# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 23

Chap. XXIII.—An Act confirming certain claims to lands in the district of Vincennes.
Act of April 21, 1806, ch. 40. Act of March 3, 1807, ch. 47. Act of Feb. 19, 1814, ch. 14. Act of April 16, 1816, ch. 52. Certain decisions of the register and receiver of public monies confirmed. 1810, ch. 35.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the decisions of the register and receiver of public monies for the district of Vincennes, made in favour of persons claiming donation lands in said district, as entered in a list of claims which in the opinion of the said register and receiver ought to be confirmed in pursuance of the act, entitled “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.
Claims of certain persons confirmed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following persons whose claims, according to the aforesaid report, are not embraced by the provisions 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 hundred acres; Rene Campeau, Francois Cardinal, the heirs of Joseph Pancake, the heirs of Jacob Howell, the heirs of Alexander Wilson, the heirs of Daniel Sullivan, and the heirs of Jacob Tevebaugh, respectively, one hundred acres.
Locations to be entered accordingly. 1806, ch. 40. 1814, ch. 18.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several persons whose claims are confirmed by this act, are hereby authorized to enter their locations with the register of the land-office at Vincennes, on any part of the tract set apart for that purpose in 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 that act: Provided, that such locations shall be made prior to the first day of October next; and the right of any person who shall neglect to locate prior to that day shall become void and for ever be barred.
Persons entitled to land to receive certificates authorizing the granting of patents.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person, or the legal representative of every person, whose claim to a tract of land is confirmed by this act, shall, whenever his claim shall have been located and surveyed, be entitled to receive from the register of the land-office at Vincennes 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 receive one dollar; and which certificate shall entitle ​the party to a patent for the said tract of land, which shall issue in like manner as is provided by law for the other lands of the United States.
Approved, February 13, 1813.