Title:

Acts Passed by the Legislature, Republic of Liberia During the Sessions: 1857-1861 [Sessions 1859, 1860, 1861]

Collection:

Liberian Law Collection

Creator:

Legislature, Republic of Liberia

Date:

1862

Subject:

Liberian Law Collection

Extent:

49 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:

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Acts and Resolutions

• Acts Passed During The Section, December 1859.
  • An Act Chartering the City of Monrovia.
  • A resolution Providing for the employment of a Steam Vessel.
  • An Act Approving And Appropriating A Certain Amount Of Money ???? And Expended By The President in arresting the small pox.
  • An Act Amendatory To The Second Article Of An Act, Entitled An Act Establishing The Boundaries Of The Republic; And Defining The Boundaries Of The Several Counties.
  • A Resolution Recommending An Amendment To The Constitution.
  • An Act Authorizing The removal Of The Obstructions From The Mechlin River, and Making Appropriation For The Same.
  • An Act Amendatory And Supplementary To An Act Incorporating Liberia College.
  • An Act Supplementary To An Act Entitled "An Act To Maintain Peace And Enforce Order On The Highways To The Interior".
  • A Resolution Granting to The Presbyterian Missionary Society in The County Of Sinoe One Hundred Acres Of Land For Mission Purposes.
  • An Act Fixing The Salary Of The Superintendent Of Marshall.
  • An Act Making Appropriation For H. Underwood.
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  • Acts Passed During The Section, December 1860.
  • An Act Providing For The Care And Support Of Recaptured Africans.
  • An Act Authorizing The Formation Of An Interior Settlement At Nair Mountains, In The County Of Sinoe.
  • An Act Authorizing The Formation Of An Interior Settlement At Chee's Mountain, in The County Of Grand Bassa.
  • An Act Amendatory To An Act Entitled An Act To Amend "An Act To Regulate The Militia".
  • A Resolution Providing For The Transcribing Of The Old Colonial Records Of The Republic Of Liberia.
  • An Act Imposing Additional Duties On The Importation Of Certain Articles and Also For Levying And Collecting An Additional Tonnage Duty of Foreign Ships and Vessels; and Amendatory To An Act Entitled "Express Duty Bill".
  • An Act Divorcing Georgianna M. And Jeremiah Hilliard.
  • A Resolution Authorizing The Publishing of James L. Sims' Journal of Travels to The Interior Of Liberia.
  • An Act Incorporating and Chartering The City of Buchanan, Grand Bass
  • A Resolution Authorizing The Suppression Of The Slave Trade in Gallinas and its Vicinity, in the County of Montserrado.
  • An Act Providing For The Employment Of An Armed Force To Quell The Rebellious Movements of The Po-River or Naffaw Tribe, Of Maryland County.
  • A Resolution Granting Five Acres Of Farm Land, in addition To a town Lot, To Each Immigrant Of The Settlement Of Robertsport, Grand Gape Mount; in accordance with an Act Entitled "An Act Pertaining to The Apportionment And Improvement Of Lands.
  • A Resolution Concurring In The Views And Policy Of The President Of The Republic Of Liberia, Expresses In The Correspondence on the question of Recaptured Africans.
  • A Resolution Ratifying The Compact Between The American Colonization Society and The Republic Of Liberia, in reference to Recaptured Africans.
  • An Act To Amend An Act, Entitled "An Act Defining Certain Crimes, as relating To The Punishment of Crimes".
  • A Resolution Restoring George W. Deadrick To The Rights And Privileges Of Citizenship.
  • A Resolution Restoring Joseph Rice, of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County To The Rights And Privileges Of Citizenship.
  • A Resolution Granting Five Acres Of Land To the Ladies Benevolent Society Of Maryland County.
  • A Resolution Authorizing The payment of John H. Chavers For Services as Acting Commissary.
  • Acts Passed During The Section, December 1861.
  • A Resolution To Authorize the issue of an Additional Amount Of Engraved Bills.
  • An Act Divorcing Tristam Waters and Elizabeth Waters.
  • A Special Resolution For The Relief Of John W. Powell, of the County Of Grand Bassa.
  • An Act Amendatory to an Act, Entitled , " An Act Chartering the City of Buchanan".
  • A Resolution Declaring The Adoption Of The Amendment to the Constitution, Recommended by The Legislature, During its session of 1859-60, Allow The County Of Maryland Three Representatives.
  • Resolution to reimburse James C. Payne.
  • An Act Amendatory to An Act Entitled " An Act Regulating Deposits in The Public Treasury".
  • An Act Chartering The Township Of Edina.
  • An Act Granting Careysburg and Marshall, Respectively, a provisional Monthly Court, Also A Register's Department at Careysburg.
  • An Act Regulating The Payment Of Export Duties, And The Deposit Of The Same In The Several Branches Of The treasury.
  • An Act restoring Henry Hess, Samuel Mc Kay, John Ellis Creek as others citizenship.
  • An Act authorizing The Appointment Of Commissioners to select a site the Interior For The Seat Of Government.
  • An Act Supplementary to an Act Authorizing The circulation of Copper coin and making the same a legal tender in this Republic.
  • An Act Providing for Commoners to enlist Emigrants From The United States.
  • An Act to Prevent The Setting of Spring Guns and Spring Knives.
  • An Act Supplementary to an Act Providing For the care and Support of Recaptured Africans.
  • A Resolution Appropriating Annually, For The Term Of Ten Years, The Sum Of Three Hundred Dollars To The Use And Benefit Of St. Mark's Hospital.
  • A Resolution Suspending The operation Of The second and Third section of An Act Entitled "An Act imposing additional duties on the importation of certain Articles and Levying and Collecting Additional Tonnage duty on Foreign Ships and Vessels".
  • An Act Amendatory to an Act Entitled, "An Act Regulating Fees".
  • An Act Amendatory to An Act Providing for Common Schools.
  • An Act Creating Boarding Officers in each of The Ports of Entry In This Republic, - The Port Of Marshall Excepted, And Defining The Duties Of The Same.
  • A Resolution Recommending the Suspension of the National Fair Provided by Law, To Be Held In The County Of Maryland In 1862.
  • An Act To Amend And Consolidate The several Acts Concerning Liberia College.
  • An Act requiring all deeds and Conveyances of The Real Estate To Be Probated and registered.
  • A Resolution making appropriation of money, with a view to develop the iron resources in the vicinity of Careysburg.
  • An Act Supplementary to the Act entitled "An providing for the care support of Recaptured Africans".
  • An Act Granting a Public Road to the Citizens of Sinoe County.