# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 20

Chap. XX.—An Act to authorize the appointment of a surveyor for the Virginia military district, within the state of Ohio.
Surveyor to be appointed. Office at Chilicothe.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a surveyor for the Virginia military district within the state of Ohio, who shall keep his office at Chilicothe, in the said district, within the state of Ohio, until otherwise directed by law.
Powers, authority, duties, emoluments, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor appointed by virtue of this act shall possess the same powers and authority, perform the same duties, receive the same emoluments, and, in all respects, be subject to, and regulated by, the same laws, rules, and regulations, which were received, exercised, and performed by, and governed the late surveyor of said district, so far as the Virginia military district in the state of Ohio is concerned.
To receive all books, records, &c. relating to lands within the district. Fair copies thereof to be made,Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the surveyor to be appointed under the authority of this act to receive from the personal representatives of Colonel Richard C. Anderson, deceased, ​late surveyor of said district, all the original books, records, warrants, plats and certificates of surveys, assignments, and other papers, relating exclusively to lands already entered, surveyed, or patented, or to be surveyed, entered, and patented, within the Virginia military district, in the state of Ohio; and he shall also make, or cause to be made, so far as relates to claims to land in said Virginia military district, in the state 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, certificates, surveys, plats, assignments, or other papers or evidences of title, in which is also included entries, certificates, surveys, plats, assignments, or other evidences of title, pertaining to landsAnd used as original records, in taking copies for use in United States courts. lying within the Virginia military district, in the state of Kentucky,) which transcripts 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.
Surveyor appointed to give bond, &c. in penal sum of 10,000 dollars. Condition.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the personal representatives of the said Richard C. Anderson, before the delivery of the books, records, papers, and copies, herein specified, to require of the surveyor appointed under the provisions of this act, bond 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 by the personal representatives of said Richard C. Anderson, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned that the said surveyor shall 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 surveyor appointed under this act; and conditioned, also, that he will not surrender to any person or persons originals or copies of any of the records, 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 days’ notice of day on which he will begin to receive locations, &c.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the surveyor for said Virginia military district, before he shall receive any location or entry of military warrants to be surveyed, to give at least sixty days’ notice, in those newspapers in which the laws of the United States 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.
Approved, February 24, 1829.