The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-06-06 00:00:00, page 2

The lines fliall be measured with a chain; mail be
plainly marked by chaps on the trees, and exactly
described on a plat; whereon shall be noted by the
surveyor, at their proper distances, all mines, salt
springs, salt licks and mill-feats, that shall come to
his knowledge ; and all water-courses, mountains and
other remarkable and permanent things, over or near
which such lines shall pass, and also the quality of the
lands.
The plats of the townships refpedively, shall be
marked by subdivisions into lots of one mile square,
or 640 acres, in the fame direction as the external
lines, and numbered from 1 to 36; always beginning
the succeeding range of the lots with the number next
to that with which the preceding one concluded. And
where from the causes before-mentioned, only„a frac
tional part of a township fliall be surveyed, the lots
protracted thereon shall bear the fame numbers as if
the township had been entire. And the surveyors in
running the external lines of the townships, shall at
the interval of every mile, mark comers for the lots
which are adjacent, always designating the fame in a
different manner from those of the townships.
The geographer and surveyors shall pay the utmost
attention to the variation of the magnetick needle;
and shall run and note all lines by the true meridian,
certifying with every plat what was the variation at
the times of running the lines thereon noted.
As fopn as seven ranges of townships, and fractional
parts of townfllips, in the direction from fotith tp
north, shall have been surveyed, the geographer fladll
transmit plats thereof to the board of treasury, who''
shall record the fame with the report, in well bound
books to be kept for that purpose. And the geogra
pher shall make similar returns from time to time of
every seven ranges as they may be surveyed. The
secretary at war shall have recourse thereto, and shall
take by lot therefrom, a number of townships and
fractional parts of townships, as well from those to be
fold entire, as from those to be fold in lots, as will
be equal to one seventh part of the whole of such se
ven ranges, as nearly as may be, for the use of the
late continental army; and he shall make a similar
draught from time to time, until a fufficient quantity
is drawn to fatisfy the fame, to be applied in manner
herein after directed. The board of treasury shall,
from time to time, cause the remaining numbers, as
well those to be fold entire, as those to be fold in
lots, to be drawn for in the name of the thirteen
states refpe&ively, according to the quotas in the last
preceding requisition on all the states; provided that
in case more land than its proportion is allotted for
sale in any state at any distribution, a deduction be
made therefor at the next.
The board of treasury shall transmit a copy of the
original plats, previously noting thereon the townships,
and fractional parts of townships, which shall have
fallen to the several states by the distribution afore
faid, to the commissioners of the loan-office of the se
veral states, who, after giving notice of not less than
two nor more than fix months, by causing advertise
ments to be polled up at the court-houses or other
noted places in every county, and to be inferred in
one news-paper published in the states of their resi
dence reflectively, shall proceed to fell the townships,
or fractional parts of townships, at publick vendue, in
the following manner, viz. The township or fracti
onal part of a township No. 1, in the firft range, shall
be fold entire ; and No. 2, in the fame range, by lots;
and thus in alternate order through the whole of the
firft range. The township or fractional part of a
township No. I, in the second range, shall be fold by
lots; and No. 2, in the fame range, entire ; and lo
in alternate order through the whole of the second
range; and the third range shall be fold in the fame
manner as the firft, and the fourth in the fame man
ner as the second, and thus alternately throughout all
the ranges; provided that none of the lands within
the said territory, be fold under the price of one dol
lar the acre, to be paid in specie or loan-office certi
ficates, reduced to specie value by the fwte of depre
ciation, or certificates of liquidated s of the U
nited States, including interest, befi the expence
of the survey and other charges the^ n, which are
hereby rated at thirty-fix dollars the township, in spe
cie or certificates as aforefaid, and so in the fame pro
portion for a fractional part of a township or of a lot,
to be paid at the time of sales, on failure of which
payment, the said lands shall again be offered for file.
There fliall be reserved for the United States out
of every township, the four lots, being numbered 8,
11, 26, 29, and out of every fractional part of a
township, so many lots of the fame numbers as shall
be found thereon, for future sale. There shall be
reserved the lot No. 16, of every township, for the
maintenance of publick schools within the said town
fnip; also one-third part of all gold, silver, lead and
copper mines, to be fold, or otherwise disposed of,
as Congress shall hereafter direct.
When any township or fractional part of a township
fliall have been fold as aforefaid, and the money or
certificates received therefor, the loan-officer shall de
liver a deed in the following terms :
The United States of America, to all to whom
these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that for the consideration of dol
lars, we have granted, and hereby do grant and con
firm unto the township [or fractional part
of the townfllip, as the case may be] numbered
in the range, excepting therefrom, and reserving
one-third part of all gold, silver, lead and copper
mines within the fame; and the lots No. 8, 11, 26,
and 29, for future sale or disposition ; and the lot
No. 16, for the maintenance of publick schools. To
have to the said his heirs and afligns
forever; (or if more than one purchaser, to the said
and their heirs and afligns forever,
as tenants in common.) In witness whereof, A. B.
commiHoner of the loan-office in the state of
hath, in conformity to the ordinance palled by the U
nited Stales in Congress assembled, the day of
in the year of our Lord hereunto set his
hand, and affixed his leal, this day of in
the year of our Loid and of the independence
of the United States of America
And when any township or fractional part of a
township shall be fold by lots as aforefaid, the com
missioner of the loan-office shall deliver a deed there-
Ifor, in the following form:
I The United States of America, to all to whom
these presents shall come, greeting:
IKnow ye, that for the consideration of dol-
Ilars, we have granted, and hereby do grant and con
! firm unto the lot (or lots as the case may
be) numbered in the township (or fractional
I part of the township, as the case may be) numbered
in the range excepting and reserving one
,third part of all gold, fiver, lead and copper mines
Iwithin the fame, for future sale or difpolition. To
I have to the said his heirs and aligns fore
ver; (or if more than one puichafer, to the said
their heirs and aligns forever, as tenants in
common.) la witness whereof, A. B. commissioner
of the, loan-office in the date of hath, in con
formity to the ordinance puffed by the United States
in Congress assembled, the day of in the
i year of our Lord hereunto let his hand, and
affixed his fed, this day of in the year
of our Lord and of the independence of rhe
United States of America
W hich deeds shall be recorded in proper books, by
the commissioners of the loan-office, and shall be cer
tified to have been recorded, previous to their being
delivered to the purchaser, and fliall be good and va
lid to convey the lands in the fame described.
The commissioners of the loan-offices refpedively,
shall transmit to the board of treasury every three
months, an account of the townships, fractional parts
of townships, and lots committed to their charge, fpe
cifying therein the names of the persons to whom
fold, and the sums of money or certificates received
for the fame. And shall cause all certificates by them
received, to be flruck through with a circular punch ;
and they shall be duly charged in the books of the
treasury, with the amount of the monies or certifi
cates, diftinguilhing the fame, by them received as
aforefaid.
If any township or fractional part of a township or
lot, remains unfold for eighteen months, after the
plat shall have been received by the commissioners of
the loan-office, the fame shall be returned to the board
of treasury, and shall be fold in such manner as
Congress may hereafter diiecl.
And whereas Congress, by their resolutions of Sep
tember 16th and 18th, in the year 1776, and the 12th
of August 1780, stipulated grants of land to certain
officers and soldiers of the late continental army, and
by the resolution of 22d September 1780, stipulated
grants of land to certain officers in the holpital de
partment of the late continental army; for complying
therefore with such engagements, Be it ordained,
That the secretary at war, from the returns in his
office, or such other fufficient evidence as the nature
of the case may admit, determine who are the objeds
of the above resolutions and engagements, and the
quantity of land to which such perlons or their repre
sentatives are refpe&ively entitled, and cause the town
ships or fractional parts of townships herein before re
ferred for the use of the late continental army, to
be drawn for in such manner as he shall deem expe
dient, to answer the putpofe of an impartial distribu
tion. He fliall from time to time transmit certificates
to the commissioners of the loan-offices of the different
states, to the lines of which the military claimants
have refpe&ively belonged, fpecifying the" name and
rank of the party, the terms of his engagement, and
time of his service, and the division, brigade, regiment
or company, to which he belonged, the quantity of
land he is entitled to, and the township or fractional
part of a township and range out of which his portion
is to be taken.
The commissioners of the loan-offices fliall execute
deeds for such undivided proportions in manner and
form herein before-mentioned, varying only in such a
degree as to make the fame conformable to the certi
ficate from the secretary at war.
On Tuesday the ifb ult. arrived at Boflon the foip
Neptune, Captain Callahan, in 30 days from the.
Land's End, England; by<whom cue have received
the following intelligence :
LONDO N, April I—II.
TT is reported to have been debated in the cabinet
X to appoint Mr. Fox as Ambassador to the United
States of America.
The letters received by the Lisbon pacquet bring
an account of several American vessels being arrived
at that port, whose cargoes met with a ready file;
the Portuguese giving very gieat encouragement to the
fubje&s of the new states.
The Moors no longer pay that refpe& to the Eng
lish flag which they tiled to do, several vessels hav
ing lately been plundered by them, notwithstanding
the passes they had on board from the admiralty.
According to advices from Leghorn, the plague has
nearly ceased in the Archipelago and Levant; but it
rages with great fury still on the coast of Africa. The
Tunisians have brought it into that kingdom, and the
province of Barca, from Algiers, where it had carried
off, on the 20th of February last, according to a com
putation, upwards of 27,000 persons, chiefly women
and children. They have pulled down several old
houses at Algiers, and burnt others, to flop the con
tagion.
Extras of a letter from the Hague, March 12.
" Count Maillebois has communicated to the Re
publick a plan, according to which; with 60,000 men,
he fliall be able to defend this country against 100,000
Austrians. He asserts, that the Emperor can attack
Done by the United States in Congress af
femb/ed, the twentieth day of May, in the year,
of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighty five, and of our sovereignty and inde
pendence the ninth.
RICHARD-HENRY LEE, Prefdent.
Charles Thomson, Sec'ry.
The board of treasury, and the commissioners of
the loan-offices in the states, shall, within eighteen
months, return receipts to the fecretarv at war, for
all deeds which have been delivered, as also all the
original deeds which remain in their hands for want
of applicants, having been firft recorded ; which deeds,
so returned, shall be pteferved in the office, until the
parties or their representatives require the fame.
And be it further ordained, 'I hat three townships
adjacent to lake Erie, be reserved to be hereafter dis
posed of by Congress, for the use of the officers, men,
and others, refugees from Canada, and the refugees
from Nova-Scotia, who are or may be entitled to
grants of lands under resolutions of Congress now
exiting, or which may hereafter be made tefpeding
them, and for such other purposes as Congress may
hereafter direct.
And be it further ordained, 1 hat the towns of
Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrun and Salem, on the Muf
kingum; and so much of the lands adjoining to the
said towns, with the buildings and improvements
theieon, shall be reserved for the foie use of the chrif
tian Indians, who were formeily fettled there, or the
remains of that society, as may, in the judgment of
the geographer, be Sufficient for them to cultivate.
Saving and referring always, to all officers and
soldiers entitled to lands on the northwest fide of the
Ohio, by donation or bounty from the Commonwealth
of Virginia, and to all persons claiming under them,
all rights to which they aie so entitled, under the
deed of ceflion executed by the d. legates for the state
of Virginia, on the ill day of March, 1784, and the
aft of Congress, accepting the fame; and to the end
that the said lights may be fully and effectually fe
cuied, according to the true intent and meaning of
the said deed of cession and act aforefaid; Be it or
dained, That no part of the land included between
the rivers called Little Miami and Scioto, on the
northwest fide of the river Ohio, be fold, or in any
manner alienated, until there fliall firft have been laid
off and appropriated for the Lid officers and soldiers,
and persons claiming under them, the lands they are
entitled to, agreeably to the said deed of cession and
act of Congress accepting the fame.
The secretary at war, from the proper returns, shall
transmit to the board of treasury a certificate, fpeci
fying the name and rank of the several claimants of
the hospital department of the late continental army,
together with the quantity of land each claimant is
entitled to, and the township or fractional part of a
townfllip and range out of which his portion is to be
taken ; and thereupon the board of treasury shall pro
ceed to execute deeds to such claimants.
Where any military claimants of bounty in lands
shall not have belonged to the line of any particular
state, similar certificates fliall be sent to the board of
treasury, who shall execute deeds to the parties for
the fame.
Foreign Intelligence.