Title:

Acts Passed by the Legislature, Republic of Liberia During the Sessions: 1874-75

Collection:

Liberian Law Collection

Creator:

Legislature, Republic of Liberia

Subject:

Liberian Law Collection

Extent:

41 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 Se[]ion 1874-1875.
• Acts.
  • Resolution Providing for the Sale of the Government Steam-Tug and All Appurtenances to the Same.
  • Resolution Providing for the Erection of a Public Building in Grand Bassa County.
  • An Act Appropriating Fifteen Hundred Dollars for the Erection of a Court House and Jail in Robertsport, Montserrado County.
  • An Act Providing for the Support of the General Government.
  • An Act to Incorporate "The Liberian Saint Paul's River Steamboat and Tramway Company", for the Convenience and Facility of the Citizens Travelling and for the Interior Trade.
  • An Act Providing for the Appointment of Auditors of Public Accounts in the Several Leeward Counties, and Defining the Duties of the Same.
  • Resolution Providing for the Distribution of the Specie in the Treasury.
  • Resolution Amendatory to a Resolution Passed During the Present ession of the Legislature, Respecting the Distribution of the Specie in the Treasury.
  • An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Negotiate a Loan of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars Upon the Faith and Credit of the Revenue of This Republic.
  • An Act to Amend an Act Entitled an Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Negotiate a Loan of Twenty Five Thousnad Dollars Upon the Faith and Credit of the Revenue of the Republic of Liberia.
  • Resolution Amendatory to a Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Negotiate a Loan of Twenty Five Thousnad Dollars Upon the Faith and Credit of the Revenue of the Republic of Liberia.
  • An Act to Amend an Act Entitles an Act Encouraging Agriculture Throughout the Republic of Liberia.
  • Resolution Fixing the Day of Adjournment of the Present Session of the Legislature.
  • An Act Re-Organizing the Supreme Court of the Republic of Liberia.
  • Resolution Appropriating One Hundred And Fifty Dollars (150.00) to Assist the Citizens of Brewersville to Clear Out Logan's Creek, and to Throw Up a Short Path in the Swamps Running from Said Creek to the Town.
  • An Act Amendatory to a Resolution Approved January 26, 1874, Authorizing the Secretary of State to Accept the Invitation of the U. S. Government to Co-Operate in the International Exhibition to be Held in the City of Philadelphia in 1876, and the Appointment of Commissioners to the Same.
  • An Act to Renew and Extend the Plots, and to Transcibe the Records of Lands.
  • An Act Granting to one of the Principal Chieftains in Each of the Counties of This Republic, a yearly Stipend of One Hundred Dollars.
  • A Resolution Granting One Hundred Acres of Public Land to J. T. Dimery, Agent of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, for Educational Purposes.
  • Resolution Providing for the Relief of Maria Titler, Widow of Ephraim Titler of the County of Grand Bassa, Republic of Liberia.
  • An Act Appropriating Funds to Re-Imburse the Estate of E. W. Wright, Deceased, Through the Administrators and Administratrix of His Estate, on Account of Money Loaned the Government.
  • Resolution to Reimburse James R. Moore, Sub-Treasurer of Grand Bassa County.
  • An Act Restoring Henderson Shern, Rebecca Parker, Jackson Dimery, Warrock Coverton, James Baily, Lavinia Barnett, H. A. Erskine and Wm. H. Arthur to the rights and Privileges of Citizenship.
  • An Act Restoring F. C. Holderness to the Rights and Privileges of Citizenship.
  • An Act to Incorporate the First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia.
  • Resolution Granting D. R. Fletcher M. D., of Maryland County, Two Hundred Dollars for Services to People in Arresting the Small Pox in Said County.
  • Resolution Re-Imbursing H. A. Williams Of Grand Bassa County.
  • Resolution of Relief Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Pay to James M. Horace of Grand Bassa, the SUm of Six Hundred and Twenty Fice Dollars ($625.00) Under an Act Reapealing an "Act Interdieting Trade Town, and Adjacent Countris, passed, and Approved A. D. 1867.
  • Resolution Authorizing the Payment of Certain Moneys to J. D. Preston for Services Rendered as School Commissioner for the County of Grand Bassa in 1872, Under the Special Appointment and Direction of President Roberts.
  • Resolution Granting an Extension of Time in Favor of E. S. Morris and George Stockham on Letters Patent.
  • An Act Creating a Board of Trastees in Maryland County, to be Denominated Trustees of the Hall's School Fund: and Defining the Duties of the Same.
  • An Act Amend the Charter of Liberia College.
  • An Act Chartering Mountain Mining Company, Sinoe County.
  • Resolution for the Relief of Benjamin Anderson, Chief Commissioner to the Interior of Montserrado County.
  • An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Commencing the First Day of October, A. D. Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Four, and Ending Thirtieth September, A. D. Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Five.
  • Errata.