EXECUTIVE REGISTER FOR THE ILLINOIS TERRITORY COMMENCING THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL, 1809.

JAMES MADISON, President of the United States of America. To All Who Shall See These Presents. Greeting:

Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, diligance and abilities of Nathaniel Pope, of the Louisiana Territory, I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint him Secretary in and for the Illinois Territory; and do authorize and impower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, and to have and to hold the said office, with all the powers, privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining for the term of four years, from the day of the date hereof, unless the President of the United States for the time being should be pleased sooner to revoke and determine the commission.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the thirty-third. By the President.

JAMES MADISON.

R. SMITH, Secretary of State.

APRIL 25th, 1809.

TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA.

Be it Remembered, That on the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and nine, personally appeared before me, Otho Shrader, one of the Judges in and over the Territory of Louisiana, Nathaniel Pope, Esquire, appointed secretary in and for the Illinois Territory, by commission of the President of the United States, bearing date the seventh day of march, last past, and took the following oath, to-wit: That he will support the constitution of the United States and that he will perform the duties of his said office with fidelity, to the best of his knowledge and judgement.

NAT. POPE.

Sworn to and subscribed before me at the town of St. Genivive the day and year aforesaid. OTHO SHRADER.

APRIL 28th.

A PROCLAMATION BY NATHANIEL POPE, SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORY OF ILLINOIS AND EXERCISING THE

GOVERNMENT THEREOF.

By virtue of the powers vested in the Governor, for the prevention of crimes and injuries and for the execution of process civil and criminal within

the Territory; I have thought proper to, and by this proclamation do, divide the Illinois Territory into two counties, to be called the County of St. Clair and the County of Randolph. The County of Randolph shall include all that part of the Illinois Territory lying south of the line dividing the counties of Randolph and St. Clair as it existed under the government of the Indiana Territory on the last day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine. And the county of St. Clair shall include all that part of the Territory which lies north of said line.

Done at Kaskaskia, the 28th day of April, 1809, and of the Independence of the United States the thirty-third. NAT. POPE. Commissions were issued by the acting Governor to William Arnundul and Philip Fouke, appointing them Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being. Also a commission to James Gilbreath, appointing him Sheriff of Randolph county, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

APRIL 29th.

Application being made, accompanied by an affiidavit made before a Justice of the Peace, charging James Dunlap with the murder of Rice Jones, and that the said James Dunlap had fled from justice and taken refuge in the Orleans Territory. The acting Governor issued his demand pursuant to the act of Congress, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters," requesting the executive of the Orleans Territory to cause the said Dunlap to be arrested and secured according to the provisions of the said act.

MAY 1st.

A commission was issued by the acting Governor to Abram Clark, appointing him Captain of a Militia company in the Regiment of Militia in St. Clair county during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 2nd.

Commissions were issued by the acting Governor to William Whiteside as Major and William B. Whiteside as Captain of Militia in the county of St. Clair during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 3rd.

Commissions were issued by the acting Governor to *Nicholas Jarrot, John Hay, Caldwell Cairnes, Thomas Todd, Jacob A. Boyes, James Lemen, Enoch Moore, David Badgley, James Bankson, William Biggs, Robert Elliott, John Finlay, David White, Samuel S. Kennedy, Antoine Deschamps, Harry Munroe Fisher, and Nicholas Boilvin, appointing them Justices of the Peace, John Hay, Sheriff, and Enoch Moore, Coroner, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

Commissions were also issued to Elias Rector as Adjutant General of the Militia of the Territory, Shadrch Bond, Junior, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, and John Mordock as Major, in the county of St. Clair. Elihu Mather Adjutant of the Regiment of St. Clair county. Jean Beauleau, Ettienne Pincenneau, John Scott, James Moore, William Pruitt, Francois Racine, Henry Munroe Fisher, James Stockton and Franklin Jarvis, Captains. George Dement, Joseph Manegle, George Atchison, Enoch Moore, 1st of a Cavalry

*Resigned.

company, Jacob Ogle, 2nd of a Cavalry company; John Teaters, Pierre Lizje, Samuel Kinney, Samuel Judy and Isaac Ferguson, Lieutenants; and William Blair, Henry Mace, Cornet of a Cavalry company; William Scott Jun., Baptiste Saucier, Francois Dernette and Harry Cook, Ensigns of the Regiment of St. Clair county during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 4th.

The acting Governor issued Dedimus's to John Hay at Cahokia, Nicholas Boilvin and Harry M. Fisher at Prairie du Chien, and Thomas Forsythe at Piorias, authorizing them to administer the necessary oaths of office to the officers commissioned in St. Clair county. Also commissions to Michel Brisbois, Lieut., and John Maric, Cardinal Ensign of a Militia company at Prairie du Chien during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 5th..

The acting Governor issued a commission to David Anderson appointing him Captain of a Militia company in the county of Randolph during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 6th.

The acting Governor issued commissions to the following persons as Militia officers in the county of Randolph, viz.: Pierre Menard, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant; Robert Robinson, Major; Giles Hull, Thomas Leavens and Antoine LaChapelle, Captains; John Worley, Absalom Cox, William Goings, Jesse Griggs and James Hughes, Lieutenants; and Daniel Hull, William McBride and Benjamin Vermillion, Jun., Ensigns, to continue in office during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

Also commissions issued to David Anderson, *Paul Harleston, James McRoberts, William Alexander, and Henry Levens, appointing them Justices of the Peace in the county of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being, and issued a Dedimus to Giles Hull to administer the proper oath of office to William Alexander and James McRoberts.

MAY 7th.

The acting Governor issued commissions to Andrew Barbeau as Captain, and Pierre LeComte as Lieutenants of Militia in the county of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 17th.

The acting Governor issued commissions to Michael Jones as Adjutant of the Regiment of Randolph county, and Antoine Lachance as Ensign of Militia in the same county, to continue during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

Also commissions to Jean Baptiste Barbeau and John Groething appointing them Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph, to continue during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being, and authorized James Brady by Dedimus to administer the oaths of office to the said John Groething.

*Resigned.

MAY 20th.

The acting Governor issued commissions to *James Ford, Jonathan Taylor, Thomas Ferguson, Hamlet Ferguson, Frederick Grater, and Robert Hay, appointing them Justices of the Peace for the County of Randolph to continue during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 21st.

The acting Governor issued Dedimuses to James Ford, Thomas Ferguson, and Tousaint Dubois, authorizing them to administer the oaths of office to those persons who had been appointed who might apply to them for that purpose.

Also a commission to Levi Compton appointing him a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph, to continue during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

MAY 22nd.

The acting Governor issued a commission to Isaac White appointing him a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.‡

JUNE 2d.

The Acting Governor issued a commission to Joseph Eberman, appointing him a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

JUNE 7th.

The Acting Governor issued a commission to Nathaniel Green, appointing him a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

JUNE 11th.

Ninian Edwards, Esq., appointed by the President of the United States · Governor of the Illinois Territory, produced his commission, together with a certificate of his qualification, as follows, to-wit:

JAMES MADISON, President of the United States of America. To All Who Shall See These Presents. Greeting:

Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, integrity and abilities of Ninian Edwards, of Kentucky, I do appoint him Governor in and over the Illinois Territory; and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, and to have and to hold the said office with all the powers, privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States, and no longer, unless the President of the United States for the time being should be pleased sooner to revoke and determine this commission.

In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

*Removed.

†Resigned.

Isaac White resigned Feb. 4th, 1810.

Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the thirty-third.

By the President.

JUNE 11th.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

JAMES MADISON.

R. SMITH. Secretary of State.

SEVENTH CIRCUIT AND KENTUCKY DISTRICT.

}To-wit:

This day his Excellency, Ninian Edwards, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and took the oath prescribed by an act of Congress, enitled "An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths;" also the oath that he would well and truly execute the office of Governor of the Illinois Territory according to the best of his skill and judgment.

Given under my hand and seal this twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the American Independence the thirty-third year.

SEAL.

THOMAS TODD.

JUNE 13th.

A resolution signed by the Governor and two of the Judges of the Illinois Territory, respecting the laws of the Indiana Territory was delivered to the Secretary and filed in his office.

JUNE 16th.

The Governor and two of the Judges of the Illinois Territory passed and signed the laws with the following titles, which were filed with the Secretary, to-wit:

An act repealing certain laws and parts of laws.

An act concerning the Courts of Commonpleas.

An act to regulate the times of holding the General Court.

The Governor commissioned Samuel Omelvaney and George Robinson, Justices of the Peace, and William Stewart, Surveyor, in the County of Randolph, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

JUNE 17th.

The Governor commissioned Robert Morrison, Clerk of the General Court; William C. Grenup, Clerk of the Court of Commonpleas and Clerk of the County Court of Randolph; John Hay, Clerk of the Court of Commonpleas for the County of St. Clair; William Arundel, Recorder of Randolph County, and Robert Gaston, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph, to continue during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being.

JUNE 19th.

The Governor and two of the Judges of the Illinois Territory passed and signed a law with the following title, which was delivered to the Secretary, to-wit:

An act in addition to an act repealing certain laws and parts of laws.