Resolutions. Resolution respecting the distribution of the Laws and Journals of this session. RESOLVED, By the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the territory, to ascertain the number of officers entitled to the laws of the territory in each county, and forward the same number of the laws of this territory, passed at the present session, to each clerk of the county courts respectively, with instructions to such clerks to distribute them amongst said officers. And it shall be his duty also to send to each county such number of the journals as they may be respectively entitled to in proportion to the number of voters in each county as appears by the last election returns filed in his office, which shall be forwarded so soon as they are deposited in his office. And it shall be the duty of the clerks respectively to distribute the same amongst the inhabitants of each township of their respective counties. GEO. FISHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. PIERRE MENARD, President of the Legislative Council. APPROVED, January 14, 1817. NINIAN EDWARDS. H RESOLVED, By the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, that Elias K. Kane, esq. be and he is hereby appointed to superintend the printing of the laws of this session of the Legisla ture, and to furnish a copy thereof for the printer; and it shall be his further duty to place an index to the same. And it shall be the duty of Messrs. Cook & Blackwell, to procure a certificate from the secretary of the territory of their having printed and delivered in his office the number of copies, both of the journals and laws which they have contracted to print, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to estimate what they shall be entitled to, and certify the same to the auditor, who shall issue his warrant for that amount, on the territorial treasury. GEO. FISHER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. PIERRE MENARD, President of the Legislative Council. APPROVED, January 14, 1817. NINIAN EDWARDS. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. AN ACT to establish the name of the town now called "Carthage," in the county of Monroe Illinois territory, To amend an act entitled, "an act to encourage the killing of Wolves," For the relief of the county courts of Edwards and Gal latin, Providing for the alteration and establishment of the county seat of Justice in Johnson county, For the relief of Augustin Penceneau and Adalaide, his wife, To prevent attornies at law residing in the state of Indiana from practicing in the courts in this territory, To alter a part of the lines between the counties of Gallatin and Pope, To incorporate the president, directors and company of the Bank of Illinois, Supplemental to an act, entitled, "an act concerning executions, For the division of Edwards county, 4 ib 5 9 10 11 19 21 23 25 Supplemental to an act entitled, "an act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt,' To establish Inspections within this territory, - 27 Forming a new county out of the county of Madison, 28 Regulating and defining the duties of the United States' Judges, for the territory of Illinois, Supplemental to an act entitled, "an act regulating and defining the duties of the United States' Judges, for the territory of Illinois," - 31 39 Regulating the time of holding the county courts, 41 42 To amend an act entitled, "an act to amend an act entitled an act for levying and collecting a tax on land,” passed the 24th December, 1814. ib To provide for the collection of the county levy and territorial tax, in the county of Gallatin, for the year 1816, - 43 ib For the appointment of circuit attornies, peace, Concerning the courts of Jackson county, To authorize the collection of monies due from the citizens of Bond and Crawford counties, to the counties of Madison and Edwards, and for other purposes, Making appropriations for the year 1817, and for other purposes, Defining the duties of clerks in granting letters of administration and for other purposes, To explain the law regulating sheriffs fees in certain cases, Resolutions, |