1818, ch. 91.“An act in addition to ‘An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and to repeal certain parts of the same,’” approved April twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen:
1819, ch. 101.“An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen:
1810, ch. 37.“An act to establish the post-office of the United States.”[1]
1802, ch. 48.“An act further to alter and establish certain post-roads, and for the more secure carriage of the mail of the United States:”
1804, ch. 60.“An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States:”[2]
1818, ch. 80.“An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes:”
1793, ch. 11.“An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose:”
1800, ch. 25.“An act to extend the privilege of obtaining patents for useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein mentioned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights of patentees:”
1790, ch. 15.“An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned:”
1802, ch. 36.“The act supplementary thereto, and for extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching, historical and other prints:”
1790, ch. 11.“An act to prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings, in each state, shall be authenticated, so as to take effect in any other state:”
1804, ch. 56.“An act supplementary to the act, entitled ‘An act to prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings, in each state, shall be acknowledged, so as to take effect in any other state:’”
1811, ch. 30.“An act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes,” and the several acts continuing the same.
1800, ch. 68.“An act making provision relative to rations for Indians, and their visits to the seat of government.”
And all laws relating to the revenue and its collection subject to the modification stipulated by the fifteenth article of the treaty with Spain, &c.
The inhabitants protected in their liberty, property, and the exercise of religion.And the laws of the United States relating to the revenue and its collection, subject to the modification stipulated by the fifteenth article of the treaty of the twenty-second February, one thousand eight hundred and nine, in favour of Spanish vessels and their cargoes; and all other public laws of the United States, which are not repugnant to the provisions of this act, shall extend to, and have full force and effect in, the territory aforesaid.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, to the end that the inhabitants may be protected in their liberty, property, and the exercise of their religion, no law shall ever be valid which shall impair, or in any way restrain, the freedom of religious opinions, professions, or worship. They shall be entitled to the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus. They shall be bailable in all cases, except for capital offences, where the proof is evident or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate and proportioned to the offence; and excessive bail shall not be required, nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted.Contracts not to be impaired, &c. No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed; nor shall private property be taken for public uses without just compensation.
Qualification of grant and petit jurors, and selection of them.Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all free male white persons, who are housekeepers, and who shall have resided one year, at least, in the said territory, shall be qualified to act as grant and petit jurors in the
