Title:

Acts Passed by the Legislature, Republic of Liberia During the Sessions: 1857-1861 [Sessions 1857-58]

Collection:

Liberian Law Collection

Creator:

Legislature, Republic of Liberia

Date:

1862

Subject:

Liberian Law Collection

Extent:

43 300dpi JPEG page images

Notes:

The original of this item includes handwritten annotations not currently available online. Contact the Cornell Law Library for assistance if you wish to view the fuller document.

Publisher:

G. Killian, Printer, Liberia Herald Office

Publication Place:

Monrovia, 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, Republic Of Liberia During The Sessions 1857-1861, Inclusive.
• Act Passed By The Legislature of The Republic Of Liberia, During The sessions 1857-1869, Inclusive.
• Acts
  • An Act Supplementary To an Act, Entitled an Act Providing For a national Fair.
  • An Act for the Punishment of Larceny.
  • An Act Constituting a Monthly and Probate and Register's Department at Robertsport.
  • An Act Providing for The Repairs of Public Buildings in the County of Maryland.
  • It is Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia in Legislature Assembled.
  • An Act Regulating the Establishment and Transportation of Emigrants.
  • An Act Restoring Thornton Belton to the rights and privileges of Citizenship.
  • An Act providing for a National Fair.
  • A Resolution providing for the issuing of two thousand dollars in Engraved Bills.
  • Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia in Legislature Assembled:
  • An Act providing for the relief of Nancy A. Woodson and her child.
  • An Act Providing for Auditors of the Public Account.
  • An Act Granting Relief to Mrs. Rachel Perdue.
  • Resolution Authorizing the Second Section, Second Article of the Constitution, to be laid before Supreme Court for its decision.
  • A Resolution to Remunerate J.J. Roberts, Commissioner to France.
  • Resolution Authorizing the Clearing out of the Narrows at the head of the Northern Branch of the Junk River.
  • A Resolution to Acknowledge favors conferred upon the Government by Her Britannic Majesty's Government.
• Acts passes during the Session, December, 1858.
  • An Act to amend an Act Entitled an Act of Duties on Imports.
  • An Act Entitled an Act to amend an Act to Regulate the Militis.
  • An Act to maintain Peace and enforce Order on the Highways to the Interior.
  • An Act Authorizing the Clearing out of the Gracho Falls, Grand Bassa County.
  • A Resolution Authorizing the President to employ A Costa Guarda.
  • An Act for the relief of William Harris, Senior, of the County of Grand Bassa.
  • A Resolution to aid James Thomas of the Township of New Georgia.
  • An Act to Regulate Taxes and Licenses.
  • An Act Creating and [Defining?] The Duties of the [Superintendents?] of the revival Counties.
  • Resolution approving of Executive action in the "Regina Coeli" Case.
  • An Act prohibiting the Enlistment of Native African Emigrants.
  • An Act amendatory to the fourth Article of the Act Regulating Navigation, Commerce and Revenue.
  • An Act to Amend the Fifth Article of an Act entitled "An Act to establish the Judiciary and fixing the Powers common to the several Courts".
  • Supplementary Act to the "Act providing for the establishment of an interior settlement".
  • An Act restoring Thornton Belton to The rights and privileges of Citizenship.
  • An Act amendatory to an act entitled " An Act concerning Elections".
  • A Resolution providing for the transcribing of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia.
  • A Resolution for the Relief of David Banaker.
  • An Act Restoring J. Gearing to Citizenship.
  • An Act to Provide for a State Prison.
  • An Act to raise the Revenue and to Encourage Farmers.
  • An Act establishing the Treasury Department and Defining the duties of the same.
  • An Act amendatory to the Act entitled an Act incorporating Liberia College and the Supplement thereto.
  • An Act Providing for a road from the St. Paul's River to the Settlement of Careysburg in the Country of Monserrado.
  • An Act Divorcing John B. and Otillia Julien Jordan.
  • An Act fixing the boundaries of the Town of Robertsport.
  • An Act Providing for the pay of Government Interpreters
  • A Resolution providing for the payment of the Militia of Sinoe County.
  • Resolution relieving the Estate of Hon. R.E. Murray from claims against it by the Republic.
  • A Resolution restoring Henry Roadman to the rights and privileges of Citizenship.
  • An Act incorporating a College.