tions of the to the executive authority of this ftate, an au- Boundaries thenticated copy of the act to be paffed by the and condiCongrefs of the United States, accepting the cellion, ceffion of territory made by virtue of this act, under the exprefs conditions hereby specified, the faid Congrefs fhall at the fame time affume the government of the faid ceded territory, which they shall execute in a manner similar to that which they fupport in the territory west of the Ohio; fhall protect the inhabitants against enemies, and fhall never bar or deprive them of any privileges which the people in the territory west of the Ohio enjoy; Provided always, That no regulations made or to be made by Congrefs, fhall tend to emancipate flaves. Fifthly, That the inhabitants of the faid ceded territory fhall be liable to pay fuch fums of money, as may, from taking their cenfus, be their juft proportion of the debt of the United States, and the arrears of the requifitions of Congrefs on this ftate. Sixthly, That all perfons indebted to this ftate, refiding in the territory intended to be ceded by virtue of this act, fhall be held and deemed liable to pay fuch debt or debts in the fame manner, and under the fame penalty or penalties as if this act had never been paffed. Seventhly, That if the Congress of the United States do not accept the ceffion hereby intended to be made, in due form, and give official notice thereof to the executive of this state, within eighteen months from the paffing of this act, then this act fhall be of no force or effect whatfoever. Eighthly, That the laws in force and use in the state of North-Carolina, at the time of paffing this act, fhall be, and continue in full force within the territory hereby ceded, until the fame fhall be repealed, or otherwise VOL. I. N Boundaries altered by the legislative authority of the faid and condi- territory. Ninthly, That the lands of non-refition of the dent proprietors within the faid ceded territo ceffion. ry, fhall not be taxed higher than the lands Read three times, and ratified in General A. D. 1789. CHAS. JOHNSON, Sp. Sen. S. CABARRUS, Sp. H. C.” Now therefore know ye, That we, SAMUEL JOHNSTON and BENJAMIN HAWKINS, Senators aforefaid, by virtue of the power and authority committed to us by the said act, and in the name, and for and on behalf of the faid ftate, do, by these presents convey, affign, tranffer, and fet over unto the United States of America, for the benefit of the said states, NorthCarolina inclufive, all right, title, and claim which the faid ftate hath to the fovereignty and territory of the lands fituated within the chartered limits of the faid ftate, as bounded and defcribed in the above recited act of the General Affembly, to and for the ufes and pur pofes, and on the conditions mentioned in the In witness whereof, we have hereunto fub- SAM: JOHNSTON, (L. s.) Signed, fealed, and delivered in the prefence of SAM: A. OTIS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America in Congress affembled, That the faid deed be, and Accepted. the fame is hereby accepted. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefident of the United APPROVED, April the 2d, 1790: GEORGE WASHINGTON, CHAPTER VII. An Act to promote the Progrefs of useful Arts. (REPEALED.) 76468B CHAPTER VIII. An Act further to fufpend Part of an Act, inti tuled, Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties impofed by Law on the Tonnage of Ships or Veffels, and on Goods, Wares, and Merchandijes, imported into the United States," and to amend the faid Act. (REPEALED.) Treafon, fhall be judged, how proved & punished; CHAPTER IX. An Act for the Punishment of certain Crimes against the United States. B Section 1. E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America in Congress affembled, what cafes That if any perfon or perfons, owing allegiance to the United States of America, fhall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted, on confeffion in open court, or on the teftimony of two witneffes to the fame overt act of the treafon whereof he or they fhall stand indicted, such person or persons shall be adjudged guilty of treafon against the United States, and fhall fuffer death. alfo of mifprifion of reafon. Sec. 2, And be it enacted, That if any perfon or perfons, having knowledge of the commiffion of any of the treasons aforefaid, fhall conceal and not as foon as may be disclose and make known the fame to the Prefident of the United States, or fome one of the judges there of, or to the President or Governor of a parti cular state, or fome one of the judges or juftices thereof, fuch perfon or perfons on conviction fhall be adjudged guilty of mifprifion of treafon, and fhall be imprifoned not exceeding feven years, and fined not exceeding one thoufand dollars. nal, &c pu Sect. 3. And be it enacted, That if any Murder in perfon or perfons fhall, within any fort, arfe- a fort, arfenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other nifhed with place or district of country, under the fole and death; exclufive jurifdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, fuch perfon or perfons on being thereof convicted, fhall fuffer death. offender's body to be diffe&ted, Se&t. 4. And be it also enacted, That the court before whom any perfon fhall be convicted of the crime of murder, for which he or and court fhe fhall be fentenced to fuffer death, may at my order their difcretion, add to the judgment, that the body of fuch offender fhall be delivered to a furgeon for diffection; and the marfhal who is to cause such sentence to be executed, fhall accordingly deliver the body of fuch offender, after execution done, to fuch furgeon as the court fhall direct, for the purpofe aforefaid: Provided, That fuch furgeon, or fome other perfon by him appointed for the purpose, fhall attend to receive and take away the dead body at the time of the execution of fuch offender. body order nishment Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if Refcue of a any perfon or perfons fhall, after fuch execu- ed for dif tion had, by force refcue or attempt to refcue fection, puthe body of fuch offender out of the cuftody for. of the marfhal or' his officers, during the conveyance of fuch body to any place for diffection as aforefaid; or fhall by force rescue or |