5,000 dollars granted to in Philadelphia prison. to the county commissioners, and trustees and commissioners appointed by this act, on their producing satisfactory evidence that the several contracts have been made, and the necessary securities for the faithful application of the monies taken, and the work actually commenced, the several sums hereby appropriated out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SECT. XXXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and hereby is approSpectors of the priated, to be paid on warrants drawn by the auditor general, on the state treasurer, to the inspectors of the prison of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the completion of the Statement of the new-prison; and the said inspectors shall submit a statement of their accounts to the accountant department when called upon for that purpose by the auditor general, to be settled in the usual manner; Provided, That the sum hereby appropriated shall not be drawn before the first day of October next. accounts to be made to the au ditor-general. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER, A. McNair to receive each 200 acres of land. CHAPTER CL. An ACT granting tracts of land to Michael Sechler, Archibald M'Nair, and the widow and children of George Clark, deceased, soldiers of the revolutionary war. WHEREAS it appears to the legislature that Michael Sechler and Archibald M Nair were in the federal army at the close of the revolutionary war, and that George Clark died in military service before that time, and that they have not received grants of donation land; Therefore, SECT. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, M. Sechler and and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the board of property be, and they are hereby authorized and directed on the application of Michael Sechler and Archibald M.Nair, or their lawful attornies to them for that purpose made, to patent to each of them a tract of two hundred acres of donation land in the usual manner. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of property be, and they are hereby authorized and directed on the application of George Clark, or his lawful attorney to them for that purpose made, to issue a pa tent to him for a donation tract of land of two hundred acres in the usual manner, in trust and for the use and benefit of the widow and children of George Clark, deceased, late a soldier in the revolutionary war; Provided, That lot number one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven, in the tenth donation district, shall not be subject to draft in the aforesaid cases. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. Preambe Senators in presentatives re RESOLUTIONS. CHAPTER I. In the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. THE people of the United States by the adoption of the federal constitution established a general government for special purposes, reserving to themselves respectively, the rights and authorities not delegated in that instrument. To the compact thereby created, each state acceded in its character as a state, and is a party; the United States forming as to it, the other party. The act of union thus entered into, being to all intents and purposes a treaty between sovereign states, the general government by this treaty was not constituted the exclusive or final judge of the powers it was to exercise; for if it were so to judge, then its judgment and not the constitution would be the measure of its authority. Should the general government in any of its departments violate the provisions of the constitution, it rests with the states, and with the people, to apply suitable remedies. With these impressions, the legislature of Pennsylvania, ever solicitous to secure an administration of the federal and state governments, conformably to the true spirit of their respective constitutions, feel it their duty to express their sentiments upon an important subject now before congress, viz. the continuance, or establishment of a bank. From a careful review of the powers vested in the general government, they have the most positive conviction that the authority to grant charters of incorporation, within the jurisdiction of any state without the consent thereof is not recognized in that instrument, either expressly, or by any warrantable implication; Therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the senators of this state in the senate of the United structed, and re- States, be, and they are hereby instructed, and the represenquested, to oppose tatives of this state in the house of representatives of the the charter of the United States be, and they hereby are requested to use every ed States; or any exertion in their power, to prevent the charter of the bank of bank being char, the United States from being renewed, or any other bank from being chartered by congress, designed to have operation within the jurisdiction of any state, without first having obtained the consent of the legislature of such state. bank of the Unit tered by congress in any of the states, without the consent of the legislature thereof, Resolved, That the governor be, and he hereby is requested to forward a copy of the above preamble and resolution, to each of the senators and representatives of this state, in the of the United States. congress JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives, P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. In the House of Representatives, January 11, 1811. Read and adopted. GEORGE HECKERT Clerk of the House of Representatives. In the Senate, January 11, 1811, Read and adopted. JOSEPH A. M‹JIMSEY, Clerk of the Senate, CHAPTER II.. In the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. WHEREAS the telescope and apparatus thereto belonging, the property of this commonwealth, were in pursuance of a resolution of the general assembly of the sixth of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, presented to Andrew Ellicott for his use, during the pleasure of the legislature; And whereas it is proper that the same be placed under the care of an officer of the government, responsible for the safe keeping thereof; Therefore, of the secretary Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the secretary of the commonwealth, be, and he is here- state telescope by authorized to demand and receive of and from Andrew put into the care Ellicott, the telescope and apparatus thereto belonging, the of the common property of this commonwealth, and now in his possession, and to take proper care of the same, until otherwise disposed of by the legislature. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the sixth day of February, one thousand eight hun. dred and eleven. wealth. SIMON SNYDER. Secretary to deliver to members certain copies of CHAPTER III. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That of the legislature the secretary of the commonwealth be and he is hereby di acts of congress, rected to deliver to each member thereof respectively, one copy of the laws passed by congress at the session of one thousand eight hundred and nine---ten. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. Secretary of the tribute Bioren's new edition of the laws. To whom. CHAPTER IV. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Fennsylvania, in general assembly commonwealth met, That the new edition of the laws of the state, in four directed to dis- volumes, by John Bioren, shall be disposed of by the secretary of the commonwealth as soon as may be after receiving the same; as follows, to the secretary of the senate of the United States for the use of said senate, one copy; to the clerk of the house of representatives of the United States, for the use of said house, one copy; to the secretary of state and attorney-general of the United States, each one copy; to the executive of each state in the Union for the use of their respective legislatures, one copy; to the governor of this commonwealth, secretary of the commonwealth, attorneygeneral, state treasurer, auditor-general, secretary of the land-office, and surveyor-general, each one copy; to the clerk of the senate for the use of the senate, ten copies; to the clerk of the house of representatives, for the use of the house of representatives, thirty copies; to the judges of the supreme court, and presidents and associate judges of the courts of common pleas, mayor and recorder of the city of Philadelphia, each one copy; to each board of county commissioners, one copy; to the members of the senate, clerk, as" sistant-clerk, sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper of the senate, each one copy; to the members of the house of representa. tives, clerk, assistant-clerk, sergeant-at-arms, and doorkeeper of the house of representatives, each one copy; to prothonotaries of the supreme court and courts of common pleas, clerks of the courts of quarter sessions and orphans' courts, clerk of the mayor's court of Philadelphia, register of wills, and recorders of deeds, one copy each, for the use of their respective offices; to the board of inspectors of the jail and |