V 
 
BANCROFT 
 
 LIBRARY 
 

LAWS 
 
 OF 
 
 THE UNITED STATES 
 
 OF A 
 
 LOCAL OR TEMPORARY CHARACTER, 
 
 AND 
 
 EXHIBITING THE ENTIRE LEGISLATION OF CONGRESS UPON 
 
 WHICH THE PUBLIC LAND TITLES IN EACH STATE 
 
 AND TERRITORY HAVE DEPENDED. 
 
 December 1, 188O. 
 
 EMBRACING, ALSO, A DIGEST OF ALL INDIAN TREATIES AFFECTING THE 
 TITLES TO PUBLIC LANDS ; AN ABSTRACT OF THE AUTHORITY FOR, 
 AND THE BOUNDARIES OF, THE EXISTING MILITARY RESERVA- 
 TIONS; AND A TABLE OF JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE 
 DECISIONS AFFECTING THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS 
 ARISING UNDER THE PUBLIC LAND SYSTEM. 
 
 VOLUME I. 
 
 Prepared pursuant to the authority of an act of Congress and under the direction of the "Commission 
 on the Codification of existing laws relating to the survey and disposition of the puhlic domain." 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 1880. 
 
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 y \ 
 
CHAMPION CCESSI 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 This work was prepared by the Codification Committee of the Public 
 Land Commission, which was created by an act of Congress approved 
 March 3, 1879 (Statutes at Large, vol. 20, p. 394), and continued by an 
 act of Congress approved June 16, 1880 (Statutes at Large, vol. 21, p. 
 245). 
 
 It contains in chronological order, in each State and Territory con- 
 nected at any time with the public land system, the entire legislation 
 of Congress of a local or temporary character, and upon which the land 
 titles of such State or Territory have depended. 
 
 For convenient use the work has been published in two volumes. A 
 series of consecutive numbers has been prefixed to the laws through 
 both volumes ; and by proper notation of such numbers in foot notes, 
 each act is connected with all other acts upon the same subject. Where 
 the same legislation runs equally through more than one State or Terri- 
 tory it is published complete in one, and appropriate references are 
 made in the other. 
 
 It contains, also, a digest of all Indian Treaties affecting the titles to 
 public lands ; a list of all existing military reservations, with the author- 
 ity therefor and the boundaries thereof j and a copious citation of cases, 
 wherein, by subject-matter, the leading decisions of the Federal and the 
 State courts and of the United States executive officers upon public land 
 questions may be readily referred to. 
 
 The existing legislation of a general and permanent character has 
 been omitted from this book. The same appears in another volume, 
 wherein a codification of such legislation is furnished as it exists on the 
 1st of December, 1880. 
 
 iii 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 I. CITATION OF JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE DECISIONS vii-lxiii 
 
 II. ACTS OF CONGRESS LOCAL OR TEMPORARY IN THEIR NATURE: 
 
 ALABAMA 595 
 
 ARIZONA TERRITORY 979 
 
 ARKANSAS 488 
 
 CALIFORNIA 1019 
 
 COLORADO 952 
 
 DAKOTA TERRITORY 826 
 
 FLORIDA 655 
 
 IDAHO TERRITORY 846 
 
 ILLINOIS 144 
 
 INDIANA > 96 
 
 INDIAN TERRITORY 702 
 
 IOWA 747 
 
 KANSAS 849 
 
 LOUISIANA 295 
 
 MICHIGAN 187 
 
 MINNESOTA 782 
 
 MISSISSIPPI 526 
 
 MISSOURI 409 
 
 MONTANA TERRITORY 841 
 
 NEBRASKA 897 
 
 NEVADA 1081 
 
 NEW MEXICO TERRITORY 940 
 
 OHIO 1 
 
 OREGON 983 
 
 TENNESSEE 1091 
 
 TEXAS 1099 
 
 UTAH TERRITORY 971 
 
 WASHINGTON TERRITORY 1008 
 
 WISCONSIN 249 
 
 WYOMING TERRITORY 835 
 
 III. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS 1102 
 
 IV. MILITARY RESERVATIONS 1171 
 
 V. DIGEST OF INDIAN TREATIES 1185 
 
 VI. INDEX.. 
 
CITATION 
 
 JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE DECISIONS 
 
 Upon the various subjects connected with, and springing from, the public land system. 
 
 ABANDONMENT 
 
 When authorized : 
 
 Taylor's lessee v. Myers, 9 Wheat. 23. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular. Feb. 26. 1867, Zab. 
 
 L. L. 400. 
 What constitutes : 
 
 United States v. Simon, 12 How. 433. 
 
 Fuentes v. United States, 22 How. 443. 
 
 Hall v. Russell, 11 Otto, 503. 
 
 Page v. Scheible, 11 Mo. 109. 
 
 Landers v. Perkins, 12 Mo. 238. 
 
 Barado v. Blumentbal, 20 Mo. 162. 
 
 Tayon v. Laden, 33 Mo. 205. 
 
 Clark v. Hammerle, 36 Mo. 620. 
 
 Atchison v. Peterson, 1 Montana, 561. 
 
 Plume v. Seward, 4 Cal. 94. 
 
 Davis v. Butler, 6 Cal. 510. 
 
 Stephens v. Mansfield, 11 Cal. 363. 
 
 Waring v. Crow, 11 Cal. 366. 
 
 Gluckauf v. Heed. 22 Cal. 468. 
 
 Richardson v. McNulty, 24 Cal. 339. 
 
 St. John v. Kidd, 26 Cal. 264. 
 
 Depuy v. Williams, 26 Cal. 309. 
 
 Davis v. Perley, 30 Cal. 630. 
 
 Davis v. Gale, 32 Cal. 26. 
 
 Bell v. The Bed Rock Tunnel and Mg. Co., 
 
 36 Cal. 214. 
 
 Judson v. Mallon, 40 Cal. 300. 
 McLean v. Benton, 43 Cal. 467. 
 Strang v. Byan, 46 Cal. 33. 
 Stone v. The G-eyser Q. M. Co., 52 CaL 315. 
 Mallett v. Uncle Sam Mg. Co.. 1 Nev. 188. 
 Weill v. Lucerne Mg. Co., 11 Nev. 200. 
 Secretary Interior, Dungan v. Griflen's 
 
 heirs, April 18, 1872. Copp's L. L. 254. 
 Secretary Interior, Seay v. Shelleto, Dec. 
 
 10, 1872, Copp's L. L.258. 
 Secretary Interior, Dorame v. Towers, Dec. 
 
 4, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 Secretary Interior, Smith et al. v. Vanclief 
 
 et al., March 4, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Effect of: 
 
 Minter v. Crommelin, 18 How. 87. 
 
 Wilcoon v. Rogers, 16 La. 6. 
 
 Wynu v. Morris, 16 Ark. 414. 
 
 Fine v. St Louis, 23 Mo. 520. 
 
 Atkins v. Hendrie, 1 Idaho, 107. 
 
 Murley v. Ennis, a Colo. 300. 
 
 Davis "v. Butler, 6 Cal. 510. 
 
 Ferris v. Craver, 10 Cal. 589. 
 
 Merritt v. Judd, 14 Cal. 60. 
 
 Gluckauf v. Reed, 22 Cal. 468. 
 
 Davis v. Gale, 32 Cal. 26. 
 
 Lechler v. Chapin, 12 Nev. 65. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Winslow et al., 
 
 April 24. 1856, 1 Lester, 351. 
 Secretary Interior, Boyd v. B. & M. R. R. R., 
 
 April 28, 1871, Copp's L. L. 392. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hays, May 8, 
 
 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 21. 
 
 ABANDONMENT Continued. 
 E/ectof: 
 
 Secretary Interior, Ayers et al. v. Daly et 
 
 al., Jan. 3, 1877, 3 Copp's L. O. 196. 
 Secretary Interior, Empire Mg.Co. et al. v. 
 
 Bullion Mg. Co. et al., May 22, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 
 Secretary Interior, France et al. v. Harring- 
 ton, June 29, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Mette v. State of California, 
 
 Oct. 18, 1678, 5 Copp's L. O. 164. 
 ALIENS 
 
 Fairfax's devisee v. Hunter's devisee, 7 
 
 Cranch, 603. 
 
 Craig et al. v. Bradford, 3 Wheat. 594. 
 Governeur's heirs v. Robertson, 11 Wheat. 
 
 332. 
 
 Board . Rowan, 9 Pet. 301. 
 Cross v. DeValle, 1 Wall. 1. 
 United States v. Repentigny, 5 Wall 211. 
 Osterman v. Baldwin, 6 Wall. 116. 
 Phillips et al. v. Moore, 10 Otto, 208. 
 Hammekin v. Clayton, 2 Woods, C. C. 336. 
 Etheridge v. Doe ex dem. Malesspie, 18 
 
 Ala. 565. 
 
 Wynn v. Morris, 16 Ark. 414. 
 People v. Folsom, 5 Cal. 373. 
 Mitchell v. Hargood, 6 Cal. 148. 
 Merle v. Mathews, 26 Cal. 456. 
 Burrell v. Haw, 48 Cal. 223. 
 Golden Fleece Co. v. The Cable Co., 12 
 
 Nev. 312. 
 
 Courtney v. Turner, 12 Nev. 345. 
 Blakesly v. Cay wood, 4 Oreg. 279. 
 Territory of Montana v. Lee, 2 Montana, 
 
 124. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 90 ; 5 id. 551 ; 7 id. 351 ; Aug. 
 
 6, 1875. 
 Secretary Interior, Galena Mg. Co. v. Hus- 
 
 sey et al., Jan. 2, 1875, 1 Copp's L. 0. 178. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Mooney etal, 
 
 July 29, 1876, 3 Copp's L. 0. 68. 
 Secretary Interior, Lawless v. Anderson, 
 
 March 8, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 52. 
 Secretary Interior, Dallas v. White, July 
 
 25, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 82. 
 Secretary Interior, Marleyhan v. C. & O. R. 
 
 R., Feb. 13. 1878, 7 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Nov. 7, 1871, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 405. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte B. N. Sanford et al., 
 
 Sept. 7, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 Com'r G. L. O., McBean v. Owen et al., Oct. 
 
 14, 1874, 1 Copp's L. 0. 130. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dougherty v. C. & O. R. R. 
 
 Co., Sept. 14, 1874, 1 Copp's L. 0. 140. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Sprenger, March 
 
 28, 1873, 2 Copp's L. O. 57. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Beckner v. Coates, April 24, 
 
 1876, 3 Copp's L. 0. 18. 
 
vm 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 ALIENS Continued. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Wood et al., July 
 
 18, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 9. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Seely, April 20, 
 
 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 4L 
 Com'r (Jr. L. O., ex parte Hay, Aug. 1-. 1-77. 
 
 4 Copp's L. 0. 107. 
 Com'r O. L. O.. ex parte Hill, Jan. 29, 1879, 5 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 179. 
 Com r G. L. O., Gower r. S. P. R. R., April 
 
 4, 1679, G Copp's L. O. 1-24. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Lindenmeir, June 
 
 2J. Ie70, 7 Copp's L. 0. 25. 
 ASSIGNMENT 
 
 Certificate* of deposit : 
 
 Com'r G. i-. O., ex parte Baca, Sept 10, 1874, 
 
 Copp'a L. L. 700. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Wright, Dec. 4, 1875, 
 
 2 Copp's L. 0. 151. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 27, 1879, 6 
 
 Copp's L. O. 77. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 5, 1680, 7 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 7. 
 Coal land entry: 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 667. 
 Desert land entry : 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, April 15, 
 
 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 26 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 1, 1878. 
 Donation : 
 
 Co wen v. Kutsworth, 21 Ark. 9. 
 Foreign grant : 
 
 Bissell v. Penrose. 8 How. 317. 
 
 United States v. Grimes, 2 Black, 610. 
 
 Hogan v. Page, 2 Wall. 605. 
 
 NoulJen v. 1'erkins, 3 Rob. (La.) 233. 
 
 Jenkins v. Noel, 3 Stewart (Ala.) 60. 
 
 Papin v. Massey. 27 Mo. 445. 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 710/740, 741. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 25, 
 
 1808, 2 L. I. (fcO.696. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Lynde, Aug. 
 
 4, 1B75, Copp's L. L. 796. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Wendler, Jan. 
 
 15, 1877, 3 Copp's L. O. 105. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Valentine, June 17, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 806. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Sept 15, 1875, 2 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 102. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparteWherrey et al., May 
 
 1, 1676, 3 Copp's L.O. 133. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 13, 1879, 5 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 181. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 22, 1880, 
 
 7 Copp's L. 0. 57. 
 O-raduation entry : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Hannah, Oct. 13, 
 
 1875. 
 Homesteads : 
 
 Watson v. Torhees, 14 Kans. 328. 
 
 Dawson v. Menille, 2 Neb. 119. 
 
 Cheney v. White, 5 Neb. 261. 
 
 Jones v. Yackman, 7 Neb. 419. 
 
 Kirkaldie v. Larrabee, 31 Cal. 456. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 4, 1877, 3 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 23 ; 4 id. 35. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Kissack, Feb. 19, 
 
 18SO, 6 Copp's L. O. Ie9. 
 Indian scrip : 
 
 Dole v. Wilson, 20 Minn. 356. 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 12 Ark. 296. 
 Land warrants: 
 
 Lewis r. Baird, 3 McLean, C.C. 56. 
 
 Me Arthur r. Gallop, 7 Ohio, 412. 
 
 Duke v. Thompson, 16 Ohio, 34. 
 
 Mock . Brammer, 28 Ohio St 508. 
 
 Dyke v. McVey, 16 Ills. 41. 
 
 Nichols v. Nichols, 3 Pinney (Wis.) 174. 
 
 Stephenson v. Wilson, 37 Wis. 462. 
 
 Johnson v. Gilfillan, 8 Minn. 395. 
 
 Fort F. Wilson, 3 Iowa. 153. 
 
 Dnpee v. McCright, 6 La, Ann. 146. 
 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 326; 2 id. 26, 56, 276, 365 : 7 
 
 id. 657. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Smith, April 
 
 12, Ifc55, 1 Lester, 614. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, May 21, 
 
 1856, 1'Lester, 616. 
 
 ASSIGNMENT Continued. 
 Land warrants : 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Aug. 10, 
 1656, l" Lester, 619. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Woodman, 
 March 25, 159, 1 Lester, 6^0. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 27, 1861, Zab. L. L. 
 363. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Widdecombe, 
 Sept. 30, 1878, 1 Copp's L. 0. 127. 
 
 Com'r G. L, O., circular, Juno C, 1674, 1 Les- 
 ter, 576. 
 
 ' Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 23, 1652, 1 
 Lester, 585. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 2, 1852, 1 Les- 
 ter, 5r9. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct 14, 1852, 1 Les- 
 ter, 591. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 3, 1855, 1 Lea- 
 ter, 598. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Nov. 1. 1858, 1 Les- 
 ter, 607. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct 17, 1853, 
 Zab. L. L. 332. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 3, 1855, 
 Zab. L. L. 343. 
 
 Corn'rG. L. O., circular, July 20, 1875, Copp's 
 L.L.727. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 20, 1875, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 742. 
 Patent: 
 
 McArthur v. Phosbus, 2 Ohio, 416. 
 
 Reeder v. Barr, 4 Ohio, 449. 
 
 Wallace v. Minnis, 7 Ohio, 249. 
 
 Smith v. Stark, 7 Ohio, 551. 
 
 Bromer v. Ware, 10 Ohio, 465. 
 
 Bell v. Duncan, 11 Ohio, 192. 
 
 V aters v. Bush, 42 Iowa, 255. 
 
 Hellam v. Minor, 12 La. Ann. 124. 
 
 Thomas v. Wyatt, 31 Mo. 188. 
 
 Allen v. King* 34 Mo. 216. 
 
 1 Op. Att Gen. 191 ; 2 id. 276. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Dec. 6, 
 1802, 2 L. I. & O. 231. 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Aug. 30, 
 1855, rLester, 351. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Whitaker v. S. P. R. R. 
 
 July 27. 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Possessory claim : 
 
 Hall v. Russell, 11 Otto, 503. 
 
 Spry v. Sleppy, 15 Iowa, 409. 
 Pelham p. Wi 
 
 'ilson, 4 Ark. 289. 
 Houseman . Chase, 12 Cal. 290. 
 McGarrity v. Byington, 12 Cal. 431. 
 Pre-emption : 
 
 Marks v. Dickson, 20 How. 501. 
 Myers v. Croft, 13 Wall.i291. 
 Kellam v. Easby, 1 Dillon, C. C. 281. 
 Carr t>. Allison, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 63. 
 Doe v. Hayes, 1 Ind. 247. 
 Riggs v. Cook, 8 Ills. 3:J6. 
 Delauney v. Burnett, 9 His. 454. 
 Morehouse v. Phelps, 18 Ills. 472. 
 Bobbins v. Bunn, 54 Ills. 48. 
 Dillingham v. Fisher, 5 Wis. 475. 
 Spaldmg v. Wood, 8 Wis. 195. 
 Camp v. Smith, 2 Minn. 155. 
 The St. Peter's Co. v. Bunker, 5 Minn. 192. 
 Evans v. Fulsom, 5 Minn. 422. 
 Bruggerman v. Peter, 7 Minn. 337. 
 Randall v. Edert, 7 Minn. 450. 
 McCue v. Smith, 9 Minn. 252. 
 Ferguson v. Kumler. II Minn. 104. 
 Woodbury v. Dorman, 15 Minn. 338. 
 Jones v. Taniter, 15 Minn. 512. 
 Marshall v. Bush, Morris (Iowa), 275. 
 Cullen v. Riley, 7 Iowa, 517. 
 Strong v. Rachal, 16 La. 232. 
 Marks v. Dickson, 10 La. Ann. 597. 
 Richardson v. Enswiller, 14 JA. Ann. 658. 
 McElyea v. Hayter, 2 Porter (Ala.) 148. 
 Cnrdoff v. Onus, 7 Porter (Ala.) 58. 
 Mann v. Brisen et al., 4 Ala. 731. 
 Hudson v. Milner, 12 Ala. 667. 
 Tempson r. Martin, 13 Ala. 21. 
 Paulding v. Grimby, 10 Mo. 135. 
 Bray v. Roysdale, 53 Mo. 170. 
 McKean v. Crawford, 6 Kans. 112. 
 McKean v. Massey, 6 Kans. 122. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 IX 
 
 ASSIGNMENT Continued. 
 Pre emption : 
 
 Stout v. Hyatt, 13 Kans. 232. 
 
 Towsley v. Johnson, 1 Neb. 95. 
 
 Franklin v. Kelly. 2 Neb. 79. 
 
 Tartar v. Hall, 3 Cal. 2C3. 
 
 "Whitney v. Buckmun, 13 Cal. 536. 
 
 Quinn v. Kenyon, 38 Cal. 499. 
 
 Kenyon v. Quinn, 41 Cal. 325. 
 
 Moore v. Berse, 43 Cal. 51 1. 
 
 McDonald t>. Edmunds, 44 Cal. 328. 
 
 Thurston v. Alva, 45 Cal. 16. 
 
 Hudson v. Johnson, 45 Cal. 21. 
 
 Hurton v. Walker, 47 Cal. 484. 
 
 Bull v. Shaw. 48 Cal. -155. 
 
 Douglass v. Gould, 52 Cal. 656. 
 
 Rose v. Treadway. 4 Ncv. 455. 
 
 Tread way v. Wilder, 8 Nev. 91. 
 
 3 Op. Att, Gen. 91. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Patten v. Burwell. Nov. 
 
 29, 1855, 1 Lester, 384. 
 Secretary Interior, Johnson v. Denny, Sept. 
 
 22, 1859, 1 Lester, 392. 
 Secretary Interior, exparte Huggins, Dec. 
 
 27, 1858, 1 Lester, 484. 
 Secretary Interior, circular, May 23, 1856, 
 
 1 Lester, 607. 
 
 Secretary Interior, May 21, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 616. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Woodman, 
 
 March 25, 1859, 1 Lester, 620. 
 Secretary Interior, Heusley v. Ayers, April 
 
 27, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 53. 
 Secretary Interior, Wbitaker v. S. P. R. R., 
 
 July 27, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 9, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 605. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 3, 1838, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 1026. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 28, 1842, 
 
 1 Lester, 368. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 31, 1830, 1 
 
 Lester, 667, note. 
 Private entry : 
 
 Cupps v. Irwin, 2 Blackf . (Ind.) 183. 
 
 Hawkins v. Johnson, 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 21. 
 
 Clark v. Hill, 19 Mich. 356. 
 
 Warburton v. Maddox, Morris (Iowa), 367. 
 
 Silliinau v. King, 36 Iowa. 207. 
 
 Burdick v. Wentworth, 42 Iowa, 440. 
 
 Goodlet v. Smithson, 5 Porter (Ala.) 245. 
 
 Wright v. Swann, 6 Porter (Ala.) 84. 
 
 Stone v. Young, 5 Kans. 229. 
 
 Snow v. Ferrea, 45 Cal. 195. 
 Purchasers at public sale : 
 
 Secretary Treasury, exparte Stewart et al, 
 July 16, 18o3, 2 L. I. & O. 233. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, July 5, 1805, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 257. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, Jan. 13, 1808, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 269. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, May 5, 1821, 
 
 2 L. !.'& O. 307. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, May 25, 1831, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 446. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Pease, July 24, 
 
 1852, 1 Lester, 672. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Wright, June 
 
 26, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 96. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Benton, June 
 
 26, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 96. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 17, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 647. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 15, 1829, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 740. 
 School-land warrants : 
 
 Smith v. Minor, 5 Wis. 551. 
 Bull v. Shepherd, 7 Wis. 449. 
 Smith v. Clark, 7 Wis. 551. 
 Whitney v. State Bank, 7 Wis. 620. 
 Mowry v. Wood, 12 Wis. 413. 
 Dodge v. Silverthorn, 12 Wis. 644. 
 Jarvis v. Dutcher, 16 Wis. 307. 
 Scrip: 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 21, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 4<>6. 
 BELLEVIEW, CITY OF 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 9, 1836, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 963. 
 
 BELLEVIEW, CITY OF Continued. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , instructions, March 23, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 977. 
 BENICIA. CITY OF 
 
 Futher v. City of Benicia, 3f. Cal. 562. 
 Carroll v. City of Benicia, 40 Cal. 386. 
 BISMARCK, CITY OF 
 
 Secretary Interior, Hackett v. City of Bis- 
 marck', July 26, 1876. 
 BONHOMME, PIEI1RE- 
 
 Claim of: 2 Op. Att. Gen. 207. 
 BRIDGES - 
 
 United States v. M. & St. P. R. R. Co., 5 Bis- 
 
 sell, C. C. 410. 
 
 The Clinton Bridge, 1 Woolw. C. C. 150. 
 BURLINGTON, CITY OF 
 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 30 Iowa, 94. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 9, 1836, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 963. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 23, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 977. 
 CALIFORNIA 
 
 Confirmation of land titles in. by act of July 23, 
 
 1866: 
 
 Huff v. Doyle, 3 Otto, 558. 
 Tolaud v. Mandell, 38 Cal. 371. 
 Collins v. Bartlett, 44 Cal. 371. 
 Foscalina v. Doyle, 47 Cal. 438. 
 Buhne v. Chism, 48 Cal. 467. 
 Chant v. Reynolds, 49 Cal. 213. 
 Kaiser v. McLaughlin, 49 Cal. 449. 
 Huff t>. Doyle, 50 Cal. 16. 
 Thompson v. Thornton, 50 Cal. 142. 
 Laugulin v. McGarvey, 50 Cal. 169. 
 Sacramento Savings Bank v. Hyrns, 50 Cal. 
 
 195. 
 
 Sutton v. Fassett, 51 Cal. 12. 
 Rutledge v. Murphy, 5L Cal. 389. 
 Wilkinson v. Merrill, 52 Cal. 424. 
 Op. Att. Gen., March 4, 1878. 
 Secretary Interior, States. HaleefaJ., April 
 
 8, 1872, Copp's L. L 324. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Brown, April 
 
 18, 1872, Copp's L. L. 446. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 5, 1871, Copp's L. 
 
 L. 461. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Buhne, April 
 
 21, 1873, Copp's L. L. 465. 
 Secretary Interior, Rank o. Luce, June 22, 
 
 1873, Copp's L. L. 465. 
 Secretary Interior, State v. Howard, June 
 
 4, 1872, Copp's L. L. 467. 
 Secretary Interior, Hyatt v. Smith, Dec. 19, 
 
 1872, Copp's L. L. 469. 
 Secretary Interior, Alexander v. C. & O. 
 
 R. R., April 13, 1872, Copp's L. L. 469. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte White, Aug. 
 
 18, 1874, Copp's L. L. 469. 
 Secretary Interior, Bascoin v. Davis, Sep- 
 tember 19, 1873,Copp'sL. L. 469 ; 1 Copp s 
 
 L O. 52. 
 Secretary Interior, Wilson v. C. & O. R. R , 
 
 Feb. 17, 1873, Copp's L. L. 471. 
 Secretary Interior, Dibble ?>. C. & O. R. R., 
 
 Dec. 24, 1874, Copp's L. L. 472, 
 Secretary Interior, Davis v. McClay, Dec. 
 
 16, 1873, 1 Copp's L. O. 6. 
 Secretary Interior, C. P. R. R. v. State, Dec. 
 
 21, 1877, 4 Copp's L. 0. 150. 
 Secretary Interior, Wallace v. State, Dec. 
 
 28, 1877, 5 Copp's L. O. 22. 
 Secretary Interior, Dal las v. White, July 
 
 25, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 
 Secretary Interior, f.x parte- More's heirs, 
 July 25, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Nichols, Nov. 
 1, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 151. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte State, Dec. 12, 
 
 1878, 6 Copp's L. O. 29. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Kile v. Tubbs, July 15, 
 
 1879, 6' Copp's L. O. 108. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Watson v. State, Jan. 
 
 28, 1880, 6 Copp's L. O. 193. 
 Secretary Interior, Stater. C. P. R. R., Juno 
 
 26, 1879, 7 Copp's L. O. 119. 
 
 Secretary Interior, University v. White, 
 
 Jan. 10, 1878. 
 Secretary Interior, State r. Bell & Weeks, 
 
 Jan. 4, 1872. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 CALIFORNIA- Continued. 
 
 Confirmation of land titles in, by act of July 23, 
 
 Coni'r G. L. O., Wheeler et al. v. Cadotte, 
 
 April 20, 1867, Zab. L. L. 401. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 13, 1866, 
 
 Zab. L. L. 608. 
 Com'r G. L. O, circular, Sept 13, 1866, 
 
 Coup's L. L. 450. 
 ComV G. L. O., circular, March 18, 1870, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 452. 
 Com'r G. L. O., State v. Townsend et aL, 
 
 Nov. 1, 1875, 2 Copp's L. 0. 116. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Zuck v. Brinson, Dec. 29, 
 
 1879, 6 Copp's L. 0. 174. 
 CANADIAN REFUGEES AND VOLUN- 
 
 TEERS- 
 French and wife's lessee v. Spencer, 21 How. 
 
 228. 
 
 1 Op. Att. Gen., 326, 424 ; 2 id. 341 ; 2 L. I. & 
 
 0. 160. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, March 
 
 17, 1801, 2 L. L <fc O. 223. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, March 17, 
 
 1801, 2'L. I. &O.771. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 3, 1816, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 2c9. 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, Feb. 23, 1820, 2 L. 
 
 1. &O.301. 
 CANAL GRANTS 
 
 Dayton and Lake Erie: 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., instructions, June 18, 1832, 2 
 L. I. & O. 463. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., instructions, June 11, 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. <fc O. 477. 
 Fox and Wisconsin Rivers : 
 
 Veeder v. Guffy, 3 Wis. 446. 
 Green Bay and Lake Michigan: 
 
 State v. Com'rs S. & M. lands, 34 Wis. 162. 
 Illinois and Lake Michigan: 
 
 Illinois and Michigan Canal v. Cahoon, 1 
 Scam. (Ills.) 5-21. 
 
 Board of Trustees v. Haven, 10 His. 548. 
 Milwaukee and Rock River : 
 
 United States v. Hatch, 1 Pinney (Wis.), 
 
 let 
 
 Miami : 
 
 Strong v. Lebmer, 10 Ohio St. 93. 
 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 550 : 2 L. I.& 0. 196, 197. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, March 20, 
 
 1835, 2 'L.I. & O.VOT. 
 Com'rG. L. O , instructions, June 17, 1833, 2 
 
 L.L&O.478. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 2, 1836, 2 
 
 L.L&O.6-21. 
 Portage and Lake Superior : 
 
 Sutherland v. The Governor, 29 Mich. 320. 
 Att'v-Gen'l v. Lake Superior Ship Canal, 
 
 32 'Mich. 233. 
 
 14 Op. Att. Gen., 636. 645. 
 Sault Ste. Marie: 
 
 Ryan v. Brown, 18 Mich. 1%. 
 Wala'sh and Erie: 
 
 Doe v. Stepbenson. 1 Ind. 115. 
 
 Butler v. State, 6 Ind. 165. 
 
 Doe 0. Stephenson, 9 Ind. 144. 
 
 Coni'r G. L. O., instructions, April 21, 1827, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 402. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, June 11, 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 477. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Nov. 2, 1633, 2 
 
 L. I. &. O 466. 
 CARONDELET, CITY OF 
 
 Shepley v. Cowan, 1 Otto, 330. 
 Inhabitants of Carondelet r. Dent, 18 Mo. 
 
 248. 
 City of Carondelet c. McPherson, 20 Mo. 
 
 192. 
 City of Carondelet v. City of St. Louis, 25 
 
 Mo. 448. 
 
 Funkhouser r. Langkopp, 26 Mo. 453. 
 Prim v. Horeu, 27 Mo. 205. 
 Boroliu v. Furman, 28 Mo. 439. 
 Dent v. Segerson. 29 Mo. 4>l. 
 City of Carondelet ? . City of St Louis, 29 
 
 Mo. r,-,>7. 
 
 Funklionser v. Hantz. 29 Mo. 540. 
 Bar TV v. Bliimenthal, H2 Mo. 29. 
 Shepley v. Cowan, 52 Mo. 559. 
 
 CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT FOR SUR- 
 VEYS 
 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, Jan. 21, 1874, 
 Copp's L. L. 781. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Sanchez, June 
 1. 1-74. 1 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 
 Secretary Interior,^ parte Sprowl, Sept. 22, 
 1677, 4 Copp's L. 0. 116. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 6, 1871, Copp's 
 L. L. 756. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, Feb.25, 1873, Copp's 
 L. L. 758. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , ex parte Baca et al., Sept. 10, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 760. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Mendenhall, Dec. 2, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. 0. 135. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Wright, Dec. 4, 1875, 
 
 2 Copp's L. 0. 151. 
 Com'r G. L O., circular, June 27, 1879, 
 
 6 Copp's L. 0. 77. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, March 5, 1880, 
 
 7 Copp's L. 0. 7. 
 CERTIFIED COPIES 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, July 20,1 S75,Copp's 
 
 L. L. 824. 
 CESSION, CONQUEST, AND DISCOVERY 
 
 Johnson &. Graham's lessee v. Mclntosh, 8 
 
 Wheat. 543. 
 
 American Ins. Co. v. Canter, 1 Pet. 511. 
 Soulard v. United States, 4 Pet. 511. 
 Martin v. Waddell. 16 Pet. 367. 
 Pollard's lessee v. Files, 2 How. 591. 
 Pollard's lessee v. Hagan, 3 How. 212. 
 Leitensdorfer v. Webb, 20 How. 176. 
 United States v. Moreno, 1 Wall. 400. 
 United States P. Yorba, 1 Wall. 412. 
 Eeictmrt r. Felps, 6 Wall. 160. 
 Mornsby v. United States, 10 Wall. 224. 
 United States v. Lynde, 11 Wall. 632. 
 Dent ?\ Emmeger. 14 AVall. 308. 
 United States v. Tract of Land, 1 Woods, 
 
 C. C. 475. 
 
 Wood worth v. Fulton, 1 Cal. 295. 
 Vanderslice v. Hawks, 3 Cal. 27. 
 Clark son v. Hawks, 3 Cal. 47. 
 Teschemacher v. Thompson, 18 CaL 11. 
 Leese v. Clark, 20 Cal. 388. 
 Ward . Mulford, 32 Cal. 365. 
 Gardiner r. Millar, 47 Cal. 570. 
 CHEYENNE. CITY OF 
 
 Secretary Interior, U. P. R. R. . Chey- 
 enne, Sept. 27, 1872, Copp's L. L. 373. 
 CHINAMEN 
 
 Wvthe v. Smith. 4 Saw. C. C. 17. 
 CHIPPEWA HALF-BREED SCRIP- 
 Dole v. Wilson, 20 Minn. 356. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, April 20, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 712. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Brown et al.. 
 
 March* 29, 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Nov. 24, 1857, Zab. 
 
 L. L. 308. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 13, 1865, 
 
 Zab. L. L.3I3. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Wheeler et al. v. Cadotte, 
 
 April 20, 1667, Zab. L. L. 401. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 707. 
 CHOUTEAU CLAIM 
 
 Survey : 2 L. I. & O. 975. 
 
 COLUMBUS AND SANDUSKY TURNPIKE 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Mav 2, Ie28, 
 
 2 L. I. &, O. 407. 
 CONNECTICUT LAND CLAIMS. OHIO 
 
 Palmer v. Com'rs Cuyahoga Co., 3 McLean, 
 
 C. C. 226. 
 
 Kinsman v. Loomis, 11 Ohio, 475. 
 Lockwood v. Wilder-man, 13 Ohio, 430. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, April -1, 
 
 1805, 2 L.I. &O. 783. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, April 20, 
 
 1805, 2 L. I. <fc O. 789. 
 Secretary Tieasury, instructions, Dec. 16, 
 
 1607, 2*L. I. & O.' 601. 
 Secretary Tieasury, instructions, Marrh 
 
 12, 1608, 2 L.I. &O. 602 
 CONTRACTS 
 Civil law : 
 
 Holliday r. West> 6 Cal. 519. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XI 
 
 CONTRACTS-Confinued. 
 Common law : 
 
 United States v. Linn, 15 Pet. 290. 
 
 Lamb v. Kauim, 1 Saw. C. C. 238. 
 Construction of: 
 
 Lamb v. Davenport, 1 Saw. C. C. 609. 
 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Saw. C. C. G03. 
 
 Rightor v. Phelps, 1 Hob. (La.) 325. 
 
 Heed v. Conway, 26 Mo. 13. 
 
 Claymorgan v. Green, 32 Mo. 285. 
 Covenant : 
 
 Lamb v. Bui-bank, 1 Saw. C. C. 227. 
 
 Lamb v. Kamru, 1 Saw. C. C. 238. 
 
 Lamb v. Waketteld, 1 Saw. C. C. 251. 
 
 Lamb v. Vaughn, 2 Saw. C. C. 161. 
 
 Fields v. Squires, 1 Deady, C. C. 366. 
 Legislative : 
 
 Fletcher v. Peck , 6 Cranch, 87. 
 
 State of New Jersey v. Wilson, 7 Cranch, 
 164. 
 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 30 Iowa, 94. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen., ex parte Ohio, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 141. 
 Mexican grant: 
 
 Hartman v. Reed, 50 Cal. 485. 
 Settlers 1 claim and improvements: 
 
 Lamb v. Davenport, 18 Wall. 307. 
 
 Lamb v. Burbank, 1 Saw. C. C. 2-27. 
 
 Doolittle v. Bridgemaii, 1 Greene (Iowa), 
 265. 
 
 Ellis v. Hosier, 2 Greene (Iowa), 246. 
 
 Brooks v. Ellis, 3 Greene (Iowa), 527. 
 
 Mclntire v. Skiuner, 4 Greene (Iowa), 89. 
 
 Pierson v. David, 1 Iowa, 24. 
 
 Sullivan v. McLenans. 2 Iowa, 437. 
 
 Bowman . Torr, 3 Iowa. 571. 
 
 Cullen v. Riley, 7 Iowa, 517. 
 
 Snow v. Flanuery, 10 Iowa, 318. 
 
 Spry v. Sleppy, 15 Iowa, 409. 
 
 Wilson v. McLeruan, 20 Iowa, 30. 
 
 Oaks v. Heaton, 44 Iowa, 116. 
 
 Jenkins v. Gibson, 3 La. Ann. 203. 
 
 Hollan v. Sapp, 4 La. Ann. 519. 
 
 Hudson et al. v. Milner, 12 Ala. 667. 
 
 Tempson v. Martin, 13 Ala. 21. 
 
 Patton v. Ashlev, 8 Ark. 290. 
 
 Cain v. Leslie, 15 Ark. 312. 
 
 Baker v. Hollobaugh, 15 Ark. 322. 
 
 Cloud v. Ivie, 28 Mo. 578. 
 
 Moore v. Mclntosh, 6 Kans. 39. 
 
 Vickray v. Pratt,7 Kans. 238. 
 
 McTaggart v. Hanison, 12 Kans. 62. 
 
 Bell v. Parks, 16 Kans. 152. 
 
 Lapham v. Hend, 21 Kans. 332. 
 
 Chase v. Savage Silver Mg. Co., 2 Nov. 9. 
 
 Rose v. Treadway, 4 Nev. 455. 
 
 Treadway v. Wilder, 8 Nev. 91. 
 
 Dawsou v. Merrelle, 2 Neb. 119. 
 
 Me Williams v. Bridges, 7 Neb. 419. 
 
 Tartar v. Hall, 3 Cal. 263. 
 
 Ostrarn v. Dixon, 13 Cal. 33. 
 
 Holden v. Andrews, 38 Cal. 119. 
 
 Damrell v. Meyer, 40 Cal. 166. 
 
 Montgomery v. Whitney, 40 Cal. 294. 
 
 Hudson v. Johnson, 45 Cal. 21. 
 
 Snow v. Ferrea,' 45 Cal. 195. 
 
 McCreary v. Casey, 50 Cal. 349. 
 
 Snow v. Kim OUT, 52 Cal. 624. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Webster v. Sutherland, 
 Oct. 19, 187-2, Copp's L. L. 312. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Beasore v. Whitehead, 
 Aug. 5, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Swift v. C. & O. R.R., 
 Nov. 30,1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 134. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Hudsonpiller v. Queen, 
 Sept. 18, 1874. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Sumner v. Silaby, Feb. 
 
 22, 1875. 
 Survey : 
 
 Reed v. Conway, 26 Mo. 13. 
 Edwards v. Estell, 48 Cal. 194. 
 
 Instructions, March 4, 1797, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 765. 
 Com'r G. L. O. , instructions, July 9, 1824, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 839. 
 Timber, sale of: 
 
 Stevens v. Penier, 12 Kans. 297. 
 
 Ward v. Carson River Wood Co., 13 Nev. 
 
 CONTRACTS Continued. 
 Timber, sale of : 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Dec. 6, 
 
 1854, 1 Lester, 629. 
 Secretary Interior, Webster v. Sutherland, 
 
 Oct. 19, 1872, Copp's L. L. 313. 
 Treaty : 
 
 Meigs et al. v. McClung's lessee, 9 Cranch, 
 
 11. 
 
 Fleeger v. Poole, 1 McLean, C. C. 185. 
 Secretary Interior, Dallas v. White, July 25, 
 
 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 COUNTY SEATS 
 
 Whitelowe v. Reese, 4 Oreg. 335. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 7, 1824, 2 L. I. 
 
 & O. 380. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 18, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 494. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 11, 1837, 2 L. 
 
 I. <fc O. 652. 
 CUMBERLAND ROAD 
 
 Op. Att. Gen., 2 L. I. & O. 141. 
 DEDICATION TO PUBLIC USES 
 
 Cincinnati v. White's lessee, 6 Pet. 431. 
 Barclay v. Howell's lessee, 6 Pet. 498. 
 New Orleans v. United States, 10 Pet. 662. 
 United States v. Chicago, 7 How. 185. 
 Irwiu v. Dixon, 9 How. 10. 
 City of Brownsville v. Cavazos et aL, 10 
 
 Otto, 138. 
 
 United States v. Carr, 3 Saw. C. C. 477. 
 Lownsdale v. City of Portland, 1 Deady, 
 
 C.C. 1,39. 
 Chapman v. School District No. 1, 1 Deady, 
 
 C. C. 139. 
 
 City of Winona v. Huff. 11 Minn. 119. 
 Village of Mankato v. Meagher, 17 Minn. 
 
 265. 
 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 30 Iowa, 94. 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 36 Iowa, 357. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Erskin, 31 Mo. 
 
 110. 
 
 Hall v. Ashby. 2 Montana, 489. 
 Lownsdale v. City of Portland, 1 Ores. 381. 
 Leland v. City of Portland, 2 Oreg. 46. 
 Bell ?;. The Bed Rock Tunnel & Mg. Co., 
 
 36 Cal. 214. 
 Secretary Interior, The Chicago Cases, Feb. 
 
 28, 1879, (i Copp's L. O. 22. 
 Com'r G. L. O., The Chicago Cases, Feb. 
 
 12, 1878, 4 Copp's L. O. 180. 
 DENVER, CITY OF- 
 
 Cofleld v. McClellan, 1 Colo. 370. 
 Clayton v. Spencer, 2 Colo. 378. 
 DESCRIPTION AND BOUNDARY 
 
 What sufficient, and rules of construction : 
 Bodley v. Taylor, 5 Cranch, 191. 
 Lodge's lessee v. Lee. <i Cranch, 237. 
 Johnson v. Pannel's heirs, 2 Wheat. 206. 
 Shipp v. Miller's heirs, 2 Wheat. 316. 
 McArthur v. Browder, 4 Wheat. 488. 
 Blake et at. v. Doherty et al., 5 Wheat. 357. 
 Doddridge v. Thompson, 9 Wheat. 469. 
 Patterson v. Jenks, 2 Pet. 216. 
 Boardman v. Reed et al., 6 Pet. 328. 
 United States v. Sepulveda, 1 Wall. 104. 
 United States v. Halleck et al., 1 Wall. 439. 
 Schurmeir v. St. P. & P. R. R. Co., 7 Wall. 
 
 272. 
 Quicksilver Mg. Co. v. Hicks, 4 Saw. C. C. 
 
 Tiipp v.' Spring, 5 Saw. C. C. 208. 
 Dunlap v. Stetson, 4 Mason, C. C. 349. 
 Thomas v. Hatch, 5 Mason, C. C. 170. 
 Thomas v. Hatch, 3 Sumner, C. C. 170. 
 Boyreau v. Campbell, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 
 119. 
 United States v. Estudillo, 1 Hoffman's L. 
 
 Cas. 204. 
 
 Alshire v. Hulse, 1 Ohio, 170. 
 Martin v. Boon, 2 Ohio, 238. 
 McArthur v. Phrebus, 2 Ohio, 416. 
 Huston v. McArthur, 7 Ohio, 383. 
 Buckley v. Blackwell, 10 Ohio, 508. 
 McKiuiiey v. McKiunoy, 8 Ohio St. 423. 
 Calhoon v. Price, 17 Ohio St. 96. 
 Board of Trustees v. Haven, 10 Ills. 548. 
 AVilson v. Byns, 77 Ills 76. 
 Huntv. Rowley, 87 Ills. 491. 
 
Xll 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 DESCRIPTION AND BOUNDARY Continued. 
 What sufficient, and rules of construction : 
 Oilman v. Riooelle, 18 Mich. 144. 
 Wright o. Day, 33 Wis. 2CO. 
 Boonnan v. Sunnucks. 4-2 Wis. 233. 
 Sckurmeir c. St. P. P. R. R., 10 Minn. 82. 
 Musser v. Hershey, 42 Iowa, 356. 
 Lafayette v. Blanc, 3 La. Ann. 59. 
 Ott 9. Soulard, 9 Mo. 581 . 
 Shelton c. Maupin, 16 Mo. 124. 
 Femvick v. Gil!, 38 Mo. 510. 
 Lamers v. Xissen, 4 Xeb. 245. 
 Shockley v. Broun, 1 Wash. Ty. 463. 
 Reynolds v. West, 1 Cal. 322. 
 Hicks v. Coleman, 25 Cal. 1-.-2. 
 More . Massini, 37 Cal. 432. 
 Eureka Mg. Co. v. Way, 11 Xev. 171. 
 Courtney v. Turner, 12 Xev. 345. 
 5 Op. Att. Gen. 323; 7 id. 681. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Xovato, Jan. 13, 
 
 1859, f Lester, 645. 
 Secretary Interior, Ranches Borregas and 
 
 Posolmi, April 27, 1859, 1 Lester, 649. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho De Quito, July 
 
 23, lt5 : J. 1 Lester, 650. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Los Tularcitos, 
 
 Jnly 3-J, 1859, 1 Lester, 652. 
 Secretary Interior, Ranches Pinole, Las 
 
 Huntas and Del Hambre, Aug. 10, 1859, 
 
 1 Lester, 654. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Buelna, Sept. 
 
 1, 1859, 1 Lester, 657. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Sausal Redon- 
 
 do, Oct. 31, 1871, Copp s L. L. 564. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Caslaruayomi, 
 
 Aug. 15, 1874. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho San Xiguel, July 
 
 9, 1672, Copp's L. L. 565. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rdncho Cuyamaca, Xov. 25, 
 
 1873, Copp'g L. L. 577. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Raucho Xajalayegua, Feb. 
 
 18, 1874, Copp's L. L. 590.' 
 Com'r G. L O., Raucho San Joan Cajon de 
 
 Santa Ana, Sept. 18, Ie75, 2 Copp's L. O. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Bolsa de Escorpi- 
 
 nas, Sept. 24, 1875, 2 Copp's L. 0. 135 ; 3 id. 
 
 90. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Corte Modera del 
 
 Presidio. Sept. 18. 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Pueblo San Francisco, Xov. 
 
 16, 1878. 
 When courses and distances control, and when 
 
 not : 
 
 Marshall r. Carrie, 4 Cranch, 172. 
 Bodley v. Taylor, 5 Cranch. 191. 
 Mclvers' lessee v. Walker, 9 Cranch, 173. 
 Taylor v. Walton, 1 Wheat, 141. 
 Shipp v. Miller's heirs, 2 Wheat. 316. 
 Xewsom v. Prvor's lessee, 7 Wheat. 7. 
 Chinoweth v. Haskell's lessee, 3 Pet. 92. 
 Holmes . Trout, 7 Pet. 171. 
 Brown v. Huger. 21 How. 305. 
 United States . Pacheco, 2 Wall. 587. 
 Morrow v. Whitney, 5 Otto, 551. 
 United States v. Castro, 5 Saw. C. C. 625. 
 Jackson v. Sprasue, 1 Paine, C. C. 494. 
 Coon v. Penn, TPet. C. C. 496. 
 Harmer v. Morris. I McLean, C. C. 44. 
 Buel v. Tuley, 4 McLean C. C. 268. 
 Robinson v. "Moore, 4 McLean, C. C. 279. 
 Granger v. Swart, I Woolw. C. C. 88. 
 Tobin v. Witkin's heirs, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 
 151. 
 
 McCoy v. Galloway, 3 Ohio, 282. 
 Galloway v. Brown, 16 Ohio, 428. 
 McClintbck v. Rodgers, 11 Ills. 279. 
 Bruckner v. Lawrence, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 19. 
 Mooro v. People, 2 Doug. (Mich.) 420. 
 Britton v. Ferry. 14 Mich. 53. 
 Xeff v. Paddock, 20 Wis. 546. 
 McEvoy v. Loyd, 31 Wis. M2. 
 Moreland v. Page, 2 Iowa, 139. 
 Sargent . Herod. 3 Iowa, 145. 
 Campbell v. Clark, 8 Mo. 553. 
 McGill v. Somers. 15 Mo. 80. 
 Schultz o. Lin<lell. 40 Mo. 330. 
 Knight v. Elliott. 57 Mo. 317. 
 De Arguello v. Greer, 26 Mo. 616. 
 
 DESCRIPTION AXD BOUXDARY Continued. 
 When courses and distances control, and when 
 
 not: 
 
 Serrano v. Raw son, 47 Mo. 52. 
 Spring v. Heuston, 49 Mo. 442. 
 Shoemaker v. Hatch, 13 Xev. 261. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho JSovato, Jan. 13, 
 
 Ie59, 1 Lester, 645. 
 Secretary Interior, Ranchos Borregas and 
 
 Posolmi, April 27, 1859. 1 Lester, 649. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Corte Madera 
 
 del Presidio. Jan. 6, 1872, Copp's L. L. 532. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Bolsa de las Es- 
 
 corpinas, Aug. 16, 1876, 3 Copp's L. 0. 90. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Agua Caliente, Feb. 
 
 21, 1878. 
 DES MOIXES RIVER 
 
 Litchfield v. D. &. P. R. R., 23 How. 66. 
 Wolcott v. Des Moines Co., 5 Wall. 681. 
 Williams r. Baker, 17 Wall. 144. 
 Homestead Co. v. Valley R. R., 17 Wall. 153. 
 Wolsey v. Chapman, 11 Otto, 755. 
 Riley v. Wells, U. S. Sup. Ct., Dec. term, 
 
 1869 (unreported). 
 Critly v. Burrows, U. S. Sap. Ct., Dec. term, 
 
 1872 (unreported). 
 Dumoutv. Des Moines Valley R. R., U. S. 
 
 Sup. Ct., Oct. Term, 1878 (unreported). 
 Steamboat Globe v. Kurtz, 4 Green (Iowa), 
 
 433. 
 Des Moines Xavigation Co. v. County of 
 
 Polk, 10 Iowa, 1. 
 
 Stryker v. Polk County, 22 Iowa, 131. 
 Bellows v. Todd, 34 Iowa, 18. 
 7 Op. Att. Gen., 691 ; 9 id. 273. 
 DETROIT, TOWX OF 
 
 People v. Carpenter, 1 Mich. 273. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Feb. 17, 
 
 1809, 2 L. L & O. 697. 
 DOXATIOXS 
 Location : 
 
 Bernard's heirs v. Ashley's heirs, 18 How. 
 
 43. 
 
 Finley v. Woodruff, 8 Ark. 328. 
 Carter v. Chapman, 2 Oreg. 9 }. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Jan. 27, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 533. 
 What are: 
 
 Ross v. Borland, 1 Pet. 655. 
 Forsyth v. Reynolds, 15 How. S58. 
 Arkansas: 
 
 Finley v. Woodruff, 8 Ark. 328. 
 
 Drenuens v. Walker, 21 Ark. 539. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 26, 1828, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 413. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 17, 1828,2 
 
 L. I. &. O. 415. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Jan. 19, 1829, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 417. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Dec. 18, 1829, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 421. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 18, 1832, 2 
 
 L. L & O. 459. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 25, 1832, 2 
 
 L. I. &. O. 464. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 10, 1833, 2 
 
 L. L & O. 476. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 12, 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 4;0. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct 4, 1836, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 527. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 22, 1837, 2 
 
 L. L &, O. 533. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 6, 1835, 2 
 
 L. L & O. 613. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Instructions, May 10, 1837, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 1010. 
 Florida : 
 
 Boatman v. Vautress, 8 Martin (La.) 644. 
 Xewport v. Cooper, 10 La. 155. 
 Louisiana : 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Frugie, June 
 
 25, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 118. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March22, 1819, 
 
 2L. I. & O. 712. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, March 27, 1819, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0.713. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 13, 1823, 2 
 
 L. L & O. 717. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 Xlll 
 
 DONATIONS Continued. 
 Louisiana : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 7, 1824, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 723. 
 Com'r G L. O., instructions, Aug. 26, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 513. 
 CouVrG. L. O., ea; parte Wedge, July 14, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L.L. 517. 
 Oregon : 
 
 Stark v. Starr, 6 Wall. 402. 
 Silver v. Ladd, 7 Wall. 219. 
 Davenport v. Lamb, 13 Wall. 418. 
 Lamb v. Davenport, 18 Wall. 307. 
 Stark v. Starr, 4 Otto, 477. 
 Barney v. Dolph, 7 Otto, 652. 
 Hall v. Russell, 11 Otto, 503. 
 Yance v. Burbank, 11 Otto, 514. 
 Lownsdale v. Portland, 1 Deady, C. C. 1. 
 Chapman v. School District No. 1, 1 Deady, 
 
 C. C. 108, 139. 
 
 Lamb v. Starr, 1 Deady, C. C. 350. 
 Fields v. Squires, 1 Deady, C. C. 366. 
 Lamb v. Starr, 1 Deady, C. C. 447. 
 Stark v. Starr, 1 Saw. C. C. 15. 
 Lamb v. Wakefield, 1 Saw. C. C. 251. 
 Lamb v. Davenport, 1 Saw. C. C. 609. 
 Mizner v. Vaughn, 2 Saw. C. C. 269. 
 Fitzpatiick v. Dubois, 2 Saw. C. C. 434. 
 Shuffleton v. Nelson, 2 Saw. C. C. 540. 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Saw. C. C. 603. 
 Adams v. Burk, 3 Saw. C. C. 415. 
 Hall v. Russell, 3 Saw. C. C. 506. 
 Wythe v. Haskell, 3 Saw. C. C. 574. 
 Wythe v. Smith, 4 Saw. C. C. 17. 
 Vandolf v. Otis, 1 Oreg. 153. 
 Ford v. Kennedy, 1 Oreg. 166. 
 Pinn v. Morris, 1 Oreg. 230. 
 Carter v. Chapman, 2 Oreg. 93. 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Oreg. 118. 
 White v. Allen, 3 Oreg. 103. 
 Groslouis v. Northcut, 3 Oreg. 394. 
 Cowenia v. Hannah, 3 Oreg. 465. 
 Chambers v. Chambers, 4 Oreg 153. 
 Blakesley v. Caywood, 4 Oreg. 279. 
 Jette v. Pirard, 4 Oreg. 296. 
 Dolph v. Barney, 5 Oreg. 191. 
 Murray v. Murray, 6 Oreg. 26. 
 Linnville v. Smith, 6 Oreg. 203. 
 Ramsey v. Loomis, 6 Oreg. 367. 
 10 Op. Att. Gen. 380. 
 Secretary Interior, Woodward et al. v. 
 
 Strickler, November 14, 1871, Copp's L. L. 
 
 749. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Maynard, 
 
 March 1, 1873, Copp's L. L. 751. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Warwick & 
 
 Davis, May 29, 1874, Copp's L. L. 751. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Meek & Luell- 
 
 ing, June 10, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 86. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Richard, June 
 
 19, 1876, 2 Copp's L.O.I 63. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Portland City, 
 
 April 21, 1854. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Lansdale et al., 
 
 July 13, 1860. 
 Secretary Interior, Ebey v. Heirs of Ebey, 
 
 April 22, 1862. 
 Secretary Interior, Smith v. Heirs of Wills, 
 
 June 11, 1866. 
 Secretary Interior, Heatherly v. Hadley & 
 
 Owen, May 24, 1870. 
 Secretary Interior, Jeffers v. Dubois, Nov. 
 
 25, 1871. 
 Secretary Interior, Woodward & Edwards 
 
 v. Strickler, Nov. 14, 1871. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Dalles Mission- 
 ary Station, March 15, 1875. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Scott, July 24, 
 
 1876. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Poole, Oct. 21, 
 
 1878. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., City of Portland v. Lowns- 
 dale etal., Oct. 18,' 1858, 1 Lester, 437. 
 Com'rG. L. O., ex parteYostkum, March 28, 
 
 1874.1 Copp's L. O. 3. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Meek & Luelling, 
 
 April 22. 1874, 1 Copp's L. 0. 21. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Lewis v. Hodges, April 30, 
 
 1875. 2 Copp's L. 0. 54. 
 
 DONATIONS Continued. 
 Oregon : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., City of Seattle v. McAleer, 
 
 Jan. 12, 1877, 3 Copp's L. 0. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., exparte Portland City, April 
 
 17, 1854. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Yeatch, April 3, 
 
 1857. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Lansdale et al., Oct. 
 
 18, 1858. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Weaver's heirs, 
 
 Jan -29,1860. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Conner's adminis- 
 trator, May 14, 1861. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Powers v. Shaw, July 6, 
 
 1861. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Ebey v. Heirs of Ebey, Oct. 
 
 19, 1861. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Gaines, Jan. 7, 
 
 1862. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Lander, April 21, 
 
 1862. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Anderson v. Howard, Nov. 
 
 28, 1863. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Baker, Sept 14, 
 
 1865. 
 Com'r G.L.O..ez parte McNutt & Gager, 
 
 Sept. 27, 1865. 
 Comr G. L. O., Smith v. Heirs of Wills, 
 
 March 1, 186(5. 
 Com'rG. L. O., exparte Rannison, March 
 
 6, 1866. 
 Com'rG. L. O., exparte Merrick, Mav 23, 
 
 1867. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Heatherly v. Hadley & 
 
 Owen, July 13, 1868. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Portland City, Oct. 
 
 18, 1868. 
 Com'r G. L. O , ex parte Bellinger's heirs, 
 
 Jan. 15, 1869. 
 Corn'r G. L. O., Jeffers v. Dubois, June 16, 
 
 1870. 
 Com'rG. L. O., ex parte Gardef y, Dec. 22, 
 
 1870. 
 
 Com'r G. L. 0., Law v. Caston, May 2, 1871. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Wilson's heirs, 
 
 April 30, 187-2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Taylor, June 5, 
 
 1873. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Martin, July 11, 
 
 1873. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., ex parte Howe, June 17, 
 
 1874. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Hudson v. Kendall, Nov. 6, 
 
 1874. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Doncette, d an. 5, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'rG. L. O., ex parte Mattoon, Feb. 13, 
 
 1875. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Buck, Oct. 12, 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Stewart, Oct. 12, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Stevens, Oct. 13, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'rG. L. O., exparte Huntley, Oct. 14, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Leslie, Oct. 18, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Scott, Dec. 10, 
 
 1875. 
 Com r G. L. O., ex parte Cornwell, Feb. 1, 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Rush, March 22, 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Rowland, March 
 
 27, 1877. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Coe, July 17, 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Robinson, July 20, 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Heirs of Bray, Aug. 
 
 1,1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Landreth, Sept. 
 
 18, 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Poole, Nov. 28, 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. Q., ex parte Williams, Dec. 1, 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Lyons, March 13, 
 
 1878. 
 
XIV 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 DONATIONS- Continued. 
 Oregon : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Judkins, May 31, 
 
 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Banton, Jane 18, 
 
 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bonham, Aug. 28, 
 
 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Myers, Feb. 25, 
 
 1879. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Landreth, Sept. 
 
 5, 1879. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Judkins, Sept. 5, 
 
 Washington Territory : 
 
 Shockley v. Brown, 1 Wash. Ty. 463. 
 Secretary Interior. Mission St. James, May 
 
 10, 187-2, Copp's L. L. 732. 
 
 Secretary Interior, McBean v. Owen, June 
 
 11, 177, 2 Copp's L. O. 53. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Finnell, Feb. 
 
 1">, 1656, 3 Copp's L. O. 133. 
 Secretary Interior, Bush v. Bradford, Nov. 
 
 28, 1872. 
 Secretary Interior, Mission Santa Eosa v. 
 
 Bussell, Dec. 8, 1873. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Bolen and wife, 
 
 Jan. 3,' 1879. 
 Com'r G. L. O., McBean v. Owen, Oct. 14, 
 
 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 130. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Kindred, April 16, 
 
 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 19. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Williams v. Martin, May 
 
 31, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 90. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Butler, Jan. 4, 
 
 1861. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Church v. Miller, June 8, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Swan, Jan. 6. 1866. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bozarth, Oct. 21, 
 
 1867. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Gobar, Dec. 11, 
 
 1868. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Mission Santa Eosa v. Bus- 
 sell, Jan. 27. 1872. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Morse & Biers, 
 
 March 24, 1873. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Thomas, Jan. 30, 
 
 1875. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., ex parte King, April 25, 1876. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte McCarty, April 
 
 12, 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Paulding, April 
 
 23, 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Van Buren, Sept. 
 
 10, 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bolen and wife, 
 
 Feb. 21, 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bolen and wife, 
 
 March 1, I860. 
 Desert land entries : 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Guinean, Feb. 
 
 11, 1860, 7 Copp's L. O. 8. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Downey, April 
 
 15, 1880. 7 Copp's L. O. 20. 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, April 8, 1875, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 21 (i. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ciiv.ular, March 12, 1875, 4 
 
 Copp's L. O. 22. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Eeeves, July 16, 
 
 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 76. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bowman, Feb. 16, 
 
 1880, 6 Copp's L. O. 192. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 13, 1880, 
 7 Copp's L. O. 105. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 28, 1880, 
 
 7 Copp's L. O. 106. 
 DOWEE 
 
 Longworthy ?. Heeb, 46 Iowa, 64. 
 
 Chninabbee r. Xix et al, 3 Porter (Ala.) 362. 
 
 Baker v. hcii s of Chastang, 18 Ala. 417. 
 
 Wells r. Moore, 1 6 Mo. 478. 
 DUBUQUE, TOWN OF 
 
 Chouteau v. Molony, 16 How. 203. 
 
 Taber v. Levi, Mori is (Iowa), 372. 
 
 Davis r. O'Ferrall, 4 Greene (Iowa) 358. 
 
 Instructions Aug. 9, 1836, 2 L. I. & O. 963. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 23, 1837, 
 2 L. I. & O. l77. 
 
 EASEMENT- 
 
 Public, in navigable waters, d-c. : 
 
 Lovington v. County of St Clair, 64 His. 56. 
 
 Baxon v. Bressler, fc4 Ills. 489. 
 
 Moore v. Sanborne, 2 Mich. 520. 
 
 Lorman v. Benson, 8 Mich. 18. 
 
 Jones v. Pettibone, 2 Wis. 308. 
 
 Walker v. Stepbeuson, 4 Wis. 486. 
 
 Oleson r. Men-ill, 4-2 Wis. 203. 
 
 Deleplaine v. C. &. N. W. E, E. Co., 42 Wis. 
 
 214. 
 
 Boorman v. Sunnucks, 42 Wis. 233. 
 Brisbine v. St. P. & S. C. E. E , 23- Minn. 114. 
 Steamboat Globe v. Kurtz, 4 Greene (Iowa), 
 
 433. 
 
 Musser v. Hershey, 42 Iowa, 356. 
 Duverge r. Salter~ 6 La. Ann. 450. 
 O'Fallon v. Daggett, 4 Mo. 209. 
 Weise v. Smith, 3 Oreg. 4 .5. 
 Eldred t\ Cowell, 4 Cal. 80. 
 Guy v. Hermance, 5 Cal. 73. 
 Ward v. Mulford, 32 Cal. 305. 
 Roads, d-c. : 
 
 Harris v. Elliott, 10 Pet. 25. 
 
 Tillage of Mankato r. Meagher, 17 Minn. 
 
 265. 
 Railroads : 
 
 D. & E. G. E. E. r. Canon City E. E., 9 
 
 Otto, 463. 
 
 C. P. E. E. Co. v. Dyer ft al, 1 Saw. C. C. 641. 
 C. P. E. E. Co. v. Benity, 5 Saw. C. C. 118. 
 Cal. N. E. E. Co. r. Gould, 21 Cal. 254. 
 Doran v. C. P. E E, Co., 24 Cal. 245. 
 Secretary Interior, circular, June 30, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 388. 
 Secretary Interior, D. & E. G. R E. v. P. 
 
 & A. V. E. E., Sept. 5, Is78. 
 Secretary Interior, D. & E. G. E. E. r. P. 
 
 & A. V. E. E., Sept. 11, 1678. 
 Com'rG. L. O., cxparteW. & S. C. E. E., 
 i May 10, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 91. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , circular, March 9, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, Nov.7, 1879,6 Copp's 
 
 L. 0. 144. 
 Water-dams, ferries, d-c : 
 
 Broder?. Water Co., 11 Otto, 274. 
 
 Union Mill and Mg. Co.v. Fen-is, 2 Saw. C. 
 
 C. 176. 
 
 Wilcoxon v. McGhie, 12 Ills. 381. 
 Hadden v. Strourz, 15 Ills. 581. 
 Arimond v. Green Bay & Miss. Co., 31 Wis. 
 
 317. 
 United States v. Fanning, Morris (Iowa), 
 
 348. 
 
 Cloyes v. Keatts, 18 Ark. 19. 
 Walker v. Armstrong, 2 Kans. 198. 
 Eobertson v. Smith, i Montana, 410. 
 Eush v. Jackson, 24 Cal. 308. 
 Hobart v. Ford, 6 Nev. 77. 
 Barnes v. Sabron, 10 Nev. 217. 
 EJECTMENT 
 
 Conflicting legal titles in : 
 
 Henshaw v. Bissell. 18 How. 255. 
 Miller f. Dale, 2 Otto, 473. 
 Tulock v. Taylor, 6 Ark. 54. 
 Norton v. Blackenship, 5 Mo. 346. 
 Webber r. Marshall, 1!) Cal. 447. 
 Smith . Athern, 34 Cal. 5C6. 
 Keeran v. Griffith, 34 Cal. 580. 
 Equitable title independent : 
 
 Singleton r. Touchard, 1 Black, 342. 
 All -on v. Hunter, 9 Mo. 749. 
 Gluckauf r. Eeed. 22 Cal. 468. 
 Page v. Hobbs, 27 Cal. 484. 
 Tyler v. Green, 28 Cal. 406. 
 Eeed r. Caruthers, 47 Cal. 31. 
 Requisites to maintain action : 
 
 Denise r. Euggles, 10 How 242. 
 Fenn v. Holme, 21 How. 481. 
 Hooper v. Scheimer. 23 How. 235. 
 Singleton r. Touchard, 1 Black, 342. 
 Van Eeynegan r. Bolton, 5 Otto, 33. 
 Snyderr. Van Sickles, 8 Otto. 203. 
 Gunderson v. Cook, 33 Wis. 551. 
 McLane v. Bovee, 35 Wis. 2* 
 McClairen r. Wicker, 8 Ark. 1912. 
 Gaiues v. Hale, 16 Ark. 9. 
 Burke v. Gaines, 16 Ark. 27. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XV 
 
 EJECTMENT Continued. 
 
 Requisites to maintain action : 
 Hector v. Gaines, 19 Ark. 70. 
 Sweeptzer v. Gaines, 19 Ark. 96. 
 Tulock v. Taylor, 26 Ark. 54. 
 Gaither v. Lawson, 31 Ark. 279. 
 Surginer v. Paddock, 31 Ark. 529. 
 Hickman v. Gau, 1 Mo. 274. 
 Sector v. Hatch, 1 Mo. 333. 
 James v. Guino, 4 Mo. 458. 
 Morton v. Blackenship, 5 Mo. 346. 
 Cabnnne v. Lindell, 12 Mo. 184. 
 Lands v. Perkins, 12 Mo. 238. 
 Gray v. Gives, 26 Mo. 29 1. 
 Davis v. Thompson, 36 Mo. 39. 
 Bobbins v. Eckler, 36 Mo. 494. 
 Morton v. Green, 2 Neb. 441. 
 Sullivan v. Hense, 2 Colo. 424. 
 Plume v. Seward. 4 Cal. 94. 
 Gunn v. Bates, 6 Cal. 263. 
 Baldwin v. Simpson, 12 Cal. 560. 
 Bestres v. Brennan, 21 Cal. 423. 
 Hutton v. Shumaker, 21 Cal. 453. 
 Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 21 Cal. 552. 
 Galup v! Armstrong, 22 Cal. 480. 
 Coleman v. Clements, 23 Cal. 245. 
 Carpenter v. Thurston, 24 Cal. 268. 
 Keeran v. Grffith, 27 Cal. 87. 
 Davis v. Perley, 30 Cal. 030. 
 Polack v. McGrath, 32 Cal. 15. 
 Page v. O'Brien, 36 Cal. 559. 
 Toland v. Mandell, 38 Cal. 30. 
 Hughes v. Hazard, 42 Cal. 149. 
 True v. Simpson, 42 Cal. 293. 
 Young v. Shinn, 48 Cal. 26. 
 Gallagher v. Eiley, 49 Cal. 437. 
 Sacramento Savings Bank v. Hughes, 50 
 
 Cal. 195. 
 
 Steinway v. Eubio, 51 Cal. 41. 
 Conlan v. Quinley. 51 Cal. 413. 
 Kraft v. Galon, 9 Nev. 20. 
 Op. Att. Gen., 2 L. I. & 0. 157. 
 When decision in, conclusive : 
 
 Waterman v. Smith, 13 Cal. 373. 
 National Water Co. v. Clarkin, 14 Cal. 543. 
 Montgomery v. Whitney, 40 Cal. 294. 
 When patent conclusive in : 
 
 Polk's lessee v. Wendell et al., 9 Cranch, 
 
 87. 
 Polk's lessee v. Wendell et al., 5 Wheat. 
 
 292. 
 
 Hooinagle v. Anderson, 7 Wheat. 212. 
 Patterson v. Winn, 11 Wheat. 380. 
 Patterson v. Jenks, 2 Pet. 216. 
 Stringer et al. v. Young's lessee et al.. 3 
 
 Pet, 320. 
 
 Boardman v. Reed etal., 6 Pot, 328. 
 Hughes v. United States, 11 How. 568. 
 Baguell v. Broderick, 13 How. 436. 
 Minter v. Crommelin, 18 How. 87. 
 Field v. Seabury, 19 How. 323. 
 Fenn v. Holme, 21 How. 242. 
 Hooper v. Scheimer, 23 How. 235. 
 United States v. Stone, 2 Wall. 525. 
 Hughes v. United States, 4 Wall. 232. 
 Johnson v. Towsley, 13 Wall. 72. 
 Gibson v. Cluuteau, 13 Wall. 92. 
 French v. Fyan, 3 Otto, 169. 
 Moore v. Bobbins, 6 Otto, 530. 
 Patterson v. Tatum, 3 Saw. C. C. 175. 
 Eureka Con. Mg. Co. v. Bichmond Mg. Co., 
 
 4 Saw. C. C. 302. 
 Clark v. Hull, 19 Mich. 356. 
 Hedley v. Leonard, 35 Mich. 71. 
 Parkison v. Buchen, 1 Pinney (Wis.) 174. 
 Schnee v. Schnee, 23 Wis. 377. 
 Moore v. Hunter, 6 Ills. 317. 
 Allison v. Hunter, 9 Mo. 749. 
 Birch v. Gillis, 07 Mo. 102. 
 Jenkins v. Gibson, 3 La. Ann. 203. 
 Masters v. Eustis, 3 Porter (Ala.) 368. 
 Arnold v. Grimes, 2 Greene (Iowa), 77. 
 The State *. S. C. & P. E. B. Co., 7 Neb. 
 
 357. 
 
 Smith v. Pipe, 3 Colo. 187. 
 Summers v. Dickinson, 9 Cal. 554. 
 Moore v. Wilkinson, 13 Cal. 478. 
 Yount v. Howell 14 Cal. 465. 
 Doll v. Meador, 16 Cal. 296. 
 
 EJECTMENT Continued. 
 When patent conclusive in : 
 
 Ehodes v. Craig, 21 Cal. 419. 
 Carder v. Baxter, 28 Cal. 99. 
 Durfee v. Plaisted, 38 Cal. 80. 
 Collins v. Bartlett, 44 Cal. 371. 
 Beed v. Caruthers, 47 Cal. 81. 
 Chant v. Reynolds, 49 Cal. 213. 
 Weaver v. Fairchild, 50 Cal. 360. 
 Cruz v. Martinez, 53 Cal. 239. 
 EMINENT DOM A IK 
 
 Pollard's lessee v. Hogan, 3 How. 212. 
 
 Gold Hill Mg. Co. v. Ish, 5 Oreg. 104. 
 
 People v. Folsom, 5 Cal. 373. 
 
 Hobart v. Ford, 6 Nev. 77. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Taylor et al., Nov. 
 
 5, 1874, 7 Copp's L. O. 155. 
 ENTRY 
 
 Application and tender : 
 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 211, 240 : June 24, 1836, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 209. 
 Secretary Interior, Pardue v. Cox, June 17, 
 
 1859,1 'Lester, 353. 
 Secretary Interior, McClnret?. Dickinson, 
 
 Aug. 31, 1858. 1 Lester, 561. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Meyer, March 
 
 8, 1852, 1 Lester, 671. 
 Secretary Interior, Baldwin v. Anderson, 
 
 Dec. 31, 1855, 1 Lester, 674. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hicks, June 21, 
 
 I860, 7 Copp's L. O. 71. 
 Com'r G. L.O., Brown v. Beynolds, June 13, 
 
 1837, 2 L. 1. & 0. 128. 
 Com'r G. L.O., Brown v. Beynolds, June 29, 
 
 1837, 2 L. I. & 0. 132. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Jan. 23, 1816, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 286. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 2, 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 479. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 12. 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 480. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Dec. 30, 1833. 
 Com'r G. L.O., Harris v. Owens, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 489. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparteYolley, Aprils, 1858, 
 
 1 Lester, 352. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 17, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 191. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Fosnat, June 6, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 653. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 669. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Hogden et al., 
 
 Nov. 3, 1874, Copp's L. L. 6^6. 
 Cancellation of: 
 
 Gaines v. Thompson, 7 Wall. 347. 
 
 McCarty v. Moran, 2 Dillon, C. C. 441. 
 
 Gray v. McCanee, 14 Ills. 343. 
 
 McGee v. Wright, 16 Ills. 557. 
 
 Baltz v. Sale, 43 Ills. 351. 
 
 Brill v. Stiles, 35 Ills. 305. 
 
 Aldrich v. Aldrich, 37 Ills. 32. 
 
 Bobbins v. Bunn, 54 Ills. 48. 
 
 Newport v. Cooper, 10 La. 155. 
 
 Bettis v. Amonett, 4 La. Ann. 364. 
 
 Wyun v. Garland, 16 Ark. 440. 
 
 Morton v. Blackenship, 5 Mo. 346. 
 
 Perry v. O'Hanlon, 11 Mo. 373. 
 
 Hestres v. Brennan, 50 Cal. 211. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Taylor v. Bell, Dec. 15, 
 
 1858, 1 Lester, 405. 
 Secretary Interior, Dewey v. Allen, Dec. 
 
 13, 1858, 1 Lester, 406. 
 Secretary Interior, Humphrey v. Stowe, 
 
 Dec. 18, 18i,8, 1 Lester, 408. 
 Secretary Interior, Deyo v. Beese, Aug. 2, 
 
 1859, 1 Lester, 694. 
 Secretary Interior, Behme v. Donken, Oct. 
 
 23, 1872, Copp's L. L. 253. 
 Secretary Interior, Crystal v. Dahl, April 
 
 13, 1872, Copp's L. L. 310. 
 Secretary Interior, Eno v. McDonald, Aug. 
 
 5, 1874, Copp'a L. L. 317. 
 Secretary Interior, State Cal. v. Floyd, 
 
 Sept. 18, 1872, Copp's L. L. 326. 
 Secretary Interior, Sloan v. I. F. <fc S. C. 
 
 B. E., Copp's L. L. 416. 
 Secretary Interior, Goodno v. L. L. & G. E. 
 
 E.o., March 31, 1874, Copp's L. L. 430. 
 
XVI 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 ENTRY Continued. 
 Cancellation of: 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, June 5, 1672, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 239. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, June 25, 1869, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 248. 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, Jan. 5, 1875, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 251. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 13, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 264. 
 Confirmation of: 
 
 Secretary Interior, Pardue v. Cox, June 17, 
 
 1859, 1 'Lester, 353. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Huggins, Dec. 
 
 27, 1858, Zab. L. L. 4-26. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Bostick, Dec. 
 
 2, 1859,~Zab. L. L. 4-29. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Harbinson, 
 
 July 12. 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. ">4. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Brown et al., 
 
 June 27, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 101. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Reed etal., May 
 
 2?, Ib80, 7 Copp's L. O. 91. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Sept. 28, 1842, 
 
 1 Lester, 368. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 3, 1846, Zab. 
 
 L. L. 422. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Harbacb, July 2, 
 
 1859, Zab. L. L. 4:27. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 27, 1876, 3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 52. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 21, 1876,3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 53. 
 Correction and change of: 
 2 Op. AttGen. 341. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, Jan. 1, 1822, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 357. 
 Secretary Treasury, ex parte Taylor, June 
 
 20, 1S23, 2 L. I. & O. 369. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Baldwin, Dec. 
 
 31, 1855, 1 Lester, 074. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Jan. 28, 
 
 1850, 1 Lester 688. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 2, 1824, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 379. 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, March 13, 1825, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 3?8. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Gauong, Dec. 13, 
 
 18-26, 2 L. L & O. 400. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 31, 1830, 2 
 
 L. I <fc O. 429. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Jan. 25, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. &. O. 491. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 23, 1849, 1 Les- 
 ter, 323. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 9, 1854, 1 Les- 
 ter, 670. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, June 5, 1872, Copp's 
 L. L. <# 9. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 30, 1867, 
 (Jopp'sL. L. 818. 
 
 Com r r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 19, 1854, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 823. 
 / Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 8, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 134. 
 Construction of : 
 
 Meredith v. Picket, 9 "Wheat, 573. 
 
 Dantorth v. Wear, 9 Wheat. 673. 
 
 Chotard v. Pope, 12 Wheat, 586. 
 
 Holmes v. Trout, 7 Pet, 171. 
 
 Lattimer v. Poteet, 14 Pet, 4. 
 
 Croghan's lessee v. Nelson, 3 How. 187. 
 
 Lindsay v. Hawes, 2 Black, 554. 
 
 Warren v. Van Brunt, 19 Wall. 646. 
 
 Holmes v. Trout, 1 McLean, C. C. 1. 
 
 Pettigrew v. Shirly, 9 Mo. 683. 
 Effect of: 
 
 Bodley r. Taylor, 5 Cranch, 191. 
 
 Polk's lessee v. Wendal, 9 Cranch, 87. 
 
 Finley v. Williams, 9 Cranch, 164. 
 
 Ross v. Reed, 1 Wheat 482. 
 
 Hooiuagle v. Anderson, 7 Wheat. 212. 
 
 Elmendorf r. Taylor, 10 Wheat 152. 
 
 Hunt v. Wickliffe, 2 Pc-t. 201. 
 
 Peyton v. Stith, 5 Pet. 485. 
 
 Hooper et al v. Scheimer, 23 How. 235. 
 
 Witherspoon v. Duncan, 4 Wall. 210. 
 
 Wirth v. Branson, 8 Otto. 118. 
 
 Parker . Wallace, 3 Ohio, 490. 
 
 ENTRY Continued. 
 Effect of : 
 
 Parker v. Dunn, 4 Ohio, 233. 
 
 Jackson v. Williams, 10 Ohio, 69. 
 
 Nisewanger u. Wallace, 16 Ohio, 557. 
 
 Phelps v. Kellogg, 15 His. 231. 
 
 McDowell r. Morgan, 28 Ills. 528. 
 
 Brill v. Stiles, 35 Ills. 305. 
 
 Wilson v. Byns, 77 Ills. 76. 
 
 Silliman v. King, 36 Iowa. 207. 
 
 Waters v. Bush, -12 Iowa, 255. 
 
 Rankin v. Miller, 43 Iowa, 11. 
 
 Godeau v. Phillips, 3 La. 59. 
 
 Orillion v. Deslonde, 9 La, 53. 
 
 Lefebore v. Comeau, 11 La. 221. 
 
 Kirby v. Fouleman, 16 La, 277. 
 
 Gurdry v. Woods, 19 La. 334. 
 
 Lett v.'Prudhomme, 3 Rob. (La.) 293. 
 
 Baillis v. Burney, 3 Rob. (La.) 317. 
 
 Beaumont v. Covjngtou, 6 Rob. (La.) 189. 
 
 McGill v. McGill, 4 La. Ann. 262. 
 
 Terry v. Aeunen, 4 La. Ann. 458. 
 
 Knox v. Pulliam, 14 La. Ann. 123. 
 
 Bullock v. Wilson, 2 Porter (Ala.) 436. 
 
 Goodlet v. Smithson, 5 Porter (Ala.) 245. 
 
 Wright v. Swan, 6 Porter (Ala.) 84. 
 
 Witherspoon v. Duncan, 21 Ark. 240. 
 
 Tulock v. Taylor, 26 Ark. 54. 
 
 Surgiuer r. Paddock, 31 Ark. 529. 
 
 Groom v. Hill, 9 Mo. 323. 
 
 Evans v. Labaddie, 10 Mo. 267. 
 
 Waller v. Von Phul, 14 Mo. 84. 
 
 Carman v. Johnson, 20 Mo. 108. 
 
 Carman r. Johnson, 29 Mo. 84. 
 
 McKean v. Crawford, 6 Kans. 112. 
 
 McKean v. Massey, 6 Kans. 122. 
 
 Franklin v. Kelly, 2 Neb. 79. 
 
 Morton r. Green, 2 .Neb. 441. 
 
 Nevada v. Phrades, 4 Nev. 312. 
 
 Toung 0. Shinu, 48 Cal. 26. 
 
 Sacramento Savings Bank v. Hyms, 50 Cal. 
 
 195. 
 
 Picard v. Kelly, 52 Cal. 89. 
 Fugy v. Hansley, 52 CaL 299. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Lynde, Aug. 4, 
 
 1875, Copp's L. L. 796. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hays, May 8, 
 
 1876, 3 Copp's L. 0. 21. 
 Secretary Interior. Plouch v. M. R. F. S. & 
 
 G. R. R., Aug. 9, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 Secretary Interior, State Iowa v. C. R. it M. 
 
 R, R. R. et al.. Aug. 24, 1876, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 0.84. 
 Secretary Interior, Thomas v. St. J. &. D. 
 
 R. R., Feb. 7, 1877, 3 Copp's L. 0. 197. 
 Secretary Interior, Pond v. S. M. R. R., 
 
 March 14, 1877, 4 Copp's L. L. 163. 
 Secretary Interior, Scrogin . Culver, Dec. 
 
 22, 1819, 7 Copp's L. O. 23. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Thompson, Sept. 26, 
 
 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 99. 
 Private entry : 
 
 2 Op. Att, Gen. 200. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Pardue v. Cox, June 17, 
 
 1859, 1 Lester, 353. 
 Secretary Interior, Ott v. Ton, March 26, 
 
 1850, 1 Lester, 382. 
 Secretary Interior, Humphrey v. Stowe, 
 
 Dec. 18, 1858, 1 Letter, 408. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Neilson, July 
 
 17, 1871, Copp's L. L. 212. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Criss, Nov. 20, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 213. 
 Secretary Interior, Paxton v. Davidson, 
 
 March 8, 1872, Copp's L. L. 214. 
 Secretarv Interior, ex parte Woodman, 
 
 March'lfi, 1870, Copp's L. L. 216. 
 Secretary Interior, Bovard v. Bunn, Nov. 2, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 803. 
 ecretary Im 
 
 Secretary Intel ior, ex parte Putnam, Nov. 
 
 30, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Secretary Interior, Scrogin v. Culver, Dec. 
 
 22, 1879, 7 Copp's L. 0. 23. 
 Secretary Interior, exparte Hicks, June 21, 
 
 1880, 7'Copp'sL. O. 71. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 17, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., circular, Sept. 12, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 215. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XV11 
 
 ENTRY Continued. 
 Private en. try : 
 
 Coiu'r G. L. 0., exparte Patten, April 14, 
 
 1*72, Copp's L. L. -272. 
 Coru'r G. L. O., circular, April 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 667. 
 Sales of: 
 
 Dunlap v. Dunlap, 12 Wheat. 374. 
 What constitutes : 
 
 Matson v. flord, 1 Wheat. 130. 
 Johuson v. Pannel's ht-irs, 2 Wheat. 206. 
 Sbipp v. Miller's heirs, 2 Wheat. 31(5. 
 Me Arthur v. Browder, 4 Wheat. 488. 
 Folk's lessee v. Wendell, 5 Wheat. 293. 
 Watts v. Liudsey's heirs. 7 Wheat. 158. 
 McDowells Peyton, 10 Wheat. 454. 
 Littlepagc v. Fo'wler, 11 Wheat. 215. 
 Taylor's devisee v. Owing, 11 Wheat. 226. 
 McDonald's heirs v. Smalley, 6 Pet. 261. 
 Garnett^. Jenkins, 8 Pet. "t5. 
 Hughes v. United States, 4 Wall. 232. 
 Hastings v. Stevenson, 2 Ohio, 9. 
 Price t>. Johnston, I Ohio St. b90. 
 Stubblefield v. Boggs, 2 Ohio St. 216. 
 Eogers v. Voss, 6 Iowa, 405. 
 Gaines v. Hale, 16 Ark. 9. 
 Burke v. Gaines, Hi Ark. 27. 
 Rector v. Gaiues, 19 Ark. 70. 
 Allison v. Hunter, 9 Mo. 7-49. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hays, May 8, 
 
 1876, 3 'Copp's L. O. sil. 
 Secrelary Interior, State Iowa v. C. E. &M. 
 
 E. It, k et aL, Aug. 24, 1876, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 84. 
 Secretary Interior, Thomas v. St. J. & D. 
 
 E. II., Feb. 7, Ib77, 3 Copp's L. 0. 191. 
 Virginia, under law of : 
 
 Wilson v. Mason, 1 Cranch, 45. 
 Perkins v. Eamsey, 5 Crauch, 269. 
 Dunlap T. Dunlap. 12 Wheat. 574. 
 Stringer v. Young's lessee, 3 Pet. 320. 
 Lindsey v. Miller's lessee, 9 Pet. 666. 
 Lindsey v. Miller's lessee, 1 McLean, C. C. 
 
 32. 
 
 Parker v. Dunn, 4 Ohio, 233. 
 Harlan v. Thatcher, 18 Ohio, 48. 
 Latham v. Oiiry, 18 Ohio, ]04. 
 Price v. Johnson, 1 Ohio St. 390. 
 Stubblefield v. Boggs, 2 Ohio St. 216. 
 Wood v. Ferguson, 7 Ohio St. 288. 
 EVIDENCE 
 
 Description and boundaries ; 
 
 Meredith v. Picket, 9 Wheat. 573. 
 Boardman v. Eeed et al , 6 Pet. 328. 
 Mackey v. Dillon, 4 How. 421. 
 Coon v. Penu, I Peters, C. C. 49H. 
 Haimer v. Morris, I McLean, C. C. 44. 
 Alshire v. Hulse, 1 Ohio, 170. 
 McCoy v. Galloway, 3 Ohio, 282. 
 Buckey v. Wolcot't, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 19. 
 Moore v. People, 2 Doug. (Mich.) 420. 
 Britton v. Terry, 14 Mich. 53. 
 Stewart v. Carl'eton, 31 Mich. 270. 
 Moreland v. Pa<zo, 2 Iowa, 139. 
 Gay osos v. Baldwin, 8 Martin, (La.) 658. 
 Weaver v. Eobinett, 17 Mo. 459. 
 Pat<nt: 
 
 Eichart v. Phelps, 6 Wall. 160. 
 Morrow v. Whitney, 5 Otto, 551. 
 Wythe v. Haskell, 3 Saw. C. C. 574. 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 4 Saw C. C. 536. 
 Chapman v. School Dist. No. 1, 1 Deady, C. 
 
 C. 108. 
 
 Miliker v Starling, 16 Ohio, 61. 
 Platt v. Haner, 27^Mich. 167. 
 Johnson v. Ballou, 28 Mich. 379. 
 Parkinson v. Brocken, 1 Piuney (Wis.) 174. 
 Reynolds v. Weis. 27 Wis. 450. 
 Sexton v. Appleyard, 34 Wis. 235. 
 Cavender v. bmith, 3 Greene (iowa), 349. 
 Blumeuthal v. Roll, 24 Mo. 113. 
 H. & St. J. E. E. Co. v. Smith, 40 Mo. 310. 
 Eose v. Davis, 1 1 Cal. 133. 
 Jenny Lind Co v. Bower, 11 Cal. 194. 
 Le Blanc v, Ludrique, 14 La. Ann. 772. 
 Barton v. Mnssain, 27 Mo. 235. 
 Callaway v. Trash, 50 Mo. 420. 
 Ely v. Frisbie, 17 Cal. 250. 
 Galup v. Armstrong, 22 Cal. 480. 
 
 II L Q VOL. II 
 
 EVIDENCE Continued. 
 Patent: 
 
 Hestres v. Brennan, 37 Cal. 385. 
 
 Vance v. Kohlberg, 5U Cal. 346. 
 In case of grant ; 
 
 Eoss v. Eeed, 1 Wheat 482. 
 
 United States o. Delespine's heirs, 12 Pet 
 654. 
 
 Wat kins v* Holman, 1C Pet. 25. 
 
 United States v. King, 3 How. 773. 
 
 United States . Le Blanc, 12 How. 435. 
 
 United States v. Peralta, 19 How. 343. 
 
 United States v. Sutter, 21 How. 1<0. 
 
 United States v. Teschmaker, 22 How. 392. 
 
 United States v. Pico, 22 How. 406. 
 
 Dalton v. United States, 22 How. 436. 
 
 Fuentes v. United States, 22 How. 443. 
 
 United States v. Castro, 2 1 How. 346. 
 
 United States v. Neleigh, I Blnck, 298. 
 
 United States v. Auguisola, I Wall. 352. 
 
 Eomero v. United States, L Wall. 721. 
 
 Pico v. United States, 2 Wall. 279. 
 
 Peralto 'v. United States, 3 Wall. 434. 
 
 United States . Polack, 1 Hoff. L. Cas. 284. 
 
 Chapau v. Dowry, 9 Mich. 381. 
 
 Le Blanc v. Victor, 3 La. 44. 
 
 Lavergue v. Elkins, 17 La. 220. 
 
 Hallet v. Heirs of Eslava, 3 Stew. & Port. 
 (Ala.) 105. 
 
 Moss v. Anderson, 7 Mo. 337. 
 
 Clarksou v. Buchanan, 53 Mo. 563. 
 
 Lockwood v, H. & St. J. E. E. Co., 65Mo. 233. 
 
 Birch v. Gillis, 67 Mo. 102. 
 
 Gunn v. Bates, 6 Cal. 263. 
 
 Pierce v. Wallace, 18 Cal. 165. 
 
 So to v. Kroder, 19 Cal. 87. 
 
 Downer v. Smith, 24 Cal. 114. 
 
 Thornton v. Thompson, 28 Cal. 602. 
 
 Eobinson v. Forrest, 29 Cal. 317. 
 
 Eice v. Cunningham, 29 Cal. 492. 
 
 Donner v. Palmer, 31 Cal. 501. 
 Certified copies-- 
 
 Patterson v. Winn, 5 Pet. 233. 
 
 United States v. Wiggins, 14 Pet. 334. 
 
 United States v. Rodman, 15 Pet. 130. 
 
 United States v. Delespine's heirs, 15 Pet. 
 226. 
 
 United States v. Acosta, 1 How. 24. 
 
 Hedrick v. Hughes, 15 Wall. 123. 
 
 Smith v. Mosier, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 51. 
 
 Doe v. Hildreth, 2 Ind. 274, 
 
 Lane v. Bommelman, 17 Ills. 95. 
 
 Deury v, Campbell, 4 Mich. 565. 
 
 Gilman v. Eiopelle, 18 Mich. 144. 
 
 Clark v. Hall, 19 Mich. 350. 
 
 Boyce v. Stambaugh, 34 Mich. 348 
 
 Bovee . McLean, 24 Wis. 225. 
 
 Ansley v. Peterson, 30 Wis. 653. 
 
 McLean v. Bovee, 35 Wis. 27. 
 
 Kelly v. Wallace, 14 Minn. 236. 
 
 Was'hburn v. Mendenhall, 21 Mino. 332. 
 
 Bellows v. Todd, 34 Iowa, 18. 
 
 Judice v. Chretien, 3 Eob. (La.) 15. 
 
 Ryder v. lunerarity, 4 Stew. & Port. (Ala.) 
 
 Innerarity v. Minis' heirs, 1 Ala. 660. 
 
 Stephens'^. Westwood, 25 Ala. 716. 
 
 Johnson v. Mays, 8 Ark. 386. 
 
 Bryan v. Wear, 4 Mo. 106. 
 
 Eoussin v. Parks, 8 Mo. 5-28. 
 
 Barton v. Mussain, 27 Mo. 235. 
 
 Gregory v. McPherson, 13 Cal. 562. 
 
 The Natoma Water Co. v. Clarkiu, 14 Cal. 
 
 543. 
 
 Young v. Emerson, 18 Cal. 416. 
 Soto v. Kroder, 11) Cal. 87. 
 Glaswood v. Hastings, 38 CaL216. 
 Local laws and customs : 
 
 Eoberts v. Wilson, 1 Utah, 292. 
 Sullivan v. lleuse, 2 Colo. 427.. 
 Fairbanks v. Wood house, 6 CaL 433. 
 Eoach v. Gray, 16 Cal. 383. 
 Attwood v. Tricet, 17 Cal. 38. 
 Swamp lands : 
 
 H. & St. J. E. E. Co. v. Smith, 40 Mo. 310. 
 Clarkson v. Buchanan, 53 Mo. 563. 
 Lockwood v. H. & St. J. E. E. Co , 65 Mo. 
 
 232. 
 Funkhouser v. Peck,. 67 Mo. 20. 
 
XV111 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 EVIDENCE Co,, tinned. 
 Swamplands: 
 
 Birch r. Gillis, 67 Mo. 102. 
 
 Thoi-nton r. Thompson, 28 CaL 602. 
 
 Robinson c. Forrest. 29 CaL 317. 
 
 Keeran r. Allen, 33 CaL 542. 
 
 Thompson r. Thornton, 50 CaL 142. 
 Certificate of survey* and copies : 
 
 Taylor <fc Quarles v. Brown, 5 Crancb, 234. 
 
 Blake et at. v. Doherty et al., 5 Wheat. 359. 
 
 Ellirott v. Pearl, 10 Pet. 412 
 
 United States r. Ere ward, 1C Pet. 143. 
 
 United Slates v. Hanson, 1C, Pet. 19C. 
 
 Johnston r. Jones, 1 Black, 209. 
 
 Doe r. Hildretb, 2 Ind. 274. 
 
 Lawrence v. Grout. 12 i a. Ann. 835. 
 
 Harmon v. Eddiu, 3 Stesvart (Ala.) 192. 
 
 Cnrdoff r. Orms, 7 Port. (Ala.) 5a 
 
 Ashley v. Rector, 20 Ark. 359. 
 
 Rector v. Hatch, 1 Mo. 3J3. 
 
 Bryan r. Wear, 4 Mo. 106. 
 
 Trotter r. B f d of St. Louis, 9 Mo. 69. 
 
 Ott v. Soulard, 9 Mo. 5-1. 
 
 McGill r. Somers, 15 Mo. 80. 
 
 City of St. Louis v. Touey, 21 Mo. 243. 
 
 Milburn r. Hardy, 2c< Mo. 514. 
 
 Clark r. Hammerle, 36 Mo. t>20. 
 
 Hensley v. Tapley, 7 Cal. 288. 
 
 Megerle r. Ashe, 3J Cal. 74. 
 
 Poppe v. Athearn. 42 CaL 606. 
 Public records : 
 
 Line v. Botnmelman, 17 Ills. 95. 
 
 Lacey r Davis, 4 Mich. 140. 
 
 Gilman r. Riopelle, 18 Mich. 144. 
 
 Bradley r. Silsbie, 33 Mich. :w=. 
 
 Sands r. Davis, 40 Mich. 14. 
 
 McLean r Bovee. 35 Wis. 27. 
 
 Dutillet v. Blanchard. 14 La, Ann. 97. 
 
 Stephens v. AYestwood, 25 Ala. 716. 
 
 Finlry v. Woodruff, 8 Ark. 
 
 Wright v. Thomas, 4 Mo. 577. 
 
 Clark v. Bammerle, 27 Mo. 55. 
 
 Conner r. McPhee, 1 Montana, 73. 
 
 Donner v. Palmer, 31 CaL 501. 
 Fraud 
 
 Jamison v. Doe, 4 Ills. 113. 
 Certificate of land ojficer : 
 
 Wilcox r. Ivinzre, 4 Ills. 218. 
 
 Russ-11 r. \\ r hiteside. 5 His. 7. 
 
 Carson r. Merle, 5 Ills. 363. 
 
 Delanny v. Burnett, 9 Ills. 454. 
 
 Gates v. Winslow, I Wis. 555. 
 
 Bigelow i-. Blake, 18 Wis. 520. 
 
 Fairand v. C. <fc X.W. R. R.. 21 Wis. 435. 
 
 Ansley v. Peterson, 30 Wis. 653. 
 
 McLean i-. Bovee, 35 Wis. 27. 
 
 Dorm an i: Ame*, 12 Minn. 4.11. 
 
 Arnold v. Grimes, 2 Greene (Iowa), 77. 
 
 Calender v. Smith, 3 Greebe (Iowa), 349. 
 
 Godeau r. Phillips, 3 La. 59. 
 
 Newport r. Cooper, 10 La 155. 
 
 Lesapier r Dasidell, 14 La. 467. 
 
 Gurdry i-. Woods, 19 La. 334. 
 
 Beuniout r. < ovington. 6 Rob. (La.) 189. 
 
 Lawience r. Grout, 12 La. Ann. 835. 
 
 Ryder r. Inn- rarity, 4 Stew. &, Port. (Ala.) 
 
 Bullock v. Wilson, 2 Port. (Ala.) 436. 
 
 Floyd r. Ricks, 14 Ark. 
 
 Gui-no f. Janes, 6 ilo. 330. 
 
 Mack lot r. Dnbreo.il, 9 Mo. 477. 
 
 Montgomery r. Laudusky, 9 Mo. 714. 
 
 McGill r. Somers, 15 Mo.^ eO. 
 
 Cannau v. Johuson. 2'J Mo. 84. 
 
 H. & St. J. 11. II. Co. r. Smith, 40 Mo. 310. 
 
 Williams o. Carpenter, 42 Mo. 327. 
 
 Mas.-ev /. Smiih, (4 Mo. :'.47. 
 
 Funkuouser r. Peck, 07 Mo. 20. 
 
 Want r. Moorlv, 1 Wash. TV. 122. 
 
 Buttertield p. C. P. li. II. Co., 31 Cal. 264. i 
 
 Hastings r. Devlin, 4.1 Cal. 
 
 Slaughter r. Fuwler. 41 Cal. 1! 5. 
 
 McDonald v. Edmunds, 44 CaL 328. 
 
 Young i: Shinn, 48 Cat. 26. 
 Declarations: 
 
 Barclay v. Howell's lessee, 6 Pet. 4P8. 
 
 Ellicott r. Pearl. 10 Pet. 412. 
 Handier ii in g ; 
 
 Strothex v.. Lucas, 6 Pet. 763. 
 
 EVIDENCE Continued. 
 Handwriting: 
 
 United States v. Osio, 23 How. 273, 
 Tinted States v. Moreno, 1 Wall. 400. 
 Bryan v. Wear, 4 Mo. 106. 
 Downer v. Smith, 24 CaL 114. 
 Hearsay : 
 
 Coon r. Penn, 1 Peters, C.C. 496. 
 Ellicott v. Pearl, 1 McLean, C. C. 206. 
 Stockton v. Williams, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 546. 
 Clark v. Hammerle, *l Mo. 55. 
 Cancellation : 
 
 Batler r. State, 6 Ind. 165. 
 Doe r. Stephenson, 9 Ind. 144. 
 Bovee r. McLean, 24 Wis. 225. 
 Ansley v. Peterson, 30 Wis. 653. 
 Newport '. Cooper, 10 La. 15o. 
 Gurdry v. Woods, 19 La. 334. 
 FLOUR OY, ALFRED 
 
 Act for relief of ; 2 Op. Att. Gen. 44. 
 FORFEITURE 
 
 United States r. Reading, 18 How. 1. 
 United States r. Larkiu tt al., Is 1 How. 557. 
 Schulenberg v. Harrirnan. 21 Wall. 44. 
 McMickeu c. United States, 7 Otto, 204. 
 Platt v. U. P. R. R., 9 Otto 4-. 
 Schulenberg v. Harriinaii, 2 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 : J ,98. 
 
 Woodbury v. Dorman. 15 Minn. 338. 
 Godeau r. Phillips, 3 La. 59. 
 Mar*h v. Gonsoulin, 16 La, 84. 
 Kirby r. Fogleman, 16 La. 277. 
 Ludeling v. Vester, 20 La. Ann. 433. 
 MUT dock r. Gurley, 5 Rob. (La.) 467. 
 Gill P. Taylor, 3 Port. (Ala.) J?2. 
 Rogers v. Rawlings ct al., ti Port. (Ala.) 325. 
 Comm'rs, fec. r. \Vau-zop-pe-che, 3 Kans. 
 
 364. 
 
 People v. Folsom, 5 Cal. 373. 
 Fairbanks r. Woodhouse, 6 Cal. 433. 
 Waring r. Crow, 11 Cal. 366. 
 Kimball r. Gearbart, 12 Cal. 27. 
 'Vv aterman r. Smith, 13 Cal. 373. 
 Gregory r. McPherson. l:i CaL 562. 
 Coleman v. Clements, 23 Cal. 24-3. 
 Wiseman r. McXulty, 25 Cal. 230. 
 St. John v. Kidd, 26 Cal. 264. 
 Borland r Lewis, 4 J Cal. 569. 
 Morenhaut >:. Wilson. 52 Cal. 226. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, July 31, 
 
 1801, 2 L. I. i O.'--"-!-. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, April 11, 
 
 le04,2'L.I. &O.240. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 16, 
 
 1??04. 2'L. I. & O. 247. 
 Secretary Interior, Noel r. Pepper, Feb. 3, 
 
 1859, I'Lester, 409. 
 Secretary Interior, Johnson v. Doyle, June 
 
 17, 185'J, 1 Lester, 414. 
 Secretary Interior, Raph >:. Hudgens et al., 
 
 Oct. 2o, 1858, 1 Lester, 4:23. 
 Secretary Interior, Webster r. Sutherland, 
 
 Oct. 19, 1~72, Copp's L. L. 312. 
 Secretary Interior. Catal i r. Austin et al., 
 
 Oct. la, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 115. 
 Secretary Interior, Bell ,\ <J. K. I. & P. R. 
 
 R., Aug. 31, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 1C.;. 
 Secretary Interior, cxparle Dudyuiott. July 
 
 23, 187f, 5 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte S. M. R. R., 
 
 Dec. 5,' Ia79, 6 Copp's L. O. 156. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte S. M. R. R., 
 
 Nov. 29, 1879. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte A. & P. R. R., 
 
 Oct. 26, Ifr80. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 23, 1816, 
 
 2 L. I. &, O. 266. 
 Com'r G. L. O , circular, June 1, lf-21, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 307. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 15, 1S21, 2 L. 
 
 L & O. 313. 
 Coiu'i- G. L. O., circular, July 3, 1821, 2 L. 
 
 I. ^ O. 330 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 21, 1821, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 339. 
 Com rG. L. O., instructions, Aug. 10, 1821, 
 
 2L. I. <t O. :J4.>. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 17 1821, 2 L. 
 
 1. <fc O. 331. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XIX 
 
 FORFEITURE Cont inued. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 14, 1823, 2 
 
 L. I. &. O. 365. 
 Com'r G-. L. O., circular, Oct. 23, 1823, 2 L. 
 
 I. & 0. 404. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 28, 1828, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 409. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 22, 1828, 
 
 a L.I. &O. 415,418. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, April 0, 1829, 2 
 
 L. I & O. 417. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 23, 1829, 
 
 2L. 1. &O.418. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte, Stirling, March 1, 
 
 Ie34, 2 L. I. & O. 4J3. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Ilarbach. July 2, 
 
 18.39, I Lester, 490. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Slieats, Feb. 23, 
 
 Je75, Copp's L. L. 387. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parts Mills, Sept. 15, 
 
 Ib73, Copp's L. L. 417. 
 Coiu'r G. L. O., ex parte L. L. & G. E. E., 
 
 Out. *, Ib74, 1 Copp's L. O. 115. 
 Com'r G. L. O., liill v. Sr. P & P. E. E., 
 
 Aug. 19, 1873, 2 Copp's L. O. 118. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte. S. & C. 11. E., Dec. 
 
 29, 1 875, 3 Copp's L. O. 73. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte M. & G. E. E., 
 
 Nov. 25, 1868. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte P. & G. E. E., 
 
 Jan. 12, 1869. 
 Corn'r G. L. O., ex parte S. E. & D. E. E., 
 
 Jan. 29, 1861). 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte M. & G. E. E., Nov. 
 
 16, 1870. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., ex parte M. & G. E. E., Nov. 
 
 29, 1870. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., ex parte V. &M. E. E., Dec. 
 
 2, 1870. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. ex parte. St. C. & L. S. E. 
 
 E., April 2, Idi3. 
 Com'r G.L.O.,ro; parte L. L. & G. E. E., 
 
 May 2, Ib73. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte L. L. & G. E, E., 
 
 May 5, 1873. 
 FORGERY 
 
 United States v. Eeese, 4 Saw. C. C. 629. 
 Sill v. Russ, 47 Cal. 295. 
 FRAUD 
 Entry : 
 
 Massie v. Watts, 6 Cranch, 148. 
 
 Garland v. Wyuu, 20 How. G. 
 
 State of Minnesota v. Bachelder, 1 "Wall. 
 
 109. 
 
 Eross v. Wiley, C Wis. 485. 
 Rogers v. Voss, 6 Iowa, 405. 
 De Land v. Day, 45 Iowa, 37. 
 Kuox v. Puliiani, 14 La. Ann. 123. 
 Lytle v. State, 17 Ark. (J03. 
 Bird v. Ward, 1 Mo. 398. 
 Stuart v. Rector, I Mo. 381. 
 Adams v. Lapsey, 3 Op. Att. Gen. 182. 
 Secretary Interior, Me^ider v. State Cal., 
 
 Nov. 17, Ib71, Copp's L. L. 3-27. 
 Secretary Interio , ex parte Warwick & 
 
 Davis. May 29, 1874, Copp's L. L. 751. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Gurwell, Jan. 
 
 14, 1873, Copp'u L. L. 814, 817. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Bunton, Oct. 20, 
 
 1873, Copp's L. L. 815. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Eickard, Jan. 
 
 19. 1B71S, a Copp's L. O. K.3. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Guineau, Feb. 
 
 11, i88i, 7 Copp's L O. 8. 
 Secretary Inteiiur, Wliitaker v. S. P. E. E , 
 
 July 27, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Com'r G. L. O, circular, April 25, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 793. 
 Foreign grants: 
 
 United S'ates v. Larkin. 18 How. 557. 
 United States v. Galbraith ct al., 2 Black, 
 
 394. 
 
 United States v. Johnson, 1 Wall. "26. 
 United States v. Gomez. 3 Wall. 752. 
 United States v. Flint et al, 4 Saw. C. C. 
 
 42. 
 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 4 Saw. C. C. 536. 
 Op. Att. Gen., ex parte De Feriot, July 28, 
 1838, * L. I. & O. 1040. 
 
 FE A UD Continued. 
 Warrants : 
 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 326 ; 2 id. 501 ; 7 id. 657. 
 Patents: 
 
 Stringer v. Young's lessee, 3 Pet. 320. 
 Stoddard v. Chambers, 2 How. 284. 
 Field v. Seabury, 19 How. 323. 
 Garland v. Wyun, 20 How. 6. 
 Spencer v. Lapsley, 20 How. 264. 
 State of Minnesota v. Bachelder, 1 Wall. 109. 
 Moore v. Eobbins, 6 Otto, 530. 
 Norton <;. Meader, 4 Saw. C. C. 603. 
 Godfrey v. Beardsley, 2 McLean, C. C. 412. 
 Nelson v. Aloore, 3 McLean, C. C. 319. 
 Seabury v. Field, 1 McAllister, C. C. 60. 
 Lafnont v. Stimsou, 3 Wis. 545. 
 Statoof Minnesota v. Bachelder, 5Minn.223. 
 Arnold v. Grimes, 2 Greene (Iowa), 77. 
 Bissoii v. Currey, 35 Iowa, 72. 
 Kittridge v. Breand, 4 Hob. (La.) 79. 
 McGiil v. McGill, 4 La. Ann. 262. 
 Cannon v. White, 1G >-a. Ann. 85. 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 12 Ark. 296. 
 Wyim v. Garland, 16 Ark. 440. 
 Ca man v. Johnson, 29 Mo. 84. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 69SJ ; 2 id. 501. 
 WJict constitutes, and e/ect of: 
 
 United States v. Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691. 
 
 Jamison v. Doe, 4 Ills. 113.- 
 
 Stannar v. McCarty, Morris (Iowa), 124. 
 
 City of Oakland v.'Carpentier, 21 Cal. 642. 
 
 Hollinshed v. Simms, 51 Cal. 158. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen., April 27, 1822, 2 L. I. & 0. 160. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Collar v. Lake, Feb. 10, 
 
 185;), I Lester, 390. 
 FEENCH EMIGRANTS 
 
 White v. St. Guisons, Minor (Ala.) 331. 
 Jenkins v. Noel, 3 Stewart (Ala.) CO. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Nov. 10, 
 
 1817, 2 'L. I. &O. 293. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, March 3, 
 
 1835,2'L. I. & O. 60,6. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 26, 1831, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 455. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 27, 1833, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 472. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 22, 1833, 
 
 2 L.I. &O. 481. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 14, 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 485. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 24, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 496. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 12, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 507. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 22, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. .'-35. 
 Coiu'r G. L. O., instructions, March 18, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 537. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 8, 1831, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. !J25. 
 Coia'r G. L. , instructions, April 22, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 982. 
 GALENA, CITY OF 
 
 Moorehouse v. Phelps, 21 How. 294. 
 
 Delanney v. Burnett, 9 Ills. 454. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 18, 1836, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 5<il. 
 GEORGETOWN, CITY OF 
 
 Georgetown v. Glaze, 3 Colo. 230. 
 Tucker v McCoy, 3 Colo. 284. 
 GEADUATION 
 
 Gaston v. Cannada, 39 Mo. 357. 
 
 7 Op. Att. Gen. 351. 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Sept. 18, 
 
 1> 55, 1 Lester, 479. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Puckett, Jan. 
 
 17, 1857, 1 Lester, 480. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Sep.t. 14, 
 
 1858, l Lester, 481. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , circular, Oct. 30, 1854, 1 Les- 
 ter, 4G6. 
 
 Com'r G. L. 0., circular, May 1, 1855, 1 Les- 
 ter, 470. 
 Com r G. L. O., instructions, May 19, 1855, 
 
 1 Lester, 472. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 23, 1856, 1 Les- 
 ter, 473. 
 
 Com'r G. L. 0., circular, April 7, 1856, 1 Les- 
 ter, 475. 
 
XX 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 GRADUATION- Con timted. 
 
 Com'r Gr. L. O., circular, March 21, 1657, 
 
 1 Lester, 476. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 18, 
 1857, 1 Lester, 509 ; note. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 3,1854,1 Les- 
 ter, 510. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., State Mo. v. Davis, May 5, 
 
 1874, 1 Copp's. L. 0. 39. 
 GREEN BAY 
 
 Confirmation of private land claims at 
 
 Whitney v. Gunderson, 31 Wis. 359. 
 
 Whitney v. Nelson, 33 Wis. 365. 
 
 Whitney v. Morrow, 34 Wis. 644. 
 
 Instructions, Nor. 12, 1635, 2 L. I. & O. 617. 
 
 Com'r. G. L. O-, instructions, Sept. 9, 1836, 
 
 2 L. I. &, O. 639. 
 GREENSBURG LAND DISTRICT 
 
 Entries in : 
 
 Watterston v. Bennett, 18 La. Ann. 250. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 22, 
 
 1637, 2 L. L & 0. 1015. 
 Erroneous surveys in : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Nov. 23, 1837, 2 
 
 L. L & O. 998. 
 HOT SPRINGS 
 
 Hale v. Gaines et al., 22 How. 144. 
 
 Rector et al. v. United States, 2 Otto, 698. 
 
 Duiras v. Wassell, 1 Dillon. C. C. 213. 
 
 Gaines v. Rector, 26 Ark. 168. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen , Jan. 17. 1878. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Miller et al., 
 
 Sept. 23, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 100. 
 ICE 
 
 The State v. Pottmeyer, 33 Ind. 402. 
 
 Waterworks Co. of Indianapolis et al. v. 
 
 Burkhart et al., 41 Ind. 304. 
 IMPROVE ME is TS 
 Compensation f 01 : 
 
 Chinn v. Darnell, 4 McLean, C. C. 440. 
 
 Davis v. Hopkins, 15 Ills. 519. 
 
 Ke-llam v. Rippley, 3 Rob. (La.) 138. 
 
 Duneau r. Hall, l Ala. 12'. 
 
 Russell r. Defrance, 39 Mo. 506. 
 
 Krause i\ Means, 12 Kans. 335. 
 
 Lernert c. Barnes, 18 Kaus. 9. 
 
 Maynes r.-.Veale, 20 Kans. 324. 
 
 Page v. Fowler, 28 Kans. 605. 
 
 1 Op. Att- Gen. 300, 352. 
 Sale of: 
 
 Dupas v. Wassell, 1 Dillon, C. C. 213. 
 
 Langdon r. Joy, 4 Dillon. C. C. 391. 
 
 Boston r. -Dodge, 1 Blackf. (Ind.) 18. 
 
 Test v. Weir, 4 Blackf (Ind.) 135. 
 
 Ward r. Burr, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 163. 
 
 Hill r. Smith, Morris (Iowa), 70. 
 
 Freeman v. Hoi li day, Morris (Iowa), 80. 
 
 Bowman v. Torr, 3 Iowa, 571. 
 
 Spry v. Sleppy, 15 Iowa, 409. 
 
 Nouten r. Perkins, 3 Rob. (La.) 233. 
 
 Jenkins r. Gibson, 3 La. Ann. 203. 
 
 Hollon v. Sapp, 4 La. Ann. 519. 
 
 Bryan r. Glass. 6 La. Ann 740. 
 
 Shaw r. Boyd, 1 Stew. & Port (Ala.) 83. 
 
 McFarland v. Mathis, 10 Ark. 560. 
 
 Cain r. Leslie, 15 Ark. 312. 
 
 Clark >. Slmltz, 4 Mo. 235. 
 
 Sanford r. Justice, 9 Mo. 865. 
 
 Stubblefi. Id v. Branson. 20 Mo. 301. 
 
 Welch r. Bryan, 28 Mo. 30. 
 
 Bell r. Parks. 18 Kans. 152. 
 
 Lapham v. Heiid, 21 Kaus. 302. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Gaberel r. Guerne et al., 
 
 March' 1>, If SO, 7 Copp's L. O. 37. 
 Status of, a*- property : 
 
 French v. Carr. 7 Ills. 664. 
 
 Attridge r. Billings, 47 Ills. 490. 
 
 Pierson v. David. 1 Iowa. 24. 
 
 Rhea et at. r. Hughes, 1 Ala. 219. 
 
 Pelham v. Wilsou, 4 Ark 2.rl. 
 
 Floyd v. Ricks. 14 Ark. 28ti. 
 
 Gaiues & Rector r. Hale, 26 Ark. 168. 
 
 Michel v. Williams, 5 Mo. 335. 
 
 Hatfield v. Wallace, 7 Mo. 112. 
 
 Comm'rs, &c., v. Shipman, 14 Kans. 532. 
 
 Haas v. Misner, 1 Idaho, 203. 
 
 Gillan r. Hutchinson, 16 Cal. 154. 
 
 The People v. Morrison. 22 Cal. 73. 
 
 Hicks p. Whiteside, 23 Cal. 4U4. 
 
 IMPROYEMENTS-C0nrtnwd. 
 Statu^ of. as property : 
 
 People v. Shearer, 30 Cal. 645. 
 Collins v. Bartlett. 44 Cal. 371. 
 West v. Smith. 52 Cal. 322. 
 What constitutes, and effect of: 
 Stark v. Starr, 1 Saw. C. 0. 15. 
 Bowman v. Torr, 3 Iowa, 571. 
 Rogers v. Voss, 6 Iowa, 405. 
 Givens L: Decatur Co., 9 Iowa, 278. 
 Wilson v. McLernan, 20 Iowa, 30. 
 Walker v. Stone, 48 Iowa, 92. 
 Lawrence x. Grout, 12 La. Ann. 835. 
 Co-n'r G. L. O., Faught v. Espv, Nov. 4, 
 
 1868, Zab. L. L. 90. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Mead, June 4, 1880, 
 
 7 Copp'.s L. O. e/. 
 INDIAN TERRITORY 
 
 United States P. Gratiot.lMcLean.C.C. 454. 
 INDIAN TREATIES, RESERVATIONS, AND 
 
 TITLES 
 
 Fletcher r. Peck. 6 Cranch, 87. 
 Ni-\v Jersey v. Wilson, 7 Cranch 164, 
 Preston c. Browder, 1 Wheat. 115. 
 Danfarth's lessee r. Thompson, 1 Wheat. 
 
 155. 
 
 Dauforth v. Wear, 9 Wheat. 673. 
 Mitchell v. United States, 9 Pet. 711. 
 United States v. Fernandez- et al., 10 Pet 
 
 303. 
 
 Clark i'. Smith. 13 Pet. 195. 
 Lattimer r. Poteet, 14 Pet, 4. 
 Marsh r. Brooks, 8 How. 223. 
 United States r. Rillieux's heirs, 14 How. 
 
 1c9. 
 
 Choutean r. Moiony, 16 How. 203. 
 Miuterr. Crommelin, 18 How. 87. 
 Crews et al. r. Burcbman, 1 Black, 352. 
 Best v. Polk, 18 Wall. 112. 
 United States v. Cook. 19 Wall. 591. 
 L. L. <fc G. R. R. Co. v. United States, 2 Otto, 
 
 733. 
 Landford r. Monteith, U. S. Sup. Ct., Oct. 
 
 Term, 1879 (nnreported). 
 Godfrey r. Beardsley, 2 McLean, C. C. 413. 
 Lowrey c. Weaver, 4 McLean, C. C. 82. 
 Chinn v. Darneill, 4 McLean, C. C. 440. 
 Jackson v. Porter. 1 Paine, C. C. 457. 
 United States v. Searl. 1 Woolw. C. C. 1918. 
 Swope v. Purdy, 1 Dillon, C. C. 349. 
 Russell v. Beebe. 1 Hemp. C. C. 704. 
 Harris r. Doe, 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 369. 
 Veeder r. Guffy, 3 Wis. 446. 
 Quinney v. Town of Stockbridge, 33 Wis. 
 
 505. 
 
 Ballon . O'Brien, 20 Mich. 304. 
 Set-ford v. Harney, 19 Greene (Iowa), 575. 
 Haight v. City of Keokuk, 4 Iowa, 405. 
 Blue Jacket v. Commissioners, &c., 3 Kans. 
 
 299. 
 
 Swartzel v. Rogers, 3 Kans. 374. 
 Vickroy v. Pratt, 7 Kans. 1 238. 
 Wood v. M. K. & T. R. R. Co., 11 Kans. 323. 
 Miami Co. r. Breckenridge, 12 Kans. 114. 
 Breux v. Johns. 4 La, Ann. 141. 
 Tillman v. Long et. al, 29 Ala. 376. 
 Gaines v. Hale. 26 Ark. 168. 
 Sufiol v. Heplmrn, 1 Cal. -,'54. 
 Parker v. Duff, 47 Cal. 554. 
 Lobdell v. Hall. 3 Nev. 507. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 468; 2 id. 631; 3 id. 697; 
 
 4 id. 613; 5 id. 305,572; 6 id. 462,627; 7 
 
 id. 293,746; 8 id. 255; 11 id. 171 ; 12 id. 
 
 51 ; 13 id. 470 ; 14 id. 181, 568, 666 ; Jan. 
 
 21, 18-H'. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, Dec. 19, 1859, 
 
 1 Lester, 638. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, May 23, 
 
 1859, 1 Lester, 633. 
 Secretary luterior, instructions, June 30, 
 
 1659, l' Lester, 636. 
 SecMftarv Interior, circular. Dec. 19, 1859, 
 
 1 Lester, 636. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, May 24, 
 
 165!), 1 Lester, 634. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, June 14, 
 
 1?59. 1 Lester. 035. 
 Secretary Interior, Case r. Larkin, Feb. 3, 
 
 1876, 2 Copp's L.O.J 82. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXI 
 
 INDIAN TREATIES, RESERVATIONS, AND 
 
 TITLES Continued. 
 Secretary Interior, Hog-laud v. N. P. R. R., 
 
 Aug. 14. 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 107. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 27, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 4(J1. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 10, 1837, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 025. 
 Com. G. L. O.. instructions, Nov. 4, 1857, 1 
 
 Lester, 625. ' 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 19, 1857, 1 Lester, 688. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 10, lfc'54, 1 Lester, 728. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 10, 1874. 
 
 Copp'sL.L.311. 
 Com'r G. L. O., C. P. R. R. v. Nevada, Jan. 
 
 15, 1&73, Copp's L. L. 424. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, July 18, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 720. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparteEads, Sept. 24, 1675, 
 
 2 Copp's L. 0. 101. 
 Com'r G. L.O., circular, March 18, 1875, 2 
 
 Copp's L. O. 39. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 5, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 52. 
 Caddos ; 
 
 United States v. Brooks, 10 How. 442. 
 Cherokees : 
 
 Meio 8 v. McClung, 9 Crauch, 11. 
 
 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 1. 
 
 Worcester v. Georgia, G Pet. 515. 
 
 Parke v. Robs, 11 Pet. :>G2. 
 
 United States v. Ritchie, 17 Pet. 575. 
 
 Mackay v. Cox, IH Pet. 10! >. 
 
 United' States v. Rogers, 4 How. 5!37. 
 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 14 LIow. 374. 
 
 Tiie Kansas Indians, 5 Wail. 737. 
 
 Holdcu v. Joy, 17 Wall. 21 1 . 
 
 Laugduu v. Joy, 4 Dillon, C. C. 391. 
 
 Strand v. M. &C. R. R. Co., 4 Dillon, C. C. 396. 
 
 Moreland v. McCartney's heirs, 4 Port. 
 
 (Ala.) 141. 
 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 12 Ark. 296. 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 13 Ark. 053. 
 Halo v. Gaines. 19 Ark. 9-1. 
 Gaines &, Rector v. Hale, x'0 Ark. 108. 
 1 Op.Att. Gei'.C4r>; Sid. 305, 331, 360; 3 id. 
 
 207, x'97, ::04, 326, i>04 ; 4 id. 175, 433, 500, 5sl4, 
 
 528,5^0,597, 013; 5 id. 13, 30, ^6-s, 3-JO, 303, 
 
 378,502,514; lid. 54; 9 id. 48; 12 in. 57; 
 
 Jan. 21, IfcSO. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 25, 
 
 18U8.2L. I. &O.272.273. 
 Secretary Treasury, exparte Laughlin, July 
 
 (\ 18(i9rZab. L. L. 750. 
 Secretary Interior, Powell v. Beatty, Sept. 8, 
 
 1875,2 Copp's L. O 115. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 7, 1872, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 115. 
 Chickaxaws : 
 
 Best v. Polk, 18 Wall. 112. 
 
 Lewis v. Loye et al., 1 Ala. 335. 
 
 3 Op. Alt. Gen. 34, 41, 49, 591 ; 5 id. 226, 232; 
 
 7 id. 142 ; 2 L. I. & O 21 4. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 25, 
 
 1808, 2'L. I. & O. i?2, 273. 
 Com'rG. L. 0.. instructions, Awil20, 1833, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 945. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 28, 1833, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 948. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 27, 1831, 1 
 
 Lester, 913. 
 Com'rG. L. O., instructions, March 22, 1833, 
 
 1 Lester, 92 ( J. 
 Chippewas, treatn at Saginaiv : 
 
 Stockton v. Williams, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 546. 
 Stockton v. Williams. Walker's Chan. Rep. 
 
 (Mich.) 120. 
 
 Deury v. Campbell, 4 Mich. 565. 
 Chapau v. Dewry, 9 Mich. 3r>l. 
 Raymond v. Shawborso, 34 Mich. 142. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. ^06. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Sept. 27, 
 
 1836,2^1.^0.5^6. 
 Secretary Interior, exparte Waisloy, Ap il 
 
 29, I8:,6 f 1 Letter, 630. 
 Secretary Interior, exparte Bright, Nov. 6, 
 
 1858, 1 Lester, (j3i. 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, April 13. 
 1859, 1 Lester, 632. 
 
 INDIAN TREATIES, RESERVATIONS, AND 
 
 TITLES Continued. 
 Chippeivas, treaty at Saginaio : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 707. 
 Com'rG. L. O., circular, July 5, 1872, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 709. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 18, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L 710. 
 Choctaws : 
 
 2 Op. Att, Gen. 462, 465, 617, 693 ; 3 id. 48. 49, 
 
 50, 106, 107, 113, 114, 134, 205, 365, 408,518; 
 
 4 id, 320, 344, 381, 452 ; 5 id. 251 ; 7 id. 142, 
 
 174; 12 id 516; 13 id. 354; 14 id. 28; 2L. 
 . I. & O. 32, 186, 187,211. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 16, 
 
 1824, 2'L. I. &O.505. 
 Secretary War, instructions, Oct. 11. 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 506. 
 Com'rG. L. O., instructions, June 28,1824, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 3*0. 
 Com'rG. L O., instructions, March 13, 1826, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 293. 
 Com'r'G. L. O., instructions, July 4,1836, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 520. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Jan. 27, 1836, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 510. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, 2 L. I. & O. 434. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, Stpt. 10, 1833, 
 
 2 L. I. <fc O. 48 J. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 30, 1833, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 484. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 7, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 535. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 4, 1833, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 1033. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., circular, June 7, 1847, 1 
 
 Lester, 625. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 27, 1831, 
 
 1 Lester, 913. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 22, 
 
 1832, 1 Lester, 929. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 24, 1831, 
 
 1 Lester, 925. 
 Creeks : 
 
 Minter o. Crommelin et al., 18 How. 87. 
 Chinnabbee v. Nix et al., 3 Port, (Ala.) 362. 
 Herring v. McEldery, 5 Port, (Ala.) 161. 
 Jones' heirs i>. Inge's heirs, 5 Port,(Ala.)327. 
 Clarlilko v. Elliot, 5 Port, t Ala.) 403. 
 Tipps v. McGehee et al., 5 Port, (Ala.) 413. 
 Rosser v. Bradford, 9 Port. (Ala.) 35J. 
 Rowland v. Ladigo, 9 Port. (Ala.) 488. 
 Johnson v. McGehee et al., 1 Ala. ISO. 
 James v. Scott, 9 Ala. 579. 
 Cromraelhifl. Minter et al., 9 Ala, 594. 
 Rains v. Ware & Warner, 10 Ala. 623. 
 Wells v. Thompson, 13 Ala. 793. 
 Corpreu v. Arthur, 15 Ala. 525. 
 Hoden v. Wall, 15 Ala, 149. 
 Noleu ct al. v. Heirs of Gwyn, 16 Ala. 725. 
 Stephens v. Westwood, 20 Ala. 275. 
 Rowland et al. v. Ladigo's heirs, 21 Ala. 9. 
 Long v. McDonald's adm'r, 23 Ala. 413. 
 Stephens v. Westwood, 25 Ala. 716. 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 110, 574, 690 ; 3 id. 40, 230, 
 238, 2.VJ, 288, 3r9, 578. 585 ; 5 id. 46, 79, 98 ; 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 73, 195, 208. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Nov. 23, 1835, 
 
 2L. I. &O. 511. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Dec. 28, 1815, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 810. 
 Delaware^ : 
 
 United States v. Stone, 2 Wall. 525. 
 9 Op. Att. Gen. 24; 12 id. 84; Jan. 21,1880. 
 Foxes : 
 
 Chouteau v. Molouy, 16 How. 203. 
 
 Com'r G. L. ()., instructions, Nov. 16, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O.977. 
 Illinois and Piankeshaivs : 
 
 Johnson tt al. v. Mclutosh. 8 Wheat. 543. 
 Kansas : 
 
 Stephen v. Smith, 2 Kans. 243. 
 Biovvuv. Beluiardre, 3 Kaus. 41. 
 6 Op. Att. Gen. 65H ; 9 id. 110; 10 id. 507. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 15, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L.713. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 2, 1874, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 719. 
 

 XX11 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 INDIAN TREATIES, RESERVATIONS, AND 
 
 TI ILS Continued. 
 Kansas : 
 
 Com r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 15, 1874, 
 
 1 Copp's L 0. 107. 
 Kickapoos : 
 
 Parker v. Winsor, 5 Kans. 362. 
 C. B. R. R. Co. v. Wilcox. 14 Kans. 259. 
 Op. Att. Gen., Jan. 21, IceO. 
 MenumonecK : 
 
 lieecheri?. Wetherby, 5 Otto, 517. ^ 
 3 Op- Att. Gen. 332; 5 id. 31 ; lid. 166. 
 Miamis: 
 
 Mungosahs. Steinbrook, 3 Dillon, C. C. 418. 
 Peck v Miami Co., 4 Dillon, C. C 370. 
 Longlois v. CoUin, 1 Ind. 44ti. 
 Coumisiouers, &,c., v. Wau-zop-pe-che, 3 
 
 Kans. 364. 
 
 Miami Co v. Breckenridge, 12 Kans. 114. 
 2 Op. Att. Ge:i. 5G3 ; 1 id. 529; G id. 440; 11 
 
 id. 384 ; 12 it/. 236 ; 2 L. I. & O. 200. 
 Osages : 
 
 L. L. <fc G. R. R. Co. v. Unjted States, 2 
 
 Otto, 733. 
 
 Foster c. Bust, 11 Kans. 350. 
 Wood r. M. K. &, T. R. R. Co., 11 Kans. 
 
 3:23. 
 
 Lowusberry r Bakerstraw, 14 Kans. 151. 
 L. L. <fc G. R. 11 Co. v. Coffin, lj Kans. 510. 
 Uroke t~. Ballou, 19 Kans. 397. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Noble, Feb. 
 
 23, 1872, Copp's L. L. <CO. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 2G, 1872, Copp's L. 
 
 L. 700." 
 Secreiary Interior, ex parte Falls, March 
 
 J, 1872, Copi/o L. L. '<04. 
 Secretary Interior. \Vh eler v. R. R. Co., 
 
 March 27, 18;3, Copp's L. L. 7U4. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Jan. 24, 
 
 18; 7, 3 Copp's L. O. 1"<9. 
 Secretary Interior, Stous r. Gillard, June 
 
 5, Is79^ 6 Copp's L. O. 128. 
 Coin'r G. L. O.. instructions. April 26, 1871, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 7UO. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 17, 
 
 i Copp's L. O. 10.1. 
 Com'r G L. O., instructions, Juno 21, 1875, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. 51. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 2G, 1876, 
 
 3 Copi/s L. O. 120. 
 
 Corn'r G. L. O., instructions, March 28, 
 
 1877,4 Copp's L. O. 4:}. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions. April 14, 1877, 
 
 4 Copp'.s L. O. 44. 
 
 Ottawas, Vkippewag, and Pottaivatomies : 
 Doe i-. \\ iisun. 2i How. 457. 
 Steeple v. Downing. CO Iml. 478. 
 Clark v. LiUby, 14 Kaus. 439. 
 Clark -c. Akei .s, l(j Kans. ItJO. 
 Oliver v. Forbes, 17 l^ans. 113. 
 Campbell v. Purniore. 17 Kans. 639. 
 Muu.es i-. Veale, 20 Kans. 324. 
 Clark v. Ford, 20 Kaus. :.< 0. 
 
 2 Op- At i . Gen. 502, 5e8 ; a id. 35, 55, 209 ; 4 
 id. .".29 : -> Id. 2-5 ; (i id. 49. 
 
 Pottawatomien : 
 
 Op. Att, Gen. Sept. 20, 1853, 2 L. I. & O. 69. 
 Secretary Treasury instructions, Xov. 12, 
 
 Ie35, 2L. I. &Q. 511. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Apiil 15, 1635, 
 
 2L. 1. & O. 959. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 5, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 961. 
 Com r G. L. O., instructions, Xov. 14, 1835, 
 
 2L. I. feO. 9i 2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Xov. 30, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. &, O. 512. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 10, lc33, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 942. 
 Quapaw* : 
 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 106. 
 Sacs mid Foxes : 
 
 Webster 0. R.-id. M'.rris (Iowa), 466. 
 Wright v. Mai sh, 2 Greene (Iowa), 94. 
 Pennockv. Monroe, 5 Kans. .">" . 
 Kans-a.s r. Harold, 9 Kans. 194. 
 Franklin County r. Pennock. 18 Kan?. 579. 
 Com'i- G. L. O., instructions, March (i, 1837, 
 2 L. I. & O. 977. 
 
 INDIAN TREATIES, RESERVATIONS, AND 
 
 TITLES Continued. 
 Seneca^; : 
 
 I Op. Att. Gen. 4C5 ; 3 id. 624. 
 Shawnecs : 
 
 Walker v. Henshaw, 16 "WalL 436. 
 
 Ex parte Forbes & Pucket, 1 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 369. 
 Blue Jacket v. Commissioners, &.G., 3 Kans. 
 
 299. 
 
 II Op. Att. Gen. 145. 
 Shav:necs, Wea#, and Hiamis: 
 
 The Kansas Indians, 5 WalL 737. 
 
 Smith r. Stevens, 10 Wall. 521. 
 
 10 Op. Att. Gen. 2:>:l. 
 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Dec. 20, 
 
 lc5S, 1 Lester, 632. 
 Stockbridges : 
 
 Beecher v. Wetherby, 5 Otto, 517. 
 
 Quinney v. Denm-y, 18 Wis. 485. 
 
 Rugbies v. Marsillot, 19 Wis. 159. 
 
 Fan ington v. Wilson, 29 Wis. 383. 
 
 Quinney v. Denney, 28 Wis. 510. 
 Winnebagoes : 
 
 Fariington v. Wilson, 29 Wis. 383. 
 Wyandotts: 
 
 Walker v. Henshaw, 16 Wall. 436. 
 
 Gray v. C oilman, 3 Dillon, C. C. 393. 
 
 Hicks v. Butrick. 3 Dillon, C. C. 413. 
 
 Summers v Spybuck, 1 Kans. 394. 
 
 Walker v. Armstrong, 2 Kans. 198. 
 
 Me Alpin v. Henshnw. Kans. 176. 
 
 Frederick o. Gray, 12 Kans. 518. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 458; 6 id. 2; 9 id. 44; 11 id. 
 
 197. 
 
 INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT 
 Confirmatory legislation : 
 
 "Hull' v. i)oyle et al., 3 Otto, 558. 
 
 Tolaud v. Maudell, 3^ Cal. 30. 
 
 Hodappv. Sharp, 40 Cal. 69. 
 
 fluff v. Doyle, 50 Cal. 16. 
 JEjectmt nt under : 
 
 Gal up v. Armstrong. 22 Cal. 480. 
 
 Athearn v. Poppe, 2"' < :1. 632. 
 
 Smith v. Athearn. 34 Cal. 506. 
 
 Tolaud v. Maudell, 38 Cal. 30. 
 
 llodafp r. SLurp. -^0 Cal. 69. 
 Selection*, manner of, and what subject to: 
 
 Shepley < t al. v. Cowan et al., 1 Otto. 330. 
 
 Copeley r. Diukgrave, 27 La. Ann. tiOl. 
 
 Nims r. Johnson, 7 Cal. 111. 
 
 Doll v. M.-ad,)r. 1(. Cal. 296. 
 
 Van Valkeuburjt '- McCloud, 21 Cal. 330. 
 
 Dolhequi r. Taho. , i2 Cal. 279. 
 
 T<-iT.v v. Meuerle,24 Cal. 609. 
 
 At beam v. Poppe, 25 Cal. 532. 
 
 Smi.h v. Athearn, 34 Cal. 506. 
 
 Rush p. Corey, 3U Cal. 33;>. 
 
 McGrary r. ilastings, 39 Cal. 360. 
 
 Farish v. Coon, 40 Cal. 3:5. 
 
 Fisher v. Croon, 40 Cal. 34. 
 
 Ha-tings r. Devlin, 40 Cal. 358. 
 
 Collins r.Ba-tlett. 44 ('a!.37l. 
 
 Hastings v . Jacktsou. 46 Cal. 234. 
 
 Huff v.Do\ lo.SO Cal. 16. 
 
 4 Up. Att, Gen 71. 
 
 Op. Att. Gtu., Faust v. Taylor, July 23, 
 18'.6. 1 L'-ster. 445. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Vester v. Dinkgrave, 
 ilarcb'Sl. 1859,1 Lester, 451. 
 
 Secietarv Interior, ex parte Stewart, Nov. 
 10, 1 56. 1 Lester, 50',. 
 
 Secietarv Interior, June 21, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 :.:>:>. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Florida, April 20, 1856, 
 
 I L'.-si IT, Glir 1 . 
 Seei-etai-y Ii.terior, ex parte Brown, Sept. 
 
 1-. 1-72, C"- p'sL. L. 440. 
 Secretary Interior. White v. University 
 
 Cal., Jar. in. 1878, 4 Copp's L. 0.18^. 
 Con/r G. L. O., circular, Feh. 21, 1846, 1 
 
 Lester, 500. 
 C-m'i- G. L. O., circular, Aug. 6, 1847, 1 
 
 Lester, 501. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 6. 1847, Zah. 
 
 L L. : 97. 
 Staff legislation : 
 
 Perrine r. Grinith, 13 Iowa, 151. 
 Nims v. Palmer, 6 Cal. 8. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XX111 
 
 INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT Con 
 
 tin ii'-d. 
 
 Wat sou *. liobey, 8 Cal. 52. 
 Doll a. Meador, 10 Cal. 290. 
 Mott r. Hawthorn, 17 Cal.. "9. 
 Ah Yew v. Choate, '-4 Cal. LG2. 
 Bludworth v. Lake, 33 Cal. 255. 
 W alley v. Foreman, 38 Cal. 90. 
 Stewart v. Haight, 39 Cal. 87. 
 Chapman u. Buekman, 39 Cal. 674. 
 Fisher v. Coon, 40 Cal. 34. 
 Taken effect, when : 
 
 Foley v. Harrison, 15 How. 423. 
 Shepiey et al. v. Cowau et til., I Otto, 330. 
 Wolsf.y v. Chapman, 1 1 Otto, 755. 
 Patterson v. Tatum, 3 Saw. C. C. 1G4. 
 Wiggins v. Guier, 13 La. Ami. 356. 
 LnUeliug v. Vester, "20 La. Ann. 433. 
 Doll v. Meador, 10 Cal. -290. 
 Rhodes v. Craig, 21 Cal. 4l9. 
 Megerle v. Ashe, 2/ Cal. 32-'. 
 Bludwoilh v. Lake, 33 Cal. 255. 
 INTRUDERS AND TRESPASSERS 
 Atbei ton v. Fowler, Otto, 513. 
 Hosmer v. Wallace, 7 Otto, 575. 
 Trenouth r. San Francisco, 10 Otto, 251. 
 Oiovreauv Campbell, lMeAllister,C.C. 129. 
 Boirisz?. James, 7 Rob. (L.i.) 149. 
 Keller v. Bellaiideau, G La. Ann. 643. 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 12 Ark, 290. 
 Floyd v. Hicks, 14 Ark. 2du. 
 Gale v. Davis, 7 Mo. 544. 
 Kennett. Pluuiruer, 28 Mo. 142. 
 United States v. De Coursey, 1 Pinnev 
 
 (Wis.) 508. 
 Wood D. M. K. & T. R. R. Co., 11 Kansas, 
 
 332. 
 
 Treauway v. Sharon, 7 Nev. 27. 
 O'Conuer'i?. Corbitt, 3 Cal. 370. 
 Bridge v. Underwood, C Cal. 45. 
 Merced My. Co. v. Fremont, 7 CaL 317. 
 Taylor . Woodward, 10 Cal. W. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 180, 471, 4 -5, 703 ; 2 id. 574 ; 
 
 3 id. 255,506; 7 id. 534 ; 10 id. 71, l4. 
 Secietary Treasury, circular, March 28, 
 
 1807, 2L. I. &O. C7. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, October 
 
 20, lfU8, a L. I. & O. 272. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, March 10, 
 
 1809, 2 L. I. & O. 273. 
 Secretory Treasury, circular, August 30, 
 
 JblU, aL. I. &O. 2o7. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, March 28, 
 
 It 97, 2 L. I. & O. t*7. 
 Secretary Interior, Daniels v. Diggs, Aii. 
 
 27, 1859, i Lester, 418. 
 Secretary Interior. O'Leary v. Zollars, May 
 
 8, 1*80, 7 Copp's L, O. 3r. 
 Coin'r G. L. O., instructions, September 8, 
 
 118, 2 L. I. & O. 295. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ciicuL.r, July 13, 1821, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 333. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 9, 1830, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 42,'. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Keisker??. Johnson et al., 
 
 April 0, 1874, Copp's L. L. 319. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 1, 1879, 6 
 
 Copp's L. O. 9-. 
 Com'r G. L, O., ex parte Koffin. July 29, 
 
 i860, 7 Copp's L. O. 87. 
 ISLANDS 
 
 Middleton x>. Pritchard, 4 Ills. 510. 
 Stolp v. Hoyt,44 Ills. -.19. 
 Mcllaims v. Carnncbael, 3 Iowa, 11. 
 A<lams v. City of St. Louis, 32 Mo. 25. 
 Benson v. Morrow, Cl Mo. 345. 
 P> ople v Batchelder, 2f Cal. 70. 
 Shoemaker v. Hatch, 13 Nev. 261. 
 6 Op. Att. Gen. 670; June 24, 1836, 2 L. I. & 
 
 O. 802. 
 Secretary Interior, Rock Island, Jan. 24, 
 
 185'J, 1 Lester, 01)0. 
 Secretary Inte ior, Goat Island, July 3, 
 
 Ife72, Copp's L.L. 563. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rock Island, April 8, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 390. 
 Com'r G. L O., Dauphiu Island, Aug. 16, 
 
 ISLANDS Continued. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Key West Island, Sept. 4 
 
 1830, 2 L. I. & O. 904. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rock Island, Sept. 15, 1835, 
 
 2L.I. &O. 50!'. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Dec. 1, 1874, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 70(5. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Wolf Island, April 5, 1838, 
 
 a L. 1. &. O. 1000. 
 Com'r G. L. O., x- eb. 24, 1838, 1 Lester, 7p5 ; 
 
 note. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 1856, 1 Lester, 705. 
 JOINT ENTRIES 
 
 Downes v. Scott, 3 Rob. (La.) 84. 
 Secretary Interior, Laughton v. Cadwell, 
 
 Jan. 8," 1858, 1 Lester, 3d7. 
 Secretary Interior, lloosa v. Schepp, Sept. 
 
 28, 1859, 1 Les.er, 393. 
 Secretary Interior, Powell v. Beatty, Sept. 
 
 8, In75, 2 Copp'd L. O. U5. 
 Secretary Interior, O'Leary v. Zollars, May 
 
 8, Iri80, 7 Copp's L. O. 38. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, March 31, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 3)1. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 18, 
 
 Ib70, Copp's L. L. 452. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 15, 1873 
 
 Copp's L. L. 6(i7. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Vennigirholtz v. McKen- 
 non et al., .June 8, 1874, Copp 1 s L. O. 154. 
 JUDICIAL NOTICE 
 
 United States v. Turner, 11 How. 663. 
 Dickeusou v. Breedeu, 30 Ills. 279. 
 United States v. De Coursey, 1 Pinney 
 
 (Wis.) 508. 
 
 Bullock . Wilson, 5 Port. (Ala.) 338. 
 Lamb v. Davenport, 1 Saw. C. C. 609. 
 Ott v. Soulard, y Mo. i>8l. 
 Papiu v. Ryan, 1:2 Mo. 21. 
 Sullivan v. Heuse, 2 Colo. 427. 
 Semple v. Hagac, 27 CaL 103. 
 Vassaull v. Seita, 31 Cal. 226. 
 Ellis v. Eastman, 32 CaL 447. 
 JURISDIC T ION 
 
 Between Federal and State courts: 
 Maekay v. UilJou, 4 How. 421. 
 Almonester v. Keuton, 9 How. 1. 
 Doe D. City of Mobile, 9 How. 451. 
 Fenn . Holme, --I How. 481. 
 Maguiro v. Tylevetal , 1 Black, 195. 
 Maguire v. Tyler, 8 Wall. 050. 
 Ex parte Forbes & Pickett, 1 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 309. 
 
 Ex parte Hebard, 4 Dillon. C. C. 380. 
 P.uitalla v. Copelaud, 3 La. Ann. 56. 
 Purvis v. Harmansou, 4 L:u Ann. 421. 
 Teiry v. Aeunen, 4 La. Ann. 458. 
 Leau'der v. Kidder, 23 Ills. 49. 
 Clark v. Livingston Co., 24 ills. 372. 
 Perry v. O'Haulon, 11 Mo. 373. 
 Athearn v. Poppe, 25 Cal. 032. 
 Between the courts, arid 1he executive : 
 Garlands. VVyuu, 2l LLow. 6 
 Irvine v. Marshall, 20 How. 558. 
 Ballance v. Forsylh, 24 iiow. Ie3. 
 The Secretary v'. McGarrahan, 9 Wall. 298. 
 Johnson v. Towslcy, 13 Wall. 72. 
 Shepley v. Cowan, l Otto, 330. 
 Marquez v. Frisbie. 11 Otto, 473. 
 United States v. Flint, 4 Sa,w. C. C. 42. 
 United States v. M. & St. P. R. R., 5 Bissell, 
 
 C.C. 410. 
 Litchtu Id v. Register & Receiver, 1 Woolw. 
 
 C. C. 299. 
 
 A very v. Foxl Abbott, (U. S.) 246. 
 Ten-ill v. Chambers. Rob. (La.) 243. 
 Jones v. Wlialis, 4 La. Ann. 541. 
 Saudoz v. Ozeuue, 1-J La. Ann. (i!6. 
 Ford v. Moraney, 14 La. Ann. 77. 
 Marks v. Martin, 27 La. Ann. 527. 
 Mitchell v. Cobb, 13 Ala. 137. 
 Brewer v. Kidd. 23 Mich. 440. 
 Sutherland v. The Governor, 29 Mich. 320. 
 Lamont v. Stiuisou, 3 Wis. 545. 
 Minnesota v. Bachelder, SMinu. 223. 
 Fremont Co. v. B. & M. R. R. Co.. 22 
 
 Iowa, 91. 
 
 Lewis v. Lewis, 9 Mo. 183. 
 Ott v. Soulard, y Mo. 581. 
 
XXIV 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 JURISDICTION- Continued. 
 
 Between the courts, and the executive : 
 Heill v. Miller, 36 Mo. 182. 
 Gaston v. Cannada, 39 Mo. 357. 
 Morton v. Green, 2 Neb. 441. 
 Colwell v. Smith, 1 Wash. Ty. 109. 
 Quinn v. Kenyon, 33 Cal. 499. 
 Berry v. Cammet, 44 Cal. 347. 
 Hess v. Boliuger, 50 Cal. 80. 
 Keerner v. Doherty, 51 Cal. 3. 
 Powers v. Leith, 53 Cal. 711. 
 Golden Fleece Co. v. Cable Co., 12 Nov. 312, 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Arroyo Chico, 
 
 March 19. leGO, Copp's L. L. 563. 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho Lacuna de la 
 
 Merced, May 19, !t69. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Choular, March 
 
 19, 170. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho ex-Mission de San 
 
 Fernando, Jan. 24, 1873. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Eancho Bolsa de Escorpi- 
 
 nas, Sepr. 24, Ic75. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Posolmi, Dec. 4, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., RanchoSan Antonio, Feb. 7, 
 
 1877. 
 Equitable, affecting land : 
 
 Bodley p. Taylor, 5 Cranch, 191. 
 Massee r. Watts, 6 Crauch, 148. 
 Meailer r. Norton. 11 Vv'all. 4M. 
 Johnson v. Tcwsley, 13 Wall. 72. 
 Marquezv. Frisbie, 11 Otto, 473. 
 Hall v. Riu si 11. 3 Saw. C. C. 50fi. 
 H-rdy v. Harbin, 4 Saw. C. C. 536. 
 Seabury r. Field*, 1 McAllister, C.C. 60. 
 Kitteridge v. Berand, 4 Rob. (La.) 79. 
 Ford v. Moraney, 14 La. Ann. 77. 
 Lament v. Stimson, 3 Wis. 545. 
 Minnesota v. Bachelder, 5 Minn. 223. 
 Arnold v. Grimes, 2 Greeuo (Iowa), 77. 
 Stephenson v. Smith, 7 Mo. 610. 
 In case of mandamus : 
 
 McClun.ii c-. Silliman, 2 Wheat. 369. 
 McUlnng r. Silliman, 6 Wheat. 598. 
 The Secretary r. McGarrahan. 9 Wall. 298. 
 Powell v. Cbappell. 7 Martin (La.) 172. 
 Smithe c. Mosely, 31 Ark. 425, 
 Land Office : 
 
 Foley ^.Harrison, 15 How. 433. 
 Ifftgwin r. Tyler et aL, 1 Black, 195. 
 Bissell v. llenshaw, 1 Saw. C. C. 553. 
 Le R y r. Clayton, 2 Saw. C. C. 493. 
 Kellum c. Kippley, 3 Rob. (La.) 138. 
 Dart v. Prndhomme, a Rob. (La.) 293. 
 Courtney r. Parkins, 5 La. Ann. 216. 
 Franklin r. Woodland, 14 La. Ann. 18d 
 Finley v. Woodruff, 8 Ark. 3.'8. 
 Cunn'ingham v. Ashley, 12 Ark. 296. 
 Warren r. Vau Brunt, 12 Minn, 70, 
 Heill v. Millar, 36 Mo. 1H2. 
 Gastun v. Cauuada, 33 Mo. 357. 
 Lounaberry r. Bakersti aw, 14 Kans. 151. 
 Smiley v. Sampson, 1 Neb. 56. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 9J, 149 ; 14 id. 12. 
 Secretary Interior, April 12, 1655, 1 Lester, 
 
 614. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.,circular, Aug. 11, 1858, 1 Les- 
 ter, 379. 
 Com') G. L. O., circular, June 13, 1872, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 264. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Wedge, July 14, 
 
 1873. Copp's L. L. ;>17. 
 Com') G. L. O., circular, Oct. 30, 1873, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 646. 
 Navigable wa tern : 
 
 Williams r. Bradley, 2 Ind. 591. 
 
 Depew v. Board of Trustees, &c.. 5 Ind. 8. 
 
 Butler v. State. 6 Ind. 165. 
 
 Neaderhouser v. State, & Ind. 257. 
 
 People v. Tyier, 7 Mich. ICO. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Taylor et al., Nov. 
 
 5, 1874, 1 Copp's L. 0. 155. 
 Of coriimisxioners, in private land claims : 
 United States v. Ciarke, 8 Pet. 436 
 UniteJ States v. Fossatt, 21 How. 445. 
 Lynch v. Btrnal, 9 Wall. 315. 
 Bernal . Lyn, h, 36 Cal. 135. 
 Secretary Interior. Lompoc contest, July 
 
 24, Ib73, Copp's L. L. 559. 
 
 JURISDICTION Continued. 
 
 Of commissioners, in private landdaim*: 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho El Cajon, March 
 
 15, 1872, Copp's L. L. 559 
 Secretary Interior, July 3, 1872, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 563. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Los Trigos, Dec. 
 
 5, 1874, Copp's L. L. 611. 
 Secretary Interior, Vigil & St. Vrain grant, 
 
 Jan. 23, 1875, Coup's L. L. 612. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Vigil <fcSt. Vrain grant, 
 
 Oct. 27, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 122. 
 Secretary Interior, Vigil <fc St. Vrain grant, 
 
 Jan. 23, 1S74, 1 Copp's L. O. 165. 
 Secretary Interior, liardee v. United States 
 
 April 8, If7r, 5 Copp's L. O. 102. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Miguelito, 
 
 March 17, Ie74. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Napa, Sept. 20, 
 
 Ip79. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Nnjalayegua, Sept. 
 
 18, 1874. Copp's L. L. 59i. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex-Mission San Fernando, 
 
 Jan. 24, 1873. 
 Comr G. L. O., Rancho Posolmi, Dec. 4, 
 
 Ic75. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Agua Calienta, 
 
 Feb. 21, 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Cabeza de Santa 
 
 Rosa, Dec. 2, 1018. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Napa, April 21, 
 
 1879. 
 Of conrte, in private land claims : 
 
 United States v Percheiuan, 7 Pet. 51. 
 United States v. Marvine, :s How. 620. 
 Hickey's lessee v. Stewart, 3 How. 750. 
 Mackay v. Dillon, 4 How ^(. 
 United States v. Powers's Heirs, 11 How. 
 
 570. 
 United States v. Heirs of Rillienx, 14 How. 
 
 169. 
 
 United States v. Gusman, 14 How. 193. 
 United States v. Davenport's heirs, 15 
 
 How. 1. 
 
 Bnrgess r. Gray, 16 How. 48. 
 Fremont r. United States, 17 How. 542. 
 United States v. Sepulveda, 1 Wall. 1U4. 
 United Stntes v. Morillo, 1 Wall. 707. 
 The Fossatt 'ase, 2 Wall. (J49. 
 Tameling v. U. S. F. L & E Co., 3 Otto, 644. 
 United States v. Throekuiorton, 8 Otto, 61. 
 Carr v. United States, 8 Otro, 433. 
 United States v. Clamorgau, 11 Otto, 822. 
 Bissell v. Henshaw, 1 Saw. C. C. 53. 
 United States v. Castro, 5 Saw. C. C. 625. 
 Tturbide v. United States, I Hoff. L. Cas. 
 
 273. 
 
 Vallejo v. Clark, 3 Cal. 17. 
 Nuns v. Palmer, 6 Cal. 8. 
 People v. Kelly, 38 Cal. 145. 
 UuiUarger v. Cliaboya, 4'J Cal. 525. 
 Secretary Interior, July 3, 17^, Copp's L. 
 
 L. 563. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Arroyo Chico, 
 
 March 19. Ic60. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Laguna de Ja 
 
 Merced, May 19, 1869. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Choular, March 
 
 19, lf7U. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Las Bolsas, Feb. 
 
 25, 1B76. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Las Bolsas, Feb. 
 
 15, 1877. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho San Antonio, 
 
 Feb. 7, 1877. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Napa, Sept. 20, 
 
 179. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Las Animas, Oct. 
 
 3, lf-73, Copp's L. L. 574. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Rancho San Antonio, Jan. 
 
 23, 1*77, 3 Copp's L. O. 199. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho ex-Mission San Fer- 
 
 uaudo, Jan 24, Irt73. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Posolmi, Dec. 4, 
 
 1875. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Cabeza de Santa 
 
 Rosa, Dec. 2, 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., Rancho Napa, April 21, 
 
 1879. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXV 
 
 KASKASKIA DISTRICT 
 
 Confirmed claims in : 
 
 I Op. Alt, Gen. 191. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, May 7 
 
 1810, 2' L. I.&O/699. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, May 14, 
 
 1810, a'L.I. &O. 700. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, May 23, 
 
 1810, 2L. I. &O."7i):J. 
 Coni'r G. L. O., instructions, July 5, 1814, 
 
 2L. I. &O. 708. 
 LEAD MINES 
 
 United States v. Gear, 3 Pet. 120. 
 Delassus v. United States 9 Pet. 117. 
 United States v. Gratiot, 14 Pet. 526. 
 United States v. Gratiot, 1 McLean, C. C. 
 
 454. 
 
 United States v. Gear, 3 McLean, C. C. 571. 
 Larimer V. Lewis, Morris (Iowa,), 253. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 593 ; 2 id. 708 ; 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 127, 173. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., instructions, Aug. 23, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 502. 
 Com'rG. L. O., instructions, July 29, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 508. 
 Com r G. L. O., circular, July 3, 1816, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 815. 
 
 LIMITATIONS, STATUTE OF 
 Foreign grants, time for asserting: 
 Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet. 410. 
 Gibson v. Ciioieau, 13 Wall. 92. 
 Palmer v. Low, 8 Otto, 1. 
 Montgomery v. Bevans, 1 Saw. C. C. 653. 
 Palmer v. Low, 2 Saw. C. C. 248. 
 Harris v. McGovern, 2 Saw. C. C. 515. 
 Le Roy v. Carroll, 3 Saw. C. C. 66. 
 Prim v. Horen, 27 Mo. 205. 
 JoliLsou v. Van Dyke, 20 Cal. 225. 
 Davis v. Davis. 26 Cal. 46. 
 Beach v. Gabriel, 29 Cai. 580. 
 Hills v. Sherwood, 33 Cal. 479. 
 Reed v. Spicer, 27 Cal. 58. 
 Mahouey v. Van Winkle, 33 Cal. 448. 
 Sabichi v. Aguilar, 43 Cal. 285. 
 Chipley v. Farris, 45 Cal. 527. 
 Gardiner v. Millar, 47 C-il. 570. 
 McMauus v. O'Sullivau, 4d Cal. 7. 
 Hager v. Spcet, 48 Cal. 406. 
 Reed v. Ybarra, 50 Cal. 465. 
 Hartiuan v. Reed, 50 Cal. 485. 
 Morris v. Do Cehs, 51 Cal. 55. 
 De Miranda v. Toomey, 51 Cal. 165. 
 Burton v. Robinson, 51 Cal. 186. 
 Mining claims: 
 
 Tbo Four-Twenty Mg. Co. v. The Bullion 
 
 Mg. Co., 3 Saw. C. C. 034. 
 Davis v. Clark, 2 Montana, 310. 
 Maine Boys Co. v. Boston Co., 37 Cal. 40. 
 Possession, when a protection: 
 
 Walker v. Turner, 9 Wheat. 541. 
 
 Wallace v. Mimer, G Ohio, 367. 
 
 Wallace v. Miiner, 7 Ohio, 249. 
 
 Clark v. Southerland, 1G Ohio St. 408. 
 
 Hargis v. The Inhabitants. 29 Lud. 70. 
 
 Tillotson v. Doe ex dem. Kennedy, 5 Ala. 407. 
 
 Ashley v. Rector, 20 Ark. 35!). 
 
 Clark v. Hnmmeiie, 27 Mo. 55. 
 
 St. Louis University v. McCuue, 28 Mo. 481. 
 
 AicCuno v. O'Fallon, 32 Mo. 13. 
 
 Richardson v. Williamson, 24 Mo. 289. 
 
 Vassant v. Seitz, 31 Mo. 226. 
 
 Fisher v. Coon, 40 Mo. 34. 
 
 Jutisoii v. Mallou, 40 Mo. 300. 
 
 Grimm v. Cm-ley. 43 Mo. 230. 
 
 Hartman v. Reed, 50 Mo. 485. 
 
 Langford v. Poppe, Sup. Ct. Cal., 6 Pacific 
 
 Coast Law Journal, 434. 
 Recovery, when bar to : 
 
 Heiishaw v. Bissell, 18 Wall. 255. 
 Bissel! v. Heiishaw, I Saw. C. C. 553. 
 Union Mill and Mining Co. v. Ferris, 2 Saw. 
 
 C. C. 176. 
 
 Hall v. Russel, 3 Saw. C. C. 506. 
 Withe v. Smith, 4 Saw. C. C. 17. 
 Norton v. Meader, 4 Saw. C. C. 603. 
 Duke v. Thompson, 16 Ohio, 34. 
 Wood v. Ferguson, 7 Ohio St. 288. 
 Trustees of Greeu Tp. v. Campbell, 16 Ohio 
 
 St. 11. 
 
 LIMITATIONS, STATUTE OF Continued. 
 Recovery, when bar to : 
 
 Cabunue v. Lindell. 12 Mo. 184. 
 Grav v. Gives, 26 Mo. 291. 
 Funlhouser v. Langkopp, 26 Mo. 453. 
 Gibson v. Choteau, 50 Mo. 8C. 
 Mclllinney v. Fickle, 61 Mo. 329. 
 Fremont v. Seals, 18 Cal. 433. 
 Lathrop v. Mills, 1U Cal. 514. 
 Van Sickle v. Haines, 7 Nev. 249. 
 Langford v. Poppe, Sup. Ct. Cal., 6 Pacific 
 
 Coast Law Journal, 4.J4. 
 LOUISIANA 
 Back Lands : 
 
 Jourdan v. Barrett, 4 How. 169. 
 Surgett v. Lapice, 8 How. 48. 
 Haydel v. Dufresne, 17 How. 23. 
 Terrill'0. Chambers, 12 La. 578. 
 Jourdan v. Barrett, 13, La. 24. 
 Tompson v. Schlater, 13 La. 115. 
 Marsh v. Gonsoulin, 16 La. 84. 
 Landry v. Gauteau, 1 Rob. (La.) 372. 
 Kfctridge. Breand, 2 Rob. (La.) 41. 
 Kittridge v. Landry, 2 Rob. (La.) 72. 
 Kittridge v. Breand. 4 Rob. (La.) 79. 
 Broussard v. Gonsoulin, 12 Rob. (La.) 1. 
 Secretary Treasury, March 16, 1822, 2 L. I. 
 
 & O. 359. 
 Secretary Treasury, March 30, 1822, 2 L. I. 
 
 & O. 359. 
 Com'r. G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 27, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 374. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 27, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 491. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 9, 1832, 2 
 
 L. 1. & O. 5*2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 18, 1833, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 573. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 8, 1833, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 577. 
 Com'rG. L. O., instructions, April 13, 1825, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 727. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 27, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 828. 
 Com'r. G. L. O., instructions, March 2, 1827, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 864. 
 Conrr G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 7, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 937. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 5, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 955. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 17. 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 958. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 14, 1837, 
 
 2 L.I. &O. 1013. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 25, 1838, 
 
 2L. I..&O. 1019. 
 Cession by Spain to France : 
 
 Kenton v. Leonardo, 1 Rob. (La.) 343. 
 MANKATO, VILLAGE OF 
 Coy v. Coy, 15 Minn. 119. 
 Vifiage of Mankato v. Meagher, 17 Minn. 
 
 265.' 
 
 MILITARY SITES 
 Sales of: 
 
 Culliver v. Berge, 1 Rob. (La.) 427. 
 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 108. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rock Island, January 
 
 24, 1859, 1 Lester 690. 
 Secretary Interior, Fort Kearney, Nov. 5, 
 
 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 12, 1817, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 291. 
 Com'r G L. O., Fort Dearborn, July 31, 
 
 1835, 2 L. I. & O. 612. 
 Com r G. L. O., instructions, May 3, 1876, 
 
 2 L.I. & 0.813. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Fort Ridgley, June 10, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 311. 
 MINERAL LANDS 
 
 Abandonment and forfeiture : 
 
 Hibschle v. Gildersleeve, U. S. Dist. Ct., 
 
 Colo., 1880 (not reported). 
 Mallett v. Uncle Sain Co., 1 Nev. 188. 
 Oreamuns v. Uncle Sani Co., 1 Nev. 215. 
 Weill v. Lucerne Co., 1 1 Nev. 200. 
 King v. Edwards, 1 Montana, 235. 
 Atkins v. Hendree, 1 Idaho, 107. 
 Murley v. Ennis. 2 Colo 300. 
 Fairbanks v. Woodhouse, 6 Cal. 433. 
 
XXVI 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Continued. 
 Aba/idoiiiiie/it and forfeiture : 
 Davis v. Butler, 6 Cal. 510. 
 Ferris v. Cooper, 10 Cal. 689. 
 Waring T. Crow, 11 Cal. 366. 
 Giuckauf v. Reed, 22 Cal. 468. 
 Coleman v. Clements, 23 Cal. 245. 
 Richardson v. McNultA , 24 Cal. 339. 
 Wiseman i-. McNnlty, 23 CaL 230. 
 St. John v. Kitld, 86 Cal. 264. 
 Dupuy .-. Williams. 2t> Cf:l. 309. 
 Bull v. Tunnel <fc Mg. Co., 36 Cal. 214. 
 Judson v. Mulloy, 4l Cal. 300. 
 Stran-; v. Ryan, 4f> Cal. 33. 
 Moreuhaat t>. Wilson. 5-^ Cal. 226. 
 Stone c. The Geyser Q M. Co., 52 Cal. 315. 
 iiyers v. SpOOUttT, Sup. Ct. Cal. 1880 (not 
 
 reported). 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 3, 1877, Sacramento 
 
 Lode, 3 Coyy's L. O. 19J. 
 Secretary Inteiior, May 22, 1878, Empire 
 
 G. &. S. Mg. Co., 5 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Secretary Interior, June 29, 1878, Omaha 
 
 Soda Mine, 5 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 Secretary Interior, March 4, 1579, Am. Hill 
 
 Mine, 6 Copp's L O. 2. 
 Adverse claims:. 
 
 The Eureka Case, 4 Saw. C. C. 302. 
 Golden Tleece Co. v. The Cable Co., 12 Nev. 
 
 31 J. 
 
 Seais r. Taylor, 4 Colo. . C 8. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 24, 1573, Julia G. 
 
 <fc S. Mir. Co., Copp's Mg. Dec. 101. 
 Secretary Interior. Oct. 28, Ic73, Darda- 
 nelles Mg. Co., Copp's My;. Dec. 1(1. 
 Secretary Interior, -A*ig. 7, 1671, Becker r. 
 
 Central City, 2 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 9, 1674, Daniel 
 
 Webster \, Homestead Cos. 1 Copp's L. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 2, 1875, Kempton 
 
 Mine. 1 Copy's L. 0. 17s. 
 Secretary Interior, March 22, 1875, Fonr- 
 
 Twtiity Co. v. Bullion Co., 2 Copy's L. 
 
 0. 5. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 12, 1376, Hawley v. 
 
 Menmon Co.. 2 Copp's L. 0. 17K 
 S-crettrv Inierior, Dec. 215, 1870, King of the 
 
 We.-t p. Ci'.y llock, 3 Coyp's L. 0. 1G2. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 17, 1877, Corning 
 
 Tunnel Co., 3 Copp's L. O. 195. 
 Secretary Interior, April 17, 1*77, Pride of 
 
 the West Lode, 4 Copy's L. 0. 34. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 3, 1877, Sacramento 
 
 Lode, 3 Copy's L. O. 196. 
 Secretary Inierior, July 14, 1877, Aitken et 
 
 oi., 4 Copy's I* 0. 66. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept 27, 1877, Spruce- 
 
 rnont Lode, G. L. O- Rep. 177, p. "35. 
 Secretary Interior, June 25, 1879, Iowa Co. 
 
 v. Bonanza Co.. 6 Copp's L. O. 75. 
 Secretary Inteiior, July 17, 1879, Dolly Var- 
 
 d-.n Mine, 6 Copp's L. O. 73. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 27, 1880, Chavanne v. 
 
 Hurricane Lode, Wash. Law Rep. 637. 
 Com'r G. L. O. r Dec. 2., 1871, WiiJiams v. 
 
 Carpenter. Coyy's Mg. Dec. 76. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 2(5, ip72, Maine Lode, 
 
 Copy's Mg. Dec. 145. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 14, 1873, A.J. Ridge, 
 
 Copy's M- .Dec. 156. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June!*. 1873, Mountain Tiger 
 
 Lode, Copy's Mr. Dec. 202. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 17, It73, Tiger S. Mg. 
 
 Co., Copy's Mg. Drc. 337. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 21, 1874, Pennsylvania 
 
 Mine. 1 Copp's L O. 60. 
 Com'r G. L. <)., Oct. -J6, 1874, Marshall S. 
 
 Mg. Co., I Copt's L O. 132. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 14, 1674, City Rock r. 
 
 King of the West. 1 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 12, 176, Omaha G. Mg. 
 
 Co., 3 Cnyy's L. O.36. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 19, Ifc78, J. B. Hewitt et 
 
 a*.,5Coyp's L. O. 162. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 25, 1879, Eldred r. 
 
 Lacey, 6 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept, 19, 1879, Lincoln S. Mg. 
 
 Co., 6 Copp's L. 0. 105. 
 
 MINERAL LAXDS Continued. 
 Adverse- claiifis : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 28. 1880, Smuggler 
 
 'Lode, 7 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 15, 1880, Stuart Mg. 
 
 Co., 7 Copp's L. O. 51. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 2*, 1880, Moonstone 
 
 Fraction Lode, 7 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 13, lr<60, Mammoth 
 
 Lode, 8 Wash. Law "Rep. 461. 
 Com'r G L. O., Oct. 21, li-.-O, Wildman Mine, 
 
 8 Wash. Law Rep. 699. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 2-5, 1860, Nevada Res- 
 
 ervoir Co. (unpublished). 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 30. !8cO, Morning Star 
 
 i Waurloo (unpublished). 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 12, 18cO, Morning Star 
 
 <3c Waterloo (unpublished). 
 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 17, 1877, Corning 
 
 Tunnel Co., 3 Copp's L. O. 19o. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 27, 1876, A. D. Wheeler, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. 102. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Au^r. 26, 1879, Argonaut 
 
 Mine, 6 Copp's L. O. 92. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Oct. 20, 1679, Headlight 
 
 Mine, 6 Copy's L. O. 122. 
 Agents a/id attorney/: 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 2, 1880, W. B. 
 
 Frue et al, 1 Copp's L. O. 20. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 20, 1873, R. & R. Iron- 
 
 ton, Mo., Copp's Mg. Dec. 222. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. y.i, Ie79, Argonaut 
 
 Mine, 6 Copp's L. O. 9;!. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 19, 1879, M. Blinn, 
 
 G. L. O. Rep. 1879, p. 143. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Oct. 2i>, 1879, Headlight 
 
 Mine. 6 Copp's L. 0. 12-'. 
 Agricultural claims vpun mineral lands: 
 Ah Yew T. Choate, 24 Cal. r,62. 
 Alford r. Barnurn, 45 CaL 482. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 12, 1872, circular, 
 
 Copp's' Mg. Dec. 77. 
 Secretary Interior, May 6, 1872, Kenna v. 
 
 Dillon, Copp's Mg. Dec. 93. 
 Secretary Inierior. J uly 10. if 72, C. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Min Claimants, Copp's Mg. Dec. 128. 
 Secretary Interior. Aug. 6. lt<7:i, Clark v. 
 
 Celles et al , Copp's Mg Dec. 130. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 14, 1672, Smith v. 
 
 Stewart, Copy's Mg. Dec. 13J. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan 3, Ia76, H. W. R. 
 
 Crouch, 2 Copp's L. O. 14G. 
 Secretary Interior. Feb. 5. 1676, Pulliam v. 
 
 Hunter. 2 Copp's L. O. 180. 
 Secretary Interior, March 21, 1676, Robert 
 
 Anderson, 3 ( opp'.s L O 2. 
 Secretary Interior March 23, 1876, Evans 
 
 v Rendall. 3 Copp's L O. 2. 
 Secretary Interior, April 5, 1677, Mull v. 
 
 Rolls <fc Ross, 4 Copp's L. O. 19. 
 Secretary Interior, June 21, 1677, Carron v. 
 
 Curtis, SC.py'sL.O 3. 
 Secretary Interior. F<-b. 16, 1878, Carron v. 
 
 Curtis, 5 Copp's L. O. 3. 
 Secretary Interior. March 4, 1879, Kemy v. 
 
 Srarr, 6 Coyy's L. O 4. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 22, 1879, Scrogin v. 
 
 Culver, 7 Copy's L. O. 23. 
 Secretary Interior, April 17. 1880, Xorth 
 
 Leadville i*. Searl, 7 Copp's L. O 36. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Nov. 14 1*72. T remain v. 
 
 Brydon, Copp's Mg. Dec. 14-. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 21. Ie71,circular, Copp's 
 
 Ma. Dec. 60. 
 Com'r G. L. O . Dec. 2. 1872, A. A. Sargent, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 150. 
 Com'r G. L. O-. March 12, 1873, J. P. Jones, 
 
 Copy's ML:. Dec. 163. 
 Com'r G. L.O.July 10, 1873. C. Madden, 
 
 Copy's Mir. Dec. 206. 
 Com'r G.L O.. Xov. 11, 1873, P. B. Sibley, 
 
 Coyy's Mg. Dec. 233. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Aug. 4, 1875, Mullan &. Hyde, 
 
 2 Coyy's L. O. 84. 
 Com'r G. L O., Feb. 18. 1875, Ewinga. Hart- 
 
 man. 1 Coyy's L. O. 180. 
 Com'r G. L O , June 21, 1876, H. F. Page, 3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXV11 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Continued. 
 
 Agricultural claims upon mineral lands : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 24, 1876, Carrun v. Cur- 
 tis, 3 Copp's L. 0. 130. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 23, 1876, Town of 
 
 Butte. Montana, 3 Copp's L. 0. 131. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 20, Io76, Smith & Clark, 
 
 4 Copp's L. 0. 102. 
 Com'r G. L. O., .March 21, 1877, C. & O. R. R. 
 
 Co., 4 Copp's L. 0. 2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 26, 1877, Bellows et 
 
 al , 4 Copp's L. 0. 17. 
 Coru'r G. -L. O., April 25, 1879, Chapman v. 
 
 Lanig, ti Copp's L. O. 91. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 6, 1879, C. H. Wyman, 
 
 6 Copp's L. O. 135. 
 Com'r G. L. O , April 22, 1880, circular, 7 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 36. 
 Applications : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 6, 1873, Santa Rita 
 
 del Cobre Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec. 191. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 2, 1875, Kempton 
 
 Mine, 1 Copp's L. 0. 178. 
 Secretary Interior, March 22, 1875, Four- 
 Twenty Co. v. Bullion Co., 2 Copp's L. 
 
 O. o. 
 Secretary Interior, June 29, 1875, Sapphire 
 
 v. Daney, G. L. O Rep. 1876, p. 78. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 3, 1877, Sacramento 
 
 v. Last'Cnauce, 3 Copp's L. O.. 196. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 21, 172, 1. G. Irwin, 
 
 Copp's .Mg. Dec. 145. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 18, 1873, W. Singer, 
 
 Copp's JJg. Dec. Ifj'J. 
 Conrr G. L. O., March 24, 1873, Gold Hill 
 
 Tunnel Co., Copp's Mg. Dec. 105. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 15, 1873, Santa Rita 
 
 del Cobie, Copp's Mg. Dec. 188. 
 Com'r G. L. O,, Jan. 22, 1873, R. & R., Le 
 
 Grand, Oreg., Copp's Mg. Dec. 157. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. ti, 174; R. & 11., Carson 
 
 City, Nov., Copp's Jdg. Dec. 340. 
 Com'r G. L,. O , duly 21, 1874, Pennsylvania 
 
 Mg. Co., 1 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 18, 1874, Hayden & 
 
 Gilchrist, 1 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 Com'r G L. O., Dec. 14, 1874, King of the 
 
 West Lode, 1 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Aug. 17, 1875, R, & R., 
 
 Helena, Mont , 2 Copp's L. O. t2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. J2, 1875, Lake Quick- 
 silver Mg. Co., 2 Copp's L. O. 130. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. x9, 1875, South Corn- 
 stock G. & S. Co., 2 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 29, 175, Yosemite 
 
 Mine, 3 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 Com'r G. L O., April 20, 1877, Surveyor- 
 General, Colorado, 4 Copp's L O. 35. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 20, Io79, Headlight 
 
 Mine, li Copp's L. O. 122. 
 Citizenship : 
 
 Ciaig v. Bradford, 3 AVheat. 594. 
 
 Govern eur's heirs v. Robertson, 11 Wheat. 
 
 33J. 
 
 Cross v. De Valle, 1 Wall. 1. 
 Overman v Baldwin, 6 Wall. 116. 
 Cowell v. Springs Co., 10 Otto, 55. 
 Phillips v. Moore, 10 Otto, 208. 
 5 Op. Alt. Gen. 551. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen. Aug. 6, 1875 (not published). 
 Chapman v. Toy Long, 4 Saw. C. C. 28. 
 Jackson v. Beech, Jouuson's Cases, 401. 
 Mitchell v. llargood, G Cal. 148. 
 Seci etary Interior, Jan. 2, 1875, Kempton 
 
 Mine, 1 Copp's L. O. 178. 
 Secretary Interior, April 1, 1875, Wander- 
 ing Boy Mine, 2 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Seci etary Interior, July 28, Ie75, Mono 
 
 Mg. Co., 2 Copp's L. O. 68. 
 Secretary Interior, July 29, 1876, John 
 
 Mooney, 3 Copp's L. O. 68 
 Seci etary Interior, July 26, 1879, New 
 
 Llria Co.. G. L. O. Rep. 1879, p. 157. 
 Com'r G. L. O. , Juno 7, 1871, Gunboat 
 
 Lode, Copp's Mg. Dec. 43. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Aug. 13, 1872, Billings 
 
 Lode, Copp's Mg. Dec. 134. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 17, 1874, Cash Lode, 1 
 
 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Continued. 
 Citizenship : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , Oct. 28, 1875, Dudley Chase, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. 114. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 24, 1876, J. B. Coates, 
 
 3 Copp's L. 0. 18. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 18, 1876, Lady Allen 
 
 Lode, 3 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 Co-owners : 
 
 The Four-Twenty Mg. Co. v. The Bullion 
 
 Co., 3 Saw. C. C. 634. * 
 
 Mallett -v. Uncle Sam Co., 1 Nev. 188. 
 Chase v. Savage Co., 2 Nev. 9. 
 Buclier v. Mulverhill, 1 Montana, 306. 
 Murley v, Enuis, 2 Cofo. 300. 
 Waring v. Crow, 11 Cal. 366. 
 Gore v. McBrayer, 18 Cal. 582. 
 Rowe v. Bacigalluppi, 21 Cal. 633. 
 Colernau v. Clements, 23 Cal. 245. 
 Hughes v. Devlin, 23 Cal. 501. 
 Wiseman v. McNulty, 25 Cal. 230. 
 Morton v. Solambo Co., 26 Cal. 527. 
 Dui yea v. Burt, 28 Cal. 5(i9. 
 Goller v. Fett, 30 Cal. 481. 
 Settembre v. Putnam, 30 Cal. 490. 
 Jones v. Clark, 42 Cal. 180. 
 Taylor v. Castle, 42 Cal. 367. 
 Decker v. Howell, 42 Cal. 636. 
 Strang v. Ryan, 46 Cal. 33. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 19, 1876, Minnie T. 
 
 & M. Co., 3 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 9, 1877, D. P. Whe- 
 
 dou, 4 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 21, 1877, B. H. Brooks, 
 
 5 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Coal Lands : 
 
 Stroud v. Railway Co., 4 Dillon, C. C. 396. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 11, 1873, Rocky Moun- 
 tain Coal Co., 1 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Coni'r G. L. O., March 23 1874, John Toa- 
 
 kum, 1 Copp's L. O. 3. 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 25, 1874, M. H. Dun- 
 
 ndl, 1 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 3, 1874, Hogden & 
 
 \V heeler, 1 Copp's L. O. 135. 
 Exclusion of minerals from grants to certain 
 
 States: 
 
 Cooper v. Roberts, 18 How. 173. 
 He^ denfeldt v. Mining Co., 3 Otto, 634. 
 Ivauhoe Mg. Co. v. Keystone Con. Mg. 
 
 Co., U. S. Sup. Ct., Oct. Term, 1880. 
 Boggs v. Merced Mining Co., 14 CaL ii79. 
 Burdge v. Smith, 14 Cal. 3cO. 
 Doraii v. Railroad Company, 24 Cal. 452. 
 Hijrgiiia v. Houghton, 23 Cal. 252. 
 McLaughliii v. Powell, 50 Cal. 64. 
 Wedekind v. Craig, Sup. Ct., Cal. 1880 (un- 
 published). 
 Secretary Interior, May 20, 1880, State Nev., 
 
 Copp'.s Mg. Dec. 31. 
 Secretary Interior, April 18, 1873, State 
 
 Cal., Keystone case. Coup's Mg. Dec. 105. 
 Seci etary Interior, April 30, 1&79, State 
 
 Colo., 7 Wash. Law Rep. (73. 
 Com'r (T. L. O., Nov. 3, 1874, State Cal., 
 
 1 Copp's L. O. 134. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 5, 1879, State Colo., 
 
 5 Copp's L. O. 178. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 18, 1879, State Colo., 
 
 6 Cop,/s L. O. 152. 
 
 Exception of mineral lands in certain States: 
 Com' i G. L. O., July 21, 1876, circular, 3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 132. 
 Expenditures : 
 
 Mt. Diablo Mg. Co. v. Callison, 5 Saw. C. C. 
 
 439. 
 
 Packer r. Heatou, 9 Cal. 568. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 27, 1872, R. M. 
 
 Douglas, Copp's Mg. Dec. 136. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 6, 1878, Sulphur 
 
 Mine, 5 Copp's L. O. 100. 
 Secretary Interior, March 4, 1879, Aiu. 
 
 Hill Case, 6 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Secretary Interior, June 2.5, 1879, DelNorte 
 
 Lode, 7 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Com'r G. L O., Oct 28, 1875, Dudley Chase, 
 
 2 Copp's L O. 1(4. 
 
 Cotn'r G. L. O., Jan. 16, 1878, John Hunter. 
 5 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 
XXV111 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS.' 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Continued. 
 Expenditures: 
 
 Cora'r G. L. O., Aug. 20, 1879, Am. Flag 
 
 Lode, G. L. O. Kep. 1879, p. 144. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Sept. 12, 1879, E. H. Sal- 
 
 tiel, G. L. O. Rep. 1879, p. 143. 
 Com'r G L. O., Oct. 20, 1879, Headlight 
 
 Lode. 6 Copp's L. O. 122. 
 Cum'r G. L. O., May 1, 18*0, H. N. Copp, 
 
 7 Copp's L. O. 20. 
 
 * Com'r G. L. O. Sept. 25, 1880, A. H. Hale, 
 
 8 Wash Law Rep. 63:2. 
 
 Weeks' Mg. Laws, 113, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121. 
 Exploration, occupation and purchase, how and 
 
 what subject to : 
 United States v. Parrott, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 
 271. 
 
 Chapman v. Toy Long, 4 Saw. C. C. 28. 
 Mt. Diablo Mg.' Co. v. Callison, 5 Saw. C. C. 
 
 439 
 
 Stroud T. Railway Co., 4 Dillon C. C. 396. 
 Hibschle v. Gildersleeve. U. S. Dist. Ct, 
 
 Colo., 1*80 (not reported). 
 14 Op. Att. Gen. 115. 
 Rogers r. Coouey, 7 Nev. 213. 
 Golden Fleece Co. v. Cable Mg. Co.. 12 
 
 N-v. 312. 
 
 Gold Hill Co. v. Ish, 5 Oreg. 104. 
 Stoakes v. Barrett, 5 Cal. 3<>. 
 Cnnser r. Weaver, G Cal. 548. 
 Weimer ?.. Lowry, 11 Cal. 104. 
 Boggs i Merced Mg. Co., 14 CaL 279. 
 Ilenshaw v. Clark, 14 Cal. 461. 
 Clark v. Duval, 15 Cal. 85. 
 Smith v. Doe, 15 Cal. 100. 
 Moore, v. Srnaw, 17 Cal. 199. 
 Leutz v Victor. 17 Cal. 272. 
 Fremont v. Seals, 18 Cal. 433. 
 Rupley v. Welch, 23 Cal. 4 -2. 
 Eusminger r. Mclntire, 23 Cal. 593. 
 Do: an v. Railway Co., 24 Cal. 245. 
 Richardson v. McNulty. 24 Cal. 339. 
 Gibson r. Pucbta, 33 Cal. 310. 
 . Levaioni v. Miller, 34 Cal. 231. 
 Laird v. Waterford, 50 Cal. 315. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 26, 1871, Copp's 
 
 Mg. Dec. 60. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 3, 1872, Copp's 
 
 Mi. Dec. 140. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 10, 1873, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 209. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 15, 1873, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 310. 
 ComT G. L. O., July 26, 1873, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 214. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 23, 1874. 1 Copp's L. O. 
 
 139 
 ComT G. L. O., June 28, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 
 
 66. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Nov. 13, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 
 
 179. 
 
 Com'r G. L O., Sept. 30, 1879. 
 Intersecting veins, rights of parties : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 24, 1873, Julia G. 
 
 &S M-r. Co.. Copp's Mg. Dec. 101. 
 Secretary Interior, July 21, 1879, Adelaide 
 
 v. Camp Bird, 6 Copp's L. O. 73. 
 Com'r G. L. O. May 27, 1H72, Julia G. & 
 
 S. Mg. Co , Copp's Mg. Dec. 96. 
 Com'r G. L. O ., Fob. 2.3, 1876, J. B. Bel- 
 ford, 2 Copp's L. O. 178. 
 
 Local rule*, regulations, customs, and laws ; ef- 
 fect of: 
 
 Sparrow v. Strong, 3 Wall. 97. 
 Chapman v. Toy Lons, 4 Saw. C. C. 28. 
 Territory v. Lee, 2 Montana, 124. 
 Hicks r. Bell, 3Ca'.2H). 
 Stoakes i. Barrett, 5 Cal. 3G. 
 Tartar v. Spring Creek Co., 5 Cal. 395. 
 Bridge v. Underwood, 6 Cal. 45. 
 Doran v. Railway Co.. 24 Cal. 245. 
 Morton v. Solambo Mg. Co., 26 Cal. 527. 
 Tunnel Co. v. Stranahan, 31 Cal. 387. 
 Titeomb v. Kirk, 51 Cal. 288. 
 Golden Fleece Co. v. The Cable Co., 12 
 
 Nev. 312. 
 
 Harvey r. Bryan. 42 Cal. 626. 
 Com'r'G. L. O., Aug. 25, 1871, E.J. Masters, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 59. 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Continued. 
 
 Locations , extent, shape, and course of : 
 
 Flagstaff Silver Mg. Co. i. Tarbet, 8 Otto, 
 
 '463. 
 
 The Eureka Case, 4 Saw. C. C. 302. 
 Mt. Diablo Mg. Co. v. CaUison, 5 Saw. C. 
 
 C. 439. 
 
 Mallett r. Uncle Sam Co., 1 Nev. 188. 
 Foot v. National M^. Co., 2 Montana, 402. 
 Prosser r. Parks, 18 Cal. 47. 
 Tunnel Co. r. Stranahan, 31 Cal. 387. 
 Correa v. Frietas, 42 Cal. 339. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 26, 1874, Silver Ore 
 
 Lode, 1 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 4, 1871, New Idria 
 
 Mg. Co.. Copp's Mg. Dec. 57. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Sept. 22, 1*70. San Augus- 
 tine Mg. Co., Copp's Mg. Dec. 32. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 19, 1873, A. B. Beau- 
 
 vais, Copp's Mg. Dec. 1. 4. 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 1, 1873, War Eaglo 
 
 Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec. 195. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. May 20, 1873, R. O. Old, 
 
 Copp's Mg Dec, 201. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 17, 1873, Hoyt Bros., 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 207. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 10, 1873, San Xavier 
 
 Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec. 209. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 18, 1873, T. A. Shaw, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 235. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 11, 1875, Surv.-Gen. 
 
 Montana. 1 Copp's L. 0. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Dec 29, 1875, South Corn- 
 stock Co., 2 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Aug 28, 1876, Philadelphia 
 
 Lode, 3 Copp's L. O. 82. 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 4, 1880, Surv.-Gen. Colo. 
 
 7 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 Location , record and evidence, of: 
 Campbell v. Raukiu, 9 Otto, 261. 
 Kinney v. Con. Ya. Mg. Co., 4 Saw. C. C. 
 
 382. 
 Hibscble v. Gildersleeve, U. S. Dist. Ct., 
 
 Colo., 1880 (unpublished). 
 Mallett v. Undo Sam Co., 1 Nev. 108. 
 Yan Valkenburgh r. Huff. 1 Nev. 142. 
 Rogers v. Cooney, 7 Nev. 213. 
 Phillpotts v. Blasdell, 8 Nev. 61. 
 Weill v. Lucerne Co., 11 Nev. 200. 
 Golden Fleece Co. v. Cable Mg. Co., 12 
 
 Nev. 312. 
 
 Gleason r. Martin White Co., 13 Nev. 442. 
 Roberts v. Wilson, 1 Utah, 292. 
 Connor v. McPhee, 1 Montana, 73. 
 King v. Edwards, 1 Montana, -235. 
 Moxon v. Wilkinson, 2 Montana, 421. 
 Muriey v Ennis, 2 Colo. 300. 
 Sullivan v. Hense, 2 Colo. 4-J4. 
 Patterson v. Hitchcock. 3 Colo. 533. 
 Wolfley v. Lebanon Co., 4 Colo. 112. 
 Sears v. Taylor, 4 Colo. 38. 
 Live Yankee Co. r. Oregon Co., 7 Cal. 41. 
 Water Co. v. Mooney, 12 Cal. 534. 
 Pennsylvania Mg. Co. v. Owens, 15 CaL 
 
 135. 
 
 Lombards . Ferguson, 15 Cal. 372. 
 Roach v. Gray, 16 Cal. 383. 
 Attwood v. Fricot, 17 Cal. 38. 
 English v. Johnson, 17 Cal. 108. 
 Prosser v. Parks, 18 Cal. 47. 
 Gore v. McBrayer, 18 Cal. 582. 
 Downing v. Rankin, 19 Cal. 641. 
 Tunnel Co. v. Stranahan, 20 Cal. 198. 
 Kelley v. Taylor, 23 Cal. 11. 
 Coleman v. Clements, 23 Cal. 245. 
 Maye v. Tappin, 23 Cal. 306. 
 Draper v. Douglas, 23 Cal. 347. 
 Morton r. Solambo Mg. Co., 26 Cal. 527. 
 Hess v. Winder, 30 Cal. 349. 
 Tunnel Co. r. Strauahan, 31 Cal. 387. 
 King v. Randlett, 33 Cal. 318. 
 Pralus r. Jefferson Mg. Co., 34 Cal. 5S9. 
 Pralus v. Pacific Mg. Co., 35 Cal. 30. 
 Bradley v. Lee, 38 Cal. 362. 
 Harvey v. Ryan. 42 Cal. 626. 
 Strang v. Ryan, 46 Cal. 33. 
 Titcomb v. Kirk, 51 Cal. >-. 
 Holland v. M. A. G. Mg. Co., 53 Cal. 149. 
 Gelcich v. Moriarity, 53 Cal. 217. 
 

 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXIX 
 
 MINERAL LA^VS-Continved. 
 Location , record and evidence of: 
 
 Phoenix Co. v. Lawrence, Sup. Ct., Cal., 
 I8c>0 (unpublished). 
 
 Myers v. Spooner, Sup. Ct., Cal., 1880 (un- 
 published). 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 1, 1875, 2 Copp's 
 L. O. 2. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 16, 1873, Copp's Mg. 
 Dec. 200. 
 
 Com'r G L. O., Aug. 28, 1876, 3 Copp's L. 
 0.82. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 13, 1876, 3 Copp's L. 
 O. 50. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 20, 1876, 6 Copp's L. O. 
 122. 
 
 Com'r G. L O , Sept. 25, 1880, A. H. Hale, 
 
 H Wash. Law Rep. 652. 
 Mill Sites: 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 20, 1876, Newark 
 Mill and Mg. Co., 3 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 11, 1872, Golconda 
 Mill Site, Copp's Mg. Dec. 147. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 16, 1873, Surv.-Gen. 
 New Mexico. Copp's Mg. Dec. 193. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 20, 1873, R O. Old, 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 201. 
 
 Coni'r G. L. O., March 10, 1874, Surv.-Geu. 
 Colo., 1 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 21, 1875, E. T. George, 
 2 Copp's L. O. 114. 
 
 Com'r G. L O., Sept. 24, 1879 (unpublished). 
 Notice : 
 
 Wolfley v. Lebanon Mg. Co., 4 Colo. 112. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 5, 1871, Flagstaff 
 Lode, Copp's Mg. Dec. 70. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 21, 1873, Eureka 
 v. Jenny Lind, Copp's Mg Dec. 169. 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 30, 1874, Bell- 
 wether Lode, 1 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 2, 1875, Kempton 
 Mine, 1 Copp's L. O. 178. 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 1, 1875, Prince of 
 "Wales Lode et al., 2 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 1, Ifc76, Omaha 
 Lode, 3 Copp's L. O. 163. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 26, 1876, King of 
 the West Lode, 3 Copp's L. O. 162. 
 
 Com'r G. L.O,Nov. 12, 1873, Secret Canon 
 Lode, Copp's Mg. Dec. 234. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., July 21, 1874, Pennsylvania 
 Mine, 1 Copp's L. O. 66 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 12, 1875, Lake Quick- 
 silver Mg. Co., 2 Copp's L. O. 130. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 7, 187o, 11. & R, Cen- 
 tral City, Colo., 2 Copp's L. O. 180. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 29, 1876, C. W. Can- 
 non et al., 3 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , Jan. 4, 1877, K. & R., Fair- 
 play, Colo. 3 Copp's L. O. 196. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 26, 1879, Argonaut 
 Mine, 6 Copp's L. O. 92. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 29, 1879. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 30, 1880. 
 Partnerships : 
 
 Bucher v. Mulverhill, 1 Montana, 306. 
 
 Hughes v. Devlin, 23 Cal. 501. 
 
 Chase v. The Savage Silver Mg. Co., 2 
 
 Nev. 9. 
 Patents : 
 
 Flagstaff S. Mg. Co. v. Tarbet, 8 Otto, 436. 
 
 The Eureka Case, 4 Saw. C. C. 302. 
 
 Wollley v. Lebanon Mg. Co., 4 Colo. 112. 
 
 St. Louis Uo. v. Kemp, U. S. Cir. Ct., 
 Colo.. 1879 (unpublished). 
 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 14, 1873, Wyoming 
 Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec. 152. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 2, 1875, Kempton 
 Mine, 1 Copp's L. 0. 178. 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 22 1875, Four- 
 Twenty Co. v. Bullion Co., 2 Copp's L. O.5. 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 1, 1875, Prince of 
 Wales Lode et al., 2 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 
 Secretary Interior, July 29, 1875, H. F. 
 Page, 2 Copp's L. O. 82. 
 
 Secretary Interior, July 21, 1879, Camp 
 Bird Mine, 6 Copp's L. O. 73. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 21, 18fc9, G. W. War- 
 ren, Copp's Mg. Dec. 18. 
 
 MINERAL LANDS -Continued. 
 Patents ; 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 22, 1869, Idaho Co., 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 21. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 18, 1870, Cascade S. 
 
 Mg. Co., Copn's Mg. Dec. 30. 
 Com'r G. L. O.,~Jan. 2, 1872, J. N. Whiting, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 76. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 27, 1872, Kansas Lode, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 79. 
 ConiT G. L. O., April 4, 1872, Chicago & 
 
 Clear Creek Co., Copp's Mg. Dec. 85. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 5, 1872, Chicago & 
 
 Clear Creek Co., Copp's Ms. Dec. 88. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 2, 1672, Vespasian 
 
 Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec. 146. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 8, 1873, A. Sutro, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec 162. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 26, 1873, Hoyt, Sears, 
 
 & McKee, Copp's Mg. Dec. 213. 
 Coih'r G. L. O., Oct. 23, 1873, C. P. R. R. Co., 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 227. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 14, 1874, Dutch Flat 
 
 Placer, 1 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 22, 1875, Harkness 
 
 Placer, 2 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 26, 1875, Enuater Lode, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. 114. 
 
 Com'r. G. L. O., Dec. 29, 1875, South Corn- 
 stock Co. 2 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Cbm'r. G. L. O., Feb. 25, 1876, J. B. Belford, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. 178. - 
 Com'r. G. L. O., Jan. 15, 1880, Tilden Lode, 
 
 6 Copp's L. O. 171. 
 Payment : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 30, 1873. R. & R., Fair- 
 play, Colo., Copp's Mg. Dec. 157. 
 Placers,- riqht of possession and purchase of: 
 
 Chapman v. Toy Long, 4 Saw. C. C. 28. 
 
 Moxon v. Wilkinson, 2 Montana, 421. 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 4, 1879, Kemp v. 
 Starr, 6 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O.. Feb. 12, 1872, T. N. Stod- 
 dard, Copp's Mg. Dec. 78. 
 
 Conj'r G. L. O., April 18, 1873, R. & R., Los 
 Angeles, Cal., Copp's Mg. Dec. 194. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 25, 1874, R. B. Patton, 
 
 1 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 Area of placers locataUe Joint entries : 
 
 St. Louis S. & M. Co. v. Kemp et al., TT. S. 
 Cir. Ct,, Colo., 1879 (unpublished). 
 
 Campbell v. Adams, U. S. Dist. Ct., Colo., 
 Ib80 (unpublished). 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 1, 1871, A. A. Sar- 
 gent, Copp's Mg. Dec. 40. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., Jan. 2-2. 1873, R. & R.,Le 
 Grand. Oreg., Copp's Mg. Dec. 157. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 10, 1873, R. &R., Fair- 
 play, Colo., Copp's Ms. Dec. 211. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 23, 173. R. & R., Sacra- 
 mento, Cal., Copp's Mg. Dec. 229. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 20, 1873, R. &R., Fair- 
 play, Colo., Copp's Mg. Dec. 235. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 21, 1874, H. F. Page, 
 1 Copp's L. O. 134. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 21, 1879, Smith Bros., 
 
 G. L. O. Rep. 1879, p. 143. 
 
 Conformity of placers to surveys, and limitation 
 of area : 
 
 St. Louis S. & M. Co. v. Kemp, et al., U. S. 
 Cir. Ct,, Colo., 1880 (unpublished). 
 
 Campbell v. Adams, U. S. Dist. Ct., Colo., 
 1H80 (unpublished). 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 19, 1873, Surv.-Gen. 
 
 Montana, Copp's Mg. Dec. 200. 
 Possession of placer sunder statute of 'limitations; 
 effect of : 
 
 Four-Twenty Mg. Co. v. The Bullion Co., 3 
 Saw.C. C/634.' 
 
 Davis ?;. Clark, 2 Montana, 310. 
 
 Maine Boys Co.v. The Boston Co., 37 Cal. 40. 
 Proceedings for patents on placers, and inclwion 
 of lodes : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Aug. 12, 1873, R. & R., Hel- 
 ena, Montana, Copp's Mg. Dec. 222. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., Oct. 17, 1873, R. &R., Sacra- 
 mento, Cal , Copp's Mg. Dec. 226. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O.. Sept, 18, 1880, Olathe Placer, 
 
 7 Copp's L. O. 100. 
 
XXX 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Confined. 
 
 Proceedings an patents for placers, and inclusion 
 of lodes : 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., Sept. 30, 1880, Hillside Plac- 
 er (not reported). 
 
 Com'r G L. O., Oct. 1, 1880, Hillside Placer 
 
 (not reported). 
 Possession,- rights of, and enjoyment by locators: 
 
 Sparrow r. Strong, 3 Wall. 07. 
 
 Heydenfeldt v. Mining Co., 3 Otto, 634. 
 
 Forbes v. Gracey, 4 Otto, 762. 
 
 Jeuuison v. Kirk, 8 Otto, 453. 
 
 Flagstaff S. Mg. Co. v. Tarbet, 8 Otto, 463. 
 
 iour-Twenty Mining Co. v. The Bullion 
 Co., 3 Saw" C. C. <)34. 
 
 The Eureka Case, 4 Saw. C. C. 302. 
 
 Chapman r. Toy Long, 4 Saw. C. C. 28. 
 
 Kinney v. Con. Va. Mg. Co , 4 Saw. C. C. 382. 
 
 Mt. Diablo Mg. Co. v. Callison, 5 Saw. C. C. 
 439. 
 
 Hibschle v. Gildersleeve, TJ. S.Dist. Ct., 
 Colo., 1880 (unpublished). 
 
 Hale & Xorcross r. Storey Co., 1 Xev. 104. 
 
 People v. Logan, 1 Xev. 109. 
 
 Leet v. John Dare Mg. Co., 6 Xev. 218. 
 
 OvemianCo. v. American Mg.Co.,7Xev.312. 
 
 Golden Fleece Co. v. Cable Co., 12 Xev. 312. 
 
 Robertson r. Smith, 1 Montana, 412. 
 
 Atkins v. Heudree, L Idaho. 107. 
 
 Gold Hill Mg. Co. r. Ish, 5 Oreg. 104. 
 
 Patterson v. Hitchcock, 3 Colo. 533. 
 
 Woliley P. Lebanon Mg. Jo . 4 Colo. 112. 
 
 Fitzgerald v. Urron, 5 Cal. 308. 
 
 Bridge v. Underwood, 6 Cal. 215. 
 
 Sims v. Sims, 7 Cal. 149. 
 
 Merced Mg. Co. v. Fremont, 7 Cal. 317. 
 
 O'Keiff v. Cuniiingtiani, 9 Cal. 5e9. 
 
 Men itt v. Judd, 14 Cal. 60. 
 
 Boggs r. Merced Mining Co., 14 Cal. 279. 
 
 Henshaw r. Clark, 14 Cal. 461. 
 
 Clark --. Duval, 15 Cal. 85. 
 
 Smith v. Doe, 15 Cal. 100. 
 
 Pennsylvania Mi'. Co. v. Owens, 15 Cal. 135. 
 
 Esmond v. Chew. 15 Cal. 137. 
 
 Brown r. 'Forty-nine &. 'Fifty-six Co., 15 
 Cal. 152. 
 
 Gillaii v. Hntchinson, 16 Cat. 154. 
 
 Coryell r. Cain, 1C Cal. 567. 
 
 A tt wo: id >: Frirot, 17 Cal. 38. 
 
 English /-..Johnson. 17 Cal. 108. 
 
 Gore r. Me ura.ver, Irf Cal. >2. 
 
 Rogers -. Soggs, 22 Cal. 444. 
 
 llughes v. Devlin, 23 Cal. 501. 
 
 Ensminger v. Mclntire, 23 Cal. 593. 
 
 Derail v. Railway Co., 24 Cal. 245. 
 
 Richardson >: MeXulty,24 Cal. 339. 
 
 Hess v. Winder, 30 Cai. 34!. 
 
 Tunnel Co. v. Stranaban, 31 Cal. 387. 
 
 Gibson v. Puchta, 33 Cal. 310. 
 
 Levaroni v. Miller, 34 Cal. 231. 
 
 Plains r. Jeu'erson Mg. Co , 34 Cal. 559. 
 
 Pralus r. Pacific Mir. Co., 35 Cal. 30. 
 
 Clark r. Willett, 35'Cal. 535. 
 
 Maine Boys Co v. Boston Co., 37 Cal. 40. 
 
 Bradley v. Lee, 33 Cal. 362. 
 
 Correa v. Frie-tas, 42 Cal. 339. 
 
 Laird v. Watei ford, 50 Cal. 315. 
 
 Titcomb ?; Quirk, 51 Cal. 288. 
 
 Phoenix Co. v. Lawrence, Sup. Ct., Cal., 1880 
 (unpublished.) 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 26, 1878, Am. Hill 
 Mine, 5 Copp's L. O. 114. 
 
 Com'r G. L ()., May 4, 18^0, Snrv.-Gen. Col- 
 orado, 7 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 Relocations: 
 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 6, 1873, Santa Rita 
 del Cobre Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec. 191. 
 
 Secretai v Interior May 2-J, ls-78. Empire G. 
 & S. M'g. Co., 5 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 
 Secretary Interior June 9, 1878, Omaha 
 Soda Mine. 5 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , April 15, 1873, Santa Rita 
 del Cobre Mine, Copp's Mg. Dec 191. 
 
 Coni'r G. L. O., Sept. 25, 1873 .11. & R , Cen- 
 tral City. Colo., Copp's M<r. Dec. 225. 
 
 Com'r G.'L. O., Apiil 21, lt<76, Hazen Che- 
 ney, 3 Copp's L. O. 37. 
 
 Com' r G. L. O , Dec. 13, 178, Peerless Lode, i 
 5 Copp's L. O. 162. 
 
 MINERAL LANDS- Omtimted. 
 Protestants, or amid curice : 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 30, 1874, Bell- 
 wetbef Lode, 1 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 24, 1876, Boston 
 Q , Mine. 4 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 
 Secretary Interior. Feb. 17, 1877, Mt. Pleas- 
 ant Mine, 3 Copp's L. O. 194. 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 10. 1877, Cerro 
 Bonito Q. Mine, 4 Copp's L. O. 3. 
 
 Secretary Interior, July 21, Id79, Camp Bird 
 Mine, 6 Copp'.s L. O. 73. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 17, i874, Seven-Thirty 
 Lode, 1 Copp's L. O 82. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 8, 1875, Searl Lode, 2 
 
 Copp's L. O. 115. 
 Purchase, rigid of: 
 
 The Four-Twenty Mining Co. v. The Bul- 
 lion Co., 3 Saw. C. C. 634. 
 
 Chapman v. Toy Long, 4 Saw. C. C. 28. 
 
 Titcomb v. Kirk, 51 Cal. 288. 
 Surveys : 
 
 Secretary Interior. May 22, 1878, Empire G. 
 & S. Co., 5 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 6, 1878, Sulphur 
 Mine, 5 Copp's L. O 100. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 2, 18HO, Orient, Oc- 
 cident at al, 8 Wash. Law Rep. 540. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 16, 1880, Big Flat 
 Gravel Mg Co. (unpublished). 
 
 Secretary of Interior, Oct. 26, 1880, Beatrice 
 and Monitor Lodes (unpublished). 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.. April 17, 1873, Josiah Dartt, 
 Copp's Mg. Dec, 193. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 11, 1873, Surv.-Gen, 
 Nevada, Copp's Mg. Dec. 2:23. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.. April 6, 1874, Segregated 
 Belcher Co., Copp's Mg. Dec. 340. 
 
 Com'rG. L. O., Xov. f\ 1^74, Surv.-Gen. Col- 
 orado, 1 Copp's L. O. 133. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Apiil 24, 1876, Live Oak 
 Quartz Mine. 3 Copp s L. O. 1. 
 
 Com'r G. L. (.).. Aug. 2*, IcTG, Philadelphia 
 Lode. 3 Copp's L. ( ). >2. 
 
 Com'r G. L O., April 10, 1877, Bright Point 
 et al. Lodes, 5 Copp's L. O. 51. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Xov. 30, 1877, J. H. Russell 
 Lode, 5 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , Oct. 20. 1879, Headlight 
 Mine, 6 Copp's L. O. 122. 
 
 Com'r G. L.O., May 4, 1880, Surv. Gen. Col- 
 orado, 7 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 17, 1880, Orient, Occi- 
 dent, et al., 1 Copp's L. O. 51. 
 Surveyors, dei)ut>j; limit of /uri.idlction of: 
 
 Com'rG. L. O.. Aug. (i, i.-7-J, W. M. Seawell, 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 131. 
 
 Cora'r G. L. O., Xov. 20, 1873, circular, 
 
 Copp's 4tg. Dec. 319. 
 Sutro. A.,- saving rights of: 
 
 Secretary Interior Aug. 30, 1878, Sutro v. 
 Occidental Co., 5 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 8, 1873, A. Sutro, 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 162. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O . March 29, 1873, R. & R., 
 Carson City, Xev., Copp's Mg. Dec. 179. 
 
 Com'r G. L. ()., May 27, 1876, Sutro Tunnel 
 
 Co., 3 Copp's L. 6. 34. 
 Reservation of, from sale : 
 
 United States v. Gratiot, 14 Pet, 526. 
 
 United States v. Gear, 3 How. 120. 
 
 Cooper v. Roberts, 18 How. 73. 
 
 Secretary c. MoGarraban, 'i Wnll 298. 
 
 Morton p. Nebraska, 21 Wall. 660. 
 
 Heydenfeldt v. Mining Co.. 3 Otto, 634. 
 
 United States w.I'arrott, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 272. 
 
 United States v. Gratiot, 1 McLean, C. C. 
 454. 
 
 Indiana r. Miller, 3 McLean, C. C. 151. 
 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 277 : 5 id. 247 ; 7 id. 636; 10 
 id. 184. 
 
 Heydenfeldt v. Mining Co., 10 Nev. 290. 
 
 Gold Hill Co. v. Ish, 5 Oreg. 104. 
 
 Hicks r. Bell, 3 Cal. 2 19. 
 
 Stoakes c. Barrett, 5 Cal. 36. 
 
 People r. Folsom, 5 Cal. 373. 
 
 Conger v. Weaver, 6 Cal. 54;?. 
 
 Nims v. Johnson, 7 Cal. 111. 
 
CITATION OP DECISIONS. 
 
 XXXI 
 
 MINERAL LANDS Continued. 
 Ite&erratwn oj, Jrom sale : 
 
 Bogg a v. Merced Mg. Co., 14 Cal. 279. 
 
 Burilgo v. Smith, 14 Cul. :i80. 
 
 Moore v Srnaw, 17 Cal. 199. 
 
 Lentz v. Victor, 17 Cal. 272. 
 
 F eniont v. Seals, 18 Cal. 433. 
 
 Rupley v. Welch, 23 Cal. 452. 
 
 DoiW i). Railway Co., 24 Cal. 245. 
 
 Ah Yew v. Choate, 24 Cal. 5b2. 
 
 Alford v. Barnuni, 45 Cal. 4,-2. 
 
 McLangbliij v. Powell, 50 Cat. G4. 
 
 Secielary Interior, March 4, 1879, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 4.' 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 22, 1879, 7 Copp's 
 
 L 0.23. 
 Coni'r G. L. O., July 29, 1875, 2 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 82. 
 Coni'r G. L. O., Sept. 30, 1879, 7 Copp's L. 
 
 0.4. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 11, 1872, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 304. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 28, 1880. 
 Tailings : 
 
 Logan v. Driscoll, 19 Cal. 623. 
 Lincoln v. Rodgers, 1 Montana, 217. 
 Nelson v. O'Xcal, 1 Montana, 284. 
 Gregory v. Harris, 4 } Cal. 38. 
 Stone v. Bumpus, 46 Cal. 218. 
 Rogers v. Cooney, 7 .Nov. ~13. 
 Taxation, liability to : 
 
 Forbes v. Gracey, 4 Otto. 762. 
 Hale & Noreross v. Storey Co., 1 Nev. 104. 
 People v. Logan, 1 Nov. 109. 
 St ite v. Moore, 12 Cal. 56. 
 Transfers : 
 
 Mining Co. v. Taylor, 10 Otto, 37. 
 Kinnev v. Con. Va. Mg. Co., 4 Saw. C. C. 382. 
 PMllpotts v. Blasdell, 8 Nev. 61. 
 Weill v. Lucerne Co. 11 Nev. 200. 
 Sullivan v. Hense, 2 Colo. 424. 
 McCairon v. O'Connell.7 Cal. 152. 
 Clark v. McElroy, 11 Cal. 154. 
 Attwood v. Fricot, 17 Cal. 38 
 Gore v. McBraver, 1* Cal. .582. 
 Tunnel Co. v. Stranahau, 20 Cal. 198. 
 Gatewood v. McLanghlin, 23 Cal. 178. 
 Antonie Co. v. Ridge^Co., 23 Cal. 219. 
 Diaper v. Douglas, 23 Cal. 347. 
 Patterson v. Kov stone Co.. 23 Cal. 575. 
 Richardson v. McNulty, 24 Cal. 339. 
 Cary v. Campbell. 24, Cal. 034. 
 Copper Hill Mg. Co. v. Spencer, 25 Cal. 18. 
 St. John v. Kidd, 26. Cal. 264. 
 Duryea v. Burt, 28 Cal. 569. 
 Hessy. Winder, 30 Cal. 349. 
 Patterson v. Keystone Mg. Co., 30 Cal. 360. 
 Goller v. Fett, 30 Cal. 4-1. 
 Settembre v. Putnam. 30 Cal. 490. 
 King v. Randlett, 33 Cal. 318. 
 Hardeuburgh v. Bacon,33 Cal. 356. 
 BJodgett v. Potosi Mir. Co., 34 Cal. 227. 
 Felger v. Coward, 35 Cal. 650. 
 Myers v. Farquharson, 46 Cal. 190. 
 Tunnclft, rights of owners to : 
 
 Tunnel Co. v. Pell, 4 Colo. 507. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sept. 20, 1872, J. B. Chaffee, 
 
 Copp's Aig. Dec. 144. 
 Com'r G L O., April 15, 1873, G. P. Idrie, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 193. 
 Com'r G. L.' O., Aug. 1, 1873, L. S. David, 
 
 Copp's Mg. Dec. 215. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 3, 1876, Corning Tun- 
 
 iiel Co.. 3 Copp's L. 0. 130 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 31,1877, Surv.-Gen. Col- 
 orado. 4 Copp's L. 0. 10-2. 
 Com'r G. L. O ., Oct. 12, 1W78, David Hunter, 
 
 5 Copp's L. 0. 130. 
 MISSISSIPPI RIVLR- 
 
 Schurmeir v. St. P. &P. R. R. Co., 7 Wall. 
 
 272. 
 United States*. M. & St. P. R R., 5 Bissell, 
 
 C. C. 410. 
 
 The Clinton Bridge, 1 Woolw. C. C. 150. 
 Northern Union Packet Co. v. Atlee, 2 Dil- 
 lon, C. C. 479. 
 
 Depcw v Board of Trustees. 5 Ind. 8. 
 Neaderhouscr v. The State, 23 Ind. 257. 
 Middleton v. Britchard, 4 Ills. 510. 
 
 MISSISS1 PPI RIVER Continued. 
 
 The People v. St. Louis, 10 Ills. 351. 
 Loviugton v. Co. of St. Clair, 64 Ills. 56. 
 Honck v. Yules, 82 Ills. Ib9. 
 Moore v. Sauborne, 2 Mich. 520. 
 Castuer v. The Steamboat, 1 Minn. 73. 
 Schurmeir v. St. P. & P. R. R. Co., 10 Minn. 
 
 82. 
 
 Rifle v. C. D. & M. R. R. Co., 23 Minn. 18. 
 Biis'mie v. St. P. & P. R. R. Co., 23 Minn. 
 
 U4. 
 
 MoManus v. Carmichael, 3 Iowa, 11. 
 Haight v. City of Keokuk, 4 Iowa, 405. 
 Bo\ in on v. Miller, 22 Iowa. 579. 
 Tonilin v. Dubuque and B. & M. R. R. R. 
 
 Cos., 32 Iowa, 106. 
 
 DeArmas v. Mayor New Orleans, 5 La. 132. 
 Boy km v. Shaffer, 13 La. Ann. 129. 
 MISSOURI RIVER 
 
 BL-IISOU v. Marrow, 61 Mo. 345. 
 Holbrook v. Moore, 4 Neb. 437. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Taylor et al., Nov. 5, 
 
 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 155. 
 MOBILE, TOWN OF 
 
 Pollard's heirs v. Kibbe, 14 Pet. 353. 
 
 Mobile v. Eslava, 16 Pet. 234. 
 
 Mobile v. Hallett, 16 Pet. 261. 
 
 Pollard v. Files, 2 How. 591. 
 
 Lewis . Goquette, 3 Stew. & Port. (Ala.) 61. 
 
 Mobile v. Esiava, 9 Port. (Ala.) 577. 
 
 Mayor of Mobile v. Farmer's heirs, 6 Ala. 
 
 738. 
 
 Baker v. Heirs of Chastang, 18 Ala, 417. 
 Cooi'r G. L O., instructions, March 10, 1831, 
 
 2 L. I. & 0. 550. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 1, 1835, 
 
 2 L. I. <fc O. 757. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 27, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 841. 
 
 NAVIGABLE AND NON-NAVIGABLE RIV- 
 ERS, LAKES, SHORES, AND WA- 
 TiOR-COURSES 
 Rights of titat.es over navigable waters, and the 
 
 noil thereunder: 
 
 Munin v. Waddell, 16 Pet, 367. 
 Pollai d's lessee v. Hagan, 3 How. 212. 
 Gooutitle v. Kibbe, <) How. 471. 
 Hall^tt v. Beebe, 13 How. 25. 
 Withers v. Buckley, 20 How. 85. 
 The Daniel Call, 10 Wall. 557. 
 The Montello, 11 Wall. 411. 
 The Montello, 20 Wall. 4:-0. 
 Spooner v. McConnell, 1 McLean, C. C. 337. 
 Palmer v. Com'rs of Cuyahoga Co., 3 Mc- 
 Lean, C. C. 226. 
 Woodman v. Kilbourn Mfg. Co., 1 Bissel, 
 
 C. C. 546. 
 
 Grilling v. Gibb, 1 McAllister, C. C. 212. 
 Woodman v. Kilburn Mfg. Co., 1 Abbott 
 
 (U. S.) 158. 
 
 Cox v. Tho State, 3 Blackf. (Ind.) 8. 
 Williams v. Bradley, 2 Ind. 591. 
 Depew v. Board of Trustees. &c., 5 Ind. 8. 
 Board of Com'rs v. Pidge, 5 Ind. 13. 
 Neadeihouser v. The State, 28 Ind. 257. 
 The People ?;. St. Louis, 10 Ills. 351. 
 Illinois River Packet Co. v. Peoria, &c.,38 
 
 Ills. 467. 
 
 Chicaso v. McGinn, 50 Ills. 266. 
 Hou"k v. Yates, 82 Ills. 179. 
 People v. Tyler, 7 Mich. 160. 
 Bay Harbor Co. v. Council, &c., Walker's 
 
 Chan. Rep. (Mich.) 155. 
 Jones v. Pettibono, 2 AVis. 308. 
 WK Imp. Co. v. Mousou, 43 Wis. 255. 
 United States v. Fanning, Morris (Iowa), 
 
 348. 
 
 Boy kin v. Shaffer, 13 La. Ann. 129. 
 Cii'y of Mobile v. Eslava, 9 Port. (Ala.) 577. 
 Pollard's heirs ?;. Files, 3 Ala. 47. 
 Pollard's heirs v. Greit et al., 8 Ala. 930, 
 Kennedy v. Beebe et al, 8 Ala. 909. 
 Hiuman v Warren, 6 Oreg. 408. 
 Eldred v. Cowell, 4 Cal. 80. 
 Guy v. Hermann, 5 Cal. 73. 
 Teschemacher v. Thompson, 18 Cal. 11. 
 Fai ish v. Coon, 40 Cal. 33. 
 Com'r G. L. O , ex parte Bradley, Feb. 20, 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 763. 
 
XXX11 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 NAVIGABLE AND NOX-XAVIGABLE RIV- 
 
 EliS. LAKES. SHORES, AND WA- 
 
 TEE-COURSES Continued. 
 Right* of States ocer navigable waters, and the 
 
 soil thereunder : 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Taylor et al, Xov. 
 
 5, 167-1, 1 Copp's L. O. 155. 
 Sights of adjoining proprietors : 
 
 Bowmau v. Watheu, 2 McLean, C. C. 376. 
 L igh v. Holt, i Bissell, C. C. 338. 
 Forsyth r. Small, 7 Biasell, C. C. 201. 
 A very v. Fox, 1 Abbott. (U. S.) 246. 
 Gavit f. Chambers, 3 Ohio, 4fi6. 
 Walker v. Board of Public Works, 16 Ohio, 
 
 540. 
 
 Hubbard v. City of Toledo, 21 Ohio St. 379. 
 Baiubiidge r. Sbillock, 29 Ind. 3U4. 
 Baiubridge v. Shillock, 41 Ind. 35. 
 Middleton r. Pritchard, 4 Ills. 5LO. 
 The People v. St. Louis, 10 Ills. 351. 
 Hubbard r. Bell, 54 Ills. 110. 
 Lovingtoa r. Co. of St. Glair, 64 His. 56. 
 Baxou v. Bressler, 64 Ills. 588. 
 Ryan r. Brown, 18 Mich. 1U6. 
 Watson i\ Peters, 26 Mich. 508. 
 Att'v-Gen'l v. Evart Booming Co., 34 
 
 Mich. W2. 
 
 Joues c. Pettibone, 2 Wis. 308. 
 Wright ,-. T ay. 33 Wis. 260. 
 Oleson v. Merrill, 42 Wis. 203. 
 Deleplaiue f. C. <fc X. W. R. R. Co., 42 Wis. 
 
 214. 
 Diedrich v. C. &. X. W. R. R. Co., 42 Wis. 
 
 M& 
 Stevens' Point Boom Co. v. Reilley, 44 Wis. 
 
 21*5. 
 Stevens' Point Boom Co. v. Reilley, 46 Wis. 
 
 237. 
 
 McManus r. Carmichael, 3 Iowa, 11. 
 Musser v. Hershey, 42 Iowa, 356. 
 Holsteiu r. Henderson, 12 Martin (La.) 319. 
 Benson r. Morrow, Gl Mo. 345. 
 Dana r. Jackson St. Wharf Co., 31 Cal.118. 
 Taylor v. Underhill.40 Gal. 471. 
 Hanson <-. McCuue, 42 Gal. 303. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Macomber, Feb. 
 2, 1880, 7 Gopp'8 L. O. 57. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bradley, Feb. 20, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 70.J. 
 Com'r G. L. O, ex parte Taylor et al., Xov. 
 
 5, Ir74, 1 Copp's L. O. 155. 
 Rights of the public: 
 
 Leigh r. Holt, 5 Bissel C. C. 338. 
 Forsyth r. Sinai', 7 Bissel C. C. 201. 
 Woodman o. Kil bourn, 1 Abbott (U. S.) 158. 
 Avcry r. Fox, 1 Abbott (U. S.) 246. 
 Porter v. Allen, 8 Ind. 1. 
 Baiubiidge <. Shillock, 29 Ind. 364. 
 Baiubridge v. Sbillock, 41 Ind. 35. 
 Illinois River Packet Co. v. Peoria, &c., 38 
 
 Ills. 467. 
 
 Chicago v. McGinn, 50 His. 266. 
 Moore r. Sauborne, 2 Mich. 520. 
 Lorman r. Benson, 8 Mich. 18. 
 Ryan . Brown. 1H Mich. 196. 
 Att y-Gen'l v. Evart Booming Co., 34 Mich. 
 
 462. 
 
 Oleson v. Merrill, 42 Wis. 203. 
 Deleplaine v. C. <fc X. W. R. R. Co., 42 Wis. 
 
 214. 
 
 Castner v. The Steamboat, 1 Minn. 73. 
 Steamboat Globe v. Kurtz, 4 Greene (Iowa), 
 
 433. 
 
 Duverge r. Salter, 6 La. Ann. 450. 
 O'Fallen r. Doggett, 4 Mo. 209. 
 Weise r. Smith, 3 Oreg. 445. 
 Felyer v. Robinson, 3 Oreg. 455. 
 American River Water Co. v. Amsden,6 
 
 Cal. 443. 
 County of Tolo v. City of Sacramento, 36 
 
 Cal.' 193 
 
 Brown t>. Kentfield, 50 Cal. 129. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Bradley, Feb. 20, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 763. 
 Surrey of, d-c: 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Macomber, Feb. 
 
 2, 1680, 7 Copp's L. O. 57. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 23, 1825, 
 
 2 L. I. &. O. 850. 
 
 NAVIGABLE AXI) XOX-XAVIGABLE RIV- 
 
 ERS. LAKES, SHORES. AXD WA- 
 , TEE-COUESES Continued. 
 Survey of, <c. : 
 
 Com'r G. L O., instructions, July 28, 1831, 
 
 2 L. I. <fc O. 915. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 13, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 7(i5. 
 Com'r G. L.O., circular, Dec. 1, 1874, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 76(J. 
 Com'r G. L. O ., Wolf Lake, Feb. 12, 1878,- 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 19. 
 NEW EXGLAXD MISSISSIPPI LAXD COM- 
 
 PAX Y 
 
 Gilmau v. Brown, 4 Wheat. 255. 
 Brown v. Jackson, 7 Wheat. 218. 
 Gilman r. Brown, 1 Mason, G. C. 191. 
 NEW MADRID CERTIFICATES 
 
 Bagnell r. Brodorick, 13 Pet, 436. 
 
 Stoddard v. Chambers. 2 How. 285. 
 
 Barry r. Gamble, f How. 317. 
 
 Menard's heirs v. Massey, 8 How 293. 
 
 Bissell v. Penrose, H How. 317. 
 
 Mills v. Stoddart, 8 How. 345. 
 
 Easton v. Salisbury, 21 flow. 421. 
 
 Fenn v. Holme, 21 How. 481. 
 
 Hale v. Gaiues et al., 22 How. 144. 
 
 Rector c. Ashley, 6 Wall. 142. 
 
 Mackey r. Easton. 19 Wall. 619. 
 
 Rector 9. United States. 2 Otto, 698. 
 
 Mackey r. Eaton. 2 Dillon, C. C. 41. 
 
 ReclorV Gaines, 19 Ark. 70. 
 
 Ashley v. Rector, 20 Ark. 359. 
 
 Rector <fc Gaiues v. Hale. 20 Ark. 168. 
 
 Rector v. Hatch, 1 Mo. H33. 
 
 Stuart r. Rector, 1 Mo. 361 
 
 Hickman v. Gow, I Mo. 274. 
 
 Bryan v. W T ear, 4 Mo. 1C6. 
 
 Mullanphy v. Rediuaii, 4 Mo. 226. 
 
 Wear v. Bryant. 5 Mo. 147. 
 
 Barry v. Gamble, 8 Mo. 88. 
 
 Kirk r. Gieen, It) Mo. Ifil. 
 
 Lessienres v. Price, 12 Mo. 14. 
 
 Cabunuo v. Lindell, 12 Mo. 184. 
 
 Kennett r. Cole, 13 Mo. 139. 
 
 Ashley r. Tmley, 13 Mo. 430. 
 
 Morgan ?:. Rutgers, 14 Mo. 585. 
 
 McGill v. Somers, 15 Mo. f 0. 
 
 Easton r. Salisbury, 23 Mo. 100. 
 
 Mitchell v. Parker, 2:> ilo. 31. 
 
 Lee v. Parker, i;5 Mo. 35. 
 
 Gray v. Gives, 26 Mo. 291. 
 
 Holine r. Strautman, 35 Mo. 293. 
 
 Clarke v. Hammerle, 36 Mo. 620. 
 
 McGamant v. Patterson, 39 Mo. 100. 
 
 Gibson v. Choteau, 39 Mo. 536. 
 
 lOp. Att. Gen. 163,373,458,534; 2 id. 15; 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 14. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, March 13, 
 
 1829, 2 L. I. & 6.' 298. 
 ConiT G. L. O.. instructions, Oct 6, 1815, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 285. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 2, 1818, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0.29 1. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 5, 1829, 
 
 2 L. I. &. O. 303. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, Aug. 8, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 371. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 10, 1816, 
 
 2 L. I & O. 815. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, April 15, 
 
 1817, 2 L. I. <fc O. 816. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 5, 1820, 
 
 2 L. I. <fc O. 820. 
 Com'r G. L O., instructions, Sept. 2, 1820. 
 
 2 L. I. <fc O. 622. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 24, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. <fc O 828. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, Feb. 18, 1837, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. !75. 
 NEW ORLEANS, 3ITY OF 
 
 New Orleans v. United States, 10 Pet. 662. 
 Mayor of Xew Orleans v. Casteres, 3 Martin 
 
 (La.) 675. 
 Mayor of New Orleans et aL v. Piquet, 2 La. 
 
 474. 
 DeArmas v. Mayor of Xew Orleans, 5 La. 
 
 132. 
 Villors v. Kennedy U 5 La. Ann. 724. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXX111 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, CITY OP Continued. 
 1 Op. Alt. Gen. 350 ; 2 id. 586. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Clark, Jan. 5, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 494. 
 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES- 
 
 Hughes v. Trustees of Clarksville, 6 Pet. 
 
 369. 
 
 Doddridge v Thompson, 9 Wheat. 469. 
 Spoouer v. McConnell, 1 McLean, C. C. 337. 
 Woodman v. Kilbourn Mrg. Co., 1 Abbott 
 
 (U. S.; 158. 
 
 Doe v. Hill, Breese (Ills.) 236. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 5, 
 
 1796. 2 L. L. & O/219. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 5, 
 
 1796, 2'L. L & O. 220. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Aug. 9, 
 
 1803, 2 L. I. & O. 234. 
 NOTICE AND PUBLICATION 
 
 Wilson v. Masou, 1 C ranch, 45. 
 
 Bodley v. Taylor, 5 Crauch, 191. 
 
 De JaCroix v. Chamberlain, 12 Wheat. 599. 
 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 1 Saw. C. C. 194. 
 
 Le Roy v. Jamison, 3 Saw. C. C. 369. 
 
 Schuee v. Sclmee, 23 Wis. 377. 
 
 Silliman v. King, 36 Iowa, 207. 
 
 Beatty v. Michou, 9 La. Ann. 102. 
 
 Connoyer v. Schaeffer, 48 Mo. 165. 
 
 Fribaugh v. Mastersou, 1 Idaho, 153. 
 
 Bird v. Denuison, 7 Cal. 997. 
 
 Watson v. Robey, H Cal. 52. 
 
 Scott v. Ward, 13 Cal. 458. 
 
 Boggs v. Merced Mining Co., 14 Cal. 279. - 
 
 Lombardo v. Ferguson, 15 Cal. 372. 
 
 Patterson v. Keystone Mining Co., 23 Cal. 
 
 Holland v. M. A. Q. M. Co., 53 Cal. 149. 
 Gelcich v. Mortality, 53 Cal. 217. 
 Weill v. Lucerne Mining Co., 11 Nev. 200. 
 Knevals v. Hyde, U. S. Cir. Ct., Neb., Oct. 
 
 1879. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen., 2 L. I. & O. 208, 573. 
 Secretary Interior, University of Cal. v. 
 
 Block, Aug. 26, 1874, Copp's L. L. 322. 
 Secretary Interior, Lompoc contest, July 
 
 23, 1873, Copp's L. L. 559. 
 Secretary Interior.McMurdy etal. v. Street- 
 
 er et al, April 30, 1874, 1 Copp's L. 0. 34. 
 Secretary Interior, Prince of Wales Lode 
 
 et al. v'. Highland Chief Lode et al., April 
 
 1, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Secretary Interior, Omaha Quartz Mine, 
 
 Dec. 1, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. Ki3. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Clellan, Jan. 30, 
 
 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 Secretary Interior, Eureka Mg. Co. v. 
 
 Jenny Lind Mg. Co., Nov. 24, 1873, Copp's 
 
 Mff. Dec. 169. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Dec. 20, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 244. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 25, 1869, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 249. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte May, Dec. 15, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 251. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 17, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 260. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 5, 1875, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 261. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., circular, Feb. 10, 1870, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 402. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, Aug. 21, 1862, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 437. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Sept. 13, 1866, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 450. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 18, 1870, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 452. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 15, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 472. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 6U7. 
 Com'r G. L. O., citftular, Aug. 7, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 705. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 20, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 746. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jefferson Mg. Co. v. Penn- 
 sylvania Mg. Co., July 21, 1874, 1 Copp's 
 
 L. O 66. 
 Com'r G. L. O., McCarter v. Dunn, Jan. 8, 
 
 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 21. 
 
 HE L O VOL II 
 
 NOTICE AND PUBLIC ATION Continued. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte McBride, Nov. 12, 
 
 1873, Copp's Mg. Dec. 234. 
 Com'r G. L. O., R. & R., Leadville, Colo., 
 
 Oct. 29, 179. 
 NUISANCE- 
 
 Eldred v. Ford, 46 Wis. 530. 
 
 Park v. Kilham, 8 Cal. 78. 
 
 Weiraer v. Lowery, 11 Cal. 104. 
 
 County of Yolo v. City of Sacremento, 36 
 
 Cal. 193. 
 
 Brown v. Kentfield, 50 Cal. 129. 
 OCONTO RIVER 
 
 Leigh v. Holt, 5 Bissell, C. C. 338. 
 OFFICERS 
 
 Taylor & Quarles v. Brown, 5 Cranch, 234. 
 Polk's lessees. WendalefaZ., 9 Cranch, 87. 
 Miller et al. v. Kerr et al., 7 Wheat. 1. 
 Patterson v. Jeuks, 2 Pet. 216. 
 United States v. Tiugey, 5 Pet. 115. 
 United States v. Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691. 
 Delassus v. Uuited States, 9 Pet. 117. 
 Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet. 410. 
 Kendall v. United States, 12 Pet. 524. 
 United States v. Fitzgerald, 15 Pet. 407. 
 Lytle v. Arkansas, 9 How. 314. 
 Parks v. Ross, 11 How. 3K2. 
 Boyden v. Burke, 14 How. 575. 
 Bryan v. United States, 1 Black, 140. 
 Secretary v. McGarrahan, 9 Wall. 298. 
 Marquez v. Frisbie et al., 11 Otto, 473. 
 Den v. Hill, 1 McAllister, C. C. 480. 
 5 Op. Att. Gen. 7 ; 10 id. 56 ; March 20, 1877. 
 OHIO RIVER 
 
 Porter v. Allen, 8 Ind. 1. 
 Bainbridge v. Slrillock, 29 Ind. 364. 
 Baiubridge v. Shillock, 41 Ind. 35. 
 OHIO UNIVERSITY 
 
 Exemption from taxation a legislative contract: 
 
 Mattheny v. Golden, 5 Ohio St. 361. 
 PATENTS 
 Annulling of: 
 
 Dredge v. Forsyth, 2 Black, 563. 
 
 Le Roy v. Clayton, 2 Saw. C. C. 493. 
 
 Robbins v. Bu'nn, 54 Ills. 4d. 
 
 Lott r.Prudhomme, 3 Rob. (La.) 293. 
 
 Ball v. Hearne, 10 La. Ann. 515. 
 
 Cage v. Banks, 13 La Ann. 128. 
 
 People v. Muriill, 26 Cal. 336. 
 
 Semple v. Hagar, 27 Cal. 163. 
 
 The People v. Carrick, 51 Cal. 3-25. 
 
 1 Op. Att, Gen. 301, 458 ; 4 id. 120, 149, 558; 
 
 13 id. 456. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Rutland, Feb. 
 
 19, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 42. 
 Secretary Interior, "Wandering Boy Lode v. 
 Highland Chief Lode, April 1, 1875, 2 
 Copp's L. 0. 2. 
 Secretary Interior, Beck v. C. P. R. R., Jan. 
 
 30, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Secretary Interior, Buckman v. W. P. R. 
 
 R., Feb. 26, 1879, 7 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Secretary Interior, Daly v. Weaver, July 
 
 17, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 88. 
 Construction of description in : 
 
 M'lver's lessee v. Walker, 9 Cranch, 173. 
 Newsome v. Pryor's lessee. 7 Wheat. 7. 
 Boardman v. Lessees of Reedet al., 6 Pet. 
 
 328. 
 Gazzam v. Lessee of Phillips et al., 20 How. 
 
 372. 
 
 Brown et al. v. Huger, 21 How. 305. 
 Doe et al. v. Wilson, 23 How. 457. 
 McClintock v. Rogers, 11 Ills. 279. 
 Sawyer v. Cox. 6;J Ilia. 130. 
 Fenwick v. Gill, 38 Mo. 510. 
 Moore v. Massie, 37 Cal. 482. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 323. 
 Effectof: 
 
 Green v. Liter, 8 Cranch, 229. 
 Polk's lessee v. Wendal, 9 Cranch, 87. 
 Hoofnagle v. Anderson, 7 Wheat. 212. 
 Scott's lessee v. Ratliffe, 5 Pet. 81. 
 Boardman v. Lessees of Reed et al., 6 Pet. 
 
 328. 
 City of New Orleans v. Armas et al., 9 Pet. 
 
 223. 
 
 Clark v. Smith, 13 Pet. 195. 
 Bagnell v. Broderick, 13 Pet. 436. 
 
XXXIV 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PATENTS- Continued. 
 E/ectof: 
 
 Carroll v. Safford, 3 How. 441. 
 Ballance v. Forsyth, 13 How. 18. 
 Folej v. Harrison, 15 How. 433. 
 Lafayette's heirs v. Kenton et al., 18 How. 
 
 197. 
 
 Bell r. Hearne, 19 How. 252. 
 French v. Spencer, 21 How. 228, 
 Hooper et al. r. Scheimer, 21 How. 235. 
 Mehan et al. i\ Forsyth, 24 How. 175. 
 Gregg v. Tesson, 1 Black, 150. 
 Crews v. Burcham, 1 Black, 352. 
 Dredge v. Forsyth, 2 Black, 563. 
 Stark r. Starrs, 6 Wall. 402. 
 Railroad Company v. Prescott, 16 "Wall. 
 
 603. 
 
 Branson v. Wirth, 17 Wall 32. 
 Shepley v. Cowan, 1 Otto, 330. 
 Moore v. Bobbins, 6 Otto, 530. 
 Cowell v. Springs Company, 10 Otto, 55. 
 Simmons v. Wagner, 11 Otto, 260. 
 Adams v. Burke. 3 Saw. C. C. 415. 
 Wytbe r. Haskell, 3 Saw. C. C. 574. 
 Ballance v. Forsyth. 6 McLean, C. C. 562. 
 Mackey v. Eaton, 2 Dillon, C. C. 41. 
 Hicks v. Bntrick 3 Dillon, C. C. 413. 
 Huidekoper v. Burrus, I Wash. C. C. 109. 
 Hasting r. Stevenson, 2 Ohio, 9. 
 Smith p. Stark, 7 Ohio, 551. 
 Bell v. Duncan, 11 Ohio. 192. 
 Strong v. Lehnier, 10 Ohio St. 93. 
 Moore r. liunter, C Ills. 317. 
 Cook v. Foster, 7 Ills. 652. 
 Grantbauj v. Atkins, 63 Ills. 359. 
 Chapan r. Dewrv. !> Mich. 381. 
 Clark v. Hall, 19 Mich. 356. 
 Johnson r. Ballou, 2^ Mich. 379. 
 Sands r. Davis. 40 Mich. 14. 
 Jackson r. Astor, I Pinney (Wis.) 137. 
 Parkinson v. Biocken, 1 Pinney ( \Vis.) 174. 
 Reynolds c. Weis. a7 Wis. 450. 
 Calender v. Smith. 3 Greene (Iowa), 349. 
 Cavender v. Heirs of Smith. 5 Iowa, 157. 
 Fisher r. Wisner. 34 Iowa. 447. 
 W;i:.-rs r. Bush. 42 Iowa, 255. 
 Raiikiu r. Miller, 43 Iowa, 11. 
 Downes v. Scott, 3 Rob. (La.) 84. 
 McGill v. McGill, 4 La. Ann. 262. 
 Terry r. Aeunen, 4 La. Ann. 458. 
 Foley v. Harrison, 5 La. Ann. 75. 
 Pepper v. Dunlap, 9 La. Ann. 137. 
 Kitiridge r. Herbert, 9 La. Ann. 154. 
 Leblanc r. Ludrique, 14 La. Ann. 772. 
 Steinspring v. Bennett. 16 La. Ann. 201. 
 Goodlet v. Smithson, 5 Port. (Ala.) 245. 
 Jones v. Inge, 5 Port. (Ala.) 3-7. 
 Bullock r. Wilson, 5 Port. (Ala.) 338. 
 Hines v. Greenlee, 3 Ala. 73. 
 Rains v. Ware &. Warren, 10 Ala. 623. 
 Stephens v. Westwood, 20 Ala 275. 
 W.uiu r Morris, 10 Ark. 414. 
 Sai-py v. Papin. 7 Mo. 503. 
 Barry r. Gamble, 8 Mo. 88. 
 Carmen v. Johnson, 20 Mo. 108. 
 Hill r. Miller. 36 Mo. Ib2. 
 Summers v. Spybuck, I Kans. 394. 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Oreg. 118. 
 White r. Allen, 3 Oreg. 103. 
 Gold Hill & Mg. Co. r. Lsh, 5 Oreg. 104. 
 Yount r. Howell, 14 Cal. 465. 
 Xatoma Water Co. r. Clarkin, 14 Cal. 543. 
 Stark v. Barrett, 15 Cal. 362. 
 Doll r. Meador, in Cal. 296. 
 Teschemaker v. Thompson, 18 Cal. 11. 
 Fremont r. Seals, 18 Cal. 433. 
 Leese v. Clark, 18 Cal. 535. 
 Touchard r. Crow, 20 Cal. 150. 
 Leese r. Clark, 20 Cal. 
 Clark r. Lockwood. 21 Cal. 200. 
 Galup r. Armstrong, 22 Cal. 480. 
 Ah Yew v. Choate, 21 Cal. 502. 
 People r. Stratton, 25 Cal. 242. 
 Bond v. Hickman. 32 Cal. 202. 
 Megerle r. Ashe, 33 Cal. 74. 
 Keeran r. Allon, 33 Cal. 542. 
 Keeran . Griffith, 34 Cal. 580. 
 Hestres v. Brennan, 37 Cal. 385. 
 Miller v. Little, 47 Cal. 341. 
 
 PATENTS Continued. 
 E/ectof: 
 
 Cquz v. Martinez, 53 Cal. 239. 
 
 Vansickle v. Haines, 7 Xev. 249. 
 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 240 ; 7 id. 630 : 2 L. I. &. O. 
 
 95. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 23, 1851, 1 Lester, 
 
 549. 
 Secretary Interior, Beck v. C. P. R. R. Co., 
 
 Jan. 30, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 21, 176, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 0.50. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Bellows et al., March 26, 
 
 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 17. 
 Fraud: 
 
 United States v. Hughes, 11 How. 552. 
 
 Field v. Seabury, 19 How. 323. 
 
 Garlaud i: Wyun, 20 How. 6. 
 
 Arnold v. Grimes. 2 Greene (Iowa), 77. 
 
 Bisson v. Curry, 35 Iowa, 72. 
 
 Wynn v. Garland, 16 Ark. 440. 
 
 Stephensou v. Smith, 7 Mo. 610. 
 
 Morgan r. Rutgers. 14 Mo. 585. 
 
 Hill r. Miller, 36 Mo. I-J. 
 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Oreg. 118. 
 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 699 ; 3 id. 259. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Gruwell, Jan. 
 
 14, 1873 Copp's L. L. 815. 
 In case of deceased persona : 
 
 Galloway v. Finley, 12 Pet. 264. 
 Morehoiise . Phelps, 21 How. 294. 
 Davenport v. Lamb et al., 13 Wall. 418. 
 Lewis v. Baird, 3 McLean, C. C. 56. 
 Schedd v. Sawyer, 4 McLean, C. C. 181. 
 Gray v. Cotfoian, 3 Dillon, C. C. 393. 
 Lamb v. Starr, 1 Deady, C. C. 447. 
 Reeder v. Barr, 4 Ohio, 449. 
 Wallace v. Miner, 7 Ohio, 249. 
 Jackson r. Williams, 10 Ohio, 69. 
 Sullivant v. Weaver, 10 Ohio, 275. 
 Barnes r. Ware, 10 Ohio, 465. 
 Trumble r. Boothby, 14 Ohio, 109. 
 Stubbletield v. Boggs, 2 Ohio St. 216. 
 Wood r. Ferguson, 7 Ohio St. 288. 
 Drennens v. Walker, 21 Ark. 539. 
 Thompson v. Renoe, 12 Mo. 157. 
 Chant v. Reynold, 49 Cal. 213. 
 1 Op. Att. Geu., 3ul, 458. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Dillon, Nov. 3, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 245. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. May 25, 1831, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 445. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 17, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 190. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Hnbhell, Sept. 25, 
 
 1874. Copp's L. L. 246, 654. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Johannesen, July 
 
 25, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 108. 
 Issuance of : 
 
 United States r. The Commissioner, 5 Wall. 
 
 563. 
 
 Le Rov v. Jamison, 3 Saw. C. C. 369. 
 S. C. & P. R. R. Co.r. U.P. R. R. Co., 4 Dil- 
 lon, C. C. 307. 
 
 United States v. B. & M. R. R. R. Co., 4 Dil- 
 lon, C. C. 397. 
 
 Ballauce v. McFarden. 12 His. 317. 
 Schnee r. Schnee, 23 Wis. 377. 
 Ludeling v. Vester, 20 La. Ann. 433. 
 Innerai ity v. Mim's heirs, 1 Ala. 660. 
 Allison v. Hunter, 9 Mo. 749. 
 Thomas v. Wyatt, 31 Mo. 188. 
 Steeple v. Downing, 60 Ind. 478. 
 Smith v. Pipe, 3 Colo. 187. 
 Dolph r. Barney, 5 Oreg. 191. 
 Moore v. Smaw, 17 Cal. 199. 
 Middleton v. Low, 30 Cal. 596. 
 Collins r. Bartlett 44 Cal. 371. 
 Miller v. Ellis, 5 1 Cal. 74. 
 Houghton v. Hardenburg, 53 Cal. 181. 
 1 Op. Att. GenfN4, 45, 191~ 323, 361, 424, 71?; 
 
 2 id. 15. 41, 53. 186, 276, 501 ; 3 id. 93. 102. 
 
 140. 167, 350, 623, 630, 653 ; 4 id. 150, 319, 320 ; 
 
 5 id. 7, 628; 7 id. 491 ; 13 id. 113: 2 L. I. 
 
 <fc O. 8, <>5, 96, 214, 224, 292, 356. 752, 75:5. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Rainbolt, Sept. 
 
 28, 1859, 1 Lester, 456. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Lowther, April 
 
 15, 1851, 1 Lester 611. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXXV 
 
 PATENTS- Continued. 
 Issuance of : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Bissell v. Ferris, Oct. 7, 
 
 1658, 1 Lester, 605. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Clark, Jan. 5, 
 
 1871, Copp's L.L. 494. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parts McGarrahan, 
 
 Aug. 4, 1871, Copp's L. L. 532. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Pueblo lands, 
 
 Feb. 15, 1872, Copp's L. L. 547. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 July 29, 1871, Copp's L. L. 605. 
 Secretary Interior. Rancho LosTrigos, Feb. 
 
 28, 1874, Copp's L. L. 607, 611. 
 Secretary Interior, Harmon v. C. R. & M. 
 
 R. R., August 11, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 
 
 86. 
 Secretary Interior, City of Grantsville v, 
 
 Me Bride, 6 Copp's L.'0. 109. 
 Secretary Interior, Scrogiu v. Culver, Dec. 
 
 22, 1879, 7 Copp's L. O. 23. 
 Secretary Interior, Whitaker v. S. P. R. R., 
 
 July 27, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Corn'rG. L. O., circular, Nov. 1, 1858, 1 Les- 
 ter, 608. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 17, 1875, j 
 
 Copp's L. L. 190. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte kelson, March 26, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 232. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. ex parte Hornick, March 11, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 253. 
 Com'r G. L. O., M. K. & T. R. R. v. Brock, 
 
 July 17, 1873, Copp's L. L. 399. 
 Corn'rG. L. O.. circular, July 20, 1675,Copp's 
 
 L. L.4JU. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Guadalupe, June 
 
 12, 1H72, Copp's L. L. 550. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 30, 1873, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 647. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 670. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, July 20, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 732. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, Rancho Ballona, 
 
 Jan. 3, 1874. 1 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Com'r G. L O., ICancho La Liebra, 3 Copp's 
 
 L. 0.133. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Price, Aug. 27, 1877, 
 
 4 Copp's L. O. 9o. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Kendricks, April 3, 1880, 7 
 
 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 Jurisdiction over, in equity : 
 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 14 How. 377. 
 Field v. Seabury, 19 How. 323, 333. 
 United States v. Stone, 2 Wall. f)2.>. 
 Hughes v. United States. 4 Wall. 232. 
 Minnesota v. Bachelder, 1 Wall. 109. 
 Silvers. Ladd, 7 Wall. 219. 
 Johnson v. Towsley, 13 Wall. 72. 
 Moore r. Robbing, 6 Otto, 530. 
 Le Roy v. Clayton, 2 Saw. C. C. 493. 
 McGhee v. Wright, 16 Ills. 555. 
 Lament v. Stimson, 3 Wis. 545. 
 Bisson v. Curry, 35 Iowa, 72. 
 1 Op. Att, Gen. 300; 3 id. 240; 4 id. 120. 
 Reservations in : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Sutro Tunnel Co v. Oc- 
 cidental Mg. Co., Aug. 30, 1878, 5 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 98. 
 Secretary Interior, Adelaide Mg. Co. v. 
 
 Camp ' Bird Lode, July 21, 1879, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 73. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Portland City, Oct. 15, 1858, 
 
 1 Lester, 437. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 26, 1865, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 664. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Turner, LangeJ al.. June 16, 
 
 1873, Copp's L. L. 698. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Seven-Thirty v. Hercules 
 
 Lode. Aug. 17, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O 82. 
 Com'r G. L. O., The Four-Twenty Mg. Co. 
 
 v. Bullion Mg. Co., March 22, 1875, 2 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 5. 
 Com'r G. L. O., H. F. Page, July 29, 1875, 2 
 
 Copp's L. O. 82. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Town-site Central City, 
 
 Dec. 2-2, 1875, 2 Copp's L. 0. 150. 
 Com'r G. L. O., J. B. Belford, Feb. 25, 1876, 
 
 2 Copp's L. 0. 178. 
 
 PATENTS Continued. 
 Reservations in : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Sutro Tunnel, May 27, 1876, 
 
 . 3 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Town-site Butte, Nov. 23, 
 
 1876. 3 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Town-site Coalville, April 
 
 9, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 46. 
 Comr G. L O , Town-site Silver Cliff, Dec. 
 
 18, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 152. 
 Second patents : 
 
 4 Op. Att. Gen. 558 ; 5 id. 7. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho La Carbonera, 
 
 March 21, 1873, Copp's L. L. 567. 
 Secretary Interior, Harbinson v. C. & O. 
 
 R. R. Co., 3 Copp's L. O. 53. 
 Secretary Interior, State of Iowa v. R. R. 
 
 Cos., Aug. 24, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 84. 
 Secretary interior, ex parte McLeod, Sept. 
 
 12, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 117. 
 Secretary Interior, Streeter v. M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R., Oct. 12, 1*77, 4 Copp's L. O. 180. 
 Secretary Interior, Rnncho Cuyama, Dec. 
 
 19, 187*. 6 Copp's L. O. 127. 
 Secretary Interior, Btickman v. W. P. R. 
 
 R., Fob. 2(i, 1819, 7 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Com'r G. L. O , ex parte Gilson, May 28, 
 
 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Virginia lands, patents for : 
 
 Taylor <fc Quarks v. Brown, 5 Cranch, 234. 
 Green v. Liter, 8 Cranch, 229. 
 Hoofuagle v Anderson, 7 Wheat. 212. 
 Stephens v. McCargo, 9 Wheat. 502. 
 Governeur's heirs v. Robertson, 11 Wheat. 
 
 332. 
 
 Chiuoweth v. Haskell's lessee, 3 Pet. 92. 
 Stringer v. Young's lessee, 3 Pet. 320. 
 Galloway v. Finley, 12 Pet. 264. 
 Brush v. Ware, 15 Pet. 93. 
 Brown et al. v. Huger, 21 How. 305. 
 Brusb v. Ware, 1 McLean, C. C. 523. 
 Groyiine v. Niswanger, 15 Ohio, 367. 
 7 Op Att. Gen. 159 ; 2 id. 280. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Kendrick, April 3, 
 
 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 When conclusive and when impeachable : 
 Patteisou v. Winn, 11 Wheat 380. 
 Stringer v. Young's lessee, 3 Pet. 320. 
 Boardman v. Lessees of Reed et al., 6 Pet. 
 
 328 
 
 Minter v. Crommelin, 18 How. 87. 
 Field v. Seabury, 19 How. 823, 333. 
 Doe ctal. v. Wilson, 23 How. 457. 
 Crews v. Bnrcham, 1 Black, 352. 
 French v. Fyan, 3 Otto, 169. 
 Sherman v. Buick, 3 Otto, 209. 
 Le Roy v. Clayton, 2 Saw. C. C. 493. 
 Patterson v. Taturn, 3 Saw. C. C. 164. 
 Chapman?;. School Dist. No. 1, 1 Deady C. 
 
 C. 108. 
 
 Bruckner??. Lawrence, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 19. 
 Hedley v. Leonard, 35 Mich. 71. 
 Parkinson v. Brocken, 1 Pinney, (Wis.) 
 
 174. 
 
 Schnce v. Schnee, 23 Wis. 545. 
 Arnold v. Grimes, 2 Green (Iowa), 77. 
 Combs v. IJodd, 4 Rob. (La.) 58. 
 Jenkins v. Gibson, 3 La. Aim. 203. 
 Ford v. Mornney, 14 La. Ann. 77. 
 MasttMS v. Eustis, 3 Port. (Ala.) 368. 
 Allison v. Hunter, 9 Mo 749. 
 The State v. L. C. & P. R. II. Co., 7 Neb. 357. 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Oreg. 118. 
 Lee v. Summers, 2 Greg. 260. 
 Waterman v. Smith, 13 Cal. 373. 
 Mott v. Smith. 16 Cal. 534. 
 Ely v. Frisbie, 17 Cal. 250. 
 Rhodes v. Craig, 21 Cal. 41'J. 
 Rico v. Spencer, 21 Cal. 504. 
 Megerlov. Ashe. 27 Cal. 332. 
 Rondell v. Fay, 32 Cal. 354. 
 Smith v. A them, 3 1 Cal. 506. 
 Durfee v. Plaisted, 38 Cal. 80. 
 Burnell v. Ham, 40 Cal. 373. 
 Reed v. Caruthers, 47 Cal. 181. 
 McGarrahan v. The Idria Mg. Co., 49 Cal. 
 
 331. 
 When void : 
 
 Polk's lessee v. "Wendal, 9 Cranch, 87. 
 
XXXVI 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PATENTS Continued. 
 When void : 
 
 Danford v. "Wear, 9 "Wheat. 673. 
 Patterson v. Jenks, 2 Pet. 216. 
 Stoddard v. Chambers, 2 How. 284. 
 Brown's lessee v. Clements, 3 How. 650. 
 Morton v. Nebraska, 21 Wall. 660. 
 Sherman v. Buick, 3 Otto, 209. 
 Wirth v. Branson, 8 Otto, 118. 
 Chapman v. School Dist. Xo. 1, 1 Deady,C. 
 
 C 108. 
 
 Milliker v. Starling, 16 Ohio, 61. 
 Stubblefield v. Boggs, 2 Ohio St. 216. 
 Stockton v. Williams, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 54Q. 
 Rankin v. Miller, 43 Iowa, II. 
 McGill v. McGill, 4 La. Ann. 262. 
 Pollard's heirs v. Files, 3 Ala. 47. 
 Pollard's heirs v. Greit, 8 Ala. 930. 
 Hairold v Simonds, 9 Mo. 326. 
 Peiry v. O'llanlon, 11 Mo. 373. 
 Morgan v. Rutgers, 14 Mo. 55. 
 Maguire v. Tyler. 40 Mo. 406. 
 Atbearn v. Poppe, 25 Cal. 6:i2. 
 Ha gar v. Lucas, 29 Cal. 309. 
 Durfee v. Plaisted, 38 Cal. 80. 
 Suttnn v. Fassett, 51 Cal. 12. 
 .The People v. Carrick, 51 Cal. 325. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 159, 458 ; 5 id. 7. 
 Secretary Interior, Avery v. Carter, Oct. 5, 
 
 1876. 3 Copp'a L. O. I9L 
 PEORIA, FRENCH CLAIMS IX 
 
 Dredge v. Foray the, 2 black, 563. 
 Hull v. Papin, 24 How. i:>2. 
 Median r. Forsythe, 24 How. 175. 
 Balance v. McFarden, 12 Ills. 317. 
 Gray v. McFarden, 12 Ills. 324. 
 Balance v. Tepon, 12 Ills. 326. 
 Rankin r. Curtenius, 12 Ills. 334. 
 Lender v. Kidder, 23 Ills. 49. 
 PERJURY 
 
 State r. Adams, 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 146. 
 
 People . Kelly, 38 Cal. 145. 
 
 Bun-ell v Haw, 48 Cal. 223. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , circular, Feb. 29, 1836, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 625. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Tremper, Nov. 
 
 5, 18?!>'. fi Ci.pn'sL. O. 153. 
 PETALUMA, TOWX OF 
 
 Bell i\ Tho Bed Rock Tnnnel & Mg. Co. 
 
 36 Cal. 214. 
 
 Jones v. City of Petaluma, 33 Cal. 397. 
 Alemany v. City of Petaluma, 38 Cal. 554. 
 POLISH EXILES 
 
 Secretary Treasury, May 3, 1836. 2L. L & 
 
 O. 518. 
 Secretary Treasury, May 7, 1836, 2 L. I. & 
 
 O. 519. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 23, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 498. 
 PORTERFIELD SCRIP 
 
 Secretary Interior, Bovard v. Bunn, Nov. 
 
 2, 1871,' Copp's L. L 803. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte, Brown, July 
 
 25, 1872. Copp's L. L. 805. 
 Com'r G. L O.,ex parte Weise, Dec. 1, 1875, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. i:<0. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Carrigan, Aug. 25, 
 
 Ir76. 3 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 PORTLAND, CITY OF 
 
 Stark v. Starr, 6 Wall. 402. 
 
 Lownsdale v. City of Portland, 1 Deady, C 
 
 .8. 
 
 Lownsdalev. City of Portland. 1 Oreg. 381. 
 Leland v. City of Portland, 2 Oreg. 46. 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Oreg. 118. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Portland City Case, Oct. 
 
 18. 1878, 1 Lester, 437. 
 PORTLAND LAND CLAIM 
 
 Lamb v. Davenport. 1 Saw. C. C. 609. 
 Lamb v. Vaughn, 2 Saw. C. C. 161. 
 Shuffleton v. Nelson, 2 Saw. C. C. 540. 
 Starr v. Stark, 2 Saw. C. C. 603. 
 Lowi'sdale v City of Portland, 1 Deady C. 
 
 C. 1. 39. 
 
 Fields v. Squires, 1 Deady C. C. 366. 
 POSSESSION 
 Adverse : 
 
 McClung v. Ross, 5 "Wheat. 116. 
 Ilk-ai-d r. Williams, 7 Wheat. 59. 
 
 POSSESSION- Continued 
 Adverse : 
 
 Wilson v. Watkins. 3 Pet. 41. 
 
 Peyton v. Smith, 5 Pet. 485. 
 
 Ewing v. Bui-net, 11 Pet. 41. 
 
 Mizuer v. Vaughn, 2 Saw. C. C. 269. 
 
 Shuffleton r. Nelson, 2 Saw. C. C. 340. 
 
 Adams v. Burke, 3 Saw. C. C. 415. 
 
 The Four-Twenty Mg. Co. v. The Bullion 
 
 Mg. Co., 3 Saw. C. C. 034. 
 Jackson v. Peter, 1 Paine, C. C. 457. 
 Wallace v. Miner, 6 Ohio, 367. 
 Wallace v. Miner, 7 Ohio, 249. 
 Clark v. Sutherland, 16 Ohio St. 408. 
 Hargis v. The Inhabitants, 29 Ind. 70. 
 Rideway v. Ludlow, 58 Ind. 248, 
 Cook v. Foster, 7 Ills. 652. 
 Woodward v. McReynolds, 2 Pinney (Wis.) 
 
 268. 
 
 Whitney v. Guuderson, 31 Wis. 359. 
 Whitney v. Nelson, 33 Wis. 305. 
 Page v Fowler, 28 Cal. 605. 
 Polack v. McGrath. 32 Cal. 15. 
 Page v. Fow:er, 37 Cal. 100. 
 Mathews v. Ferrea, 45 Cal. 51. 
 Peffer v. Dunlap, 9 Rob. (La.) ?ai. 
 Hallet v. Heirs of Eslava, 3 Stew. & Port. 
 
 (Ala.) 105. 
 
 Ivison et al. v Dubois, 27 Ala. 418. 
 Clemens v. Runckle, 34 Mo. 41. 
 Davis v. Tbompson, 56 Mo. 39. 
 Barry v. Otto, 5fi Mo. 177. 
 Secretary Interior, Claw v. Patterson, Oct. 
 
 11, 1878, 5 Copp's L.O.I 47. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 15, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 667. 
 Effect of: 
 
 Barr v. Gray's heirs. 4 Wheat, 213. 
 
 \V alker v Turner. 9 Wheat. 54 1. 
 
 United States v. Fatio's & Hallowes' heirs, 
 
 8 Pet. 492. 
 United States v. De Haro's heirs, 22 How. 
 
 293. 
 
 United States v. Castro, 24 How. 346. 
 United States v. Chaboya. 2 Black, 593. 
 Peralta v. United States, 3 Wall. 4:14. 
 Serrano v. United States, 5 Wall. 451. 
 Gibson v. Chouteau, 13 Wall. 92. 
 Trenouth v. San Francisco, 10 Otto, 251. 
 Gimmy v. Culverson. 5 Saw. C. C. 605. 
 Sumner v. Colemau, 23 Ind. 91. 
 Davis v. Hopkins, 15 Ills. 519. 
 Godfrey v. Disbrou, Walker's Chan. Rep. 
 
 (Mich.) }GO. 
 Stocktons. Williams, Walker's Chan. Rep. 
 
 (Mich.) 547. 
 
 Bruckner v. Lawrence, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 19. 
 Stockton v. Williams, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 546. 
 Hubbard v. Smith, 2 Mich 207. 
 Cran v. Reeder. 21 Mich. 25, 82. 
 Hicks v. Bell, 3 Cal. 219. 
 Plume v. Sewai d, 4 Cal. 94. 
 Castro v. Gill, 5 Cal. 40. 
 Fitzgerald v. Urton, 5 Cal. 308. 
 Tartar v. Spring Buck Mg. Co., 5Cal.395. 
 Groover v. Hawley, 5 Cal. 485. 
 Conger v. Weaver, 6 Cal. 548. 
 Crandall v. Woods, 8 Cal. 136. 
 Weisner v. Lowery, 1 1 Cal. 104. 
 Rosev. Davis, 11 Cal. 133. 
 Waring v. Crow, 11 Cal. M6. 
 Houseman v. Chase, 12 Cal. 290. 
 McGarrity v. Byington, 12 Cal. 431. 
 Whitney v. Buckman, 13 Cal. 536. 
 Gregory v. McPherson, 13 Cal. 562. 
 Smith v. Doe, 15 Cal. 100. 
 Lentz v. Victor, 17 Cal. 272. 
 C. N. R. R. Co. v. Gould, 21 Cal. 254. 
 Rogers v. Sogs, 22 Cal. 444. 
 Gluckauf v. Reed, 22 Cal. 468. 
 Dyson v. Bradshaw, -.2 Cal. 528. 
 Dbran v. C. P. R. R. Co., 24 Cal. 245. 
 Hastings v. McGrogin, 27 Cal. 85. 
 Page v. Hobbs, 27 Cal. 484. 
 Kile v. Tubbs, 28 Cal. 402. 
 Tyler v. Green, 28 Cal. 406. 
 Pi-ople v. Shearer, 30 Cal. 645. 
 Eic-h r. Manes, 33 Cal. 102. 
 Gibson v. Puchta, 33 Cal. 310. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXXV11 
 
 POSSE SSION Continued. 
 E/ectof: 
 
 People v. B. D. & C. M. Co., 37 Cal. 54. 
 Holden v. Andrews, 38 Cal. 119. 
 Emerson v. Sansome, 41 Cal. 552. 
 McLean v. Benton, 43 Cal. 467. 
 Slaughter v. Fowler, 44 Cal. 195. 
 Westv. Smith, 52 Cal. 322. 
 Brandt v. Wheatou, 52 Cal. 430. 
 Laudry v. Martin, 15 La. 1. 
 Wilcoxon v. Rogers, 16 La. 6. 
 Giiffin v. Cotton, 1 Hob. (La.) 142. 
 Dickson v. Marks, 10 La. Ann. 518. 
 Sloane v. Moore. 7 Mo. 170. 
 Sarpy v. Papin, 7 Mo. 503. 
 Macklot v. Dubreuil, 9 Mo. 477. 
 Kansas v. Stringfellow, 2 Kaus. 263. 
 Pratt v. You up;, 1 Utab, 347. 
 Fribaugh v. Masterson, 1 Idaho, 153. 
 Colwell v. Smith, ( Wash. Ty. 109. 
 Lownsdalev. City ot Portland, 1 Oreg. 381. 
 Hale & Norcross v Story Co., 1 Nev. 104. 
 People v. Logan, 1 Nev. 109. 
 State v. Real Del Monte Mg. Co., 1 Nev. 
 
 523. 
 
 Lobdell v. Hall, 3 Nev. 507. 
 State of Nevada v. Ebodes, 4 Nev. 312. 
 Treadway v. Sharon, 7 Nev. 27. 
 Rogers v. Coving. 7 Nev. 213. 
 Lake v. Tolles, 8 Nev. 286. 
 Barries v. Sabrou, 10 Nev. 217. 
 1 Op Alt. Gen. 465, 703. 
 Secretary Interior, Bovard v. Bunn, Nov. 
 
 X, 1871', Copp's L. L. 80 . 
 Secretary Interior, Dietrick v. Bisscy.May 
 
 20, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 37. 
 Secretary Interior, Lyons v. Stevens, Sept. 
 
 21, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 107. 
 Secretary Interior, Lawless v. Anderson, 
 
 June 5, 1880, 7 Copp's L O. 68. 
 Cbm'r G. L. O , circular, Oct. 21, 1834, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 597. 
 Com 'rG.LO., circular, April 15,1873,Copp's 
 
 L. L. 667. 
 Juridical : 
 
 Graham v. United States, 4 Wall. 259. 
 Yan Eeynegan v. Bolton, 5 Ofto, 33. 
 Secretary Ulterior, Rancho Corte Madera 
 del Presidio, Jan. 6, 187-J, Copp's L. L. 532, 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho Huasna, Oct. 24, 
 
 1878. 
 Secretary Interior, Eancho Las Virgines, 
 
 July 11, lw7H. 
 Com'f G. L O, Raucho Huasna, Sept. 29. 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Preston Beck claim, Aug. 
 
 14, 1879. 
 What constitutes : 
 
 United States v. Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691. 
 
 Elliott v, Pearl, 10 Pet. 412. 
 
 Stark v. Starr, 1 Saw. C. C. 15. 
 
 Hariis v. McGovern, 2 Saw. C. C. 515. 
 
 Fields v Squires, 1 JDeady, C. C. 3(56. 
 
 People v. htate Treasurer, 7 Mich. 365. 
 
 Bird v Deunison, 7 Cal. 97. 
 
 Baldwin v. Simpson, 12 Cal. 560. 
 
 Wright v. Whiteside, 15 Cal. 46. 
 
 Garrison v. Sampson, 15 Cal 93. 
 
 Coryell v. Cain, l(i Cal. 567. 
 
 English v. Johnson. 17 Cal. 108. 
 
 "Wolf v. Baldwin, 19 Cal. 306. 
 
 Commins v. Scott. 20 Cal. 83. 
 
 Hestres v. Brennan, 21 Cal. 403. 
 
 Hutton v. Schumaker, 21 Cal. 453. 
 
 Patterson v. Keystone Mg. Co., 23 Cal. 575. 
 
 Wixon v. Bear River Co., 24 Cal. 367. 
 
 People v. Bachelder, 27 Cal. 70. 
 
 Page v. O'Brien, 36 Cal. 559. 
 
 Bull v. Frazier, 38 Cal. C93. 
 
 Wo fskill v. Malejowioh, 39 Cal. 276. 
 
 "Wilson v Shackleford, 41 Cal. 630. 
 
 Crowell v. Lanfranco, 42 Cal. 654. 
 
 Pat tee v. Moyle, 44 Cal. 363. 
 
 Le Roy v. Cunningham, 44 Cal. 599. 
 
 Iberg 'v. fciuanet, 47 Cal. 265. 
 
 GeJcich v. Mortality, 53 Cal. 217. 
 
 Heirs of Mims v. Higgins, 1 Ala. 676. 
 
 James v Snelson, 3 Mo. 278. 
 
 Gale v. Davis, 7 Mo. 541. 
 
 POSSESSION Continued. 
 What constitutes : 
 
 Papin v. Hines, 23 Mo. 274. 
 
 McFarland v. Culbertson, 2 Nev. 280. 
 
 O'Neal v. Cleveland, 3 Nev. 485. 
 
 Robinson v. Imperial Silver Co., 5 Nev. 44. 
 
 Craft v. Carlow, 9 Nev. 50. 
 
 Eureka Mg. Co. v. Way, 11 Nev. 171. 
 
 Lechler v. Chapin, 12 Nev. 65. 
 
 Courtney v. Turner, 12 Nev. 345. 
 
 Rivers v. Burbank, 13 Nev. 398. 
 
 Gleason v. Martin White Mg. Co., 13 Nev. 
 
 442. 
 
 Circulars, 2 L. I. & O. 545, 589, 597. 
 Claw v. Patterson, 5 Copp's L. 0. 147. 
 Lyons v. Stevens, 6 Copp's L. O. 107. 
 Lawless v. Anderson, 7 Copp's L. O. 68. 
 POSSESSORY TITLES OF INHABITANTS 
 AFTER CHANGE OF SOVEREIGN- 
 TY 
 
 American Ins. Co. v. Canter, 1 Pet. 511. 
 Doe v. Hill, Breese, (Ills.) 236. 
 Pnget Sound Ag. Co. v. Pierce Co., 1 Wash. 
 
 TV. 180. 
 POWER OF ATTORNEY 
 
 Hunt v. Rousmanier's adms., 8 Wheat. 
 
 174. 
 
 Love v. Simm's lessee, 9 Wheat. 515. 
 McClareu v. Wieker, 8 Ark. 192. 
 MeElyea v. Hayter, 2 Port. (Afa.) 148. 
 3 Op Art. Gen. 35, 97 ; 2 L. I. & 0. 2; Copp's 
 
 L. L. 795. 
 
 POWER OF PRESIDENT TO REVERSE SEC- 
 RETARY 
 
 Presd't Pierce, Feb. 11, 1857, 1 Lester, 507. 
 Presd't Buchanan, Dec. 12, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 6c-0. 
 
 PRE-EMPTION ENTRIES BY MAIL CON- 
 TRACTORS 
 
 Op. Att. Gen. May 12, 1859, 1 Lester, 486. 
 Secretary Interior to Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 
 
 30, 1857, 1 Lester, 463. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Stewart et al., 
 
 Jan. 2G, 185!), 1 Lester, 463. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hill, May 15, 
 
 1855, 1 Lester, 464. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Bennett et al., 
 
 Oct. 26, 1858, 1 Lester. 465. 
 Secretary Interior, Apiil 22, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 486. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Emory, May 
 
 26, 1859, I Lester, 488. 
 
 Com'r. G. L. O., circular, Sept. 9, 1857, 1 Les- 
 ter, 459. 
 Com'r G. L. O., to Secretary Interior, Oct. 
 
 29, 1857, 1 Lester, 460. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Stewart et al., 
 
 March 31, 1858, 1 Lester, 463. 
 Com'r G. L. , April 9, 1859, 1 Lester, 485. 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS 
 Alcalde grants : 
 
 Merryman v. Bourne, 9 Wall. 602. 
 Alexander v. Roulet, 13 Wall. 387. 
 Palmer v. Low, 8 Otto, 1. 
 Montgomery v. Beam, 1 Saw. C. C. 653. 
 Woodwortti v. Fulton, 1 Cal. 295. 
 Reynolds v. West, 1 Cal. 3J2. 
 Brown v. O'Conner, 1 Cal. 419. 
 Cohas v. Raisin, 3 Cal. 443. 
 Holliday v. West, 6 Cal. 519. 
 Welch v. Sullivan, 8 Cal. 164, 
 Chapin v. Bourne. 8 Cal. 294. 
 Noe v. Card, 14 Cal. 577. 
 Payne v. Treadwell, 16 Cal. 221. 
 Leese v. Clark, 18 Cal. 535. 
 White v. Moses, 21 Cal. 34. 
 Downer v. Smith, 24 Cal. 114. 
 Fuller v. Ferguson, 2(5 Cal. 546. 
 Seabury v. Arthur, 28 Cal. H2. 
 . Rice v. 'Cunningham, 29 Cal. 492. 
 Beach v. Gabriel, 29 Cal. 580. 
 Lick v. Diaz, 30 Cal. 65. 
 Wilson v. Cleveland, 30 Cal. 192. 
 Donner v. Palmer, 31 Cal. 501. 
 Lick v.Diaz, 37 Cal. 437. 
 Garwood v. Hastings, 38 Cal. 216. 
 Broad v. Broad, 40 Cal 493. 
 Romie v. Casanova, 45 Cal. 131. 
 Sill v. Russ, 47 Cal. 295. 
 
XXXV111 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Appeal : 
 
 Mitchell v. United States, 15 Pet. 52. 
 United States v. Boisdore's heirs, 8 How. 
 
 113. 
 
 United States v. Eitchie, 17 How. 525. 
 Tturhide's ex'r v. United States, 22 How. 
 
 290. 
 
 United States v. "White, 23 How. 249. 
 United States v. Gomez, 23 How. 3^6. 
 Malarin v. United States, 1 Wall. 2e2. 
 United States v. Johnson, 1 Wall. 326. 
 United States v. Auguisola, 1 Wall. 352. 
 United States v. Yorba, 1 Wall. 412 
 United States v. Morillo, 1 Wall. 706. 
 United States v. E.studillo, 1 Wall. 710. 
 United States v. Billing. 2 \v all. 444. 
 The Fossat Case, 2 Wall. G49. 
 Castio v. United States, 3 Wall. 46. 
 Beard v. Federy, 3 Wall. 478. 
 Uuited States v. Gomez, 3 Wall. 753. 
 Higueras v. Uuited States, 5 Wall. 827. 
 Giisar . McDowell, 6 Wall. 363. 
 Alviso r. United States, 8 Wall. 337. 
 Noe v. United States, 1 Hoffman, L. Cas. 
 
 242. 
 Tturbide v. United States, 1 Hoffman, S. 
 
 Cas. 273. 
 City of San Francisco v. United States, 1 
 
 Saw. C. C. 553. 
 14 Op. Att. Gen. 74. 
 Secretary Interior, Las Animas grant, Oct. 
 
 27, It74. 
 Secretary Interior, Las Animas grant, 
 
 Jan. 23, 1875. 
 Secretary Interior, RanchoElCajon, March 
 
 15, 1878, Copp's L. L. 559. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Corte Madera, 
 
 May 28, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 52. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho La Laguna, 
 
 May 17, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 40. 
 Baron de Bastrop grant : 
 
 United States v. Philadelphia and New 
 
 Orleans, 11 How. 609. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Vester, Maich 
 
 31, 1859, 1 Lester, 451. 
 British grant* : 
 
 Harcourt v. Gaillard, 12 Wheat. 523. 
 Eslavat). Farmer's heirs, 7 Ala. 543. 
 Doe ex dem. Farmer v. Eslava, 11 Ala. 
 
 1028. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, July 26, 
 
 1803, 2 L. I. & O. 7"i9. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, May 31, 
 
 1804, 2'L. I. & O. '(562. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, April 24, 
 
 1806, 2 L.I. &O to 3. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, April 24, 
 
 1806, 2L. I. & O. 795. 
 Secretary Treasury to Com'rs, April 24, 
 
 1806, 2 L. I. & O. 674. 
 Secretary Treasury to Coni'rs, Aug. 16, 
 
 1806, 2 L. I. & O. 679. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, March 28, 
 
 lc<07, 2 L. I. & O. 687. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Oct. 20. 
 
 1808, 2 L.I. & O 695. 
 Secretary Treasury, ex parte Ellis el al., 
 
 July 21, 1809, 2 L. I. & O. 698. 
 Com'f G. L. O., instructions, July 14, 1812, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 704. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 31, 1812, 
 
 2 L. I. &. O. 706. 
 Com'r G. L. O. to Com'rs, Aug. 7, 1813,2 
 
 L. I. & O. 707. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions. March 22, 
 
 1819, 2 L. I. &O. 712. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 13, 1823, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 717. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 4, 1827, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 876. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 20, 1830, 2 
 
 L.I. &O. *4>>. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 9, 1831, 2 
 
 L. I. & O. 74!!. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Rhea, July 16, 
 
 i-:r>,2L. I. &O.758. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 25, 1860, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 52J. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 British grants : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 18, 1672, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 525. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 26, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 513. 
 Commissioners : 
 
 Brown v. Jackson, 7 Wheat. 218. 
 Henderson v. Poindexter, 12 Wheat. 530 
 Ross v. Borland, 1 Pet. 635. 
 Strother v. Lucas, 6 Pet. 763. 
 United States v. Percheman, 7 Pet. 51. 
 Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet. 410. 
 McDonogh v. Millaudon. 3 How. 693. 
 Landes v. Brant, 10 How. 348. 
 United States v Ritchie, 17 How. 525. 
 United States v. Fossat, 20 How. 413. 
 United States v. Fossat, 21 How. 445. 
 Magwire v. Tyler, 1 Black, li'5. 
 United States v. Covilland, 1 Black, 339. 
 United States v. Grimes, 2 Black, 610. 
 United States v. Sepulveda, 1 Wall. 104. 
 United States v. Halleck, 1 Wall. 439. 
 Beard v. Federy, 3 Wall. 478. 
 Higueias v. United States, 5 Wall. 827. 
 Lynch v. Bernal, 9 Wall. 315. 
 Williams v. United States. 2 Otto, 457. 
 Boyle v. Hinds, 2 Saw. C. C. 527. 
 Mora v. Foster, 3 Saw. C. C. 469. 
 United States v. Flint, 4 Saw. C. C. 42. 
 Grisar v. McDowell, 4 Saw. C. C. 597. 
 Norton v. Meader, 4 Saw. C. C. 603. 
 Challefoux v. Ducharme, 4 Wis. 554. 
 Hoolerv. Tippet, 8 Mai-tin (La.) 637.' 
 Boatner v. Vantress, 8 Martin (La ) 644. 
 Thomas v. Turnley. 3 Rob. (La.) 206. 
 Archer v. Bacon, 12 Mo. 149. 
 Papin v. Massey, 27 Mo. 445- 
 Magwire v. Tyler, 40 Mo. 406. 
 Semple v. Hagar, 27 Cal. 163. 
 Bernal v. Lynch, 36 Cal. 135. 
 Chipman v. Hastings, 50 Cal. 310. 
 Com'r G. L O., circular, Oct. 25, 1860, 
 
 Copp'S L. L. 523. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Kancho Niguel, July 9, 
 
 1872, Copp's L. L. 564. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Corte Madera, Sept. 
 
 18, 1878. 
 
 Commons, common-field lots, out-lots, village 
 lots, <&c. : 
 
 Strother v. Lucas. 12 Pet. 410. 
 
 Mackay v. Dillon. 4 How. 421. 
 
 LesBois v. Bramell, 4 How. 449. 
 
 Menard's heirs v. Massey, 8 How. 293. 
 
 United States v. Boisdore's heirs, 8 How. 
 113. 
 
 Gamache v. Piquignot, 16 How. 451. 
 
 Guitard v. Stoddard, 16 How. 494. 
 
 Kissell, v. St. Louis Pub. Schools, 18 How. 
 19. 
 
 Savignac v. Garrison, 18 How. 136. 
 
 Willot v. Sandford, 19 How. 79. 
 
 Carondelet v. St. Louis, 1 Black 179. 
 
 Glasgow v. Hortiz, 1 Black, 595. 
 
 Public Schools v. Walker, 9 Wall. 282. 
 
 Shepley v. Cowan, 1 Otto. 330. 
 
 Ma>or, &c.. New Orleans v. Catares, 3 
 Martin (La.) 675. 
 
 Clark v. Brazeau, 1 Mo 290. 
 
 Vasseur v. Benton. I Mo. 212. 
 
 Janis v. Gurmo, 4 Mo. 458. 
 
 Gurino v. Jams. 6 Mo. 350. 
 
 Cerre v. Hook, 6 Mo. 474. 
 
 Bird v. Montgomery, 6 Mo. 510. 
 
 Mackay v. Dillon, 7 Mo. 7. 
 
 Moss v. Anderson, 7 Mo. 337. 
 
 Hammond v. St. Louis, 8 Mo. 65. 
 
 Trotter v. Board, <fcc., St. Louis, 9 Mo. 69. 
 
 Montgomery v. Laudnsky, 9 Mo. 714. 
 
 Page v. Scblibel, 11 Mo. 109. 
 
 Eberlo v. Board, &c., St. Louis, 11 Mo. 157. 
 
 MeGill v. Somers, 1 5 Mo. 80. 
 
 Inhabitants of Caroudelet v. Dent, 18 Mo. 
 248. 
 
 Barada v. Bhimentbal, 28 Mo. 162. 
 
 City of Carondelet v. McPherson, 20 Mo. 
 192. 
 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Hammond, 21 
 Mo. 238. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 XXXIX 
 
 PRIVATE LAXD CLAIMS Continued. 
 
 Commons, common-field lota, out-lots, village 
 
 lots, d-c. .- 
 
 City of St Louis v. Toney, 21 Mo. 243. 
 Hogan v. Page, 22 Mo. 55. 
 Maguire r. Page, 23 Mo. 183. 
 Mil burn v. Hortiz, 23 Mo. 532. 
 Tayon v. Ilardman, 23 Mo. 539. 
 Tine v. St. Louis, 23 Mo. 520. 
 Yasquez v. Ewing, 24 Mo. 31. 
 Scbultz v. Lindoll, 24 Mo. 567. 
 City of Carondelet v. City of St. Louis, 25 
 
 Mo. 449. 
 
 Funkhouser v. Langkopp, 26 Mo. 453. 
 Clark v. nammerle, 27 Mo. 55. 
 Prim v. Hoi-en, 27 Mo. 205. 
 City of Carondelet v. City of St. Louis, 29 
 
 Mo. 527. 
 
 Funkhouser v Fantz, 29 Mo. 540. 
 McCune v. O'Fallon. 32 Mo. 13. 
 Barry v. Blumenthal. 32 Mo. 29. 
 Tayon v. Laden, 33 Mo. 205. 
 Bobbins v. Eckler, 36 Mo. 494. 
 Le Beau v. Gaven, 37 Mo. 556. 
 Patterson v. Fogan, 38 M,o. 70. 
 Fine v. St. Louis. <fcc., 39 Mo. 59. 
 Schultz v. Lindell, 40 Mo. 330. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Schoen-thaler, 
 
 40 Mo. 372. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Walker, 40 Mo. 
 
 383. 
 
 Vasquez v. Ewing, 42 Mo. 247. 
 Cotnoyer v. La B aume, 45 Mo. 139. 
 Glasgow v. Lindell, 50 Mo. CO. 
 Shepley v. Cowan, 52 Mo. 559. 
 Langlois v. Crawford, 51) Mo. 456. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, May 14, 
 
 1810, 2 L. I. & O. 700. 
 Confirmation : 
 
 De la Croix v. Chamberlain, 12 "Wheat. 599. 
 Foster & Elam v. Keilson, 2 Pet. 253. 
 Strother v. Lucas, 6 Pet. 763. 
 United States v. Percheman, 7 Pet. 51. 
 Delassus v. United States, 9 Pet. 117. 
 Chouteau's heirs v. United States, 9 Pet. 
 
 147. 
 
 United States v. Huertas, 9 Pet, 171. 
 Smith v. United States, 10 Pet. 326. 
 Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet. 410. 
 Pollard's i eirs v. Kibbe, 14 Pet. 353. 
 Stoddard v. Chambers, 2 How. 284. 
 Grignon v. Astor, 2 How. 319. 
 Chouteau v. Eckhart, 2 How. 344. 
 Les Bois v. Bramell, 4 How. 490. 
 La Roche v. Jones, 9 How. 156. 
 Robinson v. Minor, 10 How. 627. 
 Blanc v. Lafayette, 11 How. 104. 
 United States v. Moore, 12 How. 209. 
 Vilemont v. United States, 13 How. 261. 
 United States v. Roselius, 15 How. 31. 
 United States v. Ducros, 15 How. 38. 
 McCabe v. Worthington, 16 How. 86. 
 Burgess v. Gray, 16 How. 48. 
 United States v. Reading, 18 How. 1. 
 Ledoux et al. v. Black, 18 How. 473. 
 Willot v. Sandford, 19 How. 79. 
 Cousin v. Blanc's ex'r, 19 How. 203. 
 Bryan v. Foray th, 19 How. 334. 
 United States v. Sutherland, 19 How. 363. 
 United States v. Sutter, 21 How. 170. 
 Easton v. Salisbury, 21 How. 406. 
 Gonzales v. United States, 22 How. 161. 
 Bertbold v. McDonald, 22 How. 334. 
 United States v. Vallojo, 22 How. 416. 
 United States v. Alviso, 23 How. 318. 
 Yontz v. United States, 23 How. 495. 
 Massey v. Papin, 24 How. 362. 
 United States v. Knight's adin'r, 1 Black, 
 
 227. 
 
 United States v. Covilland, 1 Black, 339. 
 Glasgow v. Hortiz, 1 Black, 595. 
 Untied States v. Galbraith ct al.,2 Black, 
 
 3H4. 
 
 United States v. Billing, 2 Wall. 444. 
 Hogan v. Page, 2 Wall. 005. 
 United States v. Fossatt, 2 Wall. 649. 
 Lanfear v. Hunley, 4 Wall. 204. 
 Townsend <>t al. v. Greeley, 5 Wall. 326. 
 Serrano v. United Stales,' 5 Wall. 451. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Confirmation : 
 
 Higueras v. United States, 5 Wall. 827. 
 Grisar v. McDowell, 6 Wall. 3t3. 
 Maiiuire v. Tyler, 8 Wall. G50. 
 Steinbach v. Stewart, 11 Wall. 566. 
 Carpentier v. Montgomery, 13 Wall. 480. 
 Dent v. Emmeger, 14 Wall. 308. 
 Brown v. Brackett, 21 Wall. 387. 
 Langdeaut 1 . Hants. 21 Wall. 521. 
 Connoyer v. SchaelTer, 22 Wall. 254. 
 Morrison ct al. v. Jackson, 2 Otto, 654. 
 Ryan et al. v. Carter ct al.. 3 Otto. 78. 
 Tameling v. U. S. F.L. & E. Co., 3 Otto, 644. 
 Colorado Co. v. Com'i s, <fcc., 5 Otto, 259. 
 Morrow v. Whitney, 5 Otto, 551. 
 Scull v. United States, 8 Otto, 410. 
 United States v. Reading, 1 Hoffman, L. Cas. 
 
 18. 
 United States v. Bernal, 1 Hoffman, L. Caa. 
 
 50. 
 United States v. Sanchez, 1 Hoffman, L. Cas. 
 
 133. 
 Thurn v. United States, 1 Hoffman, L Cas. 
 
 298. 
 
 Sea-bury v. Field, 1 McAllister, C. C. 1. 
 United States v. Pico, 1 Saw. C. C. 347. 
 Bissell v. Heoshaw, 1 Saw. C. C. 553. 
 Walker v. Marks, 2 Saw. C. C. 152. 
 Mora v. Foster, 3 Saw. C. C. 409. 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 4 Saw. C. C. 536. 
 Tripp v. Spring, 5 Saw. C. C. 209. . 
 Jackson r. Astor, 1 Pinney (Wis.) 137. 
 White v. Wells, 5 Martin (La.) 652. 
 Bakers. Thomas, 4 La. 414. 
 Moore v. Pontalla, 13 La. 571. 
 Lavergne v. Elkins, 17 La. 220. 
 Noulen v. Perkins, 3 Rob. (La.) 233. 
 Murdock v. Gurly, 5 Rob. (La.) 467. 
 Metroyer v. Larenaudiere, 6 Rob. (La.) 139- 
 Broueaard v. Gonsoulin, 12 Rob. (La.) 1. 
 Lafayette v. Blanc, 3 La. Ann. 59. 
 Purvis v. Harrminson, 4 La. Ann. 421. 
 Dupless's v. Miller. 6 La. Ann. 683. 
 Beatty v. Michou, 9 La. Ann. 102. 
 Kittndgev. Herbert, 9 La. Ann. 154. 
 Williams v. Close, 12 La. Ann. 873, 
 Sandoz v. Ozenne, 13 La. Ann. 616. 
 Dutillet v. Blancbard, 14 La. Ann. 97. 
 Cannon v. "W hite, 16 La. Ann. 85. 
 Martin v. Brasbear, 28 La. Ann. 581. 
 Heirs of Mims v. Higgins, 1 Ala. 676. 
 Tillotson v. Doe ex dem. Kennedy, 5 Ala. 
 
 407. 
 
 Doe ex dem. Chastang v. Dill, 19 Ala. 421. 
 Chastang's heirs v. Armstrong, 20 Ala. 69. 
 Ashley v. Cramer, 7 Mo. 98. 
 Barry v. Gamble, 8 Mo. 88. 
 Roussin v. Parks, 8 Mo. 528. 
 Ott v. Soulard, 9 Mo. 581 . 
 Landes v. Perkins, 12 Mo. 238. 
 Ashley v. Turley, 13 Mo. 430. 
 Morgan v. Rutgers, 14 Mo. 585. 
 McGill v. Somers, 15 Mo. 80. 
 Inhabitants of Carondelet v. Dent, 18 Mo. 
 
 248. 
 
 Maguire v. Vice, 20 Mo. 429. 
 Mercier v. Letcher, 22 Mo. 66. 
 Berthold v. McDonald, 24 Mo. 126. 
 Papin v. Massey, 27 Mo. 445. 
 Williams v. Carpenter, 28 Mo. 453. 
 St. Louis Univertity v. McCune, 28 Mo. 481. 
 Dent v. Segerson, 25> Mo 4e9. 
 Mitchell v. HandfieW, 33 Mo. 431. 
 St. Louis Gas Light Co. v. Reiss, 33 Mo. 551. 
 Connoyer v. Washington University, 36 Mo. 
 
 481.' 
 
 Carpenter v. Ramalls, 45 Mo. 584. 
 Le Beau v. Armitage, 47 Mo. 138. 
 Board of Com'rs v. Colorado Imp. Co., 2 
 
 Colo. 6-28. 
 
 Rose v. Davis, 1 1 Cal. 133. 
 Gregory v. McPherson, 13 Cal. 562. 
 Jackson v. Feather River Co. 14 Cal. 18. 
 Leese v. Clark, 18 Cal. 535. 
 Soto v. Kroder, 19 Cal. 87. 
 Clark v. Lockwood, 21 Cal. 220. 
 Rice v. Spouse, 21 Cal. 504. 
 Mahoney v. VanWinkle, 21 Cal. 552. 
 
xl 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS- Continued. 
 Confirmation : 
 
 Semple ?. Hagar. 27 Cal. 163. 
 
 Ward r. Muliord, 3-2 Cal. 365. 
 
 O'Conuell r. Dougherty. 32 Cal. 453. 
 
 Schmidt v. Giovanari. 43 Cal. 617. 
 
 Had ley v. Brown. 46 Cal. *OI. 
 
 7 Op. Att. Gen. 636, 6*1 ; 9 id. 397, 4?0 ; Sept. 
 
 29, 1859, 1 Lester. 640; Nov. f>, 1-7.3. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Musalacon, Teh. 
 
 23, 1&59. I Lester, i 47. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Tularcitos, July 
 
 30. 1?59, 1 Lester, 61-2. 
 Secretary Inteiior. Raucho Buelna, Sept 1, 
 
 1859, I Lester. 6.J7. 
 Secretary Interior, liancho Sespe, July 31, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. f>29. 
 Secretary Interior. Rancbo Corte Madera, 
 
 Jan. 6, 1672, Copp's L. L. 532. 
 Secretary Inteiior. Rancbo LlCajon, March 
 
 15. 1872, Copp'a L ! 
 
 Secretary Interior. Rancho La Carbonera, 
 
 May 21, 1873. Copp's L. L. 507. 
 Secretary Intel ior, ex Mission San Buena- 
 ventura, Juno 18, li-74, Copp's L. L. 573. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancbo Caslaikayonii, 
 
 July 13, 1-74, Copp's L. I 
 Secretary Inteiior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 Dec. 31, 1869, Copp's L. L. 603. 
 Secretary Inteiior Rancho Los Trigos, Feb. 
 
 2*. 1674, Copp's L. L. 607. 
 Secretary Interior. Rancho Corral deTierra, 
 
 J i n*O, Ie75, 2 Copp's L O. 5.'. 
 Secretary Interior. Ortiz mine grant, April 
 
 22, 1 876, 3 Copp's L. O. y i. 
 Secretary Interior, liancho Escorpinas, 
 
 Aug. 17, 1676, 3 Copp's L. O. 90. 
 Secretary Inteiior. Rancbo PalosColorados, 
 
 Aug. l, 178. 5 Copp's L. O. 1 19. 
 Secret ary Interior, liancho Huasna, Oct. 24, 
 
 IOTA 
 Com'rG.L.O., Mission la Purisima, June 
 
 10. I .-73, Copp's L. L. 507. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex-Mission San Buenaven- 
 tura, Aug. 1, 1873, Copp's L. L. 568. 
 Com'i- G. L. O., liancho Najalayegua, Sept. 
 
 18, 1874, Copp's L. L. 591. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Ortiz mine grant, June 19, 
 
 I-'..'. 5 Copp's L. O. 5-J. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Town Chilili, Feb. 12, 1875, 
 
 2 Copp's L. O. 101. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. liancho Cajon de Santa Ana, 
 
 Sept. 18. 1>75, 2 Copp'M L. O. 119. 
 Com'rG.L. O.. liancho Escorpinas, Sept. 24, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 135. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Pueblo San Francisco, Xov. 
 
 11, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 1 U. 
 Construction : 
 
 Mitchell et al. v. United States, 9 Pet. 
 
 711. 
 
 United States v Auguisola. 1 Wall. 352. 
 Higueras v. United States. 5 Wall 627. 
 Tobin r. Watten's heir, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 
 151. 
 
 Griffiing r. Gibb, 1 McAllister, C. C. 212. 
 Secretary Interior, Eancho Xovato, Jan. 
 
 13. 1859, 1 Lester, 645. 
 Secretary Interior, liancho Musalacon, 
 
 Feb. 23, 1859, 1 Lester, 647. 
 Secretary Interior, liancbo Pinole et al., 
 
 Aug. 10, 1*59, 1 Lester C54. 
 Secretary Interior. liancho Bnelna, Sept. 
 
 1, 1859,' 1 Lester, 657. 
 Secretary Inteiior, liancho Corte Madera, 
 
 Jan 6/1872, Copp'w L. L. f;32. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien &. Miranda, 
 
 Dec 3i, 1669. Copp's L. L. 603. 
 Secretary Interior, liancho Los Trigos, 
 
 Feb. 2-, It74. Copp's L. L 607. 
 Secretary In tei ior. Raucho Corral de Tierra, 
 
 June 1. l>7.'i. -J ('i.jip's L. O. 53. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Escorpinas, 
 
 Aug. 17, 1676, 3 Copp's L. O. 90. 
 Secretary Intenor, liancho Huasna, Oct. 
 
 21. 1 
 Com'r G. L. O., Mission la Purisima, June 
 
 16. 1873, Copp's L. L. 567. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Rancho Xajalayegua, Sept. 
 18, Ie74. Copp's L. L. 590. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Construction : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Rancho Escorpinas. Sept. 
 
 24. 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 135. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Pueblo San Francisco, Xov. 
 11, 1S78. 5 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 
 Certificate of Corporation : 
 Richardson v. L 
 
 Hobart, 1 Stewart (Ala.) 500. 
 Ballet v. Eslava, 2 Stewart (Ala.) 115. 
 Lewis v. Goguctte, 3 Stew. & Port. (Ala.) 
 
 61. 
 Hallet v. Heirs of Eslava, 3 Stew. &, Port. 
 
 (Ala.) 105. 
 Ryder r. Innerarity, 4 Stew. &, Port. (Ala ) 
 
 Logan r Moulder, 1 Ark. 313. 
 
 Mill -urn r. Hardy. 28 Mo. 514. 
 
 Bompart r. Stum'pff, 40 Mo. 446. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Dec. 5, 1829 2 
 
 L. I. <fc O. 741. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 9, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. &. O. 746. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 13, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 747. 
 Com'r G.C. O.. instructions, Jan. 11, 1838, 
 
 2 L. I. fc O. 752. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 26, 1803, 
 
 2 L. I & O. 779. 
 Equitable titlfg : 
 
 Fieuiout v. United States. 17 How. 542. 
 Berthold v. McDonald et al., 22 How. 334. 
 Greer et al. v. Mezes, 24 How. 268. 
 Singleton v. Touchavd, 1 Black, 342. 
 Townsend et al. v. Greeley. 5 Wall. 326. 
 United States v. Armijo, 5 Wall. 444. 
 Meader v. Norton. 11 Wall. 442. 
 Carpentier v. Montgomery-, 13 Wall. 480. 
 French grants : 
 
 Del'assus v. United States, 9 Pet. 117. 
 Cbouteau's heirs v. United States, 9 Pet. 
 
 137. 
 
 iS'ew Orleans v. De Armas, 9 Pet. 2-23. 
 Mackey v United States, 10 Pet. 340. 
 Soothers Lucas, 12 Pet, 410. 
 Mitchel v. United States, 15 Pet. 52. 
 McDonogh v. Millaudon, 3 How. 693. 
 United States v. L'Anterive, 10 How. 609. 
 Blanc v. Lafayette. 11 How. 104. 
 United States v. Power's heirs, 11 How. 
 
 570. 
 
 Montault v. United States, 12 How. 47. 
 United States v. Porche, 12 How. 426. 
 United States v. Pillerin. 1 ; How. 9. 
 United States v. D' Auterive, 15 How. 14. 
 Burgess v. Gray, 16 How. 48. 
 Denise v. Ruggles, 16 How. 24-2. 
 West v. Cochran, 17 How. ^03. 
 Gregg v. Tesson, 1 Black. 150. 
 Dredge r. Forsyth, 2 Black, 563. 
 Uuited States v Repentigny, 5 Wall. 211. 
 Maiiuire v. Tyler, 8 Wall. ti50. 
 Conuoyer v. Schaeffer, 22 Wall. 254. 
 1 renier ft al. v. Stewart, 1 1 Of.o, 797. 
 Hill v. Wright, 3 Mo. 243. 
 Mackay r. Dillon, 7 Mo. 7. 
 Hogan v. Page, 32 Mo. 68. 
 Heyman v Reed, 13 Cal. 444. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions. Sept. 26, 
 
 1804, 2 L. I. &O. 665. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, July 2. 
 
 1815, 2L. I. & O. 667. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, May 5, 
 
 1806, 2 L. I. & O. 675. 
 Secretaiy Treasury, instructions, Aug. 16, 
 
 1806, 2*L. I. & O. 679. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Sept. 8, 
 
 Ic06, 2'L. I. & O. 681. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Xov. 14, 
 
 1606, 2'L. I. fcO. 662. 
 Secretary Interior, tx parte Clark, Jan. 5, 
 
 1.-7 1. Copp's L. L. 49-1. 
 Secretaiy Interior, ex parte Malines, 
 
 March 1. 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 23. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, July 14, 1812, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 704. 
 Coui'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 7, 1813, 
 
 2L. I. &.O. 707. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 13, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 717. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 xli 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 French grants : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 17, 1831, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 744. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Nov. 7, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 749. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Duplessis, Jan. 11, 
 
 1833, 2 L. I. & O. 752. 
 Com'r G. L. ()., circular, Oct. 25, 1860, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 5-23. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 18, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 525. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Malines, June 23, 
 
 1874 2 Copp's L. O. 21. 
 Houmas grant : 
 
 Moiehouse v. Pbelps, 21 How. 294. 
 Easton v. Salisbury, 2 L How. 426. 
 Maguire v. Tyler, 8 Wall. 650. 
 Dent v. Emtneger, 14 Wall. 308. 
 United States v. Enright, 1 Hoffman, L. Gas. 
 
 2.)9. 
 
 Grisar v. McDowell, 4 Saw. C. C. 579. 
 Joseph v. United States, 1 N. & H. 197. 
 De la lloussayo v. Sauuders, 4 La. 443. 
 Thomas v. Tiirnley, 'A 1Mb. (La.) 206. 
 Broussard v. Gonsaulire, 12 Rob. 1. 
 Lafayette v. Blanc, J La. Ann. 59. 
 Pontalba v. Copeland, 3 La. Ann. 86. 
 Riddle v. Ratiff. 8 La. Ann. 106. 
 Eslava v. Farmer's heirs, 7 Ala. 543. 
 Hall et al. v. Doe ex dem. Root, 19 Ala. 378. 
 Burgess v. Gray, 15 Mo. 220. 
 Reynolds v. West, 1 Cal. 3-J2. 
 Estrado v. Murphy, 19 Cal. 248. 
 DeArguella v. Greer, 26 Cal. 616. 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 207. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, Feb. 17, 1829, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 892. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 22, 1877, 
 
 4 Copp's L. O. 70. 
 Incomplete or inchoate title: 
 
 Delassus v. United States, 9 Pet. 117. 
 Chouteau's heirs v. United States, 9 Pet. 137. 
 Mitchell v. United States, 9 Pet. 711. 
 Soulard's heirs v. United States, 10 Pet. 100. 
 Pollard's lessee v. Files, 2 How. 591. 
 Hickey'n lessee v. Stewart. 3 How. 750. 
 United States v. King, 3 How. 773. 
 Les Bois v. Bramell, 4 How. 449. 
 Menard's heirs v. Massey, 8 How. 293. 
 United States v. Reynes] 1) How. 127. 
 Landes v. Brant, 10 How. 338. 
 United States v. Philadelp' ia, 11 How. 609. 
 United States v. Simon, 12 How. 433. 
 United States v. Castant, 12 How. 437. 
 United States v. Hughes, 13 How. 1. 
 United States v. Pilleriu, 13 How. 9. 
 United States v. McCullagh, 13 How. 216. 
 United States v. D'Auterieve, 15 How. 14. 
 United States v. Roselius, 15 How. 31, 36. 
 United States v. Ducros, 15 How. 38. 
 Delauriere v. Einison, 15 How. 525. 
 Burgess v. Gray, 16 How. 48. 
 McCabe v. Worthington, 16 How. 86. 
 United States v. Fremont, 17 How. 542. 
 Ledoux v. Black, la How. 473. 
 Cousin v. Blanc's ex'r, 19 How. 202. 
 Indian titles in the Spanish colonies : 
 Reboul v. Nero, 5 Martin (La.) 490. 
 Martin v. Johnson, 5 Martin (La.) 655. 
 Rillieux v. Stingletay, 17 La. 88. 
 Sunol v. Hepburn, 1 Cal. 234. 
 Hicks v. Coleman, 25 Cal. 122. 
 Juridical poaae^ion : 
 
 Waterman v. Smith, 13 Cal. 373. 
 
 Estrada v. Murphy, 19 Cal. 248. 
 
 DeArguello v. Greer, 26 Cal. 616. 
 
 Steinbach v. Moore, 30 Cal. 498. 
 
 Reed v. Ybarra, 50 Cal. 465. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho Corte Madera, 
 
 Jan. 6, 1852, Copp's L. L. 533. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho lluasna, Oct. 
 
 24. 1878. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Las Yirgines, 
 
 Julyli, 1878. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Hnasna, Sept. 29, 
 
 1877. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Preston Beck claim, Aug. 
 
 14. 1879. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Maiiion Rouge claim : 
 
 United States v. King, 7 How. 833. 
 United States v. Coxe, 17 How. 41. 
 Copely v. Diukgrave, 27 La. Ann. 601. 
 8 Op. Att. Gen." 16. 
 Secretary Interior, Faust & Rust, May 11, 
 
 1859, t Lester, 455. 
 Mexica-n gran's : 
 
 Cervantes v. United States, 16 How. 619. 
 United States v. Ritchie, 17 How. 525. 
 Fremont v. United States, 17 How. 542. 
 United States v. Reading, 18 How. 1. 
 Arguello v. United States, 18 How. 539. 
 United States v. Cervantes. 18 How. 553. 
 United States v. Vaca, 18 How. 556. 
 United States v. Larkin, 18 How. 557. 
 Field v. Seabury, 19 How. 323. 
 United States v. Peralta, 19 How. 343. 
 United States v. Sutherland, 19 How. 363. 
 Umted States v. Cambuaton, 20 How. 59. 
 Spenser v. Lapsley, 20 How. 264. 
 United States v. Fossat, 2 ) How. 413. 
 United States v. Sutter, 21 How. 170. 
 United States v. Nye, 21 How. 408. 
 United States v. Bassett 21 How. 412. 
 United States v. Fossat, 21 How. 445. 
 United States v. Galbraith, 22 How. 89. 
 United States v. Gonzales, 22 How. 161. 
 United States v. Pacheco, 22 How. 225. 
 United States v. Garcia, 22 How. 274. 
 United States v. Hartnell's ex'r, 22 How. 
 
 286. 
 United States v. De Haro's heirs, 22 How. 
 
 293. 
 
 United States v. West, 22 How. 315. 
 Bert hold v. McDonald, 2<> How. 334. 
 United States v. Teschmaker, 22 How. 293 
 United States v. Pico, 22 Hoxv. 406. 
 United States v. Vallejo, 2J How. 416. 
 Dalton v. United States, 22 How. 436. 
 Fuentes v. United States, 22 How. 443. 
 United Sta es v. White, 23 How. 249. 
 United States v. Bennitz, 23 How. 255. 
 United States v. Rose, 23 How. 262. 
 United States v. Osio, 2 1 How. 273. 
 United States v. Noe 23 How. 312. 
 United States v. Alviso, 23 How. 318. 
 United States v. Pico, 23 How. 321. 
 United States v. Gomez, 2:5 How. 326. 
 United States v. Bolton. 23 How. 341. 
 Castro v. Hendricks, 23 How. 438. 
 United States v. Castillero, 23 How. 464. 
 United States v. Murphy, 23 How. 476. 
 Callan et al. v Statham et al., 23 How. 
 
 477. 
 
 Yontz v. United States, 23 How. 495. 
 United States v. Berreyesa. 23 How. 499. 
 Luco v. United States, 23 How. 515. 
 Palmer et al. v. United States, 24 How. 125. 
 United States #. Ghana et al., 24 How. 131. 
 League v. Egery, et al., 24 How. 264. 
 Foote v. Egery 'et al., 21 How. 207. 
 Greer et al. v. Mezes, 21 How. 268. 
 United States v. Castro et al.. 24 How. 346. 
 United States v. Housley. 1 Black, 35. 
 United States v. Knight s adin'r, 1 Black, 
 
 227. 
 
 United States v. Wilson. 1 Black, 267. 
 United States v. Neleigh, 1 Black, 298. 
 United States v. Covilland. 1 Black, 339. 
 Singleton v. Touchard. 1 Black, 342. 
 United States v. Vallejo, 1 Black, 283.541. 
 United States v. Castillero, 2 Black, 17. 
 United States x. Galbraith, 2 Black. 394 
 United States v. Chaboya, 2 Black, 593. 
 United States v. Grimes, 2 Black, 610. 
 United States v. Sepulveda, 1 Wall. 104. 
 Malarin v. United States, 1 Wall. 242. 
 United States v. D'Aeuirre, 1 Wall. 311. 
 United States v. Johnson, I Wall. 326. 
 United States v. Auguisola, I Wall. 352. 
 United States v. Moreno, 1 Wall. 400. 
 United States v. Yorba, 1 Wall. 412. 
 United States v. Halleck et al.. 1 Wall. 439. 
 Rodrigues v. United States, 1 Wall. 582. 
 United States v. Vnllojo, 1 Wall. 658. 
 White v. United States. 1 Wall. 660. 
 United States v. Morillo, 1 Wall. 706. 
 
xlii 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Mexican grants : 
 
 United States r. Estudillo, 1 Wall. 710. 
 Romero v. United States, 1 Wall. 7-21. 
 United States t. Workman, 1 WalL 745. 
 United States v. Carev Jones, J Wall. 766. 
 Pico r. United Srate.s,'2 WalL 270. 
 United States v. Billing. 2 Wall. 444. 
 The Sutler Case, 2 Wall. 56-2. 
 United States v. Pacheco, 2 Wall. 587. 
 The Fossat Case. 2 Wall. (j49. 
 Castro r. United States, 3 Wall. 46. 
 Peralta v. United States, 3 Wall. 434. 
 Beard v. Federy, 3 Wall. 478. 
 United States v. Circuit Judges, 3 WalL 
 
 67.*. 
 
 United States r. Gomez, 3 Wall. 752. 
 Dehon v. Be*nal 3 Wall. 774. 
 Graham r. United States, 4 Wall. 259. 
 Townaebd r. Greeley. r> Wall. 3-26. 
 United States r. Anuijo, 5 Wall. 444. 
 Serrano v. United States. 5 Wall. 451. 
 United States v. Pico, 5 Wall. 536. 
 De Haro v. United States, 5 Wall. 599. 
 Higueras r. Unite-1 States, 5 Wall. 827. 
 Grisar v. McDowell, <J Wall. 363. 
 Stearns v. United States, Wall. 589. 
 Roland v. United States, 7 Wall. 743. 
 Alviso v. United States, 6 Wall. 337. 
 Lynch v. Bernal, 9 Wall. 315. 
 United States r. Rocha. 9 Wall. 639. 
 Hornsby r. United States, 10 Wall. 224. 
 Meader r. Norton, 11 Wall. 442. 
 Steinbach r. Stewart, 11 Wall. 566. 
 Alexander r. Roulet. 13 Wall. 38. 
 United States r. Vigil, 13 Wall. 449. 
 Carpentier r. Montgomery. 13 Wall. 480. 
 Henshaw v. Bissell, Id Wall. 255. 
 , Brown r. Brackett,21 Wall. 387. 
 Williams c. United States. 2 Otto, 457. 
 Miller et al. v. Dale et al, 2 Otto, 473. 
 Tameling v. U. S. F. L. <fc E. Co., 3 Otto, 644. 
 Van Reynegan r. Bolton, 5 Otto, 33. 
 Colorado Co. r. Commissioners, 5 Otto, 259. 
 Hosmer r. Wallace, 7 Otto, 575. 
 United States v. Throe kmorton, 8 Otto, 61. 
 Trenier et al. v. Stewart 11 Otto,797. 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 1 Saw. C. C. 194. 
 United States v. Pico, 1 Saw. C. C. 347. 
 United States v. Garcia, 1 Saw. C. C. 383. 
 Bissell r. Henshaw, 1 Saw. C. C. 553. 
 Montgomery r. Bevans, 1 Saw. C. C. 653. 
 Walker r. Marks, 2 Saw. C. C. 152. 
 Palmer v. Low, 2 Saw. C. C. 248. 
 Le Roy v. Clayton, 2 Saw. C. C. 493. 
 Boyle f. Hinds, 2 Saw. C. C. 527. 
 Dodge v. Perez, 2 Saw. C. C. 645. 
 Le Roy v. Carroll, 3 Saw. C. C. 66. 
 Le Roy v. Jamison, 3 Saw. C. C. 369. 
 Mora r. Foster, 3 Saw. C. C. 469. 
 United States r. Flint, 4 Saw. C. C. 42. 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 4 Saw. C. C. 536. 
 United States v. Hare, 4 Saw. C. C. 653. 
 Ryan v. C. P. R. R. Co., 5 Saw. C. C. 260. 
 United States v. Castro, 5 Saw. C. C. 625. 
 Seabury v. Field, 1 McAllister, C. C. 1, 60. 
 Freidman v. Goodwin, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 
 142. 
 Tobin v. Watkins' heirs, 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 
 151. 
 
 Den v. Hill. 1 McAllister, C. C. 480. 
 United States v. Cervantes, 1 Hoffman's 
 
 Land Cases, 9. 
 
 United States v. Reading, 1 Hoffman, 18. 
 United States v. Fremont. 1 Hoffman, 20. 
 Teschemacher c. United States, 1 Hoffman, 
 
 28. 
 
 Semple v. United Sfates, 1 Hoffman, 37. 
 Tount i'. United States, 1 Hoffman, 43. 
 United States v. Laikin, 1 Hoffman, 41. 
 United States r. Yonut, 1 Hoffman, 49. 
 United States v. Bernal, 1 Hoffman, 50. 
 Mesa v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 06. 
 United States r. Soto. 1 Hoffman, 68. 
 Feliz r. United States, 1 Hoffman, 69. 
 Unitt-d States r. Greer. 1 Hoil'man, 72. 
 itro United States, 1 Hoffman. 72. 
 United States v. Stmol, 1 Hoffman, 74. 
 United States v. Reid, 1 Hoffman, 74. 
 
 PRIVATE LAXD CLAIMS Continued. 
 Mexican grant* : 
 
 United States r. Larkin, 1 Hoffman, 75. 
 United States r. Amador, 1 Hoffman, 76. 
 United States v. Murphy, 1 Hoffman, 77. 
 United States v. Hon-ell, 1 Hoffman, 78 
 United States v. Pacheco. 1 Hoffman, 79. 
 United S;ates v. Page, 1 Hoffman, 80. 
 United States r. Murphy, 1 Hoffman, 81. 
 United States r. T homes, 1 Hoffman, 82. 
 United States r. Rodriguez. 1 Hoffman, 82. 
 United States v. Thomea, I Hoffman, <*3. 
 United States v. Wilson, 1 Hoffman, 64. 
 Brackett v. United States, 1 Hoffman. 85. 
 United States v. Cambnstou, 1 Hoffman, 
 
 86. 
 
 Dana v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 87. 
 United States v. Peralta, 1 Hoffman, 89. 
 United States v. Cazares, 1 Hoffman, 90. 
 United States v. Bale, 1 Hoffman, P2. 
 United States v. Guerrero, 1 Hoffman, 94. 
 United States r. Carrillo, 1 Hoffman, 96. 
 United States r. Palomares, 1 Hoffman. 97. 
 De Zaldo v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 98. 
 United States v. Berreyesa, 1 Hoffman, 99. 
 United States r. Beraa'l, 1 Hoffman, 99. 
 United States r. Osio, 1 Hoffman, 100. 
 United States v. Cooper, 1 Hoffman, 101. 
 United States r. Moraga, 1 Hoffman, 103. 
 Bennitz r. United States. 1 Hoffman. 104. 
 United States r. Castro, 1 Hoffman, 105. 
 Grimes'*. United States. 1 Hoffman, 107. 
 United States v. Boggs, 1 Hoffman, 109. 
 United States r. Snfiol, 1 Hoffman, 110. 
 United States v. Briones, 1 Hoffman, 111. 
 United States v. Bassett, 1 Hoffman, 112. 
 United States r. Pacheco, 1 Hoffman, 113. 
 Pico r. United States, I Hoffman, 116. 
 United States v. Leese, 1 Hoffman, 124. 
 United States v. Castro, 1 Hoffman, 125. 
 United States v. Weber, 1 Hoffman, 126. 
 United States v. Reid, 1 Hoffman, 129. 
 Chabolla v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 130. 
 United States v. Sanchez, I Hoffman. 133. 
 United States r. Ortega, 1 Hoffman, 135. 
 United States v. Grimes, 1 Hoffman, 137. 
 United States v. Payson, 1 Hoffman, 138. 
 United States v. Bernal. 1 Hoffman, 139. 
 United States r.Pope, 1 Hoffman, 141. 
 Pico v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 142. 
 Mar. tin r. United States, 1 Hoffman, 146. 
 United States r. Pacheco, 1 Hoffman, 150. 
 United States v. Murphy, 1 Hoffman, 154. 
 United States r. Ghana, I Hoffman, 155. 
 United States v. Stevenson, 1 Hoffman. 156. 
 Garcia v. United States, 1 Hoffman. 157. 
 United States v. Rico, 1 Hoffman, 161. 
 United States v. ]S"oe, 1 Hoffman, 162. 
 United States v. Rodriguez, 1 Hoffman. 
 
 170. 
 
 United States v. Sheldon, 1 Hoffman, 171. 
 United States r. Pico. 1 Hoffman, 172. 
 McKee v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 173. 
 Vallejo v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 174. 
 United States v. Alvisu. 1 Hoffman. 176. 
 United States r. Soto, 1 Hoffman, 177. 
 United States v. Soto, 1 Hoffman, 182. 
 United States r. Pico, 1 Hoffman, 188. 
 Xunez r. United States. 1 Hoffman. 191. 
 United States r. Rose, 1 Hoffman, 197. 
 United States v. Estudillo, 1 Hoffman, 204. 
 United States v. Hartnell, I Hoffman, ^07. 
 United States v. Fossat, 1 Hoffman, 211. 
 Palmer r. United States, 1 Hoffman, 216, 249. 
 Romero v. United States. I Hoffman, 219. 
 Swat v. United States. 1 Hoffman, 230. 
 United States v. Enright, 1 Hoffman, 239. 
 United States r. Arm>jo, I Hoffman, 248. 
 Yturbido v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 273. 
 Pico r. United States, 1 Hoffman, 279. 
 United States r. Bennett, 1 Hoffman, 2S1. 
 United St ites r. Polack, 1 Hoffman, 284. 
 Thurn v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 298. 
 Redman v. United States, 1 Hoffman. 305. 
 Larkin r. United States, 1 Hoffman, 313. 
 Little v. United States, 1 Hoffman, 325. 
 United States v. Fossat, 1 Hoffman, 373. 
 United States v. Limantour, 1 Hoffman, 
 
 369. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 xliii 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Mexican grants : 
 
 Reynolds v. West, 1 Cal. 322. 
 
 Vallejo v. Clarke, 3 Cal. 17. 
 
 Vand'erslice v. Hawks, 3 Cal. 27. 
 
 Clarkson v. Hawks. 3 Cal. 47. 
 
 Gunii v. Bates, 6 Cal. 263. 
 
 Neito v. Carpentier, 7 Cal. 528. 
 
 Ferris v. Craber, 10 Cal. 589. 
 
 Waterman v. Smith, 13 Cal. 373. 
 
 Scott v. Ward, 13 Cal. 458. 
 
 McGarvey v. Little, 15 Gal. 27. 
 
 Seaward v. Malatte, 15 Cal. 304. 
 
 Conevall v. Culver, 16 Cal. 424. 
 
 Riley v. Heisch, 18 Cal. 198. 
 
 Estrada v. Murphy, 19 Cal. 248. 
 
 Lathrop v. Mills, 19 Cal. 514. 
 
 Leese v. Clark, 20 Cal. 388. 
 
 Clark v. Lockwood, 21 Cal. 220. 
 
 Haltoii v. Schumaker, 21 Cal. 453. 
 
 Pico v. Spence, 21 Cal. 504. 
 
 Berreyesa v. Schultz, 21 Cal. 513. 
 
 Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 21 Cal. 552. 
 
 City of Oakland v. Carpentier, 21 Cal. 
 
 643. 
 
 Carpentier v. Thurston, 24 Cal. 268. 
 Thornton v. Mahoney, -24 Cal. 569. 
 Minturn v. Brower, 24 Cal. 644. 
 Semple v. Hagar, 27 Cal. 163. 
 Wilson v. Castro. 31 Cal. 421. 
 Rich v. Maples, 33 Cal. 102. 
 Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 33 Cal. 448. 
 Hood v. Hamilton, 33 Cal 698. 
 Merrill v. Chapman, 34 Cal. 251. 
 Merrill v. Chapman, 35 Cal. 85. 
 Stevenson v. Bennett, 35 Cal. 424. 
 Bernal v. Lynch, 36 Cal. 135. 
 Piper v. True, 36 Cal. 606. 
 Page v. Fowler, 37 Cal. 100. 
 Moore v. Massini, 37 Cal. 432. 
 Yates v. Smith, 38 Cal. 60. 
 Banks v. Moreno, 39 Cal. 233. 
 City of San Jose v. Trimble, 41 Cal. 536. 
 Sabichi v. Aguilar, 43 Cal. 285. 
 Schmidt v. Giovauaii, 43 Cal. 617. 
 Miller v. Dale, 44 Cal. 562. 
 Mott v. Byes, 45 Cal. 379. 
 Chipley v. Farris, 45 Cal. 527. 
 City of San Diego v. Allison, 46 Cal. 163. 
 Hartley v. Brown, 46 Cal. 201. 
 Wilkius v. McCue, 46 Cal 657. 
 Cassidy v. Carr, 48 Cal. 339. 
 McCauley v. Harvey, 43 Cal. 497. 
 Umbargcir v Chaboya, 49 Cal. 525. 
 Taylor v. Escaudor,' 50 Cal. 428. 
 Heed v. Hartman, 50 Cal. 485. 
 Hartley v. Brown, 5t Cal. 465. 
 McLaughlin v. Fowler, 52 Cal. 203. 
 7 Op. Att, Gen. 491, 63f> ; 9 id. 108, 397 ; 12 
 
 id. 116, 250; 13 id. 387; 14 id. 39, 74, 601, 
 
 624; June 13,1878. 
 Secretary Interior, Ran cho Nova to, Jan. 13, 
 
 1859, 1 Lester, 645. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Musalacon, 
 
 Feb. 23, 1859, 1 Lester, 647. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Posolmi et al., 
 
 April 27, 1859, 1 Lester, 649. 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho De Tito, July 
 
 23, 1859, 1 Lester, 650. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Tularcitos, July 
 
 30, 1*59, 1 Lester, 652. 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho Pinole et al., 
 
 Aug. 10, 1859, I Lester, 654. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Buelna, Sept. 
 
 1, 1859, 1 Lester, 657. 
 Secretary Interior, Rauoho Sespe, July 31, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. r,29. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Corte Madera, 
 
 Jan. 6, 1872, Copp's L. L. 533. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho San Barnabe, 
 
 Feb. 10, Ib72, Copp's L. L. 547. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Tajauta, Fob. 
 
 21. 1872, Copp's L. L. 548. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Guadalupe, 
 
 March 26, Io73, Copp's L. L. 558. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Lompoc, July 
 
 23, 18.3. Copp's L. L. 559. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho El Cajon, 
 .. March 15, 1872, Copp's L. L. 559. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Mexican grants : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Goatlslaiid, May 3, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 563. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Sausal Redondo, 
 
 Oct. 31, 1871, Copp's L. L. 564. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Lagnna de la 
 
 Merced, Sept. 2, 1872, Copp's L. L. 567. 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho La Brea, March 
 
 21.1873, Copp's L.L. 507. 
 
 Secietary Interior, Raucho La Carbonera, 
 May 21, 1873, Copp's L. L. 5^7. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex-Mission San Buena- 
 ventura, June 18, 1874, Copp's L. L. 573. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Las Animas, 
 June 29, 1874, Copp's L. L, 577. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Alisal, Oct. 8, 
 
 1873, Copp's L. L. 577. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Cuyamaca, July 
 
 15. 1874, Copp's L. L. 589. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho San Miguelito, 
 
 March 17, 1874, Copp's L. L. 589. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Caslamayoml, 
 
 July 13, 1874, Copp's L. L. 589. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 Dec. 3i, 1869, Copp's L. L. 603. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 July 27, 171, Copp's L. L. 605. 
 Secretary Interior, Los Trigos, Feb. 28, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 607. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Los Trigos, Dec. 5, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 611. 
 Secretary Interior, Vigil & St. Vrain, Jan. 
 
 23. 1875, Copp's L. L. 611. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Corral de Tierra. 
 
 June 1, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 53. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Los Huecos, 
 
 Feb. 4, 1876, 2 Copp's L. O. 182. 
 Secretary Interior, Otriz mine grant, April 
 
 22, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 23. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Escorpinas, 
 
 Aug. 17, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 90. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Piedra Blanca, 
 
 Aug. 8, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 Secretary Interior, La Liebra, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 133. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Cuyama No. 1, 
 
 Dec. 30, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 164. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 March 16, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Caslamayomi, 
 
 Oct. 9, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 144. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Laguna Palos 
 
 Colorados, Aug. 9, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 
 
 119. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Entre Napa, 
 
 May 17, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 36. 
 Secretary Interior, Raucho Cuyama No. 2, 
 
 Dec. 19, 1878, 6 Copp's L. O. 127. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Guadalupe, June 
 
 12, 1872, Copp's L.L. 551. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Niguel, July 9, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 564. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Laguna de la Mer- 
 ced, May 3, 1872, Copp's L. L. 567. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Mission la Purisima, June 
 
 16, 1873, Copp's L. L. 557. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex-Mission San Buenaven- 
 tura, Aug. 1, 1873, Copp's L. L. 568. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Las Auimas, Oct. 
 
 3, 1873, Copp's L.L. 574. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancbo Cuyamaca, Nov. 25, 
 
 1873, Copp's L. L. 577. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Najalayegua, Sept. 
 
 18. 1874, Copp's L, L. 590. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Los Huecos, March 
 
 20. 1875, 2 Copp's L. 0. 12. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Ortiz mine grant, June 19, 
 
 175, 2 Copp'* L. O. 52. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Corral de Tierra, 
 
 June 529, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Las Virgines, Nov. 
 
 3, ] 874, 2 Copp's L. O. 84. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Town of Chilili, Feb. 12, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 101. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho San Juan Cajon, 
 
 &c., Sept. 18, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 119. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancbo Escorpinas, Sept. 
 I 24, 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 135. 
 
xliv 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PRIVATE LAXD CLAIMS Continued. 
 Mexican grants: 
 
 Cora'r G. L. O., Rancho Cnyama Xo. 1, Oct. 
 
 28, 1875, '2 Copp's L. O. 104. 
 Com'rG. L. O., Rancho Santa Margarita 
 
 y La.s Flores, 3 Copp's L. O. 133. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Ilancho Posolmi, 3 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 133. 
 Com'rG. L. O., Rancho San Antonio, Jan. 
 
 2J, 1877, 3 Copp's L. O. 1L!9. 
 Convr G. L. O., Pueblo San Francisco, Xov. 
 
 11, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Cabeza de Santa 
 
 Rosa, Dec. 2, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 143. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baca claim Xo. 4, March 21, 
 
 1679, 6 Copp's L. O. 127. 
 Mission lands: 
 
 United States v. Ritchie, 17 How. 525 
 United States <:. Cervantes, 18 How. 553. 
 United States v. Bolton. 23 How. 341. 
 United States >:. Wilson, 1 Wall 267. 
 United Sutes v. Workman, 1 Wall. 745. 
 United States i: Carey Jones, 1 Wall. 766. 
 Mora v. Foster, 3 Saw. C. C. 469. 
 Larkiii v. United States. 1 Hoffman, L. Gas. 
 
 313. 
 
 Brown r. O'Conner. 1 Cal. 419. 
 Den v. Deu, 6 Cal. 81. 
 Xobili i-. lie. I man, 6 Cal. 325. 
 "Welch r. Sullivan, 8 Cal 164. 
 Brown v. San Fi ancisco, 1C Cal. 452. 
 9 Op. AtL Gen 3.9; 14 id 1-2. 
 Secretary Interior, ex Mission San Buena- 
 ventura, June 18, 174, Copp's L. L. 573. 
 Secretary Interior. Mission St. James, May 
 
 10, Ie72, Copp's L. L. 7."> .-. 
 Secretary Interior, Mission Santa Rosa v. 
 
 Bisseli, Dec. 3. 1873. 
 Secretary Interior, Dalles Mission Station, 
 
 March 15. Ie75. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Mission la Purisima, 
 
 June 16, 173, Copp's L. L. 567. 
 Coni'r G. L O. ? ex-^Ir*sion San Buenaven- 
 tura. Aui_ r . 1. l-<3, Copp's L. L. 568. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Mission Santa Rosa v. Bis- 
 
 sell, Jan. -27, 172. 
 Patent : 
 
 City of Xew Orleans r. De Armas et al., 9 
 
 Pet. 223. 
 
 Chouteau c. Eckhart, 2 How. 344. 
 Menard's heirs - - . Mas-.-v. * How. 293. 
 Laudes v. Brant, 10 How. H4-. 
 Ledoux et al. v. Black et al , 18 How. 473. 
 United Stares r. Larkin. 18 How. 557. 
 Spencer v. Lap>ley, 20 How. 204 
 Easton v. Salisbury, 21 How. 426. 
 Castro v. Hendricks, 23 How. 43-. 
 Greer et al. v. Mezes. 2 1 How. 268. 
 O'Brien r. Perry, I Black, 13-2. 
 Gregg v. Tesson, 1 Black, 150. 
 Mauwire v. Tyltr, 1 Black, 195. 
 United State* 9. Covilland, 1 Black, 339. 
 Dredge r. Forsyth', 2 Black, ~>W. 
 United Stau-s /-. Grimes -2 Black, 610. 
 Hogan r. Pa^e. -2 \Va 1. 605. 
 Beard jr. Federy. 3 Wall. 478. 
 Townsend et at. r. Greeley, 5 WalL 320. 
 Reichart r. Felps, 6 Wall 160. 
 White r. Cannon, 6 Wall. 443. 
 Maguire v. Tyler, 8 Wall. 650. 
 Secretary v. McGarrahan. 9 Wall. 298. 
 Meader v. Xortou, 11 Wall 44-2. 
 Gibson v. Chouteau, 13 Wall. 92. 
 L-ujirdeau V. Hanes, 21 Wall. 5Jl. 
 Miller et al. r. Dale et al , 2 Otto, 473. 
 Morrison r. Jackson, 2 Otto, 654. 
 McGarrahan >. Mining Co., 6 Otto, 316. 
 Snyder r. Sickles. 8 Otto. '203. 
 Hardy r. Harbin, 1 Saw. C. C. 194. 
 Bissell v. Henshaw, I Saw. C. C. 553. 
 Boyle v. Binds, 2 Saw. C. C. 527. 
 Dode v. Perez, 2 Saw. C. C. 645. 
 L-Roy r. Jamison, 3 Saw. C. C. 369. 
 Hardy v. Harbin. 4 Saw. C. C. 536. 
 Tripp r. Spring, 5 Saw. C. C. 209. 
 Jackson v. Astor, 1 Pinney (Wis.) 137. 
 Waterman c. Smith, 13 Cal. 373. 
 Scott r. Ward, 13 Cal. 458. 
 Boggs v. Merced Mining Co., 14 Cal. 279. 
 
 PRIVATE LAXD CLAIMS- Continued. 
 Patent : 
 
 Yonnt r. Howell, 14 Cal. 465. 
 
 Xatoma Water Co. r. Clark in, 14 Cal. 543. 
 
 Mott v. Smith. 16 Cal. 5 54. 
 
 Moore v. Srnaw, 17 Cal. 199. 
 
 Ely r. Frisbie, 17 Cal. 250. 
 
 Teschmacher v. Thompson. 18 Cal. 11. 
 
 Fremont r. Seals, 18 Cal. 433. 
 
 Leese r. Clark, 18 Cal. 535. 
 
 Touchard r. Crow, 20 Cal. 150. 
 
 Leese v. Clark, 20 Cal. 388. 
 
 Clark p. Lockwood, 21 Cal. 220. 
 
 Kimball v. Semple, 25 Cal. 441. 
 
 Semple v. Hagar, 27 Cal. 163. 
 
 Hagar r. Lucas, 29 Cal. 309. 
 
 Salmon r. Lymonds, 30 Cal. 301. 
 
 Men-ill v. Chapman, 35 Cal. 85. 
 
 Moore r. Massiui, 37 Cal. 43:7. 
 
 Chipley r. Fan-is, 45 Cal. 527. 
 
 McGarrahan v. The Xew Idria Mg. Co., 49 
 
 Cal. 331. 
 
 Miller i-. Ellis, 5 1 Cal. 73. 
 Hartley v. Brown, 51 Cal. 465. 
 Cruz f. Martinez, 53 Cal. 239. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 108; id. 351, 653, 697; 7 id. 
 
 4Ul,.fi3ti,6e<l; 9 u*. 108; Is! id. 116,230; 14 
 
 id. 601, 6-24. 
 Secretary Interior, Ortiz mine grant, Sept. 
 
 6, 1870. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Clark, Jan. 5, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 494. 
 
 Secretary Intetior, ex parte McGarrahan, 
 Aug. 4, 1871, Copp's L. L. 532. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Pueblos, Feb. 15, 1872, 
 Copp's L. L. 547. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Guadalupe, 
 June 12, 187-2, Copp's L. L. 550. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Goat Island, May 3, 
 
 1872, Copp's L. L. 563. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 July *7, 1871. Copp's L. L 605. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Los Trigos, 
 
 Feb. 28, 174, Copp'w L. L. 607. 
 Secretary Interior, Rar.cuo Los Trigos, 
 
 Dec. 5 r 1*74, Cupp's L. L. 611. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Lynde, Aug. 4, 
 
 1875, Copp's L. L. "(96. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Entre Xapa, 
 
 May 17, 1879, 6 Copp's L. 0. 315. 
 Secretary Interior, RunchoCuyamaXo. 2, 
 
 Dec 30', 1876. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Cuyatua Xo. 2 
 
 Dec. 19, 1878, 6 Copp's L. O. i-^7. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Raucho Ballona, Jan. 3, 
 
 1874. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Missouri, Aug. 26, 1874, 1 
 
 Copp's L. O. 102. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baca Claim Xo. 4, March 
 
 21, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 Perfect or complete t.tle: 
 
 Strother v. Lucas. 12 Pet, 410. 
 United States v. Wiggins, 14 Pet. 334. 
 United States v. Re> ues, 9 How. 127. 
 Landes v. Brant, 10 How. 348. 
 Robinson v. Minor, 10 How. 627. 
 United States v. Roselius. 15 How. 36. 
 United States v. Ducros, 15 How. 38. 
 White v. Wells, 5 M-trtin (La.) 652. 
 Fay v. CBambers, 4 La. Ann. 481. 
 Fowler v. Duval, 11 La. Ann. 561. 
 Kixon v. Hamilton, 20 La. Ann. 515. 
 Hallett et al. v. Doe ex dem. Hunt, 7 Ala. 
 
 882. 
 Masiee v. Doe, ex dcm. Hallett et al, 22 Ala. 
 
 699. 
 
 Minturn v. Brower, 24 Cal. 644. 
 Banks v. Moreno, 30 Cal. 233. 
 Cassidy r. Carr, 48 Cal. 339. 
 Pueblos : 
 
 Townsend v. Greeley, 5 Wall. 326. 
 Serrano r. United States, 5 Wall. 451. 
 Grisar?;. McDowell, 6 Wall. 363. 
 Lynch c. Berual, 9 Wall. 315. 
 Merryman v. Botrrne, 9 Wall. 592. 
 Alexander r. Ron let, 13 Wall, 386. 
 Palmer v. Low, 8 Otto, 1. 
 City of Brownsville r. Cavazos et al. 10 
 
 Otto, 138. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 xlv 
 
 IIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Pueblos : 
 
 Montgomery v. Bevans, 1 Saw. C. C. 653. 
 United States v. Carr, 3 Saw. C. C. 477. 
 City of b'au Francisco v. United States, 4 
 
 Saw. C. C. 553. 
 
 Grisar v. McDowell, 4 Saw. C. C. 597. 
 United States v. Hare, 4 Saw. C. C. 653. 
 Tripp v. Spring, 5 Saw. C. C. 209. 
 Cohas v. Raisin, 3 Cal. 443. 
 Welch v. Sullivan, 8 Cal. 164, 
 Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 520. 
 Paine v. Treadwell, 16 Cal. 221. 
 Brown v. San Francisco, 16 Cal. 452. 
 Leese v. Clark, 18 Cal. 535. 
 Fulton v. llanlon, 20 Cal. 450. 
 Donner v. Smith, 24 Cal. 114. 
 Brahan v. Mayor, &c., 24 Cal. 585. 
 Fuller v. Ferguson, 26 Cal. 546. 
 Eedding v. White, 27 Cal. 282. 
 Beach v. Gabriel, 2<J Cal. 560. 
 Steinbach v. Moore, 30 Cal. 498. 
 Merle v. Dixey, 31 Cal. 131. 
 Vassault v. Seitz, 30 Cal. 226. 
 Donner v. Palmer, 1:0 Cal. 501. 
 Stevenson v. Bennett, 35 Cal. 424. 
 Bernal v. Lynch, 3o Cal. 135. 
 City of San Jose v. Uiidias, 37 Cal. 339. 
 Lick v. Diaz. 37 Cal. 437. 
 Spencer v. Winselman, 42 Cal. 479. 
 Dupond v. Barstow, 45 Cal. 446. 
 McManus v. O'Sullivau, 48 Cal. 7. 
 Cantield v. Thompson, 49 Cal. 210. 
 Urnbarger v. Chaboya, 49 Cal. 5^5. 
 Thompson v. Spencer, 50 Cal. 532. 
 Morris v. DeCelis, 51 Cal. 55. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Feb. 15, 
 
 1672, Copp's L. L. 547. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Town of Chilili, Feb. 12, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 101. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Pueblo San Francisco, 
 
 Nov. 11, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Pueblo San Christobal, 
 
 July 14, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 78. 
 Rio Hondo claims : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 9, 1828. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. instructions, March 23, 
 
 1837, 2 L. I. & O. 762. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 7, 1839. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 4, 1842. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 15, 1851. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 7, 1851. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 28, 1851. 
 Com r G. L. O., July 2!>, 1873. 
 Settlement claims under Spanish and Mexican 
 
 authority : 
 
 King v. Martin, 5 Martin (La.) 197. 
 Carmichael v. Briber, 8 Martin (La.) 727. 
 Higgins v. McMicken, 1 La. 53. 
 Le Blanc v. Victor, 3 La. 44. 
 Swift v. Williams, 3 La 234. 
 De La Houssaye v. Saunders, 4 La. 443. 
 Henton v. Pon'talla. 1 Rob. (La.) 355. 
 Kiddle v. Katiir, 8 La. Ann. 106. 
 Pepper y. Duulap, 9 La. Ann. 137. 
 Innerarity v. Heirs of Mims, 1 Ala. 660. 
 Pollard's heirs v. Files, 3 Ala. 47. 
 Doe ex dern. Kennedy's heirs v. Jones, 11 
 
 Ala. 63. 
 
 Mott v. Byns, 45 Cal. 379? 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 25, 1860, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 5:>3. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte. Wedge, July 14, 
 
 1873. Copp's L. L. 517. 
 Spanish grants : 
 
 Henderson v.Poindexter'slessee, 12 Wheat. 
 
 530. 
 
 DelaCroixv. Chamberlain, 12 Wheat. 599. 
 Foster & Elam v. Neilson, 2 Pet. 253. 
 United States v. Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691. 
 United States v. P, : rcheman, 7 Pet. 51. 
 United States v. Clarke, 8 Pet. 436. 
 United States v. llichard, 8 Pet. 470. 
 United States v. Huertas, 8 Pet. 475. 
 United States v. Gomez, 8 Pet. 477. 
 United States v. Fleming's heirs, 8 Pet. 478. 
 United States v. Levi, 8 Pet. 479. 
 United States v. Younge, 8 Pet. 484. 
 United States v. Hernandez, 8 Pet. 485. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Spanish grants : 
 
 United States v. Huertas, 8 Pet. 488. 
 United States v. Fatio's heirs, 8 Pet. 492. 
 United States v. Gibson, 8 Pet. 494. 
 United States v. Clarke, 9 Pet. 168. 
 United States v. Huertas, 9 Pet. 171. 
 City of New Orleans v. De Armas et al., 9 
 
 Pet. 223. 
 
 Mitchell et al. v. United States, 9 Pet. 711. 
 United States v. Fernandez et al., 10 Pet. 303. 
 United States v. Segui, 10 Pet, 306. 
 United States v. Chaires, 10 Pet, 308. 
 United States v. Seton, 10 Pet. 309. 
 United States v. Sibbald. 10 Pet, 313. 
 Smith v. United States, 10 Pet. 326. 
 Wherry et al. v. United States, 10 Pet. 338. 
 United States v. Mills' heirs, 12 Pet. 215. 
 United States v. Kingsley, 12 Pet. 476. 
 Garcia v. Lee, 12 Pet. 511. 
 United States v. Delespine's heirs, 12 Pet. 
 
 654. 
 
 United States v. Levy, 13 Pet. 81. 
 United States v. Dru'iumond, 13 Pet. 84. 
 United States v Burgevin, 13 Pet. 85. 
 United States v. Arredoudo's heirs, 13 Pet. 
 
 88. 
 United States v. Arredondo's heirs, 13 Pet. 
 
 133. 
 
 Keene v. Whitaker, 14 Pet. 170. 
 United States v. Wiggins, 14 Pet. 334. 
 Pollard's heirs v. Kibbe, 14 Pet. 353. 
 United States v. Waterman's heirs, 14 Pet. 
 
 478. 
 
 United States v. Rodman, 15 Pet. 130. 
 United States v. Forbes, 15 Pet. 173. 
 Buyck v. United States, 15 Pet. 215. 
 United States v. Delespine's heirs, 15 Pet. 
 
 226. 
 
 O'Harav. United States, 15 Pet. 275. 
 United States v. Delespine's heirs, .15 Pet. 
 
 319. 
 
 United States v. Breward, 16 Pet, 143. 
 United States v. Miranda. 16 Pet. 153. 
 United States v. Low, 16 Pet. 162. 
 United States v Hanson, 16 Eet. 196. 
 United States v. Clarke's heirs, 16 Pet. 228. 
 United States v. Acosta, 1 How. 21. 
 Chouteau v. Eckhart, 2 How. 344. 
 Pollard's leswee v. Files, 2 How. 591. 
 Pollard's lessee v. Hagan, 3 How. 202. 
 Pollard v. Hagan, 3 Bow. 212. 
 United States v. Marvin, 3 How. 620. 
 Hickey's lessee v. Stewart, 3 How. 750. 
 United States v. King. 3 How. 773. 
 Les Bois v. Bramell, 4 How. 449. 
 United States v. Lawtou, 5 How. 10 
 Kennedy's heirs v. Hunt's lessee, 7 How. 
 
 586. 
 
 Menard's heirs v. Massey, 8 How. 293. 
 Bissell v. Pcnrose. 8 How. 317. 
 United States v. Re.ynes, 9 How. 127. 
 La Roche v. Jones, 9 How. 155. 
 Davis v. Police jury of Concordia, 9 How. 
 
 280. 
 
 Goodtitle v. Kibbe, 9 How. 471. 
 Landes v. Brant, 10 How. 348. 
 Villalobos v. United States, 10 How. 541. 
 Robinson v. Minor, 10 How. 627. 
 United States v. Boisdore, 11 How. 63. 
 Blanc v. Lafayette, 11 How. 104. 
 Lecomptev. United States, 11 How. 11?. 
 United States v. Power's heirs, 11 How. 570. 
 United States v. Philadelphia, 11 How. 609. 
 United States v. Turner, 11 How. 663. 
 United States v. Moore, 12 How. 209. 
 United States v. Simon, 12 How. 433. 
 United States v. Le Blanc, 12 How. 435. 
 United States v. Castant, 12 How. 437. 
 United States v. Hughes, 13 How. 1. 
 Glenn v. United Stntes, 13 How. 250. 
 De Vilemont's heirs v. United States, 13 
 
 How. 21)1. 
 United States v. Heirs of Rillieux, 14 How. 
 
 189. 
 
 United States v. Gusman, 14 How. 193. 
 Marsh v. Brooks, 14 How. 514. 
 United States v. Davenport's heirs, 15 
 
 How. 1. 
 
xlvi 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PRIVATE LAXD CLAIMS Continued. 
 Spanish grants : 
 
 United States v. Patterson, 15 How. 10. 
 United States v. Roselius, 15 How. 31. 
 United States v. Ducros, 15 How. 38. 
 Delauriere v. Emison, 15 How. 5:25. 
 McCabe v. Worthington, 16 How. 86. 
 Chouteau v. Molonv, 16 How. 203. 
 Doe v. Braden, 16 How. 635. 
 Ham v. Missouri, 18 How. 126. 
 Stanford r. Taylor, 1 How. 409. 
 Ledoux et al. v. Black et al., 18 How. 473. 
 "Willot et al. v. Sand ford, 19 How. "59. 
 Cousin v. Blanc, 19 How. 202. 
 United States v. Peralta, 19 How. 343. 
 United States v. Sutherland, 19 How. 363. 
 Easton r. Salisbury, 21 How. 426. 
 Berthold v. McDonald et al. 22 How. 334. 
 Massey et al. v. Papin, 24 How. 362. 
 O'Brien v. Perry, 1 Black, 132. 
 Magwire v. Tyler, 1 Black, 195. 
 United States v. Aujruisola. 1 Wall. 352. 
 Beard v. Federy, 3 Wall. 478. 
 Lanfear r. IJunley, 4 Wall. 204. 
 Higueras v. United States, 5 Wall. 827. 
 "Whiter. Cannon, 6 Wall. -443. 
 Maguire r. Tyler, 8 Wall. 650. 
 United States v. Lynde, 1 1 Wall. 632. 
 United States v. Innerarity, 19 Wall. 595. 
 Morrison et al. r. Jackson, 2 Otto, 654. 
 Kyan ct at v. Carter et al., 3 Otto, 78. 
 McMicken r. United States, 7 Otto. 204. 
 United States v. Watkins. 7 Otto, 219. 
 Snyder r. Sickles, 8 Otto, 203. 
 Sciill r. United States, 8 Otto, 410. 
 United States v. Baltimore, 8 Otto, 424. 
 Glenn v. United States, 1 Hemp. C. C. 385. 
 Villemont r. United States. 1 Hemp. C. C. 
 
 389. 
 Mayor, &c.. Xew Orleans v. Metzinger, 3 
 
 Martin (La.) 296. 
 
 Consonliu i\ Brahear, 5 Martin (La.) 33. 
 White r. Wells, 5 Martin (La.) 652. 
 "Loatner r. Yantness, 8 Mai-tin (La.) 644. 
 Palfrey r. Martin, 3 La. 4<\ 
 La Blanc v. Victor, 3 La. 44. 
 De La Honssaye v. Saunders, 4 La. 443. 
 De Armas v. Mayor of Isew Orleans, 5 La. 
 
 132. 
 
 Rnbas v. Bennett, 5 La. 271. 
 Landry r. Martin, 15 La. 1. 
 Murdock r. Gurley, 5 Hob. (La.) 458. 
 Choppin v. Michel, 11 Kob. (La.) 233. 
 Lafayette r. Blanc, 3 La. Ann. 59. 
 Purvis r. Harmanson, 4 La. Ann. 421. 
 Innerarity r. Byrne, 8 Port. (Ala.) 176. 
 City of Mobile r. Eslava. 9 Port. (Ala.) 577. 
 Eslava's heirs r. Bollivy et al., 22 Ala. 
 
 721. 
 
 Tapley r. Labeamn, 1 Mo. 550. 
 Wadcungbm v. Gamble, 4 Mo. 465. 
 Wright r. Thomas. 4 Mo. 597. 
 Ashley v. Cramer, 7 Mo. 98. 
 Harvey r. Rusch, 07 Mo. 551. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 108, 463; 2id. 101; 3rd. 351. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, July 27, 
 
 1803, 2'L. I. & O. 655, 
 Secietary Treasury, instructions, MarchSO, 
 
 1805, 2 'L.I. &O.666. 
 Secret ary Treasury, instructions, July 2, 
 
 1805, 2 'L.I. &O.667. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Nov. 5, 
 
 1805/2L.L&O.671. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, March 25, 
 
 lfc06,2'L.I. &O.U72. 
 Secretary Treasury, instructions, Sept. 8, 
 
 lt-06, 2 L. I. & O. 681. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Clark, Jan. 5, 
 
 1871, Copp'a L. L. 494. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Lynde, Aug. 4, 
 
 1875, Copp's L. L. 79o. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hardee, April 
 
 8, 1878, 5 Copp's L.0. 103. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Sherman, 6 
 
 Copp's' L. O. 1-28. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Feb. 17, 1831, 2 
 
 L. I. <fc O 744. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, August 26, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 513. 
 
 PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS-Contfnwerf. 
 Spanish grant* : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Dncros, April 12, 
 
 lr-73, Copp's L. L. 527. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 18, 1874, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 797. 
 Cum'r G. L. O , instructions, Aug. 7, 1874, 
 
 1 Copp's L. 0. 92. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, Sept, 15, 1875, 2 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 102. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 13, 1879, 5 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 181. 
 Survey : 
 
 De la Croix v. Chamberlain, 12 Wheat. 599. 
 United States v. Clarke, 8 Pet. 436. 
 United States v. Levi, 8 i'et. 479. 
 United States v. Uuertas, 8 Pet. 483. 
 Delassus v. United States, 9 Pet. 117. 
 Chouteau's heirs v. United States, 9 Pet. 137. 
 United States v. Huertas, 9 Pet. 171. 
 United States v. Seguin, 10 Pet. 306. 
 United States v. Seton, 10 Pet. 309. 
 United States v. Sibbald, 10 Pet. 313. 
 Smith v. United States, 10 Pet. 326. 
 United States v. Levy, 13 Pet. tfl. 
 United States v. Arredondo's heirs, 13 Pet. 
 
 133. 
 
 O'Hara v. United States, 13 Pet. 275. 
 United States v. Forbes, 15 Pet. 173. 
 United Statv s v. Breward, 16 Pet 143. 
 United States v. Miranda. 16 Pet. 153. 
 United States v. Low, 16 Pet. 162. 
 United States v. Hanson, 16 Pet. 1H6. 
 United States v. Clarke's heirs, 16 Pet. 228. 
 United States v. Acosta, 1 How. 24. 
 United States r. Covilland, 1 How. 339. 
 United States r. Lawton, 5 How. 10. 
 Menard's heirs v. Massey, 8 How. 293. 
 Bissell v. Penrose, 8 How. 317. 
 Villalobos v. United States, 10 How. 540. 
 United States v. Boisdor6, 11 How. 63. 
 United States v. Simon, 12 How. 433. 
 "West v. Cochran, 17 How. 403. 
 Fremont r. United States, 17 How. 542. 
 Kissell v. St. Louis Public Schools, 18 How. 
 
 19. 
 
 Stanford v. Taylor, 18 How. 409. 
 Ledoux et al. v. Black et al, 18 How. 473. 
 Cousin v. Blanc, 19 How. 202. 
 Spencer r. Lapsley, 20 How. 264. 
 United States t>. Fossat, 20 How. 413. 
 United States v. Fossat, 21 How. 445. 
 Castro v. Hendricks, 23 How. 438. 
 Ballance v. Forsyth tt al., 24 How. 183. 
 Greer et al. v. Mezes, 24 How. 268. 
 Carondelet v. St. Louis, 1 Black, 179. 
 Magwire v. Tyler, 1 Black, 195. 
 United States v. Sepulveda, 1 Wall. 104. 
 United States v. Hal leek et al, 1 Wall. 439. 
 Rodrigues v. United States, 1 Wall. 582. 
 United States r. Vallejo, I Wall. 658. 
 United States v. Estudillo, 1 Wall. 710. 
 United States r. Billing, 2 Wall. 444. 
 The Sntter Case, 2 Wall. 562. 
 United States v. Pacheco, 2 Wall. 587. 
 United States v. Fossat, 2 Wall. 649. 
 Dehon v. Bernal, 3 Wall. 774. 
 Graham v. United States, 4 Wall. 259. 
 United States v. Armijo, 5 Wall. 444. 
 Higueras %. United States, 5 Wall. KJ7. 
 Alviso v. United States, 8 Wall. 337. 
 Maguire <v. Tyler, 8 Wall. 650. 
 Carpentier v. Montgomery, 13 Wall. 480. 
 Henshaw v. Bissell, 18 Wall. ^55. 
 Shepley et al. v. Cowan et al, 1 Otto, 330. 
 Miller "et al v. Dale et al, 2 Otto, 473. 
 Van Reynegan v. Bolton, 5 Otto. 33. 
 Colorado Co. v. Commissioners, 5 Otto, 259. 
 Hosmer r. Wallace, 7 Otto, 575. 
 United States v. Throckmorton, 8 Otto, 61. 
 United States v. Fremont, 1 Hoffman, L. 
 
 Cas. 20. 
 Villemont v. United States, 1 Hemp. C. C. 
 
 389. 
 
 Bissell v. Henshaw, 1 Saw. C. C. 553. 
 Boyer r. Hinds, 2 Saw. C. C. 5-^7. 
 Dodge v. Perez, 2 Saw. C. C. 645. 
 Leroy v. Jamison. 3 Saw. C. C. 369. 
 United States v. Flint, 4 Saw. C. C. 42. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 xlvii 
 
 PBIVATE LAND CLAIMS Continued. 
 Survey : 
 
 United States v. Castro, 5 Saw. C. C. 625. 
 Meaux v. Breaux, 10 Martin (La.) 364. 
 Holsteiu v. Uendersou, 12 Martiu (La.) 319. 
 Henderson v. St. Charles Church, 7 Martin 
 
 (La.) 117. 
 
 Gayosos v. Baldwin, 8 Martin (La.) 658. 
 Baker v. Thomas, 4 La. 414. 
 Lott v. Prudhonime, 3 Bob. (La.) 293. 
 Hehert v. Woods, 12 La. Ann. 211. 
 Arceneaux v. Beuoit, 21 La. Ann. 673. 
 Magee v. Doe ex dem. Hallett et al., 22 Ala. 
 
 699. 
 
 Ott v. Soulard, 9 Mo. 581. 
 McGill v. Somers, 15 Mo. 80. 
 Sheltou v. Maupiu, 16 Mo. 124. 
 Maguire v. Tyler, 25 Mo. 484. 
 Maguire v. Tyler, 30 Mo. 2.02. 
 Smith v. Mau'ifcon, 67 Mo. 694. 
 Bosev.Davis.il Oal. 133. 
 Waterman v. Smith, 13 Cal 373. 
 Scott v. Ward, 14 Cal. 279. 
 Mott v. Smith, 16 Cal. 534. 
 Biltsy v. Ik-rsch, 18 Cal. 198. 
 Johnson v. Vau Dvke, 20 Cal. 225. 
 Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 21 Cal. 552. 
 Thorntoii v. Mahoney, 24 Cal. 569. 
 McGarrahau v. Maxwell, 27 Cal. 75. 
 Treadway v. Scruple, 28 Cal. 652. 
 Seale v. Ford, 29 Cal. 104. 
 Love v. Shartzer, 31 Cal. 489. 
 Seniple v. Wright, 3J Cal. 659. 
 Rich v. Maples, 33 Cal. 102. 
 Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 33 Cal 448. 
 Moirill 'v. Chapman, 35 Cal. 85. 
 Piper v. True, 36 Cal. 60C. 
 More v. Massiui, 37 Cal. 432. 
 Tales v. Smith, 38 Cal. 60. 
 Shartzer v. Love, 40 Cal. 93. 
 Semple r. Wall, 42 Cal. 619. 
 Sabichi v. Aguilar, 43 Cal. 285. 
 Miller v. Dale, 44 Cal. 562. 
 Mott v. Byiia, 45 Cal. 379. 
 Chipley v. Fan-is, 45 Cal. 527. 
 City of San Diego v. Allison, 46 Cal. 163. 
 Cassidy v. Carr, 48 Cal. 339. 
 Gallagher v. Biley, 49 Cal. 437. 
 Morris v. De Celis, 51 Cal. 55. 
 1 Op. Att, Gen. 361; 9 id. 108, 397, 420; 12 
 
 id. 116, iioO ; 14 id. 74, 95, 601 ; Nov. 5, 1875. 
 Secretary Treasury, Feb. 9, 1809, 2 L. I. & 
 
 O. 804 
 Secretary Treasury, Feb. 18, 1837. 2 L. I. 
 
 & O. 975. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Novato, Jan. 
 
 13, 1859, 1 Lester, 645. 
 Secretary Interior, RanchoMusalacon, Feb. 
 
 23, 1859, 1 Lester, 647. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Borregas, April 
 
 27, 1859, 1 Lester, 649. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho De Tito, July 
 
 23, 1859, 1 Lester, 650. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Los Tularcitos, 
 
 July 30, 1859, 1 Lester, 652. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Pinole et al., 
 
 Aug. 10, 11-59, 1 Lester, 654. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Buelna, Sept. 1, 
 
 1859, 1 Lester, 657. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Clark, Jan. 5, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 494. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Sespe, July 31, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. 5-29. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Corte Madera, 
 
 Jan. 6, 1872, Copp's L. L. 533. 
 Secretary Interior. Baucho San Barnabe, 
 
 Feb. 10, 1872, Copp's L. L. 547. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Tajauta, Fob. 
 
 21, 1872, Copp's L. L. 548. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Guadalupe, 
 
 Juno 12, 1872, Copp'.s L. L. 551. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Lompoc, July 
 
 23, ltf,3, Copp's L. L. 559. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho El Cajon, 
 
 March 15, 1872, Copp's L. L. 559. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, July 3, 
 
 1872, Copp's L. L 563. 
 
 Secretary luterior, Baucho Sausal Bedondo, 
 Oct. 31, 1871, Coup's L. L. 564. 
 
 PBIVATE LAND CLAIMS- Continued. 
 Survey : 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex-Mission, San Buena- 
 ventura, July I*, Ib74, Copp's L. L 573. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Las Animas, 
 
 Juno 29, 1874, Copp's L. L. 577. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Alisal, Oct. 18, 
 
 173, Copp's L. L. 577. 
 Secretary interior, San Miguelito, March 
 
 17, 1874, Copp's L. L. 589. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Caslamayomi, 
 
 July 13, 1874, Copp's L. L. 589. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, Feb. 17, 
 
 1872, Copp's L. L. 601. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 Dec. 31, 1869, Copp's L. L. 603. 
 Secretary luterior, Beaubien & Miranda, 
 
 July 27, 1871, Copp's L. L. 605. 
 Secretary interior, Eaton et al., Oct. 30, 
 
 173, Copp's L. L. 606. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Los Trigos, 
 
 Dec. 5, 1874, Copp's L. L. 611. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Alisal, Oct. 8, 
 
 1873, l Copp's L. O. J16. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Ortiz mine grant, April 
 
 22, Ia7t>, 3 Copp's L. O. 23. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Piedra Blanca, 
 
 Aug. e, 176, 3 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 Secretary luterior, Bancho Cuyama et al., 
 
 Dec. 'M, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 165. 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, March 16, 
 
 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Sausal Bedondo, 
 
 Aug. i, 18"<7, 5 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Secretary Interior, Banctio Laguna Palos 
 
 Colorados, Aug. 9, 1878, 5 Copp's L. 0. 
 
 119. 
 Secretary Interior, Pueblo San Francisco, 
 
 Nov. 11, la78, 5 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 Secretary Interior, Bancho Entre Napa, 
 
 May 17, 179, 6 Copp's L. O. 36. 
 Secretary Interior, Baucho Cuyama No. 2, 
 
 Dec. 19, Ib78, 6 Copp L. O. 127. 
 Secretary Interior. Preston Beck, Aug. 21, 
 
 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 109. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Sept. 13, 1866, 
 
 Zab. L. L. 606. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March 18, 
 
 1870, Copp's L. L. 452. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 13, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 528. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Bancho Niguel, July 9, 
 
 1872, Copp's L. L. 565. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex-Mission, San Buenaven- 
 tura, Aug. 1, 1873, Copp's L. L. 568. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Bancho Las Animas, Oct. 
 
 13, 1873, Copp's L. L. 5,4. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Bancho Cuyamaca, Nov. 25, 
 
 Ib73, Copp's L. L. 577. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baucho Nnjalayegua,. Sept. 
 
 18, 1^74, Copp's L. L. 580. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baucho Las Animas. Oct. 
 
 31, 1873, 1 Copp's L. O. 101. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Bancho Alisal, April 5, 
 
 1873, 1 Copp's L. O. 116. 
 Coin'r G. L. O., Bancho Corral de Tierra, 
 
 Oct. 30, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 140. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Bancho Los Trigos, Aug. 
 
 29, 1874, 1 Coup's L. O. 150. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Ortiz mine grant, June 19, 
 
 Ib75, 2 Copp's L. O. 52. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baucho Las Virgines, Nov. 
 
 3, 1874, 2 Copp's L. O. 84. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Corral do Tierra, June 29, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baucho Cuyama, Oct. 28, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 164. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Baucho Cabeza de Santa 
 
 Bosa, Dec. 2, 178, 5 Copp's L. O. 148. 
 Spanish and Mexican laws : 
 
 Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet. 410. 
 
 United States v. Delespine, 15 Pet. 319. 
 
 Les Bois v. Brauiell, 4 How. 449. 
 
 IHssell v. Pen rose, How. 317. 
 
 Lecompte v. United States, 11 How. 115. 
 
 Uuited Status v. Power's heirs, 11 How. 
 
 570. 
 
 United States v. Turner, 11 How. 663. 
 Uuited States v. Moore, 12 Ho>v. 209. 
 
xlviii 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 PRIVATE LAXD CL AIMS -Continued. 
 Spanish and Mexican laws : 
 
 United States v. Simon, 12 How. 433. 
 United States v. Ritchie, 17 How. 5-25. 
 United States v. Cambuston, 20 How. 59. 
 United States r. Hartuell's ex's, 22 How. 
 
 286. 
 United States v. Teschmaker et al., 22 How. 
 
 392. 
 
 Dalton v. United States, 22 How. 436. 
 United States v. Pico, 23 How. 321. 
 United States v. Bolton, 23 How. 341. 
 Palmer et al. v. United States, 24 How. 
 
 125. 
 
 League v. Egery et al., 24 How. 264. 
 Foote v. Egery et al., 24 How. 267. 
 United States v. Hciisley, 1 Black, 35. 
 United States v. Knight's adui'r, 1 Black. 
 
 227. 
 
 United States v. Vallejo, 1 Black, 541. 
 United States v. Castillero, 2 Black, 17. 
 Hornsby v United States, 10 Wall. 224. 
 Tameling v. U. S. F. L. & E. Co., 3 Otto, 
 
 644. 
 
 Van Reynegan v. Bolton, 5 Otto, 33. 
 Trenier et al. v. Stewart, 11 Otto, 797. 
 Den v. Hill, 1 McAllisterC. C. 480. 
 United States v. Hartnell, 1 Hoffman L. Cas. 
 
 2U7. 
 United States v. Fossat, 1 Hoffman L. Cas. 
 
 211. 
 
 United States v. Cass, 3 Saw. C. C. 477. 
 San Francisco v. United States, 4 Saw. C. 
 
 C. 5f. 3. 
 
 Hammekin v. Clayton, 2 Woods, C. C. 336. 
 Winter v. United' States, I Hemp. C. C. 344. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien A; Miranda, 
 
 Dec. 31, 1869. 
 Secretary Interior, Beaubien &. Miranda, 
 
 March 16, 1877, 4 Copp's L, O. 4. 
 Coiu'r G. L. O., Beaubien & Miranda, Sept. 
 
 10, 1K69. 
 Corn'r G. L. O., Inland Santa Rosa, Aug. 
 
 23, 1*71. 
 PROP-LAM ATIOX 
 
 Hardwick v. Reardon, 6 Ark. 77. 
 PUGET SOUND AGRICULTURAL CO. 
 
 Puget Sound Ag. to. v. Pierce Co., 1 Wash. 
 
 Ty. 180. 
 RAILROAD GRAXTS- 
 
 Ainboy, Laming d- Traverse Bay R. R. : 
 
 Johnson v. LSallim, 28 Mich. 379. 
 Atchixon, Topeka < Santa Fc It. If. : 
 
 A. T. <fc S. F. R. R. Co. r. United States, 3 
 Otto, 44-J. 
 
 13 Op. Att. Gen. 378. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 1, 1872, A. T. <fc S. 
 
 F. R. R, Co. v. Catlin et al., Copp's L. L. 
 
 394. 
 Secretary Interior, Xov. 13, 1873, A. T. & S. 
 
 F. R. R. Co. v. Say re, Copp's L. L. 397. 
 Secretary Interior. March 18, 1878, A. T. & 
 
 S. F. R. R. Co. v. Krater, 5 Copp's L. O. 19. 
 Secretary Interior. Aug. 14, 1878, A. T. & 
 
 S. F. R. R. Co. v. Staiubrook, 5 Copp's L. 
 
 0.86. 
 Secretary Interior, Xov. 7, 1878, A. T. & S. 
 
 F. R. R. Co. r. Dodge, 5 Copp's L. O. 134. 
 Secretary Inteii-.r, Jan. 21, 1879, A. T. & S. 
 
 F. R. R. Co. r. Turner, .".Copp's L. O. 167. 
 Secretary Interior, April 4, 1879, A. T. & S. 
 
 F. R. R. Co. v. Starkweather, 6 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 19. 
 Secretary Interior, July 24, 1879, A. T. & S. 
 
 F. R. R. Co. . Krown, 6 Copp's L. O. 111. 
 Atlantic < Pac'J'.c, R. If. .- 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 15, 1874 (terminal 
 
 rights), 4 Copp's L. O. 147. 
 Secretary Interior, June 16. 1879, S. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Langley, 6 Copp's L. O. 55. 
 Com'r G. L. O.,Oc't. 13, 1877 (Indian Terri- 
 tory), 4 Copp s L. O. 123. 
 Op. Att, Gen., Oct. 26, 1880 (nonforfeit- 
 ure), unpublished. 
 Burlington Missouri Hirer If. It. : 
 
 B. <fe M. R. R. R. Co. v. Fremont County, 
 9 Wall. 89. 
 
 Hunnewell v. Cass County, 22 Wall. 466. 
 United States v. R. R. Co., 8 Otto, 334. 
 
 RAILROAD GRAXTS Continued. 
 Burlington < Mivxouri River R. R. : 
 
 HurmelH-B. & M. R. R. R. Co. 3 Dillon C. 
 
 C. 313. 
 United States r. B. & M. R. R. R. Co., 4 
 
 Dillon, C. C. 397. 
 
 Fremont Co. v. B. & M. R. R. R. Co., 22 
 Iowa, 91. 
 
 B. <fc M. R. R. R. Co. v. Clingman, 23 Iowa, 
 
 Page Co. v. B. & M. R. R. R. Co., 40 Iowa, 
 
 520. 
 
 White r. B. &, M. R. R. R. Co., 5 Xeb. 393. 
 Stark r. Baldwin, 7 Xeb. 114. 
 Secretary Interior, Xov. 15, 1871, B. & M. 
 
 R. R. R. Co., Copp's L. L. 382. 
 Secretary Interior, April 28, 1871, B. & M. 
 
 R R. R. Co. v. Boyd, Copp's L. L. 392. 
 Secretary Interior, July 21, 1871. B. & M. R. 
 
 R. R. Ct>. r. Boyd, Copp's L. L. 393. 
 Secretary Interior March 9, 1872, B. & M. 
 
 R. R. R. Co. v. Latimer et al., Copp's L. 
 
 L. 401. 
 ConiT G. L. O., June 30, 1874, B. & M. R. K. 
 
 K. Co. v. Bora, 1 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 California < Oregon R. R. : 
 
 'Ryan v. C. P. 11. R. Co., 5 Saw. C. C. 260. 
 Secretary Interior, March 31, 1873, C. & O. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Abbott, Copp's L. L. 419. 
 Secretary Interior, May 31, 1875, C. & O. R. 
 
 R. Co. u. Dougherty, 2 Copp's L. O. 52. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 30, Ifcf75, C. & O. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Swift, 2 Copp's L. O. 134. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 19, Ie76, C. & O. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. McCouiber, 2 Copp's L. O. 163. 
 Secretary Interior, July 12, lt?7<>. C. &. O. R. 
 
 R. Co.'v. Harbinson'ef al., 3 Copp's L. O. 
 
 53. 
 Secretary Interior, March 23, 1877, C. & O. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Packet ts, 4 Copp's L. O. 55. 
 Secretary Interior, July 20, 1876, C. & O. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Eaton, 5 Copp's L. O. 13. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 18, 178, C. & O. R. 
 
 R. Co/v. Ga-es, 5 Copp's L. O. 150. 
 Secietary Interior, April 7, 1879, C. & O. R. 
 
 R. Co.' v. Blodgett, 6 Copp's L. O. 37. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 13, 1878, C. &. O. R. 
 
 R. Co. . Marleyhan, 7 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 21, 1877, C. At O. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Mineral Claimants, 4 Copp's L. 
 
 0.2. 
 Cedar Rapid* d- Missouri River R. R. : 
 
 Courtwright v. C. R. & M. R. R. R. Co., 
 
 21 Wall. 310. 
 
 State of Iowa v. Kirkwood, 14 Iowa, 162. 
 Courtwright v. C. R. & M. R. R. R. Co., 35 
 
 Iowa, 386. 
 
 Goodrich v. Beanman, 37 Iowa, 563. 
 Blair Town-lot Co. v. Kitteringham, 43 
 
 Iowa, 402. 
 
 C. R. & M. R. R. R. Co. v. County of Sac, 
 46 Iowa, 313. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 24. 1876, C/R. & 
 
 M. R. R R. Co. v. State of Iowa, 3 Copp's 
 
 L. O. r-4. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 11, 1876, C. R. & 
 
 M. R. R. R. Co. v. Harmon, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 0.8C. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 24. 1876, C. R. & M. 
 
 R. R. R. co. v. Sheltnerdine, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 171. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 30, 1878, C. R. & 
 
 M. R. R. R. Co. v. Coltoii, 4 Copp's L. O. 
 
 182. 
 
 Central Branch, Union Pacific R. R. : 
 Parker v. Winsor, 5 Kans. 362. 
 C. B. R. R Co. v. Wiicox, 14 Kans. 259. 
 Secretary Interior, Xov. 16, 1*78, C. B. TJ. 
 
 P. Co.'r. K. P. R. R. Co., 5 Copp's L. O. 
 
 149. 
 Central Pacific R. R. : 
 
 Ryan r. C. P. R. R. Co., 9 Otto, 382. 
 
 C. P. R. R. Co. r. Dyer. 1 Saw. C. C. Ml. 
 
 C. P. R, R. Co.v. Benity, 5 Saw. C. C. 118. 
 
 Doran t'.C. P. R. R. Co'., 24 Cal 245. 
 
 Buterneld r. C. P. R. R. Co., 31 Cal. 2G4. 
 
 Alford v. Barnum, 45 Cal. 42. 
 
 Campbell v. Buckman, 49 Cal. 302. 
 
 C. P. R. R. Co. v. Robinson, 49 Cal. 446. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 slix 
 
 RAILROAD GR ANTS- Continued. 
 Central Pacific R. R.: 
 
 Kaiser ?;. McLanebUu, 49 Cal. 449. 
 "Weaver v. Fail-child, 50 Cal. 360. 
 Enid err. Natoma W. & Mg. Co., 50 Cal. 621. 
 C. P. E. li. Co. v. Howard, f>l Cal. 230. 
 C. P. 11. E. Co. v. Howard, 52 Cal. 2-27. 
 Secretary Interior, March 31, 18".3, C. P. R. 
 
 R. Co.'v. Abbott., Copp's L. L. 419. 
 Secretary Interior, May 14, 11=75, C. P. E. 
 
 11. Co.'v. Dillinghara, Copp's L. L. 430. 
 Secretary Interior, June, 22, l73, Hank v. 
 
 Luce et al., Copp's L. L. 4(.5. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 21 1877, C. P. E. 
 
 E. Co. v. State of California, 4 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 150. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 30. 1879, C. P. E. 
 
 E. Co. v. Beck ft al.. 6 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 ComV G. L. O.. Jan. 15, 1*73, C. P. E E. Co. 
 
 v. State of Nevada, Copp'-s L. L. 4-24. 
 Com'r G. L. C\, March 14, 1674, C. P. E. E. 
 
 Co v. Dmcli Flat Placer, t Copp's L. O. 2. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 12, 1874. C. P. E. E. 
 
 Co. v. Mammoth B. G. Co., 1 Copp's L. O. 
 
 134. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 9, 1875, circular, 1 
 
 Copp's L. O. 169. 
 Chicago < Mobile R. It. : 
 
 5 Op. Alt. Gen. 518, 603. 
 Chicago < NorthiMstem If. R. : 
 Eldrtd v. Sexton, 19 Wall. 189. 
 Eldred v. Sexton, 30 Wis. 193. 
 Delaplaiue v C. & N. W. E. E. Co., 42 
 
 Win. 248. 
 Diedrich v. C. & N. W. E. E. Co., 42 Wis. 
 
 248. 
 Chicago^ Rock Island, & Pacific R. R. : 
 
 C. E. I. & P. E. E. Co. v. Brown, 40 
 Iowa, 333. 
 
 White v. C. E. I. & P. E. E. Co., 41 Iowa, 
 
 222. 
 American Emigrant Co. v. C. E. I. & P. 
 
 E. E. Co., 47 Iowa, 515. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 31, 1876, C. E. I. 
 
 & I'. It. E. Co v. Bell, 3 Copp's L. 0. 1C5. 
 Denver t Rio Grande R. R.: 
 
 D. & E, G. E. E. Co. v. Gallon City & San 
 Juan E. E. Co., 9 Otto, 4f3. 
 
 Denver Pacific R. R.: 
 
 Secretary Interior Aug. 19. 1874, D. P. E. 
 
 E. Co. v. Longan, I Copp's L. O. 101. 
 Des Moines Navigation < R. If.: 
 
 Walcott v. 1). M. N. & E. E. Co., 5 Wall. 
 
 681. 
 
 Williams v. Baker. 17 Wall. 144. 
 Homestead Co. v. Valley E. E. Co. 17 Wall. 
 
 153. 
 
 D. M. N. & E. E. Co. v. Cooper, 41 Iowa, 275. 
 Dubicque < Pacific R. R.: 
 
 D. & P. E. E. Co. v. Litchfield, 23 How. 66. 
 Dubuque < Sioux City IL R.: 
 
 Secretary Interior Aug. 24, 1876. D. & S. C. 
 E. E. Co. v. State of Iowa, 3 Copp's L. 
 O. 84. 
 Flint < Pcre Marquctte R. R.: 
 
 Secretary Interior Dec. 7, 1872 (Indian 
 
 laT<ds),'Copp's L. L. 385. 
 Grand Haven, Flint < Port Huron R. R.: 
 
 Bowers v. Hey w< ocl, 35 Mich. 241. 
 Grand Rapids & Indiana R. Jf.: 
 
 Secretary Interior Aug. 25, 1879, G. E. &I. 
 
 E. E. Co. v. Stmud, 6 Copp's L. O. 112. 
 Hannibal <& St. Joseph R. /,'..- 
 Baker v. Gee 1 Wall. i33. 
 
 H. & St. J. I 
 
 H. & St. J. I 
 
 . E. Co. v. Smith, 9 Wall. 95. 
 
 H. & St. J. Iv. E. Co. v. Smith, 4 Mo. 310. 
 
 . E. Co. v. Moore, 37 Mo. 338. 
 
 Pacific Railroad v. Liudell. 39 Mo. 329. 
 H. & St. J. E. E. Co. v. Moore, 45 Mo. 443. 
 Lock wood v. H. & St. J. E. E. Co., 65 Mo. 
 
 233. 
 
 Funkhouser v. Peck, 67 Mo. 20. 
 Hastings < Dakota R. R.: 
 
 Secretary Interior, April 3, 1879, H. & D. 
 
 E. E. Co. v. Kniskeru, 6 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Secretary Interior, May '*9, 1879, H. & D. 
 
 E. E. Co.t). Whitis 6 Copp's L. O. M. 
 Secretary Interior, April 17, 1880 (deviation 
 
 of route), not reported. 
 
 IV L O YOL II 
 
 RAILROAD GE ANTS Continued. 
 Iowa Falls <6 Sioux City R. R.: 
 
 I. F. & S. C. E. E. Co. v. Plymouth Co., 40 
 
 Iowa, CC9. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 30, 1874, 1. F. & S. 
 
 C. E. E. Co. v. Sloan, Copp's L. L. 416. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 19, 1875, I. F. & S. 
 
 C. E. E. Co. v. Waken'eld, 2 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 84. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 24, 1876, I. F. & 
 
 S. C. E. E. Co. v. State of Iowa, 3 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 84. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 13, 1879, I. F. & 
 
 S. C. E. E. Co, v. Wakefield, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 161. 
 Illinois Central R. R.: 
 
 Bates v. S. C. E. E. Co., 1 Black, 204. 
 
 S. C. E. E. Co. v. United States, 20 Law 
 
 Eep. 630. 
 
 Sawyer v. Cox, 63 Ills. l^O. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 29, 1879, I. C. E. 
 
 E. Co. v. Britton, Gray & Drummond. 
 Com. G. L. O., Feb. 12, 1878, I. C. E. E. 
 
 Co. v. State of Illinois tt al.. 5 Copp's L. 
 
 0.19. 
 Kansas Pacific R. R. . 
 
 M. K. ,fc T. E. E. Co. v. K, P. E. R. Co., 
 
 7 Otto, 491. 
 Com'rs Douglas Co. v. U. P. E. R. Co., 5 
 
 Ivans. 615. 
 
 K. P. R. E, Co. v. Gulp, 9 Kans. 38. 
 Eepublicau River Bridge Co. v. K. P. R. 
 
 R. Co., 12 Ivans. 409. 
 K. P. R. E. Co. v. M. K. & T. E. E. Co., 15 
 
 Kans. 15. 
 Secretary Inteiior, Oct. 3, 1871, K. P. E. 
 
 E. Co. v. IT. P. E. E. Southern Branch, 
 
 Copp'8 L. L. 365. 
 Secretary Interior, May 1, 1877, K. P. E, R. 
 
 Co. v. Jenney, 4 Copp s L. O. 42. 
 Secretary Interior, July 23, 17S, K. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Dvulymott, 5 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 Secretary Intel tor, Nov. 16, 1878, K. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v Central Branch, U. P. E. E. 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 149. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 23, 1879, K. P. E. 
 
 E. Co. v. Farnsworth, 6 Copp's L. O. 111. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 17, 1873, K. P. E. E. 
 
 Co. v. Hodge et aL, 1 Copp's L. O. 100. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 10, 1878, circular, 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 109. 
 Lake Superior < Mississippi River R. R. : 
 
 L. S. <fc M. E. E. E. Co. v. U. S., 3 Otto, 442. 
 Leave/worth Lnwnnced; Oalveston R. R.: 
 L. L. & G. E. E. Co. v. U. S., 2 Otto, 733. 
 L. L. &G. E.E. Co. v. Coffin. 16 Kans. 510. 
 Secretary Interior, May 7. 1872. L. L. & G. 
 
 E. E. Co. v. Arnold, Copp's L. L. 398. 
 Secretary Interior. March 31, 1874, L. L. & 
 
 G. E. E. Co. v. Eowley, Copp's L. L. 436. 
 Com'r G L. O., Oct. 8, 1874 (forfeiture), 1 
 
 Copp'n L. O ) 15. 
 McGregor < Missouri River R. R. : 
 
 Op. Att. Gen., Feb. 2. 1880 (deviation in 
 
 construction), 8 Wash. Law Eep. 106. 
 Secretary Interior, April 9, 1880 (devia- 
 tion in construction), 8 Wash. Law Eep. 
 
 249. 
 Memphis & Little Rock R. R. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, May 5, 1877, M. & L. E. 
 
 E E. Co. v. State of Arkansas, 4 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 63. 
 Milwaukee & St Paul R. R. : 
 
 United States v. M. & St. P. E. R. Co., 5 
 
 Bissell. C. C. 410. 
 Minnesota < St. Paul R. R.: , 
 
 Rice v. M. & St. P. R R. Co., 1 Black, 358. 
 Minnesota < Northwestern R. R.: 
 
 United States v. M. & N. W. R. R. Co., 1 
 
 Minn. 127. 
 
 Ricew. Railway Co., 1 Blac^ 358. 
 Minnesota & Pad fie R. R. : 
 
 M. & P. E. E. Co. v. Farnsworth, 2 Otto, 49. 
 Missouri. Kansas & Texas R. R. : 
 
 M K. & T. E. E. Co. v. K. P. R. R, Co., 7 
 
 Otto, 491. 
 
 Wood v. M. K. & T. R. R.Co.. 11 Kans. 323. 
 K. P. R. E. Co. D. M. K. & T. R. R. Co., 15 
 
 Kans. 15, 
 
1 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 RAILROAD GRAFTS Continued. 
 Missouri, Kansas & Texan It. If. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 3, J871, K. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. U. P. R. R., Southern Branch, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 365. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 15, 1872, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R. Co. v. Block, Copp's L. L. 395. 
 Secretary Interior, May 17, 1872, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R Co, v. Arnold; Copp's L. L. 398. 
 Secretary Interior, July 17, 1873, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R Co. v. Brock et al., Copp's L. L. 
 
 399. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 23, 1872, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R Co. v. Noble, Copp's L. L. 700. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 10, 1872, M, K. & 
 
 T. R. R. Co. v. Noble, Copp's L. L. 702. 
 Secietary Interior, Jan. 26. Ip72, M. K. & 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Pine & Wood, Copp's L. L. 
 
 703. 
 Secretary Interior, March 27, 1873, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R. Co. v. Wheeler, Copp's L. L. 
 
 704. 
 Secretary Interior, March 1, 1876, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R. Co. v. Lasselle, 3 Copp's L. O. 
 
 10. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 12, 1877, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R. Co. v. Streeter, 4 Copp's L. O. 
 
 180, 181. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 13, 1879, M. K. & 
 
 T. R. R. Co. v. Owens, 6 Copp's L. O. 
 
 163. 
 Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R. : 
 
 M. R. F. S. & G. R. R. Co. v. Morris, 13 
 
 Kane. 302. 
 Secretary Interior, March 22, 1876, M. R. 
 
 F. S. & G. R. R. v. Watson, 3 Copp's L. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 8, 1876, M. R. F. 
 
 S. & G. R. R. v. Watts, 3 Copp's L. O. 9. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 9, 1870, M. R. F. 
 
 S. & G. R. R. v. Plouch, 3 Copp's L. O. 
 
 Secietary Interior, Sept. 1, 1875, M. R. F. 
 
 S. & G. R. R. v. Coon, 3 Copp's L. O. 132. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Oct. 8, 1874 (forfeiture), 1 
 
 Copp's L. O. 115. 
 Northern Pacific R. R. : 
 
 Secretary Interior. March 27, 1873 (attach- 
 ment of right), Copp's L. L. 377. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 23, Ic73, K". P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Tunison et al, Copp's L. L. 3bl. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 4. 1876, N. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Earnsberger, 3 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 3, 1877, X. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. O. C. R. R. Co., 3 Copp's L. O. 
 
 199. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 14, 1878, N. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Hogland, 5 Copp's L. O. 107. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 19, Ib74, N. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Engebretson, 1 Copp's L. O. 51. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 28, Ie74, X. P. R. R, 
 
 Co. v. Hickey, 1 Copp's L. O. 181. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Jan. 12, 1877, Town of 
 
 Seattle v. McAleer, 3 Copp's L. O. 179. 
 North Wisconsin R. R. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 17, 1879, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 163. 
 North <f- South Alabama R. R. : 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Alabama, 11 Otto, 832. 
 14 Op. Att. Gen. 617. 
 Omaha < Northioestern R. R. : 
 
 Koenig v. O. & N. W. R R, Co., 3 Neb. 273. 
 Oregon Central R. R. : 
 13 Op. Att, Gen. 3^2. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 3, 1877, O. C. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. N. P. R. R. Co., 3 Copp's L. O. lt'9. 
 Sioux City < Pacific R. R. : 
 
 S. C. & P. R. R. Co. v. U. P. R. R. Co., 4 
 
 Dillon, C. C. 307. 
 The State v. S. C. & P. R. R. Co., 7 Neb. 
 
 357. 
 Southern Minnesota R. R. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 20, 1874. S. M. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Parks et al.. Copp's L. L. 396. 
 Secretary Interior, Mai ch 14 and April 14, 
 
 1877, S. M. R. R. Co. v. Pond, 4 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 163. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 5, 1879 (non-for- 
 feiture), 6 Cpp's L, O. 155. 
 
 RAILROAD GRANTS- 
 Southern Pacific Railroad : 
 
 fc>. P. R. R. Co. v. Pierpont Orton, unpub- 
 lished opinion, Ninth Cir. Ct>, Dec. 15, 
 
 1&79. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen., June 13, 1878 ; July 16, 1878. 
 Secretary Interior, May 9, 1873, S. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Stuart, Copp's L. L 375. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 1. 1875, S. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Whitaker, 2 Copp's L. O. 119. 
 Secretary Interior, April 23, lr<75, S. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v Queen, 3 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 24, 1877. S. P. R.R. 
 
 Co. v. Wiggins & Kellar, 4 Copp's L. O. 
 
 123. 
 Secretary Interior, April 15. 1874, S. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. A. & P. R. R. Co., 4 Copp's L. O. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 2, 1878, S. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Tome et al., 5 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 20, 1879 (surveying 
 
 expenses), 6 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Secretary Interior, May 8, Ie79, S. P. R. R- 
 
 Co. v. Cox, 6 Copp's L. O. 35. 
 Secretary Interior, June 1C, 1879, S. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Langley, 6 Copp's L. O. 55. 
 Secretary Interior, July -2. 1879, S. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Serrano, 6 Copp's L. O. 93. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 31, 1880, S. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v..Oi ton, 7 Copp's L. O. 10. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. f , 1880, S. P.R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Jacob, 7 Copp's L. O. 83. 
 Secretary Interior, June 8, 1880, S. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Gower, 7 Copp's L. O. 104. 
 Secretary Interior, July 29, 1880, S. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Whitaker, 8 Wash. Law Rep. 
 
 489. 
 St. Croix t& Superior R. R. : 
 
 Schulenberg v. Haniinan, 21 Wall. 44. 
 Schulenberg v. Harriman, 2 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 398. 
 
 14 Op. Att. Gen. 430. 
 St. Joseph (6 Denver R. R. : 
 
 Xnevals v. Hyde, U. S. Cir. Ct., Neb., Oct. 
 
 1879 (unpublished). 
 
 St. J. & D. R. R. Co. v. Bolin, 7 Neb. 247. 
 Secretary interior, Sept. 3, 1872, St. J. & 
 
 D. R. R. Co. v. Nickell, Copp's L. L. 399. 
 Secretary" Interior, Nov. 18, 1^75, St. J. & 
 
 D. R. R. Co. v. Barm s, 3 Copp's L. 0. 132. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 7, 1877, St. J. & D. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Thomas, 3 Copp's L. O. 197. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 24, 1817, St. J. & 
 
 D. R. R. Co. v. Thomas, 4 Copp's L. O. 
 
 119. 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 5, 1879 (survey- 
 ing expenses), 6 Copp's L. O. 162. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 27, 1860, St. J. & 
 
 D. R. R. Co. v. Wheeler, 7 Copp's L. O. 
 
 10. 
 Secretary Interior, March 2, 1880, St. J. & 
 
 D. It. R. Co. v. Wheeler, 7 Copp's L. O. 
 
 10. 
 St. Paul & Sioux City R. R. : 
 
 St. P. & S.C. R. R. Co. v. Chamberlain, 2 
 
 Otto, 2i)9. 
 St. P. & S. C. R. R. Co. v. County of Osceola, 
 
 43 Iowa, 318. 
 Brisbine v. St. P. & S. C. R. R. Co., 23 
 
 Minn. 114. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 2, 1872, St. P. & 
 
 S. C. R. R. Co. v. Halverson, Copp's L. L. 
 
 384. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 10, 1874, St. P. & 
 
 S. C. R. R. Co. v. Sutton Copp's L. L. 435. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 9, 187(5. St. P. & S. 
 
 C. R R Co. v. State of Minnesota, 3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 99. 
 Secretary Interior. Oct. 16, 1876, St. P. & S. 
 
 C. R. R. Co. v. Weaver, 3 Copp's L. O. 
 
 119. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 8, 1875. St. P. & S. C. 
 
 R. R Co. v. Hoover, 2 Copp's L. O. 119. 
 St. Paul & Pacific R. R. : 
 
 Secretary Interior. Dec. 2, 1875, St. P. & P. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. St. Vincent Extension Co., 2 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 134. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 14. 1876, St. P. & 
 
 P. R R. Co. v. Hage, 3 Copp's L. O. 84. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 li 
 
 RAILROAD GRANTS Continued. 
 St. Paul & Pacific 11. If. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 11, 1876, St. P. & P. 
 
 11. 11. Co. v. Kcmper, 3 Copp's L. O. 170. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 10, 1875, St. P. & P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Hill. 2 Copp's L. 0. 118. 
 Com'r O. L. O., Sept. 4, 1879, St. P. & P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v Larsou, 6 Copp's L. 0. 178. 
 Stockton d- Copperopolis II. If. : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 29, Ie75 (forfeiture), 3 
 
 Copp's L O. 73. 
 Union Pacific 11. It. : 
 
 Railway Co. v. Prescott, 16 Wall. COS. 
 Railway Co. v. McShane, '22 Wall. 444. 
 United' States v. U. P. II. II. Co., 1 Otto, 74. 
 Railway Co. v. Hall et al., I Otto, 343. 
 M. K. & T. R. R. Co. v. K. P. R. R. Co., 
 
 7 Otto, 491. 
 
 Platt v. R. R. Co., 9 Otto, 48. 
 U. P. R. R. Co. v. Watts, 2 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 310. 
 U. P. R. R. Co. v. McShane, 3 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 304. 
 S. C. & P. R. R. Co. . U. P. R. R. Co., 4 
 
 Dillon, C. C. 307. 
 Uuited States v. B. & M. R. R. R. Co., 4 
 
 Dillon, C. C. 397. 
 
 Stalnaker v. Morrison, 6 Nebr. 363. 
 10 Op. Att. Gen. 127 ; 11 id. 462 ; 13 id. 127, 
 
 430. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 27, 1872, U. P. R. 
 R. Co. v. Cheyenne et al., Copp's L. L. 
 373. 
 Secretary Interior, March 24, 1874, U. P. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Mills, Copp's L L. 417. 
 Secretary Interior, June 2.1, 1880, U. P. R. 
 
 R. Co.'v. Hahn, 7 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 11, 1873, U. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. R. M. Coal Co., Copp's L. L. 672. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July i6, IK75, U. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v Crismon, 2 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 3, 1875, U. P. R. R. 
 
 Co. v. Arnold, 2 Copp's L. O. 131. 
 Western Pacific R. R. ; 
 
 Newiiall v. Sanger, 2 Otto, 761. 
 Kaiser v. McLanghlin, 49 Cal. 449. 
 McLaujihlin v. Powell, 50 Cal. 64. 
 McLaughlin v. Fowler, 52 Cal. 203. 
 Secretary Interior, March 28, 1872, "W. P. 
 R. R. Co. v. Schwerin, Copp's L. L. 409. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 25, 1873, W. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Benson, Copp's L. L. 412. 
 Secretary Interior, July 31, 1872, W. P. R. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Spratt, Copp's L. L. 416. 
 Secretary Interior, June 11, 1873, W. P. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Scott, Copp's L. L. 420. 
 Secretary Interior, March 16, 1871, W. P. 
 R. R. Co. v. Sareeant et al.. Copp's L. L. 
 421. 
 
 Secretary Interior, May 14, 1875, W. P. R. 
 R. R. Co. v. Dilliug'ham, Copp's L. L. 
 430. 
 
 Secretary Interior, March 23, 1875, TV. P. 
 R. R. Co. v. Fitzgerald, 2 Copp's L. O. 51. 
 Secretary Interior, July 15, 1875, W. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Stewart, Copp's L. O. 84. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 15, 1878, State of 
 Cal. v. Townsend et al.. 4 Copp's L. O 
 189. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 21, 1878, "W. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Nichols, 5 Copp's L. O. 151. 
 Secretary Interior, March 14, 1879, W. P. 
 R. R. Co. v. Webber, 6 Copp's L. O. 19. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 26, Ib79, W. P. R. 
 
 R. Co. v. Buckman, 7 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Western R. R. of Minnesota: 
 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 16, 1880 (indem- 
 nity lands), 8 Wash. Law Rep. 679. 
 West Wisconsin R. R. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 18, 1874, W. W 
 
 R. R. Co. v. Herman, Copp's L. L. 415. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 13, 1874 (right to 
 
 lands), 2 Copp's L. O. 20. 
 Worthington & Sioux Falls It. R. : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 10, 1877 (right of 
 
 way), 4 Copp's L. o! 91. 
 Winona & St. Peter R. R. Co. : 
 
 State v. W. & St. P. R, R. Co., 21 Minn 
 315. 
 
 RAILROAD GRANTS Continued. 
 Winona d- St. Peter R. R. Co. : 
 
 State v. W. & St. P. R. R. Co., 21 Minn. 
 
 472. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 8. 1877, W. & St. 
 R. R. Co. v. McOuat, 4 Copp's L. O. 163. 
 Wisconsin Central R. R. Co. : 
 
 14 Op. Att. Gen. 202. 
 RECORDING ACTS 
 
 Jacksonville v. Lamphire, 3 Pet. 280. 
 RES AD JU DIC AT A 
 
 United States v.Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691. 
 United States v. Bank of Metropolis, 15 Pet. 
 
 377. 
 
 Tate ct al. v. Carney et al., 24 How. 357. 
 Aurora City v. West, 7 Wall, 82. 
 Boyle v. Hinds, 2 Saw. C. C. 527. 
 13 Op. Att. Gen. 456 ; 14 id. 74. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 10, 1876, 1 Lester, 
 
 507. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 29, 1857, 1 Lester, 
 
 557. ' 
 Secretary Interior, Jones v. Roberts, Dec. 9, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L.2:>1. 
 
 Secretary Interior, M. K. & T. R. R. v. 
 Brock et al., July 17, 1873, Copp's L. L. 399. 
 Secretary Interior ex parte McGarrahan, 
 
 Aug. 4', 1871, Copp's L. L. 532. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Beaubien & 
 
 Miranda, July 7, Ib71, Copp's L. L. 605. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte McConnell, May 
 
 31, 1875, 2 Copp's L O. 83, 149. 
 Secretary Interior ex parte Rickard, Jan. 
 
 19, lt<76, 2 Copp's L. O. 163. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Oregon, Oct. 
 
 13, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 119. 
 Secretary Interior, Foster v. State Califor- 
 nia, April 3, 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 6. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Illinois, May 2, 
 
 1878, 5'Copp's L. O. 124. 
 Secretary Interior, Valentine v. City of 
 
 Chicago, Feb. 28, 1879, 6 Copp's L. 0. 22. 
 Secretary Interior, Daly v. Weaver, July 
 
 17, 1880, 7 Copp's L O. 88. 
 Secretary Interior, Preston Beck claim, 
 
 Aug. 21, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 199. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Portland City, Oct. 18, 1858, 
 
 1 Lester, 440. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Baca claim, March 
 
 21, 1879. 6 Copp's L. O. 18, 127. 
 RESERVATIONS 
 
 Hughes v. Trustees of Clarksville, 6 
 
 Wheat. 369. 
 
 Doddridge v. Thompson, 9 Wheat. 469. 
 Edwards' lessee v. Darby, 12 Wheat. 206. 
 Chotard v. Pope, 12 Wheat. 581. 
 Wilcox v. Jackson, 13 Pet. 498. 
 United States v. Fitzgerald, 15 Pet. 407. 
 United States v. Chicago. 7 How. 185. 
 Kissell v. Saint Louis Public Schools, 18 
 
 How. 19. 
 
 East on v. Salisbury, 21 How. 426. 
 Hale v. Gaines et al., 22 How. 144. 
 Wolcott v. Des Moines Co , 5 Wall. 681. 
 Morton v. Nebraska, 21 Wall 660. 
 Rector et al. v. United States. 2 Otto, 698. 
 L. L. & G. R. R. Co. v. U. S., 2 Otto, 733. 
 Newhall v. Sanger, 2 Otto, 761. 
 Morrow v. Whitney, 5 Otto, 551. 
 Ryan v. C P. R R. Co., 9 Otto, 382. 
 Wolsey v. Chapman, 1 1 Otto, 755. 
 Indiana v. Miller, 3 McLean, C. C. 151. 
 United States v. Railroad Bridge Company, 
 
 6 McLean, C. C. 517. 
 Dupas v. Wassell, 1 Dillon, C. C. 213, 
 I. C. R. R. Co. v. U. S., 20 Law Rep. 630. 
 Joseph v. United States, 1 N. & H. 197. 
 Johnson v. United States, 2 N..& H. 391. 
 McConnel v. Wilcox, 1 Scammon, (Ills.) 344. 
 Middleton v. Pritchard, 4 Ills. 510. 
 Stockton v. Williams, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 546. 
 Demy v. Campbell, 4 Mich. 5(!5. 
 Spaulding v. Martin, 11 Wis. 262. 
 RiiL'gles. v. Marsillot, 19 Wis. 159. 
 Whitney v. Guuderson, 31 Wis. 359. 
 Whitney v. Nelson, 33 Wis. ?65. 
 Tht< State v. Delesdenier, 7 Texas, 76. 
 Bellow v. Todd, 34 Iowa, 18. 
 Gulliver v. Berge, 1 Rob. (La.) 427. 
 
lii 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 Gaines r. Hal.-, 16 Ark. 9. 
 
 Jl inter v. Hemphill. 6 Mo. 106. 
 
 Perry r. O'Hanlon, 11 Mo. 373. 
 
 K. P. R. R. v. Gulp, 9 Kans. 38. 
 
 Republican River Bridge Co. v. U. P. R. R. 
 
 Co., 12 Kans. 409. 
 People v. Dana, 22 Cal. 11. 
 Blanc v. Bowman, 22 Cal. 23. 
 Hastings v. McGrogin, 27 Cal. 85. 
 People v. Shearer, 30 Cal. 645. 
 McGrary v. Hastings, 39 Cal. 360. 
 Rash v. Corey, 39 CaL 339. 
 LeRoy v. Cunningham, 44 Cal. 599. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen. 106, 240, 277, 566 ; 6 id. 670 ; 
 9 id. 298, 339 ; 10 id. 56, 359 ; 14 id. 33, 50 ; 
 March 4, 1878 ; July 16. 1878. 
 Secretary Interior, Rock Island, Jan. 24, 
 
 18i9, 1 tester, 690. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte "Woodman, 
 
 March 16, 1870, Copp's L. L. 216. 
 Secretary Interior, W. P. II. R. v. Dilling- 
 
 hatn, May 14. 1675, Copp's L. L. 430. 
 Secretary Interior, Hot Springs, April 23, 
 
 1875. 2 Copp's L. O. 100. 
 Secretary Interior, Timmons v. Gleason, 
 
 July 11, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 71. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Piedra Blanca, 
 
 Aug. 8, Ie76, 3 Copp's L. O. 98. 
 Secretary Interior, Kemper v. St. P. & P. 
 
 R. R., Ded. 11, Itf76. 3 Copp's L. O. 170. 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Corte Madera 
 del Presidio, May 28, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 
 52. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 12, 1872, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 291. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rock Island, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 390, 509. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Tort Wayne, 2 L. I. &, O. 
 
 40-2, 827. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Cantonment Brooke, 2 L. 
 
 I. & 0. 908. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Fort Jesup, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 951. 
 Com'r G. L. O., C. P. R. R. v. State Nevada, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 424. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Meek et al., April 
 
 22, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O. 21. 
 Com'r G. L. O., S. & C. R. R., Dec. 29, 1875, 
 
 3 Copp's L. O. 73. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Ramsey v. C. P. R. R. Co., 
 
 Oct. 24, 1879. 6 Copp's L. O. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Rancho Punta de la Con- 
 cepcion, April 20, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 70. 
 REVOLUTIONARY LAND WARRANTS AND 
 
 SCRIP 
 
 Smith v. Shane, 1 McLean, C. C. 22. 
 Dupre v. McCright, 6 La. Ann. 146. 
 Parker v. Wallace. 3 Ohio, 490. 
 Parker v. Dunn, 4 Ohio, 233 
 McArtbur v. Gallaher, 7 Ohio, 412. 
 Trimble r. Brotherby, 14 Ohio, 109. 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 385 ; 3 td. 246, 382; June 14, 
 
 lf-37, 2 L. I. <fc O. 123. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Nov. 16,1830,2 
 
 L. I. & O. 436. 
 Com'r G. L. O , circular, Oct. 2, 1833, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 484. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 14, 1870, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 739. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Dec. 16, 1874, Copp's L. L. 
 
 741. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 20, 1875, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 742. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Copp's L. L. 746. 
 RIPARIAN RIGHTS 
 Alluvion: 
 
 County of St. Clair v. Lovingston, 23 Wall. 
 
 Dunlap v. Stetson, 4 Mason, C. C. 349. 
 Lovingston v. County of St. Clair, 64111s. 56. 
 Lamers . Nissen, 4 Xeb. 245. 
 Smith v. City ot St. Louis, 21 Mo. 36. 
 Public ; rights of the : 
 
 Barney r. Keokuk, 4 Otto, 324. 
 Leigh' v. Holt. 5 Bissell, C C. 338. 
 Blancbard r. Porter, 11 Ohio, 138. 
 Bainbridge v Shillock, 29 Ind. 364. 
 Shillock v. Baiubridge, 41 Ind. 35. 
 
 RIPARIAN RIGHTS Continued. 
 Public ; rights of the : 
 
 The People r. St. Louis. 10 His. 351. 
 C-hicago r. McGinn, 50 His. 266. 
 llubbard r. Bell, 54 Ills. 110. 
 Eaxpu v. Bressler, C4 Ills. 488. 
 Lorman v. Benson, 8 Mich. 18. 
 Att'y-Gen'l v. Evart Booming Co., 34 Mich. 
 
 4b2. 
 Bay Harbor Co. r. Council, &c., Walker's 
 
 Chan. Rep. (Mich) 155. 
 Jones v. Pettibone, 2 Wis. 308. 
 Walker v. Stephenson, 4 Wis. 486. 
 Oleson v. Men ill, 42 Wis. 203. 
 Dcleplaine v. C. &. N. W. R. R. Co., 42 Wis. 
 
 214. 
 Steven's Point Boom Co. v. Reilly, 46 Wis. 
 
 237. 
 B-isbiner. St. P. & S. C.R.R. Co., 23 Minn 
 
 114. 
 
 Eaight v. City of Keokuk, 4 Iowa, 405. 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 30 Iowa, 94. 
 Tomlin r. The Dnbuque and B. & M. R. R. 
 
 Cos., '32 Iowa, 106. 
 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 36 Iowa, 357. 
 Musser r. Hershey, 42 Iowa, 356. 
 Houghton r. The C. D. & M. R. R. R. Co., 
 
 47 Iowa, 370. 
 
 Weise v. Smith, 3 Oreg. 445. 
 Dana r. Jackson St. Wharf Co., 31 Cal. 118. 
 Taylor r. Underbill, 40 Cal. 471. 
 Vausickle v. Harris, 7 Nov. 249. 
 Riparian proprietor ; rights of: 
 
 K. It. Co.. v Schurmeir, 7 Wall. 272. 
 Yates r. Milwaukee, 10 "Wall. 497. 
 Barney r. Keokuk, 4 Otto, 324. 
 Union M. &. M. Co. v. Ferris. 2 Saw. C. C. 
 
 175. 
 Union M. & M. Co. v. Dangberg, 2 Saw. 
 
 C. C. 450. 
 
 Dunlap v. Stetson, 4 Mason, C. C. 349. 
 Tvler v. Wilkerson, 4 Mason, C. C. 397. 
 Bowman r. Wathen, 2 McLean, C. C. 376. 
 Leigh v. Holt, 5 Bissell, C. C. 338. 
 Forsyth v. Small, 7 Bissell, C. C. 201. 
 Granger v. Swart. 1 Woolw. C. C. e 8. 
 Northern Union Packet Co. v. Atlee, 2 Dil- 
 lon, C. C. 479. 
 
 Avery v. Fox, 1 Abbot CU. S.) 246. 
 Gavit v Chambers, 3 Ohio, 496. 
 Blanchard v. Porter. II Ohio, 138. 
 Walker v. Beard of Public Works, 16 Ohio, 
 
 540. 
 Hubbard v. City of Toledo, 21 Ohio St 
 
 379. 
 
 Bainbridge v. Shillock. 29 Ind. 364. 
 Martin v. Evansville, 32 Ind. 85. 
 State v. Pottmeyer, 33 Ind. 402. 
 Shillock v. Baiubridge, 41 Ind. 35. 
 Ridgway v. Ludlow, 58 Ind. 248. 
 Taylor v. Fickas, 64 Ind. 168. 
 Middleton v. Pritchard, 4 Ills. 510. 
 The People v. St. Louis, 10 Ills. 351. 
 Board of Trustees v. Havin, 10 Ills. 548. 
 Stolp r. Hoyt, 44 Ills. 219. 
 Chicago v. Laflin, 50 Ills. 266. 
 Hubbard t?. Bell, 54 Ills. 110. 
 Baxon tj. Bressler, 64 His. 488. 
 Houck v. Yates, 82 Ills. 179. 
 Lorman r. Benson, 8 Mich. 18. 
 Bay City, <fcc., v. Industrial Works, 28 
 
 Mich, l r-a. 
 
 Ryan i: Bw>wn, 18 Mich. 196. 
 Clark v. Campau, 19 Mich 325. 
 Watson r. Peters, 2G Mich. 508. 
 Treat v. Bates. 27 Mich. 390. 
 Att y-Gen'l v. Evart Booming Co., 34 Mich. 
 
 462. 
 
 Jones v. Pettibone, 2 Wis. 308. 
 Walker v. Stephenson, 4 Wis. 486. 
 Mariner v. Schultz, 13 Wis. 692. 
 Arnold v. Elmore, 16 Wis. 509. 
 Wright r. Day, 33 Wis. 260. 
 Oleson v. Merrill, 42 Wis. 203. 
 Deleplaine v. C. & N. W. R. R. Co., 42 
 
 Wis. 214. 
 
 Boorman v. Sunnucks, 42 Wis. 233. 
 Diedrich v. C. &. N. W. R. R. Co., 42 Wis. 
 248. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 liii 
 
 RIPARIAN RIGHTS Continued. 
 Riparian proprietor ; rights t>f: 
 
 Steven's Point Boom Co. v. Reilly, 46 Wis. 
 
 257. 
 
 Hazeltine v. Case, 46 Wis. 391. 
 Schurineir v. St. P. & P. R. R. Co., 10 
 
 Minu. 82. 
 
 Riffe v. C. D. & M. E. R. Co.. 23 Minn. 18. 
 Brisbine v. St. P. & S. C. R. R. Co., 23 
 
 Minn. 114. 
 
 McManus v. Carmichael, 3 Iowa, 11. 
 Haight v. City of Kwikuk, 4 Iowa, 405. 
 Boynton v. Miller, 22 Iowa, 579. 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 30 Iowa, 94. 
 Tomlin v. The Dubuque and B. & M. R. 
 
 R. Cos., 32 Iowa, 106. 
 Cook v. City of Burlington, 36 Iowa, 357. 
 Musser v. Hershey, 42 Iowa, 356. 
 Houghton v. C. I>. & M. R. R. R. Co., 47 
 
 Iowa, 370. 
 
 Lobdell v. Simpson, 2 Nev. 274. 
 Lake v. Tolles, 8 Nov. 28.". 
 Shoemaker v. Hatch. 13 ^ev. 261. 
 Smith v. City of St. Louis, 21 Mo. 36. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Risley, 40 Mo. 
 
 356. 
 
 Benson v. Morrow, 61 Mo. 345. 
 Ferrea v. Kuipe, 28 Cal. 3-10. 
 Dana v. Jackson St. Wharf Co., 31 Cal. 118. 
 1 Lester, 493. note. 
 
 Com'r G. L.O., Feb. 20, 1874,Copp'sL. L. 763. 
 Coiu'r G. L. O., exparte Taylor et al., Nov. 
 
 5, 1H74, 1 Copp's L. O. 1.15. 
 Com'r G. L O., Wolf Lake, Feb. 12, 1878, 
 
 5 Copp's L. O. 19. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 2, 1880. 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 57. 
 United States, rights of the : 
 
 New Orleans v. United States, 10 Pet. 662. 
 Pollard et al. v. Hasan etal., 3 How. 212. 
 Goodtitle v. Kibbe, 9 How. 471. 
 ROBINSON, WALL ACE, RELIEF OF 
 
 Op. Att, Gen., June 24, It3i), 2 L. I. & O. 209. 
 ROSITA, TOWN OF 
 
 Adams v. Binklev, 4 Colo. 247. 
 SACRAMENTO, CITY 'OF 
 
 Cornwall v. Culver, 16 Cal. 424. 
 
 County of Yolo v. City of Sacramento, 36 
 
 Cal. 193. 
 SALT LAKE CITY 
 
 Pratt 0. Young, 1 Utah, 348. 
 SALT SPRINGS 
 
 Chotard v. Pope. 12 Wheat. 5P1. 
 Delauiiero v. Emison, 15 How. 525. 
 Cooper v. Roberts, 18 Hosv. 173. 
 Morton v. Nebraska, 21 Wall. 660. 
 Indiana v. Miller, 3 McLean,C. C. 151. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 352, 420 ; 2. L. I. & O. 263, 
 
 25, 533. 
 Com'r G. L O., circular, July 3, 1836, 2 L. 
 
 1. & O. 815. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 28, 1831, 
 
 2L. I. &O. 916. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 27, 1874, 1 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 19. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Hall v. Litchfield, March 
 
 2, 1876, 2 Copp's L. O. 179. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 10, 1877, 4 
 
 Copp's L. O. 21. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Eagle Salt Works, Dec. 12. 
 
 1877, 5 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 SAN FRANCISCO- 
 Acts of Congress : 
 
 Trenouth v. San Francisco, 10 Otto, 251. 
 Harris v. McGovern, 2 Saw. C. C. 215. 
 United States v. Carr et al., 3 Saw. C. C. 
 
 477. 
 
 Woodworth v. Fulton, 1 Cal. 295. 
 Alcalde grants : 
 
 Palmer v. Low, 8 Otto, L. 
 
 Montgomery v. Bevans et al., 1 Saw. C. C. 
 
 653. 
 
 Walker v. Marks, 2 Saw. C. C. 152. 
 Palmer v. Low, 2 Saw. C. C 248. 
 Hall et al. v. Ungcr et al, 4 Saw. C. C. 672. 
 Woodworth v. Fulton. 1 Cal. 295. 
 Reynolds v. West, 1 Cal. 3-22. 
 Brown v. O'Couuer, 1 Cal. 419. 
 Cohas v. Raisin, 3 Cal. 443. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO Continued. 
 Alcalde grants : 
 
 Cliapiu v. Browne, 8 Cal. 294. 
 
 Noe v. Card, 14 Cal. 577. 
 
 Payne v. Treadwell, 16 Cal. 221. 
 
 Hubbard v. Barry, 21 Cal. 321. 
 
 Bcahan v. Mayor, &c.,24 Cal. 585. 
 
 Rice v. Cunningham, 29 Cal. 492. 
 
 Lick v. Diaz, 30 Cal. C5. 
 
 Wilson v. Cleveland, 30 Cal. 192. 
 
 Donner v. Palmer, 31 Cal. 501. 
 
 Lick v. Diaz, 37 Cal. 437. 
 
 Glaswood v. Hastings, 38 Cal. 216. 
 Mexican grant : 
 
 Lynch v. Bernal, 9 Wall 315. 
 
 San Francisco v. United States, 4 Saw. C. C. 
 553. 
 
 Grisar v. McDowell, 4 Saw. C. C. 597. 
 
 United States v. Hare et al., 4 Saw. C. C. 
 653. 
 
 Tripp v. Spring, 5 Saw. C. C. 209. 
 
 Welch v. Sullivan, 8 Cal. 164. 
 
 Norton v. Hyatt, 8 Cal. 540. 
 
 Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 530. 
 
 Brown v. San Francisco, 16 Cal. 452. 
 
 Leese v. Clark, 18 Cal. 5.55. 
 
 Fulton v. Hanlon.20 Cal. 450. 
 
 Stevenson v. Bennett, 35 Cal. 424. 
 
 Bernal v. Lynch, 36 Cal. 135. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 11, 1878, 5 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 131. 
 Reservations : 
 
 United States v. Carr et al, 3 Saw. C. C. 477. 
 
 Grisar v. McDowell, 4 Saw. C. C. 597. 
 
 United States v. Hare et aJ., 4 Sa.v.C. C. 
 653. 
 
 People v. Dana, 22 Cal. 11. 
 
 Blauc v. Bowman, '22 Cal. 23. 
 
 Le Roy v. Cunningham, 44 Cal. 599. 
 State legislation : 
 
 Mumford v. Wardell, C Wall. 426. 
 
 Palmer v. Low, H Otto, 1. 
 
 Palmer v. Low, 2 Saw. C. C. 248. 
 
 Tripp v. Spring. 5 Saw. C. C. 209. 
 
 Seaoury v. Field, 1 McAllister C. C. 1. 
 
 Freidmau v. Goodwin, 1 McAllister C. C. 
 142. 
 
 Chapin v. Browne, 8 Cal. 294. 
 
 Hainan v. Read, 13 Cal. 444. 
 
 Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 530. 
 
 Holladay v. Frisbie, 15 Cal. 630. 
 
 Wheeler v. Miller, 16 Cal. 125. 
 
 People v. Kruger, 19 Cal. 411. 
 
 Peoples. Dana, 22 Cal. 11. 
 
 Blanc v. Bowman, 22 Cal. 23. 
 
 Seabury v. Arthur, 28 Cal. 142. 
 
 Ellis ^.'Eastman, 32 Cal. 447. 
 
 People v. Klumpke, 41 Cal. 264. 
 
 Spencer v. Winselman, 42 Cal. 479. 
 
 McManus v. O'Sullivan, 48 Cal. 7. 
 Van Ness ordinance: 
 
 L.Mich v. Bernal, 9 Wall. 315. 
 
 Hall et al v. Uuger etal, 4 Saw. C. C. 672. 
 
 Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 530. 
 
 Wolf v. Baldwin, 19 Cal. 306. 
 
 White v. Moses, 21 Cal. 34. 
 
 Carleton v. Townsend, 28 Cal. 219. 
 
 Borel v. Rollins, 30 Cal. 409. 
 
 Davis v. Perley, 30 Cal. 630. 
 
 Polack v. McGrath, 32 Cal. 15. 
 
 Brooks v. Hyde, 37 Cal. 3(16. 
 
 Valentine *?. 'Ma honey. 37 Cal. 390. 
 
 Judsou v. Mallon, 40 Cal. 300. 
 
 Broad v. Broad, 40 Cal. 493. 
 
 McLean v. Bent on, 43 Cal. 467. 
 
 Pattee v. Moyle, 44 Cal. 3<i3. 
 
 Dupont v. Barstow, 45 Cal. 446. 
 
 Iberg v. Suaiiet, 47 Cal. 265. 
 
 Howell v. Rogers, 47 Cal. 291. 
 
 Sill v. Russ, 47 Cal. 295. 
 SAN DIEGO, CITY OF 
 
 City of San Diego v. Allison, 46 Cal. 163. 
 SANDUSKY RIVER 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 19, 1826, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 398. 
 SAN JOSE, CITY OF 
 
 City of San Jose v. Trimble, 41 Cal. 536. 
 
 Romie v. Casanova, 45 Cal. 131. 
 
 City of San Jos6 v. Shaw, 45 Cal. 178. 
 
liv 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 SANTA CLARA, TOWN OF 
 
 Bell p. Bed Hock Tunnel & Mg.Co., 36Cal. 
 S14. 
 
 Black r. Galindo, 40 CaL 171. 
 SCHOOL LANDS 
 
 Confirmatory legislation : 
 
 Ruttv. Doyle et al., 3 Otto, 558. 
 
 State v. Gray, 4 Wis. 3::0. 
 
 Op. Att. Gen . July 12, 1678. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 28, 1860, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 193. 
 Secretary Interior, Jackson v. State of Cal., 
 
 Aug. 10, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O 87. 
 Secretary Interior, White v. University of 
 
 Cal., Jan. 10, 1878, 4 Copp's L.O 188. 
 Secretary Interior, Townsend ctal. v. State 
 
 of Cal., Jan. 15, 1818, 4 Copp's L. O. 189. 
 Secretary Interior, Selby v. State of Cal., 
 
 May 3, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 138. 
 Secretary Interior, Watson v. State of Cal., 
 
 Jan. 22, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 193. 
 Secretary Intt'rior, Abila v. Slate of Cal., 
 
 July 28, 18tO, 7 Copp's L. O. K;6. 
 Secretary Interior. Ketcham v. State of 
 
 Cal.. July 21, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 107. 
 Secretary Interior, Ketcbam r. State of 
 
 Cal., Nov. G, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 107. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, September 13, 
 
 1856, Copp's L. L. 450. 
 Deficiency and indemnity; right to, and when 
 
 title attache* : 
 
 Campbell v. Doe, 13 How. 244. 
 Dicken's lessee v. Mahana. 21 How. 276. 
 Hedrick v. Hugbes, 15 Wall. 123. 
 Trustees of Greene towiisbip v. Campbell, 
 
 IGObioSt,. 11. 
 
 Hargis v. The Inhabitants, &c., 29 Ind. 70. 
 Grogan v. Knight, 7 Cal 516. 
 Roseerans v. Douglass, 52 Cal. 213. 
 Copt-ley r. Dinkgrave, \.1 La. Ann. 601. 
 Castle v. Cbauey, 28 La. Ann. 120. 
 Spaulding v. Mortimer, 1 1 Mo. v;i;2. 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 360: 3 id. 5G, 205; Jnly 
 
 12, 1-78 ; Jan. 21. lt-60. 
 Secretary Interior (Mich.), Sept. 10, 1851, 
 
 1 Lester, 49-J. 
 Secretary Interior, State Cal. v. Haile, 
 
 April 8, 1872, Copp's L L. 324. 
 Secretary Interior, State Cal. v. Brown, 
 
 Jnly 10, 1871. Copp's L. L. 3-J8. 
 Secretary Interior, McCully r. State Cal., 
 
 Jan. Hi, 1672, Copp's L. L. 329. 
 Secretary Interior, Taylor, r. State Cal., 
 
 March 9. 1875. Copp's L. L. 330. 
 Secretary Interior. Bird v. State Cal., May 
 
 25, 1671, Copp's L. L. 4^4. 
 Secretary Interior, State Cal. v. Howard, 
 
 Jan. 4. 1872. Copp's L. L. 467. 
 Secretary Interior, Selby v. State Cal., 
 
 March'lO. 187G, 3 Copp's L. O. 4. 
 Secretary Interior, Selby v. State Cal., 
 
 Aug. 18, 1876. 3 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 Secretary Interior, Selby v. State Cal., May 
 
 3, 1879', 6 Copp's L. O. 138. 
 Secretary Interior, Moeller f. State Cal., 
 
 Dec. 13, 1678, 6 Copp's L. O. 75. 
 Secretary Interior, Watson r. State Cal., 
 
 Jan. 2-J, lt-80. 6 Copp's L, O. 193. 
 Secretary Interior, Hahn v. U. P. E. R., 
 
 June 25, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 Secretary Interior, Abila v. State Cal., 
 
 July 28, 1880. 7 Copp's L. O. 106. 
 Secretary Interior. Ketcham v. State Cal., 
 
 July 21, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 11 7. 
 Secretary Interior, Ketcham v. State Cal., 
 
 Nov. 6, 1680. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular. July 11, 1805, 2 
 
 L. I. & 0. 250. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 13, 1805, 2 
 
 L. 1. &. 0. 2f,0. 
 
 ComVG.L O..April4,1817,2L.I.<fcO.2PO. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Oct. 5, 1829, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 420. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 18, 1834, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 401. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 14, 1837, 2 L. 
 
 I. <fc O. 533. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 17, 1844, 1 
 
 Lester, 492. 
 
 SCHOOL LANDS Continued. 
 
 Deficiency and indemnity ; right to, and when 
 
 title attaches : 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular. June 25, 1844, 1 
 
 Lester, 493. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March. 6, 1854, 1 
 
 Lester, 494. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O. (Cal.), April 12, 1858, 1 Les- 
 ter, 497. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Wheeler et al. v. Cadotte, 
 
 April 20, 1867, Zab. L. L. 401. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 21, 1862, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 437. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, Sept. 13, 1866, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 450. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 5, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 483. 
 Com'r G. L. O. (Cal.), Aug. 24, 1875, 2 Copp's 
 
 L. O. .-7. 
 Com'r G. L. O. (Kansas), Aug. 14, 1877, 4 
 
 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jackson v. State Cal., Aug. 
 
 H', 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 87. 
 Com'r G. L. O., White v. University Cal., 
 
 Jan. 10, 1878, 4 Copp's L. O. 188. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Townsend v. State Cal., 
 
 Jan. 15, 1878, 4 Copp's L. O. 189. 
 Com'r G. L. O. (Cal.), April 29, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 Exceptions and reservations : 
 
 Ham v. Missouri, 18 Hovr. 126. 
 Cooper r. Roberts, 18 How. 173. 
 Minnesota v. Bacbelder, 1 Wall. 109. 
 Sherman r. Buick, 3 Otto, 209. 
 Heydeuieldt v. Daney G. <fc S. Mg. Co., 3 
 
 Otto, C34. 
 
 Water and Mg. Co. v. Bugbey, G Otto, 165. 
 Ivanboe Mg. Co. v. Ke v stone Con. Mg. Co., 
 
 Sup. Ct., Oet. term, 1880. 
 Minnesota v. Bacbelder. 7 Minn. 121. 
 Lay ton v. Howell. 11 Nev. 451. 
 Niius r. Johnsiu, 7 Cal. 111. 
 Higgins r. Hoiigbton. 25 Cal. 252. 
 State v. Ham, 19 Mo. 5H2. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen, 05 ; 1 1 id. 59. 
 Secretaiy Interior, Keystone Mg. Co. r. 
 
 State <'f Cal., April 28* 1873, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 109. 
 Secretary Interior. Rank . Luce, June 22, 
 
 J 873, Copp's L.L.4G5. 
 Secretary Interior, State of Cal. r. Poley & 
 
 Thomas, April 4, 1^77, 4 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 14, 1857, 1 Lester. 4'>6. 
 Coui'r G. L. O., ix parte Hanscome, June 
 
 20. 18M), 1 Lester, 4!)9. 
 Com'r G. L. 0.. Keystone Mg. Co. r. State 
 
 of Cal., June 18, Ifc72, Copp's Mg. Dec. 
 
 105. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Foster, July 30, 1873, Copp's 
 
 L.L.G75. 
 Com'r ( . Ls O., ex parte Hogden ct al., Nov. 
 
 3, 1674. 1 Copp's L. O. 135. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Delanev v. Thomas, June 
 
 25. Ie75, 2 Copp's L. O.* 50. 
 Com'r G. L. ()., Townsend et al. v. State of 
 
 Cal , Nov. 1. 1875. 2 Copp's L. O. 116. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Fox et al., March 
 
 30. 1677. 4 C'-pp's L. O. ('6. 
 Com'i G. L. O. (Cal.), April 29, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. O. 34. 
 Coiu'r G. L. ()., Metre v. State of Cal., Oct. 
 
 16. Id78, 5Copp'nL. O. 164. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Reeves, July 16, 
 
 1879, G Copp's L. U. 76. 
 Corn'r G. L. O., Silver Cliff v. State of Colo., 
 
 Dec. 18, 1679, <> Copp'.s L. O. 152. 
 Granted lands, when title attache* to : 
 Cooper r. Roberts. 18 How. 173. 
 Dickens' lessee, r. Mabaua, 21 How. 276. 
 Hedrick v. Hughes, 15 Wall. 123. 
 Heydenf eldt v. Dauey G. & S. Mg. Co., 3 
 
 Otto, ti:M. 
 
 Beecher v. Wetherby, 5 Otto. 517. 
 Ivanboe M Co. r. Keystone Con. Mg. Co., 
 
 Sup. Ct., Oct. Term," L-80. 
 Ballon r. O'Brien. 2') Mich. 304. 
 Minnesota v. Bachelder. 7 Minn. 121. 
 Kansas r. Sti -ingfellow, 2 Kans. 263. 
 Nevada v. Blaisdel, 4 Nev. 241. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 Iv 
 
 SCHOOL LANDS- Continued. 
 
 Granted land, when title attaches to : 
 
 Heydenielut v. Daney G. &. S. Mg. Co., 10 
 
 Nev. '290. 
 
 Lay ton v. Ilowell, 11 Nev. 451. 
 Higgins v. Houghton, 15 l al. 252. 
 Middleton r. Low, 30 Cal. 59(5. 
 Sherman p. Buick, 45 Cal. G56. 
 Finney r. Berger, 50 Cal. 248. 
 Keunett v. Cole, 13 Mo. 139. 
 Ma.vers v. Byrne, 19 Ark. 308. 
 Bettis v. Amtnett, 4 La. Ann. 364. 
 Long et al. v. Brown et al., 4 Ala. 622. 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 360. 
 Secretary Interior. (Michigan,) Sept. 10, 
 
 1851, 1 Lrster, 494. 
 Secretary Interior, (Kansas,) Sept. 23,1858, 
 
 1 Lester, 498. 
 Secretary Interior, (Minnesota,) June 20, 
 
 1850, 1'Lcster, 499. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Mitchells. State of Min- 
 nesota, March 2d, 1 b73, Copp's L. L. 483. 
 Secretary Interior, Selby v. State of Cal., 
 
 March 10, 1876, 1 Copp's L. O. 5. 
 Secretary Interior, State of Cal. v. Poley 
 
 et al., April 4, 1877, 4 Copp's L. O. 18. 
 Secretary Interior, (Kansas,) Aug. 14, 1877, 
 
 4 Copp's L. O. 85. 
 Secretary Interior, exparte Lowe, June 22, 
 
 180, 7 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 2, 183C, 2 L. I. &O. 
 
 520. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Foster, July 10, 
 
 1873, Copp's L. L. 675. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte liinney, June 13, 
 
 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 153. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Lowe, Dec. 27, 1879, 
 
 7 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 Indian titles, effect of: 
 
 Beecher v. Wetherby, 5 Otto, 517. 
 Ballou v. O'Brien, 20 Mich. 304. 
 Power of State in executing grant: 
 
 Springfield Township v. Quick et al, 22 
 
 How. 56. 
 
 Davis v. Indiana, 4 Otto, 792. 
 State v. Trustees, &c., 2 Ind. 293. 
 State v. Springfield Township, 6 Ind. 83. 
 Bradley v. Cox, 4 Ills. 585. 
 Trustees, &c., v. Allen, 21 His. 120. 
 Stout v. Hyatt, 13 Kans. 232. 
 Nevada v. Rhodes, 4 Nev. 312. 
 "Wyman v. Banvard, 22 Cal. 524. 
 9 Op. Att. Gen. 346. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Weightman, 
 
 Sept. 23, 1858. 1 Lester, 40t. 
 Secretary Interior, Watson v. State of Cal., 
 
 Jan. 28, I860, 6 Copp's L. O. 193. 
 Purchase from State : 
 
 "Wisconsin v. Janssen, 2 Wis. 311. 
 State v. Gray, 4 Wis. 380. 
 State v. Commissioners, 6 Wis. 334. 
 State v. Commissioners, 17 Wis. 248. 
 Jensen v. Weinlander, 25 Wis. 477. 
 Douglass v. Dorsey, 27 Wis. 119. 
 Harrington v. Smith, 28 Wis. 43. 
 Kansas 'v. Emmett, 19 Kans. 546. 
 O'Neall v. Cleveland. 3 Nev. 485. 
 State v. Sickles, 9 Ind. 67. 
 People v* State Auditor, 2 Scam. (Ills.) 567. 
 Trustees, &c., v. Allen, 21 Ills. 120. 
 Hurst v. Hawn, 5 Oreg. 275. 
 Dolhequy v. Tabor, 2:2 'Cal. 279. 
 Hildebrand v. Stewart. 41 Cal. 387. 
 Hogan v. Winslow, 45 CaL 588. 
 Finney v. Berger, 50 Cal. 248. 
 Stan way v. Rubio, 51 Cal. 41. 
 Reservation of : 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Weightman, 
 
 Sept. 23, 1858, 1 Lester 498. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Noble, Feb. 
 
 23, 1872, Copp's L. L. 700. 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Falls, March 
 
 9, Ib72, Copp's L. L. 704. 
 Secretary Interior ex parte Baid, Oct. 27, 
 
 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 114. 
 Secretary Interior ex parte Kinney, Dec. 3, 
 
 1879, 6 Copp's L. 0. 153. 
 Secretary Interior, Lowe v. State Colo., 
 
 Dec. 27, 1879, 7 Copp's L. O. 66. 
 
 SCHOOL LANDS Continued, 
 lieacrvation of : 
 
 Com'r G.'L. O., Oct. 5, 1829, 2 L. I. & O.421. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 30, 1832, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 4C6. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 21, 1834, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 597. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Silver Cliff v. State Colo., 
 
 Dec. 18, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 152. 
 Com'r G L. O., ex parte Kinney, June 13, 
 
 1879, 6 Copp's L. 0. 152. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Koppin, July 29, 
 
 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 67. 
 State patents : 
 
 State v. Harvey, 11 Wis. 33. 
 McCabe v. Mazzuchelli, 13 Wis. 478. 
 State v. Burnett, 6 Wis. 412. 
 Sexton v. Appleyard, 34 Wis. 235. 
 People v. State Auditor, 2 Scam. (Ills.) 567. 
 Trustees v. Allen, 21 Ills. 120. 
 Middleton v. Low, 30 Cal. 596. 
 State school ^varrants ; nature, effect, and mode 
 
 of transfer : 
 
 Smith v. Turner, 5 Wis. 551. 
 Bull v. Sbeppard. 7 Wis. 449. 
 Smith v. Clark, 7 Wis. 620. 
 Mowry v. Wood, 12 Wis. 413. 
 Dodge v. Siiverthorn, 12 Wis. 644. 
 Jarvis v. Dutcher, 16 Wis. 307. 
 Lefferts v. B'd of Supervisors, 21 Wis. 688. 
 Gunderson v. Cook, 33 Wis. 551 . 
 Henderson v. The State, 43 Ind. 60. 
 Hagenbnll v. Reed, 3 Neb. 17. 
 Prescottt 1 . Beebe, 17Xats. 320. 
 Nevada v. Sharon, 7 Nev. 241. 
 Richter v. Riley, 22 Cal. 6o9. 
 True v. Simpson, 42 Cal. 293. 
 Statiway v. Rubio, 51 Cal. 41. 
 Tiiggv. Handley. 52 Cal. 244. 
 Secretary Interior, Slate Cal. v, Pike et al., 
 
 Sept. 26, 1871, Copp's L. L. 446. 
 Secretary Interior, Holcomb et al. v. State 
 
 Cal., July 8. 179. 
 Com'r G L. O., Holcomb et al. v. State Cal., 
 
 Sept. 25, 1878. 
 Selection of : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 24, 1826, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 395. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 12, 1827, 2 L.I. & O. 
 
 404. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 15, 1831, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 454. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 30, 1832, 2 L. 
 
 1. & O. 466. 
 Com'r G. L. C% circular, Dec. 6, 1832,2 L. 
 
 I. &0 472. 
 Com'r G. L. O , circular, July 21, 1834, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 497. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 2, 1836, 2 L. I. &O. 520. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Aug. 20, 1836, 2 L. I. & O, 
 
 524. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Sept. 8, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 484. 
 Village lots in Missouri: 
 
 Kissell v. Public Schools, 18 How. 19. 
 Bowlin v. Fnrman, 28 Mo. 429. 
 Mitchell v. Handheld, 3 iMo. 431. 
 Patterson v. Hogan, 38 Mo. 70. 
 Glasgow v. Lindell, TO Mo. 60. 
 SIOUX HALF-BREED SCRIP 
 
 United States v. Chapman. 5 Saw. C. C.528. 
 
 Monette v. Cratt, 7 Minn. 234. 
 
 Hope v. Stone, 10 Minn. 114. 
 
 Sharon v. Wooldrk-k, 18 Minn. 354. 
 
 Thompson v. Myrick, 20 Minn. 205. 
 
 Parker v. Duff, 47 Cal. 554. 
 
 Secretary Interior, ex parte Hutchinson, 
 
 July 18, 1859, 1 Lester, 499. 
 Secretary Interior, Murray v. St. Antoine, 
 
 May 24. 1859, 1 Lester, 634. 
 Secretary Interior, Town of Wabashaw, 
 
 June 14, 1859, 1 Lester. 635. 
 Secretary Interior, U. P. R. R. Co. v. Town 
 
 of Cheyenne, Sept. 27, 1872, Copp's L. L. 
 
 373. 
 Secretary Interior, Bird et al. v. State Cal., 
 
 May 25, 1871, Copp's L. L. 444. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 21, 1857. 1 
 
 Lester, 627. 
 
Ivi 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 SIOUX HALF-BREED SCRIP Continued. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 22, 1864, 
 
 Zab. L. L. 310. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 22, 1864, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 721. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Jan. 29, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 723. 
 Comr G. L. O., ex parte Park Silver Mg. 
 
 Co., June 26, 1874, Copp's L. L. 724. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Xov. 12, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 725. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Wolf Lake, Feb. 12, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 19. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 28, 1878, 5 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 126. 
 ST. AUGUSTIXE. TOWN OF 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 20, It34, 2 L.L & O. 
 
 955. 
 
 ST. CHARLES, VILLAGE OF 
 Jarvis v. Gurno, 4 Mo. 458. 
 Bird r. Montgomery, 6 Mo. 510. 
 Bobbins v . Eckler, 36 Mo. 494. 
 ST. JOSEPH RIVER 
 
 Williams r. Bradley, 2 Ind. 591. 
 Board of Com'rs v. Pidge, 5 Ind. 13. 
 ST. LAWREXCE RIVER 
 
 Xeadei houser r. The State, 23 Ind. 257. 
 Moore r. Sanborne, 2 Mich. 520. 
 ST. LOUIS 
 
 Town lots, commons, d-c. : 
 
 Strother r. Lucas, 12 Pet 410. 
 Les Bois v. Bramell, 4 How. 449. 
 Menard's heirs r. Massey, 8 How. 293. 
 Kissell v. St. Louis Public Schools, 18 How. 
 
 19. 
 
 Willot v. Sandford, 19 How. 79. 
 Carondelet v. St. Louis, 1 Black. 179. 
 Glasgow et al. v. Hortiz et aL, 1 Black, 595. 
 Clark p. Brazeau, 1 Mo. 290. 
 Mackay r. Dillon, 7 Mo. 7. 
 Hammond v. St. Louis, 8 Mo. 65. 
 Trotter v. oard, <fcc., of St. Louis, 9 Mo. 69. 
 Eberle r. Board, &c., of St. Louis, 11 Mo. 
 
 157. 
 Kissell v. Board, <fcc., of St. Louis, 16 Mo. 
 
 553. 
 City of Carondelet v. McPherson, 20 Mo. 
 
 192. 
 
 Smith v. City of St. Louis, 21 Mo. 3G. 
 St. Louis Public Schools r. Hammond, 21 
 
 Mo. 238. 
 
 City of St. Louis v. Toney, 21 Mo. 243. 
 Maguire v. Page. 23 Mo. 188. 
 Papin v. Hines, 23 Mo. 274. 
 Milburn v. Hortiz, 23 Mo. 532. 
 Tayon r. Hardmtn, 23 Mo. 539. 
 Fine v. St. Louis, 23 Mo. 5-20. 
 Vasquez v. Ewing, 24 Mo. 31. 
 Schultz v. LindelJ,24 Mo. 567. 
 Citv of Carondelet v. City of St. Louis, 25 
 
 Mo. 448. 
 St. Louis University v. McCune, 28 Mo. 
 
 48L 
 
 Milburn v. Hardy, 28 Mo. 514. 
 Milbum t>. Hortiz, 28 Mo. 523. 
 City of Caiondelet v. City of St. Louis, 29 
 
 Mo. 527. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Erskine, 31 Mo. 
 
 110. 
 
 Adams v. City of St. Louis. 32 Mo. 25. 
 St. Louis Gas-Light Co. v. Reiss, 33 Mo. 551. 
 Fine v. St. Louis, &c., 39 Mo. 59. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Risley, 40 Mo. 
 
 356. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Schoenthaler, 
 
 40 Mo. 372. 
 St. Louis Public Schools v. Walker, 40 Mo. 
 
 383. 
 
 Glasgow v. Lin dell, 50 Mo. 60. 
 SURVEYS 
 Deposit for : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 6, 1871, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 756. 
 Corn'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 25, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 759. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Baca, Sept. 10, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 760. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, March 5, 1880, 7 
 
 Copp's L. O. 7. 
 
 SURVEYS Continued. 
 Effect of: 
 
 Pollard et al. v. Dwight, 4 Cranch, 4S1. 
 
 Taylor & Brown >:. Quarles, 5 Cranch, 234. 
 
 Rutherford v. Green's heirs, 2 Wheat. 196. 
 
 Craig v. Bradford. 3 Wheat. 594. 
 
 Taylor's lessee v. Myers. 7 Wheat. 23. 
 
 Elmendorf v. Taylor. 10 Wheat. 152. 
 
 Chinoweth r. Haskell's lessee, 3 Pet. 92. 
 
 Eilicott <fc Meredith r. Peail, 10 Pet. 412. 
 
 Brown's lessee v. Clements, 3 How. 650. 
 
 Haydel r. Dufresne, 17 How. 23. 
 
 Meehan et al r. Forsythe, 21 How. 175. 
 
 Lindsey v. Hawes, 2 lilack, 554. 
 
 R. R. Co. v. McShane. 22 Wall. 444. 
 
 Harris v. Burcham, 1 Wall. jr. C. C. 191. 
 
 Griffith r. Bradshaw, 4 Wash. C. C. 171. 
 
 Hastings r. Stevenson. 2 Ohio, 9. 
 
 Wycotfr. Stevenson. 14 Ohio, 13. 
 
 Latham r. Offrey, 18 Ohio, 104. 
 
 Stubblefield r. Boggs, 2 Ohio St. 216. 
 
 Gwin v. Brandeau, 29 Ohio St. 656. 
 
 McCHntock r. Rodgers, Jl Ills. 279. 
 
 Yates v. Sha^\, 24 Ills. 368. 
 
 Houck r. Yates, 82 His. 179. 
 
 Hunt v. Rowley, 87 Ills. 491. 
 
 Rice v. Rudcliman, 10 Mich. 125. 
 
 Jones v. Pettibone. 2 Wis. 308. 
 
 Kane r. Parker. 4 Wis. 123. 
 
 Brayton r. Merriman, 6 Wis. 14. 
 
 Vroman r. Dewry, 23 Wis. 530. 
 
 McEvoy v. Loyd, 31 Wis. 142. 
 
 Ledoux r. Black, 5 La. Ann. 510. 
 
 Lytle v. The State, 17 Ark. 608. 
 
 Rector v. Gaines, 19 Ark. 70. 
 
 Campbell r. Clark, 6 Mo. 219. 
 
 McGill v. Somers, 15 Mo. 60. 
 
 Dent r. Segerson, 29 Mo. 4e9. 
 
 Gibson . Choteau, 39 Mo. 536. 
 
 Taylor*. Woodward, 10 Cal. 90. 
 
 Mottr. Smith, 16 Cal. 534. 
 
 Grogan v. Knight, 27 Cal. 516. 
 
 Keeran v. Griffith, 31 Cal. 462. 
 
 Serrano v. Ransom, 47 Cal. 52. 
 
 3 Op. Alt. Gen. 697. 
 
 Coiu'rG. L. O., ex parte Knott, Dec. 22, 
 
 1875, 2 Copp's L. O. 146. 
 Mistake in : 
 
 Shipp v. Miller's heirs, 2 Wheat. 316. 
 
 Bernard's heirs f. Ashley's heirs, 18 How. 
 
 43. 
 
 Coon v. Pew, 1 Pet. C. C. 496. 
 Mitchell v. Thompson, 1 McLean, C. C. 96. 
 Harlan r. Thatcher, 18 Ohio, 48. 
 Hamil v. Carr, 21 Ohio St. 258. 
 Martz r. Williams, 67 Ills. 306. 
 Martin v. Carlin, 19 Wis. 4o4. 
 Moreland v. Page, 2 Iowa, 72. 
 Kittridge r. Laudry, 2 Rob. (La.) 72. 
 Xolin v. Parmer, 21 Ala. 6ti. 
 Rector v. Gaines, 19 Ark. 70. 
 Private .- 
 
 Smith v. United States, 10 Pet. 326. 
 United States v. Hanson, 16 Pet. 196. 
 Mackey r. Dillon, 4 How. 4-21. 
 Bissell v. Penrose, 8 How. 317. 
 Op. Att. Gen., Nov. 5, Ic75. 
 Rules of: 
 
 Bodley v. Taylor, 5 Cranch, 1. 
 Taylor v. Walton, 1 Wheat. 141. 
 Johnson v. Pannell's heirs. 2 Wheat. 206. 
 McDowell v. Peyton, 10 Wheat. 454. 
 Littlepager. Fowler, 11 Wheat. 215. 
 McDonald's heirs v. Sraalley, 6 Pet. 261. 
 Cochrau's lessee r. Xelson, 3 How. 187. 
 Gazzam v. Phillip's lessee, 20 How. 37-2. 
 Bates v. I. C. R. R. Co., I Black, 204. 
 Railroad Co. t?. Schurmeir, 7 Wall. 272. 
 Hedrick r. Hughes, 15 Wall. 123. 
 County of St. Claire v. Lovingston, 23 
 
 Wall. 4ti. 
 
 Morrow r. Whitney, 5 Otto, 551. 
 Buel v. Tuley, 4 McLean, C. C. 268. 
 Robinson r. Moore, 4 McLean, C. C. 279. 
 Barnard v. Ashley, Hemp. C. C. 665. 
 McKinney r. McKiuney, 8 Ohio St. 423. 
 Jones v. Kirnble, 19 Wis. 4-J9. 
 Clute v. Briggs, 22 Wis. 607. 
 Boorman v. Sunnucks. 42 Wis. 233. 
 
CITATIOH OF DECISIONS. 
 
 Ivii 
 
 SUE VETS Continued. 
 Itulesof: 
 
 Moreland v. Page, 2 Iowa, 139. 
 Musser v. Hershey, 42 Iowa, 356. 
 Lawrence v. Groat, 12 La. Ann. 835. 
 Waters v. Commons, 2 Port. (Ala.) 38. 
 Lewen v. Smith, 7 Port. (Ala.) 428. 
 Wbarton v. Littlefield, 30 Ala. 245. 
 Billingsley v. Bates, 30 Ala. 376. 
 Campbell v. Clark, 8 Mo. 553. 
 Reed v. Conway, 20 Mo. 22. 
 Reed v. Conway, 26 Mo. 13. 
 Clarke v. Haniinerle. 36 Mo. 620. 
 Knight v. Elliott, 57 Mo. 317. 
 tf Frazier v. Bryant, 59 Mo. 121. 
 
 Vaughn v. Tate, (54 Mo. 491. 
 Lamers v. Nissen, 4 Neb. 245. 
 Goodman v. Myrick, 5 Oreg. 65. 
 Eobinson v. Forrest, 29 Cal. 317. 
 People v. Henderson, 40 Cal. 29. 
 Oakley v. Stuart, 52 Cal. 521. 
 Shoemaker v. Hatch, 13 Nev. 261. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 323; 2 id. 57; 3 id. 281, 
 
 284. 
 Secretary Treasury, circular, March. 15, 
 
 1805, 2 L.I. &O/254. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 28, 1880, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. 0. 175. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 2, 1828, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 407. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 25, 1831, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 449. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Oct. 12, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 468. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, June 17, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 716. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 13, 1823, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 721. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 21, 1834, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 843. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, July 28, 1831, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 915. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, May 8, 1S32, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 933. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., instructions, Aug. 23, 1832, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 938. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Dec. 30, 1836, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 970. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Feb. 22, 1855, 1 
 
 Lester, 703. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 16, 1854, 1 Lester, 728. 
 . -Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 24, 1873, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 7CO. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, March. 13, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 7(51. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Diller, April 20, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 762. 
 Com'r G. L. O., ex parte Woodworth, Nov. 
 
 9, 1874, Copp's L. L. 763. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 20, 1874, Copp's L. L. 
 
 763. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, July 13, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 765. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Dec. 1, 1874, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 766. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 26, 1880, 7 
 
 Copp's L. O. 92. 
 SOSCOL RANCHO 
 
 Hastings v. McGrogin, 27 Cal. 85. 
 Pago v. Hobbs, 27 Cal. 484. 
 Page v. Fowler, 28 Cal. 605. 
 Page v. Fowler, 37 Cal. 100. 
 Hulton v. Frisbie, 37 Cal. 475. 
 Durfee v. Plaisted, 38 Cal. 80. 
 Frisbie v. Marques, 39 Cal. 451. 
 Tormey v. True, 45 Cal. 105. 
 Sheehy v. True, 45 Cal. 236. 
 Thompson v. True, 48 Cal. 601. 
 11 Op. Att. Gen. 490. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 13, 1866. 
 SWAMP GRANT 
 Arkansas : 
 
 Secretary Interior, May 5, 1877, 4 Copp's 
 
 L. O. (53. 
 Effect of grant : 
 
 Railroad Company v. Fremont County, 9 
 
 Wall. 89. 
 
 Railroad Company v. Smith, 9 Wall. 95. 
 Martin v. Marks, 7 Otto, 345. 
 
 SWAMP GRANT Continued. 
 Effect of grant : 
 
 American Emigrant Co. v. County of Ad- 
 ams, 10 Otto, 61. 
 American Emigrant Co. v. County of 
 
 Wright, Sup. Ct., Dec. term, 1877. 
 Supervisors, &c., v. State's Attorney, 31 
 
 Ills. 68. 
 
 Grantham v. Atkins, 63 Ills. 359. 
 Thompson v. Prince, 67 Ills. 281. 
 Keller v. Brickey, 78 Ills. 133. 
 Busche v. Donohue, 31 Mich. 481. 
 Dole v. Turner, 34 Mich. 405. 
 Barrett v. Brooks, 21 Iowa, 144. 
 Fremont County v. B. & M. R. R. Co., 22 
 
 Iowa, 91. 
 
 Boynton v. Miller, 42 Iowa, 579. 
 C R. I. & P. R. R. Co. v. Brown, 40 Iowa, 
 
 333. 
 American Emigrant Company v. C. R. I. 
 
 & P. R. R. Co., 47 Iowa, 515. 
 Fletcher v. Pool, 20 Ark. 100. 
 Branch v. Mitchell, 24 Ark. 432. 
 Rmge v. Rotan, 29 Ark. 56. 
 H. & St. J. R. R. Co. v. Smith, 40 Mo. 310. 
 Foster v. Evans, 51 Mo. 39. 
 Clarkson v. Buchanan, 53 Mo. 563. 
 Campbell v. Wortman, 58 Mo. 258. 
 Masterson v. Marshall, 65 Mo. 94. 
 Gaston v. Scott, 5 Oreg. 48. 
 Owens v. Jackson, 9 Cal. 322. 
 Summers v. Dickinson, 9 Cal. 354. 
 Kile v. Tubbs, 23 Cal. 431. 
 Keeran v. Griffith, 27 Cal. 87. 
 Keeran v. Allen, 33 Cal. 542. 
 Wright v. Carpenter, 47 Cal. 436. . 
 Thompson v. Thornton, 50 Cal. 142. 
 Sutton v. Fassett, 51 Cal. IsJ. 
 9 Op. Att. Gen. 253; II id. 467; March 4, 
 
 1878. 
 Secretary Interior, June 21, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 555. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 8, 1858, 1 Lester, 
 
 5-J8. ' 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 2, 1874, Copp's L. L. 
 
 475. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 10, 1874, Copp's L. 
 
 L. 435.' 
 Secretary Interior, June 28, 1880, Copp's L. 
 
 L. 770. 
 Execution of trust by State : 
 
 American Emigrant Co. v. County of 
 
 Adams, 10 Otto, 61. 
 American Emigrant Co. v. County of 
 
 Wright, Sup. Ct., Dec. term, 1877. 
 State v. Hastings, HWis.448. 
 Barrett v. Brooks, 21 Iowa, 144. 
 Keltner v. Story County, 23 Iowa, 35. 
 Page County v. B. & M. R. R Co., 40 Iowa. 
 
 5-20. 
 
 Dunklin Co. v. Dist. Court, 23 Mo. 449. 
 Kimball v. Reclamation Fund Com'rs, 45 
 
 Cal. 344. 
 Illinois : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 2, 1874, 1 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 23. 
 Secretary Interior, May 2, 1878, 5 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 124. 
 Secretary Interior, April 5, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 27. 
 Secretary Interior, April 6, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. a8. 
 Secretary Interior, June 28, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O 70. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 17, 1879, 7 Copp's L. 
 
 0.9. 
 Indemnity : 
 
 American Emigrant Co. v. County of 
 
 Adams, 10 Otto, 61. 
 Fletcher v. Pool, 20 Ark. 100. 
 11 Op. Att. Gen. 467; July 25, 1877. 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 2, 1874, Copp'sL. 
 
 Secretary Interior, July 25, 1877, 4 Copp's 
 
 L.0.92. 
 Secretary Interior, May 2, 1878, 5 Copp's 
 
 L. 0. 124. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 20, 1878, 5 Copp'sL. 
 
 0. 173.' 
 
Iviii 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 SWAMP GRANT Continued. 
 Indemnity : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 9, 1878, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. 0. 9. 
 Secretary Interior, April 6, 1880, 7 Copp's L. 
 
 O.28. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 18, 1872, Copp's L. 
 
 L. 479. 
 Minnesota : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 4, 1877, 4 Copp's 
 
 L. 0.149. 
 Missouri : 
 
 Com'r G. L. 0., March 23, 1872. Copp's L. 
 
 L. 482. 
 Nebraska .- 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 19, 1874, 1 Copp's L. 
 
 0.5. 
 Nevada : 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 2, 1871, 1 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 5. 
 Oregon : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 2, 1874, Copp's 
 
 L. L. 475. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 2, 1^76, 3 Copp's 
 
 it. 0. 172. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 6, 1879, 5 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 170. 
 Secretary Interior, April 15, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 Secretary' Interior, June 4, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 53. 
 Patent* : 
 
 French v. Fyan, et al., 3 Otto, 169. 
 
 Smith v. Gobdell. i 6 Ills. 450. 
 
 Att'y-Gen'l v. Thomas, 31 Mich. 365. 
 
 Gaston v. Scott, 5 Oreg. 48. 
 
 Owens v. Jackson, 9 Cal. 322. 
 
 Summers v. Dickerson, 9 Cal. 554. 
 
 People v. Stratton, ','5 Cal. 242. 
 
 Keeran v. Griffith, 27 Cal. 87. 
 
 Carder v. Baxter, 28 Cal. 9. 
 
 Robinson v. Forrest, 29 Cal. 317. 
 
 Keeran v. Griffith, 31 Cal. 462. 
 
 Randall v. Fay, 32 Cal. 354. 
 
 Keeran v. Alien. 33 Cal. 542. 
 
 Keeraii v. Griffith, 34 Cal. 5hO. 
 
 Kimball v. Reclamation Fund Com'rs, 45 
 
 Cal. 344. 
 
 Read v. Caruthers, 47 Cal. 181. 
 JIahen v. Richardson, 50 Cal. 333. 
 9 Op. Att. Gen. 253. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 23, 1851, 1 Lester, 
 
 549. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 14, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 554. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 29, 1857, 1 Lester, 
 
 557. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 24, 1858, 1 Lester, 
 
 5G2. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 1, 1858, 1 Lester, 
 
 5C3. ' 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 2, 1858, 1 Lester, 
 
 565. 
 Secretary Interior, June 25, 1869, 1 Lester, 
 
 569. ' 
 Secretary Interior, June 22, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 570. 
 Secretary Interior, April 15, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 28. 
 Secretary Interior, June 4, 1880, 7 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 53. 
 Purchasers from State : 
 
 American Emigrant Co. v. County of Ad- 
 ams, 10 Otto, 61. 
 
 People v. State Treasurer, 7 Mich. 365. 
 Remeau r. Mills, 24 Mich. 15. 
 Att'y-Gen'l v. Smith, 31 Mich. 359. 
 Att'y-Gen'l v. Thomas, 31 Mich. 365. 
 Davis v. Filer, 40 Mich. 310. 
 Barden v. Smith, 7 Wis. 439. 
 Mowry v. Smith. 10 U is. 509. 
 Conklin v. Hawthorn, 29 Wis. 476. 
 Rogers v. Voss, 6 Iowa, 405. 
 Gwyn v. Decatur, 9 Iowa, 278. 
 Calvin . McCosky, 9 Iowa, 585. 
 Wilson v. McLernan, 20 Iowa, 30. 
 Spitel v. Scofield, 43 Iowa, 571. 
 State v. Register, 48 Mo. 59. 
 Owens v. Jackson, 9 Cal. 322. 
 
 SWAMP GRANT Continued. 
 Purchasers from State : 
 
 Montgomery v. Carson, 16 Cal. 189. 
 Kilev. Tubbs, 23 Cal. 431. 
 People v. Morrill, 26 Cal. 336. 
 Thornton v. Thompson, 28 Cal. 602. 
 McNear v. Hutchinson, 31 Cal. 177. 
 Taylor v. Underbill, 40 Cal. 471. 
 Borland v. Lewis, 43 Cal. 569. 
 Kimball v. Reclamation Fund Com'rs, 45 
 
 Cal. 344. 
 
 Cox v. Jones, 47 Cal. 412. 
 Edwards v. Estell, 48 Cal. 194. 
 Allen v. Dale 50 Cal. 80. % 
 
 Ringstorf v. Guth, 50 Cal. 86. 
 Mahen v. RicUardson, 50 Cal. 333. 
 Keena v. Doherty, 51 Cal. 3. 
 Farran v. Board of bupervisors, 51 Cal. 307. 
 Toakum r. Brower, 52 Cal. 373. 
 Selections, mode and effect of &c. : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 6, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 339. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 3, 1851, 1 Lester, 
 
 549. ' 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 18, 1855, 1 Lester, 
 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 15, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 5o5. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 1, 1858, 1 Lester, 
 
 563. 
 Secretary Interior, April 20, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 568. ' 
 Secretary Interior, May 21, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 569. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 13, 1876, 3 Copp's 
 
 L. O. li9. 
 Secretary Interior, April 5, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 27. 
 Secretary Interior, April 15, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 28. 
 Secretary Interior, June 4, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 53. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 21, 1850, 1 Lester, 543. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 11, 18.S6, 1 Lester, 545. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 22, leoR, 1 Lester. 559. 
 Coui'r G. L. O., Jan. 27, 1876, 2 Copp's L.O. 
 
 ItO. 
 Survey of: 
 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 12, 1878, 6 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 29. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 21, 1P50, 1 Lester, 543. 
 Com'r G. L O., Nov. , 1855, 1 Lester, 705. 
 Com'r G L. O., Feb. 22, 1855, 1 Lester, 718. 
 Swampy character, proof of: 
 
 Secretary Interior, July 7, 1855, 1 Lester. 
 
 552. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 4, 1855, 1 Lester, 553. 
 Secretary Interior, Nov. 18, 1856, 1 Lester, 
 
 556. 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 12, 1858, 1 Lester, 
 
 561. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 17, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 5C7. 
 Secretary Interior, May 21, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 Secretary Interior, Aug. 1, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 571. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 2, 1874, Copp's L. 
 
 L 475. 
 Secretary Interior, Oct. 13, 1876, 3 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 119. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 6, 1879, 5 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 179. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 28, 1877, 5 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 22. 
 Secretary Interior, June 4, 1880, 7 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 53. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O , Nov. 21, 1850, 1 Lester, 543. 
 Com'r G L. O ., Feb. 11. It58, 1 Lester, 545. 
 Com'r G. L. O , Dec. 21, 1^53, 1 Lester, 5n. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Jan. 22, 1858, 1 Lester, 559. 
 Com'r G. L O.,Jan. 15, 1874,Copp'sL L. 472. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 20, 1874, 1 Copp's 
 
 L. O. 35. 
 
 Com'r G. L.O.,May 5, 1874, 1 Copp's L. O 39. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Jan. 27, 1876, 2 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 180. 
 Com'r G. L. 0., Dec. 9, 1878, 7 Copp's L. 
 
 O.9. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 lix 
 
 SYMMES, JOHN CLEVE, PURCHASE 
 
 American State Papers, vol. 1C, pp. 67, 127. 
 Reynolds v. McArthur, 2 Pet. 417. 
 Ewing v. Bnrnet, 11 Pet. 41. 
 Harmer v. Morris. 1 McLean, C. C. 44. 
 Bnel v. Tuley, 4 McLean, C. C. 268. 
 2 Op. Att. Gen. 246. 
 2 L. I. & O. 231, 240, 252, 770, 774. 
 TAXATION 
 
 Effect of tax sale. : 
 
 Stewart v. Parish, 6 Ohio, 477. 
 Wallace v. Seymour, 7 Ohio, 156. 
 Douglas v. Dangerfield, 14 Ohio, 522. 
 Groynne v. Niswanjier, 15 Ohio, 368. 
 Miliker v. Starling, 16 Ohio, 61. 
 Harlaii v. Thatcher, 18 Ohio, 48. 
 Groynne v. Niswanger, 18 Ohio, 400. 
 Groynne v. Niswanger, 20 Ohio, 556. 
 Clark v. Southerland, 16 Ohio St. 408. 
 Matthews v. Rector, 24 Ohio St. 439. 
 Thompson v. Prince, 67 Ills. 281. 
 Gaither v. Lauson, 31 Ark. 279. 
 Sensenderfer v. Smith, 66 Mo. 80. 
 Foreign grants : 
 
 Board of Com'rs v. Cent. Colo. Imp. Co., 5 
 
 Otto, 259. 
 Board of Com'rs v. Cent. Colo. Imp. Co., 2 
 
 Colo. 6-28. 
 
 Robinson v. Gaar, 6 Cal. 273. 
 Palmer v. Eoling, 8 Cal. 384. 
 Moore v. Smaw, 17 Cal. 199. 
 Rich v. Maples, 33 Cal. 102. 
 Indian lands : 
 
 The Kansas Indians, 5 Wall. 737. 
 Swape v. Purdy, 1 Dillon, C. C. 349. 
 Peck v. Miami'Co., 4 Dillon, C. C. 307. 
 Jarricgton v. Wilson, 29 W. is. 383. 
 Quiuney v. Town of Stockbridge, 33 Wis. 
 
 505. 
 
 Blue Jacket v. Com'rs, &c., 3 Kans. 299. 
 Com'rs, <fec., v. Wau-zop-pe-che, 3Kans. 364. 
 Parker v. Wiuser, 5 Kans. 302. 
 Com'rs Douglas Co. v. U. P. R. R. Co., 5 
 
 Kans 615. 
 Com'rs Miami Co. fl.Breckenridge, 12Kans. 
 
 114. 
 Legislative contracts for exemption : 
 
 State of New Jersey v. Wilson, 7 Cranch, 
 
 164. 
 
 Spooner v. McConnell, 1 McLean, C. C. 337. 
 Mattheny v. Golden, 5 Ohio St. 361. 
 The People v. The Auditor General, 9 
 
 Mich. 134. 
 First Division R. R. Co. v. Pachor, 14 Minn. 
 
 87. 
 
 State v. W. & St. P. R R. Co., 21 Minn. 315. 
 State v. W. & St. P. R. R. Co., 21 Minn. 472. 
 Fisher v. Wisner, 34 Iowa, 447. 
 Mayor of New Orleans et al. v. Picquet, 2 
 
 La. 474. 
 
 Bishop v. Marks, 15 La. Ann. 147. 
 State of Arkansas v. County Court, &c., 19 
 
 Ark. 360. 
 
 The People v. Morrison, 22 Cal. 73. 
 Power of States to tax. &c. : 
 
 Witherspoon v. Duncan, 4 Wall. 210. 
 McGoon v. Scales, 9 Wall. 23. 
 When lands, originally public, become subject to : 
 Witherspoou v. Duncan, 4 Wall. 210. 
 McGoon v. Scales, 9 Wall. 23. 
 Railway Co. v. Prescott, 16 Wall. 603. 
 Railway Co. v. McShane, 22 Wall. 444. 
 Forbes v. Gracey, 4 Otto, 762. 
 A strom v. Hammond. 3 McLean, C. C. 107. 
 Carroll v. Perry, 4 McLean, C. C. 25. 
 TJ. P. R. R. Co. v. McShaue, 3 Dillon C. C. 
 
 3i,4. 
 Hunnell v. B. & M. R. R. Co., 3 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 313. 
 
 Sands v. Davis, 40 Mich. 14. 
 Ross v. Board of Supervisors, 12 Wis. 29. 
 McKay v. Board of Supervisors, 12 Wis. 46. 
 Lefli'rts v. Board of Supervisors, 21 Wis. 
 
 6*8. 
 
 Kalder v. Kugan, 30 Wis. 126. 
 Whitney v. Gunderson, HI Wis. 359. 
 Whitney v. Nelson, 33 Wis. 3U5. 
 Eaton v. Lyman, 3:t Wis. 34. 
 Minnesota' v. Bachelder, 5 Minn. 223. 
 
 TAXATION Continued. 
 
 When lands, originally public, become subject to : 
 Des Moines Navigation Co. v. Co. of Polk, 
 
 10 Iowa, 1. 
 
 Tall man v. Treasurer, 12 Iowa, 531. 
 Stockdale v. Treasurer of Webster Co., 12 
 
 Iowa, 536. 
 
 Stryker v. Polk Co., 22 Iowa, 131. 
 Goodrich v. Beaman, 37 Iowa., f<63. 
 Litchtield v. Co. of Hamilton, 40 Iowa, 66. 
 I. F. & S. C. R. R. Co. v. Plymouth Co., 40 
 
 Iowa, 619. 
 S. C. & St. P. R. R. Co. v. Co. of Osceola, 
 
 4* Iowa, 318. 
 C. R. & M. R. R.Co. v. Co. of Sac, 46 Iowa, 
 
 343. 
 
 Scott v. Chickasaw Co., 46 Iowa, 253. 
 Witherspoon v. Duncan, 21 Ark. 240. 
 K. P. R. R. Co. v. Culp, 9 Kans. 38. 
 Hobson v. Dutton, 9 Kans. 477. 
 M. R. F. S. & G. R. R. Co. v. Morris, 13 
 
 Kans. 302. 
 
 Com'rs &c.. v. Shipman, 14 Kans. 532. 
 Oswalt v. Hallowell, 15 Kans. 154. 
 Prescott v. Beebe, 17 Kans. 320. 
 Franklin v. Kelly, 2 Neb. 79. 
 Hagenbuck v. Reed, 3 Neb. 17. 
 White v. B. &. M. R. R. Co., 5 Neb. 393. 
 Bellengerv. White, 5 Neb. 399. 
 Donovan v. Kloke, 6 Neb. 124. 
 Iviiison v. Hance, 1 Wyoming, 270. 
 Puget Sound Agricultural Co. v. Pierce 
 
 Co., 1 Wash. Ty. 180. 
 Hicks v. Bell, 3 Cal. 219. 
 State v. Moore. 12 Cal. 56. 
 People v. Shearer, 30 Cal. 645. 
 People v. Frisbe, 31 Cal. 146. 
 People v. Coli en, 31 Cal. 210. 
 People v. B. D. C. M. Co., 37 Cal. 54. 
 C. P. R. R. Co. v. Howard, 51 Cal. 230. 
 C. P. R. R. Co. v. Howard, 52 Cal. 227. 
 Halo & Norcross v. Storey Co., 1 Nev. 104. 
 People v. Logan, 1 Nev. 109. 
 State v. Real Del Monte Co., 1 Nev. 23. 
 2L. I. &O. 14. 
 
 1 Copp's L. 0. 155 ; 2 id. 115, 148 : 7 id. 6. 
 TENANTS BY TbE CURTESY 
 
 McDaniel v. Grace, 15 Ark. 465. 
 TENANTS IN COMMON, JOINT TENANTS, 
 
 AND JOINT ENTRIES 
 McClung v. Ross, 5 Wheat. 116. 
 Willison v. Watkins, 3 Pet. 43, 
 Lamb v. Wakeneld, 1 Saw. C. C. 251. 
 The Four-Twenty Mining Co. v. The Bull- 
 ion Mining Co., 3 Saw. C. C. 634. 
 In re Swearinger & Lamar, 5 Saw. C. C. 52. 
 Challefoux v. Ducharme, 4 Wis. 554. 
 Whitney v. Morrow, 34 Wis. 644. 
 Taber v. Levi, Morris (Iowa) 372. 
 Teltord v. Barney. 1 Greene (Iowa), 575. 
 Haight v. City of Keokuk, 4 Iowa, 405. 
 Patten ?>. Ashley, 8 Ark. 290. 
 Gaines v. Hale, 16 Ark. 9. 
 Ashley v. Rector, 20 Ark. 359. 
 Gillette v. Gaffney, 3 Colo. 351. 
 Waring v. Crow, 11 Cal. 366. 
 Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 21 Cal. 552. 
 Rowe v. Bacigalluppi, 21 Cal. 633. 
 Coleman v. Clements, 23 Cal. 245. 
 Bradley v. Hark ins. 26 Cal. 69. 
 Goller v. Fett, 30 Cal. 481. 
 Lawrence v. Ballou, 37 Cal. 518. 
 Frisbie v. Marques, 39 Cal. 451. 
 Broad v. Broad, 40 Cal. 493. 
 Strang v. Ryan, 46 Cal. 33. 
 Moreiiuautv. Wilson, 52 Cal. 226. 
 Mallett v. The Uncle Sam. Mg. Co., 1 Nev. 
 
 188. 
 
 Downes v. Scott, 3 Rob. (La.) 84. 
 Secretary Interior, Jan. 8, 1858, Laughton, 
 
 v. Caldwell, 1 Let< r 3f<7. 
 Secretary Interior, Sept. 22, 1859, Roosa v. 
 
 Schepp, 1 Lester 393. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 19, 1872, Hyatt v. 
 
 Smith, Copp's L. L. 409. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 16, 1873, Davis v. 
 
 McClay et al., 1 Copp's L. O. 6. 
 Secretary Interior, April 8, Is75, Powell v. 
 
 Beatty, 2 Copp's L. O. 115. 
 
Ix 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 TENANTS IN COMMON, JOINT TENANTS, 
 
 AND JOINT ENTRIES Continued. 
 Secretary Interior May 8, 1880, O'Leary v. 
 
 Zollars, 7 Copp's L. O. 38. 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 31, 1873, circular, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 301. 
 Com r G. L. O., March 18, 1870, circular, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 452. 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 15, 1873, circular, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 668. 
 Com'r G. L. O., June 8, 1874, Vennigerholtz 
 
 v. McE>nnon et aL, 6 Copp's L. O. 154. 
 TIMBER DEPREDATIONS 
 
 United States v. Brisrgs, 9 How. 351. 
 Cotton v. United States, 11 How. 229. 
 United States v. Cook, 19 Wall. 591. 
 United States v. Nelson, 5 Saw. C. C. 68. 
 Schulenberg v. Harriman, 2 Dillon, C. C. 
 
 398. 
 
 "Woodruffs. Roberts, 4 La. ATITI 127. 
 Brock v. Smith, 14 Ark. 431. 
 James v. Snelson, 3 Mo. 278. 
 Turley v. Tucker. 6 Mo. 583. 
 Bower v. Higbee, 9 Mo. 259. 
 Kuton . Audsley, 19 Mo. 362. 
 Ballou v. O'Brien, 20 Mich. 304. 
 Grant v. Smith, 26 Mich. 201. 
 Johnson v. Ballou, 28 Mich. 379. 
 Stave v. Commissioner, 19 Wis. 237. 
 Paine v. White, 21 Wi.s. 423. 
 Hughill v. Wilson, Morris (Iowa), 383. 
 Kansas v. Harold, 9 Kans. 104. 
 Stevens v. Perrier, 12 Kans. 297. 
 Peck v. Brown, 5 Nev. 81. 
 Eureka Mg. Co. v. Way, 9 Nev. 349. 
 1 Lester, 465. note. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Dec. 24, 1855, Zab. 
 
 L. L. feed. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Sept. 1, 1865, Zab. 
 
 L. L. 891. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Dec. 24, 1855, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 658. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 29, 1874, 1 
 
 Copp's L. O. 102. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. circular, May 2, 1877, 4 
 
 Copp's L. O. 55. 
 TOLEDO, CITY OF 
 
 Grant for public hiyhicay and for sewerage and 
 
 water purposes: 
 Hubbard v. City of Toledo, 21 Ohio St. 
 
 379. 
 TOWN SITES 
 
 Act of May 23, 1844: 
 
 Stark v. Starr, 6 Wall. 402. 
 
 Stark v. Starr, 1 Saw. C. C. 15. 
 
 Lownsdale v. City of Portland, 1 Deady, 
 
 C. C. H. 
 
 Rootw. Shields, 1 Woolw. C C. 340. 
 Cash &. Spalding, appellants, 6 Mich. 193. 
 Clarke v. Roy, 20 Wis. 478. 
 Perry v. Superior City, 26 Wis. 66. 
 Leech v. Rauch, 3 Minn. 448. 
 Castner v. Gunther, 6 Minn. 63. 
 Maxtield v. Kierbauer, 8 Minn. 413. 
 Weisberger v. Tenney, 8 Minn. 456. 
 Cathcart v. Kortam, 11 Minn 45. 
 City of Winonar. Huff, 11 Minn. 119. 
 Carson v. Smith, 12 Minn. 546. 
 Coy v. Coy, 15 Minn. 119. 
 Wintield Town Co. v. Morris, It Kans. 128. 
 Independence Town Co. o. DeLong, 11 
 
 Kans. 152. 
 
 Sherry v. Sampson, 11 Kans. 611. 
 McTaggert v. Harrison. 12 Kans. 62. 
 Emmett v. DeLong, 12 Kans. 67. 
 Seller v. Avery, 15 Kans. 157. 
 Towsley v. Johnson, 1 Neb. 95. 
 Tecumseh Town-site Case, 3 Neb. 267. 
 Burbank v. Ellis, 7 Neb. 156. 
 Marlin v. T'Vanlt, 1 Oreg. 77. 
 Lownsdale v. City of Portland, 1 Oreg. 381. 
 Whitelowe v. Reese, 4 Oreg. 335. 
 Robinson v. Imperial S. Mg. Co., &c., 5 
 
 Nev. 44. 
 
 Treadway v. Wilder, 8 Nev. 91. 
 Treadway r. Wilder, 9 Nev. 67. 
 Doll v. M'eador, 16 Cal. 296. 
 Ricks v. Reed, 19 Cal. 551. 
 Ryan v. Tomlinson, 31 Cal. 2. 
 
 TOWN SITES Continued. 
 Act of May 23, 1844 : 
 
 Secretary Interior, Clay City, April 13, 1859, 
 
 1 Lester, 4^-2. 
 Secretary Interior, Superior City, July 26, 
 
 1653, 1'Lester, 432. 
 Secretary Interior, Superior City, Sept. 18, 
 
 1859, 1 Lester. 443. 
 Secretary Interior, Keposia, Aug. 18, 1856,1 
 
 Lester, 431. 
 Secretary Interior, Monticello, July 9, 1858, 
 
 1 Lester, 435. 
 Secretary Interior, Plattsburg, Nov. 5, 1858, 
 
 1 Lester, 44 1. 
 Secretary Interior, Wabashaw, June 14, 
 
 1859,1 Lester, 635. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Portland City, Oct. 18, 1858. 
 
 1 Lester, 437. 
 Act of May 23, 1664: 
 
 Cotield v. McClellan 1 Colo. 370. 
 Acts of July 1, 1864, and March 3, 1865 : 
 
 Bell v. The Bed Rock Tunnel and Mg. Co., 
 
 36 Cal. 214. 
 
 Jones v. City of Petalnma, 38 Cal. 397. 
 Alemany v. City of Petaltiraa, 33 Cal. 554. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Aug. 20, 1864, Zab. 
 
 L. L. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, April 26, 1865, 
 
 Zab. L. L. 181. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Oct. 20, 1865, Zab. 
 
 L. L. 185. 
 Com'r G. L. O.. Mountain View, April 4, 
 
 1865, Zab. L. L. 196. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Allman v. Thulon, Dec. 7, 
 
 1871, Copp's L. L. GOO. 
 Act of March a, 1867: 
 
 Hussy v. Smith, 9 Otto, 20. 
 
 Stringfellow v. Cain, 9 Otto, 610. 
 
 Cannon v. Pratt, 9 Otto, 619. 
 
 Allen r. Houston, 21 Kans. 194. 
 
 Ivinson v. Hance, 1 Wyoming, 270. 
 
 Hussy v. Smith, 1 Utah, 129. 
 
 Fraust v. Town-site, 1 Utah, 197. 
 
 Pratt v. Young. 1 Utah, 347. 
 
 Edwards r. Tracy, 2 Montana, 49. 
 
 Hall v. Ashby. 2 Montana, 489. 
 
 Georgetown v. Glaze, 3 Colo. 230. 
 
 Tucker v. McCoy, 3 Colo. 234. 
 
 Gillett v. Gaffaey, 3 Colo. 351. 
 
 Adams v. Binkley, 4 Colo. 247. 
 
 Lechler . Chapiu, 12 Nev. 65. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Springville, July 8, 1871, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 683. 
 Secretary Interior, Salt Lake, Aug. 9, 1871, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 6*6. 
 Secretary Interior, King City, April 28, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 696. 
 Secretary Interior, June 8, 1875, 2 Copp's L. 
 
 O. 85. 
 Secretary Interior, Grantsville, Oct. 1, 1679, 
 
 6 Copp's L. O. 109. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Sept. 21, 1868, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 678. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 29, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 683. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Deeversville, Dec. 7, 1872, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 695. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Turner v. Lang, June 16, 
 
 1874, Copp's L. L. 698. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Central City, Dec. 23, 1875, 
 
 2 Copp s L. O. 150. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Concordia, June 5, 1876,3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 50. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Seattle, Jan. 12, 1877, 3 
 
 Copp's L. O. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Coneburg, April 7, 1877, 4 
 
 Copp's L. O. 45. 
 Cora'r G. L. O., Laramie, Oct. 11, 1877, 4 
 
 Copp's L. 0. 132. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Seattle, March 19, 1879, 6 
 
 Copp's L. O. 136. 
 TREATIES. FOREIGN 
 
 Cession of Louisiana (1800 and 1803) : 
 Sonlard v. United States, 4 Pet, 511. 
 Delassus v. United States, 9 Pet, 117. 
 McDonogh v. Millaudou, :t How. 693. 
 United States v. Reynos. 9 How. 127. 
 Davis . Police Jury of Concordia, 9 How. 
 
CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 Ixi 
 
 TREATIES, FOREIGN Continued. 
 Cession of Louisiana (1800 and 1803): 
 
 United States v. L.ynde, 11 Wall. 632. 
 
 Secretary Interior, exparte Daniel Clark, 
 
 Jan. 5, 1671, Copp's L. L. 494. 
 Cession of the Floridas ; 
 
 American Ins. Co. v. Canter, I Pet. 511. 
 
 Poster et al. v. N< ilson, 2 Pet. 253. 
 
 United States v. Arrcdoudo, 6 Pet. 691. 
 
 United States v. Percheman, 7 Pet. 51. 
 
 United States v. Clarke, 8 P, t. 436. 
 
 United States v. Clarke, 9 Pet. 168. 
 
 Mitchell v. United States, 9 Pet. 711. 
 
 United States v. Fernandez, 10 Pet. 303. 
 
 United States v. Sibbald, 10 Pet. 313. 
 
 Strother &. Lucas, 12 Pet. 410. 
 
 United Stares v. Wiggins, 14 Pet. 334. 
 
 Pollard's lessee v. Files, 2 How. 591. 
 
 Robinson v. Minor, 10 How. 627. 
 
 Doe & Braden, 16 How. 635. 
 
 United States v. Lynde, 11 Wall. 632. 
 France and Spain (i762) : 
 
 Villalobos v. United States, 10 How. 540. 
 
 United States v. D'Auterive, 10 How. 609. 
 Great Britain, France, and Spain (1763) : 
 
 Montault v. United States. 12 How. 47. 
 Great Britain and United States (1794) : 
 
 Harden v Fisher, 1 Wheat. 300. 
 Guadalupe Hidalgo : 
 
 United States v. Moreno, 1 Wall. 400. 
 
 Townsend et al. v. Greeley, 5 Wall. 326. 
 
 Seabury v. Field, I McAllister, C. C. 1. 
 
 Friedham v. Goodwin. 1 McAllister, C. C. 
 142. 
 
 Mackay v. Dillon, 7 Mo. 7. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Rancho Los Trigos, 
 Feb. 28, 1874, Copp's L. L. 607. 
 
 Seretary Interior, Dallas v. White, Jan. 25, 
 
 1878, 5 Copp's L. O. 82. 
 TRUSTEES AND TRUSTS 
 
 Wilson v. Mason, 1 Cranch, 45. 
 
 Massie v. Watts, 6 Cranch, 148. 
 
 Ringo et al. v. Binns et al., 10 Pet. 269. 
 
 Carroll v. Saflbrd, 3 How. 441. 
 
 Cunningham v. Ashley, 14 How. 377. 
 
 Warren v. Van Brunt, 19 Wall. 646. 
 
 Cowell v. Colorado Springs Co., 10 Otto, 55. 
 
 Lamb v. Davenport, 1 Saw. C. C. 609. 
 
 Lamb v. Vaughn, 2 Saw. C. C. 161. 
 
 Hardy v. Harbin, 4 Saw. C. C. 536. 
 
 Norton v. Meader, 4 Saw. C. C. 603. 
 
 Root v. Shields, 1 Woolw. C. C. 340. 
 
 Stephensou v. Smith, 7 Mo. 610. 
 
 Thompson v. Renoe, 12 Mo. 157. 
 
 Groves v. Fulsome, 16 Mo. 543. 
 
 Carman v. Johnson, 20 Mo. 108. 
 
 Cloud v. Ivie, 28 Mo. 578. 
 
 Hill v. Miller, 36 Mo. 182. 
 
 Fenwick v. Gill, 38 Mo. 510. 
 
 Higgins v. Higgins, 55 Mo. 346. 
 
 McAlpin v. Henshaw, 6 Kans. 176. 
 
 White v. Allen, 3 Oreg. 103. 
 
 Dolbequy v. Tabor, 22 Cal. 279. 
 
 Salmon v. Syrnonds, 30 Cal. 301. 
 
 Settembre v. Putnam, 30 Cal. 490. 
 
 Wilson v. Castro, 31 Cal. 421. 
 
 Bludworth v. Lake, 33 Cal. 255. 
 
 Walley v. Foreman, 38 Cal. 90. 
 
 Hess v. Bellinger, 48 Cal. 349. 
 
 McCreary v. Casey, 50 Cal. 349. 
 
 Hollinshed v. Simms.'Sl Cal. 158. 
 
 Rose v. Treadway, 4 Nev. 455. 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN; GRANT TO, &c. 
 
 P Secretary Treasury, April 20, 1803, 2 L. I. 
 
 & O. 232. 
 Com'rG-L. O.,June 29, 1824,2 L. I. & 0. 
 
 381. 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 766, 768. 
 UNIVERSITY LANDS 
 
 Regents of University a. Host, 7 Minn. 61. 
 
 Combs v. Jelly, 28 Cal 498. 
 
 Buhne v. Chism, 48 Cal. 467. 
 
 fi Op. Att. Gen. 725. 
 
 Secretary Treasury, Sept. 3, 1834, 2 L. I. & 
 
 O. 595. 
 Secretary Interior, Dec. 13, 1855, 1 Lester, 
 
 496. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Glover v. University of 
 Cal., Aug. 12, 1872, Copp's L. L. 321. 
 
 UNIVERSITY LANDS Continued. 
 
 Secretary Interior, University of Cal. v. 
 
 Block,' Aug. 2*j. 1874, Copp's L. L. 322. 
 Secretary Interior, Aurrecoechea v. State 
 
 Cal., March 1, 1875, Copp's L. L. 325. 
 Secretai-y Interior, Wilson v. C. P. R. R. et 
 
 al., Oct. 20, 1871, Copp's L. L. 443. 
 Secretary Interior, White v. University of 
 
 Cal., Jan. 10, 1878, 4 Copp's L. 0. 188. 
 Com'r G. L. O., May 14, 1832, 2 L. I. & O. 462. 
 Com'r O. L. O., Dec. 17, 1833, 2 L. I. & O. 488. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Feb. 14, 1837, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 533. 
 Com'r G. L. O., University of Cal., Sept. 
 
 25, 1878. 
 VALENTINE SCRIP 
 
 Secretary Interior, Chicago Cases, Feb. 28,' 
 
 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 22. 
 Secretary Interior, City of Seattle v. Mc- 
 
 Aleer etal, March 19, 1879, 6 Copp's L. O. 
 
 136. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, June 17, 1874, 
 
 Copp's L. L. 806. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Jan. 6, 1876, 2 
 
 Copp's L. O. 183. 
 Com'r G. L. O , ex parte Throckmorton, 
 
 Nov. 22, 1876, 3 Copp's L. O. 172. 
 Com'r G. L. O , City of Seattle v. McAleer 
 
 et al., Jan. 12, 1877, 3 Copp's L. O. 179. 
 Com'r G. L. O., Chicago Cases, Feb. 12, 1878, 
 
 4 Copp's L. O. 186. 
 VALLEJO, CITY OF 
 
 Durfee v. Plaisted, 38 Cal. 80. 
 VINCENNES DISTRICT, SETTLERS' CLAIMS 
 
 IN 
 Secretary Interior, instructions, March 21, 
 
 1823, 2 'L. I. &O. 366. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, May 15,1820, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. 301. 
 Com'r G. L. O., instructions, Aug. 2, 1820, 
 
 2 L. I. & O. :>06. 
 YINCENNES UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OF 
 
 The State v. Trustees, 2 Ind. 293. 
 VIRGINIA MILITARY LAND WARRANTS 
 Origin : 
 
 American State Papers, vol. 16, p. 5. 
 Assignment: 
 
 Sims v. Irvine, 3 Dallas, 425. 
 Kerr v. Watts, 6 Wheat. 550. 
 Bouldin et ux. v. Massie's heirs, 7 Wheat. 
 
 122. 
 
 French v. Spencer, 21 How. 228. 
 Warev. Brush, 15 Pet. C. C. 23. 
 Smith v. Shane, 1 McLean, C. C. 22. 
 Ware v. Brush, 1 McLean, C. C. 533. 
 Wallace v. Seymour, 7 Ohio, 156. 
 Douglass v. Dangerneld, 14 Ohio, 522. 
 Groynne v. Niswanger, 15 Ohio, 367. 
 Duke v. Ihompson, 16 Ohio, 34. 
 Holland v. Thatcher, 18 Ohio, 48. 
 Groynne v. Niswanger, 18 Ohio, 400. 
 Groynne v. Niswauger, 20 Ohio, 556. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 311 ; 2 id. 56. 385; 3 id. 97, 
 
 382. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Nov. 16, 1830, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 436. 
 Lands locatable: 
 
 Doddridge v. Thompson, 9 Wheat 469. 
 Reynolds v. Me Arthur, 2 Pet. 417. 
 Lindsey v. Miller's lessees, 6 Pet. 666. 
 Galloway v. Finley, 1-2 Pet. 264. 
 Chinnu. 'Darnell. 4 McLean, C. C. 440. 
 Bonner v. United States, 1 N. & H. 125. 
 Parker v. Dunn, 4 Ohio, 239. 
 Saunders v. Niswanger, 11 Ohio St. 298. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, November 13. 
 
 1830, 2 L. I. & 0.436. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, August 17, 1853, 1 
 
 Lester, 682. 
 Com'r G. L. O., exparte Kendricks, April 
 
 3, 1880, 7 Copp's L. O. 69. 
 Patent* : 
 
 Galloway v. Finley, 12 Pet. 264. 
 Niswanger v. Saunders, 1 Wall. 424. 
 Nelson v. Moore, 3 McLean, C. C. 319. 
 Saum v. Latham, 1 Ohio, 309. 
 Wallace v. Seymour, 7 Ohio, 156. 
 Porter v. Robb, 7 Ohio, 206, 
 Gro.; nne v. Niswanger, 15 Ohio, 367. 
 
Ixii 
 
 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 VIRGINIA MILITARY LAND WARRANTS 
 
 Continued. 
 Patent* : 
 
 Stubblefield v. Boggs, 2 Ohio St 216. 
 Clark v. Souther land, 16 Ohio St, 408. 
 1 Op. Att. Gen. 159; 2 id. 25. 
 Warrants, surveys, and entries : 
 
 Taylor & Quarles v. Brown, 5 Cranch, 234. 
 
 Vowles v. Craig, 8 Cranch, 371. 
 
 Kerr v. Watts, 6 Wheat. 5."0. 
 
 Miller et al. v. Kerr et al., 7 Wheat 1. 
 
 Taylor's lessee v. Myers, 7 Wheat 23. 
 
 Anderson v. Clark, 1 Pet. 628. 
 
 Hunt v. Wickliff, 2 Pet. 201. 
 
 Gait v. Galloway, 4 Pet. 3:52. 
 
 Lindsey v. Miller, 5 Pet. 666. 
 
 Wallace v. Parker, 6 Pet. 680. 
 
 Holmes v. Trout, 7 Pet. 171. 
 
 Brush v. Ware. 15 Pet. 93. 
 
 McArthur's heirs v. Dun's heirs, 7 How. 
 
 262. 
 
 Walker v. Smith, 21 How. 579. 
 Lindsey v. Miller, 1 McLean, C. C. 20. 
 Brush v. Ware, 1 McLean, C. C. 553. 
 Gait r. McMillan, 3 McLean, C. C. 20. 
 Chinn v. Darnell, 4 McLean. C. C. 440. 
 Saum i'. Latham, 1 Ohio, 309. 
 Dresback v. McArthur. 7 Ohio, 146. 
 Huston v. McArthur, 7 Ohio, 383. 
 Wycofftf. Stephenson, 14 Ohio, 13. 
 Holland v. Thatcher, 18 Ohio, 48. 
 Lathan v. Offry, 18 Ohio, 104. 
 Price v. Johnston, 1 Ohio St. 390. 
 Stubbletield v. Boggs, 2 Ohio St. 216. 
 Wood v. Ferguson, 7 Ohio St. 288. 
 McKinney v. McKinney, 8 Ohio St. 423. 
 Saunders'r. Xiswanger, 8 Ohio St. 298. 
 3 Op. Att. Gen., 35, 103 ; 6 id. 243 ; 7 id. 32, 
 
 52 ; 9 id. 156, 352, 354. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 2, 1830, 2 L. I. & O. 
 
 426. 
 Com'r G. L. O., circular, Nov. 16, 1830, 2 L. 
 
 I. & O. 436. 
 Com'r G. L. O., July 20, 1875, Copp's L. L. 
 
 742. 
 TVABASHAW, TOWN OF 
 
 Secretary Interior, June 14, 1859, 1 Lester, 
 
 635. 
 WATER RIGHTS 
 
 Prior appropriation under local customs, <c. : 
 Atchison v. Peterson, 20 Wall. 507. 
 Basey et al. v. Gallagher, 20 WalL 670. 
 Jennison v. Kirk, 8 Otto, 453. 
 Broder v. Water Co., 11 Otto, 274. 
 Union Mill &, Mining Co. v. Ferris. 2 Saw. 
 
 C. C. 176. 
 
 Lobdell . Simpson, 2 Nev. 274. 
 Lobdell v. Half, 3 Nev. 507. 
 Mining Co. v. Carpenter, 4 Xev. 534. 
 Robinson v. Imperial S. Mg. Co., 5 Xev. 44. 
 Covington v. Becker, 5 Xev. 281. 
 Vansickle v. Haines, 7 Xev. 249. 
 Dalton v. Bowker, 8 Xev. 201. 
 Barnes v. Sabron, 10 Xev. 217. 
 Parks v. Barkley, 1 Montana, 514. 
 Woolman v. Gar-ringer, 1 Montana, 535. 
 Atchison v. Peterson. 1 Montaua, 561. 
 Barkley v. Fileke, 2 Montana, 59. 
 Fabian v. Collins, 2 Montaua, 510. 
 Schilling v. Rominger, 4 Colo. 100. 
 Eddy v. Simpson, 3 Cal. 249. 
 Irwin r. Phillips, 5 Cal. 140. 
 Bill v. Newman, 5 Cal. 445. 
 Kelly v. Water Co., 6 Cal. 105. 
 Tenuey v. Miners' Ditch Co., 7 Cal 335. 
 Thompson v. Lee, 8 Cal. 275. 
 Bear River Co. v. X. Y. Mg. Co., 8 Cal. 327. 
 Hill v. King, 8 Cal. 337. 
 Weaver v. Conger, 10 Cal. 233. 
 Wolf v. St. Louis Ind. Water Co., 10 Cal. 
 
 413. 
 
 Hoflinan v. Tuol, 10 Cal. 417. 
 Kimball v. Gearhart, 12 Cal. 27. 
 McGarrity v. Byingtou, 12 Cal. 426. 
 Oilman v. Dixo'n, 13 Cal. 33. 
 Weaver v. Eureka Lake Co., 15 Cal. 271. 
 Coleman ?. Clements, 23 Cal. 245. 
 Rnpley v. Welch, 23 Cal. 452. 
 Everett v. Hydraulic Co., 23 Cal. 225. 
 
 Prior appropriation under local customs, ic. . 
 
 Phcenix Water Co. r. Fletcher, y3 Cal. 481. 
 
 Bradley <. Hnrkness, 23 Cal. 6'J. 
 
 American Co. v. Bradford, 27 Cal. 360. 
 
 Hill v. Smith. 27 Cal. 476. 
 
 Henderson t. McXaughtou, 31 Cal. 26. 
 
 Richardson v. Kier, 34 Cal. 63. 
 
 Correa v. Frietas, 42 Cal. 339. 
 
 Smith v. O'llara, 4 5 Cal. 371. 
 
 Broder v. \ ater Co., 50 Cal. 621. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., Nov. 23, 1869, Copp's Mg. 
 Dec. 24. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 16, 1871, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 4vJ. 
 Act of July W, 1866: 
 
 Atchison r. Peterson. 20 Wall. 507. 
 
 Basey et al. r. Lrallagher, 20 Wall. 670. 
 
 Jeunison v. Kirk, 8 Otto, -153. 
 
 Broiler v. Water Co., 11 Otto, 274. 
 
 Hobart v. Ford, 6 Nev. 77. 
 
 Barnes v. Sabron, 10 Xev. 217. 
 
 Shoemaker v. Hatca. 13 Xev. 261. 
 
 Rivers v. Burbauk, 13 Xev. 39^. 
 
 Noteware v. Sterns, 1 Montana, 311. 
 
 Weitner z. Lowrey, 11 Cal. 104. 
 
 Broder v. Water Co., 50 Cal. 621. 
 
 Titcomb r. Kirk, 51 Cal. 288. 
 
 Cave v. Crafts, 53 Cal. 135. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., X'ov. 23, 1869, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Dec. 24. 
 "Use, for what purposes : 
 
 Union Mill <fc Mining Co. v. Ferris, 2 Saw. 
 C. C. 176. 
 
 Xelson v. O'Xeal, 1 Montana, 284. 
 
 Sims v. Smith, 7 Cal. 149. 
 
 Maeris v. Bricknell, 7 Cal. 262. 
 
 Cramlall v. Woods, 8 Cal. 130. 
 
 Butte Canal Co. v. Vaughn, 11 Cal. 143. 
 
 McDonald v. Bear River Co., 13 Cal. 220. 
 
 dirk v. Du-all, 15 Cal. 85. 
 
 Edmond v. Chew, 15 Cal. 137. 
 
 Kidd v. Laird, 15 Cal. 161. 
 
 Weaver v. Eureka Lake Co., 15 Cal. 271. < 
 
 Butte T. M. Co. v. Morgan, 19 Cal. 609. 
 
 McKinney v. Smith, 21 Cal. 374. 
 
 Rupley v. \Velch, 23 Cal. J52. 
 
 Phoenix Water Co. r. tletcher, 23 Cal. 481. 
 
 "W ixoii v. Bear River Co., 24 Cal. 367. 
 
 Ferrea v. Kuipe, 28 Cal. 340. 
 
 McDonald v. Askew, 21) Cal. 200. 
 
 Gibson v. Puchta, 33 Cal. 310. 
 
 Stone v. Bumpus, 43 Cal. 218. 
 
 Quirk v. Faik, 47 Cal. 453. 
 Damages : 
 
 Te'nney v. The Miner's Ditch Co., 7 Cal. 335. 
 
 Coker v. Simpson, 7 Cal. ,341 
 
 Park v. Kilham, 8 Cal. 78. 
 
 Leigh Co. v. Independent Ditch Co., 8 Cal. 
 323. 
 
 Edmond v. Chew, 15 Cal. 137. 
 
 McDonald v. Bear River Co., 15 Cal. 145. 
 
 Xatorna Water & Mining Co. v. McCoy, 23 
 Cal. 490. 
 
 Bear River Co. r. Boles, 24 Cal. 359. 
 
 Crary v. Campbell, 24 Cal. 634. 
 
 Gibson v. Puchta, 33 Cal. 310. 
 
 Clark v. Willett, 35 Ca.1. )35. 
 
 Campbell v. B. R. <fc \V. M. Co., 35 Cal. 679. 
 
 Richardson v. Kier, 37 Cal. 207. 
 
 Gregor v. Xelson, 41 Cal. 279. 
 
 Stone v. Bumpus, 46 Cal. 218. 
 
 Ogburn v. Connor, 46 Cal. 347. 
 Subsequent appropriation, and effect of patents: 
 
 Proctor v. Jennings, 6 Xev. 83. 
 
 Vansickle v. Haines, 7 Xev. 249. 
 
 Columbia Mining Co. v. Halter, I Montana, 
 296. 
 
 Parks v. Barkley, 1 Montana, 514. 
 
 Butte Canal <J<>. v. Vaughn, 11 Cal. 143. 
 
 Burnett v. Whiteside, 15 Cal. 35. 
 
 Butte T. M. Co. v. Morgan. 19 Cal. 609. 
 
 Phu^nix Water Co. v. Fletcher, 23 Cal. 481. 
 
 Con ea v. Frietas, 4J Cal. 339. 
 Underground currents: 
 
 Hanson v. McCune, 42 Cal. 303. 
 Transfer of: 
 
 Robinson v. Imperial S. Mg. Co., 5 Nev. 44. 
 
 Barkley v. Fileke, 2 Montana, 59. 
 

 CITATION OF DECISIONS. 
 
 Ixiii 
 
 WATER RIGHTS Continued. 
 Transfer of .- 
 
 Or, man v. Dixon, 13 Gal. 33. 
 
 St. John v. Kicld, 26 Cal. 263. 
 
 McDonald v. Askew, 29 Cal. 200. 
 
 Reynolds v. Hosmer, 51 Cal. 203. 
 Amount of water, entitled to : 
 
 Caruthers v. Pemberton, 1 Montana, 111. 
 
 Bear River Co. v. N. Y. Mg. Co., 8 Cal. 327. 
 
 White v. Todd, 8 Cal. 44 J. 
 
 Butte Canal Co. v. Vaughn, 11 Cal. 143. 
 
 Nevada Water Co. v. Powell, 34 Cal. 109. 
 Abandonment : 
 
 Atchison v. Peterson, 1 Montana, 561. 
 
 Hoffman v. Stone, 7 Cal. 47. 
 
 Butte Canal Co. v. Vaughn, 11 Cal. 143. 
 
 Wiseman v. McNulty, 25 Cal. 230. 
 
 Union Water Co. v. Crary, 25 Cal. 504. 
 
 St. John v. KMd, 26 Cal. 263. 
 
 Davis v. Gale, 32 Cal. 26. 
 
 Patents, pre-emptions, or homesteads, how sub- 
 ject to : 
 
 Broder v. Water Co., 11 Otto, 274. 
 
 Union Mill & Mg. Co. v. Ferris, 2 Saw. C. C. 
 176. 
 
 WATER RIGHTS Continued. 
 
 Patent*, pre-emptions, or homesteads, how sub- 
 ject to : 
 
 Union Mill & Mg. Co. v. Dangberg, 2 Saw. 
 C.C.451. 
 
 Vansicklo v. Haines, 7 Nev. 249. 
 
 Barnes v. Sabron, 10 Nev. 217. 
 
 Thorp v. Freed, 1 Montana, 652. 
 
 Ogburn v. Connor, 46 Cal. 347. 
 
 Broder v. N. W. & Mg. Co., 50 Cal. 621. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., April 16, 1871, Copp's Mg. 
 Dec. 42. 
 
 Com'r G. L. O., March 21, 1872, Copp's Mg. 
 
 Deo. 82. 
 WISCONSIN RIVER 
 
 Woodman v. Kilbourn Mf. Co., 1 Bissell, 
 C. C. 5415. 
 
 9 Op. Att. Gen. 346. 
 
 Secretary Interior, Feb. 13, 1857. 1 Lester. 
 
 507. 
 YAZOO CLAIMS 
 
 8 Op. Att, Gen. 35. 
 
 YOSEMITE VALLEY- 
 LOW v. Hutchins, 15 Wall. 77. 
 Low v. Hutchins, 41 Cal. 634. 
 
OHIO. 
 
 No. 1. AN ACT to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continen- August 10, 1790 
 tal establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying northwest of the river Vol. 1, p. 182. 
 Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Repeal. 
 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of Con- 
 gress of the seventeenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and 
 eighty-eight, relative to certain locations and surveys made by, or on 
 account of the Virginia troops on continental establishment upon lands 
 between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, northwest of the Ohio, be, 
 and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 And whereas the agents for such of the troops of the State of Virginia, 
 who served on the continental establishment in the army of the United 
 States, during the late war, have reported to the executive of the said 
 State, that there is not a sufficiency of good land on the southeasterly 
 side of the river Ohio, according to the act of cession from the said 
 State to the United States, and within the limits assigned by the laws of 
 the said State, to satisfy the said troops for the bounty lands due to them, 
 in conformity to the said laws : to the intent therefore that the differ- 
 ence between what has already been located for the said troops, on the 
 southeasterly side of the said river, and the aggregate of what is due to 
 the whole of the said troops, may be located on the northwesterly side 
 of the said river, and between the Sciota and Little Miami rivers, as 
 stipulated by the said State : 
 
 SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Department of Secretary of 
 War shall make return to the executive of the State of Virginia of the ^ to the e^ec- 
 names of such of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of u tive of Virginia 
 the line of the said State, who served in the army of the United States, of those entitled 
 on the continental establishment, during the late war, and who, in con- to bounty lands, 
 formity to the laws of the said State, are entitled to bounty lands ; and 
 shall aLo in such return state the aggregate amount in acres due to the 
 said lino by the laws aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for Agents to lo- 
 the said agents to locate to and for the use of the said troops, between {^tsfw?th *use 
 the rivers Sciota and Little Miami, such a number of acres of good O f the troops , 
 land as shall, together with the number already located between the 
 said two rivers, and the number already located on the southeasterly 
 side of the river Ohio, be equal to the aggregate amount, so to be re- 
 turned as aforesaid by the Secretary of the Department of War. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said agents, as soon as may and to enter in 
 be after the locations, surveys and allotments are made and completed, of each locaUon 
 shall enter in regular order, in a book to be by them provided for that an) j 8U rvey. 
 purpose, the bounds of each location and survey .between the said 
 two rivers, annexing the name of the officer, non-commissioned officer 
 or private originally entitled to each ; which entries being certified by 
 the said agents or the majority of them, to be true entries, the book 
 containing the same shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall lawful for the President President to 
 of the United States to cause letters- patent to be made out in such ^t to IwnSSe 
 words and form as he shall devise and direct, granting to such person so ou t to those enti- 
 originally entitled to bounty lands, to his use, and to the use of his heirs tied t o bounty 
 or assigns, or his or their legal representative or representatives, his, her lands, 
 or their heirs or assigns, the lands designated in the said entries : Pro- 
 vided always, That before the seal of the United States shall be affixed to 
 such letters-patent, the Secretary of the Department of War shall have 
 indorsed thereon that the grantee therein named, was originally entitled 
 to such bounty lands, and that he has examined the bounds thereof with 
 the book of entries filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and finds 
 the same truly inserted ; and every such letters-patent shall be counter- 
 signed by the Secretary of State, and a minute of the date thereof, and 
 of the name of the grantee shall be entered of record in his office, in a 
 book to be specially provided for the purpose. 
 
 1 L O VOL II 
 
Z OHIO. 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 State to transmit retary of State, as soon as may be after the letters-patent shall be so 
 the same to the completed and entered of record, to transmit the same to the executive 
 executr ir- of the state of Virginia, to be by them delivered to each grantee ; or in 
 
 case of his death, or that the right of the grantees shall have been 
 legally transferred before such delivery, then to his legal representative 
 or representatives, or to one of them. 
 
 Letters patent SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That no fees shall be charged for 
 
 obtained without such letters patent and record, to the grantees, their heirs or assigns, or 
 
 to his or their legal representative or representatives, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 52, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 Aug. 12, 1790. No. 2. Resolved, #c., That all surveys of lands in the western terri- 
 Vol. 1, p. 187. torv. made underthe direction of thft late o-ftocrranhftr. Thomas Hntnhins. 
 
 tory, made under the direction of the late geographer, Thomas Hutchins, 
 Contracts for agreeable to contracts for part of the said lands made with the late Board 
 surveys in the of Treasury, be returned to, and perfected by, the Secretary of the Treas- 
 western terri- nry, so as to complete the said contracts: and that the said Secretary 
 be, and is hereby, authorized to direct the making and completing any 
 other surveys that remain to be made, so as to comply on the part of 
 the United States with the several contracts aforesaid, in conformity to 
 the terms thereof. 
 
 March 3, 1791. No. 3. Resolved, #c., That the President of the United States be, and 
 Vol. 1, p. 225. he hereby is requested, to cause an estimate to be laid before Congress at 
 ~An estimate of tneir next 8ession > of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed 
 lands in North by the Indians, nor granted to, nor claimed by any of the citizens of the 
 Carolina and the United States, within the territory ceded to the United States, by the 
 Northwest Terri- state of North Carolina, and within the territory of the United States, 
 bTInSnfoS ^rthwest of the river Ohio. 
 izens to be made. 
 
 r 12, 1792. ^*<> 4. AX ACT for ascertaining the bounds of a tract of land purchased by John 
 
 ol. 6, p. 7. Cleves Symmes. 
 
 p. d Be it enacted, c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 thoriz'ed to alter nere ^>y i s > authorized, at the request of John Cleves Symmes, or his 
 the contract with agent or agents, to alter the contract, made between the late Board of 
 John C. Symmes, Treasury and the said John Cleves Symmes, for the sale of a tract of 
 ** land of one million of acres, in such manner that the said tract may ex- 
 
 tend from the mouth of the Great Miami to the mouth of the Little 
 / Miami, and be bounded by the river Ohio on the south, by the Great 
 Miami on the west, by the Little Miami on the east, and by a parallel 
 of latitude on the north, extending from the Great Miami to the Little 
 Miami, so as to comprehend the proposed quantity of one million of 
 Not to inter a<5res : Provided, That the northern limits of the said tract shall not 
 fere with Indian interfere with the boundary line established by the treaty of Fort Har- 
 bonndary. &c. mar, between the United States and the Indian nations ; And provided, 
 Reservation of also, That the President reserve to the United States such lands, at and 
 ertain lands. near Fort Washington, as he may think necessary for the accommoda- 
 tion of a garrison at that fort, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 6, 16, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 
 April 21, 1792. :>o. 5. AX ACT authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio 
 Vol. 6, p. 8. Company of Associates. 
 
 Certain tract of Be it enacted, <$~c., That a certain contract expressed in an indenture 
 land contracted executed on the twenty-seventh day of October, in the year one thou- 
 for in 1787. san( j seven hundred and eighty-seven, between the then Board of Treas- 
 ury for the United States of America, of the one part, and Manasseh 
 Cutler, and Winthrop Sergeant, as agents for the directors of the Ohio 
 Company of Associates, of the other part, so far as the same respects 
 the following described tract of land ; that is to say : " Beginning at a 
 station where the western boundary line of the seventh range of town- 
 ships, laid out by the authority of the United States in Congress as- 
 sembled, intersects the river Ohio ; thence extending along that river 
 southwesterly to a place where the western boundary line of the fif- 
 teenth range of townships, when laid out agreeably to the land ordi- 
 nance passed the twentieth day of May, one thousand seven hundred 
 
OHIO. 3 
 
 and eighty- five, would touch the said river ; thence running northerly on 
 the said western bounds of the said fifteenth range of townships, till a 
 line drawn due east to the western boundary line of the said seventh 
 range of townships, will comprehend, with the other lines of this tract, 
 seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land, besides the several lots 
 and parcels of land in the said contract reserved or appropriated to par- 
 ticular purposes ; thence running east to the western boundary line of 
 the said seventh range of townships, and thence along the said line to 
 the place of beginning," be and the same is hereby confirmed : And that Confirmed, and 
 the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and President U.S. to 
 empowered to issue letters-patent in the name and under the seal of f n t i n the^name 
 the United States, thereby granting and conveying to Rufus Putnam, of Eufus Put _ 
 Manasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver, and Griffin Green, and to their heirs nam, &c. 
 jfnd assigns, in fee-simple, the said described tract of land, with the 
 reservations in the said indenture expressed, in trust for the persons 
 composing the said Ohio Company of Associates, according to their 
 several rights and interests, and for their heirs and assigns, as tenants 
 in common. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he hereby To grant one 
 is, further authorized and empowered, by letters-patent as aforesaid, to other tract to Ru- 
 grant and convey to the' said Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Rob- tu J Putaam > & o- 
 ert Oliver, and Griffin Green, and to their heirs and assigns, in trust, 
 for the uses above expressed, one other tract of two hundred and four- 
 teen thousand two hundred and eighty-five acres of land: Provided, Onwhatcondi- 
 That the said Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver, and tions. 
 Griffin Green, or either of them, shall deliver to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, within six months, warrants which issued for army bounty - 
 rights sufficient for that purpose, according to the provision of a resolve 
 of Congress of the twenty-third day of July, one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and eighty-seven. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he hereby To grant one 
 is, further authorized and empowered, by letters-patent as aforesaid, to other tract to Ru- 
 grant and convey to the said Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Robert u am> &c ' 
 Oliver, and Griffin Green, and to their heirs and assigns, in fee-simple, 
 in trust for the uses above expressed, a farther quantity of one hun- 
 dred thousand acres of land: Provided always, nevertheless, That the said On an express 
 grant of one hundred thousand acres shall be made on the express con- condition, 
 dition of becoming void, for such part thereof as the said company 
 shall not have, within five years from the passing of this act, conveyed 
 in fee-simple, as a bounty and free of expense, in tracts of one hundred 
 acres, to each male person, not less than eighteen years of age, being an 
 actual settler at the time of such conveyance. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it farther enacted, That the said quantities of twohun- Where to be 
 dred and fourteen thousand, two hundred and eighty-five acres, and of located, 
 one hundred thousand acres, shall be located within the limits of the 
 tract of one million, five hundred thousand acres of land, described in 
 the indenture aforesaid, and adjoining to the tract of land described in 
 the first section of this act, and in such form as the President in the 
 letters- patent shall prescribe for that purpose. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 81, 133. 
 
 No. 6. AN ACT authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to John May 5, 1792. 
 Cleves Symmes, and his associates. Vol. 1, p. 266. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States p re8 ident au- 
 be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to issue letters-patent thorized to grant 
 in the name and under the seal of the United States, thereby granting a certain number 
 and conveying to John Cleves Symmes and his associates, and to their gLjJJJJJJ on cer- 
 heirs and assigns, in fee-simple, such number of acres of land as the pay-t in conditions, 
 ments already made by the said John Cleves Symmes, his agents or as- 
 sociates, under their contract of the fifteenth day of October, one thou 
 sand seven hundred and eighty-eight, will pay for, estimating the lands 
 at two-thirds of a dollar per acre, and making the reservations specified 
 in the said contract. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the President be and he hereby TO grant on* 
 is further authorized and empowered, by letters-patent as aforesaid, to other tract, 
 grant and convey to the said John Cleves Symmes and his associates, 
 and to their heirs and assigns in fee-simple, one other tract of one hun- 
 
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 dred and six thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven acres, with the 
 reservations as aforesaid : Provided, That the said John Cleves Symmes, 
 or his agents or associates, or any of them, shall deliver to the Secretary 
 of the Treasury, within six months, warrants which issued for army 
 bounty-rights sufficient for that purpose, according to the provision of 
 the resolves of Congress of the twenty-third of July, and second of Octo- 
 ber, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ; but in case so many 
 warrants should not be delivered, then the letters-patent last aforesaid 
 to be given for such number of acres, as shall be in proportion to the 
 warrants so delivered. () 
 
 One township SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be and he is hereby 
 granted for sem- authorized and empowered, by letters-patent as aforesaid, to grant and 
 inaries of learn- convey unto the said John Cleves Symmes and his associates, their 
 "*' heirs and assigns, in trust for the. purpose of establishing an academy 
 
 and other public schools and seminaries of learning, one complete town- 
 ship, conformably to an order of Congress of the second of October, one 
 thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, made in consequence of the 
 application of the said John Cleves Symmes, for the purchase of the 
 tract aforesaid. (6) 
 
 The lands to be SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the several quantities of land, to 
 located agreeable be granted and conveyed as aforesaid, shall be included and located 
 to a former act. w ithin such limits and lines of boundary, as the President may judge 
 expedient, agreeably to an act passed the twelfth day of April, one thou- 
 sand seven hundred and ninety-two, " for ascertaining the bounds of a 
 tract of land purchased by John Cleves Symmes." 
 
 (a) See Nos. 4, 16, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 (6) See No. 31. 
 
 April 16, 1794. No. 7. AX ACT to authorize Ephraim Kimberly to locate the land warrant issued 
 Vol. 6, p. 14. to him for services in the late American Army. 
 
 Ephraim Kim- Be it enacted, $~c., That permission be, and the same is hereby granted 
 berly permitted to Ephraim Kimberly, now resident on the west bank of the Ohio, near 
 to locate certain Indian Short-creek, within the territory northwest of the Ohio, to locate 
 the land warrant issued to the said Kimberly, for three hundred acres 
 of land, for his services in the late American Army, so as to include the 
 land where he now resides, or as convenient as may be thereto : Provided, 
 Under what re- jj e <|oth not interfere with any existing claim, location or survey : And 
 upon the said Kim berly ; s procuring the said land to be surveyed, in 
 such way and manner as shall be pointed out and directed by the Presi- 
 dent of the United States, and returning his said warrant into the 
 Treasury of the United States, the President of the United States shall 
 be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to issue letters-patent 
 in the name, and under the seal of the United States, thereby granting 
 and conveying to the said Ephraim Kimberly, the three hundred acres 
 of land that shall be so located and surveyed. 
 
 TrmA Q 17Q4 No. 8. AN ACT to amend the act intituled "An act to enable the officers and soldiers 
 
 Vol 1 n 394 f the Virginia line on continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands 
 
 _L_ lying northwest of the river Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota. 
 
 Officers an d j} a enacted, #c., That all and every officer and soldier of the Virginia 
 soldiers of \jr- j ine Qn cor ,tme~ntal establishment, his or their heirs or assigns, enti- 
 tb obtain certain tied to bounty lands on the northwest side of the river Ohio, between 
 lands. the Sciota arid Little Miami rivers, by the laws of the State of Virginia, 
 
 and included in the terms of cession of the said State to the United States, 
 T o produce shall, on producing the warrant, or a certified copy thereof, and a cer- 
 Secre- tificate under the seal of the office where the said warrants are legally 
 kept, that the same or a part thereof remains unsatisfied, and on pro- 
 ducing the survey, agreeably to the laws of Virginia, for the tract or 
 tracts to which he or they may be entitled, as aforesaid, to the Secre- 
 tary of the Department of War, such officer and soldier, his or their 
 And receive fceirg or assigns, shall be entitled to, and receive a patent for the same 
 Pde'nt of ^United from the President of the United States, anything in any former law to 
 States. the contrary notwithstanding. Provided, That no letters-patent shall be 
 
 issued for a greater quantity of land than shall appear to remain due 
 on such warrant, and that before the seal of the United States shall be 
 
 tarv of War. 
 
OHIO. 5 
 
 affixed to such letters-patent the Secretary of the Department of War TO be endorsed 
 shall have endorsed thereon that the grantee therein named or the per- by Secretary of 
 son under whom he claims was originally entitled to such bounty lands, War - 
 and every such letters-patent shall be countersigned by the Secretary . An " counter- 
 of State and a minute of the date thereof, and the name of the grantee gfy O f StateT&c! 
 shall be entered of record in his office in a book to be specially pro- 
 vided for that purpose, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159- 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 ]Vo. 9. AN ACT to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Galli- March 3, 1795. 
 opolis, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Vol. 1, p. 442. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States p res ident to 
 shall be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be sur- cause a certain 
 veyed, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, a tract of land situate on tract of land to 
 the northerly bank o*f the river Ohio, beginning one mile and a half on be surve y ed - 
 a straight line above the mouth of Little Sandy, thence down the said 
 river Ohio along the courses thereof eight miles when reduced to a 
 straight line thence at right angles from each extremity of the said 
 line so as to include the quantity of twenty- four thousand acres of land 
 to be disposed as herein after directed. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be authorized to To cause the 
 cause to be ascertained the number of French inhabitants and actual F re t ncb f ^am 1 
 settlers of the town or settlement of Galliopolis, being males above J^g 3 be enu ." 
 eighteen years of age or widows who are or shall be within the said merated. 
 town or settlement of Galliopolis on the first day of November next. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Letters - patent 
 States shall be andhe is hereby authorized and empowered to issue letters- * , be J 88ued *? 
 patent in the name and under the seal of the United States, thereby grant- f r atract of sTid 
 ing to John Gabriel Gervais, and his heirs, four thousand acres of land, land on condition, 
 part of the said twenty-four thousand acres to be located on the north- 
 west bank of the river Ohio opposite to the mouth of the Little Sandy, 
 with condition in the said letters-patent that if the said John Gabriel 
 Gervais or his heirs shall not personally within three years from the date 
 of the same patent settle on the same tract of land, and there continue 
 settled for three years next thereafter, the same letters-patent shall be 
 void and determine, and the title thereof revest in the United States as 
 if this law had not passed. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Remainder to 
 States shall be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to am^ theactual 
 be surveyed, laid off and divided, the remaining twenty thousand acres settlers of Gal- 
 of land, residue of the twenty-four thousand acres, into as many lots liopolis. 
 or parts as the actual settlers of Galliopolis shall on the ascertainment 
 aforesaid amount to, and the same to be designated, marked and nnin- 
 bered on a plat thereof to be returned to the secretary of the said ter- 
 ritory, together with a certificate of the courses of the said lots, the said 
 lots or parts of the aforesaid tract, to be assigned to the settlers afore- 
 said by lot. And the President of the United States is hereby author- Patents to is- 
 ized and empowered to issue letters-patent as aforesaid to the said actual 8ue> 
 settlers and their heirs for the said twenty thousand acres, to be held 
 by them in severally in lots to be designated and described by their 
 numbers on the plat aforesaid, with condition in the same letters-patent On condition, 
 that if one or more of the said grantees his or her heirs or assigns shall 
 not within five years from the date of the same letters make or cause 
 and procure to be made an actual settlement on the lot or lots assigned 
 to him, her or them, and the same continue for five years thereafter, 
 that then the said letters-patent so far as concerns the said Idt or lots 
 not settled and continued to be settled as aforesaid shall cease and de- 
 termine and the title thereof shall revest in the United States in the 
 same manner as if this law had not passed. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be Settlers' claims 
 taken or considered in any manner to impair or affect the claims of the 
 said settlers against any person or persons for or by reason of any con- 
 tracts heretofore made by them, but that the same contracts shall be 
 and remain in the same state as if this law had not passed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 13, 40. 
 
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 May 17 1796 No. 10. AN" ACT to authorize Ebenezer Zane to locate certain lands in the territory 
 Vol. 6, p. 27. of tne United States northwest of the river Ohio. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That, upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned, 
 to Ebenez^r there sha11 be g ranted to Ebenezer Zane three tracts of land, not ex- 
 Zane. ceeding one mile square each, one on the Muskingum River, one on 
 
 Hockhocking River, and one other on the north bank of Sciota River, 
 and in such situations as shall best promote the utility of a road to be 
 opened by him on the most eligible route between Wheeling and Lime- 
 stone, to be approved by the President of the United States, or such 
 Proviso. person as he shall appoint for that purpose ; Provided, Such tracts shall 
 
 not interfere with any existing claim, location, or survey ; nor include 
 any salt spring, nor the lands on either side of the river Hockhocking 
 at the falls thereof. 
 
 Ebenezer Zane SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the said Zane's procur- 
 to procure the ing, at his own expense, the said tracts to be surveyed, in such way 
 tracts to be sur- an d manner as the President of the United States shall approve, and re- 
 eSense &o turning into the Treasury of the United States plats thereof, together 
 with warrants granted by the United States for military land-bounties, 
 to the amount of the number of acres contained inthe said three tracts; 
 and also, producing satisfactory proof, by the first day of January next, 
 that the aforesaid road is opened, and ferries established upon the rivers 
 aforesaid, for the accommodation of travellers, and giving security that 
 such ferries shall be maintained during the pleasure of Congress ; the 
 President of the United States shall be, and he hereby is, authorized 
 and empowered to issue letters-patent, in the name and under the seal 
 of the United States, thereby granting and conveying to the said Zane, 
 and his heirs, the said tracts of land located and surveyed as aforesaid ; 
 which patents shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State, and re- 
 Proviso, corded in his office : Provided always, That the rates of ferriage, at such 
 ferries, shall, from time to time, be ascertained by any two of the 
 judges of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, or such other au- 
 thority as shall be appointed for that purpose, (a) 
 (a) See No. 18. 
 
 May 18, 1796. 
 Vol. 1, p. 464. 
 
 A surveyor- 
 general to be ap- 
 pointed; his pow- 
 er and duties. 
 
 The lands how 
 to be surveyed, 
 laid out, &c. 
 
 No. 11. AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the ter- 
 ritory northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, $~c. That a surveyor-general shall be ap- 
 pointed, whose duty it shall be to engage a sufficient number of skil- 
 ful surveyors, as his deputies ; whom he shall cause, without delay, to 
 survey and mark the unascertained outlines of the lauds lying north- 
 west of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the river Kentucky, in 
 which the titles of the Indian tribes have been extinguished, and to 
 divide the same in the manner hereinafter directed ; he shall have au- 
 thority to frame regulations and instructions for the government of his 
 deputies ; to administer the necessary oaths, upon their appointments ; 
 and to remove them for negligence or misconduct in office. 
 
 SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the part of the said lands, which 
 has not been already conveyed by letters-patent, or divided, in pur- 
 suance of an ordinance in Congress, passed on the twentieth of May r 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, or which has not been here- 
 tofore, and during the present session of Congress may not be appro- 
 priated for satisfying military land-bounties, and for other purposes, 
 shall be divided by north and south lines run according to the true 
 meridian, and by others crossing them at right angles, so as to form town- 
 ships of six miles square, unless where the line of the late Indian pur- 
 chase, or of tracts of land heretofore surveyed or patented, or the course 
 of navigable rivers may render it impracticable ; and then this rule shall 
 be departed from no further than such particular circumstances may 
 require. The corners of the townships shall be marked with progressive 
 numbers from the beginning ; each distance of a mile between the said 
 corners shall be also distinctly marked with marks different from those 
 of the corners. One- half of the said townships, taking them alternately, 
 shall be subdivided into sections, containing, as nearly as may be, six 
 hundred and forty acres each, by running through the same, each way, 
 parallel lines, at the end of every two miles ; and by marking a corner, 
 on each of the said lines, at the end of every mile; the sections shall be 
 numbered respectively, beginning with the number one, in the north- 
 east section, and proceeding westand east alternately, through the town- 
 
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 ship with progressive numbers, till the thirty- sixth be completed. And 
 it shall be the duty of the deputy surveyors, respectively, to cause to be 
 marked, on a tree near each corner made, as aforesaid, and within the 
 section, the number of such section, and over it, the number of the town- 
 ship, within which such section may be ; and the said deputies shall 
 carefully note, in their respective field-books, the names of the corner 
 trees marked, and the numbers so made : The fractional parts of town- 
 ships shall be divided into sections, in manner aforesaid, and the frac- 
 tions of sections shall be annexed to, and sold with, the adjacent entire 
 sections. All lines shall be plainly marked upon trees, and measured 
 with chains, containing two perches of sixteen feet and one-half each, 
 subdivided into twenty-five equal links, and the chain shall be adjusted 
 to a standard to be kept for that purpose. Every surveyor shall note in 
 his field-book the true situations of all mines, saltlicks, salt springs and 
 mill-seats, which shall come to his knowledge; all water-courses, over 
 which the line he runs shall pass; and also the quality of the lands. 
 These field-books shall be returned to the surveyor-general who shall 
 therefrom cause a description of the whole lands surveyed, to be made 
 out and transmitted to the officers who may superintend the sales : He pi a t of town- 
 shall also cause a fair plat to be made of the townships, and fractional ships and frac- 
 parts of townships, contained in the said lands, describing the subdivi- tiona 1 parts to be 
 sions thereof, and the marks of the corners. This plat shall be recorded mi 
 in books to be kept for that purpose; a copy thereof shall be kept open 
 at the survey or- general's office, for public information; and other copies 
 sent to the places of the sale, and to the Secretary of the Treasury, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That a salt spring lying upon a creek Reservations 
 which empties into the Sciota River, on the east side, together with as for the future 
 many contiguous sections as shall be equal to one township, and every Smte 8 d States** 16 
 other salt spring which may be discovered, together with the section of 
 one mile square which includes it, and also four sections at the centre 
 of every township, containing each one mile square, shall be reserved, 
 for the future disposal of the United States; but there shall be no reser- 
 vations, except for salt springs, in fractional townships, where the frac- 
 tion is less than three-fourths of a township. (&) 
 
 SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That whenever seven ranges of town- Sections of 640 
 ships shall have been surveyed below the Great Miami, or between the acres (except res- 
 Sciota River and the Ohio Company's purchase, or between the southern S atvendue, 
 boundary of the Connecticut claims and the ranges already laid off, be- by the governor 
 ginning upon the Ohio River and extending westwardly, and the plats or secretary of 
 thereof made and transmitted, in conformity to the provisions of this J-J^ 68 ^ $ 
 act, the said sections of six hundred and forty acres (excluding those survey or -gen- 
 hereby reserved) shall be offered for sale, at public veiidue, under the eral. 
 direction of the governor or secretary of the western territory, and the 
 surveyor-general : such of them as lie below the Great Miami shall be 
 sold at Cincinnati ; those of them which lie between the Sciota and the 
 Ohio Company's purchase, at Pittsburg ; and those between the Con- 
 necticut claim and the seven ranges, at Pittsburg. And the townships Undivided 
 remaining undivided shall be offered for sale, in the same manner, at the to hi P 8 to be 
 seat of government of the United States, under the direction of the Sec- n r bv theSecre" 
 retary of the Treasury, in tracts of one quarter of a township lying at taryo'f theTreas- 
 the corners thereof, excluding the four central sections, and the other my. 
 reservations before mentioned: Provided always, That no part of the ^ partof the 
 lands directed by this act to be offered for sale, shall be sold for less J^ less than two 
 than two dollars per acre. dollars per acre. 
 
 SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary o f 
 after receiving the aforesaid plats, shall forthwith give notice, in one SjS^J ^the 
 newspaper in each of the United States, and of the territories north- times O f 8a i e &c> 
 west and south of the river Ohio, of the times of sale ; which shall, in 
 no case, be less than two months from the date of the notice ; and the 
 sales at the different places shall not commence, within less than one 
 month of each other : And when the governor of the western territory, 
 or Secretary of the Treasury, shall find it necessary to adjourn, or sus- 
 pend the sales under their direction, respectively, for more than three 
 days, at any one time, notice shall be given in the public newspapers, of 
 such suspension, and at what time the sales will re-commence. 
 
 SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the passing of Certain other 
 this act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in the manner hereinbefore lai 
 directed, advertise for sale, the lands remaining unsold in the seven 
 ranges of townships, which were surveyed, in pursuance of an ordinance 
 
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 of Congress, passed the twentieth of May, one thousand seven hundred 
 and eighty-five, including the lands drawn for the Army, by the late 
 Secretary of War, and also those heretofore sold, but not paid for ; the 
 townships which by the said ordinance, are directed to be sold entire, 
 shall be offered for sale, at public vendue in Philadelphia, under the 
 direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in quarter townships, re- 
 serving the four centre sections, according to the directions of this act. 
 The townships, which, by the said ordinance, are directed to be sold in 
 sections, shall be offered for sale at public vendue, in Pittsburg, under 
 the direction of the governor or secretary of the western territory, and 
 such person as the President may specially appoint for that purpose, by 
 sections of one mile square each, reserving the four centre sections, as 
 aforesaid ; and all fractional townships shall also be sold in sections, at 
 Pittsburg, in the manner, and under the regulations provided by this 
 act, for the sale of fractional townships: Provided always, That nothing 
 in this act shall authorize the sale of those lots, which have been here- 
 tofore reserved in the townships already sold. 
 Mode of pay- SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the highest bidder for any tract 
 
 ment and of ob- of land, sold by virtue of this act, shall deposit, at the time of sale, one- 
 
 taining a patent, twentieth part of the amount of the purchase money ; to be forfeited, if 
 a moiety of the sum bid, including the said twentieth part, is not paid 
 within thirty days, to the Treasurer of the United States, or to such per- 
 son as shall be appointed by the President of the United States, to attend 
 the places of sale for that purpose ; and upon payment of a moiety of 
 the purchase money, within thirty days, the purchaser shall have one 
 year's credit for the residue ; and shall receive from the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, or the governor of the western territory, (as the case may be) 
 a certificate describing the land sold, the sum paid on account, the bal- 
 ance remaining due, the time when such balance becomes payable ; and 
 that the whole land sold will be forfeited, if the said balance is not then 
 paid ; but that if it shall be duly discharged, the purchaser, or his assignee, 
 or other legal representative, shall be entitled to a patent for the said 
 lands : And on payment of the said balance to the Treasurer, within the 
 specified time, and producing to the Secretary of State a receipt for the 
 same, upon the aforesaid certificate, the President of the United States 
 is hereby authorized to grant a patent for the lands to the said purchaser, 
 his heirs or assigns : And all patents shall be countersigned by the Sec- 
 retary of State, and recorded in his office. But if there should be a fail- 
 ure in any payment, the sale- shall be void, all the money theretofore 
 paid on account of the purchase shall be forfeited to the United States, 
 and the lands thus sold shall be again disposed of, in the same manner 
 as if a sale had never been made : Provided nevertheless, That should any 
 purchaser make payment of the whole purchase money at the time when 
 the payment of the first moiety is directed to be made, he shall be en- 
 titled to a deduction of ten per centum on the part, for which a credit 
 is hereby directed to be given; and his patent shall be immediately 
 issued. 
 Entries to be SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
 
 made of the date the governor of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, shall re- 
 
 of sales, <fcc. spectively, cause books to be kept, in which shall be regularly entered, 
 an account of the dates of all the sales made, the situation and num- 
 bers of the lots sold, the price at which each was struck off, the money 
 deposited at the time of sale, and the dates of the certificates granted 
 Governor o r to the different purchasers. The governor, or secretary of the said ter- 
 
 secretary to ritory shall, at every suspension or adjournment, for more than three 
 es days, of the sales under their direction, transmit to the Secretary of the 
 " Treasury, a copy of the said books, certified to have been duly exam- 
 Tracts sold to ined and compared with the original. And all tracts sold under this 
 
 be noted on the act, shall be noted upon the general plat, after the certificate has been 
 
 general plat. gra nted to the purchaser, (c) 
 Navigable riv- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all navigable rivers, within the 
 
 era to be public territory to be disposed of by virtue of this act, shall be deemed to be, 
 
 highways. an d remain public highways: And that in all cases, where the oppo- 
 
 Streams n o 1 8 ite banks of any stream, not navigable, shall belong to different 
 
 common 16 ' ro er P ersons > tne stream and the bed thereof shall become common to 
 
 Compensation SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall re- 
 of surv. -general, ceive for his compensation, two thousand dollars per annum ; and that 
 
 
OHIO. 9 
 
 the President of the United States may fix the compensation of the as- President t o 
 sistarit surveyors, chain- carriers and axe-men : Provided, That the whole J f x aSlSfsu^- 
 expense of surveying and marking the lines, shall not exceed three V eyors. 
 dollars per mile, for every mile that shall be actually run or sur- Expense not to 
 vey ed. exceed $d for 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the following fees shall be paid ever n" 16 sur- 
 for the services to be done under this act, to the Treasurer of the United ve y e(L 
 States, or to the receiver in the western territory, as the case may be ; f ^g 1 ^ ;S d 
 for each certificate for a tract containing a quarter of a township, 
 twenty dollars ; for a certificate for a tract containing six hundred and 
 forty acres, six dollars ; and for each patent for a quarter of a town- 
 ship, twenty dollars ; for a section of six hundred and forty acres, six 
 dollars : And the said fees shall be accounted for by the receivers, re- 
 spectively. 
 
 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the sur vey or- general, assistant Oath to be tak- 
 surveyors, and chain- carriers, shall, before they enter on the several en b F the su r- 
 duties to be performed under this act, severally take an oath or affirma- & e c yor ~ gen 
 tion, faithfully to perform the same ; and the person, to be appointed The person to 
 to receive the money on salt s in the western territory, before he shall be appointed to 
 receive any money under this act, shall give bond with sufficient secu- receive the mon- 
 rity, for the faithful 'discharge of his trust: That, for receiving, safe- fSto^'to give 
 keeping, and conveying to the Treasury the money he may receive, he bond, &c. 
 shall be entitled to a compensation to be hereafter fixed. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 28, 73, 76, 79, 105. 
 
 (c) SeeNos. 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 
 
 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 (d) See No. 12. 
 
 No. 12. AN ACT regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, June 1, 1796. 
 and for the Society of United Brethren, for propagating the Gospel among the Vol. 1, p. 490. 
 Heathen. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, 4-0., That the surveyor-general be, and he is Surveyor- gen- 
 hereby required, to cause to be surveyed, the tract of land beginning j*?J ^a^to'lbe 
 at the northwest corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running 8urv eyed. 
 thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said 
 ranges ; thence due west to the main branch of the Scioto River ; thence 
 up the main branch of the said river, to the place where the Indian 
 boundary line crosses the same ; thence along the said boundary line, 
 to the Tuscaroras branch of the Muskinguin River, at the crossing- place 
 above Fort Lawrence ; thence up the said river, to the point, where a 
 line, ruudue west from the placeof beginning, will intersect thesaidriver; 
 thence along the line so run to the place of beginning ; and shall cause 
 the said tracts to be divided into townships of five miles square, by run- 
 ning, marking and numbering the exterior lines of the said townships, 
 and marking corners in the said lines, at the distance of two and one- 
 half miles from each other, in the manner directed by the act, intituled 
 "An act providing for the sales of the lands of the United States, in the 
 territory northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Ken- 
 tucky River;" and that the lauds above described, except the salt 
 springs therein, and the same quantities of land adjacent thereto, as 
 are directed to be reserved with the salt springs, in the said recited act, 
 and such tracts within the boundaries of the same, as have been here- 
 tofore appropriated by Congress, be, and they are hereby, set apart and 
 reserved for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said land shall be granted Duty of the 
 only in tracts containing a quarter of the township to which they be- 
 long, lying at the corners thereof ; and that the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury shall, for the space of nine months, after public notice in the sev- 
 eral States and 'Territoiies, register warrants for military services, to 
 the amount of any one or more tracts, for any person or persons hold- 
 ing the same ; and shall immediately after the expiration of the said p r i or it y O f lo- 
 time, proceed to determine, by lot, to be drawn in the presence of the cation how de- 
 Secretaries of State and of War, the priority of location of the said termined, 
 registered warrants; and the person or persons holding the same, shall 
 severally make their locations, after the lots shall be proclaimed, on a 
 day to be previously fixed in the before-mentioned notice ; in failure of 
 
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 which, they shall be postponed in locating such warrants, to all other 
 and patents persons holding registered warrants : And the patents for all lands lo- 
 granted. cated under the authority of this act, shall be granted in the manner 
 
 directed by the before-mentioned act, without requiring any fee therefor. 
 
 Privilege t o SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That after the time limited for mak- 
 
 certain persons ing the locations, as aforesaid, any person or persons holding warrants, 
 
 ranite * ' of fcne Before-mentioned description, sufficient to cover any one or more 
 
 tracts, as aforesaid, shall be af liberty to make their locations, on any 
 
 tract or traces not before located. 
 
 Lands unlo- SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That all the lands set apart by the 
 cated after the first section of this act, which shall remain unlocated on the first day 
 1st January to o f January, in the year one thousand eight hundred, shall be released 
 of United States 3 from the 8aid reservation, and shall beat the free disposition of the 
 
 United States, in like manner as any other vacant territory of the United 
 Claims limited. States. And all warrants or claims for lands on account of military 
 
 services, which shall not, before the day aforesaid, be registered and 
 
 located, shall be forever barred. (6) 
 
 Three tracts SEC. 5. And ~be it further enacted, That the said surveyor-general be, 
 to be surveyed and he is hereby, required to cause to be surveyed three several tracts 
 propaatLn2 the of lan<i > containing four thousand acres each, at Shoenbrun, Gnaden- 
 Gospel among hutten, and Salem ; being the tracts formerly set apart, by an ordinance 
 the heathen. of Congress of the third of September, one thousand seven hundred and 
 
 eighty-eight, for the Society of United Brethren for propagating the 
 
 Gospel among the Heathen ; and to issue a patent or patents for the said 
 
 three tracts to the said society, in trust, for the uses and purposes in the 
 
 said ordinance set forth, (c) 
 Reservations. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all navigable streams or rivers 
 
 within the territory to be disposed of, by virtue of this act, shall be 
 
 deemed to be and remain public highways. And that, in all cases, 
 
 where the opposite banks of any stream not navigable shall belong to 
 
 different persons, the stream and the bed thereof shall be common to 
 
 both, (d) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 11, 18, 32, 38, 42, 71, 130. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 4^, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 18, 102, 111, 113, 176. 
 
 (d) See Xo. 11. 
 
 No. 12a. AX ACT for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of 
 
 Canada ^ * ova Scotia - 
 
 Notice to b SECTION 1, Be it enacted, <$~c., That to satisfy the claims of certain 
 
 given by the Sec- persons claiming lands under the resolutions of Congress, of the twenty- 
 
 retary of the third of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and the 
 
 Treasury to thirteenth of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, as 
 
 refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, the 
 
 Secretary for the Department of War be, and is hereby authorized and 
 
 directed to give notice in one or more of the public papers, of each of the 
 
 States of Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and 
 
 Pennsylvania, to all persons having claims under the said resolutions, 
 
 to transmit to the War Office, within two years after the passing of this 
 
 act, a just and true account of their claims to the bounty of Congress. 
 
 , , . SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no other persons shall be entitled 
 
 tion o f plsraons * * ue benefit f the provisions of this act, than those of the following 
 
 shall be entitled descriptions, or their widows and heirs, viz : First, those heads of farni- 
 
 to the benefit of lies, and single persons, not members of any such families, who were 
 
 residents in one of the provinces aforesaid, prior to the fourth day of 
 
 July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and who abandoned 
 
 their settlements, in consequence of having given aid to the United 
 
 Colonies or States, in the revolutionary war against Great Britain, or 
 
 with intention to give such aid, and continued in the United States, or 
 
 in their service, during the said war, and did not return to reside in the 
 
 dominions of the king of Great Britain, prior to the twenty-fifth of 
 
 November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Secondly, 
 
 the widows and heirs of all such persons as were actual residents, as 
 
 aforesaid, who abandoned their settlements as aforesaid, and died within 
 
 the United States, or in their service, during the said war : And thirdly, 
 
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 all persons who were members of families at the time of their coming into 
 the United States, and who, during the war, entered into their service. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proof of the several circum- Before whom 
 stances necessary to entitle the applicants to the benefits of this act, proof o,f facts 
 maybe taken before a judge of the Supreme or district court of the mayD< 
 United States, or a judge of the supreme or superior court, or the first 
 justice or first judge of the court of common pleas or county court of any 
 State. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of fifteen Secretary of 
 months from and after the passing of this act, and from time to time War and Secre- 
 thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Secretary for the Department of J aT T and Comp- 
 War to lay such evidence of claims as he may have received, before the Treasury to ex> 
 Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, and with them, proceed to amineand report 
 examine the testimony, and give their judgment what quantity of land upon the claims, 
 ought to be allowed to the individual claimants, in proportion to the 
 degree of their respective services, sacrifices and sufferings, in conse- 
 quence of their attachment to the cause of the United States ; allowing 
 to those of the first class, a quantity not exceeding one thousand acres ; In what man- 
 and to the last class, a quantity not exceeding one hundred, making ner their judg- 
 such intermediate classes as the resolutions aforesaid, and distributive ^ 
 justice, may, in their judgment, require ; and make report thereof to 
 Congress. And in case any such claimant shall have sustained such 
 losses and sufferings, or performed such services for the United States, 
 that he cannot justly be classed in any one general class, a separate 
 report shall be made of his circumstances, together with the quantity 
 of land that ought to be allowed him, having reference to the foregoing 
 ratio: Provided, That in considering what compensation ought to be 
 made by virtue of this act, all grants, except military grants, which 
 may have been made by the United States, or individual States, shall be 
 considered at the just value thereof, at the time the same were made, 
 respectively, either in whole or in part, as the case may be, a satisfac- 
 tion to those who may have received the same : Provided also, That no Claims not as- 
 claim under this law shall be assignable until after report made to si g na kle until 
 Congress, as aforesaid, and until the said lands be granted to the per- S rants are made - 
 sons intitled to the benefit of this act. 
 
 SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all claims, in virtue of said resolu- Limitation of 
 tions of Congress, which shall not be exhibited as aforesaid, within the claims, 
 time by this act limited, shall forever thereafter be barred, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 23, 33, 33a, 50a, 55, 80. 
 
 No. 13. AN ACT to authorize a grant of lands to Stephen Monot, and others, inhab- June 25, 1793. 
 
 itants of Galliopolis, therein named. Vol. 6, p. 35. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general g urve to ^ e 
 of the Northwestern Territory, to survey one thousand two hundred ma a e of 1200 
 acres of land, beginning on the bank of the Ohio River, at the lower acres of land, 
 corner of a tract surveyed pursuant to an act of Congress, entitled " An 
 act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Galli- 
 opolis, and for other purposes therein mentioned," and running thence 
 down said river along the courses thereof, six hundred and forty poles 
 when reduced to a straight Hue, thence extending back from the river 
 
 and parallel to the lower line of the said grant so far as to include the 
 quantity aforesaid. And the said surveyor-general shall, by lines plainly 
 marked upon trees, divide the said tract into eight equal parts or lots, To be divided 
 having each as nearly as may be, an equal front on the river, and des- J to ei s ht P arts > 
 ignated by progressive numbers, marked on the corners thereof. And ' 
 the surveyor-general, when the said lots are laid off and numbered as 
 aforesaid, shall distribute or assign the same by lot, to Stephen Monot, 
 Lewis Anthony Carpentier, Lewis Vimont, Francis Valton, Lewis Philip, 
 A. Fichon, Anthony Maquet, Margaret G. C. Champaigne, wife of Peter 
 A. Laforge, and Maria I. Dalliez, wife of Peter Luc, and to their heirs, 
 being inhabitants of Galliopolis, who were prevented from obtaining 
 their proportion of the land granted by the act aforesaid. The said plats to be 
 survey or- general shall also make out a fair plat of the said tract, and made of the 
 shall designate thereon the said lots marked each with the name of the tract and lota - 
 person to whom the same shall have been assigned by lot as aforesaid, 
 which plat with a certificate of the bounds and courses of the said tract 
 d lots he shall record in his office, and return a copy thereof to the 
 retary of State, to be filed in his office. 
 
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 Letters -patent SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 to be issued States be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to issue letters- 
 patent in the usual form, thereby granting to the persons above named, 
 and to their heirs, the said tract of land to be held by them and their 
 heirs in severalty, in lots designated, numbered and marked as afore- 
 said. 
 
 Saving of pri- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That nothing in this act shall be 
 vate contracts taken or consid ered in any manner to affect the claims of the persons 
 made with the herein named against any person or persons, for or by reason of any con- 
 tracts heretofore made by them, but that the same contracts shall be 
 and remain in the same state as if this act had not passed. () 
 (a) See Xos. 9, 40. 
 
 No. 14. AX ACT authorizing the grant and conveyance of a certain lot of ground to 
 
 Sec y Treasury Be it enacted, <$-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby 
 ithorized to MU is authorized to contract with Elie Williams, for the sale of a certain 
 of lot of ground, twenty perches in length, and sixteen perches in breadth. 
 
 situate in the town of Cincinnati, in the territory northwest of the 
 Ohio, it being the same lot on which certain buildings were erected by 
 the said Elie Williams and Robert Elliot, deceased, when contractors 
 for supplying the western army with provisions. 
 
 Patent to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on payment into the Treasury 
 granted. of the United States of such sum or sums of money as shall have been 
 
 agreed upon between the said Elie Williams and the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, as the price of the above mentioned lot, the President of the 
 United States be, and he is hereby authorized to grant a patent for the 
 same, to the said Elie Williams, his heirs or assigns. 
 
 March ii. 1799. ^Vo. 15. AX ACT to amend the act intituled "An act regulating the grants of land 
 Vol. 1, p. 724. appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren, for 
 propagating the Gospel among the Heathen." 
 
 Repeal. SECTION 1. Be it Gnawed, $c. t That the fourth section of an act, inti- 
 
 tuled '-An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military 
 berviceci, and for the Society of the United Brethren, for propagating 
 the Gospel among the Heathen,''' be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 Lands unlo- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the lands set apart by the 
 cated Jan. 1,1802, first section of the above-mentioned act, which shall remain nnlocated 
 to^ be subject to on tfle nrst ^ay o f j anuar y > i n the year one thousand eight hundred 
 and two, shall be released from the said reservation, and shall be at the 
 free disposition of the Unite d States, in like manner as any other va- 
 i cant territory of the United States. And that all warrants or claims 
 
 ior lands on account of military services, which shall not, before the 
 Limitation. day aforesaid, be registered arid* located, shall be forever barred, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 12. 17 IS, 27. 32. 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 March 2, 1799 No. 16. AX ACT to authorize the sale of certain lands between the Great and Little 
 Vol. 1. p. 728. Miami rivers in the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio ; and for 
 ' giving a pre-emption to certain purchasers and settlers. 
 
 Contractors SECTION 1. Be it enacted, $-c., That any person or persons, who before 
 with John C. the first day of April, in the year one thousand seven hundred and 
 Bright 8 of pre 6 ninety-seven, had made any contract or contracts, in writing, with 
 emption, on mak- John Cleves Symmes, for the purchase of lands between the Great 
 ing certain pay- and Little Miami rivers, which are not comprehended in his patent, 
 ments - dated the thirtieth day of September, one thousand seven hundred 
 
 and ninety -four, shall be entitled to a preference, in pui chasing of the 
 United States, all the lands so contracted for, at the price of two dol- 
 lars an acre, to be paid to the Treasurer of the United States, as follows : 
 one-third part of the purchase money, on or before the first day of 
 September next ; one other third part in one year from the said first day 
 of September ; and the remaining third part in two years from the said 
 first day of September ; which two last payments shall be secured in the 
 manner pointed out and directed by the act, intituled "An act for pro- 
 
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 viding for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory 
 northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River." 
 And that upon each payment, the same evidences of purchase and title 
 shall be given to the purchasers, respectively, as to purchasers under 
 the said recited act. (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each and every person claiming .Notice to be 
 the benefit of this act, shall, on or before the first day of September next, f* bv P^rcha- 
 give notice, in writing, to the Secretary of the Treasury, or to the sur- 
 veyor-general, that they claim the right of pre-emption, by this act 
 offered, and do assent to the terms of sale established by this act. And Right of pre- 
 if any person shall neglect to give the said notice, or shall fail in mak- i" 1 ?^ 11 may be 
 ing the first payment, as before directed, all right of pre-emption ' 
 shall cease, and become void ; and the lands shall be surveyed and sold 
 agreeably to the directions of the before-recited act. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall, as The lands to 
 soon as may be, after the receipt of the notice aforesaid, lay off and sur- be 
 vey the said lands, agreeably to the directions of the said recited act, 
 unless the said lands have been heretofore surveyed and laid off by the 
 said contractors or settlers ; in which case, the surveyor-general shall 
 survey the outlines of such tract or tracts, so as to ascertain the con- 
 tents, and shall cause the same to be recorded and deposited, as in and 
 by the said recited act is directed for the plats and surveys made un- 
 der that act. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it may be lawful for the Secre- p U J h a J? t r f 
 tary of the Treasury to credit the said purchasers with such reasonable ^ tlfe expense 
 sum or sums of money as have been expended in surveying the said O f surveying. 
 land ; provided the same does not exceed the sums allowed by the 
 United States to their own surveyors for the like services. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the evidences of the public Evidences o f 
 debt of the United States shall be receivable in payment for the said Je received m 
 lands, agreeably to the directions of an act, intituled "An act to author- payment, 
 ize the receipt of evidences of the public debt in payment for the lands 
 of the United States." (&) 
 
 (a) See No. 11. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 4, 6, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 
 No. 17. AN ACT giving further time to the holers of military warrants, to regis- Feb. 11, 1800. 
 ter, and locate the same. Vol. 2, p. 7. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, for the Time extended 
 space of fourteen days after the expiration of the nine months hereto- for registering 
 fore allowed for that purpose,by the act, intituled "An act regulating warrants, 
 the grants of land, appropriated for military services, and for the So- 
 ciety of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the 
 Heathen," register warrants for military services in the form and man- 
 ner as is prescribed by the said recited act ; and the priority of location Priority of lo- 
 of said warrants, and the warrants registered under the said recited act cation to be de- 
 shall be determined by lot, immediately after the expiration of the said termined by lot. 
 fourteen days, and a day for the location shall be fixed by the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, in a public notice given in one of the gazettes of 
 the city of Philadelphia, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 No. 18. AN ACT in addition to an act intituled "An act regulating the grants of March 1, 1800. 
 land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United B 
 for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen. 
 
 , 
 
 and for the Society of the United Brethren Vol. 2, p. 14. 
 " 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, <fc., That the respective points of intersec- Points of inter- 
 tion of the lines actually run, as the boundaries of the several town- fSes'actuallvrun 
 ships surveyed by virtue of the act intituled "An act regulating the are to be CO n S id- 
 grants of land appropriated for military services and for the Society ered as the cor- 
 of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Hea- ners of town- 
 then," accordingly as the said lines have been marked and ascertained 8lu P 8 - 
 at the time when the same were run, notwithstanding the same are 
 not in conformity to the act aforesaid, or shall not appear to correspond 
 
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 with the plat of the survey which has been returned by the surveyor- 
 general, shall be considered, and they are hereby declared to be the 
 Boundaries of corners of the said townships: That in regard to every such township 
 quarter town- as by the plat and survey returned by the surveyor-general is stated 
 ships, where they to contain four thousand acres in each quarter thereof, the points on 
 are stated to con- e^fo o f tne boundary lines of such township, which are at an equal dis- 
 sand acre's. U tance from those two corners of the same township, which stand on the 
 same boundary line, shall be considered and they are hereby declared 
 to be corners of the respective quarters of such township ; that the other 
 boundary lines of the said quarter townships shall be straight lines run 
 from each of the last-mentioned corners of quarter townships to the 
 Boundaries of corner of quarter townships on the opposite boundary line of the same 
 viuarter town- township ; and that in regard to every such township as by the said re- 
 snips, where they turn is stated to contain in any of the quarters thereof more or less than 
 Sfn 9 more or less ^ Q uan tity of four thousand acres, the corners marked in the boundary 
 than four thou- lines of such township to designate the quarters thereof, shall be consid- 
 sand acres. ered and they are hereby declared to be the corners of the quarter town- 
 
 Method of run- ships thereof, although the same may be found at unequal distances from 
 ning lines. the respective corners of such townships : And such townships shall be 
 
 divided by running lines through the same from the corners of the quar- 
 ter townships actually marked, whether the interior lines thus extended 
 shall be parallel to the exterior lines of the said township or not ; and 
 that each of the said quarter townships thus bounded, shall, in every 
 proceeding to be had under the above-mentioned or this act, be consid- 
 ered as containing the exact quantity expressed in the plat and survey 
 thereof returned by the survey or- general, (a) 
 
 Locations may SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the pro- 
 be made on the prietors or holders of warrants for military services, which have been, or 
 fhe^olders of 8na11 be registered at the Treasury in pursuance of the act intituled "An 
 warrants for mil- act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and 
 itary serrices. for the Society of the United Brethren, for propagating the Gospel among 
 the Heathen," during the time, in the manner, and according to the 
 rights of priority, which may be acquired in pursuance of said act, to 
 locate the quantities of land mentioned in the warrants by them respec- 
 tively registered, as aforesaid, on any quarter township or fractional 
 Certain frac- part of a quarter township, in the general tract mentioned and described 
 tional quarter in said act : Provided always, That the fractional quarter townships upon 
 "n bi for t0 four tne river Sciota, and those upon the river Muskingum adjoining the 
 thousand acres, grant made to Ebenezer Zane, or the towns Salem, Gnadenhutten, or 
 Shoenbmn, or the Indian boundary line, shall in every case be accepted 
 and taken in full satisfaction for four thousand acres. (6) 
 
 When locations SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever locations shall be 
 a r e made on made on any quarter township, which, according to the actual survey 
 sfcdpastatodto and P lat thereof, returned by the surveyor-general, is stated to contain 
 contain less than less than the quantity of four thousand acres, except in the case of f rac- 
 f our thousand tions provided for in the preceding section, it shall be lawful for the 
 acres, the Secre- Secretary of the Treasury to issue, or cause to be issued, certificates, 
 shall cau^T^ceJ expressing the number of acres remaining unsatisfied of any registry of 
 tificates to be is- warrants for the quantity of four thousand acres, made in pursuance of 
 sued for the defi- the act before recited, which certificates shall have the same validity and 
 effect, and be liable to be barred in like manner as warrants granted for 
 military services, but no certificate shall be granted, nor any claim 
 allowed for less than fifty acres, nor for the navigable water contained 
 within the limits of any quarter township or fractional quarter town- 
 ship. 
 
 What is to be SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever a location shall be 
 done when they ma de on any quarter township, which, according to the actual survey 
 quarter to JS and P lat t hereof > returned by the surveyor-general, is stated to exceed 
 ships stated to the quantity of four thousand acres, no patent shall be issued in pursu- 
 contain more ance thereof, until the person making such location, shall deposit at 
 than four thou- ^ ne Treasury, warrants for military services or certificates issued by vir- 
 tue of the preceding section, equal to the excess above four thousand 
 acres, contained in such quarter township, or shall pay into the Treasury 
 Land at two o f the United States two dollars per acre, in the certificates of the six 
 dollars per acre. per cen t. funded debt of the United States, or money, for each acre of 
 
 Reservations the excess above four thousand acres as aforesaid.(c) 
 for satisfying g EC 5> ^nd be it further enacted, That after the priority of location 
 ro^Tndiv'iduSs 8ha11 have k 611 determined, and after the proprietors or holders of war- 
 f or their services, rants for military services shall have designated the tracts by them re- 
 
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 spectively elected ; it shall be tha duty of the Secretary of the Treasury 
 to designate by lot, in the presence of the Secretary of War, fifty quarter 
 townships, of the lands remaining unlocated, which quarter townships, 
 together with the fractional parts of townships remaining unlocated, 
 shall be reserved for satisfying warrants granted to individuals for their 
 military services, in the manner hereafter provided. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the land in each of the quartter Reservations 
 townships designated as aforesaid, and in such of the fractional parts to be divided in- 
 of quarter townships, as may then remain unlocated, shall be divided by lots of one 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the respective plats thereof, as re- nu 
 turned by the surveyor-general, into as many lots, of one hundred acres 
 each, as shall be equal, as nearly as may be, to the quantity such quarter Manner in 
 township or fraction is stated to contain ; each of which lots shall be which they shall 
 included, where practicable, between parallel lines, one hundred and l)e sur veyed. 
 sixty perches in length, and one hundred perches in width, and shall be 
 designated by progressive numbers upon the plat, or survey of every 
 such quarter township and fraction respectively. () 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That from and after the sixteenth Holders of such 
 day of March next, it shall be lawful for the holder of any warrant warrants may 
 granted for military services, to locate, at any time before the first day Sffc^SSMd 
 of January, one thousand eight hundred and two, the number of him- rec eive patents 
 dred acres expressed in such warrant, on any lot or lots, from time to to their own use 
 time, remaining unlocated within the tracts reserved as aforesaid, and onl y. a ft er I 6 ** 1 
 upon surrendering such warrant to the Treasury, the holder thereof shall ^ ore Jan' 1st 
 be entitled to receive a patent in the manner, and upon the conditions 1302. 
 heretofore prescribed by law ; which patent shall in every case express 
 the range, township, quarter township or fraction, and number of the lot 
 located as aforesaid. But no location shall be allowed, nor shall any 
 patent be issued for any lot or lots of one hundred acres, except in the 
 name of the person originally entitled to such warrant, or the heir or Upon surren- 
 heirs of the person so entitled ; nor shall any land, so located and der of warrant 
 patented, to a person originally entitled to such warrant, be considered sh t ^. 1 receive 
 as in trust for any purchaser, or be subject to any contract made before 
 the date of such patent, and the title to lands acquired, in consequence 
 of patents issued as aforesaid, shall and may be alienated in pursuance 
 of the laws, which have been, or shall be passed in the territory of the 
 United States northwest of the river Ohio, for regulating the transfer 
 of real property, and not otherwise. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all cases after the sixteenth where loca- 
 of March next, where more than one application is made for the same tions are made 
 tract, at the same time, under this act, or under the act to which this is on the same 
 in addition, the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the priority b^de^rSedbv 
 of location by lot. lot. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- Public notice 
 retary of the Treasury to advertise the tracts which may be reserved for to be given of 
 
 68 
 
 location, in lots of one hundred acres, in one newspaper in each of the veecretar 
 
 v 
 
 States, and in the territory aforesaid, for and during the term of three O f the Treasury. 
 months. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the actual plat and survey, The plat re- 
 returned by the surveyor-general, of quarter townships and fractional turned b > T th ^ 
 parts of quarter townships, contained in the tract mentioned and de- toto conclusive 
 scribed in the act to which this is a supplement, shall be considered as as to quantity. 
 final and conclusive, so far as relates to the quantity of land supposed to 
 be contained in the quarter townships, and fractions, so that no claim 
 shall hereafter be set up against the United States, by any proprietor, 
 or holder of warrants for military services, on account of any deficiency 
 in the quantity of land contained in the quarter township or fractional 
 part of a quarter township, which shall have been located by such pro- 
 prietor or holder, nor shall any claim be hereafter set up by the United 
 States, against such proprietor or holder, on account of any excess in the 
 quantity of land contained therein, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 32, 38, 42, 71, 130. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 10, 12, 102, 111, 176. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
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 April 28, 1800. No. 19. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to accept, for the 
 Vol. 2, p. 56. United States, a cession of jurisdiction of the territory west of Pennsylvania, com- 
 
 monly called the "Western Reserve of Connecticut. 
 
 The President jj e u enacted, fc., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 ^ent 8l releasim' hereby lti authorized to execute and deliver letters-patent iu the name 
 the right of the and behalf of the United States, to the governor of the State of Con- 
 United States to necticut for the time being, for the use and benefit of the persons hold- 
 the soil of the j tf g an( i claiming under the State of Connecticut, their heirs and assigns 
 serve. & ' for ever whereby all the right, title, interest and estate of the United 
 
 States, to the soil of that tract of land lying west of the west line of 
 Pennsylvania, as claimed by the State of Pennsylvania, and as the same 
 has been actually settled, ascertained and run in conformity to an agree- 
 ment between the said State of Pennsylvania and the State of Virginia, 
 and extending from said line westward one hundred and twenty statute 
 miles in length, and in breadth throughout the said limits in length from 
 the completion of the forty- first degree of north latitude, until it comes 
 to forty-two degrees and two minutes north latitude, including all that 
 territory commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut, and 
 which was excepted by said State of Connecticut out of the cession by 
 the said State heretofore made to the United States, and accepted by a 
 resolution of Congress of the fourteenth of September, one thousand 
 seven hundred and eighty-six, shall be released and conveyed as afore- 
 said to the said governor of Connecticut, and his successors in said office, 
 for ever, for the purpose of quieting the grantees and purchasers under 
 said State of Connecticut, and confirming their titles to the soil of tht> 
 said tract of land. 
 
 Provided Con- Provided, however, That such letters-patent shall not be executed and 
 necticut shall Delivered, unless the State of Connecticut shall, within eight months 
 ed states certain from passing this act, by a legislative act, renounce for ever, for the use 
 western lands ; and benefit of the United States, and of the several individual States 
 who may be therein concerned respectively, and of all those deriving 
 claims or titles from them or any of them, all territorial and jurisdic- 
 tional claims whatever, under any grant, charter or charters whatever, 
 to the soil and jurisdiction of any and all lands whatever lying west- 
 ward, northwestward, and south westward of those counties in the State 
 of Connecticut, which are bounded westwardly by the eastern line of 
 the State of New York, as ascertained by agreement between Connect- 
 icut and New York, in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty- 
 three, excepting only from such renunciation the claim of said State of 
 Connecticut, and of those claiming from or under the said State, to the 
 soil of said tract of land herein described under the name of the West- 
 ern Reserve of Connecticut. 
 
 and execute a And provided also, That the said State of Connecticut shall, within the 
 deed relinquish- 8a i,} eight months from and after passing this act, by the agent or agents 
 t?<?nai er claiS td of 8aid State duly authorized by the legislature thereof, execute and 
 the Western Re- deliver to the acceptance of the President of the United States, a deed 
 serve. expressly releasing to the United States the jurisdictional claim of the 
 
 said State of Connecticut, to the said tract of land herein described 
 under the name of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, and shall de- 
 posit an exemplification of said act of renunciation, under the seal of 
 the said State of Connecticut, together with said deed releasing said 
 jurisdiction, in the office of the Department of State of the United States, 
 which deed of cession when so deposited shall vest the jurisdiction of 
 Saving certain said territory in the United States : Provided, That neither this act, nor 
 constructions. anv thing contained therein, shall be construed so as in any manner to 
 draw into question the conclusive settlement of the dispute between 
 Pennsylvania and Connecticut, by the decree of the Federal court at 
 Trenton, nor to impair the right of Pennsylvania or any other State, or 
 of any person or persons claiming under that or any other State, in any 
 existing dispute concerning the right, either of soil or of jurisdiction, 
 with the State of Connecticut, or with any person or persons claiming 
 under the State of Connecticut: And provided also, That nothing herein 
 ' contained shall be construed in any manner to pledge the United States 
 for the extinguishment of the Indian title to the said lands, or further 
 than merely to pass the title of the United States thereto. 
 
 Mav 7 1800. No. 20. AN ACT to divide the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio, 
 Vol. 2* p. 58. " 1 * ^ wo separate governments. 
 
 [See ''INDIANA," No. 193.] 
 
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 No. 21. AN ACT to amend the act intituled "An act providing for the sale of the May 10, 1800. 
 
 lands of the United States, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the Yol. 2, p. 73. 
 mouth of Kentucky River." 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, #c., That for the disposal of the lands of Four land of- 
 the United States, directed to be sold by the act, intituled "An act pro- fices established 
 viding for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory under the direc. 
 northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River," there 
 shall be four land offices established in the said territory : one at Cin- 
 cinnati, for lauds below the Little Miami, which have not heretofore 
 been granted ; one at Chilicothe, for lands east of the Scioto, south of 
 the lands appropriated for satisfying military bounties to the late army 
 of the United States, and west of the fifteenth range of townships ; 
 one at Marietta, for the lands east of the sixteenth range of townships, 
 south of the before-mentioned military lands, and south of a liue drawn 
 due west from the northwest corner of the first township of the second 
 range, to the said military lands ; and one at Steubenville, for the lands 
 north of the last-mentioned line, and east or north of the said military 
 lands. Each of the said offices shall be under the direction of an officer 
 to be called "the register of the land office," who shall be appointed 
 by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and con- 
 sent of the Senate, and shall give bond to the United States, with ap- 
 roved security, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful 
 ischarge of the duties of his office ; and shall reside at the place where 
 the land office is directed to be kept, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- Surveyor - gen- 
 veyor-general, and he is hereby expressly enjoined, to prepare and trans- eral to transmit 
 mit to the registers of the several land offices, before the days herein cer tain plats, 
 appointed for commencing sales, general plats of the lands hereby 
 directed to be sold at the said offices respectively, and also to forward 
 copies of each of the said plats to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall He shall cause 
 cause the townships west of the Muskingum, which by the above-men- certain lines to 
 tioned act are directed to be sold in quarter townships, to be subdivided marked* 1 * 
 into half-sections of three hundred and twenty acres each, as nearly as 
 may be, by running parallel lines through the same from east to west, 
 and from south to north, at the distance of one mile from each other, 
 and marking corners, at the distance of each half mile on the lines run- 
 ning from east to west, and at the distance of each mile on those run- 
 ning from south to north, and making the marks, notes and descriptions, 
 prescribed to surveyors by the above-mentioned act : And the interior 
 lines of townships intersected by the Muskingum, and of all the town- 
 ships Jying east of that river, which have not been heretofore actually 
 subdivided into sections, shall also be run and marked in the manner 
 prescribed by the said act, for running and marking the interior lines 
 of townships directed to be sold in sections of six hundred and forty 
 acres each. And in all cases where the exterior lines of the townships, 
 thus to be subdivided into sections or half-sections, shall exceed or shall 
 not extend six miles, the excess or deficiency shall be specially noted, 
 and added to or deducted from the western and northern ranges of sec- 
 tions or half-sections in such towhship, according as the error may be 
 in running the lines from east to west, or from south to north ; the sec- 
 tions and half-sections bounded on the northern and western lines of 
 such townships shall be sold as containing only the quantity expressed 
 in the returns and plats respectively, and all others as containing the 
 complete legal quantity. And the President of the United States shall 
 fix the compensation of the deputy surveyors, chain-carrriers, and axe- 
 men : Provided, The whole expense of surveying and marking the lines, 
 shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be actually run, 
 surveyed and marked. (6) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands thus subdivided certain 
 (excluding the sections reserved by the above-mentioned act) shall be to be sold, 
 offered for sale in sections and half-sections, subdivided as before di- 
 rected at the following places and times, that is to say : Those below 
 the Little Miami shall be offered at public vendue, in the town of Cin- 
 cinnati, on the first Monday of April one thousand eight hundred and 
 one, under the direction of the register of the land office there estab- 
 lished, and of either the governor or secretary of the Northwestern Ter- 
 ritory. The lands east of Scioto, south of the military lands, and west 
 >f the fifteenth range of townships, shall be offered in like manner for 
 
 2 L O VOL II 
 
18 OHIO. 
 
 sale at Chilicothe, on the first Monday of May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and one, under the direction of the register of the land office 
 there established, and of either the governor or secretary of the said 
 territory. The lands east of the sixteenth range of townships, south 
 of the military lands and west of the Muskingum, including all the 
 townships intersected by that river, shall be offered for sale in like 
 manner at Marietta, on the last Monday of May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and one, under the direction of the governor or secretary, or 
 surveyor-general of the said territory. The sales shall remain open at 
 each place for three weeks, and no longer. The superintendents shall 
 observe the rules and regulations of the above-mentioned act, in class- 
 ing and selling fractional with entire sections, and in keeping and 
 transmitting accounts of the sales. All lands, remaining unsold, at the 
 closing of either of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale 
 by the registers of these respective land offices, in the manner herein- 
 after prescribed ; and the register of the land office at Steubenville, 
 after the first day of July next, may proceed to sell, at private sale, the 
 lands situate within the district assigned to his direction as herein be- 
 fore described, disposing of the same in sections, and classing fractional 
 with entire sections, according to the provisions and regulations of the 
 above-mentioned act and of this act : And the register of the land office 
 at Marietta, after the said first day of July next, may proceed to sell at 
 private sale, any of the lands within the district assigned to his direc- 
 tion as aforesaid, which are east of the river Muskingum, excluding the 
 townships intersected by that river, disposing of the same in sections, 
 and classing fractional with entire sections as aforesaid. 
 
 Limitation of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That no lands shall be sold by virtue 
 
 the price, and of this act, at either public or private sale, for less than two dollars 
 
 mode of purchase p er acre, and payment maybe made for the same by all purchasers, 
 
 id payment. e ither in specie, or in evidences of the public debt of the United States, 
 
 at the rates prescribed by the act, intituled, "An act to authorize the 
 
 receipt of evidences of the public debt in payment for the lands of the 
 
 United States ; " and shall be made in the following manner, and under 
 
 the following conditions, to wit: 
 
 Tees to be paid. 1. At the time of purchase, every purchaser shall, exclusively of the 
 fees hereafter mentioned, pay six dollars for every section, and three 
 dollars for every half-section, he may have purchased, for surveying 
 expenses, and deposit one-twentieth part of the amount of purchase 
 money, to be forfeited, if within forty days one- fourth part of the pur- 
 chase money, including the said twentieth part, is not paid. 
 
 One-fourth of 2. One-fourth part of the purchase money shall be paid within forty 
 
 the purchase j a y s after the day of sale as aforesaid ; another fourth part shall be 
 
 " paid within two years ; another fourth part within three years ; and 
 
 another fourth part within four years after the day of sale. 
 
 Grade of pur- 3. Interest, at the rate of six per cent, a year from the day of sale, 
 chase. shall be charged upon each of the three last payments, payable as they 
 
 respectively become due. 
 
 A discount al- 4. A discount at the rate of eight per cent, a year, shall be allowed 
 
 lowed for pay- on an y o f the three last payments, which shall be paid before the same 
 
 e ' shall become due, reckoning this discount always upon the sum, which 
 
 would have been demandable by the United States, on the day appointed 
 
 for such payment. 
 
 If one fourth 5. If the first payment of one- fourth part of the purchase money 
 th rt l is d not pa j, d 8na11 not be ma de within forty days after the sale, the deposit, payment 
 sofd & at private and fees, paid and made by the purchaser, shall be forfeited, and the 
 sale. lands shall and may, from and after the day, when the payment of one- 
 
 fourth part of the purchase money should have been made, be disposed 
 of at private sale, on the same terms and conditions, and in the same 
 manner as the other lands directed by this act to be disposed of at pri- 
 vate sale : Provided, That the lands which shall have been sold at public 
 sale, and which shall, on account of such failure of payment, revert to 
 the United States, shall not be sold at private sale, for a price less than 
 the price that shall have been offered for the same at public sale. 
 If a tract is not 6. If any tract shall not be completely paid for within one year after 
 paid for in one t he ^ a t e o f the last payment, the tract shall be advertised for sale by 
 " e " the register of the land office within whose district it may lie, in at loast 
 five of the most public places in the said district, for at least thirty 
 days before the time of sale. And he shall sell the same at public ven- 
 due, during the sitting of the court of quarter sessions of the county in 
 which the land office is kept, for a price not less than the whole arrears 
 
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 <lue thereon, with the expenses of sale ; the surplus, if any, shall be 
 returned to the original purchaser, or to his legal representative ; but 
 if the sum due, with interest, be not bidden and paid, then the land 
 shall revert to the United States. All monies paid therefor shall be 
 forfeited, and the register of the land office may proceed to dispose of 
 the same to any purchaser, as in case of other lands at private sale, (c) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all and every the payments, to Payments to 
 be made by virtue of the preceding section, shall be made either to the be made to the 
 Treasurer of the United States, or to such person or officer as shall be ^^T 
 appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and monies, 
 consent of the Senate, receiver of public monies for lands of the United 
 States, at each of the places respectively where the public and private 
 sales of the said lands are to be made ; and the said receiver of public Duty of re- 
 inonies shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, give bond ceivers of public 
 with approved security, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the monies, 
 faithful discharge of his trust ; and it shall be the duty of the said 
 Treasurer and receiver of public monies to give receipts for the monies 
 by them received, to the persons respectively paying the same ; to trans- 
 mit within thirty days in case of public sale, and quarterly, in case of 
 private sale, an account of all the public monies by them received, spe- 
 cifying the amount received from each person, and distinguishing the 
 sums received for surveying expenses, and those received for purchase 
 money, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to the registers of the land 
 office, as the case may be. The said receivers of public monies shall, 
 within three months after receiving the same, transmit the monies by 
 them received to the Treasurer of. the United States ; and the receivers 
 of public monies for the said sales, and also the receivers of public 
 monies for the sales which have taken place at Pittsburg under the act, 
 intituled "An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United 
 States in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of 
 Kentucky River," shall receive one per cent, on the money received, as Their compen- 
 a compensation for clerk hire, receiving, safe-keeping, and transmitting 8a 
 it to the Treasury of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- Duty of the 
 isters of the land offices respectively, to receive and enter on books registers of the 
 kept for that purpose only, and on which no blank leaves or space shall land offices - 
 be left between the different entries, the applications of any person or 
 persons who may apply for the purchase of any section or half-section, 
 and who shall pay him the fee hereafter mentioned, and produce a re- 
 ceipt from the Treasurer of the United States, or from the receiver of 
 public monies appointed for that purpose, for three dollars for each, 
 half-section such person or persons may apply for, and for at least one- 
 twentieth part of the purchase money, stating carefully in each entry 
 the date of the application, the date of the receipt to him produced, the 
 amount of monies specified in the said receipt, and the number of the 
 section or half-section, township and range applied for. If two or more 
 persons shall apply at the same time for the same tract, the register 
 shall immediately determine by lot, in presence of the parties, which of 
 them shall have preference. He shall file the receipt for monies pro- 
 duced by the party, and give him a copy of his entry, and if required, 
 a copy of the description of the tract, and a copy of the plat of the 
 same, or either of them ; and it shall be his duty to inform the party 
 applying for any one tract, whether the same has already been entered, 
 purchased, or paid for, and at his request to give him a copy of the 
 entry or entries concerning the same. He shall, three months after 
 the date of each application, if the party shall not have, within that 
 time, produced to him a receipt of the payment of one-fourth part of 
 the purchase money, including the twentieth part above mentioned, 
 enter under its proper date, in the said book of entries, that the pay- 
 ment has not been made, and that the land has reverted to the United 
 States, and he shall make a note of the same in the margin of the book 
 opposite to the original entry. And if the party shall, either at the 
 time of making the original entry, or at any time within three months 
 thereafter, produce a receipt to him, for the fourth part of the purchase 
 money, including the twentieth part aforesaid, he shall file the receipt, 
 make an entry of the same, under its proper date, in the said book of 
 entries, make a note of the same in the margin of the book, opposite to 
 the original entry, and give to the party a certificate, describing the 
 land sold, the sum paid on account, the balance remaining due, the 
 and times when such balance shall become due, and that if it shall 
 
20 OHIO. 
 
 be duly discharged, the purchaser or his assignee or other legal repre- 
 sentative, shall be entitled to a patent for the said lands ; he shall also, 
 upon any subsequent payment being made, and a receipt from the re- 
 ceiver being produced to him, file the original receipt, give a receipt for 
 the same to the party, and enter the same to the credit of the party, in 
 a book kept for that purpose, in which he shall open an account in the 
 name of each purchaser, for each section or half-section that may be 
 sold either at public or private sale, and in which he shall charge the 
 party for the whole purchase money, and give him credit for all his pay- 
 ments; making the proper charges and allowances for interest or dis- 
 count, as the case may be, according to the provisions of the fourth 
 section of this act; and upon the payment being completed and the 
 account finally settled, he shall give a certificate of the same to the 
 Patents to be party ; and on producing to the Secretary of the Treasury, the same final 
 issued. certificate, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to 
 
 grant a patent for the lands to the said purchaser, his heirs or assigns ; 
 and all patents shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State, and 
 recorded in his office. 
 
 Registers to SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the registers of the land offices 
 
 note the sales respectively, shall also note on the book of surveys, or original plat 
 
 upon the surveys transmitted to them, every tract which may be sold, by inserting the 
 
 letter A on the day when the same is applied for, and the letter P on 
 
 the day when a receipt for one fourth part of the purchase money is 
 
 produced to them, and by crossing the said letter A on the day wben 
 
 the land shall revert to the United States, on failure of the payment of 
 
 one-fourth part of the pure hase money within three months after the 
 
 date of application. And the said book of surveys or original plat shall 
 
 be open at all times, in presence of the register, for the inspection of 
 
 any individual, applying for the same and paying the proper fee. 
 
 Registers to SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thereg- 
 
 f 1 ^ certain ister8 of the land offlce8 to transmit quar terly to the Secretary of the 
 
 turns. Treasury, and to the survey or- general, an account of the several tracts 
 
 applied for, of the several tracts for which the payment of one-fourth 
 
 Crt of the purchase money has been made, of the several tracts which 
 ve reverted to the United States on failure of the said payment; and 
 also an account of all the payments of monies by them entered, according 
 to the receipts produced to them, specifying the sums of money, the names 
 of the persons paying the same, the names of the officers who have 
 received the same, and the tracts for which the same have been paid. 
 Mode of mak- SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the registers aforesaid shall be 
 
 reSisters lia8eS by P recluded from entering on their books any application for lands in 
 their own name, and in the name of any other person in trust for them ; 
 and if any register shall wish to purchase any tract of land, he may do 
 it by application in writing to the surveyor-general, who shall enter the 
 same on books kept for that purpose by him, who shall proceed in re- 
 spect to such applications, and to any payments made fer the same, in 
 the same manner which the registers by this act are directed to follow, 
 in respect to applications made to them for lands by other persons. 
 The registers shall, nevertheless, note on the book of surveys, or orig- 
 inal plat, the applications and payments thus by them made, and their 
 right to the pre-emption of any tract shall bear date from the day, 
 when their application for the same shall have been entered by the sur- 
 veyor-general in his own book. And if any person applying for any 
 tract shall, notwithstanding he shall have received information from 
 the register, that the same has already been applied for by the said 
 register, or by any other person, insist to make the application, it shall 
 be the duty of the register to enter the same, noting in the margin that 
 the same tract is already purchased, but upon application of the party 
 made in writing, and which he shall file, he may and shall at at any fu- 
 ture time enter under its proper date, that the party withdraws his 
 former application, and applies in lieu thereof for any other tract : Pro- 
 vided always, That the party shall never be allowed thus to withdraw 
 his former application, and to apply in lieu thereof for another tract, 
 except when the tract described in his former application shall have 
 been applied for previous to the date of that his former application. 
 Secretary o f SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 the Treasury gh a n an( j ma y prescribe such farther regulations, in the manner of keep- 
 
 furtner regula in g books and account8 > by the several officers in this act mentioned, as 
 tions. to him may appear necessary and proper, in order fully to carry into 
 
 effect the provisions of this act. 
 
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 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted. That the registers of the land offices, Allowance to 
 respectively, shall be entitled to receive from the Treasury of the United tn ' registers. 
 States, one-half per cent, on all the monies expressed in the receipts by 
 them filed and entered, and of which they shall have transmitted an ac- . 
 count to the Secretary of the Treasury, as directed by this act ; and they 
 shall further be entitled to receive, for their own use, from the respect- 
 ive parties, the following fees for services rendered, that is to say ; for 
 every original application for land, and a copy of the same, for a section 
 three dollars, for a half-section two dollars ; for every certificate stating 
 that the first fourth part of the purchase money is paid, twenty-five 
 cents ; for every subsequent receipt for monies paid, twenty-five cents ; 
 for the final settlement of account and giving the final certificate of the 
 same, one dollar; for every copy, either of an application or of the 
 description of any section or half-section, or of the plat of the same, or 
 of any entry made on their books, or of any certificate heretofore given 
 by them, twenty- five cents for each; and for any general inspection of 
 the book of surveys, or general plat, made in their presence, twenty- 
 five cents. 
 
 SEC. 13. And be it further enacted. That the superintendents oi the Allowance to 
 public sales, to be made by virtue of this act, and the super intendents 8 P e ^ n . tend 1 ent8 
 of the sales which have taken place by virtue of the act, intituled "An OI pUD 
 act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the terri- 
 tory northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky 
 River," shall receive five dollars a day for every day whilst engaged in 
 that business ; and the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby 
 authorized to allow a reasonable compensation for books, stationery 
 and clerk hire in settling the accounts of the said superintendents. 
 
 SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the fee to be paid for each Patent fees. 
 patent for half a section shall be four dollars, and for every section five 
 dollars, to be accounted for by the receiver of the same. 
 
 SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the lands of the United States Leases of the 
 reserved for future disposition, may be let upon leases by the surveyor- reservations may 
 general, in sections or half-sections, for terms not exceeding seven yeare, veyor?eneral 8111 
 on condition of making such improvements as he shall deem reasonable. 
 
 SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That each person who, before the Pre-emption 
 passing of this act, shall have erected, or begun to erect, a grist-mill or right given to 
 saw-mill upon any of the lauds herein directed to be sold, shall be en- bu 
 titled to the pre-emption of the section including such mill, at the rate 
 of two dollars per acre : Provided, The person or his heirs claiming such 
 right of pre-emption, shall produce to the register of the land office satis- 
 factory evidence that he or they are entitled thereto, and shall be sub- 
 ject to and comply with the regulations and provisions by this act pre- 
 scribed for other purchasers. 
 
 SEC. 17. And be it further enacted. That so much of the act providing Eepeal of part 
 for the sale of the lands of .the United States in the territory northwest of the former act. 
 of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River, as comes 
 within the purview of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90, 99, 104, 140, 
 
 158, 189. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 3-2, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80. 81, 83, 84, 
 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 22. AN ACT to authorize the issuing certain patents. May 13, 1800. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be lawful, and the proper Yo1 ' 2< p- 80 ' 
 officer is hereby authorized to issue patents on surveys, which have Provision for 
 been, qr may be made within the territory reserved by the State of satisfying reso- 
 Virginia, northwest of the river Ohio, and being part of her cession to for^irgiS^miL 
 Congress, on warrants for military services, issued in pursuance of any itary lands, 
 resolution of the legislature of that State, previous to the passing of 
 this act, in favor of persons who had served in the Virginia line on the 
 continental establishment : Provided, That the whole quantity of land Proviso, 
 for which patents shall issue by virtue of this act, shall not exceed sixty . 
 thousand acres ; and that the surveys aforesaid shall be completed and 
 deposited in the office of the Secretary of War, on or before the first 
 day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three : And provided 
 ~lso, That this act shall not give any force or validity to the entries, 
 
 --tionsor surveys, heretofore made in pursuance of these warrants, 
 
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 so far as such entries, locations, or surveys interfere, in any manner with 
 those of persons claiming the same lands under entries, locations, or 
 surveys, heretofore made in pursuance of warrants, granted by the State 
 of Virginia to the officers and soldiers in the line of that State on con 
 tinental establishment. 
 
 In case of evic- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in every case of interfering 
 
 tion, warrants claims under military warrants, to lands within the territory so reserved 
 
 Sawn and l b F the State of Virginia, when either party to such claims shall lose, or 
 
 cated elsewhere, be evicted from the land, every such party shall have a right, and hereby 
 
 is authorized to withdraw his, her or their warrant, respectively, to 
 
 the amount of such loss or eviction, and to enter, survey, and patent the 
 
 same, on any vacant land within the bounds aforesaid, and in the same 
 
 manner as other warrants may be entered, surveyed and patented, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1, 8, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66. 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 Feb 18 1801 ^* ^* -^-^ ACT regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from 
 Vol.' 2, p. 100. tne British provinces of Canada and Xova Scotia. 
 
 Survey of SECTION 1. Be it enacted, <$-c., That the surveyor- general be, and he is 
 
 lands for the ref- hereby directed to cause those fractional townships of the sixteenth, 
 
 ugees from Can- seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first and twenty- 
 
 ada, &c., to be 8e cond ranges of townships, which join the southern boundary line of 
 
 the military lands, to be subdivided into half-sections, containing three 
 
 hundred and twenty acres each ; and to return a survey and description 
 
 of the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first 
 
 Monday of December next; and that the said lands be, and they are 
 
 hereby set apart and reserved for the purpose of satisfying the claims 
 
 of persons entitled to lands under the act, intituled "An act for the 
 
 relief of the refugees .from the British provinces of Canada and Nova 
 
 Scotia." 
 
 How locations SEC. "2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 shall be made, shall, within thirty days after the survey of the lauds shall have been 
 
 returned to him as aforesaid, proceed to\letermine, by lot to be drawn 
 
 in the presence of the Secretaries of State and of War, the priority of 
 
 location of the persons entitled to lands as aforesaid. The persons, 
 
 thus entitled, shall severally make their locations on the second Tuesday 
 
 Patents to be of January next, and the patents for the lands thus located shall be 
 
 granted. granted in the manner directed for military lands, without requiring 
 
 any fee whatever. 
 
 Quantities of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following persons, claiming 
 land assigned to lands under the above-mentioned act, shall respectively be entitled to 
 e ee8 ' tbe foll win g quantities of land ; that is to say : Martha Walker, widow 
 of Thomas Walker, John Edgar, P. Francis Cazeau, John Allan, and Seth 
 Harding, respectively, two thousand two hundred and forty acres each ; 
 Jonathan Eddy, Colonel James Livingston, and Parker Clark, respect- 
 ively, one thousand two hundred and eighty acres each ; and the heirs 
 of John Dodge, one thousand two hundred and eighty acres; Thomas 
 Faulkner, Edward Faulkner, David Gay, Martin Brooks, Lieutenant- 
 Colonel Bradford, Noah Miller, Joshua Lamb, Atwood Fales, John Starr, 
 William How, Ebenezer Gardner, Lewis F. Delesdernier, John McGown, 
 and Jonas C. Minot, respectively, nine hundred and sixty acres each ; 
 and the heirs of Simeon Chester, nine hundred and sixty acres ; Jacob 
 Vander Heyden, John Livingston, James Crawford, Isaac Danks, Major 
 B. Von Heer, Benjamin Thompson, Joseph Bindon, Joseph Levittre, 
 Lieutenant William Maxwell, John D. Mercier, James Price, Seth Noble, 
 Martha Bogart, relict of Abraham Bogart, and formerly relict of Daniel 
 Tucker, and John Halsted, respectively, six hundred and forty acres 
 each; David Jenks, Ambrose Cole, James Cole, Adam Johnson, the 
 widow and heirs of Colonel Jeremiah Duggan, Daniel Earl, junior, John 
 Paskell, Edward Chinn, Joseph Cone, and John Torreyre, respectively y 
 three hundred and twenty acres each ; Samuel Fales, one hundred and 
 sixty acres ; which several tracts of land shall, except the last, be located 
 in half-sections by the respective claimants, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 33, 33a, 50a, 55. 80. 
 
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 No. 24. AN ACT for the relief of Arnold Henry Dorhman, or his legal representa- Fe ^ 2 ? igoi 
 
 tives - Vol.' 6, p. 43.' 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 is hereby authorized to issue a patent for the thirteenth township, in 
 the seventh range, to Arnold Henry Dorhman, or his legal representa- 
 tives, agreeably to a resolution of Congress of the first day of October, 
 in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. 
 
 1V. 25. AX ACT giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have con- March 3, 1801. 
 tracted with John Cleves Symmes, or his associates, for lands lying between the Vol. 2, p. 112. 
 Miami rivers, in the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, $-c., That any person or persons, and the Right of pre- 
 legal representative or representatives of any person or persons, who, emption given to 
 before the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand ^io^av^con 8 - 
 eight hundred, had made any contract or contracts in writing, or by any tracted with J. 
 note or memorandum thereof in writing, either with John Cleves C. Symmes, &c. 
 Symmes, or with any of his associates, or who had made to him or them, 
 any payment of money for the purchase of lands, situate between the 
 Miami rivers, within the limits of a survey made by Israel Ludlow, in 
 conformity to an act of Congress of the twelfth of April, one thousand 
 seven hundred and ninety-two, and not comprehended within the limits 
 of a tract of land, conveyed to John Cleves Symmes and his associates, 
 by letters-patent, bearing date the thirtieth of September, one thousand 
 seven hundred and ninety-four, in the territory of the United States 
 northwest of the Ohio, shall be entitled to a preference, in becoming the 
 purchasers, from the United States, of all the lands so contracted for, at 
 the price of two dollars per acre, exclusive of the surveying fees, and 
 other incidental expenses ; and payment may be made therefor, to the 
 Treasurer of the United States, or the receiver of public monies for the 
 lands of the United States at Cincinnati, in like instalments, and under 
 the same conditions, as directed by the act intituled "An act to amend 
 the act, intituled ' An act providing for the sale of the lands of the 
 United States, in the territory of the United States northwest of the 
 Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River. ' " Provided hoivever, 
 That no interest shall be charged upon any of the instalments until they 
 respectively become payable. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person, claiming the bene- Persons claim- 
 fit of the first section of this act, shall, on or before the first day of ing the benefit of 
 November next, deliver to the receiver of public monies, for the lands tbis . act to S^ ve 
 of the United States at Cincinnati, a notice in writing, stating the nature JJJJJJJ ^f ^ito 
 and extent of his claim or contract ; and if any person shall neglect to monies at Cmcin- 
 give such notice of his claim or contract, or having given the same, shall nati. 
 neglect to make application for the purchase thereof, as hereinafter di- 
 rected, or shall fail in making the first payment before the first of Jan- 
 uary next, all his right of pre-emption, on the terms aforesaid, shall 
 cease and become void. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid receiver of public Duty of the re- 
 monies, on being paid the fees hereinafter provided, shall receive every ceiver herein, 
 such notice of claim, or statement thereof, and give a receipt therefor, 
 and carefully put and preserve on file every such paper or writing, and 
 lay the same before the commissioners, when met, for settling and ad- 
 justing the claims aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid receiver of public Andalaoof the 
 monies, and two other persons, who shall be appointed by the Presi- two commission- 
 dent of the United States alone shall b6 commissioners for the purpose er t be a P- 
 of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming the benefits of this act, p 
 who, previous to entering on the duties of their appointment, shall re- 
 spectively take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before 
 some person Qualified to administer oaths, to wit : " I do sol- 
 emnly swear, or affirm, that I will impartially exercise and discharge 
 the duties imposed on me, by an act ot Congress, intituled 'An act giv- 
 ing a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with 
 John Cleves Symmes, or his associates, for lands lying between the 
 Miami rivers, in the territory of the United States northwest of the 
 Ohio/ to the best of my understanding and ability ;" and it shall be the 
 duty of the said commissioners to meet at Cincinnati, between the first 
 and the tenth day of November next, of which meeting three weeks 
 previous notice shall be given by them in a public newspaper printed at 
 
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 Cincinnati ; and they, or a majority of them, so met, shall not adjourn 
 to any other place, or for a longer time than three days, until they have 
 finally completed the business of their said appointments ; and they, 
 or any two of them, shall have power to hear and decide, in a summary 
 manner, all matters respecting all such claims of which notice may 
 have been filed, pursuant to the third section of this act, also to admin 
 ister oaths, and examine witnesses, and such other testimony as may be 
 adduced, and to determine thereon according to justice and equity : 
 which determination shall be final ; and when it shall appear to them, 
 that the claimant is entitled to the right of pre-emption, on the terms 
 aforesaid, they shall give a certificate thereof, stating as accurately as 
 may be, the quantity and local situation of the lands to which he may 
 be entitled, directed to the register of the land office at Cincinnati, or 
 when the said register may be a claimant, to the surveyor-general, 
 copies of which certificates shall be by them recorded, in a book to be pro- 
 vided for that purpose, and deposited for safe-keeping with the register 
 of the land office. 
 
 Duty of the SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid register and sur- 
 surveyor-gen- veyor-general, respectively, upon application of any person or persons, 
 e t^ <an ^ re ? lster w ho shall produce a certificate of the commissioners aforesaid, to him 
 directed, before the first day of January next, and shall also produce 
 a receipt from the Treasurer of the United States, or the aforesaid re- 
 ceiver of public monies, for at least one-fourth part of the purchase 
 money, and also for the payment of three dollars for each half-section 
 or smaller quantity, and shall pay him the fees in like case provided by 
 the act, intituled "An act to amend the act, intituled An act provid- 
 ing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory of the 
 United States northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Ken- 
 tucky River," shall admit such person or persons to become a purchaser 
 or purchasers of the land designated in the said certificate, and shall 
 receive the said certificate and preserve it on file, and make an entry 
 of the application in his book , kept for the purpose, and on any of the 
 three last payments being made in advance, he shall allow the pur- 
 chaser the like discount as is allowed by the fourth clause of the fifth sec- 
 tion of the act last above recited j and on payment in full, and a final 
 settlement had, he shall give his certificate thereof ; upon producing 
 which to the Secretary of the Treasury, a patent shall issue in like 
 manner as is provided by the said act last above recited. 
 
 Fees allowed SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said receiver of public 
 to the receiver monies shall be entitled to have and receive, to his own use, from the 
 and commission- respective claimants, the following fees, that is to say : for filing a no- 
 tice and evidence of claim, or statement thereof, twenty-five cents ; for 
 giving a copy thereof, twelve and a half cents for every one hundred 
 words. And the said commissioners shall, as a full compensation for 
 their services, be entitled, jointly, to have and receive from the respect- 
 ive claimants, that is to say : for every determination, and entering the 
 result in their book, at the rate of three dollars for every section ; for 
 every certificate, and recording the same, at the rate of one dollar for 
 every section. 
 
 Mode in which SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the aforesaid tract of coun- 
 the land shall be try shall be surveyed by the survey or- general, as soon as may be after 
 surveyed. ^ ne fj rs ^ (j a y o f September next, in the manner hereinafter directed. 
 
 1. So much of the said tract as lies between the northern boundary 
 line, and the aforesaid patent of John Cleves Sjmmes, and associates, 
 and Israel Ludlow's southern boundary of the seventh entire range of 
 townships, shall be laid off into sections, agreeably to northwardly and 
 southwardly lines, run under the direction of John Cleves Symmes; 
 and the marks thereon made, at the time of running the aforesaid lines, 
 for the corners of sections, shall be established by the surveyor-gene- 
 ral, and eastwardly and westwardly lines shall be run to intersect the 
 aforesaid northwardly and southwardly lines, in the corresponding 
 marked points. 
 
 2. And the residue of the said tract lying north of the aforesaid south- 
 ern boundary of the seventh entire range, shall be laid off into sections, 
 according to sunh uniform rule and method, as, in the opinion of the 
 surveyor-general, shall best secure the rights and interest of those who 
 are entitled to pre-emption. 
 
 3. Such divisions shall be made of sections, according to the claim of 
 such who obtain pre-emption right, and the contents of each and every 
 section, and such division thereof, shall be ascertained, and the surveyor- 
 
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 general shall prepare and transmit a plan thereof to the aforesaid 
 register, immediately after the said survey shall be completed, and also 
 forward a copy thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all persons, availing themselves Applications to 
 of a pre-emption under this act, shall make application for a section, g|J ! Jfon ^f f g 4 J 
 or any part or parts of a section or sections, according to the estimated acreS) & c . 
 quantity of six hundred and forty acres to a section, and the amount 
 of the excess or deficiency shall be added to or deducted from the last 
 payment, and the purchaser shall make payment for and hold the 
 quantity returned and expressed in the plats, let the quantity be more 
 or less. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the duties of the surveyor-gen- Duties and al- 
 eral, of the aforesaid register and receiver of public monies, as nearly lowance of the 
 as may be consistent with this act, shall respectively be the same as di- e ?al^ ^egiJter 
 rected in and by the last-recited act, and the fees and emoluments shall and receiver of 
 respectively be the same as provided in the said act last recited. public monies. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That after completing the surveys, Parts of the 
 agreeably to this act, reserving the lots marked sixteen in each town- la d to be soldin 
 ship, or fractional part of a township, in which the same may be, for the 
 purposes expressed in the ordinance of Congress of the twentieth of May, 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, the residue of the lands, and 
 so many of the aforesaid pre-emptions as shall become forfeited by reason 
 of failures of payment, shall be sold agreeably to .the last-recited act. 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That this act shall have full opera- Repeal of for- 
 tion and effect, anything in any former law to the contrary notwith- Jjer laws within 
 standing, (a) thfs. PU 
 
 (a) See Nos. 4, 6, 16, 30, 31, 32, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 
 
 No. 26 AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Zane. April 3, 1802. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the President of the United States be, and 
 
 he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue letters-patent, in the Lands con- 
 name, and under the seal of the United States, thereby granting and y d 
 conveying to Isaac Zane, his heirs and assigns, in fee- simple, three sec- 
 tions of land, of one square mile each, within the Northwestern Terri- 
 tory, of any lands not heretofore granted or reserved, and to which the 
 Indian title has been extinguished; in trust, nevertheless, in respect to 
 two of the said sections, which shall be last mentioned and described 
 in the said letters-patent, to, and for the use and benefit of the children 
 of the said Isaac Zane, who shall be living at the time of his death, and 
 of the heirs of any child or children, deceased, and their heirs, respect- 
 ively, to hold as tenants in common. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Isaac Zane, or his at- How to be lo- 
 torney in fact, shall, and they are hereby authorized and empowered cat ed. 
 to locate the said three sections in one or more tracts, not to exceed three 
 locations of six hundred and forty acres each : Provided, The said land 
 is not granted, appropriated, or reserved by any act or resolution of the 
 United States, or of Virginia, at the time of location. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general of the To be surveyed 
 United States, or one of his deputies, shall, without delay, reasonable JjJ d laid off *>? 
 notice thereof being first given, survey and lay off the same as the law general, 
 directs : Provided, The same has not, at such time, been surveyed. 
 
 No. 27. AN ACT in addition to an act, intituled "An act, in addition to an act regu- April 26, 1802. 
 lating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of Yol. 2, p. 155. 
 the United Brethren, for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen." 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That from and after the passing of this act, and . How the hold- 
 until the first day of January next, it shall be lawful for the holders or ers of certain 
 
 proprietors of warrants heretofore granted in consideration of military 
 
 services, or register's certificates of fifty acres, or more, granted, or here- register's certifi- 
 
 af ter to be granted agreeable to the third section of an act intituled cates, may regis- 
 
 "An act in addition to an act, intituled An act regulating the grants of te or e he 
 
 land appropriated for military services; and for the Society of the sa 
 
 United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," ap- 
 
 proved the first day of March one thousand eight hundred, to register 
 
 and locate the same, in the same manner, and under the same restric- 
 
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 tions, as might have been done before the first day of January last : 
 
 Provision with Provided, That persons holding register's certificates for a less quantity 
 
 respect to certaui than one hundred acres, may locate -the same on such parts of fractional 
 
 cafe? 61 ' townships, as shall, for that purpose, be divided by the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury into lots of fifty acres each, (a) 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 War to receive retary of War to receive claims to lands for military services, and claims 
 anT 8 for duli' for d . u P. licate8 of warrants issued from his office, or from the land office 
 cate s of war- of Virginia, or of plats and certificates of surveys founded on such war- 
 rants, suggested rants, suggested to have been lost or destroyed, until the first day of 
 to have been lost, January next, and no longer ; and immediately thereafter, to report "the 
 s am e^to^Con 8ame * Congress, designating the numbers of claims of each description, 
 gress, with his witil his opinion thereon. (6) 
 opinion. (a) See Xos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131 , 135, 139. 
 
 (ft) See Xos. 1, 8, 22, 32 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 April 30, 1802. No. 28. AX ACT to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north- 
 Vol. 2, p. 173. west of the river Ohio to form a constitution and State government, and for the 
 
 admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, 
 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 The inhabi- Be it enacted, ifc., That the inhabitants of the eastern division of the 
 tants of the east- territory northwest of the river Ohio, be, and they are hereby author- 
 the terrTto r* ze( ^ ^ ^ orm ^ or themselves a constitution and State government, and 
 west of the Ohio to assume such name as they shall deem proper, and the said State, 
 to form a consti- when formed, shall be admitted into ttie Union, upon the same footing 
 tution and be- w ith the original States, in all respects whatever. 
 
 CO Boun dairies SEC< ' 2l And be ^f urther enacted, That the said State shall consist of 
 
 thereof. *U the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit : 
 
 Bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio 
 
 River, to the mouth of the Great Miami River, on the west by the line 
 
 drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, aforesaid, and on 
 
 the north by an east and west line, drawn through the southerly extreme 
 
 of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line 
 
 aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect 
 
 Lake Erie, or the territorial line, and thence with the same through 
 
 Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line, aforesaid : Provided, That Congress 
 
 shall be at liberty at any time hereafter, either to attach all the terri- 
 
 Territory east tory lying east of the line to be drawn due north from the mouth of the 
 
 thereof at the Miami, aforesaid, to the territorial line, and north of an east and west 
 
 msposai n- line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running 
 
 east as aforesaid to Lake Erie, to the aforesaid State, or dispose of it 
 
 otherwise, in conformity to the fifth article of compact between the 
 
 original States, and the people and States to be formed in the territory 
 
 northwest of the river Ohio. 
 
 What part of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of 
 territory at- the United States, northwest of the river Ohio, heretofore included in 
 ami. 6 ^ ne eas tern division of said territory, and not included within the 
 
 boundary herein prescribed for the said State, is hereby attached to, 
 and made a part of the Indiana Territory, from and after the formation 
 of the said State, subject nevertheless to be hereafter disposed of by 
 Congress, according to the right reserved in the fifth article of the or- 
 dinance aforesaid, and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the 
 same privileges and immunities, and subject to the same rules and reg- 
 ulations, in all respects whatever, with all other citizens residing within 
 the Indiana territory, (a) 
 
 * * ' * * if * * 
 
 Propositions SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, 
 ventfon t0theCOn ' and the ame a f e hereb y offered to the convention of the eastern State 
 of the said territory, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejec- 
 tion, which, if accepted by the convention, shall be obligatory upon 
 the United States. 
 
 First, That the section, number sixteen, in every township, and where 
 such section has been sold, granted or disposed of, other lands equiva- 
 lent thereto, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted to the 
 inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools. (&) 
 
 Second, That the six miles reservation, includiEg the salt springs, 
 commonly called the Scioto salt springs, the salt springs near the Mus- 
 kingum River, and in the military tract, with the sections of land which 
 include the same, shall be granted to the said State for the use of the 
 
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 people thereof, the same to be used under such terms and conditions 
 and regulations as the legislature of the said State shall direct : Pro- 
 vided, The said legislature shall never sell nor lease the same for a 
 longer period than ten years, (c) 
 
 Third, That one- twentieth part of the nett proceeds of the lands lying 
 within the said State sold by Congress, from and after the thirtieth 
 day of June next, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, 
 shall be applied to the laying out and making public roads, leading 
 from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to 
 the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under 
 the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through 
 which the road shall pass : (d) Provided always, That the three foregoing 
 propositions herein offered, are on the conditions that the convention 
 of the said State shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable, without 
 the consent of the United States, that every and each tract of land sold 
 by Congress, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, shall be 
 and remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under authority of 
 the State, whether for State, county, township or any other purpose 
 whatever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale, (e) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 57, 141, 142. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110. 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 73, 76, 79, 105. 
 
 (d) See No. 31. 
 
 (e) See No. 169. 
 
 No. 29. AN ACT to empower John James Dufour, and his associates, to purchase May 1, 1802. 
 
 certain lands. Vol. 6, p. 47. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That to encourage the introduction, and to promote Terms n 
 the culture of the vine within the territory of the United States, north- which John J. 
 west of the river Ohio, it shall be lawful for John James Dufour, and Dufour and his 
 his associates, to purchase any quantity not exceeding four sections of associates may 
 the lands of the United States, lying between the Great Miami River 
 and the Indian boundary line, at the rate of two dollars per acre, pay- 
 able without interest, on or before the first day of January, one thousand 
 eight hundred and fourteen. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- Duty of the 
 ister of the land office, established at Cincinnati, to receive 'and to enter register, <fec. up- 
 on his entry-book, the applications of the said Dufour, and his associates, J^ n O e f ^SS 
 for any unappropriated sections with the adjoining fractions, if any, not and his associ- 
 to exceed in the whole four sections, and lying within the district afore- ates. 
 said ; stating in each entry the date of the application and the number 
 of the section or fraction, township and range applied for ; and it shall 
 also be the duty of the said register to deliver to the said Dufour and 
 his associates, a copy of each entry thus made ; also a copy of the de- 
 scription or field-notes, and of the plat of each tract, with a certificate 
 stating that the same has been purchased under the authority of this 
 act, at the rate of two dollars per acre, payable without interest, on or 
 before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. _ 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That payment for said land may be w (fre^o* 1 be 
 made at the Treasury of the United States, or to the receiver of the land ma de. 
 office at Cincinnati, either in specie, or in the evidences of the public 
 debt of the United States, at the rates prescribed by an act entitled 
 "An act to authorize the receipt of evidences of the public debt in pay- 
 ment for the lands of the United States," and a discount at the rate of 
 six per cent, a year shall be allowed on any payments, which shall be 
 made before the same shall become due. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That on producing to the Secretary * ^^kto be- 
 of the Treasury copies of the entries aforesaid, and of the plats of the tain evidence be- 
 tracts applied for, also the certificate of the register of the land office ing produced, 
 established at Cincinnati, that the same have been purchased in con- 
 formity to the provisions of this act, the President of the United States 
 shall be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to issue letters- 
 ~ tent in the usual form, unto the said Dufour, his associates, and their 
 
 Mrs, for the said lands ; with condition expressed in the said letters- 
 
 itent, that on failure to pay the purchase money when the same shall 
 ' ine due the lands therein described, with the improvements thereon, 
 ' be deemed forfeited, and shall revest in the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See No, 61. 
 
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 Mav 1 1 C 02 **- 30. AX ACT to extend and continue in force the provisions of an act intituled 
 Vof 2 'D YrO " An act gi vin g a ri K nt of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with 
 
 ' y ' John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers, in 
 
 the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for other purposes." 
 
 Provisions of a Be it enacted, $-c., That the several provisions of an act intituled "An 
 former act, under ac ^ giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted 
 
 Sf n continued with John Cleves Symmes, or his associates, for lands lying between the 
 in force. * Miami rivers in the territory northwest of the Ohio/' shall be, and tho 
 
 same are hereby continued in force until the first day of March next, 
 
 subject to the modifications contained in this act. 
 
 Provisions of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the said act 
 that act extended shall , and the same are hereby extended to all persons claiming lands 
 t^persons^claim- lying b etween t h e Miami rivers, and without the limits of Ludlow's sur- 
 tween the Miami ve y> by purchase or contract made prior to the first day of January, one 
 rivers in certain thousand eight hundred, with John Cleves Symmes or his associates. 
 cases. S EC . 3. A na , i e a further enacted, That every person claiming lands 
 
 in* er ia?ds C who M aforesaid, either within or without the limits of Ludlow's survey, and 
 have not ob- who have not obtained a certificate of the right of pre-emption therefor, 
 tained certifi- shall, on or before the first day of November next, give notice of the 
 cates of the right nature and extent of his claim, in manner prescribed by the second sec- 
 ^ch tion of the s * id act. And the receiver of public monies, and commis- 
 
 claims are to be sioners appointed under the fourth section of the said act, shall meet at 
 settled. Cincinnati, on the second Monday of November next, they having given 
 
 Vacancies in four weeks previous notice of such meeting in a public newspaper 
 the board of com- printed at Cincinnati, and shall then and there proceed to hear and 
 SXmuSoee to fina lly decide upon all claims, of which notice may have been given as 
 be filled by the aforesaid, and shall, in all matters relative thereto, govern themselves 
 President. by the provisions of the said act. Vacancies in the said board of corn- 
 
 Duties, emolu- missioners may be filled by the President of the United States alone. 
 
 ments, <fcc.,to the ^nd the duties, powers and emoluments of the said commissioners, re- 
 
 i<rlf and t^e ce i ver ^ public monies, and register of the land office at Cincinnati, and 
 
 surveyor-general surveyor-general, as prescribed by the said act, shall, and the same are 
 
 continued? hereby continued, (a) 
 
 Persons pos- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That every person who may have 
 sessing certifi- obtained, or who shall hereafter obtain, as aforesaid, a certificate of a 
 cates of the right r jght; o f pre-emption from the said commissioners shall be allowed until 
 allowed time for tue first dav of January next, to make the first payment required for the 
 payment. lands described in such certificate, and shall, in all other respects rela- 
 
 tive thereto, conform to the several provisions of the said act. 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful 
 the Treasury f or ^6 Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be viewed, marked, and 
 o Q p : en^ U d e l such opened, such roads within the territory northwest of the Ohio, as in his 
 roads within the opinion will best serve to promote the sales of the public lands in future : 
 territory north- Provided, That the whole sum to be expended on such roads shall not 
 We8 hll the }i excee<l six thousand dollars, and that the same shall be paid out of the 
 ^hVsale of public mon i e8 paid by purchasers of public lands on account of surveying 
 lands. expenses. 
 
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 In cases where SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where any section 
 
 a section or frac- or fractional section of land lying within the seven ranges of townships 
 
 tional section has been sold prior to the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hun- 
 
 * i* 6 ^even dred> un< j e r the authority of the United States, the lines of such section 
 
 ships 8 has been or fractional section shall be run under the direction of the Secretary 
 
 sold. of the Treasury, in the manner most consistent with the supposed bound- 
 
 How to be laid aries of the same, at the time of the t- ale, anything in the act of the tenth 
 
 off. of May, one thousand eight hundred, to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 And it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever lines 
 
 thus run shall interfere with the claim of a purchaser of public lands 
 
 under the last-mentioned act, to permit such purchaser, if he shall desire 
 
 it, at any time within six months, after such lines, thus interfering with 
 
 his claim, shall have been run, to withdraw his former application, and 
 
 to apply in lieu thereof for any other vacant section. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 4, 6, 16, 25, 31, 32, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 
OHIO. 2 C J 
 
 Xo. 3 1 . AN ACT in addition to, and in modification of, the propositions contained in March 3, 1803. 
 the act intituled " An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the tern- Vol. 2, p. 225. 
 
 tory northwest of the river Ohio, to form a constitution and State government, and 
 
 for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original 
 States, and for other purposes." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the following several tracts of land in the Tracts of land 
 State of Ohio, be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the use of appropriated for 
 schools in that State, and shall, together witn all the tracts of land here- g^ols! 1 8 
 tofore appropriated for that purpose, be vested in the legislature of that 
 State, in tiust for the use aforesaid, and for no other use, intent or pur- 
 pose whatever, that is to say : 
 
 first The following quarter townships in that tract commonly called 
 the " United States military tract," for the use of schools within the 
 same, viz. the first quarter of the third township in the first range, the 
 first quarter of the first township in the fourth range, the fourth quarter 
 of the first township and the third quarter of the fifth township in the 
 fifth range, the second quarter of the third township in the sixth range, 
 the fourth quarter of the second township in the seventh range, the third 
 quarter of the third township in the eighth range, the first quarter of the 
 first township and the first quarter of the third township in the ninth 
 range, the third of the first township in the tenth range, the first and 
 fourth quarters of the third township in the eleventh range, the fourth 
 quarter of the fourth township in the twelfth range, the second and third 
 quarters of the fourth township in the fifteenth range, the third quarter 
 of the seventh township in the sixteenth range, and the first quarter of 
 the sixth township and third quarter of the seventh township in the 
 eighteenth range, being the one thirty-sixth part of the estimated, whole 
 amount of lands within that tract. 
 
 Secondly The following quarter townships in the same tract for the Quarter town- 
 use of schools in that tract commonly called the Connecticut reserve, ships in the Con- 
 viz, the third quarter of the ninth township and the fourth quarter of necticut reserve 
 the tenth township in the first range, the first and second quarters of the schools? 
 ninth township in the second range, the second and third quarters of the 
 ninth township in the third range, the first quarter of the ninth township 
 and the fourth quarter of the tenth township in the fourth range, the 
 first quarter of the ninth township in the fifth range, the first and fourth 
 quarters of the ninth township in the sixth range, the first and third 
 quarters of the ninth township in the seventh range, and the fourth 
 quarter of the ninth township in the eighth range. 
 
 Thirdly So much of that tract, commonly called the "Virginia Part of the Vir- 
 military reservation," as will amount to one thirty-sixth part of the ginia reservation 
 whole tract, for the use of schools within the same, and to be selected JJJ^Jg 
 by the legislature of the State of Ohio, out of the unlocated lands in that 
 tract after the warrants issued from the State of Virginia shall have been 
 satisfied ; it being however understood, that the donation is not to ex- 
 ceed the whole amount of the above-mentioned residue of such unlocated 
 lands, even if it shall fall short of one thirty-sixth part of the said tract. 
 
 Fourthly One thirty-sixth part of all the lands of the United States Number six- 
 lying in the State of Ohio, to which the Indian title has not been extin- jj een i. n . eve *J[ 
 guished, which may hereafter be purchased of the Indian tribes by the {JJ^ in the State 
 United States, which thirty-sixth part shall consist of the section No. O f Ohio, reserved 
 sixteen, in each township, if the said lands shall be surveyed in town- for the use of 
 ships of six miles square, and shall, if the lands be surveyed in a differ- schools, 
 ent manner, be designated by lots, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- Appropriation 
 sury shall, from time to time, and whenever the quarterly accounts of f r t be state of 
 the receivers of public monies of the several land offices shall be set- ohio from the re . 
 tied, pay three per cent, of the nett proceeds of the lands of the United ceipts from pub- 
 States, lying within the State of Ohio, which since the thirtieth day lie lands, 
 of June last have been, or hereafter may be sold by the United States, 
 after deducting all expenses incidental to the same, to such person or 
 persons as may be authorized by the legislature of the said State to re- 
 ceive the same, which sums thus paid, shall be applied to the laying 
 out, opening and making roads within the said State, and to no other 
 purpose whatever; and an annual account of the application of the Annual ac- 
 same shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, by such count to be trans- 
 officer of the State as the legislature thereof shall direct : and it is here- ^*JL to l 
 by declared, that the payments thus to be made, as well as the several 
 appropriations for schools made by the preceding section, are in confer- 
 mity with, and in consideration "of the conditions agreed on by the ' 
 
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 State of Ohio, by the ordinance of the convention of the said State, 
 bearing date the twenty-ninth day of November last. (&) 
 
 Sections for SEC. 3. And l)e it further enacted, That the sections of land heretofore 
 schools in lien of promised for the use of schools, in lieu of such of the sections, No. 16, 
 l?ted%?the e se ** have been otherwise disposed of, shall be selected by the Secretary 
 retai-y 'of thef the Treasury, out of the unappropriated reserved sections in the 
 Treasury. most contiguous townships. 
 
 Appropriation SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That one complete township in the 
 for establishing State of Ohio, and district of Cincinnati, or so much of any one com- 
 an academy, to be plete township within the same, as may then remain unsold, together 
 legislature of wi th as many adjoining sections as shall have been sold in the said 
 Ofiio. township, so as to make in the whole thirty- six sections, to be located 
 
 under the direction of the legislature of the said State, on or before the 
 first day of October next, with the register of the land office of Cin- 
 cinnati, be, and the same is hereby vested in the legislature of the State 
 of Ohio, for the purpose of establishing an academy, in lieu of the 
 township already granted for the same purpose, by virtue of the act 
 intituled "An act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain 
 lands to John Cleves Symmes, and his associates : Provided, however, 
 That the same shall revert to the United States, if, within five years 
 after the passing of this act, a township shall have been secured for the 
 said purpose, within the boundary of the patent granted by virtue of the 
 above-mentioned act, to John Cleves Symmes, and his associates, (c) 
 Further pro- g EC- 5. j[ n d & e a further enacted, That the attorney -general for the 
 academv l time bein S> be directed and authorized to locate and accept from the 
 said John Cleves Symmes, and his associates, any one complete town- 
 ship within the boundaries of the said patent, so as to secure the same 
 for the purpose of establishing an academy, in conformity to the provis- 
 ions of the said patent, and in case of non-compliance, to take, or direct 
 to be taken, such measures as will compel an execution of the trust : 
 Provided, however, That John Cleves Symmes and his associates shall be 
 released from the said trust, and the said township shall vest in them, 
 or any of them, in fee-simple, upon payment into the Treasury of the 
 United States, of fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars, with 
 interest from the date of the above-mentioned patent, to the day of 
 such payment, (d) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 (6) See No. 28. 
 
 (c) See No. 6. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 4, 6,16, 25, 30, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 
 March 3, 1803. 3fo. 32. AX ACT to revive and continue in force, an act in adddition to an act inti- 
 Vol. 2, p. 236. tnled "An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for 
 
 military services and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the 
 
 Gospel among the Heathen,'' and for other purposes. 
 
 Revived and Be it enacted, <$-c., That the first section of an act in addition to an act 
 continued in intituled "An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land 
 - ks ' appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United 
 Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," approved the 
 twenty-sixth of April, eighteen hundred and two, be, and the same is 
 hereby revived and continued in force until the first day of April next. 
 Secretary of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and 
 Wa rrInts SUe ^en he hereb y is authorized, from and after the first day of April next, to issue 
 and to whom. warrants for military bounty-lands to the two hundred and fifty-four 
 persons who have exhibited their claims, and produced satisfactory 
 evidence to substantiate the same to the Secretary of War, in pursuance 
 of the act of the twenty-sixth of April, eighteen hundred and two, inti- 
 tuled "An act in addition to an act, intituled An act in addition to an 
 act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and 
 for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among 
 the Heathen." 
 
 Where to be lo- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the holders or proprietors of 
 cate< * > the land warrants issued by virtue of the preceding section, shall and 
 
 may locate their respective warrants only, on any unlocated parts of the 
 fifty quarter townships and the fractional quarter townships which had 
 been reserved for original holders, by virtue of the fifth section of an 
 act intituled "An act in addition to an act intituled An act regulating 
 the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society 
 of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Hea- 
 then, (a) 
 
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 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and Land warrants 
 he is hereby authorized to issue land warrants to Major General La ^ 
 Fayette, for eleven thousand five hundred twenty acres, which shall, at 
 his option, be located, surveyed and patented in conformity with the 
 provisions of an act intituled "An act regulating the grants of land 
 appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United 
 Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," or which may 
 be received acre for acre, in payment for any of the lands of the United 
 States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be if further enacted, That all the unappropriated lands Unappropri- 
 within the military tract, shall be surveyed into half- sections, in the ated lands within 
 manner directed by the act intituled "An act to amend the act intituled J ho , m , ni J ar - v 
 
 An act providing for the sale of the lauds of the United States in the . 
 
 territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky Part to be at- 
 River ;" (6) and that so much of the said lands as lie west of the eleventh tached to the dis- 
 range within the said tract, shall be attached to, and made a part of the JjA* ^a^for 
 district of Chilicothe, and be offered for sale at that place, under the 8ale> ; 
 same regulations that other lands are within the said district. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the lands within the said Certain tracts 
 eleventh range, and east of it, within the said military tract, and all the * or sale - 
 lands north of the Ohio Company's purchase, west of the seven first 
 ranges, and east of the district of Chilicothe, shall be offered for sale Where to beof- 
 at Zanesville, under the direction of a register of the land office andfered. 
 receiver of public monies to be appointed for that purpose, who shall Re g ister &d 
 reside at that place, and shall perform the same duties and be allowed e f 
 the same emoluments as are prescribed for and allowed to registers and Duties and 
 receivers of the land offices by law. (c) compensation. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all persons who have obtained possessors of 
 certificates for the right of pre-emption to lands by virtue of two acts, rights of pre- 
 the one intituled "An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain per- emption under 
 sons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes, or his associates sy mmes^nd 
 for lands lying between the Miami rivers, in the territory of the United others allowed 
 States northwest of the Ohio," and the other "An act to extend and further time of 
 continue the provisions of the said act, passed on the first day of May, payment. 
 eighteen hundred and two," and who have not made the first payment 
 therefor, before the first day of January last, shall be allowed until the 
 tenth day of April next to complete the same ; and that all persons who 
 have become purchasers of land by virtue of the aforesaid acts, be, and 
 they are hereby allowed until the first day of January, eighteen hundred 
 and five, to make the second instalment ; until the first day of January, 
 eighteen hundred and six, to make their third instalment ; and until the 
 first day of January, eighteen hundred and seven, to make their fourth 
 and last instalment ; any thing in the acts aforesaid, to the contrary 
 notwithstanding, (d) 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That where any warrants granted Land patents 
 by the State of Virginia, for military services, have been surveyed on the now to be ob- 
 northwest side of the river Ohio, between the Sciota and the Little Miami **"/} \ ^ heu ^. 
 rivers, and the said warrants, or the plats and certificates of survey ^nts are lost or 
 made thereon, have been lost or destroyed, the persons entitled to the destroyed. 
 said land may obtain a patent therefor, by producing a certified dupli- 
 cate of the warrant from the land office of Virginia, or of the plat and 
 certificate of survey from the office of the surveyor in which the same 
 is recorded, and giving satisfactory proof to the Secretary of War, by 
 his affidavit or otherwise, of the loss or destruction of said warrant, or 
 plat and certificate of survey, (e) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 (6) See ]S T os. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56. 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126. 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 4, 6, 16, 25, 30, 31, 36, 133, 170, 181. 
 
 (e) SeeNos. 1, 8, 22, 27, b5, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 62, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 33. AN ACT in addition to the act intituled "An act regulating the grants of March 3, 1803. 
 land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Vol. 2, p. 242. 
 
 Scotia." 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Samuel Rogers, one of the claimants under the Samuel Rogers 
 act intituled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British m y lo cate 2,240 
 provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," shall be entitled to two thou- acri 
 sand two hundred and forty acres of land, to be located in the manner 
 
32 OHIO. 
 
 and within the boundaries of the tract designated by the act to which 
 this act is a supplement, and shall receive a patent for the same in the 
 manner directed by the said last-mentioned act. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 23, 33a, 50a, 55, 80. 
 
 March 16, 1804. 3To. 33a. AM" ACT to revive and continue in force, an act intituled " An act for the 
 Yol. 2, p. 270. relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.' 1 
 
 Former act re- Be {t cnaci ? d > <$' c ; That the a ct, intituled " An act for the relief of the 
 vived and contin- refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," ap- 
 ued in force. proved on the seventh of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 
 eight, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force 
 for the term of two years from the passage of this act, and no longer. (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 23, 33, 50a, 55, 80. 
 
 March 19 1804 ^* 34. AX ACT granting further time for locating military land-warrants, and for 
 VoL2.p.271. ' other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That the act intituled " An act in addition to an 
 
 vivdnd act t ^ e " ac t intituled An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land 
 ued in a force tUl appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United 
 April l, 1805. Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," approved the 
 twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and two, be, and the same 
 is hereby revived and continued in force, until the first day of April, 
 one thousand eight hundred and five : Provided, however, That the holders 
 Limitation or P r P r i e tors of warrants or registered certificates, shall and may locate 
 to the location of tne same, only on any unlocated parts of the fifty quarter townships, and 
 warrants. the fractional quarter townships, which had been reserved for original 
 
 holders, by virtue of the fifth section of an act, intituled " An act in addi- 
 tion to an act, intituled An act regulating the grants of land appropriated 
 for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for prop- 
 Proviso, agating the Gospel among the Heathen.:" And provided also, That no 
 holder or proprietor of warrants or registered certificates, shall be per- 
 The Secretary niitted to locate the same by virtue of this act, unless the Secretary of 
 of War to endorse War shall have made an endorsement on such warrant or registered 
 the warrant or certificate, certifying that no warrant has been issued for the same 
 nowSXnt has claim * militar y bounty-land, and by virtue of the second section of 
 been issued for the act, intituled "An act to revive and continue in force an act in ad- 
 the same in vir- dition to an act intituled An act in addition to an act regulating the 
 tue of the act of grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of 
 n a, 1803. the united Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, 
 and for other purposes," approved the third day of March, eighteen 
 hundred and three, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 March 23, 1804. No. 35. AN ACT to ascertain the boundary of the lands reserved by the State of 
 YoL 2, p. 274. Virginia, northwest of the river Ohio, for the satisfaction of her officers and soldiers 
 on continental establishment, and to limit the period for locating the said lands. 
 
 Boundary line Be it enacted, $c., That the line run under the direction of the surveyor- 
 
 dimrtion of the g eneral of the United States, from the source of the Little Miami, to- 
 
 surveyor-gen- wards the source of the Scioto, and which binds on the east, the sur- 
 
 eral established, veys of the lands of the United States, shall, together with its course 
 
 continued to the Scioto River, be considered and held as the westerly 
 
 boundary line, north of the source of the Little Miami, of the territory 
 
 Proviso, that reserved by the State of Virginia, between the Little Miami and Scioto 
 
 within two years rivers, for the use of the officers and soldiers of the continental line of that 
 
 the state of Yir- g tate . Provided, That the.State of Virginia shall, within two years after 
 
 theTine 1600211126 the pas in g of this act, recognize such line as the boundary of the said 
 
 territory. 
 
 Officers and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the officers and soldiers, or 
 soldiers to com- their legal representatives who are entitled to bounty lauds within the 
 Sons in ir three above-mentioned reserved territory, shall complete their locations within 
 years within the three years after the passing of this act, and every such officer and sol- 
 reserved terri- dier, or his legal representative, whose bounty land has or shall have 
 tor y- been located within that part of the said territory, to which the Indian 
 

 OHIO. 33 
 
 title has been extinguished, shall make return of his or their surveys Officer? and 
 to the Secretary of the Department of War, within five years after the soldiers whose 
 passing of this act, and shall also exhibit and file with the said Secre- havebeenlocated 
 tary, and within the same time, the original warrant or warrants under on that part of 
 which he claims, or a certified copy thereof, under the seal of the office the territory to 
 where the said warrants are legally kept; which warrant, or certi-5^ ic ^ th ? Inciiai1 
 fied copy thereof, shall be sufficient evidence that the grantee therein tinguished 6611 *to 
 named, or the person under whom such grantee claims, was originally maTke returns, 
 entitled to such bounty land : and every person entitled to said lands &c i to the Secre- 
 and thus applying, shall thereupon be entitled to receive a patent in | ar j JjL?^* 1 in 
 the manner prescribed by law. P a y p e r ' s re . 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That such part of the above-men- turned to be evi- 
 tioned reserved territorv as shall not have been located, and those tracts deuce entitling 
 of land, within that part of the said territory to which the Indian title l atent mant8 t0 
 has been extinguished, the surveys whereof shall not have been re- 
 turned to the Secretary of War, within the time and times prescribed 
 by this act, shall thenceforth be released from any claim or claims for TJnlocated por- 
 such bounty lands, and shall be disposed of in conformity with the pro- tion of the re- 
 visions of the act, intituled "An act in addition to, and modification of, ? 6I T ed territory 
 the propositions contained in the act, intituled An act to enable the f," rdeased&om 
 people of the eastern division of the territory, northwest of the river claims and dis- 
 Ohio, to form a constitution and State government, and for the ad- posed of, &c. 
 mission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the 
 original States, and for other purposes." (ft) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 36, AN ACT making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the In- March 26, 1804. 
 
 diana Territory, and for other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 277. 
 * * * # * # # 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the several provisions made in favour ^of^pu? 
 favour of persons who have contracted for lands with John Cleves chasers under J. 
 Symmes and his associates, by an act intituled "An act to extend and?' Symmes con - 
 cpntinue in force the provisions of an act intituled An act giving a 
 
 right of pre-emption to certain persons, who have contracted with John 
 Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami 
 rivers in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for other purposes," 
 shall be and the same are hereby continued in force until the first day 
 of June next : Provided, That the register of the land office and re- T h e register 
 ceiver of public monies at Cincinnati shall perform the same duties, ex- a ? d , receiver of 
 ercise the same powers, and eDJoy the same emoluments, which by the cinckinati 
 last-recited act were enjoined on or vested in the commissioners desig- ^ T 
 nated by the said act : And provided also, That no certificate for a right P m ntim, to T* 
 of pre-emption shall be granted, except in favour of persons who had, granted except in 
 before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred, made con- favor of persons 
 tracts in writing with John Cleves Symmes or with any of his associates , h h a d 
 
 ^ 
 
 and who had made to him or them any payment or payments of money j^h n C l^e ve s 
 for the purchase of such lands ; nor unless at least one-twentieth part of s y m m e s, &c. 
 the purchase money of the land claimed, shall have previously been after Jancary 1 
 paid to the receiver of public monies, or shall be paid prior to the first 1800< 
 day of January next. And every person who shall obtain a certificate I* ersons w ^> 
 of pre-emption, shall be allowed until the first day of January, one cates^llow^dun- 
 thousand eight hundred and six, to complete the payment of his first til 1806, to com- 
 instalment: And provided also, That where any person or persons shall, plete the pay- 
 in virtue of a contract entered into with John Cleves Symmes, have ment , of *f e first 
 entered and made improvements on any section or half-section prior to '"proviso in fa- 
 the nrst day of April last (having conformed with all the foregoing vour of persons 
 provisions in this section), which improvements by the running of the who have made 
 lines subsequently thereto shall have fallen within any section, or half- improvements, 
 section other than the one purchased as aforesaid, and other than sec- 
 tion number sixteen, such section or half-section shall in that case be 
 granted to the person or persons who shall have so entered, improved 
 and cultivated the same, on payment of the purchase money agreeably 
 to the provisions made by law for lands sold at private sale ; but noth- 
 ing herein contained shall be construed to give to any such person or 
 persons a greater number of acres than he or they had contracted for, 
 with John Cleves Symmes as aforesaid. 
 
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34 OHIO. 
 
 Persons having SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That every person who may have 
 certificates of heretofore obtained from the commissioners, a certificate of a right of 
 emption un iTr P re ' em Ption for lands lying between the two Miami rivers, on account 
 contracts with or . f contracts with, or purchase from John Cleves Symmes or his asso- 
 purckasesfrom J. ciates, and who has paid his first instalment; and every person, who 
 Cleves Symmes may obtain a similar certificate by virtue of the preceding section, 
 tLmTfor pavim- 1 ' and sha11 ' on or before the fir st day of January, one thousand eight 
 = ' hundred and six, pay his first instalment, be permitted to pay the resi- 
 due of the purchase money in six annual equal payments, (a) 
 
 Fractional sec- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That fractional sections of the pub- 
 
 tions ma y b e u c lands of the United States, either north of the river Ohio, or south 
 
 felv UD1 r of the State of Tennessee, shall, under the directions of the Secretary 
 
 Xo* fractional f the Treasury, be either sold singly, or by uniting two or more to- 
 
 sections to begether; any act to the contrary, notwithstanding: Provided, That no 
 
 at P ri te fractional sections shall be sold in that manner until after they shall 
 
 offer "at public nave been offered for sale to the highest bidder, in the manner herein- 
 
 saie. after directed. 
 
 Public lands of SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands of the 
 
 the United states United States, the sale of which is authorized by law, may, after they 
 
 whole, h a J l for 8na U have been offered for sale to the highest bidder in quarter-sections, 
 
 quarter sections, as hereinafter directed, be purchased at the option of the purchaser, 
 
 either in entire sections, in half-sections, or in quarter-sections; in 
 
 which two last cases the sections shall be divided into half-sections by 
 
 lines running due north and south, and the half-sections shall be divided 
 
 into quarter-sections by lines running due east and west. And in every 
 
 All subdivis- instance in which a subdivision of the lands of the United States, as 
 
 ex^Se of* pur 6 surve y ed in conformity with law, shall be necessary to ascertain the 
 
 chasers. boundaries or true contents of the tract purchased, the same shall be 
 
 done at the expense of the purchaser. 
 
 Interest not SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That no interest shall be charged 
 i of n ^>rc on an ^ in8talment; which may hereafter become due, in payment for any 
 land, if the prin- of tne public lands of the United States, wherever situated, and which 
 cipai be punctu- have been sold in pursuance of the act, intituled "An act to amend the 
 ally paid. act intituled An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United 
 
 States, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of 
 Kentucky River," or which may hereafter be sold by virtue of that, or 
 of any other act of Congress : Provided, That such instalments shall be 
 paid on the day on which the same shall become due ; but the interest 
 shall be charged and demanded in conformity with the provisions here- 
 tofore in force, from the date of the purchase on each instalment which 
 shall not be paid on the day on which the same shall become due : Pro- 
 vided however, That on the instalments which are or may become due 
 before the first day of October next, interest shall not be charged, except 
 from the time they became due until paid, but in failure to pay the said 
 instalments on the said first day of October, interest shall be charged 
 thereon, in conformity with the provisions heretofore in force, from the 
 date of the purchase. 
 
 Certain ses- SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the sections which have been 
 
 f i a n t-o fl a a i ndS sTc dheret ? fore reserved / and are >y this act directed to be sold, also, the 
 
 tions and other fractional sections, classed as is by the ninth section of this act directed, 
 
 public land north and all the other lands of the United States, north of the Ohio, and 
 
 of the Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky River, shall be offered for sale in quarter- 
 
 of KVn t ^ck* sections ' to the highest bidder, under the directions of the register of 
 
 River, to be of- toe land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the places, re- 
 
 fered for sale. spectively, where the land offices are kept, that is to say ; the lands in 
 
 Under whose the districts of Chilicothe, on the first Monday of May: the lands in 
 
 Tiniea and the district of Marietta, on the second Monday of May; the lands in 
 
 places of sale, the district of Zanesville, on the third Monday of May; the lands in 
 
 How long the the district of Steubenville, on the second Monday of June ; and the 
 
 sales to remain lands in the district of Cincinnati, on the first Monday of September. 
 
 OI Terms of <ales ^ e sales shall remain open at each place no longer than three weeks : 
 
 "*' the lands which may be thus sold, shall not be sold for less than two 
 
 dollars per acre, and shall, in every other respect be sold on the same 
 
 .. terms and conditions, as is provided for the sale of lands sold at private 
 
 lands north of 8ale - Anc f al1 tbe other P ublic lands of the United States, either north 
 the Ohio, or south of the Ohio, or south of the State of Tennessee, which are directed to 
 of Tennessee to be sold at public sale, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, in 
 nered to the quarter-sections :(&) Provided howerer, That section number twenty-six 
 inquLteMec* of tne tbird township of the second fractional range, within the grant 
 tions. made by the United States to John Cleves Symmes, on which is erected 
 
OHIO. 35 
 
 ill-dam, is hereby granted to Joseph Vanhorne, the proprietor of the Grants to Jos. 
 o^J dam; and also, that section number twenty-nine of the second Vanhorne, James 
 township of the fourth entire range, be granted to James Sutton ; and yan Gundv * * * ' 
 also, that section number twenty-one of the ninth township of the 
 twenty-first range, be granted to Christian Van Gundy, on their pay- 
 ment of the purchase money, agreeably to the provisions made by law, 
 for lands sold at private sale. 
 
 SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That whenever any of the public Public lands, 
 lands shall have been surveyed in the manner directed by law, they sUall after havingbeen 
 be divided by the Secretary of the Treasury into convenient surveying JivSf 'by the 
 districts, and a deputy surveyor shall, with the approbation of the said secretary of the 
 Secretary, be appointed by the surveyor-general for each district, who Treasury, into 
 shall take an oath or affirmation truly and faithfully to perform the surveying dis ' 
 duties of his office ; and whose duty it shall be to run and mark such O ' r each of 
 lines as may be necessary for subdividing the lands surveyed as afore- which a deputy 
 said, into sections, half-sections or quarter-sections, as the case maybe ; to surveyor, with 
 ascertain the true contents of such subdivisions ; and to record in a ^ \ h ^W' oba '^ )n 
 book to be kept for that purpose, the surveys thus made. The surveyor- of tne Treasurv^ 
 general shall'furnish each deputy surveyor with a copy of the plat of shall be appoint- 
 the townships and fractional parts of townships contained in his district, ed. 
 describing the subdivisions thereof, and the marks of the corners, His dntie8 ' 
 Each deputy surveyor shall be entitled to receive from the purchaser of ^ ne 8urv eyor- 
 any tract of land, of which a line or lines shall have been run and general -to fur- 
 marked by him, at the rate of three dollars for every mile thus surveyed nish the deputies 
 and marked, before he shall deliver to him a copy of the plat of such ^ h pl c at P ies a n | 
 tract, stating its contents. The fees payable by virtue of former laws fractional parta 
 for surveying expenses shall, after the first day of July next, be no of townships in 
 longer demandable from, and paid by the purchasers. And no final cer- their districts, 
 tificate shall thereafter be given by the register of any laud office to the ut i e s esc 
 purchaser of any tract of land, all the lines of which shall not have been Limitation of 
 run, and the contents ascertained by the surveyor-general or his assist- grant of a certifi- 
 ants, unless such purchaser shall lodge with the said register a plat of cate - 
 such tract, certified by the district surveyor, (c) 
 
 SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day Additional 
 of April next, each of the registers and receivers of public monies of the compensation to 
 several land offices established by law, either north of the river Ohio, receivers of S pub- 
 or south of the State of Tennessee, shall, in addition to the commission no monies of the 
 heretofore allowed, receive one-half per cent, on all the monies paid for several land of- 
 public lands sold in their respective offices, and an annual salary of five ficea - 
 hundred dollars, the register and receiver of the land office at Marietta 
 excepted, the annual salary of whom shall be two hundred dollars. And Certain fees 
 from and after the same day the fees payable by virtue of former laws able disconttn- 
 to the registers of the several land offices, for the entry of lands and for ue( j 
 certificates of monies paid, shall no longer be demandable from nor paid Books of the of- 
 by the purchasers of public lands. And it shall be the duty of the Sec- ficers of the land 
 retary of the Treasury to cause, at least once every year, the books of ^JjJJ examined 
 the officers of the land offices to be examined, and the balance of public an( j the balance 
 monies in the hands of the several receivers of public monies of the said in their hands as- 
 offices, to be ascertained. certained. 
 
 SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of Fees hereto- 
 April next, the fees heretofore payable for patents for lands, shall no fore demandable 
 longer be paid by the purchasers. And it shall be the duty of every * ^ pa ^ I ^j e no 
 register of a land office on application of the party, to transmit, by mail, Sters o f 
 to the Register of the Treasury, the final certificate granted by such regis- the land offices to 
 ter to the purchaser of any tract of land sold at his office : and it shall transmit the final 
 be the duty of the Register of the Tieasury, on receiving any such cer- {^chasers to the 
 tificate, to obtain and transmit, by mail, to the register of the proper ^ e gi s ter of the 
 land office, the patent to which such purchaser is entitled ; but, in every Treasury ; post- 
 such instance, the party shall previously pay to the proper deputy post- age to be paid by 
 master, the postage accruing on the transmission of such certificate and tde P ur 
 patent. 
 
 ***#*** 
 
 SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the several superintendents of Per diem al- 
 the public sales directed by this act, shall receive six dollars each, for lowance to su- 
 
 each day's attendance on the said sales. 
 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Nos. 4, 6, 16, 25. 30, 31, 32, 133, 170, 181. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113. 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 (c) See Nb8. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
36 OHIO 
 
 Feb 1 1 1805 ^o. 37 .AX ACT concerning the mode of surveying the puhlic lands of the United 
 Vol -2, p. 313. States. 
 
 M , : Be it enacted, <fc., That the surveyor-general shall cause all those lands 
 veyino- p u b 1 i c north of the river Ohio, which, by virtue of the act, intituled "An act 
 lands" north o f providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory 
 the Ohio. northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky 
 
 River," were subdivided, by running through the townships, parallel 
 Corners to be lines each way, at the end of every two miles, and by marking a corner 
 marked. oa g^jj o f t jje 8a ^ ii neS) at the end of every mile ; to be subdivided into 
 
 sections, by running straight lines from the mile corners thus marked, 
 to the opposite corresponding corners, and by marking on each of the 
 said lines, intermediate corners as nearly as possible equidistant from 
 Half sections the corners of the sections on the same. And the said surveyor-general 
 Julv^isof S 8ha11 also cause tbe boundaries of all the half-sections, which had been 
 be surveyed and purchased previous to the first day of July last, and on which the sur- 
 marked. veying fees had been paid, according to law, by the purchaser, to be 
 
 surveyed and marked, by running straight lines from the half-mile cor- 
 ners, heretofore marked, to the opposite corresponding corners; and 
 intermediate corners shall, at the same time, be marked on each of the 
 said dividing lines, as nearly as possible equidistant from the corners 
 Whole expense of the half -section on the same line : Provided, That the whole expense 
 8U d V th D d *f of 8arve yi n g and marking the lines shall not exceed three dollars for 
 lara^er^miLe. every mile which has not yet been surveye d, and which shall be actually 
 How the ex- run, surveyed, and marked by virtue of this section. And the expense 
 pense of making of making the subdivisions, directed by this section, shall be defrayed 
 be 6 Daid Vey8 19 l oafc of tbe monie9 appropriated, or which may be herea fter appropriated, 
 
 for completing the surveys of the public lands of the United States. 
 Principles up- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the boundaries and contents 
 on which the of the several sections, half-sections, and quarter-sections of the public 
 coaten a t" 6 of the lands of the U nifced States, shall be ascertained in conformity with the 
 public lands are following principles, any act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding: 
 to be ascertained. 1st. All the corners marked in the surveys, returned by the surveyor- 
 general, or by the surveyor of the land south of the State of Tennessee, 
 respectively, shall be established as the proper corners of sections, or 
 subdivisions of sections, which they were intended to designate ; and 
 the corners of half and quarter sections, not marked on the said surveys, 
 shall be placed as nearly as possible equidistant from those two corners 
 which stand on the same line. 
 
 Boundary hues 2d - Tne boundary lines, actually run and marked in the surveys re- 
 run and marked turned by the surveyor-general, or by the surveyor of the land south of 
 by the surveyor the State of Tennessee, respectively, shall be established us the proper 
 uessee JUverto } joun dary lines of the sections, or subdivisions, for which they were 
 be the proper intended, and the length of such lines, as returned by either of the sur- 
 boundaries of veyors aforesaid, shall be held and considered as the true length thereof. 
 se ti on s>- And the boundary lines, which shall not have been actually run, and 
 
 not actually run marked as aforesaid, shall be ascertained, by running straight lines from 
 to be ascertained. t ne established corners to the opposite corresponding corners ; but in 
 those portions of the fractional townships, where no such opposite cor- 
 responding corners have been or can be fixed, the said boundary lines 
 shall be ascertained , by running from the established corners, due north 
 and south, or east and west lines, as the case may be, to the water-course, 
 Indian boundary line, or other external boundary of such fractional 
 township. 
 
 Surveys to be 3d. Each section, or subdivision of section, the contents whereof shall 
 returned. have been, or by virtue of the first section of this act, shall be returned 
 
 by the surveyor-general, or by the surveyor of the public lands south 
 of the State of Tennessee, respectively, shall be held and considered as 
 containing the exact quantity, expressed in such return or returns : and 
 the half-sections and quarter-sections, the contents whereof shall not 
 have been thus returned, shall be held and considered as containing the 
 one-half, or the one-fourth part respectively, of the returned contents 
 of the section of which they make part. 
 
 Part of a for- g EC> 3. ^ n( j fa it further enacted, That so much of the act entituled 
 mer act repealed. ^ n act ma fcing provision for the disposal of the lands in the Indiana 
 Territory, and for other purposes," as provides the mode of ascertaining 
 the true contents of sections or subdivisions of sections, and prevents 
 the issue of final certificates, unless the said contents shal] have been 
 ascertained, and a plot certified by the district surveyor, lodged with the 
 register, be, and and the same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 11 ; 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 42, 65, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
OHIO. 37 
 
 fo. 3S. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of War to issue military land- war- March 2, 1805. 
 rants, and for other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 329. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is au- 
 thorized from and after the passing of this act, to issue warrants for Decretory ^o 
 military bounty-lands to the sixty-three persons who have exhibited to isaue warrants 
 their claims, and produced satisfactory evidence to substantiate thef or military 
 same, to the Secretary of War ; and also, to such persons as shall, before bounty-Ian d t o 
 the first day of April next, produce to him satisfactory evidence of the JJJjgJJ d g?^ 
 validity of their claims, in pursuance of the act of the twenty-sixth of Bothers pro . 
 April, eighteen hundred and two, intituled "An act in addition to an ducing satisfac- 
 act, intituled An act in addition to an act, regulating the grants of land tory evidence of 
 appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United fJ^Aprir? &c" 
 Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen." 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the holders or proprietors of the Where the fore- 
 land warrants issued by virtue of the preceding section, shall and may going warrants 
 locate their respective warrants only on any unlocated parts of the fifty ma y b( 
 quarter townships, and the fractional quarter townships, which had been 
 reserved for original holders, by virtue of the fifth section of an act, 
 intituled "An act in addition to an act, entituled An act regulating the 
 grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of 
 the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen." 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act intituled "An act in Former act 
 addition to an act, intituled An act in addition to an act, regulating the continue d in 
 grants of lands appropriated for military services, and for the Society of ^March 
 the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," 
 approved the twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and two, be, 
 and the same is hereby continued in force until the first day of March, 
 eighteen hundred and six. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 No. 39. AN" ACT supplementary to the act intituled "An act making provision for March 3, 1805. 
 the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes." Vol. 2, p. 343. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the sections heretofore re- Sections re- 
 served for the future disposition of Congress, and lying within either of served for the 
 the districts established for the disposal of public lands in the State of cZgress to be 
 Ohio, with the exception of the section No. 16, of the salt springs, and offered for sale, 
 lands reserved for the use of the same, and of the other sections or 
 tracts of land otherwise heretofore specially appropriated, shall be of- 
 fered for sale in that district within which 'such reserved sections may 
 lie, on the same terms, and under the same regulations, as other lands 
 in the same district : Provided, That such sections shall previously be Proviso, 
 offered to the highest bidder at public sales, to be held under the super- 
 intendence of the register and receiver of the land offices, respectively, 
 to which they are attached, on the same terms as has been provided for 
 the public sales of the other public lands of the United States, and on 
 such day or days as shall by a public proclamation of the President of 
 the United States be designated for that purpose : And provided also, That Proviso, 
 no such heretofore reserved section shall be sold either at public or pri- 
 vate sale for less than eight dollars per acre, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 40. AN ACT to repeal in part, the fourth section of an act, intituled "An act to Feb. 21, 1806. 
 authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Galliopolis, and for other Vol. 2, p. 350. 
 purposes therein mentioned.' 
 
 Be it enacted, tfc., That so much of the fourth section of an act, inti- 4th Action of a 
 
 them, their heirs or assigns, be, and the same is hereby repealed. And 
 in every case where a patent has issued, in conformity with the. said 
 fourth section, to any of the inhabitants aforesaid, their heirs or assigns, 
 the conditions aforesaid, inserted in any such patent, shall be consid- 
 ered null and void ; and the fee-simple be vested to all intents and pur- 
 poses, in the person to whom such patent has been issued, his or her 
 heirs or assigns, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 9, 13. 
 
38 OHIO. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1806. W o. 41. AN ACT authorizing the sale of a tract of land, in the town of Cincinnati, 
 Vol. 2, p. 352. aQ d State of Ohio. 
 
 s ' Be it enacted, fc., That for the disposal of a certain tract or lot of 
 
 the Treasury to land, belonging to the United States, in the town of Cincinnati, on the 
 cause a tract of Ohio, being the same on which Fort Washington was erected, the Sec- 
 land to be sur- retary of the Treasury shall cause the said tract to be surveyed and laid 
 Tort Washfn^ off into town lots ' 8treets and avenues, in such manner, and of such di- 
 ton.andsold, &c mensions as he may judge proper, conforming as near as may be to the 
 <fcc.' ' original plan of the town ; when the survey, is completed, a plat thereof 
 
 shall be returned to the surveyor-general, on which the lots shall be 
 denominated by progressive numbers, who shall therefrom cause two 
 copies to be made, one to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, and the other to the register of the land office at Cincinnati : on 
 the receipt of which plat, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the 
 said town lots to be offered to the highest bidder at public sale, to be 
 held at Cincinnati, under the superintendence of the register and re- 
 ceiver of the land office in the district of Cincinnati, on the same terms 
 and conditions as have been provided for the public sale of the public 
 lands of the United States. Six weeks' notice shall be given of the 
 day of sale, in at least two newspapers published in the State of 
 Ohio, (a) 
 
 () See Xos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29. 30, 32, 36. 39, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56. 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111. 113, 1'26, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 April 15, 1806. No. 42. -AX ACT to authorize the Secretary of "War to issue land warrants ; and for 
 Vol. 2, p. 378. other purposes. 
 
 Secretary of Be it enacted, <fc., That the Secretary of War be authorized to issue 
 War authorized military land warrants, to such persons as have or shall, before the first 
 to issue land ^ ay o f March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, produce to him 
 satisfactory evidence of the validity of their claims ; which warrants, 
 with those heretofore issued, and not yet satisfied, shall, and may be 
 "Within what located in the names of the holders or proprietors thereof, at any time 
 time those war- prior to the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eight, 
 ra ted may b6 l0 " on an - v unloc ated parts of the fifty quarter townships, and the fractional 
 quarter townships, reserved by law,, for original holders of military laud- 
 warrants, (a) 
 
 Surveyor-gen- ^EC. 2 - ^nd &e it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- 
 eral to cause sur- veyor-general, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
 veys to be made cause to be surveyed so much of the fifty quarter townships, and the 
 of the quarter fractional quarter townships aforesaid, as have been, or hereafter may 
 be located according to law, in conformity with the locations made on 
 the plats of the said quarter townships : Provided, The whole expense of 
 surveying the same shall not exceed three dollars for every mile actu- 
 ally surveyed. (&) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 49, 50, 71, 128, 1 30, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 11, 18, 32, 38, 71, 130. 
 
 April 15 1806 Wo< 43 AX ACT to suspend the sale of certain lands in the State of Ohio, and the 
 
 Vol. 2, p. 378. ' Indiana Territory. 
 
 Operation oT & e ** enacted, c., That the operation of the sixth condition of the fifth 
 
 the sixth condi- section of the act, intituled " An act to amend the act, intituled An act 
 
 tion of the 5th providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, northwest of 
 
 section in a for- the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River," be, and the same is 
 
 i er hereby suspended until the first day of October next, in favour of such 
 
 purchasers of lands under the said act, who shall exhibit satisfactory 
 
 proof to the register and receiver of public monies in tha respective dis- 
 
 In favor of tricts where they reside, that they were actual settlers on the laud so 
 actual settlers, purchased, at the time of passing this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83 r -4. ?5, 
 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 A oril 21 1806 Wo. 44. AX ACT respecting the claims to lands in the Indiana Territory, and State 
 VoL2,p!395.' of Ohio. 
 
 [See INDIANA, No. 199.] 
 
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 No. 45. AN ACT to extend the time for locating Virginia military [land] warrants, March 2 1807 
 
 for returning surveys thereon to the office of the Secretary of the Department of y i 2 p 424 * 
 " r ' 
 
 "War, and appropriating lands for the use of schools, in the Virginia military reser- 
 vation, in lieu of those heretofore appropriated. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c. , That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on A further time 
 continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty fi ^ wnt?^' 
 lands within the tract reserved by Virginia, between the Little Miami p 
 and Scioto rivers, for satisfying the legal bounties to her officers and 
 soldiers upon continental establishment, shall be allowed a further time 
 of three years, from the twenty-third of March next, to complete their 
 locations, and a further time of five years from the said twenty-third of 
 March next, to return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies of 
 warrants, to the office of the Secretary of the War Department, anything 
 in the act intituled "An act to ascertain the boundary of the lands re- 
 served by the State of Virginia, northwest of the river Ohio, for the 
 satisfaction of her officers and soldiers on continental establishment, and 
 to limit the period for locating the said lands," to the contrary notwith- 
 standing : Provided, That no locations, as aforesaid, within the above- Proviso. 
 mentioned tract, shall, after the passing of this act, be made on tracts of 
 land for which patents had previously been issued, or which had been 
 previously surveyed, and any patent which may nevertheless be ob- 
 tained for land located contrary to the provisions of this section, shall 
 be considered as null and void. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of 
 be, and he is hereby authorized to obtain copies of all the locations the Treasury to 
 and surveys, which have been, or may be made within the above-men- a^cf connoted 
 tioned tract, and to cause to be run or surveyed, as many straight lines plat to be made. 
 across the same, as he may deem necessary, not exceeding three : and 
 from these and such other documents as may be obtained, to cause to 
 be made a general connected plat of all the lauds located and surveyed 
 within the same j a copy of which shall be deposited in the War De- Copies thereof , 
 partment, and another copy shall be laid before Congress, together with tow to be dis- 
 an estimate of the surplus which may remain, after satisfy ing the boun- po 
 ties above mentioned. And the expenses incurred in surveying the Expense, how 
 lines, and obtaining the copies aforesaid, and in preparing the general defrayed. 
 plat above mentioned, shall be defrayed out of the monies appropriated 
 for completing the surveys of the public lands northwest of the river 
 Ohio, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That eighteen quarter townships A portion of 
 and three sections, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, by the " Virginia 
 lot, in tiiat tract of land in the State of Ohio, lately purchased from the ^^7 f serva ; 
 Indians, and lying between the tract commonly called the United States n n the state of 
 military tract, and the tract commonly called the Connecticut Reserve, Ohio, for the use 
 be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the use of schools, in that of schools. 
 tract of land in the State aforesaid, commonly called ' the Virginia mil- 
 itary reservation," and be vested in the legislature of that State, in 
 trust for the use aforesaid, and for no other use, intent, or purpose 
 whatever ; which said eighteen quarter townships and three sections, 
 are thus appropriated, and vested in lieu of the one-thirty-sixth part of 
 the tract aforesaid, called the " Virginia military reservation," which by Limitation. 
 a former act had been appropriated and vested as aforesaid, for the use 
 of schools within the same : Provided however, That no quarter town- 
 ships, including the section number sixteen of such township, shall be 
 selected as aforesaid for the purpose above mentioned. And provided 
 also, and it is hereby understood and declared, that the said eighteen 
 quarter townships and three sections, shall be appropriated and vested, 4 
 
 for the purposes aforesaid, only on condition that the legislature of the Legislature of 
 State of Ohio shall, within one year after the passing of this act, pass a Ohio to accept 
 
 , , 
 
 law accepting the said eighteen quarter townships and three sections, of S^^^of the 
 for the purposes aforesaid, in lieu of the thirty -sixth part of the tract Virginia military 
 commonly called " the Virginia military reservation," heretofore appro- reservation. 
 priated and vested by law for the use of schools within the same ; and 
 releasing to the United States, all their claim, right, title, and interest, 
 and all the right, title and interest of the inhabitants of the tract of 
 land last mentioned, to the thirty-sixth part of the said tract heretofore 
 appropriated and vested by law for the use of schools within the same. 
 And if the legislature of the said State shall not pass a law as aforesaid, 
 within one year after the passing of this act, the said eighteen quarter 
 townships and three sections shall not be considered and held as appro- 
 priated and vested for the purposes aforesaid, but shall be disposed of 
 
40 OHIO. 
 
 in the same manner as is or may be provided, by law, for the disposal 
 of other public lands in the same tract. (6) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66. 82, 93, 98. 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 1'JO. 
 (6) See Xos. 28, 31, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 March 3, 1807. No. 46. AN ACT authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed by vir- 
 Vol. 2, p. 437. tue of certain Virginia resolution warrants. 
 
 Resolution B & it enacted, $-c., That any officer or soldier of the Virginia line, on 
 warrants may be continental establishment, or his legal representatives, to whom a land 
 located within warrant has issued, by virtue of any resolution of the legislature of 
 Marches Virginia, as a bounty for services, which by the laws of Virginia, passed 
 prior to the cession of the Northwestern Territory to the United States, 
 entitled such officer or soldier to bounty lands, shall, if the said warrant 
 has been or shall be located within three years from the twenty -third of 
 March next, and a survey thereof has been or shall be, within five 
 years from the said twenty-third of March next, returned to the of- 
 fice of the Secretary of War, obtain a patent for the same, in the same 
 manner, and on the same conditions, as patents are obtained for lands 
 Proviso, that^ oca ^ e< ^ an< ^ surveyed on other warrants of the officers and soldiers of 
 no warrant can the Virginia line, on continental establishment : Provided, That no pat- 
 be obtained un- ent shall be obtained on such resolution warrant, unless there is pro- 
 less proof to the j uce ^ to ^}j e Secretary of War, satisfactory evidence that such warrant 
 the^Secretary of was granted for services which, by the laws of Virginia, passed prior 
 War that the to the cession of the Northwestern Territory, would have entitled such 
 warrant was giv- officer or soldier, his heirs or assigns, to bounty lands, and also a cer- 
 before 1 " theses* tificate ? the register of the land office of Virginia, that no other war- 
 8 i ong "' ' rant has issued from the said land office for the same services. 
 
 Patents not to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall be issued by 
 issue for a great- virtue of the preceding section, for a greater quantity of land, than the 
 er quantity of rank or term of service of the officer or soldier, to whom or to whose 
 laws of Virginia ^ e 8 a ^ representatives such resolution warrant has been granted, would 
 entitled the^per- have entitled him to under the aforesaid laws of Virginia ; and when- 
 soii performing ever it appears to the Secretary of War, that the survey or surveys, 
 the service to. made by virtue of any resolution warrant, is for a greater quantity of 
 wUh*i*r aw b n land thau the officer or soldier is entitled to for his services, the Secre- 
 where locations tary of War shall certify, on the said survey or surveys, the amount of 
 shall have been such surplus quantity, and the officer or soldier, his heirs or assigns, 
 made in any oth- shall have leave to withdraw his survey from the office of the Secretary 
 surve^' to be of War > an(1 resurvey his location, excluding snch surplus quantity, in 
 made, &c. on e body, from any part of his resurvey, and a patent shall issue upon 
 
 such resurvey as in other cases, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 March 3 1807. ^ 47. AX ACT making provision for the disposal of the public lands, situated be- 
 Vol 2 p' 448 tween the United States military tract and the Connecticut Reserve, and for other 
 ' L_ purposes. 
 
 Land of the Be it enacted, $-c., That for the disposal of the lands of the United 
 
 United States to states, situated between the United States military tract and tjie Con- 
 necticut Reserve, a land office shall be established, which shall be kept 
 at such place as the President of the United States may direct : and 
 Offices estab- that for the disposal of the lands of the United States, lying on the Ohio 
 
 lished. River, between the Cincinnati and Vincennes districts, a land office 
 
 shall be established at Jeffersonville : and for each of the said offices a 
 register and receiver of public monies shall be appointed, who shall 
 give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose com- 
 pensation, emoluments, duties and authority, shall, in every respect, be 
 the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their 
 offices, as are or may be provided by law, in relation to the registers 
 and receivers of public monies in the several offices established for the 
 disposal of the lands of the United States, north of the river Ohio, and 
 above the mouth of Kentucky River. 
 When to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the lands of the United 
 
 sold. States, in the said districts, shall, with the exception of the section num- 
 
 ber sixteen, (a) and with the exception also of thirteen sections, in- 
 Reservatio ns .eluding the lower town of the Delaware tribe of Indians, and their im- 
 
 &c. provements, which said thirteen sections shall be designated by the 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be reserved for the use of the said 
 tribe and their descendants, so long as they continue to reside thereon, 
 and cultivate the same, be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under 
 
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 the direction of the register of the land office, and of the receiver of 
 
 public monies, at the places, respectively, where the land offices are 
 
 kept, and on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the Presi- 
 
 dent of the United States, be designated for that purpose : the sales The sales to re- 
 
 shall remain open at each place for six weeks, and no longer : the lands S? penforsix 
 
 sh^ll not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every 
 
 other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size, and on the same terms 
 
 and conditions, as have been, or may be by law provided for lands sold 
 
 north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky River. 
 
 All the lands of the United States, in the said districts, with the ex- 
 
 ceptions above mentioned, remaining unsold at the close of the pub- 
 
 lie sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by the register of the re- t wo dollars per 
 
 spective land offices, in the same manner, under the same regulations, acre. 
 
 for the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may 
 
 be provided by law for the sale of the lands of the United States north 
 
 of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky River. And 
 
 patents shall be obtained for all lands sold in said districts, in the same 
 
 manner and on the same terms as are provided by law, for other public 
 
 lands sold in the State of Ohio and the Indiana Territory, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several superintendents of Compensation 
 public sales, directed by this act, shall receive six dollars a day for each l^Kles 
 day's attendance on the said sales. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Registers and 
 States, in the recess of Congress, shall have full power to appoint and J^ffiun^thl 
 commission the registers and receivers of public monies of the landless of the Sen - 
 offices established by this act, and their commissions shall continue in ate. 
 force until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing such ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 #** 4 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That George Ash shall have the right George Ash to 
 of pre-emption to six hundred and forty acres of land including his havo JJSj* ht of 
 improvement on the river Ohio, below the former Indian boundary line ; p 
 the boundaries of the tract shall be designated by the register of the 
 land office, and the said land shall be granted to him at the same price, 
 and on payment being made in the same manner as for other public 
 land sold at private sale, the respective instalments of the purchase 
 money shall become due at the same time with the payments on the 
 first public lands sold in that district. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 (&) See ISTos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83,84, 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126. 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 sectioi 
 tobel 
 
 public 
 
 No. 48. AN ACT making further provision for the disposal of the sections of Feb. 29, 1808. 
 land heretofore reserved for the future disposition of Congress. Vol. 2, p. 470. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That all the sections of land heretofore reserved for ~ j> eserved Iand8 
 the future disposition of Congress, not sold or otherwise disposed of, j n Ohio with cer- 
 and lying within either of the districts established for the disposition tain exceptions, 
 of public lands in the State of Ohio, with the exception of the section to be offered for 
 numbered sixteen of the salt springs and lands reserved for the use of sale> 
 the same, shall be offered for sale in that district, within which such 
 reserved sections may respectively lie, on the same terms, and under the 
 same regulations, as other lands in the same district : Provided, That such Such sections 
 tions shall previously be offered to the highest bidder, at public sales, to be previously 
 belield under the superintendence of the registers and receivers of JS. 
 ^ublic monies of the land offices respectively to which they are attached, 
 on the same terms as have been provided by law for the public sales of 
 the other lands of the United States, and on such day or days as shall, 
 by a proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated 
 for that purpose: And provided also, That no such heretofore reserved NO reserved 
 section shall be sold either at public or private sale, at a less price than sections^ to^be 
 four dollars per acre.(a) four * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, acre . 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108. 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 49. AN ACT extending the time for issuing and locating military land- war- March 21, 1808. 
 
 rants. Vol. 2, p. 477. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of War be authorized to issue g eta ^ 
 lilitary land-warrants to such persons as have, or shall, before the first ^ar may issu e 
 ly of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten, produce to him land warrants t 
 itisfactory evidence of the validity of their claims ; which warrants, lat March, 1810. 
 
42 OHIO. 
 
 with those heretofore issued and not yet satisfied, shall and may be lo- 
 cated in the names of the holders or proprieteors thereof, prior to the 
 first day of Octoher, one thousand eight hundred and ten, on any un- 
 located parts of the fifty quarter townships and the fractional quarter 
 townships, reserved by law for original holders of military land- war- 
 rants, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 Dec. 19, 1809. No. 50. AN ACT extending the time for issuing and locating military land-war- 
 Vol. 2, p. 555. rants. 
 
 Secretary of Be it fnacted $c., That the Secretary of War be authorized to issue 
 War may issue military land-warrants to such persons as have or shall, before the first 
 certain military day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, produce to him 
 lan ^ vrarrante - , satisfactory evidence of the validity of their claims; which warrants, 
 located^ 6 with those heretofore issued and not yet satisfied, shall, and may be lo- 
 
 cated in the names of the holders or proprietors thereof, prior to the 
 first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, on any 
 unlocated parts of the fifty quarter townships and the fractional quarter 
 townships, reserved by law for original holders of military land-war- 
 rants, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135,139. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1810. No. 50a. AX ACT further to provide for the refugees from the British provinces 
 Yol. 2, p. 556. of Canada and Xova Scotia, and for other purposes. 
 
 Refugees from e if enacte ^ <$' c -3 That all persons having claims under the resolutions 
 
 Canada and No- of Congress, passed the twenty-third day of April, one thousand seven 
 
 va Scotia, to hundred and eighty-three, and the thirteenth of April, one thousand 
 
 transmit their seven hundred and eighty-five, as refugees from the British provinces of 
 
 the 1 waroffice Canada and Nova Scotia, shall transmit to the War Office, within two 
 
 years after the passing of this act, a just and true account of their 
 
 claims to the bounty of Congress. 
 
 Who entitled SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no other person shall be entitled 
 !2 ^J*>nefits of to the benefits of the provisions of this act, than those of the following 
 is of Descriptions, or their widows and heirs, viz : First, those heads of fam- 
 ilies and single persons, not members of any such families, who were 
 residents in one of the provinces aforesaid, prior to the fourth day of 
 July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and who abandoned 
 their settlements, in consequence of having given aid to the United Col- 
 onies or States, in the revolutionary war, against Great Britain,' or with 
 intention to give such aid, and continued in the United States, or in 
 their service during the said war, and did not return to reside in the 
 dominions of the king of Great Britain, prior to the twenty-fifth day of 
 November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- three. Secondly, 
 the widows and heirs of all such persons as were actually residents as 
 aforesaid, who abandoned their settlements as aforesaid, and died within 
 the United States, or in their service during the said war ; and thirdly, 
 all persons who were members of families at the time of their coming 
 into the United States, and who during the war entered into their 
 service. 
 
 Proofs, before SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proof of the several cir- 
 
 rc-hom to be tak- cumstances necessary to entitle the applicants to the benefits of this 
 
 en - act, may be taken before a judge of the Supreme or district court of the 
 
 United States, or a j udge of the supreme or superior court, or the first 
 
 justice or first judge of the court of common pleas, or county court of 
 
 any State. 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of fifteen 
 War to lay the months from and after the passing of this act, and from time to time 
 evidence of thereaf ter, it shall be the duty of the Secretary for the Department of 
 Secretary a n !d War, to lay such evidence of claims as he may have received, before the 
 Comptroller of Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, and with them proceed to 
 the Treasury.and examine the testimony, and give their judgment, what quantity of land 
 with them^to de- OU g U ^ o b e allowed to the individual claimants, in proportion to the 
 measure of relief, degree of their respective services, sacrifices and sufferings, in conse- 
 
 quence of their attachment to the cause of the United States; allowing 
 to those of the first class a quantity not exceeding one thousand acres, 
 and to the last class a quantity not exceeding one hundred, making such 
 intermediate classes, as the resolutions aforesaid and distributive justice 
 may, in their judgment require, and make report thereof to Congress. 
 
OHIO. 
 
 43 
 
 And in case any such claimant shall have sustained such losses and i n what cases 
 ifferings, or performed such services for the United States, that he can- separate report* 
 not justly be classed in any one general class, a separate report shall be are 1 
 
 ade of his circumstances, together with the quantity of land that 
 _ght to be allowed him, having reference to the foregoing ratio: 
 Provided, That in considering what compensation ought to be made by Proviso. 
 virtue of this act, all grants, except military grants, which may have 
 been made by the United States or individual States, shall be considered 
 it the just value thereof, at the time the same were made respectively, 
 either in whole or in part, as the case may be, a satisfaction to those 
 jvho may have received the same: Provided also, That no claim under 
 this law shall be assignable, until after report made to Congress as 
 aforesaid, and until the said lands be granted to the persons entitled to 
 the benefit of this act. 
 
 SEC. 5. And le it further enacted, That all claims in virtue of said 
 resolutions of Congress, which shall not be exhibited as aforesaid, 
 within the time by this act limited, shall for ever thereafter be barred : 
 Provided, That no patent shall be issued to any person who may hereafter 
 establish his claim under the said act, until he produce satisfactory 
 evidence to the Secretary of the Treasury, that he is at the time then 
 being, a resident within the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 23, 33, 33a, 55, 80. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Claims to b 
 otb 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 51. AN ACT to extend the time for locating Virginia military land- warrants. March 16, 1810. 
 and for returning the surveys thereon to the Secretary of the Department of "War. Vol. 2, p. 589. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line rive years al- 
 on continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty lowed to obtain 
 lands within the tract reserved by Virginia, between the Little Miami warrants and 
 and Sciota rivers, for satisfying the .legal bounties to her officers and tions, and seven 
 soldiers upon continental establishment, shall be allowed a further term years' to return 
 of five years, from and after the passage of this act, to obtain war- the surveys. 
 rants and complete their locations, and a further term of seven years, 
 from and after the passage of this act as aforesaid, to return their sur- 
 veys and warrants, or certified copies of warrants to the office of the 
 Secretary of the War Department, anything in any former act to the 
 contrary notwithstanding : Provided, That no locations as aforesaid, 
 within the above-mentioned tract, shall, after the passing of this act, 
 be made on tracts of land for which patents had previously been issued, or 
 which had been previously surveyed ; and any patent which may nev- 
 ertheless be obtained for land located contrary to the provisions of this 
 section, shall be considered as null and void, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 163, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 52. AN ACT providing for the removal of the land office established at Nash- 
 yille.inthe State of Tennessee, and Canton in the State of Ohio; and to author- 
 ize the register and receiver of public monies to superintend the public sales of 
 land in the district east of Pearl River. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1279.] 
 
 ^eb 05 ign 
 Vol's i> 649* 
 ' 
 
 No. 53. AN ACT to authorize the surveying and marking of certain roads, in the Dec. 12, 1811. 
 State of Ohio, as contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown in the Territory of Vol. 2 p. 668. 
 Michigan. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States be, and Road from the 
 hereby is authorized to appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, rapids of the 
 survey and mark, by the most eligible course, a road from the foot of v Erie" to 
 the rapids of the river Miami of Lake Erie, to the western line of the western line of 
 Connecticut reserve, and a road to run southwardly from Lower San- Connecticut re- 
 dusky to the boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville, serve. 
 which said road shall be sixty feet in width ; and the said commissioners Commissioners' 
 shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field- report to be made 
 notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United to the President. 
 States, who, if he approves of said surveys, shall cause the plats thereof 
 to be deposited in the office of the Treasury of the United States ; and 
 
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 OHIO. 
 
 the said roads shall be considered as established and accepted, pursuant 
 
 to the treaty held at Brownstown, in the Territory of Michigan, on the 
 
 twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight. 
 
 Roads to be SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the aforesaid roads shall be 
 
 opened and made opened and ma( i e under the direction of the President of the United 
 
 Snrf the & States, in such manner as he shall direct. 
 
 dent. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall 
 
 Compensation each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their necessary assistants 
 as- one Collar an( j fifty cen ts, for each and every day which they shall be 
 "necessarily employed in the exploring, surveying and marking said 
 roads ; and for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners 
 and their assistants, and for opening and making said roads, there shall 
 be and hereby is appropriated the sum of six thousand dollars, to be 
 paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 72, 97, 147, 16& 
 
 of the 
 Sstants. 
 
 April 8, 1812. 
 Vol. 6, p. 106. 
 
 No. 54. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Orr. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Thomas Orr be, and he is hereby confirmed 
 
 Confirmation of in the purchase of the southeast quarter of section number eleven, 
 land purchase, township seven, and range two in the Steubenville district, at the rate 
 of eight dollars per acre, and thai the sum of three hundred and twenty 
 dollars paid by the said Thomas Orr on account of the purchase money 
 of the said quarter-section on the fourteenth day of January, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and six, shall by the register and receiVer of pub- 
 lic moneys of the land office for the district aforesaid be placed to his 
 credit, and be considered the first instalment of the purchase money 
 due on said quarter-section ; and that the further sum of one hundred 
 and fifty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents paid by Martin Andrews on 
 the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, on ac- 
 count of the purchase money of said quarter-section, shall, by the reg- 
 ister and receiver aforesaid, be placed to the credit of the said Thomas 
 Orr, and be considered as part of the second instalment, which shall 
 become due and payable on account of the purchase money of the said 
 quarter-section, on the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirteen ; and if the said Thomas Orr shall pay the balance of the 
 said second instalment on the said fourth day of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirteen, and the balance of the purchase money 
 lue on said quarter-section, in two equal annual instalments, in the 
 same manner as is provided by law for the purchasers of public lands, 
 the said Thomas Orr, his heirs or assigns, shall be entitled to a patent 
 for the said quarter-section. 
 
 April 23, 1812. No. 55. A>f ACT making provision for certain persons claiming lands under the 
 Vol. 2, p. 712. several acts for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and 
 Xova Scotia. 
 
 Specific grants g e a enacted, #c., That the following persons, claiming lands under 
 sons 81 " " F tne act ' en tituled "An act to revive and continue in force an act, enti- 
 
 tuled An act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of 
 Canada and Nova Scotia," passed on the sixteenth day of March, one 
 thousand eight hundred and four, shall, respectively, be entitled to the 
 following quantities of land, that is to say : Charlotte Hazen, widow 
 of Moses Hazen ; Chloe Shannon, wife of James Noble Shannon and 
 relict of Obadiah Ayer, deceased ; the heirs of Elijah Ayer and the heirs 
 of Israel Euland, respectively, nine hundred and sixty acres; Elijah 
 Ayer, jun. and the heirs of Anthony Burk, respectively, three hundred 
 and twenty acres: And that the following persons, claiming lands un- 
 der the act, entituled "An act further to provide for the refugees from 
 the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, and for other pur- 
 poses," passed on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand 
 eight hundred and ten, shall, respectively, be entitled to the following 
 quantities of land, that is to say : the heirs of James Boyd, two thou- 
 sand two hundred and forty acres ; the heirs of Nathaniel Reynolds, 
 the heirs of Edward Antilland Joshua Sprague, respectively, nine hun- 
 dred and sixty acres ; Robert Sharp, John Fulton and John Morrison, 
 each, six hundred and forty acres ; James Sprague, David Dickey, John 
 Taylor, and the heirs of Gilberts Seamans, deceased, respectively, three 
 
OHIO. 45 
 
 hundred and twenty acres : which several tracts of land shall be located Reservations, 
 within the boundaries of' the fractional townships, reserved and set 
 apart for the purpose of satisfying the claims of the refugees from 
 Canada and Nova Scotia ; and the locations shall be made, and patents 
 granted, in the manner and on the conditions prescribed by former laws, 
 except as to the time for making the locations ; which locations shall 
 be made on the day or days that the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
 judge most convenient for the claimants, and shall designate for the 
 purpose, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 23, 33, 33a, 50a, 80. 
 
 No. 56. AN ACT giving further time to the purchasers of public lands, northwest April 23, 1812. 
 of the river Ohio, to complete their payments. Vol. 2, p. 712. 
 
 Beit enacted, $-0., That every person, who, prior to the first day of Purchasers 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, had purchased any tract prior to 1st April, 
 or tracts of land of the United States, not exceeding in the whole six 1808 * 
 hundred and forty acres, at any of the land offices established for the 
 disposal of the public lands northwest of the river Ohio, and whose 
 lands have not already been actually sold or reverted to the United 
 States for non-payment of part of the purchase money, shall be allowed Allowed three 
 the further term of three years from the first day of January, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and thirteen, for the payment of the residue of the 
 principal and interest due on account of such purchase, to be paid in 
 four equal annual payments, the first whereof to be on the said first 
 day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen; and in Land to be sold 
 case of failure in paying any of the said annual payments at the time on failure to pay . 
 when the same shall become due, the tract of land shall be forthwith 
 advertised and offered for sale in the manner and on the terms and con- 
 ditions heretofore prescribed for the sale of lands purchased of the 
 United States, and not paid for within the limited time, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 
 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 57. AN ACT to authorize the President of the "United States to ascertain and May 20, 1812. 
 designate certain boundaries. Vol. 2, p. 741. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the surveyor-general, under the direction of p r68 ident ^ 
 the President of the United States, be, and he is hereby authorized and cause the sur- 
 required (as soon as the consent of the Indians can be obtained,) to veyor-general to 
 cause to be surveyed, marked and designated, so much of the western designate the 
 and northern boundaries of the State of Ohio, which have not already Northern U bound 
 been' ascertained, as divides said State from the Territories of Indiana aries of Ohio, 
 and Michigan, agreeably to the boundaries as established by the act, &c. 
 entituled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the ter- 
 ritory northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and State gov- 
 ernment, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an 
 equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes," passed 
 April thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and two ; and to cause to ^ P lat to be 
 be made a plat or plan of so much of the boundary line as runs from SJmdary which 
 the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan to Lake Erie, particularly runs southeast- 
 noting the place where the said line intersects the margin of said lake, erly of Lake 
 and to return the same when made to Congress : Provided, That the Michigan, 
 whole expense of surveying and marking the said boundary lines shall e) j ^, ens 
 not exceed five dollars for every mile that shall be actually surveyed 
 and marked, which shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for 
 defraying the expense of surveying the public lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 141, 142. 
 
 No. 58. AN" ACT to ascertain the western boundary of the tract reserved for satis-. June 26, 1812. 
 fying the military bounties allowed to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line* Vol. 2, p. 764. 
 on continental establishment. 
 
 President o f 
 
 Be it enacted, 4-0., That the President of the United States shall be, 
 and he is hereby authorized by and with the advice and consent of the fta 
 Senate, to appoint three commissioners on the part of the United States, Virginia to ap- 
 to act with such commissioners as may be appointed by the State of pofnt commis- 
 Virginia, and the commissioners thu& appointed shall have full pawer sioners, &c. 
 
46 OHIO. 
 
 and authority to ascertain, survey and mark, according to the true in- 
 tent and meaning of the condition, touching the military reservation, in 
 the deed of cession from the State of Virginia to the United States, of 
 the land northwest of the river Ohio, the westwardly boundary line of 
 said reservation between the Little Miami and Scioto rivers. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 2. And le it farther enacted. That the commissioners appointed by 
 >et at Xema. the United states shall meet at Xenia in the State of Ohio, on the fifth 
 day of October next, for the purpose of ascertaining the said line, unless 
 otherwise directed by the President of the United States ; and in case 
 they shall not be met by commissioners appointed on the part of the 
 State of Virginia, within six days after the said fifth day of October 
 Duty of com- next, the commissioners appointed on the part of the United States 
 shall proceed to ascertain, survey and distinctly mark the said bound- 
 ary line, according to the true intent and meaning of the said act of 
 cession ; in measuring the said line, whether accompanied by the com- 
 missioners on the part of Virginia or not, or in case of disagreement, 
 they shall note the intersections, if any, of said line with any surveys 
 heretofore authorized by the United States, all water-conrses/the qual- 
 ity of the land over which the line passes and any other matter which 
 A plat to be in their opinion requires notice. The said commissioners shall make a 
 made and re- p l a t of said line, its intersections, with notes and references, which shall 
 Commissioner be si g ned and returned by the said commissioners to the Commissioner 
 of the General f the General Land Office, accompanied by a written report, on or be- 
 Land Office. fore the fifth day of January next, unless the time of meeting shall 
 have been prolonged by the President of the United States, who shall 
 lay copies of the same before both houses of Congress at their next ses- 
 sion. 
 
 Surveyor, &c., SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid 
 engaged. 8na ji nave p Ower to engage a skilful surveyor, who shall employ chain- 
 carriers and a marker, and shall be allowed four dollars for every mile 
 actually surveyed and marked under direction of the said commission- 
 ers, in performance of the duties assigned them ; and the commissioners 
 Pay of the com- appointed on the part of the United States shall each receive five dol- 
 lars for each day he shall be necessarily employed in performance of 
 the duties required of them by this act, which com pensation to the sur- 
 veyor and commissioners shall be paid out of any monies in the Treas- 
 ury not otherwise appropriated by law. 
 
 Temporary SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nntil the westwardly boundary 
 boundary line. ii ne o f the said reservation shall be finally establis hed by the agreement 
 and consent of the United States and the State of Virginia, the bound- 
 ary line designated by an act of Congress passed on the 23d day of 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and four, shall be considered and 
 held as the proper boundary line of the aforesaid reservation. 
 
 A copy of this SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 mUted b tortile retar F of S . ta ^ e to transmit an authenticated copy of this act to the gov- 
 governor of Vir- ernor of Virginia within twenty days after its passage, (a) 
 ginia. (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22. 27, 32. 35, 45, 46. 51, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 
 
 159, 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 July 6, 1812. No. 59. AX ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An fact] giving further time 
 Vol. 2, p. 7e-2. to purchasers of public lands northwest of the river Ohio, to complete their pay- 
 
 ments. v 
 
 Provisions of Be it enacted, fc., That the provisions of the act to which this act is 
 thfslfa^supple a sn PP lement shall be, and they are hereby extended to the several 
 ment extended purchasers of the fractional sections, which were by the direction of 
 to purchasers of the Secretary of the Treasury, classed together for sale, according to 
 certain f rac- the ninth section of an act, entitled "An act making provision for the 
 Si5?OTt erla' dis P 8al of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other 
 tion. purposes,'' passed on the twentieth of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 
 dred and four, notwithstanding the quantity of land contained in any 
 one tract, composed of such fractional sections, so classed together, and 
 purchased by a single contract, shall exceed six hundred and forty 
 acres. 
 
 Assignee or as- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the assignee or assignees of any 
 nal^ur ? f tig\- original purchaser of land from the United States, the lands being pur- 
 land U from^the c ) iase( i prior to the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and 
 United States en- eight, shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of the act, to 
 titled to the ben- which this act is a supplement, and the last preceding section, in every 
 fits of this act. ca8e wnere it shall appear to the satisfaction of the register and receiver 
 of public monies of the district wfthin which the land may lie, that the 
 
OHIO. 47 
 
 assignment by which he or they so claim was bona fide made prior to 
 the passing of the aforesaid act, that the whole lands claimed by virtue of 
 such assignment does not exceed six hundred and forty acres, unless it 
 comes within the provision of the preceding section, and that the lands 
 or some one tract thereof is inhabited and cultivated by or for the use 
 of the assignee or assignees. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in every case where any tract Original pur- 
 or tracts of land purchased prior to the first day of April, one thousand chasers or their 
 eight hundred and eight, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, i n fertain cases 
 unless such tract shall come within the provision of the first section of where their 
 this act, has since the first day of April last, reverted, or that may be- lands have re- 
 fore the first day of August next, revert to the United States, for S*fgS states?^ 
 default of payment : the person or persons claiming such tract or tracts, en t er upon the 
 whether as an assignee or an original purchaser, may again re-enter the same. 
 same : and all monies which such assignee or original purchaser may 
 have paid shall be replaced to his credit, by the register and receiver of 
 public monies of the district in which the lands may lie, and such repur- 
 chaser or repurchasers shall be allowed the same benefit of the exten- 
 sion of the time of payment, provided by the act to which this is a 
 supplement, as though no such reversion had occ urred ; provided such 
 assignee or assignees, original purchaser or purchasers shall make to 
 the proper land officer application for such re-entry on or before the 
 first day of September next, and that the lauds so re-entered shall not 
 have been resold previous to such application, (a) 
 
 
 la) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 
 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 o. 60. AN ACT further extending the time for issuing and locating military laud July 5, 1813. 
 
 warrants. Vol. 3, p. 3. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the Secretary of War be authorized to issue r . . .,.. 
 military land- warrants to such persons as have or shall, before the first ry warrants may 
 day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, produce to him be issued by the 
 satisfactory evidence of the validity of their claims ; which warrants, Secretaryof War. 
 with those heretofore issued and not yet satisfied, shall and may be lo- 
 cated in the name of the holders or proprietors thereof, prior to the first 
 day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, on any unlo- 
 cated parts of the fifty quarter townships, and the fractional quarter 
 townships reserved by law for original holders of military land-warrants. 
 And patents shall be granted for the land located under this act, in the 
 same manner as is directed by former acts for granting military lands.(a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 
 No. 61. AN ACT for the relief of John James Dufour and his associates. Aug. 2, 1813. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the further time of five years be, and the same ^ofe, p. 126, 
 hereby is allowed to John James Dufour and his associates, to pay the Five years a i. 
 money due the United States for a tract of land appropriated by virtue lowed to pay 
 of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to empower John James Dufour money due for a 
 and his associates to purchase certain lands," approved the first day of tract of lan<L 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and two, on the same terms, condi- 
 tions, and limitations specified in the above recited act. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 09. 
 
 No. 62. AN ACT for the relief of James Crawford. March 9, 1814. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That James Crawford be, and he is hereby confirmed VoL6 .P- 128 - 
 in the purchase of the west half of section number twenty-nine, in town- Land purchase 
 ship number seven, of range number two, in the district of lands offered confirmed, 
 for sale at Steubenville : Provided, That the said James Crawford shall 
 complete the payment of the purchase money for the land contained in 
 the southwest quarter of the aforesaid section, at the price per acre, and 
 on the terms and conditions specified in the certificate of the register of 
 the land office, for the west half of the said section, bearing date April 
 fourth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven ; and shall also complete 
 the payment for the northwest quarter of said section, at the price of 
 eight dollars an acre. The instalments of the purchase money for the 
 
 id northwest quarter shall be considered as due and becoming due on 
 
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 OHIO. 
 
 the respective days specified for making payment in the aforesaid cer- 
 tificate of the register ; and the sum of three hundred and twenty dol- 
 lars, paid on account of the purchase money of the said northwest 
 quarter, and which became forfeited by non-payment of part of the pur- 
 chase money, shall, by the register and receiver of public moneys for 
 the said district, be placed to the credit of the said James Crawford 
 and be considered as part of the purchase money for the said northwest 
 quarter-section ; and the said James Crawford, his heirs, or assigns, shall 
 be entitled to a patent for the land contained in the west half of the 
 aforesaid section, on his completing the payment of the purchase money, 
 according to the provisions of this act. 
 
 April 18, 1814. No. 63. AN ACT for the relief of Dennis Clark. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the receiver of public moneys for the district 
 
 *v am t?he l&nds offered for 8ale at Cincinnati, be required to pay Dennis Clark 
 refunded. the f u11 amount of moneys, with interest, paid by the said Dennis Clark 
 
 to the receiver aforesaid, in discharge of the purchase money for frac- 
 tional section number ten, in the first township, and first range east. 
 
 SEC - 2 ' And le ** further enacted, That the said Dennis Clark shall be 
 permitted to enter with the register of the land office, at two dollars 
 per acre, one hundred and sixty acres of land, in any section or part of 
 a section within the Cincinnati district, which has 'been reserved and 
 offered for sale, but not sold, to be paid for as other lands of the United 
 States. 
 
 Nov. 3, 1814. N"' 64. AN ACT further extending the time for locating Virginia military land- 
 Vol. 3, p. 143. warrants, and f r returning the surveys thereon to the General Land Office. 
 
 Officers and Beit enacted, $c., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, 
 soldiers in Vir- on continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty 
 ginia line, on i an< j 8 within the tract reserved by Virginia, between the Little Miami 
 tabSment, 6 |3" and Sciot a rivers, for satisfying the legal bounties to her officers and 
 lowed a further soldiers upon continental establishment, shall be allowed a further term 
 time. of three years, from and after the passage of this act, to obtain war- 
 
 rants and complete their locations, and a further term of five years, from 
 x and after the passage of this act as aforesaid, to return their surveys 
 
 and warrants, or certified copies of warrants, to the General Land Office, 
 anything in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided, 
 That no locations, as aforesaid within the above-mentioned tract, shall, 
 after the passing of this act, be made on tracts of land for which pat- 
 ents had previously been issued, or which had been previously surveyed ; 
 and any patent which may, nevertheless, be obtained for land located 
 contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be considered as null and 
 void. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 Feb. 4, 1815. No. 65. AN ACT attaching to the Canton district, in the State of Ohio, the tract of, 
 Vol. 3, p. 201. land lying between the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, and the Con- 
 necticut Western .Reserve. 
 
 Landsattached Be it enacted, <fc., That all that tract of land lying between the foot 
 to the district of o f the rapids of the river Miami of Lake Erie and the western line of 
 the Connecticut Reserve, in the State of Ohio, which was ceded to the 
 United States by certain tribes of Indians, at a treaty concluded at 
 Brownstown, in the Michigan Territory, on the twenty-fifth day of No- 
 vember, one thousand eight hundred and eight, shall be attached to, 
 and made a part of, the district of Canton, (a) 
 
 The ordinary SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That in surveying and dividing the 
 
 modes of survey- lands by this act attached to the district of Canton, the ordinary mode 
 
 S g ^deviated of surveying the public lands shall be so far deviated from that the 
 
 from in survey- boundary lines of the tracts to be laid off therein shall be run parallel 
 
 ing those of the to, and at right angles with, the road laid out in conformity with the 
 
 Canton district, g^ treaty, and in every other respect the surveys shall be made in the 
 
 same manner, and for the same compensation allowed for the surveying 
 
 the other public lands northwest of the river Ohio. (6) 
 
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 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands by this act at- Lands attached 
 tached to the district of Canton, shall be offered for sale to the highest to the Canton dis- 
 bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office and the re- J nc .J b -L thi ? f ct 
 ceiver of public moneys of the said district, at such time and place as sale 
 the President of the United States shall designate by proclamation for 
 that purpose ; and the sales shall remain open one week and no longer ; 
 and the said lands shall in every respect be sold on the same terms and 
 conditions as have been provided for the sale of other lands of the United 
 States. All the lands in the said tract remaining unsold at the close of 
 the said sales may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the 
 land office of the said district, on the same terms and conditions, as are 
 provided for the sale of other public lands in the same district ; and 
 patents shall be obtained in the same manner as in case of other lands 
 of the United States, (e) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid register and receiver Fees to the reg- 
 of public moneys shall each receive four dollars per day for each day's is, ter and receiver 
 attendance on the public sales directed by this act. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90, 99, 104, 132, 
 
 140,158,189. 
 
 !>) See Nos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 c) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 3>, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48. 52, 56, 59, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 85, 87, 83, 90. 93, 102, 108, 111, 113, 1-26, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 153, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 66. AN ACT giving further time to complete the surveys and obtain the pat- Feb. 22, 1815. 
 ents for lands located under Virginia resolution warrants. Vol. 3, p. 212. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c.. That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on -^ th ir-~ 
 continental establishment, or their legal representatives, to whom land allowed to com- 
 warrants have issued by virtue of any resolution of the legislature of plete surveys, 
 Virginia, as a bounty for services, which by the laws of Virginia, &<> 
 passed prior to the cession of the Northwestern Territory to the United 
 States, entitled such officers or soldiers to bounty lands, and whose 
 location of such warrants shall have been made prior to the twenty- 
 third day of March, one thousand eight [hundred] and eleven, shall 
 be allowed the further time of two years from the passing of this 
 act to complete their surveys and obtain their patents for the land 
 located as aforesaid : Provided, That surveys shall be made and patents 
 granted on the aforesaid locations, under the same regulations, restric- 
 tions and provisions, in every respect, as were prescribed for the making 
 of surveys and granting of patents by the act, entitled "An act author- 
 izing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed by virtue of cer- 
 tain 'Virginia resolution warrants/" passed on the third day of March, 
 one thousand eight hundred and seven, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 82, 93. 98. 112. 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 Xo. 67. AN ACT for granting and securing to Anthony Shane, the right of the Feb 24 1815. 
 
 United States to a tract of land in the State of Ohio. Vol. 6, p. 149. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That, in consideration of valuable and faithful ser- 
 
 vices, rendered to the United States, during the present war, by An- to AShane 
 thony Shane, a half-breed Indian, there be granted to him all the right 
 of the United States to a tract of land, to contain three hundred and 
 twenty acres, lying on the river St. Mary's, at a place called Shane's 
 Crossing, within the limits of the State of Ohio, but in a part thereof 
 to which the Indian title has not yet been extinguished ; the said tract 
 to be located in a convenient form, and so as to comprehend the said 
 Anthony Shane's improvements. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the Indian title to Patent to issue, 
 the territory comprehending the said tract, shall be extinguished, the ^ n en. 
 said three hundred and twenty acres shall be surveyed under the au- 
 thority of the United States, and a patent therefor shall be granted to 
 the said Anthony Shane, or, if not then living, to his children and le- 
 gal representatives, to hold the same to them and their heirs, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 144, 156. 
 
 No. 68. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Anderson. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the sum of three hundred and twenty-two dol- vol' fVwe' 
 lars and sixty-eight cents, paid by Joseph Anderson, on the fifth day 
 
 of November, one thousand eight "hundred and five, on account of the Payment to be 
 purchase money of the northwest quarter of section of land number ft?? ^ h i 8 
 eleven, in township seven, and range four, in the Steubenville district, ent toistSe. P 
 4 L O VOL II 
 
50 OHIO. 
 
 shall, by the register and receiver of public moneys of the land office 
 for the district aforesaid, be placed to the credit of the said Joseph An- 
 derson, and be considered as the fourth instalment of the purchase 
 money due for said quarter- section ; and that the said Joseph Anderson, 
 his heirs or assigns, shall be entitled to a patent for the same. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1816. No. 69. AX ACT for the relief of Charles Markin. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 157. Be . t enactd ^ g c ^ That Cnarles parkin shall be permitted to with- 
 Entry for land draw his entry made on the twenty-third day of February, one thou- 
 orawn b a^dlJav- 8an(leight hundred and fifteen, at the land office at Chillicothe, from 
 ment transf erred. *he northwest quarter of section number nineteen, township number 
 ' two, of range number sixteen, and the money paid by him on the said 
 entry shall be placed to his credit on any purchase he shall make or 
 may have made of public lands in the same district. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1816. NO. 70. AX ACT for the relief of Martin Cole, John Pollock, George Westner, and 
 Vol. 6. p. 157. Abraham Welty. 
 
 Entries for land Be it enacted, <^c., That Martin Cole, John Pollock, George Westner, 
 i b a nd w ay! and Abraham Welty be, and they are hereby authorized to withdraw 
 ment transferred! their respective erroneous entries made in the district of Madison, 
 Canton, Vincennes, and Zanesville, respectively, and the moneys paid 
 by them on the said entries shall be placed to their credit, on any pur- 
 chase of public land they may have made, or shall make in the same 
 districts. 
 
 April 16, 1816. No. 71. AN ACT further extending the time for issuing and locating military 
 Vol. 3, p. 284. land-warrants, and for other purposes. 
 
 Certain milita- Be it enacted, $*c., That the Secretary of War be authorized to is- 
 ry land-warrants sue military land-warrants to such persons as have or shall, before the 
 the^Secretarv ^of firet day * Marcn one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, produced 
 \r a r. to him satisfactory evidence of the validity of their claims ; which war- 
 
 rants, with those heretofore issued, and not yet satisfied, shall and may 
 be located in the name of the holders or proprietors thereof, prior to the 
 first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, on any 
 unlocated parts of the fiity quarter townships, and the fractional quar- 
 ter townships, reserved by law for original holders of military land- 
 warrants. And patents shall be granted, for the land located under 
 this act, in the same manner as is directed by former acts for granting 
 military lands. 
 
 At the expira- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of the term 
 tion of the term limited by this act, for the location of the military land- warrants afore- 
 this said, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 or general to be to transmit to the survey or- general a list of all the lots of land within 
 furnished b y the fifty quarter townships and fractional quarter townships, which 
 Commissioner shall at that time remain unlocated; and the surveyor-general shall 
 with list, <fcc. prepare and transmit to the registers of the land office at Chillicothe 
 and Zanesville, respectively, general plats of the aforesaid unlocated 
 Repre s e n t a - lots, which lots shall, after the first day of March, one thousand eight 
 anT soldiers e of hundred and nineteen, be offered for sale at the land offices in the dis- 
 militia. <fcc., pro- tricts in which they are situated, in the same manner, on the same terms 
 vided for. ' and conditions, in every respect, as other public lands are offered at pri- 
 vate sale, in the same districts, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 128, 130, 131, 135. 139. 
 
 April 16, 1816. No. 72. AX ACT to authorize the President of the United States to alter the road 
 Vol. 3, p. 285. laid out from the foot of the rapids of the river Miami of Lake Erie, to the western 
 line of the Connecticut Reserve. 
 
 Alteration au- j$ e u ena ,cted, $'c., That the President of the United States be, and is 
 laid "out byaet of hereby authorized to cause to be made, in such manner as he may deem 
 Dec. 12 1811, in most proper, an alteration in the road laid out under the authority of 
 the State of Ohio, an act, entitled "An act to authorize the surveying and making of cer- 
 tain roads in the State of Ohio, as contemplated by the treaty of Browns- 
 
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 town in the Territory of Michigan," so that the said road may pass 
 through the United States' reservation at Lower Sandusky, or north 
 thereof not exceeding three miles. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the necessary expenses which Expenses to be 
 shall be incurred in altering the said road shall be paid out of the P aid> 
 moneys appropriated for the surveying of the public lands of the United 
 States, (a) 
 
 'a) See Nos. 53, 97, 147, 163. 
 
 73. AN ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Ohio to sell a certain April 16 1816. 
 part of a tract of land, reserved for the use of that State. Vol. 6, p. 161. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, : 
 
 and are hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be selected and ohioSavsellcer 
 sold, in such manner, and on such terms and conditions as they may ta in reserved see- 
 by law direct, any one section not exceeding the quantity of six hun- tion of land, 
 dred and forty acres, of the tract of land of six miles square, reserved 
 for the benefit of that State, at the Scioto salt springs : Provided, That 
 the section so selected shall not include the said salt springs, and that 
 the money arising from the sale of the aforesaid section shall be applied Proceeds to be 
 to the erection of a court-house, or other public buildings, thereon, for applied to the 
 the use of the county of Jackson, in said State ; and whenever the selec- erection of court- 
 tion and sale of the said section of land shall have been made, and the jackson County? 
 same shall be duly certified to the Commissioner of the General Land Of- 
 fice, a patent shall be granted by the President of the United States, for 
 the said section, in trust to such person or persons as the legislature of 
 the State shall have appointed and authorized, to sell and execute titles 
 to the purchasers of the land aforesaid, (a) 
 
 <a) See Nos. 11, 28, 76, 79, 105. 
 
 X o. 74, AN ACT for the relief of Edward Wilson. April 20> 1816- 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Edward Wilson shall be permitted to with- Vol. 6, p. 162. 
 draw an entry made by James Caldwell, on the fourth day of April, one .,, , T~ 
 thousand eight hundred aad eleven, at the land office at Steubenville, withdraw his 
 from the southwest quarter of section number thirteen, in township entry in the land 
 number nine, of range number seven, in the district of land offered for office at Steuben- 
 sale at Steubenville ; and the money paid on the said entry shall be Vllle> &c> 
 placed to the credit of said Wilson on any purchase he may make, or 
 may have made, of public lands in said district. 
 
 No. 75. AN ACT granting to Amos Spafford the right of pre-emption. April 26, 1816. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Amos Spafford, collector of the district and Vol. 6, p. 166. 
 port of Miami, shall have the right of pre-emption to one hundred and p re -em pt ion 
 sixty acres of land, to include his improvements, situate within the right granted to 
 limits of the reserve of twelve miles square, at the rapids of Miami of him. 
 Lake Erie, the boundaries of which shall be designated under the di- 
 rection of the Secretary of the Treasury; which tract of land shall be 
 granted to him at the same price, and on the same terms and conditions 
 for which the other public lands are sold at private sale. 
 
 No. 76. AN ACT providing for the sale of the tract of land at the lower rapids of April 27, 1816. 
 
 Sandusky Elver. Vol. 3, p. 308. 
 
 Be it enacted, $rc., That so much of the tract of land of two miles p t f t fc 
 square, at the lower rapids of Sandusky River, ceded by the Wyandots, to be laid off into 
 Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottawas, Chippewas, Patawatimies, Miamis, town and out 
 Eel River, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankashaws, and Kaskaskias tribes of lots - 
 Indians to the United States, by the treaty of Greenville, of the third 
 of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- five, shall, under 
 the direction of the surveyor-general, be laid off into town lots, streets 
 and avenues, and into out-lots, in such manner and of such dimensions 
 as he may judge proper : Provided, The tract so to be laid off shall not Proviso, 
 exceed the quantity of land contained in one entire section, nor the 
 town lots one-quarter of an acre each. When the survey of the lots . 
 shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the surveyor- 
 ~">neral, on which the town lots and out-lots shall respectively be des- 
 
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52 OHIO. 
 
 ignated by progressive numbers, who shall cause two copies to be made, 
 one to be transmitted, with a copy of the field-notes, to the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office, and the other to the register of the 
 land office at Wooster. 
 
 Surveyor - gen- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That previously to the disposal at 
 eral to lay off the public sale of the before-mentioned tract of land, the surveyor- general 
 rectedto be sold sha11 ) and he is hereby directed to resurvey and mark the exterior lines 
 by this act. f t ne said, tract, conformably to the survey made in [the] year one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and seven, by virtue of the act of the third of 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and five, and also to cause divis- 
 ional lines to be run through each fractional section, and of the adjoin- 
 ing quarter- section, so that each subdivision, having one front on the 
 river, may contain, as nearly as may be, eighty acres each. And in like 
 manner to cause the large island, lying in the west half of section num- 
 ber one, to be surveyed, and the 'same to be divided into two equal 
 Proviso. parts : Provided, That in running the subdivisional lines, no interference 
 
 shall be made affecting the selection or location hereafter to be made 
 under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided also, That in 
 no case shall the subdivisional lines be so run, as to extend to, or em- 
 brace the bed of the river, which shall be deemed, and is hereby de- 
 Proviso, clared to be a public highway: And provided also, That the whole 
 expense of resurveying and marking the exterior lines of the said 
 cession, and running and marking the subdivisional lines of the frac- 
 tional and quarter sections, lying adjacent to the river, shall not exceed 
 three dollars for every mile actually survey ed,resurveyed and marked, 
 by virtue of this and the preceding section, (a) 
 
 Lands to be SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the land contained within 
 sold with certain the aforesaid cession, of two miles square, shall, with the exception of 
 reservations, at as many town lots and out-lots, as in the opinion of the Secretary of 
 the Treasury may be necessary to reserve for the support of schools (6) 
 within the same, and with exception also of the salt springs, and land 
 reserved for the use of the same, (c) be offered for sale to the highest bid- 
 der at Wooster in the State of Ohio, under the direction of the register 
 and receiver of the land office, and on such day or days as shall, by a 
 public proclamation of the President of the United States, be desig- 
 nated for that purpose. The sale for the divided quarter- sections, 
 fractional sections, and of the town lots and out-lots, shall remain open 
 at Wooster for seven days, and no longer : The divided quarter-sections 
 and fractional sections shall not be sold for less than two dollars an 
 acre ; the m-lots for less than twenty dollars each, nor any out-lot for less 
 than at the rate of five dollars per acre ; and shall in every other respect, 
 be sold on the same terms and conditions as have been or may be provided 
 by law for the lands sold north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of 
 Kentucky River. All the laud other than what is excepted as above 
 mentioned, remaining unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be 
 disposed of at private sale by the register of the land office at Wooster, 
 agreeably to the provisions of this act, and in the same manner, under 
 the same regulations and conditions as are or may be provided by law, 
 for the sale of the public lands of the United States north of the river 
 Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River, and patents shall be 
 obtained for all lands granted or sold within the said cession, in the 
 same manner and on the same terms as are or may be provided by law 
 for land sold in the State of Ohio. The superintendents of the public 
 sales directed by this section, shall receive four dollars each, for each 
 day's attendance on the said sales, (d) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65, 79, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 28, 31, 47, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 28, 73, 79, 105. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30. 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 79. - 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 173. 1?5. 
 
 April 27, 1816. No. 77. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Dick, William Bruce and Asa Kitchel. 
 Vol. 6, p. 169. J$Q n enacted, $'C., That the final certificate of Samuel Dick, issued on 
 Final certifl- * ne thirteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and one, by the register 
 cates to be re" of the land office in the Cincinnati district, for six hundred and forty 
 ceived as evi- acres of land ; also the final certificate granted to Asa Kitchel, dated 
 dence of payment tll 6 twenty-eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and one, by the reg- 
 ister aforesaid, for six hundred and twenty-eight acres of land ; and 
 also the final certificate granted to William Bruce, by the register afore- 
 
OHIO. 53 
 
 said, for a section of land, dated about the same time, shall respectively 
 be received by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, as complete 
 evidence of payment for the tracts of land therein specified, and pat- 
 ents shall be issued thereon as in other cases. 
 
 No. 78. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph S. Newall. April 27, 1816. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Joseph S. Newall shall be permitted to with- YoL 6 P- 17 - 
 draw an entry made at the land office at Canton, in the State of Ohio, Entry may be 
 from the northwest quarter of section number five, in township num- withdrawn, and 
 ber twenty-one, of range number sixteen, in the district of land offered payments trans- 
 for sale at Canton, and the money paid on the said entry shall be placed 
 to the credit of said Newall on any purchase he may make, or may 
 have made of public lands in said district. 
 
 fo. 79. AN ACT providing for the sale of the tract of land, at the British fort at April 27, 1816. 
 the Miami of the Lake, at the foot of the rapids, and for other purposes. Vol. 3, p. 319. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the tract of land of twelve miles ~r rac t of land 
 luare, at the "'British fort of the Miami of the Lake, at the foot of the to be laid off into 
 rapids," ceded by the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottawas, Chip- lots by the sur- 
 pewas, Patawatamies, Mi amis, Eel River, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piank- veyor-general. 
 shaws, and Kaskaskias tribes of Indians, to the United States, by the 
 treaty of Greenville, of the third of August, one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and ninety-five, shall, under the direction of the surveyor-general, 
 be laid off into town lots, streets, and avenues, and into out-lots, in 
 such manner and of such dimensions, as he may judge proper : Provided, Proviso. 
 The tract so to be laid off shall not exceed the quantity of land contained 
 in two entire sections, nor the town lots one-quarter of an acre each. 
 When the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be 
 returned to the surveyor-general, on which the town lots and out-lots 
 shall, respectively, be designated, by progressive numbers, who shall 
 cause two copies to be made, one to be transmitted, with a copy of the 
 field-notes, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the other 
 to the register of the land office at Wooster. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That previously to the disposal at Surveyor-gen- 
 public sale of the before-mentioned tract of land, the surveyor-general er ^ * cause the 
 shall, and he is hereby directed, to resurvey and mark the exterior lines eJid^ract t? be 
 of the said tract, conformably to the survey made in December, one run before the 
 thousand eight hundred and five, by virtue of the act of the third of land is disposed 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and five, and also to cause divisional of - 
 lines to be run through each section and fractional section binding on 
 the said river, so that each subdivision may contain, as nearly as may be, 
 one hundred and sixty acres each. And in like manner to cause the 
 "Great Island," lying at the foot of the rapids, in the said river, to be 
 surveyed, and by lines, running north and south, to divide the same, as 
 nearly as may be, into six equal parts, that is to say, that part of the said 
 island, described in the survey of the said cession, as lying in township 
 number three, in four parts ; and that part of the said island lying in 
 township number four, into two parts: Provided, That in running the Proviso, 
 subdivisional lines no interference shall be made affecting or impairing 
 the rights of persons to whom letters-patent have been granted for land 
 lying within the limits of the said twelve miles square, nor affecting the 
 selection or location hereafter to be made under the direction of the 
 Secretary of War, for military purposes : Provided, aho, That in no case Proviso, 
 shall the subdivisional lines be so run as to extend to, or embrace the 
 bed of the river, which shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be a 
 public highway: And provided, also, That the whole expense of resur- Proviso, 
 veying and marking the exterior lines of the said cession and of the sub- 
 divisional lines of the sections, lying adjacent to the river, shall not ex- 
 ceed three dollars for every mile actually surveyed, resurveyed, and 
 marked, by virtue of this and the preceding section, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the land contained within Lands to be 
 the aforesaid cession of twelve miles square, not excepted by virtue of 8 ld ; when and 
 any section of this act, shall, with the exception of number sixteen, which wnere< 
 shall be reserved in each township, for the support of schools within the 
 same, (&)and with the exception also of the salt springs and land reserved 
 for the use of the same, (c) beoffered for sale to the highest bidder, at 
 
54 OHIO. 
 
 Wooster, in the State of Ohio, under the direction of the register and 
 receiver of the land office, and on such day or days as shall, by a public 
 proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for 
 that purpose. The sale for the quarter-sections, fractional quarter-sec- 
 tions, and of the town lots and out-lots, shall remain open at Wooster, for 
 seven days and no longer. The quarter-sections and fractional quarter- 
 sections, shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre ; the in-lots for 
 less than twenty dollars each, nor any out- lot for less than at the rate 
 of five dollars per acre ; and shall, in every other respect, be sold on the 
 same terms and conditions as have been, or may be, by law, provided 
 for the lands sold north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Ken- 
 tucky River. All the lands other than the reserved sections and those 
 excepted as above mentioned, remaining unsold at the closing of the 
 public sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the 
 land office, at Wooster, agreeably [to] the provisions of this act, and in 
 the same manner, under the same regulations and conditions as are, or 
 may be provided by law, for the sale of the lands of the United States, 
 north of the Ohio River, and above the mouth of Kentucky River. And 
 patents shall be obtained for all lands granted or sold within the said 
 cession, in the same manner, and on the same terms, as are or may be 
 provided by law for land sold in the State of Ohio. The superintendents 
 of the public sales, directed by this section, shall receive four dollars 
 each, for each day's attendance on the said sales, (d) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 81, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 15rf, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 28, 73, 76, 105. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 11, 16.21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 80, 81, -3. -4, 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 April 29, 1816. No. 80. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the State of Ohio, for- 
 Vol. 3, p. 326. merly set apart for refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. 
 
 . - : ~ Be it enacted, <$'c., That such part of the tract of land which was set 
 
 set apart foiMDa a P ur t for refugees from Canada and Xova Scotia, by the act of Congress, 
 nadian and Nova passed the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred 
 Scotia refugees, and one, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land appropriated 
 not yet located, for tne re f u gees from the British provinces of Canada, and Nova Scotia," 
 the land ^strict which ha- 8 u t been located by the said refugees, (a) shall be attached to, 
 of Chillicothe. and made a part of the land district of Chillicothe, (&) and the said unlo- 
 cated land shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the di- 
 rection of the register of the land office and of the receiver of public 
 moneys for the said district, at Chillicothe, on such day as shall, by 
 to saleand P 8old proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for 
 to the highest that purpose; the sale shall remain open six days, and no longer; the 
 bidder. lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in 
 
 every other respect be sold in tracts of the same size, and on the same 
 Lands undis- terms and conditions as have been or may be provided for lands in the 
 posed of this said district. All the said unlocated land, remaining unsold at the close 
 way, to be sold by of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of 
 private bargains. fo e 8& {^ land office, in the same manner, under the same regulations, 
 for the same price, and on the same terms as are or may be provided 
 by law for the sale of lands in the said district ; and patents shall be 
 obtained in the same manner, and on the same terms, as for other public 
 lands in the said district, (c) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superintendents of the pub- 
 lic sales directed by this act shall each receive four dollars a day for 
 each day's attendance on the said sales. 
 (a) See Nos. 23, 33, 33a,50a, 55. 
 (6) See Nos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 81, 85. 88, 90, 99, 104, 132, 
 
 140, 158, 189. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 81. - 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 March. 18, 1818. No. 81. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the district of Marietta, 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 409. and for the location of claims and sale of certain lands in the district of Vincennes. 
 
 The surveyor- Be il enacted, fc., That for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity, and 
 
 general to re^ providing for the sale of the lands belonging to the United States, 
 
 qnire Rufus Put- within the limits of a tract of one hundred thousand acres granted to 
 
 man, &c., to u f us p n tman, Manassah Cutler, Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, in 
 
 lands a conveved trust for the P er sons composing the Ohio Company of Associates, in 
 
 &c. ' pursuance of the third section of an act, entitled " An act authorizing; 
 
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 the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of As- 
 sociates," passed on the twenty-first of April, seventeen hundred and 
 ninety- two, it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general, and he is hereby 
 authorized, to require of the said Rufus Putman and other surviving 
 patentees, in trust as aforesaid, to make a report to him of the quantity 
 and situation of the lands by them conveyed, as bounties, to actual set- 
 tlers, according to the conditions of the said third section and grant 
 aforesaid ; and also, a difly attested copy of the field-notes and plat of Copy of field- 
 the surveys of the lands by them conveyed to actual settlers as afore- ^urve'ys! 
 said, (a) And the surveyor-general, on receiving a satisfactory report of Surveyor - gen- 
 the quantity and situation of the lands so conveyed, shall cause the eral to cause the 
 residue of the lands within the said tract to be surveyed in the same residue of the 
 manner as the other public lands ; or, if he shall deem it more cpnven- veye( j & c 
 ient, into tracts of one hundred acres, conforming, as far as practicable, Return of sur- 
 to the plan on which lots granted to actual settlers were laid off ; and veys to the Gen- 
 ~ie shall make return of the surveys to the General Land Office and the gj 1 Land Office * 
 egister of the land office at Marietta. (&) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person, or their legal rep- Confirmed 
 tatives, whose claims were confirmed by any of the several acts claims to land in 
 >r confirming claims to land in the district of Vincennes and which yhfcennes^ma* 
 claims have not been located, shall be authorized to enter their loca- fc e located on the 
 tions with the register of the land office at Vincennes, on any part of tract set apart, 
 the tract set aparfc for that purpose in the said district, by virtue of an &c. 
 act, entitled "An act respecting claims to land in the Indiana Territory 
 and State of Ohio," and in conformity to the provision of that act, and 
 shall be entitled to receive certificates and patents in the same manner 
 as provided by former laws respecting locations in the same tract : 
 Provided, That the locations authorized by this act, and those author- Proviso ; loca- 
 ized by an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain claimants to Kns to be made 
 land in the district of Vincennes," passed on the sixteenth of April, one if| ore 
 thousand eight hundred and sixteen, shall be made before the first day 
 of September next ; and, after the said locations shall have been made 
 and the surveys thereon completed, the surveyor-general shall cause 
 the residue of the said tract to be surveyed, conforming, as far as prac- Residue of 
 ticable, to the plan for surveying the other public lands, and he shall tract to be sur- 
 niake a return of the surveys, to the General Land Office, and to the reg- veyed. 
 ister of the land office at Vmcennes. veys &? SUr " 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That such part of the tract, described part 'of one 
 by the first section of this act, as shall appear to belong to the United tract to be sold 
 States, shall be offered for sale at Marietta, (c) and such part of the tract at Marietta; and 
 described by the second section of this act, as shall not have been lo- at Vincennes to 
 cated under confirmed claims, shall be offered for sale at Vincennes. the highest bid- 
 The said lands, in the said respective tracts, with the exception of the der, &c. 
 usual proportion for the support of schools, shall be offered for sale to Days of sale, 
 the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office 
 and the receiver of public moneys for the said districts, on such days, 
 respectively, as shall, by proclamation of the President, be designated 
 for that purpose ; the sales at each place shall remain open six days, Sales P en six 
 and no longer ; the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an days< 
 acre ; and shall, in every other respect, both as to public and private p r ice. 
 sales, be sold on the same terms and conditions as other public lands in 
 the same districts ; and patents shall be obtained in the manner, and on p atents 
 the terms, provided in case of other public lands sold by the United 
 States, (d) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be It further enacted, That the superintendents of the pub- Four dollars a 
 lie sales, directed by this act, shall each receive four dollars a day for day to superin- 
 each day's attendance on the said sales. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 5, 133. 
 
 (&) SeeNos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 79, 102, 119, 158. 
 
 (c) SeeNos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 85, 88, 90, 99, 104, 132, 140, 
 
 158, 189. 
 
 (d) SeeNos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 
 
 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
56 OHIO. 
 
 April 11, 1818. No * 82. A>, ACT to extend the time for locating Virginia military land-warrants, 
 Vol. 3 p 423 and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office ; and for designating the 
 
 western boundary line of the Virginia military tract. 
 
 Officers and sol- Be it enacted, fc., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on 
 giniaUne entitled continental establishment, their heirs, and assigns, entitled to bounty 
 to bounty lands, lands, within the Virginia military tract, between the Little Miami and 
 allowe'd two the Sciota rivers, shall be allowed a further term of two years, from 
 ye r a -fi 9 raffnT *nf *^ e ratification of any treaty extinguishing* the Indian title to lands 
 any treaty extin- within the said boundaries not heretofore extinguished, to obtain war- 
 guishing' Indian rants and complete their locations ; and a further term of three years, 
 titles. &c.. to ob- from the ratification of any treaty extinguishing the Indian title to 
 tam warrants, ] anc i s within the said boundaries not heretofore extinguished, as afore- 
 And three 8a ^> t return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies of war- 
 years to return rants, to the G eneral Land Office ; any thing in any former act to the 
 their surveys, contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 & The act author- ^ EC> ^" ^ n ^ ^ 7 * f ur ^ er enacted, That the provisions of the act, enti- 
 
 izing patents to ^ e ^ "^ n ac ^ authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed 
 
 issue for lands by virtue of certain Virginia resolution warrants," passed on the third 
 
 surveyed in yir- day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, shall be revived 
 
 reflation ^wT* and in force > with all its restrictions, except that the respective times 
 
 rants, revived^ allowed for making locations and returning surveys thereon, shall be 
 
 <fcc.. except, &c. limited to the terms prescribed by the first section of this act for the 
 
 location and return of surveys on other warrants, and that the surveys 
 
 Proviso-, no lo- shall be returned to the General Land Office : Provided, That no locations, 
 
 cation on tracts as aforesaid, in virtue of this, or the preceding, section of this act, shall 
 
 ents had ere be made on tracts of lan(ls for which patents had previously been is- 
 
 viously issued or sued > or which had been previously surveyed ; and any patent which 
 
 which had been may, nevertheless, be obtained for land located contrary to the provis- 
 
 snrveyed, &c. ions of this act, shall be considered null and void : Provided also, That 
 
 cationY^oi^sur- no locations or surveys shall be made within that part of the said mili- 
 
 veys within that tarv tract to which the Indian title remained heretofore unextinguished, 
 
 part of the mili- until after six months shall have elapsed from the date of a proclama- 
 
 tary tract. &c. tlon of the President of the United States, declaring a treaty or treaties 
 
 to have been concluded and ratified, providing for the extinguishment 
 
 of the Indian title to such lands; nor shall any patent be granted for 
 
 any location, survey, or entry, that has been, or shall be, made prior to 
 
 the expiration of six months from and after the ratification of such 
 
 treaty. 
 
 The line desig- SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That from the source of the Little 
 nated by the act Miami River to the Indian boundary line established by the treaty of 
 "Nia/h 1 e I*M ? f Grenville > in ne thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, the line des- 
 remain the west ignated as the westerly boundary line of the Virginia tract, by an act 
 erly boundary of Congress, passed on the twenty-third day of March, one thousand 
 line of the Vir- eight handred and four, entitled "An act to ascertain the boundary of 
 fth^rwisfdirecti the lands re8erved bv the State of Virginia north west of the river Ohio, 
 ed bylaw. ^ or t ne satisfaction of her officers and soldiers on continental establish- 
 
 ment, and to limit the period for locating the said lands." shall be con- 
 sidered and held to be such until otherwise directed by law : And from 
 The line run by tne aforesaid Indian boundary line to the source of the Sciota River, 
 Cbr.rles Roberts the line run by Charles Roberts, in one thousand eight hundred and 
 TO be considered twelve, in pursuance of instructions from the commissioners appointed 
 boundary * y on tne P ar * of tne United States, to establish the western boundary of 
 the said military tract, shall be considered and held to be the westerly 
 boundary line thereof; and that no patent shall be granted on any lo- 
 Patents for lo- ca ti n and survey that has or may be made west of the aforesaid re- 
 cations, spective lines, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 93, 93. 112, 119. 121, 12*, 146, 154, 
 159, 166, 172, 174. 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 April 18, 1818. No. S3. AX ACT to suspend for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for 
 Vol. 3, p. 433. failure in completing the payment thereon. 
 
 Operation of Be it enacted, #c., That the operation of the sixth condition of the fifth 
 6th condition of section of the act, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled 'An act prp- 
 M' iol?* h f viclin S for the sale of the lands of the United States northwest of the Ohio 
 s/iusp'ended un- and above the mouth of Kentucky River,"' be, and the same is hereby, 
 til March 31, 1818. suspended until the thirty-first day of March next, in favour of the pur- 
 chasers of public lands at any of the land offices of the United States : Pro- 
 
OHIO. 51 
 
 tided. That the benefit of this act shall not be extended to any one pur- 
 chaser for a greater quantity than six hundred and forty acres of land, (a) 
 
 () See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 
 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. S4. AX ACT further to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of a j rcx 3> ~P' 
 lands for failure in completing the payment thereon. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the operation of the sixth condition of the The operation 
 fifth section of the act, entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An of the 6th condi- 
 act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States north west g^Sio^of^heiS 
 of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River,' " be, and the same f or t h e sa i e O f 
 is hereby, suspended until the thirty- first day of March, one thousand lands, &o., sus- 
 ei^ht hundred and twenty, in favour of the purchasers of public lands pended until 
 at any of the land offices of the United States : Provided, That the ben- |[J h3 
 efit of this act shall not be extended to any one purchaser for a greater C h a8ers . 
 quantity than six hundred and forty acres of land, (a) 
 
 (a) See ]STos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 
 83,85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130,132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 . S3. AN ACT to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land offices March 3, 1819. 
 
 No. S3. AJN ACT to designate tne boundaries of districts, and estatmsn land omces ^aruii o, ioi 
 for the disposal of the public lands not heretofore offered for sale in the States of vol. 3, p. 521. 
 Ohio and Indiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That for the sale of the unappropriated public lands Districts and 
 in the State of Ohio, to which the Indian title is extinguished, the fol- offices for the sale 
 lowing districts shall be formed, and land offices therefor established : Jjelndiimtitleis 
 All the public lands, as aforesaid, lying between the western boundary extinguished, in 
 line of the State of Ohio, and a north and south line to be drawn at Ohio, 
 forty-eight miles east of the said boundary line, and bounded on the 
 south by the Indian boundary, established by the treaty of Greenville, 
 and on the north by the northern boundary of the State of Ohio, shall 
 form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Piqua : District and 
 And all the public lands, as aforesaid, lying between the above-described land o ffi c e at 
 district and the western limits of the Connecticut Reserve and Canton ^ 1( l ua - 
 land district as first established, and bounded on the south by the Indian 
 boundary established by the treaty of Greenville, and on the north by the 
 northern boundary of the State of Ohio, shall form a district for which a District and 
 land office shall be established at the town of Delaware, (a) And for the land office at Del- 
 disposal of the unappropriated public lands in the State of Indiana, to a ^)f ^ct d 
 which the Indian title is extinguished, the following districts shall be g icea f or ^} ie8 ^ e 
 formed, and land offices established : All the public lands as aforesaid, of lands to which 
 to which the Indian title was extinguished by the treaties concluded at the Indian title is 
 St. Mary's, in the month of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, f2*~ hed| m 
 lying east of the range line, separating the first and second ranges, east 
 of the second principal meridian, extended north to the present Indian 
 boundary, and north of a line to be run, separating the ninth and tenth 
 tiers of townships north of the base line, shall form a district, for which 
 a land office shall be established at Brookville : And all the public lands A district, and 
 as aforesaid, the Indian title to which was extinguished by the treaties land office at 
 aforesaid, and lying west of the last- described district, shall form a dis- at^Terre Haute 
 trict for which a land office shall be established at the town of Terre 
 Haute : And all the public lands, as aforesaid, the Indian title to which 
 was extinguished by the treaties aforesaid, lying east of the second 
 principal meridian, and south of a line, to be run, separating the ninth 
 and tenth tiers of townships north of the base line, shall be, and are Lands attached 
 hereby, attached to the district of Jeffersonville; and the said lands to the district of 
 shall be offered for sale with the same exceptions, and on the terms and Jeffersonville. 
 conditions, in every respect, both at public and private sales, as is pro- feJ^farrote on 
 vided for the sale of the lands in the districts aforesaid: Provided also, tne aame terms, 
 That the President of the United States shall have power, and he is &c. 
 hereby authorized, to remove, whenever he shall judge it expedient so 
 to do, the land office from Jeffersonville, to some central and suitable 
 place within the district. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the President is hereby author- The President, 
 ized to appoint, by and with the consent and advice of the Senate, for &c. authorized to 
 each of the districts aforesaid, a register of the land office and receiver appoint a register 
 of public moneys ; which appointments shall not be made, for any of the eJch district 
 aforesaid respective land districts, until a sufficient qnantity of public 
 lands shall have been surveyed within such district, as to authorize, in 
 the opinion of the President, a public sale of land within the same ; 
 
58 OHIO. 
 
 which registers of the land office and receivers of public moneys, when 
 appointed, shall each, respectively, give security, in the same sums, and 
 in the same manner, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, 
 and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in respect to the 
 lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be pro- 
 vided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys 
 in the several land offices, established for the disposal of the public 
 lands of the United States, in the States of Ohio and Indiana. 
 
 All the public SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands within the 
 the IndLTtitle aforesaid several districts, to which the Indian title has been extin- 
 has been extin- guished, and which have not been granted to, or reserved for, the use 
 guished, to be of- of any individual or individuals, or appropriated and reserved for any 
 fered for sale. other purpose, by any existing treaties or laws, and, with the exception 
 of section numbered -sixteen, in each township, which shall be reserved 
 for the support of schools therein,(&) shall be offered for sale, to the high- 
 est bidder, at the land offices for the respective districts, under the di- 
 Under the di- rection of the register of the land office and receiver of public moneys, 
 rection^of thereg- on such day pr days as shall, by proclamation of the President of the United 
 lv ' States, be "designated for that purpose : the sales shall remain open at 
 Sales open for each place for three weeks, and no longer ; the lands shall not be sold 
 three weeks. for less than two dollars an acre ; and shall, in every other respect, be 
 ro d ll" U 8O ^ ^ n tracts f the same size, on the same terms and conditions as have 
 been, or may be, by law, provided for the sale of the lands of the United 
 States in the States of Ohio a'nd Indiana. All the public lands in the 
 Lands remain- said districts, witn these exceptions above mentioned, remaining unsold 
 ing unsold may a t the close of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by 
 be sold at private the register of the respective land offices, in the same manner, under 
 8ale - the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms and 
 
 conditions, in every respect, as are or may be provided by law for the 
 sale of the lands of the United States in the States of Ohio and Indiana : 
 ate, in the And patents shall be obtained, for the lands sold in the said districts, 
 aer, c. j n ^ Q game manner, and on the same terms, as are or may be by law 
 provided for other public lands sold in the States of Ohio and Indiana, (c) 
 The President SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 may remove any States shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, to remove, when- 
 ficea &c. ever he 8na11 J ud g e Jt expedient so to do, any and each of the land of- 
 
 fices established by this act, to such suitable place, within the district 
 for which it was established, as he shall judge most proper, (a) 
 
 Compensation SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of the registersof the land 
 to each register office, and receivers of public moneys, shall receive five dollars for each 
 ceiver. day's attendance in superintending the public sales in their respective 
 districts. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41. 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 88, 90, 99, 104. 132, 
 
 140, 158, 169. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 28, 31. 45. 47. 76, 79, 102, 109. 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 (c) See Xos. 11, 16, 21. 25, 29, 30, 3-2, 36. 39. 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 60. 81, 
 83, 84, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 15-. 17 
 
 Feb. 18, 1820. ^o- 86. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs of Anthony Burk . 
 
 YoL6.p.237. B it enacted, c., That the heirs of Anthony Burk be authorized to 
 Authorized to eu ter, within twelve months from the passage of this act, with the 
 enter a tract of register of the land office at Chillicothe, without payment, two quarter- 
 land without pay- sections, within the boundaries of the district of Chillicothe. 
 ment. 
 
 March 30, 1820. No. 87. AX ACT further to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of 
 VoL 3, p. 505. lands, for failure in completing the payment thereon. 
 
 * Be it enacted, $- c., That the operation of the sixth condition of the fifth 
 
 lands ^o'r 16 non- section of the act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled "An act 
 
 payment sus- providing for the sale of the lands of the United States northwest of the 
 
 pended till 3lst Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky Eiver," be, and the same is 
 
 March, 1821. hereby suspended until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand 
 
 eight hundred and twenty-one, in favour of the purchasers of public 
 
 Proviso- bene- lan(l8 J at an y of tne land omces of tne United States: Provided, That 
 
 nt limited to pur- the benefit of this act shall not be extended to any one purchaser for a 
 
 chasers within greater quantity than six hundred and forty acres, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32. 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81 
 85, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111. 113. 126. 130, 132, 133. 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
OHIO. 5 
 
 No. 88. AN ACT making further provision for the sale of the public lands. April 24, 1820. 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 566. 
 
 SBC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of Price of lands 
 July next, the price at which the public lands shall be offered for sale, *J-^ PJ r acre 
 shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre ; and at every public 1820 uly > 
 
 sale, the highest bidder, who shall make payment as aforesaid, shall be 
 the purchaser ; but no land shall be sold, either at public or private ^ Q , 
 sale, for a less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre ; and i esg than 6 $1 25 
 all the public lands which shall have been offered at public sale before per acre, 
 the first day of July next, and which shall then remain unsold, as well 
 9 the lands that shall thereafter be offered at public sale, according to Lands offered 
 irw, and remain unsold at the close of such public sales, shall be sub- at public sales, 
 j3ct to be sold at private sale, by entry at the land office, at one dollar and unsold, sub- 
 and twenty-five cents an acre, to be paid at the time of making such-J^ *t &i P 5 Vate 
 entry as aforesaid ; with the exception, however, of the lands which acre '. 
 may have reverted to the United States, for failure in payment, and of Exceptions. 
 
 le heretofore reserved sections for the future disposal of Congress, in 
 the States of Ohio and Indiana, which shall be offered at public sale, as 
 lereinafter directed. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands which have reverted, i, an( i s rev ert 
 or which shall hereafter revert, and become forfeited to the United e d, &c., to be of- 
 States for failure in any manner to make payment, shall, after the first fered at public 
 day of July next, be subject to entry at private sale, nor until the same before private 
 shall have been first offered to the highest bidder at public sale ; andall se of lands re 
 such lands which shall have reverted before the said first day of July next, verted, &c., be- 
 and which shall then belong to the United States, together with the sec- fore the 1st July, 
 tions, and parts of sections, heretofore reserved for the future disposal * 8 2 . a n .d ro- 
 of Congress, which shall, at the time aforesaid, remain unsold, shall be served 8ectlons - 
 offered at public sale to the highest bidder, who shall make payment 
 therefor, in half quarter-sections, at the land office for the respective 
 districts, on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the President Sale of land* 
 of the United States, be designated for that purpose ; and all lands reverting, &c., af- 
 which shall revert and become forfeited for failure of payment after ter 1st July, 1820. 
 the said first day of July next, shall be offered in like manner at public 
 sale, at such time, or times, as the President shall by his proclamation 
 designate for the purpose : Provided, That no such lands shall be sold All lamia uu- 
 at any public sales hereby authorized, for a less price than one dollar sold at public 
 and twenty-five cents an acre, nor on any other terms than that of cash av . be entered 
 payment ; and all the lands offered at such public sales, and which 
 shall remain unsold at the close thereof, shall be subject to entry at 
 private sale, in the same manner, and at the same price with the other 
 lands sold at private sale, at the respective land offices, (a) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several public sales au- Pnblic salM for 
 thorized by this act, shall, respectively, be kept open for two weeks, tw o weeks * 
 and no longer ; and the registers of the land office and the receivers of 
 public money shall, each, respectively, be entitled to five dollars for 
 each day's attendance thereon. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, in every case hereafter, where preference to 
 two or more persons shall apply for the purchase, at private sale, of the be given to the 
 same tract, at the same time, the register shall determine the preference, highest bidder, 
 by forthwith offering the tract to the highest bidder. (6) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 18, 21, 29, 30, 32, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 
 85, 87, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 (ft) See Nos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 90, 99, 104, 132, 
 
 140, 158, 189. 
 
 No. 89. AN ACT for the relief of John B. Regnier. May 2) ig20. 
 
 Be it enacted, #o., That John B. Regnier, of Ohio, be, and he hereby YoL 6 P- 24 ^ 
 is, authorized to locate, in the Marietta district, any unappropriated Authorized to 
 quarter-section of land which has been offered for sale by the United enter a quarter- 
 States; and, whenever the said Regnier shall have entered such quarter- section of land, 
 section with the register of the land office of the said district, it shall be &c ' 
 the duty of the said register to give to him a certificate, describing the 
 quarter-section so entered ; on the presentation of which to the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall issue to the said Reg- 
 uier, for the aforesaid quarter-section of land. 
 
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 Ma v 1 1 i**o No * 90. AX ACT authorizing the sale of thirteen sections of land, lying within the 
 Vol. 3, p. 575. land district of Canton, in the State of Ohio. 
 
 I and in the dis- ^ e ** ewacied > ^" C M That the thirteen sections of land lying within the 
 
 trict of Canton, land district of Canton, (a) in the State of Ohio, which were reserved for 
 
 reserved by act of the use of certain persons of the Delaware tribe of Indians, by an act of 
 
 M?n iS *f r' Con g ress > passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 
 ly ceded <fcc! to and 8even and were subsequently ceded to the United [States] by the 
 
 be offered for sale eighteenth article of the treaty concluded on the twenty-ninth day of 
 
 at Wooster, &c. September, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, shall be offered 
 
 to public sale, by the register and receiver of the public moneys at the 
 
 land office at Wooster, on such day, or days, as the President shall des- 
 
 ignate for that purpose, in the same manner, and on the same conditions 
 
 and terms, as are provided by law for the sale of the public lands of the 
 
 United States. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 3-2, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 99, 104, 132, 
 
 140, Io8, 189. 
 (6) See Xos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 
 
 84, 85, 87, 88, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 May 15 1820. *^* ^1. AX ACT to authorize the appointment of commissioners to lay out the road 
 Vol. 3 p. 604 therein mentioned. 
 
 Whereas, by the continuation of the Cumberland road from Wheeling 
 in the State of Virginia, through the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illi- 
 nois, the lands of the United States may become more valuable 
 The President Be it enacted, c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 to appoint three is hereby, authorized to appoint three impartial and judicious persons, 
 nof^Slzens 'of DOt bein S citizens of any of the States aforesaid, to be commissioners, 
 Ohio, Indiana, or and > in case of tne death or resignation of any of them, to appoint other 
 Illinois, to exam- and like persons in their place, who shall have power carefully to exam- 
 ine the country ine the country, between Wheeling, in the State of Virginia, and a point 
 inland a point on the lef * bank of the Mississi PPi River, to be chosen by said commis- 
 oiT the Missis- s i Ders between St. Louis and the mouth of the Illinois River, and to lay 
 sippi, &c.,andlay out a road from Wheeling aforesaid, to the point so to be chosen on the 
 out a road. left bank of the river Mississippi ; the said road to be on a straight line, 
 
 or as nearly so as, having a due regard to the condition and situation of 
 the ground and water- courses over which the same shall be laid out, shall 
 be deemed expedient and practicable. And said commissioners shall 
 Surveyors, have power to employ able surveyors, chain-bearers, and other neces- 
 chain-bearers )8ar y assistants, in laying out said road; and so much of the lands 
 Lands for the of tne United States as may be included within the same, shall be, and 
 road reserved is hereby, reserved and excepted from the sales of the public lands, 
 from sales. The said road to be eighty feet wide, and designated by marked trees, 
 
 stakes, or other conspicuous monuments, at the distance of every quarter 
 Road to be 80 of a mile, and at every angle of deviation from a straight line. And 
 feer wide, &c. the said commissioners shall cause to be made, and delivered to the 
 road to bemade Presitlent f tne United States, an accurate plan of said road, so laid 
 out. OQ t by them as aforesaid, with a written report of their proceedings, 
 
 describing therein the State lines crossed, and the marks, monuments, 
 courses, and distances, by which the said road shall be designated ; de- 
 rided L into sec- 8cribin g. al8O > the water- courses, and the nature and quality of the ground 
 tions, with notice over which the same shall be laid out ; they shall, moreover, divide said 
 of materials for road into sections of not more than ten, nor less than five, miles long, 
 making each, and noticing the materials that may be used in making, and giving an 
 
 estimate of the expense of making, each section of the road aforesaid. 
 Commissioners, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners, surveyors, 
 <fcc., to take an chain- bearers, and other necessary assistants, to be appointed in pursu- 
 ance of this act, shall severally take an oath, or affirmation, faithfully 
 and diligently to perform their respective duties, and shall receive, in 
 Compensation. ful ^ compensation for their services and expenses, each commissioner six 
 dollars, each surveyor three dollars, and each other necessary assistant 
 one dollar, for each day in which they shall be necessarily employed in 
 Proviso. tl^e service aforesaid : Provided always, and it is liereby enacted and de- 
 
 clared, That nothing in this act contained, or that shall be done in pur- 
 suance thereof, shall be deemed or construed to imply any obligation 
 on the part of the United States to make, or to defray the expense 
 of making, the road hereby authorized to be laid out, or of any part 
 thereof. 
 
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 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That ten thousand dollars, to be paid Appropriation 
 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and | out ttieroaS; 
 are hereby, appropriated to defray the expense of laying out the road 
 aforesaid. 
 
 No. 92. AN ACT granting to the State of Ohio the right of pre-emption to certain May 15, 1S20. 
 quarter-sections of land. Vol. 3, p. 607. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That there be granted to the State of Ohio, at the Right of pre- 
 minimum price for which the public lands are sold, the right of pre- emption at rnini- 
 emption to one quarter-section, in or near the centre of each county, in- J55 n q l j. ae 
 eluded in the purchase recently made of the Indians, by the treaty con- t i on i n t he con- 
 cluded at St. Mary's, on the twentieth day of September, one thousand tre of each coun- 
 eight hundred and eighteen, for the establishment of a seat of justice ty, in the pur- 
 in the said counties: Provided, The purchase be made before the com- SSStrXyXsJ." 
 mencement of the public sales: And provided also, That the proceeds of Mary's, granted 
 the sale of each quarter- section, which may be made under the author- to Ohio, for a seat 
 ity of the State of Ohio, shall be appropriated for the purpose of erect- of justice, 
 ing public buildings in said counties, respectively, after deducting there- p rov i so 
 from the sums originally paid by the State aforesaid : And provided 
 further, That the seat of justice for said counties, respectively, shall be 
 fixed on the lands so selected. 
 
 No. 93. AN ACT to extend thet ime for locating Virginia military land- warrants, Feb. 9, 1821. 
 and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. Vol. 3, p. 612. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line T i me allowed 
 on continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty until Jan. 4th 
 lands within the tract of country reserved by the State of Virginia, be- Brants and 
 tween the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, shall be allowed a further time complete loca- 
 of two years, from the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hun- tions ; and until 
 dred and twenty-one, to obtain warrants and complete their locations, 4th Jan., 1826, to 
 and the further time of four years, from- the fourth day of January, one and Warrants 6 to 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, to return their surveys and procure patents, 
 warrants, or certified copies of warrants, to the General Land Office, to 
 obtain patents. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the provisions of the act, enti- The provisions 
 tied "An act authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed J tn & fL f ^ e 
 by virtue of certain Virginia resolution warrants," passed the third day viv ^ with j inii ] 
 of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, shall be revived and tation, as to time- 
 in force, with all its restrictions, except that the respective times al- as in the preced- 
 lowed for making locations, and returning surveys thereon, shall be in s section, &c. 
 limited to the terms prescribed by the first section of this act, for the 
 location and return of surveys on other warrants, and that the surveys 
 shall be returned to the General Land Office : Provided, That no locations p rov iso ; no lo- 
 as aforesaid, in virtue of this or the preceding section of this act, shall cation on' tracts 
 be made on tracts of land for which patents had previously been issued, previously pat- 
 or which had been previously surveyed ; and any patent which may, J ted or surve y- 
 nevertheless, be obtained for land located contrary to the provisions of 
 this act, shall be considered null and void, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 94. A1ST ACT for the relief of Benjamin Stephenson. May 7> 1822 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Benjamin Stephenson, of the State of Illinois, VoL 6 P- m 
 be, and is hereby, authorized to locate four hundred and ninety-five acres Authorized t o 
 of any of the unappropriated lands lying within the military reserve, locate 495 acres 
 between the rivers Sciota and Little Miami, in the State of Ohio, which of any unappro- 
 shall be in full satisfaction of the claim of the said Benjamin Stephen- f n " ^ithhi the 
 son, as the legal representative of George Hite, to whom the same quan- mTlitary r e - 
 tity of land was, on the fourteenth day of September, seventeen hun- serve, in full sat- 
 dred and eighty-seven, patented by the State of Virginia, for his serv- inaction of hi* 
 ices in the Virginia continental line during the revolutionary war, and ' 
 which was transferred to the said Benjamin Stephenson by a regular 
 deed of conveyance from the said George Hite, and of which he was 
 afterwards evicted by virtue of a prior grant of the same land ; and the 
 said Benjamin Stephenson, or his legal representatives, shall obtain a 
 patent therefor, in the manner prescribed by law for issuing patents 
 upon warrants located within the said reserve. 
 
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 May 7, 1822. No. 95. AX ACT vesting in the commissioirers of the counties of Wood and San- 
 VoL 6, p. 276. dusky, the right to certain lots in the towns of Perrysburgh and Croghansville, in 
 the State of Ohio, for county purposes. 
 
 The right to Be it enacted, <$~c., That the right to all the unsold town lots and out- 
 unsold town lots, lots in the town of Perrysburgh be, and the same is hereby, vested in 
 burh n andCro- tne commissioners of Wood County, in the State of Ohio ; and the right 
 ghansville, vest- * a ^ the unsold town lots and out-lots in the town of Croghansville be, 
 ed in the com- and the same is hereby, vested in the commissioners of Sandusky Coun- 
 missioners o f ty, in said State; on condition that said commissioners shall perma- 
 du^kv Counties" nentl y locate the seat of justice for their respective counties at said 
 &c. " towns ; and that the nett proceeds of the sales of so many of said lots 
 
 as are necessary to be retained for the purpose of erecting public build- 
 ings thereon, be applied to the erection and improvement of the public 
 buildings and squares in said towns respectively, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 155, 163, 186. 
 
 May 7, 1822. Wo. 96. AX ACT for the relief of Samuel Ewings. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 276. Be it enacted, j-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be 
 Patent for land issued to Samuel E wings, or his legal representatives, upon application, 
 to be issued to a patent for five hundred acres of land, situated on the Miami of the 
 him. Lake, it being the same tract which was confirmed to him under an act, 
 
 entitled "An act regulating the grants of land in the Territory of Mich- 
 igan," passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and 
 seven : and for which he holds the register's certificate, numbered five 
 hundred and seventy-eight, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 149. 
 
 Feb 28 1823 Wo. 97. AX ACT for laying out and making a road, from the lower rapids of the 
 
 Vol. 3 p. 727. Miami of Lake Erie to the western boundary of the Connecticut Western Reserve, 
 
 ' in the State of Ohio, agreeable to the provisions of the treaty of Brownstown. 
 
 lioad from the Be [t enac tcd, fc., That the State of Ohio is hereby authorized to lay 
 the* Miami of out ' P en > and construct, a road, from the lower rapids of the Miami of 
 Lake Erie, to Lake Erie, to the western boundary of the Connecticut Western Reserve, 
 Connecticut in such manner as the legislature of said State may by law provide, 
 western reserve. w if n tne approbation of the President of the United States ; which 
 
 road, when constructed, shall forever remain a public highway. 
 
 Land granted SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in order to enable the State of 
 for the road, and Ohio to open and construct said road, a tract of land, one hundred and 
 expenses. twenty feet wide, whereon to locate the same, together with a quantity 
 
 of land equal to one mile on each side thereof, and adjoining thereto, 
 to be bounded by sectional lines as run by the United States, to defray 
 the expenses of making the said road, is hereby granted to said State ; 
 to commence at the Miami rapids, and terminate at the western bound- 
 ary of the Connecticut Western Reserve, with full power and authority 
 to sell and convey the same, and apply the proceeds to the making of 
 said road : and in case the said tract of land shall sell for a greater sum 
 than shall be sufficient to complete such road, then the residue thereof 
 shall remain with the State of Ohio, as a fund for the purpose of keep- 
 Proviso. ing said road in repair : Provided. That said road shall be made within 
 Proviso. the term of four years from the passage of this act : And provided, None 
 
 of the land hereby appropriated for making said road shall be sold for 
 a less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 
 Lands sold to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in case any of the lands, 
 
 be paid for at a through which it may be thought expedient to open said road, may 
 
 m 1<lce< have been previously sold by the United States, the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury is hereby directed to pay such officer as the State of Ohio may 
 
 appoint for that purpose, the net proceeds of the sales of the quantity 
 
 thus sold at a minimum price. 
 
 When the gov- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, whenever the governor of the 
 ernor of Ohio State of Ohio shall have laid before the President of the United States 
 rve Pr and Ce an a survey of the location of said road, accompanied by an act of said 
 act V of the State State accepting said trust, and providing for making said road within 
 shall accept the the time above limited, and the President shall have approved the same, 
 trust, the Presi- then the right of the State to said tract of land shall be considered as 
 the 1 ale of uSS? complete for the purposes aforesaid ; and the President shall direct, that, 
 until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 three, none of the public lands shall be sold within three miles on each 
 side of a line, to be drawn direct from the foot of the rapids of the 
 
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 Miami of Lake Erie to the lower rapids of Sandusky, thence to the 
 western boundary of the Connecticut Western Reserve : Provided, That Proviso, 
 nothing in this act contained, shall ever hereafter be construed to im- 
 ply any obligation upon the United States to grant additional lands, or 
 further aids of any sort, towards the opening, making, or keeping in 
 repair, of the road aforesaid, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 53, 72, 147, 163. 
 
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 th 
 
 No. 9S. AN ACT extending the time for locating Virginia military land-warrants, March 1, 1823. 
 and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. vol. 3, p. 772. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on TWO years al- 
 ,,je continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty lowed to officers 
 lands within the country reserved by the State of Virginia, between and s ldie . r8 f 
 the Little Miami and Scioto rivers, shall be allowed a further time of f { J, e r SSainine 
 two years, from the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hun- warrants, 
 dred and twenty- three, to obtain warrants, and to complete their loca- 
 tions ; and the further time of four years, from the fourth day of Jan- 
 uary, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, to return their 
 surveys and warrants, or certified copies of warrants, to the General 
 Land Office, to obtain patents. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act, enti- Provisions of 
 tied "An act authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed the act of March 
 by virtue of certain Virginia resolution warrants," passed the third day 3> 1S07 > revive( ^ 
 of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, shall be revived, and 
 in force, with all its restrictions, except that the respective times al- 
 lowed for making locations, and returning surveys thereon, shall be 
 limited to the terms prescribed by the first section of this act, for the 
 location and return of surveys on other warrants ; and that the surveys 
 shall be returned to the General Land Office : Provided, That no locations, Proviso, 
 as aforesaid, in virtue of this or the preceding section of this act, shall 
 be made on tracts of lands for which patents had previously been issued, 
 or which had been previously surveyed ; and any patent, which may 
 nevertheless be obtained for land located contrary to the provisions of 
 this act, shall be considered null and void. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no holder of any warrant which Holders of war- 
 has been, or may be, located, shall be permitted to withdraw or remove rants not permit- 
 the same, and locate it on any other land, except in cases of eviction, in ted* remove lo- 
 consequence of a legal judgment first obtained, or unless it be found to ca 
 interfere with a prior location and survey ; nor shall any lands hereto- 
 fore sold by the United States, within the boundaries of said reserva- 
 tion, be subject to location by the holder of any such unlocated war- 
 rant, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146,154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 99. AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act to designate the bound- March 3 1823. 
 aries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the public lands, not Vol 3 p 783 
 heretofore offered for sale, in the States of Ohio and Indiana." 
 
 [See INDIANA, No. 238.] 
 
 No. 100. AN ACT for the relief of Joshua Eussell. March 3, 1823. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That it shall and may be lawful for Joshua Russell, YoL 6 P- 286 - 
 at any time before the thirtieth day of September next, to file with the Allowed to re- 
 register of the land office at Marietta, in the State of Ohio, a relin- linquish certain 
 quishment, in writing, of a quarter-section of the land mentioned and l an - 
 
64 OHIO. 
 
 the said fractional quarter-section of land, calculated at the price stated 
 in said certificate, with interest, at the rate of six per centum per annum, 
 upon such balance, from the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hun- 
 dred and twenty-one, then the said Joshua Knssell, or his assignee, or 
 other legal representative, shall be entitled to receive a patent for the 
 said fractional quarter-section of land. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1824. No. 101. AK ACT for the relief of William Kendall. 
 
 >o . 6, p. 292. P T^ \viHiarn Kendall be, and he is hereby author- 
 
 To enter va- i ze d, as soon as he shall have relinquished to the United States, by a 
 
 cant land with- deed duly executed, all his right, title, and interest, in, and to, the north- 
 
 1 ' east quarter of section fourteen, township four, range nineteen, in the 
 
 Chillicothe district, to enter, without payment, with the register of said 
 
 district, any vacant quarter-section, situated within the same; and he 
 
 shall be entitled to a patent therefor, as in other cases. 
 
 ay 2 
 ol. 4, 
 
 No. 102. AX ACT providing for the disposition of three several tracts of land in 
 p. 56. Tuscarawas County, in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes. 
 
 Three tracts of Be it enacted, $c., That the three several tracts of land, lying in the 
 land in the coun- county of Tuscarawas, in the State of Ohio, lately retroceded to the United 
 was Ohio U to a be States b J tne Society of United Brethren for propagating the Gospel 
 surveved ' and among the Heathen, (a) shall be surveyed and laid off into such lots, having 
 laid off into lots, regard to the existing surveys and improvements thereon, as will best 
 Proviso. conduce to the sale thereof :( 5) Provided, That thelots and tracts which the 
 
 United States are bound to convey to the said society, shall be laid off ac- 
 cording to the contract for retrocession: And provided, also, That a suit- 
 able number of in-lots and out-lots, in the town of Gnadenhutten, shall 
 be laid off for said town, embracing the improved part thereof, and the 
 fields adjoining, now occupied by the inhabitants, which shall be platted 
 and numbered, and a copy recorded in said county, according to the 
 laws of Ohio. 
 
 An agent to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 appointed to re- 8na n |) 6) an fl j 8 hereby, authorized to appoint an agent, who shall reside 
 land duty of!" near the 8aid land, whose duty it shall be to superintend and direct the 
 survey of said land and lots ; to receive and pay over to the Treasury the 
 rents due, and to become due, on said lands ; to take possession of such 
 parts of said lands as may be forfeited by the tenants, by reason of non- 
 performance of the covenants in their leases, to ascertain the actual 
 cash value of each of the lots and town lots, with the improvements there- 
 on, and, also, the value of each, subject to the conditions of the lease 
 outstanding on it, by the aid of two disinterested appraisers, to be selected 
 by the Secretary of the Treasury, to ascertain the award to be made to 
 Isaac Simners, Jesse Walton, Barzillai Walton, Jesse Hill, and Boaz 
 Walton, according to their leases ; to receive a surrender of such of the 
 leases outstanding on such lands as the holders thereof maybe disposed 
 to make, who have, or shall first comply with the conditions of their 
 leases, up to the time of the surrender ; to superintend the sale of said 
 lands and lots, and to transfer to the purchasers who shall buy any of 
 said land or lots, subject to the leases thereon, the lease of the lot or 
 land so bought ; and to do whatever else may be necessary to effect a 
 speedy and advantageous disposition of said lands and lots.' 
 
 A right of pre- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a right of pre-emption shall be 
 emption to be al- allowed to John Andreas, John Neigaman, Jacob Winsh, and Catharine 
 drlfs and others" Tschud y at the real cash value of the lots occupied by them according 
 '"' to the stipulations of the said agreement for retrocession, and to any of 
 the lessees, for any lot embracing their lease; and, also, to the said So- 
 ciety of United Brethren, for any of the remaining lots, or town lots, 
 to an amount not exceeding the amount stipulated to be paid to them 
 Proviso. by the United States : Provided, That any of the persons entitled to pre- 
 
 emption, who shall be desirous to avail themselves of such right, shall 
 give notice to the said agent of such their intention before the cash value 
 of the lots is ascertained ; and, in the case of the lessees, shall, at or 
 before the time of giving such notice, pay all arrears of rent, and surren- 
 der their leases ; and shall, immediately after the said cash value is 
 ascertained, be entitled to a patent for the lot or land to which they are 
 entitled, as aforesaid, on paying the amount of such cash value; or, in the 
 case of the society, on their executing and delivering to said agent a 
 
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 ^discharge to the Umtol States, fcrrso much as^said left t>r laud, whereto 
 a pre-emption is claimed, shall amount to, on account of any sum to 
 become due them by reason of the 'stipulations in said retrocession ; and 
 no right to su<ch -pre-emption snail he considered as extending beyond 
 the time of commencing the sataof said lauds, as hereinafter directed. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be tt/wtlier enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury T he uaual 
 may cause to be designated and allowed for public use, the usual ground 'ground for 
 for streets arad. alleys in said town, for public ground, and for schools: streets and alleys 
 and may, moreover, cause to l be designated and set apart, one lot in each j ^ifo^d* 1 f *J 
 of said tracts, not exceeding one thirty-sixth part of each, the title pub]ic uge 
 whereof shall be vested in the legislature of the State of Ohio, and held 
 in trust tor the use of schools, in the same manner as other lands granted 
 by the United ^States for the use of schools, -are held in that State, (c) 
 
 SEC. 5. An&be -it-further ^enacted, That, -immediately after the said sur- After the sur- 
 veys shall be completed, ithe cash value ascertained, and the school lands ^ s e a 2Jrtain- 
 designated, the said agents shall give notice, by advertisement in one ed an( j the 
 newspaper in W-ashingtonCity, andone in'Steubenville, one in Zanesville, school lands des- 
 and one in New Philadelphia, Ohio, of the time, not less than sixty days ignmtfcd. the 
 from the first publication, when he will offer the said lands and lots for JfJPJ throSb 
 sale, at public vendue, at the court-house in New Philadelphia aforesaid ; certain newspa- 
 aud shall, at-snch time and place, proceed to offer for sale, to the highest pers. 
 bidder, any of said land or lots, remaining undisposed of, in the manner 
 hereinbefore provided for: and none of said lots, or land, shall be put 
 up at a less sum than the actual cash value ascertained as aforesaid; 
 and in case any of said lessees shall have failed, or refused to surrender 
 their leases, the sale shall be made subject to those leases ; and each e 
 purchaser who may purchase at such sale, shall immediately pay to the 
 said agent <the amount of his purchase, and take his receipt for the 
 amount, specifying the lot or land purchased ; upon which the purchaser 
 shall be entitled to a patent as other purchasers of public lands are : but 
 in case any purchaser shall fail to make his payment as aforesaid, at or 
 before the" close of the sale, he shall be considered as having forfeited 
 his purchase, and the land struck off to him shall be again offered for 
 sale, in the rsarne manner as if it had never been struck off: and the 
 said agent, immediately after the close of such sale, shall pay over the 
 money received at such sale, and for rent, to the United States, and re- 
 port all his proceedings to the Oeneral Land Office ; and the President 
 shall be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever the boundaries of the 
 several lots stipulated to be conveyed to the said society shall be ascer- 
 tained, to issue patents therefor to said society, (d) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be U further enacted, That the agent herein provided for, Said agent to 
 shall take an oath of office, and give bond and security, in such sum take an oa * h an< * 
 and form as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and be allowed gl To receive^GOO 
 and paid for his services a salary at the rate of six hundred dollars per per annum, 
 annum: .Provided, That said office shall not continue longer than is Proviso, 
 necessary to perform theduties herein required, and not longer than one 
 .year ; and said salary, together with the incidental expenses attending 
 the said survey and sale, shall be charged to the fund to be raised by 
 the sale of said lots and land. The said appraisers shall be allowed the 
 :sum of two dollars for each day actually employed in the appraisement 
 aforesaid, and neither the said agent nor appraisers shall be at liberty 
 to purchase any of the said lands or lots. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it furtJter enacted, That, if any of such land or lots re- Any land or 
 main unsold at public auction, as aforesaid, the same shall be subject to lots , , remaining 
 entry and sale at the land office in Zanesville, in Ohio, at the actual auction, shall be 
 cash price, ascertained as aforesaid, in the same manner that other lands subject' to entry 
 of the United States are authorized to be entered ; and it shall be the Q<1 sale, at the 
 duty of the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to keep a~ ? 1 j 6 m 
 separate account: of the proceeds of the lots and lands aforesaid, and of 
 all moneys received and disbursed on account thereof ; and, after the 
 expenses of survey and sale of said lots and land shall be reimbursed, it 
 shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the said Duty of the ac- 
 society the sums stipulated to be paid them, and for which they shall ^J^m 8 officers 
 not have taken lands and lots as hereinbefore provided for : to pay to ot 
 the said Simners, Hill, and Waltons, the sums awarded to them ; and 
 then to credit the residue of the proceeds of said lots and lands, as they 
 shall be received, to the fund for raising the annuity for the Christian 
 Indians, so called in the manner stipulated in the agreement entered 
 into with them on the eighth of November, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-three. 
 
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66 OHIO. 
 
 Course to be SEC. 8. And le it further enacted, That, whenever the said Christian 
 pursued by the Indians shall notify the President of the United States, that they wish 
 President in case t o remove from their present residence on the river Thames, into the 
 dian* feel adis- territory of the United States, it shall be lawful for the President to 
 position to re- designate a reservation of not less than twenty four thousand acres of 
 move from their land, to be held by the said Indians in the usual manner of Indian re- 
 residence on the serrations, so long as they shall live thereon ; and from the time said 
 Indians shall remove on to said reservation, the said annuity shall 
 cease. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 12, 111, 113. 176. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 11, 12. 13, 21. 23, 25. 32, 36, 37, 4-2. 65, 76, 79, 81, 119, 158. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 2*. 31. 40. 47, 76. 79, 85, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 11. 16. 21. 25. 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44. 47, 48, 52, 5l5, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 
 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 1 45, 155. 158, 175, 185. 
 
 May 26. 1824. NO. 103. AX ACT to authorize the President of the United States to enter into cer- 
 V ol. 4, p. 70. tain negotiations relative to lands located under Virginia mili tary laud- warrants 
 
 lying between Lndlow's and Robert's lines, in the State of Ohio. 
 
 The President Be it enacted, fc., That the President of the United States shall be, 
 ce~t -ain 1Z fhe num anc ^ ne * 8 nere y> authorized to ascertain the number of acres, and, by 
 ber of acres of appraisement or otherwise, the value thereof, exclusive of improve- 
 land lying be- ments, of all such lands lying bet ween Ludlow's and Robert's lines, in the 
 tween !Ludlow;s state of Ohio, as may, agreeably to the principles of a decision of the 
 fines in Ohio 8 Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Doddridge's Lessee, 
 against Thompson and Wright, be held by persons under Virginia mili- 
 tary warrants, and on what terms the holders will relinquish the same 
 to the United States, and that he report the facts at the commencement 
 of the next session of Congress, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 122, 125- 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 104. AX ACT reserving to the Wyandot tribe of Indians a certain tract of land, 
 Vol. 4. p. 75. in lieu of a reservation made to them by treaty. 
 
 Thenorthquar- ^ e ** enacted, <$'C., That there be, and hereby is, reserved, for the use 
 
 ter-section num- of the chiefs and tribe of Wyandot Indians, 'subject to the conditions 
 
 bered i two, in and limitations of the former reservation, the northeast quarter of 
 
 iro section numbered two, in township two, and range seventeen, south 
 
 teen.?n fhe 8 Dela- of * he base line > of land - in the Delaware land district, in the State of 
 
 ware land dis- Ohio, in lieu of one hundred and sixty acres of land, on the west side 
 
 trict, Ohio, re- of, and adjoining, the Sandusky River ; and which was reserved to said 
 
 served for the use tribe of Indians, by a supplementary treaty between the United States 
 
 tribeof inSs and certain tribes of Indians, held at St. Mary's, in the State of Ohio, 
 
 on the seventeenth day of September, eighteen hundred and eighteen; 
 
 on condition that the chiefs of said Wyandot tribe first relinquish to 
 
 the United States all the right, title, and claim, of said tribe, to the one 
 
 hundred and sixty acres of land reserved by said supplementary treaty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 158, 164, 175. 
 
 Dec. 25, 1824. No. 1 05. AX ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Ohio to sell and con- 
 Vol. 4. p. 79. vey certain tracts of land granted to said State for the use of the people thereof. 
 
 Lei<lature of Be ** enacted, fc., That the legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, and 
 
 Ohio" authorized is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed iu 
 
 to sell certain such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said legislature shall, 
 
 tracts of land. by j aWj direct, the following tracts of land heretofore granted to said 
 
 State, for the use of the people thereof, to wit : so much of the six-mile 
 
 reservation, including the salt springs, commonly called the Sciota 
 
 salt springs, as remains unsold ; the salt springs near the Muskinguui 
 
 River, and in the military tract, with the sections of land which include 
 
 the same ; the proceeds thereof to be applied to such literary purposes 
 
 as said legislature may hereafter direct ; and to no other use, intent, 
 
 or purpose, whatsoever. () 
 
 (a) See Xos. 11, 28, 73, 76, 79. 
 
 March 3. 1825. No. 1O6. AX ACT for the relief of Richard Cain and Isaac Baldwin, of Ohio. 
 VoL 6, p. 327. jg e . f enact (i t j, Cmj That the President of the United States be, and he 
 Patent to be is- is hereby, authorized to issue a patent to Richard Cain and Isaac Bald- 
 sued to them for win, for the east half of the southeast quarter of a fractional section 
 the east half of a num b er fifteen, in township number three, of range number three, in 
 SofSHiitiwSK the Marietta land district, in the State of Ohio, which was purchased of 
 rietta district, the United States at a sale thereof, made under a circular of the late 
 
OHIO. 67 
 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, issued by mistake, dated 
 January second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. 
 
 No. 107 . AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and devisees of John Terrell, deceased. 
 
 Vol. o, 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the executors of the last will and testament . execntort . 
 of John Ferrell, deceased, late of the State of Ohio, be, and they are to relinquish to 
 hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, the east half of the United States 
 the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, in township five, range five, certain land, and 
 
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 in the Marietta land district, in the State of Ohio, according to the di- i^in return 
 
 rections of the said last will and testament ; upon which relinquish- 
 
 ment, in the manner directed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the 
 
 United States, the west half of the said quarter- section, heretofore re- 
 
 linquished to the United States by the said executors, shall revert to, 
 
 and become vested in, the heirs or devisees of the said John Ferrell, 
 
 as fully as if the same had not been so relinquished. 
 
 No. 108. AN ACT to authorize the sale of a section of land therein mentioned. March 3, 1825. 
 
 V ol. 4, p. 123. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he 
 
 is hereby, authorized to cause to be exposed to public sale, in the same Section num- 
 manner "other lands of the United States are, the section numbered bered 34, of the 
 thirty-four, of the eleventh township and third range of townships of- jj- ven jjJi d third 
 fered for sale, at Steubenville, Ohio ; and, if not so sold, the said section ran g e O f town- 
 shall be liable to entry in the Steubenville land office, as other lands ships to be of- 
 .are. (a) fered for sale in. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, hl ' 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 109. AN ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Ohio to sell the lands, Feb - ^ 182 6- 
 heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that State. vol. 4, p. 138. 
 
 Be it enacted, ^-c., That the legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, Legislature of 
 and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee- simple, all, or any p hio ,, a thori 1 ? ed 
 part, of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress, any paSof the 
 for the use of schools within said State, and to invest the money aris- lands appropria- 
 ing from the sale thereof, in some productive fund, the proceeds of which ted by Congress 
 shall be forever applied, under the direction of said legislature, for the f r the .use of 
 use and support of schools within the several townships and districts of state, and 1 invest 
 country, for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for the 'money in 
 no other use or purpose whatsoever : Provided, Said land, or any part some productive 
 thereof, shall, in no case, be sold without the consent of the inhabitants fu d - . 
 of such township, or district, to be obtained in such manner as the proviso! 
 legislature of said State shall by law direct : And provided, also, That, 
 in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each township and 
 district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, 
 as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the 
 sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing to any If the proceeds 
 township or district, from said fund, shall be insufficient for the sup- townshft OT dS 
 port of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest the trict be insuffi- 
 same, as is hereinbefore directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund cient f or the sup- 
 belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the perma-P<>rt of schools 
 nent maintenance and support of schools within the same, (a) EJturete to m- 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 110, 136. 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. vest, &c. 
 
 No. 110. AN ACT to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain town- May 20, 1826. 
 ships and fractional townships, not before provided for. Vol. 4, p. 179. 
 
 *#*#** 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be selected, in the Land to be se- 
 manner above mentioned, one section and one quarter- section of land, ^nch trrant IE 
 for the support of schools within that tract of country, usually called Ohio, 
 the French grant, in the county of Sciota, and State of Ohio, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
68 OHIO. 
 
 May 20, 1826. No . 1 11. AN ACT supplementary to "An act providing for the disposition of three 
 
 Vol. 4, p. 185. several tracts of land in Tuscarawas County, (a) in the State of Ohio, and for other 
 
 purposes," passed the twenty-sixtfe of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. 
 
 The provisions Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 carried^to e? nereb y> authorized to adopt such measures as, in his judgment, the in- 
 fect, terests of the United States, and the parties concerned, may require, 
 for the purpose of carrying into full and complete effect the provisions 
 of the act to which this is a suppl ement, and the intentions of Congress, 
 as expressed in said act. (&) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 12, 102, 113, 176. 
 
 (&) See Xos. 11, 16, 21 , 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 
 84, 85. 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 113, 126. 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 May 20, 1826. N*. 112. AN" ACT to extend the time for locating Virginia military land- warrants, 
 Vol. 4, p. 189. and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. 
 
 Officers &c of ^ e ^ enacted, $c., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, 
 the Virginia line, on the continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to 
 on the 'continen- bounty lands within the tract of country reserved by the State of Vir- 
 td establish, giuia^ between the Little Miami and Sciota Rivers, shall be allowed 
 bounty "lands, to until the first da F of J. une > eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, to ob- 
 be allowed until tain warrants, and until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and 
 1st June, 1829, to thirty-two, to complete their locations, and until the first day of June, 
 obtain warrants, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, to return their surveys and warrants, 
 or certified copies thereof, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 Proviso. and to obtain patents : Provided, That no location shall be made by 
 
 virtue of any warrant obtained after the first day of June, eighteen 
 hundred and twenty-nine, and no patent shall issue in consequence of 
 any location made after the first day of June, eighteen hundred and 
 Proviso. thirty-two : And provided also, That no patent shall be obtained, on any 
 
 such warrant, unless there be produced, to the Secretary of War, satis- 
 factory evidence that such warrant was granted for services which, by 
 the laws of Virginia, passed prior to the cession of the Northwestern 
 Territory, would have entitled such officer, or soldier, his heirs or as- 
 signs, to bounty lands ; and also a certificate of the register of the land 
 office of Virginia, that no warrant has issued from the said land office 
 for the same services. 
 
 Xo patent to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall be issued, by 
 tueTfthe nreced virtae of tne preceding section, for a greater quantity of land than the 
 ing section, for a rank, or term of service, of the officer or soldier to whom or to whose 
 greater quantity heirs or assigns such warrant has been granted, would have entitled 
 of land than the hi m to, under the aforesaid laws of Virginia ; and whenever it appears, 
 slrvtee'of'tne of- to the Secreta ry of War, that the survey made by virtue of any of 
 ficer, &c., to the aforesaid warrants, is for a greater quantity of land than the offi- 
 whose heirs or cer or soldier is entitled to for his services, the Secretary of War shall 
 assignees such certify, on each survey, the amount of such surplus quantity, and the 
 ^ranted TroSd officer or soldier, his heirs or assigns, shall have leave to withdraw his 
 Save entitled him s urve y from the office of the Secretary of War, and resurvey his loca- 
 to, &c. tion, excluding such surplus quantity, in one body, from any part of his 
 
 resurvey, and a patent shall issue upon such resurvey, as in other cases. 
 Xo holder of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no holder of any warrant, which 
 any warrant to has been, or may be located, shall be permitted to withdraw or remove 
 be permitted to tne 8ame) an d locate it on any other land, except in cases of eviction, 
 move F the same in consequence of a legal judgment first obtained, from the whole or a 
 and locate it on part of the located land, or unless it be found to interfere with a prior 
 any other land, location and survey : nor shall any lands heretofore sold by the United 
 except in cases states, within the boundaries of said reservation, be subject to location, 
 Proviso by the holder of any such unlocated warrant : Provided, That no loca- 
 
 tion shall, after the passage of this act, be made on lands for which 
 patents had previously issued, or which had been previously surveyed, 
 nor shall any location be made on lands lying west of Ludlow's line, 
 and any patent which, nevertheless, may be obtained, contrary to the 
 provisions of this section, shall be null and void, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46,51, 58,64, 66,82,93, 98, 119,121, 128, 146, i: 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
OHIO. 69 
 
 No. IIS.-'AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain tracts of land in the State of March 2, 1827. 
 Ohio, commonly called Moravian land. Vol. 4, p. 237. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the several lots of land lying in the Salem, Certain lots ly- 
 Gnadenhutten, and Shoenbrun tracts of land, (a) which have been valued ing in the Salem, 
 at more than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, may be offered G n a denbutten, 
 at public sale, at such time as the President of the United States may J^ o^lanT 
 think expedient, and sold as other public lands of the United States, (b) to be offered at 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 102, 111, 176. public sale. 
 
 (b) See ]STos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39,41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 
 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99-, 102, 108, 111, 126, 130, 132, 133, 14, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 114. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Delawder. March 2, 1827. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Isaac Delawder be, and he is hereby, permitted Vol- 6, p. 362. 
 
 and allowed to enter one-half quarter-section of any land liable to en- May enter a 
 try, at private sale, in the Chillicothe land district, in the State of ggP* of land in 
 Ohio, for which he shall be entitled to a patent, on his releasing to the 
 United States the east half of the southeast quarter of section number 
 ten, township four, range seventeen, in the Chillicothe District, and 
 which was entered by the said Delawder by mistake, by reason of the 
 surveyor's marks upon the corner trees of said last-named quarter sec- 
 tion having become obliterated and rendered illegible, by time and acci- 
 dent. 
 
 No. 115. AN ACT to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Ohio, for the March 3, 1827. 
 purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky. Vol. 4, p. 242. 
 
 Till 
 
 til A 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That there be, and are hereby, appropriated, to the Land eran t e d 
 ate of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding the Columbus and Sandusky f or a road. 
 Turnpike Company in making a road from Columbus to Sandusky City, 
 the one half of a quantity of land equal to two sections, on the west- 
 ern side of said road, and most contiguous thereto, to be bounded by 
 sectional lines, from one end of said road to the other, wheresoever the 
 same may remain unsold, reserving to the United States each alternate 
 section the whole length of said road through the lands of the United 
 States, to be selected by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 under the direction of the President : Provided, That no toll shall at 
 any time be collected of any mail stage, nor of any troops, or property 
 of the United States, (a) 
 (a) See No. 116. 
 
 No. 116. AN ACT explanatory of "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to April 17, 1828. 
 the State of Ohio for the purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky." Vol. 4, p. 263. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That, in lieu of the lands appropriated by the act Forty-nine sec- 
 approved on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred andtions of land to 
 twenty -seven, there shall be granted to the State of Ohio, for the pur- he located in the 
 poses designated in the said act, forty-nine sections of land, to be lo- D . ela y ar . e l and 
 cated in the Delaware land district, in the following manner, to wit : CdTdesiSed 
 every alternate section, through which the road may run, and the sec- in the act of 
 tion next adjoining thereto, on the west, so far as the said sections re- March 3, 1827. 
 main unsold, and, if any part of the said sections shall have been dis- 
 posed of, then a quantity equal thereto, shall be selected under the di- 
 rection of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, from the vacant 
 lands in the sections adjoining on the west of those appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 115. 
 
 No. 117 AN ACT to aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Day- May 24, 1828. 
 ton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the con- Vol. 4 p. 305. 
 fraction of the canals authorized by law ; and for making donations of land to 
 
 certain persons in Arkansas Territory. A quantity of 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That there be, aad is hereby, granted to the State ^ nd to bo g nt ; 
 of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said State in extending the Miami gg gj5S 
 Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of pose' of aiding 
 land, equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of said said State in ex- 
 canal, between Dayton and the Maumee River, at the mouth of the Au- tendi S the . Mi- 
 glaize, so far as the same shall be located through the public land, and iSytonto SkS 
 reserving each alternate section of the Mnd unsold to the United States, Erie by the Mau- 
 to be selected by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the naee route. 
 
70 OHIO. 
 
 direction of the President of the United States ; and which -land, so re- 
 served to the United States, shall not b sold for less than two dollars 
 and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby granted to the State of 
 Ohio, to be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said State, for 
 Proviso. the purpose aforesaid, and no other : Provided, That said canal, when 
 
 completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway, for the use 
 of the Government of the United States, free from any' toll or other 
 charge, whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in 
 Proviso. their service, passing through the same : And provided, also, That the 
 
 extension of the said Miami Canal shall be commenced within five years, 
 and completed within twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay 
 to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold ; and that 
 the title to purchasers, under the State, shall be valid. 
 
 Duty of the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the route of said canal 
 
 governor ^hen 8 h a ii be located, and agreed on by said State, it shall be the duty of the 
 
 canalTa i located g vernor thereof, or such other person or persons as may have been, or 
 
 ' shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said 
 
 canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the said 
 
 State will be entitled under the provisions of this act, and report the 
 
 same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. 
 
 Legislature to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the state of Ohio, under the au- 
 have power to thority of the legislature thereof, after the selection shall have been so 
 sell &c., after the made, as aforesaid, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or 
 aide an ^ P art of said land j and to g ive a title in fee-simple, therefor to the 
 
 purchaser thereof. 
 
 State of Indi- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the State of Indiana be. and 
 ana authorised hereby is, authorized to convey and relinquish to the State of Ohio, upon 
 to theMState of 8ncn terms as mav be a greed upon by said States, all the right and inter- 
 Ohio, all t h e est granted to the State of Indiana, to any lands within the limits of the 
 right, &c : , grant- State of Ohio, by an act, entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of 
 ed to said State i an( j to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in open- 
 MarchV 1827. in S a canal > to connect the waters of Wabash Eiver with those of Lake 
 Erie," approved on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-seven ; the State of Ohio to hold said land on the same con- 
 ditions upon which it was granted to the State of Indiana, by the act 
 aforesaid. 
 
 Five hundred SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted 
 
 thousand acres of to the State of Ohio, five hundred thousand acres of the lands owned 
 
 the lands owned t,y the United States, within the said State, to be selected as hereinafter 
 
 Stetes within directed, for the purpose of aiding the State of Ohio in the payment of 
 
 said State to be the debt, or the interest thereon, which has heretofore been, or which 
 
 selected as here- may hereafter be, contracted by said State, in the construction of the 
 
 inafter directed, canals within the same, undertaken under the authority of the laws of 
 
 of aSunS^^e s ? id State, now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, for the exten- 
 
 State of Ohio in sion of canals now making ; which land, when selected, shall be disposed 
 
 the payment of of by the legislature of Ohio, for that purpose, and no other : Provided, 
 
 the debt, &c. The said canals, when completed or used, shall be, and forever remain, 
 
 public highways, for the use of the Government of the United States, 
 
 free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United 
 
 States, or persons in their service passing along the same : And provided 
 
 Proviso. further, That the said canals, already commenced, shall be completed 
 
 in seven years from the approval of this act ; otherwise the State of Ohio 
 
 shall stand bound to pay over to the United States the amount which 
 
 any lands, sold by her, within that time, may have brought ; but the 
 
 validity of the titles derived from the State by such sales, shall not be 
 
 affected by that failure. 
 
 The selection SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the selection of the land granted 
 
 iSvfiS^S!? 1 *"^ tne nft k section of this act, may be made under the authority, and 
 
 of Sisacttobe b ^ the direction ? the governor of the State of Ohio, of any lands be- 
 
 madeby the gov-l OD gi n g to the United States within said State, which may at the time 
 
 ernorof Ohio. of selection be subject to entry at private sale, and within two years 
 
 Proviso. from the approval of -this act : Provided, That, in the selection of the 
 
 lands hereby granted, no lands shall be comprehended which have been 
 
 reserved for the use of the United States, as alternate sections, in the 
 
 grants hitherto made, or which may be made during the present session 
 
 of Congress, of lands within the said State, for roads and canals : And 
 
 Proviso. provided, That all lands so selected shall, by the governor of said State, 
 
 be reported to the office of the register of the district in which the laud 
 
 lies, and no lands shall be deen%d to be so selected till such report be 
 
OHIO. 71 
 
 made, and the lands so selected shall be granted by the United States 
 to the State of Ohio. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, Pro- Act to take ef- 
 vided, The legislature of Ohio, at the first session thereof, hereafter to feet provided the 
 commence, shall express the assent of the State to the several provisions o 'gj ^11 ex- 
 and conditions hereof 'f and unless such expression of assent be made, press the assent 
 this act shall be wholly inoperative, except so far as to authorize the of the State to 
 governor of Ohio to proceed in causing selections of said land to be made the . severa l pro- 
 previous to the said next session of the legislature, (a) ditions "hereof" 
 ##**#** &c. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 120, 134, 138, 145, 177, 182, 245. 
 
 No. 118. AN ACT for the relief of Frederick Onstine. ^ a j |4, 1828. 
 
 VOl. D, p. oc5 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Frederick Onstine, of the State of Ohio, shall 
 
 be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter, of any of the unappropriated en fS two 
 lands of the United States, which have been heretofore offered for sale, tions of land. 
 two sections of land ; and the register of the proper district shall give 
 him a certificate therefor, in due form ; upon the presentment of which 
 to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, he is hereby author- 
 ized and required to issue, to the said Frederick Onstine, a patent, or 
 patents, for the same ; which shall be taken and held as full compensa- 
 tion for all services rendered to the United States, by the said Frederick 
 Onstine and his sons during the late war. 
 
 No. 119. AN ACT to authorize the appointment of a surveyor for the Virginia mili Feb. 24, 1829. 
 tary district, within the State of Ohio, (a) Vol. 4, p. 335. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That there shall be appointed by the President of the Surveyor to be 
 United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a sur- appointed, 
 veyor for the Virginia military district within the State of Ohio, who 
 shall keep his office at Chilicothe, in the said district, within the State Office at Chili- 
 of Ohio, until otherwise directed by law. cothe. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor appointed by virtue powers, a u - 
 of this act shall possess the same powers and authority, perform the thority, ' duties, 
 same duties, receive the same emoluments, and, in all respects, be sub- emoluments, &c. 
 ject to, and regulated by, the same laws, rules, and regulations, which 
 were received, exercised, and performed by, and governed the late sur- 
 veyor of said district, so far as the Virginia military district in the State 
 of Ohio is concerned. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- To receive all 
 veyor to be appointed under the authority of this act to receive from the books, records, 
 personal representatives of Colonel Richard C. Anderson, deceased, late itnds within 8 the 
 surveyor of said district, all the original books, records, warrants, plats district. 
 and certificates of surveys, assignments, and other papers, relating ex- 
 clusively to lauds already entered, surveyed, or patented, or to be sur- 
 veyed, entered, and patented, within the Virginia military district, in Fair copies 
 the State of Ohio ; and he shall also make, or cause to be made, so far thereof to be 
 as relates to claims to land in said Virginia military district, in the State made - 
 of Ohio, fair copies of such original books, records, warrants, plats and 
 certificates of surveys, assignments, and other papers, from such original 
 books, records, and papers, in said office, (which contain entries, cer- 
 tificates, surveys, plats , assignments, or other papers or evidences of A? d , used , a8 
 title, in which is also included entries, certificates, surveys, plats, assign- Kakin copies 
 ments, or other evidences of title, pertaining to lands lying within the for use m Unit- 
 Virginia military district, in the State of Kentucky,) which transcripts ed States courts, 
 and copies he shall carefully preserve as a part of the records of his 
 office, and from which he may give copies, as from the originals, to be 
 used in all cases of controversies in the courts of the United States, about 
 lands in the said district, in the State of Ohio. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for Surveyor ap- 
 the personal representatives of the said Richard C. Anderson, before the P "^ to . Sj ve 
 delivery of the books, records, papers, and copies, herein specified, to re- peSaisum of ten 
 quire of the surveyor appointed urider the provisions of this act, bond thousand dollars, 
 with good and sufficient security, to be approved of by the county court 
 of the county of Jefferson, in the State of Kentucky, if not approved of 
 by the personal representatives of said Rfchard C. Anderson, in the penal Condition, 
 sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned that the said surveyor shall 
 
72 OHIO. 
 
 pay over to the said Anderson's personal representatives all such sums 
 of money due, or to become due to said Anderson, or his representatives, 
 for fees due, services performed, or business done by said Anderson, as 
 late surveyor in said office, and which may be received by the said sur- 
 veyor appointed under this act; and conditioned, also, that he will not 
 surrender to any person or persons originals or copies of any of the rec- 
 ords, books, warrants, plats and certificates of survey, assignments, or 
 other papers, by him received of the personal representatives of said 
 Richard C. Anderson, upon which fees are due, to the person or persons 
 claiming interest in the same, or any other person whatever, until the 
 fees due, or to become due, to said Anderson, or his legal representatives, 
 shall have been first paid to said surveyor ; and, upon the execution of 
 said bond, the personal representatives of said Anderson are authorized 
 and required to deliver the records, books, copies and papers, herein 
 above specified, as is provided by this act. 
 
 To give sixty SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- 
 
 days' notice of veyor f or ^[^ Virginia military district, before he shall receive any lo- 
 
 wiil "begin 1 to re- ca ti n or entry of military warrants to be surveyed, to give at least sixty 
 
 ceive locations, days' notice, in those newspapers in which the laws of the United States 
 
 &c. are published in Ohio, of the day on which he will begin to receive such 
 
 locations or entries, the expenses of which notice shall be audited and 
 
 paid by the Treasury Department of the United States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 121, 128, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 
 172. 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 (ft) See Nos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65/76, 79, 81, 102, 158. 
 
 April 2, 1830. No. 120. AX ACT amending and supplementary to the act to aid the State of Ohio 
 Vol. 4, p. 393. i n extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity 
 of land to said State, to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law, and 
 for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory. 
 
 Provision of Be it enacted, <fc., That so much of the act, approved May twenty- 
 
 a t of May 24, fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act 
 
 pealed **" to aid the State of Ohio iu extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to 
 
 Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State, to aid in the 
 
 construction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations 
 
 of land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory," as provides that the 
 
 extension of the Miami Canal shall be completed within twenty years, 
 
 or that the State shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount 
 
 of any land previously sold, be, and the same is hereby, repealed : Pro- 
 
 of oHo m>tto fp- NdW/Tba* if the State of Ohio sna11 a PPl v the 8aid Iand8 or the P r - 
 
 ply the land to, ceeds of the sales, or any part thereof, to any other use whatever, than 
 
 &.c. in the extension of the Miami Canal, before the same shall have been 
 
 Penalty. completed, the said grant, for all lands unsold, shall thereby become 
 
 null and void, and the said State of Ohio shall become liable and bound 
 
 to pay to the United States, the amount for which said land, or any part 
 
 Proviso thereof, may have been sold, deducting the expenses incurred in selling 
 
 the same : And provided also, That it shall be lawful for the legislature 
 
 of said State to appropriate the proceeds of the land so granted, either 
 
 in extending the said Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, or in the 
 
 construction of a railroad, from the termination of the said canal, at 
 
 Dayton, towards the said lake. 
 
 TVhen line of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever the line of the said 
 said canal passes canal, to be extended as aforesaid, from Dayton to the Maumee River, 
 over land sold by a( . the mout ^ o f Auglaize, shall pass over land sold by the United States, 
 go" emor of Ohio it shall be lawful for the governor of the State of Ohio to locate other 
 may locate other lands in lieu of the land so sold : Provided, Such locations shall not ex- 
 lands, ceed the number of acres necessary to complete an aggregate quantity, 
 equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of said extended 
 canal. () 
 (a) See Xos. 117, 134, 138, 145, 177, 182, 245. 
 
 April 23, 1830. No. 121. AN ACT to amend an act. entitled "An act to extend the time for locating 
 Vol. 4, p. 395. Virginia military land-warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land 
 Office," approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twen- 
 ty-six. 
 
 Officers and g e n ena c1ed, #c,, That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, 
 vSnLline ? on tne continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to 
 allowed, &c.' bounty land within the tract of country reserved by the State of Vir- 
 ginia, "bet ween the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, shall be allowed 
 
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 itil the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
 
 70, to obtain warrants, subject, however, to the conditions, restrictions, 
 tt jd limitations, relating to locations, surveys, and patents contained m 
 the act of which this is an amendment. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no location shall be made by vir- No location to 
 tue of any warrant obtained after the said first day of January, one thou- be ade, &c. 
 sand eight hundred and thirty-two ; and no patent shall issue in conse- 
 quence of any warrant obtained after that time. And that the second Certain provi- 
 proviso, inserted in the first section of the above-recited act, except only J^JJi p 
 that part thereof which requires " a certificate of the register of the p 
 land office of Virginia, that no warrant has issued from the said land 
 office for the same services," be, and the same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See ISTos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, -46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 128, 146, 154, 159 t 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 122. A!N" ACT to quiet the titles of certain purchasers of lands, between the May 26, 1830. 
 lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of Ohio. Vol. 4, p. 405. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the President of the United States be, and he A OTOpriation 
 i hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not O f $62,515.55, to 
 otherwise appropriated, to the Virginia military claimants of lands pay Virginia mil- 
 situated between the two lines in the State of Ohio, commonly called itary claimants. 
 Ludlow's and Eoberts' lines, and south of the Greenville treaty line, 
 located prior to the twenty-sixth day of Jane, in the year of our Lord 
 one thousand eight hundred and twelve, the sum of sixty-two thousand 
 five hundred and fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents, with interest 
 thereon from the fourth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, at 
 six per cent, per annum, until paid ; being the amount at which said 
 lands were valued, exclusive of improvements, under the act of Con- 
 gress, entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States 
 to enter into crrtain negotiations relative to the lands located under 
 Virginia military land-warrants, lying between Ludlow's and Eoberts' 
 lines, in the State of Ohio ; " Provided hoicever, That before the payment Proviso: titles 
 of said sum, the said claimant or claimants shall relinquish, by deed or tobe relinquish- 
 deeds, to the United States, in such manner as the President shall direct, 
 their title or titles to the said lands. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted^ That the payments aforesaid shall be Payment to be 
 made as directed to the said claimants, according to the valuation of mad6 according 
 their respective tracts of land, made under the above-recited act of to valnation - 
 Congress, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 103, 125. 
 
 IVo. 123. AX ACT for the relief of Alexander Montgomery, John H. Watts, and the May 28, 1830. 
 . administrators of John Wilson, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 433. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever Alexander Montgom- Patent to issue 
 ery, of the State of Ohio, shall produce to the Commissioner of the Gen- to Alexander 
 eral Land Office satisfactory evidence, that he has paid to the United Montgomery. 
 States, the sum of one hundred and fifty -four dollars and seventy-seven 
 cents, on account of the southwest quarter of section twenty, in town- 
 ship seventeen, of range eighteen, in the Chillicothe land district, the 
 said Commissioner be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause a patent 
 to be issued for the same, in favor of the said Alexander Montgomery. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the administrator and adminis- John Wilson's 
 tratrix of the estate of John Wilson, of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, heirs authorized 
 authorized to relinquish to the United States, the west half of the south- *ertafn t^act of 
 vest quarter of section thirteen, in township seven, of range twelve, in the land, &c. 
 Chillicothe land district, and apply the amount heretofore paid thereon 
 towards the payment of the east half of the same quarter ; and upon 
 payment in full being made for the said east half in cash, at a discount 
 of thirty- seven and a half per cent., the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, shall cause a patent to be issued for that tract. 
 
 No. 124. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Sprigg, of Virginia. May 29, 1830. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c.. That there shall be granted to Samuel Sprigg, of VoL 6 P- 443 - 
 the State of Virginia, as a full compensation for three hundred and sev- Patent to issue 
 enty-nine dollars and a few cents, paid by Bezaleel Wells, in the year for a half-section 
 one thousand eight hundred and five, into the Treasury of the United ofland - 
 States, as the first instalment on the purchase of a fraction of land, en- 
 
74 OHIO. 
 
 tered by said Wells, in the State of Ohio, in the Steubenville district, 
 being section twenty-six, in township two, range two, which amount 
 was thereafter paid to him by said Sprigg, one half-section of any land 
 belonging to the United States, which has been heretofore offered for 
 sale, and which is, by law, now subjected to entry ; and that, upon an 
 entry thereof being made with the proper officer, a patent for the same 
 shall issue to the said Samuel Sprigg. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1831. No. 125. AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to quiet the title of certain 
 Vol. 4, p. 440. purchasers of lands between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of Ohio," 
 approved the twenty-sixth of May, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty. 
 
 President of Be it enacted, <$*c., That in addition to the sum appropriated by the act, 
 United States to entitled "An act to quiet the titles of certain purchasers of 'lands be- 
 " rfodd tween the line8 of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of Ohio," approved 
 the twenty-sixth of May, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty, the 
 President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, 
 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriafed, to Philip 
 Doddridge, the claimant of the Virginia military survey, numbered six 
 thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, for seven hundred acres, being 
 one of the Virginia military surveys, in the said act mentioned, lying 
 between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of Ohio, the sum 
 of one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty- eight 
 cents, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the 
 fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, until paid ; the 
 said Philip having already conveyed to the United States, the title to 
 the said seven hundred acres of land, in the manner directed by the 
 President of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the act of 
 Congress before recited. This act shall commence and be in force from 
 the passing thereof, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 103, 122. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1831. nf o . 126. AX ACT authorizing the sale of a tract of land therein named. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of the President of the United 
 
 Certain tracts States to offer at public sale, as soon as may be, the southwest, north- 
 in Cincinnati d is- wegtj an( j northeast quarters of section number twenty-five, of town- 
 ' ship number six, in range number one west, in the Cincinnati district, 
 under the same rules and regulations that govern the sale of other pub- 
 * lie lands of the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 11, 16. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 
 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, ill, 113, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 March 2 1831 N * 12r '~ AX ACT for the relief of James Sprague. 
 
 Yol.6,p.457. ' Be it enacted, #c., That James Sprague be, and he is hereby, author- 
 ized to locate three hundred and twenty acres of land, by legal subdi- 
 
 enter a'7ract of vision8 > on an y public land in the State of Ohio now offered for sale, at 
 l an( j. ' the minimum price, in satisfaction of an equal quantity of land hereto- 
 
 fore located by the said James Sprague on the east half of the eighth 
 section of the fifth township, in the twenty-second range, under the act 
 of Congress of the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twelve, from which the said James has been evicted by an older 
 title ; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to 
 issue to the said James Sprague a patent for the land so located, on his 
 producing the certificate of the register of the land office within 
 whose district the location may be made. 
 
 March 31, 1832. No. 129. AX ACT explanatory of the act entitled "An act for the relief of officers 
 Vol. 4, p. 500. and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during 
 the revolutionary war," approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty. 
 
 The provisions Be it enacted, $c.. That the provisions of the act, entitled "An act for 
 
 of the act limit- the relief of certa i n officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, 
 
 and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war," approved 
 
 thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, (a) shall not be 
 
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 Construed to extend to any land warrants heretofore issued, which have 
 been located, surveyed, or patented on the lands reserved and set apart 
 for the satisfaction of the military bounty lands due to the officers and 
 soldiers of the Virginia line upon continental establishment, or for the 
 satisfaction of the officers and soldiers of the continental army. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the third sec- The act of May 
 tion of the act, entitled "An act to extend the time for locating Vir-20, 1826, con- 
 ginia military land- warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the land JJJJ e } ^l. 
 office," approved twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and twen- 
 ty-six, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for seven years, 
 from and after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and 
 thirty-two ; and the proprietors of any location, survey, or patent, con- 
 mplated by the aforesaid section, may avail themselves of the pro- 
 dons of the said section, in the cases therein enumerated. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 130, 131, 135, 139. 
 (&) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 146, 154, 159, 166, 
 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 129. AN ACT for the relief of Jacob Eemf, otherwise called Jacob Kemf . June 15, 1832. 
 it enacted #c., That the register of the land office at Zanesville, Vol. 6, p. 494. 
 lio, be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow Jacob Remf, otherwise Authorized to- 
 called Jacob Kemf, of Holmes County, Ohio, to withdraw his entry and withdraw his en- 
 purchase of the west half of the northeast quarter of section numbered try, &o. 
 fifteen, township numbered six, of range numbered five, of land in the 
 Zanesville district ; and to enter, in lieu thereof, the west half of the 
 northeast quarter of section numbered fifteen, township numbered nine, 
 of range numbered six, military, of tne Zanesville district, and to ap- 
 ply the moneys paid for the tract first named aforesaid, to the pay- 
 ment of the tract last aforesaid : Provided, That, if the tract first named p rov i 80 . 
 aforesaid shall have been patented to the said Remf before the taking 
 effect of this act, then the said Remf shall execute and deliver, to said 
 register of the land office aforesaid, at the time of said withdrawal, a 
 release to the United States for said tract of land first above named. 
 
 No. 130. AN ACT for the sale of the unlocated lots in the fifty quarter townships j u i v 3 1832 
 in the United States' military district, in the State of Ohio, reserved to satisfy war- Vol. 4,'p. 560 . 
 rants granted to individuals for their military services. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the lots and fractional parts of lots lying in Unlocated lots 
 the fifty quarter townships,(a) reserved by an act of Congress, passed the in military dis- 
 eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred, and entitled **% 1 \SLiL 1 * 
 "An act giving further time to the holders of military warrants to reg- pr i v ate sale, 
 ister and locate the same," and which remain unlocated, (&) shall, hereaf- 
 ter, be liable to be sold at private sale, in the respective land offices in 
 which they lie, in the same manner, and for the same sum per acre, as 
 other lands of the United States lying in said districts, and undisposed 
 of. (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 18,32, 38, 42,71. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128,131, 135, 139. 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 5ti, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 83, 
 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 fo. 131. AN ACT to extend the time of issuing military land-warrants to officers July 13, 1832.. 
 
 and soldiers of the revolutionary army. Vol. 4, p. 578. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the time allowed for issuing military land-war- 
 
 rants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army shall be ex- to 
 
 tended to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. 1835. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the further quantity of three L a n d appro . 
 hundred thousand acres of land be, and the same is hereby appropriated, priated, to be Tap- 
 in addition to the quantity heretofore appropriated by the act entitled plied in the nian- 
 "An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Virginia line n ^r provided by 
 and navy, and of the continental army during the revolutionary war," 301830 C 
 approved the thirtieth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, which said ' 
 appropriation shall be applied in the manner provided by the said act 
 x the unsatisfied warrants which have been or may be issued as therein 
 
 irected to the officers and soldiers and others as described in the first, 
 
 ifth, and seventh sections of said act. 
 
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 OHIO. 
 
 Last paragraph SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the last paragraph of the first 
 section of tne 
 
 id act 
 
 * 
 
 repaled. 
 
 act w hi cn authorizes the issuing of warrants upon 
 an affidavit that the original was lost, and upon the production of an 
 official copy thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 135, 139. 
 
 July 14, 1632. Wo. 132. AX ACT to authorize the sale of certain public lands in the State of Ohio. 
 
 ToL 4, p. 601. B n en acted, $c., That the lands heretofore reserved for certain Indian 
 
 Certain public tribes in the State of Ohio, and which were ceded to the United States 
 
 lands to be at- by treaties ratified on the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year one 
 
 tachedtotheland thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and the sixth day of April, one 
 
 fh^aJ^reSec thousand ei ht hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same are hereby 
 
 ivety situate &c~ attached to, and made to form part of, the land districts (a) in which they 
 
 are respectively situated, and liable to be sold as other public lands in 
 
 the State of Ohio. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 21, 25. 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44. 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90, 99, 104, 
 
 140, 158, 189. 
 
 (&) See Xos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76; 79, 80, 81, 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 edi d* 
 
 Feb. 20, 1833. Xo. 1 33. AX ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Ohio to sell the land 
 VoL 4, p. 618. reserved for the support of religion in the Ohio Company's, and John Cleeves 
 Symrnes' purchases. 
 
 Seit enacted > $ c -' That the legislature of the State of Ohio shall 
 and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee-simple, all or an? 
 part of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress 
 the support of religion within the Ohio Company's, () and John Cleev< 
 Symmes' purchases, (b) in the State of Ohio, and to invest themoney arii 
 ing from the sale thereof, in some productive fund ; thfe proceeds of which 
 
 Application of shall be forever annually applied, under the direction of said legisla- 
 
 proceeds. tnre, for the support of religion within the several townships for which 
 
 said lands were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other use 
 
 or purpose whatsoever, according to the terms and stipulations of the con- 
 
 tracts of the said Ohio Company's, and John Cleeves Symmes' purchases 
 
 Proviso. within the United States : Provided, Said land, or any part of it, shall, 
 
 in no case, be sold without the consent of the person who may be the 
 lessee thereof, nor without the consent of the inhabitants of the town- 
 ship within which any such land may be situated, to be obtained in such 
 manner as the legislature of said State shall, by law, direct : And pro- 
 
 Proviso. vided also, That in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, 
 
 each township within the districts of country aforesaid, shall be enti- 
 tled to such portion thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from 
 the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the church land be- 
 longing to such township, (c) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 5, 81. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 4, 6, 16. 25. 30. 31. 32, 36, 170, 181. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32. 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 
 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111. 113, 126, 130, 132, 145, 155. 158, 175, 185. 
 
 March 2, 1833. 
 VoL 4, p. 662. 
 
 Ohio canal. 
 
 No. 134. AX ACT to amend an act entitled ''An act to grant a quantity of land to 
 the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the 
 waters of Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan." and to allow further time 
 to the State of Ohio for commencing the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie. 
 #*#### 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the further time of five years 
 be allowed the State of Ohio to commence the Miami Canal from Dayton 
 10 Lake Erie, in addition to the time now allowed therefor by law. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 117 r 120, 138, 145, 177, 182, 245. 
 
 March 2, 1833. 
 VoL 4, p. 665. 
 
 ppro- 
 
 No. 135. AX ACT granting an additional quantity of land for the location of revo- 
 lutionary bounty-land warrants. 
 
 Be it enacted. tS-c., That the further quantity of two hundred thousand 
 __ - * 
 
 - - __ - - * i . *i i , 
 
 priation of land, acres of land be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, in addition to 
 Application of the quantity heretofore appropriated by the act, entitled ''An act for 
 the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, 
 and of the continental army during the revolutionary war," approved 
 the thirtieth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and the act, 
 
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 entitled "An act to extend the time of issuing military land- warrants 
 to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war," approved the thir- 
 teenth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; which said 
 appropriations shall be applied in the manner provided by the said acts, 
 to the unsatisfied warrants, whether original or duplicate, which have 
 been or may be issued as therein directed, to the officers and soldiers, 
 and others, as described in said acts : Provided, That the said certificates 
 of scrip shall be receivable in payment of any of the public lands liable 
 to sale at private entry, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 139. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 136. AN ACT to grant to the State of Ohio certain lands for the support of June 19, 1834. 
 schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Vol. 4, p. 679. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he L anf i equa i to 
 is hereby, authorized and required to reserve from sale, out of any pub- one thirty-sixth 
 lie lands that have been heretofore offered at public sale, and that re- of Western Re- 
 main unsold in the State of Ohio, a quantity of laud, which, together Jg- ^1 
 with the lands heretofore granted for the support of schools in the Con- granted, to be 
 necticut Western Reserve, in said State, shall be equal to one thirty- reserved from 
 sixth part of said Western Reserve ; which said quantity of land may ? ale - a d to vest 
 be reserved in sections, or half-sections, or quarter-sections ; and, when m 
 so reserved, the same shall vest in the said State of Ohio, for the support 
 of schools in said Western Reserve, and be holden by the same tenure, 
 and upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as the said 
 State now holds, or may hold, the lands heretofore granted for the sup- 
 port of schools in said Western Reserve, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 June 28, 1834. 
 Vol. 6, p. 573- 
 
 No. 137. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Arnold Henry Dohrman. 
 
 Whereas doubts exist as to the proper construction of the resolution 
 of the Congress of the United States of America, of the first of October Preamble. 
 seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, passed for the benefit of Arnold 
 Henry Dohrman; and whether, by virtue thereof, the said Dohrman 
 was entitled to sections eight, eleven, twenty -six, and twenty nine, of 
 the township of land to be selected by him under said resolution, for 
 the purpose of removing such doubts, and quieting the claims of the 
 heirs at law of said Dohrman, and to effectuate the intentions of the 
 Congress passing said resolution : 
 
 Be it enacted, <j-c., That the heirs at law of Arnold Henry Dohrman be, L an d claim. 
 and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to sections eight, eleven, co 
 twenty-six, and twenty-nine, in township number thirteen, range seven, 
 in the Steubenville district, in the State of Ohio : Provided, That this 
 act shall only be construed to be a relinquishment of any claim by the 
 United States in and to said sections, as reserved to them by the reso- 
 lution of the first of October, seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, and 
 under the ordinance of seventeen hundred and eighty-five, to the heirs 
 at law of said Arnold Henry Dohrman, and not to* any other person 
 whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 24. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 138. AN ACT authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and Erie Canal 
 lands in the State of Ohio. 
 
 Be it enacted, fyc., That, in lieu of lands sold or otherwise disposed of 
 by the United States, within the State of Ohio, and which would other- 
 wise become the property of the State of Indiana, in virtue of "An act 
 to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana for the pur- 
 pose of aiding said State in opening a canal to connect the waters of 
 the Wabash River with those of Lake Erie," approved March second, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, the canal commissioners author- 
 ized to locate the lands granted as aforesaid for the use of the canal 
 within the State of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized to select 
 an equal quantity from the alternate sections, which would otherwise 
 belong to the United States in the division under said act, or from the 
 lands recently acquired by purchase from the Indians, or from other 
 lands in the neighborhood near the line of said canal as they shall think 
 proper; and the lands thus selected shall be vested and disposed of for 
 the use of the canal as other lands appropriated by the act aforesaid. 
 
 June 30, 1834. 
 Vol. 4, p. 716. 
 
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 61 " 8 
 
IS OHIO. 
 
 Former, selec- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of selections of lands 
 be 08 aid for to au th r i ze d by the previous section, and which agreeably to treaty stipu- 
 commi.ssioners. lations, may hereafter be sold by the United States for the benefit of 
 the Indians, a sum equal to the amount for which said lands may have 
 been sold, shall be paid over, by the Treasurer of the United States, to 
 the commissioners authorized to receive the same, for the use and ben- 
 efit of said canal. 
 
 Lands reserved SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That until the lands granted by the 
 
 from sale un- aforesaid act of March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall 
 
 til selections are ^ selected and the selections contemplated by this act shall be made, 
 
 the public lands on and near the line of said canal, and liable to the 
 
 selections aforesaid, shall be reserved from sale. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Corn- 
 to be furnished missioner of the General Land Office, to furnish said commissioners with 
 a perfect map of the surveyed lands on and contiguous to the Maumee 
 River within the State of Ohio, including the lands recently purchased 
 from the Indians, carefully noting thereon the lands which have been 
 sold or otherwise disposed of by the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 117, 120, 134, 145, 177, 182, 245. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 139. AX ACT making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses 
 Vol. 4, p.' 760. of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. 
 
 Land appropri- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That six hundred and fifty thousand 
 *H^_f L UI l. 8ati ^i acre8 f land, in addition to the quantity heretofore appropriated by 
 the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of 
 the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army during the rev- 
 olutionary war," approved the thirtieth day of May one thousand eight 
 hundred and thirty, and the act entitled "An act to extend the time for 
 issuing military land- warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolution- 
 ary war," approved the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight 
 hundred and thirty-two, and the act entitled "An act granting an addi- 
 tional quantity of land for the location of revolutionary bounty-land 
 warrants," approved the second day of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and thirty-three, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be 
 applied in the manner provided for in said acts, to the unsatisfied war- 
 rants whether original or duplicate, which have been or may be issued 
 as therein directed to the officers, soldiers and others therein described ; 
 and the certificates of scrip, issued pursuant to said acts shall be re- 
 ceivable in payment for any of the public lands liable to sale at private 
 Proviso. entry : Provided, That no scrip shall be issued until the first day of Sep- 
 
 tember next, and warrants shall be received in the General Land Office 
 until that day and immediately thereafter, if the amount filed exceed 
 six hundred and fifty thousand acres, the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office shall apportion the said six hundred and fifty thousand acres 
 of land among the warrants which maybe then on file, in full satisfac- 
 tion thereof, (a) 
 
 #*####* 
 
 (a) See :Nbs. 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 49, 50, 60, 71, 128, 130, 131, 135. 
 
 March 3 1835 No. 140. AX ACT to authorize the removal of the land office at "Wapaughkoneta, 
 Vol. 4, p. 774. to Lima, in the State of Ohio. 
 
 Wapaughkone- B ^ enacted, <$*c., That the land office at present established at Wa- 
 ta land office re- paughkoneta, in the State of Ohio, be removed to Lima, in Allen 
 moved to Lima. County, in the same State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90, 99, 104, 
 132, 158, 189. 
 
 June 15 1836 No. 141. AN ACT to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, 
 Vol. 5 p. 49. and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union, upon the 
 
 _ ! - conditions therein expressed. 
 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 491.] 
 
OHIO. 79 
 
 No. 142 AN ACT to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State June 23, 1836. 
 
 of Ohio. Vol. 5, p. 56. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the northern boundary of the State of Ohio Northern boun- 
 shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the dary. 
 southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the 
 Miami Bay ; thence, northeast, to the northern boundary line of the 
 United States ; thence, with said line, to the Pennsylvania line, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28. 57. 141. 
 
 No. 143.-AN ACT for the relief of Henry Stoddard. June 23, 1836. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 639. 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be is- 
 
 sued to Henry Stoddard, assignee of Nicholas Smith, who is assignee of ^ patent for 
 
 Francis Dochoquet, a patent for three hundred and twenty acres of ig au |J tohim 
 
 land, in accordance to a grant of the chiefs of the Shawnee nation of 
 
 Indians, in the late Wapaghkonetta reservation, in the State of Ohio ; 
 
 which tract of land is situated on the north side of the Auglaise River, 
 
 at a place called Cotoseka, embracing parts of sections numbers thirty 
 
 and thirty-one, in township five south, of range six east, according to 
 
 the plat and survey thereof : Provided, nevertheless, That the patent di- Proviso. 
 
 rected to be issued, as aforesaid, shall only operate as a relinquishment, 
 
 on the part of the United States, and not against the rights of third 
 
 persons. 
 
 No. 144. AN ACT directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to ascer- June 28 1838 
 tain the quantity of land covered by grants made to Anthony Shane and to Louis Vol 6 n 726 
 Godfroy, in section sixteen, township four south, range two east, in Lima district, 
 Ohio, and its value. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Quantity and 
 ascertain the quantity of land contained in section sixteen, township J^ 6 wLg^l 
 four south, range two east in Lima district, Ohio, and the quantity cov- L. Godfrey, to 
 ered by each grant made by the United States to Anthony Shane and be reported to 
 to Louis Godfroy, in said section ; and that he cause the land so granted Congress, 
 to be appraised by two judicious and disinterested freeholders, under 
 oath , without regard to the improvements made thereon ; and that he 
 make report of the proceedings here directed to Congress as soon as the 
 same shall be had. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 67, 156. 
 
 No. 145. AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain public lands of the United States Jul.7 7 > J 838. 
 near the Wabash and Erie Canal, in the State of Ohio. Vol. 5, p. 261. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That after the State of Ohio shall have completed The President 
 the selection of lands authorized by an act entitled "An act authorizing authorized t o 
 
 the selection of certain Wabash and Erie Canal lands, in the Scate 
 
 Ohio, approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, (a) the due of lands re- 
 
 President of the United States shall be, and he hereby is, authorized served by act of 
 
 to proclaim for public sale the residue of the lands reserved from sale June 30 ' 1834> 
 
 by said act ; which sale shall be governed by the same rules and regula- 
 
 tions, impose the same duties, and give the same rights, which are pro- 
 
 vided by the existing laws in relation to other sales of the public lands 
 
 by proclamation of the President : Provided, however, That no lands shall Proviso. 
 
 be sold at such sale for a less price than two dollars and fif tv cents Der 
 
 acre. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the expiration of the time Afterwards 
 cl in the proclamation of the President for the sale authorized in the an .Y lands unsold 
 nrst section of this act, any lands which may then remain unsold shall shal1 be 8ub Jeot 
 
 B subject to sale at private entry, at the price of two dollars and fifty c pnvate entr y- 
 
 ts per acre, and not less ; and no lands hereby authorized to be sold Not subject to 
 
 mail be subject to entry under any pre-emption law of Congress. (6) entry under pre- 
 
 (a) See Nos. 117, 120, 134, 177, 182, 245. 6mpti n laWS ' 
 
 ?'Jft 16 ' 21 ' 25) 29 ' 30 ' 32 > 36 ' 39 ' 41 43 > 44 ' 47 > 48 ' 52 ' 56 ' 59 > 65 . 76 . 7 9. 80, 81, 83 
 , 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 155, 158, 175, 185. 
 
80 OHIO. 
 
 July 7, 1838. Io. 146. AN ACT to extend the time for locating Virginia military land-warrants 
 Vol. 5, p. 262. and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. 
 
 Time extended Be it enacted, #c., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line 
 to August 10, on continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty 
 lands within the tract reserved by Virginia, between the Little Miami 
 and Scioto rivers, northwest of the river Ohio, for satisfying the le- 
 gal bounties to her officers and soldiers upon continental establishment, 
 shall be allowed until the tenth day of August, in the year one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and forty, to complete their locations and surveys, 
 and return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies thereof, to the 
 All entries and General Land Office ; and all entries and surveys which may have here- 
 surveys hereto- t o f ore been made within the said reservation, in satisfaction of any 
 shall be "God &c. sucl1 warrants, on lands not previously entered or surveyed, or on lands 
 not prohibited from entry and survey, shall be held to be good and 
 valid, any omission heretofore to extend the time for the making of 
 Proviso. such entries and surveys to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, 
 
 That no locations as aforesaid, within the above-mentioned tract, shall, 
 after the passage of this act, be made on tracts of land which may have 
 . been previously patented, or which may have been surveyed in satis- 
 
 faction of warrants granted for the legal bounties of said officers and 
 soldiers : And provided, also, That no locations as aforesaid shall be made 
 on any lands lying upon the west side of Ludlow's line ; and any patent 
 which may nevertheless be obtained for land located contrary to the 
 provisions of this act, shall be held and considered as null and void.(a) 
 No patent shall SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall be issued by 
 issue for a greater virtue of the preceding section, for a greater quantity of land than 
 quantity of land th e ran k or term of service of the officer or soldier to whom, or to whose 
 term of service of heirs or assigns, such warrant has been granted, would have entitled 
 the officer or sol- him to under the laws of Virginia and of the United States regulating 
 dier, to whom the issuing of such warrants ; and whenever it appears to the Secretary 
 said warrant is- o f \v a r that the survey made by any of the aforesaid warrants is for a 
 entitleThim *to greater quantity of land than the officer or soldier is entitled to for his 
 under the laws services, the Secretary of War shall certify, on each survey, the amount 
 of Virginia. of such surplus quantity, and the officer or soldier, his heirs or assigns, 
 shall have leave to withdraw his survey from the office of the Secretary 
 of War, and resurvey his location, excluding such surplus quantity, in 
 one body, from any part of his resnrvey, and a patent shall issue upon 
 Proviso. such resurvey as in other cases : Provided, however, That no patent shall 
 
 be obtained on any warrant under this act, unless there be produced to 
 the Secretary of War satisfactory evidence that such warrant was 
 granted for services which, by the laws of Virginia passed prior to the 
 cession of the Northwestern Territory, would have entitled such officer 
 or soldier, his heirs or assigns, to bounty lands ; and, also, a certificate 
 of the register of the land office of Virginia, that no other warrant has 
 issued from the said land office for the same services. (6) 
 
 (a)SeeNos. 1, 8,22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 123, 154, 159, 
 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 (&) See No. 148. 
 
 July 7, 1838, No. 147. AN ACT ceding to the State of Ohio the interest of the United States in 
 VoL 5, p. 296. a certain road within that State. 
 
 Title of the Be il enacted t cj-c., That all right or title of the United States, ac- 
 United States in quired by the treaty of Brownstown, in a certain road from the foot of 
 a certain road the rapids of the Miami of the Lake to the western line of the Connec- 
 StatcTof O^io the ticut . Western Reserve be, and the same is hereby, granted to the State 
 
 (a) Ses Nos. 53, 72, 97, 163. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 148. AN ACT to repeal the second section of "An act to extend the time for 
 VoL 5, p. 329. locating the Virginia military land- warrants and returning surveys thereon to the 
 General Land Office," approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. 
 
 a ^t TO 7t d h W Jul 0n Be U enacted #c., That the second section of "An act to extend the 
 1838, repealed" ^' time for locating Virginia military land-warrants and returning surveys 
 thereon to the General Land Office," approved July seventh, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 (a) See No. 146. 
 
OHIO. 81 
 
 No. 149. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Pierce and others. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c., That the sum of ninety-three dollars and eighteen _ 
 cents, with interest thereon from the first day of September, one thou- Money paid for 
 sand eight hundred and seventeen, until the passage of this act, be paid certain land to 
 to Joseph Pierce, Mary Pierce, Jeremiah H. Pierce, David Z. Pierce, be refunded. 
 James Steele, Horatio G. Phillips, Elnathan Carey, and Daniel Hubble, 
 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated ; which 
 sum was paid by the said Joseph Pierce and Company for seventy-six 
 acres and eighty-five hundredths of land lying within the reserve of 
 twelve miles square at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake 
 Erie, in the State of Ohio, and the title to which tract was confirmed to 
 Samuel Ewing by an act of Congress dated seventh of May, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-two ; and that the said Joseph Pierce 
 and Company be, and they are hereby, exempted from all further pay- 
 ments for said lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 96. 
 
 No. 15O. AN ACT to authorize the trustees of the township of Oxford, in the March 3, 1839. 
 county of Butler and State of Ohio, to enter a section of land in lieu of section Vol. 6, p. 773. 
 sixteen, in said township, for the use of schools. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the trustees of the township of Oxford, in the Authorized to 
 county of Butler and State of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized * ut * T a section of 
 to enter a quantity, equal to one full section, in legal subdivisions of &c ' 1E 
 not less than quarter-sections, of any of the public lands in the State of 
 Ohio, in lieu of section sixteen in said township, which has been located 
 under a grant to the use of the Miami University, pursuant to an act of 
 Congress passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one 
 thousand eight hundred and three ; and the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office is directed, upon receiving the proper evidence of said 
 entry, to issue a patent or patents therefor : Provided, hoivever, That the Proviso, 
 inhabitants of said township shall, before making such entry, at a legal 
 meeting called for that purpose, agree to accept thereof, in lieu of said 
 section sixteen, for the use of schools in said township : And provided, Proviso. 
 furthei', That the said entry shall not include town lots or lands to which 
 there shall be an existing right of pre-emption at the time of such en- 
 try ; and that the same be made within two years from the passing of 
 this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land so entered and patented Said land to be 
 in lieu of said section sixteen, shall be subjected to the same uses, under f? eses &c 
 the same management, and liable to the same disposition, in all respects, 
 as section sixteen in said township granted for the use of schools would 
 by law have been, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 156, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 151. AN ACT for the relief of the children and heirs of Sebastain Sroufe March 3, 1839. 
 late of Ohio, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 781. 
 
 it enacted, #c., That John Allen Alexander and James Alexander, Authorized to 
 children and heirs of Carnes Alexander, deceased, and Abert Sroufe ente r certain 
 and George Sroufe and Susanna Sroufe, children and heirs at law of la ' 
 Sebastian Sroufe, late of Putnam County, in the State of Ohio, deceased, 
 be, and they hereby are, authorized, within six months after the passage 
 of this act, to enter with the register and receiver of the land office 
 at Lima, in said State, the west fraction of the southwest quarter of 
 section twenty-one, in township one north, of range five east, lying in 
 the Lima land district of Ohio, on their first paying to the receiver of 
 said land office two dollars and fifty cents per acre for said tract of land 
 
 No. 152. AN ACT for the relief of Solomon Sturges, assignee of Resin Frazier. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Solomon Sturges be, and he is hereby, author- YoL6>p ' 786 ' 
 
 ized to enter one-half quarter- section of land of any of the lands of the Authorized to 
 United States in the Zanesville land district, in the State of Ohio, sub- f. nter , land - in 
 ject to sale in private entry, in lieu of the east half of the northwest ' 
 
 quarter of section nine,township four, range five, of the military land in 
 6 L O VOL. II. 
 
82 OHIO. 
 
 the Zanesville land district, which was entered and paid for to the 
 United States on the thirtieth day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 two, by one Rezin Frazier, who afterwards assigned the same and his 
 Proviso. interest therein to the said Solomon Sturges : Provided, That the said 
 
 Sturges shall relinquish to the United States all his right and claim in 
 and to the land so entered by said Frazier and assigned to him, in such 
 form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe. 
 
 July 20, 1840. No. 153. AN ACT for the relief of Mary Perkins. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. ell. Be it nactfdt j. Cij That Mary Perkins, of the county of Williams, in 
 Authorized to the State of Ohio, be, and she is hereby, authorized to enter, within 
 enter certain twelve months after the passage of this act, with the register and re- 
 ceiver of the land office at Lima, in said State, the following tract of 
 land, to wit : the west fraction of the southeast quarter of section num- 
 bered twenty-one, in township numbered one, north of range five east, 
 in the Lima land district, Ohio, she paying therefor, as other purchasers, 
 the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 
 July 20, 1840. No. 153a. AN ACT for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnston, deceased. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 812. . f ^ act(lt ^. Ctj That upon tne president being satisfied that the 
 
 Land certifi- claim of the children of Stephen Johnston, named in the treaty made 
 cate to issue. with the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, near the mouth of the Missis- 
 sinnewa, upon the Wabash, in the State of Indiana, on the sixteenth 
 day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, 
 to a certain half-section of land, in and by said treaty granted to them, 
 the children of said Stephen Johnston, has been, or may have been, re- 
 linquished to the United States ; or that the same never has been se- 
 lected for, and accepted by them, he, the said President, is requested to 
 cause the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue to the chil- 
 dren of the said Stephen Johnston, by their names Stephen Johnston, 
 and Elizabeth Johnston, or to their heirs a certificate, receivable in pay- 
 ment at any land office in the United States, for any half-section of land, 
 not subject to pre-emption. 
 
 This act to con- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force 
 tinue in force, and have effect until the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand 
 eight hundred and forty-three, and no longer, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 171, 184a. 
 
 Aug. 19, 1841. No. 154. AN ACT further to extend the time for locating Virginia military land- 
 Vol. 5, p. 449. warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. 
 
 Sec. l of act of Be it enacted, $c., That the first section of the act entitled " An act to 
 7th July, 1838, re- extend the time for locating Virginia military land-warrants, and re- 
 vived and con- turning surveys thereon to the General Land Office, " t approved July 
 ^muet an. geven tj^ eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, as to all' warrants issued 
 
 prior to the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty, and no 
 others, be, and the game is hereby, revived, and to continue in force until 
 the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-four, (a) 
 
 (a) See XOP. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146,1 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 167, 190. 
 
 July -J7. 1842. No. 155. AX ACT granting a right of pre-emption to certain lots in the to\vn of 
 Vol. 6, p. 836. " Perrysburg, in the State of Ohio. 
 
 Purchasers of Be it enacted, $c., That each purchaser, his or her heirs or assigns, of 
 at any lot or lots in the town of Perry sbnrg,(a) in the State of Ohio, at any 
 ~ sale for taxes thereon assessed by the laws of the State, the title to 
 which has not been divested from the United States in any other man- 
 ner than under color of such tax sale, shall have the right to enter the 
 same at any time within one year from the passage of this act, at the 
 Land Office in the district within which said town is situated, at the 
 price for which the same was or were struck off at the public sale of 
 lots in said town, held at the town of Wooster, in July, one thousand 
 eight hundred and seventeen, with interest from that date ; and on 
 
OHIO. 83 
 
 making such entry, and paying for such lot or lots, as aforesaid, patents Patents to is- 
 shall issue for the same, in the manner they are issued for other land 8ue WJ 
 sold by theUnited States: (&) Provided, hoivever, That nothing herein con- p r0 viso. 
 tained shall be construed to affect or prejudice the rights of third per- 
 sons to any such lot or lots, or to hold the United States to any warranty 
 of title purporting to be conveyed by said patents. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 95, 163, 186. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36. 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 158, 175, 185. 
 
 No. 156. AN ACT to compensate the township of Dublin, in Mercer County, Aug. 16, 1842. 
 Ohio, for the loss of school lands. Vol. 6, p. 862. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Scrip to issue 
 hereby is, authorized to issue to the trustees of Dublin township, Mercer to the trustees of 
 County, in the State of Ohio, land scrip to the amount of three hun- ^ti^Zs?^? 
 dred and eleven dollars and eight cents, in consideration of that part of school lands, 
 section number sixteen reserved for the use of schools in said township, 
 which, previous to the survey of said township, had been granted by 
 Congress to Anthony Shane ; and to the further amount of four hun- 
 dred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-two cents, in consideration of 
 another part of said section number sixteen, which in like manner had 
 been granted to Louis Godfrey, and of which parts of said section six- 
 teen the said Shane and Godfrey, their heirs and assigns, have posses- 
 sion under the grants aforesaid, to the exclusion of the right to the 
 said township therein ; which said scrip shall be issued in the form and g cr ip ) how to 
 manner heretofore prescribed for the granting of scrip for bounty land, be issued, 
 and shall be of like effect in the hands of the legal holder: Provided, Proviso. 
 however, That, before the issue and delivery of said scrip, the inhabi- 
 tants of said township, at a. legal meeting called for that purpose, shall 
 vote to accept of the same in full satisfaction of their right and claim 
 
 the lands so granted, and in full compensation therefor, and shall 
 
 thorize and cause to be executed to the United States, and filed with! 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to his approval, a 
 good and sufficient deed of quit-claim, in release, in law and equity, 
 of all claim, right, title, and interest in and to all those parts of said 
 section sixteen, in said township, which are included in and conveyed 
 by the grants aforesaid to said Anthony Shane and Louis Godfrey : 
 And provided, further, That if so ordered by said inhabitants, at such Proviso, 
 meeting, the execution and acknowledgment of such deed or convey- 
 ance, by a majority of said trustees, according to the laws of Ohio, shall 
 be deemed and held a sufficient execution and acknowledgment thereof 
 y said inhabitants, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the scrip so issued and delivered The scrip, <fco., 
 the said Secretary of the Treasury to said township of Dublin, or J be a PP u ed to 
 
 e lands or other things purchased therewith, shall be held and applied schools* 1 * 
 by said township to the use of schools, and to no other object or purpose, 
 in the same manner as the said section sixteen, or the proceeds of the 
 sales, or the rents and profits thereof, would be held and applied, had 
 the said land not been granted to said Shane and Godfroy, but had 
 been held and enjoyed as school lands, to the use of said township, by 
 virtue of the original reservation therefor. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 67, 144. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 158, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 IVo. 157. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Hover, Abelard Guthrie and Edmund March 1, 1843. 
 
 Ogden. Vol. 6, p. 886. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States be, and he Patents to be 
 hereby is, authorized and directed to cause patents to be issued to Jo- issued for lands 
 seph Hover, Abelard Guthrie, and Edmund Ogden, their heirs or legal entered b y them - 
 representatives, for the lands by them entered at the land office at 
 Lima, iu the State of Ohio, in the month of July, in the year one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and forty-one, agreeably to the entries. The patents 
 to said lands having been withheld on account of informality in the 
 entries : Provided, Said lands shall not have been sold to other pur- T^ rt 
 chasers by the United States before the date of this act. .rroviso. 
 
84 OHIO. 
 
 March 3,1843. No. 1 58. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the States of Ohio 
 Vol. 5, p. 624. and Michigan, ceded by the Wyandot tribe of Indians, aoid for other purposes. 
 
 Land in Ohio, B ** ^w c ^> $' c -> That all that 'tract of land in the State of Ohio, to 
 ceded by Wyan- which the Indian title was extinguished by a treaty with the Wyandot 
 dot treaty of i?th tribe of Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky, March seventeenth, 
 teched' ^district ei g nteen hundred and forty- two,(a) shall be attached to, and made 
 in which situ- a part of, the consolidated land district in which it is situated; and 
 ated. that the land office for the said district shall be removed from Lima 
 
 Land office to to the town of Upper Sandusky, within the tract aforesaid, as soon as 
 Uiroer &udu8kv in tne judgment of the President of the United States, such removal 
 
 y ' shall be proper. (&) 
 
 Part of the land SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a portion of the tract aforesaid, 
 to be laid off, and including the town of Upper Saudusky, shall, under the direction of the 
 residue surveyed, surveyor-general, be laid off into town lots, streets, and avenues, and 
 into out-lots, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may judge 
 proper : Provided, That the land so laid off shall not exceed in quantity 
 six hundred and forty acres, nor the town lots a quarter of an acre each, 
 nor the out-lots exceed the quantity of two acres each ; and the residue 
 of the lands in the tract shall be surveyed as other public lands, in con- 
 nection with the adjacent previous surveys, (c) 
 
 All the lands, SEC. 3. And be itjurtlier enacted, That all the public land in said tract, 
 except school w jt n the exception of the section numbered sixteen, in each township, 
 olferedat ' public WQ i cn shall remain for the support of common schools,(<Z) and of the lots 
 eale. reserved by the provisions of the aforesaid treaty, which shall remain 
 
 for the purposes therein expressed, shall, so soon as the surveys and 
 plats of the same be returned to the general and district land 6ffices, be i 
 offered at public sale, at Upper Sandusky, under the superintendence : 
 of the register of the land office and the receiver of public moneys for 
 the district, at such time as shall be designated by proclamation of the ; 
 President of the United States ; the sales to remain open for two weeks, 
 and no longer, and the lands not to be sold at public sale nor be subject 
 to private entry thereafter for a price less than two dollars and fifty 
 cents per acre. 
 
 All the lots, ex- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the town lots and out-lots di- 
 
 "BjJfK to f u e rected by this act to be laid off shall, with the exception of four town 
 
 town &c to be lots , to ^ e selected by the superintendents of the sale, for the use of and 
 
 offered at 'public to be vested in the town when it shall become corporate, and also of the 
 
 sale. lots reserved by the seventeenth article of the aforesaid treaty, to remain 
 
 for the uses therein provided for, be offered at public sale at the time 
 
 the other lands in the tract are offered, and are to be subject to entry at 
 
 Proviso. private sale thereafter: Provided, however, That no town lot shall be 
 
 sold for less than twenty dollars, nor any out-lot for less than at the rate ' 
 
 of fifteen dollars per acre. 
 
 Improved SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in executing the surveys of the 
 lands to be noted ] an( j 8 in the tract aforesaid, the surveyor-general shall cause the im- 
 on piai ir- proved lands to |, e designated on the general plat, and the position, ex- 
 
 tent, and quality of each improvement to be carefully noted ; and the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause the superintend- 
 ents of the sales to be furnished with a copy of the schedule of the ap- 
 praised value of improvements ascertained, pursuant to the fifth article 
 of the said treaty ; and in any case, where the lines for subdivision of 
 Lauds to be of- sections shall divide and injuriously affect the value of an improvement, 
 serve "theS the superintendents of the sale shall be authorized, under instruction of 
 provements en- the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to offer, at public and 
 tire. private sale, an entire quarter-section, or half quarter-section, ami to Q 
 
 attach together halves of two adjacent quarter-sections, so as to pre- 
 Im proved serve, as far as practicable, the improvements on a tract entire ; and if, 
 tracts to be with- in offering at public sale any tract on which improvements exist, the , 
 drawn from sale rea j va j oe o f the same, according to the estimate of the superintendents, 
 ?u" bidden 1 * shall not be bidden, it shall be their duty to withdraw the tract from 
 &c. ' sale, and the tracts thus withdrawn from sale shall again be offered at 
 
 public sale, due public notice first being given, when directed by the, 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, (e) 
 
 (a)SeeXos. 104. 164, 175. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90, 99. 104 
 132, 140, 189. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 32, 36, 37, 42, 65, 76, 79, 81, 102, 119. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 167, 168, 179. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81 
 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 158, 175, 185. 
 
OHIO 
 
 85 
 
 , . 159. AN ACT in relation to the exemplifications of the records of land pat- March 3, 1843. 
 ents and other evidences of title, and amendatory of the act entitled "An act to y o L ^ p> 537. 
 reorganize the General Land Office." - 
 
 Beit enacted, fc., That literal exemplifications of any such records 
 
 n 
 
 which have been or may be granted in virtue of the provisions of the ecords to be a * 
 seventh section of the act, approved on the fourth day of July, eighteen va iia as if the 
 hundred and thirtv-six, entitled "An act to reorganize the General Land signatures had 
 Office," shall be deemed and held to be of the same validity in all pro- been written in 
 ceedings whether at law, or in equity, wherein such exemplifications 
 are adduced in evidence, as if the names of the officers signing and 
 countersigning the same, had been fully inserted in such record. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That exemplifications granted in Exemplifica- 
 pursuance of the aforesaid section of the act aforesaid, of any warrant tions of warrants 
 survey, assignment, and other evidences comprising the entire muni- falidity 
 ments of title, whereon any patent has been based for lands granted by originals. 
 the United States in the aforesaid Virginia military land district or else- 
 wheue, shall be, and are hereby, declared and held as of equal validity 
 with the original patent, warrant survey, assignment, or other evidence 
 of title, on file in said office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35. 45, 46. 51, 53, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112. 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 
 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 160. AN ACT for the relief of John Miller. Mav 23, 1844. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the President of the United States be, and he Yo) - 6 P 909 - 
 is hereby, authorized and requested to cause to be issued to John Mil- Land patent to 
 ler, of Williams County, in the State of Ohio, a patent for the west half be issued, 
 of the northwest quarter of section twenty-two, in township five north, 
 range one east, containing eighty acres, without any further payment 
 of money therefor by said Miller. 
 
 No. 161. AN ACT for the relief of Abelard Guthrie. - j une 17 1344 
 
 i it enacted, ^c., That the entry made by Abelard Guthrie at the Vol. 6, p. 921. 
 Lima land office, in the State of Ohio, on the twenty-first day of May, Land ~^t^- 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, of a tract of laud known and dis- confirmed, and 
 tinguished on the plan of the surveys of the United States' public lands patent to 'issue, 
 as the east half, and the northwest quarter of section thirteen, in town- 
 ship three south of range five east, be and the same is hereby confirmed : 
 and that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, au- 
 thorized to cause to be issued, on said entry, a patent for the same, to 
 the said Abelard Guthrie, his heirs and assigns, as in other cases where 
 a legal entry has been made. 
 
 No. 162. AN ACT for the relief of Solomon Stnrges, assignee of Humphrey June 17, 1844. 
 
 Rich creek. Vol. 6, p. 926. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Solomon Sturges be, and he is hereby, author- Authorized to 
 ized to enter one-half quarter-section of land of any of the public lands enter land, in lieu 
 in the State of Ohio, subject to sale by private entry, in lieu of the of, &c. 
 west half of the northwest quarter of section eight, in township five, 
 of range seven, which was entered and paid for with military land 
 scrip at the Zanesville land office, in the said State of Ohio, by Hum- 
 phrey Richcreek, and transferred by him on the twenty-fifth day of 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the day on which 
 said entry was made to the said Solomon Sturges : Provided, That the Proviso 
 said Solomon Sturges shall relinquish to the United States all his right 
 and claim to the land so entered, in such form as the Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office may prescribe, and also to the military land- 
 scrip with which said entry was made. 
 
 163, 
 
 -AN" ACT to quiet the titles to certain lots of land in the towns of Perrys- 
 burg and Croghansville, in the State of Ohio. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That all titles to town lots and out-lots in the towns 
 
 Feb. 20, 1845. 
 Vol. 5, p. 724. 
 
 of Perry sburg and Croghansville, in the State of Ohio, derived from the titles are con- 
 said State under color of the grant made to said State by virtue of the firmed, 
 act of Congress entitled "An act for laying out and making a road from 
 the lower rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie to the western boundary 
 of the Connecticut Western Reserve, in the State of Ohio, agreeably to 
 
86 OHIO. 
 
 the provisions of the treaty of Brownstown," approved the twenty- 
 eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and t wenty-three,(a) be r 
 and the same are hereby, recognized as valid and confirmed, in the same 
 manner as though the title to said lots had been vested in the State un- 
 List of lots to der the aforesaid act : Provided, That the authorities of the said State 
 be furnished to shall, within one year from end after the passage of this act, furnish 
 General Land Of- the Commissioner of the General Land Office with a certified list of all 
 lots heretofore sold and disposed of under color of the above recited 
 Confirmations act: And provided, aho, That all the confirmations intended by this act 
 only a relinquish- s ] ia ]j amO unt only to arelinquishment forever, on the part of the United 
 oTt he United States, of all their right and title whatever to the lots of land so con- 
 States, firmed: And provided, further, That nothing in this act contained shall 
 Lands not com- be construed to comprehend within the provisions thereof such town 
 prehended in this j otg an( i ou t-l o ts, or other tract or tracts of land, as may have been re- 
 served, or directed to be reserved, within the limits of either of said 
 towns of Perrysburg or Croghansville, for the supportof schools within 
 the same, in and by the third section of the act entitled "An act pro- 
 viding for the sale of the tract of land at the lower rapids of Sandusky 
 River," or in and by any provision contained in the act entitled "'An 
 act providing for the" sale of the tract of land at the British fort of the 
 Miami of the Lake, at the foot of the rapids, and for other purposes." 
 But all such town lots and out-lots, or other tract or tracts of land, 
 reserved, or directed to be reserved, as aforesaid, shall be holdeii sub- 
 ject to the uses and trusts in said acts, and in other acts relating to such 
 Payments due reserves, designated or intended. But nothing contained in this act 
 the United States shall prevent the original purchasers of the lots or lands within the 
 and Ohio not af- ]i m it 8 of the said towns of Perrysburg and Croghansville, and not re- 
 fected, linquished to the United States, from paying to the State of Ohio or the 
 General Government for the use of said road or the United States the 
 money with the interest remaining due thereon, on all such lots and 
 lands as may not have heretofore been disposed of by the authorities of 
 the said State for the benefit of said road, (ft) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 53, 72, 97, 147. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 95, 155, 186. 
 
 Feb. 26 1845. No. 164. AX ACT vesting in the county commissioners of the county of Wyan- 
 Vol' 6 p 936 dot the right to certain town lota and out-lots in the town of Upper Sandusky, in 
 ' the State of Ohio. 
 
 Right to lota Be it enacted, <)>., That the right to the one-third part of the unsold 
 vested in the t O wn lots in the town of Upper Sandusky, by the act entitled "An act 
 commissioners, providing for the gale of certain lands i n *the'States of Ohio and Mich- 
 igan, ceded by the Wyandot tribe of Indians, and for other purposes," 
 passed March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, di- 
 rected to belaid out and surveyed, and to one-third part of the out-lots 
 of said town, be and hereby is, vested in the county commissioners of 
 the county of Wyandot, in the said State of Ohio ; on condition, never- 
 theless, that said commissioners, or other competent authorities of said 
 State of Ohio, shall permanently locate and fix the seat of justice of 
 the county at said town, and that the uett proceeds of the sales of said 
 town and out lots be applied by said county commissioners, or other 
 proper authorities, to the erection of public buildings, and the improve- 
 ment of the public squares and public grounds in said town, (a) 
 Lots to be se- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the town lots and out-lots of 
 lected, how. said town of Upper Sandusky, so to be granted and applied, shall be 
 selected by alternate and progressive numbers, (every third town lot 
 and every third out-lot, according to their numbers, respectively, being 
 granted and applied as aforesaid) under the direction and subject to the 
 Proviso control of the Secretary of the Treasury : Provided, That nothing here- 
 
 in contained shall be so construed as to grant to and vest in said county 
 commissioners any lot or lots heretofore appropriated to and used by the 
 Indian agency at Upper Sandusky, and upon which there may remain 
 any valuable'building, orchard, or other valuable improvement, belong- 
 ing to the United States ; and if any such town lot or out-lot, so by its 
 progressive numbers selected, should be found to comprise and include 
 any such valuable building, orchard, or other valuable improvement, 
 then the said Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and di- 
 rected to substitute some other lot or lots, of a fair and proportionate 
 value, 
 (a) See Xos. 104, 158, 175. 
 
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 No. 165 .AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses, &c. March 3, j t45. 
 
 [Survey or- general's office to be removed to such place in the State of YoL 5 ' p - ' J ' 2 - 
 Michigan as the President may direct. See MICHIGAN, No. 509.] 
 
 No, 166. AN ACT further to extend the time for locating Virginia military land- J ul / Q 29 ' 184 & 
 
 warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. Vo1 - 9 > P- 41 - 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the act entitled "An act further to extend the Act of Aug. 19, 
 time for locating Virginia military land-warrants, and returning sur- 1341, for locating 
 veys thereon to the General Land Office," approved August nineteen, ^YaM warrants' 
 eighteen hundred and forty-one, as to all warrants issued prior to the ^ c extended to 
 tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty, and no others, be, and Jan. l, 1848. 
 the same is hereby, revived and continued in force until the first day 
 of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. I, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58. 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128. 146, 154, 
 159, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 167. AN ACT authorizing the inhabitants of township one, of range thirteen j^jo- $ 1846 
 east, Seneca County, Ohio, to relinquish certain lands selected for schools, and to V<O,p.ffM 
 
 obtain others in lieu of them. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That, on the relinquishment to the United States by School trustees 
 the proper school trustees of township one, of range thirteen east, in of township l, 
 Seneca County, Ohio, of all the right, title, and interest, of the inhab- J^f^ 1 o^io 
 itants of said township to the east half and northwest quarter of sec- authorized, on re^ 
 tion eight, in township ten south, of range nine east, containing four linquishing cer- 
 hundred and eighty acres, and Cedar Point, on Cedar Island, in Lake f ain l au ds> to se- 
 Erie, containing thirty-four acres and eighty -nine hundredths of an \f^ fa&wof 
 acre, heretofore selected for them as school lauds, under the provisions 
 of the act of twentieth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, enti- 
 tled "An act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain 
 townships and fractional townships, not heretofore provided for," the 
 said school trustees be, and they are hereby, authorized to select and 
 enter, free of cost, a quantity not exceeding five hundred and fourteen 
 acres of the lands belonging to the United States, within the limits of 
 the late Wyandott cession, or of any of the land districts in the State 
 of Ohio, in tracts conforming to the subdivisions into which the lands 
 shall be represented on the plats of survey : Provided, That the selec- Proviso 
 tlons hereby authorized to be made shall not embrace lands upon which 
 the assessed improvements of Indians have been made. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, when the lands here author- - d , d to 
 ized to be selected or entered shall have been approved by the Secre- be held for 
 tary of the Treasury, they shall be held by the inhabitants of the town- schools, 
 ship herein first designated, by the same tenure, and upon the same 
 terms, for the support of schools in said township, as if they had been 
 selected under the provisions of the before-recited act of twentieth 
 May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 168, 179. 
 
 No. 168. AN ACT authorizing the trustees of Tymochtee township, Wyandott Au S- 8 . 1846. 
 County, Ohio, to select lands for schools within the Wyandott cession. v l- 9 . P- 675 - 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the school trustees of township one south, of Trustees of Ty 
 range fourteen east, in Wyandott County, Ohio, be, and hereby are, mochtee town- 
 authorized to select and enter, free of cost, two hundred and twentv- s , hip : 9 0> , au : 
 five acres of land, within the Wyandott cession, or of any other lauds, ffiffffoi Stools 
 within the State of Ohio, belonging to the United States, in tracts con- in the Wyandott 
 forming to the subdivisions into which the lands shall be represented cession, 
 on the plots of survey : Provided, The selections hereby authorized to be Provi s- 
 made shall not embrace lands upon which the assessed improvements 
 of Indians have been made. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, when the lands hereby author- TO be held as 
 ized to be selected and entered shall have been approved by the Secre- if selected under 
 tary of the Treasury, they shall be held by the inhabitants of the town- hool 1ao i aw of 
 ship herein designated by the same tenure, and upon the same terms, y> 
 for the support of schools in said township, as if they had been selected 
 under the provisions of the general school law of the twentieth of May 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 179. 
 
88 OHIO. 
 
 Jan 26 1847 ^* 169. AN ACT declaring the assent of Congress to certain States to impose a 
 Vol.' 9 p. 118.' tax u P n a11 lanua hereafter sold by the United States therein, from and after the 
 day of such sale. 
 
 States may tax Be it enacted, $-c., That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the 
 * rand | several States admitted into the Union prior to the twenty-fourth day 
 ay of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, 
 to impose a tax or taxes upon all lands hereafter sold by the United 
 States, in said States, from and after the day of such sale : Provided, 
 That the assent hereby given shall in no wise impair that provision of 
 the compact with the said States which declares that all lands belong- 
 ing to citizens of the United States residing without the said States 
 shall never be taxed higher than lands belonging to persons residing 
 therein, fa) 
 
 (a) See No. 28. 
 
 NOTE. This act applies to the States of Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illi- 
 nois, and Alabama. 
 
 March 3, 1847. No. 170. JOINT RESOLUTION to prohibit the sale at private entry of certain 
 Vol. 9, p. 208. lands in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Sale of certain Be ** resolved, $-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 lands in Cincin- hereby, directed to report to the next session of Congress all the facts 
 nati, Ohi> P r - in relation to the title to the unsold parts, if any there be, of the re- 
 Factl'to be re 8erve d fractional section number eleven, of fractional township number 
 ported to Con- four, of fractional range number one, in J . C. Symme's purchase, State 
 gress. of Ohio, together with the opinion of the A ttorney-General thereon, and 
 
 that he suspend all further proceedings in relation thereto, until the 
 end of the next session of Congress, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 4, 6, 16, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 133, 173, 181. 
 
 March 3 1847 >o. 171. JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnson, 
 Vol. 9, p! 708. 
 
 Register and Be it enacted, <$-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 receiver of land cause the register and receiver at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to receive a 
 office at Sandus- certificate of the heirs of Stephen Johnson, granted to them under " An 
 Stiacate e grant a acfc for tbe relief of fclie neir ? [children] of Stephen Johnson, deceased," 
 ed to heirs of approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty, in payment for 
 StephenJohnson; any half-section of land in the Wyandot reserve not otherwise appro- 
 under the act of pr i a t e d : Provided, The minimum price of said half-section shall not ex- 
 
 forhalf-section'S <*** two dollars and fif * cents P er acre - () 
 
 the Wyandot re- (a) ^ Xos . 153a? 184a . 
 
 SorVo. 
 
 July 5, 1848. No. 172. AN ACT further to extend the time for locating Virginia military land- 
 Vol. 9, p. 244. warrants, and returning surreys thereon to the General Land Office. 
 
 ~Act further to Be it enacted, $c.\ That the act entitled " An act further to extend the 
 extend the time time for locating Virginia military land-warrants, and returning sur- 
 f or locating Vir- vey 8 thereon to the General Land Office," approved August nineteen, 
 f an a d - warnvntJ eighteen hundred and forty-one, and as to all warrants issued prior to 
 &c., revived and the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty, and no others, be, 
 continued i n and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force until the first 
 force until Jan- fo y of January, eighteen hundred and fifty. 
 
 JL to warrants ^EC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same right and privilege is 
 issued prior to hereby also extended for the same time to all such warrants as have 
 August 10, 1840. issued subsequent to said tenth day of August, A. D. eighteen hundred 
 
 Also as to sub- and forty . p rov ided, That before the location thereof, it shaft be shown 
 withT proviso? 8 ' to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that suet warrant 
 was issued justly and legally, and that the person who received said 
 warrant was legally entitled to the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22. 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 
 159, 166, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
OHIO. 89 
 
 No. 173. JOINT RESOLUTION granting to the Secretary of the Treasury further March 3, 1849. 
 
 time to make the report concerning the sale and entry of certain lands in Cincin- Vol. 9, p. 419. 
 nati. 
 
 Resolved, fc., That the Secretary of the Treasury have until the next Jg 
 session of Congress to make the report required of him by the joint f ary of 
 resolution to prohibit the sale at private entry of certain lands in Cin- to make report 
 cinnati, Ohio, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and concerning sales 
 forty-seven, (i) 11 *<*>. 
 
 (a) See No. 170. 
 
 No. 174. AN ACT further to extend the time for locating Virginia military land- Feb. 20, 1850. 
 warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office. Vol. 9, p. 421. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the act entitled " An act further to extend Time extended 
 the time for locating Virginia military land-warrants, and returning f or locating cer- 
 surveys thereon to the General Land Office," approved July fifth, tain Virginia mil- 
 eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and as to all warrants issued prior itai T land-war- 
 to the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty, and no others, raQts ' &c - 
 be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force until the 
 first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same right and privilege is 
 hereby also extended for the same time to all such warrants as have 
 issued subsequent to said tenth day of -August, eighteen hundred and 
 forty : Provided, That before the location thereof, it shall be shown to Proviso. 
 the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that such warrant was 
 issued justly and legally, and that the person who received said warrant 
 was legally entitled to the same, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66/82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 
 159, 166, 172, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 175. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the sale of cer- July 12, 1852. 
 tain lands in the States of Ohio and Michigan, ceded by the Wyandott tribe of In- Vol. 10, p. 15. 
 
 dians, and for other purposes," approved on the third day of March, eighteen hnn- 
 
 dred and forty-three. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That so much of the fifth section of the act of which 18 ? 3 art of f c ) of 
 this is amendatory, as declares that if, in offering at public sale any tract ' re 
 of land ceded by tho Wyandotts under the treaty concluded with that 
 tribe on the seventeenth March, eighteen hundredforty-two,(a) on which 
 improvements exist, the real value of the same, according to the esti- 
 mates of the superintendents, shall not be bidden, it shall be their duty 
 to withdraw the tract from sale, and the tracts thus withdrawn from 
 sale shall [again] be offered at public sale, due public notice first being 
 given, be, and the same is hereby repealed ; and all such lands shall be 
 exposed at public sale to the highest bidder, at such time and place as 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office may direct, subject to the 
 minimum price per acre of two dollars and fifty cents. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 104, 158, 164. 
 
 <6) See Nos. 11, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36. 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 113, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 185. 
 
 No. 176. AN ACT in relation to a certain lot of land in the town of Gnadenhutten, j u i y 13 1852 
 
 in the State of Ohio. Vol. 10,'p. 15. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the lot of land in the town of Gnadenhutten 
 
 -i Reservation of 
 
 m the county of Tuscarawas, in the State of Ohio, heretofore reserved i an d^n Gnaden- 
 under the act entitled "An act providing for the disposition of three hutten for a 
 several tracts of land in Tuscarawas County, in the State of Ohio,' and market square, 
 for other purposes," approved May twenty-sixth, one thousand eight maybe used for 
 hundred and twenty-four, for the purpose of a market square, may be ot 
 used, for any other public purpose, upon such terms as shall be pre- 
 scribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in order to secure the rights of 
 all parties interested therein, (a) 
 <a) See Nos. 12, 102, 111, 113. 
 
90 OHIO. 
 
 August 31, 1852. No. 177. AN ACT making further provisions for the satisfaction of Virginia 
 VoljlO, p. 143. land warrants. 
 
 Unsatisfied Be it enacted, <f-c., That all unsatisfied outstanding military land- war- 
 Virginia military rants or parts of warrants issued or allowed prior to the first day of 
 land- warrants March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, by the proper authorities of 
 may be snrren- the commonwealth of Virginia for military services performed by the 
 oft heUniteS officers and soldiers, seamen or marines, of the Virginia State and con- 
 States payable in tinental lines in the Army or Navy of the Revolution, may be surren- 
 public lands is- dered to the Secretary of the Interior, who, upon being satisfied, by a 
 sued in Iieu rev i 8 i on o f t k e proofs or by additional testimony, that any warrant 
 thus surrendered was fairly and justly issued in pursuance of the laws 
 of said commonwealth, for military services so rendered, shall issue 
 land scrip in favor of the present proprietors of any warrant thus sur- 
 rendered, for the whole or any portion thereof yet unsatisfied, at the 
 rate of one dollar and tweuty-'five cents for each acre mentioned in the 
 warrant thus surrendered and which remains unsatisfied, which scrip 
 Scrip made as- shall be receivable in payment for any lands owned by the United States 
 aignable. subject to sale at private entry; and said scrip shall, moreover, be as- 
 
 h F there 1 are sigp a ble t>y indorsement attested by two witnesses. In issuing such 
 m o 6 r e than one scrip, the said Secretary is authorized, when there are more persons 
 person interest- than one interested in the same warrant to issue to each person scrip 
 ed, or where f or his or her portion of the warrant ; and where infants or feme coverts 
 Ih6 f erne 6 Coverts' ma> ^ ^ e entitled to an y scrip, the guardian of the infant and the hus- 
 r proviso. band of the feme covert may receive and sell or locate the same. Pro- 
 
 rided, That no less than a legal subdivision shall be entered and paid for 
 by the scrip issued in virtue of this act. 
 
 This act to be SEC. 2. And be [it] further enacted, That this act shall be taken as a 
 in full satisfac- full and final adjustment of all bounty-land claims to the officers and 
 tion of Virginia soldiers, seamen and marines of the State of Virginia, for services in 
 warrants 7 the war of the Revolution: Provided, That the State of Virginia shall 
 
 Provided, she by a proper act of the legislature thereof relinquish all claim to the 
 shall relinquish lands in the Virginia military land district in the State of Ohio, (a) 
 all claims to her g EC 3 And i e it f ur tJ t r enacted, That in settling the claims of the 
 in" Oh: \o ' V6 State of Ohio > under the acts of Marcn second, eighteen hundred and 
 Settlement of twenty-seven, and May twenty- fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty- 
 claim of Ohio for eight, granting lands to said State for canal purposes, the same princi- 
 - 
 
 and 1828 the act of Ma y. the ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled 
 
 " " 
 
 , 
 canal lands un- p^ 8nall ^ e ac t e d upon as have been applied under the provisions of 
 
 t . 
 
 An act in addition to an act therein mentioned," for the settlement of 
 the claims of the State cf Indiana, accruing under the said act of March 
 the second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 123, 146, 154, 
 159, 166, 172, 174, 180. 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 (b) See Kos. 117, 120, 134, 138, 145, 182, 245. 
 
 Feb 14 1853 *" 178. AN ACT granting the right of way to the Saint Louis and Iron Mount- 
 Vol/10, p. 754. ain Railroad Company, and for other purposes. 
 
 Eightof way at SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the right of way be and the same 
 Cleveland grant- j s hereby granted to the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, 
 5** t; he . Clf' and aWthe right of way to the Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula 
 bursh Railroad," Railroad Company across the hospital grounds, so called, belonging to 
 and e to the Cleve- the United States, in the city of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio ; the 
 land, Painesville vddth of each of said roads across said hospital grounds not to exceed 
 RI 4 8htabula sixty feet where said roads are now respectively located : Provided, That 
 Provisos said conveyances can, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be 
 
 made without detriment to the interests of the United States: And pro- 
 vided further, That the said grant shall be and is hereby made subject to 
 such conditions as the said Secretary of the Treasury shall impose on the 
 said companies respectively, for the protection and security of the grounds 
 from abrasions by the waters of Lake Erie : And provided further, That 
 whenever the said roads shall be discontinued or abandoned, or the con- 
 ditions of this grant shall be violated, all rights under this act shall 
 ceatfe and determine. 
 
OHIO. 91 
 
 No. 179.-AN ACT for the relief of the civil township of Marion, in the county of Aug. 3, 1854. 
 
 Mercer, Ohio. Vol. 10, p. 81 8. 
 
 Be it enacted, 4-0., That the trustees of the civil township of Marion, Trustees of the 
 in the county of Mercer, and State of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, township of Ma- 
 authorized to select, out of the unsold lands of the United States, in gJJJJyJa to s ' e i ec t 
 said State, one section of land for school purposes, in lieu of section a section in lieu 
 sixteen, to which said township is entitled by acts of Congress; and of section six- 
 when the said trustees shall have selected said section of land, they shall teen - 
 notify the register of the land office of the district in which said lands 
 lie, and the same shall be reserved for sale, and set apart for the use of 
 schools in said township : Provided, That said selection and notification 
 be made within twelve months from the passage of this act : And pro- 
 vided further, That said selection shall be made of legal subdivisions of 
 the public lands, and in quantities of not less than one hundred and 
 sixty acres. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the title to the said lands, when Title to and 
 so selected and set apart, shall vest in the State of Ohio, for the use of disposition of the 
 common schools in said township, and shall be subject to the same dis- |J. 
 position and uses that the sections sixteen in said State have been made, 
 by the various acts of Congress affecting the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 28, 31, 45, 47, 76, 79, 85, 102, 109, 110, 136, 144, 150, 156, 158, 167, 168. 
 
 No. ISO. AN ACT allowing the further time of two years to those holding land D ec 19 1854. 
 hy entries in the Virginia military district in Ohio, which were made prior to firs y o l. io,'p. 598. 
 January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to have the same surveyed and patented 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, or 
 continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty making returns, 
 lands, which have, prior to the first day of January, anno Domini, eight- 
 een hundred and fifty-two, been entered within the tract reserved by 
 Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, for satisfying the 
 legal bounties to her officers and soldiers, upon continental establish- 
 ment, shall be allowed the time of two years, from and after the passage 
 of this act, to make and return their surveys and warrants, or certified 
 copies of warrants, to the General Land Office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154, 
 159, 166, 172, 174, 177, 183, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 No. 1 81 .AN ACT vesting the title of the United States to certain land in the city Dec. 29, 1 854. 
 
 of Cincinnati. Vol. 10, p. 601. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the title and interest of the United States to Title of the 
 the unsold land (if any there be) in fractional section number eleven, United States to 
 in fractional township number four, in fractional range number one, u . ns ld land, sec- 
 of John Cleve Symme's purchase of lands, within the now State of Ohio, fSnSfta jn 
 be, and the same hereby is, vested in the corporate authorities of the <j. SymmVs pur- 
 4 city of Cincinnati, and their successors in office, and in any other occu- chase, vested in 
 pants of the same, in severalty, upon payment to the Commissioner of Cincinnati, anc 
 the General Land Office of the minimum price of land subject to entry : ot 
 Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to impair the 
 legal or equitable rights of any other person or persons to the said land, 
 or to any part thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 4, 6, 16, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 133, 170, 173. 
 
 No, 182. AN ACT to confirm the canal selections in the State of Ohio. March 2 1855 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the selections of land by the State of Ohio, for Vol. 10, P. 634. 
 canal purposes, under the act of second March, eighteen hundred and canal selec- 
 twenty-seven, and twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty- tions by Ohio, 
 eight, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, (a) under acts of 
 
 (a) See Nos. 117, 120, 134, 138, 145, 177, 245. confirmed 
 
92 
 
 OHIO. 
 
 March 3, 1855. No. 183. AN ACT allowing the further time of two years to those holding lands 
 Vol. 10, p. 701. by entries in the Virginia military district in Ohio, which were made prior to the 
 - first [of 1 January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to have the same surveyed and 
 patented. 
 
 Extension of Be it enacted, #c., That the officers and. soldiers of the Virginia line on 
 time for making continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty 
 surveys of Tir^ lands, which have, prior to the first day of January, anno Domini 
 ginia military eighteen hundred and fifty-two, been entered within the tract reserved 
 Bounty lands. by Virginia, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, for satisfying 
 the legal bounties to her officers and soldiers upon continental estab- 
 lishment, shall be allowed the further time of two years from and after 
 the passage of this act to make and return their surveys and warrants, 
 or certified copies of warrants, to the General Land Office. 
 
 Act of 1854 re- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled " An act allow- 
 pealed. ing the further time of two years to those holding lands by entries in the 
 
 Virginia military district in Ohio, which were made prior to first 
 January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to have the same surveyed and 
 patented, " approved December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 
 154, 159, 159, 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 184, 187, 190. 
 
 June 22, 1860. 
 VoL 12, p. 84. 
 
 No. 184. AN ACT to declare the meaning of the act entitled " An act making 
 further provisions for the satisfaction of Virginia land warrants," passed August 
 thirty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. 
 
 Construction Be it enacted, $c., That the Secretary of the Interior, in executing 
 of act of 1852. t k e provisions of the act passed August thirty-one, eighteen hundred 
 and fifty-two, entitled " An act making further provision for the satis- 
 faction of Virginia land warrants," be required so to construe the same 
 as to authorize the satisfaction in scrip of all warrants or parts of war- 
 rants issued on allowances made by the executive of Virginia prior to 
 the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, coming within 
 the principles already recognized by the Department of the Interior in 
 the execution of the provisions of the said act, and whether issued before 
 
 Proviso. or since the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two : Provided, 
 
 however, That no warrant or part of a warrant shall be satisfied in scrip, 
 founded or issued on any allowance made by the executive of Virginia 
 since the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1,8,22,27,32, 35,45,46, 51,58,64,66,82,93,98,112, 119, 121,128, 146, 154, 
 159, 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 187, 190. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1863. 
 Vol. 12, p. 915. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 184a. AN ACT to authorize the Court of Claims of the United States to hear 
 and determine the claim of the heirs of Stephen Johnston, deceased. 
 
 Whereas by an act of Congress, passed July twentieth, eighteen 
 hundred and forty, for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnston, 
 deceased, said heirs were thereby authorized to surrender to the United 
 States certain lands, and to receive in lieu thereof a certificate ''receiv- 
 able in payment at any land office of the United States for any half- 
 section of land not subject to preemption ; " and whereas said heirs, in 
 pursuance of the provisions of said act, did, on the second day of Feb- 
 ruary, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-one, surrender said 
 land, and did receive a certificate as aforesaid, and did thereafter twice 
 make application to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for 
 the purchase of one half-section of the public lands of the United States 
 with said certificate, which several applications were refused by said 
 Commissioner, although at the time of said applications the lands ap- 
 plied for were duly authorized to be sold; and whereas it was the mani- 
 fest intention of Congress, by the passage of said act, to give to said 
 heirs the right to make choice of and purchase with said certificate any 
 half-section of the public lands of the United States, in order to com- 
 pensate said heirs for the loss of a judicious selection of land granted 
 to them by the provisions of a treaty made by the United States with 
 the Pottawatomie Indians on the sixteenth day of October, anno Domini 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-six ; and whereas since the passage of 
 said act, and the issuing of said certificate, the most valuable lands of 
 the United States have been disposed of and made subject to preemp- 
 tion, and the holders of the certificate have been deprived of the use 
 
OHIO. 93 
 
 thereof in the purchase of such valuable lands by reason of the decis- 
 ions aforesaid ; and whereas there are now no public lands of the United 
 States upon which said certificate could be used, affording anything like 
 a just compensation to said heirs for the loss of a judicious selection for 
 them under the provisions of the treaty aforesaid : Therefore 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the claim of the heirs of Stephen Johnston, Claim of heirs 
 deceased, be, and the same is hereby, referred back to the Court of ^ te ^ en 1) e^. 
 Claims of the United States, together with the record and papers of the f erre a ^ck to 
 case of Stephen Johnston and others against the United States, formerly Court of Claims. 
 heard in said court ; thereupon said court is authorized and directed to Direction t o 
 order proof to be taken of the value of such a selection of one half-sec- the court, 
 tion of land within the boundaries of the treaty aforesaid as said heirs 
 were justly and equitably entitled to, as it was on the second day of 
 February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-one; and in esti- ."Value of selec- 
 mating the value of such a selection as it was on the day aforesaid, all tlon> 
 or any improvements upon the land so valued shall not be considered, 
 but the value of such a selection shall be estimated considering its nat- 
 ural advantages of position, &c., and any increase of value from extrin- 
 sic and general causes to the date aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the value of such a selec- Court to add 
 tion shall be so ascertained by the proof, and thereupon determined by interest, 
 the court, which is hereby required, said court shall add interest upon 
 the value so determined from February second, eighteen hundred and 
 forty-one, and thereupon to ascertain and determine what amount of To decide on 
 land scrip of the United States, as hereinafter provided, may be neces- amount of land 
 sary to be issued to said heirs in compensation and satisfaction of the scrip to be issued 
 amount so ascertained and determined by the court. And thereupon to heir8 - 
 said court shall order the amount so ascertained to be issued. And the 
 Secretary of the Interior of the United States shall, and he is hereby Secretary of 
 authorized and required, upon the order aforesaid, and the surrender of ? nt ^ rior to , issi j e 
 the land certificate now held by said heirs to the United States, to Stephen " John? 
 cause to be issued to said heirs, to wit : To Stephen Johnston and ston, &c., Eliza 
 his heirs and assigns, and to Eliza Winans and her heirs and as- Winans, &c. 
 signs, in equal proportions, severally, land scrip of the United States 
 to the amount ascertained and determined by the court as aforesaid, 
 which scrip shall be receivable in payment for any lands of the United 
 States subject to private entry, the minimum price of which does not 
 exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for each acre mentioned 
 in the certificates of scrip so issued ; and said land scrip, if offered, shall Scrip receiva- 
 be receivable in payment of any lands of the United States the sale of JgJ 
 which is authorized by law, the value of said scrip to be estimated at 
 one dollar and twenty-five cents for each acre of land therein named. 
 That is to say, scrip for eighty acres of land shall be deemed to be of the 
 value of one hundred dollars, and shall be received as so much money 
 when offered in payment of land worth more than one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre, and the same rule shall apply to the scrip issued for 
 a greater or less number of acres ; and said land scrip shall, moreover, in^r^ement 
 be assignable by endorsement, attested by two witnesses, and shall be Attested, 
 issued in legal subdivisions in the following manner, to wit : For each Issued in legal 
 section to be issued one certificate of t.crip for one hundred and sixty subdivisions. 
 acres, four certificates for eighty acres each, and four certificates for 
 forty acres each : Provided, That if there shall be any fraction less than Proviso, 
 forty acres to make up the amount to be issued, the same shall be so 
 issued: And provided, further, That when so issued and delivered shall , S ri P *. b . *" 
 be in full satisfaction and adjustment of the claim aforesaid, (a) of the claim 
 
 (a) See Nos. 153a, 171. 
 
 No. 185. AN ACT in relation to islands in the Great Miami River. v?15 ~' S? 8 ' 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That in the case of such islands in the Great Miami _ 
 River, in the State of Ohio, as are undisposed of, or any vacant public i a i andg i n the 
 lands adjacent thereto, which are in the actual and exclusive occupancy Great Miami 
 of any persons who have made improvements thereon, or of their heirs River, 
 or assigns, such occupants thereof shall have the preference right to 
 enter the same at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, on making proof 
 of the facts to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, and paying for the land within twelve months from the passage 
 of this act, and patents shall issue for the tracts so entered as usual in 
 entries of public lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 16. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 56, 59, 65, 76. 79, 80, 81, 
 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 102, 108, 111, 1J3, 126, 130, 132, 133, 145, 155, 158, 175. 
 
M OHIO. 
 
 July 11 1870 Wo. 186. AX ACT relinquishing whatever title may remain in the United States 
 Vol. 16, p. 230. to a certain parcel of ground in Fremont, Ohio, to the corporation of Fremont. 
 
 Title of the Be it enacted, #c., That whatever title may remain in the United 
 United States to States to a parcel of ground in the city of Fremont, (formerly Crog- 
 certain land in hansville.) Ohio, laid out under the act of Congress of April twenty-six, 
 Sauted to that ei g Qteen hundred and sixteen, which is not included in any of the lots, 
 town. out-lots, streets, and avenues of the city, but lying between the lots, 
 
 streets, and avenues, and the Sandusky River, as indicated on the offi- 
 cial plat of the town of Croghansville, be, and the same is hereby, re- 
 linquished to the corporation of Fremont, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 95, 155, 163. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1871. No. 187. AN ACT to cede to the State of Ohio the unsold lands in the Virginia 
 VoL 16, p. 416. military district in said State. 
 
 Unsold lands Be it enacted, #c,, That the lands remaining unsurveyed and unsold in 
 
 in the Virginia the Virginia military district in the State of Ohio be, and the same are 
 
 in ' Chief cede^to herebv ceded tothe State of 9 hio > U P OD the -conditions following, to 
 
 Oh io> ' wit : Any person who, at the time of the passage of this act, is a bona- 
 
 Conditions. fide settler on any portion of said land may hold not exceeding one 
 
 hundred and sixty acres so by him occupied by his pre-empting the 
 
 same in such manner as the legislature of the State of Ohio may 
 
 direct, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 119, 121, 128, 146, 154 
 159, 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 190. 
 
 March 1, 1873. 
 Vol. 17, p. 739. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 188.- AN ACT for the relief of Isabella Orange. 
 Whereas, Isabella Orange, widow of John C. Orange, late a private, 
 
 Company D, Seventh Regiment West Virginia Volunteers, purchased 
 and came into possession of the southeast quarter of the southeast quar- 
 ter of section thirty-five, township four, range six, in Monroe County, 
 Ohio, believing she had received a good title for the same ; and whereas, 
 she paid the purchase money for said lands out of the proceeds of her 
 pension received on account of the death of her husband in the United 
 States service, and she has made valuable improvements on said land ; 
 and whereas, said land has never been sold or disposed of by the United 
 States Government : Therefore, 
 
 Patent for land Be it enacted, <fc., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 in Ohio to issue be directed to issue a patent to Isabella Orange, of Monroe County, 
 Orange Ohio, for the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thir- 
 
 ty-five, township four of range six, in Monroe County, Ohio. 
 
 July 31, 1876. No. 189. AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov- 
 VoL 19, p. 121. eminent for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 * seven. 
 
 Land offices at That the land offices at Chillicothe, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, 
 
 Chillicothe, In- Springfield, Illinois, and the office of the recorder of land titles of the 
 
 sSSfieW and State of Missouri are hereby abolished, from and after the thirtieth 
 
 recorder of land day of September next and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au- 
 
 titles of Missouri thorized to transfer to the States respectively aforesaid such of the 
 
 transcripts, documents, and records of the offices aforesaid as may not 
 
 be required for use of the United States, and as the States respectively 
 
 Surveyor- gen- in which said offices are situated may desire to preserve; and the office 
 
 Kansas o f ^e surveyor-general of Kansas is hereby abolished from and after 
 
 the thirtieth of September next, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39,41, 44, 47, 52, 59, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 90, 99, 104, 
 132, 140, 158. 
 
OHIO. 95 
 
 No. 19O. AN ACT to construe and define "An act to cede to the State of Ohio the Mav 07 IB^O 
 unsold lands in the Virginia military district in said State," approved February Vol. 21 'n 142 
 eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes. ' F ' 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the act ceding to the State of Ohio the lands Construction of 
 remaining "unsurveyed and unsold" in the Virginia military district, in 
 
 the State of Ohio, had no reference to lands which were included in 
 any survey or entry within said district founded upon military warrant 
 or warrants upon continental establishment ; and the true intent and 
 meaning of said act was to cede to the State of Ohio only such lands as 
 were unappropriated, and not included in any survey or entry within 
 said district, which survey or entry was founded upon military warrant 
 or warrants upon continental establishment. 
 
 SEC. 2. That all legal surveys returned to the land office on or before Certain surveys 
 March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, on entries made on or declared valid.' 
 before January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and founded on 
 unsatisfied Virginia military continental warrants, are hereby declared 
 valid. 
 
 SEC. 3. That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on conti- Time extended 
 nental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty lands, * or making and 
 which have, on or before January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, yj* urning sur- 
 been entered within the tract reserved by Virginia, between the Little ' 
 Miami and Sciota rivers, for satisfying the legal bounties to her officers 
 and soldiers upon continental establishment, shall be allowed three 
 years from and after the passage of this act to make and return their 
 surveys for record to the office of the principal surveyor of said dis- 
 trict, and may file their plats and certificates, warrants, or certified 
 copies of warrants, at the General Land Office, and receive patents for 
 the same. 
 
 SEC. 4. This act shall not in any way affect or interfere with the title Certain rights 
 to any lands sold for a valuable consideration by the Ohio Agricultural saved ' 
 and Mechanical College, grantee, under the act of February eighteenth, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-one, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1, 8, 22, 27, 32, 35, 45, 46, 51, 58, 64, 66, 82, 93, 98, 112, 11S>, 121, 198, 146, 
 154, 159, 166, 172, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 187. 
 
INDIANA. 
 
 March 3, 1791. No. 191. AN ACT for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes 
 ToL 1, p. 221. and the Illinois country, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for confirming 
 them in their possessions. 
 
 Four hundred SECTION 1. Be it enacted, #c., That four hundred acres of laud be 
 
 granted to & each S iven to each . f those persons, who in the year one thousand seven 
 
 head of a family, hundred and eighty-three, were heads of families at Vincennes or in 
 
 and ' the Illinois country, on the Mississippi, and who since that time have 
 
 removed from one of the said places to the other. And the governor of 
 
 the territory northwest of the Ohio is hereby directed, to cause the 
 
 same to be laid out for them, at their own expense, either at Vincennea 
 
 or in the Illinois country, as they shall severally elect. 
 
 Also to those SEC. 2. And be it further enacted and declared, That the heads of farni- 
 moved from sakl ^ es a ^ Vincennes or in the Illinois country in the year one thousand 
 territory, if they seven hundred and eighty-three, who afterwards removed without the 
 return within limits of the said territory, are notwithstanding, entitled to the dona- 
 five years. tion of four hundred acres of land made by the resolve of Congress of 
 the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
 eight ; and the governor of the said territory, upon application to him 
 for that purpose, is hereby directed to cause the same to be laid out for 
 such heads of families or their heirs ; and shall also cause to be laid off 
 and confirmed to such persons the several tracts of land which they 
 may have possessed, and which before the year one thousand seven 
 hundred and eighty-three may have been allotted to them according 
 to the laws and usages of the government under which they had re- 
 spectively settled: Provided nevertheless, That if such persons or their 
 heirs do not return and occupy the said lands within five years, such 
 lands shall be considered as forfeited to the United States, (a) 
 
 Lands former- SEC. 3. And l)e it further enacted, That one hundred and fifty acres of land, 
 
 ly possessed by heretofore in possession of the Piankeshaw Indians, and now under actual 
 
 dians confi^rm^d im P rovement ' and constituting a part of the village of Vincennes, be 
 
 to present pos- given to the persons who are severally in possession of the said land. 
 
 sessors. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That where lands have been actually 
 
 Improvers of improved and cultivated at Vincennes, or in the Illinois country, under 
 
 imde^rasupposel a su PP se( l grant of the same, by any commandant or court claiming 
 
 grant, to have authority to make such grant, the governor of the said territory be, 
 
 their claims con- and he hereby is empowered to confirm to the persons who made such 
 
 firmed. improvements, their heirs or assigns, the lands supposed to have been 
 
 granted as aforesaid, or such parts thereof as he, in his discretion, may 
 
 judge reasonable, not exceeding to any one person, four hundred 
 
 acres. (6) 
 
 Lands hereto- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a tract of land, containing 
 
 fore used as a about five thousand four hundred acres, which for many years ha* 
 
 propriated there-" been fenced and used by the inhabitants of Vincennes as a common, 
 
 to. also a tract of land including the villages of Cohosand Prairie du Pont, 
 
 and heretofore used by the inhabitants of the said villages as a common, 
 
 be, and the same are hereby appropriated to the use of the inhabitants 
 
 of Vincennes and of the said villages respectively, to be used by them 
 
 as a common, until otherwise disposed of by law. (c) 
 
 Militia men SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said terri- 
 
 who have not tory be authorized to make a grant of land not exceeding one hundred 
 
 nation of^'land acres to eacn person who hath not obtained any donation of land from 
 
 to receive 100 the United States, and who, on the first day of August, one thousand 
 
 acres. seven hundred and ninety, was enrolled in the militia at Viucennes or 
 
 in the Illinois country, and has done militia duty, the said land to be 
 
 Appropriation laid out at the expense of the grantees, and in such form and place as 
 
 of a tract for the the said governor shall direct. Provided nevertheless, That no claim 
 
 Kaskaskia In -founded upon purchase or otherwise, shall be admitted within a tract 
 
 of land heretofore occupied by the Kaskaskia nation of Indians, and 
 
 including their village, which is hereby appropriated to the use of the 
 
 said Indians. 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 205, 210, 211, 214, 308, 312, 313, 321. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 196, 199, 200, 308, 312, 313. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 227, 311. 
 
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INDIANA. 97 
 
 No. 192, AN ACT to repeal part of a resolution of Congress of the twenty-ninth Feb. 21, 1793. 
 of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, respecting the inhabitants Vol. 1, p. 318. 
 of Post Saint Vincents. 
 
 He it enacted, $-o., That so much of the resolution of Congress of the Inhabitants of 
 twenty-ninth oi August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, r e uJved fronfeS 
 as requires the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers p ense of certain 
 at Post Saint Vincents, to pay for the survey of the several tracts, surveys, 
 which they rightfully claimed, and which had been allotted to them, 
 according to the laws and usages of the government, under which they 
 had settled, be, and hereby is repealed : And that such surveys thereof, 
 as may have been made, be paid for by the United States, not exceed- 
 ing the rates hitherto established by Congress for making surveys, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197. 
 
 No. 193. AN ACT to divide the territory of the United States northwest of the May 7, 1800. 
 Ohio, into two separate governments. Vol. 2, p. 58. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted, #c., That from and after the fourth day of Boundary and 
 July next, all that part of the territory of the United States northwest name of the new 
 of the Ohio lliver, which lies to the westward of a line beginning at the territory. 
 Ohio, opposite to the mouth of Kentucky River, and running thence to 
 Fort Recovery, and thence north until it shall intersect the territorial 
 line between the United States and Canada, shall, for the purposes of 
 temporary government, constitute a separate territory, and be called 
 the Indiana Territory, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established Form of gov- 
 within the said territory a government in all respects similar to that p^ls of the 
 provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of inhabitants. 
 July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the government 
 of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio ; and 
 the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to, and enjoy all and singular 
 the rights, privileges and advantages granted and secured to the people 
 by the said ordinance. (&) 
 
 #..'# * # * * 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained Construction of 
 shall be construed so as in any manner to affect the government now in p^"^ S e go." 
 force in the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River, ernment of the 
 further than to prohibit the exercise thereof within the Indiana Terri- new territory, 
 tory, from and after the aforesaid fourth day of July next : Provided, 
 That whenever that part of the territory of the United States which Eventual 
 lies to the eastward of a line beginning at the mouth of the Great Miami change of the 
 River, and running thence due north to the territorial line between tho boundary. 
 United States and Canada, shall be erected into an independent State, 
 and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original 
 States, thenceforth said line shall become and remain permanently the 
 boundary line between such State and the Indiana Territory ; any thing 
 in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That until it shall be otherwise or- Seats of the 
 dered by the legislatures of the said Territories respectively, Chilicothe, two govern- 
 on Scioto River, shall be the seat of the government of the territory of ments. 
 the United States northwest of the Ohio River ; and that Saint Vin- 
 cennes, on the W abash River, shall be the seat of the government for 
 the Indiana Territory, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 203, 209, 246, 276. 
 (6) See Nos. 215, 219. 
 (c) See Nos. 206, 215, 230. 
 
 No. 194. AN ACT to extend and continue in force the provisions of an act inti- May 1, 1802. 
 tuled "An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted Vol. 2, p. 179. 
 with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami 
 rivers, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for other purposes." 
 
 * # # # * # * 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted. That all the lands around Vincennes on How the lands 
 the Wabash, in the Indiana Territory, the Indian title to which hath been SSto W ^SS 
 extinguished, shall be surveyed and laid off in the manner prescribed Indian title re- 
 by the third section of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled mains, are to be 
 'An act providing for the sales of the lands of the United States in the surveyed, &c. 
 territory northwest of the Ohio} and above the mouth of Kentucky 
 River,' " under directions from the Secretary of the Treasury, and by 
 
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98 INDIANA. 
 
 such person or persons as the President of the United States alone shall 
 Limitation of appoint for that purpose : Provided, That the whole expense of survey- 
 the expense for ing and marking the lines shall not exceed four dollars for every mile 
 that object. that shall be actually run, surveyed, and marked. And two plats of the 
 lands aforesaid shall be prepared by the person or persons who may 
 survey the same, who shall also designate thereon the bounds of the lands 
 of individuals held under reservations of the State of Virginia, or un- 
 der the laws of the United States : one of the said plats shall be re- 
 turned to the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the other shall 
 be deposited with the secretary of the Indiana Territory, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 247, 26G, 317. 
 
 March 3, 1803. No. 195. AN ACT concerning 'the salt springs on the waters of the Wabash 
 Vol. 2, p. 235. . River. 
 
 Salt works to ^ e ^ enacte ^ $ G -> That for the purpose of procuring articles necessary 
 be established on to the establishment of saltworks, at the springs near the Wabash 
 the Wabash River, which have been ceded to the United States, by certain Indian 
 River. tribes, the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby 
 
 appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treas- 
 ury, and under the direction of the President of the United States, who 
 is hereby authorized to cause the said springs to be worked at the ex- 
 pense of the United States ; or, if he shall deem it more proper, to lease 
 the same for a term not exceeding three years, on such conditions as will 
 insure the working the same most extensively, and to the most advan- 
 tage to the United States. () 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 215, 216, 219. 
 
 March 26, 1804. No. 196. AN ACT making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the 
 Vol. 2, p. 277. Indiana Territory, and for other purposes. 
 
 Powers of the ^ e ** enacted, $' c "> That the powers vested by law in the surveyor-gen- 
 survey or-general eral, shall extend over all the public lands of the United States to which 
 extended over all the Indian title has been or shall hereafter be extinguished, north of 
 the lands of the the river Ohio, and east of tlie river Mississippi ; and it shall be the duty 
 
 : s of the said surveyor-general to cause the said lands to be surveyed into 
 uoj in or TD6 vjn'O, ,. , .1 ? t i - * i * i 
 
 and east oi the townships, six miles square, and divided in the same manner and under 
 Mississippi ; and the same regulations, and to do and perform all such other acts in rela- 
 he 8 . ha 1 11 c.^ 118 tion to the said lands, as is provided by law in relation to the lands of 
 Sto^townVhTps the United States, atuate northwest of the river Ohio and above the 
 Expenses o f mouth of Kentucky River : Provided, That the whole expense of sur- 
 surveying not to veying and marking the lines shall not exceed three dollars for every 
 exceed three dol- m ile that shall be actually run, surveyed, and marked : And provided also, 
 ^TrartsTlaimed Tnat 8ucn tracts of land as are lawfully claimed by individuals within 
 to be laid out at the said boundaries, and the title whereto has been or shall be recog- 
 the expense of nized by the United States, shall be laid out and surveyed at the ex- 
 the claimant. pense of the parties respectively, in conformity with the true bound- 
 aries of such tracts. And it shall also be the duty of the said surveyor- 
 general to cause to be run, surveyed and marked such of the Indian 
 boundary lines of the said lands, as have not yet been surveyed ; and 
 Indian bound- with the approbation of the President of the United States to ascertain 
 ary lines to be bv astronomical observations the positions of such places north of the 
 river Ohio and east of the river Mississippi, as may be deemed neces- 
 sary for the correctness of the surveys, and to be the most important 
 points of the geography of the country, (a) 
 
 Land offices es- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of the 
 tablished at De- United States, north of the river Ohio and east of the river Mississippi, 
 iQ the Indiana Territory, three land offices shall be established in the 
 same, one at Detroit for the lands lying north of the State of Ohio to 
 which the Indian title has been extinguished ; one at Vincennes for the 
 lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and which are 
 included within the boundaries fixed by the treaty lately held with the 
 Indian tribes of the Wabash ; and one at Kaskaskia, for so much of the 
 lands included within the boundaries fixed by th'e treaty of the thir- 
 teenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and three, with the Kaa- 
 kaskia tribe of Indians, as is not claimed by any other Indian tribe: 
 
INDIANA. 99 
 
 and fdb each of the said offices a register and a receiver of public monies Register and 
 shall le appointed, who shall give security in the same manner, in the if c ce j n g p j)j- 
 same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments and duties, and au- pointed for each 
 thority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands of them. Duties 
 which shall be Disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law pro- and emoluments 
 vided, in relation to the registers and the receivers of public monies in ot ers - 
 
 the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United 
 States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky 
 Kiver. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands . Persons claim- 
 within any of the three tracts of laud described in the preceding section, zl^bed i S tlf 
 by virtue of any legal grant made by the French Government, prior to preceding sec- 
 the treaty of Paris, of the tenth of February, one thousand seven hun- tions, under 
 dred and sixty-three, or of any legal grant made by the British Govern- grants from the 
 ment, subsequent to the said treaty, and prior to the treaty of peace be- or^United^State 11 
 tween the United States and Great Britain, of the third of September, governments to 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, or of any resolution, or deliver to the reg- 
 act of Congress, subsequent to the said treaty of peace, shall, on or be- ia ters of the laud 
 fore the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and five, de- 8 tJ 
 
 liver to the register of the laud office, within whose district the land the lands are sit- 
 may lie, a notice in writing, stating the nature and extent of his claims, uated, state- 
 together with a plot of the tract or tracts claimed, and may also, on or ments of the es- 
 bol'ore that day, deliver to the said register, for the purpose of being aSms 
 recorded every grant, order of survey, deed, conveyance, or other writ- 
 ten evidence of his claim; and the same shall be recorded by the said Which shall be 
 register, in books to be kept for that purpose, on receiving from the recorded. 
 parties at the rate of twelve and a half cents, for every hundred words i^ 6 ? 8 t j! eman ^~ 
 contained in such written evidence of their claim ; and if such person a xegle^t^de- 
 shall neglect to deliver such notice, in writing, of his claim, or to cause liver notice. 
 to be recorded such written evidence of the same, all his right, so far as 
 the same is derived from any resolution or act of Congress, shall become 
 void, and forever be barred, (c) 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That the register, and receiver of The registers 
 public monies, of the three above-mentioned land offices, shall, for the Jj be .commission- 
 lands respectively lying within their districts, be commissioners for the 8 pect?ve ^d/s- 
 purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming lands by virtue of tricts. 
 the preceding sections. Each of the said commissioners shall, previous to 
 entering on the duties of his appointment, respectively, take and sub- 
 scribe the following oath or affirmation, before some person qualified to 
 administer the same: "I, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) Oath of office. 
 
 that I will impartially exercise and discharge the duties imposed upon 
 me, as commissioner for examining the claims to land, by an act of Con- 
 gress, intituled An act making provision for the disposal of the public 
 lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes." 
 
 It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to meet at the places Their duties. 
 where the said land offices are by this act established, respectively, on The commis- 
 or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and five ; jJtBSLJiJHE 
 and each board shall, in their respective districts, have power to hear tricts and to de- 
 in a summary manner all matters respecting such claims ; also to com- cide upon claims; 
 pel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths, and examine wit- ^vested with 
 nesses, and such other testimony as may be adduced, and to decide FCattendaSof 
 thereon according to justice and equity, which decision shall be laid witnesses to ex- 
 before Congress in the manner hereinafter directed, and be subject to amine them. 
 their decision thereon. The said boards, respectively, shall have power To report their 
 to appoint a clerk, whose duty it shall be to enter in a book to be kept proceedings to 
 for that purpose, full and correct minutes of their proceedings and de- ^l^board to 
 cisipns, together with the evidence on which such decisions are made ; have power to 
 which books and papers, on the disolution of the boards, shall be de- appoint clerks. 
 posited in the respective offices of the registers of the land offices ; and Duty of clerks. 
 the said clerk shall prepare two transcripts of all the decisions made by pe ? k ul) on d the 
 
 3e said commissioners in favor of the claimants to land, both of which dissolution of the 
 shall be signed by the said commissioners, and orife of which shall be board, to be 
 transmitted to the survey or- general, and the other to the Secretary of lodged in the of- 
 the Treasury ; and the lands, the claims to which shall have been thus fstlrsof the^anf - 
 affirmed by the commissioners, shall not be otherwise disposed of, until offices. 
 the decision of Congress thereupon shall have been made. It shall like- Clerks to pre- 
 wise be the duty ot the said commissioners to make to the Secretary of p f re ., transcripts 
 
 ., 
 
 the Treasury a full report of all the claims filed with the register of the Jf the boS 
 proper land office, as above directed, which they may have rejected> 
 together with the substance of the evidence adduced in support thereof, 
 
100 INDIANA. 
 
 Commissioners and such remarks thereon as they may think proper : which imports, 
 to make report to together with the transcripts of the decisions of the commissioners in 
 the Treasury of favour of claimants, shall be laid by the Secretary of the Treasury be- 
 the claims reject- fore Congress at their next ensuing session. Each of the commissioners 
 ed by them, with and clerks aforesaid, shall be allowed a compensation ^)f five hundred 
 ie substance of d o n ars in full for his services as such ; and each of the said clerks shall, 
 duce'd 1 in their previous to his entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe 
 support. the following oath or affirmation, to wit : " I, do solemnly 
 
 Secretary of swear, (or affirm,) that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties 
 the Treasury to of & c \ eT ^ to the board of commissioners for examining the claims to land, 
 the transcripts of as enjoined by an act of Congress, intituled An act making provision 
 claims admitted for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for 
 to Congress. other purposes." (d) 
 
 to the^comS- SEC - 5 - And be li f urt1lr enacted, That all the lands aforesaid, not 
 
 sioners andexcepted by virtue of the preceding section, shall, with the exception 
 
 clerks. of the section "number sixteen," which shall be reserved in each to\vn- 
 
 Omcial oath of 8 hip f or the support of schools within the same, with the exception also 
 
 All the' lands of an en t ire township in each of the three above-described tracts of 
 
 with certain ex- country or districts, to be located by. the Secretary of the Treasury, for 
 
 ceptions to be the use of a seminary of learning, and with the exception also of the 
 
 sold, on what sa i t 8 p r i n g 8 a nd land's reserved for the use of the same as hereinafter 
 
 Sak sprint 1 " 6 ' directed, be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction 
 
 of the surveyor-general, or governor of the Indiana Territory, of the 
 
 register of the land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the 
 
 places respectively, where the land offices are kept, and on such day or 
 
 days as shall, by a public proclamation of the President of the United 
 
 States, be designated for that purpose. The sales shall remain open at 
 
 each place for three weeks and no longer : the lands shall not be sold 
 
 for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect, be 
 
 sold in tracts of the same size and on the same terms and conditions as 
 
 have been or may be by law provided for the lands sold north of tho 
 
 Lands remain- river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River. All lands other 
 
 ing unsold after than the reserved sections and those excepted as above mentioned, re- 
 
 e ed o al maining unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of 
 
 private sale. at private sale, by the registers of the respective land offices, in the same 
 
 manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the 
 
 same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided by law for the 
 
 sale of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and above 
 
 the mouth of Kentucky River. And patents shall be obtained for all 
 
 lands granted or sold in the Indiana Territory, in the same manner and 
 
 on the same terms as is or may be provided by law for lands sold in the 
 
 State of Ohio, and in the Mississippi Territory, (e) 
 
 All the naviga- SEC. 6. Andbeitfurtherenactcd, That all the navigable rivers, creeks and 
 the "ndiiuu To*" waters, within the Indiana Territory, shall be deemed to be and remain 
 rijorytobepublic public highways; and the several salt springs in the said Territory, 
 highways. together with as many contiguous sections to each, as shall be deemed 
 
 s a 1 1 springs, necessary by the President of the United States, shall be reserved for the 
 ^tions resided future disposal of the United States : and any grant which may here- 
 for the disposal after be made for a tract of land, containing a salt spring which had 
 of the United been discovered previous to the purchase of such tract from the United 
 States. States, shall be considered as fraudulent and null. (/) 
 
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 Commissions g ECt 16. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 to remain m force gt a t e s shall have full power to appoint and commission the several reg- 
 next session of isters and receivers of public monies of the land offices established by 
 Congress. this act, in the recess of Congress ; and their commissions shall continue 
 
 in force until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing such ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 Per diem allow- SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the several superintendents of 
 ance to superin- the public sales directed by this act, shall receive six dollars each, for 
 les ' each day's attendance on the said sales. 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 194, 197, 247, 266, 317. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 253, 256, 265, 297, 310, 312, 314, 316. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 191, 199, 200, 308, 312, 313. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 197, 199, 200, 205, 308, 312, 313. 
 
 (e) See Xos. 197, 198, 200, 205, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 (/) See Nos. 195, 215, 216, 219. 
 
INDIANA. 101 
 
 . 197. AN ACT supplementary to the act intituled "An act making provision March 3, 1805. 
 the disposal of the public land's in the Indiana Territory, and for ox her pur- Vol. 2, p. 343. 
 
 lie it enacted, $*c. , That the lands lately purchased from the Indian Landspurchas- 
 tribes of the W abash, and lying between the rivers Wabash and Ohio, fd from the Wa- 
 and the road leading from the falls of the river Ohio to Vincennes, shall JJJ 1 lvi ^ dia g|: 
 be attached to, and made a part of the district of Vincennes, and be of- tween the Wa" 
 fered for sale at that place, under the same regulations, at the same bash and Ohio, 
 price, and on the same terms as other lands lying within the said dis- attached to the 
 i j. ( fi\ district or Vin- 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such and so many of the tracts f ere d for sale, &c.j 
 of land lying north and west of the Indian boundary, established by at Vincennes. 
 the treaty of Greenville, which were ceded by that treaty to the United La ds Jyjng 
 States, as the President of the United States shall direct, shall be sur- ^Sian" boundary 
 veyed and subdivided in the same manner as the other public lands of by the treaty of 
 the United States, and shall be offered for sale at Detroit, or at such of Greenville, shall 
 the other land offices established by law in the State of Ohio, or in the J e surveyed, &c. 
 Indiana Territory, as the President of the United States shall judge foj'gjjj! Tat e 5e- 
 most expedient, under the same regulations, at the same price, and on troit. 
 the same terms, as other lands lying within the same district. 
 
 SEC. 3. And belt further enacted, That so much of the tract of land -Lands purchas- 
 lately purchased from the Indian tribes known by the name of Sacs 1 Q a oxes at> 
 and Foxes, as the President of the United States shall think expedient tached to the dis- 
 and shall direct, shall be attached to and made a part of the district of trict of Kaskas- 
 Kaskaskias, and shall be offered for sale at that place, under the same kias ' &c - 
 regulations, at the same price, and on the same terms, as other lands 
 lying within the said district. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the lands lying within the dis- Lands in the 
 tricts of Vincennes, Kaskaskias and Detroit which are claimed by virtue districts of Vin- 
 of French or British grants, legally and fully executed, or by virtue of c en ne s , &c., 
 grants issued under the authority of any former act of Congress, by FrenTh or British 
 either of the governors of the Northwest or Indiana Territories, and grants, &c., &c., 
 which had already been surveyed by a person authorized to execute shall 'be resur- 
 such surveys, shall, whenever it shall be found necessary to resurvey v .v ed at the ex- 
 the same for the purpose of ascertaining the adjacent vacant lands, t>e^ e ^g d states 
 surveyed at the expense of the United States ; any act to the contrary 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That persons claiming lands in either claimants of 
 of the said three districts, either under legal grants derived from the lands in the fore- 
 French or British governments, or by virtue of actual possession and going districts, 
 improvement, or for any other account whatever, may until the first day SJ 6 n tice j n 
 of November next, give notice in writing to the register of the land of- Jesters of the 
 fice of their claims, and have the evidence of the same recorded, in the land offices of 
 manner and on payment of the fees provided by the act to which this their claims, &c. 
 act is a supplement ; and the right of any person neglecting to give 
 such notice in writing of his claim, and to have the evidence of the 
 same recorded, shall become void and forever be barred. (6) 
 
 The commissioners appointed for the purpose of examining the Powers, duties, 
 claims of persons claiming lands in the said three districts, shall, in &c., of the coml 
 their respective districts, have the same powers, and perform the same missioners. 
 duties in relation to the claims thus filed, as if notice of the same 
 had been given before the first day 'of January last ; and as was pro- 
 vided by the act to which this act is a supplement, in relation to the 
 claims therein described. It shall be the duty likewise of the clerk 
 of each board to prepare two transcripts of all the decisions made by 
 the said commissioners in favor of the claimants, and to transmit 
 one to the surveyor-general and one to the Secretary of- the Treasury. 
 t shall also be the duty of the said commissioners, respectively, to 
 make to the Secretary of the Treasury a report of all the claims filed 
 with the register of the land office, which they may have rejected, to- 
 gether with the substance of the evidence adduced in support thereof, 
 and such remarks thereon as they may think proper ; and they shall in 
 relation to any such rejected claims which were founded on possession 
 and actual settlement and improvement, particularly state the date of 
 the improvement and the quantity, situation and boundaries of the 
 land claimed. Those reports, together with the transcripts of the de- 
 cisions of the commissioners, in favour of claimants, shall be laid by 
 the Secretary of the Treasury before Congress at their next session ; 
 and the lands, (he claims to which shall have been affirmed by the 
 commie sioners, as well as those, the claims to which, though rejected 
 by the commissioners, were derived from actual possession, improvement 
 
102 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 Compensations 
 of the commis- sioners, and eac 
 
 and settlement, shall not be otherwise disposed of until the decision of 
 Congress thereupon shall have been made. Each of the said commis- 
 of the clerks of the respective boards, shall be al- 
 
 sioners, clerks lowed an additional compensation of five hundred dollars, in full for 
 fandonfces nis service s as such in relation to such claims; and each of the reg- 
 
 isters of the land offices for the said three districts, shall be allowed a 
 further sum of five hundred dollars, as a compensation in full for trans- 
 lating and recording, or causing to be translated and recorded, grants, 
 deeds or other evidences of claims in the French language, (c) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the Michigan 
 Territory shall act as one of the superintendents of the sales of public 
 lands at Detroit, in lieu of the governor of the Indiana Territory. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 19?, 200, 205, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 (6) See Nos. 191, 196, 199, 200, 308, 312, 313. 
 (c) See Xos. 196, 199, 200, 205, 308, 312, 313. 
 
 April 15, 1806. xo. 198. AX ACT to suspend the sale of certain lands in the State of Ohio and 
 VoL 2, p. 378. the Indiana Territory. 
 
 [See OHIO, Xo. 43.] 
 
 A pi il 21. 1806. No. 199.--AX ACT respecting the claims to land in the Indiana Territory and State 
 Vol. 2, p. 395. of Ohio. 
 
 Registers and Be f enacted, <$~c., That the registers and receivers of public monies of 
 receivers of pub- the districts of Yincennes and Kaskaskias, respectively, be, and they 
 lie moneys inVin- are hereby authorized and empowered, under the direction of the Sec- 
 kaskias^author^ retary of the Treasury, to lay out one or more tracts of laud, in their 
 ized to lay out respective districts, for the purpose of locating therein, tracts of land 
 one or more tracts granted by virtue of any legal French or British grants, or of any reso- 
 lve districts pect ~ lution or ac* of Congress : Provided, That the tracts thus laid out shall 
 Proviso. ' De > whenever practicable, adjoining the tracts, which, in conformity 
 with former laws, had been laid out for similar purposes by the gov- 
 ernors of the Northwest or Indiana Territories ; and the tracts thus laid 
 out shall not be otherwise disposed of, unless by order of Congress, (a) 
 Resolution war- ^EC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons entitled to 
 rants not specific; grants of land by virtueof any former resolution or act of Congress, which 
 how to be enter- are not specifically designated in the patents issued by the governors 
 aforesaid, or which have not yet been located, shall have aright to locate 
 the same in the tract or tracts, to be laid out in each district, respect- 
 ively, by virtue of the preceding section, the priority of such locations 
 shall be determined by lot in presence of the register of the land of- 
 fice, with whom the location shall be entered : and the surveyor-gen- 
 eral shall cause the same to be surveyed at the expense of the parties ; 
 Provided, That all the lands thus located, shall, in each tract laid out for 
 that purpose, be laid out in a body, without leaving any intervals of 
 vacant land, and shall each be surveyed in the form of a square or of a 
 parallelogram, the length of which shall not exceed three times its 
 breadth. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers 
 receivers of pub- aforesaid, shall complete and transmit their reports to the Secretary of 
 lie moneys to the Treasury, before the first day of December next. Each of the said 
 to^h^SeCTetarv officers sha11 be a llow ed an additional compensation of five hundred 
 of the Treasury ; dollars ; and each of the clerks of the respective boards shall be allowed 
 by rvhat time, an additional compensation of two hundred and fifty dollars, in full for 
 
 A dditional hj 8 services, as snch, in relation to such claims. 
 
 thST SEC - f A . nd le it further enacted, That the register and receiver of pub- 
 
 Kegisters and lie monies in the district of Cincinnati be, and they are hereby author- 
 
 receivers of pub- ized to grant certificates of a right of pre-emption to any person residing 
 
 lie moneys in Cin- on any reserved section (other than section Xo. 16) for the tract on 
 
 cmmcates grS o f which he resides, on the applicant's producing satisfactory evidence 
 
 pre-emption to that his claim was within the provisions of the seventh section of an act, 
 
 residents. intituled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands,. 
 
 Proviso. in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes:" Provided, That the 
 
 person shall exhibit the evidence of his clairv, and shall have paid at 
 
 Jeast one-twentieth part of the purchase money, on or before the first 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Registers and 
 
INDIANA. 103 
 
 day of August next : And provided also, That such certificates shall not Proviso. 
 be granted for any lands previously granted or sold, or for a larger tract to beraStaft far 
 than a quarter of a section, nor for any other tract than that on which lands previously 
 he resides, and such laud shall be granted at the same price, and on the sold, &c. 
 payments being made, as for other public lands sold at private sale, 
 (a) See Nos..l91, 196, 197, 200, 205, 210, 211, 214, 308, 312, 313, 321. 
 
 IVo. 200. A1S T ACT confirming claims to land in the district of Vincennes ; and for March 3, 1807. 
 other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 446. 
 
 lie it enacted, $-c, That all the decisions made by the commissioners Decisions of 
 appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming commissioners, 
 lands in the district of Vincennes, in favour of such claimants as entered If ^gtervof the 
 in the transcripts of decisions which havo been transmitted by the said Treasury, con- 
 conmiissioners to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, be firmed. 
 and the same are hereby confirmed, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And l)e it further enacted, That the confirmations or grants of Confirmations 
 land, made in the said district of Viucennes, by the governors 'of the J ?e governor 
 Northwest and Indiana Territories, prior to the establishment of the and Indiana Ter- 
 board of commissioners aforesaid, and in conformity with the act, inti- ritories, confirm- 
 tuled "An act for granting lauds to the inhabitants and settlers at Vin- ed by Congress, 
 cennes and the Illinois country, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, conditionally. 
 and for confirming them in their possessions," be, and the same are 
 hereby confirmed ; unless when actually rejected by the said commis- 
 sioners j although the persons entitled to the land may not have given 
 notice of their claim, as required by the several acts making provision 
 for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory : Provided 
 Iwwever, That no other claims shall be confirmed by virtue of this sec- Proviso. 
 tion, than such as, having been entered on the territorial records, have, 
 by the commissioners aforesaid, been inserted in their reports trans- 
 mitted as aforesaid. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That the several persons, or the legal Assurance of 
 representatives of the several persons, to whom or to whose assigns the rtan 
 
 several tracts of the tract of land near Vincennes, known by the name "Continuation. 
 
 of the "Upper Prairie," have been heretofore confirmed, be and they 
 
 are hereby respectively confirmed in their claims to the respective tracts 
 
 also claimed by them, and in their actual possession, lying in that tract 
 
 of land containing two hundred and forty- four acres, which is known 
 
 by the name of " Continuation," and is situated between the boundaries 
 
 of the tracts already confirmed, and the river Wabash. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the several persons whose claims C 1 ai m s con- 
 are confirmed by this act, and had not been actually located prior to J^ beeSered 
 the establishment of the board of commissioners, be, and they are ^th the register 
 hereby authorized to enter their locations with the register of the land of the land office 
 office of Vincennes, on any part of the tracts set aside for that purpose, of Vincennes. 
 by virtue of the act, intituled "An act respecting the claims to lands in 
 the Indiana Territory, and State of Ohio," and in conformity with the 
 provisions of that act : Provided, That such location shall be made prior Proviso. 
 to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eight ; and 
 the right of any person who shall neglect to locate prior to that day, 
 shall become void, and forever be barred. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person, or the legal rep- Persons whose 
 resentative of every person, whose claim to attract of land is confirmed ?! under tMs 
 by this act, and who had not previously obtained a patent for the same, act entitled to 
 from the governor either of the territory northwest of the Ohio, or of patents, <fec., if 
 the Indiana Territory, shall whenever his claim shall have been located they shall not 
 and surveyed, be entitled to receive from the register of the land office, p ^el them" 6 
 at Vincennes, a certificate stating, that the claimant is entitled to re- 
 ceive a patent for such tract of land by virtue of this act ; for which 
 certificate the register shall receive one dollar ; and which certificate 
 shall entitle the party to a patent for the said tract, which shall issue 
 in like manner as is provided by law for the other lands of the United 
 States. 
 
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 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the public sales of the public Public sales in 
 lands in the district of Vincennes, may be continued six weeks, if the Vincennes, how 
 
104 INDIANA. 
 
 long to be kept term of three weeks now prescribed by law, shall not be found sufficient 
 P en - to offer all the lands within the said district for sale, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 199, 205, 308, 312, 313. 
 (6) See Nos. 191, 196, 197, 199, 308, 312, 313. 
 (c) See Nos. 196, 197, 205, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 
 March 3, 1807. No. 201. AN ACT making provision for the disposal of the public lands, situated 
 Vol. 2, p; 448. between the United States military tract and the Connecticut Reserve, and for other 
 purposes. 
 
 Land office at [SECS. 1-4. Providing for land district between Cincinnati and Vin- 
 rsonville,&c. Cenne8 districts, with office at Jeffersonville, for appointment of land- 
 officers, and sale of lands therein. See OHIO, No. 47.] 
 
 Lead mines to SEC. 5. And ~be it further enacted, That the several lead mines in the 
 be reserved for Indiana Territory, together with as many sections contiguous to each as 
 saT of tl Con di e 1 ss~ sha11 be deemed necessary by the President of the United States, shall 
 & c s ' be reserved for the future disposal of the United States ; and any grant 
 
 which may hereafter be made for a tract of land containing a lead mine, 
 which had been discovered previous to the purchase of such a tract from 
 the United States, shall be considered fraudulent and null: and the 
 President au- President of the United States shall be, and is hereby authorized to lease 
 es 8e anv ^ ead m i ne which has been or may hereafter be discovered in the 
 Indiana Territory, for a term not exceeding five years. 
 
 May 18, 1808. Jfo. 202. AN ACT granting "William Wells the right of pre-emption. 
 
 VoL6 ' p ' 72 ' Be it enacled, fc., That William Wells shall have the right of pre- 
 Pre-emption emption to three hundred and twenty acres of land, to include his im- 
 right to be grant- provements situate at Fort Wayne, in the Indiana Territory, at the 
 confluence of the rivers Saint Joseph's and St. Mary's, which form the 
 Miami of the Lake ; the boundaries of which shall be designated under 
 the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury ; which tract of land shall 
 be granted to him at the same price, and on the same terms for which 
 other public lands are sold at private sale, and the respective instalments 
 of the purchase money shall become due at the same time with those of 
 the first public lands which may be sold in the tract of six miles square, 
 ceded by the treaty of Greenville to the United States, at the confluence 
 of said rivers. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1809. Xo. 203. AN ACT for dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate govern- 
 Vol. 2, p. 514. ments. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 326.] 
 
 Feb. 24, 1810. No. 204. AN ACT to prescribe the mode in which application shall be made for 
 Vol. 2, p. 556. the purchase of land at the several land offices ; and for the relief of Joab Garret. 
 
 Joab Garret SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Joab Garret shall be permitted 
 may withdraw to withdraw his entry, made on the second day of September, one 
 thousand eight hundred and seven, at the land office at Vincennes, 
 from the northwest quarter- section, number two, township number 
 seven, south range number seven west ; and the money paid by him on 
 the said entry, shall be placed to his credit, on any purchase he shall or 
 ma y have made of public land in the same district. 
 
 April 30 1810. *f o. 2O5. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana Territory, 
 
 Vol. 2, p' 590.' and for other purposes. 
 
 C ertain Ian< j 8 Be it enacted, $c., That all that tract of land, to which the Indian 
 to which Indian title was extinguished by the treaty made at Fort Wayne, on the thir- 
 title has been ex- tieth dav of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 6 
 
 aSlo 6 thlis 6 Dine W*K west, and adjoining to the boundary line established by the 
 tricta of Cincin- treaty of Greenville, shall be attached to, and made a part of the dis- 
 nati and Vin- trict of Cincinnati; and the residue of the lands to which the Indian 
 cennes. title was extinguished by the said treaty, and other treaties made at 
 
 Vincennes in the same year, shall be attached to, and made a part of the 
 
INDIANA. 105 
 
 district of Vincennes ; and the said lands, with the exception of section These lands to 
 number sixteen, which shall be reserved in each township for the use of be offered for sale 
 schools within the same, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, &AJ e highest 
 under the direction of the register of the land office, and of the receiver c O n'ditions 
 of public monies, at the places respectively where the land offices are places, &c. 
 kept, and on such day or days as shall by proclamation of the President 
 of the United States, be designated for that purpose ; the sales shall re- 
 main open at Cincinnati one week, and at Vincennes three weeks and 
 no longer ; the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, 
 and shall in every other respect be sold in tracts of the same size, and 
 on the same terms and conditions, as have been or may be provided for 
 lands sold in the same districts; all the lands in the said tracts, with Lands unsold 
 the exception above mentioned, remaining unsold at the close of the may be sold at 
 said sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the re- private sale, 
 spective land offices, in the same manner, under the same regulations, 
 for the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are, or may 
 be provided by law for the sale of lands in the same districts, and patents 
 shall be obtained in the same manner, and on the same terms as for other 
 public lands, sold in the same districts, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several superintendents of Compensation 
 public sales directed by this act, shall receive four dollars a day, for f the superin- 
 each day's attendance on the said sales. mTblfc sales 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of Eoundary* be- 
 June next, the second principal meridian established by the surveyor- tween districts of 
 general in the Indiana Territory, shall be the boundary between the y^ 6601168 .,, and 
 districts of Vincennes and Jeffeisonville ; and the lands included in the Je 
 said districts respectively, according to the boundaries above mentioned, Sales to be reg- 
 shall become a part of the district in which they are included, and shall lated according- 
 be sold at the same place, in the same manner, and on the same terms y ' 
 and conditions as the other public lands, lying in the same district.(&) 
 
 SEC. 4. And lie it further enacted, That any person or persons entitled Certain claims 
 to donation lands, in the district of Vincennes by any former resolution to land in the (Tis- 
 or act of Congress, and who were minors, or did not reside within the district of Vin- 
 Indiana Territory during the time allowed by law for registering claims ce 
 to land within the said district, and whose claims have not heretofore Mode of pro- 
 been presented to either of the boards of commissioners for adjusting ? eed j?g for ha ^- 
 claims to land at Vincennes and Kaskaskia, may, until the first day of e r 
 November next, give notice, in writing, to the register of the land office 
 of the said district of their claims, and have the evidence of the same 
 recorded in the same manner, and on payment of the fees provided by 
 an act, entituled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public 
 lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes ;" and the right Persons not 
 of any such persons neglecting to give such notice of his claim, and to giving notice to 
 have the evidence of the same recorded, shall become void, and for ever te barred, 
 be barred, (c) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office Register of the 
 and the receiver ot public monies at Vincennes, shall perform the same J and offi . ce and 
 duties and exercise the same powers in relation to the claims filed with publi?moneys at 
 the register under this act, which by the last-recited act were enjoined Vincennes, how 
 on, or vested in the commissioners designated by the said act; and it affected by this 
 shall also be the duty of the said register and receiver, to make to the act 
 Secretary of the Treasury a report of all the claims thus filed with the 
 register of the land office, together with the substance of the evidence 
 adduced in support thereof, with such remarks thereon as they may 
 think proper ; which report, together with a list of the claims, which in 
 the opinion of the register and receiver ought to be confirmed, shall be 
 laid by the Secretary of the Treasury before Congress at their next ses- 
 1011, for their de! emanation thereon ; and the said register and receiver Compensation 
 shall each be allowed an additional compensation of one hundred dol- 
 lars, in full for their services in relation to such claims, and one hundred 
 dollars for clerk hire, (d) 
 
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 (a) See Eos. 196, 197, 200, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 
 >) See Xos. 196, 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310, 313, 314, 316. 
 t/Y See Nos. 191, 200, 210, 211, 214, 308, 312, 313, 321. 
 (d) See Nos. 196. 197, 199, 200, 308, 312, 313. 
 
106 INDIANA. 
 
 l-'eb. 25, 1811. No. 206. AN ACT providing for the sale of a tract of land lying in the State of 
 Vol 6, p. 98. Tennessee, and a tract in the Indiana Territory. 
 
 Conditions up- SEC. 2. And 1)e it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed 
 for^h? ^erS? by au act of the le g islature of the Indiana Territory, to fix on a proper 
 nent seat of Indi- site for the permanent seat of government for the said Territory, be, and 
 ana government they are hereby authorized, and their successors in office, so soon as the 
 may be obtained, surveys under the authority of the United States shall have been made 
 of the lands which they shall select, and on producing a receipt from 
 the receiver of public moneys, for at least one-twentieth part of the 
 purchase money, to enter with the register of the land office for the 
 district in which the land lies, any four quarter-sections of land adjoin- 
 ing to each other, which have not been reserved by any former act of 
 Congress, and which the said commissioners may select and fix on as a 
 site for the permanent seat of government for the said Territory ; and 
 payment shall be made therefor at the same price, and on the same 
 terms and conditions, as are provided in respect to the other public 
 lands sold at private sale in the same district; and on completing the 
 payment of the purchase money, a patent shall be granted therefor, to 
 the said commissioners and their successors in office in trust for the use 
 of said Territory, for the purpose aforesaid, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 215, 230. 
 
 Feb 21 1812 ^*- 207. AN ACT to establish a land district in the Illinois Territory, east of the 
 Vol 2 t> 684 district of Kaskaskia, and to attach certain public lands to the district"of Jefferson- 
 ville. 
 
 Part of the SEC. 3. Andbe it further enacted, $-c., That so much of the lands attached 
 lands attached to to the district of Vincennes, by virtue of the first section of an act, enti- 
 " An act P rovidin g for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana Terri- 
 t rv J aD( l f r other purposes," passed on the thirtieth day of April, one 
 thousand eight hundred and ten, as lies east of the second principal meri- 
 dian established by the surveyor-general, shall beattached to, and become 
 a part of the district of Jefferson ville, and shall be offered at public sale 
 at the land office for the said district, under the superintendence of the 
 register and receiver of public monies for the said land office, and shall 
 be sold in every other respect in the same manner, and on the same 
 terms and conditions, as are provided by the above-mentioned act, ex- 
 cept that the public sales for the said lands shall remain open only for 
 six days, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310. 
 
 April 23, 1812. No. 208. AN ACT giving further time to the purchasers of public lands, north- 
 Yol.f 
 
 . 2, p. 712. west of the river Ohio, to complete their payments. 
 
 1 [See OHIO, No. 56.] 
 
 May 20, 1812. No. 2O9. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain 
 Vol. 2, p. 741. and designate certain boundaries. 
 
 [See OHIO, No. 57.] 
 
 Feb. 13, 1813. No. 210. AN ACT confirming certain claims to lands in the district of Viucennes. 
 Vol. 2,p. 800. j5 e n enacted^ c ^ That all the decisions of the register and receiver 
 Certain decis- ^ public monies for the district of Vincennes, made in favour of per- 
 ions of the regis- sons claiming donation lands in said district, as entered in a list of 
 iver claims which in the opinion of the said register and receiver ought to 
 ey8 be confirmed in pursuance of the act, entitled u An act providing for the 
 sale of certain lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes,' 
 passed on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and 
 ten, which list is a part of their report to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 bearing date of the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twelve, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, (a) 
 
 ter and recei 
 

 INDIANA. 107 
 
 sc. 2. And "be it further enacted, That the following persons whose Claims of cer- 
 claims, according to the aforesaid report, are not embraced by the pro- S e ^ er8 
 visions of the above-recited act, but which nevertheless in the opinion 
 of the register and receiver ought to be confirmed, shall be, and their 
 claims are hereby confirmed respectively, to the following quantities of 
 land, that is to say : the heirs of Francis Peltier, the heirs of Bernice 
 Lefevre, and the "heirs of Jean Btt. Valecour, respectively, four hun- 
 dred acres ; Rene Campeau, Francois Cardinal, the heirs of Joseph 
 Pancake, the heirs of Jacob Ho well, the heirs of Alexander Wilson, the 
 heirs of Daniel Sullivan, and the heirs of Jacob Tevebaugh, respect- 
 ively, one hundred acres. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,Tha,t the several persons whose claims Locations to be 
 are confirmed by this act, are hereby authorized to enter their locations entered accord- 
 with the register of the land office at Vincennes, on any part of the ing y< 
 tract set apart for that purpose in said district, by virtue of the act, en- 
 titled "An act respecting claims to lands in the Indiana Territory and 
 State of Ohio," and in conformity to the provisions of that act : Pro- 
 vided, That such locations shall be made prior to the first day of Octo- 
 ber next ; and the right of any person who shall neglect to locate prior 
 to that day shall become void and for ever be barred. 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That every person, or the legal rep- Persons enti- 
 resentative of every person, whose claim to a tract of land is confirmed ceive certificates 
 by this act, shall, whenever his claim shall have been located and sur- authorizing the 
 veyed, be entitled to receive from the register of the land office at Vin- granting of pat- 
 cennes a certificate, stating that the claimant is entitled to receive a ents> 
 patent for such tract of land by virtue of this act ; for which certificate 
 the register shall receive one dollar; and which certificate shall entitle 
 the party to a patent for the said tract of land, which shall issue 
 like manner as is provided by law for the other lands of the Unitin 
 States. ed 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 200, 205, 211, 214, 308, 312, 313, 321. 
 
 No. ail.AE" ACT giving further time to locate certain claims to lands, confirmed Dec. 26, 1814. 
 by an act of Congress, entitled "An act confirming certain claims to lands in the Vol. 3, p. 163. 
 district of Vincennes." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the several persons whose claims were con- Certain loca- 
 firmed by the act of Congress, entitled "An act confirming certain ti n8 to be en- 
 claims to lands in the district of Vincennes," approved the thirteenth day JlSsterof t 
 of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and which have land office at Vin- 
 not been located, are hereby authorized to enter their locations with cennes. 
 the register of the land office at Vincennes, on any part of the tract set 
 apart lor that purpose in said district, by virtue of an act, entitled "An 
 act respecting claims to lands in the Indiana Territory and State of 
 Ohio," and in conformity to the provisions of that act ; and shall be en- 
 titled to receive their certificates and patents in the manner provided 
 by the first-mentioned act ; Provided, That such locations shall be made Proviso - 
 prior to the first day of July next, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 199. 
 
 No. 212. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Perine. Feb 24 Igl5 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the register and receiver of public moneys for Vol.' 6, p. 150. 
 the district of Cincinnati, shall permit Daniel Perine of Indiana Terri- 
 tory to enter and become the purchaser at private sale of the southeast enter certain 
 quarter of section numbered twenty-five, of township numbered six, in lands, 
 range numbered one, west, in the Cincinnati district : if, on due in- 
 quiry, the said register and receiver shall be satisfied that the said 
 quarter-section does not contain any salt spring or springs valuable for 
 the purpose of making salt. And the said Daniel Perine shall be en- 
 itled to a grant for the aforesaid quarter section on completing the 
 payments therefor, on the terms and conditions provided for the sale of 
 public land sold at private sale. 
 
108 INDIANA. 
 
 March 5 1816 ^ o< 213. AN ACT granting bounties in land and extra pay to certain Canadian 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 256. volunteers. 
 
 Donations tTo ^ e ** enacted, $*c., That all such .persons as had been citizens of the 
 citizens of the United States anterior to the late war, and were at its commencement 
 United States, in- inhabitants of the province of Canada, and who, during the said war, 
 habitants of Can- j o j ue( j t jj e arm ies of the United States, as volunteers, and were slain, 
 mencement C of died in service, or continued therein, till honorably discharged, shall be 
 hostilities. who en titled to the folio wing quantities of land, respectively, viz: Eachcolonel 
 suffered by tak- nine hundred and sixty acres ; each major to eight hundred acres ; each 
 
 *?j? a ? a jj on T th x 6 captain six hundred and forty acres : each subaltern officer to four hun- 
 
 side of the Unit- j *j j i L i ix> 
 
 ed States in the dred and eighty acres ; each non-commissioned officer, musician, or pri- 
 
 war. vate, to three hundred and twenty acres ; and the bounties aforesaid shall 
 
 extend to the medical and other staff, who shall rank according to their 
 pay. And it shall be lawful for the said persons to locate their claims 
 in quarter- sections, upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United 
 States, within the Indiana Territory, which shall have been surveyed 
 prior to such location, with the exception of salt springs, and lead mines 
 therein, and of the quantities of land adjacent thereto, which may be 
 reserved for the use of the same, by the President of the United States, 
 and the section number sixteen, in every township to be granted, to 
 the inhabitants of such township, for the use of public schools ; which 
 locations shall be subject to such regulations, as to priority of choice, 
 and the manner of location, as the President of the United States shall 
 prescribe, (a) 
 
 Land warrants SEC. 2. And be it furthei" enacted, That the Secretary for the Depart- 
 th b l i i >S tar of men * ^ War, for the time being, shall from time to time, under such 
 War. rules and regulations as to evidence as the President of the United 
 
 States shall prescribe, issue to every person coming within the descrip- 
 tion aforesaid, a warrant for such quantity of land as he may be entitled 
 to by virtue of the aforesaid provision ; and in case of the death of such 
 person, then such warrant shall be issued to his widow, or if no widow, 
 
 to his child or children. 
 
 #*#*#*# 
 
 (a) See Nos. 220, 234. 
 
 April 16, 1816. No. 214. AN ACT for the relief of certain claimants to land in the district of 
 Vol. 3, p. 285. Vincennes. 
 
 Claims to lands Be it enacted, #c., That the several persons whose claims were con- 
 in the district of firmed by the act of Congress, entitled "An act confirming certain claims 
 flrrn^f^'ac^of ^ ^ an( ^ * n ^ e district of Vincennes, and for other purposes," approved 
 March 3, 1807. the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven ; and the 
 act entitled "An act confirming certain claims to land in the district of 
 Vincennes," approved the thirteenth day of February, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirteen, which having been located cannot be sur- 
 veyed agreeably to law, or which having been located have, in the 
 opinion of the register of the land office, for the said district, been re- 
 moved by the surveys of prior locations, from the spot intended to be 
 occupied, are hereby authorized to enter their locations with the regis- 
 ter of the land office at Vincennes, on any part of the tract set apart 
 for that purpose in the said district, by virtue of the act, entitled "An 
 act respecting claims to lands in the Indiana Territory and State of 
 Ohio," and in conformity to the provisions of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 196, 197, 199, 200, 205, 210, 211, 214, 308, 312, 313, 321 ! 
 
 1(51fi Jfo. 215. AN ACT to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a consti- 
 , ICID. t u tion and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on 
 v 01. 3, p. MV. an equal foodng with the or igi na i states. 
 
 Inhabitants au- Be it enacted, #c., That the inhabitants of the Territory of Indiana be, 
 thorized to form an( j t j ie y are DereD y authorized to form for themselves a constitution 
 with XlTname and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem 
 as they please ; proper ; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the 
 to be ' admitted Union upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects 
 into the Union. whatever . 
 
 Limits SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of 
 
 all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit : 
 bounded on the east, by the meridian line which forms the western 
 
INDIANA. 109 
 
 boundary of the State of Ohio ; on the south, by the river Ohio, from 
 the mouth of the Great Miami River, to the mouth of the river Wabash; 
 on the west, by a line drawn along the middle of the Wabash, from its 
 mouth to a point, where a due north line drawn from the town of Vin- 
 ceuues, would last touch the northwestern shore of the said river ; and 
 from thence by a due north line, until the same shall intersect an east 
 and west line, 'drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern 
 extreme of Lake Michigan ; on the north, by the said east and west 
 line, until the same shall intersect the first-mentioned meridian line 
 which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio : Provided, That Proviso. 
 the convention hereinafter provided for, when formed, shall ratify the 
 boundaries aforesaid ; otherwise they shall be and remain as now pre- 
 scribed by the ordinance for the government of the territory northwest 
 of the river Ohio : Provided, also, That the said State shall have concur- 
 rent jurisdiction on the river Wabash, with the State to be formed west 
 thereof, so far as the said river shall form a common boundary to both.(a) 
 # # * * # * * 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, Propositions on 
 and the same are hereby offered to the convention of the said Territory ^ e . f p ^ t , f tn f e 
 
 . f , f 
 of Indiana, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejection, which, Sed to the con- 
 
 , , , , ed to the con- 
 
 if accepted by the convention, shall be obligatory upon the United vention of the 
 States. Territory. Ifac- 
 
 First. That the section numbered sixteen, in every township, and f.^ ed) to be ^ 
 when such section has been sold, granted, or disposed of, other lands, understates * 
 equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted Grant of land 
 to the inhabitants of such township for the use of schools. (&) for schools. 
 
 Second. That all salt springs within the said territory, and the land Salt springs. 
 reserved for the use of the same, together with such other lands as may, 
 by the President of the United States, be deemed necessary and proper 
 for working the said salt springs, not exceeding, in the whole, the quan- 
 tity contained in thirty-six entire sections, shall be granted to the said 
 State, for the use of the people of the said State, the same to be used 
 under such terms, conditions and regulations as the legislature of the 
 said State shall direct : provided the said legislature shall never sell nor 
 lease the same, for a longer period than ten years at any one time, (c) 
 
 Third. That five per cent, of the net proceeds of the lands lying rive per cent. 
 withiu the said Territory, and which shall be sold by Congress from and of the proceeds of 
 after the first day of December next, after deducting all expenses inci- ^sirred for* 
 dent to the same, shall be reserved for making public roads and canals, roat i s an a canals. 
 of which three-fifths shall be applied to those objects within the said 
 State, under the direction of the legislature thereof, and two-fifths to 
 the making of a road or roads leading to the said State under the direc- . 
 tion of Congress, (d) 
 
 Fourth. That one entire township, which shall be designated by the An additional 
 President of the United States, in addition to the one heretofore re- sJSiJX r y of 
 served for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning. ' 
 learning, and vested in the legislature of the said State, to be appro- 
 priated solely to the use of such seminary by the said legislature, (e) 
 
 Fifth. That four sections of land be, and the same are hereby granted Fo ur section* 
 to the said State, for the purpose of fixing their seat of government government? 
 thereon, which four sections shall, under the direction of the legislature 
 of said State, be located at any time, in such township and range, as the 
 legislature aforesaid may select, on such lands as may hereafter be ac- 
 quired by the United States, from the Indian tribes within the said Terri- p r0 viso. 
 tory: (/) Pravided,Th&t such locations shall be made prior to the public 
 sale of'the lands of the United States, surrounding such location : And Proviso. 
 provided always, That the five foregoing provisions, herein offered, are 
 on the conditions that the convention of the said State shall provide by 
 an ordinance irrevocable, without the consent of the United States, that 
 every and each tract of land sold by the United States, from and after 
 the first day of December next, shall be and remain exempt from any 
 tax, laid by order or under any authority of the State, whether for 
 Sta te, county, or township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term 
 of five years, from and after the day of sale, (g) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 193, 219. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 196, 205, 236. 249, 261, 278, 290, 315. 
 
 (c) See Kos. 195, 196, 216. 
 
 (d) See No. 225. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 196, 217, 305, 307. 
 (/) See Nos. 206, 230. 
 
 (g) See No. 169. 
 
110 INDIANA. 
 
 April 24 1616. ^ 216. AX ACT authorizing the President of the United States to lease the 
 VoL 3, p.' 296. saline near the TVabash River, for a term not exceeding seven years. 
 
 The President Be il * wfl cta?, $c>> That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 authorized t o is hereby authorized to lease the United States' saline, near the Wabash 
 
 lease the United River, for a term not exceeding seven years, from and after the end of 
 
 States saline. tne present term, on such conditions as will ensure the working the 
 
 same most extensively and most advantageously to the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 195, 196, 215. 
 
 April 27, 1816. Xo. 217. AX ACT confirming the titles of certain purchasers of land who pur- 
 Vol. 6, p. 171. chased from the board of trustees of the Vincennes University. 
 
 Title to a tract ^ lt enactea > $* c -> Tnat tne several persons who purchased land in 
 
 of land confirm- township numbered two, south of range numbered eleven west, in the 
 
 ed. district of Yincennes, from the board of trustees for the Vincennes 
 
 University, which was incorporated by an act of the legislature of the 
 
 Indiana Territory, entitled "An act to incorporate a university in the 
 
 Indiana Territory," passed the twenty-ninth day of November, one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and six, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in 
 
 their titles in fee-simple, respectively, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 215, 305, 307. 
 
 April ! 
 Vol. 3, 
 
 27, 1816. Xo. 218. AX ACT to authorize the sale of lands forfeited to the United States, in 
 P- 317. the district of Jeffersonville, at the land office in said district. 
 
 Sale of lands in Be *' enacted, #c., That the register and receiver of the land office for 
 the district of the district of Jeffersonville be, and they are hereby authorized to ex- 
 Jefferson ville. pose to public sale, to the highest bidder, at the land office aforesaid, 
 any tract or tracts of land which may hereafter become forfeited to the 
 United States for non-payment, under such terms and conditions as are, 
 or may be, prescribed by law. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any former act of 
 Congress as requires the register and receiver of the district aforesaid, 
 to expose to public sale, at the court-house of the county in which the 
 said land office is established, any tract or tracts of land which may 
 become forfeited to the United States for non-payment, be, and the 
 same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 207, 208, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 
 Dec. 11, 1816. 3fo. 219. RESOLUTIOX for admitting the State of Indiana into the Union. 
 
 VoL 3, p. 399. Whereas in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the nineteenth 
 
 Indiana admit- day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act 
 
 ted into theUnion to enable the people of Indiana Territory to form a constitution and 
 
 as a State. State government, and for the admission of that State into the Union," 
 
 the people of the said Territory did, on the twenty-ninth day of June, 
 
 in the present year, by a convention called for that purpose, form for 
 
 themselves a constitution and State government, which constitution 
 
 and State government, so formed, is republican, and in conformity with 
 
 the principles of the articles of compact between the original States 
 
 and the people and States in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, 
 
 passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and 
 
 eighty- seven. 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That the State of Indiana shall be one, and is hereby 
 declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into 
 the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects 
 whatever, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 193, 215. 
 
 March 3, 1*17. Xo. 220. AX ACT to amend the act, entitled "An act granting bounties in land 
 VoL 3, p. 393. and extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers," passed the fifth of March, one thou- 
 - sand eight hundred and sixteen. 
 
 iths' j; e n enacted, <$-c., That from and after the passing of this act, no 
 "; bounty in land shall be given to any Canadian volunteer, except where 
 
 Six months' 
 service, 
 
 ter-roll, a condi- it shall appear that the full term of six months' service shall have been 
 
 tion of bounty, performed in some corps in the United States service, and whose name 
 
 Proviso. shall appear upon the muster-rolls of such corps : Provided, That where 
 
 it shall appear that the said term of service had not been performed by 
 
INDIANA. Ill 
 
 reason of wounds received in battle, or other disabilities, occasioned by 
 the performance of his duty while in such corps, such claimant shall be 
 considered as having performed the full term of service for which he 
 had engaged. 
 
 SEC. '2. And be it further enacted, Th&t all warrants issued in pursu- Warrants to be 
 ance of the act, entitled "An act granting bounties in land and extra Jjg 
 pay to certain Canadian volunteers," and which have not been located, gale 
 and those which shall be issued in pursuance of this act, shall be lo- 
 cated on such lands as have been offered at public sale according to law, 
 and no other. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That instead of the bounty given Kates of land 
 in the act hereby amended, the following rates shall be given : For a j^/ 1 " 
 colonel, four hundred and eighty acres ; for a major, four hundred and 
 eighty acres ; for a captain, three hundred and twenty acres ; for a sub- 
 altern, three hundred and twenty acres; to a non-commissioned officer, 
 musician, or private, one hundred and sixty acres ; and to the medical 
 and other staff, in proportion to their pay. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all such parts of the act hereby Contrary pro- 
 auiended, as shall be inconsistent with, or contravene, the provisions of visions/)! : former 
 this act, are hereby repealed. act re P ealed - 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act, together with the act This and for- 
 hereby amended, shall continue, and be in force, for the term of one mer act *** force 
 year, and no longer, (a) >r a year ' 
 
 (a) See. Nos. 213, 234. 
 
 No. 221. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Aikman. Jan. 14, 1818. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the register and receiver of public moneys of Vol. 6, p. 197. 
 the land office for the district of Vincennes, on satisfactory evidence Allowed to rec- 
 being produced to them that James Aikman, who entered at the said tify mistake in 
 office the northwest quarter of section thirty four, in township two an en try made by 
 north, and range seven west, had made application for the purchase of <> ames Aikman, 
 the said quarter- section through mistake, intending at that time to 
 have applied for the northwest quarter-section thirty-five, in the same 
 township and range, and that the occasion of the mistake in his appli- 
 cation was the erroneous numbers marked at the corner of the aforesaid 
 section on surveying the said lands, shall permit Samuel Aikman, the 
 assignee of James Aikman, to withdraw the aforesaid entry, and, in lieu 
 thereof, to enter the last-mentioned quarter-section, if the same shall at 
 that time remain unsold ; and the receiver of public moneys shall allow 
 the said Samuel Aikman a credit on the said entry, or, in case of the 
 previous sale of the land, on any other entry which he shall make of 
 land within the said district, equal in amount to the moneys paid on the 
 first-mentioned quarter-section : Provided, That no credit for the moneys Proviso, 
 paid as aforesaid shall be allowed, until the said Samuel Aikman shall 
 have returned the patent to him granted for the first-mentioned quarter- 
 section to the said register, who shall transmit it to the General Land 
 Office, where the same shall be cancelled. 
 
 Jfo. 222. AN ACT for the relief of Joel Earwood. Jan. 22, 1818. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the receiver of public moneys for the district Yo1 - 6 < P- m 
 of lands offered for sale at Jeffersonville be, and he is hereby, author- Allowed to 
 ized and required to permit Joel Earwood to transfer, to any entry of transfer moneys 
 lands he may make in said district, any moneys he may have paid into t an y entry of 
 said office, on the northeast quarter of section numbered twenty-one, of ' &c< 
 township six, and range nine east, in said district ; and the register of 
 the said land office shall permit the said Earwood to withdraw his 
 entry for the quarter-section aforesaid. 
 
 No. 223. AN ACT to authorize certain purchasers of public land to withdraw March 9, 1818. 
 their entries and transfer the moneys paid thereon. Vol. 6, p. 200. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the following persons shall be permitted to p erson8 ^T 
 withdraw their respective entries, made with the register of the land mitted to with- 
 office for the district of Jeffersonville, for the purchase of land in said draw their en- 
 district, viz : Abraham Wiseman, for the northeast and northwest quar- trie j> fr m the 
 ters of section four, township four south, range one east; John Bones, 
 for the northwest quarter of section thirty- four, township three south, 
 range one east ; Gory Jones, for the southeast quarter of section four, 
 
112 INDIANA. 
 
 township four south, range one east ; Abraham Van Winkell, for the 
 northwest quarter of section three, township four south, range one east : 
 and Joseph Tibbs, for the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight. 
 Receiver to al- township three south, range one east. And the receiver of public 
 other lands &c mone y 8 for tne 8aid district shall be authorized to allow to any of the said 
 persons, who shall withdraw his entry as aforesaid, a credit, on any 
 purchase he shall or may have made of other public lands in the same 
 district, for the moneys paid on the entry by him withdrawn : Proi-ided, 
 Proviso. That the said entries shall not be withdrawn until it shall be made 
 
 appear, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of public moneys 
 for the said district, that the said entries, or either of them, were made 
 in mistake, in consequence of the erroneous marks of the surveyor : and 
 in case of patents having been granted, the same shall be returned to 
 the register, and, by him, to the General Land Office, and shall be there 
 cancelled. 
 
 March 18, 1818. So. 224. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the district of Man- 
 VoL 3, p: 409. ' etta, and for the location of claims and sale of certain lands in the district of Vin- 
 cennes. 
 
 [See OHIO, No. 81.] 
 
 April 11, 1818. No. 225. AN ACT to provide for paying to the State of Indiana three per cent j 
 VoL 3, p. 424. of the net proceeds arising from the sales of the United States lands -within the 
 - same. 
 
 of T the | ecretary ^ it enacted fc., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time 
 from time SUr to t time, and whenever the quarterly accounts of public moneys of the 
 time, to pay 3 several land offices shall be settled* pay three per cent, of the net pro- 
 per cent, of the ceeds of the lands of the United States, lying within the State of In- 
 publi^lands in d ^ ana > which, since the first day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
 Indiana, to per- dred and sixteen, have been, or heraf ter may be, sold by the United 
 sons authorized States, after deducting all expenses incidental to the same", to such per- 
 by the legisla- 8O n or persons as may be authorized by the legislature of the said State 
 toreceive it 6 f receive tne same > which sums, thus paid, shall be applied to inak- 
 The sums to i Q g public roads and canals within the said State, in conformity to the 
 
 be applied to provision on the subject, contained in the act, entitled "An act to en- 
 making public a ble the people of the Indiana Territory to form a constitution and a 
 1 An' annual ac- State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union,, 
 count of the ap- on an equal footing with the original States," and to no other purpose 
 plication of the whatever ; and an annual account of the application of the same shall 
 m th y J? e t ent be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, by such officer of the 
 of the Trealur?, State as tne legislature thereof shall direct ; and in default of such re- 
 &c. ' turn being njade, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to- 
 
 withhold the payment of any sum that may then be due, or which may 
 thereafter become due, until a return shall be made, as herein required, (a) 
 (a) See No. 215. 
 
 April 20, 1818. Xo. 226. AN ACT for the relief John Seybold. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 211. Be u enacted) ^ That Jolm Seybold be permitted to withdraw his 
 Permitted to entry with the register of the land office for the district of Vincennes, 
 withdraw his en- for the purchase of the southwest quarter of section number twenty- 
 try with the reg- fi VCj j n township number one north, of range number two west. And 
 offiro rt TOwen- the receiver of public moneys for the said district shall be authorized 
 nes, &c. to allow the said Seybold a credit on any purchase he shall or may have 
 
 made of other public lands in the same district for the money paid on 
 the entry by him withdrawn. 
 
 April 20, 1818. Xo. 227. AN ACT to adjust the claims to lots in the town of Vincennes, and for 
 Tol. 3, p. 468. the sale of the land appropriated as a common for the use of the inhabitants of the 
 said town. 
 
 ncena Be lt enacted, fc., That the trustees of the town of Vincennes shall 
 thorized to ad- have power and they are hereby authorized to examine and adjust all 
 inst claims to claims to lots in the town of Vincennes ; and if, upon an accurate sur- 
 lots in that town. vev> j^ 8 ij a ii De found that there are lots within the precincts of the 
 town to which no individual claims can be substantiated, the same are 
 hereby granted to the inhabitants thereof, to be sold by the trustees, 
 and the money arising from the sale to be applied to such public pur- 
 
INDIANA. 113 
 
 poses as may be agreed upon by a majority of the citizens. And the if lots are 
 said trustees are hereby empowered, in all cases, when they shall con- " jJSS? to 
 firm claims to lots, to give deeds to the claimants for the same. which individual 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the trustees of the town of claims cannot be 
 Vincennes shall have 
 of a tract of land 
 which, by the fifth 
 
 lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois coun- sold, &c. 
 try, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for confirming them in The trustees 
 their possessions," passed on the third day of March, one thousand ISpoae of a tract 
 seven hundred and ninety-one, was appropriated as a common, to the O f land, which, 
 use of the inhabitants of the said town : the said tract shall be divided by act of March 
 into lots, as the trustees shall direct, of not more than fifty nor less than 3a . 17 . 9l t 'T a ^ ap ' 
 the quantity of five acres, and shall be sold in the manner, and on the common, 
 terms, which may by them be deemed most expedient and advantageous. The tract to be 
 They shall also have power to convey, by complete title, the lots sold divided into lots 
 to the purchasers ; and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, or so ^p^jbft, be 
 much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, shall be applied, un- applied to the 
 der the direction of the said trustees, to the draining of a pond in the draining of a 
 vicinity of the town ; and the residue of the money arising from the pond, 
 said sales, if any there be, shall be paid ovr to the trustees of the ceJnes TJniTer- 
 Vincennes University, and shall, by them, be applied to the benefit of 8 ity. 
 the said university. 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That the said trustees, when they Trustees to re- 
 shall have performed the duties assigned to them under this act, shall P rt to Congress. 
 make a report thereof to Congress, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 200. 
 
 No. 228. AN ACT for the relief of William Barton. Dec. 28, 1818. 
 
 it enacted, #c., That the register and receiver of the land office at Vol - 6 P- 216 -. 
 ncennes be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit William Barton Entry of land 
 to withdraw his entry of the northeast quarter of section three, in mav ^ e w ith- 
 township six, south of range twelve west, in said district, and to place JUJJts ' transfer" 
 the moneys by him paid on said entry, to his credit, on any purchase of red. 
 public lands he may have made, or shall make, in the said district : 
 Provided, It shall appear to the satisfaction of the said register and re- Provi80 - 
 ceiver, that the numbers on the corner designating the northeast quarter 
 of section thirty- one, in township six, south of range twelve west, in 
 said district, were so defaced, or imperfectly made, as to have caused 
 a mistake in his aforesaid entry. 
 
 No. 229. AN ACT for the relief of Henry Batman. March 3, 1819. 
 
 Be it macted, #c., That a patent shall be granted to Henry Batman, VoL6 'P- 230 - 
 for the northeast quarter of section thirty, of township four south, and A patent for a 
 range six east, of the second principal meridian, in the Jeffersonville ract of J. an , d J 
 district, on the final settlement certificate which has been returned to {Jim grM 
 the General Land Office, for the payment of the principal of the pur- 
 chase money on the said quarter-section of land. 
 
 No. 230. AN ACT respecting the location of certain sections of lands to be granted March 3, 1819. 
 for the seat of government in the State of Indiana. ' v "^ **' P- 516. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That instead of four sections, provided to be located "instead of four 
 under the direction of the legislature of the State of Indiana, and to sections, &c., any 
 be granted for the purpose of fixing thereon the seat of government contiguous quar- 
 for that State, it shall be lawful to locate, for that purpos?, under the fiJ*&" l 5S 
 lirection of the legislature aforesaid, any contiguous quarter-sections, be located under 
 fractions, or parts of sections, not to exceed, in the whole, the quantity direction of the 
 contained in four entire sections: such locations shall be made before legislature, 
 the commencement of the public sales of the adjoining and surround- 
 ing lands, belonging to the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 206, 215. 
 
 8 L O VOL II 
 
114 INDIANA. 
 
 March 3, 1819. No. 231. AN ACT to designate boundaries of districts, and establish land offices 
 VoL 3, p. 521. for the disposal of the public lands not heretofore offered for sale in the States 
 
 of Ohio and Indiana. 
 
 \_See OHIO, No. 85.] 
 
 April 24, 1820. Xo. 232. AX ACT making further provision for the sale of the public lands 
 YOL3 ' P - 566 - USee OHIO, No. 88.] 
 
 May 12, 1820. Hfo. 233. AN ACT giving the right of pre-emption to James Shields. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 249. Be it Carted, #c., That James Shields be, and he is hereby, entitled to 
 Entitled to a a preference in becoming the purchaser, at private sale, of fractional 
 preference in the section numbered eighteen, in township numbered six, north of range 
 EraSional ^ec* numbere<1 six > ea f* of tne second principal meridian, within the limits 
 tion, &c. of tne Jefferson ville district; at the same price, and on the same terms 
 
 and conditions, as are provided by law for the other public lands in the 
 said district at private sale. 
 
 March 3, 1821. Xo. 234. AN ACT to regulate the location of land warrants, and the issuing of 
 Vol. 3, p. 641. patents, in certain cases. 
 
 Assignees of -Be it enacted, c., That the holders, by assignment, of warrants issued 
 warrants issued under the acts of Congress, of the fifth- of March, eighteen hundred 
 to Canadian vol- and sixteen, the third of March eighteen hundred and seventeen, to 
 c Canadian volunteers, may be, and hereby are, authorized to locate the 
 said warrants, and to receive patents therefor in their own names, as 
 had been the practice before the twenty-sixth of December, eighteen 
 Proviso. hundred and nineteen : Provided, however, That in no case shall lands 
 
 be so located, until, after having been exposed to public sale, shall re- 
 main unsold, (a) 
 (a) Se Nos. 213, 220. 
 
 May 7, 1822. ^ 235. AN ACT granting a tract of land to "William Conner and wife and to 
 Vol. 6, p. 270*. their children. 
 
 Emoowe d . Be it enacted, $c., That William Conner be, and he is hereby, author- 
 enter without '' zed and empowered to enter, with the register of the land office at 
 payment, 640 Brookville, without payment, six hundred and forty acres of land, to 
 acres, to include include his improvements, at a place called the Delaware Towns, in the 
 ments lmpr Ve "^ tateof Indiana, which shall be bounded by sectional and divisional 
 Patentto issue. li De8 J and a patent shall issue for the same to the said William Conner 
 ' and his wife, an Indian woman of the Delaware tribe, for and during 
 the natural lives of the said William Conner and wife, jointly, and 
 to the survivor of them during the natural life of such survivor, and 
 to their children and legal representatives of any deceased child or chil- 
 dren, as tenants in common, the representatives of any deceased child 
 taking, together, such portion of the land as such child would have 
 been entitled to if he or she had survived the said William Conner and 
 his said wife, and the said land to be vested in the said children and 
 their lawful heirs in fee-simple. 
 
 May 7 1822 Xo 236. AN ACT authorizing the location of certain school lands in the State of 
 
 Vot.Vp.686. Indiana. 
 
 ; Be it enacted, $c., That the register of the land office at Brookville be, 
 
 BrookvTli^^au- an< ^ ne * 8 hereby, authorized to select school lands within the said dis- 
 thorized to select trie t, equivalent to the one thirty-sixth part of the reservation corn- 
 school lands, &c. monly called Clark's Grant, for the use of schools within the same ; and 
 
 The register at the register of the land office at Terre Haute is hereby in like manner 
 Terre Haute au- authorized to select within his district school lands, which, together 
 thorized to select with tne e i even sections already selected, shall be equivalent to the one 
 thirty-sixth part of the Vincennes donation tract, for the use of 
 in their gl selec- schools within said tract, It shall be the duty of the registers afore- 
 tions, to be con- said, in making such selections, to be confined to section numbered 
 fined to section twenty, in each township, and the selection so made shall be reserved 
 No - ^ from sale, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 215, 249, 261, 278, 290, 315. 
 
INDIANA. 115 
 
 Jio. 237. AJST ACT to designate the boundaries of a land district, and for the es- May 8, 1822. 
 tablishment of a land office, in the State of Indiana. Vol. 3, p. 701. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That, for the sale of the unappropriated public lands A district and 
 in the State of Indiana, to which the Indian title is extinguished, the land office for the 
 following district shall be formed, and a land office established : All the sale of unappro- 
 public lands as aforesaid, to which the Indian title was extinguished by { ands in i n iana 
 the treaties concluded at St. Mary's in the month of October, eighteen & c . 
 hundred and eighteen, lying east of the range line separating the first Boundaries of 
 and second ranges east of the second principal meridian, extended north the dl stnct. 
 to the present Indian boundary and north of a line to be run separating 
 the tiers of townships numbered twenty and twenty-one, commencing 
 on the old Indian boundary, in range thirteen east of the said principal 
 meridian, in Randolph County, and the said district to be bounded on 
 the east by the line dividing the States of Ohio and Indiana, shall form ^ land officeat 
 a district, for which a land office shall be established at Fort Wayne, (a) -p OT ^ \v a y ne . 
 
 SEC. 2. And 1)6 it further enacted, That the President is hereby author- The President 
 ized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for to appoint a reg- 
 the aforesaid district, a register of the land office and a receiver of public ^ h e e r n an sufficient 
 moneys ; which appointments shall not be made for the aforesaid land quantity of pub- 
 district until a sufficient quantity of public lands shall have been sur- lie land shall 
 veyed within the said district as to authorize, in the opinion of the have been sur- 
 President, a public sale of land within the same ; which register of the ve j|gi 8 ^ and 
 land office and receiver of public moneys, when appointed, shall each, receiver to give 
 respectively, give security in the same sums, and in the same manner, security, &c. 
 and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, 
 in every respect, be the same, in respect to the lands which shall be dis- 
 posed of at their offices, as are or may be provided by law in relation to 
 the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several land offices 
 established for the disposal of the public lands of the United States in 
 the States of Ohio and Indiana. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be itfurtlioa- enacted, That all the public lands within the All the public 
 aforesaid district, to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and l a ? ( J s in the dis- 
 which have not been granted to, or secured for, the use of any individ- ^reserved &c 
 ual or individuals, or appropriated and reserved for any other purpose except section 
 by any existing treaties or laws, and with the exception of section num- No. 16, &c., to be 
 bered sixteen in each township, which shall be reserved for the support , ffer ? f , r sal * 
 of schools therein, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, at the g 
 land office for the said district, under the direction of the register of the 
 land office and receiver of public moneys, on such day or days as shall, 
 by proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated 
 for that purpose : the lands shall be sold in tracts of the same size, on The lands to 
 the same terms and conditions, and in every respect, as provided by the JJ 6 ^ m trac , ts ' 
 act, entitled -'An act making further provision for the sale of the public by' act of April 
 lands," apj toved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty. (6) 24, 1820. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United The President 
 States shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, to remove, when- JJJJ nff OV< t th 
 ever he shall judge it expedient so to do, the land office aforesaid, to suitable p 1 a c e 
 such suitable place, within the said district, as he shall judge most whenever he 
 proper. judges it expe- 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office di $S*; d u 
 and receiver of public moneys shall, each, receive five dollars for each day to the regis- 
 day's attendance in superintending the public sales in the said district, ter and receiver. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310, 313, 314, 316. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 
 3fo. 238. AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to designate the Marrh S 1R23 
 boundaries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the public lands, vol 3 D 783 
 not heretofore offered for sale, in the States of Ohio and Indiana." ' P ' 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c , That all the lands ceded and relinquished to the Lands ceded by 
 United States, by the Wea tribe of Lidians, under the first article of the * he Wea Indians 
 treaty held at Vincennes, on the elventh [eleventh] day of August, J? b ^f tac ^- ed J 
 eighteen hundred and twenty, and which is specified and designated by district 
 the second article of the treaty between the United States and the said 
 tribe, concluded at St. Mary's, on the second day of October, eighteen 
 hundred and eighteen, be, and the same is hereby, attached to the Terre 
 Haute district for the sale of public lands in the State of Indiana, (a) 
 
116 INDIANA. 
 
 Lands to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands specified, 
 8< B^ & \ th^T^rre designated, and embraced, within the first and second article of the 
 Haute district, treaties aforesaid, which hav.e not been granted to, or secured for, the 
 on such day or use of any individual or individuals, or appropriated and reserved for 
 days as shall be aD y other purpose, by any existing treaties or laws, and, with the excep- 
 p e eSS tion of 8ection numbered sixteen, in each township, which shall be re- 
 
 served for the support of schools therein, shall be offered for sale to the 
 highest bidder, at the land office in the Terre Haute district, under the 
 direction of the register of the land office and receiver of public moneys, 
 on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the President of the 
 United States, be designated for that purpose. The lands shall be sold 
 in tracts of the same size, on the same terms and conditions, and, every 
 respect, as provided by the act, entitled "An act making further pro- 
 vision for the sale of the public lands," approved April twenty-fourth, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty. (&) 
 
 Register and SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office 
 and the receiver of public moneys shall, each, receive five dollars for 
 each day's attendance in superintending the public sales of the land 
 before described, according to the President's proclamation. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310, 313, 314, 316. 
 (&) See Nos. 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238, 317. 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 239 AN ACT to authorize the State of Indiana to open a canal through 
 Vol. 4, p. 47. public lands, to connect the navigation of the rivers "Wabash and the Miami of 
 Erie. 
 
 u 
 
 A route for a Be it enacted, $c., That the State of Indiana be, and is hereby, author- 
 ve ed and mark- ized to 8urvev and mark, through the public lands of the United States, 
 edf by which the the route of a canal, by which to connect the navigation of the rivers 
 navigation of tbe Wabash. and Miami of Lake Erie ; and ninety feet of land, on each 
 Wabash and 8 ide o f ga jd canal, shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United 
 Eiiemav be con- States ? and tne U8e thereof, forever, be vested in the State aforesaid, for 
 nected. a canal, and for no other purpose whatever. 
 
 The reserva- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the said State shall not 
 tion and grant to 8urve y, and direct by law said canal to be opened, and furnish the Com- 
 be not ; completed missioner of the General Land Office a map thereof, within three years 
 in twelve years, from and after the date of this act ; or, if the said canal be not completed, 
 suitable for navigation, within twelve years thereafter ; or, if said land, 
 hereby granted, shall ever cease to be used and occupied for the purpose 
 of constructing and keeping in repair a canal, suitable for navigation; 
 the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void, and of none effect: 
 Provided,- That nothing in this act contained, or [that] shall be done hi 
 pursuance thereof, shall be deemed to imply any obligation on the part 
 of the United States, to appropriate money to defray the expense of 
 surveying or opening said canal: And provided, likewise, That the said 
 canal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway, 
 for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll 
 or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in 
 their service, on public business, passing through the same. 
 
 Each section of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every section of land through 
 whkh\aidcanal wnic h 8aid canal route may pass, shall be, and the same is hereby, re- 
 may pass, to be served from future sale, under the direction of the Commissioner of the 
 reserved ' from General Land Office, until hereafter specially directed by law ; and the 
 future sale. sa i ( | State is hereby authorized, without waste, to use any materials on 
 the public lands adjacent to said canal, that may be necessary for its 
 construction, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 245, 254, 255, 272, 289, 291, 294, 302. 
 
 March 3, 1825. No. 240. AN ACT * * * for the relief of John Johnson. 
 
 Beit enacted, fc., That, when the Secretary of the Treasury shall be 
 
 The Secretary satisfied that John Johnson, of Indiana, did enter, at the Brookville 
 when satSfiJd land office > in 8aid State the east half of the notheast quarter of section 
 that John John- thirty-five, and the west half of the northwest quarter of section thirty- 
 son, of Indiana, six, in township seven teen, north, in range four, east, by mistake, in- 
 d i d enter, stead of the east half of the southeast quarter, and the west half of the 
 
INDIANA. 117 
 
 southwest quarter of the same sections, it shall be lawful for a patent through mistake, 
 to be issued to the said John Johnson for the two last-mentioned half- g^^ a r j 
 quarters, so intended to be entered, on his relinquishing to the United land) 8hall is8U6 
 States his interest in, and surrendering the patent issued for, the two to him a patent 
 first-mentioned half- quarters, in such manner as shall be directed by for two others, 
 the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 No. 241. AN ACT for the relief of William M. Dever. May 16, 1826. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be lawful for William M. Dever, of the . 
 
 county of Perry, and State of Indiana, to enter with the register of the May enter land 
 
 land office at Vincennes, in the State aforesaid, the west half of the JJ. Vmcennto dis- 
 
 northwest quarter of section seven, in township six, south of range one 
 
 west, in the Vincennes district ; and, upon such entry being made, it 
 
 shall be the duty of the register aforesaid, to issue to the said William 
 
 M. Dever, a certificate for the aforesaid half quarter-section. And it 
 
 shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue 
 
 a patent for the half quarter-section of land so entered, whenever the 
 
 certificate aforesaid shall be presented to him for that purpose : Pro- Proviso. 
 
 vided, That before such entry shall be made, the said William M. Dever 
 
 shall surrender to the register of the land office aforesaid, the patent 
 
 which he now holds from the United States, for the west half of the 
 
 northwest quarter of section seven, in township five south, of range one 
 
 west, accompanied by such a release of his interest to the land therein 
 
 specified, as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall direct : 
 
 And provided, also, That the said William M. Dever shall produce evi- Proviso. 
 
 dence, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the land office 
 
 at Vincennes aforesaid, that his entry with the said register, of the half 
 
 quarter-section of land described in the foregoing proviso of this act, 
 
 and for which a patent was issued to the said William M. Dever, was 
 
 occasioned by an error of the surveyor, in marking the number of the 
 
 township, in the range aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the west half of the northwest A certain tract 
 quarter of section seven, in township six south, of range one west, in reserved from 
 the district aforesaid, shall be reserved from entry, for the term of one ej ^/ &c n6 
 year, from and after the passage of this act ; unless the same shall be ' 
 previously applied for, by the said William M. Dever, under the pro- 
 visions of this act. 
 
 No. 242. AN ACT for the relief of James Wolcott, and Mary his wife, of the State May 18 1826 
 
 of Ohio. Vol. 6, p. 343. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is p aym ent to 
 hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the Treas- them in full sat- 
 ury not otherwise appropriated, unto James Wolcott, .and Mary hisisfaction for a 
 wife, of the State of Ohio, late Mary Wells, a half-blooded Indian, of the * ract .* ^ nd sold 
 Miami nation, the sum of nineteen hundred and twenty dollars, in lieu y m 
 of, and in full satisfaction for, a section of land, which was reserved to 
 her by the treaty held at St. Mary's in the State of Ohio, on the sixth 
 of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, between the 
 United States and the Miami nation of Indians, and which is described 
 m said treaty, as " lying at the mouth of Stony Creek, on the southeast 
 side of the W abash River, the centre of which was to be at the mouth 
 of said creek, running with the meanders thereof, up and down said 
 river, one half mile, and thence back, for quantity j" about two hundred 
 acres of which said section of land has since been sold, by mistake of 
 the officers of the Government of the United States, at the land office 
 at Crawfordsville, in the State of Indiana : Provided, however, That, before Proviso, 
 the payment of the said sum of nineteen hundred and twenty dollars, 
 or any part thereof, to the said James Wolcott, and Mary his wife, they 
 shall execute a release, conveying all their interest in and to said section 
 of land to the United States, which they shall deposit with the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office. 
 
118 INDIANA. 
 
 May 20, 1826. ^ * 243. AN ACT for the relief of Jacob Hampton. 
 
 Vof. 6, p. 348. Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be. 
 Patent for a an(i ^ e is nerelL) J> authorized and required to make out and deliver, or 
 fractional section cause to be delivered, to Jacob Hampton, of Wayne County, in the 
 of land to be State of Indiana, a patent, in due form, for the fractional section num- 
 issued. b er seven, in township number fourteen, and range one west, of the 
 
 lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati, agreeably to the final receipt 
 given to the said Jacob Hampton for the said fractional section, when 
 the same shall be demanded. 
 
 March 2, 1827. No. 244. AX ACT to authorize the State of Indiana to locate and make a road 
 Tol, 4, p. 234. therein named. 
 
 General assem- ^ e ** n ac ^ e( ^ $ c -> That the general assembly of the State of Indiana 
 
 bly authorized to shall be, and the same are hereby, authorized to locate and make a road 
 
 locate and make from Lake Michigan, by the way of Indianapolis, to some convenient 
 
 Mkn^ f an m b L th e point ou the Ollio River > agreeably to the second article of a treaty made 
 
 way o^Indmna 6 an< ^ concluded near the mouth of the Mississinowa, upon the "\Yabash, 
 
 polistosoniecon- in the State of Indiana, the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our 
 
 venient point on Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, between the cornmis- 
 
 the Ohio Kiver. 8 i oner8 on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of 
 
 the Potawatamie tribe of Indians ; and the said general assembly are 
 
 hereby authorized to apply the strip of land and the sections of land, by 
 
 said article ceded to the United States, or the proceeds thereof, to the 
 
 making of the same ; and the said grant shall be at their sole disposal, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 257. 270. 
 
 March 2, 1827. No. 245. AX ACT to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, 
 Vol. 4, p. 236. the purpose of aiding said State in opening a canal to connect the waters of 
 - "Wabash Hirer with those of Lake Erie. 
 
 A certain quan- B e it enacted, <fc., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the St, 
 Jr 1 of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a cai 
 
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 for opening a to unite at navigable points the waters of the \Vabash River with th< 
 canal to unite at of Lake Erie, a quantity of land equal to one half of five sections ii 
 navigable points, w idth, on each side of said canal, and reserving each alternate sectir 
 wlEh^Kfver* * he United States, to be selected by the Commissioner of the Lai 
 with those of Office, under the direction of the President of the United States, froi 
 Lake Erie. one end thereof to the other ; and the said lands shall be subject to i. 
 
 disposal of the legislature of said State, for the purpose aforesaid, ai 
 Proviso. no other : Provided, That the said canal, when completed, shall be, ai 
 
 forever remain, a public highway for the use of the Government of the 
 United States, free from any toll, or other charge, whatever, for any pro- 
 perty of the United States, "or persons in their service passing through 
 Proviso. the same : Pro vided, That said canal shall be commenced within five 
 
 years, and completed in twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay 
 to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold, and that 
 the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid, (a) 
 
 Duty of the SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That, so soon as the route of the said 
 governor of said canal ghall be i ocated and agre ed on by the said State, it shall be the 
 canal is located dutv of tne governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may 
 &c. ' have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construc- 
 
 tion of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to 
 which the said State will be entitled under the provisions of this act, 
 and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. 
 Power given to SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the said State, under the author- 
 the legislature to ity of the i eg i 8 i at ure thereof, after the selection shall have been so made, 
 shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or any part of the said 
 land, and to give a title, in fee-simple, therefor, to whomsoever shall 
 purchase the whole or any part thereof. 
 (a) See Xos. 239, 254, 255, 272, 289, 291, 294, 302. 
 
 March 2 1827. If 246. AX ACT to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and 
 Vol. 4, p. 286.' designate the northern boundary of the State of Indiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the surveyor-general, under the direction of 
 
 
 r g the the President of the United States, be, and he is hereby, authorized and 
 direction of the required to cause to be surveyed, marked, and designated, the northern 
 President, au- boundary line of the State of Indiana, as divides said State from the 
 thorized and re- Territorv of Michigan, agreeably to the boundary as established by the 
 SeTurveVed U &c 5 act, entitled "An act to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to 
 the northern form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such 
 
INDIANA. 119 
 
 State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, " ap- boundary u ?. e ., f 
 
 proved April the nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen ; ?Ji a ^e, <gJj 
 
 and to cause to be made a plat or plan of the said northern boundary of fr ^ m the Terri- 
 
 the State, particularly noting the place where the boundary line inter- tory of Michigan. 
 
 sects or touches the margin of Lake Michigan, and return the same, 
 
 when made, to Congress : Provided, That the whole expense of survey- Proviso. 
 
 ing and marking said boundary line shall not exceed five dollars for 
 
 every mile that shall be actually surveyed and marked, which shall be 
 
 paid out of the moneys appropriated for defraying the expense of 
 
 surveying public lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 193, 203, 209, 276. 
 
 No. 247. AN ACT extending the limits of certain land offices in Indiana, and for April 28, 1828. 
 other purposes. "Vol. 4, p. 264. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That all the lands in the State of Indiana, to which Lands lying 
 the Indian title is extinguished, which lies east of the line dividing the east of the second 
 first and second ranges east of the second principal meridian, and north f^aml (north f 
 of the southern boundary of the Fort Wayne district, shall be attached ^he southern 
 to the land district, the land office of which is established at Fort Wayne ; boundary of Fort 
 and that all the lands to which the Indian title is extinguished in said Wayne district, 
 State, and which may lie west of the line dividing the first and second f^df trict 
 ranges east of the second principal meridian, shall be attached to the 
 land district, the land office of which is established at Crawfordsville. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall cause pafmeridian^obe 
 the second principal meridian to be extended to the northern boundary extended to the 
 of the State of Indiana : Provided, The assent of the Indians be obtained northern bound- 
 to the running and marking that portion of the meridian line which ar l- . 
 may lie within the lands not ceded to the United States, (a) 
 
 See Nos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 238, 256, 265, 297, 310, 312, 314, 316. 
 
 No. 248. AN ACT for the relief of Francis English, of Indiana. May 23, 1828. 
 
 it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 
 hereby, authorized to cause a patent to be issued to Francis English, of Patent to issue 
 the State of Indiana, for the west half of the southeast quarter of section 
 twenty-four, town fourteen, in range eight, in the district of land sold 
 at Indianapolis, in that State, upon the said Francis English relinquish- 
 ing to the United States, in such manner as the said Secretary shall pre- 
 scribe, the west half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-four, 
 town fourteen, in range nine, in the same district, entered for the said 
 Francis by mistake. 
 
 No. 249. AN ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Indiana to sell the May 24 1828. 
 lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that State. Vol. 4, p. 298. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the legislature of the State of Indiana shall be, Legislature of 
 and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee-simple, all, or any the State of In- 
 part, of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress for diana authorized 
 the use of schools within said State, and to invest the money arising !?*5^?i'!5iv 
 from the sale thereof in some productive fund, the proceeds of which p a ^t of the lands 
 shall be forever applied, under the direction of said legislature, for the here to fore re- 
 use and support of schools, within the several townships and districts served by Con- 
 of country for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and S^i^%h5 
 ior no other use or purpose whatsoever : Provided, Said land, or any part said State, 
 thereof, shall, in no case, be sold without the consent of the inhabitants Proviso. 
 )f such township, or district, to be obtained in such manner as the leg- 
 islature of said State shall, by law, direct : And provided, also, That in 
 the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each township and dis- 
 trict aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as 
 f}i nave accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale 
 the school lands belonging to such township or district, (a) 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing to any Where pro- 
 
 belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the perma- 
 nent maintenance and support of schools within the same. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 215, 236, 261, 278, 290, 315. 
 
120 INDIANA. 
 
 May 24, 1828. No. 250. AN ACT to aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Day 
 Vol. 4, p. 305. ton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the con- 
 struction of the canals authorized by law ; and for making donations of land to cer- 
 tain persons in Arkansas Territory. 
 
 [See Omo, No. 117.] 
 
 May 24, 1828. No. 251. AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin Freeland, of Indiana. 
 
 Yol.6,p.38o. Be it enacted, #c., That Benjamin Freeland, of Indiana, be, and hereby 
 May relinquish is, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such manner as the 
 a certain tract of Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the northeast, 
 land and enter northwest, and southwest quarters of section number five, in township 
 number eleven, range number one, west, of the second principal basis 
 meridian, in Terre Haute land district, in the State of Indiana ; Pro- 
 vided, He shall show, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of 
 that district, that the right of the said three quarter-sections is in him 
 at the time of making such relinquishment; and, thereupon, the said 
 Freeland shall be permitted to enter three quarter-sections of any land 
 within the said land district, subject to purchase at private sale. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1830. No. 252. AN ACT for the relief of Elijah Carr. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 402. Be it enacted, fc. , That Elijah Carr, assignee of Elisha Carr, be, and he 
 Authorized to is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such manner 
 relinquish cer- and form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, 
 tain land. the southeast quarter of section thirty- four, in township three north, of 
 
 range two east, in the district of lands offered for sale by the United 
 States at Jeffersonville. 
 
 Authorized to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Elijah Carr be author- 
 otherland rtainized * enter at the office of the register of the land office at Jeffer- 
 sonville aforesaid, the northeast quarter of section three, in township 
 two north, of range two east ; and to receive from the United States 
 Proviso. a patent for the same : Provided, That said quarter-section of land last 
 
 described shall remain unsold, and that the said Elijah Carr shall make 
 the relinquishment and entry aforesaid, prior to the fourth day of July 
 next. 
 
 Ma 7 28> ^i 30 ' No ' 253. AX ACT to repeal a part of an act, passed the twenty-sixth day of 
 \ ol. 4, p. 413. March, one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled "An act making provisions 
 for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other pur- 
 poses." 
 
 Examination e n enacted, $c., That so much of an act, approved the twenty-sixth 
 books disconUif- dav * March > in ^Q year one thousand eight hundred and four,.enti- 
 ue d. tied '"'An act making provisions for the disposal of the public lands in 
 
 the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes," as makes it the duty of 
 the Secretary of the Treasury to cause, at least once every year, the 
 books of the offices to be examined, and the balance of public moneys 
 in the hands of the several receivers of public moneys of the said offices 
 to be ascertained, be, and the same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 (a) See Xo. 196. 
 
 May 29, 1830. No. 254. AX ACT to vest in the State of Indiana certain lands within the limits 
 YoL 4, p. 416. of the canal grant. 
 
 
 Certain lands -Be it enacted, $*c., That there be vested in the State of Indiana twenty- 
 vested, &c. nine thousand five hundred and twenty-eight acres and seventy-eight 
 hundredths of the public lands, to be selected by the canal commission 
 ers of said State, from the alternate sections reserved to the United 
 States in the division made under "An act to grant a certain quantity 
 of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in 
 opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash River with those 
 of Lake Erie," approved March second, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-seven, which shall be in lieu of the aforesaid quantity here- 
 tofore sold by the United States, permanently reserved by treaty to 
 individuals, and located by individual grants before the division afore- 
 said, and which would otherwise have become the property of the said 
 State in virtue of the act above referred to; the selections aforesaid to 
 be made and reported by the commissioners to the proper land offices, 
 before the reserved sections aforesaid shall be offered for sale, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 239, 245, 255, 272, 289, 291, 294, 302. 
 
INDIANA. 121 
 
 No. 255. AN ACT authorizing the county of Allen to purchase a portion of the May 31, 1830. 
 reservation including Fort Wayne. Vol. 6, p. 448. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the associate judges of the county of Allen*, Authorized to 
 and State of Indiana, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, at mini- enter a tract of 
 mum price, for the use and benefit of said county, so much of the forty 
 acres reservation, including Fort Wayne, and reserved for the use of 
 the Indian agency, established there as may not fall to the State of 
 Indiana, under the act of the second day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act to grant a certain quan- 
 tity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State 
 in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash River with 
 those of Lake Erie." (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 239, 245, 254, 272, 289, 291, 294, 302. 
 
 "1 
 
 256. AN ACT to establish a land office in the territory of Michigan, and for Feb. 19, 1831. 
 other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 442. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all the lands to which the In- .Fort Wayne 
 dian title is extinguished, lying in that part of the State of Indiana dianTextended 
 which is east of the Lake Michigan, bordering upon the northern line 
 of said State, and not attached to any land district, shall be, and the 
 same are hereby, attached to the Fort Wayne district, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 231, 237, 238, 247, 265, 297, 310, 312, 314, 316. 
 
 No. 
 
 ng the selections heretofore made of lands tor the con- March 2, 1831. 
 struction of the Michigan road, in the State of Indiana. Vol. 4, p. 473. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the selections and locations heretofore made Certain loca- 
 by the State of Indiana, of the Michigan road lands, so far as they may tions confirmed, 
 remain unsold, be, and the same are hereby, sanctioned and confirmed ; 
 and that other public lands in Indiana, in lieu of those already sold, 
 shall be selected under the same authority that the original selections 
 and locations were made: Provided, That no selections or locations 
 shall hereafter be made for the purpose aforesaid, until the authority 
 of the State of Indiana shall cause to be made to the General Land Of- 
 fice an accurate survey and plat of the said road throughout its entire 
 line. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land offices at Crawfords- 
 ville and Fort Wayne shall be duly notified, by the State authority, of the 
 selections made in virtue of this "act ; after which, no sales thereof shall 
 be made, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 244, 270. 
 
 No. 258. AN ACT for the relief of John Gough, * * * March 3, 1831. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be author- Vol. 6. P- 467. 
 ized to issue to John Gongh, of Indiana, a patent for the northeast Land patent to 
 quarter of section eleven, in township twelve, north, of range nine, issue, 
 west, in the Vincennes land district, upon the condition expressed 
 therein, that neither said John, nor any person under him, shall claim 
 any benefit under a patent erroneously issued for the southeast quarter 
 of said section, and alleged to be lost. 
 
 No. 259. AN ACT for the relief of James Hogland. March 3, 1831. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Hogland, of the State of Indiana, be, Y l 6, p. 468. 
 and he is hereby, authorized to surrender and cancel, at the land office Authorized to 
 at Indianapolis, in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- surrender a cer- 
 scribe, his patent for the east half of the southeast quarter of section tain tract of land, 
 seventeen, in township fourteen, north, of range three, east, in the dis- 
 trict of lands offered for sale at Indianapolis j and that he be permitted 
 to enter, in lieu thereof, and without paying for the same, any other 
 half quarter- sect ion in said district subject to entry at private sale. 
 
122 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1832. 
 VoL 6, p. 477. 
 
 entry, &c. 
 
 No. 260. AX ACT for the relief of Cornelius Overton. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall and may be lawful for Cornelius Over- 
 Authorized to ton, of the State of Indiana, upon application at the land office at Yin- 
 correct error in cennes, to correct the error committed by him in an entry, of the twen- 
 ty-eight December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, for 
 the east half of the northeast quarter of section numbered two, in town- 
 ship numbered four, south of raoge numbered thirteen west, and to 
 apply the money paid on said quarter-section to the entry and payment 
 therefor of the east half of the southwest quarter of section numbered 
 thirty-six, in township numbered three, south of range numbered thir- 
 teen west, which is the tract of land t'he said Overton designed origin- 
 ally to enter and pay for. 
 
 be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the application of said 
 Overton, as aforesaid, the register and receiver shall give to him the 
 necessary vouchers, receipts, &c., in order to enable him to obtain a 
 grant for the said half quarter-section, and shall take up from the said 
 Overton the receipt given him for the payment made by him, or a re- 
 lease of his claim to the land aforesaid entered by mistake ; and the said 
 Overton shall be entitled to a patent for the land which he intended to 
 enter, in the same manner as though he had correctly entered the said 
 land : Provided, That this act shall not be construed to affect the right 
 of any other person to the said half quarter-section numbered thirty- 
 six, in township numbered three, south of range thirteen west. 
 
 Patent to 
 issued, &c. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 261. AN ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Indiana to sell and 
 convey certain lands granted to said State for the use of the people thereof. 
 
 July 3 1832. 
 VoL 4, p. 558. 
 
 Legislature au' & e ^ enacted, #c., That the legislature of the State of Indiana be, and 
 
 thorized to sell is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in such manner, and on such 
 
 and convey cer- conditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, the following de- 
 
 Land tracts scribed tracts of land heretofore granted and set apart for the use of 
 
 said State, namely : sections numbered thirteen progressively to thirty- 
 
 six, inclusive; section sixteen excepted, in township numbered two, 
 
 north of range two, west ; and sections numbered one to twelve pro- 
 
 gressively and inclusive, in township one, north of range two, west ; 
 
 and the northeast quarter of section numbered fourteen, in township 
 
 seven, north of range two, west ; and the northwest quarter of section 
 
 numbered twenty-six, in township one, north of range five, west, in the 
 
 Vincemies district ; likewise, section fifteen, in township two, north ; 
 
 section twenty-eight, in township three, north of range four, east ; and 
 
 fractional section, numbered thirty one, in township nine, north of range 
 
 Proceeds ap- two, east, of the Jefferson ville district ; and to apply the proceeds of said 
 
 plied to educa- sale to the purposes of education : Provided, That the legislature shall 
 
 tion. not authorize a sale of the said land at a less price than that at which 
 
 the public lands are sold at private entry, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xo. 306. 
 
 - 
 
 July 3, 1832. 
 VoL 6, p. 502. 
 
 No. 262.-AX ACT for the relief of William McCormick. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That it shall and may be lawful for William McCor- 
 
 Mav relinquish mick .> of *^e State of Indiana, to file, in the land office at Fort Wayne, 
 a certain tract of a relinquishment, in such form as the register and receiver of the said 
 land entered by land office shall prescribe, of all his title and interest in and to the east 
 mistake, &c. half of the southeast quarter of section ten, in township twenty-two, 
 within the said land district, entered by him through mistake, and, 
 upon the execution of such release, to apply the money paid on the 
 same to the west half of the southeast quarter of section fifteen, town- 
 ship twenty-two, if the said quarter-section remain unsold and subject 
 to private entry ; if not, then to apply the amount paid in by mistake 
 to any other quarter-section of land subject to private entry within 
 said district, for which a patent shall issue. 
 
INDIANA. 123 
 
 No. 263. AN ACT for the relief of William Wayne Wells, of the State of Indiana. Jaly 14) 18 2 
 Be it enacted, #c., That under the directions of the Secretary of War, Vol. 6, p. 519. 
 there shall be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise p ayment for a 
 appropriated, to the said William Wayne Wells, of the State of Indiana, certain section of 
 the sum of one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars, in full satis- land reserved to 
 faction of a section of land allowed and reserved to him by the treaty Mm > &0 - 
 with the Miami tribe of Indians, dated sixth October, one thousand 
 eight hundred and eighteen, and which said section of land was after- 
 wards reserved for the use of the Miami tribe of Indians, in the treaty 
 made with them and dated twenty -third October, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty-six : Provided, That, before such payment is made, Proviso, 
 the said William Wayne Wells shall make and execute a good and suf- 
 ficient deed and conveyance, relinquishing all the right, title, interest, 
 and claim, which he now has, or ever had, to said section of land, and 
 shall file the same with the Secretary of War. 
 
 No. 264. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Jeremiah Buckley, deceased. j u i y j^ JQ32. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs of Jeremiah Buckley be, and they Yol. 6, p. 520. 
 are hereby, confirmed in their title to one hundred arpents of land, L an ^ title con- 
 equal to eighty-five acres, situate on Wabash River, about three miles firmed, 
 above Vincennes, which was contracted and sold by a certain T. Dubois 
 to the said Jeremiah Buckley, about the year one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and seventy-six; and afterwards, viz: on the eleventh of June, 
 one thousand eight hundred and three, sold and conveyed by him to 
 the United States, for the purpose of erecting a garrison thereon : Pro- p rov i so 
 vided, That no other title than such as the United States have to the 
 land mentioned shall be deemed to be conveyed or affetted by this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Payment for 
 pay unto the heirs of the said Jeremiah Buckley, out of any money in timber and sand, 
 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and 
 eighty dollars, in full compensation for the use made of the timber and 
 sand, while they occupied the said land : Provided further, That the p roviso 
 heirs aforesaid, relinquish under their hands and seals to the United 
 States at the proper Department, all the right, title, and claim that they 
 now have, or ever had, for or on account of the said above-described 
 tract of land, either against the said Dubois, his heirs or assigns, or the 
 United States, and that a compliance with this proviso on the part of 
 the said heirs, form a condition precedent to be complied with. 
 
 No. 265. AN ACT to create sundry new land offices, and to alter the boundaries Match 2, 1833. 
 of other land offices of the United States. Vol. 4, p. 653. 
 
 * * # * * # * 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, * * * That the land district Boundaries of 
 hereinafter created by the tenth section of this act, shall be bounded land district, &o. 
 on the south by the line dividing townships twenty-six and twenty- 
 seven, and on the east by the line dividing ranges six and seven, and 
 the lands in said district now in market shall be subject to entry at the 
 land offices at Crawfordsville and Fort Wayne as heretofore, until the 
 ; day of July next, and no longer. 
 
 #*** * * * 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all that district of country, New land dis- 
 in the State of Indiana, lying west of the line dividing ranges seven trict in Indiana, 
 and eight east of the second principal meridian, and north of the line 
 dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five, shall form a separate 
 land district ; and the land office for the sale and disposal of all the office at La- 
 public lands in said district, shall be, and hereby is, established at La- porte. 
 porte ; and for said land office, a register and receiver shall be appointed 
 in like manner, and be subject to like rules and regulations, and receive 
 the same salary, fees, and compensation for their services, as is desig- 
 nated and provided for in other cases by the fifth section of this act ; 
 and it shall be [the] duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as 
 it can be done, to cause the necessary tract books, plats, maps, and sur- 
 veys of the public lands in said district, to be filed in said office : Pro- President may 
 vided, That the President may, whenever, in his judgment, the public remove office, 
 interest and the convenience of the people require it, remove said of- 
 fice to a more central and suitable place in said district, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 297, 310 313, 314, 316. 
 
124 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 March 2, 1833. 
 Vol. 4, p. 663. 
 
 Lands to 
 surveyed. 
 
 No. 266. AX ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause the 
 public surveys to be connected with the line of demarcation between the States 
 of Indiana and Illinois. 
 
 be Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and 
 hereby is authorized and required to cause the public lands lying along 
 the line of demarcation between the States of Indiana and Illinois, as 
 established by the joint sanction of those States, to be surveyed in con- 
 nection with said line on either side thereof. 
 
 Compensation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 be, and hereby is, authorized to allow for the service to be performed 
 under this act, such further compensation, in addition to [the] regular 
 price now authorized by law, as to him shall appear to be just and rea- 
 sonable, to be paid out of the regular appropriation for surveying pub- 
 lic lands northwest of the Ohio River. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 267. AN ACT for the relief of Hugh Beard. 
 
 VoL fi, p. 551. J5 e it ena cted, fc., That Hugh Beard be permitted to enter, at any of 
 
 Authorized to fc ^ e land offices in the State of Indiana, seventy-four eighteen hun- 
 nter land. dredths acres of land, on any of the public lands in the State of Indiana, 
 
 Proviso. and now subject to sale by law : Provided, That the said Hugh Beard, 
 
 before making said entry, shall execute and deliver to the register of 
 the land office at Indianapolis, a release to the United States of all 
 claim and title to the same quantity of land entered by him on the 
 twenty-fifth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 two, and which was afterwards patented to him by the United States ; 
 it being the eastern half of the northeastern quarter of section one, 
 in township sixteen, and range four, east. 
 
 June 18, 1834. No> 268. AN ACT for the relief of George K. Jackson. 
 
 Vol. 6, p'. 5G3. Be it enacted, $c., That George K. Jackson, of Indiana, be, and he is 
 Ma relin uish ^ erelt) y> authorized to relinquish to the United States, the north frac- 
 a tract of land, tion of the northwest quarter of section four, in township twenty-three 
 and payments north of range seven west, in the district of lands offered for sale at 
 transferred, <fcc. Crawfordsville, Indiana, containing seventy-two acres and seven one- 
 hundredths, which was entered through a mistake, and that the re- 
 ceiver of public moneys at the land office aforesaid, place to the credit 
 of said George K. Jackson, the amount by him paid for the above-named 
 tract of land, towards the payment of any tract which he may select 
 within the Crawfordville land district, subject to private entry : Pro- 
 Proviso, vided, however, That no such application shall be made until he relin- 
 quishes his right to the above described tract of land to the United 
 States. . 
 
 
 June 26, 1834. No. 269. AN ACT for the relief of Richard Nance. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 568. g e ^ enacted, $*c., That the proper officers be, and are hereby, author- 
 A mistake in ized and required to correct a mistake in issuing a patent for the north- 
 issuing a land west quarter-section five, township eighteen, north of range four east, 
 be cor- containing fifty -seven acres and ninety-two hundredths, in the district 
 of lands offered for sale at Indianapolis, and issue a patent to Richard 
 Nance for said land. 
 
 
 T oa ieiA No. 270. AN ACT to aulhorize the correction of erroneous selections of land 
 Vol 4 p 702 granted to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of constructing the Michigan 
 
 Indiana to se- Be it enacted, $c., That the State of Indiana be, and hereby is anthor- 
 lect lands in lieu j ze( j to select other lands in lieu of sections numbered eighteen and 
 selected y twenty-nine, and fractional section numbered thirty -two, in township 
 
 thirty-seven north, of range one, east, heretofore selected, to be applied 
 to the purpose of constructing the Michigan road in Indiana; the se- 
 lections authorized by this act to be made on any unsold land, within 
 the district where the above-mentioned lands lie, and shall be applied 
 to the same object, and the first named selections are hereby declared 
 void and of no effect, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 244, 257. 
 
INDIANA. 
 
 125 
 
 No. 271. AN ACT for the relief of John Allen. j une 28, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That John Allen be, and he hereby is, authorized to Yol - 6 .P- 57 5- 
 enter at private sale with the register of the land office at Vincennes, Authorized to 
 at any time within six months from the passage of this act, paying one enter Jand at pri- 
 dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the tract of land on which he Ya 
 now lives, being location numbered two hundred and ninety-two, on 
 the Vincennes donation tract, in township three north, and range seven 
 west, in the land district aforesaid : Provided, however, That the pre- proviso, 
 emption hereby authorized shall in nowise interfere with any existing 
 right of others. 
 
 No. 272. AN ACT authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and Erie Canal June 30, 1834. 
 lands in the State of Ohio. Yol. 4, p. 716. 
 
 'See OHIO, No. 138.] 
 
 No. 273. AN ACT to confirm the selection and survey of two sections of land to June 30, 1834. 
 Francis Lafontain and son, and their assignees. Vol. 6, p. 601. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the location and surveys of two sections of A tract of land 
 land on the west side of the Saint Mary's River, made by the surveyor- confirmed to 
 general of the public lands, prior to the seventh day of May, one thou- them - 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-three, for Francis Lafontain and sou, 
 under a treaty made by Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass and Benjamin 
 Park, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Miami 
 nation of Indians of the other part, entered into on the sixth day of 
 October, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same 
 are hereby, confirmed, and declared valid under the treaty aforesaid: 
 Provided, always, That this act shall not be so construed as to prejudice Proviso, 
 the claim of any other person or persons to said lands, or any part 
 5of, acquired prior to the date aforesaid. 
 
 No. 274. AN ACT for the relief of William O'Neal and Robert Morrison. 
 
 March 3, 1835. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be issued Vol. 6, p. 614. 
 to William O'Neal, of the State of Indiana, a patent for the east half Land pa t e nt to 
 of the northwest quarter of section number thirty-one, of township issue to William 
 number twenty- two north, of range number eleven east, in the Fort O'Neal. 
 Wayne land district upon his relinquishing to the United States, the 
 east half of the northwest quarter of section number thirty-one, of 
 township number twenty-two north, of range number ten east, in the 
 land district aforesaid, which was entered through mistake. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Two patents to 
 cause to be issued to Robert Morrison, of the State of Indiana, patents JJJJJJ to 
 for the northeast fourth of the southeast quarter of section twenty- n80ni 
 one, in range two west, of township twenty north, and, also, for the 
 southeast fourth of the northeast quarter of the same section, town- 
 ship, and range, within the Crawfordsville land district, in the State of 
 Indiana, upon his relinquishing to the United States the southwest 
 fourth of the southeast quarter, and the southeast fourth of the 
 southwest quarter of khe same section, township, and range, which 
 was entered through mistake. 
 
 No. 2" 75. AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin Bennet, Peter Guthrie, George W. May 14, 1836. 
 
 Bennet, James Calvin, John Fifer, and the heirs of Henry Sumpter, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 629. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Benjamin Bennet be, and he is hereby, author- Ben j Bennet 
 ized to relinquish to the United States, in such manner and form as authorized to re- 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the north- linquish certain 
 east quarter of the northeast quarter of section number thirty, in lanas > &c - 
 township number three south, of range number thirteen west, of the 
 second principal meridian, in the district of lands offered for sale at 
 Vincennes, in the State of Indiana ; and upon such relinquishment hav- 
 ing been made, as aforesaid, the said Benjamin Bennet is hereby author- 
 ized to enter in lieu of the lands so relinquished, any other quarter 
 quarter-section of any of the unsold public lands in said district sub- 
 ject to entry at private sale. 
 
126 INDIANA. 
 
 H. Sampler's SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legal representatives of 
 representatives Henry Sumpter, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to relin- 
 authorized tore- ^^ to the United States, in the manner and form prescribed in the 
 ' n ' c ' first section of this act, the southeast quarter of the northeast quar- 
 ter of section number thirty, in township three south, of range number 
 thirteen west, of the second principal meridian, in the district of lands 
 offered for sale at Vincennes, in the State of Indiana; and upon such 
 relinquishment having been made as aforesaid, the legal representatives 
 of the said Henry Sumpter, deceased, are hereby authorized to enter, 
 in lieu of the lands so relinquished, any other quarter quarter-section 
 of any of the unsold public lands in the said district, subject to entry 
 at private sale. 
 
 P. Guthrie au- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Peter Guthrie be, and he is 
 qSland &cf~ hereb y> authorized to relinquish to the United States, in the manner 
 and form prescribed by the first section of this act, the southeast quar- 
 ter of the southeast quarter of section number nineteen, in township 
 number three south, of range number thirteen west, of the second 
 principal meridian, in the district of lands offered for sale at Vincennes, 
 in the State of Indiana ; also, the southwest quarter of the south- 
 west quarter of section number twenty, in township number three 
 south, of range number thirteen west, of the second principal meridian, 
 in the said Vincennes land district ; and upon such relinquishment 
 having been made, as aforesaid, the said Peter Guthrie is hereby author- 
 ized to enter, in lieu of the lands so relinquished, any other two quar- 
 ter quarter-sections of any of the unsold public lands in the said land 
 district subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 G. W. Bennett SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That George Washington Bennet 
 S .^ Uliqui8h be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, ii 
 the manner and form prescribed in the first section of this act, the 
 southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section number twenty- 
 eight, in township number three south, of range number thirteen west, 
 of the principal meridian, in the district of lands offered for sale at 
 Vincennes, in the State of Indiana; and upon such relinquishment hav- 
 ing been made, as aforesaid, the said George Washington Bennett shall 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, in lieu of the lands so relin- 
 quished, any other quarter quarter-section of the unsold public lands 
 in the said land district subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 J. Calvin may SEC. f>. And be it further enacted, That James Calvin be, and he is 
 relinquish, &c. hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in the manner 
 and form prescribed by the provisions of the first section of this act, 
 the southwest quarter of the south quarter of section number eighteen, 
 in township number three south, of range number thirteen west, of the 
 second principal meridian, in the district of lands offered for sale at 
 Vincennes, in the State of Indiana; and upon such relinquishment 
 having been made as aforesaid, the said James Calvin is hereby author- 
 ized to enter, in lieu of the lands so relinquished, any other quarter 
 quarter-section of the public lands in the said land district, subject to 
 entry at private sale. 
 
 J. Fifer may SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That John Fifer be, and he is hereby, 
 relinquish, &c. authorized to relinquish to the United States, in the manner and form 
 as prescribed by the provisions of the first section of this act, the east 
 half of the southeast quarter of fractional section number eighteen, 
 in township number three south, of range thirteen west, of the second 
 principal meridian, in the district of lands offered for sale at Vincennes, 
 in the State of Indiana ; and upon such relinquishment having been 
 made, as aforesaid, the said John Fifer is hereby authorized to enter, in 
 lieu of the land so relinquished, any other half quarter-section of the 
 public lands in the said land district, subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 276, AiN" ACT to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State of 
 Vol. 5, p. 56. Ohio. 
 
 TV hich line SEC.2.^7J<?&e/wr^ere7?acied,Thattheboundarylme8urveyed,marked, 
 
 shall be deemed and designated, agreeably to "An act to authorize the President of the 
 
 ge^east and west United states to ascertain and designate the northern boundary of the 
 
 State of Indiana," approved March the second, eighteen hundred and 
 
 twenty-seven, shall be deemed and taken as the east and west line men- 
 
 
INDIANA. 127 
 
 tioned in the constitution of the State of Indiana, drawn through a 
 point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, and 
 shall be and for ever remain the northern boundary of said State, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 193, 203, 209, 246. 
 
 No. 277. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Smith. June 23, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a patent to Daniel A patent for a 
 Smith, of Morgan County, Indiana, for the southeast quarter of section * ract of ! and to 
 twenty, township thirteen north, range one west, in the district of lands 
 offered for sale at Crawfordsville : Provided, That this act shall not be 
 construed to affect the rights of any third party. 
 
 No. 278. AN ACT for the relief of the citizens of the reserved township in Monroe June 23, 1836. 
 County, in the State of Indiana. Vol. 6, p. 641. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the register and receiver of the land office at Land to 1)e 8Qm 
 Indianapolis be, and they are hereby, authorized to select within said dis- lected for use of 
 trict out of any of the public lands, a quantity of land for the use of schools, 
 schools within the reserved township in Monroe County, equivalent in 
 value, and in lieu of the sixteenth section in said township, which was 
 granted by Congress to the State of Indiana, for the use and benefit of 
 a State college. 
 
 No. 279. AN ACT for the relief of Archibald Small. June 23, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Archibald Small be, and he is hereby, permit- YoL 6 P- 642 - 
 ted and allowed to enter the west half of the southeast quarter of sec- Allowed to en- 
 tion number thirty-three, in township number thirteen, north of range ter a tract of land, 
 five east, in the district of lands offered for sale at Indianapolis, in the 
 State of Indiana, for which he shall be entitled to a patent, on his re- 
 linquishing to the United States the west half of the southwest quarter 
 of section number thirty-three, in township number thirteen, north of 
 range five east, in the district aforesaid, and which was entered by said 
 Archibald Small through mistake, and not detected, by reason of the 
 said Archibald Small not being able to read. 
 
 No. 280. AN ACT for the relief of William Bowman. June 33 1836 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William Bowman, of the State of Indiana, be, Vol. 6, p. 646.' 
 
 and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States the 
 
 northeast quarter of section twenty-one, and the west half of the south- 
 west quarter of section twenty-two, both in township number thirteen & . 
 north, of range two west, in the district of lands offered for sale at 
 Crawfordsville, in the State of Indiana, which were entered through 
 mistake, and that he be permitted to enter in lieu thereof, at the office 
 aforesaid, the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight, and the south 
 half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven, same township 
 and range, provided the same be vacant ; if not, then, and in that case, 
 to enter a like quantity of any of the public lands within said district 
 subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 No. 281. AN ACT for the relief of John Alman and George "Woolsey. July 2, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That John Alman, of the county of Pike and State Vote. 'p. 680. 
 f Indiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United j Alman au- 
 States in such manner and form as have been or may hereafter be pre- thorized to relin- 
 scribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the north half quish a tract of 
 of the northwest quarter of section number three, in township number land - and to enter 
 three south, of range eight west, of the second principal meridian, in 
 the district of lands sold at Vincennes, Indiana ; and upon such relin- 
 quishment haying been made as aforesaid, the said John Alman is 
 icreby authorized to enter, in lieu of the lands so relinquished, the 
 north half of the northwest quarter of section two, township three 
 south, range eight west. 
 
128 INDIANA. 
 
 . w <> olae y an- SEC - 2 - And be {t farther enacted, That George Woolsey, of the county 
 c " and St * te aforesai ? be > and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to 
 the United States, in manner and form aforesaid, the southeast quarter 
 of the northwest quarter of section number thirty-three, in township 
 number two south, of range eight west, of the second principal merid- 
 ian, in the district of lands sold at Vincennes, in the State of Indiana; 
 and upon such relinquishment as aforesaid having been made, the said 
 George Woolsey is hereby authorized to enter, in lieu of the land so re- 
 linquished, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 
 thirty-four, township two south, range eight west. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 282. AN ACT for the relief of Tobias Crnm. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 680. Be it enac ted, fc., That Tobias Crum, of the State of Indiana, be, and 
 Authorized to ne is h erelt) y> permitted and allowed to enter the northwest quarter of 
 relinquish a tract the southeast quarter of section number twenty, in township five north, 
 of land and to en- of range six east, in the Jeffersonville land district, in the State of In- 
 ter another. diana, for which he shall be entitled to a patent on his relinquishing to 
 the United States the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
 section number twenty, in township five north, of range six east, in 
 said district, which lot he entered through mistake. 
 
 Jan. 31, 1837. Xo. 283. AX ACT for the relief of Norman Holt. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 684. Be it enac ted, fc., That Norman Holt, of Owen County, in the State of 
 Entitled to a Indiana, shall be entitled to enter one quarter quarter-section of land, on 
 tract of land on any of the unsold lands in the Vincennes land district in said State, 
 surrendering, <fcc. subject to entry at private sale, on his first surrendering to the United 
 States, at the said office, the southwest quarter of the southeast quar- 
 ter of section number twenty-five, in township twelve north, and range 
 five west ; and that the money paid by said Holt for the entry of said 
 tract, shall be applied to the' payment of such other tract or quarter 
 quarter-section, as the said Holt may enter in said district. 
 
 April 4, 1838. No. 284.- AN ACT for the relief of Michael Cassel. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 710. Be it enact( i f t j. Ct That Michael Cassel, of Laporte County, in the 
 May surrender State of Indiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the cer- 
 a land certificate, tificate issued to him from the land office at Laporte, in said State, for 
 fand Cnter r lo *? numl) ered one and two, or the east part of section thirty-five, town- 
 ship thirty-seven north, of range one west, which was entered by him 
 through mistake ; and, on filing his relinquishment to all right and title 
 thereto, the said Michael Cassel is hereby authorized to enter in said 
 land office at Laporte an equal quantity of any of the public land re- 
 maining unoccupied and subject to private entry in the Laporte land 
 district, with that for which he has paid and shall relinquish, and be 
 entitled to a certificate for the same. 
 
 No. 285. AN ACT for the relief of Zebulon Sheets. 
 
 p.768 39 ' Be it enacted, $'C., That Zebulon Sheets, or his legal representatives, 
 be, and are hereby, authorized, upon surrendering to the United States, 
 
 Upon surren- f ree o f encumbrance, forty-seven acres and two-hundredths of an acre 
 
 1 wSte? of land entered b J the said Sheets at the land office at Crawfordsville, 
 
 &c. ' ' State of Indiana, in section six, township twenty-six, range four west, 
 
 to enter the same amount anywhere in said State, upon any lands of the 
 
 United States subject to private entry and unoccupied. 
 
 March 3 1839. No. 286. AN ACT for the relief of Aaron Stout. 
 
 Vol. 6, p! 781. B n enacted, #c., That Aaron Stout, or his legal representatives, be, 
 ~~ and are herebv authorized to enter, and obtain a patent for three hun- 
 enterand^obtain dred and twenty acres of land, free of cost, in any part of the State of 
 a patent for land Indiana, upon any of the lands of the United States subject to private 
 free of cost. entry; being bounty land due him for services in the last war, but 
 which he has not received, in consequence of the loss of his certificate 
 and discharge. 
 
INDIANA. 129 
 
 No. 287. AN ACT for the relief of Peter Warner, of Indiana. Ju l y 2 o, 1840. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Peter Warner of Indiana, be, and he hereby Vol. 6, p. 805. 
 is, authorized to enter with the register of the Winnamac land office, Authorized to 
 in that State, the southeast quarter of section one, in township thirty- enter c er tain 
 two north, of range five east, of the public land in the said land dis- land, 
 trict, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 
 No. 288. AN ACT for the relief of Hyacinth Lassel. July 21, 1840. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Vol. 6, p. 816. 
 shall issue to Hyacinth Lassel (named in the schedule of grants annexed A certiflcate 
 to the treaty made with the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, on the authorizing him 
 seventeenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred to enter certain 
 and twenty-six, near the mouth of the Missisainniwa, upon the Wabash, land . * issue. 
 in the State of Indiana) a certificate under the seal of said land office, 
 authorizing him, the said Hyacinth Lassel, to locate five hundred and 
 sixty acres of land in one tract, at any land office in the State of Indi- 
 ana ; he, the said Lassel, paying the minimum price fixed for such lands, 
 for eighteen acres and forty- six hundredths of an acre, part and parcel 
 of said tract of five hundred and sixty acres. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such certificate of the Commis- Such certificate 
 sioner of the General Land Office aforesaid, shall be receivable, from ]g r ^ nd " eceivable 
 the eaid Hyacinth Lassel, at any land office in said State of Indiana, at 
 any time prior to the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand 
 eight hundred and forty- three, or from the heirs or assigns of the said 
 Hyacinth Lassel, in payment, according to the provisions of the first 
 section of this act : Provided, hoivever, That the entry and location here- Proviso, 
 by authorized, shall not be made on any lands within the limits of the 
 grant made to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie Canal ; i 
 
 nor on the alternate sections reserved to the United States in said grant; 
 nor on any lands selected by the State of Indiana for the purposes of 
 said canal, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 293, 301. 
 
 No. 289. AN ACT to confirm to the State of Indiana the land selected by her for Feb. 27, 1841. 
 that portion of the "Wabash and Erie Canal which lies between the mouth of the Vol. 5, p. 414. 
 Tippecanoe River and Terre Haute, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That there be, and there hereby is, confirmed to the The land se- 
 State of Indiana, the land selected by her, under the provisions of the jf^ *$ of 2d of 
 act of second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled March, 1827, con- 
 "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for firmed to her. 
 the purpose of aiding the State in opening a canal to connect the waters 
 of the Wabash with those of Lake Erie," for that portion of the canal 
 between the mouth of the Tippecanoe River and Terre Haute, as re- 
 turned by said State to the Secretary of the Treasury, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That should any of said land's, at the Indiana autho- 
 time of their selection and location by the State, have been subject to ^ d er ^s'in 
 any right of pre-emption, or other legal incumbrance, the State of j ieu O f those sub- 
 Indiana shall be, and she hereby is, authorized to select, of any lands ject to pre-emp- 
 subject to private entry in said State, other lands in lieu of so much tion, &c. 
 thereof as may be so incumbered, and, upon return of a description of the 
 same to the Secretary of the Treasury, the same shall be, and hereby is, 
 confirmed to the State : Provided, That no more land shall be selected, Proviso. 
 or hereby confirmed, than a quantity equal to one-half of five sections 
 in width on each side of said canal, from the mouth of the Tippecanoe 
 River to Terre Haute. 
 
 (a) See Noa. 239, 245, 254, 255, 272, 291, 294, 302. 
 
 No. 290. AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of the reserved township in Aug. 11, 1842. 
 Gibson County, in the State of Indiana. Vol. 6, p. 851. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he A aection O f 
 hereby is, authorized to select one section, in not less than quarter-sec- land for the use 
 tions, of any surveyed and unappropriated lands in the State of Indi- of schools to be 
 ana, not subject to any right of pre-emption, for the use of schools selected, 
 within the reserved township in Gibson County, in the State of Indiana, 
 in lieu of the sixteenth section in said township, which was granted by 
 9 L O VOL. II 
 
130 INDIANA. 
 
 Congress to the State of Indiana, for the uses and benefit of a State 
 college ; which said section, when so selected, shall be forever held, or 
 disposed of, under the laws in force, by the inhabitants of said reserved 
 township, for the use and purposes for which section sixteen is in other 
 cases held or disposed of, and for no other use or purpose whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 196, 205, 215, 236, 249, 261, 278, 315. 
 
 Aug, 29, 1842. No. 291. AX ACT to authorize the States of Indiana and Illinois to select certain 
 Yol. 5, p. 542. quantities of land, in lieu of like quantities heretofore granted to the said 
 
 States, for the construction of the Wabash and Erie and the Illinois and Michi- 
 
 gan canals. 
 
 Lands to be se- Be it enacted, <$*c., That there be be vested in the State of Indiana 
 lected in lieu ^of twenty -four thousand two hundred and nineteen acres, and fourteen 
 for the 8 Wabash hundredths of an acre of land, to be selected under the authority of 
 and Erie Canal, the governor of said State, from any of the unsold public lands therein, 
 not subject to the right of pre-emption, as an equivalent for certain 
 lands covered by Indian reservations in the lands acquired by treaties 
 with the Miami Indians, in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven 
 and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, respectively, and which, had 
 said reservations not been permitted or allowed, would have belonged 
 to said State in virtue of the act of the second of March, eighteen hun- 
 dred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of 
 land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in 
 opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash River with those 
 of Lake Erie." 
 
 ******* 
 
 Selections to be SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the selections of land made 
 reported to Sec- under this act shall be reported by the governors of the said States re- 
 r e t ar y of the spectively, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and approved by the Presi- 
 e dent f the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 239, 245, 254, 255, 272, 289, 294, 302. 
 
 June 15, 1844. No * 292 AX ACT for the relief of George W. Allen and Reuben Allen. 
 
 Yol. 6, p. 915. Be it enactf^ f 0tj That the reversionary interest of the United States 
 Rev ersionary i n and to * ne reservation to John B. Sbadernah, by and under the second 
 interest of TJnit- article of the treaty with the Pottawatomie Indians of the twenty-sixth 
 ed States in a d av of October, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and 
 ti^relinquTsS * he 8ame is hereb y> relinquished to George W. Allen and Reuben Allen; 
 to them. it being understood, and this relinquishment is made upon the condi- 
 
 tion, that the said George W. Allen, and Reuben Allen as grantees, have 
 purchased of the said reservee by authentic and regular deed, his right 
 Proviso. in and to the said reservation : And provided further. That no sale or 
 
 conveyance of said reservation by said reservee shall be deemed regu- 
 lar, nor shall this act have effect, until the President of the United 
 States shall have approved such conveyance, and endorsed his approval 
 thereon. 
 
 June 17 1844 No * 293. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs of Hyacinth Lasselle. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 928. Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled 
 
 Preamble. "An act for the relief of Hyacinth Lasselle," approved the twenty- first 
 day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, the said Hyacinth 
 Lasselle was authorized to locate five hundred and sixty acres of land 
 at any land office in the State of Indiana, at any time prior to the 
 fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by 
 paying the minimum price fixed for such lands, for eighteen acres and 
 forty-sixth hundredths of an acre, part and parcel of said tract of five 
 hundred and sixty acres : and whereas, also, the said Hyacinth Lasselle 
 has deceased without perfecting the location of said land : Therefore, 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, $c., That it shall be lawful for the heirs of the said 
 locate land. Lasselle to locate the said tract of land in eaid act contemplated, at any 
 time prior to the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-six, 
 at any land office in the State of Indiana, either before or after any 
 lands therein may have been offered at public sale, by paying the said 
 minimum price for the said eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths, as 
 by said act is provided, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 288, 301. 
 
INDIANA. 131 
 
 No. 294. AN ACT to grant certain lands to the State of Indiana, the better to en- March 3, 1845. 
 able the said State to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie Canal from Terro Yol 5< p 731 
 Haute to the Ohio River. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State of J L t ^ d c a f a ' ailted 
 Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in extending and complet- 
 ing the Wabash and Erie Canal from Terre Haute, in the county of 
 Vigo, in said State, to the Ohio River, at Evansville, in said State, as 
 the course thereof has been established and surveyed by the authority 
 of said State, one moiety of the public lands, (remaining unsold, and 
 .not otherwise disposed of, encumbered or appropriated,) in a strip five 
 miles in width on each side of said canal ; to be selected by an agent or 
 agents to be appointed by the governor of said State, subject to the ap- 
 proval of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ; reserving Lands reserved, 
 to the United States each alternate section, (or other proper subdivision 
 of said land,) from one end of said canal to the other; and before the 
 selection, to be made as aforesaid by such agent or agents, shall be 
 deemed to have been made and perfected, a chart or charts, showing the Chart of the ca- 
 <jourses and distances and points of termination of said canal, shall be nal to be reported 
 reported, or caused to be reported by the governor of Indiana, or by 161 
 
 some person or persons by him appointed to the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose hereinbefore 
 mentioned, there be, and hereby is, granted to the said State, in addi- tr ict. 
 tion to the grant hereinbefore provided for, one moiety of all the other 
 lands in the Vincennes land district, in said State, and which remain, 
 as aforesaid, unsold, and not otherwise disposed of, encumbered or ap- 
 propriated, to be selected under the authority and by the direction of 
 the governor of said State : Provided, That, in the selection of the lands Their selection. 
 by this section provided for, no lands shall be comprehended which, in 
 and by the first section of this act, are (in alternate sections or other 
 proper subdivisions) directed to be reserved as aforesaid ; and the lands L an ^ 8 selected 
 so selected shall be reported, or caused to be reported, by the governor to be reported to 
 of said State, to the register of the land office at Vincennes, before such the register, 
 selection shall be deemed to be made and completed. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands, by the first and Disposal of the 
 second sections of this act granted as aforesaid, shall, after the selec- Jands granted by 
 tions thereof shall have been made and completed as aforesaid, be sub- sections of^Ms 
 ject to be disposed of by the general assembly of said State, for the ac t. 
 purpose aforesaid, and no other ; and the President shall direct the fur- 
 ther sales of the public lands, in the Vincennes land district aforesaid, sale of lands in 
 to be suspended until the governor of said State shall have caused the Vincennes d i s - 
 selections aforesaid to be made and perfected as aforesaid, and shall trict suspended, 
 have notified the Secretary of the Treasury thereof : Provided, That 
 such suspension shall not continue longer than twelve months from and 
 after the passing of this act. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said canal when completed, Y nited 
 shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Gov- SoffftS 
 ernment of the United States, free from any toll or other charge what- 
 ever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, 
 passing through or along the same ; and shall be completed within fif- Ca , n f\ t 10 A 6 
 teen years from and after the passing of this act, or the State shall be teSyeaS.orland 
 hoklen to pay to the United States the amount of the price or prices for to revert' to the 
 which any and all of said land which may have been disposed of by United States, 
 said State may have sold ; and such of said lands as may not have been 
 thus disposed of shall, from and after said fifteen years, if said canal 
 should not then have been completed, revert to and again become the price f - 
 property of the United States : Provided always, That it shall not be i and8 limited, 
 competent for the said general assembly to dispose of said lands, or any 
 of them, at a price lower than, for the time being, shall be the mini- 
 mum price of other public lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 239, 245, 254, 255, 272, 289, 291, 302. 
 
 No. 295 .AN ACT making appropriations, &c. a , rc ] 1 3> l-l 5 ' 
 
 r /~\ /v> Vol. 5) p 70o 
 
 L Office of survey or- general northwest of the Ohio removed to State- 
 
 , of Michigan. See MICHIGAN, No. 509. ] 
 
132 INDIANA. 
 
 August 3, 1846. No. 296. AX ACT to grant the right < 
 Vol. 9, p. 50. acquired by treaty from the Miami* Indians in Indiana 
 
 August 3, 1846. No. 296. AX ACT to grant the right of preemption to actual settlers on the lands 
 
 ' Indu 
 
 Pre-emption Be it enacted, #c., That every actual settler, being the Lead of a 
 rights on the Mi- family, or widow or single man over the age of twenty-one years, 
 ami cessions, w h o j 8 now j n possession, by actual residence as a housekeeper, of 
 x any tract of public land within the limits of the several cessions by 
 the Miami Indians in Indiana, which have not yet been proclaimed 
 for sale by the President, or any such person who shall hereafter 
 settle, erect a dwelling-house, and become a housekeeper upon any 
 such tract of land, shall be entitled to the same benefits and privi- 
 leges, with respect to said land, as was granted to settlers on other 
 lands by the act approved twenty-second of June, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-eight, entitled "An Act to grant preemption rights," and 
 the several amendatory provisions of said act, effected by the subse- 
 quent acts bearing date first June, eighteen hundred and forty, and 
 Minimum price- third March, eighteen hundred and forty-three : Provided, That the 
 
 minimum price per acre of said land shall be two dollars per acre. 
 
 Claimant to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in every case, the affidavit of 
 
 make oath as pre- the claimant under this act shall be like unto that prescribed by the 
 
 1838 ** act of twenty -second June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and the 
 
 same shall be filed, and proof and payment made for the land claimed, 
 
 at any time before the day fixed by the President's proclamation for the 
 
 public sale of the said land : Provided, That where a tract of land is 
 
 now settled upon, a settlement made on such tract subsequent to the 
 
 date of this law shall confer no right on the last-mentioned settler; 
 
 and where settlements shall hereafter be made, the right shall be in the 
 
 to have ^refe?-^* 8ettler > who shaU otherwise comply with the conditions of this 
 
 ence. ^ aw - ( a ) 
 
 (a) See No. 303. 
 
 A no R i4fi No> 297. AX ACT to attach to the Fort Wayne land district certain tracts of 
 VoT9 p 75 ! n : 1 P ngwithin the Umite of that District which are not now attached to any 
 
 
 district. 
 
 Certain lands Se it enacted, fc., That all the lands in the State of Indiana which lie 
 attached to Fort north of the township line dividing townships twenty- three and twentv- 
 dis- four, and east of the range line dividing ranges four and -five east, which 
 * lie south of the Wabash River, be, and the same are hereby, attached 
 to the Fort Wayne land district ; and all that tract of land which lies 
 north of the township line dividing townships twenty-three and twenty- 
 four, and west of the range line dividing ranges four and five east, and 
 east of the east line of the Crawfordsville land district, be attached to 
 and shall form a part of the Winnemac land district ; and all the lands 
 lying south of the said township line, dividing the said townships 
 twenty- three and twenty -four, which were heretofore within the limits 
 of the Fort Wayne land district, including the portions of the late 
 Miami cessions south of said line, be, and the same are, attached to the 
 Indianapolis land district ; and all lands lying within any of the afore- 
 said land districts, which may not have been offered for sale, shall 
 hereafter constitute a part of the land district in which they respec- 
 tively lie. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 310, 312, 314, 316. 
 
 Jan 26 1847 No. 298. AX ACT declaring the assent of Congress to certain States to impose a 
 Vol.' 9, p. lie'. tax upon all lands hereafter sold by the United States therein, from and after the 
 '. ! '- '. day of such sale. 
 
 [See OHIO, No. 169.] 
 
 
 March 3 1847 No. 299. AX ACT relinquishing to the city of Madison, in the State of Indiana 
 Vol. 9 p. 691. all the right and title of the United States to a certain strip of unsurveyed land 
 lying within the limits of said city, and bordering on the Ohio River. 
 
 Boundaries of Be it enacted, $c., That all the right, title, and interest of the United 
 a tract of land states in and to all that unsurveyed strip or parcel of land lying and 
 quilbed to to being in the county of Jefferson, and State of Indiana, .bounded as fol- 
 city of Madison, lows, viz.: Beginning at the southeast corner of fractional section num- 
 ber one ; thence westwardly, along the south line of fractional sections 
 
INDIANA. 
 
 133 
 
 one, two, and three, all in township " three " north, of range " ten " 
 east, until said line strikes the southwest corner of said fractional sec- 
 tion numbered "three;" thence from the corner last mentioned, due 
 south, to low- water mark on the Ohio River; thence eastwardly, up 
 and following the meanderings of the river at low-water mark, to a 
 point directly opposite the southeast corner of said fractional section 
 numbered one ; thence north, from the point last aforesaid, to the place 
 of beginning of the lands, lying and being in the Jeffersonville land 
 district, be, and the same is hereby vested in the city of Madison, for 
 the sole use and benefit of said city. 
 
 No. 300. AN ACT for the relief of the widow and heirs of John B. Chaudonia. March 3, 1847. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Mary L. Chaudonia, for and in consideration : ' L_ 
 
 of services rendered by her husband, John B. Chaudonia, to the United Widow of John 
 States, during the late war, be, and she is hereby, authorized to en|er, ^^e^to^ter 
 in any land office in the State of Indiana, without paying money there- a half-section of 
 for, any unappropriated half-section of public land liable to entry at land, 
 private sale; for which she shall be entitled to, and shall receive, a Patentto issue, 
 patent from the United States vesting the title thereof, in fee-simple, 
 in her and her heirs. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Charles B. Chaudonia and Mary Children and 
 L. Breset, children and heirs of John B. Chaudonia, deceased, for and in heirs of John B. 
 consideration of services rendered by their father to the United States thS?ed to enter 
 during the late war, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, in ea ch a quarter- 
 any land office in the State of Indiana, without paying money therefor, section of land, 
 each for themselves, one quarter-section of any unappropriated public 
 lands liable to entry at private sale ; for which they shall be entitled to, Patents to is- 
 and shall receive, a patent from the United States vesting the titles sue. 
 thereof, in fee-simple, in them and their heirs. 
 
 , 
 
 aci 
 
 March 3, 1847. 
 Vol. 9, p. 706. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 301 .AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Hyacinth Lasselle. 
 
 Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An 
 act for the relief of Hyacinth Lasselle," approved the twenty-first day 
 of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, the said Hyacinth Las- 
 selle was authorized to locate five hundred and sixty acres of land at 
 any land office in the State of Indiana, at any time prior to the fourth 
 day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by paying 
 the minimum price fixed' for such lands, for eighteen acres and forty- 
 six hundredths of an acre, part and parcel of said tract of five hundred 
 and sixty acres : and whereas, also, the said Hyacinth Lasselle has de- 
 ceased without perfecting the location of said land : Therefore 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That it shall be lawful for the heirs of the said Las- Hyacinth Las- 
 selle to locate the said tract of land in said act contemplated, at any selle authorized 
 time prior to the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. J. 
 
 vided : Provided, That no tract of land shall be selected, in virtue of Proviso. 
 this act, upon which there may be improvements made, without the con- 
 sent of such person or persons who have made such improvements first 
 obtained in writing, and filed with the proper land officers where the 
 location may be made, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 288, 293. 
 
 No. 302. AN ACT in addition to an act therein mentioned. 
 
 Yo *' 9) p - 219> 
 
 Hi 
 
 Whereas, by a certain act approved March second, eighteen hundred 
 and twenty-seven, there was granted to the State of Indiana, to aid in Preamble. 
 constructing the Wabash and Erie Canal, " a quantity of land equal to 
 one-half of five sections wide on each side of said canal ; " and whereas, 
 by an act approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and 
 forty- one, there was confirmed to said State the lands selected under 
 said grant for that part of said canal, between the mouth of Tippecanoe 
 
 'ver and Terre Haute, and license was given to said State to select 
 
134 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 other lands subject to private entry, or such part of said selection as 
 was holden against the State by the legal incumbrance or title of others, 
 which last selections have never been made and completed : Therefore, 
 Grant of lands Beit enacted, #c., That the State of Indiana be, and is hereby, author- 
 i ze d to select out of any of the public land in said State subject to pri- 
 vate entry, a quantity of land which, together with the land already 
 received and holden by said State for the construction of the said 
 Wabash and Erie Canal, will make the full amount equal to one-half of 
 five sections in width on each side of said canal : Provided, nevertheless, 
 That no selection shall be made of any land but such as was subject to 
 private entry on the first day of April, anno Domini one thousand eight 
 hundred and forty-eight, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 239, 245, 254, 255, 72, 289, 291, 294. 
 
 to Indiana. 
 
 selected 06 
 
 Aug. 7, 1848. No. 303. AN ACT for the relief of those preemption claimants upon the Miami 
 VoL9, p. 275. lands in Indiana, who, by their services in the Mexican war, are entitled to bounty 
 land. 
 
 P r e - e m ption Be it enacted, $c., That those persons who are entitled to bounty-land 
 claimants up on warrants for one hundred and sixty acres in virtue of their own services 
 in Indiana eUt durin g * ne P resent war wit h Mexico, and who may likewise be entitled 
 tied to bounty to tne right of preemption upon the Miami lands in Indiana, under the 
 lands may apply act of the third of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, shall have 
 IT warrants in the privilege of applying their warrants in payment or part payment 
 for the tract to which they may establish their right of preemption ; 
 said warrant to be estimated, when received as aforesaid, at the sum of 
 one dollar and twenty-five cents for each acre therein contained : Pro- 
 Proviso, vided, That in no case shall the Government be required to refund any 
 excess of the estimated amount of said warrants, over and above the 
 price of the tract claimed to be entered ; and should the tract claimed 
 to be entered as aforesaid exceed, at the rate fixed by law, the said sum, | 
 then and in such case the balance of the purchase money of said tract 
 shall be paid in cash, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 296. 
 
 Aug. 30, 1850. 
 VoL 9, p. 801. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 304. AN ACT for the relief of Al-lo-lah and his legal representatives and their 
 
 grantees. 
 
 Whereas, in the survey and location of the section of land granted 
 to " Al-lo-lah," by the twelfth article of the treaty concluded at the 
 Forks of the Wabash, Indiana, on the sixth November, A. D. eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-eight, and ratified February eighth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-nine, between the United States and the Miami tribe of 
 Indians, a mistake was made, whereby the same was located below and 
 adjoining the section granted to Mais-shir-goim Mi-yah, and on the 
 same creek, and not above, as required by the provisions of said treaty ; 
 and whereas, since the erroneous location of said reserve, the section 
 described in said treaty has been sold and conveyed to bona-fide pur- 
 chasers by the United States ; and whereas, since the death of said Al- 
 lo-lah, his legal heirs have sold and conveyed their interest in said reser- 
 vation to Cot-te-se-pawu and his heirs 
 
 The title to cer- ^ e ^ enacted, #c., That the title of the lawful heirs of Cot-te-se-pawn 
 tain land to be in and to the reserve situate in township twenty-seven, nortn of range 
 as perfect to the seven east of the second principal meridian, Indiana, surveyed and 
 heirs of Cot-te-se- designated as survey number twenty-one, containing six hundred and 
 to Ai-io- forty acres, according to the map of Indian grants certified by the sur- 
 veyor-general on the second of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and 
 forty, be confirmed as fully and effectually as if the same had been orig- 
 inally reserved to Al-lo-lah by the treaty above recited ; and that upon 
 Patent to issue, the surrender of the patent heretofore issued to the said Al-lo-lah, 
 another patent be issued therefore to Cot-te-se-pawn and to his heirs t 
 Proviso. Provided, however, That the said land remain subject to such contracts 
 
 and liabilities as may have lawfully accrued against and upon the same 
 during the life-time of the said Cot-te-se-pawn. 
 
INDIANA. 135 
 
 No. 305. AN ACT to supply a deficiency to the State of Indiana in a township of j u j y ]2) 1852. 
 
 land granted to said State for the use of a State university, by an act of Congress y o f 10) p 14 
 approved nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen. 
 
 Be it enacted. &c., That there be supplied to the State of Indiana, for Grant of land 
 the sole and exclusive use of the State university, an equal number of to Indiana for a 
 acres of land found to be deficient in the original grant, and which has un 
 been otherwise appropriated by Congress, amounting to four thousand 
 one hundred and sixty-six acres, and that said lands be selected, under 
 the direction of the governor of the State, from any lands now in market 
 in said State belonging to the United States, the proceeds of which 
 " be appropriated solely to the use of said State university, and 
 never be diverted to any other purpose whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 215, 217, 307. 
 
 No. 306. AN ACT to enable the legislature of the State of Indiana to dispose of T^ 12 1852 
 the unsold saline lands in said State. VoL 10, p. 15. 
 
 Be it enacted #c., That so much of the act of Congress entitled " An Part of act O f 
 act to authorize the legislature of the State of Indiana to sell and con- 1332 repealed. 
 vey certain lands granted to said State for the use of the people there- 
 of," approved July third, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, as provides 
 that said lands shall not be sold for a less price than [that] at which 
 the public lands are sold, be, and the same is, hereby repealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 261. 
 
 No. 307. AN ACT to indemnify the State of Indiana for the failure of title to a Feb. 23, 1854. 
 township of land granted to said State on her admission into the Union in eighteen Vol. 10, p. 267. 
 hundred and sixteen. 
 
 Whereas by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, 'Preamble, 
 made January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty- three, the State 
 of Indiana has lost one out of the two townships of land granted to her 
 for the use of a State University by act of April sixteenth [nineteenth] 
 eighteen hundred and sixteen, and has become liable to refund to a pri- 
 vate corporation the proceeds of said township heretofore appropriated 
 to the support of the State university of Indiana for remedy thereof : 
 
 Be it enacted, Ac., That the governor of the State of Indiana be au- 19 - 040 ac . re , 8 f 
 thorized to select out of lands of the United States, within the said ^iagfor a 
 State, now subject to private entry, nineteen thousand and forty acres university. 
 of land in legal subdivisions, and shall certify the same to the Secretary 
 of the Interior, who shall, forthwith, on receipt of said certificate, issue, 
 to the State of Indiana, patents for said lands : Provided The proceeds 
 of said lands, when sold, shall be, and forever remain, a fund for the 
 use of the Indiana University, (a) 
 
 . 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 215, 217, 305. 
 
 o. 308. AN ACT to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the State of j u ] y 27 1854 
 
 Indiana. Vol. 10,' p. 313. 
 
 Be it enacted, <^c., That the register and receiver of the land office at c o m m i s sion 
 Vincennes, together with a fit and proper person, learned in the law, constituted; com- 
 and a citizen of Indiana, to be appointed by the President of the United missioners. 
 States, are hereby constituted commissioners to ascertain and adjust the 
 title of any claimant to any tract of land, or any part or subdivision Extent of the 
 thereof, granted by the resolve of Congress of the twenty-ninth of claims to be ex- 
 August, seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, and the act of the third ammed - 
 of March, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act for grant- 
 ing lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes, and the Illinois 
 country in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for confirming them 
 in their possessions," and the several acts in aid of, and supplementary 
 thereto, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That every such claimant to any tract Claimants to 
 of land so granted, or any part or subdivision thereof, shall, within six present th 
 months after the publication of the notice hereinafter provided for, fileg^SnT 
 his claim in writing, with the said register, in which he shall specific- specification, 
 ally set forth such facts as shall be required in the instructions of the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 
136 INDIANA. 
 
 Notice of read- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That such register, upon the receipt 
 
 iness to receive of such instructions, shall give notice by publication in some newspaper 
 
 claims to be pub- o f general circulation in the vicinity of the said lands of his readiness 
 
 ' 8 ' to receive applications of claimants, to which notice shall be attached 
 
 the instructions of the said commissioner. 
 
 Proceedings of SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That such commissioners shall meet 
 the commission- immediately after the time allowed for filing such claims, and shall hold 
 lowers and their sessions at the town of Vincennes. They shall have power to 
 duties. compel the attendance of witnesses, administer all necessary oaths, and 
 
 to hear and decide in a summary manner all matters respecting such 
 claims. Minutes of the proceedings, decisions, meetings, and adjourn- 
 ments of the said board, shall be regularly entered by the register in a 
 book kept for that purpose, together with the evidence adduced in each 
 particular case, upon which their decisions have been made. 
 
 What titles to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every claimant to any tract of 
 be confirmed. land so granted, or any part, or subdivision ^thereof, who can produce 
 to such commissioners^ regular chain of title from the original con- 
 firmee to himself, or who can show to their satisfaction a continuous 
 and connected possession in himself and those under whom he claims, 
 for a period of twenty years or more, next preceding the filing of his 
 claim, or can show such a claim or title as would, in the courts of 
 Indiana, bar an action of ejectment, such claimant shall be confirmed 
 in his title. 
 
 Transcript of SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall, on 
 the decisions to or before the first day of September eighteen hundred and fifty-five, 
 Comnffioner of tran8mit to the Commissioner of the General Land Office a transcript 
 General L an d of their decisions in favor of claimants, which shall contain a fair state- 
 Office, ment of the evidence on which each respective claim is founded ; and 
 also a transcript of their decisions against claimants, with a like state- 
 ment of the evidence and the reason of such rejection. 
 
 Wh . SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gene- 
 
 to issue! ral Land Office, upon the receipt of such transcript, shall issue a patent 
 
 to each claimant so confirmed in his title by the said commissioners; 
 and where any such claims have been rejected the said Commissioner, 
 upon application of the proper person, shall have power to revise such 
 decision of the said board, and may, if in his opinion the evidence war- 
 rants it, reverse such decision, and issue a patent therefor to such 
 claimant : Provided, That this right to revise shall not extend to those 
 claims rejected, where the same lands have been confirmed by the said 
 board to some other claimant: And provided further, That the patents 
 Further pro- 8O issued shall only be a relinquishment of the'title of the United States, 
 V1 Effect of the and sba11 not be con strued into an abridgment of the rights of third 
 patent. persons. 
 
 Compensation SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner appointed by 
 
 of the commis- the President, shall receive a compensation of eight dollars per day, for 
 
 sioners. each and every day he may be engaged in the discharge of the duties 
 
 imposed by this act, and the register and receiver shall receive such 
 
 ;ompensation for their services, as may be just and proper in the dis- 
 
 retion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 Who prescribes SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Corn- 
 rules to enforce missioner of the General Land Office to prescribe such rules and regu- 
 this act. lations as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions of this 
 
 act. 
 
 (a) See Kos. 191, 192, 196, 197, 199, 200, 205, 210, 211, 214, 312, 313, 321. 
 
 Julv 27 1854 ^* 309. AX ACT for the relief of Sylvester T. Jerauld, assignee of the interest 
 Vol. 10, p. 801. of Henry Richard. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c. s That the location numbered one hundred and eigh- 
 The location of teen, containing four hundred acres, in township one south, of range ten 
 Ind^na confirm 1 west ^ *k e second meridian, Indiana, which has been made in favor of 
 ed to Sylvester Nathaniel Ewing as assignee of the claim number fourteen hundred 
 T. Jerauld, as- and ninety-nine, entered in favor of the heirs of H. Richard in the re- 
 signee of H. por t dated thirty- first December, eighteen hundred and nine, of the 
 commissioners at Kaskaskia, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, con- 
 firmed, and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, 
 upon the production of the General Land Office of a patent certificate 
 When patent from the register at Viucenues, Indiana, for said claim, to cause a pat- 
 to issue. ent to be issued therefor to the said Sylvester T. Jerauld as assignee of 
 
INDIANA. 137 
 
 the interest of the original claimant : Provided, That this act, and the Proviso, 
 patent which may be granted in pursuance of the same, shall only 
 operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States and shall 
 in no way prejudice any valid adverse right if such exist, to the said 
 land. 
 
 No. 310. AIST ACT to continue, temporarily, the offices of register and receiver at j> e t,. 13 1355. 
 
 Vincennes. Vol. 10, p. 607. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the offices of register and receiver shall be ffl . 
 
 continued at Vincenues, Indiana, until after a final report shall have ter and recei ^ ei ! 
 been made by the commissioners pursuant to the act of Congress, ap- a t Vincennes con- 
 proved July twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled tinued. 
 "An act to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the State 
 of Indiana," and the act of Congress approved twelfth June, eighteen 
 hundred and forty, for the discontinuance of land offices, under certain 
 circumstances, shall not apply to the offices at Vincennes, until the serv- 
 ices required by the aforesaid act of twenty-seventh July, eighteen 
 hundred and fifty-four, of the commissioners, shall have been folly 
 performed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 312, 314, 316. 
 
 No. 311. A^ ACT to transfer certain rights and duties conferred upon the trus- June 2, 1856. 
 tees of the town of Vincennes, Indiana, to the common council of the city of Vin- Vol. 11, p. 17. 
 cennes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the rights and duties conferred upon the Rights and 
 trustees of the town of Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, under the act duties transfer- 
 entitled " An act to adjust the claims to lots in the town of Vincennes, red to common 
 and for the sale of the land appropriated as a common for the use of the ennes C 
 inhabitants of the said town," approved the twentieth day of April, 
 eighteen hundred and eighteen, be, and the same are hereby, transferred 
 to and vested in the common council of the city of Vincennes, in said 
 State, (a) 
 
 (a)SeeNos. 191, 227. 
 
 No. 31 2. A~N ACT to continue the land offices at Vincennes, Indiana, and to ascer- Aug. 18, 1856. 
 tain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois, for- Vol. 11, p. 140. 
 merly included within the Vincennes land district. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the register and receiver of the land offices at Commissioners 
 Vincennes, to be appointed, together with a fit and proper person learned on certain land 
 in the law, and a citizen of Indiana, to be appointed by the President of claims in Indiana 
 the United States, are hereby constituted commissioners to ascertain and an 
 adjust the title of any claimant to any tract of land, or any part or sub- 
 division thereof, granted by the resolution of Congress of the twenty- 
 ninth of August, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, entitled " An act 
 for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes, and the 
 Illinois country, in the territory north west of the Ohio, and for confirm- 
 ing them in their possessions," and the several acts in aid of and supple- 
 mentary thereto, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every such claimant to any tract Claims to be 
 of land so granted, or any part or subdivision thereof, shall, within three filed in three 
 months after the publication of the notice herein provided for, file his months, 
 claim in writing with the said register, in which he shall specifically 
 set forth such facts as shall be required in the instructions of the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office : Provided, That in any case in p rov iso. 
 which good cause may be shown why the claim was not filed within the 
 period stipulated, such claim may be presented and acted upon at any 
 time before the expiration of the commission. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That such register, upon the receipt Notice to file 
 of such instructions, shall give notice in the several newspapers of gen- claim, 
 eral circulation within said district and in the vicinity of said lands, by 
 publication, of his readiness to receive applications of claimants, to 
 which notice shall be appended the instructions of the Commissioner 
 and a copy of this act. 
 
138 INDIANA. 
 
 Meeting of SEC< 4. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall meet 
 commissioners, immediately after the time allowed for filing such claims, and shall hold 
 their sessions at the town of Vincennes. They shall have power to issue 
 Their powers, subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses, administer all nec- 
 essary oaths, and to hear and decide, in a summary manner, all matters 
 respecting such claims. Minutes of the proceedings, decisions, meetings, 
 and adjournments of the board, shall be regularly entered in a book 
 kept for that purpose. 
 
 What claims SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every claimant to any tract of 
 m " land so granted, or any subdivision thereof, who can produce to such com- 
 missioner a regular chain of title from the original confirmee or donee 
 to himself, or who can show to their satisfaction a continuous and con- 
 nected possession in himself, and those under whom he claims, for a 
 period of twenty years or more next preceding the filing of his claim, or 
 can show such a claim or title as would, in the courts of Indiana, bar an 
 action of ejectment, such claimant shall be confirmed in his title. 
 Transcript of SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall, in one 
 year from the date of organizing said commission under this act, or 
 sooner, if the cases on their docket are all disposed of, transmit to the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office a transcript of their decisions 
 in favor of claimants, which shall contain a fair statement of the evi- 
 dence on which each respective claim is founded ; and also a transcript 
 of their decisions against claimants, with a like statement of the evi- 
 dence, and the reason of such rejection. 
 
 Patent to issue SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 is confirmed eral Land Office, upon the receipt of such transcript of their decisions, 
 shall issue a patent to such claimant so confirmed in his title by the 
 p 1 * ,. 8a ^ commissioners ; and where any such claims have been rejected, the 
 lection^ 6SL ^ Commissioner, upon application of the proper person, shall have 
 
 power to revise such decision of the said board, and may, if iu his 
 opinion the evidence warrants it, reverse such decision, and issue a patent 
 Provisos. therefor to such claimant : Provided, That this right to revise shall not 
 extend to those claims rejected, where the same lands have been con- 
 firmed by the said board to some other claimant : And provided further, 
 Patents to be That the patents so issued shall only be a relinquishment of the title of 
 m^nt^tdtie 11811 the United States, and shall not be considered or construed into an 
 
 abridgment of the rights of third persons. 
 
 Certain books, SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of 
 &c., to be trans- this act, the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall give direc- 
 m - t nera C m " tions to the re g ister and receiver of the land offices at Indianapolis 
 forthwith to transfer to the land offices at Vincennes the books, docu- 
 ments, maps, plats, surveys, and all other papers and writings deposited 
 in the land offices at Indianapolis by the register and receiver of the 
 land offices at Vincennes, and which originally were deposited in the 
 Land offices at l and offices at Vincennes, and were transferred from said offices to the 
 Vincennes re-es- land offices at Indianapolis, under the provisions of the act " for abol- 
 tablished. ishing land offices under certain circumstances, and for other purposes," 
 
 approved June the twelfth, eighteen hundred and forty; and the said 
 land offices at Vincennes are hereby reestablished and reorganized, as 
 fully and effectually for the transaction of business and the sales 
 of the public lands within said Vincennes land district, as if said land 
 offices had not been abolished by the provisions of the act last afore- 
 said. (&) 
 
 Payofcommis- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner, appointed 
 Bioner. under this act by the President, shall receive as a full compensation 
 
 for his services, a salary at the rate of three thousand dollars per an- 
 num, payable quarterly out of the Treasury ; and the register and re- 
 Pav of register ceiver shall receive such compensation for their services under this 
 and receiver. act as may be just and proper, in the discretion of the Commissioner of 
 
 the General Land Office. 
 
 Rules and reg- SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
 tilations to be el- Commissioner of the General Land Office, to prescribe such rules and 
 tablished. regulations as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions of 
 
 this act. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 191, 192, 196, 197, 199, 200, 205, 210, 211, 214, 308, 313, 321. 
 (6) See Xos. 196, 20? 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310, 314, 316. 
 
INDIANA. 139 
 
 No. 313. A RESOLUTION to return to the land office at Vincennes, Indiana, cer- March 3, 1857. 
 
 tain deeds transmitted to the General Land Office by the board of commissioners Vol. 11, p. 256. 
 
 appointed under the "Act to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the 
 
 State of Indiana," approved July twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred 
 
 and fifty-four. t 
 
 Resolved, #c., That in all cases where the deed and evidences of titles Deeds and L evi- 
 have been transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office " be returned to 
 under the "Act to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the original claim- 
 State of Indiana," approved July twenty-seventh, one thousand eight ants where action 
 hundred and fifty- four, as is provided for in section six of said act, that }s been had on 
 such deeds and evidences of titles in all cases where there has been an tn 
 action on the same, whether confirmed or rejected by the board of com- 
 missioners constituted under said act, shall be returned by the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office to the original claimants, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 192, 196, 197, 199, 200, 205, 210, 211, 214, 308, 312, 321. 
 
 No. 314. AN ACT to continue the office of register of the land office at Vincennes Dec. 21, 1858. 
 
 Indiana. Vol. 11, p. 373. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$'C., That to enable persons interested in titles to land in office of reins 
 the Vincennes district, Indiana, to perfect the same, and for the trans- ter continued 
 action of such other business as may require his services, the office of three years, if 
 register of the land office at that place shall be continued for the period necessary. 
 of three years from and after the passage of this act, if, in the opinion of 
 the President of the United States, the public interests so long require it. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- Duty of regis- 
 ister, under directions from the Secretary of the Interior, to issue such t er - 
 patent certificates, or other evidences of title, as may from time to time 
 be necessary, as the basis of patents for the ancient private claims in 
 that district that have been recognized by various confirmatory laws, 
 and that prior to finally closing the district, three months' public notice 
 shall be given thereof. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a register shall be appointed Register to be 
 by the President under this act, by and with the advice and consent of appointed, and to 
 the Senate, which register shall be authorized to perform all such duties, act as receiver. 
 both as register and receiver, as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of 
 the Interior, and shall receive in full for the same a salary of five Salary. 
 hundred dollars per annum, and such fees for preemption or bounty- 
 land locations as existing United States laws allow, and in making Fees. 
 transcripts of original papers for individuals, said register shall have a 
 right to charge therefor, according to the tariff existing in the local 
 courts of the district. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officer so appointed shall be Residence of 
 
 18ter 
 
 required to reside at Vincennes and to give bond for the faithful per- boi?d 1 
 formance of his duties, the safety of the archives in his charge, and 
 the public moneys which may be received by him, in such penalty as 
 the President of the United States may deem necessary, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310, 312, 316. ' 
 
 No. 315. AN ACT for the relief of congressional township number twenty-seven, March 3, 1859; 
 north, of range number six, east, in "Wabash County, Indiana. Vol. 11, p. 438. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the auditor of the county of Wabash, aforesaid, Auditor of Wa- 
 for the time being, be authorized and allowed to make entry in his own bash county, In- 
 official name of the quantity of five hundred and thirty-seven and diana, may enter 
 ninety one-hundredths acres, in legal subdivisions, of any lands of the ?. ertain , land . 8 , *2 
 United States, on any part of the public domain subject to private school lands &c. 
 entry, at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per 
 acre, the same, when so entered being hereby made, and declared to be 
 for the benefit of the inhabitants of congressional township number 
 twenty-seven, north, of range number six, east, in the county of Wa- 
 bash, and State of Indiana, and to stand in lieu of a deficit of that 
 quantity in the amount of school lands belonging to said township, and 
 to be held and controlled in the same manner. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the said lands shall have Patent to issna 
 been selected and entered as aforesaid, and duly reported to and ap- therefor, 
 proved by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause a patent or pat- 
 ents to issue therefor, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 205, 215, 236, 249, 261, 278, 290. 
 
140 INDIANA. 
 
 July 12 Ie62. I ^ 0i 316. AN ACT for the relief of the register of the land office at Vincennes 
 ToL 12, p. 542. Indiana, and for other purposes. 
 
 Register of & e ** enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is 
 1 and office at Vin- hereby, authorized to make such allowance for office rent dnring the 
 cennes to be al- temporary continuance of the land office at Vincennes, Indiana, as mav 
 lowed for office jn his opiulon) be j nst and prO per. 
 
 Payment to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary be author- 
 John Moore for ized to adjust the account of John Moore, postmaster at Vincennes, 
 custody of pa- Indiana, and allow him, at the usual rates for such services, compensa- 
 tion for the custody of the books, papers, and so forth, of the land 
 office at Vincennes, Indiana, during the time the same were in his 
 charge, under instructions from the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, dated September third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight ; these 
 allowances to be paid out of the appropriation for incidental expenses 
 of district land offices : Provided, That the total sum paid under this 
 act shall not exceed five hundred dollars, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 205, 207, 231, 237, 238, 247, 256, 265, 297, 310, 312, 314. 
 
 SH^i lff !r No< 31* AX ACT in relation to certain unsold lands in the counties of Porter and 
 VoL 16. p. 187. Lake , in the State of Indiana. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas there is lying along the Little Calumet River, in the coun- 
 
 ties of Porter and Lake, in the State of Indiana, a body of lands sup- 
 posed to contain about four thousand acres, which has never been sold 
 or surveyed, and which was described in the original Government sur- 
 veys as impassible morass ; and whereas the Calumet Draining Com- 
 pany has been organized under the laws of said State, for the purpose 
 Certain unsold of draining the valley of said river including said morass : Therefore, 
 lands on Little Be it enacted, Ac., That said unsold lands shall be subject to a lien un- 
 InduS^deSared der the laws of . tne State of Indiana for it8 P r per proportion of the 
 subject 'to State cost of 8UCn drainage, and such lien may be enforced against said lands 
 lien for cost of in the same manner and to the same extent as if the said lands were 
 drainage. owned by private persons : Provided, That no claim shall be held to 
 
 ands 9 rnav be existi against the United States for such drainage. 
 
 s n r v e y e d and SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That said lands may be surveyed (a) 
 sold subject to and sold (6) to the highest bidder, under the directions of the Secretary 
 lien - of the Interior, subject to said lien, 
 
 (a) See ]S T os. 194, 196, 197, 205, 247, 266. 
 (6) See Nos. 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 207, 208, 218, 232, 237, 238. 
 
 June 1, 1872. jv e . 318. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make partition of 
 VoL 17, p. 213. the reservation to Me-shin-go-me-sia, a Miami Indian. 
 
 Partition to be Be it enacted, fc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is 
 
 ervation in trust hereby, authorized and directed, on written application of the chief of 
 
 for the band of said band being first filed in his office, to cause partition to be made of 
 
 Me . shin - go-me- the reservation in trust for the band of Me-shin-go-me-sia, of ten sec- 
 
 sia - tions of land made by the seventh article of the treaty between the 
 
 United States and the Miami tribe of Indians, entered into on the 
 
 twenty-eighth day of November, eighteen hundred and forty, and by 
 
 Right to pur- the Senate amendment thereto ; and the United States hereby release 
 
 C Exp e n?es of to 8aid band all right of purchase of said reservation. The expenses of 
 
 partition. said partition to be paid by said band, and the amount to be deducted 
 
 by the Secretary of the Interior from any annuities or other moneys due 
 
 or to become due the several persons to whom partition shall be made : 
 
 Provided, That any costs or expenses made by claimants who shall not 
 
 be found entitled to share in said lands shall not be a lieu thereon, but 
 
 shall be paid by said claimants, to be retained by said Secretary, out of 
 
 any moneys that may bo due or become due them from the United States : 
 
 If chief fails to And provided further, That if from any cause the chief of said band shall 
 
 wfthin P &c Cati n fail to make 8aid written application within six months next after the 
 
 passage of this act any person or persons interested in said lands may 
 
 make the same. 
 
 Xamesofmem- SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall ascertain, by name, 
 bers of band on what persons constituted the band of Me-shin-go-me-sia on the twenty- 
 be^' ascertained ei g hth da y of November, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty, and 
 and parti tion tnen shall proceed to make partition of said reserved land per capita, 
 made to survi- share and share alike in value, to the survivors of said band, and to 
 vors, &c. their descendants, and to descendants of those who were members of 
 
 said band at said date, but who have since deceased. He shall also in- 
 
INDIANA. 141 
 
 elude in said partition list those persons of Miami blood not of said Certain per- 
 band, but who have intermarried with a member of said band, and who sonsintermarried 
 may be living at the date of said partition. In making said partition * be included in 
 lists the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to take or cause to be 
 taken such testimony as he may deem necessary with the information 
 now in his office, to enable him to discharge his duties under this act. Testimony how 
 Such testimony may be taken before any person authorized to take and to be taken. 
 certify depositions under the law of the State of Indiana. The testi- 
 mony to be taken on said reservation. 
 
 SEC. 3. That in the partition of said reservation the homes and im- Homes and im- 
 provements of the several persons entitled under section two of this provements. 
 act shall be set apart to the occupants as far as can be done in justice 
 to all the parties in interest, the value of said improvements not in any Value of im- 
 case to be estimated where the same shall be on land awarded to the provemeuts. 
 person who made or caused them to be made, the corners of the several 
 tracts to be distinctly marked and witnessed, and a record kept thereof . 
 and filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior j and certified 8e nt P to S auditors 
 copies thereof and of the lists so made, as heretofore provided, to be O f Grant and 
 forwarded to and filed in the offices of the auditors of Grant and Wabash Wabash coun- 
 counties, in the State of Indiana, where said land lies. The Secretary tie > Indiana. 
 of the Interior shall, so soon as said partition is made, cause patents to 8U e att 
 issue to the several persons to whom partition is made under this act, 
 conveying in fee to each the tract of laud so set apart to him or her, 
 which shall entitle the owner thereof to the use, occupancy, and control 
 of the same against all claims whatsoever : Provided, That after the date Af terpartition, 
 of partition the said lands shall become subject to the laws of descent } ands subject to 
 of the State of Indiana the same as other lands in said State. of^nd^ana. 68 ' 
 
 SEC. 4. That said lands shall never be subject, in any time to come, Lands not to 
 to any debt contracted, the consideration of which passed, in whole or be subject to, &c. 
 part, prior to the date of partition thereof; nor shall said lands be sub- 
 ject to levy, sale, forfeiture, or mortgage, nor to any lease for a longer 
 period at any one time than three years (to be in writing in all cases), 
 prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one ; nor 
 shall said lands be disposed of, contracted, or sold by the owners 
 thereof, under this partition, prior to the first day of January, eight- 
 een hundred and eighty-one : Provided, That the same shall be subject To be subject 
 to taxation as other property under the laws of the State of Indiana* taxation at ter, 
 on and after that date. 
 
 SEC. 5. That the members of said band, and their descendants, shall Members of 
 
 become citizens of the United States on the first day of January, eigh- J^' <fec<) wi V? n 
 teen hundred and eighty-one. Jens 
 
 No. 319. AN ACT to authorize the issuance of college scrip to the State of Ar- Vo?' 17 '^vn 
 kansas, and for other purposes. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the time within which the State of Indiana may comply 
 with the provisions of the act of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred of Indiana may 
 and sixty-six, entitled "An act to amend the fifth section of an act en- provide an agri- 
 iitled 'An act donating public lands to the several States and Territo- cultural college 
 nes which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the ex 
 mechanic arts/ approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, 
 so as to extend the time within which the provisions of said act shall 
 >e accepted and such colleges established," is hereby extended so that 
 the State of Indiana shall have the period of two years after the first 
 day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, within which to pro- 
 vide at least one college, as described in the fourth section of an act 
 itled "An act donating public lands to the several States and 
 [tones which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture 
 the mechanic arts," approved July second, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty- two. 
 
 No. 320.- AN ACT to release to the State of Indiana the lands known as the bed j an 11 1873 
 of Beaver Lake, in Newton County, in said State. v3' fg p 409 
 
 Be it enacted, fo., That the lands in Newton County in the State of -^I 
 idiana, known as the bed of Beaver Lake, the same having been in NewSn rSS? 
 drained and reclaimed at the expense of the State of Indiana and ly Indiana re~- 
 Bsignees be, and the same are hereby, released and quit-claimed to leased to that 
 the State of Indiana. State. 
 
142 INDIANA. 
 
 March 3, 1873. No. 331. AN ACT authorizing the award to the Vincennes University of certain 
 Vol. 17, p. 614. vacant and abandoned lands in Knox County, Indiana. ' 
 
 ~ 77 Whereas, it is alleged that there are certain parcels of abandoned 
 
 lands in Knox County, Indiana, which are covered by old Vincennes 
 donation claims, which have become abandoned and to which there is 
 no subsisting confirmation or settlement by individuals as owners un- 
 der confirmation : Therefore, 
 
 Patent to issue Be it enacted, fc., That it shall and may be lawful for the Vincenues 
 University" f or University, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of In- 
 land awarded to diana, to file in the United States district court for the district of In- 
 it by decree of diana a petition descriptive of such abandoned and unclaimed donations 
 court, in Knox County of that State, accompanied by such testimony as may 
 
 be relied upon in support of the said alleged abandonment, with evi- 
 Proceedings to dence that such list has been published for a period of at least three 
 obtain the decree, months in Knox County and calling on all parties to show cause, if 
 cost. 9 6 8ucl1 exis tj why such tracts or parcels of land should not be declared va- 
 
 cant ; and thereafter in such cases as the said court shall find the tracts 
 to be abandoned and not claimed by any individuals under any con- 
 firmation, or otherwise, it shall have power to render a decree accord- 
 ingly, and upon such decree being deposited in the General Land Office, 
 with a patent certificate from the register of the land office at Indian- 
 apolis, Indiana, a patent shall issue to the said Vincennes University 
 for the parcels of land so decreed as abandoned and awarded to said 
 Patent, &c.,not university : Provided, That all proceedings in the premises shall be at 
 to affect adverse the cost of said university, and that the patents so issued shall operate 
 to omifolftim onl y a8 a quit-claim on the part of the United States, and shall not af- 
 &c. ' feet the valid adverse rights of any person should such hereafter be 
 
 found to exist ; and such patents and decrees shall have no effect upon 
 or in respect to such adverse rights, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 200, 205, 210, 211, 214, 308, 312, 313. 
 
 Vof I?' 18 12 6 1 No * 323< AN ACT makin S appropriations, &c. 
 [Land office at Indianapolis, Indiana, abolished. See OHIO, No. 189.] 
 
 187 . 8 - No. 323. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph F. Wilson. 
 
 p. 040. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 son under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be, and he is hereby, 
 
 Land warrants authorized and required to issue to Joseph F. Wilson, or his legal rep- 
 to be issued to. resentatives, a number of warrants equal to two hundred acres, in 
 tracts not less than the subdivisions provided for in the United States 
 land laws, to be located by the said Wilson, or his legal representatives 
 or assigns, on any of the unoccupied and unappropriated public lands 
 of the United States, subject to pre-emption or homestead entry, in lieu 
 of the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, in township twenty- 
 five north, of range four west, situate in White County, Indiana, and 
 the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-five, 
 in township thirty-eight north, of range four east, situate in Elkhart 
 County, Indiana, which said tracts of land were entered by and pat- 
 ented to William Voight, Josiah Smith, and John H. Smith, under and 
 by virtue of the provisions of the acts of Congress approved June 
 eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and March third eighteen 
 hundred and seventy- three, relating to additional homesteads, and by 
 the said William Voight, Josiah Smith, and John H. Smith, after their 
 said entry, sold and conveyed to the said Wilson, and of which the 
 said Wilson was divested and dispossessed by the judgments and der 
 crees of the circuit court of the United States for the district of In- 
 diana, at the November term, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sev- 
 enty-six, thereof, by reason, as the said court held and decided, of a 
 prior disposal of said lands by the United States to persons other than 
 the said WiJliam Voight, Josiah Smith, and John H. Smith ; and the 
 said Wilson or his legal representatives or assigns, after the location of 
 the said warrants on such lands as he or they may select, shall be 
 allowed patents for the lands so located. 
 
 
INDIANA. 
 
 143 
 
 And the lands taken, selected, and located, as authorized and pro- 
 vided by this act, shall be in full satisfaction of any claim, right, or 
 benefit which the said William Voight, Josiah Smith, and John H. 
 Smith may have, or may have had, under and by virtue of the said acts 
 of Congress, as well as in full satisfaction of any claim which the said 
 Wilson, as assignee, or grantee of the said William Voight, Josiah 
 Smith, and John H. Smith, may have, or may have had, against the 
 United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And the patent for the southwest quarter of section twenty- James S. Chil- 
 nine, in township twenty-five north, of range five west, issued to James ton. 
 S. Chilton, on his location of military bounty-land warrant number six Surrender of 
 hundred and sixty-four, under the act of February eleventh, eighteen andi8?ue S ?f corl 
 hundred and forty-seven, may be surrendered and duly relinquished to rec t one. 
 the United States ; whereupon a patent shall be issued in the name of 
 said James S. Chilton for the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, 
 in township twenty-five north, of range four west, being the tract 
 intended to be located by him, and the entry of said tract in said range 
 five by said Chilton to be canceled. But nothing contained in this sec- 
 tion shall be construed to limit or qualify the rights of said Wilson 
 under this act, except that, before the warrants herein authorized and 
 provided for in his favor shall issue, he shall relinquish and reconvey 
 to the United States the lands of which he was so divested or dispos- 
 
ILLINOIS. 
 
 March 3, 1791. No. 324. AN ACT for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers of Vincennes 
 Vol. 1 p. 221. and the Illinois country, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for confirming 
 them in their possessions, (a) . 
 
 Grant to P. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That two lots of land heretofore in 
 
 Gibanlt and St. the occupation of the priests at Cahokia, and situated near that village. 
 
 Jam Beouvais. ^ and t he game is h ere b y granted in fee to P. Gibault ; and that a 
 
 tract of land at Kaskaskia, formerly occupied by the Jesuits, be laid off 
 
 and confirmed to St. Jam Beouvais, who claims the same in virtue of a 
 
 purchase thereof. 
 
 Donation lands SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of Congress 
 to be. laid out ac- o f the twenty-eighth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
 Co^ grlss^June e ^g^t, as refers to the locations of certain tracts of land directed to be 
 j'.>. n?-. run out and reserved for donations to the ancient settlers in the Illinois 
 
 country, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the governor of the 
 said territory is directed to lay out the same, agreeably to the act of 
 Congress of the twentieth of June, one thousand seven hundred and 
 eighty-eight. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 324, 325, 329, 331, 336, 337, 338, 352, 438. 
 
 March 3, 1807. Hfo. 325. AX ACT confirming claims to land in the district of Vincennes ; and 
 Vol. 2, p. 446. other purposes. 
 
 
 Register and SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 receiver of Kas- public monies in the district of Kaskaskias, be allowed till the first 
 a^ 8 rttf t T day of December next, to complete the investigation of claims to laud 
 
 Add ti al in the sai<i di8trict - And eacl1 of the said officers, and the clerk of the 
 pen8at?onTo boar(i ) shall be allowed an additional compensation of five hundred 
 them. dollars, in full for his service in relation to such claims, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 191, 324, 337, 329, 331, 336, 337, 338, 352, 438. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1809. No. 326. AN ACT for dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate govern- 
 Vol.' 2.' p. 514. menta. 
 
 Indiana Terri- & e ** enacted, #c., That from and after the first day of March nest, all 
 
 tory divided, and that part of the Indiana Territory which lies west of the Wabash River, 
 
 the Illinois form- an( j a direct line drawn from the said Wabash River and Post Vincennes, 
 
 ed - due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, 
 
 shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate 
 
 Territory, and be called Illinois. 
 
 A government SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established within 
 similar to that fljg 8a ^ Territory a government in all respects similar to that provided 
 Northwest Terri- by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one 
 tory provided. thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the government of the 
 territory of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio ; and by an 
 act passed on the seventh day of August, one thousand seven hundred 
 and eighty -nine, intituled "An act to provide for the government of 
 the territory northwest of the river Ohio ; " and the inhabitants thereof 
 shall be entitled to, and enjoy all and singular the rights, privileges 
 and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the territory of 
 the United States, northwest of the river Ohio, by the said ordinance. 
 Officers' duties, SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers for the said territory, 
 &c - who, by virtue of this act, shall be appointed by the President of the 
 
 United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall 
 respectively exercise the same powers, perform the same duties, and re- 
 ceive for their services the same compensations, as by the ordinance afore- 
 said, and the laws of the United States, have been provided and estab- 
 lished for similar officers in the Indiana Territory. And the duties and 
 144 
 
ILLINOIS. 145 
 
 emoluments of superintendent of Indian affairs shall be united with 
 those of governor: Provided, That the President of the United States Proviso, 
 shall have full power, in the recess of Congress, to appoint and commis- 
 mission all officers herein authorized, and their commissions shall con- 
 tinue in force until the end of the next session of Congress. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the ordinance for Ordinance for 
 the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the $ h J^oSwe8t 
 Ohio River, as relates to the organization of a general assembly therein, Territory to be in 
 and prescribes the powers thereof, shall be in force and operate in the force in the Illi- 
 Illinois Territory, whenever satisfactory evidence shall be given to the nis Territory, 
 governor thereof that such is the wish of a majority of the freeholders, 
 notwithstanding there may not be therein five thousand free male in- 
 habitants of the age of twenty-one years and upwards : Provided, That 
 until there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants of twenty-one 
 years and upwards in said Territory, the whole number of representa- 
 tives to the general assembly shall not be less than seven, nor more 
 than nine, to be apportioned by the governor to the several counties in 
 the said Territory, agreeably to the number of free males of the age of 
 twenty-one years and upwards, which they may respectively contain. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained Government of 
 shall be construed so as in any manner to affect the government now in JSe^ a i,vTh i s 
 force in the Indiana Territory, further tnan to prohibit the exercise act 
 thereof within the Illinois Territory, from and after the aforesaid first 
 day of March next. 
 
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 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That until it shall be otherwise or- Kaskaskia to be 
 dered by the legislature of the said Illinois Territory, Kaskaskia on the the seat of gov- 
 Mississippi River, shall be the seat of government for the said Illinois eri 
 Territory, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 337, 346, 347, 378, 394. 
 
 fo. 327. AN ACT to revive and continue for a further time, the authority of the Feb. 15, 1809. 
 commissioners of Kaskaskia. Vol. 2, p. 517. 
 
 
 
 Be it enacted, #c,, That the powers heretofore vested in the register p owers vested 
 and receiver of public monies for the district of Kaskaskia be, and the i n the register 
 same are hereby revived ; and the said register and receiver shall be and receiver of 
 allowed until the first day of January next, to complete the investigation K , a ska . sk * a r eviv- 
 of claims to land in said district ; they shall have full power to revise to Jan l 1810 
 any of their former decisions, and also the same power and authority in 
 relation to claims to land in the village of Pioria ; notices of which have 
 heretofore been filed as they have in relation to other claims in the said 
 district ; and the said register and receiver, and the clerk of the board, 
 shall each be allowed an additional compensation of five hundred dol- 
 lars, in full for his services in relation to such claims, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 324, 325, 329, 331, 336, 337, 338, 352, 438. 
 
 No. 328. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana Territory, April 30, 1810. 
 and for other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 590. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a tract of land in the Illinois A tract of land 
 Territory, at, and including Shawneetown, on the Ohio River, shall, un- jn the Illinois 
 der the direction of the surveyor-general, be laid off into town lots, lai^offunder d 
 streets and avenues, and into out-lots, in such manner and of such di- rec tion of sur- 
 mensions as he may judge proper: Provided, The tract so to be laid off veyor-general. 
 shall not exceed the quantity of land contained in two entire sections, ^ c ^ ie to tr f c t t lai( ! 
 nor the town lots one quarter of an acre each, (a) When the survey of the ^^e^ 8 "he 
 lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the surveyor- quantity in two 
 general, on which the town lots and out-lots shall respectively be desig- sections, 
 nated by progressive numbers, who shall cause two copies to be made, 
 one to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the other to 
 he register of the land office ; and the lots shall be offered to the highest 
 idder at public sale, at the same time and place, on the same terms and 
 auditions, (except as to the quantity of land,) as have or may be pro- 
 dded for the sale of the other public lands in the said Territory : Pro- ^o town lot to 
 'tied, That no town lot shall be sold for a less price than eight dollars, be sold for lesa 
 >r any out- lot for less than at the rate of five dollars an acre. (&) j-han eight dol- 
 
 (a) See Nos. 333, 340, 342, 344, 370, 386. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
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146 ILLINOIS. 
 
 May 1, 1810. No. 329. AX ACT confirming the decisions of the commissioners in favour of the 
 VoL 2, p. 607. claimants of land in the district of Kaskaskia. 
 
 Decisions of Re ^ enacted, c., That all the decisions made by the commissioners 
 the commission- appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming 
 ers confirmed, lands in the district of Kaskaskia, in favour of such claimants, as entered 
 in the transcript of decisions, bearing date the thirty-first day of Decem- 
 ber, eighteen hundred and nine, which have been transmitted by the 
 said commissioners to the Secretary of the Treasury according to law, 
 be. and the same are hereby confirmed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 191, 324, 325, 327, 331, 336, 337, 338, 352, 438. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1811. No. 330. AX ACT providing for the removal of the land office established at 
 Vol. 2, p. 649. Xashville, * * *. 
 
 [Register and receiver in district of Kaskaskia to conduct public sales 
 of lands. See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1279.] 
 
 Feb. 20, 1812. No. 331 . AX ACT for the revision of former confirmations, and for confirming cer- 
 Vol. 2, p. 677. tain claims to land in the district of Kaskaskia. 
 
 Register and Be it enacted, <$-c., That the register and receiver of public monies of the 
 receiver of the ] ;in( i office at Kaskaskia, and such other person as the President of the 
 k^ktato taqnfre ^nited States shall appoint for that purpose, be, and they are hereby 
 into validity of authorized to examine and inquire into the validity of claims to land in 
 certain claims to the district of Kaskaskia, which are derived from confirmations made, 
 lan d- or pretended to have been made, by the governors of the Northwest 
 
 employed by aD( ^ Indiana Territory, respectively. They shall employ a clerk, and 
 them. ' shall, in relation to the claims aforesaid, have, in every respect, the 
 
 Report to be same powers which had been vested in the commissioners appointed to 
 made to Secre- ascertain the claims to land in the said district. And they shall report 
 urv. whkfh iTto to t . he Secretary of the Treasury, to be by him laid before Congress at 
 be' laid before their next session, their opinion on each of the claims aforesaid. 
 Congress. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners and clerk, 
 
 Commissioners, appointed by this act, and such agent, as may be appointed on behalf 
 
 thSr' compln'sa- of the United States by the Secretory of the Treasury, shall each receive 
 
 tion ; how to be five hundred dollars in full for the services performed by them under 
 
 paid. this act ; which compensation, and also the contingent charges for office 
 
 rent, fuel, stationery and summoning witnesses on the part of the 
 
 United States, shall be paid out of the monies appropriated by law for 
 
 surveying the public lands of the United States. 
 
 D ecisions of g E c. 3. And be it further enacted, That the decisions made by the com- 
 
 ' m i 8S i ners heretofore appointed for the purpose of examining the claims 
 firmed. ^ persons to lands in the district of Kaskaskia, in favour of such claim- 
 
 ants to town or village lots, out-lots or rights in common, to commons 
 and common-fields, as entered in the transcripts of decisions, bearing 
 date the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and 
 nine, which have been transmitted by the said commissioners to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, be confirmed to all such 
 Proviso as to rightful claimants according to their respective rights thereto : Pro- 
 vMed, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to confirm any 
 particular decision, heretofore made in favour of any individual, or to 
 affect the right of any other individual claiming the same land ; but 
 such conflicting claims shall be decided according to law by the proper 
 tribunal, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeXos. 191, 324, 325, 327, 329, 336, 337, 338, 352, 438. 
 
 Feb 21 1812 ^ 332. AX ACT to establish a land district in the Illinois Territory, east of the 
 Vol 2 p. 684. district of Kaskaskia, and to attach certain public lands to the district of Jefferson- 
 '_2J- !_ ville. 
 
 Land district Be it enacted, <fc., That so much of the public lands of the United 
 formed. States, heretofore included within the land district of Kaskaskia, as lies 
 
 east of the third principal meridian, established by the surveyor-gen- 
 eral, shall, together with the public lands lying between the Vincennes 
 and Kaskaskia districts, and not heretofore attached to any district, form 
 
 Land offices in a new land district. For the disposal of the said lands, a land office 
 shall be established at Swaneetown, under the direction of the register 
 of the land office and receiver of public monies, to be appointed for that 
 purpose ; who shall reside at the place, give security in the same manner, 
 
ILLINOIS. 147 
 
 in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments and duties, and 
 authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands 
 which shall be disposed at their office, as are, or may be by law provided 
 in relation to the registers and receivers of public monies in the several 
 offices, established for the disposal of the lands of the United States, 
 northwest of the river Ohio, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said lauds shall be disposed How the lands 
 of in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions as are, or a ]- et< 
 may be provided by law for the sale of public lands in the district of 
 Kaskaskia : Provided, That no tracts of land, excepted from the sales by 
 virtue of any former act, shall be sold by virtue of this act: And pro- 
 vided also, That a tract of not less than six mile square shall be reserved 
 by the President of the United States for the use and support of the 
 public salt works on Saline Creek. (6) 
 
 * * * , * * * 
 
 (a) See ISTos. 196, 339. 350, 360, 363, 374, 383, 389, 449. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 328, 330, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 No. 333. AN ACT to provide for designating, surveying and granting the military May 6, 1812. 
 
 bounty lands. Vol. 2, p. 728. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 458.] 
 
 >. 334. AN ACT giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to cer Feb. 5, 1813. 
 
 tain settlers in the Illinois Territory. Vol. 2, p. 797. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa,, That every person, or legal representative of every Inhabitants 
 person, who has actually inhabited and cultivated a tract of land lying an< * cultivators 
 in either of the districts established for the sale of public lands, in the ^stricts esteS 
 Illinois Territory, which tract is not rightfully claimed by any other lished for the 
 person, and who shall not have removed from said Territory; every sale thereof , enti- 
 such person and his legal representatives shall be entitled to a prefer- ii ed ,$J^j[f nce 
 ence in becoming the purchaser from the United States of such tract of 
 land at private sale, at the same price and on the same terms and con- 
 ditions in every respect, as are or may be provided by law for the sale 
 of other lands sold at private sale in said Territory, at the time of mak- 
 ing such purchase : Provided, That no more than one quarter-section of onequarfer-se^ 
 land shall be sold to any one individual, in virtue of this act ; and the tion to be sold to 
 same shall be bounded by the sectional and divisional lines run, or to any individual, 
 be run, under the direction of the surveyor-general for the division of ^. ^"^ to te 
 the public lands : Provided also, That no lands reserved from sale by reservedbv^o? 
 former acts, or lands which have been directed to be sold in town lots, meracts. 
 and out-lots, shall be sold under this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That every person claiming a pre- Persons claim- 
 ference in becoming the purchaser of a tract of land, in virtue of this! n s a preference 
 act, shall make known his claim, by delivering a notice in writing, to deh^ernotice in 
 the register of the land office, for the district in which the land may lie, writing to the 
 wherein he shall particularly designate the quarter-section he claims ; register of the 
 which notice the register shall file in his office, on receiving twenty-five land office > & - 
 cents from the person delivering the same. And in every case where it 
 shall appear to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of public 
 monies of the land office, that any person, who has delivered his notice If a person ia 
 of claim, is entitled, according to the provisions of this act, to a prefer- entitled to a pref- 
 ence in becoming the purchaser of a quarter-section of land, such per- erence he may 
 son so entitled shall have a right to enter the same, with the register of enter the same - 
 the land office, on producing his receipt from the receiver of public 
 monies for at least one-twentieth part of the purchase money, as in case 
 of other public lands sold at private sale : Provided, That all lauds to be Proviso, 
 sold under this act shall be entered with the register, at least two weeks 
 before the time of the commencement of the public sales, in the district 
 wherein the land lies : and every person having a right of preference in 
 becoming the purchaser of a tract of land, who shall fail so to make his 
 
 entry with the register, within the time prescribed, his right shall be How the 
 forfeited, and the land by him claimed shall be offered at public sale ^ 
 
 with the other public lands in the district to which it belongs, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 446. 
 
148 ILLINOIS. 
 
 March 28 1814 ^* *^5. -^-^ ACT concerning Shawneetown. 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 113. g e n ena cted, $c., That a tract of land not exceeding two sections, in 
 
 A town to be the Illinois Territory, adjoining Shawneetown, shall, nnder the direc- 
 laid off. tions of the surveyor-general, be laid off into town lots, streets, and ave- 
 
 nues, and out-lots, in the same manner, under the same restrictions, a 
 are prescribed by the sixth section of the act entitled "An act providing 
 for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other pur- 
 poses," approved the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred 
 and ten. And it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general, or the per- 
 son by him authorized to carry this act into effect, to select the two 
 sections so as to extend the said town to the high lands in the rear of 
 the town as it is now laid out. 
 
 Lots to be of- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lots in said town shall be 
 fered for sale. offered for sale at the same time, and on the same terms and conditions 
 as are provided by the sixth section of the before-recited act. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 361, 376. 
 
 April 16, 1814. No. 336. AX ACT confirming certain claims to land in the Illinois Territory, and 
 Vol. 3, p. 125. providing for their location. 
 
 Certain claims Be it enacted, <$-c., That the decisions made by the commissioners (ap- 
 confirmed. pointed in pursuance of the act, entitled "An act for the revision of 
 
 former confirmations, and for confirming certain claims to land in the 
 district of Kaskaskia," passed the twentieth day of February, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twelve) where such decisions were in favor of 
 the claims, and where the commissioners have reported specially and 
 have not rejected the claims; all such claims as entered in their report 
 to the Secretary of the Treasury, bearing date the fourth day of Jan- 
 uary, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be and the same 
 are hereby confirmed. 
 
 Claims trans- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims contained in a list 
 mitted by Mi- transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury by Michael Jones, one of 
 chaeKTones con- the commissioners aforesaid, bearing date the eighteenth day of Janu- 
 ary, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall be and the same 
 hereby are confirmed: Provided, That any person who may have re- 
 ceived a militia right, shall not receive in addition thereto more than 
 three hundred acres of land by virtue of this section ; and it shall be 
 the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to enter the 
 Proviso. list aforesaid of record in his office: And provided also, That nothing in 
 
 this act shall prevent or bar a judicial decision between persons claiming 
 the same original title or claim. 
 
 Boundaries of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that tract of land included 
 reservation to within the following boundary, viz : Beginning at the township line 
 satisfy unlocated nearest to and above the mouth of Big Muddy River, on the Mississippi 
 River ; thence east to the meridian line running from the mouth of the 
 Ohio River, thence north with the said meridian line to the north bound- 
 ary lines of township number, five north ; thence west to the Missis- 
 sippi River, thence down the same to the beginning, shall be, and the 
 same hereby is reserved and set apart to satisfy the unlocated claims of 
 persons to land within the Illinois Territory confirmed to them hereto- 
 fore or by this act. (a) 
 
 Actual settlers SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons residing 
 atitled to pre- w jthin the tract reserved by this act, and who had actually cultivated 
 or improved any tract of land therein, before the fifth day of February, 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, not rightfully claimed by any 
 other person , shall be entitled to a pre-emption in the purchase of such tract 
 Proviso. of laud including the improvement ; Provided, That the purchaser shall 
 
 not enter less than one quarter-section or more than one section ; and any 
 person claiming a pre-emption in the purchase under this act, who may be 
 the owner of any unlocated confirmed claim which may be located within 
 the tract aforesaid, shall be and is hereby authorized to deliver to the re- 
 ceiver of public money for the district within which the land lies, the evi- 
 dences of his or their claim, which shall be received as payment for the 
 quantity of land such person or persons would have been entitled to locate 
 by virtue thereof ; and in all cases where the land purchased shall not be 
 completely paid for by the evidences of confirmed claims, the residue of 
 the land shall be paid for at the same price, in the same manner, un- 
 
ILLINOIS. 149 
 
 the same restrictions, and liable to the same forfeiture, as other 
 public lands sold at private sale. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- .Notice to be 
 ister of the land office for the district of Kaskaskia, to give notice that ff Jan^offce at 
 all persons entitled to a pre-emption in the purchase of any tract of Kaskaskia, that 
 land by virtue of this act, may make such purchase on application to persons claiming 
 him at his office on or before the first day of October next; and any p.re-emption 
 person failing or refusing to enter with the register of the land office the f f ^a r ^ ay c ' 
 land by such person improved, on or before the first day of October 
 next, shall lose the right of pre-emption given by this act. (&) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That after the first day of October After October l, 
 next, it shall be lawful for any person or persons being the owner of any owners of unlo- 
 unlocated confiriried claim, to enter with the register of the land office ^J^ 8 ^^Mbit 
 for the Kaskaskia district, any quantity of land within the reserved their claims, &c. 
 tract aforesaid, not exceeding one quarter- section more than the quan- 
 tity of acres contained in his claim or claims, and to deliver to the 
 receiver of public money the evidence of his claim, which shall be 
 received in payment for the number of acres specified therein, and the 
 residue of the land thus entered which may exceed the amount of con- 
 firmed claims thus paid in, shall be paid for at the same price and in 
 like manner as the other public lands of the United States sold at pri- 
 vate sale. And if two or more persons shall make applications at the 
 same time to enter the same tract or tracts of land, the priority of right 
 to enter shall be decided by lot. in the presence of the register of the 
 land office ; and any person or persons failing or refusing to enter or 
 locate his claim within the reserved tract aforesaid, according to the 
 provisions of this act, on or before the first day of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and fifteen, shall forfeit all right or claim against the 
 United States, derived from confirmations under this act or any former 
 law. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the regis- certificates to 
 ter of the land office for the Kaskaskia district, to make out a certificate be given by reg- 
 of confirmation to each person whose claim or claims are confirmed by ister of land office 
 this act, or by any former law, within the territory of Illinois; aud fo . rK . a8ka8 ^ ia 
 such certificate shall specify the quantity of land confirmed to the dlstnct > &c - 
 holder thereof, and shall be sufficient evidence of claim, within the 
 meaning of this act, to entitle the owner or holder thereof to a credit 
 with the receiver of public moneys, for the quantity of land mentioned 
 in such certificate, within the reserved tract aforesaid ; and the register 
 of the land office shall receive the sum of seventy-five cents from the 
 person demanding and receiving such certificate. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be obtained for patents to be 
 lands entered under this act, in the reserved tract aforesaid, in the same granted as for 
 manner'and on the same terms as are provided by law for other public other lands, 
 lands of the United States. 
 
 (a) See N"os. 191, 324, 325, 327, 329, 331, 337, 338, 352, 438. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 No. 337. AN ACT to amend and extend the provisions of the act of the sixteenth Feb. 27 1815. 
 of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act confirming Vol 3 p 218 
 certain claims to land in the Illinois Territory, and providing for their location." 
 
 Be it enacted #c., That the western boundary of the tract of country Western boun- 
 
 upo'n the river Mississippi, to\he middle thereof, so as to include all sSsippt between 
 islands in said river, between the middle and eastern margin, through- the middle and 
 out the length of said line ; and that all or any of the said islands eastern margin 
 shall be subject to be appropriated under the said recited act. (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proviso contained in the Proviso of a 
 fourth section of the before-recited act be repealed, so far as it regards former act re- 
 persons settled on fractions of sections or quarter- sections containing P ealed 80 far w 
 less than one hundred and sixty acres ; and that such persons under the Iwf^f^tin 
 like circumstances shall be considered as entitled to all the rights, ben- of aecWonsT&c 
 fits, and advantages, specified in the said fourth section, as those set- 
 tled on sections or quarter sections, and also, to any right, privilege, or 
 advantage secured by this act: Provided however, That such persons Proviso. 
 
150 ILLINOIS. 
 
 shall not be permitted in such cases to take less than the whole quan- 
 
 tity of such fractional quarter-section on which they are respectively 
 
 settled. 
 
 Settlers on SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, who 
 lands reserved settled on and improved any of the lands in the said Territory, reserved 
 for the use of f or the use of schools or seminaries of learning, (fc) before the fifth day 
 to the pre emp of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and who would 
 tion of the like have had the right of pre-emption thereto, had not the same been re- 
 quantity of other served as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the pre-emption of the like 
 
 q 11 ^ 1 ^ of oth . er land > u P on the 8ame terms > and under the same re- 
 
 . 
 
 the proper boun- strictions, provided by the fourth section of the said recited act, to be 
 dary. located on any lands within the boundary specified in this and the said 
 
 recited act, not otherwise appropriated ; and such persons shall also be 
 entitled to the benefit of, and subject to, the restrictions contained in 
 this act. 
 
 Persons who SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all and every person or per- 
 failed to locate sons entitled to the pre-emption of lands, under the fourth section of 
 their claims, en- the before-recited act, who failed to locate their claims within the time 
 emption upon limite< i in said act, and which lands have been appropriated by others, 
 other unappro- shall be entitled to the pre-emption of the like quantity, as they could 
 priated 1 and s have appropriated under the said act, or under the provisions of this 
 within the boun- ac t } to be located on any land within the boundary specified in this and 
 
 the said recited act, not previously appropriated. 
 
 Persons enti- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all and every person or persons, 
 tied to pre-emp- entitled to the pre-emption of lands under the provisions of this act r 
 tion to be goy- 8 h a ll conform to and be governed by the rules prescribed in the said i 
 rules C im recited act > in locating, proving, and completing their titles respectively, ! 
 
 except in cases where the same is changed by this act. 
 
 Public notice SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- 
 
 to be given that ister of the land office for the district of Kaskaskia, to give notice by 
 
 madedto "^ a . n advertisement inserted for one month in at least one newspaper pub- 
 
 lished in the said Territory, to all persons entitled to a pre-emption in 
 
 the purchase of any tract of land, by virtue of this or the before-re- 
 
 cited act, that they may make such purchase, on application to him at 
 
 his office, on or before the first day of May, in the year one thousand 
 
 Persons failing ei g nfc hundred and sixteen ; and every person failing or refusing to en- 
 
 to enter landster with the said register, the land to which the right of pre-emption 
 
 with the register, is so secured, notice being given as before mentioned, within the time 
 
 lose their right, aforesaid, shall lose his, her, or their right of pre-emption, (c) 
 
 Locations of SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the locations of any confirmed 
 
 any claim by au- claim, made bv virtue of any authority given by the commissioners ap- 
 
 pointed to examine the claims of persons to land in the Illinois Ten-i- 
 
 nane n- tory5 8hall be> al j d fhe 8ame are hereby confirmed : Provided, That the 
 
 Proviso. provisions of this section shall not be so construed as to extend to any 
 
 locations made by any person or persons without any authority from 
 
 the commissioners aforesaid ; nor shall it affect the claims of any other 
 
 person or persons, (d) 
 
 Commission on &EC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 
 confirmed claims, public moneys of the land office at Kaskaskia, shall be allowed the same 
 
 to the commis- commission respectively, on the confirmed claims which have been or 
 
 Ma 061 IS " sba11 be received in payment for land entered at the said office, as they 
 
 are now entitled to, on moneys received in payment for lands sold, cal- 
 
 culating the value of the confirmed claims .at the rate of two dollars 
 
 per acre. 
 
 Ann Gilham SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for Ann Gil- 
 
 Sfna^roor'^J Dam to locate anv unappropriated quarter-section within the Illinois 
 
 quarter-section. Territory, and whenever the said Ann Gilham shall enter with the reg- 
 
 ister of the land office at Kaskaskia, any unappropriated quarterrsec- 
 
 tion, it shall be the duty of the register to issue to the said Ann Gil- 
 
 ham, a certificate, specifying therein the quarter- section so located : and 
 
 it shall be duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue 
 
 a patent for the land so located, whenever the certificate aforesaid shall 
 
 be presented to him for that purpose. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 326, 346, 347, 378, 394. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 338, 342, 346, 356, 408, 413, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 191, 324, 325, 327, 329, 331, 336, 338, 352, 438. 
 
ILLINOIS. 151 
 
 NO. 338. AN ACT making further provision for settling claims to land in the Ter- April 26, 1816. 
 ritory of Illinois. Vol. 3, p. 307. 
 
 Be it enacted, tf c., That everv person, and the legal representatives of Further time 
 every person, who, before the"fif th day of February, one thousand eight allowed to cer- 
 hundred and thirteen, settled on and improved any tract of land re- Jg pSSitoSmds 
 served for the use of schools or seminaries of learning, and who, had O f lne United 
 not the same been reserved, would have had the right of pre-emption States for mak- 
 within the tract of country set apart by the third section of the act of in g g od their 
 the sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, Jjiht" 6m 
 entitled " An act confirming certain claims to land in the Illinois Terri- 
 tory, and providing ior their location," to satisfy the unlocated claims 
 to land in the said territory, shall be, and they hereby are authorized 
 and allowed, until the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred 
 and sixteen, to enter the same, for purchase, with the register and re- 
 ceiver of public moneys of the laud office at Kaskaskia ; and it shall 
 be the duty of the register and receiver to enter the same for purchase, 
 according to the provisions of this and the said recited act: Provided, 
 That such person or persons shall not have entered, in right of pre- 
 emption, other lands in lieu thereof, in virtue of the third section of an 
 act to amend the aforesaid act, passed the twenty-seventh day of Feb- 
 ruary, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. 
 
 SE*C. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of Register and 
 public money shall have power, and they are hereby authorized to select Deceiver of pub- 
 any other vacant and unappropriated lands within the tract set apart j^ ^ select oth- 
 to satisfy confirmed claims as aforesaid, in lieu of such of the lands er lands than 
 formerly reserved for a seminary of learning, and for the support of those settled up- 
 schools, as have been appropriated in satisfaction of ancient grants or ^ r an j| reserve d 
 confirmed improvement claims, or as shall be entered in right of pre- schools, &c 8 , 6 for 
 emptiou, according to the provisions of the preceding section of this satisfying 'the 
 act : Provided, That the lands thus to be selected shall be taken as near pre-emption, 
 adjacent to those in lieu of which they are selected as an equal quan- Provi8 - 
 tity of land of like quality can be obtained, and shall be reserved and 
 appropriated for the same purpose, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the second Provisions of 
 section of an act passed the twenty-seventh day of February, one actof 1815 toex- 
 thousand eight hundred and fifteen, respecting the settlers on the frac- tend to settlers 
 tional sections and quarter- sections within the aforesaid reserved tract, on a fractional 
 shall extend to all other settlers on the fractional section or quarter- section within 
 sections within the Kaskaskia district. dfetrio? askaskia 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the claims filed in the name claim's report- 
 of the original claimants, or their heirs, not exceeding four hundred ed by Michael 
 acres, contained in a list transmitted to the Commissioner of the Gen- Jones, register, 
 
 eral Land Office, by Michael Jones, register, and S. Bond, receiver of JgJJ- 
 
 >f the land office of the district of Kaskaskia, bearing e d. 
 w -ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and 
 fifteen, be, and they hereby are confirmed to the original claimants or 
 
 'fVlOIT* lliilVu P/*/\/lM,-?/j/7 r Pl-oi- +Vi Cjrt-i/1 rtlniVYlCI TlOfoVkTT /r\Yl-flTmk/1 \\tl t*-r\f\ 
 
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 full 
 
 
 their heirs : Provided, That the said claims, hereby confirmed, be, and Proviso, 
 they hereby are deemed and taken to be unlocated claims, and they shall 
 not in any wise defeat or interfere with locations made in virtue of other 
 authorized claims on lands improved by the said claimants or others. 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the claimants whose claims are Further time 
 nfirmed by virtue of the fourth section of this act, and all others law- allowed to claim- 
 lly holding confirmed unlocated claims for lands within the tract re- ants to register 
 served by the before-recited act of the sixteenth day of April, one their cl a ims - 
 thousand eight hundred and fourteen, be allowed until the first day of 
 October, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, to register the same : 
 and the said claims shall be receivable in payment for public lands, 
 within the said reserved tract, conformably with the provisions of the 
 last above-mentioned act, and of the present act, any time prior to the 
 " rst day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (6) 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all persons, or their legal repre- Further time 
 tatives, entitled to the right of pre-emption of lands within the allowed for mak- 
 undary specified in the before-recited act of the sixteenth day of J. n h g e 6 S!t 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, which lands have not land office, 
 been surveyed under the authority of the United States, shall be, and 
 they hereby are allowed, a further time for making their entries with 
 the register of the land office, until the lands upon which they have 
 respectively settled and improved bhall be surveyed by the United 
 States, and until the expiration of six months next thereafter, (c) 
 
152 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Persons whose SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every person and the ~ & ^ ^ 1 ,- 
 feted* t<Krec P iv'" re8 . en tative of every person, whose claim to a tract of land within the 
 certificates *Jo Illinois Territory is confirmed by this or any former act, and who has not 
 that effect. previously obtained a patent for the same from the governor either of 
 
 the territory northwest of the Ohio, or of the Indiana Territory, shall, 
 Fee of office to whenever his claim shall have been located and surveyed, be entitled to 
 the register. receive from the register of the land office at Kaskaskia a certificate 
 stating that the claimant is entitled to receive a patent for such tract 
 of land by virtue of this act, for which certificate the register shall re- 
 ceive one dollar; and which certificate shall entitle the party to a 
 patent for the said tract, which shall issue in like manner as is provided 
 by law, for lands purchased of the United States. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 337, 342, 346, 356, 408, 413, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 191, 324, 325, 327, 329, 331, 336, 337, 352, 438. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 April 29, 181. No. 339. AX ACT to establish a land district in Illinois Territory, north of dis- 
 Vol. 3, p. 323. trict of Kaskaskia. 
 
 New land dis- Be it enacted, <f c., That so much of the public lands of the United 
 tact created. States, heretofore included within the land district of Kaskaskia, and 
 lying north of the base line in Illinois Territory, shall form a new land 
 district, for the disposal of the said lands, and for which purpose a land 
 office shall be established at Edwardsville, Madison County, under the 
 direction of the register of the land office and receiver of public moneys 
 to be appointed for that purpose, who shall reside at the place ; give 
 security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whose compen- 
 sation, emoluments, duties and authority shall in every respect be the 
 same in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their office, as 
 are or may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers 
 of public moneys in the several offices, established for the disposal of 
 the lands of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio, (a) 
 
 Terms upon SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said lands shall be disposed 
 
 which lands are of in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or 
 
 to be disposed of . raa y i> e provided by law for the sale of public lands, in the district of 
 
 Kaskaskia, provided that no tract of land, excepted from the sale by 
 
 virtue of any former act, shall be sold by virtue of this act. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 332, 350, 360, 363, 374, 383, 389, 449. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 April 29, 1816. No. 34O. AN ACTto provide for the appointment of astirveyorof the public lands 
 Vol. 3, p. 325. in the Territories of Illinois and Missouri. 
 
 Surveyor of e ^ ewctc ^> $ c "> That a surveyor of the lands of the United States in 
 public lands in the Territories of Illinois and Missouri shall be appointed, whose duty 
 the Territories of it shall be to engage a sufficient number of skilful surveyors as his depu- 
 Illinois and Mis- ties, and to cause so much of the land above mentioned, as the President 
 po?nted his du- of the United States shall direct, and to which the titles of the Indian 
 ties. tribes have been extinguished, to be surveyed and divided in the manner, 
 
 and to do and perform all such other acts in relation to such lands, as 
 the surveyor-general is authorized and directed to do, in relation to the 
 same, or the lands lying northwest of the river Ohio : and it shall also 
 be the duty of the surveyor to cause to be surveyed the lands in the 
 said Territories, the claims to which have been or hereafter may be 
 confirmed by any act of Congress, which have not already been surveyed 
 Duties. according to law : and generally to do and perform all and singular the 
 
 duties required by law to be performed by the principal deputy surveyor 
 for the Territory of Missouri ; and shall transmit to the registers of the 
 land offices within the said Territories, respectively, general and particu- 
 lar plats of all the lands surveyed, or to be surveyed, and shall also for- 
 ward copies of said plats to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office ; fix the compensation of the deputy surveyors, chain-carriers, and 
 Proviso. axe-men. Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and marking 
 
 the lines shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be run, 
 surveyed and marked. 
 
 His compensa- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of the lands of the 
 
 tion, annnal, and jjmted States, appointed in pursuance of this act, shall be allowed an 
 
 ice * annual compensation of one thousand dollars, and shall be entitled to 
 
 receive from individuals the following fees : that is to say, for recording 
 
ILLINOIS. 153 
 
 the surveys executed by any of the deputies, at the rate of twenty-five 
 cents for evey mile of the boundary line of such survey, and for a certi- 
 fied copy of a plat of a survey in his office twenty-five cents, and that 
 all the plats of surveys, and all other papers and documents pertaining, 
 or which did pertain to the office of the surveyor-general under the 
 Spanish Government within the limits of the Territory of Missouri, or to 
 theojfice of principal deputy surveyor for said Territory, or pertaining 
 to tne office of surveyor-general, or to any office heretofore established 
 or authorized for the purpose of executing or recording surveys of lands 
 within the limits of the Territories of Missouri and Illinois, shall be de- 
 livered to the surveyors of the lands of the United States, authorized to 
 be appointed by this act ; and any plat of survey duly certified by the 5" v ? 
 ': said surveyor shall be admitted as evidence in any of the courts of the ev id e nce. 
 United States or Territories thereof, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act entitled " An Part of the act 
 act extending the powers of the surveyor-general to the Territory of of Feb. as, 1800, 
 Louisiana, and for other purposes," passed February twenty-eighth, one re] 
 thousand eight hundred and six, as provides for the appointment of a 
 principal deputy surveyor, and so much of any act of Congress here[to]- 
 fore passed, as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any provision of 
 this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 (a) See Nos.328, 333, 342, 344, 370, 386. 
 
 IVo. 341. AN ACT concerning pre-emption rights given in the purchase of lands April 29, 116 
 to certain settlers in the State of Louisiana, and in the Territory of Missouri and Vol. 3, p. 330. 
 Illinois. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 729.] 
 
 i\o. 342. AN ACT to authorize the survey of two millions of acres of the public April 29, 1816. 
 lands, in lieu of that quantity heretofore authorized to be surveyed, in the Territory Vol. 3, p. 332. 
 of Michigan, as military bounty lands. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That so much of the "Act to provide for designat- Repeal of part 
 ing, surveying, and granting the military bounty lands," approved the 
 sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, as authorizes 
 the President of the United States to cause to be surveyed two millions 
 of acres of the lands of the United States, in the Territory of Michigan, 
 for the purpose of satisfying the bounties of land promised to the non- 
 commissioned officers and soldiers of the United States, be, and the 
 same is hereby repealed ; and in lieu of the said two millions of acres 
 of land, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby author- 
 ized to cause to be surveyed, of the lands of the United States fit for 
 cultivation, not otherwise appropriated, and to which the Indian title 
 .8 extinguished, one million five hundred thousand acres in the Illinois 
 Territory, and five hundred thousand acres in the Missouri Territory, 
 lorth of the river Missouri ; the said lands shall be divided into town- 
 hips, and subdivided into sections and quarter- sections, (each quarter- 
 ection to contain, as near as possible, one hundred and sixty acres,) 
 n the manner prescribed by law for surveying and subdividing the 
 )ther lands of the United States, (a) and the lands thus surveyed, with 
 he exception of the salt springs (6) and-lead mines (c) therein, and of the 
 luautities of land adjacent thereto as may be reserved for the use of 
 Jie same by the President of the United States, and the section num- 
 >er sixteen in every township, to be granted to the inhabitants of such 
 ownship for the use of public schools, (d!) shall, according to the proyis- 
 ons of the above-recited act, be set apart for the purpose of satisfying 
 he bounties of land promised to the non-commissioned officers and 
 oldiers of the late army of the United States, their heirs and legal 
 epreseatatives, by the act entitled "An act for completing the existing 
 military establishment, approved the twenty- fourth day of December, 
 ue thousand eight hundred and eleven, and by the act, entitled "An 
 2.ct to raise an additional military force," approved the eleventh day of 
 January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person in whose favour Sections to be 
 ny warrant for military land bounty is issued, shall be, and is hereby drawn by lot, and 
 uthorized, to draw by lot one of the quarter-sections surveyed by virtue patents to be is- 
 f this act, and shall obtain a patent therefor, in the same manner, in 8uedt 
 
154 ILLINOIS. 
 
 every respect, as is or shall be provided by law for patents to issue for 
 other military land bounties, or , as is provided by the act first above 
 recited for patents to issue for such lands, (e) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 328, 333, 340, 344, 370, 386. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 346, 369, 375, 379, 426, 445. 
 
 (c) See No. 421. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 337, 333, 346, 356, 408, 413, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 333, 343, 346, 353, 372, 407. 
 
 March 27, 1818- No. 343. AN ACT extending the time for obtaining military land- warrants in cer- 
 Vol. 3, p. 411. tain cases. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 461a. J 
 
 April 3, 1818. No. 344. AN ACT allowing additional salary and clerk hire to the surveyor for 
 Vol. 3, p. 412. the Illinois and Missouri Territories, and for others purposes. 
 
 Surveyor eTf Be it enacted, #c., That the surveyor of the lands of the United States 
 lands in Illinois in the Territories of Illinois and Missouri, shall hereafter be allowed an 
 and Missouri al- annual compensation of two thousand dollars, in lieu of the compensa- 
 
 annum^in li?u r tion now tixed ty" law ' and sha11 also be allowed tnree clerks, whose 
 &c> ' whole compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum, (a) 
 
 Three clerks, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of the 
 &c. Treasury Department be authorized to adjust and settle the accounts 
 
 ficers C U o n f 1D ? h e of William Kector, for his services as principal deputy surveyor, and 
 Treasury to set- surveyor of the Illinois and Missouri Territories, and to allow him, in 
 tie the accounts addition to his salary as fixed by law, the following fees, that is to say: 
 of William Eec- for examining and recording the surveys executed by any of his depii- 
 hini a the f ees t * es> at tne rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the boundary line 
 specified, in ad- of *^ e surveys executed under his direction in the offices aforesaid : 
 dition to'salary. Provided, The allowance shall not be made on the surveys of private 
 
 Proviso: no al- claims in any case where he has received, or is entitled to receive, siini- 
 heTas 6 reeled lar fees from individuals, 
 similar fees from (a) See Nos. 328, 333, 340, 342, 370, 386. 
 individuals. 
 
 April 3, 1818. No. 345. AN ACT for the relief of John Small. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 201. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That John Small be, and he hereby is, confirmed in 
 
 Land title con- hi s title to a tract of land, containing two hundred and fifty-five acres, 
 situated on Embarass Creek, in the Illinois Territory, as the assignee of 
 Nicholas Bayarjon ; which tract shall be limited to the quantity afore- 
 said, and to the boundaries as claimed by said Bayarjon. 
 
 April 18, 1818. No. 346. AN ACT to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a coiistitu- 
 Vol. 3, p. 428. tion and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on 
 an equal footing with the original States. 
 
 The inhabi- Be it enacted, fc., That the inhabitants of the Territory of Illinois be, 
 tants of Illinois and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution 
 for a Z co sft t0 an( ^ State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem 
 tion, &c. "proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the 
 
 The State to be Union upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects 
 admitted into the whatever. 
 
 Union, &c. gEC 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of 
 
 Boundaries of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit ; 
 Beginning at the mouth of the Wabash River ; thence, up the same, 
 and with the line of Indiana, to the northwest corner of said State ; 
 thence, east with the line of the same State, to the middle of Lake 
 Michigan ; thence, north along the middle of said lake, to north lati- 
 tude forty-two degrees thirty minutes ; thence, west to the middle of 
 the Mississippi River ; and thence, down along the middle of that river, 
 to its confluence with the Ohio River ; and thence, up the latter river, 
 Proviso : the along its northwestern shore, to the beginning : Provided, That the con- 
 convention to vention hereinafter provided for, when formed, shall ratify the bound- 
 ratify the bound- arie8 aforesaid ; otherwise they shall be and remain as now prescribed 
 wnfremain as by ^ v tne ordinance for the government of the territory northwest of the 
 ordinance. river Ohio : Provided also, That the said State shall have concurrent 
 
 jurisdiction with the State of Indiana on the Wabash River, so far as 
 
 
ILLINOIS. 155 
 
 said river shall form a common boundary to both, and also concurrent Proviso: con- 
 jurisdiction on the Mississippi River, with any State or States to be gj e j* jg" Wa" 
 formed west thereof, so far as said river shall form a common boundary basll< 
 to both, (a) And also on tho 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be Mississippi, 
 and the same are hereby, offered to the convention of the said Territory g r r e Q p ^ {he 
 of Illinois, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejection, which if convention of II- 
 accepted by the convention, shall be obligatory upon the United States linois. 
 and the said State. 
 
 First. That section numbered sixteen, in every township, and, when . Section No. 16, 
 said section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equiva- ahi p eve ^ fc^r 
 lent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be gran ted to the State, schools, 
 for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools. (&) g a i t springs 
 
 Second. That all salt springs within such State, and the land reserved and land reserv- 
 for the use of the same, shall be granted to the said State, for the use ed, &c., granted 
 of the said State, and the same to be used under such terms, and condi- to tne state ' &c> 
 tions, and regulations, as the legislature of the said State shall direct : 
 Provided, The legislature shall never sell nor lease the same for a longer Proviso, 
 period than ten years, at any one time, (c) 
 
 Third. That five per cent, of the net proceeds of the lands lying within rive per cent, 
 such State, and which shall be sold by Congress, from and alter the first net proceeds of 
 day of January, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, after deduct- J ale , 8 ^ th ? ul jij c 
 iog all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved for the purposes s^ate reserved. 6 
 following, viz : two-fifths to be disbursed, under the direction of Con- Two-fifths for 
 gress, in making roads leading to the State ; the residue to be appro- roads, 
 priated, by the legislature of the State, for the encouragement of learn- Tho residue to 
 ing, of which one-sixth part shall be exclusively bestowed on a college ing&c ag 
 or university, (d) 
 
 Fourth. That thirty -six sections, or one entire township, which shall Thirty-six sec- 
 he designated by the President of the United States, together with the SS?of2iw8nr? 
 one heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use O f learning. 
 of a seminary of learning, and vested in the legislature of the said State, 
 to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the said legis- 
 lature, (e) Provided always, That the four foregoing propositions, herein 
 offered, are on the conditions that the convention of the said State shall Proviso, 
 provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United 
 States, that every and each tract of land sold by the United States, from Lands sold by 
 and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and the United States 
 nineteen, shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order, or under any shall be free from 
 authority of, the State, whether for State, county, or township, or any * J a , 8 e 8 
 other purpose whatever, for the term of five years from and after the And military 
 day of sale : (/) And further, That the bounty lands granted, or hereafter bounty lands 
 to be granted, for military services during the late war, shall, while they ^ M1 bb . I(l by 
 continue to be held by the patentees, or their heirs, remain exempt, as SeirhSSto be 
 aforesaid, from all taxes, for the term of three years, from and after free from taxes 
 the date of the patents respectively : and that all the lands belonging f r three j ears. 
 to the citizens of the United States, residing without the said State, $**:,*?***?* 
 shall never be taxed higher than lands belonging to persons residing not to be taxed 
 therein, (g) higher than those 
 
 (a) See ISTos. 326, 337, 347, 378, 394. of residents. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 337, 338, 342, 356, 408,413, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 342, 369, 375, 379, 426 445 
 
 (d) See Nos. 355, 373. 
 
 (e) See No. 377. 
 (/) See No. 169. 
 (<7) See No. 425. 
 
 I 
 
 o. 347.-RESOLUTION declaring the admission of the State of Illinois into the De c- 3, 1818. 
 
 Union. ^ ol - 3 P- S36 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That, whereas, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed Preamble, 
 on the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight- 
 een, entitled " An act to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to 
 form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such 
 State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States," the 
 people of said Territory did, on the twenty-sixth day of August, in the 
 present year, by a convention called for that purpose, form for them- 
 selves a constitution and State government, which constitution and 
 State government, so formed, is republican, and in conformity to the , 
 principles of the articles of compact between the original States and 
 the people and States in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, 
 passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and 
 
156 ILLINOIS. 
 
 * 
 
 Illinois a State eighty- seven : Resolved, $-c., That the State of Illinois shall be one,and 
 of the Union, on is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and ad- 
 an equal footing. m jtted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in 
 all respects whatever, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 326, 337, 346, 378, 394. 
 
 March 3, 1619. No. 348. AN ACT granting a donation of land to the State of Illinois, for the seat 
 Vol. 3, p. 525. of government of said State. 
 
 Four sections Be '* enacted, $c., That there shall be granted to the State of Illinois 
 granted to llli- four sections of land, or contiguous quarter- sections and fractions, not 
 nois for a seat of exceeding the quantity contained in four entire sections, for the pur- 
 pose of fixing thereon the seat of government for the said State ; which 
 JSaSftS? lands 8ha11 be ^^ted in the manner provided by the thirtieth section 
 Proviso of the 8chedule to the constitution of the said State: Provided, That 
 
 such selection shall be made before the public sale of the adjoining pub- 
 lic lands shall have taken place, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 356. 
 
 May 1, 1820. Wo 349. AN" ACT confirming the proceedings of the inhabitants of the village of 
 Vol e'p 242 Cahokia, in the State of Illinois, in laying out a town on the commons of said 
 ' >y ' village. 
 
 Proceedings of Be it enacted, ^e.. That the proceedings of the inhabitants of the vil- 
 inhabitants of l age of Cahokia, in the State of Illinois, by their agents, Jesse B.Thomas, 
 in out' Illinois Jonn Hav> Jonn Havs > Nicholas Jarrot, and Francis Turcotte, in laying 
 City and distrib- oa t a town called Illinois City, on one of the tracts of land confirmed to 
 rating lots, con- them as a common, by an act of Congress, passed on the twentieth Feb- 
 firmed. ruary, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the distribution 
 
 made by the said agents, of the lots amongst the inhabitants of said vil- 
 lage of Cahokia, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. 
 
 J. B. Thomas SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Jesse B. Thomas, John 
 and others au- Hay, John Hays, Nicholas Jarrot, and Francis Turcotte, or any three of 
 vevThe lots dis- them be > and thev are hereby, authorized to convey, by deed, infee-sim- 
 tributed by deed pl e > the lots that have heretofore been distributed as aforesaid, to those 
 in tee-simple. persons, or their legal representatives, to whom distribution as aforesaid 
 was made. 
 
 May 11 1820. No. 350. AN ACT to establish additional land offices in the States of Alabama 
 Vol. 3, p. 571. and Illinois. 
 
 [See ALABAMA, No. 1456.] 
 
 May 11, 1820. No. 35 1. AN ACT for the relief of certain settlers in the State of Illinois who re- 
 Vol. 3, p. 573. side within the Vincennes land district. 
 
 w~h~o ~^ e ^ ^ nac ^) <$' c 'i That every person, who would have been entitled 
 
 would have been to the right of pre-emption, according to the provisions of the act, en- 
 
 entitled to right titled "An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lauds 
 
 of pre-emption, to cer tain settlers in the Illinois Territory," passed February the fifth, 
 
 certificate for the one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, provided said act had been 
 
 excess paid above so construed as to embrace those who were living within the limits of 
 
 2 per acre, &c. the Vincennes land district, and who became the purchaser, at public 
 
 sale, of the said land, to which the right of pre-emption would have 
 
 so attached, at more than two dollars per acre, shall be entitled to a 
 
 Certificate re- certificate for the amount, so paid oto be paid, exceeding two dollars 
 ceivable in pay- per acrs f rom tne register of the land office at Vinceunes ; which cer- 
 Un?ted states^? tificate shall be receivable in payment of any debt due to the United 
 land. States on account of the sale of public land: Provided, however , That 
 
 Proviso. it shall be the duty of every person claiming the benefit of this act, 
 
 to prove, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the land of- 
 fice at Vincennes, that they are entitled thereto, according to its true 
 
 Persons who inten t and meaning. 
 
 would have been SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person who would have 
 entitled, &c., who been entitled to the right of pre-emption in the said Viucennes district, 
 were not pur- ac cording to the provisions of the said recited act, passed the fifth day 
 tfflSept. 1 JiSo of February, eighteen hundred and thirteen, had it been so construed 
 to piovej &c. ' as to embrace them, and who did not become the purchaser of any tract 
 
ILLINOIS. 15T 
 
 of land to which such right of pre-emption would have attached, shall 
 be allowed till tho first day of September next, to prove, to the satis- 
 faction of the register and receiver at Vincennes, that they would have 
 been so entitled ; and it shall be the duty of the register, when the sat- Register, on 
 isfaction aforesaid shall be made, to grant a certificate to every such 8! a 
 person, or their legal representatives, stating therein that such person = ate &c 
 would have been entitled to such right of pre-emption, and that he 
 did not become the purchaser thereof, neither at public nor private 
 sale. And every such person, or his legal representatives, shall, upon Every person, 
 producing such certificate to the register of any land office in the State "P<> n certificate 
 of Illinois, be allowed to enter one quarter-section of land, each, at the J qTa r ter^sec- 
 minimum price fixed by the United States, of any land which may be tion, at minimum 
 surveyed previous to the first day of September next, whether the price, &c. 
 same shall have been offered at public sale or not. () 
 (a) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 ' 
 
 Np. 352. AN ACT for the relief of persons -holding confirmed unlocated claims for May 15, 1820. 
 lands in the State of Illinois. Vol. 3, p. 601. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That all persons lawfully holding confirmed unlo- p ers0 ns hold 
 cated claims for land within the tract reserved by the third section of j ng confirmed un- 
 the act, entitled "An act confirming certain claims to land in the Illinois located claims 
 Territory and providing for their location," passed the sixteenth day of ^ r J and within 
 April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, be allowed edbyactof April 
 until the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, ie, 1814. 
 to register the same ; and the said claims shall be receivable in pay- Claims to be 
 ment for public lands within the said reserved tract, conformably with receivable, &c. 
 the provisions of the said act, and of the act entitled "An act making 
 further provision for settling claims to land in the Territory of Illi- 
 nois," passed the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred 
 and sixteen, at any time before the first day of November, one thousand 
 eight hundred and twenty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 191, 324, 325, 327, 329, 331, 336, 337, 338, 438. 
 
 No. 353. AN ACT to authorize the governor of Illinois to obtain certain abstracts May 15, 1820. 
 of lands from certain public offices. Vol. 3, p. 602. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be the duty of the register of the United , 
 States' land office at Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, to furnish to the the lan^office 1 at 
 governor of the State of Illinois, when he shall apply for the same, a Vincennes to fur- 
 complete abstract of all the lands which have been purchased at that nish a complete 
 office, or which may hereafter be purchased, which lie within the State attract- of lands 
 of Illinois, designating the name of each purchaser, and the time of {y^g ^Illinois 
 making the purchase ; for which he shall be entitled to receive, from &c. 
 such applicant, at the rate of ten cents for each separate entry, a copy Ten cents to 
 whereof is required ; Provided, however, That all the expense incurred by * he , register for 
 virtue of this act, shall be defrayed by said State. Proviso 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- Secretary of 
 retary of the Treasury, upon the application of the governor of said t^ 6 Treasury to 
 State, to cause a complete abstract* to be made out, for the use of said Xtract^To be 
 State, of all the military bounty lands which have been patented to the ma <j e out, of mil- 
 soldiers of the late army, lying within the same, designating the nameitary bounty 
 of each patentee, (a) lands patented to 
 
 (a) See Nos. 333, 342, 343, 346, 372, 407. fggSJ lying in 
 
 No. 354. AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of the village of Peoria, in the May 15 1820 
 Sate of Illinois. Vol. 3, p. 605^ 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That every person, or the legal representatives of ; 
 every person, who claims a lot or lots in the village of Peoria, in the . Per ? 01 ?s claim- 
 State of Illinois, shall, on or before the first day of October next, deliver SVelivS nStee 
 to the register of the land office, for the district of Edwardsville, a in wilting to the 
 notice, in writing, of his or her claim ; and it shall be the duty of the register at Ed- 
 said register to make to the Secretary of the Treasury a report of all J ai ' d n v j u ? f , Jjl 6 ' 
 claims filed with the said register, with the substance of the evidence Register to re- 
 in support thereof ; and also his opinion and such remarks respecting port to Secretary 
 the claims as he may think proper to make; which report, together f the Treasury. 
 
158 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Report, &c., to with a list of the claims which, in the opinion of the said register, ought 
 be laid before to be confirmed, shall be laid by the Secretary of the Treasury before 
 Congress for their determination. And the said register shall be al- 
 lowed twenty-five cents for each claim on which a decision shall be 
 made, whether such decision shall be in favour or against the claims ; 
 which allowance shall be in full for his services under this act. (a) 
 (a) See No. 362. 
 
 Dec. 12, 1820. No. 355. AX ACT to provide for paying to the State of Illinois three per cent, of 
 Vol. 3, p. 610. the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same. 
 
 The Secretary S ? {t enacted t 4* c -i Tnat the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time 
 of the Treasury to time, and whenever the quarterly accounts of public moneys of the 
 to pay three per several land offices shall be settled, pay three per cent, of the* net pro- 
 cent. of the net ceeds of the lands of the United States, lying within the State of Illi- 
 Ficlands sold in nois > which > since the first da J of January, one thousand eight hundred 
 Illinois after 1st and nineteen, have been, or hereafter may be, sold by the United States, 
 Jan., 1819, to the after deducting all expenses incidental to the same, to such person or 
 Mjf t of tbe persons as may be authorized by the legislature of the said State to re- 
 
 To be applied ceive tbe same ; which sums, thus paid, shall be applied to the encouragfe- 
 
 for the encour- ment of learning within said State, in conformity to the provisions on 
 
 agement of learn- this subject, contained in the act, entitled "An act to enable the people 
 
 in &- of the Illinois Territory to form a constitution and State government, 
 
 and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing 
 
 with the original States," approved April eighteenth, one thousand eight 
 
 Annual ac- hundred and eighteen, and to no other purpose ; and an annual account 
 cotmt of the ap- o f the application of the same shall be transmitted to tbe Secretary of 
 moneys 11 to be tb ^ Treasury, by such officer of the State as the legislature thereof a 
 transmitted to direct ; and in default of such return being made, the Secretary of 
 the Secretary of Treasury is hereby required to withhold the payment of any sums t 
 tbe Treasury, or may then fc e c | ue or w hich may thereafter become due, until a ret 
 SitfiSd may 8ha11 be made > as herein required, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 346, 373. 
 
 March 2, 1821. No. 356. AN ACT confirming the location of the seat of government of the State 
 Vol. 3, p. 618. of Illinois, and for other purposes. 
 
 Four sections ^ e if enacted, $-c., That the four sections of land, including the section 
 of land, &c., se- number sixteen, in township number six north, range number one east, 
 lected by com- o f the third principal meridian, heretofore selected by commissioners 
 the^seat^of eov- a PP oin t e d for that purpose, for the seat of government of the State of 
 eruuient of Illi- Illinois, be, and the same are hereby declared to be confirmed to, and 
 noia, confirmed vested in, the said State, for the purpose aforesaid, (a) 
 to the State. EC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the governor of said State be, 
 
 authorized^tTse^ an . d he is uerel)V > authorized to select any unappropriated section in 
 lect a section in said township, for the use of the inhabitants thereof, which shall be in 
 lieu of No. 16. lieu of the said sixteenth section. (6) 
 
 (a) See No. 348. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 337, 338, 342, 346, 408, 413, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 March 2, 1821. IVo. 357. AN ACT for the relief of Nicholas Jarrott. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 258. g e i t waded, #c., That Nicholas" Jarrott, the legal representative of 
 Authorized to Francois Arcoit, or the legal representative of him, the said Nicholas, 
 enter 400 acres be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate four hundred acres, consisting 
 within the Van- o f one entire half-section, and one-half quarter-section, adjoining there- 
 daha district. ^o t an ^ j n th e 8ame section, of any of the public land within the Van- 
 dalia district, established for the sale of the public lands in the State of 
 Illinois, which may be already surveyed, and which, having been offered 
 for sale previous to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty -one, shall remain unsold ; and in payment therefor the said 
 Nicholas Jarrott, or his legal reprpsentatives, shall be, and he is hereby, 
 certifi^ate^con- authorized to surrender his certificate of confirmation, as the legal rep- 
 firmation, &c., resentative of the said Francois Arcoit, for four hundred acres of land, 
 will be received in the said State, which was confirmed by act of Congress, bearing date 
 in payment, t he sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen : 
 Proviso Provided, The same be not located on town sites and lots, or lands re- 
 
 served by the United States: And provided further, That the said loca- 
 tion be made before the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-two. 
 
 
ILLINOIS. 159 
 
 No. 358. AN ACT to authorize the State of Illinois to open a canal through the March 30 1822 
 public lands, to connect the Illinois River with Lake Michigan. y o l ^ p . '059. ' 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the State of Illinois be, and is hereby, author- ; 
 
 ized to survey and mark, through the public lands of the United States, iz ei 1S survey 
 the route of the canal connecting the Illinois River with the southern an d mark 
 .bend of Lake Michigan ; and ninety feet of land on each side of said through public 
 i canal shall be forever reserved from any sale to be made by the United l ^ ds the route 
 j States, except in the cases hereinafter provided for, and the use there- n ectin? Illinois 
 jof for ever shall be, and the same is hereby, vested in the said State River with the 
 for a canal, and for no other purpose whatever; on condition, how- southern bend of 
 ever, that if the said State does not survey and direct by law said canal Lake Michijran, 
 to be opened, and return a complete map thereof to the Treasury Depart- ^ ( ch ^ We ^ ei " 
 merit, within three years from and after the passing of this act ; or if e d and vested in 
 the said canal be not completed, suitable for navigation, within twelve the State for a 
 years thereafter; or if said ground shall ever cease to be occupied by, canal on condi- 
 and used for, a canal, suitable for navigation ; the reservation and grant lon> 
 jereby made shall be void and of none effect : Provided always, and it is Proviso: no 
 hereby enacted and declared, That nothing in this act contained, or that obligation on the 
 shall be done in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed or construed to im- tS States to ap- 
 ply any obligation on the part of the United States to appropriate any propriate money, 
 coney to defray the expenses of surveying or opening paid canal : Pro- &c > 
 idcti also, and it is licreby further enacted and declared, That the said canal, al ^avI 1S a 'rmSf 1 
 when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway for the highway, free of 
 ase of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other toll to the United 
 arge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in States, 
 their service, passing through the same. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every section of land through Sections 
 vrhich said canal route may pass, shall be, and the same is hereby, re- through which 
 served from future sale, until hereafter specially directed by law : and reserved P until S 
 the said State is hereby authorized and permitted, without waste, to use & c . 
 my materials on the public lands adjacent to said canal, that may be The State may 
 accessary for its construction, (a) use necessary ad- 
 
 (a) See NOB. 367, 385, 417, 435. 
 
 No. 359. AN ACT for the relief of James M'Farland. April 26, 1822. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the receiver of public moneys of the land Vol. 6, p. 266. 
 office at Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, The receiver of 
 directed to place to the credit of James M'Farland, or the legal proprie- the land office at 
 ;or of fractional sections numbered twenty-six and twenty-seven, in Shawneetown to 
 :ownship numbered twelve south, range eight east, of the third princi- P t lac ? *2 th 1 e I ed ~ 
 ?al meridian, purchased at the public sales by the said James M'Far- land the "excess 
 and, on account of the money heretofore paid by him on said frac- above $2 per acre 
 ;ional sections, the excess over and and above the rate of two dollars on 48 acres . on 
 )er acre, upon four hundred and eighty acres thereof, and to remit any account of money 
 nterest due, or that may become due, on said excess; and the said? e mit theTnter 
 Fames M'Farland, or the legal proprietor as aforesaid, shall be allowed est. 
 mtil the thirtieth day of September next to avail themselves of the Allowed until 
 >ro visions of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers J]& J!?' Jfff 2 ' *? 
 )f the public lands prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight the provisions of 
 mndred and twenty," approved March second, one thousand eight the act of March 
 mndred and twenty-one : Provided, That if the said James M'Farland, 2 > * 821 -. 
 >r the legal proprietor of the aforesaid fractional sections, accept a ' 
 :redit, that the excess aforesaid shall be placed to his or their credit 
 >n the instalments which shall become due at the time they would have 
 )een due had his or their acceptance been filed before the thirtieth day 
 t September last, but shall not entitle him or them to a discount for 
 )ayment on or before the thirtieth of September next : Provided, hoiv- Proviso. 
 wer, That the said James M'Farland shall not be entitled to the remis- 
 sion aforesaid, upon a greater quantity than one hundred and sixty 
 tores, unless he shall make it appear, to the satisfaction of the receiver 
 iforesaid, that Hampton Pankey and William Frizzle, or their legal 
 epresentatives, for whose benefit, jointly with the said James M'Far- 
 and, the aforesaid land was purchased, have received a release from 
 he said James M'Farland, for such proportion of the purchase money 
 us will be equal to the amount hereby remitted upon their proportion of 
 he said land : Provided, also, That the benefits of this act shall be ex- Proviso, 
 ended only to such of the aforesaid persons as shall show to the regis- 
 
 tf and receiver aforesaid, that he would have been entitled to the 
 ight of pre-emption had he been settled on a quarter-section instead 
 )i a fractional section, according to the provision of the act of eighteen 
 hundred and thirteen. 
 
160 ILLINOIS. 
 
 May 8, 1822. No. 360. AN ACT to establish an additional land office in the State of Illinois. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the public lands of the United 
 
 So much of the States as lies east of the Missiseipni River, north of the line separating 
 withYn tire the tnirteenth and fourteenth tiers of townships north of the base line) 
 bounds describ- and west of ^ e third principal meridian, in the State of Illinois, shall 
 ed, in Illinois, to form a land district, for the disposal of the said lands, and for which 
 form a land dis- purpose a land office shall be established at such place therein as the 
 1 land office as President of the United States shall designate, until the same shall be 
 the Presidentperinanently fixed bylaw, (a) 
 
 may designate. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and 
 
 A register and receiver appointed to the said land office, to superintend the sales of the 
 
 land 1V omce r &c! P nblic land8 in the 6aid district, who shall reside at the place where the 
 
 to reside at the said office shall be established as aforesaid, give security in the same 
 
 place establish- manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and 
 
 ed, give security, duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to 
 
 the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by 
 
 law, provided in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys 
 
 Proviso. in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands : Pro- 
 
 vided, That the said appointments shall not be made until a sufficient 
 
 quantity of public lands shall have been surveyed within the said dis- 
 
 trict to authorize, in the opinion of the President, a public sale of lands 
 
 within the same. (&) 
 
 The provisions SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the second, 
 of the second, third, and fifth, sections of the act, entitled "An act to designate the 
 sedon and f ^h* Boundaries of districts, and establish land offices, for the disposal of the 
 act ^f^March 3 P 11 ^ lands not heretofore offered for sale in the States of Ohio and In- 
 
 1819, and of April diana," approved March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and th 
 24, 1820, made ap- act, entitled " An act making further provision for the sale of the pub- 
 lic lands," approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ( 
 be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the said district and 
 office, so far as they are not changed by subsequent laws of the United 
 States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 332, 339, 350, 363, 374, 383, 389, 449. 
 
 (&) See Xos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 370, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 March 3, 1823. No. 361. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the instal- 
 Vol. 3, p. 778. mente due on certain lots in Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 
 Instalments hereby, authorized and directed to remit the instalments due, and to 
 
 lot^in^hawn^ become due, on lots numbered eleven hundred and thirteen and eleven 
 
 town remitted, hundred and fourteen, in Shawueetown, in the State of Illinois, and a 
 
 patent or patents shall issue for the same, as in other cases ; which said 
 
 lots are used as a public square, (a) 
 
 (a) See NOB. 335, 376. 
 
 March 3, 1823. No. 362. AX ACT to confirm certain claims to lotts [lots] in the village of Peoria , 
 Vol. 3, p. 786. in the State of Illinois. 
 
 Certain claims B M enacted, <$-c., That there is hereby granted, to each of the Frencl 
 to lots in the vil- and Canadian inhabitants and other settlers in the village of Peoria, it 
 lag f Peoria the State of Illinois, whose claims are contained in a report made by the 
 register of the land office at Edwardsville, in pursuance of the act o 
 Congress, approved May the fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred am 
 twenty, and who had settled a lot in the village aforesaid, prior to th< 
 first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and wh< 
 have not heretofore received a confirmation of claims, or donation o 
 any tract of land or village lot from the United States, the lot so set 
 tied upon and improved, where the same shall not exceed two acres 
 and where the same shall exceed two acres, every such claimant shal 
 Proviso. be confirmed in a quantity not exceeding ten acres : Provided, Noth 
 
 ing in this act contained shall be so construed as to affect the right, i 
 any such there be, of any other person or persons to the said lots, o 
 any part of them derived from the United States, or any other SOUTC< 
 whatever, or as a pledge on the part of the United [States,] to mak 
 good any deficiency occasioned by any other interfering claim or claims 
 
ILLINOIS. 161 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the sur- The several 
 veyor of the public lands of the United States for that district, to cause lots to be survey- 
 a survey to be made of the several lots, and to designate on a plat e(L 
 thereof the lot confirmed and set apart to each claimant, and forward 
 the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall cause patents to be 
 issued in favour of such claimants, as in other cases, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 354. 
 
 No.363.-AN ACT to define the boundary line between the Edwardsville and March 16, 1824. 
 Springfield land districts, in the State of Illinois. Vol. 4, p. 10. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That all that tract of country lying between the The country 
 Illinois and Mississippi rivers, and south of the baseline of the military lying betweenthe 
 
 surveys, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the i^sii rivers^ 
 
 land district, the office of which is located at Edwardsville; and all &c., to be attach- 
 that tract of country lying between the said rivers, and north of the ed to, &c., the 
 said base line, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part I??* 1 district of 
 of, the land district, the office of which is established at Springfield, in ' le ' &c< 
 
 the county of Sangamo. (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 196, 332, 339, 350, 360, 374, 333, 389, 449. 
 
 No. 364. AN ACT concerning the seat of justice in Gallatin County in the State of May 20, 18*6. 
 
 Illinois. Vol. 4, p. 184. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the State of Illinois is hereby authorized to State of Illinois 
 give or sell, in fee-simple, to the county of Gallatin, in that State, for to sell in fee-sim- 
 the purposes of locating and fixing the seat of justice in said county, aPj 6 .* the county 
 tract not exceeding one hundred acres of the tract of land, situate in tract oi 'land 
 said county, and granted to said State, for the use thereof, by the act 
 of the eighteenth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled "An 
 act to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a constitution 
 and State government, and for the admission of such State into the 
 Union, on an equal footing with the original States," any restriction in 
 said act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 No. 365. AN ACT for the relief of William Biggs. May 22, 1826. 
 
 Be it enacted j-c., That William Biggs, of the State of Illinois, be, and Yol - 6 .P- 353 - 
 neishereby, authorized to enterthree sectionsof land, in quarter-sections, Authorized to 
 of the lands subject to entry at private sale in the Sangamon district, enter thl> ee sec- 
 :n Illinois, in consideration of his services as lieutenant in the regiment ft? 8 . of ^nd * 
 of the late General George Rogers Clark, which marched against, and 
 uubdued the posts of Kaskaskias and Vincennes. 
 
 No. 366. AN ACT for the relief of Phinehas Underwood, and for other purposes. May 22, 1826. 
 Be '.it enacted <fc., That Phinehas Underwood be, and he is hereby, au- YoL6 ' p ' 355 ' 
 
 nzed to enter with the proper register, any unlocated quarter- section May enter an 
 t land in the State of Illinois, within one year after the passage of this unlocated quar- 
 wt, and shall be entitled to a patent therefor, as in other cases: Pro- *? ecti in H- 
 ted, That such quarter-section shall have been previously offered at proviso 
 blic sale : And provided, also, He shall, prior to making such location, Proviso! 
 irrender to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent 
 ich issued to Eli B. Mott, on the thirty-first of August, one thousand 
 ignt hundred and eighteen, for the northwest quarter of section twenty- 
 mo, ot township six north, in range eight west, of the Illinois bounty 
 
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162 ILLINOIS. 
 
 March 2, 1827. No. 367. AX ACT to grant a quantity of land to the State of Illinois, for the pur- 
 Vol. 4, p. 234. pose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois River with 
 those of Lake Michigan. 
 
 A certain quan- Be it enacted, $~c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State 
 tity of land to be o f Illinois, for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a canal 
 allowed for open- to ^^ the waters of the Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan, 
 unite' the waters a quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each 
 of the Illinois side of said canal, and reserving each alternate section to the United 
 River with those states, to be selected by the Commissioner of the Land Office, under the 
 of Lake Michi- direction of tne President of the United States, from one end of the said 
 canal to the other ; and the said lands shall be subject to the disposal 
 of the legislature of the said State, for the purpose aforesaid, and no 
 Proviso. other : Provided, That the said canal, when completed, shall be and for- 
 
 ever remain, a public highway for the use of the Government of the 
 United States, free from any toll, or other charge, whatever, for any 
 property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through 
 Proviso. the same: Provided, That said canal shall be commenced within five 
 
 years, and completed in twenty years, or the State shall be bound to 
 pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold, and 
 that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid. 
 
 Duty of the SEC. 2. And be'it further enacted, That, so soon as the route of the said 
 governor of the cana i shall be located and agreed on by the said State, it shall be the 
 'anal ^located dut y of the governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may 
 & c . ' have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construc- 
 
 tion of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular sections to 
 which the said State will be entitled, under the provisions of this act, \ 
 and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United j 
 States. 
 
 Power given to SEC. 3. And 6e it further enacted, That the said State, under the au- 
 the legislature, thority of the legislature thereof, after the selection shall have been so j 
 made, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, or any part of the 
 
 said land, and to give a title in fee-simple therefor, to whomsoever shall 
 purchase the whole, or any part thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 358, 385, 417, 435. 
 
 March 3, Ie27. No. 368. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representative of Giles Egerton. 
 Vol. 6, p. 366. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the legal representative or assignee of Giles 
 May enter a Egerton, late a sergeant in Cotton's company of the twenty-sixth 
 certain quarter- regiment of infantry, be, and he or they is or are hereby, authorized to 
 section of land in enter witll tne register of the proper land office, any unappropriated 
 quarter-section of land in the tract reserved for the satisfaction of 
 military bounties, in the State of Illinois, in lieu of the quarter patented 
 to the said Giles, on the tenth day of January, one thousand eight 
 hundred and eighteen, which had been previously patented to James 
 Durney ; and upon such entry a patent shall issue to such representa- 
 tive or assignee, for the quarter-section so selected. 
 
 Mav -24 1828 No- 369. AN ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Illinois to sell am 
 Vol 4 i> 30"' convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said State for the use of the Om< 
 ' v ' saline. 
 
 Legislature of Be it enacted, $c., That the legislature of the State of Illinois shal 
 the State of Illi- De? an( j j 8 hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold am 
 nois authorized, conveye( i j n suc h manner, and on such terms and conditions, as sau 
 be ''sofa, a legislature shall by law direct, such part or parts of the tract of lane 
 part or parts of reserved and granted to said State, for the use and support of the sal 
 the tract of land -works, known by the name of the Ohio saline, in the county of Gallatin 
 reserved and ... -. ,.-_* 
 
 In in the said State, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such object 
 Stale for the use as the said legislature may by law hereafter direct; Provided, That th- 
 " ?gislature shall not sell and coi 
 f the land reserved and granted 
 
 (a) See Nos. 342, 346, 375, 379, 426, 445. 
 
 State tor tne use *o tuna ouiu uTgiDiauuj.*? "jj y u\,x^< j*. u..u<svv . ^ ,^i/,w^ 
 
 of salt works. legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousand acre 
 Proviso. O f tne land reserved and granted for the use of the saline aforesaid. ( 
 
ILLINOIS. 163 
 
 ZVo. 370. AN ACT authorizing the laying off a town on Bean River, in the State Feb. 5, 1829. 
 of Illinois, and for other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 334. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That a tract of land in the State of Illinois, at and Town to be laid 
 including "Galena," on Bean Kiver, shall, under the direction of the ff at Galena, in 
 surveyor of the public lands for the States of Illinois and Missouri, and Illinois, 
 the Territory of Arkansas, be laid off into town lots, streets, and ave- 
 nues, and into out-lots, having regard to the lots and streets already 
 surveyed, in such manner, and of such dimensions, as he may think 
 proper : Provided, The tract so to be laid off shall not exceed the quan- Size of town 
 tity contained in one entire section, nor the town lots one quarter of an and * 1* 8 - 
 acre each, nor shall the out-lots exceed the quantity of two acres each, (a) 
 When the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be Lots to be offer- 
 returned to the Secretary of the Treasury, and within twelve months d to highest bid- 
 thereafter the lots shall be offered to the highest bidder at public sale, 
 under the direction of the President of the United States, and at such 
 other times as he shall think proper: Provided, That no town lot shall Minimum price 
 be sold for a sum less than five dollars; And provided further. That a Reservation 
 quantity of ground of proper width on the said river, and running there- a]ng margin of 
 with the whole length of the said town, shall be reserved from sale for river - 
 public use, and remain forever a common highway. (&) 
 
 SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said sur- Lotstobeclass- 
 yeyor to class the lots already surveyed, in the said town of Galena, ed. 
 into three classes, according to the relative value thereof, on account of 
 situation and eligibility for business, without regard, however, to the 
 improvements made thereon ; and previous to the sale of the said lots Right of pre- 
 as aforesaid, each and every person, or his, her, or their legal representa- eruption, 
 tive or representatives, who shall heretofore have obtained from the 
 agent of the United States a permit to occupy any lot or lots in the said 
 town of Galena, or who shall have actually occupied and improved any 
 lot or lots in the said town, or within the tract of land hereby author- 
 ized to be laid off into lots, shall be permitted to purchase such lot or 
 lots, by paying therefor, in cash, if the same fall within the first class, 
 as aforesaid, at the rate of twenty -five dollars per acre ; if within the 
 second class, at the rate of fifteen dollars per acre ; and if within the 
 third class, at the rate of ten dollars per acre : Provided, That no one of 
 the persons aforesaid shall be permitted to purchase by authority of this 
 section more than one- half acre of ground ; unless a larger quantity shall 
 be necessary to embrace permanent improvements already made, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 388, 333, 340, 342, 344, 386. 
 
 (6) See Nos. ?28, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339. 341, 351, 360, 374, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 (c) See No. 395. 
 
 Xo. 371 .AN ACT for the relief of Jacob Rentleman. Feb. 24, 1829. 
 
 Be it enacted #c., That Jacob Rentleman, of the State of Illinois, who YoL 6 < P- 396> 
 atered by mistake, in the office of the register of the land-office for the Authorized to 
 istrict of Kaskaskia, the east half of section thirty- five, in township enter a half-sec- 
 velve, south of range three, west, and who obtained a patent therefor, lion of land in II- 
 5, and he is hereby, authorized to en ter with the said register any other linois - 
 lalf-section of land, within the said district, which is subject to private 
 ale, upon his relinquishing to the United States the half-section de- 
 jribed as aforesaid. 
 
 fo. 372. AN ACT to continue in force "An act authorizing certain soldiers in tho March 23, 1830. 
 late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu Vol. 4, p. 383. 
 thereof," and for other purposes. 
 
 [See ARKANSAS, No. 1177.] 
 
 '?/ ?*^*4- N A CT to amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for paying tothe j an 13 1831 
 State of Illinois three per centum of the net proceeds arising from the sale of tha Vol.' 4, p! 431. 
 
 public lauds within the same.' 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That so much of the act, entitled "An act to provide State of Illi- 
 tor paying to the State of Illinois three per centum of the net proceeds nois exonerated 
 arising from the sale of the public lands within the same," approved foTend^r'f ati n 
 the twelfth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty, as requires an nual account of 
 annual account of the application, by the said State, of the said three the application of 
 per centum, to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and the TQQ per 
 the same is hereby repealed, (a) cent - 
 
 (a) See Nos. 346, 355. 
 
164 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1831. 
 Yol. 4, p. 442. 
 
 No. 374. AN ACT to establish a land office in the territory of Michigan, and for 
 other purposes. 
 
 Land district SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the State of Illinois j 
 established in H- as lies between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, bounded on the south 
 by the base line, on the north by the northern boundary of that State, and 
 on the extreme east by the third principal meridian, be formed into a 
 separate land district, the offices for which to be located where it will 
 best accommodate purchasers and others, by the President ; and a regis- ; 
 ter and receiver shall be appointed at such time as the President of the 
 United States shall deem proper. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That another district be also formed 
 trict established, in that State, on the north of the dividing line between townships six- ; 
 teen and seventeen north of the base line, and east of the third principal ; 
 meridian, including all that part of the State to its northern boundary, 
 the offices for which to be located by the President, where the public 
 interest and the convenience of purchasers may require ; and a register 
 and receiver shall be appointed at such time as the President of the 
 United States shall deem proper. 
 
 ie - SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers 
 of shall reside, respectively, at the places where the land offices are located, 
 registers and re- give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compen- 
 sation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, in every respect, be the 
 same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, 
 as may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of 
 
 Eublic moneys in the several offices established for the disposal of the 
 mds of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, (a) 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said lands shall be disposed 
 of in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or 
 may be provided bylaw for the sale of other lands of the United States: 
 Provided, That no tracts of land excepted from sales by virtue of any 
 former acts, shall be sold by virtue of this act. (&) 
 
 linois. 
 
 Offices. 
 
 Another, dis- 
 
 Offices. 
 
 Residence 
 curity, &c., 
 
 Sale of lands. 
 
 (a) See Nos.l9fi, 332, 339, 350, 360, 363, 383, 389, 449. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 389, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 March 2, 1831. No. 375. AN ACT for the sale of the lands in the State of Illinois reserved for 
 Vol. 4, p. 451. the use of the salt springs on tho Vermillion River, in that State. 
 
 State of Illinois Be it enacted, #c., That the State of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, 
 authorized to sell authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed, in such 
 certain lands. manner and on such terms and conditions as the legislature of said State 
 has or may direct, the whole or any part of the lands reserved and set , 
 apart by the President of the United States, on the twenty-ninth day of 
 March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for the use of the salt works 
 on the Vermillion River, in said State, and to apply the proceeds of such 
 sale to such objects as the legislature of said State has or may direct:. 
 Proviso. Provided, Said lands shall not be sold for less than one dollar and twenty- 
 
 five cents per acre, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 342, 346, 369, 379, 426, 445. 
 
 March 2 1831. 
 Vol. 4. p. 451. 
 
 3^6. AN ACT for the relief of the citizens of Shawneetown. 
 enacted, 
 
 ., That it shall and may be lawful for any purchaser, 
 
 Certain pur- the assignee or legal representative of any purchaser, of any in or out 
 chasers entitled lot or lots in the town of Shawneetown in the State of Illinois, which 
 r lot or lots may kave reverted for tne non-payment of the purchase 
 money, to re-enter the same lot or lots which may have so reverted 
 with the register and receiver of the district of Shawneetown, at any 
 time within six months after the passage of this act, upon the following 
 terms and conditions, to wit: by paying, in addition to what has here 
 tofore been paid upon each in-lot, five dollars, and upon each out-lot 
 one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 
 Grant to trus- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, gran 
 tees, of all vacant to the trustees of the town of Shawneetown, and their successors 
 grounds, &c. ^ office, for ever, in trust, to sell, or otherwise dispose of, for the p 
 
 Conditions. 
 
ILLINOIS. 
 
 165 
 
 of graduating and paving the river bank within the limits of said 
 town, all the vacant ground not necessary for streets, all the in or out 
 lots within the bounds of said town, which remain unsold, and all such, 
 as may remain unsold under the provisions of the first section of this 
 act ; this act to be carried into effect under the direction of the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office. () 
 
 (a) See Nos. 335, 361. 
 
 H. 
 
 la 
 lu 
 
 o. 377. AN ACT to authorize the State of Illinois to surrender a township of 
 land granted to said State for a seminary of learning, and to locate other lands in 
 lieu thereof. % 
 
 March 2,1831. 
 Vol. 4, p. 475. 
 
 Land 
 
 granted 
 " 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the State of Illinois be, and is hereby author- 
 ized to relinquish to the United States, township number five, north of ano 
 
 range number one west, situate in the county of Fayette, in said State, | r land located. 
 heretofore granted to the said State, for the use of a seminary of learning, 
 and to locate upon the public lands within said State, the sale of which 
 is authorized by law, one entire township of land or a quantity of land 
 equal thereto, in tracts of not less than the quarter of a section, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 346. 
 
 No. 378. AN ACT to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama March 2, 1831. 
 
 and the Territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the State of Illinois, Vol. 4, p. 479. 
 
 and for other purposes. 
 
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 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Commissioners 
 States is hereby authorized to cause the surveyor-general of the United of northern boun- 
 States for the States of Illinois and Missouri, and the Territory o f aaryo1 
 Arkansas, to act as a commissioner on the part of the United States, 
 whenever he shall be duly informed that the government of the State 
 of Illinois shall have appointed a commissioner on its part, the two to 
 form a board, to ascertain, survey and mark the northern line of the 
 State of Illinois, as defined in the act of Congress, entitled " An act to 
 enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a constitution and 
 State government, &c.," passed the eighteenth of April, one thousand 
 eight hundred and eighteen ; and, in case of vacancy in said office of 
 commissioner, or of his being unable to act from any cause, the Presi- 
 dent is authorized te fill such vapancy by the appointment of some 
 other qualified person, whenever it may be necessary, until the object 
 of the commission shall be attained. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commission- Surveyors, &c. 
 ers shall have power to employ the necessary surveyors and labourers, 
 and shall meet at such time and place as may be agreed upon by the 
 President of the United States and the government of the State of Illi- 
 nois, and proceed to ascertain, survey and mark the said northern line 
 of the State of Illinois, and report their proceedings to the President of 
 the United States, and the governor of the State of Illinois. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President may allow to the Compensation, 
 said commissioner of the United States, such compensation for his serv- 
 ices as shall seem to him reasonable : Provided, It does not exceed the Proviso, 
 allowance made by the State of Illinois to the Commissioner on its 
 part: and the said allowance, together with one-half of the necessary Expenses of 
 expenses of said board, and the surveyors and labourers, and the allow- Florida and Ala. 
 ance to be made to the surveyors-general of the State of Alabama and t> ama line - 
 the Territory. of Florida, and the necessary expenses incurred by them 
 in running and marking said line between said State and Territory, shall 
 be paid from the Treasury of the United States, out of any money not 
 otherwise appropriated ; and, to enable the President to carry this act 
 into effect, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two thousand dol- 
 lars, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 326, 337, 34fi, 347, 394. 
 
166 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1832. No. 379. AN ACT to authorize the State of Illinois, to sell twenty thousand acre* 
 Vol. 4, p. 496. of the saline lands in said State. 
 
 State author- Be it enacted, $~c., That the State of Illinois be, and is authorized and 
 
 ized to sell. empowered to sell and dispose of, twenty thousand acres (in addition 
 
 to the thirty thousand acres heretofore authorized to be sold) of the 
 
 lands granted to said State for the use and support of the salt works, 
 
 known by the name of the " Ohio saline," in the county of Gallatin, in 
 
 said State ; the said twenty thousand acres of land to be selected and 
 
 Proceeds, how sold, and the proceeds thereof applied in such manner as the general 
 
 be applied. assembly of Illinois have directed, or hereafter may direct, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 342, 346, 369, 375, 426, 445. 
 
 March 15, 1832 
 Vol. 6, p. 479. ' 
 
 No. 380. 
 
 * 
 
 -AN ACT for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming. 
 ****** 
 
 W. A. Fleming SEC. 2. And l)e it further enacted, That William A. Fleming be, and he 
 authorized to sur- i s hereby, authorized to surrender to the register and receiver of the 
 tfficate &c C6r " ! and office . at Vandalia > in the State of Illinois, the certificate heretofore 
 issued to him for the west half of the southeast quarter of section thir- 
 ty-two, in township number ten north, range five east, which was pur- 
 chased by him through mistake ; and said William A. Fleming, on filing 
 his relinquishment to all right and title thereto, is authorized to enter, 
 in the said land office at Vandalia, any other half quarter-section of 
 public land subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 July 14, 1832. 
 Vol. 4, p. 594. 
 
 No. 381. AN ACT to provide for the extinguishment of the Indian title to lane 
 lying in the States of Missouri and Illinois, 
 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1021.] 
 
 Feb. 19, 1833. 
 Vol. 6, p. 535. 
 
 Be it 
 
 ^ 0< 382. AN ACT for the relief of Enoch Wilhoet. 
 
 That Enoch Wilhoet be, and he is hereby, authorize 
 
 
 Relinquish- to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of 
 ment and entry the General Land Office shall prescribe, the west half of the southwest 
 of certain lands quarter of section number eight, in township number seven north, range 
 number eleven west, in the district of lands offered for sale at Palestine,. 
 in the State of Illinois ; and, upon such relinquishment being made as 
 aforesaid, the said Wilhoet shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to 
 enter any other half quarter-section of land in the said district, which 
 shall be liable to entry at private sale. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 383. AN ACT to create sundry new land offices, 
 Vol. 4, p. 653. f other land offices of the United States. 
 
 - ******* 
 
 Ouincv dis- ^EC. 6> -^ nd ^ e ^ f urt ^ ier enacted, That so much of the Edwardsville 
 
 trict ; part of Ed- land district as lies north and northwest of the Illinois River, between 
 
 wardsville dis- said river and the Mississippi, be, and the same is hereby, attached to 
 
 trict attached ^he Quincy land district, in the State of Illinois ; and that ranges one 
 
 and two west of the third principal meridian, embracing all townships 
 
 from the base line to the southern boundary of the Sangamon land dis- 
 
 Vandalia dis- trict, be, and the same is hereby, attached to the Vandalia land district 
 
 trict ; addition in said State. The said transfer to be effected under the direction of 
 
 thereto. the Secretary of the Treasury, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 332, 339, 350, 360, 363, 374, 389, 449. 
 
ILLINOIS. 167 
 
 No. 384. AN ACT to authorize the county commissioners for the county of Peoria. March 2, 1833. 
 
 in the State of Illinois, to enter a fractional quarter-section of land for a seat of Vol. 6, p. 538. 
 
 justice, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the commissioners for the county of Peoria, in Commissioners 
 the State of Illinois, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter with authorized, &c. 
 the register and receiver of the public lands at Springfield, in said 
 State, (for the use of said county,) the residue of the northeast frac- 
 tional quarter of section number nine, in township number eight north, 
 in range number eight east : Provided, That nothing in this act shall be Proviso, 
 so construed as to interfere with the claim or claims of any other per- 
 son or persons, to said fractional quarter-section. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the heirs or legal representatives Heirs, &c., of 
 of J. Latham, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to with- J. Latham may 
 draw and relocate the claim which was illegally located on said frac- re l cate &c - 
 tional quarter-section, upon any other quarter-section of public land, 
 to which it may, by law, be applicable, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 392. 
 
 No. 385. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to grant a quantity of land March 2, 1833. 
 to the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the Vol. 4, p. 662. 
 
 waters of the Illinois Iliver with those of Lake Michigan," and to allow further 
 
 time to the State of Ohio for commencing the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake 
 Erie. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the lands granted to the State of Illinois by Lands granted 
 the act to which this is an amendment, may be used and disposed of by to '" 
 said State, for the purpose of making a railroad instead of a canal as in 
 said act contemplated ; and that the time for commencing and complet- 
 ing said canal or railroad, whichever the State of Illinois may choose 
 to make, be and is extended five years : Provided, That if a railroad is 
 made in place of a canal, the State of Illinois shall be subject to the 
 same duties and obligations, and the Government of the United States 
 shall be entitled to, and have the same privileges on said railroad, 
 
 which they would have had through the canal, if it had been opened, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 358, 367, 417, 435. 
 
 No. 386. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause the March 2, 1833. 
 
 CMic surveys to be connected with the line of demarcation between the States of Vol. 4, p. 663. 
 iana and Illinois. 
 
 [See INDIANA, No. 266.] 
 
 No. 387. AN ACT for the relief of George Staley. March 24 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That George Staley be, and he is hereby authorized Yo1 ' 6 P- 556 - 
 to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner May relinquish 
 of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the east half of the south- a certain tract of 
 east quarter of section number twelve, in township number four, south, land - and enter 
 range number ten east, containing eighty acres, in the district of lands an 
 offered for sale at Sha wneetown, in the State of Illinois ; and upon such 
 relinquishmeut being made as aforesaid, the said Staley shall be, and 
 he is hereby authorized to enter in lieu thereof, any other half quarter- 
 section of land in said district, which shall be liable to entry at private 
 sale, and which does not contain more than eighty acres. 
 
 No. 388. AN ACT for the relief of Noah Staley. March 24, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Noah Staley be, and he is hereby authorized Yol - 6 P- 557 - 
 to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of Mayrelinquish 
 the General Land Office shall prescribe, the southeast quarter, of the a certain tract of 
 northeast quarter of section number twelve, township number four, ]f n n ? ne a r nd enter 
 south, range number ten, east, containing forty acres, in the district of 
 lands offered for sale at Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois ; and upon 
 such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Staley shall be, 
 and he is hereby authorized to enter any other quarter of a quarter- 
 section of land in said district, in lieu thereof, which shall be liable to 
 entry at private sale, and which does not contain more than forty 
 acres. 
 
168 ILLINOIS. 
 
 June 26. 1834. No. 3S9. AX ACT to create additional land districts in tho States of Illinois and 
 Vol. 4, p. 686. Missouri, and in the territory north of the State of Illinois. 
 
 Four new land Be it enacted, $~c., That all that tract of country lying north of the 
 districts created, dividing line between township number twelve and thirteen, north of 
 the base line running through the military bounty lands, and that tract 
 of country lying north of the dividing line between townships number 
 thirty and thirty-one, north of the old base line included in the State 
 of Illinois, and all that tract of country lying north of the State of 
 Illinois, west of Lake Michigan, and south and southeast of the Wis- 
 consin and Fox rivers of Green Bay, in the present Territory of Mich- 
 igan, be laid off into four new land districts, to be divided and desig- 
 nated as follows, to wit : That tract lying within the State of Illinois, 
 as above described, shall be divided by a north and south line, drawn 
 between the range of townships number three and four, east of the 
 third principal meridian, and that on the west side of said line shall be 
 called the northwest, and that on the east, the northeast land district 
 of the State of Illinois ; and all that tract north of the State of Illinois, 
 west of Lake Michigan, south and southeast of the Wisconsin and Fox 
 rivers, included in the present Territory of Michigan, shall be divided 
 by a north and south line, drawn from the northern boundary of Illi- 
 nois, along the range of township line next west of Fort Winnebago, 
 to the Wisconsin River, and be called, the one on the west side, the 
 Wisconsin, and that on the east side, the Green Bay land districts of 
 , the Territory of Michigan ; which two districts shall embrace the coun- 
 
 try north of said rivers, when the Indian title shall become extin- 
 guished, and the Green Bay district may be divided so as to form two 
 districts, when the President shall deem it proper. 
 
 President to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established in 
 designate place eajC ^ of t h e SSL [^ i an d districts, one land office, at such time and place 
 as the President may designate, to be removed whenever he may deem 
 it expedient for the public convenience, (a) 
 
 Registers and SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President, by and with the 
 receivers to be consent of the Senate, so soon as a sufficient number of townships are 
 surveyed, and returns thereof made to the General Land Office, to 
 authorize the commencement of the sales in either of the said districts, 
 to appoint one register, and one receiver for each land office so estab- 
 lished, who shall reside at the place designated for the land office, and 
 give security, and discharge all duties pertaining to such office as pre- 
 scribed by law. 
 
 Land to be re- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President shall be author- 
 served for mili- ized, so soon as the survey shall have been completed, to cause to be 
 tary posts. offered for sale, in the manner prescribed by law, all the lands lying in 
 
 said land districts, at the land offices in the respective districts in which 
 the land so offered is embraced, reserving only section sixteen in each 
 township, the tract reserved for the village of Galena, such other tracts 
 as have been granted to individuals and the State of Illinois, and such 
 reservations as the President shall deem necessary to retain for military 
 posts, any law of Congress heretofore existing to the contrary notwith- 
 standing. (&) 
 
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 SEC. 7. * * * Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so con- 
 strued as to permit the officers appointed in either of the foregoing land 
 districts to receive compensation out of the Treasury of the United 
 States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 332, 339, 350, 360, 363, 374, 383, 449. 
 
 (&) See Xos. 328, 330, 33'2, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 432, 433, 440. 
 
 June 30, 1834. W 390. AN ACT granting land to certain exiles from Poland. 
 
 Vol. 4, p. 743. Be u cnac ^ f c ^ T h a t tnere be? g nd is hereby, granted to Lewis 
 Thirty-six sec- Banezakiewitz and his associates, being two hundred and thirty -five 
 tions of land in exiles f rom Poland, transported to the United States by the orders of 
 gan n0 iranted to the Emperor of Austria, thirty-six sections of land, to be selected by 
 Polish exiles. them, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in any three 
 adjacent townships of the public lands which have been, or may here- 
 after be surveyed, situated within the limits of the State of Illinois or 
 the Territory of Michigan 
 
 Names of the SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 grantees to be retary of the Treasury to obtain an authenticated list of the names of 
 
ILLINOIS. 
 
 169 
 
 the aforesaid two hundred and thirty-five Polish exiles, and cause the recorded in the 
 same to be filed and recorded in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Of - 
 Oeneral Land Office. fice - 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That immediately after the said Land to be di- 
 thirty-six sections of land shall be surveyed and located in the manner vided by lot, in 
 prescribed in the first section of this act, it shall be the duty of the Sec- e( l ual P or 
 retary of the Treasury to cause the said thirty-six sections to be divided 
 into equal parts among the said two hundred and thirty -five Poles, by 
 ' )t, under such regulations as the said Secretary may prescribe. 
 SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for each and Ton years' oc- 
 rery of the said grantees to enter upon and take possession of the cupancy to enti- 
 ;spective lots of land assigned to them and each of them ; and, after 
 le expiration of ten years, the said grantees, respectively, shall be en- 
 itled to a patent for the lot of land assigned to them as aforesaid : Pro- 
 ided, That the said grantees shall, during the said term of ten years, 
 without intermission, actually inhabit and cultivate the said township 
 E land in the ratio of one settlement for every five hundred acres 
 lereof ; and, on due proof of such habitation and cultivation to the Sec- 
 jtary of the Treasury, and of the payment into the proper land office 
 f the minimum price per acre, at the time of such payment, within the 
 lid term of ten years, patents shall be granted as aforesaid, and not 
 therwise. (a) 
 (a) See No. 411. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 391. AN ACT for the relief of John Kirkpatrick. June 30, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 hereby authorized and required to issue, upon application, to John Scrip to be is- 
 arkpatrick, his legal representatives or assigns, scrip to the amount of 8n 
 ighty dollars, being so much of the original purchase money paid to 
 "le receiver of the land office at Shawneetown, Illinois, for the purchase 
 the southeast quarter of section eighteen, township six, south of 
 inge one east, of the lands offered for sale at Shawneetown, which land 
 ras forfeited, and has reverted to the United States; said scrip to be 
 Bceivable in payment for the purchase of the same or any other land 
 rhich has been offered for sale in the State of Illinois. 
 
 392. AN ACT to authorize the heirs and legal representatives of James 
 Latham, deceased, to withdraw and relocate a land warrant. 
 
 June 30, 1834. 
 Vol. 6, p. 598. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the heirs and legal representatives of James Authorized to 
 Latham, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to withdraw the withdraw a land 
 land warrant or claim which was located on the northeast fractional warrant and to 
 quarter of section number nine, in township number eight north, in game. * 
 range east, in Peoria County, Illinois ; and to relocate the same on any 
 surveyed land which has not been reserved from sale in the State of 
 Illinois ; and which is subject to entry at private sale: Provided, That 
 it shall not be located on any land upon which an improvement has 
 been made, without first obtaining the permission in writing of the 
 person who may occupy any such improvement, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 384. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 393. AN ACT for the relief of Jqhn Tice, assignee of William Pennington. March 3, 1835. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c, That John Tice, assignee of William Pennington be, VoL6 'P- 615 - 
 and he is hereby, authorized to select any quarter- section of land in the May select a 
 tract heretofore assigned for military bounties, in the State of Illinois, quarter-section 
 not otherwise appropriated, and containing no more than one hundred 
 and sixty acres, in lieu of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, 
 of township eight north, in range one west, which was on the seven- 
 teenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, patented to said 
 Pennington in mistake. And on reporting the selection hereby author- 
 ized to the register of the proper land district, accompanied by a relin- 
 quishment to the United States of the title of said Tice, to said quarter- 
 section twenty- eight, a patent shall issue in the name of said Tice, for 
 the quarter-section selected as aforesaid. 
 
170 ILLINOIS. 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 394. AX ACT to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State 
 Vol. 5, p. 56. of Ohio. 
 
 Which line SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the northern boundary line, 
 shall betaken as ascertained, surveyed, and marked, agreeably to a law of Congress en- 
 from the middle tifcled " An act to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Ala- 
 of Lake Michi- bama and the Territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the 
 gan. State of Illinois, and for other purposes," approved March second, 
 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-one, shall be deemed and taken as the line 
 west from the middle of Lake Michigan, in north latitude forty-two 
 degrees thirty minutes, to the middle of the Mississippi River, as denned 
 in the act of Congress entitled "An act to enable the people of the Illi- 
 nois Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the 
 admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the 
 original States," approved eighteenth of April, eighteen hundred and 
 eighteen, and shall be and for ever remain the northern boundary line 
 of said State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 326, 337, 346, 347, 378. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 395. AX ACT to amend an act entitled, "An authorizing the laying off a 
 Vol. 5, p. 79. town on Bean River, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes," approved 
 fifth February, eighteen hundred and twenty -nine. 
 
 Board of com- e it enacted, <$-c., That all acts and duties required to be done and 
 performed by the surveyor of the States of Illinois and Missouri, and 
 the Territory of Arkansas, under the act to which this is an amendment, 
 shall be done and performed by a board of commissioners of three in 
 number, any two of whom shall form a quorum to do business : said 
 commissioners to be appointed by the President of the United States, 
 and shall, previous to their entering upon the discharge of their duties, 
 take an oath or affirmation to perform the same faithfully and im- 
 partially. 
 Power of com- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall 
 
 missioners. also have power to hear evidence and determine all claims to lots of 
 ground arising under the act to which this is an amendment, and for 
 this purpose the said commissioners are authorized to administer all 
 oaths that may be necessary, and reduce to writing all the evidence in 
 support of claims to pre-emption presented for their consideration ; and 
 when all the testimony shall have been heard and considered, the said 
 commissioners shall file with the register and receiver of the land office 
 at Galena, the testimony in each case, together with a certificate in 
 favor of each person having the right of pre-emption ; and upon making 
 payment to the receiver at Galena, for the lot or lots to which such 
 person is entitled, the receiver shall grant a receipt therefor, and issue 
 certificates of purchase, to be transmitted to the General Land Office, 
 as in other cases of the sale of public land. 
 Duties of reg- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver at 
 
 ist.er and re Galena, after the board of commissioners have heard and determined 
 all the cases of pre-emption under the act to which this is an amend- 
 ment, shall expose the residue of lots to public sale to the highest bidder, 
 after advertising the same in three public newspapers at least six weeks 
 prior to the day of sale, in the same manner as is provided for the sale 
 of the public lands in other cases ; and after paying to the commis- 
 sioners the compensation hereinafter allowed them, and all the other 
 expenses incident to the said survey and sale, the receiver of the land 
 office shall pay over the residue of . the money he may have received 
 from the sale of lots aforesaid, by pre-emption as well as at public 
 auction, into the hands of the county commissioners of Jo Daviess 
 County, to be expended by them in the erection of public buildings, 
 and the construction of suitable wharves in the town of Galena. 
 Commissioners SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed 
 
 to be paid by the to carry this act into effect, shall be paid by the receiver six dollars 
 Beiver * each, per day, lor their services, for every day they are necessarily 
 
 employed, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 370. 
 
ILLINOIS. 
 
 171 
 
 396. AN ACT for the relief of the executors of James O'Harra, late of Pitts- 
 burg, deceased. 
 
 vonn 
 Vol. 6, p. 670. 
 
 , 
 
 r Be it enacted, #c., That the register of the land office at Kaskaskia be , Land , clatrns ta 
 required to issue certificates of confirmation on the several claims to land D 
 confirmed to the said James O'Harra by the governor of the Indiana 
 Territory, upon those claims whereon such certificates have not hereto- 
 j . fore been issued : Provided, Teat the whole amount of such certificates Proviso. 
 lall not be for more than six thousand six hundred acres of land. 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said certificates may be located . 
 ipon land subject to private entry in any land office in Illinois, estab- ln 
 ished for the sale of the public land agreeably to the provisions of the 
 act entitled "An act confirming certain claims to land in the Illinois 
 'erritory, and providing for their location ;" and patents shall be issued 
 tierefore, agreeably to the said act. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the executors of said James 
 Harra are hereby authorized, to locate or assign said certificates, as 
 ey may deem most beneficial, to the heirs and representatives of said 
 Harra* 
 
 To be located 
 
 Executors 
 
 rs may 
 
 No. 397. AN ACT for the relief of Josette Beaubien and her children. July 2, 1836. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 676. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Josette Beaubien be, and she hereby is, per 
 
 mitted, under such instructions as may be given by the Secretary of the Allowed to re- 
 Treasury, for herself and her children, to relinquish to the United States i^j" 18 
 all the right, title, interest, claim, and demand that she and her chil- anoth'er~tract 
 dren have, or ever had, to two sections of land reserved to her and them 
 in, and by virtue of, a treaty made at Tippecanoe, in the year one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and thirty-two, between the United States and the 
 Pottawatamie tribe of Indians ; and that, in lieu thereof, she be per- 
 mitted to locate, for herself and her said children, twelve hundred and 
 eighty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, upon any of the public lands 
 subject to private entry, situate and lying within the bounds of the 
 lands to which the Indian title was extinguished by virtue of said treaty. 
 
 March 2, 1837. 
 
 No. 398. AN ACT for the relief of Catharine Myott. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the proper officers be, and they are hereby, 
 authorized to cause the east half of section fourteen, in township forty- A half-section 
 four north, range one east, third principal meridian, in the State of of la ? to be set 
 Illinois, to be set apart and designated for Catharine Myott, as part of E 
 the reservation to which she is entitled under the provision of the treaty 
 made at Prairie du Chien on the first day of August, eighteen hundred 
 " twenty-nine. 
 
 No. 399. AN ACT for the relief of John Newton. 
 
 Be it enacted, tfc., That John Newton, late a private in Egerton's- 
 ipauy of the Eleventh Regiment of Infantry, be, and he is hereby, 
 
 Feb. 6, 1839. 
 Vol. 6, p. 748. 
 
 . _ _ , , . May surrender 
 
 mthorized to surrender his title to the northwest quarter of section JJJJJ ^ 
 twenty-four, of township three north, of range two west in the military othe j. i^ 
 >unty district, in the State of Illinois ; and upon making such surren- 
 ?r of title to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land 
 ice, said John Newton is hereby authorized to enter, without pay- 
 lent, one quarter- section of any of the public lands subject to entry 
 private sale, in the State of Illinois: Provided, That said John New- Proviso, 
 shall avail himself of the benefits intended to be granted by this 
 within two years from the passage thereof : And provided, also, That Proviso, 
 ich entry shall not be made on lands on which any settlement or im- 
 ement has been or shall be made at the time of the application to 
 lake such entry, where the settler or settlers, or person or persons, 
 mking such improvements, shall, at such time, be entitled to the right 
 " pre-emption to such land under the existing laws of Congress. 
 
172 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1839. No. 40O. AX ACT to confirm the sale of certain reservations. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the sale of the following reserve, under the 
 
 Land: sale con- provisions of the second article of the treaty with the Pottawatamies 
 firmed. o f t h e Prairie of twentieth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 
 two, to wit : " five sections for Shaw-was-nas-see, to. include Little Rock 
 village," be, and the same hereby is, confirmed to Cyrus Taber, and 
 Allen Hamilton and Hirani Todd, the purchasers from the said reservee : 
 
 Proviso. Provided, That no such sale or conveyance of said lands, or any part 
 
 thereof, shall be valid or effectual until every such conveyance or deed 
 shall be submitted to the President of the United States for his appro- 
 bation ; and if, after inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending 
 the contracts for the sale of any of the said lands as aforesaid, he shall be 
 satisfied that such contracts were fair, and that the consideration paid 
 or secured to be paid therefor is adequate, he shall endorse his approval 
 on each conveyance and deed so approved, and thereafter the same 
 shall be deemed valid and effectual. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 401. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Dickerson. 
 
 _ !_ Be it enacted, $-c., That Samuel Dickerson, of Sangamon County, Illi- 
 
 Upon relin- nois, be, and he hereby is, authorized to relinquish to the United States, 
 quishing certain in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct, the east 
 land, authorized half of the northwest quarter of section eighteen, township sixteen 
 tract north, range one west; and upon his making such relinquishment, 
 
 he shall be authorized to enter with the register and receiver of the 
 land office at Springfield, Illinois, the came quantity of any of the un- 
 appropriated land, in said land district, which shall be subject to sale at 
 private entry. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 4O2. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Malone. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That on Daniel Malone surrendering to the United 
 
 Upon snrren- States all his right of the west half of the northeast quarter of section 
 
 denng his "g^ 1 number thirty-five, in township number four south, range three west 
 
 may enter a like in the Kaskaskia land district, in the State of Illinois, the register is 
 
 <inantity. hereby authorized and required to permit the said Malone to enter in 
 
 said district the same quantity of land so surrendered as above stated, 
 
 out of any lands not otherwise disposed of, and subject to private 
 
 entry. 
 
 March 3, 1839. NO. 403.-AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Miller. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 765. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That Isaac Miller, of Union County, Illinois, be, 
 
 May surrender and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such 
 land certificate, f orm as t h e Commissioner of the General Land Office may require, cer- 
 reean " tificate number five hundred and twenty, for the southwest quarter of 
 the northwest quarter of section twenty-two, in township eleven south, 
 of range three west, in the district of lands subject to entry at Kas- 
 kaskia, Illinois ; and upon such relinquishment being made, as afore- 
 said, the said Isaac Miller shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter 
 any other forty acres in the Kaskaskia land district, in the State of 
 Illinois. 
 
 March 3, 1839. Wo 404. AN ACT for the relief of Philip Catner. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 766. g e it enacte ^ g. Cti That Philip Catner be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 Authorized to to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner or 
 relinquish cr- the General Land Office may prescribe, the northeast quarter of the 
 tain land, and southeast quarter of section number twenty-one, in township number 
 n t e r another e i even south, of range number three west, in the district of land offered 
 for sale at Kaskaskia, Illinois ; and upon such relinquishment being 
 made, as aforesaid, the said Philip Catner shall be, and he is hereby, 
 authorized to enter any other quarter quarter-section, containing not 
 more than forty acres, in the district of lands subject to sale at Kas- 
 kaskia, in the State of Illinois, subject to private entry. 
 
ILLINOIS. 173 
 
 No. 405. AN ACT for the relief of Peter Samuel Jaccard. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Peter Samuel Jaccard, grantee of eighty acres 
 of land in section thirty-one, in township thirteen south, range two r _^ n tb ?" zed t 
 east, be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, enterland. ' 
 in such form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall pre- 
 scribe, the certificate to the above- described eighty acres of land ; and 
 upon such relinquishment being made, as aforesaid, the said Peter 
 Samuel Jaccard shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter any other 
 half quarter-section of land in the land district of Shawneetown, 
 Illinois. 
 
 No. 406. AN ACT to authorize James Alexander to relinquish certain land, and May 2, 1840. 
 to locate other land in lieu thereof. Vol. 6, p. 797. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That James Alexander be, and he is hereby, author- ^ utll ri z a 
 ized to relinquish to the United States the east half of the southeast relinquish 21 cer- 
 quarter of section number three, in township number nine north, in tain 1 a n d and 
 range fourteen west of the second principal meridian, in the Palestine enter another 
 land district, State of Illinois ; and that he be permitted to enter, in lieu tract - 
 thereof, a like quantity of land within the limits of said district subject 
 to private entry. 
 
 No. 407. AN ACT to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to May 27, 1840. 
 surrender the bounty lands drawn by them and to locate others in lieu thereof, Vol. 5, p. 380. 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 [See ARKANSAS, No. 1216.] 
 
 No. 4O8. AN ACT granting a section of land for the use of schools in St. Clair July 20, 1840. 
 County, State of Illinois. Vol. 6, p. 810. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That one section of the public lands subject to pri- Another sec' 
 vate entry and sale in the State of Illinois, be located for the use and tion to be located 
 benefit of schools for the inhabitants of township one north, range ten in , lieu , of the 
 west of the third principal meridian, in said State, in lieu of the six- S12 
 teenth section, which has been appropriated by the Government for the 
 use of private claims. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That any person appointed by the By whom to be 
 county commissioners' court of the county of St. Clair, in the State of located. 
 Illinois, be, and ho is hereby, authorized to locate the said section named 
 in this act for the purposes above named, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 337, 338, 342, 346, 356, 413, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 No. 409. AN ACT for the relief of Gurdqn S. Hubbard, Kobert A. Kinzie, and Feb 18 1841 
 
 others. Vol.' 6, p. 818. 
 
 Be it enacted., &c., That the reversionary interest of the United States ~ r 
 
 in and to the following Indian reservations, under the treaty with the i n r e lt e f uSS 
 Pottawatomies of the Prairie and Kankakee, made at Camp Tippecanoe, states in certain 
 on the twentieth day of October, anno Domini one thousand eight hun- reservations, re- 
 dred and thirty-two, be, and the same hereby is, relinquished to the per- linquished toper, 
 sons hereinafter named, respectively, that is to say : named 
 
 To Thomas Durham and John Blackstone, according to their several 
 shares as purchased of Jacques Jonveau, the section reserved by said 
 treaty to said Jacques Jonveau ; 
 
 To Noel Vasseur, six hundred and forty acres of the reservation to 
 Me-she-ke-ton-o, reference being had to the deed of said reservee to said 
 Vasseur for location and more particular description thereof ; 
 
 To Gurdon S. Hubbard, E. K. Hubbard, H. G. Hubbard, and Noel Vas- 
 seur, the remaining one section of the reservation to said Me-she-ke- 
 ton-o ; 
 
 To Noel Vasseur, the one section reserved to Francis Le Vice j 
 
 To Gurdon S. Hubbard and Richard J. Hamilton, the reservation to 
 Joseph Leframboise and Therese, his wife ; 
 
 To Robert A. Kinzie and Richard J. Hamilton, the reservation of one 
 section to Archange Peltier ; 
 
174 ILLINOIS. 
 
 To Richard J. Hamilton, the reservation of one section to Min-e- 
 manng. 
 
 Conditions on It being understood, and this relinquishment is made upon the con- 
 which the relin- ditjon, that the several persons herein named as grantees have pur- 
 made 8 1S chased of the several reservees, by authentic and regular deeds, their 
 respective rights in and to the said reservations : And provided, further, 
 That no sale or conveyance of said reservations by the said reservees 
 shall be deemed regular, nor shall this act have effect, until the Presi- 
 dent of the United States shall have approved such conveyance, and en- 
 dorsed his approval thereon. 
 
 March 19, 1842. iy o . 41O. AX ACT to authorize the governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas 
 Vol. 5, p. 471. and Missouri to cause to be selected the lands therein mentioned. 
 
 Section 8 of act Be it enacted, $c., That so much of the eighth section of the act enti- 
 
 f f'fi Pt i 4 ' 1841> tled ''^ n act to a PP r P riate the proceeds of the sales of the public 
 lands, and to grant pre-emptions," approved September fourth, eighteen 
 hundred and forty-one, as provides that the selections of grants of lands 
 made to the several States, therein mentioned, for the purposes of inter- 
 nal improvement, shall be made, respectively, in such manner as the 
 legislatures thereof shall direct, is so far modified as to authorize the 
 governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri to cause the 
 selections to be made for those States without the necessity of conven- 
 ing the legislatures thereof for that purpose, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 440. 
 
 April 14, 1842. jvo. 41 1. AN ACT relative to the act entitled " An act granting lands to certain 
 roL 5, p. 473. exiles from Poland," approved, thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. 
 
 Acts now in Be it enacted, $c., That the acts now in force for the sale of the public 
 nib He lands and granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers, be, and the 
 lands, &c. ex- s^ 1116 are hereby, declared to extend to, and include, the lands selected 
 tended to certain in townships forty-four, forty- five, and forty-six, north of the base line, 
 lands selected range one east, of the third principal meridian, Iving in the State of 
 tinr 2Sds a to Illinoi8 > by Lewis Clopicki, under color of the act entitled, "An act 
 Polish exiles. granting lands to certain exiles from Poland." The said selections not 
 having been made in pursuance of the provisions of said act, which act 
 is hereby declared to be in full force, for the benefit of said Polish ex- 
 iles, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 390. 
 
 June 22, 1842. N O . 412. AN ACT authorizing the county commissioners of Lake County, Illinois, 
 vol. b, p. 832. to enter a quarter-section of land for a seat of justice in said county. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, <f c., That upon proof being made to the Secretary of 
 enter a tract of the Treasury of the payment of the minimum price per acre by the 
 the on^fomerfv count y of Lake > in the ^ tate of I llin oi8,- to the United States, for the 
 selected for a seat southeast quarter of section twenty-one, in township forty-five north, of 
 of justice. range twelve, east of the third principal meridian, upon which the 
 
 county seat of said county is located, it shall be lawful for the President 
 of the United States to cause a patent for said land to be issued to said 
 county, in lieu, and in full satisfaction of the claim of said county to 
 enter one quarter-section of land in virtue of the act of the twenty- 
 sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act grant- 
 ing to the counties or parishes of each State and Territory of the United 
 States in which the public lands are situated the right of pre-emption 
 Proviso. to quarter-sections of land for seats of justice within the same :" Pro- 
 
 rided, Said county shall relinquish in such form as the Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall prescribe, all claim whatever to the north east quarter of 
 section twenty-one, township forty -four, range eleven east, lying in said 
 county, and which tract was first selected by said county for the use of 
 the county seat for said county, in virtue of the provisions of the act 
 aforesaid. 
 
ILLINOIS. 175 
 
 No. 413. AN ACT to confirm the sale of a certain school section in the State of Aug. 1, 1842. 
 Illinois, and for other purposes. Vol. 6, p. 847. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the sale heretofore made of section number Land sale con- 
 xteen, in township number thirty-nine, north of range fourteen, east firmed, 
 of the third principal meridian, in the State of Illinois, by and under the 
 authority of said State, with the assent of the inhabitants of the con- 
 gressional township, in which said section is situate, be, and the same 
 is hereby confirmed : Provided, That this act shall be construed as only Proviso. 
 giving the assent of the United States to said sale, and to the patents 
 issued by the State of Illinois to the purchasers of the same, so far as 
 e United States are concerned in the matter, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 337, 338, 342, 346, 356, 408, 418, 443, 444. 
 
 No. 414. AN ACT for the relief of John A. Rockwell. Aug. 1, 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the President of the United States be, and he. Yol- 6 ' 
 
 hereby is, authorized to issue a patent to John A. Rockwell, or his le- Patent to be 
 gal representatives, lor the southeast quarter of section number lour- issued to him for 
 teen, m township number thirty-three, north of lange one, tust of the ce 
 thud principal meridian, in the district of lands formerly subject to ' 
 sale at the land office at Galena, in the State of Illinois : Provided, That Proviso, 
 the said John A. Rockwell, or his legal representatives, shall satisfac- 
 torily appear to the Secretary of the Treasury to have been the legal 
 assignee of Richard Long, of the certificate of purchase of said lands, 
 or shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that 
 he holds a conveyance for the same, executed to him by the said Rich- 
 ard Long before his right of pre-emption to the said lands had been set 
 aside by the proper Department, on account of a defect in the proof of 
 cultivation. 
 
 No. 415. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel B. Bush. Ang ^ 1842> 
 
 Be it enacted $c., That Daniel B. Bush, grantee under John Smith, be VoL 6> p ' 850 ' 
 and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such Authorized to 
 form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, relinquish and re- 
 the southwest quarter of section thirty-five, of township thirteen south, enter land - 
 in range two west, in the tract appropriated by acts of Congress grant- 
 ing land to the late army of the United States ; which tract 3f land ap- 
 pears to be but a small fraction, not conforming to the law under which 
 it was granted; and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, 
 the said Daniel B. Bush shall be, and he is hereby authorized to enter 
 any other quarter-section in the land district in which said fraction is 
 situated in the State of Illinois, which shall be liable to entry at pri- 
 vate sale, and not in the occupancy of any actual settler : Provided, The Proviso, 
 said Daniel B. Bush, shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, that he is the bona-fide purchaser of the land specified in the 
 patent, and that he holds the same for said fractional quarter-section 
 granted to John Smith, father and heir at law of Edward Smith, de- 
 ceased. 
 
 No. 416. AN ACT for the the relief of William Osteen, of Illinois. Aug. 11, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William Osteen, of the county of Franklin in - 6 ' P- 853 - 
 the State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized, within six months Authorized to 
 from the date of this act, to surrender to the Secretary of the Treasury surrender land 
 to be cancelled, the certificate of the land offices at Shawneetown, in certificate, and to 
 said State, for the north half of the southeast quarter of section number 
 twenty-nine, in township number seven south, range number two east, 
 lying in the Shawneetown land district, in the State aforesaid ; which 
 was entered by said William Osteen by mistake, and in lieu thereof, he 
 is hereby authorized to enter the like quantity of land in legal subdi- 
 visions, elsewhere in said land district : Provided, The same be subject Proviso, 
 to private entry, and not subject to the right of pre-emption. 
 
176 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1842. No. 41 7. AX ACT to authorize the States of Indiana and Illinois to select certain 
 
 Vol. 5, p. 542. quantities of land, in lieu of like quantities heretofore granted to the said States, 
 
 for the construction of the Wabash and Erie and the Illinois and Michigan canals'. 
 
 Lands to be se- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted) That the Governor of the State of 
 lected in lien of Illinois is hereby authorized to cause to be selected, from any of the 
 C 
 
 for C he ^JnSjois unsold public lands in that State, not subject to the right of pre-emp- 
 and Michigan tion, the quantity of five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres, in 
 Canal. lieu of sections numbered three and nine, in township thirty-two, 
 
 north of range three east ; sections thirteen and twenty-one, in town- 
 ship thirty-four, north of range six east; sections twenty-five and 
 thirty-three in township thirty-three, north of range eleven east ; and 
 sections thirteen, nineteen, and twenty-one, in township thirty-three, 
 north, of range eight, east of the third principal meridian, heretofore 
 selected by the said State under "An act to grant a quantity of land to* 
 the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a, canal to con- 
 nect the waters of the Illinois Kiver with those of Lake Michigan," bat 
 which had been sold and patented to individuals by the United States, 
 before the location by the said State had been approved. 
 
 Selections to be SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the selections of lands made un- 
 reported to Sec- der this act shall be reported by the governors of the said States re- 
 Treasurv and spectively, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and approved by the Presi- 
 approvea' by the dent of the United States, (fl) 
 President. ( O ) See Xos. 358, 367, 385, 435. 
 
 Feb. 15, 1843. No. 418. AX ACT to authorize the legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkan- 
 Vol. 5, p. 600. aas, Louisiana, and Tennessee, to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the us 
 - of schools in those States. 
 
 Authority to Be it enacted, $c.. That the legislatures of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisi- 
 provide for the ana, and Tennessee, be, and they are hereby, authorized to provide by 
 lands &c * law for tlie sale and conve y ancel ' m fee-simple, of all or any part of the 
 lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress for the nse of 
 schools within said States, and to invest the money arising from the 
 sales thereof in some productive fund, the proceeeds of which shall be 
 forever applied, under the direction of said legislatures, to the use and 
 support of schools within the several townships and districts of coun- 
 try for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other 
 Proviso, use or purpose whatever : Provided, Said land, or any part thereof, shall 
 
 in no wise be sold without the consent of the inhabitants of such town- 
 ship or district, to be obtained in such manner as the legislatures of 
 Apportionment said States shall by law direct ; and in the apportionment of the pro- 
 of the proceeds, ceeds of said fund, each township and district shall be entitled to such 
 .part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums 
 of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such 
 township or district. 
 
 Authority t o SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legislatures of said States be, 
 make .laws for and they are hereby, authorized to make such laws and needful regula- 
 prptection of tions as may be deemed expedient to secure and protect from injury or 
 ids, <tc. waa te, the sections reserved by the laws of Congress, for the use of 
 schools, to each township, and to provide by law, if not deemed expe- 
 dient to sell, for leasing the same for any term not exceeding four years, 
 in such manner as to render them productive, and most conducive to 
 the object for which they were designed. 
 
 In case of in- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the proceeds accruing to any 
 sufficiency of township or district from said fund, shall be insufficient for the support 
 said proceeds to of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislatures to invest the 
 tutffo^t 8C t h00 - 18 ' same in the most secure and productive manner, until the whole pro- 
 vest them until ceeds of the fund belonging to such township or district shall be ade- 
 adequate. quate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools within the 
 
 Proviso same : Provided, That the legislatures aforesaid shall, in no case, invest 
 
 the proceeds of the sale of the lands in any township in manner afore- 
 said, without the consent of the inhabitants of said township or dis- 
 trict, to be obtained as aforesaid. 
 
 Such sales as SEC. 4 - ^ nd be it further enacted, That any sales of such lands, reserved 
 have been made as aforesaid, as have been made in pursuance of any of the laws en- 
 not inconsistent acted by the legislatures of said States, and not inconsistent with the 
 Dies o*f th?" ?t" P rinci P le8 of this act, are hereby ratified and confirmed so far as the 
 confirmed. ' assent of the United States to the same may be necessary to the con- 
 firmation thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See NOB. 337, 338, 342, 346, 35?, 408, 413, 443, 444. 
 

 ILLINOIS. 177 
 
 No. 419. AN ACT for the relief of George Davenport, of Eock Island, in the April 2, 1844. 
 State of Illinois. Vol. 6, p. 908. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That George Davenport be, and he is hereby, au- Authorized to 
 thorized to enter the fractional quarter-section of land upon which he e n t e r certain 
 resides, on Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, it being the southeast lai 
 fractional quarter of section twenty-five, in township numbered eight- 
 een north, range numbered two west of the fourth principal meridian, 
 upon his paying to the receiver of public moneys of the United States 
 land office at Dixon the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five 
 cents per acre for the same, upon which a final certificate and patent 
 shall issue, as in other cases. 
 
 So. 420. AN ACT for the relief of William Elliot, junior, of Fulton County, State March 11, 1846. 
 
 of Illinois. Vol. 9, p. 649. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That William Elliot, junior, of Fulton County, State William Elliot, 
 of Illinois, be and he is hereby permitted to enter, at the minimum price J r -' permitted to 
 
 per acre, the northwest quarter of section thirty, in township numbered 
 
 five, north of range numbered four, east of the fourth principal meridian, 
 
 the same being within the Quincy land district in said State ; and upon 
 
 the payment of the purchase money therefor, a final certificate and pat- Final certifi- 
 
 ent shall issue as in other cases: Provided, That if any bona-fide assign- gte and patent 
 
 ment or sale of said tract were made by said William Elliot, junior, p rov i 80 incase 
 
 after his erroneous entry thereof in February, one thousand eight hun- of assignment. 
 
 dred and thirty- six, then said patent shall inure to the benefit of such 
 
 purchaser or assignee of said William, notwithstanding said original 
 
 entry may have been subsequently cancelled by order of the Commis- 
 
 sioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 N. 421. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to selj the re- July 11, 1846. 
 served mineral lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wis- Vol. 9, p. 37. 
 consin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, as All the reserv- 
 soon as practicable, to cause the reserved lead mines and contiguous ed lead mines and 
 lands in the State of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wiscon- i^ifJJS 1 ^ 8 
 sin and Iowa, belonging to the United States, to be exposed to sale, in tansas, Wiscon- 
 the same manner that other public lands are authorized by law to be sin, and Iowa, to 
 sold, except as hereinafter provided. be exposed to 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That six months' notice of the times 8 gj x mon t] 18 ' 
 and places of said sales shall be given in such newspapers of general pu biic notice to 
 circulation, in such of the States as the President may think expedient, be given of such 
 with a brief description of the mineral regions of the States of Illinois sales, with a brief 
 and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, and of the lands Ascription, &c. 
 to be offered for sale ; showing the number and localities of the dif- 
 ferent mines now known, the probability of discovering others, the 
 quality of the ore, the facilities of working it, the further facilities (if 
 any) for manufactories of shot, sheet lead, and paints, and the means and 
 expense of transporting the whole to the principal markets in the United 
 States : Provided, That the said lauds shall not be subject to the rights Proviso as to 
 of pre-emption until after the same have been offered -at public sale and pre-emption, 
 subject to private entry. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon satisfactory proof, made to Any tract con- 
 the register and receiver of the proper land office, that any tract or tracts taining a mine or 
 of said lands contain a mine or mines of lead ore, actually discovered and J^bTsoklin such 
 being worked, then, and in that case, the same shall be sold in such legal i e g a 1 subdivis- 
 subdivision or subdivisions as will include such mine or mines ; and no ions as will in- 
 bid shall be received therefor at a less rate than the sum of two dollars clude such mine 
 and fifty cents per acre ; and if such tract or tracts shall not be sold at ^^bidiessthan 
 such public sale, at such price, nor shall be entered at private sale within $o.50 per acre to 
 twelve months thereafter, then the same shall be subject to sale as other be taken within 
 lands: Provided, That no legal subdivision of any of said lands, upon on e year, 
 which there may be an outstanding lease or leases from the Government visionsnot^obe 
 of the United States, or their authorized agent, unexpired and undeter- sold until expira- 
 mined, shall be sold until after the determination of such lease or leases tion of lease. 
 by effluxion of time, voluntary surrender, or other legal extinguish- 
 ment thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 342. 
 
 12 L O VOL II 
 
178 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Jtilv 15, 1846. IVo. 422. AX ACT for the relief of Benjamin Harris, of La Salle County. State of 
 Yof. 9, p. 652. Illinois. 
 
 Be niarnin Har Be it enacted, #c., That Benjamin Harris, of La Salle County, State of 
 ris permitted to Illinois, be, and he is hereby, permitted to enter, at the minimum price 
 enter at the min- per acre, the southeast fraction of the northwest quarter of section 
 imum price cer- twelve, in township numbered thirty-three north, range numbered three 
 Dixonlami dis eas ^ ^ ^e third principal meridian, in the Dixon land district in said 
 trict, Illinois. State, heretofore entered by said Benjamin Harris as a pre-emption un- 
 der the act of the nineteenth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, 
 and which entry has been cancelled for irregularity ; and on the pay- 
 Patent to issue, ment of the purchase money therefor, a final certificate and patent shall 
 Proviso, in case issue as in other cases : Provided, however, If any transferor assignment 
 of an assignment. o f the right of the said Harris has been made by him to any other per- 
 son, the privilege hereby granted shall extend to and be exercised by 
 his assignee. 
 
 Aug. 8, 1846. IVo. 423. AX ACT for the relief of "Wiley B. Parnell, of Blount County, Alabama, 
 Vof 9, p. 662. and James A. Whiteside, of Illinois. 
 
 James A- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That James A. Whiteside, of the 
 Whitesideau- count y o f Hardin, in the State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, author- 
 render a certain ized f surrender the patent issued to him from the Shawneetown land 
 patent for lands, district, in said State, for the southwest quarter of the northeast quar- 
 ter of section eight, in township eleven south, of range eight east, in 
 said land district, entered and patented by the said Whiteside, on the 
 twenty-eighth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight ; and upon 
 the surrender of said patent for the said tract of land, under such rules 
 and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may 
 Authorized to prescribe, the said James A. Whiteside is hereby authorized to locate 
 enter lands in and enter, in lieu thereof, an e qual quantity of land to that so surren- 
 lieu thereof. dered, anywhere in the said land district unsold, and to which no pre- 
 emption right attaches : Provided, That said entry shall be made within 
 six months after the passage of this act. 
 
 Autr gj 1846 No. 424. AX ACT for the relief of Eli Merrill. 
 
 Vof 9, p. 670. Be it enacted, c., That upon the surrender to the Commissioner of the 
 "Wan-ant for 160 ^ enera> l Land Office, by Eli Merrill, of letters-patent issued to said Eli 
 acres of land to Merrill for a tract of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, be- 
 be issued to Eli ing the northwest quarter of section twenty-six, of township five north, 
 Merrill, in lieu of j[ n ra nge one west, in the tract appropriated for military bounties in the 
 sued LS " Territory of Illinois, and upon due proof made that said Merrill has 
 
 made no conveyance of said land, the said Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office shall be, and is hereby, authorized and required to 
 issue a warrant in favor of said Eli Merrill for one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land to be located upon any unlocated land belonging to the 
 United States and now subject to entry. 
 
 Tan -26 1847 ^ 425. AX ACT declaring the assent of Congress to certain States to impose a 
 Vol' 9 p 118. tex u P n al1 lands hereafter sold by the United States therein, from and after the 
 ' *" ' v ' day of such sale. 
 
 [ See OHIO, No. 169.] 
 
 March 3 1847 Ho* 426. AX ACT to give the consent of Congress to tne sale of certain salt-spring 
 Yol. 9, p. 181. lands heretofore granted to the State of Michigan, Illinois, and Arkansas. 
 
 Sale of saline SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the State of Illinois shall be, 
 lands granted to and hereby is, authorized and empowered to sell, in such manner as the 
 State of Illinois legislature of the said State shall by law direct, the whole or any part 
 authorized. of tne 8a n ne i aiu i s i y i ng i n Jackson 'County, in said State, which were 
 
 granted to the State of Illinois, by virtue of "An act to enable the peo- 
 ple of the Illinois Territory to form a constitution and State govern- 
 ment, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal 
 footing with the original States," approved April eighteenth, eighteen 
 hundred and eighteen, (a) 
 
 ***** 
 
 (a) See Xoa. 342, 346, 369, 375, 379, 445. 
 

 ILLINOIS. 179 
 
 o. 427. AN ACT authorizing persons, to whom reservations of land have been March 9, 1848. 
 made under certain Indian treaties, to alienate the same in fee. Vol. 9, p. 213. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the reservations to or for any person or Keservees un- 
 persons named in the treaty of the twentieth day of October, eighteen der treaty of Oct. 
 hundred and thirty- two, made at Camp Tippecanoe, in the State of In- 20 ' 3 1 7 8 | ) 2 $fc ij 1 ' 
 diana, between the United States by their commissioners, Jennings, Da-p'o'ttawatomies, 
 vis, and Grume, and the chiefs and headmen of the Pottawatomie tribe to hold their land 
 of Indians of the Prairie and Kankakee, shall be so construed and held in fee-simple, 
 to convey to and vest in said reservees, their heirs, and assigns, forever, 
 an estate in fee -simple in and to the reservations so made, by said treaty, 
 to or for said reservees respectively. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said reservees, or their heirs, Said lands may 
 may sell and convey all or any part of his, her, or their respective re- be alienated, and 
 serves; and such sale and conveyance shall vest in the purchaser, hisf. ormer fi aliena ~ 
 or her heirs and assigns, such title as is described in such deed of con- tlc 
 veyance, to such lands so sold and conveyed : Provided, That all deeds 
 of conveyance made before the passage of this act shall stand upon the 
 same footing as those made after the passage of this act, and the rights 
 of the parties shall be the same in one case as in the other : Provided, Approval of 
 That such deed of conveyance for any of said lands, made before or the alienation by 
 after the passage of this act, shall not be valid for such purpose until P resi( lent made 
 the same shall have been approved by the President of the United esi 
 States. 
 
 No. 428. AN ACT for the relief of Charity Herrington. Aug. 12, 1848. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Charity Herrington be authorized and per- 
 
 mitted to enter at the minimum price, at the Chicago land office, the .Charity Her- 
 northeast fractional quarter of section ten, in township thirty-nine jjjjj 1 *^ Jnter'a" 
 north, of range eight east, of the third principal meridian, and a patent certain fractional 
 shall issue therefor as in other cases: Provided, That this act, and the quarter-section 
 patent hereby authorized to be granted, shall not have the effect, or be of land - 
 construed, to impair any legal or equitable claim of any person or per- Patent to issue, 
 sons whatsoever to said tract or parcel of land. 
 
 No. 429. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Jean F. Perry, Josiah Bleakley, Dec. 21 1848 
 Nicholas Jarrot, and Robert Morrison. Vol. 9, p. 749. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the register of the land office at Kaskaskia be Certificates of 
 required to issue certificates of confirmation on the several claims to confirmation on 
 lands confirmed to the said Jeau F. Perry, Josiah Bleakley, Nicholas certain land 
 Jarrot, and Robert Morrison, by the governors of the Northwestern or f^f j^ e p *; 
 Indiana Territories, upon those claims where such certificates have not ry, Josiah Bleak - 
 heretofore issued, which certificates shall be issued to the heirs of the ley, Nich. Jarrot, 
 said persons, and shall not exceed in the whole four thousand six hun- a P d B bei 't Mor- 
 dred acres of land. rison. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such certificates may be located Where to be 
 in legal subdivisions upon any land subject to private entry in any land located, 
 office in Illinois, established for the sale of the public lands agreeably to 
 the provisions of the act entitled "An act confirming certain claims to 
 land in the Illinois Territory, and providing for their location," ap- Patents to is- 
 proved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fourteen, and patents sue. 
 shall be issued therefor agreeably to said act. 
 
 No. 430.- AN ACT for the relief of James Hotchkiss. March 3, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Hotchkiss be, and he is hereby, author ' P ' * 
 
 ized to enter at the Chicago land office, in the State of Illinois, at the James Hotch- 
 minimum price, the northeast quarter of section thirty-one, in township Center ^otuS? 
 thirty-nine north, and range eight east, of the third principal meridian : ter -section of 
 Provided, That said Hotchkiss, at the time of said entry and purchase, land, 
 shall satisfy the register and receiver of said land district that there are Proviso, 
 no adverse or other claimants to said tract of land, or to any part thereof. 
 
180 ILLINOIS. 
 
 March 3, 1849. No. 431.-AX ACT for the relief of William L. Wigent 
 
 ' P ' 1_ Be it enacted, $*c., That William L. Wigent be, and he is hereby.au- 
 
 William L. Wi- thorized to enter and purchase, at the minimum price of the public lands 
 gent authorized t jj e 6OU theast quarter of section numbered twelve, in township num- 
 chase a certain bered thirty-five north, range numbered eleven east, of the third princi- 
 tract of land in pal meridian, in the northeastern land district of Illinois ; it being the 
 Illinois. game tract of laud on which the said Wigent resides, and has improved 
 
 and cultivated : Provided, The said Wigent, at the time of said entry 
 and purchase, shall satisfy the register and receiver of said land dis- 
 trict that there are no adverse or other claimants to said tract of land, 
 or to any part of the same. 
 
 Sept. 20, 1850. No. 432. AX ACT granting the right of way, and making a grant of land to the 
 Vol. 9, p. 466. States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad 
 from Chicago to Mobile. 
 
 Eight of way Be it enacted, $-c., That the right of way through the public lands be, 
 granted for rail- an( j t h e 8ame i s hereby, granted to the State of Illinois for the con- 
 road and branch- -- - - 
 
 gan, and another via the town of Galena in said State, to Dubuque in 
 p . the State of Iowa, with the right al so to take necessary materials of 
 
 earth, stones, timber, etc., for the constr notion thereof : Provided, That 
 the right of way shall not exceed one hundred feet on each side of the 
 length thereof, and a copy of the survey of said road and branches, 
 made under the direction of the legislature, shall be forwarded to the 
 proper local land offices respectively, and to the General Land Office at 
 Washington City, within ninety days after the completion of the same. 
 Alternate sec- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, granted 
 tions of land to tne g tate o f Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in making the railroad 
 and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of laud designated by 
 even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and 
 branches ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when 
 the line or route of said road and branches is definitely fixed by the 
 authority aforesaid, sold any part of any section hereby granted, or that 
 Pre-emption the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be law- 
 rights secured, f u i for any agent or agents to be appointed by the governor of said State, 
 to select, subject to the approval aforesaid, from the lands of the United 
 States most contiguous to the tier of sections above specified, so much 
 land in alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such 
 lands as the United States have sold, or to which the right of preemp- 
 tion has attached as aforesaid, which lands, being equal in quantity to 
 one-half of six sections in width on each side of said road and branches, 
 the State of Illinois shall have and hold to and for the use and purpose 
 Proviso. aforesaid : Provided, That the lauds to be so located shall in no case be 
 
 Further pro- further than fifteen miles from the line of the road : And further pro- 
 viso, vided, The construction of said road shall be commenced at its southern 
 terminus, at or near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, 
 and its northern terminus upon the Illinois and Michigan Canal simul- 
 taneously, and continued from each of said points until completed, 
 when said branch roads shall be constructed, according to the survey 
 Further pro- and location thereof : Provided further, That the lands hereby granted 
 viso. shall be applied in the construction of said road and branches respect- 
 ively, in quantities corresponding with the grant for each, and shall be 
 disposed of only as the work progresses, and shall be applied to no other 
 Further pro- purpose whatsoever : And provided further, That any and all lands re- 
 vi80 - served to the United States by the act entitled "An act to grant a quan- 
 tity of land to the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening 
 a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois River with those of Lake 
 Michigan, approved March second, eighteen hundred and twenty- seven, 
 be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States from the 
 operations of this act. 
 
 Price of lands SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- 
 remaining to the tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, 
 "United States. w ithin six miles on each side of said road and branches, shall not be 
 sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when 
 sold, (a) 
 
 Lands granted SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted 
 to be used only to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature 
 
ILLINOIS. 181 
 
 lereof, for the purposes aforesaid and DO other; and the said railroad for the purposes 
 and branches shall be and remain a public highway, for the use of the aforesaid. Rail- 
 Government of the United States, free from toil or other charge upon JJJ d * 8 Zt &?* 
 the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. emment of Uni- 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if the said railroad shall not be ted States. 
 completed within ten years, the said State of Illinois shall be bound to If no .J com- 
 pay to the United States the amount which may be received upon the P^ e g a YmnSs to 
 sale of any part of said lands by said State, the title to the purchasers p ay the United 
 under said State remaining valid; and the title to the residue of said states the 
 lands shall reinvest in the United States, to have and hold the same in amount received 
 the same manner as if this act had not been passed. {J* s * h e al ot ^ s 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall at and tne Ian( j8 
 all times be transported on the said railroad under the direction of the unsold reinvest. 
 
 Post-Office Department, at such price as the Congress may by law Transportation 
 j i or u nit6ci ottitcs 
 
 direct. mail 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in order to aid in the continua- AH the rights, 
 tion of said Central Railroad from the mouth of the Ohio River to the etc., hereincon- 
 city of Mobile, all the rights, privileges, and liabilities hereinbefore con- f erred on Illinois 
 ferred on the State of Illinois shall be granted to the States of Alabama JoAlabamTand 
 and Mississippi respectively, for the purpose of aiding in the construe- Mississippi, to 
 tion of a railroad from said city of Mobile to a point near the mouth of aid in construct- 
 the Ohio River, and that public lands of the United States, to the same J n s a railroad 
 extent in proportion to the length of the road, on the same terms, lim- 
 
 itations, and restrictions in every respect, shall be, and is hereby, granted 
 said States of Alabama and Mississippi respectively. 
 ) See STos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 369, 433, 440. 
 
 433 AN ACT to protect actual settlers upon the land on the line of the Cen- -August 2, 1852. 
 tral Railroad and branches, by granting preemption rights thereto. Vol. 10, p. 27. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That each and every person now an actual settler Pre-emption 
 and occupant, and who, on the twentieth day of September, in the year rights secured to 
 of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, had made such an j^eo? the Gen- 
 actual settlement and improvement as would have entitled him to a tral Railroad, 
 right of preemption under the act of September fourth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and forty-one, but for his failure to give the requisite notice under 
 that law, or to file proof within due time, on any tract of land now 
 owned by the United States, and situated within the limits reserved 
 from sale by order of the Government, because of the grant of alter- 
 nate sections to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid 
 of the construction of the Chicago and Mobile Railroad and branches, 
 by virtue of an act of Congress, approved September twentieth, eighteen 
 hundred and fifty, entitled, "An act granting the right of way and 
 making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Ala- 
 bama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile," 
 (a) shall have the right to purchase, at the price established by law in 
 regulating the sales of said lands, a quantity of the tract so settled on 
 and improved, not less than forty nor more than one hundred and sixty 
 acres, in legal subdivions, on which said improvements may be situated : 
 Provided, That any person claiming the right to purchase under this act Claim to be 
 shall, before the actual offering of the tract at public sale, file with the filed, and proof 
 register of the proper land office, a notice describing the land by its ^elve months 1 
 numbers, and make the necessary proof, affidavit, and payment for the 
 land, within twelve months from the date of this act : And provided fur- Right of way 
 ther, That the right of wa;v upon and across any tract of land claimed for said road re- 
 under the provisions of this act, not exceeding two hundred feet in servea - 
 width, shall be reserved and retained for the said railroad and branches, 
 as the same may be located and constructed. (&) 
 
 (a) See No. 432. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389, 432, 440. 
 
 tfo. 434. AN ACT for the relief of Jean Baptiste Beaubien. August 1, 1 854. 
 
 Be it enacted fc., That the Commissioner of the General Laud Office be, Vol. 10. P. 805. 
 and he is hereby, authorized to issue a patent or patents to Jean Bap- Commissioner 
 tiste Beaubien, for the following lots as described and numbered on the of General Land 
 survey and plat of the Fort Dearborn addition to Chicago, in the State Office to issue 
 of Illinois, made under the order of the Secretary of War, and now on patent or patei 
 
182 ILLINOIS. 
 
 to said Beaubien file in the War Office, to wit : lots number one, two, three, four, five, 
 for certain lots of an ^ 8 i Xj o f block number four; all that part of lots numbered eight and 
 Lot? 18 ' nine > block numl) er two > which lies south of the line of excavation, au- 
 thorized by the act of Congress, approved twenty-first July, eighteen 
 hundred and fifty -two ; and all that part of lot number one, block num- 
 ber five, that lies within the following boundaries, to wit : commencing 
 on the western line of said lot number one, block five, at a point ten 
 feet north of the southern line thereof ; thence east, parallel with said 
 southern line two hundred and fifty feet to the western boundary of 
 the lands granted by the United States to the Illinois Central Railroad 
 Company ; thence north, along said western boundary thirty-four feet 
 to the northern line of said lot number one, block five, thence west along 
 said northern line two hundred and fifty feet to the northwest corner 
 thereof; thence south along the western line thereof thirty-four feet to 
 the place of beginning. 
 
 August 3, 1854. No. 435. AN ACT to authorize the State of Illinois to select the residue of the 
 Vol. 10, p. 344. lands to which she is entitled under the act of second of March, eighteen hundred 
 
 and twenty-seven, granting land to aid that State in opening a canal to connect the 
 
 waters of the Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan. 
 
 Residue of land Be it enacted, #c. That the governor of the State of Illinois is hereby 
 granted by act of authorized to cause to be selected, the balance of the land to which that 
 1827, how select- State is entitled under the provisions of the act of the second of March, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, granting land to aid that State in 
 opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois River with those 
 of Lake Michigan, out of any of the unsold public land in the State 
 subject to private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, 
 and not claimed by preemption, the quantity to be ascertained upon 
 the principles which governed the final adjustment of the grant to the 
 State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie Canal, under the provisions 
 of the act of Congress approved the ninth of May, eighteen hundred 
 and forty-eight, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 358, 367, 385, 417. 
 
 August 4, 1854. No. 436. AN ACT For the relief of Thomas C . Green. 
 
 10 ' P- 82 - Whereas, it satisfactorily appears that a bounty-land patent was is- 
 
 Preamble. sued on the twenty-ninth of November, one thousand eight hundred 
 and seventeen, on militia land-warrant number nine thousand nine 
 hundred and forty-two, to Charles Mullin, for the southwest quarter of 
 section thirty- six in township eleven north, of range three west, in the 
 military tract, Illinois; and on the twenty-second of July, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and eighteen, a patent for the same tract was issued 
 in error to the heire of Benjamin Knapp, on warrant number eight 
 thousand nine hundred and thirteen, Knapp's warrant having been 
 located on the southeast quarter of said section, and said quarter-sec- 
 tion so located conveyed to one Thomas C. Green by said Knapp's heirs: 
 Therefore- 
 Patent for Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 land to issue to be, and he is hereby, required to issue a patent to Thomas C. Green for 
 Jen ' the southeast quarter-section above named ; and that said patent recite 
 the fact that the former one was filled out erroneously for the south- 
 west quarter, and has been lost, and therefore a new patent has been 
 issued to the grantee of said Knapp's heirs. 
 
 Jan. 24, 1855. No. 437. AN ACT for the relief of David B. Sears. 
 
 Vol. 10, p. 843. ^ ^ enacted, #c., That David B. Sears be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 David B. Sears to enter the fractional quarter-sections of land on Rock Island, in the 
 authorized to en- Mississippi River and State of Illinois, necessary to secure to him the 
 full and complete use of the water-power as now improved and used 
 by him on the north side of said island ; they being the east half of the 
 southwest fractional quarter of fractional section twenty-nine, con- 
 taining twenty- eight acres and ten-hundredths, the southeast fractional 
 quarter of the same fractional section, containing four acres and nine 
 hundredths, and the northeast fractional quarter of fractional section 
 
w, 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 irty-two, containing three acres and twenty-six hundredths, all of 
 which are situated in township eighteen north of the base line, range 
 one west of the fourth principal meridian, upon his paying to the 
 receiver of public moneys at Dixon, the minimum price of one dollar 
 and twenty-five cents per acre for the same, upon which a final certifi- 
 cate and patent shall issue as in other cases. 
 
 183 
 
 438. AN ACT to continue the land offices at Vincennes, Indiana, and to ascer- 
 and adjust the titles to certain lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois, 
 lerly included within the Vincennes land district. 
 
 [See INDIANA, No. 312.] 
 
 Aug. 18, 1856. 
 Yol. 11, p. 140. 
 
 No. 439. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Body and Samuel Fleming. June 5, 1858. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That Isaac Body be allowed to enter at the land Yo1 ' - n p - 539 ' 
 ce at Springfield, Illinois, at the minimum price, at any time within i sa ac Body and 
 one year after the date of this act, the southeast quarter of section Samuel Fleming 
 number nineteen of township number twenty-six north, of range twelve may enter at laud 
 west ; and that Samuel Fleming be allowed to enter, at the same land S^lfls within 
 office, and on the same terms and conditions, the northwest quarter of a year a quarter- 
 section twenty, township twenty-six north, range twelve west : Pro- section of land 
 vidcd, however, That this act shall only'operate as a relinquishmeut of ea h. 
 title on the part of the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 441. 
 
 . 44O. AN ACT for the relief of settlers on certain lands in the State of Illinois. June 11, 1858. 
 Be it enacted, $c,, That every settler on any of the public lands here- Yo1 ' n> p ' 313 ' 
 tofore selected by [the] State of Illinois, but which have not been con- Settlers bona 
 firmed to said State, under the provisions of the act of fourth Septein- fide on public 
 ber, eighteen hundred and forty-one, who settled thereon in good f a ithjf ndsselecte ^ by ' 
 prior to the passage of this act, shall be entitled to preempt their re- e j to%he "state 
 spective claims by legal subdivisions, not to exceed one hundred and of Illinois, may 
 sixty acres in a compact body, at the ordinary minimum of one dollar pre-empt their 
 and twenty-five cents per acre, unless within the six-mile limits of any claim8 ' &c - 
 railroad grant, and in that case at the usual double minimum of two 
 dollars and fifty cents per acre: Provided, Such settlers shall establish 
 their rights according to the rules and regulations prescribed under the 
 provisions of the act of fourth September, eighteen hundred and forty- 
 one, and pay for the same within three months from the date of the 
 publication of this act by the register of the proper district : Provided, 
 That no declaratory statement shall be required to be filed by such set- 
 tlers, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 351, 360, 370, 374, 389. 432, 433. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 ' 
 > 
 
 441. JOINT RESOLUTION to correct a clerical error in "An act for the re- Feb. 5, 1859. 
 
 lief of Isaac Body and Samuel Fleming." Vol. 11, p. 571. 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That the words "the northwest quarter of section clerical error 
 enty," where they occur in the "Act for the relief of Isaac Body and to be corrected 
 Samuel Fleming," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty- in act for relief 
 eight, shall read, and be held to mean, the northwest quarter of section of Isa ac 
 twenty-nine, the word nine having been erroneously omitted from said a ] 
 act. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 439. 
 
 No. 442. AN ACT for the relief of Anthony Schlander. June 9, 1860. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the title of Anthony Schlander to the east half Vol. 12, P . 851. 
 of the southeast quarter of section fifteen, in township thirty-four, Laud title of 
 north, of range thirteen east of the principal meridian, being in the Anthony Schlan- 
 ^icago land district, is hereby confirmed to him, and the Commissioner der confirmed, 
 the General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed to issue a and P atent to 1S ' 
 
 itent to him therefor. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts hereto He p e a 1 i ng 
 fore passed are hereby repealed, so far as they may, in any manner, in- clause. 
 terfere with the legal rights conferred by this act, and no further. 
 
184 ILLINOIS. 
 
 June 16, 1860. No. 443. AN ACT for the relief of congressional township number two north 
 Vol. 12, p. 44. of range number nine west, of the fourth principal meridian, in Adams County 
 State of Illinois. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas section number sixteen in township number two north, of 
 
 range nine west, of the fourth principal meridian, in Adams County, 
 Illinois, is located in a lake, or pond, and is in consequence thereof wholly 
 unfit for cultivation, and is worthless to the inhabitants of said town- 
 ship for school purposes : Therefore, 
 
 School trustees Be it enacted, #c., That the school trustees for the said township be, and 
 Sin land ^ * ne y are hereby, authorized to select one section of land in legal subdivis- 
 ions of any of the public lands of the United States subject to entry or 
 sale at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 Patent to issue SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the same shall have been 
 therefor. selected by the trustees aforesaid, and a description thereof returned to 
 
 and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent 
 or patents shall issue therefor to the inhabitants of the said congres- 
 Land to be sional township, and shall be held and disposed of by them for the use 
 schools US6 ^ 8C hl 8 within the said congressional township in the same manner 
 
 as other school lands are held and disposed of. 
 
 Former grant SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said section sixteen in the 
 Understates fcown8ni P aforesaid shall revert to and invest in the United States, and 
 be disposed of in the same manner as other public lands, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 337, 338, 342, 346, 356, 408, 413, 418, 444. 
 
 June 22, 1860. No. 444. AN ACT for the relief of congressional township number six south, 
 Vol. 12, p. 84. of range number eight west, in Randolph County, State of Illinois. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas section number sixteen, in township number six south, of 
 
 range number eight west, in Randolph County, Illinois, is covered by a 
 private claim number two thousand and lifty, by reason whereof the 
 said section has been lost to the said congressional township for school 
 purposes: Therefore 
 
 School trustees Be it enacted, $c., That the school trustees for the said township be, 
 may select three and they are hereby, authorized to select three quarter-sections of land 
 quarter-sections, in equal subdivisions, of any of the public lands of the United States 
 land lost subject to entry or sale at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty- 
 
 five cents per acre. 
 
 Patent to issue SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That when the same shall have been 
 therefor. selected by the trustees aforesaid, and a description thereof returned to 
 
 and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent 
 or patents shall issue thereof to the inhabitants of the said congressional 
 township, and shall be held and disposed of by them for the use of 
 schools within the said congressional township in the same manner as 
 other school lands are held and disposed of. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 337, 338, 342, 346, 356, 408, 413, 418, 443. 
 
 March 2, 1861. No. 445. AN ACT for the confirmation of the title to the saline lands in Jackson 
 Vol. 12, p. 891. County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and others. 
 
 Title to saline ^ e ^ enacted, #c., That the title to all the lands sold as saline lands in 
 lands in Jackson Jackson County, State of Illinois, as follows, to D. H. Brush and others, 
 County, Illinois, namely : To D. H. Brush, the northwest, northeast, and southwest quarters 
 HBrush 1 ^ *^ e 8Ou ^ we8 * quarter of section eight, township nine, of range two; 
 southwest and southeast quarters of the northeast quarter, northwest and 
 northeast quarters of the southeast quarter, southeast quarter of the 
 southwest quarter, and south westand southeast quarters of the southeast 
 Edward Hoi- quarter of section one, township nine, of range three : To Edward Hoi- 
 den, den, the northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest quarters of the 
 southeast quarter of section seven, township nine, of range two ; north- 
 west, southwest, and northeast quarters of the north west quarter of sec- 
 Joseph Sorrels, tion one, township nine, of range three : To Joseph Sorrels, the north west 
 and northeast quarters of the southwest quarter of section seven, town- 
 Daniel Wor- ship nine, of range two : To Daniel Worthen, the southwest quarter of 
 then. the southwest quarter of section seven, township nine, of range two ; 
 northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and northwest quarter of 
 the northeast quarter of section one, township nine, of range three : 
 Wm. Quails. To William Quails, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of 
 
ILLINOIS. 185 
 
 section eight, township nine, of range two : To William Woolsey, the Wm. Woolsey. 
 southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section seven, township 
 nine, of range two : To Richard Worthen, the west half of the northwest Richard Wor- 
 quarterof the southwest quarter of section one, township nine, of range then, 
 three : To George Elmore, the northwest and northeast quarters of the Geo. Elmore. 
 northwest quarter, and southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of 
 section thirty-five, township eight, of range three : To Alexander Morris, Alexander 
 the southwest and southeast quarters of the northeast quarter of section Morris, 
 thirty-five, township eight, of range three : To Doctor Logan, the north- Doctor Logan, 
 west quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty -one, township 
 eight, of range two : To John G. Sparks, the northwest and northeast Jo. G. Sparks. 
 quarters of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, 
 of range two : To Stephen Holliday, the southwest quarter of the south- Stephen Holli- 
 east quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, day. 
 of range two : To Isaac Morgan, the southwest quarter of the northwest Isaac Morgan, 
 quarter of section thirty-five, township eight, of range three : To A. A. Crow. 
 Crow, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, of section one, 
 township nine, of range three: To William Woolsey, the northeast Wm. Woolsey. 
 quarter of the northwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the 
 northeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two : 
 To T. M. Logan, the northeast and southwest quarters of the northeast T. M. Logan, 
 quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two : To Edward Edward Hol- 
 Hoklen, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and the north- den - 
 west and northeast quarters of the southwest quarter of section thirty- 
 one, township eight, of range two : To John Logan, the southwest and John Logan, 
 southeast quarters of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, town- 
 ship eight, of range two: To Cyrus Thomas, the northeast quarter of Cyrus Thomas- 
 the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range 
 two : To Edward Holden, the southwest quarter of the northwest qtiar- Edward Hol- 
 ter, and the northeast and northwest quarters of the southwest quarter den. 
 of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two : To Hall Neilson, Hall Neilson. 
 the southwest quarter, and east half of the northwest quarter of the 
 southwest quarter of section one, township nine, of range three: To 
 Richard \Vorthen, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Richard Wor- 
 section thirty-five, township eight, of range three : and to John Sorrels, then, 
 the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five, John Sorrels - 
 township eight, of range three, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to 
 the several purchasers herein mentioned, (from the county of Jackson, 
 and State of Illinois,) and be as valid as if originally purchased from 
 the United States of America, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 342, 346, 369, 375, 379, 426. 
 
 446. AN ACT confirming title to "Little Rock Island," in the Mississippi Jan. 30, 1869. 
 
 River. Vol. 15, p. 437. 
 
 hereas, according to the official plat of the survey of the public p ream ble. 
 and returned to the General Land Office by the surveyor-general, a 
 certain island, in the Mississippi River, known as Little Rock Island, 
 and situate opposite the city of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, was sur- 
 veyed and platted as being within the district of lands subject to entry 
 and sale at the Government land office at Dubuque, in the Territory of 
 Iowa ; and whereas said island was entered by Jonathan L. Pearce, 
 junior, at said Government land office at Dubuque, as appears by cash 
 certificate number three thousand three hundred and twenty-six, and 
 was subsequently granted by the United States to said Jonathan L. 
 Pearce, junior, by lettfre-patetot, dated the first day of January, A. D. 
 eighteen hundred aud forty-six, and recorded in volume seven, page 
 two hundred and ten, of patents, in which said letters-patent said island 
 is described as being " Little Rock Island, in the Mississippi River, in 
 township eighty-one north, of range seven east, of the filth principal 
 meridian, in the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque, Iowa Ter- 
 ritory, containing thirty-nine acres and four hundredths of an acre;" 
 and whereas said island is situated east of the main channel of the Mis- 
 sissippi River, in the State of Illinois, in the district of lands subject 
 to sale at Springfield, in said Illinois : Now, therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted <|-c., That the title to the said island be, and the same is Title to Little 
 hereby, ratified and confirmed to the said Jonathan L. Pearce, junior, Rock Island con- 
 and his grantees, fully, in like manner and effect, and in all respects to JSf'-r p Jon - a " 
 the same intent and purpose, as if the laws of the United States respect- J * 
 
186 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 ing the survey, entry, and sale of the public land had been fully and in 
 every respect complied with and observed : Provided, That this act shall 
 not be construed to deprive any other person of any right or title to 
 said laud acquired from the United States. 
 
 July 15, 1870. I *- 447. AN ACT to confirm title to certain lands in Illinois. 
 
 Vol. 16, p. 364. Be it enacte a t g. Cff T nat t he t i t i e O f tne United States to all lots, out- 
 Title of the lots, tracts, pieces, parcels, and strips of land in St. Clair County, State 
 United States to of Illinois, lying and situate qutside of the United States surveys as 
 fr rt ltot t8l Cla noted in t ! ie field - notes of the United States surveyors, and on the Mis- 
 County, Illinois, sissippi River near surveys seven hundred and sixty-six, six hundred 
 confirmed to said and twenty-four, and five hundred and seventy-nine, and near and ad- 
 county, jacent to fractional sections one, two, eleven, and twelve, town[ship] 
 one north, range ten west, third principal meridian, be, and the same 
 is hereby, confirmed and granted to said St. Clair Connty, in said State : 
 Proviso. Provided, That nothing herein shall apply to the ancient French com- 
 mons in said county, (a) . 
 
 (a) See Xo. 448. 
 
 No. 44S. AX ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to confirm title to certain lands 
 
 in Illinois." 
 
 1'eb. 18, 1871. 
 Vol. 16, p. 416. 
 
 Lands in nii- 
 nois. 
 
 Amendment of [ship] one north." (a) 
 former act. 
 
 (a) See Xo. 447. 
 
 -Be it enacted, <$~c., That the description of the lands mentioned in said 
 be so amended as to read township two north, instead of " town- 
 
 July 31, 1876. 
 Vol'. 19, p. 181. 
 
 No. 449. AX ACT making appropriations, &c. 
 [Land office at Springfield abolished. See OHIO, No. 189.] 
 
 March 3, 1877. 
 Vol. 19, p. 515. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 450. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Zachariah B. 
 "Washburn deceased. 
 
 Whereas, on the twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-six, the said Zachariah B. Washburn did enter and purchase, of 
 the proper officers, the west part of the northeast fractional quarter of 
 section twenty -four, in township eighteen north, of range eleven west, 
 of the second principal meridian, in the district of public lands then 
 subject to sale at Danville, in the State of Illinois, and did thereupon 
 receive a certificate of purchase therefor in which the said land was 
 erroneously described as the northwest fractional quarter of said section 
 twenty-four, and also a patent therefor was afterward issued to the said 
 Washburn, in which the said lot of land was also erroneously described 
 as aforesaid: Therefore, 
 
 Land patent to ^ e ^ enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 Zachariah B. issue to the legal representatives of the said Zachariah B. Washburn a 
 Washburn. patent for the said west part of the northeast quarter of said section 
 twenty-four, in the township and range aforesaid, and that the pream- 
 ble above herein be recited in said patent. 
 
MICHIGAN. 
 
 No . 45 1 . AN AC T to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments. Jan. 11, 1805. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, 
 all that part of the Indiana Territory, which lies north of a line drawn T erritory of 
 east from the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan, until it gom tie Indiana 
 shall intersect Lake Erie, and east of a line drawn from the said south- Territory, 
 erlv bend through the middle of said lake to its northern extremity, and Boundaries of 
 thence due north to the northern boundary of the United States, shall, ^ ne ^^SJ 
 for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate territory, ment of a tempo . 
 and be called Michigan. rary government 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That there shall be established within for it. 
 the said Territory, a government in all respects similar to that provided 5 goven 
 by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one 
 thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the government of the 
 territory of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio ; and by an 
 act passed on the seventh day of August, one thousand seven hundred 
 and eighty -nine, entitled "An act to provide for the government of the 
 territory northwest of the river Ohio;" and the inhabitants thereof 
 shall be entitled to, and enjoy all and singular the rights, privileges, 
 and advantages granted and secured to the people of the territory of 
 the United States, northwest of the river Ohio, by the said ordinance. 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 SEC. 6. And le it further enacted, That Detroit shall be the seat of th ^ e *^it made 
 government of the said territory, until Congress shall otherwise di- ernment- 
 rect. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 459, 462, 473, 487, 491, 492, 497, 498, 499, 511, 512. 
 
 No. 452.- AN ACT supplementary to the act, intituled "An act making provi- S* ro " * l ?- 
 sion for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory," and for other _ 
 purposes. 
 
 [See INDIANA, No. 197.] 
 
 
 
 No. 453. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of titles of land in the town of April 21, 1806. 
 Detroit and Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 398. 
 
 Be it enacted, ^c., That the governor and the judges of the Territory of A town to be 
 Michig an shall be, and they, or any three of them, are hereby author- laid out bv th * 
 ized to lay out a town, including the whole of the old town of Detroit, S^ge^of Michi- 
 and ten thousand acres adjacent, excepting such parts as the President gan. 
 of the United States shall direct to be reserved for the use of the Mili- Titles to lots to- 
 tary Department, and shall hear, examine, and finally adjust all claims JjyjSI'gftJSf 
 to lots therein, and give deeds for the same. And to every person, or the L o t s t o be 
 legal representative or representatives of every person, who not owning given to actual 
 or professing allegiance to any foreign power, and being above the age settlers of the 
 
 of seventeen years, did on the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight J?J2n it 
 hundred and five, when the old town of Detroit was burnt, own or in- burnt, if they 
 habit a house in the same, there shall be granted by the governor and were ' citizens of 
 the judges aforesaid, or any three of them, and where they shall judge the United 
 most proper, a lot not exceeding the quantity of five thousand square sta tes. 
 feet. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the land remaining of the said Land undispos- 
 ten thousand acres, after satisfying claims provided for by the preceding gj ^ pJecedir 
 section, shall be disposed of by the governor and judges aforesaid, at section to be sold 
 their discretion, to the best advantage, who are hereby authorized to by the governor 
 make deeds to purchasers thereof, and the proceeds of the lands so dis- 
 
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188 MICHIGAN. 
 
 posed of Bhall be applied by the governor and judges aforesaid towards 
 building a cpurt-house and jail in the town of Detroit, and the said gov- 
 ernor and judges are required to make a report to Congress, in writing, 
 of their proceedings under this act. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 468, 471, 479, 481, 501. 583. 
 
 March 3, 1807. No. 454. AU ACT regulating the grants of land in the Territory of Michigan. 
 
 ' ' Beit enacted, $*c., That all the decisions made by the commissioners 
 
 Certain decis- appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming 
 
 signers wnfl?m- ! ands in tbe d . istrict of Detroit, in favor of such claimants, as entered 
 
 ed. in the transcript of decisions which have been transmitted by the said 
 
 commissioners, to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, be, 
 
 and the same are hereby con firm ed. 
 
 Persons in oc- SEC. 2. And be itfurthei' enacted, That to every person or persons in the 
 cupation of land actual possession, occupancy, and improvement, of any tract or parcel 
 
 which I lnlfan t? of land > in bis > ber > or tbeir own ri nt > at tbe * ime of tbe P a8sin g "f this 
 tie has been ex- act, within that part of the Territory of Michigan, to which the Indian 
 tinguished, con- title has been extinguished, and which said tract or parcel of land was 
 firnied in their settled, occupied and improved, by him, her, or them, prior to and on 
 tates of inherit- tbe first dav of J ulv > one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, or by 
 ance, in fee-aim- some other person or persons, under whom he, she, or they hold or claim 
 pie. the right to the occupancy, or possession thereof, and which said occu- 
 
 pancy or possession has been continued to the time of the passing of this 
 act; the said tract or parcel of land thus possessed, occupied, and im- 
 proved, shall be granted, and such occupant or occupants shall be con- 
 firmed in the title to the same, as an estate of inheritance, in fee-simple : 
 Proviso. Provided however, that no other claims shall be confirmed, by virtue of 
 
 this section, than such as have been entered with the register of the 
 land office of Detroit, within the time, and in the manner provided by 
 , law, and by the commissioners aforesaid, have been inserted in their 
 
 report, transmitted as aforesaid ; nor shall more than one tract or parcel 
 of land be thus granted to any one person, and the same shall not con- 
 tain more than the quantity claimed, nor more than six hundred and 
 Proviso. forty acres : And provided also, that the same shall not extend to any 
 
 tract heretofore reserved, or which may by the President of the United 
 States, be set aside for public uses, in the town of Detroit and its vicin- 
 ity, or on the island of Michilimackinac. 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the Territory 
 Michigan, and o f Michigan, together with the register and receiver of public monies 
 
 receJ?lro? r ublio of tbe land office of ? e . troit > 8na11 be commissioners for the purpose of 
 moneys of the ascertaining and deciding on the rights of persons claiming the benefit 
 land office of De- of this act : and the said commissioners shall, previous to entering on 
 troit, made com- the duties of their appointment, respectively take and subscribe the fol- 
 chdms 10 ^ 8 r lowin g oa th or affirmation, before some person qualified to administer 
 Their oath of the same : I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will impar- 
 
 office. tially exercise and discharge the duties imposed upon me, by an act of 
 
 Congress, intituled " An act regulating the grants of land in the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan." And it shall be the duty of the said commissioners 
 to meet at the town of Detroit, on or before the first day of July next, 
 
 and they shall not adjourn to any other place, or for any longer time, 
 than three days, until the first day of January next, or until they shall 
 have completed the business of their appointment. And the said corn- 
 Powers and missioners, or a majority of them, shall have power to hear and decide 
 duties of the j n a summary manner, all matters respecting such claims, to compel the 
 noners. attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths and examine witnesses, and 
 such other testimony as may be adduced, and to determine thereon 
 according to justice and equity. Minutes of the proceedings, decisions, 
 meetings, and adjournments of the board, shall be regularly entered by 
 the register, in a book to be kept for that purpose, together with the 
 evidence on which such decisions are made, unless such evidence has 
 already been entered according to law, in the book or books of minutes, 
 kept by the commissioners appointed under former acts, to investigate 
 Lands to be the claims to land in the district of Detroit. And when it shall appear 
 surveyed. &c. to the said commissioners that the claimant is entitled to a tract of land 
 by virtue of this act, they shall give a certificate thereof stating the cir- 
 cumstances of the case, and that the claimant is entitled to receive a 
 patent for such a tract of land, by virtue of this act ; which tract shall 
 be surveyed in conformity with the decision of the commissioners, at the 
 

 MICHIGAN. 189 
 
 expense of the party, and under the direction of the surveyor-general by By whom, 
 such of his assistants, residing in the Territory of Michigan, as the said 
 surveyor- general shall appoint for that purpose : Provided, That the whole Proviso, 
 expense of surveying and marking the lines, shall not exceed three dol- 
 lars for every mile that shall he actually run, surveyed, or marked. The 
 survey or- general shall transmit to the register of the land office at 
 Detroit, general and particular plots of all the lands surveyed as afore- 
 said, and shall also forward copies of the said plots to the Secretary of General and 
 the Treasury. The commissioners shall transmit to the Secretary of the JJ^^JJf ^ l ^ 
 Treasury a transcript of their decisions in favour of claimants, which 8urv e.yor-general 
 shall contain a fair statement of the evidence on which each respective to the register of 
 claim is founded, and shall be signed by the said commissioners, and land office at De- 
 shall state the names of the parties in whose favour the certificates have aiaoVSecret^v 
 been granted, the number of acres granted and the situation of the laud. of Treasury 
 And the certificate and certificates granted as aforesaid, by the commis- Transcripts of 
 sioners, being duly entered with the register of the land office of commissioners' 
 Detroit, prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred Sj5jl 6 j! 
 and nine, shall entitle the party or parties, as soon as the plot or plots wa rded to Secre- 
 aforesaid, shall have been transmitted to the said register, to receive from tary of Treasury. 
 him a certificate or certificates, for each of which certificates the register Certificates of 
 shall receive one dollar, directed to the Secretary of the Treasury ; and j^ 18 ^ 8 }o 
 if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said Secretary, that such cer- f an( j ) &c . 
 tificates have been fairly obtained according to the true intent and Fees to be paid 
 meaning of this act, then and in that case, patents shall issue, in like f r certificates. 
 manner as is provided by law, for the other lands of the United States, (a) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the powers vested by this act Powers of 
 in the commissioners above mentioned shall not extend to lots in the ^^xtond^d \o 
 town of Detroit, the claims to which shall be ascertained and decided f ots \* e t " wn of 
 npon, in the maaer provided by the act, intituled "An act to provide Detroit, 
 for the adjustment of titles of land in the town of Detroit, and Territory 
 of Michigan, and for other purposes." 
 
 SEC. 5. And le it further enacted, That the secretary of the Territory Compensati o n 
 of Michigan shall be entitled to receive five hundred dollars, in full for * . secretary of 
 all the services rendered by him under this act, to be paid out the sums gerVices^u n' d er 
 which have been, or may be appropriated for carrying into effect the this act. 
 several laws enacted for the disposal of public lands, and for the adjust- Out of what 
 ment of claims in the Indiana or Michigan Territories. fund to be P aid - 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 455, 457, 461, 464, 466, 474, 514, 532. 
 
 No. 455. AN ACT supplemental to "An act regulating the grants of land in the April 25, 1808. 
 Territory of Michigan." Yd. 2, p. 502. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That every person claiming lands, within that part claimants to 
 of the Michigan Territory to which the Indian title hath been extin- land in the Mich- 
 guished by virtue of any legal grant made by the French Government igan Territory, 
 prior to the treaty of Paris of the tenth of February, one thousand T? h . ere n he Indian 
 seven hundred and sixty- three ; or of any legal grant made by the extinguished & al- 
 British Government subsequent to the said treaty, and prior to the lowed until 'the 
 treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, of the first of January 
 third of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- three, or ? e ^ n ' * ilt^ 617 
 of the second section of the act to which this act is a supplement, shall no tice of their 
 be allowed until the first day of January next, to deliver to the register claims. 
 of the land office for the district of Detroit, a notice in writing, stating 
 the nature and extent of his claims, together with a plat or plats of the 
 tract or tracts claimed, and if such person shall fail to deliver such 
 notice in writing, together with a plat of the tract claimed, all his right, 
 so far as it may be derived from any act of Congress, shall become void, 
 and the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining and 
 deciding the lights of persons claiming lands in the said district of 
 Detroit, shall have the same powers and perform the duties in relation 
 to the claims, notices of which shall be thus filed, as are provided by 
 the act to which this act is a supplement, in relation to the claims 
 therein described. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person whose claim has Persons whose 
 been, or shall be confirmed by the commissioners aforesaid, to a tract l*. 8 are e ? tab - 
 
 of land bordering on the river Detroit, and not exceeding in depth forty ^ a preference 
 arpens, French measure, shall be entitled to a preference in becoming j n Becoming the 
 the purchaser of any vacant tract of land adjacent to, and back of his purchasers of the 
 own tract, not exceeding forty arpens, French measure, in depth, nor in contiguous va- 
 quantity of land that which is contained in his own tract, at the same ca 
 
190 MICHIGAN. 
 
 price, and on the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for 
 Surveyor-gen- the other public lands in the said district. And the surveyor-general 
 ve sto C be S made 8na H be, anc ^ ne * 8 ^ ere ^y authorized, as soon as may be, to cause to be 
 ' surveyed, the tracts claimed by virtue of this section, and in all cases 
 where, by reason of bends in the said river, and of adjacent prior, or 
 pre-emption claims, each claimant cannot obtain a tract equal in quan- 
 tity to the adjacent tract already owned by him, to divide the vacant 
 land, applicable to that object, between the several claimants, in such 
 Every person manner as to him will appear most equitable. And every person 
 ^ tit n e t d ofthi8 entitled to the k 6116 ^ of this section, shall, on or before the first day 
 section *to give ^ January next, deliver to the register of the land office for the dis- 
 notice in writing trict of Detroit, a notice in writing, stating the situation and extent of 
 to the register, the tract of land he wishes to purchase, and deposit at the same time 
 one-twentieth part of the purchase money ; and shall also, within three 
 months after the return of the survey to the office of the said register, 
 produce to him a receipt from the receiver of public money for the said 
 district for one-fourth part of the purchase mouey. And if any such 
 person shall fail to deliver such notice, and make such deposit and pay- 
 ment, at the times above mentioned, his right of pre-emption shall 
 cease, and become void, (a) 
 
 Pre-emption SEC. 3. And be it fur-tiier enacted, That every person, who being the 
 right secured to head of a family, did, prior to the twenty-sixth of March, one thou- 
 actual settlers. san( i eight hundred and four, and doth, at the time of the passage 
 of this act, inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in the Territory of 
 Michigan, not claimed by virtue of a legal French or British grant, or 
 by the second section of the act to which this act is a supplement, shall 
 be entitled to a preference, in becoming the purchaser from the United 
 States of such tract of land not exceeding one section, at the price at 
 which the other public lands in the said Territory are directed to be sold; 
 and payment may be made therefor in the same manner, and under the 
 same conditions, as are provided by law for such other public lands. 
 Notice in writ- And every person entitled to the benefit of this section, shall, on or 
 "f g th b? t g r en before the nrst dav of January, next, deliver to [the] register of the 
 and extent "l" the l an( l office, for the district aforesaid, a notice in writing, of the situa- 
 land to be pur- tion and extent of the tract of land he wishes to purchase. The com- 
 cbased. missioners aforesaid are hereby authorized to examine and decide the 
 
 claims, of every person claiming the benefit of this section, and whenever 
 it shall appear to them that the claimant is entitled to a right of pre- 
 emption they shall give a certificate thereof, directed to the register of 
 the land office, which certificate, together with a receipt from the receiver 
 of public money, of at least one-fourth part of the purchase money, 
 shall, on, or before the first day of January, next, be produced by the 
 claimant to the register of the land office for the said district. And if 
 any person shall fail to deliver such notice in writing, or produce such 
 certificate and receipt within the times above mentioned, his right of 
 pre-emption shall cease, and become void. (6) 
 
 Repeal of part SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the second section 
 of a former act. of the act to which this act is a supplement, as provides that not more 
 than one tract or parcel of land shall be granted to any one person, 
 shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Lands to which SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the lands to which the Indian 
 Indian title was title has been extinguished, by the treaty made at Detroit, on the seven- 
 extinguished by teen th of November, one thousand eight hundred and seven, shall be 
 t^be^^achedto attached to and made a part of the district of Detroit, and be offered 
 district of De- f r sale at that place, under the same exceptions and regulations, at 
 troit, and sold, the same price, and on the same terms, as other lands lying in that 
 &c. district, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 454, 457, 461, 464, 466, 474, 514, 532. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 85, 197, 467, 480, 503, 515, 526, 535, 574, 575, 583, 584. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 196, 197, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1809. No. 456. AN ACT for the relief of certain Alibama and Wyandott Indians. 
 
 Vol. 2, p. 527. Be . t enacted} ^ That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 President to is hereby authorized to cause to be surveyed and designated by proper 
 cause a tract of me tes and bounds, a tract of land, not exceeding two thousand 
 
 JnsTeriitorvto five hundred acres, out of any lands of the United States, lying in 
 be laid off for the the Territory of Orleans, and west of the river Mississippi, and by lease 
 Alibama Indians, vest the said tract of land in a certain tribe of Alibama Indians and 
 

 MICHIGAN. 191 
 
 their descendants, for the term of fifty years : Provided nevertheless, That Proviso. 
 
 it shall not be lawful for the said tribe of Indians to transfer or assign 
 
 their interest in the said land, and every such transfer, or assignment, 
 
 shall be null and void : And provided also, That if the said tribe of In- Proviso. 
 
 dins shall remove from the said tract of land, their interest in, and to, 
 
 the same shall thenceforth cease and determine. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be designated, un- Sectary of 
 . der the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, two tracts of land JJ g two g^g 
 in the Michigan Territory, one includingthe village called Brown'stown, O f i an( i j n Micli- 
 and the other the village called Maguaga in the possession of the Wyau- igan to be laid 
 dott tribe of Indians, containing in the whole not more than five thou- off for the Wy- 
 sand acres; which two tracts of land shall be reserved for the use of aE 
 the said Wyandotts, and their descendants, and be secured to them in 
 the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions as is provided 
 in relation to the Alibama Indians, by the first section of this act. (a) 
 (a) See No. 503. 
 
 No. 457. AN ACT to authorize the granting of patents for land, according to the April 23, 1812. 
 surveys that have been made ; and to grant donation rights to certain claimants of Vol. 2, p. 710. 
 laud in the district of Detroit, and for other purposes. 
 
 />> it enacted, #c., That patents shall be granted to the persons whose Patents to be 
 claims to land have been confirmed in the district of Detroit, in con- fjfjg 4h JTe 
 formity to the surveys which have been made under the direction of claims have been 
 the surveyor-general, and the general plat of which has been returned confirmed, 
 to the Secretary of the Treasury, notwithstanding the surveys shall not, 
 in every respect, correspond with the description of the tracts as con- 
 firmed by the commissioners for adjusting land claims in the said dis- 
 trict: Provided, That the confirmation of the commissioners and certifi- Provi80 ' 
 cate of the register shall, in every other respect, be conformable to law. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That every person, whose claim has a bi e to law. 
 been confirmed by the commissioners aforesaid to a tract of land bord- Donations of 
 erin; on the river Detroit, and whose tract, as confirmed, does not ex- vacant lands, 
 tend in depth eighty arpens, French measure, shall be entitled to a no 
 donation of any vacant tract of land adjacent to and back of the land 
 confirmed to him as aforesaid, provided that such donation shall not 
 exceed forty arpens, French measure, in depth, nor in quantity of land 
 that contained in the tract already confirmed to him, nor shall in any 
 case the tract confirmed as aforesaid, and that allowed as a donation, 
 together exceed eighty arpens, French measure, in depth, and in all 
 cases where, by reason of bends in the said river, and of adjacent prior Where bonds 
 claims, each claimant cannot obtain a tract equal in quantity to the 2? J^mtntftvIS 
 tract already confirmed to him, the vacant land applicable to the object b | granted, " as 
 shall be divided between the claimants in such manner as shall appear commissioners 
 to the commissioners for adjusting the claims most equitable. And may determine, 
 every person claiming a donation in virtue of this section shall, on or 
 before the first day of December next, deliver to the register of the 
 land office at Detroit, a notice, in writing, of the situation and extent 
 of his claim, which ho shall file in his office on receiving twenty- five 
 cents from the party or parties for each claim ; and if such person shall 
 neglect to deliver such notice within the time limited, his right to a 
 donation, under this section, shall become void. And the commissioners 
 for adjusting claims to land in the said district shall, as soon as may be 
 after the first of December next, proceed to examine and decide, accord- 
 ing to the provisions of this section, on the claims filed as aforesaid; 
 and when it shall appear to the said commissioners that the claimant is Commissioners 
 entitled to a donation of land, they shall give a certificate stating the J t f lve J 
 circumstances of the case, and that the claimant is entitled to receive a 
 patent for such a tract of land by virtue of this section, which tract 
 shall be surveyed in conformity with the decision of the commisssoners, 
 at the expense of the party, under the direction of the surveyor-gen- 
 eral, by such of his assistants residing in the said district as the said 
 surveyor-general shall appoint for that purpose. The expense of sur- 
 veying shall be the same, and the plats of surveys and transcript of the 
 decisions of the commissioners in favor of claimants shall be made and 
 transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury in the same manner; and 
 the certificates granted by the commissioners shall be entered with the 
 register of the land office, and certificates of the register be granted to 
 the party or parties on payment of the sajme fees, and patents granted, 
 in every respect, in the same manner as is directed by the third section 
 
192 MICHIGAN. 
 
 of an act, entituled "An act regulating the grants of land iu the TYi:i- 
 tory of Michigan," passed the third day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and seven. 
 
 Heirs of Joseph SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the heirs of Joseph Harrison, 
 
 Harrison may be late of Detroit, deceased, be permitted to enter with the register of the 
 
 make^n entry in l an( l office, for the district of Detroit, their claim to any tract or tracts 
 
 the land office for of land in the said district ; and such entry shall have the same effect, 
 
 the district of and the commissioners shall have the same powers, and act thereon in 
 
 the same manner, as if the entry had been made before the first day of 
 
 January, one thousand eight hundred and nine ; and in case of a ofeci- 
 
 sion in favour of their claim or claims, a patent or patents shall be 
 
 granted for the lands so claimed and confirmed to them, any law to the 
 
 contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 454, 455, 461, 464, 466, 474, 514, 532. 
 
 May 6, 1812. No. 458. AN ACT to provide for designating, surveying and granting the military 
 Vol. 2, p. 728. bounty lands. 
 
 Lands set apart % e M enacted, <$-c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 for satisfying is hereby authorized to cause to be surveyed a quantity of the public 
 military bounty lands of the United States, fit for cultivation, not otherwise appropri- 
 ceedki<* ix mil- a ^ e ^> an< ^ *o which the Indian title is extinguished, not exceeding in 
 lions o? acres in the whole six millions of acres, two millions to be surveyed in the Ter- 
 Michigan, Illi- ritory of Michigan, two millions in the Illinois Territory, north of the 
 nois, and Louisi- Illinois River, and two millions in the Territory of Louisiana, between 
 the river St. Francis and the river Arkansas; the said lands to be 
 divided into townships, and subdivided into sections and quarter-sec- 
 tions, (each quarter-section to contain, as near as possible, one hundred 
 and sixty acres,) in. the manner prescribed by law for surveying and 
 subdividing the other public lands of the United States,(a) the same 
 price to be allowed for surveying as is fixed for surveying the other 
 public lands in the same territory. And the lands thus surveyed, with 
 Salt springs, the exception of the salt springs (&) and lead mines (c) therein, and of 
 fcc., to be ex- the quantities of land adjacent thereto, as may be reserved for the use 
 cepted. Q f t^ 8ame by the President of the United States, and the section 
 
 number sixteen in every township to be granted to the inhabitants of 
 such township for the use of public schools, (d) shall be set apart and 
 reserved for the purpose of satisfying the bounties of one hundred and 
 sixty acres, promised to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 
 United States, their heirs and legal representatives, by the act, entituled 
 "An act for completing the existing military establishment," approved 
 the twenty-fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and 
 eleven, and by the act, entituled "An act to raise an additional military 
 force," approved the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and twelve. 
 
 Warrants to SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the Secretary for the Depart- 
 
 be issued by ment of War, for the time being, shall, from time to time, issue war- 
 
 the Secretary of ra nts for the military land bounties to the persons entitled thereto by 
 
 Proviso. ^ e ^ wo last-mentioned acts, or either of them : Provided always, That 
 
 such warrants shall be issued only in the names of the persons thus 
 
 entitled, and be by them or their representatives applied for within 
 
 five years after the said persons shall have become entitled thereto ; and 
 
 the said warrants shall not be assignable or transferable in any manner 
 
 whatever. 
 
 Claims to be SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That every person in whose favour 
 determined by such warrants shall have been issued, shall, on delivery of the same at 
 lot - the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, or of such other officer as 
 
 may at the time have, by law, the superintendence of the General Laud 
 Office of the United States at the seat of Government, be entitled to 
 draw by lot in such manner as the officer, at the head of the Land Office, 
 under the direction of the President of the United States, may pre- 
 scribe, one of the quarter-sections surveyed by virtue of the first sec- 
 tion of this act, in either of the said Territories which the person in 
 A patent to be whose favour such warrant has issued may designate. And a patent 
 granted. shall thereupon be granted to such person, for such quarter-section, 
 
 without requiring any fee therefor. 
 
 Claims for mil- SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That no claim for the military land 
 itary land boun- bounties aforesaid shall be assignable or transferable in any manner 
 S1Sna ~ wna * ever j until after a P a tent shall have been granted in the manner 
 aforesaid. All sales, mortgages, contracts, or agreements, of any nature 
 

 whatever, made prior thereto, for the purpose, or with intent of alienating, 
 or mortgaging any such claim, are hereby declared and snail 
 held 
 be 
 
 MICHIGAN. 
 
 purpose, or wit 
 
 utfiuii v/j. j-uwj. ffiLtfl/ckJ..!-!^ **-"j "-j^v-" ^-.etinjj eirc " / 
 held null and void ; nor shall any tract of land, granted as aforesaid, 
 liable to be taken in execution or sold on account of any such sale, 
 mortgage, contract or agreement, or on account of any debt contracte 
 prior to the date of the patent, either by the person originally entitled 
 to the land or by his heirs or legal representatives, or by virtue of any 
 process, or suit at law, or judgment of court against a person entitled 
 to receive his patent as aforesaid, (e) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 197, 460, 509, 513, 590. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 493, 516, 519. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 515, 518, 5'. 7. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 476, 493, 562, 586. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 460, 461a. 
 
 No. 459. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain May 20, 1812. 
 and designate certain boundaries. vol. 4 p. 74i. 
 
 [See OHIO, No. 57.] 
 
 No. 460. AN ACT to authorize the survey of two millions of acres of public lands, April 29, 1816. 
 ' in lieu of that quantity heretofore authorized to be surveyed in the Territory of Vol. 3, p. 332. 
 Michigan, as military bounty lands. 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 342.] 
 
 No. 461. AN ACT allowing further time for entering donation rights to lands in March 3, 1817. 
 the district of Detroit. Vo1 3 . P- 39 - 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claimants to certain donation rights to The claimants 
 land in the district of Detroit, granted by the second [section] of an to certain dona- 
 act, entitled "An act to authorize the granting of patents for land.tion rights of 
 according to the surveys that have been made, and to grant donation g f ^ t jjg 
 rights to certain claimants of land in the district of Detroit, and for allow ed until 
 other purposes," passed the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight the 1st of Dec., 
 hundred and twelve, be, and they are hereby, allowed until the first 1818 to Me their 
 day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to file 
 their claims with the register of the land office, for the district afore- 
 said, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 454, 455, 457, 464, 466, 474, 514, 532. 
 
 No. 461a. AN ACT extending the time for obtaining military land-warrants in March 27, 1818. 
 
 certain cases. Vol. 3, p. 411. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the provision of the second section of the act, ~ The second sec- 
 entitled " An act to provide lor designating, surveying, and granting, tion of theactre- 
 the military bounty lands," passed on the sixth day of May, one thou- ferred to not to 
 sand eight hundred and twelve, which limits the time within which jJPP lv to th | 
 persons entitled to military bounty lands shall make their application persons tilled, 
 for a land warrant to five years from and after such person shall have & c . 
 become entitled thereto, shall not be construed to apply to, affect, or 
 bar, any application for a military land-warrant, which may be made 
 by the heirs and representatives of a deceased person, who was entitled 
 thereto by services performed in the late war, or application by the 
 heirs and representatives of any non-commissioned officer or soldier 
 killed in action, or who died in the actual service of the United States, 
 and entitled by existing laws to a bounty in lands; but the heirs and The heirs, &c., 
 representatives of such persons shall be allowed to make their applica- may^ke^pplS 
 tions therefor at any time before the first day of May, one thousand ca tions until 1st 
 eight hundred and twenty ; any act to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) May, 1820. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 460. 
 
 No. 462. AN ACT to enable the people of the Illinois Territory to form a consti- April 18, 1818. 
 tution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on Vol. 3, p. 428. 
 equal footing with the original States. 
 
 SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of Additional ter- 
 the United States lying north of the State of Indiana, and which wasggg ? after* 
 included in the former Indiana Territory, together with that part of nii no i8 is formed 
 the Illinois Territory which is situated north of and not included within into a State, 
 13 L O VOL II 
 
194 MICHIGAN. 
 
 subject to the the boundaries prescribed by this act, to the State thereby authorized 
 disposition of ^ o jj e formed, shall be, and hereby is, attached to, and made a part of 
 congress, &c. the Michigan Territory, from and after the formation of the said State, 
 subject, nevertheless, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress, according 
 to the right reserved in the fifth article of the ordinance aforesaid, and 
 the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and im- 
 munities, and subject to the same rules and regulations, in all respects, 
 with the other citizens of the Michigan Territory, (a) 
 (a) SeeXos. 451, 459, 473, 487, 491, 492, 497, 498, 499, 511, 512. 
 
 March 2, 1819. No. 463. AX ACT confirming the claim of Alexander Macomb to a tract of land 
 Vol. 6, p. 228. in the Territory of. Michigan. 
 
 Land title con- & e *' enacted, j-c. t That Alexander Macomb of the Territory of Mich- 
 firmed, igan, be, and he hereby is, confirmed in his right and claim to a tract 
 of land, be ing an island, situated in the mouth of Detroit River, known by 
 the name of Stoney Island, which was formerly occupied and improved 
 for the benefit of the heirs of William Macomb, deceased, under whom 
 the said Alexander Macomb now claims title; and upon a regular plat 
 and survey of the said island being returned into the office of the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall be granted for the 
 aforesaid island or tract of land : Provided, That the confirmation and 
 grant, to Alexander Macomb, hereby made and directed, shall not preju- 
 dice the legal claim (if such there be) of any other person to the same 
 tract of land. 
 
 May 11, 1820. JVo. 464. AX ACT to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and 
 Vol. 3, p. 572 deciding on claims to land in the district of Detroit, and for settling the claims to 
 land at Green Bay and Prairie des Cbiens, in the Territory of Michigan. 
 
 Powers of the Be it enacted, $c., That the powers of the commissioners for ascertain- 
 commissioners ing and deciding on the rights of persons claiming lands in the district 
 claims to lands ot Detroit, as defined by the second section of an act, entitled "An act 
 in the district of to authorize the granting of patents for land according to the surveys 
 Detroit, un der that have been made, and to grant donation rights to certain claimants 
 fei-M-ev? erf 1 "* 1 ' of land in the district of Detroit, and for other purposes," passed on the 
 twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall be, 
 Commissioners and are hereby, revived. ' And the said commissioners shall perform the 
 to perform the duties therein prescribed, in relation to the claims which have been 
 duties prescnb- fi , ed with the regi8ter of the land office for the said district, in pur- 
 suance of the act, entitled "An act allowing further time for entering 
 And to exam- donation rights to lands in the district of Detroit." And the said 
 in e and decide on commissioners shall also have power to examine and decide, accord- 
 C Export and * n * tne ^ aw8 respecting the same, the claims which have been filed 
 transcripts to be with the register of the land office, and not heretofore decided on : and 
 transmitted to they shall transmit their report, and transcripts of their decisions, to 
 ;he Secretary of tne Secretary of the Treasury, to be laid before Congress, in the manner 
 
 sury, A;C. directed by former laws providing for the adjustment of such claims. 
 
 An agent capa- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be, 
 
 ble of translat- and they are hereby, authorized to employ, with the approbation of the 
 
 lan>r 'a" French Secretary of the Treasury, a persoii capable of translating the French 
 
 language, as an agent, for the purpose of ascertaining the titles and 
 
 claims to land at the settlements of Green Bay, and Prairie des Chiens. 
 
 Agent to give It shall be the duty of the said agent to give public notice, at each of 
 
 notice - and at - the said settlements, of the time and place therein, at which he shall 
 
 attend for the purpose of receiving notices and evidence of titles and 
 
 Claimants to claims to lands within the same. And every person having title or claim 
 
 produce evi- to ] an ds within the settlements aforesaid, shall produce the evidence 
 
 ice, &c. of j^ t - lt j e or claim to tne ga jd agent, who shall record the same in 
 
 Agent to re- books to be kept for that purpose. And after the said agent, shall have 
 
 port to the com- remained at the places aforesaid, a time sufficient for the inhabitants 
 
 ers, &c. to p ro d uce the evidence of their claims, he shall make his report thereof 
 
 Commissioners to the said commissioners, who shall have power to examine and decide 
 
 to transmit re- on ^he claims so reported to them, according to the laws for adjusting 
 
 Srioteto tr fhe and . settling the claims to land in the district of Detroit, except, that 
 
 Secretary of the which relates to donations of vacant land adjacent to the land confirmed 
 
 Treasury, &c. shall not be considered applicable to claims in the settlements aforesaid. 
 
 And the said commissioners shall transmit their report, and transcripts 
 
 of their decisions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the 
 
MICHIGAN. 195 
 
 3t of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 one, to be laid before Congress at their next session thereafter, in the 
 same manner as was directed by law in respect to the claims to lands in 
 the district of Detroit. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the agent aforesaid shall take Agent to take 
 an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined on him ; and he an oath - 
 shall conform, in discharging the said duties, to such general instruc- 
 tions as shall be given him by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and the Five hundred 
 said commissioners and agent shall each receive five hundred dollars, as commissioner 
 full compensation for the services to be performed under this act, to- and agen t ( w ith 
 gether with the recording fees to the agent, and allowance to the regis- fees to agent and 
 ter, for a certificate of confirmation for donation rights provided for by register. 
 former laws, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 454, 455, 457, 461, 466, 474, 514, 532. 
 
 465. AN ACT to annex certain lands within the Territory of Michigan to the May 11, 1820. 
 district of Detroit. Vol. 3, p. 577. 
 
 Be it enacted, <<?., That all the public lands of the United States within public lands, 
 the Territory of Michigan, to which the Indian title was extinguished to which the In' 
 by the treaty held and concluded at Saguina, in the said Territory, on dian title was ex- 
 the twenty-fourth day of September, in the year one thousand eight treaty of Sani? 
 hundred and nineteen, shall be, and hereby are, attached to, and made Da , attached to 
 part of, the district of Detroit, in the said Territory. the district of 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land's aforesaid, to which D ' oit - 
 
 the Indian title has been extinguished, and which have not been reserved ^ 
 
 - 
 
 or appropriated by existing laws or treaties, shall be surveyed, and propriated, to be 
 offered for sale, under the direction of the President of the United States, surveyed and of- 
 in the same manner, with the same reservations and exceptions, and fered for sale > &c - 
 upon the same terms and conditions in every respect, both at public 
 And private sale, as are or may be provided by law, for the disposal of 
 the other public lauds within the said district, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 467, 469, 480, 454, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
 No. 466. AN ACT to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustmen t Feb. 21, 1823. 
 of land claims in the Territory of Michigan. Vol. 3, p. 724. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the act entitled " An act to revive the powers Act of May 
 of the commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on the claims to n, 1820 revived, 
 land in the district of Detroit, and for settling the claims to land at fo^e tSl 1st N< 
 Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of Michigan," ap- vember next, 
 proved May the eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, shall 
 be, and the same is hereby, revived, and shall continue in force until 
 the first day of November next ; and it shall be the duty of the said Report of the 
 commissioners, as soon thereafter as may be, to forward their report, commissioners to 
 as is required by the second section of said act, to the Secretary of the congress. 
 Treasury, to be by him laid before Congress at its next session. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the second section of the act, enti- Second section 
 tied " An act to authorize the granting of patents for land, accordiug to J i^to <. 
 the surveys that have been made, and to grant donation rights to certain brace certain 
 claimants of land in the district of Detroit, and for other purposes," claims, 
 approved April twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, 
 shall be so construed as to embrace all persons who have claims con- 
 firmed below Milk River Point, at the lower end of Lake St. Clair. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That patents shall, and they are hereby Patents to be 
 directed to, be issued, in the mode pointed out by law in other cases, to iss ^ ^Jfa i m s 
 persons whose claims to lands, town or village lots, have been regu- jj^ ' ^ een fi j e ^ 
 larly filed with the commissioners appointed by an act, entitled " An under the act of 
 act to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and de- May 11, 120. 
 cidiug on claims to land in the district of Detroit, and for settling the 
 claims to laud at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of 
 Michigan," passed on the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and twenty, and whose claims are contained in the report trans- 
 mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and which have been re- 
 ported favorably on by said commissioners : and such persons are here- 
 by confirmed in their claims, agreeably to any surveys heretofore made, 
 or the lines and boundaries established by the claimants respectively : 
 
196 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Proviso. Provided, That such confirmations shall only amount to a relinquish- 
 
 ment forever, on the part of the United States, and that not more than 
 six hundred and forty acres shall be confirmed by virtue of any one 
 claim ; nor shall more be confirmed, in any case, than the quantity 
 claimed ; nor shall any claim extend in width more than forty, nor in 
 depth more than eighty, arpents ; nor to land heretofore, and now, re- 
 served by the United States for public uses. 
 
 Claimants re- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That wherever it shall appear to the 
 moved by any gaid commissioners that any claimant to land, or a town or village lot, 
 TJ^Td States at Green Bav or p . r airie du Chien, cannot establish his, her, or their, 
 Army, to have claim to the same, in consequence of his, her, or their, removal there- 
 certificates for from by any officer of the United States' Army, it shall be the duty 
 anytractof land, of the said commissioners to issue a certificate to such person or per- 
 favT occupiecl 8OD8 ! for any tract of land, * village lot, which may have been occupied 
 after such remo- v him, her, or them, after such removal, not exceeding, in quantity, 
 val. that originally claimed; on which certificates patents shall issue, as in 
 
 other cases ; which claims shall be, in all other respects, subject to the 
 restrictions and provisions of the third section of this act. 
 
 Occupants of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That ever person who, on the first 
 land in Green day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, was a resident 
 Chf' ^^M^h'li 1 ^ ^ reen Bay, Prairie du Chien, or within the county of Michilimacki- 
 macVinaw on naw > an d who, on the said day, occupied and cultivated, or occupied a 
 July i, 1812, who tracXi of land which had previously been cultivated by said occupant, 
 have continued lying within either of said settlements, and who has continued to sub- 
 authorit 1 * of the mit to tbe aathorit y of the United States, or to the legal representa- 
 Unite" States, or ti yes f every such person, shall be confirmed in the tract so occupied 
 their legal repre- and cultivated; and the said commissioners, in the adjudicating on 
 sentatives, to be claims to land embraced by this act, are authorized to take into their 
 confirmed in said consideration the evidence and facts collected and reported to them by. 
 the agents of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the act 
 of the eleventh of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, as 
 well as such other and further evidence and testimony as may or shall 
 be exhibited before them by the claimants, to support their claims : and 
 the register of the land office at Detroit is authorized and required to 
 receive and record all notices and claims to lands provided for by this 
 act, and which shall be exhibited to him on or before the first day of 
 Proviso. October next : Provided, however, That no person shall be confirmed in a 
 
 greater quantity than six hundred and forty acres ; nor shall any tract, 
 so confirmed, exceed eighty arpents from front to rear. And it shall be 
 the duty of the surveyor-general of the United States, under the direc- 
 tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause the land confirmed by 
 this act to be surveyed, at the expense of the claimants, respectively; 
 plats of which shall be returned, as in other cases, and patents therefor 
 shall be granted to the several claimants in the manner prescribed by 
 law. (a) 
 
 An additional SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 sum to be allowed shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to the former agent, and 
 
 to persons cany- to each of the per8on8 wn ose duty it is made to carry this law into effect,. 
 
 effect 8uch 8um > in addition to the sum allowed by the first-recited act, as he 
 
 may deem just and reasonable. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 454, 455, 457, 461, 464, 474, 514, 532. 
 
 March 3, 1823. No. 467. AX ACT to establish an additional land office in the Territory of 
 Vol. 3, p. 778. Michigan. 
 
 Th P ^ Be lt enacted, $c., That all the public lands in the district of Detroit, 
 to desigTat ea ly in g south of the boundary line between the third and fourth town- 
 place for an ad- ships, south of the base line, except so much thereof as lies north of 
 a i t i on al land the river Huron, of Lake Erie, and all the public lands in the Territory 
 office in the Ter- of Michigan, to which the Indian title was extinguished by the treaty 
 of Chicago, shall be formed into a new laud district ; and, for the sale 
 of the public lauds within the district hereby constituted, there shall 
 be a land office established, at such place within the district as the 
 President of the United States may designate. 
 
 President to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register of the 
 appoint a regis- land office, and a receiver of public monevs, appointed by the Presi- 
 ter and receiver. dent of the United States, for the land office hereby created, to super- 
 intend the sales of public lands within said district, who shall give se- 
 curity in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, 
 
MICHIGAN. 197 
 
 emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the 
 same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their office, 
 as are, or may be, by law provided in relation to the registers and re- 
 ceivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale 
 of public lands. () 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That the provisions of the third and Provisions of 
 fifth sections of the act, entitled "An act to designate the boundaries the act of Marci 
 of districts, and establish land offices, for the disposal of the public JhSbieto this 
 lands, not heretofore offered for sale, in the States of Ohio and Indiana," on } ce . 
 approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, 
 be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the district and office 
 hereby created, so far as they are not changed by subsequent laws of 
 the United States: Provided, That all such public lands, embraced Proviso, 
 within the district created by this act, which shall have been offered 
 for sale to the highest bidder, at Detroit, pursuant to any proclama- 
 tion of the President of the United States, and which lands remain un- 
 sold at the taking effect of this act, shall be subject to be entered and 
 sold at private sale by the register of the laud office hereby created, in 
 the same manner, and subject to the same terms, and upon like condi- 
 tions, as the sales of said lands would have been subjected to in the 
 land office at Detroit had they remained attached to that office. (&) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and Act to take ef- 
 be in force from and after the first day of May next ensuing the pas- feet May 1st next, 
 .sage thereof. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 469, 480, 434, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 (&) See Nos. 85, 197, 455, 480, 503, 515, 526, 535, 574, 575, 583, 584. 
 
 No. 468. AN ACT for the relief of the corporation of the Church of St. Anne, and May 26, 1824. 
 to authorize the extension of Lamed street, in the town of Detroit. VOL 6, p. 315. 
 
 Be it enacted, $~c., That it shall be lawful for the governor and judges Lamed street, 
 of the Territory of Michigan, to cause Larned street, in the town of in Detroit, to be 
 Detroit to be continued, westerly, parallel to Jefferson avenue, until 
 it intersects the street which runs northerly from said avenue, at right 
 angles therewith, near the public barn, agreeable to the plan of the 
 town ; and to cause the public barn, and the pickets bounding the mili- 
 tary reserve, to be removed to the north side of Larned street. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the military reserve, Part of military 
 lying south of Larned street, thus extended, as is included in the deed JJ 1 ^^ cormJS- 
 from the said governor and judges to the corporation of the Catholic ^ on O f g^. Anne. 
 Apostolic and Roman Church of St. Anne, of Detroit, on the llth day 
 of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, be, and the 
 same is hereby declared to be, confirmed to the said corporation. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the residue of the said military Residue to be 
 reserve, between Larned street and Jefferson avenue, included within disposed of agree- 
 the pickets of the said reserve, and bounded west by said street, which ApSil 21, 1806 
 runs from said avenue to the public barn, and east by the east bounds 
 of the military reserve, be, and the same is hereby declared to be, vested 
 in the said governor and judges, to be disposed of as, by the act of 
 Congress, passed the twenty -first day of April, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and six, entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of titles 
 of land in the town of Detroit, and Territory of Michigan, and for othe^ 
 purposes," is directed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 471, 479, 481, 501, 583. 
 
 Wo. 469. AN ACT to alter the lines between the land districts in the Territory of May 16, 1826. 
 
 Michigan. Vol. 4, p. 167. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the boundaries of the southern land district, Boundaries of 
 in the Territory of Michigan, as established by the act passed the third the southern land 
 of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to es- district, in Mich- 
 tablish an additional land office in the Territory of Michigan," shall be ^an^ established 
 so altered, as that, from the point where the present boundary line be- March 3, 1823, to 
 tween the third and fourth townships south intersects the meridian be altered, 
 line, the boundary of the said district shall run north with the merid- 
 ian line until it shall intersect the base line, and thence with the said 
 line west to Lake Michigan, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
198 MICHIGAN. 
 
 May 20, 1826. No. 470. AN ACT concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Michigan. 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 
 A quantity of hereby, authorized to set apart and reserve from sale, out of any of the 
 land not exceed- pu bli c lands within the Territory of Michigan, to which the Indian title 
 townships, to be ma y be extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated, a quantity of 
 reserved for the land, not exceeding t\vo entire townships, for the use and support of an 
 use and support university within the Territory aforesaid, and for no other use or pur- 
 f M*' n l - niversitjr pose whatsoever, to be located in tracts of laud corresponding with any 
 of the legal divisions into which the public lands are authorized to be 
 surveyed, not less than one section, one of which said townships, so set 
 apart and reserved from sale, shall be in lieu of an entire township of 
 land, directed to be located in said Territory for the use of a seminary 
 of learning therein, by an act of Congress entitled "An act making 
 provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Terri- 
 tory, and for other purposes," approved March twenty-sixth, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and four, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 477, 489, 490, 493. 
 
 May 20, 1826. N O . 471 .AN ACT granting certain grounds in the city of Detroit to the mayor, 
 Vol. 6, p. 346. recorder, aldermen, and freemen of that city. 
 
 Certain public Be it enacted, <|'C., That all the right and claim of the United States in 
 grounds in I)e- an d to t h e public grounds within the limits of the city of Detroit, here- 
 nfavor fee" of tofore occupied for military purposes, excepting as hereinafter provided, 
 said city. be, an( l the same are hereby, granted to, and vested in, the mayor, 
 
 recorder, aldermen, and freemen of the city, for the use of said freemen : 
 Proviso. Provided, There be reserved and exceptedfrom this grant the following 
 
 lots : one lot, upon which the public store- house is situate, bounded one 
 hundred and fifty feet in front upon Jefferson avenue, and extending 
 the same width to the channel of the river ; one other lot, upon which 
 the public arsenal is situate, containing one hundred and fifty feet in 
 front upon Jefferson avenue, and extending the same width, by parallel 
 lines, at right angles, with said avenue, in a northwestern course, two 
 hundred feet ; and one other lot, upon which the building occupied by 
 the military store-keeper is situate, containing one hundred and twenty- 
 five feet in front upon Jefferson avenue, and extending back, in a north- 
 western direction, by parallel lines, at right angles with that avenue, 
 Proviso. two hundred feet; And provided also, That the grant expressed in this 
 
 act shall not take effect, until the said mayor, recorder, aldermen, and 
 freemen, in their corporate capacity, shall have secured to the United 
 States a sum of money, to be expended under the direction of the Sec- 
 retary of War, sufficient for the erection of a magazine, -at a place with- 
 out the limits of the city, to be designated by the War Department, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 468, 479, 481, 501, 583. 
 
 May 20, 1826. No. 472. AN ACT giving the right of pre-emption of a certain lot of land to Charles 
 Vol. 6, p. 348, Xoble. 
 
 Eight of pre- Be it enacted, #c., That Charles Noble be, and he is hereby, entitled to 
 mption granted a preference, in becoming the purchasing [purchaser] at private sale, of 
 one square acre of land, known and designated as the <: Wayne Stock- 
 ade," lying and being in the southern land district of the Territory of 
 Michigan, and bounded as follows, to wit : in the front, or the south, by 
 the public highway, on the north side of the river Raisin, leading up and 
 down said river, and on the east, north, and west, by lands patented to 
 Jacques and Francis Laeselle, upon the payment of forty dollars to the 
 receiver of public moneys, in the aforesaid land district, and on the 
 presentation of the said receiver's receipt for that amount to the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, the said Charles Noble, or his legal representatives, 
 shall be entitled to a patent from the United States. 
 
 March 2, 1827. No. 473. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and, 
 Vol. 4, p. 236. designate the northern boundary of the State of Indiana. 
 
 [See INDIANA, No. 245.] 
 
MICHIGAN. 
 
 No. 474.-AN ACT to confirm certain claims to lands in the Territory of Michigan. April 17, 1828. 
 
 Vol. 4, p. i'GO. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the claims purporting to be confirmed, or 
 recommended for confirmation, by the commissioners appointed to carry 
 into effect the "Act to revive the powers of the commissioners for 
 
 laims pur- 
 
 into effect the "Act to revive the powers of the commissioners tor ^^^j ^ ^ 
 ascertaining and deciding on claims to lands in, and for settling the recommended for 
 claims to lands at, Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of confirmation, 
 Michigan," passed on the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hun- "F der toe act of 
 dred and twenty, which are contained in volumes two, four, and five, con j rmet i. . * 
 be, and the same are, confirmed. 
 
 .SEC. V5. And be it further enacted, That the claims purporting to be Claims pur- 
 conn'rmed, or recommended for confirmation, by the commissioners ap- porting to be 
 pointed to carry into effect "An act to revive and continue in force cer- eommSfdea r for 
 tain acts for the adjustment of laud claims in the Territory of Michigan," confirmation 
 passed the twenty-first of February, one thousand eight hundred and under the act of 
 twenty three, which are contained in volumes one, three, six, eight, and Feb. 21 1823, 
 nine, of said reports, be, and the same ire hereby, confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of 
 under the direction of the President of the United States, be, and he is the Treasury au- 
 hereby, authorized and required, as soon a smay be, to adopt such meas- ^ v "| Jfj effect to 
 ores as may be necessary,^ to give full effect to the reports of the com- f he report8 O f 
 missioners which are enumerated in the first and second sections of this the commission- 
 act: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to prejudice ?rs enumerated 
 the rights of third persons, or to impose any obligation, on the part of sections oftMs 
 the United States, to make payment, or give other lands, to any claimant actt 
 who may be deprived of his possessions by operation of law ; nor shall Proviso, 
 the confirmations made by this act be so construed as to extend further 
 than to a relinquishment, by the United States, of all interest in, and 
 to, said lands, nor to any lands occupied by the United States for mili- 
 tary purposes. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Kegister of the 
 register of the land office at Detroit, to issue patent certificates, in the j an .<J ofl e at De- 
 forms usual in similar cases, to claimants whose claims are confirmed certificates to- 
 by this act, upon which certificates, if legally and properly obtained, claimants, 
 patents shall be granted by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of the 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to John J. Deming, Treasury to pay 
 of Detroit, the sum of thirty dollars, which shall be in full for his serv- J 3 nn J> D 
 ices in preparing and publishing maps for the use of the commissioners 
 aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, for surveying the donation Same compen- 
 rights or back concessions in said Territory, heretofore made under the sation per mile, 
 above-mentioned acts of Congress, and not paid for, and also for such the^ioth^ection 
 surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this f theactof Feb. 
 act, there shall be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 8, 1827, to bepaid 
 appropriated, the same compensation per mile as is allowed by the tenth for surveying the 
 section of the act of the eighth of February, one thousand eight bun- Qj 11 ^^^ conces^ 
 dred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the confirmation S i ns in said Ter- 
 and settlement of private land claims in East Florida, and for other ritory. 
 purposes," any thing in any act to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 W See Nos. 197, <54, 455, 457, 461, 464, 466, 514, 532. 
 
 No. 475. AN ACT for the benefit of Mary Ann Bond, and Mary Loveless. April 17, 1828. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Mary Ann Bond, and Mary Loveless, daughters >p ' _ 1_ 
 
 of Hugh Smith, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, Authorized to 
 and obtain patents for, four hundred acres of land in the Territory of en j er and obtain 
 
 Michigan, without making payment therefor: Provided, however, That es of land ia 
 the entry or entries shall be made on such land, in said Territory, as has Michigan. 
 been offered for sale, and is now subject to entry, and shall be made, as Proviso. 
 to three hundred and twenty acres thereof, in a half-section, or in quar- 
 ter-sections, and, as to the remaining eighty acres, by taking one-half 
 of a quarter-section adjoining said entry, running the lines parallel with. 
 those of the quarter-section, or half -section so entered. 
 
200 MICHIGAN. 
 
 May 24, 1828. No. 476. AN ACT authorizing the legislative council of the Territory of Michigan 
 VoL 4, p. 314. to take charge of school lands in said Territory. 
 
 Governor, &c., Be it enacted, $c., That the governor and legislative council of the 
 to make such Territory of Michigan be, and they are hereby, authorized to make such 
 laws, &c., asthey j awg and nee dful regulations, as they shall deem most expedient, to pro- 
 dient, to protect tect from in J ur y and waste section numbered sixteen, in said Territory, 
 from injury, &c., reserved in each township, for the support of schools therein ; and to 
 section 16, re provide, by law, for leasing the same, for any term not exceeding four 
 3 years, in such manner as to render them productive, and most conducive 
 support of to the objects for which they were designed, (a) 
 
 schools, &c. (a) gee Nos 45g) 493) 562) 586 . 
 
 Jan. 13, 1830. No. 477. AN ACT to authorize the exchange of certain lots of land between the 
 Vol. 4, p. 370. university of Michigan Territory and Martin Baum and others. 
 
 Trustees of the Be it enacted, $c., That the trustees of the university of Michigan be, 
 University of and they are hereby, authorized to exchange with Martin Baum and 
 ^ed^Txchan-e otlier ?> the tracts of land designated as river lots, numbered one and 
 with Martfnt wo > in the United States' reserve of twelve miles square, on the Miami 
 Baum certain of Lake Erie, heretofore purchased from the United States, and which, 
 land, for certain having been relinquished by the said Martin Baum under the provis- 
 ions of the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty-one, for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands, were 
 afterwards selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the said uni- 
 versity, under the provisions of the act of the twentieth of May, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act concerning a 
 seminary of learning in the Territory of Michigan," for such other lands 
 President of as may be agreed upon by them ; and the President of the United States, 
 ates to U p On De ing advised by the said trustees that such exchange has been 
 patents/ 6 ' ma<3e : is hereby authorized and required to issue patents in such man- 
 ner as may be necessary to carry this act into full effect, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 470, 489, 490, 493. 
 
 April 23, 1830. No. 478.-AN ACT for the relief of Gabriel Godfrey and John Baptiste Beaugrand. 
 Be it enacted, $~c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 Patent for land is hereby, authorized to issue a patent to Gibriel Godfrey and John Bap- 
 thenf 1S8ued to tiste Beaugrand, for a tract of two hundred and twenty-five acres, sur- 
 veyed for them under an act, entitled "An act regulating the grants of 
 land in the Territory of Michigan," and designated on the plat of sur- 
 vey of the United States reserve, of twelve miles square, on the Maumee 
 of the Lake, as number five hundred and ninety-five, on their paying to 
 the receiver of public moneys in the land office at Detroit, the balance 
 of the purchase money due thereon, without interest, and with the usual 
 . discount, at any time within one year after the passage of this act: 
 
 Provided, The said tract of land shall not have been sold to any other 
 person. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 479. AN ACT relative to the plan of Detroit, in Michigan Territory. 
 
 ' p ' ! Be it enacted, $c., That the governor and judges of the Territory of 
 
 Report to be Michigan, or any three of them, are hereby required to make a report 
 
 made, of the plan of laying out the town of Detroit, under and by virtue of 
 
 an act, entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of titles of land 
 in the town of Detroit, and Territory of Michigan, and for other pur- 
 poses," passed the twenty- first April, one thousand eight hundred and 
 six ; one copy of which shall, on or before the first day of January next, 
 be deposited and recorded in the office of the secretary of the Territory 
 of Michigan, and another copy transmitted to the Secretary of State of 
 the United States, to be by him laid before Congress, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 468. 471, 481. 501, 583. 
 
MICHIGAN. 201 
 
 480. AN ACT to establish a land office in the Territory of Michigan, and for Feb. 19, 1831. 
 other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 442. 
 
 i it enacted, #c., That all the public lands to which the Indian title Land district 
 been extinguished, lying west of the meridian line, in the Territory established in 
 of Michigan, shall constitute a*new land district; and, for the sale of Michigan, 
 the public lands within the said district there shall be a land office 
 established at such place within the district, as the President of the President to 
 United States may designate, who is hereby authorized to change the locate the office, 
 location of such office, whenever, in his opinion, the public interest 
 may require it. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land office now established Monroe land 
 at Monroe, shall be removed to the place designated for the location of office Amoved, 
 this office, and the register and receiver of the Monroe land office, shall 
 superintend the sales of public lands within said district, who shall 
 give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compen- 
 sation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, be 
 the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their 
 office, as are or may be by law provided, in relation to the registers and 
 receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale 
 of public lands, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands lying east Detroit district 
 of the meridian line in the Territory aforesaid, which are not now em- extended, 
 braced in the district of Detroit, be, and they are hereby, attached 
 thereto ; and it shall be the duty of the register and receiver of the 
 land office in said district to deposit in the land office at Detroit all the 
 records, books, and papers, surveys, &c. which pertain to said land 
 office at Monroe, which shall be kept by the register and receiver of the 
 Ian 4 office at Detroit, as a part of the records of said office. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all such public lands as shall Lands to be 
 have been offered for sale to the highest bidder at Monroe or Detroit, entered and sold 
 pursuant to any proclamation of the President of the United States, and 
 which are embraced within the provisions of this act, and which lands 
 remain unsold at the taking effect of this act, shall be subject to be 
 entered and sold at private sale, by the registers of the land offices to 
 which they are hereby attached ; and all provisions of law applicable 
 to the public lands, to which this act applies, shall continue in full force 
 
 and effect. (&) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 (6) See Nos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 503, 515. 526, 535, 574, 575, 583, 584. 
 
 No. 481. AN ACT making provisions for the sale and disposition of the public June 28, 1832. 
 grounds in the cities of St. Augustine and Pensacola, and to reserve certain lots Vol. 4, p. 550. 
 and buildings for public purposes, and to provide for their repair and preservation. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Part of certain 
 States is hereby authorized to dispose of such part of the military military reserva- 
 reservations in the city of Detroit, and upon the river Rouge, in the a^dthe TH-O ceeds 
 Territory of Michigan, as in his opinion may not be wanted for the to be vested in 
 public service, and to vest the proceeds in the purchase or erection of a the purchase or 
 store-house and wharf in the said city of Detroit, and in the erection erection of a 
 of an arsenal in the vicinity thereof, either upon the public lands or Llarf 6 and ^rse' 
 upon a site to be procured for that purpose, (a) na l. ' 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 468, 471, 479, 501, 583. 
 
 No. 482 AN ACT for the relief of John Anderson, assignee of Jean B. Jerome Jul y 10 - 1832 - 
 and George McDougall. Vol. 6, p. 506. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the surveyor-general of Ohio, Indiana, and Survey of a 
 Michigan, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall, certain tract of 
 as soon as practicable, survey, or cause to be surveyed, a certain tract land directed, 
 of land confirmed by the board of commissioners, appointed by virtue 
 of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to revive the powers of the 
 commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on claims to land in the 
 district of Detroit, and for settling the claims to lands at Green Bay, 
 &c.," approved May the eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty, to George McDougall, as will more fully appear by reference to 
 the fourth volume of the reports of said commissioners, made in one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and confirmed by act of Con- 
 
202 MICHIGAN. 
 
 gress of the second of January [seventeenth of April], one 
 eight hundred and twenty-eight ; and also, one other tract of land con- 
 firmed by the commissioners aforesaid, to Jean B. Jerome, as will more 
 fully appear by reference to the fifth volume of the reports of said 
 commissioners, made in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, 
 and confirmed as aforesaid, by act of Congress, of second January 
 [seventeenth of April], one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight ; 
 and shall return to the register of the land office of the district wherein 
 such lands lie, an accurate plat of such survey, exhibiting such portions 
 of laud lying within the exterior lines of the aforesaid claims as have 
 been disposed of by the Government; such (if any) as have been pat- 
 ented for the benefit of one or either of the aforesaid claimants, and 
 those still belonging to the Government. 
 
 Certificate to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register of the laud office 
 issue for all such aforesaid shall forthwith issue to John Anderson, of Monroe, Michigan 
 la h^h & a'te UP ts Territor F ( as8i S nee ot Jean B - Jerome and George McDongall) his heirs 
 shall issue, &c. or assigns, a patent certificate for all such lands, within the exterior 
 lines of the tracts aforesaid, as now belong to the Government, upon 
 which patents shall issue to the aforesaid John Anderson, his heirs, and 
 Authorized to assigns. And for the purpose of carrying into full effect the lecoui- 
 enter land, not mendations of the commissioners aforesaid, the said John Anderson 
 exc eeding 840 shall be entitled, and is hereby authorized, as soon as the return of the 
 surveys aforesaid shall have been made to the register's office, to enter 
 a quantity of land upon any of the United States' lands which have 
 been surveyed and offered for sale in the Territory of Michigan accord- 
 to the legal subdivisions of the United States' lauds, which when added 
 to the quantity which the Government either have patented, or may be 
 able to patent to him, within the limits of the original claims, sh^ll 
 equal the entire quantity recommended by the commissioners aforesaid, 
 not exceeding in the whole eight hundred and forty acres. 
 
 If, in locating, SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if in locating the aforesaid 
 &c., he shall be residuum according to the legal subdivisions of the United States' lands, 
 entitled, &c., the the said John Anderson shall be entitled to any number of acres less 
 Saining quantity than the l we st subdivisions of the public lands, he shall then be enti- 
 may be applie.!, tied to apply the price of such remaining quantity in payment towards 
 &c. any other tract which he or his heirs or assigns, may afterwards choose 
 
 to purchase of the Government. 
 
 Jnly 14, 1832. No. 483. AN ACT for the relief of William Hoffman, a Canadian volunteer. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 525. e a enacted, <fc., That the Secretary of War cause to be issued to 
 
 "Military boun- William Hoffman, of the county of Erie, in the State of New York, a 
 
 ty-land warrant warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of bounty land, to which he 
 
 to issue. was entitled under the act of the fifth of March, one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act granting bounties in land and 
 
 extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers," in addition to one hundred 
 
 and sixty acres heretofore received pursuant to said act ; to be located 
 
 in legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the United States in 
 
 the Territory of Michigan, which have been offered at public sale, and 
 
 are now subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 Jan. 30, 1833. No. 484. AN ACT to establish a land office in the Territory of Michigan. 
 
 Vol. 4, p. 610 Be it enacted, <jrc., That all that part of the Territory of Michigan, 
 
 Land district wnicn is comprehended within the following boundaries, shall, from 
 established. an( l after the passage of this act, constitute one land district for the 
 
 Boundaries. sale and entry of the public lands, viz : lying between the third and 
 fourth ranges of townships south of the base line and east of the prin- 
 cipal meridian, except so much thereof as lies north of the river Huron, 
 of Lake Erie; and also, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth 
 ranges of townships south of said base line, and west of said principal 
 
 Land office. meridian. And there is hereby established a land office within the same, 
 to be located at such place as the President, in his discretion, shall think 
 proper to designate. 
 
 Register and SEC. 2 - ^ n ^ ^ e ** further enacted, That there shall be appointed by 
 receiver. the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, under 
 
 the existing laws, a register and receiver in and for said district, whose 
 compensation shall be the same as provided for other registers and re- 
 ceivers, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
MICHIGAN. 20$ 
 
 No. 485. AN ACT for the relief of Joel Thomas. Feb. 5, 1833. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c.. That Joel Thomas, an inhabitant of the town of- 
 
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 Pekin, in the Territory of Michigan, be, and he is hereby, confirmed in Land claim 
 his claim to a certain lot of land of six hundred and forty acres, bounded co: ttrm e d - 
 and described as follows, viz: in front, on the north, by the river 
 Rouge; on the west, by a tract of land purchased from the United 
 States by Henry McGee ; on the south, by lands belonging to the United 
 States; and, on the east, by lands claimed by James Cisne; the same 
 being in the township of Pekin, in the Detroit land district, having been 
 occupied, originally, by John Reynolds, and subsequently, by the said 
 Thomas, as assignee of Reynolds, from one thousand seven hundred 
 and ninety-five, to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: 
 Provided, This confirmation shall only amount to a relinquishment on Proviso, 
 the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third 
 person; And provided also, That if the tract of land hereby confirmed Proviso, 
 to the above-named Joel Thomas, or any part thereof, should be found 
 to conflict with the location of an arsenal of the United States ; selected 
 under an act of Congress, passed on the twenty-eighth day of June, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty -two, then, and in that case, the said 
 Joel Thomas be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate such part of said 
 tract of land as may be found to so conflict with said arsenal, on any of 
 the lands of the United States in the Territory of Michigan, according 
 to legal subdivisions. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general, under Survey to b 
 the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall cause the said tract ma de. 
 of laud to be surveyed, at the expense of the claimant ; a plat of which . 
 shall be returned as in other cases ; and a patent therefor shall be granted 
 in the manner prescribed by law. 
 
 No. 486. AN ACT to change the boundary between the southeastern and the j une 05 1834 
 western land districts in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. Vol 4 p 682* 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That all the public lands of the United States with- r t j ds 
 in the limits of the counties of Calhoun and Branch, in the Territory of to form part of 
 Michigan, which are now subject to sale at the land office at Monroe, the western, and 
 shall, from and after the passage of this act, be set off to, and form a others f 
 part of, the western land district in said Territory ; and all that part of 
 said Territory lying east of the aforesaid counties, and south of the base 
 line, and west of the principal meridian, and, also, all the country east 
 of the principal meridian and south of the line between townships num- 
 bered three and four south, except so much thereof as lies north of the 
 river Huron of Lake Erie, shall continue to belong to, and form a part 
 of, the southeastern land district in said Territory, the land office for 
 which is now located at Monroe, but shall be subject to be removed from 
 time to time to such place as the President of the United States may 
 order and direct, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
 No. 487. AN ACT to attach the territory of the United States west of the Missis- June 28, 1834. 
 sippi River, and north of the State of Missouri, to the Territory of Michigan. Vol. 4, p. 701. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all that part of the territory of the United States Territory made 
 bounded on the east by the Mississippi River, on the south by the State part of 'Michi- 
 of Missouri, and a line drawn due west from the northwest corner of fj a '., ar tne in ; 
 said State to the Missouri River; on the southwest and west by the Mis- Sed to its llws 
 souri River and the White Earth River, falling into the same ; and on the &c. 
 north, by the northern boundary of the United States, shall be, and here- 
 by is, for the purpose of temporary government, attached to, and made 
 a part of , the Territory of Michigan, and the inhabitants therein shall 
 be entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and be subject to the 
 same laws, rules, and regulations, in all respects, as the other citizens of 
 Michigan Territory, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 451, 459, 462, 473, 491, 492, 497, 498, 499, 511, 512. 
 
204 MICHIGAN. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 488. AX ACT granting to the borough of Michillimakinac, certain grounds 
 Vol. 6, p. 607. for public purposes. . 
 
 A lot of eight Be it enacted, $-c., That there be, ajid there is hereby, granted to the 
 acres granted for corporation of the borough of Michillimakinac, for public purposes ex- 
 public purposes. C i u8 i v ely, a lot of ground, containing by estimation eight acres, hereto- 
 fore used as a common, by the inhabitants of said borough*, lying be- 
 tween a lot of land the property of Doctor David Mitchell, and another 
 lot of land, the property of the heirs of Ezekiel Solomon, deceased. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 489. AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the Univer- 
 Vol. 6, p. 615. sity of Michigan. 
 
 Trustees an- Be it enacted, #c., That William Woodbridge, John Biddle, and the 
 thorized to sell governor of the Territory of Michigan, trustees of the university of 
 
 : - ". , - following 
 
 tracts of land belonging to said university, and lying near Toledo, on 
 the Maumee River of Lake Erie, to wit: tracts number three and four, 
 the southwest quarter of section number two, and the west half of sec- 
 tion number three, in township number three within the " twelve-mile 
 reservation," at the foot of the rapids of the said Mauinee River ; and 
 the said trustees are hereby authorized to make good and sufficient con- 
 veyance of said lands ; and the product arising from the sale thereof 
 shall be considered, and shall constitute a part of the general fund 
 appropriated for the benefit of the University of Michigan, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 470, 477, 490, 493. 
 
 March 22, 1836. No. 490. AX ACT to authorize the conveyance of certain lands belonging to the 
 Vol. 6, p. 628. University of Michigan. 
 
 Trustees may Be it enacted, $-c., That the trustees of the University of Michigan, 
 convey certain be and they are hereby authorized, to convey to William Oliver, by a 
 deed signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary of 
 said board of trustees, the following tracts of land, lying near Toledo, 
 on the Miami of the Lake, to wit, tracts numbered three and four, and 
 the southwest quarter of section number two, and the west half of sec- 
 tion number three, in township number three, within the twelve-mile 
 reservation at the foot of the rapids of the said Miami River, pursuant 
 to a contract entered into between the said trustees, and the said Will- 
 iam Oliver, on the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of October, 
 anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. 
 
 Act of March SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the act entitled An act to au- 
 3, 1835, repealed, thorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the University of Michi- 
 gan, approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, be, and 
 the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That the product arising from 
 the sale of said land, shall be considered, and shall constitute a part of 
 the general fund appropriated for the University of Michigan, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 196, 470, 477, 489, 493. 
 
 June 15,1836. No. 490a. &.X ACT to divide the Green Bay land district in Michigan, and for 
 Vol. 5, p. 48. other purposes. 
 
 Division how Be it enacted, $-c. t That the country on the western shore of Lake 
 made. Michigan, embraced within the limits of the Green Bay land district, 
 
 as established by the act of Congress, of the twenty sixth^day of June, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-four, shall be, and is hereby, 'divided by a 
 line commencing on the western boundary of said district, and running 
 thence, east, between townships ten and eleven north, to the line be- 
 tween ranges seventeen and eighteen, east; thence north, between said 
 ranges of townships, to the line between townships twelve and thirteen 
 north; thence east, between said townships twelve and thirteen, to 
 Lake Michigan ; and all the country bounded north by the division line 
 here described, south by the base line, east by Lake Michigan, and west 
 by the division line between ranges eight and nine east, shall consti- 
 tnte a separate district, and be called the Milwaukie land district. 
 
MICHIGAN. 205 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That two additional districts shall be, Two additional 
 and are hereby established in the peninsula of Michigan, one to be called {yLSSBSS to 
 the Grand River, and the other the Saginaw, land district, the former De 
 of which shall be bounded as follows, to wit : beginning at the shore 
 of Lake Michigan, on the line between townships three and four north, 
 and running east on said line to the line between ranges number six 
 and seven west of the principal meridian ; thence, on said range line 
 south, to the base line of the public surveys ; thence, on said base line 
 east, to the principal meridian line ; thence north, on said meridian, to 
 the north boundary of township ten north ; thence west, on the line 
 between townships ten and eleven north, to the western boundary of 
 range two west ; and thence north, following the line between ranges 
 two and three west, so as to include all that portion of the peninsula 
 of Michigan lying west of said line. The Saginaw district shall em- 
 brace all the tract of country bounded on the west by the Grand River 
 district aforesaid ; on the south, by the division line, between townships 
 number five and six, north of the base line ; on the east by the division 
 line, between ranges eleven and twelve, east of the principal meridian; 
 and on the north and northeast by Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for each of all the aforesaid Registers and 
 districts there shall be appointed a register and receiver, who shall a^ p 1 o1!n t ed in 
 reside and superintend the sales of the public lands at such place, in ea<jh. 
 each respective district, as the President of the United States may des- 
 ignate. They shall give security in the same manner and in the same 
 sums, and their compensation, emoluments, duty, and authority, shall, 
 in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which maybe dis- 
 posed of at their offices, as are, or may be, provided by law relative to 
 the registers and receivers of public money in the several offices es- 
 tablished for the sale of the public lands. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secre- Proper plata 
 tary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the proper and surveys to 
 plats of the surveys of the said districts to be deposited in the land J^ e jjjjjf offices 111 
 offices intended for them, respectively ; and ho is hereby authorized to 
 allow and pay out of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands the 
 reasonable expenses which may be incurred in carrying into effect the 
 provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 5. And ~be it further enacted, That the lands which were ceded to Certain ceded 
 the United States by the treaty made with the confederated tribes of J ands to be * 
 Sac and Fox Indians at Fort Armstrong, in the State of Illinois, on the Wisconsin land 
 twenty-first day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, district. 
 and the same are hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the Wisconsin 
 land district, in the Territory of Michigan j and that said lands shall 
 be liable to be surveyed and sold at Mineral Point, or wherever the 
 President may direct, in the same manner as other public lands of the 
 district. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and Act to take ef- 
 be in force from and after the first day of August next. f ect on the 1st of 
 
 August, 1836. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 456, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
 No. 491. AN ACT to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, June 15, 1836. 
 and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the Vol. 5, p. 49. 
 conditions therein expressed. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the northern boundary line of the State of Northern 
 Ohio shall be established at, and shall be a direct line drawn from the boundary line, 
 southern extremity of Lake Michigan, to the most northerly cape of 
 the Maumee (Miami) Bay, after that line, so drawn, shall intersect the 
 eastern boundary line of the State of Indiana j and from the said north 
 cape of the said bay, northeast to the boundary line between the United 
 States and the province of Upper Canada, in Lake Erie ; and thence, 
 with the said last-mentioned 'line, to its intersection with the western 
 line of the State of Pennsylvania. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the constitution and State gov- Constitution- 
 eminent which the people of Michigan have formed for themselves be, accepted, 
 and the same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed ; and that the 
 said State of Michigan shall be, and is hereby, declared to be one of the 
 United States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union upon 
 an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatsoever : 
 Provided always, And this admission is upon the express condition, that Proviso. 
 
206 MICHIGAN. 
 
 the said State shall consist of and have jurisdiction over all the territory 
 included within the following boundaries, and over none other, to wit : 
 Beginning at the point where the above-described northern boundary of 
 the State of Ohio intersects the eastern boundary of the State of Indiana, 
 and running thence with the said boundary line of Ohio, as described 
 in the first section of this act, until it intersects the boundary line 
 between the United States and Canada, in Lake Erie ; thence, with the 
 said boundary line between the United States and Canada through the 
 Detroit River, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior, to a point where the 
 said line last touches Lake Superior; thence, in a direct line through 
 Lake Superior, to the mouth of the Montreal River ; thence through the 
 middle of the main channel of the said river Montreal, to the middle 
 of the Lake of the Desert ; thence, in a direct line to the nearest head 
 water of the Menomonie River ; thence, through the middle of that fork 
 of the said river first touched by the said line, to the main channel of 
 the said Menomonie River ; thence, down the centre of the main channel 
 of the same, to the centre of the most usual ship channel of the Green 
 Bay of Lake Michigan ; thence, through the centre of the most usual 
 ship channel of the said bay to the middle of Lake Michigan ; thence, 
 through the middle of Lake Michigan, to the northern boundary of the 
 State of Indiana, as that line was established by the act of Congress of 
 the nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen ; thence, due 
 east, with the north boundary line of the said State of Indiana, to the 
 northeast corner thereof ; and thence, south, with the east boundary line 
 of Indiana, to the place of beginning. 
 
 The boundary SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, as a compliance with the 
 to receive the as- fundamental condition of admission contained in the last preceding sec- 
 sent of a conven- tion of thi3 ^ the boundaries of the said State of Michigan, as in that 
 section described, declared, and established, shall receive the assent of 
 a convention of delegates elected by the people of the said State, for the ' 
 sole purpose of giving the assent herein required ; and as soon as the 
 assent herein required shall be given, the President of the United States 
 shall announce the same by proclamation ; and thereupon, and without 
 any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the 
 said State into the Union, as one of the United States of America, on 
 an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, shall 
 he considered as complete, and the Senators and Representatives who 
 have been elected by the said State as its representatives in the Con- 
 gress of the United States, shall be entitled to take their seats in the 
 Senate and House of Representatives respectively, without further de- 
 lay, (a) 
 
 Yacantandun- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, 
 sold lands re- or in the admission of the said State into the Union as one of the United 
 J 61 ? 6 ^ to the States of America upon an equal footing with the original States in all 
 respects whatever, shall be so construed or understood as to confer upon 
 the people, legislature, or other authorities of the said State of Michi- 
 gan, any authority or right to interfere with the sale by the United 
 States, and under their authority, of the vacant and unsold lands within 
 the limits of the said State, but that the subject of the public lands, 
 and the interests which may be given to the said State therein, shall be 
 regulated by future action between Congress, on the part of the United 
 States, and the said State, or the authorities thereof. And the said 
 State of Michigan shall in no case and under no pretence whatsoever, 
 impose any tax, assessment or imposition of any description upon any 
 of the lands of the United States within its limits. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 451, 459, 462, 473, 487, 492, 497, 498, 499, 511, 512. 
 (6) See Xo. 493. 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 492. AX ACT to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State 
 Vol. 5, p. 56. of Ohio. 
 
 [.See OHIO, No. 142.] 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 493. AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act to establish the 
 Vol. 5, p. 59. northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of 
 
 the State of Michigan into the Union on certain conditions." 
 
 Propositions Be It enacted, $c., That in lieu of the propositions submitted to the 
 f r f J e Congress of the United States by an ordinance passed by the conven- 
 
 of tion of delegates at Detroit, assembled for the purpose of making a 
 Michigan. constitution for the State of Michigan, which are hereby rejected; and 
 
207 
 
 R MICHIGAN, 
 
 t the following propositions be, and the same are hereby offered to 
 the legislature of the State of Michigan, for their acceptance or rejec- 
 tion, which if accepted, under the authority conferred on the said legis- 
 lature by the convention which framed the constitution of the said 
 State, shall be obligatory upon the United States. 
 
 First. That section numbered sixteen in every township of the public Sections of 
 lands, and where such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, l an d for schools, 
 other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be 
 granted to the State for the use of schools, (a) 
 
 Second. That the seventy-two sections of land set apart and reserved Sections of 
 for the use and support of a university by an act of Congress approved land for nniver 
 on the twentieth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled 81ty- 
 "An act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Michi- 
 gan," are hereby granted and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated 
 solely to the use and support of such university, in such manner as the 
 legislature may prescribe ; And provided, also, That nothing herein con- Proviso, 
 tamed shall be so construed as to impair or affect in any way the rights 
 of any person or persons claiming any of said seventy-two sections of 
 lands, under contract or grant from said university. (&) 
 
 Third. That five entire sections of land, to be selected and located Erection of 
 under the direction of the legislature, in legal divisions of not less than public buildings, 
 one quarter- section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging 
 to the United States within the said State, are hereby granted to the 
 State for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said 
 State, or for the erection of public buildings at the seat of government 
 of the said State, as the legislature may determine and direct. 
 
 Fourth. That all salt springs within the State, not exceeding twelve Salt springs, 
 in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may 
 be to each, shall be granted to the said State for its use, the same t9 be 
 selected by the legislature thereof, on or before the first of January, 
 eighteen hundred and forty ; and the same, when so selected, to be 
 used on such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature of 
 the said State shall direct : Provided, That no salt spring, the right Proviso, 
 whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may 
 hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, 
 shall, by this section, be granted to said State : And provided, also, That Proviso, 
 the general assembly shall never sell or lease the same, at any one time, 
 for a longer period than ten years, without the consent of Congress, (c) 
 
 Fifth. That five per cent, of the nett proceeds of the sales of all pub- 
 lic lands lying within the said State, which have been or shall be sold Y^ -^ lie ^ to 
 by Congress, from and alter the first day of July, eighteen hundred and r ads a ml canals, 
 thirty-six, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall 
 be appropriated , for making public roads and canals within the said 
 State, as the legislature may direct : Provided, That the five foregoing Proviso, 
 propositions herein offered, are on the condition that the legislature of 
 the said State, by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by the con- 
 vention which framed the constitution of the said State, shall provide, 
 by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States, 
 that the said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of 
 the soil within the same by the United States, nor with any regulations 
 Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the 
 bona-fide purchasers thereof: and that no tax shall be imposed on lands 
 the property of the United States ; and that in no case shall non-resi- 
 dent proprietors be taxed higher than residents ; and that the bounty 
 lands granted, or hereafter to be granted, for military services during 
 the late war, shall, whilst they continue to be held by the patentees or 
 their heirs, remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the au- 
 thority of the State, whether for State, county, township, or any other 
 purpose, for the term of three years from and after the date of the pat- 
 ents respectively, (d) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 476, 562, 586. 
 (6) See Nos. 196, 470, 477, 489, 490. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 458, 516, 519. 
 
 (d) See No. 491. 
 
 No. 494. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be June 23, 1836. 
 
 issued to Albert J. Smith, and others, patents for certain reservations of land in y l. 6, p. 639. 
 
 Michigan Territory. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the President of the United States be, and he Land patents 
 is hereby, authorized to issue, or cause to be issued, to Metaw-ne-nee, to issue to per- 
 (or Albert J. Smith,) Messaw-wa-kut, (or Harriet M. Smith,) Anno-ket- sons named. 
 
 Per cent age 
 
208 MICHIGAN. 
 
 o-qua, (or Lonisa L. Smith,) and Non-dash-e-man, (or Maria G. Smith,) 
 being children of Jacob Smith, deceased, formerly a trader among the 
 Chippewa Indians, patents for one section of land e'ach ; also, one section 
 of land conjointly, to the aforesaid Albert J. Smith, Harriet M. Smith, 
 Lonisa L. Smith, and Maria G. Smith, being the only surviving brother 
 and sisters of Sa-gos-e-qua, (or Caroline Smith,) deceased, who was also 
 one of the children of Jacob Smith, deceased, at or near the Grand Tra- 
 verse of the Flint River, in the Territory of Michigan, which said sec- 
 tions of land were reserved to said children, by the third article of the 
 treaty made and concluded at Saganaw, in the said Territory, between 
 the United States of America, and the Chippewa nation of Indians, on 
 the twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and nineteen. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 495. AX ACT to provide for the issuing a land patent to Thomas B. Clarke 
 Vol. 6, p. 667. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 Land patent to j s hereby, authorized and required to cause to be issued to Thomas B. 
 Clarke, assignee of David Thompson, who was assignee of James Cisni, 
 a patent for a tract of land containing about one hundred and thirty- 
 four acres, lying on the River Rouge, in the Territory of Michigan, and 
 confirmed to said Cisni by the commissioners of private land claims in 
 said Territory ; the patent to be issued conformably to a patent certifi- 
 cate issued by the register of the land office at Detroit, on the 2d day of 
 July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, except that it shall 
 not include that part of said claim lying north of the " Chicago road." 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 496.- AN ACT for the relief of Robeit Abbott, and the other heirs of J 
 Vol. 6, p. 679. Abbott, deceased. 
 
 A section of Be it enacted, c. , That there be granted to Robert Abbott and the other 
 land ganted to heirs of James Abbott, deceased, one section of land, containing six 
 hundred and forty acres, to be located in the Territory of Michigan, on 
 any of the lands belonging to the United States subject to entry at pri- 
 vate sale. 
 
 Jan. 26, 1837. No. 497. AX ACT to admit the State of Michigan into the Union, upon an equal 
 Vol. 5, p. 144. footing -with the original States. 
 
 Admitted into Whereas, in pursuance of the act of Congress of June the fifteenth, 
 the Union. eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act to establish the 
 
 northern boundary of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission 
 of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein ex- 
 pressed," a convention of delegates, elected by the people of the said 
 State of Michigan, for the sole purpose of giving their assent to the 
 boundaries of the said State of Michigan as described, declared, and es- 
 tablished, in and by the said act, did, on the fifteenth of December, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-six, assent to the provisions of said act, 
 Therefore : 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the State of Michigan shall be one, and is hereby- 
 declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into 
 the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects- 
 whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 451, 459, 462, 473 ; 487, 491, 492, 498, 499, 511, 512. 
 
 June 12, 1838. No. 498. AX ACT to ascertain and designate the boundary line between the State 
 Vol. 5, p. 244. of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin. 
 
 The boundary Be it enacted, $c., That the survey or- gen era! of the Ohio, Indiana, 
 line between Michigan and Wisconsin land districts, under the direction of the Presi- 
 Mic Mgan and dent of the United States, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to 
 t-stablished by cause to be surveyed, marked, and designated, the boundary line between 
 act June 15, 1836, the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin, agreeably to the 
 to be surveyed, boundary as established by the act entitled "An act to establish the 
 marked, and des- northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the 
 
 admission of the State of Michigan into the Union, upon the conditions. 
 
 therein expressed," approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 
MICHIGAN. 
 
 209 
 
 thirty- six ; and to canee to be made a plat or plan of the boundary be- A plat to be 
 tween the said State of Michigan and the said Territory of Wisconsin, made > &c - 
 and return the same to Congress at its next annual session, and that the 
 sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated 
 to carry into effect this act : Provided, That the whole expense of sur- 
 veying, marking and designating the said boundary line shall not exceed 
 that sum. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 451, 459, 462, 473, 487, 491, 492, 497, 499, 511, 512. 
 
 Appropriation. 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 499 AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year March 3, 1841. 
 one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Vol. 5, p. 433. 
 
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 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of designating Survey of the 
 and marking the boundary line between the State of Michigan and ?? unt $ betwee . n 
 Territory of Wisconsin, agreeably to the true intent and meaning of the and Montreal 
 second section of the act entitled "An act to establish the northern rivers, 
 boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of 
 the State of Michigan into the Union, upon the conditions therein ex- 
 pressed," there be, and is hereby appropriated, the sum of six thousand 
 dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 
 the survey and examination of the country situated between the mouths 
 of the Menomonie and Montreal rivers, who is hereby directed to cause 
 to be made a plat or plan of such survey and examination ; which shall 
 be returned to Congress with all convenient dispatch, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 451, 459, 462, 473, 487, 491, 492, 497, 498, 511, 512. 
 
 No. 500. AN ACT for the relief of Obed P. Lacey. 
 
 Whereas, it is provided, by the third article of the treaty of September 
 twentieth, eif 1 - - - - - - 
 
 July 9, 1842. 
 Vol. 6, p. 834. 
 
 ighteen hundred and twenty-eight, with the Pottawatomies, Preamble, 
 that " a section of land shall be granted to Madeline Bertrand, wife of 
 Joseph Bertrand," to be located under the direction of the President of 
 the United States ; and in accordance with said provisions, the locating 
 agent, appointed by the United States, did, in the year eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-five, locate her reservation upon section twelve, township 
 thirty, range seven east ; and the said Madeline and her husband Joseph 
 Bertrand, did, on the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-six, by deed, convey said tract to Obed P. Lacey ; and whereas 
 the said Lacey had been previously informed by the War Department 
 that said location had been made and would be approved ; and whereas 
 three of the four quarters of said section were, on the twelfth day of 
 October, eighteen hundred and thirty- five, sold at the public land sales, 
 in consequence of which, the location was removed, and subsequently 
 laid on fractional section twenty-six, township seven south, range seven- 
 teen west, in the State of Michigan ; and whereas it appears, from the 
 conveyance above recited, that the said Madeline and her husband, 
 Joseph, for an adequate consideration, transferred all their right, title, 
 and interest, to said reservation : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, &c., That the deed described in the above preamble shall The deed de- 
 be deemed a full relinquishment, on the part of Madeline Bertrand, of scribed in the 
 all her claim to land under the treaty with the Pottawatomies of Sep- SeeS a full 
 teinber twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. relinquishment, 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the said Obed P. &c. 
 Lacey shall execute, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, a full u P on - ? ^ a- 
 relinquishment of all claim he may have, under the deed aforesaid, as hiSim^pltenf 
 assignee of Madeline Bertrand and Joseph Bertrand, to section twelve, shall issue to him 
 township thirty, range seven east, the President of the United States for certain land, 
 shall cause a patent to be issued to him, the said Obed P. Lacey, for 
 fractional section twenty-six, township seven south, range seventeen 
 west, which was located, and the location thereof approved, to the said 
 Madeline, as a full satisfaction for the aforesaid relinquishment, on the 
 part of said Obed P. Lacey, and of the claim of said Madeline Bertrand, 
 under the treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- 
 eight. 
 
 14 L 0VOL. II 
 
210 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1842. JVo. 501. AX ACT supplementary to "An act to provide for the adjustment of titles 
 YoL 5, p. 541. to land in the to .vn of Detroit, and Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes," 
 passed April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and six. 
 
 Mayor, &c., of Be it enacted, c., That the mayor, recorder, and aldermen of the city 
 
 Detroit iuthor- of D etro it, in the State of Michigan, be, and they, or a quorum of them 
 
 claims under J the in council assembled, are hereby, authorized to hear, examine, and 
 
 act to which this finally adjust, all claims arising under the act to which this is supple- 
 
 i s s u pplement- mentary, against the governor and judges of the late Territory of Michi- 
 
 ^y* gan, and receive all moneys, or other rights to property to which the 
 
 said governor and judges were entitled, or became entitled under said 
 
 act. 
 
 Mayor, &c., au- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said mayor, recorder, and 
 i^joSnata aldermen, of the said city of Detroit be, and they are hereby, entitled 
 &c!,^f the board to receive from any person or persons having possession of the same, the 
 acting under act journals, records, papers, and books of the governor and judges of the 
 April 21, 1806. j a te Territory of Michigan, acting as a land board, under the act of 
 vested ^ia' said' ^-P 1 ^ twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and six, to which this 
 board, transfer- is a supplement ; and that all powers and rights vested by the said act 
 red to the mayor, in the said governor and judges, for the purposes therein mentioned, 
 &c - ar.e hereby transferred and vested in the mayor, recorder, and aldermen, 
 
 thOTized'toinsti" of the citv of Detroit > in the State of Michigan. And the said mayor, 
 tute legal pro recorder, and aldermen, are hereby authorized to institute proceedings 
 ceedings. at law or in equity, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in all cases 
 
 where it may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act. 
 All property, SEC, 3. And le it further enacted, That any land or other property, 
 house* and 00 '"!! real or P ersonal > remaining, except the court-house and jail erected 
 vested in the under the act to which this is a supplement, after satisfying all just 
 mayor, &c. claims provided for in the first section of the act to which this is a sup- 
 
 plement, is hereby vested in the said mayor, recorder, and aldermen, of 
 the city of Detroit, to be disposed of by them at their discretion to the 
 best advantage ; and they are hereby authorized to make deeds to pur- 
 chasers thereof, or other sufficient conveyances ; and the proceeds of the 
 laud or other property effects or claims so disposed of, and of other 
 rights and claims of the said governor and judges, shall, after the pay- 
 ment of all necessary expenses incurred in giving effect to said act and 
 to this act and in the adoption of such measures as they may deem nec- 
 essary for preserving in proper form the records and other evidences of 
 the proceedings of said governor and judges, be applied by the said 
 mayor, recorder and aldermen, to such object or objects of public im- 
 provement in said city, as the said mayor, recorder, and aldermen, may 
 Mayor, &c., to i n council direct. And the said mayor, recorder and aldermen are 
 take an oath or hereby required to take an oath or affirmation for the faithful discharge 
 of their duties under this act, and make a report to Congress, in writing, 
 of their proceedings, on or before the first day of January, one thousand 
 eight hundred and forty-four, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 468, 471, 479, 481, 583. 
 
 Aug. 31, 1842. No. 5O2. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs, or assignees, or legal representatives 
 Vol. 6, p. 875. of James May. 
 
 Certain land Be M enacted, <$~c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the legal 
 granted in satis- heirs of James May, deceased, or the legal assignee of James May, or 
 foctionof a claim legal representatives of such assignee, of the late Territory of Michigan, 
 wmSufs and '?' the tract of land described a8 follows, namely: Section number four, in 
 May. township number one north, of range number thirteen east, in the dis- 
 
 trict of land subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan, in satisfaction, so far 
 as said heirs are concerned, of the claim confirmed to John E. Williams 
 and said James May, by the commissioners acting under an act entitled 
 "An act to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining 
 and deciding on claims to land in the district of Detroit, and for settling 
 the claims to lands at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien," passed May the 
 eleventh, eighteen hundred and twenty, and that the President of the 
 United States be authorized to issue a patent in pursuance of this act.(a) 
 
 (a) See No. 504. 
 
MICHIGAN. 211 
 
 No. 503. AN ACT providing for the sale of certain lands in the States of Ohio and March 3, 1843. 
 Michigan, ceded by the Wyandot tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. Vol. 5, p. 624. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Lands in Wy- 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the lands in the Wyandot andot reserve in 
 reserve, on both sides of the river Huron, in the State of Michigan, Michigan to be 
 ceded to the United States by the aforesaid treaty, (a) shall be attached f^Ustrict and 
 to and made a part of the district of lands subject to sale at Detroit ; (6) offered for sale. 
 and shall be offered for sale at the land office, in the same manner, both 
 as to public and private sale, as is directed for the sale of the lands of 
 the reserve in the State of Ohio by this act. (c) Provided, That the land 
 shall not be sold for less than two dollars per acre. 
 
 (a) Treaty of March 17, 1842. See No. 456. 
 
 (&) See Nbs. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 515, 522, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 85, 158, 197, 455, 467, 480, 515, 526, 535, 574, 575, 583, 584. 
 
 No. 504. AN ACT for the relief of John K. Williams. March 3, 1843. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there be, and is hereby granted to John R. Will- VoL 6> p ' 889< 
 
 iams, of the State of Michigan, the folio wing-described tract of land, to Land granted 
 wit : the east half of section thirty-three, and the west half of section tohiminsatisfac- 
 tbirty-iour, township two north , range thirteen east, in the district of land {jaina 
 subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan, containing six hundred and forty 
 acres ; this grant being in satisfaction (so far as said Williams is con- 
 cerned) of the claim confirmed to John R. Williams' and James May by 
 the commissioners acting under an act entitled "An act to revive the 
 powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and deciding on claims to 
 lands at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien," passed May eleven, eighteen 
 hundred and twenty, and that the President of the United States, be au- 
 thorized to issue a patent in pursuance of this act. (a) 
 (a) See No. 502. 
 
 No. 5O5. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs, or the assignees of the heirs, of Isaao March 3 1843 
 Todd and James McGill. y l g, p. 905. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the right, title, interest, claim, and demand 
 of the United States in, over, and to the following-described tract or states to certain 
 parcel of land, situate, lying, and being in the State of Michigan, known land relinquished 
 as claim two hundred and seventy, as entered upon the records of the to J. McGill, his 
 land board at Detroit, under the act of twenty-sixth of March, anno heirs > &c - 
 Domini one thousand eight hundred and four, be, and the same is here- 
 by, relinquished (o James McGill, his heirs, and legal representatives, 
 and to those legally holding under him or them ; and all the right, title, Right of United 
 interest, claim, or demand of the United States in, over, and to the fol- States to ce . rt j?j| 
 lowing described tracts or parcels of land situate, lying and being in to^saac Todd, his 
 the State of Michigan ; that is to say, those certain tracts numbered two heirs, &c. 
 hundred aud sixty-seven and two hundred and sixty-eight, as entered on 
 
 _ Proviso, 
 
 quishrnent on the part of the United States shall not take effect until 
 the said James McGill and Isaac Todd, their heirs, or those holding and 
 claiming the said land through them, for a consideration to be fixed by 
 the valuation, upon oath, of three disinterested men, to be selected by 
 the Secretary of War, and paid by the United States out of the sum of 
 fifty thousand dollars appropriated by the act of September the ninth, 
 A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-one, entitled "An act making appro- 
 priations for various fortifications for ordnance, and for preventing and 
 suppressing Indian hostilities," shall execute to the United States in 
 such form and with such covenants, as shall be prescribed by the Secre- 
 tary of War, a good and sufficient deed to the following-described part 
 of said tracts, that is to say, a tract adjoining on the southwest side, the 
 land lately purchased by the United States from B. B. Kerchivell, 
 bounded as follows : beginning at the northwest corner of said public 
 land, thence south thirty-five degrees, west twenty -five chains, thence 
 south twenty-eight degrees sixteen minutes east, twenty chains, more 
 or less to the Detroit River, thence along the shore of said river in 
 a northeasterly direction to the southwest corner of said public laud; 
 thence along the southwesterly boundary of the same to the place of be- 
 ginning, containing forty acres more or less, which is hereby reserved 
 to the United States for military purposes. 
 
2 1 2 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Land patent to Be it enacted, $-c., That the President of the United States be, aiid he 
 be issued. 1 8 hereby, authorized and required to cause to be issued to Joseph Cam- 
 
 pau, assignee of the children and heirs of Taw-cum-e-go-qua (an Indian 
 woman) a patent for section number one, of the Indian reservation at 
 the Grand Traverse of Flint River, in the State of Michigan, which 
 section was reserved to said Taw-cum-e-go-qua by the treaty concluded 
 with the Chippewa Indians at Saginaw. in said State, on the twenty- 
 Proviso, fourth of September, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen : Pro- 
 vided, That before said patent shall be issued, said Campau shall file, in 
 the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, proof that he 
 has purchased said land of the children and heirs of said Taw-cum-e-go- 
 qua, and that he paid therefor, at the time when said purchase was 
 made, a fair and equitable consideration, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 508, 524. 
 
 Jane 17, 1844. No. 507. AN ACT explanatory of the treaty made with the Chippewa Indians at 
 Vol. 5. p. 680. Saganaw, the twenty third of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. 
 
 First and sec- Be it enacted, <$*c., That the first and second articles in the treaty made 
 
 ond articles of w ith the Chippewa Indians, on the twenty-third of January, one thou- 
 
 pewas ofJanuarv 8an ^ e ight hundred and thirty-eight, shall be so construed as to prevent 
 
 23,1838, how to be the sales of land ceded by said treaty for a less sum than two dollars 
 
 construed. and fifty cents per acre from and after the first day of September, one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and forty -three ; and that the minimum price 
 
 of said lands, from and after that day, shall be two dollars and fifty 
 
 cents per acre. 
 
 June 17, 1844. No. 5O8. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Campau. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be the duty of the register of the land 
 
 Patent to issue office at Detroit, in the State of Michigan, on being fully satisfied of 
 t' h ^d f0r cer ~ the justice of the claim of Joseph Campau to a certain tract of land 
 on the border of Lake St. Clair, in said State, designated on the plat of 
 private land claims, surveyed under the authority of the United States 
 by Aaron Greely, as lot number seven hundred and thirty-six, contain- 
 ing about seventy-five acres, to grant to said Joseph Campau a patent 
 certificate for said tract, upon which a patent may be issued in the 
 usual manner in which patents have heretofore been issued to claim- 
 ants under the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and seven, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land in the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan." (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 506, 524. 
 
 March 3 1845 ^' 5O9. AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses 
 Vol 5 T> 752 of tne Government for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and 
 ' p ' forty-six, and for other purposes. 
 
 Surveyors and Surveyors and their Clerks. For compensation of the surveyor-gen- 
 
 their clerks. era i northwest of the Ohio, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand 
 
 th X Oh' 68t three hundred dollars: Provided, That said surveyor-general's office 
 
 Proviso : office northwest of the Ohio shall be removed to and kept at such place in the 
 
 to be removed to State of Michigan as the President of the United States shall from 
 
 Michigan. time to time direct. And that on the removal of the said office as 
 
 handecfover aforesaid, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the surveyor-general of 
 
 said district shall be required to deliver over to the secretaries of state 
 
 of the States of Ohio and Indiana, or such other officers as may be 
 
 authorized to receive them, all the field-notes, maps, records, and other 
 
 papers appertaining to the surveys and land titles within their 
 
 limits, (a; 
 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 197, 458, 460, 513, 590. 
 
MICHIGAN. 
 
 213 
 
 No. 51 0. AN ACT for the relief of Charles M. McKenzie. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Charles M. McKenzie be, and he is hereby, 
 authorized to locate eighty acres of land in any of the unlocated lands 
 of the United States, in the State of Michigan, subject to private entry 
 
 July 18, 1846. 
 
 Charles M. Mc- 
 
 2 ^ a ?ocate 
 
 on his executing a deed of release of seventy-five acres to the United eighty acres of 
 States, being that part of the south half of the southeast quarter of United states 
 section twenty-seven, township five, range one east, in the State of land in Michigan, 
 Michigan, not used or occupied by the said Charles M. McKenzie, being J e \e a ^ C1 to mg the 
 land covered by water ; which deed of release shall be deposited with united States of 
 the register of the land office it Detroit, Michigan, and the receipt and seventy -five 
 certificate of said register shall be sufficient evidence to the register of acres - 
 any other land office in the State of Michigan, when the said McKen- 
 zie may desire to locate said eighty acres of land, of his compliance 
 with the requisitions of this ac*/. 
 
 9, p. 56. 
 
 No. 511. AN ACT to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitu- Aug. 6, 1846. 
 tion and State government, * * *. Vol. 
 
 [Jurisdiction of islands in Brule" and Menomonie rivers. 
 
 em, No. 622.] 
 
 See WISCON- 
 
 No. 512. AN ACT making appropriations, &c. 
 
 [So much of line between Michigan and Wisconsin as lies between the 
 sources of Bruld and Montreal rivers to be surveyed. See WISCONSIN, 
 No. 624.] 
 
 Aug. 10, 1846. 
 
 No. 513. A RESOLUTION relative to errors and defective returns in certain sur- 
 veys, plats, and field-notes. 
 
 Aug. 10, 1846. 
 Yol. 9, p. 115. 
 
 Com missioner 
 Land 
 
 Resolved, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, 
 and he is hereby, authorized to employ some suitable person to ascer- 
 tain and report to the said Commissioner of the General Land Office the 
 amount of damages sustained by the respective purchasers of public tamed by pur- 
 lands in township one south, range seven east, in the State of Michigan, chasers of cer- 
 (or by their respective assignees and legal representatives,) by, or in tain land in Mich- 
 consequence of, the erroneous or fraudulent surveys of said township, lgan " 
 or of the imperfect or false returns thereof ; and it shall be the duty of 
 such person so employed, to proceed to such township, and, upon view 
 of the premises, and upon hearing the proofs of the parties in interest, 
 to estimate and ascertain said damages, and to report his opinion and 
 decision thereon, specifying in his said report each individual case, and 
 the facts and reasons upon which his opinion may be founded, (a) 
 
 (a) See. Nos. 11, 197, 458, 460, 509, 590. 
 
 No. 514. AN ACT to regulate the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction of the Su- Feb. 22 1847. 
 preme Court of the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes. Vol. 9, p. 128. 
 
 [See FLORIDA, No. 1677.] 
 
 No. 5 1 5. AN ACT to establish a land office in the northern part of Michigan, and March 1, 1847. 
 to provide for the sale of mineral lands in the State of Michigan. Vol. 9, p. 146. 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That all that portion of the public lands in the Lake Superior 
 State of Michigan lying north of the boundaries of the Saganaw and land district. 
 Grand River land districts in said State, commonly called the northern 
 peninsula of the State of Michigan, with the islands in Lakes Superior, 
 Huron, and Michigan, and in Green Bay, the Straits of Michilimack- 
 inac, and the River St. Mary's, within the jurisdiction of said State, be, 
 and the same are hereby, included in the land district, to be called the 
 Lake Superior land district : and for the sale of the lauds in said dis- 
 trict, there shall be a land office established at such point therein as 
 the President of the United States may select, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of 
 shall cause a geological examination and survey of the lands embraced Treasury shall 
 in said district to be made and reported to the Commissioner of the elam 
 General Land Office. And the President is hereby authorized to cause survey. 
 
214 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Mineral lands such of said lands as may contain copper, lead, or other valuable ores, (6) 
 to be exposed to sale, giving six months' notice of the times and places 
 of sales in such newspapers of general circulation, in the several States, 
 as he may deem expedient, with a brief description of the lands to be 
 offered; showing the number and localities of the mines known, the 
 probability of discovering others, the quality of the ores, the facilities 
 of working the mines, and the means and expense of transporting their 
 Other lands, products to the principal markets in the United States. -"'And all the 
 lands embraced in said district, not reported as aforesaid, shall be sold 
 in the same manner as other lands under the laws now in force for the 
 sale of the public lands, excepting and reserving from such sales sec- 
 tion sixteen in each township for the use of schools, and such reserva- 
 tions as the President shall deem necessary for public uses, (c) 
 
 All persons in SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all those persons who are in 
 actual occupan- possession, by actual occupancy, of any portion of the district described 
 tom^cretaY? in the nrst section of this act, under authority of a lease from the Sec- 
 War, may pur- retary of War, for the purpose of mining thereon, and who have fully 
 chase to the ex- complied with all the conditions and stipulations of said lease, may 
 tent of lease. enter and purchase the same at any time during the continuance of 
 such lease, to the extent of such lease, and no less, by paying to the 
 United States therefor at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per 
 acre : Provided, That said entry and purchase shall be made to include 
 the original survey of such lease, as near as may be, conforming to the 
 lines of the public surveys of sections and subdivisions thereof. And 
 Persons in ac- all those persons who are in possession, by actual occupancy, of any of 
 tual occupancy 8a i<j i an d 8) f or mining purposes, under authority of a written permit 
 pose^under per- from the Secretary of War, and who have visible landmarks and muni- 
 mits, ' may pur- ments as boundaries thereon, and who have, in all other respects, coin- 
 chase as those plied with the conditions and stipulations contained in such permit, 
 Iding under may en t e r and purchase the same, to the extent of the tract selected by 
 them and reported to the Secretary of War, as required by said permit, 
 and no less, in the same manner as those who hold under leases, and at the 
 same price : Provided, Such entry and purchase be made before the day 
 said lands shall be offered for sale by order of the President. And all 
 Other persons those persons who shall be in possession, by actual occupancy, of a mine 
 t?on CtUal ccupa ~ or mines actually discovered before the passage of this act, and who 
 shall pay the same per centum of rents as those who hold underleases, 
 as aforesaid, shall be permitted to enter and purchase one section of 
 land, and not less, to include such mine or mines discovered and occu- 
 pied as aforesaid, by them, by paying to the United States the same 
 price, and at the same time, as required of those who hold under per- 
 mits aforesaid, and all rents accruing from such lessees or occupants 
 shall be paid and delivered to such officers of the Government as the 
 Proof of pos- Secretary of the Treasury shall direct: Provided, That prior to any such 
 jssion and occu- p ur( j na8e being made under the provisions of this section, proof of pos- 
 session and occupancy, as aforesaid, of the mine or mines claimed, shall 
 be made to the register and receiver of the land district, together with 
 the evidence of the payment of all rents due the United States agree- 
 ably to such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury for that purpose, which register and receiver shall each be en- 
 Appeal, titled to receive one dollar for his services therein : Provided, That an 
 appeal from the decision of the register and receiver to the Secretary 
 of the Treasury may be had, under such regulations as the said Secre- 
 Joint occupan- tary may prescribe. And if two or more persons are in possession of 
 cy- the same section, the first occupant shall be entitled to a preference, 
 unless the same can be so divided by legal subdivisions as to give to each 
 the discovery claimed by him. 
 
 Mineral lands SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said mineral lands shall be 
 offered for sale in o ff ered for 8a i e in quarter-sections, and no bid shall be received at a less 
 18 ' rate than five dollars per acre; and if such lands shall not be sold at 
 public sale at such price, they shall thereafter be entered at private sale 
 No legal divi- at that price: Provided, That no legal division or subdivision of any of 
 sions or subdivi- 8a id lauds upon which there may be any outstanding lease or leases 
 lZ from tbe Secretary of War unexpired or undetermined, and which is 
 ' actually occupied for mining purposes, and the occupants of which have 
 complied with all the requisites of such lease or leases, and continue to 
 perform the same, shall be sold until after the determination of such 
 lease or leases by efflux of time, voluntary surrender, or other legal ex- 
 tinguishment thereof, except in such catses as are provided for in the 
 third section of this act, and the lessees respectively shall be entitled 
 
 
MICHIGAN. 
 
 Control and 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 522, 525a. 529, 536. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 458, 518, 577. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 480, 503, 526, 535, 574, 575, 583, 564. 
 
 No. 516. AN ACT to give the consent of Congress to the sale of certain salt March 3, 1847. 
 spring lands heretofore granted to the States of Michigan, Illinois, and Arkansas. Vol. 9, p. 181. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the State of Michigan shall be, and hereby is, Sole of salt- 
 authorized and empowered to sell, in such manner as the legislature of spring lands 
 said State shall by law direct, the salt-spring lands granted to said S^Jf? 1 * to State 
 State for its use, by an act entitled "An act supplementary to the act *" 
 
 entitled An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of 
 Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into 
 the Union on certain condition," approved June twenty-third, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-six, (a) 
 
 **#**** 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 493, 519. 
 
 No. 517. AN ACT providing for the examination and settlement of claims for Sept. 26, 1850. 
 land at the Sa.ult Ste. Marie, in Michigan. Vol. 9, p. 469. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the register and receiver of the laud office at Eegister and 
 the Sault Ste. Marie be, and they are hereby, authorized to examine and receiver author- 
 report upon claims to lots at the Sault Ste. Marie, in township f orty- S 
 seven north, of ranges one east and one west, in Michigan, according to lots, 
 the provisions hereinafter contained, and pursuant to such instructions 
 as may be given by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, Thy.t the said commissioner shall Commissioner 
 cause the register and receiver to be furnished with a map, on a large c-ffice^furmsh 
 scale, of the lines of the public surveys at the Sault Ste. Marie, and it the register and 
 shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to direct the proper military receiver with a 
 officer, on the application of the register and receiver, to designate, or la j e , fP- u P n 
 cause to be designated, upon the map aforesaid, the position and the for military and 
 extent of lots necessary for military purposes, as also the position and other public pur- 
 the extent of any other lot or lots, which may be required for other poses are to be 
 public purposes, and also the position and extent of the Indian agency desi g nated - 
 tract, and of the Indian reserve. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the case of any person or Claimants un- 
 persons, or the legal representatives of any person or persons, who are der the original 
 the present bona-tide claimants, under the original claims, which are ^^n^oiTceTn 
 entered in book number seven of the report of the board of commis- Writing 1 to the 
 sioners, under the act of Congress approved twenty-first of February, register, setting 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled, "An act to revive and forth the nature 
 continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the JJ^?* 1 ' cl a n ^'thl 
 Territory of Michigan," it shall and may be lawful for such person, f ime of ' occupar 
 within one year from the passage of this act, to present a sivorn notice, tion thereof, 
 in writing, to the register and receiver, setting forth the nature of his 
 claim, with the front and depth necessary to embrace his settlement 
 and improvements, and its position and limits, as accurately as practi- 
 cable, on the public surveys; also the length of time it has been settled 
 by the present claimant, and the estimated value at the time his right 
 
216 MICHIGAN. 
 
 originated, and the estimated value at the present time, exclusive of 
 Register and improvements; and it shall be the duty of the register and receiver to 
 receiver to ^re- rece j ve an( j consider testimony, which may be presented in each case, 
 y< and to call for such further testimony as they may deem necessary, in 
 order to enable them to determine the precise nature of each claim or 
 title and ascertain under whom the same originated, and to fix its 
 position and extent on the public surveys, and its present value, exclu- 
 sive of improvements, and also to ascertain the value of the improve- 
 ments, and further to ascertain whether it interferes with any adverse 
 claim, and the extent of, and nature of, such interference ; and for the 
 Register an- purposes aforesaid, the register and receiver are hereby authorized each 
 thorized to ad- to administer oaths, or affirmations, and it shall also be the duty of 
 minister oaths^ose O ft cer8 to record all notices and testimony in support of each 
 claim ; and for administering oaths they shall be allowed a fee of twelve 
 and a half cents, and a like sum for every hundred words of testimony 
 which they may record, to be paid by the claimants, and equally divided 
 between the officers aforesaid. 
 
 Claimants SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the case of any bona-fide 
 \vithoutanyrightclaimant, who has no right under an original claim, entered in the 
 *0akn r but Veins aforeaaid book number seven, but who, on the first day of January, in 
 bona-fide settler^ tne 7 ear of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine, had reduced a 
 to file a sworn lot into possession, and is an actual and bona-fide settler thereon, or 
 notice of the occupant thereof, it shall and may be lawful for him to file a sicorti 
 improve^ no ^ ce > stating how long he has been in the actual possession of the lot, 
 men'ta, extent, * ne nature of his improvements, the extent of front and depth requisite 
 &c. ' ' to embrace his actual settlement and improvements, the estimated 
 
 value of the lot at the time of his settlement, and its present value, 
 exclusive of improvements, as also the value of such improvements, 
 and also designating, as accurately as practicable, its position upon the 
 public surveys ; and it shall and may be lawful for the aforesaid offi- 
 cers, also, to take all necessary testimony in this class of cases in like 
 manner, and perform similar duties as required in the foregoing sec- 
 tion, and to receive any notice and evidence of any missionary claim 
 from any party authorized to act, both as to the nature and extent of 
 the same, and the grounds on which it may be entitled to equitable 
 consideration. 
 
 Officers to ar- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall also be the duty of the 
 range cases and land officers to examine and arrange the notices and testimony in all 
 
 rertafccLsesrf case . 8 tiled under thi8 act > and the ca8es contemplated by the third 
 abstracts. section, which they may confirm, shall be placed in abstract A, first 
 
 class, and those under that section which may be rejected by them, shall 
 be placed in abstract A, second class ; and in all cases contemplated by 
 the fourth section of this act, the confirmation of the commissioners 
 shall be placed in abstract B, first class, and their rejections in abstract 
 B, second class. 
 
 Form and con- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in the aforesaid abstracts, the 
 tents of ab- register and receiver shall designate the number of each claim, name of 
 present and of original claimant, area, present value of the lot, exclusive 
 of improvements, and the amount, which, in their opinion, it would be 
 just to require as a payment for the same to the Government ; and the 
 said officers shall designate on the aforesaid map of the public surveys 
 the location of each claim as near as it can be ascertained from the tes- 
 timony, with the estimated actual value, and the assessment thereon of 
 the sum which, in their judgment, should be paid for the same to the 
 Government. 
 
 Surveyor- gen- SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the survey or- general at Detroit, 
 
 eral at Detroit, on being notified of the completion by the land officers of the aforesaid 
 
 on being inform- abstracts and map, shall despatch a skilfml deputy to the Sault Ste. 
 
 of mapd ab n Marie, who shall file in the land office at that placets affidavit faith- 
 
 stracts, to send a fully and impartially to discharge his duty, and thereupon there shall 
 
 deputy to the be delivered to him the said abstracts and map, and he shall then pro- 
 
 tok? off 'th^vil- ceed fortnwitn to la Y off and survey the village of Sault Ste. Marie into 
 
 lageJ l ' town lots, streets, avenues, public squares, out-lots, having regard to the 
 
 lots and streets already actually surveyed, existing or established, and 
 
 having regard also to the existing limits and extent of the lots, and to 
 
 the existing limits and extent of the lots covered by the claims which 
 
 shall have been adjudicated by the register and receiver ; and after such 
 
 Further duties surveys shall have been completed, the aforesaid deputy shall prepare a 
 
 of the deputy. plat exhibiting, in connexion with the lines of the public surveys, the 
 
 exterior lines of the whole village, also the squares, individual lots, and 
 
MICHIGAN. 217 
 
 the public lots, and also the out-lots, designating the lots reserved for 
 military or other purposes, according to the extent and limits of the 
 same, as fixed by the proper military officers, pursuant to the require- 
 ments of the second section of this act, and specifying the name of each 
 claimant of the individual lot, and whether confirmed or rejected, the 
 sum assessed by the register and receiver as a payment which should be 
 made in each case by the party, and also designating the vacant in-lots 
 and out-lots, the former of which shall be subdivided into lots not to 
 exceed each a quarter of an acre, and the latter not to exceed two acres 
 each ; and it shall be the duty of the said deputy, from the best infor- 
 mation he can obtain, and after conference with the land officers, to 
 specify on the survey of each vacant lot the actual present estimated 
 value, and it shall be the duty of the aforesaid deputy to return to the 
 register and receiver their abstracts and map, and to submit to them his 
 plat of the actual surveys, and if they shall be satisfied that it is in ac- 
 cordance with their adjudications, they shall append a certificate to that 
 effect, and the said deputy shall then transmit the said plat with the 
 field- notes to the surveyor-general at Detroit for examination of the 
 work, and if that officer shall find it faithfully and properly executed, 
 he shall allow the said deputy a per diem of five dollars for every day Compensation, 
 actually and necessarily engaged in the preliminary examination and 
 surveys, and in the construction of the plat, and shall also pay all neces- 
 sary expenses. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- Abstracts and 
 veyor-general, upon the approval of the plat, or actual survey by his maps, with plat, 
 deputy, to return the said plat to the register and receiver, who shall to be transmitted 
 thereupon transmit the same, with their abstracts, maps, and record of ^ Generai S8 La^fd 
 testimony, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, whose deci- office, whose de- 
 sion in every case shall be final, and binding upon the parties and the cision,inallcases, 
 Government, and who shall have power either to affirm, modify, or re- sha11 be binding, 
 verse the decisions of the register and receiver, and to authorize them 
 to grant a certificate upon the cash payment to the receiver, of what 
 may be determined to be a fair assessment on the lot confirmed ; and 
 upon such payment being made, and the return of the certificate to the 
 General Land Office, a patent shall issue. And the said register and re- 
 ceiver shall each receive, from the proceeds of such sales, the sum of five 
 dollars for every claim examined and adjudicated by them under this act. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for Commissioner 
 the Commissioner to order into market, after public notice of at least authorized to or- 
 two months, all vacant lots, or lots to which a claim may be rejected, der vacant lots to 
 and to sell the same for cash to the highest bidder, subject to a minimum lie "notice of *two 
 of two-thirds of their estimated value ; and upon such sales being made, months, 
 and proper returns reported to the General Land Office, the Commissioner, After adjudi- 
 if the proceedings are found regular, shall be authorized to issue patents. c a * * n claims, 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That after all the claims shall have cant lots afl mo- 
 been adjudicated, surveyed, and the vacant lots sold, it shall be the duty neys received, 
 of the proper accounting officers of the Treasury to ascertain the net after deducting 
 amount of sales, after deducting all expenses incident to the execution ^^"to^'the aiT 
 of this act, and such amount shall be paid over by the Secretary of the thorities of Sault 
 Treasury to the trustees, or other constituted authorities, of Salt Ste. Ste. Marie, to be 
 Marie, to be expended by them in the improvements of the streets and expended in pub- 
 erection of public buildings, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 534. 
 
 No. 518. -AN ACT to reduce the minimum price of the mineral lands in the Lake Sept. 26, 1850. 
 Superior district in Michigan, and in the Chippewa district in Wisconsin. Vol. 9, p. 472. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the mineral lands in the Lake Superior district Mineral lands 
 in Michigan, and in the Chippewa district in Wisconsin, shall be offered ^Michigan and 
 for public sale in the same manner, and be subject to the same mini- offereTf or sale as 
 mum price, and the same rights of pre-emption as the other public lands other public 
 of the United States; and such portions of the act of first March, lands, 
 eighteen hundred and forty-seven, "to establish a land office in the. Parts of acts 
 northern part of Michigan, and to provide for the sale of the mineral Sed 
 lands in the State of Michigan," and of the act of the third March, 
 eighteen hundred and forty-seven, " to create an additional land district 
 in the Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes," as are incon- 
 sistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, 
 repealed : Provided, hoivever, That the right given by those acts of first Proviso. 
 
218 MICHIGAN. 
 
 and third March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to lessees, occu- 
 pants, and permittees, to enter to the extent of their leases and permits, 
 and no less, shall not be considered as impaired by this act ; but said 
 lessees, occupants, and permittees shall be authorized to enter the land 
 covered by their leases, occupancy, and permits, respectively, as therein 
 provided, at the minimum price fixed by this act. 
 
 Hoi der of a SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the holder of a lease or permit 
 lease for more covering more than one full section of the mineral lands, as aforesaid, 
 entftled^onsur! 8na11 be entit ^d, on the surrender and annulment of said lease or per- 
 render of said niit, at the proper land office, to purchase, if he shall elect to do so, one 
 lease to purchase full section, and no more, of the laud covered by said lease or permit, at 
 at e tblminiSum a mir)imuni P rice of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, (a) 
 price. () See Xos. 458, 515, 577. 
 
 Aug. 25, 1852. No. 519. AX ACT to confirm to the State of Michigan certain lands selected for 
 VoL 10, p. 30. saline purposes. 
 
 Michigan selec- Be *'* enacted, $c. t That the selection and location by the State of 
 tions of certain Michigan of the lands lying in said State, described as sections num- 
 saline lands con- bered two, three, four, five, eight, nine, ten, eleven, fourteen, fifteen, 
 twenty-one and twenty -two, in township seven north, of range fourteen 
 east, heretofore made under and by virtue of the fourth proposition 
 contained in the first section of an act entitled "An act supplementary 
 to the act entitled 'An act to establish the northern boundary line of 
 the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of 
 .Michigan into the Union, on certain conditions/ " approved June twen- 
 ty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, be and the same are hereby 
 recognized as valid and confirmed to said State, in lieu of twelve other 
 sections which were incorrectly noted as confirmations under said act, 
 by reason of an erroneous interpretation given, at the General Land 
 Office, to the original list of selections, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 458, 493, 516. 
 
 Aug. 26, 1852. IVo. 520. AN ACT granting to the State of Michigan the right of way, and a do- 
 VoL 10, p. 35. nation of public land for the construction of a ship canal around the 'Falls of St. 
 Mary's, in said State. 
 
 Right to locate Be it enacted, fc., That there be, and is hereby, granted to said State, 
 FaTls oVsi 6 the right of locatin g a canal through the public lands, known as the 
 
 granted to Mk military reservation of the Falls at St. Mary's River in said State ; and 
 
 igan. that four hundred feet of land in -width extending along the line of 
 
 such canal be, and the same is hereby granted, to be used by said State, 
 
 or under the authority thereof for the construction and convenience of 
 
 such canal, and the appurtenances thereto, and the use thereof is hereby 
 
 vested in said State forever, for the purposes aforesaid, and no other: 
 
 Proviso as to Provided, That in locating the line of said canal through said military 
 
 route - reservation, the same shall be located on the line of the survey hereto- 
 
 fore made for that purpose, or such other route between the waters 
 
 above and below said falls, as under the approval of the Secretary of 
 
 Size of the War may be selected. And provided further, That said canal shall be at 
 
 canal. least one hundred feet wide, with a depth of water twelve feet, and 
 
 the locks shall be at least two hundred and fifty feet long, and sixty 
 
 feet wide. 
 
 750,000 thon- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is granted 
 
 sand acres of to tbe 8a j d g tate o f Michigan, for the purpose of aiding said State in 
 
 MMrilantoen constructing and completing said canal, seven hundred and fifty thou- 
 
 ble it to construct sand acres of public lands, to be selected in subdivisions, agreeably to 
 
 said canal. the United States surveys, by an agent or agents to be appointed by the 
 
 governor of said State, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
 
 Interior, from any lands within said State, subject to private entry. 
 
 Said lands to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted, 
 
 otheTuse d t0 D 8ha11 be 8ub J ect to the disposal of the legislature of said State for the 
 
 purposes aforesaid and no other ; and the said canal shall be, and remain 
 
 No toll to be a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, 
 
 charged to the free from toll or other charge upon the vessels of said Government en- 
 
 States. gaged in the public service, or upon vessels employed by said Govern- 
 
 ment in the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. 
 
 Proceeds of SEC. 4. And l>e it further enacted, That if the said canal shall not be 
 
 sales of said commenced within three and completed within ten years, the said State 
 
MICHIGAN. 219 
 
 of Michigan shall he hound to pay to the United States, the amount lands to be paid 
 which may be received upon the sale of any part of said lands by said g tat Q if sa \a <? 
 State not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the title to na i j s not coin . 
 the purchasers under said State remaining' valid. menced within 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said State t^ree .and i com- 
 shall cause to be kept, an accurate account of the sales and net proceeds ^ ears . 
 of the lands hereby granted and of all expenditures in the construction, Accounts to be 
 repairs, and operating of said canal, and of the earnings thereof, and kept and render- 
 shall return a statement of the same annually to the Secretary of the J^ f ff nu j ^ t an 
 Interior ; and whenever said State shall be fully reimbursed for all ad- ully reimbursed 
 vances made for the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, it may charge a 
 with legal interest on all advances, until the reimbursement of the same, toll for the use of 
 or upon payment by the United States, of any balance of such advances gj^Jrds' only 
 over such receipts from said lands and canal, with such interest, the said enough to keep it 
 State shall be allowed to tax for the use of said canal, only such tolls as in repair, &c. 
 shall be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care, charge, and 
 repairs of the same. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That before it shall be competent Route of the 
 for said State to dispose of any of the lands to be selected as aforesaid, f^edam! 6 fifed 
 the route of said canal shall be established as aforesaid, and a plat or Before said lands 
 plats thereof shall be filed in the office at the War Department, and a can be sold, 
 duplicate thereof, in the office of the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office. 
 
 No. 521. AN ACT for the relief of Sidney S. Alcott. Jan. 13, 1853. 
 
 VoL 10, p. 743. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c , That Sidney S. Alcott be, and he is hereby author : 
 
 ized to enter, within twelve months after the passage of this act, with ^ allowed, to 
 the register of the land office at Ionia, in the State of Michigan, the en ter a certain 
 southeast quarter of section thirty-four, township two north, of range quantity of lands, 
 five west; or in case the same has already been entered, then the same 
 quantity of land belonging to the United States subject to entry in said 
 district, which shall be in full of all claims by said Alcott against the 
 United States for and on account of the sum of two hundred dollars 
 paid to the receiver of said office for land, in December, eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-six, for which he has received no equivalent. 
 
 No. 522. AN ACT establishing a land office in the lower peninsula of Michigan. April 20, 1854. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all those parts or portions of the lower penin- 
 
 sula of the State of Michigan which is situated north of the line which Land district 
 divides townships twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) and all the portion of of public lands 
 the upper peninsula which lies south of the line dividing townships forty- 
 one (41) and forty-two, (42) and west of range twelve (12) west, together 
 with all the islands in Green Bay, the straits of Mackinac, and Lakes 
 Huron and Michigan, which are situated north of the township line first 
 herein mentioned, and within the limits of said State exclusive of 
 Drummond's Island and its islets, be, and the same is hereby, included 
 in a land district to be called the Cheboygan land district ; and for the Cheboygandis- 
 sale of the lands in said district there shall be a land office established at **! . , . . ,, 
 such point therein as the President shall select. estabUsha land 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the President, by and with the office therein, 
 advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one register and one re- President to 
 oeiver for the land office in said district, who shall reside at the place appoint a register 
 designated for the land office, receive such compensation, give security, 8ai(1 district, 
 and discharge all duties pertaining to such office, as are prescribed by Powers, duties, 
 law. (a) and compeusa- 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 525a, 529, 536. 
 
 No. 523. AN ACT authorizing Victor Morass to relinquish certain lands, and to July 27, 1854. 
 enter the same quantity elsewhere. Vol. 10, p. 797. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That Victor Morass be, and he is hereby, authorized victor Morass 
 to enter, without payment therefor, at any United States land office in authorized to en- 
 the State of Michigan, two hundred and eighty acres of land, the same ter 280 acres of 
 to be entered in legal subdivisions, and on any land subject to private land without 
 entry at said offices, and not covered by any preemption right : Provided, P a y ment 
 
220 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Proviso. That before the said Victor Morass shall have the benefit of the pro- 
 
 visions of this act, he shall file with the Secretary of the Interior, in such 
 form as shall be prescribed by said Secretary, goo 1 and sufficient deed 
 Certain release O r deeds of release to the United States, executed by himself, and all 
 d^) C fi 7j_ ex6Cut " persons having rights thereto through or under him, of all the premises 
 mentioned and described in the Report of the Commissioners on Land 
 Claims in Michigan as claim " No. 1," in " Book 5," in the u American 
 State Papers," " Public Lands," volume four, page seven hundred and 
 ninety-eight ; which claim was confirmed to said Morass by "An act to 
 confirm certain claims to lands in the Territory of Michigan," approved 
 April seventeen, eighteen hundred and twenty- eight. 
 
 July 27, 1854. No. 524. AX ACT for the relief of Joseph Campari. 
 
 VoLio,p.828. Be it enactfd ^ c j. C(> That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 
 Patent to be cause a patent to be issued to Joseph Campau, for the tract of land lying 
 
 issued to J. Cam- j n township number six north, of range seventeen east, in the State of 
 
 Pand in ^ch? Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: sixteen arpens by forty 
 
 gan. French measure, commencing at a point on the south border of the river 
 
 Au Delude, about two miles from its confluence with the river St. Clair, 
 
 and thence up stream, upon said river Delude, sixteen arpens; at right 
 
 angles with the said river Delude, to the distance of forty arpens ; thence 
 
 in rear sixteen arpens ; thence to the place of beginning by a line of forty 
 
 arpens in length. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the above description be not 
 sufficiently definite, as to determine the precise boundaries of the said 
 lands, the said Commissioner shalljcause the said tract of land to be sur- 
 veyed without delay, and upon the filing of the said survey, together with 
 "When to be a plat thereof, in the proper office, the said Commissioner shall causetobe 
 surveyed. issued to the said Joseph Campau a patent for the lands so described 
 
 Proviso me ' in ? uch 8urve y : Provided, That this act shall only be construed to be a 
 relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not interfere 
 with the rights of third persons, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 506, 50a 
 
 Feb. 21, 1855. No. 525. AX ACT for the relief of Henry H. Marsh. 
 
 VoL 10, p. 857. 
 
 Beit enacted, $-c., That Henry H. Marsh be, and he is hereby, author- 
 ' to relinquish to the United States the east half of the northeast 
 of section number four, of township number eight south, of 
 
 apply 
 86 
 
 . 
 
 certain land, and range number thirteen west, in the district of lands subject to sale at 
 the pur- Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, entered by him by mistake, on or 
 to about tne twenty- first day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and 
 to apply the money paid for said tract to the purchase of any other 
 lands that may be subjected to entry at private sale, at the minimum 
 price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 
 April 5, 1856. No. 525a. AX ACT to continue temporarily the land offices at Kalamazoo, in the 
 VoL 11, p. 2. State of Michigan, and at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri. 
 
 
 Land office and Be it enacted, <fc.. That the offices of the register and receiver of the 
 officers contin- ] anf i office at Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, and the office itself, 
 zoo Michigan 11 * 8hali be continued until such time as, in the opinion of the President, the 
 same can be discontinued without prejudice to the public interests. 
 And that until that time, the act of Congress approved June twelfth, 
 eighteen hundred forty, shall not apply to the said office or officers. 
 Pay of officers. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the said 
 register and receiver shall be allowed them agreeably to law, during the 
 time of discontinuance under the existing order, (a) 
 
 Same provis- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of section one and 
 ions as to Pal- two o f tn i8 act are hereby made applicable to the land office at Palmyra, 
 ' in the State of Missouri, and the register and receiver thereof, 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 529, 536. 
 
MICHIGAN. 221 
 
 ro. 526. AN ACT making a grant of alternate sections of the public lands, to June 3, 1856. 
 
 the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State, Vol. 11, p. 21. 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c. } That there be and hereby is granted to the State of Grant of land 
 Michigan, to aid in the construction of railroads from Little Bay de to Michigan for 
 Noquet to Marquette, and thence to Ontonagon, and from the two last 
 named places to the Wisconsin State line ; and also from Amboy, by 
 Hillsdale and Lansing, and from Grand Rapids to some point on or near 
 averse Bay ; also from Grand Haven and Pere Marquette to Flint, 
 d thence to Port Huron, every alternate section of land designated by 
 d numbers ; for six sections in width on each side of each of said 
 ads ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the Grant in lieu of 
 nes or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any section or any sections sold or 
 thereof granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption has P re -empted. 
 ihed to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents, to 
 appointed by the governor of said State, to select, subject to the 
 proval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United 
 ,ates nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in 
 ternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as 
 United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the 
 ,ht of preemption has attached as aforesaid; which lands (thus 
 ected in lieu of those sold, and to which preemption rights have 
 ached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections 
 ignated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid) 
 all be held by the State of Michigan for the use and purpose afore- 
 id : Provided, That the lands to be so located shall in no case be fur- 
 er than fifteen miles from the lines of said roads, and selected for, 
 d on account of each of said roads ; Provided further, That the lands Land how ap- 
 by granted shall be exclusively applied in the construction of that plied. 
 L for and on account of which such lands are hereby granted, and 
 1 be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be 
 lied to no other purpose whatsoever : And provided further, That any Act not to ap- 
 . all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of ply to reserva- 
 ongress, or in any other manner, by competent authority, for the pur- tions except as 
 _ ose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other rig 
 purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United 
 States from the operations of this act, except so far as it may be found 
 necessary to locate the routes of said railroads through such reserved 
 lands, in which case, the right of way only shall be granted, subject to 
 the approval of the President of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- Price of alter- 
 tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, ate sections 
 within six miles on each side of each of said roads, shall not be sold for dou k le d. 
 less than double the inimimum price of the public lands when sold ; 
 nor shall any of said lands become subject to private entry until the 
 same have been first offered at public sale at the increased price, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Object of 
 to the said State, shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature grant, 
 thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other ; and the said railroads Railroads to be 
 shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of a public highway 
 the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation 01 
 of any property or troops of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lands how dis- 
 said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, posed of. 
 that is to say : That a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and 
 twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a continuous 
 length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold f and when 
 the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior 
 that any twenty continuous miles of any of said roads is completed, 
 then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed one hun- 
 dred and twenty sections for each of 'said roads having twenty contin- 
 uous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within a continuous , 
 length of twenty miles of each of such roads may be sold; and so from 
 time to time until said roads are completed ; and if any of said roads 
 is not completed within ten years no further sales shall be made, and 
 the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. (&) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall Transportation 
 be transported over said roads, under the direction of the Post-Office of mails. 
 Department, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct : Provided, 
 
222 MICHIGAN. 
 
 That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have 
 the power to determine the same. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 480, 503, 515, 535, 574, 575, 583, 584. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 594. 
 
 Aug. 16, 1856. No. 527. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Smith. 
 
 Yol. 11, p. 466. Be it enacted) j, Ct) That Joseph g m ith is hereby authorized to locate, 
 Joseph Smith free of cost, one hundred and sixty acres of land, according to the le- 
 authoilzed to lo- g a i subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the United States sub- 
 land hflfeT^ofaJ 60 * to private entry, in lieu of a location made by the said Smith on 
 canceled loca- the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five, and the 
 tion. east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six, in the town- 
 
 ship seven south, of range fifteen west, in the Kalamazoo land district, 
 in the State of Michigan, as assignee of military land-warrant number 
 fifty-five thousand and ninety-nine, and which location was cancelled 
 by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 Patent to issue. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, upon the receipt of the certificate of location from 
 the register of the proper land office, shall issue a patent to the said 
 Joseph Smith, for the lands so located. 
 
 March 2, 1857. No. 528. An act for the relief of the heirs of Jacques Godfrey. 
 
 '- Be it enacted, c., That a patent be and the same is hereby directed 
 
 Land patent to to be issued to the heirs of Jacques Godfroy, for a second concession, 
 f ( numbered nineteen,) in rear of the front grant on Detroit River, 
 " patented to said heirs July twenty- four, eighteen hundred and eleven, 
 according to the survey of said second concession made by deputy sur- 
 veyor Joseph Fletcher, in July, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, and 
 returned into the land office by the surveyor-general, and contained in 
 the patent certificate numbered three hundred and thirteen, issued by 
 the register of the land office at Detroit, dated April sixteen, eighteen 
 hundred and fifty-five. 
 
 May 11, 1858. No. 529. AN ACT to enlarge the Detroit and Saginaw land districts in Michigan. 
 
 - Be it enacted $c., That all that part of the present Cheboygan district, 
 
 Part of the in the State of Michigan, which lies south of the line dividing town- 
 
 Cheboygan dis- 8n ip 8 twenty-eight and twenty-nine north, and east of the line divid- 
 
 Detroit andpart ^ Q S ranges two and three west, shall be attached to and form a part of 
 
 to the' Saginaw the present Saginaw district, and all that part of the said Cheboygan 
 
 district. district which lies north of the line dividing townships twenty-eight 
 
 and twenty-nine north, and east of the line dividing ranges one and 
 
 two west, (a) including the island of Mackinac, be attached to aiM. 
 
 form a part of the Detroit district, in said State. (6) 
 
 "When act takes SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and 
 effect. after the first day of July next. 
 
 (a) See No. 530. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, S25a, 536. 
 
 June 2 1858 Wo. 530. A RESOLUTION to correct an error in a certain act approved May 
 Vol. 1 1, p. 370. eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 
 
 True western Resolved, $~c., That an error in the act approved May eleventh, eighteen 
 boundary of De- hundred and fifty-eight, entitled "An act to enlarge the Detroit and 
 troit district. Saginaw land districts in the State of Michigan." be corrected, by ex- 
 tending the limits of that portion of the Cheboygan district which has 
 been attached to the Detroit district, to the line dividing ranges two 
 and three west, instead of one and two west, the former being the line 
 intended by the Department as the western boundary of the addition to 
 the Detroit district, (a) 
 (a) See No. 5-29. 
 
MICHIGAN. 223 
 
 No, 531. AN ACT granting the right of way over, and depot grounds on, the mili- Feb. 8, 1859. 
 tary reserve at Fort Gratiot, in the State of Michigan, for railroad purposes. Vol. 11, p. 381. 
 
 Be it enacted, tfc., That the right of way through and the privilege of Eight of way 
 constructing depots and workshops on the public lands of the United granted. 
 States lying in the county of St. Clair, State of Michigan, commonly 
 called the Fort Gratiot military reservation, be, and the same is hereby, 
 granted to any railroad company or companies which may construct a 
 railroad or railroads from the city of Detroit, or any other place in said 
 State, to or near the village of Port Huron, in said State: (a) Provided, Proviso. 
 That in the opinion of the President of the United States such grant 
 or grants be not injurious to the purposes of public defence, and that 
 the location of said buildings on, and such road or roads as to position 
 and width through said reservation, and the price of the land to be so 
 occupied, being first determined by the Secretary of War, be approved 
 by the President : And provided, further, That if the price of such grant Proviso: in 
 or grants be not paid within thirty days after the approval of the what as * es ** 
 President, or if either of said roads shall not be completed within three fe^ined 
 years, or if, at any time after its completion, it shall be discontinued, 
 the grant shall cease and determine as to such road : And provided, further, Proviso, as to 
 That all the buildings to be erected upon said reservation shall be of buildings, 
 wood, and if, at any time, it should be deemed expedient by the com- 
 manding officer of Fort Gratiot, or by any other higher military au- 
 thority, to destroy such buildings by fire or otherwise, no-claim shall be 
 made against the United States for damages. (&) 
 
 (a)See]Sros. 526, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 
 594. 
 (b) See JTos. 533, 546, 551, 555, 558, 559, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
 No 
 
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 No. 532. AN ACT authorizing the courts to adjudicate the claim of the legal rep- April 19, 1860. 
 resentatives of the Sieur de Bonne and of the Chevalier de Kepentigny to certain "Vol. 12, p. 838. 
 land at the Sault Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigan. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the legal representatives of the Sieur de Bonne The legal rep- 
 and of the Chevalier de Repentigny be, and they are hereby, authorized resentatives of 
 to present their petition to the United States district court for the dis- andtheC^evS 
 trict of Michigan, setting forth the nature of their claim to certain land de Repentigny 
 at the Sault Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigan, under an alleged may institute a 
 grant, in seventeen hundred and fifty, from the governor and lieuten- 8ui ^ . to recover 
 ant-general and from the intendant-general of New France, now Can- MTchiganTn the 
 ada, with evidence in support of their claim, stating the names, as near Federal courts of 
 as may be, of all persons claiming adversely, and praying that the vali- that State. 
 dity of the title may be inquired into and decided under the laws of 
 nations, the laws, usages, and customs of the country from which the 
 same was derived, and the treaties and laws of the United States; and 
 the said court is hereby authorized to examine the same, and, in adju- 
 dicating the question of the validity of the title as against the United 
 States, to be governed by the laws of nations and of the country from 
 which the title was derived, and also by the principles, so far as they 
 are applicable, which are recognized in the act of Congress approved 
 the twenty -sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty- four, "enabling 
 the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and 
 Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of the 
 same;" and the district attorney is hereby directed to proceed, in de- District attor- 
 fence of the interests of the United States in all things, as required and f^^gf end the 
 directed by the aforesaid act of twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred rjnited States. 
 and twenty -four: Provided, That suit shall be instituted by the claim- Suit to 'be 
 ants within two years from the passage of this act, and that an appeal brought within 
 may be taken, either by the claimants or the United States, to the Su- BiSS^art 
 preme Court of the United States within one year from the date of the may app eal to 
 rendition of the decree of the district court aforesaid. Supreme Court. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That in the case of a final decision if decision of 
 under this act against the validity of the said claim, or in case of the 
 failure of claimants to prosecute it within the period specified, the said 
 claim shall be held forever barred, both in law and equity; but in the 
 case of a final decree in favor of the validity of the grant, it shall not If in f*avor 
 be construed to affect or in any way impair any adverse sales, claims, thereof, 
 or other rights which have been recognized by the United States within 
 the limits of the said claim, or which, under any law of the United 
 States may have heretofore been brought to the notice of the land com- 
 
224 MICHIGAN. 
 
 mission ers or of the land officers in Michigan, or any of the land granted 
 to the State of Michigan, or occupied by it, for the Sault Ste. Marie 
 Canal, its tow-path and appurtenances, but for the area of any such 
 adverse claims the legal representatives of the said De Bonne and Re- 
 pentigny shall receive from the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office warrants authorizing them or their assigns to enter any other 
 lands belonging to the United States, and subject to entry at private 
 sale at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, which warrants shall 
 be for sections or legal subdivisions of sections, at the option of the 
 parties entitled to receive them, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 197, 454, 455, 457, 461, 464, 466, 474, 514. 
 
 June 22, 1860. No. 533. AN ACT to grant to the city of Port Huron, Michigan, a part of the mili- 
 Vol. 12 p. 83. tary reservation of Fort Gratiot, for the enlargement of the city cemetery at that 
 place. 
 
 Part of mili- Be it enacted, $c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, au- 
 
 tary reservation thorized and required to convey to the city of Port Huron, Michigan, 
 
 granted to Port o f tne military reservation of Fort Gratiot, a lot not to exceed thirty 
 
 cemetery. ' & acres > to be taken from the land adjoining the city cemetery and to be 
 
 used for its enlargement and for no other purpose, so far and under 
 
 such conditions and reservations as in the opinion of the Secretary of 
 
 War the public interest present or prospective may require, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 531, 546, 551, 555, 558, 559, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
 June 22, 1860. No. 534. AN ACT in relation to mission claims at Sanlt Ste. Marie, Michigan. 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the missionary claims referred to in the fourth 
 
 Missionary section of the act of twenty-sixth September, eighteen hundred and 
 ^ c 011 - fifty, entitled "An act providing for the examination and settlement 
 of claims for land at the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan," and reported upon 
 by the register and receiver at Sault Ste. Marie, pursuant to said act, 
 shall be entitled to recognition and confirmation in the same manner 
 and on the same terms as claims of individuals therein provided for; 
 and upon the final approval of the said claims, as provided in the eighth 
 section of the act aforesaid, patents shall be issued therefor, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 517. 
 
 July 5, 1862. No. 535. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to a certain grant of land for railroad 
 VoL 12, p. 620. purposes made to the State of Michigan in eighteen hundred and fifty-six. 
 
 Words " Wia- Resolved, c., That the words " Wisconsin State line," in the first sec- 
 consin State tion of an act entitled "An act making a grant of lands to the State of 
 line, "in act 1856, Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads 
 Sed ' U ' in 8aid State," approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, 
 
 shall, without forfeiture to said State or its assigns of any rights or 
 benefits under said act, or exemption from any of the conditions or 
 obligations imposed thereby, be construed to authorize the location of 
 the line of railroad provided for in said act from Marquette, on Lake 
 Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, upon any eligible route from the 
 township of Marquette aforesaid, to a point on the Wisconsin State line, 
 near the mouth of the Menomonee River, and touching at favorable 
 points on Green Bay, with a view of securing a railroad available for 
 military purposes from Green Bay to the waters of Lake Superior. And 
 Line now lo- the line of railroad as now located in pursuance of said act from Mar- 
 C h ted Ad may be q uette to tue Wisconsin State line, according to the records of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, is hereby authorized to be changed so as to conform to 
 the route above indicated ; which line, when surveyed and the maps 
 and plans thereof filed in the proper office, as required under said act 
 of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall confer the same 
 rights upon and benefits to the State of Michigan and its assigns in 
 said new line, as though the same had been originally located under 
 said act. (a) 
 
 Provisions of SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the provisions of an act of 
 id I 852 ' 6X Congress, approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, 
 entitled "An act to grant the right of way to all rail and plank roads 
 and McAdamized turnpikes passing through the public lands belonging 
 
MICHIGAN. 225 
 
 to the United States," be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to be 
 applicable to the new line of railroad so as above to be located : Pro- Proviso. 
 vicled, The same shall be commenced within two years from the fourth 
 day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and shall be completed 
 within five years thereafter. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior Price of land 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause all even sections or parts of bordering on rail- 
 even sections of public lands that may be brought within six miles of ro 
 the new line of railroad, as herein provided for, to be sold at the same 
 price and in the same manner those have or might have been, according 
 to the said act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty- six, upon the 
 originally located route of railroad. And all purchasers, or their heirs Purchasers on 
 or assigns, within the six-mile limits of said originally located route, old line may ex- 
 who shall be more than six miles from the new line of route hereby cnan S e lands, 
 authorized, and who have paid the sum of two dollars and fifty cents 
 an acre, shall have the right either to exchange their locations upon 
 the line as first established to the new line upon the same terms, in like 
 quantities, and in the same manner, as on the line first established, as 
 aforesaid, or at their option to enter, without further payment, any- 
 where within the Marquette land district, in the State of Michigan, or 
 that of the Grand Traverse land district, in said State, lying north or 
 west of Lake Michigan, an additional quantity of public lands subject 
 to private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, equal to 
 the quantity entered by them at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, so 
 that the lands originally entered by them shall be thus reduced to the 
 rate of one dollar and twenty- five cents an acre. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further resolved, That the even sections of public Public lands on 
 lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of June third, old line to be 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally located route of the jjjjj for $1>25 P er 
 Marquette and Wisconsin State Line Railroad Company, except where 
 such sections shall fall within six miles of the new line of road so as 
 aforesaid proposed to be located, and along which no railroad has been 
 constructed, shall hereafter be subject to sale at one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre. (&) . 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further resolved, That upon the filing in the General Eights of the 
 Land Office of the lists of said railroad lands, in whole or in part, as State of Mich- 
 now selected and certified in the General Land Office, with the certificate m 
 
 of the governor of the State of Michigan, under the seal of the State, 
 that said State and its assigns surrender all claim to the lands, as afore- 
 said, set forth and described in the lists thereof thus certified, and that 
 the same have never been pledged or sold or in anywise encumbered, 
 then the State of Michigan or its assigns shall be entitled to receive a 
 like quantity of land, selected in like manner, upon the new line of 
 road as thus surrendered upon the first line, and to the extent of six 
 sections per mile in the aggregate for every mile of the new line, accord- 
 ing to the general provisions of the act of June third, eighteen hundred 
 and fifty-six. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office to reoffer for public sale, in the usual manner, the 
 lands embraced in the lists of surrendered lands aforesaid, when duly 
 filed in his office, as herein directed. 
 
 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 
 594. 
 ) See Nos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 480, 503, 515, 52, 574, 575, 583, 584. 
 
 No. 536. AN ACT to enlarge the Lake Superior land district, in the State of Mich- July 16, 1862. 
 
 igan. Vol. 12, p. 587. 
 
 Beit enacted, $c., That all that portion of the present "Cheboygan Part of Che- 
 district," in the State of Michigan, lying west of Lake Michigan and boygan district 
 south of the line dividing townships forty-one and forty-two north, in- gJfSerior 
 eluding Saint Martin's and the adjacent islands near the entrance to trict. 
 " Big Bay De Noc," now forming a part of the present Cheboygan dis- 
 trict, and subject to sale at Traverse City, in said State, be, and the same 
 is hereby, attached to the "Lake Superior district," and the lands therein 
 be subject to sale and entry at the site of the land office for said dis- 
 
 ict. (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect When act to 
 -AH .LI .,-', ,,.'., -, take effect. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 196, 197, 455, 465, 467, 469, 480, 484, 486, 490a, 503, 515, 522, 525a, 529. 
 15 L O VOL II 
 
226 MICHIGAN. 
 
 March 3, 1863. No. 537. AX ACT granting lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid 
 Vol. 12, p. 797. in the construction of a " military road " from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Kewe- 
 
 naw County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of 
 
 Wisconsin. , 
 
 Land granted Be it enacted, fa., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of 
 to Michigan and Michigan, to aid in the construction of a military wagon- road from Fort 
 tothT^onstru'c Jwilkius, Copper Harbor, to Houghton, Portage "Lake, and thence, in a 
 tion of a military, southerly direction, to the State line of Wisconsin, every alternate sec- 
 wagon-road, tion of public land, designated by even numbers, for three sections in 
 width, on each side of said road, and also a like quantity, to be taken 
 and designated in same manner, to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the 
 construction of a like road from the last-mentioned place on the State 
 line of Wisconsin to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the said State of Wis- 
 If any landconsin. But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when 
 granted has been the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold any section, or any 
 ^ent'am^mnTto P ar ^ tnereo ^ granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption o'r 
 be given in Hen homestead settlement has attached to the same, then it shall be the 
 thereof. duty of the Secretary of the Interior to set apart from the public lands 
 
 of the United States, as near to said even sections aforesaid as may be, 
 so much land as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have 
 sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption or 
 homestead settlement has attached ; which lands, (thus selected in lieu 
 of those sold, and to which the right of preemption or homestead set- 
 tlement has attached as aforesaid,) together with the sections 3nd parts 
 of sections designated by even numbers as aforesaid, and approved as 
 aforesaid, shall be held by the States of Michigan and Wisconsin for 
 Land s not to be the use and purposes aforesaid: Provided, That the lauds to be selected 
 over fifteen miles for and on account thereof shall in no case be further than fifteen miles 
 beT 'ned^solel from 8aid roa(l : Provided, further, That the lands hereby granted shall 
 to the 'construe- ^ e exclusively applied in the construction of that road for and on account 
 tion of the road, of which such lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of only 
 as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other pur- 
 Reserved lands poses whatever : And provided, further, That any and all lands hereto- 
 not within this fore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any 
 act, except for other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any 
 object of internal improvement, or for any other purposes whatsoever, 
 be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States from the 
 operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to 
 locate the route of said road through such reserved lands; in which 
 case the right of way only shall be granted. 
 
 Lands subject SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted 
 to the dispooal of to the said States shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature 
 the leghlature. thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said road 
 Road to be a shall be and remain [a] public highway for the use of the Government 
 public highway, o f the United States, free from tolls or other charge upon the transpor- 
 T?nited!tate8 tation of an . v property, troops, or mails of the United States. 
 
 Mode of dis- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to 
 posing of the said States shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is 
 lands, to say : That a quantity of land, not exceeding thirty sections, for said 
 
 road, may be pold ; and when the governors of said States shall certify 
 to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten continuous miles of said 
 road are completed, then another quantity of land, hereby granted, not 
 to exceed thirty sections for said road, having ten continuous miles 
 completed as aforesaid, may be sold, and so, from time to time, until 
 the said road is completed ; and if said road is not completed within 
 five years, no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall 
 revert to the United States. 
 
 Mode of con- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said military road shall be con- 
 structing the structed with sufficient drains and ditches, and not less than forty feet 
 road< in width, with a grade not less than sixteen feet wide, with such gradu- 
 
 ation and bridges as shall permit of its regular use as a wagon road in 
 all seasons of the year, and in such other special manner as the States 
 of Michigan and Wisconsin may prescribe, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 541, 554, 560, 571. 
 

 MICHIGAN. 227 
 
 No. 538. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act making a grant of alternate June 7, 1864. 
 sections of [the] public lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of Vol. 13, p. 119. 
 certain railroads in said State, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the act entitled "An act making a grant of Amendment of 
 alternate sections of [the] public lands to the State of Michigan to aid former act grant- 
 in the construction of certain railroads in said State, and for other pur- ^SJ. railroads" 
 poses," he and the same is hereby, amended as follows, namely : Sub- 
 stitute for the words " and from Grand Rapids to some point on or near 
 Traverse Bay," contained in the first section of said act, these words : 
 And from Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana, to a point on the south- Location 
 era boundary line of the State of Michigan, in tire township of Sturgis, changed, 
 thence, by way of Grand Rapids, to some point on or near Traverse Bay. 
 And the said act shall be, and is hereby, so amended as to substitute for 
 the first clause of the first proviso in the first section thereof, so far as 
 the same shall be applicable to the grant of lands made to aid in the 
 construction of the railroad described by the foregoing amendment, these 
 words : Provided, .That the lands so to be selected shall in no case be Limit of selec- 
 further than twenty miles from the line of said road : Provided, further, tion of lands. 
 That the time specified in the 4th section of the act hereby amended for ex ei 
 the completion of said road shall not be extended. 
 
 SEC. 2. And l>e it further enacted, That the lands granted by the act Lands granted, 
 amended by this act, and also by the provisions of this act, ro aid in the jj ow only to be 
 construction of the railroad described in the foregoing section, shall be dl8 P s 
 disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say, when the gov- 
 ernor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the In- 
 terior that ten consecutive miles of said road have been completed in a 
 good and substantial manner as a first-class railroad, indicating definitely 
 where said completed section commences and where the sanfe terminates, 
 the said secretary shall cause patents to issue to said State for so much 
 of said lands as are located opposite to, and coterminous with, said com- 
 pleted section of said road, and so from time to time for each completed 
 section of ten miles of said road until the whole shall be completed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 
 No. 539. AN ACT extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and June. 18, 1864. 
 Ontonagon Railroad, of the State of Michigan. Vol. 13, p. 137. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the time limited for the completion of the Time for com- 
 Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad, of the State of Michigan, be, andpleting the Mar- 
 the same is hereby, extended for the term of five years beyond the time g a^o^ll 
 fixed for its completion by the act of Congress of June third, A. D. extended, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An act making a grant of al- 
 ternate sections of the public lands to the State of Michigan to aid in 
 the construction of certain railroads in said State, and for other pur- 
 poses:" Provided, That the State of Michigan, shall have the same con- Proviso, 
 trol over the said grant of lands hereby extended for five years, for the 
 benefit of said railroad, which was given to said State under said origi- 
 nal act of Congress ; and said State may prescribe the time within which 
 the several sections of said road shall be completed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 No. 540. A RESOLUTION explanatory of an act entitled "An act extending the June 18, 1864. 
 time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad of the State of Vol. 13 p. 409. 
 Michigan." 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That the provisions of the act entitled "An act extend- Construction of 
 ing the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Rail- fj Ct Ma^'S 
 road of the State of Michigan," shall be so construed as to extend the and Qntonagou 
 time for completing only so much of said road as lies between Marquette Railroad, 
 and Ontonagou. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 
 
228 MICHIGAN. 
 
 June 20, 1864. No. 5 11. AX ACT granting lands to the State of Michigan for the construction of 
 Vol. 13, p. 140. certain wagon roads for military and postal purposes. 
 
 Lands granted Be it enacted, tjV., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State 
 to Michigan for o f Michigan, for the construction of a wagon road for military and pos- 
 wagonroadfrom tal pur p O8 e 8 , from Saginaw City, in said State, by the shortest and 
 Straits of Macki- mos t feasible route to the Straits of Mackinaw, every alternate or odd 
 naw. section of public land not mineral, for three miles in width on each side 
 
 From Grand o f said road to the extent of three sections to the mile. Also for a road 
 ofM-'Saw 4118 from 9 raml Rapids, in said State, through Xe way go, Traverse City, 
 and Little Traverse, to the Straits of Mackinaw, every alternate or odd 
 section of public land* not mineral, for three sections in width on each 
 If any lands side of said road to the extent of three sections to the mile. And it is 
 fer?ed d otheWto herel) y provided that in case it shall appear that the United States shall 
 be given in lieu bave (when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely established) 
 thereof. sold or reserved any sections or parts of sections, granted as aforesaid, 
 
 or that the rights of preemption or homestead have attached to the 
 same, so as to leave a deficiency in the amount to be selected within the 
 limits designated, the n it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the In- 
 terior to select such lands from the odd sections, or parts of sections, 
 nearest to the three-mile limits aforesaid, such quantity as shall be 
 Lands, how to necessary to make up the deficiency thus created : Provided, further, 
 dfsnosedof Tbat . the lands bereb y granted shall be exclusively reserved, held, and 
 applied in the construction of said roads, and shall be appropriated and 
 disposed of only as the work progresses, in quantities and under such 
 regulations and restrictions as the State shall provide ; and in no event 
 shall they be appropriated or disposed of for any other purpose whatso- 
 ever. 
 
 Lands hereto- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all lands heretofore 
 fore reserved, ex- reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any other 
 oneration^of this manner b y competent authority, for any public work, or for any other 
 2J purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United 
 
 States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be neces- 
 sary to locate the routes of said roads through such reserved lands; in 
 Rights of way which case the rights of way shall be, and are hereby, granted, subject 
 granted. to tne approval of the President of the United States. 
 
 Wagon roads g EC . 3. ^,,rf fo it further enacted, That said roads shall be located, snr- 
 conltructed veyed, and constructed, under the direction of such agents or commis- 
 sioners as the governor may appoint, and shall be chopped out a uni- 
 form width of at least six rods. The road-bed proper to be not less 
 than thirty-two feet wide, and constructed with ample ditches on both 
 sides, so as to afford sufficient drains, with good and substantial bridges 
 and proper culverts and sluices where necessary. All stumps and roots 
 to be thoroughly grubbed out between the ditches the entire length of 
 said road, the central portion of which to be sufficiently raised to afford 
 a dry road-bed by means of drainage from the centre to the side ditches; 
 the hills to be levelled and valleys raised so as to make as easy a grade 
 as practicable. 
 
 Land granted, SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That when the governor of the State 
 when to be with- o f Michigan shall furnish the Secretary of the Interior with maps and 
 :om mar- C h ar t 8 8nO wiug the definite location of the line of each of said roads, it 
 shall be his duty to have the land granted to each of said roads with- 
 held from market, and reserved exclusively for the purposes aforesaid. 
 And when the said governor shall certify to the Secretary of the Inte- 
 rior that any ten consecutive miles of either of said roads have been 
 completed under the provisions of this act, and in accordance with the 
 third section thereof, stating definitely where said completed section of 
 road commences and where it terminates, it shall be the duty of the 
 Patents for sa id Secretary to cause patents to issue to said State for three sections 
 wh^ftn i- a P of land for each mile of road thus completed, as aforesaid, and so on until 
 Proviso the whole of said roads is completed : Provided, That no patents shall 
 
 be given for any of the aforesaid lands before the completion of ten 
 consecutive miles of road, or for any road, or for any part of any road, 
 made before the passage of this act, or for any greater quantity than 
 thirty section s for each ten miles completed according to the provisions 
 of this act. Nothing in this proviso, however, shall be construed so as 
 to prevent the application of so much of the said three sections per 
 mile as may be necessary to finish any part of said roads partly made 
 before the passage of this act. 
 
 Express condi- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this grant is made upon the 
 tions of grant, express conditions that the roads shall be and remain public highways, 
 
MICHIGAN. 229 
 
 *.+^ from all toll and other charges ; and that if any portion of said roads Roads to be 
 shall remain uncompleted for a period of more than five years from the SS be comSd 
 approval of this act by the President, the lands granted for such portion in five yea r s . 
 shall revert to the United States, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 537, 554, 560, 571. 
 
 No. 542. A RESOLUTION to extend the time for the reversion to the United Feb. 17, 1865. 
 States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Vol. 13, p. 569. 
 Pere Marquette to Flint, and for the completion of said rpad. 
 
 Resolved, $*c., That the time specified in the fourth section of the act Time for rever- 
 of Congress approved June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, en- sion to the United 
 titled " An act making a grant of alternate sections of the public lands ^rida 8 ?n C MicbT 
 to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of certain railroads gan granted to 
 in said State, and for other purposes," for the reversion to the United rail roads, ex- 
 States of the lands granted by said act to aid in the construction 
 railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, and.for the completion of said 
 road, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of five years, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 544,545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 No. 543. AN ACT granting land to the State of Michigan, to aid in building a March 3, 1865. 
 harbor and ship canal at Portage Lake, Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior. Vol. J3, p. 519. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc. , That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State The State of 
 of Michigan the right of locating and constructing a breakwater and Michigan may lo- 
 harbor and ship canal through any public lands at or upon the neck of cate ' &G -> a 8bi P 
 land on Lake Superior known as -'The Portage:" Provided, That not {Jh^oug'h ''The 
 more than one thousand feet in width on the bank of Lake Superior Portage.'' 
 shall be occupied by said breakwater and harbor, and that a strip of Limit tj grant, 
 land not more than four hundred feet in width on said neck of land 
 shall be occupied by said canal: And provided, further, That said ship Width and 
 <janal shall be at least one hundred feet iu width, with a depth of water depth of canal, 
 not legs than thirteen feet. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted Grant to Mich- 
 to the said State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding said State inis* 111 of public 
 constructing and completing a harbor and ship canal to connect the JfiSldina^a^h/S 
 waters of Lake Superior with the waters of Portage Lake, two hundred canal, 
 thousand acres of public lands, to be selected in subdivisions agreeably How and where 
 to the United States survey, by an agent or agents appointed by the selected. 
 governor of said State, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
 Interior, from any lands in the upper peninsula of said State, subject 
 to private entry : Provided, That said selections shall be made from al- Proviso, 
 ternate and odd-numbered sections of land nearest the location of said 
 canal in said upper peninsula, not otherwise appropriated, and not from 
 lands designated by the United States as " mineral" before the passage 
 of this act, nor from lands to which the rights of preemption or home- 
 stead have attached. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Lands granted 
 shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said State, or, if to be subject to 
 the legislature thereof shall not be in session, or shall adjourn within disposal by the 
 ten days after the passage and approval of this act, then said lands shall ; 
 be subject to the disposal of the governor and board of control of said 
 State, for the purpose aforesaid and for no other; and the said canal Canal to be 
 shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of P u ^ lic highway, 
 the United States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels of said Gov- "Jffed sSSS 
 ernment, or upon vessels employed by said Government in the transpor- vessels. 
 tation of any property or troops of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That before it shall be competent for Route of canal 
 said State to dispose of any of said lands, to be selected as aforesaid, to be established 
 the plan of said breakwater and harbor, and the route of said canal dfgJJ e j a " f d8 are 
 shall be established as aforesaid, and a plat or plats thereof shall be 
 filed in the office of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof in 
 the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if the said breakwater, harbor, Unless canal, 
 and ship canal shall not be completed within two years from the passage & c -' completed in 
 of this act, the lands hereby granted shall revert to the United States. Revert' 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said State Account of an lea 
 shall cause to be kept an accurate account of the sales and net proceeds of lands, and net 
 
230 MICHIGAN. 
 
 proceeds and of the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction 
 
 SditSefto b X e re P airs ' and operating of said canal, and of the earnings thereof, and 
 
 kept. 8nalj return a statement of the same annually to the Secretary of the 
 
 When State re- Interior ; and whenever said State shall be fully reimbursed for all ad- 
 
 imbursed, tolls to vances made for the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, 
 
 8hai S i U payexper^ witn le S al interest on all advances, until the reimbursement of the same, 
 
 ses of canal. or u P n payment by the United States of any balance of such advances 
 
 over such receipts from said lands and canal, with such interest, the 
 
 said State shall be allowed to tax for the use of said canal only such 
 
 tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care, 
 
 charge, and repair of the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 550, 556, 566, 570, 579. 
 
 March 3, 1865. ^* 544. AX ACT to extend the time for the completion of certain railroads to 
 Vol. 13, p. 520. which land grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. 
 
 Additional ? e /* enacte ^> <$' c -> That ttfbre be, and hereby is, granted to the State of 
 lands g'anted to Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad 
 Michigan, to aid from Alarquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, at or 
 in construction near the mouth of the Menomonee River, for the benefit and use of the 
 rai1 " Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, a corporation of the 
 States of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Marquette to Onton- 
 agon, for the use and benefit of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad 
 Company, a corporation of the State of Michigan, and for twenty miles 
 westerly from Marquette of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad, 
 for the benefit and use of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad 
 Company, four additional alternate sections of land, per mile, to that 
 already granted by act of Congress approved June third, A. D. eighteen 
 hundred and fifty-six, and joint resolution supplementary thereto, to 
 be selected upon "the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations as 
 are contained in the act of Congress entitled ''An act making a grant of 
 lands to the State of Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in the con- 
 struction of railroads in said State," approved June third, eighteen 
 Lands how se- hundred and fifty-six : Provided, That the land to be so located by either 
 lected. O f 8a id roads shall be selected from the alternate sections, designated 
 
 by odd numbers, within twenty miles of the line of said road. 
 
 Lands how dis- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the lands granted by said act 
 posed of. of Congress and by this act shall ba disposed of only in the following 
 
 manner, that is to say : When the governor of the State of Michigan 
 shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten consecutive 
 miles, upon the route of either of said roads, is completed in a good and 
 substantial manner, as a first-class railroad, then the Secretary of the 
 Certificate to Interior shall cause a certificate or certificates to issue to sxid State for 
 issue as building one hundred sections of land, for the benefit and use of such company, 
 MaiSuette and and 8O from * ime to time tor eacu completed section of ten miles of either 
 Ontonagon rail- of said roads, one hundred sections of land, until the whole shall be 
 road. = completed : Provided, That none of the additional lands granted by this 
 
 act for that portion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad now com- 
 pleted shall be certified to the State of Michigan, by the terms hereof, 
 until the said railroad shall be completed from a point twenty miles west 
 of Marquette to Ontonagon ; and that none of the additional lands 
 RoadfromMar- granted by this act for that portion of the railroad from Marquette to 
 queue to Wis- the Wisconsin State line at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, 
 me> now completed, shall be so certified until the said railroad shall be com- 
 pleted from Bay de Noquet to the said Wisconsin State line at or near 
 the mouth of the Menomonee River aforesaid. 
 
 Time for com- SEC. 3. And, be it further enacted, That the time limited for the com- 
 Erom^Mar uette P letion of tne road from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line, at or 
 to Wisconsin near the mouth of the Menomonee River, be, and the same is hereby, 
 State line ex- extended for the term of five years, from and after the third day of June, 
 tended. A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 
 
 Lands for road SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands to be set apart for the 
 
 toTa ^teSo^uet road fr m Mar( l uette to Bav de S ( >Qiet, and from Marquette to Ontona- 
 
 and "\o Ontona- ou > shall be selected and certified east of that portion of the range line 
 
 gon. dividing ranges twenty -six and twenty-seven, that is, south of thetowu- 
 
 Wheretobese- ship line between townships forty-seven and forty-eight, nor south of 
 
 >d and certi- that portion of the township line dividing townships foi ty-M-ven and 
 
 forty-eight, that lies east of the dividing range line above named : and 
 
 Lands for road that no lands to be set apart for the road 1'roui Marquette, on Lake Su- 
 
MICHIGAN. 231 
 
 perior, to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Menom- from Marquette 
 onee River, shall be selected and certified west of that portion of the 011 
 
 range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty -seven, that is, north 
 of t)ie township line dividing townships forty-two and forty-three, nor 
 north of the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty- 
 eight ; and that, for the purpose of making up any deficiency of lands Deficiency of 
 to which the line of road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet may be l and s fr road 
 entitled to make its grant equal to ten sections to the mile, the same t j Bay de Coquet! 
 shall be certified on the route from Marquette to Ontonagou, within 
 twenty miles of the line of said road, and east of the range line divid- 
 ing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and in accordance with the pro- 
 visions hereinbefore contained. And that, whenever the governor of Certificates of 
 the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that gnds ^or TOM 
 twenty consecutive miles of the line of road from Marquette to Bay de to Bay ^ No _ 
 Noquet has been completed in a good and substantial manner, as a first- quet to be issued 
 class railroad, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be issued to as road is built, 
 said State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the Bay de Noquet and 
 Marquette Railroad Company, assignee o the State of Michigan, a 
 certificate or certificates for two hundred sections of land, to be selected Selection and 
 and located from the sections designated by odd numbers, on the line Io< 
 from Marquette to Ontonagon, and within twenty miles of said line. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the time for the completion of Time for com- 
 the railroad from Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, to the Wisconsin pleting road from 
 State line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, shall be, and *voon3n State 
 hereby is, extended for the period of five years from and after the third ii ne extended. 
 day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- six ; and that any 
 and all grants of land to said road shall continue and remain in full 
 force and effect. 
 
 SEC. 6. And le it further enacted, That each of said companies shall Each road to 
 grade, in a good and substantial manner, ready for the ties, twenty grade twenty 
 miles of its road within two years, and twenty miles additional thereof ^ar^andt^enty 
 in each year thereafter : Provided, That if said companies, or either of m iles' each year 
 them, shall neglect or fail to do so, or to complete its road within the thereafter, 
 time herein specified, the land granted to such company shall revert to Lands to revert, 
 the United States, (a) lj) &c ' 
 
 (a) See ]*Tos. 526, 531, 535, 538, .539, 540, 542, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 No. 545. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An March 3, 1865. 
 act making a grant of alternate sections of public lands to the State of Michigan, y l. 13, p. 530. 
 to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State, and for other pur- 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That section one of an act entitled "An act to amend Time for com- 
 an act entitled 'An act making a grant of alternate sections of public plying a certain 
 lands to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain [Jan extended 
 railroads in said State, and for other purposes,'" which said amendatory 
 act was approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, 
 and the same is hereby, amended so as to make the last proviso in said 
 section to read as follows, to wit : Provided, further, That the time speci- 
 fied in the fourth section of the act hereby amended, for the completion 
 of said road, shall be, and the same is hereby, extended eight years, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 No. 546. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the j an . 31, 1866. 
 use of a portion of military reserve on St. Clair River, in the State of Michigan, Vol. 14, p. 348. 
 for railroad purposes. 
 
 Be it resolved, <$-c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, Use of portion 
 authorized to grant to Guerdon O. Williams, of the city of Detroit, in of militaryre- 
 the State of Michigan, and his associates, the use of so much of the pav e e r granted Sr 
 military reserve on the St. Clair River, in the State of Michigan, known horse railroad, 
 as the site of Fort Gratiot, as is necessary for extending a horse railroad 
 from Port Huron City to the depot of the Port Huron and Detroit Rail- 
 road, at such rental and upon such terms and conditions as to him may Conditions, 
 seem proper, reserving to the United States, however, the right of re- 
 moving the rails, ties, and other parts of said road whenever the Secre- 
 tary of War shall direct, without any claim or right for damages on the 
 part of the said Williams and associates, or their legal representatives, (a) 
 
 (a) See Kos. 531, 533, 551, 555, 558, 559, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
232 MICHIGAN. 
 
 March 8, 1866. No. 547. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of James Bawdin. 
 
 Vol. 14, p. 578. }t enactedt ^. Cij Tnat on payment to the United States of one dollar 
 
 Patent to heirs and twenty-five cents per acre therefor, the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 din J f or 8 8 lari?at eral L . and Office sha11 cause a patent to be issued to the heirs of James 
 E^leHarbor. Bawdin for that tract of land lying and being at Eagle Harbor, on Lake 
 Superior, situate upon the north part of section number six, in town- 
 ship number fifty-eight north, of range number thirty west, in the 
 Sault Ste. Marie land district, State of Michigan, containing about six 
 and fifty- four hundredths acres of land, and being all that part of the 
 lands known as the light-house reservation at Eagle Harbor, which lies 
 east of the dotted line marked " S. 86 45' E. 1*2.76 chains," as shown on 
 the plat of " Bawd[i]n's Survey " of said reservation in the office of said 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, except so much of said lands 
 as may be required for the use of a road four rods wide, from the light- 
 house across said six and fifty -four hundredths acres to the waters of 
 said harbor, as the same is now laid out and used for that purpose : 
 Proviso. Provided, That this act shall only be construed to be a relmquishment 
 
 of the title of the United States, and shall not interfere with the rights 
 of third persons. 
 
 July 3, 1866. No. 548. AX ACT to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the 
 
 Vot H P- 78. lands granted by Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Amboy, by 
 Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse Bay, in the State of Michi- 
 gan, and for the completion of said road. 
 
 Grants to be in Be it enacted, tj-c., That the time limited by the fourth section of an 
 fJU , force ' P TO " act entitled " An act making a grant of alternate sections of the public 
 vided, &c. lands to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain 
 
 railroads in said State, and for other purposes," approved Juue three, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for the completion of the railroad from 
 Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse 
 Bay, shall be, and hereby is, revived and extended for the period of 
 seven years, from and after the third day of June, one thousand eight 
 hundred and sixty-six ; and that said grants shall continue and remain 
 in full force and effect for and during that period, as if it had been so 
 provided in said fourth section of said act of June three, eighteen hun- 
 The Amboy, dred and fifty-six : Provided, That the Amboy, Lansing, and Traverse 
 &C-? .Eailroad to Bay Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the 
 unless &c. graD State of Michigan, shall forfeit all right to said grant, or any part 
 thereof which it may now have, or which may hereafter be conferred 
 upon it, by the legislature of the State of Michigan, if and whenever 
 the said company shall fail, in whole or in part fully and completely to 
 Twenty miles perform any of the following conditions, that is to say : First, to clear, 
 of road-bed to be g raD , and grade twenty consecutive miles of the road-bed of said road 
 Feb^F 1867. between Owasso and Saginaw City, so that the same shall be in readi- 
 ness for the ties and iron by the first day of February, eighteen hun- 
 
 Twenty other seven ; Third, to fully complete in like manner twenty miles of said road 
 miles to be com- i n each and every year after the said first day of November, eighteen hun- 
 pleted each year, (] re( j an( j sixty- seven, and to fully complete the entire road by the time 
 If conditions limited by this act : And provided further, That in case of failure of said 
 are not perform- Amboy, Lansing, and Traverse Bay Rail Company to perform any of the 
 M i c hVan may aoove conditions by the respective times limited therefor, the legisla- 
 confer The grant ture of the State of Michigan may at its first session after any such fail- 
 upon some other ure, confer the said grant upon some other railroad corporation, or cor- 
 railroad corpora- porations, upon such terms and conditions as the legislature may ?-ee 
 fit, to carry out the purposes of the said act of June three, eighteen hun- 
 dred and fifty- six, and when so conferred, such corporation or corpora- 
 tions shall be entitled to have and eujoy all of the said grant, which 
 shall not then have been lawfully disposed of, to the same extent and 
 in the same manner and for the saine purposes, as if the same had been 
 originally conferred upon such corporation or corporations. And any 
 Such grant not such railroad corporation or corporations, whether now organized or 
 to affect any pre- hereafter to be organized, upon which said grant may be so conferred in 
 whole or in part, may receive the same without prejudice to any land 
 Limit to grant", or other rights or franchises previously acquired. But in no case 
 amount of land to 8na n 8ucn corporation or corporations be entitled to receive more than 
 ten sections of land to the mile, for that portion of said road which may 
 
vie 
 so 
 
 MICHIGAN. 233 
 
 consolidated in accordance with the provisions of this act: And, pro- . Control of leg- 
 
 vided, further, That if the legislature shall, in any such case of failure, {^3 ver the 
 so confer said grant as above provided, then the said lands, or so much 
 thereof as shall then remain not lawfully disposed of, shall be subject 
 to the disposal and future control of said legislature, as provided in 
 section three of said act of June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, 
 until the expiration of the time limited by this act. But in case the said If legislature 
 igislature shall in such case fail to so confer said grant, then the said d es no * confer 
 ,nds shall revert to the United States. torSSrt to* thl 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Flint and Pere Marquette United States. 
 _.ailroad Company may change the western terminus of its road to some Flint, &c., rail- 
 point on Lake Michigan, at or south of Grand Traverse Bay; and any road company 
 railroad corporations, having a right to the respective land grants speci- western ^tei-m? 
 fied in the said act of June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, located nus. 
 in the lower peninsula of the State of Michigan, may unite and contract Railroads with 
 with each other, or with any other railroad corporation or corporations, land grants may 
 for the construction and operation of a single line of road for any por- g^ 8 ]^ of* road 
 tion of their routes, without prejudice to any laud grants, or other for any part of 
 rights or franchises previously acquired. And any and all such corpora- their routes. 
 tions are hereby authorized to change the location of their lines of road, be L< J. ( h atioD8 l m f ay 
 so far as may be necessary, for the purpose of such consolidation, but not purpose^ 1 con- 
 so as to change their respective termini otherwise than is authorized by solidation. 
 this act. And whenever any change of terminus or location of line is Maps of change 
 made, as provided for in this act, the corporation or corporations mak- to be filed in land 
 ing such change, shall file in the General Land Office new maps definitely omce - 
 showing such change and the new line of road adopted : Provided, That Route, &c.. of 
 the road mentioned in the first section of this act shall run on the west Am boy, &c., 
 side of Saginaw River, and that the principal depot shall be located in ra p- n lc \' i 
 the northern portion of the plat of Saginaw City, so as best to accom- pot 1E 
 inodate the cities of Saginaw and East Saginaw. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted by the said Lands granted 
 act of June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to aid in the con- j n ^id of the Am- 
 struction of the railroad described in the first section of this act, shall JJ|J^ 2 te'dtf- 
 be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say : when the posed of. 
 governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the When ten miles 
 Interior that ten or more consecutive miles of said road have been com- " e completed, 
 pleted in a good and substantial manner, as a first-class railroad, stating c ' 
 definitely the commencement and termination of each completed por- 
 tion of said road and the corporation or corporations so entitled to lands 
 on account thereof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents for 
 lands for such completed portion of said road to be issued to said cor- 
 poration or corporations : Provided, That none of said lands shall be ac- Proviso, 
 quired or so patented for any portion of said road so completed south of 
 the intersection of said road with the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway, 
 until the whole of said road north of said intersection shall have been 
 completed and the lands therefor patented as aforesaid ; And provided Road to be a 
 further. That the road mentioned in the first section of this act shall be P ublic highway, 
 and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the ^nitedSta'tes 
 United States, and shall transport, free from toll or other charges, all 
 property, troops, and munitions of war belonging to the same, (a) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in- Repealing 
 consistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. clause. 
 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 
 593, 594. 
 
 No. 549. AN ACT granting certain knds to the State of Michigan to aid in the July 3, 1866. 
 construction of a ship canal to connect the waters of Lake Superior with the lake Vol. 14, p. 80. 
 known as Lac La Belle, in said State. 
 
 Be if enacted, #c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State Lands granted 
 of Michigan, lor the use and benefit of the " Lac La Belle Harbor Im- J? d jj tjg 1 ^ 
 provement Company," a company organized under and by virtue of the gtruction of ship 
 laws of the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in tbe con- canal between 
 struction of a ship canal to connect the waters of Lake Superior with La ^? ^"Vf 1 ?! 01 * 
 the lake known as Lac La Belle, in said State, one hundred thousand Amount* and 
 acres of the public lands of the United States in the upper peninsula wn ere to be ae- 
 of Michigan, to be selected from the odd-numbered sections of land lected. 
 nearest the location of the said canal, not otherwise reserved or appro- 
 priated, nor designated by the United States as " mineral lands" prior 
 to the passage of this act, nor to which the rights of pre-emption or 
 
2o-4 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Size of canal^ homestead have attached : Provided, That the said canal shall be at 
 
 water of least one hundred feet wide at the top, seventy- five feet wide at the 
 
 bottom, and shall have, when completed, a depth of water through its 
 
 entire length of at least twelve feet, running from sixteen feet of water 
 
 in Lake Superior to fourteen feet of water in Lac La Belle: And pro- 
 
 Canal to be a vided further, That said canal shall be and remain a public highway for 
 
 public highway, the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or charge 
 
 United States u P on the vessel8 of said Government, or upon vessels employed by said 
 
 Government in the transportation of any property or troops of the 
 
 United States. 
 
 Lands, how to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted shall 
 be disposed of by he subject to the disposal of the legislature of the State of Michigan 
 to* be wittidrawn ^ or ^ e P ar P ses aforesaid and no other; that as soon as the governor 
 from market. of the said State shall file, or cause to be filed, with the Secretary of 
 the Interior, a map or plan showing the location of the said canal, then 
 it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from 
 market the lands applicable and subject to the provisions of this act ; 
 and whenever the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to 
 the Secretary of the Interior that the said ship canal has been com- 
 pleted, in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, in all respects 
 in conformity with the provisions of this act, and to his satisfaction, 
 Patents, when then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to issue pat- 
 
 me- ents to the said State of Michigan for the lauds hereby granted. 
 
 If canal is not SEC. 3. And Ic It further enacted, That if the said ship canal shall not 
 completed m two ^ com pi e ted within two years from and after the passage of this act, 
 revert tne lands hereby granted shall revert to the United States. 
 
 July 3, 1866. No. 550. AX ACT granting lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the constrnc- 
 Vol. 14, p. 81. tion of a harbor and a ship canal at Portage Lake, Keewenaw Point, Lake Superior, 
 in said State. 
 
 Lands granted Be it enacted, $*c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State 
 to Michigan for o f Michigan, to aid in the building of a harbor and ship canal at Port- 
 ship ar canal '"at a g e Late, Keewenaw Point, Lake Superior, in addition to a former 
 Portage Lake, grant for that purpose, approved March the third, eighteen hundred 
 Amount. and sixty-five, two hundred thousand acres of land in the upper penin- 
 
 sula of the State of Michigan, and from land to which the right of 
 How to be se- homestea'd or pre-emption has not attached: Provided, That one hundred 
 lected. an( i fifty thousand acres of said lands shall be selected from alternate 
 
 odd-numbered sections, and fifty thousand acres from even-numbered 
 To whose use sections of the lands of the United States. Said grant of lands shall 
 to inure. inure to the use and benefit of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship 
 
 Canal Company, in accordance with an act of the legislature of the 
 State of Michigan, conferring the laud granted to the said State, by the 
 Time for com- act herein referred to, on said company : And provided further, That the 
 3tin J work ex - time allowed for the completion of said work and the right of reversion 
 to the United States, under the said act of Congress, approved March 
 the third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be extended three additional 
 Mineral lands years : And provided further, That no lands designated by the United 
 not granted. States as "mineral" before the passage of this act shall be included 
 within this grant. () 
 
 (a) See Xos. 543, 556, 566, 570, 579. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1867. No. 551. AX ACT to amend an act granting the right of way over the military 
 Vol. 14, p. 4 10. reserve at Fort Gratiot, Michigan. 
 
 Buildings Be it enacted $c., That the act entitled "An act granting the right of 
 erected by any wa y over, and depot grounds upon, the military reserve of Fort Gratiot, 
 ilroadcompany in tne gtate of Michigan," passed February the eighth, eighteen hundred 
 tan- 1 reservation an d fifty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting in the 
 at 'Fort Gratiot, last proviso, after the word "wood," the words "or fire-proof," so that 
 to be of wood or the same shall read, " that all buildings to be erected upon said reser- 
 vation shall be of wood or fire-proof." (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 531, 533, 546, 555, 558. 559, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
MICHIGAN. 235 
 
 No. 552. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to extend the time for the March 2, 1867. 
 reversion to the United States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the con- Yol. 14, p, 425. 
 struction of a railroad from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or 
 near Traverse Bay, in the State of Michigan, and for the completion of said road," 
 approved July three, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the first section of the act entitled "An act to Time for corn- 
 extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the lands pletion of first 
 granted by Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Am- {^a^a^of Am- 
 boy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse Bay, boy, &c., railroad 
 in the State of Michigan, and for the completion of said road," approved extended to July 
 July three, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, be and the same is hereby *> 1867 - 
 amended by striking out the word "February" where it occurs in said 
 section, and inserting the word "July " in lieu thereof. () 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 553, 567, 568, ',69, 573, 575, 593, 594. 
 
 553. JOINT RESOLUTION concerning certain lands granted to railroad May 20, 1868. 
 companies in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. Vol. 15, p. 252. 
 
 Be it resolved, tfc., That a failure to grade twenty miles of the roads Lands granted 
 within two years from the passage of the act entitled "An act to extend to Michigan and 
 the time for the completion of certain railroads to which laud grants Wisconsin for 
 have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin," approved not to'be^ orf eit- 
 on the third day of March,. anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty- ed, &c. 
 five, and twenty miles additional thereof in each year thereafter, as re- 
 quired by said act, shall not cause any forfeiture or reversion to the 
 United States of any lands granted to the said States, or either of them, 
 to aid in the construction of the railroads described : Provided, That Proviso, 
 said companies, or either of them, shall fully complete their said rail- 
 roads in the manner required by law on or before the thirty-first 
 December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-two, at which 
 time a failure shall forfeit the lands to the United States : Provided, 
 [That] the provisions of this section shall apply only to the chartered Proviso, 
 and projected line of railway from the city of Fond du Lac in the State 
 of Wisconsin, northerly to Esconaba, in the State of Michigan, and the 
 chartered and projected line of railroad from Marqnette, in the State of Proviso. 
 Michigan, westerly to Ontonagon, in the same State : And provided further, 
 That if the said Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad Company, in the 
 State of Michigan, shall not have completed according to law ten ad- 
 ditional miles of their railroad, on or before the first day of January 
 A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and shall not in like manner 
 complete ten miles of said railroad in each and every year thereafter, 
 then it shall be lawful for the legislature of the said State of Michigan 
 to declare the grant of lands to said company to be forfeited and to 
 confer the said grant of lauds upon some other company in the same 
 manner as if the said grant was now for the first time made to the said 
 State of Michigan. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Patent to Chi- 
 eral Laud Office be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause a ca and North- 
 patent in due form of law, to be issued to the Chicago and Northwest- c^mVanv for 
 era Railway Company, in pursuance of a resolution passed by Congress eighty acres of 
 granting the same to the State of Wisconsin, approved April twenty- land of Fort 
 five, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and an act of the Howard military 
 legislature of Wisconsin, approved June sixteen, anno Domini eight- rei 
 een hundred and sixty-two, granting the same to said company for 
 eighty acres of land of the Fort Howard military reserve, as the same 
 was surveyed and approved by said Commissioner on the eleventh June, 
 anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544,*545, 548, 552, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 494. 
 
 No. 554. AN ACT to extend the time of completing the military road authorized June 8, 1868. 
 by an act entitled "An act granting lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin VoL 15, p. 67. 
 
 to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Ke 
 
 wenaw County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green .Bay, in the State 
 of Wisconsin." 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That the tinje for completing the military road, and Time of com- 
 for the sales of lands, authorized by an act entitled "An act granting pleting military 
 lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid in the construe- Jend'ed &C<> 6 ** 
 tion of a military road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Kewenaw 
 
236 MICHIGAN. 
 
 County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the 
 State of Wisconsin," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 three, be and the same is hereby, extended to March first, eighteen hun- 
 dred and seventy, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 537, 541, 560, 571. 
 
 July 20, 1868. Wo. 555. AN ACT providing for the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military 
 Vol. 15, p. 123. reservation in St. Clair County, in the State of Michigan. 
 
 Fort Gratiot Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, 
 military reserva- authorized to sell, at such times as he may deem most advantageous to 
 tion may be sold. the interests of the Government, and in such manner as hereinafter pro- 
 vided, all that portion of the military reservation known as Fort Gra- 
 tiot, in St. Clair County, in the State of Michigan, which lies south 
 of a line running due west from the south end of the Grand Trunk Rail- 
 road wharf, on the St. Clair River, until it intersects the road known 
 as the Lexington road, and all that portion which lies west of said 
 Lexington road. 
 
 Portion of res- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all that portion of the above-de- 
 
 ervation to be scribed lands which lies east of a line running due south from the point 
 
 divided into of intersection with the Lexington road, mentioned in the foregoing 
 
 blocks, <fcc., and section o f this act, shall be divided into blocks and lots of convenient 
 
 public auction.* 1 size for building purposes, with public streets conforming as near as 
 
 may be, without detriment to the interests of the Government or the 
 
 State, to the public streets of the city of Port Huron, adjoining such 
 
 ground, and sold by lots at public auction, at the city of Port Huron, 
 
 Notice. to the highest bidder, public notice of such sale having first been given 
 
 for thirty days by advertisement in all the papers published in the city 
 
 of Port Huron, and in at least two papers published in the city of Detroit, 
 
 Plat of divis- Michigan. A plat of this division, made in accordance with the laws of 
 
 ion. the State of Michigan, shall be filed with the register of deeds of the 
 
 Rest of reser- county of St. Clair, State of Michigan. The remaining portion of said 
 
 vation to be sold military reservation, for the sale of which provision is made in the first 
 
 when and how. section of this act, shall be sold at public auction at the city oi' Port 
 
 Huron, after due notice, as prescribed in the foregoing paragraph, at 
 
 such times and in such parcels as may be deemed most advantageous to 
 
 the interests of the Government, by the Secretary of War. (a) 
 
 Proceeds of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds arising from the 
 sales. sale herein provided for, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United 
 
 States in the same manner as the proceeds from the sale of other public 
 lands. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 558, 559, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
 April 10, 1869. No. 556. A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the Portage 
 VoL 16, p. 55. Lake and Lake Superior ship canal. 
 
 Time for com- Resolved, <fc., That the time for the completion of the Portage Lake 
 uleting Portage and Lake Superior ship canal be, and the same is hereby, extended to 
 Lake and Lake the lnird day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, (a) 
 
 Superior ship ca- 
 nal extended. () See Nos. 543, 550, 566, 570, 579. 
 
 March 3, 1869. No. 557. AN ACT confirming certain purchases of lands in the Ionia district, 
 Vol. 15, p. 462. Michigan, made by Charles H. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau. 
 
 Certain loca Be it enacted, <fc., That the locations and purchases of land made by 
 tions and pur- Charles H. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau, under the provisions of the 
 chases of land by treaty of August two, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, in the Ionia land 
 and Andrew J district, Michigan, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, so far as such 
 Campeau con- purchases or locations were made prior to the instructions of the Corn- 
 firmed, missioner of the General Land Office to the register and receiver not to 
 allow any further Indian locations or purchases in the Indian reserva- 
 Provisos. tion : Provided, That such purchases were made regularly, according to 
 the regulations and instructions of the General Land Office in force at 
 the time: And provided, That this act shall not prejudice any adverse 
 claims to such lands. 
 
MICHIGAN. 237 
 
 No. 558. AN ACT to amend an act entitled " An act providing for the sale of a por- March 18, 1870. 
 tiou of the Fort Gratiot military reservation in St. Glair County, in the State of Vol. 16, p. 76. 
 Michigan," approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty -eight. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That an act entitled " An act providing for the sale Fort Gratiot 
 of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation in St. Glair County, military reserva- 
 in the State of Michigan," approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred lon> 
 and sixty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to the 
 end of the second section thereof the following, to wit : " Provided, That Grant to Port 
 there shall be, and is hereby, granted to the city of Port Huron, in per- Huron for a pub- 
 petuity, for public grounds, to be designated and known as ' Pine Grove P arl - 
 Park,' all that portion of said military reserve known and described as 
 follows, to wit : commencing at a point on the St. Clair River bank, be- 
 ing north sixty degrees and fifty-five minutes east, one chain and seventy- 
 five links from the southeast corner of Fort Gratiot military cemetery ; 
 thence south sixty degrees and fifty-five minutes west, eleven chains 
 and fifteen links, at right angles with and to intersect the east line of 
 Harrington avenue, so called; thence south twenty-nine degrees and 
 five minutes east, along the east line of said avenue, twenty chains; 
 thence north sixty degrees and fifty-five minutes east, at right angles 
 with said avenue, to the United States boundary line in the St. Clair 
 Eiver ; thence northerly along said boundary line to a point at which 
 the northerly line of the above described ' Pine Grove Park ' extended 
 in a right line easterly would intersect thesame; thence westerly along 
 said extended northerly line to the place of beginning. Containing 
 twenty and ninety-hundredth acres of land, together with the river 
 front adjoining thereto." (a) 
 
 (a) See JSTos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 555, 559, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
 559. AN ACT to provide for the survey of the Fort Gratiot military reserva- May 4, 1870. 
 tion, in the State of Michigan . YoL 16, p. 97. 
 
 it enacted, #c., That there be, and is hereby, appropriated from any Appropriation 
 leys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three for survey, &c., 
 thousand dollars, to complete the survey and subdivision of the Fort of y rt Gratiot 
 Gratiot military reservation in pursuance of law ; and that said money JJJJJ y rt 
 be returned to the Treasury from the proceeds of the sale of any part of 
 said military reservation, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 555, 558, 576, 578, 580, 594. 
 
 No. 56O. AN ACT to extend the time for the completion of the militaryroad from May 6, 1870. 
 Fort Wilkins, at Copper Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Vol. 16, p. 121. 
 Bay, in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc.. That the time for the construction and completion Time for com- 
 of the military road from Fort Wilkins, at Copper Harbor, in the State pletion of mili- 
 of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin, O y r t r wilkiZ 
 be, and the same is hereby, extended until the first day of January, one Michigan, ex- 
 thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. tended. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That all the grants, rights, and privi- .Original grants, 
 leges contained in the original grant be continued in full force and &C M preserved, 
 virtue for said time, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 537, 541, 554, 571. 
 
 No. 561. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Henderson. July 1, 1870. 
 
 Be it enacted, #o., That Thomas Henderson, of Wayne County, Michi- YoL16 P- 647 - 
 gan, his heirs or assigns, be entitled to enter at the proper land office, Thomas Hen- 
 where the same lies, the back concession of front concession number derson may enter 
 two hundred and fifty-nine, in the township of Ecorce, in said Wayne ^ r a ta ^ county 1 
 County, containing eighty acres, more or less, at the sum of two dollars Michigan, 
 and fifty cents per acre, embracing the improvements made upon said 
 back concession by said Henderson under a claim of pre-emption, the 
 same to be surveyed and laid off by the surveyor-general at the expense 
 of said claimant, and to be patented to him, his heirs or assigns, on full 
 payment being made : Provided, That this act shall not affect the valid Proviso, 
 claim of any other person to said land. 
 
238 
 
 MICHIGAN. 
 
 July 15, 1870. 
 VoL 16, p. 365. 
 
 Right of the 
 United States to 
 a lot of land in 
 Mackinac given 
 to the trustees of 
 public schools in 
 that place. 
 
 To 
 &c. 
 
 revert 
 
 No. 56'2. AX ACT donating for school purpose* acertain lotof land with the build- 
 ing thereon erected, known as the Old Indian Dormitory, in the village of Mackinac, 
 Michigan. 
 
 Be it enacted. $c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 hereby, authorized and required to grant and convey to the trustees of 
 the public schools for the village of Mackinac, Michigan, all the right, 
 title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain inclosed lot 
 of land with the building thereon erected, known as the Old Indian 
 Dormitory, situate in the said village of Mackinac, to be used for school 
 purposes only. And whenever the same shall be converted to other 
 uses, it shall revert to the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 476, 493, 586. 
 
 July 15, 1870. 
 VoL 16, p. 672. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 563.- JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office to issue a patent to Stephen Marston. of Hartford, State of Connecticut, con- 
 veying to the said Marbton the lands described in said resolution. 
 
 Whereas the said Stephen Marston is in possession of 'the following- 
 described lands, to wit : A certain piece or parcel of land in fractional 
 section five, in township thirteen north, of range five east, in Bay 
 County, State of Michigan, being part of the middle ground in Saginaw 
 River, in the said State of Michigan, described as follows, to wit : Com- 
 mencing at a point where the north line of said section five intersects 
 the east bank of said middle ground, said poinf being located forty-one 
 chains and fourteen links east of the northwest corner of section five; 
 running thence west on the township line seven chains and fifty- seven 
 links ; thence south four degrees and fifty minutes east (true meridian), 
 eighteen chains and twenty-nine links; thence east, parallel with the 
 township line, seven chains and fifty-seven links, to the river bank ; 
 thence northerly along the meanderings of said river to the place of 
 beginning. Also, a portion of section thirty-two, in township fourteen 
 north, of range five east, lying immediately north of and adjoining the 
 above-described land, described as follows : Commencing at the point 
 where the south line of said section thirty- two intersects the east bank 
 of said middle ground, said point being located forty-one chains and 
 fourteen links east of the southwest corner of said section thirty-two; 
 running thence west on the township line seven chains and fifty-seven 
 links ; thence north two degrees and fifty-nine minutes west (true me- 
 ridian), three chains and fifty-three links; thence east, parallel with 
 township line, seven chains and fifty-seven links, to. the river bank ; 
 thence southerly with the meandering of said river to the place of begin- 
 ning, containing in the two parcels of land above described sixteen and 
 fifty-one huudredths acres, be the same more or less, and has improved 
 said lands by erecting, or causing to be erected, thereon a saw- mill and 
 other buildings of great value, namely, of the value of twenty thousand 
 dollars ; and whereas said lands are in the Saginaw River, in the said 
 State of Michigan, and known as middle ground ; and whereas said 
 Marston and his grantors owned the land on the shore or bank of said 
 river opposite the said above-described lands, and supposing and be- 
 lieving that he was the legal owner of said lands, he proceeded to make, 
 or cause to be made, the said improvements on said lands: Therefore, 
 Patent for cer- Be it resolved, <f c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 tain lands to issue b6j and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Stephen Mars- 
 ston Sp<m pay- ton > of Hartford, Connecticut, a patent conveying to said Marston the 
 above- described lands, upon the payment into the said land office, by said 
 Marston, of the sum of one hundred dollars: Provided, That nothing 
 herein shall be construed to give said Marston title to said lands, if any, 
 west of a line drawn northerly and southerly through said island, being 
 the middle of the river. 
 
 ment, <fcc. 
 Proviso. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1871. No. 564. AN ACT confirming the title of Nathan Boyer to certain lands in the 
 VoL 16, p. 68-2. State of Michigan. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas Nathan Boyer, under date of June twentieth, eighteen hun- 
 
 dred and sixty-five, entered at the local land office at East Saginaw, 
 Michigan, per cash entry number nine thousand three hundred and 
 thirty-five, the south half of the southeast quarter of section twenty, 
 township thirteen north, of range two west, at the graduation price of 
 twenty-five cents per acre, having settled thereon, tiled his declaratory 
 statement under the preemption laws, and continued his residence upon 
 
MICHIGAN. 239 
 
 and improvement of said tract until the date of entry, except during 
 his absence in the military service of the United States ; and -whereas 
 the graduation act was repealed June second, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-two, before the year allowed Mr. Boyer in which to make proof 
 and payment for said land had expired : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Patent for land 
 be directed to issue a patent to said Nathan Boyer, as per said entry for SJ^flJ? * Na " 
 the land described, the same as if the title had been completed under ' 
 the graduation act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty- four. 
 
 No. 565. AN ACT ceding certain land in the village of Mackinaw, Michigan, to March 2, 1871. 
 
 E. A. Franks. Vol. 16, p. 470. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Land in Mack- 
 hereby, authorized and required to grant and convey to E. A. Franks, inaw, Michigan, 
 of -the village of Mackinaw, in the State of Michigan, all the right, E, rant ^ d to E - A> 
 title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain tract or lot I 
 of land in said village upon which stands the Mission House, so called, 
 and surrounding the same and joining private property on the west and 
 south, containing sixteen acres more or less, upon payment into the 
 Treasury of the United States [of] the value thereof, as shall be ascer- 
 tained by an appraisement under a commission for that purpose, to be 
 appointed by the Secretary of War. 
 
 >. 566. JOINT RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the March 2, 1871. 
 Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal. Vol. 16, p. 599. 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That the time for the completion of the Portage Lake Tide for com* 
 and Lake Superior ship canal be, and the same is hereby, extended to pleticfci of Port' 
 the third clay of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, (a) 
 
 R; 
 
 ) See Nos. 543, 550, 556, 570, 579. ship canal ex- 
 
 tended. 
 
 No. 567. AN ACT to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the March 3, 1871. 
 lauds granted by Congress to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of a Yol. 16, p. 582. 
 railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, in said State, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the time specified in the fourth sectien of the Time for rev er- 
 act of Congress, approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, 8i ^ t J t( J JJ}^ 
 entitled "An act making a grant of alternate sections of the public lands fg an f or ra iiroad 
 to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of certain railroads from Pere Mar- 
 in said State, and for other purposes," for the reversion to the United quette to Flint 
 States of the lands granted by said act to aid in the construction of a 
 railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, and for the completion of said 
 road, be, and the same is hereby, further extended for the period of five 
 years from and after the passage of this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the State of Michigan may authorize the sale of sixty The State may 
 sections of the land granted to aid the construction of said railroad from" authoriz . eth | 8a , le 
 Pere Marquette to Flint, whenever and as often as the governor of said Jj^js when &c? 
 State shall certify that ten additional miles of said railroad is completed 
 and in running order as a first-class railroad : Provided, That said lands 
 authorized to be sold as aforesaid shall include only lands situated 
 opposite to and coterminous with the completed sections: And provided, Proviso. 
 That in case said railroad shall not be fully completed from Flint to 
 Lake Michigan within the time as extended by this act, all the lands 
 included in said grant to which the right to sell shall not then have 
 attached shall revert to the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 No. 368. AN ACT to enable the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad Company March 3, 1871. 
 to change the northern terminus of its road from Traverse Bay to the Straits of Vol. 16, p. 586. 
 Mackinaw, and for other purposes. 
 
 Beit enacted, ^-c., That the Jackson, Lansing, and Sagiuaw Railroad .Jackfcm, Lan- 
 Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the ^"w' Railroad 
 State of Michigan, and to which the said State granted a portion of the c o m pan y may 
 land grant made to aid in the construction of a raiiroad from Aniboy, change its north- 
 
240 MICHIGAN. 
 
 era terminus, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse Bay, by an 
 and alter its lo- act entitled "An act making a grant of alternate sections of the public 
 lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of certain rail- 
 roads in said State, and for other, purposes," approved June three, eight- 
 een hundred and fifty-six, be, and hereby is, empowered and authorized 
 to change the northern terminus of its railroad from Traverse Bay to 
 some point on or near the Straits of Mackinaw, in said State of Michi- 
 gan, and to change the location of the incompleted portion of its rail- 
 road, so as to obtain the most direct and suitable practicable route from 
 Proviso. Saginaw River to the Straits of Mackinaw : Provided, That such change 
 
 shall lessen the length of said line by rendering it more direct : And 
 provided further, That no change in the location of said line of railroad 
 shall have the effect or be construed to work any change in the land 
 grant made to aid in the construction of said road : And provided also, 
 That such new location shall be made within the limits of such land 
 grant until the northern limit of said grant is passed. 
 
 Only lands SEC. 2. That only the lands embraced within the limits of the said 
 within the origi- grant as the same was originally located under said act of Congress of 
 nal location shall Jane threej ei g hteeu hundred and fifty -six, shall pertain to said railroad, 
 railroad. or he applicable to aid in the building of the same, whether it be con- 
 
 structed on such new or improved location, or on the said original loca- 
 Such lands tion. But all the lands within the limits of said grant now remaining 
 to a?d in the con Un8old and of the character described and embraced in said act of Con- 
 struction of the gress, whether heretofore listed and certified by the Commissioner of 
 railroad. the Land Office as inuring under said grant or not, shall belong to and 
 
 be applicable to aid in the construction of said railroad, whether built 
 on said improved or said original location, and the said company, on 
 completing its said railroad, or any portion thereof, within the time and 
 in the manner required by law, namely, on or before June third, eight- 
 een hundred and seventy-three, the time limited in the act of Congress 
 of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, on such new or improved 
 line, shall be entitled to the same amount of said lands for each mile 
 of said railroad so constructed as if the same had been built on the line 
 Proviso. originally located under said act : Provided, That said company shall not 
 
 be entitled to any of said lands for that part of its said new or improved 
 line situate to the northward of the limits of its said land grant, and 
 between that point and the Straits of Mackinaw ; but the right of way 
 for said railroad over the public lands on its new or improved location 
 is hereby granted, (a) 
 
 (a) See* Xos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 54, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 569, 573, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 April 20, Ie71. No. 569. AN ACT to enable the Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Company to 
 Vol. 17, p. 643. make a resurvey of its road. 
 
 Houghtou and Be it enacted, <$-c., That the Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Com- 
 Outonagon R. R. pauy, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State 
 Co. may resur- o f Michigan, and upon which the said State, in pursuance of a joint 
 anew^a part^ol resolution of Congress approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and 
 their road. sixty-eight, has conferred the grants of land made to aid in the con- 
 
 struction of a road from Marquette to Ontonagon, be authorized to make 
 a resurvey and new location of that part of the line between Marquette 
 Lands. and Ontouagon to be constructed by said company : Provided, That the 
 
 said company shall be entitled to select and receive only its complement 
 of lands for each mile of road constructed and completed, in the man- 
 ner required by law, from the alternate odd-numbered sections of lands- 
 belonging to the United States and within the limits heretofore assigned 
 Map of new to said line of road: Provided further, That on the completion of said 
 survey a map of the new line shall be filed with the Commissioner of 
 Rolands for in- the General Land Office : And provided further, That said company shall 
 me - not be entitled to receive any lauds for any increased length of the new- 
 line hereby authorized, and shall only be entitled to receive its lands 
 Homestead coterminous with its line of road as completed: And provided, That 
 a vh P re ' em P tion nothing contained in this act shall be held to interfere with homestead 
 rights. op preemption rights under existing laws, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 573, 575, 
 593, 594. 
 
MICHIGAN. 241 
 
 No. 570. AN ACT extending the time for the completion of the Portage Lake and March 27, 1872. 
 Lake Superior ship canal. Vol- 17, P- 44. 
 
 and 
 
 tll6 tJJiru. ua>y ui. irictruii, aiiuu Mumim cnguuccu. JLIUUUJ.&U cvuu. wi V-M.VJ j^ake Supei 
 three, (a) ship canal ex- 
 
 fa) See Nos. 543, 550, 556, 566, 579. tended. 
 
 571 .AN ACT to extend the time for the completion of the military road from April 24, 1872. 
 rt Wilkins, at Copper Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Yol. 17, p. 56. 
 in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That the time for the construction and completion Time for com- 
 of the military road from Fort Wilkins, at Copper Harbor, in the State pleting the mili- 
 of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin, JjJJJJ. wnkinsto 
 be, and the same is hereby, extended until the first day of January, Fort Howard ex- 
 eighteen hundred and seventy -four. tended with 
 
 SEC. 2. That all the grants, rights, and privileges contained in the J glnal rigbts - 
 original grant be continued in full force and virtue for said time, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 537, 541, 554, 560. 
 
 No. 572. AN ACT to extend the time of payment for their lands by persons hold- May 9, 1872. 
 ing pre-emptions on the public lands in the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi- Vol. 17, p. 88. 
 gan, and Territory of Dakota. 
 
 [See MINNESOTA, No. 1898.] 
 
 No. 573. AN ACT to authorize the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company May 23, 1872. 
 to change their projected line of railway in the State of Michigan. Vol. 17, p. 160. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Com- Chicago and 
 pany are hereby authorized to change and relocate that part of their Northwestern 
 projected line of railway " from the city of Fc ad du Lac, in the State of lc a * * w a 
 Wisconsin, northerly to Eecoi.abii, in tha State of Michigan," which 
 in said btate of Michigan, HO as to run eaid 1'ne from " t o near the road, 
 mouth of the Menomone- 1 ) River to Esconaba," on such line -within the 
 limits of the land grant reserved for the use of said company, now on 
 file in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, as they 
 may deem most advantageous, and shall cause a plat of their line, as 
 relocated, to be filed in said office within six months of the passage of 
 this act : Provided, That the grant of lands heretofore made to aid in Former grants 
 the construction of said railroad shall not be increased or changed in any of lands not af- 
 respect whatever by the change of line hereby authorized, (a) fected. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 575, 593, 
 594. 
 
 574. AN ACT relative to homestead settlers burned out in the States of Min- June 8, 1872. 
 nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Yol. 17, p. 337. 
 
 [See MINNESOTA, No. 1900.] 
 
 575. AN ACT for the restoration to market of certain lands in Michigan. June 10, 1872. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the lands remaining undisposed of in the 
 
 reservation made for the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan by Unsold lands of 
 the treaty of July thirty -first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall reserVSn in 
 be restored to market by proper notice, under direction of the Secretary Michigan to be 
 of the Interior, as hereinafter provided, (a) restored to 
 
 SEC. 2. That said unoccupied lands shall be open to homestead entry m a rke .J- 
 for six months from the passage of this act by Indians only of said homestead entry 
 tribes who shall have not made selections or purchases under said by Indians only 
 treaty, including such members of said tribes as have become of age for six months, 
 since the expiration of the ten years named in the treaty ; and any In- 
 dian so entitled shall be permitted to make his homestead entry at the 
 local office within the six months aforesaid of not exceeding one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, or one quarter- section of minimum, or eighty acres 
 of double minimum land, on making proper proof of his right under 
 
 3h rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior : Pro- 
 
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242 MICHIGAN. 
 
 Collector of vided, That the collector of customs for the district in which said land 
 customs to select is situated is hereby authorized, and it is made his duty to select for 
 dren &c. 8Uch minor children as would be entitled under this law as heirs of any 
 
 Indian. (&) 
 
 B na-fide set- SEC. 3. That all actual, permanent, bona-fide settlers on any of said 
 
 tiers on such lands who settled prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred 
 
 tends ^ prior ^to an( j 8 eventy-two, shall be entitled to enter either under the homestead 
 
 titled 'to entry" l aws or to pay for at the minimum or double-minimum price, as the case 
 
 &c. ' may be, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of the former or 
 
 eighty acres of the latter class of land on making proof of his settle- 
 
 ment an d continued residence before the expiration of six months from 
 
 the passage of this act. 
 
 Selections SEC. 4. That all selections by Indians heretofore made and regularly 
 
 heretofore^ made reported and recognized as valid and proper by the Secretary of the 
 
 to^be'patented to Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, shall be patented to the 
 
 them. respective Indians making the same ; and all sales heretofore made and 
 
 Sales regularly reported where the same are regular and not in conflict with such selec- 
 
 firmed &c'' COn tion8 > or witn an y other valid adverse right, except of the United States, 
 
 are hereby confirmed, and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases 
 
 according to law. 
 
 After six SEC. 5. That immediately after the expiration of said six months, the 
 
 S^lands^be secretar y 8aa11 proceed to restore the remaining lands to market by 
 
 restored to mar- public notice of not less than thirty days, and after such restoration 
 
 ket. they shall be subject to the general laws governing the disposition of 
 
 Lands not to the public lands of the United States : Provided, That none of the lands 
 
 nd taken t U &c 6r uereiu mentioned shall be subject to or taken under any grant of lands 
 
 for public works or improvements, or by any railroad company. 
 
 , 588. 
 (b) See Xos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 480, 503, 515, 526, 535, 574, 583, 584. 
 
 Jan. 24, 1873. No. 576. AN ACT to provide for the sale of a part of the light-house reservation 
 Vol. 17, p. 420. at Fort Gratiot, Port Huron, in the State of Michigan. 
 
 Portion 01 the Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 
 Fort Gratiot hereby, authorized to cause to be platted and sold at public auction so 
 light -house res- mucn o f the Fort Gratiot light-house reservation, at Port Huron, in 
 sold a K 6 the State of Michigan, as is comprised within the following metes and 
 
 Boundaries. bounds, to wit : Beginning at a point which is one thousand ninety -two 
 and one-half feet north eighty degrees and forty-four minutes east 
 (true) from monument number one of the survey of Fort Gratiot mili- 
 tary reservation made by W. H. Hoarding in April, eighteen hundred 
 and fifty-nine, and the position of which is indicated upon the map of 
 the same reservation made under the direction of Major 0. M. Poe, 
 corps of engineers, United States Army, in eighteen hundred and sev- 
 enty; thence north nine degrees and sixteen minutes west (true) three 
 thousand one hundred and thirty-five feet; thence north eighty degrees 
 and forty-four minutes east (true) five hundred and thirty -two feet; 
 thence south nine degrees and sixteen minutes east (true) one thousand 
 one hundred and eighty-four feet ; thence north eighty degrees and 
 forty-four minutes east (true) to the shore of lake, to the place of be- 
 ginning, save and except that right of way is expressly reserved 
 over a strip of land sixty-six feet wide and extending in a direct line 
 from the light-house tower, either in its present or any future position, 
 to the present western boundary of the reservation ; and that the sub- 
 division of the same be made to correspond, as far as may be, to the 
 Becord. plat of the village of Fort Gratiot ; and that a record thereof be filed 
 
 in the office of register of deeds for the county of Saint Clair ; and 
 Money re- that the money received for such lands be paid into the Treasury, except 
 ceived to be paid so much as may be necessary to repay the expenses of survey and 
 into Treasury. 8a i 6t ( a ) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 555, 558, 559, 578, 580, 594. 
 
 Feb 18 1873. No * 577. AX ACT in relation to mineral lands. 
 
 Vol. 17, p. 465. g e fa enacts ^ Ci? That within the States hereinafter named deposits 
 
 Mines of iron or mines of iron and coal be, and they are hereby, excluded from the 
 
 and coal and operations of an act entitled "An act to promote the development of 
 
 mineral lands in tne m i n i ng resources of the United States," approved May tenth 
 
MICHIGAN. 243 
 
 ighteen hundred and seventy two, and said act shall not apply to the Michigan, Mm. 
 mineral lands situate and being within the States of Michigan, Wis- JJ^jJ' a ^ti 
 consin, and Minnesota, and that said lands are hereby declared free and eluded in act of 
 open to exploration and purchase, according to the legal subdivisons 167-2. 
 thereof, as before the passage of said act ; and that any bona-de entries 
 of such lands within said States, since the passage thereof, may be pat- 
 ented without reference to the provisions of said act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Eos. 458, 515, 518. 
 
 No. 578. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of War to survey, plat, and sell the March 3, 1873. 
 present cemetery grounds upon the Fort Gratiot military reservation in Michi- Vol. 17, p. 620. 
 gan, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the Fort Gratiot military reserva- Portion of Fort 
 tion, in the State of Michigan, as has heretofore been granted to the Gratiot military 
 city of Port Huron for a cemetery, shall be, upon the request of widgf^^^^ 
 city, duly certified under the seal thereof, surveyed and platted into foracemetery to 
 streets, blocks, and lots, under the direction of the Secretary of War, in be, upon request, 
 conformity to the plat of that portion of said military reservation sur- surveyed and 
 rounding said cemetery, lately made by Major O. M. Poe, United States P/rJjts&c 1 and 
 engineer, and now on file in the office of the register of deeds of Saint sojt i at public 
 Clair County, and shall be sold under the direction of the Secretary of auction. 
 War at public vendue, and the proceeds of such sale, after paying the Proceeds of 
 expenses of such survey and sale, shall be paid over to the city of Port sale. 
 Huron, to be used by said city for the -purchase or improvement, or 
 both, of such lands as the city may acquire for another cemetery, and 
 for removing the remains of those buried in the present to the new Lots in new- 
 cemetery, and for such other purposes as may be necessary in the change cemetery, 
 of burial places : Provided, That suitable and proper lots in the new 
 cemetery shall be granted to those having lots in the present cemetery, 
 with like improvements, or their value, to a reasonable extent, and 
 that reinterments not otherwise provided for shall be made at the ex- 
 pense of said city, and that the city of Port Huron, shall hold such 
 moneys in trust for the purposes herein specified, and for no other 
 whatever ; and conveyances of the blocks and lots sold by the Secre- Conveyances, 
 tary of War, as herein provided for, shall be made to purchasers by the 
 said Secretary of War under such rutes and regulations as he shall pre- 
 scribe, and the survey and plat, or a copy thereof, herein provided for, Survey and 
 shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in Saint Clair Pj at to be record * 
 County, and the same, or duly certified copies theieof, shall be evi- 
 dence in all courts for all lawful purposes connected therewith: And Majority of cit- 
 provided further, That said city shall obtain the consent of a majority ^removaTrf 
 of the citizens thereof, owning or occupying lots in said cemetery, to cemetery, 
 such removal, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 555, 558, 559, 576, 580, 594. 
 
 No. 5? 9. AN ACT extending the time for the completion of the Portage Lake and March 3, 1873. 
 Lake Superior ship canal. Vol. 17, p. 627. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c,, That the time for the completion of the Portage Lake Time for corn- 
 ad Lake Superior ship canal be and the same is hereby extended to pleting the Portr 
 the first day ol December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy- |^ e Superior 
 ^hree. (a) 8D ip cana i ex- 
 
 (a) See Nos. 543, 550, 556, 570. tended. 
 
 580. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a right of way June 18, 1874. 
 across a corner of the Fort Gratiot military reservation to the city railroad com- Vol. 18, p. 81. 
 pany, Port Huron, Michigan. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, Right of 
 authorized, m his discretion, to grant a permit to the Port Huron City to street rail 
 street railroad to lay and ute a curved tract over the northwest corner 
 of the Fort Gratiot military reservation, in a curve having a radius of 
 fifty-four feet, and encroaching upon the reservation about fifteen feet 
 from the angle, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 555, 558, 559, 576, 578, 594. 
 
244 MICHIGAN. 
 
 June 22, 1674. Xo. 5S1 . AN ACT relinquishing the rights of the United States in certain lands 
 Vol. 18, p. 196. in the State of Michigan. 
 
 lights of Unit- Be if enacted, #c. t That all rights and title of the United States to the 
 ed States to cer- middle ground or island in the Saginaw River, lying within the pre- 
 tain land in Sag- scribed limits of fractional section five, in township thirteen north, of 
 inaw Eiver re- rarj g e nv e eat, and sections twenty-nine and thirty-two, in township 
 rimriai^owners fourteen north, of range five east, in the State of Michigan, are hereby 
 relinquished to the riparian owners respectively of the lands ou the 
 shores of said river in front of or opposite to said island, saving and 
 Saving clause reserving to all persons or parties other than the United States any 
 Proviso. ' legal rights acquired therein : Provided, That this act shall not be con- 
 strued or held to imply a claim of title on the part of the United States 
 to said middle ground, but only os a relinquishment of any apparent 
 right therein to the persons respectively to whom the lands on said 
 Certain rights shores were patented, their heirs and assigns : Provided further, That 
 not affected. nothing contained in this act shall be construed to affect in any manner 
 the rights of Stephen Marston, one of the proprietors and occupants of 
 said middle ground. 
 
 March 3, 1875. Wo. 582. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses 
 Vol 18 p. 425 of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian 
 
 ! 1 tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and 
 
 for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., * * 
 
 Missionary So- That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to 
 
 diBt 7 E isco ai is8ue to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church a 
 
 Church. patent for the southeast quarter of section nine, in township fourteen 
 
 north, of range four west, situate in the State of Michigan, as per fourth 
 
 article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- four. 
 
 March 3, 187^. No. 583. AN ACT to provide f r the sale of the buildings and grounds known 
 Vol. 18, p as the Detroit Arsenal, in the State of Michigan. 
 
 > i .1 Be it enacted, <fc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, 
 ai, Michigan, to authorized ai u directed to transfer to the cu tody and control of the 
 Secretary of the Interior, for sale for cash, according to the existing 
 M-iuner and^s of the United States relating to the public lands, after appraise- 
 ment, to the highest bidder, after giving not less than ninety days' 
 notice of the time and place of such sale in three of the most prominent 
 newspapers published in said State, and at not less than the appraised 
 .value, the buildings and grounds known as the Detroit Arsenal in the 
 State of Michigan: (a) Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall 
 cause the said property to be subdivided into tracts of not more than 
 forty acres each, or into town lots with proper streets to render the same 
 be soldTepaTat accessible : And provided further, That each subdivision, together with 
 l y . any buildings, building materials, or other property thereon shall be 
 
 appraised and offered separately, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, 
 and in case any subdivision or subdivisions shall remain unsold, the sale 
 Postponement shall be postponed from time to time until the entire tract shall be dis- 
 posed of as hereinbefore provided. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 453, 468, 471, 479, 481, 501. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 480, 503, 515, 526, 535, 574, 575, 584. 
 
 March 3, 1875. Wo. 5S4. AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act for the restoration to home- 
 Vol. 18, p. 516. stead entry and to market of certain lands in Michigan," approved June tenth, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes. 
 
 Ottawa and Be it enacted, <$-c., That the act approved June tenth, eighteen hun- 
 Chippewa tribes ; dred and seventy-two, entitled "An act for the restoration to mar- 
 certain members ket of certaill i ands in Michigan," be, and hereby is, amended so as to 
 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cause patents to be issued 
 to three hundred and twenty members of the Ottawa and Chippewa. 
 Indians of Michigan, for the selections found to have been made by 
 them, but which were not, prior to the passage of said act, regularly 
 reported and recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and Commis- 
 Residue of 8 ioner of Indian Affairs; (a) and the remainder of said lands not dis- 
 lands,di8 P os a lof. pO8ed ofj and not valuable main i y for p ine timber, shall be subject to 
 
R MICHIGAN. 245 
 
 try under the homestead laws, for one year from the passage of this 
 act; and the lands remaining thereafter undisposed of shall be ottered 
 for sale at a price not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. (&) 
 
 SEC. 2. That all Indians who have settled upon and made improve- Indians set- 
 ments on section ten, in township forty-seven north, of range two east, ^JSoiJtoSS! 
 and section twenty-four in township forty-seven north, of range three - gan to ente ^ 
 west, Michigan, shall be permitted to enter not exceeding eighty acres i and ' s in iieu, &c. 
 each, at the minimum price of land, upon making proof of such settle- 
 ment and improvement before the register of the land office at Mar- 
 quette, Michigan ; and when said entries shall have been completed in 
 accordance herewith, the remaining lands embraced within the limits 
 of said sections shall be restored to market. 
 
 SEC. 3. That all actual, permanent, bona-fide settlers on any of the Settlers on 
 lands reserved for Indian purposes under the treaty with the Ottawa landsreaerved 
 and Chippewa Indians of Michigan of July thirty- first, eighteen hun- Ottawa and Chip- 
 dred and fifty -five, shall be entitled to enter not exceeding one hundred pewa Indians, 
 and sixty acres of land, either under the homestead laws or to pay the 
 minimum price of land, on making proof of his or her settlement and 
 continued residence before the expiration of ninety days from the pas- 
 sage of this act : Provided, That such settlers do not claim any of the Proviso, 
 lands heretofore patented to Indians, or in conflict with the selections 
 found to have been made by Indians referred to in the first section of 
 this act, and shall have settled upon said lands prior to the first day of 
 January, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 575, 588. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 85, 197, 455, 467, 480, 503, 515, 526, 535, 574, 575, 583. 
 
 585. AN ACT to set apart a certain portion of the island of Mackinac in the March 3, 1875. 
 Straits of Mackinac, within the State of Michigan, as a National park. Vol. 18, p. 517. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the island of Mackinac, lying in Part of Macki- 
 the Straits of Mackinac, within the county of Mackinac, in the State of nac Island set 
 Michigan, as is now held by the United States under military reserva- a .P art as a Na- 
 tion or otherwise, (excepting the Fort Mackinac and so much of the 
 present reservation thereof as bounds it to the south of the village of 
 Mackinac, and to the west, north and east respectively by lines drawn 
 north and south, east and west, at a distance from the present fort flag- 
 staff of four hundred yards,) hereby is reserved and withdrawn from 
 settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and 
 dedicated and set appart as a National public park, or grounds, for 
 health, comfort, and pleasure, for the benefit and enjoyment of the 
 people ; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the Trespassers, 
 same, or any part thereof, except as herein provided, shall be considered 
 trespassers, and removed therefrom. 
 
 SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of Control and 
 the Secretary of War, whose duty it shall be as soon as practicable, to management of 
 make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary P arkt 
 or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations Regulations, 
 shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all tim- 
 ber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, 
 and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary may in Leases, 
 his discretion, grant leases for building purposes, of small parcels of 
 ground, at such places in said park as shall require the erection of build- 
 ings for the accommodation of visitors for terms not exceeding ten years ; 
 all of the proceeds of said leases and all other revenues derived from 
 any source connected with said park, to be expended, under his direc- 
 tion, in the management of the same and in the construction of roads 
 and bridle paths therein. He shall provide against the wanton destruc- Preservation of 
 tion of game or fish found within said park and against their capture S ame and fisn - 
 or destruction for any purposes of use or profit. He also shall cause all Removal of 
 persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be tres P as 
 removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such 
 measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects 
 and purposes of this act. 
 
 SEC. 3. That any part of the park hereby created shall at all times Use of park for 
 available for military purposes, either as a parade or drill ground, in m i l i * & *? P ur- 
 
 ae of peace, or for complete occupation in time of war, or whenever po 
 rar is expected, and may also be used for the erection of any public 
 mildings or works : Provided, That no person shall ever claim or receive N claim 
 
246 MICHIGAN. 
 
 against United of the United States any damage on account of any future amendment 
 States for dam- O r repeal of this act, or the taking of said park, or any part thereof, 
 for public purposes or use. 
 
 March 3, 1875. No. 586. AX ACT to donate a certain portion of the military reservation of Fort 
 VoL 18, p. 519. Brady to school district number one, in township of Sault Sainte Marie, and State 
 ! of Michigan for school purposes. 
 
 Certain portion Be it enacted, $-c., That a certain portion of the military reservation 
 of military resei^ o f F ort Brady, situate in the county of Chippewa, and State of Michi- 
 Brady donated & au > containing one and twenty- six hundredths acres, and bounded on 
 to school district the north by Portage street, on the east by Church street, on the south 
 of Sault Sainte by Ridge street and on the west by the west line of said military reserva- 
 Marie. tion, be, and the same is hereby, donated to school district numbered 
 
 one in township of Sanlt Sainte Marie, in the county and State afore- 
 said, for school purposes, and for no other purpose, (a) 
 
 Streets estab- SECTION *<J. That so much of Portage street, Church street and Ridge 
 lished. street, in the village of Sault Sainte Marie, as is so represented upon a 
 
 map of said village filed in the General Land Office, as shall embrace 
 the portion of ground aforesaid be established as such streets, 
 (a) See Xos. 458, 476, 493, 562. 
 
 March 13, 1876. No. 587. AX ACT legalizing the homestead entry of Mrs. Phoebe C. Oakley, of 
 VoL 19, p. 416. Bay County, Michigan. 
 
 Homestead en- Be it enacted, $-c., That the homestead entry of Mrs. Phoebe C. Oakley, 
 try of Phoebe C. of Bay County Michigan, number twenty-seven hundred and thirteen, 
 Oakley confirm- embracing the east half of northwest quarter of section eighteen, in 
 township number fourteen north, of range number three east, in the 
 State of Michigan, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be as valid 
 as though she was the head of the family within the meaning of the 
 homestead laws, and upon the proofs of occupancy and improvement by 
 herself and family in the time and manner as required by law, the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office shall cause to be issued to her a 
 patent therefor. 
 
 May 23, 1876. No. 588. AX ACT extending the time within which homestead entries upon cer- 
 "Vol. 19, p. 55. tain lands in Michigan may be made. 
 
 Amended. Be it enacted, tyc., That section one of an act entitled "An act to amend 
 
 an act entitled 'An act for the restoration to market of certain lands in 
 Michigan,' approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and and seventy- 
 two," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy -five, be, and 
 hereby is, amended so as to read as follows : 
 
 Patents for That the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 lands in Michi- two, entitled "An act for the restoration to market of certain lands in 
 gan to issue to Michigan," be, and is hereby, amended so as to authorize the Secretary 
 aTd^Chii^wa of the Interior to cause patents to be issued to three hundred and twenty 
 Indians. members of the Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan for the selections 
 
 found to have been made by them, but which were not, prior to the 
 passage of said act, regularly reported and recognized by the Secretary 
 Remainder of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs ; and the remainder 
 subject to home- of said lands not disposed of, and not valuable mainly for pine timber, 
 stead entry. g^^ be su bject to entry under the homestead laws, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 575, 584. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1877. No. 589. AX ACT for the relief of Ephraim P. Abbott 
 
 Yol. 19, p. 503. Be . t enacted} g Ci Tha ^ upon the pavment of two dollars and fifty 
 
 Patent forland cents per acre by Ephraim P. Abbott, of the county of Wayne, in the 
 
 toE. P.Abbott. State of Michigan, his heirs or assigns, into the Treasury of the United 
 
 States, or to the receiver of the land office of the district in which the 
 
 following lauds are situated, within six months from the passage of this 
 
 act, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall cause a patent 
 
 to be issued to said Ephraim P. Abbott, his heirs or assigns, releasing to 
 
 him or them all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
 
 to the following-described tract of laud, situate iu the township of 
 
 Ecorce, county of Wa^ne, and State of Michigan, l^iug in rear of and 
 
 
MICHIGAN. 
 
 247 
 
 adjoining private claim numbered six hundred and sixty-seven, fronting 
 on the river Rouge, and patented to Gabriel Godfrey, said tract so lying 
 in the rear of said front claim and extending back, of equal width 
 of said front claim, to the line of lands patented to James May, and be- 
 ing bounded on the north by the rear of said front claim, eastwardly by 
 the line of private claim numbered thirty-seven, confirmed to Charles 
 Chovin, continued to the land so patented to James May, and west- 
 wardJy by lands authorized by act of Congress of July first, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy, to be pre-empted by Thomas Henderson ; but 
 such patent shall, in no manner, interfere with any valid adverse right 
 to said land, nor preclude a judicial investigation, in any court of law 
 or equity between the patentee, .his heirs or assigns and any adverse 
 claimant of the said lands : Provided also, That any incumbrance or Proviso, 
 conveyance of said land by Robert Abbott now deceased, the father of 
 said Ephraim P., or any of the heirs of said Robert Abbott, shall have 
 the same effect as if said land had been patented to said Robert Abbott 
 during his life. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 fo. 590. AN ACT authorizing the survey of certain townships in Michigan, and Feb. 16, 1877. 
 making an appropriation therefor. Yol. 19, p. 231. 
 
 it enacted, $-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Appropriation* 
 __ hereby directed to cause to be surveyed towns numbered eighteen Surveying land 
 and nineteen north, of range one west, in the State of Michigan these in Michigan, 
 towns having never been properly surveyed ; and that there be appro- 
 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a 
 sum sufficient to pay the expense thereof, not exceeding twenty-five 
 hundred dollars, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 11, 197, 458, 460, 509, 513. 
 
 591. AN ACT to authorize Louis Petoskey, of Michigan, to enter a certain 
 tract of land which embraces his home and improvements. 
 
 March 3, 1877. 
 Vol. 19, p. 548. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Louis Petoskey, of the State of Michigan, be, LouisPetoskey 
 and he is hereby, authorized to enter the south half of the northeast may enter cer - 
 quarter of section five, in township thirty-four, north of range five west, tain 
 in the district of lands subject to sale at Traverse City, Michigan, upon 
 payment to the receiver of public moneys of the legal price thereof. 
 
 No. 592. AN" ACT to authorize the Seeretary of War to convey to Jacob A. T. March 1 1879. 
 Wendell. Henry Van Allen, and John R. Bailey, a part of the military reservation Vol 20 D 326 
 of Fort Mackinac. ' _ !_ 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, au- Fort Mackinao 
 thorized and directed to convey, by proper deed, to Jacob A. T. Wen- military reserva- 
 dell, Henry Van Allen, and John R. Bailey, all the right, title, and in- p art of to be 
 terest of the United States in and to the folio wing-described part of the conveyed to J. A. 
 military reservation of Fort Mackinac, Michigan, of which the said T. Wendell and 
 Jacob A. T. Wendell shall be entitled to one-fourth, Henry Van Allen others, 
 two-fourths, and John R. Bailey one- fourth : Beginning at a stone mon- 
 ument marking a corner of the military reservation, and standing be- 
 tween the said military reservation and property of Jacob A. T. Wen- 
 dell, and running in continuation of a line now between said properties 
 north one degree east fifty-eight feet six inches ; thence east two hun- 
 dred and forty-one and five-tenths feet ; thence south one degree west 
 parallel with the first line, fifty-eight feet six inches, to a stone monu- 
 ment marking a corner of the military reservation, and standing between 
 the said military reservation and property of John R. Bailey ; thence 
 west parallel with the second line, along a line of the official survey made 
 by Major G. Weitzel, United States Army, in eighteen hundred and sev- 
 enty-five, two hundred and forty-one and five-tenths feet, to the stone 
 monument at the place of beginning. 
 
248 MICHIGAN. 
 
 March 3, 1879. No. 593. JOINT RESOLUTION releasing the reversionary claim and interest of 
 Vol. 20, p. 490. the United States in and to certain lands in the State of Michigan. 
 
 Michigan. Be it resolved, <$-c., That the United States hereby releases to the State 
 
 Release of of Michigan any and all reversionary interest which may remain in the 
 
 lands to. United States in such of the lands granted to, and acquired by the said 
 
 State of Michigan by act of Congress of June third, eighteen hundred 
 
 and fifty- six, and certified to the said State in accordance with the said 
 
 act, as were granted to aid the construction of the road from Grand 
 
 Haven to Flint, and thence to Port Haron. This release shall not in any 
 
 manner affect any legal or equitable rights in said lands, which have 
 
 been acquired, but all such rights shall be and remain unimpaired, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 526, 531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 
 594. 
 
 June 16, 1880. No. 594.-JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary of War to sell or lease 
 Vol. 21, p. 310. to the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway Company all of the Fort Gratiot mill- 
 
 tary reserve, and to authorize the city of Port Huron to grant to said railway com- 
 pany the right of way through Pine Grove Park. 
 
 Port Huron Resolved, #c., That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to sell 
 and Northwest- to the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway Company all of the Fort 
 safe of Fort Gra- Gratiot military reserve remaining unsolder undisposed of; and the 
 tiot military re- value of said remaining reserve shall be appraised by a board, appointed 
 serve. by the Secretary of War, consisting of three competent and disinter- 
 
 ested officers of the United States Army ; and the price at which the 
 same shall be sold shall not be less than the appraisal by said board, and 
 the sale shall be made only under the direction and approval of the 
 Right of way Secretary of War. (a) And the city of Port Huron is hereby authorized 
 through P i n e to grant said railway company the right of way through the easterly 
 Grove Park. portion of that part of the military reserve granted to said city for use 
 as a park, and known and described as Pine Grove Park. (6) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 531, 533, 546, 551, 555, 558, 559, 576, 578, 580. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 526,531, 535, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 548, 552, 553, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 593. 
 
WISCONSIN. 
 
 No. 595. AN ACT to revive the powers of the commissioners for ascertaining and 
 deciding on claims to land in the district of Detroit, and for settling the claims to 
 land at Green Bay and Prarie des Chiens, in the Territory of Michigan. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 464.] 
 
 layl] 
 rol. 3, 
 
 p. 572. 
 
 No. 596. AN ACT to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment 
 of land claims in the Territory of Michigan. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 466.] 
 
 Feb. 21, 1823. 
 Vol. 3, p. 724. 
 
 No. 597. AN ACT to ascertain and mark * * * the northern boundary of the March 2, 1831. 
 State of Illinois, and for other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 479. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 378.] 
 
 598. AN ACT to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the State 
 of Louisiana. 
 
 March 3, 1831. 
 Vol. 4, p. 492. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the lands to which the Indian Survey of cer- 
 title has been extinguished lying north of the northern boundary of the ^in lands. 
 State of Illinois, west of Lake Michigan, and east of the Mississippi 
 River, shall be surveyed in the same manner and under the same regu- 
 lations, provisions, restrictions and reservations as the other public lands 
 are surveyed, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 607, 655, 656, 668. 
 
 No. 599. AN ACT to create additional land districts in the States of Illinois and 
 Missouri, and in the territory north of the State of Illinois. 
 
 \_See ILLINOIS, No. 389.] 
 
 June 26, 1834. 
 Vol. 4, p. 686. 
 
 No. 600. AN ACT establishing the Territorial government of Wisconsin. April 20, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That from and after the third day of July next, the ' p ' 
 
 country included within the following boundaries shall constitute a What country 
 separate Territory, for the purposes of temporary government, by the *J a11 constitute 
 name of Wisconsin ; that is to say : Bounded on the east, by a line Territory 80 ' 
 drawn from the northeast corner of the State of Illinois, through the 
 middle of Lake Michigan, to a point in the middle of said lake, and op- 
 posite the main channel of Green Bay, and through said channel and 
 Green Bay to the mouth of the Menomonie River ; thence through the 
 middle of the main channel of said river, to that head of said river 
 nearest to the Lake of the Desert ; thence in a direct line, to the middle 
 of said lake ; thence through the middle of the main channel of the 
 Montreal River, to its mouth ; thence with a direct line across Lake 
 Superior, to where the territorial line of the United States last touches 
 said lake northwest ; thence on the north, with the said territorial line, 
 to the White Earth River ; on the west, by a line from the said boundary 
 line following down the middle of the main channel of White Earth 
 River, to the Missouri River, and down the middle of the main channel 
 of the Missouri River to a point due west from the northwest corner of 
 the State of Missouri ; and on the south, from said point, due east to 
 the northwest corner of the State of Missouri ; and thence with the 
 boundaries of the States of Missouri and Illinois, as already fixed by 
 acts of Congress. And after the said third day of July next, all power 
 
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250 
 
 WISCONSIN. 
 
 and authority of the government of Michigan in and over the Territory 
 Proviso. hereby constituted, shall cease: Provided, That nothing in this act 
 
 contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property 
 now appertaining to any Indians Within the said Territory, eo long as 
 such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United 
 States and such Indians, or to impair the obligations of any treaty now 
 existing between the United States and such Indians, or to impair or 
 anywise to affect the authority of the Government of the United States 
 to make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, 
 or other rights, by treaty, or law, or otherwise, which it would have 
 been competent to the Government to make if this act had never been 
 Proviso. passed : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed 
 
 to inhibit the Government of the United States from dividing the Ter- 
 ritory hereby established into one or more other Territories, in such 
 manner, and at such times, as Congress shall, in its discretion, deem 
 convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory 
 to any other State or Territory of the United States, (a) 
 
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 Powers of the SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the 
 legislature. Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation ; but no law 
 shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax 
 shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the 
 lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands 
 or other property of residents. (&) 
 
 *** 
 
 (a) See Nos. 378, 394, 487, 491, 498, 499, 597, 602, 603, 606, 608, 613, 622, 624, 626, 629. 
 (6) See No. 622. 
 
 June 15,1836. No. 601. AN ACT to divide the Green Bay land district in Michigan, and for 
 Vol. 5, p. 48. other purposes. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 490a.] 
 
 June 15, 1836. No. 602. AN ACT to estahlish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, 
 Vol. 5, p. 49. and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the 
 conditions therein expressed. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 491.] 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 603. AN ACT to settle and estahlish the northern boundary of the State of 
 VoL 5, p. 56. Ohio. 
 
 [Northern boundary line of Illinois denned. See ILLINOIS, No. 394.] 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 604. AN ACT for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in 
 VoL 5, p. 70. the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the 
 
 - -- county of Du Buque, Territory of "Wisconsin, and for other purposes. 
 
 IOWA, No. 1757.] 
 
 March 3, 1837. No. 605. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for laying off the towns of 
 Fort Madison and Burlmgton, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belle- 
 
 Vol. 5, p. 178. 
 
 view, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, and Mineral Point, in the 
 county of Iowa, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes," approved July 
 second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. 
 
 , No. 1758.] 
 
 June 12, 1838. No. 606. AN ACT to divide the Territory of Wisconsin and to establish the Ter- 
 Vol. 5, p. 235. ritorial government of Iowa. 
 
 [See IOWA, No. 1759.] 
 
No. 
 
 WISCONSIN. 251 
 
 No. 607. AN ACT to create the office of surveyor of public lands in the Wiscon- June 12, 1838. 
 
 sin Territory. Yol. 5, p. 243. 
 
 Be it enacted, cf-c., That a surveyor for the Territory of Wisconsin shall A surveyor to 
 be appointed, who shall have the same authority, and perform the same be appointed, 
 duties respecting the public lands and private land claims in the Ter- 2 same auth 
 ritory of Wisconsin, as are now vested in and required of the surveyor j.^ & c . 
 of the lands of the United States in Ohio. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- Surveyor for 
 veyor for Ohio to deliver to the surveyor for Wisconsin Territory, all Ohio to deliver 
 the maps, papers, records, and documents relating to the public lands w f "cTf^s^n^i 
 and private land claims in the said Territory of Wisconsin, which may ma p S) & c-i i n n i a 
 j be in his office; and in every case where it shall be impracticable to office,' relating to 
 make a separation of such maps, papers, records and documents, with- lands in Wiscon- 
 out injury, it shall be his duty to cause copies thereof, certified by him, J|J[ e J r 
 to be furnished to the surveyor for Wisconsin Territory ; which copies 
 shall be of the same validity as the originals. And the Secretary of the Expense of the 
 Treasury is hereby authorized to cause the expense attending the trans- transfer to be 
 fer of the records to be paid out of the appropriation for surveying the paid) &c> 
 public lands. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor for Wisconsin Survey or of 
 Territory, to be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall establish his Wisconsin to es- 
 office at the town of Du Buque, in the Territory of Wisconsin ; and SnSuoue. ^ 
 that he shall be allowed an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, to Salary, 
 commence at such period as his office shall be in readiness for opera- Authorized to 
 tion ; and he shall be authorized to employ one draughtsman and clerk, employ a drafts- 
 whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed sixteen hundred dollars JJ^?. gaiaries^ 
 per annum. He shall also be allowed the sum of three hundred and office rent, &c. 
 fifty dollars per annum, for office rent, fuel, and other incidental ex- 
 penses of his office ; to be paid out of any money appropriated for sur- 
 veying the public land, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 598, 655, 656, 668. 
 
 No. 608. AN ACT to ascertain and designate the boundary line between the State June 12, 1838. 
 of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin. Yol. 5, p. 244. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 498.] 
 
 No. 609. AN ACT concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of "Wisconsin. June 12, 1838. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c. t That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is Yo1 - 5 ' P- 244 - 
 hereby, authorized to set apart and reserve from sale, out of any of the Secretary 
 public lands within the Territory of Wisconsin, to which the Indian title Treasury to set 
 has been, or may be, extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated, a ? JJJ ^JJ ^own- 
 quantity of land not exceeding two entire townships, for the use and ships of land for 
 support of a university within the said Territory, and for no other use the use of a uni- 
 or purpose whatsoever ; to be located in tracts of land of not less than versity. 
 an entire section, corresponding with any of the legal divisions into 
 which the public lands are authorized to be surveyed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 622, 626, 629, 640. 
 
 No. 610.- AN ACT to grant a quantity of land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for June 18, 1838. 
 the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan Vol. 5, p. 245. 
 with those of Eock River. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the Terri- Certain lands 
 tory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to'unite granted to Wis- 
 the waters of Lake Michigan, at Milwaukee, with those of Rock River, ?JJ!_ to a ^Jf 
 between the point of intersection with said river, of the line dividing <.. 
 townships seven and eight and the Lake Koshkonong, all the land here- 
 tofore not otherwise appropriated or disposed of in those sections and 
 fractional sections which are numbered with odd numbers on the plats 
 of the public surveys, within the breadth of five full sections, taken in 
 north and south, or east and west tiers, on each side of the main route 
 of said canal, from one end thereof to the other, and reserving the even- 
 numbered sections and fractional sections, taken as above, to the United Lands so grant- 
 States; and the said land, so granted to aid in the construction of said ed shall be sub- 
 canal, shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of the said Ter- J e ^ * Y? e 18 ?- 
 ritory, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other : Provided, That the said gture. 
 canal, when completed, and the branches thereof, shall be, and for ever Proviso. 
 
262 WISCONSIN. 
 
 remain, a public highway, for the use of the Government of the United 
 States, free from any toll or other charge whatever, for any property of 
 the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the 
 Proviso. same : Provided, That said main canal shall be commenced within three 
 
 years, and completed in ten years, or the United States shall be entitled 
 to receive the amount for which any of said land may have been previ- 
 ously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the Territory shall be 
 valid, (a) 
 
 The governor SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the route of the said 
 8 ^ a t U /ransmit a main canal shall be definitely located and established, agreeably to an 
 &c to ttoCom- act of the le g isl ature of said Territory, incorporating the Milwaukee 
 mis'sioner of the and Rock River Canal Company, approved January fifth, 1838, it shall 
 General Land be the duty of the governor thereof, to transmit a plat of the same, show- 
 Office, who shall j^g jt 8 terminations and its connections with the section corners of the 
 fands herein P ublic 8Urve y 8 > to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, whose 
 granted, and duty it shall be to ascertain, under the direction of the President of the 
 cause lists of United States, the particular lands herein granted to said Territory; 
 them to be pre- an( i 8 hall cause duplicate lists of the same to be prepared from the plats 
 pared, &c. on gj e - n n j g om - ce> one o f w hich he shall transmit to the governor of 
 
 said Territory, who, or such other person or persons as shall be ap- 
 pointed for the purpose, under the authority of the legislature of the 
 said Territory, or of the State which may be erected out of the same, 
 after the admission of such State, shall have power to sell or convey the 
 whole, or any part of said land, at a price not less than two dollars and 
 fifty cents per acre, and to give a title in fee-simple therefor, to whom- 
 soever shall purchase the whole or any part thereof. 
 
 Prices of the SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the alternate sections and frac- 
 tenft- tional sections which shall remain to the United States, agreeably to the 
 
 first section of this act, shall not be sold for a less sum than two dollars 
 and fifty cents per acre, nor be subject to pre-emption. (6) 
 
 Sections divid- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in reference to the provisions 
 
 ed by route of of the first section of this act, where a section shall be divided by the 
 
 main canal how rou t e of the main canal, such section shall be counted (in fixing the 
 
 lateral limits of said grant) as being on or towards that side of the line 
 
 next the larger portion of said section, ascertained by reference to the 
 
 mile-lines and corners of the sections, and the land and water thereby 
 
 included. 
 
 Whenever the SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Territory of Wis- 
 TerritoryofWis-consin shall be admitted into the Union as a State, the lands hereby 
 e a State such g ranted for tne construction of the said canal, or such part thereof as 
 part of the lands ma y not have been already sold, and applied to chat object, under the 
 hereby granted direction of the Territoiial government, shall vest in the State of Wis- 
 as may not have cousin, to be disposed of under such regulations as the legislature 
 vesUnThe State thereof mav provide, the proceeds of sale to be applied to the construe 
 & c 8 ' tion of the said canal, or of such part thereof as may not have beep 
 
 Number of completed, and the State of Wisconsin shall be entitled to hold, in 
 shares the State virtue of the grant hereby made, as many shares of the stock of the 
 holdinTidSa^af 8aid cana ! M sha11 be equivalent to the aggregate of all the sums of 
 &c ' money arising from the nett proceeds of the sales of the said lands, and 
 
 applied to the construction of the canal, anything in the charter of the 
 Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company to the contrary notwith- 
 standing, and shall be entitled to the same dividends on said stock as 
 Provisions re- any other stockholder; and in the event that the said State shall make 
 1 at i n g to the no other adequate provision for purchasing out the residue of the stock 
 claims of stock, o f t, ne 6a/ i& canal, the dividends of the State stock hereby acquired, and 
 all other proceeds of the sales of the lands hereby granted, shall con- 
 stitute a fund, and be applied to the extinguishment of the claims of 
 all other stockholders, until the entire stock vested in the canal shall 
 have been acquired by the State : after which, and after the said State 
 shall have been reimbursed for all expenses incurred out of her own 
 proper funds in the construction and repairs of said canal, no other tolls 
 or charge whatever, for the use or navigation of the said canal shall be 
 levied, except to such amount as may be required to keep the said canal 
 and the works appurtenant thereto in good repair, and provide for the 
 Proviso. collection of the tolls and the superintendence of said canal : Provided, 
 
 moreover, That no part of the said lands shall be sold for less than two 
 dollars and a half per acre, nor any sale made until after three months' 
 public notice thereof, and to the highest bidder ; but in case such price 
 cannot be obiained therefor, within five years from the first sale at- 
 tempted to be made, it shall and may be lawful for the Territorial or 
 

 WISCONSIN. 253 
 
 State legislature of Wisconsin to reduce the minimum price of the said 
 lands, 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin re- 
 shall be held responsible to the United States, and for the payment into sponsible to the 
 the Treasury thereof, of the amount of all moneys received upon the Jfmone 1 '? 8 re- 
 sale of the whole or any part of said land, at the price at which the ce i ve( j & c . 
 i same shall be sold, not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre, if 
 < the said main canal shall not be commenced within three years, and 
 completed within ten years, pursuant to tlie provisions of the act creat- 
 ing said canal corporation. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That, in order to render effectual the Assent of the 
 i provisions of this act, the legislature of the State to be erected orj^ 1 ^ ture re " 
 admitted out of the territory now comprised in Wisconsin Territory, q 
 east of the Mississippi, shall give their assent to the same by act to be 
 duly passed. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of securing a The legislature 
 better price for the lands hereby granted, and expediting the construe- of Wisconsin may 
 tion of the said canal, the Territorial legislature of Wisconsin may bor- rj w of^said 
 row, upon a pledge of the said lands, such sum or sums of money as they lands. 
 may think expedient, and defer the sale of said lands, or any part 
 thereof, until such time or times, not exceeding two years beyond the 
 period of the completion of said canal, as they may deem expedient ; 
 and for such sum or sums as may be so borrowed, and applied to the 
 i construction of said canal, the State of Wisconsin shall be entitled to 
 ! such interest in the stock of said canal as shall be equivalent thereto 
 in amount, and the interest so acquired shall be subject to all the obli- 
 gations and restrictions provided in the last section of this act. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the assent of Congress is hereby Assent of Con- 
 given to the act of the Territorial legislature of Wisconsin entitled an gress hereby 
 act to incorporate the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company, sub- f j ven h * fed* 
 ject to the preceding modifications and to the following provision ; that t ure of Wiscon- 
 in estimating the principal sum and interest to be paid by the said Ter- sin, incorporat- 
 ritory or the future State of Wisconsin to the stockholders of the said ig the Milwau- 
 canal, a credit shall be given to the Territory or State for all dividends mver*c!ffla?Con 
 received by the said stockholders prior to the extinguishment of theii panj. 
 interest in the said canal, in the mode provided by the twenty -third sec- 
 tion of the said act of incorporation. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That Congress may, at any time Tolls, 
 until said Territory shall be admitted as a State, prescribe and regulate 
 the tolls to be received by said company ; and after said Territory shall \ 
 be admitted as a State, the legislature thereof shall possess the like 
 power ; and said act of incorporation is hereby approved, subject to the 
 modification and conditions aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Landsprobably 
 shall reserve from sale the lands probably falling within the limits of falling within 
 said grant, and the lands which, by the first section, were reserved to 1 im j*f of , sa i d 
 the United States, until the said canal can be located and the lands gsTrved'f ro m 
 selected as contemplated by this act, and no pre-emption right shall sale, 
 attach thereto. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 626, 629, 661. 
 
 !>) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 667, 
 
 No. 611. AN ACT for the relief of the Brothertown Indians, in the Territory of March 3, 1839. 
 
 Wisconsin. Vol. 5, p. 349. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc.. That the township of land containing twenty-three A township of 
 thousand and forty acres, lying on the east side of Winnebago Lake, in land, lying, &c 
 the Territory of Wisconsin, which, by the proviso of a treaty made with Sn^&c 
 the Menomonie Indians on the seventeenth February, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-one, and ratified on the ninth July 1832, was reserved for 
 the use of the Brotherton or Brothertown Indians, and which by a sub- 
 sequent treaty with the Menomonie tribe, bearing date 27th October 
 
 i32, and ratified 13th March 1833, was further secured to the said 
 Brothertown Indians, may be partitioned and divided among the differ- 
 ent individuals composing said tribe of Brothertown Indians, and may 
 be held by them separately and severally in fee- simple, after such divis- 
 ion shall have been made in the manner hereafter mentioned. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of making par- Said division 
 tition and division of said lands among the individuals of said tribe of to be made by a 
 
254 WISCONSIN. 
 
 board of commis- Brothertown Indians, a board of commissioners shall be constituted, to 
 consist of five of the principal or head men of said tribe, a majority of 
 whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, whose duty it shall be 
 to make a just and fair partition and division of said lands among the 
 members of said tribe, or among such of them as, by the laws and cus- 
 toms and regulations of said tribe, are entitled to the same, and in such 
 proportions and in such manner as shall be consistent with equity and 
 justice, and in accordance with the existing laws, customs, usages, or 
 agreements of said tribe. 
 A meeting to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of electing 
 
 be held for the O r choosing said board of commissioners, a meeting of said tribe shall 
 
 electioD, &c. ^6 held at their church, or principal place, on the reservation of land 
 aforesaid, on the first Monday in July next, at which all the male mem- 
 bers of said tribe over the age of twenty-one years shall be allowed to 
 vote for such commissioners; and the said five commissioners shall then 
 and there be chosen or elected by the said tribe, by a majority of the 
 whole number of such voters then present. And the judge of the dis- 
 trict in which said lands are situated (or in his absence the register of 
 the land office at Green Bay, or the commanding officer of the United 
 States troops at Fort Howard) shall attend at the time and place afore- 
 said, and preside at said meeting, superintend the said election, and see 
 that the proceedings are fairly conducted : and the said presiding officer 
 may, in his discretion, prescribe whether the said election shall be by 
 ballot or viva voce; andfciiall in other respects cause the proceedings to 
 be conducted in such manner as to ensure, a fair and proper choice or 
 election ; and after the said commissioners shall have been so chosen or 
 elected, the said presiding officer shall immediately certify that fact, 
 setting forth the names of the commissioners who shall be elected, and 
 shall make two copies of said certificate, one of which he shall file in 
 the office of the register of the land district at Green Bay, and the other 
 he shall transmit by mail to the President of the United States. 
 Division, how SEC. 4. And be it * further enacted, That after the said commissioners 
 
 to be made. shall have been elected or chosen as above prescribed, and as soon there- 
 after as conveniently may be, they shall proceed to make partition and 
 division of all the lands aforesaid among the individual members of said 
 tribe, or among such of them as, by the laws, customs, usages, or agree- 
 ments of said tribe are justly entitled to the same, and in such way and 
 manner, and upon such principles and in such proportions as shall be 
 agreeable to equity and justice, and consistent with the laws, usages, 
 Proviso. customs, and agreements of said tribe: Provided, howerer, That the 
 
 buildings and improvements, and the farms on which the same are 
 situated, which are now held or possessed in severalty by the members 
 of said tribe, shall, so far as the same can consistently be done, be 
 allotted or apportioned to the present occupants ; and that no person or 
 individual of said tribe shall be dispossessed or deprived of the improve- 
 ments or land which they now occupy, unless it shall be found by the 
 said commissioners that such person or persons are in the possession of 
 and occupying more land than they are justly entitled to, and then the 
 overplus may be apportioned to others. 
 Commissioners SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That after the said commissioners 
 
 to repor^ th e ir shall have made such partition and division as aforesaid, they shall 
 ^ c ' make, or cause to be made, a full report of their proceedings in the 
 premises, setting forth the name of each person to whom they have ap- 
 portioned any part of said land, the quantity apportioned or allotted to 
 each, with the metes and bounds, or other definite description of each 
 several piece or parcel of land ; and they shall accompany the said report 
 A map to ac- with a fair and accurate map of the whole, showing the divisions and 
 
 company the re- partitions aforesaid ; which report and map, or a copy thereof, shall be 
 
 deposited with the town clerk of said tribe, on or before the first day 
 
 of October next, and shall remain open for inspection to all, for the 
 
 Proceedings to space of twenty days thereafter ; and if any member or members of said 
 
 be had if objec- tribe shall object to the partition or division so made by the said com- 
 
 tion is made. missioners, or shall deem himself or themselves aggrieved thereby, he 
 or they may, within ten days thereafter, give notice thereof to the said 
 commissioners, who shall, within twenty days thereafter, meet to hear 
 and determine such grievances, and take testimony if necessary ; and 
 after such hearing, shall have power to alter or modify such partition, 
 if, in their judgment, any alteration or modification is necessary, in 
 order to do equal and exact justice to all parties in interest. 
 Copy of report SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, after the said report shall be 
 
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 WISCONSIN. 
 
 255 
 
 finally completed, the commissioners shall cause [three copies] of the and map to be 
 j said report, and of the map accompanying the same, as finally agreed ae P S] tea, & c- 
 j upon and settled, to be made and signed by said commissioners, one 
 j copy of which shall be deposited in the office of the secretary. of said 
 f Territory, one copy in the office of the clerk of the county within which 
 i said lands are situated, and the other shall be transmitted to the Presi- 
 | dent of the United States, who shall thereupon cause patents to be 
 \ issued to the several individuals named in said report, for the lands so 
 apportioned to them respectively, by which the said persons shall be 
 authorized to hold the said lands in fee-simple to themselves and their 
 heirs and assigns. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said report and map shall S a id Indians 
 be filed with the secretary of said Territory, and in the clerk's office of S a lL 
 said county, and shall also be transmitted to the President on or before states, &c. 
 the first day of January next ; and after the same shall have been filed 
 and transmitted to the President, as aforesaid, the said Brothertown In- 
 dians, and each and every of them, shall then be deemed to be, and from 
 that time forth are hereby declared to be, citizens of the United States 
 to all intents and purposes, and shall be entitled to all the rights, privi- 
 leges, and immunities of such citizens, and shall, in all respects, be sub- 
 ject to the laws of the United States and of the Territory of Wisconsin, 
 in the same manner as other citizens of said Territory ; and the jurisdic- 
 tion of the United States and of said Territory shall be extended over 
 the said township or reservation now held by them in the same manner 
 as over other parts of said Territory; and their rights as a tribe or na- 
 tion, and their power of making or executing their own laws, usages, 
 or customs, as such tribe, shall cease and determine : Provided, however, Proviso. 
 That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to deprive them of the 
 right to any annuity now due to them from the State of New York or 
 the United States, but they shall be entitled to receive any such annuity 
 in the same manner as though this act had not been passed, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 697. 
 
 No. 61 la. AN ACT for the relief of William Clark. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, di- ' P ' 
 
 j rected to issue a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land Land warrant 
 to William Clark, a Canadian volunteer, to be located on any of the un- * ^ e is8ue< *' 
 appropriated lands which have been offered for sale, and are subject to 
 private entry in the Territory of Wisconsin : and also, that the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury do pay to said William Clark, the sum of twenty- 
 four dollars, for three months extra pay, all which shall be in full com- 
 pensation for the services of said Clark in the late war with Great 
 Britain. 
 
 March 3, 1839. 
 Authorized to 
 
 No. 612. AN ACT for the relief of John Dougherty, of Wisconsin. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That John Dougherty, of the Territory of Wiscon 
 sin, be, and is hereby, authorized to enter at the land office at Mineral 
 Point, in the Territory aforesaid, by paying the minimum price for the fnd 
 same, section number twelve, of township number two, in range num- 
 ber three east, in the district of land subject to sale at Mineral Point ; the 
 said section being the same that was granted to his wife Mary, the daugh- 
 ter of Kee-no-kee, by stipulations embraced in the treaty entered into by 
 and between the United States and the Winnebago tribe of Indians, at 
 Prairie du Chien, August first, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine : 
 Provided, That the certificate of the said John Dougherty, and the pat- Proviso. 
 ent to be issued thereon, shall recite the provisions of this act, as the au- 
 thority, by virtue of which his said entries have been made, and also 
 show that such entries were made in right of his wife ; and if the said 
 John Dougherty shall abandon, or in any other manner separate from 
 his said wife Mary, during her lifetime, then all the right, title, and in- 
 terest in and to said section, and every part thereof, shall vest in said 
 Mary, and inure to the sole benefit of herself and her children. 
 
256 WISCONSIN. 
 
 March 3,1841. IVo. 613. AX ACT making appropriations, &c. 
 
 ?L- [Survey of country between the Menomonie and Montreal rivers. 
 See MICHIGAN, No. 499.] 
 
 July 27, 1842. No. 614. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to issue to 
 VoL 6, p. 841. the heirs of John Campbell a patent for the remainder of private land claim num. 
 
 ber twenty, at Prairie da Chien, in the Territory of Wiskonsan. 
 
 Land patent to Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and 
 hereby is, authorized to issue to the heirs of John Campbell a patent 
 for a piece of land lying at Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of Wis- 
 kpnsan, and included within the following boundaries, to wi't : begin- 
 ning at the southeast corner of a tract of land patented to the heirs of 
 John Campbell aforesaid, on the twelfth day of October, in the year one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty, and running thence due east one 
 hundred and seventy-three chains and fifty links ; thence, north, twenty- 
 seven chains and twelve links ; thence, west, to the northeast corner of 
 the tract patented, as aforesaid, to the heirs of John Campbell ; thence 
 along the east boundary of the said tract, to the place of beginning, con- 
 taining about four hundred and seventy-one acres, and being the bal- 
 ance of private land claim number twenty, to which the aforesaid heirs 
 of John Campbell were entitled, under the provisions of the act of 
 Congress, approved on the twenty -first day of February, one thousand 
 eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to revive and con- 
 tinue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the Ter- 
 ritory of Wiskonsan." 
 
 Aug. 11, 1842. No. 615. AN ACT for the relief of George H. Walker. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 850. Beit enacted ^ ^. Cij That George H. Walker be, and he hereby is, au- 
 
 Authorized to thorized to enter, at the land office in the district in which it lies, the 
 enter certain northeast quarter of section thirty-two, in township seven north, of 
 
 m<L range twenty-two east, in the Milwaukie land district, Wiskonsan Ter- 
 
 ritory, at the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, he having en- 
 titled himself to a pre-emption right thereto, under the act of the 
 twenty-second of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, by inhabi- 
 tancy and cultivation, but said land having been reserved to the United 
 States, as part of one of the "even sections" mentioned in the first 
 section of the act of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 eight, granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Wiskonsan, for 
 the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake 
 Michigan with those of Rock River. 
 
 Aug. 23, 1842. No. 616. AX ACT for the relief of certain settlers in the Territory of Wisconsin. 
 7oL 5, p. 521. ^ enacted ^ ^ Tna t every gettler in the district of lands subject 
 
 Settlers atMin- to sale at Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin, who shall show, 
 eral^ Point who b y proof which shall be satisfactory to the register and receiver of the 
 fuse^ntry und^r l an d office at Muscoday, that he, by cultivation and possession, as re- 
 the pre-emption quired by the pre-emption act of the nineteenth of June, eighteen han- 
 act of June 19, dred and thirty-four, was entitled to a right of pre-emption ; and that 
 eSeroneuart ^ he ' the 8aid 8ettler > was refused the privileges granted by said act, in 
 section elsewhere consequence of the mineral character of the tract of land applied for 
 by him, shall be permitted to enter, at the rate of one dollar and twen- 
 ty-five cents an acre, one complete quarter-section of land, of any lands 
 in said land district which have not yet been offered at public sale : 
 Proviso. Provided, That no tract shall be entered, by any settler claiming under 
 
 this act, which contains mines or discoveries of lead ore, or on which 
 there may be an improvement, or on which any person may have a resi- 
 Proviso, that dence, or which may have been reserved from sale : And provided, further, 
 the claimant That the claimant, under this act, and his witnesses, shall make oath, 
 shall^make^oath before a perS on duly qualified to administer oaths, to all the facts stated 
 stated by them, (a) 
 
 Instructions of SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be 
 Secretary Treas- carried into effect, in conformity with the instructions which may be 
 om " given by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the register and receiver of 
 the land office at Muscoday. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 
 667, 679, 680, 686, 694. 
 
WISCONSIN. 257 
 
 No. 017. AN ACT for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians, in thoTerii March :*, 1643. 
 tory of Wiskonsan. Vol. 5, p. 645. 
 
 Be it enacted, ^-c., That the township of land, containing twenty- three Land reserved 
 thousand and forty acres, (or whatever quantity now remains to them,) for Stockbridge 
 lying on the east side of Winnebago Lake, in the Territory of Wiscon- Jf^JJJf may be 
 sin, which, by the proviso of a treaty made with the Menomonie In- 
 dians on the seventeenth day of February, in the year eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-one, and ratified on the ninth day of July, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-two, was reserved for the use of the Stockbridge 
 tribe of Indians, and which, by a subsequent treaty with the Meno- 
 monie tribe, bearing date twenty-seventh October, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-two, and ratified thirteenth March, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-three, was further secured to the said Stockbridge tribe of In- 
 dians, may be partitioned and divided among the different individuals 
 composing said tribe of Stockbridge Indians, and may be held by them, 
 separately and severally, in fee-simple, after such division shall have 
 been made in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of making parti- Board of com-. 
 
 mon the individuals of said tribe of 
 
 tion and division of said lands among 
 
 Stockbridge Indians, a board of commissioners shall be constituted, to S i on jj OW 
 consist of live of the principal or head men of said tribe, a majority of tute'd. 
 whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, whose duty it shall be 
 to make a just and fair partition and division of said lands among the 
 members of said tribe, or among such of them as, by the laws and cus- 
 toms and regulations of said tribe, are entitled to the same, and in such 
 proportions and in such manner as shall be consistent with equity and 
 justice, and in accordance with the existing laws, customs, usages, or 
 agreements of said tribe. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of electing or Manner of 
 choosing said board of commissioners, a meeting of said tribe shall bo electing the com" 
 held at their church or principal public place, on the reservation of land ml 
 aforesaid, on the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and forty- 
 three, at which all the male members of said tribe, over the age of 
 twenty-one years, shall be allowed to vote for such commissioners ; and 
 the said five commissioners shall then and there be elected or chosen by 
 the said tribe, by a majority of the whole number of such voters then 
 present. And the judge of the district in which said lands are situated 
 (or, in his absence, the register of the land office at Green Bay, or the 
 commanding officer of the United States troops at Fort Howard) shall 
 attend at the time and place aforesaid, and preside at said meeting, 
 superintend the said election, and see that the proceedings are fairly 
 conducted. And the said presiding officer may. in his discretion, pre- 
 scribe whether the said election shall be by ballot or viva voce, 
 and shall, in other respects, cause the proceedings to be conducted in 
 such a manner as to ensure a fair and proper choice or election : and 
 after the said commissioners shall have been so chosen or elected, the 
 said presiding officer shall immediately certify that fact, setting forth 
 the names of the commissioners who shall be elected, and shall make 
 two copies of said certificate, one of which he shall file in the office of 
 the register of the land district at Green Bay, and the other he shall 
 transmit by mail to the President of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That after the said commissioner How the divi- 
 shall have been elected or chosen as above prescribed, and as soon there- sion . s h a 1 1 be 
 after as conveniently may be, they shall proceed to make partition and mi 
 division of all the lands aforesaid, among the individual members of 
 said tribe, or among such of them as, by the laws, customs, usages, or 
 agreements of said tribe, are justly entitled to the same, and in such 
 way and manner, and upon such principles, and in such proportions, as* 
 shall be agreeable to equity and justice, and consistent with the laws, 
 usages, customs, and agreements of paid tribe : Provided, however, That Proviso. 
 the buildings and improvements, and the farms on which the same are 
 situated, which are now held or possessed in severalty by the members 
 of the said tribe, shall, so far as the same can consistently be done, be 
 allotted or apportioned to the present occupants ; and that no person or 
 individual of said tribe shall be dispossessed or deprived of the improve- 
 ments or land which they now occupy, unless it shall be found by the 
 said commissioners that such person or persons are in possession of and 
 occupying more laud than they are justly entitled to, and then the over- 
 pins may be apportioned to others. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That after the said commissioners Commissioners 
 
 17 L O VOL. II 
 
258 WISCONSIN. 
 
 
 to make a report shall have made suck partition and division as aforesaid, they shall make, 
 
 of j,heir proceed- or cause to be made, a full report of their proceedings in the premises, 
 
 lp ' setting forth the name of each person to whom they have apportioned 
 
 any part of said land, the quantity apportioned or allotted to each, with 
 
 the metes and bounds, or other definite description of each several piece 
 
 or parcel of land ; and they shall accompany said report with a fair 
 
 and accurate map of the whole, showing the divisions and partitions 
 
 aforesaid ; which report and map, or a true copy thereof, shall be 
 
 deposited with the town clerk of said tribe, on or before the first day of 
 
 July, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and shall remain open for 
 
 inspection to all for the space of twenty days thereafter; and if any 
 
 Mode of pro- member or members of said tribe shall object to the partition or divi- 
 
 ceeding in case of gion so made by the said commissioners, or shall deem himself or them- 
 
 the division be- ge i ves aggrieved thereby, he or they may, within ten days thereafter, 
 
 torf " l ive notice thereof to the said commissioners, who shall, within twenty 
 
 days thereafter, meet to hear and determine such grievances, and take 
 
 testimony, if necessary, and, after such hearing, shall have power to 
 
 alter or modify such partition, if, in their judgment, any alteration or 
 
 modification is necessary, in order to do equal and exact justice to all 
 
 parties interested. 
 
 Three copies of SEC. (i. And be it further enacted, That, after the said report shah* 
 
 report and map be finally completed, the Commissioner shall cause three fair copies of 
 
 d MMiteiL and * k sa ^ re P ort; > an -d f the map accompanying the same, as finally agreed 
 
 upon and settled, to be made and signed by said commissioners, one 
 
 copy of which shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of said 
 
 Territory, one copy in the office of the clerk of the county within which 
 
 said lands are situated, and the other shall be transmitted to the Presi- 
 
 Patems to be dent of the United States, who shall thereupon cause patents to be 
 
 i*ued. i>bued to the several individuals named in said report, for the lands so 
 
 apportioned to them respectively, by which the said persons shall be 
 
 authorized to hold the said land in fee-simple, to themselves and their 
 
 heirs and assigns. 
 
 Disposition of SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said report and map shall 
 
 the report and be filed with the secretary of said Territory, and in the clerk's office of 
 
 map to be made sa id county, and shall also be transmitted to the President, on or before 
 
 '/"auuarvTeJl- tije first da ^ of January, eighteen hundred and forty-four ; and, after 
 
 after which the the same shall have been filed and transmitted to the President as 
 
 Indians shall i.e aforesaid, the said Stockbridge tribe of Indians, and each and every of 
 
 citizens of the them, shall then be deemed to be, and from that time forth are hereby 
 
 declared to be, citizensof the United States, to all intents and purposes, 
 
 and shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of 
 
 .such citizens, and bhnll, in all respects, be subject to the laws of the 
 
 United States and of the Territory of Wisconsin, in the same manner as 
 
 orber citizens of said Territory; and the jurisdiction of the United 
 
 States and of said Territory shall be extended over the said township or 
 
 reservation now held by them, in the same manner as over other parts of 
 
 said Territory ; and their rights as a tribe or nation, and their power of 
 
 making or executing their own laws, usages, or customs, as such tribe, 
 
 Proviso. shall cease and determine: Provided, however, That nothing in this act 
 
 contained shall be so construed as to deprive them of the right to any 
 
 annuity now due them from the State of New York or the United States, 
 
 but they shall be entitled to receive any such annuity, in the same 
 
 manner "as though this act had not been passed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 621, 663, 664, 669, 674, 679, 693. 
 
 June 15 1644. ^- 618. AX ACT granting a section of land for the improvement of Grant River 
 Vol 5 p. 663^ a ^ the town of Potosi, in Wisconsin Territory. 
 
 One section of ^ '' ** enacted, <}(., That ihere be, and hereby is, granted to theTerri- 
 land granted to tory of Wisconsin, section number thirty-four, in township number three 
 be divided into north, in range number three west, of the fourth principal meridian in 
 lots and disposed t j ie ga j ( | Territory, for the purpose of improving Grant River, known as 
 the Grant Slue, at the town of Potosi, in the said Territory, and for no 
 other use or purpose whatever: and the said land shall be surveyed, aad 
 divided into lots, and shall be sold and disposed of in such manner, and 
 under such regulations and restrictions, as the legislature of the said 
 Proviso. Territory shall establish: Provided, That in disposing of the same, pre- 
 
 emption rights shall be granted to actual settlers and occupants resid- 
 
WISCONSIN. 259 
 
 ing on said lots, at the time of the passage of this act, according to the 
 provisions and restrictions in the next section provided. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be itfurtJier enacted, That the survey or- general of Wiscon- Commissioners 
 sin and Iowa, shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, whose to be appointed 
 duty it shall be to view and examine all the lots which are actually oc- to value occupied 
 copied and improved, and assess the true value of said lots, without ' 
 taking into the estimation, any of the improvements on the same ; and 
 the occupants of said lots, by paying, within one year from the passage 
 of this act, the assessed value as aforesaid of their respective lots, shall 
 be entitled to the right of pre-emption as aforesaid ; and upon the failure 
 of any, or all said occupants to do so, the said lot or lots to the extent of 
 such failure, shall be sold as other lots in said town : Provided, That the Proviso, 
 said occupants may at any time before said lots are sold, pay the as- 
 sessed value and thereby save their right of pre-emption aforesaid : And 
 provided further, That the said commissioners aforesaid shall, before they 
 enter upon their duties as such, be sworn faithfully to discharge their 
 duties according to the provisions of this act ; and they shall receive a 
 compensation lor their services to be prescribed by the legislature of said 
 Territory : Provided, That the whole compensation to said commissioners Proviso, 
 shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars. 
 
 No. 619. AN ACT to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the Terri- June 15, 1844. 
 tories of Florida, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Vol. 5, p. 666. 
 
 [See FLORIDA, No. 1668.] 
 
 No. 620. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to sell the re- Ju i v n 1846 
 served mineral lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wis- Vol 9 u 37 
 cousin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 421.] 
 
 No. 621. AN ACT to repeal an act entiiled "An act for the relief of tbe Stock- Aug. 6, 1846. 
 bridge tribe of Indians in the Territory of Wisconsin," approved March third, Vol. 9, p. 55. 
 hundred and forty-three, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the act entitled "An act for the relief of the Repeal of act 
 Stockbridge tribe of Indians in the Territory of Wisconsin," approved of 1843: 
 March third, eighteen hundred and forty-three, be and the same is 
 hereby repealed; and the said Stockbridge tribe or nation of Indians 
 is restored to their ancient form of government, with all powers, rights, Restored toan- 
 and privileges, held and exercised by them under their customs and cientfomiof gov- 
 usages, as fully and completely as though the above-recited act had ernmeQ t. 
 never passed. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the sub-agent of Indian affairs Sub-agent at 
 at Green Bay, under the direction of the governor of Wisconsin, who Green Bay to en- 
 shall be a commissioner for this purpose, shall be required to open a rol the names of 
 book for the enrolment of the names of such persons of the Stockbridge sire "to become 
 tribe of Indians as shall desire to become and rernaia citizens of the citizens of United 
 United States, immediately upon the passage of this law; and three States. 
 months shall be allowed after the opening of said books for the enrol- 
 ment, within which time it shall be the duty of all desiring cit zeuehip to 
 come forward in person and file their application. After the expiration 
 of the three months, the said sub-agent shall divide the said township Sub-agent to 
 of land now held by the Stockbridges on the Winnebago Lake into two divide the laud 
 districts, to be known and designated as the Indian district and the SL.^into^tmi 
 Jitizeu district, according to the strength and numbers of their respee- districts 
 tivoi parties, and the laws and usages in said tribe. This lauds in tho How the lands 
 Indian district are to remain and to be held in common; those in the are to behold. 
 Citizen district are to be divided; and to each Indian who becomes a 
 citizen the said sub-agent shall assign, by distinct inetes and bounds, his 
 ratable proportion of land. And, alter the division and allotment are 
 completed, it shall be the duty of the said sub-agent to make out three Sub-agents to 
 copies of the divisions thus made, one of which he shall file with the mal f e *J*thSB 
 clerk of the district court of the county in which the Citizen district vi " ions luauo> 
 land may be situated; one other copy he shall tile in the land office at 
 Green Bay, in Wisconsin Territory; and the other shall be returned to 
 the Secretary of War. And, upon the receipt of the said return b.y the Patents to ia- 
 Becretary of War, patents maybe issued to the individual reseivees sue to those res- 
 
260 WISCONSIN. 
 
 ervees who be- who become citizens, upon the receipt of which a title in fee-simple to 
 come citizens. the lot of land shall vest in the patentee : and all transfers and assign- 
 > ments of the laud made previous to the issuance of the patent shall be 
 Indians becom- null and void: Provided, however, That those Indians who become citi- 
 ing citizens to zens shall forfeit all right to receive any portion of the annuity which 
 forfeit annuity. mav now j^ or mav fo ecome ,j ne the nation of Stockbridges, by virtue of 
 any treaty heretofore entered into by this Government with said Stock- 
 bridges. 
 
 |5,000 to be paid SEC. 3. Ami be it further eint<-tid, That, in consideration of the moneys 
 
 them for that paid by said Stockbridge nation of Indians to the Winnebagoes and 
 
 sum paid by them Menomonies in the years eighteen hundred and twenty-one and eighteen 
 
 goes ^nd^leno- hundred and twenty-two, and all other claims, the sum of five thousand 
 
 monies. dollars be paid to said tribe of Indians by the Secretary of War; and for 
 
 this purpose, the said sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same 
 
 Appropriation, is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
 
 Proviso. appropriated : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be 
 
 construed to impair any claim which said nation may have upon the 
 
 Delaware nation to a share of the lands assigned to them west of the 
 
 Missouri River, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 617, 663, 664, 669, 674, 679, 693. 
 
 Au". t:, lc<4r,. ^Vo. 622. AX A< T to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitu- 
 Vof 9,'p. 56. tion an d State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union. 
 
 The people of Be lt ena cte( l> 4' r -j That the people of the Territory of Wisconsin be, 
 Wisconsin au- and they are hereby, auihoriztd to form a constitution and State gov- 
 thorized to form ernment, for the purpose of being admitted into the Union on an equal 
 * Tst- St t * u * i n footing with the original States in all respects whatsoever, by the name 
 men? a ' of the State of Wisconsin, with the following boundaries, to wit: Be- 
 
 Boundaries. ginning at the northeast corner of the State of Illinois that is to say, 
 at a point in the centre of Lake Michigan where the line of forty- two 
 degrees and thirty minutes of north latitude crosses the same ; thence 
 running with the boundary line of the State of Michigan, through Lake 
 Michigan, Green Bay, to the month of the Menomouie River ; thence up 
 the channel of said river to the Brule River; thence up said last-men- 
 tioned river to Lake Brule; thence along the southern shore of Lake 
 Brule in a direct line to the centre of the channel between Middle and 
 South Inlands, in the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the 
 headwaters of the Montreal River, as marked upon the survey made by 
 Captain Cramm ; thence down the main channel of the Montreal River 
 to the middle of Lake Superior ; thence through the centre of Lake 
 Superior to the mouth of the St. Louis River ; thence up the main chan- 
 nel of said river to the first rapids in the same, above the Indian vil- 
 lage, according to Nicollet's map ; thence due south to the main branch 
 of the river St. Croix; thence down the main channel of said river to 
 the Mississippi ; thence down the centre of the main channel of that 
 river to the northwest corner of the State of Illinois; thence due east 
 with the northern boundary of the State of Illinois to the place of be- 
 ginning, as established by u Au act to enable the people of the Illinois 
 Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the 
 admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the 
 original States," approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred and 
 eighteen. 
 
 Jurisdiction of SEC. 2. And fee it further enacted, That, to prevent all disputes in ref- 
 islands in Brnleerence to the jurisdiction of islands in the said Brule and Menomouie 
 and Menomonie rivers, the line be s-> run as to include within the jurisdiction of Michi- 
 gan all the islands in the Brule and Menomouie rivers, (to the extent 
 in which said rivers are adopted as a boundary,) down to, and inclu- 
 sive of, the Quinnesec Falls of the Menomonie; and from thence the 
 line shall be so run as to include within the jurisdiction of Wisconsin 
 all the islands in the Menomonie River, from the falls aforesaid down 
 to the junction of said river with Green Bay : Provided, That the adjust- 
 ment of boundary, as fixed in this act, between Wisconsin and Michi- 
 Assentof Mich- gan shall not be binding on Congress, unless the same shall be ratified 
 igan required, by the State of Michigan on or before the first day of June, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and forty-eight. 
 
 To have con- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Wisconsin shall 
 current jurisdic- have concurrent jurisdiction on the Mississippi, and all other rivers and 
 tion on the Mis- wa ters bordering on the said State of Wisconsin, so far as the 3: 
 
WISCONSIN. 261 
 
 ___ 11 form a common boundary to said State and any other State or sjseippi and other 
 Itates now or hereafter to be formed or bounded by the same j and said ri ]Javigable wa- 
 river and waters, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall t ers to be com- 
 be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of mon highways. 
 said State as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, 
 duty, impost, or toll, therefor. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission Laws of United 
 oi the State of Wisconsin into the Union, in pursuance of this act, the States extended 
 laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have to 
 the same force and effect within the State of Wisconsin as elsewhere 
 within the United States. () 
 
 . That section numbered Sixteen, in every township of the public Lands for 
 lands in said State, and where such section has been sold or otherwise schools. 
 disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may 
 be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools, (b) 
 
 Second. That the seventy-two sections or two entire townships of land Lands for a 
 set apart and reserved for the use and support of a university by an seminary of 
 act of Congress, approved on the twelfth day of June, eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-eight, entitled <l An act concerning a seminary of learn- 
 ing in the Territory of Wisconsin," are hereby granted and conveyed to 
 tho State, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such uni- 
 versity, in such ii:iinerus the legislature may prescribe, (o) 
 
 Third. That ten entire sections of land, to be selected and located Lauds for pub- 
 under the direction of the legislature, in legal divisions of not less than ^ ic buildings and 
 one quarter-section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging JJJJ t of overn - 
 to the United Stales within the said State, are hereby granted to the 
 said State, for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the 
 said State, or for the erection of others at the seat of government, un- 
 der (lie direct ton of the legislature thereof, (d) 
 
 Font-ill. That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve Salt springs. 
 in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as 
 may be to each, shall be granted to the State for its use ; the same to 
 be selected by the legislature thereof, within one year after the admis- 
 sion of said State ; and when so selected, to be used or disposed of on 
 such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature shall direct: 
 J'rocided, That no salt spring or land the right whereof is now vested Proviso. 
 in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed 
 or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this section, be 
 granted to said State, (f) 
 
 Fifth. That five per cent, of the net proceeds of sales of all public *" ive P er cent - 
 lands lying within the said State, which have been or shall be sold by &JESS&J?. 
 Congress, from and after the admission of said State into the Union, en tor roads and 
 after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to canals. 
 the said State, for the purpose of making public roads and canals in 
 the same, as the legislature shall direct: (/) Provided, That the fore- Condition. 
 going propositions herein offered are on the condition that the said 
 convention which shall form the constitution of said State shall pro- 
 vide, by a clause in said constitution, or an ordinance, irrevocable with- 
 out the consent of the United States, that said State shall never inter- 
 fere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United 
 States, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for secur- 
 ing the title in such soil to bona-fide purchasers thereof ; and that no T;ix. s 
 tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and 
 that in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than resi- 
 dents. ((j) 
 
 a) See Nos. 31*, 394, 4^7, 491, 498, 499, 597, 600, 602, C03, 606, 608, 613, 624, 626, 629. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 619. 626, 620. 
 
 <c) See Nos. 609^ 626, 629, 640. 
 
 ( d) See Nos 626, 629. 
 
 (6) Sec Nos.. 626, 129, 634, 640. 
 
 <f) See Nos. 626, 629, 661. 
 
 7> See No. 600. 
 
 >o. (;^:|. AN ACT to grant a certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement Aug. , 1646. 
 <>f the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the same by a canal, in the Ter- Vol. 9, p. 83. 
 ritorv of Wisconsin. --- 
 
 Be it enacted, <JY., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State Grant of land 
 of Wisconsin, on the admission of such State into the Union, for the * a1 .^ in improv- 
 purpose of improving the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, Wisconsin * riv- 
 In the Territory of Wisconsin, and of constructing the canal to unite ers. 
 
262 WISCONSIN. 
 
 the said rivers, at or near the Portage, a quantity of land, equal to one 
 half of three sections in width, on each side of the said Fox River, and 
 the lakes through which it passes, from its mouth to the point where 
 the Portage canal shall enter the same, and on each side of Haid canal from 
 one stream to the other, reserving the alternate sections to the United 
 States, to be selected under the direction of the governor of said State, 
 and such selection to be approved by the President of the United States. 
 The said risers, when improved, and the said canal, when finished, shall be 
 and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Government of 
 United States the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever for the 
 
 tou8e8aidiiver8 tran8 p 0rtation of tne taA n Sj or for any property of the United States, 
 
 from toll. or Persons in their service passing upon or along the same : Provided, 
 
 Price of lands. The said alternate sections, reserved to the United States, shall not be 
 P r e - e mption sold at a less rate than two dollars and fifty cents the acre : Provided, 
 
 claims. also, That no preemptive claim to the lands so reserved shall give ihe 
 
 occupant, or any other person claiming through or under him, a right 
 
 to said lands at any price less than the price fixed in this act, at the 
 
 time of the settlement on said lands. 
 
 Lands to be- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the Territory of Wis- 
 
 come the proper- con&in shall be admitted as a State into the Union, all the lands granted 
 8m- by this act shall be and become the property of said State for the pur- 
 pose contemplated in this act, and no other: Provided, That the legisla- 
 ture of said State shall agree to accept said grant upon the terms speci- 
 The price of fied in this act ; and shall have power to fix the price at which said 
 
 the land to be not ] an j s sna ji fc e 8O ld, not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents the 
 
 per acre" 1 acre an( l * adopt such kind and plan of improvement on said route 
 
 as the said legislature shall from time to time determine for the best 
 
 Limitation on interest of said State. Provided also, That the lands hereby granted 
 
 quantities to be sna n no t be conveyed or disposed of by said State, except as said im- 
 provements shall progress : that is, the said State may sell so much of 
 said lands as shall produce the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and 
 then the sales shall cease until the governor of said State shall certify 
 the fact to the President of the United States, that one- half of said 
 sum has been expended upon said improvements, when the said State 
 may sell and dispose of a quantity of said lands sufficient to reimburse 
 the amount expended ; and thus the sales shall progress as the proceeds 
 thereof shall be expended, and the fact of such expenditure certified in 
 the manner herein mentioned. 
 Title of pur- gEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said improvement shall be 
 
 thufact shall be ? ommence< * within three years after the said State shall be admitted 
 into the Union, and completed within twenty years, or the United States 
 shall be entitled to receive the amount for which any of said lands may 
 have been sold by said State : Provided, That the title of purchasers 
 under the sales made by the State in pursuance of this act shall be 
 valid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 629, 631. fi3i>. G4:$. 650, 671. 
 
 Aug. 10, 1*46. JT. 24 .AX AC T making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of 
 Vol. 9, p. 85. Government, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and 
 forty-seven, and for other purposes. 
 
 # # * * * * * 
 
 So much of line SEC. 4. And Ic it further enacted, That the surveyor-general northwest 
 
 i aandTvscon- of tne ^ nio under the direction of the President, be, and hereby is, re- 
 sunas lies be- quired to cause to be surveyed, marked, and designated, so much of the 
 tween the sour- line between Michigan and Wisconsin as lies between the source of 
 cesof Brul6 and Brule River and the source of Montreal River, as defined by the "Act 
 tobe^rveved' to enaole tne People of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution aud 
 State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union ;" 
 and the expense of such survey shall be paid, upon the certificate of 
 the said surveyor-general, out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated, not exceeding one thousand dollars, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 378, 394, 487, 401, 498, 499, 597, 600, 602, 603, 606, 608, 613, 622, 626, 629. 
 
 
WISCONSIN, 
 
 263 
 
 625. AX ACT to grant a right of preemption to Philip F. Bering and Robert Feb. 25, 1847. 
 H. Champion to a tract of mineral land. Vol. 9, p. 686. 
 
 Be it enacted, t fc., That there be, and hereby is, granted to Philip F. n _^ 1 J_ r ri i 8 |lt g[ 
 _>ering and Robert H. Champion, of the county of Iowa, and Territory KSn lands 
 of Wisconsin, the right of preemption to the northeast quarter, and east granted to P. F. 
 half of the northwest quarter, of section numbered twenty-six, in Bering and n. H. 
 township numbered one north, of range numbered one east, of the Champion, 
 fourth principal meridian, being the laud now occupied by them under 
 a lease from the United States as mineral land : Provided, That said Der- Proviso as to 
 ing and Champion shall make full payment for the same at the proper payment. 
 land office within six months after the passage of this act : And pro- 
 vided, further. That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to Proviso, 
 affect* the lawful claims of any other person or persons to the same, by 
 virtue of existing laws. 
 
 fo. 620. AN ACT for the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union. March 3 1847. 
 
 Hiereas the people of the Territory of Wisconsin did, on the six- 
 
 jnth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-six, by a conven- Preamble, 
 tion of delegates called and assembled for that purpose, form for them- 
 selves a constitution and State government, which said constitution is 
 republican ; and said convention having asked the admission of said 
 Territory into the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the original 
 States 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the State of Wisconsin be, and the same is here- Wisconsin ad- 
 by, declared to be, one of the United States of America, and is hereby nritted into the 
 admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, union, 
 in all respects whatever. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le It further enacted, That the assent of Congress is hereby change of 
 given to the change of boundary proposed in the first article of said boundary, &c. 
 constitution, to wit : Leaving the boundary line prescribed in the act of 
 Congress entitled " An act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory 
 to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of 
 such State into the Union,' 7 at the first rapids in the river St. Louis, 
 thence in a direct line southwardly to a point fifteen miles east of the 
 most easterly point in Lake St. Croix, thence due south to the main 
 channel of the Mississippi River or Lake Pepin, thence down the said 
 main channel, as prescribed in said act. () 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the assent of Congress is hereby Assent O f con- 
 given to the resolutions adopted by said convention and appended to gr ess to resolu- 
 said constitution, and the acts of Congress referred to in said resolutions tions of conven- 
 are hereby amended so that the lands thereby granted and the proceeds tion t re ^ ti ^/j t j > 
 thereof, and the five per centum of the net proceeds of the public lands, fJJJ 1 f h 
 may be held and disposed of by said State, in the manner and for the cent fund, 
 purposes recommended by said convention : (ft) Provided, however, That Proviso, 
 the liabilities incurred by the Territorial government of Wisconsin, under 
 the act entitled "An act to grant a quantity of land to the Territory of 
 Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the 
 waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock River," shall be paid and 
 discharged by said State : (c) And provided, further, That the even-num- Price of public 
 hered sections along the route of said proposed canal sliall be brought lands. 
 into market, and sold at the same minimum price, and subject to the 
 same rights of preemption to all the settlers thereon, at the passage of 
 this act, as other public lands of the United States, (d) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it is made and declared to be a Assent to a cci- 
 fundamental condition of the admission of said State of Wisconsin into required as aconl 
 the Union, that the constitution adopted at Madison, on the sixteenth dition of admis" 
 day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, sion. 
 shall be assented to by the qualified electors, in the manner and at the 
 times prescribed in the ninth section of the twentieth article of said 
 constitution. And as soon as such assent shall be given, the President President to 
 of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation ; and "?^ e 
 therefrom, and without any further proceedings on the part of Congress, 
 the admission of said State of Wisconsin into the Union, on an equal 
 
264 WISCONSIN. 
 
 faceting iu all respects whatever with the original States, shall be con- 
 sidered as complete. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 378, 394, 487, 491, 498, 499, 597, 600, 602, 603, 606, 608, 613, 622, 624, 629. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 009, 6i9. 622, 629, 634, 640, 661. 
 (c)SeeXos. (i 0,629,' 661. 
 
 id) See Nos. 3c9. 599, 601, 610, 616, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654. 656, 659, 663, 667, 
 679, 680, 6*<>. <i94. 
 
 March 3, 1H47. No< goy ,_^N ACT to create an additional land district in the Territory of Wiscon- 
 
 sin, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be ii enacted, 4'r., That all that portion of the public lands lying within 
 the Territory of Wisconsin, north and west of the following boundary, 
 Boundary. to w j^ . commencing at the Mississippi River on the line between town- 
 ships twenty-two and twenty- three north, running thence east along 
 said line to the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said meri- 
 dian line to the line dividing townships twenty-nine and thirty, thence 
 east along said township line to the Wisconsin River, thence up the 
 main channel of said river to the boundary line between the State of 
 Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin, shall form a land district, to 
 be called the Chippewa land district ; and, for the sale of the lauds in 
 be efrtablfshed t0 8a ^ district, a land office shall be established at such place therein as 
 
 the President of the United States may select, (a) 
 
 a m SaSi oVof SEC> 2> And 1)C jt f ur1her e a ctc<l, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 lands in said dis- ^ ua ll cause a geological examination and survey of the lands embraced 
 trict to be made, in said district to be made and reported to the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office. And the President is hereby authorized to cause such 
 other tends to te ^ 8a ^ l an ds as ma y contain copper, lead, or other valuable ores, to be 
 exposed to sale, exposed to sale, giving six months' notice of thetimes and places of sales 
 in sijch newspapers of general circulation in the several States as he may 
 deem expedient, with a brief description of the lands to be offered; 
 showing the number and localities of the mines known, the probability 
 of discovering others, the quality of the ores, the facilities of working 
 the mines, and the means and expense of transporting their products to 
 t he principal markets in the United States. And all the lands embraced 
 in said district, not reported as aforesaid, shall be sold iu the same man- 
 ner as other lands under the laws now in force for the sale of the public 
 &c C to 10 be 8 re- - an( ^ 8 ' excepting and reserving from such sales section sixteen in each 
 served.' township for the use of schools, and such reservations as the President 
 
 shall deem necessary for public uses. (&) 
 
 rieMto P actuai S . EC ' 3 ' A nd be ' ' f urtlier enacted, That every person or persons who shall 
 occupants of oe in possession, by actual occupancy, of a mine or mines, actually dis- 
 mines. covered previous to the passage of this act, and who shall pay the same 
 
 rents as those who hold under leases from the Secretary of War, and 
 which rents accruing from such occupants and lessees shall be paid and 
 delivered to such officer of the Government as the Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall direct, shall be entitled to purchase the lands on which 
 the same is or are situated at any time prior to the day of sale fixed by 
 the President, in legal subdivisions, not exceeding in the aggregate one 
 hundred and sixty acres, to include such mine or mines, paying to the 
 P of to be Unite<1 States therefor at the rate of five dollars per acre : Provided , 
 ma de. That, prior to any entry being made under the provisions of this sec*iou, 
 
 proof of possession and occupancy as* aforesaid of the mine or mines 
 claimed shall be made to the register and receiver of the land district, 
 together with the evidence of the payment of all rents due the United 
 States, agreeably to such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of 
 the Treasury for that purpose, which register and receiver shall each be 
 entitled to receive one dollar for his services therein : Provided, Thatan 
 Appeals may a p pea i f rom the decision of the register and receiver to the Secretary of 
 retan of Treas- tne Treasury may be had, under such regulations as the said Secretary 
 ury. ' may prescribe. And if two or more persons are in possession of the same 
 
 Joint occupa- quarter-section, the first occupant shall be entitled to a preference, un- 
 less the same can be so divided by legal subdivisions as to give to each 
 the discov jry claimed by him. 
 
 landBsoai^bVof- Sl<:c - 4 - - hi(l bc H further enacted, That, the said mineral lands shall be 
 ered for sale. offered for sale in 'subdivisions of quarter qi .irter-sections, and no bid 
 shall be received at a less rate than five dollars per acre; and if .such 
 Occupied lands land 8na11 not be 8ol d at public sale, they shall be subject, to entry at 
 to be withheld, private sale at that price: Provided, That no legal division or subdi- 
 vision of any of said lauds, upon which there may be an outstanding 
 
WISCONSIN. 
 
 265 
 
 lease or leases from the Secretary of War unexpired or undetermined, 
 and which is actually occupied for mining purposes, and the occupants 
 of which have complied with all the requisites of such lease or leases, 
 and continued to perform the same, shall be sold until after the determi- 
 nation of such lease or leases by efflux of time, voluntary surrender, or 
 other legal extinguishment thereof, except in such cases as are provided 
 for in the third section of this act ; and the lessees, respectively, shall 
 
 B entitled to the privilege secured by said section upon the voluntary 
 
 irrender of the lease or Jeases held by them*. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the management and control of Management 
 mineral lands shall be transferred from t^e War Department, and miueraTlauds to 
 
 laced under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury Department, be transferred to 
 
 id all books, maps, papers, instruments, and other property procured Treasury De- 
 he used and employed in the management, survey, exploring, or con- payment, &c. 
 
 icting of said mineral lauds by the War Department, shall be delivered 
 
 rer and made subject to the disposition of the Secretary of the Treas- 
 
 ry- (0 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President, by and with the 
 
 Ivice and consent of the Senate, so soon as a sufficient number of town- 
 
 lips are surveyed, and returns thereof made to the General Land Office, 
 
 i authorize the commencement of the sales in said district, shall ap- 
 
 )int one register and one receiver for the land office in said district, who 
 
 shall reside at the place designated by the President for the land office, 
 
 receive such compensation, give security, and discharge all duties per- 
 
 taining to such office, as are prescribed by law. (6) 
 
 () See Xos. 389, 599, 601, 630, 636. 642, 647, 663. 
 
 (ft) See Xos. :5i?9, 5!U>, GUI, 010, 616, 626, 629. 630, (i35, G44, 649. 650, Gf,4, .">), (559, 663, (567, 
 
 679. (J(?'i, 686, 694. 
 to) Sr<> Xos. 421, 518, 577, 620, C33, 688. 
 
 Register and 
 (: 
 
 fo. (,-2S. AX ACT for the relief of the citizens of Beetown, in the Territory of March 3, 1847. 
 Wisconsin. Vol. 9, p. 692. 
 
 Ik it enacted, cfc., That the citizens of the town of Beetown. in the Citizens of Bee- 
 Territory of Wisconsin, shall be entitled to enter, at the proper land own authorized 
 office, the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast 
 quarter, of section thirty, in township number four north, in range 
 four west, in said Territory, at the minimum price, for the use and ben- 
 efit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests : 
 Provided, That such entry may he made in the name of the corporate En 
 authorities of said town ; and if said town shall not be incorporated, m! 
 in the name of the district judge of the district in which such town is 
 situated, in trust for the use and benefit of the citizens of said town, 
 the execution of which trust as to the disposal of the lots in such town, 
 and the proceeds of the sales thereof, to be conducted under such rules 
 and regulations as may be prescribed by the legislature of the Territory 
 or State of Wisconsin'. 
 
 now 
 
 629. AX ACT for the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union. May 2 g 1948. 
 Whereas the people of the Territory of Wisconsin did, on the first VoL 9 ' P- 833 '- 
 iv of February, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, by a convention Preamble. 
 
 delegates, called and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves 
 constitution and State government, which said constitution is repub- 
 can,aml said convention having asked the admission of said Territory 
 it.o the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the original States : 
 Be it exacted, <jY , That the State of Wisconsin be, and is hereby, ad- state of Wia- 
 litted to be one of the United States of America, and is hereby admit- consin admitted 
 
 I into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all into the Union- 
 
 spects whatever, with the boundary prescribed by the act of Congress, Boundaries. 
 >proved August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled "An 
 t to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution 
 ad State government, and for the admission of such State into the 
 In ion." (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assent of .Congress is Assent of Con- 
 jreby given to the lirst, second, fourth and fifth resolutions adopted gress given to 
 ~ said convention, and appended to said constitution ; and the acts of certain resolu- 
 
266 WISCONSIN. 
 
 tiona i of the cop- Congress referred to in the said resolutions are hereby amended, so that 
 vention of said tne i an d 8 granted by the provisions of the several acts referred to in 
 forming a consti- tno 8aid first and fourth resolutions, and the proceeds of said lands, 
 tntion, ami cer- and the five per centum of the net proceeds of the public lands therein- 
 tain acts of Con- mentioned, shall be held and disposed of by said State, in the man- 
 fp^!^^^" ner aud for tne Purposes recommended by said convention (&) ; and so 
 *<" e l " that, also, the lands reserved to the United States by the provisions 
 
 of the act entitled "An act to grant a quantity of land to aid in the 
 improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the 
 same by a canal in the Territory of Wisconsin ; " (e) and, also, the even 
 numbered sections reserved by the provisions of the act entitled "An 
 act to grant a quantity of land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the 
 purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake 
 Michigan with those of Rock River," (d) shall be offered for sale at the 
 same minimum price, and subject to the same rights of preemption, as 
 Proviso .la to other public lands of the United States : (e) Provided, however, That no 
 pre-emption person shall be entitled to a preemption by reason of the settlement 
 and cultivation of any quarter-section or other subdivision of said even- 
 numbered sections, which tract, before the commencement of such set- 
 tlement, shall have been claimed by any other person cultivating and 
 improving the same in good faith, and which shall have continued to 
 be claimed, cultivated, and improved in like good faith by such person, 
 his representatives or assigns, until the sale of said tract, and of which 
 said prior claim, cultivation, and improvement, the person so claiming 
 pre-emption shall have had notice at the time of his entry and settle- 
 ment ; neither shall any preemption be allowed to any tract, to the 
 injury of any person, or of the representatives or assigns of any person, 
 claiming and occupying the same or any part thereof in good faith, in 
 his or her right, at the passage of this act, and owning valuable culti- 
 vation or improvements thereon, which cultivation or improvements 
 shall have been assigned by the person so claiming preemption, or, if 
 comrrenced subsequently to the entry and settlement of such person, 
 shall have been made with his consent or acquiescence. And provided 
 Certain \ia\)\\i- further, That the liabilities incurred by the Territorial government of 
 ^ft 10 ^ M8U P 1 ' 'Wisconsin, under the act entitled "An act to grant a quantity of land 
 sin ' to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a 
 canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock 
 River," hereinbefore referred to, shall be paid and discharged by the 
 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Purchasers of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the purchasers of any tract of 
 certain tracts at the said even-numbered sections mentioned in the preceding section, 
 recefre certifU ant * 8old since tte reservation thereof at the minimum price of two dol- 
 cates of thelars and fifty cents per acre, shall be entitled to receive from the Com- 
 amountof excess missioner of the General Land Office a certificate of the quantity of 
 paid over *i-25 land so purchased, and of the amount of the excess paid therefor over 
 shal^be^eceived and aDove tne value of said land, at the rate of one dollar and twenty- 
 inpayment of the five cents per acre; which certificate, to the amount of such excess, 
 public lands of shall be receivable from the holder thereof, or his assigns, in like man- 
 theTJnitedStates. ner as so much money, in payment of the public lands of the United 
 States. That, in the event of the death of any such purchaser before 
 the issuing of such certificate, the same shall be issued in favor of the 
 lawful representatives of such purchaser. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 378, 394, 487, 491, 498, 499, 597, 600, 602, 603, 606, 60S, (513, 623, 624, 626. 
 (6) See Xos. 609, 619, 622,' 6-26, 634, 640, 661. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 623, 631, 639, 643, 650, 671. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 610. 626, 661. 
 
 (e) See Xos. 389,' 599, 601, 610. 616, 626, 627, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656. 659, 663, fr 
 680.686,694. 
 
 !. 63O. AX ACT for changing the location of the land office in the Cbippewa land 
 Marcii a, U4J. district, and establishing an additional land district in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 V Ol. H, p. oOi. 
 
 fti- it enacted, i'-c., That from and after the thirtieth June next, the 
 Faift st rroi? laml office for the 8ale of the P ublic lands in the Chippewa land district 
 Wisconsin to be shall be removed from the Falls of St. Croix, to Stillwater, in the county 
 removed t<> still- o f St. Croix, in the proposed Territory of Minesota; and sales of the 
 water. public lands in said district shall thereafter be held at Stillwater, in the 
 
 county aforesaid. 
 
and 
 
 WISCONSIN. 267 
 
 SEC. -2. And be it further enacted, That for the sale of the public lands Additional land 
 
 the Territory (a) of WiscoDsin, an additional land office and laud dis- 
 t are hereby created, comprising all the lands not included within 
 districts of land subject to sale at Green Bay, Milwaukee, or Min- 
 
 al Point, which shall be called the western land district. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is Register a 
 
 reby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of "^JJ5 ed *th 
 
 he Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for the said pj er8| duties, 
 
 district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the siteof said office, and compensa- 
 
 d who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be tions. 
 
 tilled to the same compensation as are, or may be, prescribed by law 
 
 relation to other laud officers of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it farther enacted, That the President is authorized to Lands in said 
 cause the public lauds in the said district, with the exemption of sec- district to be ex- 
 tions numbered sixteen, in each township, reserved for the use of schools, p06 
 or such other lauds as may be selected by law in lieu thereof, and of 
 such other tracts as he may select for military or other purposes, to be 
 exposed to sale in the same manner, and upon the same terms and con- 
 ditions, as the other public lands of the United States. () 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby author- President to 
 ized to designate the site at which the said office shall be established, designate the site 
 and to remove the same to any other place within said district, when- 
 ever, in his opinion, it may be deemed expedient. 
 
 (a) See No. 632. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 627, 636, 642, 647, 663. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 6lfi, 626, 627, 629, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 667, 679 
 680, 6f 6, 694. 
 
 - 
 
 o. 631 .AN ACT in i*elation to the Fox and Wisconsin river reservation, in the March 2, 1849. 
 State of Wisconsin. Vol. 9, p. 352. 
 
 Me it enacted, cf-c., That all land entries made in the Green Bay land Certain entries 
 district, in the State of Wisconsin, upon the odd-numbered sections of of laud in the 
 the Fox and Wisconsin river reservation, in said State, subsequent to dislrj^^ontir 
 the passage of an act entitled " An act to grant a certain quantity of e{ \ 
 laud to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, aud 
 connect the same by canal, in the Territory of Wisconsin," approved on 
 the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty- six, be, and the 
 same are hereby, declared to be good and valid as though said act had 
 not been passed : Provided, nevertheless, That the governor of said State Proviso, 
 is hereby authorized to select the same quantity of other lands in lieu 
 thereof ; subject, however, to the approval 01 the President of the United 
 States, (o) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all similar entries made upon Certain other 
 the even-numbered sections of said reservations be also declared to be entries confirm- 
 as good and valid as though said resc rvation had not been made. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 623, 629, 639, 643, 650, 671. 
 
 i! b*2. A RESOLUTION to nx the meaning of tbc second section of an act for March 3, 1849. 
 changing the location of the land office in the Chippewa land district, and establish- Vol. 9 p. 420. 
 ing an additional land district in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Hesolved, cj-o., That the word " Territory," in the second section of the The word 
 act entitled " An act for changing the location of the land office in the " Territory," in 
 Chippewa land district, and establishing an additional laud districtin the the *}. her e ^ n 
 State of Wisconsin," approved at the present session of Congress, be construed so as to 
 construed to be and mean " State." (a) mean " State'.' 
 
 (a) See No. 630. 
 
 633. AN ACT to reduce the minimum price of the mineral lands in the Lake Sept 6, 1850.. 
 Superior district in Michigan, and in the Cbippewa district in Wisconsin. Vol. 9, p. 472. 
 
 MICHIGAN, No. 518.] 
 
268 WISCONSIN. 
 
 Mav 4, 185-2. No. 634. AX ACT to extend the time for selecting lands granted to the State of 
 VoL 10, p. 5. Wisconsin for saline purposes. 
 
 Time for se- Be it en acted, tfc., That the time for selecting lands for saline purposes, 
 lecting Wiscon- granted to the State of Wisconsin by virtue of the fourth subdivision of 
 8in ^t H DdS tne sevt* 11 * 11 section of an act entitled "An act to enable the people of 
 
 t t 
 
 l 1854 a Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution and State government, and 
 
 for the admission of such State into the Union," approved the sixth day 
 of August, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same 
 is hereby extended to the first day of January, in the year eighteen hun- 
 dred and fifty-four ; and the laud so selected previous to the day last 
 mentioned, shall be granted to said State for the same purposes, on the 
 same conditions, and with like effect, as if the same had been selected 
 and confirmed within the time limited by the act above mentioned, (a) 
 
 (a) See Kos. 62-2, 626, 629, 640. 
 
 Ma^' 27, 1852. No. 635. AX ACT to grant to certain settlers on the Menonionee purchase, north 
 Vol. 10, p. 7. of Fox River, iu the State of Wisconsin, the right of preemption. 
 
 Pre-emption Be it enacted, <J'r., That every person being the head of a family, widow, 
 
 rights in Meno- or single man over the age of twenty-one years, who, on the first day 
 
 monee purchase o f j une) eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall be an actual settler and 
 
 October 1^1848 housekeeper, .and have made other improvements, on a*iy tract within 
 
 the body of lands ceded to the United States by the treaty of eighteenth 
 
 October, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, with the Menomonee tribe 
 
 of Indians, is hereby entitled to the same right of preemption, and upon 
 
 the same terms and conditions as is prescribed by the act entitled "An 
 
 act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to 
 
 grant preemption rights," approved fourth September, eighteen hun- 
 
 Proriso. dred and forty-one : Provided, That where there shall be more than one 
 
 such settler on any quarter-section, fractional quarter-section, or frac- 
 
 tion of a section less than one huuared and sixty acres, the rights of 
 
 such settlers, as to the land settled on, shall be the same as those pre- 
 
 scribed by the eighth section of the act entitled "An act to authorize 
 
 the investigation of certain alleged frauds under the preemption laws, 
 
 and for other purposes," approved third March, eighteen hundred and 
 
 Proviso. forty-three, for setrlers therein provided for: And provided further, That 
 
 the preemption rights provided for in this act shall attach only to such 
 
 land as shall become subject to sale at the minimum price of one dollar 
 
 and twenty-five cents an acre. () 
 
 (a) See Xos. 3*9, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 644. 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 667. .7!, 
 680. 686, 694. 
 
 July 30, 1852. No. 636. AX ACT to establish additional land districts in the State of Wisconsin. 
 Be it enac ted, <V <-., That so much of the public lands of the United S ; 
 
 Stevens' Point in the State of Wisconsin, as lies within the following boundaries, to 
 
 land district con- w it : Commencing at the southwest corner of township fifteen, north 
 
 18 " of range two, east of the fourth principal meridian, thence running due 
 
 east to the southeast corner of township fifteen, north of range eleven, 
 
 east of the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said range line 
 
 to the north line of the State of Wisconsin, thence westerly along said 
 
 north line to the line between ranges one and two, east of the fourth 
 
 principal meridian, thence south to the place of beginning, shall be 
 
 formed into a new land district, to be called the Stevens Point land 
 
 Provisions for district, and for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby 
 
 a land office at constituted, a laud office shall be established at Stevens Point, on the 
 
 Stevens Point. \\Ti 8Con8 i a River, as soou as the public convenience may require it. 
 
 La Crosse land ^EC. 2 And be it further enacted, That so much of the public lands of 
 district cpnstitut- the United States, in the State of Wisconsin, as lies within the follow- 
 ed in Wisconsin, ing boundaries, to wit : Commencing at a point where the line between 
 townships ten and eleven, north, touches the Mississippi River, thence 
 due east to the fourth principal meridian, thence north to the line be- 
 tween townships fourteen and fifteen, north, thence east to the south- 
 east corner of township fifteen, north of range one, east of the fourth 
 principal meridian, thence north on the range line to the south line of 
 township number thirty-one, north, thence west on the line between 
 townships number thirty and thirty-one, to the Chippewa River, thence 
 down said river to its junction with the Mississippi River, thence down 
 the Mississippi River to the place of beginning, shall be formed into a 
 
WISCONSIN. 269 
 
 >w land district, to be called the La Crosse laud district, and for the Provision for a 
 of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land land office at La 
 ice shall be established at La Croese, on the Mississippi River, as soon CI 
 the public conveniences may require it. 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby author- Said land offices 
 ized to cause the removal of either of the offices created by this act, to may be removed 
 any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, snch bv tue Presi(lent - 
 removal may be deemed expedient. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby Provision for 
 athorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate', ^e appointment 
 register-and a receiver of public moneys for each of the said districts, * i(1 Districts. 
 ' > shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said office, 
 who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be 
 ititled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law 
 relation to other land officers of the United States. And in case it 
 11 be found necessary or expedient to establish said districts, or either 
 . them, during the recess of Congress, the President shall be, and he 
 hereby authorized to appoint the necessary officers during such recess, 
 id until the end of the next session of Congress : Provided, however. Act, when to 
 it this act shall not go into effect until at least six months after its take effect - 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Books, &c., to 
 ral Land Office shall cause to be transferred to the land offices hereby be transferred to 
 seated, all such books, maps, records, field-notes, and plats, or tran- O ftf ces liew - 
 sripts thereof, relating to the surveys and entries of the public lands 
 in the districts hereby created, as may be necessary for the sale of the 
 mblic lands, in compliance with the provisions of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 627, 630, 642, 647, 663. 
 
 No. 637 .AN ACT for the relief of John W. Quinney, a Stockbridge Indian. Jan. 27, 1853. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That in lieu of all the rights of John W. Quinney 
 the lands and annuities of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians, and in Payment to be 
 annuities, money, or land to which said Indians now are or may ^ Ouinnev out 
 sreafter be entitled under existing treaties, there sho.ll be paid to the O f ' moneys due 
 kid John W. Quinney, out of the moneys now due and payable to thd t he Stock- 
 tid Stockbridge tribe of Indians, the sum of one thousand dollars, or bridges, 
 much more or less than that sum as shall be declared to be just and 
 oper by the chiefs and head men of said Stockbridge tribe ; and there 
 hall also be granted to the said John W. Quinney, in fee-simple, and to A parcel of 
 iis heirs and assigns forever, the tract or parcel of land now in the pos- ^ ntl S ranted to 
 -sssion and occupancy of the said John W. Quinney, in Stockbridge, in ' 
 le State of Wisconsin, and bounded and described as follows, to wit: 
 ninded on the north by lot number thirty-three, recommended to be 
 ttented to Mr. Dinslow, in the Stockbridge treaty of November twenty- 
 mrth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and the United States lot 
 mmbered seventy-four; south by lots numbered thirty-seven and 
 jventy, recommended to be patented to Mr. John Dick ; east by the 
 lilitary road (so called) passing through the town of Stockbridge, and 
 est by the Winnebago Lake containing three hundred and sixty 
 jres of land, more or less ; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner 
 of the General Land Office to cause the said piece of land to be surveyed, 
 and to issue to the said John W. Quinney a patent therefor, in accord- 
 ance with such survey. 
 
 No. 638. AN ACT to confirm to Hercnles L. Dousman his title to farm-lot number Feb 23 1854 
 thirty-two, adjoining the town of Prairie du Chien, in the State of Wisconsin. Vol. 10, p. 774. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the title of Hercules L. Dousman to farm-lot Hercules~L. 
 number thirty-two, adjoining the town of Prairie du Chien, in the State Dousman'a farm- 
 of Wisconsin, supposed to contain one hundred and thirty acres, more lot confirmed. 
 or less, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and that a patent shall 
 issue therefor, as in other cases : Provided, That this is only to operate Proviso . oper- 
 as a relinquishment on the part of the United Stares of her title to said ationsof this act, 
 laml. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 4fi4, 4fi<;, 5!)r>, 596, 645, 646, 652, 655, 670, 690. 
 
270 WISCONSIN. 
 
 Augusts, 1854. No. 639. AX ACT to authorize the State of Wisconsin to select the residue of the 
 Vol. 18, p. 345. lands to which she is entitled under the act of eighth of August, eighteen hundred 
 and forty-six, for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. 
 
 Selection of the Be it enacted, #c., That the governor of the State of Wisconsin is 
 balance of land hereby authorized to cause to be selected the balance of the land to 
 granted by act of wn i cn that State is entitled under the provisions of the act of the eighth 
 of August, eighteen hundred and forty -six, granting land to aid the Ter- 
 ritory of Wisconsin in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin 
 rivers, and to connect the same by a canal, out of any of the unsold 
 public lands in said State, subject to private entry at one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents per acre, and not claimed by preemption ; the quan- 
 tity to be ascertained upon the principles which governed the final ad- 
 justment of the grant to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie 
 Canal, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved the ninth 
 of May, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 623, 629, 631, 643, 650, 671. 
 
 Dec. 15, 1-54. ^o. 640. AN ACT to relinquish to the State of Wisconsin the lands reserved for 
 Vol. 10, p. 597. salt springs therein . 
 
 Seventy -t wo ^ e it enacted, $<:., That in lieu of the "twelve salt springs, with sir 
 sections may be sections of land adjoining to each," heretofore granted to the State of 
 selected in lieu Wisconsin for its use by the fourth clause of the seventh section of the 
 b v aet'of f e?6 act entitJed "An act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a 
 constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State 
 into the Union," approved the sixth day of August, in the year eighteen 
 hundred and fort -six there be and hereby is granted to the said State 
 of Wisconsin, (a, to be selected by the legislature of said State out of 
 any public land subject to private entry, and to be sold in such manner 
 as the legislature may direct, for the benefit and in aid of the uni- 
 versity of said State, and for no other purpose whatever, seventy-two 
 sections of laud: Provided, That any selections of land heretofore made 
 under the act entitled "An act to extend the time for selecting land 
 granted to the State of Wisconsin for saline purposes," approved the 
 fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and which shall not 
 have been sold by the Unite 1 States, and is not legally claimed by pre- 
 emption, or otherwise, shall be, and hereby are granted and confirmed 
 to said State for the use of the university of said State, as a part of the 
 seventy -two sections hereby granted. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 622, 626, 629, 634. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 609, 622, 626, 629. 
 
 Dec. 19, 1854. jvo. 641. AX ACT to provide for the extinguishment of the title of the Chippewa 
 
 Vol. 10, p. 598. Indians to the lands, owned and claimed by them in the Ten itory of Minnesota, and 
 
 State of Wisconsin, and for their domestication and civilization. 
 
 [.See MINNESOTA, No. 1846.] 
 
 Feb. 24, 1855. No. 642 __ AX ACT to establish an additional land district in the State of Wis- 
 VoL 10, p. 615. consin. 
 
 Food du Lac Be it enacted, <fc., That all that part of the present Willow River land 
 
 laud district con- district, in the State of Wisconsin, lying north of the line dividing towu- 
 
 stituted in Wis- ships forty and forty-one, (or fourth correction line), be, and the same 
 
 <-' on -->i IJ - is hereby, 'created a "land district, to be called the Fond du Lac district; 
 
 the office for which shall be located at such place therein as the Presi- 
 
 dent may, from time to time, direct. 
 
 IU.-gi.ster and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the 
 receiver. President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register 
 
 and a receiver for said district, who shall respectively be required to 
 reside at the site of the office, be subject to the same laws, and entitled 
 to the same compensation, as is, or may hereafter be, prescribed by law 
 in relation to other land offices of the United States. 
 
 le.s to con- g E c 3. And be it further enacted, That the sales shall continue at the 
 tinue in old dis- willow River district till the land officers for that district are notified 
 i* in operation that the officers for the district created by this act are prepared to enter 
 saiariesof land on their duties; and in all cases hereafter the salaries of laud officers 
 shall commence only from the time they enter on the discharge of their 
 duties, (a) 
 
 (a)See Xos. 389, 599, 601, 627, 630, 636, 647. 663. 
 
WISCONSIN. 271 
 
 >. 643. A RESOLUTION explanatory of an act passed August third, eighteen March 3, 1855. 
 hundred and fifty-four. Vol. 10, p. 724. 
 
 Boohed, $c., That it was the intention of the act of Congress, ap- Constructionof 
 A roved August third, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the same act of 1854, res_ 
 shall be construed, to give to Wisconsin, in aid of the improvement of p 
 the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, a quantity of land, 
 equal mile for mile of its improvement to that granted to Indiana, under 
 the provisions of the act of Congress approved May the ninth, eighteen 
 "lundred and forty-eight. () 
 
 (a) See Nos. 623, 629, 631. 639, 650, 671. 
 
 644. AN ACT granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the June 3, 1856. 
 construction of railroads iu said State. Vol. n, p. 26. 
 
 Be it enacted, <jr., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State G ran t of land 
 of Wisconsin for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad to Wisconsin for 
 from Madison, or Columbus, by the way of Portage City to the St. Croix railroads. 
 River or Lake between townships twenty- five and thirty-one, and from 
 thence to the west end of Lake Superior; and to Bay field; and also 
 from Fond du Lac on Lake Winnebago, northerly to the State line, 
 every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sec- 
 tions in width on each side of said roads respectively. But in case it Grant in lieu of 
 shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of sections sold or 
 said roads are definitely fixed, sold any sections or parts thereof granted pre-empted. 
 as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, 
 then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents, to be appointed by the 
 governor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary 
 of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tier 
 of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections, or parts of 
 sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold 
 or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of pre-emption has 
 attached, as aforesaid, which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold and 
 to which pre-emption has attached as aforesaid, together with the sec- 
 tions and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and 
 
 in each case, and selected for and on account of said roads : Provided 
 
 further, That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the Grant , how ap 
 
 constructiou of that road for which i t was granted and selected, and shall P lied - 
 
 be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied 
 
 to no other purpose whatsoever : And provided further, That any and all Act not to ap- 
 
 lands reserved to the United States by any act' of Congress for the pur- ply to reserva- 
 
 pose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or in any manner \* ou ^ } xc . 6 P t as 
 
 for any purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to Mg 
 
 the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may 
 
 be found necessary to locate the route of said railroads through such 
 
 reserved lands, in which case the right of way only shall be granted, 
 
 subject to the approval of the President of the United States, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- Price of alter - 
 tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, nate sections 
 within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than doubled - 
 double the minimum price of the public lands when sold ; nor shall any 
 of said lands become subject to private entry until the same have been 
 first offered at public sale at the increased price. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Object of grant. 
 to said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for 
 the purposes aforesaid, and no other ; and the said railroads shall be and Railroads to be 
 remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United public highways 
 States free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of property * or Government. 
 or troops of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lauds, how dis- 
 tid State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, P sed ot - 
 lat is to say : that a quantity of laud not exceeding one hundred and 
 venty sections, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles 
 roads, respectively, may be sold ; and when the governor of said State 
 lall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous 
 liles of either of said roads are completed, then another like quantity 
 * laud hereby granted may be sold ; and so from time to time until said 
 
272 WISCONSIN. 
 
 roads are completed ; and if said roads are not completed within ten 
 years, no further sales shall be made, and the land unsold shall revert 
 to the United States. 
 
 Transportation SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall be 
 transported over said roads, under the direction of the Post- Office De- 
 partment, at such price as Congress may, by law*, direct : Pror-ided, Thar 
 until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have the 
 power to determine the same. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 544, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 681, 685. G89, 692, 695. 
 (6) See ]STos. 389, 599, 601, 610, G16, 636. 627, 629, 630, 635, 649. 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 667 
 679, 680, 68ri, 694. 
 
 $3f: 
 
 . 11,1656. No. 645. AX ACT to confirm to certain persons therein named, their titles to 
 Vol. 11, p. 33. certain lots in Prairte du Ohien, Wisconsin. 
 
 Certain farm Be it enacted, tjrc., That all those farm and village lots at Prairie du 
 
 and village lots Chien, in the State of Wisconsin, as designated upon the plat of the 
 
 Chien confirmed P r i vate land claims at said place, in volume four of the public lands 
 
 ' American State Papers, which plat was made in the year of our Lord 
 
 eighteen hundred and twenty, by Isaac Lee, esquire, the agent appointed 
 
 by the commissioners to adjust land titles at Green Bay and Prairie du 
 
 Chien, which have not heretofore been confirmed and patented to the 
 
 claimants, are hereby confirmed unto the several persons named upon 
 
 said plat and the report of said Lee, and to their assigns and legal 
 
 representatives, and village lots numbers six, ten, and eleven, in the 
 
 main village, as designated upon said plat, are hereby confirmed to 
 
 Hercules L. Dousman, and lot number nine, in said village, to Edward 
 
 W. Pelton ; and patents to the lots hereby confirmed, shall issue to such 
 
 persons as now own, or as shall have the right to the same : Provided, 
 
 Thiscomtirma- That the confirmation hereby made shall not interfere with any hereto- 
 
 tion to be only a fore made, and that such confirmation shall only operate as a relinquish- 
 
 3 title menfc of tit . le on the P art of the u . nited States, and shall in no manner 
 
 interfere with any valid adverse right of any persons, if such exist, to 
 the same land, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nns. 464. 4fiO. 595, ftf. Gte, 640, 652, 655, i!70, 6W. 
 
 Aug. 18, 1856. ^o. 646 AN ACT for the relief of Talbot U. Dousman. 
 
 Lie it t'nactcd, Vr., That the title of Talbot C. Dousinan, the assignee 
 
 Title of Talbot of James Vieaux, to a certain tract of land at Green Bay, Wisconsin, 
 
 . Dousman to confirmed to said Vieaux by the commissioners appointed under the 
 GreenBay Wis acfc of Con g ress > approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and 
 confirmed. twenty-three, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force certain 
 
 acts for the adjustment of land claims in the Territory of Michigan/' 
 and which is described as follows : commencing at low water-mark on 
 Fox River, and running west eighty arpents, and bounded on the north 
 by a certain tract occupied by the United States garrison, west by wild 
 lands, south by a tract of laud claimed by John Baptiste Longevine, 
 senior, and east by Fox River, being five arpeuts in breadth, more or 
 less, be, and the same is hereby confirmed to the said Talbot C. Dous- 
 man ; and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office cause the 
 
 Survey. said tract of land to be surveyed in the same manner as other private 
 
 claims to lands at Green Bay have been surveyed ; and that he be 
 
 Patent. required to issue a patent thereon to and in the name of the said Talbot 
 
 C. Dousman, as the assignee of the said James Vieaux, as in other cases, 
 and according to the provisions of the fifth section of the .said act of 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-three. () 
 
 (a) See Nos. 4(14. 4fiii. .V.T.. .V.u;. G:, C45, 652. 655, 670, 690. 
 
 March 3, 18*57. No. 64 * A'X ACT to establish an additional laud district in the Stateof Wisconsin 
 Vol. 11, p. 185. g e i( etiact( , ( j t j. ( . ( -phat so much of the districts of lands now subject 
 Chippewa land to sale at La Crosse and Hudson, in the State of Wisconsin, as are con- 
 district consti- taiued within the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land 
 district, to be called the Chippewa district, to wit : north of the line 
 dividing townships twenty-four and twenty- five north ; south of the 
 line dividing townships forty and forty-one north ; west of the line 
 
tne 
 ing 
 
 WISCONSIN. 273 
 
 I 
 
 vidiug ranges one and two east, and east of the line dividing ranges 
 ven and twelve west; the location of the office for which shall be 
 signaled by the President of the United States, and shall by him 
 m time to time be changed as the public interest may seem to require. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the Officers there- 
 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during of - 
 the recess thereof and until the end of its next session after such 
 appointment, a register and receiver for said district, who shall respec- 
 tively be required to reside at the site of the office, be subject to the 
 same laws, and entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter 
 be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United 
 States. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sales shall continue at the Sales to con- 
 old land offices at La Crosse and Hudson till the registers and receivers tinue at old offi- 
 thereat are notified that the officers for the district created by this act ce8 ttu ' &c> 
 prepared to enter on their duties. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to meet the expenses of carry- Appropriation. 
 
 g this act icto effect, the sum of five thousand dollars, or as much 
 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for salaries, com- 
 missions and incidental expenses of the offices of the register and re- 
 ceiver, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 627, 630, 636, 642, 663. 
 
 648. AN ACT to confirm to Charles Waterman his title to certain lots in Mil- March 3 1857 
 waukte, Wisconsin. Vol. 11. p. 515. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the title of Charles Waterman to lots numbered Land title in 
 one and two, in block numbered ninety-eight, in the third ward of the Milwaukee, con- 
 city of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, extending to Lake Michi- firmed to Charles 
 gan, formerly occupied by the United States light-house keeper, be and Wa terman. 
 the same is hereby confirmed, and that a patent shall issue therefor as 
 in other cases : Provided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a Act to operate 
 relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall in no only as a reliu- 
 way affect the rights of third parties. quishment. 
 
 649. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Drew and other settlers upon the public May 24, 1858. 
 lands in the State of Wisconsin. ! Vol. 11, p. 293. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-0., That Isaac Drew, and such other persons as may Settlers, &c 
 have settled, in good faith, in the State of Wisconsin, since the first day sj^ce Julyl,l850, 
 of July, eighteen hundred and fifty, upon any portion of the lands that selected byStat/ 
 were erroneously selected by said State as a part of the five hundred entitled to pre- 
 thousand acre grant, which selections were not confirmed, and who were emption. 
 at that date, or since that time have become, an actual settler and house- 
 keeper, and made improvements on any tract embraced among said erro- 
 neous selections, are hereby entitled to the same right of preemption, and 
 upon the same terms and conditions, as are prescribed by an act entitled 
 "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands an< I 
 grant preemption rights," approved September fourteenth, [fourth,] 
 eighteen hundred and forty-one : Provided, such lands shall be paid for Proviso 
 by such settlers at the minimum price. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That where persons have erroneously Persons who 
 entered any of the lands named in the first section of this act, and shall have wrongly en- 
 satisfactorily show to the register and receiver that, prior to, or within ter _ed, &c and 
 three months after, the passage of this act, they have made an actual SwSmSJ* 1 
 settlement on the lands mentioned in the first section, the Commissioner 
 of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to issue patents there- 
 for : Provided, That it shall be satisfactorily made to appear to him that Proviso, 
 the entry of the tract or tracts sought to be patented does not interfere 
 with the rights or occupancy of any actual settler, (a) 
 
 (a) Seo Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, C30, 635, 644, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 667, 679, 
 680, 68(5, 694. 
 
 18 L O VOL. II 
 
274 WISCONSIN. 
 
 June 9, 1858. No. 650. AX ACT for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands in the State 
 Vol. 11. p. 313. of Wisconsin. 
 
 Certain selec- Be ** enacted, $c., That so much of the even- numbered sections of land 
 tlons of land un- selected by the State of Wisconsin in the mouth of June, in the year 
 der act of 1846 eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to satisfy the quantity of land dne 
 confirmed to gai(1 g ate unc i er the act of Congress of August eighth, eighteen hundred 
 and forty- six, granting land in aid of the improvement of the Fox and 
 Wisconsin rivers, as have been sold, or contracted to be sold, by said 
 State or its assigns, under the laws thereof, are hereby confirmed to said 
 State, as parts of said grant, and the title of the purchasers declared to 
 be valid as though the said selections had been made in conformity with 
 law : Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to 
 increase the quantity of land to which the Stare is entitled under the 
 Further pro- grant aforesaid : And provided further, That a schedule, duly certify [cer- 
 tified] by the governor, of the lands sold and contracted for to be sold, 
 prior to the passage of this act, shall be filed in the General Land Office 
 within six months from the date of this act. (a) 
 
 Certain per- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person being the head 
 sons entitled to o f a family, widow, or single man over the age of twenty-one years, who, 
 einption. on the e i event h d ay o f June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty- 
 nine, was, or since that time has become, an actual settler and house- 
 keeper, and has made other improvements on any tract embraced in said 
 even-numbered section selection, which the State of Wisconsin or its 
 assigns has not sold or contracted to sell, is hereby entitled to the same 
 right of preemption, and upon the same terms and conditions, as )'s 
 prescribed by an act entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the 
 Proviso. gales of the public lands and to grant preemption rights," approved 
 
 September fourth, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one : Provided, 
 That this act shall not be construed to convey to Wisconsin any parts 
 or portions of said even-numbered section selections which said State 
 or its assigns have not actually sold or contracted to sell, and the title 
 to which is not confirmed by the first section of this act. (&) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 623, 629, 631, 639, 643, 671. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, fi29, 630, 635, 644, 649, 654, 656, 059, 663, 667, 
 679, 680, 686, 694. 
 
 June 1, 1860. No. 651. AX ACT authorizing the li Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of 
 Vol. 12, p. 22. the Protestant Episcopal Chxirch in the United States " to enter a certain tract of 
 
 land in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 The ' Mission g it enacted, t y r>? That the "Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society 
 
 entered at $1.25 "*' the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States" be, and is 
 
 per acre. hereby, authorized to enter, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five 
 
 ct j nts per acre, a cei tain tract of land known as the ''Mission Farm," 
 
 jind numbered as lot number eighteen, on the east bank of Fox Kiver, 
 
 i: ar Green Bay, State of Wisconsin, having a front on Fox River of six 
 
 c-Lains, and running eaLtwardly back from the river, between parallel 
 
 IILCS, one hundred and fk'ty-ionr and sixty-nine hundredths chains, and 
 
 containing ninety-two and eighty-one hundredths superficial acres. 
 
 June 13, 1860. No. 652. AX ACT for the relief of Francis La von ture and Pierre Grignon. 
 
 Vol. 12, p. 857. j> it nac t e (i t 4c , That the titles to certain tracts of land at Green 
 Land titles of Bay. Wisconsin, confirmed to Francis Lavouture and Pierre Grignon by 
 Francis Lavon- tb- commissioners appointed under the act of Congress, approved Feb- 
 ture and Pierre rnnry twenty-one, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act 
 - t(> , t : v j ve an d continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land 
 ebiitns in the Territory of Michigan," and which are described as fol- 
 lows: To Francis Lavouture, "commencing at low-water mark <;:i Fox 
 Kner, and running west eighty arpens, or so far as to make said claim 
 contain six hundred and forty acres, (as confirmed by said commission- 
 ers,) and bounded on the south by a certain tract occupied by the United 
 States garrison, west and north by wild or uncultivated lands, and east 
 by Fox River, being sixteen arpens in breadth ;" and to Pierre Grignon 
 for a piece or parcel of ground lying and being on the west side of Fox 
 River, Green Bay, immediately below the first creek that empties into 
 said river, about fifteen acres in fronton the said river, and extending 
 back indefinitely, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and confirmed ; 
 and that the, Commissioner of the General Land Office cause the said 
 tracts of land to he surveyed in the same manner as other private claims 
 
WISCONSIN. 275 
 
 to lands in Green Bay have been surveyed ; and that he be required to 
 issue patents thereon to and in the names of the aforesaid Francis 
 Lavonture and Pierre Grignon, respectively, subject to such legal trans- 
 fers or assignments as may have been made by them, or either of them, 
 or their heirs or legal representatives, at any time subsequent to the 
 confirmation to them, respectively, by the said Commissioner, accord- 
 ing to the fifth section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty- 
 three, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 464, 466, 595, 596, 638, 645, 646, 655, 670, 690. 
 
 TVo. 653. AN ACT for the relief of Sylvester Gray. June 22, 1860. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claim of Sylvester Gray, a free man of color, YoL 12 ' p ' 869 ' 
 made under the preemption act of September fourth, eighteen hundred Land claim of 
 and forty-one, to the northwest quarter of section fourteen, in township Sylvester Gray 
 forty-eight, of range thirteen, of the lands of the United States subject allowefl - 
 to sale at the land office at Superior, Wisconsin, be, and the same is 
 hereby confirmed ; and upon completion of such claim, by payment of 
 the purchase-money, or the location of a bounty-land warrant, the Sec- 
 retary of the Interior shall cause to be issued to the said Sylvester Gray, 
 a patent for the said land, as in other cases. 
 
 No. 654. A RESOLUTION explanatory of and in addition to the act of June third, April 25, 1862. 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin to Vol. 12, p. 618. 
 aid in the construction of railroads in said State. 
 
 Resolved, <fc., That the word ''northerly," in the first section of the Construction 
 act entitled "An act granting public lauds to the State of Wisconsin of word "north- 
 to aid in the construction of railroads in said State," approved June erl y 
 third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall, without forfeiture to said 
 State or its assigns of any rights or benefits under said act, or exemp- 
 tion from any of the conditions or obligations imposed thereby, be con- 
 strued to authorize the location of the line of railroad in said first sec- 
 tion provided for, upon any eligible route within ranges sixteen to 
 twenty-three, inclusive, east of the fourth principal meridian. And 
 the line of railroad as now located according to the records of the General 
 Land Office in pursuance of said act is hereby authorized to be changed 
 to within the above specified limits : Provided, hoivever, That upon the State to receive 
 construction of said railroad upon the new line, or of a sufficient 8ain 1 e quantity of 
 part thereof, according to the terms of said act, the State of Wiscon- au 8 ' c ' 
 sin, its grantees or assigns, shall receive upon the route originally lo- 
 cated, and in the manner prescribed by the act, the same quantity of 
 lands, and no more or other, except as hereinafter provided for. as it or 
 they would have received if such railroad had been constructed upon 
 the line originally located, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That there be and is hereby granted Grant of land 
 to the State of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction Wisconsin ^ 
 of a railroad from the town of Appleton in said State, to some point on 
 Green Bay, at or near the mouth of Fox Kiver, in said State, so much 
 of the public lands of the United States lying at or near the mouth of 
 said river, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, known as 
 the Fort Howard military reserve, as may be required for right of way, 
 tracks, turnouts, depots, workshops, warehouses, wharves, and other 
 railroad uses, not exceeding eighty acres, to be so selected by the State 
 of Wisconsin or her assigns as to exclude the fort therefrom : Provided, 
 however, That if no railroad be constructed and in running order be- 
 tween the termini in this section mentioned within three years from 
 the passage of this joint resolution, then this grant shall be void. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior Lands on line 
 be and he is hereby authorized to cause all even sections or parts of <>f railroad, how 
 even sections of public land that may be brought within six miles of to 
 the new line of railroad, as herein provided for, to bo sold at the same 
 price and in the same manner as those have been upon the originally 
 located route of railroad. And all purchasers, or their heirs or assigns, 
 within the six-mile limits of the said originally located route, who shall 
 be more than six miles from the new line of route herein authorized, 
 and who have paid the sum of two dollars and fifty cents an acre, shall 
 have the right either to exchange their locations upon thu line as first 
 
276 WISCONSIN. 
 
 established to the new line, upon the same terms, in like quantities, 
 and in the same manner, as on the line first established as aforesaid, or[ 
 at their option, to enter without, further payment, anywhere within 
 the Menasha land district, in the State of Wisconsin, an additional 
 quantity of public lands subject to private entry at one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents an acre equal to the quantity entered by them at two 
 dollars and fifty cents an acre, so that the lands originally entered by 
 them shall thus be reduced to the rate of one dollar and twenty-five 
 cents an acre. 
 
 Even sections SEC. 4. And be it further resolved, That the even sections of public 
 of land, price of. lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of June third, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally located route of 
 railroad north of the said town of Appleton, and along which no rail- 
 road has been constructed, shall hereafter be sold at one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents an acre, (c) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 544, 644, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 661, 685, 689. 692, 695. 
 (6) See Xos. 656, 667. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 656, 659, 663, f , 
 680, 686, 694. 
 
 July 11, 1862. NO. 655. AN ACT to grant the right of preemption to settlers on certain lot^ in 
 VoL 12, p. 530^ Wisconsin . 
 
 Survey to be Be it enacted, -c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Ofnee 
 Ttf 6 f f LuS^ k. e au(i ne is hereby, directed to cause survey to be made of that por- 
 Wteconsin. m ^ on ^ ^ ots numuere( l ten and eleven, lying east of the river AuDiabie, 
 in township twenty-three north, of range twenty-one east, in the State 
 of Wisconsin, and which portion was not embraced by the confirmatory 
 provisions of the act of Congress approved February twenty-one: 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to revive and con- 
 tinue in force certain acts for the adjustment of laud claims in the Ter- 
 ritory of Michigan." (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 464, 466, 595, 596, 598, 607, 638, 645, 646, 652, 656, 668, 670, 690. 
 
 March 3, 1863. Ho. 656. AX ACT to provide for the disposal of certain lands therein named. 
 \ ol. 12. p. . ,1. i^ - (t enacte( i^ t j>. Cij That the Commissioner of the General Laud Office 
 Fort Howard shall, as soon as may be, cause that portion of the public domain known 
 military reserve as the Fort Howard military reserve, including the site ol the fort, cou- 
 and^sub&v1ae^i taiDiu S tnree acres and four-hundredths of au acre, which is situated 
 into lots. i the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, between Fox River and 
 
 Beaver Dam Ran, and which is not included in the confirmations to 
 Talbot C. Dousmau and Daniel Whitney, nor in the grant to the State 
 of Wisconsin under the resolution of Congress approved April twenty- 
 fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled '*A resolution explana- 
 tory of, and in addition to, the act of June third, eighteen hundred and 
 fifty -six, granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the 
 construction of railroads in said State," as heretofore surveyed uuder 
 the direction of the surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa, () to be 
 surveyed and subdivided into lots of such form and of such size, not less 
 than one-fourth of an acre, and not more than forty acres, as he may 
 deem expedient, dedicating such portions of the same to the use of the 
 Streets. public for streets and highways as he may think the public interest and 
 
 Plats to be cer- convenience may require ; and shall cause a plat thereof to be duly and 
 titied and record- properly certified by such surveyor-general, and recorded in the office 
 of the register of deeds for said county of Brown, (b) and when so stir- 
 Lots to be sold veyed, platted, and recorded, he shall cause each and all said lots to be 
 separately at pub- gold separately at public auction, giving not less than two mouths' 
 notice of the time and place of such sale by advertising the same in such 
 newspapers and for such period of time as he may deem best. Every 
 such lot shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, and when not paid 
 for within twenty-four hours from the time of purchase, it shall be lia- 
 ble to be resold under the order of the Commissioner of the General 
 Sale not bind- Land Office aforesaid, but no sale shall be binding until approved by the 
 ing unless ap- Secretary of the Interior, (c) 
 
 ^Patents. SEC - " 2 - And le lt further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Presi- 
 
 dent to cause patents to be issued indue form of law for each and every 
 such lot as soon as may be after the purchase of and payment for the 
 
WISCONSIN. 277 
 
 SEC. 3. And &e it further enacted, That it shall also be the duty of the Portion of the 
 mirnissioner of the Land Office to cause so much of the public domain j^Jiif f rt Fn^ 
 
 i. . , , . . . -, -.-, ,-. T- ___ ._! -TW i_ *m toenc to Jtf or L 
 
 jacent to said reserve as lies between said Beaver Dam Run and Duck Howard military 
 sek to be resurveyed into lots, the lines of which shall conform as reserve to besur- 
 *r as may be to the lines of the survey formerly made by Albert G. veyed into lots. 
 His, and shall cause certified plats thereof to be returned as is provided 
 7 law in the case of other surveys of the public domain ; and he shall 
 icreupon proceed to dispose of the same as other public lands are dis- And disposed 
 sed of, saving to every person who upon the passage of this act may of - 
 in possession of any part of said lands, a^id shall have made improve- Eights of per- 
 lents thereon, as provided under the preemption laws of the United sons' in posses- 
 States, the right to purchase any lots so improved, lying contiguous to 
 each other, and not exceeding in the aggregate eighty acres, upon mak- 
 iug proof of such possession and improvements, and paying for such lots 
 the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, within six months 
 after public notice shall be given of the time and place for making such 
 proof and payment. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Commissioner of the Gen- Military reserve 
 eral Land Office shall cause the military reserve of Fort Crawford, in of FortCrawford 
 the county of Crawford, in the same State, to be surveyed and disposed 
 of in the manner prescribed in the first and second sections of this act 
 for the disposition of the Fort Howard reserve. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 654, 667. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 598, 107, 655, 668. 
 
 (c) See IS T os. 3ri9, 591), 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 659, 663, 667, 
 
 679, 680, 686, 694. 
 
 657. AN ACT granting lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid March 3, 1863. 
 in the construction of a " military road " from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Kewe- Vol. 12, p. 797. 
 
 naw County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 537.] 
 
 658. AN ACT making a grant of lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the May 5, 1864. 
 construction of the railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior. Vol. 13, p. 64. 
 
 [See MINNESOTA, No. 1871.] 
 
 fo. 659. AN ACT granting lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads May 5, 1864. 
 in the State of Wisconsin. Vol. 13, p. 66. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State Land granted 
 )f Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad to Wisconsin for 
 " >m a point on the Saint Croix Eiver or Lake, between townships certain railroads, 
 iwenty-five and thirty-one, to the west end of Lake Superior, and from From Saint 
 )me point on the line of said railroad, to be selected by said State, to Croix River or 
 lyfield, every alternate section of public land designated by odd num- Lake to Lake Su ' 
 srs, for ten sections in width on each side of said road, deducting any pe 
 id all lands that may have been granted to the State of Wisconsin for 
 16 same purpose, by the act of Congress of June three, eighteen hun- 
 Ired and fifty -six, upon the same terms and conditions as are contained 
 the act granting lands to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the con- 
 ruction of railroads in said State, approved June three, eighteen hun- 
 Ired and fifty-six. But in case it shall appear that the United States 
 ave, when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold, re- Reserved or 
 jrved, or otherwise disposed of, any sections or parts thereof, gran ted preempted lands. 
 ~ aforesaid, or that the right of preemption or homestead has attached 
 the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents, to be ap- 
 )inted by said company, to select, subject to the approval of the Secre- 
 ry of the Interior, from the public lands of the United States nearest 
 the tier of sections above specified, as much land in alternate sections 
 parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States 
 lave sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemp- 
 tion or homestead haw attached as aforesaid, which lands (thus selected 
 lieu of those sold, and to which preemption or- homestead right has 
 ittached as aforesaid, together with sections and parts of sections des- 
 ;nated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid,) 
 lall be held by said State for the use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, Lands not to be 
 the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than twenty located more than 
 
278 WISCONSIN. 
 
 twenty miles miles from the line of the said roads, nor shall such selection or location 
 from the road. be made in lieu of lands received under the said grant of Jane three 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-six, but such selection and location may be 
 made for the benefit of said State, and for the purpose aforesaid, to 
 supply any deficiency under the said grant of Juno third, eighteen hun- 
 dred and fifty-six, should any such deficiency exist. 
 
 Eoad from To- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, granted 
 mah to Saint to the State of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction 
 of a railroad from the town of Tornah, in the county of Monroe, in said 
 State, to the Saint Croix River or Lake, between townships twenty-five 
 and thirty-one, every alternate section of public land designated by 
 odd numbers for ten sections in width on each side of said road, deduct- 
 ing any and all lauds that may have been granted to the State of Wiscon- 
 sin 'for the same purpose, by the act of Congress granting lauds to said 
 State to aid in the construction of certain railroads, approved June 
 three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, upon the same terms and condi- 
 tions as are contained in the said act of June three, eighteen hundred 
 and fifty -six. But in case it shall appear that the United States have, 
 Reserved or when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold, reserved, or 
 preempted lands, otherwise disposed of any sections, or parts of sections, granted as afore- 
 said, or that the right of preemption or homestead has attached to the 
 same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed 
 by said State to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
 Interior, from the public lands of the United States nearest to the tier 
 of sections above specified, as much land, in alternate sections, or parts 
 of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have 
 sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of pre-emption 
 or homestead has attached, as aforesaid, which lands (thus selected in 
 lieu of those sold, and to which preemption or homestead right has 
 attached as aforesaid, together with sections and parts of sections, 
 designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid) 
 shall be held by said State for the use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, 
 Lands not to That the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than twenty 
 be located more miles from the line of the said road, nor shall such selection or location 
 miles 1 from the k ma ^ e in lieu of lands received under the said grant of June three, 
 road. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, but such selections and locations may 
 
 be made for the benefit of said State, and for the purpose aforesaid, to 
 supply any deficiency under the said grant of June three, eighteen hun- 
 dred and fifty-six, should any such deficiency exist. 
 
 Road from SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, granted 
 Portage City or to the State of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction 
 Bavfield &T of a railroad from Portage City, Berlin, Doty's Island, or Fon du Lac, 
 as said State may determine, in a northwestern direction, to Bayfield, 
 and thence to Superior, on Lake Superior, every alternate section of 
 public land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on 
 each side of said roa'l, upon the same terms and conditions as are con- 
 tained in the act granting lauds to said State to aid in the construction 
 of railroads in said State, approved June three, eighteen hundred and 
 fifty-six. But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when 
 Reserved and the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold, reserved, or other- 
 preempted lands. w i se a isposed of any sections or parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or 
 that the right of preemption or homestead has attached to the same, 
 that it shall be lawful for any agent or agents of said State, appointed 
 by the governor thereof, to select, subject to the approval of the Secre- 
 tary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the 
 tier of sections above specified, as much public land in alternate sec- 
 tions, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United 
 States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of pre- 
 emption or homestead has attached as aforesaid, which lands (thus 
 selected in lieu of those sold and to which the right of preemption 
 or homestead has attached as aforesaid, together with sections and parts 
 of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated 
 as aforesaid) shall be held by said State, or by the company to which 
 she may transfer the same, for the use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, 
 Limit and loca- Th?,t the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than twenty 
 tion of lands. miles from the line of said road. () 
 
 Minimum price SEC. 4. And be it further e nacted, That the sections and parts of sec- 
 
 of remaining tions of lands which shall remain to the United States within ten miles 
 
 lands> on each side of said roads shall not be sold for less than double the 
 
 minimum price of the public lands when sold ; nor shall any of the 
 
WISCONSIN. 279 
 
 said reserved lands become subject to private entry until the same have 
 been first; offered at public sale at tbe increased price. (&) 
 
 GKC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the time fixed and limited for Time for com 
 e completion of said roads in the act aforesaid of June three, eighteen pletion of former 
 nndred and fifty-six, be and the same is hereby extended to a period ro 
 five years from and after the passage of this act. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any and all lands reserved to Lands formerly 
 e United States by any act of Congress for the purpose of aiding in granted and min- 
 y object of internal improvement, or in any manner for any purpose empted^om this 
 hatsoever, and all mineral lands be and the same are hereby reserved act, except as to 
 id excluded from the operation of this act, except so far as it may te right of way. 
 und necessary to locate the route of such railroads through such re- 
 rved lands, in which case the right of way only shall be granted, snb- 
 t to the approval of the President of the United States. 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever the companies to Patents for the 
 hich this grant is made, or to which the same maybe transferred, granted lands, 
 all have completed twenty consecutive miles of any portion of said ^^ ai 
 ilroads, supplied with all necessary drains, culverts, viaducts, cross- 
 gs, sidings, bridges, turn-outs, watering-places, depots, equipments, 
 rniture, and all other appurtenances of a first-class railroad, patents 
 all issue conveying the right and title to said lands to the said com- 
 ny entitled thereto, on each side of the road, so far as the same is 
 pleted, and coterminous with said completed section, not exceeding 
 e amount aforesaid, and patents shall in like manner issue as each 
 twenty miles of said road is completed: Provided, hoivever, That no 
 patents shall issue for any of said lands unless there shall be presented 
 to the Secretary of the Interior a statement, verified on oath or affirma- 
 tion by the president of said company, and certified by the governor of Certificate of 
 the State of Wisconsin, that such twenty miles have been completed 
 in the manner required by this act, and setting forth with certainty 
 the points where such twenty miles begin and where the same end ; 
 which oath shall be taken before a judge of a court of record of the 
 United States. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Lands to be 
 shall, when patented as provided in section seven of this act, be subject applied only to 
 to the disposal of the companies respectively entitled thereto, for the- .Jife JJJJfg 086 
 purposes aforesaid, and no other, and the said railroads be, and shall Roads to be 
 remain, public highways for the use of the Government of the United public highways 
 States, free from all toll or other charge, for the transportation of auv for the use of the 
 property or troops of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That if said road mentioned in the Roads, when 
 
 third section aforesaid is not completed within ten years from the time f ^f P lands 
 
 of the passage of this act, as provided herein, no further patents shall unsold to revert 
 
 1 i issued to said company for said lands, and no further sale shall be to the United 
 
 ade, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States, (a) States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 681, 685, 689, 692, 695. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 663, 667, 
 
 679, 680, 6s6, 694. 
 
 660. -AN ACT granting lands to the State of Wisconsin to bnild a military June 25, 1864. 
 road to Lake Superior. ' Vol. 13, p. 183. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State Lands granted 
 )f Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of a military wagon-road from to "Wisconsin for 
 ausaw, Marathon County, Wisconsin, following the Wisconsin River ?&* was n 
 j far as Skonowang, and from thence, on the most feasible and direct 
 >ute, to a point on the State line between the States of Wisconsin and 
 tichigan,in a direction leading to Ontonagon,on Lake Superior, every 
 Itemate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, Mineral lands 
 >r three sections in width on each side of said road. But' in case it shall not g ranted - 
 ippear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road 
 s definitely fixed, sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of any section, 
 sr any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemp- 
 tion or homestead settlement has attached to the same, then it shall be 
 the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to set apart from the public Lands to be 
 lands of the United States, as hereinbefore described, designated by odd S^* 6 * 1 iu ,! ieu 1 of 
 numbers, as near to said even section aforesaid an may be, and the same disposed of. 
 jhall be located within six miles of said road, so much land as shall be 
 squal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appro- 
 mated, or to which the right of preemption or homestead settlement 
 
280 WISCONSIN. 
 
 has attached ; which lands, (thus selected in lieu of those sold, reserved, 
 or otherwise appropriated, and to which the right of preiiinptiou or 
 homestead settlement has attached as aforesaid) together with the sec- 
 tions and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and 
 approved as aforesaid, shall be held by the State of Wisconsin for the 
 Lauds, how to use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, That the lauds hereby grunted 
 be applied. shall be exclusively applied in the construction of that road for and on 
 
 account of which such lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed 
 of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no 
 Former grants other purpose whatever : Provided, further, That any and all lands here- 
 not affected here- tofore reserved to the United States, or granted by any act of Congress, 
 or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aid- 
 ing in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose 
 whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and excluded from 
 the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to 
 locate the route of said road through such reserved lands, in which case 
 the right of way only shall be granted. 
 
 State legisla- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the said lands hereby granted to 
 
 ture to dispose of the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, 
 
 for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said road shall be, and 
 
 Ko ad to be remain, a public highway for the use of the Government of the United 
 
 highway, &.c. States, free from tolls or other charge upon the transportation of any 
 
 property, troops, or mails of the United States. 
 
 Lands, how SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to 
 only to be dis- said State shall be disposed of only in the following manner that is to 
 posed of. gay^ w hen the said governor shall certify to the Secretary of the Inte- 
 
 rior that any ten consecutive miles of said road has been completed 
 under the provisions of this act, and in accordance with the fourth 
 section of this act, stating definitely where said completed section of 
 road commences and where it terminates, it shall be the duty of the said 
 Secretary to cause patents to issue to said State for three sections of 
 land for each mile of road thus completed as aforesaid, and so on until 
 Patents not to the whole of said road is completed : Provided, further, That no patent 
 be granted nntil shall be given for any of the aforesaid lands before the completion of 
 a e ?e ml coniDleted teu consecutive miles of road, or for any road, or for any part of any 
 &e ' road, made before the passage of this act, or for any greater quantity 
 
 than thirty sections for each ten miles completed according to the pro- 
 visions of this act ; and if said road is not completed within five years, 
 Lands to revert, no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the 
 if. &c. United States. 
 
 Eoad.howtobe SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said military road shall be con- 
 constructed, structed under the direction of such agents or commissioners as the 
 governor of said State may appoint, and where it passes through tim- 
 bered lands shall be chopped out a uniform width of at least six rods. 
 The road-bed proper to be not less than thirty-two feet wide, and con- 
 structed with ample ditches on both sides, "so as to afford sufficient 
 drains, with good and substantial bridges and proper culverts and 
 sluices where uecesssary. All stumps and roots to be thoroughly 
 grubbed out between the ditches the entire length of said road ; the 
 central portion of which to be sufficiently raised to afford a dry road- 
 bed by means of drainage from the centre to the side ditches ; the hills 
 to be levelled and valleys raised so as to make as easy a grade as prac- 
 ticable, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 637, 657, 673, 678, 683. 
 
 July 1, 1864. No. 661. A RESOLUTION for the relief of the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 /Y-*o/w7, tfc., That the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 
 
 Wisconsin to shall, in adjusting the amount due the State of Wisconsin, under exist - 
 the Cba o Se ed Witl f in S la-vvs > as five P er centum of the nef ' proceeds of sales of the public 
 Bales of Is nd lands within her limits, (a) estimate and charge against her the value 
 granted to the of the one hundred and twenty-five thousand four hundred and thirty- 
 Milwaukee and one and eighty two one-hundredths acres of land granted to the Terri- 
 RockRiver canal. ^ O1 ^ o ^- Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of the Milwaukie and Rock 
 River Canal which have been sold by said Territory or said State, atone 
 dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and as much more as the Territory 
 and State received upon the same upon sales of any part thereof ,,t a 
 To be credited higher price, and shall credit said State with the amount that has leen 
 with what. legally and properly applied by said State or Territory towards t!.< 
 
WISCONSIN. 281 
 
 of selling said land and towards the construction of said canal. And the 
 said Secretary shall also settle and allow to the Milwaukie and Rock Allowance to 
 Hirer Canal Company such sums of money as have been properly ex- *J^ cana 
 peudtd by said company in the survey and location of said canal, in the p 
 construction thereof, as far as the same has been constructed, together 
 with darns, locks, and slack- water navigation, and in the management 
 and keeping the same in repair; and the same shall be paid to the said 
 canal company out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- 
 priated, not exceeding hi amount, however, the balance charged against 
 the Stare of Wisconsin upon the sales of said canal lands, as above re- 
 quired, after deducting the sum allowed said State for money paid by 
 her out of the same fund. The same to be received by said canal com- 
 pany in full payment and satisfaction of all claims of said company 
 against the State of Wisconsin and of the United States on account of 
 said canal land-grant, or on account of any action of the Territory or 
 State of Wisconsin, or of the United States, in relation thereto. (&) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Commissioner 
 eral Land Office be,* and he is hereby, appointed commissioner to adjust 5L Gen ^ ral 
 the accounts herein provided for, under the supervision of the Secretary 
 of the Interior, and to determine what sum shall be charged to said 
 State of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the construction of said 
 canal ; and what sums shall be credited, respectively, to said State and 
 said company for the moneys expended by them in the construction of 
 said locks and canal as herein provided. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 622, 626, 629. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 610, 626, 629. 
 
 fo. 66'2. AX ACT to extend the time for the completion of certain railroads to March 3, 18(55. 
 which laud grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. Vol. 13, p. 520. 
 
 [Sec MICHIGAN, No. 544.] 
 
 f<. 663. AN ACT to authorize the issuing of patents for certain lands in the town March 3 1865. 
 of Stockbridge, State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. Vol. 13, p. 53o! 
 
 Be it enacted, <j'-c., That, upon satisfactory proof being made that any patents m ay 
 occupant[s] of unpatented land in the town of Stockbridge, Calumet issue for certain 
 County, in the State of Wisconsin, which has, by treaty or otherwise, lands in Stock- 
 been allotted to any individual members of the Stockbridge or Muusee bridge, Wiscou- 
 tribe of Indians, (a) are the purchasers, grantees, or assignees of such 811 
 members of said tribes, the President of the United States be authorized 
 issue patents for the land so occupied to such purchasers, grantees, 
 assignees, respectively : Provided, That in case of conflicting claims Conflicting 
 any of the lots of land the Commissioner of the General Land Office claims, 
 authorized to hear the proofs of the respective claimants, and to de- 
 ide which of such claimants are justly entitled to said land, and patents 
 "lall be issued in accordance with such decision. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That patents issued according to this Patents to vest 
 ..ct shall vest in the patentee title to the land described in such patent, ^lidTie^ 60 " 
 in fee- simple, subject to any valid lien or iucumbrance thereon created 
 by said patentee or those under whom he claims. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lots of land in said town Lands in Stock- 
 of Stockbridge belonging to the United States, not hereinbefore directed bridge not pat- 
 to be patented, shall be attached to and form a part of the Menasha ent d f ^ * orm 
 land district, (6) and if, in the opinion of the Commissioner of the Gen- Jhaland district! 
 eral Land Office, it shall be for the public interest, the same may be 
 )ld at the minimum price of three dollars per acre for lots fronting on May be sold. 
 ,ake Winuebago, five dollars per acre for the two tiers of lots fronting 
 on the military road, one tier of lots on each side thereof, and two dol- 
 lars and fifty cents per acre for the residue of said land to actual set- 
 tlers thereon possessing the qualifications requisite to acquire preemp- 
 tion rights, who shall prove to the satisfaction of the register of the 
 " md office at Menasha, Wisconsin, that he or she has made improve- 
 lents to the value of not less than fifty dollars, and is actually residing 
 ipon the land ; the time of paying the purchase price may be extended Time of pay 
 for a period not exceeding one year from the passage of this act : Pro- Inent extended to 
 I'ided, That no such actual settler shall be permitted to preempt more ^ 
 than two contiguous lots on which he or she has made improvements of Not moro than 
 
282 WISCONSIN. 
 
 two contiguous the value of not less than oiie hundred dollars. The lands not sold 
 lots can be pre- within one year as hereinbefore provided, shall be brought into market 
 eD Lands when to and sold at not less tlian tue minimam prices fixed by this act. (c) 
 be brought into (a ) See Xos. 617, 621. 664, 669, 674. 679, 693. 
 market. (&) See Xos. 389, 599,' 60-2, 6-27. 630, 636. 642, 647. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 369, 599. 601. 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630. 635. 644, 649, 650, 654. 6.'. 
 667, 679, 680, 686, H94. 
 
 March 3, 1865. No. 664. AX ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent exi>r-u>t'3 
 Yol. 13. p. 541. of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian 
 
 tribes for the year ending thirtieth Jnne, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for 
 
 other purposes. 
 
 Chiefs, <fcc., of SEC. 4 A)id be it further enacted, That each of the chiefs, warriors, 
 Stock bri dge and heads of families of the Stockbridge Muusee tribes of Indians re 
 Mnnsees may en- s i(ji n g j n the conutv of Shawana and State of Wisconsin, may, under 
 ' the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, enter a homestead and 
 become entitled to all the benefits of an act entitled "An act to secure 
 homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain,'- approved May 
 twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty -two, free from any fee or charge 
 whatever, and any part of the lands being a part of their present reser- 
 Abondoned res- vation, which may be abandoned under the foregoing provisions, may 
 ervations may be be sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
 proceeds applied for the benefit of such Indians as may settle on said 
 Homestead not homesteads, to aid them in improving the same. The said homestead 
 subject t tax, thus secured shall not be subject to any tax, levy, or sale whatever, nor 
 shall the same be sold, conveyed, mortgaged, or in any manner encum- 
 bered except upon the decree of the district court of the United States, 
 Chiefs, &:c., as hereinafter provided. Whenever any of said chiefs, warriors, or 
 may become cit- heads of families of said tribes, having filed with the clerk of the dis- 
 trict court of the United States a declaration of his intention to become 
 a citizen of the United States, and to dissolve all relations with any 
 Indian tribe, two years previous thereto, shall appear in said court, and 
 Proceedings, prove to the satisfaction thereof, by the testimony of two citizens of 
 the United States, that for five years last past he has adopted the habits 
 of civilized life, that he has maintained himself and family by his own 
 industry, that he reads and speaks the English language, that he is well 
 disposed to become a peaceable and orderly citizen ; and that he has 
 sufficient capacity to manage his own affairs; the court may enter a 
 decree admitting him to all the rights of a citizen of the United States. 
 and thenceforth he shall be no longer held or treated as a member of 
 any Indian tribe, but shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges. 
 and be subject to all the duties and liabilities to taxation of other citi- 
 zens of the United States. But nothing herein contained shall be con- 
 strued to deprive them of annuities to \vhich they are or may be enti- 
 tled, (a) 
 
 *#****# 
 
 (a) See Xos. 617, 621, 663, 669, 674, 679, 693. 
 
 April 10, 1866. No. 665 AX ACT granting to the State of Wisconsin a donation of public lands 
 Vol. 14 p. 30. to aid in the construction of a breakwater and harbor and ship canal at the head of 
 
 '. - ' Sturgeon Bay, in the county of Door, in said State, to connect the waters of Green 
 
 Bay with Lake Michigan, in said State. 
 
 Grant of land Be it enacted, <j't'., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State 
 
 to Wisconsin for of Wisconsin for the purpose of aiding said State in constructing and 
 
 boran^ship ca- completing a breakwater and harbor and ship canal to connect the 
 
 na l.' ~ waters of Green Bay with the waters of Lake Michigan, two hundred 
 
 thousand acres of public lands, to be selected in subdivisions agreeably 
 
 to the United States survey, by an agent or agents appointed by the 
 
 governor of said State, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
 
 Proviso. Interior, from lands subject to private entry : Provided, That said se- 
 
 Selecrions, how lections shall all be made from alternate and odd-numbered sections of 
 
 made, land nearest the location of said harbor and canal in said State not 
 
 otherwise appropriated, and not from lands designated by the United 
 
 States as " mineral " before the passage of this act, nor from lands to 
 
 which the rights of pre-emption or homestead have attached. 
 
 Lands subjec t SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted 
 
WISCONSIN. 283 
 
 shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said State, or, if to disposal of leg- 
 
 the legislature thereof shall not be in session, or shall adjourn within islatnre, &c. 
 
 ten days alter the passage and approval of this act, then said lands 
 
 shall be subject to the disposal of the governor and board of commis- 
 
 sioners of school, university, and swamp lands of said State, for the 
 
 purposes aforesaid, and for no other; and the said canal shall be and Canal to be 
 
 remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United public highway, 
 
 States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels of said Government, or &c> 
 
 upon vessels employed by said Government in the transportation of any 
 
 property or troops of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That before it shall be competent Plans, &c., to 
 for said State to dispose of any of said lands, to be selected as aforesaid, befiledinDepart- 
 the plan of said breakwater and harbor and the route of said canal m 
 shall be established, and a plat or plats thereof shall be tiled in the of- 
 fice of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof filed in the office 
 of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 SEC. 4. And ~be it further enacted, That if the said breakwater, harbor, Unless work is 
 and canal, shall not be completed within three years from the passage completed in 
 this act, the lands hereby granted and remaining unsold shall revert JJf^J^revert 
 the United States. to the united 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said State states. 
 shall cause to be kept an accurate account of the sales and net proceeds Account to be 
 f the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction, ^is aid for 
 
 , ^s pa 
 
 repairs, and operating of said canal, and of the earnings thereof, and only suc i a 
 shall return a a statement of the same annually to the Secretary of the & c . 
 Interior. And whenever said State shall be fully reimbursed for all 
 advances made for the construction, repairs, and operating of said 
 inal, with legal interest on all advances until the reimbursement of 
 le same, or upon payment by the United States of any balance of such 
 Ivances over such receipts from said lands and canal, with such in- 
 terest, the said State shall bo allowed to tax for the use of said canal 
 only such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for 
 the care, charge, and repair of the same. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said ship canal shall be at least width and 
 one hundred feet in width, with a depth of water not less than thirteen depth of canal. 
 feet. (a~) 
 (a) SeeNos.682 691. 
 
 No. 666. A RESOLUTION explanatory of, and in addition to, the act of May fifth June 21, 1866. 
 eighteen hundred and sixty -four, entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the con- Vol. 14, p. 360. 
 struction of certain railroads in "Wisconsin." 
 
 Eesolved, <fc., That the words ''in a northwestern direction," in the The words "in 
 third section of the act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the a northwestern 
 construction of certain railroads in the State of Wisconsin," approved f^ljc constmed 
 May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four shall, without forfeiture to j n authorizing 
 said State, or its assigns, of any rights or benefits under said act, or the location of 
 exemption from any of the conditions or obligations imposed thereby, the road - 
 be construed to authorize the location of the line of said road, in said 
 third section provided for, along and upon the following route, that is 
 to say : from the city of Portage, by the way of the city of Ripon, in 
 the county of Fond du Lac, and the city of Berlin, in the county of 
 Green Lake, to Steven's Point, and thence to Bayfield, and thence to 
 Superior, on Lake Superior. And the legislature of the said State of 
 Wisconsin, having, in and by an act entitled "An act to incorporate the c . on ^ ss as - 
 
 " 
 
 . 
 
 Portage and Superior Railroad Company, and to execute the trust crea- Jf^n fthV Po-t" 
 ted by section three of the act of Congress entitled 'An [act] granting a g e and Superior 
 lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads in the State of Wis- R ailr oad Com- 
 consin,' approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four," approved P an y- 
 April , eighteen hundred and sixty-six, authorized and required the 
 said Portage and Superior Railroad Company to construct the line of 
 road in the said third section of the said act of Congress provided for, 
 upon and along the route hereinbefore set forth and described, the Con- 
 gress of the United States hereby gives its assent to the route of the 
 said railroad, as the same is hereinbefore described and set forth, and 
 consents to the selection and application of the lands granted to the And consents 
 State of Wisconsin by the third section of the said act of Congress here- to the selectk 
 inbefore mentioned, for and to the line of the said railroad, as the same JJ theTSuds. 
 is hereinbefore defined and described, in the same manner and with the 
 same effect as if the said railroad was located and constructed in strict 
 
28-1 WISCONSIN. 
 
 conformity with and upon the route prescribed in the said third section 
 Intention of of the said act of Congress. It being the intention of this resolution to 
 this resolution, give the assent of the United States to the disposition made by the leg- 
 islature of the State of Wisconsin of the land grant herein referred to, 
 and the change of route for the railroad in aid of which the same is 
 granted, and not to make any other disposition, change, or alteration of 
 the grant aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 672, 675, 676, 681, 685, 689, 692, 695. 
 
 July 4, 1866. Wo. 667. AN ACT to provide for the disposal of certain lands therein named. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 
 Unsold lots of k 6) an a he is hereby, authorized to cause to be offered at public auction 
 
 military reserve a11 tbe unsold I .* 8 of that P ortion of ^ public domain known as the 
 
 to be offered at Fort Howard military reserve,(a) which is situated in the county of Brown, 
 
 public auction, au.d State of Wisconsin, giving not less than two months' notice of the 
 
 Notice of sale, time and place of such sale, by advertising the same in such newspapers 
 
 Mode of sale. an j f or 8U ch period of time as he may deem best. Every such lot shall 
 
 be sold separately to the highest bidder for cash, and when not paid for 
 
 within twenty-four hours from the time of purchase, it shall be liable 
 
 to be resold under the order of the Commissioner of the General Land 
 
 Office aforesaid, at such reasonable minimum as may be fixed by the 
 
 Secretary of the Interior, and no sale shall be binding until approved 
 
 by that officer. (&) 
 
 Patents to is- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thePresi- 
 sne. dent to cause paterits to be issued in due form of law for each and every 
 
 such lot, as soon aa may be after the purchase of and payment for the 
 same. 
 
 (a) See Xos/654, 656. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 
 
 679, 680, 686, 694. 
 
 July 23, 1866. No. 668. AX ACT making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and 
 Vol. 14, p. 191. judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. 
 
 s ~f en ~ Surveyor>i-general8 and their clerks. For compensation of the surveyor- 
 nr general of Wisconsin and Iowa, and clerks for completing and winding 
 
 Surveyors-gen- 
 eral and 
 
 Office in TVis- up the business in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars : 
 consin and Iowa, Provided, That when this appropriation shall have been exhausted, the 
 when to be abol- 8aid office shall be abolished, (a) 
 
 18hed - ******* 
 
 (a) See Xos. 598, 607, 655, 656. 
 
 July 27, 1866. NO. 669. AX ACT to authorize Samuel Stevens, a Stockbridge Indian, to enter 
 Vol. 14, p. 604. ant i purchase a certain tract of land in the Stockbridge reservation, Wisconsin. 
 
 Samuel Ste- Be it enacted, tj-c., That Samuel Stevens, a Stockbridge Indian, be, and 
 
 vens may enter ^ e | g nereD y ? authorized to enter and purchase the tract of land known 
 
 certam^tract 6 of as 1* number one hundred and twenty-six, in the Stockbridge reserva- 
 
 land. tion, in the county of Calumet and State of Wisconsin, under the "Act 
 
 to authorize the issuing of patents for certain lauds in the town of 
 
 Stockbridge, Wisconsin, and for other purposes," approved March 
 
 third, eighteen hundred and sixty- five, (a) 
 
 Patent to issue g EC . g. ^ na le it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 
 vens a upon to eral Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon 
 
 the entry and payment therefor, to cause a patent, in due form of law, 
 
 to be issued to the said Samuel Stevens, in conformity with the act 
 
 above mentioned. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 617, 621, 663, 664, 674, 679, 693. 
 
WISCONSIN. 
 
 , 670. AN ACT confirming the title of Alexis Gardapier to a certain tract of 
 land in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin. 
 
 285 
 
 Dec. 15, 1866. 
 Vol. 14, p. 615. 
 
 Be It enacted <)'-e., That the claim Of Alexis Gardapier to a certain Claim of Alex- 
 ract of land situate in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, js Gardapier to 
 lescribed in the report of the commissioners to examine titles and iieonflrmea C n 
 laims in the Territory of Michigan as "lying on the west bank of Fox ' 
 iver, and more particularly known as being a vacant strip lying be- 
 tween a tract number one, confirmed to Jacques Porlier, on the north, 
 ind tract number'two, confirmed to Louis Griguon, on the south, com- 
 lencing at low- water mark, and running west eighty arpens, and in 
 ridth three arpens on the aforesaid river," be, and the same is hereby, 
 onfirmed, and tie Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby . 
 uthorized to cause the said tract of land to be surveyed in the same Land tobesur- 
 lanner as other private claims to lands in Green Bay have been sur- veyed, and pa- 
 reyed, and directed to issue a patent therefor, according to the pro- tent t( 
 risions of the fifth section of the act of Congress approved February 
 twenty-one, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to 
 evive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land 
 laims in the Territory of Michigan," which shalJ be recorded in t*he 
 ffice of the register of deeds for the county aforesaid, for the benefit 
 of the heirs or assigns of 'the said Alexis Gardapier. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 464, 466, 595, 596, 638, 645, 646, 652, 655, 690. 
 
 No. 671, 
 
 -A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the improve- 
 ment of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. 
 
 March 12, 1867. 
 Vol. 15, p. 20. 
 
 Resolved, <$-c., That the time provided for the completion of the im- Time for com- 
 provement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and a canal connecting pletion of the im- 
 the same, by section three of an act of Congress, approved August Fo^a 
 eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled, ''An.act to grant a sin rivers 
 certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wis- tended, 
 consin rivers, and to connect the same by a canal in the Territory of 
 Wisconsin," be, and the same hereby is, extended for the term of five 
 years from and after the approval of this resolution, with all the rights 
 and privileges conferred by said act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 623, 629, 631, 639, 643, 650. 
 
 67^ JOINT RESOLUTION concerning certain lands granted to railroad 
 companies in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. 
 
 {.See MICHIGAN, No. 553.] 
 
 May 20, 1868. 
 Vol. 15, p. 252. 
 
 >. 65 3. AN ACT to extend the time for completing the military road authorized June 8, 1868. 
 by an act entitled " An act granting lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin Vol. 15, p. 67. 
 
 to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort Wilkiim, Copper Harbor, 
 
 Kewenaw County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the 
 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 554.] 
 
 No. 674. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas McLean. j une n, 1868. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Thomas McLean be, and he is hereby, author- YoL 15 ' p ' 359t 
 
 ;ed to enter and purchase so much of lot number one hundred and Thomas Mc- 
 
 twenty four as has not been disposed of in the Stockbridge reservation, Leau may enter 
 
 in the county of Calumet, and State of Wisconsin, used and occupied S *** 
 
 by him, at the price stipulated in the third section of the act of third 
 
 March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, providing for the disposal of 
 
 aid reservation, and receive a patent therefor, the said McLean having 
 
 mltivated and occupied the same for a long series of years, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 617, 621, 663, 664, 669, 679, 693. 
 
286 WISCONSIN. 
 
 July 13, 1868. No. 675. JOINT RESOLUTIOX to extend the time for the completion of the 
 Vol. 15, p 257. West Wisconsin Railroad. 
 
 Time of com- Be it resolved, c., That the time fixed and limited by an act entitled 
 pleting West "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads 
 Wisconsin Rail- j n th e State of Wisconsin," approved May five, eighteen hundred and 
 road extended. s i x ty-four, for the completion of the railroad from Tomah, iu the county 
 of Monroe, to Saint Croix River or Lake, between townships twenty- 
 five and thirty-one, be, and the same is hereby, further extended for a 
 period of three years to the West Wisconsin Railroad Company, a cor- 
 poration established by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and which, 
 by the law of said State, is entitled to the land grant made in the second 
 section of said act: Provided, That if said railway company shall not 
 have completed said railroad from Tomah to Black River Falls on or 
 before the expiration of one year from the passage of this resolution, 
 this act shall be null and void, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666. 672, 676, 681, 685, 689, 692. 695. 
 
 July 27, 1868. No. 676. AN ACT amendatory of an act entitled "An Act granting public lands 
 Vol. 15, p. 238. to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State," 
 - approved June 3, 1856. 
 
 The legislature Be it enacted, #c., That it shall and may be lawful for the legislature 
 
 of Wisconsin O f ^h e State of Wisconsin to dispose of the lands granted and which 
 
 Srfainfanda for mav have enure( l and been certified to the State of Wisconsin under 
 
 the benefit of the the act of Congress approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 
 Wisconsin Rail- six, to aid in the construction of a railroad "from Madison or Colum- 
 
 road Farm Mort- b us , by way of Portage City to the Saint Croix River or Lake, between 
 
 township twenty-five and thirty-one," and commonly known as La 
 
 Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, for the benefit of the Wisconsin Rail- 
 
 road Farm Mortgage Land Company, existing under and by virtue of 
 
 Proviso. tne i aw8 of Wisconsin : Provided, however, That this act shall apply 
 
 only to such lands as may be due the State of Wisconsin for the portion 
 
 of said road already completed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675. 681, 685, 689, 692, 695. 
 
 May 5, 1870. No. 677. AX ACT legalizing certain locations of agricultural- college scrip therein 
 Vol. 16, p. 116. designated. 
 
 Locations of Be it cixn-tcd, $~c., That all locations of agricultural-college scrip 
 
 certain agricul- allowed prior to December first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, at 
 
 tural-college^ ue 8e veral land offices in the State of Wisconsin, in excess of the niax- 
 
 'Tc~ imurn quantity authorized bv the act entitled "An act donating public 
 
 8111 ID GXCC83. ot-C.. - - T* . * -i,-. * i m -i tt 
 
 legalized. lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges 
 
 for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," approved July 
 
 second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be, and the same are hereby, 
 
 Patents to is- legalized ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is au- 
 
 8ne - thorized to issue patents upon such locations : Provided. That the same 
 
 shall be in all other respects legal and valid. 
 
 May 6, 1870. No. 678. AX ACT to extend the time for the completion of the military road 
 Vol..l6, p. 121. from Fort Wilkins. at Copper Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, 
 - at Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 560.] 
 
 Feb 6 1871. No. 679. AX ACT for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians, 
 Vol. 16, p. 404. in th 6 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Thetwo town- .Be it enacted, <)'<?., That the two townships of land, situated in the 
 pbipsof land set couu ty of Shawanaw, and State of Wisconsin, set apart for the use of 
 apart for the the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians, shall, under direction of 
 Mmisee tribe "of the Secretary of the Interior, be examined and appraised, by two or 
 Indians to be ex- more disinterested appraisers to be selected by him, in eighty-acre lots, 
 ami ned and ap- according to public survey ; such appraisal shall state the quality of 
 Pr A 8e rais-U to tue 8oi1 ' tne q uantit y> quality, and value of the timber growing on each 
 state what. " lot, estimating the pine timber at not less than one dollar per thousand, 
 
WISCONSIN. 287 
 
 and the value of all improvements, if any, made thereon, with the name 
 of the owner of such improvements, as certified by the sachem and coun- 
 cillors of said tribe, and, when returned to the land office of the district 
 in which said lands are situated, be subject to public inspection for at To be subject 
 least thirty days before the day appointed for the sale of such lands, as J? o P ub 
 hereinafter provided. One copy of said appraisal shall be made and w'heretobere- 
 retnrned to the land office of the district, and a duplicate thereof to the turned. 
 Secretary of the Interior, within six months from the passage of this 
 act, and the person[s] appointed to make such appraisal shall be allowed Pay of ap- 
 such compensation for their services as may be fixed by the Secretary praisers. 
 of the Interior, (a) 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said two townships of land The two town- 
 
 shall be advertised for sale, by notice of not less than three months, sur 
 
 be published in at least three newspapers of the district having general a t public auction. 
 
 circulation, and shall be offered at public auction, at the nearest Govern- Notice of time 
 
 ment laud office within the Green Bay agency, to the highest bidder, in and place of sale. 
 
 lots of not exceeding eighty acres each, but shall not be sold for less Mo(i 
 
 than the appraised value thereof. None of said lauds shall be subject Not subject to 
 
 to entry until they shall have been offered as aforesaid, and then only entry until, &c. 
 
 at the price fixed by such appraisal. All of said lands remaining unsold Lands unsold 
 
 at the expiration of one year after they shall have been offered as afore- j J>e again of 
 
 said shall be again advertised and offered at public auction at the near- &c 
 
 est Government land office within the Green Bay agency, at not less 
 
 than the minimum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and Wheu subject 
 
 thereafter shall be subject to private entry at the latter price, and shall to private entry. 
 
 in all cases be sold for cash only : Provided, however, That the Secretary c a j JJJ sol( 
 
 of the Interior is hereby authorized to reserve from sale a quantity of 
 
 said lands not exceeding eighteen contiguous sections, embracing such Not over eight- 
 
 as are now actually occupied and improved, and are best adapted to een sections 
 
 agricultural purposes, subject to allotment to members of the dUn^^ l b ^ J J? e ^J2 
 
 party of said tribe as hereinafter provided. (6) j ecti &c . ' 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That from the first proceeds of the Proceeds of 
 sale of lands as provided in the second section of this act, shall be paid sale how to be 
 the expenses of appraisal and sale of said lands, the amount due to in- a PP ned - 
 dividnals for improvements as returned by the appraisers, and the 
 amount of the debts contracted by the sachem and councillors for the 
 benefit of said tribes, amounting to the sum of eleven thousand dollars, 
 according to a schedule to be certified by them, and returned to the 
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, immediately after the returns Statement to 
 shall be received at the General Land Office of the last public sale ac-be made up 
 cording to the provisions of this act, a statement shall be made U P> ^ ^un^due f rom 
 under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, exhibiting the gross the United States 
 amount of moneys realized from the sale of the said two townships of to the S toe Is- 
 land, after deducting therefrom the sums appropriated by the preced- bridge and Mun- 
 ing sections of this.act, to which said amount shall be added the value 8ee Inuiaus - 
 of the lands remaining unsold of said two townships, estimating the 
 same at sixty cents per acre ; also the sum of six thousand dollars held 
 in trust by the Government of the United States for the use of the Stock- 
 bridge and Munsee tribes of Indians, under the treaty of eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-nine ; and the total amount thereof shall constitute the 
 entire sum of money due from the Government of the United States to 
 the said Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians, to be paid and ap- 
 propriated for their benefit as hereinafter directed. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of money thus found Amount found 
 due to the said tribes shall be divided between the citizen and Indian due the tribes, 
 
 . 
 
 according to rolls thereof, made and returned in conformity with the vl1 
 provisions of this act to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs : That por- 
 tion of said sum belonging to the citizen party shall be equally divided Citizens. 
 among them per capita, and paid to the heads of families, and adult 
 members of said party ; that portion of said sum belonging to the Indian Indian party. 
 party shall be placed to their credit on the books of the Treasurer of 
 the United States, and bear interest at the rate of five per centum per interest, how 
 annum, payable semi-nnnually, and said interest shall be applied to the to be applied. 
 support of schools, the purchase of agricultural implements, or paid in 
 such other manner as the President may direct : Provided, hoivever, That New location. 
 a part of said sum due the Indian party, not exceeding thirty thousand 
 dollars, may, on the request of the sachem and councillors of said tribe, 
 be expended in securing a new location for said tribe, and in removing 
 
288 WISCONSIN. 
 
 aiid aiding them to establish themselves in their ue\v home ; and in 
 case of their procuring and removal to such new locaiiou. at auy time, 
 the said eighteen sections of land, reserved for their use by the "second 
 section of this act shall be sold in the manner therein provided, aud the 
 proceeds thereof be placed to their credir as aforesaid. 
 
 Two rolls to be SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose oi' determining 
 prepared. the persons who are members of said tribes and the future relation of 
 
 each to the Government of the United States, there shall be prepared, 
 under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or such per- 
 son as may be selected by him to superintend the same, two rolls. 
 Citizen roll, to be denominated the citizen roll, to embrace the names of all such persons 
 include whom, of full age, and their families, as signify their desire to separate their 
 relations with said tribe, and to become citizens of the United States : 
 Indian roll. the other to be denominated the Indian roll, and to embrace the names 
 of all such as desire to retain their tribal character and continue under 
 Rolls to b the care and guardianship of the United States; which said rolls shall 
 "US 18 **; &c -' cer be signed by the sachem and councillors of said tribe, certified by the 
 turned 'to^Coca- P erson superintending the same, and returned to the Commissioner of 
 missioner of In- Indian Affairs, but no person of full age shall be entered upon said citi- 
 dian Affairs. zen roll without his or her full and free consent, personally given to the 
 Certain per- person superintending such enrollment ; nor shall any person, or his or 
 .sons not to be en- j^r descendants, be entered upon either of said rolls who may have here- 
 tofore separated from said tribe and received allotment of lauds under 
 the act of Congress for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians, of 
 March third, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and amendment of 
 August six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, or under the treaty of Feb- 
 ruary five, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, or who shall not be of Stock- 
 Citizen roll to bridge or Munsee descent. After the said rolls shall be made and re- 
 be held as a sur- turned as herein provided, the same shall be held as a full surrender 
 ther^ou of all an(1 relinquishment on the part of the citizen party, each and every one 
 claims as mem- of them, of all claims to be thereafter known or considered as members 
 bere of tribe. A:C. of said tribe, or in any manner interested in any provision heretofore 
 or hereafter to be made by any treaty or law of the United States for 
 the benefit of said tribes, and they and their descendants shall thence- 
 forth be admitted to all the rights and privileges of citizens of the 
 United States. 
 
 The Indian SEC. 7. Andbeit farther enacted, That after the said rolls shall have 
 party to b e been made and returned, the said Indian party shall thenceforth be 
 known s, <fcc. known as the " Stockbridge tribe of Indians," and may be located upon 
 cated 6I lands reserved by the second section of this act, or such other reserva- 
 
 tion as may be procured for them, with the assent of th j council of said 
 Adoption void, tribe, and their adoption among them of any individual, not of Indian 
 &c - descent, shall be null and void. 
 
 Reservation SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That as soon as practicable, after a 
 when obtained, suitable and permanent reservation shall be obtained and accepted by 
 &C., to be su*- sa id tribe, either at their present home or elsewhere, the same shall, 
 vided, and allot- "nder the direction of the* Secretary of the Interior, be surveyed and 
 ted. ' subdivided to correspond with the public survey, and the council of said 
 
 tribe, under the superintendence of the agent ftf the United States, shall 
 make a just and fair allotment of so much thereof (in compact form) as 
 may be required among the individuals and families composing said 
 Heads of fam- tribe, as follows : Each head of a family consisting of four persons shall 
 Hies. receive eighty acres of land, aud if consisting of more than four persons, 
 
 at the discretion of the council, eighty acres more may be assigned to 
 Males. him or her ; each male person above the age of eighteen years, not in- 
 
 Females. eluded in any family, shall receive eighty acres ; each female person 
 
 above the age of eighteen years, not a member of any family, and each 
 Lands to be in- orphan child, shall receive forty acres ; the lands assigned and allotted 
 alienable and as aforesaid shall be held inalienable, and in case of the death of any 
 how to descend, person, his or her right thereto shall descend to his or her heirs, if mem- 
 bers of said tribe, aud if he or she dies without heirs capable of inherit- 
 ing, the land shall revert to and become the common property of said 
 Common res- tribe ; there shall also be set apart and appropriated a lot, not exceed- 
 er vat ion for i u g forty acres, to be held as common property on which to erect a 
 church school- churd^ parsonage, school-house, and other improvements necessary for 
 ^emal^'to for- the accommodation of said tribe : Provided, That if any female shall 
 feit, if, &c. marry out of said tribe, she shall thereby forfeit all right to hold any 
 
 of said lands, as if deceased. 
 
 Allotments to SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the allotments contemplated in 
 the previous sections of this act shall be made, and a certified copy- 
 
WISCONSIN. 289 
 
 thereof returned to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, within one year bo ma de, &c., 
 after the reservation shall have been made and accepted by said tribe; within one year, 
 and thereafter the title of the lands described therein shall be held by Title to be in 
 the United States in trust for individuals and their heirs to whom the the United States 
 same were allotted. The surplus lands embraced in such reservation m g^* ns i an ds 
 remaining after making such allotments shall be held in like manner by a f ter allotments. 
 the United States, subject to be allotted to individuals of said tribe 
 who may not have received any portion of said reservation, or to be 
 disposed of for the common benefit of said tribe: Provided, That no No change, &c. 
 change or addition shall be made in the allotment returned to the Com- j n allotment un- 
 missioner of Indian Affairs, unless the same shall be approved by the k 
 Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 617, 621, 663, 664, 669, 671, 693. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663, 667, 
 
 680, 686, 694. 
 
 No. 6SO. AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain lands reserved for the use of Feb. 13, 1871. 
 the Menomonee tribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin. Yol. 16, p. 410. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- p a r t of the 
 ized to cause to be subdivided, appraised, and sold a portion of the lands reserved 
 lands, not exceeding six townships, reserved for the use of the Meno- for tbe Menomo- 
 monee tribe of Indians, in the county of Shaw ana w, and State of Wis- wisconshTto be 
 cousin, as follows : The said lands shall be appraised by two or more appraised and 
 disinterested appraisers, to be selected and appointed by said Secretary, sold, 
 in eighty-acre lots, according to the public survey. Such appraisal Appraisal to 
 shall state the quality of the soil, the quality, quantity, and value of 8tate what - 
 the timber growing on each lot ; and, when returned to the land office 
 of the district in which such lands are situated, shall be subject to To be subject 
 public inspection for at least sixty days before the day appointed for j Public inspec- 
 the sale of said lands, as hereinafter provided. One copy of said 
 appraisal shall be made and returned to the land office of the district Where to be 
 in which such lands are situated within six months from the taking returned, 
 effect of this act, and a duplicate thereof to the Secretary of the Interior ; 
 and the persons appointed to make such appraisal shall receive such Pay of apprais- 
 compensation for their services as may be fixed by the Secretary of era- 
 the Interior. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands appraised as aforesaid Such lands to 
 shall be advertised for sale by notice of not less than three months, to be advertised for 
 be published in at least three newspapers of the said district having auction^ p 
 general circulation, and shall be offered, at public auction, at the nearest Notice of time 
 Government land office within the Green Bay agency, to the highest and place of sale, 
 bidder, in lots of not exceeding eighty acres; but shall not be sold for Mode of sale, 
 less than the appraised value thereof. None of said lands shall be sub- Not subject to 
 ject to private entry until the same shall have been offered as aforesaid, entry until, &c. 
 and then only at the price fixed by such appraisal. All of said lands Lands unsold 
 remaining unsold at the expiration of one year after they shall have to b . e a g a . in offer- 
 been offered as aforesaid shall be again advertised and offered, at public e 
 auction, at the nearest Government land office within the Green Bay 
 agency, at not less than the minimum of one dollar and twenty-five 
 cents per acre, and thereafter shall be subject to private entry at the When subject 
 latter price, and shall in all cases be sold for cash only, (a) to private entry. 
 
 SEC. 3. And he it further enacted, That the townships thus selected for cash only 
 sale shall be in a compact body, and consist, if practicable, of unoccupied Lands selected 
 lands: Provided, That such . portions of the same as maybe occupied for sale to be in a 
 and improved, if any, by members of the tribe, not exceeding eighty C0 j 1 ra act r b !j y d 
 acres to each settler, shall not be sold without the consent of the party lands, &c., not to 
 in possession, but shall be valued as other subdivisions, the appraisers be sold unless, 
 reporting separately the value of the improvements thereon ; which -De- 
 tracts may then, with the consent of the occupants, be sold, and the 
 price of the improvements paid over to the respective occupants. 
 
 SEC. 4. And he it further enacted, That from the first proceeds of the Proceeds of 
 
 lie of lands, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid the expenses of 8ale 1 '. ^.. w to be 
 
 irvey, appraisal, and sale thereof ; and the residue of such proceeds ap 
 shall be paid to or funded for the benefit of said tribe, in such manner as 
 the President, with the assent of the chiefs and headmen of said tribe, 
 ~ay determine. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and remain Act to be inop- 
 
 loperative, as to the first five sections thereof, until full and satisiac- erative until, &c. 
 
 >ry evidence shall have been placed on the files of the office of Coni- 
 19 L O VOL II ' 
 
290 WISCONSIN. 
 
 missioner of Indian Affaire that the sales herein authorized have the 
 sanction of the tribe, evidenced by orders or agreement taken in fnll 
 council. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 035, 644, 649, 650, 654 656 659 
 663, 667, 679, 686, 694. 
 
 March 3, lc-71. IVo. 681. AX ACT granting the right of way to the Green Bay and Lake Pepin 
 Vol 16, p. 5-ti. 3 tail way Company for its road across the Oneida reservation, in the State of Wis- 
 
 . of way Be it enacted, <$-c., That the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway Com- 
 acrossthe Oneida pany be, and is hereby, authorized to build and maintain its railway 
 granted V to the acr 88 the Oneida reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, and to take 
 GIX-LU Bay and sufficient land, not more than a strip one hundred feet in width, for 
 Lake Pepin Rail- the purposes of said railway, in accordance with and subject to the 
 road Company, conditions of .an agreement made by the chiefs and headmen of the 
 Oneida tribe of Indians, on the twenty-third day of May, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy, approved by and on file with the Secretary of the 
 Interior, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 685, 689, 692, 695. 
 
 March 1, 1872. IVo. 682. AX ACT extending the time for the completion of the Green Bay and 
 Vol. 17, p. 32. Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal, in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Time for com- J>c it enacted <fc., That the time for the completion of the Green Bay 
 pleting Green an( i Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal be, and the same is 
 canal extended nerell) y> extended to the tenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hun- 
 dred and sevehty.-four. (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 665, 691. 
 
 April 24, 1872. No. 6S3 AX ACT to extend the time for the completion of the military road from 
 Vol. 17 p 56. Fort Wilkins, at Copper Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green 
 Bay, in .the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 571.] 
 
 May 9, 1672. No. 684. AX ACT to extend the time of payment for their lands by persons hjl cling 
 Vol. 17, p. 88. pre-emptions on the public lauds in the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michi- 
 gan, and Territory of Dakota. 
 
 [See MINNESOTA, No. 1898. j 
 
 May 23, 1872. No. 685. AX ACT to authorize the Chicago and Xorthwestern Railway Company 
 Vol. 17, p. 160. to change their projected line of railway in the State of Michigan. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 573 ] 
 
 "May a, 1H72. IVo 
 Vol. 17, p. 165. 
 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 tf * If X 9 ft 
 
 Certain Chip- SEC. 8. That with the consent and concurrence of those bands of the 
 pewa Indians, Cbippewa Indians of Lake Superior, located on Lac de Flambeau and 
 with their con- oll Lac c onrt Orielles, and also of the Fond du Lac bandjkof said Indians, 
 movedfrom their expiessed in open council in the usual manner, the Secretary of the In- 
 lands and located tenor be. and hereby is, authorized to remove the said bands of Indians 
 anew. . iroin the tracts of lands which were set apart for them respectively and 
 
 withheld from sale for their use, in accordance with the third and fourth 
 clauses of the second article of the treaty between the United States and 
 the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, concluded 
 September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and to locate said 
 bauds of Indians upon the tract of land set apart by the second clause 
 of said article for the La Pointe band of said Chippewa Indians. 
 Vacant lands The lands rendered vacant under the preceding section of this act shall 
 to l)i' appraised, j^ a pp ra i 8 ed by three competent commissioners, one of whom shall be the 
 m< United States agent for the said Chippewa Indians, and the other two 
 
WISCONSIN. 291 
 
 ill be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval 
 of the President. Should there be upon any of the lands to be thus ap- 
 praised any improvements made by or for the Indians, or for Government Improvements, 
 purposes, the said commissioners shall appraise the said improvements 
 separately. After the said lands shall have been appraised, as herein pro- After appraise- 
 vided, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized to ment lands to be 
 offer the same at public sale to the highest bidder, in tracts not exceeding g^ re | c at p 
 one hundred and sixty acres each, at such place in the congressional dis- ' 
 trict in which said lands are situated as may be designated by the Secre- 
 tary of the Interior, ninety days' notice of which shall be given by adver- 
 tisement in at least three newspapers of general circulation published in 
 said congressional district ; and if not sold at public sale, it may be sold in If not sold at 
 tracts of not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to one person, at not public sale, how 
 less than the appraised value, and upon payment therefor to cause patents disposed of. 
 in the usual form to be issued to said purchaser or purchasers for said 
 lands : Provided, That no bid for separate tracts shall be accepted which Bids for less 
 may be less than the appraised value of such tract, including the im- th n appraised 
 provements, if any, thereon : And provided further, That bids for tracts l^ ot to be 
 having improvements upon them shall state the price for both the land improvements, 
 and the improvements. The proceeds of such sales shall be invested or P r o c eeds of 
 expended for the benefit of the Indians interested, in such manner as the sales, how to be 
 Secretary of the Interior, subject to the approval of the President, m,ay in 
 direct, (a) 
 
 The commissioners to be appointed by the Secretary of .the Interior) Pay of com- 
 under the provisions of this act, shall receive compensation for their missioners. 
 services at the rate of six dollars for each day actually engaged in the 
 duties herein designated, in addition to the amount paid by them for 
 actual travelling and other necessary expenses. 
 
 The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may Appropriate n 
 be necessary, be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of aliy moneys in the for expenses of 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direc- a p d p r f * s ement 
 tion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the appraisement and sale of the 
 said reservations and for the removal and establishment of said Indians, 
 as hereinbefore provided, the sum so expended to be reimbursed from Sum to be re- 
 the proceeds of the sales of the lands of said Indians authorized by this imbursed. 
 act. 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627,629,630,635,644,649,650 654 656 659 663 
 667, 679, 680, 694. 
 
 687. AN ACT relative to homestead settlers burned out in the States of Min- June 8, 1872. 
 nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Vol. 17, p. 337. 
 
 [See MINNESOTA, No. 1900.] 
 
 No. 688. AN ACT in relation to mineral lands. Feb. 18 1873. 
 
 >Iines of iron and coal and mineral lands in Wisconsin, &c., not in- YoL 17 ' P- 465 - 
 eluded in act of 1872. See MICHIGAN, No. 577.] 
 
 No. 6S9. AN ACT to quiet the title to the lands of the settlers on lands claimed March 3 1873 
 by the West Wisconsin Railway Company. Vol. n t p . 634. 
 
 Whereas, by the neglect of the Commissioner of the General Land 
 )mce to have the lands withdrawn from market embraced in the grant ' 
 of lands from the town of Pomah to the city of Hudson, in the State of 
 Wisconsin, as soon as the West Wisconsin Railway Company (to which 
 company the said grant belongs) had finally located its road and filed 
 the map of such location, a large amount of lands about twenty thou- 
 sand acres were taken up under the homestead laws and otherwise 
 entered: Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, fa, That provided said West Wisconsin Railway Com- The West Wis- 
 pany shall waive and release all claims to any lands taken up under the consin Railway 
 homestead laws or otherwise entered after the final location of their c ^ p an y ma / 
 road, as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for said company to make up any Sency^Fn their 
 ich deficiency in their grant, not however to exceed twenty thousand land grant, from, 
 acres, from the vacant odd-numbered sections from the southeastern &c - 
 part or portion of the indemnity limits of the former grant for the 
 branch roads from the said city of Hudson to Lake Superior, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 681, 685, 692, 695. 
 
292 WISCONSIN. 
 
 March 3, 1873. No. 690. AX ACT confirming the title of Louis Grignon to a certain tract of land 
 Vol. 17, p. 789. at Green Bay, "Wisconsin. 
 
 ignon to cer- of land at Green Bay, Wisconsin, situated in township twenty-four 
 in land in nor th, of range twenty east of the fourth principal meridian, lying on 
 
 Title of Louis Beit enacted, fa., That the claim of Louis Grignon, to a certain tract 
 Grij 
 tai 
 
 Wisconsin. (t he west bank of Fox River, between the" claim" of Alexis Gafdapier, 
 'as confirmed and finally surveyed, and the claim of said Louis Grignon, 
 as surveyed and patented, (said tract having been excluded from the 
 final survey of the said claim of Louis Grignon because within the 
 former Fort Howard military reservation,) be, and the same is hereby, 
 confirmed, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby 
 authorized to cause the said tract of land to be surveyed at the expense 
 of the parties in interest, and to issue a patent therefor in favor of the 
 said Louis Grignon, subject to such legal transfers or assignments as 
 may have been made by him or by his heirs or assigns according to the 
 provisions of the fifth section of the act of Congress approved February 
 twenty-first, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to 
 revive and continue in force certain acts' for the adjustment of land 
 claims in the Territory of Michigan ; " such survey and patent to be 
 held as a relinquishmeut on the part of the United States, and as in no 
 way impairing any valid adverse rights, if such exist, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 464, 466, 595, 596, 638, 645, 646, 652, 655, 670. 
 
 March 7, 1874. NO. 691. AX ACT extending the time for the completion of the Green Bay and 
 Vol. 18, p. 20. Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal, in the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Green Bay,&c., Be it enacted, 4'-c., That the time for the completion of the Green Bay 
 ship canal. an( i sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal be, and the same is 
 
 Time for com- hereby, extended to the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and 
 pletion extended, seventy-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 665, 662. 
 
 April 9, 1874. No. 692. AX ACT to extend the time for completing the Wisconsin Central Eail- 
 Vol. 18, p. 28. road in Wisconsin. 
 
 Extension of Be it enacted, c., That the time specified in the ninth section of the 
 time for complet- ac t o f Congress approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, 
 Central ifaTl^ en -titled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of certain 
 road. railroads in the State of Wisconsin," for the completion of the road 
 
 mentioned in the third section of said act, and for the reversion to the 
 United States of the lands granted by said act, to aid in the construc- 
 tion of said road, be, and the same is hereby, extended until the thirty- 
 first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 681, 685, 6t9, 695. 
 
 June 22, 1874. No. 693. AX ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses 
 
 Vol. 18, p. 174. of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian 
 
 tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1875, and for other purposes. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Secretary of For this amount, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 
 the Interior to the provisions of the fourth section of the act entitled "An act for the 
 b r -d dU i S S ck ' relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians in the State of 
 see tribe of in- Wisconsin," approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 dians with stipu- one, by causing to be credited to said tribe the estimated value, at 
 lated price of 8 j x ty cents an acre, of eleven thousand eight hundred and three acres 
 SJSSJ* 1 of land remaining unsold of the two townships referred to in said act: 
 Proviso. ' Provided, That the expenses of enrollment and payment required by the 
 provisions of said act shall be defrayed from the amount hereby appro- 
 priated, seven thousand and eighty-one dollars and eighty cents, (a) 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Xos. 617, 621, 663, 664, 669, 674, 679. 
 
WISCONSIN. 293 
 
 No. 094. AN ACT relating to the disposition of certain lands to be reclaimed in Dec. 21, 1874. 
 
 sections fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-six; in township sixteen north, of Vol. 18, p. 293. 
 rau^e twenty, in the county of Sheboygan, in the 'State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Be it'enacted, #c., That so much of the bed of the marsh or pond in sec- Release of cer- 
 tions fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-six, in township sixteen north, ]5 m stob y e an 
 of range twenty east of the fourth principal meridian, in the county of county, Wiscon- 
 Sheboygan, in the State of Wisconsin, as shall or may be reclaimed by sin, at '$1.25 per 
 draining the water from the same, shall be owned and held, so far as acre, when drain- 
 any rights or interests of the United States are concerned, by the owners e " - 
 of the lands abutting upon said marsh or pond, and draining the same 
 to the centre or thread thereof, and divided among the several owners 
 adjoining and abutting said marsh or pond, according to the rules of 
 law, upon payment by said adjoining owners into the Treasury of the . 
 United States of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the amount 
 of land that has been or may be so reclaimed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 389, 599, 601, 610, 616, 626, 627, 629, 630, 635, 644, 649, 650, 654, 656, 659, 663,667, 
 679, 680, 686. 
 
 No. 695. AN ACT authorizing the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company to March 3, 1875. 
 straighten the line of their road. Vol. 18, p. 511. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the consent and approval of Congress are WisconsinCen- 
 hereby given to the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company to build that tral Eailroad 
 portion of their road which lies between Portage City and Stevens Point ciSeBne. "^ 
 on the line adopted by the act of the legislature of Wisconsin, approved 
 February tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, instead of the line 
 adopted by the act of the legislature of Wisconsin, April ninth, eigh- 
 teen hundred and sixty-six, chartering the Portage and Superior Rail- 
 road Company : Provided, That no portion of the lands belonging to Lands outside 
 said grant situated south of Stevens Point, and which may be found | ten miles limit 
 outeide of the ten-mile limits, measured from the modified line of said Ol 
 road, shall pass to said company under its grant, but such lands shall 
 revert to the United States and become part of the public domain, to 
 be disposed of as other public lands, and the acceptance of the pro- 
 visions of this act by said company shall be held to be a relinquishment 
 of the same j And provided further, That this act shall not be construed No new grant 
 as increasing said grant, or as granting to said company and [any] lands by tlli8 act - 
 whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 544, 644, 654, 658, 659, 662, 666, 672, 675, 676, 681, 685, 689, 692. 
 
 ; 
 
 696. AN ACT granting to the city of Stqvens Point, Wisconsin a certain piece March 2, 1877. 
 of land. Vol. 19, p. 270. 
 
 Whereas, there is situated in the Wisconsin River, within the city of p ream bi e 
 ;evens Point, Wisconsin, a small island containing less than one square 
 acre of land, which has for many years been used for the storage of pow- 
 der and other combustible or inflammable goods, and the people of said 
 city are desirous that the said island be granted to the city for that pur- 
 pose : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, <$*c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Stevens Point, 
 the United States be, and he is hereby, instructed to ca.use to be pat- "Wis., to have 
 ted to the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the following describedgf^Jf" cer ' 
 iece of land, to wit, the island in the Wisconsin River, within the 
 "rporate limits of the city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in section 
 irty-one, township numbered twenty-four north, in range eight east, 
 the fourth principal meridian in said State. 
 
 697. AN ACT to authorize the issue of a patent of certain lands in the Broth- April 20, 1878. 
 evtown reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, to the persons selected by the Broth- Vol. 20. p. 513. 
 c: town Indians. 
 
 lie it enacted t #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Brothertown 
 i, and he is hereby, authorized to give full title to the Broth ertown In dians. 
 idians of all the township of land, containing twenty-three thousand Ce 7tai n lands to 
 id forty acres of land, lying on the east side of Winnebago Lake, in 
 le State of Wisconsin, which, by the provision of a treaty made with 
 le Menomonee Indians, on the seventeenth day of February, eighteen 
 nindred and thirty-one, and ratified on the ninth day of July, eighteen 
 
294 WISCONSIN. 
 
 hundred and thirty- two, was reserved for the use of the Brothertown 
 Indians, and which, by a subsequent treaty with the Menomonees, bear- 
 ing date October twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, 
 and ratified the thirteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 three, was further secured to the Brothertown Indians, the right to 
 have the same partitioned, divided and held by them separately and 
 severally in fee-simple. 
 
 Patent to be is- SEC. 2. That for such purpose, the Commissioner of the General Land 
 sued to trustees. Office is hereby fully directed, empowered, and authorized to make and 
 issue a patent of all the lands contained in said township which are 
 now unpatented to Laton Dick, senior, Lucius S. Fowler, David Fowler, 
 and Orrin G. Johnson, residents of Brothertown, Calumet County, and 
 State of Wisconsin, and members of the Brothertown tribe, in trust for 
 Lands may be the Brothertown Indians : Provided, however, That said lands, or any 
 part thereof, shall be sold by said trustees whenever a majority of said 
 Brothertown tribe shall petition for the same ; such sale to be made at 
 At public aucr public auction and to the highest and best bidder in cash therefor, after 
 tion - first giving sixty days' notice of such sale by advertisement in some 
 
 Advertisement, newspaper published in Calumet County, State of Wisconsin ; such ad- 
 vertisement to state the time and place of sale, the terms of sale, and a 
 Distribution of description of the land to be sold. And the said trustees shall distri- 
 proceeds. bu.te and pay over the proceeds arising from such sale or sales to the 
 
 Brothertown Indians, according to the former usages, customs, and 
 regulations of said tribe, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 611. 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 No. 698, A~N ACT to enable the President of the United States to take possession Oct. 31, 1803. 
 of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Vol. 2, p. 245. 
 Paris, on the thirtieth of April last ; and for the temporary government thereof . 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the President of the United States be, and he Louisiana to be 
 is hereby authorized to take posession of, and occupy the territory ceded taken possession 
 by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the Jjentoi ! the Uni- 
 thirtieth day of April last, between the two nations ; and that he may te d States, 
 for that purpose, and in order to maintain in the said territories the au- Authority of 
 thority of the United States, employ any part of the Army and Navy of theUnited States 
 the United States, and of the force authorized by an act passed the third J^^JS. 
 day of March last, intituled "An act directing a detachment from the Act of March 
 militia of the United States, and for erecting certain arsenals," which 3, 1803. Appro- 
 he may deem necessary : and so much of the sum appropriated by the priations. 
 said act as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of 
 carrying this act into effect ; to be applied under the direction of the 
 President of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That until the expiration of the All the military, 
 present session of Congress, unless provision for the temporary gov- civil ' aml J u ^ i . cia | 
 ernment of the said territories be sooner made by Congress, all the mili- by^ 8 officer? of 
 tary, civil and judicial powers, exercised by the officers of the existing the existing gov- 
 government of the same, shall.be vested in such person and persons, and eminent to be 
 shall be exercised in such manner, as the President of the United States exercised as the 
 shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of Louisiana a j^c t for^thJ 
 in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion, (a) protection of th 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 702, 707, 709, 714, 715, 762. inhabitants. 
 
 No. 699. AN ACT erecting Louisiana into two Territories, and providing for the March 26, 1804. 
 temporary government thereof. Vol. 2, p. 283. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c. t That all that portion of country ceded by France to Lands south of 
 the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies south of the the Mississippi 
 Mississippi Territory, and of an east and west line to commence on the Territory in Lau- 
 Mississippi River, at the thirty- third degree of north latitude, and to Terrftory 1 of Or- 
 extend west to the western boundary of the said cession, shall constitute leans. * 
 a Territory of the United States, under the name of the Territory of Or- 
 leans. 
 
 * * # * # * # 
 
 SEC. 12. The residue of the province of Louisiana, ceded to the United. The remaining 
 States, shall be called the District of Louisiana, * * * * part of Louisiana 
 
 SEC. 14. And 1)6 it further enacted, That all grants for lands within the Jjjg,,? se P arate 
 territories ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the certain grants 
 treaty of the thirtieth of April, in the year one thousand eight huii- for lands in the 
 dred and three, the title whereof was, at the date of the treaty of St. territories coded 
 Ildefonso, in the crown, government or nation of Spain, and every act * t . e e ~ ^^J 
 and proceeding subsequent thereto, of whatsoever nature, towards the we rein the crown 
 obtaining any grant, title, or claim to such lands, and under whatso- of Spain at the 
 ever authority transacted, or pretended, be, and the same are hereby time of the treaty 
 declared to be, and to have been from the beginning, null, void, and of Seolwed voi<l. n8< 
 no effect in law or equity. Provided, nevertheless, that any thing in this proviso, 
 section contained shall not be construed to make null and void any Grants to ao 
 bona-fide grant, made agreeably to the laws, usages and customs of the toal settlers ex- 
 Spanish Government to an actual settler on the lands so granted, f O r ceptetK 
 himself, and for his wife and family ; or to make null and void any 
 bona-fide act or proceeding done by an actual settler agreeably to the 
 laws, usages and customs of the Spanish Government, to obtain a grant 
 for lands actually settled on by the person or persons claiming title 
 thereto, if such settlement in either case was actually made prior to the 
 twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three : 
 And provided further, that such grant shall not secure to the grantee or Proviso. 
 
 295 
 
2^6 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Limitation of liis assigns more than one mile square of land, together with such other 
 such grants. ;liu i farther quantity as heretofore hath been allowed for the wife and 
 f.jrnily of such actual settler, agreeably to the laws, usages and cus- 
 Prohibition of toins of the Spanish Government. And that if any citizen of the 
 settlements on United States, or other person, shall make a settlement on any lands 
 United States 1)elon g in g to the United States, within the limits of Louisiana, or shall 
 survey, or attempt to survey, such lands, or to designate boundaries by 
 marking trees, or otherwise", such offender shall, on conviction thereof, 
 in any court of record of the United States, or the Territories of the 
 United States, forfeit a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and 
 suffer imprisonment not exceeding twelve months; and it shall, more- 
 over, be lawful for the President of the United States to employ such 
 military force as he may judge necessary to remove from lands belong- 
 ing to the United States any such citizen or other person, who shall 
 attempt a settlement thereon. (6) 
 
 President au- SEC. 15. The President of the United States is hereby authorized to 
 tborized to enter stipulate with any Indian tribes owning lands on the east side of the 
 a^reement^wtth Mississippi* and residing thereon, for an exchange of lands, the prop- 
 te Indium tribes, ertv f tlie United States, on the west side of the Mississippi, in case 
 owning lands on the said tribes shall remove and settle thereon ; but in such stipulation, 
 the east side of the said tribes shall acknowledge themselves to be under the protection 
 ssippi. of the United States, and shall agree that they will not hold any treaty 
 with any foreign power, individual State, or with the individuals of 
 any State or power; and that they will not sell or dispose of the said 
 lands, or any part thereof, to any 'sovereign power, except the United 
 States, nor to the subjects or citizens of any other sovereign power, nor 
 to the citizens of the United States. And in order to maintain peace 
 and tranquillity with the Indian tribes who reside within the limits of 
 The act to reg- Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, the act of Con- 
 ulate trade. <fcc., g re8 8, passed on the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 peace P on 8e the dred and two intituled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with 
 frontiers, extend- the Indian tribes, and to preserve peaqe on the frontiers," is hereby 
 ed to the terri- extended to the Territories erected and established by this act; and the 
 tory cede d by sum of fifteen thousand dollars of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 United States wise appropriated by law, is hereby appropriated to enable the Presi- 
 dent of the United States to effect the object expressed in this section. 
 Limitation of a SEC. 16. The act, passed on the thirty-first day of October, one thou- 
 former and the sand eight hundred and three, intituled "An act to enable the President 
 the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by 
 France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the 
 thirtieth day of April last, and for the temporary government thereof," 
 Ti is act to be shall continue in force until the first day of October next, any thing 
 in force on Octo- therein to the contrary notwithstanding ; on which said first day of 
 continue for* one pctober, this act shall commence, and have full force, and shall continue 
 year. in force for and during the term of one year, and to the end of the next 
 
 session of Congress which may happen thereafter. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 698, 702, 707, 709, 714, 715, 762. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712. 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 
 73?, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 March 27, 1804. No. 700. AX ACT supplementary to the act intituled " An act regulating the 
 Vol. 2, p. 303. grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south 
 of the State of Tennessee. ! ' 
 
 Major -General SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, Tnat Major-General La Fayette be, 
 La Fayette an- an( j ne j s hereby authorized and empowered to locate and survey the 
 hisl^cation^pon^ 11018 allowed him by the fourth section of an act, intituled " An act 
 public lands in to revive and continue in force an act in addition to an act, intituled 
 the Territory of an act in addition to an act, regulating the grants of laud appropriated 
 Orleans. f or military services, and for the Society of United Brethren for propa- 
 
 gating the^Gospel among the Heathen, and for other purposes," on any 
 lands the property of the United States, in the Territory of Orleans ; 
 and on presenting the surveys of the said land to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to 
 issue letters-patent to the said Major-General La Fayette for the quan- 
 tity of lands allowed by the said act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 32, 701, 704, 708, 74Sa, 869. 
 
LOUISIANA. 297 
 
 No. 701. AN ACT for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land, March 2, 1805. 
 within the Territory of Orleans, and the District of Louisiana. Vol. 2. p. 324. 
 
 3 
 
 
 Be it enacted, <)'-c., That any person or persons, and the legal represent- The titles of 
 atives of any person or persons, who on the first day of October, in the pei-sons residing 
 year one thousand eight hundred, were resident within the territories {Jtoi-ies on 1st 
 ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the treaty of Oct., 1800, who 
 the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and and three, and held lands under 
 who had prior to the said first day of October, one thousand eight hun- ? I } eDch r 5 r t f pa f " 
 dred, obtained from the French or Spanish Governments respectively, ^i'chlhe Indian 
 during the time either of the said governments had the actual posses- title has been ex- 
 sion of said territories, any duly registered warrantor order of survey tinsuished, and 
 for lauds lying within the said territories to which the Indian title had S or^oXfid 
 been extinguished, and which were on that day actually inhabited and on that ( i ay p f or 
 cultivated by such person or persons, or for his or their use, shall be or by these per- 
 confirmed in their claims to such lands in the same manner as if their sons, confirmed, 
 titles had been completed : Provided however, That no such incomplete ]STo such incom- 
 title shall be confirmed, unless the person in whose name such warrant plete title to be 
 or order of survey had been granted, was at the time of its date, either ^e ISoteewas 
 the head of a family, or above the age of twenty-one years : nor unless at ^ c j ate tn ( e 
 the conditions and terms on which the completion of the grant might head of a family, 
 depend, shall have been fulfilled. r above the age 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That to every person, or to the legal year^norunlJss 
 representative or representatives of every person, who being either the foe condition of 
 head of a family, or twenty-one years of age, had prior to the twentieth the grant shall 
 day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, with thej? ave een ful- 
 
 permissiou of the proper Spanish officer, and in conformity with the Jf, ', 
 
 ,->,, ^ t i VT runts to S.G" 
 
 laws, usages and customs of the Spanish Government, made an actual tu al settlers of 
 settlement on a tract of laud within the said territories, not claimed by the lands occu- 
 virtue of the preceding section, or of any Spanish or- French grant made Pi. ed by them, 
 and completed before the first day of October, o.ne thousand eight hun- Jin of improper 
 dred, and during the time the government which made such grant had Spanish officer, 
 the actual possession of the said territories, and who did on the said and in conform- 
 twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, jty with the 
 actually inhabit and cultivate the said tract of laud ; the tract of land gj 
 thus inhabited and cultivated, shall be granted : Provided however, That Xo more than 
 not more than one tract shall be thus granted to any one person, and one tract to be 
 the same shall not contain more than one mile square, together with g rante d to such 
 such other and further quantity, as heretofore has been allowed for the j^Txceed o no 
 wife and family of such actual settler, agreeably to the laws, usages mile square, 
 and customs of the Spanish Government : Provided also. That this dona- This donation 
 tion shall not be made to any person who claims any other tract of land JJ* *J be ma u 
 in the said territories by virtue of any French or Spanish grant, (a) claims any other 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of more conve- under a French 
 niently ascertaining the titles and claims to land in the territory ceded or Spanish grant, 
 as aforesaid, the Territory of Orleans shall be laid off into two districts, oriel's to belaid 
 in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct ; in off into two j is . 
 each of which, he shall appoint, in the recess of the Senate, but who tricts, for the as- 
 shall be nominated at their next meeting, for their advice and consent, certaiumeut of 
 a register ; who shall receive the same annual compensation, give se- |J nd 
 cuiity in the same manner, and in the same sums, and whose duties and A register to 
 Authorities shall in every respect be the same in relation to the lands be appointed for 
 'Inch shall hereafter be disposed of at their offices, as are by law pro- this purpose in 
 ided with respect to the registers in the several offices established for ea gjg compensa . 
 the disposal of the lands of the United States, north of the river Ohio, tion, duties, &c. 
 and above the mouth of Kentucky River. The President of the United A' recorder of 
 States shall likewise appoint a recorder of land titles in the District of land titles to be 
 Louisiana, who shall give security in the same manner, and in the same ^Hana *& 
 
 ms, and shall be entitled to the same annual compensation, as the trict. 
 
 gisters of the several land offices. (&) .His compensa- 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That every person claiming lands in ti( ^ n ' &c - . 
 
 e above-mentioned territories, by virtue of any legal French or Spanish inff e Ss under 
 _ ant, made and completed before the first day of October, one thou- French or Span- 
 sand eight hundred, and during the time the government which made ish grants, &c., 
 such grant had the actual possession of the territories, may, and every to . have th (1 ei 1 I 
 person claiming lands in the said territories, by virtue of the two first &J: 
 sections of this act, or by virtue of any grant or incomplete title, bear- 
 ing date subsequent to the first day of October, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred, shall, before the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred Record to J 36 
 and six, deliver to the register of the laud office, or recorder of land titles, JfJJ* t D JJ!? ^ f 
 ithin whose district the land may be, a notice in writing, stating the March, 1806. 
 
298 LOUISIANA. 
 
 nature and extent of his claims, together with a plat of the tract or 
 By whom the tracts claimed ; and shall also, on or before that day, deliver to the said 
 foregoing claims register or recorder, for the purpose of being recorded, every grant, order 
 corded aM the of 8nrve y> deed, conveyance, or other written evidence of his claim ; and 
 officer's fees. the same shall be recorded by the register or recorder, or by the trans- 
 lator herein after mentioned, in books to be kept by them for that pur- 
 pose, on receiving from the parties at the rate of 'twelve and an half 
 cents for every hundred words contained in such written evid. 
 Where lands their claim : Provided, however, That where lands are claimed by v 
 are claimed by o f a complete French or Spanish grant as aforesaid, it shall not 1>> uec- 
 plete e Frenchr essar y for tne claimant to have any other evidence of his claim recorded, 
 Spanish grant, except the original grant or patent, together with the warrant, or order 
 no other evidence of survey, and the plat ; but all the other conveyances or deeds shall be 
 of the claim to deposited with the register or recorder, to be by them laid before the 
 the original grant commissioners herein after directed to be appointed, when they shall 
 or patent. Other take the claim into consideration. And if such person shall neglect to 
 deeds to be de- deliver such notice in writing of his claim, together with a plat asafore- 
 re^iste^r^idltdd 8a ^' or cause to De recorded such written evidence of the same, all his 
 before r 'the com- ri g nt > so far as the same is derived from the two first sections of this 
 missioners. act, shall become void, and for ever thereafter be barred ; nor shall any 
 
 Failure to de- incomplete grant, warrant, order of survey, deed of conveyance, or other 
 tomio^d^'ufwork wr ^ten evidence, which shall not be recorded as above directed, ever 
 forfeiture, &c. after be considered or admitted as evidence in any court of the United 
 Register an d States, against any grant derived from the United States. The said 
 recorder to com- register and recorder shall commence the duties hereby enjoined on them, 
 tionof the\r e< of- on or before tne first dav of September next, and continue to discharge 
 fices on or before the same, at such place in their respective districts,, as -the President of 
 the 1st Septem- the United States shall direct. 
 
 ber. 1805. g EC< 5. j w rf i e it further enacted, That two persons to be appointed by 
 
 to be^ppofnted ? ae Pre8ident alone, for the District of Louisiana, and two persons to be 
 for the District of in the same manner appointed for each of the districts directed by this 
 Louisiana, and act to be laid off in the Territory of Orleans, shall, together with the 
 the districts to register or recorder of the district for which they may be appointed, be 
 thV^act for 1 as- commissioners for the purpose of ascertaining within their respective 
 certaining land districts, the rights of persons claiming under any French or Spanish 
 titles, &.c. grant as aforesaid, or under the two first sections of this act. The said 
 
 commissioners shall, previous to their entering on the duties of their 
 appointment, respectively take and subscribe the following oath or affir- 
 The oath of of- mation, before some person qualified to administer the same : " I 
 m tTake do 6olemnl y swear, (or affirm,) that I will impartially exer- 
 
 cise and discharge the duties imposed on me by an act of Congress, in- 
 tituled 'An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to 
 land within the Territory of Orleans, and the District of Louisiana.' to 
 Commissioners the best of my skill and judgment." It shall be the duty of the said 
 respective 1 d is' commi ssioners to meet in their respective districts, at such place as the 
 tricts at such President shall have directed therein, for the residence of the register or 
 places as may be recorder, on or before the first day of December next, and they shall not 
 the residence of adjourn to any other place, nor for a longer time than three days, until 
 regi3ters* C &c7on the first da ^ of Marcn on e thousand eight hundred and six, and until 
 or before the 1st they shall have completed the business of their appointment. Each 
 December, and board, or a majority of each board, shall, in their respective districts, 
 not to adjourn have power to hear and decide in a summary manner, all matters re- 
 have ^nished s P ec ting such claims, also to administer oaths,' to compel the attendance 
 their business, of, and examine witnesses, and such other testimony as may be adduced, 
 Powers of the to demand and obtain from the proper officer and officers, all public 
 boards of com- records, in which grants of land, warrants, or orders of survey, or any 
 ml To 10 administer * aer evidence of claims to land, derived from either the French or 
 oaths, compel the Spanish Governments, may have been recorded; to take transcripts of 
 attendance of such record or records, or of any part thereof ; to have access to all other 
 witnesses, de- records o f a public nature, relative to the granting, sale, transfer, or 
 reSSlsof grants titles of Iand8 > ^thin their respective districts ; and to decide in a suni- 
 of laud. mary way, according to justice and equity, on all claims filed with the 
 
 To take tran- register or recorder, in conformity with the provisions of this act, and 
 orlls^ f re on a ^ com pl e t e French or Spanish grants, the evidence of which, though 
 . F TO decide sum- n t thus filed, maybe found of record on the public records of such 
 marily according grants ; which decisions shall be laid before Congress in the manner 
 to justice and herein after directed, and be subject to their determination thereon: 
 e( let it; t-ti nallC d m " Proi ' i(le(l however. That nothing in this act contained, shall be construed 
 French or ^pan* so as to recognize any grant or incomplete title, bearing date subsequent 
 ish grants. to the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred, or to authorize 
 
LOUISIANA. 299 
 
 the commissioners aforesaid to make any decision thereon. The said Decisions of 
 boards respectively shall have power to appoint a clerk, whose duty it tn . e boards to be 
 shall be to enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, full and correct !* 
 minutes of their proceedings and decisions, together with the evidence ** NO' title under 
 on which such decisions are made, which books and papers, on the dis- a grant subse- 
 solution of the boards, shall be deposited in the respective offices of the quent to October 
 registers of the land offices, or of the recorder of land titles of the dis- J^nSSi. 
 ' ict; and the said clerk shall prepare two transcripts of all the deci- "The boards to 
 ns made by the commissioners in favour of the claimants to land ; both appoint a clerk, 
 which shall be signed by a majority of the said commissioners, and j^ is duties. 
 one of which shall be transmitted to the officer exercising in the district deSonsm favor 
 the authority of surveyor-general ; and the other to the Secretary of the O f claimants to 
 '"reasury. It shall likewise be the duty of the said commissioners, to be delivered to 
 ake to the Secretary of the Treasury a full report of all the claims tiled thesurveynr-^en- 
 ith the register of the proper land office, or recorder of land titles, as r'eYa^y T of' the 
 >ve directed, which may have been rejected, together with the sub- Treasury, 
 nee of the evidence adduced in support thereof, and such remarks Reports of re- 
 __ereon as they may think proper; which reports, together with tbe].^. ct ? d claims 
 transcripts of the decisions of the commissioners in favour of the claim- madT^aud filed 
 ants, shall be laid by the Secretary of the Treasury before Congress, at in' the proper 
 their next ensuing meeting, When any Spanish or French grant, war- land office, and to 
 rant, or order of survey, as aforesaid, shall be produced to either of the g , laid , by f ^ 
 " ;/ l boards, for lauds, which were not at the date of such grant, war- Treasury before 
 
 t, or order of .survey, or .within one year thereafter, inhabited, culti- Congress. 
 ,ted, or occupied, by or for the use of the grantee; or whenever either Grants ante- 
 the said boards shall not be satisfied that such grant, warrant, or order dated or other- 
 survey, did issue at the time when the same bears date, but that the wi ^ defective, 
 me is antedated or otherwise fraudulent ; the said commissioners shall ered as conclu- 
 >t be bound to consider such grant, warrant, or order of survey, as con- sive evidence of 
 elusive evidence of the title, but may require such other proof of its title, 
 validity as they may deem proper. Each of the commissioners and clerks Compensations 
 aforesaid, shall be allowed a compensation of two thousand dollars in * tbe , commis- 
 full for his services as such ; and each of the said clerks shall, previous & ne 
 to his entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the follow- 
 ing oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do solemnly swear, Their oaths of 
 (or affirm,) that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of a office, &c. 
 clerk to the board of commissioners, for examining the claims to land, 
 as enjoined by an act of Congress, intituled * An act ascertaining and ad- 
 justing the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans, 
 and the District of Louisiana.'" Which oath or affirmation shall be en- 
 
 the minutes of the board. 
 
 SEC. 6. And l)e it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Agents to be 
 .all be, and he is hereby authorized to employ three agents, one for em ployed for 
 each board, and whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand eacn .board of 
 five hundred dollars each, for the purpose of appearing before the com- ^Thei^cSnSn- 
 missioners, in behalf of the United States, to investigate the claims for sations not to ex- 
 lands, and to oppose all such as said agents may deem fraudulent and ceed $1,500 each, 
 unfounded. It shall also be the duty of the said agent for the District T heir t d i lties i : 1 
 of Louisiana, to examine into and investigate the titles and claims, if District ofLouis e 
 any there be, to the lead mines within the said district, to collect all iaua to collect in- 
 the evidence within his power, with respect to the claims to, and value formation con- 
 of the said mines, and to lay the same before the commissioners, who t e ^ in f .^ tit1 ' 
 shall make a special report thereof, with their opinions thereon, to the a nd \a,y\l befoTe 
 Secretary of the Treasury, to be by him laid before Congress, at their the commission- 
 next ensuing session. The said board of commissioners shall each be ers - 
 authorized to employ a translator of the Spanish and French languages, jn^JSJersixfem" 
 to assist them in the despatch of the business which may be brought p i oy a translator^ 
 before them, and for the purpose of recording Spanish and French to assist in the 
 grants, deeds, or other evidences of claims on the registers' books. The despatch of busi- 
 said translator shall receive, for the recording done by him, the fees ^' Spanish ^r 
 already provided by law, and may be allowed, not exceeding fifty dol- French claims, 
 lars, for every month he shall be employed ; provided that the whole &c. 
 compensation, other than that arising from fees, shall not exceed six . Fees to the 
 hundred dollars, (a) translator. 
 
 SEC. 7. And ~be it further enacted, That the powers vested by law in 8 * J * ^| 
 the surveyor of the lands of the United States, south of the State of lands south of 
 Tennessee, shall extend over all the public lauds of the United States, the State of 
 to which the Indian title has been, or shall hereafter be, extinguished, Tennessee to ex- 
 within the said Territory of Orleans; and it shall be the duty of the of^inT^U 1 !! 
 said surveyor to cause such of the said lands, as the President of the states, &c. 
 
 tered on 
 
 SEC. 
 
 shall be : 
 
300 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Made his duty United States shall expressly direct, to be surveyed, and divided, as 
 
 to cause these nearly as the nature of the country will admit, in the same manner, 
 
 s i ^^H- 8 "^" and under the same regulations as is provided by law, in relation to the 
 
 ed y lands of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, and above the 
 
 mouth of Kentucky River, (c) 
 
 Ch-u. La Fay- SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the location, or locations of 
 ette 8 locations. i an ^ 8 w hich Major-General La Fayette is by law authorized to make 
 on any lands, the property of the United States, in the Territory of Or- 
 leans, shall be made with the register or registers of the land offices 
 established by this act in the said Territory : the surveys thereof shall 
 be executed under the authority of the surveyor of the lands of the 
 How and where United States, south of Tennessee; and a patent or patents there- 
 to be made, for shall issue, on presenting such surveys to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, together with a certificate of the proper register, or registers, 
 stating that the land is not rightfully claimed by any other person : 
 Proviso. Provided, That no location or survey made by virtue of this section 
 
 shall contain less than one thousand acres, nor include any improved 
 lands or lots, salt spring or lead mine, (d) 
 
 Appropriate n SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That a sum not exceeding fifty thou- 
 for carrying this sand dollars, to be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the Treas- 
 ury, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carry- 
 ing this act into effect. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732. 737, 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904. 911. 946. 956, 957, 961, 967, 
 
 (6) See Xos. 704, 708, 710, 711, 718, 731, 737, 740, 831, 879, 965. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 703, 704. 708, 710, 718. 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 32, 700, 704, 708, 748a, 869. 
 
 March 3, 1805. IVo. 702. AX ACT further providing for the government of the District of 
 Vol. 2, p. 331. Louisiana. 
 
 District of Lou- Be it enacted, $c., That all that part of the country ceded by France 
 isiana changed to the United States, under the general name of Louisiana, which, 
 "T t0 r it hat - /L tlie k v an ac t ^ the ^t 8es8 i n f Congress, was erected into a sep- 
 isfanawithadif- ara te district, to be called the District of Louisiana, shall henceforth be 
 ferent govern- known and designated by the name and title of the Territory of Louis- 
 ment. iana. (a) 
 
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 (a) See Xos. 698, 699, 707, 709, 714, 715, 762. 
 
 Feb. 23, 1806. No. 703. AX ACT extending the powers of the surveyor-general to the Territory 
 Vol. 2, p. 352. of Louisiana ; and for other purposes. 
 
 Powers of the Be ** enacte ^t <$' c -> That the powers vested by law in the surveyor- 
 surveyor-general general, shall extend over all the public lands of the United States, in 
 to be extended to the Territory of Louisiana, to which the Indian title has been or here- 
 the Territory of after shall be extinguished. It shall be the duty of the said surveyor- 
 De^utvsurvev g enera ^ to appoint a sufficient number of skilful surveyors, as his depu- 
 ors to be appoint- ties, in the said Territory, one of whom he shall, with' the approbation 
 ed. of the Secretary of the Treasury, designate as his principal deputy for 
 
 Their duties, the same. Which said deputies shall severally take an oath, or affirm- 
 &c. ation, truly and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective 
 
 offices. The said principal deputy shall reside and keep an office in the 
 said Territory, and shall, under the superintendence of the surveyor- 
 general, execute or cause to be executed by the other deputies, such 
 surveys as may hereafter be authorized by law, or as he may be directed 
 to execute by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertain- 
 ing the title's and claims to land within the Territory aforesaid; and 
 shall generally perform therein, in conformity with the regulations and 
 instructions of the said surveyor-general, the duties imposed by law on 
 the said surveyor-general. 
 
 Plots of sur- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the plots of surveys, and all 
 yeys appertain- other papers and documents pertaining, or which did pertain to the 
 ing to the oi.ice office of surveyor general, under the Spanish Government, within the 
 2ral Sm u7tar" ? !he limits of tbe Territory aforesaid, or to any other office heretofore estab- 
 Spanish Govern- lisbed or authorized, for the purpose of executing or recording surveys 
 ment to be deliv- of lands within the said limits, shall be delivered to the principal deputy 
 ered to the pi in- aforesaid ; and no plot of survey shall be admitted as evidence, in any 
 
LOUISIANA. 301 
 
 court of justice, unless certified by the said principal deputy, to be a c ipal deputy; 
 true copy of the record in his office, (a) wbat c P ies are 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, intituled g< pJrt V of Tfor- 
 "An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land mer act respect- 
 within the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana," as makes ing plots of land, 
 it the duty of every claimant to lands, within the Territory of Louisi- &o., repealed. 
 ana, to deliver to the recorder of land titles a plot of the tract or tracts, 
 claimed by him, be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to 
 claimants whose tracts had not been surveyed by the proper officer, 
 under the Spanish Government, prior to the twentieth day of December, 
 one thousand eight hundred and three. And the commissioners ap- Commissioners 
 pointed for ascertaining the titles and claims to lands, within either the authorized to di- 
 Territory of Louisiana, or that of Orleans, are hereby authorized to JJ'J^jyHJJ} 
 direct the officer exercising the powers of surveyor-general, within the think necessary 
 same, to execute such surveys as they may think necessary, for the pur- for the ascertain- 
 pose of deciding on claims presented for their decision : Provided, That m ^ of titles, 
 the expense of executing such surveys shall be defrayed by the parties 
 claiming the land, unless the same be claimed by a legal French or 
 Spanish grant, made and completed before the first day of October, one 
 thousand eight hundred: And provided also, and it is hereby further Private surveys 
 enacted, that every such survey, as well as every other survey, by what- excepted. 
 ever authority heretofore executed, those of the above-mentioned legal 
 and complete titles only excepted, shall be held and considered as pri- 
 vate surveys only ; and all the tracts of land, the titles to which may All tracts to 
 be ultimately confirmed by Congress, in conformity with the provisions ^ich the g itle 
 of the act above mentioned, shall, prior to the issuing of patents, be ^ a by congreas" 
 resurveyed, if judged necessary, under the authority of the person 8 hall be resur- 
 exercising the powers of survey or- general, and at the expense of theveyed. 
 parties. (6) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall fix Compensa- 
 the compensation of the deputy surveyors, chain-carriers, and axe-men, tions. 
 in the Territory of Louisiana : Provided, That the whole expense of Proviso, 
 surveying and marking the lines, whether paid by the United States, or 
 by individuals, shall not exceed three dollars per mile, for every mile 
 that shall be actually run, or surveyed and marked. And the principal 
 deputy aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive from individuals the fol- 
 lowing fees, that is to say : for examining and recording the surveys 
 executed by any of the deputies, at the rate of twenty-five cents for 
 every mile of the boundary line of such survey, and for a certified copy 
 of any plot of a survey in his office, twenty-five cents. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 03, 858. 
 
 (b) See Nos. G99, 701, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 738, 
 
 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 663, 864, 873, 889, 899, 904, 
 911,948,956,957,961,967. 
 
 No. 704. AN ACT supplementary to an act intituled "An act for ascertaining and April 21, 1806. 
 
 adjusting the titles and claims to land, within the Territory of Orleans, and the Dis- Vol. 2, p. 391. 
 
 trict of Louisiana." 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That every person or persons claiming a tract of What shall be 
 land, by virtue of the second section of the act, to which this act is a c on f ider jfj^ ^ 
 supplement, and who had commenced an actual settlement on such according to 1 the 
 tract, prior to the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred, and second section of 
 had continued actually to inhabit and cultivate the same, during the the act to which 
 term of three years from the time when such actual settlement had jj^ t 18 a 8a PP le ' 
 commenced, and prior to the twentieth day of December, eighteen hun- 
 dred and three, shall be considered as having made such settlement with 
 the permission of the proper Spanish officer, although it may not be in C i aimants to 
 the power of such person or persons to produce sufficient evidence of and not exceed- 
 such permission. ing 640 acres un- 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons right- (ler persons who 
 fully claiming a tract of land, not exceeding six hundred and forty J^ J 2 i years 
 acres, by virtue of the act, to which this act is a supplement, shall be confirmed in 
 confirmed in his or their claims, if otherwise embraced by the provis- their titles, if 
 ions of the said act, although the person or persons, under whom the in^er^espects 
 claim or claims originated, were not at the time when the same origin- re <r u iar. 
 ated, above the age of twenty-one years : Provided, That the tract of Proviso that 
 land thus claimed, had been for the space of ten consecutive years, tho claim ants 
 prior to the twentieth day of December, ^ightof-u hundred and three, in ^poggelsioncS 
 the quiet possession of, and actually inhabited and cultivated by such the lands for ten 
 person or persons, or for his or their use. years. 
 
302 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Times for de- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That the time fixed by the act to 
 
 livering notices which this act is a supplement, for delivering to the register of the 
 
 ^aini.s o/l D d * P r P er l au d office notices in writing, and the written evidences of claims 
 
 ' 
 
 .s 
 
 the Territory of to ^ an ^ * n t ne Territory of Orleans, be, and the same is hereby extended, 
 Orleans extend- till the first day of January next ; and persons delivering such notices 
 ed. and evidences, shall be entitled to the same benefits as it the same had 
 
 Persons ne- been delivered prior to the first day of March last; but the rights of 
 gleet ing, to be such persons, as shall neglect so doing, within the time limited by this 
 act, shall be barred, and the evidences of their claims never after ad- 
 mitted asevidence, in the same manner as had been provided by the fourth 
 section of the act, to which this act is a supplement, in relation to 
 claims, notices, and written evidences of which, should not be delivered, 
 p-.ior to the said first day of March last. 
 
 Registers of the SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the registers of the land offices 
 
 ind offices toap- ],, t h e Territory of Orleans, respectively, be, and they are hereby au- 
 
 ies * tin rized to appoint so many deputies, not exceeding one for eaoh county, 
 
 Their duty. in their respective districts, as they may think necessary ; whose duty 
 
 it shall be to receive, enter, and file notices, and to receive and record 
 
 written evidences of claims to lands lying in the county, or counties, 
 
 ' to them respectively assigned, in the same manner as the register might 
 
 do ; and also, to transmit to the register the said notices and evidences, or 
 
 such transcripts of abstracts of the same, as the said register, or the com- 
 
 missioners, may direct; and generally to do and perform all such acts, 
 
 E v i dences of in relation to such claims, as the said register may direct. Persons hav- 
 
 claima to land, j n g claims to land, may deliver the notices and evidences of the same, at 
 
 and 'when deliv- their option, either to the register of the proper laud office, or to his 
 
 ered. deputy, for the county in which such land lies ; and each of the said 
 
 deputies shall be entitled to receive the recording fees, allowed to the 
 
 register, by the act to which this act is a supplement, and in addition 
 
 thereto, (or a compensation of five hundred dollars in full for all his 
 
 services,) at the rate of one dollar for every claim filed with him, to be 
 
 paid out of the monies appropriated for carrying into effect the act to 
 
 which this act is a supplement. 
 
 Commissioners, SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners, appointed 
 
 their duties un- f or the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons, claiming lands in 
 
 the Territory of Orleans shall, in their respective districts, have the 
 
 eame powers, and perform the same duties, in relation to the claims 
 
 thus filed before the first day of January next, as if notice of the same 
 
 had been given before the first day of March last, and as was provided 
 
 by the act to which this act is a supplement, in relation to the claims 
 
 Transcripts of therein described. Transcripts of the decisions of the said commission- 
 
 decisions to be ers> an( j re p 0r t 8 o f the claims filed in conformity with the provisions of 
 
 mitted. **' tnis act shall be made and transmitted, as was provided by the act to 
 
 which this act is a supplement, in relation to the claims therein de- 
 
 scribed. It shall likewise be the duty of the said commissioners, to in- 
 
 quire into the nature and extent of the claims which may arise from a 
 
 right, or supposed right, to a double or additional concession on the 
 
 back of grants or concessions heretofore made, or from grants or con- 
 
 cessions heretofore made to minors, and not embraced by the provisions 
 
 of this act, or from grants or concessions made by the Spanish Govern- 
 
 ment, subsequent to the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred, 
 
 Lands not to f or lands which were actually settled and inhabited on the twentieth 
 
 until thedecision clav of December, one thousand eight hundred and three ; and to make 
 
 of Congress. a special report thereon to the Secretary of the Treasury; which re- 
 
 port shall be, by him, laid before Congress at their next ensuing session. 
 
 And the lands which may be embraced by such report, shall not l>e 
 
 otherwise disposed of, until a decision of Congress shall have been had 
 
 thereupon. 
 
 Compensations SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That each of the registers aforesaid, 
 of tin.- coinmis- sball, in addition to his other emoluments, receive a compensation of 
 istTr and reg ' five hundred dollars for the services to be performed, under this act, 
 prior to the first day of January next; and each of the commissioners 
 aforesaid, shall receive at the rate of six dollars a day for every day's 
 actual attendance on the duties of his office, subsequent to the first day 
 Compensation of January next : Provided, That the whole amount of compensation 
 wpftn exceed thus allow'ed, shall not for any commissioner exceed two thousand dol- 
 ^ident may? ara: ^ nii provided also, That'the President of the United States may, 
 reduce the nntn- it he shall think proper, reduee, after the first day of January next, the 
 ber of commis- number of commissioners on either or both boards, to one or two persons, 
 an( j j n cage o f guph reduction the commissioner or commissioners con- 
 
LOUISIANA. 303 
 
 stituting the board, shall have the same powers which are vested by this 
 act, or by the act to which this act is a supplement, in the board estab- 
 lished by the act, to which this act is a supplement. The clerk of each Salaries of of- 
 of the boards shall be entitled to receive at the rate of fifteen hundred fl cers. 
 dollars a year ; the translators at the rate of six hundred dollars a year, 
 and the agents employed by the Secretary of the Treasury at the rate 
 of fifteen hundred dollars a year, from the first day of January next, to 
 the time when each board shall respectively be dissolved. Provided, Proviso. 
 That no more than one year's compensation be thus allowed to each of 
 the said clerks, translators, and agents : And provided also, That the 
 Secretary of the Treasury may discontinue either one or both of said 
 agents, whenever he shall think it proper. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it farther enacted, That the commissioners appointed Commissioners 
 for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons, claiming lands in a Y change the 
 the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, be, and they are hereby au- gesskms 
 thorized, if they shall think it necessary, for the purpose of obtaining 
 oral evidence, either in support of, or in opposition to claims, which 
 evidence could not be given at the usual place of their sittings, without 
 oppression to the parties or witnesses, to remove their sittings, or to 
 send for that purpose, one or more members of the board, to such other 
 place or places, within their respective districts, as they may think neces- 
 sary : And each of the commissioners going for that purpose, to such other Com pensation 
 place or places, shall, in addition to his compensation, receive at the for t ravel - 
 rate of six dollars for every twenty miles, going to and returning from 
 such place or places : Provided, That no commissioner shall receive in Proviso, 
 the whole, on that account, more than for the distance, from the usual 
 place of the sittings of the board to the extreme settlements within his 
 respective district. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each of the boards aforesaid, Boards to pro- 
 shall prepare and cause to be prepared, the reports and transcripts, P are aud *** 
 which by law they are directed to make to the Secretary of the Treas- theSecretary of 
 ury, in conformity with such forms as he may prescribe ; and they shall Treasury accord- 
 also, in their several proceedings and decisions, conform to such in- ing to forms pie 
 structions, as the said Secretary may, with the approbation of the Pres- scribed by him. 
 ident of the United States, transmit to them in relation thereto, (a) 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of the public Surveyor of 
 lands, south of Tennessee, be, and he is hereby directed to appoint a 1 * 11 ^, 11 ^ landa 
 principal deputy for each of the two land districts of the Territory of 86 e to appoint de- 
 Orleans, whose duty it shall be to reside and keep an office in the said puties. &c. 
 districts respectively, to execute, or cause to be executed by the other Their duties, 
 deputies, such surveys as have been or may be authorized by law, or as 
 the commissioners aforesaid may direct ; to file and record all such sur- 
 veys, to form as far as practicable, connected drafts of the lands granted 
 in the district, so as to exhibit the lands remaining vacant, and gener- 
 ally to perform in such districts respectively, in conformity with the 
 regulations and instructions of the said surveyor of the public lands 
 south of the State of Tennessee, the duties imposed by law on said sur- 
 veyor. And each of the said principal deputies shall receive an annual Compensa- 
 compensation of five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto, the fol- tions< 
 lowing fees, that is to say : for examining and recording the surveys 
 executed by any of the deputies, at the rate of twenty-five cents for 
 every mile of the boundary line of such survey; and for a certified 
 copy of any plot of a surve/in the office, twenty- five cents. (6) 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Receiver of 
 States be, and he hereby is authorized, whenever he shall think it proper, ?he wSt?rn di 
 to appoint a receiver of public monies for the western district of the trict of Orleans 
 Territory of Orleans, who shall receive the same annual compensation, may be appointed 
 give security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whose by the President, 
 duties and authorities shall in every respect be the same in relation to 
 the lands which shall hereafter be disposed of at their offices, as are by 
 law provided with respect to the receivers of public monies, in the 
 several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United 
 States, north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky 
 River. And the said receiver, and the register of the land office, for His compensa- 
 the same district shall, whenever the public lands within the same tlon ' 
 shall be offered for sale, be entitled to the same commissions and fees, 
 which are by law respectively allowed to the same officers, north of 
 the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River, (c) 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United President may 
 States be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever he shall think it aphorize a sale 
 
304 LOUISIANA. 
 
 of public lands proper, to direct so in nek of the public lands lying in the western district 
 
 in the western o f the Territory of Orleans, as shall have been surveyed in conformity 
 
 )r ~ with the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, to be 
 
 Lands to be of- offered for sale. All such land shall, with the exception of the section 
 
 fered for sale. " number sixteen," which shall be reserved in each township for the 
 
 support of schools within the same ; (tf) with the exception also of an 
 
 entire township to be located by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the 
 
 use of a, seminary of learning,(e) and with the exception also of the 
 
 salt springs, and lands contiguous thereto, which by direction of the 
 
 President of the United States, may be reserved for the future [disposal] 
 
 of the said States,(/) shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, 
 
 under the direction of the register of the land office, of the receiver of 
 
 Days of sale to public monies, and of the principal deputy surveyor; and on such day 
 
 be designated by or (lavSj ^ eha.ll, by a public proclamation of the President of the 
 
 proclamation United States, be designated for that purpose. The sales shall remain 
 
 How long to re- open for three weeks and no longer; the lands shall be sold for a price 
 
 main open. not less than that which,has been, or may be fixed by law, for the public 
 
 Prices, <fcc. lands in the Mississippi Territory, and shall in every other respect 
 
 be sold in tracts of the same si ze, on the same terms and conditions as have 
 
 been, or may be by law provided for the lands sold in the Mississippi 
 
 Compensation Territory. The superintendents of the said public sales shall receive 
 
 ents offies i " six dollars each > for each tlav ' 8 attendance on the said sales. All 
 
 Lands remain- lands, other than the reserved sections, and those excepted as above 
 
 ing unsold may mentioned, remaining unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be 
 
 be disposed of at disposed of at private sale, by the register of the land office, in the same 
 
 pr ^ at w ^ e ' man manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the 
 
 ner. and on what same terms and conditions as are, or may be provided by law, for the 
 
 terms. sale of the lands of the United States in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 Patents how to And patents shall be obtained for all lands granted or sold in the Ter- 
 
 ied ' ritory of Orleans, in the same manner and on the same terms, as is. or 
 
 may be provided by law for lands sold in the Mississippi Territory.^) 
 
 Locations SEC. 1*2. And be it further enacted, That the location or locations of 
 
 made for General landj W ] 1 i c i 1 may j,e made in the Territory of Orleans, by Major-Geueral 
 
 be re^efv^jLa Fayette, by virtue of the ninth [eighth] section of the act to which 
 
 though contain- [this] act is a supplement, shall and may be received, though containing 
 
 ing less than less than one thousand acres : Provided, that no such location or survey 
 
 Proviso 8 shall contain less than five hundred acres, (/i) 
 
 Survey of the SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 coast of the Ter- be authorized to cause a survey to be made of the sea-coast of the 
 
 ritory of Orleans Territory of Orleans, from the mouth of the Mississippi to Vermilion 
 
 Bay inclusively, and as much farther westwardly as the President of 
 
 the United States shall direct, and also of the bays, inlets, and navi- 
 
 Limitation of gable waters connected therewith: Provided, that the expense of such 
 
 expense. survey shall not exceed five thousand dollars. 
 
 # * 7f # ' # 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716. 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731. 732. 737. 
 
 738, 739, 740, 745. 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817. 819, 826, 852, 863, 864. 
 
 904, 911, 946, 956. 957. 961, 967. 
 (6) See Xos. 701, 703, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731. 777. 803. 858. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 701. 708, 710, 711, 718, 731, 737. : 965. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 418, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843. 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 8P4. -95. 003. 
 
 (e) See Xos. 708, 710, 760. 
 (/) See Xos. 70S, 710. 
 
 (g) See Xos. 70S, 710, 720, 722, 720. 730, 731. 732, 761. 768. 786, 813, 18'. 849, 858, 8' 
 
 899,919,920,928. 963. 
 (h) See Xos. 32, 700, 701, 708, 748a. 669. 
 
 March 3. 1807. No. 705. AX ACT respecting claims to land in the Territories of Orleans and Lou- 
 Vol. 2. p. 440. isiana. 
 
 Part of the 1st Be it enacted, cfc., That so much of the first section of the act, intituled 
 section of a for- "An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land 
 mer act repealed, w ithin the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana." as pro- 
 complete tkfes" vides tbat no incomplete title shall be confirmed, unless the person in 
 whose name the warrant or order of survey had been granted, was at 
 the time of its date, either the head of a family, or above the age of 
 twenty- one years, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Residents in SEC! 2. And !>e it further enacted, That any person or persons, and the 
 the Territories of i e g a i representative of any person or persons, who, on the twentieth 
 Sant^con'fir'med dav of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, had for ten 
 in their titles, if consecutive years prior to that day, been in possession of a tract of land 
 in possession a not claimed by any other person, and not exceeding two thousand acres, 
 
I 
 
 LOUISIANA. 305 
 
 and who were on that day resident in the Territory of Orleans or Louis- certain number 
 iana, and had still possession of such tract of land, shall be confirmed successive 
 in their titles to such tract of land : Provided, That no claim to a lead ye pro 
 mine or salt spring, shall be confirmed merely by virtue of this section : 
 And provided also, That no more land shall be granted by virtue of this 
 section, than is actually claimed by the party, nor more than is con- 
 tained within the acknowledged and ascertained boundaries of the tract 
 claimed. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the claim of the corporation of Claim of New 
 the city of New Orleans, to the commons adjacent to the said city, and Orleans to the 
 within six hundred yards from the fortifications of the same, be, and J^ 
 the same are hereby recognized and confirmed : Provided, That the said 
 corporation shall within six months after passing this act, relinquish Release to be 
 ami release any claim they may have to such commons beyond the dis- nwtoby the cor- 
 tauci- of six hundred yards aforesaid : Provided also, That the corpora- 
 tion shall reserve for the purpose, and convey gratuitously for the pub- 
 lic benefit, to the company authorized by the legislature of the Territory 
 of Orleans, as much of the. said commons as shall be necessary to con- 
 tinue the canal of Carondelet from the present basin to the Mississippi, 
 and shall not dispose of, for the purpose of building thereon, any lot 
 within sixty feet of the space reserved for a canal, which shall for ever 
 remain open as a public highway: And provided also, That nothing Nothing herein 
 herein contained, shall be construed to affect or impair the rights of any to 1 im .P^ ir 1 / i S ht ^ 
 individual or individuals to the said commons, which are derived from J? sJ'an I Gov^ 
 any grant of the French or Spanish Government, (a) eminent. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed or Claims to be 
 to be appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons decided accord- 
 claiming land in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, shall have in S. to th f U8a e | 
 full powers to decide according to the laws and established usages and ^ French^aml 
 customs of the French and Spanish Governments, up,on all claims to Spanish Govern- 
 lands within their respective districts, where the claim is made by any ments, in certain 
 person or persons, or the legal representative of any person or persons, cases> 
 who were on the twentieth of December, one thousand eight hundred 
 and three, inhabitants of Louisiana, and for a tract not exceeding the 
 quantity of acres contained in a league square, and which does not in- 
 clude either a lead mine or salt spring, which decision of the commis- 
 sioners when in favour of the claimant shall be final, against the United 
 States, any act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the time fixed by the act above Time fixed for 
 mentioned, and by the acts supplementary to the same, for delivering to delivering no- 
 the proper register or recorder, notices in writing and the written evi tic . es ?*, claims 
 dences of claims to land, be, and the same is hereby extended, for the Terri- ex 
 tories of Orleans and Louisiana, till the first day of July, one thousand 
 eight hundred and eight, and persons delivering such notices and evi- 
 dences shall be entitled to the same benefit as if the same had been 
 delivered within the time limited by the former acts ; but the rights of Persons barred 
 such persons as shall neglect so doing within the time limited by this y ho neglect giv- 
 act, shall, so far as they are derived from or founded on any act of Con- ing notices > &c - 
 gress, ever after be barred and become void, and the evidences of their 
 claims never after admitted as evidence in any court of law or equity 
 whatever. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed or Certificates of 
 to be appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons final decisions to 
 claiming lands in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, shall respec- gnrveJo^neral 
 tively transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the surveyor- au d Secretary of 
 general, or officer acting as surveyor-general, transcripts of the fina I the Treasury, 
 decisions made in favour of claimants by virtue of this act, and they 
 shall deliver to the party a certificate stating the circumstances of the 
 case, and that he is entitled to a patent for the tract of land therein 
 designated, which certificate shall be filed with the proper register or 
 recorder, within twelve months after date. And the register or recorder Patents to is- 
 shall thereupon (a plat of the tract of land therein designated, being ^ ue 
 previously filed with him or transmitted to him by the officer acting as the> n Secretary of 
 surveyor-general in the manner herein after provided,) issue a cert ifi- the Treasury, 
 cate in favour of the party, which certificate being transmitted to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, shall entitle the party to a patent, to be issued 
 in like manner as is provided by law for the issuing of patents for pub- 
 lic lands lying in other Territories of the United States. 
 
 $EC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the tracts of land thus granted Tracts of land 
 by the commissioners shall be surveyed at the expense of the partie;-, thus granted to 
 
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306 LOUISIANA. 
 
 be surveyed at under the direction of the survey or- general, or officer acting as surveyor- 
 ex j. oij.se of the general, in all cases where an authenticated plat of the land as sur- 
 aoicurat^and 8 ^ veve(1 un(ler tlie authority of the officer acting as surveyor-general under 
 thentic survey, the French, Spanish, or American Governments respectively, during the 
 made under au- time either of the said governments had the actual possession of the 
 thority of former 8a j t i Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, shall not have been filed with 
 Srlep'n m<r Lou tbe P r P er register or recorder, or shall not appear of record on the 
 iaiar.'s shall have Public records of the said Territories of Orleans and Louisiana. The 
 bei ; uleil, ^c. said commissioners shall also be authorized, whenever they may think 
 imhwionertj jt necessary, to direct the surveyor-general, or officer acting as such, to 
 rect ^surveys cause any tract of land already duly surveyed, to be resurveyed at the 
 
 Surveyor - gen- expense of the United States. And the surveyor-general, or officer act- 
 eral to transmit ing as such, shall transmit general and particular plats of the tracts of 
 general and par- i au( | t k us surveyed, to the proper register or recorder, and shall also 
 Secretary of 8 the transmit copies of the said plats to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 Treasury, &c. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted. That the commissioners aforesaid 
 
 Ite ports of un- shall respectively report to the Secretary of the Treasury their opinion 
 deci(ied^claimsto on a jj_ ne c i a i ms to land within their respective districts, which they 
 transmfttedby shall not have finally confirmed by the fourth section of this act. The 
 commissioners to claims shall, in the said report or reports, be arranged into three gen- 
 Secretary of the eral classes, that is to say : first, claims which, in the opinions of the 
 commissioners, ought to be confirmed in conformity with the provisions 
 
 of caims. ^ tae 86vera l acts ^ Congress, for ascertaining and adjusting the titles 
 
 and claims to land within the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana ; 
 secondly, claims which, though not embraced by the provisions of the 
 said acts, ought nevertheless in the opinion of the commissioners to be 
 confirmed in conformity with the laws, usages, and customs of the 
 Spanish Government ; thirdly, claims which neither are embraced by 
 the provisions of the said acts, nor ought in the opinion of the commis- 
 sioners to be confirmed in conformity with the laws, usages, and cus- 
 toms of the Spanish Government ; and the said report and reports being 
 in other respects made in conformity with the forms prescribed accord- 
 ing to law, by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall by him be laid before 
 Congress, for their final determination thereon, in the manner and at 
 the time heretofore prescribed by law for that purpose. (fr) 
 
 Allowances SEC. 9. And be it further evaded, That the following allowances and 
 and compensa- compensations shall be made to the several officers herein after men- 
 tioned, that is to say, to the principal deputy of the surveyor-general, 
 for the District of Louisiana, at the rate of five hundred dollars a year, 
 from the time he entered into the duties of his office, in addition to the 
 fees which he is entitled to receive by law. To the register of the west- 
 ern district of the Orleans Territory, and to the clerk of the board of 
 commissioners for that district, one thousand dollars each, for their serv- 
 ices as commissioners and clerk respectively, during the year one 
 thousand eight hundred and six. To each of the deputy registers of 
 the Territory of Orleans, five hundred dollars in full, for their services 
 subsequent to the first day of January last, in addition to the fees to 
 which they are legally entitled. To each of the commissioners at the 
 rate of two thousand dollars a year ; to each of the clerks of the boards, 
 and to each of the agents employed by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars a year, and to each of the trans- 
 lators, at the rate of six hundred dollars a year, to commence from the 
 first day of July next, in the District of Louisiana, and from the first 
 day of January next, in the Territory of Orleans, and to continue to the 
 
 Proviso. time when each board shall be respectively dissolved : Provided, That 
 
 no more than eighteen months' compensation be thus allowed to the 
 said commissioners, clerks, and translators, and that the compensation 
 of any such officer absenting himself from his district, or failing to 
 attend to the duties of his office, shall cease during such absence or 
 failure. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 708, 710, 713, 734, 739. 
 
 (&) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 
 
 899, 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
tio. 700. AN ACT for the relief of certain Alibama and Wyandott Indians. Feb. 28, 1809. 
 it enacted, c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 LOUISIANA. 307 
 
 hereby authorized to cause to be surveyed and designated by proper President to 
 
 uiett-ri and bounds, a tract of land not exceeding two thousand five hun- ?.f u ?\f +*/. 
 ' , , ,, TT 'j_ 1 oii. j. i xi m -j. land in tne Or- 
 
 dred acres, out of any lauds of the United States, lying in the Territory leans Territory to 
 of Orleans, and west of the river Mississippi, and by lease vest the said be laid off for the 
 tract of laud in a certain tribe of Alibama Indians and their descend- Alibama In- 
 auts, for the term of fifty years : Provided nevertheless, That it shall not fo' viso 
 be lawful for the said tribe of Indians to transfer or assign their inter- 
 est in the said laud, and every such transfer, or assignment, shall be 
 null and void : And provided also, That if the said tribe of Indians shall Proviso, 
 remove from the said tract of land, their interest in, and to, the same 
 shall thenceforth cease and determine. 
 
 707. A PROCLAMATION by thePresident of the United States of America, Oc *- 27 18 ,J - 
 respecting taking possession of part of Louisiana. vol. 11, p. rax. 
 
 Shereas the territory south of the Mississippi Territory and eastward . Preamble as to 
 le river Mississippi and extending to the river Perdido, of which pos- ^Stetesto the 
 session was not delivered to the United States in pursuance of the treaty territory south 
 concluded at Paris on the 30th of April, 1803, has at all times, as is well of Mississippi 
 known, been considered and claimed by them, as being within the col- Territory, east- 
 ony of Louisiana conveyed by the said treaty, in the same extent that ^^ Mver^and 
 it had in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France originally extending to the 
 possessed it. . Eiver Perdido. 
 
 And whereas, the acquiescence of the United States in the temporary 
 continuance of the said territory under the Spanish authority was not 
 the result of any distrust of their title, as has been particularly evinced 
 by the general tenor of their laws, and by the distinction made in the 
 application of those laws between that territory and foreign countries, 
 but was occasioned by their conciliatory views, and by a confidence in 
 the justice of their cause; and in the success of candid discussion and 
 amicable negotiation with a just and friendly power. 
 
 And whereas a satisfactory adjustment, too long delayed, without the 
 fault of the United States, has for some time been entirely suspended 
 by events over which they had no control, and whereas a crisis has at 
 length arrived subversive of the order of things under the Spanish au- 
 thorities, whereby a failure of the United States to take the said territory 
 into its possession may lead to events ultimately contravening the views 
 of both parties, whilst in the mean time the tranquillity and security 
 of our adjoining Territories are endangered, and new facilities given to 
 violations of our revenue and commercial laws, and of those prohibiting 
 the introduction of slaves. 
 
 Considering, moreover, that under these peculiar and imperative cir- 
 cumstances, a forbearance on the part of the United States to occupy 
 the territory in question, and thereby guard against the confusions and 
 contingencies which threaten it, might be construed into a dereliction 
 of their title, or an insensibility to the importance of the state : consid- 
 ering that iu the hands of the United States it will not cease to be a 
 object of fair and friendly negotiation and adjustment: considering 
 bally that the acts of Congress tho' contemplating a present possession 
 by a foreign authority, have contemplated also an eventual possession 
 of the said territory by the United States, and are accordingly so framed, 
 as in that case to extend in their operation to the same: 
 
 Now be it known that I, James Madison, President of the United . Possession to 
 States of America, in pursuance of these weighty and urgent considera- terrfto?? 
 tions, have deemed it right and requisite that possession should be taken 
 of the said Territory, in the name and behalf of the United States. 
 William C. C. Claiborne, governor of the Orleans Territory of which "W. C. C. Clai- 
 the said territory is to be taken as part, will accordingly proceed to ex- borne, to execute 
 ecute the same; and to exercise over the said territory the authorities Sl 8 ^ 1 "^ 1 nd to 
 and functions legally appertaining to his office. And the good people 
 inhabiting the same, are invited and enjoined to pay due respect to him 
 iu that character ; to be obedient to the laws ; to maintain order ; to 
 cherish harmony ; and in every manner to conduct themselves as peace- 
 able citizens ; under full assurance that they will be protected in the 
 enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion, (a) 
 
308 LOUISIANA. 
 
 In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to 
 be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the 
 city of Washington, the twenty-seventh day of October, A. D. eighteen 
 hundred and ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Independence of the 
 United States. 
 
 [L. s.] JAMES MADISON. 
 
 By the President: 
 
 R. SMITH, 
 
 Secretary of State, 
 (a) See Nos. 698, 699, 709, 714, 715, 762. 
 
 Feb. 15, 1311. No. 70S. AX ACT providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for 
 Vol. 2, p. G17. the sale of the public lands in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana. 
 
 Compensations Be it enacted, #c., Tha^, the following allowances and compensations 
 
 to officers appoin- g^gii ] )e made to the several officers appointed for the purpose of ascer- 
 the rightCHtfpo? taiuiu g the rights of persons claiming lands in the Territories of Orleans 
 sons" claiming and Louisiana; which allowances and compensations shall be in full 
 lands in tin;. Ter- for all their services, including those rendered since their salaries re- 
 )r .' spectively ceased, that is to say : To each of the commissioners, and to 
 ana"* ; si- ^^ <)f ^ clerks Qf the 1>oar( | Sj nfty cents for oacll c l a i m> ( ] u j y n ] ed ac . 
 
 cording to la\v, which remained undecided on the first day of July, one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and nine, and on which a decision has been 
 
 made subsequent to that day, or shall hereafter be made, whether such 
 
 decision be in favour or against the claim : which allowance of fifty 
 
 cents shall be paid at the Treasury of the United States, from time to 
 
 time, and on receipt of the transcripts of the decisions and of the re- 
 
 ports of claims not finally confirmed, as the same may be transmitted 
 
 by the boards respectively to the Secretary of the Treasury according 
 
 Compensation to law. To each of the said commissioners and clerks a further allow- 
 
 ers &SF* >U " ance of five hundred dollars, to be paid after the completion of the busi- 
 
 ness of each of the boards respectively, to the officers then in office. 
 
 And to each of the translators, at the rate of six hundred dollars a year, 
 
 and not to exceed in the whole for each the term of eighteen mouths : 
 
 Prodded chcat/s, That the above-mentioned allowance of fifty cents for 
 
 each claim decided upon, shall not be made to any of the commission- 
 
 ers who may be absent at the time of such decision ; the attendance of 
 
 t ^he allowance each to be certified by the clerk, or by a majority of the board : And 
 
 pointed el b\ Q S.P |W *^ a? *i That no'allowance shall be made to any agent heretofore 
 
 Secretary of the employed by the Secretary of the Treasury, for any period of time sub- 
 
 Treasury after sequent to the time when such agent ceased to act, or when the board 
 
 the time the cea . set | to rec eive evidence, (a) 
 
 af t . SEC. a. And lc it further enacted, That the two principal deputy sur- 
 
 Two principal voyors of the Territory of Orleans shall, and they are hereby author- 
 
 deputy surveyors i zet i, in surveying and dividing such of the public lands in the said 
 
 Territoi -v m av Territorv which are or may be authorized to be surveyed and divided, 
 
 alter the mode ox as are adjacent to any river, lake, creek, bayou or water-course, to vary 
 
 surveying cer- the mode heretofore prescribed by law, so far as relates to the contents 
 
 tain iauds. o f t ne tracts, and -- to the angles and boundary lines --- and to 
 
 lay out the same into tracts as far as practicable, of fifty-eight poles in 
 
 front and four hundred and sixty-five poles in depth, of such shape, 
 
 and bounded by such lines as the nature of the country will render 
 
 Proviso. practicable, and most convenient : Provided however,That such deviations 
 
 from the ordinary mode of surveying shall be made with the approba- 
 
 tion of, and in conformity with the general instructions which may be 
 
 given to that effect by the surveyor of the public lands south of the 
 
 State of Tennessee. (I) 
 
 Land offices es- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of 
 
 tablishedatNewftuj United States, lying in the eastern land district of the Territory of 
 
 elousas' for dis- Orleans, a land office shall be established at New Orleans ; and that for 
 
 posing ' of the the disposal of the lands of the United States, lying south of Red River, 
 
 public lands. in the western hind district of the Territory of Orleans, a land office shall 
 
 be established at Opelousas ; and that for the disposal of the lands of 
 
 the United States, lying north of Red River, in the western laud dis- 
 
 trict of the Territory of Orleans, aland office shall be established, which 
 
 shall be kept at sucli place as the President of the United States may 
 
 direct. The register of the western land district of the Territory of Or- 
 
 leans shall act as register of the land office of Opelousas, and as one of 
 
 the commissioners for ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands 
 
LOUISIANA. 309 
 
 in any part of the said western land district. And for the land office, 
 north of the Red River, a register, and for each of the said three offices, 
 a receiver of public monies shall be appointed, who shall give security 
 in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensations, emol- 
 uments, duties and authority, shall in every respect be the same, in re- 
 lation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or 
 may be provided by law, in relation to the registers and receivers of 
 
 Eublic ironies in the several offices established for the disposal of the 
 in ds of the United States, in the Territory of Mississippi, (c) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the powers vested in the Presi- . Powers vested 
 dent of the United States by the eleventh section of the act, entituled ^teml^t hT^ 
 "An act supplementary to an act, entituled An act for ascertaining and as to ^ Q eas tern 
 adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans, district, 
 and the District of Louisiana," passed on the twenty-first day of April, 
 oue thousand eight hundred and six, in relation to the public lands lying 
 in the western district of the Territory of Orleans, and all the other 
 provisions made by the same section, for the sale of said lands, and for 
 obtaining patents for the same, shall be, and the same are hereby in 
 *very respect, extended to the public lands, lying in the eastern dis- 
 1 riot of the Territory of Orleans. 
 
 SEC. 5. And belt further enacted, That every person who, either by Terms on 
 vi i tue of a French or Spanish grant recognized by the laws of the United which persons 
 States, or under a claim confirmed by the commissioners appointed for ouTlSs^avob 
 the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in the ta in those bekmg- 
 Territory of Orleans, owns a tract of land bordering on any river, creek, ing to the public, 
 bayou or water- course, in the said Territory, and not exceeding in depth 
 forty arpens, French measure, shall be entitled to a preference in be- 
 coming the purchaser of any vacant tract of land adjacent to, and back 
 of his own tract, not exceeding forty arpens, French measure, in depth, 
 nor in quantity of laud, that which is contained in his own tract>at the 
 same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are, or may be 
 provided by law for the other public lands in the said Territory. And 
 the principal deputy survey or of each district respectively, shall be and 
 he is hereby authorized, under the superintendence of the surveyor of 
 the public lands south of the State of Tennessee, to cause to be surveyed, 
 the tracts claimed by virtue of thid section ; and in all cases where by 
 reason of bends in the river, lake, creek, bayou or water-course border- 
 ing on the tract, and of adjacent claims of a similar nature, each claim- 
 ant cannot obtain a tract equal in quantity to the adjacent tract already 
 owned by him to divide the vacant land applicable to that object be- 
 tween the several claimants, in such manner as to him will appear most 
 equitable: Provided however, That the right of pre-emption, granted by Limitation of 
 this section, shall not extend so far in depth, as to include lands fit for grants, 
 cultivation, bordering on another river, creek, bayou or water-course. 
 And every person entitled to the benefit of this section shall, within 
 three years after the date of this act, deliver to the register of the proper 
 land office, a notice in writing, stating the situation and extent of the 
 tract of land he wishes to purchase, and shall also make the payment 
 and payments for the same, at the time and times, which are, or may be 
 prescribed by law, for the disposal of the other public lands in the said 
 Territory : the time of his delivering the notice aforesaid, being consid- 
 ered as the date of the purchase. And if any such person shall fail to 
 deliver such notice within the said period of three years, or to make 
 such payment or payments at the time above mentioned, his right of 
 pre-emption shall cease and become void ; and the land may thereafter 
 bo purchased by any other person in the same manner, and on the same 
 terms, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of other public 
 lands in the said Territory. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it farther enacted, That the land offices, established by Periods of 
 virtue of the fourth section of this act, shall be opened on the first day opening the land 
 of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, for the sale of all ces - &c - 
 the public lands, with the exception of section "No. sixteen " (d) of the 
 eaii spiiugs, and land contiguous thereto, (e) and of the tracts reserved 
 for the support of seminaries of learning as herein after provided, (/) 
 which shall have been previously surveyed and the surveys thereof re- 
 turned according to law to the registers of the land offices respectively ; 
 and on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, 
 for the sale of such of the public lands, which, from the nature of the 
 country, cannot be surveyed in the ordinary way, and are embraced by 
 the provisions of the third section of this act, as shall have, at least six 
 
310 LOUISIANA. 
 
 weeks previous to the said first day of February, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twelve, been advertised for sale by the surveyor of the 
 public lands south of the State of Tennessee, with the approbation of the 
 President of the United States. The public sales for the lands, subdi- 
 vided into quarter-sections in the ordinary way, shall be held for one 
 calendar month, under the superintendence of the register and receiver 
 of each land office respectively, and of either of the surveyors of public 
 lands south of Tennessee, or of his principal deputy surveyor in thf dis- 
 trict, who shall each receive six dollars for each day's attendance on 
 the same; .and no tract of land shall be sold at said public sales, for a 
 less price than that which is or may be prescribed by law, for the sale- 
 of public lands in the Mississippi Territory. And from and after the 
 first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, any 
 tract which has been thus offered for sale at public sale, and remain's 
 unsold, as well as any tract of land embraced by the provisions of tbe 
 third section of this act, the sale of which is authorized by this section, 
 may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the land office, tor 
 the same price which is or may be prescribed by law, for the sale of 
 public lands in the Mississippi Territory. All the lands, sold (by) virtue 
 of this section, shall in.every other respect be sold on the same terms of 
 payment and conditions, in the same manner, and under the same regu- 
 lations as are or may be prescribed by law, for the sale of public lands 
 Preference to in the Mississippi Territory : Provided however, That in case of an appli- 
 inhabitants and cation being made at the same time, for the purchase at private sale of 
 the same tract of land by two or more persons, one of whom did actually 
 inhabit and cultivate such tract of land at the time of passing this act, 
 and still continues to inhabit and cultivate the same at the time of such 
 application ; the preference shall be given to the person thus inhabiting 
 Proviso. and cultivating such tract of land : (g) And provided also, That till after 
 
 the final decision of Congress thereon, no tract of land shall be offered 
 for sale, the claim to which has been in due time, and according to law, 
 presented to the register of the land office, and filed in his office, for the 
 purpose of being investigated by the commissioners appointed for the 
 purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in the Ter- 
 ritory of Orleans; or which shall have been located by or for Major- 
 General La Fayette, according to law. (h) 
 
 Additional res- SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the township 
 ervation in the already reserved for that purpose by law, in the western district of the 
 western district. Territory of Orleans, and which shall be located south of Red River, 
 another entire township shall be located by the Secretary of the Trea- 
 sury north* of Red River, for the use of a seminary of learning, and 
 also an entire township in the Territory of Louisiana, for the support 
 of a seminary of learning within the said Territory. (/) 
 
 Lands in the SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall cause 
 Territory of Lou- such of the public lands in the Territory of Louisiana as the President 
 be 8ur " of tl]e tanked States shall direct, to be surveyed and divided in the 
 same manner and under tho same regulations and limitation as to 
 expenses, as is provided by law in relation to the lands of the United 
 States, northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky 
 River. (&) 
 
 A land oiSceto SEC. 9. And l)e it fur tin r enacted, That for the disposal of the lauds of 
 
 be opened, at the United States, lying in the Territory of Louisiana, a land office 
 
 Presiden C t e ^?J sha11 be established, which shall be kept at such place as the President 
 
 designate for dis- of the United States may direct ; and a register and receiver of public 
 
 posing of public monies shall be appointed for said office, who shall give security in the 
 
 lands in Louisi- 8ame manner, in the same sums, and whose compensations, emoluments, 
 
 ma, <fcc. duties and authority, shall in every respect be the same, in relation to 
 
 the lauds which shall be disposed of at their office, as are or may be 
 
 provided for by law, in relation to the register and receiver of public 
 
 monies in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of 
 
 the United States, northwest of the river Ohio and above the mouth of 
 
 Kentucky River, (c) 
 
 Lands may be SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 offered for sale, States be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever he shall think proper, 
 ** to direct so much of the public lands lying in the Territory of Louis- 
 
 iana, as shall have been surveyed in conformity with the ninth section 
 Saleof the pub- of this act, to be offered for sale. All such lauds shall, with the exccp- 
 lic lands. t i on o f t he section -'number sixteen," which shall be reserved in each 
 
 township for the support of schools within the same, (d) with exception 
 also of a tract reserved for the support of a seminary of learning, as 
 
LOUISIANA. . 311 
 
 vided for by the eighth section of this act, (/) and with the excep- 
 jn also of the salt springs, and lead mines, and lands contiguous 
 icreto, which, by the direction of the President of the United States, 
 ay lie reserved for the future disposal of the said States, (e) shall be 
 tiered for sale to the highest bidder,, under the direction of the register 
 : the laud office, and the receiver of public monies, and of the princi- 
 il deputy surveyor, and on such day or days as shall, by public pro- 
 amation of the President of the Umted States, be designated for that 
 irpose. The sales shall remain open for three weeks, and no longer. 
 ie lands shall be sold for a price not less than that which has been or 
 iy be fixtd by law for the public lauds, northwest of the river Ohio, 
 jd above the mouth of Kentucky River. And shall iii every other 
 Aspect be sold in tracts of the same size, on the same terms and condi- 
 tions, as have been or may be by law provided for the lands sold'in the 
 State of Ohio. The superintendents of the said public sales shall each 
 receive six dollars for each day's attendance on the said sales. All the 
 lands which have been thus offered for sale, at public sale, remaining 
 unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of at private 
 sale by the register of the land office, for the same price which is or may 
 he prescribed by law for the sale of public lands in the State of Ohio : 
 Provided however, That till after the decision of Congress thereon, no NO land to be 
 tract of land shall be offered for sale, the claim to which has been in offered for sale 
 due time and according to law presented to the recorder of land titles ^^ch. has "been 
 in the district of Louisiana, and filed in his office, for the purpose of pre8e nted until 
 "" }ing investigated by the commissioners appointed for ascertaining the after the decision 
 sjhts of persons claiming lands in the Territory of Louisiana. And * Congress, 
 itents shall be obtained for all lands sold in the Territory of Louis- 
 iana, in the same manner and on the same terms as is or may be pro- 
 vided, by law, for land sold in the State of Ohio. (#) 
 
 SEC. 11. And ~be it further enacted, That the claim of the corporation Claim of the 
 f the city of New Orleans, to the common adjacent thereto, and within corporation of 
 ix hundred yards from the fortifications of the same, as confirmed by adiacent common 
 the act, eutitnled "An act respecting claims to lands in the Territories to be valid. 
 )f Orleans and Louisiana," shall be deemed valid, although the relin- 
 juishrnent of the said corporation to any claim beyond the said dis- 
 ;ance of six hundred yards, was not made till after the expiration of 
 the period of six months prescribed by the act last mentioned, (i) 
 
 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the navigable rivers and Navigable riv- 
 waters in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, shall be, and for ers, &c., to re- 
 ever remain public highways. main public high- 
 
 ******* ways. 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 738, 
 
 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 904, 
 911,946,956,957,961,967. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 701, 703, 704, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 701, 704, 710, 711, 718, 731, 737, 740, 831, 879, 965, 
 
 (d) See Nos. 418, 704, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 704, 710. 
 
 (/) See Nos. 704, 710, 760. 
 
 (g) Sec Nos. 704, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813,818,849,858,860,897, 
 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 (h) See Nos. 32, 700, 701, 704, 748a, 869. 
 (i) See Nos. 705, 710, 713, 734, 739. 
 
 f*. 709. AN ACT to enable the people of the Territory of Orleans to form a Feb. 20, 1811. 
 constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Vol. 2, p. 641. 
 Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the inhabitants of all that part of the territory The inhabi- 
 or country ceded under the name of Louisiana, by the treaty made at tants . f th ? j0u jf i " 
 Paris on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ^SbeTlinSts to 
 three, between the United States and France, contained within the fol- be authorized to 
 lowing limits, that is to say : beginning at the mouth of the river Sabine, form a constitu- 
 thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river, including tion and state - 
 all islands to the thirty-second degree of latitude ; thence due north, 
 to the northernmost part of the thirty-third degree of north latitude ; 
 thence along the said parallel of latitude to the river Mississippi ; thence 
 down the said river to the river Iberville ; and from thence along the 
 middle of the said river and Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain, to the 
 Gulf of Mexico ; thence bounded by the said gulf to the place of begin- 
 ning: including all islands within three leagues of the coast, be, and 
 they are hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution and 
 
312 LOUISIANA. 
 
 St.-ste- government, and to assume such name as they may deem proper, 
 under the pro visions and upon the conditions herein after mentioned, (a) 
 
 * * # , * * * * 
 
 Convention to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of the convention, 
 meet at ]S T evr Or- when duly elected, be, and they are hereby authorized to meet at the 
 leans. c jj-y o f \ e w Orleans, on the first Monday of November next, which con- 
 
 vention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole 
 u umber elected, whether it be expedient or not, at that time, to form a 
 constitution and State government, for the people within the said Ter- 
 ritory, and if it be determined to be expedient, then the convention 
 shall in like manner declare, in behalf of the people of the said Terri- 
 tory, that it adopts the Constitution of the United States ; whereupon 
 the said convention shall be, ond hereby is authorized to form a con- 
 stitution and State government, for the people of the said Territory: 
 The constitu- Provided, The constitution to be formed, in virtue of the authority herein 
 tion to be repub- given, shall be republican, and consistent with the Constitution of the 
 ent a wi a th thTcon- United States ; that it shall contain the fundamental principles of civil 
 stitution of the a "d religious liberty ; that it shall secure to the citizen the trial by jury 
 United States, iu all criminal cases, and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, con- 
 formably to the provisions of the Constitution of the United States ; 
 and that after the admission of the said Territory of Orleans as a State 
 into the Union, the laws which such State may pass shall be promul- 
 gated, and its records of every description shall be preserved, and its 
 judicial and legislative written proceedings conducted, iu the language 
 in which the laws and the judicial and legislative written proceedings 
 of the United States are now published and conducted : And prodded 
 All right to also, That the said convention shall provide by an ordinance, irrevoca- 
 i iina 
 
 wa.ste am 
 
 inap- ble without the consent of the United States, that the people inhabiting 
 imod t ! ie 8aid Territory do agree and declare, that they for ever disclaim all 
 
 . 
 
 by ;ui irrevocable right or title to the waste or unappropriated lands, lying within the 
 
 ordinance. said Territory ; and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and 
 
 Lauds sold by entire disposition of the United States ; and, moreover, that each and 
 
 Congress to be every tract of land, sold by Congress, shall be and remain exempt from 
 
 f any tax, laid by the order or under the authority of the State, whether 
 
 ntUL LU.XC8 TOr n ri , i i . * 1. 
 
 five years. f r State, county, township, parish or any other purpose whatever, lor 
 
 the term of five years from and after the respective days of the sales 
 thereof; (6) andthat the lands, belonging to citizens of the United States, 
 residing without the said State, shall never be taxed higher than the 
 lands belonging to persons residing therein ; and that no taxes shall be 
 imposed on lauds the property of the United States, and that the 
 river Mississippi and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the 
 same or into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways and for 
 ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State as to other citizens 
 of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor, im- 
 posed by the said State. 
 
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 Reservation SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That five per centum of the net pro- 
 for roads, &c. ceeds of ihc tales of the lands of the United States, after the first day 
 of January, shall be applied to laying out and constructing public roads 
 and levees in the said Stale, as the legislature thereof may direct. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 698, 699, 702, 707, 714, 715, 762. 
 (6) See Xos. 169. 874. 
 
 March 3, 1811. Wo. 710. AX ACT providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for 
 "Vol. 2, p. 662. the sale of the public lauds iu the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to re- 
 peal the act passed for the same purpose, and approved February sixteenth, one 
 thousand eight huudred and eleven. 
 
 Allowances Be it enacted, cj'r., That the following allowances and compensations 
 and compensa- shall be made to the several officers appointed for the purpose of ascer- 
 taining the rights of persons claiming lands in the Territories of Orleans 
 and Louisiana ; which allowances and compensations shall be in full 
 for all their services, including those rendered since their salaries re- 
 spectively censed ; that is to say : To each of the commissioners, and to 
 each of the clerks of the boards, fifty cents for each claim, duly filed 
 according to law, which remained undecided on the first day of July, 
 one thousand eight hundred and nine, and on which a decision has been 
 made subsequent to that day, or shall hereafter be made, whether such 
 decision be in favour of, or against the claim : which allowance of fifty 
 
LOUISIANA. 313 
 
 cents .shall be paid at the Treasury of the United States, from time to 
 time, and on receipt of the transcripts of the decisions and of the reports 
 of claims not finally confirmed, as the same may be transmitted by the 
 boards respectively to the Secretary of the Treasury according to law. 
 To each of the said commissioners and clerks a further allowance of five 
 hundred dollars, to be paid after the completion of the business of each 
 of the boards respectively to the officers then in >ffice. And to each of 
 the translators, at the rate of six hundred dolla, s a year, and not to 
 :ceed in the whole for each the term of eighteen, months: Provided 
 ways, That the above-mentioned allowance of fifty cents for each claim 
 cided upon, shall not be made to any of the commissioners who may 
 absent'at the time of such decision; the attendance of each to be 
 rtified by the clerk, or by a majority of the board : And provided also, 
 at no allowance shall be made to any agent heretofore employed by 
 3 Secretary of the Treasury for any period of time, subsequent to the 
 me when such agent ceased to act, or when the board ceased to receive 
 violence, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the two principal deputy sur- Duties of the 
 :yors of the Territory of Orleans shall, and they are hereby authorized, de 
 surveying and dividing such of the public lands in the said Territory, ai 
 hich are or may be authorized to be surveyed and divided, as are ad- 
 u.t to any river, lake, creek, bayou, or water-course, to vary the 
 .& heretofore prescribed by law, so far as relates to the contents of 
 e tracts, and to the angles and boundary lines, and to lay out the same 
 uto tracts as far as practicable, of fifty-eight poles in front and four 
 hundred and sixty- five poles in depth, of such shape, and bounded by 
 such lines as the nature of the country will render practicable, and 
 most convenient: Provided however, That such deviations from the ordi- 
 nary mode of surveying shall be made with the approbation of, and in 
 conformity with the general instructions which may be given to that 
 effect, by the surveyor of the public lands south of the State of Tennes- 
 see. (&) * 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of Land offices to 
 the United States, lying in the eastern land district of the Territory of be established at 
 Orleans, a land office shall be established at New Orleans ; and that for gS Orlean * and 
 the disposal of the lands of the United States, lying south of Red River, * 
 in the western laud district of the Territory of Orleans, a land office shall 
 be established at Opelousas ; and that for the disposal of the lands of the 
 United States, lying north of Red River, in the western land district of 
 the Territory of Orleans, a land office shall be established, which shall 
 be kept at such place as the President of the United States may direct. 
 The register of the western land district of the Territory of Orleans shall 
 act as register of the land office of Opelousas, and as one of the commis- 
 sioners for ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in any part 
 of the said western land district. And for the land office north of the 
 Red River, a register, and for each of the said three offices a receiver of 
 public monies shall'be appointed, who shall give security in the same 
 manner, in the same sums, and whose compensations, emoluments, duties 
 and authority, shall in every respect be the same, in relation to the lands 
 which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be provided by 
 la\v, in relation to the registers and receivers of public monies in the 
 several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United 
 States, in the Territory of Mississippi, (c) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the powers vested in the Presi- Certain powers 
 dent of the United States by the eleventh section of the act, entituled with respect to 
 "An act supplementary to an act, entituled An act for ascertaining eastern 1& dft '**t 
 and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Or- O f Orleans Te^ri- 
 leans, and the District of Louisiana," passed on the twenty-first day of tory ex'tended to 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and six, in relation to the public the President, 
 lands, lying in the western district of the Territory of Orleans, and all 
 the other provisions made by the same section, for the sale of said lands, 
 and for obtaining patents for the same, shall be, and the same are here- 
 by, in every respect, extended to the public lands, lying in the eastern 
 district of the Territory of Orleans, (d) 
 
 SEC. 5 And be it further enacted, That every person who, either by virtue Persons enti- 
 of a French or Spanish grant recognized by the laws of the United States, tied to a prefer- 
 or under a cl im confirmed by the coma issioners appointed for the purpose ence - 
 of ascertaining the rights of peisnns claiming lands in the Territory 
 "f Orleans, owns a tract of land boidering on any river, creek, bayou, 
 ~ water-course, in the said Territory, and not Exceeding in depth forty 
 
314 LOUISIANA. 
 
 arpens, French measure, shall be entitled to a preference in becoming 
 the purchaser of any vacant tract of land adjacent to, and back of his 
 own tract, not exceeding forty arpens, French measure, in depth, nor in 
 quantity of land that which is contained in his own tract, at the same 
 price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are, or maj Nj, provided 
 by law for the other public lands in the said Territory. And the prin- 
 cipal deputy surveyor of each district respectively shall be ami ue is 
 hereby authorized, under the superintendence of the surveyor of the 
 public lands south of the State of Tennessee, to cause to be surveyed 
 the tracts claimed by virtue of this section ; and in all cases where by 
 reason of bends in the river, lake, creek, bayou, or water-course, border- 
 ing on the tract, and of adjacent claims of a similar nature, each claim- 
 ant cannot obtain a tract equal in quantity to the adjacent tract already 
 owned by him, to divide the vacant land applicable to that object be- 
 tween the several claimants, in such manner as to him may appear most 
 Proviso as to equitable : Provided however, That the right of pre-emption granted by 
 the extent of the this section shall not extend -o far in depth, as to include lands lit for 
 pre-emption. cultivation, bordering on another river, creek, bayou or water-course. 
 And every person entitled to the benefit of this section shall, within 
 three years after the date of this act, deliver to the register of the proper 
 land office, a notice in writing, stating the situation and extent of the 
 tract of land he wishes to purchase, and shall also make the payment 
 and payments for the same, at the time and times, which are, or may be, 
 prescribed by law for the disposal of the other public lands in the said 
 Territory ; the time of his delivering the notice aforesaid being con- 
 sidered as the date of the purchase. And if any such person shall fail to 
 deliver such notice within the said period of three years, or to make 
 such payment or payments at the time above mentioned, his right of 
 pre-emption shall cease and become void ; and the land may thereafter 
 be purchased by any other person in the same manner, and on the same 
 terms, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of other public 
 lands in the said Territory. 
 
 When land of- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the land offices established by 
 fices established virtue of the third section of this act, shall be opened on the first day 
 by this act to be o f January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, for the sale of all 
 the public lands, with the exception of section No. sixteen, (e) of the 
 salt springs, and land contiguous thereto, (/) and of the tracts reserved 
 for the support of seminaries of learning as herein after provided, (g) 
 which shall have been previously surveyed, and the surveys thereof 
 returned according to law to the registers of the land offices respect- 
 ively ; and on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twelve, for the sale of such of the public lands, which from the 
 nature of the country cannot be surveyed in the ordinary way. and are 
 embraced by the provisions of the second section of this act, as shall 
 have, at least six weeks previous to the said first day of February, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twelve, been advertised for sale by the 
 surveyor of the public lands south of the State of Tennessee, with the 
 approbation of the President of the United States. The public sales for 
 the land subdivided into quarter-sections in the ordinary way, shall be 
 held for one calendar month, under the superintendence of the register 
 and receiver of each land office respectively, and of either the surveyor 
 of public lands south of Tennessee, or of his principal deputy surveyor 
 in the district, who shall each receive six dollars for each day's attend- 
 ance on the same ; and no tract of land shall be sold at said public sales 
 for a less price, than that which is or may be prescribed by law, for the 
 sale of public lands in the Mississippi Territory. And from and after 
 the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, any 
 tract which has been thus offered for sale at public sale, and remains 
 unsold, as well as any tract of land embraced by the provisions of the 
 second section of this act, the sale of which is authorized by this section, 
 may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the land office, for 
 the same price which is or may be prescribed by law, for the sale of 
 public lands in the Mississippi Territory. All the lands sold by virtue 
 of this section, shall in every other respect be sold on the same terms 
 of payment, and conditions, in the same manner, and under the same 
 regulations as are, or may be, prescribed by law, for the sale of public 
 Proviso. lands in the Mississippi Territory: Provided however, Than [that] in case 
 
 of an application being made at the same time, for the purchase at private 
 sale of the same tract of land by two or more persons, one of whom 
 did actually inhabit and cultivate such tract of land at the time of 
 
LOUISIANA. 315 
 
 passing this act, and still continues to inhabit and cultivate the same 
 
 at the time of such application, the preference shall be given to the 
 
 person thus inhabiting and cultivating such tract of land. And pro- Proviso. 
 
 vided also, That till after the final decision of Congress thereon, no 
 
 tract of land shall be offered for sale, the claim to which has been in 
 
 due time, and according to law, presented to the register of the land 
 
 office, and filed in his orifice, for the purpose of being investigated by 
 
 the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights 
 
 of persons claiming lands in the Territory of Orleans; or which shall 
 
 have been located by or for Major-General La Fayette, according to 
 
 law. (eZ) 
 
 SEC. 7. And he it further enacted, That in addition to the township An additional 
 alreadv reserved for that purpose by law in the western district of the township to be 
 Territory of Orleans, and which shall be located south of Red River, J^Sa TeiStSr 
 another entire township shall be located by the Secretary of the Treas- f or seminary of 
 ury north of Red River, for the use of a seminary of learning, and also learning. 
 an' entire township in the Territory of Louisiana, for the support of a 
 seminary of learning within the said Territory. (#) 
 
 SEC. 8. And he it further enacted, That the surveyor-general shall cause Surveyor- gen- 
 such of the public lands in the Territory of Louisiana, as the President eral to cause cer- 
 of the United States shall direct, to be surveyed and divided in the Sliol2?d8 in 
 same manner and under the same regulations and limitation as to ex- Territory of Lou - 
 penses, as is provided by law in relation to the lands of the United isiana to be sur- 
 States, northwest of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky veyed and divid- 
 River. (6) 
 
 SEC. 9. And he it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of Office to be es- 
 tlie United States lyin 
 be established, which 
 the United States 
 
 monies shall be appointed for said office, who shall give security in the 
 same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensations, emoluments, 
 duties and authority, shall in every respect be the same, in relation to 
 the lands which shall be disposed of at their office, as are or may be 
 provided for by law in relation to the register and receiver of public 
 monies in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of 
 the United States, northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of 
 Kentucky River, (c) 
 
 SEC. 10. And he it further enacted, That the President of the United Lands in Ter- 
 States be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever he shall think proper, ritory of Louisi- 
 to direct so much of the public lands lying in the Territory of Louisiana, gf 8 ^ e be 
 as shall have been surveyed in conformity with the eighth section of 
 this act, to be offered for sale. All such lands shall, with the exception 
 of the section "number sixteen," which shall be reserved in eacih town- 
 ship for the support of schools within the same, (e) with the exception 
 also of a tract reserved for the support of a seminary of learning, (</) 
 as provided for by the seventh section of this act, and with the excep- 
 tion aleo of the salt springs and lead mines, and lands contiguous there- 
 to ; which, by the direction of the President of the United State_s, may 
 be reserved for the future disposal of the said States, (/) shall be offered 
 for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the 
 land office and the receiver of public monies and of the principal dep- 
 uty surveyor, and on such day or days as shall, by public proclamation 
 of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose. 
 The sales shall remain open for three weeks and no longer. The lands 
 shall be sold for a price not less than that which has been or may be 
 fixed by law for the public lands, northwest of the river Ohio, and 
 above the mouth of Kentucky River. And shall in every other respect 
 be sold in tracts of the same size, on the same terms and conditions, as 
 have been or may be by law provided for the lauds sold in the State of 
 Ohio. The superintendents of the said public sales shall each receive 
 six dollars for each day's attendance on the said sales. All the lands 
 which have been thus offered for sale, at public sale, remaining unsold 
 at the closing of. the public sales, may be disposed of at private hale by 
 the register of the land office, lor the same price which is or may be 
 prescribed by law for the sale of public lands in the State of Ohio : 
 Provided however, That till alter the decision of Congress thereon, no Proviso, 
 tract of land shall be offered for sale, the claim to which has been in 
 due time and according to law presented to the recorder of land titles 
 in the District of Louisiami and filed in his office, for the purpose of 
 being investigated by the commissioners appointed for ascertaining the 
 
316 LOUISIANA. 
 
 rights of persons claiming lands in the Territory of Louisiana. And 
 
 Patents how patents shall be obtained lor all lauds sold in the Territory of Louisiana, 
 
 obtained. j u tne sa me manner and on the same terms as is or may be provided by 
 
 law for land sold in the State of Ohio, (d) 
 
 Claim of cor- SEC. 11. And be it further enacted. That the claim of the corporation 
 t>i>ration of Or- o f t j ie c [ t y o f Xew Orleans, to the common adjacent thereto, and with- 
 etf valid. ^ * n 8 ' x hundred yards from the fortifications of the same, as confirmed 
 by the act, entituled " An act respecting claims to lands in the Territo- 
 ries of Orleans and Louisiana," shall be deemed valid, although the 
 relinquishment of the said corporation to any claim beyond the said 
 distance of six hundred yards was not made till after the expiration of 
 the period of six months prescribed by the act last mentioned, (/i) 
 Navigable riy- SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the navigable rivers and 
 era to be public waters in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana shall be and for ever 
 highways. remain public highways. 
 
 Appropriation. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding forty 
 thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the pur- 
 pose of carrying this act into effect, which sum shall be paid out of 
 unappropriated monies in the Treasury. 
 
 Repeal of the SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the act, entituled "An act pro- 
 fan f Feb ' 15> vidiu S for tne final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of 
 the public lands in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana," approved 
 February the sixteenth, [fifteenth] eighteen hundred and eleven, be, 
 and the same is hereby repealed, (t) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 736, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904. 911, !!46, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 701, 704. 708, 711, 718, 731, 737, 740, 831, 879, 965. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 704, 70^, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 
 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 (e) See Xos. 418, 704. 708, S32, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 (/) See Xos. 704, 708. 
 
 0?) See Xos. 704, 708, 760. 
 
 (h) See Xos. 705, 708, 713, 734, 739. 
 
 (i) See Xo. 708. 
 
 Dec. 12, 1811. No. 711. AX' ACT extending the time for opening the several land offices estab- 
 Vol. 2, p. 668. lished in the Territory of Orleans. 
 
 Further time Be it enacted, $-c., That so much of the sixth section of an act, enti- 
 allo wed for open- tnled "An act providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands and 
 ^AcTof rebel's for the 8ale of the P ublic lau(l8 in fche Territories of Orleans and Louisi- 
 1311, ' ' ana, and to repeal the act passed for the same purpose and approved Feb- 
 
 ruary sixteenth, [fifteenth] one thousand eight hundred and eleven," as 
 directs that the several land offices established in the Territory of Orleans 
 shall be opened on the first day of January and on the first day of Feb- 
 ruary, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and the same is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Land offices to SEC." '2. And be it further enacted, That the said land offices shall, re- 
 be opened on spectively, be opened on such day or days as the President of the 
 brdeSatlcTby United States shall, by proclamation, designate for that purpose ; and 
 the President. the public land shall, in every other respect, be offered for sale at the 
 said offices in the same manner as is directed by the aforesaid act. () 
 
 (a) See Xos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 718, 731, 737, 740, 831, 879, 965. 
 
 March 10, 1812. No. 712. AX ACT giving further time for registering claims to land in the west- 
 "Vol. 2, p. 692. em district of the Territory of Orleans. 
 
 Further time Be i' enacted, fc., That every person or persons claiming lands in the 
 given for regis- western district of the Territory of Orleans, who are actual settlers on 
 tering claims in the land which thev claim, and whose claims have not been heretofore 
 filed wi t b the register of the land office, for the said district, shall be 
 allowed until the first day of November next, to deliver notices in writ- 
 ing, and the written evidences of their claims to the register of the 
 land office at Opelousas ; and the notices and evidences so delivered 
 within the time limited by this act, shall be recorded in the same man- 
 ner, and on payment of the same fees, as if the same had been delivered 
 before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eight ; 
 but the rights of such persons as shall neglect so doing within the time 
 
LOUISIANA. 317 
 
 limited by this act, shall, so far as they are derived from, or founded 
 on any act of Congress, ever after be barred and become void, and the 
 evidences of their claims never after admitted as evidence in any 
 court of the United States against any grant derived from the United 
 States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And 1)e it further enacted. That the register and receiver of Duties of the 
 public monies of the said land office at Opelousas, shall have the same register and re- 
 powers and perform the same duties in relation to the claims thus filed JjyjLfJ J f u the 
 before the first day of November next, as if notice of the same had been i au <i O ffi ce at o-p- 
 given before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and elouas. 
 eight, except that their "decisions shall be subject to the revision of Con- 
 gress. And it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to 
 make to the Secretary of the Treasury, a report of all the claims thus 
 filed with the register of the land office, together with the substance of 
 the evidence in support thereof, with their opinion, and such remarks 
 thereon as they may think proper ; which report, together with a list of The reports of 
 the claims, which, in the opinion of the register and receiver, ought to the register and 
 be confirmed, shall belaid by the Secretary of the Treasury before Con- f a e i( J ^f ore Con 6 
 gress at their next session, for their determination thereon. The said g ress . 
 register and receiver shall have power to appoint a clerk, whose duty 
 shall be the same, in relation to the claims filed as aforesaid, as was 
 required of the clerk to the board of commissioners for adjusting claims 
 to land in the said district j and the said register, receiver and clerk, Allowance on 
 shall each be allowed fifty cents for each claim filed according to this claims filed, 
 act, and on which a decision shall be made, whether such decision be 
 in favour of, or against the claim ; which allowance of fifty cents, shall 
 be in full compensation for their services under this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. G99, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708,710,716, 718, 721, 7-22, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 738, 
 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 699, 904, 
 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No. 713. AN ACT granting to the corporation of the city of New Orleans the use April 3. 1812- 
 and possession of a lot in the said city. Vol. 2, p. 700. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the right and claim of the United States to Right of the 
 the use, possession and occupancy of a space of one hundred and fifty United States to 
 by one hundred and twenty-five feet of a vacant lot of ground, in the a certain portion 
 city of New Orleans, bounded by Bienville and Custom-house streets, Sty^ENew Or* 
 and by Levee street and the high-road, be, and the same is hereby leans ceded to 
 vested in the corporation of the said city. And the said corporation is the city, 
 authorized to use, possess and occupy the same, for the purpose of erect- 
 ing or causing to be erected and kept in operation a steam engine, or 
 engines, for conveying water into the said city, and all buildings neces- 
 sary to the said purpose : Provided, That if the said space of ground Proviso, that 
 shall not be occupied for the said purpose, within the term of three the ground shall 
 years, from and after the passing of this act, or shall at any time there- |j ^ree" M,rs 
 after cease to be so occupied, for the term of three years, the right and l 
 claim of the United States thereto, shall remain unimpaired : And pro- p r0 viso. 
 vided also, That this act shall not affect the claim, or claims of any indi- 
 vidual or individuals, if any such there be. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 705, 708, 710, 734, 739. 
 
 No. 714. AN ACT for the admission of the State of Louisiana into the Union, and April 8 1812. 
 to extend the laws of the United States to the said State. Yol. 2, p. 701. 
 
 Whereas, the representatives of the people of all that part of the ter- preamble 
 ritory or country ceded, under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty 
 made at Paris, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and three, between the United States and France, contained with- 
 in the following limits, that is to say : beginning at the mouth of the 
 river Sabine ; thence, by a line to be drawn along the middle of said 
 river, including all islands to the thirty-second degree of latitude ; 
 thence, due north, to the northernmost part of the thirty-third degree 
 of north latitude ; thence, along the said parallel of latitude, to the 
 river Mississippi ; thence, down the said river, to the river Iberville ; 
 and from thence, along the middle of the said river, and Lakes Maure- 
 pas and Ponchartrain, to the Gulf of Mexico; thence, bounded by the 
 said gulf, to the place of beginning, including all islands within three 
 leagues of the coast ; did, on the twenty-second day of January, one 
 
318 LOUISIANA. 
 
 thousand eight hundred and twelve, form for themselves a constitution 
 and State government, and give to the said State the name of the State 
 of Louisiana, in pursuance of an act of Congress, entituled " An act to 
 enable the people of the Territory of Orleans to form a constitution and 
 State government, and for the admission of the said State into the 
 Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other pur- 
 poses :" And the said constitution having been transmitted to Congress, 
 and by them being hereby approved ; therefore 
 
 Louisiana to Be it enacted, $-c., That the said State shall be one, and is hereby de- 
 be admitted into dared to be one of the United States of America, and admitted 'into 
 indVpe'ndeirt tne Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects 
 State. whatever, by the name and title of the State of Louisiana: Prorided, 
 
 Proviso. That it shall be taken as a condition upon which the said State is incor- 
 
 porated in the Union, that the river Mississippi, and the navigable 
 rivers and waters leading into the same, and into the Gulf of Mexico, 
 shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants 
 of the said State as to the inhabitants of other States and the Territo- 
 ries of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll there- 
 for, imposed by the said State ; and that the above condition, and also all 
 other the conditions and terms contained in the third section of the act, 
 the title whereof is herein, before recited, shall be considered, deemed 
 and taken, fundamental conditions and terms, upon which the said State 
 is incorporated in the Union, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and 
 be in force from and after the thirtieth day of April, eighteen hundred 
 and twelve. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 698, 699, 702, 707, 709, 715, 762. 
 
 April 14, 1812. No. 715. AX ACT to enlarge the limits of the State of Louisiana. 
 
 ' * P- ' Be it enacted, #c., That in case the legislature of the State of Louis- 
 
 Limits of the iana shall consent thereto, all that tract of country comprehended 
 State enlarged. w ithin the following bounds, to wit : beginning at the junction of the 
 Iberville, with the river Mississippi ; thence along the middle of the 
 Iberville, the river Amite, and of the lakes Maurepas and Poutchar train' 
 to the eastern mouth of the Pearl River ; thence up the eastern branch 
 of Pearl River to the thirty-first degree of north latitude ; thence along 
 the said degree of latitude to the river Mississippi ; thence down- the 
 said river to the place of beginning, shall become and form a part of 
 the said State of Louisiana, and be subject to the constitution and laws 
 thereof, in the same manner, and for all intents and purposes as if it 
 had been included within the original boundaries of the said State, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 698, 699, 702, 707, 709, 714, 762. 
 
 April 14, 1812. No. T 16. AX ACT giving further time for registering claims to land in the eastern 
 Vol. 2, p. 709. district of the Teiyitory of Orleans; 
 
 Further time Be it enacted, $c., That every person or persons claiming lands in the 
 allowed for reg- eastern district of the Territory of Orleans, who are actual settlers on 
 istering claims. ^ e i an( j which they claim, and whose claims have not been heretofore 
 filed with the register of the land office for the said district, shall be 
 allowed until the first day of November next to deliver notices in writ- 
 ing, and the written evidences of their claims, to the register of the 
 land office at New Orleans ; and the notices and evidences so delivered, 
 Limitation of within the time limited by this act, shall be recorded in the same man- 
 notices, ner, and on payment of the same fees, as if the same had been de- 
 livered before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and 
 eight ; but the rights of such persons as shall neglect so doing within 
 the time limited by this act, shall, so far as they are derived from, or 
 founded on, any act of Congress, ever after be barred and become void, 
 and the evidences of their claims, never after admitted as evidence in 
 any court of the United States, against any grant derived from the 
 United States. 
 
 Duties of reg- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 
 istr and receiv- public monies of the said land office at New Orleans, shall have the same 
 
 er ^ ( powers, and perform the same duties, in relation to the claims thus tiled 
 
 before the first day of November next, as if notice of the same had been 
 
LOUISIANA. 319 
 
 given before the first clay of July, one thousand eight hundred and 
 eight, except that their decision shall he subject to the revision of Con- 
 gress. And it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to 
 make to the Secretary of the Treasury a report of all the claims thus To report to 
 tiled with the register of the land office^ together with the substance of the Secretary of 
 the evidence in support thereof, with their opinion and such remarks tn 
 thereon as they may think proper; which report, together with a list 
 of the claims which, in the opinion of the register and receiver, ought 
 to be confirmed, shall be laid by the Secretary of the Treasury before 
 Congress, at their next session, for their determination thereon. The 
 said register and receiver shall have power to appoint a clerk, whose 
 duties shall be the same, in relation to the claims filed as aforesaid, as 
 was required of the clerk to the board of commissioners for adjusting 
 claims to lands in the said district; and the said register, receiver and 
 clerk, shall each be allowed fifty cents for each claim filed according to Allowance of 
 this act, and on which a decision shall be made, whether such decision fees. 
 be in favour of, or against the claim; which allowance of fifty cents 
 shall be in full compensation for their services under this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No. 717. -AN ACT to authorize the Secretary for the Department of "War to ex- April 23, 1312. 
 change lands, "with the Ursuline Nuns, of the city of New Orleans. Vol. 6, p. 107. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary for the Department of War be, Secretary of 
 and he is hereby authorized and empowered to exchange the lot of "War empowered 
 ground, situate in the city of New Orleans, on which the military hos- *9 exchange a lot 
 pital of the United States stands, with the Ursuline Nuns of said city, orfeaTwith the 
 whose convent adjoins or is near the same, for such other lot or lots of Ursuline Nuns, 
 ground, in said city of New Orleans, or its vicinity, owned by the said 
 nuns, as, in the opinion of said Secretary, shall be conveniently situ- 
 ated for a military hospital and of equal value with the said lot on 
 which the said hospital now stands, including the value of said hos- 
 pital. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of such exchange, the To make a deed 
 Secretary for the Department of War is hereby authorized and empow- to them for the 
 ered to make, execute and deliver, in behalf of the United States, to the ^ ot - 
 said Ujrsuline Nuns, or to such person or persons as they may designate, 
 a deed or other instrument in writing, therein and thereby conveying 
 to them all the right and title of the United States, in and to the said 
 lot of ground aforesaid, reserving however to the United States the use 
 of said hospital, for such time as he shall judge necessary; and the 
 Secretary for the Department of War is hereby also authorized to take And to receive 
 and receive from the said Ursuline Nuns, or from such person or per- one from them in 
 sons, as may be authorized in their behalf for that purpose, a deed or J^alf of theTJni- 
 deeds or other instrument in writing, conveying to the United States 
 a good a Ld sufficient title to the lot or lots of ground, which he may 
 agree to take in exchange ; and winch deed or deeds, or other instru- 
 ment in writing, shall contain the necessary covenants to secure to the 
 United States in case of any failure of title thereto. 
 
 No. 718. AN ACT for ascertaining the titles and claims to lands in that part of April 25, 1812. 
 the Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans. Vol. 2, p. 713. 
 
 Uc it enacted, #c., That for the purpose of ascertaining the titles and Two land dis- 
 claims to lands in that tract of country which lies south of the Missis- tricts to be laid 
 sippi Territory, east of the river Mississippi and Island of New Orleans, off> 
 and west of the river Perdido, and a line drawn with the general course 
 thereof to the southern boundary of the said Mississippi Territory, 
 the lauds within the said limits shall be laid off into two land districts, 
 between which Pearl River shall be the boundary; and for each of 
 which districts a commissioner for land claims shall be appointed by r 
 the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the to be appointed 1 
 Senate. The said commissioners shall, respectively, have power to ap- 
 point a clerk, who shall be a person capable of translating the French C1 , 
 and Spanish languages, and who shall, in addition to the other duties 
 required of him by this act, perform the duties of translator, when re- 
 
320 LOUISIANA. 
 
 quired by the commissioner. And the said commissioners and clerk 
 
 shall, before entering on the duties of their appointments, respectively 
 
 Oath. take an oath or affirmation, truly and faithfully to execute the duties 
 
 imposed on them by this act. () 
 Commissioners SEC '2. And be it further enacted, That for the more convenient ascer- 
 
 and clerks to at- tainment of the titles and claims to lands as aforesaid, it shall be the 
 tlje 1>ar duty f eacn f the said commissioners, respectively, and their clerks, 
 to attend in each of the several parishes in his district, at such time 
 and place therein as he shall appoint, for the purpose of receiving no- 
 tices and evidences of titles and claims to lands within the same; and 
 when the commissioners shall have appointed the time and place for 
 Twenty "lays' his attendance in any parish, he shall cause public notice thereof to be 
 
 notice to be giv- given to the inhabitants of the same, for at least twenty days previous 
 
 to the time of his commencing the business of his appointment therein. 
 
 Each cornmis- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That each commissioner, after he shall 
 
 sioner to keep an have attended for a reasonable and sufficient length of time in each par- 
 ish of his district, for the claimants of lands within the same to have de- 
 livered the notices and evidences of their claims, shall establish his of- 
 fice at such place in his district as he shall judge most convenient, and 
 of which he shall give public notice ; and every person claiming lands 
 within his district, who shall have neglected, or by any circumstance 
 have been prevented from delivering a notice and evidence of his- 
 claims, daring the time the commissioner attended in the parish in 
 which the lands he may claim are situate, shall be at liberty, at any 
 Six months al- time before the end of six months from and after such office shall have 
 
 lowed to deliver been established, to deliver a notice and the evidence of his claims; 
 
 dence. * "' and [t sha11 ^ ave the 8ame effect as if delivered in the parish wherein 
 
 the lands claimed are situated. 
 Any French, SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands in 
 
 British, or Span- the tract of country aforesaid, by virtue of any grant, order of survey, 
 or other evidence of claim whatsoever, derived from the French, Brit- 
 ish or Spanish Governments, shall deliver to the commissioner for land 
 claims, when attending for the purpose, in the parish in which the 
 lands claimed may lie, a notice in writing, stating the nature and ex- 
 tent of his claims, together with the plat (in case a survey shall have 
 To be delivered been made) of the tract or tracts claimed ; and shall deliver to the com- 
 
 for recording. missioner when attending as aforesaid, for the purpose of being recorded, 
 every grant, order of survey, deed, conveyance, or other written evi- 
 dence of his claim ; and the same shall be recorded by the clerk, in 
 Recording fees, books to be kept for that purpose, on his receiving from the party or 
 parties at the rate of twelve and a half cents for every hundred word* 
 contained in such written evidence of their claim : Provided hoicerer, 
 Complete That where lands are claimed by virtue of a complete French, British 
 
 French, British, or Spanish grant, it shall not be necessary for the claimant to have any 
 
 or Spanish ot her evidence of his claim entered at large on the record, except the 
 
 original grant or patent, together with the order of survey, and the 
 
 plat; all the other conveyances or deeds maybe abbreviated in the 
 
 entry ; but the chain of title, and the date of every transfer shall ap- 
 
 Xeslect to give ptar on the record. And if such person shall neglect to deliver such 
 
 n o t Fc e invali- notice iu writing of his claim, together with the plat (in case the lands 
 
 dates the claim, claimed shall have been surveyed) as aforesaid, or cause to be recorded 
 
 such written evidence of the same within the time and times as afore- 
 
 . said, his claim shall never alter be recognized or confirmed by the 
 
 And prevents United States ; nor shall any grant, order of survey, deed, conveyance, or 
 
 proof of claim other written evidence, which shall not be recorded as above directed, 
 
 against ^th^r ever after be considered or admitted as evidence in any court of the 
 
 grants. United States, against any grant which may hereafter be derived from 
 
 the United States. 
 Duty and pow- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall 
 
 er of commis- have power, in their respective districts, to inquire into the justice and 
 
 sioners. validity of the claims filed with them as aforesaid : it shall be their 
 
 duty to ascertain in every case, whether the lands claimed have been 
 inhabited and cultivated ; at what time such inhabitation and culti- 
 vation commenced ; when surveyed, and by whom and what authority ; 
 and into every other matter respecting the* claims which may affect the 
 justice and validity thereof; and for that purpose shall have power to 
 administer oaths, and to compel the attendance of, and examine wit- 
 nesses and such other testimony as may be adduced ; to have access to 
 all records of a public nature, relative to the granting, sale, transfer or 
 titles of lands within their respective districts, and to take transcripts 
 
LOUISIANA. 321 
 
 from such record or records or any part thereof ; and the evidence thus clerk to enter 
 adduced and obtained, shall by the clerk, be entered in a book to be evidence, 
 kept for that purpose, (b) 
 
 SEC. 6. A nd be it further enacted, That the powers vested by law in Surveyor of 
 tbe surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State of lands south of 
 Tennessee, shall extend over all the public lands in the said tract of p^^enES 
 country, (c) 
 
 SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall re- Abstracts to be 
 spectively, under such instructions as the Secretary of the Treasury made ont *? d * r : 
 may, with the approbation of the President of the United States, trans- gSretary o| the 
 mit to them in relation thereto, prepare, and cause to bo prepared, Treasury by the 
 abstracts from the records of the claims filed as aforesaid, in which the commissioners, 
 claims shall be arranged into classes, according to their respective merits, 
 and other circumstances whereby they may be diversified ; the abstracts 
 shall contain the substance of the evidence adduced in support of, or 
 obtained respecting the claims, and shall contain such other informa- 
 tion and remarks as may be necessary to a proper decision thereon, which 
 abstracts the commissioners shall respectively, as soon as may be, report 
 to the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall by him be laid before Con- 
 gress at the next session thereafter for their determination thereon. 
 
 SEC. 8. And ~be it further enacted, That the said commissioners be, and A list of actual 
 they are hereby authorized and required to collect and report to Con- settlers to be 
 gress, at their next session, a list of all the actual settlers on land in said J de by commis- 
 districts, respectively, who have no claims to land derived either from ported 8 to Con- 
 the French, British or Spanish Governments, and the time at which such gress. 
 settlements were made. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That each of the said commissioners Kates of corn- 
 shall be allowed as compensation for his services in relation to the said pensation. 
 claims, at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars a year ; and each of the 
 clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars a year : Provided, that not Proviso, 
 more than eighteen months' compensation be thus allowed to the com- 
 missioner and clerk for the district east of Pearl River ; nor more than 
 two years' compensation be allowed to the commissioner and clerk for 
 the district west of Pearl River; and the commissioner for the eastern 
 district, on making his report to the Secretary of the Treasury, as afore- 
 said, shall be entitled to receive in addition seven hundred and fifty 
 dollars, and his clerk five hundred dollars; and the commissioner for 
 the western district, on making his report aforesaid, shall receive one 
 thousand dollars, and his clerk seven hundred and fifty dollars; and 
 the said allowances shall be in full for their services under this act. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 711, 731, 737, 740, 831, 879, 965. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 721, 722, 723,724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 738, 
 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790,817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 904, 911, 
 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 No. 719. AN ACT granting to the governor of the State of Louisiana, for the time April 29, 1812. 
 being, and his successors in office, a lot of ground, and the buildings thereon, in Vol. 6, p. 108. 
 
 the city of New Orleans. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That all the right and claim of the United States to The right of 
 the use, possession, and occupancy of a space, of three hundred and J*eTJnited States 
 thirty-six by two hundred and twenty feet, of a lot of ground in the asdescribeTand 
 city of New Orleans, bounded by Chartres and Levee streets, and by the Government 
 Thoulouse street, and the lot of the widow Castillon, together with the house, &c.,tuere- 
 house on the above described lot, known by the name of the Govern- on ' ve ^ e( L in r ^ e 
 ment house, and the other buildings thereon, be, and the same are hereby, fsTana &c., for 
 vested in, and conveyed to, the governor of the State of Louisiana for the use amt'bene- 
 the time being, and his successors in the same office, for the sole use fit of the State, 
 and benefit of the said State of Louisiana, forever : Provided, however, Proviso: this 
 That this act shall not affect the claim or claims of any individual or act n ,t' to a f ct 
 individuals, if any such there be. SviduTs &c. 
 
 No. 720. AN ACT giving validity to the sale of certain tracts of public lands July 1 1812 
 sold in the western district of the Territory of Orleans, now State of Louisiana. Vol. 2, p. 774. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c., That the sale of the several tracts of public lands Sales of lands 
 sold in the month of January, one thousand eight hundred'and tweJvr. i the month of 
 at the public sales held under the superintendence of the register of the 
 21 L O VOL II 
 
322 LOUISIANA. 
 
 January, 1812, land office, arid the principal tlepnty surveyor of the western district of 
 madevalid. the Territory of Orleans (now State of Louisiana,) be, and the same is 
 hereby made good and valid, to aH intents and purposes, any law to the 
 Purchasers on contrary notwithstanding : and the purchasers of the said tracts shall 
 complying with severally, on completing the payment of the purchase money, according 
 tohav^aten'X to law > be entitled to receive a patent or patents for the lands so pur- 
 chased and paid for, as in-case of other lands sold by the United States; 
 the first instalment of the purchase money shall be considered as due 
 and payable at ten days after the receiver of public monies, for the dis- 
 trict within which the lands lie, shall have entered on the discharge of 
 the duties of his office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 704, 703, 710, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 899, 
 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 Feb 27, 1813. Ifo. 721. AX ACT giving further time for registering claims to lands in the east- 
 Tol. 2, p. 807. em and -western districts of the Territory of Orleans, now State of Louisiana. 
 
 Actual settlers Be it enacted, <$-c., That every person or persons claiming lands in the 
 allowed a farther eas t ern or western district of the Territory of Orleans, now State of 
 tbeir'claSms with Louisiana, who are actual settlers on the land which they claim, and 
 the register of whose claims have not been heretofore filed with the register of the 
 the land office at land office for the district wherein the lands lie, shall be allowed until 
 Kew Orleans and tue g rgti day of January next, to deliver notices in writing, and the 
 written evidences of their claims, in the said districts respectively, to 
 the register of the land office at New Orleans and Opelousas ; and the 
 notices and evidences so delivered within the time limited by this act, 
 shall be recorded in the same manner, and on payment of the same fees, 
 as if the same had been delivered before the first day of July, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and eight; but the rights of such persons as shall 
 neglect so doing within the time limited by this act, shall, so far as they 
 are derived from, or founded on, any act of Congress, ever after be 
 barred and become void, and the evidences of their claims never after 
 admitted as evidence in any court of the United States against, any grant 
 derived from the United States. 
 
 Claims for- SEC. '2. And be it further enacted. That every person or .persons who 
 f eit ed that are bad filed his or their noticeA)f claim to lands lying within either of the 
 not thus entered. gaid districts with the proper register of the land office, according to 
 former laws, but have not exhibited any testimony or written evidence 
 in support of the same, and whose claim has not been confirmed by the 
 commissioners appointed to ascertain and settle claims to lands in the 
 said districts, shall be allowed until the first day of January next, to 
 deliver the written evidence or other testimony in support of his or their 
 claim, the notice of which had been filed as aforesaid, to the register of 
 the land office at New Orleans, for lands lying in the eastern district, 
 and the register of the land office at Opelousas, for lands lying in the 
 western district : and every written evidence of claim, the notice whereof 
 had been filed as aforesaid, for lands lying in the said districts, delivered, 
 within the time limited by this section, to the said registers; shall by 
 them respectively be recorded in the same manner as was directed, and 
 on receiving the same fees allowed by former acts for recording evidence 
 Claims barred, of claim to lands in the same districts ; and the right of any such per- 
 if not entered, sons neglecting to deliver the evidence of their claims as above men- 
 tioned, shall become barred and void in so far as the same is derived 
 from the United States, and the evidence thereof be incapable of being 
 admitted in any court whatsoever against any grant derived from the 
 United States. ' 
 
 Same powers SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 given to the re- public monies of the said respective land offices at New Orleans and 
 
 e L- a !!!!ivif,> O"elousas, shall have the same powers and perform the same duties in 
 
 001 vcr ot piioiic . * i 1* * rt * i T 
 
 moneys at the every respect m relation to the claims that may be filed according to 
 
 laud offices of tbo first section of this act, and the claims, notice of which had been 
 
 Xew Orleans and gi ve u under former acts, and the evidence in support thereof shall have 
 
 rf tbeeTainfs ljeen ^liven-d, according to the second section of this act, as the board 
 
 had been filed be <>1 commissioners, for ascertaining and adjusting claims to lands iu the 
 
 fore July, 1, 180. same districts, would have had or should have performed, if such notice 
 
 had been filed, and such evidence delivered before the first day of July, 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and eight, except, that their decisions shall 
 
 be subject to the revision of Congress. 
 
 AC.. SEC. 4. And be it furUn-r enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
 'to rt'iv.;-: u> the register and receiver of each of the said land offices respectively, to 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 Compensation. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 71-2, 716, 718, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 Xo. 
 
 R 
 
 April 12 1814. 
 Yo]. 3. p. 122. 
 
 p; - ~ 
 
 . AN" ACT for the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana 
 and Territory of Missouri. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That every person or persons, or the legal repre- 
 sentatives of any person or persons claiming lands in the State of Lou- ante con firm e^l^n 
 isiana, or the Territory of Missouri, by virtue of any incomplete French their titles or 
 or Spanish grant or concession, or any warrant or order of survey, which claims. 
 was granted prior to the twentieth of December, one thousand eight 
 hundred and three, for lauds lying within that part of the State of , 
 
 Louisiana which composed the late Territory of Orleans, or which was 
 granted for lands lying within the Territory of Missouri, before the 
 tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and four, and where 
 the claimant, or the person under whom he claims, were resident in the 
 province of Louisiana at the respective times aforesaid, or at the time 
 the said concession, warrant, or order of survey was granted, and whose 
 claims have been filed with the proper register or recorder of land titles 
 according to law, and are embraced in the report of the commissioners, 
 or register, or recorder, for the district within which the lands claimed 
 do lie, in every case where it shall appear by the said report of the com- 
 missioners, register, or recorder, that the concession, warrant, or order of 
 survey, under which the claim is made, contains a special location, or 
 had been actually located or surveyed within the late Territory of Or- 
 leaDs before the twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and three, or actually located or surveyed within the Territory of 
 Missouri, before the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and four, by a surveyor duly authorized by the government making 
 such grant, such persons shall be, and, they are hereby, confirmed in 
 their claims: Provided, That no claim shall be confirmed by this section 
 which shall have been adjudged by either of the boards of commis- 
 sioners, or a register or receiver of public moneys, or a recorder act- 
 ing as such, to be antedated or otherwise fraudulent : nor any one to 
 claim a greater quantity of land than the number of acres contained 
 in one league square; nor the claim of any person, in his own right, who 
 has received, in his own right, a donation grant from the United States, 
 in said State or Territory: And provided also, That no confirmation made 
 by this section shall affect the rights of any person claiming the same 
 lands or any part thereof, whose claim has been confirmed by a board 
 of commissioners for ascertaining and adjusting claims to land in said 
 State or Territory, nor preclude a judicial decision between private 
 claimants in such interfering claims. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons claim- 
 ing lands in the said State or Territory, by right of donation under any S 1 **? 18 
 former laws, whose claims are contained in the report of any of the nrmed - 
 boards of commissioners, or the report of the register and receiver of 
 public moneys, or of the recorder of land titles, made or hereafter to be 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Certain other 
 con- 
 
324 LOUISIANA. 
 
 made under existing laws, and which claims shall appear by the said 
 reports not to have been confirmed, merely because the tracts claimed 
 were not inhabited on the twentieth of December, one thousand eight 
 hundred and three, such person or persons shall be and they are hereby 
 Proviso. confirmed in their respective claims : Provided, That in every other re- 
 spect such claims shall be embraced by the provisions, and conform to 
 the limitations and restrictions, prescribed by former laws for granting 
 the right of donations in the said State and Territory. 
 
 Theproperreg- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sey- 
 isters of land of- eral registers of the land offices, and of the recorder of land titles in. 
 ficea and record- the state or Territory aforesaid, with whom the claims in their respec- 
 to givethe nec^ ^ lve districts have been entered, which are confirmed by this act, in all 
 es sary certifi- cases where the land has not been surveyed according to law, to make 
 cates. ' out, for the principal deputy surveyor of the district in which the land 
 
 lies, an order of survey for each tract of laud confirmed under this 
 act, with a proper description of the tracts to be surveyed, wherein the 
 quantity, locality, boundaries, and connection, when practicable, with 
 each other, and the tracts which have been heretofore confirmed, shall 
 be stated ; and on the return of the plat of survey, or where an order 
 of survey is not necessary, the said register or recorder of land titles 
 shall, on application for that purpose, make out for each claimant, en- 
 titled thereto by the provisions of this act, a certificate of confirmation, 
 directed to the' Commissioner of the General Land Office, and if [it] 
 shall appear to the satisfaction of said Commissioner, that such certi- 
 ficate shall have been fairly obtained according to the true intent and 
 meaning of this act, then and in that case patents shall be granted in 
 like manner as is provided by law for the other lands of the United 
 States. And the said register or recorder shall be entitled to receive 
 from the person applying therefor, where he shall have previously issued 
 an order of survey, for, such order of survey and certificate, the sum of 
 one dollar and fifty cents, and for each certificate without an order of 
 survey, the sum of one dollar, (a) 
 
 Made the duty SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the prin- 
 de ut 6 ^urve^or c *P a ^ deputy surveyor, on receiving an order of survey from the register 
 to survey V t'h ) e or recorder of land titles, and the surveying fees from the claimant, 
 lands designated which shall not exceed three dollars for every mile to be surveyed and 
 by the orders of marked, to survey or cause to be surveyed, under the direction of the sur- 
 veyor-general, or surveyor of the lands south of the State of Tennessee, 
 the several tracts of land confirmed by this act ; and the said principal 
 deputy surveyor shall make return of the surveys in separate plats to 
 the register or recorder of the district within which the land lies, and 
 also transmit to the surveyor-general, or surveyor of the lands south of 
 the State of Tennessee, as the case may be, a plat or plats of the surveys 
 directed to be made by this section, who shall respectively transmit 
 copies thereof to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (&) 
 Actual settlers SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person, and the legal rep- 
 entitled to pre- resentatives of every person, who has actually inhabited,and cultivated 
 a tract of land lying in that part of the State of Louisiana which com- 
 posed the late Territory of Orleans, or in the Territory of Missouri, 
 which tract is not rightfully claimed by any other person, and who shall 
 not have removed from said State or Territory, shall be entitled to the 
 right of pre-emption in the purchase thereof, under the same restrictions, 
 conditions, provisions and regulations, in every respect as is directed 
 by the act, entitled "An act giving the right of pre-emption in the pur- 
 chase of lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois Territory," passed Feb- 
 ruary fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904.911,946,956,961,967. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 803. 858. 
 
 (c) See Kos. 334, 704, 708, 710. 720. 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 
 
 897, 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 April 18, 1814. No. 723. AN ACT supplemental to an act, entitled "An act for ascertaining the 
 Vol. 3, p. 137. titles and claims to lands in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the river 
 Mississippi and i*la jd of New Orleans." 
 
 Time extended Be it enacted, j-c , That the time for delivering notices and the evi- 
 for filing claims. <j ence8 of claims to lauds as required by the act to which this is a sup- 
 plement, be, and the same hereby is extended until the first day of 
 September next. 
 
LOUISIANA. 325 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, 'I hat. it shall be the duty of the com- Commissioners 
 missioners appointed under the act aforesaid, to receive such evidences to receive and re- 
 as to them may be offered in support of any claims which may not be J^cf clSato 
 embraced by said act, and to report the same, together with those Commi s s i o n er 
 referred to in the first section of this act, on or before the first day of of General Land- 
 Noveniber next, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to beO fflce - 
 by him laid before Congress at their next session. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner for the dis- Commissioner 
 trict east of Pearl River and west of the Perdido be, and he is hereby f r district east 
 authorized and required to receive and make report as aforesaid on all nd weat of Per . 
 claims to lauds lying east of the river Tombigbee. (a) dido to receive 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 738, 739 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 
 899, 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 
 io. 724. AN ACT concerning certificates of confirmation of claims to lands in the April 18, 1814. 
 State of Louisiana. Vol. 3, p. 139. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That in all cases where certificates of confirmation Regulations 
 to lands lying in either of the laud districts established by law in the concerning cer- 
 State of Louisiana, have been issued agreeably with the provisions of tpcatea of con- 
 the act, entitled " An act respecting claims to lands in the Territo- r 
 ries of Orleans and Louisiana," passed the third [day of] March, one 
 thousand eight hundred and seven, and which were directed to be filed 
 with the proper register of the land office within twelvemonths afterdate, 
 and on claims which are iucludedinthe transcript of divisions [decisions] 
 made in favour of claimants and transmitted to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, the said certificates shall, in every case where the lands have 
 not been already surveyed according to law, be by the said registers 
 delivered to the principal deputy surveyor of the district, together with 
 the proper descriptions of the tracts to be surveyed, wherein the quan- 
 tity, locality, and connexion, when practicable with each other, shall 
 be stated at any time after the expiration of three months from the 
 passage of this act, (unless the claimant shall otherwise specially direct,) 
 
 whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the surveyor of the lands Surveys to be 
 south of Tennessee, to accurately survey the land at the expense of the ma de when nee- 
 United States, according to the said certificates of confirmation and de- essary - 
 scriptioD, and make general and particular plats thereof, which he shall 
 re I in n to the office of the proper register, together with the original 
 certificates ; and it shall be the further duty of the said surveyor to 
 make a like return of the plats to the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office : Provided, The expense of surveying the said tracts shall 
 Dot exceed that allowed by law for surveying the public lands in the 
 said State, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the said tracts of 
 land shall have been thus surveyed, and the surveys thereof returned 
 to the office of the proper register, together with the original certificates 
 of the commissioners, it shall be the duty of the said register to issue 
 certificates in favour of the claimants entitled thereto, which he shall 
 transmit to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and if it shall 
 appear to the satisfaction of the said Commissioner that the certificates 
 have been fairly obtained, and correspond with the transcript heretofore 
 transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the plats returned by 
 the surveyors, patents shall be granted in like manner as is provided Patents to be 
 by law for the other public lands of the United States; which patents granted upon 
 shall be transmitted by the Commissioner of the General Land Office to tnem ' 
 the proper register, to be by him delivered to the claimants entitled 
 thereto ; and the said register for delivering the certificates and descrip- 
 tions of the tracts to the surveyor, making out and forwarding the re- 
 turns to the General Land Office, and delivering the patents, shall be 
 entitled to, and receive from each claimant, the sum of two dollars for 
 sucli patent so delivered. (&) 
 
 (a) See Xoa. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 727, 730, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 (b) See Kos. 699, 701, T03, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 728, 731, 732, 737, 738, 
 
 739, 740, 745, 746, 749; 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863. 864, 873. 889, 899, 904, 911, 
 946,956,957,961 967 
 
326 LOUISIANA. 
 
 April 18, 1814. No. 725. AN ACT granting to the president and directors of the New (Meant 
 Vol. 6, p. 144. Navigation Company, and their successors, a lot of ground. 
 
 The right and Be it enacted, $-c., That all the right and claim of the United States- to 
 claim of the Uni- a lot of ground in the county of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, bounded 
 ff of^ound in above b 7 tbe lamls of Don Miguel, aud fronting on the bayou St. John, 
 the county of Or- containing one hundred and eighty feet front and five hundred and 
 leans, etc., as forty feet Hack, including the improvements thereon, now occupied by 
 describe^, with the said company, be, and the same hereby is, vested in and convey ^1 to 
 nientV^^ted in tbe P re sitient and directors of the Orleans Navigation Company, for the 
 and conveyed to time being, and their successors, for the use and benefit of the said oom- 
 thepresidentand pany forever, (a) v 
 
 tion Company. 
 
 April 16, 1816. No. 726. AN" ACT confirming to the Navigation Company of New Orleans the use 
 Vol. 6, p. 161. and possession of a lot in the said city. 
 
 Title of United Be it enacted, *<fe., That all the right and claim of the United States to 
 States to certain the title, possession, and occupancy, of a lot of ground of three hundred 
 lot confirmed to feet front ou R ampar t street, in the city of New Orleans, by six him- 
 Navigation Com- dred feet in depth, on a line with St. Peter street, on which was erected 
 panyf the former hospital of charity, in the said city, be, and the same is 
 
 hereby vested in the Navigation Company of New Orleans : Provided, 
 That nothing in this act contained shall affect the claim or claims of 
 any individual or individuals, if any such there be. (a) 
 (a) See No. 725. 
 
 April 29, 1816. No. 727. AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a surveyor of the public 
 Vol. 3, p. 325. lands in the Territories of Illinois and Missouri. 
 
 Part of the act SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act entitled " An 
 * Mtad 28) 18 6 ' ac * ^tending the powers of the surveyor-general to the Territory of 
 Louisiana, and for other purposes," passed February twenty-eighth, one 
 thousand eight hundred and six, as provides for the appointment of a 
 principal deputy surveyor, and so much of any act of Congress here[to]- 
 fore passed, as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any provision of 
 this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 703, 704, 70S, 710, 718, 722, 724, 730, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 April 29, 1816. No. 728. AN ACT for the confirmation of certain claims to land in the western 
 Vol. 3, p. 328. district of the State of Louisiana and in the Territory of Missouri. 
 
 Preamble Whereas by the eighth section of the act of third [of] March, one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and seven, it is required that the commissioners 
 for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the then 
 Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, should arrange their reports into 
 three general classes, the second of which classes should contain claims- 
 which, though not embraced by the provisions of the several acts of 
 Congress, ought nevertheless, in the opinion of the commissioners, to be 
 confirmed, in conformity with the laws, usages and customs of the 
 Spanish Government : And whereas, the commissioners, in and for the 
 western district of the State of Louisiana, formerly Territory of Or- 
 leans, in their several reports of the sixteenth of October, one thousand 
 eight hundred and twelve, fourth, of December, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and twelve, ninth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thir- 
 teen, sixth of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, first of 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and fourth of May, one 
 thousand eight hundred and fifteen, have formed this second class, 
 recommending the claims which it embraces, for confirmation, and have 
 designated the same, by letter B, and the register of the land office and 
 receiver of public moneys, actiug as commissioners for adjusting the 
 titles and claims to land in the said district, in their report, dated the 
 thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, 
 under the act giving further time for registering claims to land in the 
 western district of the Territory of Orleans, passed the tenth day of 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, the l< Act giving further 
 time for registering claims to land in the eastern and western district of 
 the Territory of Orleans," passed the twenty-seventh day of February, 
 
LOUISIANA. 327 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and the act of the twelfth 
 day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, have arranged 
 the claims into the following classes, to wit: one, two, three, four, five, . 
 x, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven ; Therefore, 
 
 SEC. 1 . tie it enacted, <fr., That the claims marked B, and described in Confirmati on 
 le several classes in ihe above-mentioned reports of the commissioners * certain claims. 
 >r the western district of the State of Louisiana, formerly Territory of 
 )rleans, and recommended by them for confirmation, be, and the same 
 
 hereby confirmed: Provided nevertheless, That under no one claim Proviso, 
 ill any person or persons be emitled, under this act, to more than tin; 
 lantity contained in a lengue square. 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That all claims embraced in the Certain other 
 jports of the recorder of land titles, acting as commissioner for ascer- claims contirm- 
 iining and adjusting the titles and claims to land, in the Territory of 
 [issouri, dated November first, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, 
 nd February second, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, where 
 the decision of the said commissioner is in favour of the claimants, shall 
 3, and the same are hereby confirmed, to wit : confirmations of village 
 drns under the act of Congress of the thirteenth day of June, one 
 >usand eight hundred and twelve : grants of the late board of com- 
 missioners, appointed for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims 
 to land in the Territory of Missouri, extended by virtue of the fourth 
 section of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirteen ; grants and confirmations under the several acts of Con- 
 gress, commencing with the act of the thirteenth day of June, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twelve. 
 
 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That in all cases not provided for by In cases not 
 Jaw for patent certificates to issue, every person and the legal repre- [ a vid f \^ m b 
 sentative of every person, whose claim to a tract of land is confirmed confirmed a pat- 
 by this or any former act, and who has not already obtained a patent ent to issue, 
 certificate for the same, shall, whenever his claim shall have been 
 located and surveyed according to law, be entitled to receive from the 
 register of the land office at Opelousas, in the State of Louisiana, or 
 from the recorder of land titles in the Territory of Missouri, as the case 
 may be, a certificate, stating that the claimant is entitled to a patent 
 for such tract of land, by virtue of this act, for which certificate the 
 officer issuing the same shall receive one dollar, and the certificate shall Fees, 
 entitle the party to a patent for the tract of laud, which shall issue in 
 like manner as is provided by law for patents to issue for lands pur- 
 chased of the United States. (.) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 731, 732, 737, 738, 
 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873. 889, 899, 904, 
 911,946,956,057,961,967. 
 
 . 729, AN ACT concerning pre-emption rights given in the purchase of lands April 29, 1816. 
 to certain settlers in the State of Louisiana, and in the Territory of Missouri and Vol. 3, p. 330. 
 Illinois. . 
 
 Be it enacted, <jrc., That any person, and the legal representatives of Pre-emption 
 iy person entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser, from the right secured, 
 nited States, of a tract of land, at private sale in the State of Louisi- 
 aa, and in the Territories of Missouri and Illinois, according to the 
 "ovisions of the act, entitled "An act giving the right of pre-emption, 
 the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois Territory," 
 >assed February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and 
 ;he fifth section of the "Act for the final adjustment of land titles in 
 the State of Louisiana, and Territory of Missouri," passed April twelfth, 
 one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, who is settled on a fraction 
 of a section or fractional quarter-section, containing less than one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, shall have the privilege of purchasing one or more 
 adjoining fractional quarter- sections, or the adjoining quarter-section, 
 including their improvements, or the fraction improved by them, at 
 their option ; and the provisions of the said recited acts are hereby- 
 made applicable to them, so far as they are consistent with the provi- 
 sions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That in cases where two or more How the 
 >rsons entitled to the right of pre-emption, shall be settled upon one claims of several 
 uarter or fractional quarter- section of land, each person shall be au- j^^ma 6 ^ 
 horized to purchase one or more quarter-sections, or fractional quarter- be adjusted, 
 sections, of the section or fractional section of land upon which they 
 
328 LOUISIANA. 
 
 an so settled; and the section or fractional section upon which such 
 persons are settled shall be equally divided between them, in such 
 manner as the register and receiver, within whose district the land lies, 
 shall determine and direct, so as to secure, as far as may be practicable) 
 to every such person their improvements respectively, and where the 
 improvement of such person shall be upon two or more quarter-sections, 
 such person shall be entitled to purchase the quarter-sections upon 
 which his improvement shall be. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 613, 818, 849, 858, 860 897 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 April 20, 1818. No. 73O. AN ACT authorizing the disposal of certain lots of puhlic ground in the 
 Vol. 3, p. 465. city of New Orleans and town of Mobile. 
 
 The President Be M enacted, <$-c., That the President of the United States shall have 
 may abandon the power, and he is hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion it shall be 
 u*e of the navy, consistent with the public interest, to abandon the use of the navy 
 Kwmirai Sid bar- arsenal > military hospital, and barracks in the city of New Orleans, and 
 racks in Xew Or- of Fort Charlotte, at the town of Mobile ; to cause the lots of ground 
 leaus,andof Fort whereon the said arsenal, hospital, and barracks in New Orleans, and 
 Charlotte, at Mo- Fort Charlotte, at Mobile, now stand, to be surveyed and laid off into 
 the' '"gro^vrfd ^^ 8 ' w i tn suitable streets and avenues, conforming as near as may be, 
 whereon they to the original plan of the city and town aforesaid, (a) and when the 
 stand to be laid surveys are completed, one plat thereof shall be returned to the Secre- 
 A Yattliereof tary of the Trea8Urv ; and another to such officer or agent as the Presi- 
 to thw Secretary dent shall have authorized to dispose of the said lots; and the said lots 
 of the Treasury, of ground shall be offered at public sale at the city of New Orleans and 
 &', : . town of Mobile respectively, on such day or days as the President shall, 
 
 offered J? Public by nis P roclama tion, designate for that purpose, in the same manner, 
 sale, ..vc. an( i on the same conditions and terms of credit, as is provided by law 
 
 for the sale of public lands of the United States, and patents shall be 
 granted therefor, as for other public lands sold by the United States. (6) 
 
 The President SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 ni ay cause Fort States is hereby authorized, as soon as in his opinion the public interest 
 deniousned and wiil P ermi t? to cause the Fort St. Charles to be demolished, and the 
 navy-yard 'to be uavy yard in said city to be discontinued ; and the lot of ground on 
 discontinued. which the said fort is erected shall be appropriated to the use of a pub- 
 
 A public lie square, and may be improved for that purpose by order of the cor- 
 squure. poration of the said city, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 731, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 72C, 722, 729, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 
 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 (c) See No. 734. 
 
 March 3, 1819. No. 731. AN ACT for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, 
 Vol. 3, p. 528. in the districts east of the island of New Orleans. 
 
 Claims found- Be it enacted, tfc., That all the claims to land, founded on complete 
 ed on Spanish grants from the Spanish Government, reported to the Secretary of the 
 abT^re oTt & It J rea8urv > ^y tne commissioners from the districts east and west of Pearl 
 the^Secretary of River, appointed under the authority of an act, entitled "An act for 
 the Treasury by ascertaining the titles and claims to lands in that part of Louisiana 
 the commission- which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans," 
 trfcts 0n east and wnicQ are contained in the several reports of the commissioners, and 
 west of Pearl which are, in the opinion of the cotnmissioners, valid, agreeably to the 
 River, confirmed, laws, usages, and customs, of the said government, be, and the same are 
 &r - hereby, recognized as valid and complete titles against any claim on the 
 
 And on British part of the United States, or right derived from the United States : And 
 that all claims founded on British grants, contained in the said reports, 
 which have been sold and conveyed, according to the provisions of the 
 treaty of peace, between Great Britain and Spain, of the third of Septem- 
 ber, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, by which that part 
 of Louisiana, lying east of the island of Orleans, was ceded to Spain, 
 under the denomination of West Florida, or which were settled and cul- 
 tivated by the person having the legal title therein, at the date of said 
 treaty, are recognised as valid and complete titles, against any claim on 
 the part of the United States, or right derived from the United Stales. 
 Claims under SEC. 2. And he it further enacted, That all claims reported as afore- 
 Spanish orders of ^ a id, and contained in the several reports of the said commissioners, 
 mrvey, requeue, f oun( i t( } cn anv order of survey, requette, permission to settle, or any 
 
LOUISIANA. 329 
 
 jpuitteu evidence of claim, derived from the Spanish authorities, which &c., prior to 20th 
 ought, iu the opinion of the commissioners, to be confirmed, and which Dec., 1803, &c., 
 by the said reports appear to be derived from the Spanish Government, ab?y confirmed^ 
 before the twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and 
 three, and the land claimed to have been cultivated and inhabited, on 
 or before that day, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title 
 had been completed : Provided, That in all such claims, where the plat Proviso, 
 and certificate of survey, made prior to the fifteenth day of April, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirteen, under the authority of the Span- 
 ish Government, in pursuance of such claim, has not been filed with the 
 said commissioners, such claim shall not be confirmed to anyone person 
 for more than twelve hundred and eighty acres ; and that for all the Grants as do- 
 other claims to land comprised in the reports aforesaid, and which n ^ m " s ' 
 ought, in the opinion of the commissioners, to be confirmed ; the claim- 
 ant to such lands shall be entitled to a grant therefor as a donation : 
 Provided, That such grant, as a donation, shall not be made to any one Proviso, 
 person for more than twelve hundred and eighty acres; which confir- Confirmation 
 matiou of the said incomplete titles and grants of donations, hereby pro- ^ incomplete ti- 
 vided to be made, shall amount only to a relinquishrnent forever, on the nnfshm^nf for 
 
 part of the United States, of any claim whatever to the tract of land so ever of the title 
 confirmed or granted : And provided, also, That no such claim shall be of the United 
 confirmed to any person to whom the title to any tract of land shall States, 
 have been recognised under the preceding provisions. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal Grants, as do- 
 representative, whose claim is comprised in the lists, or register of claims, nations, ^in^ the 
 reported by the said commissioners, and the persons embraced in the right of^settters 1 
 list of actual settlers, or their legal representatives, not having any &c., on or before 
 written evidence of claim reported as aforesaid, shall, where it appears, I 5tl1 April, 1813, 
 by the said reports, or by the said lists, that the land claimed or settled lh e C iiat pr & in 
 on had been actually inhabited or cultivated, by such person or persons 
 in whose right ho claims, on or before the fifteenth day of April, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be entitled to a grant for the land 
 so claimed, or settled on, as a donation : Provided, That not more than Proviso, 
 one tract shall be thus granted to any one person, and the same shall 
 not contain more than six hundred and forty acres ; and that no lands No grant for 
 shall be thus granted which are claimed or recognised by the preceding lands recognized 
 sections of this act. (a) Jion P s reCedinS S6C " 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person comprised in the Pre-emption 
 said list of actual settlers, not having any written evidence of claim to rights to inhabi- 
 land in said districts, and wbo, on the twelfth day of April, one thousand tants and culti- 
 eight hundred and fourteen, shall have inhabited or cultivated a tract Jat^Aprn isi* 
 of land in either of the said districts, not claimed by virtue of either of i n the case of 
 the preceding sections of this act, shall be entitled to a preference, on lands not claim- 
 becoming a purchaser, from the United States, of such tract of land, on ed by preceding 
 the same terms and conditions, and at the same price for which the other se ' 
 public lands are sold at private sale : Provided, That the first instalment Proviso. 
 of the purchase money shall be paid to the receiver of public moneys of 
 the district within which the laud lies, within two years after the open- 
 ing- of the land office for such district, (b) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of adjusting A land office at 
 the titles and claims to lands in the districts aforesaid, and for the dis- St. Helena Court- 
 pi^alof the lands which may remain the property of the United States Jackson 8 Court* 
 therein, a land office shall be established, in each of the said districts, house, 
 to be kept, for the western district, at St. Helena Courthouse, and for 
 the eastern district, at Jackson Courthouse ; and a register and receiver A register and 
 of public moneys shall be appointed for each of the said land offices, receiver of pub- 
 wlio shall give security in the same manner, and in the same sums, and lie moneys for 
 whose compensation, duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be e ' 
 the same, in relation to the lands which shall hereafter be disposed of, 
 at their respective offices, as are by law provided in relation to the 
 other registers and receivers of public moneys for the several land 
 offices of the United States, (c) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, claim- Claimants al- 
 ing lauds in either of the said districts, whose claims have not hereto- fe^iaS, 4 1 d st 
 fore been filed with the commissioner of the land office, of the district liver' notices, evi- 
 wherein the lauds lie, shall be allowed until the first day of July, one dences, &o.', to 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty, to deliver notices in writing, and the registers at 
 the evidences of their claims, in the said districts, respectively, to the J*rtn & nd St. 
 register of the land office at Jackson Courthouse and at St! Helena houSS 
 Courthouse; and the notices and evidences so delivered, within the Notices, &c., 
 
J30 LOUISIANA. 
 
 delivered in time, time limited by this act, shall be recorded in the same manner, and on 
 to be recorded, the payment of the same fees, as if t&e same had been delivered before 
 
 the commissioners closed their said registers. 
 
 Persons who SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, who 
 
 bad filed notices had filed his or their notice of claims to land, within either of the said 
 
 sioner of th^Snd districts ' with the commissioner cf the land office, according to the 
 
 office, &c.. whose former laws, but have not exhibited sufficient testimony in support of 
 
 claims have not the same, and whose claim has not been recommended for confirmation, 
 
 been recommend- ^aii DO allowed until the first day of July, one thousand eight hun- 
 
 tili ist"of Julv! dre<i and twenty, to deliver written evidence, or other testimony, in 
 
 1620, to deliver support of his or their claim, the notice of which had been filed as 
 
 written evidence aforesaid, to the register of the land office at St. Helena, for lands lying 
 
 ad other testi- j u t h e district west of Pearl River, and to the register of the land office 
 
 ut Jackson Courthouse, for the lands lying in the district east of Pearl 
 
 Evidence de- River ; and the evidence of claims, the notice whereof had been filed, 
 
 livored in time, a8 aforesaid, for lands lying in the said district, delivered, within the 
 
 time limited by this section, to the said registers, shall be recorded by 
 
 them, respectively, in the same manner as was directed by former acts, 
 
 on receiving the same fees allowed b.y said acts, for recording evidence 
 
 of claims to lands in the same districts. 
 
 The registers SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 and receivers at public moneys of the said respective land offices, at Jackson Courthouse 
 Heiena, 11 ^'ourt- und at ^k Helena Courthouse, shall have the same powers, and perform 
 houses to "have the same duties, in every respect, in relation to the claims that may be 
 the same powers, filed in virtue of the sixth section of this act, and in relation to the 
 perform the. same c i a ir OSi the notices of which had been filed under former acts, as well 
 th^com mission^ as ^ ^ Qe additional evidence which shall be adduced in support thereof, 
 era for the dis- agreeably to the seventh section of this act, as the commissioners for 
 tricts east and the districts east and west of Pearl River would have had, or should 
 west of Pearl have performed, if such notices had been filed, and snch evidence 
 had e &c adduced, before the said commissioners closed their registers. 
 
 The register of SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
 
 each of i he land register of each of the said land offices, respectively, to make, to the 
 
 offices to _, o re )rt Commissioner of the General Land Office, a report of all the claims 
 
 ."toner of the Gen- nle(1 with tlie register aforesaid, with the substance of the evidence in 
 
 eral Land Office, support thereof ; and of the cXims formerly filed, in support of which 
 
 additional evidence shall have been received, with the substance of 
 
 The Commis- such evidence ; and also their opinion and such remarks respecting the 
 
 sioner to lay the claim as they may think proper to make ; which report, together with a 
 
 foreConSess list of tne claims, which, in the opinion of the register and receiver, 
 
 ought to be confirmed, and also a list of actual settlers, prior to the 
 
 passage of this act, noting the time of their respective settlements, 
 
 shall be laid, by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, before 
 
 Congress, at their next session, for their determination thereon. 
 
 Registers and SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said registers and receivers 
 receivers may ap- shall, respectively, have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a per- 
 P Fif t Clerk8 h sou ca P a l e t translating the French and Spanish languages, and who 
 dred ^dollars UJ a bu all perform the duty of translator, when required by said registers 
 year to each reg- and receivers; and each of the said registers and receivers shall be 
 ister and receiv- allowed, as a compensation for their services in relation to the said 
 er o th sa d claims at tlie rate of fifteen hundred dollars a year ; and each of the 
 dollars per an- clerks at the rate of one thousand dollars a year : Provided, That not 
 mini to clerk. more than eighteen months' compensation be thus allowed to the regis- 
 Proviso : not ter, receiver and clerk, for the district east of Pearl River; nor more 
 more than eight- than eighteen months' compensation to be allowed to the register, 
 pens D a5on &c m ' receiver, and clerk, of the district west of Pearl River, (a) 
 
 Surveyor 'of SEC. 11. Andbc it further enacted, That the surveyor for the lands south 
 
 the lands south o f the State of Tennessee shall, with the consent and approbation of 
 
 apnoin^a^princi ^ ne President of the United States, appoint a principal deputy surveyor 
 
 pal deputy with ^ or tne lands wirhin the said districts, who shall receive an annual sal- 
 
 a salary of $500 ary, of five hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, the following fee ; 
 
 and fees. that is to say : for examining and recording the surveys executed by 
 
 DuTyofdepuTv anv of the de P uties > at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of 
 
 surveyor. " the boundary line of such survey ; and for a certified copy of any plat 
 
 of a survey in the office, twenty-five cents ; and whose duty it shall be 
 
 to survey, or cause to be surveyed, by his other deputies, the lands, the 
 
 claims to which are confirmed, and that are directed to be granted as 
 
 donations, where the same have not been already surveyed, and the 
 
 lands which may be claimed by right of pre-emption, whenever directed 
 
 by the register and receiver, and to execute such other surveys as may 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 331 
 
 be shall 
 
 p r0 viso. 
 
 Books of for- 
 
 and 
 
 be necessary for the ascertainment of the lands, the title or claim to 
 which is embraced in the report of the commissioners aforesaid. And 
 the said principal deputy surveyor shall make out particular plats of 
 the surveys directed by this act, which he shall return to the register Expenseof sur- 
 of the proper district ; and also, a general and connected plat, which veyiug paid by 
 ll return to the surveyor of the lands south of the State of Ten- united 
 
 he expense of surveying shall be paid by the United States : 
 wided, The same shall not exceed, in the whole, four dollars a mile, 
 every mile which shall be actually surveyed and marked, (d) 
 SEC. 12. And le it further enacted, That the books of the former com- 
 lissioners, in which the claims, and evidence of claims, are recorded, 
 ball be lodged with the registers of the land office, for the respective ^ tllo 
 listricts ; and the register and receiver of public moneys, in each re- ters, &c. 
 ipective district, shall have power to examine the claims recognised, Register 
 confirmed, or provided to bo granted, by the provisions of this act, as ^ed^c 
 also, claims to the right of pre-emption ; and they shall make out to C i a i m8; 
 each claimant, entitled, in their opinion, thereto, a certificate, according 
 to the nature of the case, under such instructions as they may receive eaan 
 from the Commissioner of the General Laud Office ; and on presentation entitled, &c. 
 at the General Land Office, of such certificate for a confirmed claim, or The certificate 
 for a donation, according to the provisions of this act ; and where it having been fair- 
 shall appear, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General latent toTsm'e & 
 Land Office, that the certificate has been fairly obtained, according to the 
 true intent and meaning of this act, then, and in that case, a patent shall 
 be granted, in Tike manner as for other lands of the United States, (a} 
 
 SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the President shall have power The President 
 to appoint the register and receiver of public moneys for the said dis- m ^Y appoint the 
 tricts in the recess of the Senate, who shall be nominated to them at cefver^fn the re- 
 their next meeting. cess, &c. 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 699, 701, 703, 704,705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 128, 732, 
 737, 7^8, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 
 889, 899, 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 9(i7. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 704. 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 711, 718, 737, 740, 831, 879, 965. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 777, 803, 858. 
 
 No. 7 32. AN ACT supplement 
 
 plementary to the several acts for the adjustment of land May 11, 1820. 
 claims in the State of Louisiana. Vol. 3, p. 573. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the claims for lands within the eastern district claims for 
 of the State of Louisiana, described by the register and receiver of the lands in the eas- 
 said district, in their report to the Commissioner of the General Land tern district of 
 Office, bearing date the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight Louisiana, con- 
 hundred and sixteen, and recommended in the said report for confirma- r 
 tion, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed against any claim on the 
 part of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That any person or persons, claiming Persons claim- 
 lands within that part of Louisiana lying west of the river Mississippi, in S lands ^ es t of 
 including the island of New Orleans, founded upon any Spanish grant, found^^u Sn 
 concession, or order of survey, and whose claims have not heretofore been Spanish grants, 
 filed in the proper office, may, from and after the first day of July next, &c. 
 and until the thirty-first day of December thereafter, deliver notices, in Notices, &c., to 
 writing, and the written evidences, of their claims, to the register of the be recorded, 
 land district within which such lands may be situate, within the said 
 State, and the said notices and evidences, so delivered, within the time 
 limited by this act, shall, by the said registers, be recorded, in books to 
 be kept for that purpose ; for which service a compensation shall be re- 
 ceived, froni such claimants at the rate of twenty-five cents for every Twenty- five 
 hundred words. And the rights of such persons as shall neglect so do- cents for every 
 ing, within the time limited by this act, shall, so far as they are derived hundred words 
 from, or founded on, any act of Congress, ever after be barred, and be- p erson s n eg- 
 come void, and the evidences of their claims never after admitted as evi- lecting forfeit 
 dence iu any court of the United States, against any grant derived from their rights, &c. 
 the United States. 
 
 SEC. 3. And lo it further enacted, That the said registers shall on the Registers to re- 
 first day of January next, make, to the Secretary of the Treasury, a re- Prt to the Sec- 
 port of all the claims filed in their respective offices, in pursuance of the TiSirv 
 provisions of this act, together with the substance of the evidence in 
 support thereof, with their opinion of the credit to which such evidence 
 is entitled. 
 
332 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Persons claim- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, claini- 
 uig lands under i ng lands within that part of Louisiana described in the preceding sec- 
 bpani \. grants, ^ QQ ^ f oun d e( j U p O n any Spanish gi&nt, concession, or order of survey, 
 who had filed their notices of claims in the proper office, according to 
 former laws, and whose claims have not been confirmed, may, at any 
 time before the thirty-first day of December next, deliver additional 
 written evidence, or other testimony, in support of their claims, the no- 
 tice of which had been filed as aforesaid, to the said registers ; and the 
 Evidence to be evidence, so delivered, or offered, shall be recorded in books to be kept 
 recorded. for that purpose; for which service a compensation shall be received, 
 
 from such claimants, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred 
 Rights of per- words. And the rights of such persons as shall neglect so doing within 
 sons neglecting, tne time limited by this act, shall, so far as they are derived from, or 
 founded on, any act of Congress, ever after be barred, and become void, 
 and the evidences of their claims never after admitted as evidence in 
 any court of the United States, against any grant derived from the United 
 States. 
 
 Registers, on SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said registers shall, on the 
 the 1st of Jan., first day of January next, make, to the Secretary of the Treasury, a re- 
 claini8 t0 in wfieh por * of the c * aims in which additional evidences shall have been filed in 
 additional evi- their respective offices, together with the substance of the evidence so 
 <lence has been filed, with their opinion of the credit to which such evidence is entitled, 
 filed, &c. and such other information as the examination of such cases, under any 
 
 former law, may have placed in their power or possession. 
 
 Se cretary of SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the See- 
 the Treasury to retary of the Treasury, as soon as the reports of the said registers shall 
 examine, and re- be received, to proceed to the examination of the claims aforesaid, and 
 ongress. to re p Ort to tne two houses of Congress a list of the cases, which, in his 
 opinion, ought to be confirmed, together with the reasons upon which 
 Proviso. his opinion may be founded : Provided, nevertheless, That no claim shall 
 
 be so recommended for confirmation, which contains more than the 
 quantity contained in a league square, (a) . 
 
 The 5th section SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the fifth section of the act of the 
 of the act of 3d third day of March, eighteen hundred and eleven, entitled" An act pro- 
 bed and^ntin- vidin S f ? r the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of 
 ued until llth * ne public lands, in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to re- 
 May, 1823. peal the act passed for the same purpose, and approved February six- 
 teenth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven," be, and the same is 
 hereby revived and continued, for the term of two years, from and after 
 the passing of this act. (6) 
 
 Additional SEC. 8. And be >t further enacted, That the said registers, in addition to 
 compensation to the compensation herein prescribed, shall receive, in full for the services 
 the registers, in required of them, respectively, by this act, the sum of six hundred dol- 
 lars, which shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
 appropriated. 
 
 (a) SeeXos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710. 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724. 728. 731, 737, 
 738. 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752. 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 664, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 (&) See Xos 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, S-97, 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1820. No. 733. AX ACT confirming Anthony. Cavalier and Peter Petit in their claim to 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 238. a tract of land. 
 
 Claim to a tract ^ e ^ enacted, <|-c., That Anthony Cavalier, and Peter Petit, of the 
 
 of land confirm- State of Louisiana, shall be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their 
 
 ed. claim to a tract of land, containing two thousand and sixty-five acres, 
 
 being an island in the Mississippi River, known by the name of Apple 
 
 Island ; for which tract of land the said Anthony Cavalier and Peter 
 
 Proviso. Petit shall be entitled to a patent : Provided, That nothing in this act 
 
 shall affect the claim or claims of any person or persons to the same 
 land, or any part thereof, derived from the United States, if any such 
 there be, or the claim or claims of any other person or persons whatso- 
 
 March 30 1822 No. 734. AX ACT supplemental to an act, entitled "An act authorizing the dis- 
 Yol 3 p 661 posal of certain lots of public ground in the city of Xew Orleans and town of 
 
 ' L_ Mobile." 
 
 Corporation of Be it enacted, #c., That the corporation of the city of New Orleans be, 
 
 XewOrleans ruay and are hereby, authorized to appropriate so much of the lot of ground 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 which Fort St. Charles formerly stood, as may be necessary for con- sell so much of 
 inning Esplanade street to the Mississippi River; and, also, to sell the ground on 
 id convey that portion of the said ground which lies below said street : W aa jie 8 stoc*? as 
 the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the purchase of the ground may be necessary 
 recessary for the opening of Victory street, and the public walk and for continuing 
 Ely si an fields, and to such other purpose as the said corporation may Esplanade street. 
 deem expedient, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 705, 708, 710, 713, 730, 739. 
 
 No. 735. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Marie Therese. May 7, 1822. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of Marie Therese be, 
 and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of land of three 
 
 , . ln . 
 
 and a half arpens in front and forty back, situated on the right bank Sct-of land 
 of the Bayou Rapide, in the parish of Rapide, and State of Louisiana, 
 bounded above by the lands of Joseph Renois, and below by lands for- 
 merly owned by Bolon Layssard ; which boundaries shall be more par- 
 ticularly designated, under the direction of the register of the land 
 office of the district in which the said tract lies : Provided, however, That Proviso. 
 nothing in this act shall be so construed as to weaken the claim of any 
 third person. 
 
 No. 736. AN ACT for the relief of Susan Berzat, widow, and the legal representa- May 7, 1822. 
 tives of Gabriel Berzat, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 276. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c.. That the right and title to six hundred and forty Title to land 
 acres of land shall be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to Susan confirmed. 
 Berzat, widow, and the legal representatives, of Gabriel Berzat, de- 
 ceased, including the improvement made by the said decedent in his 
 lifetime, in the parish of Avoyelles, in the State of Louisiana; the 
 boundaries of which tract of. land shall be designated by the register of 
 the land office of the district within which it is situated. 
 
 No. 737. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to May 8, 1822. 
 land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Vol. 3, p. 707. 
 Orleans, 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That all the claims to land said to be derived from Claims to land 
 the British or Spanish authorities, reported to the Commissioner of the derived from 
 General Land Office by the registers and receivers of the land office at ^authorities" 
 St. Helena Courthouse and at Jackson Courthouse, in the districts east reported to be 
 and west of Pearl River, appointed under the authority of an act, enti- Commissioner of 
 tied "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land the General Land 
 offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," which are {JtErt 'Silk 
 contained in the several reports of the registers and receivers, and ar e valid, &c.! re- 
 which are, in the opinion of the registers and receivers, valid, agree- cognized as corn- 
 ably to the laws, usages, and customs, of the said governments, be, and P lete title8 ' &c 
 the same are hereby, recognised as valid and complete titles, against 
 any claim on the part of the United States, or right derived from the 
 United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims reported as afore- All claims re- 
 
 said, and contained in the several reports of the said registers and re- ported, &c., 
 ceivers, founded on orders of survey, requettes, permission to settle, or ^r^of survev 
 other written evidences of claims, derived from the Spanish authorities, requettes, &c ,' 
 
 , , 
 
 which ought, in the opinion of the registers and receivers, to be con- derived from the 
 firmed, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title had been Spanish authori- 
 completed : Provided, That the confirmation of all the said claims pro- fl rm s ed ' c ' 
 vided for by this act, shall amount only to a relinquishment for ever, on Proviso. 
 the part of the United States, of any claim whatever to the tract of 
 land so confirmed or granted. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal Every person, 
 representative, whose claim is comprised in the lists or registers of &c., whose claim 
 claims reported by the registers and receivers, and the persons em- j* "i.? 8 ** Vj 
 braced in the lists of actual settlers, or their legal representatives, not actually 'inlmbir- 
 having any written evidence of claim reported as aforesaid, shall, when ins, &c., ou or 
 it appears by the said reports, or by the said lists, that the land claimed before April 15, 
 or settled on had been actually inhabited or cultivated by such person 1813) en ^ tled to 
 or persons in whose right he claims, on or before the fifteenth day of grant) &< 
 
334 LOUISIANA. 
 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be entitled to a grant 
 Proviso. for the land so claimed or settled on as a donation : Provided. That not 
 
 more than one tract shall be thus granted to any one person, and the 
 same shall not contain more than six hundred and forty acres ; and 
 that no lands shall be thus granted which are claimed or recognised by 
 the preceding sections of this act, or by virtue of a confirmation under 
 an act, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establish- 
 ing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," ap- 
 proved on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen : 
 Proviso. And provided, also. That no claim shall be confirmed where the quantity 
 
 was not ascertained, and report made thereon by the registers and re- 
 ceivers, prior to the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hun- 
 dr'd and twenty. 
 
 Registers and * ;EC - 4- And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers of 
 receivers, except the public moneys of said respective districts, except in relation to per- 
 ui relation to pri- i e T titles, as recognised in the first section of this act, and the first 
 of the acfc of tbe third da r of March > one thousand eight hun- 
 
 empowered to di- dred and nineteen, shall have power to direct the manner in which all 
 rect the mamm l.uids claimed in virtue of the preceding sections shall be located and 
 in which the surveyed ; and also to direct the location and manner of surveying all 
 lances si lo- tbe claims to land recognised by the second, third, and fourth, sections 
 
 of an act, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and estab- 
 lishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," 
 approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and 
 nineteen, having regard to the laws, uq^ges, and customs, of the Span- 
 ish Government on that subject ; and having regard also to the mode 
 adopted by the Government of the United States in surveying the claims 
 to land confirmed by virtue of the second and third sections of an act 
 of Congress, entitled "An act regulating the grants of lands, and pro- 
 viding for the disposal of the lands, of the United States, south of the 
 State of Tennessee, approved on the third March, one thousand eight hun- 
 The registers dred and three. And that, in relation to all such claims which may 
 au d receivers conflict, or in any manner interfere, the said registers and receivers of pub- 
 may decide on \[ c moneys of the respective districts shall have power to decide between 
 claims. &c. * g tbe parties, and shall, in their decision, be governed by such conditional 
 lines or boundaries as may have been agreed on between the parties. 
 either verbally or in writing, at any time prior to the passage of this 
 act. Bat, upon the decision of those claims alluded to, which may con- 
 flict or interfere, and in relation to which the parties interested have 
 agreed on no conditional lines or boundaries as to the manner of loca- 
 ting the same ; the said registers and receivers of the respective districts 
 shall make an equal division of the land claimed, so as to allow each 
 Proviso. party his or their improvements: Provided, however, That, should it be 
 
 made appear, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of public 
 moneys of the respective districts, in any such case, that the subsequent 
 settler bad obtruded on the claim of the former, and had made his 
 establishment after having been forbid so to do, the said registers and 
 receivers of public moneys shall have power to decide between the 
 parties, according to the circumstances of the case and the principles of 
 justice. 
 
 Patents for SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be granted for all 
 lands to be lands confirmed by virtue of the provisions of this act, in the same man- 
 granted as for n er as patents are granted for lauds confirmed under former acts, to 
 fands e confirmed whic]l ^ ^ & 8np * lement . 
 
 acts. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That to every person who shall ap- 
 
 Persons enti- pear to be entitled to a tract of land, under the second and third sec- 
 
 tied to tracts to t i ons of this act, a certificate shall be granted, by the register and 
 
 wlthYrtttcatee receiver of the district in which the land lies, setting forth the nature 
 
 ' of the claim and the quantity allowed; for which certificate the party 
 
 F >. in whose favour it issues shall pay one dollar, to be divided between 
 
 the said receiver and register. () 
 
 The President SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 authorized to re- States be, and he is hereby, authorized to remove the land office from 
 v '- f knd St. Helena Courthouse to such other place, within the said districts, as 
 Helena cTnrt he ma y deem suitable and convenient. (&) 
 
 house. <fec. (a) See^os. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 72-2, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732. 
 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790. 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 
 899, 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 (6) See Nos. 701, 704. 708, 710, 711, 718, 731, 740. 831, 879, 965. 
 
LOUISIANA. 335 
 
 738. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment of laud Feb. 28, 1823. 
 claims in the State of Louisiana. Vol. 3, p. 727. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That the claims for lands within the eastern dis- Claims for cer- 
 trictof the State of Louisiana, described by the register of the land tain lands in 
 office of the said district, in his report to the Secretary of the Treasury, jJSed. 
 bearing date the sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty-oue, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, against any claim 
 on the part of the United States. 
 
 SEC 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the claims for lands within the Claims of 
 district north of Red River, in the State of Louisiana, described by the lands north c 
 register of the land office of the said district, in his report to the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, bearing date tLe first January, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty-one, and included in the first, second, and third, 
 classes of claims, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed against any 
 claim on the part of the United States, with the exception of the claims 
 numbered forty and fifty-one in the first class, and of the claims num- 
 bered forty -four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, and forty-eight, in the 
 said first class, (which are included in the claim of Baron Bastrop.) (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. C99, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 , 737, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No. 739. AN ACT to revive, and continue in force, the seventh section of an act, Feb. 28, 1823. 
 entitled ' 'An act supplementary to thfcseveral acts for the adjustment of land claims Vol. 3, p. 729. 
 in the State of Louisiana,'' approved the eleventh May, eighteen hundred and 
 twenty, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the seventh section of an act, entitled "An act Seventh sec- 
 
 same is hereby, revived, and continued in full force and effect, for the een months, 
 term of eighteen months from and after the passing of this act. (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the lot of land on Part of navy 
 which is situated the navy store-house, in New Orleans, as may be neces- store-house lot in 
 sary to continue the street now commenced, leading from Condi street g^iited * "he 
 to Market-hall, is hereby granted to, and vested in, the corporation corporation of 
 of the city of New Orleans, for the purpose of continuing the said that city, 
 street. (/>) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 
 737, 738, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 705, 708, 710, 713, 734. 
 
 No. 740. AN ACT providing for the the examination of the titles to land in that March 3, 1823. 
 part of the State of Louisiana, situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine Vol. 3, p. 756. 
 River. 
 
 Bt It enacted, <$-c., That all that tract of country situated between the Land between 
 Rio Hondo and Sabine River, within the State of Louisiana, and, pre- th -p . H< ^ 
 viously to the treaty of the twenty-second of February, one thousand |J lithe* 6 State 
 eight hundred and nineteen, between the United States and Spain, of' Louisiana, at- 
 called the Neutral Territory, be, and the same is hereby, attached to the tached to thedis- 
 distiict south of Red River (a), and the register and receiver of the*F. ict80ut k f '- R ' e(l 
 land office, in said district, are required to receive and record all written Blister and 
 evidences of claim to land in said tract of country, derived from, and receiver to re- 
 issued by, the Spanish Government of Texas, prior to the twentieth day ceive and record 
 of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, according to the no< 
 
 regulations, as to the granting of lands, the laws and ordinances of said 
 government, and to receive and record all evidences of claim, founded 
 on occupation, habitation and cultivation, designating particularly the 
 time and manner in which each tract was occupied, inhabited, or culti- 
 vated, prior to, and on, the twenty-second February, eighteen hundred 
 and nineteen, and the continuance thereof subsequent to that time, 
 with the extent of the improvement on each tract, and to receive and 
 record such evidence as may be produced, touching the performance of 
 the conditions required to be performed by any holder of any grant, 
 concession, warrant, or order of survey, or other written evidence of 
 claiiu, and on which the validity of such claim may have depended 
 under the government from which it emanated, and to receive and 
 
336 LOUISIANA. 
 
 record all evidence of frawd in obtaining or issuing the written evidence 
 of such claims, and of their abandonment or forfeiture. 
 
 Register and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the register and receiver, as 
 recdvei to trans- aforesaid , shall transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury, a complete 
 record of a11 r . h claims presented to them under this act. and the evi- 
 
 . 
 
 ury a record of dence appertaining to each claim, and shall also make out and transmit, 
 all claims, 
 
 the evidence. number of claims, in four distinct classes, the first of which shall con- 
 S 
 
 , , 
 
 claims, ;md to the Secretary of the Treasury, an abstract containing the whole 
 
 claims S tain a specification of the nature and extent of complete titles, the time 
 
 when, and by whom, issned, and to whom, with the date of any trans- 
 fer, the name of the person transferring, and to whom transferred, and 
 where the conditions of such grant or patent have been complied with ; 
 the second shall contain all claims founded on written evidence and not 
 embraced in the first class, and where the conditions on which the per- 
 fection thereof into complete titles may have depended, according to 
 the laws and ordinances of the Spanish Government, are shown to have 
 been complied with : the third class shall consist of claims founded on 
 habitation, occupation, or cultivation, previously to twenty-second of 
 February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and in the manner 
 which would have entitled the claimants to a title under the govern- 
 ment exercising the sovereign power over that tract of country, and 
 which, in their opinion, ought to be confirmed ; the fourth class shall 
 consist of those claims, which, in the opinion of the register and re- 
 Proviso ceiver, ought not to be confirmed : Provided, That nothing contained 
 
 in this act shall be considered as a pledge on the part of Congress to con- 
 firm any claim thus reported. 
 
 Register and SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the regis- 
 receiver to hold ter and receiver aforesaid, after suitable notice to claimants, of the 
 Xatehitoches! time and place of their meeting, and the object thereof, be given by 
 them, to hold their session at Natchitoches, so long as may be necessary 
 for the performance of the dnties herein prescribed, and shall be 
 allowed the sum of five hundred dollars each, as a full compensation 
 for the services required to be performed by this act. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 701, 704, 708, 710. 711, 718, 731, 737, 831, 879, 965. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731. 732. 
 
 737, 738, 739, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, B 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 May 4, 1824. No. 741. AX ACT for the relief of Celestin Moreau, of Louisiana. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 295. Se it enactdt f c Tnat Celestin Morean, of the county of Rnpide, iu 
 
 Claim confirm- the State of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claim TO 
 ed to land in Lou- four hundred superficial arpens of land, situate in the Bayou Rouge 
 Prairie, in the county aforesaid, agreeably to his notice of claim, filed 
 on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, 
 
 Proviso. with the register of the western land district of Opelousas : Provided,. 
 
 That this confirmation shall only operate as a release of the title of the 
 United States to 4:he said tract of land, and not affect the claim of 
 any other person to the same. 
 
 May 19, 1824. No. 742. AX ACT for the relief of Joseph Firman and others. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 308. Be }t en((cted ^ j. c ^ That Joseph Firman, and others, of the parish of 
 Joseph Firman Avoyelles, in Louisiana, who hold under a grant made about the year 
 and others, of seventeen hundred and eighty-two, or three, to one Beaumond, an offi- 
 tiral S d"in' their cer under tne late Spanish Government in Louisiana, be, and they are 
 titles to a tract hereby, confirmed in their title or titles to a tract of land, twenty arpens 
 of land. in front, with the depth of forty arpens, in proportion to the quantity of 
 
 land which each one holds from the said Beaumond ; the said tract be- 
 ing the same which the said Joseph Firman, and others, or those under 
 whom they hold, have inhabited and cultivated for more than thirty 
 years ; the boundaries of which said tract of land to be more particu- 
 larly designated under the direction of the register of the land office 
 Proviso. at Opelousas, in Louisiana : Provided, This section shall only operate as 
 
 a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect 
 the rights of any third person. 
 
 Sums paid by SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 them to the Um- be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be refunded to the said Joseph 
 ted State 8 to De Firman, and others, or their legal representatives, any sum or sums of 
 money which he or they may have paid to the United States, for the 
 purchase of said tract of land, or any part thereof. 
 
LOUISIANA. 337 
 
 No. 743. AN ACT for the relief of Maturin Guichot. May 19, 1824. 
 
 Beit enacted, <$-c., That Maturin Guichot, an inhabitant of the parish 
 
 of Avoyelles, in the State of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, be, The title of 
 and he or they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of land, of 
 
 ten arpeus in Irout, with the depth of forty arpens, situated in the in Avoyelles, 
 
 parish of Avoyelles, in the State of Louisiana, and being the same land Louisiana, con'- 
 
 which the said Maturin Guichot, or those under whom he holds, have firmed. 
 
 actually cultivated and inhabited for thirty years, and which said tract 
 
 of land was originally granted to one Baptiste Duplechin, the bounda- 
 
 ries of which are to be more fully and particularly designated under the 
 
 direction of the register of the land office of the district in which said 
 
 land lies: Provided, This section shall operate only as a relinquishrnent Proviso. 
 
 on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any 
 
 third person. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury of Money paid by 
 the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be refunded him to the Unit- 
 to the said Maturin Guichot, or his legal representatives, any sum of j~. st tes to be 
 money which he may have paid to the United States for the purchase 
 of said tract of land, or any part thereof. 
 
 No. 744. AN ACT to authorize the President to exchange five arpens of land on May 26, 1824. 
 the south side of the public lot at Baton Kouge for an equal quantity of land on the Vol. 6, p. 315. 
 north side of said lot. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be author- The President 
 ized to exchange five arpens of land, on the south side of the public lot, authorized * ex - 
 in the town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for an equal quantity of land the^outh side of 
 on the north part of the said lot, which has been confirmed to the heirs public lot in Ba- 
 of Eulogia de Casas ; and to give and receive such titles as he may deem ton Rouge, for 
 proper for perfecting said exchange. 
 
 No. 745. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining May 26, 1824. 
 and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the St. Helena and Jackson Court- Vol. 4, p. 59. 
 house land districts. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the claimants of lands within the limits of the Claimants of 
 land district of St. Helena, as established by the act of the twenty-fifth la nds within the 
 of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act for 
 
 ascertaining the titles and claims to lands in that part of Louisiana, saint Helena, to 
 
 which lies east of the river Mississippi, and island of New Orleans," be allowed until 
 
 whose claims have been presented to the commissioner appointed to re- the lat January 
 
 ceive and examine claims and titles to lands in said district, or to the {^ to P resent 
 
 register and receiver, acting as commissioners, under the provisions of 
 
 the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine- 
 
 teen, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to lands, and establish- 
 
 ing land offices in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," and 
 
 which have not been reported to Congress, or whose claims have not 
 
 been heretofore presented to the said commissioner ; or to the register 
 
 and receiver, acting as commissioners, be allowed until the first day of 
 
 January next, to present their titles and claims, and the evidence in 
 
 support of the same, to the register and receiver of the said district, 
 
 whose powers and duties, in relation to the same, shall, in all respects, 
 
 be governed by the provisions of the acts before recited, and of the act 
 
 of the eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, en- 
 
 titled "An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims 
 
 to land, and establishing land offices in the districts east of the island 
 
 of New Orleans." 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver The register 
 shall have power to appoint a clerk, who scall be a person capable of and receiver to 
 translating the French and Spanish languages, and who shall perform a PP in t a clerk. 
 the duty of translator, and such other duty as may be required by said 
 register and receiver ; and the said register and receiver shall each be Compensation 
 allowed, as a compensation for their services, in relation to the said of the register 
 claims, and for the services to be performed under the provisions of the and receiver. 
 several acts to which this is a supplement, at the rate of one thousand 
 dollars a year ; and the clerk at the rate of twelve hundred and fifty Compensati o n 
 dollars a year ; and the clerk employed by the said register and receiver, of the clerk - 
 last year, shall be allowed, for the services then rendered by him, nine 
 22 L O VOL TI 
 
338 LOUISIANA. 
 
 months' salary, at the same rate ; which several sums of money shall 
 be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: 
 Proviso. Provided, That not more than two years' compensation be thus allowed 
 
 to either the register and receiver or their clerk; and the payment of 
 the whole, or any portion, of the aforesaid compensation, may be with- 
 held by the Secretary of the Treasury, until a report shall have been 
 made to him, of the performance of the services for which the same is 
 allowed, 
 
 Claims to be SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all donation claims which may 
 surveyed at the be presented to the said register and receiver under this act, and all 
 claimants claims founded on complete or incomplete titles, which may be so pre- 
 
 sented, not heretofore surveyed, shall be surveyed at the expense of the 
 claimants, (a) 
 
 Deputy sur- SEC. 4. And be it furtJier enacted, That the principal deputy surveyor 
 veyor to reside o f the United States, for the St. Helena district, shall reside at such 
 dent^mav think P la ? e > in the 8aid district, as shall be designated by the President of the 
 proper. United States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 765, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 746, 749, 753, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, ff26, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 746. AX ACT supplementary to "An act providing for the examination of 
 VoL 4, p. 65. titles to land in that part of the State of Louisiana situated between the Rio Honda 
 
 [Hondo] and the habine River." 
 
 The powers Be it enacted, <fc., That the powers given to, and duties required of, 
 given to, &c.,the the register and receiver of the land office south of Red River, in the 
 register and re- State of Louisiana, by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred 
 office' south of aml twenty- three, entitled "An act providing for the examination of the 
 Red River, Lou- titles to land in that part of the State f.f Louisiana, situated between 
 isiana, by the act [the] Rio Honda [Hondo] and the Sabine River," be extended to all 
 xt^3ed 3 ' 1823> that tract of c . ountr y known and called by the name of "the Neutral 
 Territory," lying east of the present western boundary of Louisiana, 
 and west of the limits to which the land commissioners have heretofore 
 examined titles and claims to land in said State ; and in the examina- 
 tion of claims to land within the aforesaid limits, the register and 
 receiver shall, in all respects, be governed by the provisions of the 
 aforesaid act. (a) 
 
 The register SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of said 
 and receiverto land offices shall, severally, receive, as a full compensation for the duties 
 receive each $200. re qui re d of them by this act, the sum of two hundred dollars, when- 
 ever they shall have finished the business required to be performed by 
 them, by this act, and the'act to which this is a supplement, and have 
 forwarded their reports to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701. 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728,731, 732, 737, 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 904, 
 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 May 26, J824. No. 747. AN ACT granting a tract of land to the inhabitants of the pariah of 
 VoL 6, p. 318. Point Coupee, on certain conditions. 
 
 A tract of land Be it enacted, #c., That the right of the United States to a tract of 
 
 on the Mississip- land, forty arpens front, upon the Mississippi River, and running back 
 
 tothe V inhabft^n e ts the de P th of fort y ar P ens > at a remarkable bend on said river, be, and 
 
 of the parish of tlie same is hereby, granted to the inhabitants of the parish of Point 
 
 Point Co'ipee. Coupee, within which said land is situated, on condition that said parish 
 
 shall, at all times, hereafter, keep a good and sufficient levee in front 
 
 of said land, upon the river Mississippi ; and, if they should, at any 
 
 time hereafter, cease to keep up such good and sufficient levee, the 
 
 land shall revert to the United States. 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 748. AN ACT granting a tract of land to the parish of "West Baton Rouge, on 
 Vol. 6 p. 319. certain conditions. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the right of the United States to a tract of 
 
 ., T 'V . , ri S|rt of i andj O f a bout eight arpens front, on the Mississippi River, be, and the 
 tea tract of land 8ame is hereby, granted to the inhabitants of the parish of West Baton 
 granted to 'the Rouge, within which said land is situated, on condition that said parish 
 
LOUISIANA. 339 
 
 shall, at all times, keep, or cause to be kept, a good and sufficient levee parish of "West 
 -on said land, in front on the river Mississippi ; and if they should at Baton Rouge on 
 any time hereafter cease to keep, or cause to be kept, a good and suffi- co Lon ' &G - 
 cicnt levee, the land shall revert to the United States. 
 
 ! 
 
 No. 748. AN ACT concerning General Lafayette. Dec. 28, 1824. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That, in consideration of the services and sacrifices o '. P- ? 
 of General Lafayette, in the war of the Revolution, the Secretary of $200,000 to be 
 the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to him the sum of P aid General La 
 two hundred thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury, not*^ 6 " 6 ' 
 'Otherwise appropriated. 
 
 SEC. 2. And he it further enacted, That there be granted to the said One township 
 General Lafayette and his heirs, one township of land, to be laid out ^^^.J be 
 and located under the authority of the President, in any of the unap- *"' 
 propriated lands of the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 32, 700, 701, 704, 708, 869. 
 
 No. 749. AN ACT confirming certain claims to lands in the western district of Feb. 5, 1825. 
 
 Louisiana. Vol. 4, p. 81. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the claims to land embraced in the report Report O f the 
 made by the commissioners appointed for adjusting the titles and claims commissi oners 
 to land in the western district of Louisiana, upon the thirtieth day of for adjusting the 
 December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and recommended by them for titles-. &c., to 
 
 a 
 
 confirmation, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed : Provided, That JJJ a SAric? 6 of 
 no person or persons shall be entitled, by any one claim, to a greater Louisiana, con- 
 quantity than one league square under this act. (a) firmed. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 719, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 RNo. 750. AN ACT for the relief of Malachi Burns. March 3 1825 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Vole, p.' 321. 
 on application, cause a patent to be issued to Malachi Burns, or his Land patent to 
 legal representatives, for three hundred and two arpens of land, situated be issued to him 
 in the parish of Feliciana, in the State of Louisiana, according to the for 302 arpens of 
 boundaries of a plat thereof, made for Edward Metcalf, on the seventh 
 -day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seven : Provided, This Provi80 
 act shall not prejudice or in any wise affect the rights of any third 
 person. 
 
 No. 751.-AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of Noel Soileau, deceased. Mar h 3 > 
 
 V ol. 6, p. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$'c., That the heirs and legal representatives of Noel 
 Soileau, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to fl ;? heir cla / m *9 
 six hundred and forty acres of land, lying near the Bayou Crocodile, in JJ Lo3anaco 
 the Grand Prairie, in the county of Opelousas, in the State of Louisiana; firmed, 
 it being the same on which Hilaire Bordelou resided in the year one 
 thousand eight hundred and fourteen : Provided, This act shall be con- Proviso - 
 sidered only as a reliuquishment on the part of the United States, and 
 as not operating to the prejudice of any third person. 
 
 No. 752. AN ACT to confirm the supplementary report of the commissioners of the March 31 , 1826. 
 western district of Louisiana. V ol. 4, p. 152. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claims marked B, described in the supple- Certain claims 
 mentary report of the commissioners of the western district of the State described in the 
 of Louisiana, dated the llth of May, one thousand eight hundred and supplementary 
 fifteen, and recommended by them for confirmation, be, and the same|;^^J 8 gj *jJJ 
 are hereby, confirmed in the same manner, and under the same restric- of the western 
 tions, as the report, to which this was supplementary, was confirmed, district of Lou- 
 by the act of the twenty- ninth of April, one thousand eight hundred i8 , iana > confirm- 
 and sixteen, (a) ed< 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, TlO, 712, 716, 718,721, 722, 723, 724, 728,731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 753. 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 809, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
340 LOUISIANA. 
 
 May 4, 1826. No. 753. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts for ascertaining titles and 
 Vol. 4, p. 159. claims to lands in the St. Helena and Jackson Courthouse land districts. 
 
 Claims to land Be it enacted, <fc., That all the claims to laud contained in abstracts 
 in land district A, B, and E, of the report of the register and receiver of the land district 
 C? *t\ Helen f of St. Helena Courthouse, reported to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 Jan i9 U8e i825 under date of the nineteenth January, one thousand eight hundred and 
 &c.,' confirmed. ' twenty-five, in obedience to an act of Congress of the twenty-sixth of 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and the claims em- 
 braced in the supplemental report of the register and receiver, under 
 date of the fifth of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 five, and which are recommended for confirmation, be, and the same are 
 hereby, confirmed, so far as they may come within the provisions of, and be 
 conformable to, the principles, limitations, and restrictions of the act of 
 the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled 
 "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices 
 in the districts east of the island of New Orleans." 
 
 Register and SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of said 
 receiver of said district shall possess the same powers and perform the same duties in 
 district to pos- relation to the claims confirmed by this act, as are given to and required 
 powers as ^are ? them by the act of Congress, of the eighth of May, one thousand 
 given them by eight hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the 
 the act of Con- several acts for adjusting the claims and titles to lands, and establish- 
 gresa, of May 8, j ng i an( i offices in the district east of the island of New Orleans:" Pro- 
 vided, That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to 
 extend further than a relinquishment of all right and title to said lands, 
 on the part of the United States, without prejudice to the interests of 
 third persons, (a) 
 
 Register, re- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver, and 
 ceiver, &c., to derk of said land office, at St. Helena, shall continue to have and re- 
 SlSvaa taUSw ceive > for the term of twelve months from the passing of this act, the 
 allowed by law. same salary for the performance of the duties required of them by this 
 act, and the acts to which this is a supplement, as is now allowed by 
 law, which shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not other- 
 wise appropriated. 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716,718,721,722,723,724,728,731,732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 777, 790, 817, 819, 626, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 May 15, 1826. No. 754. AN ACT for the relief of Moses Kenney. 
 
 To , p. 340. Be it enacted, <j-c., That Moses Kenney, or his legal representative, shall 
 
 Authorized to be, and hereby is, authorized to change the location of survey, number 
 
 change the loca- three hundred and ninety-nine, founded upon a Spanish concession in 
 
 rvey. up per Louisiana, for three hundred and fifty arpens of land, equal to 
 
 two hundred and ninety-seven acres, and seventy-four hundredths, so 
 
 as to make the survey conformable to the true location ; and if the land, 
 
 or any part thereof, which would be included in such true location, shall 
 
 have been sold, or otherwise disposed of, then the said Moses Kenney 
 
 may locate the said quantity of two hundred and ninety- seven acres, 
 
 and seventy-four hundredths, in parcels, conformable [to] sectional 
 
 divisions and subdivisions, upon any lands belonging to the United 
 
 States, and liable fco be sold at private sale ; and if, after locating part 
 
 of said quantity, there should remain a fractional excess, not equal to 
 
 the smallest subdivision of a section, then the party interested may 
 
 enter for such part, and pay for the remainder with ready money. 
 
 May 16, 1826. No. 755. AN ACT to confirm certain claims to lands in the district of Opelousaa, 
 
 Vol. 4, p. 168. in Louisiana. 
 
 ~~^\ '- 71 Be it enacted, #c., That the several claims to lands, recommended for 
 
 lands^recom- confirmation in the report of the register of the land office at Opelou- 
 mended for con- sas, in the State of Louisiana, dated on the first day of October, one 
 firmation in the thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and which are designated in 
 3!te?(rf f the land that re P ort bv letter A, and numbered one, two, three, four, eight, nine, 
 office at Opelou- ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, nine- 
 sas, in Louisi- teen, twenty,twenty-one, twenty- two, twenty- three, twenty-five, twenty- 
 ana, of Oct. 1, six, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-eight, thirty- 
 1825, confirmed. ni fort forty-two, forty -three, forty-four, forty-five forty-six, forty 
 
LOUISIANA. 341 
 
 seven, forty-eight, fifty- two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six, 
 fifty- nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty- two, sixty -three, sixty-five, sixty-six, 
 sixty-Dine, seventy, seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven, seventy- 
 eight, seventy-nine, eighty, eighty-two, eighty- three, eighty-seven, and Confirmation 
 ninety, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed agreeably to the said to operate only 
 report: Provided, That this confirmation shall operate only as a relin- n ^ ent of 4 the 
 quishment of the claim of the United States to the lands hereby con- c i a i m8 of the 
 firmed. United States. 
 
 No. 756. AN ACT for the relief of John Matthews. May 20, 1826. 
 
 "Be it enacted, $-c., That John Matthews be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 to locate, within twelve months after the passing of this act, under the Authorized to 
 direction of the register and receiver for the western district of L U - tract of land i 
 isiana, on the Bayou Boeuf, in the county of Opelousa?, a tract of land Louisiana, 
 equal to the quantity which the said Matthews lost, by a decree of court, 
 in consequence of an erroneous location made and approved by the au- 
 thority of the proper officer : Provided, The quantity so located shall Proviso, 
 not exceed five hundred and forty-two arpens. 
 
 No. 757. AN ACT for the relief of John H. Mills. May 20, 1826, 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That John H. Mills be, and he is hereby, confirmed Yo1 ' 6) p ' 350> 
 in his title to a tract of land of one hundred and ninety-five arpens, Confirmed in 
 'situated on Thompson's creek, in the parish of West Feliciaua, Louisiana, his title to land 
 between lands owned by Moses Samples below, and Levi Lush above ; m 
 and shall be entitled to patent therefor, upon exhibiting a survey of the 
 same to the Commissioner of the General Land Office : Provided, how- Proviso. 
 ever. That this act be construed to operate merely as a relin quishment 
 of title on the part of -the United States, and not to prejudice the rights 
 of any third person. 
 
 No. 758. AN ACT for the relief of Garrigues Flaujac, of Louisiana. May 20, 1826. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Garrigues Flaujac, of the county of Opelousas, 
 
 in the State of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, are hereby au- Authorized to 
 
 thorized and empowered to locate a certain tract of land, derived from * oca * e a certain 
 
 an order of survey in favor of Louis Berten D'Antilly, for three thou- Louisiana 
 
 eand two hundred superficial arpens of land, being forty arpens in 
 
 front, by forty arpens in depth, on both sides of the Bayou Gross Tate, 
 
 in Louisiana, and which said tract of laud was confirmed by au act of 
 
 Congress, dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and twenty- three, in conformity with the report of the register 
 
 and receiver of the eastern land district of Louisiana ; the said tract of 
 
 land, thus confirmed, having been surveyed and sold by the United 
 
 States ; which location shall be made upon any of the unappropriated 
 
 public lands in the southwestern district of Louisiana, south of Red 
 
 River : Provided, That the said location shall, as far as possible, be made Proviso. 
 
 in one body, and conform, as near as practicable, to the lines of the 
 
 public surveys: And provided also, That the said Garrigues Flaujac, or Proviso. 
 
 his legal representatives, before such location, shall release to the 
 
 United States, in such manner as the Commissioner of the General Land 
 
 Office shall direct, all his right, title, claim, and interest, in the land 
 
 heretofore confirmed to him, on the said Bayou Gross Tate ; and the 
 
 said release and location shall be made in one year from and after the 
 
 passage of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 805, 855. 
 
 No. 759. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Louis de March 2, 1827. 
 la Hoassaye, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 360. 
 
 Be^it enacted, $c., That the heirs and legal representatives of Louis de Confirmed in 
 la Houssaye, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title jjj^jj; ti^ 6 * . a 
 to a certain tract of land lin in the State of Louisiana one leaue in 
 
 lying in the State of Louisiana, one league Louisiana 
 length, and fronting upon each side of the Bayou Cailloux, and of the 
 ordinary depth ; and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 upon the presentation of a plat and certificate of survey of said tract 
 
342 LOUISIANA. 
 
 of land, executed by a proper officer, issue a patent for the same, which 
 tent shall operate as a relinquishment only on the part of the United 
 tates. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 877. 
 
 S?. 
 
 March 3, 1827. No. 760. AN ACT concerning the location of land reserved for the use of a semi- 
 Vol. 4, p. 244. nary of learning, in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Secretary of Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is- 
 the Treasury to hereby, authorized to locate a quantity of land, not exceeding two en- 
 locate a certain tire townships, reserved by the eleventh section of the act of the twen- 
 fo seminaryof ty-firet April, eighteen hundred and six, and by the seventh section of 
 learning. the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and eleven, for the use 
 
 of a seminary of learning in the State of Louisiana, on any of the pub- 
 lic lands in said State, in sections corresponding with any of the legal 
 divisions into which the public lands are authorized to be surveyed. 
 When theloca- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the location of said 
 tion is made, the lands shall be made as aforesaid, the title thereto shall be, and is 
 v ^te*! *? be ^d ^ ere ^y v ested in the State of Louisiana, for the use of a seminary or 
 11 seminaries of learning therein, as the legislature of said State may 
 direct, (a) 
 
 (a) See Eos. 704, 708, 710. 
 
 March 19, 1828. No. 761. AN ACT granting the right of preference in the purchase of public lands r 
 Vol. 4, p. 256. to certain settlers in the St. Helena land district, in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Every person, Be it enacted, <$-c., That every person, his or her legal representatives, 
 &c., coinprisedin comprised in the list of actual settlers reported to the Commissioner of 
 settle^ reSfd tbe General Land Office, by the register for the district of St. Helena, 
 to the 'commis- in the State of Louisiana, under the authority of. the act of Congress,, 
 sionerof the Gen- entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land 
 eral Land Office offices, in the district east of the island of New Orleans," approved the 
 March ^d* 1819 *^ r ^ ^ av ^ March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, or who- 
 shall be entitled did actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in said district on the 
 to the right of third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, not 
 preference, on rightfully claimed by any other person, by virtue of any written evi- 
 pnrchaTer 11 torn dence of claim le gaUy derived from either the French,- British, or Span- 
 the United ish Government, or granted as a donation by virtue of any act of Con- 
 States, of such gress heretofore passed, shall be entitled to a right of preference, on 
 tract of land. becoming the purchaser, from the United States, of such tract of land, 
 at the same price for which other public lands are sold at private sale : 
 Proviso. Provided, That such tract of land shall not contain more than one quar- 
 
 ter-section, to be located by sectional lines; and that the same shall 
 be entered with the register of the land office in said district, within 
 two years, or before, if the same shall be offered at public sale, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 708, 710. 712, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 
 897, 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 May 19, 1828. No. 762. AX ACT to authorize the President of the United States to run and 
 VoL 4, p. 276. mark a line, dividing the Territory of Arkansas from the State of Louisiana. 
 
 President of Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States of America 
 United States to be, and he is hereby, authorized, in conjunction with the constituted 
 cause to be run, authorities of the State of Louisiana, to cause to be run, and distinctly 
 viding the 1 Terri" marked, the line dividing the Territory of Arkansas from the State of 
 tory of Arkansas, Louisiana ; commencing on the right bank of the Mississippi Kiver, at 
 from the State of latitude thirty- three degrees north, and running due west on that par- 
 Louisiana, allel of latitude, to where a line running due north from latitude thir- 
 ty-two degrees north, on the Sabiue River, will intersect the same. 
 Commissioner And, for that purpose, he is hereby authorized, to appoint a commis- 
 to be appointed, sioner, or surveyor, or both, as in his opinion may be necessary : Pro- 
 Proviso. rided, The compensation to be allowed to the person or persons so 
 to be appointed by the President of the United States, shall not exceed 
 in amount the compensation allowed by the government of Louisiana 
 to the person or persons appointed, on its part, for the same object. 
 
 SEC. 2. And lc it further enacted, That the person or persons so to be 
 ted to^mak^two' appointed by the President of the United States, with such as have 
 fa i r certified been or shall be appointed for the same purpose, on tbe part of the State 
 
LOUISIANA. 343 
 
 of Louisiana, after they, in conjunction, shall have run, and distinctly drafts, one of 
 marked said line, shall make two fair drafts, or maps thereof, both of which shall be 
 which shall be certified by them, and one of which shall be deposited in ge^JetarV of 
 the office of the Secretary of State for the United States, and the other state's office, and 
 delivered to the governor of Louisiana. the other with 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying this ^ e ui g ^ e a 1 ' nor of 
 act into execution, the sum of one thousand dollars be, and the same | l " J n ' appro . 
 is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, priated. 
 not otherwise appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 698, 699, 702, 707, 709, 714, 715. 
 
 Ho. r63. AN ACT to confirm claims to lands in the district between the Eio May 24, 1828. 
 Hondo and Sabine rivers, founded on habitation and cultivation. Vol. 6, p. 382. 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That the claims to lands founded on habitation and Claims to lands 
 cultivation, reported for confirmation by. the register and receiver of reported for con- 
 the southwestern district of Louisiana, in their report, dated November JeSster 11 &c of 
 first, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, in conformity to the provisions the southwestern 
 of the acts of Congress, of the third of March, eighteen hundred and district of Loui- 
 twenty- three, and twenty- sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty- 81 f ai ^' in ^JgS? 
 four, contained in the third class of the report of said register and re- confirmed except 
 ceiver, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, except claim number claim No. 42, &c. 
 forty-two, near Cantonment Jesup, and the claims of Leonard Dyson, 
 numbers fourteen and eighteen ; Samuel Norris, numbers ten and thir- 
 teen ; Baptiste Poiret, brother and sisters, number nineteen ; Baptiste 
 Poiret, senior, number twenty; Henry Stockman, number thirty-one ; 
 
 Peter Stockman, number ; Moses Robison, number twenty-one; 
 
 James Pharis, number twenty-four ; Cesare" Wallace, number thirty- 
 four and fifty -six ; John Montgomery, junior, number sixty-nine j and 
 Emanuel Trickel, number two hundred and thirty-one ; which claims 
 are suspended until it is ascertained whether they are situated within 
 the limits of the lands claimed by the Caddoe Indians. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the confirmations made by this C onfirmations 
 act shall not be construed to extend farther than to a relinquishment of }>y tnis ac t not to 
 title on the part of the United States, and the claims hereby confirmed extend 8 further 
 shall be located under the direction of the register and receiver of the than to .1 relin- 
 proper laud office, in conformity with the legal subdivisions of the pub- quishment of ti- 
 lic surveys, so far as practicable, and shall include the improvements of ** ? * be P art ^ 
 the claimants respectively. . theUmted States. 
 
 764. AN ACT for the benefit of Elijah L. Clarke, of Louisiana, and of the Feb. 27, 1830. 
 heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 406. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That Elijah L. Clarke, of the State of Louisiana, E. L Clarke's 
 be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claim, to a tract of land contain- claim for a cer- 
 ing seven hundred and thirty-three acres, to the extent of one mile tain tract of land 
 square thereof, situated on the Lake St. Joseph, in the county of Con- co 
 cordia, and State of Louisiana, adjoining the claim of one Durosset, on 
 the south, being claim number sixty-eight, as entered for confirmation 
 with the register of the Land Office, north of Red River, in said State, 
 by the said Elijah L. Clajke. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the heirs and legal representa- Heirs of Lewis 
 tives of Lewis Clarke, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in p^ke confirmed 
 their title to a tract of land containing six hundred and forty acres, J-ertain" tratt of 
 situated on the Lake St. Joseph, in the county of Concordia, and State O f land, 
 of Louisiana, adjoining the claim of Durosset, on the north, being claim 
 number sixty-nine, as entered for confirmation with the register of the 
 land office, north of Red River, in said State, by said Lewis Clarke. 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General Patents to is- 
 ad Office shall, upon being presented with plats and certificates of 8U 
 vey of the said tracts of land, legally executed by a proper officer, 
 ue patents for the same, which patents shall operate only as a relin - 
 uishment on the part of the United States : Provided nevertheless, Proviso, 
 "hat if, prior to the passage of this act, the land above specified shall 
 lave been sold by the United States to any other person or persons, the 
 ame shall not be confirmed to the said Elijah L. Clarke, and the heirs 
 and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, but they shall, respectively, 
 be at liberty to enter any other land, now subject to entry, within the 
 
344 LOUISIANA. 
 
 same district, equal in quantity to that above mentioned ; and a patent 
 Proviso. shall issue therefor, under the restrictions above recited : And provided 
 
 also, That, should a part only of the said land have been sold, the said 
 Elijah L. Clarke, and the heirs 'and legal representatives of Lewis 
 Clarke, shall have liberty to take such parts of the said laud as shall 
 not have been sold, in part satisfaction of their claims respectively, and 
 to enter elsewere, within the said district, so much other land, as shall 
 be equal to the part sold ; or the said Elijah, and the said heirs and legal 
 representatives, may, respectively, relinquish to the United States all 
 claim to the said land so remaining unsold, and enter elsewhere, with- 
 in the said district, the quantity of land (now subject to entry) equal 
 to their whole claims respectively. 
 
 March 23, 1830. No. 765. AN ACT for the relief of Antoine Prudhomme, Louis Closeau, and 
 
 VoL 6, p. 407. Gilbert Closeau, of Louisiana. 
 
 Claim for a Be it enacted, $c., That the claim of Antoine Prudhomme, for six hun- 
 tract of land con- a rec i an a forty acres of land, situated on the right bank of the Rigolet 
 de Bon Dieu, in the parish of Natchitoches, and opposite to the place 
 called Petitte Ecore ; as, also, the claim of Louis Closeau, to six hun- 
 dred and forty arpents of lands, situated on the right bank of Red 
 River; and the claim of Gilbert Closeau, to four hundred arpents of 
 land, situated on the same side of said river, and bounded above by 
 the claim of Louis Closeau, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed ; 
 and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby required, 
 upon the presentation of plats and surveys of the said several tracts of 
 land, regularly made, by competent authority, to issue patents to the 
 said respective claimants, for the lands hereby confirmed to each: Pro- 
 vided, That this act shall amount only to a relinquishment on the part 
 Proviso. o f t ne United States ; and shall in no manner affect the rights of third 
 
 persons. 
 
 March 23, 1830. No. 766. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of John Pierre Landerneau, de- 
 Vol. 6, p. 408. ' ceased. 
 
 Land patent to B* ** enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 he issued to them, upon application, cause a patent to be issued to the heirs of John 
 Pierre Landerneau, deceased, for four hundred arpents of land, situated 
 in the parish of Ouachita, in the State of Louisiana, according to the 
 boundaries of a plat thereof, made for the said John Pierre Lander- 
 neau, on the twenty- third day of October, eighteen hundred and two, 
 
 Proviso. 1>.Y James McLaughlin, formerly a Spanish surveyor, in the said parish 
 
 of Ouachita : Provided, That this act shall not prejudice, or in any way 
 affect, the rights of any third person. 
 
 March 23, 1830. No. 767. AN ACT for the relief of Hyacinth Bernard. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Hyacinth Bernard be, and he is hereby, con- 
 
 Claim to land firmed in his claim to thirty- three arpents of land, by forty arpents in 
 confirmed, depth, on both sides of the Bayou Teche, in the State of Louisiana, to be 
 
 surveyed and taken according to the plot of survey made by James L. 
 Johnson, on the twenty-first of November, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-three, and as recommended for confirmation by the Corn- 
 Proviso, missioner of the Land Office, to whom it was presented : Prodded, That 
 this act shall only be construed to a relinquishment on the part of the 
 United States, and shall not interfere with the rights of third persons. 
 
 May 5, 1830. No. 768. AN ACT to authorize the registers of the several land offices in Louis- 
 Vol. 4, p. 398. iana, to receive en trie* of lands in certain cases, and give to the purchasers thereof 
 certificates for the same. 
 
 Certain pur- g e j t cna ctcd, #c., That in all cases where persons have purchased 
 in Louisiana au- lands of the United States within the State of Louisiana, and have 
 thorizedto enter paid in full therefor, and who have failed or omitted to enter the same, 
 them. the register of the land office of the district in which the laud was pur- 
 
LOUISIANA. 345 
 
 chased shall, on presentation of the original receipt of the receiver of 
 
 said district by the original purchaser or purchasers of the land, his, 
 
 her, or their heirs, cause an entry thereof to be made, and give to him, 
 
 her, or them a- certificate for the same, specifying the time when the 
 
 land was purchased, upon which a patent shall be issued as in other 
 
 cases : Provided, however, That if, in the intermediate time between the Proviso : this 
 
 purchase and presentation of the said receipt, any of the said lands g| f* 6 {f^' s 
 
 shall have been paid for and entered by any other person or persons, w hi c h have not 
 
 ignorant of the former purchase, the said register shall not enter the been paid forand 
 
 same lands, but may permit the party to enter other lands in lieu there- entered by any 
 
 of, of equal quantity, within the same district, which may be subject otl >ns,&c. 
 
 to entry, and shall give him, her, or them a certificate therefor, upon 
 
 which a patent shall issue as in other cases, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730," 731, 732, 761, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 No. 769. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Baptiste Le Gendre. May 28, 1830. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa, That the heirs of Baptiste Le Gendre be, and they VoL6 >P- 42! 
 
 are hereby, confirmed in their claim to six arpents of land in front, by Land claim 
 forty in depth, situated on the river Mississippi, in the parish of West confirmed. 
 Baton Kouge, and bounded above by lands of Jean Baptiste Tuillier, and 
 below by land oil von Le Gendre; and the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, upon being presented with a plat and survey of the said 
 land, regularly made by competent authority, shall issue to the peti- 
 tioners a, patent therefor : Provided, That this act shall amount only Proviso, 
 to a relioq irishmen t on the part of the United States, and shall, in no 
 manner, affect ihe rights of third persons, or claims derived from the 
 United States by donation or purchase. 
 
 No. 770. AN ACT for the relief Francois Isidore Tuillier. May 28, 1830. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Francois Isidore Tuillier be, and he is here- 
 
 
 by, confirmed in his claim to a tract of land of six arpents in front, Land 
 by forty in depth, situated on the river Mississippi, in the parish of fiw " n - 
 West Baton Rouge, and S^ate of Louisiana, bounded above by lands of 
 Joseph Grand, arid below by lands of J. Charles Tuillier, and contain- 
 ing two hundred and forty superficial arpents, equal to two hundred 
 and two acres and forty-two one-hundredths ; and that the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office, upon the presentation of a plat and 
 survey of the same, regularly made by competent authority, shall issue 
 a patent therefor, to the said Frangois Isidore Tuillier: Provided, That Proviso. 
 this act shall amount only to a relinquishment on the part of the United 
 States, and shall not affect, in' any manner, the rights of third persons, 
 r claims derived from the United States by donation or purchase. 
 
 No. 771. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Jean Marie Trahaud, deceased. May 28, 1830. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 431. 
 ' it enacted, #c., That the heirs of Jean Marie Trahaud, deceased, 
 
 U\ and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to six arpents front L <J nd claim 
 by forty in depth, on the river Mississippi, in the parish of West Baton 
 E(;uge, bounded above by Joseph Tuillier, and below by lands of Bap- 
 tiste Guedry. The same to be located agreeably to a plat of survey 
 made by Ephraim Davidson, by order o! the surveyor of the lands of 
 the United States, on the ninth day of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and six ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon 
 a return ofa survey of the same as aforesaid, duly executed by compe- 
 tent authority, shall issue a patent therefor : Provided, That this act Proviso, 
 shall only amount to a relinquishment of the right of the United States, 
 and shall, in no manner, affect the rights of third persons, or claims de- 
 rived from the United States by purchase or donation. 
 
346 LOUISIANA. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 772. AN ACT for the relief of Alexander Fridge. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Alexander Fridge be, and he is hereby, con- 
 
 Land claim firmed in his claim to six hundred' and forty acres of land, on which he 
 now resides, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louis- 
 iana, as a donation ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 upon the presentation of a plat and survey of said land, regularly made 
 
 Proviso. by competent authority, shall issue a patent therefor : Provided, That 
 
 this act shall amount only to a relinquishment on the part of the United 
 States, and shall, in no manner, affect the rights of third persons, or 
 any claim derived from the United States, either by donation or pur- 
 chase. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 773. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of John Tuillier, deceased. 
 
 6, p. 432. . c ^ That tlie heirs of j ohn Tuillier, deceased, be, and 
 
 Land claim they are hereby confirmed in their claim to a tract of land situated on 
 the west bank of the river Mississippi, in the parish of West Baton 
 Rouge, containing six arpents in front by forty in depth, and bounded 
 above by lands of Francois I. Tuillier, and below by lands of Joseph 
 Trahan ; said tract of land to be located according to a plat of survey 
 made by Ephraim Davidson, on the sixth day of March, one thousand 
 eight hundred and six ; and the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office is hereby required, npon the presentation and return of a survey 
 of said land, so made by competent authority, to issue a patent there- 
 Proviso, for : Provided, That this act shall amount only to a relinquishment on 
 the part of the United States, and shall, in no manner, affect the rights 
 of third persons, or claims derived from the United States by purchase 
 or donation. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 774. AX ACT to authorize the register and receiver of the St. Helena land 
 Vol. 4, p. 413. district, in Louisiana, to receive evidence, and report upon certain claims to land 
 
 mentioned therein. 
 
 Certain claims 
 
 to be examined. Be it enacted, <$-c., That the register and receiver of the St. Helena land 
 district, in the State of Louisiana, are hereby authorized and required 
 to receive evidence in support of the claim of John McDonogh to a 
 tract of land on the Mississippi River, bo.unded above by the land of 
 John de Bellevire, and below by lands of Madame A. Duplantier, and 
 said to contain about fourteen arpens in front : also, one other tract of 
 land, situated on the river Amite, alleged to have been originally-granted 
 to Domingo Assaretto by Governor Miro, on the eighteenth February, 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, containing thirty arpens 
 in front, by forty in depth, under whom the said McDonogh claims 
 title, (a) 
 Duty of regiB- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver 
 
 ter and receiver. g^all have the same powers, and perform the same duties, in relation to 
 the said two claims as was authorized and required of them by the act 
 of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ; and 
 shall report to the Commissioner of the General Land Office an abstract 
 of the evidence furnished in each case, together with their opinion there- 
 on, that the same may be laid before Congress at the commencement of 
 their next session, 
 (a) See Nos. 779, 948. 
 
 May 29, 1830. Wo 773. AN ACT for the relief *>f Jeremiah Walker, of the State of Louisiana. 
 Vol. 6, p. 439. Be {t maci ^ f Ci Tbat j er e m iah Walker be, and he is hereby, con- 
 Land title con- firmed in his title to a certain tract of land, situate in the parish of East 
 firmed. Feliciana, and State of Louisiana, lying on the Lost Fork of Thompson's 
 
 Creek ; it being the place first settled by Thomas Smith, and transferred 
 by him to Sullivan, by Sullivan to White, and by White to the said 
 Proviso. Walker; containing not more than six hundred and forty acres: Pro- 
 
 vided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment on 
 the part of the United States only. 
 
LOUISIANA. 047 
 
 March 2, 1831. 
 Vol. 6, p. 459. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c. } That the legal representatives of Stephen Tippett May enter a 
 be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate and enter a tract of land tract of land, 
 of fifteen arpens front, by the ordinary depth of forty arpens, within 
 the counties of Attakapas and Opelousas, in the State of Louisiana, 
 under a grant of Baron de Carondelet of the twenty -first of September, 
 one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, Provided, however, That the Proviso, 
 location authorized to be made under this act shall not be made so as to 
 interfere with the claims of others. 
 
 No. 777. A~N ACT to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the State March 3. 1831. 
 
 of Louisiana. Vol. 4, p. 492. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That a surveyor-general for the State of Louisiana Surveyor-gen- 
 shall be appointed, who shall have the same authority, and perform eral created, 
 the same duties, respecting the public lands and private land claims in 
 the State of Louisiana, as are now vested in, and required of the sur- 
 veyor of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee, 
 or the principal deputy surveyors in the said State; and that from and 
 after the first day of May next, the office of principal deputy surveyors, 
 as created by the ninth section of the act of Congress of the twenty- 
 first day of April, eighteen hundred and six, entitled "An act supple- 
 mentary to an act, entitled 'An act for ascertaining and adjusting the 
 titles and claims to lands within the Territory of Orleans and District 
 of Louisiana,' ; ' be, and the same are hereby, abolished ; and it shall be 
 the duty of said principal deputy surveyors to surrender to the surveyor- 
 general of Louisiana, or to such person or persons as he may appoint to 
 receive the same, all the maps, books, records, field-notes, documents 
 and articles of every description, appertaining or in anywise belonging 
 to their offices respectively. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the principal deputy surveyor Disposition of 
 for the district east of the island of New Orleans be, and he hereby is, certain docu- 
 required to separate and arrange the papers in his office; and all the ment8< 
 maps, records, papers and documents of every description which refer 
 to lands in the State of Louisiana, shall be delivered to the order of the 
 surveyor-general for that State: and such of them as refer to lands in 
 the State of Alabama shall be delivered to the surveyor for the State of 
 Alabama; and such of them as refer to lands in the State of Mississippi, 
 together with such maps, papers, records and documents in the office of 
 said principal deputy surveyor, as are not hereby required to be de- 
 livered to the surveyor-general of the State of Louisiana, or to the sur- 
 veyor for the State of Alabama, shall be delivered to the order of the 
 surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State of Ten- 
 nessee ; and the office of said principal deputy shall be, and the same is 
 hereby, abolished from and after the first day of May next ; and the 
 powers and duties now exercised and performed by the said principal 
 deputy surveyor shall be vested in and performed by the aforesaid sur- 
 veyors, within their respective States. 
 
 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- other docu- 
 veyor south of the State of Tennessee to deliver to the surveyor-gen- ments. 
 eral of the State of Louisiana all the maps, papers, records and doc- 
 uments relating to the public lands, and private claims in Louisiana, 
 which may be in his office ; and in every case where it shall be imprac- 
 ticable to make a separation of such maps, papers, records and docu- 
 ments, without injury to the portion of them relating to lands in Mis- 
 sissippi, it shall be his duty to cause copies thereof certified by him to 
 be furnished to the surveyor-general of Louisiana, and which copies 
 shall be of the same validity as the originals. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor-general of Louisi- Deputysurvey- 
 ana shall appoint a sufficient number of skilful and experienced sur- ors to be ap- 
 veyors as his deputies, who, with one or more good and sufficient sure- P omted - 
 ties to be approved by said surveyor-general, shall enter into bond for 
 the faithful performance of all surveying contracts confided to them 
 in the penalty of double the amount of money accruing under the said 
 contracts at the rate per mile stipulated to be paid therein, and who, 
 before entering on the performance of their duties, shall take an oath, 
 or make affirmation, truly, faithfully, and impartially, to the utUK.st of 
 their skill and ability, to execute the trust confided to them ; and in 
 
348 LOUISIANA. 
 
 the event of the failure of a deputy to comply with the terms of his 
 contract, unless such failure shall be satisfactorily shown by him to have 
 arisen from causes beyond his control, he shall forfeit the* penalty of 
 his bond on due process of law, and'ever afterwards be debarred from 
 receiving a contract for surveying public lands in Louisiana or else- 
 where. 
 
 Location of SEC. 5. And l>e it further enacted, That the surveyor-general to be ap- 
 office of survey- pointed in pursuance of this act shall establish his office at such place as 
 the President of the United States may deem most expedient for the 
 Salary, &c. public service ; and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of two 
 thousand dollars, and that he be authorized to employ one skilful 
 draughtsman and recording clerk whose aggregate compensation shall 
 not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum ; and that the 
 fees heretofore authorized by law for examining and recording surveys 
 be, and the same are hereby, abolished ; and any copy of a plat of sur- 
 vey, or transcript from the records of the office of the said surveyor- 
 general, shall be admitted as evidence in any of the courts of the United 
 States or Territories thereof ; and for every copy of a plat of survey, 
 there shall be paid twenty-five cents, and for any transcript from the 
 records of said office, there shall be paid at the rate of twenty-five cents 
 for every hundred words by the individuals requiring the same, (a) 
 Settlement of SEC. 6. And le it further enacted, That in relation to all such confirmed 
 conflicting claims as may conflict, or in any manner interfere with each other, the 
 claims. register of the land office and receiver of public moneys for the proper 
 
 land district, are hereby authorized to decide between the parties, and 
 shall in their decision be governed by such conditional lines or bound- 
 aries as have been or may be agreed upon between the parties interested, 
 either verbally or in writing; and in case no lines or boundaries be 
 agreed upon between tho parties interested, then the said register and 
 receiver are hereby authorized to decide between the parties in such 
 manner as may be consistent with the principles of justice ; and it shall 
 be the duty of the surveyor-general of the said State to have those claims 
 surveyed and platted in accordance with the decisions of the register 
 Proviso. and receiver: I'rorided, That the said decisions and surveys, and the 
 
 patents which may be issued in conformity thereto, shall not in any wise 
 be considered as precluding a legal investigation and decision by the 
 proper judicial tribunal between the parties to any such interfering 
 claims, but shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the 
 United States of all title to the land in question, (b) 
 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Xos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 803, 858. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705. 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 904, 
 
 911,946,956,957,961,967. 
 
 March 15, 1832. No. 778. AN ACT for the relief of Bernard Marigny, of the State of Louisiana. 
 Vol. 6, p. 480. g f n en acted, #c., That Bernard Marigny, as assignee of Antonio Bon- 
 Land claim of nabel, be, and is hereby, confirmed in his claim to a tract of laud of four 
 4,020 arpente con- thousand and twenty superficial arpents, situate in the State of Louis- 
 firmed, iana, and parish of St. Tammany, bounded on the southwest by Lake 
 Pontchartrain, and on the northwest by lands formerly owned by the 
 heirs of Lewis Davis ; the tract confirmed by this section being the same 
 which was surveyed for Antonio Bonnabel, by Carlos Trudeau, on the 
 fifteenth January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and 
 granted to said Bonnabel on the twenty-fifth January, one thousand 
 seven hundred and ninety-nine, by Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, governor- 
 general of the provinces of Louisiana and West Florida ; and for which 
 a claim was filed in the name of said Bonnabel, in the land office at St. 
 Helena Courthouse, under the act of Congress of twenty-fifth April, 
 one thousand eight hundred and twelve. 
 
 Claim of 774 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That Bernard Marigny be, and is 
 arpents also con- hereby, confiimed in his claim to a tract of land of seven hundred and 
 " rme " < seventy-four superficial arpents, situate in the State of Louisiana and 
 
 parish of St. Tammany, bounded on the southwest by Lake Pontchar- 
 train, on the northern side by Castin Bayou, and on the southern side 
 by the lands confirmed in the first section of this act; the said tract of 
 seven hundred and seventy-four arpents being the same which was 
 granted on the twentieth January, one thousand seven hundred and 
 seventy-seven, by Peter Chester, British governor at Pensacola, to Lewis 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 349 
 
 Davis, whose title to the same was afterwards, to wit, on the eleventh 
 June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, confirmed by de- 
 cree of Estevan Miro, Spanish governor of the provinces of Florida and 
 Louisiana, and for which a claim was filed in the name of the heirs of 
 Lewis Davis, in the land office at St. Helena Courthouse, under the act 
 of Congress of the twenty-fifth April, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twelve : Provided, That the said two tracts of land shall be considered 
 as confirmed, in the same manner, and under the same regulations, re- 
 strictions, and provisions, as if the same had been recommended for con- 
 firmation in the reports of the commissioner for the district west of 
 Pearl River, and east of the island of New Orleans, which were con- 
 firmed by the act of Congress, approved on the third day of March, one 
 thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act for adjusting 
 the claims to land, and establishing land offices in the districts east of 
 the island of New Orleans :" Provided, also, That the claim of Anton ioBon- 
 nabel, embraced in the said commissioner's reports, as of four hundred 
 arpents, shall be considered as comprised in, and forming part of the 
 tract of four thousand and twenty arpents, confirmed in the first section 
 of this act. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 March 22, 1832, 
 Vol. 6, p. 482. 
 
 No. 779. AN ACT for the relief of John McDonough. 
 
 Be it enacted, $*c., That the claim of John McDonough be, and is hereby, 
 confirmed to four tracts of land embraced in the report of the register Land claim 
 and receiver of the land office at St. Helena Courthouse, in the district confirmed, 
 west of Pearl River, in Louisiana, of the fourth December, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty, namely : one tract of four hundred arpens, 
 claimed under a Spanish patent to David Williams, dated eighth April, 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine ; one tract of two hundred 
 and forty arpens, claimed under a Spanish patent to Guillemo Williams, 
 dated eighth April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; one 
 tract of three hundred and eighty-eight arpens, claimed under a Spanish 
 patent to William Estevan, dated eighteenth December, one thousand 
 seven hundred and eighty-seven ; and one tract of twelve hundred 
 arpens, claimed under a Spanish patent to Domingo Assaretto, dated 
 eighteenth February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, 
 and all situate in the parish of East Baton Rouge : Provided, That this Proviso, 
 act shall only extend to a relinquishment of title on the part of the 
 United States, and shall not prejudice the rights of third persons, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 774, 948. 
 
 No. 780. AN ACT for the relief of Prosper Marigny. May 19, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claim of Prosper Marigny be, and the same Vof - 6 ' p ' 488 ' 
 is hereby, confirmed to a tract of land on which he now resides, situated Land claim 
 on the river Mississippi, bounded above by lands of the widow Bien- confirmed. 
 venu, and extending back to the river Des Ouatchas, and containing two 
 thousand one hundred and thirty- nine French arpens; which tract of 
 land the said claimant holds by sundry mesne conveyances from Gov- 
 ernor de Bienville, to whom it was granted by the Company of the In- 
 dias : Provided, That this act shall extend only to a relinquishment of Proviso. 
 title on the part of the United States, and shall not prejudice the rights 
 of third persons. 
 
 May 19, 1832. 
 Vol. 6, p. 488. 
 
 No. 781. AN ACT for the relief of Arnaud Lanaux. 
 
 Be it enacted, fo., That the title of Arnaud Lanaux be confirmed, in _ 
 and to a certain tract of land lying and being in the State of Louisiana, Land title con- 
 on the left bank of the Mississippi, about six leagues below the city of firmed. 
 New Orleans, at a place called the English Turn, containing eight arpents 
 front and forty arpents in depth, according to the survey made by B. 
 Lafon, on the twenty-first of January, eighteen hundred and five, and 
 which is recognised in a patent from the French Government, bearing 
 date the fifth of March, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, 
 and which is recorded among the patented concessions of land, in book 
 number one, at page one hundred and fifty-eight, in the register's office 
 of the lands of the United States, at New Orleans, in the same manner 
 and upon the same conditions, as if notice had been regularly filed with 
 the commissioners of the United States, and the same had been by them 
 confirmed : Provided, That this act shall only be construed as a relin- Proviso. 
 quishment of the Government of all claim to' said tract of land to said 
 claimant: And provided, also, That this act shall not operate against Proviso. 
 the claim of any other person to said tract of land. 
 
350 LOUISIANA. 
 
 May 19, 1832. No. 782. AX ACT for the relief of Joseph Soniat Duf ossat. 
 
 "Vol. 6 p, 488. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That Joseph Soniat Dufossat be, and he is hereby, 
 
 Land title con- confirmed in his title, to a certain tract of land situated in the parish of 
 St. Tammany, and State of Louisiana, it being a small island in Lake 
 Pontchartrain, called Les Coquilles, which was granted by patent from 
 the French Government of Louisiana, dated the second June, one thou- 
 sand seven hundred and sixty-two, to J. Desrnissaux, described to be 
 
 Proviso. two leagues in length, and one and a half leagues in breadth : Provided, 
 
 That this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of title on 
 the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third 
 persons. 
 
 May 19, 1832. No. 783.-AX ACT for the relief of John H. Thomas, claiming under Antoine Patin. 
 Vol. 6, p. 488. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$~c., That the legal representatives of Antoine Patin, 
 
 Land claim rhjjnihjg a tract of land in the county of Attakapas, in the State of 
 Louisiana, situated on the east side of Bayou Tecbe, and numbered one 
 thousand one hundred and fourteen in the report of the commissioners 
 lor the adjustment of land titles in the western district of Louisiana, 
 be, and the same are hereby, confirmed in them to the quantity of land 
 
 Proviso. embraced in said claim : Provided, That this act shall only be construed, 
 
 as a relinquishment of the Government of all claim to said tract of land 
 
 Proviso. to said claimant: And provided, also, That this act shall not operate 
 
 against the claim of any third person to said tract of land. 
 
 Mav 19, 1832. If*. 784. AX ACT for the relief of Celestin Chiapella. 
 
 T ' 6> p * 489 ' Be it enacted, $-c., That Celestin Chiapella be, and he is hereby, con- 
 
 Land title con- firmed in his title to a tract of land situated on the left bank of the Mis- 
 fired- sissippi River, about eight miles below the city of New Orleans, con- 
 taining the quantity of three thousand and eighty-seven acres, bounded 
 above by lands of R. Ducros, and below by lands of Magloire Guichard : 
 and which he holds by virtue of a French grant to Joseph Laloire, datea 
 July eighth, seventeen hundred and twenty-three ; and another French 
 grant to J. Laloire, of January second, seventeen hundred and sixty- 
 seven ; and another French grant in favor of Mr. Chaperon, dated Jan- 
 uary twenty-third, seventeen hundred and fifty-nine ; and that a patent 
 issue for the same, according to a survey made by A. S. Phelps, a deputy 
 
 Proviso. surveyor of the United States : Provided, however, That the quantity of 
 
 three hundred and ninety- three superficial arpens heretofore confirmed 
 in the name of Mary de Moleon, by the board of commissioners for the 
 eastern district of the Territory of Orleans, as evidenced by their certifi- 
 cate, number one hundred and forty-six, shall be considered as forming 
 part of the tract of land hereby confirmed : And provided, further, That 
 this act shall be construed to operate merely as a relinquishment of 
 title on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of 
 third persons. 
 
 June 15, 1832. No. 785. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John McHugh. 
 Be it enacted, <$*c., That there shall be, and hereby is, confirmed unto 
 
 Land claim the legal representatives of John McHugh, the tract of land settled upon 
 and cultivated by John McHugh, in his life-time, situate on White 
 Bayou, within a survey once supposed to be the property of D. Amos, 
 but which claim was rejected by Congress ; the same lying and situate 
 in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, not to ex- 
 ceed, in the whole, more than six hundred and forty acres, and that a 
 
 Proviso. patent shall issue for the said tract of land in the usual form : Provided, 
 
 however, That the said legal representatives of the said John McHugh 
 have not, and shall not, claim any other lands in right of settlement 
 and cultivation, and that this act shall operate only as a relinquish- 
 ment on the part of the United States of all their right and claim to the 
 said lands, and shall not interfere with, or affect the right or claim of 
 other persons. 
 
 June 15, 1832. No. 786. AX ACT to authorize the inhabitants of the State of Louisiana to enter 
 Vol. 4, p. 534. the back-lands. 
 
 Owners of ^ e ** enacted, $~c. t That every person, who, either by virtue of a French 
 tracts on a river, or Spanish grant, recognised by the laws of the United States, or under 
 &c., not exceed- a claim confirmed by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 Proviso : P r e- 
 to 
 
 (a) See Kos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 813, 818. 849, 858, 860,897. 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 No. 787 .-AN ACT for the relief of Hannah McKim. June 25, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Hannah McKiin be co n firmed in her claim to 
 
 a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land, for which she filed her Land claim 
 claim with the register and receiver of the land office south of Red confirmed. 
 River, pursuant to the acts of Congress of the third of March, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twenty- three, and the twenty-sixth of May, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, in relation to lands situated 
 between the Rio Honde and Sabine rivers, in the State of Louisiana, 
 on the main fork of the Bayou Provincial ; and which claim was, by the 
 said register and receiver, in their report of the first of November, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, made to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, ranked in the fourth clas*s, number one hundred and sixteen ; 
 and that the said claim be regarded and considered as if the same had 
 been ranked by the said register and receiver, in their said report, in 
 the third class ; and that the said Hannah McKirn be entitled to all the 
 privileges, advantages, and benefits to which she would have been en- 
 titled, or which would have accrued to her, if her said claim had been 
 ranked in the third class of the said report : Provided, That nothing in Proviso, 
 this act contained shall be construed to affect or impair the claim, title, 
 or interest of any other person to the same land, or any part thereof, 
 derived either from the United States or otherwise. This act shall com- 
 mence and be in force from and after the passage thereof. 
 
352 
 
 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Tune 25. l-:<2. 
 Vol. 6, p. 493. 
 
 No. 788. AN ACT for the relief of Dorothy Wells. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there shall be, and hereby is, confirmed unto 
 Land claim Dorothy Wells, the tract of land by her occupied and cultivated, in the 
 confirmed. parish of West Feliciana, in the State of Louisiana, situate on the river 
 
 Mississippi, which bounds it westwardly; and bounded north by lauds 
 granted to William Williams, on the east by land granted to Gilbert 
 Miles, and on the south by other lands, the owner whereof is not known ; 
 not to exceed, in the whole, more than six hundred and forty acres ; 
 and that a patent shall be issued and granted to the said Dorothy Weils, 
 Proviso. for the land above described, in the usual form : Provided, however, That 
 
 the said Dorothy Wells has not and shall not claim any other lands in 
 right of settlement and cultivation ; and that this act shall only operate 
 as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, of all their right 
 and claim to the said land, and shall not interfere with, or affect the 
 claim or claims of third persons derived from the Government of Spain, 
 or of the United States. 
 
 June 25, 1832. 
 Vol. 6, p. 498. 
 
 No. 789. AX ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of Terre Aux Bceufs. 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the claims of the inhabitants residing on the 
 
 Land claims Bayou Terre Aux Bceufs, in the parish of St. Bernard, and State of Louis- 
 iana, to the several tracts of land lying on said Bayou, as described in 
 the plat of survey made by Augustus S. Phelps, deputy-surveyor of the 
 United States for the State of Louisiana, in May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and thirty-one, to wit: 
 
 
 
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 Toises. 
 
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 1 
 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
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 Gabriel Perrera 
 
 
 
 29 
 
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 Bernard Gutierres. .. .. 
 
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 Antonio Guera 
 
 
 
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 Antonio Gutierres 
 
 
 
 24 
 
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 8 
 
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 14 
 
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 29 
 
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 John Baptiste Bourg 
 
 
 
 21 
 
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 10 
 
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 13 
 
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 16 
 
 Eugene Charles Dumouchel. 
 
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 27 
 
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 17 
 
 Manuel Solis 
 
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 17 
 
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 18 
 
 Etienne Veillon 
 
 o 
 
 17 
 
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 Pierre Thomas 
 
 o 
 
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 Balthazar Enoul Livaudais 
 
 o 
 
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 Manuel Solis 
 
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 Maria Lopez 
 
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 Nicholas Deiean 
 
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LOUISIANA. 
 
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 19 
 
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 On opposite side 
 
 
 
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 Manuel Solis. 
 
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 o 
 
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 2 
 
 13 
 
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 1 
 
 29 
 
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 22 
 
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 2 
 
 24 
 
 4 
 
 
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 Francisco Sanchez 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
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 32 
 
 Debouchelle and Chalaire, broth- 
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 5 
 
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 6 
 
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 24 
 
 
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 Antonio Serpas 
 
 
 
 21 
 
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 Louis Cure 
 
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 31 
 
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 Charles Fagot 
 
 
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 Land claims 
 confirmed. 
 
354 
 
 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Land claims 
 confirmed. 
 
 
 Arpens. Toises. 
 
 Feet. 
 
 
 76 
 
 77 
 78 
 79 
 80 
 81 
 82 
 83 
 84 
 85 
 86 
 
 87 
 88 
 89 
 90 
 91 
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 94 
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 Both sides of the 
 TerroanxBuMifs. 
 
 Opposite side 
 
 
 Opposite side . 
 
 Succession of Antonio Meneses. .. 
 Opposite side.. . . 
 
 Succession of Edwd. Alpuente.. . 
 Opposite side 
 
 Cfitaliiiii Alfonso 
 
 Opposite side 
 
 Succession of Edwd. Alpuente.. . 
 Opposite side 
 
 Bartole Molaro . 
 
 Opposite side . 
 
 Marguerite Molero, widow Nunez. 
 Opposite side. .... 
 
 Chris to val Molero 
 
 Opposite side 
 
 Antony Molero 
 
 Opposite side 
 
 Manuel Lombas . ...... 
 
 Opposite side 
 
 
 Roque Acosta . 
 
 Autoine Landier . 
 
 Francisco Alfonso 
 
 Manuel Solis 
 
 \Vidow Nunez 
 
 Pedro Hernandez 
 
 Widow Nunez 
 
 Felix Marrero 
 
 
 be, and the same a*re hereby, confirmed, and recognised as valid, upon 
 the same terms and conditions that other Spanish claimants, residing 
 in the State of Louisiana, east of the Mississippi, and island of Orleans, 
 
 Proviso. have been heretofore confirmed : Provided, That this act shall only be 
 
 construed as a relinquishment of any claim of the United States in and 
 to any part ox portion of the lands described in said plat: And provided 
 also, That this act shall not be deemed or held to interfere with the 
 claims or rights of any person or persons whatever. 
 
 Church lands SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tract, of land described in 
 
 onfirmed. said p] a t as belonging to the church, measuring one arpent, eighteen 
 
 toises, and one foot, and one-third of a foot, and numbered in the pre- 
 ceding list sixty-five, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and recog- 
 nized as valid, to and for the uses and purposes for which the same has 
 
 Proviso. been heretofore held and used: Provided, also, That this act shall be 
 
 only considered a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and 
 not to interfere with the rights of others. 
 
 July 4, 1832. 
 Vol. 4, p. 561. 
 
 No. 790. AN ACT for the final adjustment of the claims to lands in the southeast- 
 ern land district of the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Claims to lands Be it enacted^ tfc.. That any person or persons, claiming lands within 
 in Louisiana to the ]i m it 8 of the southeastern land district of the State of Louisiana, 
 rSnsferrad re agreeably to the provisions of the laws heretofore enacted for the ad- 
 ceiver at Xew jnstment of land claims in that part of the Territory of Orleans or State 
 Orleans, prior to of Louisiana, but whose titles have not been heretofore confirmed, may, 
 1st July, 1833. a t anv time prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty-three, present their claims,together with the written evi- 
 dence and other testimony in support of the same, to the register and 
 Notice of claim receiver of the land office'at New Orleans; and it shall be the duty of 
 to be recorded, the said register and receiver to record, in a book to bo kept for that 
 purpose, the notice of every claim so preferred, together with the evi- 
 Fees. dence ; for which service they shall receive a compensation from the 
 
 claimants, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words. 
 
LOUISIANA. 355 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That lbet> aid register uud receiver Claims to be 
 shall, at or before the beginning of the next session of Congress there- gg po ^ eti to f !^ 6 
 after, make to the Secretary of the Treasury a report of the claims Treasury, and to 
 which may have been preferred before them, together with the testi- be laid ' before 
 mouy, their opinion of the validity of the claims, and such other inf or- Congress, 
 iiiation respecting them as may be in their possession; which report 
 shall, by the Secretary of the Treasury, be laid before Congress as soon 
 as practicable, with his opinion touching the validity of the respective 
 claims: Provided, That no claim shall be therein recommended for con- Proviso, 
 tirmatiou, for more than the quantity contained in a league square. Sales of land 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sales of land in the said suspended until 
 southeastern district, by public auction or private entry, shall be sus- j|g| r Jul - v lst 
 pended until after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty-three. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons who, before the first Persons who 
 Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, held 11 , 61 ? 1 la - ds b J 
 lands in the said southeastern district, by claims unconfirmed, but firmecT&c^may 
 which were embraced in the principles of the previous laws for the avail themselves 
 adjustment of claims in that part of the Territory of Orleans or State of the benefits of 
 of Louisiana, which lands may have been sold at the public sale which thi8 act - 
 took place at New Orleans on the first Monday of November, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and thirty, under the President's proclamation of 
 the fifth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, may avail them- 
 selves of this act as though their lands had not been sold ; and thn said Separate report 
 register and receiver shall make a separate report of the cases of this * ease* of this 
 class : and if it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that all or totheSecrSrv 
 auy of the claims contained therein, although unconfirmed, are em- O f the Treasury, 
 braced in the intent and meaning of the previous laws for the adjust- &c. 
 ment of land claims as aforesaid, he is hereby authorized to repay to the Purchasers to 
 persons, or the legal representative of the persons who purchased, sucti be reimbursed, 
 sum or sums as they may have paid for lands of this description, bought 
 by them at the said public sale, (a) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the compensa- Additional 
 tion hereinbefore provided, the said register and receiver shall receive, compensation, 
 for the services required of them by this act, the sum of five hundred 
 dollars each, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any 
 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 <a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, (510, 712, 716,718, 721, 722, 72*3, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 738,739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777,817,819,826,852,863,864,873,889,899,904 
 911, 946, 95li, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 Wo. 791. AN ACT confirming the claim of Maria Holliday to a tract of land in July 13, 1832. 
 
 Louisiana. Vol. 6, p. 509. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c. , That Maria Holliday be, and she is hereby, confirmed Land claim 
 in her claim to a tract of land, now in her possession, lying between the confirmed, 
 river Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain, and about sixteen miles above 
 the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, and having a front 
 of twenty -four and a half arpens on the said river, and extending in 
 depth to the said lake : Provided, That such confirmation shall only Proviso, 
 operate as a relinquishment of all right and title on the part of the 
 United States to said land. 
 
 No. 792. AN ACT for the relief of Bernard Leonard and Jacab Black. j u i y 14, 1833. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Bernard Leonard be, and he is hereby, con- Yt>r - 6 'P- 512 - 
 firmed in his claim as assignee of Peter Young and David Durham, to B. Leonard's 
 two tracts of land, of six hundred and forty acres each, situated on the land claim con- 
 south side of Red River, and in the tract of country commonly called nrme(l - 
 the Neutral Territory, and about thirty-live miles above the town of 
 Natchitoches, to be located in such manner as to embrace the improve- 
 ments made by Peter Young and David Durham, severally, before the 
 twenty- second' day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nine- 
 teen. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Jacob Black, as assignee of Na- ..A. 1 . 8 . - claim * 
 tbauiel Hickman and Isaiah Hickmau, be, and he is hereby, confirmed Uiekniaii. 
 in his claim to two tracts of land of six hundred and forty acres each, 
 situated on the south side of Red River, within the aforesaid territory, 
 about thirty-six miles above the town of Natchitoches, to be located in 
 such manner as to embrace the improvements made thereon by said 
 ^Nathaniel and Isaiah Hickman, severally, previous to the twenty-second 
 
356 - LOUISIANA. 
 
 Proviso. day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen : Providea, 
 
 That this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of title on. 
 the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third 
 persons. 
 
 Julv 14, 1832. > T o. 793. AN ACT for the relief of John F. Girod, cf Louisiana. 
 
 Vol. 6, p, 519. Be u enacted) ^ That the Commissioner of the General Laud Office 
 Land patent to be, and he hereby is, directed to issue to John F. Girod a patent for four 
 be issued to him. fractional quarter-sections of land in the parish of Ouachita, State of 
 Louisiana, containing two hundred and ninety-two acres and eleven- 
 hundredths, lying in township seventeen, range three east, section sec- 
 ond, it being the same lately sold at the land sales at Ouachita, and 
 purchased by said Girod, through his agent, Bernard Hemkin. 
 
 Money improp- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 erly paid to be 8 hall pay to said Girod, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
 appropriated, the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars and 
 eighty-eight and three-fourths cents, this being the amount improperly 
 paid by Girod for said land ; and that said Girod be exempted from all 
 further liability to the Government, on' account of any part of the pur- 
 chase money of said land yet unpaid. 
 
 July 14, 1832. No. 794. AX ACT for the relief of John Buhler. 
 
 l. 6, 
 
 Vol. 6, p. o2Q. Be u enacted ^ g, ^ TIiat there 8hall be> and uerebv iSj confirmed unto 
 Land claim John Buhler, the tract of land lately occupied by Stephen Hackney, 
 confirmed. deceased, containing five hundred and twenty-two acres, bounded as 
 
 follows : On the upper line, by lands the property of the heirs of John 
 C. Faulkner ; and on the lower line, by lands claimed by Joshua Alex- 
 ander ; and on the east, by lands confirmed by Congress to John Cooper : 
 said lands situated on the east side of the Mississippi River ; and that a 
 patent shall be issued and granted to the said John Buhler, for the land 
 Proviso. above described, in the usual form : Provided, however, That the repre- 
 
 sentatives and assignees, or any, or either of them, shall not claim, and 
 has not claimed, any other lands in right of settlement and cultivation ; 
 and that this act shall only operate as a relinquishment, on the part of 
 the United States, of all their right and claim to the said land* and shall 
 not interfere with, or affect the claim or claims of third persons. 
 
 July 14, 1832. No. 795. AN" ACT for the relief of Benjamin Bullitt. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 523. Se it ^ iactedi ^ That Benjamin Bullitt be, and he is hereby, con- 
 
 L a n d claim firmed in his claim to a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres 
 confirmed. in his own right, and in a further claim as assignee of Toussaint Lafleur, 
 
 to a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres of land, both situated 
 on the south side of Red River, within the tract of country commonly 
 called tha Neutral Territory, and about twenty-four miles above the 
 town of Natchitoches, to be located in such manner as to embrace the 
 improvements made by the said Bullitt and Lafleur, respectively, before 
 
 Proviso. the twenty-second of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen: Pro- 
 
 vided, That this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of title 
 on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third 
 persons. 
 
 July 14, 1832. No. 796. AN ACT for the relief of the widow and heirs of Pedro, alias Pierre 
 Vol. 6, p. 526. Guedry. 
 
 Land claim Be it enacted, #c., That the widow and heirs of Pedro, alias Pierre 
 
 confirmed to wid- Guedry, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to 
 
 p W G^aedr r8 a * rac ^ ^ l an( l containing four and one-half arpents in front, and forty 
 
 arpents in depth, on the Mississippi River, at the distance of about four 
 
 miles above the mouth of the Manchac, in the State of Louisiana ; being 
 
 a part of a tract granted to the said Pedro, alias Pierre Guedry, by the 
 
 Baron de Carondelet, by letters-patent, bearing date the seventh day of 
 
 December, seventeen hundred and ninety-two. 
 
 And to Francis SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Francis Daigre be confirmed in 
 Daigre. n j 8 claim to the residue of the said tract of land; and that the said 
 
LOUISIANA. 357 
 
 widow and heirs of the said Guedry, and the said Francis Daigre, be, 
 
 and they are hereby, authorized to enter their respective claims to the 
 
 tract of land aforesaid, in the land office at Saint Helena Courthouse, in 
 
 the State of Louisiana : Provided, That the said Francis Daigre be re- Proviso. 
 
 quired to exhibit to the register and receiver of the said land office, 
 
 either a good legal or equitable title to the part of the said tract of 
 
 land claimed by him : And provided, also, That nothing in this act con- Proviso. 
 
 tained shall be so construed as to affect the claim of any other person 
 
 or persons to said land, or any part thereof, derived either from the 
 
 United States or from any other source whatever. 
 
 No. 797. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Nathaniel Hillen. 
 Be it enacted, #c,, That the right of the heirs of Nathaniel Hillen, in 
 
 j u l y 14 ( i832. 
 Yoi - 6 .P- 526 - 
 
 and to a certain tract of land lying in the parish of East Baton Rouge, Land claim 
 
 in the State of Louisiana, containing six hundred and forty acres, upon confirmed. 
 
 which Nathaniel Hillen resided in his lifetime, and which has been 
 
 since cultivated by Robert Hillen, for the use and benefit of said heirs, 
 
 be recognised as valid, and confirmed to said heirs, in t he sarue manner, 
 
 and upon the same terms and conditions, as if tht-ir claim had been filed 
 
 with the commissioners under the act of Congress passed the twenty- 
 
 fifth April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, chapter sixty-seven, 
 
 section eight, and been confirmed by the act of one thousand eight hun- 
 
 dred and nineteen, chapter five hundred and ten, section three : Provided, Proviso. 
 
 That this act shall not be construed to extend further than a relinquish - 
 
 ment on the part of the United States, to any claim in and to said tract 
 
 of land: And provided, also, That this act shall not be considered as Proviso. 
 
 interfering with the rights of other persons in and to said tract of land. 
 
 No. 798. AN ACT for the relief of the children of Charles Comb and Marguerite Jan. 14, 1833. 
 Laviolet, his wife. Vol. 6, p. 528. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the children of Charles Comb and Marguerite Land title con- 
 Laviolet, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of firmed. 
 land of six hundred and forty acres, situated in the county of Attakapas, 
 State of Louisiana, to be located in such manner as to embrace the im- 
 provements made by Louis Doze and Marguerite Laviolet, his wife, in 
 their lifetime : Provided, That this act shall be considered only as a relin- Proviso, 
 quishment of title on the part of the United States, and not to affect the 
 rights of third persons. 
 
 No. 799. AN ACT for the relief of Eugene Borell. Jan. 14, 1833. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Eugene Borell be, and he is, confirmed in his- YoI - 6 'P- m 
 claim to six hundred and forty acres of land, in virtue of actual settle- Land claim 
 ment and cultivation, before and ever since the twentieth day of Decem- confirmed, 
 ber, one thousand eight hundred and three ; which tract of land is sit- 
 uated in the county of Attakapas, in the State of Louisiana, at a place 
 called Sheepeck, and lying upon the west side of the bayou "Cypre- 
 mort," it being the part of a twenty-four acre tract, fronting on said 
 bayou, by forty back, bounded northwardly by lands of the heirs of 
 Joseph Sorell, eastwardly by the said bayou " Cypre-mort," southwardly 
 by other lands of the heirs of said Joseph Sorell, and westwardly at the 
 depth of forty arpents, by public lauds : Provided, That this act shall Proviso. 
 extend only to a relinquishment of the title of the United States, and 
 shall not prejudice the rights of third persons. 
 
 No. 800. AN ACT for the relief of William B. Keene and John L. Martin, and for Jan. 28, 1833. 
 other purposes. Vol. 6, p. 529. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William B. Keene and John L. Martin be, and Authorized to 
 they are hereby, authorized and peimitted to complete their purchase purchase school 
 of lot number sixteen, in township number twenty-one, range number land, 
 thirteen, east, in the district north of Red River, in the State of Louisi- 
 ana, in virtue of their right of pre-emption, according to the act of Con- 
 
358 LOUISIANA. 
 
 gress of the twenty-ninth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
 
 any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 Eeservation of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 other land forretary of the Treasury to cause to be selected and reserved for the use 
 schools. o f schools, within the said fractional township number twenty-one, in 
 
 lieu of the aforesaid lot, a lot of land of equal extent and value, in the 
 
 same township, or the next thereto adjoining. 
 
 Jan. 30, 1833. No. 801. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Jean Baptiste Sancier. 
 
 >p ' ' Be it enacted, <f-c., That the heirs of Jean Baptiste Saucier be, and 
 
 Land title con- they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of land of six hun- 
 
 firmed. dred and forty acres, situated in the parish of Plaquemine, State of 
 
 Louisiana, on both sides of the river Aux Chenes. to be located in Mich 
 
 mannuer as to embrace the improvements made by the said J. B. Sau- 
 
 Proviso. cier, in his lifetime: Provided, That this act shall only be considered 
 
 as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and not 
 
 to prejudice the rights of third persons. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1833. No. 802. AX ACT for the relief of Josiah Barker. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That Josiah Barker be, and he is hereby, confirmed 
 
 Land title con- in his title to a tract of land of one thousand and one superficial arpens 
 fir 6 **- and three hundred toises, haying a front of thirteen arpens and six: 
 
 toises, on the Mississippi, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the 
 State of Louisiana, it being the same land granted by separate patents 
 to Zachariah Norton and John Fitz Patrick, dated February fourteenth, 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, and signed by Estevau 
 Miro, governor-general of Louisiana. 
 
 Sameastodou- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the said Josiah Barker be con- 
 ble concession of firmed in his title to a tract of land, not exceeding the quantity of 
 part of the above twelve hundred and eighty acres, by virtue of an order of survey for a 
 double concession, granted by the Baron de Carondelet, on the twen- 
 tieth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety -five, iu favor 
 of widow Hindson, to be located adjacent to and back of the lower 
 tract of eleven arpents front, confirmed in the first section of this act, 
 and not to extend more than forty arpents in the rear of the said front 
 Proviso. tract : Provided, That this confirmation shall only amount to a relin- 
 
 quishment of title on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice 
 the rights of third persons. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 803. AN ACT authorizing the removal of the office of surveyor-general of 
 VoL 4, p. 662. public lands south of Tennessee. 
 
 Presentation of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all accounts for surveys of pub- 
 accounts for sur- He land in the State of Louisiana, not approved before the first day of 
 veys. April next, shall be presented with the proper returns of such surveys, 
 
 to the office of the surveyor-general of public lands for the State of 
 Louisiana, for settlement and allowance, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 858. 
 
 April 15, 1834. No. 804. AX ACT for the relief of John Bills. 
 
 6, p. 557. Be if ^ iacid ^ g. Cf ^ That John Bil]g; of the pari8 h O f East Baton Rouge, 
 
 Land title con- be, and he hereby is, confirmed in his title to two hundred and fifty- 
 seven acres of land . situate and lying in the parish of East Baton Rouge, 
 in the State of Louisiana, in township number seven, of range one, east, 
 in the district of lands offered for sale in the parish of St. Helena, which 
 tract of land is bounded on the north, by P. Hickey ; on the west, by 
 A. Grass ; on the south, by Henry Thomas ; and on the east, l>y William 
 and Francis Thomas ; upon his paying to the proper officer ot the land 
 office at St. Helena, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per 
 
 Proviso. acre. Provided, however, That this act shall not be so construed as to 
 
 interfere with any adverse claim to the land hereby authorized to be 
 purchased, if any such there be. 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 359 
 
 No. 805. AX ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act for the relief of Gar- 
 rigues Flaujac, of Louisiana," approved on the twentieth May, one thousand eight 
 hundred arid twenty-six. 
 
 Be it enacted, tj'-c., That Garrigues Flaujac, of Louisiana, or his legal 
 representatives, be, and he and they are hereby, authorized to locate 
 the tract of land of three thousand two hundred arpens, described in 
 the act to which this is supplementary, upon any of the unappropriated 
 public lands in the southwestern district of lands south of Red River, 
 in portions of not less than eight hundred superficial arpens, conform- 
 ing, as nearly as practicable, to the lines of the public surveys: Provided, 
 That, in addition to the release heretofore executed, the said Flaujac 
 shall further, within one year from the passage of this act, release to 
 the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office may direct, all right, title, and claim to, or in any lands 
 heretofore located, pursuant to the act of which this is a supplement: 
 And provided further, That the new location herein authorized, shall be 
 made in one year from and after the passage of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 758, 855. 
 
 May 1, 1834. 
 Vol. 6, p. 559. 
 
 Authorized to 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No, 806. AN ACT for the relief of John L. Lobdell. May 1, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That John L. Lobdell be, and he is hereby, con- - -1 
 firmed in his title to a tract of land containing seven hundred superficial Land title con- 
 arpens, situated on the west bank of the Mississippi, in the parish of flrmed - 
 West Baton Rouge, opposite Brown's Island ; it being the same tract 
 of land granted to Stephen Watts, by the Spanish Government, on the 
 twelfth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 
 eight, by patent bearing that date, as the same was surveyed by Carlos 
 Trudeau, at that time surveyor-general of the province of Louisiana : 
 Provided, That this act shall be taken and construed only as a relinquish- Proviso. 
 ment on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights 
 of third persons. 
 
 No. 807. AX ACT for the relief of Luther L. Smith. May 14, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be lawful for Luther L. Smith, of the - 
 parish of West Feliciaua, in the State of Louisiana, at any time within Ma T enter and 
 six mouths from and alter the passage of this act, to enter and purchase ^[and? 6 
 at the laud office at Helena Courthouse, af the price of one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents per acre, a tract of land situated in said parish of 
 West Feliciana, said to contain two hundred and seventy-nine arpens, 
 French measure, it being the same that was conveyed by Nicholas de 
 Semils, by order of the intendant-general of West Florida, as appears 
 by his process verbal bearing date the fifth day of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and ten, and numbered eighteen hundred and thirty -five, 
 and recorded in the office of the clerk of commissioners of land claims 
 west of Pearl River and east of the Mississippi in book E, number one, 
 folio one hundred and thirty-eight : Provided, It shall appear to the Proviso. 
 satisfaction of the register and receiver for the district aforesaid, that 
 the said tract of land is a part of the public domain. 
 
 No. 808. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Frances June 18, 1834. 
 Barham, deceased, and her husband, Fielding Barham. Vol. 6, p. 563. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That six hundred and forty acres of land, situated Patent for 640 
 in the parish of East Feliciana, on Carr's Creek, in the State of Louis acres to issue, 
 iana, to be located so as to embrace the improvements of Frances and 
 Fielding Barham, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, as a donation 
 to the heirs and legal representatives of tbe'said Frances and Fielding 
 Barham, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United 
 States is hereby required to issue a patent, in the usual form, for the 
 same : Provided, That the said heirs or representatives, or any one else, 
 shall not be entitled to but one settlement right upon the account of 
 the settlement made by the said aforesaid Francis or Fielding, or both 
 or either of them : Provided, further, That the title, hereby conveyed, 
 shall not be construed, so as to prejudice the rights of third persons, 
 or as anything more than a quit-claim title on the part of the United 
 States. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
360 LOUISIANA. 
 
 ' June 19, 1834. IVo. 809. AN" ACT for the relief of the heirs of Alexander Boyd, deceased. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs of Alexander Boyd, deceased, be, and 
 
 Land claims they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to three hundred arpens of 
 land, situated on the left bank of the river Comite, in the State of 
 Louisiana, to be located according to a plat of survey made of said land 
 by Don Vincent Sebastian Pentardo, on the twenty-ninth of August, one 
 thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and approved by the royal 
 surveyor of the province, Carlos Trudeau, on the twentieth November, 
 
 Proviso. one thousand seven hundred and ninety -nine : Provided, That nothing 
 
 in this act contained shall, in any manner, affect the rights of third 
 persons, or any claim derived from the United States, by purchase or 
 donation. 
 
 June 26, 1834. No. 810. AN ACT for the relief of Asher Morgan and others. 
 
 )P ' 1_ Be it enacted, #c., That Asher Morgan and the heirs at law of Philip Fitz- 
 
 Authorized to gerald, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to purchase quarter- 
 enter land. sections number twenty-three and twenty-four, in township twenty-one, 
 and range thirteen east, in the district of lands north of the Red River, 
 in the State of Louisiana, near Lake Providence, according to, and in 
 pursuance of, the provisions of an act of Congress passed the twenty- 
 ninth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, giving the right 
 of pre-emption to actual settlers in said district. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of said 
 district be, and they are hereby, required to select two other quarter- 
 sections in said township, to be applied to the use and purposes to 
 which said quarter-sections have been heretofore assigned by them. 
 
 June 28, 1834. No. 811. AN ACT confirming the title of Samuel Vail in a certain tract of land 
 Vol. i , p. 574. in the parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 
 
 Land title con- I> e M enacted, #c., That Samuel Vail, of the parish of East Baton 
 firmed. Rouge, Louisiana, be confirmed in his title to two hundred and forty su- 
 
 perficial arpens of land in said parish, adjoining lands of John Seay, 
 on the north, Philip Hicky, on the south, on the east by vacant land, 
 and on the west by laud of Antonio Grass and Armaud Duplantu, con- 
 veyed to Jesse Ratcliff in pursuance of a grant made by the Spanish 
 Governor, Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, of the fourteenth February, 
 seventeen hundred aud ninety-nine, and by sundry mesne conveyances, 
 
 Proviso. vested in the said Samuel Vail : Provided, That this act shall be con- 
 
 strued only as a release from the Government of the United States, 
 and not to affect the titles of any third persons. 
 
 June 28, 1834. No. 812. AX ACT for the relief of Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre 
 Vol.- 6, p. 575. Ledoux. 
 
 Title confirmed Be it enacted ^c., That Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Le- 
 
 to a certain tract doux, be, and she is hereby, confirmed in her title to a tract of land of 
 
 of land. twenty arpens in front on the Mississippi, and forty arpens in depth, 
 
 which tract is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi, in the parish 
 
 of West Feliciana, in the State of Louisiana, at what is called "Isle aux 
 
 Chats," or Cats' Island ; this being the same tract of land which was 
 
 granted by the Spanish Government to Jean Pierre Ledoux in the year 
 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. 
 
 Also, to anoth- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Marguerite Baron, widow as 
 
 er tract. aforesaid, be, and she hereby is, confirmed in her title to another tract of 
 
 land of twenty arpeus in front on the Mississippi, and five arpeus in 
 
 depth, which tract of land lies immediately adjoining the tract in the 
 
 first section of this act named, and it being the same tract of land which 
 
 was granted by the Spanish Government to Pierre or Lasty Ledoux, son 
 
 of the said Marguerite Baron, on the eighteenth day of December, one 
 
 Proviso. thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight : Provided, That this act shall 
 
 operate only as a relinquishmeut on the part of the United States, and 
 
 shall not affect the rights of any third person. 
 
LOUISIANA. 361 
 
 IVo. S13. AX ACT in reference to pre-emption rights in the southeastern district June 28, 1834. 
 
 of Louisiana. Vol. 4, p. 708. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That the pre-emption rights granted by the register Register of 
 and receiver of the land office at New Orleans, to certain individuals land office to is- 
 claimiug the same, in the southeastern laud district of Louisiana, un- JJ^fonnitv with 
 der the act of Congress approved fifth April, eighteen hundred and acts of April 5, 
 thirty- two, entitled "An act supplementary to the several laws for the 1832, and June 15J 
 sale of public lands," and the act approved fifteenth June, eighteen 183-2. 
 hundred and thirty-two, entitled " An act to authorize the inhabitants 
 of the State of Louisiana to enter the back-lands," be, and they are 
 hereby, confirmed ; and the register of the land office is hereby directed 
 to issue patent certificates accordingly. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the resurvey made under the Kesurvey on 
 supervision of the surveyor-general of Louisiana, of certain lands on bayou St. Vin- 
 the bayou St. Vincent, in sections designated as numbers one hundred ce 
 and ten and one hundred and forty- three, in township thirteen of range 
 fourteen east, situate in the southeastern district of Louisiana, and 
 which resurvey purports to include the improvements of the actual 
 settlers within its limits, claiming the rights of pre-emption thereto 
 under the act o I fifth April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, aforesaid, 
 be, and the same is hereby, confirmed ; and payments may be made and 
 patents issued in accordance therewith, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. "04, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 899, 
 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 IVo. 814. AN ACT for the relief of Antoine Cruzat. June 30 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That there shall be, and hereby is confirmed unto YoL6 ' p - 584 ' 
 Autoine Cruzar, as a donation, three arpens, nineteen perches, and sixty- Donation of 
 nine feet in superfices, agreeably to the plat of survey made by Viucente land. 
 Sebastian Pintado, on the nineteenth July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and five ; the same situated in the parish of East Baton Rouge, east of 
 the fort about three hundred a?ad twenty-five toi.^s, in the State of 
 Louisiana? and that a patent shall issue, and be granted by the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office of the United States, on the appli- 
 cation of the said Antoine Cruzat, for the above-described tract of land : 
 Provided, That the said Antoine Cruzat has not, and shall not claim any Proviso 
 other lauds in right of settlement and cultivation ; and that this act 
 shall operate only as a relinquishment, on the part of the United States, 
 of all their right and claim to the said land, and shall not interfere 
 with, or affect, the right or claim of other persons. 
 
 No. 815. AN ACT granting to General Philemon Thomas, of Louisiana, a tract of June 30, 1834. 
 land in consideration of the military services rendered by him in taking possession Vol. 6 p'. 592. 
 of that portion of West Florida included in the district of Baton Rouge. ' 1_ 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Major-General Philemon Thomas be, and he is Authorized to 
 hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, at the proper land office, enter land in Lou- 
 on any of the public lands within the State of Louisiana, the quantity isiana< 
 of i welve hundred and eighty acres of land : Provided, That the same Proviso 
 felusll be 'located in tracts of not less than six hundred and forty acres, 
 according to legal subdivisions. 
 
 No. 816. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Laurence Milligan, June 30 1834. 
 
 deceased. Vol. 6, p. 599. 
 
 !>< it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of Laurence Milligan, Authorized to 
 deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate, within twelve locate land, 
 months after the passing of this act, under the direction of the register 
 and receiver of the western district of Louisiana, on any unlocated 
 lands in said district, a tract not exceeeding eight hundred arpens ; 
 which said tract shall be granted to the representatives of the said 
 Laurence Milligan in lieu of an equal quantity confirmed to him by a 
 board of commissioners, under a certificate marked B, number nine hun- 
 dred and seven, and subsequently sold by the United States; and that 
 the proper officers of. the Government be authorized and directed to 
 issue a patent to the said representatives accordingly. 
 
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 Feb. 6, 1835. No. 817 AX ACT for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the State of Louis- 
 Vol. 4, p. 749. iana. 
 
 Valid claims to Be it enacted, <$'c., That any person or persons having claims to lands in 
 be presented to the Stateof Louisiana, whose claims have been recognised by former lawtj 
 ceRerwitMjitwo as vali . d but WQ ich have not heretofore been confirmed to the grantees 
 years. or their legal representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to 
 
 present their claims to the register and receiver of the land office in 
 which the land may lie, within two years from the passage of this act, 
 together with the written and other testimony in support of the same, 
 and it shall be the duty of the register and receiver to record in a book 
 to be kept by them for that purpose, the notice of every claim so pre- 
 ferred, together with the evidence in support of the same ; and the said 
 "egister and receiver are hereby further authorized to receive any evi- 
 dence for and on behalf of other individuals who may resist the con- 
 firmation of any such claim either on their own behalf, or that of the 
 United States, and cause to be taken any evidence which shall be deemed 
 necessary and proper by them to have such claim properly and justly 
 settled, and to have the same likewise recorded iu said book, for which 
 service, in recording the applicant's title-papers and evidence, they shall 
 be entitled to receive from said applicant at the rate of twenty-five cents 
 for every hundred words. 
 
 Report of the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the regis- 
 
 claims, with tes- ters and receivers of the land offices, at or before the beginning of each 
 
 ion^Jn 51 validity 8ession of Congress thereafter, to make to the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 of each, to b e a report of the claims which may have been presented before them, 
 
 made, and laid together with the testimony, accompanied by their opinionsof the valitl- 
 
 before Congress, ity o f each claim, and such other information respecting them as may 
 
 Le iii their possession, which said report shall, by the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury, be laid before Congress as soon as practicable, with the opinion 
 
 of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, touching the validity 
 
 of the respective claims. () 
 
 (a) SeeXos (599. 701, 70?, 704. 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 723, 731, 732, 
 7117, 73*, 7J9, 740, 7-15, 746, 749, 752, 7:.3, 777, 790, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904,911,946.950,957,961.967. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1835. No. 818. AX ACT supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to authorize the inhab- 
 VoL 4, p. 753. itanti of the State of Louisiana to enter the back-lands." 
 
 Time for enter- Be it enacted, <$-c., That the time given by the act to which this is a 
 ing lands on riv- supplement, to the owners of lands bordering on any of the rivers, creeks, 
 ers, <fcc., extended bayous or other water-courses of the State of Louisiana, to become the 
 &r purchasers by preference, of the back-tracts adjacent to those owned 
 by them, be, and the same is hereby, extended one year from the fifteenth 
 of June next, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 849, 858, 860, 897, 
 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 819. AX ACT supplementary to the act of the fourth of July, eighteen hun- 
 Vol. 4, p. 779. dred and thirty -two, entitled ' 'An act for the final adjustment of the claims to lands 
 in the southeastern district of Louisiana.'' 
 
 Claims con- Be it enacted, #c., That the claims for lands within the southeastern 
 finned. district of the State of Louisiana, described by the register and receiver 
 
 of the said district, in their report to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 bearing date the fifth of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, 
 at New Orleans, be, and the same are hereby.confirmed against any claim 
 on the part of the United States, except the different applications here- 
 inafter specified, to wit : in class A of said report, the following num- 
 bers : three, ten, twenty-fiv 5, thirty-two, thirty-eight, and forty-six. 
 
 In class B, of said report, the following numbers, twenty- six, twenty- 
 eight, twenty-nine, nineteen, twenty-three, forty-seven, thirteen, thirty- 
 five, forty -two, and forty-three. 
 
 In class C, of said report, the following numbers : six, one hundred 
 and eighty-six, two hundred and twenty, two hundred and twenty-one, 
 and eighty-six, eighty- four and eighty- five, forty, one hundred and sev- 
 enty-six, one hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and seventy- 
 eight, one hundred and seventy-nine, one hundred and ninety-one, one 
 hundred and ninety-eight. 
 Transcript of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shiill be the duty of the regie- 
 
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 363 
 
 ter and receiver, in said district, to make out a full and perfect trans- title-papers, &c., 
 cript of all the title-papers and of the evidence in their office, in relation to be reported to 
 to the numbers excepted in the first section of this act, and report the Treasury and 
 same to the Secretary of the Treasury, with such other and further in- i a iQ before Con- 
 formation in relation to said claims, as may be directed by the Secre- gress. 
 tary of the Treasury, for the final and just settlement of said claims on 
 or before the commencement of the next session of Congress ; and he 
 is hereby required and directed to report the same to Congress as early 
 as practicable thereafter, with his opinion touching the validity of said 
 claims, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No. 820. AN ACT for the relief of Lemuel Tanner, assignee of Pierre Dufreane. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Lemuel Tanner, assignee of Pierre Dufresne, 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate within twelve months after 
 the passage of this act, under the direction of the surveyor-general of 
 Louisiana, on any unlocated lands in said State, a tract not exceeding 
 six hundred and forty acres of land ; which said tract shall be granted 
 to the said Lemuel Tanner, in lieu of an equal quantity confirmed to 
 him by the register and receiver, under a certificate number five hun- 
 dred and eighty-eight ; and that the proper officers of the Government 
 be authorized and directed to issue a patent accordingly. 
 
 March 3, 1835. 
 Vol. 6, p. 613. 
 
 Authorized to 
 a tract of 
 
 No. 821. AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions of an act passed on the June 23, 1836. 
 twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled " An act for the Vol. 6, p. 643. 
 relief of the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Herd, and others." 
 
 [Act of March 24, 1824, authorizing entry of 5,000 acres of land, ex- 
 tended ; land may be entered in Louisiana, &c. See MISSISSIPPI, No. 
 1364.] 
 
 No. 822. AN ACT to grant to the New Orleans and Nashville Eailroad Company 
 the right of way through the public lands of the United States. 
 
 July 2, 1836. 
 Vol. 5, p. 65. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That there be, and is hereby granted to the New Eight of way 
 Orleans and Nashville Eailroad Company incorporated by the several granted. 
 States through which the said road is intended to pass, the right of 
 way through such portion of the public lands as remain unsold, Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That the portion of the public lands occupied therefor, shall not 
 exceed eighty feet in breadth ; that the route of the said road shall be 
 surveyed and designated through the public lands, by plain marks, or 
 monuments, and copies of the notes of survey, with a plat or plats 
 thereof, and a description of the said landmarks or monuments and 
 their connection with the prior official surveys of the adjacent lands, 
 be transmitted to the General Land Office in Washington, within sixty 
 days after the said surveys and plats are completed, and that they be 
 completed within two years from the date of this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for such depots, watering-places Land for work- 
 and workshops as may be essential to the convenient use of the said sh P s &c - 
 road ; there shall be also granted to the said company, such portions of 
 the public land, as they may, under like restrictions and conditions, 
 select, on either side of the said road: Provided, That not more than Proviso, 
 five acres, to be laid off in a square form, shall be selected for such use 
 or purpose, at anyone place; Provided, also, That not more than one Proviso, 
 such square shall be granted for every fifteen miles of the said road 
 lying within the public lands; And provided, moreover, That such selec- Proviso, 
 tions shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the time 
 being. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so long as the public lands in Materials may 
 the vicinity of the sai/1 road shall remain unsold, the said company be taken, 
 shall have power to take therefrom, such materials of earth, stone, or 
 wood, as may be necessary for the construction of the said road, Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That the grants herein contained, as well of the use of the pub- 
 lic lands, as of the materials for the construction of the said road, shall 
 cease and determine, unless the road be begun within the period of two 
 
364 
 
 LOUISIANA. 
 
 years from the date of this act, and completed within eight years there- 
 Proviso, after. And provided, moreover, That if the said road shall, at any time 
 after its completion, be discontinued or abandoned by the said com- 
 pany, the grants, hereby made, shall cease and determine, (a) 
 
 (a) See X os. 828, 829, 920, 924, 962, 964, 966. 
 
 July 2, 1836. Xo. S23. AX ACT for the relief of Antonio Segura, and others. 
 
 ! Be it enacted, tf-c., That each of the following persons be, and they 
 
 Authorized to are hereby, authorized to locate a quarter-section of land, out of any 
 
 land* 6 a traCt of unappropriated lands, subject to private entry, within the southwestern 
 district of Louisiana, south of Red River, to wit : The widow of Fran- 
 cisco Segura, Antonio Romero, Louis Segura, Eloy Segura, Rafael Segura, 
 St. Jago Segura, Nicholas Goudran, the widow Viator, and Matildo 
 Proviso. Segura, wife of Juan Miguel : Provided, That in making said location 
 
 they shall conform to the lines of the public surveys. And it shall be 
 the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue to 
 each of the above-named persons, or their legal representatives, a pat- 
 ent for said lands, as soon as they shall have located the same. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 824. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs, or their legal representatives, of 
 VoL 6, p. 668. "William Conway, deceased. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, <$-c., That the heirs of William Conway, deceased, or 
 locate two tracts their legal representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate, 
 of land. within twelve months from the passage of this act, on any unappropri- 
 
 ated public lands in the State of Louisiana, one thousand and seventy 
 acres thereof, in a body in contiguous tracts according to the legal sub- 
 divisions of the public surveys ; and that they are further authorized 
 to locate, on any of the public lauds in said State subject to entry, the 
 quantity of two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine acres, under 
 the same limitations ; and that the proper officers of the Government 
 of the United States be authorized and directed to issue a patent or 
 Proviso. patents accordingly : Provided, however, That the said heirs of William 
 
 Conway, or their legal representatives, within one year after the pas- 
 sage of this act, and previous to making the locations authorized by it, 
 shall execute a release, in favor of the United States, of the land orig- 
 inally included in three grants from the Government of Spain, and con- 
 firmed by the commissioners for investigating land titles in the district 
 west of Pearl River, by the reports numbered forty-eight, forty -nine, 
 and fifty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 941, 956. 
 
 July 2, 1836. jf o . 825. AX ACT for the relief of James Bradford, of Louisiana. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 681. 
 - - Be it enacted, $'c., That James Bradford, of Louisiana, shall be, and 
 
 Confirmed in jj e hereby is, confirmed in his right to four hundred and twenty-seven 
 tract"? land & ar P ens f land, situated in the parish of West Feliciana, in the State 
 of Louisiana, fronting on the Mississippi River, three-quarters of a mile 
 below the mouth of Bayou Sarah, bounded on the upper side by lands 
 granted to William Williams ; below by those of Augustin Allain ; and 
 back by those of the aforesaid Williams .and others ; and the register 
 of the land office in the proper district, on a presentation of the survey 
 and Spanish patent for the said tract, shall cause an entry thereof to be 
 made, and grant him a certificate therefor, whereupon a patent shall 
 
 Proviso. issue for the same in due form : Provided, however, That this act shall 
 
 operate only as a relinqnishment, on the part of the United States, of 
 their right and claim to the said tract of land, but shall not interfere 
 with the claim or claims of other persons. 
 
 July 4, 1836. nr o . 826. AX ACT confirming claims to land in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, <j-c., That the decisions in favor of land claimants made 
 
 Decisions j f k y tne register and receiver of the land office in New Orleans, under 
 
 firmedfwith c r~- d^ 6 the nrst of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, by virtue 
 
 tain exceptions, of an act entitled "An act for the final adjustment of claims to laud in 
 
LOUISIANA. 365 
 
 the State of Louisiana," which have been laid before Congress at the 
 present session by the Secretary of the Treasury, be, and the same are 
 hereby, confirmed, with the exception of the claims of Narcisse Car- 
 mouciie, Julie Alexandrie, and Martin Major, Nicholas Bara, and Francis 
 Menard, saving and reserving, however, to all adverse claimants, the 
 right to assert the validity of their claims in a court of justice, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 
 732, 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 852, 863, 864, 873, 
 889, 899, 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No. 827. AN ACT confirming the claim of the heirs of Michael Dragon to certain March 2, 1837. 
 tracts of land therein mentioned. Vol. 6, p. 689. 
 
 Be it enacted, $*c., That the claims of Andria Demetry, or the heirs of Land claim con- 
 Michael Dragon, deceased, to three several tracts of land situate on the firm ed. 
 bay of Saint Louis, in the State of Louisiana, the titles to which were 
 derived from the Spanish Government of that country, and containing 
 together five thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight arpens, be, and the 
 same hereby are, confirmed, in conformity with the report made by the 
 register and receiver of the land district of St. Stephen's, acting as 
 commissioners under the third section of the act approved the second 
 March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "An act confirming 
 the report of the register and receiver of the land office for the district 
 of St. Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes," dated 
 the sixteenth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty -four : Provided, Proviso. 
 This confirmation does not interfere with any title or right, if such ex- 
 ist, to any part of the said land, acquired by any individual or individ- 
 uals under the laws of the United States. 
 
 No. 828. AN ACT to grant the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company the March 3, 1837. 
 right of way through the public lands of the United States. Vol. 5, p. 196. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That there be, and is hereby granted to the Atcha- The right of 
 falaya Railroad and Banking Company, a corporation created by the way granted 
 legislature of the State of Louisiana, the right of way through such por- t h * % ^s^he 
 tions of the public land as the road or roads of said company is autho- j^d. 1 g ha ^ p ass 
 rized by its charter to construct, shall pass : Provided, That the portion Proviso. 
 of the public land occupied thereby shall not exceed eighty feet in width. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the route of said road and its The route of 
 branches, shall, at the expense of the aforesaid company, be surveyed 8aid ^^ed^and 
 and designated through the public lands by plain marks or monuments, designated 
 and copies of the field-notes, with plat or plats of the lands, and a de- through the pub- 
 scription of the said landmarks or monuments, and their connection lie lands, &c. 
 with the previous official surveys of the adjacent lands, shall be returned 
 to the office of the surveyor-general of the State of Louisiana, and to the 
 General Land Office in Washington, within sixty days after the said 
 surveys or plats are completed, and which shall be within one year from 
 the date of the passage of this act. 
 
 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That for such depots, watering-places Portions of the 
 and workshops, as may be essential to the convenient use of said road, public land 
 there is also granted to said company such portion of the public land as gJJ*^ 
 they may under like restrictions and conditions, select, on either or each v 
 side of said road : Provided, That not more than four acres, to be laid off Proviso, 
 in a square form, shall be selected for such use or purpose at any one 
 place, and not more than one such square shall be granted for every ten 
 miles of the said road or its branches, lying within the public lands ; 
 which selections shall be surveyed and returned in the manner afore- 
 said, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the time being. 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That so long as the public land in the Permission to 
 vicinity of said road or its branches shall remain unsold, the said com- use earth, stone, 
 pany shall have permission to take therefrom such materials of earth, 
 stone, or wood, as may be necessary for the construction of said road. 
 
 SEC. 5. And le it further enacted. That the grants herein contained, as The grants con- 
 well the use of the public lands, as of the materials for the construction tl ce r , l o n 
 of said road and its branches, shall cease and determine and be of no unless s ' ai(1 ' roa ^ 
 effect, unless the said road be commenced and completed within the be commenced 
 periods fixed by the charter of the company ; and if the said road shall an d completed 
 
366 LOUISIANA. 
 
 -within the pe- be, at any time after its completion, or during the time of its construc- 
 riods fixed by the tion, discontinued or abandoned by said company, the grants and privi- 
 leges hereby made and allowed shall cease and determine and be of no 
 effect, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 822, 829. 920, 924, 962, 964, 966. 
 
 Mai cii 3 1637. ^* 829. AN ACT to authorize the Xew Orleans and Carrolton Railroad Company 
 Vol 5 p l'J7 to construct a railroad from Carrolton to the town of Bayou Sara, in the State of 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Eight of way Be it enacted, $~c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the New 
 granted through Orleans and Carrolton Railroad Company, incorporated by the legisla- 
 puX n8 lai!d8 re 6 tnre of Louisiana, the right of way throu-h such portion of the public 
 maiuinj; unsold. l:' M ds remaining unsold, for the extension of their railroad from Car- 
 Proviso, rokon to the town of Bayou Sara, in the said State : Provided, That the 
 portion of the public lands occupied therefor, shall not exceed eighty 
 feet in breadth ; that the route of the said road shall be designated, 
 and marked on the ground by plain landmarks, within the period of 
 eighteen months from the passage of this act, and a copy of the notes 
 of survey and plat thereof with a description of the said landmarks, be 
 transmitted to the General Land Office, in Washington, within the pe- 
 riod aforesaid. 
 
 Earth, stone, SEC. 2. And be 'it further enacted, That so long as the public lands in 
 &c. may be used t h e vicinity of the said road shall remain unsold, the said company 
 rema^unsoW 8 ^ a11 nave P ower * take therefrom such materials of earth, stone, and 
 Proviso. wood, as may be necessary for the construction of tho said road : Pro- 
 
 vided, That the grants herein contained, as well of the use of the public 
 lauds as of the materials for the said road, shall cease and determine, 
 unless the same shall be begun within the period of two years from the 
 date of this act, and completed within a period of six years, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 822, 828, 920, 924, 962, 964, 966. 
 
 March 28, 1838. Wo * 530. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Nibert, deceased. 
 Vol, 6, p. 709. Be if enacttdf t f. c> Tna t- cer taiu lots of land numbered nineteen, 
 Authorized to twenty, and twenty-one, in township number twenty, range number 
 patent certain thirteen east, containing lour hundred and eighty-eight acres and sixty - 
 land, hundredths, in the district north of Red River, in the State of Louisi- 
 
 ana, which has been heretofore sold, and paid for by Job Bass, deceased, 
 be, and the same is hereby, authorized to be patented to the heirs and 
 legal representatives of Joseph Nibert, deceased, assignee of said Job 
 Bass, in the same manner as other lands granted to purchasers from 
 the United States, upon condition that the Secretary of the Treasury 
 shall first cause to be surveyed in said district, ftfr the use and benefit 
 of schools in said township, lands equal in value to the above described 
 tracts of land sold to the said Job Bass, deceased. 
 
 July 7, 1838. No. 831. AN ACT to establish additional land offices in the States of Louisiana 
 Vol. 5, p. 287. and Arkansas. 
 
 A land office to Be it enacted, fyc., That for the disposal of that portion of the lands 
 be established in belonging to the United States in the State of Louisiana, within the 
 ies ' following boundaries, to wit : beginning at the point on the Sabine 
 River, where the base line or thirty-first degree of north latitude strikes 
 the same ; thence up said river to the point where the boundary line 
 between the United States of Mexico, and the aforesaid State of Louis- 
 iana shall leave the same ; thence with said boundary, when the same 
 shall be finally fixed, to the northern boundary of the State ; thence 
 east with said northern boundary to the dividing line between ranges 
 three and four west ; thence with said dividing line south to the base 
 line or thirty-first degree of north latitude ; thence with the said line 
 to the beginning : a land office shall be established and kept in the 
 town of Natchitoches, to be known as the office for the northwestern 
 land district in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Pvegister and g EC> 2. And le it further enacted, That a register and receiver of pub- 
 )eap " lie moneys shall be appointed for said land district in the manner re- 
 
LOUISIANA. 367 
 
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 quired by law, who shall reside in the town of Nachitoches ; they shall pointed; their 
 give bond and security in the same manner and in the same sums, as other "^ d H 8 ' . 8alar ie9, 
 registers and receivers in said State; and their salaries, emoluments, an 
 duties and authority shall in every respect be the same, in relation to 
 the lands in the aforesaid district as are now given or granted to the 
 registers and receivers in the other land offices in said State. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of the act Duringthe con- 
 entitled "An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands," tinuance of act 
 approved June twenty-second, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty- Sf ^SteuwS 
 eight, the register and receiver of the aforesaid land district shall at- rec eiver shall at- 
 tend at least once in two months if necessary at Shreeveport in said dis- tend at Shreeve- 
 Trict for the purpose of receiving proof of and acting on such claims port. &c - 
 for pre-emption rights, as may be presented to them under said act, and 
 remaiu.at said place as long as may be necessary not exceeding two 
 weeks at a time, and said register and receiver shall give public notice 
 for at least two weeks of the time they will attend at said place. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gene- Commission e r 
 ral Land Office is hereby invested with the authority to direct in what of General Land 
 manner and on what conditions the said land office shall be supplied ^^ the office 
 with plats and copies of plats and surveys from the offices now estab- 8n all be supplied 
 lished at Monroe and Opelousas, and the office of the surveyor-general with plats, &c. 
 of Louisiana, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 711, 718, 731, 737, 740, 879, 965. 
 
 No. 832. AN ACT for the relief of James L. Stokes, and for other purposes. March 3, 1839. 
 
 P>c it enacted, <$-c., That James L. Stokes is hereby permitted to com- 
 plete his entry and purchase a quarter- section of land, situate in the Permitted to 
 land district north of Red River, in the State of Louisiana, it being the *p l j ,{J 
 northeast quarter-section of section 'number sixteen, township eleven, chase of certain 
 range eight east ; by virtue of the act of Congress of the twelfth of land. 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act for . 
 the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana and Terri- 
 tory of Missouri ;" any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Register an d 
 register of the land office and receiver of public moneys in the district oth 
 aforesaid, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to select ii eU) & c . 
 and reserve, for the use of schools in the aforesaid township, other 
 lands, of the same extent and quality within the same or the next ad- 
 joining township, in lieu of the quarter-section which the said James L. 
 Stokes is hereby permitted to purchase, and which embraces his im- 
 provements : Provided, That the said Stokes shall first obtain and file Proviso, 
 with the register of the land office of the district the assent thereto of 
 the commissioners of schools of the parish in which the lands lie, and 
 of a majority of the free white male inhabitants of the township over 
 twenty-one years of age. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 No. 833. AN ACT for the relief of Rosaline Prudhomme. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Rosaline Prudhomme, widow of the late Jean 1_L 
 
 Baptiste Prudhomme, of the county of Natchitoches, in the State of Land claim con- 
 Louisiana, is hereby confirmed in her claim to a tract of land situated nrmed - 
 in the aforesaid county, on or near the bayou La Deesa, containing 
 six hundred and forty superficial acres, being section six, in township 
 number twelve, north of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and 
 range number eleven, west of the basis meridian ; on which said Rosa- 
 line resides : Provided, This confirmation shall only operate as a relin- Proviso, 
 quishment to said Rosaline Prudhomme of such rights as the United 
 States may have to said tract of land, and shall not in any manner 
 affect the rights of third persons to the same ; nor shall this confirma- 
 tion give any right or claim upon the United States for indemnification, 
 in case the whole or any part of said land shall be lost. 
 
368 LOUISIANA. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 834. AX ACT ior the relief of the hoivs of William Graham, deceased. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc. That, the [Secretary of the] Treasury be, and he is- 
 
 Land patent to hereby, authorized to cause a patent to be issued to the heirs and legal 
 representatives of William Graham, deceased, fora certain lot or quarter- 
 section of laud, situated on Lake Providence, in the State of Louisiana, 
 being lot number sixteen, in township twenty-one, of range twelve 
 east ; the said William Graham, deceased, having heretofore paid to 
 the receiver of public moneys for the district of lands north of Red 
 River, the full amount for the above- described quarter- section of laud, 
 the administrators of the public schools and the citizens of the town- 
 ship having given their assent thereto. 
 
 Other land to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 be selected for cause to ), e selected in the same district a section of land for the use of 
 schools in lieu of section numbered sixteen, in the first section of this 
 act above mentioned, (a) 
 
 fa) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891. 894, 895, 903. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 835.-AK ACT for the relief of Paul Poissot. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the register of the land office at Natchitoches,, 
 
 A certificate for in the State of Louisiana, grant to Paul Poissot a certificate for a 
 land to be grant- quarter- section of land, according to the proper and legal subdivisions,, 
 to embrace the settlement made by Francois Masseppe, on the sixteenth 
 section, in the parish of Natchitoches, situated on the southwest bank 
 of Red River, about twenty-three miles above the town of Natchitoches, 
 and bounded above by the lands occupied by Jean Eloi Rachal, and 
 below by the lands occupied by Baptist Landreaux, upon his paying 
 to the register of the land office at Natchitoches the sum of one dollar 
 and twenty-five cents per acre, and producing the certificate therefor 
 from the receiver of public moneys at Opeldusas. 
 
 Other land to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 use olSools Cau8e to Deselected one quarter-section of land, of one hundred and 
 
 sixty acres, in lieu of the quarter-section in the first section of this act 
 
 named, out of any of the public lands, to be located in the land district 
 
 in which the first-named quarter-section is situated, for the use of 
 
 Proviso. schools in said township : Provided, The school commissioners for the 
 
 parish in which said land is situated, and a majority of the free white 
 
 male inhabitants of the township, over twenty-one years of age, shall 
 
 consent to such change, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 8*1, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 836. AN ACT to confirm the claim of Charles Morgan, in right of Simon 
 Vol. 6. p. 768. Porche, to a tract of land. 
 
 Land claim con- Be it enacted, ^c., That the claim of Charles Morgan, as the repre- 
 firmed. sentative of Simon Porche, to a tract of land on the Bayou Grosse Tete, 
 
 containing, according to a survey thereof, made in August, eighteen 
 hundred and six, nine hundred and sixty -nine acres and seventy-four 
 hundredths of an acre, under an order of survey in favor of said Porche, 
 given by Governor Miro, on the seventeenth November, seventeen hun- 
 dred and eighty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed ; and, 
 upon the presentation of a duly certified plat of the survey to the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall be issued on the 
 same to the said Morgan or his legal representatives. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 837. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas M. Burland. 
 
 Vol.6, p. 776. Be ^ enactdj ^ Tbat Thomas M. Burland be, and is hereby, con- 
 Land purchase firmed in his purchase of fractional lot number one, of section twenty- 
 confirmed, eight, in township number seventeen north, range thirteen east, entered 
 and paid for by him at the land office at Monroe, in the district for the 
 sale of lands north of Red River, in Louisiana, containing one hundred 
 and forty-six acres and fifty-eight hundredths of an acre, and that a 
 patent be issued to him for the same. 
 Other land to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office 
 
LOUISIANA. 369 
 
 at Monroe, in the district aforesaid, shall, under the direction of the be reserved for 
 Secretary of the Treasury, designate in some other place, and reserve use of schools, 
 for the use of schools in the aforesaid-township, a fractional section, or 
 quarter-section, or lot, as nearly equal as rnay be in quantity and value 
 to that hereby confirmed to said Burland, and notify the school admin- 
 istrators of the parish in which said township may be, of such designa- 
 tion and reservation as soon as it shall be made, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 834, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 No. 838. AN ACT for the relief of George Rowe. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That George Rowe, a resident of the parish of YoL 6 ' p ' m 
 Ouachita, in the State of Louisiana, is hereby authorized to locate, Authorized to 
 within twelve months after the passage of this act, under the direction locate a tract of 
 of the surveyor-general of Louisiana, on any unlocated lands in the land - 
 district for the sale of lands south of Red River, in the aforesaid State, 
 a tract not exceeding four hundred superficial arpens ; which said tract 
 and privilege is granted to the said George Rowe, in lieu of an equal 
 quantity confirmed to him by the register and receiver in the aforesaid 
 land district, under certificate number three hundred and eighty-two ; 
 and the proper officers of the Government are hereby authorized and 
 required to issue a patent for said quantity of land as soon after the 
 location aforesaid and return thereof as it can be done : Provided, That Proviso, 
 the said George Rowe, or his legal assignee or representative, shall, at 
 the time of making such location, execute a deed in due form of law, 
 relinquishing and conveying to the United States all the right or title 
 which he the said George Rowe, his heirs, assigns, or other legal repre- 
 sentatives, has or ever had to the tract of land on the Bayou Bceuff, in 
 lieu of which this right of locating an equal quantity elsewhere is 
 granted : And also provided, That said George Rowe, in making the Proviso, 
 aforesaid location, shall conform to the legal subdivisions in surveying 
 the public lands, and be limited to land of equal quality with that in 
 lieu of which this grant is authorized, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 937. 
 
 No. 839. AN ACT for the relief of Polly Lemon. March 3, 1839. 
 
 'Be it enacted, $-c., That Polly Lemon, or her legal representatives or 
 
 assigns, are hereby authorized to locate, on any unappropriated public Authorized to 
 land in the northwestern district for the sale of lands in the State of Ja na te ^ ^eu* of 
 Louisiana, six hundred and forty acres, in lieu of the same quantity of i an a' ta ] en by 
 land taken from her by the United States for public purposes, near Fort United States. 
 Jesup, in the State of Louisiana ; and the register of the land office at 
 Natchitoches is authorized and required to have said location made, 
 and issue a certificate of such location, so that a patent may issue for 
 the same : Provided, Said location shall be made within twelve months Proviso, 
 from the passage of this act, conforming to the legal surveys. 
 
 SEC. 2. And &e it further enacted, That, at the time of making such Deed of release 
 location or entry, the said Polly Lemon, her legal representatives or to United States 
 assigns, shall produce to the aforesaid register, and deposit in his office, to be produced. 
 a deed of release, conveying to the United States all the right, title, 
 interest, fee, or claim (unencumbered,) that she or they may claim to 
 have in and to the tract of land claimed by them, near Fort Jesup, in 
 lieu of which the land granted by this act is given. 
 
 No. 840. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John Dawson, March 3, 1839. 
 
 deceased. Vol. 6, p. 783. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the legal representatives of John Dawson, Authorized to 
 deceased, or their assignees, are hereby authorized to locate, on any locate a tract of 
 public land in the northwestern district for the sale of lands in the J and . itt ,J ieu f a 
 State of Louisiana, the quantity of six hundred and forty acres, in lieu JJJJJ ta 
 of the same quantity which has been taken from them, and appropriated 
 to public purposes ; which location shall be made in the office of the 
 register of the said district at Natchitoches, who shall issue a proper 
 certificate of said entry and location to the said legal representatives, 
 
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370 LOUISIANA. 
 
 on the presentment of which to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, a patent for the same shall issue for said land, in the manner 
 Proviso. directed by law : Provided, That the said entry or location shall be made 
 
 within twelve months after the passage of this act, and shall conform 
 to the legal surveys. 
 
 A deed of re- SEC. 2. And be 'it further enacted, That, at the time of making the 
 
 lease to United aforesaid entry or location, the said legal representatives of John Daw- 
 
 duced ^ Pr 80n > deceased, or their legal assignee or assignees, shall produce to the 
 
 aforesaid register of the land office at Natchitoches and deposite in his 
 
 office a deed of release and quit-claim to the United States, made in due 
 
 form of law, of all their right, title, and claim to the same quantity of 
 
 land, near Fort Jesup, in Louisiana, in lieu of which the land now 
 
 granted is given. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 841. AX ACT for the relief of J. Eloi Rachal. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 783. Be it macted ^ ^ That the re gi 8 ter of the land office at Natchitoches, 
 
 Land certifi- in the State of Louisiana, grant to J. Eloi Rachal a certificate for the 
 
 cate to be granted quarter of section number sixteen, of township number eleven, of 
 
 range number nine, situate on the right or southwest bank of Red 
 River, about twenty-three miles above Natchitoches, the same being 
 land to which he claims the right of pre-emption, upon his producing 
 the receiver's receipt for the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents 
 per acre for each acre in said quarter-section contained. 
 
 Other landto be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 selected for use cause to be selected one quarter-section of land, in the same district, 
 
 of schools. for th e U8e o f schools, in lieu of the quarter-section named in the first 
 
 Proviso. section of this bill : Provided, That the school commissioners for the 
 
 parish in which said land is situated, and a majority of the free white 
 
 male inhabitants of the township, over twenty-one years of age, shall 
 
 consent to such change, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, e>37, 843, 833 , 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 March 3 1839. No. 842. AN ACT for the relief of Henry Stoker, William G. Belknap, and Ben- 
 Vol. 6, p'. 784. jamin Walker. 
 
 Authorized to ^ e *' enacted, <$-c., That Henry Stoker, or his legal representatives or 
 locate a tract of assigns, and William G. Belknap and Benjamin Walker, or their leg'al 
 i* 1 "*. representatives or assigns, of the parish of Natchitoches, in the State 
 
 of Louisiana, are hereby authorized to locate, on any unappropriated 
 public land in the northwestern district for the sale of lands in the 
 State of Louisiana, as follows: Henry Stoker, or his legal representa- 
 tives or assigns, six hundred and forty acres, and Belknap and Walker, 
 or their legal representatives or assigns, six hundred and forty acres, 
 in lieu of the same quantities of land taken by the United States for 
 public purposes, near Fort Jesup, in the State of Louisiana : and the 
 register of the land office at Natchitoches is authorized and required 
 to have said locations made, and issue certificates of such locations, so 
 Proviso. that patents may issue for the same : Provided, Said locations shall be 
 
 made within twelve months from the passage of this act, conforming 
 to the legal surveys. 
 
 Deeds of con- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That at the time of making such 
 veyance to TJni- locations or entries, the said Henry Stoker, and the said Belknap and 
 ted States to be Walker, or their legal representatives or assigns, shall produce to the 
 deposited, &c. aforesaid register, and deposite in his office, their several deeds convey- 
 ing to the United States an unencumbered title that they or any of 
 them may claim to have in and to any tract or tracts of land claimed 
 by them, or either of them, near Fort Jesup, in lien of which the land 
 granted by this act is given. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 843. AN ACT for the relief of Eobert M. Roberta or his legal assignees. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 791. Be H enacf ^ ^. c>j That Robert M. Roberts, his legal representatives 
 
 Authorized to or assignees, are hereby authorized to purchase of the register and 
 
 purchase certain receiver of the land office at Monroe, in the State of Louisiana, in the 
 
 hind at $1.25 per di9trict for tne 8a le of lands north of Red River, lot number sixteen, in 
 
 township number twenty-two north, range number twelve east, in said 
 
LOUISIANA. 371 
 
 district, containing one hundred and fifty-six and twenty-seven hun- 
 dredths acres, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre ; 
 and upon the production of the. receipt of the aforesaid receiver for the 
 money, together with the assent in writing of the school commissioners 
 of the parish of Carroll, in said State, and of a majority of the white 
 male inhabitants of the township over twenty-one years of age to the 
 making of said purchase and filing the same in the office of the regis- 
 ter, that officer shall issue a certificate for the same ; upon the produc- 
 tion of which at the General Land Office, the said Robert M. Roberts, 
 or his legal assignees, shall be entitled to receive a patent for said land 
 in the same manner as if purchased under the pre-emption laws. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid register and re- Other land to 
 ceiver, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land be selected for 
 Office, shall select and set apart an equal quantity of land of equal us 
 value, in the same township, if the same can be found, if not, in some 
 other place in said land district, for the use of schools in the aforesaid 
 township, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 No. 844. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John May 2, 1840. 
 Grimball, senior, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 797. 
 
 Be it enacted, #o., That the heirs and legal representatives of John Autorz 
 Grimball, senior, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate lo cateland. 
 two hundred and twenty-three and one-fourth acres, or one and a half 
 quarter-sections of land, not exceeding that quantity in the Opelousas 
 land district, in the State of Louisiana, upon any unreserved and unap- 
 propriated land in said district. 
 
 No. 845. AN ACT for the the relief of John W. Monette. July 4, 1840. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the President of the United States cause V L 6) p ' 8 2 ' 
 
 patents to be issued to John Wesley Monette, for lots numbered one, Land patent to 
 three, and four, in townships sixteen, of range twelve, east, in the dis- De issued, 
 trict north of Red River, in the State of Louisiana, said lands having 
 been duly entered and paid for by said John Wesley Monette. 
 
 No. 846. AN ACT for the relief of Pierre Molaison, the widow o f Pierre Richoux, July 20, 1840. 
 Alexander Comeau, Alice L. Foley, widow of John Foley, and Francois Martin, of Vol. 6, p. 808. 
 the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the claim of Pierre Molaison to a tract of land Land claim of 
 of one arpen and a half front, more or less, with forty arpens in depth, ** ola e i ( i 0n con " 
 situate on the left bank of the Bayou Lafourche, about three miles below 
 the town of Tbibodauxville, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the claim of the widow, Pierre Claim of P. 
 Richoux, to a tract of land of one arpen and a half front, more or less, ^ichoux confirm- 
 with forty arpens in depth, situate on the left bank of the Bayou La- 
 fourche, about three miles below the town of Thibodauxville, and 
 bounded on the lower side by the land of Pierre Molaison, described in 
 the first section of this act, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Alexander Comeau, Claim of A. Co- 
 to a tract of land of four arpens front, with forty arpens in depth, situ- meau confirmed, 
 ate on the left bank of the Bayou Lafourche, about four leagues and a 
 half from the Mississippi, and designated as fractional section number 
 fifty-eight, in township thirteen, range fourteen east, be, and the same 
 is hereby, confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Alice L. Foley, Claim of A. L. 
 widow of John Foley, to a tract of land in the parish of Assumption, on Fole y confirmed, 
 the left bank of the canal leading to Lake Verrit, and containing ten 
 arpens front by forty arpens in depth, designated as sections numbers 
 one hundred and forty and one hundred and eighty, of townships num- 
 bers fourteen and fourteen, in range numbers thirteen and fourteen east, 
 be, and the same is hereby confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Francois Martin to Claim of F. 
 a tract of land in the parish of Assumption, on the right bank of the Martin confirm- 
 canal, to Lake Verrit, containing one hundred and forty and sixty -three e ' 
 
372 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Proviso. hundredths acres, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed : Provided, That 
 
 none of the confirmations contained in this act shall amount to any 
 thing more than a relinquishment of claim on the part of the United 
 States. 
 
 July 20. 1840. No. 84T AN ACT for the relief of William Marbury, of Louisiana. 
 
 >P> Be it enacted, <Jrc., That William Marbury, of the State of Louisiana, 
 
 Authorized to b e> au cl he is hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, at the land 
 lamf in 6 lieif \>f office at i Sfc< Heleua > a section of six hundred and forty acres of land, in 
 land'sold by TJni- township seven, range three east, in the land district of St. Helena, in 
 ted States. the State of Louisiana, in lien of and as a full equivalent for the same 
 
 quantity of laud to which he had a private claim, which was confirmed, 
 under a certificate numbered seven hundred and sixteen, in October, in 
 the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and which tract 
 of land was then required, by an order of survey from the land office at 
 St. Helena, to be run out and allotted to him in the parish of St. Tam- 
 many, in the same land district, but which was not surveyed or allotted 
 in pursuance of said order, and was returned as public land ; the most 
 valuable part of which has since been sold by the United States : Pro- 
 vided, That before a patent shall issue for the land, the entry of which 
 is authorized by the provisions of this act, the said Marbury shall relin- 
 quish to the United States, in such manner as the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office may direct, all his interest to the land originally 
 confirmed, which should have been run out and allotted to him in the 
 parish of St. Tammany. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 March 2, 1841. No. 848. AN ACT for the relief of Jean Baptiste Comeau. 
 
 ' ' Be it enarti-d, <fc., That Jean Baptiste Comeau, of the parish of La- 
 Authorized to f ayette, in the State of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to 
 
 enter land, in lieu ente r, without payment therefor, two hundred and ten acres of land, 
 upon any of the public lands which have been surveyed, and are subject 
 to sale by private entry in the said State, in lieu of a like quantity of 
 land confirmed to him upon the report of the commissioners of land 
 claims for the western district of Louisiana, of the first of May, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and fifteen, and which was subsequently sold by 
 the United States to a certain Jean E. Lefebvre, under the provisions of 
 the act of the twelfth of April, one thousand eight hundred and four- 
 teen, entitled " An act for the final adjustment of land titles in the State 
 Proviso. of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri :" Provided, The location of the 
 
 laud, the entry of which is here authorized, shall, as near as can be, con- 
 form to the legal divisions and subdivisions of the surveys of the pub- 
 lic lands, and if the quantity located shall exceed two hundred and ten 
 acres, the residue shall be paid for at the minimum price of public lands ; 
 and upon a return of the usual certificate to the General Land Office of 
 the United States, a patent shall issue, as in other cases of land sold by 
 the United States, (a) 
 (a) See No. 857. 
 
 April 14, 1842. No. 849. AN ACT to confirm certain entries of lands in the State of Louisiana, and 
 VoL 5, p. 472. to authorize the issuing of patents for the same. 
 
 Entries of lands Be it enacted, $-c., That the entries of the following described tracts 
 described con- o f land permitted to be made by the register and receiver at Ouachita, 
 in the land district north of Red River, in the State of Louisiana, to 
 wit : Lot number five, of section thirty-eight, and lots numbers one, 
 two, five, and six, of section forty-five, and lots numbers three and four, 
 of section forty-five, and lots numbers three, four, and five, of section 
 forty-six, and lots numbers two, three, six, seven, eleven, twelve, thir- 
 teen, and fourteen, of section forty-eight, all said lots being in township 
 number thirteen, of range number twelve east, in the said land district 
 north of Red River, in the State of Louisiana, be, and the same are 
 Patents to be hereby, confirmed and declared to be good and valid ; and patents shall 
 issued issue thereon as in other cases of good and valid entries, and certificates 
 
 of purchase, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 703, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 858, 860, 897, 
 899, 919, 920, 923, 963. 
 
LOUISIANA. 373 
 
 No. S50. AST ACT for the relief of Clark Woodrooff. May 10, 1842. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 828. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That upon the surrender to the Secretary of the. 
 
 Treasury of the United States, by Clark Woodrooff, or his legal repre- Upon the sur- 
 sentatives, of the original certificates and receipts granted to him by jS 6 * f f certaiu 
 the land office in the St. Helena district, west of Pearl River, in the State chasemoney.&c^ 
 of Louisiana, for the purchase money of certain lands entered at said the amount so 
 office by the said Clark Woodrooff, on the tenth and twenty-third days P aidt be return- 
 of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, e "* 
 in order that the same may be cancelled, the Secretary of the Treasury 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the said Clark 
 Woodrooff, or his legal representatives, out of any moneys in the Treas- 
 ury not otherwise appropriated, the amount originally paid by the said 
 Clark Woodrooff upon the original certificates and receipts which he 
 is hereby required to surrender, and upon which patents have been re- 
 fused. 
 
 No. 851. AN ACT for the relief of Charles H. Atherton. June 22, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby YoL6 .P- 832 - 
 is, authorized and directed to pay to Charles H. Atherton, or to his legal Amount paid 
 representatives, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- for land to which 
 priated, the sum of two thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars and grates could^n t 
 eighty-six cents, it being for money paid by the said Atherton for public gi ve him^ title, 
 land entered by him in the St. Helena land district, in Louisiana, to to be refunded. ' 
 which the United States are unable to give him a title, or to correctly 
 locate the same : Provided, That said Charles H. Atherton, or his legal Proviso, 
 representatives, shall first surrender to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 to be cancelled, the original certificates for said land, or shall relinquish 
 to the United States all interest in the same, in such form as shall be 
 prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 No. 852. AN ACT confirming certain land claims in Louisiana. July 6, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claims to lands within the land district of YoL 5 ' p ' 491> 
 New Orleans, being numbers six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, Certain land 
 thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, claims in New 
 twenty-one, thirty, thirty- four, thirty- five, thirty -eight, forty-seven, Ol ^ an ^ ed dlstnct 
 forty-eight, fifty-seven, fifty -nine, sixty, sixty-one, and sixty-two, of the 
 two reports of the register and receiver of said land district, dated four- 
 teenth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and second of 
 November, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and made under the pro- 
 visions of the act of the sixth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 five, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the 
 State of Louisiana," be, and the same are hereby, confirmed : Provided, Proviso. 
 alivays, That this is onlv to operate as a quit-claim on the part of the 
 United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding five hun- Appropriation 
 dred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money for documents 
 in the Treasury not otherwise disposed of, to be used by the Commis-^^' e n ^ 1 < jjj 
 sioner of the General Land Office, in paying the expenses of a copy of firmed. 
 all the documents of record, and offered before the register and receiver 
 of the New Orleans land district, in support of the claims reported upon 
 by them., and which are not confirmed by this act. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That claims numbers two, five, eight, Certain claims 
 nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen," 1 . Ouachita dia- 
 twenty-two, twenty-six, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-eight, to 
 forty and forty-six, of the report of the register and receiver of the 
 Ouachita laud district, in the State of Louisiana, dated the twenty- 
 fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and made under 
 the provisions of the act of the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-five, are hereby confirmed for six hundred and forty acres 
 each. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That numbers one, four, seven, fifteen, Certain other 
 eighteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty- nine, thirty, thirty -one, thirty- claims confirmed, 
 seven and forty-eight of said report, are also confirmed, as recommended 
 by the register and receiver ; number three, is confirmed to two thou- 
 sand acres, number twenty-four to one thousand acres, and number forty- 
 five to two hundred acres : Provided, That this act shall amount only Proviso. * 
 
374 LOUISIANA. 
 
 to a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall in no 
 manner affect the rights of third persons, and, on the presentation to the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office of a plat of survey duly ap- 
 proved by the surveyor-general of the State of Louisiana, the claimant 
 shall be entitled to a patent- 
 Certain claims SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That claims numbers ten, eighteen, 
 at Greensbnrg, nineteen, and twenty, of the list reported by the register and receiver 
 Si confirm* of the land office at Greensbar g> formerly St. Helena, under the provis- 
 ed " ions of the act of Congress of the sixth day of February, eighteen hun- 
 
 dred and thirty-five, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of claims 
 to lands in the State of Louisiana," be, and the same are hereby con- 
 firmed ; and upon the presentation to the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office of a plat, approved by the surveyor- general of Louisiana, 
 the owner or owners of said claims shall be entitled to a patent. 
 Certain other SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That claims numbers seven and eight 
 claims confirmed. o f the list mentioned in the preceding section are also confirmed, giving 
 the right to the claimants to locate the same within one year after the 
 passage of this act, on any public lands subject to sale at private entry, 
 in the district where said claims are situated ; which location, approved 
 and certified by the surveyor- general of Louisiana to the Commissioner 
 Proviso. of the General Land Office, will entitle said claimants to a patent : Pro- 
 
 vided, Said claimants shall, previous to making said location, relinquish 
 to the United States their claims to the lands originally claimed by 
 them. 
 
 Certain claims SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the claims to land within the 
 to land in the ^strict 8 outh of Red River, being numbers thirty-three, thirty- five,. 
 ?he ta Red Bi^S .forty-five, fifty-two, seventy -seven, seventy-nine, eighty-seven, ninety- 
 confirmed. ' three, one hundred, one hundred and two, one hundred and three, one 
 hundred and eight, one hundred and twenty-two, one hundred and 
 thirty-two, one hundred and forty- two, one hundred and forty-seven, 
 one hundred and forty -eight, one hundred and fifty-one, one hundred 
 and fifty-two, one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-nine, 
 one hundred and sixty, one hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and 
 sixty-three, one hundred and sixty-four, one hundred and sixty- five, one 
 hundred and sixty-six, of the reports of the register and receiver of the 
 land office at Opelousas, dated the thirtieth May and sixth June, eighteen 
 hundred and forty, made under the provisions of the act of eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-five, aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby, con- 
 Proviso, firmed : Provided, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 shall cause a further investigation to be made, and farther evidence to 
 be taken, in relation to claim number one hundred and sixty-one of said 
 report ; and should it appear that the original claimants actually inhab- 
 ited and cultivated the lands claimed on and prior to the twenty-sec- 
 ond day of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, then and in that 
 case, the same shall be confirmed, by and with the approbation of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 Other claims SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the folio wing claims in the said 
 confirmed. reports of the register and receiver of the land office at Opelousas be, 
 
 and the same are hereby, confirmed, as follows, to wit : Number twenty- 
 nine, to the legal representatives of Joseph Maritaurns; number forty- 
 six, to the extent contained in a league square ; number forty-nine, for 
 six hundred and forty acres, to the legal representatives of Bernard 
 Lacroix ; number fifty-four, to the legal representatives of J. Baptiste 
 Vallery ; number seventy-eight, for six hundred and forty acres, to One- 
 zime Guedry, assignee of Nicholas Provost, and six hundred and forty 
 acres to the legal heirs and representatives of Daniel Guedry and Jean 
 Mouton, senior; number ninety-one, for so much as will, with the quan- 
 tity heretofore confirmed, make the quantity of one league front by the 
 depth of forty arpens ; number ninety-nine, for six hundred and forty 
 acres, to embrace the residence and improvements of Hugh Mulhollan 
 on and previous to the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred 
 and three ; number one hundred and fourteen, to the legal representa- 
 tives of Andre Dumas ; number one hundred and fifty-four, to the legal 
 representatives of Antonio Mora; number one hundred and fifty-eight, 
 to the legal representatives of Louis Frizzini ; number one hundred and 
 sixty-seven, to Jacob Wallace or his legal representatives. 
 
 Certain provis- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the two pre- 
 of the two ceding sections of this act, which confirm donation claims situate in 
 to *e* tbat l jart of 8aid land district known as the "Neutral Territory," shall 
 not be regarded as extending to any lands which are he.d by any person 
 
LOUISIANA. 375 
 
 by virtue of any bona-fide French or Spanish grant, warrant, or order tend to lands 
 of survey, made prior to the twentieth of December, eighteen hundred Jeld under cer- 
 and three, heretofore filed, according to law, with any register, or com- ^J ni 
 missioner, or register and receiver of said district : Provided, That the & c , 
 confirmations made by virtue of the two preceding sections shall only Proviso, 
 operate as a relinquishment of the right of the United States, and shall 
 not affect the right of third persons, nor preclude a judicial decision be- 
 tween private claimants for the same land ; and on the presentation, to 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office of a plat of survey, duly 
 approved by the surveyor-general of Louisiana, the claimant shall be 
 entitled to a patent, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, '/77, 790, 817, 819, 826, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No. 853. AN ACT for the relief of Valerian Allain. Aug. 11, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the land, designated by certificates seventeen, 
 
 eighteen, and nineteen, entered in pursuance of an act of Congress, ap- Land designat- 
 
 proved twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act ed by certain cer- 
 
 for the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana, and Sedto him n 
 
 Territory of Alabama [Missouri]," entered, as appears by the certificate 
 
 of the register of the land office for the eastern district of Louisiana, on 
 
 the fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, by Valerian 
 
 Allain, George Dolandes, and Robert Boyd, one hundred and sixty acres 
 
 each, at one dollar and twenty -five cents per acre, paid at the time of 
 
 the entry (and the said Valerian Allain having purchased of George 
 
 Dolandes and Robert Boyd the land designated in certificates numbers 
 
 seventeen and nineteen, which said land, by a survey subsequent to 
 
 said entries, was found to be located partly on sections sixteen and 
 
 seventeen, in township seven, south of range twelve east,) be, and the 
 
 same are hereby, confirmed to the said Valerian Allain ; and the Commis- Patents to ia- 
 
 sioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to issue to the 8ue therefor. 
 
 said Valerian Allain patents therefor. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper authorities of the Other land may 
 State of Louisiana, for township seven of range twelve east, in the east- be entered in lieu 
 ern district of Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, v AuSn 
 under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, other land, in lieu 
 of the land by this act confirmed to Valerian Allain. () . . 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That this act shall not be construed terfe^e "with" any 
 so as to interfere with any rights, except those which appertain to the rights, &c. 
 United States and Valerian Allain. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 No. 854. AN ACT to confirm the title of the heirs of James Sympson deceased Au - 29 > 1842 - 
 to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana. v r - 6 P- 869 - 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the heirs at law of James Sympson, deceased, Land title con- 
 late of Clarke County, State of Kentucky, be, and they are hereby, firmed, 
 confirmed in their title to a certain tract of land situate at the mouth 
 of the Atchafalaya at its junction with the Mississippi River, contain- 
 ing six hundred and forty acres ; and as surveyed and platted in the 
 surveyor-general's office at Donaldsonville, in the State of Louisiana, 
 upon the survey made and returned by Charles Morgan, of date elev- 
 enth February, eighteen hundred and six, and executed for Andy Rob- 
 inson : Provided, This confir mation shall only be construed as a relin- Proviso 
 quishment of the title of the United States to said land, and not to 
 prejudice any superior and better title. 
 
 No. 855. AN ACT for the relief of John Compton, assignee and representative of Aug. 29, 1842. 
 G-arrigues Flaujac. VoL 6, p. 870. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That a patent shall be issued in the usual form to " 
 
 John Compton, assignee and representative of Garrigues Flaujac, for 8U eJ tohim fora 
 the land entered by him on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand certain tract of 
 eight hundred and thirty-six, at the Opelousas land office, as a back land, 
 pre-emption to the tract on Red River, located under the act for the 
 relief of Garrigues Flaujac, in lieu of land on Bayou Gros Tete, con- 
 firmed to said Flaujac by act of Congress of the twenty-eighth of Feb- 
 ruary, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 758, 805. 
 
376 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Aug. C A 1842. No. 856. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Therese Malette, 
 Vol. G, p. 870. widow of Gaspard Phiole. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of Therese Malette, 
 locate four float- widow of Gaspard Phiole, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate 
 ing^rights, in lieu fl our floating rights, of five hundred acres each, on any unappropriated 
 lands west of the Mississippi, in the State of Louisiana, which shall be 
 in lieu of their claim to attract of two thousand acres of land, recom- 
 mended for confirmation by the old board of commissioners at Opelonsas, 
 and confirmed by the act of the twenty-ninth of April, eighteen hun- 
 dred and sixteen, the location of which is disputed by the land office : 
 Proviso. Provided, That before patents shall issue for the lands, the location of 
 
 which is authorized by this act, the legal representatives of said Therese 
 Malette shall surrender to the United States, in such manner as the 
 Commissioner of the Land Office shall direct, all right, title, and inter- 
 est, in and to the land held under the aforesaid confirmation : And pro- 
 vided, also, Said locations shall be made on lands subject to sale at pri- 
 vate entry, and to conform as nearly as possible to the public surveys 
 of the United States. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1842. No. 857. AN ACT for the relief of Jean Baptist Comeau. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 871. Se it enacts $ c ^ T h at j ean Baptist Comeau, of the parish of Lafayette, 
 Authorized to in the State of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, 
 enter land, in lieu without payment therefor, two hundred and ten acres of land, upon 
 sold bv^United an ^ ^ ^ ne P u ^^ c lands which have been surveyed, and are subject to 
 States.' sale by private entry in the district of lands subject to sale at Ope- 
 
 lousas, in lieu of a like quantity of laud confirmed to him upon the re- 
 port of the commissioners of land claims for the western district of 
 Louisiana, of the first of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, 
 and which was subsequently sold 'by the United States to a certain Jean 
 E. Lefabvre, under the provisions of the act of the twelfth of April, 
 one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act for the final 
 adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana and Territory of 
 Proviso. Missouri:" Provided, The location of the land, the entry of which is 
 
 here authorized, shall, as near as can be, conform to the legal divisions 
 and subdivisions of the surveys of the public lands, and if the quantity 
 located shall exceed two hundred and ten acres, the residue shall be 
 Patent to issue, paid for at the minimum price of public lands; and upon a return of 
 the usual certificate to the General Laud Office of the United States, a 
 patent shall issue as in other cases of lands sold by the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 848. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1842. No. 858. AX ACT in relation to lands sold in the Greensburgti, late St. Helena, 
 Vol. 5, p. 540. land district, in the State of Louisiana, and authorizing the resurvey of certain lands 
 in said district. 
 
 In cases where Be it enacted, <$-c., That in all cases where lands shall have been en- 
 the United states tered at tbe laod office in t , ne Greensburgh, late St. Helena, land dis- 
 ent?thTcertm- trict > in tue State of Louisiana, where the United States cannot issue 
 cates of purchase patents therefor, owing to the errors and imperfections of the public 
 may be surren- surveys, or to conflicting claims, it shall be lawful for the person hav- 
 b6 Can ing made 8ucl1 entries, or his or her heirs or legal representatives, or 
 grantees, or their heirs or legal representatives, who may [be] legally 
 and equitably entitled to the same, after a demand of the patent, and a 
 refusal to issue the same, to surrender his or her certificate of purchase 
 to the Secretary of the Treasury to be cancelled; and, upon such sur- 
 render, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to refund, 
 without interest, the purchase money for said lands to the person en- 
 titled to receive the same, out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated. 
 
 President may SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Pres- 
 cause a resurvey ident of the United States, if he shall deem it expedient, to cause a re- 
 lands &c un survey of all or any part of the lands lying in said district remaining 
 unsold, or the certificates for which may be surrendered in virtue of this 
 or any other act of Congress, thereby correcting the surveys, () and 
 designating the lands covered by private claims under Spanish or French 
 grants; and so soon as said resurvey d shall have been returned and 
 confirmed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the unreserved public lands 
 therein specified shall be subject to the laws for the disposal of the 
 
LOUISIANA. 377 
 
 public lands, and patents therefor shall issue as in other cases: (&) Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That purchasers aforesaid may retain their certificates of pur- 
 chase, and the surveys of said tracts' shall be corrected, and when said 
 surveys are corrected, may receive their patents from the United States 
 for the land so purchased by them. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 703, 704, 708, 710, 718, 722, 724, 727, 730, 731, 777, 603. 
 (6) See Nos. 704,708, 710, 720, 722. 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 860, 897, 
 809, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 No. 859. AN ACT to authorize the legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, Feb. 15, 1843. 
 
 Louisiana, and Tennessee, to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of V ol. 5, p. 600. 
 schools in those States. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 418.] 
 
 No. S60. AN ACT to set aside certain reservations of lands, on account of live- March 3, 1843. 
 
 oak in the southeastern district of Louisiana. Vol. 5, p. 611. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the reservations made by the United States in Certain reser. 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-two, of lands situate in township thirteen, vations of lands 
 range twelve east ; township fourteen, ranges twelve and thirteen east ; foi L live-oak set 
 township fifteen, range thirteen east; township sixteen, range sixteen as 
 east ; and township seventeen, range sixteen east, in the southeastern 
 distiict of Louisiana, on account of the live-oak supposed to grow 
 thereon, be set aside and annulled; and that any persons entitled to Right of pre- 
 pre-emptiou under the existing laws, within the limits of the paid town- emptiest to said 
 ships, be admitted to mate their proofs and complete their titles, in the lamls admitted, 
 same manner as if the reservations for live-oak had not been made, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 897, 899, 
 919, 920, 928, 9ti3. 
 
 No. 661. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Philander Smith and James March 3, 1843. 
 
 Young. Vol. 6, p. 890. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the heirs of Philander Smith and the heirs of Land claim 
 James Young be, aud they are hereby, confirmed in their claim (accord- confirmed, 
 ing to the portions by them respectively owned) to a tract of laud con- 
 taining fiiteen hundred arpens, situate about six miles from the town of 
 Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, originally granted to Armand 
 Duplantier, by Baron de Carondelet, on the twenty -fifth day of October, 
 one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. 
 
 No. 862. AN ACT for the relief of James B. Sullivan, of the county of Kapides, March 3, 1843. 
 in the State of Louisiana. Vol. 6, p. 905. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That James B. Sullivan be, and he is hereby, author- Authorized to 
 ized and permitted to complete his purchase of lot numbered sixteen, complete the pnr- 
 (or part of it, containing one hundred and fifty-three acres and a six- e ' 
 tievh part of an acre,) being lot sixteen, in township numbered five 
 north of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, of range numbered 
 thive west of the basis meridian, in the southwestern district of the 
 State of Louisiana, situated in the parish of Rapides, in said State, and 
 containing, according to the register's certificate, one hundred and fifty- 
 three acres and the sixteenth part of an acre, in virtue of his right of 
 pre-emption, according to the act of Congress of the nineteenth of June, 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, any law to the contrary 
 notwithstanding, which said land is hereby declared to be no part of 
 section sixteen, reserved for the use of schools in the congressional 
 township in which the same is situated. 
 
 No. 863. JOINT RESOLUTION directing certain papers relating to titles to land March 3, 1843. 
 in Louisiana, to be returned to the General Land Office. Vol. 5, p. 649. 
 
 Resolved, $*c., That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the Certain papers 
 House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, instructed to furnish to be returned to 
 to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the 'original reports office 6 
 ironi the several laiid offices in the State of Louisiana, made under the 
 
378 LOUISIANA. 
 
 provisions of an act entitled " An act fc>r the final adjustment of claims 
 to land in the State of Louisiana," approved February sixth, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and thirty-five ; also the title-papers and evidence 
 relating to claims in said reports, confirmed by an act entitled " An act 
 confirming certain land claims in Louisiana," approved July sixth, one 
 Proviso. thousand eight hundred and forty-two : Provided, That claimants shall 
 
 be entitled to withdraw their original title-papers after fair copies shall 
 have been taken by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737,738,739,740,745,746,749,752,753,777,790,817, 819, 826, 852, 864, 873, 889,899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 June 17, 1844. No. 864. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States 
 VoL 5, p. 676. of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi 
 
 and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the 
 
 Mississippi and Perdido rivers. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1067.] 
 
 June 17, 1844. No. 865. AN ACT to authorize the entry of certain lands, occupied by the branch 
 Vol. 5, p. 715. pilots of the port of New Orleans, and others, in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Allowed to en- Be it enacted, <fc., That Andrew Anderson, James T. Allen, George 
 ter certain lands Benson, John Bailey, John R. Brown, Edward Bourguin, Jacob Baker, 
 in Louisiana. William Brownson, Robert Cooper, Edward Clarke, Thomas Cross, 
 William C. Davis, Edward G. Davis, Ephraim Eldridge, William Ellis, 
 Dennis Finn, Nathaniel J. France, John Fowler, Robert Holliday, John 
 Holland, David Johnston, Henry Johnson, James J. Jarvis, George 
 Linton, Cyrus Lamontt, Cyrus Morgan, James W. Morgan, John Miller, 
 Hans Myers, Erasmus Newman, John Parker, John Perrin, Asa Payson, 
 Peter Robinson, James B. Read, Francisco Reeper, David Shepherd, 
 Joseph Shepherd, William T. Smith, Christopher Scheltz, William Stev- 
 ens, James Scott, John Sailer, James Tyson, William D. Tolbortt, Will- 
 iam Taylor, Thomas J. Vanderslice, James B. Williams, Hiram B. Web- 
 ster, James Kelly, William Deuford, Edward Hansbury, Joseph E. Dun- 
 ham, Charles Linguist, Gilbert Leonard, and Joseph Lampade, all of 
 the parish of Plaquemines in the State of Louisiana, or their legal rep- 
 resentatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter at the land 
 office in the southeastern land district in said State, within six months 
 after the passage of this act, section seventeen and lots one and two of 
 section eighteen, in township twenty -three, of range thirty-three east, 
 situated in said district, upon payment to the receiver of the said land 
 office of one dollar and twenty -five cents per acre : Provided, That at 
 the time of making said entry, they shall file in the land office a sur- 
 vey and plat of the land entered, signed by them or their legal repre- 
 sentatives, specifying thereon the extent of their several claims by 
 occupancy ; and that when the said entry shall be made, the same shall 
 To enure to enure to the benefit of such persons, severally, in the proportions and 
 their benefit sev- according to the quantities specified on said plat : And provided further, 
 ^Proviso That this act shall not invalidate any rights which any other person, 
 
 not herein named, maybe entitled to under any law heretofore passed. 
 
 June 17, 1844. 3fo. S66. A^T ACT for the relief of James Pepper, and others. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the entry made at the land office at Washita, 
 
 Land entry Louisiana, by James Pepper and others, of section number fifty-two, in 
 township numbered sixteen, of range numbered fourteen east, on the 
 thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, by 
 certificate number three thousand four hundred and twenty-six, be, and 
 the same is hereby, confirmed ; and the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office is authorized to issue a patent therefor. 
 
 June 17, 1844. Xo. 867. A X ACT for the relief of Pierre S. Derbanne. 
 
 YoL 6, p. 926. Be {i enacted ^ g c ^ Tha( . pierre g Derbanne, of the parish of Natchito- 
 
 Authorized to ches, in the State of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, shall be, 
 
 enter certain and he or they are hereby authorized to make entry and purchase at 
 
 one dollar and twenty- five cents per acre, on the terms above stated, 
 
LOUISIANA. 379 
 
 of lots numbers two and three, being the northwest fractional quarter 
 of section fifteen, of township nine north, range six west of the north- 
 western land district in the State of Louisiana, or so much thereof as 
 does not conflict with the claim of Jean Pierre Valade, agreeably to a 
 diagram approved by the survey or- general of Louisiana, to include his 
 improvements as nearly as practicable : Provided, That said lots shall Proviso, 
 not have been sold by the United States prior to the passage of this act. 
 
 No. 868. AN ACT for the relief of Frangois Christien and widow Baptiste Berard. June 17, 1844. 
 
 Beit enacted, tyc., That the claims, by right of ancient settlement of P- j 
 
 Madame Baptiste Berard, widow of Baptiste Berard, deceased, and Land claims 
 Frangois Christien, respectively, on the east side <& the Bayou Teche confirmed, 
 the Berard claim for eleven arpens front by forty deep, and the other 
 for twelve arpens front by forty deep, be, and the same are hereby, con- 
 firmed to the aforesaid claimants, respectively, or their legal representa- 
 tives, to embrace the original improvements of the claimants ; and on 
 the return to the General Land Office of plats of survey, duly approved 
 by the survey or- general of Louisiana, for the aforesaid claims patents 
 shall issue : Provided, Jiowever, That this act, and the patents that may Proviso, 
 issue in pursuance hereof, shall only be held to be a relinquishment of 
 the title of the United States, and shall in no manner affect the rights 
 of third persons, or preclude a judicial decision in favor of any other 
 title, if such exist, to the same tracts. 
 
 No. 869. AN ACT to authorize a relocation of land warrants number three, four, Feb. 26, 1845. 
 and five, granted by Congress to General Lafayette. Vol. 5, p. 729. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the legal holders or assignees of land warrants Holders of the 
 numbered three, lour, and five, granted by the act of Congress of twen- warrants author- 
 ty- seventh March, one thousand eight hundred and four, to General ized to enter 
 Lafayette, and located at Point Coupee, in the State of Louisiana, in ot 
 three adjoining surveys of one thousand acres each, and which locations 
 are shown to have been made in material conflict with several older and 
 better grants, shall, upon exhibiting to the register and receiver of any 
 land office within the State of Louisiana, his or their evidence of right 
 to the warrants above described, be permitted, under the same rules 
 and restrictions of the original law under which said locations were 
 authorized, to enter and locate a like quantity of land on any of the 
 unappropriated public lands in the State of Louisiana : Provided, That, Proviso, 
 before any such register and receiver shaU issue to such holders or as- 
 signees any certificate of relocation, the holders or assignees shall de- 
 posite a copy of their deraignment of title from General Lafayette, and 
 a release of title to the lands located at Point Coupee. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 32, 700, 701, 704, 708, 748a. 
 
 No. 870. A RESOLUTION in relation to the issuing of grants of certain lands in Jvme 26, 1846. 
 
 Louisiana. Vol. 9, p. 110. 
 
 Resolved, fyc., That the Attorney-General of the United States be, and Attorney-Gen- 
 he is hereby, directed to examine the evidences of title in the case of a eral to examine 
 certain Spanish land claim in the State of Louisiana, lying on the Mis- evidences of title 
 sissippi, above New Orleans, commonly known as the Houma claim, J]J e HoumjTland 
 and to report his opinion thereon to the President of the United States; claim, and report 
 and if , in the opinion of the Attorney-General, any patent or patents to President; who 
 issued, or which may be issued, under such claim, shall have been, or 8ha J 1 . cause . P r - 
 shall be, issued contrary to law, that the President of the United States Sn Stitu f ed to try 
 be, and he is hereby, requested to cause proceedings to be instituted the validity of 
 in behalf of the United States, and to have the validity of such patent any patents sup- 
 or patents judicially determined, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 956. 
 
380 LOUISIANA. 
 
 July 21, 1846. No. 871. AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin Ballard. 
 
 Be it enacted, <|-c., That Benjamin Ballard, of the State of Louisiana 
 Benjamin Bal- be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claim, by uiesne conveyances, to 
 his iSafmSce" lots uuml)ere( ? one ancl four > section thirty-five, township sixteen, range 
 tain lots of land [twelve, containing ninety acres and sixty -hundredths, entered in the 
 in Louisiana, en- name of William Moyslin ; and to the northwest fractional quarter-sec- 
 tored in the name tion twenty-seven, township sixteen, range twelve, containing sixty-two 
 \L andto aSt acres and fi ? tv - two hundredths, entered in the name of Elizabeth Par- 
 of land entered ker both situated on the Red River, and sold at the Natchitoches land 
 in ihe name of office on the eighth of May. one thousand eight hundred and forty. 
 Elizabeth Par- And the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby directed to 
 issue patents to the said Ballard for the land so above described. 
 
 July 23, 1846. No. 872. A RESOLUTION authorizing the sale of certain land at Baton Rouge 
 Vol. 9, p. 113. to the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Secretary of Resolved, $~c., That, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author- 
 War authorized i ze d and empowered to sell and convey (for the use and benefit of the 
 LouTiana certain State f Louisiana) to the three commissioners appointed by the legis- 
 land near Baton lature of said State to select a site on which to erect a State-house, two 
 Rouge for a site or more acres of the tract of laud owned by the United States, lying in 
 for State-house, the parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, above and adjoin- 
 ing the town of Baton Rouge : Provided, That, in the judgment of the 
 President of the United States, said sale may be made without detri- 
 ment to the public interest. 
 
 Aug. 6, 1846. No. 873. AN ACT to provide for the confirmation of certain settlement claims in 
 YoL 9, p. 66. the Greensburg land district, Louisiana. 
 
 The second He it enacted, $c., That the second proviso of the third section of the 
 
 ISSiiS/S act i f act of ei ntu May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act 
 
 totheTeyortso'f supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land and 
 
 Cosby and Skip- establishing laud offices in the districts east of the island of New Or- 
 
 with on certain leans," shall not apply to the reports dated eighteenth November, eight- 
 
 ditfinl hEh ttteen Dundred an<i twenty, and twenty -fourth July, eighteen hundred 
 
 hereby ^confirnv an( ^ twenty -one, of Cosby and Skipwith, on settlement claims in that 
 
 ^d. part of Louisiana which lies east of the Mississippi River and west of 
 
 Pearl River ; but such claims which, according to the said reports, were 
 
 inhabited or cultivated, or where the date of settlement was before the 
 
 fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and thirteen, are hereby confirmed 
 
 under the other restrictioi-s of said third section ; but this confirmation 
 
 shall in no manner affect prior rights, and shall only amount to a re- 
 
 linquishment on the part of the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 889, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 Jan. 26, 1847. No. 874. AN ACT declaring the assent of Congress to certain States to impose 
 Vol 9, p. 118. a tax upon all lands hereafter sold by the United States therein, from and after the 
 day of such sale. 
 
 [States admitted into the Union prior to April 24, 1820, may tax pub- 
 lic lands after the day of sale. See OHIO, No. 169.] 
 
 March 2, 1847. No. 875. AN ACT confirming the claim of the heirs and legal representatives 
 Vol. 9, p. 690. of Pierre Dufresne to a tract of land. 
 
 Claim of heirs Be it enacted, <fc., That the claim of the heirs and legal representa- 
 
 of Pierre Du- tives of Pierre Dufresne to a tract of land situate on the Bayou Siard, 
 
 fresne to a tract j n t h e state of Louisiana, containing six acres in front, with a depth of 
 
 J m ' forty acres, bounded on the west by the lands of Francis Duval, be, 
 
 Proviso. and the same is hereby, confirmed : Provided, That the said confirmation 
 
 shall amount only to a relinquishment of all the right and claim of the 
 
 Proviso. United States to the said tract of land : And provided, also, That nothing 
 
 herein contained shall be construed to affect the claim or claims of any 
 
 individual or individuals, or of any body politic or corporate. 
 
LOUISIANA. 381 
 
 No. 876. AN ACT for the relief of William B. Keene. March 2, 1847. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the entry heretofore made at the land office ^J ' p ' ' ' 
 
 at Ouachita, in the State of Louisiana, of the east half of the southeast Entry of a cer- 
 quarter of section twenty-six, in township twenty north, of range, tain tract of .laud 
 twelve east, by certificate number four thousand eight hundred and g. lewie; w 
 seventeen, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and a patent shall be firmed, 
 issued therefor in the same manner as for other lands entered at the Patent to issue. 
 same office. 
 
 No. 877-878. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Louis de la Houssaye, de- 
 
 Io47. 
 
 Vol. 9, p. 691. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs and legal representatives of Louis de . - -- - 
 la Houssaye, deceased, be authorized and permitted to locate the tract x,^ "cie la^Hous- 
 of land confirmed to them by an act entitled "An act for the relief of sav e authorized 
 the heirs and legal representatives of Louis de la Houssaye," approved to locate the tract 
 second March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, upon any vacant ot i and confirmed 
 public land in the Opelousas land district, in Louisiana : 'Provided, That vacanUaiT &UJ 
 said lands shall not be located in less quantities than a quarter of a Proviso. 
 section, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 759. 
 
 No, 879. AN ACT to attach a portion of the northwestern land district of Louisi- u " e ( , 16 ' ^t 8 ' 
 ana to the district north of Ked Elver, Louisiana. VoL 9 > P- 237 - 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That from and after the first day of October, anno A Potion of 
 Domini eighteen hundred and forty-eight, townships fourteen north to f^ SaX of 
 twenty-three north, inclusive, in ranges four and five west, shall be Louisiana attach- 
 detached from the northwestern land district, Louisiana ; and the same ed to the district 
 shall, from and after the date aforesaid, be attached to, and form a part ^9 rth of Ked 
 of, the district north of Red River, Louisiana; and it shall be, and is tlver- 
 hereby, made the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 to cause the land office in the district north of Red River to be fur- 
 nished with the plats and other papers, or transcripts thereof, relating 
 to the townships aforesaid, and to have this act carried into full ef- 
 fect, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 711, 718, 731, 737, 740, 831, 965. 
 
 No. 880. AN ACT for the relief of Edna Hickman, wife of Alexander D. Peck. June 2 
 
 Be it enacted, ^-c.,That the title to two tracts of land, ten arpens front 
 by forty deep, each, in all amounting to eight hundred acres, situated on Title , to *, w . 
 the Bayou Bartholomew, in the parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana, KuTsi ana coif 
 being a part of a Spanish grant to Baron de Bastrop, of date first June, firmed to Edna 
 seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, be, and the same is hereby, con- Hickman. 
 firmed to Edna Hickman : Provided, That this act shall not be so con- Proviso, 
 strued as in any manner to confirm any part of said de Bastrop grant, 
 save the two tracts, or to affect the rights of third persons in said two 
 tracts hereby confirmed. 
 
 No. 881. AN ACT for the relief of Charles Cappel. Aug. 5, 1848. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Charles Cappel, of the parish of Avoyelles, ' ' P ' 
 
 State of Louisiana, his heirs and assigns, be forever confirmed in the title, _ Titleof Charles 
 use, and possession of all that certain tract, lot and parcel of land situ- tamtoact onand 
 ate within the said parish of Avoyelles, at Marksville, in the prairie, in the parish of 
 and embraced within the grant of the Spanish Government to Noel Avoyelles, Louis- 
 Soileau, lying within section numbered twenty-seven, of township two iana > confirmed, 
 north, of range four east, as described upon the plat of the public survey 
 of the lands of the southwestern district of Louisiana, to wit : that 
 tract occupied by the said Charles Cappel, containing two hundred 
 superficial arpents, five arpents front by forty arpeuts deep, not here- 
 tofore confirmed to any other claimant. 
 
 SEC. 2. Beit further enacted,That the Secretary of the Treasury cause Tract to be sur- 
 the said tract of two hundred superficial arpents to be surveyed, and a ye.yed and patent 
 patent to issue to said Cappel, his heirs and assigns, for the same. 
 
382 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1848. IV*. SS2. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and widow of Francois Oramillion. 
 Vol iv. 735. 
 
 JSe it enacted, fc., That the claim of the widow and heirs of Fraucois 
 
 The claim of Graimllion. to a tract of seventeen arpeus front, by forty deep. in the 
 a"*oia i C W P a " sa ^ Avoyelles, Louisiana, bo, and tho same is hereby continued, ac- 
 milliou to a tract Cording to :i survey executed in February, eighteen hundred and tweuty- 
 
 of land confirm- six. by Kenneth MeCrummen. deputy surveyor : and it shall be the duty 
 <! of the Commisssoner of the General Laud Office to order an official sur- 
 
 vey to be returned for the said claim, conforming as near as may be to 
 a survey made in February, eighteen hundred and t \\enty-Mx, by Ken- 
 neth MeCrummon. accompanying the petition for continuation': and 
 upon the return to the General Land Office of an official survey, properly 
 PTON executed and certified, a patent shall issue : /Von'itof, That the eoutir- 
 
 mation ami patent shall only operate a^ a relinquishment of title on the 
 part of the I'uitod States, and shall in no way prejudice any adverse 
 lights which may exist to any part of the premises 'before such official 
 survey shall be made. 
 
 A u _ N. SS3. A \ ACT for the relief of Frederic Durrive. 
 
 lie U enacted, <fe.,That Frederic Durriv r e be, and he is hereby, continued 
 
 The title of in his purchase of lot number six teen, in township number seventeen, of 
 Iftederic ^"""JT? range number ti f teen east, ly in g west of the Mississippi River, entered 
 IMOOtha acres of au(l P aid lor b >" nim :U tlu> laml othee :t New Orleans, containing one 
 land iii ' Missis- hundred and sixty-live acres and eleveu-humlredths of an acre, and that 
 sippi confirmed a patent be issued to him therefor: /Vori</W, /ioimvr. That said Dur- 
 rive shall tirst procure and tile with the register of the district the 
 assent in writing of the commissioners of schools, and a majority of the 
 voters, in the township in which said land is situated, to such continua- 
 tion. ^,i> 
 
 her achool '"' b? it further enacted. That if such patent shall be issued to 
 
 lands to be select- said Purrive. in pursuance of the section aforesaid, then the register of 
 ** the laud office ami receiver of public money in said district, under the 
 
 direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall select and reserve for 
 tlie ute of schools in said township other lauds in the same or adjoining 
 township, of the same extent and quality with those described in the 
 first section of this ace. (6) 
 (a) Se*X.' 
 (6) See Ko*. 418, 704, 706, 710, 832,834,835. ^-- ^1- ^^. ^-^ ^ ^- ^1. 894, W5.903. 
 
 Jan. 8, IHS\ ^o. SS 1. -AX ACT for the relief of Elisha Thomason. 
 
 VoL9.p.75Q. fe ^ cnact*xl, fc., That Elisha Thomason is hereby permitted to com- 
 Eliaha Thoma- plete his entry and purchase of the northeast quarter of section sixteen, 
 n allowed to i u township lifteeu, range five east, in the land district north of Red 
 
 aiul imhase Kiver: Provided, however. That said Thomason shall first procure and 
 of a certain trmct tile with the register of the district the assent, in writing, of the com- 
 of land. missioiiers of schools, and a majority of the free white adult male in- 
 
 Proviso. habitant* of the township in which said land lies, to such entry and pur- 
 
 chase. 
 
 Other land to S ' rther enacted, If such entry and purchase shall be 
 
 be reserved for made by said Thomason in pursuance of the section aforesaid, then the 
 in Ii0 " w ^ B ^ 8if ^ th ^ lllu ^ office and receiver of public money in said district, 
 under the directions of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall select and 
 re>erve tor the use of schools in said" township, other laud in the same 
 or adjoining township, of the same extent and quality with those 
 which said Thoniasou is hereby allowed to enter and purchase as afore- 
 Mid, 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 70S, 710, 838, 834, 835, 837. <41 . S. STtf. ? 4 s?S>S, 903. 
 
 No. ?S^ AN AV U for the relief of Simon Rodrigues. 
 
 p l^l_ Be it enartrt. .f-.-.. That the claim of Simon Rodrigucs to his ancien: 
 nient of tuir hundred arpens of laud, situate in the parifh of St. 
 
 Xt"-**?!*' 10 , a -'^"'i.v. in the Siaa- of Lottie to so much thereof a> can be 
 
 landoonfirued located in accordance with the lines ot public surveys, and without in- 
 tertcrence with preexiMing rigl.is. or grants, or sales, by the United 
 States, be, and the same is hereby, continued. 
 
LOUISIANA. 383 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any portion of the ancient if any portion 
 settlement aforesaid shall be covered by preexisting rights, or grants, of said land shall 
 or sales by the United States, the said Simon Rodrigues shall be entitled p r e ?e xTs t i n g 
 to enter at the land office of the district within which the said ancient rights or grants, 
 settlement is situate, such quantity of land, not more than equal to such he shall be al- 
 deficit, as he may select, the same not being covered by a preemption ]^ lands^in 
 right, and subject to private entry. lieu thereof. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the acceptance, by the said Theacceptance 
 Simon Rodrigues, of the provisions of this act, entirely, or in part, shall by said Kodri- 
 be held as a full satisfaction of his said ancient claim, as in favor of the f^ e b e ji e i|{ is a ac a 
 United States, as also in favor of conflicting claimants, if any such full satisfaction 
 there be. of his claims. 
 
 No. 886. AN ACT for the relief of James B. Davenport. Jan. 10, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the titles to two tracts of land, situated in the L 
 
 parish of Moorhouse, and State of Louisiana, one containing three hun- Titles to two 
 dred and eighty arpeuts, being part of a large tract of land commonly onVrVed to 
 known as the Baron de Bastrop grant, which was assigned and set off to j ame8 B. Daven- 
 the said James B Davenport, in the partition of the real estate of his port, 
 father, the late Josiah Davenport, deceased, by deed bearing date the 
 fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten ; the other con- 
 taining seven hundred and sixty-six acres of land, being part of a large 
 tract commonly known as "The Bell Grove" tract, and which was con- 
 veyed by Richard Crampton to the said James B. Davenport, by deed 
 bearing date the twenty eighth day of April, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and forty, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, so far as the 
 United States have title thereto, to the said James B. Davenport, his 
 heirs and assigns : Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as in Proviso, 
 any manner to confirm any part of the said De Bastrop grant, save the 
 said two tracts, or to affect the rights of third persons in said two tracts 
 hereby confirmed. 
 
 No. 887. AN ACT for the relief of Anthony Bessee. Jan. 10, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the surveyor-general of the State of Louisiana VoL 9 ' p " 7o3 ' 
 is hereby authorized and directed to locate for Anthony Bessee, in full Surveyor-gen- 
 satisfaction of his six hundred and forty acre confirmed settlement er ^ of Louisiana 
 claim, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the like area, ac-^on^Bessee 640 
 cording to the lines of the public surveys, upon any unappropriated acres of public 
 land belonging to the United States in the Greensburgh land district, land. 
 Louisiana, and, upon the return of a certificate of such location to the Patent to issue. 
 General Land Office, a patent shall issue to the said 
 
 No. 888. AN ACT to confirm Elizabeth Burriss, her heirs, or assigns, in their title Jan. 10. 1849. 
 to a tract of land. Vol. 9, p. 753. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Elizabeth Burriss, her heirs, or assigns, be, and Claim of Eliza- 
 they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to a tract of land, containing beth Burriss to a 
 six hundred and forty acres, situate in the Greensburgh land district, in fanofconfirmed 
 the State of Louisiana, being the same on which the said Elizabeth 
 Burriss resided on and previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred 
 and nineteen, and confirmed by commissioner's certificate number two 
 hundred and seven, dated the eighth day of November, eighteen hun- 
 dred and nineteen, saving and reserving any and all previous confirma- 
 tions, sales, or grants, made by the United States, conflicting with the 
 said claim of said Elizabeth Burriss ; and if any sales of all or a portion 
 of said claim have been made by the United States, the said Elizabeth 
 shall be entitled to select a quantity of land equal to the amount so sold 
 by the United States, by legal subdivisions, elsewhere, within said land 
 district. 
 
 No. 889, AN ACT supplemental to the act approved the sixth day of July, eighteen Jan. 19, 1 649. 
 hundred and forty-two, entitled " An act confirming certain land claims in Louisi- vol. 9, p. 341. 
 ana." 
 
 Be it enacted, <-c., That a further term of two years, from and after the Further tim e 
 passage of this act, be, and the same is hereby, conceded to locate the allowed to locat e 
 
384 LOUISIANA. 
 
 a certain land claim named and alluded to in the third and sixth sections of the act to 
 claim in Louisi- which this act is supplemental, and therein designated as- claim number 
 eight, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 699, 701, 703, 701, 705,708, 710,712,716,718, 721, 722. 723,7-24, 7-28, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 899, 
 904, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 Jan. 19. I-!'.'. No. 890. AX ACT for the relief of Marcus Fulton Johnson. 
 
 ' " ' p ' ' J ' Be it enacted, #c., That whenever the Commissioner of the General 
 
 A pre-emption Land Office shall be satisfied that the inhabitants of township number 
 
 allowed M. F. eighteen, of range thirteen east, in the Ouachita land district, have 
 
 u^twSt of a iand abandoned or relinquished their claim to lot or fractional section num- 
 
 in Louisiana on ber thirty-three, in said township, as a selection for school purposes, 
 
 certain condi- then and thenceforth the said lot of land last named shall be open to 
 
 tions. the preemption claim and location of the said Marcus Fulton Johnson, 
 
 upon proper proof being made, as is required by existing laws. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1849. No. 891. AX ACT for the relief of James P. Sexton and Joshua Holden. 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That James P. Sexton is hereby permitted to com- 
 
 J- p - 1 exton plete his entry, and purchase a half quarter- section of laud, situate in 
 lowed to com" the land district north of Red River in the State of Louisiana, it being 
 plete their en- the east half of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, township fif- 
 tries to certain teen, range five east ; and Joshua Holden is also authorized to enter the 
 tracts of school west half of the same quarter-section. 
 
 Other land to SEC - 2 - And 6e H further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- 
 
 be reserved in ister of the land office and receiver of public moneys in the district afore- 
 
 lieu thereof. said, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to select and 
 
 reserve, for the use of schools in the aforesaid township, other lands of 
 
 the same extent and quality within the same or the next adjoining 
 
 township, in lieu of the quarter-section which the said Sexton and the 
 
 said Holden are hereby permitted to purchase, and which embraces their 
 
 Proviso. improvements : Provided, That the said Sexton and the said Joshua 
 
 Holden shall first obtain and file with the register of the district the 
 
 assent thereto of the commissioners of schools of the parish in which 
 
 the land lies, and of a majority of the free white male inhabitants of the 
 
 township, over twenty-one years of age. (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 894, 895, 903. 
 
 Fcb 19 1649. Wo * 892. AX ACT for the relief of Sarah D. Caldwell, wife of James H. Brigham. 
 Vol. 9, p. 764. g e ft ^acted, $-c. } That the title to two parcels of land, one con- 
 Title of Sarah taining eight hundred and seventy-five arpens, the other one hundred 
 D. Caldwell to and seventy-one arpens, being part of a tract of land known as the 
 two tracts of land Baron de Bastrop, which is held by Sarah D. Caldwell, by regular chain 
 Br ' of title from De Bastrop be confirmed to Sarah D. Caldwell, her heirs 
 Proviso. a nd assigns : Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as in any 
 
 manner to confirm any part of said De Bastrop grants save the said two 
 tracts, or to affect the rights of third persons in said two tracts hereby 
 confirmed, or to be any thing more than a mere relinquishment of any 
 title which the United States may have in said tracts of land. 
 
 March 2, 1849. No. 893. AX ACT to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands 
 Vol. 9, p. 352. therein. 
 
 Certain swamp & e ^ enacted, #c., That to aid the State of Louisiana in constructing 
 lands granted to the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed 
 State of Louisi- lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, which 
 ana - may be or are found unfit for cultivation, shall be, and the same are 
 
 hereby, granted to .that State. 
 
 How said lands SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the Secretary of the 
 
 shall be selected. Treasury shall be advised, by the governor of Louisiana, that that State 
 
 has made the necessary preparation to defray the expenses thereof, he 
 
 shall cause a personal examination to be made, under the direction of 
 
LOUISIANA. 385 
 
 the surveyor-general thereof, by experienced and faithful deputies, of 
 all the swamp lands therein which are subject to overflow and unfit for 
 cultivation ; and a list of the same to be made out, and certified by the 
 deputies and surveyor-general, to the Secretary of the Treasury, who 
 shall approve the same, so far as they are not claimed or held by indi- 
 viduals j and on that approval, the fee-simple to said lands shall vest in 
 the said State of Louisiana, subject to the disposal of the legislature 
 thereof : Provided, however, That the proceeds of said lands shall be ap- Proceeds of 
 plied exclusively, as far as necessary, to the construction of the levees lands ; how to be 
 and drains aforesaid. a PP lle(L 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in making out a list of these How selection 
 swamp lands, subject to overflow and unfit for cultivation, all legal sub- is to be mad e 
 divisions, the greater part of which is of that character, shall be included ^ ^subdivision 
 in said list ; but when the greater part of a subdivision is not of thar i s swamp land, 
 character, the whole of it shall be excluded therefrom : Provided, Jiow- Proviso as to 
 ever, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any lands front- laud on bayous, 
 ing on rivers, creeks, bayous, water-courses, &c., which have been &c - 
 surveyed into lots or tracts under the acts of third March, eighteen 
 hundred and eleven, and twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and 
 twenty-lour: And provided, further, That the United States shall in no Proviso, 
 manner be held liable for any expense incurred in selecting these lands 
 and making out the lists thereof, or for making any surveys that may 
 be required to c&rry out the provisions of this act. 
 
 No. 894. AN ACT for the relief of James G. Carson. March 3, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That James G. Carson be, and he is hereby, author- Yo1 - 9) P- 776> 
 ized and permitted to make and complete his purchase of lot numbered James G. Car- 
 sixteen, of township numbered nineteen, of range thirteen east, in the son authorized to 
 district of lands north of Red River, subject to entry and sale at Oua- "*? ^ nd com - 
 chita, in the State of Louisiana, by paying at the said land office the ^ & ^ e O f s a ^er- 
 sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the same ; and it tain lot of land in 
 is hereby made the duty of the United States officer at the said office to the district of 
 receive from him the said price, and issue to him a certificate therefor, O uacuit a, Louisi- 
 upon which he shall be entitled to a patent, as in other cases of pur- a! 
 chases of land from the Government. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the selection heretofore made, Selections here- 
 under the directions and approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, of tofore made in 
 lots numbered twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven, in said town- said district for 
 ship nineteen, for the use of schools, in lieu of lot sixteen, be, and the neu of lot 16* con- 
 same is hereby, confirmed, (a) firmed. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 863, 884, 891, 895, 903. 
 
 No. 895. AN ACT for the relief of Sidney Flower, of Louisiana, and for other pur- March 3, 1849. 
 
 poses. Vol. 9, p. 779. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Sidney Flower be, and he is hereby, author- Sidney Flower 
 ized to enter, at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents authorized to en- 
 per acre, lot number three in township one (north) of range eight east, a ^ es O j j au 7{ ^ 
 containining one hundred and fifty-nine and sixty-eight one hundred Louisiana. 
 acres, in the district north of Red River, Louisiana : Provided, As said Proviso, 
 lot has been selected for schools, that a majority of the male inhabitants 
 of the township shall assent to the purchase, by filing an instrument to 
 that effect in the local land office. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon such an instrument being Other school 
 filed in the aforesaid office, the proper authorities shall have the right lands to be se- 
 to select an equal area for schools on other public lands, in the same " 
 
 land district, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, 834, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 903. 
 
 No. 896. AN ACT for the relief of Amelia Couvillion, of Louisiana. March 3, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Mrs. Amelia Couvillion, wife of Zeneu St I^L^L^ 
 Remain, be, and she is hereby, authorized to enter as a preemption, and Amelia Cou- 
 at the minimum price of public lands, the area, in legal subdivisions of yillion author- 
 one quarter- section, so as to embrace her present actual settlement and 1ZI 
 25 L O VOL II 
 
386 LOUISIANA. 
 
 pre-emption a cer- "a certain improvement on a piece of public land, situated in the parish 
 tain tract of land o f Avoyelles, on Bayou des Glaises," in the State of Louisiana, it appear- 
 in Louisiana. j D g f r( ' m an official certificate, dated the sixteenth of October, eighteen 
 hundred and forty-eight, of the recorder of said parish, that the said 
 Mrs. Amelia Couvilliou became the purchaser at sheriff's sale of all the 
 right, title, and interest of her said husband in the aforesaid improve- 
 ment : Provided, hoicerer, That the right hereby allowed be subject to 
 any valid adverse claim, if snch exist, to any part of the land. 
 
 Jan 27 1851 Hf.897. AX ACT to grant the right of preeemption to certain purchasers and 
 Vol 9 'n 565 settlers on the " Maison Rouge grant, " in the event of the final adjudication of the 
 VO| -*'P- title ^ favor o the United States. 
 
 Certain pur- Be it enacted, <fc., That in the event of a final adjudication by the 
 
 chasers under the court in favor of the United States, on the " Maison Rouge grant," under 
 
 Maison Rouge t h e act o f Congress, approved seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and 
 
 iS in case the forty-four, entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of land 
 
 title of the Unit- claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in 
 
 ed States is con- those parts of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the 
 
 the^'land "JJT thi^y-tirst degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and 
 
 chased by them! 'P^'lido rivers," every person, his heirs, or legal representatives, who, 
 
 prior to the first March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, purchased 
 
 land in good faith, and for a valuable consideration, from Daniel W. 
 
 Coxe, or other persons holding titles derived under the said Maison 
 
 Rouge grant, on the Ouachita River, in the State of Louisiana, and 
 
 who has improved and cultivated the land so purchased, or any part of 
 
 it, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, with the register of 
 
 the land office for the district in which said land may be, as nearly as 
 
 practicable by legal subdivisions, the whole or any portion of the tract 
 
 or tracts so purchased, to include the residence and improvement, upon 
 
 paying to the United States the minimum price of public lands. 
 
 Notice to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the event of such final adju- 
 given of such dication, it shall be the duty of the register of the proper district to 
 right of pre-emp- polish a notice of the fact in some newnpaper circulating in the 
 vicinity of the land, with a declaration of the readiness of the land 
 office to receive preemption applications under this act, and thereupon 
 every person claiming a right of preemption under this act shall be 
 Twelve months allowed twelve months within which to enter and pay for the laud so 
 allowed to enter claimed, from and after the date of the first public advertisement, and 
 and pay. j n conformity with such instructions as may be given by the Commis- 
 
 Proviso as to ner of the General Land Office : Provided, That notice, specifying the 
 notice of inten- ^articular tracts so claimed, shall be given within three months after 
 tion - such first advertisement, to the register, of the intention of the claim- 
 
 ant to make such purchase of the United States, and that no sale or 
 entry shall be permitted to land within the limits of the aforesaid 
 Maison Rouge claim until the expiration of the aforesaid three months, 
 and the lands embraced in the aforesaid notices or preemption applica- . 
 tions shall not be liable to sale to other persons as public lands, unless, 
 after the expiration of the aforesaid term of twelve months, it shall be 
 found that no preemption under this act shall have been established to 
 the same. 
 
 Provision for SEC. 3. And le it further enacted. That if the residence and improve- 
 
 the case of two men ts of two or more persons entitled to preemption as aforesaid shall 
 
 teenier the same be foun <l on any one of the smallest legal subdivisions of the public 
 
 subdivision. lands, the same may be entered jointly by the parties in order that they 
 
 may secure and divide the same, according to their several rights, and 
 
 in default of one or more of the parties taking the proper steps within 
 
 the time prescribed, to secure the benefit of this act, it phall be lawful 
 
 for any one of the parties of this class to make the entry of the whole 
 
 of such legal subdivision for his sole benefit, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731. 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 
 860, 899, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 IVh.'l-J. l*.-.l. No. 898. AX ACT to amend and act entitled "An act for the relief of Frederic 
 Vol. 9, p. 809. Durrive, 1 ' approved August fourteen, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. 
 
 Proviso in for- />'' // triactid. <jy., That the proviso contained in the first eection of 
 mer act repealed, the above-entitled act be, and the same is hereby, repealed, (a) 
 
 (a; See No. 883. 
 
LOUISIANA. 387 
 
 No. K99. AX ACT for the settlement of certain classes of " private land claims " March 3, 1851. 
 within the limits of tbe " Baron de Bastrop grant," and for allowing preemptions Vol. 9, p. 597. 
 to certain actual settlers, in the event of the final adjudication of the title of the 
 said De Bastiop in favor of the United States. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That in the event of a final adjudication by the court in the event of 
 in favor of the United States, on the ''Baron de Bastrop " claim in an adjudication 
 Louisiana, under the act of Congress, approved on the seventeenth uniteTTstat s** 
 June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, entitled " An act to 8 p ect j,,g ^ 
 provide for the adjustment of land claims within theStatesof Missouri, "Baron De Bas- 
 Ai Kansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi trop" claim, no- 
 and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and be- J daimaSS 
 tweeu the Mississippi aud Perdido livers," the register and receiver forj owe( } t o file no- 
 the Ouachita land district, Louisiana, shall give public notice of thetices. 
 fact in some newspaper circulating in the vicinity of the land, and 
 within twelve months from and after the date of the first publication 
 of such notice, it shall and may be lawful for any original claimants of 
 the classes hereinafter mentioned in this section of the present act, their 
 heirs or legal representatives, to file with the aforesaid register and re- 
 ceiver notices descriptive of their claims, and specifying their precise 
 localities and area, with the testimony in support of the same. 
 
 First : All boa-fide claimants by purchase irorn De Bastrop, or those Classes of 
 Jholding under him, where the land has been occupied uiid cultivated claimants, 
 for twenty years. 
 
 Second : All bona-fide claimants of " head rights," for not exceeding 
 six hundred and forty acres, their heirs or legal representatives, where 
 the original claimant came over and settled the land under the contract 
 between the Spanish Government and De Bastrop, even though the 
 Jand was not actually sold or conveyed to such original claimants by 
 the said De Bastrop. 
 
 Third : All bona-fide claimants for not exceeding six hundred and 
 forty acres, as actual settlers prior to the twentieth December, eighteen 
 hundred and three, where they havo held such continued possession as 
 to show that they identified themselves with the ownership of the land. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the expiration of the After twelve 
 twelve months aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the register and re- months, a report 
 ceiver, pursuant to such instructions as may be given by the Commis- to be made re- 
 sioner of the General Land Office, to make a report with the notices, and specting the mer- 
 all the testimony, to the General Land Office, specifying all such cases as lts 
 in their opinion came within the principles recognized under the sev- 
 eral heads mentioned in the foregoing section, and which according to 
 1 hose principles ought to be confirmed, and such as in their opinion ought 
 to be rejected. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Com- Keport to be 
 missioner of the General Land Office to lay the report aforesaid before laid before Con- 
 Congress for final action thereon, and all claims recommended for confir- 8 re ^ 8 -. 
 mation shall be reserved from sale until the final action of Congress on mendeTfo^con- 
 the report aforesaid, and all claims reported as rejected shall be treated firmation to be 
 ,as other public lands. reserved from 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the claims numbers forty, forty- sa ^: . d 
 
 four, forty-five, forty-six; forty-seven, forty-eight, and fifty-one, favora- as r ejected P to be 
 bly reported on by Daniel J. Sutton, as register for the district north of treated as other 
 Red River, Louisiana, and entered in the first class of his report, dated public lands, 
 first January, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, but on account of be-^gJ^S 47 49 and 
 ing within the limits of the Bastrop grant, have been excluded from 51' favorably re- 
 the confirmatory provisions of the second section of the act of Congress, ported on by 'Dan- 
 approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and twenty- three. ielJ. sutt on, con- 
 entitled " An act supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment JJJSt of M adjtJ 
 of land claims in the State of Louisiana," be, and the same shall be dication in favor 
 held confirmed, in the event of the final adjudication of the Bastrop of the United 
 claim in favor of the United States as aforesaid: Provided, That thi8 st a^ 
 confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part to ojerateonlyas 
 of the United States, and shall in no way prejudice or affect any sale, a reiinquishuieut 
 or other right existing at the time when tbe survey shall be executed, of of title, 
 the claims hereby conditionally confirmed; and in the event of the Patents to 
 final adjudication of the Bastrop giant as aforesaid, and upon the re- 
 turn of approved plats of survey for tbe claims specified in this section, 
 relinquishment patents shall be issued as in other cases, (a) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in the event of a final adjudi- Pre-emption 
 cation, in favor of iL-e United States, of the Bastiop claim, as ccntt-m- ^rtafaf 
 plated by the first section of this act, every brna fide settler on any O n said claim, 
 part oi baid land, ;.r ihe time of the extension of the public surveys over 
 
388 LOUISIANA. 
 
 the same, who is a man of family, wid w, or single man over twenty- 
 one years of age, and an actual housekeeper thereon, and who, hnt for 
 the reservation heretofore made of said laud for the claim of the said 
 Bastrop, would have been entitled to a right of preemption under some 
 one of the preemption laws, be. and he is hereby authorized to enter 
 the quarter-section so resided on, or by adjoining legal subdivisions, so 
 as to include his residence and land cultivated or improved, any num- 
 Proof to be her of acres not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, upon making 
 made within one p rO of of such settlement, housekeeping, &o., to the satisfaction of the 
 veys are extend- re gi 8 ter and receiver, as in ordinary cases, at any time within a year 
 ed over said land, after the public surveys are so extended over said land. (&) 
 
 (fl) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, '.12, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737,738,739,740,745,746,749,752,753,777,790, 817,619, 8-26, 852, 863, 864, 873, 89 r 
 904,911, 946, 956, 957, 91, 967. 
 
 (ft) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 
 e(>0, S97, 919, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 Jan. 22, 1853. No. 900. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of William McFarland, deceased, 
 p. 745. . . Cj That auy interest which the Uuited States may 
 
 Certain land re- have in and to a certain tract of laud situate iu townsip five, south of 
 le / 9 w-ir tbeh M rSrau e one wtJ8t ' iu action three, in the Greenslmrg land district, in the 
 Farland State of Louisiana, ami which tract is laid down in the transcript 
 
 plat in the General Land Office, in thje names >f MfFarlaud and Mail- 
 lard, as though confirmed, is hereby released t<> the lawful heirs of 
 William McFarland, of the parish of East Baton Rouge in said State of 
 Proviso. Louisiana : Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall take away, 
 
 impair, impede or affect in any way any right, title, interest.claim or re- 
 covery of any person or persons whatsoever claiming, or to claim said land. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1853. No. 9OI.-AN ACT for the relief of C. L. Swayze, in relation to the location of 
 VoL 10, p. 752. certain Choctaw.scrip. 
 
 Location of Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 Choctaw scrip, jj e? au <i ne j s hereby authorized and required to approve the location of 
 by C. L. Swayze, cer f a j u Choctaw scrip, made at the land office at Opelousas, Louisiana, 
 ' by C. L. Swayze, on the sixth day of August, anno Domini, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and forty-nine, embracing thirteen certificates, lo- 
 cated in township four south, range six east, as per entries thereof : 
 Proviso. Proridcd, That nothing in this act contained shall operate further than 
 
 to relinquish the interest of the United States in said land. 
 
 March 3, 1853. tfo. 902. AN ACT for the relief of Maria Taylor. 
 
 jVoL 10, P . 766^ B& u enacte( ^ ^ That Mrs Maria Ta ylor, w if e O f William R. Taylor, 
 Mrs. Maria of the parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, claiming in her own 
 Taylor confirmed r jg Q t, a certain tract of land situated in the parish of Ascension afore- 
 SinTand 16 < ^ said > near its u PP er limits, on the left bank of the river Mississippi, con- 
 taining eleven and a half arpents front by forty in depth, bounded 
 above by the land of late Jean Louis Parent, and below by the land of 
 late Pierre Prospere, together with the tract immediately adjacent to and 
 back of said front tract, containing a front of twelve arpents, by forty 
 additional arpeuts depth, with such diverging of the lateral lines as to 
 embrace an area of five hundred acres, be and she is hereby, confirmed 
 Proviso. in the title thereto : Provided, That this act shall only be construed as 
 
 a relinquish ment of the Government of all claim to said tract of land : 
 Proviso. Andprovided also, That this act shall not operate against the claim of 
 
 any third person to said tract of land. 
 
 April 20, 1854. No. 903. AN ACT for the relief of John Gasman, of Louisiana. 
 
 YoL 10, p. 779. Be it enacteA ^ ^ That the claim of John G U8man) under an ancient 
 Claim of John purchase of the interest of one Rialleux, and in virtue of ancient and 
 Gusman to cer- coll tiimed possession lor more than a third of a century, be, and the 
 C n " 8ame i8 hereby, confirmed to a certain tract of land, fronting, on the 
 north, the Bayou Bonfouca, in township nine south, of range fourteen 
 
LOUISIANA. 389 
 
 east, iii the Greensburg land district, Louisiana, and embracing frac- 
 tious of sections nine, ten, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, 
 twenty-three, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-two, and 
 thirty-three, and sections sixteen, twenty-one, and twenty- two, accord- 
 ing to a survey executed by one Joseph Troskolowski, as represented 
 on a plat accompanying the petition of the said Gusman, it being the 
 intent of this act to recognize the claim of the said Gusman to all of the 
 said land referred to, embracing the school section : Provided, The school Proviso, 
 authorities accede to the same, and will take other land in lieu of said 
 school section, which they are hereby authorized to do: And provided .Further pro- 
 further, That this act shall only operate as a relinqnishment forever on viso. 
 the part of the United States to the said lauds, and shall not interfere 
 \\ j rh adverse valid rights of others, if such exist, to any part of the land 
 < in braced in the claim and survey aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 418, 704, 708, 710, 832, t34, 835, 837, 841, 843, 853, 859, 883, 884, 891, 894, 895. 
 
 IVo. 904. AN ACT confirming certain land claims in Louisiana, in the Bastrop June 29, 1854. 
 
 grant. Vol. 10, p. 299. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That such of the claims entered in the report dated ^r 7 
 thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, of the register and tion ^ s C uchland 
 receiver at Monroe, Louisiana, as in their opinion ought to be continued, claims as in the 
 according to the principles recognized in the act of Congress of the opinion of the 
 third March, eighteen hundred and forty-one, pursuant to which the ^elverat Monroe 
 said report was made, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed for the ought to be con- 
 extent and under the limitations referred to in the opinions of the said firmed, 
 officers. 
 
 SEC. 2. And belt further enacted, That the confirmation by this act shall HOW f ar the 
 only operate as a reliuquishment on the part of the United States, and confirmation ex- 
 shall not affect the right of adverse claimants to the same lands, nor tends. 
 prevent a judicial decision in regard to the same ; and upon the rendi- 
 tion to the General Land Office of a proper plat of f urvey, duly ap- 
 proved by the survey or- general, for any confirmation by this act, the ^\r n en patent 
 Commissioner shall cause a patent to be issued, if satisfied that the same to be issued, 
 is confirmed and surveyed according to the true intent of this act : Pro- Proviso. 
 mded, That if in any case a claim confirmed by this act was not actually 
 located prior to the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty -one, no 
 location of the same shall be made to the prejudice of any actual settler, 
 but such floating claim may be located on any public lands in the Ouachita 
 district, to which there may be no existing preemption or other valid 
 claim, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner 
 of the General Land Office, (a) 
 
 .(a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737-, 738, 739, 740, 745, 716, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 
 99, 911, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 Wo. 905. AN ACT to confirm the Claim of William H. Henderson, and the heirs July 17, 1854. 
 of Robert Henderson, to five hundred acres of land in the Bastrop grant. Vol'. 10, p. 784. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William H. Henderson and the heirsof Kobert William H. 
 Henderson, of the parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana, be, and they Henderson's and 
 .are hereby, confirmed in their claim to five hundred acres of land in the il 6 ^ 6 P f Robert 
 prairie of Jefferson, on which the said heirs reside, as represented in the c i a e lu ^ to^amfcon 8 
 report of the register and receiver of the land office at Monroe, in their firmed. 
 report of the thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and that Patent for same 
 a patent issue to them after a legal survey duly returned : Provided, tO p^J!j,o 
 That this act shall be construed only as a relinquishment of title on the 
 part of the United States, and shall not affect the claims of other per- 
 sons to the same, if any. 
 
 No. 906. AN ACT for the relief of A. B. Roman, of Louisiana. July 17 1854 
 
 Lc it enacted, $c., That A. B. Roman, of the parish of St. Jameo, and Vul - 10 - P- 785 - 
 &!;iie of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, confirmed in all the right, title, AH the right 
 and interest, now held or possessed b> the United States in and to the &c. the United 
 following lands, now in his occupation, to wit : eighteen arpens front on States Lave in 
 the right bank of the Mississippi River, and running back to the stream flin^d* to AB~ 
 or bayou called Icetamon, in said parish, being part of a French grant Roman, 
 made to Nicholas Verret in seventeen hundred and sixty-five ; and also 
 nine arpents and six toises front, adjoining the first-described tract, with 
 
390 LOUISIANA 
 
 the depth of forty arpents, for the nine arpents and six toises front, the 
 said last described tract consisting of two complete grants made by the 
 Spanish Government to Joseph Herbert and Jean Baptiste Cormie on the 
 twenty-seventh of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-three, 
 and the two tracts so described containing seven thousand four hundred 
 Provi80 and thirty- eight acres of land: Provided, That this act shall only be 
 
 construed to vest in the said A. B. Roman the rights, title, and interest, 
 in said lands now held and possessed by the United Staffs, and shall not 
 be construed in any way to impair the boua-fide rights, interests, or 
 . claims, acquired by any other person under adverse grants, concessions, 
 
 or purchases, made prior to the passage of this act. 
 
 Patent to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That a patent be, and the same is 
 issued for said hereby, directed to be issued to the said A. B. Roman for the lands de- 
 lands> scribed in this act. 
 
 Xo. 907 .-AX ACT for the relief of Richard King. 
 
 July 21, 1854. Be it enacted, <fc., That Richard King be, and he is hereby, confirmed 
 Vo 10, p. 796. in his title to two hundred and forty arpents of land on the eastern 
 Hi -h- rd Kine's ] )ank of t . ne Ouachita River, in the parish of Caldwell, State of Lonis- 
 titleto 240 ar- iana > which was conveyed by the claimant of the Maison Rouge grant 
 pents of land to Bagwell Baily, in eighteen hundred and eighteen, for cutting a road 
 confirmed. through said grant, and has remained in the possession of, and in culti- 
 
 vation by, said Baily and his successors, to the present time, and is now 
 . a part of the plantation of said King, on which he has resided for many 
 sue* * l *~ y eara 5 and that a patent issue to him for it, after a legal survey is made 
 
 and returned, under the direction of the surveyor-general : Provided, 
 That this act shall amount only to a relinquishment of title on the part 
 of the United States. 
 
 July 27, 1854. No. 908. AN ACT confirming a certain land claim in Louisiana known as the 
 Vol* 10, p. 800. Fleuriau claim. 
 
 The claim of ^ e ** enac ^) <$' c "> That the heirs, assigns, and legal representatives of 
 the heirs, &c., of Charles J. B. Fleuriau, or Floriau, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in 
 Charles ' J. ''B. their claim to a tract of land described in a petition or request ad- 
 Fleuriau to acer- dressed by Joseph Villars Dubreuil to the governor and commissary of 
 confirmed r ^ ne ^ ^ e P rov i nce f Louisiana, on the first day of Jane, seven- 
 
 teen hundred and sixty-three, as the same was surveyed by A. F. 
 Righter, a deputy surveyor, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 nine, and certified by H. T. Williams, surveyor-general of the State of 
 Louisiana, on the fourteenth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 nine, and for the full extent of the land embraced in said surveys ; and 
 Patent to issue, that a patent shall issue therefor : Provided, That this act shall be held 
 and taken only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States. 
 
 July 29 1854 1 ** 909 A ^ ACT for the relief of the Pine Grove Academy, in Louisiana. 
 
 Yot 10,'p. 802. Be it enac ted, #c., That the president, directors, and trustees, of the 
 Saidacademy's Pine Grove Academy, in the parish of Caldwell, Louisiana, be, and they 
 title to certain are hereby, confirmed in their title to the lot of forty acres of land on 
 lands in Louisi- which said academy is situated, near Columbia, donated to them by 
 Hyams, Chew, and McCoy, claiming under the Maison Rouge grant, in 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, as more particularly described in the 
 act of donation ; and that the said president, directors, and trustees, be 
 also, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a certain tract or 
 parcel of land, situated in said parish of Caldwel!, with about one mile 
 front on the west bank of the Ouachita River, and running west be- 
 tween five and six miles, and known as lot number twenty-three, in the 
 plat number one, of the Maisou Rouge grant, surveyed b? John Dins- 
 more, a deputy surveyor of the United States, containing about four 
 thousand acres, donated to them by Daniel W. Coxe, one of the claim- 
 ants of said grant, in eighteen hundred and thirty- nine, and that patents 
 When patent ^ e i 88Ueo ^ to them for said lands, after a legal survey, under the in- 
 to be issued, structions of the surveyor-general of Louisiana: Provided, Thar, this act 
 Proviso. shall amount only to a relinquishment of title on the part of the United 
 
 States, and that it shall not be construed to interfere in any manner 
 with the rights of settlers on said lands at the date of this act. 
 
LOUISIANA. 391 
 
 No. 910. AN ACT for the relief of A. G. Penn. A\I%. 1 > 185 4 
 
 Be it enacted, $c. t That A. G. Perm, of the parish of St. Tauiauy, Lou- Vol> 10) p " 806 - 
 isiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, by way of preemption, A. G. Penn au- 
 th^ southwest quarter of section twenty-three, township six south, of thorized to enter, 
 range ten east, in the Green sburg laud district, State of Louisiana, upon JJJL ^JJ * * 
 his paying therefor, to the proper officer of the land office, the sum of tain quarter of 
 one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre : Provided, however, That this land upon paying 
 act shall not be so construed as to interfere with any adverse claim to f 1-23 per acre, 
 the laud hereby authorized to be purchased, if any such there be. 
 
 No. 911. AN ACT to revive the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and Aug. 3, L854. 
 twenty-three, and the act approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty- Vol. 10, p. 347. 
 four, supplemental thereto, in reference to the Rio Hondo claims to land in Lou- 
 isiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, ^-c., That the act approved March third, eighteen him- The act of 
 dred and twenty-three, entitled "An act providing for the examination March 3, 1823, 
 of the titles to land in that part of the State of Louisiana situated be- JJjJ ^ ^ * 
 tweeu the Kio Hondo aud the Sabine River," and the act approved May v i v 'etl for two 
 twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act sup- years, from the 
 plemeutary to an act providing for the examination of titles to laud in promulgation of 
 that part of the State of Louisiana situated between the Rio Hondo th 
 and the Sabine," be, and the same are hereby, revived for and during 
 the space of two years from the promulgation of this act. (a) Compensation 
 
 SEC. a. And be it further enacted, That the register aud receiver at of th register 
 Natchitoches shall, severally, receive, as a full compensation for the ^tc^i^hes for 
 duties required of them by the acts herein revived, the sum of fifty their duties uu- 
 dollars, whenever they shall have finished the business required of them der the above 
 by the acts herein revived, and shall forward their reports to the Secre- acts - 
 tary of the Treasury. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 7G5, 708, 710, 712, 71G, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724 728, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, b!9, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 
 889, 899, 904, 946, 956, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 No, 912. -AN ACT for the relief of John McVea and John F. McKneely, of Lou- Aug. 3, 1854. 
 
 isiana. Vol. fi, p. 814. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That upon the return to the land office at Greensburg, John McVea 
 Louisiana, of plats of surveys, duly approved by the surveyor-general, and John F. Mc- 
 of township three south, of range one west, and township three south, ^rfa'in land 
 of range one east, it shall and may be lawful for John McVea and John w hich they have 
 F. McKueely to enter, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the held in posses- 
 one thousand acre tract or parcel of land which they have long held in sion upon certain 
 possession and cultivation, and which is represented as covering parts con(Ut ' lons - 
 of sections one, two, eleven, and twelve, in township three south, of 
 range one west, and parts of sections six, seven, thirteen, and eighteen, 
 of township three south, of range one east, in the Greensburg land dis- 
 trict, Louisiana : Provided, That the entry shall be made of the quan- Proviso, 
 tity aforesaid, according to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, 
 and shall embrace the quantity aforesaid and the land actually culti- 
 vated and enclosed by them, as near as may be : And provided, further, Further pro- 
 That the entry or entries made under the provisions of this act, shall V18()i 
 not be to the prejudice of any valid adverse rights, if any such exist, 
 to any part of the land aforesaid. 
 
 No. 913.- AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Charles Pavie. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c.. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office --- 
 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to correct the error in the Error in land 
 description of the claim lor land by Charles Pavie (number thirty- lai . m 
 seven) in the report of the register and receiver of the land office at recte a. 
 Ouachita, Louisiana, dated July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and 
 thirt-seven iled "An act confirmin cer- 
 
 thirty-seven, and confirmed by the act entitled "An act confirm 
 tain land claims in Louisiana," approved July sixth, eighteen hundred 
 and forty-two, and to have the same located on the south or right side 
 of Red River descending, not exceeding the quantity claimed and con- 
 firmed us aforesaid : Provided, That this is only to operate as a quit-claim 
 on the part of the United States. 
 
392 LOUISIANA. ' 
 
 An" :> l,-:>4 :Vo> **J ! A ^ ACT for the relief of the lejial heii-s of Benjaniiii Metoyer. 
 
 Vol. 10, p. g-24. y; e ,-f enac ted, t j-e., That Benjamiu Metoyer, of Natchitoches Parish, of 
 
 Beni. Metoyer Louisiana, be authorized to enter for himself and the other heirs of Ben- 
 autbo'iized to eu- jamin Metoyer, deceased, [as] near as may be by legal subdivisions^one 
 -. ;aiu laud mmf i re ,j aut ^ twenty-three and twelve oue-hundredths acres of land. 
 Metoye'T 1 ont ' of au >' P ublic lands belonging to the United States. 
 
 Patents to issue SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Land 
 for lands hereto- Office be authorized to issue to the said heirs and legal representatives, 
 fore confirmed to patents for the lands heretofore confirmed to them or those under whom 
 
 1 116111. i i ^ *-* 
 
 they claim by acts of Congress. 
 
 Aug. 5, 1854. No. 915. AN ACT for the relief of Robert F. McGuire and Louisa, Ms wife, late 
 Vol. 10, p. 825. Louisa Lamy. 
 
 11. F. and L- Be it enacted, <$-c. } That Robert F. McGuire, and Louisa McGuire, his 
 McGuire, con- wife, late Louisa Lamy, be, and they are hereby, confirmed, in their 
 firmed in their f jt| e to a certain tract of land, in the State of Louisiana, containing 
 tract of lamT * m four hundred arpeuts, situate in and being a part of the " Baron de Bas- 
 trop grant," being the same tract to which the said McGuire and wife 
 derived their title from the conveyance of A. Morehous, dated seven- 
 Proviso, teenth April, eighteen hundred and nine : Provided, That this act shall 
 be considered only as areliuquishraent of title on the part of the United 
 States to the said tract, and not prejudice the rights of third persons. 
 
 Jan. 1 -:. ' :-.">. No. 916. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Uriah Pre vritt. 
 Vol. 10. 1'. >:s'.i. deceased. 
 
 Heirs anl n p Ik 1 it enacted, c)Y., That the heirs and legal representatives of Uriah 
 re.si-iuuihvs of Prewitt, deceased, be, and they are authorized to locate on any unap- 
 authorized'to^io! l )r P rijlte(l public lands in the State of Louisiana, the quantity of four 
 cat. 404 acres in hundred and twenty-four acres; and on obtaining a proper certificate 
 L< nisiaua. of such location, from the local land office, under the instructions of the 
 
 Patent to issue. Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall issue to them. 
 
 Jan I- 1 I-V. No. 9l7. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of William 
 Vol." 10, p. 830. Weeks. 
 
 Land claim Beit enacted, #c., That the heirs and legal representatives of William 
 coini rniod t o Weeks be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to a tract of 
 heirs and repre- land, containing two thousand and thirty arpens, situated in the parish 
 WfflSmWeeta. of West Feliciana, State of Louisiana, being the same granted to said 
 William Weeks, by an order of survey of " Grand Pre," then governor 
 of West Florida, on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and six, according to the survey made by Ira C. Kneeland, 
 deputy- survey or, under commission from said governor, on the twenty- 
 second day of September, one thousand eight hundred aud six, of record 
 in the office of the register of the land office at Greensburg, Louisiana, 
 and a patent shall issue therefor : Provided, That this act shall be held 
 and taken only as a relinquishmeut on the part of the United States. 
 
 J'in 1 1855 ^* 9 IS. AX ACT for the relief of Francois Cousin. 
 
 Vol. 10, p. 841. j$ e a cttarti-d, a- .. That Francois Cousin be, and he is hereby, con- 
 Francois Cou- firmed in his title to all those parts of sections twenty, twenty -one, 
 sin confirmed in twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twen- 
 a certain land ti- ty-seven, twenty eight, twenty-nine, thirty-five, and thirty-six, in towu- 
 ina- ship eight south, of range twelve east, which are included within the 
 limits of the original claim of the said Francois Cousin, tiled before the 
 commissioner to adjust private land claims in Louisiana ; also, all that 
 parcel of land described as section forty, in township eight south, of 
 range r\\vl\v east, and section thirty-seven, in township eight >out!i, oi 
 riMi'ge thirteen east, all being in the parish of St. Tammany, ami 
 of Loni>; 
 
 Patenttoissue SEC. 'J. And In- it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 ' era! Land Office shall issue a patent or patents to the said Francois 
 Cousin for the lands above confirmed. 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 393 
 
 No. 919 AN ACT extending, in certain cases, the provisions of the act entitled ' March 2,1855. 
 "An act to extend preemption rights to certain land therein mentioned," approved Vol. 10, p. 626. 
 [March third, eighteen hundred and tifty-three. 
 
 lie it enacted, j-c., That the right of preemption granted by the act of 
 third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled "An act to ex- Rouge grant and 
 tend preemption rights to certain lands therein mentioned," shall be, De Bastrop 
 and the same is hereby extended so that the settler, or occupant on the g rant - 
 Maison Rouge grant and the De Bastrop grant, entitled to the benefits 
 of said act, shall be entitled to enter, at the minimum price, every 
 quarter quarter subdivision, on which he has made improvements: Pro- 
 vided, however, That where any part df the improvements of two or more 
 settlers or occupants is on the same quarter quarter-section, the same 
 shall be entered in their joint names, and their rights shall be propor- 
 tionate to the extent and value of their improvements thereon, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813,. 818, 849, 858, 860, 897, 
 699, 920, 928, 963. 
 
 Io. 920. AN ACT making a grant of lands to the State of Louisiana, to aid in the June 3, 1856. 
 construction of railroads in said. State. Vol. 11, p. 18. 
 
 Be it enacted, t^c., That there be and is hereby granted to the State of Grant of land 
 Louisiana, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad to Louisiana for 
 from the Texas line, in the State of Louisiana, west of the townof ar r 
 Greenwood ; via Greenwood, Shreveport, and Monroe, to a point on the 
 Mississippi River, opposite Vicksbnrg; and from New Orleans by Ope- 
 lousas, to the State hue of Texas ; and froui New Orleans to the State 
 line, in the direction to Jackson, Mississippi ; every alternate section of 
 land designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side 
 of said road. But in case it shall appear that th> United States have, Grant in lieu of 
 when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold any sections, lands . pre-empted 
 or any parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemp- 
 tion has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or 
 agents, to be appointed by the governor of said State, to select, subject 
 to the approval of the Secretary af the Interior, from the lauds of the 
 United States, nearest to the tier of sections above specified, so much in 
 alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as 
 the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the 
 light of preemption has attached as aforesaid; which lands (thus se- 
 lected in lieu of those sold, and to which preemption rights have at- 
 tached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections 
 designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid,) 
 shall be held by the State of Louisiana for the use and purpose afore- 
 said : Provided, That the lands to be so located shall in no case be further 
 than fifteen miles from the line of said roads and selected for and on 
 account of said road : Provided further, That the lands hereby granted 
 shall be exclusively applied in the construction of said roads, and shall Land, how ap- 
 be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied plied, 
 to no other purpose whatsoever : And provid(d farther, That any and all 
 laucis heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or Act not to ap- 
 iu any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding ply to reserva- 
 in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose what- tions except as to 
 BUI ver, be, and the aame are hereby, reserved to the United States from rig 
 the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to 
 locate the route of said railroads through such reserved lands, in which 
 case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of 
 the President of the United States, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections, and parts of sec- Price of alter- 
 tious, of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, nate sections 
 within six miles *on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than doubled, 
 double the minimum price of the public lands when sold ; nor shall any 
 of said lands become subject to private entry until the same have been 
 first offered at public sale at the increased price. (&) 
 
 'SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Objec t of grant, 
 to the said State, shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature a p u 5o high- 
 thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, and no other ; and the said railroads wav for Govern- 
 shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of meht 
 the United States, free Jroui toll or other charge, upon the transportation 
 of any property or uo<.ps of the United States. 
 
394 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Lands, how dis- SEC. 4. And In- it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to- 
 posed, gajd state, shall be disposed of only in manner following ; that is to 
 say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty 
 sections, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of 
 said roads, may be sold ; and when the governor of said State shall 
 certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous 
 miles of said roads are completed, then another like quantity of laud 
 hereby granted may be so sold; and so, from time to time, until said 
 roads are completed ; and if said roads are not completed within ten 
 years, no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert, 
 to the United States, (a) 
 
 Transportation SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall be 
 of mails. transported over said roads under the direction of the Post Office De- 
 
 partment, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct : Provided, That 
 uutil such price is iixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have the 
 power to determine the same. 
 
 (a) See Koa. 822, 828. 829, 924, 962, 964, 966. 
 
 (b) See Xos. 704, 706, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 
 
 897,899,919,928,963. 
 
 August 6, 1856. No. 921. AX ACT for the relief of Cephise Tiseros, widow of Louis Labranche, of 
 Vol. 11, p. 455. the parish of St. Charles, and State of Louisiana. 
 
 Cephise Pise- Be it enacted, j-e., That Cephise Piseros, as heir at law of Jean Francois 
 ros confirmed in Piseros, deceased, be, and she is hereby, confirmed in her title to a tract 
 the^riSTo? sT o laml in tbe Parish of St - Charles, and State of Louisiana, situate on 
 Charles,La. ' tue lelt bank of the Miaaiwippi River, of about four arpents in front, 
 with a depth of forty arpents, bounded on the north by the claim of 
 Jean Francois Piaeroe, designated us " number eighty-eight" in the re- 
 port of the board of commissioners for the eastern district of the Terri- 
 tory of Orleans, and on the south by the lands of Adelard Fortier, desig- 
 nated as claim number <l four hundred and eighty-eight '' by the register 
 and receiver of the land office for the eastern district of Louisia.ua, in 
 their report of March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixteen. 
 Patent to issue. SEC. 2. And b> it farther < nactid, That the Commissioner of the General 
 Laud Office shall, upon being presented with a plat and certificate of 
 survey of the said tract of land, legally executed by the proper officer, 
 issue a patent for the same : I'rurided, howercr, That such patent shall 
 operate only as a celinquishmeut on the part of the United States, and 
 shall not affect or prejudice the rights of any third person. 
 
 August 6, 1856. ^* 922 AN ACT for the relief of Randall D. Livingston. 
 
 Vol. 11, P . 455. Be{t enac i a i t f Cm) That Randall D. Livingston be, and he is hereby,. 
 RandallD. Liv- confirmed in his title to a certain tract of land, lying and being within 
 ingston connrni- the limits of the "'Baron de Bastrop grant," in the State of Louisiana^ 
 *f iU . w 1{ }? d and described as follows, to wit : Beginning at a corner post in the edge 
 De^astropgrant of a P ra i rie known as prairie "Mer Rouge ;" running thence south one 
 in Louisiana. hundred and fifty poles, to two black oaks and three gums ; thence east 
 one hundred and thirty-three poles, to a hickory and gum ; thence north 
 one hundred and fifty poles, to three gums and a dogwood ; thence west 
 one hundred and thirty-three poles, to the place of beginning ; contain- 
 ing two hundred acres, being the same tract of land conveyed by A. 
 Morehouse to John Martin Merriwether, by deed, dated February first, 
 anno Domini eighteen hundred and five ; and being, also, that part of 
 the two tracts of land, amounting in the aggregate to four hundred 
 acres, claimed by the said Randall D. Livingston before the commis- 
 sioners appointed under the act entitled " An act foe the settlement of 
 certain classes of private land claims within the limits of the Baron de 
 Bastrop grant," &c., approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 one, which was not confirmed by the said commissioners. 
 
 Patent to issue. SEC. ~- ^" ( ^ l )(> it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General 
 
 ' Land Office shall, upon the receipt of a plat and certificate of survey of 
 
 To operate only the said tract of land, legally executed by the proper officer, issue a 
 
 as a relinquish- patent for the some : Provided, howercr. That such patent shall only ope- 
 
 ment of title of rate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not 
 
 States affect or prejudice the rights of any third person. 
 
LOUISIANA. 395- 
 
 No. 923. AX ACT to confirm Joseph Wandestrand in his title to certain lands. August C, Ic56. 
 /> it enacted, <fc.,That Joseph Wandestrand be, and he is hereby, cou- Yo1 ' llt p " 436 ' 
 firmed in his title to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana, TUU.-OI Joseph 
 and described as follows, to wit: Sections numbered fifty-five, fifty -BIX, Wanderstraud to 
 and fifty-seven, in township numbered twelve south, of range numbereu Jf r ^ s l ( 1 an J l aD(1 co in 
 ten east, (east of the Mississippi River,) in the southeastern district of firmed 
 Louisiana : Provided, That this act shall only be construed to be a re- Confirmation to 
 linquishment on the part of the United States ; and shall not prejudice, act only as a re- 
 or in any way affect, the rights of any third person. ttngutehment of 
 
 IVo. 924, AX ACT granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Mis- -^ U K- ll . !>$ 
 sissippi to aid in the construction of railroads Li said State, and tor other purposes. Vol. 11, p. 30. 
 
 [Grant of lands for a railroad from Mobile to New Orleans. See MIS- 
 SISSIPPI, No. 1414.] 
 
 No. 925. AX ACT for the relief of Cezaire Wallace, of the parish of Bossier, and Aug. 16, 1656. 
 State of Louisiana. Vol. 11, p. 464. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fe., That Cezaire Wallace be, and he is hereby, con- Claim of Ce- 
 firmed in his claim to the two tracts of land, each containing six hundred *" ^? n ^ to 
 and forty acres, lying in the State of Louisiana, and within the limits al Territory;"' 
 of the late ''Neutral Territory," which said claims were founded on in- Louisiana, con- 
 habitation and cultivation, and reported for confirmation by the register firmed. 
 and receiver of the southwestern district of Louisiana, iu their report, 
 dated November first, eighteen hundred and twenty- four, in conformity 
 to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen 
 hundred and twenty-three, and the act supplementary thereto, ap- 
 proved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and twenty-lour ; which said 
 claims are numbered, respectively, " thirty- four " and "fifty-six," and 
 embraced iu the " third class" of the said report. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the confirmation made by this Continuation u> 
 act shall not be construed to extend further than to a relinquishment P ( ? r . ate onl y as * 
 of title on the part of the United States ; and the claims hereby cpn- O f tit i e 
 firmed shall be located under the direction of the register and receiver 
 of the proper land office, in conformity with the legal subdivisions <j 8 aiddaiin8 
 the public surveys, so far as practicable, and shall include the improve- 
 ments of the claimant. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the location, as herein Patents to is- 
 provided, such register shall forward certificates thereof to the Com- su v. 
 missioner of the General Land Office, who, upon the receipt thereof, 
 shall cause patents to be issued to the said Cezaire Wallace for the 
 lands so located : Provided, The same does not exceed the quantity jf location in- 
 hereby confirmed. And if its location as herein confirmed should inter- terferes with ex- 
 fere with any bona-fide preemption claim, or other adverse valid right, isting rights, a 
 the same to the extent of such connection may be located on any public new location may 
 land of the district to which there may be no existing preemption or 
 other valid claim under such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 No. 926. AX AC 1 for the relief of Amhrose Lanfear, of Louisiana. Aug. 18, 1856. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the surveys of claim number seventy-four, _ ^_'..J. P '.' 
 known as the claim of the children of Paul Toups, and of claim number Surveys of 
 five hundred and twenty-nine, known as the claim of Daspit St. Amand, claims iu Louisi- 
 executed by Maurice Hanke", United States deputy surveyor, and ap- Sns ot^Touos 
 proved of by William J. McCulloh, United States surveyor general for children and of 
 the State of Louisiana, on the fifth day of May, eighteen hundred and Daftpit St. 
 fifty-five, be, and the said surveys are hereby confirmed in favor of A m ll11 (1 ' ? on 
 
 Ambrose Laufear for the lands embraced within the said surveys here- Ke Lamear 
 by confirmed : Provided, That such confirmation shall only be construed This confirma- 
 into a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and tiou to be only a 
 shall not affect the rights of any third person claiming title either under r e 1 i ntiuishment 
 adverse title or as pfeemptor : And proidcd further, Thar, any person, \ e ; 
 or persons, who are now settled on the said lands, or any pcrriou of the contestants mav 
 lands embraced in the said surveys, shall be entitled to have and main- 8ue . 
 
396 LOUISIANA. 
 
 tain an action to test the validity of said surveys and the extent of the 
 said claim of the children of Paul Toups, and of Daspit St. Amaud, 
 numbers seventy-four and five hundred and twenty-nine and to have 
 the same determined judicially in the same manner as though the land 
 on which they are settled had been surveyed as public land, and they 
 had been permitted to enter the same by way of preemption, it being 
 the true intent and meaning of this act that no person who would be 
 DOW entitled to a right of preemption to any part of the said land, if 
 the same were the property of the United States, shall be deprived of 
 the same, unless it is judicially decided that the said surveys were made 
 in conformity with the legal right of the said Ambrose Lanfear, under 
 the said confirmation. 
 
 ig. 18, 1856. No. 927.- AN ACT for the relief of Hannibal Faulk and Eliza S. Collier, (formerly 
 "Vol. 11, p. 474. widow Scriber,) and the heirs and legal representatives of Benjamin Scriber, de- 
 
 Aug. 18, 1856. 
 
 ceased. 
 H. Faulk and 
 
 Faulk and j> e it nac te(l, <fc., That Hannibal Faulk and Eliza S. Collier, (formerly 
 Benj Scriber, widow Scriber,) and Abraham H. Scriber, Mary Ann Scriber, and William 
 confirmed in J- C. Scriber, heirs at law of Benjamin Scriber, deceased, according to 
 their title to cer- their respective interests, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their 
 isSna m L U " !' ifcle to a certaiu tract of laml > iyiag within the Baron de Bastrop grant, 
 in the State of Louisiana, being a remainder of twenty-two hundred 
 and fifty arpens of a tract of three thousand arpens, reported on by the 
 register and receiver of the land office at Monroe, Louisiana, under 
 date of July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and numbered 
 in said report as number one, of the first class ; and being, also, that 
 portion of said tract *of land which was rejected by the said register 
 and receiver, but recommended to the discretion and liberality of the 
 Confirmation, Government. The confirmation hereby made, together with the con- 
 ow, to operate. nrmat i on uu <j e r the act of Congress, approved June twenty-nine, eight- 
 een hundred and fifty-four, shall be construed to confirm the title to 
 the entire tract of land containing three thousand arpens, claimed by 
 the said parties before the said register and receiver, and more particu- 
 larly described in the deed from John McBride to Abraham Scriber, 
 dated the fifteenth June, eighteen hundred and eighteen, a copy of 
 which accompanies the said report of the thirtieth July, eighteen hun- 
 . dred and fifty -two. 
 
 sued SEC - 2 - And be lt father enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 
 eral Land Office, upon the receipt of a plat and survey of the said tract 
 of laud, executed by the proper officer, shall cause a patent to be issued 
 therefor : J'roridfd, howerer, That such patent shall only operate as a 
 relinquishiuent of title on the part of the United States, and shall not 
 affect the right of any third person, whether entitled to a preemption 
 under the laws of the United States, or having other valid claim to 
 any part of said land. 
 
 Aug. 18, 1856. No. 928. AN ACT to fix the graduation periods for lands in the Greensburg dis- 
 Vol. 11, p. 120. trict, iu the State of Louisiana. 
 
 In Greensburg Be it enacted, $-c., That in classifying the unsold and unappropriated 
 district the peri- public lands in the district of Greensburg, subject to sale, in the State 
 oned from Time of Loui8iana > under the act entitled, "An act to graduate and reduce 
 the land became the price of the public lands to actual settlers and cultivators," approved 
 subject to private August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, the respective periods 
 entry- therein referred to shall be computed from the dates on -which the lands 
 
 became subject to private entry, after the first or original offering of 
 
 the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 704, 708, 710, 720, 722, 729, 730, 731, 732, 761, 768, 786, 813, 818, 849, 858, 860, 
 897, 899, 919, 920, 963. 
 
 Aug. 23, 1856. No. 929. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Bernard 
 Vol. 11, p. 477. Hemkin. 
 
 Heirs and r.-p- JJc it enacted, <|v., That the heirs and legal representatives of Bernard 
 resentatives <> f Hemkiu be and they are hereby authorized to locate two hundred arpeus 
 authorized 6 ! iS ot lan(l on anv ot t>he Ulireserve( l an(l ""appropriated public lands of 
 cate certain land the Ouachita land district in the State of Louisiana, it being in lieu of 
 in Louisiana. so much of the lot number four, recommended by the register and re- 
 
LOUISIANA. 397 
 
 ceiver of said land office for confirmation, in their report made in Jnly, 
 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-two, in compliance with an act of Congress, 
 
 as has been awarded to John B. Eddins : Provided, That by said loca- p rov i 80 . 
 
 tion they shall not interfere with the pre-emptive or other valid rights 
 
 of third persons. 
 
 No. 930. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Mrs. Mag- Aug. 23, 1856. 
 
 dalene Broutin, widow of De la Ronde. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claim of the heirs and legal representa- Land claim of 
 tives of Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, the widow of Don Pedro de la Konde, heirs, &c., of 
 be and the same is hereby confirmed to a tract of land in the Greens- 
 burg district, parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, fronting on the West 
 bank of Pearl River, at about ten miles from its fall into the Rigolets ; 
 containing two thousand superficial arpentB, as represented on the plat 
 of survey made by Carlos Trudeau, and annexed to the title deed granted 
 by Don Juan Ventura Morales, intendeut or superintendent-general of 
 the province of West Florida, to Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, widow of De 
 la Ronde, on the nineteenth January, eighteen hundred and four : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, however, That this act shall only operate as a relinquishment for- 
 ever on the part of the United States to the said lands ; and shall not 
 interfere with adverse valid rights of other persons, if such exist, to 
 any part of the land embraced in the claim and survey aforesaid. 
 
 No. 931 AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Ignacio Aug. 23, 1856. 
 
 Delino. Vol. 11, p. 480. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the claim of the heirs and legal representa- claim of heirs 
 tives of Ignacio Deliuo be arid the same is hereby confirmed to a tract and representa- 
 of land in the Greensburg district, parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, tives of Ignacio 
 fronting on the west bank of Pearl River, at about twelve miles from Jj , GJeemXmr" 
 its fall into the Rigolets, containing two thousand superficial arpents, district, Louisf- 
 as represented on the plat of survey made by Carlos Trndeau, and oiia, confirmed, 
 annexed to the title deed granted by Don Juan Ventura Morales, in- 
 tendnt-geuei al of the province of West Florida, to Ignacio Delino, on 
 the eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and four: Provided, however, This a ^ to P- 
 That this act shall only operate as a relinquishment forever on the part 
 of the United States to the said lauds, and shall not interfere with 
 adverse valid rights of other persons, if such exist, to any part of the 
 land embraced in the claim and survey aforesaid. 
 
 No. 932. AN ACT to confirm the title of Ruhama Whitaker and Rebecca Whitaker Aug. 23, 1856. 
 to certain lands in the State of Louisiana. Vol. 11, p. 481. 
 
 Be it enacted, tf-c., That there is hereby confirmed to Ruhama Whitaker TU - H . 
 
 ,v .. A. "i i i i n J-/1TO 68T3t6 ID. 
 
 the usuiruct title during her natural life, in two certain tracts consti- certain land in 
 tuting one body of land on the northwest branch of Thompson's Creek, Louisiana con- 
 in Louisiana; the one tract of five hundred and sixty arpens having firmed to Buha- 
 been surveyed in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, in the m! 
 name of Juan Brown ; the other, of three hundred and ten arpens, hav- 
 ing been surveyed in the year eighteen hundred and six, for Edward 
 O'Connor ; and there is hereby relinquished to Rebecca Whitaker the Reversion re- 
 reversionary interest of the United States in fee-simple to the said land ; liuquished to Re- 
 and it shall be the duty of the United States surveyor-general to exe- becca whltaker - 
 cute a proper survey of the land, according to the evidence accompany- 
 ing the memorial of the said Ruhama Whitaker and Rebecca Whitaker 
 to Congress : Provided, however, That the confirmation and relinquish- valid adverse 
 ment by this act shall not interfere with any subsisting valid adverse rights saved, 
 right, if such exist, to the whole or any part of the aforesaid land. 
 
 No. 933. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Louis Aug. 23, 1856. 
 
 Reggio. Vol. 11, p. 482. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the heirs and legal representatives of Louis Heirs and rep- 
 Reggio, original claimant, be and they are hereby confirmed in their resentatives of 
 title to a certain tract of land situated on the Bayou Lacomb, in the^"" if^S in 
 parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana, containing sixteen hundred their title to land 
 arpents, more or less, according to the original plat of survey made and in Louisiana, 
 returned to the land office, and located in townships eight and nine, of 
 ranges twelve and thirteen east, in the land district east of the island 
 
398 LOUISIANA. 
 
 of Orleans, and west of Pearl Kiver : Provided, That this confirmation 
 Adverse rights i 8 * n no manner to affect or impair any adverse valid rights, if such 
 saved and other should be found to exist; but the area of such interference, if not less 
 land to be entered than the quantity of a sixteenth of a section, the aforesaid legal repre- 
 sentatives shall be authorized to locate on other Government lands in 
 Louisiana, subject to entry by private sale at one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre or less. 
 
 Ascertainment SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- 
 whether there veyor-general of Louisiana to ascertain whether any part of the origi- 
 & r e a d v e r s e Da i c i a i m is not covered by other rights, and for puch port ion he shall 
 make a return of a plat to the General Land Office ; and for the area of 
 interference, if not less than the quantity aforesaid, he shall issue his 
 certificate authorizing the location thereof on other lands in Louisiana 
 as aforesaid ; and upon the return of such a plat, or the surveyor-gen- 
 eral's certificate, with the tracts designated thereon by the proper regis- 
 ter, which may be selected in accordance with this act, a patent shall 
 
 Jan 28.. 18.17. No. 934.-AX ACT for the relief of Charlotte Turner. 
 
 Be it enacted, <j-c., That Mrs. Charlotte Turner be, and is hereby, au- 
 Mra. Charlotte thorized to enter, at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five 
 rito%nter cer- cents P er acre > tue east nalr " of the southeast quarter of section twenty- 
 tain laud in Lou- one, and the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, 
 isiana. in township three, of range eight east, in the southeastern district, 
 
 Louisiana, in virtue of her long settlement and valuable improvements 
 thereon. 
 
 Feb. 5, 1857. IVo. 935. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs or leyal representatives of Jeremiah 
 Vol. 11, p. 4'J1. Bryan. 
 
 Heirs or repre- Be it enacted, <Vc., That the heirs or legal representatives of Jeremiah 
 seiitatives of Jer- Bryan, late of the parish of St. Helena, State of Louisiana, be allowed, 
 Bryan au- an( j are ]j ereD y authorized, to select from, and to enter and locate, free 
 mot'izGQ to enter . , t \ \ r -11 -in 
 
 ceitain land in * co&t, in the proper land office, six hundred and forty acres of any of 
 Loui&iana. the public lands in the Greensburg (late St. Helena) land district, in 
 
 Louisiana, according to legal subdivisions ; and that such right of entry 
 or location shall be exercised in full satisfaction of the confirmation 
 made to said Bryan under the act of third March, eighteen hundred and 
 nineteen, according to the report of actual settlers in said district, made 
 by J. O. Cosby, and to certificate of confirmation, number two hundred 
 Proviso. an( ^ nine, issued by the register and receiver of said land office : Pro- 
 
 vided, That the selections shall be made from lands subject to private 
 entry, at a minimum of of not more than one dollar and twenty-five 
 cents per acre ; and patents shall issue therefor, as in ordinary cases of 
 entry and sale. 
 
 March 2, 1857. No. 936. AN ACT for the relief of John L. Vattier. 
 
 Vol. 11. p. 503. Be u enacfe( ^ g. Ct} Tbat John L y attier be and be h er eby is entitled 
 
 John L Vattier to select and locate of the public lands of the United States open to 
 
 authorized to lo- entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, two thousand eight 
 
 aJ \nilenniitv Cre8 hundred and eighty acres, for which he shall duly receive a patent as 
 
 indemnity for the undivided half of the claim of George Schamp and 
 
 Pelagre Schamp, his wife, as filed before the register and receiver of the 
 
 laud office of the southwestern land district of the State of Louisiana, 
 
 as reported by them first of November, eighteen hundred and twenty- 
 
 foilr. 
 
 >'t eh 2, 1857. No. 937. AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin R. Gantt. 
 
 ^ul. 11, p. 505. /;< . f cnacie( ^ j, c ^ Tbat the claim of Benjamin R. Gantt, as the as- 
 
 Part of land signee or representative of George Rowe, to a tract of land on the east 
 
 claim of Beiy. R. or j e f t, 8 id e ol the Bayou Teche, in the parish of St. Mary, State of Louis- 
 
 of^^org^RowT ^ ana > i u virtue of a location made by H. Williams, surveyor-general, on 
 
 confirmed. ' the twenty-first day of February, eighteen band red and forty, under 
 
 the act of Congress for the relief of the said George Rowe, approved on 
 
 the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, containing 
 
LOUISIANA. 399 
 
 not more than four hundred superficial arpents, be and the same is 
 hereby confirmed to so much of eaid land so located, as may be found 
 undisposed of by the United States; the same to be patented and ad- 
 justed according to the approved plat of survey of the township in 
 which it is situated, under instructions from the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office, so as to give him, the said Gantt, as near as may 
 be, the lands sought to be located by him, being a part of sections one 
 and two, and perhaps a fraction of eleven and twelve, in township num- 
 ber fifteen south, of range number ten east, in the southwestern district 
 of Louisiana : Provided, That this act shall only operate as a relinquish- Thig act to be 
 ment forever on the -part of the United States to the said lands, and only a relinquish- 
 shall not interfere with adverse valid rights of third persons, if such ment of title. 
 exist, to any part thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 838. 
 
 No. 938. AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of the parish of Ascension, March :J, 1857. 
 State of Louisiana. Vol. 11, p. 517. 
 
 Beit enacted, $-c., That all that certain tract or parcel of land situate Land claim in 
 on the west side of the Mississippi, in the parish of Ascension, contain- Louisiana con- 
 ing four arpents, one toise and five feet in front, and forty arpents in ?^ ^J^ f^" 
 depth, as claimed by Isadore Blanchard, for the parish church of the 1S 
 parish of Ascension, under number three hundred and ninety-one, and 
 reported favorably on by the old board of commissioners for the eastern 
 district ot New Orleans Territory, and as represented in the survey of a 
 portion of township eleven south, in ranges fourteen and fifteen east, 
 in the surveys of the United States, southeastern district of Louisiana, 
 west of the Mississippi, be and the same is hereby confirmed to the 
 inhabitants of the parish of Ascension, to and for the uses and purposes 
 for which the same has been heietoforo held and used: Provided also, Act to operate 
 That this act shall be only considered a relinquishment on the part of only as a relin- 
 the United States, and not to interfere with the rights of others. quishment. 
 
 No. 939. AN ACT for the relief of N. C. "Weems, of Louisiana. April 21, 1858. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the entry of the section number sixty-eight, YoL n ' p " 529 ' 
 of township number two north, of range number one east, in the south- Entry of land 
 western laud district of Louisiana, by N. C. Weems, of that State, and to 7 J e 
 patented on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, ' 
 be, and is hereby, confirmed ; and the Commissioner of the Laud Office 
 shall cause to be refunded any excess of money paid into the land office 
 in its purchase from the Government. 
 
 No. 94(K AN ACT for the relief of John R. Temple, of Louisiana, May 18f 1 g 5 g. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That John R. Temple be, and he is hereby, con- Yo *- n ' p ' 530 ' 
 firmed in his title to a tract of land containing six hundred and seventy T i t i c O f j hn 
 arpens, lying and being within what is known as the "Baron de Bas- K. Temple con- 
 trop grant," on the east side of Bayou Bartholomew, and more particu- firmed to a tract 
 larly described in a plat anft survey executed on the nineteenth and f the ' rj!J e 
 twentieth days of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, by Henry 
 Curtis, parish surveyor for the parish of Morehouse, and State of Louis- 
 iana ; and being all that part of two certain tracts of land, not hereto- 
 fore confirmed to any other claimant, as follows, to wit : A tract ofland 
 sold and conveyed by the heirs of Morehouse to George Hook, by deed 
 dated the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and fourteen ; arid 
 a certain other tract conveyed by Abraham Morehouse to Jacob Stroop, 
 son of George Stroop, by deed dated the tenth day of December, eight- 
 een hundred and twelve. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, upon receipt of a plat and survey of the land hereby 
 confirmed, executed by the proper officer, shall cause a patent to be Patent to issue* 
 issued therefor to the said John [R.] Temple: Provided, however, That Proviso, 
 such patent shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part 
 of the United States, and shall not effect the rights of any third person. 
 
400 LOUISIANA. 
 
 May 24, 1858. No. 941.=- AX ACT to revive an act entitled "Ail act for the relief of the heirs, or 
 Vol. 11. p. 531. their legal representatives, of William Conway, deceased." 
 
 Preamble. Whereas the heirs of William Conway, deceased, or their legal repre- 
 
 sentatives, have never been able to avail themselves of the provisions 
 in their favor contained in an act entitled "An act for the relief of the 
 heirs, or their legal representatives, of William Conway, deceased," 
 partly because of some error or mis'ake as to the location of the por- 
 tion of the lands applied for under the act, and partly because of the 
 existence of a legal controversy between the parties in interest under 
 the provisions of said act : Therefore 
 
 Former act re- g e ft enacted, $c.< That the said act entitled "An act for the relief of 
 Qe the heirs, or their legal representatives, of William Conway, deceased," 
 approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, be, and the 
 same is hereby, revived and continued in force for one year from the 
 passage of this act, and no longer, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 824, '956. 
 
 May 24 1858 -No. 942. AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of "William Smith, deceased, 
 Vol. 11, 'p. 531. la * of Louisiana. 
 
 Claim of Will- B? M enacted, <$-c., That the claim of William Smith to six hundred 
 iam Smith to and forty acres of land, now occupied by William B. Allen, in the par- 
 land in Louisiana i SQ O f Livingston, in the State of Louisiana, and being the same he 
 Mere & e( and re8ided ou at the time of his death aud settled originally by Stephen 
 patent to issue. Terry, and represented on the map of surveys as section number thirty- 
 nine, in township number six south, of range number three east ; and 
 section number sixty, in township number six south, of range number 
 two east, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to the said William 
 Smith and to his heirs and representatives, and that a patent shall issue 
 therefor, as in other cases : Provided, That this act shall only operate 
 as a relinquishment forever on the part of the United States to said 
 land, and shall not interfere with adverse valid rights of others, if such 
 exist. 
 
 May 24, 1858. No. 943. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre 
 Vol. 11, p. 531. Bronssard, deceased. 
 
 Claim of Pierre Be it enacted, tj'-c., That the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre 
 Broussard to land Broussard, deceased, late of Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, cen- 
 to Louisiana con- fi rme j j n tne i r t j t j e to a ce rtaiu tract of laud situated ou the "Bay on 
 11181 Teche, in the parish of St. Martin, in said State of Louisiana, and known 
 on the recognized public surveys as section thirty-six, in township eight 
 south, of range five east, containing about one hundred and seventy 
 Proviso. acres : Provided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a relin- 
 
 quishment of title on the part of the United States, aud shall not affect 
 any adverse rights, if any such there be. 
 
 May 24, 1858. No. 944. AN ACT for the relief of Pierre Gagnon, of Natchitoches, Louisiana. 
 Vol. 11, p, 532. ^ ft enacted, #c., That Pierre Gagnon'be allowed to enter and pay for 
 Pierre Gagnon his preemption claim to the northeast aufl southeast fractional quarters 
 may enter and o f se ction number seven, in township number nine north, of rauge uurn- 
 em^tion cTaim re 1>er six west > containing about one hundred and eighty-nine acres, in the 
 land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, and that a patent issue therefor 
 Proviso. as in ordinary cases : Provided, however, That [neither] this right of entry, 
 
 nor any patent issued under it, shall prejudice any valid adverse claim, 
 should such exist. 
 
 May 24, 1858. Ko 945. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Marie Malines. 
 VoLii.p. 533. g e ft enact d } ^. Cij That the legal representatives of Marie Malines, born 
 Representa- Rillieux, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in all the right, title, and 
 tives of Marie interest now held or possessed by the United States in and to a certain 
 Malines confirm- tract o f i an j i u t ne State of Louisiana, containing about thirty- two 
 SeUnitodStates hundred arpents, being a part of a grant made by the French Govern- 
 to certain land in ment, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, to Marie 
 Louisiana. Rillieux, according to a survey aud plat made by the royal surveyor,, 
 
LOUISIANA. 
 
 401 
 
 Don Carlos Trudeau, and of record in the land office at New Orleans ; 
 and upon a proper survey, duly approved, being returned to the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, a patent shall issue : Provided, That this act shall only Proviso, 
 be construed to vest in the said legal representatives of Marie Malines, 
 born Rillieux, the rights, title, and interest in said land now held and 
 possessed by the United States, and shall not be construed in any way 
 to impair the bona-lide rights, interests, or claims acquired by any other 
 person under adverse grants, concessions, or purchases made prior to 
 the passage of this act. 
 
 No. 946. AN ACT to provide for the location of certain confirmed private land June 2, 1858. 
 claims in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. Vol. 11, p. 294. 
 
 [Decisions of recorder, &c., as to certain private land claims in the east- ~~ 
 era district of Orleans Territory confirmed, &c. See MISSOURI, No. 1102.] 
 
 No. 947. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Jean Babtiste June 7, 1858. 
 
 Devidrine. Vol. 11, p. 544 . 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of Jean Babtiste R e p r e 8 enta , 
 Devidrine, late of Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in tives of Jean 
 their claim to that tract or parcel of land known on the public surveys Babtiste Devi- 
 of the southwestern land district of that State as lot number forty-five, drine, confirmed 
 in township number four south, range number three east, and lot num- JJJ Louisiana and 
 ber seventy- three, in township number four south, range number four patent to 
 east, containing about four hundred arpents, or three hundred and 
 fifty acres of land, and that a patent shall issue therefor as in other 
 cases : Provided, That this act shall only be construed as a relinquish- 
 ment of whatever title may now be vested in the United States, and 
 shall in nowise interfere wiih any valid adverse claim of other or third 
 parties, should such there be. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 948. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John McDonough, 
 deceased, late of Louisiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the claim numbered thirty-nine in the report 
 of the register and receiver of the laud office at New Orleans, Loui- 
 siana, made on the twenty-second day of November, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-seven, in the name of John McDonough, to a tract of about 
 one //ww-hundred and seventy- seven superficial arpents of land, be, and 
 the same is hereby, confirmed; and that a patent shall issue, as in 
 ordinary cases, to the legal representatives of the said McDonough : 
 Provided, That this confirmation shall only be construed as a relin- 
 quishmeut of all right and title of the United States, and shall not 
 prejudice the legal claim of any other party, should such exist, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 774, 779. 
 
 June 7, 1858. 
 Vol. 11, p. 545. 
 
 Eepresenta- 
 tives of John Mc- 
 D o n o u g h con- 
 firmed in claim 
 to land in Louisi- 
 ana, and patent 
 to issue. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 949. AN ACT for the relief of Mrs. Ambroise Brou, of the parish of St. 
 Charles, State of Louisiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c. } That Mrs. Ambroise Brou, of the parish of St. 
 Charles, in the State of Louisiana, be, and she is hereby, confirmed 
 
 Feb. 9, 1859. 
 Vol. 11, p. 559. 
 
 her title to lot or section six, township twelve south, range twenty Ambroise Brou. 
 
 east, and lot or section ten in township thirteen south, range twenty 
 
 east, in said State ; said lands being the unconfirmed half of a tract of 
 
 nine arpents twenty-six toises front, by eighty arpents in depth, the 
 
 other half of which was confirmed to Ambroise Brou by the act of Con- 
 
 gress of February twenty-eighth; eighteen hundred and twenty-three, 
 
 and is fully described in the report of the register of the land office for 
 
 the eastern district of Louisiana, dated the sixth January, eighteen 
 
 hundred and twenty-one : Provided, That this act shall not affect the 
 
 right, title, or claim of any third person, but shall be construed simply 
 
 as a quit-claim by the United States of any title in and to said tract of 
 
 land. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 950. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Olivier 
 Landry, of the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the heirs aad legal representatives and assigns 
 
 Feb. 9, 1859. 
 Vol. 11, p. 559. 
 
 jjid title con- 
 
 of Olivier Laudry be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a firmed. 
 certain tract of laud situated in township ten south, range five east, in 
 the southwestern district of Louisiana, containing two hundred and 
 
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402 LOUISIANA. 
 
 thirty acres and eighty-four hundredths of an acre, being 1 the tract on 
 the township map of said township marked forty-nine, bounded on one 
 side by a tract belonging to the heirs of Rene TVahan, and on the other 
 Proviso. by land formerly confirmed to said Olivier Landry : Provided, That this 
 
 act shall only be construed as a relinquishment of any title that the 
 United States may have to said lands, aud shall not affect any title that 
 any third person may have in and to said lands. 
 
 April 19 1860 No. 951. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Mark 
 
 Vol. 12, p. 838. Elisha. 
 
 Claim of Mark ^ e ^ enacted, <$-c., That the claim of Mark Elisha for four hundred 
 Elisha to land i n arpents, entered under number three hundred and sixty-five, (register's 
 Louisiana con- number, one hundred aud twenty-six) in the seventh class of the report 
 dated December thirty, eighteen hundred and fifteen, of the register 
 and receiver at Opelousas, Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, con- 
 firmed, the said claim not being yet surveyed, but reported as embracing 
 parts of lots numbers three and four, and south half of sections twenty- 
 one and twenty-eight, lot number six of section twenty-seven, and lot 
 number one of section twenty-nine in township two north, of range 
 four east, southwestern land district of Louisiana; and it shall be the 
 duty of the surveyor-general of Louisiana, to survey said claim, and 
 
 Proviso, represent the same on the official plats : Provided, That this act shall 
 
 only be considered as a relinquishment on the part of the United States 
 and not to to interfere with any adverse valid rights to the same land. 
 
 June 1, 1860. Xo - 952. AN ACT for the relief of Braxton Bragg and Randall L. Gibson. 
 
 Vol. 12, p. 845. Be it enactedf ^. c<? That Braxton Bragg and Randall L. Gibson be, and 
 Braxton Bragg they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to the portion of the tract of 
 aud Randall L. land known and designated in the surveys of the United States for the 
 Gibson, confirm- southeastern district of Louisiana as section or lot number twenty- 
 to land i^LouS 8even ? of township fourteen south, in range sixteen east, (west of the 
 iana, and patent river Mississippi,) which they are now respectively in possession of, 
 to issue there- under title derived from Domingo Esteve or his heirs, and that a 
 for - patent shall issue therefor, as in ordinary cases. 
 
 June 9 1860. No. 953. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Francis 
 VoL is! p. 852. Guillory. 
 
 Land claim of ^ e ** enacted, $c., That the heirs or legal representatives of Francis 
 heirs of Francis Guillory, deceased, late of the parish of St. Landry, in the State of Lou- 
 Guillory confirm- isiana, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to that tract 
 or .parcel of lands known on the public surveys of the southwestern 
 district of Louisiana as section number one hundred and eight, in town- 
 ship number four south, range number three east, and section number 
 seventy- eight, in township number four south, of range number four 
 east, containing about one hundred and ninety-five acres, and that a 
 Title only of patent shall issue therefor, as in ordinary cases : Provided, That this 
 United States re- act shall only be construed as a relinquishmeut of whatever title may 
 linquished. now be vested in the United States of America, and shall in nowise 
 
 interfere with any valid adverse claim of other or third parties. 
 
 June 16, 1860. No. 954. AN ACT to relinquish the title of the United States to certain lands 
 Vol. 12, p. ^3. occupied by the city of Baton Rouge, in Louisiana. 
 
 Title relin- Be it enacted, <$-c., That all the right, title, interest or claim ,of the 
 
 quished to cer- United States in and to the laud occupied by the city of Baton Rouge, 
 
 tain lands in j,, the State of Louisiana, lying between Florida street on the north 
 
 Louisiana ge> and the South Boulevard on the south, as shown by an original map of 
 
 said city, on file in the office of the clerk of the sixth judicial district 
 
 court of Louisiana, at East Baton Rouge, on the fourteenth of March, 
 
 eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished to 
 
LOUISIANA. 403 
 
 the mayor and council of the city of Baton Rouge, in trust for the 
 several use and benefit of the owners of lots therein, according to their 
 respective interests : Provided, That this act shall only be construed as 
 quit claim on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the 
 interests of third parties, nor preclude a judicial investigation in rela- 
 tion to the title to all or any portion of the lands hereby relinquished. 
 
 No. 955. AN ACT recognizing the survey of the Grand Cheniere Island, State of June 16, 1860. 
 Louisiana, as approved by the surveyor-general, and for other purposes. Vol. 12, p. 43. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the anomalous survey of the Grand Cheniere Survey of 
 Island, in the southwestern district of Louisiana, as approved by R. W. Grand Cheniere 
 Boyd, surveyor-general, on the twenty-eighth day of February, eighteen Island confirmed, 
 hundred and fifty-two, be, and the same is hereby confirmed, and per- 
 sons residing thereon at the date of this act who, according to the pre- p re . emp t,ion 
 eruption laws now in force, would be entitled to a pre-emption, shall be rights granted, 
 allowed such right on the lands referred to in this bill; but such pref- 
 erence right shall be confined to the single subdivision of land upon 
 which the party may reside, and shall exceed, in no case, one hundred 
 and sixty acres. 
 
 .No 
 
 o. 956. AN ACT to repeal the second section and other portions of an act passed June 21, 1860. 
 the second day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, entitled "An act to pro- Vol. 12, p. 866. 
 
 vide for the location of certain confirmed private land claims in the State of Mis- 
 souri, and for other purposes." 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the second section of an act passed the second Repeal, 
 day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight entitled "An 
 act to provide for the location of certain confirmed private land claims 
 in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes," and all other parts of 
 said act which relate to lauds in Louisiana, confirmed by said second 
 section, (so far as said lands are concerned,) be, and the same are hereby, 
 repealed, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Congress hereby refuses to con- Certain claims 
 firm to the claimants under the Houmas grant, (6) the lands embraced under the Hou- 
 in certificates number one hundred and twenty-five to William Con- 5 
 way, (c) number one hundred and twenty-seven to Danel Clark, and 
 .number one hundred and thirty-three to Donaldson and Scott. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708. 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 
 889, 899, 904, 911, 946, 957, 961, 967. 
 
 (6) See No. 870. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 824, 941. 
 
 No. 957. AN ACT for the final adjustment of private land claims in the States June 22, 1860. 
 of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes. VoL 12, p. 85. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That any person or persons, and the legal representa- Persons claim- 
 tivesof any person or persons, whoclaim any landslying within the States ing A an ^ 8 - by 
 of Florida, Louisiana, or Missouri, by virtue of grant, concession, order foces^ion^to 
 
 of survey, permission to settle, or other written evidence of title ema- United States, 
 
 nating from any foreign government, bearing date prior to the cession &c., may apply 
 
 to the United States of the territory out of which said States were * commissioners 
 
 formed, or during the period when any such government claimed sov- of title 
 
 ereignty or had the actual possession of the district or territory in which 
 
 the lands so claimed are situated, shall be, and they are hereby, author- 
 
 ized to make application for the confirmation of their title to the lands 
 
 so claimed, in the manner following, to wit : they shall file notices in Mode of appli- 
 
 writing, together with the evidence in support of their claims, before ca lon> . 
 
 the commissioners hereinafter designated, within whose district the 
 
 lands claimed may be situated, together with a brief abstract of the title 
 
 of the claimant, and copies of the plats of survey thereof, whenever such 
 
 surveys have been made and are within the possession of the claimant, 
 
 and accompanied with a sworn statement by the claimant of the lands 
 
 supposed to be covered by his claim, according to the legal divisions and 
 
 subdivisions of the surveys made by the United States, if the land 
 
 claimed is included in any surveys so made ; and the said notices, evidence, 
 
404 LOUISIANA. 
 
 and the decisions of the commissioners thereon, shall be recorded in a 
 book kept for that purpose, a transcript of which shall, from time to 
 time, be transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 
 Whotobecom- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers of 
 missioners. the several land offices in the States of Florida and Louisiana, within 
 
 their respective land districts, and the recorder of land titles for the 
 city of Saint Louis, for the State of Missouri, and their successors in 
 office, shall be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to hear and 
 decide under such instructions as may be prescribed by the Commis- 
 Their author!- sioner of the General Land Office in conformity with this act, and ac- 
 ty, duty, &c. cording to justice and equity and the principles hereinafter established, 
 in a summary manner, all matters respecting such claims within the 
 districts aforesaid as come within the provisions of this act : they shall 
 have power to administer oaths, compel the attendance of and examine 
 witnesses, demand and obtain from the proper officers all public records 
 in which grants of land, warrants, orders of survey, or other evidence 
 of claims to land derived from any foreign government may have been 
 recorded, and shall make a report to the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office on the claims so presented to them for decision, dividing 
 said claims into separate classes in the manner hereinafter provided, 
 and giving their opinion whether such claims ought to be confirmed or 
 rejected. 
 
 Claims re ported SEC. 3. And If it fnrthi-r enacted. That tl:3 claims so presented and 
 on, to be divided passed upon by the commissioners, as aforesaid, shall be by them divi- 
 into three classes, ded^in their report into three distinct classes, as follows, viz: 
 Number one. Number one shall contain all claims which, in their opinion, ought to- 
 be confirmed, where the lands claimed have been in possession and cul- 
 tivation by the private claimants or those under whom they derive title 
 for a period of at least twenty years preceding the date of filing the claim, 
 by virtue of some grant, concession, or order of survey, permission to 
 settle, or other written evidence of title emanating from some foreign 
 government which held or claimed sovereignty or jurisdiction over the 
 territory in which the lands claimed are situated, and where the title 
 emanating from such foreign government bears date anterior to the 
 cession of said territory to the United States. 
 
 Number two. Xinnhi-r two shall contain all claims which, in their opinion, ought to 
 be continued, where the lands are claimed under written evidence of 
 title, as above provided in class number one. but where there has been 
 no actual possession and cultivation of the laud claimed for a period 
 of at least twenty years prior to the filing of the claim. 
 
 Number three. Number three shall contain all claims which, in their opinion, ought 
 to be rejected, whether from defect of proof, suspicion of fraud based 
 on probable ground, uncertainty of location, vagueness of description, 
 or any other cause sufficient, in their opinion, to justify such rejection: 
 Proviso. Provided, That in no case shall such commissioners embrace in said 
 
 classes number one and number two any claim which has been heretofore 
 presented for confirmation before any board of commissioners, or other 
 public officers acting under authority of Congress, and rejected as being 
 fraudulent, or procured or maintained by fraudulent or improper means ; 
 nor shall any such claim be received or considered by the commissioners 
 which has been already twice rejected on the merits by previous boards. 
 Commissioner SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said Commissioner 
 of General Land shall approve the report of the commissioners in cases embraced in 
 Officetoreport to C i a88e8 number one or number two, he shall report the same to Congress 
 for its action ; and whenever the said Commissioner shall approve the 
 report in cases embraced in class number three, the rejection of the claim 
 so acted on shall be final and conclusive, and the laud embraced within 
 the claim shall be considered and treated as other public lands belong- 
 ing to the United States. 
 
 Claims disprov- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all claims comprehended within 
 
 ed by him to be anv of tne ^eg, classes aforesaid, on which there shall be disapproval 
 
 erSss n 1j y tne Commissioner of the report made by the boards of commissioners 
 
 ai'oresaid, shall be reported to Congress for its action and final decision 
 
 thereon. 
 
 Proceedings SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall appear that 
 when lands, title i aD ds claimed, and the title to which may be confirmed under the pro- 
 flrnTedhavebee- visions of this act, have been sold in whole or in part by the United 
 sold'by the States prior to buch confirmation, or where the surveyor-general of the 
 United States, district shall ascertain that the same cannot be surveyed and located, 
 &c - the party in whose favor the title is confirmed shall have the right to 
 
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 LOUISIANA. 405 
 
 onter upon any of the public lands of the United States a quantity of 
 
 land equal in extent, to that sold by the Government : Provided, That Pr oviso. 
 
 said entry be made only on lands subject to private entry at one dollar 
 
 and twenty-five cents per acre, and as far as may be possible in legal 
 
 divisions and subdivisions, according to the surveys made by the 
 
 United States. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever any claim is presented Evidence o f - 
 for confirmation under the provisions of this act, which has heretofore fered to former 
 been presented before any board of commissioners under authority of ^jj^ d l ^j? b |* ad " 
 Congress, the facts reported as proven by the former board shall be Commissioner^ 6 
 taken as true prima facia; and the evidence offered before such former 
 board, and remaining of record, shall be admitted on the examination of 
 Hi*} claims made under the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no land claimed under the Lands claimed 
 rovisionsof this act shall be offered for sale, or otherwise disposed of under this act, 
 ; \ the officers of the United States, until the final decision shall be g}* c be sold un ' 
 imide on the validity of such claim ; and in no case where laud is pos- 
 sessed or cultivated by private persons shall it be entered upon or sur- 
 veyed as public land, or offered for sale, without previous notice given n( ^ umvatedla nd 
 to those in possession, requiring them to present their claims for con- veyed, &c., with- 
 firmation ; and if within sixty days from the date of such notice such out, &c. 
 claim shall not have been tiled, then the proper officers of I he Govern- 
 ment may proceed to the survey or sale of such lauds as public lands, 
 without prejudice, however, to the legal rights of the possessor or claim- 
 ant, if any he have. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That before the boards of comrnis- Claimants to 
 eioners shall be required to receive for record any notice, paper, evi- advance certain 
 dence of title, or testimony, in support of any claim, the claimant shall iu g 
 pay to said board the sum of twenty-five cents for every hundred words 
 required to be recorded, which shall be in full consideration for the re- 
 cording and the transcript required .to be forwarded to the Commission- 
 er of the General Land Office. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That at the commencement of each Commissioner 
 regular session of Congress, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of of General Land 
 the General Land Office to make report of all that has been done under Office to report to 
 the provisions of this act by the t-everal officers charged with its exe- 
 cution. 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That in any case of such a claim to Proceedings 
 lands as is hereinbefore in the first section of this act mentioned, where where lands have 
 the lands claimed have not been in possession of and cultivated by the not been held 
 original claimant or claimants, or those holding title under him or them, are^c'Sed^bv 
 for the period of twenty years aforesaid, and where such lands are complete grant, 
 claimed by complete grant or concession, or order of survey duly exe- &c. 
 cuted, or by other mode of investiture of the title thereto in the original 
 claimant or claimants, by separation thereof from the mass of the pub- 
 lic domain, either by actual survey or definition of fixed natural and 
 ascertainable boundaries or initial points, courses and distances, by the 
 competent authority, prior to the cession to the United States of the 
 territory in which said lands were included, or where such title was 
 created and perfected during the period while the foreign governments 
 from which it emanated claimed sovereignty over or had the actual 
 possession of such territory, the person or persons, his, her, or their 
 heirs, devisees, legal representatives or grantees, so claiming such lands, 
 may, at their option, instead of submitting their claim to the officer or 
 officers hereinbefore mentioned, proceed by petition in any district court 
 of the United States within whose jurisdiction the lands or any part of Petition toFed- 
 the lands claimed may lie, unless such claim comes within the purview eral district 
 of the third section of this act ; to which petition the United States court 
 shall be made defendant, and it shall be verified by the oath of the 
 party or parties, and conform to the provisions of section one of this Proceedings 
 act, and to the practice of such court in chancery, and the attorney of tn 
 the United States for such district shall defend against the same for the 
 United States; and the court shall decide the claim valid or invalid 
 according to the principles established in this act, and decree accord- 
 ingly. If the decree be against the United States, an appeal shall be 
 entered to the Supreme Court of the United States ; and if it be against 
 the claimant or claimants, he or they may take an appeal directly to 
 that court, as of right and course, without affidavit or security other 
 than for costs; and the same shall be adjudged de novo in the Supreme 
 Court as in other cases of appeals thereto in chancery, and as equity 
 
406 LOUISIANA. 
 
 and justice and the principles aforesaid may require; which decision 
 shall be final, and patent shall thereupon issue, if the claim be adjudged 
 valid, for so mnch of the lands claimed as remain unsold : and for so 
 much as may have been sold, the provisions of section six of this act 
 shall apply aud be in force. 
 
 Act, how long SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and remain 
 to remain ini n force during the term of five years, unless sooner repealed by Con- 
 gress; and all claims presented or sued upon, according to the provi- 
 sions of this act, within the said term of five years, may be prosecuted 
 to final determination and decision, notwithstanding the said term of 
 five years may have expired before such final deter mination and deci- 
 sion, (a) 
 
 (a)SeeNos 699,701,703,704,705, 708,710, 712, 716, 718,731, 722, 723. 724, 728, 731, 732, 
 737, 7r>8, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790. 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 8r9, 
 899, 904, 911, 946, 956, 961. 967 
 
 June 25, 1860. So. 958. AN ACT to grant to the parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain tracts- 
 Vol. 12, p. 113. of land in said parish. 
 
 Land to be Be it enacted, $-c., That the tracts of land in the parish of Point 
 ven parish of Coupee, Louisiana, which have been in ancient occupancy as the site 
 .oupee. o f a c ]j urcn anc i court-house, and which are designated on the plats of 
 the public surveys as sections twenty-three and twenty-four, in tmvii- 
 ship four, south, of range ten, east, in the southeastern district, Louis- 
 iana, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the said parish of Point 
 Coupee, on the condition that the aforesaid section twenty-four, or the 
 Condition. church site, shall be held by said parish for the use of the Catholic 
 congregation now occupying it for public worship and as a burying- 
 ground ; but not to the prejudice of a valid adverse right, if such exist. 
 
 March 17, 1862. Bio. 959. AN ACT authorizing floats to issue in satisfaction of claims against the? 
 Vol. 12, p.'371. United States for lands sold by them within the Las Ormigas and La Xana grants, 
 in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Certificates Be it enacted, ^c., That it shall be the duty of tbe Commissioner of 
 may be issued to the General Laud Office to issue and deliver to the respective owner or 
 Ormieas and La owners of tae La8 O^g* 18 and La Nana tracts of land, formerly 
 Nana tracts of situate in the parish of Natchitoches, now parishes of Sabino and De 
 land. Soto, in the State of Louisiana, or to his or their assigns or other legal 
 
 representatives, certificates or floats, in the usual form, for so much 
 land as may have been at any time heretofore sold, donated, granted, 
 or reserved by the United States within said tracts of land or either of 
 How located, them; and which certificates or floats may be located by the owner or 
 holder thereof on any lands belonging to the United States, and sub- 
 ject to private entry at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre, and which certificates or floats shall be in full satis- 
 faction of all claims against the United States for lands so sold, 
 Title to be first donated, granted, or reserved: Provided, That as a condition prece- 
 shown. dent to the issuing of the floats hereinbefore authorized, the claimant, 
 
 or claimants, shall present to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office satisfactory evidence of title thereto, and that such claimants 
 have been and continue to be loyal to the Government of the United 
 Certificates not States : And provided further, That such certificates and floats shall 
 to exceed a cer- not exceed in gross seventeen thousand four hundred and seventy- 
 tain amount, seven and sixty-two hundredths acres, (a) 
 
 "When act to SEC. 21 And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect 
 take effect. immediately. 
 
 (a) See No. 960. 
 
 June 30 1864. Wo. 96O. AN ACT authorizing the issue of patents for locations made with certi- 
 
 Vol 13 p. 326. ficates granted under authority of the act of Congress, approved March seven- 
 
 teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, allowing floats in satisfaction of lands sold 
 
 by the United States within the limits of the Las Omegas and La Nana grants in 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Patents may is- Be it enacted, #c.,. That in the case of all locations made with certifi- 
 eue for certain cates issued under the act of Congress approved seventeenth March, 
 locations. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, " authorizing floats to issue in satis- 
 
 faction of claims against the United States for lauds sold by them 
 within the Las Ormegas and La Naua grants, in the State of Louis- 
 
LOUISIANA, 407 
 
 iana," it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office to cause patents to issue for such locations, where the 
 same may be found bona fide and satisfactory to the said Commis- 
 sioner, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 959. 
 
 No. 961. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the March 2,1867. 
 final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Mis- Vol. 14, p. 544. 
 souri, and for other purposes." 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That the provisions of the act entitled "An act for Extended for 
 the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, t bree years. 
 Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes,'*' approved June twenty- 
 second, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same are hereby, ex- 
 tended, and the same shall continue in force for a period of three years 
 from and after the passage of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 699, 701, 703. 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 7" 9, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819,826,852,863,864,873,889,899, 
 904,911,946,956,957,967. 
 
 No. 962. AN ACT to declare forfeited to the United States certain lands granted July 14, 1870. 
 to the State of Louisiana to aid in constructing a railroad therein. Vol. 16, p. 277. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That all the lands which were granted by Congress, Certain lands 
 in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to the State of Louisiana, to granted to Louis- 
 aid in the construction of the New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great West- M m j' in , * f or j^' 
 era Railroad, and which have not been lawfully disposed of by the said ed^tcfthe United 
 State under said grant, which has expired by limitation, or by act of states. 
 Congress since the original grant, are hereby declared forfeited to the 
 United States, and these lands shall hereafter be disposed of as other 
 public lands of the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 822, 828, 829, 920, 924, 964, 986. 
 
 No. 963. AN ACT to provide for the disposition of useless military reservations. Feb. 24, 187L 
 
 [Military reservation at Forts Je 
 WASHINGTON TERRITORY, No. 2305.] 
 
 [Military reservation at Forts Jessup and Sabine to be sold. See - 
 
 No. 964. AN ACT to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid March 3, 1871. 
 in the construction of its road, and for other purposes. Vol. 16, p. 573^ 
 
 [Grant of lands to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Vicksburg Railroad 
 Company. See CALIFORNIA, No. 2391.] 
 
 No. 965. AN ACT authorizing the President of the United States to re-establish the March 16, 1872. 
 Monroe land district in the State of Louisiana. Vol. 17, p. 40. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he Monroe' land 
 is hereby, authorized, if in his judgment the public interests would be district in Louis- 
 subserved thereby, to re-establish the Monroe land district in the State ia a re-estab- 
 or Louisiana, with the same boundaries that existed before the consoli- llsned> 
 dation of said land district with the land district at New Orleans, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 701, 704, 708, 710, 711, 718, 731, 737, 740, 831, 879. 
 
 No. 966. AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the May 2, 1872. 
 Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid in the construction of its road, and for Vol. 17, p. 59. 
 other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. 
 
 [Texas and Pacific Railroad Company authorized to construct a road 
 between Marshall, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana. See CALIFORNIA. 
 No. 2395.] 
 
408 LOUISIANA 
 
 June in, 1872. No. 967. AX ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled " An act for the final 
 Vol. 17. p. 378. adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, 
 and for other purposes." 
 
 Provisions o f Be it enacted, #c.. That the provisions of the act entitled " An act for 
 act tor adjusting the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, 
 claim s 3 in Florida Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes," approved June twenty- 
 <fcc., extended for second, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same are hereby, ex- 
 three years. tended, and the same shall continue in force for a period of three Vears 
 
 from and after the passage of this act. 
 
 Claimants, if SEC. 2. That all persons claiming land as specified in the first section 
 
 possession has of said act may have their claims confirmed, in accordance with the 
 
 been continuous forms and in the manner prescribed in said act, in all cases where it 
 
 thei?'chSms con^ 8na11 be satisfactorily proved that the claimants, and those from whom 
 
 finned. they derive title, have held continuous possession of the land claimed, 
 
 from the date of the cession to the United States of the territory out 
 
 or which the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri were formed, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeXos. 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 728, 731, 732, 737, 
 738, 739, 740, 745, 746, 749, 752, 753, 777, 790, 817, 819, 826, 852, 863, 864, 873, 889, 899, 904, 
 911, 946, 956, 957, 961. 
 
 May 5, 1880. Xo. 968. AN ACT to confirm the title of Charles Olivier Duclozel to certain lands 
 Vol. 21, p. . in the State of Louisiana. 
 
 Tract of land Be it enacted, <fc., That a certain tract of land, of ten arpents front by 
 confirmed. forty arpents in depth, on the west side of Bayou Teche, being section 
 
 seventy-nine, in township ten south, of range six east, in the State of 
 Louisiana, as per plat of the United States consolidated land office, dis- 
 trict of Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to and in 
 Charles Olivier Duclozel, his heirs or assigns. 
 
 Patent to issue. g EC 2 That the Secretary of the Interior of the United States is 
 hereby authorized, directed, and required to issue a patent for the lands 
 aforesaid, herein described, to said Charles Olivier Duclozel : Provided, 
 
 Proviso. That this act and the said patent shall be considered and construed only 
 
 as a quit-claim on the part of the United States of such title only as 
 the United States have a legal and equitable right to convey, and shall 
 not affect the rights or interests of any other claimants, or affect or pre- 
 clude any judicial investigation. 
 
 June 16, 1880. nf O . 969. AX ACT to confirm to John Hepting and others title to certain lands. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$'c., That all the right title claim and interest of the 
 and United States to certain tracts of laud on the right bank of the Missis- 
 
 Ladv Abbess and si PI'i Ri y er opposite the city of New Orleans in the parish of Jefferson 
 
 coniniunity'of Ur- and now the site of the village of Mechanicham and described as a tract 
 
 sulineLadyXuns o f laud fronting sixteen arpeuts on the river by forty arpents in depth 
 
 of Xew Orleans. Between parallel lines and further described in the official maps of the 
 
 General Land Office of the United States as sections three and five, 
 
 thirty-four, thirty-five and thirty-six in township thirteen south, range 
 
 twenty- four east, and sections forty, forty-one, forty-two, fifty-seven, 
 
 fifty-eight and fifty-nine in township fourteen south, range twenty-four 
 
 east southeast, district of Louisiana, be and the same is hereby granted 
 
 and conv.eyed to the Lady Abbess and community of Ursuline Lady 
 
 Nuns of New Orleans, Louisiana, their successors transferrees vendees 
 
 Proviso. and assignees : Provided, That this shall have the effect only of a quit- 
 
 claim of all the right title and interest of the United States therein, not 
 
 to affect any valid adverse right or title to said land nor create any lia- 
 
 bility on the part of the United States. 
 
MISSOURI. 
 
 Wo. 970. AN ACT making compensation to John Eugene Leitensdorfer for serv- Feb. 13, 1811. 
 ices rendered the United States in the war with Tripoli. Vol. 6, p. 97. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby di- Land warrant 
 reeted to issue a land warrant to John Eugene Leitensdorfer for three to be granted to 
 hundred and twenty acres; which said warrant may, at the option of Leitensdorfer. 
 the holder or possessor, be located with any register or registers of the 
 land offices on any of the public lands of the United States, lying on 
 the west side of the Mississippi, then and there offered for sale, or maj 
 be received at the rate of two dollars per acre in payment of any such 
 piiblic lands, (a) 
 
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 ia) See No. 1032. 
 
 TVo. 971. AN ACT providing for the government of the Territory of Missouri. June 4, 1812. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Territory heretofore called Louisiana shall Vol> 2) p- 743 ' 
 
 hereafter be called Missouri, and that the temporary government of the Louisiana to be 
 Territory of Missouri shall be organized and administered in the man- called Missouri, 
 ner herein after prescribed, (a) 
 
 ****** * 
 
 SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the general assembly shall Limitation of 
 never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States the powers of the 
 in Congress assembled, nor with any regulation Congress may find ue- general assem- 
 cessary to make for securing the title in the bona-fide purchasers: no y ' 
 tax shall ever be imposed on lands the property of the United States. 
 The lauds of non-resident proprietors shall never he taxed higher than 
 those of residents. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and the navi- Mississippi 
 gable waters flowing into them, and the carrying places between the nd Missouri 
 same, shall be common highways and forever free to the people of the fJe| rs> &c>1 to 
 said Territory and to the' citizens of the United States, without any tax, 
 duty or impost therefor. 
 
 SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the laws and regulations in force Laws to con- 
 m the Territory of Louisiana, at the commencement of this act, and not tinueiuforce, &c. 
 inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall continue in force until 
 altered, modified or repealed by the general assembly. And it is hereby This act not to 
 declared that this act shall not be construed to vacate the commission vacate commis- 
 of any officer in the said Territory, acting under the authority of the S10DS - 
 Un i ted States, but that every such commission shall be and continue in 
 full force as if this act had not been made. And so much of an act, en- 
 tituled "An act further providing for the government of the Territory ^ , 
 
 of Louisiana," approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight and of act of 
 hundred and five, (&) and so much of an act, entituled " An act for March 26, 1804, 
 erecting Louisiana into two territories and providing for the temporary repealed, 
 government thereof," approved the twenty-sixth of March, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and four, (c) as is repugnant to this act, shall from 
 and after the first Monday in December next be repealed. On which This act to corn- 
 first Monday in December next this act shall commence and have full J!?^ December" 
 force : Provided, So much of it as requires the governor of said Territory igj^. 
 to perform certain duties previous to the said first Monday of Decem- 
 ber next shall be in force from the passage thereof. 
 
 (a) See Nod. 989, 990, 991, 1034, 1043, 1045. 1068, 1071, 1076. 
 (6) See No. 702. 
 (c) See No. 699. 
 
 409 
 
410 MISSOURI. 
 
 June 13, 1812. No. 972. AN ACT making further provision for settling the claims to land in the 
 Vol. 2, p. 748. Territory of Missouri. 
 
 Rights to cer- ^ e '** enacted, c., That the rights, titles and claims, to town or village 
 tain lots adjoin- lots, out-lots, common-field lots and commons, in, adjoining and belong- 
 ing to cer tain ing to the several towns or villages of Portage des Sipnx, St. Charles, 
 towns, confirm- g t . Loui8j g ti Ferdinand, Village a Robert, Carondelet, St. Genevieve, 
 New Madrid, New Bourbon, Little Prairie and Arkansas, in the Terri- 
 tory of Missouri, which lots have been inhabited, cultivated, or pos- 
 sessed, prior to the twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and three, shall be and the same are hereby confirmed to the in- 
 habitants of the respective towns or villages aforesaid, according to 
 feS"iehteofoth" * heir 8ev .eral right or rights in common thereto: Provided, That noth- 
 ers, confirmed. in g herein contained shall be construed to affect the rights of any per- 
 sons claiming the same lands, or any part thereof, whose claims have 
 been confirmed by the board of commissioners for adjusting and set- 
 Deputy s ur - tjing claims to land in the said Territory. And it shall be the duty of 
 boundary nes tne P rinci P al deputy surveyor for the said Territory as soon as may be r 
 &c> ' to survey, or cause to be surveyed and marked, (where the same has not 
 
 already been done, according to law,) the out-boundary lines of the said 
 several towns or villages so as to include the out-lots, common-field lots 
 And make out and commons, thereto respectively belonging. And he shall make out 
 plats. plats of the surveys, which he shall transmit to the survey or- general, 
 
 who shall forward copies of the said plats to the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office, and to the recorder of land titles; the expense of 
 Expense not surveying the said out-boundary lines shall be paid by the United States 
 to exceed three out of any moneys appropriated for surveying the public lands : Pro- 
 dollars per mile, rided, That the whole expense shall not exceed three dollars for every 
 
 mile that shall be actually surveyed and marked, (a) ' 
 
 Lots to be re- SEC. 2. And lie it further enacted, That all town or village lots, out- 
 served for sup- i O f S? or common-field lots, included in such surveys, which are not right- 
 8 ' fully owned or claimed by any private individuals, or held as commons 
 belonging to such towns or villages, or that the President of the United 
 States may not think proper to reserve for military purposes, shall be, 
 and the same are hereby reserved for the support of schools in the re- 
 Proviso, spective towns or villages aloresaid : Provided, That the whole quantity 
 of land contained in the lots reserved for the support of schools in any 
 one town or village, shall not exceed one-twentieth part of the whole 
 lands included in the general survey of such town or village. (&) 
 Claims todona- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every claim to a donation of lands 
 certain <-i??um' in the 8aid Territorv > in virtue of settlement and cultivation, which is 
 stances, confirm- embraced by the report of the commissioners, transmitted to the Sec- 
 ed. retary of the Treasury, and which by the said report, shall appear not 
 to have been confirmed, merely because permission, by the proper Spanish 
 officer, to settle, has not been duly proven ; or because the tract claimed, 
 although inhabited, was not cultivated on the twentieth of December, 
 one thousand eight hundred and three, or not to have been confirmed on 
 account of both said causes ; the same shall be confirmed, in case it shall 
 appear that the tract so claimed was inhabited by the claimant or some 
 one for his use prior to the twentieth day of December, one thousand 
 eight hundred and three as aforesaid, and cultivated in eight months 
 Subject to cer- thereafter, subject, however, to every other limitation and restriction 
 tain limitations, prescribed by former laws in respect to such claims; and in all cases 
 b ^rafirnuj wnere it: ; sha11 appear by the said report or other records of the board 
 that claims to land have not been confirmed merely on the ground that 
 the claim was for a greater quantity than eight hundred arpens, French 
 measure, every such claim to the extent of eight hundred arpens, shall 
 be confirmed, (c) 
 
 Recorder to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the recorder of land titles forthe 
 
 make extract of ga id Territory shall, without delay, make an extract from the books of 
 
 claims f rom | ne 8a ^ ij Oar( | o f commissioners of all the claims to land which are, by 
 
 the preceding section, directed to be confirmed, a copy of which he shall 
 
 To transmit a transmit to the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and he shall 
 
 copy to General furnish the principal deputy surveyor with a proper description of the 
 
 furnish deputv tracts 8O to be conr rmeoi ? wherein the quantity, locality, boundaries 
 
 surveyor with and connexion, when practicable with each other, and those tracts that 
 
 descriptions, &c. have been confirmed by the board of commissioners shall be stated. And 
 
 whenever plats of the surveys as herein after directed, shall have been 
 
 returned to the said recorder's office, it shall be his duty to issue for 
 
 each tract to be confirmed, as aforesaid, to the person entitled thereto, 
 
 a certificate in favour of the party, which shall be transmitted to the 
 
MISSOURI. 411 
 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and if it shall appear to the Recorder to is 
 satisfaction of the said Commissioner that such certificate has been 8ue certificates, 
 fairly obtained, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, 
 then, in that case, patents shall be granted in like manner as is provided Patents to be 
 by law for the other lands of the United States, (d) granted. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the principal deputy surveyor Deputy survey- 
 shall survey, or cause to be surveyed, under the direction of the surveyor- or to survey, 
 general, so much of the lands in the said Territory, to which the Indian 
 title has been extinguished, as the President of the United States may 
 direct, into townships of six miles square, by lines running due north Townships to 
 and south, and others crossing these at right angles ; and also the lands, be laid off', 
 the claims to which are directed to be confirmed, by the third section 
 of this act ; and the lands, the claims to which have been coniirined by 
 the board of commissioners, where the same has not already been sur- 
 veyed under the authority of the United States. And the said principal 
 deputy surveyor shall make out a general and connected plat of all the Plat to be 
 surveys directed by this act to be made, or which have already been made, 
 made under the authority of the United States, which he shall transmit 
 to the surveyor-general, who shall transmit copies of the said plat or 
 plats to the recorder of land titles and the Commissioner of the General Expense not 
 Land Office. The expense of surveying shall be paid by the United to exceed three 
 States : Provided, the same shall not in the whole exceed three dollars dollars per mile. 
 a mile for every mile that shall be actually surveyed and marked, (e) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where by reason- of 
 the indefinite description of the local situation and boundaries of any 
 tract, the claim to which has been confirmed by the commissioners, the 
 same cannot be ascertained by the principal deputy surveyor, it shall be 
 the duty of th& recorder of laud titles, on the application of the said Recorder to 
 principal deputy, to furnish such precise description thereof, as can be furnish descrip- 
 obtained from the records in his office, and the books of the said board tions. 
 of commissioners; and for the purpose of the more correctly ascertain- 
 ing the locality and boundaries of any such tracts, the said principal 
 deputy, shall have free access at all seasonable hours to the books and Access to 1)0 
 papers in the recorder's office, relating to land claims, and be permitted allowed to books 
 to take copies or such extracts therefrom, or any of them, as he may and papers in re- 
 think proper and necessary for the discharge of his duty in executing co/der 8 office. 
 such surveys. And the said recorder shall be allowed twenty-five cents Recorder's fee. 
 for the description of each tract which he shall furnish to the principal 
 deputy surveyor as aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, That every person or persons claim- Actual settlers 
 ing lands in the Territory of Missouri, who are actual settlers on the allowed till first 
 lands which they claim, and whose claims have not been heretofore December, 1812, 
 filed with the recorder of land titles for the said Territory, shall bo denceof ! claims" 
 allowed until the first day of December next, to deliver notices in writ- &c. 
 ing, and the written evidences of their claims to the said recorder ; and 
 the notices and evidences so delivered within the time limited by this 
 act, shall be recorded in the same manner, and on payment of the' same 
 fees as if the same had been delivered before the first day of July, one 
 thousand eight hundred and eight ; but the rights of such persons as 
 shall neglect so doing within the time limited by this act, shall, so far 
 as they are derived from, or founded on any act of Congress, ever after Barred forever 
 be barred and become void, and the evidences of their claims never after after - 
 admitted as evidence in any court of the United States, against any 
 grant derived from the United States. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said recorder of land titles, Power and duty 
 shall have the same powers, and perform the same duties in relation to of recorder, 
 the claims thus filed before the first day of December next, and the 
 claims which have been heretofore filed, but not decided on by the com- 
 missioners, as the board of commissioners had by former laws respecting 
 claims filed prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and 'eight, except that all of his decisions shall be subject to the revis- 
 ion of Congress. And it shall be the duty of the said recorder to make 
 to the Commissioner of the General Land Office a report of all the claims 
 which shall be thus filed before the first day of December next, and of 
 the claims which have been already filed but not decided on by the said 
 commissioners; together with the substance of the evidence in support 
 thereof, with his opinion and such remarks as he may think proper, 
 which report together with a list of the claims which, in the opinion of 
 the said recorder, ought to be confirmed, shall be laid by the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office be lore Congress, at their next session, 
 
41 2 MISSOURI. 
 
 Additional fee for their determination thereon. The said recorder in addition to his 
 to the recorder, salary as fixed by law, shall be allowed fifty cents for each claim which 
 has been filed, but not decided on by the commissioners ; or which shall 
 be filed according to this act, and on which he shall make a decision, 
 whether such decision be in favour of, or against the claim, and a fur- 
 Further allow- ther allowance of five hundred dollars, which shall be paid after he 
 ance. shall have made his. report to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 
 Office ; which allowance of fifty cents for each claim decided on, and 
 five hundred dollars on the completion of the business, shall be in fall 
 compensation for his services, including clerk hire, respecting the claims 
 to be decided on according to this act. 
 (a) See Nos. 999, 1016, 1119, 1143. 
 (6) See JSTos. 968, 989. 995, 1013. 101U, 1093, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 97:i, 974, 97(i, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 1063, 
 
 1067. 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107. 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 189, 701, 973, 974, 977, 1020, 1024, 1143, 1149. 
 () See Xos. 340, 344, 979, 1121. 
 
 March 3, 1813. No. 973. AX ACT allowing further time for delivering the evidence in support of 
 Vol. 2, p. 812. claims to land in the Territory of Missouri, and for regulating the donation grants 
 therein 
 
 Further time -Be it enacted, <fc., That every person or persons who had filed a notice 
 allowed to claim- of claim to any tract of land lying within the District of Louisiana (now 
 ants within the Territory of Missouri) with the recorder of land titles, according to law, 
 souri l8 auc ^ Dave n t exhibited any testimony or written evidence in support of 
 
 the same, and whose claim has not already been confirmed, shall be al- 
 lowed until the first of January next, to deliver to the recorder of land 
 Written evi- titles for said Territory the written evidence, or produce other testi- 
 dencetobegiven. meny, in support of his or their claim, notice whereof had been filed as 
 aforesaid ; and the written evidence delivered to the said recorder 
 within the time limited by this section, in support of claims filed as 
 aforesaid, shall be by him recorded in the same manner, and on receiv- 
 ing the same fees allowed by former acts for recording written evidence 
 of claims to lands in the said district, and the rights of any such per- 
 son neglecting to deliver the evidence of their claims within the time 
 above mentioned shall become barred and void, in so far as the same 
 was derived from the United States, and the evidence thereof be incapa- 
 ble of being admitted in any court whatsoever. 
 
 Duties and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the recorder of land titles for 
 powers of record- the said Territory shall have the same powers, and perform the same 
 er - duties in every respect, in relation to the claims, whereof notice had 
 
 been filed as aforesaid, and the written evidence in support thereof shall 
 have been delivered, or other testimony produced within the time lim- 
 ited by this act, as the board of commissioners for ascertaining the 
 rights of persons claiming lands in said district would have had or 
 should have performed if the evidence of such claims had been deliv- 
 ered before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eight, 
 except that his decision shall be subject to the revision of Congress. 
 Duties o f re- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said 
 corder to report recorder to make to the Commissioner of the General Land Office a re- 
 to the Commia- port of all the claims which had been filed, and in support of which 
 evidence shall be received as aforesaid, with the substance of such evi- 
 dence, together with his opinion, and such remarks as he may think 
 proper, which report, together with a list of the claims which in the 
 opinion of the said recorder ought to be confirmed, shall be laid before 
 Congress at their next session for their determination thereon, (a) 
 Claimants SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person whose claim to 
 when to receive a donation of a tract of laud in said district has been confirmed by the 
 their grants in board of commissioners appointed for ascertaining the rights of persons 
 ful1 - claiming lands in said district, and is embraced in their report trans- 
 
 mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, or which has been confirmed 
 by the recorder of land titles, under the third section of the act, entitled 
 "An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the 
 Territory of Missouri/' approved on the thirteenth of June, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twelve, shall be entitled to a grant for six hun- 
 dred and forty acres, notwithstanding a less quantity shall have bee'ii 
 allowed to him by the decision of the said commissioners, or recorder of 
 Limitations of land titles : Provided, That in no case shall the grant be for more laud 
 grants. than was claimed by the party in his notice of claim, nor for more land 
 
MISSOURI. 413 
 
 than is contained within the acknowledged and ascertained boundaries 
 of the tract claimed. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the principal deputy surveyor Survey to be 
 for the said Territory shall survey or cause to be surveyed, under the made, 
 direction of the surveyor-general, a tract of six hundred and forty acres 
 of land, to each claimant of a donation tract, whose claim has been con- 
 firmed as aforesaid, except as provided by the last preceding section, 
 where the quantity claimed by the party was less than six hundred and 
 forty acres, and where the ascertained boundaries of the tract claimed 
 does not include six hundred and forty acres, in which cases the survey 
 shall contain only the land claimed, and the tracts thus to be surveyed 
 shall consist of unappropriated lands, and shall in every case contain 
 the improved lands, by virtue of the settlement on and cultivation of 
 which the claimant's right to a donation has been confirmed, and in all 
 cases where, by reason of adjacent prior claims, or the contiguity of the 
 improvements of the persons entitled to donation grants, each claimant 
 cannot obtain a tract of six hundred and forty acres, the vacant lands 
 applicable to the object shall be divided between the claimants in such 
 manner as shall appear to the principal deputy survey or most equitable; 
 and whenever plats of the surveys shall have been returned by the prin- Grants and pat- 
 cipal deputy surveyor to the office of the recorder of land titles, it shall ? nts when to be 
 be the duty of the recorder to issue for each tract, according to the sur- lssuetl - 
 vey returned to him, a certificate in favour of the party to each person 
 entitled thereto, which shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office ; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the 
 said Commissioner that such certificate was fairly obtained, according 
 to the true intent and meaning of this act, then in that case patents 
 shall be granted in like manner as is provided bylaw for other lands of 
 the United States. (6) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said recorder of land titles, Salary of the 
 in addition to his salary as fixed by law, shall be allowed fifty cents on J^nted ' ' &Ug 
 each claim which had been filed, and in support of which evidence 
 shall have been received, according to the first section of this act, and 
 on which he shall make a decision, whether such decision be in favour 
 of, or against the claim, and a further allowance of five hundred dol- Fees and allow- 
 lars, which shall be paid after he shall have made his report to the anceof five hun- 
 Cominissioner of the General Land Office, which allowance of fifty cents thrcompleti ? onof 
 for each claim decided on, and five hundred dollars on the completion the business. 
 of the business, shall be in full compensation for his services, including 
 clerk hire, respecting the claims to be decided on according to this act. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 189, 701, 972, 974, 977, 1020, 1024, 1143, 1149. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 7-22, 723, 957, 967, 972, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 1063, 
 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 No. 974. AN ACT giving further time for registering claims to landa in the late August 2, 1813. 
 district of Arkansaw, in the Territory of Missouri, and for other purposes. 'Vol. 3, p. 86. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That every person or persons claiming lands in the Further time 
 late district of Arkansaw, in the Territory of Missouri, who are actual allowed for filing 
 settlers on the land which they claim, and whose claims have not been 111 
 
 heretofore filed with the recorder of land titles for the Territory of 
 Missouri, shall be allowed until the first day of January next, to deliver 
 notices in writing and the written evidence of their claims to the re- 
 corder of land titles in the Territory aforesaid ; and the notices and evi- Notices to be 
 dences so delivered within the time limited by this act, shall be recorded recorded, 
 in the same manner, and on payment of the same fees, as if the same 
 had been delivered before the first day of July, one thousand eight Claims to be 
 hundred and eight; but the right of such persons as shall neglect so barred on failure, 
 doing, within the time limited by this act, shall, so far as they are de- ^ofcmsteaa* 
 rived from or founded on any act of Congress, ever after be barred and 
 become void, and the evidences of their claims never after admitted as 
 evidence in any claim of the United States, against any grant derived 
 from the United States. () 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the recorder of land titles Recorder of 
 for the Territory of Missouri, shall have the same powers and perform land titles for the 
 the same duties in every respect in relation to the claims that may be Territory of Mis- 
 filed according to the preceding section,. as the board of commissioners souri ' to h ave 
 for ascertaining and adjusting claims to lands in the District of Louis- an^aV^sttend 
 iana would have had or should have performed, if such notice had been claims, &c. 
 
414 MISSOURI. 
 
 tiled and such evidence delivered before the first lay of July, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and eight, except that his decisions shall be subject 
 to the revision of Congress. 
 
 Reorder to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be duty of the said 
 make reports to recorder of land titles, to make to the Commissioner of the General 
 Commissioner of Land Office a report of all claims filed with said recorder, with the 
 Office 606 substance of the evidence in support thereof; and also his opinion, and 
 
 such remarks respecting the claims as he may think proper to make ; 
 which report, together with a list of the claims which in the opinion 
 of the said recorder ought to be confirmed, shall be laid by the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office before Congress for their determi- 
 nation. (6) 
 
 Fees to re- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said recorder shall be al- 
 <joider, which lo.ved fifty cents for each claim on which a decision shall be made, 
 shall be in full V sh ether such decision shall be in favour or against the claims, which 
 
 '' allowance shall be in full for his services under this act. 
 
 Where notice SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in every case where notice of 
 
 filed under lo" t bo claim shall have been filed under former laws, and in which no 
 
 mer laws, claim- testimony shall have been produced, the claimants shall be allowed 
 
 ants to' have until the* first dav of July, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, 
 
 further time. t o produce To said recorder testimony in support of such claims ; and 
 
 the said recorder shall in relation to such claims have the same powers 
 
 and perform the said duties as are required of him on claims tiled under 
 
 this act. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 976, 980, 986, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 
 
 1063, 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (&) See Nos. 189, 701, 972, 973, 977, 1020, 1C24, 1143, 1149. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1814. No. 975. AX ACT for the relief of Daniel Boone. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c.. That Daniel Boone be, and he is hereby confirmed in 
 
 Title to a tract his title to one thousand arpens of laud, claimed by him by virtue of 
 on ~ a concession made to him under the Spanish Government, bearing date 
 the twenty-eighth day of January, 1798, and it shall be the duty of the 
 recorder of land titles for the Territory of Missouri, to issue to the said 
 Daniel Boone, or to his heirs, a certificate in the same manner, and of the 
 same description, as the said Daniel Boone would hav^been entitled to 
 receive, if his claim to the said land had been confirmed by the commis- 
 sioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons 
 claiming land in the Territory of Louisiana, or by the recorder of land 
 titles for the said Territory of Missouri. 
 
 April 12, 1814. No. 976. AN ACT for the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana 
 VoL 3, p. 121. and Territory of Missouri. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 722. J 
 
 Feb. 17, 1815. No. 977. AX ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New 
 Vol. 3, p. 211. Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes. 
 
 Lands granted ^ e lt c ' nacte( ^ $' c >> That any person or persons owning lands in the 
 to persons hav- county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, with the extent the 
 ing lands in the said county had on the tenth day of November, one thousand eight hun- 
 x? u K of ,^ ew< lretl and twelve, and whose lands have been materially injured by 
 were 1 " injured 1 by earthquakes, shall be, and they hereby are authorized to locate the like 
 earthquakes, on quantity of land on any of the public lands of the said Territory, the 
 Nov. 10, 1812. sale of which is authorized by law : Provided, That no person shall be 
 permitted to locate a greater quantity of land under this act, than the 
 quantity confirmed to him, except the owners of lots of ground or tracts 
 of land of less quantity than one hundred and sixty acres, who are 
 hereby authorized to locate and obtain any quantity of land not ex- 
 ceeding one hundred and sixty acres, nor shall any person be entitled 
 to locate more than six hundred and forty acres, nor shall any such 
 location include any lead mine or salt spring: And provided also, That 
 in every case where such location shall be made according to the pro- 
 visions of this act, the title of the person or persons to the land injured 
 as aforesaid, shall revert to, and become absolutely vested in, the United 
 States. 
 
MISSOURI. 
 
 415 
 
 SEC. 2. And be further enacted, That whenever it shall appear to the Manner in 
 recorder of land titles for the Territory of Missouri, by the oath or affir- 
 mation of a competent witness, or witnesses, that any person or per- 
 sons are entitled to a tract or tracts of land under the provisions of this 
 act, ic shall be the duty of the said recorder to issue a certificate thereof 
 to the claimant or claimants ; 'and upon such certificate being issued, 
 and the location made on the application of the claimants, by the prin- 
 cipal deputy surveyor for said Territory, or under his direction, whose 
 duty it shal'l be, to cause a survey thereof to be made, and to return a 
 plat of each location made to the said recorder, together with a notice 
 in writing, designating the tract or tracts thus located, and the name 
 of the claimant on whose behalf the same shall be made ; which notice 
 and plat the said recorder shall cause to be recorded in his office, and 
 shall receive from the claimant for his services on each claim, the sum 
 of two dollars, for receiving the proof, issuing the certificate, and re- 
 cording the notice and plat as aforesaid ; and the surveyor shall be en- 
 titled to the same compensation for his services from the party apply ing, 
 as is allowed for surveying the public lands of the United States, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the re- 
 corder of land titles, to transmit a report of the claims allowed, and 
 locations made under this act, to the Commissioner of the General Land j an( j office by the 
 Office, and shall deliver to the party a certificate, stating the circum- recorder. 
 stances of the case, and that he is entitled to a patent for the tract there- 
 in designated, which certificate shall be filed with the said recorder 
 within twelvemonths after date, and the recorder shall thereupon issue 
 .a certificate in favour of the party, which certificate being transmitted 
 to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall entitle the party 
 to a patent, to be issued in like manner as is provided bylaw for other 
 public lauds of the United States. (6) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 985, 992, 1004, 1017, 1117. 
 
 (6) See ]S T 08. 189, 701, 972, 973, 974, 1020, 1024, 1143, 1149. 
 
 A report of his 
 ^ the 
 
 No. 978. AN ACT for the benefit of John P. Maxwell, and Hugh H. Maxwell. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That all the right, title, and interest of the United 
 States, of, in, and to, any real estate, whereof a certain James Maxwell 
 died seized, on the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and fourteen, be, and the same is hereby released unto John P. 
 
 April 27, 1816. 
 Yo1 - 6 > P- 16d - 
 
 Right of the 
 ^ted States re- 
 
 , , , . hn 11 P.* and 
 
 Maxwell, of the Missouri Territory, and Hugh H. Maxwell, of the Ter- Hugh H. Max- 
 ritory of Illinois, nephews of the said James Maxwell, and the same is well. 
 hereby vested in the said John P. Maxwell, and Hugh H. Maxwell and 
 their heirs forever, as fully as if they had been citizens of the United 
 States on the said fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred 
 and fourteen ; saving and reserving to all persons, other than the United 
 States, any right, title, or interest, of, in, and to, the premises aforesaid, 
 whereof the said James Maxwell died seized, as fully and amply as if 
 this law had never been passed. 
 
 No. 979 AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a surveyor of the public April 29, 1816. 
 lands in the Territories of Illinois and Missouri. Vol. 3, p. 32o. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 340.] 
 
 No. 9SO. AN ACT for the confirmation of certain claims to land in the western April 29, 1816. 
 district of the State of Louisiana and in the Territory of Missouri. VoL 3, p. 328. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 728.] 
 
 No. 981. AN ACT concerning pre-emption rights given in the purchase of lands to April 29, 1816. 
 certain settlers in the State of Louisiana, and in the Territory of Missouri and Vol. 3, p. 330. 
 Illinois. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 729.] 
 
416 MISSOURI. 
 
 April 29, 1816. No. 982. AN ACT to authorize the survey of two millions of acres of the publie 
 Vol. 3, p. 33-2. lands, in lieu of that quantity heretofore authorized to be surveyed, in the Terri- 
 tory of Michigan, as military bounty lauds. 
 
 [Five hundred thousand acres of land in Missouri to be surveyed 
 and set apart as military bounty lands. See ILLINOIS, No. 342.] 
 
 Feb. 17, 1818. No. 983 AN ACT makingprovision for the establishment of additional land offices 
 Vol. 3, p. 406. in the Territory of Missouri. 
 
 A land office at Beit enacted, #c., That, for the disposal of the lands of the United 
 the seat of jus- States west of the Mississippi River, and in the Territory of Missouri, 
 tice in the county i n addition to the land office now established by law, there shall be 
 Soward. established within the said Territory the following offices, to wit : one 
 
 at the seat of justice in the county of Howard for all the lands lying 
 within the following boundaries ; beginning at a point where the west- 
 ern line of range ten, west from the fifth principal meridian, intersects 
 the north line of township thirty-four; thence, west with said town- 
 ship line, to where the same intersects the Osage boundary line ; thence, 
 north with the Osage boundary line, to the Missouri River ; thence, up 
 and with the Missouri Elver, to the western Indian boundary line at 
 the mouth of Kansas River ; thence, north with the said western Indian 
 boundary line, to where the same shall intersect the northern Indian 
 boundary line ; thence, east with the said northern Indian boundary, to 
 where the same shall intersect the aforesaid west line of range ten ; 
 thence, south with the said range line, to the place of beginning. And 
 A land officein a land office shall be establ ished in the county of Arkansas, at such place 
 the county of AT- as the President shall deem most convenient, for all the lands in the 
 kansas. district bounded as follows: beginning on the river Mississippi, at the 
 
 thirty-third degree of north latitude; thence, up and with the Missis- 
 sippi River, to the mouth of St. Francis River, where the base line inter- 
 sects the same ; thence, west with the said base line to where the same 
 shall intersect the meridian on which the Osage boundary line is run ; 
 thence, due south, to the thirty-third parallel of latitude ; thence, east 
 Aland office at with the said parallel, to the place of beginning. And a laud office shall 
 the seat of jus- b e established at the seat of justice in the county of Lawrence, for all 
 ofTaw t rence Ulty the lan(ls in the district bounded as follows: beginning on the base 
 line, at the mouth of the St. Francis ; thence, up and with the Missis- 
 sippi River, to the intersection of the same by the north Lne of town- 
 ship fifteen north ; thence, west with the said north line of township 
 fifteen, to where the same shall intersect the Osage boundary line; 
 thence, due south to the aforesaid base line ; thence, east with the said 
 Aland office at base line, to the place of beginning. And a land office shall be estab- 
 the town of Jack- lished at the town o f j ac t 8 on, in the county of Cape Girardeau, for all 
 the lands in the district bounded as follows: beginning on the Missis- 
 sippi River, where the north line of township fifteen north intersects 
 the same; thence, up and with the Mississippi, to its intersection by 
 the north line of township thirty-four north ; thence, west with the said 
 north line of township thirty-four, to the Osage boundary line ; thence, 
 south with the said boundary, to the north line of township fifteen ; 
 District of the thence, east with the said township line, to the place of beginning. And 
 land office at St. a n the lauds within the following boundaries shall form a district for 
 the land office established by law at St. Louis, i the county of St. Louis, 
 viz : beginning on the Mississippi River, where the north line of town- 
 ship thirty-four north intersects the same ; thence, up and with the Mis- 
 sissippi River to the mouth of Desmoin River; thence, up and with the 
 Desmoin to the north Indian boundary line ; thence, west with the said 
 boundary, to the west line of range ten west ; thence, south with said 
 range line, to the north line of township thirty-four north ; thence, 
 east with the said township line, to the place of beginning, (a) 
 
 Time of open- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as, in the opinion of the 
 
 ing the land offi- President of the United States, there shall be a sufficient quantity of 
 
 ces, &c. t jj e p u bij c lauds surveyed, within all or either of the land districts hereby 
 
 established, to authorize the opening of all, or either of the land offices 
 
 aforesaid, he shall cause the same to be opem d, and shall proceed, from 
 
 time to time, to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for 
 
 each of the said offices, a register and a receiver of public moneys, \vbo 
 
 shall give security in the same sums, and in the same manner, and 
 
 whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority shall, in 
 
MISSOURI 411 
 
 every respect, bo the same, in relation to the lands which shall be dis- Register and 
 posed of at their offices, as are, or may be, provided by law, in relation J3JJJ to boap " 
 to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several land offices 
 established for the disposal of the lands of the United States northwest 
 of the river Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River. 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That whenever a land office shall Whenever a 
 have been established in any of the districts aforesaid, and a register laud office shall 
 and receiver of public moneys appointed for the same, the President of uJhla *Tc th e 
 the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct sop re sident to di- 
 much of the public lands lying in such district as shall have been sur- rect lands to be 
 veyed according to law to be offered for sale, with the same reservations off ere( l for sale, 
 and exceptions, and on the same terms and conditions in every respect, ( 
 as was provided for the sale of the public lands in the Territory of Lou- 
 isiana, by the tenth section of an act entitled "An act providing for the 
 final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of the public lands, 
 in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed 
 for the same purpose, and approved February sixteenth, one thousand 
 eight hundred and eleven," except that the register and receiver of pub- 
 lic moneys alone may be competent to superintend the public sales, (&) 
 and that, instead of one township for the support of a seminary of learn- Two townships 
 ing, there shall be two townships located for the purpose by the Secre- for the support of 
 tary of the Treasury, and reserved from sale: Provided, That one of f e |rnhiff lia nro- 
 said townships shall be located on the waters of the Missouri and the v ided, &c. 
 other on the waters of the Arkansas, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 994, 997, 1001, 1019, 1028, 1064, 1076, 1079, 1095. 
 
 (&) SeeNos. 729, 981, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 10a3, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 
 1121, 1135. 
 (c) See Nos. 989, 1003, 1018. 
 
 No. 984. AN ACT allowing additional salary and clerk hire to the surveyor for April 3, 1818. 
 the Illinois and Missouri Territories, and for other purposes. Vol. 3, p. 412. 
 
 [Fixing compensation of surveyors-general for Illinois and Missouri. 
 See ILLINOIS, No. 344.] 
 
 No. 985. AN ACT limiting the time for claims being produced for lands au- April 9, 1818. 
 thorized to be granted to the inhabitants of New Madrid. Vol. 3, p. 417. 
 
 lie it enacted, <fc., That every person claiming lands in virtue of the Persons claim- 
 act entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county iug lands in vir- 
 of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earth- tu ^ of . l h e d a ct 
 quakes," passed on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand make app ii c a. 
 eight hundred and fifteen, shall make application therefor, and pro- tion,&c.,onorbe- 
 duce evidence, in support of his claim, to the recorder of land titlesf re Jan. 1, 1819. 
 for the said Territory, on or before the first day of January next : and Recorder not to 
 the said recorder shall not issue a certificate for any claim as aforesaid, issue certificate, 
 the evidence in support of which shall not have been produced to him in wnat case - 
 within the time limited as aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 977, 992, 1004, 1017, 1117. 
 
 No. 986. AN ACT for the relief of James Mackay, of the Missouri Territory. April 20, 1818. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Mackay, of the Missouri Territory, br, VoL 6 ' p ' 213 ' 
 and he is hereby, authorized to file, with the recorder of land titles at Authorized t o 
 St. Louis, in said Territory, a warrant of survey or concession from the file ^ ith the e- 
 Spanish Government of Louisiana, bearing date the first day of Feb- !%* % s 
 ruary, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, for the quantity warrant o 
 of eighteen hundred arpents of land, granted to James M'Daniel ; and vey, &c. 
 it shall be the duty of the said recorder of land titles to examine the 
 evidence which may be produced to him, in relation to the concession 
 and claim to land aforesaid, and shall report the substance of the evi- 
 dence, with his opinion thereon, to the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, which shall be laid before Congress, at their next session, 
 for their decision thereon. 
 
 27 L O VOL II 
 
418 MISSOURI. 
 
 March 2, 1819. No. 987. AN ACT establishing a separate Territorial government in the southern 
 Vol. 3, p. 493. part of the Territory of Missouri. 
 
 [Part, of Missouri Territory to form a separate Territory, to be called 
 Arkansaw. See ARKANSAS, No. 1156.] 
 
 March 3, 1819. No. 988. AN ACT explanatory of the act entitled "An act for the final adjust- 
 Vol. 3, p. 517. ment of land titles in the State of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri." 
 
 The provisions Be it enacted, #c., That the provisions of the fifth section of the act 
 of the 5th section o f Congress, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land titles in 
 12th April lew the Stdte of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri," passed the twelfth 
 to be construed day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, shall be so con- 
 to extend to citi- strued as to extend to the citizens of the county of Howard, in the Mis- 
 zens of Howard 8 p ur i Territory, as established by the act of the legislature of the Ter- 
 ritory, passed the twenty -third day of January, one thousand eight 
 hundred and sixteen, any construction to the contrary notwithstand- 
 ing, (a) 
 
 The right of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right of pre-emption given 
 
 pre-emption. b y the aforesaid provisions, as explained and extended by this act, 
 
 shall not be so construed as to affect any right derived from the United 
 
 States, by purchase, at public or private sale, of the lands claimed 
 
 under the aforesaid act. 
 
 Persons who g ECt 3. ^ nd i e it f ur tJier enacted, That any person or persons who 
 theri^ht of pre- nave settled on and improved, any of the lands in the said Territory, 
 emption had not reserved for the use of schools, before the survey of such lands were 
 the lands been actually made, and who would have had the right of pre-emption there- 
 resurveyed f o r ^ o by the existing laws had not the same been so reserved, shall have 
 tnerignt of pr2 tne ri ght f pre-emption thereto, under the same terms and conditions, 
 emption, &c. and subject to the same restrictions provided for other cases of a right 
 of pre-emption in said Territory and the register of the land office, and 
 receiver of public moneys for the district, shall have power to select any 
 other vacant and unappropriated lands, in the same township, and as 
 near adjacent as lands of equal quantity and like quality can be ob- 
 tained, in lieu of the section, or parts of a section, which shall have 
 been entered in right of pre-emption, according to the provision of this 
 section. (6) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 976, 980, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 1063, 1067, 1102, 
 
 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 972, 989, 995, 1013, 1016, 1093, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 
 March 6, 1820. No. 989. AN ACT to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a 
 VoL 3, p. 545. constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the 
 Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in cer- 
 tain Territories. 
 
 The inhabi- Be it enacted, $c., That the inhabitants of that portion of the Mis- 
 its of Missouri gouri Territory included within the boundaries hereinafter designated, 
 ?orin a \jonstitu^ ^e, an< ^ t nev aro hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitu- 
 tion and State tioii and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem 
 government, to proper ; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the 
 Fh T&S? 11 int Union, upon an equal footing with the original States, in all respects 
 
 whatsoever. 
 
 Boundaries. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of 
 all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit : Be- 
 ginning in the middle of the Mississippi River, on the parallel of thirty- 
 six degrees of north latitude ; thence west, along that parallel of lati- 
 tude, to the St. Francois River ; thence up, and following the course of 
 that river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the parallel of 
 latitude of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes ; thence west, along 
 the same, to a point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian 
 line passing through the middle of the mouth of the Kansas River, 
 where the same empties into the Missouri River, thence, from the point 
 aforesaid north, along the said meridian line, to the intersection of the 
 parallel of latitude which passes through the rapids of the river Des 
 Moines, making the said line to correspond with the Indian boundary 
 line ; thence east, from the point of intersection last aforesaid, along 
 the said parallel of latitude, to the middle of the channel of the main 
 fork of the said river Des Moines ; thence down and along the middle 
 of the main channel of the said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the 
 same, where it empties into the Mississippi River ; thence, due east, to 
 
MISSOURI. 4 I 9 
 
 -the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River ; thence down, 
 and following the course of the Mississippi River, in the middle of the 
 main channel thereof, to the place of beginning : Provided, The said o^f ^ 80 :.. t ,^ e 
 -State shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid ; And provided also, That the boundaries and 
 said State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river Mississippi, have concurrent 
 and every other river bordering on the said State, so far as the said jurisdict i o n of 
 rivers shall form a common boundary to the said State ; and any other rivers- 
 State or States, now or hereafter to be formed and bounded by the 
 same, such rivers to be common to both ; and that the river Mississippi, Rivers, &c., to 
 and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, shall be J^Tan'dfr " 
 common highways, and for ever free, as well to the inhabitants of the y 
 said State as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, 
 
 duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said State, (a) 
 
 # * # * it * * 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, * * That the legislature of said Conditions. 
 State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the 
 United States, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for 
 securing the title in such soil to the boua-fide purchasers; and that no 
 tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in 
 
 no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. (6) 
 
 * * * * * * ^ 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, Propositions 
 and the same are hereby, offered to the convention of the said Terri- offered to the con- 
 tory of Missouri, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejection, ceptance or re- 
 which, if accepted by the convention, shall be obligatory upon thejection. 
 United States : 
 
 First. That section numbered sixteen in every township, and when Section No. 16 
 such section has been sold, or otherwise disposed of, other lands equiva- for schools, 
 lent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the 
 State for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of 
 schools, (c) 
 
 Second. That all salt springs, not exceeding twelve in number, with Salt springs 
 six sections of land adjoining to each, shall be granted to the said State and lauds adja- 
 for the use of said State, the same to be selected by the legislature of of^he State 6 " Se 
 the said State, on or before the first day of January, in the year one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-five; and the same, when so se- 
 lected, to be used under such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the 
 legislature of said State shall direct : Provided, That no salt spring, the Proviso-, salt 
 right whereof now is, or hereafter shall be, confirmed or adjudged to springs confirm, 
 any individual or individuals, shall, by this section, be granted to the & c tol 
 said State : And provided also, That the legislature shall never sell or 
 lease the same, at any one time, for a longer period than ten years, with- 
 out the consent of Congress, (d) 
 
 Third. That five per cent, of the net profits of the sale of lands lying Five per centum 
 within the said Territory or State, and which shall be sold by Congress, ne , fc Proceeds of 
 from and after the first day of January next, after deducting all ex- public roads and 
 penses incident to the same, shall be reserved for making public roads canals, 
 and canals, of which three-fifths shall be applied to those objects within 
 the State, under the direction of the legislature thereof ; and the other 
 two fifths in defraying, under the direction of Congress, the expenses 
 to be incurred in making of a road or roads, canal or canals, leading to 
 the said State, (e) 
 
 Fourth. That four entire sections of land be, and the same are hereby, Four sections of 
 granted to the said State, for the purpose of fixing their seat of go v- land for a seat of 
 eminent thereon ; which said sections shall, under the direction of the g 
 legislature of said State, be located, as near as may be, in one body, at 
 any time, in such townships and ranges as the legislature aforesaid may 
 select, on any of the public lands of the United States : Provided, That Proviso : loca- 
 such locations shall be made prior to the public sale of the lands of the J 10 n mrtvunlSaZ 
 United States surrounding such location. lands. 
 
 Fifth. That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, which shall be Thirty-six sec- 
 designated by the President of the United States, together with the tions * land f oj 
 other lands heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for learning! 
 the use of a seminary of learning, and vested in the legislature of said 
 State, to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the said 
 legislature; (/) Provided, That the five foregoing propositions herein Proviso, 
 offered, are on the condition that the convention of the said State shall 
 provide, by an ordinance, irrevocable without the consent of the United 
 States, that every and each tract of land sold by the United States, 
 from and after the first day of January next, shall remain exempt from 
 
420 MISSOURI. 
 
 any tax laid by order or under the authority of the State, whether for 
 State, county, or township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term 
 Bounty 1 a n d s of five years from and after the day of sale; And further, That the 
 to be exempt bounty lands granted, or hereafter to be granted, for military services 
 five* v a ea?s i0 f n rom durin the late war > shall > while the y continue to be held by the pat- 
 date of patent, entees, or their heirs, remain exempt as aforesaid from taxation for 
 the term of three years from and after the date of the patents res- 
 pectively. (&) 
 
 * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 971, 990, 991, 1034, 1043, 1045, 1068, 1071, 1076. 
 , (b) See Nos. 791, 1084. 
 ' (c) See Nos. 972, 988, 995, 1013, 1016, 1093, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 
 (d) See Xos. 995, 1009, 1018. 
 
 (e) ^ee Nos. 993, 1015, 1103. 
 (/) See Nos. 983, 1003, 1018. 
 
 March 2, 1821. No. 990. RESOLUTION providing for the admission of the State of Missouri 
 Vol. 3, p. 645. into the Union, on a certain condition. 
 
 Missouri ad- Resolved, #c., That Missouri shall be admitted into this Union on an. 
 mitted into the equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, upon 
 Union on a cer- the fundamental condition, that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth 
 tain condition, ee ction of the third article of the constitution submitted on the part 
 of said State to Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the 
 passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity 
 Thereto, by which any citizen, of either of the States in this Uuiou, 
 shall be exclude.! from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and im- 
 munities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the 
 Proviso: the United States : Provided, That the legislature of the said State, by a 
 legislature of the solemn public act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the said 
 ^ t d ? clare fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the President of the 
 United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an. 
 authentic copy of the said act ; upon the receipt whereof, the Presi- 
 dent, by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon, and with- 
 out any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of 
 the said State into this Union shall be considered as complete, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 971, 989, 991, 1034, 1043, 1045, ,1068, 1071, 1076. 
 
 Aug. 10, 18-21. No. 991. A PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States respecting 
 *Vol. 3, p. 797. the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union. 
 
 ~~^ T , Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution of 
 admittiug Mis- the second day of March last, entitled "Resolution providing for the 
 souri into the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union on a certain condi- 
 Union tion," did determine and declare " that Missouri should be admitted 
 
 into this Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all re- 
 spects whatever, upon the fundamental condition that the fourth clause 
 of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the Constitution, sub- 
 mitted on the part of said State to Congress, shall never be construed to 
 authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in 
 conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the States of this 
 Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges 
 and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution 
 of the United States : Provided, That the legislature of the said State, 
 by a solemn public act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the 
 said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the President of the 
 United States, on or before the first Monday in November next, an au- 
 thentic copy of said act ; upon the receipt whereof, the President, by 
 proclamation, shall announce the fact : whereupon, and without any 
 further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said 
 State into this Union shall be considered as complete:" And whereas, 
 by a solemn public act of the assembly of the said State of Missouri, 
 passed on the twenty-sixth of June, in the present year, entitled "A 
 solemn public act declaring the assent of this State to the fundamental 
 condition contained in a resolution passed by the Congress of the United 
 States, providing for the admission of the State of Missouri into the 
 Union on a certain condition," an authentic copy whereof has been 
 The State of communicated to me, it is solemnly and publicly enacted and declared, 
 Missouri has as- that that State has assented, and does assent, that the fourth clause 
 sentedtothecon- of fne twenty-sixth section of the third article of the constitution 
 by Congress of said State " shall never be construed to authorize the passage of 
 * Little & Brown's edition of 1853. Also in edition of 1846, Appendix II. 
 
MISSOURI. 421 
 
 any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by 
 
 which any citizen of either of the United States shall be excluded 
 
 from the eujoyinent of any of the privileges and immunities to which. 
 
 such citizens are entitled under the Constitution of the United States : " 
 
 Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States, in The President 
 
 pursuance of the resolution of Congress aforesaid, have issued this my announces the 
 
 proclamation, announcing the fact, that the said State of Missouri has * act- 
 
 assented to the fundamental condition required by the resolution of 
 
 Congress aforesaid ; whereupon the admission of the said State of Mis- Admission of 
 
 souri into the Union is declared to be complete, (a) Missouri declar- 
 
 In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of 
 America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my 
 hund. Done at the city of Washington, the tenth day of August, 1821; 
 and of the Independence of the said United States of America the 
 f 01 ty-sixth. 
 
 JAMES MONROE. 
 
 By the President. 
 
 JOHN QU1NCY ADAMS, 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 971, 989, 990, 1034, 1043, 1045, 1068, 1071, 1076. 
 
 Hfo. 992. AN ACT to perfect certain locations and sales of public lands in Mis- April 26,1822. 
 
 souri. Vol. 3, p. 668. 
 
 Be it enacted, <pc., That the locations heretofore made of warrants issued Locations of 
 under the act of the fifteenth [seventeenth] of February, one thousand warrants made 
 eight hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabi- SPj 61 ,? 16 ,^ ?| 
 tants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who m ade in pursu- 
 suffered by earthquakes," if made in pursuance of the provisions of that ance of that act 
 act, in other respects, shall be perfected into grants, in like manner as in other respects, 
 if they had conformed to the sectional or quarter-sectional lines of the ? fl all be perfected 
 public surveys ; and the sales of fractions of the public lands, heretofore The^sale's of 
 created by such locations, shall be as valid and binding on the United fractions from 
 States as if such fractions had been made by rivers, or other natural such locations, 
 obstructions. valid ' &c - 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the holders and locators Hereafter bold- 
 of such warrants shall be bound, in locating them, to conform to the ers ' &c - of 8ncn 
 sectional or quarter-sectional lines of the public surveys, as nearly as JSJS\ef *5 
 the respective quantities of the warrants will admit ; and all such war- such warrants to 
 rants shall be located within one year after the passage of this act; in be located within 
 default whereof the same shall be null and void, (a) a .S*^ or they 
 
 (a) See STos. 977, 985, 1004, 1017, 1117. 
 
 No. 993. AN ACT to provide for paying to the State of Missouri, Mississippi, and May 3, 1822. 
 Alabama, three per cent, of the net proceeds, arising from the sale of the public Vol. 3, p. 674. 
 lands within the same. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time The Secretary 
 to time, and whenever the quarterly accounts of public moneys of the of tte Treasury 
 several land offices in the said State of Missouri shall be settled, pay fF om u m e to 
 three per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the lands of the cen t' of the net 
 United States, lying within the State of Missouri, which since the first day proceeds of t h e 
 of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, have been, or sales . of public 
 hereafter may be, sold by the United States, after deducting all expenses ^Missouri since 
 incidental to the same, to such person or persons as may or shall be au- January 1, 1821, 
 thorized by the legislature of the said State of Missouri to receive the deducting ex- 
 same ; which sum or sums, thus paid, shall be applied to the making of P e ^ es - &c - 
 public roads and canals within the said State of Missouri, under the b e applied totoe 
 direction of the legislature thereof, according to the provisions on this making of roads 
 subject contained in the act of Congress of the sixth of March, one and canals in 
 Thousand eight hundred and twenty, entitled "An act to authorize the Missouri, under 
 people of the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State gov- leJfSure &c. 
 eminent, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal 
 footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain Tor- Account of the 
 ritories," and to no other purpose. And an annual account of the same application o f 
 shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, by such officer or J he money to be 
 person of the State as the legislature thereof shall direct, and of its the Secretary of 
 application, if any be made; and, in default of such return being made, the Treasury. 
 
422 MISSOURI. 
 
 the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to withhold the pay- 
 ment of any sum or sums that may then be due, or which thereafter 
 may become due, until a return shall be made as herein required, (a) 
 
 ***** 
 (a) See Nos. 989, 1015, 1103. 
 
 March 3, 1823. 5fo. 994. AN ACT to establish an additional land office in the State of Missouri. 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 785. E e n enacted, $c., That so much of the public lands of the United 
 
 A new land dis- States* as lies west of the range line dividing the twenty-third and 
 
 trict to be form- twenty-fourth tiers of townships west of the fifth principal meridian, 
 
 ed, to be called in the present Howard land district, in the State of Missouri, shall form 
 
 the western dis- a land <u 8tr i ct f or the disposal of the said lands, to be called the western 
 
 land office isto be district ; and a land office shall be established at Lexington, in the 
 
 established. county of Lillard, for the disposal thereof. 
 
 A register and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and 
 irverto beap- rece j ver appointed to the said office, to superintend the sales of the 
 public lands in the said district, who shall reside at the place where 
 said office is established, give security in the same manner and sums, 
 and whose compensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in 
 every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands .to be disposed of at 
 their offices, as are, or may be, by law, provided in relation to the regis- 
 ters and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for 
 the sale of the public lands. ' 
 
 Township line SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of 
 
 between town- April next, the division line between the St. Louis and the Jackson 
 
 38to for 37 d? d land di8tricts > in * he State of M . i88ouri > sha 11 be the township line be- 
 
 tri'ct line l 'tween the townships number thirty-seven and thirty-eight ; anything 
 
 in the former acts, creating land districts in the State of Missouri, to 
 
 the contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 997, 1001, 1019, 1028, 1064, 1076, 1079, 1095. 
 
 March 3, 1823. No. 995. AN ACT concerning the lands to be granted to the State of Missouri, for 
 Vol. 3, p. 787. the purposes of education, and other public uses. 
 
 Certain lands ^ e ^ enac ted 4" c -> That, in all cases in which section number sixteen, 
 to be granted to i Q an y township within the State of Missouri, has been sold, or other- 
 the State of Mis- wise disposed of, it shall be the duty of the register and receiver of the 
 souri for schools, respective land office in whose district such land may lie, so soon after 
 the passage of this act as may be, to select the like quantity of other 
 lands equivalent thereto, from any of the unappropriated lands of the 
 United States in that State, including the residue of such section, where 
 only a part of it has been disposed of, and the value of the residue is 
 not materially diminished by such disposition, and is nearly contiguous 
 to such sixteenth section as may be ; and a descriptive entry of such 
 selected lands shall be made on the books of the register, specifying a* 
 well the township in which, as that for the use of which, the selection 
 shall have been made; and the lands thus selected and located, are 
 hereby granted to the said State for the use of the inhabitants of the 
 respective townships, for the use of schools, instead of such sixteenth 
 sections so sold or otherwise disposed of. (a) 
 
 Certain lands SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases in which the gen- 
 granted to salt era i assembly of the State of Missouri has selected, or shall hereafter 
 select, a salt spring, for the use of the State, according to the provis- 
 ions of an act of Congress of the sixth of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty, and the six sections of unappropriated lands can- 
 not be found adjoining to such spring, agreeably to the provisions of 
 said act, the deficiency shall be supplied by the selection of other sec- 
 tions equivalent thereto, and not farther distant than six miles there- 
 from, of unappropriated lands of the United States in that State, and 
 as nearly adjoining to such spring as may be, shall be subject to the 
 selection of the legislature of the State for the use thereof ; and such 
 sections, when so selected and located, are hereby granted according to 
 the provisions of said act : and authenticated copies of the selections 
 made by the register and receiver, under the provisions of this act, 
 shall be furnished the State, and returns transmitted to the Secretary 
 of the Treasury, of the selections now made, and of those to be made, 
 immediately after such selections shall have been made, either by thfr 
 register and receiver, or by the legislature of the State. (6) 
 (a) See ISTos. 972, 988, 989, 1013, 1016, 1093, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 (6) See Nos. 989, 1009, 1018. 
 
MISSOURI. 423 
 
 IVo. 996. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Firman Le Sieur. < 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the legal representatives of Firman Le Sieur, YoL 6> ? 296 - 
 late of the State of Missouri, be, and they are hereby, authorized to TO enter one 
 enter one section of land, in any of the land offices of the State of Mis- section of land in 
 souri, the sale of which is authorized by law, in full satisfaction for a H^lana .office in 
 like quantity, patented to them by the United States, on the third day 
 of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty : Provided, Said repre- proviso. 
 sentatives of Firman Le Sieur shall first release to the United States 
 all claim by virtue of the said patent, and surrender the same to the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and shall confine such entry 
 to lands which have been heretofore offered for public sale, and con- 
 formably to the lines of the public surveys. 
 
 No. 997. AN ACT to establish an additional land office in the State of Missouri. May 26, 1824. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That so much of the public lands of the United ^ - 
 
 States included in the present district of St. Louis, in the State of Mis- Public lands to 
 souri, as lies within the following boundaries, to wit : Beginning on the 
 Mississippi Kiver, between townships numbered forty -eight and forty- 
 nine, thence west to the range line between ranges ten and eleven ; 
 thence north to the township line between townships numbered fifty - 
 two and fifty- three ; thence west to the range line between ranges thir- 
 teen and fourteen ; thence north to the northern boundary line of the 
 State of Missouri ; thence east with the State line to the river Des- 
 moines ; thence, with the river Desmoines and the State line, to the 
 Mississippi River ; thence, with and down the Mississippi River to the 
 place of beginning, so as to include all the islands within the limits of 
 the State of Missouri, shall be formed into a new land district, to be 
 called "the district of Salt River," and, for the sale of the public 
 lands within the district hereby constituted, there shall be a land office 
 established at such place, within the said district, as the President of 
 the United States may designate. 
 
 SEC. 2. And l>e it further enacted, That there shall be a register and A register and 
 receiver appointed to said office to superintend the sales of public lands r ^ n l v a rtobe ap " 
 in the said district, and who shall reside at the place where said office 1 * 
 is established, give security in the same manner and sums, and whose 
 compensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every 
 respect, be the same, in relation to th<* lands to be disposed of, at theii 
 offices, as are or may be, by law, provided, in relation to the registers 
 
 and receivers of public moneys, in the several offices established for 
 the sale of the public lands, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all such public lands, embraced All lands em- 
 withiu the district created by this act, which shall have been offered b r a c e d within 
 for sale to the highest bidder, at St. Louis, pursuant to any proclama- sa ^ d rA i8t y ct> 
 tion of the President of the United States, and which lands remain offered fw sate 
 unsold at the taking effect of this act, shall be subject to' be entered pursuant to any 
 and sold, at private sale, by the proper officer or officers of the land proclamation o'f 
 office hereby created, in the same manner, and subject to the same t} *P President, 
 terms and upon the like conditions, as the sales of said lands would Ssoi^lialffto 
 have been subjected to, in the land office at St. Louis, had they re- be disposed of at 
 mainexl attached to that office. (6) private sale. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 994, 1001, 1019, 1028, 1064, 1076, 1079, 1095. 
 
 (b) SeeNos. 729, 981, 983, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 1121, 
 
 1135. 
 
 IVo. 998. AN ACT enabling the claimants to lands -within the limits of the State May 26, 1824. 
 of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity Vol. 4, p. 52. 
 of their claims. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That it shall and may be lawful for any person 
 persons, or their legal representatives, claiming lands, tenements, or that part of the 
 hereditaments, in that part of the late province of Louisiana which is late province of 
 now included within the State of Missouri, by virtue of any French or ^"ded'^XviS 
 Spanish grant, concession, warrant, or order of survey, legally made, tue state of Mis- 
 granted, or issued, before the tenth day of March, one thousand eight souri, by virtue 
 hundred and four, by the proper authorities, to any person or persons of any French or 
 resident in the province of Louisiana, at the date thereof, or on or |f c an ^ e g r a Vp 
 before the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, mad ' e an( f before 
 and which was protected or secured by the treaty between the United the loth March. 
 
424 MISSOURI. 
 
 1804, to present S:..tes of America and the Fieneh Republic, of liie thirtieth day of 
 oT^ri 008 to tke April, one thousand eight hundred and three, and which might have 
 the "tete^of F Mi8- ^ eeu perfected into a complete title, under and in conformity to the 
 souri. laws, usages, and customs, of the government under which the same 
 
 originated, had not the sovereignty of the country been transferred to 
 the United States, in each and every such case, it shall and may be 
 lawful for such person or persons, or their legal representatives, to pre- 
 sent a petition to the district court of the State of Missouri, setting 
 forth, fully, plainly, and substantially, the nature of his, her, or their 
 claim to the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, and particularly stat- 
 ing the date of the grant, concession, warrant, or order of survey, 
 under which they claim, the name or names of any person or persons 
 claiming the same, or any part thereof, by a different title from that of 
 the petitioner; or holding possession of any part thereof, otherwise 
 than by the lease or permission of the petitioner ; and, also, if the 
 United States be interested on account of the lands within the limits 
 of such claim, not claimed by any other person than the petitioner; 
 also, the quantity claimed, and the boundaries thereof, when the same 
 may have been designated by boundaries, by whom issued, and 
 whether the said claim has been submitted to the examination of 
 either of the tribunals which have been constituted by law for the 
 adjustment of land titles in the present limits of the State of Missouri, 
 and by them reported on unfavourably, or recommended for confirma- 
 tion ; praying, in said petition, that the validity of such title, or claim, 
 may be inquired into and decided by the said court ; and the said court 
 is hereby authorized and required to hold and exercise jurisdiction of 
 every petition, presented in conformity with the provisions of this act, 
 and to hear and determine the same, on the petition, in case no answer 
 or answers be filed after due notice : or on the petition, and the answer 
 or answers of any person or persons interested in preventing any claim 
 from being established : and the answer of the district attorney of the 
 United States, where he may have filed an answer, according" to the 
 evidence which shall be adduced by the petitioner, by any person inter- 
 ested in preventing the decree of the court in favour of the title of 
 the petitioner or petitioners, and by the United States, and in con- 
 formity with the principles of justice, and according to the laws and 
 ordinances of the government under which the claim originated, and 
 the copy of such petition, with a citation to any adverse possessor, or 
 claimant, shall be served on such possessor or claimant in the ordinary 
 legal manner of serving such process in the State of Missouri, at least 
 fifteen days before the term of the district court of the United States, 
 to which the same is made returnable, and, in like manner, on the dis- 
 trict attorney of the United States, where the Government is interested 
 in the defence ; and it shall be the duty of the United States' attorney 
 for the district in which the suit shall be instituted, in all cases where 
 the United States are interested on account of the public domain, to 
 take notice of each petition filed under the provisions of this act, in 
 the said district, and to make defence, on all just and proper occasions, 
 in behalf of the public interest. 
 
 Every petition SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every petition which shall be pre- 
 presented* under sented under the provisionsof this act, shall be conducted according to the 
 con due ted ac 6 rules of a court of equity, except that the answer of the district attorney 
 cording to the of the United States shall not be required to be verified by his oath, 
 rules of a court and tried, without any continuance, unless for cause shown ; and the 
 of equity. Ka [ft court shall have full power and authority to hear and determine 
 
 all questions arising in said cause, relative to the title of the claimants, 
 the extent, locality, and boundaries of the said claim, or other matters 
 connected therewith, tit and proper to be heard and determined, and, 
 by a final decree, to settle and determine the question of the validity of 
 the title, according to the law of nations, the stipulations of any treaty, 
 and proceedings under the same; the several acts of Congress in rela- 
 tion thereto ; and the laws and ordinances of the government from 
 which it is alleged to have been derived ; and all other questions prop- 
 erly arising between the claimants and the United States ; which decree 
 shall, in all cases, refer to the treaty, law, [or] ordinance, under which 
 it is confirmed or decreed against ; and the court may, at its discretion, 
 order disputed facts to be found by a jury, according to the regulations 
 and practice of the said court, when directing issues in chancery before 
 
 the same court : and, in all cases, the party against whom the, judgment 
 3 said district court may be finally given, shall be euti- 
 
 or decree of the said district 
 
MISSOURI. 425 
 
 tied to an appeal, within one year from the time of its rendition, to the Appeal. 
 Supreme Court of the United States, the decision of which court shall 
 be rinal and conclusive between the parties^ and, should no appeal be 
 taken, the judgment or decree of the said district court shall, in like 
 manner, be final and conclusive. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the evidence which has been The evidence 
 received by the different tribunals which have been constituted and ap- Jjjjl 1 ^. ^/jft? 
 pointed by law to receive such evidence, and to report the same to the nals shall be ad ." 
 Secretary of [the] Treasury, or to the Commissioner of the General mitt'ed as such 
 Land Office, upon all claims presented to them respectively, shall be for or against the 
 received and admitted in evidence for or against the United States, in JJi tri^imdS 
 all trials under this act, when the person testifying is dead, or beyond this act when 
 the reach of the court's process ; together with such other testimony as the person testi- 
 it may be in the power of the petitioner, the person or persons inter- fyiag is dead. 
 ested in the defence made against establishing any claim, or the United 
 States' attorney, to produce, and which shall be admissible, according 
 to the rules of evidence, and the principles of law. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases in which evidence Duty of the at- 
 shall be offered by the petitioner, which has not been received by either * y i ^ h f c jj 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 of the tribunals constituted by law for that purpose, it shall be the eviden e8liall be 
 duty of the attorney of the United States for the district in which the offered, not re- 
 suit shall be instituted, or any person interested in the defence may ceived by either 
 examine, or cause to be examined, the witnesses, whether examined in ^ n gtftuted Tor 
 court, or by commission under the authority thereof ; and it shall be t kat p ur p 08e . 
 the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United 
 States, or the keeper of any public records, who may have possession of 
 the records and evidence of the different tribunals, which have been 
 constituted by law for the adjustment of land titles in Missouri, as held 
 by France, upon the application of any person or persons, whose claim 
 to lands has been rejected by such tribunals, or either of them, or on 
 the application of any person interested, or by the attorney of the United 
 States for the district of Missouri, to furnish copies of such evidence, 
 certified under his official signature, with the seal of office thereto an- 
 nexed, if there be a seal of office. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That any claim to lands, tenements, Any claim to 
 or hereditaments, within the purview of this act, which shall not be Jf^ 8 ' a c t c '' which 
 brought by petition before the said courts, within two years from the 8 hall not be 
 passiug of this act, or which, after being brought before the said courts, brought by peti- 
 shall, on account of the neglect or delay of the claimant, not be prose- tion before the 
 cuted to a final decision within three years, shall be forever barred, intwo Vearsfor- 
 both at ]aw and [in] equity, and no other action, at common law, or ever barred. ' 
 proceeding in equity, shall ever thereafter be sustained in any court 
 whatever, in relation to said claims. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, upon the final decision of any Upon the final 
 claim prosecuted under this act, in favour of the claimant or claimants, decision of any 
 it shall and may be lawful for such claimant to demand and receive from jJ^SSJJJtfc! 
 the clerk of the court in which such final decision is had, a copy of the f a v r O f the 
 decree, in his, her. or their favour, under the official signature of the claimant, such 
 clerk, and the seal of the court, if any seal belong to it, and deliver claimant i s au- 
 the same to the surveyor of public lands, for the State of Missouri, who jjan^and revive 
 shall, thereupon, cause the land specified in said decree to be surveyed, O f t ke c i er k of 
 at the expense of the party ; and duplicate plats, and certificates of the the court a copy 
 survey, so made, to be returned into his office, one of which shall remain of the decree in 
 in said office, and the other, authenticated by the attestation and official m 
 signature of the surveyor of public lands, shall be delivered, on demand, 
 to the party interested therein, and the same being presented to the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, in Washington City, shall entitle And a patent. 
 the party interested to a patent from the President of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in each and every case in which 
 any claim, tried under the provisions of this act, shall be finally de- y h h e a n a n y 
 cided against the claimant, and in each and every case in which any ae^ided^agalnst 
 claim cognisable, under the terms of this act, shall be barred by virtue the claimant, or 
 of any of the provisions contained therein, the land specified in such barred, the land 
 claim shall, forthwith, be held and taken as a part of the public lands ^all belong to 
 of the United States, subject to the same disposition as any other pub- states. 
 lie land in the same district. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of said court shall, The clerk of 
 and he is hereby directed, when any petition of claim is filed, under th co ^ rt 8 ^lj, 
 the provisions of this act, before any proceedings thereon, to require tion of c f &i ^ 
 good and sufficient security for all cost and charges which may accrue filed under this 
 
426 MISSOURI. 
 
 certain purposes. De allowed sucn tneir services ana attendance as may 
 
 ' lowed by law for the like services and attendance in the district court 
 of the State of Missouri, to be paid by the party calling for such serv- 
 ice or attendance, except where the petitioner or petitioners fail to 
 Erosecute his, her, or their suit, or claim to a final decree, or to obtain a 
 nal decree in his, her, or their favour, or where any such title or claim 
 may have been presented to the commissioner or the register and re- 
 ceiver, acting as commissioners for the examination of titles and claims 
 to land in said district, and by them has been reported unfavourably 
 on, in all of which cases, all cost, charges, and expenses of such prose- 
 cutions, shall be paid by the petitioner or petitioners ; that the clerk of 
 Fees> the court, in which the final decree shall be had, shall be allowed one 
 
 dollar and fifty cents for the official copy of such final decree ; that the 
 surveyor of public lands shall be allowed one dollar for each of the offi- 
 cial certificates required of him, and the keeper of the records and evi- 
 dence, taken under former acts of Congress, for the adjustment of land 
 titles, shall be allowed at the ^ate of ten cents for every hundred words 
 contained in any such written evidence of their claim, to be paid by 
 the party applying therefor. 
 
 Duty of the at- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
 torney where the attorney of the United States for the district in which the suits au- 
 aVaiustthe'Vnik * noriz ? d bv tnis act shall be instituted, in every case where the decision 
 e2 States. * 8 against the United States, and the claim exceeds one thousand acres, 
 
 to make out and transmit, to the Attorney-General of the United 
 States, a statement containing the facts of the case, and the points 
 of law on which the same was decided ; and if the Attorney-General 
 shall be of opinion that the decision of the district court was erroneous, 
 it shall be his duty to direct an appeal to be made to the Supreme 
 Court of the United States, and to appear for, and prosecute, the said 
 appeal in that court ; and it shall be the further duty of the district 
 attorney to observe the instruction given to him by the Attorney- 
 General in that respect, (a) 
 
 The marshal to SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
 attend the said marshal of the State of Missouri, by himself or deputy, to attend the 
 court while in gaid court while in session, and to execute all process to him directed 
 
 by the court, under this act. 
 
 The party in- SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That if, in any case, it should so 
 terested, where happen that the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, decreed to any 
 decreedto any claimant under the provisions of this act, shall have been sold by the 
 claimant under United States, or otherwise disposed of, or if the same shall not have 
 this act, s hall been heretofore located, in each and every such case, it shall and may 
 have been sold by fc e lawful for the party interested to enter, after the same shall have 
 or 6 have be en keen offered at public sale, the like quantity of land, in parcels, con- 
 heretofore locat- formable to sectional divisions and subdivisions, in any land office in 
 ed, to enter alike the State of Missouri ; and, if it should so happen, that, in making such 
 quantity in any entries, there should remain in the hands of the enterer a fractional 
 Missouri n exce88 f acres, of less number than the smallest sectional divisions 
 authorized by law to be sold, it shall and may be lawful for the party 
 interested to enter, in virtue of such fractional excess, the quantity of 
 one-half quarter-section, upon paying one dollar and twenty-five cents 
 for each acre contained in such half quarter-section, over and above 
 the fractional excess to which he may be entitled by such confirma- 
 
 tion. (&) 
 
 To carry this SEC. 12t ^nd be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying 
 act into effect, into effect the provisions of this act, the judge of the district court for 
 the judge of the the State of Missouri, shall hold his sessions at the following places, 
 Missouri district v j z . a ^ the town of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, on the third 
 sions at the town Monaa y f September next ; at the town of St. Genevieve, in the county 
 of St. Louis, &c. of St. Genevieve, on the third Monday of December next, and at the 
 town of Jackson, in the county of Cape Girardeau, on the third Monday 
 of April next ; he shall appoint his own clerks ; and after the first and 
 each of the said sessions, he shall thereafter sit, upon his own adjourn- 
 ments, at the places aforesaid, until all the business before him shall 
 be completed, or the time limited by this act shall have expired, of 
 which said adjournments, and the time of holding the special sessions, 
 aforesaid, public notice shall be given at each of the places aforesaid, 
 and at such other places, in the State of Missouri, as he shall direct : 
 
MISSOURI. 427 
 
 Provided, That at either of the places aforesaid, the court may take The court may 
 cognisance and jurisdiction of any claim within the limits of the State : ja^ ^cognizance 
 Provided, moreover, That, if there should be any person defending against w ithin the State 
 the confirmation of such claim, in such case the trial, in case he shall 
 request the same, shall be had at that place nearest the residence of 
 such person defending against such confirmation : Provided, That none ^bis act shall 
 of the provisions of this act shall be applied to a claim of the represen- not apply to the 
 tatives or assignees of Jacques Glamorgan, deceased, lying between the claims of Jacques 
 Missouri and Mississippi rivers and covering parts of the counties of c 
 St. Charles and Lincoln, in the State of Missouri. 
 
 SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That all the provisions of this act All the p;ovis- 
 shall extend to, and be applicable to, the Territory of Arkansas ; and, ions of this act to 
 for the purpose of finally settling and adjusting the titles and claims JjJ^^P- . &c 'i 
 to lands derived from the French and Spanish Governments, respect- Arkansa" 13 
 ively, the superior court for the Territory of Arkansas, shall have, hold, 
 and exercise jurisdiction in all cases, in the same manner, and under 
 the same restrictions and regulations, in all respects, as by this act is 
 given to the district court for the State of Missouri ; and the judges of The 1U( ] (res of 
 the superior court, clerk of said court, marshal, and district attorney the superior 
 of the United States, for the said Territory, shall, severally, perform court, clerk, mar- 
 the same duties, and have the same powers in relation to the claims to shal - aml district 
 land presented and prosecuted in said court, in the Territory of Arkaii- forSTtfre^same 
 sas, as is herein provided with regard to the titles and claims to land duties, and have 
 presented and prosecuted in the district court for the State of Missouri, the same powers, 
 and the judges of said superior court, the clerk, marshal, and district as in other cases - 
 attorney, shall, each, severally, receive the same fees, emoluments, and 
 compensation for their services, as is in this act provided, in regard to 
 the district judge, clerk, marshal, and district attorney in the State of 
 Missouri ; and the said court shall commence its first session on the 
 first Monday in October next, at Little Rock, in the Territory of Arkan- 
 sas ; and, afterwards, shall sit upon its own adjournments at the place 
 aforesaid, until all the business before it shall be completed, or the time 
 limited by this act shall have expired ; of which public notice shall be 
 given, as is provided in this act, in relation to the district court of the 
 State of Missouri : Provided, That in all cases of a decree against the Proviso. 
 United States, for a greater quantity of land than five hundred acres, 
 in the superior court of Arkansas, it shall be the duty of the attorney 
 of the United States, to transmit to the Attorney -General of the United 
 States, so soon as may be, a like statement of the facts and points of 
 law in the case, as is required of the district attorney of Missouri, and 
 the same right of appeal, from the decisions of the court in Arkansas, 
 shall be allowed to each party, that are prescribed in relation to decis- 
 ions in the district court of Missouri, (a) 
 
 SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That none of the provisions of the Former section 
 fourteenth section shall extend to claims of a larger amount than one not to extend to 
 league square. claims above one 
 
 league square. 
 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 1002, 1007, 1020 1024 1041 
 
 1063, 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (6) See Nos. 957, 1041, 1102, 1106, 1107. 
 
 No. 999. AN ACT supplementary to an act passed on the thirteenth day of June, May 26, 1824. 
 one thousand eight, hmndred and twelve, entitled "An act making further provision Vol 4 p 65 
 [provisions] for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri." 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That it shall be the duty of the individual owners, Duty of thein- 
 or claimants, of town or village lots, out-lots, and common field lots, in, dividual owners 
 adjoining or belonging to, the several towns, or villages, of Portage des *m!~ other 
 Sioux, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Ferdinand, Villa a Robert, Carondelet, Sts in certain 
 St. Genevieve, New Madrid, New Bourbon, and Little Prairie, in Missouri, towns in M i s - 
 and the village of Arkansas, in the Territory of Arkansas, whose lots were 80uri and Terri- 
 confirmed by theact of Congress of the thirtieth [thirteenth] of June, one Sch were^on- 
 
 - 
 
 thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act making further pro- firmed by the act 
 vision for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri," on the of June 13, 1812. 
 ground of inhabitation, cultivation, or possession, prior to the twentieth 
 day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, to proceed, 
 within eighteen months after the passage of this act, to designate their 
 said lots, by proving, before the recorder of land titles for said State 
 and Territory, the fact of such inhabitation, cultivation, or possession, 
 
428 MISSOURI. 
 
 and the boundaries and extent of each claim, so as to enable the sur- 
 veyor-general to distinguish the private from the vacant lots, apper- 
 taining to the said towns and villages. 
 
 Duty of the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, immediately after the expira- 
 surveyor-gen- tlon of the said term allowed for proving such facts, it shall be the duty 
 of the survey or- general, within whose district such lots lie, to proceed, 
 under the instructions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 to survey, designate, and set apart to the said towns and villages, re- 
 spectively, so many of the said vacant town or village lots, out-lots, and 
 common-field lots, for the support of schools in the said towns and 
 villages, respectively, as the President of the United States shall not, 
 before that time, have reserved for military purposes, and not exceeding 
 one-twentieth part of the whole lands included in the general survey 
 of such town, or village, according to the provisions of the second sec- 
 
 tion of the above-mentioned act of Congress ; and also, to survey and 
 designate, so soon after the passage of this act as may be, the commons 
 belonging to the said towns and villages, according to their respective 
 claims and confirmations, under the said act of Congress, where the 
 Proviso. same has not been already done : Provided, That lots relinquished to the 
 
 United States on account of damages done them by the earthquakes, 
 and in lieu of which lands have been located elsewhere, shall neithei 
 be so designated or set apart, nor taken into the estimate of the quan- 
 tity to which any town or village is entitled. 
 
 The recorder to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the recorder shall issue a cer- 
 Issue a certificate tificate of confirmation for each claim confirmed, and shall receive for 
 of confirmation the services required of him by this act, the sum of one dollar for each 
 for each c l^ai m j o ^ 8O p rove( j to have been inhabited, cultivated, and possessed, to be 
 receive e on* D dof- P a ^d by the respective claimants; and, so soon as the said term shall 
 lar therefor. have expired, he shall furnish the surveyor-general with a list of the 
 lots so proved to have been inhabited, cultivated, or possessed, to serve 
 as his guide in distinguishing them from the vacant lots to be set apart 
 as above described, and shall transmit a copy of such list to the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office. 
 
 The provisions SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act, and 
 of this act and of the aforesaid act of the thirtieth [thirteenth] of June, one thousand 
 the act aforesaid, eight, hundred and twelve, be, and the same are hereby extended to the 
 vmageof Mine I village of Mine & Burton, and the right of filing their claims with the 
 Burton. recorder, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 972, 1016, 1119, 1143. 
 
 March 31, 1826. IVo. 1OOO. AN ACT for the relief of Richard Mateon. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 338. Be . t enactc( ^ ^ That R ichard Matson, of the State of Missouri, be, 
 
 Authorized to and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw his locations of warrant, 
 
 withdraw his lo- nulUDer one hundred and fifty-five, for six hundred and forty acres, and 
 
 rants 1S and locate of ^'arrant number one hundred and forty-three, for two hundred arpens 
 
 them elsewhere, of land, issued by the recorder of land titles in the State of Missouri, 
 
 and located on the twentieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 eighteen, in township fifty-five north, range three west, in said State, 
 
 and since mostly covered by a confirmed Spanish grant; and to locate 
 
 the same warrants upon any of the unappropriated lands of the Umtcd 
 
 States, in the State of Missouri, that were liable to be located, under 
 
 the act of the seventeenth of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, 
 
 for the relief of sufferers by earthquakes ; conforming such relocations, 
 
 as nearly as may be, to the divisional lines of the public surveys, and 
 
 subject, in all respects, to said act of the seventeenth of February, 
 
 Proviso. eighteen hundred and fifteen : Provided, That the said warrants shall be 
 
 located within one year from the passing of this act, and on lands which 
 have not before been located or sold. 
 
 May 4, 1826. No. 1001 AX ACT to extend the lines of certain land districts in the State of 
 Vol. 4, p. 158. . Missouri. 
 
 Boundaries of Be it enacted, <$-c., That the western boundary of the land district of 
 the districts. Cape Girardeau, and of the western district in the State or Missouri, 
 be and the same is hereby, extended to the western boundary of the 
 State of Missouri, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 994, 997, 1019, 1028, 1064, 1076, 1079, 1095. 
 
MISSOURI. 4*4| 
 
 Xo. 10O2. AN ACT for the relief of Phinehas Underwood, and for other purposes. May 22, 1826. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 355. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the time for filing petitions Time of filing 
 under the provisions of an act entitled "An act enabling the claimants P titio ?s exten <i- 
 to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri, and Territory of J^g May 26th 
 Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims," 
 shall be, and the same is hereby, extended to the twenty-sixth day of 
 May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 1063, 
 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 No. 1003. AN ACT concerning the selection of certain lands heretofore granted Jan. 24, 1827. 
 by compact, to the State of Missouri, for seminaries of learning. Vol. 4, p. 200. 
 
 Be it enacted, pc., That it shall be the duty of the President of the Certain lands- 
 United States, as soon as may be, to cause to be selected, from any of to beselectedfor 
 the public lands of the United States in Missouri, the sale of which is seminaries of 
 authorized by law, and in quantities not less than a section, according learnin g- 
 to the divisional lines of the public surveys, the several townships of 
 land heretofore secured by compact to the State of Missouri, for the pur- 
 poses of a seminary or seminaries of learning in that State, and to cause 
 one descriptive list of such selections to be filed with the governor of 
 Missouri, in the office of the secretary of that State ; and another like 
 list to be filed in the General Land Office of the United States; and the 
 lands so selected shall, immediately thereupon, vest in the State of 
 Missouri, according to, and in satisfaction of, the above-mentioned 
 compact with the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 989, 1018. 
 
 No. 1004. AN ACT supplementary to "An act to perfect certain locations and March 2, 1827. 
 sales of the public lands in Missouri," passed April the twenty-six, [sixth,] one Vol. 4, p. 219. 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the locations of lands heretofore made accord- The location of 
 ing to law, by virtue of warrants issued under the act of Congress, lauds for the re- 
 passed the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred Jj ef ? f t 5 e tl inha , b " 
 [and] fifteen, for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New county of New 
 Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes, in lieu Madrid, to be 
 of lots and out-lots, in and adjacent to the villages of New Madrid and perfected into 
 Little Paririe, and not exceeding six hundred and forty acres in the grants, 
 whole to any one sufferer, shall be perfected into grants in the manner 
 prescribed by the last-mentioned act of Congress, any construction 
 thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 977, 985, 992, 1017, 1117. 
 
 iivt -LVUV. JQ.JL.I -n.v^-1. j.ur nits rent;! ui w imam sentry, 01 -Missouri. May 9,1828. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William Gentry, of Saline County, in the State Vol. 6. P. 377. 
 of Missouri be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United May relinquish 
 States the northwest quarter of section twenty-five, in township fifty, a certain tract of 
 in range twenty, west, of the fifth principal meridian, in Missouri; and land, and enter 
 to enter, instead thereof, the northeast quarter of the same section, if f othe / in lieu 
 it shall remain unsold when he shall make his application ; or if it shall 
 have been sold, then he may enter any other quarter-section, in the same 
 land district, that shall be liable to entry at private sale, instead of the 
 said northeast quarter ; for which he has heretofore paid the United 
 States, in consequence of the mistake of the clerk in the register's office, 
 at Franklin, in inserting the said northwest quarter in the entry. 
 
 No. 1006. AN ACT for the benefit of John B. Dupuis. j^ay jg ) iggg, 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That a location of a Madrid certificate, made on the Vol. 6. p. 377.' 
 twenty-second day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred Location of a 
 and twenty-three, for six hundred and forty acres, in the State of Mis- Madrid cer ti fl- 
 souri, being the southwest quarter of section twenty- two, the northeast cate for land con- 
 quarter of section twenty-eight, and the northern half of section twenty- firmed, 
 seven, in township fifty- two north, range seventeen west, in the name 
 
430 MISSOURI. 
 
 of John B. Dupuis, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and that a 
 patent for the same shall issue to the said John B. Dupuis, upon the 
 presentation of a plat and certificate of the survey thereof, at the 
 Proviso. proper office : Provided, however, That it shall operate as a relinquish- 
 
 rnent only on the part of the United States. 
 
 May 24, 1828. No. 1007. AN ACT to continue in force for a limited time, and to amend an act, 
 Vol. 4, p. 298. entitled "An act to enable claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Mis- 
 
 souri and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their 
 
 claims." 
 
 Act of May Be it enacted, $c., That the act approved the twenty-sixth of May, 
 n > , 1 . 824 ' con " eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act to enable claim- 
 ' aiits to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of 
 Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims," 
 shall be, and the same hereby is, continued in force : that is to say, for 
 the purpose of filing petitions in the manner prescribed by that act, to 
 and until the twenty-sixth day of May, in the year one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty-nine, and for the purpose of enabling the claimants 
 to obtain a final decision on the validity of their claims in the courts of 
 Missouri and Arkansas, respectively ; the said claims having been ex- 
 hibited within the time above specified ; the said act shall be continued 
 in force to, and until, the twenty-sixth day of May, in the year one thou- 
 
 CJaims to b e sand eight hundred and thirty, and no longer ; and the courts having cog- 
 decided upon. nisance of said claims shall decide upon and confirm such as would have 
 been confirmed under the laws, usages, and customs of the Spanish Gov- 
 ernment, for two years, from and after the twenty-sixth day of May, 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and all the claims au- 
 thorized by that act, to be heard and decided, shall be ratified and con- 
 
 To be ratified, firmed to the same extent that the same would be valid if the country 
 in which they lie had remained under the dominion of the sovereignty 
 in which said claims originated. 
 
 So much of the SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That so much of the said act as sub- 
 said act as sub- j ec t s the claimants to the payment of costs in any case where the de- 
 
 3 
 
 to the pay- c i s ^ on mav De i Q favour of their claims, be and the same is hereby re- 
 ment of costs, in pealed, and the costs shall abide the decision of the cause as in ordinary 
 any case where causes before the said court ; and so much of the said act as requires 
 the decision may tne claimants to make adverse claimants parties to their suits, or to 
 their claims re- sllow the court what a<l verse claimants there may be to the land claimed 
 pealed. of the United States, be also hereby repealed. And the confirmations 
 
 had by virtue of said act, and the patents issued thereon, shall operate 
 only as relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and 
 shall, in no wise, affect the right or title, either in law or equity, of ad- 
 verse claimants of the same land, (a) 
 
 Where any SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That where any claim, founded on 
 
 olaim, founded concession, warrant, or order of survey, shall be adjudged against and 
 
 & D half^^ad' re J ected > . tne claimant or his legal representatives, by descent or pur- 
 
 judge^d against cnase > being actual inhabitants and cultivators of the soil, the claim to 
 
 and rejected. which shall have been rejected, shall have the right of pre-emption, at 
 
 the minimum price of the public lands, so soon as the land shall be sur- 
 
 veyed and subdivided by the United States, of the quarter-section on 
 
 which the improvement shall be situate, and so much of every other 
 
 quarter-section which contains any part of the improvement, as shall be 
 
 within the limits of the rejected claim. (6) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972. 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1020, 1024, 1041, 
 
 1063, 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106. 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (6) See Kos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083. 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 
 1121, 1135. 
 
 May 24 1828 ^o. 1008. AN ACT confirming to Francis Valle, Jean Baptiste Valle, Jean Baptiste 
 Vol 6 T> 386 Pratte, and St. James Beau vois, or to their heirs or legal representatives of the county 
 . of Madison, in the State of Missouri, certain lands. 
 
 A tract of land Be it enacted., <f c., That there be, and hereby is, confirmed to Francis 
 in Missouri con- Valle, Jean Baptiste Valle, Jean Baptiste Pratte, and St. James Beau- 
 firmed to them. voig ^ Qr - n cage Qt - t h e j r or either of their decease, to their heirs, or either 
 of their heirs, or legal representatives, a tract of land not exceeding two 
 leagues square, situated in the county of Madison, and State of Mis- 
 souri, commonly known by the name of the Mine La Motte, according 
 to a field plat and survey, made by Nathaniel Cook, deputy surveyor, of 
 
MISSOURI. 431 
 
 St. Genevieve, made on the twenty-second day of February, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and six : Provided, Said location shall be made, as Proviso. 
 nearly as may be, conformable to the contiguous public surveys : And Proviso. 
 provided further, That this confirmation shall extend only to a relin- 
 quishment of title on the part of the United States,. nor prejudice the 
 rights of third persons, nor any title heretofore derived from the United 
 States, either by purchase or donation. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury . Patents to be 
 shall cause patents to issue to the before-named Francis Valle, Jean 18f 
 Baptiste Valle, Jean Baptiste Pratte, and St. James Beauvois, or to their 
 heirs or legal representatives, upon the exhibition to him, in case of the 
 decease of the aforesaid persons, that those who may claim patents 
 under this act are the legal heirs or representatives of the person or per- 
 sons deceased. 
 
 No. 1O09. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause the 
 
 reserved salt springs, in the State of Missouri, to be exposed to pnblic sale. vol. 4, p. 364. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, president o f 
 at any time that he shall think proper, to cause the reserved salt springs United States au- 
 and contiguous lands, (a) in the State of Missouri, belonging to the thorized to sell 
 United States, and unclaimed by individuals, to be exposed to sale, in sa 
 the same manner that other public lands are authorized, by law, to be 
 sold. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 989, 995, 1018. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 729, 981, 983. 997, 1007, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 109G, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 
 1121, 1135. 
 
 NO. 1010. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause the re- March 3, 1829. 
 served lead mines, in the State of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale, and for other Vo1 - 4 , P- 304. 
 purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, uStedstates an* 
 at any time that he shall think proper, to cause the reserved lead mines, thorized to sell 
 and contiguous lands, in the State of Missouri, belonging to the United lead mines. 
 States, and unclaimed by individuals, to be exposed to sale, in the same 
 manner that other public lauds are authorized, by law, to be sold, ex- 
 cept as hereinafter provided, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That six months' notice, at least, of . Six months' no- 
 the times and places of the said sales, shall be given in such newspapers ^ e 
 of general circulation in such of the States as the President may think 
 expedient, with a brief description of the mineral region in Missouri, and 
 of the lauds to be offered for sale, showing the number and the locali- 
 ties of the different mines now known, the probability of discovering 
 others, the quality of the ore, the facilities for working it, the further 
 facilities, if any, for manufactories of shot, sheet lead, and paints, and 
 the means and expense of transporting the whole to the principal mar- 
 kets in the United States. (6) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of confirmation or Confirmations 
 sales of lands in Missouri, reported to contain lead ore, the patent shall or . 8ale ^ J k* 4 
 be issued to the person in whose favour the confirmation has been made, ^m^asof other 
 or to the purchaser from the United States, or their heirs or assignees, lands, 
 as in ordinary cases of confirmation or sales. 
 
 (a) See No. 701. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 
 1121, 1135. 
 
 No. 1011. AN ACT to continue in force "An act authorizing certain soldiers in March 23, 1830. 
 the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in Vol. 4, p. 383. 
 lieu thereof," and for other purposes. 
 
 [Act of May 22, 1826, continued for five years, and its provisions ex- 
 tended to thoseha ving like claims in Missouri and Illinois. See ARKAN- 
 SAS, No. 1177.] 
 
 No. 1012. AN ACT for the relief of Arund Rutgers, of Missouri. April 23, It^O. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That Arund Rutgers be, and is hereby, authorized 
 
 to locate five hundred arpents of land, upon any of the public lands in May locate a 
 the State of Missouri, that are subject to private entry, upon relinquish- certain tract of 
 ing to John Welden, his heirs, or assigns, before the recorder of laud ' 
 
 titles at .St. Louis, all his right and claim to the like quantity of land, 
 
432 MISSOURI. 
 
 confirmed to the said John Welden, within the boundaries of his origi- 
 nal grant ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon a 
 duly certified copy of such relinquishment being presented to him, 
 together with a plat and survey of said land, duly and regularly made, 
 shall issue a patent therefor. 
 
 May 26, 1830. No. 1013. AN ACT to confirm the claim of Isidore Moore, of Missouri. 
 
 Vol. 6, JK 426^ e it nactdt f c ^ That the claim of ignore Moore, of Perry County, 
 
 Claim to c er' Missouri, to five hundred arpens of land, at the place where he now re- 
 tain land confirm 8 j ( } ef>j a8 assignee of Thomas Fenwick, under a concession, granted by 
 Zenon Trndeau, late lieutenaut-goveruor of Upper Louisiana, dated the 
 first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, be, and 
 the same is hereby, confirmed ; and the proper surveyor of the United 
 States shall survey the said claim, so as to include the improvements of 
 the said Isidore Moore, as nearly in the centre of the tract as the situa 
 tion of other private claims may admit; and, upon presentation of an 
 authentic copy of such survey to the General Land Office, a patent shall 
 
 Proviso. be issued to the said Isidore Moore, for the land so surveyed : Provided, 
 
 That this act shall not affect the rights of any other individual to the 
 same grant hereby confirmed; and that, if any part of .such survey 
 should fall upon the sixteenth section, reserved for township schools, 
 the county court of Perry may select any other section, or part of a 
 section, in the same township, the sale of which is authorized by law, 
 and enter the same with the register of the proper land office, to be re- 
 served for the use of schools in said township, instead of such sixteenth 
 section, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 972, 988, 989, 995, 1016, 1093, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 
 May 26, 1830. No ' 10J 4. AN ACT for the relief of Nancy Moore. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 427. Be it enac ted, $c., That Nancy Moore, of the county of St. Charles, 
 Authorized to State of Missouri, is hereby authorized to relinquish to the United 
 relinquish cer- States, the northeast quarter of section number thirty-six, in township 
 tain land, and to forty-eight, in range seven, west, entered by mistake and patented to 
 tract. * BT sa i ( l Nancy Moore, on the first day of October, in the year of our Lord 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ; and the said Nancy shall be, 
 and hereby is, authorized to select any other quarter-section of land 
 containing one hundred and sixty acres, from any lands within the dis- 
 trict of St. Louis aforesaid, which may be subject to entry at private 
 sale; for which quarter -section, when entered, a patent shall issue as 
 in other cases. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1831. No. 1015. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for paying to 
 Vol. 4, p. 432. the States of Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, three per centum of the net pro- 
 ceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same. 
 
 States of. Mis- Be u enacte ^ g. c >? Thftt Ro much of an ^ entitled An act - o 
 
 pi "and Alalfama ^ or P a yi n g * the States of Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, three per 
 exonerated from centum of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands 
 obligation to ren- within the same," approved the third of May, eighteen hundred and 
 der annu *! a c ' twenty-two, as requires an annual account of the application of the said 
 ;0 ' three per centum, to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 
 be, and the same is hereby repealed, (a.) 
 (c) See Nos. 989, 993, 1103. 
 
 Jan. 27, 1831. No. 1016. AN ACT further supplemental to the act entitled "An act making 
 Vol. 4, p. 435. further provisions for settling the claims to land, in the Territory of Missouri, 
 passed the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. 
 
 The United Be it enacted, $c. } That the United States do hereby relinquish to the 
 
 States to relin- inhabitants of the several towns or villages of Portage des Sioux, Saint 
 
 nghts. C 6 ' D Charles, Saint Louis, Saint Ferdinand, Villa a Robert, Caroudelet, Saint 
 
 Genevieve, New Madrid, New Bourbon, and Little Prairie, in the State 
 
 of Missouri, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
 
 to the town or village lots, out-lots, common-field lots, and commons 
 
MISSOURI. 433 
 
 in, adjoining and belonging to, the said towns or villages, confirmed to 
 them respectively, by the first section of the act of Congress, entitled 
 "An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in 
 the Territory of Missouri," passed the thirteenth day of Juno, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twelve, to be held by the inhabitants of the 
 said towns and villages, in full property, according to their several rights 
 therein, to be regulated or disposed of for the use of the inhabitants, 
 according to the laws of the State of Missouri, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States do hereby United States 
 relinquish all their right, title, and interest, in and to the town and to relinquish all 
 village lots, out-lots, and common-field lots, in the State of Missouri, re- SJJwoii ' m 
 served for the support of schools, in the respective towns and villages 
 aforesaid, by the second section of the above-recited act of Congress ; 
 and that the same shall be sold or disposed of, or regulated for the said 
 purposes, in such manner, as may be directed by the legislature of said 
 State. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 972, 999, 1119, 1143. 
 
 (b) See Noa. 972, 988, 989, 995, 1013, 1093, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 
 No. lOiy. AN ACT for the relief of certain holders of certificates issued in lieu March 2, 1831. 
 of lands injured by earthquakes in Missouri. Vol. 4, p. 482. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c,, That the legal owners of any certificates of new Owners of cer- 
 location issued under the act of seventeenth February, one thousand tificates author- 
 eight hundred and fifteen, for the relief of persons whose lands were JJJJ e n jjjjjg 
 injured by earthquakes in Missouri, which may have been located upon subject to private 
 lands, any part of which has been adjudged to any person or persons as entry. 
 a right of pre-emption, shall be authorized to locate such warrants, up- 
 on such lands as are liable to entry at private sale, Provided, That pre- Proviso, 
 vious to making such new location, the legal owners aforesaid shall 
 relinquish to the United States all claim to the previous location, And Proviso. 
 provided further, That such locations shall be made and patents issued 
 therefor, under the same regulations and restrictions, as if the locations 
 had been made under the provisions of the second section of the act of 
 the twenty-sixth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two 
 entitled "An act to perfect certain locations and sales of the public 
 lands in Missouri." 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That this act shall remain in force for 
 the term of eighteen months from the passage thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 977, 985, 992, 1004, 1117. 
 
 No. 1018. AN ACT to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the March 3, 1831. 
 State of Louisiana. Vol. 4, p. 492. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of the State of Legislature au- 
 Missouri be, and is hereby authorized to sell and convey in fee-simple Jnd^onvey lands 
 all or any part of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by reserved for sem- 
 Congress for the use of a seminary of learning in said State, and to inary. 
 invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund, 
 the proceeds of which shall be for ever applied by the legislature of 
 said State, solely to the use of such seminary, and for no other use or 
 purpose whatsoever, (a) And that the legislature of said State of Mis- 
 souri shall be, and is hereby authorized to sell and convey in fee-simple Legislature au- 
 all or any part of the salt springs not exceeding twelve in number, and thorized to sell 
 six sections of land adjoining to each, granted to said State by the Jrfn^aSa ^Jj. 
 United States for the use thereof, and selected by the legislature of said jacent lands here- 
 State, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred tofore reserved. 
 and twenty-five, and to invest the money arising from the sale thereof 
 in some productive fund, the proceeds of which shall be for ever applied 
 under the direction of said legislature, for the purpose of education in 
 said State, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. (6) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 989, 1003. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 989, 995, 1009. 
 
 28 L O -VOL II 
 
434 MISSOURI. 
 
 May 22, 1832. No. 1 1 9 Al-f ACT * * * to remove the land office from Franklin to Fayette, 
 VoL 4, p. 517. in the State of Missouri. 
 
 [>v-f MISSISSIPPI, No. 1349.] 
 
 July 9, 1832. No. 1020. AN ACT for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be the duty of the recorder of land 
 
 All unconfinn- titles in the State of Missouri and two commissioners to be appointed 
 bo examined 3 bv the President of the United States, by and with the advice and con- 
 sent of the Senate, to examine all the unconfirmed claims to land in 
 that State, heretofore filed in the office of the said recorder, according to 
 law, founded upon any incomplete grant, concession, warrant, or order 
 of survey, issued by the authority of France or Spain, prior to the tenth 
 day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four; and to class the 
 Claims to be same so as to show, first, what claims, in their opinion, would in fact 
 classed, &c. have been confirmed, according to the laws, usages, and customs of the 
 Spanish Government, and the practice of the Spanish authorities under 
 them, at Xew Orleans, if the government under which said claims orig- 
 inated had continued in Missouri ; and secondly what claims, in their 
 opinion, are destitute of merit, in law or equity, under such laws, usages, 
 customs, and practice of the Spanish authorities aforesaid ; and shall 
 also assign their reasons for the opinions so to be given. And in exam- 
 ining and classing such claims, the recorder and commissioners shall 
 take into consideration, as well the testimony heretofore taken by the 
 boards of commissioners and recorder of laud titles upon those claims, 
 as such other testimony as may be admissible under the rules heretofore 
 f tak ex i s t m g f r taking such testimony before said boards and recorder: and 
 IM testimony: " ^ 8uca testimony shall be taken within twelve months after the pas- 
 sage of this act. (a) 
 
 Offi c e of re- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the oflfice of the recorder shall 
 
 i ^oi^two be open for tue P ur P ses of such examination for the term of two years 
 
 years. from the date of the organization of the board of commissioners and 
 
 Recorder, &c., no longer; and the recorder and commissioners shall proceed in the ex- 
 
 to proceed &c. animation in a summary manner, with or without any new application 
 
 clJrim^t^bYiaid * the claimants ; and shall, at the commencement of each session of 
 
 before commis- Congress during said term of examination, lay before the Commissioner 
 
 sioner, and p r e- of the General Land Office a report of the claims so classed, stating 
 
 sented to C o n- therein the date and quantity of each, whether there be any, and what, 
 
 conflicting claims, and the evidence upon which each claim depends, 
 
 and the authority and power under which the said claim was granted 
 
 by the Spanish or French governor, commandant or sub-delegate, to 
 
 be laid before Congress for their final decision upon the claims contained 
 
 in such first class. (&) 
 
 Provisions re- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the final report 
 lat rta ? Tano? f of tne recor(ler an(1 commissioners, the lauds contained in the second 
 class shall be subject to sale as other public lands ; and the lands con- 
 tained in the first class shall continue to be reserved from sale as here- 
 tofore, until the decision of Congress shall be made thereon ; and if the 
 decision of Congress shall be against the claims, or any of them, the 
 lands so decided against shall be, in like manner, subject to sale as other 
 Proviso. public lands : Provided, That actual settlers being housekeepers upon 
 
 such lands as are rejected, claiming to hold, under such rejected claim, 
 or such as may waive their grant, shall have the right of pre-emption to 
 enter within the time of the existence of this act not exceeding the 
 quantity of their claim, which in no case shall exceed six hundred and 
 forty acres, to include their improvements, who shall give notice and 
 prove their right of pre eruption, and in all things conform to the regu- 
 lations as have been or may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury under the existing laws relative to pre-emption ; and it shall be the 
 duty of the Secretary of the Treasury immediately to forward to the 
 several land offices in said State, the manner in which all those who may 
 wish to waive their several grants or claims, and avail themselves of 
 the right of pre-emption, shall renounce or release their said grants, (c) 
 Pay of record- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the recorder and commissioners 
 er and commis- shall each receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be 
 8 Sftert)reiermav P aid quarter- yearly by the United States, in full compensation for their 
 be employed. services under this act ; and may, when necessary, employ an interpreter 
 
MISSOURI. 435 
 
 of the French or Spanish language, for a reasonable compensation, to 
 be allowed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and paid by the United 
 
 States. 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1024, 1041, 1063, 
 
 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (6) See Nos. 189, 701, 972, 973, 974, 977, 1024, 1143, 1149. 
 (c) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 1121, 
 
 1135. 
 
 No. 1021. AN ACT to provide for the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands July 14, 1832. 
 lying in the States of Missouri and Illinois, and for other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 594. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the sum of forty-six thousand dollars be, and Appropriation 
 the same is hereby appropriated, to be applied, under the direction of f o r extinguish- 
 the President, to the extinguishment of the title of the Kickapoos, ment of Indian 
 Shawanees, and Delawares, of Cape Girardeau, to lands lying in the^ 16 to . land , 8 , 
 State of Missouri; and of the Piankashaws, Weas, Peorias, and Kas-HT 
 kaskias, to lands lying in the State of Illinois ; and, for the purpose of 
 defraying all the expenses of treating with, removing, and subsisting, 
 said Indians for one year; for an additional compensation to 'the Annuity to the 
 Shawnee Indians for their reservation at Wapaughkonitta, in Ohio, an Shawnees, &c. 
 annuity of two thousand dollars per annum, for fifteen years ; and, 
 also, the sum of three thousand dollars to defray the expenses of pro- 
 curing the assent of the Menominee Indians, to the treaty between 
 them and the United States, which was provisionally ratified during 
 the present session of Congress. 
 
 No. 1022. AN ACT for the relief of Archibald Gamble. Jan. 28, 1833. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs or assigns of John B. Thibault, Vol-6.P-529. 
 who are entitled to a New Madrid certificate, numbered three hundred May change 
 and thirty- three, for four hundred and eighty acres, heretofore entered the location of a 
 in township number forty-six, range six, east of the fifth principal New Madrid cer- 
 meridian, be, and are hereby, authorized to enter four hundred and tlficate of land - 
 eighty acres of land on any of the public lauds in the State of Missouri, 
 the sale of which is authorized by law : Provided, That the said heirs Proviso, 
 or representatives of said John B. Thibault, so entitled as aforesaid, be- 
 fore making said location or entry, shall execute a release to the United 
 States for all claim and right to the laud upon which said certificate 
 has been heretofore entered. 
 
 No. 1023. AN ACT for the relief of Peter McCormick. Jan. 28, 1833. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That Peter McCormick be confirmed in and to a 
 
 tract of land containing six hundred and forty acres, lying in the dis- Land claim 
 trict of St. Genevieve,on the river Platm, to be surveyed so as to in- confirmed. 
 elude the land within the limits of the original survey made for him by 
 Thomas Maddin, on the eighth of February, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and six, and which was filed before the board of commissioners 
 for said district, in one thousand eight hundred and six; and upon 
 , which said board of commissioners, on the thirtieth of September, one 
 thousand eight hundred and eleven, confirmed said claim for four hun- 
 dred and fifty arpens of land, in the same manner, and upon the same 
 terms, as if his claim thereto had been confirmed by the board of com- 
 missioners, for six hundred and twenty- four arpens : Provided, That Proviso. 
 this act shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United 
 States, to any claim they may have to the same ; and that the same 
 shall not interfere to or with the rights of other persons claiming title 
 thereto. 
 
 No. 1024. AN ACT supplemental to the act entitled "An act for the final adjust- March 2, 1833. 
 ment of land claims in Missouri." Vol. 4, p. 661. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c., That the provisions of the act to which this is a Provisions of 
 supplement, shall be extended to and embraced hi its operations, every act extended, 
 claim to a donation of land in the State of Missouri, held in virtue of 
 settlement and cultivation ; and the commissioners appointed under 
 the above-recited act, shall proceed to consider, decide, and report upon 
 the aforepaid claims, under the provisions of the several acts of Con- 
 gress heretofore passed in relation to said claims, and under such pro- 
 
436 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 Testimony 
 
 visions and restrictions of the act to which this is a supplement, as may 
 be applicable thereto, (a) 
 
 to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
 the recorder and commissioners aforesaid, to continue to take the testi- 
 mony of all such claims as heretofore described, for and during the 
 term of two years, from the date of the act to which this is a supple- 
 ment, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. (&) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 722, 72=>, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1041, 1063, 
 1067, 1102. 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 189, 701, 972, 973, 974, 977, 1020, 1143, 1149. 
 
 March 24, 1834. 
 Vol. 6, p. 556. 
 
 A section o 
 land granted. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1025. AX ACT for the relief of the widow and heirs of Felix St Vrain. 
 e it ena cted, $c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the widow 
 neir8 of tne late Felix St. Vrain, of Missouri, six hundred and forty 
 acres of land, to be selected by them within the State of Missouri, either 
 in an entire section, or in tracts not less than one quarter-section, and 
 entered in the proper land office in said State : Provided, Said land be 
 subject to entry at private sale, and not settled upon or occupied by 
 any other person. 
 
 Certificate and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the application of the said 
 patent to issue. w id ow am i heirs or their duly authorized agent, to the register and re- 
 ceiver of the proper laud office, and on payment of one dollar for each 
 tract so entered, a final certificate shall be given for the same, upon 
 which, a patent from the United States to the paid widow and heirs of 
 Felix St. Vrain shall be issued. 
 
 May 14, 1834. No. 1026. AX ACT for the relief of Coleman Fisher. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 561. Be it enacted) ^ That . Coleman Fisher, of the city of Philadelphia, 
 May withdraw or his agent duly authorized, shall be, and he hereby is, permitted and 
 a land certificate allowed to withdraw a New Madrid certificate, numbered three hun- 
 locate other dred and thirty eight, issued by Frederick Bates, recorder of land titles 
 for the Missouri Territory, dated sixteenth October, one thousand eight 
 hundred and seventeen, and now on file in the office of the surveyor of 
 public lands in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, for six hundred and 
 forty acres ; which said certificate had been located on six hundred and 
 forty acres of land near the village of Carondelet, and the location made 
 by Ashley and Brown, as the legal representatives of Benjamin Patter- 
 son, senior ; and to locate, by virtue of the same, six hundred and forty 
 acres of land on any other public lands of the United States, subject to 
 entry ; and, on presentation of a certificate therefor, from the register 
 of the proper land office to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, a patent shall issue for the same, in due form, Provided however, 
 That, previous to withdrawing said certificate, the said Coleraan Fisher, 
 by himself, or his agent duly authorized, shall release to the United 
 States all claim or right to the lands heretofore located by virtue of said 
 certificate, and which release shall be returned, with the certificate 
 aforesaid, to the General Land Office, before a patent shall issue for the 
 land lastly so located. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 June 18, 1834. No. 1O27. AX ACT granting the right of pre-emption to John Yantis. 
 
 Yol. 6, p. 563. g e it enac f ( ^ f Ctf That John Yantis be, and he is hereby, entitled to a 
 Pre-empt ion preference in becoming the purchaser, at private sale, of fractional sec- 
 right granted to tion number thirty, in township number fifty-one, north of the base 
 hi- line of range number twenty-five, west of the fifth principal meridian, 
 
 containing twenty acres and fifty -one hundredths, at the minimum price 
 Proviso. of the public lands : Provided, Said land shall not have been previously 
 
 sold by the United States. 
 
 June 26, 1834. 
 Vol. 4, p. 686. 
 
 Land office 
 
 No. 1028. AX ACT to create additional land districts in the States of Illinois and 
 Missouri, and in the Territory north of the State of Illinois. 
 
 *#**** 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public lands of 
 the United States, in the State of Missouri, as lies west of the range line 
 between ranges ten and eleven west of the fifth principal meridian, and 
 south of the line dividing townships, numbers forty and forty-one north 
 of the base line, shall form a new land district, to be called the south- 
 
MISSOURI. 437 
 
 western land district ; and for the sale of the public lands within the 
 district aforesaid, there shall he a land office established at such place 
 within said district as the President of the United States may desig- 
 nate. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall he a register and Eegister and 
 receiver appointed to said office, to superintend the sale of public land receiver. 
 in said district, who shall reside at the place where said office is estab- 
 lished, give security in the same manner and sums, and whose compen- 
 sation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall in every respect be the 
 same in relation to lands to be disposed of at said office, as are, or may 
 be, by law provided, in relation to the registers and receivers of pub- 
 lic money in the several offices established for the sale of the public 
 lauds, (a) 
 
 SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, That all such public lauds embraced Lands not dis- 
 within the district created by this act, which shall have been offered Bc^sale ma be 
 
 may be 
 
 for sale to the highest bidder at the several land offices, at Jackson, entered and sold 
 Franklin, Fayette, and Lexington, pursuant to any proclamation of the at private sale. 
 President of the United States, and which lands remain unsold at the 
 taking effect of this act, shall be subject to be entered and sold at pri- 
 vate sale, by the proper officers of the office hereby created, in the same 
 manner and subject to the same terms, and upon like conditions, as the 
 sale of said land would have been subject to, in the said several land offices 
 hereinbefore mentioned, had they remained attached to the same: Pro- p rov iso. 
 vided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to permit the 
 officers appointed in either of the foregoing land districts to receive 
 compensation out of the Treasury of the United States. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 994, 997, 1001, 1019, 1064, 1076, 1079, 1095. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 1121, 
 
 1135. 
 
 No. 1029. AN ACT confirming to Gilbert Hodges, his heirs or legal repreaenta- June 30, 1834. 
 tives, and to Henry Masters, his heirs or legal representatives, certain lands in the VoL 6, p. 580. 
 State of Missouri. __ - _ 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Gilbert Hodges, his heirs or assigns be, and G. Hodges au- 
 are hereby authorized to enter six hundred and forty acres of land with- tborized to enter 
 out payment on any lands of the United States according to sectional a ^ct of April29 
 lines, in the State of Missouri, subject to sale by private entry in lieu of igie. 
 the like quantity of land confirmed to said Hodges by act of Congress 
 of twenty-ninth April one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, entitled 
 "An act for the confirmation of certain claims to lands in the western 
 district of the State of Louisiana, and in the Territory of Missouri," but 
 which has been lost by the interference of prior claims. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Henry Masters, his heirs and H. Masters au- 
 legal representatives be, and are hereby authorized to enter six hundred thorized to enter 
 and forty acres of land without payment on any lands of the United a tract 
 States in the State of Missouri, subject to sale by private entry, in lieu 
 of the like quantity confirmed to said Masters, by the act aforesaid, but 
 which has been lost by the interference of a donation. 
 
 No. 1030. AN ACT for the relief of George Gordon, assignee and representative June 30, 1834. 
 of the heirs of Matthew Kamey, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 598. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That George Gordon, as assignee and representative T pn( i claim 
 of the heirs of Matthew Ramey deceased, be, and he is hereby, con- con fi rme d ' 
 firmed in his claim to a settlement right to a tract of six hundred and 
 forty acres of land, situated on a branch of the river Despres, ten or twelve 
 miles west of St. Louis, and embraced in a tract of land which was sur- 
 veyed for Matthew Ramey and to be located in such manner as to em- 
 brace the improvements made by the said George Gordon : Provided, Proviso. 
 That this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of the title on 
 the part of the United States, and not prejudicial to the rights of third 
 persons. 
 
 No. 1031. AN ACT for the relief of John Wilson. June 30, 1834, 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That to correct an error in the proceedings of the Vo1 - 6 P- 603> 
 late board of commissioners appointed to examine and adjust private ^^^ 
 land claims in Missouri, John Wilson be, and he is hereby, confirmed in firmed, 
 his title to six hundred and twenty-two acres of land, situate in town- 
 
438 MISSOURI. 
 
 ship number forty-two north, of range five east, of the fifth principal 
 meridian, instead of six hundred and twenty-two arpens, adjudged to 
 him by the board of commissioners aforesaid. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1835. No. 1032. AN ACT for the relief of Colonel John Eugene Leitensdorfer. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, 
 
 Land warrant directed to issue a land warrant to Colonel John Eugene Leitensdorfer, 
 
 to issue to him. for three hundred and twenty acres j which warrant may be located 
 
 with any register of the land offices in the State of Missouri, on any 
 
 public laud subject to entry at private sale, and the said location may 
 
 be made in parcels, conformable to sectional subdivisions, (a) 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 (a) See No. 970. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 1 033. AN ACT for the relief of David Kincaid. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That David Kincaid be confirmed in his title to five 
 
 Land title con- hundred arpens of land, situate in the forks of the river Chorette, dis- 
 trict of St. Charles, being that lot of land claimed by the said David 
 Kincaid, under a special permission to settle a concession from Charles 
 Dehault Delassus, lieutenant governor, &c.. dated fourteenth January, 
 eighteen hundred and three ; and that a patent issue in the usual form 
 
 Proviso. for the same : Provided, That this act shall only operate as a relinquish- 
 
 ment, on the part of the United States, of all their right and claim to 
 the above-described lot of land, and shall not be considered as interfer- 
 ing with the rights of third persons. 
 
 June 7, 1836. No. 1034. AN ACT to extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to 
 Vol. 5, p. 34. the Missouri River. 
 
 The western Be it enacted, #c., That when the Indian title to all the lands lying 
 boundary of the between the State of Missouri and the Missouri River shall be extin- 
 State extended. g u i 8 hed, the jurisdiction over said lands shall be hereby ceded to the 
 State of Missouri, and the western boundary of said State shall be then 
 extended to the Missouri River, reserving to the United States the 
 original right of soil in said lands, and of disposing of the same : Pro- 
 Proviso, vided, That this act shall not take effect until the President shall by 
 proclamation, declare that the Indiao title to said lands has been extin- 
 guished ; nor shall it take effect until the State of Missouri shall have 
 assented to the provisions of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 971, 989, 990, 991, 1043, 1045, 1068, 1071, 1076. 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 1035. AN ACT for the relief of David Browning. 
 
 ' p ' ' Be it enacted #c., That David Browning be, and he is hereby, author- 
 May relinquish ized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commis- 
 a d^nt r amrth 8 ^ oner ^ * ne General Land Office shall prescribe, the southeast quarter 
 er in lieu thereof! ^ ^ e northeast quarter of section number twenty, and township num- 
 her forty-nine, north of the base line, range number two, east of the fifth 
 principal meridian, in the district of lands now offered for sale at Pal- 
 myra, in the State of Missouri ; and upon such relinquishment being 
 made as aforesaid, the said Browning shall be, and he is hereby, au- 
 thorized to enter any other quarter quarter-section of land in the said 
 district, which shall be liable to entry at private sale. 
 
 July 1, 1836. No. 1036. AN ACT authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to 
 Vol. 6, p. 660. issue to David J. Talbot, a patent for a quarter- section of land in Missouri. 
 
 Land patent to Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Laud Office 
 issue to him. "be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to issue to David J. Tal- 
 bot, of Missouri, a patent for the northwest quarter-section of section 
 twenty- five, township forty-six, north of the base line, and range five, 
 west of the fifth principal meridian, in Missouri, in conformity with the 
 entry heretofore made by the said David J. Talbot, as assignee of Haile 
 
MISSOURI. 439 
 
 Talbot, in tho land office of St. Louis, Missouri : Provided, however, That Proviso, 
 the said David J. Talbot, before the issuing of said patent, procure to be 
 surrendered to the United States, at the General Land Office, to be can- 
 celled, the patent for the same quarter-section which, erroneously and 
 by mistake, was issued to one Robert Wash, upon, the New Madrid claim 
 of one Peter Perron, and which the said Robert Wash is hereby author- 
 ized to surrender accordingly. 
 
 No. 1037. AN ACT for the relief of John Howell. July 2, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted. <$-c., That John Howell be, and he is hereby, confirmed > P- 
 
 in his title to a tract of land, containing six hundred and forty acres, Land claim 
 claimed by virtue of a settlement made thereon in the year one thousand confirmed, 
 eight hundred and two, situated on the river Dardenne, in the county 
 of Saint Charles, State of Missouri, to be surveyed in a square, or as 
 near as may be, so as to include his improvement ; and in the event of 
 there not being unappropriated public land adjoining his said settle- 
 ment sufficient for the purpose, then the deficiency may be located upon 
 any unappropriated land of the United States within the land district 
 embracing said tract, subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 No. 1038. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Nathaniel Shaver, July 2, 1836. 
 
 deceased. Vol. 6. p. 675. 
 
 Be it enacted; <f c., That the legal representatives of Nathaniel Shaver, Authorized to 
 deceased, to whom a certificate was issued by the recorder of land titles locate a tract of 
 at St. Louis, Missouri, pursuant to the act entitled "An act for the 
 relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Mis- 
 souri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes," approved the seven- 
 teenth of February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, for four hundred 
 arpens, or three hundred and forty acres and twenty-eight one-hun- 
 dredths of an acre of land, and whose location of said tract ha,s been 
 found deficient by the quantity of one hundred and fifty acres and 
 forty-three one hundredths of an acre, be, and they hereby are, au- 
 thorized to locate one quarter-section on any of the public lands of 
 the United States within the State of Missouri unappropriated and 
 subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 No. 1039. AN ACT confirming the title of Joseph Sorin, alias Larochelle, and July 2, 1836. 
 those claiming under him, to a tract of land in Missouri. Vol. 6, p. 679. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the title of Joseph Sorin, alias Larochelle, Land title con- 
 and those claiming under him, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed firmed, 
 to a tract of land, two arpents in front by forty arpents in depth, sit- 
 uated in the second line of concessions or grants adjacent to the city of 
 St. Louis, at a place called the " Cul de Sac," bounded on the front by 
 the west line of the forty arpents lots, and adjoining at its western 
 boundary and depth to the " Royal Domain ;" on the north adjoining to 
 the land of Madame Camp ; and on the south to that of M. Yosti : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment on 
 the part of the United States to all claim in and to the said land ; but 
 shall not affect the right of any other person or persons, if such there 
 be, having a just claim to the said land. 
 
 No. 1040. AN ACT for the relief of James Baldridge. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Baldridge be, and he is hereby, con- 
 firmed in his title to a tract of land containing six hundred and forty Land title con- 
 acres, situated on the river Dardenne, in the county of Saint Charles, 
 State of Missouri, claimed by virtue of a settlement made thereon in 
 the year eighteen hundred and two, to be surveyed in a square, or, as 
 near as may be, so as to include his improvement ; and in the event of 
 there not being sufficient public land adjoining said improvement upon 
 which to make such survey, then, and in that case, the deficiency may 
 be located upon any unappropriated public land in the district embrac- 
 ing said settlement, in legal subdivisions, subject to entry at private 
 
440 MISSOURI. 
 
 July 4 1836 ^' 1041. AX ACT confirming claims to laud in the State of Missouri, and for 
 VoL 5, p 126. otfa er purposes. 
 
 Decisions of ^ e (t enacted > $' c -> That the decisions in favor of land claimants, made 
 the recorder con- by the recorder of land titles in the State of Missouri, and the two com- 
 firmecL rnissioners associated with him by virtue of an act entitled "An act for 
 
 the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri," approved July 
 ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and an act supplemental 
 thereto, approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, as 
 entered in the transcript of decisions transmitted by the said recorder 
 and commissioners to the Commiesioner of the General Land Office, and 
 by him laid before Congress at the two last and present sessions, be, 
 and the same are hereby, confirmed, saving and reserving, however, to 
 all adverse claimants, the right to assert the validity of their claims in 
 Proviso. a court or courts of justice : Provided, That nothing in this act contained 
 
 shall apply to, or be in confirmation of the claim of Don Carlos D. Vile- 
 Proviso, mont, for a tract of land at Point Chicot : And provided, also, That noth- 
 ing in this act contained shall apply to, or be in confirmation of the 
 following claims, to wit : Manuel Liza, six thousand arpens ; J. Coontz, 
 and Hempstead, four hundred and fifty arpens ; Matthew Saucier, one 
 thousand two hundred arpens ; Charles Tayon, one thousand six hun- 
 dred arpens ; sons of Joseph M. Pepin, five thousand six hundred arpens ; 
 Louis Lorimiere, thirty thousand arpens; Bartholomew Cousin, ten 
 thousand arpeus; Manuel Gonzales Moro, eight hundred arpens; Sen- 
 eca Rollins, four hundred arpeus ; William Long, four hundred arpens ; 
 James Journey, four hundred arpeus; Joachim Lisa, six thousand 
 arpens; Francois Lacomb, four hundred arpens; Israel Dodge, seven 
 thousand [and]. fifty-six arpeus; Andrew Chevalier, four hundred ar- 
 pens ; Joseph Silvain, two hundred and fifty arpens ; John P. Cabanis, 
 two thousand arpens; William Hartly, six hundred and fifty arpens; 
 William Morrison, seven hundred and fifty arpens ; Solomon Bellew, 
 three hundred and fifty arpens ; Paschal Detcheinendez, seven thousand 
 [and] fifty-six arpens ; Baptiste Aunure, two hundred and forty arpens ; 
 Alexander Maurice, four hundred arpens ; Jean Baptiste Valle, twenty 
 thousand arpens; Israel Dodge, one thousand arpens; Walter Fenwick, 
 ten thousand arpens ; John Smith T., ten thousand arpens ; and Mackey 
 Wherry, sixteen hundred arpens. (a) 
 
 Other landmay SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if it shall be found that any 
 be located, should tract or tracts confirmed as aforesaid, or any part thereof, had been pre- 
 any of that be oc- viously located by any other person or persons under any law of the 
 to 1 which 5 Sin 6 United States, or had been surveyed and sold by the United States, this 
 finned. ac * shall confer no title to such lands in opposition to the rights acquired 
 
 by such location or purchase ; but the individual, or individuals, whose 
 claims are hereby confirmed, shall be permitted to locate so much 
 thereof as interferes with such location or purchase, on any unap- 
 propriated land of the United States within the State of Missouri, or 
 Territory of Arkansas, in whichever the original claim may be, that 
 Proviso. may be subject to entry at private sale: Provided, That such location 
 
 shall conform to legal divisions and subdivisions, and shall not inter- 
 fere with the rights of other persons. (6) 
 
 Locations to be SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the locations authorized ly 
 entered with the this act, shall be entered with the register of the proper land office, who 
 register, &c. shall, on application for that purpose, make out for such claimant a 
 certificate of location, which, with the certificate of confirmation, shall 
 be transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and if 
 it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said Commissioner that such 
 certificate shall have been fairly obtained, according to the true intent 
 and meaning of this act and the laws of the United States, then, and in 
 that case, patents shall be granted in like manner as is provided by law 
 for the other lauds of the United States. And for each certificate of 
 location to be issued as aforeauid, the register shall be entitled to receive 
 from the person applying therefor, the sum of one dollar. 
 
 (a) See NOB. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1063, 
 
 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (6) See Nos. 957, 998, 1102, 1106, 1107. 
 
MISSOURI. 
 
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 No. 1042 AN ACT for the relief of James Keytes. March 3, 1337. 
 
 Be it enacted, c., That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be ' p ' 1_ 
 
 issued to James Keytes, assignee of William Ashly, who is assignee of T Land patent to 
 Grant Weed, a patent for a quarter- section of land, to be located on 
 
 any of the public lands in the State of Missouri, subject to private entry ; p a t e nt, 
 which is in lieu of a quarter-section which was patented to said Grant 
 Weed, by the United States, on the eleventh day of May, eighteen hun- 
 dred and nineteen, described as being the northeast-quarter of section 
 eleven, in township number fifty-four north, of range twenty south, and 
 which patent appears to have been altered by the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office on the third day of January, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-four, by inserting range twenty one instead of range twenty, so 
 as to make the patent correspond with the record in said office : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, nevertheless, That no such location shall be made, or patent issue, 
 until the said Keytes shall file a relinquishmeut with the register of the 
 land office at Franklin, in the State of Missouri, for the above-named 
 quarter-section, in range twenty-one aforesaid. 
 
 Wo. 1043.-A PROCLAMATION issued by the President of the United States, 
 under the act of June 7, 1836, chap. B6. 
 
 March 28, 1837. 
 Vol. 5, p. 802. 
 
 Whereas, by an act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1836, it was enacted Preamble, 
 that when the Indian title to all the lands lying between the State of 
 Missouri and the Missouri River should be extinguished, the jurisdiction 
 over said land should be ceded by the said act to the State of Missouri, 
 and the western boundary of said State should be then extended to the 
 Missouri River, reserving to the United States the original right of soil 
 in said lauds, and of disposing of the same; and whereas, it was in and 
 by the said act provided that the same should not take effect until the 
 President should, by proclamation, declare That the Indian title to said 
 lands had been extinguished, nor until the State of Missouri should have 
 assented to the provisions ol the said act : 
 
 And whereas, an act was passed by the general assembly of the State 
 of Missouri, on the 16th of December, 1836, expressing the assent of the 
 said State to the provisions of the said act of Congress, a copy of which 
 act of the general assembly, duly authenticated, has been officially com- 
 municated to this Government, and is now on file in the Department of 
 State : 
 
 Now. therefore, I, Martin Van Buren, President of the United States The President 
 of America, do, by this my proclamation, declare and make known, that declares that the 
 the Indian title to all the said lands lying between the State of Missouri Indian title has 
 and the Missouri River, has been extinguished, and that the said act of | en 
 Congress of the 7th of June, 1836, takes effect from the date hereof, (a) 
 
 Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this 28th day of 
 March, A. D. 1837, and of the Independence of the United States of 
 America the sixty-first. 
 
 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 
 
 By the President : 
 
 JOHN FORSYTH, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 971, 989, 990, 991, 1034, 1045, 1068, 1071, 1076. 
 
 No. 1044. AN ACT for the relief of Philip Riviere and his le^al representatives. March 28, 1838. 
 
 Be it enacted fo., That the claim and title of Philip Riviere and his VoL6 P- m 
 legal representatives to a tract of land containing about four hundred Land claim 
 and fifty arpens, French measure, situated in the county of St. Louis, confirmed. 
 State of Missouri, formerly granted to said Philip Riviere and his 
 heirs, by the Spanish Government, by concession, bearing date the four- 
 teenth of October, eighteen hundred, and located and surveyed by vir- 
 tue of and under said concession, on the thirtieth of November, eighteen 
 
 legal representatives: Provided, That this confirmation does not inter- 
 fere with any right or title arising under any grant, concession, or sur- 
 
 Proviso. 
 
442 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 vey, made by the authority of the former Spanish or French Govern- 
 ments in Upper Louisiana, and heretofore confirmed by Congress, or 
 with any right or title to said land, or any part thereof, acquired by any 
 individual or individuals by entry and purchase, in the land office of the 
 United States, or which the United States may have acquired by pur- 
 chase under any sale held in pursuance of any order of court, or decree 
 in chancery ; and that a resurvey be made of the land hereby confirmed, 
 subject to the above proviso, under the order and direction of the sur- 
 veyor-general of the United States, at St. Louis, and at the expense of 
 the said Philip Riviere, or his legal representatives. 
 
 June 18, 1838. No. 1O45. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause the 
 Vol. 5, p. 248. southern boundary line of the Territory of Iowa to be ascertained and marked. 
 
 {.See IOWA, No. 1761.] 
 
 Feb. 6, 1839. No. 1O46. AN ACT for the relief of Jean B. Valle. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 747. Be it waded, $c., That Jean B. Valle", assignee of Elizabeth Petchaka, 
 Authorized to De > aud ne hereby is, authorized to locate one half-section of land, 
 locate a tract of in legal subdivisions, upon any of the public lands subject to private 
 land. entry within the State of Missouri, in lieu of the like quantity of land 
 
 granted to the said Elizabeth Petchaka, by the seventh article of the 
 treaty between the United States and the Delaware nation of Indians, 
 made and concluded on the third day of October, in the year eighteen 
 hundred and eighteen. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 1047. AN ACT for the relief of Kobert Murray. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 752. j$ e ft enacted, J-c., That Robert Murray be, and he is hereby, author- 
 May relinquish i ze( l to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner 
 certain land; and of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the northwest quarter of the 
 enter another northwest quarter of section thirty-two, township fifty* five north, range 
 tract< twenty-nine webt, of the fifth principal meridian, in the district of lands 
 
 now offered for sale at Lexington, in the State of Missouri; and, upon 
 such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Murray shall be, 
 and he is hereby, authorized to enter any other quarter quarter-section 
 of unappropriated land in said district which shall be liable to entry at 
 private sale. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 1O48.-AN ACT for the relief of John Wiley and Jefferson Greer. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 752. Whereas it appears that John Wiley and Jefferson Greer, of the county 
 Preamble. of Galloway and State of Missouri, purchased, each of them, from the 
 Government of the United States, at the land office at St. Louis, in the 
 State of Missouri, a half quarter-section of land, for which each got a 
 certificate from the receiver of public lands at said office ; the said 
 Wiley purchasing his in April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and 
 the said Greer purchasing his in August, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 one ; and whereas it further appears that the said Wiley and Greer, 
 after having improved and cultivated the said lands purchased as afore- 
 said for three and four years, purchased of the Government lands which 
 the Government had previously sold to others ; therefore, for the relief 
 of said Wiley and Greer, 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, $c., That John Wiley and Jefferson Greer, of the county 
 enter land, with- o f Galloway and State of Missouri, or the legal representatives of each, 
 out payment. ^e allowed to enter, without further payment, the quantity of three 
 hundred and twenty acres each, of any of the unappropriated public 
 lands of the United States that have been offered for sale, as a full com- 
 pensation for the loss of the improvements which each had made upon 
 lands which each had purchased of the Government, but which said 
 lands so purchased by them had been previously disposed of by the 
 Government to other individuals. 
 
 March 2, 1839. 
 Yol -6, p, 753. 
 
 No. 1049. AN ACT for the relief of John Whitsitt. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That John Whitsitt be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 Authorized to to enter at private sale, at the minimum price of the public lands, the 
 vate r sale Pn ' northeast quarter of section four, in towrshin fifty north of the base 
 
MISSOURI. 
 
 443 
 
 line, of range twenty- five west of the fifth principal meridian ; and that 
 such sum as has heretofore been paid on said quarter-section, and for- 
 feited, be deducted from the amount of purchase money. 
 
 No. 1050. AN ACT for the relief of Tilford Taylor. March 2, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Tilford Taylor be, and he is hereby, author- 6 P- 754. 
 
 ized to relinquish to the United States the east half of the southwest Upon relin- 
 quarter of section two, in township forty-seven, and range five west, in ?" i8 ? ^S * la ce j" 
 the district of lands now offered for sale at Saint Louis, in the State of authorized to en- 
 Missouri; and, upon such relinquishment being made, the said Taylor ter another tract, 
 shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter any other half quarter- 
 section of unappropriated land in said district, which shall be liable to 
 entry at private sale. 
 
 No. 1051. AN ACT for the relief of Hiner Stigermire. March 2 1839 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Hiner Stigermire be, and he is hereby, author- Vol. 6, p! 757. ' 
 ized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commis- ^ j": 
 
 sioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the southeast quarter qn i 8 hing certain 
 of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, township forty-five land, may enter 
 north, in range one east of the fifth principal meridian, in the district another tract. 
 of lands now offered for sale at Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri ; 
 and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Stiger- 
 mire shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter the southwest 
 quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, township forty- 
 five north, in range one east, being the same which the said Stigermire 
 originally intended to enter, as set forth in his petition : Provided, That Proviso, 
 the same is still subject to entry. 
 
 No. 1052. AN ACT for the relief of Enoch Matson. March 3 1839 
 
 Be it enacted, <$"c., That Enoch Matson be, and he is hereby, authorized Vol- 6, p. 770. 
 to withdraw his location of warrant number one hundred and fifty-five, Authorized to 
 for six hundred and forty acres, and to locate the same upon any of the transfer location 
 unappropriated lands of the United States, in the State of Missouri, of land warrant. 
 now liable to entry at private sale. 
 
 No. 1053. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Mussey and Thomas James, of the 
 county of Crawford, in the State of Missouri. 
 
 March 3, 1839. 
 Vol, 6, p. 776. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Samuel Mussey and Thomas James, of the Authorized to 
 county of Crawford, in the State of Missouri, be. and hereby are, au- enter lands as 
 thorized to enter, at the proper land office, as tenants in common or joint tenants in com- 
 partnercy, such lands in township thirty-eight, of the ranges five and mon> 
 six, west of the fifth principal meridian, as they may desire, at the 
 minimum price : Provided, however, That the selection of lands shall be 
 confined to the aforesaid township thirty-eight, of the ranges five and 
 six west of the principal meridian, in the county of Crawford, in the 
 State of Missouri ; and this act shall not be construed so as to permit 
 the aforesaid Mussey or James to select, or purchase, or occupy, any 
 lands in said township that may now be in the possession of any actual 
 settler, or under improvement. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1054. RESOLUTION for the relief of Edward Beatty, of Missouri. 
 
 March 3, 1839. 
 Vol. 6, p. 795. 
 
 Whereas Edward Beatty, of the county of Marion, in the State of 
 Missouri, some time in the month of March, eighteen hundred and Preamble, 
 thirty-six, emigrated to Missouri for the purpose of entering public 
 lands; that, in consequence of the representations of others, he con- 
 verted about nine hundred dollars in specie into certificates of deposit; 
 that, after he had purchased the certificates at an a'dvance of three per 
 cent., he applied to the land office in Palmyra to enter land, when he 
 was informed by the officers that the certificates could not be accepted, 
 as none but the individual who made the deposit of money in the Treas- 
 
444 MISSOURI. 
 
 ury could enter land with them. In consequence of this condition of 
 the affair, the petitioner has lain out of the use of the money for a year 
 and upwards, and has no prospect of getting it back for some years to 
 come, unless he be aided by Congress. Be it, therefore, 
 
 Authorized to Resolved, $c., That the said Edward Beatty be, and he is hereby, 
 
 enter with cer- authorized to enter land at any of the land offices in the State of Mis- 
 
 ca^es landTiable soari > which is now liable to private entry, with the said certificates of 
 
 to private entry, deposit, at the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre : Pro- 
 
 at 81.25 per acre, vided, however, That the said Beatty shall satisfy the register of the 
 
 land office at which he may apply for the purpose of entering land, that 
 
 the assignments on the same are genuine, and that he is legally entitled 
 
 to the same. 
 
 May 27, 1840. No. 1 055. AN ACT to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to 
 VoL 5, p. 380. surrender the bounty lands drawn by them and to locate others in lieu thereof, 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 [Act of May 22, 1826, revived, and its provisions extended to those 
 having like claims in Missouri and Illinois. See ARKANSAS, No. 1216.] 
 
 Mav 27, 1840. No. 1O56.-AX ACT for the relief of Joseph Cochran. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 801. g e i t enacted, . CM That Joseph Cochran be, and he is hereby, entitled 
 Entitled to a to a preference in becoming the purchaser, according to the provisions 
 pref eren ce in of the third section of the act entitled "An act for the final adjustment 
 pn ?- basing ' a c * f Private land claims in Missouri," approved ninth Julv, one thousand 
 ei & ht hum ! red . and thirty-two, of a certain tract of land, lying in the 
 Palmyra district, Missouri, (for which proof of his right has heretofore 
 been made by him to the land officers of said district, and his claim 
 rejected by them on account of the conveyance to him by Albert Tison, 
 the Spanish claimant, bearing date subsequent to the ninth July, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,) in the same manner, and 
 under the same restrictions, as to quantity and lo -ation, as he would 
 have been entitled to, had said conveyance been made preceding the 
 Proviso. date of said act : Provided, That the entry hereby authorized shall be 
 
 Proviso. made within one year from the date of this act: ~And provided, further, 
 
 That this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of the rights 
 of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third persons. 
 
 March 19, 1842. jvo. 1 057. AN ACT to authorize the governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas 
 VoL 5, p. 471; and Missouri to cause to be selected the lands therein mentioned. 
 
 [Governors of Missouri, &c., may cause selections to be made of lands 
 granted for internal improvements by act of September 4, 1841. See 
 ILLINOIS, No. 410.] 
 
 June 4, 1842. No . 105S.-AX ACT for the relief of James Riser and Barnett Foley, of Missouri. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Kiser and Barnett Foley, of Missouri, 
 
 Authorized t o or their legal representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized to 
 enter certa in enter a ^ ^ ne i an d office, at St. Louis, Missouri, at the price of one dollar 
 and twenty-five cents, per acre, the west half of the northeast quarter 
 of section twenty-six, township thirty-nine, range seven, lying in said 
 district ; and upon such entry, and the payment of the purchase money, 
 
 Proviso. a patent shall issue, as in other cases : Provided, Said entry be made, 
 
 and the purchase money paid, within six months from the date of 
 this act: And provided, further, That said land has not been sold by the 
 United States before the passage of this act. 
 
 July 27, 1842. No. 1059. AN ACT to grant to Van Bnren County, Missouri, the tract of land on 
 Vol. 6, p. 842. which the seat of justice of said county has been located. 
 
 , . 7-7 Be it enacted, #c., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the county 
 in lieu ofthat of Van Buren, in the State of Missouri, the tract of land whereon the 
 allowed by law. town of Harrisonville is situated, in said county, containing one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, according to the survey of Achilles Easby, county 
 surveyor, for the seat of justice for said county, instead of the quarter- 
 section allowed by law tor the same purpose; the justice of said county 
 entering said tract in the proper land office, and paying for the same 
 the minimum price, as in other cases. 
 
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 No. 1060. AN ACT for the benefit of the county of Holt, in the State of Missouri. Aug. 1, 1842. 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the proper authoiities of the county of Holt. Vo1 - 6 .P-*"*7. 
 in the State of Missouri, be, and they hereby are, authorized to make May enter cer- 
 entry, at the proper land office, within one year next after the date of tain lands in full 
 this act, at the minimum price, of the west half of the southwest quar- satisfaction of 
 ter of section numbered twenty-six, and the east half of the southeast comity 1 uncfer 
 quarter of section numbered twenty-seven, in township numbered sixty, act of *May 26th, 
 and range numbered thirty-eight, situated in the said county of Holt, 1824. 
 making one hundred and sixty acres, upon which the seat of "justice of 
 said county is located, in full satisfaction of the claim of said county 
 under the provisions of the act, entitled, "An act granting to the coun- 
 ties or parishes of each State and Territory of the United States in 
 which the public lands are situated the right of pre-emption to quarter- 
 sections of land for seats of justice within the same," approved twenty- 
 sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four : Provided, Proviso. 
 That said lands shall not have been sold by the United States prior to 
 the date of this act. 
 
 No. 1061. AN ACT for the relief of Gregoire Sarpy, or his legal representatives. Aug. 11, 1842.. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be the duty of the proper officers of Vo1 - 6 - P- 854 - 
 the United States to issue a patent to Gregoire Sarpy, or his legal rep- Patent to be 
 resentatives, for seven thousand and fifty-six arpens, containing six issued for a tract 
 thousand and two acres and and fifty hundredths of an acre of land, of land - 
 pursuant to patent certificate number one thousand and thirty-three, 
 dated September thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 five, and to the survey thereof numbered one thousand nine hundred and 
 fifty- three, certified by the surveyor of Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, 
 at St. Louis, on the thirteenth of September, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and twenty-five. 
 
 No. 1062. AN ACT for the relief of Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal Aug 11 1842 
 representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher and Peter Blooiu. VoL 6, p. 859. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal ^r~. 
 representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Peter confirmed 'to- 
 Bloom, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in and to two tracts of land them. 
 in the State of Missouri, to wit : One tract of four hundred arpens, about 
 six miles from Mine a la Motte, the plat of which is in the land office 
 at Jackson ; and another tract of twelve hundred arpens, situated on 
 the waters of Grand or Big River, a plat of which to be produced by 
 them ; the claims of the persons aforesaid to these tracts of land having 
 been recommended for confirmation by the commissioners appointed 
 under the "Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Mis- 
 souri," approved the ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty-two, in their report dated the twenty-seventh of November, 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirty -three : Provided, That this con- Proviso., 
 firmation shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the 
 United States to the said tracts of land, and is not intended to affect or 
 interfere with the rights of other persons claiming title thereto ; but in 
 the case of the existence of other legal title to said tracts of land, or to 
 any part thereof derived from the United States, by pre-emption or 
 other right, then the said Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal 
 representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Peter 
 Bloom, be, and they hereby are, authorized to locate a quantity of land 
 equal to that which may have been so taken up from out said claims 
 by virtue of pre-emption or other rights derived from the United States, 
 in legal divisions and subdivisions, not less than half-sections, on any 
 of the unlocated lands of the United States in the State of Missouri, now 
 subject to entry at private sale ; for which the proper officer of the Gov- 
 ernment is hereby authorized and directed to issue patents, on the pro- 
 duction of a certificate of the register of the land office within whose 
 district such location may be made. 
 
 No. 1063. AN ACT to authorize the issuing of a patent to the heirs or legal repre- Aug. 29, 1842. 
 sentatives of Francis Bivard, deceased, and for other purposes. Vol. 6, p. 868. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he ~ p 
 is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be issued to the heirs of to them for JJJ 
 Francis Rivard, deceased, for the benefit of themselves and their legal island in the Mis- 
 assignee or assignees, a patent for an island in the Mississippi River, sissippi. 
 
446 MISSOURI. 
 
 opposite the town of St. Genevieve, in the State of Missouri ; which 
 said island was granted by the French Government to the said Rivaid, 
 in the year seventeen hundred and fifty-six, and pronounced by the 
 board of commissioners in eighteen hundred and twelve to be a corn- 
 Proviso, plete title : Provided, That the same shall only operate as a relinquish- 
 ment of the right of the United States, and shall not affect the right of 
 third persons. 
 
 Eeport, &c., SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the report with the accompa- 
 m ad e by the com- nying testimony and documents, made by the commissioners for the 
 inborn 11 nation of ^ na ^ settlement of land claims in Missouri, on the twenty- seventh No- 
 land documents, vember, eighteen hundred and thirty- three, in pursuance of the " act for 
 to be deemed the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri," approved the 
 equivalent to the n i n th July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the act approved the 
 second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An act sup- 
 plemental to the act, entitled 'An act for the final adjustment of land 
 claims in Missouri/" as contained on pages from seven hundred and two 
 to eight hundred and thirty-eight, inclusive, of volume five of the com- 
 pilation of land documents printed by Dnff Green in the year eighteen 
 hundred and thirty- four, and selected and edited under the authority 
 of the Senate of the United States, by Walter Lowrie, secretary of the 
 Senate, shall be deemed and taken, in all cases whatsoever, in law and 
 in equity, as authentic and equivalent, similar and identical in all re- 
 spects whatsoever as the original report of the said commissioners, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 
 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1842. No. 1064. AN ACT for creating a new land district in the State of Missouri, and 
 Vol. 5 p. 538. for changing the boundaries of the southwestern and western land districts in said 
 State. 
 
 western land Be it enacted, $'c., That all that portion of the " western land district," 
 district, and the created by an act of Congress, entitled "An act to establish an addi- 
 P 1 a 1 1 e River tional land office in the State of Missouri," approved third of March 
 stSut?t'he Platte eighteen hundred and twenty-three, which is situated north of the 
 land district. Missouri River, together with the late northwest addition to the State 
 of Missouri, commonly known as the " Platte River country," shall con- 
 stitute a separate land district, to be called the Platte district. 
 
 Eegister and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and a 
 receiver to be ap- receiver appointed for said land district, who shall reside and superin- 
 pointed; their tend the sales of the public lands at such place as the President shall 
 ice, &c. designate. They shall give security in the same manner and in the 
 same sums, and their compensation, emoluments, duty, and authority, 
 shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands which may 
 be disposed of at said office, as are or may be provided by law relative to 
 the registers and receivers of public money in the several offices estab- 
 lished for the sale of the public lands. 
 
 Part of certain SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the southwest- 
 districts annexed ern district of Missouri which is situated north of the line between 
 to the Lexington townships thirty-four and thirty-five, and that portion of the Fayette 
 land district lying west of the line dividing ranges twenty and twenty- 
 one west, south of the Missouri River, is hereby annexed to, and shall 
 make a part of the western or Lexington district of Missouri, the office 
 for which district shall be located at such place as the President shall 
 designate. 
 
 Plats of s u r- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 yeys to be depos- retary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the 
 ited in the proper plats of the surveys of the new district hereby created, and of the por- 
 tion annexed to the western district, to be deposited in the proper 
 offices, and he is hereby authorized to allow and pay, out of the pro- 
 Reasonable ex- ceeds of the sales of the public lands, the reasonable expenses which 
 pen ses to be paid, may be incurred in carrying this act into effect. 
 
 Act when to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be 
 take effect. in force from and after the expiration of six calender months from the 
 
 date of the passage thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See. Nos. 983, 994, 997, 1001, 1019, 1028, 1076, 1079, 1095. 
 
MISSOURI. 447 
 
 KTo. 1065. AN ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Munroe. Jan. 28, 1843. 
 
 Yol. 6, p. 882. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Elizabeth Munroe, of the county of Boon, in 
 
 the State of Missouri, or her legal representatives, upon the surrender Authorized on 
 at the proper land office, to be cancelled, of the certificate for the east certain cert i ft* 
 half of the southwest quarter of section number thirty-one, township cate to enter land, 
 number fifty-eight, lange number twenty-one, entered for her by mis- 
 take at the land office at Fayette, Missouri; and, upon the surrender of 
 said certificate, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter eighty 
 acres of laud upon which she has located and made her improvements, 
 and which she, at the time of said entry, supposed she was locating: 
 Provided, That the land upon which she settled shall not, previous to Proviso, 
 the date of this act, have been sold by the United States. 
 
 Ko. 1066. AN ACT for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the May 23, 1844. 
 United Stales, under certain circumstances. Vol. 5, p. 657. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., And provided, also, That the Authorities of 
 
 corporate authorities of the town of Weston, in the county of Platte, "Weston allowed 
 State of Missouri, or the county court of Platte County, in said State, twelve months to 
 shall be allowed twelve months, from and after the passage of this act, er 
 to enter at the .proper land office, the lands upon which said town is 
 situate. 
 
 No. 1067. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States June 17, 1844. 
 of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Missis- Vol. 5, p. 676. 
 sippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between 
 the Mississippi and Perdido rivers. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That so much of the expired act of the twenty-sixth Prov \ s r ions ^ f 
 of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act ?gg 4 80 far as 
 to enable claimants to land within the State of Missouri and Territory they related to 
 of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims," the State of Mis- 
 as related to the State of Missouri (excluding all such portions of saidsouri, revived 
 act as referred to the Territory of Arkansas) be, and is hereby, revived and 
 and re-enacted, and continued in force for the term of five years, and 
 no longer ; and the provisions of that part of the aforesaid act hereby 
 revived and re-enacted shall be, and hereby are, extended to the States 
 of Louisiana and Arkansas, and to so much of the States of Mississippi 
 and Alabama as is included in the district of country south of the 
 thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and 
 Perdido rivers, in the same way and with the same rights, powers, and 
 jurisdictions, to every extent they can be rendered applicable, as if these 
 States had been enumerated in the original act hereby revived, and the 
 enactments expressly applied to them as to the State of Missouri ; and District court 
 the district court, and the judges thereof, in each of these States, shall *9 hav | J" risdi h c " 
 "have and exercise the like jurisdiction over the land claims, in theirsp^igQ 
 respective States and districts, originating with either the Spanish, iah claims. 
 French, or British authorities, as by said act was given to the court, 
 and the judge thereof, in the State of Missouri, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 914, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 
 1063, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143 
 
 No. 1068. AN ACT respecting the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. June 17. 1844. 
 
 Yol. 5, p. 677. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there shall be appointed by the governor of Iowa 
 Territory, by and with the advice and consentof the council of said Terri- Commissioners 
 tory, a commissioner, to act in conjunction with such commissioner as JU^n ?boboun- 
 may be appointed by the State of Missouri, and such third person, not a a ar y 1 1 u e be- 
 citizen of the State of Missouri or Territory of Iowa, as may be desig- tween Iowa and 
 nated by the two commissioners aforesaid; the duty of which said Missouri, 
 three persons it shall be, to ascertain, survey, and mark out the northern 
 boundary line of the State of Missouri, and to cause plats of the said 
 line, when so ascertained, surveyed, and marked out, to be returned to 
 the offices of the Secretary of State of the United States, of the State 
 of Missouri, and of the Territory of Iowa, which plats shall be accom- 
 panied by reports of their proceedings in the premises. 
 
448 MISSOURI, 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said three commissioners, or 
 to appoint a snr- a ma jority of them, shall have authority to appoint a surveyor, and en- 
 gage the necessary assistants and laborers, to enable them to ascertain,, 
 survey, and mark the said line ; and the compensation of said commis- 
 sioners, and of the surveyor employed by them, shall be at the rate of 
 eight dollars per day, for so many days as they may necessarily be em- 
 ployed about the business aforesaid ; and the laborers and asssistanta 
 
 Compensation shall be paid such compensation as may be agreed upon between each 
 limited. of them and the commissioners, or a majority of them, not to exceed 
 
 two dollars per day. 
 
 Report of ma- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the report, as aforesaid, of any 
 joiityofcommis- two of said commissioners, shall be final and conclusive, and the line 
 so ascertained > surveyed, marked out and returned as aforesaid, by any 
 t' wo ^ 8a ^ commissioners, shall be the northern boundary line of the 
 State of Missouri. 
 
 Act, when to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not go into force 
 until the legislature of the State of Missouri shall have assented to the 
 same, and agreed to abide by the award of said commissioners, or any 
 
 Appropriation, two of them, as final and conclusive ; and the sum of four thousand 
 dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury 
 not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of thia 
 act. (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 971. 989, 990, 1034, 1043, 1045, 1071, 1076. 
 
 June 19, 1846. No. 1069. AN ACT to authorize the justices of the county court of Bates County, 
 Vol. 9, p. 651. in the State of Missouri, to enter a certain quarter-section of land for a county 
 1 seat. 
 
 Justices of Be it enacted, $-c., That, the justices of the county court of the county 
 ma te8 nte?hmd of Bate8 > in the State . of Missouri, be, and they are hereby, authorized 
 for a county seat. * eu ter with the register and receiver of the land office at Clinton, in 
 said State, for the use of said county, whereon the county seat thereof 
 has been located, the northeast quarter of section seventeen, in town- 
 ship, numbered thirty-eight north, of range numbered thirty west; 
 and on payment of the minimum price therefor within twelve mouths 
 after the passage of this act, a patent shall issue therefor as in other 
 
 July 21, 1846. No. 1070. AN ACT for the relief of Robert Barclay, of Missouri. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Robert Barclay, of Missouri, be, and he here- 
 
 Robert Barclay by is, authorized to enter, at any land office in the State of Missouri r 
 tnorized to 8 ^ x h un dr e d and forty acres of any unimproved land, subject to sale at 
 * ( private entry, according to the divisions of the public surveys ; the said 
 
 six hundred and forty acres being in lieu of, and to be accepted as full 
 compensation for, the concession of eight hundred arpens granted to 
 him by the order of Delassus, the lieutentant governor of the province 
 of Louisiana, dated March sixth, one thousand eight hundred and two r 
 which have been sold by the Government of the United States as public 
 lands. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1846. No. 1071. AN ACT to define the boundaries of the State of Iowa, and to repeal 
 Vol. 9, p. 52. so much of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five 
 as relates to the boundaries of Iowa. 
 
 [Question respecting northern boundary line of Missouri referred to 
 Supreme Court for adjudication. See IOWA, No. 1779.] 
 
 Aug. 8, 1646. No. 1072. AN ACT for the relief of James Journey. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Journey, who claims title, by virtue 
 
 James Journey o f a Spanish concession for four hundred arpens, to the northeast quar- 
 confirmed in his ter of 8ec ti O n thirty, and the northwest quarter of section twenty-nine, 
 land. both in township forty-seven north, and range one west, in Warren 
 
 Patent to issue. County, Missouri, be confirmed in the same, and that a patent issue to 
 him therefor ; and that he also be permitted, without paying any thing 
 
MISSOURI. 449 
 
 therefor, to enter with the register and receiver of the St. Louis land 
 district forty acres on any of the unappropriated public lands now in 
 market in said district, in full satisfaction of the remainder of said four . 
 
 hundred arpens : Provided, That said entry shall not interfere with any 
 rights of any other persons. 
 
 No. 1O73, AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John Huddle. Aug. 8, 1846. 
 
 Vol. 9, p. 673. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of John Ruddle be, 
 and are hereby, authorized, by law, to enter three hundred and fifty Datives oil 
 arpens of any unlocated land now subject to entry in the State of Mia- Ruddle author^ 
 SOUli. izedto enter 350 
 
 arpens of land. 
 
 No. 1074. AN ACT for the relief George Gordon. Feb. 25, 1847. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the entry and purchase by George Gordon, ' p ' 6 ' 
 
 at the land office at St. Louis, Missouri, of the southwest quarter of sec- Entries of cer- 
 tion thirty-two, in township numbered forty-six, of range numbered ^ in lands by 
 six east, as per receiver's certificate numbered eight thousand three a^d^Zachariah. 
 hundred and sixty-seven, and the entry and purchase by Zachariah C. c. Poor, legalized 
 Poor, at the same land office, of the southeast quarter of section thirty- and confirmed. 
 one, in township numbered forty-six, of range numbered six east, as 
 per receiver's certificate number eight thousand three hundred and 
 sixty-six, and by the said Poor assigned to said Gordon, and which said 
 entries have been cancelled for irregularity, at the General Land Office, 
 be, and the same are hereby, confirmed and legalized, and a patent or Patents to issue, 
 patents shall issue therefor to the said George Gordon, or his assignee, 
 as in other cases. 
 
 No. 1075. AN ACT to grant a preemption right to the heirs or legal representa- March 3, 1847. 
 tives of John Smith T. Vol. 9, p. 693. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc. , That the heirs or legal representatives of John Smith Authorized to 
 T., the assignee of Jacques St. Vrain, to claim number four, in the re- ? nter at tb ; e v^- 
 port of the commissioners appointed under the act of ninth July, eight- S^hof thedaim 
 een hundred and thirty-two, for the adjustment of private land claims NO. 4 of Jacques 
 in Missouri, and the act supplementary thereto, of the second of March, St. Vrain as has 
 eighteen hundred and thirty- three, be, and the same are hereby, author- bee registered. 
 ized to enter, at the minimum price of the public lands, so much of aE 
 said claim as has been duly registered, located, and laid down on the 
 plats of the public surveys for reservation, under the authority of the 
 laws of the United States : Provided, however, That said entries shall not Proviso, 
 exceed, in the aggregate, five thousand six hundred acres ; and that the 
 said entries shall be made to conform to the surveys and legal subdivi- 
 sions of the lands of the United States, and to include, as nearly as may 
 be, the reservations as laid down on the plats aforesaid : And provided, TO be in full 
 further, That the acceptance of the permission granted by the provision satisfaction of 
 of this act shall be taken in full satisfaction of the grant of ten thou- *Jj gJSL*Jjfc 
 sand arpens made to the said Jacques St. Vrain by the Baron de Caren- to 8a id st. Vrain. 
 dolet, on the tenth day of February, seventeen hundred and ninety-six : 
 Andprovided, That if any private rights exist to any part of said loca- Private 
 tion, adverse to that of the claimants herein, the same shall be reserved secured, 
 and saved to said adverse claimants. 
 
 No. 1076. AN ACT to confirm the boundary line between Missouri and Arkansas. Feb. 15, 1848. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the dividing line between the States of Mis- 
 
 souri and Arkansas, surveyed by commissioners appointed under au- Confirmation of 
 thority of laws enacted by those States, and ratified as a common survey of boun- 
 boundary by the act of the legislature of Arkansas, approved twenty- t ^ n * Missouri 
 third December, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and of the legislature and Arkansas, 
 of Missouri, approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty- 
 seven, shall be, and the same is hereby, approved and confirmed as the p u bii c land 
 boundary between those States, and between the surveying and land surveys to be 
 districts bordering thereon; (a) and the Secretary of the Treasury is closed on that 
 hereby authorized i.o have the surveys of the public lands of the United line - 
 States closed on the line so surveyed as above mentioned : Provided, The 
 
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450 MISSOURI. 
 
 expense thereof shall not exceed six dollars per mile, for every mile and 
 part of a mile actually surveyed, or necessarily resnrveyed in closing 
 those surveys. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 983, 994, 997, 1001, 1019, 1028, 1064, 1079, 1095. 
 (6) See Nos. 971, 989, 990, 991, 1034, 1043, 1045, 1068, 1071. 
 
 July 17, 1848. No. 1077. AN ACT to confirm to the legal representatives of Joseph Dutaillis the 
 Vol. 9, p. 724. location of a certain Xew Madrid certificate. 
 
 Location under Be it enacted, $-c., That the location by the legal representatives or 
 Xew Madrid assignee of Joseph Dutaillis, under a New Madrid certificate, numbered 
 Sd!"* 6 C n " fif ty-two, ( 52 >) of the 80utl1 half of section eighteen, in township forty- 
 nine north, range nine west, in the State of Missouri, be, and the same 
 
 Patent to issue, is hereby, confirmed, and a patent may issue therefor as in other cases. 
 
 Aug. 14, 1848. No. 1078. AN ACT for the relief of William Triplett. 
 
 Vol. 9, p. 738. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c. t That the right of William Triplett, of St. Louis 
 
 Eight to a pre- County, Missouri, to a preemption of the southeast quarter of section 
 oTland iif t Mis t - thir ty 8ix > in township forty-five, of range four east, as specified in the 
 souri confirmed certificate of the receiver of the land office at St. Louis, numbered eleven 
 to William Trip- thousand one hundred and seventy-one, held under the act of eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-eight, being the land on which he, the said Trip- 
 lett, has resided for more than twenty-five years last past, be, and the 
 Upon payment same is hereby, confirmed and established ; and that upon payment be- 
 being made for ing made? or having been made for said land, by said Triplett, a patent 
 ent to issue. shall be issued to him: Provided, That all or any previous right ac- 
 Proviso. quired, and grants or sales of said land by the United States, shall be, 
 
 and the same are hereby, expressly saved and reserved from the opera- 
 tion of this act. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1849. N O . 1079.-AN ACT to establish an additional land office in the State of Missouri. 
 Vol. 9, p. 347. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That so much of the public lands of the United 
 
 Pa i rt i- F * y " States included in the present Fayette district, in the State of Missouri, 
 formed into new as lies within the following boundaries, to wit : Beginning at the point 
 land district. on the northern boundary of the State intersected by the line between 
 ranges thirteen and fourteen ; thence south along that line until it in- 
 tersects the line between townships fifty-five and fifty-six ; thence west 
 along that line until it intersects the line between ranges twenty-three 
 and twenty-four ; thence north along the last mentioned line to tho 
 northern boundary of the State ; thence east with said boundary line to 
 the beginning, shall be formed into a new land district, to be called the 
 To be called Chariton district ;" and for the sale of the public lands within the dis- 
 trict r : 18 ~ trict hereby constituted, a land office shall be established at such most 
 Land office to convenient place within the said district as the President of the United 
 be established. States may designate. 
 
 SEC. 2. *And be it further enacted, That for the office in the land district 
 
 .Register and hereby created, a register and receiver shall be appointed by the Presi- 
 
 pSnted! IP ~ dent > b y and witn the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall 
 
 To give bond, severally give bond and security, according to law, before entering on 
 
 Their compen- the duties of their respective offices. They shall receive the same com- 
 
 sation, duties, pensation, fees, and emoluments, and shall perform similar duties, and 
 
 possess the same powers with all other registers and receivers of land 
 
 offices, and shall, in all respects, be governed by the laws of the United 
 
 States providing for the sale of the public lands. 
 
 Books, maps, SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 Ac., of the Fay- era i Land Office shall cause to be transferred to the land office hereby 
 ette land district, createtl al j 8ucn books, maps, records, field-notes, and plats, or tran- 
 new office. scripts thereof, relating to the surveys and entries of the public lands 
 
 in this district, as may be necessary for the sale of the public lands, in 
 compliance with the provisions of this act. (a) 
 (a) See Noa. 983, 994, 997, 1001, 1019, 1028, 1064, 1076, 1095. 
 
MISSOURI. 451 
 
 No. 1080. AX ACT for the relief of Solomon Davis. March 2, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Solomau Davis, of Oregon County, in the State 
 
 of Missouri, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, in place of the Solomon Davis 
 northwest quarter of lot number two, in the southwest quarter of sec- Bother t0 iot of 
 tion number six, in township number twenty-four north, range five i am j \ u ]i eu O f 
 west, any other lot of land subject to private entry, and that his pay- the one hereto- 
 ment, heretofore made for said northwest quarter of lot. number two, for . e entered and 
 shall be taken in part payment for said new entry : Provided, That the pa provLo 
 said Solomon Davis shall first release to the United States all his right, 
 title, interest, and claim to said northwest quarter of lot number 
 two, containing thirty-five acres and thirty-six hundredths, more or less, 
 and shall further show, before said release, that the title to said lot 
 number two is still in him, the said Davis, and that the said lot has 
 not been in any way encumbered by mortgage, judgment, taxes, or in 
 any other manner, and that the title thereto is in every respect as good 
 as when the same was entered by the said Davis. 
 
 lo. 1081. AN ACT to authorize the citizens of Ozark County, Missouri, to enter March 3, 1849. 
 less than a quarter- section of land for the seat of justice in said county. "Vol. 9, p. 772. 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That the county of Ozark, in the State of Missouri, citizens of 
 may enter by preemption less than a quarter- section of land, to be taken Ozark County au- 
 by legal subdivision. Said entry, except as to quantity, shall be made thorized to nter 
 according to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved May J e at ? VsSoefOT 
 twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act grant- 8a id county, 
 ing to the counties or parishes of each State and Territory of the United 
 States in which the public lands are situated, the right of preemption 
 to quarter-sections of land for seats of justice within the same. 
 
 No. 1082 AN ACT for the relief of Charles McLane, of Missouri. March 3, 1849. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the claim of Charles McLane to seven hundred 
 
 and forty-eight arpens and sixty-eight perches, which is entered as Ancient settle- 
 number thirty-three in the second class of the decisions of the late m u nt , cl ^f n r- of 
 board of commissioners in Missouri, but which has since been shown to ^ 748^1 pens and 
 be an ancient and continued settlement claim, be and the same is hereby, 68 perches of 
 confirmed, according to the original survey in eighteen hundred and land confirmed to 
 six. him - 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this confirmation is in no manner This confirma- 
 to impair or affect any interfering adverse recognized claim, if any such tio . n not to im " 
 should be found to exist when a retracing and connection by survey of JJJJjSzed cl 
 the original lines of said claim shall be made by the proper officer of 
 the United States, pursuant to this confirmation; and that after such ^ fter t 
 survey shall be made, and an official plat of the same returned to the JSJ. to General 
 General Land Office, a relinquishment patent shall be issued, in which Land Office, pat- 
 shall be saved and protected any adverse interfering right, if such ent to issue, 
 exist. 
 
 No. 1083. AN ACT granting the right of way to the State of Missouri, and a por- June 10, 1852. 
 
 tion of the public lands, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said Vol. 10, p. 8. 
 
 State. 
 
 Right of way 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the right of way through the public lands be through the pub- 
 and the same is hereby granted to the State of Missouri, for the con- lie lands granted 
 struction of railroads from the town of Hannibal to the town of St. J^^"*^ nd 
 Joseph, in said State, and from the city of St. Louis to such point on also right to take 
 the western boundary of said State as may be designated by the author- materials, &c t 
 ity of said State, with the right also to take necessary materials of 
 earth, stone, and timber for the construction thereof, from the public 
 lands of the United States adjacent to said railroads : Provided, That Proviso as to 
 in locating the railroads aforesaid, and assigning the limits to the ease- ?^ nt 
 ment, no more land shall be taken from the United States than is nec- 
 essary for a convenient construction and use of said roads as public 
 ways for transportation, including stations, with the usual build- 
 
452 MISSOURI. 
 
 ings of all kinds, turn-outs and such other appurtenances as are usually 
 
 Cops- of loca- enjoyed by railroad companies, and a copy of the location of said roads, 
 
 tion to be filed, made under the direction of the legislature, shall be forwarded to the 
 
 proper local land offices respectively, and to the General Land Office at 
 
 Washington City, within ninety days after the completion of the same, 
 
 to be recorded. 
 
 Grant of lands SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby granted 
 to Missouri in aid to the State of Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in making the rail- 
 >f said rail roads. roa ^ 8 aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even 
 numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road ; but in 
 case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route 
 of said roads, or either of them, shall be definitely fixed by the author- 
 ity aforesaid, sold any section or any part thereof granted as aforesaid, 
 or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall 
 be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the governor of said 
 State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, 
 from the lands of the United States most contiguous to the tier of sec- 
 tions above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of 
 sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, 
 or to which the right of preemption has attached as aforesaid ; which 
 lands, thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which pre-emption rights 
 have attached asaforesaid, together with the sect ions and parts of sections 
 designated by even numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid, 
 shall be held by the State of Missouri for the use and purpose aforesaid : 
 Provisos. Provided, That the lands to be so located shall in no case be further 
 than fifteen miles from the line of the road in each case : Provided fur- 
 ther, That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the 
 construction of that road for which it was granted and selected, and 
 shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the same shall be 
 applied to no other purpose whatsoever : And provided further, That any 
 and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of 
 Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the pur- 
 pose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other 
 purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United 
 States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found 
 necessary to locate the route of the said railroads through such reserved 
 lands; in which case the right of way only shall be granted, (a) 
 The minimum SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- 
 price of the sec- tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, 
 
 doubled* gran within 8ixmile80n eaoh side of 8aid roads, shall not be sold for less 
 than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold ; which 
 lands shall from time to time be offered at public sale to the highest 
 bidder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall 
 not be subject to entry until they shall have been so offered at public 
 sale. (&) 
 
 The granted SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted to 
 la u d d%ouo other the 8aid State 8na11 be 8ub J ect **> the disposal of the legislature thereof, 
 purpose, and the f r ^ e purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads shall 
 railroads to be be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the 
 free to the use of United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of 
 
 3 d any property or troops of the United States. 
 
 How the grant- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to 
 ed lands are to said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, 
 be disposed of. that is to say : that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and 
 twenty sections on each road, and included within a continuous length 
 of twenty miles of said road, may be sold ; and when the governor of 
 said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior, that said twenty 
 miles of said road is completed, then another like quantity of land hereby 
 granted may be sold ; and so from time to time, until said road is com- 
 pleted ; and if said road be not completed within ten years, no further 
 sales shall be made, and the land unsold shall revert to the United 
 States. 
 
 The mail to be SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall at 
 transported a tall times be transported on said railroads under the direction of the 
 Caress 6 shall Po8t - ffice Department, at such price as Congress may bylaw direct, (a) 
 fix. ( ) See Nos. 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 112o, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 113C, 
 
 1152. 
 
 <&) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009. 1010, 1020, 1028, 1066, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 1121, 1135. 
 
MISSOURI. 453 
 
 No. 1084 AN ACT giving the assent of Congress to the State of Missouri to June 10, 1852. 
 impose a tax or taxes upon all lands hereafter sold by the United States therein, Vol. 10, p. 10. 
 from and after the day of such sale. --- 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the Missouri may 
 State of Missouri, to impose a tax or taxes upon ail lands hereafter sold tax P ubli c lands 
 by the United States, in said State, from and after the day of such sale : as 
 Provided, That the assent hereby given shall in nowise impair that pro- 
 vision of the compact with the said State which declares that all lands ^e^^n &S t0 
 
 to citizens of the United States residin without the said i 
 State sha 
 ing therein, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 791, 989. 
 
 n 
 belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said re8 ici en tg. 
 
 hall never be taxed higher than lands belonging to persons resid- 
 
 No. 1085. AN ACT for the relief of James W. Campbell, of Pike County, Mis- July 21, 1852. 
 
 souri. Vol. 10, p. 733. 
 
 r,e it enacted, $c., That James W. Campbell, of Pike County, State of James ^ 
 Mi.-souri, be authorized to enter, fr^e of charge, any of the public Campbell author- 
 lands, subject to private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per ized to enter cer- 
 acre, lying in the district of lands subject to sale at the land office at 
 Palmyra, in said State, not exceading one hundred and twenty acres, 
 upon making proof satisfactory to the register and receiver of said 
 land office, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, that he is the legal assignee of John J. Jackson, and that 
 two certain receiver's receipts, numbered nineteen thousand five hun- 
 dred and thirteen, and nineteen thousand five hundred and fourteen, 
 dated June twenty-six, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, purporting 
 to be issued by A. Bird, receiver at Palmyra, in favor of said Jackson, 
 one for fifty dollars, and one for one hundred dollars, are genuine, and 
 upon surrendering said receipts to the United States and executing a 
 relinquishment of all his right, title, and interest to the land therein 
 described. 
 
 No. 1086. AN ACT granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the Feb. 9, 1853. 
 States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point Vol. 10, p. 155. 
 
 on the Mississippi, opposite the mouth of the Ohio Eiver, via Little Rock, to the 
 
 Texas boundary near Fulton, in Arkansas, -with branches to Fort Smith and the 
 Mississippi River. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the right of way through the public lands be Grant of right 
 and the same is hereby granted to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, Jansas^nd Mis- 
 for the construction of a railroad from a point on the Mississippi Kiver, sonr i f or a rail- 
 opposite the mouth of the Ohio, in the State of Missouri, via Little road 
 Eock, to the Texas boundary line near Fulton, in Arkansas, with 
 branches from Little Ro; k, in Arkansas, to the Mississippi River and to 
 Fort Smith, in said State, with the right to take necessary materials of 
 earth, stone, timber, etc., for the construction thereof: Provided, That Extent of right, 
 the right of way shall not exceed one hundred feet on each side of the C op f , survey 
 length thereof, and a copy of the survey of said road, made under the to b 
 direction of the legislatures of the said States, shall be forwarded to 
 the proper local land offices respectively, and to the General Land Office 
 at Washington City, within ninety days after the completion of the 
 same. 
 
 SEC. 2. And l)e itfurthei' enacted, That there be and is hereby granted Grant of land 
 to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, respectively, for the purpose of to said States in 
 aiding in making the railroad and branches as aforesaid, within their J^ 01 
 respective limits, every alternate section of land designated by even 
 numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and 
 branches ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when 
 the line or route of said road is definitely fixed by the authority afore- 
 said, sold any part of any section hereby granted, or that the right of 
 preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any 
 agent or agents, to be appointed by the governor of said State, to select, 
 subject to the approval aforesaid, from the lands of the United States 
 most contiguous to the tier of sections above specified, so much laud in 
 alternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lauds as 
 the United States have sold, or to which the right of preemption has 
 attached as aforesaid, which lands, being equal in quantity to one-half 
 of six sections in width on each side of said road, the States of Arkan- 
 sas and Missouri shall have and hold to and for the use and purpose 
 aforesaid : Provided, That the lands to be located shall in no case be Provisos, 
 further than fifteen miles from the line of the road : And provided further, 
 
454 MISSOURI. 
 
 Purpose to That the lands hereby granted shall be applied in the construction of 
 which the grant- 6ai( | Tird ^ an d 8 hall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and 
 applied. * 8na11 be applied to no other purpose whatsoever: And provided further, 
 
 Reserved lands That any and all lands reserved to the United States by any act of 
 excepted from Congress, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improve- 
 ment, or in any manner for any purpose whatsoever, be and the same 
 are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, 
 except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the routes of the 
 said railroad and branches through such reserved lands, (a) 
 
 Price of sec- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- 
 tions not granted tions of land which by such grant shall remain to the United States 
 within six miles on each side of said road, shall not be sold for less than 
 double the minimum price of the public lands when sold. (6) 
 
 Lands granted SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted 
 to be appropri- to the said States shall be subject to the disposal of the legislatures 
 ated to r- thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad 
 
 Xo charge to and branches shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the 
 be made to the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon 
 United States for the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. 
 Sj?SJty or SEC - 5 - And be u further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to said 
 troops. States shall be disposed of by said States only in the manner follow- 
 
 Howsaidlands ing ; that is to say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred 
 may be disposed an( j twenty sections, and included within a continuous length of twenty 
 miles of said road, may be sold ; and when the governors of said State 
 or States shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that twenty con- 
 tinuous miles of said road is completed, then another like quantity of 
 Unsold lands land hereby granted may be sold ; and so from time to time until said 
 to revert if the road is completed ; and if said road is not completed within ten years, 
 umptetod in ten no f urther 8ales 8ha11 be made > and the land unsold shall revert to the 
 years United States. 
 
 Mail to be SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall at 
 transported at a \\ times be transported on the said road and branches, under the direc- 
 Congress 1Ce8 shall tion . f the p 8t - Office Department, at such price as Congress may by 
 direct, l w direct, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 
 1152. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, lOOy, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 1121, 
 1135. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1853. No. 1087. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph M. Wilcoxon, of the State of Mis- 
 Vol. 10, p. 752. souri. 
 
 Certain land Be it enacted, #c., That entries number twenty-one thousand nine 
 entries in Mia- hundred and seventy-seven, and twenty-two thousand one hundred and 
 to ar j C M fir w!l- th irt y- ei g nt > of the south half of section three, and the southeast frac- 
 coxon. tional quarter of section nine, on island number nineteen, in township 
 
 fifty-one, north of range twenty-two west, in the State of Missouri, here- 
 tofore made by Joseph M. Wilcoxon, be, and the same are hereby con- 
 firmed to the said Joseph M. Wilcoxon, his heirs and assigns, and the 
 title to the said laud be, and the same is hereby vested in the said 
 Proviso. Joseph M. Wilcoxon, his heirs and assigns : Provided, That this act shall 
 
 not be construed to interfere with, or in anywise impair, the rights of 
 
 third persons in and to the said land or any part thereof. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1853. No. 1088. AN ACT granting the right of way to the St. Louis and Iron Mount- 
 Vol. 10, p. 754. ain Railroad Company, and for other purposes. 
 
 Right of way Be it enacted, j-c., That the right of way, sixty feet in width, through 
 at St. Louis the lands in which the St. Louis arsenal, the St. Louis marine hospital, 
 granted to the and Jefferson barracks are situated, in the State of Missouri, be and 
 Iron Mountain the 8ame is nereb y granted to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Rail- 
 Railroad, road Company, for the construction of a railroad from the city of St. 
 Pr >visos. Louis through said lands : Provided, That the location of said road 
 through the lands aforesaid shall be made subject to the approval of 
 the Secretary of War : Provided further, That said location can be made 
 without injury to the public interest in the opinion of the said Secretary 
 
 of War. (a) 
 
 # * * * # * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 1152. 
 
MISSOURI. 455 
 
 No. 1089. AX ACT for the relief of Conrad Wheat, jr., or his legal represents July 27, 1854. 
 
 tives. Vol. 10, p. 798. 
 
 Be it enacted, $*c., That the location of six hundred and forty acres of c onra ^ wheat, 
 land, and which is described as survey number two thousand four huu- j r .'s location of 
 dred and fifty-three in township forty-four north, of range five and six 640 acres of land 
 east, of the principal meridian, in the State of Missouri, made by Con- confirmed. 
 rad Wheat, jr., on the twenty-second day of October, eighteen hundred 
 and sixteen, under a certificate of location numbered one hundred and 
 thirteen, issued on the twelfth day of August, eighteen hundred and 
 sixteen, by the recorder of land titles, to the said Wheat, is hereby con- 
 firmed. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Patent to issue 
 eral Land Office is hereby authorized to issue a patent to the said Con- Jo said Wheat or 
 rad Wheat, jr., or his legal representatives, for the said lands. tives 16 
 
 No. 1090. AN ACT for the relief of William J. McElhiney, E. P. Matthews, and Aug. 3, 1854. 
 Lawrence Cribben. Vol. 10, p. 813. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That William J. McElhiney, E. P. Matthews, and "Wm. J. McEl- 
 Lawrence Cribben, shall be, and they are hereby, respectively authorized hiney, E. P. Mat- 
 to enter the portions of the southeast fractional quarter of fractional * hew . 8 ' and L - 
 section ten, and the southwest fractional quarter of fractional section e/ally ' author 
 eleven, west of the St. Charles commons, in township forty-sixth north, ized to enter cer- 
 of range four east, in the district of lands subject to sale at St. Louis, tain lands now in 
 Missouri, now in possession of each of them, upon producing proof to tbeir possession, 
 the satisfaction of the land officers for said district, of the extent of Sftions 
 their possessions, respectively, in said fractional sections, and paying wheii patent 
 therefor the minimum price of the public lands ; and, upon such proof to issue therefor. 
 and payment being made, certificates and patents shall be issued there- 
 for, as in other cases of the sale of public lands. 
 
 No. 1091 .AN ACT for the relief of Lloyd Dorsey, and others. Aug. 5, 1854. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Lloyd Dorsey, of the county of St. Charles, Yof 1Q .P- 825 - 
 and State of Missouri, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter at the Lloyd Dorsey 
 proper land office in said State, at the minimum price of the public authorized to en- 
 lands, the southeast fractional quarter of section twenty-two, township ter certain land, 
 forty-six, range four east, containing one hundred and forty-two and 
 eighty-nine one-hundredth acres ; and that he is hereby authorized to 
 enter, for the use and benefit of the heirs of George Pitzer, deceased, 
 the southwest fractional quarter of section twenty-two, township forty- 
 six, range four east, containing one hundred and four acres, and the 
 northeast fractional quarter of section twenty-seven, township forty- 
 six, range four east, containing forty-six acres : Provided, That nothing Proviso, 
 in this act contained shall prejudice the rights of any person or persons 
 having any legal or equitable claim to the lands herein mentioned, any 
 or part thereof. 
 
 No. 1092. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of George McGirk. Aug. 5. 1854. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the legal representatives of George McGirk YoL 10 ' p " 826> 
 be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, one The represent- 
 hundred and sixty acres of land, in any land office of the State of Mis- atives of Me- 
 souri, in lieu of a tract of land claimed by them in said State, viz : the Girk "J certain 
 northwest quarter of section one, in township forty-eight, of range i ands . 
 seventeen, (west of the fifth principal meridian line, and being survey 
 number two thousand five hundred and forty- four;) for which land, 
 so entered by them, the register of the land office shall issue the neces- 
 sary certificate, on payment of the fee therefor, on return of which 
 said certificate to the General Land Office, a patent shall issue in favor 
 of said legal representatives. 
 
 No. 1 093. AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants of township forty-five, range Aug. 5, 1854. 
 one, in Warren County, Missouri. Vol. 10, p. 827. 
 
 Whereas the concession of six hundred arpens of land by C. D. DC- "preamble, 
 lassus, the lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana, to Andrew Kinaird, 
 and which concession was confirmed by the act of Congress of July 
 fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act confirming 
 claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes," was 
 located prior to the surveys of the public lands in Missouri ; and whereas, 
 
456 MISSOURI. 
 
 upon the survey of said lauds cue-half of section sixteen, of township 
 forty -five, of range one west, in Warren County, Missouri, was covered 
 by the concession to said Kinaird : Therefore 
 
 Other lands Be it enacted, $c., That the board of directors of common schools in 
 may be selected and f or g^ township be, and they are hereby, authorized to select and 
 SsectionlG have set apart, for the use of schools in said township, one-half of a 
 section of any of the public lands in the land district within which 
 said county is situated, in lieu of the half of said section sixteen, which 
 is covered by the concession to said Kinaird ; and when the said board 
 of directors shall make the selection of said half-section, the[y] shall 
 notify the register of the land office in said district of the land so se- 
 lected, and the same shall be reserved from sale and set apart for the 
 
 Proviso. use of schools in said township : Provided, That said selection and noti- 
 
 fication be made within twelve months after the passage of this act, 
 and provided said selection shall be according to the legal subdivisions 
 of the public lands, and in quantities not less than eighty acres. 
 
 When selected; SEC.2. Andbeit further enacted, That, when the half-section of land shall 
 nT *d have been so as aforesaid selected and reported to the register af oresaid,the 
 
 same shall vest in the State of Missouri, subject to the same disposition and 
 uses, and shall be held subject to the same conditions and terms in all 
 respects whatsoever, as by the sixth section of the act of Congress of 
 March sixth, eighteen hundred twenty, entitled "An act to authorize 
 the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State gov- 
 ernment, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal 
 footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain Ter- 
 tories," were prescribed or intended in relation to sections numbered 
 sixteen, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 972, 988, 989, 995, 1013, 1016, 1114, 1142, 1145. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1855. No. 1 094. AX ACT authorizing the legal representatives of Antoine Vasquez, 
 Tol 10 p. 838. Hypolite Vasquez, Joseph Vasquez, and John Colligan, to enter certain lands in 
 Missouri. 
 
 Representatives Be it enacted, $c., That the legal representatives of Antoine Vasquez, 
 of Antoine Vas- Hypolite Vasquez, Joseph Vasquez, and John Colligan, be, and they 
 quez, and others, are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, at any-land office in 
 ter -certain land the State of Missouri, in such quantities, agreeably to the United States 
 in Missouri in surveys, as the claimants may desire, a quantity of land subject to 
 lieu of another private entry, not exceeding eight hundred arpens^for each of the three 
 persons first above named, and twelve hundred arpens for said Colligan, 
 in lieu of, and in compensation for, a claim of that quantity allowed 
 to them by the board of commissioners appointed for the final adjust- 
 ment of private land claims in the State of Missouri, and confirmed to 
 them by "An act confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, 
 and for other purposes," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-six ; and the register or registers of the land offices aforesaid shall 
 receive the proper applications and proofs, and shall issue the necessary 
 certificate or certificates, on return of which to the General Land Office, 
 with proofs sufficient, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, 
 to establish the right of the claimants as such legal representatives, a 
 Patent to issue, patent or patents shall issue, as in other cases. 
 
 April 5, 1856. No. 1095. AX ACT to continue temporarily the hind offices at Kalamazoo, in the 
 VoL 11, p. 2. State of Michigan, and at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri. 
 
 [See MICHIGAN, No. 525a.] 
 
 July 3, 1856. No. 1096. AX ACT granting to certain citizens of the State of Missouri the right 
 VoL 11, p. 23. to enter certain lands in the Plattsburg district, in said State. 
 
 Preamble Whereas the State of Missouri, under the provi ions of the eighth sec- 
 
 tion of the act of Congress of the fourth September, eighteen hundred 
 and forty-one, selected certain lands in the Plattsburg district, in the 
 said State of Missouri, which lands were thereupon withheld from sale 
 by the United States; and whereas the said State of Missouri permitted 
 entries thereof to be made at the State laud office ; and whereas, also, 
 the said selections by the State of Missouri were subsequently rejected 
 and not confirmed to the said State; now therefore, 
 
MISSOURI. 457 
 
 Be it enacted, cj'-c., That in all cases where persons purchase such lands Purchasers 
 from the said State of Missouri, by entry at the State land office, the JJJSdJ 1 "j^Jjf 1 
 title to which lauds is still in the United States, such persons so hav- t h e piattsburg 
 ing purchased the same, or their assignees, in case the same shall have district, 
 been sold and conveyed, shall be permitted to enter the same at the 
 proper land office of the United States, at the price of one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents per acre : Provided, That in all cases where entries of Proviso, 
 such lauds have been permitted to be made at the proper United States 
 land office, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, by persons who 
 had purchased the same from the State of Missouri, or their assignees, 
 such entries or sales shall be, and the same are hereby, confirmed : Pro- 
 vided, further, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed so 
 as to interfere with the rights of third parties, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1110, 1115, 1120, 1121, 
 1135. 
 
 No. 1097. AN ACT authorizing the legal representatives of Manuel Gonzales Aug. 23, 1856. 
 Moro to enter certain lands in Missouri. Vol. 11, p. 482. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the legal representatives of Manuel Gonzales Representatives 
 Moro be and they are hereby authorized to enter, without payment, at O f Manuel Gon- 
 aiiy land office in the State of Missouri, in such quantities, agreeably to zales Moro au- 
 the United States surveys, as the claimants may desire, a quantity of thorized to enter 
 land subject to private entry, not exceeding seven thousand and fifty- ce 
 six arpens of laud, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five 
 cents per acre, in lieu of and in compensation for a claim of that quantity 
 allowed to them by t he board of commissioners appointed for the final ad- 
 justment of private land claims in the State of Missouri, and confirmed to 
 them by "An act confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and 
 for other purposes," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 six. And the register and receiver of the land offices aforesaid shall 
 receive the proper applications and proofs, and shall issue the necessary 
 certificate or certificates; on return of which to the General Land 
 Office, with proof sufficient, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Inte- 
 rior, to establish the right of the claimants as such legal representa- 
 tives, a patent or patents shall issue as in other cases. 
 
 No. 1O9S. AN ACT to authorize the legal representatives of Pascal L. Cerre to Jan. 26, 1857. 
 enter certain lands in the State of Missouri. Vol. 11, p. 488. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the legal representatives of Pascal L. Cerre be Representatives 
 and they are hereby authorized to locate, free of costs, on any of the f Pascal L. 
 public lands of the United States in the State of Missouri, agreeably to Cerre authorized 
 the United States surveys, subject to sale at private entry, at the mini- f locate certain 
 mum price, the quantity of seven thousand and fifty-six arpens of land, lai 
 less such quantity of lands as they may have already acquired under 
 and by virtue of the confirmatory act of eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 six, entitled "An act confirming claims to lauds in the State of Missouri, 
 and for other purposes," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-six ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the 
 receipt of the proper certificate or certificates, and upon being satisfied 
 that such claimants are such legal representatives, shall cause a patent 
 or patents to be issued as in other cases. 
 
 No. 1099. AN ACT for the relief of Charles Lucas, or his legal representatives, p e b. 3, 1857. 
 
 and for other purposes. Vol. 11, p. 490 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Charles Lucas, or his legal representatives, be 
 and he or they are hereby confirmed in the hereinafter-described one or 
 
 hundred and twenty-five acres and fifty-eight one-hundredths of an a tives confirm- 
 
 acre, part and parcel of a tract of three hundred and twenty -three acres ed in their title 
 
 and fourteen one-hundredths of an acre, located by virtue of New to 
 
 Madrid certificate number two hundred and thirteen, corresponding to 80 
 
 survey number two thousand five hundred and ninety-two, lying in the 
 
 Palmyra, Missouri, land district, that is to say, the west half of the 
 
 southwest quarter of section twenty-five, a strip eighty-one links wide 
 
 off the entire north side of the northwest quarter of section thirty-six, 
 
 and so much off' the south end of the east half of the southwest quarter 
 
 of section twenty- live, township fifty-eight north, of range six west, as 
 
458 MISSOURI. 
 
 together will (with the said west half and said strip) make said quan- 
 tity of one hundred and twenty-nine acres andfifty-eightone-hnndredths 
 of an acre, and that a patent be issued therefor to the said Charles Lucas, 
 or his legal representatives, upon the receipt of a plat and survey of 
 the same, executed by the proper officer, which said patent shall have 
 the same force and effect as if the said certificate number two hundred 
 and thirteen had issued for said quantity hereby confirmed. 
 
 John T. Kedd SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That John T. Redd, for himself and 
 permitted to en- those claiming title derived from him, be and he is hereby permitted to 
 La r MissoS en . ter with the register and receiver of the proper land office, at the 
 price of one dollar and twenty -five cents per acre, all the rest and resi- 
 due of said east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five, 
 in township fifty-eight north, of range six west, included in the location 
 under said certificate number two hundred and thirteen, and not in- 
 cluded in the said one hundred and twenty-nine acres and fifty-eight 
 one-hundredths of an acre, so as aforesaid confirmed. 
 
 March 3, 1857. W. 1100. AX ACT for the relief of Martin Fenwick. 
 
 Vol. 11, p. 511. Be it en a cted} g. Ci That Martin Fenwick be and he is hereby confirmed 
 Martin Fen- in his claim to five hundred arpens of land, situated on the west bank 
 wick confirmed o f the Mississippi River, in the State of Missouri, and described as fol- 
 m^certarnla n lowg) to ^ . Fractional sections five and six, lying north of the private 
 land claim surveyed to George A. Hamilton, number one thousand two 
 hundred and forty-four, in township thirty-four : the southeast frac- 
 tional quarter and the northwest fractional quarter of fractional section 
 thirty-one, and fractional secrion thirty-two, in township thirty-five, 
 all of range fourteen east, of the lands subject to sale at Jackson, Mis- 
 souri, and containing in the aggregate four hundred and twenty-five 
 acres and forty six hundredths of an acre. 
 
 Authorized to SEC. '2 And be H further enacted, That said Martin Fenwick shall have 
 ? nt | cert< H n land the exclusive right, within one year from the passage of this act, to 
 enter at the minimum price of public lands, subject to private sale, the 
 southwest quarter, and the fractional northeast quarter of fractional 
 section thirty-one, township thirty-five north, of range fourteen east, 
 of the lands subject to sale at Jackson, Missouri. 
 
 Said lands to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby confirmed, 
 embrace said together with the lands authorized to be entered, are intended to em- 
 n ' brace the claims of Martin Fenwick, as reserved on the plats of the 
 land office at Jackson, Missouri, on the twenty -seventh day of January, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-four, deducting therefrom any part there- 
 of that may have been sold by the United States prior to the passage of 
 this act. 
 
 Pa tent to issue. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 
 To operate on i y eral Land Office shall cause a patent to be issued to the said Martin 
 
 as a relinquish- Fenwick for the lands hereby confirmed : Provided, That such patent 
 
 mentof title. shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United 
 
 States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person. 
 
 May 24, 1858. 3fo. 1 1 Ot . AN ACT for the relief of Regis Tx>isel, or his legal representatives. 
 Be it enacted, if-c., That the said Regis Loisel, or his legal represeuta- 
 
 Claim of Regis tives, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a certain tract 
 confirmed of laud Ceded b y Dou Carlos Dehault Delassus, Spanish governor of 
 
 upper Louisiana, on the twenty-fifth day of March, anno Domini eight- 
 een hundred, to Regis Loisel, situate in what was then known as Upper 
 Louisiana, on the Missouri River, including Cedar Island, as the same 
 was surveyed on the twentieth November, anno Domini eighteen hun- 
 dred and five, by Antonio Soulard, surveyor-general for the Territory 
 of Louisiana, according to the plat now on tile in the archives of the 
 If said land is Missouri District. But it is pro\ ided that if said tract of Jand, continued 
 located by others, as aforesaid, or any part thereof, has been located by any other person 
 cate or Persons, under any law of the United States, or has been surveyed 
 
 and sold by the United States, this act shall confer no title to such 
 lands in opposition to the rights acquired by such location or purchase; 
 but the .said Loisel, or his legal representatives, shall be permitted to 
 make a relocation on an equal amount of the public lauds as may be 
 
MISSOURI. 459 
 
 taken by such location or purchase, that may be subject to entry at 
 private sale, at a price not to exceed ore dollar and twenty-five cents 
 per acre ; and the surveyor-general for the district of Missouri shall 
 issue a certificate to authorize the same. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the location authorized by this 
 act shall be entered with the register of the proper land office, who 
 shall, on application for that purpose, make out a certificate of such lo- Certificate of 
 cation as in other cases ; and if it shall appear to the Commissioner of location and pat- 
 the General Land Office that said certificate has been obtained accord- entt 
 ing to the provisions of this act, then patents shall issue' as in other 
 cases : And it is further provided. That if it shall be found that said 
 tract of land, confirmed as aforesaid, has not been located by any other 
 person or persons, or has not been sold by the United States as afore- 
 said, that, in that case, a patent shall be issued for the same as in other 
 
 No. 1102 AN ACT to provide for the location of certain confirmed private land June 2, 1858. 
 claims in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. Vol. 11, p. 294. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the decisions in favor of certain land claim- Decisions of 
 ants herein made by the recorder of land titles in the State of Missouri recorder, &c., as 
 and the two commissioners associated with him, by virtue of an act en- to certain private 
 titled u An act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Mis-^^ 1 ^ 8 ^ 
 souri," approved July nine, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and an act firmed, 
 supplemental thereto, approved second March, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty- three, as entered in the transcript of decisions transmitted by the 
 said recorder and commissioners to the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, which said claims are named and numbered as follows : 
 Manuel de Liza, number thirty-three ; John Copntz and Heinpstead, 
 number forty-four; Matthew Saucier, number fifty-seven; Charles 
 Tayon, number sixty-seven; the sons of Joseph M. Pepin, number sev- 
 enty-four ; Louis Lorimer, number eighty-^even ; Bartholomew Cousin, 
 number eighty-nine ; Manuel Gonzales Moro, number ninety-five ; Sen- 
 eca Rawlins, number one hundred and four ; William L. Long, number 
 one hundred and six ; Joachim Liza, number one hundred and thirty- 
 three; Francis Lacombe, number thirty- four; Israel Dodge, number 
 three hundred and thirty-eight ; Joseph Silvain, number two hundred 
 and ninety- three ; John P. Cabanis, number two hundred and ninety- 
 eight; William Hartley, number three hundred and one ; Andrew Che- 
 valier, number two hundred and ninety-two ; William Morrison, num- 
 ber three hundred and seven ; Solomon Belle w, number three hundred 
 and eight ; Paschal Detchemendez, number three hundred and nine ; 
 Baptiste Amure, number three hundred and ten ; Alexander Maurice, 
 number three hundred and twenty-three ; John Baptiste Vallee, num- 
 ber three hundred and thirty-four ; said decisions above named being 
 in the first plass of claims, acted upon by said board ; also the claim of 
 Regis Loisel, number six, in the second class, acted on by said board, 
 be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the respective claimants or 
 their legal representatives. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the decisions in favor of land Decisions in 
 claimants made by P. Grimes, Joshua Lewis, and Thomas B. Robertson, favor of other 
 commissioners appointed to adjust private land claims in the eastern ^ a * s C0] 
 district of the Territory of Orleans, communicated to the House of Rep- 
 resentatives by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the ninth day of Jan- 
 uary, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and which is [are] found 
 in the American State Papers, Public Lands, (Duff Green's edition, ) 
 volume two, from page two hundred and twenty-four to three hundred 
 and sixty-seven, inclusive, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, 
 saving and reserving, however, to all adverse claimants the right to 
 assert the validity of their claims in a court or courts of justice: Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, howevtr, That any claim so recommended for confirmation, but 
 which may have been rejected, in whole or in part, by any subsequent 
 board of commissioners, be, and the same is hereby, specially excepted 
 from confirmation, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the locations authorized by the Locations to be 
 preceding section shall be entered with the register of the proper land entered with reg- 
 office, who shall, on application for that purpose, make out for such ister, & c . 
 claimant, or his legal representatives, (as the case may be,) a certificate 
 of location, which shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Laud Office ; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said 
 
460 MISSOURI. 
 
 If Commission- Commissioner that said certificate has been fairly obtained, according 
 Land ^OfficVfe to tae true intent an(1 meaning of this act, then, and in that case, pat- 
 satisfied, patents en t s saa ll De issued for the land so located as in other cases ; and for 
 shall issue. each and every certificate as aforesaid, issued by the register of any land 
 
 Register's fee. office, he shall receive the sum of one dollar; that in all cases of con- 
 land ^claina^lias nrma *^ on DV *^^ s ac ^ ar wn ere any private land claim has been con- 
 not been a iocate<l, firmed by Congress, and the same, in whole or in part, has not been 
 the certificate located or satisfied, either for want of a specific location prior to such 
 may be located, confirmation, or for any reason whatsoever, other than a discovery of 
 fraud in such claim subsequent to such confirmation, it shall be the 
 duty of the surveyor general of the district in which such claim was 
 situated, upon satisfactory proof that such claim has been so confirmed, 
 and that the same, in whole or in part, remains unsatisfied, to issue to 
 the claimant, or his legal representatives, a certificate of location for a 
 quantity of land equal to that so confirmed and unsatisfied ; which cer- 
 tificate may be located upon any of the public lands of the United States 
 subject to sale at private entry, at a price not exceeding one dollar and 
 Proviso. twenty-five cents per acre : Provided, That such location shall conform 
 
 to legal divisions and subdivisions. 
 
 Register to SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That the register of the proper land 
 
 sufdf 6 ^tant to offi ? e > u P on the location of such certificate, shall issue to the person 
 
 issue. entitled thereto a certificate of entry, upon which, if it shall appear 
 
 to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that 
 
 such certificate has been fairly obtained, according to the true intent 
 
 and meaning of this act, a patent shall issue as in other cases. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973. 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 
 
 1063, 1067, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (6) See Xos. 957, 998, 1041, 1106, 1107. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1859. No. 1103. AX ACT giving the assent of Congress to a law of the Missouri legis- 
 Vol.11, p. 888. lature for the application of the reserved two per cent, land fund of said State. 
 
 Assent of Con- Be it enacted, <fc., That the assent of Congress be, and the same is 
 gress given to an hereby, given to the act of the legislature of the State of Missouri, en- 
 f *MJ 8 ^^l 6 ^ "^ n ac ^ supplemental to an act to amend 'An act to secure the 
 1S completion of certain railroads in this State, and for other purposes,' " 
 approved on the nineteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and 
 fifty-seven, appropriating the two per centum of the net proceeds of 
 sales of public lands in said State, reserved by existing laws to be ex- 
 pended under the direction of Congress, but hereby relinquished to 
 audited &c tnac State > and tnat tae proper accounting officers of the Government 
 are hereby authorized and required to audit and pay the accounts for 
 the same, as in the case of the three per centum land fund of said 
 State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 989, 993, 1015. 
 
 March 3, 1859. No. 11O4 A RESOLUTION in relation to the second section of the act of Con- 
 Vol. 11, p. 442. gress entitled "An act to provide for the location of certain confirmed private land 
 ! chums in the State of Missouri and for other purposes." 
 
 Operation of Resolved, $-c., That the second section of the act of Congress, entitled 
 
 act of 1858, con- "An act to provide for the location of certain confirmed private land 
 
 cerning certain claims in the State of Missouri and for other purposes," approved June 
 
 claims^in Mis- 8econ ^) eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby so suspended in its 
 
 souri, inpartsus- operation and effect until the end of the Thirty-sixth Congress, as that 
 
 pended. no patent or patents shall be issued, nor shall any action be had by the 
 
 executive branch or department of the Government, or any officer or 
 
 agent thereof, under or by virtue of said section, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1041, 
 1063, 1067, 1102, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 
 June 1 1860 No. 11 05. AN ACT to grant the right of preemption to a certain tract of land, in 
 Vol 12 p 844 the State of Missouri, to the heirs and legal representatives of Thomas Maddin, de- 
 ' '. ceased. 
 
 Heirs, &c. of e it enacted, <$c., That the heirs and legal representatives of Thomas 
 to enter IsertaiS Maddin, deceased, late of the State of Missouri, be, and they are hereby, 
 land in Missouri, authorized to enter and purchase, at the price of one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre, a tract of land COD taming eight hundred arpents, or 
 six hundred and eighty acres and fifty-six hundredths, surveyed for the 
 said Thomas Madden, in his own right, as per patent certificate of sur- 
 
MISSOURI. 461 
 
 vey number eighteen hundred and thirty-one, reported to the General 
 Land Office by Surveyor -General Langham as having been surveyed on 
 the sixteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and situ- 
 ated on the waters of Joachim Creek, in township forty-one north, of 
 range five east, of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Jeffer- 
 son and State of Missouri. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Patents to issue 
 eral Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon the therefor, 
 entry and payment aforesaid, to cause a patent, in due form of law, to 
 be issued to the said heirs and legal representatives of the said Thomas 
 Maddin, deceased, in conformity with the description given in patent 
 certificate number ninety -two, as issued by Frederick Bates, then re- 
 corder in the office of "recorder of land titles" in Saint Louis, in the 
 said State of Missouri, bearing date, at his said office, the first day of 
 November, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, in which said certificate 
 reference is made to the said tract of land, as having been confirmed to 
 the said Thomas Madden, pursuant to the acts of Congress respecting 
 claims to lands in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and the Ter- 
 ritory of Missouri, and as having been regularly surveyed on the six- 
 teenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and designated on 
 the connected plat of United States surveys, in the United States sur- 
 veyor-general's office at Saint Louis, Missouri, as number eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-one, and in which said patent certificate number ninety- 
 two it is certified that the said Thomas Maddin is entitled to receive a 
 patent for the said tract of land, according to the said patent certificate 
 of survey, as aforesaid, number eighteen hundred and thirty- one : Pro- 
 vided, however, That the right of preemption and purchase herein granted 
 shall cease at the end of two years from the date of the passage of this 
 act, and that the right and title of the United States in and to said land 
 shall not be affected nor impaired by virtue of any of the provisions of 
 this act in the event of the failure of the said heirs and legal represent- 
 atives of Thomas Maddin to avail themselves of said right of preemp- 
 tion and purchase within the said period of two years. 
 
 No . 11 06. AN ACT to confirm certain private land claims in the State of Missouri. June 21, 1860. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the decisions in favor of certain claimants >p ' 
 
 hereinafter mentioned, made by the recorder of land titles in the State Certain private 
 of Missouri, and the two commissioners associated with him, by virtue J"? d claims in 
 of an act entitled "An act for the final adjustment of private land^. m s e ^ ou 
 claims in Missouri," approved July nine, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 two, and an act supplementary thereto, approved March two, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-three, as entered in the transcript of decisions trans- 
 mitted by the recorder and commissioners to the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office, which decisions are named and numbered as fol- 
 lows, to wit : Israel Dodge, number two hundred and eighty-eight ; 
 Walter Fenwick, number three hundred and thirty-nine ; and Mackey 
 Wherry, number eighty-six; said claims having been by said board 
 reported in the first class, and recommended for confirmation, be, and 
 the same are hereby, confirmed to the respective claimants aforesaid, or 
 their legal representatives, to the extent recommended by said recorder 
 of land titles and commissioners, that is, to Israel Dodge, or his legal 
 representatives, seven thousand and fifty-six arpens ; to Walker Fen- 
 wick, or his legal representatives, ten thousand arpens; and to Mackey 
 Wherry, or his legal representatives, sixteen hundred arpens. (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in case either of the claims Provision in 
 confirmed by this act, or any part thereof, has not been located or sur- case claims have 
 veyed, or cannot be located or satisfied, either for want of a specific ' 
 
 location prior to this confirmation, or because the land upon which the 
 same is located has been otherwise disposed of by the General Govern- 
 ment, it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general of the district, upon 
 proof satisfactory to him that such claim has been confirmed, and that 
 the same, in whole or in part, has not and cannot be satisfied for the 
 reasons aforesaid, or from any cause, to issue to the claimants, or their 
 legal representatives, a certificate of location for a quantity of land 
 equal to that so confirmed and unsatisfied, which certificate may be 
 located upon any of the public lands of the United States subject to sale 
 at private entry, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five 
 cents per acre : Provided, That such location shall conform to the legal 
 divisions and subdivisions as provided by law. 
 
4G- MISSOURI. 
 
 Certificate of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the register of the proper land 
 entry to issue, o ff ce> upon the location of such certificate, shall issue to the person 
 entitled thereto a certificate of entry ; upon which, if it shall appear 
 to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that 
 such certificate has been fairly obtained, a patent shall issue as in other 
 cases. (6) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 1002, 1007, 1020. 1024, 
 
 1041, 1063, 1067, 1102, 1104, 1107, 1124, 1139, 1143. 
 (6) See Nos. 957, 998, 1041, 1102, 1107. 
 
 June 22, 1860. NO. 1 1O7.-AX ACT for the final adjustment of private land claims in the States 
 VoL 12, p. 85. of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 957.] 
 
 Feb. 5, 1861. N. 1108. AX ACT for the benefit of Gabriel J. Johnston. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c. That the entry made by Gabriel J. Johnston, of 
 
 Land entry of Jefferson County, Missouri, on the second day of November, eighteen 
 stem Confirmed nun dred an( i twenty-nine, of the northeast quarter of section number 
 eleven, in township number forty-one north, of range number four 
 east, in the district of lands subject to sale at Saint Louis, Missouri, be, 
 and the same is hereby, confirmed and declared valid, notwithstanding 
 said tract of land was at the time of entry reserved from sale as min- 
 eral lands. And the Commissioner of the General Land Office is here- 
 by authorized and required to issue to said Gabriel J. Johnston a patent 
 for said tract, as in ordinary cases of the entry of public lands subject 
 to sale at private entry. 
 
 Title of the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be construed 
 68 on ' to interfere with any existing rights of third persons, but shall only 
 operate as a relinquish ment of the title of the United States. 
 
 March 2, 1861. No. 1109. AX ACT to remove the United States arsenal from the city of Saint 
 Vol. 12, p. 208. Louis, and to provide for the sale of the lands on which the same is located. 
 
 United States Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, 
 
 arsenal to be re- authorized and required to proceed at once to have the grounds now 
 
 rom St. uged for tne purposes of an arsenal, in the city of Saint Louis, laid off 
 
 Lands to be ^ n ^ blocks, according to the present plan of that portion of the city, 
 
 sold. and to have the same subdivided into lots of a convenient size, for 
 
 building purposes, and subject the western unoccupied portion of the 
 
 same to sale to the highest bidder, at public vendue, on such terms as 
 
 to him may seem most advantageous, first giving sixty days' notice by 
 
 advertisement in at least three newspapers, published in the city of 
 
 Saint Louis, of the time, place, and terms of sale, with a description of 
 
 Proceeds, how the property to be sold ; the proceeds of such sale to be applied to the 
 
 applied. erection at Jefferson Barracks, in the State of Missouri, of suitable 
 
 buildings for containing all the tools, implements, machinery, arms, 
 
 and materials now at said Saint Louis arsenal. 
 
 Arsenal, &c., SEC. 2. And- be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and 
 to be transferred hereby is, authorized, as soon as the buildings above provided for shall 
 to Jefferson Bar- be in Tea ai ne8 s for that purpose, to cause the business heretofore carried 
 on at said Saint Louis arsenal to be transferred to the military reserva- 
 tion known as "Jefferson Barracks," in the county of Saint Louis, and 
 State of Missouri, and also to cause all the tools, implements, machinery, 
 arms, and materials now at said arsenal to be removed to said reserva- 
 tion. 
 
 Residue of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, as soon as possible after the 
 lands in St. Louis removal of the arsenal from Saint Louis to Jefferson Barracks, the Sec- 
 retary of War shall sell, in the manner directed in the first section of 
 this act, all the residue of the grounds attached to the said Saint Louis 
 arsenal, and the buildings thereupon ; the proceeds of such sale shall 
 be paid into the United States Treasury, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1128, 1129. 
 
MISSOURI. 463 
 
 JVo. 1.1 10. AN ACT legalizing certain entries of lands on Leavenworth Island, March 2, 1861. 
 in the State of Missouri. Yol. 12, p. 209. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all preemption entries heretofore made in good Certain entries 
 faith at the laud office at Kickapoo, in the Delaware land district, Kan- of land in Mis- 
 sas Territory, of lauds embraced within the island opposite Leaven worth ^jn 
 City, known as Leavenworth Island, in the State of Missouri, be, and 
 the' same are hereby, declared valid, in the same manner as if made in 
 the proper land district of the State of Missouri : Provided, Such entries 
 shall be found by the Secretary of the Interior, in all other respects, to 
 be in accordance with the preemption law. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1115, 1120, 1121, 
 1135. 
 
 IVo. 1111. JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to certain railroads in the State of March 6, 1862. 
 
 Missouri. Vol. 12, p. 614. 
 
 Whereas by the fourth section of an act of Congress entitled "An act Pay to certain 
 
 granting the right of way to the State of Missouri, and a portion of the railroads in Mis- 
 
 ublic lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads in sai 
 
 State," approved June the tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, it ist ro0 p S) > 
 provided as follows : " That the said lands, hereby granted to the said 
 State, shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the 
 purposes aforesaid and no other ; and the said railroads shall be and 
 remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United 
 States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any 
 property or troops of the United States ; " and whereas the said grant 
 of lands has, by virtue of said act, and of an act of the legislature of 
 the State of Missouri, been applied in the construction of the Hannibal 
 and Saint Joseph Railroad, constructed and owned by the Hannibal and 
 Saint Joseph Railroad Company, and the Pacific Railroad by the Pacific 
 Railroad Company, which last-mentioned road is finished and running 
 from Sb. Louis to Rolla; and whereas the ability of said railroad com- 
 panies to transport the property and troops of the-United States over 
 their respective railroads has been greatly impaired by the destruction 
 of bridges, depots, and other property of said companies, and the partial 
 destruction of said roads, and in view of the pressing public necessities, 
 the United States, not waiving the right to have their property and 
 troops transported free from toll or other charge by said railroads, as 
 contemplated by the reservation aforesaid, have resolved as follows : 
 Therefore be it 
 
 Resolved, #c., That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make 
 such an adjustment with the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Com- 
 pany and the Pacific Railroad Company, for the transportation, past 
 and prospective, of the property and trbops of the United States, over 
 said railroads during the existence of this rebellion, as in view of the 
 public exigency may be just and reasonable, and liquidate the same: p ay not to ex- 
 Provided, however, That the sums paid to said companies shall be as ceed, &c. 
 near as may be the cost of transporting such property and troops, 
 and not exceeding the prices fixed by the War Department on the 
 twelfth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty- one, for transporta- 
 tion by railroads, which adjustment and liquidation shall preclude any 
 further claim on behalf of such companies against the Government 
 for compensation or damages previously accrued, or for the military 
 occupation of the said roads by the United States Government up to Part may be 
 the time of the passage of this act : And provided further, That the withheld. 
 Secretary of War may, in his discretion, withhold from time to time 
 such portion of the moneys which may be due to either of said railroad 
 companies, to indemnify the Government against any failure of such 
 company to promptly transport such troops and supplies ; but nothing 
 herein shall be so construed as to prevent the Secretary of War from Railroads may 
 taking possession of said railroads and their appurtenances, and apply- g?^J en P saes ' 
 ing the same to the exclusive use of the Government whenever, in his 
 judgment, the public interests may require it, without, in such case, 
 compensation to said companies, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 1152. 
 
464 MISSOURI. 
 
 June 5, 1862. No. 1 112. AN ACT supplemental to "An act granting the right of way to the 
 Vol. 12, p. 422. State of Missouri, and a portion of the public lands to aid in the construction of 
 certain railroads in said State," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 two. 
 
 Time for com- Be it enacted. $c., That the time required by the act to which this is sup- 
 
 extl 1 nded for r tenP lementa !' for tne com P letion of the road therein described, " from the 
 
 years. c i* v f Saint Louis to such point on the western boundary of said State 
 
 as may be designated by the authority of said State," as well as the 
 
 time of reversion to the United States of the lands thereby granted to 
 
 the State of Missouri for the use of said road, is hereby extended for 
 
 ten years from the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two : 
 
 If not com- Provided, That in case said company fail to complete said road within 
 
 pleted within the time as thus extended, the said lands shall then revert to the United 
 
 ^ 68 '^) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 
 July 1, 1862. No. 1113 AN ACT to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph linefrom 
 Vol. 12, p. 489. the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use 
 of the same for postal, military, and other purposes. 
 
 [See NEBRASKA, No. 2092.] 
 
 June 15, 1864. No. Ill 4. AX ACT concerning certain school lands in township forty-five north r 
 Vol. 13, p. 132. range seven east, in the State of Missouri. 
 
 Certain school # it enacted, #c., That all of the right, title, and interest of the United 
 lands granted to States in and to all of the lots, tracts, pieces, and parcels of land within 
 Missouri. the Grand Prairie common-field, in township forty-five north of the 
 
 base line, in range seven east of the fifth principal meridian line in 
 the State of Missouri, which have not heretofore been disposed of by 
 the United States, shall be, and the same are hereby, granted, relin- 
 quished, and conveyed by the United States, in fee-simple and in full 
 property, to the State of Missouri, for the support of schools in said 
 township: Provided, That nothing in this act shall in any manner 
 abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any adverse right, title, or 
 Adverse rights interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part of the 
 not affected. aforesaid lots, tracts, pieces, or parcels of land which are granted, re- 
 linquished, or conveyed by this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 972, 988, 989, 995, 1013, 1016, 1093, 1142, 1145. 
 
 June 20, 1864. No. 1115. AN ACT to confirm certain entries of land in the State of Missouri. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That all entries heretofore made under the gradua- 
 Certain entries tion act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, in township 
 souri confirmed fortv - nve north, of range nine west, south of Missouri River, in thedis- 
 ' trict of land subject to sale at St. Louis, Missouri, shall be, and are 
 hereby, confirmed : Provided, however, That this act shall not extend to 
 any entry of land aforesaid upon which there was an actual settler 
 other than the purchaser at the date of such entry, and that it shall 
 first be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that 
 the entry has been made in good faith, and is founded upon actual set- 
 tlement and cultivation, or is for the use of an ad joining! arm : Provided, 
 further, That the lands shall be paid for in money, or in laud warrants f 
 to the amount of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020. 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1120, 1121, 
 1135. 
 
 June 30, 1864. No. 1116. AN ACT concerning certain locations of lands in the State of Missouri. 
 Tol. 13, p. 581. That all of the rjght, title, and interest of the United 
 
 th T l[f M^d^tat * States .in and to all of the lands within the respective boundaries of the 
 
 u^certaki lands following-described locations in township forty-five north, of the base 
 
 in Missouri line, in range seven east, of the fifth principal meridian line, in the 
 
 granted to State of Missouri, made by virtue of certificates issued under the act of 
 
 Congress, approved February the seventeenth, eighteen hundred and 
 
 fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late 
 
MISSOURI. 465 
 
 county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earth- 
 quakes," shall be, and the same are hereby, granted, relinquished, and 
 conveyed by the United States, in fee-simple and in full property, to 
 the following-mentioned persons, respectively, or their respective legal 
 representatives, in whose names said locations were severally made, to 
 wit : Location under certificate number one hundred and sixty -one, be- 
 ing survey number two thousand five hundred, in the name of Joseph Joseph Hunot. 
 Hunot, or his legal representatives ; location under certificate number 
 three hundred and forty-eight, being survey number two thousand 
 seven hundred and twelve, in the name of James Conway, or his repre- James Conway. 
 sentatives; location under certificate number one hundred and fifty- 
 nine, being survey number two thousand four hundred and ninety-one, 
 in the name of J. Smith, or his legal representatives ; location under j. Smith. 
 certificate number one hundred and forty-five, being survey number 
 two thousand four hundred and ninety -nine, in the name of Martin Martin Coontz. 
 Coontz, or his legal representatives ; location under certificate number 
 nineteen, being survey number two thousand six hundred and ninety- 
 two in the name of Joseph Genereux, or his representatives ; location J^ph 
 under certificate number sixteen, being survey number two thousand er 
 six hundred and twenty, in the name of Francis Delisle, or his legal Francis Delisle. 
 representatives ; and location under certificate number one hundred 
 and sixty-four, being survey number two thousand five hundred and 
 forty-one, in the name of John Brooks, or his legal representatives : J p j h t n ^. Broo h is ' 
 Provided, however, That nothing contained in the foregoing provisions to f ore conveyed 
 of this act shall, directly or indirectly, comprehend, include, extend to, granted hereby. 
 grant, relinquish, or convey, the whole or any part of any lot, tract, 
 piece or parcel of land in said township which has heretofore been con- ^ ^ t]lil . d 
 firmed and surveyed by the United States to any person or persons, orp er g n8 not a f_ 
 to the legal representatives of any person or persons : And provided, fur- fected hereby. 
 ther, That nothing in this act shall in any manner abridge, divest, im- 
 pair, injure, or prejudice, any adverse right, title, or interest of any 
 person or persons in or to any portion or part of the aforesaid lots, tracts, 
 pieces, or parcels of land which are granted, relinquished, or conveyed 
 by this act. 
 
 No. 11 17. AN ACT quieting doubts in relation to the validity of certain locations March 21, 1866. 
 of lands in the State of Missouri, made by virtue of certificates issued under the Vol. 14, p. 12. 
 act of Congress of February the seventeenth eighteen hundred and fifteen. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That all locations of lands in the State of Missouri, . Certain 1 oca- 
 purporting to have been made by virtue of certificates issued under the S?aa ^ made 
 act of Congress, approved February the seventeenth, eighteen hundred Ya i i( j. 
 and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late 
 county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earth- 
 quakes," which are invalid in consequence of having been made or lo- 
 cated after the expiration of the time specified by law for making said 
 locations, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, as valid, 
 and as binding, as if the said locations had been made and fully com- 
 pleted within the time prescribed by law, provided said locations shall 
 be according to law in all other respects ; but the foregoing provisions 
 of this section shall not apply to, comprehend, include, or extend to any 
 land within township forty-five, north of the base line, in range seven, 
 east of the fifth principal meridian line in said State of Missouri. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States do hereby Eight of the 
 grant, relinquish, and convey, in fee-simple, and in full property, to United States in 
 James Y. O'Carroll, or his legal representatives, all of- the right, title, ^T to D James 
 and interest of the United States in and to all of the land within sur- Y.' O'Carroll, &o. 
 vey number two thousand four hundred and ninety-eight, in township 
 forty-five, north of the base line in range seven east of the fifth princi- 
 pal meridian line, in the State of Missouri, being the same land that 
 was located by virtue of certificate number one hundred and fifty, is- 
 sued to the said James Y. O'Carroll, or his legal representatives, under 
 the act of Congress approved February the seventeenth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of 
 the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered 
 by earthquakes": Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall Provisos, 
 grant, relinquish, or convey the whole or any part of any lot, tract, 
 piece, or parcel of land in said township, which has been heretofore 
 confirmed by tlie Uniied States to any person or persons, or to the legal 
 representatives of any person or persons : And provided further, That 
 
 30 L O YOL II 
 
466 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 nothing in this act shall be so construed as to invalidate or impair any 
 patent heretofore issued by the United States, or shall in any manner 
 abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any valid adverse right, 
 title, or interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part 
 of the aforesaid land which is granted, relinquished, and conveyed by 
 this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 977, 985, 992, 1004, 1017. 
 
 April 12, 1866. IVo. 11 18. AN ACT to confirm unto Augustin Amiot, his legal assigns and repre- 
 Vol. 14, p. 580. sentatives, a certain lot of ground in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas, under the act of Congress approved June twenty-second, 
 
 eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled "An act for the final adjustment 
 of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, 
 and for other purposes," the recorder of land titles for the city of Saint 
 Louis, for the State of Missouri, has reported to the Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office that there ought to be confirmed to Augustin 
 Amiot, or to his legal representatives, under class one, under the third 
 pectiou of the act aforesaid, the lot of ground in the town of Saint 
 Louis, Missouri, described as follows: commencing at the northwest 
 corner of the lot in block number forty-six, being the northwest corner 
 of the block at the intersection cf Sycamore and Second streets; thence 
 south fifty-eight degrees forty-one minutes east, along the south edge 
 of Sycamore street to the northern boundary of the lot one hundred and 
 sixty feet five inches, the northeast corner of the lot at the south edge 
 of Sycamore street; thence south thirty degrees thirty minutes west, 
 along the eastern boundary of the lot, one hundred and twenty-eight 
 feet four inches, the southeast corner of the lot ; thence north fifty- 
 eight degrees forty-one minutes west, along the southern boundary of 
 the lot, one hundred and sixty feet five inches, the southwest corner of 
 the lot at the east edge of Second street ; thence north thirty degrees 
 thirty minutes east, along the east edge of Second street to the western 
 boundary of the lot, one hundred and twenty-eight feet four inches, 
 the beginning northwest corner of the lot, the said lot of ground being 
 one hundred and twenty by one hundred and fifty French feet ; and 
 whereas the Commissioner of the General Land Office has approved the 
 report of the said recorder of land titles, and has reported the same to 
 Congress for its action ; Therefore 
 
 Lot inSt Louis Be it enacted, #c., That the said lot of ground in the city of Saint 
 confirmed to Au- Louis, Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed unto the said 
 Augastiu Amiot, his legal assigns and representatives, and that all the 
 right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the same be, and 
 the same is hereby, granted and confirmed unto the said Augustin 
 Amiot, his legal assigns and representatives. 
 
 June 12, 1866. Xo. 1119. AN ACT authorizing documentary evidence of titles to be furnished 
 Vol. 14, p. 62. to the owners of certain lands in the city of St. Louis. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas within the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, there 
 
 are many lots, tracts, pieces, and parcels of land which were confirmed 
 by the act of Congress of June the thirteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 twelve, on the ground of inhabitation, possession, or cultivation of the 
 same prior to December the twentieth, eighteen hundred and three, 
 and in some cases there is no adequate documentary evidence of said 
 confirmations; and in consequence of the death of the ancient witnesses, 
 who knew the facts of said inhabitation, possession, or cultivation, the 
 owners of said lands, in said cases where there is no adequate docu- 
 mentary evidence of said confirmations, arc without complete evidence 
 of title to the same, as against the United States ; and whereas persons 
 holding grants and confirmations of lands in said city of Saint Louis, 
 under other acts of Congress heretofore passed, may, in some cases, be 
 without perfect documentary evidence of said grants or confirmations 
 by the United States, and difficulties may hereafter arise therefrom, to 
 the great injury of such persons : therefore 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the district court of the United States for the 
 
 District court 
 may decree the 
 title of 
 ted States in cer 
 
 the Uni- eastern district of Missouri is hereby authorized, by proper decree, to 
 es in cer- declare released, granted, relinquished, and conveyed by the United 
 
MISSOURI. 467 
 
 Soates, in fee-simple and in full property, all of the right, title, and in- tain lots in St. 
 terest of the United States in and to any lot, tract, piece or parcel of ^^J^JJl p t ^ 
 land within the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, to the best claim 
 person or persons having the best claim or claims to the same ; but certain prop- 
 nothing in this act shall authorize said court to declare released, erty not to be re- 
 granted, relinquished, and conveyed, as aforesaid, any land within any leased. 
 wharf, street, lane, avenue, alley, or other public thoroughfare, or 
 within the boundaries of any land which has been heretofore granted 
 or assigned by the United States for the use or support of schools, or Not where full 
 within the boundaries of any land heretofore lawfully confirmed or documentary ev- 
 lawfully granted by the United States, where full, sufficient, and com- idence exists, 
 plete documentary evidence of such confirmation or grant now exists 
 of record. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person desiring a decree Proceedings to 
 in his or her favor, under this act, shall tile a petition in said district obtain a decree, 
 court, asking for such decree, and describing the land for which said de- 
 cree is desired ; and the United States and all persons claiming such 
 land adversely to said petitioner (if there be any such adverse claimants) 
 shall be made defendants in said cause ; and if any party to any such wh to be 
 cause shall be a minor under the age of twenty-one years, a guardian ad made defendants, 
 litem shall be appointed by said court for said minor ; and said district Minors, 
 court shall have full and complete power, jurisdiction, and authority to districtcom-t 
 hear, try, and determine all questions arising in said cause relating to 
 the claim of the petitioner, the extent, locality, and boundaries of said 
 claim, and all other matters connected therewith or concerning the 
 same ; and said district court shall also have power to make, prescribe, 
 .and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper 
 to carry this act into full and complete execution. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a copy of every petition which United States 
 shall be filed under this act, and a copy of the writ or process thereto mad e a party by 
 attached, shall be delivered to the district attorney of the United States of petition C an"a" 
 for said eastern district of Missouri, by the United States marshal for process thereon 
 said district, which said delivery shall make the United States a party to, &c. 
 to the cause specified in such petition, without any other or further 
 proceedings, notice, service, writ or process whatever ; and said district Defense, an- 
 attorney shall make such defence therein for the United States as in his swer, pleadings. 
 opinion the public interest may require; but no answer or other plead- 
 ings filed by said attorney in such cause shall be required to be verified 
 by oath or affirmation. 
 
 " SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of more com- Surveys, &c., 
 pletely describing, identifying, and defining the boundaries, situation, to be made of 
 and locality of any lot, tract, piece or parcel of land sought to be re- ^ released at 
 leased, granted, relinquished and conveyed under this act, the said dis- expense of peti- 
 trict court shall have power to cause an accurate survey, plat, and de- tioner. 
 scription thereof to be made by a competent person at the expense of Costs of suits. 
 the petitioner ; and all of the expenses and costs of all suits and other 
 proceedings under this act shall be paid by the respective petitioners, 
 and the payment thereof may be enforced by execution or otherwise. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every decree which shall be Effect of de- 
 rendered under this act in favor of any petitioner shall be deemed a cree> 
 full, sufficient, and complete release, grant, relinquishment, and con- 
 veyance, in fee-simple and in full property, to such petitioner, and to his 
 or her heirs and assigns, forever, of all the right, title, and interest of 
 the United States in and to the land described in such decree. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That whenever said district court or Transcript of 
 the circuit court shall render a final decree under this act, concern ing ? oa \ ) e eC 8 ent & to 
 any lot, tract, piece or parcel of land, such court shall cause to be trans- commissioner of 
 mitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office a full, true, and General Land Of- 
 complete transcript of said final decree, and of the description or sur- flee, 
 vey of said land. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That any party to any final decree Appeal to cir- 
 rendered by said district court in any suit or cause commenced under cui t court within 
 this act may appeal from said final decree of said district court to the one year ' 
 circuit court of the United States for the district of Missouri, at any 
 time within one year from the time of the rendition of said final decree, 
 and not after that time ; and on the granting of said appeal, a full, 
 true, and complete transcript of said final decree, and of the petition, Transcript of 
 and all other pleadings and proceedings in said cause, and of the evi- pe lon ' &c - 
 dence therein, shall be transmitted to said circuit court. And when 
 said appeal shall have been completed, said circuit court shall have full 
 
468 MISSOURI. 
 
 Jurisdiction of and complete jurisdiction over said cause, and may allow the pleadings 
 circuit court. ^ o ^ e amended if necessary, and may admit new parties if necessary, 
 Xew-'partiea. * n< i sna ^ bear, try, and determine said cause do novo, without regard- 
 ing any error, defect, or other imperfection in the proceedings of said 
 Decree district court, and shall render such final decree therein as the facts 
 
 and the justice of said cause may require. 
 
 Question may SEC. 8. And be It further enacted, That in case of any difference of 
 be certified to Su- opinion between the judges of the said circuit court upon any question 
 United S ia'tea a " 8 i n S i Q any such cause, the same maybe certified to the Supreme 
 when &.c ' Court of the United States, for its decision thereon as in other cases, (a) 
 Title o'f the SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all of the right, title, and in- 
 United States in terest of the United States in and to all of the wharves, streets, lanes, 
 &ciL e st Louis! avenues, alleys, and other public thoroughfares which are situate, 
 conveyed to the lying, and being within the corporate limits of the city of St. Louis, in 
 city. the State of Missouri, shall be, and the same are hereby, granted, re- 
 
 linquished, and conveyed by the United States, in fee-simple and in 
 full property, to the said city of St. Louis, and to the successors and 
 Proviso. assigns forever of said city : Provided, however, That no individual 
 
 rights or titles acquired previously hereto shall be in any manner im- 
 paired or prejudiced hereby. 
 (a) See Nos. 972, 999, 1016, 1143. 
 
 July 4. 1866. No. 1120 AX ACT making a grant of lands in alternate sections to aid in the con- 
 Vol. 14, p. 83. strur.tion and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the 
 State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas. 
 
 Lands granted Be it enacted, <f-c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State 
 to Missouri for o f Missouri, for the purpose of aiding in the construction and extension 
 Mountain Rail 1 . of the I . ron Mountain Railroad, from it present terminus at Pilot Knob 
 road. to a point on the southern boundary line of the State of Missouri, every 
 
 Alternate sec- alternate section of laud, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections 
 tions - in width on each side of said road ; but in case it shall appear when the 
 
 route of said road is definitely fixed that the United States have sold 
 If any of the any sections or parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of 
 b^ore haV< ranted P re ' em ptin has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any 
 or OI pre-empted, agent or agents to be appointed by the governor of said State to select, 
 other lands to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands 
 selected in lieu o f the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified so 
 much land in sections or parts of sections, to be selected as aforesaid, as 
 shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise 
 appropriated or to which the rights of pre-emption have attached, which 
 lands thus selec ted shall be held by the State of Missouri for the use and 
 purposes aforesaid, and for none other : Provided, That the lands so loca- 
 Lands to be in ted shall be within the Ironton land district as now established and not 
 Skt^andwithS more than * went y miles from the line of said road : And provided, further, 
 twenty miles of That all mineral lands except those containing coal and iron, and any 
 the ruad. lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress 
 
 Mineral lands, or i n anv other manner by competent authority for the purpose of aiding 
 " 1 * n an ^ object f internal improvement, or for any other purpose what- 
 ever, be, and the same are, reserved to the United States from the opera- 
 tion of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate 
 Right of way the routes of said railroad through the same, in which case the right of 
 way only shall be granted , subject to the approval of the President of 
 the United States. 
 
 Lands granted SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, granted to 
 extension^o^ra^ *^ e State of Arkansas, for the purpose of aiding in the construction and 
 road to Helena, extension of a railroad from the point where the Iron Mountain Rail- 
 road intersects the southern boundary line of Missouri, by the nearest 
 and most practicable route, to a point at or near the town of Helena, on 
 Alternate sec- the Mississippi River, every alternate section of land, designated by odd 
 numbers, for ten sections in width on each side of said road ; but in 
 case it shall appear, when the line of said road is definitely fixed, that 
 the United States have sold any sections or parts thereof, granted as 
 aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, then 
 it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the gov- 
 ernor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
 Lands may be the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of 
 selected in lieu of sections above specified so much laud, in alternate sections, designated 
 granted &c ^ as aforesaid, as shall be tqual to such lands as the United States have 
 sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption 
 
MISSOURI. 469 
 
 have attached, which lands thus selected shall he held by the State of 
 Arkansas for the use and purposes aforesaid, and for none other : Pro- 
 vided, That the land so selected and located shall in no case be further 
 than twenty miles from the line of road when the same shall be located : t JJ:? f be ?P tnin . 
 And provided further, That all mineral lands, except those containing railroad mi 
 ooal and iron, and any lands heretofore reserved to the United States Mineral lands, 
 by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, except coal and 
 for -the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for iron ' reserved - 
 any other purpose whatever, be, and the same are, reserved to the United 
 States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found 
 necessary to locate the routes of said railway through the same, in which Eight of way. 
 case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of 
 the President of the United States, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- Sections of land 
 tions of land which shall remain to the United States within ten miles remaining to the 
 oa either side of said road, and the even sections and parts of sections ^^^f^/ 68 , 110 * 
 corresponding to the odd ones selected within twenty miles of the same, than double^min^ 
 shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public imum price, 
 lands when sold, nor shall any of the said lands become subject to pri- To ^ e first f- 
 vate entry until the same shall have been first offered at public sale to J^ at public 
 the highest bidder at or above 1 he minimum price as aforesaid: Pro- 
 vided, That actual bona-fide settlers under the pre-emption laws of the Bo^^-fide set- 
 United States may, after the proof of settlement, improvement, andeSion laws 5 
 occupation, as now.provided bylaw, purchase the same at the increased 
 minimum price; And provided, also, That settlers under the provisions Settlers under 
 of the homestead law, who comply with the terms and requirements of homestead law. 
 this [said] act, shall be entitled to patents for an amount not exceeding 
 eighty acres each, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstand- 
 ing. (6) 
 
 SEC. 4. Andbe it further enacted, That the said railroads shall be, and These railroads 
 remain, public highways, so far as the same may be constructed under to be public high- 
 this act, for the use of the Government of the United States, free of all waj \ an r * re ? 
 toll or other charges upon the transportation of any property or troops states! 6 
 of the United States, and at the costs in all respe'cts of said railroad TO be built in 
 companies ; and the said roads are hereby required to be constructed flve years. 
 within the term of five years from and after the first day of July, anno 
 Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 
 
 SEC. 5. And lie it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lauds hereby 
 said States of Missouri and Arkansas shall be disposed of by said States granted, how to 
 for the purposes aforesaid only, and in manner following, namely : When- " e d^P 08611 of - 
 ever the governor of either of said States shall certify to the Secretary W hen the gov- 
 of the Interior that any section of ten consecutive miles of eit her of said ernor shall cer- 
 roads is completed in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, as tif .v thatasection 
 a first-class railroad, and the said Secretary shall be satisfied that said J? te ", co . nsecu - 
 State has complied in good faith with this requirement, the said Se ere- pfete &c 8 
 tary of the Interior shall issue to the said State patents for all the lands 
 granted and selected as aforesaid, not exceeding ten sections per mile, 
 situated opposite to and within a limit of twenty miles of the line of 
 said section of road thus completed, extending along the whole length 
 of said completed section of ten miles of road, and no further. And 
 when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the 
 Interior, and the Secretary shall be satisfied that another section of said That another 
 road, ten consecutive miles in extent, connecting with the preceding section of ten 
 section or with some other first-class railroad which maybe at the time JLjiV&c utive 
 in successful operation, is completed as aforesaid, the said Secretary of 
 the Interior shall issue to the said State patents for all the lands granted 
 and situated opposite to and within the limits of twenty miles of the When thegov- 
 line of said completed section of road or roads, and extending the length ernor shall certi- 
 of said section, and no further, and not exceeding ten sections of land^ns^reooS 
 per mile for all that part of said road thus completed under the provis- pleted. 
 ions of this act and the act to which this is an amendment, and so, from 
 time to time, until said roads and branches are completed. And when 
 the governor of said State shall so certify, and the Secretary of the Iiite- 
 rior shall be satisfied that the whole of any one of said roads and That whole road 
 branches is completed in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, is completed. 
 &s a first-class railroad, the said Secretary of the Interior shall issue to 
 the said State patents to all the remaining lands granted for and on 
 account of said completed road and branches in this act, situated within 
 the said limits of twenty miles from the line thereof, throughout the 
 entire length of said road and branches : Provided, That no land shall 
 
470 MISSOURI. 
 
 Lands not to be granted or conveyed to said States under the provisions of this act 
 be granted on on accO unt of the construction of any railroad or part thereof that has 
 con8tract?on of l)een constructed under the provisions of any other act at the date of 
 certain railroads, the passage of this act, and adopted as a part of the line of railroad 
 provided for in this act : And provided, That nothing herein contained 
 Vested rights shall interfere with any existing rights acquired under any law of Con- 
 not affected, gress heretofore enacted making grants of land to the said States of 
 Missouri and Arkansas to aid in the construction of railroads: And pro- 
 Lands when to vided further, That should said States or either of them fail to complete 
 revert to the the roads herein recited within the time prescribed by this act, then the 
 United States. i an d 8 undisposed of, as aforesaid, within the States so failing shall revert 
 
 to the United States. 
 
 When maps are SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the governor of either 
 filed, lands to be of said States shall file or cause to be filed with the Secretary of the 
 withdrawn from interior maps designating the routes of said roads herein mentioned, 
 then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 
 from market the lands embraced within the provisions of this act. (a) 
 Arkansas to SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act 
 have no title to or shall be held as vesting in the State of Arkansas title to the lands herein 
 power over the re cited for the trust purpose aforesaid, or authorizing said State to make 
 u^/ restored to an y disposition of the same, until said S tate shall be restored in all re- 
 former relations, spects to its former relation to the national Government and be repre- 
 sented in the Congress of the United States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 
 1152. 
 (&) SeeXos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1121, 
 
 1135. 
 
 July 27, 1866. Ho. 1121. AN ACT granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and 
 Vol. 14, p. 292. telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast. 
 
 Atlantic and Be it enacted, $*c., That John B. Brown, Anson P. Morrill, Samuel F. 
 Pacific Railroad Hersev, William G. Crosby, Samuel E. Spring, Samuel P. Dinsmore, of 
 SS ny uicor ' Maine; N. S. Upham, Frederick Smyrh, Onslow Stearns, S. G. Griffin, 
 Corporators. William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire; T. W. P:irke, H. H. Baxter, 
 John Gregory Smith, A. P. Lymab, of Vermont ; Walter S. Burges, 
 William S. Slater, Stephen Harris, Thomas P. Shepard, of Rhode Island; 
 William Merritt, Alexander H. Bullock, George L. Stearns, Genery 
 Twitchell, Charles H. Warren, Chester W. Chapin, of Massachusetts; 
 John Boyd, Robert C. Wetmore, John T. Wait, Cyrus Northrop, of Con- 
 necticut ; Solon Humphreys, J. Bigler, Homer Ramsdell, Isaac H. Knox, 
 John A. C. Gray, Daniel L. Ross, A. V. Stout, M. K. Jessnp, R. E. Fentoii, 
 E. L. Fancher, J. C. Fremont, James Hoy. Jesse M. Bolles, Edward Gil- 
 bert, James P. Robinson, Oliver C. Billings, of New York ; Charles 
 Bachelor, John Edgar Thompson, Morton McMichael, T. Haskins Dn 
 Puy, Thomas A. Scott, Charles Rickettson, William Lyon, George W. 
 Cass, Levi Parsons, of Pennsylvania; Charles Knap, J. L. N. Stratton, 
 James B. Dayton, Robert F. Stockton, Alexander G. Cattell, A. W. Mark- 
 ley, of New Jersey; John W. Garrett, Charles J. M. Gwinn, Robert 
 Fowler, Jacob Tome, Thomas M. Lanahan, of Maryland; Charles J. 
 Dupont, Henry Ridgley, Andrew C. Gray,Nu.r. Smythers, of Delaware; 
 Bellamy Storer, George B. Senter, William Baker, Samuel Galloway, 
 David Tod, Charles Anderson, Bird B. Chapman, Edward Sturgis, Israel 
 Dille, of Ohio ; Edwin Peck, William D. Griswold, James P. Luse, Sam- 
 uel E. Perkins, Conrad Baker, of Indiana; Richard J. Oglesby, N. B. 
 Judd, Samuel A. Buckmaster, D. L. Phillips, L. P. Sanger, of Illinois; 
 Eber B. Ward, Omar D. Conger, Nathaniel W. Brooks, Alexander H. 
 Morrison, of Michigan ; Z. G. Simmons, Alexander Mitchell, J. J. Will- 
 iams, G. A. Thompson, J. J. R. Pease, John H. Hersey, of Wisconsin ; 
 Henry A. Smith, Sherman Finch, William Mitchell, R. F.Crowell, L. F. 
 Hubbard. E. F. Drake, of Minnesota; Lyman Cook, Platt Smith, Jacob 
 Butler, Henry I. Rtid, Hoyt Shtrrnau, of Iowa ; William G. Brownlow, 
 of Tennessee; Thomas C. Fletcher, B. R. Bonner, John M. Richardson, 
 Emil Pretorious, E. W. Fox, R. J. McElheny, Charles H. Rowland, Madi- 
 son Miller, George W. Fishback, T. J. Hubbard, George Knapp, Charles 
 K. Dicksoii, A. G. Braun, G. L. Hewitt, P. A. Thompson, James W. 
 Thomas, Charles E. Moss, Edward Walsh, A. R. Easton, Truman J. Hor- 
 ner, J. B. Eads, D. R. Garrison, W. A. Kayser, George P. Robinson, of 
 Missouri ; Thomas E. Bramlette, Benjamin Gratz, C. E. Warren, Lazarus 
 W. Powell, John Mason Brown, Joshua Speed, of Kentucky; Solon 
 
MISSOURI. 471 
 
 Thatcher, Jacob Stotter, William B. Edwards, James G. Blunt, Robert 
 McBratney, of Kansas ; Harrison Hagaus, James Cook, Robert Crangle, 
 Benjamin H. Smith, of West Virginia ; Lorenzo Sherwood, A. J. Hamil- 
 ton, of Texas ; William Gilpin, Henry C. Leach, of Colorado ; Phinneas 
 Banning, Timothy G. Phelps, William B. Carr, Edward F. Beale, Fred. 
 F. Lowe, Benj. B. Redding, B. W. Hathaway, Leonidas Haskell, Fred- 
 erick Billings, of California; W. S. Ladd, J. R. Moores, Walter Mon- 
 teith, John Kelly, B. F. Dowell, of Oregon ; James L. Johnson, Henry 
 Connelly, Franciscus Perea, of New Mexico ; J. H. Mills, A. P. K. Saf- 
 ford, E. S. Davis, of Nevada; King S. Woolsey, William H. Hardy, Coles 
 Bashford, of Arizona; Henry D. Cooke,of the District of Columbia; and 
 all such other persons who shall or may be associated with them, and 
 their successors, are hereby created and erected into a body corporate 
 and politic, in deed and in^aw, by the name, style, and title of the "At- Name of cor- 
 lantic and Pacific Railroad Company," and by that name shall have poration, &c. 
 perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be 
 impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity 
 within the United States, and may make and have a common seal. Seal. 
 And said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to layout, Corporation 
 locate, and construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy, a continuous rail- mav locate and 
 road and telegraph line, with the appurtenances, namely : Beginning road and tele- 
 at or near the town of Springfield, in the State of Missouri, thence to graph line, 
 the western boundary line of said State, and thence by the most eligible Termini and 
 railroad route as shall be determined by said company to a point on the route - 
 Canadian River, thence to the town of Albuquerque, on the river Del 
 Norte, and thence, by way of the Agua Frio, or other suitable pass, to 
 the headwaters of the Colorado Chiquito, and thence, along the thirty- 
 fifth parallel of latitude, as near as may be found most suitable for a 
 railway route, to the Colorado River, at such point as may be deselected 
 by said company for crossing ; thence by the most practicable and eligi- 
 ble route, to the Pacific. The said company shall have the right to con- Branch e a s t - 
 struct a branch from the point at which the road strikes the Canadian wardly to near 
 River eastwardlv, along the most suitable route as selected/to a point ^ an Buren . Ar- 
 in the western boundary line of Arkansas, at or near the town of Van 
 Bureii. And the said company is hereby vested with all the powers, Powers an d 
 privileges, and immunities necessary to carry into effect the purposes of privileges, 
 this act, as herein set forth. The capital stock of said company shall Ca P ito1 stock, 
 consist of one million shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall 
 in all respects be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable 
 in such manner as the laws of said corporation shall provide. The per- Persons before 
 sons hereinbefore named are hereby appointed commissioners, and shall P ame . d appointed 
 be called the board of commissioners of the "Atlantic and Pacific Rail- S ers ' 
 road Company," and fifteen shall constitute a quorum for the transac- 
 tion of business. The first meeting of said board of commissioners shall FS^meeting 
 be held at the Turner hall, in the city of Saint Louis, on the first day of of commission- 
 October, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, or at such time ers. 
 within three months thereafter as any ten commissioners herein named 
 from Missouri shall appoint, notice of which shall be given by them to 
 the other commissioners by publishing said notice in at least one daily Notice, 
 newspaper in the cities of Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, 
 Memphis, and Nashville, once a week for at least four weeks previous 
 to the day of meeting. Said board shall organize by the choice from its Organiz a t i o n 
 number of a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, and they officers. 8 
 shall require from said treasurer such bonds as may be deemed proper, Treasurer to 
 and may from time to time increase the amount thereof, as they may give bonds, 
 deem proper. The secretary shall be sworn to the faithful performance Secretary to be 
 of his duties, and such oath shall be entered upon the records of the 8T oTher meet- 
 company, signed by him, and the oath verified thereon. The president i n <r s ,how called, 
 and secretary of said boards shall, in like manner, call all other meet- Commissioner's 
 ings, naming the time and place thereof. It shall be the duty of said to open books for 
 board of commissioners to open books, or cause books to be opened, JjJJJ5? np 
 at such times and in such principal cities or other places in the United 
 States as they or a quorum of them shall determine, within twelve 
 months after the passage of this act, to receive subscriptions to the capi- 
 tal stock of said corporation, and a cash payment of ten per centum on 
 all subscriptions, and to receipt therefor. So soon as ten thousand When ami how 
 shares shall in good faith be subscribed for, and ten dollars per share firs iiu-oting of 
 actually paid into the treasury of the company, the said president and stock^ be called! 
 secretary of said board of commissioners shall appoint a time and place 
 for the first meeting of the subscribers to the stock of said company, 
 
472 MISSOURI. 
 
 and shall give notice thereof in at least one newspaper in each State in 
 which subscription books have been opened, at least fifteen days pre- 
 vious to the day of meeting, and such subscribers as shall attend the 
 meeting so called, either in person or by lawful proxy, then and there 
 Directors. shall elect, by ballot, thirteen directors for said corporation ; and in 
 Each share to such election each share of aid capital stock shall entitle the owner 
 have a vote. thereof to one vote. The president and secretary of the board of com- 
 missioners, and in case of their absence or inability any two of the offi- 
 Inspectors of cers of said board, shall act as inspectors of said election, and shall 
 election. certify, under their hands, the names of the directors elected at said meet- 
 
 Commissioners ing. And the said commissioners, treasurer, and secretary shall then 
 to deliver to the deliver over to said directors all the moneys, properties, subscription 
 es C books i fcc* books, and other books in their possession, and thereupon the duties of said 
 aiid their duties commissioners and the officers previously appointed by them shall cease 
 to cease. and determine forever, and thereafter the stockholders shall constitute 
 
 Annual meet- said body politic and corporate. Annual meetings of the stockholders 
 ings of corpora- o f the said corporation for the choice of officers, (when they are to be 
 chosen,) and for the transaction of business, shall be holden at such 
 time and place and upon such notice as may be prescribed in the by- 
 laws. 
 
 Right of way SEC. 2. And J>e it further enacted, That the right of way through the 
 granted through public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to the said Atlantic 
 public lands for an( j Pacific Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, for the con- 
 raFlrcuufand tele structionof a railroad and telegraph as proposed ; and the right, power, 
 graph. and authority is hereby given to said corporation to take from the pnb- 
 
 Materiqls for lie lands .adjacent to the line of said road material of earth, stone, tim- 
 coustruction. \ yeT) an( j 8O f or th, for the construction thereof. Said way is granted to 
 of n<r1it of fvay. sa '^ railroad to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of 
 said railroad where it may pass through the public domain, including 
 all necessary grounds for station-buildings, workshops, depots, machine- 
 shops, switches, side-tracks, turn tables, and water-stations; and the 
 Right of way right of way shall be exempt from taxation within the Territories of 
 exempt from tax- the United States. The United States shall extinguishes rapidly as 
 . may be consistent with public policy and the welfare of the Indians, 
 be extin.mished and onl y ^ their voluntary cession, the Indian title to all lands falling 
 under the operation of this act and acquired in the donation to the road 
 named in the act. 
 
 Public lands SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted 
 granted to the to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, its successors and as- 
 ?n >r ?he co^truc- si g ns > for tb ; e purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and 
 tion of railroad telegraph line to the Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy 
 and telegraph, transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores, 
 over the route of said line of railway and its branches, every alternate 
 section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the 
 amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said rail- 
 road line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the 
 United States, and ten alternate sections of land per mile on each side 
 \>f said railroad whenever it passes through any State, and whenever, 
 jn the line thereof, the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, 
 granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from pre-emption or other 
 claims or rights, at tte time the line of said road is designated by a plat 
 thereof, filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land 
 If any of grant- office ; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts 
 beeiisold o*re^ of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by home- 
 served, &c., other stead settlers, or pre-empted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall 
 lands inay be se- be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the 
 lee ted in lieu Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd 
 numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate 
 If route is sections, and not including the reserved numbers : Provided, That if said 
 found to be upon route shall be found upon the line of any other railroad route, to aid in 
 the line of any tlje con8 tructioii of which lauds have been heretofore granted by the 
 which lands have Un^d States, as far as the routes are upon the same general line, the 
 bcea granted, amount of land heretofore granted shall be deducted from the amount 
 amount of former g ran ted by this act: Provided further, That the railroad company re- 
 grant to be ae- ce i v i n g tue p rev i ous grant of land may assign their interest to said 
 "Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company," or may consolidate, confede- 
 Boad having rate> an( j associate with said company upon the terms named in the first 
 maya^l-n to "r smd seventeenth sections of this act:' Provided further, That all mineral 
 unite wilh. this lauds be, and the same are hereby, excluded from the operations of this 
 company. ac t, and in lieu thereof a like quantity of unoccupied and uuappropri- 
 
MISSOURI. 473 
 
 ated agricultural lands in odd-numbered sections nearest to the line of Mineral lands 
 said road, and within twenty miles thereof, may be selected as above exclu( l e<1 ^. r( ? m 
 provided : And provided further, That the word "mineral," when it oc- 2 ra 
 <3urs in this act, shall not be held to include iron or coal: And provided The word 
 further, That no money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the United "mineral" not to 
 
 States to aid in the construction of the said "Atlantic and Pacific Rail- i ^ 1 ] "'' le " iron or 
 , coal. 
 
 SEC. 4. And ~be it further enacted, That whenever said Atlantic and drawn from 
 Pacific Railroad Company shall have twenty-five consecutive miles of Treasury to aid 
 any portion of said railroad and telegraph line ready for the service L?^^ 0118 ^^ 011 
 contemplated, the President of the United States shall appoint three Uponreport of 
 commissioners to examine the same, who shall be paid a reasonable cominissi oners 
 compensation for their services by the company, to be determined by under oath that 
 the Secretary of the Interior; and if it shall appear that twenty- five * w c "^- l 
 consecutive miles of said road and telegraph line have been completed ar" ^ 
 in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, as in all other respects patents lor co- 
 required by this act, the commissioners shall so report under oath, to terminoua lands 
 the President of the United States, and patents of lands, as aforesaid, ~J Mae to com ' 
 shall be issued to said company, confirming to said company the right >- 
 and title to said lands situated opposite to and coterminous with said 
 completed section of said road. And from time to time, whenever And so as to 
 twenty-five additional consecutive miles shall have been constructed, an y. other twen- 
 completed, and in readiness a* aforesaid, and verified by said commis- ifveT^ii^ n8eCU " 
 sioners to the President of the United Sta'tes, then patents shall be 
 issued to said company conveying the additional sections of land as afore- 
 said, and so on as fast as every twenty five miles of said road is com- 
 pleted as aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Atlantic and Pacific Rail- Railroad how 
 road shall be constructed in a substantial and workmanlike manner, to be constructed. 
 with all the necessary draws, culverts, bridges, viaducts, crossings, 
 turn-outs, stations, aud watering-places, and all other appurtenances, 
 including furniture and rolling stock, equal in all respects to railroads 
 of the first class when prepared for business, with rails of the best qual- Rails. 
 ity, manufactured from American iron. And a uniform gauge shall be Gauge. 
 established throughout the entire length of the road. And there shall 
 be constructed a telegraph line, of the most substantial and approved Telegraph line. 
 description, to be operated along the entire line : Provided, That the said Rates for serv- 
 company shall not charge the Government higher rates than they do ice. 
 individuals for like transportation and telegraphic service. Anditshall Other railroads 
 be the duty of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company to permit any may form run- 
 other railroad which shall be authorized to be built by the United ^"g connections 
 States, or by the legislature of any Territory or State in which the same 
 may be situated, to form running connections with it, on fair and equit- 
 able terms, (a) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Lands on hoth 
 States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on sides * n . ne f 
 both sides of the entire line of said road after the general route shall r01 
 be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said 
 railroad, (6) and the odd sections of land hereby granted shall not be Odd sections 
 liable to sale or entry, or pre-emption, before or after they are surveyed, not liable to sale, 
 
 r 
 
 except by said company, as provided in this act ; t but the provisions of empSoiJ' r 
 the act of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, granting pre- Provisions of 
 eniption rights, and the acts amendatory thereof, and of the act enti- pre-emption and 
 tied "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public do- homestead acts 
 main," approved May twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall onliulofroaS 
 be, and the same are hereby, extended to all other lands on the line of 
 said road when surveyed, excepting those hereby granted to said com- 
 pany. (c) 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Atlantic and Pacific Company may 
 Eailroad Company be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to enter t ke an y ! n d 
 upon, purchase, take, and hold any lands or premises that may be nee- ^S^of roa d. 
 essary and proper for the construction and working of said road, not widtS. 
 exceeding in width one hundred feet on each side of the line of its rail- 
 road, unless a greater width be required for the purpose of excavation 
 or embankment ; and also any lands or premises that may be necessary Lands for sta- 
 and proper for turn-outs, standing-places for cars, depots, station-houses, *tai &o- 
 or any other structures required in the construction and working of 
 said road. And the said company shall have the right to cut and re- 
 move trees and other material that might, by falling, encumber its 
 road-bed, though standing or being more than two hundred feet from 
 
474 MISSOURI. 
 
 Damages, how the line of said road. And in case the owner of such lands or premises 
 
 to be determined. an( j ^ ne sa ift company cannot agree as to the value of the premises 
 
 taken, or to be taken, for the use of said road, the value thereof shall 
 
 be determined by the appraisal of three disinterested commissioners, 
 
 who may be appointed upon application by either party to any court 
 
 of record in any of the Territories in which the lands or premises to be 
 
 taken lie; and said commissioners, in their assessment of damages, 
 
 shall appraise such premises at what would have been the value thereof 
 
 When lands are if the road had not been built. And upon return into court of such 
 
 tt ^ e if eei th* a PP ra ^ semen t> and upon the payment into the same of the estimated 
 
 company va l ue ^ the premises taken for the use and benefit of the owner there- 
 
 of, said premises shall be deemed to be taken by said company, which 
 
 shall thereby acquire full title to the same for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 Appeal to a And either party feeling aggrieved at said appraisement may, within 
 
 thirty days after the same has been returned into court, file an appeal 
 
 therefrom, and demand a jury of twelve men to estimate the damage 
 
 sustained ; but such appeal shall not interfere with the rights of said 
 
 company to enter upon the premises taken, or to do any act necessary 
 
 Appellant to and proper in the construction of its road. And said party appealing 
 
 give bonds. shall give bonds, with sufficient surety or sureties, for the payment of 
 
 any cost that may arise upon such appeal ; and in case the party app* al- 
 
 Costs. ing does not obtain a verdict more favorable, such party shall pay i he 
 
 Payment into whole cost incurred by the appellee, as well as his own, and the pay- 
 
 court of a snmment into court, for the use of the owner of said premises taken, at a 
 
 equal to fl n a 1 8um equal to that finally awarded, shall be held to vest in said company 
 
 &7leof Xnd 6 in tne title of 8aid land, and the right to use and occupy the same for the 
 
 company. construction, maintenance, and operation of said road. And in case 
 
 Proceeding s any of the lands to be taken as aforesaid shall be held by an infant,. 
 
 where I a nd8f erume covert, non compos, insane person, or persons residing without 
 
 persSnsunder the Territory within which the lands to be taken lie, or persons subjected 
 
 disability. to any legal disability, the court may appoint a guardian, for any party 
 
 under any disqualification, to appear in proper person, who shall give 
 
 bonds, with sufficient surety or sureties, for the proper and faithful 
 
 execution of his trust, and who may represent in court the person 
 
 disqualified, as aforesaid, from appearing, when the same proceedings 
 
 shall be had in reference to the appraisement of the premises to be 
 
 taken for the use of said company, and with the same effect as has been 
 
 already described ; and the title of the company to the lands taken by 
 
 virtue of this act shall not be affected or impaired by reason of any 
 
 Proceedings failure by any guardiau to discharge faithfully his trust. And in case 
 
 where the in- any party shall have a right or claim to any land for a term of years, 
 
 terestiii the land or an y interest therein, iii possession, reversion, or remainder, the value 
 
 vearT &c of au y 8ucn estate le88 * nan a fee-simple, shall be estimated and deter- 
 
 Where lands mined in the manner hereinbefore set forth. And in case it shall be 
 
 are unoccupied necessary lor the company to enter upon any lands which are unoccu- 
 
 ithout ap- pi e j ) am i o f which there is no apparent owner or claimant, it may pro- 
 
 ceed to take and use the same for the purposes of said railroad, and may 
 
 institute proceedings, in manner described, for the purpose of ascer- 
 
 taining the value of, and of acquiring a title to, the same; but the 
 
 judge of the court hearing said suit shall determine the kinds of notice 
 
 to be served on such owner or owners, and he iuay in his discretion 
 
 appoint an agent or guardian to represent such owner or owners in case 
 
 of his or their incapacity or non-appearance. But in case no claimant 
 
 shall appear within six years from the time of the opening of said road 
 
 across any land, all claims to damages against said company shall be 
 
 barred. 
 
 Rights and SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each and every grant, right, 
 privileges of this an( ^ privilege herein are so made and given to and accepted by said At- 
 
 and ^ccep?e\ l a ntic and Pacific Railroad Company, upon and subject to the following 
 upon conditions! conditions, namely : That the said company shall commence the work 
 &c. on said road within two years from the approval of this act by the 
 
 he W commenced- President ' an( ^ slia11 complete not less than fifty miles per year after 
 and when com- * ne second year, and shall construct, equip, furnish, and complete the 
 pleted. main line of the whole road by the fourth day of July, anno Domini 
 
 eighteen hundred seventy-eight. 
 
 If conditions SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the United States make the sev- 
 are broken and eral conditional grants herein, and that the said Atlantic and Pacific 
 continue so one R a i] roa< i Company accept the same, upon the further condition that if 
 itaT^ may 'com the 8aid company make any breach of the conditions hereof, and allow 
 plete the road, the same to continue for upwards of one year, then, in such case, at any 
 
MISSOURI. 475 
 
 time hereafter, the United States may do any and all acts and things 
 which may be needful and necessary to insure a speedy completion of 
 the said road. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all people of the United States wh may Su1> 
 shall have the right to subscribe to the stock of the Atlantic and Pa- scribe to stock, 
 cific Railroad Company until the whole capital named in this act of 
 incorporation is taken up by complying with the terms of subscription. 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it farther enacted, That said Atlantic and Pacific Kaihoad to be 
 Railroad, or any part thereof, shall be a post route and military road, a PJ>st route and 
 subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and mi 
 all other Government service, and also subject to such regulations as Charges for 
 Congress may impose restricting the charges for such Government trans- traiTsporLtlon. 11 
 portatiou. 
 
 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the acceptance of the terms, Acceptance of 
 conditions, and impositions of this act by the said Atlantic and Pacific J^se conditions 
 Railroad Company shall be signified in writing under the corporate seal ^ in^wrUimr* 
 of said company, duly executed pursuant to the direction of its board of an( j w itbin two 
 directors first had and obtained, which acceptance shall be made within years. 
 two years after the passage of this act, and not afterwards, and shall 
 be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the directors of said company Annual report, 
 shall make and publish an annual report of their proceedings and ex- 
 penditures, verified by the affidavits of the president and at least six of 
 the directors, a copy of which shall be deposited in the office of said 
 Secretary of the Interior, and they shall, from time to time, fix, deter- Kates of fare, 
 mine, and regulate the fares, tolls, and charges to be received and paid tolls, &c. 
 for transportation of persons and property on said road, or any part 
 thereof. 
 
 SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the directors chosen in pursu- President and 
 ance of the first section of this act shall, so soon as may be after their vice-president, 
 election, elect from their own number a president and vice-president; 
 and said board of directors shall, from time to time, and so soon as may be 
 after their election, choose a treasurer and secretary, who shall hold Treasurer and 
 their offices at the will and pleasure of the board of directors. The treas- secretary. 
 urer and secretary shall give such bonds, with such security as the said 
 board from time to time may require. The secretary shall, before en- Bonds - 
 teringupon his duty, be sworn to the faithful discharge thereof, and Secretary to be 
 said oath shall be made a matter of record upon the books of said corpora- sworn, 
 tion. No person shall be a director of said company unless he shall bo Wn 9 ma y not 
 a stockholder, and qualified to vote for directors at the election at which a director - 
 he shall be chosen. 
 
 SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the president, vice-president, Term of office 
 and directors shall hold their offices for the period indicated in the by-**pw*tdent,vlce- 
 laws of said company, not exceeding three years, respectively, and until KJSis ( 
 
 others are chosen in their place, and qualified. In case it shall so hap- 
 pen that an election of directors shall not be made on any day appointed not eKed 8 em 
 by the by-laws of said company, the corporation shall not for that ex- day appointed by 
 cuse be deemed to be dissolved, but such election may be holden on by-laws. 
 any day which shall be appointed by the directors. The directors, of Powers of di- 
 whom seven, including the president, shall be a quorum for the trans- re Q UO ru m . 
 action of business, shall have full power to make and prescribe such by- By-laws! 
 laws, rules and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper touch- 
 ing the disposition and mauagenient of the stock, property, estate, and 
 effects of the company, the transfer of shares, the duties and conduct of 
 their officers and servants touching the election and meeting of the 
 directors, and all matters whatsoever which may appertain to the con- 
 cerns of said company ; and the said board of directors may have full Vacancies, 
 power to fill any vacancy or vacancies that may occur irom any cause 
 or causes from time to time in their said board. And the said board of Engineers, 
 directors shall have power to appoint such engineers, agents, and sub- agents, &c. 
 ordiuates as may from time to time be necessary to carry into effect the 
 object of the company, and to do all acts and things touching the loca- 
 tion and construction of said road. 
 
 SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the di- Ten per cent, 
 rectors of said company to require payment of the sum of ten per of auto 
 centum cash assessment upon all subscriptions received of all subscri- cash 
 bers, and the balance thereof at such times and in such proportions and Balance, when 
 on such conditions as they shall deem to be necessary to complete the to be paid, 
 said road and telegraph lines within the time in this act prescribed. 
 
476 MISSOURI. 
 
 Xotice when Sixty days' previous notice shall be given of the payments required, 
 payments are andof the time and place of payment, by publishing a notice once a 
 
 If stockholders w eek in one daily newspaper in each of the cities of Boston, New York, 
 neglect to pay, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Memphis, and Nashville, and in case any stock- 
 stock and pre- holder shall neglect or refuse to pay, in pursuance of such notice, the 
 ft?% *| ayments stock held by such person shall be forfeited absolutely to the use of the 
 company, and also any payment or payments that shall have been made 
 Redemption. on account thereof, subject to the condition that the board of directors 
 
 may allow the redemption on such terms as they may prescribe. 
 
 Company may SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the said company is authorized 
 
 accept and hold to accept to its own use any grant, donation, loan, power, franchise, 
 
 any j? rant ' loan ' aid, or assistance which may be granted to or conferred on said com- 
 
 pany by the Congress of the United States, by the legislature of any 
 
 State, or by any corporation, person, or persons, or by any Indian tribe 
 
 or nation through whose reservation the road herein provided for may 
 
 Grant from any pass; and said corporation is authorized to hold and enjoy any such 
 
 Indian tribe to grant, donation, loan, power, franchise, aid, or assistance, to its own 
 
 approval of the use > for the P nr P ose aforesaid : Provided, That any such grant or dona- 
 
 President of the tion, power, aid, or assistance from any Indian tribe or nation shall be 
 
 United States, subject to the approval of the President of the United States. 
 
 Southern Paci- SEC. 18. And be itfurllier enacted, That the Southern Pacific Railroad, 
 
 fie Railroad Com- a company incorporated under the laws of the State of California, is 
 
 Sect"wSftheAt- uerebv authorized to connect with the said Atlantic and Pacific Rail- 
 
 lantic and Pacific road, formed under this act, at such point, near the boundary line 
 
 road. of the State of California, as thfey shall deem most suitable for a rail- 
 
 Point of con- road line to San Francisco, and shall have a uniform gauge and rate of 
 
 nection. freight or fare with said road ; and in consideration thereof, to aid in 
 
 Gauge and rates it8 construction, shall have similar grants of land, subject to all the 
 
 conditions and limitations herein provided, and shall be required to 
 
 , 
 
 ila^ ay rants 8 "of con8truct * te road on tne l ike regulations, as to time and manner, with 
 land on like * ne Atlantic and Pacific Railroad herein provided for. 
 terms. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That unless the said Atlantic and 
 
 Pacific Railroad Company shall obtain bona-fide subscriptions to the 
 This act to be stock of said company to the amount of one million of dollars, with ten 
 void, unless, &c. per cen tuni paid, within two years after the passage of and approval 
 
 of this act, it shall be null and void. 
 
 At al SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That the better to accomplish the 
 
 -V object of this act, namely, to promote the public interest and welfare 
 
 tcrcU. Of IcUcl- * ./ - . *i -C, , * * 11. 11 
 
 ed. by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping 
 
 the same in working order, and to secure to the Government at all times, 
 but particularly in time of war, the use and benefits of the same for 
 postal, military, and other purposes, Congress may, at any time, having 
 due regard for the rights of said Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, 
 add to, alter, amend or repeal this act. 
 
 When in grants ^EC. 2i> ^ ntl ^ e ^ f uri ^^ r enacted, That whenever in any grant of land 
 to corporations or other subsidies, made or hereafter to be made, to railroads or other 
 the United States corporations, the United States has reserved the right, or shall reserve 
 reserves the j^ to appoint directors, engineers, commissioners or other agents to ex- 
 dfrec t o a rTor amine said roads, or act in conjunction with other officers of said corn- 
 agents, &c.,' all pany or companies, all the costs, charges, and pay of said directors, 
 costs, 'pay, &c., engineers, commissioners, or agents, shall be paid by the respective com- 
 of such persons panics. Said directors, engineers, commissioners,* or agents shall be 
 b? the corpora? P aid for 8aid services the sum of ten dollars per day, for each and every 
 Hems. day actually and necessarily employed, and ten cents per mile for each 
 
 Rate of pay to and every mile actually and necessarily travelled, in discharging the duties 
 such persons. required of them, which per diem and mileage shall be in full compen- 
 ' 
 
 inake 8a tion for said services. And in case any company shall refuse or neg- 
 such payments, lect to make such payments, no more patents for lands or other sub- 
 no more patents sidies shall be issued to said company until these requirements are 
 
 com P lied with - () 
 
 (o(See Xos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1122, 1125. 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 
 
 1136, 1152. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 340, 344, 972, 979. 
 (c) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 
 1135. 
 
MISSOURI. 477 
 
 No. 1122. AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions < f "An act granting the July 28, 18o6. 
 right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to Vol. 14, p. 338. 
 aid in the construction of a railroad from a point upon the Mississippi opposite the 
 mouth of the Ohio Biver, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary, near Fulton, in 
 Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi Kiver," approved Feb- 
 ruary 9, 1853, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the "Act granting the right of way and mak- The act grant- 
 ing a grant of land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri to aid in the % r j gll l O t f ^ 
 construction of a railroad from a point upon the Mississippi opposite the tansalf andMis- 
 mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary, near souri for railroad 
 Fulton, in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi revived and ex- 
 River," approved February nine, eighteen hundred and fifty- three, with ^ n j ed for ten 
 all the pro vision s therein made, be, and the same is hereby, revived and ye 
 extended for the term of ten years from the passage of this act ; and all Lands hereto- 
 the lands therein granted, which reverted to the United States under jJJJSiftobe 
 the provisions of said act, be, and the same are hereby, restored to the stored to same 
 same custody, control, and condition, and made subject to the uses and custody and con- 
 trusts in all respects as they were before and at the time such reversion dition as at time 
 took effect: Provided, That all mineral lands within the limits of tfote JfJJJF 81011 took 
 grant and the grant made in section two of this act are hereby reserved p Mineral land* 
 to the United States: And provided further ', That all property and troops reserved, 
 of the United States shall at all times be transported over said railroad Property and 
 and branches at the cost, charge, and expense of the company or corpo- ^nited stateVto 
 ration owning or operating said road and branches respectively, when ^ e transported 
 so required by the Government of the United States. free of cost. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there is hereby granted, added Additions to 
 to, and made part of the donation of lands hereby renewed and made, former grant for 
 subject to the same uses and trusts, and under the same custody, con- f am j uses and 
 trol, and conditions, and to be held and disposed of in the same manner ri 
 as if included in the original grant, all the alternate sections and parts Lands reserv- 
 of sections, designated by odd numbers, lying along the outer line of ed or to which 
 lands heretofore granted, and within five miles on each side thereof, ex- ^p 68 ^ 6 ^^^ 
 cepting lands reserved or otherwise appropriated by law, or to which &ghts h*U at- 
 the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached : Pro- tacbed, excepted 
 vided, That the additional quantity of lands, hereby granted, when added fr m grant. 
 to the lands specified in section one hereof, shall not exceed, in the ag- no T^o cxcee^'ten 
 gregate quantity of lands by this act granted, sufficient to amount to aectioas a mile. 
 ten sections for each mile of railroad : And provided further, That the Lands, h o'w 
 lands embraced in this grant and the grant revived by section one of nl y tol) 'spos- 
 this act shall be disposed of only as follows: Whenever proof shall be 
 furnished, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, that any section Sections of ten 
 of ten consecutive miles of said road and branches is completed in a cons ecutive 
 good, substantial, and workmanlike manner as a first-class railroad, the miles. 
 said Secretary of the Interior shall issue patents for all the lands granted 
 as aforesaid, not exceeding ten sections per mile situate opposite to and 
 within the limits of twenty miles of the section of said road and 
 branches thus completed, and when like proof shall be furnished that 
 another section of ten miles of said road in said States or on the said 
 branches respectively connecting with the preceding section is com- 
 pleted as aforesaid, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue patents in 
 like manner as as in case of the first-completed sections, and so on from 
 time to time until the whole is completed as herein provided, when the 
 Secretary of the Interior shall issue patents for all the remaining lands 
 herein granted, not exceeding the aggregate amount provided for and 
 located as required by sections one and two of this act : And provided if twenty milea 
 further, That if one section of twenty miles of each of said railroads are not complet- 
 and branches shall not be fully constructed and completed as a first- and atleaTuweu- 
 class railroad within three years from the time this act becomes a law, ty raile8 e a c n 
 and at least one section of twenty miles on each of said roads and year afterwards, 
 branches in each year thereafter, and the whole of said roads and and the whole in 
 branches within ten years from the time this act shall take effect, then ^^t^patented 
 and in either of said cases all the lands granted or the grant of which to rev et t to the 
 is revived or extended by this act, and which at the time shall be un- United States, 
 patented to or for the benefit of the road or company making or suffer- 
 ing such failure, shall revert to the United States. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands mentioned in this Lands hereby 
 act, and hereby granted, are hereby reserved from entry, pre-emption, granted to be re- 
 or appropriation to any other purpose than herein contemplated, for the served from en- 
 said term of ten years from the passage of this act : Provided, That all gj- P re 
 lands heretofore given to the State of Missouri for the construction of 
 the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, or for the use of said road lying in the 
 
478 MISSOURI. , 
 
 Lands given to State of Missouri, and all lands proposed to be granted by this act 
 Mi ssouri f or for t he use or j n a ifl o f t he road herein named, and lying in said State of 
 Railroad "* Missouri, shall be granted and patented to the said 'State whenever the 
 When ' to be road shall be completed through said State, which lands may be held 
 patented to the by said State and used toward paying the State the amount of bonds 
 State: raa y b e heretofore issued by it to aid said company, and all interest accrued or 
 w^rd^ayinw C er- 1 accrue thereon : Provided further, That the provisions of this act, so 
 tain State bonds, far as the same relate to the Memphis and Little Rock and Little Rock 
 When this act and Fort Smith branches of said road, shall not take effect nntil the 
 takes effect as re- Secretary of the i nter i or shall make and file a certificate in his office 
 SST and" Little and the office of the secretary of state of Arkansas, stating that the 
 Rock and Little companies or corporations claiming the benefit of this act in behalf of 
 Rock^ and Fort 8a id branches have reorganized their boards of directors in a lawful 
 branches nuinner> arj d, after such reorganization, that they have respectively re- 
 scinded all acts, resolutions, or other proceedings, transferring the lands 
 rights, or privileges of such corporations or companies to any conven- 
 tion, State, or authority recognizing or acting in concert with, or under 
 the authority of the late so-called confederate States of America, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 1152. 
 
 July 28, 1866. No. 1123. AN ACT for the relief of Robert Baldwin. 
 
 Wh ereas, on the fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty- 
 
 Preamble, nine, Robert Baldwin located at the land office at Milan, in the State of 
 Missouri, three military bounty-land warrants issued under the act of 
 eighteen hundred and for ty-seven, each for one hundred and sixty acres 
 and numbered seven thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, twenty- 
 six thousand eight hundred and one, and fifty thousand two hundred 
 and sixty -three, upon the following-described public lands, to wit: 
 The west half lot number one northwest quarter-section five: the east 
 half lots number one and two northeast quarter-section six in town 
 fifty-seven range sixteen : the southeast quarter southeast quarter, the 
 west half northeast quarter, the east half northwest quarter, the west 
 half southeast quarter, the northeast quarter southeast quarter, and the 
 northeast quarter southwest quarter of section thirty-one town fifty- 
 eight range sixteen, receiving from the register of said land office at 
 Milan, duplicate certifi cates of location ; and whereas the said military 
 bounty-laud warrants were lost from the mail in their transmission 
 from said land office to Washington, and have not since been heard 
 from : therefore, 
 
 Patentsto issue Be it enacted, <$"c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 
 to Robert Bald- authorized and directed to cause patents for said lauds to be issued to 
 win for lands in 8a id Robert Baldwin, upon his surrendering to the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office the said duplicate certificates of location. 
 
 March 2, 1867. No. 1124. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the 
 Vol. 14, p. 544. final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida. Louisiana, and 
 . Missouri, and for other purposes." 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 961.] 
 
 June 25, 1868. No. 1125. AN ACT relative to filing reports of railroad companies. 
 
 Vol. 15, p. 1 9. [Reports of certain railroads to be made on or before October 1, in each 
 year, to Secretary of Interior. See NEBRASKA, No. 2107.] 
 
 July 4, 1868. No. 1 126. AN ACT for the relief of the owners of the land within the United 
 Vol. 15, p. 377. States survey number three thousand two hundred and seventeen, in the State of 
 
 Missouri. 
 
 Title of the Be it enacted, $-c., That the United States do hereby release, grant, 
 
 United States to relinquish, convey, and confirm, in fee-simple and in full property, to 
 
 Mi^ouri con 11 the le S al representatives of Ann O. Camp and Antoine Reilhe all of the 
 
 to Ann O. right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all of the land 
 
 Camp and An- within United States survey number three thousand two hundred and 
 
 toine Reilhe. seventeen, in townships forty- four and forty-five, north of the base line 
 
 in ranges six and seven, east of the fifth principal meridian line, in the 
 
MISSOURI. 479 
 
 State of Missouri, being the same land that was surveyed by the United 
 States for Madame Camp and Antoiue Reilhe's representatives, con- 
 taining two thousand nine hundred and five arpens and fifty-six perches 
 and forty feet, which is equal to two thousand four hundred and seven- 
 ty-one acres and seventy-six hundredths of an acre : Provided, however, Adverse rights 
 That nothing in this act shall in any manner abridge, divest, impair, not affected, 
 injure, or prejudice any adverse right, title, or interest of any person or 
 persons in or to any portion or part of the aforesaid land, which is re- 
 leased, granted, relinquished, conveyed, and confirmed by this act. 
 
 JVo. 1127. AN ACT authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri July 20, 1868. 
 , River, upon the military reservation at Port Leavenworth, Kansas. Vol. 15, p. 121. 
 
 [Sec KANSAS, No. 2029.] 
 
 ]\o. 1 128. AN ACT providing for the sale of the arsenal grounds at Saint Louis July 25, 1868. 
 and Liberty, Missouri, and for other purposes. Vol. 15, p. 187. 
 
 Be it enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author- Arsenals at 
 ized to sell, at such time and in such manner as he ma.y deem most ad- Saint Louis and 
 vantageous to the interest of the Government, subject to the provisions Liberty, Mis- 
 hereinafter contained, the following military reservations and public 80ur1 ' and oth r 
 property, namely : S y ' 
 
 The ground now occupied by the Saint Louis arsenal, in the city of 
 Saint Louis, Missouri, except the westernmost six acres thereof, and 
 that occupied by the United States arsenal situated at Liberty, Missouri, 
 together with such buildings, machinery, and other property appertain- 
 ing thereto as cannot be advantageously employed in the construction 
 or improvement of other arsenals or military posts. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the ground occupied by the Saint Ground o cc u- 
 Loui&arsenal, except the westernmost six acres thereof, shall 'be divided P ied . b .V Saint 
 into lots and blocks of convenient size for building purposes, with public except, S* to 
 streets, conforming, as near as may be without detriment to the interest be divided 'into 
 of the Government in the sale, to the public streets of the city of Saint lots, and sold at 
 Louis adjoining said grounds ; a plat of this division, made in accord- otioo. 
 ance with the laws of the State of Missouri, shall be filed with the 
 proper officer in the city of Saint Louis ; and the said lots shall be sold 
 separately, at public auction, to the highest bidder, after thirty days' 
 notice by advertisement in at least three daily papers in the city of 
 of Saint Louis ; payment to be made one-third in cash, the remainder Mode of pay- 
 in one and two years, with six per cent, interest per annum, secured ment. 
 by deed of trust on the lots sold. The stone wall surrounding said Stone wall, 
 arsenal shall be sold in sections not exceeding one hundred feet in hovr * 
 length, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the westernmost six acres of TVesternm o s t 
 the tract of ground occupied by the said Saint Louis arsenal is hereby ix acres granted 
 granted to the city of Saint Louis, to be by it held as a public ground g^nt Louisasa 
 forever, open to the use of the public as a place of public resort, and for public ground! 
 no other use whatever, and without any power in said city to make 
 any disposition of the same, or any part thereof, for any private use 
 whatever : Provided, however, That this grant is upon the express con- 
 dition that the said city or the association formed and now existing in 
 the State of Missouri, for the purpose of erecting a monument to the ,, 
 memory of the late Brigadier- General Nathaniel Lyon, shall, within (jenerSTyon to 
 three years after the passage of this act, complete the erection upon be erected there- 
 the said six acres of such a monument, upon a plan and of a charac- on in three years, 
 ter to be approved by the President of the United States ; in default 
 whereof this grant shall be null and void. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the grounds occupied by the Grounds of 
 Liberty arsenal shall be sold at public auction, after due notice by J.i berty arsenal 
 public advertisement of the time and place of said sale, in such parcels, 6 8 
 blocks and lots as may be deemed most advantageous to the interest of 
 the Government, by the Secretary of War, upon the terms and condi- 
 tions as to payment specified in the previous section. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all proceeds of the sale of all Proceeds of 
 property provided for in this act shall be paid into the Treasury of the sales. 
 United States : Provided, That the machinery, ordnance stores, and arms & Q Removed r to 
 that the Government desires to reserve from sale, shall be stored at any ^ stored, 
 arsenal now established or to be established by law. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1109, 1129. 
 
480 MISSOURI. 
 
 March 3, 1869. No. 1129. AN ACT amendatory of the act providing for the sale of the arsenal 
 Vol. 15, p. 339. grounds at St. Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other purposes, approved 
 July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. 
 
 Six acres of the p >e ,7 tn acted, <j'C., That so much of the third section of the act provid- 
 at IT Lou?3tobe iD ^ r ! or the 8ale of the arsenal grounds at Saint Louis and Liberty, Mis- 
 designated by souri, and for other purposes, approved July twenty-five, eighteen huu- 
 the Secretary of dred and sixty-eight, as grants to the city of Saint Louis, the western- 
 Wai-, to be grant- m ost six acres of the tract of ground occupied by the Saint Louis arse- 
 Saint Louis 7 in nal ' V 6 ' and tue 8ame is hereby, repealed, so far as it designates the part 
 lieu of former of said tract so granted ; and in lieu of said westernmost six acres there 
 grams. shall be granted to said city, for the purposes and upon the conditions 
 
 expressed in said act, other six acres of said tract, to be designated by 
 r 'ted ^ ne Secretary of War; and that the period limited in said act foi the 
 for erection 1 of erection of the monument therein contemplated to be erected shall be 
 monument, when considered as commencing at the time when the Secretary of War shall 
 to commence to have designated the six acres of said tract to be granted to said city : 
 ^Selection not ^ >ror ^^> however, That no part of the said six acres, shall be selected 
 to be made east 63 ' 8 *' ^ * ne western line of the ground occupied by the Saint Louis and 
 of, &c. Iron Mountain Railroad, (a) 
 
 (a)SeeNos. 1109,1128. 
 
 March 3, 1869. No. 1130. AN ACT to confirm certain private land claims in the State of Mis- 
 Vol. 15, p. 458. souri. 
 
 Private [^ Be it enacted, #c. That the claims of the legal representatives of Ga- 
 
 claiins of repre- briel Cerre and Sophia Bolaye, falling within the exterior boundaries 
 
 sentatiyes of Ga- of the commons of Carondelet, the former entered as number sixty, for 
 
 briel Cerre and f our hundred arpens, and the latter as number two hundred and sev- 
 
 Souri, con Uent y- nine > for ono hundred and fifty arpens, in the first class of decis- 
 
 firmed. Adverse ions of the board of land commissioners under the acts of Congress ap- 
 
 rights not af - proved ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and second March, 
 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-three, for the adjustment of private land 
 
 claims in Missouri, as recommended by said board (H. Ex. Doc. 51), 1st 
 
 session 24th Congress, p. 187, and S. Doc. 16, sasie session, page 40,) 
 
 which claims were confirmed by the act of Congress approved fourth 
 
 July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, subject to location elsewhere 
 
 than in place in case of conflict, (Stat. L., vol. 5, page 126,) be, and the 
 
 same are hereby, confirmed in place, subject to any valid adverse rights, 
 
 if such exist, and patents for said claims shall be issued accordingly. 
 
 March 3, 1869. NO. 1131.-A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the first 
 Vol. 15, p. 349. twenty miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad. 
 
 Time for com- Resolved, <fc., That in case the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company 
 pleting first sec- 8 h a ll complete the first section of twenty miles of said road by the 
 and* Fulton RaiL twenty-eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy, and the 
 road extended. Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied of such completion, then the 
 said company shall be entitled to its lands in all respects and to the 
 same extent as it would have been had said twenty miles been com- 
 pleted by the twenty-eighth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, 
 as provided by law relating to said railroad company approved July 
 twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 1152. 
 
 April 10,1869. No. 1132. AN ACT to extend the time for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad 
 Vol. 16, p. 46. Company to complete the first section of twenty miles of said road. 
 
 Time for Little Be it enacted, $c., That an act approved July twenty-eight, eighteen 
 
 Rock and Fort hundred and sixty-six, entitled, "An act to revive and extend the pro- 
 
 ^* visions of 'An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land 
 
 Son ofroad I ex- to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in the construction of a 
 
 tended. railroad from a point upon the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth 
 
 of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary near Fulton 
 
 in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi River,' 
 
 approved February nine, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and for 
 
 other purposes," be so amended as to extend the time to the Little 
 
 Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company, for building the first section 
 
MISSOURI. 481 
 
 of twenty miles provided for in the second section of said act, for the 
 term of three years from the thirteenth day of May, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty -seven, the time of filing the certificate of organization to said 
 company provided for in the third section of said act : Provided, That Proviso : land 
 the land granted by the act hereby revived shall be sold to actual set- ^ be sSd D 
 tiers only, in quantities not greater than one quarter of a section to one 
 purchaser, and for a price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per 
 acre. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1133, 1134, 1136, 
 115-2. 
 
 No. 1133. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to extend the time for the March 8, 1870. 
 Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company to complete the first section of Vol. 16, p. 76. 
 twenty miles of said road," approved April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the proviso of an act entitled "An act to ex- and j<? OTt 
 tend the time for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company Railroad Com- 
 to complete the first section of twenty miles of said road," approved pany. 
 April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, be, and the same hereby is, . Re P eal of pr- 
 repealed. (a) lfsal*oflsmd. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1134, 1136, 
 1152. 
 
 No. 1134. A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the first May 6, 1870. 
 section of twenty miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad. Vol. 16, p. 376. 
 
 Resolved, <fc., That in case the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company shall Time for com- 
 complete the first section of twenty miles of said road by the twentieth pietion of first 
 day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy, and the Secretary of section of Cairo 
 the Interior shall be satisfied of such completion, then the said com- and , - Fu fc lto ? ^ ail " 
 pany shall be entitled to its lands in all respects and to the same ex- ro 
 tent as it would have been had said twenty miles been completed by 
 the twenty-eighth of April, eighteen hundred and seventy, as provided 
 by law relating to said railroad company, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1136, 
 1152. 
 
 Mo. 1135. AN ACT for the relief of certain purchasers of lands from the legal Feb. 18, 1871. 
 representatives of Bartholomew Cousin. Vol. 16, p. 415. 
 
 Whereas the claim of Bartholomew Cousin, or his legal representa- preamble, 
 tives, is embraced in Recorder Bates'[s] report of February second, 
 eighteen hundred and sixteen, and confirmed to the extent of a league 
 square, and survey numbered two thousand one hundred and ninety-six 
 was made for the "same in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen ; and 
 whereas a further confirmation was made of eight hundred and ninety- 
 nine arpens, or six hundred and sixty-four and seventy-eight hun- 
 dredths acres, in the favorable report, numbered sixty-one, of the board 
 of commissioners, under the acts of Congress of the years eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-two and eighteeen hundred and thirty-three, confirmed 
 by the act of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six : Therefore, 
 
 Beit enacted, <f-c., That it shall and may be lawful for the county survey or An area may 
 of the coun ty of Cape Girardeau,or whomsoever may be designated by the J ^ ^iSf action 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, to select an area,in compact form, O f the claim of 
 as near as may be to the quantity of acres of the confirmation by act of July Bar t h o 1 o m e w 
 fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, according to legal subdivisions, Cousin, 
 and in full satisfaction of said claim : beginning at a corner where a 
 line of the survey numbered two thousand one hundred and ninety-six 
 intersects the north line of section twelve, township thirty-one north, 
 range eleven east, near the northeast corner of said section twelve ; 
 thence with said line of said survey two thousand one hundred and 
 ninety-six to a corner of said survey two thousand one hundred and 
 ninety -six, in section twenty-three of said township and range ; thence 
 westwardly on a line a sufficient distance that a line projected north- 
 wardly parallel with the western boundary line of survey numbered 
 two thousand one hundred and ninety-six, and running eastwardly to 
 the place of beginning, will include the said quantity of six hundred p art i e8 claim- 
 and sixty-four and seventy-eight hundredths acres; and thereafter, and i ng in the right 
 within one year from the passage of this act, the parties claiming in of Cousin any 
 right of said Cousin any tract outside of the limits of said survey mini- tract outside, &c., 
 bered two thousand one hundred and ninety-six, and the selection an- p^therefo'r and 
 thorized by this act to make good the second confirmation aforesaid, at what rates. 
 
 31 L o VOL n 
 
482 MISSOURI. 
 
 be, and are hereby, authorized, on satisfactory proof to the register and 
 receiver of the land district in which said tracts are situated, of such 
 right, to make payment therefor at the rate of one dollar and twenty - 
 five cents per acre, or by pre-emption or claim of homestead, according 
 to the laws of the United States in such cases made and provided, (a) 
 Persons resid- SEC. '<}. And ~be it further enacted, That any tract or parcel of land, 
 ing upon, &c., after the survey and adjustment of said continuation, which is not em- 
 Suded i n D t he bracecl therein but withheld from sale by the Government of the United 
 survey, &c., may States by reason of the supposed interference and non-survey of said 
 enter ^t'hem,' &c., second confirmation, thereafter and in one year from the adjustment of 
 or claim them as sa id survey any party or person residing upon and cultivating such tract 
 lds- or parcel of land withheld from sale as aforesaid at and before the pas- 
 sage of this act, upon making satisfactory proof to the register and re- 
 ceiver of the land district in which such tracts or parcels are situate of 
 actual settlement according to the provisions of this section, be, and are 
 hereby, authorized to enter said tracts, not to exceed one hundred and 
 sixty acres, including improvements, atone dollar and twenty-five cents 
 per acre, or claim the same as a homestead, agreeably to the act of Con- 
 gress granting homestead to actual settlers. (6) 
 
 (a) See No. 1138. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 729, 981, 983, 997, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1020, 1028, 1083, 1086, 1096, 1110, 1115, 1120, 
 1121, 
 
 April 20, 1871. No. 1 136. AN ACT to enable the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company to mort- 
 Vol. 17, p. 19. gage its road. 
 
 The Atlantic Be it enacted, <f c. f That the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, 
 and Pacific Rail- organized under act of Congress of July twenty-seven, eighteen hun- 
 road Company dred and sixty-six, is hereby authorized to make and issue its bonds in 
 may issue bonds 8uc h form and manner, for such sums, payable at such times, and bear- 
 gageof ito roai in g 8uch rate of interest, and to dispose of them on such terms as its 
 franchises.lands! directors may deem advisable; and to secure said bonds, the said com- 
 &c. pany may mortgage its road, equipment, lands, franchises, privi- 
 
 leges, and other rights and property, subject to such terms, con- 
 Proof of execu- ditions, and limitations as its directors may prescribe. As proof and 
 tion of mortgage. noticeof the i ega l execution and effectual delivery of any mortgage 
 hereafter made by said company, it shall be filed and recorded in the 
 Breach of con- office of the Secretary of the Interior : Provided, That if the company 
 ditions of organic shall hereafter suffer any breach of the conditions of the act above 
 Son b howfar F to referre(1 to > under which it is organized, the rights of those claiming 
 effect those under any mortgage made by the company to the lands granted to it by 
 claiming under said act shall extend only to so much thereof as shall be coterminous 
 the mortgage. with or appertain to that part of said road which shall have been con- 
 structed at the time of the foreclosure of said mortgage, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1083, 1086, 1088, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 
 1152. 
 
 April 17, 1872. No. 1137. AN ACT to confirm the title of John Boyer to certain lands therein de- 
 Vol. 17, p. 652. scribed. 
 
 ~Titie r'of" John Be it enacted, $-c., That the title of John Boyer to the south half of 
 Boyer to certain northwest quarter and northeast quarter of southwest quarter of sec- 
 land in Missouri tion thirty- four, township thirty-three, range twenty-eight west, one 
 confirmed. hundred and twenty acres, in the district of lands subject to location 
 
 at Springfield, Missouri, be, and is hereby, confirmed ; and the Secretary 
 of the Interior shall cause to be issued to the said John Boyer a patent 
 for said land on bounty-land warrant location thirty-nine thousand five 
 hundred and twenty-six, one hundred and twenty acres, act March 
 third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, first correcting the location pa- 
 pers and records to cover the aforesaid tracts. 
 
 June 4, 1872. No. 1 138. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the 
 Vol. 17, p. 225. relief of certain purchasers of lands from the legal representatives of Bartholomew 
 Cousin " approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. 
 
 liei of r t hos e e Vt '* enacted, $c., That the provisions of an act entitled "An act for 
 claiming title to the relief of certain purchasers of lands from the legal representatives 
 land under Bar- o f Bartholomew Cousin," approved February eighteenth, eighteen hun- 
 tholomew Cousin j re j an( ^ 8e venty- one, be, and the same are hereby, extended one year 
 from the expiration thereof, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1135. 
 
MISSOURI. 
 
 483 
 
 No. 1 139. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the June 10, 1872. 
 final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Yol. 17, p. 378. 
 Missouri, and for other purposes." 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 967.] 
 
 JVo. 1140. AN ACT to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Missouri. Dec. 27, 1872. 
 
 Vol. 17, p. 404* 
 
 Whereas by an act of the Congress of the Halted States, approved 
 
 on the twenty- eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, the Preamble. 
 State of Missouri, with other States, acquired title to all swamp and 
 overflowed lands within their limits ; that the State of Missouri, by an 
 act of its general assembly, approved February twenty-third, eighteen 
 hundred and fifty-three, passed the title thus acquired to the several 
 counties in which said lands were situated, for the purpose and to the 
 nd that the same should be drained and reclaimed as provided by said 
 act of Congress ; and that after the donation as aforesaid a commis- 
 sioner was appointed, charged with the duty to select and locate such 
 swamp lands, who did make such selections and locations in said county 
 of Scott, and State of Missouri, making due report of the same, which 
 report was, by proper authority, approved, and the lands so located 
 patented by the Government of the United States to the State of Mis- 
 souri, and, on the twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy, by said State to said county of Scott : and whereas said com- 
 missioner, in his report, described other lands situated in said county as 
 unsurveyed swamp lands, and that in the year eighteen hundred and 
 sixty said lands were ordered to be surveyed by the General Government, 
 which survey was approved by the surveyor-general of Missouri on the 
 second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and that by act of 
 Congress approved March the twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty, said 
 county was given two years in which to present its claim and make 
 proof to its title to said lauds, which could not be done, owing to the ex- 
 istence of civil war then afflicting the people of said county : and whereas 
 said county, believing further time would be given to make said claim 
 and proof, did sell to actual settlers the greater portion of said lands, 
 which purchasers, relying on said title, have made, in many instances, 
 permanent and valuable improvements : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, $~c., That the lands above referred to be, and the same 
 are hereby, granted to the county of Scott, in the State of Missouri, 
 which lands, in the aggregate, amount to four thousand four hundred 
 and ten and seventy-one hundredths acres, and described as follows: 
 Parts of sections one, two, three, eleven, twelve, thirteen, twenty-four, 
 and twenty-five, all in township number twenty-seven, range twelve: 
 Provided, That nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any Existing rights 
 homestead or other entry made, by any person whatsoever, under 
 laws of the United States on said lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1142, 1146, 1147, 1151. 
 
 Certain swamp, 
 &c., lands grant- 
 ed to Scott Coun- 
 ty, Missouri. 
 
 No. 1141. AN ACT to confirm certain land titles in the State of Missouri. 
 
 Whereas, the Baron of Carondelet, governor-general of the Territory 
 of Louisiana, did, on the fifteenth day of March, anno Domini seven- 
 teen hundred and ninety-seven, instruct Zeno Trudeau, lieutenant gov- 
 ernor of said Territory, to place Moses Austin in possession of a league 
 square of land at Mine a Breton, in said Territory ; and 
 
 Whereas the said Moses Austin did, in the year anno Domini seven- 
 teen hundred and ninety-eight, take possession of the said land by 
 moving upon it with his family, and did improve the same by building 
 dwelling-house, blacksmith shop, furnace, and other improvements ; 
 and 
 
 Whereas the said lieutenant governor did, on the fourteenth day of 
 January, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, order Antone Lulard, 
 surveyor in said Territory, to survey the said land and put the said 
 Austin legally in possession of the same, which survey, numbered fifty- 
 two, containing seven thousand one hundred and fifty-three arpents 
 and three and two-thirds feet, was executed by said Antone Lulardj 
 and a certificate of the same filed by him in November, anno Domini 
 eighteen hundred ; and 
 
 Whereas Don John Ventara Morales, then governor at New Orleans, 
 
 Feb. 14, 1874. 
 VoL 18, p. 16. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
484 MISSOURI. 
 
 did, in the year of onr Lord eighteen hundred and two, in the name of 
 the King of Spain, grant to the said Moses Austin the lands so sur- 
 veyed and located ; Therefore 
 Release of cer- Be it enacted, $*c., That the United States hereby release whatever 
 
 tain lands in Mis- title they have to said lands now numbered four hundred and thirty on 
 tbe P 1 ^ in t ^ ie 8nrvevor -g en eral's office, and in townships thirty-seven 
 and thirty-eight, range two east, in the county of Washington, and 
 State of Missouri, containing seven thousand one hundred and tifty- 
 three and thirty-two one-hundredths arpents (six thousand eighty-five 
 and twenty-nine one-hundredths acres,) to the heirs, legal representa- 
 tives, or assigns of said Moses Austin, according to their respective in- 
 Adverse titles terests therein : Provided, however, That this act shall not affect nor 
 
 not affected. impair the title which any settler or other person may have acquired 
 adverse to the title of said Moses Austin to any portion of said land. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1874. No. 1142. AX ACT granting certain swamp lands in Holt Connty, Missouri, to 
 VoL 18, p. 16. said Holt County, for school purposes. 
 
 Certain lands Be it enacted, $~c., That all the tract of land embraced in what is known 
 granted to Holt as Tarkio Lake, (a) iu congressional township, numbered sixty, of 
 County, )ti*j range thirty-nine, in the county of Holt, State of Missouri, and which 
 purposed 8 was left unsurveyed at the time the Government of the United States 
 had made a survey of the other lands in said township and county, and 
 which was described on the plat of the survey of said lands as a mean- 
 dering lake, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the said county of 
 Holt, in the State of Missouri, for school purposes. (6) 
 
 Survey and SEC. 2. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby 
 directed to have said lands surveyed, and to cause to be executed to 
 the said county of Holt, a patent for the same: Provided, That nothing 
 Prior rights of i n this act contained shall be so construed as to affect the rights of any 
 lected person who may have in good faith gone upon said lands prior to Jan- 
 
 uary first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, with the intent of pre- 
 Coun * v Jempting or hornesteading the same; and the said county of Holt is 
 payment &c. n hereby required to make a title to any such person to an amount of 
 land not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres upon the payment to 
 the county of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre : And be it fur- 
 To pay cost of tfor provided, That all cost of surveying said lands shall be paid by 
 said county of Holt. 
 
 (a) SeeXos. 1140, 1146, 1147,1151. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 972, 988, 989, 995, 1013, 1016, 1093, 1114, 1145. 
 
 June 6, 1874. flf o . 1143. AN ACT obviating the necessity of issuing patents for certain private 
 VoL 18, p. 62. land claims in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. 
 
 Certain lands & e it enacted, <$-c., That all of the right, title, and interest of the United 
 in Missouri re- States in and to all of the lands in the State of Missouri which have at 
 leased to owners an y time heretofore been confirmed to any person or persons by any 
 titles 4 " ' act of Congress, or by any officer or officers', or board or boards of com- 
 
 missioners, acting under and by authority of any act of Congress, shall 
 be, and the same are hereby, granted, released, and relinquished by the 
 United States, in fee-simple, to the respective owners of the equitable 
 titles thereto, and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully 
 and as completely, in every respect whatever, as could be done by pat- 
 ents issued therefor according to law. (a) 
 
 Valid rights SEC. 2. That nothing contained in the first section of this act shall, 
 and interests af- j n an y manner, abridge, divest, impair, injure or prejudice any valid 
 right, title or interest of any per&on or persons in or to any portion or 
 part of the lands mentioned in said first section ; and this act shall in 
 no wise affect any lands or lots heretofore relinquished to the United 
 States. 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 3. That whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall be of the 
 Interior may dis- opinion that the public interest no longer requires the continuance of 
 recorder ofland the office of recorder of land titles in Missouri, he may close and dis- 
 ti ties in M i s- continue the same; and all of the records, maps, plats, field-notes, 
 souri. books, papers, and everything else concerning, pertaining, or belonging 
 
 Records, maps, to 8a j d o fti ce o f recorder, shall be delivered to the State of Missouri: 
 ered to State au 1'rorided, however, Thar said State shall provide by law for the reception 
 thorities. and safe-keeping of said records, maps, plats, field-notes, books, papers, 
 
MISSOURI. 485 
 
 and everything else belonging to said office of recorder, as public State to pro- 
 records, and for the allowance of free access to the same by the authori- feeuhr^&c ~ 
 ties of the United States, for the purpose of taking extracts therefrom, Free access to 
 or making copies thereof, without charge of any kind: And provided authori ties of 
 further, That when said office of recorder shall be closed and discon- United States. 
 tinned as aforesaid, the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall O f GSrT LaJd 
 forever thereafter possess and exercise all of the powers and authority and office to exercise 
 perform all the duties of said recorder. (6) power of re- 
 
 (a) See Nos. 722, 728, 957, 967, 972, 973, 974, 976, 980, 988, 998, 999, 1002, 1007, 1016, corder. 
 1119, 1020, 1024, 1041, 1063, 1067, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1124, 1139. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 189, 701, 972, 913, 974, 977, 1020, 1024, 1149. 
 
 No. 1144. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Eidgway. June 20, 1874. 
 
 Be it evaded, #c., That the title of Thomas Ridgway, late of Linn V L 18> p ' 572> 
 County, Missouri, to the northeast quarter of section twenty-nine, in Title to land 
 township fifty-eight, in range nineteen north, in Linn County, Missouri, confmned and 
 is hereby confirmed ; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- Thomas^R i d g- 
 ized and directed to issue and deliver to the It-gal representatives of way. 
 said Thomas Ridgway, deceased, a patent for said laud. 
 
 No. 1145. AN ACT to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain frac- June 22, 1874. 
 tional townships in the State of Missouri. Vol. 18, p. 202. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That for all fractional townships iu the State of School lands 
 Missouri, which are entitled to public lands for the support of schools, for certain frac- 
 according to the provisions of the act of Congress approved May tweuti 
 eth eighteen hundred and twenty-six entitled "An act to appropriate 
 lands for the support of schools in certain townships and fractional 
 townships not before provided for," and for which no selections have 
 heretofore been made, there shall be reserved and appropriated out of 
 the public lands, for each of said fractional townships, the amount of 
 land to which they were respectively entitled according to the provi- 
 sions of said act. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the lands to which said fractional townships are entitled Selection by 
 as aforesaid shall be selected by the Commissioner of the General Land Commissioner of 
 Office out of any unappropriated public land within the State of Mis- gf" 6 
 souri subject to sale or location at one dollar and twenty-five cents an 
 acre : Provided, That said Commissioner, in making such selection, shall Proviso, 
 select such land as shall be designated to him for that purpose by the 
 county courts of the counties in which such fractional townships are 
 situated ; and, when so selected, said lands shall be held by the same 
 tenure, and upon the same terms, for the support of schools in such 
 fractional townships, as sections numbered sixteen are, or may be, held 
 in the State of Missouri, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 972, 988, 989, 995, 1013, lOle, 1093, 1114, 1142. 
 
 No. 1146. AN ACT authorizing and requiring the issuance of a patent for certain June 23, 1874. 
 lands to the county of Scott, in the State of Missouri. Vol. 18, p. 282. 
 
 Whereas, by the act of the Congress of the United States entitled Preamble. 
 "An act to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Missouri," 
 approved December twenty- seventh eighteen hundred and seventy-two, 
 certain lands therein mentioned were granted to the county of Scott, 
 in the State of Missouri, which were not specifically described ; and 
 
 Whereas, no provision for the issuance of a patent for said lands was 
 made in said act : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Patent to issue 
 General Land Office to cause a patent to be issued to said county _of MiSimvi ^or ce?' 
 Scott, in the State of Missouri, for all the lands included in that portion g^ ]and ' s 
 of township numbered twenty-seven north, of range twelve east, of tbe 
 tilth principal meridian, lying east of Little River, as the same appears 
 on the plat of survey on file in the General Land Office : Provided, That ^ ot ! h J*l 
 nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person claiming homestead, pre- 
 any of said lands by virtue of any homestead, preemption, or other emption, or other 
 entry made under the laws of the United States, (a) claimants. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1140, 1142, 1147, 1151. 
 
486 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 Feb. 23, 1875. IVo. 1147, 
 Vol. 18, p. 334. 
 
 -AN ACT for the relief of actual settlers on lands claimed to be swamp 
 and overflowed lands in the State of Missouri. 
 
 Purchasers of Be it enacted, #c., That in all cases in the State of Missouri where 
 lands in Missouri, lands have heretofore been selected and claimed as swamp and over- 
 to hIve QP prioritv flowed land8 bv 8a i<l State, and the various counties therein, by virtue 
 to pre-empt or ? f anv ' Mt of Congress, aud said lands have been withheld from market 
 homestead, if in consequence thereof by the General Government, and the said State 
 lands not in fact and counties have sold said lands to actual settlers, and said settlers 
 have improved the same to the value of one hundred dollars ; said set- 
 tlers, their heirs, assigns, and legal representatives, who have cont iuued 
 to reside thereon, shall have priority of right to preempt or home- 
 stead all such lands as may be rejected by the United States as not be- 
 ing in fact swamp and overflowed lands ; and it shall be the duty of 
 the Secretary of the Interior to make such rules and regulations as' may 
 be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act : Provided, 
 That nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of any person 
 who may have made actual settlement upon such lands under the pre- 
 emption or homestead laws prior to the passage of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1140, 1142, 1146, 1151. 
 
 May 5, 1876. No. 1148. AN ACT to exclude the States of Missouri and Kansas from the pro- 
 Vof. 19, p. 52. visions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to promote the development of the 
 
 mining resources of the United States " approved May tenth eighteen hundred and 
 
 seventy-two. 
 
 All lands in Beit enacted, $-c., That within the States of Missouri and Kansas de- 
 Missouri and posits of coal, iron, lead, or other mineral be, and they are hereby, ex- 
 to 3 disposal 1 ]* a? cluded from the operation of the act entitled "An act to promote the 
 ricultural land! development of mining resources of the United States" approved May 
 
 tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy -two and all lands in said Statea 
 
 shall be subject to disposal as agricultural lands. 
 
 July 31, 1876. 
 Vol. 19, p. 121. 
 
 IVo. 1 149. AN ACT making appropriations, &c. 
 
 [Office of recorder of land titles of the State of Missouri abolished. 
 See OHIO, No. 189.] 
 
 Dec. 28, 1876. Wo. 1 1 50. AN ACT directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue 
 VoL 19, p. 500. certificate of relocation for six hundred and forty acres of land in the Territory of 
 Missouri, to legal representatives of Samuel "Ware. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas, Samuel Ware was the owner of land claim numbered four 
 
 hundred and thirty-eight, located in the county of New Madrid, in the 
 then Territory of Missouri, for six hundred and sixty arpents, which 
 was confirmed by act of Congress of the twenty-ninth day of April, 
 eighteen hundred and sixteen (United States Statutes, volume three, 
 page three hundred and twenty-eight) ; aud 
 
 Whereas, said lands having been injured by earthquakes, the said 
 Samuel Ware availed himself of the provisions of the act of the seven- 
 teenth day of February, eighteen hundred aud fifteen, (Statutes, 
 volume three, page two hundred and eleven,) whereby persons owning 
 lands in said county of New Madrid which were materially injured by 
 earthquakes were authorized to locate the like quantity of lands on 
 any of the then Territory the sale of which is authorized by law ; and 
 
 Whereas, in pursuance of said law, said Ware relinquished his claim 
 to the land confirmed as number four hundred and thirty -eight, under 
 the act of the twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen, 
 and applied for a certificate of relocation ; and 
 
 Whereas, on the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and six- 
 teen, Frederick Bates, recorder of land titles, did issue to said Samuel 
 Ware certificate of location numbered sixty -three, which was afterward 
 located on the east half of section twelve, township twenty -four north, 
 of range seventeen east, and the west half of section seven, township 
 twenty-four north, of range eighteen east, on Wolf Island, in the Mis- 
 sissippi River, upon the supposition that said island was in the State 
 of Missouri ; and 
 
 Whereas, it has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United 
 States (eleventh Wallace, three hundred and ninety-five,) that said 
 island belonged to the State of Kentucky; now, therefore, 
 
MISSOURI. 
 
 487 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Relocation of 
 be, and he is hereby, required to issue a certificate of new location to B en d ta tT v repr< ^ 
 the legal representatives of Samuel Ware, authorizing them to locate s amue i ware . 
 said certificate on six hundred and forty acres of any land in what 
 was Missouri Territory, subject to sale. 
 
 IVo. 1151. AN ACT granting to the State of Missouri all lands therein selected March 3, 1877. 
 as swamp and overflowed lands. Vol. 19, p. 395. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all lands in the State of Missouri selected as Swamp and 
 swamp and overflowed lands, and regularly reported as such to the overflowed lands 
 General Land Office, and now withheld from market as such, so far as to Mi ssuri. 
 the same remain vacant and unappropriated and not interfered with 
 by any pre-emption, homestead, or other claim under any law of the 
 United States, and the claim whereto has not been heretofore rejected 
 by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or other competent 
 authority, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to said State, and Patents to issue, 
 all title thereto vested in said State ; and it is hereby made the duty of 
 the Secretary of the Interior to cause patents to issue for the same, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1140, 1142, 1146, 1147. 
 
 IVo. 1152. AN ACT to create an Auditor of Railroad Accounts and for other pur- 
 
 [Repeal of act of June 25, 1868, and sec. 20 of act of July 1, 1862, in 
 reference to filing reports of railroad companies. See NEBRASKA, No. 
 2130.] 
 
 June 19, 1878. 
 Vol,20,p.l69. 
 
 No. 1153. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Israel June 15, 1880. 
 Dodge, deceased. Vol. 21, p. . 
 
 Whereas, it appears that the claim of Israel Dodge, or his legal rep- Preamble, 
 resentatives, was confirmed by the act of Congress entitled "An act to 
 confirm certain land claims in the State of Missouri," approved June 
 twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, to the extent of seven thou- 
 sand and fifty -six arpents, equal to six thousand and two acres and 
 fif ty-hundredths of an acre, and that on the twenty-second day of De- 
 cember, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, a certificate of location num- 
 ber two was issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in 
 full satisfaction of said claim of Israel Dodge, erroneously reciting the 
 act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, 
 as the authority for the issue of said certificate ; and 
 
 Whereas it appears that certain tracts of laud subject to location and 
 entry under the provisions of the aforesaid act of June twenty -first, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty, have been duly entered under and by vir- 
 tue of said certificate, and in part satisfaction thereof : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Patents to issue 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue patents to such to 
 of the legal representatives of Israel Dodge, deceased, as may be en- por 
 titled to them, for lands entered under and by virtue of certificate of 
 location number two, erroneously issued by the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office on the twenty-second day of December, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-five, to the legal representatives of said Israel 
 Dodge, as under and by virtue of act of Congress approved June second, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-eight with the same effect as though said 
 lands had been entered under and by virtue of a certificate duly issued 
 in accordance with the provisions of the second section of the act of 
 June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty : Provided, Said entries 
 be found free from objection in every other particular, and that for the 
 remainder of the land yet authorized to be located under said certificate 
 upon the surrender thereof, he issue to the legal representatives afore- 
 said, who may be legally entitled thereto, certificates of location in 
 quantities not to exceed eighty acres and subject to all the provisions 
 of said act of June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, each of 
 which may be located upon any lands not mineral, of the United States, 
 subject to entry under the laws thereof, and the lands located there- 
 with patented in like manner as other public lands of the United States: 
 Provided, That the location in each case shall conform to the legal sub- Proviso, 
 divisions of the public surveys. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
ARKANSAS. 
 
 May 6, 1812. No. 1154. AN ACT to provide for designating, surveying and granting the mili- 
 Vol. 2, p. 728. tary bounty lands. 
 
 [Lands set apart for satisfying military bounty claims, not exceeding 
 six millions of acres, in Michigan, Illinois, and Territory of Louisiana, 
 subsequently Arkansas. See MICHIGAN, No. 458.] 
 
 Aug. 2, 1813. No. 1155. AN ACT giving further time for registering claims to lands in the late 
 Vol. 3, p. 86. district of Arkansaw, in the Territory of Missouri, and for other purposes. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 974. ] 
 
 March 2, 1819. No. 1 1 56. AN ACT establishing a separate Territorial government in the southern 
 VoL 3, p. 493. part of the Territory of Missouri. 
 
 Part of the Mis- Be it enacted, $c., That from and after the fourth day of July next, all 
 souri Territory that part of the Territory of Missouri which lies south of a line, begin- 
 after July 4, 1819, Ding on tne Mississippi River, at thirty-six degrees, north latitude, 
 aTateTerritoi^y to runn ^ D thence west to the river St. Francois; thence, up the same, to 
 be called Arkan- thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude ; and thence, west, to 
 sas. the western Territorial boundary line ; shall, for the purposes of a Terri- 
 
 torial government, constitute a separate Territory , and be called the 
 Arkansaw Territory, (a) 
 
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 Laws in force g EC . 10. And be it further enacted, That all the laws which shall be in 
 JulyflSlffl? f orce iu the Territor y of Missouri, on the fourth day of July next, not 
 not inconsistent', inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and which shall be appli- 
 &c., to be in force cable to the Territory of Arkansaw, shall be, and continue, in force in 
 in Arkansas. the latter Territory, until modified or repealed by the legislative author- 
 ity thereof. 
 
 Military boun- SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the bounty lands granted, or 
 ty lands exempt hereafter to be granted, for military services during the late war, shall, 
 three years 8 from wnile *h e y continue to be held by the patentees or their heirs, remain 
 date of patents, exempt from all taxes, for the term of three years from and after the 
 while, &c. date of the patents respectively. (&) 
 
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 The line be- SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the line now established by 
 reen c rtain law, bet ween the land offices at the seat of justice in the county of Law- 
 tered. 01 ai 'rence, and at the town of Jackson, in the county of Cape Gireadeau, 
 
 shall, from and after the passage of this act, be so altered as to run, be 
 the same and correspond with the northern line of the said Territory of 
 Arkansaw, any thing in the act, entitled "An act making provision for 
 the establishment of additional land offices in the Territory of Mis- 
 souri," passed the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight 
 hundred and eighteen, to the contrary notwithstanding, (c) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 762, 1076, 1161, 1171, 1203, 1204, 1239, 1257. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 1203, 1204. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1157, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1234, 1254. 
 
 March 17, 1820. No. 1157. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to appoint a 
 Vol. 3, p. 554. receiver of the public moneys and register of the land office for the district of Law- 
 
 rence County, in the Arkansas Territory. 
 
 authorized to ap- Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 point a receiver i 8 hereby, authorized to appoint a receiver of the public moneys and 
 for register of the land office for the district of Lawrence County, in the 
 n " Arkansas Territory, (a) 
 
 488 
 
ARKANSAS. 489 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That every person having a claim to Persons having 
 a right of pre-emption within the said district, shall make known h^ m ^PJ|JJJj 
 <jlaim and location, according to the provisions of the laws now in force, ^ known to the 
 to the register, at least six weeks before the time, to be designated by register six 
 the President of the United States, for issuing patents to the soldiers weeks before 
 of the late army entitled to bounty laud in said district, (a) S 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1234, 1254. late arm y- 
 
 , 1 1 58. AN ACT authorizing the President of the United States to remove the March 2, 182 1. 
 land office in the district of Lawrence County, in the Territory of Arkansas. Vol. 3, p. 622. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That, so much of the act, entitled "An act making Part of an act 
 provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the Terri- of February 17, 
 tory of Missouri," as requires that the land office for the district of Law- 1818 ' re 
 rence County shall be established at the seat of justice in said county, The President 
 shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and the President of the n jg' ves * ablisnt ! 
 United States is hereby authorized to remove and establish said office ableplace! 5 ^ 8 ' 
 at any suitable place within the said district, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157,1166, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1234, 1254. 
 
 No. 1 159. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish, for the Jan. 1, 1824. 
 use of the Territory of Arkansas, an abstract of the military 'bounty lands, lying Vol. 4, p. 1. 
 within the same. 
 
 An abstract to 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the be made out of 
 Treasury, to cause a complete abstract to be made out and transmitted, military bounty 
 for the use of the Territory of Arkansas, to the governor of said Terri- iSy of Arkan- 
 tory, of all the military bounty lands, which have been patented to the sas. 
 soldiers of the late army, or to their legal representatives, lying within 
 the same, designating the tract, the nam of the patentee, and the time 
 when issued, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 1154, 1167, 1177, 1204, 1216, 1240, 1245. 
 
 IVo. 1160. AN ACT concerning pre-emption rights in the Territory of Arkansas. May 26, 1824. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c , That every person, and the legal representative of Vo ' 4| p ' 39 ' 
 every person, who was entitled to the right of pre-emption, in the Ter- Any person or 
 ritory of Arkansas, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the llis le al repre- 
 12th of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, entitled " An was^entitlel to 
 act for the final adjustment of laud titles in the State of Louisiana and the right of pre- 
 Territory of Missouri," in that tract of country north of the river Ar- emption in the 
 kansas, ceded by the United States to the Cherokee nation of Indians, Territory of Ar- 
 on the eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, S^o?' April 12 
 be, and they are hereby, authorized, in lieu thereof, and in full compen- 1314, authorized 
 sation for such right of pre-emption, to enter with the register of the to enter with the 
 land office in the district of Lawrence, in said Territory, any tract within register of the 
 said district, on which they may have made improvements previously Lawrence C dis^ 
 to the passing of this act, or any unimproved tract within said district, trict, any tract 
 the sale of which is authorized by law : Provided, That no more than therein, 
 one quarter- section of land shall be sold to any one individual, in virtue P rovl80 - 
 of this act ; and the same shall be bounded by the sectional and divi- 
 sional lines run, or to be run, under the direction of the surveyor of the 
 United States' lands for the States of Missouri and Illinois, and Terri- 
 tory of Arkansas. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming a pref- Every person 
 erence in becoming the purchaser of a tract of land, in virtue of this claiming a pre- 
 act, shall deliver a notice in writing to the register of the land office j^S a m p u r 
 for said district, stating therein that he was entitled to a pre-emption c haser"of a tract 
 right, under the aforesaid act of Congress, in that part of the Territory of land, in virtue 
 of Arkansas ceded as aforesaid, and also particularly designating there- of this act, shall 
 in the quarter- section he is desirous to enter, which notice the register jjf ^j^ " the 
 shall file in his office ; and, in every case where it shall be proved, to register "of the 
 the satisfaction of the register and receiver of public moneys of the laud office for 
 laud office aforesaid, that any person who has delivered such notice was ss *i& district. 
 entitled to a pre-emption right under said act of Congress, in that part file suciTnoSje 
 of the Territory of Arkansas ceded as aforesaid, shall have a right to 
 
490 ARKANSAS 
 
 enter with the register of said land office, at the minimum price for 
 which United States' lands are sold, the tract of land designated in said 
 notice, on producing his receipt from the receiver of public moneys for 
 the purchase money of said tract, as in case of other public lands sold 
 at private sale ; and, as a compensation for their services, the register 
 and receiver shall, each, be entitled to one dollar in every such case, to 
 Proviso. be paid by the claimant of such pre-emption right : Provided, That 
 
 every such entry and payment shall be made at least two weeks previous 
 to the time of offering the adjacent lands at public sale, unless the 
 same be entered in such part of said district as shall have been offered 
 at public sale at the time of the passage of this act ; in which case r 
 such entry shall be made within two years from the passage thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 421, 1178, 1200, 1230, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1258, 1261. 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 1 161 .AN ACT to fix the western boundary line of the Territory of Arkansas, 
 VoL 4, p. 40. and for other purposes. 
 
 Course of the Be it enacted, #c., That the western boundary line of the Territory of 
 western bound- Arkansas shall begin at a point forty miles west of the southwest coruer 
 Te y nito e of Ar 6 . of . the State of Mis8Ouri > and ruu *uth to the right bank of the Red 
 kansas. " River, and thence, down the river, and with the Mexican boundary, to 
 
 the line of the State of Louisiana, any law heretofore made, to the con- 
 trary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 762, 1076, 1156, 1171, 1203, 1204, 1239, 1257. 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 1 1 62. AN ACT making an appropriation towards the extinguishment of the 
 VoL 4, p. 41 . Quaupau title to lands in the Territory of Arkansas. 
 
 Appropriation Be it enacted, <fr., That a sum not exceeding seven thousand five hun- 
 of $7,500 to uego- dred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of 
 h a e te o t auT) t au W in lany monev iu tne Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the 
 dians. President of the United States to negotiate a treaty with the Quaupau 
 
 Indians, for the extinguishment of their title to lands in the Territory 
 
 of Arkansas. 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 1 163.- AN ACT enabling the claimant* to lands within the limits of the State 
 Vol. 4, p. 52. of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity 
 of their claims. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 998.] 
 
 May 26, 1824. No. 1 1 64. AN ACT supplementary to an act passed on the thirteenth day of June, 
 Vol. 4, p. 65. one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act making further provision 
 for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri." 
 
 [Survey or- general to survey and set apart vacant lots, commons, &c., 
 in Arkansas village, for use of schools, &c. See MISSOURI, No. 999.] 
 
 March 3, 1825. No. 1 165. AN ACT for the relief of Moses Plumer. 
 
 Tol. 6, p. 329. it enacted, #c., That it shall and may be lawful for Moses Plumer, 
 
 Any unappro- a soldier in the late war, to locate and enter, with the register of the 
 
 priated military i an d office for the proper district in the Territory of Arkansas, accord - 
 
 of'Tand 8 ?n A i> i Q & * * ne sectional and divisional lines, any unappropriated quarter - 
 
 kansas to be en- section of land within the military district in said Territory ; and, upon 
 
 tered by him. such location and entry being made, it shall be the duty of the register 
 
 to issue to the said Moses Plumer, a certificate, specifying therein the 
 
 quarter section so located and entered. And it shall be the duty of the 
 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a patent for the land 
 
 so located and entered, whenever the certificate aforesaid shall be pre- 
 
 Proviso. sented to him for that purpose : Provided, That, before such location 
 
 and entry shall be made, the said Moses Plumer shall surrender to the 
 
 register the patent which he now holds from the United States, for the 
 
 southeast quarter of section four, of tovrusLip ten, in range five, west 
 
 of the tract appropriated for military bounties, in the Territory of 
 
 Arkansas, accompanied by such a release of his interest to the land 
 
 therein specified, as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall 
 
 direct. 
 
ARKANSAS. 491 
 
 No. 1 1 66. AN ACT to extend the land districts in the Territory of Arkansas. April 5, 1826. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all that tract of country in the Territory of 
 
 Arkansas, lying north of the base line, and west of the Lawrence Tract of conn- 
 land district, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part jjjg j^^ dStrlofe 
 of, said land district ; and all that part of the Territory of Arkansas j n Arkansas, 
 lying south of the base line, and west of the Arkansas land district, be, 
 and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the Arkansas 
 land district : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be con- Proviso, 
 strued as authorizing a survey or interference of any kind whatever 
 upon any lands, the right whereof is in any Indian tribe, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1234, 1254. 
 
 No. 1167. AN ACT authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the May 22, 1826. 
 bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof. Vol. 4, p. 190. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That it shall and may be lawful for any soldiers in Soldiers, or 
 the late war, or their heirs, to whom bounty lands have been patented, their heirs, ' to 
 or may hereafter be patented, in the Territory of Arkansas, and which land ^J^ b u " t y 
 is unfit for cultivation, and who have removed, or shall hereafter remove, * t ^ n ^ e e ,j e f ^ 
 to the said Territory, with a view to actual settlement on the lands by Arkansas, unfit 
 them drawn in all such cases, where it shall be made to appear, in such for cultivation, 
 manner as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall direct, to the t0 ^ e * v e . J n 
 satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper district, that the quantity^on a*ny 
 land patented to them is unfit for cultivation, and on the surrender of of the unappro- 
 the patent to them granted, accompanied with such a release of their priated lands in 
 interest as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, trict^nsaf^Ter" 
 such soldier, or his heirs, may locate and enter with the register of the r it or y. 
 land office, for the proper district, in the Territory of Arkansas, accord- 
 ing to the sectional and divisional lines, the like quantity on any of the 
 unappropriated public lands in the military district in said Territory ; 
 and upon such entry and location being made, it shall be the duty of Duty of the 
 the register to issue to the person so locating, a certificate specif ying re ister - 
 the quarter or half section of land so located and entered ; and it shall Duty of the 
 be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, if he is Commissioner of 
 satisfied such certificate was fairly obtained, to issue a patent for the office^ 6 
 lands so located, whenever the certificate aforesaid shall be presented p roviso 
 to him for that purpose. Provided, That before such certificate of loca- 
 tion shall be granted, the applicant shall satisfy the register and re- 
 ceiver that his interest in the land originally patented to him, has not 
 been divested, either by his own acts, or by the operation of law, for 
 taxes, or otherwise. And provided, also, That such surrender and relo- Su ^ surren- 
 cation shall be made on or before the first day of January, eighteen nfaie on* or b<J 
 hundred and thirty. But, if said interest shall have been divested in f or e Jan. l, 1830, 
 either mode above mentioned, no title shall be acquired to the land &c. 
 subsequently patented, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 1154, 1159, 1177, 1204, 1216, 1240, 1245. 
 
 No. 1 168. AN ACT for the relief of Phinehas Underwood, and for other purposes. May 22, 1826. 
 
 [Extension of time for filing petitions under provision of act enabling 
 claimants in Arkansas, &c., to institute judicial proceedings. See MIS- 
 SOURI, No. 1002."] 
 
 No. 1169. AN ACT concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Ar- March 2, 1827. 
 
 kansas. Vol. 4, p. 235. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is secretary of the 
 hereby, authorized to set apart and reserve from sale, out of any of the Treasury to set 
 public lands within the Territory of Arkansas, to which the Indian title apart a certain 
 has been, or may be, extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated, a Q"* of^^IfbHc 
 quantity of land not exceeding two eutire townships, for the use and i am i 8] f or t he use 
 support of an university within the said Territory and for no other use O f a university, 
 or purpose whatsoever; to be located in tracts of land of not less than 
 an entire section, corresponding with any of the legal divisions into 
 which the public lauds are authorized to be surveyed, one of which said 
 townships, so set apart and reserved from sale, shall be in lieu of an 
 entire township of laud directed to be located on the waters of the Ar- 
 kansas River in said Territory, for the use of a seminary of learning 
 
492 ARKANSAS. , 
 
 therein, by an act of Congress, entitled "An act making provision for 
 the establishment of additional land offices in the Territory of Missouri," 
 approved February the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and 
 eighteen, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 989, 1196, 1203, 1204, 1237. 
 
 March 3, 1827. No. 1 1 70. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Gregory Strahan, deceased. 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the provisions of the several acts of Congress, 
 
 Acts relating relating to refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia, be, and the same are 
 CanatKc e hereby, extended to the heirs of Gregory Strahan, deceased ; and that 
 tended ' to ' his the amount of land, awarded by the officers directed in said acts to settle 
 heirs. and adjust like claims, shall be located in the Territory of Arkansas, 
 
 upon such lands as have been surveyed, and are or may be unappropri- 
 ated. 
 
 May 19, 1828. No. 1171. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to run and 
 Vol. 4, p. 276. mark a line, dividing the Territory of Arkansas from the State of Louisiana 
 
 [/See LOUISIANA, No. 762.] 
 
 May 24, 1828. X o. 1 1 72. AN ACT to continue in force for a limited time, and to amend an act, 
 Vol. 4, p. 298. entitled "An act to enable claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Mis- 
 
 souri and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their 
 
 claims. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1007.] 
 
 May 24, J828. No. 1173 AN ACT to aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from 
 Vol. 4, p. 305. Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of lend to said State to aid in the con- 
 struction of the canals authorized by law ; and for making donations of land to cer- 
 tain persons in Arkansas Territory. 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 Each head of a SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each head of a family, widow 
 family, &c., over or s j n ^] e man> O ver the age of twenty-one years, actually settled on that 
 vears^actuaUy P art * tne Territory of Arkansas, which, by the first article of the treaty 
 settled, which, between the United States and the Cherokee Indians west of the Mis- 
 by 1st article of sissippi, ratified the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hun- 
 treaty between dred and twenty-eight, has ceased to be a part of said Territory, who 
 and the Chero 8 8na11 remove from such settlement according to the provisions of that 
 kees west of the treaty, shall be authorized to enter with the proper register of the land 
 Mississippi, rati- office in Arkansas, a quantity not exceeding two quarter-sections of 
 fi f e( M by 23 tr i 6 Sf land ' on aD ? of tbe P ub ! ic lands in that Territory, the sale of which is 
 authorized 'to en' authorized by law, and in conformity with the lines of the public sur- 
 ter with the veys, at any time within two years from the passage of this act; and 
 proper register upon presenting the certificate of such entry to the Secretary of the 
 a ceedin^ t wo Treasur y> a patent shall be issued to such settler, or to his, her or their 
 quarter^sectio^u s heirs, for the lands so entered, as a donation from the United States, as 
 of land. an indemnity for the improvements and losses of such settler under the 
 
 aforesaid treaty. 
 
 Register, &c., SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of the 
 
 ^i t ^estimon PI of land office > to which application may be made to enter such lands, shall 
 
 Fuch Actual set- be authorized to take the proper testimony of such actual settlement 
 
 tlement and sub- and subsequent removal, as in cases of pre-emptions heretofore granted 
 
 sequent removal, to actual settlers, for which a reasonable compensation shall be made 
 
 to such registers and receivers, by the United States, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1174, 1176, 1181, 1195, 1201, 1230, 1243. 
 
 Jan. 6, 1829. No. 1 174. AM ACT restricting the location of certain land claims in the Territory 
 Vol. 4, p. 329. of Arkansas, and for other purposes. 
 
 Persons enii- Be it enacted, fc., That no person entitled to a donation of land by the 
 tied to a donation eighth section of an act, entitled "An act to aid the State of Ohio in 
 Lla n( V n ii^ie extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a 
 of an act enti- quantity of land to said State to aid in the construction of the canals 
 tied, &c., not al- authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons 
 lowed to enter j n Arkansas Territory," shall be permitted to enter the improvement of 
 
ARKANSAS. 493- 
 
 any actual settler in the Territory of Arkansas, before the same shall the improvement 
 have been offered for sale, unless it be with the consent of such actual factual settlers, 
 settler ; and all entries which may be so made shall be considered null ( 
 and void. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That no person residing south of the Residents south 
 Arkansas River, and west of the present Territorial line, shall be enti- er &c wes^of 
 tied to the donation of land given by the eighth section aforesaid, unless Territorial lino, 
 said persons shall move east of said line ; and, in that case, they shall not entitled to- 
 be entitled to the donations specified in said eighth section of said act, donation given 
 under the restrictions aforesaid, (a) le^&c. Un " 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1173, 1176, 1181, 1195, 1201, 1230, 1243. 
 
 No. 11 75. AN ACT to preserve from injury and waste the school lands in the Jan. 6, 1829. 
 Territory of Arkansas. Vol. 4, p. 329. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the governor and general assembly of the ~ Governor and 
 Territory of Arkansas be, and they are hereby, authorized to make, and general assembly 
 carry into effect, such laws and needful regulations as they shall deem ?* Arkansas, au- 
 most expedient to protect from injury and waste the sixteenth section tect ttie lands 
 in all townships of land in said Territory, where surveys have been, or &c. 
 may hereafter be, made, which sections are reserved for the support of 
 schools in each township, and to provide by law for leasing or renting 
 the same, for any term not excee ding five years, in such manner as to 
 render said school lands most valuable and productive, and shall apply Rents to be ap- 
 the rents derived therefrom to the support of common schools, in the P lied to the sup- 
 respective townships, according to the design of the donation, and to schools 
 no other purpose whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 989, 1179, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1219, 1227, 1229, 1237. 
 
 No. 1176. AN ACT to extend the time for locating certain donations in Ar- Jan. 13, 1830. 
 
 kansas. Vol. 4, p. 371. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That so much of an act of Congress, approved Time limited 
 twenty-fourth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, entitled by act of May 24, 
 " An act to aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from JfjLie itf for 
 
 e itf for 
 
 Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State to locating' certain 
 aid in the construction of canals, authorized bylaw, and for making donations, ex- 
 donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory;" and, also tended one year 
 so much of an act approved 6th January, eighteen hundred and twenty- t] 
 nine, entitled "An act restricting the location of certain land claims, in 
 the Territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes," as limits the time 
 of locating those donations, be, and the same is hereby continued in 
 force, for the further term of one year, from the twenty-fourth day of 
 May next : Provided, That no locations shall be made within the further . Proviso: loca- 
 time allowed by this act, which shall not include the actual settlement aSal^lTtt le 
 made by the claimant prior to the twenty-fourth day of May next, (a) ments prior to 
 (a) See Nos. 1173, 1174, 1181, 1195, 1201, 1230, 1243. May 24> 183 * 
 
 No. 1177. AN ACT to continue in force "An act authorizing certain soldiers March 23, 1830. 
 in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others Vol. 4, p. 383. 
 in lieu thereof," and for other purposes. 
 
 Beitenacted, #c., Thatthe act of the twenty-second of May, one thousand Act of May- 22, 
 eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act authorizing certain ]>' 6 > authorizing, 
 soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, 5 ^JSjiind ft* 
 and to locate others in lieu thereof," be, and the same is hereby, contin- provisions ex- 
 ued in force for the term of five years. And the provisions of the above- tended to, &c. 
 recited act shall be, and are hereby, extended to those having like 
 claims in the States of Illinois and Missouri, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 1154, 1159, 1167, 1204, 1216, 1240, 1245. 
 
 No. 1 1 78. AN ACT for further extending the powers of the judges of the superior May 8, 1830. 
 court of the Territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty-sixth day of May, Vol. 4, p. 399. 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty -four, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the act, approved on the twenty-sixth day of Act of May 26, 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act to 1824 > continued, 
 enable claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and 
 Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of 
 
, 
 
 494 ARKANSAS. 
 
 their claims," shall be, and hereby is, continued in force, so far as the 
 said act relates to the claims within the Territory of Arkansas, until 
 the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty -one, for 
 Court in Ar- the purpose of enabling the court in Arkansas, having cognisance of 
 kansas author!- c i a j m s under the said act, to proceed by bills of review, filed, or to be 
 Sin decreed &c. n l. ed > in tne said court, on the part of the United States, for the purpose 
 and to reverse of revising all or any of the decrees of the said court in cases wherein 
 them. it shall appear to the said court, or be alleged in such bills of review, 
 
 that the jurisdiction of the same was assumed, in any case, on any 
 forged warrant, concession, grant, order of survey, or other evidence of 
 title ; and, in every case wherein it shall appear to the said court, on 
 the prosecution of any such bill of review, that such warrant, conces- 
 sion, grant, order of survey, or other evidence of title, is a forgery, it 
 shall be lawful, and the said court is hereby authorized to proceed, by 
 further order and decree, to reverse and annul any prior decree or ad- 
 judication upon such claim ; and thereupon such prior decree or adju- 
 dication shall be deemed, and held in all places whatever, to be null 
 Mode of pro- an d void to all intents and purposes. And the said court shall proceed 
 011 such bills of review, by such rules of practice and regulations as 
 they may adopt, for the execution of the powers vested or confirmed 
 in them by this act. 
 
 No entries of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no entries of land in any of the 
 land to be made land offices in Arkansas, under any of the provisions of the said act, 
 until, &c. shall be made, until the further direction of Congress. 
 
 Requisites to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall be issued for 
 
 the issuing o f i am i 8 un( ier any decree of the said court, in any case in which the 
 
 Decrees o^aid or 'S^ na l warrant, concession, grant, or order of survey, has been with- 
 
 court. drawn from the files of the said court, unless the person or persons 
 
 Original war- claiming such patent shall first produce and deposit, in the office of the 
 
 ant i &C i'^ be Commissioner of the General Land Office, the original warrant, conces- 
 
 PI Ge" uTneness of siou ' g rant > or order of survey, on which such decree was founded, and 
 
 this warrant, &e., on which the said court took jurisdiction under the said act; and no 
 
 to be established patent shall be issued until the further order of Congress, in any case, 
 
 to satisfaction of un( ier the said act, until it shall satisfactorily appear to the Commis- 
 
 Geneal Lan d sioner of the General Land Office that the warrant, concession, grant, 
 
 Office, or of said or order of survey, on which any lands are claimed, under any decree 
 
 court upon re- of the said court, was, in fact, made or issued by or under the authority 
 
 of the person or persons purporting to have made or issued the same, or 
 
 unless the said warrant, concession, grant, or order of survey shall have 
 
 been determined by the said court, on the hearing of a bill of review, 
 
 to be genuine. 
 
 Entries, pa- SEC. 4. And be it further [enacted,] That no entry, survey, or patent, 
 tents, &c., not to shall, at any time hereafter, be made or issued under the said act, ex- 
 be made, except, cept j n ^e name of the original party to any such decree, and on proof 
 to the satisfaction of the officers, respectively, that the party applying 
 is such original party, or is duly authorized by such original party, or 
 his heirs, to make, receive, or require such entry, patent, or survey, (a) 
 In case of re- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases in which the said 
 versal, &c.. lands COU rt shall, by decree or adjudication, under this act, review and annul 
 sale &c an y P rior decree or adjudication therein, any lands which may have 
 
 been heretofore entered, under any such prior decree or adjudication, 
 shall, thereafter, be subject to sale or entry as other public lands of the 
 United States may be. (6) 
 
 President o f SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 United States au- States is hereby authorized to employ, on behalf of the United States, 
 thorized to em- 8UCa counsel on their part, in the Territory of Arkansas, or elsewhere, 
 counsel to be associated for that purpose with the district attorney of the same 
 
 Territory, as he may deem the interests of the United States may re- 
 quire, in the prosecution of such bills of review before the said court. 
 Appeal to the SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases, the party against 
 ^f United St' t, 111 ^ w ^ orn * ne judgment or decree of the said court may be finally given, 
 >s ' shall be entitled to an appeal, within one year from the time of its 
 rendition, to the Supreme Court of the United States, which Court shall 
 have power to review the decision of the court below, both on the law 
 and the facts ; and the court in Arkansas be, and the same is hereby 
 Grounds of ap- required to spread upon the record the whole testimony, together with 
 peal- the reasons for their decision in each case, and to transmit to the Su- 
 
 preme Court of the United States the same, together with the original 
 warrant, concession, grant, order of survey, or other evidence of 
 title, (a) 
 
ARKANSAS. 495 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each of the judges of the su- Extra compen- 
 reme court of the Territ 
 of their duties imposed b;; 
 
 preme court of the Territory of Arkansas shall, while in the discharge ^i. on to Judges, 
 
 1 by this act, be allowed at the rate of eight hun- ** 
 dred dollars per annum, in addition to their salary as judges of the su- 
 
 . A t> j_i _ m fj _ _ J* A __1 t i i 11 i _ j?_ll J? 
 
 perior court tor the Territory of Arkansas, which shall be in full for Appropriations, 
 their services, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not other- 
 wise appropriated. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 974, 998, 1002, 1007, 1067, 1155, 1163, 1168, 1172, 1187, 1192, 1223, 1233, 1241. 
 (&) See Nos. 421, 1160, 1200, 1230, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1258, 1261. 
 
 No. 1 179. AN ACT to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the Terri- May 29, 1830. 
 tory of Arkansas. Vol. 4, p. 418. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That, wherever the sixteenth sections in said Terri- In certain case, 
 tory, either in whole, or in part, are now, or may hereafter be, included other lands than 
 in private claims held by titles confirmed, or legally decided to be valid tne l ^ sections 
 and sufficient, other lands equivalent thereto and most convenient to may 
 the same, may be selected in lieu thereof, under the direction of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury ; and the lands so selected shall be entered in 
 the office of the register of the land district in which they may lie, and 
 be, by such register, reported to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, as school lands selected under this act : Provided, That, before 
 making any entry of such other lands, the case shall be made out to the 
 satisfaction of the register and receiver of said district, agreeably to 
 rules to be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 for that purpose, showing that the sixteenth section, or a part thereof, 
 has been included in the manner above mentioned, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 989, 1175, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1219, 1227, 1229, 1237. 
 
 No. 1180. AN ACT to provide for surveying certain lands in the Territory of May 29, 1830. 
 
 Arkansas. Vol. 4, p. 418. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the surveyor-general of the fetates of Illinois, Allowance of 
 Missouri, and Territory of Arkansas, be, and he is hereby, authorized to fo . ur dollars per 
 contract for, and pay, at the rate of four dollars per mile, for the survey- 1 ' ' 
 
 ing of such of the public lands in the Territory of Arkansas, which lie on 
 the rivers, and are so thickly covered with cane, that contracts for ex- 
 ecuting the surveys thereof, by suitable persons, cannot be made at the 
 existing price : Provided, That said surveyor-general shall certify to the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, from time to time, the quan- 
 tity of land, for the surveying of which, the additional compensation 
 allowed by this act shall be contracted for, and the reasons, in his opin- 
 ion requiring the increased allowance, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1189. 
 
 No. 1181. AN ACT to extend the time for entering certain donation claims to Jan. 27, 1831. 
 land in the Territory of Arkansas. Vol. 4, p. 434. 
 
 Be it enacted #c., That the provisions of the eighth and ninth sections Certain provi- 
 of the act of Congress, approved twenty-fourth day of May, one thou- sions continued, 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act to aid the State in force for two 
 of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to aTJgsi 
 grant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the construction of the ' 
 canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain 
 persons in Arkansas Territory ; " and the provisions of the act entitled 
 "An act restricting the location of certain land claims in the Territory 
 of Arkansas, and for other purposes," approved sixth January, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-nine ; and, also, the provisions of the 
 act, entitled "An act to extend the time for locating certain donations 
 in Arkansas," approved thirteenth January, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force for the 
 period of two years, from the twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and thirty-one : Provided, That nothing in this act, or the fore- Proviso, 
 going acts, shall be so construed as to prevent the President of the 
 United States from bringing the said lands in Arkansas into market 
 under the existing laws ; and all claims to donations under the before- 
 recited act, which shall not have been presented and allowed by the 
 
496 ARKANSAS. 
 
 proper authorities on or before the day which shall be fixed on by the 
 President for the sale of said land, are hereby declared forfeited to the 
 United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1173, 1174, 1176, 1195, 1201, 1230, 1243. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1831. No. 1182. A PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States ordering 
 Vol. 11, p. 770. persons to remove from public lands in Arkansas. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas information has been transmitted to the President of the 
 
 United States, by the governor of the Territory of Arkansas, that cer- 
 tain persons pretending to act under the authority of the Mexican Gov- 
 ernment, and without any lawful right or power derived from that of 
 the United States, have attempted to, and do survey, for sale and set- 
 tlement, a portion of the public lands in said Territory, and particularly 
 in the counties of Lafayette, Sevier, and Miller, and have presumed to, 
 and do administer to the citizens residing in said counties, the oath of 
 allegiance to the said Mexican Government : and whereas such acts and 
 practices are contrary to the law of the laud, and the provisions of the 
 act of Congress approved the third day of March, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, and are offences against 
 the peace and public tranquility of the said Territory, and the inhabit- 
 ants thereof : 
 
 Ordering per- Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Jackson, President of 
 sons to remove fo e United States, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me f 
 lands in 6 Arkan * n an< ^ ^ v * ne sa ^ ac ^ i ^ Congress, do issue this my proclamation, corn- 
 eas, manding and strictly enjoining all persons who have unlawfully en- 
 tered upon, taken possession of, or made any settlement on the public 
 lands, in the said counties of Lafayette, Sevier, or Miller, or who may 
 be in the unlawful occupation or possession of the same or any part 
 thereof, forthwith to depart and remove therefrom : and I do hereby 
 command and require the marshal of the said Territory of Arkansas, or 
 other officer or officers acting as such marshal, from and after the fifteenth 
 day of April, next, to remove or cause to be removed, all persons who 
 may then unlawfully be upon, in possession of, or who may unlawfully 
 occupy any of the public lands in the said counties of Lafayette, Sevier,, 
 or Miller, or who may be surveying or attempting to survey the same, 
 without any authority therefor from the Government of the United 
 States: and to execute and carry into effect this proclamation. I do 
 hereby authorize the employment of such military force as may be 
 necessary, pursuant to the act of Congress aforesaid, and warn all offend- 
 ers in the premises, that they will be prosecuted and punished, in such 
 other way and manner as may be consistent with the provisions and 
 requisitions of the law in such case made and provided. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington, this tenth day of February, A. D. 
 1831, and of the Independence of the United States" of America the fifty- 
 fifth. 
 
 ANDREW JACKSON. 
 
 March 2, 1831. No. 1183. AX ACT granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Arkansas for 
 the erection of a public building at the seat of government of said Territory. 
 
 VoL 4, p. 473. 
 
 Ten sect i on s Be it enacted, #c., That the legislature of the Territory of Arkansas be, 
 granted. and they are hereby authorized to select, or cause to be selected, a quan- 
 
 tity of the unappropriated public lands in the Territory of Arkansas, 
 not exceeding ten sections, and in portions not less than one quarter- 
 section, which is hereby granted to said Territory, for the purpose of 
 raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the 
 seat of government of said Territory. 
 
 Authority to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said Terri- 
 86 U. tory be, and they are hereby authorized to adopt such measures for the 
 
 sale of said tract of land, or any part thereof, at such times and manner, 
 and convey the same by such deeds, as they shall deem expedient; and 
 upon the presentation of such deeds of conveyance, as shall be adopted 
 by said legislature and given to the purchasers, to the Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office, it shall be the duty of the President to issue 
 patents to the purchasers, as in other cases, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1193, 1204, 1206. 
 
ARKANSAS. 497 
 
 No. 1 184. AN ACT for the benefit of Percis Lovely, and for other purposes. March 3, 1831 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the tract of land not exceeding one half-sec- 
 
 tion, including the present residence of Mrs. Percis Lovely, in Pope Certain land 
 
 County, in the Territory of Arkansas, shall be reserved by the President se ' 
 
 of the United States from public sale, during the life-time of said Percis, 
 
 and that she shall have the entire use and privilege of, and possession 
 
 of the said half-section of land, for and during her life: Provided, That Proviso. 
 
 the said Percis Lovely, shall not commit, or permit any other person to 
 
 commit, on said land, any voluntary waste. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Payment for 
 pay unto the said Percis Lovely or her legal representative, out of any certain improve- 
 money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, m ' ' 
 a sum equal to that for which her improvements upon the land secured 
 to her by the treaty at Hiawassee, in one thousand eight hundred and 
 seventeen, for life, were valued, and which improvements and land were 
 taken from her by the treaty at Washington, of one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty-eight, with the Cherokee Indians : Provided, That Proviso, 
 before the money shall be paid the said Percis Lovely, she shall produce 
 to the Treasury Department satisfactory evidence that the said sum of 
 money has not been heretofore paid her by the Government of the 
 United States, through the Indian Department : And, provided, also, Proviso. 
 That the half-section granted by this act, shall not interfere with, or 
 include any lands lying within the limits of any reservation made by 
 the last named treaty, made at Washington as aforesaid, in the year 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. 
 
 No. 1185.- AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Dennis, and the legal representatives March 31, 1832. 
 of Asa Hartfield. Vol. 6, p. 483. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That Asa Hartfield, his assignee or Asa Hartfield 
 legal representative be, and he is hereby authorized to surrender the aut ' bor , lzed * 
 patent granted to said Asa Hartfield, bearing date the first of December SSJ&c. 
 eighteen hundred and thirty, for the southeast fractional quarter of sec- 
 tion seven, and the northwest fractional quarter of section eight, north 
 of the Arkansas River, in township seven south of range five west, 
 containing ninety-two acres, and eighty-two hundredths of an acre: 
 and to locate in lieu of it, the northeast quarter of section seven, and 
 the northwest quarter of section eight on the south side of the Arkansas 
 River. The said location having been made by the mistake of the 
 register of the land office at Little Rock in said Territory of Arkansas, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1198. 
 
 No. 1186. AN ACT authorizing the governor of the Territory of Arkansas to April 20, 1832. 
 lease the salt springs, in said Territory, and for other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 505. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the salt springs lying on the Washita River, Salt springs, 
 on Little River, and on Saline Creek, in said Territory of Arkansas, to- &c., reserved 
 gether with as many contiguous sections to each of said springs as shall from saie- 
 be equal to one township, and every other salt spring which may be dis- 
 covered in said Territory, with the section of one mile square which in- 
 cludes it, shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States, 
 and shall not be liable to be entered, located, or appropriated for any 
 other purpose whatever. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor of said Territory Governor au- 
 shall be, and is hereby, authorized to let out or lease said springs, for a thonzed 
 term not exceeding five years ; and the rents and profits arising from 
 said springs shall be applied, by the legislature of said Territory, to 
 the opening and improving such roads in said Territory, as said legisla- 
 ture may direct, and to no other purpose whatever, (a) 
 
 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the hot springs in said Terri- Hot springe re- 
 tory, together with lour sections of land including said springs, as near 8e 
 the centre thereof as may be, shall be reserved for the future disposal 
 of the United States, and shall not be entered, located, or appropriated, 
 for any other purpose whatever. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 989, 1203, 1204, 1238. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 1253, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1262, 1263. 
 
 32 L O VOL II 
 
498 
 
 ARKANSAS. 
 
 April 20, 1832. No. 1 187. AN ACT providing for the postponement of the trial of certain cases 
 Vol. 4, p. 506. now pending in the superior courts of Arkansas Territory, and for withholding 
 from sale or entry certain lands in said Territory. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 District attor- Be it enacted, $-c., That the district attorney of the United States for 
 ney authorized the Territory or Arkansas be, and he is hereby, authorized and re- 
 tosuspend pro- q u i re d to postpone until after the expiration of the next session of the 
 Supreme Court of the United States, all further proceedings in any case 
 which has been tried, or now is pending for trial, in the superior court 
 of the Territory of Arkansas, upon which bills of review have been 
 tiled in said superior court on the part of the United States, under the 
 provisions of an act, passed May the eighth, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty, entitled "An act for further extending the powers of the 
 judges of the superior court of the Territory of Arkansas, under the 
 act of the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty-four, and for other purposes." Provided, hoivever, That nothing 
 in this act shall be applicable to any of the aforesaid cases now pend- 
 ing for trial on appeals in the Supreme Court of the United States: 
 Proviso. And provided aUo, That nothing herein contained shall prejudice the 
 
 rights of any of the parties: Provided, also, That no extra compensa- 
 tion shall be allowed said judges until after the termination of the 
 next term of the Supreme Court of the United States, after which the 
 judges shall proceed to dispose of said cases under the provisions of said 
 acts, and then be allowed the additional compensation from said time, 
 until the cases are disposed of, or tried, by the said courts of Arkansas. 
 Lands to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 withheld from gtates shall cauge all the Iand8> th(? titleg to which are i nvo l ve d in, or 
 
 dependent upon, the trial of said bills of review, which are claimed by 
 
 Surcbasers after the rendition of the original judgment, to be with- 
 eld from sale until the further order of Congress, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 974, 908, 1002, 1007, 1067, 1155, 1163, 1168, 1172, 1178, 1192, 1223, 1233, 1241. 
 
 May 31, 1832. 
 Vol. 6, p. 493. 
 
 No. 1188.-AN ACT for the relief of Thomas and James MassingilL 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c , That the register and receiver of the land office at 
 
 Claim to be Little Rock, in the Arkansas Territory, be, and they are hereby, au- 
 reconsidered, &c. thorized to reconsider, hear, and determine the claim of Thomas and 
 James Massingill, assignees of Thomas Morrow, for a donation of three 
 hundred and twenty acres of land, under and by virtue of the act of 
 Congress, approved the twenty-fourth [eighth] May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty ; upon such proof as has, or may hereafter be 
 adduced to them in support of the claim, dispensing with the affidavit 
 of the said Thomas Morrow, the original claimant ; and if, in their 
 opinion, the said Thomas and James Massingill shall establish the right 
 of the said Thomas Morrow, to a donation under the before-mentioned 
 act, of three hundred and twenty acres of land, by other testimony 
 than the affidavit of the said Morrow, the register and receiver shall 
 award to the said Massingill, their heirs or assigns, the right to enter 
 the said three hundred and twenty acres or land, according to the pro- 
 visions of the act aforesaid. 
 
 June 15, 1832. No. 1189. AN ACT to create the office of surveyor of public lands for the Ter- 
 Vol. 4, p. 531. ritory of Arkansas. 
 
 "~ Duties. Be it enacted, #c., That a surveyor for the Territory of Arkansas shall 
 
 be appointed, who shall have the same authority, and perform the same 
 duties respecting the public lands and private land claims in the Ter- 
 ritory of Arkansas as are now vested in, and required of, the surveyor 
 of the lands of the United States in Missouri and Illinois. 
 Maps, papers, SEC. 2. Andbe it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the survey or 
 
 &c., relating to f or Missouri and Illinois to deliver to the surveyor for the Territory of 
 Arkan 8as, all the maps, papers, records, and documents relating to the 
 " public lands and private land claims in Arkansas, which may be in his 
 office ; and in every case where it shall be impracticable to make a sepa- 
 ration of such maps, papers, records, and documents, without injury, it 
 shall be his duty to cause copies thereof, certified by him, to be furnished 
 to the surveyor of Arkansas, which copies shall be of the same validity 
 as the originals. 
 
ARKANSAS. 499 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of Arkansas, to Location of 
 be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall establish his office at such omce - 
 place as the President of the United States may deem most expedient 
 for the public service, and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of 
 fifteen hundred dollars, and that he be authorized to employ one skilful draughtsman 
 draughtsman and two clerks, whose aggregate compensation shall not and clerk, 
 exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum. () 
 
 (a) See No. 1180. 
 
 No. 1190. AN ACT granting to the Territory of Arkansas one thousand acres June 15, 1832. 
 of land, for the erection of a court-house and jail at Little Rock. Vol. 4, p. 531. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That there be granted to the Territory of Arkansas, Land to be se- 
 a quantity of land not exceeding one thousand acres, contiguous to, and lected by gov- 
 adjoining the town of Little Rock, for the erection of a court-house and ernor - 
 jail in said town ; which lands shall be selected by the governor of the 
 Territory by legal subdivisions, and disposed of in such manner as the 
 legislature may by law direct ; and the proceeds of the lands so dis- 
 posed of, shall be applied towards building a court-house and jail in 
 said town of, Little Rock ; and the surplus, if any, may be applied to 
 such other objects as the legislature of said Territory may deem 
 proper, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1197, 1211. 
 
 No. 1191. AN ACT establishing land districts in the Territory of Arkansas. June 25, 1832. 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That there shall be four land districts in the Terri- 
 
 tory of Arkansas, to be called as follows, viz : the Arkansas land dis- Four land . dis - 
 
 trict, the White River land district, the Red River land district, and the }^ the^Terrftorv 
 
 Fayetteville land district ; and each of the aforesaid land districts O f Arkansas. 
 
 shall be bounded as follows, to wit: The Arkansas land district shall Name and 
 
 include all the country embraced within the following boundaries : boundaries. 
 
 beginning on the west bank of the Mississippi River, at the mouth of the 
 
 St. Francis River, and running thence due west with the base line to the 
 
 northeast corner of range six, township one north and south of said 
 
 base line ; thence, due north with the dividing line between ranges five 
 
 and six, to the northeast corner of township seven, north of said base 
 
 line ; thence, due west with the dividing line between townships seven 
 
 and eight, to the northwest corner of range seventeen; and thence, due 
 
 south with the dividing line between ranges seventeen and eighteen, to 
 
 the Mississippi River. The White River district shall include all the 
 
 country south of Missouri, which is not included in the Arkansas land 
 
 district above described, and east of the dividing line between ranges 
 
 seventeen and eighteen, as extended from the northwest corner of the 
 
 said Arkansas land district, to the State of Missouri. The RedRivor 
 
 land district shall include all the country in Arkansas lying west of the 
 
 Arkansas land district, and south of the base line. The Fayetteville 
 
 land district shall include the residue of the Territory of Arkansas, being 
 
 all the country lying north of the Red River district, and west of the 
 
 Arkansas and White River districts. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land office for the Arkansas Land offices 
 land district shall be at Little Rock ; the land office for the White River ? or tff .respect- 
 district shall be at Batesville ; the land office for the Red River district lv< 
 shall be at the town of Washington : and the land office for the Fay- 
 etteville district shall be at Fayetteville. 
 
 SEC. 3. And b& it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- Plats of sur- 
 retary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the veys to be de- 
 proper plats of the surveys to be deposited in the proper land offices. P 8: fcedt &c> 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for each of the said districts Begisters and 
 created by this act, a register and receiver of public moneys shall be receivers to be 
 appointed, who shall give security in the same manner, and whose duties a PP u 
 and authorities shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the 
 lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are by law provided 
 in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several 
 offices established for the sale of the public lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1166, 1200, 1209, 1234, 1254. 
 
500 ARKANSAS. 
 
 June 25, 18132. No. 1 192. AX ACT to confirm certain claims to land in the Territory of Arkansas. 
 VoL 6, p. 498. Be it ena( . te d, $c., That the second, third, and fourth sections of the 
 Part of act ot act, approved eighth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, enti- 
 May 8, 1830, re- tied "An act for further extending the powers of the judges of the 
 pealed so far as SU p e rior court of the Territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty- 
 to be made am! sixth dav of Mav ' one thousand eight hundred and twenty -four, and 
 patents issued to for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby repealed, so far as to 
 certain persons, allow entries to be made and patents to be issued, to the following per- 
 sons, for the number of arpens of land respectively affixed to the name 
 of each, in the same manner as though the said act had never passed, 
 viz: 
 
 To John Battiste Billiette, four hundred arpens. To Stephen Vau- 
 gine, four hundred arpens. To Harrold Still well, three hundred and 
 twenty arpens. To Crittenden, Sevier, and Searcy, assignees of Ger- 
 man Charbenau, three hundred and twenty arpens. To A. H. Sevier, 
 four hundred arpens. To Looney Price, three hundred and twenty ar- 
 pens. To Charles Refeld, four hundred arpens. To A. H. Sevier, as- 
 signee of Solomon Bodwell, four hundred and forty arpens. To An- 
 toine Beuuvois, four hundred and forty arpeus. To "Louis Placide, six 
 hundred arpens. To John Still well, six hundred and forty arpens. To 
 Noah Wall, six hundred and forty arpens. To Athanasse Racine, one 
 hundred and sixty arpens. To Sylvanus Phillips, eight hundred arpens^ 
 To James Scull, four hundred and eighty arpens. To Don Francis 
 Vaugine, eight hundred arpens. To James Scull, three hundred and 
 twenty arpens. To Francis Vaugine, eight hundred arpens. To Ter- 
 rence *Farrelly and Mary his wife, assignees of John Lavergne, four 
 hundred arpens. To Nathaniel Bassett, six hundred and forty arpens. 
 To Joseph Bogy, three hundred and twenty arpens. To William Web- 
 ber, three hundred and twenty arpens. To Marie Message, three hun- 
 dred and twenty arpens. To William Patterson, three hundred and 
 twenty arpens. To James Scull, assignee of John B. Duchassin, four 
 hundred and eighty arpens. To A. H. Sevier, assignee of Sylvanus 
 Phillips, who was assignee of Peter Edwards, four hundred arpens. To 
 John B. Galliot, one hundred and sixty arpens. To William Russell, 
 assignee of Sylvanus Phillips, assignee of Battiste Socia, six hundred 
 and forty arpens. To James Scull, assignee of La Conrce, one hundred 
 and twenty arpens. To James Scull, assignee of Michael Gimblet, two 
 hundred and forty arpens. To Charles Refeld's heirs, eight hundred 
 arpens. To Joseph Still well's heirs, three hundred and twenty arpeus. 
 To John Henry Fooy, three hundred and twenty arpens (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 974, 998, 1002, 1007, 1067, 1155, 1163, 1168, 1172, 1178, 1187, 1223, 1233, 1241. 
 
 Jnlv 4 1832 Wo 1193. AN ACT to authorize the governor of the Territory of Arkansas to se- 
 Vol. 4 'p. 563. lec * ten sections of land, granted to said Territory for the purpose of building a 
 legislative house for said Territory, and for other purposes. 
 
 Governortose- Be it enacted, $c., That all the authority and pewer is hereby vested 
 in, and given to the governor of the Territory of Arkansas, which was 
 vested in, and given to the legislature of the Territory of Arkansas, by 
 an act of Congress of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty-one, by which a quantity of land not exceeding ten sections, 
 was granted to said Territory for the purpose of raising a fund for the 
 erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of government of 
 said Territory. 
 
 United States SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall 
 not liable for ex- jj e 8O construed as authorizing any expense on the part of the United 
 c* 11 ^^ States for selecting said lands, or building said house, other than the 
 aforesaid grant of ten sections of the unappropriated public lands, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 1183, 1204, 1206. 
 
 July 9, 1832. No. 1 194. AJN ACT for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri. 
 VoL 4, p. 565. ****** 
 
 Heirs of Carlos SEO. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the heirs 
 de Villemontof Carlos de Villemont to submit the evidence of their claim to a tract 
 may submit evi- of land in Arkansas Territory, to a place called " Chi cot Point," to the 
 ' said recorder and commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said re- 
 Report there- corder and commissioners to report upon said claim in the manner that 
 n. other claims provided for in this act are to be reported and proceeded 
 
 upon. 
 
ARKANSAS. 
 
 501 
 
 W 
 
 1195. AN ACT further to extend the time for entering certain donation 
 claims to land in the Territory of Arkansas. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1833. 
 Vol. 4, p. 619. 
 
 Time for en- 
 donation 
 land 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the provisions of the eighth and ninth sections 
 of the act of Congress, approved the twenty- fourth day of May, one tering d 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act to aid the extended 
 State of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, 
 and to grant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the construction 
 of canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to cer- 
 tain persons in Arkansas Territory," and the provisions of the act, en- 
 titled " An act restricting the location of certain land claims in the Ter- 
 ritory of Arkansas, and for other purposes," approved the sixth of Jan- 
 nary, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- nine ; and, also, the pro- 
 visions of an act, entitled " An act to extend the time for locating cer- 
 tain donations in Arkansas," approved the thirteenth January, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby, con- 
 tinued in force for the term of five years, from the twenty- fourth day 
 of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three : Provided, That Proviso, 
 nothing in this act, or the foregoing acts, shall bo so construed as to 
 prevent the President of the United States from bringing the said lands 
 in Arkansas into market under the existing laws ; and all claims to do- 
 nations under the before-recited act, which shall not have been pre- 
 sented and allowed by the proper authorities on or before the day 
 which shall be fixed on by the President for the sale of said land, are 
 hereby declared forfeited to the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1173, 1174, 1176, 1181, 1201, 1230, 1243. 
 
 No. 1 196. AN A.CT supplementary to an act, entitled " An act concerning a sem- March 2, 1833. 
 inary of learning in the Territory of Arkansas," approved the second of March, Vol.4, p. 661. 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the governor of the Territory of Arkansas Governor to se- 
 shall select twenty of the sections of public laud reserved by the act, lect twenty sec- 
 entitled " An act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of tions, and to sell 
 Arkansas," approved the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty- tn 
 seven ; and, after advertising and proclaiming them for sale in the sev- 
 eral newspapers printed in Arkansas, and such other papers as he may 
 deem expedient, he shall proceed to sell the same for cash, at some no- 
 torious place in Little Rock, to be designated in said advertisement, to 
 the highest bidder. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted. That the said governor shall pro- Q uan tities and 
 claim and sell the same in quantities not exceeding one half-section, price, 
 nor shall any sale be made for a price less than one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre. It shall be the duty of the governor to give Certificates of 
 to the purchaser a certificate of his purchase ; and he shall also make a purchase, &c. 
 return to the register and receiver of the land office at Little Rock, of 
 the quantity sold, the number of the section, range, township, and such 
 other description of the land as he may deem necessary, the price for 
 which each parcel sold, and to whom sold ; and he shall also communicate 
 to the legislature of the Territory of Arkansas a duplicate of the same, 
 upon which a patent shall issue \o the purchasers as in other cases of 
 sales of public lands. 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That the money arising from the Application of 
 sales of the said twenty sections, or such portions of them as may be proceeds, &c. 
 sold from time to time, after paying the reasonable expenses incurred 
 in making the selections of the two townships under the before- recited 
 act, and the expenses of selling the same under this act, shall be applied 
 to the erection of suitable buildings for a seminary of learning at such 
 place as may be designated, and under such terms and conditions as 
 may be prescribed by the legislature of Arkansas. 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the gov- 
 ernor of said Territory to pay the net proceeds of said sales into the ' 
 office of the treasurer" of said Territory, who shall be responsible for the ( 
 same as other public moneys ; and who shall not pay out the whole, or 
 any part thereof, for any other objects or purposes than such as are pro- 
 vided for by the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty- 
 seven, to which this is a supplement, and by this act, and in obedience 
 to the laws of the legislature of said Territory, made to carry into effect 
 the provisions of this act, and the said recited act. 
 
 Proceeds to be 
 
 the Territor y. 
 
502 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Governor to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said Terri- 
 J5?u n( j5 emainder tory shall be authorized to lease, for a term not exceeding five years, at 
 any one time, the remainder of the two townships granted by the said 
 act, and to apply the proceeds arising therefrom to the purposes afore- 
 said; and he shall render, once in two years, an account of the same to 
 the legislature of said Territory, and pay over the money to the treas- 
 urer of said Territory, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 989, 1169, 1203, 1204, 1237. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 1197. AX ACT to authorize the governor of the Territory of Arkansas to 
 VoL 4, p. 667. sell the land granted to said Territory by an act of Congress approved the fifteenth 
 of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and for other purposes. 
 
 Patent for one Be it enacted, $*c., That, whenever the governor of the Territory of 
 thousand acres Arkansas shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury a sufficient 
 3 ' description of the boundaries of the thousand acres of land, granted by 
 an act of Congress of the fifteenth of June, one thousand eight huu- 
 dred and thirty- two, to the Territory of Arkansas, for the erection of a 
 court-house and jail in the town of Little Rock, in the Territory afore- 
 said, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause a 
 patent to be issued for said thousand acres of land, to the governor of 
 Arkansas, and his successors in office, in trust, for the benefit of the 
 Territory of Arkansas, for the purpose of erecting a court-house and 
 jail at Little Rock. 
 
 Part of kjd to g EC( 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said Terri- 
 townlots and to^ 01 ^ ^ Arkansas be, and he is hereby, fully empowered and authorized 
 be sold. to lay off into town lots, conforming, as near as practicable to the pres- 
 
 ent plan of the town of Little Rock, so much of said grant of a thou- 
 sand acres of land as he may deem advisable so to be appropriated ; and 
 that he be further authorized to sell the same, from time to time, as the 
 Residue to be public interest may require ; and the residue of said grant, which may 
 disposed of in not fc e i a \& o ff j nto tO wn lots corresponding with the plan of the said 
 afXr^uSicno' town of Li ttle Rock, he shall be authorized to dispose of, in such lots 
 tice of sale. or parcels as he may deem advisable ; but in no case shall he be au- 
 thorized to sell, unless he shall give public notice of such sale by an 
 advertisement in one or more newspapers printed in the Territory of 
 Arkansas ; and said sale shall be public at the court-house in the town 
 of Little Rock. 
 
 Squares for the SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in case suitable situations 
 State-house, and cannot be had, free of cost to the Territory, for the location of the 
 court-house and State-house, as well as for the court-house and jail in the town of Little 
 Rock, the governor aforesaid shall be, and he is hereby, fully author- 
 ized to select and lay off suitable squares for each of those buildings, 
 within the addition hereunto authorized to be added to the town of 
 Little Rock ; and that the squares so selected and laid off shall be ap- 
 propriated to the use of the respective buildings for which they may be 
 designated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, for ever. 
 
 Deeds for lots SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the governor shall execute 
 sold. deeds for the lots he may sell under the provisions of this act, to pur- 
 
 chasers, so soon as the purchasers shall pay off entirely the amount they 
 may have bid for any lot or lots, and all sales shall be for cash. 
 
 Proceeds to be SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the governor afore- 
 applied to erec- 8a j<i shall dispose of lots, he shall apply the proceeds of said sales to 
 house and 00 ' 1 ^ *^ e erec ^i n ^ a g O( l an( l substantial court-house and jail ; and, after 
 and surplus to these shall have been completed, should there be any funds remaining, 
 erection of gov- it shall be the duty of said governor, to apply the surplus thus reinain- 
 ernor's house. j n g to the erection of a suitable and permanent house for the residence 
 of the present and future governors of Arkansas, during their continu- 
 ance in office, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1190, 1211. 
 
 June 18, 1834. nr o . 11 98. AX ACT for the relief of Asa Hartfield, his assignee or legal represen- 
 VoL 6, p. 562. tative. 
 
 May surrender Be it enacted, #c., That Asa Hartfield, his assignee, or legal represen- 
 
 a land patent and tative, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the patent granted 
 
 locate other land, to said Asa Hartfield, bearing date the first day of December, eighteen 
 
 hundred and thirty, for the northeast fractional quarter of section 
 
 seven, and the northwest fractional quarter of section eight, north of 
 
 the Arkansas River, in township seven south, in range five west, con- 
 
ARKANSAS. 503 
 
 taining ninety-two acres and eighty-two hnndredths of an acre ; and 
 to locate, in lieu of it, the northeast quarter of section seven, and the 
 northwest quarter of section eight, on the south side of the Arkansas 
 River. The said location having been made by the mistake of the 
 register of the land office at Little Rock, in the Territory of Arkan- 
 sas, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1185. 
 
 No. 1 1 99. AN ACT for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the Territory of June 2 6 1834 
 
 Arkansas. Yol. 4, p. 685.' 
 
 Whereas, the seat of justice of Washington County, in the Territory preamble 
 of Arkansas, was located and called Fayetteville prior to the public sur- 
 veys being made, and when the lands were surveyed, the said town fell 
 on section number sixteen, which, by law, is reserved for the use of 
 schools; and whereas the said town is situated on the south half of 
 the northeast quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter, of sec- 
 tion number sixteen, in township number sixteen, north of range num- 
 ber thirty, west of the fifth principal meridian, therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the trustee of the school lands in and for town- School lands to 
 ship number sixteen, north of range thirty, west of the fifth principal be set apart in 
 meridian in the Territory of Arkansas, be, and he is hereby, authorized H 6 ^ of section 
 to select and have set apart for the use of schools in said township, one 813 
 entire section of any of the unimproved lands in said township in lieu 
 of section number sixteen ; and when the said trustee shall make his 
 selection, he shall file the same in the office of the register of the Fay- 
 etteville land office, and the land so selected shall be reserved from sale, 
 and set apart for the use of schools; and that section number sixteen, 
 in said township, shall be subject to sale and entry as other public 
 lands now are. (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the south half of the northeast Lands granted 
 quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter, of section num- in trust for the 
 ber sixteen, in township number sixteen, north of range number thirty, 
 west of the fifth principal meridian, in the Territory of Arkansas, be, 
 and is hereby, granted to Lewis Evans, Larkin Newton, Samuel Vaughan 
 and John Wooddy, commissioners of said county, in trust for the use of 
 said county ; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to Appropriation 
 issue a patent for the same ; and that the said commissioners shall have of proceeds to 
 power to lay off the said land into town lots, and sell and dispose of the ^urt house and 
 same, and make good and sufficient titles to purchasers; and they shall j^ 
 appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the said lots to the erection of a 
 court-house and jail in the town of Fayetteville, for the use of said county. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 989, 1175, 1179, 1203, 1204, 1219, 1227, 1229, 1237. 
 
 No. 1200. AN ACT to establish an additional land office in Arkansas. j une 26, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That so much of the public lands of the United Vol ' 4 ' p ' 687 ' 
 States in the Territory of Arkansas as lies east of a line commencing Land office to 
 on the southern boundary of the Territory where it is intersected by be established at 
 the dividing line between ranges five and six, west of the meridian, Helena. 
 thence with said range line to the dividing line between townships ten 
 and eleven south ; thence east with the said line to the dividing line 
 between ranges two and three west, thence north with said dividing 
 line to the base line, thence east with said base line to the dividing 
 line between ranges two and three east thence north with said line to 
 the dividing line between townships ten and eleven north, thence east 
 with said dividing line to the dividing line between ranges six and seven 
 east, thence north with said dividing line to the northern boundary 
 of the Territory of Arkansas, shall form a new land district, to be called 
 the Mississippi land district ; and for the sale of the public lands within 
 the district aforesaid, there shall be a land office established at the 
 town of Helena, iu the county of Phillips, in the Territory aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and Register and 
 
 l of the ublic c rore8id * 
 
 receiver appointed to said office, to superintend the sale of the 
 land in said district, who shall reside at the town of Helena aforesaid, 
 give security in the same manner and sums, and whose compensation, 
 emoluments, duties,-and authorities, shall, in every respect, be the same 
 in relation to lands to be disposed of at said office, as are or may be 
 
504 
 
 ARKANSAS 
 
 by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of public 
 money in the several offices established for the sale of the public 
 lands, (a) 
 
 Land not sold SEC. 3. And be U further enacted, That all such public lands embraced 
 at public, may be w ithin the district created by this act, which shall have been offered 
 at private sale for 8ale to the highest bidder at any laud office in said Territory, pur- 
 suant to any proclamation of the President of the United States, and 
 which lands remain unsold at the taking effect of this act, shall be sub- 
 ject to be entered and sold at private sale by the proper officers of the 
 office hereby created, in the same manner, and subject to the same 
 terms and upon like conditions as the sale of said land would have been 
 subject to in the said several land offices hereinbefore mentioned, had 
 they remained attached to the same, (fe) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1209, 1234, 1254. 
 (6) See Nos. 421, 1160, 1178, 1230, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1258, 1261. 
 
 June 28, 1834. 
 Vol. 4, p. 707. 
 
 No. 1201. AN ACT further to provide for the location of certain lands in the 
 Territory of Arkansas. 
 
 1830, repealed. 
 
 Proviso of act Be it enacted, #c., That the proviso to the act entitled "An act to ex- 
 of January 13, tend the time for locating certain donations in Arkansas," approved the 
 jpealed. thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty, be, and the 
 same is hereby, repealed, and all locations of said claims made, or to be 
 made, shall in no wise be affected by said proviso, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1173, 1174, 1176, 1181, 1195, 1230, 1243. 
 
 June 28, 1834. No. 1302.- AN ACT for the relief of William Weedon. 
 
 |P ' Be it enacted, <$-c., That William Weedon be, and he is hereby, author- 
 Authorized to i z ed to enter any other quarter-section of unappropriated land within 
 the Arkansas military district of bounty lands, instead of the northeast 
 quarter of section twenty- two, of township five north, and range twelve 
 west ; for which a patent issued to said Weedon on the twenty-seventh 
 day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, but 
 was not received by him until said quarter-section was sold for the 
 Proviso. taxes due thereon : Provided, the said Weedon shall first surrender said 
 
 patent, and file his relinquishment of all claim to said quarter-section 
 in the General Land Office. 
 
 June 15, 1836. 
 Vol. 5, p. 50. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 Arkansas ad- 
 mitted into the 
 
 Boundaries. 
 
 No. 1203. AN ACT for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, 
 and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the 
 same, and for other purposes. 
 
 Whereas, the people of the Territory of Arkansas, did, on the thirtieth 
 day of January in the present year by a convention of delegates, called 
 and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and 
 State government, which constitution and State government, so formed, 
 is republican : and whereas, the number of inhabitants within the said 
 Territory exceeds forty-seven thousand seven hundred persons, com- 
 puted according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution of the United 
 States ; and the said convention have, in their behalf, asked the Con- 
 gress of the United States to admit the said Territory into the Union as 
 a State, on an equal footing with the original States : 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the State of Arkansas shall be one, and is 
 hereby declared to be one of the United States of America, and admitted 
 into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all re- 
 spects whatever, and the said State shall consist of all the territory in- 
 cluded within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning in' the 
 middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River, on the parallel of 
 thirty-six degrees north latitude, running from thence west, with the 
 said parallel of latitude, to the Saint Francis River; thence up the 
 middle of the main channel of said river to the parallel of thirty-six 
 degrees thirty minutes north; from thence west to the southwest ccr- 
 ner of the State of Missouri ; and from thence to be bounded on the 
 west, to the north bank of Red River, by the lines described in the 
 first article of the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee 
 nation of Indians west of the Mississippi, made and concluded at the 
 
ARKANSAS. 505 
 
 city of Washington, on the 26th day of May, in the year of our Lord one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and to be bounded on the 
 south side of Red River by the Mexican boundary line, to the northwest 
 corner of the State of Louisiana ; thence east, with the Louisiana State 
 line, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence 
 up the middle of the main channel of the said river, to the thirty-sixth 
 degree of north latitude, the point of beginning, (a) 
 
 *****-** 
 
 SEC. 8. And ~be it further enacted, That the State of Arkansas is Public lands 
 admitted into the Union upon the express condition, that the people of reserved to the 
 the said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the U] 
 public lands within the said State, nor shall they levy a tax on any of 
 the lands of the United States within the said State ; and nothing in 
 this act shall be construed as an assent by Congress to all or to any of 
 the propositions contained in the ordinance of the said convention of 
 the people of Arkansas, nor to deprive the said State of Arkansas of the 
 same grants, subject to the same restrictions, which were made to the 
 State of Missouri by virtue of an act entitled u An act to authorize the 
 people of the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State Gov- 
 ernment, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an 
 equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in cer- 
 tain Territories," approved the sixth day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty, (b) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 762, 1076, 1156, 1161, 1171, 1204, 1239, 1257. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 418, 989, 1156, 1169, 1175, 1179, 1186, 1196, 1199. 1204, 1219, 1227, 1229, 1237, 
 
 1238. 
 
 JVo. 1 204. AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act for the admission June 23, 1836. 
 of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the clue execution of the Vol. 5, p. 58. 
 laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes." 
 
 Be it enacted, J-c., That in lieu of the propositions submitted to the 
 Congress of the United States, by an ordinance passed by the conven- acceptanceof the 
 tion of delegates at Little Rock, assembled for the purpose of making general assembly 
 a constitution for the State of Arkansas, which are hereby rejected ; of Arkansas, 
 and that the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered 
 to the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, for their free accept- 
 ance or rejection, which if accepted, under the authority granted to the 
 said general assembly, for this purpose, by the convention wnich framed 
 the constitution of the said State, shall be obligatory upon the United 
 States : (a) 
 
 First. That section numbered sixteen in every township, and when Sections of 
 such section has been sold, or otherwise disposed of, other lands equiv- land for schools, 
 alent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the 
 State for the use of the inhabitants of such township for the use of 
 schools. (6) 
 
 Second. That all salt springs not exceeding twelve in number, with Salt springs. 
 six sections of land adjoining to each, shall be granted to the said State, 
 for the use of said State, the same to be selected by the general assembly 
 thereof on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and forty; and the same, when so selected, to be used under such 
 terms, conditions, and regulations, as the general assembly of the said 
 State shall direct : Provided, That no salt spring, the right whereof is Proviso, 
 now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be 
 confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this 
 section, be granted to said State : And 2)rovided also, That the general Proviso, 
 assembly shall never sell or lease the same, at any one time, for a longer 
 period than ten years, without the consent of Congress; and that nothing 
 contained in the act of Congress entitled "An act authorizing the gov- 
 ernor of the Territory of Arkansas to lease the salt springs in said Ter- 
 ritory, and for other purposes," or in any other act, shall be construed 
 to give to the said State any further or other claim whatsoever, to 
 any salt springs or lands adjoining thereto, than to those hereby 
 granted : (c) 
 
 Third. That five per cent, of the nett proceeds of the sale of lands Percentage 
 lying within the said State, and which shall be sold by Congress, from J^^nuSito 
 and aft.er the first day of July next, after deducting all expenses inci- roa ds and canals, 
 dent to the same, shall be reserved for making public roads and canals 
 within the said State, under the direction of the general assembly there- 
 of, (d) 
 
506 
 
 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Completion of fourth. That a quantity of land not exceeding five sections be. and 
 the public build- the same is hereby, granted to the said State in addition to the ten sec- 
 ings, tions \vhich have already been granted, for the purpose of completing 
 the public buildings of the said State at Little Rock ; which said five 
 sections shall, under the direction of the general assembly of said State, 
 be located, at any time, in legal divisions of not less than one quarter- 
 section, in such townships and ranges as the general assembly aforesaid 
 may select, on any of the unappropriated lands of the United States 
 within the said State, (e) 
 of Fifth. That the two entire townships of land which have already been 
 
 Seminary 
 learning. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 located by virtue of the act entitled "An act concerning a seminary of 
 learning in the Territory of Arkansas," approved the second of March, 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, are hereby vested in 
 and confirmed to the general assembly of the said State, to be appro- 
 priated solely to the use of such seminary by the general assembly : (/) 
 Provided, That the five foregoing propositions herein offered, are on the 
 condition that the general assembly or legislature of the said State, by 
 virtue of the powers conferred upon it by the convention which framed 
 the constitution of the said State, shall provide by an ordinance irrev- 
 ocable without the consent of the United States, that the said general 
 assembly of said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal 
 of the soil within the same by the United States, nor with any regula- 
 tions Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the 
 bona-fide purchasers thereof ; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands 
 the property of the United States; and that in no case shall non-resi- 
 dent proprietors be taxed higher than residents ; and that the bounty 
 lands granted, or hereafter to be granted, for military services during 
 the late war, (</) shall, whilst they continue to be held by the patentees 
 or their heirs, remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the 
 authority of the State, whether fqr State, county, township, or any other 
 purpose, for the term of three years from and after the date of the pat- 
 ents respectively, (h) 
 
 (a) See. Nos. 762, 1076, 1156, 1161, 1171, 1203, 1239, 1257. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 418, 989. 1175. 1179, 1199, 1203, 1219, 1227, 1229, 1237. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 989, 1186, 1203. 1238. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 989, 1203. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 1183, 1193, 1206. 
 
 (/) See Nos. 989, 1169, 1196, 1203, 1237. 
 
 (g) See Nos. 45K 1154, 1159, 1167, 1177, 1216, 1240, 1245. 
 
 (h) See Nos. 1156, 1203. 
 
 June 23. 1836. 
 Vol. 6, p. 643. 
 
 Jan. 16, 1838. 
 VoL 5, p. 208. 
 
 Ne. 1205. AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions of an act passed on the 
 twenty -fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act for the 
 relief of the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others." 
 
 [Act authorizing entry of 5,000 acres of land in Mississippi or Ala- 
 bama revived and extended to Louisiana or Arkansas. See MISSISSIPPI, 
 No. 1321.] 
 
 No. 1206. AN ACT to ratify and confirm certain official acts of John Pope, late 
 governor of Arkansas. 
 
 The locations, Be it enacted, $'C., That the locations, sales, and transfers of John 
 &c., of John Pope, late governor of Arkansas, of a quantity of the public land, not 
 Ins' o f laTd excee< l in g ten sections, (or six thousand four hundred acres,) which was 
 granted by Con- granted by Congress to Arkansas to build a State- house at Little Rock, 
 gress to Arkan- the seat of government of Arkansas, to sundry citizens of Arkansas, in 
 sas for a State- pursuance of au authority vested in him by an act of Congress of the 
 thoritv vested^ fonrth da J of Jol y> in the y ear eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, 
 him by an act of and the same are hereby, ratified and confirmed : Provided, Said loca- 
 July 4, 1832, con- tiou, sales, and transfers, were in conformity to legal subdivisions, be 
 firmed. those divisions fractional quarter-sections or not : And provided, also, 
 
 That the gross amount of acres of land thus located, sold, and trans- 
 pro- ferret f or the purpose aforesaid, does not exceed six thousand four hun- 
 dred acres ; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized 
 and directed to cause patents to issue to said purchasers, their heirs, or 
 their legal representatives, for the late governor's several locations, sales, 
 an 1 transfers, whenever the applications are properly made by said 
 purchasers or their legal representatives. 
 
 Certain lands g EC 2. And be it further enacted, That the northeast and southwest 
 s?ppi land dil- quarters of section twenty-seven, township eighteen south, range one 
 trict, Arkansas, west, the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, same township and 
 
 Proviso. 
 Further 
 
ARKANSAS. 507 
 
 range, the southwest quarter of section fifteen, township nineteen excepted from 
 south, range one west, the northwest and southeast quarters of section jg 6 ^ . 101 "* <* 
 nine, same township and range, allin the Mississippi land district, State 
 of Arkansas, be, and the same are hereby, excepted from the provisions 
 of this act. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1183, 1193, 1204. 
 
 No. 1207, AN ACT for the relief of James Barrett. June 28, ia38. 
 
 Be it enacted, cfc., That James Barrett be, and he is hereby, entitled Yo1 ' 6| p ' 7a6> 
 to a preference in becoming the purchaser, at private sale, of the east Right of pre- 
 half of the southwest quarter of section seven, the east half of the emotion granted 
 southeast quarter of section six, and the east half of the northwest to nim - 
 quarter of section eighteen, all in township eleven north, in range 
 eleven east, within the limits of the Batesville district, in Arkansas, 
 on the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for the 
 other public lands in the said district at private sale; and on the pre- 
 sentation of the receiver of public moneys in said district for the pur- 
 chase money thereof, to the Secretary of the Treasury, the said Jamea 
 Barrett shall be entitled to patents from the United States. 
 
 No. 1 208. AN ACT for the relief of Jacob Brown, confirming his purchases of July 5, 1838. 
 certain land in Arkansas. Vol. 6, p. 727. 
 
 Be it enacted, ^c., That the entries of the following- described tracts L an ^ entries 
 or parcels of laud permitted to be made by the registers and receivers confirmed, and 
 of the Little Rock and Helena land districts, under the belief that said patents to issue, 
 tracts of land had been proclaimed and offered at public sale, and under 
 circumstances which satisfied said officers that said tracts of laud were 
 in market, and legally liable to be "so entered, to wit : The east frac- 
 tional half of the southeast quarter of section thirty -six; the southeast 
 quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-six ; the northeast 
 quarter of section thirty-six ; the west half of the southeast quarter of 
 section thirty-six ; the southeast quarter of section twenty-five, and the 
 northeast quarter of section twenty-five, of fractional township ten, 
 south of range one west, in the State of Arkansas, be, and the same are 
 hereby, confirmed ; and patents shall issue to the purchasers as in other 
 cases, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 No. 1209. AN ACT to establish additional land offices in the States of Louisiana July 7, 1838. 
 and Arkansas. Vol. 5, p. 287. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all that portion of the present "What portion 
 Fayetteville district which lies south of the line between townships of FayetteviUe 
 eleven and twelve north of the principal base line, shall form a separate called the Wes? 
 land district, and be called the western land district, and the land office 6 rn district, 
 for said district shall be established at the county seat of Johnson County 
 or such other place as the President of the United States shall designate. j> eg i 8ter and 
 
 SEC. 6. And le it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the receiver to be ap- 
 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, under the pointed, 
 existing laws, a register and receiver in and for said district, whose com- ?J ir com P en 
 pensation shall be the same as provided for other registers and receivers ; s T h ' nece s S ary 
 and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as it books, plats, &c. 
 can be done, to cause the necessary tract-books, plats, maps and surveys pf the public 
 of the public lands, in said district, to be filed in said office; and ^ 
 applications for entries in said district shall be made as heretofore pre- 
 scribed by law at the land offices now established, until the first day of 
 June next, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1200, 1234, 1254. 
 
 No. 1210. AN ACT for the relief of Henry Wilson, confirming purchases of cer- Feb. 12, 1839. 
 tain land in Arkansas. Vol. g, p. 749. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the entries of the following-described tracts Land entries 
 or parcels of land permitted to be made by the register of the land confirmed, 
 office at Helena, on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty- five, under the belief that the said tracts of 
 
508 ARKANSAS. 
 
 land had been proclaimed and offered at public sale, and under circum- 
 stances that satisfied the land officers that the said tracts of land were 
 in market and legally liable to be so entered ; viz : the east fractional 
 part of the southwest quarter of fractional section one ; the northeast, 
 northwest, and southeast fractional quarters, and the east half of the 
 southwest quarter of fractional section twelve; and the northwest, 
 southwest, and southeast fractional quarters of fractional section thir- 
 teen, all in township ten south, of range one west, in the State of Ar- 
 kansas, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, and patents shall issue 
 to the purchaser as in other cases, any law to the contrary notwith- 
 standing. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 1211. AN ACT for the relief of William W. Stevenson and Joseph Hen- 
 Vol. 6, p. 752. derson. 
 
 In lieu of cer- & e ** enacted, #c., That in lieu and full consideration of seventy-six 
 
 tain land to acres, part of the southwest quarter of section two, township one north, 
 
 which W. "W. and range twelve west, in the Territory of Arkansas, to which the said 
 
 Irtridtehed hS WiUilMI1 W< Stevenson had established his right of pre-emption, but 
 
 right of p 6 re-emp- which was embraced in the location of a thousand-acre tract granted 
 
 tion, authorized by Congress for the erection of a court-house and jail at Little Rock, 
 
 to enter, &c. i u said Territory, the said Stevenson is hereby authorized to enter at 
 
 the proper land office, a quarter section of any of the unappropriated 
 
 and unimproved laud in said Territory ; and upon making such entry, 
 
 a patent shall issue as in other cases, conveying to the said Stevenson 
 
 a fee-simple title to the same. 
 
 In lieu of cer- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in lieu and in full considera- 
 
 tain land to tion of the southwest quarter of section one, in township one north, in 
 
 TO* had estab- ran S e twelve west > (south of the Arkansas River,) in the Territory of 
 
 lished his right Arkansas, to which Joseph Henderson had established his right of pre- 
 
 of pre-emption, emption, but which was enclosed in the location of a thousand-acre 
 
 authorized to en- tract granted by Congress for the erection of a court-house and jail at 
 
 Little Rock, in said Territory, the said Henderson, his heirs or assigns, 
 
 is hereby authorized to enter at the proper land office a quarter- section 
 
 of any of the unappropriated and unimproved land in said Territory ; 
 
 and upon making such entry, a patent shall issue as in other cases, 
 
 conveying to said Henderson, his heirs or assigns, a fee-simple title to 
 
 the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1190, 1197. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 1212. AN ACT for the relief of James Middleton Tattle, of Arkansas. 
 Vol. 6, p. 753. !> e {t enac tfd i f c ., That as soon as James Middleton Tuttle shall file in 
 Upon filing a ^ ne office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office a relinquish- 
 relinquishment meut of all his right, title, claim, and interest in and to the south half 
 of certain land, o f the southeast quarter or section number six, in township number six- 
 5f teen north, of range number thirty west of the fifth principal meridian, 
 er tract to the United States of America, the President of the United States be, 
 
 and he is hereby, authorized to issue a patent to the said James Mid- 
 dleton Tuttle for the south half of the southwest quarter of section 
 number five, in township number sixteen north, of range number thirty 
 west of the fifth principal meridian, situate in the district of lands sub- 
 ject to sale at Fayetteville, Arkansas Territory. 
 
 March 2, 1839. No. 1213. AN ACT for the relief of John Davlin. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 758. J5 6 it enacted, $c., That John Davlin, of Arkansas, or his legal repre- 
 On surrender- sentative, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender a patent to the 
 ing a patent for United States, issued to him for three hundred and twenty acres of 
 certain land, may land, covering the southwest quarter of section thirty-five, and the 
 enter another southeast quarter of section thirty-four, in township two south, in range 
 sixteen west of the fifth principal meridian, of which he is the rightful 
 owner ; and, when the said Davlin, or his representative, shall surrender 
 the said patent, and reconvey the aforesaid quarter-section to the United 
 States, in such form as the Commissioner of the General Laud Office 
 shall designate, it shall be lawful for the said Davlin, or his legal repre- 
 sentative, to enter, in lieu of the land by this act authorized to be sur- 
 rendered, three hundred and twenty acres of any of the unappropriated 
 Proviso. lands subject to private entry, in the State of Arkansas : Provided, The 
 
 selection is made within two years from the passage of this act. (a) 
 (a) See No. 1231. 
 
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 No. 1214. AN ACT for the relief of John Borey, of Arkansas. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That it shall be the duty of the register and re- 
 
 ceiver of the land office at Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas, to Patent certifl- 
 surrender to John Borey, or his legal representative, the patent certifi- d!redto h^ Urr J n ~ 
 cate (number two hundred and seventy-eight) which was issued to said 
 John Borey, for the east half of fractional section twenty-three, in town- 
 ship one, south, and in range eleven west ; and that said register and 
 receiver be authorized to consider said land as other public land, and 
 that the said John Borey, or his legal representative, be authorized to 
 locate, in any land office in Arkansas, three hundred and twenty acres 
 of any of the public land, conformably to legal subdivisions : Provided, Proviso. 
 The same be subject to private entry. And for the land thus located, 
 it shall be the duty of the proper register and receiver to issue a patent 
 ' certificate, and for the President to issue a patent therefor : Provided, Proviso 
 further, That in case the title to the lands for which his patent certifi- 
 cate was taken have become vested in him, he shall reconvey the same 
 to the Government, and produce to the Secretary of the Treasury satis- 
 factory evidence that said lands so reconveyed are free from encum- 
 brance. 
 
 No. 1215. AN ACT for the relief of William Marcus, of Arkansas. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William Marcus be, and he is hereby, author- 
 
 ized to enter one quarter-section of land, by legal subdivisions, of any Authorized to 
 of the vacant unappropriated and unoccupied public lands in the State f^p a tract of 
 of Arkansas, at the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, 
 in the proper land office. 
 
 No. 121 6. AN ACT to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war May 27, 1840. 
 to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them and to locate others in lieu thereof, Vol. 5 p. 380. 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $*c., That the act of the twenty-second of May, one Act of May 22, 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act authorizing 1826, revived and 
 certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by j[ i^ 6 u 
 them, and to locate others in lieu thereof," be, and the same is hereby, 
 revived and continued in force for the term of five years ; and the pro- 
 visions of the above recited act shall be, and are hereby, extended to 
 those having like claims in the States of Illinois and Missouri, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 1154, 1159, 1167, 1177, 1204, 1240, 1245. 
 
 No, 1217. AN ACT for the relief of James L. Cochran. June 1, 1840. 
 
 Be U enacted, <fc., That James L. Cochran, of the State of Arkansas, 
 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter any vacant, unappropriated, Authorized to 
 and unoccupied quarter- section of land in the Batesville land district, enter certain 
 in the State of Arkansas, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, {hat'onwhich he 
 in lieu of the land he now resides on, it being part of the sixteenth sec- now resides. 
 tion of township eighteen, range thirteen west, in the county of Izard, 
 of said State. 
 
 No. 1218. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of William Will- July 20, 1840. 
 iams, senior, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 810. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That John Campbell, James Campbell, Hamilton C. Authorized to 
 Campbell, and Mary Williams, be, and they are hereby, authorized to relinquish and 
 relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of enteriand. 
 the General Land Office shall prescribe, the southwest quarter of sec- 
 tion fifteen, of township ten north, range four east, in the tract appro- 
 priated (by the acts appropriating and granting land to the late Army 
 of the United States, passed on and since the sixth day of May, eighteen 
 hundred and twelve) for military bounties in the Territory of Arkansas ; 
 and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, and upon satis- 
 factory proof being also made to the said Commissioner that the said 
 John Campbell, James Campbell, Hamilton C. Campbell, and Mary 
 Williams, are the only legal representatives of the said William Will- 
 iams, deceased, the said John Campbell, James Campbell, Hamilton C. 
 Campbell, and Mary Williams, shall be, and they are hereby, author- 
 ized to enter any other quarter-section of land, in the State of Arkansas, 
 which shall be liable to entry at private sale. 
 
510 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Feb. 27, 1841. No. 1219. AX ACT for the relief of Mary Tucker. 
 
 ' Be it enacted, #c., That the west half of section fifteen, in township 
 
 Certain land six south, of range two east, in the Territory of Arkansas, be, and the 
 
 fr \ 6 he re8erV of 8ame i 8 nereo y> reserved from sale, and appropriated for the use of 
 
 schools, in^euof schools in said township, in lieu of the southwest fractional quarter and 
 
 other land. the southeast fractional quarter of section sixteen, in that township; 
 
 and the east half of section number fifteen, in township number six 
 
 south, of range two east, shall be taken and held, in all respects, and 
 
 for the same purposes, as the aforesaid fractional quarters of sec m 
 
 number sixteen would have been held and taken if this act had , 
 
 been passed, the majority of the citizens of said township having agree . 
 
 to the same, (a) 
 
 Mary Tucker, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Mary Tucker, the occupant upon 
 thorized P S 1 enter sai ' 1 fractioiia l quarter-sections, be, and is hereby, authorized to enter 
 said land. tne 8ame within six months from the passage of this act, at one dollar 
 
 and twenty-five cents per acre, in the proper land office, (b) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 418, 989, 1175, 1179, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1227, 1229, 1237. 
 
 (b) See No. 1228. 
 
 March 19, 1842. No. 1220. AN ACT to authorize the governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas 
 Vol. 5, p. 471. and Missouri to cause to be selected the lands therein mentioned. 
 
 [Governors of Arkansas, &c., may select grants of land for internal 
 improvement, made by act of September 4, 1841. See ILLINOIS, No. 410.] 
 
 March 3, 1841. No. 1221. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Bogy. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Joseph Bogy, to whom was confirmed a con- 
 
 Authorized to cession of three hundred and twenty arpens of land in Arkansas, by 
 ocate ; , tract of m i s t a ke for eight hundred arpens, be, and he is hereby, empowered to 
 locate four hundred and eighty arpens of land on any land subject to 
 sale at private entry, in the State of Arkansas. 
 
 April 14, 1842. No. 1222. AN ACT for the relief of James Smith, of Arkansas. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That James Smith, of the State of Arkansas, be, and 
 
 Authorized to he is hereby, authorized to enter without payment, in lieu of one frac- 
 enter certain tional quarter and two half-quarters of land, which the register and re- 
 land'sold hfm by ceiver of the land office at Little Rock sold to him through mistake, and 
 mistake. upon which he made valuable improvements, but which lands were sub- 
 
 sequently sold and patented by the United States to James Brown, three 
 hundred and twenty acres of the unappropriated and unimproved lands 
 of the United States in the Helena land district, in the State of Ar- 
 
 Aug. 11, 1842. No. 1223. AN ACT to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of AT 
 Vol. 5, p. 505. kansas. 
 
 Owners of cer- Be it enacted <$-c , That each and every owner of a Spanish or French 
 tain Spanish aud land claim, in the State of Arkansas, which was submitted for adjudica- 
 French landf ion to the superior court of the late Territory of Arkansas, and by that 
 zed^o enteAVe court confirmed, being subsequent purchasers for a valuable considera- 
 game tion, is hereby authorized, within twelve months from the passage of 
 
 this aci, to enter, respectively, the land covered by the said claim, at 
 the minimum price, under such regulations as the Commissioner of the 
 Proviso. General Land Office shall prescribe : Provided, That no such entry shall 
 
 be made, except of lands mentioned and described in the original claim, 
 or of such tracts as have been located in pursuance of the act of the 
 twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An 
 act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State 
 of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try 
 the validity of their claims," or any act reviving the same; nor un- 
 less the owner of the claim shall make and subscribe an oath, before the 
 register or receiver of the land office of the district in which the lands 
 lie, which oath such register or receiver is hereby authorized to admin- 
 ister, that at the time he became the owner of the claim he had no notice 
 or knowledge that the claim was fraudulent, or that the same rested 
 
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 upon any forged warrant, grant, order of survey, or other evidence of 
 
 title. And, for every entry made under the provisions of this act, a Patents to issue. 
 
 patent shall issue, as though no Spanish or French claim had ever been 
 
 entered upon said land, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 974, 998, 1002, 1007, 1067, 1155, 1163, 1168, 1172, 1178, 1187, 1192, 1233, 1241. 
 
 No. 1224. AN ACT for the relief of Rees B. Ward. Aug. 11, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That upon the surrender, by Rees B. Ward, his heirs Vol. 6, p. 850. 
 or legal representatives, to be cancelled, to the Secretary of the Treas- Authorized, on 
 ury, of the certificate, or the patent, if the same shall have been issued, surrendering cer- 
 for the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section num- tain land, to enter 
 bered twenty-three, in the township numbered nine, north of range nuin- anotlier tract, 
 bered twenty -six west, in the district of land subject to eale at Johnson 
 Courthouse, in the State of Arkansas, entered by the said Rees B. Ward 
 by mistake, he or they shall be authorized to enter in lieu thereof, a like 
 quantity of public land subject to private entry in said district, and not 
 in the occupancy of any bona-fide settler : Provided, That said land so Proviso, 
 entered by the said Rees B. Ward by mistake shall not previous to such 
 surrender have been sold to a bona-fide purchaser. 
 
 No. 1225. AN ACT for the relief of William Wynn. Aug. 11, 1842. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 851. 
 
 of Arkansas, be permitted a pre-emptive right of entry at private sale, Allowed a pre- 
 
 lit in 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That William Wynn, of Lafayette County, and State 
 
 on payment in cash of one dollar aud twenty-five cents per acre, in the emptive right 
 proper land office of the district where the lands are situate, of any por- * ne ^ ntr 7 of cer " 
 tion, or all of the lands contained in the several sections and fractional * 
 sections, designated as sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, seventeen, 
 eight, nine, ten, seven, three, four, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty- 
 eight, twenty -nine, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-four, of township sixteen 
 south, range twenty -six west, and sections seventeen, twenty, twenty- 
 eight, twenty-nine, nineteen, thirty, of township fifteen south, range 
 twenty-five west, situate in the State of Arkansas ; said entries to be 
 made under the following rules and limitations, viz ; that said entries 
 be made within two years from the date of this act ; and that they be not 
 made so as to interfere with any improved land, claimed by others than 
 himself, or by pre-emption right or claim of title ; and if less than all 
 of said lands liable to entry shall be taken up by said Wynn, no less 
 subdivision shall be so entered than by the entire section or fractional 
 section, or of all the lands subject to sale in any such section where part 
 may have been otherwise disposed of. 
 
 No. J 226. AN ACT for the relief of Richard Higgins. Aug. 11, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacttd, #c., That it shall be lawful for Richard Higgins, or his Yoi: 6 > P- 853 ' 
 legal representatives, to prove his pre-emption right, at the proper land May prove his 
 office, to the northwest fractional section, number twenty, in township p re- em p tion 
 number four, north of range number eight east, containing one hundred righ* to certain 
 and forfcy-seven acres and sixty-five hundredths of an acre, situate in a ' 
 the county of Crittenden, in the State of Arkansas, and upon such proof, 
 to the satisfaction of the proper land officers, and the payment of the 
 minimum price, per acre, for the land, a patent shall issue to the said 
 Richard Higgins, or his legal representatives, for the same : Provided, Proviso. 
 Said proof and payment shall be made within one year from the date of 
 this act : And provided, also, That said Richard Higgins shall prove to Proviso, 
 the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that he is the bona-fide 
 vendee of the claim of John J. Bowie under a grant from the Spanish 
 authorities to the same. 
 
 No. 1227. AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of township eight north, range Aug. 2sJ, 1842. 
 thirty-two west, in the State of Arkansas, to enter a section of land in lieu of the vol. 6, p. 868. 
 sixteenth section in said township, upon condition that the same is surrendered to 
 the L T Dited States for military purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, fyc., That the inhabitants of township eight north, Authorized to 
 range thirty-two west, in the State of Arkansas, be and they are hereby, en *er certain 
 authorized to enter one section of land in quarter-sections, of any lands 
 that may be subject to entry in the Fayetteville land district ; which 
 lands, so entered, shall be held by the inhabitants of said township upon 
 
512 ARKANSAS. 
 
 the same conditions, and for the same, purposes, as they now hold the 
 sixteenth section in said township, upon the condition that the inhabit- 
 ants of said township, under the authority of the State of Arkansas, 
 shall relinquish to the United States the sixteenth section in township 
 eight north, range thirty-two west, under such regulations as the Secre- 
 Proviao. tary of the Treasury may prescribe : Provided, The President of the 
 
 United States shall deem it expedient to obtain said section sixteen in 
 township eight, range thirty- two, to be used for military purposes, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 418, 989, 1175, 1179, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1219, 1229, 1237. 
 
 Jan. 2?, 1843. No. 1228. AX ACT to revive the act for the relief of Mary Tucker. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 881. Be it enac t e d, f c ., That the act for the relief of Mary Tucker, approved 
 Act of Feb. 27, on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty - 
 1841, revived and one, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the 
 continued for 12 term of twelve mouths from the passage of this act : Provided, it shall 
 months. appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land 
 
 Office, that the said Mary Tucker was not advised of the limitation of 
 said act, until after the six months within which she was required by 
 said act to enter the land occupied by her had expired, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1219. 
 
 Feb. 15, 1843. No. 1 229. AX ACT to authorize the legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, 
 VoL 5, p. 600. Louisiana, and Tennessee, to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of 
 schools in those States. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 418.] 
 
 March 1, 1843. No. 1230. AX ACT to perfect the titles to lands south of the Arkansas River, 
 Vol. 5, p. 603. . held under Xew Madrid locations, and pre-emption rights under the act of one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and fourteen [fifteen]. 
 
 Certain 1 oca- fo ft enacted, tj'-c., That the locations heretofore made of warrants 
 
 rants issued" issued untler tlle act of the seventeenth of February, one thousand 
 
 der act of Febra- eight hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabit- 
 
 ary 17, 1815, per- ants of the late county of New Madrid, in Missouri Territory, who suf- 
 
 fected. fered by earthquakes" of those locations which were made on the south 
 
 side of the Arkansas River, if made in pursuance of the provisions of 
 
 that act in other respects, shall be perfected into grants, ir like manner 
 
 as if the Indian title to the lands on the south side of said river had 
 
 been completely extinguished at the time of the passage of said act. 
 
 Owners of war- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the loca- 
 
 rants authorized tions so made on the south side of the Arkansas River may have been 
 
 lands 11 in* certain 8old > and tne lands thus located under the act aforesaid have been ap- 
 
 cases.' propriated by the United States, the owner of the warrants issued 
 
 under the provisions of the act aforesaid shall have a right to enter, 
 
 within twelve months after the passage of this act, without payment, 
 
 the like quantity of the public lands, of any of the unappropriated and 
 
 unimproved lands in the State of Arkansas, corresponding with the 
 
 legal subdivisions. 
 
 Settlers south SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every settler on the public lands 
 of the Arkansas 8on th o f the Arkansas River shall be entitled to the same benefits ac- 
 fits 1 o*f pre-enap^- cruing under the provisions of the pre-emption act of one thousand 
 tion act of 1815. eight hundred and fourteen [fifteen], as though they had resided north 
 
 of said river, (a) 
 
 Certain Chero- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all Cherokee pre-emptions 
 kee pre-einp- which have been or may be located upon any of the surveyed lands of 
 tions confirmed. the United states, south of the base line in Arkansas, shall be confirmed, 
 and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 421, 1160, 117?, 1200, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1258, 1261. 
 (&) See Xos. 1173, 1174, 1176, 1181, 1195, 1201, 1243. 
 
 March 3, 1843. No. 1231. AX ACT to revive an act entitled "An act for the relief of John Davlin." 
 Vol. 6, p. 901. Be it enact $ t f c . t That the act entitled "An act for the relief of John 
 Act of March 2, Davlin," approved on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and 
 1839, revived. thirty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, revived in favor of the said 
 John Davlin, or his legal representatives, and shall continue in force 
 twelve months from and after the passage of this act. (a) 
 (a) See No. 1213. 
 
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 No. 1233 AN ACT for the relief of Eaton Nance. June 15, 1844. 
 
 Whereas it satisfactorily appears that on the second day of July, 
 eighteen hundied and twenty-one, a patent issued from the General Preamble. 
 Land Office of the United States, where the same was duly recorded, to 
 Eaton Nance for a certain tract of land containing one hundred and 
 sixty acres, being the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, of town- 
 ship ten north in range eight west in the tract appropriated by certain 
 acts of Congress for military bounties, in the Territory of Arkansas 
 which said patent was duly countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office, but by accident was not signed by 
 the President of the United States. Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That said patent shallbe deemed and held to be per- Patent to be 
 feet and valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been held perfect 
 signed by the President of the United States on the day of the date J^ daS 
 thereof ; and that all questions or disputes that may arise in relation to 
 said land or the title to the same, shall be decided and determined as 
 though said patent had been perfect from the day of its date. 
 
 No. 1233. AN" ACT to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States June 17, 1844. 
 of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Missis- Vol. 5, p. 676. 
 
 sippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between 
 
 the Mississippi and Perdido rivers. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1067.] 
 
 No. 1234. AN ACT to organize a new land district in the southern part of the Feb. 20, 1845. 
 State of Arkansas. Vol. 5, p. 725. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the section of country in the southern part of Champagnole 
 the State of Arkansas, south of the base line, and east of the meridian, land district es- 
 comprised within the following boundaries, to wit : Between the line tablished. 
 dividing ranges five and six on the east, the line dividing ranges twenty 
 and twenty-one on the west, the dividing line between townships ten 
 and eleven on the north, and the State line on the south, be made to 
 form a separate district, to be called the Champagnole district, the seat 
 of the land office for which shall be at the town of Champagnole, and Office to be in 
 be subject to removal by the President of the United States, whenever, Champagnole. 
 in his judgment, it may be proper so to do. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and re- Register and 
 ceiver of public moneys appointed for said land district, who shall give receiver to be ap- 
 security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whose duties P mted > &c - 
 and authority, compensation and emoluments, shall in every respect 
 be the same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of in said district, 
 as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and re- 
 ceivers of public money in the several offices established for the sale of 
 the public lands. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Eegisters, &c., 
 registers and receivers for the districts of land subject to sale at Little at -Little m Rock 
 Rock and Washington, in the State aforesaid, under the direction of to trSerdlcu" 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to transfer to the register me nts, &c. 
 and receiver for the district hereby created all the proper evidences, 
 documents, records, and township plats, in relation to lands heretofore 
 sold or subject to sale at those offices, respectively, which fall within 
 the limits of the district hereby created, (a) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be Act to take ef- 
 in force from and after the expiration of three calendar months from feet in three 
 the date of the passing hereof. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1264. 
 
 No. 1235. AN ACT forthe relief of David F. Williamson, of Pope County, State April 27, 1846. 
 
 of Arkansas. Vol. 9, p. 650. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the entry of the northwest quarter of section Entry O f 8ec - 
 number twenty-nine, in township number eight north of range num- tion in tne na me 
 ber twenty west, in the name of David F. Williamson, made at the of David F. Will- 
 Johnson Courthouse land office, in the State of Arkansas, per certificate iamson confirm, 
 number six hundred and seventeen of that office, be, and the same is \^ 
 hereby, confirmed, and a patent shall issue thereon as in other cases. 
 
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 ARKANSAS. 
 
 July H, 1846. No. 1236. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to sell the re- 
 Vol. 9, p. 37. served mineral lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wis- 
 
 consin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 421.] 
 
 July 29, 1846. 
 Vol. 9, p. 42. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 1237. AN ACT giving the assent of Congress to a change of the compact 
 entered into between the United States and the State of Arkansas, on her admission 
 into the Union. 
 
 Whereas the Congress of the United States, by an act supplementary 
 to an act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, 
 and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States 
 within the same, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-third, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in the fifth proposition made to the 
 State of Arkansas, and which was subsequently accepted by the gen- 
 eral assembly of the State of Arkansas, provided that the two entire 
 townships of land located by virtue of an act of Congress entitled "An 
 act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Arkansas," 
 approved the second day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, 
 which, by the first-recited act of Congress, were vested in and confirmed 
 to the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, to be appropriated 
 solely to the use and support of a university in said State : And whereas 
 the general assembly of the State of Arkansas have, by their resolution, 
 approved December eighteen, eighteen hundred and forty- four, asked 
 for a modification of said compact, to authorize said general assembly 
 to appropriate said seventy-two sections of land to common school pur- 
 poses : Therefore 
 
 Assent of Con- Be it enacted, $'c., That the assent of Congress be, and is hereby, given 
 gress given to a ^ o ^ ae change in said compact asked for by the said general assembly, 
 confp"c^ 6 8*0 as 80 as to ail thorize and empower the general assembly of the State of 
 to authorize the Arkansas, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to appropri- 
 appropriation of ate said seventy-two sections of land (a) for the use and benefit of com- 
 land 8e f C o t r 0n8 hi mon 8unools in 8ai(1 State, or in any other mode the said general assem- 
 purposes, &c. ^ly mav deem proper, for the promotion of education in said State. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 989, 1169, 1196, 1203, 1204. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 418,989, 1175, 1179, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1219, 1227, 1229. 
 
 March 3, 1847. 
 Vol. 9, p. 181. 
 
 No. 1238. AX ACT to give the consent of Congress to the sale of certain salt-spring 
 lands heretofore granted to the States of Michigan, Illinois, and Arkansas. 
 
 Sale of saline SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the State of Arkansas shall be, 
 lands granted to and hereby is, authorized to sell, in such manner as the legislature of 
 sas authorized 8ai(1 State shall by law direct, the whole or any part of the saline lands, 
 granted to said State by virtue of an act supplementary to the act enti- 
 tled "An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, 
 and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States 
 within the same, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-third, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty -six. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 989, 1186, 1203, 1204. 
 
 Feb. 15, 1848. 
 VoL 9, p. 211. 
 
 No. 1 239. AN ACT to confirm the boundary line between Missouri and Arkansas. 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1076.] 
 
 July 25, 1848. N O> 1240. AN ACT to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war 
 Vol. 9, p. 251. [ With Great Britain] to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate 
 
 Certain soldiers others in Ueu them>f ' 
 
 in the late war Be it enacted, $c., That it shall and may be lawful for any soldier in 
 with Great Brit- tlu} late war witu Great Britain, to whom bounty land has been allotted 
 Sr "lie bounty" and patented in the State of Arkansas, which was aud is unfit for cul- 
 lands drawn by tivation, to surrender said patent, and to receive in -lieu therof tbe same 
 them in Arkau- quantity of any of the public land subject to private entry as he may se- 
 oth>r ail ?a r d Cei IS lect: Provided, That before receiving such new land, it shall be proved, 
 lieu thereof. to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 Proviso. ' that the land so allotted and patented to said soldier is unfit for culti- 
 
ARKANSAS. 515 
 
 vatiou, and that said soldier has never disposed of his interest in said 
 land by any sale of his own, and that the same had not been taken or 
 disposed of for his debts due to any individual, and that he shall release 
 all his interest in the same to the United States, in such way as said ^ 
 Commissioner shall prescribe ; and such surrender and location shall be 
 made within five years from the passing of this act. (a) 
 (a) Sea Nos. 458, 1154, 1159, 1167, 1177, 1204, 1216, 1245. 
 
 No. 1241. AN ACT to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Ar- March 3, 1849. 
 
 kansas. Yol. 9, p. 400. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That each and every owner of a Spanish or French Owners of cer . 
 land claim, or any part thereof, in the State of Arkansas, which was tain Spanish or 
 submitted for adjudication to the superior court of the late Territory of French claims 
 Arkansas, and by that court confirmed, being a bona-fide subsequent authorized to en- 
 purchaser for a valuable consideration, is hereby authorized to enter, ere'd by saTd 
 within one year from the passage of this act, the land covered by said claims, 
 claim, or less quantity thereof, to be embraced in any legal subdivision, 
 at the minimum price, under such regulations as the Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office shall prescribe : Provided, however, That the Proviso, 
 owner aforesaid shall be an occupant or cultivator of said land. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, after the lapse of two years After two years, 
 from the approval of this act, the sale of the lands embraced by the de- l ands reserved 
 ereesof the superior court of Arkansas, which were on bills of review re- g^ m 8i 
 versed, and which the President was, by the act of eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-two, required to reserve from sale, which may then remain 
 the property of the United States, shall no longer be reserved from sale 
 by the President of the United States, and that the same may be brought 
 into market under the existing laws, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 974, 998, 1002, 1007, 1067, 1155, 11G3, 1168, 1172, 1178, 1187, 1192, 1223, 1233. 
 
 No. 1342. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph P. Williams. July 29, 1850. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the entry of the southwest quarter of section Yol> 9 ' p 799t 
 twenty-five, in township number thirteen, north, of range ten east, in the Land title con- 
 district of lands subject to sale at Helena, in the State of Arkansas, by firmed to J. P. 
 Joseph P. Williams, of the county of Mississippi and State aforesaid, be, Williams, 
 and the same is hereby, confirmed : Provided, That, before this act shall Proviso, 
 take effect, the said Joseph P. Williams shall surrender to the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office Choctaw certificate number thirteen, 
 and Cherokee pre-emption certificate number eighty-eight, or, in such 
 manner as the said Commissioner shall direct, secure the Government 
 against the validity of the same, and prove, also, that there are no con- 
 flicting claims to said land. 
 
 No. 1243. AN ACT in relation to donations of land to certain persons in the State Aug, 30, 1850. 
 
 of Arkansas. Yol. 9, p. 446. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all claims to donations of land in the State of claims to do- 
 Arkansas, which have been adjudicated and allowed by the register and nations of land 
 receiver of the proper land district, in virtue of the provisions of the in Arkansas, al- 
 eighth section of the act of Congress, approved on the twenty-fourth of ^^ T officer 6 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act to which have 
 aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to yielded to other 
 Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State, to aid in the rights and not 
 construction of canals authorized by law, and for making donations of be entered w i tn . 
 land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory," and of other subsequent i n one year, un. 
 acts of Congress on the same subject, and which have not been located der certain re- 
 and patent certificates issued therefor, or which, having been so lo- stnctions. 
 cated, were compelled to yield to other and prior rights, either in whole 
 or in part, and not subsequently relocated within the period fixed by 
 law, may be entered wilh the register of any one of the land offices in 
 the State of Arkansas, at any time within one year from the passage of 
 this act, in the same manner, and under the same restrictions and con- 
 ditions, as existed prior to the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty-eight, the day last limited for the location of 
 these claims: Provided, That no such claim shall be so located against Proviso, 
 which fraud has been or may be alleged until all objection thereto shall 
 have been removed, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1173, 1174, 1176, 1181, 1195, 1201, 1230. 
 
516 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Sept. 23. 1850. No. 1444. AX ACT to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim 
 Vol. 9, p. 519. the "swamplands," within their limits. 
 
 Swamp and Be it enacted, <$-c., That to enable the State of Arkansas to construct 
 overflowed lands the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed 
 unfit for estiva- lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, made 
 Arkansas. unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage 
 
 of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, granted to said State. 
 Secretary of the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 ou^ e Hst r and I pi a ats retar y of tne Int ' erior > as soon as may be practicable after the passage 
 of said land; aud of this act, to make out an accurate list and plats of the lands described 
 when requested, as aforesaid, and transmit the same to the governor of the State of Ar- 
 to grant a patent kansas, and, at the request of said governor, cause a patent to be issued 
 inthf State! to the Sta * e therefor ; and on that patent, the fee-simple to said lands 
 Arkansas. shall vest in the said State of Arkansas, subject to the disposal of the 
 
 Proviso. legislature thereof : Provided, however, That the proceeds of said lands, 
 
 whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied, 
 exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands 
 
 bv means of the levees and drain8 aforesaid, 
 division is unfit SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in making out a list and plats 
 for cultivation, it of the land aforesaid, all legal subdivisions, the greater part of which 
 shall be included [& we t and unfit for cultivation," shall be included in said list and 
 the 8 greater^ part P^ 8 5 ^ut when the greater part of a subdivision is not of that char- 
 be not of that acter, the whole of it shall be excluded therefrom, 
 character, it shall SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be 
 be excluded. extended to, and their benefits be conferred upon, each of the other 
 thisact 'extended States of the Union in which such swamp and overflowed lands, known 
 to other States as designated as aforesaid, may be situated, 
 possessing such 
 lands. 
 
 July 12, 1852. No. 1245. AN ACT to release from reservation, and restore to the mass of public 
 Vol. 10. p. 14. lands, certain lands in the State of Arkansas. 
 
 Undisposed Be ^ enacted, <fc., That the several tracts of land in the State of Ar- 
 
 lauds reserved kansas, heretofore reserved for the satisfaction of military bounties 
 
 in Arkansas for under the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, (a) and which now re- 
 
 of U 8iT to ^Ife ma ' n undisposed of, be, and they are hereby released from such reserva- 
 
 go!^ tion, and restored to the mass of public lands, to be disposed of in the 
 
 Proviso for ac- same manner as any other unoffered public land : Provided, That the 
 
 tuai settlers. person who may, at the date of this act, be an actual settler on any 
 
 one of said tracts, and who, but for the reservation thereof, might 
 
 have claimed the right of preemption thereto, under act of fourth 
 
 September, eighteen hundred forty-one, be. and is hereby authorized 
 
 to enter the same, or any subdivision thereof, upon making proof of 
 
 said right, and paying the minimum price per acre, within a year after 
 
 the passage of this act, or prior to the day fixed for the public sale of 
 
 the tract. 
 
 Sales and lo- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all sales of said land, or location 
 
 cations of said, thereof by military warrants, (other than those of the war of eighteen 
 
 tenth- made con- hundred and twelve,) which have been inadvertently permitted to be 
 
 firmed. made, and which are in all other respects fair and regular, except as 
 
 embracing reserved land not offered at public sale, be, and the same 
 
 are hereby confirmed, and patents thereon which have been issued shall 
 
 be as legal and valid as if said lands had been released from reservation, 
 
 and offered at public sale prior to such sales or locations. (&) 
 
 Unsatisfied SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all of said warrants which have 
 warrants ma y no t been satisfied, may be located on any of the public lands subject to 
 where ie private entry at the time of the location of the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 458, 1154, 1159, 1167, 1177, 1204, 1216, 1240. 
 (6) See Nos. 421, 1160, 1178, 1200, 1230, 1236, 1255, 1258, 1261. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1853. No. 1246. AN ACT granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the 
 
 Vol. 10, p. 155. States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in the construction of a railroad from a 
 
 point on the Mississippi, opposite the mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to 
 
 the Texas boundary near Fulton, in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the 
 
 Mississippi River. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1086.] 
 
ARKANSAS. 
 
 517 
 
 No. 1247. 
 
 -AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives or assignees of 
 James Lawrence. 
 
 April 19, 1858. 
 Vol.11, p. 528. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c. } That the assignees or legal representatives of James j ames Law- 
 Lawrence, to whom was issued donation certificate number three hun- pence, &c., may 
 dred and six, under the eighth section of the act of twenty-fourth relocate donation 
 of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act to aid certificate, 
 the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake 
 Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State to aid in the con- 
 struction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations of 
 land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory," shall be authorized to 
 relocate the same upon any of the public lands in the State of Arkansas, 
 subject to entry at a minimum of not more than one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre : Provided, That said certificate shall be found to have proviso, 
 been issued in conformity with the said eighth section of the act of 
 twenty-fourth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and shall 
 be located upon legal subdivisions of land of not less than one quarter- 
 section. 
 
 No. 1248. AN ACT making a grant of lands in alternate sections to aid in the 
 construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the 
 State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1120.] 
 
 July 4, 1866. 
 Vol. 14, p. 83. 
 
 No. 1249. AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions of " An act granting 
 the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Arkansas and Mis- 
 souri, to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point upon the Mississippi, 
 opposite the mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary, 
 near Fulton, in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi River," 
 approved February 9, 1853, and for other purposes. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1122.] 
 
 July 28, 1866. 
 Vol. 14, p. 338. 
 
 No. 1250. A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the first March 3, 1869. 
 twenty miles- of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad. Vol. 15, p. 349. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1131.] 
 
 No. 1251. AN ACT to amend an act entitled " An act to extend the time for the 
 Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company to complete the first section of 
 twenty miles of said road," approved April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1133.] 
 
 No. 1252. A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the first 
 section of twenty miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1134.] 
 
 March 8, 1870. 
 Vol. 16, p. 76. 
 
 May 6, 1870. 
 Vol. 16, p. 376. 
 
 No. 1253. AN ACT in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. June It, 1870. 
 
 Be it enacted, ^c., That any person claiming title, either legal or Vo1 ' 18 'P- 149 - 
 equitable, to the whole or any part of the four sections of land consti- Persons claim- 
 tuting what is known as the Hot Springs reservation in Hot Springs ing title to the 
 County, in the State of Arkansas, may institute against the United ^tion^n 8 Ar- 
 States in the Court of Claims, and prosecute to final decision, any suit t^n'sas may bring 
 that may be necessary to settle the same : Provided, That no such suits suit iu the court 
 shall be brought at any time after the expiration of ninety days from of claims to settle 
 the passage of this act, and all claims to any part of said* reservation to^bTou c'ht 
 upon which suit shall not be brought under the provisions of this act w ithin ninety 
 within that time shall be forever barred. days. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all such suits shall be by peti- Form of suits 
 tion in the nature of a bill in equity, and shall be conducted and deter- JJ nd how con- 
 mined in all respects, except as herein otherwise provided, according to u 
 the rules and principles of equity practice and jurisprudence in the 
 other courts of the United States ; and for the purposes of this act the 
 Court of Claims is hereby invested with the jurisdiction and powers Jurisdiction of 
 exercised by courts of equity so far as may be necessary to give full Court of Claims, 
 relief in any suit which may be instituted under the provisions of this 
 act. 
 
518 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Notice of suit. SEC. 3. And be itfurthe?' enacted, That notice of every suit authorized 
 
 by this act shall be executed by the delivery of a true copy thereof with 
 
 Attorney-Gen- a copy of the petition to the Attorney- General, whose duty it shall be, 
 
 eral to answer, f or an( i j n behalf of the United States, to demur to or answer the peti- 
 
 &u5.,withm thirty ^ Qn ^jj ere i n) ^ithin thirty days after the service of such process upon 
 
 him, unless the court shall for good cause shown grant further time for 
 
 filing the same. 
 
 Procee d ings SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if two or more parties claiming 
 whfre parties the same lands under different rights shall institute separate suits under 
 claim same lands ^e provisions of this act, such suits shall be consolidated and tried to- 
 rhrhts and insti- getber, and the court shall determine the question of title and grant all 
 tute different proper relief as between the respective claimants as well as between 
 suits, each of them and the United States. 
 
 If the decision SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if, upon the final hearing of any 
 is in favor of the cause provided for in this act, the court shall decide in favor of the 
 United S tates, Umted States, it shall order (>uch lauds into the possession of a receiver 
 ai"ceiver aPPOin to be appointed by the court, who shall take charge of and rent out the 
 same for the United States, until Congress shall by law direct how the 
 Duty of re- same shall be disposed of, which said receiver shall execute a sufficient 
 ceivtr. bond to be approved by the court, conditioned for the faithful perform- 
 
 ance of his duties as such, render a strict account of the manner in 
 which he shall have discharged said duties, and of all moneys received 
 by him as a receiver as aforesaid, which shall be by said court approved 
 or rejected accordingly as it may be found correct or not, and pay such 
 moneys into the Treasury of the United States; and he shall receive 
 Compensation, such reasonable compensation for his services as said court may allow, 
 How may be and in case of a failure of said receiver to discharge any duty'devolv- 
 compelled to do i n g upon him as such, the court shall have power to enforce the per- 
 his duty. formance of the same by rule and attachment. But if the court shall 
 
 If decision is in decide in favor of any claimant, both as against the United States and 
 favor of claim- other claimants, it shall so decree, and proceed by proper process to put 
 But'inpossession 6ucl1 successful claimant in possession of such portion thereof as he may 
 ' be thus found to be entitled to, and upon the filing of a certified copy 
 Patent to be of such decree with the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause a pat- 
 issued, ent to be issued to the party in whose favor.such decree shall be ren- 
 Either party dered for the lands therein adjudged to him: Provided, That either 
 may appeal to party may within ninety days after the rendition of any final judgment 
 Supreme Court. or decree in any suit authorized by this act, carry such suit by appeal 
 Jurisdiction of to the Supreme Court of the United States, which Court is hereby vested 
 the Court. with full jurisdiction to hear and determine the same on such appeal, 
 in the same manner and with the same effect as in cases of appeal in 
 equity causes from the circuit courts of the United States: And pro- 
 Duty of Attor- vided further, That in case the judgment or decree of the Court of Claims 
 ney-General in in any such suit shall be adverse to the United States, the Attorney- 
 case of appeal. General shall prosecute such appeal within the time above prescribed ' t 
 and the taking of an appeal from any such judgment or decree shall 
 Effect of ap- operate as a supersedeas thereof until the final hearing and judgment 
 P eal - of the Supreme Court thereon, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1186, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1262, 1263. 
 
 July 14, 1870. No. 1254. AN ACT to discontinue the Clarksville, Arkansas, land district and 
 VoL*16, p, 277. the establishment of an additional land district in that State. 
 
 Clarksville Be ** enacted, fc., That the district of lands now subject to disposal at 
 land district, Ar- Clarksville, Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, discontinued from 
 kansas, discon- and alter the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, and that 
 tinued. thereafter the said land district be divided as follows : Beginning at 
 
 the corner common to townships twelve and thirteen north, ranges sev- 
 enteen and eighteen west, and running thence west between said town- 
 ships to the corner common to townships twelve and thirteen north, 
 ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven west ; thence south with said range 
 line to the corner common of townships nine and ten north ; thence 
 Hairison and west on the line between said townships to the western boundary of the 
 Dardanelle land State, the lands lying north of said division line, and within the limits 
 U8hed Ct in Arka^i- of the 8aid Clarksville district, to be subject to disposal at Harrison, 
 Baa. Arkansas, and those lands lying south of said division line within said 
 
 district to be subject to disposal at Dardanelle, Arkansas, to be known 
 and designated as the Harrison and Dardanelle land distiict. 
 
ARKANSAS. 519 
 
 SEC. a. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Register and 
 States is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and con- re 
 sent of the Senate of the United States, or during the recess thereof, 
 and until the end of the next ensuing session, a register and receiver 
 for each of said land districts, who shall be required to reside at the Residence, du- 
 site 01 their respective offices, who shall be subject to the same laws ties, and fees. 
 and responsibilities, and whose compensation and fees shall be re- 
 spectively the same per annum as are now allowed by law to other land 
 offices in said State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1234. 
 
 No. 1 255. AN ACT to provide for the disposition of useless military reservations. Feb. 24, 1871. 
 [Provisions for sale of military reservations at Forts Wayne and YoL 16 P- 43 - 
 Smith, &c. See WASHINGTON TERRITORY, No. 230.">.] 
 
 No. 1256. AN" ACT to authorize the issuance of college scrip to the State of Dec. 13, 1872. 
 Arkansas, and for other purposes. Vol. 17, p. 397. 
 
 Whereas, the State of Arkansas has complied with all the provisions 
 and requirements of an act entitled "An act donating public lands to 
 the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the 
 benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," approved July second, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty -two, and other acts amendatory thereto : 
 Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, fie., That the Secretary of the Department of the In- College scrip to 
 terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue at once, and be issued to the 
 deliver to the secretary of the State of Arkansas, the full amount of f*f | n d f t^Jhe 
 college scrip, to wit, one hundred and fifty thousand acres, and ninety Florida State Ag- 
 thousaud acres to the secretary of the board of trustees of the Florida rlcultural c ol- 
 State Agricultural College of the State of Florida, as provided for in lege. 
 said act, to be used and appropriated to and for the purposes and ob- 
 jects in said act specified, and none other : Provided, That no scrip as 
 aforesaid shall be delivered to the authorities of the State of Arkansas gtate of Ar . 
 until said State shall have made some satisfactory arrangement byk ansas to first 
 which the bonds of said State, principal and interest, now held by the fund certain old 
 United States as Indian trust funds, shall be funded in new bonds au- bonds, 
 thorized to be issued by said State for this purpose. 
 
 No. 1257. AN ACT to establish the boundary line between the State of Arkansas March 3, 1875. 
 and the Indian country. Vol. 18, p. 476. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the boundary line between the State of Arkan- Boundary line 
 sas and the Indian country, as originally surveyed and marked, and between Arkan- 
 upon which the lines of the surveys of the public lands in the State of sas and the In- 
 Aikansas were closed, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be the dian country, 
 permanent boundary line between the said State of Arkansas and the 
 Indian country. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as practica- Boundary line 
 ble, cause the boundary line, as fixed in the forgoing section, to be re- to be retraced, 
 traced and marked in a distinct and permanent manner ; and if the &c> 
 original line, when retraced, shall be found to differ in any respect from 
 what the boundary line would be if run in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of the treaties establishing the eastern boundary line of the Choc- Variations to 
 taw and Cherokee Nations, then the surveyors shall note such variations be noted, &c. 
 and compute the area of the land which in that case would be taken 
 from the State of Arkansas or the Indian country, as the case may be; 
 and the Secretary of the Interior shall also cause any monuments set 
 up in any former survey indicating any line at variance with the sur- 
 vey provided for in this act to be obliterated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 762, 1076, 1156, 1161, 1171, 1203, 1204, 1239. 
 
 No. 1258.-AN ACT in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of March 3,1877. 
 
 Arkansas. Vol. 19, p. 377. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That so much of section five of an act of June Law for re- 
 eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy, in relation to the Hot Springs ce iv e r of Hot 
 reservation of Arkansas, as provides for the appointment of a receiver Springs, Ark., re- 
 by the court, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, ThatP e led. 
 nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the right of t 111 
 United States to collect and receive rents already due. 
 
520 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the President of the United States, 
 
 to lay out Hot U p On the passage of this act, to appoint three discreet, competent, and 
 
 two? 8 disinterested persons, who shall constitute a board of commissioners, 
 
 any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, who are hereby authorized 
 
 to perform and discharge the duties specified by this act, and for that 
 
 Place of meet- purpose shall meet at Hot Springs, in the State of Arkansas, within 
 
 frg- thirty days after their appointment, and shall, before entering upon the 
 
 Oath, discharge of their duties, subscribe to the usual oath for civil officers, 
 
 Organization, and shall, at their first meeting, organize by the election of one of their 
 
 number as chairman of the board, having given ten days' notice of the 
 
 Advertisement, time and place of meeting in some daily paper published at Hot Springs, 
 
 which notice shall be continued during the entire session of said board 
 
 Evidence. o f commissioners, and all the evidence herein provided to be taken by 
 
 said board shall be taken at Hot Springs. 
 
 Manner of lay- SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, after exam- 
 ing out reseiva- jnation of the topography of the reservation, to lay out into convenient 
 squares, blocks, lots, avenues, streets, and alleys, the lines of which 
 shall correspond with the existing boundary lines of occupants of said 
 reservation as near as may be consistent with the interests of the United 
 Laud to be in- States, the followicg described lands, to wit: The south half of section 
 eluded. twenty-eight, the south half of section twenty-nine, all of sections 
 
 thirty-two and thirty-three, in township two south and range nineteen 
 west*; and the north half of section four, the north half of section five, 
 in township three south and range nineteen west, situate in the county 
 of Garland, and State of Arkansas, and known as the Hot Springs reser- 
 vation. 
 
 Land including SEC. 4. That before making any subdivision of said lands, as described 
 
 hot springs to be j n the preceding section, it shall be the duty of said board of couimis- 
 
 reserved. sioners, under the direction and subject to the approval of the Secretary 
 
 of the Interior, to designate a tract of lar.d included in one boundary, 
 
 sufficient in extent to include, and which shall include all the hot or 
 
 warm springs situate on the lands aforesaid, to embrace, as near as may 
 
 be, what is known as Hot Springs Mountain, and the same is hereby 
 
 Superin tend- reservedfrom sale, and shall remain under the charge of a superintendent, 
 
 ent, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior : Provided, however, That 
 
 Special tax on nothing in this section shall prevent the Secretary of the Interior from 
 
 water-taken from fi x i n g a special tax on water taken from said springs, sufficient to pay 
 
 for the protection and necessary improvement of the same. 
 
 Duty of com- ^EC. 5. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to show by 
 iS^V** oa metes and bounds on the map herein provided for, the parcels or tracts 
 
 JLL8T) OI meicS * i i i * i * 11 -i 
 
 and bounds of f lands claimed by reason of improvements made thereon or occupied 
 claims. by each and every such claimant and occupant on said reservation ; to 
 
 Testimony. hear any and all proof offered by such claimants and occupants and the 
 United States in respect to said lands and in respect to the iinprove- 
 Eight of pur- ments thereon ; and to finally determine the right of each claimant or 
 A* 6 raised occu P ant to purchase the same, or any portion thereof, at the appraised 
 value. value, which shall be fixed by said commissioners: Provided, however, 
 
 Time for filing That such claimants and occupants shall file their claims, under the 
 claims. provisions of this act, before said commissioners within six calendar 
 
 months after the first sitting of the said board of commissioners, or 
 Claims not to their claims shall be forever barred; and no claim shall be considered 
 red. w hi c h has accrued since the twenty- fourth day of April, eighteen hun- 
 dred and seventy- six 
 
 Powers of com- SEC. 6. That the said commissioners shall have power to compel the 
 attendance of witnesses and the production of papers touching the oc- 
 cupancy or improvements of or on said lauds, or any other mutter in 
 any wise belonging or appertaining either to the said lauds or the im- 
 provements thereon ; t-hall have power to examine under oath all wit- 
 nesses that may come before theui, and all testimony shall be reduced 
 to writing, and preserved as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Aato obstruc- SEC. 7. That said commissioners shall have power to remove, or cause 
 
 tions. to be removed, all buildings or obstructions upon the said Hot Springs 
 
 reservation when the same may be necessary to curry out the provisions 
 
 of this act, as also all obstruciions to streets, alleys or roads, to be laid 
 
 off, straightened or widened as herein provided for. 
 
 As to streets. SEC. 8. That the commissioners shall have power to straighten or 
 
 etc. widen any of the present streets or alleys in the town of Hot Springs, 
 
 and to layoff such additional streets, alleys, and roads in said Hot 
 
 Springs reservation, or in the town, before the sale or disposition of 
 
 any of the property herein mentioned, as the convenience of the public 
 
ARKANSAS. 521 
 
 and the interests of the United States may require, and for that pur- 
 pose may condemn all buildings that they may find necessary to con- 
 demn in order to straighten or widen said streets and alleys, or to lay 
 off new streets, alleys, and roads, and also all buildings or improve- 
 ment on the reservation herein made, and to fix the value on all property 
 thus condemned. 
 
 SEC. 9. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, without Report of com- 
 delay, to file in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, the map and mission, 
 survey herein provided for, with the boundary lines of each claim 
 clearly marked thereon, and with each division and subdivision traced 
 and numbered, accompanied by a schedule, showing the name of each 
 claimant, and of each lot or parcel of land, the appraised value thereof, 
 numbers to correspond with such claim upon the map; also all of the Evidence and 
 evidence taken by them respecting the claimants' possessory right of finding, 
 occupation to any portion of the Hot Springs reservation and their 
 findings in each case ; also their appraisal of each tract or parcel of Appraised val- 
 land, and the improvements thereon ; and it shall be the duty of said ue - 
 commissioners to issue a certificate to each claimant, setting forth the 
 amount of land the holder is entitled to purchase, and the valuation Certificates to 
 fixed thereon, and also showing the character and the valuation fixed claimants, 
 upon the improvements of said tract or parcel of land, and to issue a cer- 
 tificate or certificates to all persons whose improvements are condemned, 
 as herein provided, showing the value of said improvements, (a) 
 
 SEC 10 That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, Lands may be 
 within thirty days alter said commissioners file said report and map in entered and pat- 
 his office, to instruct the United States land officers of Little Rock en 
 (Arkansas) land district to allow said lands to be entered as hereinafter 
 provided, and to cause a patent to issue therefor; and it shall be the 
 duty of the land officers authorized to sell said lands to give twenty Public notice 
 days public notice in the Little Rock and Hot Springs newspapers that to be given, 
 said lands are subject to entry in accordance with the provisions of this 
 act. 
 
 SEC. 11. That any claimant or occupant, his heirs or legal represent- Claimants to 
 atives, in whose favor said commissioners have adjudicated, shall, ^ ave r V? nt to | n - 
 under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may lands" 
 prescribe, have the sole right to enter and pay for, at the price fixed by 
 said commissioners, the amount of land the commissioners had adjudged 
 that they were entitled to purchase, at any time within twelve months Time allowed 
 next after the land officers give the public notice herein required. for P urchase - 
 
 SEC. 12. That upon the failure of any claimant or occupant in whose On failure of 
 favor the commissioners have adjudged to pay the valuation fixed upon claimant to pur- 
 said land within the time and in the manner herein prescribed, then ^ b^BolS'afaSf 
 said lauds, together with all other lands that no one has #n adjudicated t ion. 
 right to purchase under this act, shall be sold, by direction of the Sec- 
 retary of the Interior, to the highest bidder at public sale for not less 
 than the appraised value thereof at the land office at Little Rock, after 
 notice of such sale has been advertised three months in some newspaper Notice of sale, 
 in the town of Hot Springs and in such other papers as he may desig- Disposition of 
 n ate, said lands and improvements to be sold together; and thepro- pro ' 
 ceeds arising from the sale thereof shall be paid to the receiver of pub- 
 lic moneys at the land office in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
 
 SEC. 13. That any claimant or occupant who does not desire to pur- Improvements 
 chase the lands adjudicated to him or her at the valuation fixed by said may be removed, 
 commissioners shall have the right to remove any improvements made 
 on said land, at his or her own cost, before the time fixed for the pay- 
 ment for said lands. 
 
 SEC. 14. That the money arising from the sale of the lands shall be paid Disposition of 
 into the Treasury in the same manner as other moneys arising from the pro 
 sale of public lauds, and held for the purpose herein specified and at 
 the further disposal of Congress; and the money arising from water Water rents, 
 rents shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, and 
 expended by him for the purposes hereinbefore stated, an account of 
 which shall be annually rendered to Congress, showing the amount Report to Con- 
 received, the amount expended, and the amount remaining on hand atg re88 - 
 the end of each fiscal year. (&) 
 
 SEC. 15. That the United States marshal for the judicial district of Marshal to ex- 
 Arkansas, in which the Hot Springs may be situated shall execute all ecute processes, 
 processes required to be executed by this act. 
 
522 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Term of office SEC. 16. That said commissioners shall hold their offices for the pe- 
 r 8 commissi011 - riod of one year from the date of appointment, and shall have power to 
 employ competent engineers to make the maps and surveys herein pro- 
 Employes, vided for, at a reasonable compensation ; to employ a stenographer, who 
 shall also act as clerk, at a compensation of not more than eight dollars 
 per day, to rent an office and purchase the necessary stationery ; and 
 Compensation tlie compensation of said commissioners shall be ten dollars per day 
 ' each, all of which shall be paid by the Secretary of the Interior upon 
 the certified vouchers of said commissioners, (a) 
 
 Hot Springs SEC. 17. That the right of way be, and the same is hereby, granted 
 
 innvto ha m e to tbe Hot Springs Railroad Company, a company duly incorporated 
 
 right of way. an( ^ organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, to construct, 
 
 maintain, and operate its line of railroad upon, over, and across the Hot 
 
 Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas, as follows : 
 
 Route of rail- Commencing on the east line of the south half of section thirty-three, 
 in township two south of the base line, in range nineteen west of the 
 fifth principal meridian, in the county of Garland, and State of Arkan- 
 sas, at a point about six hundred feet from the southeast corner of said 
 section ; thence running up a ravine parallel to and south of the Benton 
 wagon road, westwardly through said section, to a point where the 
 same will intersect with the Malvern stage road at a point south of the 
 grave-yard on said reservation. 
 
 Width of grant. SEC. 18. The right of way hereby granted shall consist of a strip of 
 ILand for shops, | an( j fifty feet wide on each side of said railroad, measured from the 
 centre line thereof, from the point on the east line of said section of 
 land where said railroad enters the same to the terminus of the track 
 of said road : Provided, That said railway company may purchase upon 
 the same terms as individuals land for shops, depots, and other pur- 
 Proviso, poses, not exceeding twenty acres : Provided, however, That Congress 
 
 may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this section, (c) 
 
 Land for pub- SEC. 19. That a suitable tract of land, not exceeding five acres shall 
 
 Garla^U? 88 tv be ISL ^ off by 8aid commissioners, and the same is hereby granted to the 
 
 m ^f' county of Garland in the State of Arkansas as a site for the public 
 
 building of said county : Provided, That the tract of land hereby granted 
 
 shall not be taken from the land reserved herein for the use of the 
 
 United States. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1186, 1253, 1259, 1260, 1262, 1263. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 421, 1160, 1178, 1200, 1230, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1261. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1086, 1120, 1122, 1131, 1133, 1134, 1246, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1258. 
 
 June 20, 1878. No. 1259. AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov' 
 Vol. 20, p. 230. ernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and 
 for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, 
 
 Hot Springs. Not exceeding one acre now occupied by them for a period of ten 
 Bath-houses, years unless otherwise 'provided by law at an annual rental of one 
 thousand dollars. And he is further directed to lease the bath-houses 
 of a permanent nature now upon the Hot Springs reservation, to the 
 owners of the same and lease to any person or persons, upon such terms 
 as may be agreed on, sites for the building of other bath-houses, for 
 the term of five years, unless otherwise provided by law, under such 
 rules and regulations as he may prescribe ; and the tax imposed shall 
 
 not exceed fifteen dollars per tub per annum including land rent, (a) 
 * * * * # * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1186, 1253, 1258, 1260, 1262, 1263. 
 
 Dec. 16, 1878. No. 1260. AN ACT to correct an error of enrollment in bill making appropriations 
 Vol. 20, p. 258. for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. 
 
 Appropriation. Be it enacted, $-c., That the sum of twenty- seven thousand five hun- 
 dred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- 
 priated to pay for clerk hire, engineeiing, marshal's fees, salaries, and 
 Hot Springs other expenses of the Hot Springs commission; and the President of 
 Commission. t j, e United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint with the 
 c- advice and consent of the Senate, three discreet, competent, and disin- 
 terested persons, who shall constitute a board of commissioners, any 
 Term of office, two of whom shall constitute a quorum, who shall hold their offices for 
 the period of one year from the date of their appointment, and shall 
 
ARKANSAS. 523 
 
 have the same powers and authority in all respects as was provided for 
 the commissioners appointed under the act of Congress approved March 
 third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act in relation 
 to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas ; " which act is 
 hereby revived and continued in full force for the purpose of enabling 
 said board of commissioners to take possession of all records, papers, 
 and proofs, and to determine the claims presented to the board of com- 
 missioners appointed under said act, whose term of office has expired, 
 and to do and perform all other acts and duties authorized by said act. 
 And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to lease to the 
 present proprietors of the Arlington Hotel or their assigns the grounds, Arlington Ho- 
 not exceeding one acre, now occupied by them, for a period of ten years, tel grounds, 
 unless otherwise provided by law, at an annual rental of one thousand 
 dollars. And he is further directed to lease the bath-houses of a per- Bath-houses, 
 manent nature now upon the Hot Springs reservation to the owners of 
 the same, and lease to any person or persons upon such terms as may 
 be agreed on, sites for the building of other bath-houses for the term of 
 five years, unless otherwise provided by law, under such rules and regu- 
 lations as he may prescribe ; and the tax imposed shall not exceed Tax. 
 fifteen dollars per tub per annum, including land rent : Provided, That 
 said leases shall in no way prejudice any legal right that any person or 
 persons may have acquired under the act hereby revived and continued, 
 to any improvements on said ground : And provided further, That to Limit to bath- 
 prevent monopoly, no bath-house or hotel shall be supplied with more tubs, 
 than enough water for forty bath-tubs of the usual size, unless there 
 shall be more than enough hot water to supply all other demands for 
 the same, in which case no single establishment shall be allowed more 
 than forty bath-tubs of the usual size: And provided further, That the Free baths, 
 superintendent shall provide and maintain a sufficient number of free 
 baths for the use of the indigent, and the expense thereof shall be de- 
 frayed out of the rentals hereinbefore provided for. 
 
 In cases where fractions of lots are made by straightening, widening, Fractions of 
 or laying out streets, the commissioners shall have power to determine lots, 
 the disposal of the same, giving the preference to the owners of abutting 
 lots : Provided, That all titles given or to be given by the United States Conditions of 
 shall explicitly exclude the light to the purchaser of the land, his heirs titles. 
 or assigns, from ever boring theieon for hot water; and the Hot Springs, 
 with the reservation and mountain are hereby dedicated to the United 
 States, and shall remain forever free from sale or alienation, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1186, 1253, 1258, 1259, 1262, 1263. 
 
 No. 1261. AN ACT subjecting the Fort Wayne military reservation in the State j an , 30,1879. 
 of Arkansas to entry as other public lands in said State. Vol. 20, p. 276. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c. , That all the lauds embraced in the Fort Wayne niili- p or t Wayne 
 tary reservation in the State of Arkansas be, and the same are hereby, reservation, Ar- 
 opened and made subject to entry as other public lands in said State kansas, restored 
 under existing laws : Provided, That all persons owning improvements 
 on said reservation at the time of the passage of this act shall have a 
 prior right to enter the same at any time within six months after this 
 act goes into effect, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and Instructions, 
 hereby is, authorized to issue the instructions necessary to carry the 
 provisions of this act into effect. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 421, 1160, 1178, 1200, 1230, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1258. 
 
 lo. 1262. JOINT RESOLUTION touching the Hot Springs reservation in the Jan. 14, 1880. 
 State of Arkansas. Vol. 21, p. 299. 
 
 Resolved, #c., That the time allowed the Secretary of the Interior to in- Time extended 
 struct the United States land officers at Little Rock, Arkansas, under sec- for 60 days, 
 tion ten of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- seven, en- 
 titled " An act in rel tion to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of 
 Arkansas," be extended for the period of sixty days from the passage of 
 this resolution, and all further proceedings under said act be suspended 
 until that time, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1186, 1253, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1263. 
 
524 ARKANSAS. 
 
 June 16, 1880. No. 1263. AN ACT for the establishment of titles in Hot Springs, and for other 
 Vol. 21, p. 288. purpose's. 
 
 Persons in Beit enacted, $c., That any person, his heirs or legal representatives, 
 whose favor com- in whose favor the commissioners appointed under the acts of Congress 
 missioners have o f eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and eighteen hundred and 
 Fe rightof en 6 seventy-eight, relative to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, have adjudi- 
 try -within eight- cated, shall have the sole right to enter and pay for the amount of land 
 een months. the commissioners may have adjudged him entitled to purchase, within 
 eighteen months next after the expiration of the notice required by 
 the tenth section of the act of Congress of March third eighteen hun- 
 dred and seventy -seven, to be given by paying to the receiver of public 
 moneys at the land office in Little Rock, Arkansas, forty per centum of 
 the assessed value of said land as placed thereon by said commissioners ; 
 Assessments an( ^ that such assessments be reduced to that extent : and that in any 
 reduced. cases where any church or church association has been adjudged entitled 
 
 to purchase land it may do so by paying five dollars per lot. 
 
 Certificates SEC. 2. That the certificates (except certificate number one hundred 
 (except those is- and sixty-two, issued to Samuel H. Stitt, DeWitt C Rugg, and Samuel 
 sued to S. H, W.Fordyce for twenty-two thousand dollars, which exceptions shall not 
 Rue" and s wl prejudice the rights of the United States or the holders of said certifi- 
 Fonfyce,) receiv- ca te.) issued for condemned buildings by said commissioners be made 
 able in payment receivable for the amounts named therein as so many dollars lawful 
 money of the United States in the entry and purchase of the lands that 
 may be sold in the Hot Springs reservation ; and that such certificates 
 be assignable, and when assigned in the presence of two subscribing 
 witnesses or the execution of the assignment thereof shall have been 
 acknowledged before a court of record or clerk thereof, the land officers 
 in like manner shall receive them from the assignee in payment of lands 
 purchased by himself or others ; and in case the amount of the certifi- 
 cate presented and received at such land office shall exceed that neces- 
 sary to make the purchase and entry desired, there shall be executed 
 by the register and receiver, and delivered to the person from whom 
 the same is received, a certificate giving the number of the original, the 
 date and amount thereof, the balance due such person thereon, and the 
 certificate thus issued shall be assignable and receivable in like manner 
 as the original, and in all cases where such certificates are issued the 
 register of the land office shall certify on the original certificate taken 
 up, the number of the lots purchased therewith, and the price thereof. 
 Certain dis- SEC. 3. That those divisions of the Hot Springs reservation, known 
 tricts dedicated as the mountainous districts, not divided by streets on the maps made 
 to public use. jj v t ne commissioners, but known and defined on the map and in the 
 report of the commissioners as North Mountain, West Mountain, and 
 Sugar Loaf Mountain, be, and the same are hereby forever reserved from 
 sale, and dedicated to public use as parks, to be known, with Hot 
 Springs Mountain, as the permanent reservation. 
 
 Cemetery. SEC. 4. That whenever the town of Hot Springs shall procure else- 
 
 where a suitable burying-ground and shall cause the bodies now buried 
 in the cemetery lot, within the limits of said town, to be decently 
 removed and reinterred, the title to said cemetery lot shall vest in the 
 corpoiation of said town, to be held and used forever as a town or city 
 park, and not otherwise. 
 
 Secretary of SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
 Interior to desig- designate six lots from the una warded grounds on the Hot Springs 
 nate six lots for reservation for the use of the common schools of the corporation of 
 the town of Hot Springs, as sites for school houses, and the lots when 
 so designated are hereby dedicated to the use of common schools, and 
 shall be used, controlled, and managed by the common school officials 
 of the district in which they may be located for such purposes only. 
 To convey to The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to convey to the Baptist 
 Baptist Church. Church of Hot Springs, whose church edifice was destroyed by fire, a 
 suitable lot of ground not exceeding one-eighth of an acre from that 
 portion of the Hot Springs reservation laid oil into lots aud blocks, and 
 forming part of the town site but not awarded to any claimants and 
 not otherwise disposed of by this act said conveyance to be on con- 
 sideration of the payment of a sum equal to ten dollars per acre for 
 said lot. 
 
 Streets and SEC. 6. That the streets, courts, and alleys and other thoroughfares 
 
 other thorough- of the town of Hot Springs, as surveyed, opened, or established by the 
 
 fares ceded to commissioners and represented on the map of said town, and not in- 
 
 tlon> eluded in the permanent reservation, be, and the same are hereby, 
 
ARKANSAS. 525 
 
 ceded to the corporation of the town of Hot Springs for public use: 
 Provided however That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to 
 impair the rights or equities conferred upon claimants to said lands by 
 an act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy - 
 seven, and an act approved December sixteenth eighteen hundred and 
 seventy -eight, in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of 
 Arkansas. 
 
 SEC. 7. That that portion of the Hot Springs reservation laid off into Lots not award- 
 lots and blocks and forming part of the town site, but not awarded to ed or otherwise 
 any claimants, and not otherwise disposed of or reserved by this act, disposed of to be 
 shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, at not less than JJotion 
 its appraised value, to be made from time to time, at the discretion and 
 under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and after public 
 notice in the usual way in the sale of public lands ; and the money 
 arising from said sales, as well as any money paid in under section one 
 of this act, shall be held as a special fund for the improvement and 
 care of the permanent reservation at Hot Springs and of the Hot Springs Disposition of 
 Creek adjacent to and between the permanent reservations, and for the proceeds of sale, 
 maintenance of free baths for the invalid poor of the United States, as 
 provided by acts of Congress, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1186, 1253, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1262. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 April 7, 1798. Wo. 1264. AN ACT for an amicable settlement of limits with the State of Geor- 
 Vol. 1, p. 549. gi a > an d authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 President au- -^ e ^ enacted, $c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 thorized to ap- hereby is authorized to appoint three commissioners ; any two of whom 
 point commis- shall have power to adjust and determine with such commissioners as 
 the ne ?nterferiif * ma -Y be appointed under the legislative authority of the State of Georgia, 
 claims to certain all interfering claims of the United States and that State, to territory 
 territory. situate west of the river Cbatahouchee, north of the thirty-first degree 
 
 And to receive ^ nor t n latitude, and south of the cession made to the United States 
 proposals for the ^J South Carolina : and also to receive any proposals for the relinqnish- 
 cession of other rnent or cession of the whole or any part of the other territory claimed 
 territory claimed by the State of Georgia, and out of the ordinary jurisdiction thereof. 
 
 SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all the lands thus ascertained as the 
 Lands ascer- property of the United States, shall be disposed of in such manner as 
 tained to be the sn all be hereafter directed by law; and the nett proceeds thereof shall 
 ^'nited^St'ates be applied to the sinking and discharging the publicdebt of the United 
 how to be dis- States, in the same manner as the proceeds of the other public lands in 
 posed of. the territory northwest of the river Ohio. 
 
 Certain terri- SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all that tract of country bounded on 
 tory ^ cousti 1 - ^ De wes t by the Mississippi ; on the north by a line to be drawn due east 
 tuted a district, from the mouth of the Yasous to the Chatahouchee River ; on the east 
 to be called the by the river Chatahouchee; and on the south by the thirty-first degree 
 ri2Sy Br ~ of north latitude, shall be, and hereby is constituted one district, to be 
 
 called the Mississippi Territory : and the President of the United States 
 President au- j s hereby authorized to establish therein a government in all respects 
 lislia govern- simil ar to that now exercised in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, 
 ment and ap- excepting and excluding the last article of the ordinance made for the 
 point officers government thereof by the late Congress on the thirteenth day of July, 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and by and with the 
 advice and consent of the Senate to appoint all the necessary officers 
 therein, who shall respectively receive the same compensations for their 
 services; to be paid in the same manner as by law established for sim- 
 ilar officers in the territory northwest of the river Ohio ; and the pow- 
 ers, duties and emoluments of a superintendent of Indian affairs for the 
 southern department, shall be united with those of governor : Provided 
 always, That if the President of the United States should find it most 
 expedient to establish this government in the recess of Congress, he 
 shall nevertheless have full power to appoint and commission all offi- 
 cers herein authorized; and their commissions shall continue in force 
 until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing the establishment 
 of the government. 
 
 c SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Territory hereby constituted one 
 
 hereaiter^divide district for the purposes of government, may at the discretion of Con- 
 it into two dis- gress be hereafter divided into two districts, with separate Territorial 
 tricts. governments in each, similar to that established by this act. 
 
 SEC. 5. Beit further enacted, That the establishment of this government 
 
 .^ in g f the gfoall in no respect impair the right of the State of Georgia, or of any 
 
 2l of imlivld* Person or persons either to the jurisdiction or the soil of the said Terri- 
 
 uals to the juris- tory, but the rights and claims of the said State and of all persons in- 
 
 tlietion of' soil terested, are hereby declared to be as firm and available, as if this act 
 
 had never been made. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the establishment 
 The people of of the said government, the people of the aforesaid Territory shall be en- 
 be enthledt'o^er^ titled to an(1 eD J ov all and singular the rights, privileges and advantages 
 tain rights, &c. granted to the people of the territory of the United States, northwest 
 526 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 527 
 
 of the river Ohio, in and by the aforesaid ordinance of the thirteenth 
 day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, 
 in as full and ample a manner as the same are possessed and enjoyed 
 by the people of the said last-mentioned Territory, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 1265, 1285, 1303, 1304, 1306. 
 
 No. 1265. AN ACT supplemental to the act intituled "An act for an amicable set May 10, 1800. 
 tlement of limits with the State of Georgia ; and authorizing the establishment of Vol. 2, p. 69. 
 a government in the Mississippi Territory." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the ordinance of Congress of the Organization of 
 thirteenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and Ji 8 ^^ Mfca?- 
 of the act of Congress of the seventh of August, one thousand seven 8 jp pi Territory, 
 hundred and eighty- nine, providing for the government of the territory 
 of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, as relates to the or- 
 ganization of a general assembly therein, and prescribes the powers 
 thereof, shall forthwith operate, and be in force in the Mississippi Ter- 
 ritory : Provided, That until tbe number of free male inhabitants of 
 full age, in the said Territory, shall amount to five thousand, there shall 
 not be returned to the general assembly more than nine representatives. 
 ******* 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall in any Saving of the 
 respect impair the right of the State of Georgia to the jurisdiction, or rights of Georgia, 
 of the said State, or of any person or persons to the soil of the said JJJ g ot 
 Territory, but the rights and claims of the said State, and all persons 
 interested, are hereby declared to be as fiim and available as if this act 
 had never been made, (a) 
 
 ******* 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the .The com mis- 
 commissioners appointed, or who may hereafter be appointed on the part ^ited States 
 of the United States, in pursuance of the act, intituled "An act for an may finally settle 
 amicable settlement of limits with the State of Georgia ; and author- with Georgia by 
 izing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi Territory," compromise, 
 or any two of them, finally to settle by compromise with the commis- 
 sioners, which have been or may be appointed by the State of Georgia, 
 any claims mentioned in said act, and to receive in behalf of the United 
 States a cession of any lands therein mentioned, or of the jurisdiction 
 thereof, on such terms as to them shall appear reasonable : and also, They may in- 
 that the said commissioners on the part of the United States, or any two 2Sms of individ^ 
 of them, be authorized to inquire into the claims which are or shall be ua i s> 
 made by settlers or any other persons whatsoever, to any part of the 
 aforesaid lands, and to receive from such settlers and claimants any 
 propositions of compromise which may be made by them, and lay a full 
 statement of the claims and the propositions which may be made to 
 them by the settlers or claimants to any part of the said lands, together 
 with their opinion thereon, before Congress, for their decision thereon, 
 as soon as may be : Provided, That the settlement shall be made and Provisos, 
 completed before the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and three : And provided also, That the said commissioners shall not 
 contract for tbe payment of any money from the Treasury of the United 
 States to the State of Georgia, other than the proceeds of the same 
 lands. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1264, 1285, 1303, 1304, 1306. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 12C6, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 1286, 
 
 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 
 
 1399. 
 
 No. 1266. AN ACT regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal March 3, 1803. 
 of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee. Vol. 2, p. 229. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That any person or persons, and the legal represent- Kesidents in 
 atives of any person or persons, who were resident in the Mississippi the Mississippi 
 Territory on the twenty-seventh day of October, in the year one thou- fi rmed hi their 
 sand seven hundred and ninety-five, and who had prior to that day ob- C i a i m8 . 
 tained, either from the British Government of West Florida or from the 
 Spanish Government, any warrant or order of survey for lands lying 
 within the said Territory, to which the Indian title had been extin- 
 
528 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 guished, and which were on that day .actually inhabited and cultivated 
 by such person or persons, or for his or their use, shall be confirmed in 
 their claims to such lands in the same manner as if their titles bad been 
 Proviso. completed : Provided, however, That no such incomplete title shall be 
 
 confirmed, unless the person in whose name such warrant or order of 
 survey had been granted, was at the time of its date either the head of 
 a family, or above the age of twen'y-one years. 
 
 Grants to in- SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That to every person, or to the legal 
 habitants wlere representative or representatives of every person who, being either the 
 evacuated b^ the tead of a familv > or of twenty-one years of age, did on that day of the 
 Spaniards. year seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, when the Mississippi Terri- 
 
 tory was finally evacuated by the Spanish troops, actually inhabit and 
 cultivate a tract of land in the said Territory, not claimed by virtue 
 either of the preceding section, or of any British grant, or of the articles 
 of agreement and cession between the United States and the State of 
 Georgia, the said tract of land thus inhabited and cultivated, shall be 
 Limitations. granted : Provided, however, That not more than one tract shall be thus 
 granted to any one person, and the same shall not contain more than 
 six hundred and forty acres: And provided also, That this donation shall 
 not be made to any person who claims any other tract of land in the 
 said Territory by virtue of any British or Spanish grant, or order of 
 survey. (a) 
 
 Residents en- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person, and the legal 
 titled to a prefer- representatives of every person, who being the head of a family, or 
 ence i as- above the age of twenty one years, doth at the time of passing this act, 
 
 inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in the said Territory, not claimed by 
 virtue of the preceding sections of this act, or of any British grant, or 
 of the articles of agreement and cession above mentioned, shall be en- 
 titled to a preference in becoming the purchaser from the United States, 
 of such tract of laud, at the price at which the other lands of the 
 United States in the said Territory, are by this act directed to be sold; 
 and payment may be made therefor in the same manner, and under the 
 Without inter- same conditions, as directed by this act for such other lands : Provided, 
 st on instal- ftotcerej 1 , that no interest shall be charged upon any of the instalments 
 
 until they respectively become payable. (6) 
 
 Two land SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of 
 offices in the Mis- the United States within the Mississippi Territory, two land offices shall 
 n " be established in the same, one at such place in the county o* Adams, 
 as shall be designated by the President of the United States, for the 
 lands lying west of " Ptarl River," sometimes called "half-way river; ' r 
 and one at such place in the county of Washington, as shall be desig- 
 nated by the President of the United States, for the lands lying east of 
 Register and Pearl River : and for each of the said offices, a register and receiver of 
 c^monevs in P u ^>lic monies shall be appointed, who shall give security in the same 
 eac h. * manner, and in the same sums, and whose duties and authority shall in 
 
 Security. every respect be the same in relation to the lands which sha'll be dis- 
 
 posed of at their offices, as are by law provided in relation to the regis- 
 ters and the receivers of public monies in the several offices established 
 for the disposal of the lands of the United States, north of the river 
 Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River, (c) 
 
 Claimants and SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands by 
 residents to state virtue of any British grant, or of the three first sections of this act, or 
 their claims be- o f t b e articles of agreement and cession between the United States and 
 1804. the State of Georgia, shall, before the last day of March in the year 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and four, deliver to the register of the land 
 office, within whose district the land may be, a notice in writing, stat- 
 ing the nature and extent of his claims, together with a plot of the tract 
 or tracts claimed, and shall also, on or before that day, deliver to the 
 To be recorded, said register, for the purpose of being recorded, every grant, order of 
 survey, deed, conveyance, or other written evidence of his claim, and 
 the same shall be recorded by the said register, in books to be kept for 
 that purpose, on receiving from the parties at the rate of twelve and a 
 half cents, for every hundred words contained in such written evidence 
 Xeglect there- of their claim ; and if such person shall neglect to deliver such notice 
 of to bar their in writing, of his claim, together with a plot as aforesaid, or cause to 
 claims. be recorded such written evidence of the same, all his right, so far as 
 
 the same is derived from the above-mentioned articles of agreement, or 
 from the three first sections of this act, shall become void, and forever 
 threafter be barred ; nor shall any grant, order of survey, deed, con- 
 veyance, or other written evidence, which shall not be recorded as above 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 529 
 
 directed, ever after be considered or admitted as evidence in any court 
 in the United States, against any grant derived from the United States. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office Commissioners 
 in Adams County, and two other persons who shall be appointed by appointed to set- 
 the President of the United States alone, shall for the lands lying west tle the claim8 ' 
 of Pearl River, and the register of the land office of Washington County, 
 together with two other persons who shall be appointed by the Presi- 
 dent of the United States alone, shall for the lands lying east of Pearl 
 River, respectively be commissioners, for the purpose of ascertaining 
 the rights of persons claiming the benefit of the articles of agreement 
 and cession between the United States and the State of Georgia, or of 
 the three first sections of this act ; and the said commissioners shall, 
 previous to entering on the duties of their appointment, respectively 
 take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before some per- 
 son qualified to administer the same : " I do solemnly swear Their oath or 
 (01* affirm) that I will impartially exercise and discharge the duties im- affirmation, 
 posed upon me, by an act of Congress, intituled 'An act regulating the 
 grants of land and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United 
 States south of the State of Tennessee,' to the best of my skill and 
 judgment." And it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to meet D u ti e8 . 
 in the county of Adams, and in Washington County aforesaid, respect- 
 ively, on or before the first day of December next, and they shall not 
 adjourn to any other place, or for a longer time than three days, until 
 the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and four, and until 
 they shall have completed the business of their appointment. And each Powers, 
 board, or a majority of each board, shall, in their respective districts, The determina- 
 have power to hear and decide in a summary manner, all matters re- ti ] 1 f the board 
 specting such claims, also to administer oaths and examine witnesses, 
 and such other testimony as may be adduced, and to determine thereon 
 according to justice and equity ; which determination, so far as relates 
 to any rights derived from the articles of agreement above mentioned, 
 or from the three first sections of this act, shall be final ; and for the 
 safe-keeping of the papers and evidence produced and recording their 
 proceedings, the said boards, respectively, shall have power to appoint Appointment 
 a clerk, whose duty it shall be to enter in a book to be kept for that of clerks, 
 purpose, perfect and correct minutes of the proceedings, decisions, papers' &c o 
 meetings and adjournments of the boards, together with the evidence dissolution of the 
 on which such decisions are made; which books and papers, on the boards to be 
 dissolution of the boards, shall be transmitted to, and lodged in the lodged in the Sec- 
 office of the Secretary of State ; and on or before such clerk's entering y Oi 
 on the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe the following 
 oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm Oath or affirma- 
 as the case may be) that I will truly and faithfully enter and record all tion of the clerk, 
 minutes, proceedings and decisions of the board of commissioners for 
 the county of appointed under and by virtue of an act of the 
 United States, intituled 'An act regulating the grants of laud, and pro- 
 viding for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the 
 State of Tennessee/ and well and faithfully do and perform all other acts 
 and things in the said act pointed out as the duty of a clerk of the said 
 board/' which oath shall be entered on the minutes of the board; and 
 when it shall appear to them that the claimant is entitled to a tract of 
 land under the articles of agreement and cession with Georgia afore- Titles, when to 
 said, in virtue of a British or Spanish grant legally and fully executed, be granted, and 
 they shall give a certificate thereof, describing the tract of land and^ow, under . tne 
 the grant, and stating that the claimant is confirmed in his title thereto 
 by virtue of the said articles ; which certificate, being recorded by the A certificate to 
 register of the land office, whose duty it shall be to record the same in be given. 
 a book to be kept by him for that purpose, shall amount to a relinquish - 
 ment for ever, on the part of the United States to any claim whatever 
 to such tract of land : and when it shall appear to the said commis- 
 sioners that the claimant is entitled to a tract of land by virtue of a 
 settlement under the Bourbon act of Georgia, recognized in the said Under the 
 articles of agreement and cession, or of either of the two first sections Bourbon act of 
 of this act, they shall give a certificate thereof, stating the circum- the state of Geor- 
 stances of the case, and that the claimant is entitled to receive a patent gia< 
 for such a tract of land by virtue of this act, which certificate being Certificate to 
 duly entered with the register of the land office, on or before the be returned be- 
 first day of January, eighteen hundred and five, shall entitle the party ^ ^Sh^ali 
 to a patent for the said tract, which shall issue in like manner as entitle the party 
 is provided by this act for the other lands of the United States, to a patent. 
 34 L O VOL II 
 
530 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 without the party paying any thing -therefor, except the surveying 
 Eight of pre- expenses and the fees of office. And when it shall appear to the 
 emption. gajd commissioners that the claimant is entitled to a right of pre- 
 
 emption by virtue of the third section of this act, they shall give a 
 certificate thereof, directed to the register of the land office; which 
 certificate being duly entered with the register of the land office, on or 
 before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and five, shall entitle 
 Proviso that the party to become a purchaser of such tract of land: Provided, That 
 receipts for pur- he 8nall) prior to the first day of j anuary> eighteen hundred and six, 
 produced. also produce a receipt from the treasurer of the United States, or from 
 
 the receiver of public monies, for at least one-fourth part of the pur- 
 chase money, and also for the payment of the surveying expenses; and 
 the party shall, upon payment in full of the purchase money, on which, 
 if any of the three last payments shall be made in advance, he shall be 
 allowed the same discount allowed in similiar cases by this act, be enti- 
 tled to receive a patent, which shall issue in like manner, and on pay- 
 ment of the same fees as are provided by this act for the other lands of 
 the United States ; but if such person shall neglect to enter his certifi- 
 cate, on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and five, 
 or to make such first payment as above provided ; his right of pre-emp- 
 Proviso. tion shall cease and become void. Provided also, and it is further enacted, 
 
 Reference to That whenever a tract of land to which any person might be entitled 
 vera^claims bv vir tue of the three first sections of this act, shall also be claimed by 
 the holder of a British patent, legally and fully executed, and duly re- 
 corded in conformity to the provisions of this act, who is not confirmed 
 in his claim by the articles of agreement above mentioned, the commis- 
 sioners shall, in the certificate granted to the person claiming the land 
 by virtue of this act, state the existence of the adverse claims, in which 
 case the party shall not be entitled to a patent, unless he shall have 
 obtained in his favour a judicial decision in a court having jurisdiction 
 Clerk to re- therein, and for every certificate so granted by the boards respectively, 
 ceive two dollars tne c i er k o f t h e board granting the same, shall be entitled to demand and 
 catef ^ * receive of the party to whom the same is granted, the sum of two dollars. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid 
 shall report to shall, on or before the first day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
 he Secretary of dred. and four, make to the Secretary of the Treasury, a full report of 
 all the British grants legally and fully executed, which have been duly 
 recorded in conformity to the provisions of this act, the title of which 
 is not confirmed to the holders thereof, by the articles of agreement 
 above mentioned, stating the present situation of the lands, the date of 
 such grants, the conditions annexed thereto, and how far the same have 
 been fulfilled, together with such other remarks thereon as they may 
 Report to be t nink proper ; which report shall be laid before Congress at their next 
 laid before Con- session, and the lands contained in such grants shall not be otherwise 
 gress. disposed of, until the end of one year after that time. 
 
 Un nfirmed SEC. &' And ~be it further enacted, That so much of the five millions of 
 claims 'provided acres reserved for that purpose by the articles of agreement above 
 for. mentioned, as may be necessary to satisfy the claims not confirmed by 
 
 that agreement, which are embraced by the two first sections of this act, 
 or which may be derived from British grants for lands which have not 
 been regranted by the Spanish Government, be, and the same is hereby 
 appropriated for that purpose ; and so much of the residue of the said 
 five millions of acres or of the nett proceeds thereof as may be necessary 
 for that purpose, shall be, and is hereby appropriated, for the purpose 
 of satisfying, quieting and compensating, for such other claims to the 
 lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee, not recog- 
 nized in the above-mentioned articles of agreement, and -which are de- 
 rived from any act or pretended act of the State of Georgia, which 
 Proviso, that Congress may hereafter think fit to provide for ; provided, however, 
 no claims shall That no other c i a j ms s^all be embraced by this appropriation, but those, 
 t h e appropna- the evidence of which shall have, on or before the first day of January 
 tion in this act next, been exhibited by the claimants to the Secretary of State, and re- 
 which have not corded in books to be kept in his office for that purpose, at the expense 
 belore ^T^^i of tne P artv exhibiting the same, who shall pay to the person employed 
 1804. ' by the Secretary of State for recording the same, at the rate of twelve 
 
 Fees on record- and an half cents for every hundred words contained in each document 
 ing. thus recorded; nor shall any grant, deed, conveyance, or other written 
 
 No grant, deed, evidence of any claim to the said lands, derived, or pretended to be de- 
 or conveyance rived from the State of Georgia, and not recognized by the above-inen- 
 from the State of tioned articles of agreement, ever after be admitted or considered as 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 531 
 
 evidence in any of the courts of the United States, unless it shall have Georgia to be ev- 
 been exhibited, and recorded, in the manner and within the time ^ded 88 ** 
 above mentioned ; and provided also, that nothing herein contained, 
 shall be construed to recognize or affect the claims of any person or 
 persons, to any of the lands above mentioned ; and provided also, that Claims not rec- 
 no certificate shall be granted for lands lying east of the Tombigby g nized - 
 River, nor for lands situated without the boundary lines established by 
 treaty between the United States and the Choctaws, made the seven- 
 teenth day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and two. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State, the Authority giv 
 Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General for the time being, propositions' 
 be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to receive such proposi- compromise, 
 tions of compromise and settlement, as may be offered by the several 
 companies, or persons claiming public lands in the territory of the 
 United States, lying south of the State of Tennessee, and west of the 
 State of Georgia ; and report their opinion thereon to Congress at their 
 next session. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That a surveyor of the lands of L ? 
 the United States, south of the State of Tennessee, shall be appointed, see appointed," 
 whose duty it shall be to engage a sufficient number of skilful survey- who shall engage 
 ors as his deputies, and to cause the lands above mentioned, to which deputies, 
 the titles of the Indian tribes have been extinguished, to be surveyed Dutie8 - 
 and divided in the manner hereafter directed, and to do and perform all 
 such other acts, in relation to the said lands, as the surveyor-general is 
 authorized and directed to do in relation to the lands lying northwest 
 of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the river Kentucky. 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the lands for which certifi- of t he surveYor 8 
 cates of any description whatever, shall have been granted by the com- 
 missioners in pursuance of the provisions of this act, shall, as soon as 
 may be, be surveyed under the direction of the surveyor of the lands 
 of the United States above mentioned, in conformity to the true tenor 
 and intent of such certificates; and the said surveyor shall also cause 
 all the other lands of the United States, in the Mississippi Territory, to Other lands in 
 which the Indian title has been extinguished, to be surveyed as far as** 16 Mississippi 
 practicable, into townships, and subdivided into half-sections, in the ^eyel. 
 manner provided for the surveying of the lands of the United States, 
 situate northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the Ken- 
 tucky River, and shall transmit to the registers of the land offices re- 
 spectively, general and particular plots of all the lands surveyed as afore- 
 said, and shall also forward copies of the said plots to the Secretary of 
 the Treasury ; and he shall also, with the approbation of the said Sec- 
 retary, fix the compensation of the deputy surveyors, chain- carriers, and 
 axe-men : Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and marking 
 the lines shall not exceed iour dollars for every mile that shall be actu- 
 ally run, surveyed and marked : And provided, That the expense of sur- Expenses of 
 veying those tracts of land, to which the title of the claimants is con- 8U 
 firmed by the articles of agreement, or by the two first sections of this 
 act, and those tracts claimed under British grants, a return of which is 
 to be made to Congress, shall not be advanced by the United States, 
 but shall be paid to the deputy surveyor by the parties claiming the 
 same ; and that in relation to all the land sold by the United States, the 
 
 Eurchaser shall make the same payment for surveying expenses, which 
 3 directed by law to be made for lands sold north of the river Ohio, (d) 
 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the lands aforesaid, not The lands 
 otherwise disposed of, or excepted by virtue of the preceding section s af ^ es .^""* P' 
 of this act, shall, with the exception of the section number sixteen, J ol j; 
 which shall be reserved in each township for the support of schools 
 within the same, (e) with the exception also of thirty-six sections to be 
 located in one body by the Secretary of the Treasury for the use of Jef- 
 ferson College, and also with the exception of such town lots not ex- 
 ceeding two in the town of Natchez, and of such an out-lot adjoinin g the 
 same, not exceeding thirty acres, as may be the property of the United 
 States, to be located by the governor of the Mississippi Territory, for 
 the use of the said college, (/) be offered for sale to the highest bidder, 
 under the direction of the governor of the Misissippi Territory, of the rj n der the di- 
 surveyor of the lands of the United States, above mentioned, and of the rections of the 
 register of the land office at the places respectively, where the land governor, sur- 
 offices are kept, and on such day or days as shall, by a public proclama- ]^ or> M 
 tion of the President of the United States, be designated for that pur- 
 pose. The sales shall remain open at each place for three weeks and no 
 
532 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Sales to re- longer; and all lands, other than the section number sixteen, remaining 
 main open f o^r unso i(j a t the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of at private 
 thVifprfvat 8 ^ sale Dv t^ 16 registers of the respective land offices in the same manner, 
 sales, by whom, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms 
 and on wh at and conditions as is provided by law, for the sale of the lands of the 
 United States, north of the river Ohio, by an act intituled "An act to 
 amend the act intituled, An act providing for the sale of the lauds of 
 the United States in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the 
 Proviso. mouth of Kentucky River:" Provided always, That the lands which may 
 
 sol^for "essttian be 8old at P ublic 8ale b y virtue of this act, shall not be sold for less than 
 two dollars per two dollars per acre, and shall in every other respect be sold on the 
 acre. same terms and conditions as was provided for the lands sold at public 
 
 sale, by the last-recited act. And patents shall be obtained for all 
 6681 lands granted or sold in the Mississippi Territory in the same manner 
 and on payment of the same fees as is provided for lands sold north of the 
 river Ohio, by the said last-recited act : Provided, however, That evi- 
 dences of the public debt of the United States shall not be received in 
 payment for the purchase of said lands. (6) 
 
 Fees of the reg- SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the registers of the land offices, 
 
 isters of the land- and the receivers of public monies, appointed in pursuance of this act, 
 
 offices, and re- 8na jj receive the same fees and compensation as the registers and re- 
 
 moneyl p ceivers of the land offices north of the river Ohio, and the registers 
 
 shall also be entitled to receive twenty-five cents for entering each cer- 
 
 Salary of t h e tificate granted by the commissioners above mentioned. The surveyor 
 
 Mstw y ocle?k8 of the lands of tbe United States, appointed in pursuance of this act, 
 
 shall receive an annual compensation of fifteen hundred dollars, and 
 
 shall be allowed not exceeding two clerks, whose whole compensation 
 
 shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum. The commissioners 
 
 Compensation appointed to ascertain the rights of persons claiming the benefit of the 
 
 of the commis- articles of agreement above mentioned, and of this act shall receive 
 
 the^ d'erks eacb a compensation of two thousand dollars for the whole of their 
 
 services, the registers of the land offices excepted, who shall receive 
 
 only rive hundred dollars each, for their services as commissioners ; the 
 
 clerks of the boards of commissioners a compensation not exceeding 
 
 Pay of the su- seven hundred and fifty dollars each ; and the superintendents of the 
 
 perintendents. public sales shall receive six dollars each, for each day's attendance on 
 
 the said sales. 
 
 Commissions of SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 isters oTffJ'land States shall have full power to appoint and commission the surveyor, 
 offices, and re- registers of the land offices, and receivers of public monies above men- 
 ceivers of public tioned, in the recess of Congress, and their commissions shall continue 
 moneys. in force until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing such 
 
 appointment. 
 
 Appropriation SEC 15. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding twenty 
 for the execution thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the pur- 
 pose of carrying this act into effect; which sum shall be paid out of 
 any unappropriated monies in the Treasury. 
 
 Appropriation SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the nett proceeds of the lands 
 
 of the moneys which may be sold by virtue of this act, after deducting the surveying 
 
 abo S ve g 8aies m expenses and other expenses incident to the sale thereof, shall, and the 
 
 same are hereby appropriated in the first place, towards paying to the 
 
 State of Georgia a sum of one million two hundred and fifty thousand 
 
 dollars, in pursuance of the articles of agreement and cession entered 
 
 into between the United States and that State ; and the Secretary of 
 
 the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay accordingly, and 
 
 from time to time, as the same shall be received in the Treasury of the 
 
 United States, so much of the said nett proceeds as will amount to the 
 
 said sum of one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, (g) 
 
 Navigable riv- SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That all navigable rivers within the 
 
 ers south of Ten- territory of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee, shall be 
 
 public. * emam deemed to be and remain public highways. 
 
 (a) SeeKos. 718,723,731,737,745,753,1067,1265, 1268,1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 1286, 
 1287, 1292, 1294, 129fi, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1366, 1388, 
 1399. 
 
 (6) See Kos. 36, f 9, 433, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 1301, 1305, 1315. 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 731, 1272, 1275, 12"9, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373, 1410. 
 
 (d) See Kos. 37, 777, 1269, 1272, 129f, 1305, 1343, 1366. 
 
 (e) See Kos. 1271, 1275, 12'<7, 1295, 1298, 130f., 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 
 1416. 
 
 (/) See Xos. 1268, 1282, 1346. 
 (0) See Kos. 1015, 1303, 1314, 1340, 1366, 1374, 1382, 1398, 1415. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 533 
 
 No. 1267. AN ACT mading provision for the disposal of the public lands in the March 26, 1804. 
 Indiana Territory, and for other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 277. 
 
 [Fractional sections of land south of the State of Tennessee, how to 
 be sold. See OHIO, No. 36.] 
 
 No. 1268. AN ACT supplementary to the act intituled "An act regulating the March 27, 1804. 
 grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south Vol. 2, p. 303. 
 of the State of Tennessee." 
 
 Be it enacted, $c , That persons claiming lands in the Mississippi Ter- . Notice to be 
 ritory, by virtue of any British or Spanish grant, or by virtue of the f s \^Vf the 6 lami 
 three first sections of the act to which this is a supplement, or of the office by persons 
 articles of agreement and cession with the State of Georgia, may, after claiming landsin 
 the last day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, JJ ie . Mississippi 
 and until the last day of November, then next following, give notice in pelS RrvTr S and 
 writing, of their claims, to the register of the land office, for the lands their claims to be 
 lying west of Pearl River, and have the same recorded in the manner recorded. 
 prescribed by the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement: 
 Provided however, That where lands are claimed by virtue of a complete Proviso in fa- 
 Spanish or British grant, in conformity with the articles of agreement J^d BrFtiifh 
 and cession between the United States and the State of Georgia, it shall grants. 
 not be necessary for the claimant to have any other evidence of his 
 claim recorded, except the original grant or patent, together with the 
 warrant or order of survey and the plot; but all the subsequent con- 
 veyances or deeds shall be deposited with the register, to be by him laid 
 before the commissioners when they shall take the claim into consider- 
 ation : and the powers vested by law in the commissioners appointed 
 for the purpose of ascertaining the claims to lands lying west of Pearl 
 River, shall, in every respect, extend and apply to claims which maybe 
 made by virtue of this section ; and the same proceedings shall there- 
 upon be had as are prescribed by the act aforesaid, in relation to claims 
 which shall have been exhibited on or before the last day of March, in 
 the year one thousand eight hundred and four. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, Commissioners 
 appointed to adjust ihe claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall fo^ from time 
 have power to adjourn from time to time, and for such time as they may to time. 
 think fit : Provided however, That they shall meet on the first day of Proviso. 
 December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, and shall 
 not afterwards adjourn for a longer time than three days, nor until they p rov i 80t 
 shall have completed the business for which they were appointed : And 
 provided also, That nothing contained in this act, nor in that to which 
 this is a supplement, shall be construed to prevent the said commission- 
 ers, nor those appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying east of Pearl 
 River, from acting and deciding at any time, on any claim which has 
 been exhibited in the manner prescribed by law, although the evidence 
 of the same may not, at that time, have been transcribed on the books of 
 the register. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any Spanish grant, war- m ^ required 
 rant, or order of survey, shall be produced to either of the said boards by the boards of 
 of commissioners, for lands which were not, at the date of such grant, commissioners 
 warrant, or order of survey, or within one year thereafter, inhabited, concerning Span- 
 cultivated, or occupied by, or for the use of the grantee: or whenever lsn grar 
 either of the said boards shall not be satisfied, that such grant, warrant, 
 or order of survey, did issue, at the time when the same bears date, the 
 said commissioners shall not be bound to consider such grant, warrant, 
 or order of survey, as conclusive evidence of the title, but may require 
 
 such other proof of its validity as they may deem proper : and the said r so 
 
 boards shall make a full report to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be make reports to 
 by him laid before Congress, for their final decision of all claims grounded the Secretary of 
 on such grants, warrants, or orders of survey, as may have been oisal- the Treasury in 
 lowed by the said boards, on suspicion of their being antedated, or other- certain cases. 
 wise fraudulent. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Agent to heap- 
 s-hall be, and he is hereby authorized to employ an agent, whose com- g retarv of tl 
 pensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars in full for Treasury. 
 all his services, for the purpose of appearing before the said commis- 
 sioners, in behalf of the United States, to investigate the claims for 
 lands, and to oppose all such as he may deem fraudulent and unfounded. 
 
534 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 And each of the said boards of commissioners shall have the same pow- 
 ers to compel the attendance of witnesses, as are now vested in the 
 courts of the United States. 
 
 Board of com- SEC. 5 And be it further enacted, That the board of commissioners r 
 missioners f o r appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall 
 toKS 1 south of be authorized to employ an assistant clerk, and also a translator of 
 Pearl River, au- the Spanish language, to assist them in the despatch of the business 
 thorized to em- which may be brought before them, and for the purpose of recording 
 ploy an assistant Spanish grants, deeds, or other evidences of claims on the register's 
 lator oTth* Span- hooks ; the said translator shall receive for the recording done by him, 
 ish language. the fees already provided by law, and may be allowed, not exceeding 
 fifty dollars, for every month he shall be employed, provided that the 
 whole compensation, other than that arising from fees, shall not exceed 
 six hundred dollars : the assistant clerk shall be allowed a sum not ex- 
 ceeding five hundred dollars for his services ; and each of the commis- 
 sioners of the said board, in addition to the compensation now fixed by 
 law, shall be allowed six dollars for every day he shall attend on the 
 Compensation board, after the last day of November, in the year one thousand eight 
 not to exceed 62,- hundred and four: Pro ruled. That this additional compensation shall 
 
 not exceed two thousand dollars, for each of the said commissioners. 
 
 Salary of the SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of 
 
 surveyor of lands April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, the surveyor 
 
 south BS- Qf the Iand8 Qf the United St a fc e8, south of the State of Tennessee, shall 
 
 receive au annual compensation of two thousand dollars, in lieu of the 
 
 Lauds claimed annual compensation now fixed by law. And the lands claimed by vir- 
 
 uuder Spanish tue of Spanish grants, legally arid fully executed, and the titles to 
 
 grants, the titles WD i cn were confirmed bv the articles of agreement and cession between 
 
 con"tirmed ai to I be tne United States and the State of Georgia, shall be surveyed in the man- 
 
 surveyed 'at the ner prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement, at the expense 
 
 expense of the of the United States ; anything in the said act to the contrary notwith- 
 
 TJuited States. 8tand j D g. 
 
 Lauds north of SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the tract of country lying north 
 the Mississippi of the Mississippi Territory, and south of the State of Tennessee, and 
 souTh^f the State bound ed on the east by the State of Georgia, and on the west by Lou- 
 of Tennessee, isiana, shall be, and the same is hereby annexed to, and made a part 
 and bounded on of the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 Georgiaand Lou- g EC< g ^nd be it further enacted, That so much of the eighth section of 
 
 o? an the MfeSss- an ac *> intituled "An act regulating grants of land, and providing for 
 
 ippi Territory, the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the State of 
 
 Tennessee," as provides, " that no certificate shall be granted for lands 
 
 Repeal of part lying east of the Tombigby River," be, and the same hereby is repealed: 
 
 ier act. p rov - iaa ^ That no certificate shall be granted for any lands to which the 
 
 Indian title has not been extinguished. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed in 
 to make a report pursuance of the act aforesaid, be, and they are hereby authorized and 
 of the T e re r asurv re< l uired to make > on or Before the first day of December next, a full 
 in certain cases, report to the Secretary of the Treasury, of all claims that have been, or 
 may be laid before them, for lands held by warrant of survey and im- 
 provement, in cases where the claimants were minors, and not heads of 
 families, at the time such warrants were issued, with the circumstances 
 which occasioned the issuing of such warrants, and the validity which 
 has been considered as attached to the same, (a) 
 
 Appropriation SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this 
 for carrying this act into effect, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, shall be, 
 act into eftect. ari( j ^h e game is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in 
 
 the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 Partof the 12th SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the execution of so much of 
 
 section of the act the twelfth section of the act to which this is a supplement, as excepts 
 
 asu lement " such towu lo * s > not exceeding two, in the town of Natchez, and such 
 
 suspended. an out-lot adjoining the same, not exceeding thirty acres, as may bo the 
 
 property of the United States, to be located by the governor of the 
 
 Mississippi Territory, for the use of Jefferson College," be, and the same 
 
 is hereby suspended until the end of the next session of Congress. (&) 
 
 Transcripts of SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That transcripts of the records of 
 
 the British re- the British province of West Florida, to claims for land therein, and 
 
 cords of West W j 1 i cn have been delivered to the Government of the United State*. 
 
 Se"cei?certain ma y be produced as evidence, and shall be entitled to the same weight 
 
 cases. in any court of the United States, as if the same had been delivered or 
 
 shall be delivered, to either of the registers of the land offices in Tim 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 535 
 
 Mississippi Territory, before the last of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and four, any thing in this act, or in the fifth section of the act 
 
 to which this is a supplement, to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 * * * * "* * # 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 1286, 
 1287, 1-292, 1294, I2L-6, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 1399. 
 (6) See Nos. 1266, 1282, 1346. 
 
 No. 1269. AN ACT concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the Feb. 11, 1805. 
 
 United States. Vol. 2, p. 313. 
 
 [See OHIO, No. 37.] 
 
 No. 1270. AN ACT further to amend an act, intituled "An act regulating the March 2,1805. 
 grants of land; and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, Vol. 2, p. 323. 
 south of the State of Tennessee." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That persons who may have obtained, or shall ob- . Persons obtain- 
 tain certificates from the board of commissioners appointed to ascertain frf m ^e^oard of 
 the claims to lands in the Mississippi Territory, shall be allowed three commissioner sin 
 months after the respective date of such certificates, for entering the the Mississippi 
 same with the register of the proper land office ; and certificates, thus Territory, allow- 
 entered, shall have the same force and effect, as if they had been duly Jo? 
 entered with the said register, on or before the first day of January, one them, 
 thousand eight hundred and five. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed Commissioners 
 to ascertain the claims to lands, in the above-mentioned Territory, east appointed to as- 
 of Pearl Kiver, shall be authorized to grant certificates for lands' lying J^Sd* in^h e 
 in the island known by the name of Nannee Hubba, formed by the cut- Mississinpi Ter- 
 off of the river Toinbigbee and Alabamaha; and person shavingclaimsf or ritory, east of 
 lands lying either in said island, or east of the Tombigbee and Alabamaha Jfarl Kiver, au- 
 rivtrs, shall be permitted to file the same with the register of the land cSmcates^or 
 office, till the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and five ; land in the island 
 and the commissioners shall decide on tbe same, in the same manner as of Nannee Hub- 
 if they had been presented before the thirty-first day of March, one ba ;. and persons 
 thousand eight hundred and four. f ted to file 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That each of the last-mentioned them before May 
 commissioners, shall be allowed at the rate of six dollars a day, for every 1, 1805. 
 day he shall attend, subsequent to the first day of April, one thousand 
 eight hundred and five : Provided, That such additional allowance shall m^ssfo^e r s Tor 
 not exceed five hundred dollars for each commissioner. their attendance 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of each of the after April i. 
 boards of commissioners appointed to ascertain the claims to lands i n tion^al a 
 the above-mentioned Territory, shall be allowed at the rate of seven ii m it e d. 
 hundred and fifty dollars a year, from the time when he entered on the Compensations 
 duties of his office, to the time when the board shall adjourn sine die. of clerks. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That persons claiming lands in the Claimants un- 
 Mississippi Territory, by virtue of British grants, legally and fully com- der British grants 
 pleted, who may not have filed their claims with the proper register of completed , *f- 
 the land office, in conformity with the provisions heretofore made for lowed a further 
 that purpose, may, until the first day of December one thousand eight time for f i 1 i n g 
 hundred and five, file such claims with the register of the land office west ^ e g i sTe r t o 
 of Pearl River, and have the same recorded. And the said register shall, ma ke report to 
 on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and Secretary of the 
 six, make to the Secretary of the Treasury, a full report of all the Brit- Treasury of the 
 ish grants thus recorded ; which report shall immediately after be laid JJJJJJ/ 1 
 before Congress. The lands contained in such grants shall not be The lands in- 
 otherwise disposed of until the end of one year, after that time. And eluded in the 
 if any such person shall neglect to file such British grant, and to have grants not to be 
 the same recorded, in the manner and time hereby provided, neither J^P 
 such grant nor any other evidence of such claim, which shall not have Grants not filed, 
 been recorded as above directed, shall ever after be considered or ad- &c , according to 
 mitted as evidence in any court of the United States, against any grant [his act to be no 
 derived from the United States, or against any title legally and fully Spanish and 
 executed, derived from the Spanish Government; any act or acts to American grants, 
 the contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 1286, 
 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 
 1399. 
 
536 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 April 21, 1806. HT. 15J71 .AX ACT in addition to an act, intituled ' An act regulating the grants 
 Vol. 2, p. 400. of land and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of 
 the State of Tennessee. 
 
 Persons losin^ ^ lt enacte(l ^ $' c -> Tnat whenever any person who shall have received 
 
 their lands under preemption certificates from either of the boards of commissioners, ap- 
 
 pre-emption cer- pointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons to lands in 
 
 tincates entitled the Mississippi Territory, shall, by a final judgment or decree of the 
 
 highest court of law, or equity, in which a decision could be had, within 
 
 the said Territory, rendered in favour of another person claiming by 
 
 virtue of a British patent, lose the whole or part of the tract of land 
 
 to which he was entitled by virtue of such certificate, it shall be lawful 
 
 for the receiver of public monies for the district where the land lies, to 
 
 repay to such person or his assigns, so much of the purchase money as 
 
 had been paid by him for the land thus recovered, by the holder of the 
 
 British patent. 
 
 Int e r f e r i n g In all cases where only a part of a tract of land, to which any person 
 claims u n id e r may jj e entitled by virtue of a certificate granted by the commissioners 
 Sd certificates aforesaid, is also claimed by the holder of a British patent, a patent 
 from thecommis- may issue in favour of the owners of such certificate, for so much of such 
 sioners, how to tract of land as is not claimed by virtue of such British patent : Pro- 
 be settled, vided, That he shall in every other respect have complied with the pro- 
 visions of the acts of Congress, regulating the grants of land in the 
 Mississippi Territory. And the lauds contained in British grants, 
 which have been duly recorded in conformity with the provisions of 
 former laws, and for which certificates have not been granted by the 
 commissioners aforesaid, shall not be disposed of until otherwise di- 
 rected by Congress. 
 
 Rights of pre- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That persons entitled to a right of 
 
 emption to lands pre-emption to lands in the Mississippi Territory, by virtue of certificates 
 
 S Territor^Sv S ranted b / either of the boards of commissioners aforesaid, shall be 
 
 what time to be allowed till the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 paid for. seven, to make the first payment of the purchase money of such lands : 
 
 Penalty of ne- all( | ,f aov sucu person shall neglect to make such first payment, on or 
 
 pay before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seven, 
 
 his right of pre-emption shall cease and become void. 
 
 Compensation g EC> 3. j,,^ & e u further enacted, That each of the commissioners 
 >n ' appointed to ascertain the claims to lands in the above-mentioned Ter- 
 ritory, west of Pearl River, shall be allowed at the rate of six dollars 
 for every day he shall attend, subsequent to the first day of April, one 
 Proviso. thousand eight hundred and six : Provided, That such additional allow- 
 
 ance shall not exceed five hundred dollars for each commissioner ; and 
 the agent appointed in behalf of the United States for the said board 
 shall be allowed an additional compensation of three hundred and fifty 
 registers and dollars for the whole of his services. And the register and receiver of 
 receivers of pnb- public monies, in each of the districts of the above- mentioned Territory, 
 bave m d?8cretion. sba11 ' and they . are hereb y authorized, in their districts, respectively, 
 ary powers with an( ^ after the dissolution of the board of commissioners for their dis- 
 regard to certain trict, to regulate the location of any tract of land lying within such dis- 
 locations, &c. trict, for which a certificate shall have been granted by the commis- 
 sioners, whenever it shall appear that the location specified in such 
 certificates, interfere with each other, or do not include the improve- 
 Proviso. ments, by virtue of which such certificates were granted : Provided, That 
 
 the said register and receiver shall not be authorized to allow any loca- 
 tion on land not improved and settled, in the manner provided by the 
 former acts of Congress, regulating the grants of land in the above- 
 mentioned Territory ; nor to allow, in any case, a greater quantity of 
 land than had been allowed by the commissioners. 
 
 Pvegister and SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall appear to 
 
 receiver of the th e satisfaction of the register and receiver of the district east of Pearl 
 
 PeaTi C River au- Ri ver > that the settlement and occupancy, by virtue of which a pre-emp- 
 
 thorized to grant tion certificate had been granted by the commissioners, had been made 
 
 donation certifi- and taken place, prior to the 30th day of March, one thousand seven 
 
 cates in certain hundred and ninety-eight, they shall be authorized to grant to the party 
 
 a donation certificate, in lieu of such pre-emption ; and the patent shall 
 
 Proviso. issue as in other cases of donations : Provided, That application shall be 
 
 made for such an exchange, and evidence produced of the date of such 
 
 settlement and occupancy, on or before the thirty- first day of December 
 
 next, (a) 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 537 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the right of the United States, Right of the 
 
 to all the land lying between the front street of the city of Natchez and d neaf llnd 
 
 the Mississippi River, and bounded on the north by North Fourth street, adjoining to 
 
 and the land granted to Stephen Minor, and on the south, by the lands Natchez, vested 
 
 annexed to the old fort, and those granted to William Barland, be, and J n the corpora- 
 
 the same hereby is, for ever vested in the corporation of said city, so as tlc 
 
 not to affect the legal or equitable claims of any individuals, or of any 
 
 body politic, or corporate, if any such there be : Provided, That the said Proviso. 
 
 land, as above described, be neither cultivated nor occupied by build- 
 
 ings, but that it be planted with trees, and preserved as a common, for 
 
 the use, comfort, and health of the inhabitants of the city aforesaid, 
 
 a,nd all other persons who may occasionally resort thither. (6) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That whenever the section No. 16, Section 16 how 
 shall fall upon land already granted, by virtue of any act of Congress, JJjJf havefallen 
 or claimed by virtue of a British grant, the Secretary of the Treasury U p n any land 
 shall locate another section, in lieu thereof, for the use of schools, which claimed by virtue 
 location shall be made in the same township, if there be any other va- of a British 
 cant section therein, and otherwise, in an adjoining township, (c) 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That Richard Sparks be permitted to Where Richard 
 enter with the register of the land office, for the district west of Pearl Sparks' claim is 
 River, his claim to three hundred and twenty acres of land, lying within to be en tered. 
 said district ; and that Richard S. Bryan, and George Brewer, senior, be Also those of 
 permitted to enter with the register of the land office, for the district Richard S. Bryan 
 east of Pearl River, their certificate of a right of pre-emption for three Irewer sr TS& 
 hundred and twenty acres of land, lying within the district last men- 
 tioned : and such entry of the claim of the said Richard Sparks shall 
 have the same effect, as if it had been made prior to the first day of De- 
 cember, one thousand eight hundred and four, and such entry of the 
 certificate of the said Richard S. Bryan and George Brewer, senior, shall 
 have the same effect as if it had been made within three months from 
 the time it was issued. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1275, 1276, 1284, 1286, 
 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 
 1399. 
 
 (6) See No. 1275. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1266, 1275, 1277, 1295. 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 
 No. 1272. AN ACT making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty he- March 3 1807. 
 tween the United States and the Chickasaw tribe of Indians ; and to establish a land Vol. 2, p. 440. 
 office in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- Surveyor- gen- 
 veyor-general of the public lands, south of Tennessee, to cause to be era! to cause 
 surveyed and laid out, in the same manner as is provided by law for the {JS Jherok ee a 
 other public lands in the Mississippi Territory, so much of the lands an d CMckasaws 
 ceded to the United States by the Cherokees and Chickasaws, as lies in Mississippi, to 
 within the said Territory, (a) and the President of the United States is be surveyed, 
 hereby authorized, whenever he shall think it proper, to establish a land thorized to estab- 
 office for the sale of the said lands, and to appoint a register of the same, ij sn a ] a nd office, 
 and a receiver of the public monies accruing from the sale of the said 
 lands, whose respective emoluments and duties shall be the same as 
 those of the registers and receivers of the other land offices in the said 
 Territory, (b) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 37, 777, 1266, 1269, 1298, 1305, 1343, 1356 
 
 <6) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373, 1410. 
 
 No. 1273. AN ACT confirming claims to land in the district of Vincennes, and March 3, 1807. 
 for other purposes. Vol. 2, p. 446. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That persons entitled to a right of pre- Time for pay- 
 emption to lands in the Mississippi Territory, shall be allowed till the m< 
 first day of January next, to make the first payment of the purchase 
 money of such lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
538 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Jau. 10. ISO?. No. 1274. AX ACT supplemental to an act, intituled "An act regulating the 
 Vol. 2, p. 455. grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, 
 south of the State of Tennessee." 
 
 Actual settlers Be it enacted, That every person and the legal representative of every 
 entitled to a person, who being either the head of a family or above the age of twenty- 
 preference in be- one years, and w ho did on the third day of March, one thousard eight 
 coming p is- nundred and seven, actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land not 
 claimed by virtue of a certificate granted by the boards of commission- 
 ers east and west of Pearl River, in the Mississippi Territory, and who 
 has obtained permission to remain on such tract or tracts of land agree- 
 ably to an act, intituled "An act to prevent settlements being made on 
 lands ceded to the United States, nntil authorized by law," shall be 
 entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser from the United 
 States of such tract of land, at the price at which the other lands of 
 the United States in the said Territory, are directed to be sold, and pay- 
 ment may be made therefor in the same manner, and under the same 
 Proviso- that conditions as directed by Jaw for suchother lands: Provided, That such, 
 such tract of tract of laud shall not exceed one section: And provided also, That the 
 land shall not same shall be surveyed agreeably to the sectional lines already estab- 
 exo.-rd one sec- Hshed, or which may hereafter be established by the surveyor of the 
 Sieved agree 6 lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee, 
 ably to sectional SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming a tract 
 lines already es- of land by virtue of this act shall, before the first day of October next, 
 tablished. deliver to the register of the land office within whose district the land 
 
 y persons mav ^ e a notice of his claim in writing, together with a plat of the 
 iming under tract of land claimed; and if any person shall fail to deliver such 
 the foregoing sec- notice and plat, the person or persons so failing, shall forfeit all 
 ti * claim or pretension of claim to such tract of land, and the same shall 
 
 other e wis r e lg f or 8 be 8old with tbe . ther lands of the United States in said Territory. 
 felted. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That persons entitled to a right of 
 
 Time allowed pre-emption under tbe first section of this act, shall be allowed until 
 to persons hav- t h e nr8t ^ ay o f January, one thousand eight hundred and nine, to make 
 rights m tne first Payment of the purchase money of such tract or tracts of land 
 
 as may be claimed by virtue of said section, and the residue of the said 
 purchase money shall be paid in the same manner, and under the same 
 conditions as directed for the other lands in said Territory, (a) 
 
 This act not to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not extend to 
 extend to certain ail y person or persons claiming other lands in said Territory in his or 
 ' their own right, by virtue of British or Spanish grants, or to any per- 
 son or persons to whom a donation has been granted, by either of the 
 said boards of commissioners. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1.75, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 March 31, 1808. No. 1275. AN ACT concerning the sale of the lands of the United States, and 
 Vol. 2, p. 479. for other purposes. 
 
 Public la d ^ *'* nacted > $ c -> That whenever the President of the United States 
 
 may 1 be offered bas been or ma y be authorized to cause the public lands, in any land 
 
 for sale in such district, to be offered for sale, it shall be lawful, whenever he shall 
 
 proportions as think it convenient, to offer for sale, at first, only a part of the lands 
 
 resident contained in such district, and at any subsequent time or times, to offer 
 
 for sale in the same manner, any other part, or the remainder of the 
 
 lauds contained in the same, (a) 
 
 Part of a for- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of an act 
 mer act revived, passed the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and 
 six, intituled "An act in addition to an act intituled An act regulating 
 the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the 
 United States south of the State of Tennessee," be revived and contin- 
 ued in force until the first day of October next: and in any case where 
 a donation shall be granted in lieu of a pre-emption certificate, agreea- 
 ble to the provisions of the said fourth section, the money, if any shall 
 have been paid, shall be by the receiver of the public money repaid to 
 the person or persons who have paid the same. 
 
 Settlers on the SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That certain settlers on the river 
 
 river Mobile al- Mobile, in the Mississippi Territory, east of Pearl River, who reside near 
 
 time to put in the line of demarcation, between the United States and Spain, run in 
 
 then claims. pursuance of the treaty of the twenty -seventh day of October, one 
 
 thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and whose claims to land has 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 539 
 
 not been decided on according to law, shall be allowed until the first 
 day of October next, to file a notice in writing with the register of the 
 land office, stating the nature and extent of their claims, together with 
 a plat of the tract or tracts claimed; And the said register of the land 
 office, and the receiver of public monies, are hereby required to hear and 
 determine such claims according to the several acts of Congress "regu- 
 lating the grants of land and providing for the disposal of the lands of 
 the United States south of the State of Tennessee," and to grant certifi- 
 cates in the form heretofore prescribed by the board of commissioners 
 in said district. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the re- Reports to be 
 gistersof the land office east and west of Pearl River, in the Missis- ^f de b Y t* 16 re % 
 Bippi Territory, to transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury of the Uni- oSa e S and 
 ted States, on or before the first day of November next, a full and fair west of Pearl Riv- 
 report of all the claims of certain persons to lands in the Mississippi er, to the Secre- 
 Territory, founded upon British or Spanish warrants or orders of 8 ur- ta jy * the Trea8 ' 
 vey granted prior to the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand ury> 
 seven hundred and ninety-five, not confirmed by former laws regulat- 
 ing the grants of lands in said Territory, which have heretofore been 
 regularly filed with the register of the land office aforesaid, together 
 with the evidence in support of such claims respectively, and to be by 
 him laid before Congress at their next ensuing session. And the land 
 contained in such warrants or orders of survey shall not be disposed of 
 until otherwise directed by law. (&) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That that part of the lands to which Certain lands 
 the Indian title was extinguished by the treaty with the Choctaw na- 
 
 tion made on Mount Dexter, in the year one thousand eight hundred tinguished, to be 
 
 and five, lying on the east of Pearl River, shall be attached to the land attached to land 
 
 district east of Pearl River, and that the residue of the lands to which district east of 
 
 the Indian title was extinguished by said treaty, shall be attached to Pe 
 
 the land district west of Pearl River; (c) and the said lands shall, with 
 
 the exception of section number sixteen, which shall be reserved in 
 
 each township for the use of schools within the same, (d) and also 
 
 with the exception of fifteen hundred acres of land, which is hereby 
 
 confirmed to John M'Grew, in compliance with the fourth article of 
 
 said treaty, be offered for sale under the same regulations, at the same 
 
 prices, and on the same terms as other lands lying within the said dis- 
 
 tricts. (a) 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That every person and the legal rep- Actual settlers 
 resentatives of every person, who being either the head of a family, or on .lands of the 
 above the age of twenty -one years, who did before the third day of S?finni 6 nv? 
 
 -- - --- JxLlSSlSSll J.6r- 
 
 *r i i -iiji-^ - ii-i-ii-i x .- 
 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, actually inhabit and r itory, allowed a 
 
 cultivate a tract of land in the Mississippi Territory, belonging to the further time. 
 
 United States, shall be allowed until the first day of October next, to 
 
 obtain permission to remain on such tract or tracts of land, according 
 
 to the provisions of the act, intituled "An act to prevent settlements 
 
 being made on lands ceded to the United States until authorized by 
 
 law," and the person or persons obtaining such permission shall be en- 
 
 titled to all the benefits, rights and privileges granted by law to those 
 
 who obtained the same power prior to the first day of January, one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and eight. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the right of the United States Right of the 
 to two town lots lying and being in the city of Natchez be, and the JJnited States to 
 same is hereby forever vested in the corporation of the said city, so as w ^ ed to^the cor- 
 not to affect the legal or equitable claims of any individuals, or of any poration of 
 body politic or corporate, if any such there be. (e) Natchez. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it farther enacted, That whenever the claims of per- Interfering 
 sons having a right of pre-emption in either of the districts east or claims in 
 west of Pearl River, shall interfere with each other, the register and 8 
 
 receiver of public monies are hereby authorized in their respective dis- River, how to be 
 tricts so to regulate their locations as to prevent such interference, (a) settled. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 13-23, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414. 1416, 1417. 
 (6) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1276, 1284, 1286, 
 
 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 
 
 1399. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373, 1410. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375. 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 
 1416. 
 
 (e) See No. 1271. 
 
540 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1809. No. J276. AX ACT for the disposal of certain tracts of laud in the Mississippi 
 VoL 2, p. 526. Territory, claimed under Spanish grants, reported by the land commissioners as 
 antedated, and to confirm the claims of Abraham Ellis and Daniel Harregal. 
 
 Lands covered He it enacted, <$*c., That the several tracts of lacd, in the Mississippi 
 by i ej ec ted Territory, the titles to which have been derived under Spanish claims 
 claims to be sold an( j w hjch have been disallowed by the boards of commissioners east 
 lauds er 1C and west of Pearl River, on suspicion of the grants, warrants or orders 
 
 of survey, on which the claims are grounded, being antedated or other- 
 wise fraudulent, and which are embraced in the report of the said boards 
 of commissioners, laid before Congress, agreeable to the third section of 
 an act, intituled, "An act supplementary to the act intituled An act 
 regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the 
 lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee," shall be, 
 and the same are hereby directed to be sold, in the same manner, at the 
 same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as have been, or may 
 be by law provided for the sale of the other public lands in the said 
 Territory ; (a) and any person or persons claiming under a Spanish 
 grant, warrant or order of survey as aforesaid, shall be entitled to in- 
 stitute, in the highest court of law or equity in the said Territory, his 
 or their suit or action for the recovery of the tract or tracts so claimed 
 Proviso. as aforesaid : Provided, Such claimant or claimants shall institute his or 
 
 their suit or action within the term of one year from and after the 
 tract or tracts so claimed shall have been sold by the United States, or 
 in case the same is now inhabited and cultivated, in virtue of a pre-emp- 
 tion right, within one year from and after the passing of this act : and 
 if any person or persons, claiming lands as aforesaid, shall fail or neglect 
 to commence or institute his or their suit or action, in the manner and 
 within the time prescribed by this section, or shall be non-suit or dis- 
 continue the same, his or their right to commence such suit or action, 
 in any court whatsoever, shall be forever barred and foreclosed. 
 Grants t o b e SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the person or persons claiming 
 valid, must have under such grant, warrant or order of survey, shall make it appear to 
 "been surveyed the satisfaction of the court, before whom such suit or action shall be 
 27 I795 e ( CT P endin g> tnat th 6 tract of land therein specified, was actually surveyed 
 prior to the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and ninety-five, then, and in that case, the same shall be deemed 
 and held to be good and valid, to all intents and purposes, any thing in 
 this act to the contrary notwithstanding : But in case the claimant or 
 claimants shall fail to prove the tract or tracts of land so claimed, to 
 have been actually surveyed prior to the twenty-seventh day of Octo- 
 ber, one thousand 'seven hundred and ninety- five, or in case the same 
 shall appear to be otherwise fraudulent or illegal, the grant, warrant or 
 order of survey, granted by the Spanish Government, as aforesaid, by 
 virtue of which such tract or tracts of land may be claimed, shall be, 
 and the same is hereby declared null and void, to all intents and pur- 
 poses, and shall not be read in evidence against any claim or certificate 
 of pre-emption, derived from the United States. 
 
 Parole evi- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful, in the trial 
 deuce lawful for of such suit or action, for either party to introduce parole evidence for 
 supporting or in- the purpose of supporting or invalidating the grant, warrant or order of 
 erants & ^ survey as aforesaid ; and the judgment, sentence or decree of the said 
 highest court of law or equity, in the cases aforesaid, shall be final and 
 conclusive between the parties, and may be plead in bar to any subse- 
 quent suit or action brought in the same or any other court, for the re- 
 covery of the same land or any part thereof, (b) 
 
 Abraham Ellis SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Abraham Ellis be, and he is 
 confirmed in his hereby confirmed in a tract of land granted by the British Government 
 title to a tract of of West Florida to Stephen Jordan, containing the quantity of two 
 hundred acres, lying and being on the waters of Boyd's Creek, according 
 to the metes and^bounds of said tract of land set forth in the plat thereof 
 made by the surveyor-general of said province of West Florida; and 
 that the amount of money which the said Ellis may have been com- 
 pelled to pay to the receiver of public monies west of Pearl River, in 
 the Mississippi Territory, for said tract of land, be refunded to him by 
 the receiver aforesaid. 
 
 Daniel Harre- SEC. 5 - ^ nd be it further enacted, That Daniel Harregal be and he is 
 gal also con- hereby confirmed in his title in fee-simple to the tract of land whereon 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 541 
 
 he resides, containing the quantity of five hundred and fifty acres, fir m e d in hi& 
 agreeably to a plat thereof filed with the register of the land office, west tltie - 
 of Pearl River, in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 3G, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 
 1301. 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1275, 1284, 1286, 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 
 
 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 1399. 
 
 BfO. 1277. AN ACT supplementary to an act, entituled "An act making appropri- June 15, 1809. 
 ations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw Vol. 2, p. 548. 
 tribe of Indians ; and to establish a land office in the Mississippi Territory." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the lands ceded to the United S: ates Lands ceded by 
 by the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians, as lies within the Mississippi the Cherokees, 
 Territory, and for which a land office was directed to be established, * to be offered 
 by the second section of the act to which this act is a supplement, shall, iitservatio n s , 
 with the exception of section number sixteen in each township, which &c. 
 shall be reserved for the use of schools within the same, (a) and. with the 
 exception of the salt springs and lands contiguous thereto, which, by the 
 direction of the President of the United. States, may be reserved for 
 the future disposal of the said United States, be offered for sale to the 
 highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office and 
 of the receiver of public monies, at the place where the land office is 
 established ; and on the day or days which shall have been designated 
 by proclamation of the President of the United States for that purpose, 
 the sales shall remain open for six weeks, and no longer ; the lands The sales to re- 
 shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall be sold in main open for six 
 tracts of the same size, and in all respects on the same terms and con- Jficif the lands 
 ditions as have been or may be by law provided for the sale of the other may D6 80 id at 
 
 Eublic lands in the Mississippi Territory. All the lands of the United private sale, 
 tates in the said district, with the exceptions above mentioned, remain- 
 ing unsold at the close of the public sales, may be disposed of at pri- 
 vate sale, by the register of the laud office, in the same manner, under 
 the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms and 
 conditions as are or may be provided by law, for the sale of the lands 
 of the United States in the Mississippi Territory ; and patents shall be 
 obtained for lands sold in said district, in the same manner, and on the 
 same terms as are provided by law for other public lands sold in the 
 Mississippi Territory. (&) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superintendents of the Compensation 
 public sates, directed by this act, shall each receive six dollars a day, to , superintend- 
 for every day's attendance on the said sales. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1295. 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 
 1416. 
 (&) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1416, 1417. 
 
 No. 1 278. A PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States respecting Oct. 27, 1810. 
 taking possession of part of Louisiana. Vol. 11, p. 761. 
 
 [Possession to be taken of territory south of Mississippi Territory, east 
 of Mississippi River, and extending to Perdido River. See LOUISIANA, 
 No. 707.] 
 
 No. 1279. AN ACT providing for the removal of the land office established at Feb. 25, 1811. 
 
 Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, and Canton in the State of Ohio; and to au- Vol. 2, p. 649. 
 
 thorize the register and receiver of public monies to superintend the public sales of 
 
 land in the district east of Pearl Elver. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States be, and he President au- 
 hereby is authorized to remove the land office established for the sale JJJ* *J J 
 of public lands ceded to the United States by the Cherokee and Chick- ]and offices f rom 
 asaw Indians in the Mississippi Territory, from Nashville, to such place Nashville and 
 within the district for which it was established as he may judge most from Canton, 
 proper ; and to remove the land office from Canton in the State of Ohio, 
 to some suitable place within the district for which it was estab- 
 lished, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the public sales of the public By whom pub- 
 lands, in the district east of Pearl River, in the Mississippi Territory, } o sales of pub- 
 and also in the district of Kaskaskia, in the Illinois Territory, be con- d i 8t ri c n t as e^t of 
 ducted under the superintendence alone of the register and receiver of p ea rl river are 
 public monies for the said districts, who are hereby authorized and to be conducted, 
 empowered to superintend the same, in their respective districts, any 
 
542 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 law to the contrary notwithstanding ; and they shall receive the com- 
 pensation provided by law for the superintendence of public sales in 
 the district aforesaid. (&) 
 
 *### 
 
 (a) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1298. 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349. 1355, 1363, 1373. 
 (6) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 2298, 1301, 1305, 1415, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 March 3, 1811. No. 1 280. AN ACT for the relief of Richard Tervin, William Coleman, Edwin 
 Vol. 6, p. 99. Lewis, Samuel Mims, and Joseph "Wilson, of the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 Donation certi- Be it enacted, <$-c., That Richard Tervin be, and he is hereby, author- 
 
 ficate for a tract ized to produce to the register of the land office, and the receiver of 
 
 ? f if- n v, g i a ed public moneys, for the district east of Pearl River, in the Mississippi 
 
 vin on his pro- Territory, evidence of his having inhabited and cultivated a tract of 
 
 duc'ing certain land in said Territory, prior to the thirtieth day of March, one thousand 
 
 evidence. seven hundred and ninety-eight ; and in case such evidence shall be 
 
 produced, the said register and receiver are required to grant to the 
 
 said Richard Tervin a donation certificate for such tract of land, not 
 
 exceeding six hundred and forty acres. 
 
 To William SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That William Coleman be, and he 
 Coleman. j s hereby authorized to produce to the said register and receiver, evi- 
 
 dence of his right to a donation of a tract of land on the Tombigbee 
 River in said Territory ; and in case he shall produce satisfactory evi- 
 dence to the said register and receiver, that he was entitled to a dona- 
 tion of such tract, according to the provisions of the second section of 
 the act entitled "An act regulating the grants of land and providing 
 for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the State of 
 Tennessee," and the acts supplementary thereto, it shall then be lawful 
 for the said William Coleman to locate a quantity of land equal to that 
 to which he was entitled under the above-mentioned provisions, on any 
 lands of the United States, which shall have been offered at public sale, 
 in the said district, and that shall then remain unsold ; and it shall be 
 the duty of the said register and receiver to issue a donation certificate 
 to the said William Coleman, for the land so located by him. 
 
 Eight of pre- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Edwin Lewis be entitled to 
 emption vested the right of pre-emption in five acres of land, situate within the bound- 
 in Edwin Lewis. ar j e8 o f a tract of land, whereon he resides, which five acres were here- 
 tofore used for an encampment, for the troops of the United States, so 
 soon as the same shall cease to be used for that purpose ; the said five 
 acres to be paid for at the same price, on the same terms and conditions, 
 as are provided for lands granted by right of pre-emption in the Missis- 
 sippi Territory. 
 
 Titleof Samuel SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Samuel Mims be, and he is 
 Mims confirmed, hereby confirmed in his title to a tract of land, containing five hundred 
 and eighty-four acres, granted by the British Government of West 
 Florida, to William Clark, so as not to deprive the heirs of said Clark, 
 or any other person or persons, of their legal remedy, if any they have, 
 for the recovery of said land from said Minis, his heirs or assigns. 
 Joseph Wilson SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Wilson be, and he is 
 authorized to en- hereby authorized to enter with the register of the land office his certifi- 
 p r e C ?emp a tfon cate of pre-emption right, granted to him by the board of commissioners, 
 right, &c. for the district east of Pearl River, in the Mississippi Territory, for the 
 
 quantity of four hundred and eighty acres of land, lying on the Tombig- 
 bee River in said Territory; and that payment be made therefor, at the 
 same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are provided by 
 law, for other lands granted in right of pre-emption in said Territory. 
 
 Dec 12,1811. No. 1281. AN ACT allowing further time for completing the payments oncer- 
 Vol. 2, p. 663. tain lands held by right of pre-emption, in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 Purchasers al ^ e ^ enacted, $c., That all the purchasers of public lands, by right of 
 lowed until Jan" pre-emption in the Mississippi Territory, who have made payment of 
 t, 1813, to com- their first instalment of the purchase money, be allowed until the first 
 lettheir Pay dajr of Januar y one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, to complete 
 the payments on their lands, respectively, any law to the contrary not- 
 withstanding, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274. 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1298, 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 543 
 
 No. 1282. AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to locate thelands Feb. 20, 1812. 
 reserved for the use of Jefferson College, 'in the Mississippi Territory. Vol. 2, p. 679. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is The Secretary 
 hereby authorized and empowered to locate in one body, the thirty-six of the Treasury 
 sections of land reserved for the use of Jefferson College in the Missis- body The thirty! 
 sippi Territory, by an act, entituled "An act regulating the grants of 8 j x sections of 
 land, and providing for the sale of the lands of the United States south land reserved for 
 of the State of Tennessee," passed on the third day of March, one thou- Jefferson College 
 sand eight hundred and three, on any lands within the said Territory Jj^-jJ^ fJJ 3 
 not sold, or otherwise disposed of, and to which the Indian title has 
 been extinguished, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1268, 1346. 
 
 No. 1283. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas O'Banuon. Feb. 24, 1812. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Thomas O'Bannou be permitted to withdraw VoL 6> p " 1Q4 ' 
 his entry in the land office of Madison County, Mississippi Territory, Entry may be 
 from the southeast quarter of section two, township two, range one, withdrawn and 
 
 * else- 
 
 west; and the money paid by him on the said entry, shall be placed 
 
 his credit on any purchase he shall or may have made of public land in 
 
 the same district : Provided, It shall satisfactorily appear to the regis- Provi80 - 
 
 ter of the said office, that the range two, west, has been, by error of the 
 
 surveyor, marked range one. 
 
 No. 1284. AN ACT for ascertaining the titles and claims to lands in that part of April 25, 1812. 
 the Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans. Yol. 2, p. 713. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 718.] 
 
 No. 1285. AN ACT to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi Territory. May 14, 1812. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That all that portion of territory lying east of Pearl ' ' P ' 1 
 
 Eiver, west of the Perdido, and south of the thirty-first degree of lati- Boundaries of 
 
 tude, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the Mississippi Territory j 
 
 to be governed by the laws now in force therein, or which may hereafter e d. 
 
 be enacted, and the laws and ordinances of the United States, relative 
 
 thereto, in like manner as if the same had originally formed a part of 
 
 said Territory ; and until otherwise provided by law, the inhabitants of 
 
 the said district hereby annexed to the Mississippi Territory, shall be 
 
 entitled to one representative in the general assembly thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1264, 1265, 1303, 1304, 1306. 
 
 No. 1286. AN ACT confirming claims to lands in the Mississippi Territory, June 30, 1812. 
 founded on warrants of survey granted by the British or Spanish Government. Vol. 2, p. 765. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That every person, and the legal representative of Certain claims 
 every person claiming lauds in the Mississippi Territory by virtue of a confirmed. 
 British or Spanish warrant or order of survey, granted prior to the 
 twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 
 five, who were on that day actually resident in the said Territory, and 
 whose claims have been regularly filed with the proper register of the 
 land office east and west of Pearl River, according to law, and reported 
 to Congress, agreeably to the fourth section of the act entituled "An act 
 concerning the sale of the lands of the United States, and for other pur- 
 poses," passed on the thirty- first day of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and eight, be and they are hereby confirmed in their rights to land 
 so claimed. And the register and receiver of public monies for the dis- Register and 
 trict within which the lauds may lie, are authorized and required to receiver to make 
 make out to such claimant or claimants, entitled thereto by the provi- Jf"^^^ 
 sions of this act, a certificate of confirmation, for each of which certifi- 
 cates the register and receiver shall each receive one dollar, directed to 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and if it shall appear to 
 the satisfaction of the said Commissioner that such certificates have Patents to be 
 been fairly obtained, according to the true intent and meaning of this granted on such 
 act, then and in that case patents shall be granted in like manner as is ce 
 provided by law for the other lands of the United States : Provided, That Proviso, 
 no person shall be entitled to the benefit of this act who shall not ap- 
 pear by the report made to Congress as aforesaid or by the records of 
 
544 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 the boards of commissioners for the said Territory to have been a resi- 
 dent of said Territory on the twenty-seventh day of October one thou- 
 sand seven hundred and ninety-live; nor shall any person be entitled 
 to the benefit thereof who has received a donation grant from the United 
 States : Provided also, That not more than six hundred and forty acres 
 shall by virtue of this act be granted to any one claira. 
 
 This act not to Szc 2. And be it further enacted That nothing in this act contained 
 cJionsof a cer~- ^all ^e construed to aft'ect the decisions of the courts of justice in the 
 tain kind. said Territory, heretofore made respecting the claims, or any part 
 
 thereof, embraced by the preceding section, or to prevent a judicial de- 
 cision between the holder of a British patent, legally and fully executed 
 and recorded with the register of the land office east or west of Pearl 
 River, and the persons whose claims are confirmed by the preceding 
 section where such claims interfere, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268. 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 1287,1292,1294,1296,1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324,1333,1334,1336, 1386, 1388, 
 
 July 5, 1812. No. 1287 AN ACT confirming grants to lands in the Mississippi Territory derived 
 VoL 2. p. 776. from the British Government of West Florida, not subsequently regranted by the 
 Government of Spain or of the United States. 
 
 Certain claims Be it enacted, #c., That citizens of the United States, claiming lands 
 to land in Missis- j n the Mississippi Territory, by virtue of grants legally and fully exe- 
 Srmed 6 w'hicl cu ted, derived from the British Government of West Florida, whose 
 have been deriv- lauds have not been subsequently regranted by the Spanish Govern- 
 ed from the Brit- meut or claimed in right of donation or pre-emption certificates granted 
 ish Government. ov the boards of commissioners east and west of Pearl River, and whose 
 claims have been regularly filed according to law, with the proper 
 register of the laud office in the said Territory, and are embraced in the 
 report of the commissioners laid before Congress, according to law, be 
 and they are hereby confirmed in their respective claims, according to 
 Proviso. the said grants : Provided, That nothing in any law of the United States 
 
 shall be construed to prevent a judicial decision of controversies under 
 the respective claims aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 1286,1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318,1322,1324, 1333,1334,1336,1386,1388, 
 1399. 
 
 July 6, 1812. No. 1288. AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An [act] giving further 
 VoL 2, p. 782. time to purchasers of public lands northwest of the river Ohio, to complete their 
 payments." 
 
 [Provisions of the act to which this is a supplement extended to 
 purchasers of certain fractional sections in the Mississippi Territory. 
 See OHIO, No. 59.] 
 
 Jan. 27, 1813. Xo * 1289. AN ACT for the relief of John Binnion. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 116. Be it enao ted, #c., That John Binnion be permitted to withdraw his 
 Allowed to en tries made on the eighteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and 
 withdraw his en- ten, in the land office of Madison County, Mississippi Territory, for the 
 in Vj e d 1 - and northwest, northeast and southeast quarters of section No. thirty-four, 
 County <fcc U township No. three of range No. two, east, and that the moneys paid by 
 him on the said entries shall be placed to his credit on any purchase 
 he shall or may have made of public land in the same district : Pro- 
 Proviso, vided, It shall appear to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of 
 public moneys of the said land office that the entries for the said quar- 
 ter-sections were made in mistake for other quarter-sections intended 
 to have been purchased by said Binniou. 
 
 Feb 12 1813. No. 1290. AN ACT authorizing the President of the United States to take posses- 
 Vol 3 p 472 sion of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi Territory and west of the 
 1 _ river Perdido. 
 
 The President He it enacted) $-c., That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 authorized to oc- to occupy and hold all that tract of country called West Florida, which 
 fdawest oi ! the lies west of the river Perdido, not now in possession of the United 
 Perdido, <fcc. States. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 545 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of occupying The President 
 and holding the country aforesaid, and of affording protection to the m fy[ tfl e r mploy , the 
 inhabitants thereof, under the authority of the United States, the Pres- al force f<S 
 ident may employ such parts of the military and naval force of the Uni- holding the coun- 
 ted States as he may deem necessary. try, &c. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the necessary Appropriation 
 expenses, twenty thousand dollars are hereby appropriated, to be paid of $2" " 
 out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to 
 be applied for the purposes aforesaid, under the direction of the Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 Wo. 1291. AN ACT granting Moses Hook the right of pre-emption. j an . 25, Ibl4. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Moses Hook, of the Mississippi Territory, shall YoL 6> p ' 127 ' 
 have the right of pre emption to three hundred acres of land, includ- Eight of pre- 
 ing his improvements, and designated on the plat or map of the town- emption granted 
 ship as number fourteen : Provided, That said Moses Hook enter the to 
 said tract of land with register of the land office for the land district 
 west of Pearl River, and make the lirst payment for the same within 
 six months from the passage of this act, and complete his payments as 
 prescribed by law. 
 
 No. 1292. AN ACT providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of March 31, 1814. 
 public lands in the Mississippi Territory. Vol. 3, p. 116. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That every person or persons claiming public lands 
 in the Mississippi Territory, soul h of the State of Tennessee and west of 
 the State of Georgia, under the act, or pretended act of the State of 
 Georgia, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act for 
 appropriating a part of the unlocated territory of this State for the 
 payment of the late State troops and other purposes therein mentioned, 
 declaring the right of this State to the unappropriated territory thereof, 
 for the protection and support of the frontiers of this State and for 
 other purposes, 7 " passed January the seventh, one thousand seven Conditiona O f 
 hundred and ninety -five, who have exhibited the evidence of their indemnification, 
 claims to the Secretary of State, for the purpose of having the same 
 recorded in books in his office, conformable to the act of Congress, 
 passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, 
 entitled "An act regulating the grants of lands, and providing for the 
 disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Ten- 
 nessee," shall be allowed until the first Monday of January next, to 
 deposit in the office of the Secretary of State of the United States, a 
 sufficient legal release of all such claim or claims to the United States, 
 and an assignment and transfer to the United States of their right and 
 claim to any sum or sums of money which by them, or the persons from 
 whom they or any of them have derived their claims, were deposited or 
 paid into the treasury of the State of Georgia, as the consideration of 
 the purchase of the land for which their release of claim is deposited as 
 aforesaid; and also, a power to sue, in the name of such claimant, for 
 any sum or sums of money assigned as aforesaid, and which shall have 
 been unlawfully or fraudulently withdrawn from the treasury of the 
 State of Georgia, such release, assignment, transfer, and power, to take 
 effect on the indemnification of such claimants being made conformably 
 to the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State, the Sec- Commissioners 
 retary of the Treasury, and the Attorney-General of the United States to ascertain and 
 (for the time being) shall be, and they are hereby constituted and ap- Decide upon con- 
 pointed a board of commissioners, to meet in the City of Washington, m 
 on the first Monday of January next ; and as soon as may be practica- 
 ble thereafter, they or any two of them, are hereby fully authorized and 
 required to adjudge and determine upon the sufficiency of the releases 
 and assignments and powers to be executed and deposited in the office 
 of the Secretary of State in conformity with the foregoing section ; and 
 also to adjudge and finally determine upon all controversies arising 
 from such claims so released as aforesaid, which may be found to 
 conflict with, and to be adverse to, each other; and also to adjudge and 
 determine upon all such claims under the aforesaid act, or pretended 
 act of the State of Georgia, as may be found to have accrued to the 
 United States by operation of law : Provided, That it shall be the duty 
 35 L O VOL II 
 
546 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 of the said commissioners to cause to be published for the period of 
 three months before the said meeting, at least once a week, in all the 
 public newspapers in which the acts of Congress are by authority pub- 
 lished, notice of the purposes and of the time and place of such 
 meeting. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the said commis- 
 sioners shall have made report to the President of the United States of 
 the sufficiency of such releases and assignments, to the amount of at 
 least nine-tenths of the whole lands claimed by virtue of the sales made 
 by the legislature of the State of Georgia to the respective companies 
 hereafter enumerated, exclusive of such claims to the said lands as 
 shall have vested in the United States by the operation of law, and 
 shall have certified to him the names of the claimants, whose claims 
 they have finally adjudged and allowed, and the respective and rela- 
 tive proportions on which they are entitled to the indemnity under and 
 by virtue of this act, the President shall be and he hereby is authorized 
 Certificates of ana * required to cause to be issued from the Treasury of the United 
 stock to be issued States, to such claimants respectively, (of convenient amount for circu- 
 up o n report of lation) certificates of stock, not bearing interest, and expressing on their 
 of face, that the same are payable out of the first moneys in the Treasury 
 of the United States, arising from the sale of public lands in the Missis- 
 sippi Territory, after the money due to the State of Georgia and the ex- 
 penses of surveying such lands have been satisfied. 
 
 Upper Missis- To the persons claiming in the name of, or under the Upper Missis- 
 sippi Company. 8 ippi Company, including such share or shares as may be found to have 
 vested in the Unite. I States and for which the United States are to be 
 considered entitled to the respective proportions for the same, (and ex- 
 clusive of all claims usually denominated in the former report of the 
 commissioners aforesaid citizens' claims) a sum not exceeding in the 
 whole three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 
 
 Tennessee Com- To the persons claiming in the name of, or under the Tennessee Com- 
 pany, pany, under the foregoing terms and restrictions, a sum not exceeding 
 
 iu the whole six hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 Georgia Missis- To the persons claiming in the name of, or under the Georgia Missis- 
 sippi Company, sippi Company, under tho like terms and restrictions, a sum not exceed- 
 ing in the whole one million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 
 Georgia Com- To the persons claiming in the name of, or under the Georgia Com- 
 pany, pany, under the like terms and restrictions, a sum not exceeding in the 
 
 whole two millions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 
 
 Citizens' rights. To the persons claiming under citizens' rights, including such share 
 or shares as have already accrued to the United States by operation of 
 law, or by the provisions of this act, and to which the United States are 
 to be considered entitled to the respective proportions for the same, a 
 sum not exceeding in the whole two hundred and fifty thousand dollars : 
 Proviso. Provided, That any person having claim under either c.f the said com- 
 
 panies, and entitled to indemnity by virtue of this act, shall receive such 
 indemnity only in proportion to the amount of such claims: And pro- 
 Proviso. vided also, That no claim shall be allowed, or any indemnification made 
 
 therefor, to any person or persons who have voluntarily surrendered the 
 evidence of their claims to the said lands under the act of Georgia of 
 the thirteenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, 
 or under any subsequent act of the said State, and which at the time of 
 the surrender would have vested the title in such claimants had the title 
 from Georgia been valid, or who have received the money deposited as 
 the consideration of the purchase of said land thus surrendered ; but all 
 such lands shall be deemed and taken to be vested in the United States, 
 exonerated, and discharged from all such claims without any further sur- 
 render or release whatever, and the dividends to be made to claimants 
 who shall be entitled to the benefits of this act shall be lessened in pro- 
 Proviso, portion to the claim so surrendered or withdrawn : And provided also, 
 That no person or persons, nor the agent or trustee of any person or 
 persons, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, who, by himself, 
 herself, or themselves, or by his, her, or their agent, or by any person or 
 persons with privity and consent of him, her or them, shall have taken, 
 received, or withdrawn from the treasury of the State of Georgia any 
 sum or sums of money, which had been paid and deposited as the con- 
 sideration of the purchase of any of the aforesaid lands, which person 
 or persons at the time of the taking, receiving or withdrawing of the 
 said money, was or were not the bona-fide claimant or claimants of the 
 lands for the purchase of which the said money had been deposited : but 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 547 
 
 all and every the share or shares of such person or persons so fraudu- 
 lently drawing the money as aforesaid, as may be found to have been 
 claimed by such person or persons, at the time of recording in the office 
 of the Secretary of State the evidences of their claim or claims shall be 
 vested in the United States, and the dividends to be made to the claim- 
 ants entitled to the benefits of this act shall be lessened in proportion 
 thereto : And provided also, That each and every person before receiving Proviso, 
 the certificates of stock aforesaid, shall, after the two foregoing provisos 
 have been read to him, take and subscribe the following oath, viz : " I, 
 A. B., do solemnly swear, or affirm, as the case may be, that I have not, 
 nor has any person for whose interest I now act, either as agent or trus- 
 tee, or as executor, administrator, or heir at law, done and performed 
 any act, which by the tenor of the two provisos I have heard read to me, 
 would disqualify me from receiving the indemnity afforded by the pro- 
 visions of this act." (a) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said certificates of stock Certificates of 
 shall be receivable in payment of the public lands, to be sold after the ^Jblefor ^ 
 date of such certificates, in the Mississippi Territory : Provided, That on Ueianda in Mis- 
 every hundred dollars to be paid for such land, ninety-five dollars shall sissippi Terri- 
 be receivable in said certificates, and five dollars in cash : Provided, That tory. 
 no person or persons making payment for lands in certificates authorized Provls - 
 to be issued by this act, shall be entitled to the discount for prompt 
 payment now allowed by law to purchasers of public lands. (&) 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after such sufficient Consideration 
 releases from the claimants to the United States shall be lodged in the on ? y to be paid 
 office of Secretary of State, as is hereinbefore provided in this act, all Georgia 
 such sum or sums of money remaining in the possession of the State of 
 Georgia, which may have been deposited as the consideration of the 
 purchase of the said lands, together with such interest, if any there be, 
 as may have accrued thereon, shall be set over and paid by the said com- 
 missioners to the State of Georgia, in part payment of the one million 
 two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, stipulated to be paid by the 
 articles of agreement and cession between the United States and the 
 State of Georgia. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, in Persons who 
 pursuance of the act of the State of Georgia, of the thirteenth of Feb- J^tEStrSSury 
 ruary, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, or of any subsequent O f Georgia to DO 
 act, shall have taken, received, or withdrawn from the treasury of the barred. 
 State of Georgia, any sum or sums of money which had been paid or 
 deposited as the consideration of the purchase of any of the aforesaid 
 lands, which person or persons at the time of receiving or withdrawing 
 said sum or sums of money as aforesaid, were not the bona-tide claim- 
 ants of the lands for the purchase of which said money had been paid 
 or deposited : or if such person or persons had not, at the time the legal 
 title vested in them, supposing the title of Georgia to have been valid, 
 every such person or persons who shall have taken, received or with- 
 drawn the money as aforesaid, shall be deemed and adjudged to have 
 had and received the same to and for the use of the United States, and 
 shall be and hereby are declared to be holden and liable to refund and 
 pay to the United States, or to the treasury of the State of Georgia for 
 the use of the United States, all such sum or sums of money so had and 
 received as aforesaid, with legal interest from the time she or they so 
 received the same. And the aforesaid commissioners shall be and they 
 are hereby further authorized and directed to examine into and investi- 
 gate all cases coming within the purview of this section, and to claim 
 such sum or sums of money to be paid to the United States as to them 
 shall appear just and reasonable, and in case of refusal to pay the same, 
 to direct suits to be commenced for the recovery of the same, in such 
 form and manner as shall be thought most advisable, making plaintiff 
 or complainant, as they shall think best, either the United States, the 
 claimants who shall have transferred to the United States their right 
 of action against the aforesaid persons, or the State of Georgia as bailee _ . 
 of the money so taken, received, and withdrawn from the treasury of 
 the said State : Provided, That if it should be thought advisable to in- 
 stitute the suits for the recovery of the moneys aforesaid in the name 
 of the State of Georgia, or of its proper officers, the consent thereto 
 from the proper authority of the State of Georgia shall be first had and 
 obtained: And provided also, That the said suits shall be conducted at 
 the proper expense of the United States. 
 
548 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Vouchers to be SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 
 th^t^te fr m States be, and he hereby is authorized to apply to the governor of the 
 
 gia ^ State of Georgia, for all such vouchers and testimony within archives 
 
 or treasury of the said State as may be necessary for carying into effect 
 
 the provisions of this act. 
 
 Cases of per- SEC. 8. And le it further enacted, That whenever the legal estate in 
 sons under age, anv o f the said lands (supposing the said act of the legislature of the 
 &c.,pro tor. gt ate O f Georgia of the seventh of January, seventeen hundred and 
 ninety-five, had been valid and effectual) shall be vested in any person 
 or persons who, at the time of the passing of this act, shall be under 
 the age of twenty-one years, it shall be lawful for the guardian or 
 guardians of such person or persons, appointed in pursuance of the laws 
 of the respective States in which such person or persons shall reside, to 
 execute for and in behalf of such person or persons, and deposit in the 
 office of the Secretary of State of the United States the release, assign- 
 ment, and power mentioned in the first section of this act ; which said re- 
 lease, assignment, and power, so executed and deposited as aforesaid, 
 are hereby declared to be good and effectual to all intents and purposes, 
 and that in case of femes-covert claiming lands under the act, or pre- 
 tended act of the State of Georgia aforesaid, passed the seventh of Jan- 
 uary, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, it shall be lawful for the hus- 
 band and wife to join in the execution of the release, assignment, and 
 transfer mentioned in the first section of this act, and that such release, 
 Proviso. assignment, and transfer shall be good and effectual as to the interest of 
 
 such wife : Provided, That the release, assignment, and transfer, executed 
 as aforesaid, shall be acknowledged before a judge or justice of a court of 
 record, and shall have the attestation of such judge or justice, certifying 
 that, on the separate examination of the wife, she had acknowledged 
 that she had freely and voluntarily executed the same. 
 
 Persons refus- SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons claim- 
 ing to compro- ing lands under the aforesaid act, or pretended act, of the State of 
 to be barred Georgia, passed January seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, 
 am ' shall neglect or refuse to compromise and make settlement of all such 
 claim or claims, in conformity with the provisions of this act, the United 
 States shall be, and hereby are declared to be, exonerated and discharged 
 from all such claim or claims, and the same shall be forever barred; 
 and no evidence of any such claim or claims shall be admitted to be 
 pleaded or allowed to be given in evidence in any court whatever 
 against any grant derived from the United States, (a} 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1266, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1234, 
 
 12&6, 1287, 1204, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 
 U99. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1293, 1298, 
 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327. 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 April 18, 1814. No. 1293. AN ACT extending relief to certain purchasers of public lands in the 
 Vol. 3, p. 130. Mississippi Territory. 
 
 Allowance of ^ e *'* enacted, $c., That any person or persons having purchased lands 
 one year from of the United States, in the Mississippi Territory, who have been sub- 
 June 1, 1814, to jected to prosecutions by adverse claimants, who derived their titles 
 certain purchas- from a gp an j sn grant, warrant, or order of survey, and where such 
 prosecutions have terminated favourably to purchasers from the United 
 States, such purchasers shall have one year from the first day of June 
 next, for the payment of any interest that may be due from them to 
 the United States, on the purchases aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1 267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1298, 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 April 18. 1814, No. 1294. AN ACT supplemental to an act, entitled "An act for ascertaining the 
 Vol. 3, p. 137. titles and claims to lands in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the river 
 Mississippi and island of Xew Orleans." 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 723.] 
 
 Jan. n, 1815. No, 1295. AN ACT to provide for leasing certain lands reserved for the support 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 163. of schools in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 Count v courts ^ e ** ewac ^> fa-, That the county court in each county in the Mis- 
 
 autho'med to ap- sissippi Territory shall be, and is hereby authorized to appoint a number 
 
 point agents for of agents, not exceeding five, who shall have power to let out on lease 
 
 leasing of t h e f or tne purpose of improving the same, the sections of land reserved by 
 
 Qd Congress for the support of schools, lying within the county for which 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 549 
 
 the agents respectively are appointed, or to let them out at an annual for the use of 
 rent, as they shall judge proper; and it shall be the duty of the said schools - 
 agents, under the direction of the county courts respectively, to apply T . h e proceeds 
 with impartiality the proceeds arising from the rents of each section as this purpose 
 aforesaid, to the purpose of education, and to no other use whatsoever, 
 within the particular township of six miles square, or fractional town- 
 ship wherein such section is situated, in such manner, that all the citi- 
 zens residing therein may partake of the benefit thereof, according to 
 the true intent of the reservation made by Congress. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of forming the Sections ma y 
 aforesaid sections into convenient farms, the said agents shall have be divided into 
 power to lay off the same into lots of not less than one hundred and six f^s. 
 acres, nor more than three hundred and twenty acres, except in case of Lessees to be 
 fractional sections; and in every case, whether of leases for the im- bound not to 
 provement of the lots, or for an annual rent, the lessee shall be bound commit waste, 
 in a suitable penalty not to commit waste on the premises by destroy- 
 ing of timber or removing of stone, or any other injury to the lands 
 whatever. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said agents shall have full Tress passers 
 power within their respective counties, when and so often as they think ma y be removed 
 proper, by legal process, to remove any person or persons from the are authorized to 
 possession of any of the aforesaid reserved sections, when such person inquire into 
 or persons have not taken a lease, and refuse or neglect to take the waste, &c. 
 same ; and it shall, moreover, be the duty of the said agents to inspect 
 and inquire into any waste or trespass committed on any of the reserved 
 sections aforesaid, by cutting and carrying off timber or stone, or any 
 other damage that may be done to the same, whether by persons resid- 
 ing thereon or others ; and the said agents are hereby authorized, when 
 waste or trespass shall be committed, to proceed against the person or 
 persons committing the same, according to the laws in such case made 
 and provided ; and actions in the cases aforesaid shall be sustained by 
 the agents, and the damages recovered shall be one-half to the use of 
 such agents, and the other half to be applied to the same purpose as the 
 proceeds of rents from the land on which the damage was sustained. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for each lease executed by the Fees to agents 
 agents, they shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars, to be f r leases. 
 paid by the lessees respectively. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That every lease which may be Limitation of 
 granted in virtue of this act, shall be limited to the period of the ter- leases. 
 mination of the Territorial form of government, in the said Territory ; 
 and shall cease to have any force or effect after the first day of January 
 next succeeding the establishment of a State government therein : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That outstanding rents may be collected, and damages for waste 
 or trespass may be recovered in the same manner as if the leases had 
 continued in full force, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1273, 1277, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 1416. 
 
 No. 1296. AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled "An act providing for the Jan. 23, 1815. 
 indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory." Vol. 3, p. 192. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the President of the United States be, and he President au- 
 is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, thorized to ap- 
 1,0 appoint three fit and disinterested persons, to be and act as commis- So e toa2i 
 siuners, by virtue of an act, entitled " An act providing for the indem- a s a board in the 
 nification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Terri- place of the one 
 tory," in the place of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of theTreas- formerly consti- 
 ury, and the Attorney- General of the United States, for the time being; tu 
 and the said persons are hereby constituted and appointed a board of 
 commissioners, any two of whom may act as a quorum, as in and by the 
 act aforesaid is provided. Which board is hereby declared to be intended 
 to effect the same purposes and services as the said original board ; and 
 is, in every respect, substituted for the same; and is hereby authorized 
 to execute all the powers granted to, and directed to perform all the 
 duties enjoined upon, the said original board of commissioners, accord- 
 ing to the intent and provisions of the act aforesaid. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners to be ay>- Board to meet 
 pointed in pursuance of this act, shall meet at some suitable place within at some place in 
 the District of Columbia, on the fourth Monday of January current, or as * h District of 
 eoon thereafter as may be, to enter on the duties assigned them. And proceed^ o^rth^ 
 that they shall proceed therein, as expeditiously as may be, and from with to business. 
 
550 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Reports to be time to time shall certify and report' to the President of the United 
 
 made by it to the g ta te8, as to the sufficiency of the releases that shall have been made, 
 
 and the claims they shall have finally adjudged and allowed, agreeably 
 
 to the third section of the act to which this act is supplementary. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That each of the said commis- 
 
 to take an oath of 8 ioners, before they proceed to execute their duties as such, shall take 
 
 the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I, A B, do solemnly swear 
 
 (or affirm) that I am not interested in the event of any decision that may 
 
 be made by this board of commissioners, and that I will faithfully and 
 
 impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as a 
 
 member thereof : and will adjudge and determine all the matters, claims, 
 
 and controversies, subject to the adjudication and determination of this 
 
 board, according to the best of my abilities, agreeably to the laws of the 
 
 United States, and the principles of justice and equity." 
 
 Board may ap- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commis- 
 pohit a secretary. 8 } oner8 gball have power and authority to appoint a secretary, whose duty 
 pay 18 as^^lf^s ^ shall be to receive, file, and preserve, the papers, documents, and claims, 
 the' pay of the that maybe presented to, and received by said board of commissioners, 
 commissioners, and to enter and record all the orders, proceedings, judgments, and de- 
 terminations, of said board of commissioners. And one of said com- 
 missioners shall administer an oath to such secretary for the faithful 
 discharge of his duty. And there shall be allowed and paid out of the 
 Treasury of the United States, to each of the said commissioners, as well 
 as to the secretary by them to be appointed, as a compensation for their 
 respective services under this act, and in full for the same, the sum of 
 fifteen hundred dollars. 
 
 Further time SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That further time be, and hereby 
 allowed for mak- [ s allowed to deposit in the office of the Secretary of State, releases to 
 ing releases. the Unite( i states of claims, under the act or pretended act of the State 
 of Georgia, passed on the seventh day of January, seventeen hundred 
 and ninety -five, and assignments of rights or claims to moneys paid into 
 the treasury of the State of Georgia, and power to sue therefor ; and also 
 for recording in the office of the Secretary of State, any deed or evidence 
 of any title or claim that hath been released to the United States, or that 
 shall be released on or before the day hereby appointed, to wit : the third 
 Monday in March next. And so much of the act of Congress, passed 
 the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, entitled 
 gt An act regulating the grants of lands of the United States, south of 
 the State of Tennessee," and so much of the act to which this is supple- 
 mentary as excludes claimants from recording their claims after the first 
 day of January, one thousand eight hundred and four, be, and the same 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Board empow- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners be, and 
 ered to consider hereby are authorized and empowered to consider and determine all 
 
 u" n on r eteTs^s claim8 ' that 8Qa11 have been dul y released to tbe United States, on or 
 preferred by rep- before the said third Monday of March, which may be made and pre- 
 resentatives of f erred by assignees of bankrupts, or executors or administrators on 
 bankrupts, <fec. estates of deceased persons, which may be insolvent and subject to dis- 
 tribution among the creditors of the persons so deceased, (a) 
 
 (a) See Kos. 718,723,731,737,745,753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 127fi, 1281, 
 1286, 1287, 1292, 1294, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 138d, 
 1399. 
 
 March 1, 1815. No. 1S97. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of James Hynum. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That the heirs of James Hynum, of the Mississippi 
 
 Donation of Territory, shall be entitled to a donation of two hundred and twenty- 
 m *' six acres of land, according to the provisions of an act of Congress, passed 
 
 the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and 
 three, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for 
 the disposal of the lands of the United States south of the State of Ten- 
 nessee," to be located, surveyed, and granted, in the manner prescribed 
 in the said recited act ; and to be subject to the dowtr of the widow of 
 the said James Hynum, as fully and completely as if the title to the 
 said land had been vested in the said James Hynum. 
 
 Payments on SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, fa , That all sums of money paid by 
 to be Margaret Hynum, widow of the said James Hynuin, since the death 
 of the said James, as part of the price of tbe said land, in coutenipla- 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 551 
 
 tion of a purchase thereof, "shall he refunded to the said Margaret ; 
 and the receiver of public moneys in the land district west of Pearl 
 River, is hereby directed to pay the same to the said Margaret, out of 
 any public money now in his hands, or which may hereafter come 
 to his hands. 
 
 No. 1298. AN ACT to provide for ascertaining and surveying of the boundary March 3 1815 
 lines fixed by the treaty with the Creek Indians, and for other purposes. y i. 3 > p ' $28. ' 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the President of the United States be, and he Boundary line 
 is hereby authorized to cause to be ascertained and surveyed the bound- of the Creeks to 
 ary line designated by the treaty with the Creek nation of Indians, con- be ascertained 
 eluded on the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and and surve yed. 
 fourteen, and that the same be distinctly marked, in all such places ex- 
 cept where water-courses are described as the boundary by the said 
 treaty; and for this purpose the President of the United States shall Commission- 
 have power to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- era to be a p. 
 ate, three commissioners, whose compensation shall not exceed, exclu- P ^ 6 .^ 
 sive of travelling expenses, the rate of eight dollars per day, during the sa tion! r 
 time of actual service of such commissioner, in ascertaining and survey- Surveyors, 
 ing the said boundary line ; they shall have power to employ a skilful &c., to be em- 
 surveyor, who shall be allowed five dollars per day, and two chain-men ^^eh. a u 
 and a marker, who shall each be allowed two dollars per day, in full for ance . 
 their services. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, on com- Three plats to 
 pleting the ascertainment and survey aforesaid, shall make out three be made out. 
 accurate plats of the survey of the said boundary line, one of which they 
 shall transmit to the Secretary of State, one to the surveyor of the lands ' 
 south of the State of Tennessee, and the other to the chiefs of the Creek 
 nation of Indians. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands of the p u biic lands 
 United States, to which the Indian title was extinguished by the afore- where the In- 
 said treaty, shall be, and are hereby formed into a land district : and dian title is 
 for the disposal thereof, a land office shall be established, which shall JJP ? ^be 
 be kept at such convenient place as the President of the United States district. 
 may direct ; and for the said land office, a register and receiver of pub- A land office 
 lie moneys shall be appointed, who shall give security in the same man- to l)e established, 
 ner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, duties, &c> 
 and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands 
 which shall be disposed of at their office, as are or maybe provided by law 
 in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several 
 land offices established for the disposal of the other public lands of the 
 United States, (a) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the powers vested by law in Powers and 
 the surveyor of the lands of the United States, south of the State of compensation 
 Tennessee, shall extend over all the public lands of the United States to of the surveyor, 
 which the Indian title was extinguished by the aforesaid treaty, and the Si iG lands in 
 same shall be surveyed in the manner and for the same compensation Mississippi Ter- 
 as other public lands in the Mississippi Territory. (&) territory. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Sale of the 
 States is hereby authorized, whenever he shall think it proper, to direct Ia 1 nds . autb.ori.z- 
 so much of the public lands, lying in the said district, as shall have been exceptions^ 
 surveyed in conformity to this act, to be offered for sale. All such 
 lands shall, with the exception of the section numbered sixteen, which 
 shall be reserved in each township for the support of schools within 
 the same, (c) with exception also, of one entire township, to be located 
 by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the use of a seminary of learn- 
 ing, (d) and with the exception of any tracts of land reserved to the 
 Indians by the said treaty, shall be offered to the highest bidder, un- 
 der the direction of the register and receiver of public moneys of the 
 said land office, on such day or days as shall, by a public proclamation 
 of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose. 
 The public sales shall remain open for three weeks and no longer ; and Sales to re- 
 the lands shall be sold for a price not less than that which has been or main P e n three 
 may be fixed by law, for the public lands in the Mississippi Territory ; J^^J^g t & c 311 
 and shall, in every other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size, on 
 the same terms and conditions, as have been or may be by law provitled, 
 for the other public lands in the Mississippi Territory. The superintend- 
 ents of the said public sales shall receive six dollars each, for each 
 
552 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Unsold lands day's attendance on the said sales. All lands other than those reserved 
 
 may be disposed as a f ore8a id, and excepted as above mentioned, remaining unsold at the 
 
 sale. closing of the public sales, and which had been offered at the said sales, 
 
 may be disposed of at private sale, by the register of the land office, 
 
 in the same manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, 
 
 and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided by 
 
 law for the sale of the other public lands of the United States in the 
 
 Pa t e n t s o b- Mississippi Territory. And patents shall be obtained for the lands sold 
 
 the j n tne ^d district, in the same manner, and on the same terms, as for 
 
 Qer> other public lauds sold in the Mississippi Territory, (e) 
 
 Appointment SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 commission- States shall have power to appoint any or all of the aforesaid commis- 
 
 sioners, during the recess of the Senate. 
 
 Appropriation SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding twenty- 
 for defraying ex- five thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be 
 paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for 
 the purpose of carrying this act into effect. 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 731, 1266, 127-2, 1275, 1279, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1343, 1355, 1363, 1373. 
 (6) See Nos. 37, 777, 1266, 12G9, 1272, 1305, 1343, 1356. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 126*?, 1271, 1-J75, 1277, 1295, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 
 1416. 
 
 (d) See No. 1309. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 
 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 March 3, 1815. 3fo. 1299. AN ACT further supplementary to an act, entitled "An act providing 
 "VoL 3, p. 235. for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi 
 - Territory." 
 
 Commissioners Be it enacted, tf-c., That the commissioners appointed by virtue of the 
 
 authorized to de- ac t entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act providing 
 
 quantity of land ^ or ^ De indemnification of certain claimants of public lauds in the Missis- 
 
 contained in any sippi Territory,'" shall be, and they are hereby authorized to decide, in 
 
 deed, wit hou t a summary way, upon the quantity or boundary of land contained in 
 
 further survey, any grant or deed exhibited before them, by any of the claimants of 
 
 lands released to the United States, agreeably to said act, according to 
 
 such maps, surveys, or other evidence, as now exist or which they may 
 
 be now able to procure, without requiring or permitting any other survey 
 
 to be made. 
 
 Instru m e n t s SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be, 
 113 ' 6 an( ^ ^ ne . v are hereby authorized to allow, and receive, in all cases, except 
 
 rtesort' . 
 
 attorneys shall those where femes coverts are parties, as sufficient legal releases, as- 
 be considered le- signments, and powers, required by said act, and the supplement there- 
 gal by the com- to, and as lawful conveyances, all such instruments as may be executed 
 by the party, or his, her, or their attorney or attorneys, lawfully empow- 
 ered, and either acknowledged by the party making the same, before 
 some judge, or justice of the peace, notary public, mayor, recorder or 
 alderman of a corporation, or master in chancery, or one of the said 
 commissioners, or proved by other evidence to the satisfaction of the 
 commissioners to have been duly executed by the party. 
 
 A further time SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall 
 allowed w h e r e be, and they are hereby authorized, in all cases where the releases, 
 releases, ^&.c.,^are assignments, and powers required by the act aforesaid, already pre- 
 drawn. y sented, or which may be presented on or before the third Monday in 
 
 March instant, or powers of attorney, by which said releases shall have 
 been, or shall be made, shall be, in the judgment of the commissioners 
 aforesaid, defectively drawn or executed, to allow a further time not 
 exceeding two months, from and after the said third Monday in March 
 instant, to perfect the same. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall 
 authorized t be, and they are hereby authorized to admit and finally settle all such 
 claims K claims as have been, or may be, within the time limited, duly released, 
 
 assigned, and transferred "to the United States, any thing in the said 
 original act, or any supplement thereto, to the contrary notwithstand- 
 ing; and to administer oaths, or take affirmations, and to compel the 
 attendaLce of witnes?es. in all cases where necessary. 
 
 On reports of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 erscertfticate i0 of State8 8ua11 lje ' au(1 he is hereby authorized, from time to time, to cause 
 stock to he 8 is- to De issued such certificates of 'stock as are .specified in the said original 
 sued. act, and supplement thereto, to such claimant or claimants, whose claim 
 
 may be decided on and reported by the commissioners, on receiving 
 such report in relation to such claim, from the said commissioners. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 553 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the releases, assignments, and Secretary to re- 
 powers, required by the act aforesaid, and the supplement thereto, now c rtt [ *ntam 
 received, and which may be hereafter received, shall be recorded by the tae ' m to the Sec- 
 secretary of the said commissioners, and the said records returned with retary of State's 
 all other papers and documents in relation to said claims, when the office. 
 business of the said commissioners shall be closed, to the office of the 
 Secretary of State ; and that the said secretary shall be paid by the 
 Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, out of any money not 
 otherwise appropriated, at the rate of twelve and a half cents for each Terms of re- 
 and every hundred words contained in each instrument so recorded. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That on the dissolution of the said On the dissolu- 
 board of commissioners, and the performance of the duties assigned f on Commission 
 them, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby au- ers the p resi ~_ 
 thorized, if in his judgment he shall consider the said commissioners dent may grant 
 entitled to any further additional compensation for their services than additional corn- 
 is now provided for, to cause them to be paid such other and further P en 
 sums, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as 
 he shall think just aud reasonable : Provided, That such additional com- Proviso. 
 pensation shall not exceed fifty cents to each commissioner, for every 
 deed or evidence of title which shall be submitted to their examination 
 and decision, in pursuance of the provisions of the said original act, and 
 the supplements thereto, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 12 J 6, 1287, 129-2, 1294, 12!)6, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 1399. 
 
 No. 1 300. AN ACT, further supplementary to the act, entitled "An act proyid- April 20, 1816. 
 
 ing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Vol. 3, p. 294. 
 
 Territory." 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That every person or persons claiming public lands Further time 
 in the Mississippi Territory, under the act or pretended act of the State %ts 
 of Georgia, passed January the seventh, one thousand seven hundred 
 and ninety-five, who have not duly released their claims to the United 
 States, so as to entitle them to the indemnification provided by the act of 
 Congress, passed the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and fourteen, entitled "An act providing for the indemnification 
 of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory," and 
 the acts supplementary thereto, shall be allowed further time to exe- 
 cute and file with the commissioners appointed to decide on such claims, 
 good and sufficient legal releases of their claim, as by said acts are re- 
 quired, until the first Monday of March next. And the commissioners 
 aforesaid are hereby authorized and empowered to decide on such 
 claims, and to adjudge to every such claimant or claimants the propor- 
 tion of indemnification to which he or they maybe respectively entitled. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid Commissioners 
 shall be, and they are hereby authorized, in all cases where they shall au ^Jj J r Jh Z e e C onn 
 direct suits to be commenced for the recovery of money fraudulently C n employed by 
 withdrawn from the treasury of Georgia, to transmit to the counsel or them original pa- 
 attorney appointed to institute and conduct such suits or prosecutions, pers and 
 oil original papers or documents in their possession, that may furnish ( 
 evidence to sustain the same. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and Additional 
 paid, out of the Treasury of the United States, to each of the said com- ^ 
 
 missioners and their secretary, the further sum of one thousand dollars, an( j their secre- 
 as a compensation for the additional services required by this act. (a) tary. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 71R, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753. 1C67, 1265, 1S66, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 1286, 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1310, 1318. 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 1399. 
 
 No. 1301. AN ACT for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands in the April 24, 1816. 
 Mississippi Territory. Vol. 3, p. 30( 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That every person who, since the first day of April, Furt her time 
 one thousand eight [hundred] and eleven, and prior to the eighteenth allowed to cer- 
 day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, had purchased tain purchasers 
 any tract or tracts of public land in the Mississippi Territory, not ex- of land - 
 ceeding in the whole six hundred aud forty acres, unless the tract pur- 
 cln,sed be a fractional section or sections, or fractional sections classed 
 with an entire section, and whose lands have not already been actually 
 sold or reverted to the United States for non-payment of part of the 
 purchase money, shall be allowed the further time of two years and 
 
554 
 
 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 eight months from and after the expiration of the present period 
 already given by law for completing the payment of the said purchase 
 money ; which further term of two years and eight months shall be 
 allowed only on the condition, that all arrears of interest on the pur- 
 chase money shall have been paid on or before the time shall have ex- 
 pired for completing the payment of the purchase money : Provided, 
 That in all cases in which the time for completing the payment of the 
 purchase money may have expired, or shall expire, before the first day 
 of July next, the interest may be paid on or before that day. But in 
 case of failure in paying either the arrears, or the residue of principal 
 with the accruing interest, as is herein provided, the tract of land shall 
 forthwith be advertised and offered for sale, in the same manner, and 
 on the same terms, as is directed by law in case of lands not paid for 
 within the limited term, and shall revert in like manner, if the sum 
 due, with interest, be not at such sale bidden and paid. And in cases 
 where any tract or tracts of land in said Territory, not exceeding, in 
 the whole, six hundred and forty acres, unless the tract be a fractional 
 section or sections, or fractional sections classed with an entire section, 
 have, since the first day of October last, reverted to the United States, 
 for default of payment, the original purchaser may again enter the 
 same tract or tracts at the price at which such tract or tracts were 
 originally sold ; and all moneys which such original purchaser may 
 have paid shall be replaced to his credit by the receiver of public moneys 
 for the district in which the land may lie, and such re-purchasers shall 
 be allowed the same benefits of the extension of the time of payment 
 created by this act, as though no such reversion has occurred : Pro- 
 vided, That such original purchaser shall make to the proper officer such 
 application for such re-entry as is required by law for the entry of lands 
 on or before the first day of July next, and that the laud so reverted 
 shall not have then been previously resold, (a) 
 
 (a, See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 1298, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 April 26, 1816. No. 1302.-AN ACT for the relief of Charles Levaux Trudeau. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That Charles Levaux Trudeau, or his legal rep- 
 May enter six resentatives, be authorized to enter with the register of the land office, 
 without P a y ment ' an y 8ix quarter-sections of land in place of other 
 lands confirmed by the board of commissioners west of Pearl River, in the 
 Mississippi Territory, provided the same do not exceed one thousand 
 acres, which has been offered at public sale in the Mississippi Territory ; 
 and on return being made to the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, a patent shall issue as in other cases. 
 
 March 1, 1817. No. 1303. AN ACT to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi 
 
 Vol. 3, p. 348. Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of 
 
 such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States. 
 
 Inhabitants of Be it enacted, <$-c., That the inhabitants of the western part of the 
 the western part Mississippi Territory be, and they hereby are, authorized to form for 
 of Mississippi themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such 
 a e ^ategovern 1 - name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, 
 ment, be admit- shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the origi- 
 ted into thenal States, in all respects whatever. 
 
 Union, &c. g EC $ And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of 
 
 the State. al1 the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: 
 
 Beginning on the river Mississippi at the point where the southern 
 boundary-line of the State of Tennessee strikes the same, thence east 
 along the said boundary-line to the Tennessee River, thence up the 
 same to the mouth of Bear Creek, thence by a direct line to the north- 
 west corner of the county of Washington, thence due south to the Gulf 
 of Mexico, thence westwardly, including all the islands within six 
 leagues of the shore, to the most eastern junction of Pearl River with 
 Lake Borgne, thence up said river to the thirty -first degree of north 
 latitude, thence west along the said degree of latitude to the Mississippi 
 River, thence up the same to the beginning, (a) 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 555 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, * * * That the said convention Reservations 
 shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the ai } l conditionsof 
 
 United States, that the people inhabiting the said Territory do agree and 
 declare that they for ever disclaim all right or title to the waste or unap- 
 propriated lands lying within the said . Territory, and that the same 
 shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United 
 States; and moreover, that each and every tract of land sold by Con- 
 gress, shall be and remain exempt from any tax laid by the order, or 
 under the authority, of the State, whether for State, county, township, 
 parish or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years, from 
 and after the respective days of the sales thereof, and that the lands 
 belonging to citizens of the United States, residing without the said 
 State, shall never be taxed higher than the lands belonging to persons 
 residing therein ; and that no taxes shall be imposed on lands the prop- 
 erty of the United States, (&; and that the river Mississippi, and the 
 navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, or into the Gulf of 
 Mexico, shall be common highways, and for ever free, as well to the 
 inhabitants of the said State, as to other citizens of the United States ; 
 without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said 
 State. 
 
 SEC. 5. And le it further enacted, That five per cent, of the net pro- Reservation of 
 ceeds of the lands lying within the said Territory, and which shall be five per cent, on 
 sold by Congress from and after the first day of December next, after lan ? sold f r 
 deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved for mak- and C anals & 
 ing public roads and canals ; of which three-fifths shall be applied to 
 those objects within the said State, under the direction of the legisla- 
 ture thereof, and two- fifths to the making of a road or roads leading to 
 the said State, under the direction of Congress: Provided, That the ap- Proviso: prior 
 plication of such proceeds shall not be made until after payment is com- obligation s to 
 pleted of the one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars due to Georgia, &c., to 
 the State of Georgia, in consideration of the cession to the United States, ^ first dischar g- 
 nor until the payment of all the stock which has been or shall be created 
 by the act, entitled u An act providing for the indemnification of certain 
 claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory," shall be com- 
 pleted : And provided also, That the said five per cent, shall not be cal- Proviso : the 
 culated on any part of such proceeds as shall be applied to the payment five per cent, not 
 of the one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars due to the to be calculated 
 State of Georgia, in consideration of the cession to the United States, JSedfc 
 or in payment of the stock which has or shall be created by the act, 
 entitled " An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants 
 of public lands in the Mississippi Territory." (c) 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1264, 1265, 1285, 1304, 1306. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 169, 1394. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1314, 1340, 1366, 1374, 1382, 1398, 1415. 
 
 No. 1304. AN ACT to establish a separate Territorial government for the eastern March 3 1817. 
 part of the Mississippi Territory. YoL 3 p.' 371. ' 
 
 [Part of Mississippi Territory to form a separate Territory to be~ 
 called Alabama. See ALABAMA, No. 1443.] 
 
 No. 1305. AN ACT to authorize the appointment of a surveyor for the lands in March 3, 1817. 
 the northern part of the Mississippi Territory, and the sale of certain lands therein Vol. 3, p. 375. 
 described. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That a surveyor of the lands of the United States A surveyor of 
 in the Mississippi Territory, lying north of an east and west line, to be J he . t la i l ( !l 5 
 drawn from the river Mississippi, through Fort Williams, to the west- bV appointed for 
 ern boundary line of the State of Georgia, shall be appointed, whose that part of the 
 duty it shall be to engage a sufficient number of skilful surveyors as Mississippi Ter- 
 his deputies, and to cause the lands above mentioned, which have not {^^fuj^escom 
 already been surveyed, and to which the Indian title has been extin- p en8a tiou, <fec. 
 guished, to be surveyed and divided in the manner provided by law for 
 the surveying of the other public lauds of the United Stages in the 
 Mississippi Territory, to do and perform all such acts iu relation to the 
 said lands, to transmit plats of survey in the manner, and to fix the 
 compensation of the deputy surveyor, chain- carriers, and axe-men, un- 
 der th.6 same restrictions and limitations of expense in surveying, as is 
 
556 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 by law directed and provided for the regulation of the powers and du- 
 ties of the surveyor of the lands south of the State of Tennessee, in re- 
 lation to the other public lands in the Mississippi Territory. And the 
 said surveyor, appointed in pursuance of this act, shall be entitled to 
 receive, for his services, one thousand five hundred dollars, as an an- 
 nual compensation, (a) 
 
 Lands to be at- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the lands of the United 
 
 toch f<* *? Madi - States in the Mississippi Territory, to which the Indian title has been 
 
 extinguished, lying north of the aforesaid east and west line, and which 
 
 has not heretofore been offered for sale, shall be attached to, and made 
 
 a part of, the land district of Madison, in the said Territory. (&) 
 
 Landsattached SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands, by this act at- 
 to Madison dis- tached to the district of Madison, (c) after having been surveyed ac- 
 SntioTof section cordin g to law > shall > with the exception of the section No. 16, in each 
 16, to be offered township, which shall be reserved for the support of schools therein, 
 for sale, &c. (d) and with the further exception of such sections, not exceeding ten 
 in number, as the President snail designate, for the purpose of laying 
 out and establishing towns thereon, be offered for sale to the highest 
 bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office, and the 
 receiver of public moneys, at the place where the land office is kept, 
 and on such day, or days, as shall, by proclamation of the President of 
 the United States, be designated for that purpose; the sales shall re- 
 Lands not to be main open two weeks, and no longer. The lands shall not be sold for 
 sold for less than less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect be sold 
 *" 2 mdtMremain. in tracts of tne 8ame size, and on the same terms, and conditions, as 
 ing unsold may have been, or may be, provided for lands sold in the same district. All 
 be disposed of a"t the lands offered for sale, and remaining unsold at the close of the said 
 private sale, <fcc. public sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the 
 land office, in the same manner, for the same price, and on the same 
 terms and conditions, as are, [or] may be, provided for the sale of other 
 lands in the same district, and patents shall be granted in the same 
 maner, and on the same terms, as for other lands in the said district. (&) 
 Five dollars SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 per day to the public moneys shall each receive five dollars, for each day's attendance 
 ceiver? r '*' in directing the public sales, directed by this act. 
 
 The sections SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 reserved to be States be, and he hereby is, authoiized to cause the sections, reserved 
 laid off into lots, %$ aforesaid, for establishing towns thereon, to belaid off into lots, un- 
 der the direction of the surveyor appointed as aforesaid; and when the 
 Pluts, &c. survey of the lots shall be completed, plats thereof shall be trans- 
 mitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the register 
 of the land office, and the lots shall be offered, to the highest bidder, at 
 public sale, on such day or days as the President shall, by his procla- 
 To be sold on mation, designate for that purpose, and shall be sold on the same terms 
 the same terms and conditions, in every respect (except as to the quantity of land) as 
 as ther lands, j^^ or may be prov ided for the sale of the other public lands in the 
 Proviso; as to sai(1 district ; Provided, That no lot shall be sold for a less price than at 
 the price of each the rate of six dollars per acre ; nor shall there be reserved for the pur- 
 lot, &c. pose aforesaid, more than one section in any one township. (6) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 37, 777, 1267, 1269, 1292; 1298, 1343, 1356. 
 
 (6) See Xos. 36, 59. 433, 1266. 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279. 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 1298, 1301, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 (c) See Xos. 731, 1-266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298. 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373, 1410. 
 
 (d) See Kos. 12t6, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 
 1416. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1817. No. 1306. RESOLUTION for the admi sion of the State of Mississippi into the 
 Vol. 3, p. 472. Union. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the first day 
 
 of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act 
 to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi Territory to 
 form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of 
 such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States," 
 the people of the said Territory did, on the fifteenth day of August, in 
 the present year, by a con- ention called for that purpose, form for them- 
 selves a constitution and State government, which constitution and 
 State government so formed, is republican, and in conformity to the 
 principles of the articles of compact between the original States and the 
 people and States in the territory north west of the river Ohio, passedou the 
 thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- seven 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 557 
 
 Resolved, ifc., That the State of Mississippi shall be one, and is hereby Mississippi ad- 
 declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted intomitted into the 
 the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects IJnlon< 
 whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1264, 1265, 1285, 1303, 1304. 
 
 No. 1307. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Burnet, Gibson Clark, and the legal April 11, 1818. 
 representatives of Hubert Rowel. Vol. 6, p. 205. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That it shall be the duty of the register of the land Examination 
 office and receiver of public moneys west of Pearl River, in the State of of land claims, 
 Mississippi, to examine the evidence heretofore given, and to receive &c - 
 additional testimony, in the claims to land of Daniel Burnet and Gib- 
 son Clark, of the State of Mississippi, founded on warrants or orders 
 of survey granted by the Spanish Government to James Davenport 
 and James Stewart, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said 
 register and receiver, that the said James Davenport and James Stew- 
 art, under whom the said Daniel Burnet and Gibson Clark claim, were 
 resident in the late Mississippi Territory, on the twenty- seventh day of 
 October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, then, and in that 
 case, the claims aforesaid shall be respectively confirmed, and patents 
 shall issue for the same as in other cases. And it shall moreover be the Receiver of 
 duty of the said receiver of public moneys to refund, to either of the public moneys to 
 said claimants, any moneys which they, or either of them, may have refund, &c. 
 paid to the United States, in consequence of said lands being granted 
 to them in right of pre-emption. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legal representatives of The legal rep- 
 Hubert Rowel be, and they are hereby confirmed in their claim to a tract resentatives of 
 of land, lying and being in the State of Mississippi, on the waters <co!SredS 
 the Bayou Sarah, containing eight hundred and fifty arpents, granted their claim to a 
 by the Spanish Government to said Hubert Rowel, by patent, legally tract of land. 
 and fully executed, bearing date the sixteenth day of May, one thou- 
 sand seven hundred and ninety-one : Provided, The said land has not p rov i 80 . 
 been already disposed of under the authority of the United States. 
 
 No. 1308. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Alexander Mont- Jan. 8, 1819. 
 gomery, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 217. 
 
 Beit enacted, $c., That it shall be the duty of the register of the land Exainination 
 office, and receiver of public moneys, west of Pearl River, in the State of ev idence as to 
 of Mississippi, to examine the evidence heretofore given, and to receive their claims to 
 additional testimony, in the claims to land, of the legal representatives land, with a 
 of Alexander Montgomery, deceased, founded on warrants, or orders of |rf patents. 811 
 survey, granted by the Spanish Government to Solomon Whitley and ' 
 John Montgomery ; and if it shall appear, to the satisfaction of said 
 register and receiver, that the said Solomon Whitley and John Mont- 
 gomery, or their legal representatives, under whom the said tracts of 
 land are claimed, were resident in the Mississippi Territory on the 
 twenty seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 
 five, then, and in that case, the claims aforesaid shall be respectively 
 confirmed, and patents shall issue for the same, as in other cases : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That nothing in this act shall affect the claim or claims of any 
 person or persons to the same land, or any part thereof, derived from 
 the United States, if any such there be, or the claim or claims of any 
 other person or persons whatsoever. 
 
 No. 1309. AN ACT providing for a grant of land for the seat of government in Feb. 20, 1819. 
 the State of Mississippi, and for the support of a seminary of learning within the Vol. 3, p. 485. 
 said State. - ---- - 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there shall be granted to the State of Missis- 
 sippi, two entire sections of land, or fractional sections, or quarter- sec- government. 
 tions, not exceeding the quantity contained in two entire sections, for 
 a seat of government in the said State ; which land shall be located in 
 one entire tract, at such place as, under the authority of the said State, 
 shall be designated for the seat of government therein, whenever the T 
 Indian title shall have been extinguished thereto, and before the com- 
 mencement of the public sales of the adjoining and surrounding lands 
 belonging to the United States. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the township of 
 land granted for the support of Jefferson College, there shall be granted, port of a 8em m- 
 in the said State, another township, or a quantity of land equal thereto, ary of learning. 
 
558 
 
 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 to be located in tracts of not less than four entire sections each, which 
 shall be vested in the legislature of the said State, in trust, for the sup- 
 port of a seminary of learning therein ; which lands shall be located by 
 To be located the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, whenever an extiu- 
 by the Secretary guishment of Indian title shall be made for lands suitable, in his opinion, 
 whenever^c 1 "' for that P nr P ose > in tne 8aitl State : which grant, hereby provided to be 
 This prant in roade, shall be considered as made in iieu of a township directed to be 
 lieu of a town- reserved by the fifth section of an act, entitled "An act to provide for 
 ship reserved by the ascertaining and surveying of the boundary line fixed by the treaty 
 3 5gjf nl with the Creek Indians, and for other purposes," passed March three, 
 
 ' The township ne thousand eight hundred and fifteen ; and which reserve of one town- 
 reserved by act ship, provided to be made by the aforesaid fifth section of said act, shall 
 3 . 1?15 ' be offered for sale, in the same manner as the other public lands in the 
 same district. () 
 (a) See Xo. 1298. 
 
 to be sold. 
 
 March 3, 1819. Hf. 1310 AX ACT for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, 
 ToL 3. p. 528 in the districts east of the island of Xew Orleans. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 731.] 
 
 Jan. 14, 1820. 3fo. 1311 .AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Philip Barbour, 
 Vol. 6, p. 236. deceased. 
 
 The register ^ *"' enactc ^i $' c -i That the register of the land office and receiver of 
 and receiver in public moneys of the United States, in the State of Mississippi, west of 
 Mississippi to Pearl River, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, within 
 report to the twelve months after the passage of this act, to report to the Commis- 
 Offi D < the va?ue 8ioner of the General Land Office the value of fifteen hundred acres of 
 of 1500 acres of land, situated on the river Mississippi, at the mouth of Big Black, corn- 
 land, &c. monly called Grand Gulph, patented in the year one thousand seven 
 hundred and seventy, by the government of West Florida, to Philip Bar- 
 bour, deceased ; the said register and receiver having, in making such 
 estimate, a due regard to the time when the said land, or any part of 
 it, was sold by the Government of the United States : whereupon the 
 said Commissioner of the General Land Office shall issue to the legal 
 representative of the said Philip Barbour, deceased, a certificate of the 
 amount so reported by the said register and receiver ; which certificate 
 shall be receivable in payment of any debt which may have accrued, or 
 shall hereafter accrue, to the United States, on the sale of any of the 
 Proviso. public lands : Provided, however, That, before the said Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office shall issue the certificate, the said legal repre- 
 sentative shall file in his office a written release, under his hand and 
 seal, with all the solemnities necessary to make it valid and operative, 
 whereby he shall release to the United States all his claim to the said 
 fifteen hundred acres of land. 
 
 Aprils, 1820. 
 Vol. 6, p. 239. 
 
 Land title con 
 firmed. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 IVo. 131*. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John O'Connor, 
 
 deceased. 
 
 Be it enacted, <^e., That the legal representatives of John O'Connor, 
 deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of 
 land situated on Buftaloe Creek, in the State of Mississippi, containing 
 eight hundred arpens, granted by the Spanish Government to William 
 Conway, by patent, dated the fourteenth day of June, in the year of 
 our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and conveyed 
 to John O'Connor, by the said Conway, on the twenty-sixth day of 
 January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven : Provided, That 
 nothing in this act contained bhall affect the claim or claims of any 
 other person or persons to the said land, or any part thereof, derived 
 from the United States, or any other source whatever. 
 
 May 8, 1820. N. 131 3. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs of Abijah Hunt and William Gordon 
 VoL 6, p. 248. Forman. 
 
 Connrmed~in ** ! '* enacted i $ c -> That the heirs of Abijah Hunt and William Gordon 
 
 their claim to a Form an be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to fifteen 
 
 tract of land in hundred arpens of land, situated on the Mississippi River, near the 
 
 Mississippi. mouth of Cole's Creek, in the State of Mississippi, being the same land 
 
 which was conveyed to Abijah Hunt and William Gordon Forman, on 
 
 the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and two, by 
 
 Charles Norwood,* executor of the last will and testament of John 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 559 
 
 Turnlmll : Provided, Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect Proviso, 
 the claim of any other person or persons to the said land, or any part 
 thereof, derived either from the United States or from any other source 
 whatsoever. 
 
 NO. 1314. AN ACT to provide for paying to the State of Missouri, Mississippi, May 3, 1822. 
 and Alabama, three per cent, of the net proceeds, arising from the sale of the pub- Vol. 3, p. 674. 
 lie lands within the same. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary 
 shall, from time to time, and whenever the quarterly accounts of pub- f the "J 
 lie moneys of the several land offices in the State of Mississippi shall cemof the net 
 be settled, pay three per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the pr0 reeds of the 
 lands of the United States lying within Ihe State of Mississippi, which, sales of public 
 since the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven- l ands Y 1 ? *?* 
 teen, have been, or hereafter may be, sold by the United States, after gJ? ^JJJg* 
 deducting all expenses incident to the same, to such person or persons expenses, to any 
 as may or shall be authorized by the legislature of the said State of person authori- 
 Mississippi to receive the same ; which sum or sums, thus paid, shall be izl to receive it. 
 applied to making public roads and canals within the said State, accord- pa i(i to be'applied 
 ing to the provisions on this subject contained in the act, entitled "An to the making 
 act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi Territory of roads and ca- 
 to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of Jjjj*. J Miss18 ' 
 such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States," Annual account 
 and to no other purpose ; and an annual account of the same shall be to be transmitted 
 transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, by such officer or person to the Secretary 
 of the State as the legislature thereof shall direct, and of its application, ot 
 if any be made, and in default of such return being made, the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury is hereby required to withhold the payment of 
 any sum or sums that may then be due, or which thereafter may become 
 due, until a return shall be made as herein required. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary 
 shall, from time to time, and whenever the quarterly accounts of pub- f tlie Treasury 
 lie moneys of the several land offices in the State of Alabama shall be JSSPofSe Set 
 settled, pay three per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the lands proceeds of the 
 of the United States lying within the State of Alabama, which since sales of public 
 the first day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and * and8 within the 
 nineteen, have been, or hereafter may be, sold by the United States, after gjj^ 8 ? nC e Sept! 
 deducting all expenses incident to the same, to such person or persons as i, 1819, deduct- 
 may or shall be authorized by the legislature of the said State of Alabama ing expenses, to 
 to receive the same ; which sum or sums, thus paid, shall be applied to a v . p ^ r80 ^ ^ 
 making public roads and canals, and improving the navigation of rivers, G6 fre it 
 within the said State of Alabama, under the direction of the legislature The sums thus 
 thereof, according to the provisions on this subject contained in the act, paid to be ap- 
 entitled "An act to enable the people of the Alabama Territory to form P^oads caSSs 
 a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State & j n Alabama'. 
 into the Union on an equal footing with the original States," and to no 
 other purpose ; and an annual account of the same shall be transmitted Annual account 
 to the Secretary of the Treasury, by such officer or person of the State Jf on of e tll JKnTv 
 as the legislature thereof shall direct, and of its application, if any be to be transmitted 
 made ; and in default of such return being made, the Secretary of the to the Secretary 
 Treasury is hereby required to withhold the payment of any sum or of the Treasury, 
 sums that may then be due, or which thereafter may become due, until 
 a return shall be made as herein required : Provided, That the Secretary Proviso, 
 of the Treasury shall not allow to either of the said States of Mississippi 
 and Alabama three per cent, on the net proceeds of the sales of public 
 lands within the limits of the late Mississippi Territory, after deducting 
 incidental expenses, until the sum of one million two hundred and fifty 
 thousand dollars, stipulated to be paid by the United States to the State 
 of Georgia, for the cession of the late Mississippi Territory, now com- 
 posing the States of Mississippi and Alabama, shall have been first paid 
 and deducted; nor%intil the stock created under the provisions of the 
 act of Congress of the thirty-first of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and four teen, entitled "An act providing for the indemnification 
 of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory," and 
 the act supplementary thereto, shall have been redeemed, or if not en- 
 tirely redeemed the residue to be deducted from the net proceeds, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1303, 1340, 1366, 1374, 1382, 1398, 1415. 
 
560 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 May r., Is-.'-j >o. 1315. AX ACT providing for the disposal of the public lands in the State of 
 Vol. 3, p. C?0. Mississippi, and for the hetter organization of the land districts in the States of 
 Alabama and Mississippi. 
 
 The tract of ^e it enacted, fc., That all that tract of country which was .-fded to 
 ^"e^Choctaws^ the United States by a treaty with the Choctaw' Indians, held on the 
 on October 18,' eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
 1820, formed into hundred and twenty, near Doake's Stand, in the State of Mississippi, 
 a land district, be, and the same is hereby, formed into a land district; and for the 
 Land office. disposal of the public lands in said district, a land office shall be estab- 
 lished within the same, at such convenient place as the President of the 
 United States may direct and appoint; and for said office a register 
 A register and an( i receiver shall be appointed by the President, by and with the ud- 
 SId r who e are vice and consent of the Senate, who shall severally give bond with 
 to give bond with security, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, in 
 security, to re- like manner and for like sums, shall receive similar compensation, fees, 
 ceive similar an( i emoluments, and shall perform similar duties, and possess similar 
 and pe toi m hke P ovvers > wi th all other registers and receivers of public moneys of the 
 duties, as other United States, appointed bylaw for the disposal of the public land; 
 registers and re- and shall, in all respects, be governed by the laws of the United States 
 ceh-ers. &c. providing for the disposal of the public land : Provided, however, That 
 the first sale of the lands within the district aforesaid may be held at 
 Proviso such convenient place within the district west of Pearl River, as the 
 
 District o f President of the United States may appoint. And provided also, That 
 Pearl River. the President may, if it should be necessary, in consequence of the 
 establishment of a new basis meridian, attach a portion of the land 
 otherwise belonging to the district established by this act to the dis- 
 trict west of Pearl River, (a) 
 
 The President SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 
 much'of the Lnd States be, and he is hereby, authorized, when he shall think proper, to 
 
 <fcc., surveyed, to cause so much of the land within the district created by this act, or 
 
 be sold as other which may be attached to the district of Pearl River, and which may 
 
 public lands. be surveyed, to be exposed to sale, on the same terms and conditions, 
 
 16 forTue^ise^f and * n ^ e same manner as all other public lands of the United States, 
 
 schools in each with the exception of section numbered sixteen, in each township, 
 
 township, &c. which shall be reserved for the use of schools within the same; (6) 
 
 ne and of such other reservations as now may, or hei eaf ter may, exist, by 
 
 8 ' virtue of any act of cession, treaty or law of the United States: and 
 
 for the lands so sold, patents shall issue on the terms and conditions, 
 
 and in the manner, provided by law in relation to all other public 
 
 lands of the United States, (c) 
 
 Thelandslying SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands lying on the east 
 b^bee in MissLs- side of * he Tombigbee River, in the State of Mississippi, and to which 
 sippi, to which the Indian title has been extinguished, be, after the thirtieth day of 
 the Indian title October next, attached to the district established by the first section of 
 ha . 8 b d een extin - this act ; and the public lands therein shall be sold, on the same terms 
 after October 30, and conditions, and in the same manner, and patents shall issue for the 
 18-.2-2, to the dis- lands so sold, agreeably to the provisions of the laws for the disposal of 
 tiict established the public lands of the United States in the State of Mississippi, (c) 
 t Ve h 8old aC e 1 ' c & ent with the exce P tion of tne section numbered sixteen, in each township, 
 section 16, <fcc. which shall be reserved for the use of schools within the same, (6) and 
 The register of of such other reservations as now are made, or hereafter may be made, 
 the district of by law. And it shall be the duty of the register of the district of 
 Madison County Madison County, under the direction of the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 &c " ' eral Land Office, to transfer such books, maps, and records, or tran- 
 
 scripts thereof, to the register appointed for the district established by 
 the first section of this act, as may be necessary to carry into complete 
 tn^Sst of Peari effect the provisions of this section of this act. (a) 
 
 River, attached SEC. 4. And be it furthei' enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth 
 to the' district of day of October next, such part of the district east of Pearl River, as 
 Jackson County, lies within the State of Mississippi, be attached to, and constituted a 
 to cause the land P art of > tne district of Jackson County ; and the President of the United 
 office to be re- States shall cause the land office to be removed to such place, within 
 moved, &c. the district of Jackson County, as established bj this act, as he may 
 
 Part of the dis- deem convenient; and that part of the district of Jackson County 
 County attached which lies within the State of Alabama shall be attached to, and con- 
 to the district stitnte a part of, the district east of Pearl River, in Alabama; and it 
 east of Pearl shall be the duty of the register of the district east of Pearl River, and 
 River. o f the register of the district of Jackson County, each, to transfer to 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 561 
 
 the other, such books, records, surveys, or the transcripts thereof, as 
 shall be necessary to carry into complete effect the provisions of this 
 section of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 
 
 1406, 1416. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 
 
 1293, 1298, 1301, 1305, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 No. 1316. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John Girault. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of John Girault be, 
 and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, in lieu of 
 two tracts of land which were confirmed to the said John Girault, by 
 an act approved the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twelve, entitled "An act confirming claims to lands in the Missis- 
 sippi Territory, founded on warrants of survey granted by the British 
 or Spanish Government," two sections of land, agreeably to the surveys 
 made by the United States, in any of the land offices in the States of 
 Mississippi and Alabama ; and the register or registers with whom such 
 entry or entries may be made, shall issue the necessary certificate or 
 certificates, on the exhibition of which, at the General Land Office, a 
 patent or patents shall issue in favor of the said legal representatives : 
 Provided, Such entries be made within two years from the passage of 
 this act, on lands which have been offered at public sale, and on at least 
 four contiguous quarter-sections at a place : And provided also, That the 
 said legal representatives shall first, in such manner as the Secretary of 
 the Treasury may prescribe, relinquish all their right in said lands so 
 confirmed to their ancestor. 
 
 May 7, 1822. 
 Vol. 6, p. 269. 
 
 Authorized to 
 enter, without 
 payment, two 
 sections of land 
 in Mississippi or 
 Alabama, in lieu, 
 &c. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1317. AN ACT granting a right of pre-emption to Noble Osborne and William May 7, 1822. 
 
 Doake. Vol. 6, p. 270. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Noble Osborne and William Doake, of the Authorized to 
 county of Hinds, and State of Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, au- enter the tracts 
 thorized to enter, with the register of the land office who may be ap- of land on which 
 pointed for the district in which they are situated, at the rate of one they reside, &c. 
 dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the tracts of land on which they 
 respectively reside, not to exceed, in quantity, six hundred and forty 
 acres each, and to be bounded by sectional or quarter-sectional lines ; 
 and, on producing to the said register the receipts of the receiver of 
 public moneys for said district, for the full amount of the purchase 
 money, shall be entitled to patents as in other cases: Provided, Such Proviso, 
 entry and payment be made at any time anterior to the first public sale 
 of lands within said district. 
 
 No. 1318. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to 
 land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Or- 
 
 [ See LOUISIANA, No. 737.] 
 
 May 8, 1822. 
 Vol. 3, p. 707. 
 
 No. 1319. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Alexander March 3 1823 
 Montgomery, deceased. . . Vol. 6, p. 282.' 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the heirs and legal repr 
 dor Montgomery, deceased, be, and they are ht 
 
 >resentatives of Alexan- Cert ai n i and8 
 lereby, authorized and granted to the 
 
 empowered to enter four quarter-sections of land, at any time within Beirs of Alexan- 
 three years from the passing of this act, at either of the land offices in der Montgome- 
 the States of Mississippi or Alabama ; which said four quarter-sections y ' 
 shall be in full satisfaction of all their claims for, and on account of, 
 five hundred and seventeen arpens of land, situate on the waters of the 
 Homochitto, in the now State of Mississippi, to which Alexander Mont- 
 gomery was entitled by virtue of a Spanish order of survey for four hun- 
 dred arpens, to Solomon Whitley, dated the fifth of May, seventeen 
 hundred and ninety, and another for three hundred arpens, to John Mont- 
 gomery, dated the twenty -sixth of April, seventeen hundred and ninety, 
 which said lands have been in part sold by the United States. 
 
 36 L O VOL II 
 
562 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Lands must SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no lands shall be entered in 
 
 5j ve ^j 1 . off ^ r ' virtue of this act, which shall not have been previously offered at pub- 
 
 ' lie sale ; nor shall any lards, surrendered under the authority of the act, 
 
 entitled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to 
 
 the first day of July, 1620," be so entered, until such lands shall have 
 
 again been offered at public sale. 
 
 March 3, 1823. No. 1320. AN ACT for the relief of Woodson "Wren. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. gig. ^ j t enac t d, fa., That the register and receiver of the land office at 
 Register and Jackson Courthouse be, and they are hereby authorized and required, 
 receiver at Jack- on tne application of Woodson Wren, to receive and decide on the proofs 
 to decide "ntto of his claim to a tract of land situated on the northeast side of the Bay 
 claim. of Biloxi, between Belle Fontaine Point and the old French fort, which 
 
 land he claims by virtue of a purchase from Littlepage Robertson ; and 
 the said officers are to be governed, in all respects, by the act, entitled 
 "An act lor adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, 
 in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," passed the third of 
 Proviso. March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ; Provided, Such appli- 
 
 cation be made before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty -three, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1345, 1385. 
 
 May 24, 1824. No. 132 1 .AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen 
 VoL 6, p. 3 1 3. Heard, and others. 
 
 His heirs to Be it enacted, fa., That the heirs and representatives of John Donnel- 
 enter 5,oop acres son, Stephen Heard, William Downs, Joseph Martin, John Sevier, and 
 bf d land ffi in a ^ y Tnoma8 Carr, or their heirs and representatives, respectively, be, and 
 Mississi ppi o r tae y are nerebv authorized and empowered, severally, to enter, under 
 Alabama. the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand acres of 
 
 land, at any time within two years from the passing of this act, in any 
 land office in either of the States of Mississippi or Alabama ; being the 
 amount of a grant made to them, by a resolution of the legislature of 
 the State of Georgia, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
 Proviso, six : Provided, That the said claim shall be satisfied out of the five mill- 
 ions of acres of land, set apart by the act of Congress, of the third of 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and three, pursuant to the articles 
 of agreement and cession, between the State of Georgia and the United 
 States, entered into on the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand 
 Proviso. eight hundred and two : Provided, a Iso, That the acceptance of the grant 
 hereby made shall be a discharge of all further claims against the United 
 States by the persons herein named, or their heirs or legal representa- 
 tives, under the said resolution of the legislature of the State of 
 Georgia, (a) 
 
 No entry to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said claims' shall not be located 
 
 made for less or entered on any lands, except those which may have been, previously 
 
 ^*ti n. * luarter " to the making of said entry, offered at public sale, nor upon any lands 
 
 forfeited or relinquished to the United States ; nor shall any entry be 
 
 Proviso. made for a less quantity than a quarter-section: Provided, Nothing 
 
 herein contained shall prevent the entry of any fraction. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1325, 1347, 1364. 
 
 Mav 26 1P24 No. 1322. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining 
 VoT A A v> ' and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the St. Helena and Jackson Court- 
 Vol.4,p. 59. house land districts. 
 
 [/See LOUISIANA, No. 745.] 
 
 April 22, 1826. No. 1323. AN ACT giving the right of pre-empiion, in the purchase of lands, to 
 Vol. 4 p. 154. certain settlers in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Territory of Florida. 
 
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 Right of pro- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal 
 
 emption, <fcc., to representative, comprised in the list of actual settlers, reported to the 
 
 certain persons. Commissioner of the General Land Office, by the register and receiver for 
 
 the district oi Jackson Courthouse, in the State of Mississippi, under the 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 563 
 
 authority of an act of Congress, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims 
 to land, and establishing land offices in the districts east of the island 
 of New Orleans," approved the third day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and nineteen, not having any written evidence of claim to land, 
 in said district, and who, on the third day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and nineteen, did actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land 
 in said district, not claimed by virtue of any written evidence of claim, 
 legally derived from either the French, British, or Spanish Govern- 
 ments, or granted as a donation by virtue of any act of Congress here- 
 tofore passed, shall be entitled to a right of preference, on becoming 
 the purchaser from the United States of such tract of land, at the same 
 price for which other public lands are sold at private sale : Provided, 
 That such tract cf land shall not contain more than one hundred and 
 sixty acres, to be located by sectional lines, and that the same shall be 
 duly entered with the register of the proper office, within the term of 
 two years, or before, if the same shall be offered at public sale: And 
 provided also, Where any person is settled on, and has improved any 
 school lauds in said district, he, she or they, shall be governed by the 
 provisions of the fourth section of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 
 1293, 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 Proviso, 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1324 AN ACT supplementary to the several acts for ascertaining titles and TVTO^ A IOOR 
 claims to lands in the St. Helena and Jackson Courthouse land districts. VolT 4 p 159. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 753.] 
 
 May 15, 1826. 
 Vol. 6, p. 340. 
 
 No. 1325. AN ACT to extend and continue in force "An act for the relief of the 
 representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Herd, and others." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That an act, entitled "An act for the relief of the Act of May 24, 
 representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Herd, and others," passed 1824 extended 
 the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, 
 be, and the same is hereby, extended and continued for twelve months, 
 from and after the passing of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1321, 1347, 1364. 
 
 * w e * v e 
 
 No. 1326. AN ACT for tho relief of the legal representatives of William V. May 20, 1826. 
 Keary, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 352. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of William V. Keary, Land title con- 
 deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of firmed, 
 land of four hundred arpens, lying on the east side of the Little Bayou 
 Sarah, a part being in the State of Mississippi, and a part in the State 
 of Louisiana, and being the same for which the said Keary received a 
 deed of conveyance, on the twenty-filth day of January, eighteen 
 hundred and seventeen, from Richard Graves, and on which the widow 
 of the said decedent now resides, and that the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, upon being furnished with a plat and certificate of the 
 survey of the land, executed by any authorized surveyor of the United 
 States, issue a patent for the same : Provided, however, That this act Proviso, 
 shall be construed as a mere relinquishinent on the part of the Govern- 
 ment, and as not affecting the rights of any third person. 
 
 No. 1327. AN ACT declaring valid and legalizing certain sales of land in the 
 State of Mississippi. 
 
 May 20, 1826. 
 Vol. 4, p. 189. 
 
 Be it enacted, &c., That the sales of lands lying in Monroe County, in Lands 1 
 
 _ r-*.*- _ . !** t i i i IT Lj.1-1 -3_ /V _ . _ J? ~\Jf f\n -w*f\^ C 
 
 though made at the proper laud offices ; and that patents be issued for 1822, 
 them, in the same manner as for other lands sold at the land offices at &c - 
 Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266. 1267. 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 
 1293, 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 legalized, 
 
564 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1827. Io. 1328. AX ACT to authorize the President of the United States to remove the 
 Vol. 4, p. 205. land office in the Choctaw district, in the State of Mississippi. 
 
 The President Be *'* ^ nacte(f t $ c -, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of 
 to remove the the United States, whenever he shall deem it proper, to remove the 
 land office in the land office, now located at Jackson, in the Choctaw land district, in 
 Choctaw district, tne state of Mississippi, and to locate and establish the same at any 
 the same at a^y ther convenient and suitable place within the same laud district, 
 other convenient And it shall be the duty of the register and receiver of said land office, 
 place within the so soon as the removal shall be ordered, and such new location made 
 L9- by the President, to remove all the records, books, and papers apper- 
 taining to said land office, to the place designated, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373. 
 
 March 2, 1827. N. 1329. AX ACT lor the relief of Polly Bell, alias Polly Collins. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 361. Be u angled, ^. c>> That Polly Bell> otherwise called Polly Collins, or, 
 
 May enter a in case of her decease, her legal representative, be, and hereby is, au- 
 
 section of land in thorized to enter with the register of the land office for the Choctaw 
 
 Mississippi. district, in the State of Mississippi, one section of land, in said district, 
 
 of any lands within the same, which have not been offered at public 
 
 Proviso. sale : Provided, That the said Polly Bell, otherwise Polly Collins, shall 
 
 release to the governor of the State of Mississippi, for the use and ben- 
 efit of a seminary of learning, all her right, title, and interest, in section 
 numbered thirty-two, of township nine, and range four west, in said 
 Choctaw district, which section has been heretofore entered by the 
 
 Proviso. governor of said State for the use aforesaid : And provided, also, That the 
 
 said Polly Bell, otherwise Polly Collins, actually resided upon the said 
 section of land upon the day the same was entered by the governor of 
 said State with the register of the land office. 
 
 March 3, 1827. Ufa. 1330.- AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Gulledge. 
 
 VoL6,p.366. Se it enact a j. Cmt That Thomas Gulledge, of Pike County, in the State 
 May enter a of Mississippi, be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter with the reg- 
 tract of land m ister of the Land Office at Washington, in said State, one half-quarter 
 Mississippi. o f a 8ec tion of land, in the land district west of Pearl River, upon any 
 land in said district which may have been offered at public sale before 
 such entry shall be made, and which shall not have been sold : Pro- 
 Proviso vided t That the said Thomas Gulledge shall, previous to such entry, sur- 
 render his patent for the west half of the northwest quarter-section 
 twenty, in township four, of range ten east, in the State of Mississippi, 
 containing eighty acres, and convey to the United States all his right, 
 title, and interest in the said half-quarter of a section above described 
 in the said patent, according to the laws of the State of Mississippi, and 
 to the satisfaction of the said register. 
 
 May 9, 1828. No. 1331. AX ACT for the relief of Elvington Roberts, of Mississippi. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 377. Be u 0^^ ^ That Elvington Roberts, of Adams County, in the 
 Ma v relinquish State of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to 
 a certain tract of the United States the east half of the southeast quarter, section twenty- 
 land, and enter four, in township two, of range four, east, in the State of Mississippi ; 
 another in lieu an( j to enter, instead thereof, the east half of the southwest quarter of 
 section number twenty-four, in township number two, of range num- 
 ber four, east of the basis meridian , in the district of lands sold at 
 Washington, Mississippi, if the same shall remain unsold when he makes 
 application ; or if it shall have been sold, then he is permitted to enter 
 any other half quarter-section in the same land district, that shall be 
 liable to entry at private sale, instead of the lands relinquished by the 
 provisions of this bill. 
 
 May 19, 1828. No. 1332. RESOLUTIOX authorizing an examination of the claims to the land 
 Vol. 6, p. 394. of John F. Carmichael. 
 
 Claim to two Be u resolved, $c., That John F. Carmichael, of Wilkinson County, 
 tracts of land State of Mississippi, be authorized to present to the register and receiver 
 under the Span- of the land office at Washington, Mississippi, the papers and documents 
 ish Government, having relation to the title to two tracts of laud which he claims by 
 ' virtue of what he alleges to be complete grants from the Spanish Gov- 
 ernment, in favor of Claudio Bougard, one dated the thirtieth of No- 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 565 
 
 vember, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for one thousand 
 arpens, the other dated the sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred 
 and ninety-four, for one thousand and thirty-four arpens, lying and be- 
 ing in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi, divided by the line of 
 demarcation which then existed between the two governments, and the 
 said register and receiver are hereby authorized to examine and report, 
 upon the same ; under all the rules, regulations, and responsibilities, 
 which were made applicable to the board of commissioners appointed 
 west of Pearl River, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1338. 
 
 No. 1 333. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjust- May 24. 1828. 
 
 ment of land claims in the State of Mississippi. Vol. 4, p. 299. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claimants of lands within that part of Claimants of 
 the limits of the land district of Jackson Courthouse, in the State of lands within .that 
 Mississippi, lying below the thirty-first*degree of north latitude, whose ^f T ^ jandd? 8 
 claims have been presented to the commisbioners appointed to receive trict of Jackson 
 and examine claims and titles to lands in said district of Jackson Court- Courthouse ly- 
 house, or to the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson Court- } n below the 
 house, acting as commissioners under the provisions of the act of third or th latitude 
 of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act whose claims 
 for adjusting the claims to lands, and establishing land offices in the have been pre- 
 district east of the island of New Orleans," and which have not been 8ented . b . v tne 
 reported to Congress, or whose claims have not been heretofore pre- u^^er 8 ^" 6 ? 
 sented to said commissioners, or to the register and receiver acting as March 3, 1819, 
 commissioners, or whose claims have been acted upon, but additional whose claims 
 evidence adduced, be allowed until the first day of January, one thou- ha 7 e not t> een 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to present their titles and claims, JJwed until' Jan! 
 and the evidence in support of the same, to the register and receiver of i, 18^9, to present 
 the land office at Jackson Courthouse, in the State of Mississippi, their titles, &c. 
 whose powers and duties in relation to the same, shall, in all respects, 
 be governed by the provisions of the acts before recited, and of the act 
 of the eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An 
 act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, 
 and establishing land offices in the district east of the island of New 
 Orleans." 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver Register and 
 shall have power to receive and examine such titles and claims, and for receiver to hold 
 that purpose shall hold their sessions at Jackson Courthouse, and the * hei sessions at 
 town of Shieldsborough. They shall give immediate notice after the houir^nd^he 
 passage of this act of the time and place of their meeting, but may ad- town of* Shields- 
 journ from time to time as may b. st suit the convenience of claimants, borough, &c. 
 upon giving due notice thereof. And the said register and receiver shall Register and 
 have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a person capable of trans- po^tTderk. ai 
 lating the French and Spanish languages, and who shall perform the 
 duty of translator and such other duty as may be required by the said 
 register and receiver ; and the said register and receiver shall each be 
 allowed, as a compensation for their services in relation to said claims, Their compen- 
 and, for the (services to be performed under the provisions of the several sation each, 
 acts to which this is a supplement, the sum of eight hundred dollars 
 each, and the clerk the sum of eight hundred dollars : which several 
 sums of money shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated : Provided, That the payment of the.whole of the afore- Payment of 
 said compensation shall be withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury, compensation tc 
 until a report, approved by him, shalfhave been made to him by said {jf &" 
 register and receiver, of the performance of the services herein re- 
 quired, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 1266, 12C8, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 1286, 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296,1299, 1300, 1310,1318, 1322, 1324, 1334, 1336, 1386, 1388, 1399. 
 
 No. 1334. AN ACT confirming the reports of the register and receiver of the land March 2, 1829. 
 office for the district of St. Stephens, in the State of Alabama, and for other pur- VoL 4, p. 358. 
 poses. 
 
 [Certain claims to lands in the territory east of Pearl River and west 
 of the Perdido to be filed with the register and receiver at Saint Steph- 
 ens, Alabama. See ALABAMA, No. 1484.] 
 
566 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 1335. AX ACT for the relief of Ann Brashears, of Mississippi. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 436. Be it enact fi } f C} That upon the return of a plat and certificate of 
 
 Land patent to survey, legally made, to the General Land Office, a patent shall be is- 
 issue. sued to Ann Brashears for four hundred and eighty arpents of laud, in 
 
 the county of Claiborne, and State of Mississippi, on the north side of 
 the North Fork of Bayou Pierre, being the residue of a tract of eight 
 hundred arpents surveyed for her, under the Spanish Government, by 
 one William Thomas, then deputy surveyor for William Vausdan, sur- 
 veyor, after deducting therefrom the quantity of three hundred and 
 twenty arpents which has been confirmed to one Eichard Sparks ; which 
 survey of eight hundred arpents included the place called the White 
 
 Proviso. Lick Ground, and a camp near the centre thereof, in which one Ben- 
 
 jamin Foy once resided : Provided, hoicerer, That such patent shall con- 
 vey such title only as the United States now may have to it, and shall 
 not include any land to which any other person has a legal title, and 
 shall not be issued until satisfactory evidence be laid before the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, that it does not include any land 
 to which any other person sets up a legal title. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 1336. AN ACT to confirm certain claims to lands in the district of Jackson 
 VoL 4. p. 408. Courthouse, in the State of Mississippi. 
 
 Certain claims Be it enacted, <$c., That all the claims to lauds reported by the regis- 
 confinned. ter and receiver of the land office for the district of Jackson Court- 
 
 house, in the State of Mississippi, under the provisions of the act of 
 Congress, approved on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and twenty eight, entitled u An act supplementary to the 
 several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the State 
 . of Mississippi," as founded on any order of survey, requette, permis- 
 sion to settle, or other written evidence of claim derived from the Span- 
 ish authorities, which ought, in the opinion of the said register and 
 receiver, to be confirmed, and which, by the said reports, appear to be 
 derived from the Spanish Government prior to the twentieth of De- 
 cember, one thousand eight hundred and three, and the land claimed 
 to have been cultivated and inhabited on or before that day, shall be 
 
 Proviso. confirmed in the same manner as if the title had been completed : Pro- 
 
 vided, That, in all such claims, where the plat and certificate of survey, 
 made prior to the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirteen, under the authority of the Spanish Government, in pur- 
 suance of such claim, has not been filed with the said register and re- 
 ceiver, such claim shall not be confirmed to any one person for more 
 than twelve hundred and eighty acres ; and that for all the other claims 
 comprised in the reports as aforesaid, and which ought, in the opinion 
 of the register and receiver, to be confirmed, the claimant to such laud 
 shall be entitled to a grant therefor, as a donation not to exceed twelve 
 
 Proviso. hundred and eighty acres to any one person : And provided also, That 
 
 the claim of the representatives of Louis Boisdore, numbered four, in 
 report numbered three, shall not be confirmed to more than twelve 
 hundred and eighty acres ; and all the confirmations of the said incom- 
 plete titles and grants of donations, hereby provided to be made, shall 
 amount only to a relinquishment for ever, on the part of the United 
 States, of any claim whatever to the tract of land so confirmed or 
 granted without prejudice to the interests of third persons. 
 
 Lands inhabit- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal 
 
 ed before April, representatives, whose claim is embraced by the said register and re- 
 
 15, 1813. ceiver in their reports numbers five, six, and seven, of actual settlers, 
 
 or their legal representatives, not having any written evidence of claim, 
 
 shall, where it appears by the said reports that the land claimed or 
 
 settled on had been actually inhabited and cultivated by such person 
 
 or persons, in whose right the same is claimed, on or before the fifteenth 
 
 day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be entitled to 
 
 Proviso. a grant for the land so claimed or settled on, as a donation : Provided, 
 
 That not more than one tract shall be granted to any one person, and the 
 same shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres, to include his or her 
 improvements, and to be bounded by sectional or divisional lines; and 
 that no lands thall be thus granted which are claimed or recognised by 
 the preceding section, (a) 
 
 Pre-emption SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal 
 
 granted to cer- representatives, comprised in the aforesaid reports of actual settlers, 
 
 tain persons. not having any written evidence of claim, who, OD the third day of 
 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, did, as appears by 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 567 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 those reports, actually inhabit and cultivate a tract of land in the said 
 district, not claimed under any written evidence of title legally de- 
 rived from the French, British, or Spanish, Governments, or granted as 
 a donation, shall be entitled to become the purchaser of the quarter- 
 section, or two eighths of any section, on which the improvements may 
 be, and including the same, at the same price for which other public 
 lands are sold at private sale: Provided, That the same shall be en- 
 tered with the register of the land office, within the term of two years, 
 or before, if the same shall be offered at public sale : And provided also, Proviso. 
 That, where any such person is settled on, and has improved any school 
 lands in said district, such person shall be governed by the provisions 
 of the fourth section of the act approved on the twenty-second day of 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act 
 giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to certain 
 settlers in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Territory of Flor- 
 ida." (&) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of the 
 said district shall possess the same powers, and perform the same duties, 
 in relation to the claims confirmed by this act, as are given to, and re- 
 quired of them by the act of Congress of theighth of May, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and t wenty- two, entitled u An act supplementary 
 to the several acts for adjusting the claims and titles to lands, and estab- 
 lishing land offices, in the district east of the island of New Orleans. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 10R7, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 1286, 1287, 1292, 1294, 1296, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1386, 1388, 
 1399, 
 
 (&) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1361, 13d2, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 Powers, &c., of 
 igister and re- 
 iver. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1337 .-AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Colonel John Ellis, deceased. May 29, 1830. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs of Colonel John Ellis, formerly of >p 
 
 the State of Mississippi, now deceased, be permitted to enter, without Authorized to 
 the payment of any consideration therefor,' one section of the public f nt r a section of 
 land, according to the public surveys hitherto made, in the State of 
 Mississippi; and that a patent therefor be issued to them by the proper 
 authority : Provided, however, That, previous to the issuing of said 
 patent, they shall file with the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office a deed, relinquishing to the United States all claim to a tract of 
 land of like quantity, for which a certificate, number thirty-one, regis- 
 ter's number one thousand and one, was issued to their ancestor John 
 Ellis, on the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred 
 and fifteen, by Nicholas Gray, register, and Parker Walton, receiver, 
 west of Pearl River, acting as commissioners under the act of Congress 
 of the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled 
 "An act confirming claims to lands in the Mississippi Territory, founded 
 on warrants of survey granted by the British or Spanish Governments." 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall be issued on 
 any survey founded on said certificate j and that any patent so issued, 
 shall be absolutely void. 
 
 No. 1338.- AN ACT for the relief of John F. Carmichael, of the State of Missis- May 31, 1830. 
 
 sippi. Yol. 6, p. 449. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That John F. Carmichael, of the State of Mississippi Land olaii 
 be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claims to two tracts of laud, by confirmed, 
 virtue of two Spanish grants in favor of Claudio Bourgard, one dated 
 the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
 nine, for one thousand arpens, the other dated sixth March, one thou- 
 sand seven hundred and ninety- four, for one thousand and thirty-four 
 arpens, lying and being partly in each of the States of Louisiana and 
 Mississippi, on Week's Creek, which rises in Wilkinson County, Missis- 
 sippi, and runs into the parish of Feliciana, Louisiana, through the line 
 of demarkation dividing said States, near the Lake of the Cross, adjoin- 
 ing the lands of Christian Bingaman on the south ; the same having 
 been reported for confirmation by the commissioners of the land office 
 at St. Helena, Louisiana, in their report of January, one thousand eight 
 hundred and twenty- four. 
 
568 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Patents to is- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, 'That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 8ue - eral Land Office, upon being presented with plats and certificates of 
 
 survey of the said tracts of laud, legally executed by a proper officer, 
 shall issue patents for the same ; which patents shall operate only as a 
 relinquishment, on the part of the United States, of all right and title 
 to said lands. 
 
 Eight to enter SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if it shall appear to the satisfac- 
 other land. tion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that the claims, or 
 
 any part thereof, herein mentioned, shall have been sold, patented, or 
 confirmed, to any other person, previous to the passage of this act, then, 
 and in that case, the said John F. Carniichael shall be allowed to enter 
 the same number of acres of the claims thus sold, patented or con- 
 firmed, to any other person, on any of the unappropriated lands in the 
 State of Mississippi, in the land district of St. Helena, in the State of 
 Louisiana, that may be subject to private entry, conforming, in such 
 entry, to the divisions and subdivisions established by law. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1332. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1831. So. 1339. AX ACT for the benefit of schools in Lawrence County, Mississippi. 
 Be it enacted , <fc., That one section of the public lands subject to pri- 
 
 Section of land vate entry and sale in the State of Mississippi, be located for the use 
 to be located. an( j benefit of schools in Lawrence County , ID said State, in lieu of the 
 
 sixteenth section sold and patented to Will Whitehead. 
 
 Authority to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person appointed by order 
 locate. of the probate court, in and for the county of Lawrence, be, and he is 
 
 hereby, authorized to locate the quantity of land named in this act, for 
 the purposes above named, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 1416. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1831. No. 1340. AX ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for paying to 
 Vol. 4, p. 432. the States of Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, three per centum of the net pro- 
 ceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same. 
 
 [/See MISSOURI, No. 1015.] 
 
 Feb. 19, 1831. No. 1341. AN ACT for the relief of William Burris, of Mississippi. 
 
 ! '- '- Be it enacted, $-c., That William Burris be allowed to relinquish to 
 
 May relinquish the United States the east half of the southwest quarter of section 
 fand^and^cate twenty-one, township three, range six, east, containing eighty acres en- 
 another. tered by mistake, and to locate in lieu thereof, another half quarter- 
 
 section of land on any of the public lands of the United States, in the 
 State of Mississippi, which has been offered at public sale, and is now 
 subject to entry at private sale, (a) 
 
 (a,) See Xo. 1357. 
 
 March 2, 1831. No. 1342. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Peter Celestino 
 Vol. 6, p. 463. Walker and John Peter Walker, deceased, and of Joseph Walker, of the State of 
 Mississippi. 
 
 tives Pr &c? nt au- Be it enacted, j-c., That the legal representatives of Peter Celestino 
 thorized to'enter Walker, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter and lo- 
 certain lands. cate on any of the public lands of the United States, in the State of 
 Mississippi, which have.been offered for sale at public sale, and are now 
 subject to entry at private sale, the quantity of five hundred acres of 
 land, by legal subdivisions, in lieu of the quantity of five hundred acres of 
 land granted to the said Peter Celestino Walker, by the Spanish Gov- 
 ernment by warrant, and order of survey, which has been sold by the 
 United States. And that the legal representatives of John Peter Wal- 
 ker, deceased, be, and tbey are hereby, authorized to enter and locate on 
 any of the public lands of the United States in the State of Mississippi 
 which have been offered for sale, and are now subject to entry at pri- 
 vate sale, five hundred acres of land, in legal subdivisions, in lieu of the 
 quantity of five hundred acres, granted to the said John Peter Walker, 
 by the Spanish Government by warrant and order of survey, which has 
 been sold by the United States. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 569 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Walker be and he^?h Walker 
 hereby is, authorized to enter and locate on any of the public lands of cate a tract of 
 the United States, in the State of Mississippi, which have been offered land. 
 at public sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale, five hundred 
 acres of land, by legal subdivisions, in lieu of five hundred acres granted 
 to the said Joseph Walker by the Spanish Government, by warrant and 
 order of survey, which has been sold by the United States. 
 
 No. 1343. AN ACT to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the March 3, 1831. 
 State of Louisiana. Vol. 4, p. 492. 
 
 [Maps, records, &c., relating to lands in State of Mississippi to be de- 
 livered to surveyor of lands south of State of Tennessee. See LOUISIANA, 
 No. 777.] 
 
 No. 1344. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Coburn, of the State of Mississippi. March 3, 1831. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the surveyor-general of the public lands south YoL 6> p- 469 ' 
 of the State of Tennessee, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required Survey of land 
 to cause to be surveyed by the proper officer a certain tract of land, claim, 
 claimed by Samuel Coburn, lying on the waters of Chubby's Fork of 
 the Bayou Pierre, Claiborne 'County, Mississippi, originally claimed by 
 William Thomas, by virtue of a Spanish warrant or order of survey, 
 granted to said Thomas on the twenty-first of March, one thousand 
 seven hundred and ninety-five j and that a correct return and plat of 
 the same be made to his office, statiog how much of said claim has been 
 sold or confirmed by the United States, to Abraham Barnes or any other 
 person. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Samuel Coburn is au- Location of 
 thorized to locate, on auy of the public lands within the State of Mis- land, 
 sissippi, so many acres of the claim above referred to as may be ascer- 
 tained by said "survey and plat to be sold or confirmed to Abraham 
 Barnes or any other person ; and that the remainder of the original 
 Spanish grant to Thomas be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to Sam- 
 uel Coburn : Provided, That such confirmation shall only operate as a p rov iso. 
 relinquishment of all right and title on the part of the United States 
 to said land. 
 
 No. 1345. AN ACT for the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi. March 3, 1831. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Woodson Wren, of the State of Mississippi, be, VoL6 ' p - 469 ' 
 and he is hereby, confirmed to a tract of land containing eight hundred Claim to land 
 arpens, situated on the east side of the bay of Biloxi, in the county of confirmed. 
 Jackson, and State of Mississippi, between Bellfontaine and the old 
 French fort, claimed by virtue of a purchase from Littleberry Robert- 
 son, and reported for confirmation by the register and receiver of the 
 land office at Jackson Courthouse, Mississippi, dated July the twelfth, 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Patent to be is- 
 eral Land Office, upon being presented with plats and certificates of sued, 
 survey of the said tract of land, legally executed by a proper officer, 
 shall issue a patent for the same ; which patent shall operate only as a 
 relinquishiuent, on the part of the United States, of all right and title 
 to said land. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if it shall appear to the satis- In case said 
 faction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that the claim tract shall have 
 herein above alluded to, or any part thereof, shall have been sold, pat- f^d to .'enter 
 ented, or confirmed, to any person, previous to the passage of this act, ano ther tract, 
 then and in that case, the said Woodson Wren shall be allowed to enter 
 the same number of acres of the claim thus sold, patented, or confirmed, 
 to any other person, or any of the unappropriated lands in the State of 
 Mississippi that may be subject to private entry, conforming, in such 
 entry, to the divisions and subdivisions established by law. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1320, 1385. 
 
570 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 April 20, 1832. IVo. 1346 AX ACT for the relief of Jefferson College in the State of Mississippi. 
 Vol. 6, p. 484. Be it enactt .a t g, Cmj That the trustees of Jefferson College in the State 
 Trustees au- of Mississippi be, and they are hereby, authorized to relinquish by a 
 thorized to relin- resolution of the board, all the right, title and interest of said college 
 qui tai Fi lanV tO in and to certain lands to be particularly described in said resolution by 
 the sectional numbers being in township number ten, of ranges number 
 one and two west, in the district of lands offered for sale at St. Stephen's, 
 heretofore reserved for the use of said college ; and an attested copy of 
 said resolution signed by the president and secretary of the board under 
 the corporate seal of the institution, shall be placed on file in the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, and operate as a full release of all claim to said lands 
 on the part of said college. 
 
 Authorized to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the board of trustees of said 
 locate certain college, under the superintendence of the Secretary of the Treasury 
 other lands, &c. 8 hall be, and is hereby, authorized to locate or enter, or cause to be 
 located or entered, in tracts not less in quantity than two sections in 
 one body, such a number of sections, or legal subdivisions of sections of 
 the unappropriated land of the United States, within the State of Mis- 
 sissippi, as may be equal in number to those which may be relinquished 
 by said board in virtue of the first section of this act, to be selected, 
 entered or located, either before or after the same may have been offered 
 at public sale, conforming in such entries or locations, to the legal sub- 
 divisions established by the surveys made or to be made under the 
 Register to is- authority of the United States; and such entries or locations shall be 
 sue certificate, made with the register of the laud office for the district in which the 
 &c> land so entered or located may lie, and it shall be the duty of such reg- 
 
 ister to designate such land on the maps and other books in his office in 
 the. same manner as lauds sold by him, and to issue in each case a certifi- 
 cate of such entry or location in the form to be prescribed by the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, which certificate shall vest a full 
 and complete title to the land described therein in Jefferson College, 
 and thereupon a patent shall issue. 
 
 Authority to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the board of trustees of Jeffer- 
 
 sell or lease. son College be and they are hereby authorized and permitted to sell or 
 
 lease for any term of years, the lands which may be entered or located 
 
 by virtue of this act, for the benefit of said college, and the deed or 
 
 deeds of the said trustees, shall vest a valid title in fee- simple in all 
 
 lands sold by them in virtue of the authority herein conferred : Provided, ' 
 
 Proviso. That the proceeds of such sales shall constitute a permanent fund for 
 
 the use of said college. 
 
 Authority to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to enable the trustees to secure 
 transfer right of to the said college, all the benefits arising from this act with as little 
 locati y> delay and expense as practicable, they may and they are hereby author- 
 
 ized, if in their opinion the interests of said institution would be pro- 
 moted thereby, to transfer the right of location or entry conferred by 
 this act, either in whole or in part ; and the person or persons legally 
 holding the deed or deeds of transfer, passed under the corporate seal 
 of said college, shall be allowed to make the selection, entry, or loca- 
 tion, in the manner provided and in the quantity so transferred, and 
 shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates from the register 
 of the proper land district, and which shall be issued to the legal holder 
 of such deed of assignment as the assignee of Jefferson College, and the 
 title under such certificate shall be accounted and held as valid and 
 complete as if a patent had issued therefor, and all certificates, which 
 may be issued by virtue of this act, shall be recorded in the office from 
 which they emanate, and for each certificate so issued and recorded, the 
 register shall be entitled to two dollars, to be paid by the party in whose 
 favor such certificate may be issued, (a) 
 (a) See Kos. 1266, 1268, 1282. 
 
 May 19, 1832. No. 1347. AN ACT to revive and continue in force "An act for the relief of the 
 Vol. 6, p. 486. representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others." 
 
 ActofMav24 ^ e *'* nact d, #c., That an act, entitled "An act for the relief of the 
 1824, revived and representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others," passed 
 continued for the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, 
 twelve months. b 6j an( i ^ ne 8 ame is hereby, revived and continued in force for the term 
 of twelve months, from and after the passage of this act, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1321, 1325, 1364. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 571 
 
 No. 1348. AN ACT for the relief of Allen W. Hardie. May 19, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Allen W. Hardie, of the city of New York. ^ 01 -^>P^87. 
 
 be, and he is hereby, permitted, at any time before the first day of July, Permitted to 
 
 , 
 
 in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to complete the complete p a 
 payment for the southeast quarter of section three, in township three, JJjJJt tor^certaui 
 of range five, east, in the district of land west of Pearl River, contain- ceive'patents. 
 ing one hundred and forty-six and sixty-two hundredths acres; and, 
 also, fcr the southwest quarter of section three, in township three, of 
 range five, east, in the same district, containing one hundred and forty- 
 six and sixty-two hundredths acres; which two quarter-sections of land 
 were purchased in one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, at the price 
 of two dollars per acre, each, and one-fourth of the price then paid, by 
 Abram Lundy, under whom the said Hardie claims by several assign- 
 ments, but the remaining three-fourths of the price are still unpaid; 
 and that, upon said Hardie completing the payment for said two quarter- 
 sections of land at the General Land Office in Washington, at any time 
 before said first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
 two, according to the terms offered by the first section of an act, ap- 
 proved thirty-first March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, en- 
 titled "An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, and for 
 the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands 
 of the United States," patents for the two quarter- sections above de- 
 scribed shall issue to him in the usual form : Provided, however, That Proviso. 
 nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the right of any 
 other person or persons claiming under the original purchase of Abram 
 Lundy. 
 
 No. 1349. AN ACT to authorize the removal of the land office from Mount Salus, May 22, 1832. 
 
 in the State of Mississippi, and to remove the land office from Franklin to Fayette, Vol. 4, p. 517. 
 
 in the State of Missouri. - - ~ - ~~ 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the land office at Mount Salus, in the Choctaw be removed 068 
 district, in the State of Mississippi, shall be removed to, and located 
 at, such place in the said 'laud district as the President of the United 
 States may direct, if in his opinion any removal be necessary; and that 
 the land office at Franklin, in the county of Howard, State of Missouri, 
 shall be removed to, and located in, the town of Fayette in said county; 
 and it shall be the duty of the registers, and the receivers of public 
 money for said land offices, within sixty days from and after the pas- 
 sage of this act, to remove the books, records, and whatever else belongs 
 to said offices, to their respective places of location as herein provided 
 for. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1355, 1363, 1373. 
 
 No. 1350. AN ACT for the relief of Nathaniel A. Ware. Ju l y 13, ig32. 
 
 Be it enacted, #o., That Nathaniel A. Ware be, and hereby is, author- Vol' 6, P. 508. 
 ized to locate, on any of the unappropriated lands of the United States, Authorized to 
 in the State of Mississippi, subject to sale at private entry, two thou- locate 2,000 acres 
 sand acres of land, in lieu of the like quantity, or of two thousand three of land in Missis- 
 hundred and sixty-four arpens, granted to Alexander Moore, by virtue W PP 1 - 
 of a Spanish patent dated the twenty-second day of June, in the year 
 of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and confirmed 
 to James Moore, under whom the said Nathaniel A. Ware claims, by the 
 board of commissioners west of Poarl River, on the fifth day of Sep- 
 tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, 
 and sold by the United States : Provided, That the location herein au- proviso, 
 thorized shall conform to the divisions and subdivisions established by 
 law : And provided, also, That the said Nathaniel A. Ware shall execute p rov i 80 . 
 a deed, in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United 
 States shall approve, relinquishing and surrendering to the United 
 States the land granted as aforesaid, to the said Alexander Moore. 
 
 No. 1351. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Peter, Catharine, July 13, 1832. 
 and Uharles Surget. Vol. 6, p. 509. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the legal representatives of Peter, Catharine, Authorized to 
 and Charles Surget, that is to say, Francis Surget, Jacob Surget, Char- locate 640 acres 
 lotte C. Bingaman, James Surget, Catharine Pilmore, and William Sur- of land in Mis- 
 get, the living heirs of Peter and Catharine Surget, and Charles Surget, 
 deceased, in conjunction with the devisees of Susannah Stocker, who was 
 also one of the heirs, but died, devising her real estate to Charlotte C. 
 
572 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Bingaman, Catharine Pilmore, James Surgei, and Adam L. Bingaman, 
 who, as such, are entitled to one undivided seventh part of said two 
 grants of land to Peter and Charles Surget, be, and they are hereby, 
 authorized to locate, on any of the unappropriated lands of the United 
 States, in the State of Mississippi, subject to sale at private entry, six 
 hundred and forty acres of land, in lieu of the like quantity granted, 
 to Peter Snrget by virtue of a Spanish warrant or order of survey 
 dated November thirteenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- 
 four, and confirmed to Catharine Surget (wife of said Peter) on the 
 twenty-sixth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and 
 sold by the United States. 
 
 Representa- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the legal representatives of 
 tives of Charles Charles Surget be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate on any of 
 izeKlSe500 t l ieuna PP ro P riated lands of the United States, in the State of Missis- 
 arpens, &c. sippi, subject to sale at private entry, five hundred arpens, in lieu of 
 the like quantity granted to Charles Surget by virtue of a warrant or 
 order of survey, dated December thirteenth, one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and ninety-four, and confirmed by the board of commissioners west 
 of Pearl River, on the twenty- sixth day of November, one thousand 
 eight hundred and twelve, and sold by the United States : Provided, 
 Proviso. That the locations herein authorized, shall, in each case, conform to 
 
 the divisions and subdivisions established by law. 
 
 July 14, 1832. No. 1352. AN ACT granting to Middleton McKay, a section of land in lieu of the 
 Vol. 6. p. 521. reservation given him by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. 
 
 Grant of land Be it enacted, $c. That there be granted to Middleton McKay, of the 
 to him. State of Mississippi, six hundred and forty acres of land, including his 
 
 Proviso. improvements: Provided, The said Middleton McKay shall release to 
 
 the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office may direct, all right or interest he may have in a reserva- 
 tion secured to him by the treaty made with the Chocta ws at Dancing 
 
 Proviso. Rabbit Creek; Provided, That the said Middletou McKay shall hold 
 
 the said six hundred and forty acres hereby granted, (to be surveyed in 
 such form as the original reservation in said treaty was required to be 
 surveyed) subject to the conditions and restrictions imposed by the said 
 treaty upon the original reservation. 
 
 July 14, 1832. No. 1353.- AN ACT for the relief of Hartwell Vick of the State of Mississippi. 
 Vof. 6, p. 523. 
 
 Jesse Bell au- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Jesse Bell of Wilkinson County, 
 locate Mississippi, be, and he is hereby authorized to locate in tracts of not 
 less than eighty acres, not exceeding one section of any of the unap- 
 propriated lands of the United States within the State of Mississippi, 
 subject to entry at private sale at the time of such location, in lieu of 
 fractional section number fifteen, in township two of range four west, 
 purchased on the seventh day of December, in the year eighteen hun- 
 dred and eighteen, by his father William Bell, deceased, through a mis- 
 take in the original plat of survey : for which land, when so located, a 
 patent shall issue to the said Jesse Bell, in the manner prescribed by 
 law for the issuing of patents in other cases, on transmitting to the Gen- 
 eral Land Office a certificate of the register of the proper office of his 
 
 Proviso. having made such location : Provided, The said Jesse Bell shall file in 
 
 the land office of the district where such land may lie, a reliuquishmeut 
 of all of his right, title, and interest, in and to the fractional section en- 
 tered by mistake as aforesaid, in such form as shall be directed by the 
 Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1833. No. 1354. AX ACT for the relief of Matthews Flournoy, and R. J. Ward of the 
 Vol. 6, p. 529. State of Mississippi. 
 
 Exchange of Be it enacted, cfc., That section number eleven, in township number 
 
 reservation for fourteen, and range eight, west, in the State of Mississippi, be, and the 
 
 schools. same is hereby, reserved from sale, and appropriated for the use of 
 
 schools in the said township, in lieu of section number sixteen, in that 
 
 township; and thesec'>iou number eleven shall be taken and held in all 
 
 respects, and for the same purposes, as section number sixteen would 
 
 have been held and taken, if this act had not been passed: Provided, 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 573 
 
 That the Secretary of the Treasury shall first be satisfied, that the ma- Proviso, 
 jority of the inhabitants of said township, desire said exchange. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sixteenth section shall 
 be liable to be sold in the same manner as section number eleven would 
 have been, if this act had not been passed. 
 
 No. 1355. AN ACT to create sundry new land offices, and to alter the boundaries March 2, 1833. 
 of other land offices of the United States. Vol. 4, p. 653. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the lands ceded to the United 
 States by the treaties made and concluded with the Choctaw tribe of to form north 8 
 Indians, near Doak's Stand, on the eighteenth day of October, one western land dis- 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty, and at Dancing Rabbit Creek, on trict. 
 the twenty -seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and 
 thirty, as is situated north of the line dividing townships nineteen and Bounds. 
 twenty, and west of the line dividing ranges seven and eight, east, be, 
 and the same is hereby, established into a land district, to be designated 
 as the northwestern district. 4 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, To so much of the land ceded by the Choctaw dis- 
 Choctaw tribe of Indians to the United States, by said treaty of the*" *. b Y act of 
 twenty-seventh day cf September, one thousand eight hundred and JJJJJp ' ex " 
 thirty, as is situated west of the basis meridian, and south of the di- 
 viding line between townships nineteen and twenty, north.be, and the 
 same is attached to the Choctaw district, established by an act of the 
 seventh of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the lands ceded to Northeastern 
 the United States, by said treaty of the twenty-seventh of September, district. 
 eighteen hundred and thirty, as is situated north of the dividing line 
 between townships seven and eight, east of the basis meridian, and Boun( j 8 
 south of the northwestern district, and the southern boundary of the 
 lands of the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, shall constitute a land district 
 to be designated as the northeastern district ; and the lands of the Lands in Mon- 
 United States in the counties of Monroe and Lowndes, now subject to roe . &-i to be 
 sale in the Choctaw district, shall, from and after the first day of May sut) J eci 
 next, be subject to sale at the land office in the said northeastern dis- 
 trict ; and it shall be the duty of the register at Mount Salus, under in- 
 structions from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to trans- Transfer of 
 fer all such books, maps, records, field-notes, and plats, or transcripts books, &c. 
 thereof relating to the surveys of the public lands in Monroe and 
 Lowndes Counties, to the register of the northeastern district, as may 
 be necessary to enable him to comply with the provisions of this act. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the land ceded to the Augusta di s- 
 United States by the said treaty of the twenty-seventh of September, ff ict; , addition 
 eighteen hundred and thirty, as is situated south of the dividing line tn ' 
 between townships seven and eight, be attached to, and constitute a 
 part of, the Augusta land district. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for the disposal of the public Land offices of 
 lands in the northeastern and northwestern districts, a land office shall 
 
 be established in each, at such convenient place as the President of the districts. 
 United States may designate ; and, for each of said offices, a register 
 and receiver shall be appointed by the President, by and with the ad- 
 vice and consent of the Senate, who shall severally give bond and se- 
 curity, according to law, before entering on the duties of their respective 
 offices. They shall receive the same compensation, fees, and emolu- 
 ments, and shall perform similar duties, and possess the same powers, 
 with all other registers and receivers of public moneys of the United 
 States, and shall, in all respects, be governed by the laws of the United 
 States providing for the sale of public lands, (a) 
 
 * * # * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1363, 1373. 
 
 No. 1356. AN ACT authorizing the removal of the office of surveyor-general of March 2, 1833. 
 public lands south of Tennessee. Vol. 4, p. 662. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That after the first day of April next, the office^ of Surveyor - gen- 
 the surveyor-general of public lands south of Tennessee, shall be kept eral 8 offic e re- 
 at, Jackson, the seat of government of the State of Mississippi, (a) 80n 
 
 # * * * # * # 
 
 (a) See Nos. 37, 777, 1266, 1269, 1272, 1298, 1305, 1343. 
 
574 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 June 30, 1834. No. 1357. AX ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of William 
 Vol. 6, p. 579. Barns, of Mississippi," approved February nineteen, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty -one. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, fyc., That William Burris be authorized to relinquish to 
 relinquish a title the United States his title to the east half of the northwest quarter of 
 to a tract of land, ge ction twenty-one, township three, range six east, instead of the east 
 half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one, township three, 
 range six east, as authorized by the act to which this is an amend- 
 ment, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1341. 
 
 June 30, 1834. Jfo. 1358. AX ACT for the relief of Hishe Homa, otherwise called Captain Red 
 YoL 6, p. 596. Pepper, an Indian of the Choctaw tribe. 
 
 Entitled to 640 B C M enacted, <f c., That Hishe Homa, otherwise called Captain Red 
 acres of land. Pepper, an Indian of the Choctaw tribe of Indians, be entitled, under 
 and subject to the provisions and restrictions of the fourteenth article 
 of the treaty made between the United States of America and the Choc- 
 taw Indians, at Dancing Rabbit Creek, on the fifteenth of September, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty, to a reservation of a section of land con- 
 taining six hundred and forty acres, to include his improvements at the 
 time of making the treaty ; and a half-section to be located adjoining 
 thereto for his son, aged over ten years. 
 
 The same to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of 
 
 reserved from the land office of the northeastern district be required to lay down on 
 
 the maps the claim of the said Hishe Homa, and reserve the same from 
 
 Feb. 13, 1835. No. 1359. AN ACT for the relief of Silas D. Fisher. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 607. Fisher> alia8 g ilas Fis her, De> and 
 
 Authorized to is hereby, authorized to locate the reservation of one section of land 
 locate a section granted to him by the second article of the supplement to the treaty of 
 Dancing Rabbit 'Creek, made and entered into on the twenty-seventh 
 day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty, between the United States of America and the Mingoes, 
 chiefs, captains, and warriors of the Choctaw tribe of Indians, on any 
 of the unimproved and unoccupied lands within the limits of that tract 
 of country ceded by the said Indians to the United States by the treaty 
 aforesaid, on such terms and conditions, and under such rules and reg- 
 ulations, as may be prescribed by the proper department of the Govern- 
 ment in similar cases arising under said treaty, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1362. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 1360. AN ACT for the relief of Eichard T. Archer. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 614. . That Ric h ar d T< Arc her, of the State of Mississippi, 
 
 Authorized to be, and he is hereby, authorized to become the purchaser of the south 
 purchase a tract half of section thirty-three of township twenty, of range two east, of 
 lands in the northwestern district of lands in the late Choctaw pur- 
 chase, in the State of Mississippi, at the price of one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per acre, the said half-section of land having been illegally 
 reserved from the location of the said Archer, under an assignment of 
 a grant from the trustees of Jefferson College, in the said State, at the 
 public sale of lands at Chocehuma, in the month of October, in the year 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-three. 
 
 May 9 1836. No. 136J. RESOLUTION to suspend the sale of a part of the public lands ac- 
 VoL 5, p. 131. quired by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. 
 
 Reservat ions Be it resolved, $c., That so much of the public lands, acquired by the 
 
 of lands to be treaty concluded with the Choctaw nation of Indians, at Dancing 
 
 withheld fromR a bbit Creek, on the twenty- eighth day of September, eighteen hun- 
 
 Decemberi 1836 dred and thirt y> as ha8 been conditionally, or otherwise located by the 
 
 ' locating agent of the United States to persons claiming reservations 
 
 under the fourteenth article of said treaty, be withheld from public 
 
 Proviso. sale until the first day of December next : Provided, That nothing herein 
 
 contained, shall be taken or construed as indicating any intention on 
 
 the part of Congress to confirm said claims, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275. 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 
 1293, 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 575 
 
 No. 1362. AN ACT for the relief of Silas Fisher, a Choctaw Indian. May 28, 1836. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 633. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the location of the reservation secured to Silas 
 
 Fisher, by the second article of supplement to the treaty of Dancing Location of 
 Rabbit Creek, concluded with the Choctaw Indians, on the twenty- r 
 eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty, and recognized 
 by the act of Congress, of the thirteenth of February, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-five, which has been located on the north half of section fif- 
 teen, and the south half of section ten, township twenty-four, range eight 
 west of the northwestern district of the State of Mississippi, be, and 
 the same is hereby confirmed, and a patent may issue, as in other cases, 
 agreeably to said treaty, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1359. 
 
 No. 1363. AN ACT to remove the land office from Clinton to Jackson, in the June 23, 1836. 
 State of Mississippi. Vol. 5, p. 57. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the land office at present established at Clin- Land office re- 
 ton in the State of Mississippi be hereafter kept at Jackson, in the same moved to Jack- 
 State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1373, 1410. 
 
 No. 1364. AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions of an act passed on the June 23, 1836. 
 twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act for the Vol. 6, p. 643. 
 relief of the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Hefird, and others." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That an act entitled "An act for the relief of the Act of March 
 representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others," be, and ^ 1824 ' extei 
 the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the term of twelve 
 mouths from and after the passage of this act ; and that the said repre- 
 sentatives, in addition to the States of Alabama and Mississippi, be, and 
 they are hereby, authorized to enter said lands at any of the land offices 
 in Louisiana or Arkansas, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1321, 1325, 1347. 
 
 j u i y 3, 1836. 
 Yol. 6, p. 673. 
 
 No. 1365. AN ACT for the relief of the trustees of common schools in township 
 eight, range eleven east, in the State of Mississippi. 
 
 Be it enacted, tyc., That the trustees of common schools in township Authorized to 
 eight, range eleven east, in the State of Mississippi, be authorized tolo- locate a tract of 
 cate, for the use of schools in said township, one section of six hundred land. 
 and forty acres of land, by sectional lines, of any of the public lands in 
 the State of Mississippi, subject to entry at private sale, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 1416. 
 
 No. 1366. AN ACT to carry into effectj in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, July 4, 1836. 
 the existing compacts with those States in regard to the five per cent, fund, and the Vol. 5, p. 116. 
 school reservations. ' 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That a sum equivalent to five per cent, of the iiett A sum equiva- 
 proceeds of the lands within the State of Mississippi, ceded by the Chick- JJJJ.* c t c 
 asaws by the treaty of the twentieth of October, eighteen hundred and served from sales 
 thirty-two, which have been or may hereafter be sold by Congress, shall of Chickasaw 
 be, and is hereby, reserved, out of any moneys in the Treasury not nth- land? in Misi 
 erwise appropriated, to be applied in the same manner, and for the same 8 J 
 uses and purposes, as is designated by the fifth section of the act of Con- 
 gress of the first of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That there shall be reserved from 
 sale, in the State of Mississippi, a quantity of land, equal to one thirty- <gdln the 
 sixth part of the lands ceded by said Chickasaws as aforesaid, within g ^ ate of mssis . 
 said State of Mississippi, which land shall be selected under the direc- 8 ip p i f or the use 
 tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, in sections, or half-sections, or of schools, 
 quarter- sections, out of any public lands remaining unsold, that shall 
 have been offered at public sale within either of the land districts in 
 said State of Mississippi, contiguous to said lauds within said State, so 
 ceded by the Chickasaws as aforesaid; which lands, when so selected 
 as aforesaid, the same shall vest in the State of Mississippi, for the use 
 of schools within said territory in said State, so ceded as aforesaid by 
 
576 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 the Chickasaws ; and said lands, thus selected, shall be holden by the 
 same tenure, and upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, 
 as the said State now holds the lands heretofore reserved for the use of 
 schools in said State. (&) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1303, 1314, 1340, 1374. 1382, 1398, 1415. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1375, 1387, 1402, 1406, 
 1416. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1837. Wo - 1367. AX ACT for the relief of Andrew Knox. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 685. Be it maGi ^ f c That Andrew Knox, of Washington County, in the 
 May purchase State of Mississippi, be, and he is hereby, authorized and permitted to 
 a section of land purchase, upon the payment of the minimum price to the receiver of the 
 trict ^ P r P er l an( l district, section sixteen, in township fourteen, range nine 
 
 west, in the Choctaw district, in said Sta'e, the purchase of which sec- 
 tion heretofore was prevented by the illegal numbering of the sections 
 in said township. 
 
 A section to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- 
 reserved for pub- r etary of the Treasury to cause to be selected and reserved for the use 
 of schools within the said township, numbered fourteen, in lieu of the 
 aforesaid section, a section [of] land in equal extent in said Choctaw land 
 district. 
 
 March 3, 1837. 3fo. 1368. AN ACT for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims 
 VoL 5, p. 180. to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty with the Choctaw Indians. 
 
 Three commis- Be it enacted, <f c.. That there shall be appointed by the President, by 
 sioners to be ap- an d with the advice and consent of the Senate, three commissioners 
 Resident "with wnose duty it shall be to meet in the State of Mississippi at such time 
 the advice and an( l place, as the President shall appoint and designate, and there pro- 
 consent of theceed to ascertain the name of every Choctaw Indian who was the head 
 Senate; their du- o f an Indian family at the date of the treaty at Dancing Rabbit Creek, 
 who has not already obtained a reservation under said treaty, and who 
 can show by satisfactory evidence, that he or she complied or offered to 
 comply with all the requisites of the fourteenth article of said treaty, 
 to entitle him or her, to a reservation under said article ; and also the 
 number and names of all the unmarried children of such heads of fam- 
 ilies, who formed a part of the family and were over ten years of age, 
 and likewise the number and names of the children of such heads of 
 families as were under ten years of age, and report to the President, to 
 be, by him, laid before Congress, all the names of such Indians, and 
 the different sections of land to which such heads of families were 
 respectively entitled, together with the opinions of the commissioners, 
 and whether any part of said lands have been sold by the Government, 
 and the proofs applicable to each case. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before entering upon their 
 to take an oath, duties, each of said commissioners shall, before some judge or justice 
 of the peace, take an oath faithfully to discharge the duties imposed 
 by this act. 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners are hereby 
 
 to appoint a sec- authorized to appoint a secretary whose duty it shall be to record cor- 
 
 u "rectlyall the proceedings of said board, and faithfully preserve the 
 
 same, as well as all depositions and other papers filed before said board, 
 
 and who shall take an oath to discharge the duties imposed on him by 
 
 this act. 
 
 District attor- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon the request of the com- 
 neyforHississip- missioners it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the State of 
 pi to attend board Mississippi, to attend said board, and give his assistance in procuring 
 commissioners. ^ 6 attendance of witnesses, and his aid and advice in their examina- 
 tion, the better to enable the commissioners to ascertain the facts cor- 
 rectly in each case. 
 
 Salaries of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of said commissioners 
 commission era 8nall rec eive, while in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed, a 
 y> salary at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, the secretary a 
 salary at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the district 
 attorney a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, to 
 be paid quarterly out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- 
 propriated. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 577 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners buall have Commissioners 
 full power to summon and cause to come before them, such witnesses t Q sumimm^ * 
 as they may deem necessary, and to have them examined on oath, and nes ses, &c. 
 if any witness shall testify falsely, with an intention to mislead said 
 commissioners, such witness shall be guilty of wilful and corrupt 
 perjury, and shall, upon conviction before any jurisdiction having cog- 
 nizance thereof, suffer the punishment by law inflicted on those guilty 
 of that offence. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act Nothing in this 
 shall be so construed as to sanction what is called contingent locations act to be so con- 
 which have been made by George M. Martin for the benefit of such Sthe conti 
 Indians, as were supposed to have been entitled to other lands, which gent locations 
 have been sold by the United States: such contingent locations having made by G. M. 
 been made, without any legal authority. It being the true intent of Martin, 
 this act to reserve to Congress the power of doing that which may ap- 
 pear just when a correct knowledge of all the facts is obtained. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force to the Act limited to 
 first day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-eight next, and no March i, 1838. 
 onger. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
 No. 1369. AN ACT for the relief of Green Pryor and the heirs of Peter Pryor. March 3, 1837. 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States cause to be Vo1 - 6 P- 693 - 
 issued to Green Pryor and the heirs of Peter Pryor, a patent for frac- Land patent to 
 tional section number two, of township fourteen, range five east, in the be issued. 
 Washington land district, in the State of Mississippi, it being the same 
 entered by Isham Arthur, on the sixteenth day of October, eighteen 
 hundred and sixteen, and by him transferred to Green and Peter Pryor. 
 
 No. 1370. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Isaac Williams, March 3, 1837. 
 
 deceased. Vol. 6, p. 693. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the legal representatives of Isaac Williams, Authorized to 
 deceased, of the county of Wilkinson, in the State of Mississippi, be, re-enter certain 
 and they are hereby, authorized to re-enter, at any time within six land - 
 months after the passage of this act, so much of fractional sections 
 numbers thirty-nine and forty-one, in township number one, of range 
 number one west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Washington, 
 in said State, as remains unsold, and that the sums of money hereto- 
 fore paid by Isaac Bush and Isaac Williams, or either of them, on said 
 fractional sections, be passed to the credit of the said representatives, 
 In part payment for the said fractional sections. 
 
 No. 1371. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the appointment of com- Feb. 22, 1838. 
 missioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article Vol. 5, p. 211. 
 of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty with the Choctaw Indians." 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the commissioners provided for in the act 
 hereby amended, or a majority of them, shall have full power and au- eir sessions to 
 thority to adjourn their sessions to such place or places, within the State such places in 
 of Mississippi, as in their judgment the interest of the Government and Mississippi as 
 of the claimants may require such sessions to be held. Jj Government 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That iu case of the death, resigna and claimants 
 tion, or absence of any one of the said commissioners, the remaining may require, 
 two commissioners shall have full power and authority to proceed and In h c ^ e f tjl | 
 execute the powers given by this act or the act hereby amended. | a th ' e ^JJuJJJ 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That the said commissioners shall sioners, tho oth- 
 have all the powers of a court of record, for the purpose of compelling ers may act. 
 the attendance of witnesses, administering oaths, touching matters to^^^JJfi^JJ 
 depending before them, preserving order, and punishing contempts ; couipe \ p t h e a t- 
 and shall have power to make all needful rules for the regulation of tendance of wit- 
 the proceedings before them, as well as to employ one or more inter- nesses, &c ; ajso, 
 preters, and one or more agents to collect testimony for the United * c ma * employ 
 States. interpreters, &c. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the contingent Appropriation, 
 expenses of the said commission, the sum of five thousand dollars be, 
 and the same is hereby , appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
 not otherwise appropriated. 
 37 L o VOL II 
 
578 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Act continued SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said act shall be and re- 
 Sit Angnst l ' m a in in force until the first day of August next. 
 
 District attor- SEC. 6 - ^ nd *> e if further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the 
 Dey to receive the compensation to be made to the district attorney for his services, shall 
 same compensa- be equal to the compensation allowed to a commissioner under the act 
 tij; n e ^ acommis - hereby amended - 
 
 Claims of In- ^ EC - ~- -=*"<* be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act, 
 dians who have or the act which this is intended to amend, shall be so construed as to 
 removed west of embrace the claim of any Indian or head of a Choctaw family, who has 
 2SIte?^ removed west of the Mississippi River. 
 
 Any claimant SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if it shall be proved to the 
 attempt in s to satisfaction of said commissioners, that any claimant has attempted, 
 substitute th e O r shall attempt to substitute the child of any other Indian as and for 
 Indian for hi s his OWD ' or has attempted or shall attempt, by his testimony, to substi- 
 own, &c., shall be tnte for tlie child of any other claimant, the child of another Indian, 
 stricken from the the name of such claimant so attempting to make such substitution, 
 tot- shall be stricken from the list of claimants, (a) 
 
 (a) See Kos. 1368, 1372, 13*0, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
 June 22, 1838. Xo. 1 372. AX ACT to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. 
 VoL5,p.251. 
 
 Land reserved And provided further, That it shall be the duty of the President of the 
 to *& withheld p nited States to cause to be reserved from sale or entry, under the provis- 
 from sale. i D8 of this or any other law of the United States, any tract or tracts of 
 
 land reserved to any Choctaw, under the provisions of the treaty of Danc- 
 ing Rabbit Creek, of one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and also to 
 reserve from sale or entry, a sufficient quantity of the lands acquired by 
 said treaty, upon which no such settlement or improvement has been 
 made, as would entitle the settler or improver to aright of pre-emption 
 under this act, to satisfy the claims of such Indians as may have been 
 entitled to reservations under the said treaty, and whose lands may have 
 been sold by the United States, on account of any default, neglect, or 
 omission of duty on the part of any officer of the United States; such 
 reservation from sale to continue until the claims to reservations under 
 said treaty, shall be investigated by the board of commissioners appointed 
 for that purpose, and their report finally acted on by Congress, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1368, 1371, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
 Jnlv 4 1840 Wo. 1373. AX ACT to remove the land office from Chocchuma to Grenada, in the 
 'p. 393. State of Mississippi. 
 
 The registers B '* enacted, fc., That the land office at Chocchuma, in the county of 
 
 and receivers to Tallahatchie, State of Mississippi, shall be removed to and located in 
 
 remove the the town of Grenada, in Yalabusha County, in said State ; and it shall 
 
 da & ^ ^^ e * atv ^ t^e- registers and the receivers of public money for 
 
 said land office, within t:xty days from and after the passage of this act, 
 
 to remove the books, records, and whatever else belongs to said office, to 
 
 the place of location, as herein provided for. (a) 
 
 (a) See Kos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1410. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1841. N. 1374. AX ACT to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands, and to 
 VoL 5, p. 453. grant pre-emption rights. 
 
 The two per SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the two per cent, of the nett 
 
 cent, of the net proceeds of the lands sold, or that may hereafter be sold, by the United 
 
 J*^ 8< *^^ States in the State of Mississippi, since the first day of December, 
 
 sippi since De- eighteen hundred and seventeen, and by the act entitled "An act to 
 
 cember l, 1817, enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi Territory to 
 
 &c., relinquished form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such 
 
 to Mississippi gtate j nto the Union on an equal footing with the original States," and 
 
 all acts supplemental thereto reserved for the making of a road or roads 
 
 leading to said State, be, and the same is hereby relinquished to the 
 
 State of Mississippi, payable in two equal instalments; the first to be 
 
 paid on the first of May, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the other 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 579 
 
 on the first of May, eighteen hundred and forty-three, so far as the same 
 may then have accrued, and quarterly, as the same may accrue, after 
 said period : Provided, That the legislature of said State shall first pass Proviso, 
 an act, declaring their acceptance of said relinquishment in full of said 
 fund, accrued and accruing, and also embracing a provision, to he un- 
 alterable without the consent of Congress, that the whole of said two 
 per cent, fund shall be faithfully applied to the construction of a rail- 
 road, leading from Brandon, in the State of Mississippi, to the eastern 
 boundary of said State, in the direction, as near as may be, of the towns 
 of Selraa, Cahaba, and Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, (a) 
 
 #**#*## 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1303, 1314, 1340, 1366, 1332, 1398, 1415. 
 
 No. 1375. AN ACT TO amend an act entitled "An act to carry into effect, in the June 13 1842. 
 States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with Vol. 5, p. 490. 
 regard to the five per cent, fund and the school reservations." 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That so much of the second section of the act enti- The second 
 tied "An act to carry into effect, in the States of Alabama and Missis- section of the act 
 sippi,the existing compacts with those States in regard to the five per amended - 
 cent, fund and the school reservations," as requires the land therein 
 designated as reserved to the State of Mississippi for the use of schools 
 to be selected, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 " out of any public lands, remaining unsold, that shall have been offered 
 at public sale within either of the land districts in said State of Mis- 
 sissippi, contiguous to said lands, within said State," ceded by the 
 Chickasaws, be so amended that the said lands may be selected, under 
 the direction of the governor of said State of Mississippi, out of any 
 
 Eublic lands remaining unsold within either of the land districts in said 
 tate of Mississippi, contiguous to the lands in said State, ceded by the 
 Chickasaw Indians, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1387, 1402, 
 1406, 1416. 
 
 No. 1376. AN ACT for the relief of George Mayfield. July 27, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That in lieu of the six hundred and forty acres of YoL 6 P- 839 - 
 laud intended to be granted to George Mayfield by an act of Congress other land 
 approved thirtieth January, eighteen hundred and thirty- three, there granted in lieu 
 be granted to said Mayfield six hundred and forty acres of any lands of of that intended 
 the United .States not otherwise appropriated or disposed of, to be JV^J'gJlJS 
 selected and entered at the proper land office, by said Mayfield or his 30 1833. 
 attorney, within one year from the passage of this act : Provided, That Proviso, 
 in making such selection, the said Mayfield shall be confined to lands 
 the sale of which at the time thereof is authorized by law. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1381, 1390, 1519. 
 
 No. 1377. AN ACT authorizing a patent to be issued to Bartholomew Pellerin, his Aug. 1, 1842. 
 heirs or assigns. Vol. 6, p. 847. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Land patent to 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue a patent to Bar- be issued, 
 tholomew Pellerin, or to his heirs and assigns, in right of widow Masmer 
 or Asmard, for his claim to a tract of land situate at the bay of St. 
 Louis, in the State of Mississippi, containing seventeen thousand and 
 eighty-four superficial arpens, according to a survey of the same ap- 
 proved by Vincente Sebastieu Pintado, on the thirtieth of January, 
 eighteen hundred and ten, the same having been confirmed by the act 
 of the third of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen : Provided, That Proviso, 
 the same shall only operate as a relinquishment of the right of the 
 United States, and shall not affect the right of third persons. 
 
 No. 1 378. AN ACT to authorize Chapman Levy to purchase as a pre-emptor a cer- Aug. 11, 1842. 
 tain quarter-section of land now occupied by him, at the minimum price per acre. Vol. 6, p. 852. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c,, That Chapman Levy be, and he is hereby, author- ^Authorized to 
 ized at any time within six months from the date of this act, to pur- make the pur- 
 chase as a pre-emptor at the proper land office, at the price of one dollar chase within six 
 and twenty-five cents per acre, the southeast quarter of section twenty- m ' 
 three of township fourteen range five east, in the district of lands Mib- 
 ject to sale at Columbus in the State of Mississippi : Provided, Said 
 lands shall not, before the date of this act, have been sold by the United 
 States. 
 
580 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1842. N<. \ 379. AX ACT for the relief of Jubal B. Hancock. 
 
 Be it enacted, <Jrc., That Jubal B. Hancock be, and be is hereby, au- 
 
 Authorized to thorized, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hun- 
 iTif of &c in dred and forty -four, to enter at the proper land office, in legal subdi- 
 visions, fourteen hundred and forty acres of any of the public lands of 
 the United States, within the State of Mississippi, in lieu of a like quan- 
 tity of land to which he and his three children, William M. Hancock, 
 Mary M. Hancock, and Caroline D. Hancock, became entitled under the 
 fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded with 
 the Choctaw nation of Indians, on the twenty-seventh day of Septem- 
 ber, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, which was improperly 
 located for them by George W. Martin, the locating agent of the United 
 States, and of which they have been deprived by the decision of the 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 Patents to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Com- 
 issued. missioner of the General Land Office, on receiving certificates of said 
 
 entry, to cause patents fb be issued to Jubal B. Hancock, for six hun- 
 dred and forty acres ; to William M. Hancock, for three hundred and 
 twenty acres ; to Mary M. Hancock, for three hundred and twenty acres ; 
 and to Caroline D. Hancock, for one hundred and sixty acres : in con- 
 formity with the provisions of said treaty, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1397. 
 
 Aug, 23, 1842. No. 1380. AX ACT to provide for the satisfaction of claims arising under the 
 VoL 5, p, 513. fourteenth and nineteenth articles of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded 
 in September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. 
 
 Acts of March Be it enacted, <$-c., That the act approved on the third of March, eighteen 
 3, 1837, and Feb. hundred and thirty-seven, entitled "An act for the appointment of coin- 
 22, 1838, so far as m i 8s i oner8 to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the four- 
 modified by this teenth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty, with the 
 act, revived. Choctaw Indians : and also, the act approved on the twenty-second day 
 of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An act to 
 amend an act entitled 'An act for the appointment of commissioners to 
 adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of 
 the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty, with the Choctaw Indians/ 
 so far as the same are not repealed or modified by the provisions of this 
 act," be, and the same are hereby, revived and continued in force until 
 the powers conferred by this act shall be fully executed, subject, never- 
 Powers, &c., theless, to repeal or modification by any act of Congress. And all the 
 ers extended 81011 P wers an d duties of the commissioners are hereby extended to claims 
 arising under the nineteenth article of the said treaty, and under the 
 supplement to the said treaty, to be examined in the s^me manner and 
 with the same effect as in cases arising under the fourteenth article of 
 Proviso. the said treaty : Provided, That the salary of said commissioners shall 
 
 not exceed the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. 
 Commissioners SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That subposnas for the attendance oi 
 may issue sub- witnesses before the said commissioners, and process to compel such at- 
 tendance may be issued by the said commissioners, or any two of them, 
 under their seals in the same manner and with the same effect as if 
 Marshals, <fcc., issued by courts of record, and may be executed by the marshal of any 
 may execute pro- district, or by any sheriff, deputy sheriff or other peace officer designated 
 ;ir by the said commissioners, who shall receive for such services the same 
 fees as are allowed in the district court of the United States for the dis- 
 trict in which the same shall be rendered for similar services, to be paid, 
 on the certificate of the commissioners, out of the contingent fund ap- 
 propriated by the fourth section of the act secondly above recited, which 
 was approved on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty eight, and which is revived by this act: Pro- 
 rrnviBn. vidtd, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive such 
 
 portion of the act approved the third day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and thirty-seven, referred to in the first section of this act, as 
 provides for the employment and pay of the district attorney of either 
 of the districts of the State of Mississippi 
 
 Conditions, up- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when the said commissioners 
 <>u pT oof of the shall have ascertained that any Choctaw has complied or offered to com- 
 perfurmaoee of p ] v w | t jj a ]j tne requisites of the fourteenth article of the said treaty, 
 taw *baKe en 5 " to entitle him to any reservation under that article, which requisites 
 titled toapatent. are ;is follows, to wit: that said Choctaw Indian did signify his or her 
 intention to the agent, in person, or by some person duly authorized 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 581 
 
 and especially directed, by said Indian, to signify the intention of said 
 Indian to become a citizen of the State, within six months from the date 
 of the ratification of the said treaty, and had his or her name, within 
 the time of six months aforesaid, enrolled on the register of the Indian 
 agent aforesaid, for that purpose ; or shall prove, to the entire satisfac- 
 tion of the said commissioners and to the Secretary of War, that he or 
 she did signify his or her intention, within the term of six months from 
 the date of the ratification of the treaty aforesaid, if his or her name was 
 not enrolled in the register of the agent aforesaid, but was omitted by 
 said agent; and, secondly, that said Indian did, at the date of making 
 said treaty, to wit, on the twenty-seventh day of September, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty, have and own an improvement in the then Choctaw 
 country ; and that, having and owning an improvement, at the place 
 and time aforesaid, did reside upon that identical improvement, or a 
 part of it, for the term of five years continuously, next after the ratifica- 
 tion of said treaty, to wit, from the twenty- fourth of February, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-one, to the twenty- fourth of February, eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty- six, unless it shall be made to appear that such improve- 
 ment was, before the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty- six, disposed of by the United States, and that the reservee 
 was dispossessed by means of such disposition ; and, thirdly, that it shall 
 be made to appear, to the entire satisfaction of said commissioners, and 
 to the Secretary of War, that said Indian did not receive any other 
 grant of land under the provisions of any other article of said treaty; 
 and, fourthly, that it shall be made to appear, in like manner, that said 
 Indian did not remove to the Choctaw country west of the Mississippi 
 River, but he or she had continued to reside within the limits of the 
 country ceded by the Choctaw Indians to the United States, by said 
 treaty of twenty -seventh September, in the year eighteen hundred and 
 thirty, it shall be the duty of said commissioners, if all and each of the 
 above requisites shall be made clearly to appear to their satisfaction, . 
 and the Secretary of War shall concur therein, to proceed to ascertain 
 the quantity of land to which said Indian, by virtue of the fourteenth 
 article of said treaty, is entitled to, which, when ascertained, shall be 
 located for said Indian, according to sectional lines, so as to embrace 
 the improvement, or a part of it, owned by said Indian at the date of 
 said treaty ; and it shall be the duty of the President of the United 
 States to issue a patent to said Indian for said land, if he or she be liv- 
 ing, and if not, to his or her heirs and legal representatives ; and in like 
 manner shall the commissioners aforesaid ascertain the quantity of land Quantity due 
 granted by said article to each child of said Indian, according to the to each child of 
 limitations contained in said article, and locate said quantity, for said JJSAaine d in 
 children, contiguous to and adjoining the improvement of the parent of iik e manner, &c. 
 such child or children ; and the President shall issue a patent for each 
 tract of land thus located, to said Indian child, if living, and if not, to 
 the heirs and legal representatives of such Indian child. But if the If U nit f. d 
 United States shall have disposed of any tract of land, to which any ktes ^a^ 11 ^ 
 Indian was entitled, under the provisions of said fourteenth article of w hich any In- 
 said treaty, so that it is now impossible to give said Indian the quantity dian was e n- 
 to which he was entitled, including his improvements, as aforesaid, or titled, &c., the 
 any part of it, or to his children, on the adjoining lands, the said com- JJ3f allow other 
 missioners shall thereupon estimate the quantity to which each Indian land, 
 is entitled, and allow him or her, for the same, a quantity of land equal 
 to that allowed, to be taken out of any of the public lands in the States 
 of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas, subject to entry at 
 private sale ; and certificates to that effect shall be delivered, under the certificates for 
 direction of the Secretary of War, through such agent as he may select, the land, how to 
 not more than one-half of which shall be delivered to said Indian until be given, 
 after his removal to the Choctaw territory west of the Mississippi River. 
 The said commissioners shall also ascertain the Choctaws, if any, who commission- 
 relinquished or offered to relinquish any reservations to which he was ers shall ascer- 
 entitled under the nineteenth article of the said treaty, or whose res- Jain the Choc- 
 ervations under that article had been sold by the United States ; and JSed rase- 
 shall also determine the quantity to which such claimant was entitled ; t j ons um ier the 
 and the quantity of land which should be allowed him on extinguish- 19th article, &o., 
 ment of such claim, at the rate of two-fifths of an acre for every acre and determine, 
 of the land to which said claimant was entitled, said land having been &< 
 estimated under this article at fifty cents per acre: Provided, neverthe- Proviso. 
 less, That no claim shall be considered or allowed by said commissioners, 
 for or in the name or behalf of any Indian claimant whose name does 
 
582 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 not appear upon the lists or registers of claimants made by Major Arm- 
 strong, special agent for that purple, in conjunction with the three 
 chiefs of the three Choctaw districts, and returned to the Department 
 of War in January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and who does not 
 appear from those registers to be entitled to a" reservation under said 
 nineteenth article. 
 
 Commission- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, within 
 era to re port two years from the time of their entering upon the duties of their 
 ings! &c to the offices > aml a8 often as sna11 be required by the President of the United 
 President', when. States, shall report to him their proceedings in the premises, with a full 
 and perfect list of names of all the Choctaws whom they shall have 
 determined to be entitled to reservations under this act; the quantity 
 of land to which each shall be so entitled, the number of claims which 
 Powers, &c., can be located according to the provisions of the fourth section of this 
 of the cornmis- ac ^ an( j 8UC h ag cannot be located according to the provisions of the 
 sionere, w to four j h ^t^ o f t hj s act . aD( i t h e powers and duties of the said com- 
 missioners shall cease at the expiration of two years from the time of 
 the first organization of the board; and their proceedings may be ter- 
 minated by the President at any time previous to the expiration of the 
 said two years. 
 
 Commission- SEC. 5." And be it further enacted, That the commissioners to be ap- 
 ers to determine pointed under this act shall also ascertain and determine the quantity 
 claims under the o f ] an d to which any Choctaw or other person named in the supple- 
 the treaty! ment to tne 8aid treat y of Dancing Rabbit Creek was entitled by vir- 
 tue thereof, and which such person has by any means been prevented 
 from receiving. 
 
 Upon approval SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the President of the United 
 !c certTficates States sba11 approve and confirm the determination of the commission- 
 shail be deliver- er 8 heretofore appointed to investigate the claims existing under the 
 ed to claimant, if fourteenth article of said treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, in any case, 
 a Choctaw. he 8 hall cause to be delivered to the claimant, if he be a Choctaw In- 
 
 dian, his legal representatives or heirs, certificates, as provided by the 
 fourth section of this act, for the quantity of land to which such claim- 
 ant shall appear, by such determination, to have been entitled, in full 
 Proviso. satisfaction and discharge of such claim : Provided, Such determination 
 
 was made by adhering, in every instance, to the requisites contained in 
 Proviso. the fourth section of this act : And provided, also, That said claims, nor 
 
 either of them, cannot now be located, according to the provisions of 
 the fourth section of this act. 
 
 Accounts to be SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That distinct accounts shall be kept 
 tifSa tea &o' of tne certincate8 issued in satisfaction of the claims provided for by 
 and amount re- this act, and of all expenses attending the execntion of the same ; and 
 tained from dis- the amount thereof shall be retained and withheld from any distribu- 
 tribution to the tion to the States. 
 
 Claims of SEC> 8> And be if further enacted, That nothing in this act contained 
 
 white men with shall be so construed as to authorize the said commissioners to adjtidi- 
 
 Indian families, cate any claim which may be presented by a white man who may have 
 
 Patents to be had, or now has, an Indian wife or family ; and any patent to land, 
 
 which shall issue on any Indian claim, under the provisions of the treaty 
 
 aforesaid, shall be issued to the Indian to whom the claim was allowed, 
 
 if living, and if dead, to his or her heirs and legal representatives, any 
 
 act of Congress, or usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 Xo claim to be SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That no claim shall be allowed, 
 
 allowed, if as- under the fourteenth article of said treaty, if the said commissioners 
 
 signed previous 8 h a ll be satisfied, by such proof as they may prescribe, that said claim 
 
 of the five years had beeD > previous to the expiration of five years from the ratification 
 
 from its ratifica- of said treaty, assigned, either in whole or in part; and in case of a 
 
 tion. partial assignment, or agreement for an assignment thereof, the same 
 
 shall be allowed so far only as the original Indian claimant was, at that 
 
 date, the bona-fide proprietor thereof. 
 
 Claims notpre- SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all claims under either of the 
 
 sented within one articles of said treaty mentioned above, or the supplemental articles 
 
 y ear L 1 forever thereof, which shall not be duly presented to said commissioners for 
 
 allowance within one year after the final passage of this act, shall be 
 
 thereafter for ever barred, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 583 
 
 No. 1381 AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of George May- Feb. 24, 1843. 
 field," approved July twenty-seven, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Vol. 6, p. 685. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the time within which George Mayfield is Allowed fur- 
 required to select and enter six hundred and forty acres of land, granted ther time to en- 
 to him by the provisions of an act of the twenty-seventh of July, one ter land- 
 thousand eight hundred and forty- two, be, and the same is hereby, ex- 
 tended one year; and the said Mayfield shall be permitted to enter said 
 land in one entire section, or in quarter-sections, subject to private 
 entry and not in the occupancy of any actual settler, as he in his dis- 
 cretion may determine, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1376, 1390, 1519. 
 
 Xo. 1382. AN ACT in relation to the two per cent, fund of the State of Missis- March 1 1843 
 
 8i PP L Vol. 5, p! 603. ' 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the 
 appropriation, by the State of Mississippi, to the completion of the rail- 
 
 grestoe 
 
 road from Brandon to Jackson, of the sum of twenty-five thousand dol- propriation & of 
 lars, as a part of the two per cent, fund heretofore relinquished by Con- part of the two 
 gress to said State; (a) and that the governor of said State be, and he P er cent, fund 
 is hereby, authorized, with the said two per cent, fund now in theJ^^B^J^ 
 Treasury of the United States, to enter any public lands in said State, Govern o r of 
 subject to private entry, and in the name and on behalf of said State, Mississipp i a u- 
 to be held subject to the same trusts and purposes of said fund. (&) j^ I j ize ^ * e - 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1303, 1314, 1340, 1366, 1374, 1398, 1415. two per cent. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293 fund. 
 
 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 No. 1 383. AN ACT to authorize the investigation of alleged frauds under the March 3 1843 
 pre-emption laws, and for other purposes. Vol. ^ p ' g^ ' 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office An agent to be 
 be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint a competent agent, whose appointed to in- 
 duty it shall be, under direction of said Commissioner, to investigate, vestigate cases 
 upon oath, the cases of fraud under the pre-emption laws, alleged to of all eged f ^aud 
 exist in the Columbus land district, in the State of Mississippi, referred ^strict 
 to in the late annual report of said Commissioner, communicated to Con- 
 gress by letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, dated December the 
 fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; and that such 
 agent shall examine all witnesses who may be brought before him by Mode of inves- 
 the individual or individuals alleging the fraud, as well as those wit- tigation. 
 nesses who may be produced by the parties in interest, to sustain said 
 claims ; and that he be, and is hereby, invested with power to adminis- 
 ter to such witnesses an oath to speak the truth in regard to any question 
 which may be deemed necessary to the full examination of the cases so 
 alleged to be fraudulent ; and such testimony shall be reduced to writ- 
 ing, and subscribed by each witness, and the same returned to the 
 Commissioner, with the opinion of said agent on each claim ; and any wit- 
 ness, so examined before the said agent, who shall swear wilfully and 
 falsely in regard to any matter or thing touching such examination, shall 
 be subject, on conviction, to all the pains and penalties of perjury ; and it 
 shall be the duty of the Commissioner, to decide the cases thus returned, 
 and finally to settle the matter in controversy, subject alone to an ap- 
 peal to the Secretary of the Treasury : Provided, That the power con- Proviso, 
 ferred by this section upon such agent is hereby limited to the terra of 
 one year from and after the date of this act; and the compensation to 
 be paid to said agent shall not exceed three dollars per day for each 
 day he may be necessarily engaged in the performance of the duties re- 
 quired by this section. 
 
 No. 1384. AN ACT for the relief of John Mullings. March 26, 1844. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the title to the southeast quarter of section VoL6 P- 908 - 
 twenty, the whole of section twenty-one, and the northwest quarter of Land title con- 
 section twenty- eight, in township seventeen north, range fifteen east, firmed, 
 of the Columbus land district, of Mississippi, heretofore located to sat- 
 isfy the claim of Alabatcha, the wife of John Mullings, be, and the same 
 
584 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 is hereby confirmed to the said John Mullings, to have and to hold the 
 same right and interest in the same as he would have held had he been 
 returned in Ward's register : and that the President is hereby directed 
 to cause to be issued a patent to the said John Mullings for the above- 
 described lands, as in other cases. 
 
 June 15, 1844. No. 1385. AN ACT for the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi. 
 
 >p ' 1_ Be it enacted <f c., That Woodson Wren, of the State of Mississippi be, 
 
 Certain tracts and he is hereby, confirmed in the following-described tracts and par- 
 
 to them COnflrmed cels of land ' to wit: Fractional section twenty-five, in township seven, 
 range nine west, including the site of the old French fort, and contain- 
 ing about one hundred and twenty-three acres ; also, a portion of 
 fractional section number twenty-four, in township seven, range nine 
 west, being lot number six, containing eighty acres, situated on the 
 east side of the Bay of Biloxi, in the county of Jackson, Mississippi, 
 claimed by virtue of a deed from Littlepage Robertson, and reported for 
 confirmation by the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson 
 Courthouse, Mississippi, dated July twelve, eighteen hundred and 
 twenty three. 
 Patent to be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General 
 
 issued. Land Office, upon the passage of this act shall issue a patent for the 
 
 same : which patent shall operate only as a relinquishmeut on the part 
 of the United States of all right and title to said land. 
 W. Wren al- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Woodson Wren shall be 
 
 lowed to enter allowed to enter a quantity of land, which, together with the foregoing- 
 described tracts, by this act confirmed to him, will make a number of 
 acres equal to eight hundred arpens, being the amount confirmed to 
 him by act of Congress, entitled "An act for the relief of Woodson 
 Wren," approved eighteen hundred and thirty [-one], out of any unap- 
 propriated lands in the State of Mississippi subject to private entry: 
 conforming, in such entry, to the divisions and subdivisions established 
 by law. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1320, 1345. 
 
 June 17, 1844. No. 1386. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States 
 Vol. 5, p. 676. of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Missis- 
 
 sippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between 
 
 the Mississippi and Perdido rivers. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1067.] 
 
 Feb. 26, 1845. No. 1 387. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to carry into effect, in the 
 Vol. 5, p. 727. States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with 
 regard to the five per cent, fund and the school reservations." 
 
 [Governor of Alabama authorized to select lands within any of the 
 land districts of Alabama or Mississippi for school purposes, in lieu of 
 lands in the Chickasaw purchase. See ALABAMA, No. 1586.] 
 
 March 3, 1845. No. 1388. AN ACT to confirm the survey and location of claims for lands in the 
 Vol. 5, p. 740. State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl Biver, and south of thirty-first degree of 
 north latitude. 
 
 Certain sur- Be it enacted, <fc., That all surveys and plats of confirmed claims and 
 
 veys confirmed 8et tlerrent rights for lands situate in the State of Mississippi, east of 
 
 e< Pearl River, and south of thirty-first degree of north latitude, which 
 
 had been made and returned to the surveyor-general's office south of 
 
 Tennessee on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and thirty-nine, shall be, and are hereby, confirmed, as actually 
 
 Surveyor- gen- surveyed on the ground ; and the said surveyor-general is hereby au- 
 
 eral to certify thorized and directed, on the request of any party interested in any 
 
 plat of survevto 8Uch claim > to certify the return and plat of such actual survey, so re- 
 
 the register and maining in his office, to the register and receiver for lands in the Augusta 
 
 receiver for the district, in said State, who are hereby directed to receive and regard 
 
 Align sta district. sa j^ 8 uiveys, plats, and location of the claims they represent, as cor- 
 
 recSvertogfvea rectl y roade J and the said register and receiver shall thereupon issue, 
 
 certificate, &c. in the name of the confirmee of the claim a patent certificate for each 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 585 
 
 claim; which certificate, being first duly recorded in the said regis- 
 ter's office, shall be delivered to such person as is entitled to represent 
 the claim, and which, being presented to the General Land Office at 
 Washington, shall entitle the party interested to a patent therefor: 
 Provided, That any claimant to a tract of land so surveyed and platted Proviso, 
 as aforesaid, who shall, within one year from the passage of this act, 
 file, in writing, with the surveyor-general south of Tennessee, his ex- 
 ception to the regularity of the survey so heretofore made, setting 
 forth in what respect said survey is erroneous, the surveyor-general 
 shall examine such exception, and, if found to be well taken, shall 
 order a resui vey of the claim, and after proper notice to tbe party in- 
 terested j and, after proper notice, he may order a resurvey of any other 
 claims which, in his opinion, may be indispensably necessary, by reason 
 of errors or defects in the survey, on the ground, which, being returned 
 and approved, shall be certified to the register and receiver at Augusta, 
 on which a patent certificate shall be issued, as before directed : Pro- 
 vided, also, That all actual surveys of claims in said district, which shall .Further pro- 
 not be excepted to within the year aforesaid, or which the surveyor- V180 ' 
 general may not find it indispensably necessary to have resurveyed by 
 reason of any errors or defects, as aforesaid, shall, after that time, be 
 deemed unexceptionable, so far as relates to the title of the United 
 States, and shall thenceforth be proceeded in and perfected to patent. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all resurveys which may be or- Eesurveys to 
 dered by virtue of this act shall be executed under the direction of the be executed un- 
 surveyor south of Tennessee, subject to orders from the General Land gurvevor^south 
 Office ; and all services which shall be rendered in execution of this act of Tennessee, 
 shall be audited, charged, and paid for, as similar services were required Expenses of 
 to be by former laws and regulations in reference to similar claims. survey. 
 
 SEC. 3. And he it further enacted, That when, in any case it shall ap- . Surveyor to 
 pear to the surveyor-general that the survey of any claim hereby con- f^. 116 deficiencies 
 firmed is deficient in the quantity of laud confirmed to the claimant, by in a resurvey. 
 a number of acres equal to forty or more, then the said surveyor-general 
 shall issue to the claimant a warrant, entitling him to a quantity of 
 land, which in the subdivision of the public lands of the United States, 
 shall not exceed in quantity the number of acres found deficient in the 
 claimant's original survey ; which entry may be made on any lands sub- 
 ject to entry in said district. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be construed C o n fl i ct ing 
 as aiding the title survey or location of any claim, to the prejudice of c l in j 8 to be de * 
 any other claim with which its pretensions and location may conflict; SSnglaws?* 
 but all such conflicting rights and locations shall remain subject to ex- 
 isting laws: Provided, hoicever, That, in any such case of conflict, in Proviso, 
 addition to the powers conferred on the surveyor- general by this act, it 
 shall be lawlul for him, when the conflicting claimants may compromise, 
 by the relinquishment of one of the claimants of his entire location, or 
 so much of it as coutlicts with the location of another claim, to grant a 
 warrant to the relinquishing claimant, which shall entitle him to enter 
 an equal quantity with the land relinquished of any land subject to 
 entry in the district of the land surrendered. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That all confirmation and evidence Confirmation 
 cf title which shall be made or issued in the name of the original claim- . r evidence of 
 ant or confirmee, by virtue of this act, shall inure to the uee and benefit JJjJ of Original 
 of those who may be jointly or severally entitled to the lands in the claim ants? to 
 several claims referred to, either by descent or purchase, as if such per- inure to the bene- 
 aons were specially named therein, (a) titled ^ 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 718, 723, 731, 737, 745, 753, 1067, 1265, 126C, 1268, 1270, 1271, 1275, 1276, 1284, 
 12&6, 1287, 1292, 129-1, 1-290, 1299, 1300, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 13B6, 
 
 No. 1389. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent ex- March 3, 1845. 
 penses of the Indian Department, aud for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Vol. 5, p. 777. 
 
 various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, 
 
 eighteen hundred and forty-five, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen 
 hundred and forty-six. 
 
 For payment to the Bank of Michigan, or its assigns, for moneys ad- Payment to 
 vanced under authority of the Secretary of War, and Secretary of the bank of 
 Treasury, in fulfilment of a treaty * ith the Chippewas of Saginaw, of 
 January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-be ven, together with in- 
 
58G MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 terest on the principal sum dne said b.ank from the first day of February 
 one thousand eight hundred and forty, at six per cent, per annum, twelve 
 thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: 
 
 Proviso. Provided, That of the scrip which has been awarded, or which shall be 
 
 awarded, toChoctaw Indians under the provisions of the law of twenty- 
 third August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, that portion 
 thereof, not deliverable east, by the third section of said law, in these 
 words " not more than one-half of which shall be delivered to said 
 Indian until after his removal to the Choctaw territory, west of the 
 Mississippi River," shall not be issued or delivered in the West, but the 
 amounts awarded for land on which they resided, but which it is im- 
 possible for the United States now to give them, shall carry an interest 
 of five per cent., -which the United States will pay annually to the re- 
 servees under the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and thirty, re- 
 spectively, or to their heirs and legal representatives, forever, estimating 
 the land to which they may be entitled, at one dollar and twenty- five 
 
 Eepeal. cents per acre : Provided, further, That so much of the law of twenty- 
 
 third August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as is incon- 
 sistent herewith, is hereby repealed, (a) 
 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
 May 22, 1846. No. 1390. AX ACT to amend an act approved February twenty -fourth, eighteen 
 Vol. 9, p. 650. hundred and forty-three, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the 
 relief of George 'Mayfield,' approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and 
 
 A patent to is- forty-two." 
 ?ue to George Be it enacted, $c , That a patent shall issue to George Mayfield for the 
 in^he Grenada west balf and 8outneast quarter of section seventeen, township twenty- 
 land district. s i x > range five west, and the southwest quarter of section eight, town- 
 ship twenty-six, range five west, in the district of lands subject to sale 
 at Grenada, Mississippi, any thing in the act of which this is amendatory 
 to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 1376, 1381, 1519. 
 
 July 15, 1846. No. 1391. AN ACT to legalize certain land sales made at Chocchuma and Colum- 
 Tol. 9, p. 37. bus, in the State of Mississippi, and to indemnify the Chickasaws therefor. 
 
 Patents to issue ^ e *'* enac ^t <f c -> That it may and shall be lawful for patents to be 
 
 for such sales of issued, as in ordinary cases, for such of the sales of land made in the 
 
 land at Choc- land offices at Chocchuma and Columbus, in the State of Mississippi, as 
 
 chuma and Co- may be f oulu i, by the definitively established line of the Chickasaw 
 
 shypi^as may S be cession of one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four, to be, in whole 
 
 found to be with- or part, within that cession, and the said scales are hereby confirmed 
 
 in the Chickasaw and legalized ; and for the purpose of indemnifying the Chickasaw tribe 
 
 cession of 1834. o f Jndians for said sales, there is hereby appropriated, out of any 
 
 m ' moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum of money 
 
 equal to all which has been received upon said sales, to the fund created 
 
 by the treaty with said Chickasaw tribe, and of right to them belong- 
 
 Proviso. i n g : Provided, nevertheless, That this act shall not extend to any sale 
 
 where the purchase money may have been refunded to the purchaser, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 
 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1408, 1414, 1416, 1417. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1846. No. 1 392. JOIXT EESOLTTTIOX to authorize the Secretary of War to adjudicate 
 VoL 9, p. 114. the claims of the Su-quah-natch-ah, and other clans of Choctaw Indians, whose 
 ca&es were left undetermined by the commissioners tor the want of the township 
 
 Secretary of liesolved, tf-c., That the Secretary of War, for the purpose of consum- 
 
 War authorized ma ting the claims of the Su-quah-natch-ah and other clans of Choctaw 
 
 Chocta'w 3 cfairns 1 Indians, in whose cases the testimony was taken by the commissioners 
 
 and to award appointed by virtue of the act approved the twenty-third of August, 
 
 land or scrip eighteen hundred and forty-two, and returned to the War Department, 
 
 therefor. ^ut judgment was not entered up for the want of the maps whereby the 
 
 location of the lauds of the claimants and the allotment of land or scrip, 
 
 respectively, to each, could alone be determined, be, and he is hereby, 
 
 authorized *to decide the same, and award land or scrip in each case, as 
 
 the testimony already taken may justify, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389,1395, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 587 
 
 No. 1393. AN ACT for the relief of Jose Carxillo. Aug. 8, 1846. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office VoL 9 ' P- 663 - 
 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue to Jose Carxillo, Patent for cer- 
 of the county of Hancock and State of Mississippi, a patent to the tain laud in Au- 
 northwest quarter of section twenty-six, of township nine, range six- gjjjj* iH| 8 Ju" 
 teen west, in the Augusta land district of Mississippi, (a) trict' to be issued 
 
 (a) See No. 1413. _ to Jose CarxiUo - 
 
 No. 1394. AN ACT declaring the assent of Congress to certain States to impose Jan. 26, 1847. 
 
 a tax upon all lands hereafter sold by the United States therein, from and after the Vol. 9, p. 118. 
 
 day of such sale. 
 
 [States admitted into the Union prior to April 24, 1820, may tax pub- 
 lic lands after the day of sale. See OHIO, No. 169.] 
 
 No. 1395. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent ex- March 1, 1847. 
 
 penses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations \vith the Vol. 9, p. 145. 
 
 various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and . 
 
 forty-eight. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, * 
 
 For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claimants, under the Choctaw claim, 
 fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, of the twenty- ant8 - 
 seventh September, eighteen hundred and thirty, for lands on which 
 they resided, but which it is now impossible to give them, and in lieu 
 of the scrip that has been awarded under the act of twenty-third Au- 
 gust, eighteen hundred and forty-two, not deliverable east, by the third 
 section of the said law, per act of third of March, eighteen hundred 
 aud forty-five, for the year eighteen hundred and f or ty- seven, forty 
 
 three thousand six hundred dollars, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1405, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
 No. 1396. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Guess. March 3, 1847. 
 
 Be it tnacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Yol - 9 P- 696 - 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue to Isaac Guess, Patent to be 
 of Mississippi, a patent to the west half of the northwest quarter of issued to Isaac 
 section thirty-five, township fifteen north, of range five east, and for Guess for his en- 
 the east half of tbe northeast quarter of section three, township four- ^n^olf p ^ e e rtam 
 teen north, of range five east, in the State of Mississippi, within the i an( j i n t he Co- 
 Columbus land district ; the same being the land entered and paid forlumbus district, 
 by said Guess as a pre-emption. Mississippi. 
 
 No. 1397. AN ACT for the relief of Hyacinth Lasselle. March 3, 1847. 
 
 ****** Vol. 9, p. 706. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act for the Act for re ii e f 
 relief of Jubal B. Hancock" be so amended that the time allowed for f Jubal B. Han- 
 the location of the land therein specilied be extended to thirtieth day cock amended, 
 of December, eighteen hundred and forty -seven, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1379. 
 
 No. 1398. AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds June 16, 1848. 
 of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights," &c., approved Vol. 9, p. 237. 
 September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the sixteenth section of said act be so amended 
 as to give the consent of Congress, and the same is hereby given, to the application of the 
 application of the two per cent, fund heretofore relinquished by said two per cent. 
 act to the State of Mississippi, to be faithfully applied to the construe- SjstSJof Mto! 
 tion of a railroad leading from Brandon, in the State of Mississippi, to 8i88ippi to % ue 
 the eastern boundary of said State, in such manner as to authorize the construction of a 
 construction of a railroad, commencing at Jackson, in said State, and railroad from 
 extending to the eastern boundary of said State of Mississippi, via Bran- JJjgjy^SJ 
 don, in the direction, as near as may be, of the towns of Selma, Cahawba, o Bai(l state> 
 and Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1303, 1314, 1340, 1366, 1374, 1382, 1415. 
 
588 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Aug. 5, 1848. No. 1399. AX ACT supplemental to an aet to confirm the survey and location of 
 Vol. 9, p. 273. claims tor lands in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl River, and south of the 
 
 thirty-first degree of north latitude, approved March three, eighteen hundred and 
 
 forty-five. 
 
 Certain land Be it enacted, $c., That all confirmed claims and settlement rights for 
 
 Sta S of n Mis8i^ laDd8 8ituate in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl River and 
 
 sippi confirmed south of thirty-first degree of north latitude, which had not been actu- 
 
 according to ac- ally surveyed on the ground, and for which no plats of actual survey 
 
 tual surveys had been returned to the surveyor- general's office south of Tennessee, 
 
 made. on . or bef ore the first da J of January, one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 thirty-nine, shall be, and are hereby, confirmed, according to actual sur- 
 
 veys hereafter to be made as herein provided for, in the same manner 
 
 that said claims actually surveyed on the ground, and returned to the 
 
 surveyor-general's office at the time aforesaid, are confirmed by the act 
 
 to which this is a supplement ; and the surveyor-general is hereby au- 
 
 thorized and directed, on request of any party interested, to cause the 
 
 Surveys to be survey of said claims, without delay, and at any time between the pas- 
 
 made and returns 8age O f tnis act and the firet day of j anuary> eighteen hundred and fifty, 
 
 register and re- to be made and returned to his office, and he shall certify the return 
 
 cerv-erforthe Au- and plats of such actual surveys, so made, to his office, to the register 
 
 gusta land dis- and receiver for lands in the Augusta district for said State. And the 
 
 survey or- general, and the said register and receiver, shall regard these 
 
 claims and plats of actual survey, in all respects, upon the same footing 
 
 with the claims confirmed as actually surveyed upon the ground, by 
 
 said act to which this is a supplement, and subject to, and entitled to, 
 
 Proviso : when the benefits of all the provisions of said act : Provided, That if it shall 
 
 survey cannot be appear to the surveyor- general, from the plats of actual survey already 
 
 returned to his office, that any of said claims cannot now be actually 
 
 surveyed on the ground, owing to their conflict with other claims al- 
 
 ready confirmed as actually surveyed on the ground, by the act to which 
 
 this is a supplement, then it shall be lawful for him to grant to the 
 
 claimant, so deprived of his location, a warrant, as provided by the fourth 
 
 section of said act, without causing the survey to be made. 
 
 Warrants is- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all warrants which hare been 
 sued by the sur- heretofore issued, or which shall .hereafter be issued, by the surveyor- 
 s^uthoi^Tennes- g en .eral south of Tennessee, under the provisions of the original act to 
 see under the act which this is a supplement, and under the provisions of this act, be, and 
 to which this is they are hereby, authorized to be located upon any lands subject to sale 
 k supplem ent , a t private entry in the State of Mississippi, in any of the land districts 
 upon a%"lands in 8aid State, in the same manner that said warrants are now authorized 
 subject t<> private to be located in the Augusta laud district, (a) 
 
 of ^issiim < a) See N 8 ' 718 ' 723 731 ' 737 ' 745 - 753 - 1067 ' 1265 ' 1266 - 1268 - 127 - 1271 ' 1275 1276 ' 1284 ' 
 
 1286, 1287, 1292, 1294, l'29ti, 1299, ll'OO, 1310, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1333, 1334, 1336, 1386, 
 1388. 
 
 Auji. 11. 1848. No. 1400. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Perry, a Choctaw Indian, or his as- 
 
 Vol. 9, p. 75. signees. 
 
 Joseph Perry Be it enacted, $c>, That in lieu of section thirty-five, of township 
 
 authorized to lo- twenty-five, range six east, to which Joseph Perry, a Choctaw Indian, 
 
 cate one section was entitled, and of which he was deprived by operation of the Chick- 
 
 a section of which asaw treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and the action of the 
 
 he was deprived Government of the United States, the said Joseph Perry or his assignees 
 
 by the Chicka- shall be entitled to locate one section of land, in quantities not less 
 
 than one quarter-section by the legal subdivisions, upon any of the 
 
 public lands not otherwise appropriated, subject to private entry. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1849. No. 1401.-^7OEST RESOLUTION for the relief of John B. Xevitt, of Adams 
 Vol. 9, p. 791. County, Mississippi. 
 
 Commissioner Resolved, <$-c., That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the 
 of General Land General Land Office, within six months after the passage of this joint reso- 
 Office to cause a ] u tion, to cause an accurate survey to be made of certain unsurveyed lands 
 made V of Y certain ^ in g in township seven and eight, of range three west, in Adams County, 
 lands in Adams Mississippi, and more particularly known as a triangular slip lying be- 
 County. tween the lands granted to Joseph Bernard, and surveyed for his rep- 
 
 resentatives, in the year eighteen hundred and six, on the north, and 
 the lands, marked on the maps of the surveyor-general's office, south 
 of Tennessee, as Balser Shillings, and now occupied and owned by John 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 589 
 
 B. Nevitt on the south ; and when so surveyed, it shall be the duty of And when snr- 
 the Commissioner, as aforesaid, to notify the said John B. Nevitt of the - d ' ^ **& 
 number of acres ascertained to be vacant, and if the said Nevitt, or, in of the nn mi )er of 
 case of his death, his legal representatives, shall, within six months acres vacant, and 
 next succeeding such notice, offer to pay to the receiver of the land allow him or his 
 office of the district within which said lands lie, one dollar and twenty- J?|jJ ^She 
 five cents per acre for the same, it shall be the duty of the receiver 8ame atthemin- 
 aforesaid to accept such offer, and, on payment being made, to give aimumprice. 
 receipt therefor, as in other cases of land entries, and on the presenta- 
 tion of said receipt to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, he 
 shall cause a patent to issue, as in all other cases of lands paid for. 
 
 No. 1402. AN ACT granting a half-section of land for the use of schools within March 2, 1849. 
 fractional township nineteen south, of range eighteen west, county of Lowndes, Vol. 9, p. 768. 
 State of Mississippi. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the school commissioners, or other authority, School commis- 
 having official cognizance over school lands within fractional township siouers within 
 nineteen south, of range eighteen west, State of Mississippi, be, and g^^j^gout^of 
 they are hereby, authorized to select by legal subdivisions, from any of ian g e 18 west, to 
 the public lands within the said State not otherwise appropriated, a select one half- 
 quantity of land not exceeding one half -section, for the use and sup- section of land. 
 port of schools within the said fractional township. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the lands hereby author- How lands so 
 ized to be selected shall have been approved by the Secretary of the selected shall be 
 Treasury, they shall be held by the inhabitants of the township herein held> 
 designated by the same tenure, and upon the same terms, for the sup- 
 port of schools in the said township, as if they had been selected under 
 the provisions of the general school law of the twentieth of May, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty -six: Provided, nevertheless, That Proviso, 
 the said commissioners, or other authority mentioned in the first sec- 
 tion of this act, shall not be authorized, by any thing herein contained, 
 to select lands out of the land district in which said fractional town- 
 ship is situated, if there be land within said district applicable to 
 school purposes under the provisions of the act of May twentieth, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1387, 1406, 
 1416. 
 
 No. 1403. AN ACT to grant the right of way to the Mobile and Ohio 
 
 Company. 
 
 [See ALABAMA, No. 1594.] 
 
 Railroad 
 
 March 3, 1849. 
 Vol. 9, p. 772. 
 
 STo. 1404. AN ACT granting the right of way, and making a grant of land to the Sept. 20, ] 
 States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad Vol. 9, p. 
 from Chicago to Mobile. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 432.] 
 
 1850. 
 555. 
 
 No. 1405. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent ex- Sept. 30, 1850. 
 penses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Vol. 9, p. 544. 
 Indian tribes, for the year ending June the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred 
 and fifty-one. 
 
 To the Choctaws. For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claim- Chootaws. 
 ants, under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit 
 Creek, of September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty, for 
 lands on which they resided, but which it is now impossible to give 
 them, and in lieu of the scrip that has been awarded under the act of 
 August twenty -fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and joint reso- 
 lution of Congress of August third, eighteen hundred and forty six, not 
 deliverable east by the third section of said law, per act of March third, 
 eighteen hundred and forty-five, eighty-seven thousand two hundred 
 dollars, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1407, 1409, 1411. 
 
590 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 May 19, 1852. No. 1406 AX ACT to authorize (he 
 the lands heretofore appropriated f 
 and approve the sales already made. 
 
 o authorize (he legislature of the State of Mississippi to sell 
 
 Vol. 10, p. 6. the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that State, and to ratify 
 
 alread made. 
 
 Sale or leasing Be it enacted, $c., That the legislature of the State of Mississippi shall 
 
 of schp lands be, and is hereby authorized to sell and convey in fee-simple, or lease. 
 
 tho7ized. 81P tU ~ for a term of y ears > as the said- legislature may deem best, all or any 
 
 part of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress for 
 
 the use of schools within said State, and to invest the money arising 
 
 from said sales, as said legislature may direct, for the use and support 
 
 of schools within theseveral townships and districts of country for which 
 
 they were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other use, or 
 
 Proviso. purpose whatsoever : Provided, Said lands or any part thereof, shall, in 
 
 no case be sold or leased without the consent of the inhabitants of such 
 township or district to be obtained in such manner as the legislature of 
 
 Proviso. said State may by law direct : And provided further, That in all cases, 
 
 the money arising from the sales of lands within a particular township 
 and district, shall be appropriated to the use of schools within that 
 township and district. 
 
 Former sales SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That sales heretofore made by the 
 authority of the legislature of the State of Mississippi of lands reserved 
 and appropriated as aforesaid, are hereby ratified and approved in the 
 same manner and to the same extent, as if this act had been in force at 
 the time of said sales, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1266, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1295, 1298, 1305, 1315, 1339, 1365, 1366, 1375, 1337, 1402, 
 1416. 
 
 July 21, 1852. No. 14 07. AX ACT to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of 
 Vol. 10, p. 19. . the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
 - two. 
 
 ***#** 
 
 Cboctaw claim- For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claimants, under the 
 
 ants under treaty fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, of twenty- 
 
 bit GreeT seventh of September, eighteen hundred and thirty, for lands on which 
 
 they resided, but which it is impossible to give them, aud in lieu of 
 
 the scrip that has been awarded under the act of twenty-third of 
 
 August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, not deliverable east, by the 
 
 third section of said law, per act of third March, eighteen hundred and 
 
 forty-five, for the half-year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred 
 
 and fifty-two, twenty-one thousand eight hundred dollars: Provided. 
 
 Proviso as to That after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, 
 
 interest. a j} payments of interest on said awards shall cease, and that the "Secre- 
 
 tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby directed to pay said claimants 
 
 the amount of principal awarded in each case respectively, and that the 
 
 amount necessary for this purpose be, and the same is hereby appro- 
 
 priated, not exceeding eight hundred and seventy -two thousand dollars: 
 
 Proviso. Provided, further, That the final payment and satisfaction of said awards 
 
 shall be first ratified and approved as a final release of all claims of such 
 
 parties under the fourteenth article of said treaty, by the proper na- 
 
 tional authority of the Choctaws, in such form as shall be prescribed 
 
 by the Secretary of the Interior, (a) 
 
 * ****** 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1409, 1411. 
 
 Aug. 2, 1852. No. J 408. AX ACT to protect actual settlers upon the land on the line of the Cen- 
 Yol. 10, p. 27. tral Railroad and branches, by granting preemption rights thereto. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 433]. 
 
 Aug. 30, 1852. Wo. 1409. AX ACT making appropriation for the current and contingent expenses 
 Vol. 10, p. 42. of the Indian Department, and for lulfilJiug treaty stipulations with various Indian 
 
 tribes, for the year endiug June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundied and nfty- 
 
 three. 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 Appropriation For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claimants under the 
 for interest fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of the twenty- 
 seventh of September, eighteen hundred and thirty, from the first of 
 July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two to the date of the passage of the 
 act entitled "An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the 
 
MISSISSIPPI 591 
 
 service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred 
 and fifty-two," a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars: Provided, claims of cer- 
 That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to tain Choctaws to 
 examine the reservation claims of the Choctaws, known as Bay Indians, be examined, 
 and of those Choctaws in whose cases the scrip awarded by the late 
 board of commissioners has not been issued ; and where he shall find 
 that such Indians are clearly entitled to land under the fourteenth arti- 
 cle of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty, and under the several 
 acts heretofore passed in relation to such claims, he is hereby authorized 
 to extend to such claimants the provisions applicable to such claims in 
 the acts of twenty-third August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and 
 of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, (a) 
 
 ****** 
 (a) See Nos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1411. 
 
 No. 1 410. AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses March 3, 1853. 
 of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and Vol. 10, p. 189. 
 fifty-four. 
 
 SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That whenever the land office at Land office at 
 Pontotoc, Mississippi, shall be discontinued, the records and files thereof Pontotoc, Missis- 
 shall be placed in the possession of the clerk of the United States dis- 81ppl> 
 trict court for the northern district of Mississippi, who is hereby made 
 keeper of the same, and authorized to perform all the duties now con- 
 ferred upon the register and receiver, and shall receive for his services 
 therefor a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, (a) 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Nos. 731, 1266, 1272, 1275, 1279, 1298, 1305, 1310, 1315, 1328, 1349, 1355, 1363, 1373. 
 
 No. 1411. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses March 3, 1853. 
 of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian Vol. 10, p. 227. 
 tribes, for the year ending June thirty, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. . 
 
 That the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to examine the 
 claims of Choctaws to reservations of land under the treaty of eighteen 
 hundred and thirty shall extend to all cases recommended by either of 
 the boards of commissioners appointed to examine said claims, and his 
 awards in scrip shall be received by them in full satisfaction of all their 
 claims against the Government arising under said treaty, and the scrip Scrip receiy- 
 thus awarded shall be received as other warrants in payment for any able for public 
 public lands subject to sale at private entry, (a) 
 
 * ***** 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1368, 1371, 1372, 1380, 1389, 1392, 1395, 1405, 1407, 1409. 
 
 No. 1412. AN ACT to confirm the claim of Dusuan de la Croix to a lot of land July 24, 1854. 
 therein described. Vol. 10, p. 788. 
 
 Whereas in the supplemental report of the register and receiver at preamble. 
 Jackson Courthouse, dated twenty- ninth of December, eighteen hun- 
 dred and twenty, communicated to the Senate twenty-third of Febru- 
 ary, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, it is stated that claim number 
 four, in said report, was " inadvertently omitted in the general report" 
 made on the eleventh of July, eighteen hundred and twenty, and pre- 
 sented to the Senate the seVenteenth of November, same year ; and 
 whereas, it is considered by the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 that, by reason of said omission, the said claim is not entitled to the 
 confirmation contained in the act of eighth of May, eighteen hundred 
 and t wenty-two, confirming the general report of eighteen hundred and 
 twenty : 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That claim number four, in the supplemental report Land 
 hereinbefore referred to, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to Dusuan 
 de la Croix, his legal representatives and assigns, according to the Span- 
 ish survey referred to in said claim, as fully, in like manner, and to same 
 effect, as if said claim had been confirmed to said Dusuan de la Croix, 
 his legal representatives, and assigns, by the act of eighteen hundred 
 and twenty-two aforesaid : Provided, That this grant and confirmation 
 shall amount only to a relinquishment, on the part of the United States, 
 of all its right and title to the lot of land hereby granted and confirmed. 
 
592 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 Aug. 4,1854. 
 Vol. 10, p. 821. 
 
 Aug. 4,1854. No. 1 41 3. AX ACT for the relief of Rosalie Caxillo. 
 
 17 li 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That, upon the relinquishment by Rosalie Caxillo 
 Rosalie Caxillo and her children (being the widow and heirs of Jose Caxillo, late of 
 surrender a lot Mi88ib8i PPO of their right, title, and interest, in and to a certain quarter- 
 of land and take section of land granted by Congress to the said Jose Caxillo, for his 
 another. relief and indemnity, it shall be the duty of the proper officers of the 
 
 Government to issue to the said Rosalie a warrant for one quarter-sec- 
 tion of land, to be located on any land belonging to the Government, 
 subject to private entry, in the Augusta land district of Mississippi, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1393. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1856. No. 1414. AN ACT granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of 
 Vol. 11, p. 30. Mississippi to aid in the construction of railroads in said State, and for other pur- 
 poses. 
 
 Grant of land Be it enacted, #c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State 
 
 to Mississippi for of Mississippi, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads 
 from Jackson to the line between the State of Mississippi and the 
 State of Alabama ; from Tuscaloosa to the Mobile Railroad within 
 Mississippi ; and from Brandon to the Gulf of Mexico, every alternate 
 section of land designated by even numbers ; for six sections in width 
 Grant in lieu on each side of each of said roads. But in case it shall appear that the 
 
 of sections sold United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely 
 empted. fc xe d, sold any sections or any parts thereof granted as aforesaid, or 
 that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be 
 lawful for any agent or agents, to be appointed by the governor of said 
 State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, 
 from the lands of the United States nearest to the 'tiers of sections 
 above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections 
 as shall be equal to such lands as the United States shall have sold or 
 otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption has at- 
 tached as aforesaid ; which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold, 
 and to which pre-emption rights have attached as aforesaid, together 
 with the sections and parts of sections designated by even numbers as 
 aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid) shall beheld by the said State 
 for the use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, That the lands to be so lo- 
 cated shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the lines of said 
 Application of roads, and selected for, and on account of each of said roads : Provided 
 
 said lands. further, That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in 
 
 the construction of that road for and on account of which said lands 
 are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of only as the work pro- 
 gresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever: 
 Act not to ap- And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the 
 
 ply (except as to United States by any act of Congress, or in any other manner, bv com- 
 
 ightof way; to petent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal 
 improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be and the same are 
 hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, ex- 
 cept so far as it may be found necessary to locate the routes of said rail- 
 roads through such reserved lands, in which case, the right of way only 
 shall be granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United 
 States, (a) 
 Price of alter- SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- 
 
 nate s ections tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, 
 
 doubled. within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less 
 
 than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold ; nor shall 
 
 any of the said lands become subject to private entry until the same 
 
 have been first offered at public sale at the increased price. (&) 
 
 Disposal of said SEC. 3. And l)e it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted 
 
 lands. to the said State, shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature there- 
 
 Railroads to be O f } f or the purpose aforesaid and no other; and the said railroads shall 
 
 fo^government 17 be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the 
 United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of 
 any property or troops of the United States. 
 Disposal of said SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to the 
 
 lands. 8a id state shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, 
 
 that is to say : That a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and 
 twenty seciions for each of said roads, and included within a continu- 
 ous length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold ; and when 
 the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior 
 that any continuous twenty miles of either of said roads is completed, 
 
MISSISSIPPI. 593 
 
 then another like quantity of land hereby granted, not exceeding one 
 hundred and twenty sections for such road may be sold ; and so from 
 time to time until said roads are completed ; and if said roads are not 
 completed within ten years no further sales shall be made, and the lands 
 unsold shall revert to the United States. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall Transportation 
 be transported over said railroads, under the direction of the Post-Office of mails - 
 Department, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct : Provided, 
 That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have 
 the power to determine the same. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a like grant to the same extent, Similar grant 
 and on the same terms and conditions in all respects, is hereby made to for a railroad 
 aid in constructing a railroad from the city of Mobile to New Orleans, tj om Mobile to 
 such grant to be made to the several States through which said road 
 shall pass, so far as said road is within their respective limits, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1403, 1404, 1418. 
 
 (6) See ISTos. 38, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1231, 1288. 1292. 1293, 
 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1416, 1417. 
 
 No. 1415. A.N ACT to settle certain accounts between the United States and the March 3 1857. 
 State of Mississippi and other States. Vol. n, p. 200. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office s ,,, 1 * 
 
 be and he is hereby required to state an account between the United accounts with 
 States and the State of Mississippi, for the purpose of ascertaining what Mississippi for 
 sum or sums of money are due to said State, heretofore unsettled, on lands, 
 account of the public lauds in said State, and upon the same principles of 
 allowance and settlement as prescribed in the "Act to settle certain ac- 
 counts between the United States and the State of Alabama," approved 
 the second March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five ; and that he be re- 
 quired to include in said account the several reservations under the 
 various treaties with the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians within the 
 limits of Mississippi, and allow and pay to the said State five per 
 centum thereon, as in case of other sales, estimating the lands at the 
 value of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shall And with other 
 also state an account between the United States and each of the other States. 
 States upon the same principles, and shall allow and pay to each State 
 such amount as shall thus be found due, estimating all lauds and per- 
 manent reservations at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1266, 1303, 1314, 1340, 1366, 1374, 1382, 1398. 
 
 No. 1416. AN ACT for the relief of certain actual settlers and cultivators who pur- March 3, 1857. 
 chased lands subject to graduation, within the limits of the Choctaw cession of Vol. 11, p. 248. 
 
 eighteen hundred and thirty, at a less rate than the true graduated price, under the 
 
 "Act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and 
 cultivators," approved the fourth of August, -eighteen hundred and fifty -four, and 
 for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted <fc., That any person or persons who may have entered, Relief of bona- 
 in good faith, lands .subject to graduation within the limits of the fide settlers on 
 Choctaw cession of eighteen hundred and thirty, before the correct sf e n 
 graduation lists had been received at the local land offices, at a less rate 
 than the true graduation price, and who settled upon and improved the 
 lands entered, or who entered the same for the benefit of an adjoining 
 farm, and who continue to occupy the same, shall be entitled (provided 
 the entries are regular in all respects) to receive patents for the lands 
 so entered, settled upon, and occupied, without any additional payment 
 being required of them, upon their making the proof required by the 
 circulars from the General Land Office, dated the twenty-third of Jan- 
 uary and the seventh of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, any law 
 to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided, That no proof shall be re- 
 quired which is not necessary to carry into effect the provisions of 
 this act. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act of May nineteen, one Act of 1852. 
 thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An act to authorize the respectingscbool 
 legislature of the State of Mississippi to sell the lands heretofore ap- JJJJJJ ^ apSlvto 
 propriated for the use of schools in that State, and to ratify and ap- those heretofore 
 prove the sales already made," be so construed as to apply to lands reserved, 
 heretofore reserved for school purposes in the State of Mississippi, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 1298, 1301, 1305, 1^15, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1417. 
 
 38 L o VOL ii 
 
594 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 June 11, 1858. No. 1417. AN ACT for the relief of certain purchasers of lands within the limits 
 Vol. 11, p. 314. of the Choctaw cession of eighteen hundred and thirty. 
 
 Commissioner Be it enacted, <$-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office J 
 of General Land be authorized, and he is hereby required, to cause patents to be issued 
 catentsto beis 6011 * U certi . ncate8 for entries made within the limits of the Choctaw 
 sued in certain cession of eighteen hundred and thirty, at less than the true gradua- 
 cases. tion price, which were issued prior to the reception, by the local land 
 
 officers, of the true graduation lists, where such certificates and entries 
 are regular in all other respects; any law to the contrary notwithstand- 
 ing, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 36, 59, 433, 1266, 1267, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1279, 1281, 1288, 1292, 1293, 
 1298, 1301, 1305, 1315, 1323, 1327, 1336, 1361, 1382, 1391, 1408, 1414, 1416. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1859. . No. 1418.-AN ACT for the relief of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. 
 YoL11>p ' 384 - ISee ALABAMA, No. 1616.] 
 
 May 9, 1860. No. 1419. AN ACT to authorize the issuance of patents in the name of James S. 
 VoL 12, p. 840. Douglass, upon certain land entries made at Chockchnma, Mississippi. 
 
 Patents for Be it enacted, fa., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 land in Missis- be, and he is hereby, authorized to cancel the patents heretofore issued 
 sippi to issue to to James S. Coleman upon land entries number three thousand one hun- 
 b. u ig. ^^ and f or ty. e ight, three thousand one hundred and forty-nine, three 
 thousand one hundred and fifty, three thousand one hundred and fifty- 
 one, three thousand one hundred and fifty-two, and three thousand one 
 hundred and fifty-three, made on the thirty-first March, eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-five, in the former Chockchuma district, Mississippi; 
 and that said Commissioner be, and he is hereby, authorized and di- 
 rected to issue patents for the lands embraced by said entries to James 
 S. Douglass, senior, in whose name said entries ought to have been car- 
 ried upon the records, by the land officers at Chockchuma. 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 Wo. 1420. AN ACT for an amicable settlement of limits with the State of Georgia, April 7, 1798. 
 and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi Territory. VoL 1, p. 549. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1264.] 
 
 Wo. 1 421 .AN ACT supplemental to the act intituled "An act for an amicable set- May 10, 1800. 
 
 tlement of limits with the State of Georgia ; and authorizing the establishment of a Vol. 2, p. 69. 
 government in the Mississippi Territory." ___________ 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1265.] 
 
 No. 1422. AN ACT regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal March 3, 1803. 
 
 of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee. Vol. 2, p. 229. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1266.] 
 
 No. 1423. AN ACT supplementary to the act intituled "An act regulating the 
 grants of laud, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, 
 south of the State of Tennessee." 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1268.] 
 
 March 27, 1804. 
 VoL 2, p. 303. 
 
 No. 1424. AN ACT further to amend an act, intituled "An act regulating the 
 grants of land ; and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, 
 south of the State of Tennessee." 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1270.] 
 
 March 2, 1805. 
 Vol. 2, p. 323. 
 
 No. 1425. AX ACT supplemental to an act, intituled "An act regulating the 
 grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, 
 south of the State of Tennessee." 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1274.] 
 
 Jan. 19, 1808. 
 Vol. 2, p. 455. 
 
 No. 1426. AN ACT for the disposal of certain tracts of land in the Mississippi 
 Territory, claimed under Spanish grants, reported by the land commissioners as 
 antedated, and to confirm the claims of Abraham Ellis and Daniel HarregaL 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1276.] 
 
 Feb. 28, 1809. 
 VoL 2, p. 526. 
 
 No. 1 427. A PKOCLAMATION by the President of the United States of America Oct. 27, 1810. 
 respecting taking possession of part of Louisiana. VoL 11, p. 761. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 707.] 
 
 No. 1428 AN ACT providing for the removal of the land office established at Feb. 25, 1811. 
 Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, and Canton in the State of Ohio; and to Vol.2, p. 649. 
 
 authorize the register and receiver of public monies to superintend the public sales 
 
 of land in the district east of Pearl River. 
 
 [Land office at Nashville to be removed to some place in the Missis- 
 sippi Territory. Sales of public lands in the district east of Pearl River ; 
 by whom to be conducted. See Mississippi, No. 1279.] 
 
 595 
 
596 ALABAMA. 
 
 Dec. 12, 1811. No. 1429. AX ACT allowing further time for completing the payments on certain 
 Vol. 2, p. 668. lands held by right of pre-emption, in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1281.] 
 
 April 25, 1812. No. 1430. AN ACT for ascertaining the titles and claims to lands in that part of 
 Vol. 2, p. 713. the Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 718.] 
 
 May 14, 1812. No. 143 1. AN ACT to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 >p ' ' [Territory east of Pearl River, west of the Perdido, and south of the 
 
 31st degree of latitude annexed to Mississippi Territory. See MISSIS- 
 SIPPI, No. 1285.] 
 
 June 30, 1812. No. 1432. AN ACT confirming claims to lands in the Mississippi Territory, founded 
 Vol. 2, p. 765. on warrants of survey granted by the British or Spanish Government. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1286.] 
 
 July 5, 1812. No. 1433. AN ACT confirming grants to lands in the Mississippi Territory de- 
 Vol. 2, p. 776. rived from the British Government of West Florida, not subsequently regranted 
 . by the government of Spain or of the United States. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1287.] 
 
 Feb. 12, 1813. No. 1434. AN ACT authorizing the President of the United States to take posses- 
 Vol. 3, p. 472. sion of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi Territory and west of the 
 river Perdido. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1290.] 
 
 March 31, 1814. No. 1435. AN ACT 
 Vol. 3, p. 116. lie lands in the Mississippi Territory. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1292.] 
 
 April 18, 1814. No. 1436. AN ACT extending relief to certain purchasers of public lands in the 
 Vol. 3, p. 130. Mississippi Territory. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1293.] 
 
 April 18, 1814. Bfo. 1437. AN ACT supplemental to an act, entitled " An act for ascertaining the 
 Vol. 3, p. 137. titles and claims to lands in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the river Mis- 
 sissippi and island of New Orleans." 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 723.] 
 
 Jan. 23, 1815. No. 1438.- AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled "An act providing for the 
 Vol. 3, p. 192. indemnification of certain claimants of public lands ia the Mississippi Territory." 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1296.] 
 
 March 3, 1815. No. 1439. AN ACT further supplementary to an act, entitled "An act providing 
 Vol. 3, p. 235. for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Tern- 
 tory." 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1299.] 
 
 April 20, 1816. No. 1 440. AN ACT further supplementary to the act, entitled "An act providing 
 Vol. 3, p. 294. for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Ter- 
 ritory." 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI. No. 1300.] 
 
ALABAMA. 597 
 
 UTo. 1441 .AN ACT for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands in the Mis- April 24, 1816. 
 
 sissipi Territory. V ol. 3, p. 300. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1301.] 
 
 No. 1442. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas H. Boyle. April 27, 1816. 
 
 Beit enacted, fc., That Thomas H. Boyle, or his legal representatives, Yo1 - ^ P- 169 - 
 be authorized to enter with the register of the land office, without pay- Allowed to en- 
 ment, twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, including his settlement ter a tract of land 
 in the Mississippi Territory, and on return being made to the Commission- without pay- 
 [er] of the General Land Office, a patent shall issue as in other cases. 
 ####### 
 
 No. 1443. AN ACT to establish a separate Territorial government for the eastern March 3, 1817. 
 part of the Mississippi Territory. Vol. 3, p. 371 . 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That all that part of the Mississippi Territory which : - 
 
 lies within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning at the point the Mississippi 
 where the line of the thirty-first degree of north latitude intersects the Territory de- 
 Perdido River, thence east to the western boundary line of the State of scribed, to form 
 Georgia, thence along said line to the southern boundary line to the caUe^AlYbarn^! 
 State of Tennessee, thence west along said boundary line to the Tennes- 
 see River, thence up the same to the mouth of Bear Creek, thence by a 
 direct line to the northwest corner of Washington County, thence due 
 south to the Gulf of Mexico, thence eastwardly, including all the islands 
 within six leagues of the shore, to the Perdido River, and thence up the 
 same to the beginning, shall, for the purpose of a temporary government, 
 constitute a separate Territory, and be called "Alabama." 
 
 * * # * * # * 
 
 SEC. 5. And ~be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and Time at which 
 be in force, so soon as the convention, the appointment whereof has this a t 8h all 
 been authorized by Congress at their present session, shall have formed SS7<S?ce&e 
 a constitution and State government, for that part of the Mississippi Ter- 
 ritory lying west of the Territory herein described ; of which act of con- 
 vention the governor of the Mississippi, for the time being, shall give 
 immediate notice to the President of the United States, who shall there- 
 upon forthwith proceed to the execution of the powers vested in him by 
 the second section of this act ; but in case said convention shall fail to 
 form a constitution and State government, as aforesaid, then this act 
 shall become null and void, except so far as relates to the third section 
 thereof, which shall take effect, and be in force, from and after the pas- 
 sage of this act. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all persons who shall be in Persons in of- 
 office, within the Territory hereby established, when the said convention fi ce to continue, 
 shall have formed a constitution and State government, as aforesaid, ( 
 shall continue to hold and exercise their offices, in all respects as if this 
 act had never been made ; and the governor and secretary of the Missis- 
 sippi Territory, for the time being, shall continue to exercise the duties of 
 their respective offices, in relation to the Territory hereby established, 
 until a governor and secretary shall be appointed therefor, in pursuance 
 to this act. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all judicial process in the said Judicial pro- 
 Territory of Alabama, shall be issued, and bear test, as heretofore; nor cess as hereto- 
 shall any suit be discontinued, or the proceedings of any cause stayed, 6) 
 or in any wise affected by any thing contained in this act, or in the act, 
 entitled "An act to enable the people of the western part of the Missis- 
 sippi Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the 
 admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the 
 original States." 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the town of St. Stephens shall St. Stephens 
 be the seat of government for the said Alabama Territory, until it shall JJJJ^J ' 
 be otherwise ordered by the legislature thereof. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That whatever balance may remain Balance in the 
 in the treasury of the Mississippi Territory, at the time when the con- rfJhjyfiiJlS 
 vention authorized to form a constitution and State government, for tuo new State> 
 the western part of said Territory, may have formed a constitution and and Territory. 
 State government for the same, shall be divided between the new State 
 and Territory, according to the amount which may have been paid into 
 said treasury, from the counties lying within the limits of such State 
 and Territory respectively, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 707, 1264, 1265, 1285, 1420, 1421, 1427, 1431, 1452, 1453, 1499. 
 
598 ALABAMA. 
 
 March 3, Ifll7. No. 1444. AN ACT to set apart and dispose of certain public lands, for the en- 
 Vol. 3, p. 374. couragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive. 
 
 Four contigu- Be it enacted, $c., That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the 
 ous townships, Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, 
 square^lnThe 10 desi g nate > and set apart, any four contiguous townships, each six 
 Mississippi Ter- miles square, of vacant public lands lying in that part of the Missis- 
 ritory, to be setsippi Territory which was formed into a land district, by the act, en- 
 apart and reserv- titled "An act for the ascertaining and surveying of the boundary 
 lines fixed by the treaty with the Creek Indians, and for other pur- 
 poses," passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and fifteen ; and the four townships, so designated and set apart, shall 
 be reserved from public and private sale, anything in the aforesaid act 
 to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 The Secretary SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 of the Treasury fc e , and he is hereby, authorized to contract for the sale of the said four 
 the^aleaf the town8n ip 8 > which shall have been designated and set apart, as afore- 
 townships at $2 said, at the rate of two dollars per acre, to be made payable fourteen 
 per acre, &c. years after the contract shall have been concluded with any agent, or 
 agents, of the late emigrants from France, who have associated together 
 Proviso: as to for the purpose of forming a settlement in the United States : Provided, 
 ttie agents of That satisfactory evidence shall be produced that such agent, or agents, 
 grant" being duly are dulv authorized to form such contract, and that the number of such 
 authorized to emigrants, being of full age, for which he or they are authorized to act, 
 form a contract, are equal at least to the number of half-sections contained in the four 
 &c - townships proposed to be disposed of. 
 
 The Secretary SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That thesaid Secretary shall have power 
 empowered to to make such allotment of the lands among the individuals, and to 
 o-f Th e iVn^fs stipulate, in the proposed contract, for such conditions of settlement 
 among individu- and cultivation of the vine, and other vegetable productions, as may to 
 als, and to stipu- him appear reasonable ; and that on the fulfilment of such conditions 
 late for the cul- 8 h a ll t he issuing of grants for the lands, be made to depend: Provided, 
 vtae.&c. a That no P atent 8ha11 b granted for any of the lands aforesaid, nor 
 Proviso: no shall any title be obtained therefor, either at law or equity, until corn- 
 patent or title plete payment shall have been made for the whole four townships, and 
 L^L^f 1 ^ 6 un til they comply with the conditions of the contract, so to be made as 
 c aforesaid ; nor shall a patent be granted for a greater quantity than six 
 
 hundred and forty acres to any one person, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1458, 1497, 1521, 1543. 
 
 March 3, 1H17. No. 1445. AX ACT making provision for the location of the lands reserved by 
 
 thousand eight hundred 
 nation, to certain chiefs 
 
 Vol 3 p. 380. the first article of the treaty of the ninth of August, one thousand eight hundred 
 and fourteen, between the 'United States and the Creek 
 
 and warriors of that nation, and for other purposes. 
 Chiefs and Be it enacted, <$*c., That the chiefs and warriors of the Creek nation, 
 warriors of the who, by virtue of the first article of the treaty of the ninth of August, 
 thor e ed a tolocate one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, between the United States 
 their reserva- and that nation of Indians, are entitled to a reservation of land, which 
 tions of land. shall include their improvements, shall be authorized to locate said res- 
 ervation in the following manner, viz : 
 
 Manner of lo- Every such chief, or warrior, shall and may select such four quarter- 
 cation, sections, or such number of quarter-sections and fractional parts of sec- 
 tions, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land, as have been 
 or may be surveyed, in pursuance of the act of Congress, passed the 
 third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and as 
 shall include their respective improvements. And in case such chief, or 
 warrior, shall have resided at one place, and cultivated a farm or plan- 
 tation at another place, he may, at his option, select such quarter-sec- 
 tions, and fractional parts of sections, s\s shall include his said separate 
 Proviso as to improvements : Provided, however, That the lands so selected, shall enure 
 the title vested, to such chief or warrior so long only as he shall continue to occupy 
 and cultivate the same; and, in case he shall not have abandoned the 
 possession, shall, on his decease, descend to and vest in his heirs in fee- 
 simple, reserving to the widow of such chief or warrior the use and 
 occupation of one-third part of said lands, during her natural life. 
 Widows and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any chief or warrior, so 
 children to have entitled to a reservation of laud at the time of the signing of the treaty, 
 the right of se- g^i h ave 8 j nce died, and left a widow and child or children, who has 
 original cl a i n> or have continued to occupy and cultivate the said hind, they shall 
 an <fcc. have the right of selection in the same manner as the original claimant 
 
ALABAMA. 599 
 
 would have, if he were living ; and ttie title of the lands, so selected, 
 
 shall be a fee-simple title in the child or children, reserving to the widow, 
 
 if any, the use and occupation of one third of the land during her life : 
 
 Provided, however, That the said child or children shall not have the P roviso as to 
 
 power to alienate the said lands except by devise, until each and every aiiena^ioiTii/the 
 
 one of them shall have arrived at the age of twenty-five years. children. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the descendant of any native Descendants of 
 Creek Indian, male or female, who, at the commencement of the late "^^ Creeks 
 war with the hostile Creeks, occupied and cultivated a farm or planta- friendly, n &c n en^ 
 tion : who continued friendly to the United States during that war ; and titled to a reser- 
 who, after the termination of hostilities, returned to, and has continued vation, &c. 
 to occupy and cultivate, the said farm or plantation, shall be entitled to 
 a reservation of two quarter-sections of land, to be selected in the man- 
 ner stated in the first section of this act ; which lands shall enure to 
 them so long as they shall continue to occupy and cultivate the same ; 
 and on their death, shall descend, in fee, to their children ; and on fail- 
 ure of children, shall revert to the United States ; reserving, however, 
 to the husband or widow, as the case may be, the right to occupy and 
 cultivate one-third part of the lands during their natural lives. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the child or children of any The children 
 chief or warrior of the Creek nation, who resided within the limits of of a . n y Creek 
 the said ceded country, at the commencement of the late Creek war, ^ee^'witnin the 
 and who was killed or died in the service of the United States, during limits, &c., and 
 said war, or who has since died of wounds received therein, shall be en- who was killed, 
 titled, without payment, to a reservation of so much land as such chief &c - entitled to 
 or warrior would have been entitled to, had he been living at the time J. 86 on * 
 
 said treaty was signed ; which land shall be located in the manner pre- 
 scribed by the first section of this act. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying The agent of 
 into effect the provisions of this act, the agent of the United States for t he ^ ni ted States 
 the Creek nation shall immediately proceed to take such evidence as t Q n ^ ta ^ evi- 
 each and every person, who may be entitled to lands under the provis- dence, &c. 
 ions of it, shall be able to adduce in support of such title. The evi- 
 dence shall, as far as practicable, be taken by the agent on the land 
 occupied by such claimant ; and in all cases where he shall be of opin- 
 ion that the claim is a valid one, the quarter- sections, including the 
 improvements, shall be designated as provided for in the first section of 
 this act ; and the agent shall, without delay, return to the Secretary The Secretary 
 of the Treasury the evidence taken in each case, (reserving a copy f tbe H Tr fl a8 V 1 ry 
 thereof) together with the names of the claimants, and the numbers of & c ttec 
 the quarter sections reserved for them respectively. And the Secretary 
 of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, shall finally 
 decide on the validity of such claim. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the agent shall transmit, with- The agent to 
 out delay, to the register of tie land office for the district in which the J^JJJ* *? Jj 
 lands may be, a statement of the names of the claimants, and the num- la j d office tne 
 bers of the quarter- sections which have been reserved for each claimant ; names of claim- 
 and the register of the land office shall not offer any such quarter -sec- ants and num- 
 tion for sale, unless specially directed otherwise by the Secretary of the ^tions Tc 
 Treasury. 
 
 SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, That the agent of the United States Three dollars 
 shall be allowed, in addition to his salary, the sum of three dollars per f 6 g nt f n to a dS! 
 day, whilst occupied in performing the duties assigned to him by this t ^ to sa iaryj 
 act ; and he shall be authorized to employ a surveyor, in those cases &c. 
 where it may be necessary, for the purpose of ascertaining the quarter- The agent may 
 sections of land to be allotted to each claimant. mp loy 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the expenses which shall be 
 incurred in carrying into effect this act, shall be paid out of any moneys 
 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1451, 1545, 1557. 
 
 No. 1446. AN ACT for the relief of Narcissus Broutin and others. April 9, 1818. 
 
 Beit enacted, $c.< That Narcissus Broutin, George Brewer, the legal VoL 6) p ' 202 ' 
 representatives of John Baker, the legal representatives of Louis Duret, Confirmed in 
 and the legal representative of John Trouillet and of Joseph Chastiug, their < 1 a i m s 
 be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their respective claims, founded f^SSjj* 
 on Spanish warrants of surveys, to land lying on the east side of the iurve ys. 
 Tombigbee Eiver : Provided, That not more than six hundred and forty 
 acres be allowed to any one claim. 
 
600 ALABAMA. 
 
 Register to SEC. *2. And be it further enacted, That it shall bo the duty of the reg- 
 make out an or- ister of the land office within whose district the said lauds may be, 
 ht 8U ^ ve ^ for and he is hereby required, to make out, for the surveyor of the land 
 south of the State of Tennessee, an order of survey for each tract of 
 land confirmed by this act, to be located on the tracts so claimed ; Pro- 
 vided, The said lands have not been sold by the United States ; but in 
 case the lands shall have been sold, the location of the claims aforesaid 
 may be laid on any lands of the United States lying on the east side of 
 said river of Tombigbee, within the same district, and which shall have 
 been offered at public sale ; and on the return of the plat of survey, 
 made and executed pursuant to the said order, directed to the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office, patents shall be granted in like man- 
 ner as provided by law for other lands of the United States. 
 
 April 9, 1818. No. 1447. AX ACT confirming the claim of Tobias Eheams to a tract of land 
 Vol. 6, p. 205. granted to him by the Spanish Government. 
 
 Land title con- Be it enacted, $-c., That Tobias Rheams, or his legal representatives, be, 
 firmed. and they are hereby, confirmed in the title to a tract of land, situate in 
 
 the Territory of Alabama, on the east side of the Tombigbee River, 
 granted by the Spanish Government to the said Tobias Rheams, by war- 
 rant of survey, bearing date the tenth day of June, one thousand seven 
 hundred and ninety-five, and containing, by actual survey, the quantity 
 
 Proviso. of two hundred and eighty arpents : Provided, The said land has not 
 
 been already disposed of under the authority of the United States. 
 
 Patent to issue. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office be, and he is hereby authorized and required, on a re- 
 turn of the survey of the above-mentioned tract of land, by the surveyor 
 of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee, to 
 issue a patent for the same to the said Tobias Rheams, or his legal 
 representatives, or to any person legally claiming under him or them. 
 
 April 20, 1818. No. 1 448. AN ACT authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the 
 Vol. 3, p. 465. city of New Orleans and town of Mobile. 
 
 ISee LOUISIANA, No. 730.] 
 
 April 20, 1818. Xo. 1449. AN ACT for the relief of Peggy Bailey. 
 
 7ol. 6, p. 213. ^ . t enactc( j o. c ^ That it ahall be i aw f u i for peggv Bailey, sister of 
 
 May Center a Dixon Bailey, (a Creek Indian of the half blood, who was slain in the 
 1 and service o f the Uoited States, at the capture of Fort Mims,) and she is 
 y hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, with the register of the 
 land office in whose district the land lies, three hundred and twenty 
 acres of land, so as to include the settlement and improvements of the 
 
 Proviso. said Dixon Bailey in the Alabama Territory : Provided, That neither the 
 
 said Peggy Bailey, nor her heirs, shall haVe power of alienating said 
 land, or any part thereof, in any manner whatever ; and in case of the 
 voluntary abandonment of the possession and occupancy of the said 
 tract of land by the said Peggy Bailey, or of her heirs, hereafter, the 
 said land shall revert to the United States. 
 
 April 20. 1818. No. 145O. AN ACT respecting the surveying and sale of the public lands in the 
 Vol. 3, pi 466. Alabama Territory. 
 
 The powers of Be it enacted, <$-c., That the powers and duties of the surveyor for the 
 the surveyor of lands in the northern part of the late Mississippi Territory, shall ex- 
 th f eno ij*? ar *teiid to the whole of tho Alabama Territory, and that only. And it 
 limited 'To^Ala- shall be his duty to cause such of the said lands, to which the Indian 
 bama. title has been, or shall hereafter be, extinguished, as the President of 
 
 Lands to be the United States shall direct, to be surveyed and divided in the same 
 manner, and under the same regulations, as are provided by law in re- 
 Compensation, lotion to other public lands. And the said surveyor shall receive for 
 his services, hereafter, an annual compensation of two thousand dollars, 
 and shall be allowed not exceeding two clerks, whose whole compensa- 
 tion shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. () 
 
ALABAMA. 601 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in every public sale hereafter Lauds excepted 
 to be made of public lands, in the Territory of Alabama, there shall, in from sale on 
 addition to the usual reservation of section sixteen, in each township, JJJJJJJJ to bu " d 
 for the support of schools, ( b) be excepted from the sales such sections, 
 not exceeding ten in any one land district, as the President of the United 
 States shall have designated, for the purpose of laying out and estab- 
 lishing towns thereon ; which sections, so designated and reserved, for 
 the purpose aforesaid, shall be laid off into lots, and offered for sale, in 
 the manner, and on the terms and conditions, and with the same limi- 
 tation as to price, as is prescribed, for the laying off and sale of lots, by 
 the fifth section of the act, entitled "An act to authorize the appoint- 
 ment of a surveyor for the lands in the northern part of the Mississippi 
 Territory, and the sale of certain lands therein described," passed on the Anentiretown . 
 third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. And there ship to be located 
 shall be reserved from sale, in the Alabama Territory, an entire town- for the support 
 ship, which shall be located by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the of a seminary of 
 support of a seminary of learning within the said Territory, (c) and also, gectio^'for^the 
 any one entire section, which may be located under the direction of the geat O f g OV ern- 
 governor of the said Territory, for the seat of government therein, (d) ment. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands lying between the "bands attached 
 basis meridian and the first standard meridian, in the Alabama district, to the district 
 be attached to the land district east of Pearl River, (e) And the lands gj^ of Pearl 
 so attached to the said district, east of Pearl River, after having been The' lands after 
 surveyed according to law, shall, with the exception of section number having been sur- 
 sixteen in each township which shall be reserved for the support of veyed to be sold, 
 schools therein, (b) and with the further exception of such reservations JJ^otherreser- 
 as may be made in pursuance of the second section of this act, shall be va tions, &c. 
 offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register 
 of the land office, and the receiver of public moneys, at the place where 
 the land office is kept, and on such day or days as shall, by proclama- 
 tion of the President of the United States, be designated for that pur- The President 
 pose : the sale shall remain open two weeks and no longer. The lands to designate the 
 shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall, in every tn 
 other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size, and on the same terms 
 and conditions, as have been, or may be, provided for lands sold in the 
 same district. All the lands offered for sale, and remaining unsold at Lands offered, 
 the close of the said public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by and not sold, may 
 the register of the land office, in the same manner, and on the same terms pr ivat e 8a / e> &c . 
 and conditions, as are or may be provided for the sale of other lands in Patents, &c. 
 the same district ; and patents shall be granted in the same manner, 
 and on the same terms, as for other lands in the said district. (/) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 777, 1403, 1500, 1605. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1452, 1482. 
 
 (d) See No. 1452. 
 
 {e) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430, 1456, 1499, 1511, 1523, 1568, 1574. 
 (/) See Nos. 433, 730, 1266, 1279, 1281, 1293, 1301, 1323, 1422, 1428, 1429, 1436, 144J, 1448 
 1470, 1516, 1545, 1598, 1602, 1609, 1618. 
 
 Io. J 45 1 .AN ACT authorizing the President of the United StaLc-s to purchase the Feb. 20, 1819. 
 lands reserved by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, Vol. 3, p. 484. 
 to certain chiefs, warriors, or other Indians, of the Creek nation. 
 
 Be it enacted, ifc., That it shall be lawful for the President of the The President 
 United States to purchase for, and on behalf of, the United States, any may purchase 
 tract or tracts of land, reserved by the act of the third day of March, JSJJJJd, by act 
 eighteen hundred and seventeen, to the chief?, warriors, or other Indians, O f March, 1817, 
 of the Creek nation, which they, or either of them, may be disposed to to the Creeks, 
 sell; and the amount of such purchase shall be paid out of any money 
 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 SEC. '2. And be it further enacted, That any tract or tracts of land, the Lands acquired 
 title to which may'be acquired by the United States, by virtue of this by virtue of this 
 act, shall be offered at public sale, at the land offices of the district in jSiSeimraMi2 
 which they may be situate, upon such day or days as the President day8 as t | 10 p rea . 
 shall, by proclamation, designate for that purpose, in the same manner, ideut may d-*ig- 
 and on the same conditions and terms of credit, as is provided by law nate. 
 for the sale of public lands of the United States; and patents shall be 
 granted -therefor, as lor other public lands and town lots sold by the 
 United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See New. 1445, 1545, 1557. 
 
602 ALABAMA. 
 
 March 2, iei9. No. 1 452. AN ACT to enable the people /)f the Alabama Territory to form a con- 
 \ <>1. 3, p. 4-9. slitution and State government, and for the admission of such State' into the Union 
 on an equal footing with the original States. 
 
 The inhabitants Be it enacted, <fc., That the inhabitants of the Territory of Alabama 
 of Alabama au- | )e> an( i t h ey are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitu- 
 aconstit ution tion and State government, and to assume such name as. they may 
 and state govern- deem proper; and that the said Territory, when formed into a State, 
 ment. shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the oricr- 
 
 ^ ea 4 m - itted inal States, in all respects whatever. 
 
 Bounda,ries n of SEC - ' 2 - And be '{ further enacted, That the said State shall consist of 
 the State. all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: 
 
 Beginning at the point where the thirty-first degree of north latitude 
 intersects the Perdido River; thence, east, to the western boundary 
 line of the State of Georgia; thence along said line, to the southern 
 boundary line of the State of Tennessee; thence, west, along said 
 boundary line, to the Tennessee River; thence, up the same, to the 
 mouth of Bear Creek ; thence, by a direct line, to the northwest corner 
 ^ Wasnill g ton County; thence, due south, to the Gulf of Mexico; 
 six leagues of the tuence > eastwardly, including all islands within six leagues of the shore, 
 shore." ' to the Perdido River; and thence, np the same to the beginning. 
 
 The line of de- SEC. 3. And be it further c nacted, That it shall be the duty of the sur- 
 marcation be- veyor of the lauds of the United States south of the State o*f Tennessee, 
 T3 thTstate antl tbe 8urvevor of the public lands in the Alabama Territory, to run 
 to be formed, to and cnt ont tne line of demarcation, between the State of Mississippi 
 benmandcnt by and the State to be formed of the Alabama Territory : and if it should 
 the surveyors of appear to said surveyors, that so much of said line designated in the 
 Tennessee "and of P roced ' n g section, running due south, from the northwest corner of 
 Alabama. Washington County to the Gulf of Mexico, will encroach on the coun- 
 
 ties of Wayne, Green, or Jackson, in said State of Mississippi, then the 
 same shall be so altered as to run in a direct line from the northwest 
 corner of Washington County to a point on the Gulf of Mexico, ten 
 miles east of the mouth of the river Pascagola. (a) 
 
 *#***** 
 
 Proposi t i o n s SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and 
 offered to the the same are hereby, offered to the convention of the said Territory of 
 Alabama, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if 
 accepted by the convention, shall be obligatory upon the United States. 
 Section Xo. 16, First. That the section numbered sixteen' in every township, and 
 8hM> eV f e o y th tOWI e wnen BUCn 8ection has been sold, granted, or disposed of, other lands 
 of schools equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted 
 
 to the inhabitants of such townships for the use of schools. (6) 
 
 State for the use for working the said salt springs, not exceeding in the whole the quari- 
 
 of the people. tity contained in thirty-six entire sections, shall be granted to the said 
 
 State, for the rise of the people of the said State, the same to be used, 
 
 under such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature of the 
 
 said Stale shall direct : Provided, That said legislature shall never sell, 
 
 nor lease the same for a longer term than ten years at any one time. 
 
 Five per <*air. Third. That five per cent, of the net proceeds of the lands lying with- 
 
 of net proceeds of j n the said Territory, and which shall be sold by Congress, from and 
 
 Sept! l? 1819 to af ter t he first (lav of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred 
 
 be reserved 'for and nineteen, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall 
 
 making pub lie be reserved for making public roads, canals, and improving the naviga- 
 
 rawls, canal8,&c. t ,j on o f r i v ers, of which three fifths shall be applied to those objects 
 
 within the said State, under the direction of the legislature thereof, and 
 
 two-fifths to the making of a road or roads leading to the said State, 
 
 under the direction of Congress, (c) 
 
 Anentiretown- Fourth. That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, to be de-si g- 
 ehip for a semin- na ted by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the Presi- 
 nng - dent of the United States, together with the one heretofore reserved for 
 that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, 
 and vested in the legislature of the said State, to be appropriated solely 
 To be reserved to the use of such seminary by the said legislature. And the Secretary 
 in small tracts. o f t ne Treasury, under the direction as aforesaid, may reserve the sev- 
 enty-two sections or two townships, hereby set apart for the support of 
 a seminary of learning, in small tracts: Provided, That no tract shall 
 Proviso : irrev- consist of less than two sections : (d) 4*d provided always. That the said 
 ocable ordi- convention shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the con- 
 
ALABAMA. 603 
 
 sent of tbe United States, that the people inhabiting the said Territory, nance disclaim- 
 do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the ing right to waste 
 waste or unappropriated lands lying within the said Territory; and waste lands' at 
 that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the sole disposal 
 the United States ; and moreover, that each and every tract of land sold of the United 
 by the United States, after the first day of September, in the year one States. 
 thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall be and remain exempt from 8 [I b v the 
 any tax laid by the order, or under the authority of the State, whether United States to 
 for State, county, township, parish, or any other purpose whatever, for be exempt from 
 the term of five years, from and after the respective days of the ta | es for five 
 sales thereof ; (e) and that the lands belonging to citizens of the United ^^mls of non- 
 States, residing without the said State, shall never be taxed higher than resident citizens 
 the lands belonging to persons residing therein ; and that no tax shall not to be taxed 
 be dmposed on lands, the property of the United States; and that all hi ^ her ' * 
 navigable waters within the said State shall for ever remain public high- rjnited States 
 ways, free to the citizens of said State and of the United States, with- lands. 
 out any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said State. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That, in lieu of a section of land, Land for a seat 
 provided to be reserved for the seat of government of the said Territory, of government in, 
 by an act, entitled "An act respecting the surveying and sale of the lieu > &c - 
 public lauds in the Alabama Territory," there be granted to the said 
 State, for the seat of the government thereof, a tract of land containing 
 sixteen hundred and twenty acres, and consisting of sundry fractious 
 and a quarter- section, in sections thirty-one and thirty-two, in town- 
 ship sixteen, and range ten, and in sections five and six, in township fif- 
 teen, and range ten, and in sections twenty-nine and thirty, in the same 
 township and range, lying on both sides of the Alabama and Cahawba 
 rivers, and including the mouth of the river Cahawba, and which here- 
 tofore has been reserved from public sale, by order of the President of 
 the United States. (/) 
 
 *#*##** 
 
 (a) See Nos. 707, 1264, 1265, 1285, 1420, 1421, 1427, 1431, 1443, 1453, 1499. 
 (ft) See Nos. 1450, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1015, 1314, 1459, 1494, 1541, 1573, 1581, 1607. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 1450, 1482. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 169,1588. 
 (/) See No. 145J. 
 
 No. 1453. RESOLUTION declaring the admission of the State of Alabama into Dec. 14, 1819. 
 
 the Union. Vol. 3, p. 608. 
 
 Whereas, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the second The people of 
 day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Alabama have 
 act to enable the people of the Alabama Territory to form a constitution formed a consti- 
 and State government, and for the admission of such State into the tution and State 
 Union, on an equal footing with the original States," the people of the gov( 
 said Territory did, on the second day of August, in the present year, by 
 a convention called for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution 
 and State government, which constitution and State government, so 
 formed, is republican, and in conformity to the principles of the articles 
 of Compact between the original States and the people and States in 
 the territory northwest of the river Ohio, passed on the thirteenth day 
 of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, so far as the 
 same have been extended to the said Territory by the articles of agree- 
 ment between the United States and the State of Georgia: 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That the State of Alabama shall be one, and is hereby Alabama ad- 
 declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into mitted into tho 
 the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects Ul 
 whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 707, 1264, 1265, 1285, 1420, 1421, 1427, 1431, 1443, 1452, 1499. 
 
 No. 1454. AN ACT for the relief of John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, May 8, 1820. 
 ' and Beley Cheney. Vol. 6, p. 246. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, ~ Confirmed ^ 
 and Beley Cheney, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their respective their claims to 
 claims to land lying on the east side of the Tombigbee Kiver, in the land in Alabama. 
 State of Alabama, founded on Spanish warrants of survey, issued prior 
 to the twenty- seventh day of October, in the year one thousand seven 
 hundred and ninety -five: Provided, The said claimants shall prove, Provisq 
 
604 ALABAMA. 
 
 to the satisfaction of the register an,d receiver of the land office within 
 whose district the said lands are situated, that they were residents of 
 the Mississippi Territory on the day aforesaid ; and that, prior to that 
 period, the conditions of said warrants of survey were performed by 
 them. 
 
 Register and SEC. 2. A nd 1)6 it further enacted, That the register and receiver af ore- 
 receiver to re- said, are hereby required to receive and record the evidence which may 
 Xrevidencf&c be offere<1 in support of the claims enumerated in the first section of 
 ' ' this act ; and if it shall appear that the said claimants were residents 
 of the late Mississippi Territory, or had complied with Ihe conditions of 
 their warrants of survey, on the day and year in the foregoing section 
 specified, it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to issue 
 to the said claimants certificates of confirmation, for the quantity of 
 
 Proviso. land mentioned in the said warrants of survey : Provided, No certificate 
 
 shall be for a larger quantity than six hundred and forty Acres : And 
 
 Proviso. provided, also, That the said lands have not been sold by the United 
 
 States ; in which case, the register and receiver shall make a special 
 report of the fact, with all the evidence thereto appertaining, to the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office, who shall present the same 
 to Congress at their next session, for their decision thereon, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1555. 
 
 May 8, 1820. No. 1455. AX ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis. 
 
 ' p ' L_ Be it enacted, $~c., That the legal representatives of Henry Willis be, 
 
 Authorized to and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, in lieu of 
 enter a tract of ^wo tracts of land, claimed by them, on the waters of Bavou Sarah, 
 t other t^actf and which have V een 8 . old ^ the United States, in any land office in 
 claimed by them, the States of Mississippi or Alabama, and in such quantities, agreeably 
 to the surveys made by the United States, as the claimants may desire, 
 a quantity not exceeding thirteen hundred arpens ; for which the reg- 
 ister or registers of the land offices aforesaid, shall issue the necessary 
 certificate or certificates, on return of which* to the General Land Office, 
 a patent or patents shall issue in favor of said legal representatives, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1457. 
 
 May 11 1820 No. 1456. AN ACT to establish additional land offices in the States of Alabama 
 Vol. 3, p. 571.. and Dlinois. 
 
 District and B ^ enacted, $c., That for the sale of the unappropriated public 
 land office at lands in the State of Alabama, the following districts shall be formed, 
 Tuscaloosa. and land offices therefor established : All the public lands, as afore- 
 said, bounded on the north by the line which separates townships num- 
 bered fourteen and fifteen, in the district of Huntsville; on the south, 
 by the line which separates townships twenty-two and twenty-three, 
 in the district of Cahawba, and the district east of Pearl River ; and 
 on the east and west, by the lines of the State of Alabama ; shall form 
 a district, for which a land office shall be established at Tuscaloosa. 
 District a n d And all the public lands, as aforesaid, bounded on the south by the 
 land office at southern boundary of the State of Alabama ; on the west, by the line 
 Conecuh Court- separating ranges four and five, east of the basis meridian, to the line 
 separating townships five and six north, in the district of Cahawba; 
 thence, east, with said line, to the line separating ranges twenty and 
 twenty-one; thence north, with the said line, to the line separating 
 townships eleven and twelve; thence, east, with said line, to the east- 
 ern boundary of the State of Alabama, and bounded on the east by the 
 eastern boundary of said State ; shall form a district, for which a land 
 office shall be established at Conecuh Courthouse. 
 
 Part of Shaw SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That so much of the public lands, 
 
 neetown district heretofore included in the Shawneetown land district, as lies east of 
 
 to form a sepa- t jj e third principal meridian, north of the base line, and west of the 
 
 ' range line, between ranges numbered eight and nine, east of the said 
 
 third principal meridian, shall constitute a separate laud district ; and, 
 
 Land office at for the sale of the public lands therein, there shall be a land office es- 
 
 Vandalia. tablished at Vandalia, the seat of government for the State of Illinois. 
 
 Another land SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public laud as 
 
 district in II li- lies north of the base line, east of the aforesaid range line, and west of 
 
 noi s. the Big W abash River, as lies in the State of Illinois, shall also con- 
 
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 stitute a separate land district ; and for the sale of the public lands, Land office at 
 there shall be a land office established at the. town of Palestine, on the Palestine, 
 said Wabash River. 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That there shall be a register and A register and 
 receiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintend ^^^ T Q 0r ^ acl1 
 the sales of the public lands in their respective districts, who shall re- with " e coiupeiisa- 
 side at the places designated in their respective districts, at which the tion, &c., as in 
 offices are fixed, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, other cases. 
 and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, 
 in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be 
 disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided in rela- 
 tion to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices 
 established for the sale of the public lands. 
 
 SEC. 5. And le it further enacted, That the provisions of the second, Second, third, 
 third, and fifth sections of the act, entitled "An act to designate the ; and fifth sections 
 boundaries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the MarchS iliS ap- 
 public lands, not heretofore offered for sale, in the States of Ohio and piicable,' &c.', so 
 Indiana," approved March the third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, far as they have 
 be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the aforesaid districts n 9* een cnan S- 
 and offices, so far as they are not changed by subsequent laws of the e ' 
 United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1499, 1511, 1523, 1568, 1574. 
 
 No. 1457 AN ACT to amend the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the legal Dec. 29, 1820. 
 
 representatives of Henry Willis. ' Vol. 6, p. 254. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the act, entitled "An act for the relief of the Act of May 8, 
 legal representatives of Henry Willis," passed on the eighth day of 1820, to be so con- 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, be so construed as to |^pt f r^n loca- 
 except from location all town lots and lands now or hereafter reserved tion town lots, 
 by the United States, or which may have been, or maybe, appropriated &c. 
 by Congress for the use of any State, or for any other purpose, and that 
 the location be made within two years from the passage of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1455. 
 
 No. 1458. AN ACT supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to set apart and April 26, 1822. 
 dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine Vol. 3, p. 667. 
 and olive." 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That, whenever any individual or individuals, When any indi- 
 named in the contract entered into between the Secretary of the Treas- vldnal of the as 
 
 ury and Charles Villar, agent of the French association, on the eighth , 
 day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, sees shall have 
 by virtue of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to set apart and dis- complied with 
 pose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation ^ttl^enif&c 9 in 
 of the vine and olive," passed on the third day of March, one thousand proportion' to his 
 eight hundred and seventeen, or the heirs or devisees of such individ- interest, and paid 
 ual or individuals, shall have complied with the conditions of settle- 1 h e amount of 
 ment and cultivation, in the said contract prescribed, in proportion to IllfJh^SSJSl 
 
 1 it i .1 -*** i i j i i cfcC., tttC oiH/1 6Itl 
 
 his or their interest, under the said contract, and m the lands thereby ry O f the Treas- 
 set apart, and shall have paid the amount of purchase money, proper- ury to cause a 
 tionate to his or their interest in said land, within the particular periods patent to is 
 in the said contract limited, it shall and may be lawful for the Secretary f^ate fnterea t 
 of the Treasury, and he is hereby required, to cause letters- patent to be O f the individual 
 issued to such individual or individuals, or his or their heirs or devisees, in the lands set 
 for the amount of his or their interest in the lands set apart and con- ^^^ to the 
 tracted for by virtue of the said act, any thing in the said act or con- widow fer right 
 tract contained to the contrary notwithstanding : saving, always, to pf dower, accord- 
 the widow of any such deceased proprietor her right of dower in said ing to the laws of 
 lands, according to the laws of the State of Alabama, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1444, 1497, 1521, 1543. 
 
 .No. 1459. AN ACT to provide for paying to the States of Missouri, Mississippi, May 3, 1822. 
 and Alabama, three per cent, of the net proceeds, arising from the sale of the public _ 
 lands within the same. 
 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1314.] 
 
606 ALABAMA. 
 
 May 6, 1822. No. 146O. AX ACT confirming the tittle to a tract of land to Alzira Dibrel and 
 Vol. 6, p. 267. Sophia Hancock. 
 
 Title to a tract Be it enacted, <-c., That the title to a tract of land containing five 
 of land reserved thousand one hundred and twenty acres, be, and the same is hereby, 
 treat? of iount confirmed to > and vested in, Alzira Dibrel, formerly Alzira Mitchel, and 
 Dexter with the Sophia Hancock, formerly Sophia Mitchel, daughters of Samuel Mitchel, 
 Choctaws, con- by Molly, a Choctaw woman, and their heirs, for ever, which tract of 
 firmed. land was reserved to them by the treaty of Mount Dexter, concluded 
 
 between the United States of America and the Choctaw nation of In- 
 dians, on the sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred 
 and five. 
 
 May 8, 1822. No. 1461. AX ACT confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to land 
 Vol. 3, p. 699. in the former province of West Florida, which claims have been reported favourably 
 on by the commissioners appointed by the United States. 
 
 Claims to lots Be it enacted, $*c.. That all the claims to lots in the town of Mobile, 
 in Mobile, found- founded ^ on complete grants derived from either the French, British, 
 grants frcHn P tbe or Spanish, authorities, reported to the Secretary of the Treasury by 
 French, British, the commissioner for the district east of Pearl River, appointed under 
 or Spanish au- the authority of "An act for ascertaining the titles and claims to land 
 thoriUes, report- j n tnat par t o f Louisiana which lies east of the island of New Orleans," 
 nized a8'valfd. 0g or which were so reported by the register and receiver, acting as com- 
 missioners, under the act of the third of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act for adjusting claims to land, 
 and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New 
 Orleans," which are contained in the reports of the commissioner, or 
 of the register and receiver acting as commissioners, and which 
 are, in their opinion, valid, agreeably to the laws, usages, and cus- 
 toms, of the said governments, be, and the same are hereby, recognised 
 as valid. 
 
 Certain claims SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That all the claims to lots in the 
 to lots in Mobile town aforesaid, reported as aforesaid, and contained in the reports of 
 the commissioner, or of the register and receiver acting as commission- 
 ers, founded on orders of survey, requettes, permissions to settle, or other 
 written evidences of claims, derived from either the French, British, 
 or Spanish authorities, and bearing date prior to the twentieth of De- 
 cember, one thousand eight hundred and three, and which ought, in the 
 opinion of the commissioner, to be confirmed, shall be confirmed in the 
 same manner as if the title had been completed. 
 
 All claims to SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the claims to lots in the town 
 lots in Mobile, aforesaid, reported as aforesaid, and contained in the reports of the 
 commSsioner ecommi8sioner ' or of tae re g ister and receiver acting as commissioners, 
 &c., founded on founded on private conveyances which have passed through the office 
 private convey- of the commandant, or other evidence, but founded, as the claimants 
 2 nce8 ; & c -. c 011 - allege, on grants lost by time and accident, and which ought, in the 
 opinion of the commissioner, to be confirmed, shall be confirmed in the 
 Proviso. same manner as if the titles were in existence : Provided, That, in all 
 
 such claims where the quantity claimed is not ascertained, no one claim 
 shall be confirmed for a quantity exceeding seven thousand two hun- 
 dred square feet. 
 
 For all other SEC. 4. And 1)e it further enacted, That for all the other claims to lots 
 
 claims to lots in in the town aforesaid, reported as aforesaid, which are contained in 
 
 M . ob ^ 1 . e > on. tne report of the register and receiver, and which, by the said report, 
 
 p^n-tfof Vhe regls" a PP ear to have been built upon or improved and occupied, on or before 
 
 ter and receiver] the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, 
 
 built upon, &c., the claimants shall be entitled to grants therefor as donations: Provided, 
 
 i?i r i^ foreA t pr t ilTliat in a11 8uch claims, where the quantity claimed is not ascertained, 
 
 issue aT a dom no one claim 8ha11 be confirmed for a quantity exceeding seven 
 
 tions. thousand two hundred square feet; And provided also, That all the 
 
 Proviso. confirmations and grants provided to be made by this act, shall 
 
 amount only to a relinquishment for ever, on the part of the 
 
 United States, of all right and title whatever to the lots of land so 
 
 confirmed or granted. 
 
 Registers and SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers of 
 receivers of the the land offices at St. Helena Courthouse and at Jackson Courthouse, 
 land offices at St. respectively, shall have the same powers to direct the manner in which 
 Jackson* Cou U rt- a11 lands confirmed by this act shall be located and surveyed, and also to 
 
ALABAMA. 607 
 
 decide between the parties in all conflicting and interfering claims, as houses, to have 
 are given by the act, entitled "An act supplementary to the several f 8ame powers, 
 acts for adjusting the claims to laud, and establishing land offices, in *y ' t { "J^*. 
 the districts east of the island of New Orleans." (a) plementary, &c. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 1067, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1274, 1276, 1286, 1287, 1292, 1296, 1299, 1300, 
 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1430, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1479, 1484, 
 1527, 1585. 
 
 No. 1462. AN ACT granting to the State of Alabama the right of pre-emption to March 3, 1823. 
 certain quarter-sections of land. Vol. 3, p'. 773. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That there be granted to the State of Alabama, at Alabama al- 
 the minimum price for which public lands of the United States are lowed the right 
 sold, the right of pre-emption to one quarter-section of land, in, or near, of pre-emption of 
 the centre of each of the counties of Marengo, Perry, and Decatur, of JJJjJJ ,* or seats ( 
 the State aforesaid, in trust for said counties, respectively, for the es- 
 tablishment of seats of justice therein : Provided, That the proceeds of Proviso, 
 the sale of each of said quarter-sections shall be appropriated for the 
 purpose of erecting public buildings in the county for which it is lo- 
 cated, after deducting therefrom the amount originally paid for the 
 same: And provided further, That the seat of justice for said counties, Proviso, 
 respectively, shall be fixed and continued on the lands so located and 
 selected. 
 
 No. 1463. AN ACT to regulate the surveying of public and private lands in the Feb. 28, 1824. 
 southern part of Alabama. Vol. 4, p. 6. 
 
 Be It enacted, $c., That all the lands in the State of Alabama shall be Lands to be at- 
 attached to the district of the surveyor of the public lands in the State tached to tbedis- 
 of Alabama, and the surveying of all public and private lands, in the trict f tn 8ur * 
 said State, shall hereafter be made under his direction ; and it shall be Je?t' srveor 
 the duty of the deputy surveyor of the district east of the island of east of the island 
 New Orleans, and east of Pearl River, to return the plats of all private of New Orleans, 
 claims within the State of Alabama, to the office of the said surveyor, (a) &c> 
 
 (a) See Nos. 777, 1450, 1500, 1605. 
 
 No. 1464. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Miguel Eslava. May 21, 1824. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the heirs of Miguel Eslava, deceased, be, and 
 
 -*-*%/ vv VHrVWWWj *-} ^.y J-JJCHJ UUV JJt/llO V/J. i'J-l^LA^i J-JDJ Cb V CVj V* t^V^tCUOV- \A j R-F^j ClUVi. 
 
 they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to a lot of ground situated His heirs con" 
 below Fort Mobile, purchased by the said Miguel Eslava, at a judicial jj,"? 6 ^ in i thei l 
 sale of Jean Baptiste de Lusser, on the thirtieth day of December, one ground below 
 thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and bounded on the east by Port Mobile. 
 Royal street continued, on the north by Monroe street, on the west by 
 Washington street, and on the south by a lot claimed by the family of 
 Burette, and containing sixteen thousand nine hundred and one square 
 feet : Provided, This confirmation shall only amount to a relinquish- Proviso, 
 ment, on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights 
 of any third person. 
 
 No. 1465. AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of John Donnelson, May 24, 1824. 
 Stephen Heard and others. Vol. 6. p. 313. 
 
 [Authorized to enter 5,000 acres of land in any land office in Missis- 
 sippi or Alabama. See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1321.] 
 
 No. 1466. AN ACT granting certain lots of ground to the corporation of the city May 26, 1824. 
 of Mobile, and to certain individuals of said city. ^ Vol. 4, p. 66. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the right and claim of the United States to the All the richt 
 lots known as the hospital and bake-house lots, containing about three- am i c i a i m O f the 
 fourths of an acre of land, in the city of Mobile, in the State of Alabama; United States to 
 and also all the right and claim of the United States to all the lots not the lots known as 
 sold or confirmed to individuals, either by this or any former act, and bake-house 1 o t a 
 to which no equitable title exists, in favour of any individual, under this j n the city of 
 or any other act, between high- water mark and the channel of the Mobile, &c., vest- 
 river, and between Church street and North Boundary street, in front ed iu the 
 
608 ALABAMA. 
 
 and aldermen of of the said city, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the mayor and 
 said city. aldermen of the said city of Mobile, for the time being, and their suc- 
 
 cessors in office, for the sole use and benefit of the said city forever. 
 Right and SEC. i 2. And be it further enacted. That all the right and claim of the 
 l ai . m * l h , e United States to so many of the lots of ground, east of Water street, 
 otherlots insaid and Between Church street and North Boundary street, now known as 
 city vested in water lots, as are situated between the channel of the river and the 
 the person to front of the lots, known, under the Spanish Government, as water lots, 
 whom such alien- j n [the] said city of Mobile, whereon improvements have been made, 
 order of^survey ^ e > an( l the same are hereby, vested in the several proprietors and occu- 
 wasmade. pants of each of the lots heretofore fronting on the river Mobile, except 
 
 in cases where such proprietor or occupant has alienated his right to 
 any such lot, now designated as a water lot, or the Spanish Government 
 has made a new grant, or order of survey, for the same, during the time 
 at which they had the power to grant the same ; in which case, the 
 right and claim of the United States shall be, and is hereby, vested in 
 the person to whom such alienation, grant, or order of survey, was 
 Proviso. made, or in his legal representative ; Provided, That nothing in this act 
 
 contained shall be construed to affect the claim or claims, if any such 
 there be, of any individual or individuals, or of any body politic or 
 corporate, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xo. 1480. 
 
 May 26, 1824. Hfo. 1467. AX ACT granting to the corporation of Tuskaloosa certain lots and 
 vol. 6, p. 315. privileges over the reservations and commons in said town. 
 
 The right and Be it enacted, CJT., That the right and title of the United States to the 
 title of the f nit- public streets, and to certain lots in the town of Tuskaloosa, set apart 
 public^street 8 lor P ublic nses > and designated in the plan of said town, by the names 
 &.c . in the town of the "court square," the "market square," the "jail lot," the "spring," 
 of Tuskaloosa, the " church," and the "burial ground," be, and the same is hereby, 
 vested in the cor- vested in the corporation of said town forever: And, also, all the right 
 JJSSfJJeTO.. of tbe Suited States to that tract, between the lots and the river Tus- 
 The right, <fcc., kaloosa, called the "river margin," and of that called the "pond;" 
 to another tract and, also, of that called " the common ;" on condition, however, that the 
 vested in s a i d corporation shall not lease or sell any portion of the last- mentioned 
 certaTn con d tracts; but, that the same shall be appropriated to the purposes for 
 which they were designated and set apart, as well for the benefit of the 
 inhabitants of said town, as for that- of those resorting to, or visiting 
 the same ; and in case the same, or any part thereof, be applied to any 
 other purpose, that it revert to the United States, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1595. 
 
 March 3, 1825. No. 1468. AX ACT granting certain rights to David Tate, Josiah Fletcher, and 
 Vol. 6, p. 323. John Weatherford. 
 
 All right Be it enacted, $-c., That all right, title, and interest, which the United 
 
 which the Unit- States possess, in each of the reservations severally made to David Tate, 
 
 ed States p OB- j osiab Fletcher, and John Weatherford, of lands within the tract of 
 
 ?eS e r 8 vrtio e n8 COTintry ceded to the United States by the treaty of Fort Jackson, of 
 
 vested in each the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and fourteen, with the 
 
 occupant. Creek nation of Indians, be, and the same is hereby, vested in each 
 
 occupant and claimant of the tract so reserved and occupied and 
 
 Proviso. claimed by him: Provided, That no one claim shall exceed the quantity 
 
 of six hundred and forty acres. 
 
 March 31, 1826. No. 1469. AX ACT for the relief of Elijah Buckley. 
 
 YoL6,p.339. .^ . t enacted ^ g. c ^ That anv f or f e i ture ^-hich may have accrued to the 
 Lands at Ca- United States, from the non-payment of the purchase money for the 
 hawba r el i n- east jj a if o f tlie southeast quarter of section numbered two, in township 
 ' numbered nineteen, of range nine, in the district of lands offered for 
 sale at Cahawba, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished ; and that 
 Elijah Buckley shall be entitled to receive a patent for the same, on 
 making payment to the receiver of public moneys for the land office at 
 Cahawba, of the sum of one dollar and one cent. 
 
ALABAMA. 609 
 
 No. 1470 AN ACT giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to April 22, 1826. 
 in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Territory of Florida. Vol. 4, p. 154. 
 
 certain settlers in the States of 
 [See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1323.] 
 
 No. 1471. AN ACT for the relief of Charles Anderson. May 16, 18-26. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Charles Anderson be, and he is hereby, author- VoL 6> p> 340 ' 
 ized to relinquish and surrender to the Government of the United States May surrender 
 the east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, in town- a certain quarter- 
 ship four, range six west, in the Huntsville land office district, contain- ceive another * 
 ing seventy- nine acres and seventy-five hundredths of an acre, for re turn. 
 which a patent was issued in his name, on the first day of October, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-five, upon a declaration for relinquish- 
 ment erroneously made, upon which said relinquishment and surrender, 
 as above mentioned, to the register and receiver of the land office in 
 Huntsville : and in consideration thereof, they are hereby authorized 
 and required to cause a patent to be issued, in the name of the said 
 Anderson, for the west half of the said southeast quarter of section 
 twenty-eight, in township four, of range six west, in lieu of the east 
 half of the said southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, hereby au- 
 thorized to be relinquished : Provided, Application shall be made to the Proviso, 
 register and receiver of the land office at any time previous to the land 
 being offered for sale by the United States. 
 
 No. 1472. AN ACT relinquishing the right of the United States in a certain tract May 16, 1826. 
 of land, to Samuel Brashiers. Vol. 6, p. 342. 
 
 Be it enacted, c,, That all right, title, and interest, which the United Ri en t of the 
 States possess, in the reservation made to Samuel Brashiers, of lands united States in 
 within the tract of country ceded to the United States, by the treaty of certain land sur- 
 Fort Jackson, on the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and four- rendered to him. 
 teen, with the Creek nation of Indians, be, and the same is hereby, 
 vested in Samuel Brashiers, the occupant of the same : Provided, That proviso, 
 only six hundred and forty acres shall be granted in virtue of this act, 
 and that the same shall be laid out according to the provisions of the 
 treaty. 
 
 No. 1473. AN ACT relinquishing the right of the United States in a certain tract Mavr 16 1826 
 of land, to William Hollinger. Vof 6, p. 342 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all right, title, and interest, which the United ni^ht of United 
 States possess, in the reservation made to William Hollinger, of lands states in certain 
 within the tract of country ceded to the United States, by a treaty of land surrendered 
 Fort Jackson, on the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and four- to him - 
 teen, with the Creek nation of Indians, be, and the same is hereby, 
 vested in the said William Hollinger : Provided, That only six hundred Proviso, 
 and forty acres shall be granted in virtue of this act. 
 
 No. 1474. AN" ACT for the relief of Arthur Jones. May 18f ig26 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Arthur Jones be, and he is hereby, authorized YoL 6 ' P- 344t 
 and empowered to relinquish and surrender to the Government of the May relinquish 
 United States, the east half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, a certain tract of 
 in township four, of range two west, containing eighty acres, and eight- land, and re- 
 hundredths of an acre, a patent for which issued in his name, dated an^hertherefor 
 the first day of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, on a dec- 
 laration for relinquishment erroneously made : in consideration of 
 which relinquishment and surrender, as above mentioned, to the regis- 
 ter and receiver of the land office in Huntsville, they are hereby au- 
 thorized and required to cause a patent to be issued, in the name of 
 the said Arthur Jones, for the west half of the said southwest quarter 
 of section thirty, in township four, of range two west, in lieu of the 
 east half of said quarter-section, hereby authorized to be relinquished 
 on the application of the said Jones : Provided, It shall be made at 
 any time previous to said land being offered for sale by the United 
 States. 
 
 39 L O VOL II 
 
6 1 ALABAMA. 
 
 May 22, 1826. No. 1475.-AX ACT for the relief of Alfred Flournoy. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That Alfred Flournoy, of the State of Tennessee, 
 
 May enter two lately a lieutenant in the Army of the United States, and who, in con- 
 in C fuU discharge se <l uence of the los8 of a le g from a Spanish battery at Pensacola, has 
 of his pension. |J een placed on the pension list at fourteen dollars a month, be, and he 
 is hereby, authorized and empowered, within eighteen months from the 
 passing of this act, to enter in any office in the States of Mississippi or 
 Alabama, two sections of land, in commutation of, and in full discharge 
 Proviso. o f U i 8 pension : Provided, That no entry shall be made, but of land 
 
 which may have been previously offered at public sale : And provided, 
 Proviso. He shall not enter a less quantity than a quarter-section, unless where 
 
 it may be a fraction, nor any lands which may have been heretofore re- 
 linquished, until after they may be again offered at public sale. 
 
 On making any S EC . 2. And be it further enacted, That, on making any entry, in 
 eio^ertificaFe ?s P ur8Uance f tae provisions of this act, with any register, the said 
 to be returned. Alfred Flournoy shall deposit his pension certificate, to be returned by 
 said register to the Secretary of War; and thereupon, his said pension 
 shall cease and determine, on the next quarter-day after such surren- 
 der, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1476, 1478. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1827. No. 1476. AN ACT for the relief of Alfred Flournoy 
 
 Be it (, i acted, <$;c., That patents do issue from the General Land Office 
 
 Patents to is- to Alfreu Flournoy, of Giles County, State of Tennessee, for eight quar- 
 Alabama '" ter-sectious of land, which he hath located, and entered in the regis- 
 ter's office at Htmtsville, in the State of Alabam a, of the following de- 
 scriptions ; that is to say : the southwest quarter of section twenty-five, 
 township four, range three, west ; southeast quarter of section six, town- 
 ship five, range two, west ; southwest and northwest quarters of sec- 
 tion thirty-two, west : northwest quarter of section twenty-four, town- 
 ship four, range ten, west; northeast and southwest quarters of section 
 four, township four, range ten, west ; north quarter of section seven, 
 township four, range seven, west ; and the same is hereby declared to 
 be in full compensation for and commutation of his pension heretofore 
 granted by the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1475, 1478. 
 
 March 2, 1827. No. 1477. AN ACT to authorize the legislature of the State of Alabama to sell 
 Vol. 4, p. 237. the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that State. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted $c., That the legislature of the State of Alabama shall 
 sell, &c., in fee- ^ an( j j s hereby, authorized to sell, and convey, in fee-simple, all or 
 a J ny partof the anv P art of tne land8 heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress 
 lands heretofore for the use of schools within said State, and to invest the money arising 
 reserved by Con- from the sale thereof, in some productive fund, the proceeds of which 
 gress for the use 8na j} ^ forever applied, under the direction of said legislature, for the 
 i said State use and support of schools within the several townships and districts of 
 country for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for 
 Proviso. n o other use or purpose, whatsoever ; Provided, Said land, or any part 
 
 thereof, shall in no case be sold without the consent of the inhabit- 
 ants of such township or district, to be obtained in such manner as the 
 Proviso. legislature of said State shall by law direct : And provided also, That, in 
 
 the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each township and dis- 
 trict aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as 
 shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale 
 of the school lands belonging to such township or district. 
 
 Wherethepro- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing to any 
 ceeds accruing to township or district from said fund shall be insufficient for the support 
 OT y dSct^sin P of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest the 
 sufficient for the same as is herein before directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund 
 use of schools belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the perma- 
 therein. nent maintenance and support of schools within the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452, 1541. 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
ALABAMA. 611 
 
 No. 1478. AN ACT for the relief of John Boardman. March 2, 1827. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That John Boardman, of Madison County, and State 
 
 of Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate and enter with May enter a 
 the register and receiver of the land office in the Huntsville district, in ^bama "* 
 the State of Alabama, the northwest quarter of section twenty-four, 
 and the southwest quarter of section thirteen, in township four, of range 
 two, west of the basis meridian, ou paying for the same, at the rate of 
 five dollars per acre : Provided, That such location and entry shall be Proviso, 
 made prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty-eight ; and that patents do issue from the General Land Office, to 
 AlfredFlournoy,of Giles County, State of Tennessee, for eight quarter-sec- 
 tions of lands, which he hath located and entered in the register's office, at 
 Huntsville, in the State of Alabama, in lieu, and in full satisfaction of, 
 eight quarter-sections of land, specified and described in an act entitled 
 "An act for the relief of Alfred Flournoy," approved February twenty- 
 second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, (a) 
 
 (a; See Nos. 1475, 1476. 
 
 No. 1479. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjust- March 3, 1827. 
 ment of land claims in the State of Alabama. Vol. 4. p. 239. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the claimants of lands, town lots, or out-lots, Course to be 
 within that part of the limits of the former land district, of Jackson P u r . 8 u e d by 
 Courthouse, which is embraced in the State of Alabama, whose claims famis^&c ^thin 
 have been presented to the commissioners appointed to receive and ex- a certain part 
 amine claims and titles to lands, in said district of Jackson Courthouse, of the former 
 or to the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson Courthouse, ^nd district of 
 acting as commissioners under the provisions of the act of the third of house 011 ^ 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act for 
 adjusting the claims to lands, and establishing land offices, in the dis- 
 trict east of the island of New Orleans," and which have not been re- 
 ported to Congress, or whose claims have not heretofore been presented 
 to the said commissioners, or to the register and receiver, acting as com- 
 missioners, or whose claims have been acted upon, but additional evi- 
 dence adduced, be allowed until the first day of September, eighteen 
 hundred and twenty-seven, to present their titles and claims, and the 
 evidence in support of the same to the register and receiver of the land 
 office at St. Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, whose powers and duties, 
 in relation to the same, shall, in all respects, be governed by the provi- 
 sions of the acts before recited, and of the act of the eighth of May, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled u An act supplementary to 
 the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land 
 offices, in the district east of the island of New Orleans." 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver Power given to 
 shall have power to receive and examine such titles and claims, and, for the register and 
 that purpose, shall hold their sessions at the city of Mobile ; they shall re c eiver - 
 give suitable notice of the time and place of their sessions, but may 
 adjourn from time to time, and meet at such other places as may be neces- 
 sary, or may best suit the convenience of the claimants, on giving proper 
 notice of the time of their adjournments. And the said register and 
 receiver shall have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a person capa- 
 ble of translating the French and Spanish languages, and who shaM 
 perform the duty of translator, and such other duty as may be required 
 by the said register and receiver, and the said register and receiver shall 
 each be allowed, as a compensation for their services, in relation to said 
 claims, and for the services to be performed under the provisions of the 
 several acts to which this is a supplement, at the rate of one thousand 
 dollars per annum ; and the clerk at the rate of one thousand dollars 
 per annum ; which several sums of money shall be paid out of any 
 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, That no Proviso. 
 more than one year's compensation shall be thus allowed to either the 
 register or receiver, or clerk ; and the payment of the whole of the afore- 
 said compensation shall be withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 until a report, to be approved by him, shall have been made to him, of 
 the performance of the services for which the same is allowed. 
 
 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the register and receiver of the Duty of tho 
 
 land office at Augusta, in the State of Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, JJgJjJ tile land 
 required to separate, so far as practicable, from the titles to lands in omce a t Augusta, 
 Mississippi, all such papers or claims, or evidence of claims, for any tract in Mississippi. 
 
612 ALABAMA. 
 
 of land or town lot, lying in the State of Alabama, and certify the same 
 generally to the register of the land office at St. Stephen's, in the State 
 of Alabama; and, on proper application, to deliver them over to the 
 said register, whose duty it shall be to receive the same, and preserve 
 them among the records of his office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 71 -, 7-23. 1067, 1266, 1C68, 1270, 1274, 1276, 1236, 1287, 1292, 1296, 1299, 1300, 
 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1430, 1432, 14J3, 1435,1437,1438,1439,1440,1461,1484, 
 1527, 1565. 
 
 March 3, 1827. N O . 14SO. AX ACT granting to the corporation of the city of Mobile the right of 
 VoL 4, p. 243. preference in purchase of four sections of land, or a quantity equal to four sections, 
 
 at or near Spring Hill, in the county of Mobile. 
 
 Register and j$ G it enacted, <$~c., That the register and receiver of the land office at 
 Ste^hen^ to ra Saint Stephen's be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to re- 
 ceive ^rom the ceive from the corporation of the city of Mobile, the sum of one dol- 
 corporat ion of lar and twenty-five cents per acre, for a quantity of land, not exceeding 
 the city of Mo- f OU r sections, at or near Spring Hill, in the county of Mobile, and State 
 acre foracer' of Alabama; and, upon the receipt of said sum as aforesaid, the said 
 tain quantity of register and receiver shall issue their certificate to, and in the name of 
 land. the corporation of the city of Mobile, for the said quantity of land, not 
 
 exceeding four sections as aforesaid. 
 
 In consid era- g EC . 2. And be it further enacted, That, for and in consideration of the 
 
 SdasSor^Sio 1 gnm aforesaid, paid as aforesaid, [that] all the right and claim of the 
 
 the United States United States, to the said quantity of land, not exceeding four sections, 
 
 relinquish their in the county of Mobile, and State aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby, 
 
 title. vested in the mayor and aldermen of the said city of Mobile, for the 
 
 time being, and their successors in office, to be applied or disposed of by 
 
 Proviso. them, for the sole use and benefit of the said city forever : Provided, 
 
 That no part of any claim, arising from acts of Congress, known as 
 
 donations or pre-emptions by the reported list of actual settlers, or from 
 
 grants recognised by any treaty, shall be covered or taken by this grant, 
 
 but the same shall be excepted from, and held as not covered or inter- 
 
 fered with by this act. 
 
 Patents shall SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That patents shall issue, upon the 
 presentation of said certificate of the register and receiver aforesaid, 
 for the said quantity of land, not exceeding four sections, to the cor- 
 poration of the city of Mobile, in the same manner that patents now 
 issue upon the final certificate for other public lands, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xo. 1466. 
 
 May 23. Ie28. No. 1481 .AX ACT to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the 
 Vol. 4, p. 290. State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, 
 Coosa, Cahawba, and Black "Warrior rivers. 
 
 Four hundred Be it enacted, <$-c., That four hundred thousand acres, of the relin- 
 thousand ac res quisled lands in the counties of Madison, Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, 
 fandrS^ertatn Franklin, and Lauderdale, in the State of Alabama, be, and the same is 
 counties in Ala- [are] hereby, granted to said State, to be applied to the improvement 
 baraa granted to o f the navigation of the Muscle Shoals, and Colbert's Shoals, in the 
 aid State, to be Tennessee River, and such other parts of said river within said State as 
 gation "~ the legislature thereof may direct : But if there shall not be four hun- 
 
 dred thousand acres of relinquished unappropriated land in said coun- 
 ties, the deficiency to be made up out of any unappropriated lands in 
 the county of Jackson, in said State. 
 
 Price at which SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said State of Alabama, shall 
 the land shall behave power to sell,* dispose of and grant said land, for the purposes 
 aforesaid, at a price not less than the minimum price of the public lands 
 of the United States, at the time, of such sale. 
 
 Improvement. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Alabama shall 
 commence said improvements within two years after the passage of this 
 act, and complete the same within ten years thereafter. 
 
 Grant of all SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if said State of Alabama shall 
 
 lands to become apply the lands hereby granted, or the proceeds of the sales, or any part 
 
 if applied to any thereof, to any other use or object whatsoever, than as directed by this 
 
 other object act, before said improvements shall have been completed, the said grant 
 
 whatever. f or a ll lands then unsold shall thereby become null and void ; and the 
 
 said State of Alabama shall become liable and bound to pay to the 
 
 United States the amount for which said land, or any part thereof, may 
 
 have been sold, deducting the expenses incurred in selling the same. 
 
ALABAMA. 613 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the improvements of said navi- Improvements 
 gation shall be commenced at the lowest point of obstruction in said of said naviga- 
 river, within said State, continued up the same until completed, and e commenced &o 
 calculated for the use of steamboats, according to such plan of construc- 
 tion as the United States' engineers, appointed to survey and report 
 thereon, may recommend, and the President of the United States approve : 
 Provided, That such plan shall embrace, if practicable, a connection of Proviso, 
 the navigation of Elk River, with the said improvements. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That after the completion of said Surplus of said 
 improvements, the surplus of said grant, if any, shall be applied to the grant to be ap- 
 improvement of the navigation of the Coosa, Cahawba, and Black War- puea> &< 
 rior rivers, in said State, under the direction of the legislature thereof. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said rivers, when improved Rivers, when 
 as aforesaid, shall remain forever free from toll for all property belong- improved, to be 
 ing to the Government of the United States, and for all persons in their ever free from 
 service, and for all the citizens of the United States, unless a toll shall be ^t y belonging 
 allowed by act of Congress, (a) to the United 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1487, 1495, 1518, 1524, 1533. States, &c. 
 
 No. 1482. AN ACT to authorize the selection of lands for the benefit of a seminary May 24, 1828. 
 of learning, in the State of Alabama, inst ead of other lands heretofore selected. Vol. 6, p. 383. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the trustees of the University of the State of Trusteesofthe 
 Alabama be, and they are hereby, authorized to surrender the patents university of the 
 issued for section twelve, the northeast quarter of section seventeen, state of Alabama 
 the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight, and the east half of the authorized to 
 northeast quarter of section thirty- four, in township four, range eleven, patents Ts sued 
 west, in the Huntsville land district, and to select a like quantity inf or 8ec tion 12, 
 lieu thereof, of any of the public lands of the United States, in said &c., for a semin- 
 State ; and that, on such relinquishment being made by the trustees as ary of learning, 
 aforesaid, patents shall issue to the purch asers from the United States, Jg 1 
 of said lands, or their assignees, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452. 
 
 No. 1483. AN ACT for the benefit of the trustees of the Lafayette Academy, in May 24, 1828. 
 
 Alabama. Vol. 6, p. 385. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That there be granted to t he trustees of the Lafay- Grant of land 
 ette Academy, in the State of Alabama, and their successors in office, for the use of the 
 the east half of section thirty-four, and the east half of the southeast Lafayette Acad- 
 and northeast quarters of section twenty-seven, in township four, range em y* 
 ten, west, in the Huntsville land district; to be applied or disposed of 
 by them, for the sole use and benefit of said academy. 
 
 No. 1484. AN ACT confirming the reports of the register and receiver of the land March 2, 1829. 
 office for the district of St. Stephens, in the State of Alabama, and for other Vol. 4, p. 358. 
 purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the claims to lands and town lots contained in certain land 
 the abstracts denominated A, number one, D, number one, E, number claims in Ala- 
 one, F, number one, reported to the Treasury Department by the reg- bama confirmed, 
 ister and receiver of the land office for the district of Saint Stephens, in 
 the State of Alabama, under the provisions of the act of Congress of 
 the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, be, 
 and the same are hereby, confirmed to the extent therein recommended 
 for confirmation. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims contained in Others con- 
 special reports, numbered one to four, inclusive, and in a supplementary firmed, 
 report of the said register and receiver, made as aforesaid, be, and the 
 same are hereby, confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, or the Certain claims 
 legal representatives of such person or persons, who, on the fifteenth to be filed with 
 day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, had, for ten con- JJhrer at St. 
 secutive years prior to that day, been in possession of a tract of land, Stephens, 
 not claimed by any other person, and not exceeding the quantity con- 
 tained in one league square ; and who were, on that day, resident in 
 that part of Louisiana situated east of Pearl Kiver, and west of the 
 Perdido, and below the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and had 
 still possession of such tract of land, shall be authorized to tile their 
 claim in the manner required in other cases, before the said register 
 and receiver, at Saint Stephens, for their decision thereon. And it 
 
614 ALABAMA, 
 
 Register and shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to hear and record, 
 receiver to record the evidence offered to support such claim ; and if the same shall be 
 port oTcMm 8 s UP ' established by sufficient proof, agreeably to the provisions of this sec- 
 If sufficient evi- tion, the said officers shall, in their report, recommend the confirmation 
 dence, claims to of the right to such claim, as in other cases : Provided, That no more 
 be recommended i an d 8na n t e reported for confirmation, by virtue of this section, than 
 Proviso^ l n ' is actaall J claimed by the party, or than is contained within the ac- 
 knowledged and ascertained boundaries of the tract claimed ; nor shall 
 the provision of this section authorize the confirmation of any land 
 heretofore sold by the United States. 
 
 Operation of SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That the confirmation of all the 
 confirmation. claims provided for by this act shall amount only to a relinquishment 
 for ever, on the part of the United States, of any claim whatever, to the 
 tracts of land and town lots so confirmed, and that nothing herein con- 
 tained shall be construed to affect the claim or claims of any individual 
 or body politic or corporate, if any such there be. 
 
 Register and SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver of the 
 receiver to direct land office at Saint Stephens be, and they are hereby, invested with 
 n d | 8 U ^ e at ^ lg power to direct the manner in which all claims to lands and town lots, 
 c o n f i r me d w .hich have been confirmed by this and former acts of Congress, in their 
 claims. district, shall be located and surveyed, having regard to the laws, usages, 
 
 and customs of the Spanish Government on that subject, and also the 
 mode adopted by the Government of the United States, in surveying t* e 
 claims confirmed by virtue of the second and third sections of an act 
 of Congress, entitled "An act regulating the grants of lands, and pro- 
 viding for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the 
 State of Tennessee," approved the third of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and three ; and that so much of the fourth section of the "Act 
 supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land and 
 establishing land offices in the district east of the island of New 
 Orleans," approved the eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-two, as interferes with the power granted to the register 
 and receiver of the land office at Saint Stephens, be, and the same is 
 hereby, repealed. 
 
 Certificat es SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That certificates of confirmation and 
 and patents to be patents shall be granted for all lands and town lots confirmed by virtue 
 of the provisions of this act, in the same manner as patents are granted 
 for lands and town lots confirmed under former acts of Congress. 
 Compensation SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
 to receiver at St. be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to make such compen- 
 n ?h ervi f0r Cer " sation > not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the 
 sum already paid, to the present receiver of the land office at Saint 
 Stephens, as to him may seem a just and proper equivalent for the 
 services rendered by him in the discharge of the duties under the pro- 
 visions of an act of Congress passed on the third day of March, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, (o) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 723, 1067, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1274, 1276, 1286, 1287, 1292, 1296, 1299, 1300, 
 1422,1423,1424,1425,1426,1430,1432, 1433, 1435, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1461, 1479, 
 1527, 1585. 
 
 March 2, 1829. No. 1485. AN ACT for the benefit of the trustees of the Valley Creek Academy, 
 Vol. 6, p. 398. in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Trustees an- ** e *'* enact d> 4' c "> That the trustees of the Valley Creek Academy, in 
 thorized to enter the State of Alabama, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter with 
 certain land, &c. the register of the Cahawba land district, in said State, the northwest 
 quarter of section number twenty-six, in township number eighteen, 
 range number ten ; and upon paying to the receiver of public moneys 
 for the said district, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents an 
 acre, the said trustees shall be entitled to receive a patent for the said 
 quarter-section, vesting the title to the same in them and their succes- 
 sors for ever. 
 
 March 6, 1830. No. I486 .A PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States of America 
 Vol. 11, p. 770. ordering persons to remove from the public lands. 
 
 Preamble Whereas it has been represented, that many uninformed or evil dis- 
 
 posed persons have taken possession of, or made settlement on, the pub- 
 lic lands of the United States, within the district of lands subject to 
 sale, at Huntsville, in the State of Alabama, which have not been pre- 
 viously sold, ceded, or leased by the United States, or the claim to which 
 
ALABAMA. 615 
 
 lands, by such persons, has not been previously recognized and con- 
 firmed by the United States ; which possession or settlement is, by the 
 act of Congress, passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight 
 hundred and seven, expressly prohibited ; and whereas, the due execu- 
 tion of the said act of Congress, as well as the general interest, require 
 that such illegal practices should be promptly repressed : 
 
 Now, therefore, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, Ordering per- 
 haye thought proper to issue this my proclamation, commanding and sons to remove 
 strictly enjoining all persons who have unlawfully taken possession of, or [m the public 
 made any settlement on, or who now unlawfully occupy any of the pub- 
 lic lands within the district of lands subject to sale at Huntsville, in 
 the State of Alabama, as aforesaid, forthwith to remove therefrom ; and 
 I do hereby further command and enjoin the marshal, or officer acting 
 as marshal, in that State, where such possession shall have been taken, 
 or settlement made, to remove, from and after the first of September, 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirty, all or any of the said unlawful 
 occupants ; and to effect the said service, I do hereby authorize the 
 employment of such military force as may become necessary, in pursu- 
 ance of the provisions of the act of Congress aforesaid, warning the 
 offenders; moreover, that they will be prosecuted in all such other ways, 
 as the law directs. 
 
 In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States of 
 America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my 
 hand. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington, the sixth day of March, in the year 
 of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and of the inde- 
 pendence of the United States of America the fifty-fourth. 
 
 [L. s.J ANDREW JACKSON. 
 
 By the President : 
 
 M. VAN BUREN, Secretary of State. 
 
 No. 1487. AN ACT to extend the time for commencing the improvement of the April 24 1830. 
 navigation of the Tennessee Kiver. Vol. 4, p.' 397. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the time for commencing the improvement of ~~^. ~ 
 
 the navigation of the Tennessee River, under an act of Congress " to me nc?ng &c C( ex- 
 grant certain relin quished and unappropriated lands to the State of Ala- tended to Dec. 1, 
 bama, for the purpose of improving the navigation, of the Tennessee, 1830. 
 Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers," approved the twenty-third day 
 of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, be, and the 
 same is hereby, extended to the first day of December next, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1481, 1495, 1518, 1524, 1533. 
 
 No. 1488. AN ACT for the benefit of Daniel M'Duff. A pil 24 Ig3() 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Daniel M'Duff be, and he is hereby authorized Vol. 6, p. 415. 
 to locate his warrant for military bounty land, in the county of Jack- Authorized to 
 son, and State of Alabama, so as to include his improvement in Ash- locate his war- 
 burn's Cove, by legal subdivisions, in adjoining tracts, nob to exceed in rant for bounty 
 the whole three hundred and twenty acres or half a section. J^ nd "J. Jac ^son 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said bama ' 
 Daniel M'Duff, upon surrendering to the register of the land office at May enter a 
 Huntsville, his said warrant for military bounty land, paying one dol- half-section, &c. 
 lar and twenty-five cents an acre, for the excess over and above three 
 hundred acres of land expressed in said warrant, and making proof be- 
 fore said register of the quarter-section in which said improvement lies, 
 to enter one half-section of land as aforesaid; and thereupon it shall be 
 the duty of said register to issue to said Daniel M'Duff a final certifi- 
 cate of purchase ; and to forward the same, together with said warrant, 
 to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, whose duty it shall be 
 to issue a patent or patents for the land so entered. 
 
 No. 1489. AN ACT for the relief o Captain John Woods. Ma gg 1830 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That, instead of the reservation of six hundred and Vol. 6, p. 438. 
 forty acres, heretofore surveyed in a square, and allowed to the said certain land 
 John Woods, a Cherokee Indian, in the county of Jackson, in the State allowed him. 
 of Alabama, the said John Woods be, and he is hereby, allowed to take 
 his reservation, of the like quantity of six hundred and forty acres, in 
 
616 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 the county aforesaid, according to the following metes and bounds, to 
 wit : Beginning at a large poplar, on the State line ; thence, south fif- 
 teen degrees east, sixty poles, to a stake ; thence, south forty-eight 
 degrees east, twenty poles, to a stake ; thence, south twenty-seven 
 degrees east, sixty-four poles to a sourwood ; thence, south fifty degrees 
 east, forty- eight poles to a dogwood ; thence, south sixty-seven degrees 
 east, two hundred and eighty-eight poles, to a white-oak ; thence, south 
 seven degrees west fifty-two poles to a white-oak; thence, south 
 forty-one degrees west, fifty-five poles, to a large white-oak ; thence, 
 south twenty-four degrees east, twenty poles to a black walnut ; thence, 
 west two hundred and six poles to a large white-oak on the south side 
 of the cove ; thence, north fifty-nine degrees west, one hundred and 
 four poles, to a hickory ; thence, north twelve degrees west, fifty poles, 
 to a Spanish oak ; thence, north thirty-one degrees west, thirty-nine 
 poles, to a stake ; thence, north eleven degrees west, eighteen poles, to 
 an elm ; thence, north thirty degrees west, forty-two poles, to a white- 
 oak ; thence, north forty seven degrees west, thirty-six poles, to a ham- 
 ham ; thence, north seventy-seven degrees west, fourteen poles, to a 
 stake above the head of a spring; thence, north forty degrees west, 
 fifty-seven poles, to the edge of the west part of Box's cove, to a small 
 beech ; thence, west two hundred and fifteen poles, to a box-elder ; 
 thence, north seventy poles, to a beech ; thence, east one hundred and 
 thirty poles, to a stake, north fifty degrees east, sixty poles, to a white- 
 oak at the foot of a rocky bluff; thence, east one hundred and sixty 
 poles, to the beginning ; Provided, That nothing contained in this act 
 shall be construed to authorize the removal of any individual who may 
 have settled upon, and may now occupy, any part of the land included 
 within the metes and bounds aforesaid, without the consent of such 
 occupant. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. 1490. AN ACT for the relief of Alexander Montgomery, John H. Watts, and 
 Vol. 6, p. 433. the administrators of John Wilson, deceased. 
 
 ~~p H Wattg Be it enacted, <j-c., That John H. Watts, of the State of Alabama, be, 
 authorized to re- and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such 
 linquish a patent manner as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, 
 " an tne P ateufc heretofore issued in his favor, for the east half of the north- 
 
 east quarter of section twenty-one, in township ten, of range twelve, 
 in the Cahaba district ; and upon the execution of such relinquishment, 
 the moneys heretofore paid upon the said east half of the northeast 
 quarter, shall be applied to the payment of the west half of the same 
 quarter, and the Commissioner shall cause a patent to be granted 
 therefor. 
 
 May 28, 1830. 
 Vol. 6, p. 435. 
 
 No. 1491. AN ACT for the relief of Wallace Robinson. 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That Wallace Robinson be, and he is hereby, au- 
 
 Authorized to thorized to surrender to the register of the land office at St. Stephen's, 
 surrender a cer- Alabama, the patent which issued to him on the twentieth day of 
 Senteranother October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, for the west 
 therefor, &c. half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, in township seven- 
 teen, of range one east, in the district east of Pearl River, in the said 
 State ; and that the said Wallace Robinson be authorized, in lieu there- 
 of, to enter with said register the west half of the southwest quarter 
 of section twenty-nine, in township seventeen, of range two east, in 
 Proviso. the same district, for which a patent shall issue : Provided, That the 
 
 said last-named half quarter-section shall remain unsold and unappro- 
 priated, and that the said Wallace Robinson shall, at the time of surren- 
 dering said patent for the first-named half quarter-section, file there- 
 with a release of all title to the same. 
 
 May 29, 1830. No. 1 492. AN ACT to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in 
 Vol. 6, p. 441. certain Indian reservations in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Certain rever- ^ e ^ enac ^^"> $' c -> That all the right, title, and interest, which might 
 
 sionary interests, accrue or revert to the United States, to the reservations of land now 
 
 claimed and possessed by Conaleskee, commonly called Challenge, James 
 
 Ore, and Giles McAnulty and his wife Alice, and William Wilson and his 
 
 wife Peggy Wilson, under a treaty made and concluded between the 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 617 
 
 United States and the Cherokee tribe of Indians, on the eighth day of 
 July, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen ; and all the right, 
 title, and interest, which might accrue or revert to the United States, 
 to reservations of land, now claimed and possessed by George Stiggins 
 and Arthur Sizemore, under a treaty made and concluded between the 
 United States and the Creek Indians, at Fort Jackson, on the ninth, day 
 of August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, all lying in the 
 State of Alabama, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished, and vested 
 in the said reservees, and their heirs, respectively : Provided, That the 
 said Conaleskee, commonly called Challenge, James Ore, Giles McAnulty, 
 and William Wilson, George Stiggins, and Arthur Sizemore, with their 
 respective families, shall remove to their respective tribes west of the 
 Mississippi River, not included within any State or Territory ; and that 
 the Government of the United States shall not be chargeable with the 
 expense of their removal or transportation, or with any allowance of 
 land to, or on account of either of them, or their respective families; 
 And provided, also, That no conveyance or deed of the said lands, or 
 any part of them, shall be valid or effectual, until every such conveyance 
 or deed shall be submitted to one of the district attorneys for the district 
 of Alabama, for his approbation ; and if, after inquiry into the facts 
 and circumstances attending the contracts for the sale of any of the 
 said lands, he shall be satisfied that such contracts are fair, and that 
 the consideration paid, or agreed to be paid therefor, is adequate, he 
 shall indorse his approbation on each conveyance and deed so approved; 
 and, thereafter, the same [shall] be deemed valid and effectual, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1577, 1580. 
 
 Relinquished. 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1493. AN ACT for the relief of John Glass. May 29, 1830. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That, whenever John Glass, of Lawrence County, _Z^ll!5l 
 Alabama, shall produce to the register and receiver of public moneys Land patent to 
 in the land office at Huntsville, in said State, satisfactory evidence that issue on certain 
 he is equitably entitled to the northeast quarter of section four in town- co )n8 ' 
 ship five, of range seven west, in the district of land sold at Huntsville, 
 and shall pay to the said receiver of public moneys the balance of the 
 purchase money due on said quarter-section, without interest, and de- 
 ducting therefrom thirty-seven and a half per centum, the said John 
 Glass shall be entitled to receive a patent for the said quarter- section : 
 Provided, Said Glass shall make said proof, and pay said balance, with Proviso. 
 the deduction aforesaid, on or before the first day of January next ; 
 and that the patent hereby directed to be issued shall only operate as 
 a relinquishment from the United States, as far as regards the moiety 
 which might have been claimed by Alexander McQuie. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the said John Glass may, under 
 the conditions and restrictions contained in the foregoing section, in 
 his election, avail himself of the provisions of "An act for the relief of of ch 31, 
 purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent prac- 
 tices at the public sales of the lands of the United States," passed at 
 the present session of Congress. 
 
 May avail him- 
 ^ * * ne . P 10 : 
 
 No. 1494. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for paying to the Jan. 19, 1831. 
 States of Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, three per centum of the net proceeds Vol. 4, p, 432. 
 arising from the sale of the public lands within the same. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. lOlo.] 
 
 No. 1495 AN ACT to amend the act granting "certain relinquished and unap- 
 propriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navi 
 
 p eD> jg, 1831. 
 y o i > 4 p. 441 
 
 gation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahawba, and Blackwariior rivers," approved the _ '. ! 
 twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight 
 
 Be it enacted, ^-c., That it shall and may be lawful for the State of state of 
 
 Ala- 
 
 Alabama, by the board of canal commissioners appointed by her for hama authorized 
 that purpose, to contract for and construct that part of the canal round to contract; &0 - 
 the Muscle Shoals, beginning at Campbell's Ferry, and running up the 
 river to Lamb's Ferry, before they contract for, or complete that part of 
 the said contemplated canal between Campbell's Ferry and Florence ; 
 any thing in the act to which this is an amendment to the contrary 
 notwithstanding. 
 
618 ALABAMA. 
 
 United States SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, Ttiat it shall be the duty of the eugi- 
 engineers to fur- neers of the United States who have this matter in charge, to furnish 
 to said board of commissioners, as soon as practicable, a plan of that 
 section of the canal above contemplated first to be executed, connect- 
 ing it with the river at or near to Campbell's Ferry, and at the most 
 eligible point at, or immediately below Lamb's Ferry, on the cheapest 
 practicable plan, in conformity with said original act, to be approved 
 by the President of the United States. 
 
 Plan pre- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the section of said canal above 
 
 scribed. Lamb's Ferry, shall, by said engineers, be so planned as to connect it 
 
 with the deep water in the river at or above Lamb's Ferry ; and the 
 
 section below Campbell's Ferry, shall, in like manner, be connected 
 
 with the deep water at or below said last- mentioned ferry, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1481, 1487, 1518, 1524, 1533. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1831. No. 1 496. AN ACT for the relief of Willi am Smith, administrator of John Taylor, 
 Vol. 6, p. 452. deceased. 
 
 Relinquish- Be it enacted, <$-c., That the register of the land office at Cahaba be, 
 ment of certain an d ne i s hereby, authorized and directed to cancel the relinquishment 
 celed. m made bv the 8aid William Smith, as administrator of John Taylor, de- 
 
 ceased, on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-five, of the west half of the southwest quarter of land, of 
 section fifteen, in township ten, of range fourteen, in Butler County, 
 in the State of Alabama, and which etill remains unsold by the United 
 States ; and that he be authorized and directed to deliver over the cer- 
 tificate therefor to the said William ; and the said William Smith is 
 authorized and empowered to dispose of the same by assignment or 
 otherwise, in as full and ample manner, to all intents and purposes, 
 which he might or could have done before the relinquishment thereof ; 
 and that all the benefits and privileges given by this act to the said 
 William Smith shall be given and extended to his assignee or assignees ; 
 and that the said William Smith, or his assignee or assignees, be allowed 
 to hold the same, free from forfeiture for twelve months from the 
 Proviso. passage of this law : Provided, nevertheless, That the said William Smith, 
 
 shall, before he be entitled to the benefit of this act, pay over to the 
 receiver of public moneys at Cahaba, the sum of ninety-nine dollars and 
 ninety-eight and a quarter cents, that being the full amount of money 
 which had been paid thereon previous to the relinquishment, and 
 which has been transferred and credited on other lands purchased by 
 his intestate in his lifetime. 
 
 Feb. 19 1831. No. 1497. AN" ACT to alter and amend "An act to set apart and dispose of cer- 
 Vol. 4, p. 444! tain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive." 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That all persons entitled to lands, under a contract 
 
 ^ 8 j ntl entered into, on the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and nineteen, 
 der, &c bv the Secretary of the Treasury on the part of the United States, and 
 
 Charles Villar, agent of the Tombecbee Association, in pursuance of 
 "An act to set a/part and dispose of certain public lands for the encour- 
 agement of the cultivation of the vine and olive," approved on the third 
 of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, their heirs, devisees or as- 
 "W h o appear, signs, who appear by the report of William L. Adams, special agent of 
 &c., to have pre- the Treasury, appointed in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, 
 emption right, passed the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to have 
 complied with the conditions of settlement and cultivation, as stipu- 
 lated for in said contract, or who shall hereafter make it appear to the 
 satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that they have so complied, 
 shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents the 
 acre previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, 
 receive a patent for the same. 
 
 Other persons SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all persons who became entitled 
 ^ ht & V6 same to an allotment of land under said contract, their heirs, devisees or as- 
 signs, who have failed to comply with the conditions of settlement and 
 cultivation within the period required thereby, who at the time of the 
 passage of this act shall be in the actual occupancy and cultivation of 
 the same, shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five 
 [cents] the acre, previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-three, receive a patent for the same. 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 619 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the widow and children of any Widows 
 person who became entitled to an allotment of land under said con- children, 
 tract, and died without performing the conditions required, shall, on 
 paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, 
 previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, re- 
 ceive a patent for the same, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1444, 1458, 1521, 1543. 
 
 and 
 
 No. 1498. AN ACT confirming the claim of John B. Toulmin to a lot in the city March 2, 1881. 
 
 of Mobile. Vol. 6. p. 460. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That John B. Toulmin be, and he is hereby, con- claim to a lot 
 firmed in his claim to a lot in the city of Mobile, bounded west by Saint in Mobile con- 
 Joseph street, north by Saint Anthony street, and on the east by Royal fir med. 
 street, originally granted to John Linder: Provided, however, Thatnoth- Proviso, 
 ing in this act contained shall be so construed as to prevent adverse 
 claimants from asserting their rights, in a court of justice. 
 
 W o. 1 499. AN ACT to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama March 2, 1831. 
 and the Territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the State of Illinois, and VoL 4, p. 479. 
 for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he Boundary, 
 is hereby, authorized to cause to be run and marked the boundary line 
 between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, by the sur- 
 veyors-general of Alabama and Florida, on the thirty-first degree of 
 north latitude ; and it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general of Flor- 
 ida to connect the public surveys on both sides with the line so run and 
 marked, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be issued for such Certain pat- 
 tracts of land as were sold and paid for at the land office at Tallahassee, ents to issue, 
 in the Territory of Florida, as are found to be situate within the limits 
 of the district of lands subject to sale at Sparta, in Alabama, agreeably 
 to the terms of the act organizing that district ; and the said entries and 
 sales shall be as valid, in every respect, as if they had been made in the 
 land district of Alabama. (&) 
 
 * * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 707, 1264, 1265, 1285, 1420, 1421, 1427, 1431, 1443, 1452, 1453. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1456, 1011, 1523, 1568, 1574. 
 
 No. 150O. AN ACT to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the 
 State of Louisiana. 
 
 [Maps, records, &c., relating to lands in Alabama, to be delivered to 
 surveyor for the State of Alabama. See LOUISIANA, No. 777.] 
 
 March 3, 1831. 
 Vol. 4, p. 492. 
 
 No. 1501 .AN ACT for the relief of Dixon Spears. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Dixon Spears, of the county of Laurence, in 
 the State of Alabama, be, and he is hereby authorized, to surrender to 
 the register and receiver of the land office at Huntsville, in said State 
 of Alabama, the certificate heretofore issued to him, for the west half of &c> 
 the northeast quarter of section twenty-three, township six, and range 
 eight, west of the meridian of Huntsville, which was purchased by him 
 through mistake ; and said Dixou Spears on filing his relinquishment 
 to all right and title thereto, is authori zed to enter in the said land 
 office at Huntsville, the east half of the northeast quarter, in the town- 
 ship and range aforesaid, and in payment therefor, shall be credited 
 with the amount of money which was paid for the tract first named : 
 Provided, That said half quarter-section shall remain unsold until ap- 
 plication to purchase be made by said Spears, and in the event that it 
 shall have been sold before such application, then said Dixon Spears 
 shall be entitled to a certificate from the register and receiver, stating 
 the amount which has been by him so paid by mistake, which shall be 
 received in payment for any land of the United States, which may 
 hereafter be offered for sale. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1832. 
 Vol.6, p. 472. 
 
 Authorized to 
 sec- 
 
 Proviso. 
 
620 ALABAMA. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1832. IVo. 1502. AN ACT for the relief of John Proctor. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That John Proctor, of the county of Perry, in the 
 
 Authorized to State of Alabama, be, and he is hereby authorized to surrender the cer- 
 
 ceSftcate &c n tificate issued to him from tbe land office at Cahawba, in said State, 
 for the east half of the northwest quarter-section twenty-six, township 
 twenty, range seven, east of the meridian, which was entered by him 
 through mistake ; and on filing his relinquishment to all right and title 
 thereto, said John Proctor is authorized to enter in said land office at 
 Cahawba, the east half of the northwest quarter-section twenty-seven, 
 in township twenty, and range seven ; and in payment therefor, shall 
 be credited with the amount of money which was paid for the tract 
 first named. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1832. No. 1503. AN" ACT for the relief of the heirs of William Robertson, deceased, 
 Vol. 6, p. 476. and Daniel S. Leonard. 
 
 Robertson an- Se ** enact ^9 $ c -> That the heirs of William Robertson, late of Madi- 
 thorized to sur- son County, Alabama, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to 
 render certificate surrender, in the land office at Huntsville, in the State aforesaid, the 
 of further credit, " certificate of further credit," bearing date on the seventh of Septem- 
 ber, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, which issued to the 
 said William Robertson, in his lifetime, for the northeast quarter of 
 section number four, in township number one, of range number two east, 
 in the district of lands offered for sale at Huntsville ; and, on the pay- 
 ment of the balance due, if any, under the act of Congress, entitled "An 
 act supplemental to an act, passed on the thirty -first March, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty, entitled 'An act for the relief of purchasers of pub- 
 lic lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public 
 sales of lands of the United States,' " passed on the twenty-fifth day of 
 February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, the said heirs of the said 
 William Robertson, deceased, shall be entitled to a patent for the said 
 quarter-section of land, in all respects, as they would have been if said 
 certificate had been surrendered, and such balance paid, at or before 
 the expiration of the time limited for that purpose by the provisions of 
 Proviso. said act : Provided, Said quarter-section of land shall not have been, be- 
 
 fore such surrender of said certificate, purchased by any other person ; 
 and, in that event a certificate shall issue to said heirs from said land 
 office, for the full amount which may have been paid by the said Rob- 
 ertson, in his lifetime, which shall be received in payment for any land 
 of the United States which may be hereafter sold. 
 
 D. S. Leonard SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Daniel S. Leonard, who was the 
 
 authorized to purchaser of the northeast quarter of section twenty-two, in township 
 
 avail himself of O ne, of range one, east of the basis meridian of lands offered for sale at 
 
 1831 f F6b> 25> Huntsville, Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to avail himself 
 
 of the provisions of the act referred to in the foregoing section of this 
 
 act, which was passed on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand 
 
 eight hundred and thirty-one, under the limitations and restrictions 
 
 prescribed for the heirs of the said William Robertson, deceased. 
 
 March 15, 1832. y o . 1504. AN" ACT for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming. 
 
 ' ' Be it enacted, $c., That Robert Jones, of the county of Jackson, in the 
 
 Robert Jones State of Alabama, be, and be is hereby, authorized to surrender the cer- 
 authorized to tificate which heretofore issued to him from the land office at Hunts- 
 certmcate &c ville, in said State, for the southeast quarter of fractional section num- 
 ber eleven, in township number one, of range number eight, east of the 
 meridian, which was entered by him through mistake ; and, on filing 
 therewith his relinquishment of all right and title thereto, said Robert 
 Jones is authorized to enter in the said land office, at Huntsville, the 
 southeast quarter of fractional section number fourteen, in the town- 
 ship and range aforesaid, and, in payment therefor, shall be credited to 
 the amount of money which was paid for the tract, or quarter-section 
 Proviso. nrs .t named : Provided, The said last- mentioned quarter-section shall re- 
 
 main unsold till application to purchase be made by said Jones ; and, 
 in the event that said last-named quarter-section shall have been sold 
 before such application, then said Robert Jones shall be entitled to a 
 certificate for the amount which has been so paid by mistake on the 
 first-named tract, which shall be received in payment for any other land 
 of the United States which may be hereafter sold. 
 
ALABAMA. 621 
 
 No. 1505. AN ACT for the relief of William Williamson. March 15, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That it shall and may be lawful for the register and re- ILi! L_ 
 
 ceiver of the land office at St. Stephens, to correct the mistake committed Mistake in re- 
 by William Williamson in the relinquishment made by him, the tenth }^ uis ^ ent f 
 September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, of the west rected. 
 half instead of the east half of fractional section number six, township 
 number nine, range number seventeen west ; and upon the said William- 
 eon surrendering the original grant for the east half of said fractional 
 section which has issued to him in consequence of the mistake afore- 
 said, the register and receiver shall apply the money heretofore paid 
 into the land office to the west half of said fractional section, and give 
 to the said Williamson the certificate of payment necessary to enable 
 him to obtain a grant from the United States for the said west half of 
 said fractional section : Provided, That nothing herein shall be so con- Proviso, 
 strued as to affect the claim of any other person to the said tract of land. 
 
 No. 1506. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Dennis, and the legal representative March 31, 1832. 
 of Asa Hartfleld. Vol. 6, p. 483. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Patents for land 
 cause to be issued to Thomas Dennis, of the State of Alabama, patents to be issued to T. 
 for the following tracts of land ; the east half of the northwest quarter Dennis- 
 of section number nine, in township number twenty- two, range one, 
 east ; and the east half of the southwest quarter of section number four, 
 in the township and range above described. The said tracts of land, 
 having been purchased by said Dennis, at the laud office at St. Steph- 
 en's, and full payment made thereon ; but from some informality or mis- 
 take in said office, the patents have been withheld. 
 
 No. 1507. AN ACT confirming to Joshua Kennedy, his claim to a tract of land in May 5, 1832. 
 the city of Mobile. Vol. 6, p. 485. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Joshua Kennedy, of the city and county of Land claim 
 Mobile, in the State of Alabama, be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his confirmed, 
 claim to a tract of land, containing twenty and twenty-eight hundredths 
 arpens, situate in the south part of the city of Mobile, which said claim 
 is designated as " claim number ten , in abstract A, number two" of the 
 report made to the Secretary of the Treasury on the twenty-ninth of 
 February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty -eight, by the com- 
 missioners appointed under the act of Congress of third March, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act supple- 
 mentary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims 
 in the State of Alabama." 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- Patent to bo 
 eral Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized and required, on a issued, 
 return of the survey of the above-mentioned tract of land, by the sur- 
 veyor of the lands of the United States in the State of Alabama, to 
 issue a patent for the same, to the said Joshua Kennedy, or his legal rep- 
 resentatives, or to any person legally claiming under him or them : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, however, That the confirmation of this claim, and the patent pro- 
 vided to be issued, shall not be held to interfere with any part of said 
 tract which may have been disposed of by the United States previous 
 to the passage of this act ; and this act shall be held to be no more than 
 a relinquishment of whatever title the United States may now have to 
 such tract of land. 
 
 No. 1508. AN ACT foi the relief of James W. Hill, Elyah Hill, and Philip Barnes. May 31, 1832. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the said James W. Hill, Elijah Hill, and Philip. Vo ' 6> p ' 492 ' 
 
 Barnes, be, and they are hereby, authorized to surrender the certificate Authorized to 
 for the southwest quarter of section number thirty-six, in township 8U " r l * n d 
 number three, of range number five, west of the basis meridian of ce 
 Huntsville, Alabama, and relinquish all claim thereto in the land office 
 of said place j and, instead thereof, to enter the southeast quarter of 
 section number thirty-five, in the same township and range, which was 
 heretofore relinquished by them through mistake ; and they shall be 
 credited, in the payment of said last-named quarter-section, the amount 
 
622 ALABAMA. 
 
 which has been by them paid on the said first-named quarter-section : 
 Proviso. Provided, The said quarter of section number thirty-five shall remain 
 
 unsold till they apply for the same ; and, if sold, they shall receive a 
 certificate for the amount paid on said first-named quarter, which shall 
 be received in payment for any land of the United States hereafter sold. 
 
 May 31, 1832. No. 1509. AN ACT for the relief of William R. Pickett. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the register and receiver of the land office at 
 
 Certificate of St. Stephen's, in Alabama, be, and they are hereby, authorized to issue 
 is?ued Crip t0 b6 to William R - Pickett a duplicate of a certificate of forfeited land scrip, 
 number six thousand five hundred and thirty-nine, for the northwest 
 quarter of section thirty-three, township eleven, range three, west, for 
 the sum of seventy-nine dollars acd sixty-five cents, dated the twelfth 
 of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, which certifi- 
 cate was originally issued to the representative of George Buckhannan, 
 and by him, for a valuable consideration, assigned to William R. Pickett, 
 and which has been lost or destroyed ; and the said duplicate shall have 
 all the effect, and be receivable at the land offices in the same manner, 
 as the original certificate of scrip. 
 
 ^ 1832. jf o . 151 0. AN ACT for the relief of Hopkins Rice. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That Hopkins Rice be hereby authorized to enter 
 
 Authorized to anc i locate a half quarter-section of land of the public land in the State 
 l n of Alabama, which may be subject to entry at private sale, in lieu of 
 the west half of northeast quarter of section numbered two, township 
 numbered twenty-two, range numbered one west, containing seventy- 
 six and twenty-eight hnndredths acres of land, entered by him by mis- 
 take, on the twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and twenty-eight, for which half quarter-section when entered, a 
 
 Proviso. patent shall issue as in other cases : Provided, The said Hopkins Rice 
 
 file in the proper land office a relinquishment to the United States of 
 the said half quarter-section of land entered by mistake as aforesaid. 
 
 July 10, 1832. No. 15 J l.-AN ACT to establish additional land districts in the State of Alabama, 
 VoL 4, p. 571. and for other purposes. 
 
 Two land dis- Be it enacted, $c., That the tract of country in the State of Alabama 
 tricts establish- ceded to the United States by a treaty concluded with the Creek tribe 
 of Indians, at the city of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be divided 
 into, and constitute two land districts, by extending through the same, 
 east and west, the line between township number twenty-two, south 
 of the base line of the Huntsville district, and township number twenty- 
 four, north of the thirty-first degree of latitude. 
 
 Land office for SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the land in said ceded ter- 
 
 Talapoosa dis- r i tO ry, south of said dividing line, shall be sold at the town of Mont- 
 
 Fo'r the Coosa g omerv and said district shall be called the Talapposa district ; and all 
 
 district. the land in said ceded territory, north of said dividing line, shall be 
 
 sold at the town of Montevallo, and said district shall be called the 
 
 Proviso. Coosa district: Provided, hoicever, That the President of the United 
 
 States may, if he shall deem it expedient, remove either, or both, of 
 
 the said land offices to any other point in the respective districts, for 
 
 which they are established. 
 
 Registers and SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and 
 receivers to be receiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintend 
 fced< the sales of the public lands in their respective districts, who shall re- 
 
 side at the places designated , give security in the same manner, in the 
 same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and 
 authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands 
 which shall be disposed of at their offices as are, or may be, provided 
 by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in 
 the several offices established for the sale of the public lands. 
 
 Plats of sur- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the See- 
 ded* to k ^ epos " retary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause the 
 proper plats of the surveys of said districts to be deposited in the land 
 offices intended for them respectively. 
 
ALABAMA. 623 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the regis- Pay of register 
 ters and receivers, to be appointed for the land districts hereby estab- and receiver to 
 lished, shall not commence till after the surveys shall have been com- V ef 8 n a re comtS 
 pleted. ed 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all that portion of country ac- Country ac- 
 quired by the treaty with the Choctaw nation of Indians, within the quired by Choc- 
 State of Alabama, south of township nineteen, shall be offered for sale SJhedto sept 
 at the Saint Stephen's land office, and the residue shall be attached to ra te district, 
 the Tuscaloosa land district, and be offered for sale at that place.- () 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1456, 1499, 1523, 1568, 1574. 
 
 No. 1512. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Kamber. July 13, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Vol< 6) p ' 5 7 ' 
 
 of the United States, at Washington City, be, and he is hereby, required Scrip to be is' 
 (on Joseph Kamber's relinquishing to the United States all his right 8 ^ for the sum 
 and title to the northwest quarter of section number four, township relinqii 8 
 number seventeen, and range number three east, situated and being in & . 
 the St. Stephen's land district, Alabama, entered by the said Joseph 
 Kamber, in the name of James B. May, by mistake) to issue scrip in 
 favor of the said Joseph Kamber, for the sum of one hundred and 
 ninety-five eighty- four hundredths dollars, receivable in any of the land 
 offices of Alabama, in payment for any of the public lands that now is, 
 or hereafter may be, subject to sale or entry in said State. 
 
 No. 1513. AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Elliott. July 13, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That all right, title and interest, which the United 
 
 States possess in the reservation made to Joseph Elliott of lands within Right of Unit- 
 the tract of country ceded to the United States by the treaty of the tainrese^vafkm 
 twentieth December, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, with O f i an d vested in 
 the Cherokee nation of Indians, be, and the same is hereby, vested in him. 
 the said Joseph Elliott : Provided, That only six hundred and forty Proviso, 
 acres, shall be granted by virtue of this act : And provided, also, That the Proviso, 
 said Joseph Elliott with his family, shall remove to the Cherokee tribe 
 west of the Mississippi River; and that the Government of the United 
 States shall not be chargeable with the expense of their removal or 
 transportation, or with any allowance of land to, or on account of the 
 said Elliott, or his family, or for the support of either after their arrival 
 in the country of said tribe: And provided, also, That no conveyance or Proviso, 
 deed, of the said lands, or any part thereof, shall be valid or effectual, 
 until such conveyance, or deed, shall be submitted to one of the dis- 
 trict attorneys of the districts of Alabama, for his approbation ; and if, 
 after inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending the contract 
 for the sale of said lands, he shall be satisfied that such contract is fair, 
 and the consideration paid, or agreed to be paid therefor, is adequate, 
 he shall endorse his approbation on such conveyance and deed so ap- 
 proved, and thereafter the same shall be deemed valid and effectual. 
 
 No. 1514. AN ACT for the relief of Walter Cockburn. July 13, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 is hereby, authorized to issue patents to Walter Cockburn, for lots nuin- Land patents 
 
 bered twenty -nine, thirty-two, sixty-seven, and thirty-three, as desig- to 
 
 nated in the plan of a town laid off at York Bluff, in the State of Ala- 
 
 bama, and purchased by said Cockburn at the public sale of said four 
 
 lots. 
 
 No. 1515. AN ACT for the relief of Jacob C. Jordan. July 13, 1832. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 
 , ., 
 
 cause a patent to be issued to Jacob C. Jordan, for the northeast quarter . Laml patent to 
 of section twenty-seven, township eighteen, range two east, in the St. 18f 
 Stephen's land district, in the State of Alabama, upon his surrendering 
 the patent heretofore issued to him for the southwest quarter in the 
 above-named section, township, and range. 
 
624 ALABAMA. 
 
 July 14, 1832. JVo. 1516. AN ACT to authorize the sale of lands reserved from sale at Fort Jack- 
 VoL 4, p. 603. son, in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Sale of land au- Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 thorized. is hereby authorized to offer for sale, the lands heretofore reserved from 
 
 sale at Fort Jackson, in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Settlers on said SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That evecy settler on said lands, who, 
 
 lands, who, pri- prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, cultivated any 
 
 tivated &c C al- P art thereof, and is now in possession of the same, shall be allowed to 
 
 lowed 'to enter, enter at the proper land office, one quarter-section, according to the 
 
 &c. provisions of the first section of an act to grant pre-emption rights to 
 
 settlers on public lands, approved May twenty-ninth, one thousand 
 
 eight hundred and thirty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 433, 730, 1266, 1279, 1281, 1293, 1301, 1323, 1422, 1428, 1429, 1436, 1441, 1448, 
 1450, 1470, 1545, 1598, 1602, 1609, 1618. 
 
 July 14, 1832. Wo. 1517. Atf ACT for the relief of William D. Gaines aud William M. King. 
 
 vote, p. 519. Be it enacted ^ j. 0mi That all the right> title> and interest) which now ha8y 
 
 Title of United or might hereafter accrue, or revert to the United States, to a certain 
 States to certain reservation of six hundred and forty acres of land in the county of 
 lamliSinquisled Jackson > in the State of Alabama, granted to one Thomas Jones, the 
 in their favor, head of an Indian family, under stipulations in the treaties of one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and seventeen, and one thousand eight hundred 
 and nineteen, between the United States and the Cherokee nation east 
 of the Mississippi, and which was heretofore sold and conveyed, by said 
 Jones, to William D. Gaines, and part of which has, by him, been sold 
 to, and is now in possession of, William M. King, be, and the same are 
 hereby, relinquished to the said William D. Gaines and William M. King, 
 Proviso. respectively : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be so 
 
 construed as, in any manner, to affect any right of the wife or children 
 of said Jones, in law or equity, which may exist in consequence of any 
 fraud, or unfairness, which may have been practised in obtaining the 
 conveyance from said Jones and his wife and children : nor shall the 
 absence of said Jones, from said reservation, during his life, or at the 
 time of his death, be held, in any manner, to affect the claim of himself 
 or family to said reservation. 
 
 July 16 1832. No. 1518. AN ACT supplemental to the act "granting certain relinquished and 
 Vol. 4 p. 604. unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, tor the purpose of improving the 
 
 L_l navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black Warrior rivers," approved 
 
 the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. 
 
 Plan for im- Be it enacted, #c., That it shall and may be lawful for the State of Ala- 
 provement of bama to alter the plan for the improvement on the Tennessee River 
 authorized tobe l)elow Florence, by can all ing instead of sluicing, so as to accomplish 
 altered. the object which Congress had in view in making the appropriation : 
 
 Proviso. Provided, That not more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 
 
 including the sum already expended on that part of the river, shall be 
 expended below the said town of Florence, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1481, 1487, 1495, 1524, 1533. 
 
 Jan. 30, 1833. No. 1519. AN ACT for the relief of George Mayfield. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 530. B e n enacted, $c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to George 
 Section of land Mayfield, of the State of Tennessee, six hundred and forty acres of land, 
 granted to him or to tne amount of one section, to be selected by him in the tract of 
 Fort Jackson, country within the State of Alabama, acquired of the Creek nation, at 
 the treaty of Fort Jackson, in tracts not less than one quarter-section, 
 and entered in the proper laud office in said State : Provided, Said land 
 be subject to entry at private sale, and not settled upon, or occupied by 
 any other person. 
 
 Patent to be SEC. 2. Andbe it further enacted, That, on the application of said Mayfield, 
 issued. a t the proper land office, and on payment of one dollar for each tract so 
 
 entered, to the register and receiver, a final certificate shall be given for 
 such tract, upon which a patent from the United States to said May- 
 field, shall issue, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1376, 1381, 1390. 
 
ALABAMA. 625 
 
 No. 1520. AN ACT authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office Feb. 5, 1833. 
 to issue patents to persons therein named. Vol. 6, p. 531. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office Patentforland 
 be, and he is hereby, directed to issue patents, in fee-simple, to William to issue to Wm. 
 Hardridge, or to his assignees or legal representatives, upon producing Hardridge. 
 the certificates, for the south part of fractional section twenty-five, in 
 township eight, of range twenty-nine, containing two hundred and 
 twenty -six acres and ninety-seven hundredths of an acre; also, for the 
 north fractional half, and the east part of the south fractional half of 
 section thirty-one, in township eight, of range thirty, containing four 
 hundred and thirteen acres and three hundredths of an acre, in the dis- 
 trict of land sold at Sparta, Alabama; being the same lands reserved 
 by him. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner aforesaid be, Also, to J, 
 and he is hereby, directed to issue patents to Joseph Hardridge, or to Hardridge. 
 his assignees or legal representatives, upon the certificates being pro- 
 duced, for the north part of fractional section twenty-five, in township 
 eight, of range twenty-nine, containing two hundred and twenty-six 
 acres and ninety-seven hundredths of an acre; and, also, for the* east 
 part of fractional section six, in township seven, of range thirty, con- 
 taining four hundred and thirteen acres and three hundredths of an 
 acre, in the district of lands sold at Sparta, Alabama ; being the same 
 lands reserved by him. 
 
 No. 1521. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to alter and amend an act Feb. 10, 1833. 
 to- set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the culti- Vol. 4, p. 611. 
 
 vation of the vine and olive ; " approved nineteenth February, one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and thirty-one. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all persons who became entitled to an allot- Occupants prior 
 ment of land under the contract recited in the first section of the act to ^a^utLo 
 which this is an amendment, their heirs, devisees, or assigns, who, on to purchase, 
 or before the thirty-first day of October, in the year eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-two, were in the actual occupancy and cultivation of the 
 same, or any part thereof, shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar 
 and twenty-five cents the acre previous to the fifteenth of May, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, receive a patent for his or her 
 allotment or purchase : Provided, The register of the land office for the 
 district in which the lands lie, shall be satisfied of the validity of the 
 purchase. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all persons in actual settlement Occupants prior 
 and cultivation, before or on the thirty-first day of October, one thou- * Octobei 31 
 sand eight hundred and thirty-one, upon any of the lands referred to topiuSSase. 
 by the act to which this is an amendment, and not disposed of by the 
 first section of this act, or any former act of Congress, shall, on proof 
 of such settlement and cultivation, and on paying into the Treasury of 
 the United States, within six months after the passage of this act, one 
 dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, receive a patent for one hundred 
 and sixty acres : Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed Proviso, 
 as to alter or repeal the third section of the above-recited act. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of which Term of pay 
 this is an amendment as requires that payment shall be made previous ment extended. 
 to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty- three, be, and the 
 same is hereby, extended to the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight 
 hundred and thirty-four, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1444, 1458, 1497, 1543. 
 
 No. 1522. AN ACT for the relief of Abraham Adams. Fe ^ 30 1833. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc. t That it shall be lawful for Abraham Adams, of the VoL 6 P- 535 ' 
 State of Alabama, to surrender to the United States, at the land office Certificate o f 
 at Cahawba, in said State, the certificate of purchase which he holds land purchase to 
 for the west half of the northwest quarter of section thirteen, township be surrendered, 
 twelve, and range seventeen, in the said district of Cahawba, and 
 which tract of land was entered and paid for by the said Adams, in 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- one, by mistake, he, the 
 said Adams, intending to have entered the corresponding tract, in town- 
 ship eleven, upon which he then and still resides. 
 
 40 L O VOL II 
 
626 ALABAMA. 
 
 Authorized to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver for the 
 enter land, &c. S8i ^ district shall permit the said Abraham Adams to enter, upon the 
 same terms on which the entry aforesaid was made, the west half of 
 the northwest quarter of section thirteen, township eleven, range seven- 
 teen, and issue to him a certificate therefor, and apply the money paid 
 under the former entry, to the payments of the land herein authorized 
 to be entered, and in case said west half of the northwest quarter of 
 section thirteen, township eleven, raDge seventeen, shall have been en- 
 tered, the register upon the surrender of the original certificate of pur- 
 chase, shall issue to said Adams a certificate, or scrip, for the amount 
 paid, which shall be received in payment of any other lands within said 
 district, now subject to private entry. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 1523. AN ACT to create sundry new land offices, and to alter the boundaries 
 Vol. 4, p. 653. of other land offices of the United States. 
 
 Demopolis dis- SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the lands situated south 
 trict. of the district line, and south of the dividing line between townships 
 
 twenty and twenty -one, and north of the line dividing townships eleven 
 and twelve, and west of the line dividing ranges nine and ten west, to 
 the west boundary line of the State of Alabama, shall constitute a land 
 district, to be known and called the Demopolis district. 
 
 Landsin Green SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the lands in the United States 
 and M a r e n g o j n ^ Q6 counties of Green and Marengo, now subject to sale in the Tusca- 
 sulijeaMjo sale^ OO8a ' Cahawba, and Saint Stephen's land districts, as comprehended in 
 at Demopolis the above-described district;, * * * shall, from and after the first 
 land office. day of June next, be subject to sale at the land office in the said Dem- 
 
 opolis land district ; and it shall be the duty of the registers at Tusca- 
 loosa, Cahawba, and Saint Stephen's, under instructions from the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, to transfer all such books, maps, 
 records, field-notes, and plats, or transcripts thereof, relating to the 
 surveys of the public lands hereby added to the said Demopolis land 
 district, to the register of the Demopolis land district. 
 
 Register and SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and 
 
 receiver for De- receiver appointed for the said land district, with the same compensa- 
 
 D> tion, fees, and emoluments, and who shall perform all the duties usually 
 
 performed by registers and receivers appointed to superintend the sale 
 
 of the public lands of the United States, (a) 
 
 * * # # # 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1456, 1499, 1511, 1568, 1574. 
 
 March 2, 1833. X o. 1524. AX ACT further to extend the powers of the board of canal commission- 
 Vol. 4, p. 663. ers for the improvement of the Tennessee River in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Commissioners Be it enacted, <$'C., That the commissioners appointed by the State of 
 to suspend im- Alabama to superintend the improvement of the Tennessee River, and 
 provement of their successors in office, be, and they are hereby authorized to suspend 
 " r< the improvement of so much of said river as is below Florence, in said 
 State, and every other part of the same, until the canal and other im- 
 provements, between Lamb's Ferry and Campbell's Ferry, shall have 
 been completed ; any thing in the act entitled "An act to grant certain 
 relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama for 
 the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, 
 Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers," approved twenty-third of May, 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to the contrary notwith- 
 standing, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 1481, 1487, 1495, 1518, 1533. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 1525. AN ACT for the relief of Jared E. Groce, of the State of Alabama. 
 7oL 6, p.5oO. enacted $c., That it shall be lawful for Jared E. Groce, of the 
 
 Authorized to state of Alabama, to re-enter, with the register of the land office at 
 re-enter certain gfcj g tep }j en > 8> j n t h e State aforesaid, fractional section numbered ten, in 
 township numbered five, of range four, east; and the register and re- 
 ceiver of the land office aforesaid, are hereby required to pass to the 
 credit of the said Jared E. Groce, upon his re-entry of the fractional 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 627 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 section aforesaid, the amount of the purchase money of the southwest 
 quarter of section numbered six, in township numbered seventeen, of 
 range four, east : Provided, The said Groce shall surrender to the regis- 
 ter of the land office aforesaid, the patent which he now holds from the 
 United States, for the quarter- section above described, accompanied by 
 such a release of his interest to the land therein designated, as the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office shall direct: And provided, The Proviso, 
 said fractional section shall remain unsold ; and, if sold, said Groce 
 may enter any other land in said district, subject to private sale, and 
 be credited to said amount in like manner. 
 
 No. 1526. AN ACT for the relief of John Hurtell. Feb. 5, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That John Hurtell be, and he is hereby, authorized Vo1 - 6) p - 5M - 
 to enter at the proper land office, a tract of two hundred and forty Authorized to 
 acres of land, being the southwest quarter and west half of the north- enter a tract of 
 west quarter of section number thirty-six, in township twenty, range 
 four east, in the land district of Saint Stephen's, in the State of Ala- 
 bama, being a part of the land designated under the law of the third 
 day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled, 
 "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encour- 
 agement of the cultivation of the vine and olive:" Provided, The said 
 John Hurtell, shall pay for the same, at the rate of one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents per acre, and shall in other respects, conform to the 
 regulations for the purchase of the public lands of the United States, 
 that are subject to entry at private sale. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 June 26 1834 
 Vol. 4, p. 688. 
 
 No. 1527. AN ACT confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephen's, 
 
 in Alabama. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the decisions of the register and receiver of 
 the land office for the district of St. Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, 
 as contained in their report bearing date the seventh of March, eighteen 7, 1832, confirm- 
 hundred and thirty-two, made in pursuance of the act of Congress ap- ed. 
 proved the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, enti- 
 tled "An act confirming the report of the register and receiver of the 
 land office of the district of Saint Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, 
 and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 7*3, 1067, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1274, 1276, 1286, 1287, 1292, 1296, 1299, 1300, 
 422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1430, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1461, 1479, 1484, 
 1585. 
 
 No. 1528. AN ACT for the relief of Jeremiah Worsham. June 28, 1834. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f c., That the register and receiver of the land office at YoL 6 P- 577t 
 fit. Stephens, Alabama, be, and they are hereby, required to issue a cer- Certificate for 
 tificate to Jeremiah Worsham, for the amount by him heretofore paid payment on ac- 
 in said office for the northwest quarter- section five, in township eight, ou . nt J ^dto 
 of range three, west, in the district of lands offered for sale at said 
 town of St. Stephens, upon which said Worsham obtained a certificate 
 of further credit, but, by mistake, the west half of which was returned 
 to the General Land Office relinquished, and the east half of said quar- 
 ter-section returned as fully paid for, and, accordingly, patented to said 
 Worsham ; which certificate shall be received in payment for any land 
 hereafter sold in the said State of Alabama : Provided, That the said Proviso. 
 Jeremiah Worsham shall first surrender said patent, and file a relin- 
 quishment for the east half of said quarter- section, in the said land 
 office at St. Stephens ; and if there be not evidence in said office of the 
 issuance of said certificate of further credit, and of the amount which 
 has been paid, the said Worsham shall also file satisfactory evidence in 
 said land office, that the same did issue, allowing him the further credit 
 authorized by law on said quarter-section, and showing the amount 
 which was paid thereon. 
 
 No. 1529. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of James P. Haines- 
 worth, deceased. 
 
 June 30, 1834. 
 Vol. 6, p. 581. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the heirs and legal representatives of James May locate a 
 P. Hainesworth, deceased, be, and they hereby are, authorized to locate, tract of land, in 
 on any of the unappropriated lands of the United States in the State of } ieu of another 
 Alabama subject to entry at public or private sale, one hundred and {jutted States 7 
 seventy-two acres, in lieu of the like quantity for which a pre-emption &o. 
 
628 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 certificate "was granted to the said James P. Hainesworth as the repre- 
 sentative of Matthew Shaw, but which was forfeited for non-payment 
 of the whole amount of the purchase money, and sold by the United 
 States : Provided, That the location herein authorized shall conform to 
 the divisions and subdivisions established by law. 
 
 Credit to be al- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in the payment for the land 
 lowedfor the sum authorized to be located as aforesaid, the said heirs and legal repre- 
 paia, w BP 8entat i ves 8na ii b e a n O wed a credit for the principal sum paid by the 
 
 said James P. Hainesworth, with interest thereon from the time of pay- 
 ment to the time of the location herein authorized ; and, on final settle- 
 ment with the register and receiver of the proper land office for said 
 land, they shall be entitled to a patent for the same. 
 
 eat. 
 
 June 30, 1834. 
 VoL 6, p. 584. 
 
 enter 
 land. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1530. AN ACT for the relief of William K. Paulling. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That William K. Paulling, of Alabama, be, and he 
 to i 8 hereby, authorized to enter the northeast quarter of section twenty- 
 ot eight, in township eighteen, of range four, west of the meridian of the 
 Huntsville land district, on paying therefor at the rate of one dollar 
 and twenty-five cents per acre ; said Paulling having been entitled to 
 the right of pre-emption of said quarter-section, under the act of twenty- 
 ninth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled "An act to grant 
 pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands : " Provided, The said 
 quarter-section shall not have been sold before said Paulling shall ap- 
 ply and pay for the same. 
 
 June 30, 1834. No. 1531 .AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas H. Boyles, 
 VoL 6, p. 597. 
 
 &c. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, c., That the legal representatives of Thomas H. Boyles, 
 locate a tract of late of Alabama, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate, 
 land, in lieu of on anv of the i ands of the United States in the State of Alabama which 
 shall have been previously surveyed according to law, the quantity of 
 twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, in lieu of a like quantity of 
 land granted to the said Thomas H. Boyles, in his lifetime, by an act of 
 Congress passed on the twenty-seventh day of April, eighteen hundred 
 and sixteen ; which said tract of land had, prior to the passage [of] 
 said act, been reserved by treaty with the Creek Indians to one Lauchlin 
 Proviso. Durat, a warrior belonging to the said tribe of Indians : Provided, That 
 
 the land hereby granted shall be located in tracts not less than six hun- 
 dred and forty acres, according to legal subdivisions. 
 
 March 3, 1835. No. 1539. AN ACT to authorize the construction of a railroad upon the public 
 Vol. 4, p. 778. lands, from Tallahassee to St. Marks, in Florida, 
 
 [Provisions of this act to extend to two companies authorized by acts 
 of Alabama and Florida. See FLORIDA, No. 1654.] 
 
 June 23, 1836. No. 1533. AN ACT to amend an act to grant certain relinquished and unappropri- 
 Vol. 5, p. 57. ated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of 
 the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba and Black Warrior river. 
 
 Part o f t h e Be it enacted, <$-c., That so much of the second section of the act above 
 
 former act re- recited as restricts the State of Alabama from having the power to sell, 
 
 dispose of, or grant the residue of the lands granted by the act to which 
 
 this is a supplement, at a price not less than the minimum price of the 
 
 public lands, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 State of Ala- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the assent of the United States 
 
 bama may im- is hereby given, to any act which the legislature of the State of Alabama 
 
 pose tolls on ca- may p ass f or imposing a toll on the use of such parts of the canal or 
 
 canals, which have been or may be, constructed at or around the Muscle 
 
 Proviso. and Colbert's shoals of the river Tennessee : Provided, That such tolls 
 
 shall be expended exclusively on the said canals, and shall not exceed 
 
 in amount, the sum required to keep them in repair, and to defray the 
 
 expenses of lock tenders, collectors, superintendents, and managers ; and 
 
 that no part of this act shall be construed as a repeal of the exemption, 
 
 contained in the seventh section of the aforesaid act, of the property of 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
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 the United States, and all persons in their service, from any toll what- 
 ever : And provided further, That an annual report shall be made to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, of the rate and amount 
 of tolls charged or collected on said canals, and their application, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1481, 1487, 1495, 1518, 1524. 
 
 No. 1534. AN ACT for the relief of James Caulfield. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That James Caulfield be authorized to enter with- 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 June 23, 1836. 
 
 the proper land office in Alabama, at one dollar and twenty-five cents Authorized to 
 per acre, so much land as is known to constitute the reservation of 
 
 Peggy Bailey, a half -breed Creek Indian woman, under the treaty of 
 Fort Jackson ; being that portion of section seven, in township five, 
 range five, on the east of the Alabama River, and so much of the frac- 
 tion seven of said township and range, on the west side of the Alabama 
 River, as will make, in the whole, three hundred and twenty acres of 
 land. 
 
 No. 1535. AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin and Nancy Merrill. June 23, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Benjamin Merrill and Nancy his wife, be, 
 
 and they are hereby, authorized to sell the reservation of six hundred aa a^^5..* 
 and forty acres of land taken by them under the treaties of one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and seventeen and one thousand eight hundred and 
 nineteen, between the United States and the Cherokee tribe of Indians, 
 and being in the State of Alabama, upon the condition, that the contract 
 for the sale of the same be examined and approved by the district attor- 
 ney of the United States for the district of North Alabama ; and upon 
 the further condition, that they remove to the country assigned to the 
 Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi River, and that the expenses 
 of such removal be defrayed by themselves. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be held or Title not guaiv 
 construed to guaranty the title which the said Benjamin and Nancy anteed. 
 Merrill set up to the tract of land mentioned in the foregoing section. 
 
 No. 1536. AN ACT for the relief of Henry Newman, and others. July 2, 1836. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the irregular numeration of the fractional >P ' '- 
 sections west of the Tombeckbe River, of township number four, in Erroneous num- 
 range number two east, marked on the official maps or plats returned Actions* of ^land 
 by the surveyor-general as being numbers thirty-five, thirty-six, and to be corrected, 
 thirty-seven, be corrected on the maps in the office of the surveyor- 
 general, and on those returned by him to the General Land Office, and 
 to the land office for the district of St. Stephen's, so that the number 
 five shall stand thereon instead of the number thirty-five, the number 
 six instead of the number thirty- six, and the number sevtn instead of 
 the number thirty- seven. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the letter-patent issued on the Patents issued 
 fifteenth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred to Wm. Crawford 
 and thirty, granting to William Crawford, assignee of Ann Dunham, Ne V m an tobe 
 the fractional section then designated on the said maps by the number corrected, 
 thirty-five, and the patent issued on the first day of September, in the 
 year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, granting to Henry 
 Newman the fractional section then designated on the same maps by 
 the number thirty -six ; and also the patent issued on the first day of 
 June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, grant- 
 ing to William Crawford the fractional section then designated on the 
 same maps as number thirty-seven, all lying in the township number 
 four, of range number two, east, aforesaid, be, and all, each of them, 
 equally legal and valid, as if the same fractional sections had been des- 
 ignated on said maps by their regular numbers, when said patents 
 were issued ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the 
 register of the land office at St. Stephen's, are hereby directed to note 
 the foregoing correction in the proper places on the books, maps, and 
 records of their respective offices, referring to this act by its date ; and 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby also directed 
 to certify, accordingly, the correction affecting each of the said patents, 
 in this respect, upon the back thereof, when presented, with special 
 reference to this act, by which it is authorized. 
 
630 ALABAMA. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 1537. AX ACT for th\3 relief of Elijah Simmons. 
 
 Beit enacted, <$-c., That Elijah Simmons be, and he is hereby, author- 
 
 Authorized tojzed to locate six hundred and forty acres of the public lands of the 
 locate a tract of Un i te d States within the State of Alabama, subject to entry at private 
 sale, in lieu of eight hundred arpens situated on the east side of the 
 Alabama Kiver, in what is commonly called the fork, near the Tensaw 
 Eiver, and to which he was entitled by the laws of Spain, on which he 
 had settled, had cultivated and inhabited in seventeen hundred and 
 ninety-seven, and which has been sold by the United States as public 
 
 Proviso, land: Provided, That the said location be made in conformity with 
 
 the legal divisions and subdivisions of public lands, and in quantities 
 not less than one hundred and sixty acres; and on the execution, by 
 the said Elijah Simmons, of a good and sufficient release to the United 
 States of all his right, title, and interest to the said lands as aforesaid, 
 to be tiled in the proper laud office, patents shall be issued to him for 
 the quantity of one section, as above mentioned. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 1538. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Smith, Lynn MacGhee, and Semoice, 
 VoL 6, p. 677. friendly Creek Indians. 
 
 Authorized to Be it enacted, #c., That Samuel Smith, Lynn MacGhee, and Semoice, 
 
 to enter a tract of friendly Creek Indians, who were entitled, under the treaty with the 
 
 land- Creek nation of Indiana, ratified on the sixteenth of February, eighteen 
 
 hundred and fifteen, to reservations of six hundred and forty acres of 
 
 land each, including their improvements, which lands have been sold 
 
 by the United States, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, 
 
 without payment, with the register and receiver of the land office for 
 
 the land district in which the same may lie, in Alabama, one entire 
 
 section each of land subject to entry at private sale ; to be held by them 
 
 on the same terms and conditions as the reservations given by said 
 
 treaty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1544, 1599. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 1539. AN ACT for the relief of Susan Marlow. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 678. g e fa enac t e d^ t y> c ^ That Susan Marlow, only surviving child of James 
 Authorized to Marlow, a Creek Indian, who lost his life at the destruction of Fort 
 enter a tract of Mirams, be, and she is hereby, authorized to enter with the proper land 
 officers for the district, without payment, one entire section of any of 
 the public lands of the United States within the State of Alabama, sub- 
 ject to entry at private sale ; to be held by her upon the same terms and 
 conditions as reservations allowed to the friendly Creek Indians by the 
 treaty of Fort Jackson, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1544. 
 
 Voi6' a 680 N * J 54 '- AN ACT for the relief of William Pollard's heirs. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That there shall be, and hereby is, confirmed unto 
 
 Title to a lot of the heirs of William Pollard, deceased, a certain lot of ground, situated 
 
 BS'confirmedto in the city of Mobile and bounded as follows, to wit : On the north, by 
 
 th emi what was formerly known as John Forbes and Company's Canal ; on 
 
 the west by Water street; on the fouth, by the King's wharf; and on 
 
 p rov j go the east, by the channel of the river; and that a patent shall issue in 
 
 the usual form for the same : Provided, That this act shall only operate 
 
 as a relinquishment, on the part of the United States, of all their right 
 
 and claim to the above-described lot of ground, and shall not interfere 
 
 with or affect the claim or claims of third persons. 
 
 July 4, 1836. No. 1541. AN ACT to carry into effecr, in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, 
 Vol. 5, p. 116. the existing compacts with those States in regard to the five per cent, fund, and 
 the school reservations. 
 
 A sum equiva- g EC> 3. ^nd be it further enacted, That a sum equivalent to five per 
 
 per cent &c re* cent< of the nett . P roceeds of the lands within the State of Alabama, 
 
 served in Ala- ceded by the Chickasaws by the treaty aforesaid, which have been or 
 
 bama. may hereafter be sold by Congress, shall be, and is hereby, reserved, 
 
 out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be 
 
 applied in the same manner, and for the same uses and purposes, as is 
 
 designated by the sixth section of the act of Congress of the second of 
 
 March, eighteen hundred and nineteen. (a) 
 
ALABAMA. 631 
 
 SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That there shall be reserved from Certain lands 
 sale in the State of Alabama, a quantity of land equal to one thirty- staf e of ifab* h 
 sixth part of the lands ceded by the Chickasaws as aforesaid, within f or t ^ e uge^f 
 said State of Alabama, which land shall be selected under the direction schoole. 
 of the Secretary of the Treasury, in sections, or half -sections, or quarter- 
 sections, out of any public lands remaining unsold, that shall have been 
 offered at public sale within any land district in said State of Alabama, 
 contiguous to said lands within said State, so ceded by the Chickasaws, 
 as aforesaid ; which lands, when so selected, as aforesaid, the same shall 
 vest in the State of Alabama, for the use of schools within said terri- 
 tory, in said State, so ceded, as aforesaid, by the Chickasaws; and said 
 lands thus selected, shall be holden by the same tenure, and upon the 
 same terms and conditions, in all respects, as the said State now holds 
 the lands heretofore reserved for the use of schools in said State* () 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1314, 1452, 1459. 1494, 1573, 1581, 1607. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 14.%, 1452, 1477, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 No. 1542. AN ACT to authorize certain railroad companies to construct railroads Jan. 31, 1837. 
 
 through the public lands in the Territory of Florida. Vol. 5, p. 144. 
 
 [Pensacola and Perdido Railroad Company may construct road from 
 Pensacola to Mobile Bay or River. See FLORIDA, No. 1658.] 
 
 No. 1543. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of title and final disposition of March 2, 1837. 
 
 the four reserved sections in the tract of country allotted to the Tombecbee Asso- Vol. 5, p. 154. 
 
 ciation for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive. . 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That all persons who became entitled, under the Persons enti 
 contract entered into on the eighth day of January eighteen hundred tied to allotments 
 and nineteen, by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the part of the P nd | r contract 
 United States, and Charles Villar, agent of the Tombecbee Association, ^ J "a s 5r y 
 in pursuance of "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands with Chas. Vil- 
 forthe encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive," ap- lar, shall receive 
 proved third of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, to an allot- P a . tents n ^cer- 
 ment or share of the four sections of land reserved for the small allot- 
 ments, and designated as sections, seven, eighteen, nineteen, and thirty 
 in township eighteen, range three east, their heirs, devisees, or assigns, 
 who shall have complied with the conditions of settlement and culti- 
 vation on such allotment, as required by said contract, or shall have 
 been in the actual settlement and cultivation of his or her allotment 
 within said four sections, or a part thereof, before or on the thirty-first 
 day of October eighteen hundred and thirty-two, as provided by the 
 act of the nineteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 three, shall, on producing to the register and receiver of the land dis- 
 trict in which said lands are situated, satisfactory evidence of title to 
 such allotment, and of settlement and cultivation on the same as afore- 
 said, and paying one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the land, 
 receive a patent for the same : Provided, Such proof shall be filed and Proviso, 
 payment made within six months from the passage of this act: And Further pro- 
 provided further, That the expense of surveying any such allotment viso. 
 shall be defrayed by the person or persons claiming the same. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That any remainder of said four. Remainder sub- 
 sections not disposed of by the first section of this act shall be subject {f s c e O fi)em6poli8 
 to entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, by the trustees of Female Acade- 
 the Demopolis Female Academy, in trust for the use and benefit of said my. 
 institution, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1444, 1458, 1497, 1521. 
 
 No. J 544. AN ACT to amend an act approved the second of July, eighteen hun- March 2, 1837. 
 
 dred and thirty-six, for the relief of Samuel Smith, Linn McGrhee, and Semoice, Vol. 6, p. 689. 
 
 Creek Indians ; and, also, an act passed the second July, eighteen hundred and 
 
 thirty-six, tor the relief of Susan Marlow. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That so much of the acts for the relief of Samuel So much of acts 
 Smith, Linn McGhee, Semoice, and Susan Marlow, as restrict them togjjjglj'jj 
 the en try of one entire section of land, be, and the same is hereby re- pea i ef i. 
 pealed ; and the said Samuel Smith, Linn McGhee, Semoice, and Susan Authorized to 
 Marlow, are hereby authorized to enter, without payment, and by legal enter, &c. 
 subdivisions, a quantity of land not exceeding six hundred and forty 
 acres each, which is subject to entry at private sale, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1538, 1539, 1599. 
 
632 ALABAMA. 
 
 March 3, 1837. No. 1545. AX ACT to authorize and sanction the sales of reserves, provided for 
 Vol. 5, p. 186. Creek Indians in the treaty of March twenty-four, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 two, in certain cases, and for other purposes. 
 
 which B e a enacted, $c., That the President of the United States may, and 
 sold 1 01 Tpril 4th be is bereb y authorized to, cause all the reserves belonging to the Creek 
 next, to be sold Indians by virtue of the provisions of the treaty of March twenty- 
 at pi.blic auc- fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, which shall remain unsold on 
 tion, &c. the fourth day of April next, to be sold at public auction in the Creek 
 
 country ; after giving at least sixty days notice of the time, place and 
 terms of sale in the public prints, and to cause patents to be issued to 
 the purchasers of said reserves, (a) 
 
 Confirmation SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 of sales t y the States may, arid he is hereby authorized to, confirm the sales by the 
 CreelT' IL iians w ^ ow ' * ne widow and children, the children, or the lawful administra- 
 who have 01 may tor of Creek Indians who have died, or who may die, prior to the fourth 
 die before *. pril day of April next, without having legally disposed of said reserves, and 
 4th next, &c. to receive the purchase money, or such portions of it as may not have 
 been paid to the persons entitled to it, and to cause patents to be issued 
 Proviso. therefor to the purchasers ; " Provided, That sales made by lawful ad- 
 
 ministrators shall be entitled to a preference over sales made by widows 
 and children." 
 
 Paym'ent ot SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President may, and he is 
 money which hereby authorized to, pay the persons entitled thereto, the money which 
 from purchasers may b ? received from the purchasers of reserves under the authority 
 under authority given in the two preceding sections, at such times and in such amounts 
 
 gven in preced- as he shall deem best for the parties concerned ; or, if he think proper, 
 g sections, &c. to invest the whole or any part of said purchase money in stocks, and 
 pay the interest to the persons entitled, in such amounts, and in such 
 Proviso. manner, as, in his opinion, will be most advantageous for them : Pro- 
 
 vided, That he may cause the principal of the sum or sums so invested 
 to be paid to the persons entitled thereto, whenever he may think 
 Further pro -proper: And provided, further, That the provisions of this act shall be 
 viso. executed under such regulations and restrictions as the President may 
 
 prescribe. 
 
 The President SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it may be lawful for the Presi- 
 may c?use one dent of the United States to cause the sum of one dollar and twenty- 
 
 ter eJ'acre^be five cents P er acre to be paid to the Creek Indians, whose names were 
 paid to certain omitted to be entered on the census-roll taken under the treaty of 
 Cre( k Indians, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and to those whose names appear on 
 said roll, but for whom no locations have been made, who shall appear, 
 from proper evidence, to be justly entitled to reservations under the pro- 
 Proviso, visions of said treaty; Provided, That the sums thus payable under this 
 section may be invested in stocks upon the same terms and conditions, 
 and under the same regulations and restrictions as are herein before pre- 
 scribed in respect to moneys payable under the first and second sections 
 Further pro- of this act ; Provided, further, That no transfer by the person entitled 
 viso. under this section shall be valid. ( b) 
 
 Money appro- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of carrying into 
 priated to carry effect the provisions of the three first sections of this act, the sum of 
 this act into el- ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, together 
 with such sum as may be necessary to carry into effect the fourth sec- 
 tion thereof. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 433, 730, 1266, 1279, 1281, 1293, 1301, 1323, 1422, 1428, 1429, 1436, 1441, 1448, 
 
 1450, 1470, 1516, 1598, 1602, 1609, 1618. 
 (&) See Xos. 1445, 1451, 1557. 
 
 March 3, 1837. No. 1 546. AN ACT for the relief of John Jeffers. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 690. Be it enacte $ t g, Cmt T h at John j e ff er8 be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 May surrender to surrender the certificate which heretofore issued from the land office 
 land certificate, a t Huntsville, Alabama, to John Sharp, and which was assigned to said 
 otherTherefor^ J e ff er8 b y Dixon Stanbach, as administrator of Stephen Heard, for the 
 northwest quarter of section twenty-eight, township six, range two, 
 west of the basis meridian of said land district ; and upon such sur- 
 render of said certificate, and filing his reliuquishmeut in said land 
 office, the said John Jeffers shall be entitled to a certificate from the 
 register and receiver of said land office for the amount which has been 
 paid on said lands, which shall be received in said office in payment 
 for any lands subject to entry in that land district. 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
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 No. 1547. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Wellborn, junior, and William Well- 
 born. 
 
 April 6, 1838. 
 Vol. 6, p. 710. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there shall be, and is hereby, relinquished to Bi ht &c of 
 Isaac Wellborn, jr., and William Wellborn, their heirs and assigns, all United States to 
 the right, title, and interest which may have accrued or reverted, or a certain reserva- 
 might hereafter accrue or revert, to the United States, to a certain Jjon of land re. 
 reservation of six hundred and forty acres of land, made to a certain 
 Thomas Harrison, the head of an Indian family of the Cherokee tribe, 
 under treaties made between eaid tribe and the Government of the 
 United States, on the eighth of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, 
 and the twenty-seventh of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, 
 which tract of land is situated in Jackson County, Alabama, and bound- 
 ed as follows : Beginning at two post oaks and a red- oak ; thence west 
 three hundred and twenty poles to a stake near the top of a steep rocky 
 mountain ; thence south three hundred and twenty poles to a white- 
 
 twenty poles to the beginning: Provided, That nothing herein con- Proviso, 
 tained shall be construed to impair or lessen the right or title of any 
 individual claiming under the said Thomas Harrison, and who may not 
 have fairly or legally transferred his or her interest in the said tract of 
 land. 
 
 No. 1548. AN ACT for the relief of Jehu Hollinsworth. June 28, 1838. 
 
 Be it enacted, fo., That Jehu Hollinsworth, of Blount County, Ala- YoL 6 P- 721 - 
 bama, be, and he hereby is, authorized to surrender the certificate of May surrender 
 purchase or patent which heretofore issued to him from the land office land certificate, 
 at Huntsville, in said State, for the southwest quarter of the northwest an ^ receive an- 
 quarter of section number two, of township eleven, in range three east, othei 
 which was entered by said Hollinsworth by mistake ; and upon such 
 surrender of said certificate, or relinquishment filed, of said patent, if 
 one has issued, with the register of said land office, the said Jehu Hol- 
 linsworth shall be entitled to a certificate from the said register for the 
 amount paid for said land entered by mistake; which certificate shall 
 be receivable in payment at said office for any other land in that dis- 
 trict subject to entry: Provided, That said tract of land so entered Proviso, 
 shall not have been sold and transferred, or shall not be subject to be 
 disposed of by execution for the payment of the debts of the said Hol- 
 linsworth. 
 
 No. 1549. AN ACT for the relief of William James Aarons. June 28, 1838. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That William James Aarons, of Blount County, Yo1 - 6 . P- 72L 
 Alabama, be, and he hereby is, authorized to surrender the certificates ^ay surrender 
 which heretofore issued to him from the land office at Huntsville, in land certificate, 
 said State, for the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, and the and receive an- 
 southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-two, in other tl] 
 township ten, range four east of the basis meridian of said land 
 district, which were purchased by him through mistake; and upon 
 such surrender of said certificates, or, if patents shall have issued for 
 said tracts of land, then upon the surrender of such patents, and filing 
 his relinquishment thereof before the register of said land office, the 
 said William James Aarons shall be entitled to a certificate from said 
 register for the amount paid for said tracts of land so entered by mis- 
 take, which shall be received in payment for any other land in said 
 district subject to private entry; Provided, That said tract of land so proviso 
 entered shall not have been sold and transferred, or shall not be sub- 
 ject to be disposed of by execution for the payment of the debts of the 
 said Aarons. 
 
 No. 1 5 50. AN ACT for the relief of William Walker. June 28, 1838. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That William Walker, of Jackson County, Alabama, Yo ' 6( p ' 
 be, and he hereby is authorized to surrender the certificate which here- May surrender 
 tofore issued to him from the land office at Huntsville, in said State, land cer^ficate, 
 for the west half of the southeast quarter of section thirty-three, in o" uei tberlfor 
 township four, and range five east of the basis meridian of said land 
 district, which was purchased and paid for by him through mistake ; 
 
634 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 and npon such surrender of said certificate, or, if a patent shall have 
 issued for said tract of land, upon the surrender of his patent, and filing 
 his relinquishment in said land office, the said William Walker shall be 
 entitled to a certificate from the register and receiver of said land office, 
 for the amount which was so paid by mistake ; which shall be received 
 in payment for any other tract in said land district which may be sub- 
 ject to private entry ; Provided, That said tract of land so entered shall 
 not have been sold and transferred, or shall not be subject to be disposed 
 of by execution for the payment of the debts of the said Walker. 
 
 June 28, 1838. No. 1551. AX r ACT for the relief of Joel Chandler. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 7-22. g e # enac ted } c ., That Joel Chandler is hereby authorized to surren- 
 May surrender der and return to the United States, before the register of the land 
 Jjn d .fSSSf** office at Huntsville, Alabama, a patent which issued to him for the east 
 n " half of the southeast quarter of section twenty- four, in township twelve, 
 of range four east, which said Chandler paid for by mistake at said land 
 office. And upon such surrender and return, by said Joel Chandler, his 
 heirs or assigns, a certificate shall be issued by the said register for the 
 amount paid on said land in favor of said Chandler, his heirs or assigns ; 
 which shall be received in payment for any other tract of land subject 
 to private entry in that land district : Provided, That said tract of land 
 so entered shall not have been sold and transferred, or shall not be sub- 
 ject to be disposed of by execution for the payment of the debts of the 
 said Chandler. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 June 28, 1838. No. 1552. AX ACT for the relief of James A. Williams. 
 
 ' Be it enacted, $-c., That James A. Williams, of Blouut County, Ala- 
 May surrender bama, be, and he hereby is, authorized to surrender the certificate which 
 land certificate, heretofore issued to him from the land office at Huntsville, in said 
 other therefor. State, for the east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-one, 
 in township eleven, of range two, west of the basis meridian of said land 
 district, which was entered and paid for by him through mistake ; and 
 upon such surrender of said certificate, or, if a patent shall have issued 
 for said land, upon surrendering the same, and filing his relinquishment 
 in said land office, the said James A. Williams shall be entitled to a 
 certificate from the register of said land office for the amount which was 
 paid thereon ; which shall be received in payment for any other land 
 Proviso. in said land district, subject to private entry : Provided, That said tract 
 of land so entered shall not have been sold and transferred, or shall not 
 be subject to be disposed of by execution for the payment of the debts 
 of the said Williams. 
 
 June 28, 1838. No. 1553. AX ACT for the relief of Abraham "Woodall. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 7-22. Be . f emct ^ ^ That Abra ham Woodall, of St. Clair County, Ala- 
 May surrender bama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the certificate which 
 land certificate, heretofore issued to him, for the northeast quarter of the northeast 
 oUierTherefor^ quarter of section eighteen, township fourteen, range one east of the 
 basis meridian of the Huntsville land district in said State, which was 
 purchased and paid for by him through mistake ; and upon such sur- 
 render by him of said certificate, or, if a patent shall have issued there- 
 for, upon the surrender of such patent, and filing his relinquishment in 
 said land office, the said Abraham Woodali shall be entitled to a certifi- 
 cate for the amount paid for said land, from the officers in said land 
 office; which shall be received in payment for any land which may be 
 Proviso. subject to private entry in said laud district : Provided, That said tract 
 
 of land so entered shall not have been sold and transferred, or shall not 
 be subject to be disposed of by execution for the payment of the debts 
 of the said Woodall. 
 
 June 28, 183 a . No. 1554. AX ACT for the relief of J. A. Fleming. 
 
 Vol. 6, p. 726. Be . t enacted ^ j. Ctf That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 Land patent to cause a patent to be issued to J. A. Fleming for the west half of the 
 southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter 
 of section ten, in township six, range four east, in the St. Stephen's 
 land. district, in Alabama, according to duplicate receipts issued to him 
 by the receiver of public moneys of said land district. 
 
 issue to him. 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 635 
 
 No. 1555. AN ACT for the relief of Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley July 5, 1838. 
 
 Cheney. Vol. 6, p. 727. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That the register and receiver of the laud office at Land corti fl; 
 St. Stephens, Alabama, be, and they are hereby, authorized and required C ates to issue 
 to issue to Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney, each, a cer- 
 tificate for the quantity of land to which said individuals were, respect- 
 ively, found to be entitled under the provisions of "An act for the relief 
 of John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney," ap- 
 proved on the eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty; the land 
 to which said Cravat, Perry, and Cheney were entitled having been 
 sold by the United States, according to the several reports of said reg- 
 ister and receiver, dated September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-six ; and said certificates shall authorize the said Richard Cra- 
 vat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney, respectively, to enter a like quan- 
 tity of public land, subject to private entry, in any land office in the 
 said State of Alabama, free from charge, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1454. 
 
 No. 1556. AN ACT to grant to Cherokee County, Alabama, the tract of land on July 5, 1838. 
 which the seat of justice of said county has been located. Vol. 5, p. 254. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$'C., That there be, and hereby is, granted to the county A tract of land 
 of Cherokee, in the State of Alabama, the tract of land lying onthe n the Coosa 
 Coosa River, whereon the town of Jefferson is situated, in said county, Biver granted to 
 containing one hundred and fifty acres, according to the survey of S. Cherokee Coun- 
 R. Russell, county surveyor for the seat of justice of said county, instead y ' 
 of the quarter-section allowed by law for the same purpose ; the com- 
 missioners of said county paying for the same the minimum price as in 
 other cases. 
 
 * 
 
 j ast purchasers, 
 &c., of Indian se- 
 
 No. 1557. AN ACT to authorize the issuing of patents to the last bona-fide trans- July 5, 1838. 
 feree of reservations under the treaty between the United States and the Creek Vol. 5, p. 256. 
 tribe of Indians which was concluded on the twenty-fourth of March, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-two. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States be, and he The President 
 is hereby, authorized and required to cause patents to be issued to such 
 person or persons as may be the bona-fide purchaser, owner, assignee, 
 or transferee of any selection or reservation which has been made to, 
 or in behalf of, any chief or head of an Indian family, under a treaty lections, &c. 
 concluded between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians at 
 Washington City, on the twenty -fourth day of March, eighteen hundred 
 and thirty-two, whatever may be the number of intermediate transfers 
 or assignments: Provided, The person or persons applying for such Proviso. 
 patent or patents shall adduce satisfactory proof to the Commissioner 
 of the General Land Office of the fairness of said several preceding trans- 
 fers or assignments, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1445, 1451, 1545. 
 
 No. 1558. AN ACT for the relief of Nathaniel H. Hooe. March 2, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the interest and claim of the United States Vol. 6, p. 755. 
 to the southeast quarter of section seventeen, township twenty-four, interest of 
 range three west, in the Tuscaloosa land district, in Alabama, and for United States in 
 which a certificate of purchase from the said land office, numbered a certain tract of 
 twelve thousand three hundred and twenty five, was issued to said Na- ^relinquished 
 thaniel H. Hooe, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished : Provided, Proviso. 
 That nothing in this act shall be so construed to prejudice the claim of 
 any other individual, either by pre-emption or otherwise to said described 
 tract of land: And provided further, That, if the money paid into the Proviso. 
 land office as the price of said land at the time the entry was made, has 
 been refunded to said Nathaniel H. Hooe, to entitle him to the benefit 
 of this act, he shall repay the original amount so refunded into the said 
 land office. 
 
 No. 1 559. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of the late 
 
 Robert Farmer, deceased. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs and legal representatives of the late 
 Robert Farmer, deceased, be, and they hereby are, confirmed in their 
 title to a certain tract of land, commonly called the Island ; bounded 
 on the north, by the bayou Chatague ; on the south, by the bayou Mar- 
 mott ; on the east, by the river Mobile ; and on the west, by the said 
 
 March 3, 1839. 
 Vol. 6, p. 761. 
 
 T ftnd Htle 
 
636 ALABAMA. 
 
 bayou, situate about a mile above or" north of the city of Mobile, in the 
 State of Alabama, and containing about four hundred acres, more or less ; 
 and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized, 
 to issue a patent to said heirs, agreeably to their petition : Provided, 
 
 Proviso. however, That this act shall be deemed and taken only as relinquishment 
 
 on the part of the United States of all their right, title, claim, and in- 
 
 Proviso. terest to the said tract of land. And provided further, That this relin- 
 
 cpiishnient shall not extent to more than four hundred acres of land, 
 nor shall the same in any manner interfere with the prior legal or equi- 
 table rights of others. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 1560. AX ACT for the relief of James Moore. 
 
 YoL6,p.762. Be it emcid ^ ^ That j ameg Moore, of the county of Bibb, in the 
 May surrender State of Alabama, be, and he hereby is, authorized to surrender the cer- 
 land certificate, tificate which issued to him from the land office at Tuscaloosa, in the 
 " said State, on the tenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, 
 for the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section three, in 
 township number twenty-three, of range twelve east, in the said district, 
 which was purchased and paid for by him through mistake ; and, upon 
 the surrender of said certificate, or, if a patent shall have issued for the 
 said tract of land, upon the surrender of his patent, and filing his re- 
 linquishment in said land office, the said James Moore shall be entitled 
 to a certificate from the register and receiver of said land office for the 
 amount which was so paid by mistake ; which shall be received in pay- 
 ment for any other tract of land in said land district which may be sub- 
 ject to private entry. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 156 1 .AX ACT for the relief of MiUey Yates. 
 
 Vol. 6. p. 769. Be . t enacted ^ ^ That the s ecre tary of War be, and he is hereby, 
 
 Certain land to required to cause to be located to Milley Yates, a Choctaw woman, wife 
 
 be located to her. o f Allen Yates, two sections of land, on any of the public lands within 
 
 the country acquired by the treaty concluded with the Choctaw Indians 
 
 at Dancing Rabbit Creek, on the twenty -seventh of September, eighteen 
 
 hundred and thirty, not previously located to any Choctaw reservee, nor 
 
 subject to any pre-emption claim, in one or more tracts, not less in any 
 
 Proviso. case than one quarter-section : Provided, The said Milley Yates shall 
 
 release to the United States the two sections heretofore located in her 
 
 name, by Colonel George W. Martin, and since disposed of at public 
 
 sale at St. Stephens. 
 
 Entitled to a SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when such location shall have 
 grant of said been made and confirmed, the said Milley Yates shall be entitled to a 
 knd- grant for the same from the United States. 
 
 March 3, 1839. No. 1562. AX ACT for the relief of "William Washington Bigham. 
 
 ' p ' Be it enacted, <$-c., That William Washington Bigham, or his legal rep- 
 
 Authorized to resentatives, are hereby authorized to enter, free of cost, forty acres of 
 enter certain any i an< j subject to sale at private entry, and unoccupied except by him 
 land entered by or themselves, within the district of lands directed to be sold at Hunts- 
 mistake, ville, in the State of Alabama, in lieu of the northwest fourth of the 
 northeast fourth of section number thirty-six, in township seven, of 
 Proviso. range number nine (west,) entered by mistake : Provided, That a recon- 
 veyance of the aforesaid tract of land, unencumbered, be first made to 
 the United States, and deposited with the register of the land office at 
 Huntsville, Alabama. 
 
 March 3, 1839. ]\o. 1563. AX ACT for the relief of William Moor, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That William Moor, of the county of Bibb, in the 
 
 w . m - Moor an- state of Alabama, be, and he hereby is, authorized to surrender the 
 render land cer- certificate which issued to him from the laud office at Tuscaloosa, on 
 tificate, and re- the seventeenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, for 
 seive scrip there- the southwest quaVter of the northwest quarter of section number 
 for - three, township number twenty-three, and range thirteen east, which 
 
 was purchased by him, and paid for, through' mistake ; and that he 
 
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 receive scrip for the amount by him so paid, which shall be received in 
 payment for any other tract of land in the said land district which may 
 be subject to private entry : Provided, That the said William Moor file Proviso, 
 in said land office his relinquishment to said tract of land. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That Thomas Nichols, of the county T. Nichols au- 
 of Jefferson, in the State of Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized thorized to sur- 
 to surrender the certificate which issued to him from the land office at J** ^ d cer - 
 Tuscaloosa, for the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of sec- 
 tion thirty, of township sixteen, and range five west, which was pur- 
 chased and paid for by him through mistake ; and that he receive scrip 
 for the amount by him so paid, which shall be received in payment for 
 any other tract of land in said land district, subject to private entry ; and 
 if a patent shall have issued to said Nicholas for said tract of land, he 
 shall surrender said patent, and file a relinquishment of his title thereto, 
 before said scrip shall issue. 
 
 No. 1564. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be March 3, 1839. 
 issued to Michael Ambrister, assignee of Us-se-yoholo, a Creek Indian, a patent for Vol. 6, p. 790. 
 a certain reservation of land in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That the claim and title of Michael Ambrister to Land claim 
 the south half of section fourteen, in township nineteen, of range four confirm ed. 
 east, in the Coosa land district, purchased by him of Us-se-yoholo, alias 
 Toney, the head of a Creek Indian family, who was entitled to the same 
 under the provisions of the treaty between the United States and the 
 Creek tribe of Indians, concluded on the twenty-fourth of March, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed. 
 
 No. 1565. AN ACT for the relief of Etienne (Stephen) La Lande, of Alabama. March 3, 1839. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That Etienne (Stephen) La Lande, of Alabama, be, Yol ' 6 ' p - m 
 and he hereby is, confirmed in his title to eight hundred arpens of land, Land title con- 
 (on which he now resides,) situate in the county of Mobile, and State firmed, 
 of Alabama, on the west side of Dog River, having twenty arpens in 
 front on said river, with forty arpens in depth ; and the Commissioner 
 of the General Land Office is hereby required to issue a patent to the 
 said Etienne (Stephen ) La Lande for the said tract of land : Provided, how- Proviso. 
 ever, That this confirmation shall amount only to a relinquishment on 
 the part of the United States of all their right and title to the said 
 land, and shall not interfere with, or extinguish, any elder or better 
 right, if any there be, to the same. 
 
 No. 1566. AN ACT for the relief of Sutten Stephens. April 27, 1840. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That all the right, title, and interest which might VoL6 'P- 797 - 
 accrue or revert to the United States to a certain tract of land in Jack- Eight, &c., of 
 son County, Alabama, reserved to Sutten Stephens under a treaty made United States to 
 and concluded between the United States and the Cherokee tribe of a pertain tract, 
 Indians, on the eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, be, JSmSJ. 
 and the same are hereby, relinquished, and vested in the said Sutten 
 Stephens and his heirs : Provided, That no conveyance or deed of the Proviso, 
 said tract of land shall be valid or effectual, until such conveyance or 
 deed shall be submitted to one of the district attorneys of Alabama for 
 his approbation ; and if, after inquiry into the facts and circumstances 
 attending the contract for the sale of said land, or any part thereof, he 
 shall be satisfied that said contract is fair, and that the consideration 
 paid or agreed to be paid therefor is adequate, he shall endorse his 
 approbation on such deed or conveyance so approved, and thereafter 
 the same shall be deemed valid and effectual. 
 
 No. 1567. AN ACT to confirm the title to a certain tract of land in the county of May 27, 1840. 
 Mobile, in the State of Alabama. Vol. 6, p. 800. 
 
 Be it enacted, #o., That the claim of William E. Kennedy, filed before Land claim con- 
 William Crawford, commissioner, for the confirmation of the title to a finned, 
 piece of land claimed under Benjamin Dubroca, for eight hundred ar- 
 pens, by virtue of a Spanish permit, dated the second of February, one 
 thousand eight hundred and three, lying in the county of Mobile, and 
 State of Alabama, and which claim is numbered one hundred and three, 
 in the report numbered ix, of said William Crawford, commissioner, 
 
638 ALABAMA. 
 
 and which claim was placed by said commissioner in the list of claims 
 which " ought not to be confirmed," be recognized as a valid claim, and 
 that the same be confirmed, and stand in the same situation precisely 
 as if the said claim had not been reported upon unfavorably, but, on 
 the contrary, had been reported as a claim which ought to be confirmed, 
 and as if said claim had been placed by said commissioner on the list 
 of those which ought to be confirmed, whereby the said claim would 
 have stood confirmed by the act of Congress of the third day of March, 
 one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act for adjust- 
 ing the claims to land, and establishing land offices in the district east 
 of the island of New Orleans ; " and the said title is hereby confirmed 
 accordingly for said land, for which a patent shall issue according to 
 said survey thereof, as shall be approved by the surveyor-general of 
 Proviso. the United States for the State of Alabama : Provided, however, That 
 
 this act shall be so construed as to operate as a relinquishment of the 
 title of the United States only. 
 
 July 20, 1840. No. 1568. AN ACT to annex a certain tract of land to the Coosa land district, and 
 Vol. 5, p. 397. for other purposes. 
 
 Certain land Be it enacted, <f-c., That such part of township twenty-two, of range 
 annexed to the two. east, northern survey, State of Alabama, as lies east of the Coosa 
 1S ' River, and was ceded to the United States by the Creek nation of In- 
 dians, by a treaty concluded on the ninth day of August, eighteen hun- 
 dred and fourteen, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the Coosa 
 Surveys, sales, land district ; and all surveys, sales, and other proceedings heretofore 
 &.c., valid, how had in reference to said tract hereby annexed as aforesaid, shall be as 
 valid as they would have been had the same, at the time such proceed- 
 ings were had, formed a part of said district, and no farther, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430. 1450, 1456, 1499, 1511, 1523, 1574. 
 
 July 20, 1840. No. J 569. AX ACT for the relief of Oliver Welch. 
 
 806 ' Be it enacted, <fc., That Oliver Welch, of the county of Talladega, 
 
 Authorized to and State of Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the 
 in'the' purchase certificate which issued to him from the land office at Mardisville, in 
 of certain land. sa id State, on the twenty-fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty-five, for the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 
 nine, in township twenty, of range four east, in the Coosa land district; 
 which was purchased and paid for by him through mistake ; and upon 
 such surrender of said certificate, or, if a patent shall ha^e issued for 
 said tract of land, upon the surrender of his patent, and filing his relin- 
 quishment in said office, the said Oliver Welch shall be entitled to a 
 certificate from the register and receiver of the said land office for the 
 amount which was so paid by mistake; which shall be received in 
 payment for any other tract of land in said land district which may be 
 subject to private entry. 
 
 July 20, 1840. No. 1570. AN ACT confirming the claim of Augustine Lacoste to a certain tract 
 Vol. 6, p. 807. of land therein named. 
 
 Land claim Be it enacted, #c., That the claim of Augustine Lacoste, number 
 confirmed. eleven, certificate number eight, report number five, as shown by the 
 
 records of the land office of St. Stephens, Alabama, to a certain tract 
 of land situate on Bon Secour's River, in the county of Baldwin, State 
 of Alabama, containing, as shown by a survey thereof, made second 
 January, eighteen hundred and thirty, and approved third December, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-four, by James H. Weakley, surveyor of 
 the United States lands in Alabama, six hundred and thirty-eight and 
 forty-hundredths acres, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. 
 
 Patent to be SEC. ~- ^ n(l be if f in '^ ier enacted, That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 issued, eral Land Office cause to be issued to the above-named Augustine La- 
 coste a patent for the aforesaid tract of land, known as section thirty- 
 nine, township number eight, range number four, east. 
 
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 IVo. 1571 ,A.N ACT for the relief of William Jones. March 2, 1841. 
 
 Beit enacted, $c., That the register and receiver of the land office at YoL 6 P- 82L 
 Huntsville, in the State of Alabama, be, and they are hereby, required A certi fi c a t e 
 to issue a certificate to William Jones, of Lawrence County, in said for amount paid 
 State, for the amount received in said land office for the southwest for certain land, 
 quarter of section twenty-two, in township five, of range three west, JJJ {ggJJJJf re8 ^ 
 and the additional amount of the interest which has accrued thereon, at the 
 rate of six per centum per annum : Provided, Said Jones shall file in p rov i so 
 said laud office a relinquishment of all right, title, and interest, in said 
 quarter-section, to the Government of the United States ; and the said 
 certificate shall be received in payment of any of the public lands which 
 may be thereafter sold in the said State of Alabama : And provided, also, Proviso. 
 That it shall be satisfactorily shown to said register and receiver, that 
 said quarter- section was selected by the State of Alabama, under the 
 act of Congress granting four hundred thousand acres of relinquished 
 land to said State, for the improvement of the navigation of the Ten- 
 nessee and other rivers, before the sale thereof at said United States 
 land office. 
 
 No. 1572. AS ACT for the relief of the heirs of Miguel Eslava. March 3, 1841. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the decision of the register and receiver of the ' 6> p ' 822 ' 
 land office for the district of St. Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, as Decision of the 
 contained in their report bearing date the third day of May, one thou- register, &c., 
 sand eight hundred and thirty-two, confirming a claim of the heirs of ^ claim? conJ 
 Miguel Eslava, deceased, (being claim number three in report number firmed, 
 two,) and made in pursuance of the act of Congress, approved the sec- 
 ond day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, enti- 
 tled "An act confirming the reports of the register and receiver for the 
 district of St. Stephen's, in the State of Alabama, and for other pur- 
 poses," be, and the same is hereby, confirmed: Provided, That the con- Proviso, 
 firmation provided to be made by this act shall amount only to a re- 
 linquishment, for ever, on the part of the United States, of all right and 
 title whatever to the land so confirmed or granted : Provided, also, That p rov i 80 . 
 the survey and location hereafter to be made of said claims, which are 
 hereby confirmed, shall be made in conformity with the original Span- 
 ish title-papers, unless the surveys of said claims be found variant from 
 the grants, according to the usages of the Spanish Government ; in which 
 case, the grants are to govern. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the proper location of the After the loca- 
 claims hereby confirmed, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of tion, patents 
 the General Land Office to issue patents for the same, containing a res- 8na11 issue, &o. 
 ervation of the rights of all third persons : Provided, That the said pat- proviso, 
 ents shall be construed to convey to the claimants all such legal and 
 equitable rights only, as may exist under the laws of nations, or under 
 the constitution and laws of the United States, or treaties applicable 
 to the said grants, under and by virtue of the said Spanish grants. And 
 it shall be also the duty of the Commissioner of the General Laud Office, 
 forthwith to issue patents to Jonathan Hunt and Audley H. Gazzam, Patents to be 
 for all such portion of said lands, for which they now hold receipts issued to J. Hunt 
 issued by the receiver of the land office at St. Stephen's, in the State of and A - H - Gaz ' 
 Alabama ; which patents shall contain an exception and reservation of za 
 all the rights of the said Spanish grantees, their heirs or assigns, under 
 the titles claimed by them under the Spanish Government : Provided, Proviso. 
 That the patents issued to the said Hunt and Gazzam shall be construed 
 to convey to them all such rights only, as are not inconsistent with the 
 legal or equitable rights of the said Spanish grantees, their heirs or as- 
 signs, under the laws of nations, or under the constitution and laws of 
 the United States, or treaties applicable to said grants, under and by 
 virtue of the Spanish grants hereby confirmed. 
 
 No. 1573. AN ACT to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands, and Sept. 4, 1841. 
 to grant pre-emption rights. Vol. 5, p. 453. 
 
 SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the two per cent, of the nett The two per 
 proceeds of the lands sold by the United States, in the State of Alabama, ?J i o * e ^J n 
 
 since the first day of September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and da so m j n Ala- 
 reserved by the act entitled "An act to enable the people of the Ala- bama, &c., relin- 
 bama Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for quished to State. 
 
640 ALABAMA. 
 
 the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with 
 the original States," for the making of a road or roads leading to the 
 said State, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished to the said State of 
 Alabama, payable in two equal instalments, the fiist to be paid on the 
 first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the other on the 
 first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty- three, so far as the same 
 may then have accrued, and quarterly, as the same may thereafter ac- 
 Proviso. crne . p rov ided j That the legislature of said State shall first pass an act, 
 
 declaring their acceptance of said relinquishment, and also embracing 
 a provision, to be unalterable without the consent of Congress, that the 
 whole of said two per cent, fund shall be faithfully applied, under the 
 direction of the legislature of Alabama, to the connection, by some 
 means of internal improvement, of the navigable waters of the bay of 
 Mobile with the Tennessee River, and to the construction of a contin- 
 uous line of internal improvements from a point on the Chattahoochie 
 River, opposite West Point, in Georgia, across the State of Alabama, in, 
 a direction to Jackson in the State of Mississippi, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 1015, 1314, 1452, 1459, 1494, 1541, 1531, 1607. 
 
 March 4, 1842. No. 1574. AN ACT to provide for the early disposition of the lands lying in the 
 Vol. 5, p. 470. State of Alabama, acquired from the Cherokee Indians by the treaty of twenty- 
 ninth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. 
 
 Said lands to & e '* enacted, $c., That all that part of the territory acquired from the 
 
 be added to the Cherokee Indians by the treaty of New Echota of twenty-ninth Decem- 
 
 Huntaville andfoer, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, within the State of Alabama, 
 
 ct8 ' . which lies west of the line dividing ranges two and three east of the 
 
 basis meridian of Huntsville, shall be added to and form a part of said 
 
 district ; and all the territory acquired by the said treaty within the 
 
 said State not attached to the Huntsville district, as above described, 
 
 shall be annexed to and form a part of the Coosa land district, in said 
 
 State. 
 
 Land office for SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land office for the Coosa 
 the Coosa district land district, at present located at Mardisville, shall be removed to Leb- 
 to be removed. anon in the coun ty o f De Kalb. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 718, 1266, 1279, 1422, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1456, 1499, 1511, 1523, 1568. 
 
 June 22, 1842. No. 1575.-AN ACT for the relief of George MX. 
 
 7oL 6, p. 832. Be u enacted ^ ^ That U p 0n the 8lirr ender to the Secretary of the 
 Upon the sur- Treasury to be cancelled, by George Nix, or his legal representatives, 
 render of his pat- of his patent for the southwest quarter of section number nineteen, 
 tract^f* landto * ownsn ^P num b er twenty-two, range number eleven, in the district of 
 receive another, lands subject to sale at Cahawba, in the State of Alabama, a patent 
 &c. ' shall issue to the said George Nix, or his legal representatives, for the 
 
 southwest quarter of section number twenty-two, township number 
 nineteen, range number eleven, in the district and State aforesaid : Pro- 
 Proviso, vided, That said last- mentioned tract of land shall not, previous to such 
 Proviso surrender, have been sold by the United States: And provided, also, That 
 said tract of land, so authorized to be surrendered, shall not have been 
 sold by the said George Nix, or his legal representatives, previous to 
 such surrender. 
 
 July 9, 1842. No. 1 576.- AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Josiah Blakely, 
 Vol. 6, p. 836. deceased 
 
 Land patent to Be it enacted. <$-c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 be issued. be, and he is hereby, required to issue a patent to the legal representa- 
 
 tives, and those claiming under them, of Josiah Blakely, deceased, for 
 twelve hundred and eighty acres of land on Blakely '& Island, as sur- 
 veyed by John James, deputy surveyor, and in accordance with certifi- 
 cate number sixty-four, of the register and receiver of St. Stephen's, 
 Alabama, dated the twenty-fifth of July, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty-six. 
 
 July 27, 1842. No. 1577. AN ACT to relinquish to William Waller the interest of the United 
 VoL 6, p. 843. States in a certain tract of land therein named. 
 
 Interest of the Be it enacted, c., That all the interest which the United States now 
 
 United States in has, or may hereafter have, in and to a certain tract of land, known as 
 
 certain lands re- fractional section seventeen, township five, and range four east, lying 
 
 to on the left bank of the Alabama River, containing five hundred and fifty 
 
 acres, more or less, and a small part of said fractional section, lying on 
 
ALABAMA. 641 
 
 the right bank of said river, containing, as supposed, two acres, more 
 or less, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished, and vested in William 
 Waller and his heirs ; the said William Waller having paid for said land 
 the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ; and Arthur Sizemore, who was au- 
 thorized by an act of Congress, approved the twenty-ninth day of May. 
 eighteen hundred and thirty, to sell said land, provided " he removed 
 with his family west of the Mississippi," having been prevented by death 
 from complying with said act of Congress, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1492. 
 
 No. 1578. AN ACT for the relief of John Pratt, or his legal representative. Aug. 26, 1842. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That John Pratt, or his legal representative, is hereby Yol - 6 .P-865. 
 authorized to enter, under his pre-emption claim, at the minimum price Authorized to 
 of the public lands, that portion of fractional section number twenty- enter certain 
 two, in township number four, range number one west, in the land dis- lan d- 
 trict of St. Stephens, Alabama, not embraced in the patents heretofore 
 issued to James Etheridge and William D. Stone : Provided, The same Proviso, 
 shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres : And provided also, That Proviso, 
 it shall be the duty of the surveyor of public lands in the State of Ala- 
 bama to make any survey necessary to complete said entry. 
 
 No. 1579. AN ACT for the relief of the legal heirs and representatives of Hugo Aug. 29, 1842. 
 Krebs, deceased. VoL 6, p. 872. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the report (number eight) of the register and claim to a lot 
 receiver of the land office at St. Stephens, in the State of Alabama, of in Mobile con- 
 date twenty-first January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, on the fi rme d. 
 claim of Mary J. Krebs, Etienne Krebs, Genevieve Krebs, and Placide 
 Krebs (in right of inheritance to Hugo Krebs,) to a lot of land in the 
 town of Mobile, on Koyal Street, of ten toises front, with a depth of 
 sixty feet, extending to the river, reported on pursuant to the act of 
 second March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, be, and the same is 
 hereby, confirmed : Provided, Such confirmation shall only operate as a Proviso, 
 release of all right on the part of the United States. 
 
 No. 1580. AN ACT for the relief of Elisha Moreland, William M. Kennedy, Eobert Jan. 20, 1843. 
 J. Kennedy, and Mason E. Lewis. Vol. 6, p. 879. 
 
 Be it enacted, $*c., That Elisha Moreland, William M. Kennedy, Robert Authorized to 
 J. Kennedy, and Mason E. Lewis, who were deprived of their respective enter land, in lieu 
 rights of pre-emption to their improvements in Madison County, Ala- of . &c - 
 bama, to which they were entitled under tbe act of Congress of twenty- 
 ninth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, by the location of a 
 reservation for a Cherokee Indian named Challenge, under the treaty 
 of one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and the confirmation 
 thereof by an act of Congress passed for his relief, be, and they hereby 
 are, authorized to enter, each, one quarter-section of any unappropriated 
 public land, not improved or settled upon by any other person, within 
 the Huntsville land district, in that State, or any adjoining district, by 
 paying therefor the then minimum price per acre. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- proof required 
 ister and receiver of the land office, when any application to enter land, that they were 
 under the first section of this act, shall be made, before permitting such e ?t** le j ***** 
 entry, to require satisfactory proof to be made that such applicant was jjfn. 
 entitled to a pre-emption under the act of the twenty-ninth May, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty : Provided, The same is made within Proviso, 
 nine months from the passage of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1492. 
 
 No. 1 581. AN ACT regulating the mode of paying over to the State of Alabama March 1 1843 
 the two per cent, fund relinquished to said State by the act approved on the fourth y o i 5 p.'goe. 
 day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty -one. ' 
 
 Be it enacted, #c. y That the registers and receivers of public moneys at Bills o f th e 
 the different land offices in the State of Alabama be, and they are here- Bank of Alabama 
 by, authorized and required, under such regulations as the Secretary of f^Is^to the 
 the Treasury may prescribe, to take and receive from the actual settlers on amount' o f t h e 
 the public lands in said State, in payment for their houses and improve- two per cent, 
 ments, entered by virtue of any of the pre-emption laws now in force, fund unpaid. 
 
 41 L O VOL II 
 
(J42 ALABAMA. 
 
 the bills of the Bank of the State of Alabama, or any of the branches 
 thereof to an amount equal to the amount of the two per cent, fund 
 relinquished to this State by the Congress of the United States, remain- 
 Quantity of j nff nn p a i a . Provided. That no settler shall be allowed to enter more 
 landtobeentered th | n Q e quart er-section of land with the bills of said bank, or either 
 Alabama to re- of them : And provided further, That the State of Alabama shall receive 
 ceive said bills in from the Government of the United States, in payment of said two per 
 payment of the cent fond t h e bills of the Bank of the State of Alabama, and the sev- 
 two p ere n t . eral branches thereof, taken and received by the registers and receivers, 
 as aforesaid, from the settlers aforesaid, in payment for their pre-emp- 
 Terms of the tion claims: And provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so 
 relinquishm e n t construed as to change the terms, conditions, and limitations, annexed 
 iffected by ^ ^ re ij n q n i 8 h men t of said fund to the said State, by the act afore- 
 said; but such terms, conditions, and limitations, shall apply and be in 
 fall force in reference to said fund, notwithstanding its payment in the 
 mode provided by this act. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1015, 1314, 1452, 1459, 1494, 1541, 1573, 1607. 
 
 March 1, 1843. No. 1582. AX ACT for the relief of the heirs of Madam De Lusser, and their 
 VoL 6, p. 887. legal representatives. 
 
 Certain lands Se lt enacted, $c., That the lands described in the special report of the 
 
 confirmed to register and receiver of the land office for the district of St. Stephens, 
 
 them. in the State of Alabama, bearing date of the third July, eighteen hun- 
 
 dred and thirty-four, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, to the 
 
 heirs of Madam De Lusser, to whom they were originally granted by 
 
 the French Government, in seventeen hundred and sixty-three, and to 
 
 Proviso. their legal assignees, or their heirs : Provided, however, That this act 
 
 shall be construed as to operate as a relinquishment of the title of the 
 
 United States only. 
 
 Jnne 12, 1844. No. 13S3. AX ACT for the relief of Joseph Bryan, Harrison Toting and Ben- 
 Vol. 6, p. 9 1 3. j amin Youn g. 
 
 Land claim Le it enacted, #c., That the> claim and title of Joseph Bryan, Harrison 
 confirmed. Young, and Benjamin Young, to the north half of section nineteen, in 
 
 township twenty-one, in range twenty-four, in the Tallapoosa land dis- 
 trict, in the State of Alabama, purchased by them jointly of Benjamin 
 Chambers, the head of a Creek Indian family, who was entitled to the 
 same under the provisions of the treaty between the United States and 
 the Creek tribe of Indians, concluded on the twenty-fourth of March, 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same is hereby 
 confirmed. 
 
 June 17, 1844. No. 1584. AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John Baker, 
 VoL 6, p. 927. deceased. 
 
 Land entry ^ e ^ nac ted, fyc., That an entry of five hundred and seven acres of 
 confirmed. laud, made at the land office at St. Stephens, in the State of Alabama, 
 
 by the legal representatives of John Baker, on the ninth of July, one 
 thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, 
 confirmed; and the said legal representatives shall be entitled to a 
 patent therefor, as in other cases. 
 
 June 17, 1844. No. 1585. T AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States 
 VoL 5, p. 676. of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississppi 
 - and Alabama south of the thirty -first degree of north latitude, and between the 
 Mississippi and Perdido rivers. 
 
 [See MISSOURI, No. 1067.] 
 
 Feb. 26, 1845. No. 1586. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to carry into effect, in the 
 VoL 5, p, 727. btates of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with 
 
 regard to the five per cent, fund and the school reservations. ' ' 
 
 of ThP\r f t Se .- Beit enacted, fc., That so much of the fourth section of the act en- 
 requires the Se?- t ! tl ? d . An _ act to carr y into eff ect, in the States of Alabama and Mis- 
 retary of Treas- sissippi, the existing compacts with those States with regard to the 
 irv to select nve per cent, fund and the school reservations," as purports to require 
 Jo? school^ in" ? - afc a ( l uantit y of land > e 1 Hal to the one thirty-sixth part of the lands 
 the Chickasaw yin & witnin tae State of Alabama, which were disposed of, or directed 
 purchase, re- to be disposed of, in and by the treaty between the United States and 
 the Chickasaw Indians, made and concluded at the city of Washing- 
 
ALABAMA. 643 
 
 ton, on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and 
 thirty-four, shall be selected, under the direction of the Secretary of 
 the Treasury, within any land district in said State of Alabama, con- 
 tiguous to said lands within said State so disposed of, &c., by the said 
 Chickasaws, as aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby, repealed : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as in any 
 wise to affect the validity and binding force of any such selections as 
 may heretofore have been made, in virtue of said, fourth section, and 
 sanctioned and accepted by the inhabitants of those surveyed town- 
 ships, respectively, for whom they may have been made, as an equiva- 
 lent and substitute for section number sixteen, within such surveyed 
 township. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said lands, equal in quantity Governor of 
 to one thirty-sixth part of the lands so, in virtue of said treaty, dis- A 1{ * bama author- 
 posed of, &c., within said State of Alabama, (deducting therefrom such }|e lands wfthS 
 quantity, if any, as may have been selected, as aforesaid, under the au- two years, 
 thority of said fourth section, and accepted as aforesaid, in lieu of said 
 section number sixteen, by the inhabitants of the proper surveyed town- 
 ship,) may be selected, under the direction of the governor of Alabama, 
 at any time within two years from the passing of this act, in sections, 
 half- sections, quarter- sections, or previously defined fractions, out of any 
 of the surveyed public lands, within any of the land districts in the States 
 of Alabama or Mississippi, subject to sale at private sale, and not in 
 any wise encumbered by any prior claim, lien, or reservation, as the what is requi- 
 governor of the said State of Alabama may direct. Bat the same se- site to perfect 
 lections, respectively, shall not be holden to have been perfected, until the selections, 
 the same, as from time to time they shall have been made, shall have 
 been reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, together 
 with proofs, taken in such manner as the legislature of the State of 
 Alabama shall prescribe, of the assent of the inhabitants of the sur- 
 veyed townships, respectively, for whose benefit the same may have 
 been selected ; and that the said inhabitants consent to and accept the 
 same, in lieu of, and as a full equivalent for, the school section which, 
 by the sixth section of the act entitled "An act to enable the people of 
 the Alabama Territory to form a constitution and State government, 
 and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing 
 wiih the original States," was guarantied to them. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when the land shall have been Land to vest in 
 so as aforesaid selected and reported and, as aforesaid, so accepted by Alabama, sub- 
 said inhabitants of said surveyed township, respectively, the same shall J e ct to the uses, 
 vest in the State of Alabama, subject to the same disposition and uses, o n ' s 
 and shall be holden subject to the same conditions and terms, in all re- 
 spects whatsoever, as, by the said sixth section of the act herein above 
 referred to, were prescribed or intended in relation to sections number Governor of 
 sixteen, within said State of Alabama. And it shall be competent for Alabama to noti- 
 the said governor of Alabama, as from time to time such selections may the Land cfffice of 
 be made, and before they are perfected as aforesaid, to give notice hi a selections, 
 thereof to the register of the proper land office of the land district in 
 which such selection may be made, in such form as the Commissioner 
 of the General Land Office shall prescribe ; and, thereupon, the land so 
 selected shall, during such convenient time as such Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office may prescribe, be considered, for the time be- 
 ing, as withdrawn from sale, and not subject to entry, (a) 
 
 (a) See ISTos. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1589, 1590, 1592. 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 No. 158r . AN ACT for the relief of Wiley B. Parnell, of Blount County, Alabama, Aug. 8, 1846. 
 and James A. Whiteside, of Illinois. Vol. 9, p. 662. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Wiley B. Parnell, of Blount County, Alabama, Wiley B. Par- 
 be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the certificate that issued nell authorized to 
 to him from the Huntsville land office, in said State, for the northeast surrender the 
 quarter of the southwest quarter of section number thirty-two, township Sse n t ere d 
 number twelve, range number two west, in said land district, entered under a mistake, 
 by the said Parnell on the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and to enter oth- 
 and forty-four, under a mistake ; and, upon the surrender of said cer- thereof m 
 titicate, or the patent for said tract of land, if it has issued, under such 
 rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 may prescribe, the said Wiley B. Parnell is hereby authorized to enter,, 
 in lieu thereof, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said 
 section, township, and range, it being the tract the said Wiley B. Par- 
 
644 ALABAMA. 
 
 Application to nell intended to enter : Provided, That application is made by the said 
 be made within \\riley B. Parnell, under the provisions of this act, within six months 
 81 ^ OD entrV not a f ter the passage of the same : And provided further, That the entry 
 to interfere with shall not he made to the prejudice of the rights of any other person or 
 rights of others, persons. 
 
 Wo. 1588. AN ACT declaring the assent of Congress to certain States to impose 
 
 \ ^ *' a tax upon all lands hereafter fold by the United States therein, from and after the 
 Vol. 9. p. 118. day o ^uch sale. 
 
 [States admitted into the Union prior to April 24, 1820, may tax pub- 
 lic lands after the day of sale. See OHIO, No. 169.] 
 
 March 3. 1847 No. 1589. AN ACT to amend an act entitled " An act to amend 'An act to carry 
 into effect in the States of Alabama and Mississippi the existing compacts with 
 ' r ' those States with regard to the five per cent, fund and the school reservations.' " 
 
 Provisions of Be it enacted, #c., That the provisions of "An act to amend an act en- 
 the act of Febru- titled 'An act to carry into effect in the States of Alabama and Missis- 
 Sded 8o 4 as e to si PP i tne existm compacts with those States with regard to the five per 
 enable the state cent, fund and the school reservations,'" approved February twenty- 
 of Alabama to six, eighteen hundred and forty-five, be, and the same are hereby, ex- 
 locate a certain tended so as to enable the State of Alabama to locate a quantity of 
 ia - land in any of the States or Territories equal to the quantity now due 
 to the inhabitants of the township within the Chickasa w cession within 
 Proviso. said State : Provided, That they shall be made subject to the restriction a 
 
 and limitations of the act the title of which has been cited, as far as the 
 same may be applicable, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1843. No 1590. AN ACT to authorize the State of Alabama to apply certain lands here- 
 Vof 9, p. 281 tofore granted to that State for internal improvements, for the use of schools in 
 11 the valueless sixteenth sections in said State. 
 
 granted"^ State Be {t enacted, #c., That the lands granted to the State of Alabama 
 
 of Alabama for for purposes of internal improvement, by the eighth section of the act 
 
 internal improve- entitled u An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public 
 
 applied "by 7 said 1 * nd8 ' andto 8 rant preemption rights," approved September fourth, 
 
 State for the use ei S h ceen hundred and forty-one, may be, and the same are hereby, 
 
 of schools. placed at the disposal of the legislature of said State, at such price as 
 
 said legislature may direct, to be applied for the use of schools in such 
 
 townships of said State as in which the sixteenth or school sections are 
 
 comparatively valueless, and the legislature may locate said lands in 
 
 any legal subdivisions, not less than forty acres, within the limits of 
 
 said State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1592, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1849. No ' 1591. AN ACT to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States 
 YoL 9, p. 346. m a certain Indian reservation in the State of Alabama. 
 
 Reversionary Be {t <wtod, $c., That all the right, title, and interest, which might ac- 
 
 interest of the crue or revert, or has accrued or reverted, to the United States, to a cer- 
 
 Tnited States in tain reservation confirmed to the heirs of William Jones, deceased, by the 
 
 LSdSqSed^. 1 ? ^ 6 from the . United States, bearing date the twelfth day of 
 
 to Stephen Steele A P ril > on e thousand eight hundred and twenty, being known and de- 
 
 and James Dan- scribed as fractional section sixteen, and the southeast and southwest 
 
 quarters of section nine, in township six, and range five, under a treaty 
 
 made and concluded at Fort Jackson, on the ninth day of August, one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and lying in the State of Alabama, 
 
 be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and vested in Stephen Steele 
 
 and James Daniel, respectively, according to the extent of their several 
 
 Proviso. interests therein : Provided, however, (and this relinquishment is made 
 
 upon the condition,) That the said Steele and Daniel, or either of them, 
 
 have fairly, and in good faith, and for a valuable and adequate consid- 
 
 eration, purchased of the said heirs, by authentic and valid deeds, their 
 
ALABAMA. 645 
 
 respective rights in and to the said reservations : And provided, further, 
 That no sale or conveyance of said reservation, or any part thereof, by 
 the said reservees, or either of them, shall be deemed regular or valid, 
 nor shall this act have effect, until the President of the United States, 
 or some officer to be by him designated, shall have approved such con- 
 veyance, and endorsed his approval thereon. 
 
 No. 1 592. A^T ACT to extend the provisions of an act approved the third of March, Feb. 26, 1849. 
 
 eighteen hundred and forty-seven, for carrying into effect the existing compacts VoL 9, p. 348. 
 
 with the States of Alabama and Mississippi, with regard to the five per cent, fund 
 
 and school reservations. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the provisions of "An act to amend an act en- Three years al- 
 titled 'An act to carry into effect, in the States of Alabama and Missis- Allbamatomake 
 sippi, the existing compacts with those States with regard to the five selection of lands 
 per cent, fund and the school reservations/ approved March third, authorized by 
 eighteen hundred and forty- seven," be, and the same are hereby ex- previous acts, 
 tended, so as to enable the State of Alabama to have three years from 
 the passage of this act in which to make the selections of land authorized 
 by the preceding acts to which this is an amendment, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1600, 1603, 1604. 
 
 No. 1593.-AN ACT for the relief of the citizens of Cedar Bluff, in the State of March 2, 1849. 
 Alabama, and for other purposes. VoL 9, p. 770. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the commissioner of the county of Cherokee, in Commissioners 
 the State of Alabama, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter the of Cherokee 
 tract of land lying on the Coosa River, whereon the town of Cedar Bluff County, Alaba- 
 ( formerly called Jefferson) is situated, in said county, containing one*'^ orizedt $ 
 hundred and fifty acres, according to the survey of S. R. Russell, on the land on which 
 payment by the commissioners of said county of the minimum price, as the town of Ce- 
 in other cases : Provided, That said commissioners shall sell in lots, on dar Bluff is situ- 
 reasonable notice, (not less than sixty days,) to the highest bidder, all at pr viso- how 
 that portion of said tract of land not hereinafter referred to and em- said land shall be 
 braced, make titles to the purchasers, and apply the proceeds of said sold and proceeds 
 sale for the common benefit of said county of Cherokee. applied. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That neither the entry nor the right Such entry not 
 of entry of said tract of land, by said commissioners, shall interfere Jj aTstuAthe til 
 with or disturb the titles of purchasers to the lots heretofore sold in ties of certain 
 said town by the county commissioners of said county of Cherokee, who purchasers to 
 have paid, or may, within twelve months, complete payment of, accord- * ;* s heretofore 
 ing to the terms of sale, the sum of the first instalment on the amount 80 
 for which said lots were purchased ; but in all such cases, without fur- 
 ther action of any kind, the right and title of the purchasers to the lots 
 thus purchased and paid for, together with all the improvements there- 
 on, are hereby fully confirmed to and vested in said purchasers, their 
 heirs at law, and bona-fide vendees and assignees. And the said com- Said commis- 
 missioners are hereby authorized and required (should they enter said sioners to make 
 tract of land on the terms above named) to make titles to said lots to Jities to said lots 
 the owners thereof, according to the description by which the same 
 were known and distinguished in the plan of the said town of Cedar 
 Bluff. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That (should said commissioners enter Patent to issue, 
 said tract of land on the terms above named) the President of the United 
 States be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue, to said 
 commissioners of said county of Cherokee, a patent for said tract of 
 land, for the uses and purposes herein before mentioned. 
 
 No. 1594. AN ACT to grant the right of way to the Mobile and Ohio Kailroad March 3, 1849. 
 
 Company. Vol. 9, p. 772. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the right of way is hereby granted to the Mo- Eight of way 
 bile and Ohio Railroad Company for the railroad contemplated by said through the 
 company to be constructed from Mobile to its northern terminus on the land | of the Uni- 
 Ohio or Mississippi rivers, at or near the mouth of of the Ohio, and the S[ to^B^ShSe 
 said company is hereby authorized to locate said road through any an a O hio Kail- 
 of the public lands of the United States which may lie on the route road Company, 
 which may be selected for the location of said road ; and the said com- 
 
 Eany is hereby authorized to survey and mark through the said public 
 inds the track of said road one hundred feet in width, and, further- 
 more, an additional quantity of twenty-five feet in width on each side 
 
(546 ALABAMA. 
 
 of said road along the same, which land shall be reserved from sale, and 
 the title whereof shall be vested in the State wherein snch land shall 
 lie, for the use of said railroad company forever, and for no other use 
 
 Said Company W SEC. 2. 'And le it further enacted, That the said Mobile and Ohio Rail- 
 may take from roa d Company shall have the privilege, and the same is hereby granted 
 the public lands to them to cut an( j U8e a n 8 nch timber, and to use all earth, stone, 
 KaXJSr^BMid, gravel, mineral, and other materials on the public lands of the 
 United States, which may be necessary for the construction or repair 
 of said road, and to build bridges, or construct buildings, truss work, 
 or other erections, such as the same may require, and use such water as 
 may be wanted, and cross such streams as shall be necessary for the 
 completion and use of said road: Provided, That the said railroad 
 Proviso as to company, when the said railroad shall be completed, shall carry the 
 transportation of mails of the United States on such terms as the Postmaster-General 
 United Stetes^ 6 8na1 . 1 te abie to contract > for similar services, with other railroad com- 
 panies, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1619, 1620, 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 May 23, 1850. No. 1595. AX ACT giving the assent of Congress to the leasing of a portion of the 
 Vol. 9, p. 797. margin of the Black Warrior River for the purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 Margin of Black Be it enacted, $c., That the consent of Congress be, and it is hereby, 
 Warrior River given to the corporation of the city of Tuscaloosa to lease to the Tusca- 
 to be used for looga pi an k R oa( i Company so much of the margin of the Black War- 
 M ' rior River at the termination of said road as may be necessary for a 
 warehouse and landing on said river, any thing contained in the act of 
 Congress of the twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred Lnd twenty-four, 
 "granting to the corporation of Tuscaloosa certain lots and privileges 
 over the reservations and commons in said town," to the contrary not- 
 withstanding. 
 
 June 17, 1850. No. 1596.- AN ACT for the relief of James T. Shackelford. 
 
 VoL9, P .798. . ^. Ci>That j am e8 T. Shackelford, of the State of Ala- 
 
 Title confirmed bama, be, and he is hereby, confirmed in the following-described tract 
 
 tra t*of j 8pe f ifie j[ of land, to wit: the southeast quarter of section number sixteen, in 
 
 patent tote i* township numbered seventeen, in range numbered one west, in the dis- 
 
 sued therefor to trict of lands subject to entry at the land office at Deinopolis, in the 
 
 J. T. Shackle- said State of Alabama, and that the Commissioner of the General Land 
 
 Office, upon the passage of this act, shall issue a patent for the same : 
 
 Proviso. Provided, That said commissioner shall be first satisfied that the said 
 
 James T. Shackleford has purchased the interest in the said tract of 
 
 Further pro- land of the person who originally entered the same: And provided, fur- 
 
 vi80 - ther, That the said patent shall operate only as a relinquishment on the 
 
 part of the United States of all right and title to the said land. 
 
 Sept 20, 1850. No. 1597. AX ACT granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the 
 VoL 9, p. 466. States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad 
 from Chicago to Mobile. 
 
 Sept 20, 1850. No. 1597. AN ACT 
 
 ates of Illinois, Mis 
 >m Chicago to Mobi' 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 432.] 
 Aug. 2, 1852. No. 1598. AN ACT to 
 
 )8. AN ACT to protect actual settlers upon the land on the line of the Cen- 
 tral .Railroad and branches, by granting preemption rights thereto. 
 
 [See ILLINOIS, No. 433.] 
 
 An?. 16, 1852. No. 1599. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Semoice, a friendly Creek Indian. 
 V ol. 10, p. 735. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the children and heirs of Semoice, deceased, 
 
 A certain tract a Creek Indian, to wit. ; Hetty Deas, Vicy Foxy, and Elizabeth Semoice, 
 
 feSpleln 8 the be and are hereb y vested with a title in fee-simple, to fractional section 
 
 heirs of Semoice. twenty-three, township four, range two east, containing six hundred 
 
 and two acres and fifty-three hundredths of an acre, being the same 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 647 
 
 land selected and entered by the said Semoice, under and by virtue of 
 an act approved second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled 
 "An act for the relief of Samuel Smith, Lynn Mac Ghee, and Semoice, 
 friendly Creek Indians : " Provided, That this act shall not be construed 
 to defeat or prejudice the legal claim, if there be any, of other persons 
 to the said tract of land, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1538, 1544. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No, 1 600. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act approved the third of March, Jan. 25, 1853. 
 eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and the act approved the twenty-sixth of Feb- YoL 10, p. 153. 
 
 ruary, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for carrying into effect the existing com- 
 
 pact's with the States of Alabama and Mississippi, in relation to the five per cent, 
 fund and school reservations. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the provisions of "An act to amend an act en- Alabama allow 
 titled 'An act to amend an act to carry into effect, in the States of Ala- fi 
 bama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with re- this a j t to 
 gard to the five per cent, fund, and school reservations/ " approved selections. 
 March the third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and the 
 act to extend the provisions of said act, approved February twenty- 
 sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be, and the same are hereby 
 extended, so as to allow the State of Alabama three years from the 
 passage of this act, to complete the selections of land authorized by the 
 said acts to which this is an amendment, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1603, 1604. 
 
 No. 1601. AN ACT for the relief of William J. Price. March 3, 1853. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That William J. Price be, and he is hereby con- YoL 10 ' *> 765 ' 
 firmed in his title to a certain tract of land situate in the county of Tract of land 
 Jackson, State of Alabama, on the waters of Jones's Creek, known as confirmed to Will- 
 William Jones's reservation, it being the place first settled by William iam J - Prica 
 Jones, and, after his death, transferred by his widow and heirs at law 
 to said William J. Price : Provided, That this confirmation shall only proviso, 
 operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall 
 not affect the rights of any minor heir or heirs, or of third persons. 
 
 March 3, 1853. 
 VoL 10 - P- 259 - 
 
 No. 1602. AN ACT authorizing the sale of certain reserved lands in Alabama. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the lands lying in Clarke County, in the State 
 of Alabama, which have been reserved from sale as cedar lands, under Cedar lands in 
 and by virtue of "An act making reservation of certain public lands to Clark County, 
 supply timber for naval purposes," approved March first, eighteen hun- ^M ' may 
 dred and seventeen, shall hereafter be liable to be sold in the same man- 
 ner and under the same provisions and restrictions as other public lands 
 of the United States, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 433, 730, 1266, 1279, 1281, 1293, 1301, 1323, 1422, 1428, 1429, 1436, 1441, 1448, 
 1450, 1470, 1516, 1545, 1598, 1609, 1618. 
 
 No. 1603. AN ACT to authorize the school commissioners of fractional township April 20, 1854. 
 number one, of range number ten east, in Alabama, to locate one half-section of land Vol. 10, p. 275. 
 for school purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That the school commissioners of fractional town- enter certain 
 ship number one, of range number ten east, situated in the district of land, 
 land subject to sale at Lebanon, Alabama, be, and is hereby authorized 
 to enter, free of charge, in lieu of the lands to which they are entitled 
 by any existing law, one half-section of land in legal subdivision, any- 
 where in said township, with a view to the ultimate convenience of the 
 citizens of said township, and the quality of soil for school purposes, 
 and said lands thus located shall be governed by the same laws, rules, 
 and regulations, as is the school sixteenth section in said State of Ala- 
 bama. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said 
 school commissioners to locate and report, within two years, what lands and"report"made 
 they have entered, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office at within two years. 
 
 Where located. 
 
 How governed. 
 
 To be located 
 
6=18 ALABAMA. 
 
 Withdrawn Washington, and it shall be his duty, upon the receipt of such report of 
 from sale of pub- location, to withdraw from sale the said lands, and the title thereto 
 shall be valid as in sixteenth sections heretofore granted in the new 
 States, (a) 
 (a) See New. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1604. 
 
 June 28, 1854. No. 1604. AN ACT to authorize the selection of school districts in lieu of the six- 
 Vol. 10, p. 299. teenth sections within the twelve-miles square reservation, State of Alabama, 
 
 School com Be it enacted, #c., That the school commissioners of township six south, 
 
 missionersof cer- range one east, townships five and six south, range two east, and town- 
 
 tain towns hips in gkjpg fi ve an( j 8 j x south, range three east, Huntsville district, Alabama, 
 
 Sct^anthcrized , and the same are hereby, authorized to select, respectively, by legal 
 
 to select iudem- subdivisions, from any of the surveyed public lands, the quantity as 
 
 nity school lands. n ear as may be, contained in the sixteenth sections of said townships, 
 
 within the twelve- miles square reservation ; which selections, upon 
 
 being approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be holden by the 
 
 How held. game tenure, and upon the same terms, for the support of schools in such 
 
 townships, as the sections numbered sixteen, within the said reservation 
 
 would have been, had not treaty stipulation made other disposition 
 
 thereof, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1450, 1452, 1477, 1541, 1586, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1600, 1601 
 
 June 29, 1854. No. 16O5. JOINT RESOLUTION directing the connection of the public surveys 
 VoL 10, p. 593. in Alabama with the boundary line between the States of Alabama and Florida. 
 
 Connection of Besolved, $~c.. That the connection of the public surveys in Alabama, 
 surveys in Ala- w ^h the boundary line between the States of Alabama and Florida, 
 boundary wi th sha11 ^ made under tne direction of the General Land Office, and that 
 Florida. the same be executed as early as practicable, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 777, 1450, 1463, 1500. 
 
 Aug. 2, 1854, JVo. 1 606. AN ACT to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States to 
 ToL 10, p. 810. a certain reservation therein mentioned, and to confirm the title of Charles G. Gunter 
 thereto. 
 
 ^ AU i?t ripl & Beit enacted, fc., That all the right, title, and interest which might 
 awarw or revert accrue or revert to the United States to a certain fraction of section 
 to the U n i t e d number nineteen of township number sixteen and range number six- 
 States to certain teen, including an island in the Alabama River, commonly called Manac's 
 ^S d hedT CM?' I8land a ntt ! e below the mouth of Catoma Creek, and being the reser- 
 G^nter, Ms heirs vation * which Samuel Manac, a Creek Indian, became entitled under 
 and assigns. the treaty of Fort Jackson, be, and the same are hereby relinquished to 
 When patent to Charles G. Gunter, his heirs and assigns, and a patent shall be issued to 
 be issued. the said Charles G. Gunter, his heirs or assigns, for the same, upon the 
 
 payment to the receiver of the land office at Cahaba, in the State of 
 Alabama, of the minimum price per acre of the public lands now subject 
 to entry in said State. 
 
 2 . 1855. No. 1607. AN ACT to settle certain accounts between the United States and the 
 , p. 630. State of Alabama. 
 
 Settlement of Be it enacted, $c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 Alabama. w * * h De > and be is hereby, required to state an account between the United 
 States and the State of Alabama, for the purpose of ascertaining what 
 sum or sums of money are due to said State, heretofore unsettled, under 
 the sixth section of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and 
 nineteen, for the admission of Alabama into the Union ; and that he be 
 required to include in said account the several reservations under the 
 various treaties with the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indians 
 within the limits of Alabama, and allow and pay to the said State five 
 per centum thereon, as in case of other sales. 
 
 ' 18 ^' N 1608. AN ACT granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the States of 
 i, p. 15. j lorida and Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said States. 
 
 [See FLORIDA, No. 1601.] 
 
ALABAMA. 649 
 
 1609. AN ACT granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the State of June 3, 1856. 
 Alabama to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State. Vol. 11, p. 17. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State Grant of land 
 of Alabama, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads; in Alabama for 
 from the Tennessee River, at, or near Gunter's landing, to Gadsden, on railroad8 - 
 the Coosa River ; from Gadsden to connect with the Georgia and Ten- 
 nessee and Tennessee line of railroads, through Chattooga, Wills, and 
 Lookout Valleys ; and from Elyton to the Tennessee River at or near 
 Beard's Bluff, Alabama, every alternate section of land designated by 
 odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said 
 roads. But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when 
 the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any sections Grant in lieu 
 or any parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemp- j promoted 
 tion has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or 
 agents, to be appointed by the governor of said State, to select, subject 
 to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the 
 United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much 
 land, in alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such 
 lands as the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to 
 which the rights of preemption have attached as aforesaid, which lands 
 (thus selected in lieu of those sold and to which preemption rights 
 have attached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sec- 
 tions designated by odd numbers, as aforesaid, and appropriated as 
 aforesaid) shall be held by the State of Alabama, for the use and pur- 
 pose aforesaid : Provided, That the land to be so located shall in no case 
 be further than fifteen miles from the lines of said roads, and selected 
 for and on account of each of said roads : Provided further, That the Grant, how ap- 
 lands hereby granted for and on account of said roads, severally, shall P 116 ^ 
 be exclusively applied in the construction of that road for and on ac- 
 count of which such lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of 
 only as the work progresses, and the- same shall be applied to no other 
 purpose whatsoever: And provided further, That any and all lands here- 
 tofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any Act not to ap- 
 other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any P?.v to reserva- 
 object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, rSt oFwayf 3 
 be, and the same are hereby, reserved fco the United States from the 
 operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to lo- 
 cate the routes of said railroads through such reserved lands, in which 
 case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of 
 the President of the United States. () 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- Price of alter- 
 tions of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the United States, J at sections 
 within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less 
 than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold, nor shall 
 any of said lauds become subject to private entry until the same have 
 been first offered at public sale at the increased price. (&) 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted Object of grant, 
 to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature there- Es jj[ n f jj^jj? 
 of, for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroads f r the Govern^ 
 shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of ment. 
 the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transporta- 
 tion of any property or troops of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby granted to Lands, how 
 said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, disposed of. 
 that is to say : That a quantity of land, not exceeding one hundred and 
 twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a continu- 
 ous length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold ; and 
 when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the 
 Interior that any twenty continuous miles of any of said roads is com- 
 pleted, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed 
 one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads having twenty 
 continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within a con- 
 tinuous length of twenty miles of each of such roads, may be sold; and 
 so, from time to time, until said roads are completed ; and if any of said 
 roads is not completed within ten years, no further sale shall be made, 
 and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall be Transportation 
 transported over paid roads, under the direction of the Post- Office De- of mail8 - 
 partment, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct: Provided, That 
 
650 ALABAMA. 
 
 until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster- General shall have the 
 power to determine the same. 
 
 rra.it of other SEC 6. And be it further enacted, That a grant of lands shall be made 
 landTto Alabama to said State to aid in the construction of the following roads in said 
 for railroads. state to wit: The Memphis and Charleston Railroad, extending from 
 Memphis on the Mississippi River, in Tennessee, to Stevenson, on the 
 Nashville and Chattenooga Railroad, in Alabama ; the Girard and Mo- 
 bile Railroad from Girard to Mobile, Alabama; the Northeast and 
 Southwestern Railroad, from near Gadsden to some point on the Ala- 
 bama and Mississippi State line, in the direction to the Mobile and 
 Ohio Railroad, with a view to connect with said Mobile and Ohio Rail- 
 road the Coosa and Alabama Railroad, from Selma to Gadsden ; the 
 Central Railroad from Montgomery to some point on the Alabama and 
 Tennessee State line in the direction to Nashville, Tennessee ; and that 
 alternate sections of the public lands to the same extent and in the 
 same manner, and upon the same limitations and restrictions in every 
 respect shall be and is hereby made to aid in the construction of the 
 roads in said State mentioned in this act : Provided, That the lands 
 hereby granted to said State for the purpose of contracting a railroad 
 from the northeast to the southwestern portion of said State, lying 
 northwest of Elyton, shall be assigned to such road as may be desig- 
 nated by the legislature of said State, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1619, 1620, 
 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 433, 730, 1266, 1279, 1281, 1293, 1301, 1323, 1422, 1428, 1429, 1436, 1441, 1448, 
 1450, 1470, 1516, 1545, 1598, 1602, 1618. 
 
 Aue 11 1856 No. 1610. AN ACT granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Mis- 
 VoL 11, p. 30. sissippi to aid in the construction of railroads in said State, and for other purposes. 
 
 [Grant of lands to Alabama for a railroad from Mobile to New Or- 
 leans. See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1414.] 
 
 Aug. 11, 
 VoLii, 
 
 . 11, 1856. No. 1611. AN ACT for the relief of Robert Mitchell 
 
 ii, p. 460. Be it enacted, $c., That Robert Mitchell be, and he is hereby, author- 
 Bobert Mitch- ized to enter lots B, C, and D, of fractional section nineteen, in town- 
 ell authorized to ship sixteen, of range twenty-one east, , in the district of lands subject to 
 enter certain ga i e a t Montgomery, Alabama, upon his producing proof, satisfactory to 
 nw on^proof of *ke land officers for said district, and subject to the approval of the 
 occupancy, &c., Commissioner of the General Land Office, of the occupancy and improve- 
 and paying the nient of said lands, and paying therefor the minimum price of one dollar 
 usual pnce. an fl twenty- five cents per acre ; and, upon such proof and payment being 
 ie * made, a certificate and patent shall issue for said lots as in other cases of 
 sales of public lands. 
 
 Aug. 23, 1856. No. 1 612.-AN ACT for the relief of James M. Lindsay. 
 
 VoLii.p.483. B e u enacted, fc., That the claim of James M. Lindsay, of the State 
 
 Land claim of ^ Alabama, to fractional section twenty-one, township six, range five, 
 
 James M. Lind- west of the Alabama River, except the south half of the southeast quar- 
 
 say, confirmed, ter and the south half of the southwest quarter of said section be and 
 
 the same is hereby confirmed the land herein described being the part 
 
 of a reservation made to Samuel and David Hale, Creek Indians, by the 
 
 treaty of the ninth of August, eighteen hundred and fourteen, between 
 
 . the United States and the hostile Creeks : Provided, That this act shall 
 
 saved ree ng be construed to vest in the said Lindsay only the reversionary interest 
 
 of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of bona-fide claim- 
 
 ants other than the United States. 
 
 March 3, 1857. No. 1613. AX ACT making a grant of land to the Territory of Minnesota, * * * 
 VoL 11, p. 195. and granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the 
 construction of a certain railroad in said State. 
 
 Grant to Ala- SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That there be and is hereby granted 
 
 am to aid in to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of 
 
 certain roads a railroad " from the line of Georgia on the Chattahoochee River, to the 
 
 city of Mobile, Alabama," " through the counties of Hemr, Dale, Coffee, 
 
 Covington, Conecuh, Baldwin and Mobile," an da branch railroad "from 
 
ALABAMA. 
 
 651 
 
 Enfaula to Montgomery," "through the counties of Barbour, Pike, 
 Macon and Montgomery," chartered by the State of Alabama by an act 
 entitled " An act to authorize the Savannah and Albany Railroad Com- 
 pany to extend their railroad from the line of Georgia, on the Chatta- 
 hoocee River, to the city of Mobile, Alabama, and to extend a branch 
 road from Eufaula to Montgomery," approved December twentieth, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-three, alternate sections of the public lands 
 to the same extent and in the same manner, and upon the same limita- 
 tions and restrictions in every respect, as was granted to aid in the con- 
 struction of other railroads under an act of Congress entitled "An 
 act granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama 
 to aid in the construction of certain roailroads in said State," approved 
 June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594/1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1619, 1620, 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 No. 1614. AN ACT to amend " An act granting public lands in alternate sections 
 to the State of Alabama to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said 
 State." 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the sixth section of an act, granting public 
 lands in alternate sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the con- 
 struction of certain railroads in said State, approved second day of June, 
 eighteen hundred and fifty six, be and the same is hereby so amended, 
 that in lieu of the words " Central Railroad from Montgomery to some 
 point on the Alabama and Tennessee State line in the direction to Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee," the words "Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad " 
 be and they are hereby substituted, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1616, 1617, 1619, 1620, 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 March 3, 1857. 
 Vol. 11, p. 200. 
 
 A different 
 
 No. 161 5. AN ACT for the relief of Laurent Millaudon. June 1, 1858. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc.,That Laurent Millaudon be, and he is hereby, con- Yol> 11> p ' 537 ' 
 firmed in his title to two certain tracts of land lying on the east side of Laurent Mil- 
 Mobile Bay, in the State of Alabama, being the two tracts of land laudon to be con- 
 known as the De Feriet claims, as surveyed in the year eighteen hun- tw^tricts^nand 
 dred and thirty, and approved of by the surveyor-general in the year i n Alabama. 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-five, with the exception of so much off of 
 the north end thereof as has heretofore been surveyed and confirmed 
 to William Patterson, and included within what is known as the Pat- 
 terson claim, as now located : Provided, That this act shall only be 
 construed as a relinquishment of any title that the United States may 
 have to said lands : And provided further, That this confirmation shall 
 enure to the benefit of any other persons, if sueh there be, as may be 
 entitled to any part of said De Feriet claims, under conveyances from 
 him. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1616. AN ACT for the relief of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. Feb. 18, 1859. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That whereas the State of Mississippi, by its act - 
 approved on the twenty-eighth of January, eighteen hundred and fifty- Preamble, 
 two, and the State of Alabama, by its act approved on the first of 
 December, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, did transfer to the Mobile 
 and Ohio Railroad Company the lands which were granted to said 
 States under the provisions of the act of Congress approved the twen- 
 tieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty, to aid in the construction 
 of a railroad from Mobile to the mouth of the Ohio River, the said 
 transfers of said lands so made by said States, respectively, to said tbeslStesof A 
 company, are hereby recognized, ratified, and confirmed, and the title bama and Missis- 
 to all bona-fide purchasers of said company are also hereby confirmed; sippi confirmed, 
 and that the time limited by said original act of Congress lor the com- Time for com . 
 pletion of said railroad is hereby extended, and the said company is pleting the road 
 allowed further time till the twentieth of September, in the year eight- extended to Sept. 
 een hundred and sixty-five, to complete the same, anything in said act 20 ' 1865> 
 to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, nevertheless, That the said p rov i 80< 
 Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company be subjected to, and shall comply 
 with all the conditions, restrictions, and limitations contained in the 
 
652 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 
 act of Congress above referred to, approved the twentieth September, 
 p 'so eighteen hundred and fifty ; And provided, That nothing herein contained 
 
 shall be construed so as to release the States of Mississippi or Alabama 
 from any liability imposed upon them by the said act of September 
 twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1617, 1619, 1620, 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 April 10 1869. No. 1617. AN ACT to renew certain grants of land to the State of Alabama. 
 Vol. 16, p. 45. Be it enacted, #c., That so much of the grant of lands made to the 
 r tofnublic State of Alabama by the act of Congress approved June three, eighteen 
 lands to llaba- hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An act granting public lands in alter- 
 ma for railroads nate sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of 
 renew e d , sub- cer tain railroads in said State," as were granted to assist in the building 
 ject, &c. Q ^ railroads "from near Gadsden to some point on the Alabama and 
 
 Mississippi State line, in a direction to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 
 with a view to connect with the said Mobile and Ohio Railroad," and 
 " from Gadsden to connect with the Georgia and Tennessee and Tennes- 
 see line of railroads through Chattooga, Wills, and Lookout Valleys," 
 is hereby revived and renewed, subject to all the conditions and restric- 
 tions contained in the act referred to, and subject to the further limita- 
 If roads are not tion that if either of the said railroads is not completed within three 
 completed in years from the passage of this act no further sale shall be made for the 
 three yea rs.no b ene fi t of such railroad, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United 
 land therefor. States: Provided, That the lands granted by the act hereby revived, 
 and lands unsold except mineral lands, shall be sold to actual settlers only in quantities 
 to revert. not greater than one quarter-section to any one purchaser, and for a 
 
 Lands how and price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre, 
 soli SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right, power, and author- 
 
 Materials for ity is hereby given to the companies building the aforesaid railroads to 
 constructing take from the public lands adjacent to the lines of said railroads earth, 
 tak*nfrom y a^ e8 * one ' an( ^ ^ ner materials for the construction thereof ; and the right 
 jacent lands. of way is hereby granted to the extent of one hundred feet in width on 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1619, 1620, 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 July 1, 1870. 
 VoL 16, p. 182. 
 
 No. 1618. AN ACT to confirm entries of public land in certain cases in the State 
 
 of Alabama. 
 
 Certain entries ^ e ** enacted, $~c., That in cases where entries were made in the State 
 of public lands in of Alabama under the act of Congress approved the fourth of August, 
 Alabama con- eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act to graduate and reduce 
 the price of the public lands to actual settlers and cultivators," and the 
 parties in good faith went upon the land embraced in their entries, and 
 became actual settlers and cultivators thereof, according to the require- 
 ments of the law, but were afterward forced to abandon their homes 
 on the land, in consequence of the disturbed condition of the country 
 during the late war, their entries shall be confirmed and patented to 
 them, their heirs or assigns, respectively, notwithstanding such aban- 
 donment, on satisfactory proof of the facts being produced to the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office, within twelve months from the 
 approval of this act : Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so 
 construed as to confirm any entries which have heretofore been annulled 
 and vacated by said Commissioner, on account of fraud, evasion of law, 
 or other special cause: And provided further, That this act shall not 
 affect the rights of subsequent purchasers in good faith, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 433, 730, 1266, 1279, 1281,1293,1301, 1323,1422, 1428, 1429,1436,1441,1448, 
 1450, 1470, 1516, 1545, 1598, 1602, 1609. 
 
 Provisos. 
 
 March 3, 1871. No. J 619. AN ACT to renew certain grants of land to the State of Alabama. 
 vol. 16, p. 580. Be it waded, fc., That the grant of lands made to the State of Ala- 
 Former 1 a n d bama by the act of Congress approved June three, eighteen hundred 
 ES2 f A1 -?~ a - nd fif ty ' 8ix > entitled " An act granting public lands, in alternate sec- 
 roads renewed tlo . D8 to * ne State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain 
 railroads in said State," to assist in the building of a railroad from the 
 city of Montgomery, Alabama, to some point on the Alabama and Ten- 
 
ALABAMA. 653- 
 
 nessee State line, in the direction of Nashville, is hereby revived and 
 renewed for the use and benefit of the South and North Alabama Rail- 
 road Company, subject to all the conditions and restrictions contained If road not 
 in the act referred to, and subject to the further limitation, that if the three years 
 said railroad is not completed within three years from the passage of lands unsold to 
 this act no further sale shall be made for the benefit of said road, and revert. 
 the lands unsold shall revert to the United States : Provided, That the Proviso, 
 lands granted by the act hereby revived, except mineral lands, shall be 
 sold to actual settlers only, in quantities not greater than one quarter- 
 section to any one purchaser, and for a price not exceeding two dollars 
 and fifty cents per acre. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the right, power, and authority is hereby given to the com- Right granted 
 pany building the aforesaid railroad to take from the public lands, ad- to take materials 
 jacent to the lines of said railroad, earth, stone, and other materials for * oni la a ^J acei 
 the construction thereof ; and the right of way is hereby granted to Eight of way, 
 the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad with grounds for 
 where it may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds stations, 
 for stations and structures connected therewith, not exceeding forty 
 acres at any one station, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 
 1620, 1621, 1623. 
 
 No. 1620. AN ACT relating to certain lands in the State of Alabama. May 23, 1872. 
 
 Be it enacted, <fc., That all the lands heretofore certified to the State 
 
 of Alabama by the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the Certain lands 
 benefit of the railroad from Selma to Gadsden, then known as the Ala- gtateS Alabama 
 bama and Tennessee River Railroad, 'under act of Congress, entitled f or the use of the 
 " An act granting public lands in alternate sections to the State of Ala- Selma, &c., Rail- 
 bama to aid in the construction of certain railroads," approved June road Company, 
 third, eighteen hundred and fifty- six, be, and the same are hereby, con- 
 firmed to the said State of Alabama for the sole use and benefit of the 
 Selma, Rome, and Dalton Railroad Company, the successors of the said 
 Alabama and Tennessee Railroad Company. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the right of way and use of a strip of land one hundred Eight of way 
 feet in width from the centre and on each side of the said railroad, as the to 8aid JJ?* ^ 
 same is now located and constructed, upon and over any lands of the in'Alabania 
 United States in the State of Alabama, be, and the same is hereby, 
 granted to the said Selma, Rome, and Dalton Railroad Company, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1619, 
 1621, 1623. 
 
 No. 1 621 .AN ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to the June 8, 1872. 
 Pensacola and Louisville Railroad Company of Alabama. "Vol. 17, p. 340 
 
 Be it enacted, #c. } That the right of way through the public lands be, Right of way 
 and the same is hereby, granted to the Pensacola and Louisville Rail- through public 
 road Company of Alabama, for the construction of a railroad. And the J^riSs t0 ^nl 
 right is hereby granted to said corporation to take, from the public e( j t o the Pensa- 
 lands adjacent to the line of said road, material for the construction of cola and Louis- 
 said road. Said way is granted to said company to the extent of one villo Railroad 
 hundred feet on each side of said road where it may pass through the J any 
 public lands; also the necessary lands for stations, buildings, depots, Extent of grant, 
 workshops, machine-shops, side-tracks, switches, turn-tables, and water- Acceptance of 
 stations, not to exceed forty acres in any place. The acceptance of the this act to be 
 provisions of this act by the said company, and a map of the location ?f R a <i 1 i, e 
 the road, and the lands to be reserved for buildings and uses of said completed with- 
 road, shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior, within one year in, &c., and to be 
 from the passage of this act ; and the road shall be finished within five a PJ 8t road, &c. 
 years from the passage of this act. Said road shall be a post and mili- taiu JJuJJJJg con ~ 
 tary road, and shall have the power of making running connections for nections. 
 the transportation of mails, military and naval supplies, passengers, 
 and freights of all kinds, and the running of freight cars, without the 
 breaking of bulk, whenever the interests of the public and of commerce 
 between the States will be advanced thereby, with any other road 
 which has heretofore received, or may hereafter receive, aid from the 
 United States for the construction thereof, on fair and equitable terms, 
 and pro rata between the roads, in proportion to the length of the sev- Rates therefor, 
 eral roads ; and in the event of a disagreement between the said road 
 
654 ALABAMA. 
 
 and any other road having so received, aid from the United States for 
 
 the construction thereof, and connecting with the said Pensacola and 
 
 Louisville/Railroad, then the Secretary of the Interior shall establish 
 
 snch rates for the transportation of mails, freights, and passengers, and 
 
 running connections as are herein provided for, and also establish such 
 
 be al regulations as may be requisite for the enforcement of the provisions of 
 
 tared y this act. Congress shall, in its discretion, have the power to alter, 
 
 Pre-emption, amend, or repeal this act. Nothing in this act shall be so construed 
 
 &c., claims not as to invalidate the claim of any actual pre-emption or homestead 
 
 affected - settlers, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 432, 1414, 1532, 1542, 1594, 1597, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 
 1619, 1620, 1623. 
 
 June 23, 1874. No. 1622. AX ACT for the relief of Joab Bagley. 
 
 Whereas, it is alleged that on the thirtieth day of September, eighteen 
 
 Preamble. hundred and fifty-eight, under and by virtue of an act of Congress 
 approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, land warrant 
 numbered ninety-five thousand one hundred and sixteen, for one hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of land, was issued to one James McAdory, and 
 by him afterward duly sold and assigned to Joab Bagley, a citizen of 
 Jefferson County, in the State of Alabama, who, on the twenty-first day 
 of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, located the said land 
 warrant in the purchase of the southwest quarter of the southwest 
 quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section six, town- 
 ship eighteen, range two west, in the Tnscaloosa land district, in the 
 State of Alabama; which said location of said land warrant is alleged 
 to have been made in good faith, but under a law (or pretended law) 
 of the State of Alabama authorizing the location of land warrants in 
 said State, and whereas, it is alleged that said land warrant has been 
 lost or destroyed, and that the same has not been returned to or filed in 
 the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but that no- 
 tice of the loss thereof has been given to the said Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office : Therefore, 
 
 To confirm title Be it enacted, $c., That upon the payment by said Joab Bagley, of the 
 land of Joab minimum price to the proper officer of the Government of the United 
 States for said land, to wit, the southwest quarter of the southwest 
 quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section six, 
 township eighteen, range two west, in the Tuscaloosa land district, in the 
 State of Alabama, as by law required, estimating the said land warrant 
 at its value, to wit, one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the bal- 
 ance to be paid in cash, the title of the said real estate be, and the same 
 is hereby, confirmed in the said Joab Bagley, his heirs and assigns ; and 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and 
 required to issue letters-patent conveying the title to said lands to the 
 said Joab Bagley. 
 
 Prior valid SEC. 2. That this act shall not impair, make void, or in any way in- 
 f terfere with any prior valid claim to the said real estate in tho preced- 
 ing section described. 
 
 vS** 1 SS' N * i 623 -^ ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to con- 
 YoLl8,p.5Q9. 8truct and Maintain a railroad. 
 
 [Right of way granted to Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile Rail- 
 road. See FLORIDA, No. 1712.] 
 
FLORIDA. 
 
 No. 1624. AN ACT supplementary to the act intituled ' 'An act regulating the grants March 27, 1804. 
 
 of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of y l. 2, p. 303. 
 
 the State of Tennessee." 
 
 [Transcripts of the British records of West Florida to be evidence 
 in certain cases. See MISSISSIPPI, No. 1268.] 
 
 No. 1625. RESOLUTION AND ACTS relative to the occupation of the Floridas Jan. 15, 1811. 
 by the United States of America. Vol. 3, p. 471. 
 
 Taking into view the peculiar situation of Spain, and of her American The United 
 provinces ; and considering the influence which the destiny of the ter- states cannot, 
 ritory adjoining the southern border of the United States may have without inquie- 
 upon their security, tranquillity, and commerce: Therefore, rT^d SG6 ^t 6 
 
 Resolved, $-c., That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances th^hanols 8 ^ 1 a 
 of the existing crisis, cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of foreign power, 
 the said territory pass into the hands of any foreign power ; and that a &c. 
 due regard to their own safety compels them to provide, under certain 
 contingencies, for the temporary occupation of the said territory ; they, 
 at the same time, declare that the said territory shall, in their hands, 
 remain subject to future negotiation, (a) 
 
 AN ACT to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, Jan. 15, 1811. 
 to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the Vol. 3, p. 471. 
 State of Georgia and the Mississippi Territory, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States be, and he is In case of an 
 hereby, authorized, to take possession of, and occupy, all or any part of arrang ement 
 the territory lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the State of ^J^ J. oc a n 
 Georgia and the Mississippi Territory, in case an arrangement has been, attempt by any 
 or shall be, made with the local authority of the said territory, for de- foreign govern- 
 livering up the possession of the same, or any part thereof, to the United pent to occupy 
 States, or in the event of an attempt to occupy the said territory, or any au t h o rTzedto 
 part thereof, by any foreign government ; and he may, for the purpose of take possession 
 taking possession, and occupying the territory aforesaid, and in order to of the territory 
 maintain therein the authority of the United States, employ any part of ?st of the Per- 
 the Army and Navy of the United States which he may deem necessary. d 0> &c> 
 
 appro- 
 defrav 
 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That one hundred thousand dollars $100,000 
 be appropriated for defraying such expenses as the President may deem priated to de 
 necessary for obtaining possession as aforesaid, and the security of the takin Xpe 
 said territory, to be applied under the direction of the President, out of 8 i on) & c . 
 any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case possession of the terri- In case of tak- 
 tory aforesaid shall be obtained by the United States, as aforesaid, that g possession 
 until other provision be made by Congress, the President be, and he is may estabUsha 
 hereby authorized to establish, within the territory aforesaid, a tern- temporary gov- 
 porary government, and the military, civil, and judicial, powers thereof ernment. 
 shall be vested in such person and persons, and be exercised in such 
 manner as he may direct, for the protection and maintenance of the in- 
 habitants of the said territory in the full enjoyment of their liberty, prop- 
 erty, and religion, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1499, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1637, 1646, 1673, 1674. 
 
 No. 1626. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to take pos- March 3, 1819. 
 session of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein. Vol. 3, p. 523. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he The President 
 is hereby, authorized to take possession of, and occupy, the Territoiies authorized to 
 of East and West Florida, and the appendages and appurtenances there- take possession 
 of; and to remove and transport the officers and soldiers of the king of East and West 
 of Spain, being there, to the Havana, agreeably to the stipulations of 
 a treaty between the United States and Spain, executed at Washington, 
 
 655 
 
656 FLORIDA. 
 
 on the twenty-second day of February, in the year one thousand eight 
 hundred and nineteen, providing for the cession of said Territories to 
 the United States ; and he may, for these purposes, and in order to main- 
 He may employ lain in said Territories the authority of the United States, employ any 
 the army, navy, par t of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the militia of any 
 and militia. state or Territory which he may deem necessary. 
 
 The President SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, until the end of the first ses- 
 to appoiut offi- 8 ion of the next Congress, unless provision for the temporary govern- 
 cers, and pre- ment of Ba [& Territories be sooner made by Congress, all the military, 
 Sr^^S-SS: civil, and judicial, powers, exercised by the officers of the existing gov- 
 ment of tf e TCT- eminent of the same Territories, shall be vested in such person and per- 
 ritories. 8O ns, and shall be exercised in such manner, as the President of the 
 
 United States shall direct, for the maintaining the inhabitants of said 
 Revenue laws, Territories in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion ; 
 and laws con- an d the laws of the United States, relative to the collection of revenue, 
 cerningthe slave and the i mpor t a tion of persons of colour, shall be extended to the said 
 J? the 6 T^rriS- Territories; and the President of the United States shall be, and he is 
 ries. hereby, authorized, within the term aforesaid, to establish such districts, 
 
 President toes- f or the collection of the revenue, and, during the recess of Congress, to 
 tablish districts ap p O j n t 8ac h officers, whose commissions shall expire at the end of the 
 c^rt a o?the cut next session of Congress, to enforce the said laws, as to him shall seem 
 toms. expedient. 
 
 Appropriation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand 
 dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying this act into 
 effect, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ap- 
 propriated, and to be applied under the direction of the President of 
 the United States. 
 
 When this act SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and 
 shall take effect. jj e | n f orce> whenever the aforesaid treaty, providing for the cession of 
 said Territories to the United States, shall have been ratified by the 
 king of Spain, and the ratifications exchanged, and the king of Spain 
 shall be ready to surrender said Territory to the United States, accord- 
 ing to the provisions of said treaty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1499, 1625, 1627, 1628, 1637, 1646. 1673, 1674. 
 
 March 3, 1821. No. 1627. AX ACT for carrying into execution the treaty between the United 
 Vol. 3, p. 637. States and Spain, concluded at Washington on the twenty-second day of February, 
 one thousand eight hundred and nineteen . 
 
 thorized to take Be it enacted, <$-c., That the President of the United States be, and he 
 
 possession of i 8 hereby, authorized to take possession of, and occupy, the Territories 
 
 Florida" 1 West of East and West Florida, and the appendages and appurtenances there- 
 
 An d remove of j and to remove and transport the officers and soldiers of the King of 
 
 Spanish troops, Spain, being there, to the Havanna, agreeably to the stipulations of the 
 
 according to treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington,. 
 
 on the twenty-second day of February, in the year one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and nineteen, providing for the cession of said Territories to 
 
 the United States ; and he may, for these purposes, and in order to 
 
 May employ maintain in said Territories the authority of the U nited States, employ 
 
 the army, navy, any part of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the militia 
 
 and militia. of any g tate or Territory, which he may deem necessary. 
 
 Organization of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, until the end of the first ses- 
 
 government, a s s i O n of the next Congress, unless provision for the temporary govern- 
 
 mavdt Qt ment of said Territories be sooner made by Congress, all the military, 
 
 civil, and judicial, powers exercised by the officers of the existing gov- 
 
 ernment of the same Territories, shall be vested in such person and per- 
 
 sons, and shall be exercised in such manner, as the President of the 
 
 United [States] shall direct, for the maintaining the inhabitants of said 
 
 Revenue laws, Territories in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion ; 
 
 and laws prohib- and the laws of the United States relating to the revenue and its collec- 
 
 iting the impor- tion, subject to the modification stipulated by the fifteenth article of the 
 
 ' e! 
 
 of c'Sor to e! tein 8aid * reatv > i* favour of Spanish vessels and their cargoes, and the laws 
 
 force. ' relating to the importation of persons of colour, shall be extended to 
 
 President au- the 6aid Territori es. And the President of the United States shall be, 
 
 thorized to estab- a ? d ^ e is hereby, authorized within the term aforesaid, to establish such 
 
 lish collection districts for the collection of the revenue, and during the recess of Con- 
 
 districte, and ap- gress, to appoint such officers, whose commissions shall expire at the end 
 
 er8 - of the next session of Congress, to enforce the said laws, as to him shall 
 
 seem expedient. 
 
FLORIDA. 657 
 
 SEC 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United President to ap- 
 States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, during the recess of g^ ^ omm18 ; 
 the Senate, a commissioner land surveyor, whose commissions shall ex- V eyor, &c. 
 pire at the end of the next session of Congress, to meet the commis- 
 sioner and surveyor who may be appointed on the part of Spain, for the President 
 purposes stipulated in the fourth article of said treaty; and that the take all other 
 President be, and he is hereby, further authorized to take all other measures neces- 
 measures which he shall judge proper, for carrying into effect the stip- sar y> & c. 
 ulations of the said fourth article. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That a board of three commissioners Board of three 
 shall be appointed, conformably to the stipulations of the eleventh ar- commissioners, 
 tide of the said treaty : and the President of the United States is hereby eSvenSrticl e 
 authorized to take any measures which he may deem expedient for or- O f the treaty, 
 ganizing the said board of commissioners, and, for this purpose, may ap- President may 
 point a secretary well versed in the French and Spanish languages, and organize the 
 a clerk ; which appointments, if made during the recess of the Senate, Secretary 
 shall, at the next meeting of that body, be subject to nomination for clerk, 
 their advice and consent. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the respec- Compensation, 
 tive officers, for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall 
 not exceed the following sums : 
 
 The commissioner to be appointed conformably to the fourth article, Of commission- 
 at the rate, by the year, of three thousand dollars. f r u n d e r t h e 
 
 To the surveyor, two thousand dollars. Of surveyor 
 
 To each of the three commissioners to be appointed conformably to of the commis- 
 the eleventh article of the treaty, three thousand dollars. sioner sunder the 
 
 To the secretary of the board, two thousand dollars. el ^| n !h article - 
 
 To one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars. tary. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, for carrying this act into exe- Clerk, 
 cution, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and hereby is, ap- Appropriation 
 propriated, to be taken from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ^ $ 10 . 000 - 
 appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1499, 1625, 1626, 1628, 1637, 1646, 1673, 1674. 
 
 No. 1628. AN ACT for the establishment of a Territorial government in Florida. March 30, 1822. 
 Be U enacted, #c., That all that territory ceded by Spain to the United Vol.3, p. 654. 
 States, known by the name of East and West Florida, shall constitute East and West 
 a Territory of the United States, under the name of the Territory of Florida, as ceded 
 Florida. by Spam, to con- 
 
 * * * # * # # stitute the Terri- 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That * * * the governor and to 55 f governor 
 legislative council shall have no power over the primary disposal and council have 
 of the soil, nor to tax the lands of the United States, nor to interfere no power over, 
 with the claims to lands within said Territory. 
 
 * * # * * * 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the following acts, that is to What laws to 
 say, * * * "An act to prevent settlements being made on lands be ^ force ^ the 
 ceded to the United States until authorized by law," approved March Terntor y- 
 third, one thousand eight hundred and seven : * * * and all other 
 public laws of the United States, which are not repugnant to the pro- 
 visions of this act, shall extend tOj and have full force and effect in, the 
 Territory aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1499, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1637, 1646, 1673, 1674. 
 
 No. 1629. AN ACT for ascertaining claims and titles to land within the Territory May 8, 1822. 
 
 of Florida. Vol. 3, p. 709. 
 
 Be it enacted #c., That for the purpose of ascertaining the claims and The President, 
 titles to lands within the Territory of Florida, as acquired by the treaty &c., to app oint 
 of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and three commie- 
 nineteen, there shall be appointed, by the President of the United States, SffiSol aim's 
 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three commissioners, an d titles to lands 
 who shall receive, as compensation for the duties enjoined by the pro- in Florida, 
 visions of this act, two thousand dollars each, to be paid quarterly, Their pay. 
 from the Treasury ; who shall open an office for the adjudication of ^Q 6 
 claims, at Pensacola, in the Territory of West Florida, and St. Augus- co i a . 
 tine, in East Florida, under the rules, regulations, and conditions, here- 
 inafter prescribed. 
 
 42 L 0- VOL TI 
 
658 FLORIDA. 
 
 To appoint sec- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said cora- 
 
 retary. missioners to appoint a suitable and well qualified secretary, who shall 
 
 ties of the record> j n a we ll-bound book, all and every their acts and proceedings, 
 
 the claims admitted, with those rejected, and the reason of their admis- 
 
 His compensa- 6 j on or rejection. He shall receive as a compensation for his services, one 
 
 thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid quarterly, from the 
 
 Secretary must Treasury. He shall be acquainted with the Spanish language; and 
 
 be acquainted k e f ore entering on a discharge of the duties of his office, shall take 
 
 Tui^u^e^Tnd <d subscribe an oath, before some authority competent to administer 
 
 take an oath. it, that he will " well and truly and faithfully discharge the duties assigned 
 
 Mm, and translate all papers that may be required of him by the commis- 
 
 sioners" 
 
 Commissioners SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners previously 
 to take an oath, to entering on a discharge of the duties assigned them, shall, before 
 &.c. the judge of the Territorial court at Pensacola, or some other authority 
 
 in his absence, competent to administer it, take an oath faithfully to 
 discharge the duties of their offices, and shall commence and hold their 
 Time of the sessions on or before the first Monday of July next, at Pensacola, and 
 sessions of com- on the first Monday of January thereafter, at St. Augustine, for the 
 ascertainin and determining of all claims to land within said Terri- 
 
 . Notice tp be Dories; notice of which shall be given, by said commissioners, i 
 of^'the* ses^ions^ new8 P a P er printed at each place, or if there be no newspaper, 
 ' 
 
 in some 
 at the 
 
 &c. ' most public places in said cities, respectively, of the time at which 
 
 Session at St. their sessions will commence, requiring all persons to bring forward 
 i 'June tneir C l aim8 > witl1 evidence necessary to support them. The session at 
 30, 1623. St. Augustine shall terminate on the thirtieth of June, one thousand 
 
 Commissioners eight hundred and twenty-three, when said commissioners shall for- 
 to forward a de- war d to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be submitted to Congress, a 
 ceedSU &c Pr ' (letail of a11 thev have done > and deliver over to th .e surveyor all the 
 
 . 
 archives, documents, and papers, that may be in their possession. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person, or the heirs or 
 
 claimTng S title to re P resentative8 of 8Ucn persons, claiming title to lands under any 
 
 lands under any patent, grant, concession, or order of survey, dated previous to the 
 
 patent, &c., dat- twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight- 
 
 j^n^aV^s^al* een ' wn ^ cn were valid under the Spanish Government, or by the law of 
 
 id an <fcc and Iiot nations, and which are not rejected by the treaty ceding the Territory 
 
 rejected by the of East and West Florida to the United States, shall file, before the 
 
 treaty 'ceding the commissioners, his, her, or their, claim, setting forth, particularly, its 
 
 their claims &c situation and boundaries, if to be ascertained, with the deraignment of 
 
 Claims to be re^ title, where they are not the grantees, or original claimants; which 
 
 corded. shall be recorded by the secretary, and who, for his services, shall be 
 
 Fees. entitled to demand from the claimants ten cents for each hundred words 
 
 contained in said papers so recorded ; he shall be also entitled to twenty- 
 
 Proviso. five cents for each subpoena issued : Provided, That if the amount so 
 
 received shall exceed one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, which 
 
 is hereby declared the compensation for his services, the excess shall 
 
 . be reported to the commissioners, and be subject to their disposition ; 
 
 and said commissioners shall proceed to examine and determine on 
 
 the validity of said patents, grants, concessions, and orders of survey, 
 
 agreeably to the laws and ordinances heretofore existing of the gov- 
 
 ernments making the grants, respectively, having due regard, in all 
 
 Spanish claims, to the conditions and stipulations contained in the 
 
 eighth article of a treaty concluded at Washington, between his Catho- 
 
 Claims not filed lie Majesty, and the United States, on the twenty-second of February, 
 
 prior to May 31, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ; but any claim not tiled pre- 
 
 823, void. vious to the 31st day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 
 Proviso. three, shall be deemed and held to be void and of none effect ; Provided, 
 
 nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That in all claims submitted to the 
 
 decision of the commissioners, where the same land, or any part thereof, 
 
 is claimed by titles emanating botli from the British and" Spanish Gov- 
 
 ernments, the commissioners shall not decide the same, but shall report 
 
 all such cases, with an abstract of the evidence, to the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury. 
 
 Powers of the SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners shall have 
 sioners. power to inquire into the justice and validity of the claims filed with 
 them; and shall be, and are hereby, authorized to administer oaths, to 
 compel the attendance of witnesses by subpoenas issued by the secre- 
 tary, and the adduction of such testimony as may be wanted ; they 
 shall have access to all papers and records of a public nature relative 
 to any land titles within said provinces, and to make transcripts thereof. 
 
FLORIDA. 659 
 
 They shall examine into claims arising under patents, grants, conces- 
 sions, and orders of survey, where the survey has been actually made 
 previous to the twenty-fourth January, one thousand eight hundred 
 and eighteen, whether they are founded upon conditions, and how far 
 those conditions have been complied with ; and if derived from the 
 British Government, how far they have been considered valid under the 
 Spanish Government ; and if satisfied that said claims be correct and 
 valid, shall give confirmation to them: Provided, That such confirma- Proviso, 
 tion shall only operate as a release of any interest which the United 
 States may have, and shall not be considered as affecting the rights of 
 third persons: And provided, That they shall not have power to confirm Proviso as to 
 any claim or part thereof where the amount claimed is undefined in claims to be con- 
 quanrity, or shall exceed one thousand acres; but in all such cases shall 
 report (he testimony, with their opinions, to the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, to be laid before Congress for their determination. Every witness Tees to wit- 
 attending under any process from the commissioners, shall be allowed nes ,ses, &c. 
 one dollar a day, and one dollar for every twenty miles travel ; to be nottoactoT^c. 8 
 paid by the party summoning him: Provided, nevertheless, That the com- any British' 
 missioners shall not act on, or take into consideration, any British grant, &c v but 
 grant, patent, warrant, or order of survey, but those which are bona^ 8 ^^ 1 !^ 6 .!* 
 fide claimed and owned by citizens of the United States, and which j ze n 8 n f ^^e 
 have never been compensated for by the British Government, (a) United States, 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the &c. 
 President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of an^^elo a?- 
 the Senate, a surveyor, who shall possessj;he power and authority, and point a surveyor, 
 receive the same salary, as by law appertains to the surveyor south of &c. 
 the S rate of Tennessee; but his duties shall not commence until the Surveyor's du- 
 commissioners shall have examined and decided upon the claims in West s ' 
 Florida, who shall thereupon furnish the surveyor with a list of those 
 admitted, and he shall thereupon proceed' to survey the country, taking 
 care to have surveyed, and marked, and laid down, upon a general plan, 
 to be kept in his office, the metes and bounds of the claims so ad- 
 mitted ; causing the same to be surveyed at the expense of the claim- Surveys at the 
 ants, the price whereof shall be the same as is paid for surveying the expense of the 
 public lands ; but no surveyor shall charge for any line except such as s^vevor toap- 
 may be actually run. nor for any line not necessary to be run. He shall point deputies. 
 appoint a suitable number of deputies, and shall fix and determine 
 their fees: Provided, That the whole cost of surveying shall not exceed 
 four dollars a mile: And provided also, That none other than township None other 
 lines shall be run where the land is deemed unfit for cultivation : Said * han township 
 surveyor shall reside at such place as the President of the United States anTsurveVr^to 
 may direct, and shall keep his office there, and may charge the follow- reside, &c , as 
 ing fees, to wit : for recording the plat and surveys of private claims the P re si d'ent 
 made by any of his deputies, twenty- five cents for each mile contained m< J y direct -, 
 in the boundary of such survey, and twenty-five cents for any copy fo p record in? 
 certified from the books of his office. (&) &c. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1643, 1647, 1677, 
 
 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 (&) See Nos. 1630, 1632, 1678. 
 
 No. 1630. AN ACT amending, and supplementary to, the "Act for ascertaining March 3, 1823. 
 claims and titles to land in the Territory of Florida,'" and to provide for the survey VoL 3, p. 754. 
 and disposal of the public lands in Florida. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That the powers of the board of commissioners Powers of the 
 heretofore appointed, for ascertaining claims and titles to lands in the P resent commis- 
 Territory of Florida, shall be confined, exclusively, to the examination ^bTconfineTto 
 of titles and claims in that portion of said Territory, heretofore known West Florida, 
 as West Florida ; and that, for ascertaining titles and claims in East Three commis- 
 Florida, the President is hereby authorized, in the recess of the Senate, 8 Sed 
 to appoint three commissioners, which appointments shall be of f orce Florida, 
 until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, who may ap- 
 point their secretary, and who, with their secretary, shall, within the 
 district of East Florida, possess all the powers given by, perform all 
 dutes [duties] required, and shall, in all respects, be subject to, the 
 provisions and restrictions of the act of the eighth of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and twenty- two, entitled "An act for ascertaining claims 
 and titles to lands in the Territory of Florida," ecept [except] so far as 
 the same is altered or changed by the provisions of this act ; which 
 board of commissioners, heretofore appointed, with that hereafter ap- 
 
660 FLORIDA. 
 
 Commissioners pointed, shall hold their sessions, severally, at the place within their 
 to make return to respective districts, heretofore designated by law ; but may adjourn to 
 the Secretary of gome otner convenient place within their district, and may continue 
 their sessions until the second Monday in February next, when they 
 shall make a return of their proceedings to the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, to be laid before Congress. 
 
 Claims in favor SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in the examination of titles to 
 of actual settlers land before either of said boards of commissioners, the claimant or 
 at the time of c i a i man ts shall not be required to produce in evidence the deraignment 
 cession to be con- of title from ^ or jgi na i grantee or patentee, but the commissioners 
 shall confirm every claim in favour of actual settlers at the time of ses- 
 sion [cession] of the said Territory to the United States, where the 
 quantity claimed does not exceed three thousand five hundred acres, 
 where such deraingment cannot be obtained, the validity of which has 
 been recognised by the Spanish Government, and where the claimant or 
 claimants shall produce satisfactory evidence of his, her, or their, right 
 to the land claimed : And said commissioners shall have the power, any 
 law to the contrary notwithstanding, of deciding on the validity of all 
 claims derived from the Spanish Government in favour of actual set- 
 tlers, where the quantity claimed does not exceed three thousand five 
 hundred acres. 
 
 Compensation SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissioners 
 of commission- heretofore appointed, who has performed, and shall hereafter perform, 
 ers. the duties assigned him, shall receive compensation in proportion to 
 
 that heretofore allowed him. And each of the commissioners here- 
 after appointed for East Florida, who shall actually perform the du 
 ties assigned him, shall receive the sum of two thousand dollars, as a 
 full compensation, payable quarterly, from the Treasury of the United 
 States. 
 
 District attor- SEC. 4. And be it furtlier enacted, That it shall be the duty of the dis- 
 
 neys to attend trict attorneys for said districts, respectively, whenever required to do 
 
 the commission- 8O by the commissioners within his district, to attend them for the pur- 
 
 auired e " pose of arguing and explaining any points of law that may be deemed 
 
 necessary to be examined ; and said attorney shall be entitled to the 
 
 same compensation therefor as when attending on the district court of 
 
 said Territory. 
 
 Claims not filed SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all claims not filed with the 
 
 OB or before 1st commissioners of the district, where the land claimed is situated, in 
 
 December next, t h e ma nner prescribed by the act to which this is an amendment, on or 
 
 before the first day of December next, shall be held to be void and of 
 
 none effect. 
 
 Marshal to ex- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
 
 ecute and make marshall [marshal] to execute and make return of all process which 
 
 return of process. ma y fo e issued by the said commissioners, or the commissioners may, 
 
 where they deem it necessary, authorize and empower any other person 
 
 to execute and return said process, (a) 
 
 Surveyor to be SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the commissioners 
 
 appointed. shall have decided and reported on the private claims in said Territory 
 
 of Florida, a surveyor shall be appointed for the Territory of Florida, 
 
 who shall keep his office at such place, within the said Territory, as the 
 
 President of the United States shall designate ; and shall receive the 
 
 His salarv sum of two thousand dollars, payable quarterly, at the Treasury of the 
 
 United States. (&) 
 
 Land offices to SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That, for the disposal of the lands 
 > established. of tne United States lying in the district of East Florida, a land office 
 shall be established and kept at such place, within said district, as the 
 President of the United States shall direct ; and that, for the disposal 
 of the lands of the United States lying in the district of West Florida, 
 a land office shall be established at such place, in said district, as the 
 President of the United States shall direct, (c) 
 
 When land SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as, in the opinion of the 
 lm?d. are ^ be President of the United States, there shall be a sufficient quantity of 
 the public lands surveyed, within either of the districts of East or West 
 Florida, to authorize the opening of one or both of the land offices afore- 
 said, he shall cause the same to be opened, and shall proceed, from time 
 to time, to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for each 
 of the said offices, a register and receiver of the public moneys, who 
 shall give security, in the same sums, and in the same manner, and 
 whose compensation, emoluments, duties, and authority, shall, in every 
 respect, be the same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of at their 
 
FLORIDA. 661 
 
 offices as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and 
 receivers of public moneys, in the several laud offices established for 
 the disposal of the public lands of the United States. 
 
 SEC. 10. And 1)6 it further enacted, That, whenever a land office shall The President 
 have been established in either of the districts aforesaid, and a register to offer the lands 
 and receiver of public moneys appointed for the same, the President of ^en ' a 
 the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct so 
 much of the public lands, lying in such district, as shall have been sur- 
 veyed according to law, to be offered for sale, in the same manner, and 
 with the same reservations and exceptions, and on the same terms and 
 conditions, in every respect, as have been or may hereafter be, provided 
 for the sale of the public lands of the United States, (d) 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That an entire township, in each of An e n tir e 
 the districts of East and West Florida, shall be reserved from sale, for jKjrtJp/ 1 ? ? a S. a 
 the use of a seminary of learning, to be located by the Secretary of the {J* reserved for a 
 Treasury, (e) seminary of 
 
 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the navigable rivers and learning. 
 waters in the districts of East and West Florida shall be, and forever I J iver / + , %? d 
 
 remain, public highways. t 
 
 SEC. 13. And be it Juriher enacted, That so much of the act, approved lie highways. 
 the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, Part of the 
 entitled "An act for ascertaining claims and titles to land in the Terri- rme g \< of 
 tory of Florida," as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, pea i ed ; 
 and the same is hereby, repealed ; and so much thereof as provides for 
 the appointment of a surveyor-general, and allows him to charge fees, 
 is hereby repealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1647, 1677, 1699, 
 
 1700,1701,1704, 1710. 
 (6) See ISTos. 1629, 1632, 1678. 
 (e) SeeNos. 1632, 1667, 1688, 1689, 1708. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 1635, 1H51, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672. 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 (e) See Nos. 1639, 1655, 1674. 
 
 No. 1631. AN ACT to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land Feb. 28 1824. 
 claims in the Territory of Florida. Vol.' 4 p. 6. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the time limited for the settlement of private ~~The act amend- 
 land claims in the Territory of Florida, by an act of the Seventeenth ing, &c., the act 
 Congress, entitled "An act amending, and supplementary to, the act for f r ascertaining 
 ascertaining claims and titles to land in the Territory of Florida, andia^^to^na 
 to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida, be, extended. ' 
 and the same is hereby, extended and enlarged, until the first day of 
 January next, when the commissioners for ascertaining claims and titles 
 to the lands aforesaid shall make a return of their proceedings to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, to be laid before Congress. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the claimant or claimants shall The claimant 
 not be required to produce, in evidence, a deraignment of title from the or claimants not 
 original grantee or patentee, but the exhibition of the original title 
 
 original 
 
 papers, agreeably to the fourth section of an act, passed the eighth of a deraignment of 
 May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act for ascertain- title from the 
 ing claims and titles to lands within the Territory of Florida," with the original grantee 
 deed or devise, to the claimant, and the office abstract or abstracts of or P atentee ' &c - 
 the intermediate conveyances for the last ten years preceding the sur- 
 render of Florida to the United States ; and, where they cannot be pro- 
 duced, their absence being satisfactorily accounted for, shall be sufficient 
 evidence of tho right of the claimant or claimants to the land so claimed 
 as against the United States : Provided, The claim be defined in quan- Proviso. 
 tity, and the amount does not exceed the quantity limited in the second 
 section of the act which this is intended to extend ; And provided, The Proviso. 
 conditions required by the laws and ordinances of the Spanish Govern- 
 ment, and the treaty between Spain and the United States, shall have 
 been complied with. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be taken and No person to be 
 deemed to be an actual settler, within the provisions of the "act amend- deemed an actual 
 ing, and supplementary to, an act for ascertaining claims and titles to settler within the 
 land in the Territory of Florida," passed on the third day of March, one ^^"M^I, 3 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, unless such person, or those 1823, unlesshebe 
 under whom he claims title, shall have been in the cultivation, or occu- an occupier, &c. 
 pation, of the land, at and before the period of the cession. 
 
662 FLORIDA. 
 
 Part of act re- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of which 
 pealed. this is an amendment, as authorizes the secretary of said commissioners 
 
 to demand and receive from the claimants ten cents per hundred words 
 for recording titles to land, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 Secretaries of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the former secretaries, or those 
 commissioners wno mav nO w be secretaries, to the said boards of commissioners, who 
 having rei-eived ^^ uave rece i ve d their salary of one thousand two hundred and tifty 
 to pay overmuch dollars, from the Treasury of the United States, which is, by law de- 
 fees as have been dared to be their full compensation, shall be, and they are hereby, re- 
 demanded andq U ] re( j t o p a y over, respectively, to the commissioners, conformably 
 received by them. w ^ n ^ ne provisions of the original law, all such fees as have been de- 
 manded, and received by them, which shall be appropriated to defray 
 the expenses of the commission. 
 
 So much of the SEC. 6. And be itfurtJier enacted, That so much of the acts of which 
 acts of which this this is amendatory, as makes void all claims not filed before the first 
 is amendatory, as day O f December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, be, 
 SaiSI not tiled and the same is hereby, repealed ; and it shall be lawful for claims to 
 before Dec. l, be filed any time previous to the first day of September next ; but all 
 1823, to be re- and every claim not filed by that time, shall be held and deemed void 
 P 6 * 16 * 1 - and of none effect. 
 
 Compensation SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissioners here* 
 of the commis- tofore appointed, or who may hereafter be appointed, who has per- 
 formed, and shall hereafter perform, the duties assigned him, shall 
 receive, from the first Monday in February until the first day of January 
 next, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, in full compensa- 
 tion for his services, (a) 
 
 (a) See^os. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1643, 1647, 1677, 
 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 May 24, 1824. No. 1632. AX ACT providing for a grant of land for the seat of government in 
 VoL 4, p. 30. the Territory of Frorida, [Florida,] and for other purposes. 
 
 One quarter- Be it enacted, <fc., That there shall be, and hereby is, granted to the 
 section of land Territory of Florida, one entire quarter-section of laud, or fractional 
 Erritorvomor 6860 ^ 011 ' not exceeding in quantity one quarter- sect ion, for the seat of 
 idafor the seat oi = government in that Territory, to be located previously to the sale of 
 government the adjacent lands, under the authority of the governor thereof, at the 
 point selected for the permanent seat of government for said Territory. 
 The govern- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislative 
 or, &c., to adopt council of the Territory aforesaid, or a majority thereof, be, and they are 
 for th^Sfe^of Q ? rebv > authorized to adopt such measures as to them may seem expe- 
 said land, as they dient for the sale of said tract of land, or any part thereof, for the pur- 
 may deem expe- pose of raising a fund for the erection of public buildings at said seat 
 
 of government. 
 
 Three entire SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and hereby are, 
 quarter -sections reserved from sale, three entire quarter-sections of lands of the United 
 for the^ntted states tyiag contiguous to, and adjoining, the quarter- section granted 
 States. Dv the nrs t section of this act, to be located bv the governor of said 
 
 Territory, (a) 
 
 Part of the 7th SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the seventh section 
 MtrfMKolL & f the act of Con g ress of the third of March, one thousand eight hun- 
 1823, repealed. ' dred and twenty-three, entitled "An act amending and supplementary 
 to the act entitled 'An act to provide for the survey and disposal of the 
 public lands in Florida/ " as prevents the appointment of a surveyor 
 for Florida until the commissioners shall have decided and reported on 
 the private claims in said Territory, be, and the same is hereby, re- 
 pealed; (6) and the eastern and western land districts in said Territory 
 shall be divided and separated by the Suwaney River, and not by the 
 ancient line of division between the provinces of East and West Florid a r 
 as prescribed by the eighth section of the act aforesaid, (c) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1640, 1642, 1674. 
 (6) See Xos. 1629, 1630, 1678. 
 (c) Se Nos. 1630, 1667, 1688, 1689, 1708. 
 
FLORIDA. 663 
 
 No. 1633. AN ACT granting donations of land to certain actual settlers in the May 26, 1824. 
 Territory of Florida, Vol. 4, p, 47. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$*c., That the commissioners for ascertaining titles and The commis- 
 claims to lands in Florida, be, and they are hereby, authorized and re- sioners for ascer- 
 quired, within their respective districts, and in addition to the ir former lamlTfn*! 1 ! 68 '^ 
 duties, to receive and examine all claims that may be presented to them, authorized a^ d 
 and the evidence in support of each of such claims, founded on habita- required to re- 
 tion and cultivation of any tract of land, town, or city lot, or out-lot, 9 eive au<1 exam- 
 by any person, being the head of a family, and twenty-one years of age, {| 8 ehtedto 
 who, on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred them within 
 and nineteen, actually inhabited and cultivated such tract of land, or ac- their respective 
 tually cultivated and improved such lot, or who, on that day, cultivated districts, 
 any tract of land in the vicinity of any town or city, having a permanent 
 residence in such town or city, in said Territory ; and to grant certifi- 
 cates of confirmation for any tract of land thus inhabited and cultivated, 
 or cultivated by any person of the above description, residing in any 
 town or city in the vicinity of the tract so cultivated ; which land shall 
 be located in an enire body, as nearly as possible, in conformity to the 
 surveys of the contiguous public lands, and so as to embrace the prin- 
 cipal improvements then made on any tract so claimed, and shall not ex- 
 ceed in quantity six hundred and forty acres : And it shall also be the Duty of said 
 duty of said commissioners to receive claims to land founded on habita- commissioners, 
 tion and cultivation, commenced between the twenty-second of Febru- 
 ary, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and the seventeenth of 
 July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, when Florida was 
 surrendered to the United States, and evidence in support of the same ; 
 and to report an abstract of all such claims to Congress, and of the 
 claims by them confirmed, to the Secretary of the Treasury ; and the 
 claims merely reported on, shall be laid before Congress at their next 
 session, with the evidence of the time, nature, and extent, of such in- 
 habitation and cultivation, in each case, and the extent of the claim: Proviso. 
 Provided, That no claim shall be received, confirmed, or reported, to 
 Congress, by the said commissioners, for confirmation, in favour of any 
 person, or the legal representatives of any person, who claims any tract 
 of land in said Territory, by virtue of any written evidence of title de- 
 rived from either the British or Spanish Government, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1643, 1647, 
 1677, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 No. 1634. AN ACT to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims March 3, 1825. 
 in the Territory of Florida, to provide for the preservation of the public archives Vol. 4, p. 125. 
 in said Territory, * * * . 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed The commis- 
 to ascertain claims and titles to land in East Florida, be, and they are stokers of land 
 hereby, authorized to continue their session until the first Monday Florida "to con- 
 of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, under the tinue their ses- 
 same laws, ordinances, and regulations, heretofore established for their sion. 
 government. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, entitled Part of the act 
 "An act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land SjjJwtEeVei! 
 claims in Florida," as renders void all claims to land in said Territory, tlement of p r i- 
 not filed on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight yate land claims 
 hundred and twenty-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and it in Florid a, re- 
 shall be lawful for claims to be filed before the board of commissioners pea 
 in East Florida, any time prior to the first day of November, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-five. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed two Two addition- 
 additional clerks to the board of commissioners of East Florida, to f 1 cl fks for the 
 each of whom shall be allowed the sum of seven hundred dollars, to be JgJSs S? m X 
 paid quarterly by the Treasury of the United States. Florida. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissioners ap- Compensation 
 pointed for the examination of claims in East Florida, be allowed at * the commis- 
 the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, in full for their services, 81( 
 to be paid quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, out of any 
 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, however, Proviso. 
 That no one of said commissioners shall be entitled to draw any por- 
 tion of the compensation hereby allowed him, except on showing an 
 actual and faithful performance of the duties required of him. 
 
FLORIDA. 
 
 Duty of the SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, it shall be the dnty of the late 
 
 late commission- commissioners for the examination of titles and claims to lands in West 
 
 era and their Florida, and of their clerk, to deliver to the register and receiver of the 
 
 land office for the western land district of Florida, all records, evidence, 
 
 and papers, in the possession of them, or either of them, relating to 
 
 Duty of the reg- said titles and claims. And it shall be the duty of said register and 
 
 later and receiv- receiver to examine and decide on all titles and claims to land in West 
 
 Florida, not heretofore decided npon by said commissioners, subject to 
 
 the limitations, and in conformity with the provisions of the acts of 
 
 Congress heretofore passed on that subject. 
 
 Claimants, SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the several claimants to lands, 
 where their j n 8a id district, where claims have not been heretofore decided on, be 
 claims have not perm i t ted to file their claims, and the evidence in support of them, 
 Sxlon pe with the register and receiver of said district, at any time before the 
 mitted to' file first day of November next, whose duty it shall be to report the same, 
 them, &c., with W j t j 1 their decision thereon, to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or 
 tte renter and before tne ^ Tsi fay o f January next, to be laid before Congress at the 
 Xuv. L ' next session. 
 
 The register SEC. 8. And be it further encwted, That the said register and receiver 
 
 and receiver em- shall have power to appoint their clerk, and prescribe his duties, and 
 
 powered to ap- wno gna u De allowed, in full compensation for his services, the sum of 
 
 eight hundred dollars, and said register and receiver shall each be al- 
 
 lowed the sum of one thousand dollars for the performance of the 
 
 duties required of them by this act, which said several sums of money 
 
 shall be paid said register and receiver, and their clerk, out of any 
 
 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, whenever the busi- 
 
 ness is completed, and the report approved by the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury. 
 
 The President SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 to appoint two States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint two officers, to be 
 keepers of the ca u ft d the keepers of the public archives in the Territory of Florida, 
 n?Florida ** one of whom shall keep his office at St. Augustine, in East Florida, 
 
 and the other at Pensacola, in West Florida. 
 
 Officers to give SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said officers shall each 
 
 bond and securi- give bond and security in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the 
 
 ^rf VmaiKKi^of sa f e 'keeping an d preservation of the said archives, and for the faithful 
 
 their duties. performance of the duties of their respective offices, and the translation 
 
 of such of the records and documents as are hereinafter provided for, 
 
 and shall each receive a salary of five hundred dollars, to be paid 
 
 quarterly from the Treasury of the United States. 
 
 Officers tocause SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said officers shall cause to 
 
 a complete trans- ij e ma( } e a faithful and complete translation and record of all the 
 
 Spanish records Spanish records, and documents delivered to them, and having rela- 
 
 havin* relation tion to land claims derived from the Spanish and British Governments, 
 
 to land claims, distinguishing and keeping separately those which relate to grants 
 
 made within the district of Baton Rouge, Mobile, north of latitude 
 
 thirty-one, and those made within the present limits of Florida; a 
 
 complete descriptive list of each of which translations and records, 
 
 when completed, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 
 and the said officers shall, severally, be entitled to* receive from the 
 
 Treasury of the United States, on the completion of the work, a com- 
 
 pensation at the rate of ten cents for each hundred words by them 
 
 translated and recorded. 
 
 Officers to de- SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said officers shall make out 
 translations* t* and del . iver to individual applicants, copies or translations of any docu- 
 individual appli- ment8 in their 8aid offices, on being paid for the same at the* rate of 
 cants. six and one-fourth cents for each hundred words. 
 
 Appropriation. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money 
 hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury 
 not otherwise appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1636. 1640, 1641, 1643, 1647, 
 1677, 1699, 1700, 17U1, 1704, 1710. 
 
 April 22, 1826. No. 1635. AX ACT giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to 
 Vol. 4, p. 154. certain settlers in the States of Alabama, MissisMppi, and Territory of Florida. 
 
 Any person, Be {t enacte ^ $' c ; That every person, or the legal representatives of 
 &c., who on or an y person, who, being either the head of a family, or twenty-one years 
 before Jan. 1, of age, did, on or before the first day of January,' in the year one thou- 
 
 , 
 
 &?' ^IS^f 8and ei S ht hundred and twenty-five, actually inhabit and cultivate a 
 01 tract of land situated in the Territory of Florida, which tract is not 
 
FLOEIDA. 6G5 
 
 rightfully claimed by any other person, and who shall not have re- land in Florida, 
 moved from the said Territory, shall be entitled to the right of pre- &c., shall be en- 
 emption in the purchase thereof, under the same terms, restrictions, emption in P the 
 conditions, provisions and regulations, in every respect, as are directed purchase thereof, 
 by the act. entitled ''An act giving the right of pre-emption, in the pur- under the act of 
 chase of lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois Territory," passed Feb- Feb - 5 . 1813. 
 ruary the fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen: Provided, Proviso. 
 That no person shall be entitled to the provisions of this section, who 
 claims any tract of land in said Territory, by virtue of a confirmation 
 of the commissioners, or by virtue of any act of Congress. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That any person, or the legal repre- Any person, 
 sentatives of any person, entitled to a preference in becoming the pur- &c., settled on a 
 chaser of a tract of land at private sale, according to the provisions of J^ection ^To 
 this act, who is settled on a fractional quarter-section, shall have the^e the ' pr i v i_ 
 privilege of purchasing an adjoining quarter-section, or the fractional lege of purchas- 
 quarter- section, improved by them, at their option. ing an adjoining 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in cases where two or more on where two or 
 persons entitled to the right of pre-emption shall be settled on one more persona 
 quarter, or fractional quarter-section of land, they shall be authorized have the right of 
 to purchase one or more quarter- sections, which, with the quarter-sec- pre-emption, 
 tion, or fractional quarter upon which such persons are settled, shall be 
 equally divided between them, in such manner as the register and re- 
 ceiver shall direct, so as to secure, as far as may be practicable, to each 
 person, their improvements, respectively : Provided, That in no instance Proviso, 
 shall any person be entitled to a preference in the purchase for more 
 than one quarter-section of land, in addition to his portion of the frac- 
 tional quarter-section on which he is settled, (a) 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person, or persons, who Any person set- 
 have settled on and improved any of the lands in the said Territory, re- ^pd on, &c., any 
 served for the use of schools, and who would have had the right of pre- JandsshaU have 
 emption thereto by this law, had not the same been so reserved, shall the right of pre- 
 have the right of pre-emption under the same terms and conditions, and emption, &o. 
 subject to the same restrictions, provided for in other cases of a right 
 of pre-emption in said Territory to a quarter-section of unappropriated 
 lands in the same township, and as near adjacent as lands of like quan- 
 tity can be obtained. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1642, 1649, 1665, 1668, 1674. 
 
 No. 1636. AN ACT to confirm the reports of the commissioners for ascertaining April 22, 1826. 
 claims and titles to lands in West Florida, and for other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 156. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That all the decisions made by the commissioners, D . . amade 
 appointed to ascertain claims and titles to lands in the district of West t> y t he commis- 
 Florida, made iii favour of claimants to lands and lots in said district, sioners appoint- 
 contained in the reports, opinions, and abstracts, of the commissioners, ed . to ascertain 
 which have been transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, accord- f.}^ 8 ' &C w e st 
 ing to law, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. Florida, confirm- 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That all the reports, abstracts, and ed. 
 opinions, made and forwarded by the two commissioners in said dis- Reports recog- 
 trict, subsequently to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ed a9 vaM > 
 twenty-five, the period at which that board expired by law, be, and the 
 same are hereby, recognised as valid, and confirmed as aforesaid ; and 
 the said commissioners, and their secretary, shall be entitled to receive 
 the same compensation as they were authorized to demand by law, 
 prior to that day, up to the time at which the receiver and register took 
 possession of their records, in obedience to an act of the third day of 
 March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, entitled "An act to extend 
 the time tor the settlement of private land claims, in the Territory of 
 Florida," &c. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Spanish claims contained The Spanish 
 in special reports, from oue to thirty, reported in obedience to the fourth olaims contained 
 section of an act of Congress, approved May eighth, eighteen hundred or ts, P actof May 
 and twenty-two, entitled " An act for ascertaining claims and titles to s, 1822, confiim- 
 lands in the Territory of Florida," be, and the same are hereby, con- ed. 
 firmed to the claimants in possession. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the claims to lots in report and . Claims to lots 
 abstract K, recommended 1'or confirmation as equitable titles, with the in . re Prt, &c., 
 exception of the last ten, be, and the same are hereby, declaied valid J^n, " 
 
 and confirmed, and the claim of the Catholic inhabitants to a lot on & c . ' 
 
666 FLORIDA. 
 
 which the church stands, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to them 
 for that use, so long as it is occupied for that purpose. 
 
 Claims contain- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the claims contained in the re- 
 ed in the report p Or t of the receiver and register, made to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 of the register, - n o b e( ji enc e to a law of the last session of Congress, dated the thir- 
 teenth day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, be, and the same 
 are hereby, confirmed. 
 
 Location of the SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the claim of Francisco and 
 claim of Francis- Fernando Moreno, near Fort San Carlos de Barancas, shall be so located 
 co and Fernando ^ not to interfere with the grounds reserved by the laws and ordinances 
 of the Spanish Government, for forts, nor with that which has been 
 lately selected for a navy-yard and naval depot, by the navy commis- 
 sioners, and approved by the President of the United States. 
 
 Claims to lands SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the claims to lots in report L, 
 in report L, with w ith the exception of that on the square Ferdinand Seventh, be, and 
 the exception of tlie game are nere | ) y > approved and confirmed, so far as the United 
 square "rerdi- States have any title to the same, without prejudice to the rights of the 
 nand Seventh, corporation: and the lots reserved for market house and other public 
 confirmed, &c. U8 es, in the plan of the Constitutional Cabildo, are relinquished and 
 confirmed to the corporation of Pensacola ; and the lots reserved and 
 granted for church, parish, vicar, school, and custom-house, are respect- 
 ively set apart and confirmed, for the objects set forth in the decrees of 
 said Cabildo, so far as the United States have any title to the same, 
 Proviso. without prejudice, as aforesaid: Provided, That no claim on the public 
 
 squares of Seville, Ferdinand Seventh, and the square and garden on 
 which the court-house stands, as laid off in said plan of the Cabildo, 
 Proviso as to shall be allowed or recognised as valid, by this act ; And provided also, 
 certain claims. That the confirmation of all the said claims provided for by this act, 
 Confirmation of shall amount only to a relinquishment forever, on the part of the United 
 all claims to States, of any claim whatever to the tract of land, so confirmed or 
 amount, &c. granted. 
 
 Lands fronting SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the lands fronting Pensacola 
 
 Pensacola Bay, g ay> from tne mout h of the Big Bayou, to a line below Tartar Point, 
 
 from sale^orThe an ^ thence back to the Bayou, selected by the navy commissioners, and 
 
 use of the United all the lands fronting said bay, and for one mile back, as far as the 
 
 States. Grand Lagoon, shall be reserved from sale or location, for the use of 
 
 the navy-yard or depot, and for other public works of the United 
 
 States. 
 
 Accounts of the SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers 
 commissioners of o f the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized to re- 
 FJ^rida? )S ceive and adjust the accounts of the commissioners appointed to ascer- 
 tain claims and titles to lands in East and West Florida, for the con- 
 tingent expenses of said commissioners, and to pay the same out of any 
 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 957, 961, 967 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1640, 1641, 1643, 1647, 
 1677, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 May 4, 1826. No. 1637. AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to run and 
 VoL 4, p. 157. mark a line dividing the Territory of Florida from the State of Georgia. 
 
 The President Be it enacted, $c., That the President of the United States of America 
 States % cause ' an< ? k e is hereby, authorized, in conjunction with the constituted 
 to be run and authorities of the State of Georgia, to cause to be run and distinctly 
 marked, the line marked the line dividing the Territory of Florida, from the State of 
 dividing the Ter- Georgia, from the junction of the rivers Chatahoochie and Flint, to 
 rrom T the State 1 of * he head of St> Mar y' 8 River : and for that purpose he is hereby author- 
 Georgia. ize< i to appoint a commissioner, or surveyor, or both, as in his opinion 
 A com mis- may be necessary : Provided, That the line so to be run and marked, 
 sioner to be ap- shall be run straight from the junction of said rivers Chatahoochie and 
 Proviso Flint, to the point designated as the head of St. Mary's River, by the 
 commissioners appointed under the third article of the treaty of friend- 
 ship, limits, and navigation, between the United States of America and 
 the King of Spain, made at San. Lorenzo el Real, on the seven and 
 twentieth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five : 
 compensation. And provided, also, That the compensation to be allowed to the person 
 or persons, so to be appointed by the President of the United States, 
 shall not exceed in amount the compensation allowed by the govern- 
 ment of Georgia to the person or persons appointed on its pait, for the 
 same object. 
 
FLOKIDA. 667 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the person or persons, so to be Two fair drafts 
 appointed by the President of the United States, with such as have been or maps to be 
 or shall be appointed for the same purpose, on the part of the State of ^j 6 &c ertl 
 Georgia, after they, in conjunction, shall have run and distinctly marked 
 said line, shall make two fair drafts, or maps thereof, both of which 
 shall be certified by them, and one of which shall be deposited in the 
 office of the Secretary of State for the United States, and the other de- 
 livered to the Governor of Georgia. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this Appropriation, 
 act into execution, the sum of five thousand dollars be, and hereby is, 
 appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1499, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1646, 1673, 1674. 
 
 No. 1638.- AN ACT for the relief of William Hambly and Edmund Doyle. May 16, 1826. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That; there be granted to William Hambly and Ed- 
 
 mund Doyle, each, a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres, in one A tract of land 
 body, in lieu of tracts of the same quantity, which they respectively g^u of 
 claimed, and were entitled to by the opinion of the commissioners for 
 ascertaining claims and titles to land in West Florida, situated on the 
 Appalachicola River, and which, by a late treaty with the Indians of 
 the Territory of Florida, were reserved for chiefs, to be located on un- 
 inhabited lands, under the direction of the receiver and register of the 
 land office of West Florida, within twelve months from the passage of 
 this act ; and that they be, respectively, entitled to patents for the same, 
 upon the presentation of certificates of survey thereof, to the Commis- 
 sioner of the General Land Office ; and that, if the location be not made 
 before the survey of the public lands, the said tract shall be bounded 
 by sectional lines : Provided, That this act shall only be considered as a 
 relinquishment of title on the part of the United States. 
 
 No. 1639. AN ACT to provide for the location of the two townships of land re- Jan. 29, 1827. 
 served for a seminary of learning in the Territory of Florida, and to complete the Vol. 4, p. 201. 
 location of the grant to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky. 
 
 Tie it enacted, $~c., That the township of land reserved in the district The township 
 of East Florida, by an act of Congress, approved the third day of of land reserved 
 March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- three, for a seminary j 0rBl . senainar ?,^ 
 of learning, shall be located east of the Appalachicola River, and may dlstrictf'of ^as^ 
 be located in sections corresponding with any of the legal divisions into Florida, by act of 
 
 ,"U2-,"U x"U ~ -~._i,i' i Ji -_ _ .LI ji j_ _ -i _ t i i i njr n . n .'U <*A -i o.io 
 
 aforesaid act, so far as it is covered by the claims of those entitled to 
 the right of pre-emption, by the act approved the twenty-second of 
 April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, shall be located in 
 sections upon any unappropriated lands in said district of country, 
 until the amount taken by said interferences shall be satisfied and dis- 
 charged. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislative Power given to 
 council of said Territory shall have power to take possession of the the governor to 
 lands granted for the use of schools and for a seminary of learning, and lease the same - 
 to lease the same from year to year ; and the money arising from the 
 rent of said lands shall be appropriated to the use of schools, and the 
 erection of a seminary of learning, in such manner as they may direct; 
 and they shall have power to pass laws for the preservation of said lands 
 from intrusion, and trespass until Florida shall be admitted into the 
 Union as a State, (a) 
 
 **#***# 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1655, 1674. 
 
668 FLORIDA. 
 
 Pflb 8 1827 No 1640. AN ACT to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land 
 VoL 4, p 202. claims in East Florida, and for other purposes. 
 
 Decisions made Be it enacted, fc., That all the decisions made by the commissioners 
 by the commis- appointed to ascertain claims and titles to land in the district of East 
 sioners appointed Fj or id a an d those recommended for confirmation, under the quantity 
 cM a s Ce &c ai toof three thousand five hundred acres, in favour of claimants to lands 
 land ' in East and lots, contained in the reports, abstracts, and opinions, of said corn- 
 Florida, contain- missioners, which have been transmitted to the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ed in their re- urv> accor di Dg to law, and referred by him to Congress, on the twenty- 
 tted to C thele first of February, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and the twenty- 
 re tary of the first of February, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, be, and the same 
 Treasury, c o n - are hereby, confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the conflicting Spanish claims, 
 flictlmTspanish reported in obedience to the fourth section of an act of Congress, ap- 
 claimsconnrmed. proved May the eighth, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled 
 "An act for ascertaining claims and titles to lands in the Territory of 
 Proviso. Florida," be, and the same are hereby confirmed ; Provided, That this 
 
 confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment of the title of the 
 Proviso. United States: Provided further, That nothing in the aforegoing sec- 
 
 tions shall be construed to prevent or bar the judicial decision between 
 persons claiming titles to the lands confirmed. 
 
 Commons in SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commons in the city of St. 
 the city of Saint Augustine be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the corporation of 
 
 taned'fafthe cor- ***<* cit ^' to the 8ame extent that thev were U8ed claimed and enjoyed 
 poration under the Spanish Government. And the parochial church and burying- 
 
 Parochial ground in possession of the Roman Catholic congregation are confirmed 
 church, &c., con- ^ o them.: and the old Episcopal church lot is, hereby, relinquished and 
 Ola Episcopal confirmed to the Incorporated Episcopal church of St. Augustine : Pro- 
 church lot relin- vided always, That the grants in this section specified shall forever inure 
 quished. to the purposes for which they are confirmed, and shall not be alienated 
 
 without the consent of Congress. 
 
 Duty of thesec' SEC. 4. And belt further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sec- 
 retary of the late retary of the late board of commissioners to deliver over to the receiver 
 ers - and register, to be appointed for the district of East Florida, all records, 
 evidence, and papers, in the possession of said board, relating to claims 
 Duty of the and titles to land, in said district ; and it shall be the duty of said re- 
 register and re- ceiver and register, to examine and decide all claims and titles to land, 
 in East Florida, not heretofore decided by the late board of commis- 
 sioners, subject to the limitations, and in conformity with the provisions 
 of the several acts of Congress providing for the adjustment of private 
 land claims in Florida. 
 
 Claimants to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several claimants to land in 
 la inf 8 h V who8 8a id district, whose claims have not been heretofore decided on or filed, 
 been 18 heretofore bef re the late board of commissioners, be permitted to file their claims, 
 decided on, or and the evidence in support of them, with the register and receiver of 
 filed, to file them said district, and evidence in support of those filed before said board, at 
 fore n the 1I l8t of any time before the firet of November next, whose duty it shall be to 
 November next. re P r t the same, with their decision thereon, and those already filed, to 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first day of January, 
 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to be laid before Con- 
 gress at the next session. 
 
 Receiver and SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the receiver and register shall 
 register to re- have power to appoint a clerk, and prescribe his duties ; and the receiver 
 annralcom^ and re g ister 8na11 eacn *>e entitled to receive the sum of fifteen hundred 
 sation, *i,500,and dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly out of any money in the Treas- 
 to appoint a clerk ury not otherwise appropriated, as a full compensation for the per- 
 ^ n^ti f n ryformance of tlieir dnties as receiver and register, and the additional 
 duties required by this act, and shall not be allowed any other fees or 
 commissions whatever ; and the clerk appointed by them shall be al- 
 lowed the sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid quarterly out of any 
 Keepers of the monev in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 public archives SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the keepers of public archives 
 to furnish to the of East and West Florida shall furnish to the surveyor of public lands 
 fk^amhHn Flor-' in Florida > without delay, a description of each claim to laud, which 
 iua, a description 8Da11 nave Deen confirmed, which shall specially designate the quantity, 
 of each claim to locality and connection of such claim ; and where the confirmation may 
 which Tallin! have been made on a g rant r survey, a copy of the courses and dis- 
 mally designate tance8 contained in such grant or survey, and the date of the survey or 
 the quantity, &c., grant ; and it shall be the duty of the surveyor of public lands in Florida, 
 of such claim. to cause, under such instructions as he may receive from the Treasury 
 
FLORIDA. 669 
 
 Department, the said claims to be surveyed, and connected with the 
 township lines of the public surveys, and to give to them their proper 
 township and sectional numbers, agreeably to such descriptions ; and 
 he shall make separate plats and certificates of survey of the same, one 
 of which shall be returned to the office of the register of the land office 
 for the district in which the land may lie, and the other shall be deliv- 
 ered to the claimant. But it shall be the duty of the surveyor to with- 
 hold his certificate, if he shall have reason to believe that the lands 
 claimed are other lands than those intended to be confirmed; or if it shall 
 appear that the survey, under which the land is claimed, has been made 
 subsequent to the date of the survey under which the claim was con- 
 firmed. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the said tracts of land Dutyofthe 
 shall have been thus surveyed, and the surveys thereof returned to the re s}?* r to , issue 
 office of the proper register, it shall be the duty of the said register to Sro Jf BtaJ' 
 issue certificates in favour of the claimants entitled thereto ; and, if it ants. 
 shall appear, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, that the certificates have been fairly obtained, and corre- 
 spond with the transcripts transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 and the plat returned by the surveyor, patents shall be granted, in 
 like manner as is provided by law for the other public lands of the 
 United States. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of the public Duty of the 
 lands shall designate on the township plats the claims for which he surveyor. 
 shall have refused to issue his certificates of survey. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the expense of surveying all Expense of 
 
 claims founded on surveys or grants shall be paid by the United States : 
 
 Provided, The same shall not exceed four dollars per mile, for every ed states. 
 mile actually run and marked. 
 
 SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That no patent shall issue, without Patents. 
 the consent of the parties, for lands, the claims to which may have been 
 confirmed on surveys, which interfere with each other, until a legal 
 decision shall have been had on the same. 
 
 SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the holders of claims over Course to be 
 three thousand five hundred acres, which have been filed with the com- pursued by the 
 missioners, or with the register and receiver of the land office for West over three tS 
 Florida, acting as commissioners for adjudicating on claims, or of claims sand five hun- 
 which have been filed with the commissioners for adjudicating claims dred acres. 
 to land in East Florida, or which, under the provisions of this act, may 
 be filed with the register and receiver of the land office for East Flor- 
 ida, and which claims have not been reported against by the said com- 
 missioners, or by the register and receiver, shall cause the same to be so 
 connected with 'the township lines of the public surveys, and shall fur- 
 nish to the surveyor of the public lands in Florida, such information 
 as will enable him to exhibit, accurately, the said claims on his town- 
 ship plats, and the lands thus claimed shall be reserved from sale : Pro- Proviso. 
 vided, The information required to enable the surveyor to exhibit them 
 on the township plats, shall have been furnished to him within one year 
 after the lines of the townships, within which such claims may lie, 
 shall have been run ; or, where the township lines have already been 
 run, within one year from the passage of this act. 
 
 SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Duty of the 
 register and receiver at Tallahassee, to deliver over to the keeper of the re g is t er an ^ T& - 
 public archives of West Florida, all the records and papers of the late ce 
 board of commissioners for West Florida ; and it shall be the duty of 
 the register and receiver of the land office for East Florida, to deliver 
 to the keeper of the public archives of East Florida, all the records 
 and papers of the late board of commissioners for East Florida, relating 
 to claims confirmed by this act. (a) 
 
 SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the The governor 
 governor and legislative council to sell one of the reserved quarter-sec- council &8 io a seU 
 tions of land, near Tallahassee, and apply the proceeds to the erection one of the re- 
 of public buildings ; and it shall be lawful for them to reserve such served quarter- 
 portion of the quarter- section to the town of Tallahassee, contiguous sections of land 
 to the creek and water-fall, as may, in their opinion, contribute to the ^d apply the 
 health and convenience of the inhabitants ; and they shall have power proceeds to the 
 to pass laws for the preservation of, and expulsion from, the other two erection of public 
 reserved quarter-sections, all intruders, and to abate all nuisances ; buildings. 
 which said two reserved quarter-sections shall be reserved for, and 
 vested in, the State, should that Territory ever be erected into one. (&) 
 
G70 FLORIDA. 
 
 Persons whose SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the three persons whose im- 
 improvement s pro vements were included in the reserves made to certain Indian chiefs, 
 were included in j n ^ e treaty with the Florida Indians, of the eighteenth of September, 
 t he r rtatoludian one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, shall be entitled to a pre- 
 chiefs in the eruption to the same quantity of land, in said district, upon the same 
 treaty of Sept, terms and conditions as other pre-emptions, to be located under the di- 
 isth.* ic-i), enti- ration of the receiver and register, upon the production of proof that 
 
 tion to ? the y would have V een entitled to the provisions of the act granting the 
 quantity of land, right of pre-emption, if the reserves had not been made. 
 
 (a) See Xos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1641, 1643, 1647, 
 1677 1699, 1700. 1701. 1704, 1710. 
 
 (&) See STos. 1632, 1642, 1674. 
 
 May 23, 1828. No. 1641. AN ACT supplementary to the several acts providing for the settle- 
 Vol. 4. p. 284*. ment and confirmation of private land claims in Florida. 
 
 The three Be it enacted, $c., That the three claims to land in the district of West 
 
 claims to land in Florida, contained in the reports of the commissioners, and numbered 
 
 the district of f onrj eight, and ten, excluding from the latter the land contained in 
 
 contained inthe certificate, and in the plats A. and C., and the claims contained in the 
 
 reports of the reports of the commissioners of East Florida, and in the reports of the 
 
 commissioners, receiver and register, acting as such, made in pursuance of the several 
 
 "n^io^exc'lud acts of Congress providing for the settlement of private land claims in 
 
 in<* from the lat- Florida, and recommended for confirmation by said commissioners, and 
 
 ter the land con- by the register and receiver, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to 
 
 tained in certifi- the extent of the quantity contained in one league square, to be located 
 
 olats A^aml ^ bv tlie claimants, or their agents, within the limits of such claims or 
 
 &c., confirmed. ' surveys tiled, as aforesaid, before the said commissioners, or receiver and 
 
 register, which location shall be made within the bounds of the original 
 
 grant, in quantities of not less than one section, and to be bounded by 
 
 sectional lines. 
 
 Xo more than SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no more than the quantity of 
 the quantity of acre s contained in a league square, shall be confirmed within the bounds 
 Salla-Squlre of an y one S rant : and no confirmation shall be effectual until all the 
 shall be confirm- parties in interest, under the original grant, shall file with the register 
 ed within the and receiver of the district where the grant may be situated, a full and 
 bounds of any fi na j re lease of all claim to the residue contained in the grant : and 
 DO grant. &c. w bere there shall be any minors incapable of acting within said Terri- 
 tory of Florida, a relinquishment by the legal guardian shall be suffi- 
 cient ; and thereafter the excess in said grants, respectively, shall be 
 liable to be sold as other public lands of the United States. 
 
 All the deci- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the decisions made by the 
 sions made by register and receiver of the district of East Florida, acting ex officio, as 
 of thefsSct of commissioners, in pursuance of an act of Congress, approved the eighth 
 East Florida, as of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, authorizing 
 commissioners them to ascertain and decide claims and titles to lauds in the district, 
 underlet of Feb. aforesaid, and those recommended for confirmation under the quantity 
 mended' fo^Ton- ^ * nree thousand five hundred acres, contained in the reports, abstracts, 
 firmation, con- and opinions, of the said register and receiver, transmitted to the Secre- 
 firmed. tary of the Treasury, according to law, and referred by him to Congress, 
 
 on che twenty-ninth January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 eight, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. The confirmations au- 
 thorized by this act shall operate only as a release of any claim had by 
 the United States, and not to affect the interest of third persons. 
 Register and SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receiver 
 amfneT d*d ? f & ^^\ continue to examine and decide the remaining claims in East 
 the remain in| Flori . da > 8ub J ect to the 8ame limitations and in conformity with the 
 claims in East provisions of the several acts of Congress, for the adjustment of private 
 Florida, &c. land claims in Florida, until the first Monday in December next, when 
 they shall make a final report of all the claims, aforesaid, in said dis- 
 trict, to the Secretary of the Treasury; audit shall never be lawful, 
 after that time, for any of the claimants to exhibit any further evidence 
 in support of said claims. And the said register and receiver, and clerk, 
 shall receive the compensation provided in the act aforesaid, to be paid 
 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : Prorided, 
 That the extra compensation of one thousand dollars, each, which is 
 hereby allowed to the register and receiver, for services under and by 
 the provisions of this act, shall not be paid until a report of all the 
 claims be made to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
FLORIDA. 671 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers Accounting 
 of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorize to adjust and pay the officers of the 
 accounts of the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, their con- j^J^Jf t ^ e Jj 
 tingent expenses, and the receiver the compensation heretofore allowed coun t s O f thereg- 
 for bringing their reports to Washington, out of any money in the later and receiv- 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated. er > &c - 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all claims to land within the Claims not de- 
 Territory of Florida, embraced by the treaty between Spain and the ^titd by the 
 United States of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight commissioners to 
 hundred and nineteen, which shall not be decided and finally settled be decided by the 
 under the foregoing provisions of this act, containing a greater quantity judge of the su- 
 of land than the commissioners were authorized to decide, and above ^"district 
 the amount confirmed by this act: and which have not been reported, 
 as antedated or forged by said commissioners, or register and receiver 
 acting as such, shall be received and adjudicated, by the judge of the 
 superior court of the district within which the land lies, upon the peti- 
 tion of the claimant, according to the forms, rules, regulations, condi- 
 tions, restrictions, and limitations prescribed to the district judge, and 
 claimants in the State of Missouri, by act of Congress, approved May 
 twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act en- 
 abling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri, 
 and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to^try the validity 
 of their claims :" Provided, That nothing in this section shall be con- Proviso, 
 strued to authorize said judges to take cognisance of any claim annulled 
 by the said treaty, or the decree ratifying the same by the King of 
 Spain, nor any claim not presented to the commissioners or register and 
 receiver, in conformity to the several acts of Congress, providing for 
 the settlement of private land claims in Florida. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Claimant may 
 claimants to lands, as aforesaid, to take an appeal, as directed in the appeal to the Su- 
 act aforesaid, from the decision of the judge of the district, to the Su- Preme Court of 
 preme Court of the United States, within four months after the decision states "within 
 shall be pronounced ; and the said judges shall each be entitled to re- four months after 
 ceive the extra compensation given to the district judge of Missouri, for the decision shall 
 the performance of the duties required by this act, out of any money in *| e pronounced, 
 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act, the Costs, 
 provisions of which, so far as they are applicable, and are not altered 
 by this act, are hereby extended to the Territory of Florida, as subjects 
 the claimants to the payment of costs in any case where the decision 
 may be in favour of their claims, be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; 
 and the costs shall abide the decision of the cause as in ordinary causes 
 before the said court. And so much of the said act as requires the Repeal of cer- 
 claimants to make adverse claimants parties to their suits, or to show tain provisions, 
 the court what adverse claimants there may be to the land claimed of 
 the United States, be also hereby repealed. 
 
 SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the at- Attorney o f 
 torney of the United States for the district in which the suits authorized t h e U n i ted 
 by this act shall be instituted, in every case where the decision is Strict inwhich 
 against the United States, to make out and transmit to the Attorney- the suits author- 
 General of the United States, a statement, containing the facts of the ized by this act 
 case, and the points of law on which the same was decided : and it shall ^all be institut - 
 be the duty of the Attorney-General, in all cases where the claim exceeds ^ere ^he^d^ci^ 
 one league square, and in all other cases, if he shall in such latter cases 8 i n is against 
 think the decision of the district judge is erroneous, to direct an appeal the United 
 to be made to the Supreme Court of the United States, and to appear St t te8| d ^JJjSt 
 for the United States, and prosecute such appeal : which appeal in be- ^ the Attorney- 
 half of the United States may be granted at any time within six months General a state- 
 after the rendition of the judment appealed from, or at any time before ment containing 
 the expiration of the term thereof, which may commence next after the tne P|; S of 
 expiration of said six months ; and it shall be the further duty of the dis- 
 trict attorney to observe the instruction given to him by the Attorney- 
 General in that respect. 
 
 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Pres- The President 
 ident of the United States to appoint a law agent, whose special duty it of the United 
 shall be to superintend the interests of the United States in the premises, ta s ^eSt.to 
 to continue him in place as long as the public interest requires his con- superintend, &c. 
 tinuance; and to allow such pay to the agent as the President may 
 think reasonable. It shall also be the duty of said agent to collect tes- Duty of the 
 timony in behalf of the United States, and to attend, on all occasions, agent. 
 
(,72 FLORIDA. 
 
 when said claimants may take depositions ; and no deposition so taken 
 by them shall be read as evidence, unless said agent or district attorney 
 shall have been notified, in writing, of the time and place of taking 
 them, so long previotfs to said time as to afford to him an opportunity 
 of being present. 
 
 The President SEC. 11. And be It further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the 
 to appoint assist- President to employ assistant counsel, if in his opinion the public in- 
 ant counsel. terest shall require the same : and to allow to such counsel and the dis- 
 trict attorney, such compensation as he may think reasonable. 
 
 Claims to lands, SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That any claims to lands, tone- 
 Ac., within the m ents, or hereditaments, within the purview of this act, which shall 
 purview of this not be Drou ght by petition before said court within one year from the 
 redafteM.Se pas- passage of this act, or which, after being brought before said court, 
 sage of this act, shall, on account of the neglect or delay of the claimant, not be prose- 
 if,&c. cuted to a final decision within two years, shall be forever barred, both 
 
 at law and in equity ; and no other action at common law, or proceed- 
 ing in equity, shall ever thereafter be sustained in any court whatever. 
 Decrees ren- SEC. 13, And be it further enacted, That the decrees which may be ren- 
 dered by said dis- dered by said district, or the Supreme Court of the United States, shall 
 C^rt^TJ nTtTd be conclusive between the United States and the said claimants only, 
 States to be con- and shall not affect the interest of third persons, (a) 
 
 elusive, &c. ( a ) See Nos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1643, 1647, 
 
 1677, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 March 2, 1829. IVo. 1 642. AN" ACT to authorize the establishment of a town, on land reserved for 
 VoL 4, p. 357. the use of schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certain reserved quart er- 
 _ sections^of laud for the seat of government in Florida. 
 
 Certain voters Be it enacted, #c., That it shall and may be lawful for the qualified 
 in Jackson Conn- voters in township five, range eleven, north and west, in the county of 
 
 eTect com^nis^ Jackson, in the Territory of Florida, to elect, in such manner as may be 
 
 eect comnis , , , 
 
 sioners to lay off directed by the county court of said county, three fit and discreet com- 
 a town on school missioners, who shall be, and they are hereby, authorized, by and with 
 lands, &c. tne consent of the voters of said township, to be obtained in such man- 
 
 ner as the said county court shall direct, to lay off and establish a town 
 on one quarter or two adjoining eighths of the sixteenth section of the 
 township and range aforesaid, reserved by law for the use of schools, 
 To sell half the and to make sale of one-half of the lots at public auction ; and the money 
 lots, &c. arising from said sales shall be paid into the Territorial treasury, for the 
 
 For benefit of sole use and benefit of common schools in said township, which said 
 schools. sum shall be subject to such laws as may hereafter be passed, for form- 
 
 ing a permanent fund from the said reserved lands, for the support of 
 ( ommissioners common schools ; and the said commissioners shall give bond and secu- 
 to give bond and rity, to the satisfaction of the ounty court, for the performance of the 
 duties under this act, and the payment of the money arising from the 
 sales of the lots as aforesaid, (a) 
 
 Certain re- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following quarter-sections 
 
 served lands of land which have been heretofore reserved from sale, to wit: the 
 
 3r ' northeast and northwest quarters of section thirty-six, in township one, 
 
 of range one, north and west ; the northeast, southwest, and southeast 
 
 quarters of section one, in township one, of range one, south and west ; 
 
 and the southwest quarter of section six, in township one, of range one, 
 
 south and east, shall be granted to the Territory of Florida. 
 
 Governor and SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislative 
 
 council to select council of Florida, or a majority of them, be, and hereby are, authorized 
 
 tions q &c ! ~ to 8elect an y two of tue aforesaid quarter-sections of land, to be reserved 
 
 for, and vested in, the State, should the Territory of Florida ever be 
 
 erected into one, in conformity to the provisions of the fourteenth sec- 
 
 tion of the act passed on the eighth of February, one thousand eight 
 
 Residue to be hundred and twenty -seven ; and the residue of the above-described 
 
 sold, &c. quarter-sections of land, or any part thereof, including so much of the 
 
 northeast quarter of section one, in township one, of range one, eouth 
 
 and west, contiguous to the creek and water-fall, as shall not be re- 
 
 served, agreeably to the provisions of the act above mentioned, for the 
 
 town of Tallahassee, shall be sold in such manner, and at such time, as 
 
 Proceeds ap- the governor and legislative council of Florida may deem proper, and 
 
 WM- t0 - pU T h i C tne Proceeds applied to the erection of public buildings in Tallahassee; 
 
 lahassef an y act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding. (6) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1635, 1649, 1665, 1668, 1G74, 
 (6) See Kos. 1632, 1640, 1674. 
 
FLORIDA. 673 
 
 No. 1643. AN ACT to provide for the final settlement of land claims in Florida. May 26, 1830. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all the claims and titles to land filed before ' p ' 1__ 
 the register and receiver of the land office, acting as commissioners, in Certain claims 
 the district of East Florida, under the quantity contained in one league o n armed, ex- 
 square, which have been decided and recommended for confirmation, 
 contained in the reports, abstracts and opinions, of said register and 
 receiver, transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, according to 
 law, and referred by him to Congress, on the fourteenth day of Janu- 
 ary, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby 
 confirmed, with the exception of such claims as were confirmed by the 
 Spanish Government, subsequent to the twenty-fourth of January, one 
 thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which shall be re-examined and Keport ^ be 
 reported, with the evidence by the register and receiver, before the next i a ia before Con- 
 session of Congress, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be laid before gress. 
 Congress. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the conflicting Spanish Conflicting 
 claims, reported in obedience to the fourth section of the act of Con- Spanish claims 
 gress, approved May the eighth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- co 
 two, and recommended for confirmation as valid titles, be, and the same 
 are hereby, confirmed, so far as the United States have any title to the 
 same. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all claims derived from the Certain other 
 former British Government, contained in the reports of the commission- claims confirmed, 
 ers of East Florida, or the register and receiver, acting as such, who did 
 not avail themselves of the provisions of the treaty between Spain and 
 England, signed at Versailles on the twentieth of January, one thousand 
 seven hundred and eighty-three, by leaving said province, but who 
 remained in the same, and became Spanish subjects, and whose titles 
 were approved by the Spanish authorities, and have been recommended 
 for confirmation by said commissioners, or register and receiver, acting 
 as such, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining claims which Remaining 
 have been presented according to law, and not finally acted upon, shall claims to be set- 
 be adjudicated and finally settled upon the same conditions, restrictions, t * et *' 
 and limitations, in every respect, as are prescribed by the act of Con- 
 gress, approved twenty-third May, one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty- eight, entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts pro- 
 viding for the settlement and confirmation o'f private land claims in 
 Florida." 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- Disposition of 
 ister and receiver to deliver over all papers relative to private land papers relative 
 claims in East Florida to the keeper of the public archives. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all confirmations of land titles, Operation of 
 under this act, shall only operate as a relinquishment of the right of confirmation, 
 the United States to the said lands respectively, and shall not be con- 
 strued either as a guarantee of any such titles, or in any manner affect- 
 ing the rights of other persons to the same lands. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of twenty-third 
 of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, as directed that 
 the selection of claimants who availed themselves of the first section 
 of said act by accepting a quantity equal to one league square within 
 their respective grants, which confined the selection to sectional lines, 
 shall not be held to extend to the selection by the claimants of a greater 
 quantity than a section, but the said claimants who have, or may here- 
 after select, under the provisions of said law, any quantity equal to the 
 amount granted in bodies larger than a section in the form of any Span- 
 ish survey, or plat of survey, or where the sections are broken by any 
 river, the said land so selected, or which may ba so selected, is hereby 
 confirmed to said claimants ; and it shall be the duty of the surveyor- 
 general to make a survey and certificate of all such claims, to return the 
 same to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and thereupon a 
 
 Eatent shall issue to the original grantee, or to his assignee, if the land 
 as been sold or transferred to any other person, or to the legal owner 
 by purchase or descent. 
 
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the claimants, who are entitled Time for relin- 
 to the provisions of that act, or who may avail themselves of the fore- quishment er- 
 going provisions of this act, by taking a quantity equal to a league tended, 
 square in lieu of the whole grant, shall be, and they are hereby, allowed 
 the further time of one year, from the passage of this act, to execute 
 43 L O VOL II 
 
674 
 
 FLORIDA. 
 
 Title deeds. 
 
 Ma; 
 
 their relinquishments, and to file their acceptance of the-provisions of 
 
 SEC. 9.' And le it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the reg- 
 isters and receivers to restore to the claimants the title deeds on which 
 they may have finally rejected the claims, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1623, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1647, 1677, 
 1699,1700,1701,1704,1710. 
 
 May sw, is-iu 
 Vol. 6, p. 444. 
 
 No. 1644. AN ACT for the relief of Alexander Love. 
 
 e n enacted, #c., That Alexander Love be, and he is hereby, con- 
 Land title con- nrme d in his title to two thousand arpents of land situated on the east 
 rmed< side of the river Perdido, in the Territory of Florida, to be located ac- 
 cording to a plat and survey made of the same, on the tenth of April, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-one. And the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 eral Land Office, upon being presented with a plat and survey of said 
 land, regularly made as aforesaid, shall issue a patent therefor : Pro- 
 vided, That this act shall amount only to a reliuquishment on the part 
 of the United States, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third 
 persons, or claim derived from the United States by purchase or dona- 
 
 firmed 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 tion. 
 
 March 2, 1831. No. 1645. AN ACT to authorize the Territory of Florida to open a canal through 
 VoL 4, p. 474. the public lands between Chipola River and Saint Andrew's Bay, in West Florida. 
 
 Condition. 
 
 Canal route Be it enacted, #c., That the Territory of Florida be, and is hereby, 
 granted. authorized to survey and mark, through the public lands of the United 
 
 States, the route of a canal, by which to connect the navigation of 
 the river Chipola and Saint Andrew's Bay, in West Florida, and to cut 
 the same through the public lands; and ninety feet of land on each 
 side of said canal shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United 
 States, and the use thereof be for ever vested in the Territory, or such 
 company as shall be organized by them, for a canal, and for no other 
 purpose whatever. 
 
 SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That if the said Territory shall not 
 survey, and direct by law, said canal to be opened, and furnish the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office a map thereof, within two 
 years from and after the date of this act, or if the said canal be not 
 completed suitably for navigation within five years thereafter, or if 
 said land hereby granted shall ever cease to be used and occupied for 
 the purpose of constructing and keeping in repair a canal suitable for 
 navigation, the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void and of no 
 effect : Provided, That nothing in this act contained, or that shall be 
 done in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed to imply any obligation, on 
 the part of the United States, to appropriate money to defray the ex- 
 pense of surveying or opening said canal : And provided likewise, That 
 the said canal when completed by said Territory, or by an incorpo- 
 rated company under the authority of the same, shall be, and for ever 
 remain, a public highway for the use of the Government of the United 
 States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the 
 United States, or persons in their service on public business passing 
 through the same. 
 
 Adjacentlands. SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That every section of land through 
 which said canal route may pass, shall be, and the same is hereby, re- 
 served from sale under the direction of the Government of the United 
 States, until hereafter specially directed by law ; and the said Terri- 
 tory, or company incorporated by them, are hereby authorized, without 
 waste, to use any materials on the public lands adjacent to said canal 
 that may be necessary to its construction. 
 
 Other canal SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Territory, or any in- 
 route granted, corporated company under their authority, be, and they are hereby, 
 authorized to open through the public lands of the United States, a 
 canal from Matanzas to Halifax River, in East Florida, upon the same 
 conditions, restrictions and limitations, in every respect, as are pre- 
 scribed in the foregoing provisions of this act; and the same lands shall 
 be reserved, in like manner, for the objects specified, and for no other. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
FLORIDA. 675 
 
 No. 1 646. AN ACT to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama March 2, 1831. 
 and the Territory of Florida, * * * and for other purposes. Vol. 4, p. 479. 
 
 [See ALABAMA, No. 1499.] 
 
 No. 1647. AN ACT to direct the manner of issuing patents on confirmed land Jan. 23, 1832. 
 claims in the Territory of Florida. Vol. 4, p. 496. 
 
 Be U enacted, #c., That all patents that are, or may be, by law, di- Patenta may 
 rected to be issued on private land claims confirmed by the conimis- be issued to the 
 eioners of private land claims, and by the several acts of Congress ap- present owner, 
 proving their reports and confirming the titles to lands in the Territory 
 of Florida, shall be, and they are hereby, required to be issued to the 
 confirmees, or to the assignee, or present owner, where the land has 
 been sold or transferred since the confirmation of the title; and it 
 shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon 
 the production of satisfactory proof of the death of the confirmee, or 
 upon the production of a regular chain of title from the confirmee, to 
 cause the patent to be issued to the heirs, and legal representatives, or 
 to the assignees of the confirmee, as the case may be. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634,1636, 1640, 1641,1643, 1677, 
 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 No. 1 648. AN ACT making provision for the sale and disposition of the public June 28, 1832. 
 
 grounds in the cities of St. Augustine and Pensacola, and to reserve certain lots Vol. 4, p. 550. 
 
 and buildings for public purposes, and to provide for their repair and preserva- 
 
 tion. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the President of the United States be, and he . Lots and build- 
 is hereby, required to cause to be selected such of the lots and buildings e^forthe^seof 
 in the city of St. Augustine and of Pensacola, as may, in his opinion, the United 
 be needed for public purposes ; which, when so selected, shall be kept States, 
 for the use of the United States ; and when the selection shall have been 
 made of such lots or buildings, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Public and pri- 
 the Treasury to cause to be surveyed all the public and private lots and vate lots, &c. 
 commons in and about the said cities ; one copy of which survey shall copies of sur- 
 be lodged in the land offices in which the respective places are situated, vey. 
 and the other copy delivered to the city authorities, to be there kept 
 and preserved as other records pertaining to the corporations of said 
 cities. 
 
 SEC. 2. And ~be it further enacted, That the lots, buildings, and com- Sale of certain 
 mons, not so set apart or needed for public purposes, shall at such time, and common^Iu- 
 and in such proportions or sizes as may be deemed most advisable and thorized. 
 conducive to the interest of the United States and the said cities, be 
 sold at public auction as other public lands, and the money arising from 
 the sales paid into the Treasury of the United States : Provided, That Proviso, 
 nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize the sale of any lot 
 or parts of lots, or other grounds which have been by the laws of Spain 
 or the United States vested, in the corporations of said towns, or which 
 have been set apart for churches or burying-grounds by the laws afore- 
 said, or by any ordinance of the corporate authorities of the said cities. 
 
 SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That the title to the lot of ground in Grant of lot 
 St. Augustine, known as the Old or Burnt Hospital Lot, with all its ap- whereon to erect 
 purtenances, be. and the same is hereby, vested in the mayor of St. purpose? of "eaS 
 Augustine, and his successor for ever, in trust, for the purpose of erect- cation, 
 ing thereon, by the local authorities of St. Augustine, buildings neces- 
 sary for the education of free white children of both sexes. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President shall cause the Buildings s e - 
 buildings which may be selected for public purposes under this act, to lected for public 
 be refitted and repaired fit for use, and the better to preserve them from pur P.!^ s & * 
 ruin and dilapidation, for which purpose, the sum of five thousand dol- Appropriation. 
 lars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated. 
 
 No. 1649. AN ACT to authorize the disposition of the fund arising from the sale July i4 > ig32. 
 
 of a quarter- section of land, reserved for the use of schools, in Florida. vol. 4, p. 601. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the commissioners elected by the qualified 
 
 voters in township five, range eleven, north and west, in the county of 
 
 , , , uthrzeito 
 
 Jackson, in the Territory of Florida, in obedience to an act of Congress, v ^ t m0 ney aris- 
 entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of a town on land re- ing from sale of 
 served for the use of schools, &c.," approved the second of March, one certain laud in 
 
676 FLORIDA. 
 
 eorne productive thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, be, and they are hereby, au- 
 
 fund. thorized to vest the money arising from the sale in said act authorized, 
 
 Proceeds to be . gome prO( i uc tive fund under the authority of the governor and legis- 
 
 mon schools. 00111 " lative council of the Territory, the proceeds of which shall for ever be 
 
 applied to common schools in said township. 
 
 rom i,,inTrfl SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners be, and 
 authSdtoseUthey are hereby authorized to make sale of the remainder of said lots to 
 remainder of lots, be applied to the objects aforesaid ; and all provisions of the act af ore- 
 Ac. sa j ( j > inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed : 
 Proviso Provided, That the governor and legislative council of said Territory au- 
 thorize such sale, with the assent of the majority of the inhabitants of 
 said township, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1635, 1642, 1665, 1668, 1774. 
 
 Julv 14 1832. No. 1650. AN ACT for the relief of Mary Daws, Eobert Bond, James Patridge, 
 Vol 6 p 52?T an( ^ John G. Smith. 
 
 Certain per- Be it enacted, #c., That the said Mary Daws, Robert Bond, James 
 sons, upon sur- Patridge and John G. Smith, who respectively, did cultivate and inhabit 
 render of im- i an ds within the Territory of Florida, previous to the first day of Jan- 
 P Ttl D d ei to' t0 r 6 uar y> one thousand eight hundred- and twenty-five, and would have 
 emption riglaij been entitled to pre-emption rights therefor, under the provisions of an 
 &c. ' act of Congress of the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act giving the right of pre-emp- 
 tion, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the States of Ala- 
 bama, Mississippi, and Territory of Florida ; " had not the lands by 
 them so cultivated and inhabited, in manner aforesaid, fallen within 
 the reservations made by the treaty with the Florida Indians on the 
 eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- three, 
 shall be and each of them, upon surrendering their respective improve- 
 ments, are hereby entitled to a pre-emptum right for a quarter-section 
 of land, in the district for the sale of lands, including the improvement, 
 upon paying therefor, at the time of entry, one dollar and twenty- five 
 cents per acre, to the receiver of public moneys at the land office in 
 said district, which pre-emption rights shall be located in the manner 
 pointed out in the above-recited act, and the act therein referred to. 
 
 March 2, 1833. No. 1651. AN ACT to establish a town at St. Marks, in Florida. 
 
 Vol. 4, p. 664. BG ^ enacted ^ ^ That the p r e 8 ident of the United States be, and he 
 Lands to be is hereby, authorized to cause so much of the public lands at or near 
 iid off into town g t; Marks, in the Territory of Florida, as he may deem proper, to be 
 laid off into town lots, not to contain more than one-quarter of an acre 
 each, and into streets, avenues, and out-lots, and public squares, for 
 tho use of the town ; and, whenever the survey of the same shall be 
 completed, it shall be the duty of the surveyor for the Territory of 
 Florida, to cause two plats thereof to be made out, on which the town 
 and out-lots shall respectively be designated by progressive numbers ; 
 one of which shall be transmitted, with a copy of the field-notes, to 
 the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the other to the reg- 
 ister of the land office for the proper, district : Provided, That the Presi- 
 Plan. dent may adopt, if he shall approve such plan as may have been already 
 
 reported to the General Land Office. 
 
 Public sale of SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid town and out- 
 lots, lots at said site, with the exception of such of them as the President may 
 reserve for fortifications, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, 
 under the direction of the register and receiver of the proper land 
 office, at such times and places as the President shall, by public procla- 
 mation, designate for that purpose ; and all lots remaining unsold at 
 Private entry, the closing of the public sales shall be subject to entry at private sale 
 Prices limited. at the P r P er land office : Provided, That no town lot shall be sold for 
 ' less than twenty-five dollars, nor any out-lot for less than at the rate 
 of twenty- five dollars per acre ; and they shall, in every other respect, 
 be sold on the same terms and conditions as are provided for the dispo- 
 sal of the other public lands of the United States. 
 
 Improvements SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That previous to offering the afore- 
 and'out-lots at public sale, the President of the United States 
 
 to be paid for. said town" 
 
FLORIDA. 677 
 
 shall cause the value of any improvements which may have been made 
 
 thereon to be ascertained in such manner as he may prescribe for that 
 
 purpose ; and the purchaser at public sale of any lot upon which there 
 
 are such improvements, other than the owner thereof, shall, in addition 
 
 to the sum to be paid to the United States, be, and hereby is, required 
 
 to pay to the owner of the improvements, the value of them as thus 
 
 ascertained ; and, if payment therefor shall not be made upon the day Paym ent on 
 
 on which the same was purchased, the lot shall be again offered at pub- day of sale, &o. 
 
 lie sale on the next day of sale, and such persons shall not be capable 
 
 of becoming the purchaser of that or of any other lot offered at that 
 
 public sale : Provided, That, if any lot so offered and bid off on the last 
 
 day of the public sale shall not be thus paid for, the same may be en- 
 
 tered at private sale, upon paying to the United States the sum at which 
 
 it was bid off, and to the owner of the improvements the previously 
 
 ascertained value thereof: And provided further, That the President be 
 
 not authorized to offer any part of said town lots for sale, till he shall ^tii, &c. 
 be satisfied that the site proposed for said town is not included within 
 the limits of any conflicting Spanish title, which may not be released, 
 or decided to be invalid, (a} 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 No. 1652. AN ACT to authorize the sale of lots in the town of St. Mark's, in June 30, 1834. 
 
 Florida. Vol. 4, p. 727. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That the President of the United States be, and he Register and 
 is hereby, authorized to direct the register and receiver of the Talla- receiver to sell, 
 hassee laud district to make sale, at public auction, of one-fourth of the 
 lots in the town of St. Mark's, in the Territory of Florida, according to 
 the plan of the surveyor-general of said Territory, as soon as practi- 
 cable after the passage of this act, upon giving two months' public notice 
 of the said sale, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 No. 1653. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs at law of the representatives of June 30, 1834. 
 William Gr. Christopher, deceased. Vol. 6, p. 586. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That the heirs at law of William G. Christopher, Land claim 
 deceased, be confirmed in their title and claim to six hundred and forty confirmed, 
 acres of land at Point Hazard, on Bell's River, on the coast of East 
 Florida ; to be so located as to include the improvements occupied by 
 their ancestor, the said William G. Christopher : Provided, however, That Proviso, 
 this act shall be construed to extend only to a relinquishment of the 
 title of the United States to the said land, and shall not operate to the 
 prejudice of the claims of any other person or persons. 
 
 No. 1654, AN ACT to authorize the construction of a railroad upon the public March 3, 1835. 
 lands, from Tallahassee to St. Marks, in Florida. Vol. 4, p. 778. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa, That the president, directors, and stockholders or- Authority to 
 ganized in virtue of an act of incorporation from the governor and leg- construct road, 
 islative council of the Territory of Florida, be, and they are hereby, 
 authorized to construct said road upon the public lands of the United 
 States, so far as the line of said road has been or shall be made to pass 
 through the same. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be granted to the said Land and tim- 
 railroad company, the land over which the said road shall pass, andber granted to 
 thirty feet on each side of the same ; and the said company shall have the com P an y- 
 the privilege of using the timber on the public lands, for one hundred 
 yards on each side of said railroad, in the construction and repair of 
 said road. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and is hereby, Ten acres of 
 granted to the said railroad company, ten acres of land, at the junction land granted, at 
 of the St. Marks and Waculla rivers, (the point where the road termi- Jo 
 nates,) exclusive of such portions as shall be actually improved by indi- 
 viduals, and now in their occupancy, and also exclusive of such portions 
 as, in the opinion of the President, it may be expedient to preserve for 
 
678 FLORIDA. 
 
 Proviso. the national defence, or other public use : Provided, nevertheless, That 
 
 the several grants contained in this act, shall revert to the Government 
 of the United States, unless the said railroad be begun in five years 
 from the passage of this act, and completed within ten years there- 
 Provisions to & SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That the foregoing provisions shall 
 extend to two extend to two companies organized under the authority of acts of the 
 companies au- legislature of Alabama, and of the governor and legislative council of 
 thorized by acts t ^ T err it; Or y o f Florida, for a railroad from Pensacola to the Chata- 
 Florida hoochee River near Columbus in Georgia, and to such other point des- 
 
 ignated in the act of the legislature of Alabama, in said State: 
 
 P ex And also, another railroad authorized by acts of the legislature of the 
 tendedto rail- State of Georgia, and the Territory of Florida, from the Saint John's 
 road authorized River in East Florida, to the Suwanee River in said Territory, or to 
 by acts of Geor- y acasO in Bay, at the mouth of said river. 
 
 And all the rights, privileges and authority conferred in the first and 
 second sections of this act shall extend to the said companies men- 
 tioned in this section ; and subject to the proviso of the third section, 
 as to the time within which the railroads shall be commenced and com- 
 pleted, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1658, 1659, 1682. 1690, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 Jalv 1 18^6. No. 1655. AN ACT to authorize the governor and legislative council of the Ter- 
 Volf 5 'p. 63. ritory of Florida, to sell the lands heretofore reserved for the benefit of a general 
 
 ' ' ' seminary of learning in said Territory. 
 
 Lands hereto- Be it enacted, #c., That the governor and legislative council of the 
 fore re serve d Territory of Florida shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell 
 old ' and convey, in fee-simple, for the benefit of the University of Florida, 
 of which, Joseph M. White, R. K. Call, Thomas Randall, John G. Gam- 
 ble, Thomas Eston Randolph, Louis M. Goldsborough, Ben. Chaires, 
 Turbutt R. Betton, F. Eppes, E. Loockerman, Fitch W. Taylor, J. Lor- 
 ing Woart, Ashbeel Steel, and J. Edwin Stewart are trustees, any part 
 not exceeding one-half of the two townships of land heretofore reserved 
 and appropriated by Congress for the establishment and support of a 
 seminary of learning in the Territory of Florida, and to appropriate so 
 much of the money arising from the sale thereof, as may be deemed ex- 
 pedient for the erection of commodious and durable buildings for said 
 university ; for the purchase of apparatus, and whatever else may be 
 suitable for such university ; and to invest the remainder in some pro- 
 ductive funds, the proceeds of which shall be devoted for ever to the 
 benefit of said University of Florida, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1639, 1674. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 1656. AN ACT to confirm the title of the heirs of M. de la Carera to a tract of 
 Vol. 6, p. 673. land. 
 
 Grant of land Be it enacted, $c., That a gratuitous grant of seven hundred and 
 
 confirmed. ninety-eight arpens of land, situated on the Escambia River, in West 
 
 Florida, made by the Inten^ant, General Morales, on the fifth of May, 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and nine, to Milan de la Carera, be, and 
 
 the same is hereby, confirmed to the heirs or legal representatives of 
 
 Proviso. said Carera : Provided, That this confirmation shall only operate as a 
 
 relinquishment of the title of the United States. 
 
 July 2, 1836. No. 1657.- AN ACT for the relief of Duncan L. Clinch. 
 
 VoL 6, p. 676. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That Duncan L. Clinch ard John H. Mclntosh, 
 
 , ., . . , 
 
 to assignees of George J. F. Clarke, be authorized to enter, at the minimum 
 er s ol 
 
 erner s ol price ^ which th ) ) 
 
 containing three thousand acres, in Cones' or Moody hammock, south 
 of Mizzell's lagoon, west of the river St. John, upon which they have 
 made their settlements under a grant from Don Jose Coppinger, gov- 
 ernor of that province, dated sixth of April, eighteen hundred and six- 
 teen ; and a survey made by Don Andres Burgevin, bearing date the 
 twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, in lieu of ttfe 
 same quantity of land confirmed to them in another place by the decree 
 
FLORIDA. 679 
 
 of the Supreme Court, at January term, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, 
 in the case of George J. F. Clarke against the United States, upon their 
 filing in the office of the register of public lands for the district of East 
 Florida, a relinquishment of all their right, title, claim, and demand, in 
 and to the land last mentioned. 
 
 No. 1658. AN ACT to authorize certain railroad companies to con struct railroads Jan. 31, 1837. 
 through the public lands in the Territory of Florida. Vol. 5, p. 144. 
 
 Be it enacted, fc., That the East Florida Railroad Company, a corpo- East Florida 
 ration established by an act of the governor and legislative council of Railroad Compa- 
 the Territory of Florida, approved the fourteenth of February, anno Kte andcoS 
 Domini eighteen hundred and thirty -five, be, and they hereby are, struct a railroad] 
 authorized to locate and construct a railroad on the following route, to commencing on 
 wit : commencing on the St. John's River and thence in the most con- *? St. John's 
 venient and suitable direction to Tallahassee or the waters of St. Mark's Klver > &c - 
 River or Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico, or to any other point east of or 
 between the St. Mark's and Appalachicola rivers, which may be selected 
 by said company. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said company is further May pass over 
 authorized, wherever said route shall pass over the public lands of the tne public lands. 
 United States, to locate the same thereon, eighty feet wide ; which said 
 location, if made according to the true intent and meaning of this act, 
 shall be enjoyed by said company so long as they maintain the said road 
 for the public accommodation. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have Timber, &o., 
 the right to take from the said public lands, timber, stone, and earth, 
 whenever it may be convenient for the construction of any part of said 
 way running through the same ; also to deposite and leave such mate- 
 rials upon such lands, whenever it maybe necessary ; also, to cut drains, 
 where necessary, through the same ; and during the period of the con- 
 struction of said way, to occupy said lands along said route, doing as 
 little injury thereto as may be. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to entitle the said company to Conditions to 
 the enjoyment of the privileges herein provided for, they shall comply be complied with 
 with the following conditions, to wit : by said company. 
 
 First, They shall cause the said route, whenever it passes over the 
 public lands, to be surveyed, and the location of the way to be accu- 
 rately delineated in their proper connexion, and a map thereof, and a 
 copy of the locations, to be returned and deposited in the General 
 Land Office, within six months from the date of the final location of 
 the said road. 
 
 Second, They shall cause permanent monuments to be erected along 
 said route, conforming to such locations and maps, defining the limits 
 of the way. 
 
 Third, Wherever the said railway shall intersect a highway or 
 travelled way on the public lands, that way or ways shall be left un- 
 obstructed. 
 
 Fourth, Wherever it shall cross a stream or low grounds, such pro- 
 vision shall be made for draining off the water as to leave the said pub- 
 lic lands uninjured by said railway. 
 
 Fifth, They shall complete the said way within the time provided for 
 in the act of incorporation. 
 
 Sixth, Said location of said way shall be considered and treated as 
 open way, and be kept up as such, and the lands abutting thereon 
 shall be considered as abutting upon a public way. 
 
 SEC. 5. And le it further enacted, That the sections and quarter-sec- p u biic lands to 
 tions of public lands over which the said road may pass, shal-1 be re- be reserved by 
 served by the United States for two years after the final location of* he United 
 the said way ; and to this end the said company shall, as soon as they bt te>8) &c * 
 have resolved to survey or examine any route, give notice to the register Notice to be 
 
 passes, which said last-mentioned lands shall be reserved as aforesaid 
 from sale: Provided, That neither the said company nor any other Proviso, 
 person shall be authorized to settle on the said reserved sections or 
 quarter-sections ; and no person so settling shall acquire thereby a pre- 
 
680 FLORIDA. 
 
 emptive right or claim to the said reserved lands, or to any part thereof; 
 and if said company shall fail to give prompt and seasonable notice in 
 both the above cases, they shall forfeit their privileges under this act. 
 Time for mak- SEC. G. And le it further enacted, That the time for making the sur- 
 ing surveys, &c., vev8 a nd commencing the work, as prescribed in the said act of incor- 
 poration, be, and the same is hereby, extended for one year after the 
 passage of this act. 
 
 Governor, &c., SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the gov- 
 may provide by ernor an( i legislative council of the said Territory, or for the legislature of 
 struc^onof rail- tne State of Florida hereafter, to provide by law for the construction of 
 roads to cross or railroads from the Appalachicola River, or from any other point, to cross 
 intersect, &c. or intersect the above-mentioned railroad, from the Georgia State line 
 
 to the Gulf of Mexico. 
 
 East Florida SEC. 8. And l)e it further enacted, That the said East Florida Railroad 
 K. R. Co. may Company be, and they are hereby authorized to cross the railroad pro- 
 cross proposed ed to be made at a ' ny point between Tallahassee and St. Mark's. 
 
 Florida ma y SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Territory or State of Florida 
 take stock. shall, at the end of twenty years, have the privilege of taking one-fourth 
 of the stock at par, by paying to the company the interest on the in- 
 vestment. 
 
 Acts repealed. SEC. 10. And le it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts of the 
 legislative council of the Territory of Florida, inconsistent with the 
 foregoing provisions, be, and the same are hereby annulled. 
 
 Pensacola and SEC. 11. And le it further enacted, That the Pensacola and Perdido 
 
 Perdido Railroad Railroad Company, organized under acts of the governor and legislative 
 
 mSr?JilII council of the Territory of Florida, and of the State of Alabama, be, and 
 
 from, &c. they are hereby, authorized to make a railroad from Pensacola to the 
 
 Brunswick and waters of Mobile Bay or River; and also, that the Brunswick and Florida 
 
 Florida Railroad Railroad Company, incorporated by an act of the legislature of Georgia, 
 
 extend theirraiE be and thev are nereb J> authorized to extend their railroad from the 
 
 road from, &c. Georgia line to the city of Tallahassee, and thence to the river Appalach- 
 
 icola, or St. George's Sound, npon the same conditions and limitations 
 
 contained in the foregoing provisions of this act. 
 
 Lake Winnico SEC. 12. And le it further enacted, That the Lake Winnico and St. 
 
 and St Joseph's Joseph's Canal and Railroad Company, organized tinder acts of the 
 
 Canal and Rail- governor and legislative council of the Territory of Florida, be, and 
 
 may mHv****- t ^ ley are hereb y authorized to locate and construct a railroad from the 
 
 struct railroad ity ^ St. Joseph to the city of Tallahassee, in said Territory, upon the 
 
 from St. Joseph same conditions and limitations contained in the foregoing" provisions 
 
 to Tallahassee. o f this act; and in the construction of said road, may cross, or inter- 
 
 sect, and form a junction with, any other railroad which may be made 
 
 west of the city of Tallahassee, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1654, 1659, 1682, 1690, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 June 28, 1838. No. 1659. AX ACT to confirm the act of the legislative council of Florida, incor- 
 
 VoL 5, p. 253. porating the " Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company," and granting 
 
 the right of way to said company through the public lands, and for other purposes. 
 
 urm Be {t enacted > $ G "> That the act passed by the legislative council of 
 da, incorporat- FIorida > en titled "An act to incorporate the Florida Peninsula Railroad 
 ing, &c., confirm- and Steamboat Company," approved eighth January, eighteen hundred 
 ed - and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed : 
 
 Proviso. Provided, however, That the said company shall not be deemed to have, 
 
 nor shall they exercise, banking privileges ; nor shall the said act be so 
 construed as to give or grant banking privileges to said company ; and 
 in case the said company shall exercise banking privileges, of any de- 
 scription, in any way or manner, then this coufirmation or ratification of 
 said act of incorporation shall be void and of no effect. 
 
 thrown theiTub 7 . SEC ' 2 ' And le U father enacted, That the right of way shall be, and 
 
 lie lands granted. | 8 hereby, granted to said company over and through any of the pub- 
 
 Proviso. lands of the United States over which the said road may pass : 
 
 Provided, That the said land to be used and occupied by said company 
 
 >,* * i for the line or route of 8llch road shall not exceed eighty feet in width. 
 
 from the public SE 9' 3 * And be lt further enacted, That the said company shall have 
 
 lands earth, tn . e r jght to take from the public lands in the vicinity of said road and 
 
 stone, or wood, within twenty rods of the centre thereof, on each side, all such mate- 
 
 rials of earth, stone, or wood as may be necessary or convenient for the 
 
 actual construct ion of said road or any part thereof; and, during the 
 
 construction of said road, to occupy said lands to the width aforesaid, 
 
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 so far as may be necessary to the convenient performance of said work : 
 Provided, however, That the rights and privileges granted by this sec- Proviso, 
 tion shall be so exercised as to cause as little damage as possible to the 
 public lands adjacent to said road ; and proper drains or sluices shall be 
 constructed by the said company so as to prevent the obstruction of any 
 streams or water-courses which may be crossed by said road. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and are hereby, Sites granted 
 granted to the said company all necessary sites for watering-places, de- 9, r watering, 
 pots, and workshops, along the line of road: Provided, That no one 
 depot or watering-place shall contain over four square acres, to be laid 
 off in a square form ; and not more than one of said squares shall be 
 granted to or taken by said company for each ten miles of said road. 
 
 SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall, with as Route to be 
 little delay as may be convenient, and at all events within one year surveyed, &c. 
 from the passage of this act, and at their own expense, cause the route 
 of said road and the sites which they may select for depots, watering- 
 places, or workshops, to be surveyed and designated through said pub- 
 lic lands by plain marks and monuments; and copies of the field-notes 
 of the survey, with a map or plat of the said route and of said sites and 
 of the connection of said route with the previous official surveys of 
 the adjacent lands, shall be returned to the office of the surveyor- 
 general of that land district and to the General Land Office at Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the said road shall be aban- If the road 
 doned or discontinued, or if the route shall cease to be used by said ** ha11 ]> aban. 
 company for the purposes of a railroad, then and in that case this act be^oid. 
 and the privileges hereby granted shall cease and be void, and the land 
 occupied by said road shall revert to the United States. 
 
 SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time, un- Tolla. 
 til said Territory shall be admitted as a State, prescribe and regulate 
 the tolls to be received by said company, and after said Territory shall 
 be admitted as a State, the legislature thereof shall possess the like 
 power, and said act of incorporation is hereby approved, subject to the 
 modifications and conditions aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) See^os. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1682, 1690, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 Io. 1660. AN ACT to encourage the introduction and promote the cultivation of July 7, 1838. 
 tropical plants in the United States. Vol. 5, p. 303. 
 
 Whereas in obedience to the Treasury circular of the sixth of Sep- " p reaml)le 
 tember, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, Doctor Henry Perrine, 
 late American consul at Campeachy, has distinguished himself by his 
 persevering exertions to introduce tropical plants into the United 
 States : and whereas he has demonstrated the existence of a tropical 
 climate in southern Florida, and has shown the consequent certainty of 
 the immediate domestication of tropical plants in tropical Florida, and 
 the great probability of their gradual acclimation throughout all our 
 southern and southwestern States, especially of such profitable plants . 
 as propagate themselves on the poorest soils ; and whereas, if the en- 
 terprise should be successful, it will render valuable our hitherto worth- 
 less soils, by covering them with a dense population of small cultivators 
 and family manufacturers, and will thus promote the peace, prosperity, 
 and permanency of the Union : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That a township of laud is hereby granted to Doc- Grant of land 
 tor Henry Perrine and his associates, in the southern extremity of the* ^ Perrine. 
 peninsula of East Florida, to be located in one body of six miles square, 
 upon any portion of the public lands below twenty-six degrees north 
 latitude. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said tract of land shall be When to be lo- 
 located within two years from this date, by said Henry Perrine, andcated, &o. 
 shall be surveyed under his direction, by the surveyor of Florida, Pro- 
 vided, That it shall not embrace any land having sufficient quantities Proviso, 
 of naval timber to be reserved to the United States, nor any sites for 
 maritime ports or cities. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever any section of When a patent 
 land in said tract, shall be really occupied by a bona-fide settler, ac- sha11 issue - 
 tually engaged in the propagation or cultivation of valuable tropical 
 plants, and upon proof thereof being made to the Commissioner of the 
 General Land Office, a patent shall issue to the said Henry Perrine and 
 his associates. 
 
682 
 
 FLORIDA. 
 
 How and when SEC. 4. And le it further enacted, That every section of land in the 
 it shall be for- tract aforesaid, which shall not be occupied by an actual settler, posi- 
 TTnif^i d sitea he tively engaged in the propagation or cultivation of useful tropical 
 plants within eight years from the location of said tract, or wheu the 
 adjacent territory shall be surveyed and offered for sale, shall be for- 
 feited to the United States, (a) 
 (a) See No. 1664. 
 
 March 3 1839. No. 1661. AX ACT for the relief of Parish Carter, and the heirs of Charles Will- 
 Vol. 6, p. 763. iamson, deceased. 
 
 F r Be it enacted, fc., That Farish Carter be, and he is hereby, authorized 
 
 powered to enter and empowered to enter six quarter-sections of land on any unreserved 
 land, and unappropriated land in Florida, in lieu of so many quarter-sections 
 
 for which he had paid the United States, and held certificates from the 
 S. Gran tl and receiver; and that Seaton Grantland, administrator of Charles Will- 
 empowered to en- iamson, be, and he is hereby, authorizsd and empowered to enter one 
 ter land. k a }f quarter-section of land in the name and for the use of the heirs of 
 
 the said Charbs Williamson, on any unreserved and unappropriated 
 land in Florida, and one other half quarter section on any land of the 
 United States which has been offered for sale, in lieu of that much land 
 for which the said Williamson had paid the United States, and held 
 certificates from the receiver ; and that patents do issue free of pur- 
 chase to the. said Farish Carter and the heirs of the said Williamson, 
 respectively, for the land so entered. 
 
 March 3, 1839. 
 VoL 6, p. 785. 
 
 Land title con 
 firmed. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 No. 1662. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and assignees of Peter Alba, de- 
 ceased. 
 
 Be it enacted, <f-c., That the title of the heirs of Peter Alba, late of Pen- 
 sacola, in the Territory of Florida, deceased, or of such person or persons 
 as by assignment from said Peter Alba may have claims thereto, to fif- 
 teen lots of land in the suburbs of the town of Pensacola, in the Terri- 
 tory of Florida, designated as follows, viz : numbers thirty, eighty- 
 seven, three hundred and five, three hundred and twenty-one, three 
 hundred and forty-two, three hundred and forty-three, three hundred 
 and forty-four, three hundred and forty-five, three hundred and forty- 
 six, three hundred and forty-seven, three hundred and twenty-seven, 
 three hundred and thirty-five, three hundred and thirty-six, three hun- 
 dred and thirty-seven, and three hundred and twenty-eight ; all which 
 were purchased by the said Peter Alba of the Spanish Government, in 
 the year eighteen "hundred and seventeen, be, and the same are hereby, 
 confirmed, respectively, to the heirs of the said Peter Alba, or to his as- 
 signee or assignees, to whom he may have conveyed the same, or any 
 part of said lots, in his lifetime, according to the right which the said 
 heirs, or assignee or assignees, may have thereto under the said Peter 
 Alba: Provided, That this confirmation shall only extend to the relin- 
 quishment of any title which the United States may have to said lots. 
 
 March 3, 1839. 
 VoL 6, p. 786. 
 
 No. 1663. AN ACT for the relief of Henry L. Reviere. 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Henry L. Reviere, of West Florida, be, and he 
 
 Authorized to is hereby authorized to enter, at a minimum price, one quarter-section 
 enter certain of land, or a fraction equal to one quarter, as near as may be, in frac- 
 tional section twenty-three, in township four, range fourteen, south and 
 west, and lot number five, in section number fourteen in same town- 
 ship, including the settlement of the said Revieve ; to be bounded by 
 sectional and fractional lines, according to Government surveys; to 
 which pre-emption the said Henry L. Reviere was entitled by in habita- 
 tion and cultivation, under the act passed June twenty-nine, [nineteen,] 
 eighteen hundred and thirty-four ; which was reserved erroneously from 
 entry at the time, and before the expiration of the act. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1841. 
 Vol. 6, p. 819. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 1664. AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act to encourage the 
 introduction, and promote the cultivation of tropical plants," approved seventh July, 
 eighteen hundred and thirty -eight 
 
 Whereas, under the provisions of the act, to which this is a supple- 
 ment, Doctor Henry Perrine made, in the manner thereby required, the 
 location therein authorized ; and while engaged in the necessary meas- 
 ures to carry into effect the objects contemplated by the said act, was 
 murdered by the Seminole Indians: and whereas Mrs. Ann F. Perrine, 
 
FLORIDA. 68S 
 
 the widow of the said Doctor Perrine, is anxious to continue the under- 
 taking thus commenced by her late husband, but is prevented from so 
 doing by the continuance of the Indian war in Florida ; therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Mrs. Ann F. Perrine, the widow of the said JJ, idow _ a d 
 Henry Perrine, and Sarah Ann Perrine, Hester M. S. Perrine, and Henry fJJJJg? entitled 
 E. Perrine, his surviving children, are hereby declared to be entitled to t tn e rights, 
 all the rights and privileges vested in and granted to the said Doctor &c., vested in. 
 Henry Perrine, by the act to which this is a supplement, and that the him &o 
 time limited by the said act in which every section of said grant should 
 be occupied to prevent the forfeiture of the same to the United States, 
 be, and the same is hereby, extended to eight years from and after the 
 time when the present Indian war in Florida shall cease and deter- 
 mine, (a) 
 
 (a) See No. 1660. 
 
 No. 1665. AN ACT to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the Aug. 4, l 
 
 unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida. VoL 5, p. 50-2. 
 
 Be it enacted, $-c., That any person, being the head of a family, or sin- Certain persona 
 gle man over eighteen years of age, able to bear arms, who has made, settling in Flor- 
 or shall, within one year from and after the passage of this act, make ida entitled to a 
 an actual settlement within that part of Florida situated and btfnJi2ST 32 
 south of the line dividing townships numbers nine and ten south, and following condi- 
 east of the base line, shall be entitled to one quarter-section of said tions. 
 land, on the following conditions and stipulations : 
 
 First. That said settler shall obtain from the register of the land TO obtain aper- 
 office, in the district in which he proposes to settle, a permit describing mit describing 
 as particularly as may be practicable, the place where his or her settle- the land, 
 ment is intended to be made: Provided, That no person who shall be Proviso, 
 a resident of Florida at the time of the passage of this act, who shall 
 be the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, at the time he 
 proposes to settle, shall be entitled to a permit from the register. 
 
 Second. That said settler shall reside in the Territory of Florida, . Five years' res- 
 south of said township line, for five consecutive years, and to take his idence. 
 grant on any public land south of that township. 
 
 Third. That said settler shall erect thereon a house fit for the habi- Erection of a 
 tation of man, and shall clear, enclose, and cultivate at least five acres nouae &c - 
 of said land, and reside thereon for the space of four years next follow- 
 ing the first year after the date of his permit, if he or she shall so long 
 live. 
 
 Fourth. That such settler shall, within- one year after the survey of Settlements, 
 said lands, and the opening of the proper office for the entry and sale &c v h w to ^ e 
 of the same by the United States, prove, before such tribunal and in P roved - 
 such manner and form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of 
 the General Land Office, with the approval of the President, the fact 
 that the settlement has been commenced, and the particular quarter- 
 section upon which it is located ; and, also, that such settler shall, 
 within six months after the expiration of five years from the date of 
 his permit, prove, in like manner, the fact of continued residence and 
 cultivation, as required in the second and third conditions herein above 
 prescribed; whereupon, and not until then, a patent shall issue to said 
 settler, for such quarter- section. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the case of the settlement i n case of set 
 of the same quarter-section by two or more settlers,. the right tothetlement by two 
 location shall be determined by priority of settlement, to be ascer- ormore ' the right 
 tained under such rules as the Commissioner of the General Land Office, b y priority 11 
 with the approval of the President, may prescribe ; and the subsequent 
 settler or settlers shall be permitted to locate the quantity he, she, or 
 they may be entitled to elsewhere within the same township, upon va- 
 cant public lauds. 
 
 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no right or donation shall be Settlements not 
 acquired under this act within two miles of any permanent military to be made within 
 post of the United States, established and garrisoned at the time such p^rmanVnt ^uli- 
 settlement and residence was commenced. tary post. 
 
 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all sales, gifts, devises, agree- Sales, &c., of 
 ments, bonds, or powers to sell, transfers, or liens, whatsoever, private l* nd acquired by 
 or judicial, of the lands, or any portion thereof, acquired by this act, thtfpatents have 
 made at any time before patents shall have issued for the same, shall iasued, void, 
 be utterly void and without effect, to every intent and purpose, whether 
 
684 FLORIDA. 
 
 in law or equity; and the purchaser or obligee, under any such sale, 
 agreement, bond, or power to sell, transfer, or lien, shall not be entitled 
 to recover back the price or consideration paid therefor, but shall for- 
 feit the same absolutely to such settler or his heirs. 
 
 on thftdfiftthof SEC. 5. And le it further enacted, That upon the death of any settler 
 a settler, his before the end of the five years, or before the issuing of the patent, all 
 rights descend to his rights under this act shall descend to his widow and heirs at law, 
 his widow, &c. if be i eaves a widow, and to his heirs at law, if he leaves none, to be 
 held and divided by them according to the laws of Florida, any previ- 
 ous sale or transfer of the same or of any interest, legal or equitable, in 
 the same, to the contrary notwithstanding. And proof of his compli- 
 ance with the conditions of this act, up to the time of his death, shall 
 be sufficient to entitle them to the patent, (a) 
 
 In case of set- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That where any settlement, by the 
 tlement before erection of a dwelling, or the cultivation of any portion thereof, shall 
 survey on a 16th |j e ma a e upon the sixteenth section, before the same shall be surveyed, 
 
 schoonands^bl* 11611 and in that case other lands sha11 be 8elected b ? the school corn- 
 selected, missioners of the township, in lieu of said section sixteen, or such part 
 
 thereof as may be claimed under this act. (&) 
 
 Land for set- S EC. 7. And le it further enacted, That not exceeding two hundred 
 tlement limited, thousand acres of land shall be taken for settlement under this act. 
 
 President may SEC. 8. And le it further enacted, That the President of the United 
 suspend the set- States may, at any time, by proclamation, suspend all further permits 
 tlement. an( j gettlements under this act, by giving three months' notice thereof. 
 
 Names of set- SEC. 9. And le it further enacted. That the Commissioner of the Gen- 
 tiers, &c., to be eral Land Office shall, on or before the first day of February, eighteen 
 reported to Con- hundred and forty-four, report to Congress the names of every indi- 
 vidual who shall have made the actual settlement required by the first 
 section of this act, specifying the heads of families, and the single men, 
 and the location of each quarter-section occupied by each of said set- 
 tlers, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1671,1679. 
 (6) See Nos. 1635, 1642, 1649, 1668, 1674. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1842. No. 1666. AN ACT for the relief of Henry Gee. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Henry Gee, of Florida, be, and he is hereby, 
 
 Authorized to authorized to locate, on any of the unappropriated public lands within 
 rf\ e ha\ a of d which the Territory of Florida, the same number of acres of land which was 
 he was deprived, contained in the northeast quarter of fractional section twenty- three, 
 in township one, of range eight, north and west, of which he was de- 
 prived by the entry of Michael Lott, made at the land office at Tallahassee, 
 on the twentieth August, eighteen hundred and forty, and the certifi- 
 cate of which is numbered eight thousand three hundred and ninety- 
 eight. 
 
 Aug. 30, 1842. No. 1667. AN ACT to establish an additional land office in Florida. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That so much of the public lands of the United 
 
 Alachua land States in the Territory of Florida, as lies east of the Suwannee River, 
 8tab 'and west of the line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five, ex- 
 cept that lying east of St. Mary's River, north of the basis parallel, 
 shall form a new land district, to be called the Alachua land district ; 
 Land office at and, for the sale of the public lands within the district aforesaid there 
 NewnansviUe. shall be a land office established in the town of Newnansville, in the 
 
 county of Alachua, in the Territory aforesaid. 
 
 Register and SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That there shall be a register and 
 receiver t o b e receiver appointed to said office, to superintend the sale of the public 
 land in said district, who shall reside at the town of Newnansville afore- 
 said, give security in the same manner and sums, and whose compen- 
 sation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, be 
 the same, in relation to lands to be disposed of at said office, as are or 
 may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of 
 
 Eublic money in the several offices established for the sale of the public 
 mds. (a) 
 
 The lands sub- SEC. 3. And le it further enacted, That all such public lands, embraced 
 within the district created by this act, which shall have been offered 
 for sale to the highest bidder at any land office in said Territory, pur- 
 suant to any proclamation of the President of the United States, and 
 which lands remain unsold at the taking effect of this act, shall be sub- 
 
FLORIDA. 
 
 ject to be entered and sold at private sale by the proper officers of the 
 office hereby created, in the same manner, and subject to the same 
 terms, and upon like conditions, as the sale of said land would have 
 been subject to in the said several land offices hereinbefore mentioned, 
 had they remained attached to the same. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1632, 1688, 1689, 1708. 
 
 (&) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
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 No. 1668. AN ACT to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the Terri- June 15, 1844. 
 lories of Florida, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Vol. 5, p. 666. 
 
 Be.it enacted, fa., That wherever the sixteenth sections in said Terri- when a 16th 
 tories, either in whole or in part, are now, or may hereafter be, included section is includ- 
 in private claims held by titles confirmed or legally decided to be valid ed y- a private 
 and sufficient, other lands equivalent thereto, within any land district ?Jcent maybe se- 
 in said Territories most adjacent to said lands so taken up by private lected in fieu. 
 claims, " which have been offered at public sale, and remain unsold," 
 may be selected in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury : and the lands so selected shall be entered in the office of the 
 register of the land district in which they may lie, and be by such reg- 
 ister reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office as school 
 lands selected under this act : Provided That, before making any entry Proviso. 
 of such other lands, the case shall be made out to the satisfaction of 
 the register and receiver of said district, agreeably to rules to be pre- 
 scribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for the purpose 
 of showing that the sixteenth section, or part thereof, has been included 
 in the manner above mentioned, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1635, 1642, 1649, 1665, 1674. 
 
 No. 1669. AN ACT to confirm to the city of Fernandina in Florida, certain lota June 15, 1844. 
 reserved for public use by the Spanish Government. Vol. 5, p. 667. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That lots, numbers five and seven of block number T O j ot T 
 two, in the plan of the city of Fernandina, be and are hereby confirmed e ^ f or purposes 
 and relinquished to the corporate authorities of the said city for such designed by 
 uses as were designed by the Spanish Government in the original plan Spanish Govern- 
 of the said city : Provided, That before the issue of patents for the m 
 same, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the President of the 
 United States, that the said lots were intended to be reserved in the 
 plan of said city, for a public use. 
 
 No. 1670. AN ACT to authorize the issuing of patents for certain lands in the June 15, 1844. 
 St. Augustine land district in Florida, the sales of which were not regularly re- Vol. 5, p. 671. 
 ported. . 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That in all cases where it shall appear, to the satis- Where applica- 
 faction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that individu- S^JS?!?? 
 als had applied to John C. Cleland, late receiver at St. Augustine, in c cieland, but 
 Florida, while acting as receiver, for the entry of any of the lands in he did not make 
 that district, and had made payment to him therefor, as required by tne returns, pat- 
 law, and where said Cleland failed to furnish the usual evidence of ents to 188ue> 
 such payments to the register of the land office aforesaid, and to make 
 the usual returns thereof to the General Land Office, such individuals 
 shall be entitled to receive patents for such entries, where the lands 
 applied for by them have not since been sold : but if sold, the money 
 paid by them may be applied to the purchase of any other land in that 
 district subject to entry at private sale : Provided, That this act shall Proviso, 
 only apply to those cases where evidence that such application was 
 made, is now in the General Land Office, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 No. 1 671 .AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the armed June 15, 1844. 
 occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida." VoL 5, p. 671. 
 
 Be it enacted, fa., That in any case in which it shall appear to the where location 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office that the location made by a under act of Aug. 
 settler under the act approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and 4, 1842, was made 
 forty-two, entitled, "An act to provide for the armed occupation and upon land liable 
 settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida," was JL vf chaneed* 
 located upon lands which were discovered after the issue of the permit y 
 to be liable to overflow, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioner to 
 
86 FLORIDA. 
 
 authorize the change of the location to any other vacant quarter-sec- 
 Proviao. tiou within the same land district : Provided Application for permission 
 
 to change the location shall have been made at the proper land office 
 before the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-three. 
 When settle- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which settle- 
 ment was made me nts have been made under the provisions of said act, upon lands 
 before survey, not surv eyed before the issue of permit, the settler may, after survey, 
 ay le i locate his quarter-section in any legal subdivisions of continuous or 
 subdivisions, so contiguous sections, or fractional sections, so as to make up the quan- 
 as to include his tity of one hundred and sixty acres, as may be, and to include his im- 
 improvement. provements, and as much of the lands described in his permit as is 
 
 consistent with the system of the public surveys. 
 
 Settler may re- SEC. 3. And be it furtlier enacted, That the settlers under said act may 
 side on land not erec t their dwellings, and reside upon other than the quarter-section 
 in permit, described in their permit, Provided, The land upon which they so erect 
 
 their habitation shall be entered and paid for by them, if in market, or 
 if not in market, shall be so entered within three months after it shall 
 Proviso. have been offered at public sale. And provided, also, That the condi- 
 
 tion of cultivation on the land described in the permit shall be faith- 
 fully complied with according to the terms of the act to which this is 
 an amendment. 
 
 When title of SEC. 4. And be it furtlier enacted, That in any case in which the title 
 United States of the United States to the land or any part of it, not less than forty 
 is defective, set- acre s, described in the permit issued by the land office to any settler, 
 elsewhere or contained in the quarter-section upon which he shall have been 
 
 located, shall prove to be defective, a tract of land equal in quantity to 
 that of which the title shall have proved defective as aforesaid, may 
 be located elsewhere upon vacant surveyed lands within the same 
 township, or within the nearest township in which there shall be suf- 
 ficient quantity of vacant arable land. 
 
 Settler may SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be competent for any 
 perfect his title, 8ebtler under the said act to perfect his title to the quarter- section 
 located and described in the permit, by paying to the receiver of the 
 land office in the appropriate district the sum of one dollar and twenty- 
 Proviso, five cents per acre for the said quarter-section : Provided, That such 
 settler shall prove to the satisfaction of the register and receiver for 
 the proper land district, that up to the date of his application to make 
 payment, he has fully complied with the requirements of the act to 
 which this is an amendment, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1665, 1679. 
 
 June 15, 1844. No. 1672. AN ACT to confirm certain entries of land in the St. Augustine land 
 Vol. 5, p. 673. district, in the Territory of Florida, made under the pre-emption law of 22d June, 
 
 1838. 
 
 Patents to is - B e a enacted, #c. t That the President of the United States be, and he 
 madTat Saint is hereby, authorized to issue patents on all entries made in the St. Au- 
 Augustine under gustine land office in the Territory of Florida, under the act entitled 
 act of June 22, "An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands," 
 stamT ' D d W f tb t a PP roved twenty- second June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, where 
 
 sam t 
 
 in proof; tne land 8O entered was public land and liable to the operations of said 
 
 act, any informality in the proof, or other existing defect therein,. or in 
 Proviso. the mode of entry, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That 
 
 this act shall apply only to the cases where the settlers were forced from 
 their homes by reason of Indian hostilities, and consequently were un- 
 able to make out the continuous residence required by the law. (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 March 3, 1845. No. 1673. AN ACT for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the 
 Vol. 5, p. 742. Union. 
 
 [See IOWA, No. 1776.] 
 
 March 3, 1845. No. 1674. AN ACT supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa 
 
 Vol.5, p. 788. into the Union, and for other purposes. 
 
 Grant of lands ^ e ^ enacted, #c., That in consideration of the concessions made by 
 
 for seat of gov- the State of Florida in respect to the public lands, there be granted to 
 
 Si n V ublictnesaid State eigut entire sections of land for the purpose of fixing 
 
 their seat of Government ; (a) also, section number sixteen in every 
 
 township, or other lands equivalent thereto, for the use of the inhab- 
 
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 itants of such township, for the support of public schools ; (&) also, two 
 entire townships of land, in addition to the two townships already re- 
 served, for the use of two seminaries of learning one to be located east, 
 and the other west of the Suwannee River; (c) also, five per centum of 
 the net proceeds of the sale of lands within said State, which shall be 
 hereafter sold by Congress, after deducting all expenses incident to the 
 same ; and which said net proceeds shall be applied by said State for 
 the purposes of education. 
 
 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the laws of the United States Application of 
 which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect panted states 
 within the said State of Florida, as elsewhere within the United laws to Florida - 
 States, (d) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1632, 1640, 1642. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1635, 1642, 1649, 1665, 1668. 
 
 (c) See Nos. 1630, 163!), 1655. 
 
 (d) See Nos. 1499, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1637, 1646, 1673. 
 
 No. 1675. AN ACT for the relief of John Milsted, of Escambia County, Florida. Aug. 8, 1846. 
 Be it enacted, #c,, That John Milsted be authorized to surrender the Yol - 9 >P- 667 - 
 evidence of title issued to him by the United States for the northeast John Milsted 
 quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-five, in township authorized to 
 three north, of range twenty-three west, entered by him at the land leSSof'titteto 
 office at Tallahassee, in the Territory (now State) of Florida, by mis a quarter-section 
 take ; and upon the surrender of such evidence of title, under such of land, and to 
 rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office ? nt . er J her 1{ * nd 
 may prescribe, the said John Milsted shall be authorized to enter, m^Xy to be 
 lieu thereof, the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section made in six 
 twenty-five, in township three north of range thirty-two west, it being months, 
 the tract that the said John Milsted intended to enter: Provided, That proviso, 
 the said entry shall be made within six months after the passage of this 
 act : And provided further, The said entry shall not be made to the preju- 
 dice of the rights of any other person or persons. 
 
 No. 1676. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Richard Aug. 10, 1846. 
 C. Allen, deceased. Vol. 9, p. 676, 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the heirs or legal representatives of Richard C. Heirs or legal 
 Allen, deceased, late of the Territory (now State) of Florida, be author- representatives 
 ized to enter and patent, under such regulations as the Secretary of the of ,? 9' ^/ len 
 Treasury may prescribe, one section of public land, according to legal ter and patent 
 subdivisions, subject to sale in the State of Florida, to which there one section of 
 may be no preemption right, in full satisfaction of all claims for the lan d in Florida. 
 services and expenses of said Allen in locating lands reserved for a 
 seminary of learning in said State. 
 
 No. 1677. AN ACT to regulate the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction of the Feb. 22, 1847. 
 Supreme Court of the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes. Vol. 9, p. 128. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That all and singular the records of the proceedings Jurisdiction of 
 in the several cases which were pending in the superior courts [of the] suits. 
 late Territory of Florida, under and by virtue of the act of Congress of Records a nd 
 the twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, entitled STki cffes 
 " 
 
 An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement be transferred to 
 and confirmation of private land claims in Florida," and under and by the district 
 virtue of an act entitled "An act to provide for the final settlement of . u rt of the 
 land claims in Florida," approved twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred the SsMrt of 
 and thirty, and in the several cases which were pending in the court of Florida. 
 appeals of the same Territory, on the third day of March, in the year of 
 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and all and singu- 
 lar the records of the proceedings in the several cases in which judg- 
 ments or decrees had been rendered in the said courts on or before that 
 day, and from which writs of error could have been sued out or appeals 
 could have been taken, or from which writs of error had been sued out, 
 or appeals had been taken, and prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the 
 United States, according to the laws of the United States which were 
 in force on the said third day of March, in the year of our Lord one 
 thousand eight hundred and forty-five, shall, from and after the passing 
 of this act, be transferred to and deposited in the district court of the 
 United States for the district of Florida. 
 
688 FLORIDA. 
 
 The judge to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the judge 
 cause the same to O f tne district court of the United States for the district of Florida, 
 k immediately after the passing of this act, to cause the same to be noti- 
 periorcourts. &c. fied to the several clerks of the superior courts, or other officers or per- 
 sons having in their possession or custody the records of the proceed- 
 ings in the first section of this act referred to and described, and to 
 demand the delivery of the same, to be deposited as in and by the said 
 first section of this act is required ; and on the refusal of such clerk or 
 other officer or person to comply with such demand, the said judge of 
 T) r f the district court of the United States is hereby authorized and required 
 cords, V &I, may to compel the delivery of the said records by attachment or otherwise, 
 he compelled. according to law. 
 
 "Writs of error SEC. 3. And l>e it further enacted, That in all cases in which judgment 
 and appeals to or decrees have been rendered in the said superior courts or couitof 
 the Su p re me a pp ea ] 8 o f tH e late Territory of Florida, and from which writs of error 
 United Stat es, have been sued outer appeals have been taken to the Supreme Court of 
 from certain the United States, the said Supreme Court shall be, and is hereby, 
 courts in Flori- authorized to hear and determine the same, and the mandates of the 
 said Supreme Court for the execution of the judgments or decrees so to 
 be rendered by them, and all other writs which may be necessary in the 
 exercise of the appellate jurisdiction of the said Court in such cases, 
 shall be directed to the district court of the United States for the dis- 
 trict of Florida ; and the said district court shall cause the same to be 
 duly executed and obeyed. 
 
 District court SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the district court of the United 
 of Florida to^take g tates f or the district of Florida shall take cognizance of all cases which 
 certak) cases. were pending and undetermined in the said superior courts, under and 
 by virtue of the act of Congress of the twenty-third May, eighteen hun- 
 dred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act supplementary to the several 
 acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims 
 in Florida," and under and by virtue of an act entitled "An act to pro- 
 vide for the final settlement of land claims in Florida," approved twenty- 
 sixth May, eighteen hundred and thirty ; and of all cases which were 
 pending and undetermined in the court 'of appeals of the late Territory 
 of Florida, and from the judgments or decrees to be rendered in which 
 writs of error could have been sued out or appeals could have been taken 
 to the Supreme Court of the United States, under the laws which were 
 in force on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and 'forty -five, and shall proceed to hear and deter- 
 mine the same; and from the judgments or decrees to be rendered by 
 Appeals. the said district court, writs of error may be sued out or appeals may 
 
 be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same man- 
 ner as if such judgments or decrees had been rendered in the court of 
 appeals of the Territory of Florida ; and the mandates and all writs 
 necessary to the exercise of the appellate j urisdiction of the said Supreme 
 Court in such cases, shall be directed to the district court of the United 
 States for the district of Florida, and the said district court shall cause 
 the same to be duly executed and obeyed. 
 
 Oneyearallow- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases not legally trans- 
 
 in certato Pa cases ferred to the State courts in which judgments or decrees have been ren- 
 
 for suing out dered in the superior courts or court of appeals of the late Territory of 
 
 writs of error Florida from which writs of error could have been sued out or appeals 
 
 and taking ap- could have been taken to the court of appeals of said Territory, or to 
 
 Sme Court the Su P reme Court of the United States under the laws which were in 
 
 of United States, force on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 
 eight hundred and forty -five, and in which writs of error have not 
 
 hitherto been sued out or appeals have not hitherto been taken, there 
 
 shall be allowed to the parties in the said cases the term of one year, 
 
 from and after the passing of this act, for suing out such writs of error 
 
 or taking such appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States, which 
 
 shall have jurisdiction to review the same. 
 
 Transferof un- SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any unfinished business or pro- 
 finished business ceedings now remaining or pending before the judge of the superior 
 ^S 8 - court at St. Augustine, as a commissioner under and by virtue of the 
 "Act for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida," approved 
 twenty-sixth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, or under any 
 other act granting special powers, or imposing special duties upon said 
 judge be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the judge of the dis- 
 trict court of the district of Florida, to be proceeded in and finished, or 
 decided, in the same manner provided for by law; and the said district 
 
FLORIDA. 689 
 
 judge shall have, exercise, and possess, the same duties, powers, and 
 rights, which have by virtue of the act of twenty-sixth June, eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-four aforesaid, or otherwise, been possessed and ex- 
 ercised by the said judge of the superior court at St. Augustine, so far 
 as may be necessary to enable the said district judge to determine and 
 finish any matter, business, or proceedings now pending and undeter- 
 mined before the judge of the superior court aforesaid, by virtue of any 
 such special act. 
 
 SEC. 7. And ~be it further enacted, That all and singular, the provisions The provisions 
 of this act, so far as may be, shall be, and they are hereby, made appli- of this act made 
 cable to all cases which were pending in the supreme or other superior Jffi 1 ^iy ,,^ 
 courts of and for the late Territory of Michigan at the time said Terri- the courts of "the 
 tory was admitted as a State into the Union, and to all cases in which late Territory of 
 judgments or decrees have been rendered in said supreme or superior Michigan. 
 court of said late Territory of Michigan, and not hitherto removed as 
 aforesaid by writ of error or appeal. 
 
 SEC. 8. And ~be it further enacted, That in all cases pending in any of Other cases 
 the superior courts of said Territory of Florida, or in the court of which are to be 
 appeals of said Territory, on the third day of March, eighteen hundred transferred to the 
 and forty- five, and not legally transferred to the State courts of the the dfetrict of 
 State of Florida, and which said Territorial courts continued to hold Florida, 
 cognizance of, and proceeded to determine after said day, or which are 
 claimed to have been since pending therein as courts of the United 
 States; and in all cases of federal character, and jurisdiction com- 
 menced in said Territorial courts after said day, and in which judgments 
 or decrees were rendered, or which are claimed to have been since pend- 
 ing therein, the records and proceedings thereof, and the judgments or 
 decrees therein are hereby transferred to the district court of the 
 United States for the district of Florida ; and writs of error and appeals writs of error 
 may be taken by either party to remove the judgments or decrees that and appeals, 
 have been, or may be, rendered in such cases unto the Supreme Court 
 of the United States, and the Supreme Court may hear and decide such 
 cases on such writ of error or appeal, and issue its mandate to said dis- 
 trict court : Provided, however. Such writ of error or appeal shall be 
 taken within one year from the passage o f this act, or one year from Limitation of 
 the rendition of such judgment or decree hereafter rendered : And pro- on ^ vea 5' 
 vided, also, That nothing in this act shall be construed as affirming or this act 
 disaffirming the jurisdiction, power, or authority of the Territorial 
 judges to proceed in, or try, or determine such cases after the third of 
 March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, but the same may be referred 
 to said Supreme Court for its decision iu all said ca;>T on such writs of 
 error or appeal, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 957, 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, '. J3t>, 1640, 1641, 1643, 
 1647, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 No. 1678. AN ACT respecting certain surveys in the State of Florida. June 28, 1848. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That- the Commissioner of the General Land Office YoL9 'P- 242 - 
 is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed, as soon as Certain islands* 
 practicable, the islands and keys, and other lands in South Florida, in- kev8 ' and other 
 terspersed with water, which cannot conveniently be connected withiJg^tobelnS 
 the regular public surveys ; and also the private claims or grants which veyed 
 have been duly confirmed, situate in said State; and that such surveys 
 of said islands, keys, and lands interspersed with water as aforesaid may 
 be made by such persons on such terms, and in such mode and manner, 
 as said Commissioner may deem most expedient and proper, without 
 connection thereof with the other public surveys, by township lines ; 
 but the expense thereof shall not exceed the maximum price per mile Expenseof sur- 
 heretofore allowed for surveys by the United States in other States or veys limited. 
 Territories ; and the surveys of said private claims or grants may be 
 made by such persons, and on such terms, as said Commissioner may 
 deem most expedient and proper; but the expense thereof shall not in 
 any case exceed twenty-five per centum on the said price heretofore 
 allowed in addition to such price : Provided, hmcever, That it shall be Provision for 
 the duty of the President at some convenient time, and before offering an examination 
 any of said islands for pale, to have an examination made by, and a re- before 8ale - 
 port from, a board of engineers, to ascertain whether any of said 
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690 FLORIDA. 
 
 islands or parts of them, and if so, which of them, should be reserved 
 from sale for the use of the United States ; and that all islands or parts 
 of islands recommended by such board to be reserved for public use 
 shall be reserved from sale, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1629, 1630, 1632. 
 
 Julv 1 18-18 No. 1679. AN ACT for the relief of the bona-fide settlers under the acts for the 
 Volf 9, p. 243. armed occupation and settlement of a part of the Territory of Florida. 
 
 Bona-fide set- Se it enacted, $-c., That in all cases in which proof shall be made to the 
 tiers under th e satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that any 
 act for the armed person who obtained a permit under the act entitled "An act to provide 
 ISS 1 ** 10 ? of a for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the 
 part off he Terri peninsula of Florida," approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and. 
 torv of Flo r i d a forty-two, and who was an occupant under that act, and the act amenda- 
 to be entitled to tory thereof, appro red June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, 
 {aud^settledaad and wno actually occupied or settled under said acts, and did notVolun- 
 occupied by tarily relinquish' and abandon the same, but continued to reside on said 
 them. frontier south of said line specified in said act of eighteen hundred and 
 
 forty-two, thereby aiding to effect the object of said acts, and who has 
 not received the lands provided by said acts, such settler shall be en- 
 titled to a grant and patent for the land so occupied or settled by him, 
 the same as if all the conditions and stipulations of said acts and re- 
 quirements of the General Land Office in relation thereto had been fully 
 and strictly fulfilled and complied with. 
 
 Settlers may lo- SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where the lands set- 
 cate their rights, tied or occupied by such settler, or any part thereof, were or are not 
 w'th nt b erfe ^o^ e o a ^ sll ^J ec * to donation under the said acts on any account whatever, 
 claims on other then snch settler may locate his right, or the part so interfered with, 
 landsintho same on any vacant public lands in the same, or any adjacent township, 
 or adjacent town- g EC . 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall extend to, and 
 T^his act ex- ^ e cons trued and executed for, the benefit of the widow and heirs of 
 tended to widows any settler, according to the principles of the fifth section of said first 
 and heirs of set- above-recited act. 
 
 ti | rs ' * , SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage 
 
 Treasury'to a {^ of tnia act ^ e Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint an agent to pro- 
 point an agent to ceed forthwith to the different county seats of the counties of the State 
 proceed to Flori- of Florida, where said lands lie, who shall attend at least ten successive 
 da,\vherethesaid d a y 8 a t each county seat, if so long time be necessary, to take and 
 ce?ve prooVin receive proof by depositions before him, or in such manner as he may 
 relation to such prescribe in relation to such settlement or occupation, and of settlers 
 settlement and being entitled under this act to a grant or donation of land as aforesaid ; 
 ccupation. and 8aid agen tj 8 hall also attend at such other places in said settlements 
 as the convenience of such settlers in furnishing their proofs may de- 
 Said agent to mand, under the instructions of the General Land Office ; and said agent 
 woofs 1 taken b? 8nall witnin five months after he shall commence his duties in said 
 him, with h is State, transmit all the proofs he may take, and make leport of his 
 opinion in each opinion as to each case to said Commissioner of the General Land Office, 
 case, to the Com- wno shall proceed forthwith to examine and decide said cases: Provided, 
 General Land 0? Tnat if anv sutler does not submit his proof to such agent within four 
 flee. months after reasonable notice, by advertisement of the times and places 
 
 Time of proof of his attendance to receive such proof, said settlers shall not have the 
 benefit of this act ; and all the cases reported as aforesaid shall be defin- 
 Decision, how itively decided by the Commissioner of the General Land Office within 
 two months after the report thereof is received at his office ; and said 
 Salary of agent, agent shall be allowed the same compensation as is allowed by law to 
 examining agents of the Treasury Department, (a) 
 (a) See Nos. 1665, 1671. 
 
 July 25, 1848. No. 168O. A.N ACT to confirm the location and to grant a quarter-section of 
 public lands for the county site of Hillsborough County, State of Florida. 
 
 Confirmation Be it enacted, ^'c., That the location of the county commissioners of 
 grant C of TqSa?- t ! le count y of Hillsborough, in the State of Florida, of one hundred and 
 ter- section of sixty acres of land for the county site of said county, at Tampa, viz : 
 land to Hillabo- beginning on the east bank of Hillsborough River, at the point where 
 UJI K County, the reduced military reservation, as made by Major L. Whiting, Sep- 
 tysHe* ^'tember fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, strikes the same; 
 
 thence up said river, binding thereon, to a point at least a half a mile 
 
FLORIDA. 691 
 
 in a straight line from the beginning ; thence northeasterly to a point 
 
 from whence a line running parallel to said straight line, and striking 
 
 the line of said reduced reservation ; and thence along the lines of said 
 
 reservation to the place of beginning shall include between said river 
 
 and said lines one hundred and sixty acres of land; and the same is Proceeds of 
 
 hereby granted to said commissioners of the said county, and their sue- JJrg' J p ow to be 
 
 cessors in office, for the use of said county, the proceeds of sales to be v 
 
 applied to the building of a court-house aud jail, and other public build- 
 
 ings for said county ; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 
 shall cause said one hundred and sixty acres of land, granted as afore- 
 
 said, to be surveyed, and the survey confirmed, as soon as practicable; 
 
 and a patent shall issue therefor to said commissioners, for the use of 
 
 said county, as aforesaid, referring to this act. 
 
 No. 1 681. AN ACT for the relief of Jesse Turner. Aug. 14, 1848. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That there be, and hereby is, confirmed unto Jesse 
 
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 Turner, of the State of Florida, one hundred and fifty acres of land The title of 
 lying on the north side of Trout Creek, north of the river St. John, to atract "of ^ISO 
 the west of the Bouck house, in the county of Duval, and State of acres of i and in 
 Florida, being the same tract of land surveyed to James Turner by Florida con- 
 order of the Spanish Government on the fifteenth day of December, firmed to him. 
 eighteen hundred and eighteen, and on which the said Jesse Turner 
 has resided upwards of twenty years. 
 
 No. 1682. AN ACT to grant to the Atlantic and Gulf Eailroad Company the March 3, 1849. 
 right of way through the public lands of the United States. Vol. 9, p. 771. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the right of way shall be, and is hereby, Right of way 
 granted to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, over and through through the 
 any of the public lands of the United States, in the State of Florida, lands of the Unit- 
 over which the road authorized by said State may pass ; and the said d to & ^ Jtiant 
 company is hereby authorized to survey and mark through the said pub- tic and Gulf 
 lie lands to be held by them for the track of said road one hundred feet Railroad C om - 
 in width ; and, furthermore, an additional quantity of twenty-five feet P any - 
 in width on each side of said road along the same. 
 
 SEC. '2. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have Said company 
 the right to take from the public lands in the vicinity of said road all ma y * a |f e from 
 such materials of earth, stone, or wood, as may be necessary or conven- guchmaterials aa 
 ient from time to time for the actual construction and lepair of said may b e nec es- 
 road or any part thereof. sary. 
 
 SEC. 3. And ~be it further enacted, That there shall be, and is hereby, All necessary 
 granted to said company all necessary sites for watering-places, depots, sites for watering 
 and workshops, along the line of said road, so far as the places conven- P la ce8 ' anted \o 
 ient for the same may fall upon the public lands : Provided, That no one sai d company. 
 depot or watering-place shall contain over five square acres, and that Proviso. 
 said sites shall not be nearer to each other than ten miles along the 
 line of said road : Provided, That the grants herein contained, as well of Proviso. 
 the use of the public lands as of the materials for the construction of 
 said road, shall cease and determine, unless the road be begun within 
 two years and completed within six years thereafter : And provided, 
 moreover, That if the said road shall at [any] time after its completion Proviso. 
 be discontinued or abandoned by the said company, the grants hereby 
 made shall cease and determine, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1(559, 1690, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 No. 1683. AN ACT for the relief of Richard H. Barrett. July 29, 1850. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That Richard H. Barrett shall be entitled to the 
 
 northeast quarter, section twenty-eighth, township ten, south range Land patent to 
 twenty-six east, in the St. Augustine district, in the State of Florida : issue to R. H. 
 Provided, That it shall not interfere with any other private claimant, Barrett 
 and that a patent for the same shall be issued accordingly. ?? fand 
 
 No. 1684. AN ACT to legalize certain entries of public land made in the State May 26, 1852. 
 
 of Florida. Vol. 10, p. 7. 
 
 Beit enacted, $*c., That the several entries of land (embracing tracts Entries at New- 
 once reserved to satisfy claims under the armed occupation act, butnansville con- 
 which claims were forfeited prior to the allowance of said entries,) per- firmed. 
 
692 FLORIDA. 
 
 mitted at the land office at Newnansville, in the State of Florida, be, 
 and the same are hereby confirmed, and patent shall issue thereon as 
 Proviso. in other cases : Provided, That the land so entered shall have been, upon 
 
 the faith of the register's certificate, improved by the party in interest 
 under said certificate, and that the said land is not claimed by adverse 
 parties, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 Feb 5 1853 No. 1685. AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Jeremiah Wingate. 
 
 Vol.' 16, p. 750. B n enacted, $c., That the representatives of Jeremiah WiDgate, de- 
 " Title of repre- ceased, late of Florida, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title 
 sentatives oftoa certain tract of land containing four hundred and twenty acres, 
 Jeremiah Win- lying on the north side of Naussa River, in the State of Florida, accord- 
 gate to land in j to tne pi ats an( j certificate of survey made by George J. F. Clarke, 
 m " dated the second and twenty-third of December [and] the sixth of Oc- 
 tober, eighteen hundred and eighteen, now of file in the public archives 
 of East Florida, the said tract being the same confirmed to the said 
 Jeremiah Wingate during his lifetime, on the fifteenth of November, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, by the " board of commissioners" 
 appointed to ascertain claims and titles to land in Florida, pursuant to 
 the act entitled "An act granting donations to certain actual settlers in 
 the Territory of Florida," approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and twenty-four; and that the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office, upon the presentation of the aforesaid plats and certificate of 
 Patent to issue, survey of said tract, issue a patent or patents for the same, which patent 
 How to operate, shall operate as a relinquishment only on the part of the United States. 
 
 July 27, 1854. No. 1686. AN ACT for the relief of Manuel Hernandez. 
 
 Vol.io, p. 792. _ge n enacted, tyc., That Manuel Hernandez be, and he is hereby, au- 
 
 Manuel Her-thorized to locate, not to exceed eight hundred arpens of land, French 
 
 nandez to locate measure, according to the legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands 
 
 800 arpens of i n the State of Florida, subject to private entry, which shall be in full 
 
 ifc landsof 6 Flor- compensation for all the damages he may have sustained in being dis- 
 
 ida. possessed of eight hundred arpens of land, about three miles distant 
 
 from the mouth of the Escambia River, lying and situate between the 
 
 lands of Joseph Noriega and those of the free mulatto named Charles, 
 
 being the same lands that were granted to Joseph Hernandez, deceased, 
 
 by the Spanish Government, on the eighth day of October, eighteen 
 
 hundred and seventeen. 
 
 Patent to be is- SEC. 2. And le it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the General 
 Land Office, upon the receipt of the certificate of entry from the regis- 
 ter of the proper land office, shall cause to be issued a patent for the 
 lands authorized to be located by this act. 
 
 July 27, 1854. No. 1687. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas D. Jennings. 
 
 VoL 10, p. 795. 
 
 >5 - Be it enacted, $c., That Thomas D. Jennings, of Florida, be, and he is 
 Thomas D. hereby, authorized to enter, at the minimum price of the public lands, 
 Jennings to en- a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, com- 
 ter 160 acres of prising the improvement on which his late father, Lawrence D. Jen- 
 ctraditions ** m P in g 8 > resided before his death, on due proof being presented to the reg- 
 ister of the proper land office that he would have been entitled to a 
 preemption but for the removal of the family after the death of the 
 father. 
 
 Aug. 5, 1854. No. 1688.-AN ACT to establish a land district in the State of Florida, to be called 
 \ ol, 10. p. 590. the district of Tampa. 
 
 land dis^ , e lt ^n^ted, #c., That all that part of the land districts of Neunans- 
 trict established ville and St. Augustine in the State of Florida, lying south of the line 
 in Florida. dividing townships nineteen and twenty, south, be, and the same is 
 
 hereby created a land district, to be called the district of Tampa, the 
 office for which shall be at Tampa. 
 
 SEC. a. And le it further enacted, That this act shall take effect at the 
 expiration of six mouths from the day of- its passage, (a) 
 (a) See Xos. 1630, 1632, 1667, 1689, 1708. 
 
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 No. 1689. AN ACT to amend "An act to establish a land district in the State of March 2, 1855. 
 Florida, to be called the district of Tampa. " Vol. 10, p. 629. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized Register and 
 to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register receiver for Tarn- 
 and a receiver for the land district called Tampa, in the State of Florida, P !and district, 
 which district was created by the act approved August fifth, eighteen 
 hundred and fifty -four, whose compensation, duties, responsibilities, and 
 emoluments shall be the same as is or may be prescribed by law for other 
 land officers in said State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1632, 1667, 1688, 1708, 
 
 No. 1690. AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service, for the year end- March 3, 1855. 
 ing the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Vol. 10. p. 675. 
 
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 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the right of way, one hundred Right of way 
 feet in width, through the lands reserved west of the navy-yard, Pen- facola for a rail" 
 sacola, be, and the same is hereby, granted to Jasper Strong, Geofrge roa d. 
 Terrill, and their associates, for the construction of a railroad from the 
 Perdido River, on the most direct and practicable route, to the waters of 
 Pensacola Bay, and the use of any timber, or other materials along the 
 route of said road, and wilhin a half a mile on each side thereof, 
 which may be necessary in the construction thereof ; and at the terminus 
 of said road on Pensacola Bay, the said Strong, Terrill, and their asso- 
 ciates shall have the privilege of erecting a wharf and of establishing a 
 depot for lumber, and other articles, not more than one acre in extent : 
 Provided, Said road shall be constructed on such line, and the terminus 
 be at such point on Pensacola Bay, as shall be approved by the Navy 
 Department : And provided, further, That this act shall not be so con- 
 strued as to authorize said Strong, Terrill, and their associates, to use or 
 destroy any timber which the Navy Department may direct to be pre- 
 served for Navy purposes : And provided, further, That, in the opinion of 
 the Secretary of Navy, the privileges conferred by this act will not be 
 prejudicial to the public interest, or public property. 
 
 SEC. 4. And ~be it further enacted, That a like privilege, in every respect, Another grant 
 to the grant herein made to Jasper Strong, George Terrill, and their for same purpose, 
 associates, be, and the same is hereby, granted to James Herron, of 
 Escambia County, and his associates, for the construction of a railroad 
 from his steam saw and grist mills, on the Perdido River, through the 
 Government lands west of the navy-yard, to the Bay of Pensacola. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1682, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 No. 1691. AN ACT granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the States of May 17, 1856. 
 
 Florida and Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said States. Yol. 11, p. 15. 
 
 Be it enacted, $c., That there be and is hereby granted to the State of Grant of lands 
 Florida, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads from to Florida for 
 St. John's River, at Jacksonville, to the waters of Escambia Bay, railroads, 
 at or near Pensacola ; and from Amelia Island, on the Atlantic, to the 
 waters of Tampa Bay, with a branch to Cedar Key, on the Gulf of 
 Mexico ; and also a railroad from Pensacola to the State line of Ala- 
 bama, in the direction of Montgomery, every alternate section of land 
 designated by odd numbers, for six sections* in width on each side of 
 each of said roads and branch. But in case it shall appear that the Grant in lieu 
 United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads and branch of sold or pre- 
 are definitely fixed, sold any sections, or any parts thereof, granted as empted sections, 
 aforesaid, or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then 
 it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the gover- 
 nor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
 the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of 
 sections above specified, so much laud in alternate sections or parts of 
 sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, 
 or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of preemption have 
 attached as aforesaid ; which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold 
 and to which preemption rights have attached as aforesaid, together 
 with the sections and parts of sections designated by odd numbers, as 
 aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid,) shall be held by the State of 
 
(594 FLORIDA. 
 
 Florida for the use and purpose aforesaid : Provided, That the land to be 
 
 so located shall in no case be further than fifteen miles from the Hues of 
 
 said roads and branch, and selected for and on account of each of said 
 
 Grant, how ap- roads and branch : Provided further, That the lands hereby granted for 
 
 plied. an( j on account of said roads and branch, severally, shall be exclusively 
 
 applied in the construction of that road or branch for and on account 
 of which such lands are hereby granted, and shall be disposed of only 
 as the work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other pur- 
 Act not to ap- pose whatsoever : And provldtd farther, That any and all lands heieto- 
 
 ply to reserva- f ore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any 
 
 tions except as to other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any 
 object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, 
 be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States from the 
 operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to lo- 
 cate the routes of said railroads or branch through such reserved lands ; 
 in which case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the ap- 
 proval of the President of the United States, (a) 
 Price of alter- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sec- 
 
 nate sections to tions of laud which, by suoh grant, shall remain to the United States 
 
 wfthin six miles on each side of said roads and branch, shall not be sold 
 
 for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold ; 
 
 nor shall any of said lands become subject to private entry until the 
 
 same have been first offered at public sale at the increased price. (&) 
 
 Objectof grant. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lauds hereby granted 
 
 Railway to be to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature there- 
 
 fOTGovernment! of for the purposes aforesaid, and no other ; and the said railroads and 
 ' branch shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Govern- 
 ment of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the trans- 
 portation of any property or troops of the United States. 
 Lauds, how SEC. 4. Andbe it further enacted, Thatthe lands hereby granted to said 
 
 disposed of. State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner following, that 
 is to say : that a quantity of land, not exceeding one hundred and 
 twenty sections for each of said roads and branch, and included within 
 a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads and branch, 
 may be sold ; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the 
 Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of any or 
 either of said roads or branch, is completed, then another quantity of 
 land hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections 
 for each of said roads or branch having twenty continuous miles com- 
 pleted as aforesaid, and included within a continuous length of twenty 
 miles of each of such roads or branch, may be sold ; and so, from time 
 to time, until said roads and branch are completed ; and if any or either 
 of said roads or branch is not completed within ten years, no further 
 sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United 
 States. 
 
 Transportation SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall be 
 transported over said roads and branch, under the direction of the Post- 
 Office Department, at such price as Congress may, by law, direct : Pro- 
 vided, Thatuntil such price is fixed by law, the Post master -General shall 
 have the power to determine the same. 
 Similar grant SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a similar grant of alternate 
 
 to Alabama. sections of public land is hereby made to the State of Alabama, to aid 
 in the construction of a railroad from Montgomery, in said State, to the 
 boundary line between Florida and Alabama, in the direction of Pensa- 
 cola, and to connect with the road from Pensacola to said line, upon the 
 same terms and conditions in all respects as are hereinbefore prescribed 
 for the grant to Florida, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1659, 16-2, 1690, 1703, 1706 1707 1709 1712. 
 
 (b) See Kos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1692, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 Aug. 18. 1856. No. 1692. AN ACT making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the Gov- 
 VoLll,p.87. ernment for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 seven. 
 
 Certain reser- Be it enacted, #c., * * * * * * * 
 
 dTmay be* sold"" That ^ P l } blic land8 heretofore reserved for military purposes in the 
 State of Florida, which said lands, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, 
 are no longer useful or desired for such purposes, or so much thereof as 
 said Secretary may designate, shall be aud are hereby placed under the 
 control of the General Laud Office, to be disposed of aud sold in the 
 
FLORIDA. 695 
 
 same manner and under the same regulations as other public lands of 
 the United States : Provided, That said lands shall not be so placed un- 
 der the control of said General Land Office until said opinion of the 
 Secretary of War, giving his consent, communicated to the Secretary 
 of Interior in writing, shall be filed and recorded, (a) 
 
 *##**** 
 (a) SeeNos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1695, 1713, 1714. 
 
 No. 3693. AN ACT for the relief cf George F. Baltzell, assignee of James P. March 2, 1857. 
 
 Roan. Vol. 11, p. 505. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c.. That George F. Baltzell, of the State of Florida, George F. 
 assignee of James P. Roan, be permitted to enter at any land office in Baltzell permit- 
 the State of Florida, a full section of land, or less quantity in lieu j^ to ^La 8 ^T 
 thereof, by divisional lines, without making payment therefor: -Pro- Florida. 
 mded, That the same shall be deemed and taken as a full satisfaction of The same to be 
 any and all claims of the said James P. Roan, and the said George F. in satisfaction of 
 Baltzell, his assignee, under an act of Congress entitled "An act grant- ^^f^ jjj* 
 ing donations of laud to certain actual settlers in the Territory of p R an under 
 Florida," approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty- act of 1824. 
 four: And provided further, That in his location as aforesaid, the said No tract lesa 
 George F. Baltzell shall in no case select any tract of land containing 
 a less number than one hundred and sixty acres. 
 
 No. 1694. AN ACT for the relief of John Dick, of Florida. June 1, 1858. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Commissioner of the General Land Offir.ft Vol. 11, p. 538. 
 shall cause a patent to be issued to John Dick, for lots numbered ten, Patent of lands 
 of section twenty-nine, and one of section thirty-one, fractional section in Florida to is- 
 of thirty, and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of sec- 8U 
 tion thirty-two, all lying in township ten south, of range twenty-seven 
 east, containing one hundred and fifty -three acres, situate in East Florida, 
 and of the lands subject to sale at St. Augustine, Florida: Provided, 
 That such patent shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the Prov180 - 
 part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third 
 person. 
 
 No. 1695. AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the June 12, 1858. 
 year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Vol. 11, p. 332. 
 
 SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the existing laws, or parts of All laws au- 
 laws which authorize the sale of military sites which are or may become thorizing the sale 
 useless for military purposes be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and of 
 
 said lands shall not be subject to sale or preemption under any of the t a ry purposes" 
 laws of the United States : Provided, further, That the provisions of the repealed. 
 act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, relative to Proviso. 
 certain reservations in the State of Florida, shall continue in force, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1713, 1714. 
 
 No. 1696. AN ACT to confirm to the heirs or assigns of Bernardo Sequi, title to Feb. 23, 1859. 
 lands in East Florida. Vol. 11, p. 562. 
 
 Beit enacted, <$-c., That the grant to Bernardo Sequi, of seven thou- Land grant to 
 and acres of land lying on the east side of the St. John's River, in East Bernardo Sequi, 
 Florida, between the place called Dunn's Lake and that known as &c -' confirmed. 
 Horse Landing, including the place called " Buffalo Bluff," made by 
 " Estrada," the then governor of the province of East Florida, on the 
 twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, be confirmed 
 to the said grantee and those claiming under him, and that the Com- 
 missioner of the General Land Office be directed to cause the lands de- 
 scribed in said grant to be surveyed to the claimant, without prejudice 
 to any third person. 
 
696 FLORIDA. 
 
 Feb 23 1859 No. 1697. AX ACT to authorize the claimants in right of John Huertas to enter 
 Yol ' ll' p. 564. certain lands in Florida. 
 
 Claimants un- Be it enacted, <fc., That the claimants in right of John Huertas to a 
 der JohnHuertas tract of six thousand acres in Florida, confirmed by the Supreme Court 
 may enter cer- Q f ^ e United States at the January term in eighteen hundred and 
 tain lauds in Flor- tliirt . foiir ^ ^ and ^y are hereby, authorized to enter, at any land 
 office in the State of Florida, the quantity of three thousand three 
 hundred and thirty-two acres and thirty-hundredths of an acre of any 
 of the public lands in that State subject to private entry, the same be- 
 ing in addition to the area of two thousand six hundred and sixty-seven 
 acres and seventy-hundred ths of an acre surveyed for said claim, and 
 designated as section forty-eight, in township nine south, of range 
 twenty-seven east, in the St. Augustine land district, Florida, and being 
 the difference between the quantity embraced by said survey and the 
 six thousand acres confirmed for said claim as aforesaid ; and the regis- 
 ter and receiver of any of the aforesaid land offices shall receive the 
 proper applications and proofs, and shall issue the necessary certificate ; 
 upon the return of which to the General Land Office, with satisfactory 
 proof of the rights of the claimants, a patent shall issue for the lands 
 Proviso. so located : Provided, Said land shall not be located upon any land 
 
 within six miles of any railroad. 
 
 March 3, 1859. No. 1698. AX ACT to provide for the final settlement of the land claim of the 
 Vol. 11, p. 568. persons claiming as heirs of, or under Jehn Underwood, as purchasers or otherwise 
 to certain land in Florida, and to confirm the title to the proper owner or owners. 
 
 Land claim of Be it enacted, tyc., That the claim and title, derived from the Spanish 
 heirs of Jehu Un- Governme nt, by John or Jehu Underwood to land in the State of Flor- 
 9ettTed& ida > 80 far a* t] ? e 8ame rem aiD8 unsettled, shall be received and adjudi- 
 cated by the judge of the district court of the northern district of 
 Florida, upon the petition of the heirs of said Underwood, or of any 
 other person or persons claiming under him as purchasers or otherwise, 
 according to the forms, rules, and regulations prescribed by Congress 
 in similar cases, and in the same manner, in all respects, as such claim 
 would have been received and adjudicated if said claim had been pre- 
 sented within the time prescribed by the several acts of Congress for pre- 
 senting the same for confirmation. And so far as said claim is unsettled 
 and is found to be valid, the said district court shall, and is hereby, 
 authorized and required to enforce the location thereof to the person or 
 persons entitled thereto, as heirs, purchasers, or otherwise, under the 
 same rules and regulations as have been exercised in regard to other 
 mill grants in Florida. 
 
 April 13, I860. No. 1699. AN ACT to settle the titles to lands along the boundary line between the 
 VoL 12, p. 11. States of Georgia and Florida, 
 
 Claims to cer- Beit enacted, $c., That whenever the dividing line between the States 
 tain lands, grant- of Georgia and Florida shall have been finally surveyed, approved, 
 whirV iS^flli ratined aml confirmed, as the boundary between those States, the See- 
 in Florida, to be retai 7 of the Interior shall be and is hereby, authorized to adjudicate 
 confirmed 'when, upon principles of equity and justice, all claims, under sales or grants 
 &c. by the State of Georgia, to lands which may fall within the State of 
 
 Florida, and all of said claims which may be approved by him shall be 
 
 If Georgia first and are hereby ratified and confirmed /Provided, however, that the 
 g nTI bv rt th? State of Geor S ia 8ba11 first ratify and confirm all sales and grants made 
 United States of b 7 the United States of lands in Florida which may fall within the 
 lands in Florida, limits of the State of Georgia under the final adjustment of the bound- 
 ary line aforesaid, (a) 
 
 (a) SeeXos. 957. 961, 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1643, 1647. 
 1677, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1710. 
 
 Wo ' 1700 ' AN ACT for the final adjustment of private land claims in the States 
 p. 85. of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes. 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 957.] 
 
FLORIDA. 697 
 
 No. 1701. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the final March 2, 1867. 
 adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, vol. 14, p. 544. 
 and for other purposes." 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 961.] 
 
 Hio. 1702. AN ACT to confirm the title of Ethan Kay Clarke and Samuel Ward July 4, 1868. 
 Clarke to certain lands in the State of I lorida, claimed under a grant from the Span- Vol, 15, p. 377. 
 ish Government. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the title of Ethan Ray Clarke and Samuel Title of Ethan 
 Ward Clarke to a tract of land five miles square on Black Creek, south 7^1 ^ a?d 
 of Saint Mary's River, in the State of Florida, and bounded as follows : Clarke to certain 
 upon one side by the Saint Mary's River, and upon the other side by land i n Florida 
 vacant lands, being the same lands to which an exclusive right to take confirmed, 
 the timber was granted by the Spanish Government to John Under- 
 wood, and upon which he erected a saw-mill in eighteen hundred and 
 five, and which was kept up and continued for many years, be, and the 
 same is hereby, confirmed : Provided, hoivever. That nothing herein con- 
 tained shall operate to the prejudice of any claim which may be set up 
 to said land by reason of any previous sale thereof ; nor shall this act 
 in any way prejudice any claimant under the said John Underwood, or 
 any person deriving title or claim thereto under said Underwood, his Adverse rights 
 heirs or assigns, or of any person or persons who may be entitled to pre- not affected, 
 emption rights under any existing laws of the United States. 
 
 No. 1 703. A RESOLUTION granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Bar- Jan. 30, 1871. 
 rancas Railroad Company through the naval and military reservations near Pensa- Vol. 16, p. 593. 
 cola, Florida. 
 
 Resolved, #c., That the right of way is hereby granted to the Pensa- Right of way 
 cola and Barrancas Railroad Company to construct their road upon and a J f Barrage as 
 through the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, Raii roa( i Co 
 under such regulations, restrictions, and conditions as the Secretary of 
 the Navy and the Secretary of War may prescribe, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1682, 1690, 1691, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 No. 1704. AN ACT to settle and quiet the titles to lands along the boundary line April 9, 1872. 
 between the States of Georgia and Florida. Vol. 17, p. 52. 
 
 Be it enacted, $*c., That the titles to all lands lying south of the line Titles to cer- 
 dividing the States of Georgia and Florida, known as the Orr and Whit- tain lands in 
 ner line, lately established as the true boundary between said States, Georgia and 
 and north of the line run by Georgia, known as the Watson line, being Derived from the 
 all the lands lying between said lines, be, and the same are hereby, united States, 
 confirmed, so far as the United States has title thereto, in the present confirmed, 
 owners deriving titles from the State of Georgia, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 957, 961. 967, 1268, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1640, 1641, 1643, 
 1647, 1677, 1699/1700, 1701, 1710. 
 
 No. 1705. AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act to aid in the con- June 4, 1872. 
 strnction of telegraph lines, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for Vol. 17, p. 219. 
 
 postal, military, and other purposes," approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hun- 
 
 dred and sixty-six. 
 
 Be it enacted, <$-c., That the International Ocean Telegraph Company ^ Internati o n aj 
 shall have 
 stations 
 Company, 
 
 station at Punta Rasa, near the mouth of the Caloosahatchie River, the lands in Florida, 
 station at Fort Myers, the points where the line of telegraph crosses the Only the small- 
 Caloosahatchie River, the station at Pine Island, and the stations * " 
 
 Branch River, Bartow, and Tuckertown, each forty acres; such lands 
 being public lands, and now actually used by the International Ocean 
 Telegraph Company of the State of New York : Provided, That whenever 
 any one of the smallest legal subdivisions at any one of the stations des- 
 ignated is less than forty acres, by reason of the land lying adjacent to 
 the Gulf of Mexico, or any bay or river, the said company shall pre-empt 
 only such smallest fractional subdivision upon which the buildings and 
 offices of the company are located. 
 
(398 FLORIDA. 
 
 nTi ?o TVo ir06. AX ACT granting the right of way through the piiblic lands for the 
 
 VoL 17, p 2-24. construction ot a railroad an d telegraph in Florida. 
 
 t~olT^ Be it enacted, j-c., That the right of way through the public lands be, 
 
 through public and the same is hereby, granted to the Great Southern Railway Coni- 
 
 lands in Florida, pa ny, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Florida, its 
 
 granted to the succe ' ssors an d assigns, for the construction of a railroad and telegraph 
 
 Eaifway Con^from the Saint Mary's River, in the State of Florida, to Key West, in 
 
 pany for railroad said State, together with a branch road from the most eligible point on 
 
 and telegraph, g^j roa( j to Tampa Bay and Caloosa Entrance, in said State; and the 
 
 right, power, and authority are hereby given to said corporation to take, 
 
 from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road, materials for the 
 
 Extent of construction thereof. Said way is granted to said railroad to the extent 
 
 grant. o f one hundred feet in width on each side of the central line of said 
 
 road where it may pass through the public domain, including grounds 
 
 for station-buildings, workshops, depots, machine-shops, switches, side- 
 
 tracks, turn-tables, and water-stations, to an amount not exceeding 
 
 twenty acres, for each ten miles in length of the main line of said rail- 
 
 Acceptance of road : Provided, That within one year from the passage of this act the 
 
 this act, and map S aid company shall file with the Secretary of the Interior its accept- 
 
 of route to be ance ot tne terms o f this act, and a map of the route, exhibiting the line 
 
 Roadto becon> of the road and its branch, as the same has been located, and shall com- 
 
 pleted in tenplete said road within ten years of the passage of this act. It shall 
 
 years. be the duty of the said company to permit any other railroad which has 
 
 Other r o a d s been or shall be authorized by the United States, or by the State of 
 
 may form run- Florida, to form running connections with its road on fair and equitable 
 
 ning c o nn ec - terms j n case o f disagreement, such terms shall be fixed by the Secre- 
 
 tary of the Interior. 
 
 Road to be a SEC. 2. That said road shall be a post-route and a military road ; and 
 
 post-route and Congress at any time, having due regard for the rights of said company, 
 
 EaS ^ mav fiy rates of tariff for transportation of troops, materials of war, and 
 
 mails, and may add to, alter, or amend this act. 
 
 Act may be al- SEC. 3. That Congress reserves it to itself the right to alter, amend, or 
 terea - repeal this act whenever in its judgment the interests of the people may 
 
 require it. (a) 
 
 (o) See Xos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1682, 1690, 1691, 1703, 1707, 1709, 1712. 
 
 June 7 1872. IV !>. 1 707. A.N ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to the Jack- 
 YoL 17, p. 280. sonville and Saint Augustine Railroad Company. 
 
 Right of way Be it enacted, <fc., That there is hereby granted to the Jacksonville 
 through public and Saint Augustine Railroad Company, the same being a corporation 
 lands granted to existing under the laws of the State of Florida, the right of way through 
 SafntAutusUne the P ub . lic lands of the United States between Jacksonville and Saint 
 Railroad Com- Augustine, for one hundred feet in width on each side of the track of 
 pany. said railroad and of any of its branches, with the right to take from said 
 
 Extent of i an ds, or from any of the public lauds adjacent thereto, stone, timber, 
 earth, or other material, to be used in the construction and repair of said 
 
 Land for de- railroad ; and said company shall also have the right to enter upon any 
 pots, side-tracks, o f tne public lauds or lots of land, the property of the United States, 
 
 Limit, an(i * a ^ e the same for depots, shops, side-tracks, or other necessary uses 
 
 No military res- of said railroad: Provided, That no lot or tract of land so taken shall 
 ervation to be exceed forty acres in any one place. No military reservation shall be 
 crossed, unless, cros sed or appropriated unless the consent of the Secretary of War be 
 
 Road to be pos- ^ r ^ obtained, and then only under such restrictions as he shall establish, 
 tal and military Said road shall be a postal and military road, and Congress shall have 
 the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act as shall in its discretion be 
 deemed best, (a) 
 
 (a) Se Xos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1682. 1690, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1709, 1712. 
 
 June 8, 1872._ No. 170S.-AN ACT to create an additional land district in Florida. 
 
 . - Be it enacted, c., That that portion of Florida lying east of the line 
 
 East Florida between ranges fourteen and fifteen east shall constitute an additional 
 iistnct es- ] an(1 district, and shall be known as the East Florida district, the office 
 for which shall be located at Jaynesville. 
 
FLORIDA. 
 
 699 
 
 SEC. 2. That there shall be appointed a register and a receiver for 
 said land district, and who shall be entitled to the same compensation 
 as is, or may hereafter be, prescribed by law for like officers of the 
 other district in said State, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1632, 1667, 1688, 1689. 
 
 Register and 
 and 
 
 No. 1709 
 
 ,_AN ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to the June 8, 1872. 
 Pensacola and Louisville Railroad Company of Alabama. Vol. 17, p. 340. 
 
 [See ALABAMA, No. 1621.] 
 
 No. 1 710. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the 
 
 final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana and Mis- 
 souri, and for other purposes." 
 
 [See LOUISIANA, No. 967.] 
 
 No. 1711, 
 
 -AN ACT to confirm to William Marvin the title to seven thousand 
 acres of land in the State of Florida. 
 
 June 10, 1872. 
 Vol. 17, p. 378 
 
 March 3, 1873. 
 Vol. 17, p. 771. 
 
 Whereas, under the act of Congress, approved June twenty-second, Preamble, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled "An act for the final adjustment 
 of private land claims, in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, 
 and for other purposes," and extended by an act of Congress, approved 
 March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven entitled "An act to 
 extend the provisions of an act entitled 'An act for the final adjustment 
 of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Mis- 
 souri, and for other purposes,'" the register and the receiver at the land 
 office at Tallahassee, Florida, acting as commissioners under the acts 
 aforesaid have reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
 that there ought to be confirmed to William Marvin, who holds under 
 Bernardo Segui, under class two, under the third section of the act first 
 aforesaid, a tract of land containing seven thousand acres, in the State 
 of Florida, on the east side of the Saint John's River, between the place Description, 
 called Dunn's Lake and that known as Horse Landing, including in 
 said tract of land the place called Buffaloe Bluff, and includes parts of 
 sections twenty-eight, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, 
 and thirty-nine, in township ten south, of range twenty-six east ; and 
 sections and parts of sections one, two, three, eleven, twelve, and thirty- 
 nine, in township eleven south, of range twenty-six east; and parts of 
 sections five, six, seven, eight, and forty, in towship eleven south, of 
 range twenty-seven east ; which claim is based upon a grant or conces- 
 sion by the Spanish Government to Bernardo Segui, before the twenty- 
 fourth of January, eighteen hundred and eighteen; and whereas the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office has approved the report of 
 the said commissioners, and has reported the same to Congress for its 
 action, and recommended the confirmation of the title to the said seven 
 thousand acres of land to the said William Marvin, as the legal repre- 
 sentative of Bernardo Segui : Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the said seven thousand acres of land in the Seventhousand 
 State of Florida, on the Saint John's River, and as further described acres of land in 
 above, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the said William Mar- ]f * ll \xriv on " 
 viu ; and that all the right, title, and interest of the United States in^rvin 
 and to the same be, and the same are hereby, granted and confirmed 
 unto the said William Marvin : Provided, however, That this act shall Proviso, 
 not affect any adverse right or title to the said lands or any part thereof, 
 and shall not create any liability on the part of the United States. 
 
 No. 1712. AN ACT granting the right of way through the public lands to con- March 3, 1875. 
 struct and maintain a railroad. Vol. 18, p. 509. 
 
 Beit enacted, #c.. That the right of way through the public lands is Right of way 
 hereby granted to Daniel P. Holland, the proprietor of the Jacksonville, granted to Daniel 
 Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, his associates, successors and assigns, j ac t SO n ville 1 " 
 for the construction of a railroad in the States of Florida and Alabama Pensacola and 
 from the present terminus of said railroad on the Apalachicola River, Mobile Railroad, 
 in the State of Florida, through the States of Florida and Alabama, to 
 the city of Mobile, Alabama ; and from a point on the line of said rail- 
 road to the city of Pensacola ; and from a point opposite the corporate 
 
700 FLORIDA. 
 
 limits of the city of Jacksonville, on the Saint John's River, to the city 
 of Saint Augustine, Florida ; and the right, power, and authority are 
 hereby granted to said Daniel P. Holland, his successors, assigns, or as- 
 sociates to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said rail- 
 way, to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of the 
 central line of said road where it may pass through the public lands, 
 Eight to mate- material for the construction and maintenance thereof ; and the neces- 
 rials. 8ar y grounds for stations and depots, or other necessary places, such as 
 
 8tS>ns D &c for turn-outs and water- stations, are hereby granted to said Daniel P. Hol- 
 land, his successors or assigns, to an amount not exceeding twenty acres 
 for each ten miles in length of main line of railroad where it may pass 
 through the public lands: Provided, That within one year from the 
 passage of this act the said Daniel P. Holland, proprietor of the Jack- 
 Acceptancesonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, his successors, assigns, or 
 and map of route; associates shall file with the Secretary of the Interior his acceptance of 
 W Rteht Ornate tnis act and tne map of tlie routes exhibiting the line of the road and 
 rials? when to tne right to take material shall cease upon the completion of the said 
 cease. road. 
 
 Said road to be g EC . 2. That said railroad shall be a post-route and a military road, 
 mintarv road- and Congress at any time may fix rates of tariff for troops, materials of 
 tariff of rates. ' war, and mails, and may add to, alter, or amend this act. 
 Repeals. SEC. 3. That all acts and parts of acts conflicting with this act be, 
 
 and they are hereby, repealed. 
 
 Time allowed ^ ECt 4 ' TIiat if tlie said road shall not be completed and put in opera- 
 for completion, tion within five years after the passage of this act all rights herein 
 granted shall cease and determine, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1621, 1654, 1658, 1659, 1682, 1690, 1691, 1703, 1706, 1707, 1709. 
 
 March 3, 1879. No. 1713. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the 
 Vol. 20, p. 470. Secretary of the Interior, for entry and sale, all lands in the 'State of Florida not 
 needed for naval purposes. 
 
 in^o e T dland8 Be lt macte ^ $ c -> That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, 
 authorized to cause an examination to be made of the condition of all 
 lands in the State of Florida which have been set apart or reserved for 
 naval purposes, excepting the reservation upon which the navy-yard 
 at Pensacola is located, and to ascertain whether or not such reserved 
 lands are or will be of any value to the Government of the United 
 States for naval purposes. 
 
 Restored to en- SEC. 2. That all of said lands which, in the judgment of the Secretary 
 try and sale. o f the Navy, are no longer required for naval purposes shall, as soon as 
 practicable, be certified by him to the Secretary of the Interior, and be 
 subject to entry and sale in the same manner and under the same con- 
 Proviso, ditions as other public lands of the United States : Provided, That all 
 persons who have, in good faith, made improvements on said reserved 
 lands so certified at the time of the passage of this act, and who occupy 
 the same, shall be entitled to purchase the part or parts so occupied 
 and improved by them, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres to 
 any one person at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre within such 
 reasonable time as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. 
 Appropriation. SEC. 3. That the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof 
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the 
 Navy to carry out the provisions of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651,1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1634, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1714. 
 
 June 9, 1880. No. 1714. AN ACT to confirm certain entries and warrant locations in the former 
 V oL 21, p. 171. Palatka military reservation in Florida. 
 
 Homestead en- Be it enacted, <$-c., That in all cases in which lands lying within the 
 
 i2i e ati l ^rf f mits of the lor mer Palatka military reservation in Florida have been 
 
 reservation T anX f ntered b F settlers under the homestead laws, and their entries are 
 
 in conflict with foun<i to conflict with selections by the State of Florida under the grant 
 
 swamp land se- of swamp lands by act of Congress of September twenty-eighth, eighteen 
 
 n?med D 8 c n ' hundl> ed and fifty, which are confirmed by the act of March third, eighteen 
 
 hundred and fifty-seven, and in which said settlers have in good faith 
 
 complied with the requirements of the homestead laws, their entries 
 
 be, acd the same are hereby, confirmed, on the State filing with the 
 
FLORIDA. 701 
 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office its relinquishment of all claim . State to select 
 thereto; and the State shall thereupon be entitled to select in lieu indemnity, 
 thereof an equal quantity of land from any of the vacant and unappro- 
 priated public lands of the United States in Florida, and patents shall 
 be issued to the State for the lands so selected in lieu of the tracts 
 taken by the settlers. 
 
 SEC. 2. That in all cases in which lands lying within said reserva- Private entries 
 tion have been entered at private entry or located by military land- confirmed, and 
 warrants, and which conflict with said selections, the same are also SSS L 8elect **" 
 hereby confirmed on the State relinquishing all claim thereto, and the 
 State shall thereupon be entitled to indemnity in the same manner as 
 indicated in the first section of this act. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1630, 1635, 1651, 1652, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1684, 1691, 1692, 1695, 1713. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 July 8, 1817. NO. 17 15. ARTICLES of a treaty concluded, at the Cherokee agency, within the 
 
 Proclamation, Cherokee nation, between Major-General Andrew Jackson, Joseph M'Minn, gov- 
 
 Dec. 26, 1817. ernor of the State of Tennessee, and General David Meriwether, commissioners 
 
 VoL 7, p. 156. plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the one part, and the chiefs, 
 
 bead men, and warriors, of the Cherokee nation, east of the Mississippi River, and 
 
 the chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Cberokees on the Arkansas River, and 
 their deputies, John D. Chisholm and James Rogers, duly authorized by the chiefs 
 of the Cherokees on the Arkansas River, in open council, by written power of 
 attorney, duly signed and executed, in presence of Joseph Sevier and William 
 Ware. 
 
 Cession of ARTICLE 1. The chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the whole Chero- 
 
 lands to United jj ee na ti O n, cede to the United States all the lands lying north and east 
 
 change foVother of the following boundaries, viz : Beginning at the high shoals of the 
 
 lands. Appalachy River, and running thence, along the boundary line between 
 
 the Creek and Cherokee nations, westwardly to the Cbatahouchy River ; 
 
 thence, up the Chatahouchy River, to the mouth of tSouque Creek ; 
 
 thence, continuing with the general course of the river until it reaches 
 
 the Indian boundary line, and, should it strike the Turrurar River, 
 
 thence, with its meanders, down said river to its mouth, in part of the 
 
 proportion of land in the Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi, to 
 
 which those now on the Arkansas and those about to remove there are 
 
 justly entitled. 
 
 Further ces- ART. 2. The chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the whole Cherokee 
 sion of lands. nation, do also cede to the United States all the lands lying north and 
 west of the following boundary lines, viz : Beginning at the Indian 
 boundary line that runs from the north bank of the Tennessee River, 
 opposite to the mouth of Hy wassee River, at a point on the top of Wai- 
 den's Ridge, where it divides the waters of the Tennessee River from 
 those of the Sequatchie River; thence, along the said ridge, south- 
 wardly, to the bank of the Tennessee River, at a point near to a place 
 called'the Negro Sugar Camp, opposite to the upper end of the first 
 island above Running Water Town ; thence, westwardly, a straight 
 line to the mouth of Little Sequatchie River ; thence, up said river, to 
 its main fork ; thence, up its northernmost fork, to its source ; and 
 thence, due west, to the Indian boundary line. 
 
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 The TJnited ART. 5. The United States bind themselves, in exchange for the lands 
 
 much 8 lanu^&c 18 ceded in the ? rst and second articles hereof, to give to that part of the 
 
 as they receive Cherokee nation on the Arkansas as much land on said river and White 
 
 from the Chero- River as they have or may hereafter receive from the Cherokee nation 
 
 tees, east of the Mississippi, acre for acre, as the just proportion due that 
 
 part of the nation on the Arkansas agreeably to their numbers ; which 
 
 is to commence on the north side of the Arkansas River, at the mouth 
 
 of Point Remove or Budweli's Old Place; thence, by a straight line, 
 
 northwardly, to strike Chataunga Mountain, or the hill first above 
 
 Shield's Ferry on White River, running up and between said rivers for 
 
 complement, the banks of which rivers to be the lines ; and to have 
 
 the above line, from the point of beginning to the point on White 
 
 River, run and marked, which shall be done soon after the ratification 
 
 of this treaty ; and all citizens of the United States, except Mrs. P. 
 
 Lovely, who is to remain where she lives during life, removed from 
 
 Former treaties within the bounds as above named. And it is further stipulated, that 
 
 the treaties heretofore between the Cherokee nation and the United 
 
 States are to continue in full force with both parts of the nation, and 
 
 both parts thereof entitled to all the immunities and privilege which 
 
 the old nation enjoyed under the aforesaid treaties; the United States 
 
 reserving the right of establishing factories, a military post, and roads, 
 
 within the boundaries above defined. 
 
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 702 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 703 
 
 ART. 8. And to each and every head of any Indian family residing on Reservations 
 the east side of the Mississippi River, on the lands that are now, or may ^an famfli f In " 
 hereafter be, surrendered to the United States, who may wish to be- ' 
 come citizens of the United States, the United States do agree to give a 
 reservation of six hundred and forty acres of land, in a square, to in- 
 clude their improvements, which are to be as near the centre thereof 
 as practicable, in which they will have a life estate, with a reversion 
 in fee-simple to their children, reserving to the widow her dower, the 
 register of whose names is to be filed in the office of the Cherokee 
 agent, which shall be kept open until the census is taken as stipulated 
 in the third article of this treaty. Provided, That if any of the heads 
 of families, for whom reservations may be made, should remove there- 
 from, then, in that case, the right to revert to the United States. And 
 provided further, That the laud which may be reserved under this 
 article, be deducted from the amount which has been ceded under the 
 first and second articles of this treaty, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 1718, 1724, 1728, 1737, 1750. 
 
 No. 1716. A TKEATY of friendship, limits, and accommodation, between the Oct. 18, 1820. 
 
 United States of America and the Choctaw nation of Indians, begun and concluded Proclamation, 
 
 at the treaty ground, in said nation, near Doak's Stand, on the Natchez road. Jan. 8, 1821. 
 
 Whereas it is an important object with the President of the United Vl- 7, p. 210. 
 States, to promote the civilization of the Choctaw Indians, by the estab- Objects of the 
 lishment of schools amongst them; and to perpetuate them as a na- treaty, 
 tion, by exchanging, for a small part of their land here, a country 
 beyond the Mississippi River, where all, who live by hunting and will 
 not work, may be collected and settled together. And whereas it is 
 desirable to the State of Mississippi, to obtain a small part of the land 
 belonging to said nation ; for the mutual accommodation of the parties, 
 and for securing the happiness and protection of the whole Choctaw 
 nation, as well as preserving that harmony and friendship which so 
 happily subsists between them and the United States, James Monroe, 
 President of the United States of America, by Andrew Jackson, of the 
 State of Tennessee, Major-General in the Army of the United States, 
 and General Thomas Hinds, of the State of Mississippi, commissioners 
 plenipotentiary of the United States, on the one part, and the Mingoes, 
 head men, and warriors, of the Choctaw nation, in full council as- 
 sembled, on the other part, have freely and voluntarily entered into the 
 following articles, viz : 
 
 ART. 1. To enable the President of the United States to carry into Cession of lands 
 effect the above grand and humane objects, the Mingoes, head men, bytheChootaws. 
 and warriors, of the Choctaw nation, in full council assembled, in 
 behalf of themselves and the said nation, do, by these presents cede 
 to the United States of America, all the land lying and being within 
 the boundaries following, to wit : Beginning on the Choctaw boundary, Bounds of the 
 east of Pearl River, at a point due south of the White Oak spring, on cession, 
 the old Indian path ; thence north to said spring ; thence northwardly 
 to a black oak, standing on the Natchez road, about forty poles east- 
 wardly from Doake's fence, marked A. J. and blazed, with two large 
 pines and a black oak standing near thereto, and marked as pointers ; 
 thence a straight line to the head of Black Creek, or Bouge Loosa ; 
 thence down Black Creek or Bouge Loosa to a small lake; thence a 
 direct course, so as to strike the Mississippi one mile below the mouth 
 of the Arkansas River ; thence down the Mississippi to our boundary ; 
 thence around and along the same to the beginning. 
 
 ART. 2. For and in consideration of the foregoing cession, on the United States 
 
 situate between the Arkansas and Red River, and bounded as follows : 
 Beginning on the Arkansas River, where the lower boundary line of Boundaries, 
 the Cherokees strikes the same ; thence up the Arkansas to the Cana- 
 dian Fork, and up the same to its source ; thence due south to the Red 
 River; thence down Red River, three miles below the mouth of Little 
 River, which empties itself into Red River on the north side ; thence 
 a direct line to the beginning, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 1717, 1729, 1730, 1733. 
 
704 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 T on is-)* TVo 171 r. ARTICLES of a convention made between John C. Calhoun, Secretary 
 Proclamatio n, of War, being specially authorized th.-retor by the President of the United States, 
 TVh \<] i l"a r i and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Choctaw nation of Indians, duly 
 
 vv.1 17 o-u authorized and empowered by said nation, at the city of Washington, on the twen- 
 
 YOI.I,P.<OT. au^^ ^^ January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 twenty-five. 
 
 Preamble Whereas a treaty of friendship, and limits, and accommodation, hav- 
 
 ing been entered into at Doake's Stand, on the eighteenth of October, 
 in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, between Andrew 
 Jackson and Thomas Hinda, commissioners on the part of the United 
 States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Choctaw nation of Indians; 
 and whereas the second article of the treaty aforesaid provides for a 
 cession of lands, west of the Mississippi, to the Choctaw nation, in part 
 satisfaction for lands ceded by said nation to the United States, accord- 
 ing to the first article of said treaty : And whereas, it being ascertained 
 that the cession aforesaid embraces a large number of settlers, citizens 
 of the United States ; and it being the desire of the President of the 
 United States to obviate all difficulties resulting therefrom, and also, 
 to adjust other matters in which both the United States and the Choc- 
 taw nation are interested : The following articles have been agreed 
 upon, and concluded, between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, 
 specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, on 
 the one part, and the undersigned delegates of the Choctaw nation, on 
 the other part : 
 
 Lands ceded to ARTICLE 1. The Choctaw nation do hereby cede to the United States 
 
 the United all that portion of the land ceded to them by the second article of the 
 
 States. treaty of Doak Stand, as aforesaid, lying east of a line beginning on 
 
 the Arkansas, one hundred paces east of Fort Smith, and running 
 
 thence, due south, to Red River : it being understood that this line 
 
 shall constitute, and remain, the permanent boundary between the 
 
 United States and the Choctaws; and the United States agreeing to 
 
 remove such citizens as may be settled on the west side, to the east side 
 
 of said line, and prevent future settlements from being made on the 
 
 west thereof, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 1716, 1729, 1730, 1733. 
 
 No. IT 18. ARTICLES of a convention, concluded at the city of Washington this 
 
 may o, itwe. sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty 
 
 TiTa^9siR9R eight, between James Barbour, Secretary of War, being especially authorized 
 
 v IT" ii therefor by the President of the United States, and the undersigned, chiefs and 
 
 head men of the Cherokee nation of Indians, west of the Mississippi, they being 
 
 duly authorized and empowered by their nation. 
 
 Object of the Whereas, it being the anxious desire of the Government of the United 
 treaty. States to secure to the Cherokee nation of Indians, as well those 
 
 now living within the limits of the Territory of Arkansas, as those of 
 their friends and brothers who reside in States east of the Mississippi, 
 and who may wish to join their brothers of the west, a permanent 
 home, and which shall, under the most solemn guarantee of the United 
 States, be, and remain, theirs forever a home that shall never, in all 
 future time, be embarrassed by having extended around it the lines, or 
 placed over it the jurisdiction of a Territory or State, nor be pressed 
 upon by the extension, in any way, of any of the limits of any existing 
 Territory or State ; and, whereas, the present location of the Cherokees 
 in Arkansas being unfavourable to their present repose, and tending, 
 as the past demonstrates, to their future degradation and misery ; and 
 the Cherokees being anxious to avoid such consequences, and yet not 
 questioning their right to their lands in Arkansas, as secured to them 
 by treaty, and resting also upon the pledges given them by the Presi- 
 dent of the United States, and the Secretary of War, of March, 1818, 
 and 8th October, 1821, in regard to the outlet to the West, and as may 
 be seen on referring to the records of the War Department, still being 
 anxious to secure a permanent home, and to free themselves, and their 
 posterity, from an embarrassing connexion with the Territory of Ar- 
 kansas, and guard themselves from such connexions in future ; and, 
 whereas, it being important, not to the Cherokees only, but also to the 
 Choctaws, and in regard also to the question which may be agitated in 
 the future respecting the location of the latter, as well as the former, 
 within the limits of the Territory or State of Arkansas, as the case may 
 be, and their removal therefrom; and to avoid the cost which may at- 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 705 
 
 tend negotiations to rid the Territory or State of Arkansas whenever it 
 may become a State, of either, or both of those tribes, the parties here- 
 to do hereby conclude the following articles, viz : 
 
 ARTICLE 1. The western boundary of Arkansas shall be, and the "Western bouu- 
 same is, hereby defined, viz : A line shall be run, commencing on Red <jary of Arkansas 
 River, at the point where the Eastern Choctaw line strikes said river, de 
 and run due north with said line to the river Arkansas, thence in a 
 direct line to the southwest corner of Missouri. 
 
 ART. 2. The United States agree to possess the Cherokees, and to Territory guar- 
 guarantee it to them forever, and that guarantee is hereby solemnly anteed to Chero- 
 pledged, of seven million's of acres of laud, to be bounded as follows, 66 United 
 viz : Commencing at that point on Arkansas River where the eastern 
 Choctaw boundary line strikes said river, and running thence with the 
 western line of Arkansas, as defined in the foregoing article, to the 
 southwest corner of Missouri, and thence with the western boundary 
 line of Missouri till it crosses the waters of Neasho, generally called 
 Grand River, thence due west to a point from which a due south course 
 will strike the present northwest corner of Arkansas Territory, thence 
 continuing due south, on and with the present western boundary line 
 of the Territory to the main branch of Arkansas River, thence down 
 said river to its junction with the Canadian River, and thence up and 
 between the said rivers Arkansas and Canadian, to a point at which a 
 line running north and south from river to river, will give the afore- 
 said seven millions of acres. In addition to the seven millions of acres 
 thus provided for, and bounded, the United States further guarantee 
 to the Cherokee nation a perpetual outlet, west, and a free and unmo- 
 lested use of all the country lying west of the western boundary of the 
 above-described limits, and as far west as the sovereignty of the United 
 States, and their right of soil extend. 
 
 ART. 3. The United States agree to have the lines of the above ces- Lines to be run 
 sion run without delay, say not later than the first of October next, without d e 1 a y 
 and to remove, immediately after the running of the eastern line from JJJJ Removed 
 the Arkansas River to the southwest corner of Missouri, all white per- f rom the cession, 
 sons from the west to the east of said line, and also all others, should 
 there be any there, who may be unacceptable to the Cherokees, so that 
 no obstacles arising out of the presence of a white population, or a popu- 
 lation of any other sort, shall exist to annoy the Cherokees; and also 
 to keep all such from the west of said line in future. 
 
 ART.'?. The chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation, aforesaid, Cherokees to 
 for and in consideration of the foregoing stipulations and provisions, surrender lands 
 do hereby agree, in the name and behalf of their nation, to give up, ^thto fourteen 
 and they do hereby surrender, to the United States, and agree to leave months, 
 the same within fourteen months, as herein before stipulated, all the 
 lands to which they are entitled in Arkansas, and which were secured 
 to them by the treaty of 8th January, 1817, and the convention of the 
 27th February, 1819. 
 
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 ART. 9. It is understood and agreed by the parties to this convention, A certain tract 
 that a tract of land, two miles wide and six miles long, shall be, and of lan j| .*J Jjf 
 the same is hereby, reserved for the use and benefit of the United States, benefit of the 
 for the accommodation of the military force which is now, or which may United States, 
 hereafter be, stationed at Fort Gibson, on the Neasho, or Grand River, 
 to commence on said river half a mile below the aforesaid fort, and to 
 run thence due east two miles, thence northwardly six miles, to a point 
 which shall be two miles distant from the river aforesaid, thence due 
 west to the said river, and down it to the place of beginning. And the 
 Cherokees agree that the United States shall have and possess the right 
 of establishing a road through their country for the purpose of hav- 
 ing a free and unmolested way to and from said fort, (a) 
 
 ******* 
 
 [NOTE. This treaty was ratified with the following proviso, expressed 
 in the resolution of the Senate: "Provided, nevertheless, that the said 
 convention shall not be so construed as to extend the northern bound- 
 ary of the 'perpetual outlet west,' provided for and guaranteed in the 
 second article of said convention, north of the thirty-sixth degree of 
 north latitude, or so as to interfere with the lands assigned, or to be 
 assigned, west of the Mississippi River, to the Creek Indians who have 
 emigrated, or may emigrate, from the States of Georgia and Alabama, 
 under the provisions ot any treaty or treaties heretofore concluded be- 
 tween the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians j and provided 
 45 L O VOL II 
 
706 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 further, that nothing in the said convention shall be construed to cede 
 or assign to the Cberokees any lands heretofore ceded or assigned to any 
 tribe or tribes of Indians, by any treaty now existing and in force, with 
 any such tribe or tribes."] 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1715, 1724, 1728, 1737, 1750. 
 
 May 28, 1830. No. I 7 1 8a.A~S ACT to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing 
 Vol. 4, p. 411. in any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the river Missis- 
 
 sippi'. 
 
 Districts to be Be it enacted, $-c., That it shall and may be lawful for the President 
 laid off. of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the 
 
 United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any State 
 or organized Territory, and to which the Indian title has been extin- 
 guished, as he may judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable num- 
 ber of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as 
 may choose to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove 
 there ; and to cause each of said districts to be so described by natural 
 or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from every other. 
 President to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
 exchange, &o. j- oe President to exchange any or all of such districts, so to be laid off 
 and described, with any tribe or nation of Indians now residing within 
 the limits of any of the States or Territories, and with which the Uuited 
 States have existing treaties, for the whole or any part or portion of the 
 territory claimed and occupied by such tribe or nation, within the bounds 
 of any one or more of the States or Territories, where the laud claimed 
 and occupied by the Indians, is owned by the United States, or the 
 United States are bound to the State within which it lies to extinguish 
 the Indian claim thereto, (a) 
 
 Title secured SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the making of any such ex- 
 to Indians. change or exchanges, in shall and may be lawful for the President sol- 
 
 emnly to assure the tribe or nation with which the exchange is made, 
 that the United States will forever secure and guaranty to them, and 
 their heirs or successors, the country so exchanged with them ; and if 
 they prefer it, that the United States will canse a patent or grant to be 
 Proviso. made and executed to them for the same : Provided always, That such 
 
 lands shall revert to the United States, if the Indians become extinct, or 
 abandon the same. 
 
 Improvements SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That if, upon any of the lands now 
 to be appraised occupied by the Indians, and to be exchanged for, there should be such 
 for - improvements as add value to the land claimed by any individual or 
 individuals of such tribes or nations, it shall and may be lawful for the 
 President to cause such value to be ascertained by appraisement or other- 
 wise, and to cause such ascertained value to be paid to the person or per- 
 sons rightfully claiming such improvements. And upon the payment 
 of such valuation, the improvements so valued and paid for, shall pass 
 to the United States, and possession shall not afterwards be permitted 
 to any of the same tribe. 
 
 Aid in moving, SEC. 5. And belt further enacted, That upon the making of any such 
 exchange as is contemplated by this act, it shall and may be lawful for 
 the President to cause such aid and assistance to be furnished to the 
 emigrants as may be necessary and proper to enable them to remove to, 
 and settle in, the country for which they may have exchanged ; and 
 also, to give them such aid and assistance as may be necessary for their 
 support and subsistence for the first year after their removal. 
 
 Protection. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
 
 the President to cause such tribe or nation to be protected, at their new 
 residence, against all interruption or disturbance from any other tribe 
 or nation of Indians, or from any other person or persons whatever. 
 President to SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for 
 tendence^ov^r Pr . esi <lent to have the same superintendence and care over any tribe 
 tribes removing, or . D atiou in the country to which they may remove, as contemplated by 
 &.c. " this act, that he is now authorized to have over them at their present 
 
 places of residence : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall 
 be construed as authorizing or directing the violation of any existing 
 treaty between the United States and any of the Indian tribes. 
 00,000 appro- SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of giving effect 
 to the provisions of this act, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars 
 is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not 
 otherwise appropriated, 
 (a) See No. 1729a. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 707 
 
 No. 17 J 9. ARTICLES of agreement and convention, made and concluded at the Feb. 28, 1831. 
 city of Washington, on the twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, Proclamation, 
 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by and between James B. Gardiner, March 24, 1831. 
 specially appointed commissioner on the part of the United States, of the one part, Vol. 7, p. 348. 
 
 and the undersigned, principal chiefs and warriors of the Seneca tribe of Indians, 
 
 residing on the Sandusky Elver in the State of Ohio, on the part of said tribe, of 
 the other part ; for the cession of the lauds now owned and occupied by the said 
 tribe of Indians, lying on the waters of the Sandusky Biver, and situate within 
 the territorial limits of the organized counties of Seneca and Sandusky, in said 
 State of Ohio. 
 
 Whereas the tribe of Seneca Indians, residing on Sandusky River, in Preamble, 
 the State of Ohio, have earnestly solicited the President of the United 
 States to negociate with them, for an exchange of the lands, now owned 
 and occupied by them, for lands of thy United States, west of the river 
 Mississippi, and for the removal ttnd permanent settlement of said tribe : 
 Therefore, in order to carry into effect the aforesaid objects, the fol- 
 lowiug articles have been agreed upon : 
 
 ARTICLE 1. The Seneca tribe of Indians, in consideration of the stipu- Cession by the 
 lations herein made on the part of the United States, do forever cede, Senecaa - 
 release and quit-claim to the United States, the lauds granted to them, 
 by patent, in fee-simple, by the sixth section of the treaty, made at the 
 foot of the rapids of the Miami River of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth 
 day of September, in the year 1817, containing thirty thousand acres, 
 and described as follows: "Beginning on the Sandusky River at the 
 lower corner of the section granted to William Spicer ; thence down the 
 river on the east side, with the meanders thereof at high- water mark, 
 to a point east of the mouth of Wolf Creek ; thence, and from the be- 
 ginning, east, so far that a north line will include the quantity of thirty 
 thousand acres." And said tribe also cede, as aforesaid, one other tract 
 of land, reserved for the use of the said Senecas, by the second article 
 of the treaty, made at St. Mary's, in the State of Ohio, on the seven- 
 teenth day of September, in the year 1818, which tract is described in 
 said treaty as follows : " Ten thousand acres of land, to be laid off on 
 the east side of the Sandusky River, adjoining the south side of their 
 reservation of thirty thousand acres, which begins on the Sandusky 
 River, at the lowi r corner of William Spicer's section, and excluding 
 therefrom the said William Spicer's section :" making in the whole of 
 this cession, forty thousand acres. 
 
 ART. 2. In consideration of the cessions stipulated in the foregoing Removal of 
 article; the United States agree to cause the said tribe of Senecas, con- Senecas. 
 sisting of about four hundred souls to be removed in a convenient and 
 suitable manner, to the western side of the Mississippi River ; and will 
 grant them, by patent, in fee-simple, as long as they shall exist as a Q T * to them, 
 nation and remain on the same, a tract of land, situate on, and adjacent 
 to the northern boundary of the lands heretofore granted to the Chero- 
 kee nation of Indians, and adjoining the boundary of the State of Mis- 
 souri ; which tract shall extend fifteen miles from east to west, and 
 seven miles from north to south, containing about sixty-seven thousand 
 acres, be the same more or less ; for which the President of the United 
 States shall cause letters-patents to be issued, in due form of law, agree- 
 ably to the act of the last session of Congress. 
 
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 ART. 12. The lands granted by this agreement and convention to the Lands granted 
 Seneca tribe of Indians shall not be sold or ceded by them, except to not to be sold - 
 the United States, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 1721, 1723, 1745. 
 
 No. 1 720. ARTICLES of a treaty made at the city of "Washington between Lewis March 24, 1832. 
 Cass, thereto specially authorized by the President of the United States, and the Proclamation, 
 Creek tribe of Indians. April 4, 1832. 
 
 ARTICLE I. The Creek tribe of Indians cede to the United States all ! 
 
 their land east of the Mississippi River. Cession of 
 
 ******* land by Creeks. 
 
 ART. XIV. The Creek country west of the Mississippi shall be solemnly Guarantee o f 
 guarantied to the Creek Indians, nor shall any State or Territory ever ^ un ^ r .y . w 8t . of 
 have a right to pass laws for the government of such Indians, but they m 
 shall be allowed to govern themselves, so far as may be compatible 
 with the general jurisdiction which Congress may think proper to ex- 
 ercise over them. And the United States will also defend them from 
 the unjust hostilities of other Indians, and will also, as soon as the 
 
708 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 boundaries of the Creek country west of the Mississippi are ascertained, 
 
 Pat^t tn h A cause a patent or grant to be executed to the Creek tribe, agreeably to 
 
 executed, the 3d section of the act of Congress of May 2d, [28,] 1830, entitled "An 
 
 act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in 
 
 any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the 
 
 Mississippi." (a) 
 
 * ^ * * # * * 
 
 (a) See Ifos. 1725, 1731, 1738, 1750, 1752. 
 
 July 20 1831. No. 1721. ARTICLES of agreement and convention, made and concluded at 
 Proclamati o n Lewistown, in the county of Logan, and State of Ohio, on the twentieth day of July, 
 April 6 1832. ' in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty -one, by and between 
 Vol. 7, p. 351. James B. Gardiner, specially appointed commissioner on the part of the United 
 
 . ! States, and John McElvain, Indian agent for the Wyandots, Senecas and Shawnees, 
 
 on the one part, and the undersigned principal chiefs and warriors of the mixed 
 band of Senecas and Shawnee Indians residing at and around the said Lewistown, 
 of the other part; for the cession of the lands now owned and occupied by said 
 band, lying on the waters of the Great Miami River, and within the territorial 'limits 
 of the organized county of Logan, in said State of Ohio. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas the President of the United States, under the authority of 
 
 the act of Congress, approved May 28th, 1830, has appointed a special 
 commissioner to confer with the different Indian tribes residing within 
 the constitutional limits of the State of Ohio, and to offer for their ac- 
 ceptance the piovisions contained in the before- recited act. And whereas 
 the mixed band or tribes of Seneca and Shawnee Indians residing at 
 and around Lewistown in said State have expressed their perfect assent 
 to the conditions of said act, and their willingness and anxiety to re- 
 move west of the Mississippi River, in order to obtain a more perma- 
 nent and advantageous home for themselves and their posterity : There- 
 fore, in order to carry into effect the aforesaid objects, the following 
 articles have been agreed upon by the aforesaid contracting parties ; 
 which, when approved by the President and ratified by the Senate of 
 the United States, shall be mutually binding upon the United States 
 and the said Seneca and Shawnee Indians. 
 Cession of ARTICLE I. The Seneca and Shawnee Indians, residing at and around 
 
 sftes* United Lewistown in the State of Ohio, in consideration of the stipulations 
 herein made on the part of the United States, do for ever cede, release 
 and quit-claim to the United States, the lands granted to them by patent 
 in fee-simple by the sixth article of the treaty made at the foot of the 
 rapids of the Miami River of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of 
 September, in the year 1817, containing forty-eight square miles, and 
 described in said treaty as follows: "Beginning at the intersection of 
 the line run by Charles Roberts in the year one thousand eight hundred 
 and twelve, from the source of the Little Miami River, to the source of 
 the Scioto River, in pursuance of instructions from the commissioners 
 appointed on the part of the United States, to establish the western 
 boundary of the Virginia military reservation, with the Indian boundary 
 line established by the treaty of Greenville in one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and ninety -five from the crossings above Fort Lawrence to Lara- 
 mie's store, and to run from such intersection, northerly, with the first- 
 mentioned line, so as to include the quantity as nearly in a square form 
 as practicable, after excluding the section of land granted to Nancy 
 Stewart." And the said Senecas and Shawnees also cede to the United 
 States, in manner aforesaid, one other tract of land, reserved for them 
 by the second article of the treaty made at St. Mary's, in Ohio, on the 
 seventeenth of September, in the'year 1818, which tract is described in 
 said treaty as follows : " Eight thousand nine hundred and sixty acres, 
 to be laid off adjoining the west line of the reserve of forty-eight square 
 miles at Lewistown." 
 Removal of ART. II. In consideration of the cessions stipulated in the foregoing 
 
 Senecas and article, the United States agree to cause the said band of Senecas and 
 Shawnees, consisting of about three hundred souls, to be removed in a 
 convenient and suitable manner to the western side of the Mississippi 
 Grant of land. River, and will grant by patent, in fee-simple to them and their heirs 
 forever, as long as they shall exist as a nation and remain on the same, 
 a tract of land to contain sixty thousand acres, to be located under the 
 direction of the President of the United States, contiguous to the lands 
 granted to the Senecas of Sandusky by the treaty made with them at 
 the city of Washington, on the 28th of February 1831, and the Cherokee 
 settlements the east line of said tract shall be within two miles of the 
 west line of the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky, and the south 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 709 
 
 line shall be within two miles of the north line of the lands held by the 
 Cherokees and said two miles between the aforesaid lines, shall serve 
 as a common passway between the before-mentioned tribes to prevent 
 them from intruding upon the lands of each other. 
 
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 ART. XI. The lands granted by this agreement and convention to the Lands granted, 
 said band of Senecas and Shawnees, shall not be sold or ceded by them not to be sold., 
 except to the United States. And the United States guarantee that Guarantee by 
 said lands shall never be within the bounds of any State or Territory, United States, 
 nor subject to the laws thereof ; and further that the President of the 
 United States will cause said tribes to be protected at their new resi- 
 dence against all interruption or disturbance from any other tribe or 
 nation of Indians, or from any other person or persons whatever j and 
 he shall have the same care and superintendence over them in the coun- 
 try to which they design to remove, that he has heretofore had over 
 
 them at their present place of residence, (a) 
 
 * * * * # * * 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1719, 1722, 1723, 1745, 1749. 
 
 No. 1722. ARTICLES of agreement and convention, made and concluded at "Wa- Aug. 8, 183L 
 paghkonnetta, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio on the 8th day of August in Proclamation, 
 the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by and between April 6, 1833. 
 James B. Gardiner specially appointed commissioner on the part of the United States Vol. 7, p. 355. 
 
 and John McElvain, Indian agent for the Wyandots, Senecas and Shawnees residing 
 
 in the State of Ohio, on the one part, and the undersigned, principal chiefs, head- 
 men and warriors of the tribe of Shawnee Indians residing at Wapaghkonnetta and 
 Hog Creek, within the territorial limits of the organized county of Allen, in the 
 State of Ohio. 
 
 Whereas the President of the United States under the authority of Preamble, 
 the act of Congress, approved May 28, 1830, has appointed a special 
 commissioner to confer with the different Indian tribes residing within 
 the constitutional limits of the State of Ohio, and to offer for their 
 acceptance the provisions of the before-recited act : And whereas the 
 tribe or band of Shawnee Indians residing at Wapaghkonnetta and on 
 Hog Creek in the said State, have expressed their perfect assent to the 
 conditions of the said act, and their willingness and anxiety to remove 
 west of the Mississippi River, in order to obtain a more permanent and 
 advantageous home for themselves and their posterity. Therefore, in 
 order to carry into effect the aforesaid objects, the following articles of 
 convention have been agreed upon by the aforesaid contracting parties, 
 which, when ratified by the President of the United States, by and with 
 the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, shall be mutually binding 
 upon the United States and the said Shawnee Indians. 
 
 ARTICLE I. The tribe or band of Shawnee Indians residing at Wa- Cession of 
 paghkonnetta and on Hog Creek in the State of Ohio, in consideration M 8 .* 1Jnitea 
 of the stipulations herein made, on the part of the United States, do for 
 ever cede, release and quit-claim to the United States the lands granted 
 to them by patent in fee-simple by the sixth section of the treaty made 
 at the foot of the rapids of the Miami River of Lake Erie on the 29th 
 day of September in the year of our Lord 1817, containing one hundred 
 and twenty-five sections or square miles, and granted in two reservations 
 and described in the said sixth section of the aforesaid treaty as follows : 
 "A tract of land ten miles square, the centre of which shall be the 
 council house at Wapaghkounetta;" and "a tract of land containing 
 twenty-five square miles, which is to join the tract granted at Wapagh- 
 konnetta, and to include the Shawnee settlement on Hog Creek, and to 
 be laid off as nearly as possible in a square form," which said two tracts 
 or reservations of land were granted as aforesaid to the said Shawnee 
 Indians by the patents signed by the Commissioner of the General Land 
 Office and certified by the Secretary of War dated the 20th day of April 
 182 1 . Also, one other tract of land, granted to the said Shawnees by the 
 second article of the treaty made at St. Mary's in the State of Ohio, 
 on the 17th day of September in the year 1818, and described therein 
 as follows: " Twelve thousand eight hundred acres of land to belaid 
 off adjoining the east line of their reserve of ten miles square at Wa- 
 paghkounetta," making in the whole of the aforesaid cessions to the 
 United States by the aforesaid Shawnees, one hundred and for.ty-five 
 sections or square miles, which includes all the land now owned or 
 claimed by the said band or tribe of Shawnees in the State of Ohio. 
 
710 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 Removal of ART. II. In consideration of the cessions stipulated in the foregoing 
 Shawnees. article, the United States agree to cause the said tribe or band of Shaw- 
 
 nees, consisting of about four hundred souls, to be removed in a conve- 
 nient and suitable manner to the western side of the Mississippi River, 
 Grant of land and will grant by patent in fee-simple to them and their heirs for ever, 
 west of the Mis- as long as they shall exist as a nation and remain upon the same, a tract 
 sisaippi. o f i am i t o contain one hundred thousand acres, to be located under the 
 
 direction of the President of the United States, within the tract of land 
 equal to fifty miles square, which was granted to the Shawnee Indians 
 of the State of Missouri by the second article of a treaty made at the 
 city of Saint Louis in said State, with the said Shawneesof Missouri by 
 William Clark, superintendent of Indian affairs, on the 7th day of 
 November in the year 1325 ; and in which it is provided that the grant 
 aforesaid shall be for the Shawnee tribe of Indians within the State of 
 Missouri, " and for those of the same nation now residing in Ohio, who 
 may hereafter emigrate to the west of the Mississippi;" but if there 
 should not be a sufficiency of good land unoccupied by the Shawnee 
 Indians who have already settled on the tract granted as aforesaid by 
 the said treaty of Saint Louis; then the tract of one hundred thousand 
 acres, hereby granted to the said Shawnees of Ohio, parties to this com- 
 pact, shall be located under the direction of the President of the United 
 States on lands contiguous to the said Shawuees of Missouri, or on any 
 other unappropriated lands within the district of country designed for 
 the emigrating Indians of the United States. 
 
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 Lands granted ART. X. The lands granted by this agreement and convention to the 
 not to be sold, said band or tribe of Shawnees, shall not be sold nor ceded by them, 
 Guarantee except to the United States. And the United States guarantee that 
 said lands shall never be within the bounds of any State or Territory, 
 nor subject to the laws thereof ; and further, that the President of the 
 United States will cause said tribe to be protected at their intended 
 residence, against all interruption or disturbance from any other tribe 
 or nation of Indians, or from any other person or persons whatever, and 
 he shall have the same care and superintendence over them, in the 
 country to which they are to remove, that he has heretofore had over 
 them at their present place of residence, (a) 
 
 # * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Kbs. 1721, 1723, 1745, 1749. 
 
 Dec 29, 1832. No. J 723. ARTICLES of agreement, made and concluded at the Senaca agency, 
 Proclamation, on the head- waters of the Cowskin River, this 29th day of December, in the year 
 March 22, 1833. of our Lord oue thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by aud between Henry L. 
 VoL 7, p. 411. Ellsworth and John F. Schermerhorn, commissioners, on behalf of the United 
 
 States, and the chiefs and head-men of the "United Nation " of the Senecas and 
 
 Shawnee Indians, on behalf of said tribe or nation. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas certain articles of agreement and convention were concluded 
 
 at Lewistown, Ohio, on the 20th day of July, A. D. 1831, by and between 
 the United States and the chiefs and warriors of the mixed band of the 
 Senecas and Shawnee Indians, residing at or near Lewistown, in the 
 State of Ohio: And whereas, by the 2nd article of said agreement, the 
 United States stipulated and agreed, with said tribe, in the words fol- 
 lowing, to wit: "to grant by patent, in fee-simple, to them, and their 
 heirs forever, as long as they shall exist as a nation and remain on the 
 same, a tract of laud, to contain sixty thousand acres, to be located 
 under the direction of the President of "the United States, contiguous to 
 the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky, by the treaty made with 
 them at the city of Washington, on the 2*th of February 1831, and the 
 Cherokee settlements the east line of said tract shall be within two 
 miles of the west line of the lands granted to the Seuecas of Sandusky ; 
 and the south line shall be within two miles of the north line of the 
 lands held by the Cherokees and said two miles between the aforesaid 
 lines, shall serve as a common passway between the before-mentioned 
 tribes, to prevent them from intruding upon the lands of each other." 
 And the treaty aforesaid was ratified and confirmed by the President 
 and Senate of the United States, on the "6th day of April, A. D. 1832. 
 And whereas, the said mixed band of Senecas and Shawuees removed 
 from their homes in Ohio to settle upon the lands assigned them west 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 711 
 
 of the Mississippi, in pursuance of the provisions and stipulations of 
 the treaty aforesaid : And whereas, the said Senecas from Sandusky, 
 and the mixed band of Senecas and Shawnees, have lately formed a 
 confederacy, and have expressed their anxiety to unite as one tribe or 
 nation, to be called the " United Nation of Senecas and Shawnees," to 
 occupy their land as tenants in common and have the whole of the 
 country provided for them by the United States located on the east 
 side of Ne-o-sho or Grand River, which runs through and now divides 
 the same : For the purpose of affording a more convenient and satisfac- 
 tory location to said United Nation, the parties aforesaid do, therefore, 
 hereby stipulate and agree as follows : 
 
 ARTICLE I. The united tribe of Senecas and Shawnee Indians do Cession to the 
 hereby cede, relinquish and forever quit-claim to the United States, all united States, 
 the laud granted to them on the west side of Ne-o-sho or Grand River, 
 by treaties made respectively with the Senecas of Sandusky and the 
 mixed band of Senecas and Shawnees of Lewistown, Ohio, on the 20th 
 day of July, 1831, and on the 28th day of February, 1831. 
 
 ART. II. In consideration of said lands, described and ceded as afore- Grant to Indi- 
 said, the United States will grant, by letters- patent, to the tribe or na- ana. 
 tion of Indians aforesaid, in manner as hereinafter mentioned, the fol- 
 lowing tract of land lying on the east side of Ne-o-sho or Grand River, 
 viz : bounded on the east by the west line of the State of Missouri ; 
 south by the present established line of the Cherokee Indians ; west by 
 Ne-o-sho or Grand River; and north by a line running parallel with 
 said south line, and extending so far from the present north line of the 
 Seneca Indians from Saudusky, as to contain sixty thousand acres, ex- 
 clusive of the land now owned by said Seneca Indians, which said 
 boundaries include, however, all the land heretofore granted said Sen- 
 ecas of Sandusky, on the east side of Grand River. And the United 
 States will grant said tract of land, by two letters-patent; the north 
 half, in quantity, to be granted to the mixed band of the Senecas and 
 Shawnees of Ohio, and the south half to the Senecas from Sandusky, 
 aforesaid: the whole to be occupied in common, so long as the said 
 tribes or bands shall desire the same. The said patents shall be granted 
 in fee- simple ; but the lands shall not be sold or ceded without the con- 
 sent of the United States. 
 
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 ART. V. Nothing in these articles of agreement shall be construed to Eights under 
 affect the respective rights of the Seneca tribe of Indians from San- existing treaties, 
 dusky, and the Senecas and Shawnees from Lewistown, Ohio, as secured 
 by existing treaties, except so far as said treaties are inconsistent with 
 the provisions of the articles aforesaid, (a) 
 
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 (a) See ISTos. 1719, 1721, 1722, 1745, 1749. 
 
 No. 1 724. ARTICLES of agreement and convention made and concluded at Fort Feb. 14, 1833. 
 
 Gibson, on the Arkansas River, on the fourteenth day of February, one thousand Proclamation, 
 
 eight hundred and thirty-three, by and between Montfort Stokes, Heiiry L. Ells- April 12, 1834. 
 
 worth, and John F. Schernierhorn, duly appointed commissioners on the part of VoL 7, p. 414. 
 
 the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and head-men of the Cherokee nation . 
 
 of Indians west of the Mississippi, they being duly authorized and empowered by 
 their nation. 
 
 Whereas articles of convention were concluded at the city of Wash- Preamble, 
 ington, on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twen- 
 ty-eight, between James Barbonr, Secretary of War, being specially au- 
 thorized therefor by the President of the United States, and the chiefs 
 and head men of the Cheerokeenatioa of Indians west of the Mississippi, 
 which articles of convention were duly ratified; and 
 
 Whereas it was agreed by the second article of said convention as Preamble, 
 follows : "That the United States agree to possess the Cheerokees, and 
 to guarantee it to them forever, ai d that guarantee is solemnly pledged, 
 of seven millions of acres of land, said land to be bounded as follows, 
 viz : commencing at a point on Arkansas River, where the eastern Choc- 
 taw boundary line strikes said river, and running thence with the west- 
 ern line of Arkansas Territory to the southwest corner of Missouri, and 
 thence with the western boundary line of Missouri till it crosses the 
 waters of Neasho, generally called Grand River ; thence due west, to a 
 point from which a due south course will strike the present northwest 
 corner of Arkansas Territory ; thence continuing due south on and with 
 the present boundary line on the west of said Territory, to the main 
 
712 
 
 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 branch of Arkansas River ; thence down said river to its junction with 
 the Canadian, and thence up, and between said rivers Arkansas and 
 Canadian, to a point at which a line running north and south from 
 river to river, will give the aforesaid seven millions of acres, thus pro- 
 vided for and bounded. The United' States further guarantee to the 
 Cherokee nation a perpetual outlet west, and a free and unmolested 
 use of all the country lying west of the western boundary of the above- 
 described limits, and as far west as the sovereignty of the United States 
 and their right of soil extend ; and 
 
 Whereas there was to said articles of convention and agreement the 
 following proviso, viz : Provided, nevertheless, That said convention shall 
 not be so construed as to extend the northern boundary of said perpet- 
 ual outlet west, provided for and guarantied in the second article of 
 said convention, north of the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude, or 
 so as to interfere with the lands assigned, or to be assigned, west of the 
 Mississippi River, to the Creek Indians who have emigrated, or may 
 emigrate, from the States of Georgia and Alabama, under the provision 
 of any treaty, or treaties, heretofore concluded, between the United 
 States and the Creek tribe of Indians : And provided further, That nothing 
 in said convention shall be construed to cede, or assign, to the Chero- 
 kees any lands heretofore ceded, or assigned, to any tribe, or tribes of 
 Indians, by any treaty now existing and in force with any such tribe 
 or tribes ; " and 
 
 Whereas it appears from the Creek treaty, made with the United 
 States by the Creek nation, dated twenty -fourth day of January, eight- 
 een hundred and twenty-six, at the city of Washington, that they had 
 the right to select, and did select, a part of the country described with- 
 in the boundaries mentioned above in said Cherokee articles of agree- 
 ment ; and 
 
 Whereas both the Cheerokee and Creek nations of Indians west of 
 the Mississippi, anxious to have their boundaries settled in an amicable 
 manner, have met each other in council, and, after full deliberation, 
 mutually agreed upon the boundary lines between them : 
 
 Now, therefore, the United States on one part, and the chiefs and 
 head-inen of the Cherokee nation of Indians west of the Mississippi on 
 the other part, agree as follows : 
 
 ^v,* iiwi-r B uoi- ARTICLE 1. The United States agree to possess the Cheerokees, and to 
 anteed to Chero- guarantee it to them forever, and that guarantee is hereby pledged, of 
 seven millions of acres of land, to be bounded as follows, viz : Begin- 
 ning at a point on the old western Territorial line of Arkansas Territory, 
 being twenty-five miles north from the point where the Territorial line 
 crosses Arkansas River; thence running from said north point, south, 
 on the said Territorial line, to the place where said Territorial line crosses 
 the Verdigris River ; thence down said Verdigris River to the Arkansas 
 River; thence down said Arkansas to a point where a stone is placed 
 opposite the east or lower bank of Grand River at its junction with the 
 Arkansas; thence running south, forty-four degrees west, one mile; 
 thence in a straight line to a point four miles northerly from the mouth of 
 the North Fork of the Canadian ; thence along the said four-miles line 
 to the Canadian ; thence down the Canadian to the Arkansas ; thence 
 down the Arkansas to that point on the Arkansas where the eastern 
 Choctaw boundary strikes said river ; and running thence with the west- 
 ern line of Arkansas Territory as now defined, to the southwest corner 
 of Missouri ; thence along the western Missouri line to the land assigned 
 the Senecas ; thence on the south line of the Senecas to Grand River ; 
 thence up said Grand River as far as the south line of the Osage reser- 
 vation, extended if necessary ; thence up and between said south Osage 
 line, extended west if necessary ; and a line drawn due west from the 
 point of beginning, to a certain distance west, at which a line running 
 north and south from said Osage line to said due west line will make 
 seven millions of acres within the whole described boundaries. In ad- 
 dition to the seven millions of acres of land, thus provided for, and 
 bounded, the United States further guarantee to the Cheerokee nation 
 a perpetual outlet west and a free and unmolested use of all the coun- 
 try lying west of the western boundary of said seven millions of acres 
 as far west as the sovereignty of the United States and their right of 
 soil extend : Provided, however, That if the saline, or salt plain, on the 
 great western prairie, shall fall within said limits prescribed for said 
 outlet, the right is reserved to the United States to permit other tribes 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 Territory guar- 
 
 Boundaries. 
 
 Salines. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 713 
 
 of red men to get salt on said plain in common with the Cheerokees ; Salines. 
 and letters- patent shall be issued by the United States as soon as prac- 
 ticable for the land hereby guaranteed. 
 
 ART. 2. The Cheerokee nation hereby relinquish and quit-claim to the Kelinquish- 
 United States all the right, interest, and title which the Cherokees have ment of former 
 or claim to have in and to all the land ceded, or claimed to have been Ce8810n - 
 ceded to said Cheerokee nation by said treaty of sixth of May, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and not embraced within the 
 limits or boundaries fixed in this present supplementary treaty or ar- 
 ticles of convention and agreement. 
 
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 ART. 5. These articles of agreement and convention are to be consid- Supplementary 
 ered supplementary to the treaty before mentioned between the United to treaty of May 
 States and the Cheerokee nation west of the Mississippi, dated sixth of 6 1828> 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and not to vary the 
 rights of the parties to said treaty, any further than said treaty is in- 
 consistent with the provisions of this treaty, now concluded, or these 
 articles of convention and agreement* 
 
 ART. 6. It is further agreed by the Cheerokee nation that one mile Reservation for 
 square shall be reserved and set apart from the lands hereby guaranteed agency, 
 for the accommodation of the Cheerokee agency ; and the location of 
 the same shall be designated by the Cheerokee nation, in conjunction 
 with the agent of the Government of the United States. 
 
 ART. 7. This treaty, or articles of convention, after the same have 
 been ratified by the President and Senate, shall be obligatory on the 
 United States and said Cheerokee nation, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1715, 1718, 1728, 1737, 1750. 
 
 !o. 1 725. ARTICLES of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Fort Feb. 14 1833. 
 
 Gibson, between Montfort Stokes, Henry L. Ellsworth and John F. Schermerhorn, Proclamation, 
 
 commissioners on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and head- April 12. 1834* 
 
 men of the Muskogee or Creek nation of Indians, this 14th day of February, A. D. Vol 7 T> 417 
 1833. 
 
 Whereas, certain articles of a treaty were concluded at the city of Preamble. 
 Washington, on the 24th day of January one thousand eight hundred 
 and twenty-six, by and between James Barbour, Secretary of War, on 
 behalf of the United States, and the chiefs and head-men of the Creek 
 nation of Indians ; by which it is agreed that the said Indians shall 
 remove to a country Vest of the Mississippi River: and whereas the 
 sixth article of said treaty provides as follows : " That a deputation of 
 five persons shall be sent by them, (the Creek nation) at the expense 
 of the United States, immediately after the ratification of the treaty, 
 to examine the country west of the Mississippi, not within the limits of 
 the States or Territories, and not possessed by the Choctaws or Chero- 
 kees. And the United States agree to purchase for them, if the same 
 can conveniently be done upon reasonable terms, wherever they may 
 select, a country, whose extent shall in the opinion of the President, be 
 proportioned to their numbers. And if such purchase cannot be thus 
 made, it is then agreed that the selection shall be made where the Pres- 
 ident may think proper, just reference being had to the wishes of the 
 emigrating party." And whereas, the Creek Indians aforesaid, did send 
 five persons as delegates, to explore the country pointed out to them by 
 their treaty ; which delegates selected a country west of the Territory 
 of Arkansas, lying and being along and between the Verdigris, Arkan- 
 sas, and Canadian rivers : and, to the country thus selected, a party of 
 the Creek Indians emigrated the following year. And whereas certain 
 articles of treaty or convention, were concluded at the city of Wash- 
 ington on the 6th day of May, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty-eight, by and between James Barbour Secretary of War, on 
 behalf of the United States, and certain chiefs and head-men of the 
 Cherokee nation of Indians; by the second article of which conven- 
 tion, a country was assigned to the Cherokee Indians aforesaid, includ- 
 ing within its boundaries some of the lands previously selected and 
 claimed by the Creek Indians, under their treaty aforesaid. And 
 whereas, the President and Senate of the United States, for the purpose 
 of protecting the rights secured to the Creek Indians, by their treaty 
 stipulations, and with a view to prevent collision and misunderstanding 
 between the two nations, ratified and confirmed the Cherokee treaty, 
 on the 28th day of May, 1826, with the following proviso : viz." Pro- 
 
714 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 vided, nevertheless, That the said convention shall not be so construed as 
 to extend the northern boundary of the perpetual outlet west, provided 
 for and guaranteed in the second article of said convention, north of 
 the 36th deg. of north latitude, or so as to interfere with the lands 
 assigned, or to be assigned, west of the Mississippi River to the Creek 
 Indians, who have emigrated or may emigrate from the States of Georgia 
 and Alabama, under the provisions of any treaty or treaties heretofore 
 concluded between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians : 
 And provided further, that nothing in the said convention shall be 
 construed to cede or assign to the Cherokees any lands heretofore ceded 
 or assigned to any tribe or tribes of Indians, by any treaty now existing 
 and in force, with any such tribe or tribes." And whereas the said 
 
 Sroviso and ratification of the Cherokee treaty, was accepted by the 
 elegates of the nation, then at the city of Washington as satisfactory 
 acuities SUD- ^ Q tnern as j s 8a own in and by their certain instrument in writing, bear- 
 eequentt ier i ng jate the 31st day of May 1*28, appended to and published with 
 their treaty aforesaid. But, afterwards, the Gherokees of Arkansas and 
 many of those residing east of the Mississippi at the time that treaty 
 was concluded, removed to the country described in the second article 
 of their treaty and settled upon a certain portion of the land claimed 
 by the Creek Indians under their treaty provisions and stipulations. 
 And whereas difficulties and dissensions thus arose between the Chero- 
 kees and Creek tribes about their boundary lines, which occasioned an 
 appeal to the President of the United States for his interposition, and 
 final settlement of the question, which they were unable to settle 
 between themselves. And whereas the commissioners of the United 
 States, whose names are signed hereto, in pursuance of the power and 
 authority vested in them by the President of the United States, met 
 the chiefs and head-men of the Cherokee and Creek nations of Indians, 
 in council, on the 29th ultimo ; and after a full and patient hearing and 
 careful examination of all the claims, set up and brought forward by 
 both the contending parties, they have this day effected an adjustment 
 of all their difficulties, and have succeeded in defining and establishing 
 boundary lines to their country west of the Mississippi, which have 
 been acknowledged, in open council, this day, to be mutually satisfac- 
 tory to both nations. 
 
 Objects. Now, therefore, for the purpose of securing the great objects contem- 
 
 plated by an amicable settlement of the difficulties heretofore existing 
 between the Cherokee and Muskogee or Creek Indians, so injurious to 
 both parties ; and in order to establish boundary lines which will secure 
 a country and permanent home to the whole Creek nation of Indians, 
 including theSeminole nation who are anxious to join them, the under- 
 signed commissioners, duly authorized to act on behalf of the United 
 States, and the chiefs and head-men of the said Muskogee or Creek 
 Indians, having full power and authority to act for their people west of 
 
 the Mississippi, hereby agree to the following articles : 
 
 ******* 
 
 Bounds of the ART. II. The United States hereby agree, by and with the consent 
 grants to th e o f the Creek and Cherokee delegates, this day obtained, that the Musko- 
 gee or Creek country west of the Mississippi, shall be embraced within 
 the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the mouth of the north 
 fork of the Canadian River, and run northerly four miles thence run- 
 ning a straight line so as to meet a line drawn from the south bank of 
 the Arkansas River opposite to the east or lower bank of Grand River, 
 at its junction with the Arkansas, and which runs a course south 44 
 deg. west, one mile, to a post placed in the ground thence along said 
 line to the Arkansas, and up the same and the Verdigris River, to where 
 the old Territorial line crosses it thence along said line north to a point 
 twenty-five miles from the Arkansas River where the old Territorial line 
 crosses the same thence running a line at right angles with the Terri- 
 torial line aforesaid, or west, to the Mexico line thence along the said 
 line southerly to the Canadian River or to the boundary of the Choctaw 
 country thence down said river to the place of beginning. The lines, 
 hereby defining the country of the Muskogee Indians on the north and 
 east bound the country of the Cherokees along these courses, as settled 
 by the treaty concluded this day between the United States and that 
 tribe. 
 
 TJnited States ART. III. The United States will grant a patent, in fee-simple, to the 
 
 jin convey m fee Creek nation of Indians for the lar.d assigned said nation by this treaty 
 
 or convention, whenever the same shall have been ratified by the Presi- 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 715 
 
 dent and Senate of the United States and the right thus guaranteed 
 by the United States shall be continued to said tribe of Indians, so long 
 as they shall exist as a nation, and continue to occupy the country 
 hereby assigned them. 
 
 ART. IV. It is hereby mutually understood and agreed between the The whole 
 parties to this treaty, that the land assigned to the Musk ogee Indians, Creek nation and 
 by the second article thereof, shall be taken and considered the property Crested"" 
 of the whole Muskogee or Creek nation, as well of those now residing 
 upon the land, as the great body of said nation who still remain on the 
 east side of the Mississippi : and it is also understood and agreed that 
 the Seminole Indians of Florida, whose removal to this country is pro- 
 vided for by their treaty with the U. S. dated May 9th, 1832, shall also 
 have a permanent and comfortable home on the lands hereby set apart 
 as the country of the Creek nation : and they (the Seminoles) will here- 
 after be considered a constituent part of said nation, but are to be lo- 
 cated on some part of the Creek country by themselves which loca- 
 tion will be selected for them by the commissioners who have signed 
 these articles of agreement or convention. 
 
 * * * * * * # 
 
 ART. VIII. It is agreed by the parties to this convention, that the The land grant- 
 country hereby provided for the Creek Indians, shall be taken in lieu ed in lieu of for- 
 of and considered to be the country provided or intended to be pro- mer grant, 
 vided, by the treaty made between the United States and the Creek 
 nation on the 24th day of January, 1826, under which they removed to 
 this country, (a) 
 
 ###**** 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1720, 1731, 1738, 1750, 1752. 
 
 No. 1726. ARTICLES of agreement or a treaty between the United States and May 13, 1833. 
 
 the Quapaw Indians entered into by John F. Schermerhorn, commissioner of Proclamation, 
 
 Indian affairs west on the part of the United States and the chiefs and warriors of April 12, 1834. 
 
 the Quapaw Indians. Vol. 7, p. 424. 
 
 Whereas, by the treaty between the United States and the Quapaw p hl 
 Indians, concluded November 15th, 1824, they ceded to the United States 
 all their lands in the Territory of Arkansas, and according to which they 
 were " to be concentrated and confined to a district of country inhabited by 
 the Caddo Indians and form a part of ', said tribe," and whereas they did 
 remove according to the stipulations of said treaty, and settled on the 
 Bayou Treache on the south side of Red River, on a tract of land given 
 them by the Caddo Indians, but which was found subject to frequent 
 inundations on account of the raft on Red River, and where their crops 
 were destroyed by the water year after year, and which also proved to 
 be a very sickly country and where in a short time, nearly one-fourth 
 of their people died, and whereas they could obtain no other situation 
 from the Caddoes and they refused to incorporate them and receive 
 them as a constituent part of their tribe as contemplated by their treaty 
 with the United States, and as they saw no alternative but to perish if 
 they continued there, or to return to their old residence on the Arkan- 
 sas, they therefore chose the latter; and whereas they now find them- 
 selves very unhappily situated in consequence of having their little 
 improvements taken from them by the settlers of the country ; and 
 being anxious to secure a permanent and peaceable home the follow- 
 ing articles or treaty are agreed upon between the United States and 
 the Quapaw Indians by John F. Schermerhorn --- commis- 
 sioners of Indian affairs west and the chiefs and warriors of said Quapaw 
 Indians this (13th) thirteenth day of May, 1833. 
 
 ARTICLE I. The Quapaw Indians hereby relinquish and convey to the 
 United States all their right and title to the lands given them by the 
 Caddo Indians on the Bayou Treache of Red River. 
 
 ART. II. The United States hereby agree to convey to the Quapaw other lands 
 Indians one hundred and fifty sections of land west of the State line of granted by Uni- 
 Missouri and between the lands of the Senecas and Shawnees, not here- ted States. 
 tofore assigned to any other tribe of Indians, the same to be selected 
 and assigned by the commissioners of Indian affairs west, and which is 
 expressly designed to be [in] lieu of their location on Red River and 
 to carry into effect the treaty of 1824, in order to provide a permanent 
 home for their nation ; the United States agree to convey the same by 
 patent, to them and their descendants as long as they shall exist as a 
 
 Landsfonnerly 
 'T*? . re U n .' 
 
716 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 nation or continue to reside thereon, and they also agree to protect 
 them in their new residence, against all interruption or disturbance 
 from any other tribe or nation of Indians or from any other person or 
 persons whatever, (a) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1745. 
 
 June 30,1834. No. 1727. AN ACT to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and 
 
 YoL 4, p. 729. to preserve peace on the frontiers. 
 
 TterrT Se ** en<icte ^) $ c "< That all that part of the United States west of the 
 tor^r of United Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana, or the 
 States to be Territory of Arkansas, and, also, that part of the United States east of 
 deemed In di an ^he Mississippi River, and not within any State to which the Indian 
 country. ^^ ha s not been extinguished, for the purposes of this act, be taken 
 
 and deemed to be the Indian country. 
 
 #****#* 
 
 Settlers may be SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall make a 
 
 driven off by mil- settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with 
 
 itary force. ^ e United States to any Indian tribe, or shall survey or shall attempt 
 
 to survey such lands, or designate any of the boundaries by marking 
 
 trees, or 'otherwise, such offender shall forfeit and pay the sum of one 
 
 thousand dollars. And it shall, moreover, be lawful for the President 
 
 of the United States to take such measures, and to employ such military 
 
 force, as he may judge necessary to remove from the lands as aforesaid 
 
 any such person as aforesaid. 
 
 Purchas e s or SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That no purchase, grant, lease, or other 
 si-ants from In- conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian 
 dians invalid. nation or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless 
 the same be made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the 
 Constitution. And if any'person, not employed under the authority of 
 the United States, shall attempt to negotiate such treaty or convention, 
 directly or indirectly, to treat with any such nation or tribe of Indians, 
 for the title or purchase of any lauds by them held or claimed, such 
 Proviso. person shall forfeit and pay one thousand dollars : Provided, nevertheless, 
 
 That it shall be lawful for the agent or agents of any State who may 
 be present at any treaty held with Indians under the authority of the 
 United States, in the presence and with the approbation of the com- 
 missioner or commissioners of the United States appointed to hold the 
 same, to propose to, and adjust with the Indians, the compensation to 
 be made for their claim to lands within such State, which shall be ex- 
 tinguished by treaty. 
 
 * # ' * * * * * 
 
 Indian country SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That for the sole purpose of carrying 
 purposes totEa tbis ^ into effect > a11 that P art of the Indian country west of the Mis- 
 district of Mis- sissippi River, that is bounded north by the north line of lands assigned 
 souri, &c. to the Osage tribe of Indians, produced east to the State of Missouri : 
 
 west, by the Mexican possessions ; south, by Red River ; and east, by the 
 west line of the Territory of Arkansas and the State of Missouri, shall 
 be, and hereby is, annexed to the Territory of Arkansas ; and that for 
 the purpose aforesaid, the residue of the Indian country west of the 
 said Mississippi River shall be, and hereby is, annexed to the judicial 
 district of Missouri ; and for the purpose aforesaid, the several portions 
 of Indian country east of the said Mississippi River, shall be, and are 
 hereby, severally annexed to the Territory in which they are situate. 
 
 Dec. 29, 1835. No. 1 728. ARTICLES of a treaty concluded at New Echota in the State of 
 
 Proclamation, Georgia on the 29th day of Deer. 1835, by General William Carroll and John F. 
 
 May 23, 1836. SchermerhorD, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, head- 
 
 VoL 7, p. 478. men, and people of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. 
 
 Former treaties. ART. 2. Whereas, by the treaty of May 6th, 1828, and the supple- 
 mentary treaty thereto of Feb. 14th, 1833, with the Cherokees west 
 of the Mississippi, the United States guarantied and secured to be 
 conveyed by patent, to the Cherokee nation of Indians, the following 
 tract of country : "Beginning at a point on the old western Territorial 
 line of Arkansas Territory, being twenty-five miles north from the point 
 where the Territorial line crosses Arkansas River; thence running from 
 said north point south on the said Territorial line where the said Territo- 
 rial line crosses Verdigris River ; thence down said Verdigris River 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 717 
 
 to the Arkansas River; thence down said Arkansas to a point where a 
 stone is placed opposite the east or lower bank of Grand River at its 
 junction with the Arkansas ; thence running south forty- four degrees 
 west one mile ; thence in a straight line to a point four miles northerly, 
 from the mouth of the north fork of the Canadian ; thence along the 
 said four-mile line to the Canadian ; thence down the Canadian to the 
 Arkansas ; thence down the Arkansas to that point on the Arkansas 
 where the eastern Choctaw boundary strikes said river, and running 
 thence with the western line of Arkansas Territory, as now defined, to 
 .the southwest corner of Missouri ; thence along the western Missouri 
 line to the land assigned the Senecas ; thence on the south line of the 
 Senecas to Grand River ; thence up said Grand River as far as the south 
 line of the Osage reservation, extended if necessary ; thence up and 
 between said south Usage line, extended west if necessary, and a line 
 drawn due west from the point of beginning to a certain distance west, 
 at which a line running north and south from said Osage line to said 
 due west line will make seven millions of acres within the whole de- 
 scribed boundaries. In addition to the seven millions of acres of land 
 thus provided for and bounded, the United States further guaranty to 
 the Cherokee nation a perpetual outlet west, and a free and unmolested 
 use of all the country west of the western boundary of said seven mill- 
 ions of acres, as far west as the sovereignty of the United States and 
 their right of soil extend : Provided, however, That if the saline or salt p r0 viso as to 
 plain on the western prairie shall fall within said limits prescribed for salines, 
 said outlet, the right is reserved to the United States to permit other 
 tribes of red men to get salt on said plain in common with the Chero- 
 kees ; and letters-patent shall be issued by the United States as soon as 
 
 Eracticable for the land hereby guarantied ;" and whereas it is appre- Former cession 
 ended by the C hero kees that in the above cession there is not con- insufficient, 
 tained a sufficient quantity of land for the accommodation of the whole 
 nation on their removal west of the Mississippi, the United States, in United States 
 consideration of the sum of five hundred thousand dollars therefore, to convey addi- 
 hereby covenant and agree to convey to the said Indians and their de- tional lands sold 
 scendants, by patent in fee-simple, the following additional tract of to 
 land, situated between the west line of the State of Missouri and the 
 Osage reservation, beginning at the southeast coiner of the same and Boundaries of 
 runs north along the east line of the Osage lands fifty miles to the purchase, 
 northeast corner thereof ; and thence east to the west line of the State 
 of Missouri ; thence with said line south fifty miles ; thence west to 
 the place of beginning ; estimated to contain eight hundred thousand 
 acres of land ; but it is expressly understood that if any of the lands Lands of Qua- 
 assigned the Quapaws shall fall within the aforesaid bounds the same P aws reserved, 
 shall be reserved and excepted out of the lands above granted, and a 
 pro rata reduction shall be made in the price to be allowed to the United 
 States for the same by the Cherokees. 
 
 ART. 3. The United States also agree that the lands above, ceded by Lands ceded 
 the treaty of Feb. 14, 1833, including the outlet, and those ceded by this and sold to be 
 treaty, shall all be included in one patent executed to the Cherokee na- conveyed by pat- 
 tion of Indians by the President of the United States according to the ent- 
 provisions of the act of May 28, 1830. It is, however, agreed that the Fort Gibson 
 military reservation at Fort Gibson shall be held by the United States, reservation. 
 But should the United States abandon said post and have no further 
 use for the same it shall revect to the Cherokee nation. The United nights reserv- 
 States shall always have the right to make and establish such post and ed to United 
 military forts in any part of the Cherokee country as they may deem States. 
 proper for the interest and protection of the same, and the free use of 
 as much land, timber, fuel, and materials of all kinds for the construc- 
 tion and support of the same, as may be necessary ; provided that if the 
 private rights of individuals are interfered with, a just compensation 
 therefor shall be made. 
 
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 ART. 5. The United States hereby covenant and agree that the lands Lands not to be 
 ceded to the Cherokee nation in the foregoing article shall in no future embraced in any 
 time, without their consent, be included within the territorial limits or State or Territo- 
 jurisdiction of any State or Territory. But they shall secure to the t of ClS 
 Cherokee nation the right by their national councils to make and carry kees. 
 into effect all such laws as they may deem necessary for the government Cherokee coun- 
 and protection of the persons and property within their own country cil to make Iaw8 
 belonging to their people or such persons as have connected themselves p rov i so 
 with them : Provided always, That they shall not be inconsistent with 
 
718 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 the Constitution of the United States and such acts of Congress as have 
 been or may be passed regulating trade and intercourse with the In- 
 dians; and also, that they shall not be considered as extending to such 
 citizens and army of the United States as may travel or reside in the 
 Indian country by permission according to the laws and regulations 
 established by the Government of the same, (a) 
 
 ******* 
 (a) See Nos. 1715, 1718, 1724, 1737, 1750. 
 
 Jan 17 1837 No. 1729. ARTICLES of convention and agreement made on the seventeenth day 
 
 Proclamation of January, 1837, between the undersigned chiefs and commissioners dnly ap- 
 
 March24 1837. pointed and empowered by the Choctaw tribe of red people, and John McLish, 
 
 Vol 7 D *605 Pitman Colbert, James Brown, and James Perry, delegates of the Chickasaw tribe 
 
 ' ' F ' of Indians, duly authorized by the chiefs and head-men of said people, for- that pur- 
 
 pose, subject to the approval of the President and Senate of the United States. 
 
 The Chicka- ARTICLE 1. It is agreed by the Choctaws, that the Chickasaws shall 
 saws to form a have the privilege of forming a district within the limits of their 
 6 countr y to be neltl on tne same terms that the Choctaws now hold it, 
 except the right of disposing of it, which is held in common with the 
 Choctaws and Chickasaws, to be called the Chickasaw district of the 
 Choctaw nation ; to have an equal representation in their general coun- 
 cil and to be placed on an equal footing in every other respect with any 
 of the other districts of said nation, except a voice in the management 
 of the consideration which is given for these rights and privileges ; and 
 Their privi- the Chickasaw people to be entitled to all the rights and privileges of 
 leges. Choctaws, with the exception of participating in the Choctaw annui- 
 
 ties and the consideration to be paid for these rights and privileges 
 and to be subject to the same laws to which the Choctaws are, but the 
 Chickasaws reserve to themselves the sole right and privilege of con- 
 trolling and managing the residue of their funds as far as is consistent 
 with the late treaty between the said people and the Government of 
 the United States, and of making such regulations and electing such 
 officers for that purpose as they may think proper. 
 
 Boundaries of ART. 2. The Chickasaw district shall be bounded as follows, viz: be- 
 the district. ginning on the north bank of Red River, at the mouth of Island Bayou, 
 about eight or ten miles below the mouth of False Wachitta ; thence 
 running north along the main channel of said bayou to its source; 
 thence along the dividing ridge between the Wachitta and Low Blue 
 rivers to the road leading from Fort Gibson to Fort Wachitta ; thence 
 along said road to the line dividing Musha-la-tubbee and Push-meta- 
 haw districts; thence eastwardly along said district line to the source 
 of Brushy Creek ; thence down said creek to where it flows into the 
 Canadian River, ten or twelve miles above the mouth of the south 
 fork of the Canadian; thence west along the main Canadian River to 
 its source, if in the limits of the United States, or to those limits ; and 
 thence due south to Red River and down Red River to the beginn- 
 ing, (a) 
 
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 (a) See Nos. 1716, 1717, 1730, 1733. 
 
 March 3, 1839. UTo. 17290. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent ex- 
 Vol. 5, p. 323. penses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the 
 various Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 
 
 SEC. 2. And belt further enacted, That the second section of an act 
 iu> passed the twenty-eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, 
 entitled "An act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indian 
 tribes residing within any of the States or Territories, and for their re- 
 moval west of the river Mississippi," be, and the same is hereby, re- 
 pealed, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1718a. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 719 
 
 IVo. 1730. ARTICLES of agreement and convention between the United States June 22, 1855. 
 
 and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, made and concluded at the city Proclamation, 
 
 of Washington, the twenty-second day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred March 4, 1856. 
 
 and fifty-five, by George W. Manypeniiy, commissioner on the part of the United Vol. 11, p. 611. 
 
 States, 'Peter P. Pitchlynn, Israel Folsom, Samuel Garland, and Dixon W. Lewis, 
 
 commissioners on the part of the Choctaws ; and Edmund Pickens and Sampson 
 Folsorn, commissioners on the part of the Chickasaws: 
 
 Whereas the political connexion heretofore existing between the Preamble. 
 Choctaw and the Chickasaw tribes of Indians has given rise to unhappy 
 and injurious dissensions and controversies among them, which render 
 necessary a readjustment of their relations to each other and to the 
 Uuited States ; and 
 
 Whereas the United States desire that the Choctaw Indians shall re- Preamble, 
 linquish all claim to any territory west of the one hundredth degree of 
 west longitude, and also to make provision for the permanent settle- 
 ment within the Choctaw country of the Wichita and certain other 
 tribes or bands of Indians, for which purpose the Choctaws and Chick- 
 asaws are willing to lease, on reasonable terms, to the United States, 
 that portion of their common territory which is west of the ninety- 
 eighth degree of west longitude; and 
 
 Whereas the Choctaws contend that, by a just and fair construction Preamble, 
 of the treaty of September 27, 1830, they are, of right, entitled to the 
 net proceeds of the lands ceded by them to the United States, under 
 said treaty, and have proposed that the question of their right to the 
 same, together with the whole subject-matter of their unsettled claims, 
 whether national or individual, against the United States, arising under 
 the various provisions of said treaty, shall be referred to the Senate of 
 the United States for final adjudication and adjustment; and whereas 
 it is necessary for the simplification and better understanding of the 
 relations between the United States and the Choctaw Indians, that all 
 their subsisting treaty stipulations be embodied in one comprehensive 
 instrument : 
 
 Now, therefore, the United States of America, by their commissioner, 
 George W. Manypenny, the Choctaws, by their commissioners, Peter P. 
 Pitchlynn, Israel Folsom, Samuel Garland, and Dickson W. Lewis, and 
 the Chickasaws, by their commissioners, Edmund Pickens and Sampson 
 Folsom, do hereby agree and stipulate as follows, viz : 
 
 ARTICLE 1. The following shall constitute and remain the boundaries Future bound- 
 of the Choctaw and Chickasaw country, viz : Beginning at a point on aries of the Choc- 
 the Arkansas River, one hundred paces east of old Fort Smith, where tew and Chicka- 
 the western boundary line of the State of Arkansas crosses the said sa 
 river, and running thence due south to Red River ; thence up Red River 
 to the point where the meridian of one hundred degrees west longitude 
 crosses the same ; thence north along said meridian to the main Cana- 
 dian River ; thence down said river to its junction with the Arkansas 
 River ; thence down said river to the place of beginning. 
 
 And pursuant to an act of Congress approved May 28, 1830, the United tn j s he lim |? d8 in . 
 States do hereby forever secure and guarantee the lands embraced anteedtx^them. 
 within the said limits, to the members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw 
 tribes, their heirs and successors, to be held in common ; so that each 
 and every member of either tribe shall have an equal, undivided inter- 
 est in the whole : Provided, hoivever, No part thereof shall ever be sold Proviso as to 
 without the consent of both tribes ; and that said land shall revert to the reversion in 
 the United States if said Indians and their heirs become extinct, or sa id lands, 
 abandon the same. 
 
 ART. 2. A district for the Chickasaws is hereby established, bounded District estab- 
 as follows, to wit : beginning on the north bank of Red River, at the lished for the 
 mouth of Island Bayou, where it empties into Red River, about twenty- Chickasaws. 
 six miles on a straight line, below the mouth of False Wachitta ; thence 
 running a northwesterly course along the main channel of said bayou, 
 to the junction of the three prongs of said bayou, nearest the dividing 
 ridge between Wachitta and Low Blue rivers, as laid down on Capt. 
 R. L. Hunter's map ; thence northerly along the eastern prong of Island 
 Bayou to its source ; thence due north to the Canadian River ; thence 
 west along the main Canadian to the ninety -eighth degree of west longi- 
 tude ; thence south to Red River ; and thence down Red River to the 
 beginning : Provided, however, If the line running due north, from the 
 eastern source of Island Bayou, to the main Canadian, shall not include 
 Allen's or Wa-pa-nacka Academy, within the Chickasaw district, then, 
 an offset shall be made from said line, so as to leave said academy two 
 
720 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 miles within the Chickasaw district, north, west and south from the 
 lines of boundary. 
 
 Choctaw d i a - & RT - 3 1 he remainder of the country held in common by the Choc- 
 trict. taws and Chickasaws, shall constitute the Choctaw district, and their 
 
 officers and people shall at all times have the right of safe conduct and 
 free passage through the Chickasaw district. 
 
 * * * * * # * 
 
 Cession of land ART. 9. The Choctaw Indians do hereby absolutely and forever quit- 
 by the Choctaws. c i a i m a nd relinquish to the United States all their right, title, and in- 
 terest in, and to any and all lands, west of the one hundredth degree of 
 Lease by the west longitude; and the Choctaws and Chickasaws do hereby lease to 
 Chocta w s a n d t he United States all that portion of their common territory west of the 
 us^of^otJer In' ninety-eighth degree of west longitude, for the permanent settlement 
 dians. of the Wichita and such other tribes or bands of Indians as the Govern- 
 
 ment may desire to locate therein ; excluding, however, all the Indians 
 of New Mexico, and also those whose usual ranges at present are north 
 of the Arkansas River, and whose permanent locations are north of the 
 Canadian River, but including those bands whose permanent ranges are 
 south of the Canadian, or between it and the Arkansas ; which Indians 
 shall be subject to the exclusive control of the United States, under 
 such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the rights and interests 
 of the Choctaws and Chickasaws, as may from time to time be pre- 
 scribed by the President for their government : Provided, however, Th& 
 Territory so leased shall remain open to settlement by Choctaws and 
 
 Chickasaws as heretofore. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Military posts, ART. 17. The United States shall have the right to establish and 
 post-roads, and maintain such military posts, post-roads, and Indian agencies, as may 
 agencies may be De deemed necessary within the Choctaw and Chickasaw country, but 
 no greater quantity of land or timber shall be used for said purposes, 
 than shall be actually requisite ; and if, in the establishment or main- 
 tenance of such posts, post-roads, and agencies, the property of any 
 Choctaw or Chickasaw shall be taken, injured, or destroyed, just and 
 adequate compensation shall be made by the United States. Only such 
 persons as are, or may be in the employment of the United States, or 
 subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the Choctaws, or Chickasaws, 
 shall be permitted to farm or raise stock within the limits of any of 
 said military posts or Indian agencies. And no offender against the laws 
 of either of said tribes, shall be permitted to take refuge therein. 
 Bight of way ART. 18. The United States, or any incorporated company, shall have 
 for railroads and ^ e r jght of way for railroads, or lines of telegraphs, through the Choc- 
 taw and Chickasaw country; but for any property taken or destroyed 
 in the construction thereof, full compensation shall be made to the 
 party or parties injured, to be ascertained and determined in such man- 
 ner as the President of the United Sates shall direct, (a) 
 
 * 
 
 This treaty to ^ RT - ^1. This convention shall supersede and take the place of all 
 supersede "aiiformer treaties between the United States and the Choctaws, and also, 
 former treaties of all treaty stipulations between the United States and the Chicka- 
 with the Choc- B aws, and between the Choctaws and Chickasaws, inconsistent with this 
 consistent tr e^- agreement, and shall take effect and be obligatory upon the contracting 
 ties with Chicka- parties, from the date hereof, whenever the same shall be ratified by the 
 asaws, or between respective councils of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, and bv the 
 President and Senate of the United States. (6) 
 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1121, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1716, 1717, 1729, 1733. 
 
 P^ 7 ' 1& ? 6 ' No * 1*31. ARTICLES of agreement and convention between the United States, 
 
 An.Ta iftSt and the Creek and Seminole tribes of Indians, made and concluded at the city 
 
 Vnf ' 1 1 fioo of Washington the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
 
 .11, p. row. giX) by G. eorge w Many penny, commissioner on the part of the United States, 
 
 Tuck-a-batchee-Micco, Echo-Harjo, Chilly Mclntosh, Benjamin Marshall, George 
 
 "W. Stidham, and Daniel X. Mclntosh, commissioners on the part of the Creeks ; and 
 
 John Jumper, Tuste nuc-o-chee, Pars-co-fer, and James Factor, commissioners on 
 
 the part of the Seminoles : 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 Cession by ARTICLE I. The Creek nation doth hereby grant, cede, and convey to 
 noles t0 "^ * ne Seminole Indians, the tract of country included within the follow- 
 ing boundaries, viz : Beginning on the Canadian River, a few miles east 
 of the ninety -seventh parallel of west longitude where Ock-hi-appo, or 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 721 
 
 Pond Creek, empties into the same ; thence, due north to the north fork 
 of the Canadian ; thence, up said north fork of the Canadian to the 
 southern line of the Cherokee country ; thence, with that line, west, to 
 the one-hundredth parallel of west longitude ; thence, south along said 
 parallel of longitude to the Canadian River, and thence down and with 
 that river to the place of beginning. 
 
 ART. II. The following shall constitute and remain the boundaries Boundaries of 
 of the Creek country, viz : Beginning at the mouth of the north fork of Creek country, 
 the Canadian River, and running northerly four miles ; thence running 
 a straight line so as to meet a line drawn from the south bank of the 
 Arkansas River, opposite to the east or lower bank of Grand River, at 
 its junction with the Arkansas, and which runs a course, south, forty- 
 four degrees, west, one mile, to a post placed in the ground ; thence 
 along said line to the Arkansas and up the same and the Verdigris 
 River, to where the old Territorial line crosses it ; thence along said 
 line, north, to a point twenty -five miles from the Arkansas River, 
 where the old Territorial line crosses the same ; thence running west 
 with the southern line of the Cherokee country, to the north fork of 
 the Canadian River, where the boundary of the cession to the Serninoles 
 defined in the preceeding article, first strikes said Cherokee line; 
 thence down said north fork, to where the eastern boundary line of the 
 said cession to the Sem moles strikes the same ; thence, with that line, 
 due south to the Canadian River, at the mouth of the Ock-hi-appo, or 
 Pond Creek; and thence down said Canadian River to the place of be- 
 ginning. 
 
 ART. III. The United States do hereby solemnly guarantee to the Seminole and 
 Seminole Indians the tract of country ceded to them by the first article Creek countries 
 of this convention ; and to the Creek Indians, the lands included within guaran t e e dt o 
 the boundaries defined in the second article hereof ; and likewise that them. 
 the same shall respectively be secured to and held by said Indians 
 by the same title and tenure by which they were guaranteed and se- 
 cured to the Creek nation by the fourteenth article of the treaty of 
 March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the third arti- 
 cle of the treaty of February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty- 
 three, and by the letters-patent issued to the said Creek nation, on the 
 eleventh day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and recorded 
 in volume four of records of Indian deeds in the Office of Indian Affairs, 
 pages 446 and 447. Provided however, That no part of the tract of country 
 so ceded to the Seminole Indians, shall ever be sold, or otherwise dis- 
 posed of without the consent of both tribes legally given. 
 
 ART. IV. The United States do hereby solemnly agree and bind them- No State or Ter- 
 selves, that no State or Territory shall ever pass laws for the govern -E^g 7 * 
 ment of the Creek or Seminole tribes of Indians, and that no portion of tribes, 
 either of the tracts of country defined in the first and second articles of 
 this agreement shall ever be embraced or included within, or annexed Said 
 to, any Territory or State, nor shall either, or any part of either, ever not to be included 
 be erected into a Territory without the full and free consent of the leg- in any State or 
 islative authority of the tribe owning the same. Territory with - 
 
 ART. V. The Creek Indians do hereby, absolutely and forever, quit- gent 
 claim and relinquish to the United States all their right, title, and in- Release by 
 terest in and to any lands heretofore owned or claimed by them, whether Creeks of all ti- 
 east or west of the Mississippi River, and any and all claim for or on tie to other lands, 
 account of any such lands, except those embraced within the boundaries against United 
 described in the second article of this agreement. States, exc ep t . 
 
 * * * * * * &c. 
 
 ART. XIX. The United States shall have the right to establish and . Eight to estab- 
 maintain such military posts, military and post-roads, and Indian lis j P sts > roads, 
 agencies as may be deemed necessary within the Creek and Semiuole served 86 ? o^t h e 
 country, but no greater quantity of land or timber shall be nsed for said United States, 
 purposes than shall be actually requisite; and if, in the establishment 
 or maintenance of such posts, roads, or agencies, the property of any Regulations re- 
 Creek or Seminole be taken, destroyed, or injured, or any property of spec tin g the 
 either nation, other than laud and timber, just and adequate compensa- same, 
 tion shall be made by the United States. Such persons only as are or 
 may be in the employment of the United States, in any capacity, civil 
 or military, or subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the Creeks and 
 
 Seminoles, shall be permitted to farm or raise stock within the limits of 
 any of said military posts or Indian agencies. And no offender against 
 * u - laws of either of '* 
 iin. 
 
 4G L O VOL II 
 
 the laws of either of said tribes shall be permitted to take refuge 
 therein. 
 
722 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 Eight of way ART. XX. The United States, or any incorporated company, shall have 
 for railroads and ^e right of way for railroads, or lines of telegraphs, through the Creek 
 and Seminole countries ; but in the case of any incorporated company, 
 it shall have such right of way only upon such terms, and payment of 
 such amount to the Creeks and Seminoles, as the case may be, as may be 
 agreed upon between it and the national council thereof ; or, in case 
 of disagreement by making full compensation, not only to individual 
 parties injured, but also to the tribe for the right of way, all damage 
 and injury done to be ascertained and determined in such manner as the 
 President of the United States shall direct. And the right of way 
 granted by either of said tribes for any railroad, shall be perpetual or 
 for such shorter term, as the same may be granted, in the same manner 
 as if there were no reversion of their lands to the United States provided 
 for, in case of abandonment by them, or of extinction of their tribe, (a) 
 ART. XXI. The United States will cause such portions of the bound- 
 Surveyof boon- aries of the Creek and Seminole countries, as do not consist of well- 
 daries. defined natural boundaries, to be surveyed and permanently marked 
 
 and established. The Creek and Semiuole general councils may each 
 appoint a commissioner from their own people to attend the running of 
 their respective boundaries, whose expenses and a reasonable allowance 
 for their time and services, while engaged in such duty, shall be paid 
 by the United States. (6) 
 
 *#***#* 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1121, 1730, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739. 
 (&) See Xos. 1720, 1725, 1738, 1739, 1750, 1752. 
 
 Oct. 18, 1865. No. 1732. ARTICLES of a treaty made and concluded at the council ground on 
 
 Proclamation, the Little Arkansas River eight miles from the mouth of said river, in the State of 
 
 May 2fi, 1866. Kansas, on the eighteenth (lav of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 
 VoL 14, p. 717. eight hundred and sixty-five, by and between John'B. Sanborn, William S. Harney, 
 
 Thomas Murphy. Kit Carson, William W. Bent, Jesse H. Leavenworth, and James 
 Stee'e, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs 
 and head-men of the several bauds of Camauche Indians specified in connection with 
 their signatures, and the chiefs and headmen of the Kiowa tribe of Indians, the said 
 chiefs and head-men by the said bands and tribes being thereunto duly authorized. 
 ******* 
 
 Reservation ART. II. The United States hereby agree that the district of country 
 
 for Indians who embraced within the following limits, or such portion of the same as 
 
 JJ 6 * re ~ may hereafter from time to time be designated by the President of the 
 
 Boundaries. United States for that purpose, viz : Commencing at the northeast cor- 
 
 ner of New Mexico, thence south to the southeast corner of the same ; 
 
 thence northeastwardly to a point on main Red River opposite the 
 
 mouth of the north fork of said river ; thence down said river to the 98th 
 
 degree of west longitude ; thence due north on said meridian to the 
 
 Cimarone River ; thence up said river to a point where the same crosses 
 
 the southern boundary of the State of Kansas; thence along said 
 
 southern boundary of Kansas to the southwest corner of said State ; 
 
 thence west to the place of beginning, shall be and is hereby set apart 
 
 for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the tribes who 
 
 are parties to this treaty, and of such other friendly tribes as have here- 
 
 tofore resided within said limits, or as they may from time to time agree 
 
 No whites, ex- to admit among them, and that no white person except officers, agents, 
 
 cept, &c., to set- and employe's of the Government shall go upon or settle within the 
 
 Sss&c* 8011 ' Un country embraced within said limits, unless formally admitted and in- 
 
 Indians to re- corporated into some one of the tribes lawfully residing there, accord- 
 
 move thereto. ing to its laws and usages. The Indians parties hereto on their part 
 
 Claims to other expressly agree * * * that henceforth they will and do hereby re- 
 
 landg -elinquish- ii n q u ish all claims or rights in and to any portion of the United States 
 
 or Territories, except such as is embraced within the limits aforesaid, 
 
 and more especially their claims and rights in and to the country north 
 
 of the Cimarone River and west of the eastern boundary of New Mex- 
 
 ico. (a) 
 
 States ART. IV. It is further agreed by the parties hereto that the United 
 Srough res r eiS Sta . tes ma y la - v off and build through the reservation, provided for by 
 tion, and estab- article II. of this treaty, roads or highways as may be deemed necessary, 
 lish military and may also establish such military posts within the same as may be 
 P 8ta - found necessary, in order to preserve peace among the Indians, and in 
 
 order to enforce such laws, rules, and regulations as are now or may 
 from time to time be prescribed by the President and Congress of the 
 United States for the protection of the rights of persons and property 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 723 
 
 amoDg the Indians residing upon said reservation, and further, that in 
 
 time of war such other military posts as may be considered essential to 
 
 the general interests of the United States may be established : Provided, Damages there- 
 
 however, That upon the building of such roads, or establishment of such for to be ascer- 
 
 military posts, the amount of injury sustained by reason thereof by the^ned and paid. 
 
 Indians inhabiting said reservation shall be ascertained under direction 
 
 of the President of the United States, and thereupon such compensation 
 
 shall be made to said Indians as, in the judgment of the Congress of 
 
 the United States, may be deemed just and proper. (&) 
 
 ******* 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1742, 1743. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 1121, 1730, 1731, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739. 
 
 No. 1733. ARTICLES of agreement and convention between the United States and April 28, 1866. 
 
 the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indiana, made and concluded at the city of Proclamation, 
 
 Washington the twenty-eighth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- July 10, I860, 
 
 six, by Dennis N. Cooley, Elijah Sells, and E. S. Parker, special commissioners on the VoL 14, p. 769. 
 
 part of the United States, and Alfred Wade, Allen Wright, James Riley, and John 
 Page, commissioners on the part of the Choctaws, and Winchester Colbert, Edmund 
 Pickens, Holmes Colbert, Colbert Carter, and Robert H. Love, commissioners on the 
 
 ART. III. The Choctaws and Chickasaws, in consideration of the sum Cession of the 
 of three hundred thousand dollars, hereby cede to the United States the le ased district to 
 territory west of the 98 west longitude, known as the leased district, |^ 68 u n * * e d 
 provided that the said sum shall be invested and held by the United 
 States, at an interest not less than five per cent., in trust for the said 
 nations, until the legislatures of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations p urcnaae mon . 
 respectively shall have made such laws, rules, and regulations as may 6 y to be invested 
 be necessary to give all persons of African descent, resident in the said by the United 
 nations at the date of the treaty of Fort Smith, and their descendants, St a tea a*.. 1 *? 4 
 heretofore held in slavery among said nations, all the rights, privileges, m ">until,&o. 
 and immunities, including the right of suffrage, of citizens of said na- 
 tions, except in the annuities, moneys, and public domain claimed by, 
 or belonging to, said nations respectively ; and also to give to such per- 
 sons who were residents as aforesaid, and their descendants, forty acres 
 each of the land of said nations on the same terms as the Choctaws and 
 Chickasaws, to be selected on the survey of said land, after the Choc- 
 taws and Chickasaws and Kansas Indians have made their selections 
 as herein provided; and immediately on the enactment of such laws, 
 rules, and regulations, the said sum of three hundred thousand dollars^ 
 shall be paid to the said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in the pro- 
 portion of three-fourths to the former and one-fourth to the latter, 
 less such sum, at the rate of one hundred dollars per capita, as shall be 
 sufficient to pay such persons of African descent before referred to as 
 within ninety days after the passage of such laws, rules, and regula- 
 tions shall elect to remove and actually remove from the said nations 
 respectively. And should the said laws, rules, and regulations not be 
 made by the legislatures of the said nations respectively, within two 
 years from the ratification of this treaty, then the said sum of three 
 hundred thousand dollars shall cease to be held in trust for the said 
 Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and be held for the use and benefit of 
 such of said persons of African descent as the United States shall re- 
 move from the said territory in such manner as the United States shall 
 deem proper, the United States agreeing, within ninety days from the 
 expiration of the said two years, to remove from said nations all such 
 persons of African descent as may be willing to remove; those remain- 
 ing or returning after having been removed from said nations to have 
 no benefit of said sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or any part 
 thereof, but shall be upon the same footing as other citizens of the United 
 States in the said nations. 
 
 ******* 
 
 ART. VI. The Choctaws and Chickasaws hereby grant a right of way Right of way 
 through their lands to any company or companies which shall be duly through their 
 authorized by Congress, or by the legislatures of said nations, respect- country for rail- 
 ively, and which shall, with the express consent and approbation of the r0i 
 Secretary of the Interior, undertake to construct a railroad through the 
 Choctaw and Chickasaw nations from the north to the south thereof, 
 and from the east to the west side thereof, in accordance with the pro- 
 visions of the 18th article of the treaty of June twenty -second, one 
 
724 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 Damages. thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, which provides that for any prop- 
 erty taken or destroyed in the construction thereof full compensation 
 shall be made to the party or parties injured, to be ascertained and 
 determined in such manner as the President of the United States shall 
 Companies sub- direct. But such railroad company or- companies, with all its or their 
 jecttolaws, &c. ao>ents an( j employe's shall be subject to the laws of the United States 
 relating to intercourse with Indian tribes, and also to such rules and 
 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for 
 Indians m a y that purpose. And it is also stipulated and agreed that the nation 
 subscribe to through which the road or roads aforesaid shall pass may subscribe to 
 stock. the 8 t; OC k of the particular company or companies such amount or 
 
 amounts as they may be able to pay for in alternate sections of unoc- 
 cupied lands for a space of six miles on each side of said road or roads, 
 at a price per acre to be agreed upon between said Choctaw and Chick- 
 asaw nations and the said company or companies, subject to the ap- 
 Provisos. proval of the President of the United States : Provided, however. That 
 said land, thus subscribed, shall not be sold, or demised, or occupied by 
 any one not a citizen of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations, according 
 to their laws and recognized usages : Provided, That the officers, serv- 
 ants, and employe's of such companies necessary to the construction and 
 management of said road or roads shall not be excluded from such occu- 
 pancy as their respective functions may require, they being subject to 
 the provisions of the Indian intercourse law and such rules and regula- 
 tions as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior : And pro- 
 vided also, That the stock thus subscribed by either of said nations shall 
 have the force and effect of a first -mortgage bond on all that part of 
 said road, appurtenances, and equipments situated and used within said 
 nations respectively, and shall be a perpetual lien on the same, and the 
 said nations shall have the right, from year to year, to elect to receive 
 their equitable proportion of declared dividends of profits on their said 
 stock, or interest on the par value at the rate of six per cent, per an- 
 num. 
 
 When compa- 2. And it is further declared in this connection, that as fast as sections 
 
 nies to be entitled o f twenty miles in length are completed, with the rails laid ready for 
 
 lands' 1 U8e ' w ith all water and other stations necessary to the use thereof, as a 
 
 first-class road, the said company or companies shall become entitled to 
 
 patents for the alternate sections aforesaid, and may proceed to dispose 
 
 thereof in the manner herein provided for, subject to the approval of 
 
 the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 Other lands 3. And it is further declared, also, in case of one or more of said al- 
 
 may be selected ternate sections being occupied by any member or members of said na- 
 
 in lieu of occu- tions respectively, so that the same cannot be transferred to the said 
 
 )DS - company or companies, that the said nation or nations, respectively, 
 
 may select any unoccupied section or sections, as near as circumstances 
 
 will permit, to the said width of six miles on each side of said road or 
 
 roads, and convey the same as an equivalent for the section or sections 
 
 so occupied as aforesaid, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 Survey and di- ART. XI. Whereas the land occupied by the Choctaw and Chickasaw 
 vision of lands in nations, and described in the treaty between the United States and said 
 severally. nations, of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, is now 
 
 held by the members of said nations in common, under the provisions 
 of the said treaty ; and whereas it is believed that the holding of said 
 land in severally will promote the general civilization of said nations, 
 and tend to advance their permanent welfare and the best interests of 
 their individual members, it is hereby agreed that, should the Choctow 
 and Chickasaw people, through their respective legislative councils, agree 
 to the survey and dividing their land on the system of the United States, 
 the land aforesaid east of the ninety-eighth degree of west longitude 
 shall be, in view of the arrangements hereinafter mentioned, surveyed 
 and laid off in ranges, townships, sections, and parts of sections ; and 
 that for the purpose of facilitating such surveys and for the settlement 
 and distribution of said land as hereinafter provided, there shall be es- 
 Land office es- tablished at Boggy Depot, in the Choctaw territory, a land office ; and 
 tablished at Bog- that, in making the said surveys and conducting the business of the 
 gy Depot. 8a ia o ffi cej including the appointment of all necessary agents and sur- 
 
 veyors, the same system shall be pursued which has heretofore gov- 
 erned in respect to the public lands of the United States, it being under- 
 stood that the said surveys shall be made at the cost of the United 
 States and by their agents and surveyors, as in the case of their own 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 725 
 
 public lands, and that the officers and employe's shall receive the same 
 compensation as is paid to officers and employe's in the land offices of 
 the United States in Kansas. 
 
 ART. XII. The maps of said surveys shall exhibit, as far as practica- Maps of sur- 
 ble, the outlines of the actual occupancy of members of the said nations, ve y 8 i* exhibit 
 respectively; and when they are completed, shall be returned to the cies^c . C< 
 said land office at Boggy Depot for inspection by all parties interested, 
 when notice for ninety days shall be given of such return, in such man- 
 ner as the legislative authorities of the said nations, respectively, shall 
 prescribe, or, in the event of said authorities failing to give such notice 
 in a reasonable time, in such manner as the register of said land office 
 shall prescribe, calling upon all parties interested to examine said maps 
 to the end that errors, if any, in the location of such occupancies, may 
 be corrected. 
 
 ART. XIII. The notice required in the above article shall be given, Notice to par- 
 not only in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, but by publication in tie8 interested to 
 newspapers printed in the States of Mississippi and Tennessee, Louisi- m ^ a m l 
 ana, Texas, Arkansas, and Alabama, to the end that such Choctaws and 
 Chickasaws as yet remain outside of the Choctaw and Chickasaw na- 
 tions, may be informed and have opportunity to exercise the rights 
 hereby given to resident Choctaws and Chickasaws : Provided, That be- 
 fore any such absent Choctaw or Chickasaw shall be permitted to select 
 for him or herself, or others, as hereinafter provided, he or she shall 
 satisfy the register of the land office of his or her intention, or the in- 
 tention of the party for whom the selection is to be made, to become 
 bona-fide resident in the said nation within five years from the time of 
 selection ; and should the said absentee fail to remove into said nation, 
 and occupy and commence an improvement on the land selected within 
 the time aforesaid, the said selection shall be cancelled, and the land 
 shall thereafter be discharged from all claim on account thereof. 
 
 ART. XIV. At the expiration of the ninety days aforesaid the legisla- Lands may be 
 tive authorities of the said nations, respectively, shall have the right to selected for seats 
 select one quarter-section of land in each of the counties of said nations JohoSs^seminiJ 
 respectively, in trust for the establishment of seats of justice therein, ries and colleges" 
 and also as many quarter-sections as the said legislative councils may 
 deem proper for the permanent endowment of schools, seminaries, and 
 colleges in said nation, provided such selection shall not embrace or in- 
 terfere with any improvement in the actual occupation of any member 
 of the particular nation without his consent ; and provided the proceeds 
 of sale of the quarter-sections selected for seats of justice shall be ap- 
 propriated for the erection or improvement of public buildings in the 
 county in which it is located. 
 
 ART. XV. At the expiration of the ninety days' notice aforesaid, the Each Indian to 
 selection which is to change the tenure of the land in the Choctaw and have a "S 11 * to 
 Chickasaw nations from a holding in common to a holding in severalty JJJ ^ l 5and '"* 
 shall take place, when every Choctaw and Chickasaw shall have the 
 right to cue quarter-section of land, whether male or female, adult or 
 minor, and if in actual possession or occupancy of land improved or cul- Actual occn- 
 tivated by him or her, shall have a prior right to the quarter- section in pant, 
 which his or her improvement lies ; and every infant shall have selected infants, 
 for him or her a quarter-section of land in such location as the father 
 of such infant, if there be a father living, and if no father living, then the 
 mother or guardian, and should there be neither father, mother, nor 
 guardian, then as the probate judge of the county, acting for the best 
 interest of such infant, shall select. 
 
 ART. XVI. Should an actual occupant of land desire, at any time prior Actual o cen- 
 to the commencement of the surveys aforesaid, to abandon his improve- pan t, prior to sur- 
 inent, and select and improve other land, so as to obtain the prior right Jon^i^fmprovel 
 of selection thereof, he or she shall be at liberty to do so ; in which ments and select 
 event the improvement so abandoned shall be open to selection by other other land, 
 parties: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the Proviso, 
 multiplication of improvements so as to increase the quantity of land 
 beyond what a party would be entitled to at the date of this treaty. 
 
 ART. XVII. No selection to be made under this treaty shall be per- Occupation by 
 mitted to deprive or interfere with the continued occupation, by the missionaries of 
 missionaries established in the respective nations, of their several mis- JVSen^noSo 
 sionary establishments; it being the wish of the parties hereto to pro- be interfered 
 mote and foster an influence so largely conducive to civilization and with, 
 refinement. Should any missionary who has been engaged in mission- nights of cer- 
 ary labor for five consecutive years before the date of this treaty in the tain missionaries. 
 
726 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 said nations, or either of them, or three consecutive years prior to the 
 late rebellion, and who, if absent from the said nations, may desire to 
 return, wish to select a quarter-section of land with a view to a perma- 
 nent home for himself and family, he shall have the privilege of doing 
 so, provided no selection shall include any public buildings, schools or 
 seminary ; and a quantity of land not exceeding six hundred and forty 
 acres, to be selected according to legal subdivisions in one body, and to 
 include their improvements, is hereby granted to every religious society 
 or denomination which has erected, or which, with the consent of the 
 Indians, may hereafter erect buildings within the Choctaw and Chick- 
 asaw country for missionary or educational purposes ; but no laud thus 
 granted, nor the buildings which have been or may be erected thereon, 
 shall ever be sold or otherwise disposed of, except with the consent of 
 the legislatures of said nations respectively and approval of the Secre- 
 tary of the Interior ; and whenever such lands or buildings shall be sold 
 or disposed of, the proceeds thereof shall be applied, under the direction 
 of the Secretary of the Interior, to the support and maintenance of other 
 similar establishments for the benefit of the Choctaws and Chickasaws, 
 and such other persons as may hereafter become members of their na- 
 tions, according to their laws, customs, and usages. 
 
 Eights of par- ART. XVIII. In making a selection for children the parent shall have 
 
 ents in selecting a prior right to select land adjacent to his own improvements or selec- 
 
 ren - tion, provided such selection shall be made within thirty days from the 
 
 time at which selections under this treaty commence. 
 
 Mode of select- ART. XIX. The manner of selecting as aforesaid shall be by an entry 
 ing lands. with the register of the land office, and all selections shall be made to 
 
 conform to the legal subdivisions of the said lands as shown by the 
 surveys aforesaid on the maps aforesaid; it being understood that 
 nothing herein contained is to be construed to confine a party selecting 
 to one section, but he may take contiguous parts of sections by legal 
 subdivisions in different sections, not exceeding together a quarter- 
 section. 
 
 Proof of im- ART. XX. Prior to any entries being made under the foregoing pro- 
 provements to be visions, proof of improvements, or actual cultivation as well as the 
 trfes 6 P !D num ^ er f persons for whom a parent or guardian, or probate judge of 
 
 the county proposes to select and of their right to select, and of his or 
 her authority to select for them, shall be made to the register and re- 
 ceiver of the land office, under regulations to be prescribed by the Sec- 
 retary of the Interior. 
 
 Sections six- ART. XXI. In every township the sections of land numbered sixteen 
 
 teen and thirty- and thirty-six shall be reserved for the support of schools in said town- 
 
 for schools 861 ^ 8nip : Provident That if the same has been already occupied by a party 
 
 Proviso. or parties having the right to select it, or it shall be so sterile as to be 
 
 unavailable, the legislative authorities of the particular nations shall 
 
 have the right to select such other unoccupied sections as they may think 
 
 proper. 
 
 Military posts ART. XXII. The right of selection hereby given shall not authorize 
 and Indian agen- tne selection of any land required by the United States as a military 
 post, or Indian agency, not exceeding one mile square, which, when 
 abandoned, shall revert to the nation in which the land lies. 
 
 Names of per- ART. XXIII. The register of the land office shall inscribe in a suitable 
 8eTections h are^ ook or books ' in alphabetical order, the name of every individual for 
 made to be in WDOm a selection shall be made, his or her age, and a description of the 
 books of register, land selected. 
 
 Town lots. ART. XXIV. Whereas it may be difficult to give to each occupant of 
 
 an improvement a quarter-section of land, or even a smaller subdivision, 
 which shall include such improvement, in consequence of such improve- 
 ments lying in towns, villages, or hamlets, the legislative authorities 
 of the respective nations shall have power, where, in their discretion, 
 they think it expedient, to lay off into town lots any section or part of 
 a section so occupied, to which lots the actual occupants, being citizens 
 of the respective nations, shall have pre-emptive right, and, upon pay- 
 ing into the treasury of the particular nation the price of the land as 
 fixed by the respective legislatures, exclusive of the value of said im- 
 provement, shall receive a conveyance thereof. Such occupant shall 
 not be prejudiced thereby in his right to his selection elsewhere. The 
 town lots which may be unoccupied shall be disposed of for the benefit 
 of the particular nation, as the legislative authorities may direct from 
 time to time. When the number of occupants of the same quarter- 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 727 
 
 section shall not be such as to authorize the legislative authorities to 
 lay out the same, or any part thereof, into town lots, they may make 
 such regulations for the disposition thereof as they may deem proper, 
 either by subdivision of the same, so as to accommodate the actual oc- 
 cupants, or by giving the right of prior choice to the first occupant in 
 point of time, upon paying the others for their improvements, to be 
 valued in such way as the legislative authorities shall prescribe, or 
 otherwise. All occupants retaining their lots under this section, and 
 desiring, in addition, to make a selection, must pay for the lots so re- 
 tained, as in the case of town lots. And any Choctaw or Chickasaw 
 who may desire to select a sectioral division other than that on which 
 his homestead is, without abandoning the latter, shall have the right to 
 purchase the homestead sectional division at such price as the respective 
 legislatures may prescribe. 
 
 ART. XXV. During ninety days from the expiration of the ninety When patents 
 days' notice aforesaid, the Choctaws and Chickasaws shall have the| iss ye tor se- 
 exclusive right to make selections, as aforesaid, and at the end of that le< 
 time the several parties shall be entitled to patents for their respective 
 selections, to be issued by the President of the United States, and coun- 
 tersigned by the chief executive officer of the nation in which the land 
 lies, and recorded in the records of the executive office of the particu- 
 lar nation ; and copies of the said patents, under seal, shall be evidence 
 in any court of law or equity. 
 
 ART. XXVI. The right here given to Choctaws and Chickasaws, re- Citizens by 
 spectively, shall extend to all persons who have become citizens by adoption or inter- 
 adoption or intermarriage of either of said nations, or who may here- SIM rfSits. 
 after become such. 
 
 ART. XXVII. In the event of disputes arising in regard to the rights Disputes as to 
 of parties to select particular quarter-sections or other divisions of said f^s ^w to 8 be 
 land, or in regard to the adjustment of boundaries, so as to make them 
 conform to legal divisions and subdivisions such disputes shall be set- 
 tled by the register of the land office and the chief executive officer of 
 the nation in which the land lies, in a summary way, after hearing the 
 parties; and if said register and chief officer cannot agree, the two to 
 call in a third party, who shall constitute a third referee, the decision 
 of any two of whom shall be final, without appeal. 
 
 ART. XXVIII. Nothing contained in any law of either of the said na- Contiguous se- 
 tions shall prevent parties entitled to make selections contiguous to lections, 
 each other ; and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations hereby agree to 
 repeal all laws inconsistent with this provision. 
 
 ART. XXIX. Selections made under this treaty shall, to the extent of . Selections to be 
 one quarter-section, including the homestead or dwelling, be inaliena- inalienable, &c. 
 ble for the period of twenty-one years from the date of such selection, 
 and upon the death of the party in possession shall descend according 
 to the laws of the nation where the land lies; and in the event of his 
 or her death without heirs, the said quarter- section shall escheat to and 
 become the property of the nation. 
 
 * * * # # * * 
 
 ART. XXXII. At the expiration of two years, or sooner, if the Presi- Documents in 
 dent of the United States shall so direct, from the completion of the land offices to be 
 surveys and maps aforesaid, the officers of the land offices aforesaid fawTandCMckal 
 shall deliver to the executive departments of the Choctaw and Chicka- saws in two 
 saw nations, respectively, all such documents as may be necessary to years, 
 elucidate the land title as settled according to this treaty, and forward 
 copies thereof, with the field-notes, records, and other papers pertaining 
 to said titles, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office; and there- 
 after grants of land and patents therefor shall be issued in such man- Proceedings 
 ner as the legislative authorities of said nations may provide for all the afterwards, 
 unselected portions of the Choctaw and Chickasaw districts as defined 
 by the treaty of June twenty- second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. 
 
 ART. XXXII I. All lands selected as herein provided shall thereafter Selected lands 
 be held in severally by the respective parties, and the unselected land to be held in sev- 
 shall be the common property of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, 
 in their corporate capacities, subject to the joint control of their legis- 
 lative authorities. 
 
 ART. XXXIV. Should any Choctaw or Chickasaw be prevented from Those prevent- 
 selecting for him or herself during the the ninety days aforesaid, the ed from selecting 
 failure to do so shall not authorize another to select the quarter-section in nil | et y day 8 
 containing his improvement, but he may at any time make his selec- 6 
 
 tion thereof, subject to having his boundaries made to conform to legal 
 divisions as aforesaid. 
 
728 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 Selections after ART. XXXV. Should the selections aforesaid not be made before the 
 
 transfer of land transfer of the land records to the executive authorities of said nations, 
 
 records. respectively, they shall be made according to such regulations as the 
 
 legislative authorities of the two nations, respectively, may prescribe, 
 
 to the end that full justice and equity may be done to the citizens of 
 
 the respective Territories. 
 
 Selected land ART. XXXVI. Should any land that has been selected under the pro- 
 abandoned for visions of this treaty be abandoned and left uncultivated for the space 
 86V t\c ear avIS of s even years by the party selecting the same, or his heirs, except in 
 rented, &c. the case of infants under the age of twenty-one years, or married wo- 
 men, or persons non compos mentis, the legislative authorities of the 
 nation where such land lies may either rent the same for the benefit of 
 those interested, or dispose of the same otherwise for their benefit, and 
 may pass all laws necessary to give effect to this provision. 
 
 Inconsi s t e n t ART. LI. It is further agreed that all treaties and parts of treaties in- 
 herewith be, and the same are hereby, declared null and 
 void. (&) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1121, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1716, 1717, 1729, 1730. 
 
 July 25, 1866. jy o . 1734. AN ACT granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construe- 
 Vol. 14, p. 236. ti on O f the Kansas and Neoslio Valley Railroad and its extension to Red River. 
 
 [Right of way granted through the Indian Territory where such right 
 is reserved to the United States. See KANSAS, No. 2022.] 
 
 July 26, 18C6. No. 1735. AN ACT granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construe- 
 VoL 14, p. 289. tion of a southern branch of the Union Pacific Railway and Telegraph, from Fort 
 Riley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. 
 
 [Right of way, &c., granted through Indian Territory. See KANSAS, 
 No. 2023.] 
 
 July 27, 1866. No. 1736. AN ACT granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and 
 VoL 14, p. 292. telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast. 
 
 [Authorized to construct railroad through Indian Territory. See MIS- 
 SOURI, No. 1121.] 
 
 July 19, 1866. No. 1737. TREATY between the United States of America and the Cherokee 
 
 Proclamation, nation of Indians. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1866. * * * # * * * 
 
 VoL 14, p. 799. ART XI The Cherokee nat i on hereby grant a right of way not ex- 
 
 Right of way ceeding two hundred feet wide, except at stations, switches, water- 
 for railroads. stations, or crossing of rivers, where more may be indespensable to the 
 full enjoyment of the franchise herein granted, and then only two hun- 
 dred additional feet shall be taken, and only for such length as may be 
 absolutely necessary, through all their lands, to any company or cor- 
 poration which shall be duly authorized by Congress to construct a rail- 
 road from any point north to any part south, and from any point east 
 to any point west of, and which may pass through, the Cherokee na- 
 tion. Said company or corporation, and their employe's and laborers, 
 while constructing and repairing the same, and in operating the said 
 road or roads, including all necessary agents on the line, at stations, 
 switches, water-tanks, and all others necessary to the successful opera- 
 tion of a railroad, shall be protected in the discharge of their duties, 
 and at all times subject to the Indian intercourse laws, now or which 
 
 may hereafter be enacted and be in force in the Cherokee nation, (a) 
 
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 Lands for mis- ART. XIV. The ri^ht to the use and occupancy of a quantity of land not 
 
 educational & ur excee( ling one hundred and sixty acres, to be selected according to legal 
 
 poses. 'subdivisions in one body, and to include their improvements, and not 
 
 including the improvements of any member of the Cherokee nation, is 
 
 hereby granted to every society or denomination which has erected, or 
 
 which with the consent of the national council may hereafter erect, 
 
 buildings within the Cherokee country for missionary or educational 
 
 purposes. But no land thus granted, nor buildings which have been or 
 
 may be erected thereon, shall ever be sold or [otherwise disposed of ex- 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 729 
 
 cept with the consent and approval of the Cherokee national council 
 and the Secretary of the Interior. And whenever any such lands or 
 buildings shall be sold or disposed of, the proceeds thereof shall be ap- 
 plied by said society or societies for like purposes within said nation, 
 subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 ART. XVI. The United States may settle friendly Indians in any part where the 
 of the Cherokee country west of 96, to be taken in a compact form in United States 
 quantity not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres for each member ?. ay n **!** 
 of each of said tribes thus to be settled ; the boundaries of each of said Ir 
 districts to be distinctly marked, and the land conveyed in fee-simple 
 to each of said tribes to be held in common or by their members in sev- 
 eralty as the United States may decide. 
 
 Said lands thus disposed of to be paid for to the Cherokee nation at Lands, 
 such price as may be agreed on between the said parties in interest, sub- 
 ject to the approval of the President ; and if they should not agree, then 
 the price to be fixed by the President. 
 
 The Cherokee nation to retain the right of possession of and jurisdic- Possession and 
 tion over all of said country west of 96 of longitude until thus sold and jurisdiction over 
 occupied, after which their jurisdiction and right of possession to ter- 8U 
 inmate forever as to each of said districts thus sold and occupied. 
 
 ART. XVII. The Cherokee nation hereby cedes, in trust to the United Cession of lands 
 States, the tract of land in the State of Kansas which was sold to the ^ . A an a ? J 
 Cherokees by the United States, under the provisions of the second arti- 
 cle of the treaty of 1835; and also that strip of the land ceded to the 
 nation by the fourth article of said treaty which is included in the State 
 of Kansas, and the Cherokees consent that said lands may be included 
 in the limits and jurisdiction of the said State. 
 
 The lands herein ceded shall be surveyed as the public lands of the To be surveyed 
 United States are surveyed, under the direction of the Commissioner of and appraised, 
 the General Land Office, and shall be appraised by two disinterested 
 persons, one to be designated by the Cherokee national council and one 
 by the Secretary of the Interior, and, in case of disagreement, by a third 
 person, to be mutually selected by the aforesaid appraisers. The ap- 
 praisement to be not less than an average of one dollar and a quarter 
 per acre, exclusive of improvements. 
 
 And the Secretary of the Interior shall, from time to time, as such .To be sold to 
 surveys and appraisements are approved by him, after due advertise- highest bidder, 
 ments for sealed bids, sell such lands to the highest bidders for cash, 
 in parcels not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, and at not less 
 than the appraised value : Provided, That whenever there are improve- Proviso, 
 ments of the value of fifty dollars made on the lands not being mineral, 
 and owned and personally occupied by any person for agricultural pur- 
 poses at the date of the signing hereof, such person so owning, and in 
 person residing on such improvements, shall, after due proof, made 
 under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, 
 be entitled to buy, at the appraised value, the smallest quantity of 
 land in legal subdivisions, which will include his improvements, not 
 exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres ; the expenses 
 of the survey and appraisement to be paid by the Secretary out of the 
 proceeds of sale of said land : Provided, That nothing in this article shall Proviso, 
 prevent the Secretary of the Interior from selling the whole of said 
 lands not occupied by actual settlers at the date of the ratification of 
 this treaty, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to each person 
 entitled to pre-emption under the pre-emption laws of the United 
 States, in a body, to any responsible party, for cash, for a sum not less 
 than one dollar per acre. 
 
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 ART. XXI. It being difficult to learn the precise boundary line between United States 
 the Cherokee country and the States of Arkansas, Missouri, and Kan- to run boundary 
 sas, it is agreed that the United States shall, at its own expense, cause ^ and^htrokee 
 the same to be run as far west as the Arkansas, and marked by perma- country, 
 nent and conspicuous monuments, by two commissioners, one of whom 
 shall be designated by the Cherokee national council. 
 
 ***>*** 
 
 ART. XXVI. The United States guarantee to the people of the Cher- Possession 
 okee nation the quiet and peaceable possession of their country and guaranteed to 
 protection against domestic feuds and insurrections, and against hos- Cnerokee nation, 
 tilities of other tribes. They shall also be protected against inter[rjup- 
 
730 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 tions or intrusion from all unauthorized citizens of the United States 
 who may attempt to settle on their lands or reside in their territory. 
 In case of hostilities among the Indian tribes, the United States agree 
 that the party or parties commencing, the same shall, so far as practi- 
 cable, make reparation for the damages done. 
 
 Eights of Uni- ART. XXVII. The United States shall have the right to establish one or 
 ted States to es- more military posts or stations in the Cherokee nation, as may be 
 c tory deemed necessary for the proper protection of the citizens of the United 
 States lawfully residing therein and the Cherokees and other citizens 
 of the Indian country. But no sutler or other person connected there- 
 with, either in or out of the military organization, shall be permitted 
 to introduce any spirit[u]ous. vinous, or malt liquors into the Cherokee 
 nation, except the medical department proper, and by them only for 
 strictly medical purposes. And all persons not in the military service 
 of the United States, not citizens of the Cherokee nation, are to be pro- 
 hibited from coming into the Cherokee nation, or remaining in the 
 same, except as herein otherwise provided ; and it is the duty of the 
 United States Indian agent for the Cherokees to have such persons, not 
 lawfully residing or sojourning therein, removed from the nation, as they 
 now are, or hereafter may be, required by the Indian intercourse laws of 
 the United States. 
 
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 Provisions of ART. XXXI. All provisions of treaties heretofore ratified and in force, 
 former treaties, an( j no ^ inconsistent with the provisions of this treaty, are hereby reaf- 
 firmed and declared to be in full force ; and nothing herein shall be con- 
 strued as an acknowledgment by the United States,orasarelinquishment 
 by the Cherokee nation of any claims or demands under the guarantees of 
 former treaties, except as herein expressly provided, (b) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1121, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1739. 
 
 (b) See Nos. 1715, 1718, 1724, 1728, 1750. 
 
 June 14. 1866. No. 1738. TREATY of cession and indemnity concluded at the city of Washing- 
 Proclamation, ton on the fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight huii- 
 Aug. 11, 1866. dred and sixty-six, by arid between the United States, represented by Dennis Jf. 
 Vol. 14, p. 785. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Elijah Sells, superintendent of Indian af- 
 
 fairs for the southern superintendencv, and (Jol. Ely S. Parker, special commissioner, 
 
 and the Creek nation of Indians, represented by Ok-tars-sars-harjo, or Sands ; Cow- 
 e-to-me-co and Che-chu-chee, delegates at large, and D. X. Mclntosh and James 
 Smith, special delegates of the Southern Creeks. 
 
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 Cession of lands ART. III. In compliance with the desire of the United States to locate 
 
 to the United other Indians and freedmen thereon, the Creeks hereby cede and convey 
 
 to the United States, to be sold to and used as homes for such other 
 
 civilized Indians as the United States may choose to settle thereon, the 
 
 west half of their entire domain, to be divided by a line running north 
 
 and south ; the eastern half of said Creek lands, being retained by them 
 
 shall, except as herein otherwise stipulated, be forever set apart as a 
 
 P ay m e n t s home for said Creek nation ; and in consideration of said cession of the 
 
 mode of pVv - west half of tneir land s, estimated to contain three millions two hundred 
 
 ment . and fifty thousand five hundred and sixty acres, the United States agree 
 
 to pay the sum of thirty (30) cents per acre, amounting to nine hundred 
 
 and seventy-five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars, in the 
 
 manner hereinafter provided. 
 
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 Eight of way ART. V. The Creek nation hereby grant a right of way through their 
 for a lands, to the Choctaw and Chickasaw country, to any company which 
 shall be duly authorized by Congress, and shall, with the express consent 
 and approbation of the Secretary of the Interior, undertake to construct a 
 railroad from any point north of to any point in or south of the Creek 
 country, and likewise from any point on their eastern to their western 
 
 Conditions. or southern boundary, but said railroad company, together with all its 
 agents or employe's, shall be subject to the laws of the United States 
 relating to intercourse with Indian tribes, and also to such rules and 
 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for 
 
 Lands will be that purpose, and the Creeks agree to sell to the United States, or any 
 company duly authorized as aforesaid, such lauds not legally owned or 
 occupied by a member or members of the Creek nation, lying along the 
 line of said contemplated railroad, not exceeding on each side thereof a 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 731 
 
 belt or strip of land three miles in width, at such price per acre as may 
 be eventually agreed upon between said Creek nation and the party or 
 parties building said road, subject to the approval of the President of 
 the United States: Provided, however, That said land thus sold shall not Proviso, 
 be reconveyed, leased, or rented to, or be occupied by any one not a citi- 
 zen of the Creek nation, according to its laws and recognized usages : 
 Provided, also, That officers, servants, and employe's of said railroad 
 necessary to its construction and management, shall not be excluded 
 from such necessary occupancy, they being subject to the provisions of 
 the Indian intercourse law and such rules and regulations as may be es- 
 tablished by the Secretary of the Interior, nor shall any conveyance of 
 any of said lands be made to the party building and managing said road 
 until its completion as a first-class railroad, and its acceptance as such 
 by the Secretary of the Interior, (a) 
 
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 ART. VII. The Creeks hereby agree that the Seminole tribe of Indians Semlnoles may 
 may sell and convey to the United States all or any portion of the convey to the 
 Seminole lands, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon by United States, 
 and between the Seminoles and the United States. 
 
 ART. VIII. It is agreed that the Secretary of the Interior forthwith Line 'dividing 
 cause the line dividing the Creek country, as provided for by the terms the Creek coun- 
 of the sale of Creek lands to the United States in article third of this tr / tobe survey- 
 treaty, to be accurately surveyed under the direction of the Commis- e ' 
 sioner of Indian Affairs, the expenses of which survey shall be paid by 
 the United States. 
 
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 ART. XIII. A quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and sixty Lands granted 
 acres, to be selected according to legal subdivisions, in one body, and for missionary or 
 to include their improvements, is hereby granted to every religious educational P 1 ^- 
 society or denomination which has erected, or which, with the consent soW Except &o^ 
 of the Indians, may hereafter erect buildings within the Creek country when sold,' pro' 
 for missionary or educational purposes ; but no land thus granted nor ceeds to be how 
 the buildings which have been nor may be erected thereon shall ever 
 be sold or otherwise disposed of, except with the consent and approval 
 of the Secretary of the Interior ; and whenever any such lands or build- 
 ings shall be so sold or disposed of, the proceeds thereof shall be ap- 
 plied, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to the sup- 
 port and maintenance of other similar establishments for the benefit of 
 the Creeks and such other persons as may be or may hereafter become 
 members of the tribe according to its laws, customs, and usages; and 
 if at any time said improvements shall be abandoned for one year for 
 missionary or educational purposes, all the rights herein granted for 
 missionary and educational purposes shall revert to the said Creek 
 nation. 
 
 ART. XIV. It is further agreed that all treaties heretofore entered Inconsistent 
 into between the United States and the Creek nation which are incon- treaty provisions- 
 sistent with any of the articles or provisions of this treaty shall be, annulled, 
 and are hereby, rescinded and annulled. (&) * * * . 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1121, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1739. 
 (6) See Nos. 1720, 1725, 1731, 1750, 1752. 
 
 No. 1739. ARTICLES of a treaty made and concluded at Washington, D. C., March 21, 1866. 
 
 March 21, A. D. 1866, between the United States Government, by its commission- Proclamation, 
 
 era, D.N. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Elijah Sells, Superintendent of Aug. 16, 1866, 
 
 Indian Affairs, and Ely S. Parker, and the Seminole Indians, by their chiefs, John Vol. 14, p. 755. 
 Chup-co, or Long John, Cho-cote-harjo, Fos-ha[r]-jo, John F. Brown. 
 
 ******* 
 
 ART. III. In compliance with the desire of the United States to Cession of 
 locate other Indians and freedmen thereon, the Seminoles cede and land a to the 
 convey to the United States their entire domain, being the tract of United States, 
 land ceded to the Seminole Indians by the Creek nation under the pro- 
 visions of article first, treaty of the United States with the Creeks and 
 Seminoles, made and concluded at Washington, D. C., August 7, 1856. 
 In consideration of said grant and session of their lands, estimated at Payment by 
 two million one hundred and sixty-nine thousand and eighty acres, the the United 
 United States agree to pay said Seminole nation the sum of three hun- stat es. 
 died and twenty-five thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars, 
 said purchase being at the rate of fifteen cents per acre. The United Grant to the 
 States having obtained by grant of the Creek nation the westerly half Seminoles. 
 
732 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 of their lands, hereby grant to the Seminole nation the portion thereof 
 hereafter described, which shall constitute the national domain of the 
 
 Boundaries. Seminole Indians. Said lands so granted by the United States to the 
 Seminole nation are bounded and described as follows, to wit : Be- 
 ginning on the Canadian River where the line dividing the Creek lands 
 according to the terms of their sale to the United States by their treaty 
 of February 6, 1866, following said line due north to where said line 
 crosses the north fork of the Canadian River ; thence up said north 
 fork of the Canadian River a distance sufficient to make two hundred 
 thousand acres by running due south to the Canadian River ; thence 
 
 Payment there- down said Canadian River to the place of beginning. In consideration 
 for. of said cession of two hundred thousand acres of land described above, 
 
 the Seminole nation agrees to pay therefor the price of fifty cents per 
 acre, amounting to the sum of oce hundred thousand dollars, which 
 amount shall be deducted from the sum paid by the United States for 
 Seminole lands under the stipulations above written. 
 
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 Eight of way ART. V. The Seminole nation hereby grant a right of way through 
 f r t'd" throueh *keir lands to an y company which shall be duly authorized by Congress, 
 the land of the and shall, with the express consent and approbation of the Secretary of 
 Seminoles. the Interior, undertake to construct a railroad from any point on their 
 
 eastern to their western or southern boundary ; but said railroad com- 
 pany, together with all its agents and employe's, shall be subject to the 
 laws of the United States relating to the intercourse with Indian tribes, 
 and also to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Sec- 
 Lands will he retary of the Interior, for that purpose. And the Seminoles agree to 
 sell to the United States, or any company duly authorized as aforesaid, 
 such lands not legally owned or occupied by a member or members of 
 the Seminole nation lying along the line of said contemplated railroad, 
 not exceeding on each side thereof a belt or strip of land three miles in 
 width, at such price per acre as may be eventually agreed upon between 
 said Seminole nation and the party or parties building said road 
 subject to the approval of the President of the United States : Provided, 
 however, That said land thus sold shall not be reconveyed, leased, or 
 . rented to, or be occupied by, any one not a citizen of the Semiuole 
 
 Proviso. nation, according to its laws and recognized usages : Provided, also, 
 
 That officers, servants, and employe's of said railroad necessary to 
 its construction and management shall not be excluded from such neces- 
 sary occupancy, they being subject to the provisions of the Indian inter- 
 course laws, and such rules and regulations as may be established by 
 the Secretary of the Interior ; nor shall any conveyance of said lands 
 be made to the party building and managing said road, until its com- 
 pletion as a first class railroad and its acceptance as such by the Secre- 
 tary of the Interior, (a) 
 
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 for missionary ART. X. A quantity of land not exceeding six hundred and forty 
 
 or educational acres, to be selected according to legal subdivisions, in one body, and 
 
 purposes. which shall include their improvements, is hereby granted to every 
 
 religious society or denomination which has erected, or which, with the 
 
 N ttob Id consen * ^ ^ ne iDdlans, may hereafter erect, buildings within the Sem- 
 
 except, &c 6 8 ' i n l e country for missionary or educational purposes ; but no laud thus 
 
 granted, nor the buildings which have been or may be erected thereon, 
 
 shall ever be sold or otherwise disposed of except with the consent and 
 
 When s o 1 d, approval of the Secretary of the Interior. And whenever any such 
 
 proceeds to he land or buildings shall be sold or disposed of, the proceeds thereof shall 
 
 how applied. be applied, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to the 
 
 support and maintenance of other similar establishments for the benefit 
 
 of the Seminoles and such other persons as may be, or may hereafter 
 
 become, members of the tribe according to its laws, customs, and 
 
 treaty provisions ART. XI. It is further agreed that all treaties heretofore entered into 
 annulled. between the United States and the Seminole nation which are incon- 
 
 sistent with any of the articles or provisions of this treaty shall be, and 
 are hereby, rescinded and annulled. (&) 
 
 (a) See Xos. 1121, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738 
 (&) See Nos. 1725, 1731, 1750, 1752. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 733 
 
 No. 1740. ARTICLES of agreement concluded at Washington, D. C., on the Feb. 27, 1867. 
 twenty-seventh day of February, 1867, between the United States, represented by Proclamation, 
 ' ial commis- Aug. 7, 1868. 
 
 Vol. 15, p. 531. 
 
 sented by their chiefs, braves, and head-men, to wit: Mazhee, Mianco, Shawgwe, 
 B. H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B. Beaubien, L. H. Ogee, and G-. L. Young. 
 
 Whereas the Pottawatomies believe that it is for the interest of their Preamble. 
 tribe that a home should be secured for them in the Indian country 
 south of Kansas, while there is yet an opportunity for the selection of 
 a suitable reservation ; and whereas the tribe has the means of pur- 
 chasing such reservation from funds to arise from the sale of lands 
 under the provisions of this treaty, without interfering with the ex- 
 clusive rights of those of their people who hold their lands in common 
 to the ownership of their diminished reserve, held by them in common, 
 or with their right to receive their just proportion of the moneys aris- 
 ing from the sale of unallotted lands, known as surplus lands : Now, 
 therefore, it is agreed 
 
 ARTICLE I. It being the intention of the Government that a commis- commission to 
 sion shall visit the Indian country as soon as practicable after the rati- select a reserva- 
 fication of the treaties contemplating the removal of certain tribes tion. 
 from Kansas, accompanied by delegates from the several tribes propos- 
 ing to remove, it is agreed that a delegation of the Pottawatomies may 
 accompany said commission in order to select, if possible, a suitable 
 location for their people without interfering with the locations made 
 for other Indians ; and if such location shall be found satisfactory to 
 the Pottawatomies, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, such 
 tract of land, not exceeding thirty miles square, shall be set apart as a Extent of reser- 
 reservation for the exclusive use and occupancy of that tribe ; and vation. 
 upon the survey of its lines and boundaries, and ascertaining of its 
 area, and payment to the United States for the same, as hereinafter 
 mentioned and set forth, the said tract shall be patented to the Potta- 
 watomie nation : Provided, That if the said Pottawatomies shall prefer Proviso. 
 to select a new home among the Cherokees, by agreement with the said 
 Cherokees for a price within the means of the Pottawatomies, the Gov- 
 ernment will confirm such agreement. 
 
 ART. II. In case the new reservation shall be selected upon the p r i ce of reser- 
 lands purchased by the Government from the Creeks, Seminoles, or ration, &c. 
 Choctaws, the price to be paid for said reservation shall not exceed the 
 cost of the same to the Government of the United States ; and the sum 
 to be paid by the tribe for said reservation shall be taken from the 
 amount which may be received for the lands which were offered for 
 sale to the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company, 
 under the treaty dated November fifteen, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 one, which amount shall be the common property of the tribe, except 
 the Prairie band, who shall have no interest in said reservation, to be Prairie band. 
 purchased as aforesaid, but in lieu thereof shall receive their pro rata 
 share of the proceeds of the sale of said land in money, as the same may 
 be received: Provided, That if the United States shall advance the Proviso. 
 amount necessary to purchase the said reservation, the interest due 
 upon the deferred payments for said lands, sold as hereinafter provided, 
 shall, when received by the United States, be retained and credited to said 
 tribe interested in said reservation, or so much of said interest as may be 
 due said tribe under this treaty : And provided further, That the Leaven- Atchison, &c., 
 worth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company, their successors and Railroad Coni- 
 assigns, having failed to purchase said lands, the Atchison, Topeka and pany may pur- 
 Santa Fe~ Railroad Company may, within thirty days after the promulga- ? f ha | 6 the lands 
 tion of this treaty, purchase of the said Pottawatomies their said unal- ' 
 lotted lands, except as hereinafter provided, to St. Mary's mission, at the 
 price of one dollar per acre, lawful money of the United States, and upon 
 filing their bond for the purchase and payment of said lands in due form, Conditions and 
 to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior within the time above terms of pur- 
 named, the said Secretary of the Interior shall issue to the last-named ^eot * 
 railroad company certificates of purchase, and such certificates of pur- 
 chase shall be deemed and holden, in all courts, as evidence of title and 
 possession in the said railroad company to all or any part of said lands, 
 unless the same shall be forfeited as herein provided. The said purchase- 
 money shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior in trust for said In- 
 dians within five years from the date of such purchase, withinterest at the 
 rate of six per cent per annum on all deferred payments, until the whole 
 purchase money shall have been paid ; and before any patents shall issue 
 
734 
 
 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 for any part of said lands, one hundred thousand dollars shall be de- 
 posited with the Secretary of the Interior, to be forfeited in case the 
 whole of the lands are not paid for as herein provided ; (said money may 
 be applied as the payment for the last one hundred thousand acres of 
 said land;) payments shall also be made for at least one-fourth of said 
 unallotted lands at the rate of one dollar per acre, and when so paid the 
 President is authorized hereby to issue patents for the land so paid for ; 
 and then for every additional part of said land upon payment of one 
 dollar per acre. The interest on said purchase money shall be paid an- 
 nually to the Secretary of the Interior for the use of said Indians. If the 
 said company shall fail to pay the principal when the same shall become 
 due, or to pay all or any part of the interest upon such purchase money 
 within thirty dayi after the time when such payment of interest shall 
 fall due, then this contract shall be deemed and held absolutely null and 
 void, and cease to be binding upon either of the parties thereto, and said 
 company and its assigns shall forfeit all payments of principal and in- 
 terest made on such purchase, and all right and title, legal and equita- 
 ble, of any kind whatsoever, in and to all and every part of said lands 
 which shall not have been, before the date of such forfeiture, paid for 
 as herein provided : Provided, however, That in case any of said lands 
 have been conveyed to bona-fide purchasers by said Atchison, Topeka 
 and Santa F6 Railroad Company, such purchasers shall be entitled to 
 patents for said land so purchased by them upon the payment of one 
 dollar and twenty- five cents per acre therefor, under such rules and 
 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. 
 Reservation not ART. III. After such reservation shall have been selected and set apart 
 to be included in f or the Pottawatomies, it shall never be included within the jurisdiction 
 any btate, &c. of any g tato or Territory, unless an Indian Territory shall be organized, 
 as provided for in certain treaties made in eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 six with the Choctaws aud other tribes occupying the "Indian coun- 
 try " ; in which case, or in case of the organization of a legislative coun- 
 cil or other body, for the regulation of matters affecting the relations 
 of the tribes to each other, the Pottawatomies resident thereon shall 
 have the right to representation, according to their numbers, on equal 
 terms with other tribes, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * # 
 
 (a) See No. 1749. 
 
 Oct. 28, 1867. No. 1741. ARTICLES of a treaty and agreement made and entered into at the 
 Proclamation, council camp on Medicine Lodge Creek, seventy miles south of Fort Lamed, in the 
 Aug. 19, 1868. State of Kansas, on the twenty-eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty - 
 VoL 15, p. 593. seven, by and between the United States of America, represented by its commis- 
 
 sioners duly appointed thereto, to wit: Nathaniel G. Taylor, William's. Harney.C. 
 
 C. Auger, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan and John B. Hender- 
 son, of the one part, and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians, represented 
 by their chiefs and head-men duly authorized and empowered to act for the body of 
 the people of said tribes the names of said chiefs and head-men being hereto sub- 
 scribedof the other part, witness : 
 
 ******* 
 
 Reservation. ART. II. The United States agrees that the following district of coun- 
 try, to wit : commencing at the point where the Arkansas River crosses 
 the 37th parallel of north latitude, thence west, on said parallel the 
 said line being the southern boundary of the State of Kansas to the 
 Cimarone River (sometimes called the Red Fork of the Arkansas River), 
 thence down said Cimarone River, in the middle of the main channel 
 thereof, to the Arkansas River ; thence up the Arkansas River, in the 
 middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning, shall be 
 and the same is hereby set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use 
 and occupation of the Indians herein named, and for such other friendly 
 tribes or individual Indians, as from time to time they may be willing, 
 
 Who not to re- with the cousent of the United States, to admit among them ; and the 
 jon, &c. u n i te( i states now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein 
 authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and em ploy 6s of the 
 Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in 
 discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, 
 settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article, or in such 
 territory as may be added to this reservation for the use of said Indians. 
 
 Reservation to ART. III. If it should appear from actual survey or other examina- 
 D6 er if, tion of gaid tract of land ^ that it CODta i ns i e88 than one hundred and 
 
 sixty acres of tillable land for each person, who at the time may be 
 authorized to reside on it, under the provisions of this treaty, and a 
 
 Boundaries. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 735 
 
 very considerable number of such persons shall be disposed to commence 
 cultivating the soil as farmers, the United States agrees to set apart for 
 the use of said Indians as herein provided, such additional quantity of 
 arable land adjoining to said reservation, or as near the same as it can 
 be obtained, as may be required to provide the necessary amount. 
 
 ART. VI. If any individual, belonging to said tribes of Indians, or Heads of fam . 
 legally incorporated with them, being the head of a family, shall desire iiies desiring to 
 to commence farming, he shall have the privilege to select, in the pres- commence farm- 
 ence and with the assistance of the agent then in charge, a tract of land }f ds m |J 8elec * 
 within said reservation not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres 
 in extent, which tract when so selected, certified, and recorded in the 
 land book as herein directed, shall cease to be held in common, but the Effect of such 
 same may be occupied and held in the exclusive possession of the person selection, &c. 
 selecting it, and of his family, so long as he or they may continue to 
 cultivate it. Any person over eighteen years of age, not being the head Per80ns n 1 
 of a family, may in like manner select and cause to be certified to him, heads of families, 
 or her, for purposes of cultivation, a quantity of land not exceeding 
 eighty acres in extent, and thereupon be entitled to the exclusive pos- 
 session of the same as above directed. 
 
 For each tract of land so selected, a certificate containing a descrip- Certificate of 
 tion thereof, and the name of the person selecting it, with a certificate selection to be 
 endorsed thereon, that the same has been recorded, shall be delivered T^lfe record 
 to the party entitled to it by the agent, after the same shall kave been e d. 
 recorded by him in a book to be kept in his office, subject to inspection, 
 which said book shall be known as the "Cheyenne and Arapahoe land 
 book." The President may at any time order a survey of the reserva- Survey, 
 tion, and, when so surveyed, Congress shall provide for protecting the 
 rights of settlers in their improvements, and may fix the character of 
 the title held by each. 
 
 The United States may pass such laws on the subject of alienation Alienation and 
 and descent of property, and on all subjects connected with the govern- descent of prop- 
 mentof the Indians on 'said reservations, and thj internal police thereof erty ' 
 
 as may be thought proper. 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 ART. XI. In consideration of the advantages and benefits conferred Lands outside 
 by this treaty, and the many pledges of friendship by the United States, of reservation re- 
 the tribes who are parties to this agreement hereby stipulate that they linquished to the 
 will relinquish all right to occupy permanently the territory outside of Umte 
 their reservation as herein defined, but they yet reserve the right to hunt Eight to hunt 
 on any lands south of the Arkansas so long as the buffalo may range reserved, 
 thereon in such numbers as to justify the chase ; and no white settle- Limit to white 
 ments shall be permitted on any part of the lands contained in the old settlements, 
 reservation as defined by the treaty made between the United States and 
 the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Apache tribes of Indians, at the mouth of 
 the Little Arkansas, under date of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred 
 and sixty-five, within three years from this date. * * * . 
 
 ART. XII. No treaty for the cession of any portion or part of the Cession of res- 
 reservation herein described, which may be held in common, shall be of ervationnottobe 
 any validity or force as against the said Indians unless executed and valid > unless, De- 
 signed by at least three-fourths of all the adult male Indians occupying 
 or interested in the same ; and no cession by the tribe shall be understood 
 or construed in such manner as to deprive without his consent, any in- 
 dividual member of the tribe of his rights to any tract of land selected 
 by him as provided by Article VI. of this treaty, (a) 
 
 *#**#** 
 
 (a) See No. 1746, 1750. 
 
 No. 1742. ARTICLES of a treaty and agreement made and entered into at the Oct. 21, 1867. 
 council camp, on Medicine Lodge Creek, seventy miles south of Fort Lamed, in Proclamation, 
 the State of Kansas, on the twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred Aug. 25, 1868. 
 and sixty-seven, by and between the United States of America, represented by its Vol. 15, p. 581. 
 
 commissioners duly appointed thereto, to wit, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William S. Har- 
 
 ney, C. C. Augur, Alfred S. [H.I Terry, John D. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan, and J. 
 B. Henderson, of the one part, and the confederated tribes of Kiowa and C omanche 
 Indians, represented by their chiefs and head-men, duly authorized and empowered 
 to act for the body of the people of said tribes, (the names of said chiefs and head- 
 men being hereto subscribed,) of the other part, witness : 
 
 ******* 
 
 ART. II. The United States agrees that the following district of coun- Reservation. 
 try, to wit : commencing at a point where the Washita River crosses the Boundaries. 
 98th meridian, west from Greenwich ; thence up the Washita River, in 
 
736 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 the middle of the main channel thereof, to a point thirty miles, by 
 river, west of Fort Cobb, as now established ; thence, due west to the 
 north fork of Red River, provided said line strikes said river east of 
 the one hundredth meridian of west longitude ; if not, then only to said 
 meridian line, and thence south, on said meridian line, to the said north 
 fork of Red River ; thence down said north fork, in the middle of the 
 main channel thereof, from the point where it may be first intersected 
 by the lines above described, to the main Red River; thence down said 
 river, in the middle of the main channel thereof to its intersection with 
 the ninety-eighth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich ; thence 
 north, on said meridian line, to the place of beginning, shall be and 
 the same is hereby set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and 
 occupation of the tribes herein named, and for such other friendly 
 tribes or individual Indians, as, from time to time, they may be willing 
 with the consent of the United States to admit among 'them ; and 
 Certain p e r - the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those 
 sons not to enter herein authorized so to do and except such officers, agents, and employe's 
 etnereon. Q ^ ^ Q Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reserva- 
 tion in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to 
 pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this arti- 
 cle, or in such territory as may be added to this reservation, for the 
 use of said Indians. 
 
 Additional ara- ART. III. If it should appear from actual survey or other satisfactory 
 
 We land to be examination of said tract of land, that it contains less than one hundred 
 
 added, it, &c. an( j 8 j x ^y acres o f tillable land, for each person, who at the time may be 
 
 authorized to reside on it under the provisions of this treaty, and a 
 
 very considerable number of such persons shall be disposed to commence 
 
 cultivating the soil as farmers, the United States agrees to set apart 
 
 for the use of said Indians, as herein provided, such additional quantity 
 
 of arable land adjoining to said reservation, or as near the same as 
 
 it can be obtained, as may be required to provide the necessary amount. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Heads of fami- ART. VI. If any individual belonging to said tribes of Indians, or 
 j 168 a Y 8e J ect legally incorporated with them, being the head of a family, shall desire 
 lun ^' to commence farming, he shall have the privilege to select, in the pres- 
 ence and with the assistance of the agent then in charge, a tract of land 
 within said reservation, not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres 
 in extent, which tract, when so selected, certified, and recorded' in the 
 "land book" as herein directed, shall cease to be held in common, but 
 the same may be occupied and held in the exclusive possession of the 
 person selecting it, and of his family so long as he or they may continue 
 Others may se- to cultivate it. Any person over eighteen years of age, not being the 
 lect land for cul- head of a iamily, may in like manner select and cause to be certified to 
 him or her, for purposes of cultivation, a quantity of land not exceed- 
 ing eighty acres in extent, and thereupon, be entitled to the exclusive 
 possession of the same as above directed. For each tract of land so 
 selected, a certificate, containing a description thereof and the name of 
 the person selecting it. with a certificate indorsed thereon that the same 
 has been recorded, shall be delivered to the party entitled to it, by the 
 agent, after the same shall have been recorded by him in a book to be 
 kept in his office, subject to inspection, which said book shall be known 
 Surveys. as the " Kiowa and Comanche land book." The President may, at any 
 
 time, order a survey of the reservation, and, when so surveyed, Con- 
 gress shall provide for protecting the rights of settlers, in their improve- 
 Alienation and ments, and may fix the character of the title held by each. The United 
 descent of prop- States may pass such laws, on the subject of alienation and descent of 
 property and on all subjects connected with the government of the said 
 Indians on said reservations, and the internal police thereof, as may be 
 thought proper. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Righttooccupy ART. XI. In consideration of the advantages and benefits conferred by 
 
 of^eie7vato d n tbi8 treatv and the many pledges of friendship by the United States, 
 
 surrendered. tne tribes who are parties to this agreement hereby stipulate that they 
 
 will relinquish all right to occupy permanently the territory outside of 
 
 their reservation, as herein defined, but they yet reserve the right to 
 
 Right to hunt hunt on any lands south of the Arkansas River, so long as the buffalo 
 
 eserved. may ran g e thereon in such numbers as to justify the chase, and no white 
 
 settlements shall be permitted on any part of the lands contained in the 
 
 old reservation as defined by the treaty made between the United States 
 
INDIAN TEEEITOEY. 
 
 737 
 
 and the Cheyenne, Ara.pahoe, and Apache tribes of Indians at the mouth 
 of the Little Arkansas, under date of October fourteenth, one thousand 
 eight hundred and sixty- five, within three years from this date. * 
 
 ART. XII. No treaty for the cession of any portion or part of the res- 
 ervation herein described, which may be held in common, shall be of No treaty for 
 any validity or force as against the said Indians, unless executed and ce ssion of reseiv 
 signed by at least three-fourths of all the adult male Indians occupying n to be valid 
 the same, and no cession by the tribe shall be understood or construed 
 in such manner as to deprive, without his consent, any individual mem- 
 ber of the tribe of his rights to any tract of land selected by him as 
 provided in Article VI. of this treaty, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1732, 1743. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1867. 
 Proclamation, 
 Aug. 25, 1868. 
 Vol. 15, p. 589. 
 
 IVo. 1743. ARTICLES of a treaty concluded at the council camp on Medicine 
 Lodge Creek, seventy miles south of Fort Lamed, in the State of Kansas, on the 
 twentv-first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, by and between the 
 United States of America, represented by its commissioners duly appointed thereto, 
 to wit : Nathaniel G. Taylor, William S-. Harney, C. C. Augur, Alfred S. [H.j Terry, - 
 John B. Sanborn. Samuel F. Tappan, and J. 15." Henderson, of the one part, and the 
 Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, represented by their chiefs and head-men 
 duly authorized and empowered to act for the body of the people of said tribes . 
 
 (the names of said chiefs and head-men being hereto subscribed) of the other part, 
 witness : 
 
 Whereas, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and Preamble, 
 sixty-seven, a treaty of peace was made and entered into at the council 
 camp, on Medicine Lodge Creek, seventy miles south of Fort Larned, 
 in the State of Kansas, by and between the United States of America, 
 by its commissioners Nathaniel G. Taylor, William S. Harney, C. C. 
 Augur, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Sauborn, Samuel F. Tappan, and J. B. 
 Henderson, of the one part, and the Kiowa and Comanche tribes of In- 
 dians, of the Upper Arkansas, by and through their chiefs and head-men 
 whose names are subscribed thereto, of the other part, reference being 
 had to said treaty ; and whereas, since the making and signing of said 
 treaty, at a council held at said camp on this day, the chiefs and head- 
 men of the Apache nation or tribe of Indians express to the commis- 
 sioners on the part of the United States, as aforesaid, a wish to be con- 
 federated with the said Kiowa and Comanche tribes, and to be placed, 
 in every respect, upon an equal footing with said tribes ; and whereas, 
 at a council held at the same place and on the same day, with the chiefs 
 and headmen of the said Kiowa and Comanche tribes, they consent to 
 the confederation of said Apache tribe, as desired by it, upon the terms 
 and conditions hereinafter set forth in this supplementary treaty : Now, 
 therefore, it is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the afore- 
 said commissioners, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and 
 head-men of the Kiowa and Comanche tribes, and, also, the chiefs and 
 head-men of the said Apache tribe, as follows, to wit : 
 
 ARTICLE I. The said Apache tribe of Indians agree to confederate and The Apaches 
 become incorporated with the said Kiowa and Comanche Indians, and agree to become 
 to accept as their permanent home the reservation described in the afore- ^^ ^eKiowas 
 said treaty with said Kiowa and Comanche tribes, concluded as afore- JJJd Comanches. 
 said at this place, and they pledge themselves to make no permanent 
 
 settlement at any place, nor on any lands, outside of said reservation. 
 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 ART. IV. In consideration of the advantages conferred by this sup- Apaches to ob- 
 plementary treaty upon the Apache tribe of Indians, they agree to ob- serve stipn la- 
 serve and faithfully comply with all the stipulations and agreements JJJJL. 
 entered into by the Kiowas and Comanches in said original treaty. 
 They agree, in the same manner, to keep the peace toward the whites TO keep the 
 and all other persons under the jurisdiction of the United States, and peace, 
 to do and perform all other things enjoined upon said tribes by the pro- 
 visions of said treaty ; and they hereby give up and forever relinquish To give up cer- 
 to the United States all rights, privileges, and grants now vested in tain rights, 
 them, or intended to be transferred to them, by the treaty between the 
 United States and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians, con- 
 cluded at the camp on the Little Arkansas River, in the State of Kansas, 
 on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
 five, and also by the supplementary treaty, concluded at the same place 
 on the seventeenth day of the same month, between the United States, 
 of the one part, and the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Apache tribes, of the 
 other part, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1732, 1742. 
 
 47 L O VOL II 
 
738 
 
 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1867. No. 1 744. ARTICLES of agreement made and concluded this eighteenth day of 
 
 Proclamation, February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States, 
 
 Oct. 14, 1868. represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; William H. 
 
 VoL 15, p. 495. "Watson, special commissioner; Thomas Alurphy, superintendent of Indian affairs 
 
 - for Kansas: and Henry W. Martin, United States Indian agent, duly authorized, 
 
 and the tribes of Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, represented by Keoknk, Che- 
 
 kns-kuk, Uc-qnaw-ho-ko, Mut-tut-tah, and Man-ah-to-wah, chiefs of said tribes. 
 
 Cession of ARTICLE I. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi cede to the Gov- 
 lands to United ernm ent of the United States all the lands, with the improvements 
 thereon, contained in their unsold portion of their diminished reserve 
 defined in the first article of their treaty ratified July ninth, one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and sixty, (th3 said tract containing about eighty- 
 six thousand and four hundred acres, and being more particularly de- 
 scribed by the survey and plats on file in the Department of the Inte- 
 rior,) except as reserved in previous treaties, or in this treaty. 
 
 Additional ART. II. The said Indians also cede to the United States a full and 
 cession. complete title to the lands, with the improvements thereon^ now re- 
 
 maining unsold in that portion of their old reservation provided by 
 article four of the treaty of July ninth, one thousand eight hundred 
 and sixty, to be sold by the Government for their benefit, the cession 
 herein made being subject to the exceptions defined in this treaty. 
 
 . yi. The United States agree, in consideration of the improve- 
 am? FoxS 6 ment8 u P on the 8aid reservation, to give to the Sacs and Foxes for their 
 future home a tract of land in the Indian country south of Kansas, and 
 south of the Cherokee lands, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty 
 How to be se- square miles in extent. The selection of such new reservation shall be 
 lected. made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and with his 
 
 approval, by commissioners appointed by the said Secretary, who 
 shall visit the Indian country, with delegations from all the' tribes 
 proposing to remove thereto, as soon as practicable after the ratifica- 
 How surveyed, tion of this treaty; and said reservation shall be surveyed as to its ex 
 terior lines, at the cost of the United States, under the direction of the 
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs, not to exceed three thousand dollars : 
 Proviso. Provided, That if it shall be found impracticable to select a suitable 
 
 home for the tribe except by purchase from the Cherokees, the United 
 States will pay towards the said purchase the same amount that would 
 have been payable to the Creeks if the reservation had been selected 
 upon the former Creek lands ; and in that case the balance of the money 
 payable to the Cherokees shall be deducted from the amount due the 
 
 Sacs and Foxes under this treaty, (a) 
 
 * * * * * * 
 
 (a) See Xo. 1752. 
 
 Feb. 23. 1867. 
 Proclamation, 
 Oct. 14, 1863. 
 VoL15,p.513. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No. 1745. ARTICLES of agreement, concluded at Washington, D. C., the twen- 
 ty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between 
 the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 
 W. H. Watson, special commissioner, Thomas Murphy, Superintendent of Indian 
 Affairs, George C. Snow, and G A. Cotton, U. S. Indian agents, duly authorized, 
 and the Senecas, represented by George Spicer and John Mush ; the mixed Senecas 
 and Shawnees, by John Whitetree, John Young, and Lewis Davis ; the Quapaws, 
 by S. G. Vallier and Ka-zhe-cah; the confederated Peoria*. Kaskaskias, Weas, 
 and Piankeshaws, by Baptiste Peoria. John Mitchell, and Edward Black; the Mi- 
 amies, by Thomas Metosenyah and Thomas Richardville, and the Ottawas of 
 Blanchard's Fork and Roche'de Boauf by John White and J. T. Jones, and includ- 
 ing certain Wyandott[e]s, represented by'Tauromee, or John Hat. and John Karaho. 
 
 Whereas it is desirable that arrangements should be made by which 
 portions of certain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in Kansas, should 
 be enabled to remove to other lands in the Indian country south of that 
 State, while other portions of said tribes desire to dissolve their tribal re- 
 lations and become citizens ; and whereas it is necessary to provide cer- 
 tain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in the Indian country, with 
 means of rebuilding their houses, reopening their farms, and supporting 
 their families, they having been driven from their reservations early in 
 the late war, and suffered greatly for several years, ami being will- 
 ing to sell a portion of their lands to procure such relief ; and whereas 
 a portion of the Wyandottes, parties to the treaty of one thousand 
 eight hundred and fifty-five, although taking lands in severally, have 
 sold said lands and are still poor, and have not been compelled to be- 
 come citizens, but have remained without clearly recognized organiza- 
 tion, while others who did become citizens are unfitted for the respon- 
 sibilities of citizenship ; and whereas the Wyandottes, treated with in 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 739 
 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-five, have just claims against the Govern- 
 ment, which will enable the portion of their people herein referred to 
 to begin anew a tribal existence : Therefore it is agreed : 
 
 ARTICLE I. The Senecas cede to the United States a strip of land on Cession of lands 
 the north side of their present reservation in the Indian country ; the t o t h e United 
 land so ceded to be bounded on the east by the State of Missouri, on the St^ 68 b y t h e 
 north by the north line of the reservation, on the west by the Neosho Das ' 
 River, and running south for the necessary distance, to contain twenty 
 thousand acres ; for which the Government is to pay twenty thousand 
 dollars upon the ratification of this treaty ; the south line of said tract 
 to be ascertained by survey, at the cost of the United States. 
 
 ART. II. The Senecas now confederated with the Shawnees, and Furthercession, 
 owning an undivided half of a reservation in the Indian country imme- 
 diately north of the Seneca reservation mentioned in the preceding ar- 
 ticle, cede to the United States one-half of said Seneca and Shawnee 
 reserve, which it is mutually agreed shall be the north half, bounded 
 on the east by the State of Missouri, north by the Quapaw reserve, 
 west by the Neosho River, and south by an east and west line bisecting 
 the present Seneca and Shawnee reserve into equal parts, the said line 
 to be determined by survey, at the expense of the United States ; for 
 which tract of land, estimated to contain about thirty thousand acres, 
 the United States will pay the sum of twenty-four thousand dol- 
 lars, (a) 
 
 ART. III. The Shawnees, heretofore confederated with the Senecas, Cession of lands 
 cede to the United States that portion of their remaining lands, bounded to the U n i t e d 
 as follows, beginning at a poiut where Spring River crosses the south States by the 
 line of the tract in the second article ceded to the United States, thence 
 down said river to the south line of the Shawnee reserve, thence west 
 to the Neosho River, thence up said river to the south line of the tract 
 ceded in the second article, and thence east to the place of beginning ; 
 supposed to contain about twelve thousand acres, the area to be ascer- 
 tained by survey, at the expense of the United States; the United 
 States to pay for the same at the rate of one dollar per acre, as soon as 
 the area shall be ascertained. (6) 
 
 ART. IV. The Quapaws cede to the United States that portion of their By the Qua- 
 land lying in the State of Kansas, being a strip of land on the north paws, 
 line of their reservation, about one-half mile in width, and containing 
 about twelve sections in all, excepting therefrom one half-section to be 
 patented to Samuel G. Vallier, including his improvements. Also the 
 further tract within their present reserve, bounded as follows : Begin- 
 ning at a point in the Neosho River where the south line of the Quapaw 
 reserve strikes that stream, thence east three miles, thence north to the 
 Kansas boundary line, thence west on said line to the Neosho River, 
 thence down said river to the place of beginning ; and the United States 
 will pay to the Quapaws for the half-mile strip lying in Kansas at the 
 rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, whenever the area of 
 the same shall be ascertained; and for the other tract described in this 
 article at the rate of one dollar and fifteen cents per acre, whenever the 
 area of the same shall be ascertained by survey, said survey to be made 
 at the cost of the tribe to which said tract is herein provided to be sold 
 under the pre-emption laws of the United States ; but all such pre-emp- 
 tion shall be paid in the money of the United States, at the proper land 
 office, within one year from the date of entry and settlement, (c) 
 **#***# 
 
 ART. XIII. The United States will set apart for the Wyandottes, for Land set apart 
 their future home, the land ceded by the Senecas in the first article for the Wyan- 
 hereof, and described in said article, to be owned by the said Wyan- dottes - 
 dottes in common. ^ Bancroft LifefSfy 
 
 ART. XV. All restrictions upon the sale of lands assigned and patented Certain restrio- 
 to " incompetent" Wyandott[e]s under the fourth article of the treaty tions upon sales 
 of one thousand eight hundred and fifty -five, shall be removed after the of lands re- 
 ratification of this treaty, but no sale of lands heretofore assigned to moved - 
 orphans or incompetents shall be made, under decree of any court, or 
 otherwise, for or on account of any claim, judgment, execution or order, 
 or for taxes, until voluntarily sold by the patentee or his or her heirs, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and whereas many 
 sales of land belonging to this class have heretofore been made, con- 
 trary to the spirit and intent of the treaty of one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and fifty-five, it is agreed that a thorough examination and report 
 
740 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 shall be made, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in order 
 to ascertain the facts relating to all such cases, and upon a fall exami- 
 nation of such report, and hearing of the parties interested, the said 
 Secretary may confirm the said sales, or require au additional amount 
 to he paid, or* declare such sales entirely void, as the very right of the 
 several cases may require. 
 
 Sale of land to ART. XVI. The west part of the Shawnee reservation, ceded to the 
 the Ottawas. United States by the third article, is hereby sold to the Ottawas at one 
 
 Payment. dollar per acre ; and for the purpose of paying for said reservation the 
 United States shall take the necessary amount, whenever the area of 
 such land shall be found by actual survey, from the funds in the hands 
 of the Government arising from the sale of the Ottawa trust lands, as 
 provided in the ninth article of the treaty of one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and sixty-two, and the balance of said fund, after the payment of 
 accounts provided for in article five of the treaty of one thousand eight 
 hundred and sixty-two, shall be paid to the tribe per capita. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Sale of lands to ART. XX. It is further agreed that the remaining unsold portion of 
 Ottawa rniver- trU8t i an( j 8 o f the Ottawas, amounting to seven thousand two hundred 
 and twenty-one and twenty-one hundredths acres, shall be sold to the 
 trustees of Ottawa University, to be disposed of for the benefit of 
 said institution at the appraised value thereof, and that the said trus- 
 tees shall have until July sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and 
 sixty-nine, to dispose of the same and pay to the Government the value 
 of said lands: Provided, That the said trustees shall furnish, within 
 thirty days after the ratification of this treaty, to the Secretary of the 
 Interior, a satisfactory bond for the fulfilment of their obligations. 
 Purchasers of ART. XXI. Whereas certain arrangements have been made by the 
 land from the cn i e f s o f the confederated tribes of Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Pi- 
 re^ve'patents ankeshaws, for the sale to actual settlers of the lands held by them in 
 common, being nine and one-half sections, for a reasonable considera- 
 tion, according to the terms of a certain petition of the said tribe, with 
 schedule annexed, (which schedule is annexed to this treaty and marked 
 "B,") dated December twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and 
 sixty six, filed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, it is 
 agreed that the said arrangements shall be carried into full effect, and 
 the purchasers thereunder shall receive patents from the United States 
 for the lands so purchased, upon making full payment for the same to 
 the Secretary of the Interior, and the amount already paid by said pur- 
 chasers, as appears from said schedule, and in the hands of the chiefs, 
 shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior, and the whole amount of 
 the purchase money shall also be paid to the said Secretary on or before 
 the first day of June, one thoosand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and 
 shall be held by him for the benefit of the tribe, subject to the provi- 
 sions of this treaty. 
 
 Lands sold to ART. XXII. The land in the second and fourth articles of this treaty 
 the Peorias, &c. proposed to be purchased from the Senecas and Quapa ws, and lying south 
 of Kansas, is hereby granted and sold to the Peorias, &c. and shall be 
 paid for at the rate paid for the same by the Government, out of the pro- 
 ceeds of the nine and a half sections referred to in the last preceding 
 article, adding thereto whatever may be necessary out of other moneys 
 in the hands of the United States belonging to the said Peorias, &c. 
 Indians to re- ART. XXIII. The said Indians agree to dispose of their allotments in 
 move to new Kansas and remove to their new homes in the Indian country within 
 nome in, two Vear8 f rom t h e ratification of this treaty ; and to that end the Sec- 
 
 retary of the Iiiterior is authorized to remove altogether the restrictions 
 upon the sales of their lands, provided under authority of the third 
 article of the treaty of May thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and 
 fifty- four, in such manner that adult Indians may sell their own lands, 
 and that the lauds of minors and incompetents may be sold by the chiefs, 
 with the consent of the agent, certified to the Secretary of the Interior 
 and approved by him. And if there should be any allotments for which 
 no owner or heir thereof survives, the chiefs may convey the same by 
 deed, the purchase money thereof to be applied, under the direction of 
 the Secretary, to the benefit of the tribe ; and the guardianship of 
 orphan children shall remain in the hands of the chiefs of the tribe; 
 and the said chiefs shall have the exclusive right to determine who are 
 members of the tribe, and entitled to be placed upon the pay-rolls. 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 741 
 
 ART. XXVI. The Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws agree Miamies may 
 that the Miamies may be confederated with them upon their new res- be united with 
 ervation, and own an undivided right in said reservation in proportion tn ias &0 * 
 to the sum paid, upon the payment by the said Miamies of an amount 
 which in proportion to the number of the Miamies who shall join them, 
 will be equal to their share of the purchase money in this treaty pro- 
 vided to be paid for the land, and also upon the payment into the com- 
 mon fund of such amount as shall make them equal in annuities to the 
 said Peorias, &c., the said privilege to remain open to the Miamies two 
 years from the ratification of this treaty. 
 
 * ***** * 
 
 (a) See Noa. 1719, 1721, 1723. 
 
 <6) See Nos. 1721, 1722, 1723, 1749. 
 
 (c) See No. 1726. 
 
 No. 1746. EXECUTIVE ORDERS relating to Cheyenne and Arapahoe reserve. Annual Report 
 
 Coinmis s i o n e r 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Indian Affairs 
 
 OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1fi7 a _ 0^1 
 
 June 19, 1869. 1878 ' P " 25L 
 
 SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by reference from 
 the Secretary of the Interior on the 10th instant, of a letter from Ad- 
 jutant-General E. D. Townsend, bearing date the 9th instant, inclosing 
 a copy of a telegram dated Fort Leavenworth, Kans., June 8, 1869, from 
 Maj.-Gen. J. M. Schofield to General W. T. Sherman, recommending 
 that the reservation for the Arapahoe Indians be changed from its 
 present location to the north fork of the Canadian River, and request- 
 ing a report thereon from this office. 
 
 By the terms of the treaty with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes 
 of Indians, proclaimed August 19, 1868, it is' provided in the second ar- 
 ticle thereof that " the United States agrees that the following district 
 of country, to wit : Commencing at the point where the Arkansas River 
 crosses the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude; thence west on 
 said parallel the said line being the southern boundary of the State 
 of Kansas to the Cimarron River (sometimes called the Red Fork of 
 the Arkansas River) ; thence down said Cimarron River, in the middle 
 of the main channel thereof, to the Arkansas River ; thence up the 
 Arkansas River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place 
 of beginning, shall be, and the same is hereby, set apart for the abso- 
 lute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians herein named, 
 and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as from time to 
 time they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit 
 among them." 
 
 It will be seen from the language of the second article of said treaty, 
 just quoted, that a reservation upon which they are now located has 
 already been provided for said Indians within the boundaries in said 
 article designated, but I am of opinion that it would be better for both 
 the Indians and the Government if they were to be removed to the 
 north fork of the Canadian River in accordance with the suggestions 
 of General Schofield, provided any authority can be found for removing 
 and locating said Indians in the manner contemplated. 
 
 Should you be of opinion that such authority exists, and determine Kew bounda 
 in pursuance thereof to cause a removal of said Indians to be made from riea suggested, 
 their present reservation, I would suggest that a tract of country be set 
 aside lor their occupation and use bounded as follows, viz : Commenc- 
 ing at the point where the Washita River crosses the ninety-eighth de- 
 gree of west longitude ; thence north on a line with said ninety-eighth 
 degree to the point where it is crossed by the Red Fork of the Arkansas 
 (sometimes called the Cimarron River); thence up said river, in the 
 middle of the main channel thereof, to the north boundary of the coun- 
 try ceded to the United States by the treaty of June 14, 1866, with the 
 Creek nation of Indians ; thence west on said north boundary and the 
 north boundary of the country ceded to the United States by the treaty 
 of March 21, 1866, with the Seminole Indians, to the one hundredth de- 
 gree of west longitude; thence south on the line of said one hundredth 
 degree to the north boundary of the country set apart for the Kiowas 
 and Comanches by the second article of the treaty concluded October 
 21, 1867, with said tribes ; thence east along said boundary to the point 
 where it strikes the Washita River; thence down said Washita River, 
 in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning. 
 
742 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 The territory comprised within the boundaries last above designated 
 contains a small portion of the country ceded to the United States by 
 the terms of the treaty with the Creek Indians concluded June 14, 1866 ; 
 a portion of the country ceded to the United States by the terms of the 
 treaty with the Seminole Indians concluded March 21, 1866, and the 
 remainder is composed of a portion of what is commonly known as the 
 " leased country." 
 
 Inasmuch as this office has no information upon the subject, except 
 that conveyed by the telegram of General Schofield, which is very mea- 
 ger and indefinite, I am unable to determine the causes which seem to 
 require this change, and I would therefore respectfully suggest, unless 
 there is some pressing necessity which will admit of no delay, whether 
 it would not be well to refer the matter to the proper officers of this 
 bureau for investigation and report before any action is taken. 
 
 The letter of Adjutant- General Townseud, together with the copy of 
 the telegram of General Schofield, are herewith returned. 
 Very respectfully, &c., 
 
 E. S. PARKER, Commissioner. 
 ' Hon. W. T. OTTO, Acting Secretary of Interior. 
 
 Annual Report DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
 
 Comnus si one r OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 
 
 1878 ^ 252 8> Washington, D. G., August 10, 1869. 
 
 I ' '- SIR : Referring to my report to you of the 19th of June last, relative 
 
 to the change of location of the reservation for the Cheyenne and Arapa- 
 hoe Indians, I now have the honor to submit, herewith, copies of the 
 following letters relative to this subject, viz : 
 
 Letter from Superintendent Hoag, dated the 31st ultimo, inclosing 
 letter from Brevet Major-General Hazen, dated the 24th ultimo. 
 
 Letter from Superintendent Hoag, dated the 4th instant, inclosing 
 letter from General Hazen, dated the *2d instant. 
 
 It appears from these letters that the Cheyennes and Arapahoes did 
 not understand the location of the reservation as defined by the treaty 
 of August 19, 1868 ; that they have never been upon said reserve, and 
 do not desire to go there, but that they desire to locate on the North 
 Fork of the Canadian some 60 miles below Camp Supply ; that the agent 
 for these tribes has a large quantity of valuable stores in this locality, 
 which are very much exposed. 
 
 New location Inasmuch as these Indians express a desire to be located upon a re- 
 recommended, serve, I think it very desirable that their wishes should be gratified, 
 and that they be not permitted to again roam on the plains. 1 there- 
 fore respectfully recommend that the President be requested to author- 
 ize the location of these Indians on the north fork of the Canadian 
 River, where they desire to go, and that immediate steps be taken to 
 provide temporarily for them there. The country desired by them is 
 public land, and I think it competent for the President to direct their 
 location thereon. In view, however, of the fact that these Indians 
 have a reservation defined for them by treaty stipulation, legislation 
 can be asked of Congress at the coming session to insure a permanent 
 reservation for them where they may locate, and abandon as a reserva- 
 tion the present one, restoring it to the public lands, (a) 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 E. S. PARKER, Commissioner. 
 Hon. J. D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 August 10, 1869. The recommendation of the Indian Commissioner 
 approved. 
 
 J. D. COX, Secretary. 
 Approved. Approved August 10, 1869. 
 
 U. S. GRANT, President, 
 (a) See Nos. 1741, 1750. 
 
 Xo. 1747. AN ACT making appropriations, &c. 
 
 July 15, 1870. [Permanent home in Indian Territory to be provided for Great and 
 Vol. 16. p. 335. Little Osage Indians. See KANSAS, No. 2040.] 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 743 
 
 No. 1748. EXECUTIVE ORDER relating to the Osage Reserve. Annual report 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Commissioner of 
 
 Washington, D. C., March 27, 1871. Jg^ g lim 25 Affair8 ' 
 
 SIR : I have received your letters bearing date respectively the 7th, _ ! 
 
 llth, and 15th instant, in relation to the stttlement of the Great and Tract assigned 
 Little Osage Indians upon a tract of land to be assigned them within to G^ ea t an d Lit- 
 the Cherokee country. * * * 
 
 I concur m your recommendation that there be assigned and set off to 
 the Great and Little Osages a tract situate within the Cherokee coun- 
 try described as follows : Beginning at a point where the ninety-sixth 
 meridian of longitude west from Greenwich intersects the southern 
 boundary of Kansas ; thence south along said meridian to the line sep- 
 arating the Cherokee country from the Creek country ; thence west- 
 ward on said line to a point so that a line running from such point, par- 
 allel to said meridian, to the said boundary of Kansas, and with said 
 boundary to the place of beginning, will inclose an area containing 
 560,000 acres, (a) ' 
 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 C. DELANO, Secretary. 
 The COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1747, 1751. 
 
 No. 1749. AN ACT to provide homes for the Pottawatomie and Absentee Shawnee May 23, 1872. 
 Indians in the Indian Territory. VoL 17, p. 159. 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Allotments of 
 hereby, authorized and directed to issue certificates by which allotments land to be made 
 of land lying within the thirty-mile square tract heretofore selected for JJ the PotSwS 
 the Pottawatomie Indians, and lying next west of the Seminole reser- tomie citizen 
 vation in the Indian Territory, shall be made to each member of the band. 
 Pottawatomie band, known as the Pottawatomie citizen band, as fol- 
 lows, viz: To each head of a family, and to each other member twenty- Quantityto 
 one years of age, not more than one quarter-section, and to each minor each. 
 of the tribe not more than eighty acres ; and such allotments shall be 
 made to include, as far as may be practicable for each family, the im- 
 provements which they may have made. Certificates of such allotments Certificates of 
 shall be made in severalty, specifying the names of individuals to whom allotments, how 
 they have been assigned, and that said tracts are set apart for the ex- ]^te what* 1 
 elusive and perpetual use and benefit of such assignees and their heirs. 
 Until otherwise provided by law such tracts shall be exempt from levy, Lands to be ex- 
 taxation, or sale, and shall be alienable in fee, or leased or otherwise empt, &c., and 
 disposed of only to the TJnited States, or to persons of Indian blood, alienable, &c. 
 lawfully residing within said Territory with permission of the Presi- 
 dent and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall 
 prescribe : Provided, That such allotments shall be made to such of the Residence, 
 above-described persons as have resided or shall hereafter reside three 
 years continuously on such reservation, and that the cost of such lands Cost, and how- 
 to the United States shall be paid from any fund now held, or which paid, 
 may be hereafter held by the United States for the benefit of such In- 
 dians, and charged as a part of their distributive share, or shall be paid 
 for by said Indians before such certificates are issued: Provided, Said Indians to ac- 
 Pottawatomie Indians shall neither acquire nor exercise under the laws quire no more 
 of the United States any rights or privileges in said Indian Territory, ri hts tnan ' &c> 
 other than those enjoyed by the members of the Indian tribes lawfully 
 residing therein. And for the protection of the rights of persons and May enforce 
 property among themtelves,thty may enforce the laws and usages here- usages. 
 tofore enforced among them as an Indian tribe, not inconsistent with 
 the Constitution and laws of the United States, and shall be entitled to Entitled to rep- 
 equitable representation in the general Territorial council, and subject resentatum. 
 to the general laws which it may legally enact, (a) 
 
 SEC. 2. When it bhall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Allotments of 
 the Interior that any Indian of pure or mixed blood of the Absentee land to the Ab- 
 Shawnees, being a head of a family, or a person over twenty-one years f^jians awnee 
 of age, has resided, continuously, for the term of three years within the 
 thirty-mile square tract lying west of the Seminole reservation in the 
 Indian Territory, and has made substantial improvements thereon, it 
 shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to issue to said Indian To whom and 
 a certificate of allotment for eighty acres of land, to include, so far as how made > &0 - 
 may be practicable, his or her improvements, together with an addition 
 
744 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 of twenty acres for each child under twenty-one years of age belonging 
 to the family of said Indian, which certificate shall include the same 
 provisions as are included in the certificates of allotments of lands to 
 be issued under the provisions of the first, section of this act. (&) 
 
 (a) See No. 1740. 
 
 (6) See Nbs. 1721, 1722, 1723, 1745. 
 
 May 29, 1872. No. 175O. AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent ex- 
 Vof! 17, p. 165. penses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various 
 
 Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy -three, 
 
 and for other purposes. 
 
 Appraisement SEC. 5. That the President of the United States and the Secretary of 
 to be * de of the Interior are hereby authorized to make an appraisement of the 
 lands" 1 6e Cherokee lands lying west of the ninety-sixth meridian of west longi- 
 
 tude, and west of the land of the Osage Indians, in the Indian Terri- 
 tory, and south of the southern line of the State of Kansas, ceded to the 
 United States by the Cherokee Indians under their treaty of July nine- 
 teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the settlement of friendly 
 Secretary of Indians, and report the same to Congress : (a) Provided, That the Secre- 
 the Interior to ^ ar y o f fo e interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to negotiate with the 
 Southern Che Southern Cheyennes and Arapahoes for the relinquishment of their claim 
 ennes and Arap- to the land ceded to them by the second article of the treaty of October 
 ahoes for the re- twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, out of the cession made 
 *T S toth^m and ky * ne Cherokees in the treaty of July nineteen, eighteen hundred and 
 for what consid- sixty-six ; such relinquishment, if obtained, to be in consideration of a 
 eration. sufficient and permanent location for the said Cheyennes and Arrap- 
 
 ahoes, upon the lands ceded to the United States by the Creeks and 
 Seminoles in the treaties of March twenty-first and June fourteenth, 
 Report to Con- eighteen hundred and sixty-six ; and that the Secretary report the 
 action taken by him under this provision to Congress at its next ses- 
 sion. (&) 
 
 (a) SeeNos. 1715, 1718, 1724, 1728, 1737. 
 
 (6) See Nos. 1720, 1725, 1731, 1733, 1739, 1741, 1746, 1752. 
 
 June 5, 1872. No. 1751 .AN ACT to confirm to the Great and Little Osage Indians a reservation 
 Vol. 17, p. 228. i n t"h e Indian Territory. 
 
 Preamble. Whereas by the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-six between 
 
 the United States and the Cherokee nation of Indians, said nation ceded 
 to the United States all its lands west of the ninety-sixth meridian 
 west longitude, for the settlement of friendly Indians thereon ; and 
 whereas by act of Congress approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred 
 and seventy, the President was authorized and directed to remove the 
 Great and Little Osage In dians to a location in the Cherokee coun- 
 try west of the ninety-sixth meridian, to be designated for them by the 
 United States authorities ; and whereas it was provided by the same 
 act of Congress that the lands of the Osages in Kansas should be sold 
 by the United States, and so much of the proceeds thereof as were ne- 
 cessary should be appropriated for the payment to the Cherokees for 
 the lands set apart for the said Osages west of the ninety- sixth merid- 
 Keservation of i an an( j whereas under the provisions of the above-mentioned treaty 
 Little T Osl*e In- and act of Congress and concurrent action of the authorities of the United 
 dians. States and the Cherokee nation, the said Osages were removed from 
 
 their former homes in the State of Kansas to a reservation set apart for 
 them in the Indian Territory, at the time of the removal supposed to be 
 West of the said ninety-sixth meridian, and bounded on the east there- 
 by, and upon which said Osages have made substantial and valuable 
 improvements ; and whereas by a recent survey and establishment of 
 the ninety-sixth meridian it appears that the most valuable portion of 
 said Osage reservation, and upon which all their improvements are 
 situated, lies east of the said meridian ; and whereas it therefore be- 
 came necessary to select other lands in lieu of those found to be east of 
 the established ninety-sixth meridian for said Osage Indians; and 
 whereas a tract has accordingly been selected, lying between the west- 
 ern boundary of the reservations heretofore set apart for said Indians 
 and the main channel of the Arkansas River, with the south line of the 
 State of Kansas for a northern boundary, and the north line of the 
 
INDIAN TERRITORY. 745 
 
 Creek country and the main channel of the Arkansas River for a south- 
 ern and western boundary ; and whereas the act of Congress approved 
 July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, restricts the said reser- 
 vation for said Osage Indians to " a tract of land in compact form 
 equal in quantity to one hundred and sixty acres for each member of 
 said tribe;" and whereas in a letter of the Cherokee delegation, ad- 
 dressed to the Secretary of the Interior on the eighth day of April, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-two on behalf of the Cherokee nation, 
 containing their approval of and assent to the proposition to provide 
 for the settlement of the Osage and Kaw Indians on that portion of 
 the Cherokee country lying west of the ninety-sixth degree west 
 longitude, south of Kansas, east and north of the Arkansas River : 
 Therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted, #c., That in order to provide said Osage tribe of Indians A tract of land 
 with a reservation, and secure to them a sufficient quantity of land west of the 96th 
 suitable for cultivation, the following-described tract of country, west Sjartwa rese 
 of the established ninety-sixth meridian, in the Indian Territory, be, V ation for the 
 and the same is hereby, set apart for and confirmed as their reservation, Great and Little 
 namely : Bounded on the east by the ninety-sixth meridian, on the south Osage Indians, 
 and west by the north line of the Creek country and the main channel oundane8 - 
 of the Arkansas River, and on the north by the south line of the State 
 of Kansas : Provided, That the location as aforesaid shall be made under Location, 
 the provisions of article sixteen of the treaty of eighteen hundred and 
 sixty- six, so far as the same may be applicable thereto: And provided Kansas Indians 
 further, That said Great and Little Osage tribe of Indians shall permit may be settled on 
 the settlement within the limits of said tract of land [of] the Kansas Q^j^SdLitSe 
 tribe of Indians, the lauds so settled and occupied by said Kansas Osage tribes. 
 Indians, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres for each member 
 of said tribe, to be paid for by said Kansas tribe of Indians out of the 
 proceeds of the sales of their lands in Kansas, at a price not exceeding 
 that paid by the Great and Little Osage Indians to the Cherokee nation 
 of Indians, (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1747, 1748. 
 
 No. 1753. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the Creek March 3, 1873. 
 Indians for the cession of a portion of their reservation, occupied by friendly VoL 17, p. 626. 
 Indians. 
 
 Whereas by the third article of the treaty concluded with the Creek Preamble 
 Indians June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, said Indians 
 ceded to the United States, for the settlement of friendly Indians and 
 freedmen, the west half of their entire domain, to be divided by a line 
 running north and south ; and whereas the recent survey of said line, 
 made in conformity with the provisions of said treaty, includes within 
 the limits of the Creek reservation, east of said line, some of the im- 
 provements made on a reservation selected on what was supposed to be 
 the Creek ceded lands, for the Seminole tribe of Indians, which reserva- 
 tion is provided for in their treaty of March first, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-six, and also some of the improvements of the Sacs and Foxes, of 
 the Mississippi tribe of Indians, made on a reservation intended to be 
 established in accordance with the provisions of their treaty of Feb- 
 ruary eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven ; and whereas said 
 improvements have been made upon said lands by and for the aforesaid 
 Indians, who have settled thereupon in good faith, in accordance with 
 treaty stipulations ; and whereas it is necessary, in order to secure these 
 improvements to said Indians, and to insure them suitable reserva- 
 tions, that the lands occupied thereby should be granted to them; 
 Therefore, 
 
 Beit enacted, fc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby Secretary of the 
 is, authorized to negotiate with the aforesaid Creek Indians for the Interior may ne- 
 relinquishment to the United States of such portions of their country g^ia/te ^t.the 
 as may have been set apart in accordance with treaty stipulations, f or f or t ^ Q ceS sion of 
 the use of the Seminoles, and the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi a portion of their 
 tribes of Indians, respectively, found to be east of the line separating reservation, 
 the Creek ceded lands from the Creek reservation, and also to negotiate 
 and arrange with said tribes for a final and permanent adjustment of Report to Con- 
 their reservations; and the Secretary shall report the result to Con-g re ss- 
 gress. (a) 
 
 (a) See Nos. 1720, 1725, 1731, 1738, 1739, 1744, 1752. 
 
746 INDIAN TERRITORY. 
 
 March 3, 1875. Wo. 1753. AX ACT to establish the boundary line between the State of Arkansas 
 VoL 18, p. 476. and the Indian country. 
 
 [Boundary between Arkansas and Indian Territory. See ARKANSAS, 
 No. 1257.] 
 
 April 10, 1876. Wo. 1754, AN ACT to authorize the sale of the Pawnee reservation. 
 
 VoL 19, p. 28. [Reservation in Indian Territory set apart for Pawnee Indians. See 
 NEBRASKA, No. 2126.] 
 
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