Title:

Acts Passed by the Legislature, Republic of Liberia During the Sessions: 1871-72

Collection:

Liberian Law Collection

Creator:

Legislature, Republic of Liberia

Subject:

Liberian Law Collection

Extent:

24 300dpi JPEG page images

Publisher:

Herald Office, J.C. Minor

Publication Place:

Moravia, Liberia

Format:

Book

Rights:

The content in the Cornell University Law Library Liberian Law Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of date of publication as well as status under Liberian Law, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections. Items in the collection were digitized in two phases, beginning in 2005 and completed in 2014, from the Cornell University Law Library Liberian Law Collection. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Law Library at lawref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Acts and Resolutions

• Acts Passed by the Legislature of the Republic of Liberia, During the Session 1871-1872.
• Acts
  • A Resolution, Ratifying the Actions of the Soverrign People of the Republic of Liberia. In Deposing Edward James Roye, Fifth President of the Republic, for The Reasons Set Forth in the Manifesto of the Executive Committee of the Provisional, Government, and Confirming All of Their Acts as Set Forth in Said Manifesto.
  • An Act for Temporarily Lengthening the Time of the December Term of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas for Montserrado County, and Especially Extending the Sitting of the Same.
  • Resolution Authorizing and Directing the President of the Republic of Liberia to Secure the Service of a Good and Efficient Physician, and Direct Him to Proceed at Once to Maryland County for the Purpose of Assisting the Physician of Maryland County in Arresting the Small Pox, Now Rapidly Spreading in Said County.
  • Resolution Providing for the Landing and Safe-Keeping of the Cargo of the Ship "Town", Until Otherwise Ordered by the Legislature.
  • A Resolution Authorizing the Appointment of a Committee to Arrange for the Erection of a Monument to the Memory of Rev. S. J. Mills.
  • Resolution Authorizing the Sale of the Government Vessel "Liberia."
  • An Act Restoring George Kimmings of Harrisburg, Montserrado County, and Benjamin N. Bond of Grand Bassa County to the Rights and Privileges of Citizenship.
  • A Resolution Restoring James S. Payne, Jr., Formerly Captain of the Company Called the "Monterrado Regulars", to Military Franchise.
  • An Act to Open a Public Road from Careysburg to the City of Monrovia.
  • An Act to Repeal an Act Entitled an Act Creating Commissioners of Internal Revenue.
  • Joint Resolution Tendering the Thanks of the Legislature of Liberia to Messrs, R. A. Sherman, Charles B. Dunbar and Amos Herring, and All the Good Citizens of Montserrado County, Who Performed Service Under the Provisional Government.
  • A Resolution Regulating and Authorizing Government Printing.
  • Resolution Authorizing the Appoinment of Two Commissioners in Each of the Counties of the Republic, to Examine and Adjust the Public Accounts.
  • An Act Providing for the Disposal of the Consignment of Merchandise to the Government Per Brig "Town of Liverpool".
  • Joint Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia, Upon the Special Communication of the President, on the State of Affairs Among the Natives, More or Less Under the Dominion and Rule of Farquaqua in Montserrado County.
  • A Resolution Authorizing the Furnishing of the Several Departments of Government with Stamps.
  • Resolution Appropriating Seventy Five Dollars to Joseph H. Harmon of Maryland County.
  • Resolution Showing the Front Boundary of the Settlement of Crozerville.
  • A Resolution Restoring George Elias Titler and Elisa Cooper to Citizenship.
  • A Resolution Repealing the Second and Fifth Sections pf an Act, Entitled an Act to Remove the County Seat of Montserrado County to the Township of Clay-Ashland, Saint Paul's River.
  • A Resolution Fixing a Day for Adjournment of the Present Session of the Legislature.
  • An Act Providing for the Better Regulation of the Collection of the Public Revenue.
  • An Act for the Better Carrying Into Effect the Regulations of the Towns and Villages of This Republic.
  • A Resolution Authorizinf the President to Grant the Secretary of the Treasury a Warrant to Issue of Draw Drafts on the Remaining Amount of Money on Deposit in England to the Credit of Liberia from the Loan.
  • Resolution to Repair the Government House in the City of Monrovia, Known as the Representative Hall, and to Build any Suitable Houses Required in the Government Square.
  • Resolution Appropriating Two Thousand Dollars for the Traveling Expenses of the President of the Republic of Liberia on the Liberian Coast.