Of the distribution of U. S. laws. one copy each, for the use of their respective houses; and to the Legislature of each state in the Union, one copy; and to the Deputy-secretary of the Commonwealth, one copy, together with the six volumes of Carey and Bioren's edition. And be it furTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be required to lay before the House of Representatives, a true statement or list of the names of the judges and justices of the peace in this state, to enable the legislature to distribute the seventh volume of the laws of this state, printed by John Bioren, among the said judges and justices. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall distribute the laws of the United States, passed during the second session of the eighth Congress, agreeably to a resolution passed the twenty-fifth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and seven. THOMAS M‹KEAN. The sur plication, to CHAPTER IV. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That it shall be the duty of the Surveyor-general of the Commonwealth, on any application now made, or which hereafter shall be made by any board of commissioners of any of the counties in which donation or depreciation lands are situate, or by any person or persons whom any of the said boards of commissioners veyor Gen- may appoint or direct to make application for any such board to eral on ap- the Surveyor general, for any connected draft, map or chart of furnish cer- any donation district, or depreciation district or districts, or part tified copies or parts of districts, that the surveyor-general on any such applicafrom the tion, shall cause to be made out a correct, certified copy or copies nation or de- for the use of such board of commissioners, as having so applied preciation for the same, shall require or direct; and it shall be the duty of districts for the Surveyor-general also, to mark in any particular plot or draft the use of delineated or represented on any general map, draft or chart of missioners any donation district or districts, or part or parts thereof, the of the coun- date or period of time that each particular tract of donation land ties in which has been drawn by and under the authority of an act of this they lie, &c. Commonwealth, dated the second day of April, one thousand maps of do the commis eight hundred and two, entitled "An act to complete the benevolent intention of the legislature of this Commonwealth, by distributing donation lands to all who are entitled thereto;" and should there not be convenient room to mark the dates of the respective tracts of land drawn under the aforesaid act, within the circumscribing lines of each tract so drawn respectively, then in such case, the Surveyor-general shall mark the number thereof, and the date when drawn, annexed in some convenient place on the margin of the general draft or of a schedule thereunto annexed in such manner, that the commissioners of the respective counties may be able to ascertain the time that any such tract of land may have been drawn; for which service the Surveyor-general is hereby authorized to receive four cents for each tract in every connected general draft of any donation or depreciation district, for the use of the Commonwealth. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representaives. P. C. LANE, Speakr of the Senate. APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and seven. THOMAS McKEAN. CHAPTER V. In the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. WHEREAS the General Assembly of this Commonwealth in their sessions of one thousand eight hundred four and five, when resolutions of a similar import with those now submitted to them from the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, relative to the importation of Slaves into the United States, were before them from the General Assembly of North Carolina, they fully expressed their abhorrence of the cruel and barbarous practice of trading in human beings; the present General Assembly of this Commonwealth, perfectly coinciding in the sentiments then expressed by their predecessors, deem it unnecessary at this time to repeat them, but as the period is now fast approaching when the National Legislature will have the Constitutional barrier to their acting removed, the General Assembly look forward with confidence, that as soon as that period arrives, the Congress of the United States will promptly exercise their power, to wipe off that foul stain which has long tarnished the American character; and most cheerfully do the General Assembly of this Commonwealth embrace the present opportunity of co-operating with their sister state of Maryland, in the discouragement of the importation of Slaves: Therefore, Of prohibi. slaves into RESOLVED, That our Senators in the Congress of the Uniting the im-ted States, be instructed, and the representatives of this State, in portation of the Congress of the United States, be earnestly requested to use all legal and constitutional measures, and their utmost exertions as soon as the same may be practicable, to prohibit the importation of Slaves into the United States, from any quarter of the Globe. the U. S. Of the distribution of the German journals. RESOLVED, That the Governor of this Commonwealth, be, and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to our Senators in the Congress of the United States, and the Representatives of this State, in the Congress of the United States, and to the Governor of the State of Maryland. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteeth day of March, in the year of our THOMAS MOKEAN. CHAPTER VI. RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth is hereby authorized and required to distribute the journals printed in the German language tothe commissioners of the several counties, in the manner following to wit, for the city and county of Philadelphia four copies of the journal of each house, for the county of Bucks five, for the county of Chester eight, for the county of Delaware three, for the county of Lancaster thirty, for the county of York thirty, for the county of Cumberland twenty, for the county of Berks thirty-four, for the county of Northampton thirty-four, for the county of Wayne four, for the county of Northumberland twenty-two, for the county of Washington six, for the county of Westmoreland twenty-two, for the county of Armstrong four, for the county of Indiana four, for the county of Fayette six, for the county of Bedford thirteen, for the county of Franklin thirteen, for the county of Montgomery thirteen, for the county of Dauphin twenty-two, for the county of Luzerne four, for the county of Huntingdon ten, for the county of Allegheny six, for the county of Beaver two, for the county of Butler four, for the county of Mifflin six, for the county of Somerset twentyone, for the county of Cambria six, for the county of Greene four, for the county of Adams ten, for the county of Centre thirteen, for the county of Erie three, for the county of Warren four, for the county of Crawford four, for the county of Venango two, and for the county of Mercer four copies; to be distributed by the county commissioners respectively, in the following manner; to the several constables of the proper ounty, if the number ordered above shall be sufficient; if not sufficient, then to the constables of such townships where the greatest number of Germans reside, to be left by them at the house where township elections are annually held for the use of the electors thereof: Provided, That where the number of copies hereby granted toany county shall exceed the number of constables therein, then the remaining copies shall be distributed among the supervisors of the highways, and to such other persons throughout the county as they shall conceive will use the same for the information of the people. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the seventh day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. THOMAS M.KEAN. CHAPTER VII. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the No laws in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That for published in future, to be the future, no law whatever shall be published in the newspa- the newspapers, which shall be paid for out of the treasury of this Com-pers at the monwealth, unless directed by law SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. We do hereby certifp, That the foregoing resolution, relative to the publication of laws in the newspapers, was presented to the Governor on Thursday, the twenty-sixth ultimo, but was not returned by him within ten days (Sundays excepted) thereafter, and agreeably to the constitution it has become a law. Lancaster, April, 9th, 1807. } MATTHEW HUSTON, Clerk of the House of Representatives. GEO. BRYAN, Clerk of the Senate. expence of the state. Such mem ed with a copy of the laws, as CHAPTER VIII. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the bers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That it legislature to be furnish- shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to forward to the prothonotaries of the several counties in this State, a copy of the laws passed during the present session, to each of may apply at the members now representing such counties in the legislature, with the names of such members written on the title page of their copies respectively, as may apply at the secretaries office for tha purpose, and it shall be the duty of the prothonotaries to deliver said copies to such members as soon as they shall be applied for, after such prothonotary has received the same: Provided always, That such members shall not be entitled to receive another copy at the next session of the legislature. the secretary's office for the same. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the tenth day of April, in the year one thou THOMAS M‹KEAN. CHAPTER IX. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the Governor be, and he is hereby directed to transmit to the President of the United States, a copy of the act, entitled "An act authorizing the President of the United States, to open a road through that part of this State, lying between Cumberland and the State of Maryland, and the Ohio river." SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the tenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. THOMAS McKEAN. CHAPTER X. In the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. WHEREAS the General Assembly of this Commonwealth entertain no doubt but the Legislature of Kentucky had such information before them, touching the improper conduct of the |