Title:

Acts Passed by the Legislature, Republic of Liberia During the Sessions: 1889-90

Collection:

Liberian Law Collection

Creator:

Legislature, Republic of Liberia

Subject:

Liberian Law Collection

Extent:

26 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 Liberia During the session 1890-1890
• Acts
  • Whereas the bridge that was across the Big Creek in Maryland County between Tubman town and Philadelphia is entirely down, thereby rendering the way impassable during the rainy season
  • A Joint Resolution making provision for the payment of the amount due Nelly Banks, Lilly Banks, Maria Banks and O. Banks.
  • A Resolution removing the Interdict of Timbo.
  • An Act creating a Humane Order to be styled The Liberia Order for saving Human Life.
  • An Act amendatory and supplementary to the several Acts regulating the Judiciary.
  • Resolution re-imbursing C.A. White Sheriff of Grand Bassa County.
  • An Act granting the Methodist episcopal Church Mission in Montserrado County, the the Farmington Rover, at the place known as Mount Olive, Three Hundred Acres of Land.
  • An act chartering the National Division No. 1. Philanthropic Order of Sons of Temperance of Maryland County.
• An Act to grant certain Concessions for the Charter and Construction of a system of Railroads in Republic of Liberia.
  • Article I
  • Article II
  • Article III
  • Article IV
  • Article V
  • Article VI
  • Article VII
  • Article VIII
  • Article IX
  • Article X
  • Article XI
  • Article XII
  • Article XIII
  • An Act granting the Protestant Episcopal Church in Sinoe County, One hundred acres of land for Missionary purposes.
  • Resolution for the special relief of John W. Harland.
  • An Act to incorporate the Baptist Union Sisters of Maryland County, Republic of Liberia.
  • An Act incorporating the Woman's Missionary Native Aid Society Grand Bassa County, Liberia
  • An Act declaring the meaning of the 2nd, Section of the IVth, Article of the Constitution of Liberia, and defining the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court Judges under said Article.
  • An Act granting a Concession to Messrs Ellis Parr, Lathan Augustus Withall and Richard Pearson of London, England a concession to gether, collect and prepare Caoutchouc or Rubber and Gutta Percha within the Republic of Liberia and for other purposes.
  • Joint resolution repealing the present Act regulating the re-shipment of goods and merchandise from one County to another within this Republic and reviving the drawback Law.
  • A Joint Resolution making an appropriation for the Inauguration of the President and Vice President of the Republic of Liberia for the term of Office 1890 & 91.
  • Resolution restoring George W. Hardy and James W. N. Yates of Maryland County to citizenship.
  • An Act to alter and amend the several Acts establishing the Judiciary and regulating the powers, common to the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas in the several Counties.
  • An Act granting one hundred Acres of land to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Liberia.
  • Resolution restoring certain persons to citizenship.
  • Act to repeal an Act approved January 5th. 1879, amendatory and supplementary to an Act regulating the payment of duties passed and approved February 9th. 1878.
  • An Act supplementing the several Acts respecting the Post Office Department
  • An Act fixing a Tariff on goods wares and Merchandize imported into, and on produce exported from the Republic of Liberia.
• Provisions
• Miscellaneous
• Hard Ware Etc.
• Crookery Ware
• Alcoholic, Fermented Liquors &c.
• Free Goods
• Export Tariff