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Districts.

4. Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, and Clearfield,

5. Beaver, Butler, and Alleghany,

6. Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Warren, 7. Bucks and Montgomery,

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10. Westmore'd, Indiana, Armstrong, and Cambria,
11. Luzerne, Wayne, and Pike,

12. Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill,
13. Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga, and McKean,
14. Washington, Fayette, and Greene,
15. Chester and Delaware,

16. Franklin, Bedford, and Somerset,

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President Judges.

Thomas Burnside.

Charles Shaler.

Henry Shippin.
John Fox.
Seth Chapman.
John Reed.

John Young.

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David Scott.

Calvin Blythe.

Edward Herrick.

Thomas H. Baird.

Isaac Darlington.

Allen Thompson.

The state is divided into five districts for the sessions of the Supreme Court, which, as a court in bank, holds six regular terms, for argument &c., annually; viz. for the Eastern District, at Philadelphia, on the 2d Monday in March, and on the 2d Monday in December; for the Lancaster District, at Lancaster, on the 2d Monday in May; for the Middle District, at Sunbury, on the Wednesday following the second week of the term of the Lancaster District; for the Western District, at Pittsburg, on the first Monday in September; and for the Southern District, at Chambersburg, on the Monday week next following the second week of the term of the Western District.

It is only in the city and county of Philadelphia that the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction, and there only when the sum in controversy exceeds $500; all issues of fact are tried by jury before a single judge, at nisi prius.

For the other counties of this state, Circuit Courts are held, which are unlike courts of nisi prius, as judgment may be rendered at them, subject to revision by appeal, in the Supreme Court in bank, and causes are only brought into them by removal from the Courts of Common Pleas. They are held by one judge in each county, at least once a year.

SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION FOR 1829.

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BANKS.

From a Statement reported to the Legislature, January 6, 1830.

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The principal literary seminaries in this state are the University of Pennsylvania with its Medical School, at Philadelphia; Dickinson College, at Carlisle; Jefferson College, at Canonsburg; Washington College, at Washington; Western University, at Pittsburg; Alleghany College, at Mead

ville; Madison College, at Union Town; Mount Airy College, at Germantown; the Theological Seminaries, at Gettysburg, York, and Alleghany Town; and the Moravian schools, at Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Litiz.

The Constitution declares that "the legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide by law for the establishment of schools in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis." Under this injunction means have been provided in nearly all the counties of the state, for the instruction of the children of indigent parents. They are sent to the most convenient schools of the neighborhoods in which they respectively reside, and the expense is paid by the county commissioners. In the city and county of Philadelphia, which constitutes the First School District of Pennsylvania, the Lancasterian system has been introduced for the education of the children described in the Constitution. In the Twelfth Annual Report of the Comptrollers of the Public Schools of this District, dated February 23, 1830, it is stated, that " during twelve years 34,703 children had received the benefits of tuition under the wise and beneficent provisions of the existing act of the General Assembly." These schools are superintended by gentlemen who serve without compensation. The teachers are well qualified for their duties, and are liberally paid. [See Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania.”]

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X. DELAWARE.

THE first European settlement in this state was formed by Swedes and Finns, in 1627; in 1655, the colony was taken from the Swedes by the Dutch, under Governor Stuyvesant; and after the conquest of New York by the English, in 1664, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the government of New York.

In 1682, the country was granted to William Penn, and it was placed under the same executive and legislative government with Pennsylvania. It was then, as it is now, divided into three counties, Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, generally styled, till the American Revolution, "The Three Lower Counties upon the Delaware."

In 1701, the representatives of Delaware withdrew from those of Pennsylvania; the first separate legislative assembly met at Newcastle, in 1704; and it ever afterwards continued distinct from that of Pennsylvania; though the same governor presided over both provinces till the 4th of July, 1776.

The first Constitution of Delaware, which was formed in 1776, placed the executive power in a President, and a Privy Council of 4 members. In 1792, a new Constitution, the one now in operation, was adopted, by which the executive power is vested in a Governor.

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The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives.

The representatives are elected annually, 7 from each county, the whole number being 21. The senators are elected for three years, 3 from each county, the whole number being 9. Three senators, one from each county, are chosen every year.

The executive power is vested in a Governor, who is elected by the people for three years; and he cannot hold the office more than 3 years in 6.

The representatives and three of the senators are elected annually on the first Tuesday in October; and the governor, every third year, at the same time.

The General Assembly meets (at Dover), annually, on the first Tuesday in January.

The Constitution grants the right of suffrage to all white freemen, of the age of 21 years, who have resided in the state two years, next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax.

The judicial power is vested in a Court of Chancery, a Supreme Court, Court of Common Pleas, &c. The chancellor and judges are appointed by the governor, and hold their offices during good behavior.

LEGISLATURE.

David Hazzard, Governor; term of office expires on the 3d Tuesday in January, 1833; salary $1,333-33.

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The pay of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives is $2,50 for each day's attendance.

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Farmers' Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, with brancnes

at Newcastle, Wilmington, and Georgetown,

Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine,

Bank of Delaware, at Wilmington,

Bank of Smyrna, with a branch at Milford,

Capital.

$500,000

250,000

200,000

100,000

EDUCATION.

This state has a School Fund, amounting to $170,000, the interest of which, together with a small tax levied on each school district of four miles square, at the will of the majority of the taxable inhabitants, is appropriated to the support of free schools. No district is entitled to any share of the School Fund, that will not raise, by taxation, a sum equal to its share of the income of the Fund.

XI. MARYLAND.

IN 1632, Maryland was granted by Charles I. of England, to Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic, and an eminent statesman,

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