each volume. Those who may incline to patronize this highly ntfceflarv, and very laborious, as well asexpenfive undertaking, are requeued to forward their names to any of the following gentlemen, viai. Mr. Thomas B. Waite, Portlarid, Maffaehufetts ; Jam s Harp er, Esq. Portsmouth, N. H. Meffis. Thomas and Andrews, Jf Boston ; John Esq. Providence, Jacob Richardson, Newport, R. I. Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, Hart ford ; Mr. Isaac Beers, New-Haven; David Russell, Esq. • Bennington, Vermont; Mr. Roben Hodg", New-York; Mr. Isaac Collins, Trenton ; Messrs. Craig and Co. Wilming ton, Delaware; Messrs. Goddard and Angell, Baltimore; Augustine Davis, Esq. Richmond ; L. Standing, Esq. Eden ton, N. C. Mr. W. P. Young, Ch rlefton, S. C. Alexander Watt, Esq. Savannah ; Meffts.Alexander and James Parker g merchants, Lexington, Kentucky. Or to ANDREW BROWN, the publisher, in the city of Philadelphia. Philad. 22d Feb. 1791. PRICE CURRENT.— PUBLIC SECURITIES* FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. CcnH 17/2 pr-Z 3 pr. Cents 9/3 9/4 Defercd 6 pr. CrnU UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Srnl.and other Certificate* 16<f 2 Indenu 9/3 974 N. and S. Carolina debt], T2_/6 'sf. . 86 pr. cent. 47 i "<>• 45 do -8o 47f do-
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