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Augusta Chronicle

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1806

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Postponed sale of fractional surveys in Wilkinson Baldwin and Wayne counties

The Commissioners appointed by the Legislature postponed the sale of fractional surveys in Wilkinson Baldwin and Wayne counties to June 16. District schedule details specify sale days from June 16 through August with daily hours and Sundays off. Purchasers must pay purchase money in four equal installments in gold or silver, with a mortgage on premises. Moses Speer Redx Simms Patrick Jack Washington February 17 18¢

Wilkinson, Baldwin Wayne Counties Wilkinson 1St District Moses Speer Redx Simms Patrick Jack Washington

Valuable Lands for Sale Near Campbellton South Carolina

The subscriber offers for sale a plantation named Moun Arry of about six hundred acres with Dreadzil Pace residence, adjoining Campbellton on the Savannah River. Also three hundred acres in Moun Arry and three Campbellton Lots with improvements in the occupation of James M Queen. Properties lie within minutes of the city with favorable terms and easy payments. Apply to SS John B. Barnes Agata April 26.

Dreadzil Pace Campbellton South Carolina Moun Savannah River Jas. M Qeen John B. Barnes Agata

Act Granting Charleston Tonnage Duty Authority in 1806

A public act by Congress authorizes Charleston to impose a tax on vessel tonnage from foreign ports. The duty is set at six cents per ton for ships entering Charleston, with collection by the Charleston collector and payments to designated recipients. The measure remains in force for three years and until the next congressional session.

South Carolina Charleston Senate House of A Representatives United States of America Congress General Assembly United States Nath Macon House of Representatives S. Smith Jefferson

Landais Prize Money Act Payment Authorized

Congress directs the secretary of the treasury to pay Peter Landais four thousand dollars from any unappropriated funds for prize money from captures brought to Bergen in 1779. The sum is to be deducted from his share of proceeds from the Danish government. Approved March 28, 1806. TH: JEFFERSON.

Peter Landais Itena Senate House United States of America Congress Secretary of the Treasury U. States Bergen Macon House of Representatives S. Smith Jefferson

Trustees of Georgetown Presbyterian Church Incorporated

The act formalizes the Trustees of the Presbyterian Congregation in Georgetown as a corporation under U S law. It grants power to acquire land and goods, limits annual income to 3000 dollars, and sets governance including seals, officers, bye laws, and annual meetings on the first Tuesday of April with nine trustees elected. It authorizes legal standing in courts and outlines financial record-keeping and property management for religious and charitable purposes.

Presbyterian Congregation Georgetown Evuris Columbia Nath Macon House of Representatives Eve Eer Aah Prortem Roved Rererson

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