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An Act to accord certain privileges to the town of Natchitoches. 1819 10 (1819)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0094 and id is 1 raw text is: ( 10 ) 1819. That the trea3urer of the State is hereby authorized to pay every month to Joseph Savary, or to his order, the sum of thirty dollars ePension gme-t as a compensation for the services he has rendered to this State, under the orders of Major general Jackson, at the time of the invasion of the British. ,Ec. 2. .And be it further enacted, That every sale or donatio: of the above mentioned pension, shall be null and void, and that Saoo be d-a- it shall be the duty of every person claiming'the payment of said tion of the same b h uy~h am void. pension by virtue of a letter of attorney or any other authorisa- tion, to take an oath in the hands of the treasurer (which oath the treasurer is hereby authorised to administer) that he is not concerned in said claim, nor knows of any sale or donation of the p said pension and will pay the ambunt of the same to whom it ma sill belong, and every person taking a false oath in this case, shall be prosecuted and punished, on conviction thegeof, as' guilty of the crime of perjury; provided also, that the treasurer of the State shall be satisfied by proper evidenoe that the person to Whom the pension is granted is still alive. Spo. S. Ind be it further enacted, That this act shall be and an rtion ofthi continue in force for the term of five years, to begin from the first day of January eighteen hundred and niaetees. (.approved February 5, 1819.) AN ACT to accord certain privileges to the town of Natchitoches, Sac. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the State of Louisiana in general assembly convened, That all that portion of land within the following boundaries, to wit: bounded- on the East by Red River, on the South and West by the Bayou Don Manuel, and the Black Ground Lake, includ- roeis o the ing Porevent Bludw6rth's place as far as the point of said l4ke, called Lake Triche, thence in a direct line to Lake Poisso, thence down the same and the Btyou Barbue to the River, shall continue to be known and distinguished by the name of the town of NATCHITOCHES. And all the freeholders and inhabitants resid- ing therein, qualified to vote for members of the hoiaise of represen- tatives of the general assembly of this state, shall, on the 1st Mon- day of March next, and on the first Monday of March in each suc- an e meeof ceeding ear; Provided, that if there should be no election on the or3 ofm.- said 1stMonday, then and in that case, an election shall take place- on some after day, agreeably to the form prescribed in this act, meet at the Court house in said town, and then and there pro- ceed to elect by ballot five freeholders residept within said town, to be trustees thereof for the year next ensuing their election, at Judge ofthee- which election the parish judge of the parish df Natchitoches, or leetion. in case of his death, resignation or absence, a justice of the peace of saiI parish shall preside, which election shall be notified by Notice thereof. said judge or justice, as the case may be, to the said freeholders and inhabitants by public advertisement on the door of the church and Court house, six days before holding the same, and shall commence at ten o'clock in the morning and close at two o'clock in the evening of said day: Provided however, that if from any cause the election should not take place on the said firit I onday in March, that then and in that casf the said election shall be

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