An ate to incorporate the lower part of the Town of Tuskaloosa, on the south fraction of Section zi, of Township 21 in Range 10 west of the meridian of Huntsville. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senute and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, That the lower Incorpor part of the town of Tuskaloosa, on the south fraction of Section, Num- tion. ber twenty one, of Township Number twenty one, Range Number ten west of the meridian of Huntsville, and the citizens thereof be and they are hereby incorporated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid lower part of the town of Tuskaloosa, shall be subject to the same restrictions and regula tions and endo.ed with the same powers and privileges,that the town of Montgomery is subject or entitled to by an act passed at Huntsville, De- Powers Cember third ohteen hundred and nineteen, entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Montgorvery in the county of Montgomery," except that until the first Monday in January one thousand eight hundred and twenty two and until their successors be appointed in conformity with said act, Charles Lewen, Benjamin Cox, Gilbert Saltonstall, John J.. Inge, Isaac Patrick, William M. Marr and Joshua Holbert be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name and style, of "the Intendant and Council of the lower part of the town of Tuskaloose," under which title they and their successors in office may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, as is prescribed in the before recited act. [Approved December 20, 1820.] An act making it the duty of the Comptroller to issue printed warrants. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, That it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to have warrants printed, on the best paper that can be procured with the word "Alabama" on one end, and the words, "Treasury Department" on the other, to be issued in sums of live, ten, and twenty dollars, or a larger amounts at the pleasure of the creditors of the State; and the sum of fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for carrying the same into effect. [Approved, December 15, 1820.] An act to authorize the payment of sixty dollars to Samuel Dale. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the Comptroller of Public accounts be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of Samuel Dale for the sum of sixty dollars, and that the Treasurer be authorized and required to pay the same, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, December 20, 1820.] An act to establish the seat of Justice in the Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Approved Dec, 16, 1820.] An act appointing additional precincts for holding elections in the County of Bibb. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama inGeneral Assembly convened, That in addition to the places now appointed by law for holding elections.in the county of Bibb an election shall be held at the house of Henry W. Stevens, and one at the house of John Allen in said county. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof. [Approved Dec. 20, 1820.] An Act to authorize Daniel Reid to emancipate certain slaves therein named. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That Daniel Reid, a man of color, of Washington county, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to emancipate his two children Judah and Eliza, so soon as the said Daniel Reid shall have executed to theChief Justice of the county court of Washington and his successors in office, a bond with sufficient security to be approved of by the county court conditioned that the said slaves Judah and Eliza or either of them,shall never become chargable to the state of Alabama, or any county or town withit. the same. [Approved December 11th, 1820.] An act to alter and extend the boundaries of the county of Baldwin, and for other purposes. undary. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, That the boundaries of the county of Baldwin be, and they are hereby altered and extended, and shall in future be comprized within the following limits, to wit: beginning at that point on the Alabama river, where it unites with little-river, thence up little-river to the point where said river is intersected by the range line between ranges five and six, east of the basis meridian line of the land district east of Pearl river; thence north along said line to the northwest corner of township three, in range six; thence east along the township line, between townships three and four, in range seven; thence south along the range line between the ranges seven and eight, to the thirty first degree of north latitude; thence in a direct line to the head of Perdido river; thence down said river to the mouth thercof; thence along the coast of the Gulph of Mexico to the channel or pass between Mobile point and Dauphin island; thence through said pass and the middle of Mobile bay to the center of a direct line, to be drawn Fetween the towns of Mobile and Blakeley; thence in a direct line to the head of middle river so called at its junction with Tensa river; thence up the Tensa river to its junction with the Mobile river; thence up Mobile ri ver to the junction of the Tombeckbe and Alabama rivers; thence up Tombeckbe river to the mouth of the out off, so called; thence through the cut off to the Alabama river; thence up the Alabama to the mouth of little river the place of beginning. Idition to obile. onroe. Scc. 2. And be it further enacted, That all that part of Baldwin county lying south of the line of Washington county and west of the Tombeckbe and Mobile rivers, be, and the same is hereby added to, and shall in future comprize a part of the county of Mobile. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that tract of or untry, which has hitherto been a part of Baldwin county, and which lies in the Fork commonly so called, between the rivers Alabama and Tombeckbe, and north of the Out off, be, and the same is hereby added to, and shall in future comprize a part of the county of Monroe, Sae. 4. And be it further enacted. That the seat of justice or court house Seat olju.for the said county of Baldwin as established by the first section of this act be, and the same is hereby fixed in the town of Blakeley, stice, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Cyrus Sibly, James W. Peters, Francis B. Stockton, Benjamin . Randall and Samuel Hall, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of whom shall have power and authority to procure by donation, or purchase at the expence of the county a lot of ground in the said town of Blakeley, of such size as may in their opinion be suitable for the purpose of erecting thereon a court house and jail'; and the said commissioners or a majority of them shall have pow to procure er to contract with some person or persons for building the said court lot. house and jail as aforesaid, on such plan and in such manner as they may think proper: Provided, the sum for the said buildings shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. Com❜rs. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the county court of said county of Baldwin, be, and they are hereby authorised and required to lay such tax on the persons and property of the inhabitants of said county liable to tax- Levy tax ation in other cases, as shall be sufficient to defray all the expences to be incurred 'under this act : Provided, the tax so laid shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sheriff and the clerks of the circuit and county courts, or persons now exercising the duties of those offices, to remove within the limits of Baldwin county as now established by this act, on or before the first day of January next, and on moving into the county as aforesaid, it shall be their duty to give notice of the same, to the persons authorized to hold an election under the provisions of this act, and if they fail to do so, then and in that case, there shall be an election holden in the town of Blakeley, in the said county of Baldwin as aforesaid, on the second Monday in January next for the election of a Sheriff, Clerk of the circuit, and Clerk of the county court; and that Cyrus Sibly, Charles Hall, Russell Stebbins, Benjamin J. Randall, and Francis B. Stockton, or a majority of them be, and they are hereby appointed managers of the said electon, and the said managers shall conduct said election in conformity to the election laws of this State, and shall make return to the Secretary of State of the persons so elected. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the clerks of the circuit and county courts in the county of Baldwin, shall immediately after the elections pronded to be holden by the seventh section of this act, transfer all the records Sheriff and Clerks to remove. Election, and judicial proceedings in their possession, to the clerks of the circuit and Transter county courts respectively, of the county of Baldwin, as established by this the records act who shall be the keepers of the records and judicial proceedings of their respective courts. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all causes now pending in the circuit court of Baldwin county, shall be heard and determined in the circuit court of Baldwin county, the limits and boundaries of which are defined and established by this act: Provided, that all criminal proceedings now pending shall be transfered to the circuit courts of the counties respectively, which by this act are made to embrace that part of the county of Baldwin where the offences are alledged to have been committed; which courts are hereby authorized to hear and determine the same. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the county court of the county of Baldwin as aforesaid, or a majority of them or their successors in office, or a majority of them shall have power to sue for, and recover for the use of the said county, any property real or personal, heretofore given, granted, or demised, or which may be at any future time, given, granted, or demised in the town of Blakeley or at any other place, for the use of the said county of Baldwin, or for the use of that county in which Blakeley at the time of the gift, grant or demise, was or may be situated. Justices to sue. Officers Sec. 11 And be it further enacted, That all Justices of the peace, constables and militia officers, who may have been elected in the counties of Baldwin hold their and Mobile under the laws of this State, and who shall be by the operation of comis'ns. this act included in any other county than the one for which they were elect ed, be, and they are hereby authorised to act in all respects as Justices of the Peace, Constables and militia officers for the county in which they may respectively reside. Election Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an additional elecprecinct. *ion preciuct at the town of Florida for the county of Mobile. Measurer conuts. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of Baldwin county within two months after the passage of this act to to settle ac settle and adjust the accounts of said county with the Judge of the county court of Baldwin, and on failure thereof it shall be the duty of the said Judge to institute suit against said Treasurer and his securities, and the amount of monies in the Treasury of said county shall be equally divided between the county of Mobile and the county established by this act. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the court house and jail at McIntosh's bluff in the county of Mobile as established, shall be sold by order of Court the county court of Mobile: and the monies arising from said sales shall be dlouse to equally divided between the counties herein named, to be applied to county besaul purposes. [Approved December 16, 1821.1 Ar act for the relief of the tax collector of Landerdale county, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Relief of State of Vabama in General Assembly convened, That the collector of taxes collector of for the county of Lauderdale for the year 1820, be, and he is hereby auLauerdale thorised and required to collect the balance of the 'taxes due from sail Dallas. county to this State, for the year 1820, and make return of the same to the proper officers of the State, at the time required by law for the retur of taxes for the year 1821. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the comptroller of public accounts be, and he is hereby authorised to make an allowance to the tax colleg tor of Dallas county for so much of the taxes on the lands lying in salí county, owned by non-residents as may be made satisfactorily to appear, cannot be collected either by lease or otherwise. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the tax collector of Lawrence and Franklin counties for the year 1820, be, and they are hereby authorised Franklin, to collect the balance of taxes due from said counties, and make retur: of the same at the time appointed by law in the year 1821. Fees. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the same fees shall be allowed on all judgments in civil suits in behalf of the State, as is or may be allowed in the supreme court. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the taxMoney' recollectors to receive in payment for taxes any money, except gold or silver, ceived for land office money, the bills of incorporated banks of this State, and Comp trollers warranis. taxes. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent tax collectors of the present year from paying, and the Treasurer from receiving such monies as are authorised to be receired in payment of taxes by the existing laws. [Approved, Dec. 20, 1820.} A resolution for printing the Journals and Laws of the present General Assembly. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, That the state printer be and is hereby required to print and deliver as prescribed by law, twenty two hundred copies of the acts of the Legislature passed at the present session, and one thousand copies of the Journals of the House of Repsesentatives, and seven hundred copies of the Journals of the Senate. An Act to fix the seat of Justice permanently in Section 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativer of the state of Alabama in General Assembly convined, That an election shall be held in the county aforesaid on the first Monday in February next, at the places by law appointed for holding the general Election elections therem, for the purpose of electing seven commissioners of Ccmr's. which election shall be holden by the proper officer and be conducted strictly pursuant to the election laws now in force in this state. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid or a majority of thein, shall fix on the most eligible site for the seat of justice aforesaid, as near the center as may be expedient, having in view natural convenience and the general interest of the county: And Seat of justice. they shall have power to contract with the owner or owners of the land, they may select for the county site, for a tract not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, and to take bond and security from the said owner or owners for the perfecting a good and sufficient title to the land so purchased, and also to receive any donations in behalf of the county, which may be offered for the erection of the public buildings. Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the aforesaid commissioners to lay off the land they may purchase, or as much thereof as they may deem expedicat, into lots of a convenienɩ ire, and expose the same to public sale, giving thirty days public notice in the Florence Gazette, Columbia Chronicle of Tennessee and at three public places in the county, on such credits, and payable in sach instalments as they may deem just and proper. Lay off & sell lots. Sec. 4. Ar1 be it further enacted, That the said commissioners after selecting the place for the seat of Justice, shall proceed to let out to the lowest undertaker the building a court house, jail and other Public necessary public buildings for the county of Lauderdale; first giving thir- buildings-↑ ty days notice in the Florence Gazette and at three public places in the county and they shall take bond with approved security, from the undertaker or undertakers in double the sum for which said public buildgs shall be let out, for the faithful completion of the work by the time mentioned in the terms of letting out, and agreeable to the plan by. them devised. payable to them as commissioners aforesaid. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners appointed by this act shall superintend the public buildings aforesaid, and Comr's. to on the completion thereof pay the undertaker or undertakers out of the superinmonies arising from the sales of the land or lots, authorized to be sold tendpublic buildings by this act, and the balance (should there be any) after deducting a Competency for their trouble, and expense, to deposit in the Treasury of the county; also they shall make a report of the whole of their proceedings to the County Court of Lauderdale, which shall be entered by the clerk of said court on record. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners before entering upon the duty assigned them by this act shall take the following oath, I do solemnly swear, that I will select and fix on the site Oath. for the seat of justice and public buildings in the county of Lauder dale agreeable to the provisions of this act, without favor or partiality. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sit for the seat of jus, permanent tice fixed on under the directions of this act, shall be the permanent seat. seat of justice for said county; and this act shall be in force from the passing thereof. [Approed Dec. 18, 1820.] |