The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-06-13 00:00:00, page 1

io. From Brattleboro' by Poultney,
Weftmioifter, Walpole, N. H. Charles.
ton, N. H. Weathersneld, Wiodfor,
Hartland, Hartford and Norwich, to Han
over, N' H. twice a week—Leave Brat.
Ileboro' every Tuefday and Friday at i
R M. arrive at Windsor on Wednesday
and Saturday noon—Leave Wiodfor at
X P. M. and arrive at Hanover the fame
days by 6 P. M. Retarding— Leave Hano
ver every Thursday and Monday at 6
A. M. arrive at Windsor by noon, and
at Brattleboro' op Frida, and Tuefday
.4 to A. M.
4. From Portsmouth by Exeter, King
ston, Haverhill, Ms.- Andover, Ms. Wo
burn, Ms. and Medford, Ms. to Boflon,
Ms. three times a week. Leave Portf
moutb every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday arg A. M. and arrive at Boston
the lame days by 6 P. M. Leave Boston
every Tuefday, Thnrfday and Saturday
at 5 A. M. and arrive at Portsmouth the
fame days by 7 P. M.
5. From Portsmouth by Exeter, Chef,
ter Londonderry, Amherst Peterfboro,
Marlboro and Keene to Walpole once
a week. Leave Portsmouth every Tuef
day at 9 A. M. arrive at Amherst on
Wednesday at 7 P. M. —Leave Amherst
on Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at
Walpole on Friday by 10 A. M. Re
turning —Leave Walpole every Friday at
2 P. M. arrive at Amherst on Saturday
by 5 P. M. and at Portsmouth on Mon
day by 4 P. M.
6. From Haverhill Ms. by Chester,
Pembroke, Concord, Bolcawen, Salisbu
ry, Plymouth and Romney to Haverhill
N. H. once a week. Leave Haverhill
Ms. every Friday at 2 P. M. arrive at
Chefler by 5 P. M. at Concord on Satur
day noon. Leave Concord at 6 P. M.
arrive at Plymouth on Monday at 9 A.
M. and at Haverhill N. H. by 6 P. M.
Returning—Leave Haverhill N. H. every
Tuefday at 8 A. M. arrive at Plymouth
by 3 P. M. leave Plymouth at 4 P. M.
and arrive at Concord on Wednesday
by 6 P. M. Leave Concord on Thurs
day io A. M. arrive at Haverhill on
Friday by 10 A. M.
7. From Exeter by Newmarket, Dur
ham and Dover, to Berwick Me. once a
week. Leave Exeter every Tuefday at
6 A: M. and arrive at Berwick by 11
A. M. Returning — Leave Berwick at 3
P. M. and arrive at Exeter by 7 P. M.
8. From Bofion by Concord, Little
ton, Groton,New Ipswich, N.H. Jaffray,
N. H. Marlboro' N. H. Keene. N. H.
andthefterfield, N. H. to Brattleboro'
Vt. f>nce a week. Leave Boflon Tuef
day^t 9 A. M. and arrive at Brattleboro'
on 'Thurfday by 7 P. M. Leave Brattle
boro' every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive
at Boston the next Monday by 3 P. M.
9. From Concord by Lancaster, Leo
minfter, Wedminfler, Templeman and
Athol to Greenfield, once a week, leave
Concord every Wednesday at 6 A. M.
and arrive at Greenfield on Friday by to
A. M. Leave Greenfield every Friday .t
2 P. M. and arrive at Concord on Sun
day by noon.
IN VERMONT.
2. From Portsmouth by Dover to Ber,
wick Me. once a week. Leave Berwick
every Monday noon, and arrive at Portt.
mouth by SP. M. Leave Portsmouth
every Tuefday at 8 A. M. and arrive at
Berwick by 1 P. M.
3. From Portsmouth by Dover, Ro
chester, Middleton, Offippee, Moul
tonboro and Centre Harbour to Ply
mouth, and from Plymouth by New
Hampton, Meredith, Gilmanton, Not
tingham and Durham to Portsmouth
once a week. Leave Portsmouth every
Monday at 2 P. M. arrive at Offippee
o^Tuefday by 6 P. M. Leave Offippee
on Wednesday 6 A.M.arrive atPlymouth
by 2 P. M. Returning —Leave Plymouth
on Wednesday at 4 P. M. and arrive at
Portsmouth on Friday by 6 P. M.
For carrying the MAILS of the United Slates
on the following routes, will he received at
the General Pf Office in Washington City,
until the iyh day of July next exclufae.
PROPOSALS iliould be made in writ
ing, and may be forwarded by post.
There is no occasion for those who en
ter into contrasts to come to the general
Poft-Office. When a proposal is accept
ed, the person making it is immediately
notified and the contrad, &c. is Cent to
the nearest Pod-Office, to be executed in
presence of the post master.
1. From Portland by Scarboro' Bid
deford, Kennebunk, Wells, and York to
Porifmouth, N. H. three times a week.
Leave Portland every Monday, Wednel
day ano Friday at 4 A M. and arrive at
Portsmouth by 6 P. M. Leave Ports
mouth every Tuefday, Thursday, and
Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Port
land by 6. P. M. The hour of arrival to
be at 8 P. Mi in winter, Nov. 15, to A
pril ifr
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 3 , 1801.
American independence, twenty- fifth year.
POR TSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDAY
the United States,
PROPOSAL S
0F ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPEN SI BLE SUPPORTS.
<be ©niteh States
A large Mansion-House and
commodious lot of Land on the easterly
fide of Fore llreet, being an excellent
place for trade, with a good Water privi
lege for large fliips to lay afloat at low
water. —ALSO— :
One other Lot or garden foot
on the westerly fide of said Fore-street,
dirtaiy oppofiic said Dwelling.houfe, fif
ty seven feet front on said ftrect and two
hundred and twenty feet deep.— Also,
A strip of Land fronting on
High flreet, three seer fix inches wide and
seventy feet fix inches deep, each lot will
be fold fepatately.
N. 8. There is a part of the Wharf
that will also be fold feparatcly, or be re
moval as may I ,beft suit the purchaser of
the manlion lot. —The sale will be on the
prerpifes, and the terms will then'and
there be made known—
Englilh & India Goods,
CHEAP FOR CASIL
Pcrtfinbuf Ma, 2§ ^oL
next at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
BY virtue of a licence from the
Honorable Jeremiah Smith, Esq.
Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for
the county of Rockingham,— All that
valuable real Estate situate io Portsmouth,
lately belonging to Mr. Thomas Hart,
deceaftd, — Coifing of
For further particulars enquire of
GEORGE GAINS, Executor.
Cheap for CaJh or fart approved Credit,
15 chests Souchong, )h^
10 chests Bohea, (hi
8 chests best Hvfon, (
g^chefb young Hyfon),
6 chests CASSIA.
^/,/oJAMES RUNDLET.
Constantly for sale as above,
A large affa tment of
Note 6. Persons making proposals are
desired to state their prices by the year.—
Those who contraa will receive their pay
quarterly, io the month of August, No
vember, February and May, one month
after the expiration of each quarter.
Note]. The contraa; for the above routes
are to be in operation on the firft day of
oa<>ber next, and to continue in force
until thep ft October 1805, excepting fuc h
routes as have a particular note rtfp<aing
the continuance of the contrad.
70 BE SOLD
At Public Vendue,
On Thursday thefecond day of July
Note 3. For every thirty minutes delay
(unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriv
ing after the ti nes prescribed in any con
tracts, the comrader dial! forfeit one dol
lar ; and if the delay continue until the
departure of any depending mail, whereby
the mails defined for such depending
mail lofea trip, an additional forfeiture of
§ dollars shall he incurred.
Note 4. Newspapers as well as letters
are to be lent in the mails ; and if any
person, making propofah, dtfires to carry
newspapers other !,a those convey ed in
the mail, for his own emolument, he
mull state in his proposals, for what sum
he will carry it with that emolument and
for what sum without that e nolument.
Note 5. Should an, person, making
proposals, desire an alteration of the times
of arrival and departure above fpecified,
he mull state in his proposals, the altera
tions desired, and the difference they will
make in the terms of his contrast.
JOSEPH HABERSHAM,
Pofonafta General.
General Post Office,)
Washington City, Apilzy, 180 J.,
, Note r. The Postmaster General may
alter the times of arrival and deparutre at
any time during the continuance of the
contrasts, he previously stipulating an a
dequate* compensation for any extra ex
pense that may be occasioned thereby.
Note 2, Fifteen minutes fiidll be allow
ed for opening and closing the mail at all
officers where no particular time is fpeci
fied.
arrive at Danville by 4P. M. ketwnino
— Leave Danville every Wednesday at
6 A. M. and arriveat Hanover on Thurs.
day by 4 P. M.,
12. From Haverhill, N. H. by Brad
ford, Corinth, Washington and farre, to
Montpelier, once a week—Leave Moot,
pelier every Monday 6 A. M. and arrive
at Haverhill by 6 P. M.— Leave Haver
hill every Tuefday 6 A. M. and arriveat
Montpelier by 6 P. M.
NOTES.
11. From Hanover, N. H. by Orford,
N. H. Haverhill, N. H. Newbury, Rye
gate and Peacham, to Danville, once a
week—Leave Hanover every Monday
at 6 A. M. arrive at Haverhill by 6 P. M.
Leave Haverhill on Tuefday by 6 A. M.
FOR SALE
Fustians ; white & col ?t'd Jeans ; cotton
/ Denims ; clouded, twill'd and silk Nan
keoets ; Thicklcts ; Velvets; color'd
worded and silk Plush ; rich Ilripe silk
Florentines, for Veils and Capes.
A large as of
Calicoes and Chintzes, of the
latell fa fliion; elegant Chintz, Gingham
and Dimety Furniture; Copperplates.
Agreat variety of
Checks; Threads ; embroidering and
common Sewing Silks; Twill ; Gal
loons ; Biddings; Ferrets ; Tapes; a
large afTurmem of white cotton and
chintz Bedlace, fringes and Tafftls.
Tammies ; Durants ; Shal
loons; plain and ribb'd Caliipancoes ;
Ruffehj Moreens; Taboreens ; Floren
tine);Laflin,; Satinets.,
Men's and youth's white, ran
dom, twill'd, imperial and vandyke cot
ton Hose; Men's white & black silk do.
with lac'd clocks ; mens brown thread &
cotton do ; Women's cotton& silk Hose,
some wi s h laced clocks; Women's black,
white and color'd silk Gloves and Mitts;
women's white & color'd cotton ditto ;—
best white kid Gloves; Men's cotton and
worsted Caps ; worked Pantaloons ; —
pantaloon Hose; silk, cotton and worsted
Pantaloon and Breeches Pieces ; Men's
beaver, waft) leather and brown thread
Gloves; Stock Stiffners ; cotton and silk
Elastic Slings ; Shoe-Ties; Men's and
Youth's fafhi table Hats, fume grey with
green under.
Fashionable steel, gilt, plated,
filver'd, horn, matthewman and Italian
Buttons ; Button Moulds; Sleeve But
tons; fleel Knee Buckles; silver Thim
bles ; steel and p,t Watch Chains, Seal
and Keys; Tooth Bruflics; Spangles s
Morocco Pocket Books; Pins; Cap Wire;
Irish Linens and Sheetings ;
India Coltons ; brown Hollands ;
Fashionable Straw and Chip
Bonnets, for Ladies. Misses and Childien;
fafhionatle silk Bonnets, full trimm'd ;
Ladies Satin Beavers, with Bands, Feathers
and Coops ; fafhionable black Beavers.
Black and fancy Feathers and
Flowers; fancy Straw trimmings and
Bandings. - A great variety of
Falhionable Fans, some very
elegant ; black crape, glaz'd and common
black Fans ~, Parafolcs, fume with walk
ing Picks ; Umbrellas.
A la r ge affirtment of
Morocco and Kid Shoes ; —
Shoe Roses; elegant Ptel Shoe ornaments
and Clasps ; a great variety of fafliiona
ble Nacklacesand Crosses; Eardrops.
Fashionable clouded, ftrip'd,
spotted and check'd Ribbons; black and
white cotton and silk Gown Trimmings;
chintz Trimmings; cotton and silk Gir
dies ; Glove Ties; gold and filter Laces ;
gold and filter Cord; gold and silver
fringes ; gold and silver Epaulets, force
very elegant. A^cat variety of
Italian Siks ; India Salins; black and
color'd Modes ; black and color'd bon
net and other Satins ; color'd Tiffanies ;
black, white, blue, green and pink Italian
Crapes ; plain, picquet, net, crape and
cypress Gauzes ; Millincts; Sarfnets.
A large afotment
Thread, Laces and Edgings :
blac^ silk patent Laces and Edgings.
Vol. XI.
Fafhionab.e color'd and check
Ginghams; fafhionable printed Muilms;
ftrip'd and flower'd Muflinets ; Dimeties ;
fine Cambricks; large cotton Counter
panes; table Cloths; green table coverings.
Book, jaconet, ftrip'd check'd,
lappet, cambrick ami black Mullins ; —
satin Iprig and fancy Muslins ; Mullin
Handkerchiefs ; Men's Neckerchiefs ;
Mullin Shawls, with fringes ; chintz,
purple and silk Shawls; Camels hair
Shawls, with netted and silk Fringes ; —
romal, linen, cotton, bandannoe & black
Silk Handkerchiefs; black Silk Shawls.
A great va> iety of
J. ONDON and YorklLire
I j fuperfine* Broad Cloths, of the rcoft
fashionable colors; Ladies Him Cloths;
plain, mix'd and "ribb'd Caffimeres.
A great variety of
Fashionable Waistcoating ; —
Which are now opening for fate, by wholfale
and retail, viz.
Has received perflips Packet and John
Adams,,/! Liverpool,
An extenJive afctnant of
Fashionable, Fancy and Staple
GOOD S,
Peter Coffin
Englifli and India Luftrings ;
A large aflurtment of
Striped, plain and changeable
A great variety of
A great variety of
Avat iet, of
No. 36.
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FEDE'RAL GOVERNMENT, THIRTEENTH YEAR.
Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Printer of the Laws &c. of
in New-Hampshire.
®ratle of the Bap.
At; ACT giving a right of pre-emption,^
certain persons,who have contrasted with
fohn Clews Spumes, or his officiates,
fr lands Ling between the Miami-rivers,
;n the Territory of the United State:
North- Weft of the Ohio.
Sz% I. T) E it enabled ty the Senate and Hwfe
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress ajjembled, I hat any person
or persons and the legal representative or re
presentatives of any person or persons who be
fore the firli day + of January iu the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred, had made
any contrast or contrasts in writing, or by any
bote or memorandum thereof in writing, either
with John Cleves 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 Iltael Ludlow, in
conformity to an a& of Congress of the twelfth
of April one thousand seven hundred and ninety
two, and not comprehended within the limits of
a tra& of land, conveyed to pohn Cleves Sym
mes 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 North-Weft of the Ohio,
shall be entitled to a preference, in becoming
the purchasers, from the United States, of the
lands so contrasted for at the price of two dollars
per acre, exclusive of the surveying fees, and
other incidental expences; and payment may be
made therefor, to the treasurer of the United
Stares, or the receiver of public monies for the
lands of the United States at Cincinnati, in like
instalments & under the fame conditions redirec
ted by the ad, intituled, “ An ad to amend the
a&, intituled an aft providing for the sale of the
lands of the United States, in the territory of the
United States, North Weft of the Ohio,and above
the Mouth of Kentucky river ;" Provided how
ever, that no interest shall be charged upon any
of the inftaiments until they rcfpcdively become
payable.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That every
person claiming the benefit of the tirft fedion of
this aft, shall on or before the firfl day of No
vember next, deliver to the receiver of public
monies 'for the lands of the United States at
Cincinnati, a- notice in writing, dating the
nature and extent of his claim or contrad,
and if any person shall negled to give
fuel, notice of his claim or concrad, or having
given the fame, shall negled to make applica
tion for the purchase thereof, as hereinafter di
reded, or shall fail in making the firft payment
before the firft of January next, all his right of
pre-emption, on the terms aforefaid shall cease
and become void.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, That the a
forefaid receiver of public monies, on being paid
the fees hereinafter provided, shall receive every
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 fame before the bommiffioner^when
met, for fettling and adjuring the claims afore
faid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled ) That the
aforefaid receiver of public monies, and two
other perfons,who shall be appointed by the Pie
fldent of the United States, alone shall be com
missioned for the purpole of afeertaining the
rights of persons claiming the benefits of this ad,
who, previous to entering og the duties of their
appointment, shall refpedively take & fubferibe
the following Oath or Affirmation, before some
person qualified to administer oaths, to wit
"I do solemnly swear or affirm,
that I will impartially exercise and discharge
the duties impdfed upon me by an ad of Con
gress, intituled, " An ad giving a right of pre
emption to certain persons who have contrasted
with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for
land lying between the Miami Rivers, in the
territory of the United States, north weft of the
Ohio," to the best of my understanding and a
bility," and it shall be the duty of the said com
missioners to meet at Cincinnati, between the
firft and the tenth day of November next, of
which meeting three weeks previous notice
ffiall be given by them in a public news paper
printed at Cincinnati ; and they, or a majority
of them, to met, shall not adjourn to any other
place, or for a longer time, than three days until
they have finally compleated the business of
their said appointment, and they or any two of
them, shall have power to hear and decide in a
summary manner, all matters refpeding all such
claims of which notice may have been filed, pur
suant to the third fedion of this ad, also to Pd
minifter oaths, and examine witnesses, and such
other testimony as may be adduced, and to de
termine thereon according to justice & equity ;
which determination shall be final, and when it
shall appear to them, that the claimant is entit
led to the right of pre-emption, on the terms a
forefaid, they shall give a certificate thereof,
Rating as accurately as may be, the quantity &
local fixation of the lands to which he may be
entitled, directed to the rcgifter of the land of
fice at Cincinnati, or when the said regiCer may
be a claimant to the surveyor general, copies of
which certificates fliallbe by them recorded in
a book to be provided for that purpose and de,
pofired for fafe keeping with the register of the
land office. •
Sec. 5. And.be it further enabled, That the a
forefaid register and Surveyor General refpec
tively,upo6 application of any person or performs
who shall produce a certificate of the commifr
fioners aforefeid, to him dirtied before the firft
day of January next, and shall also produce a
receipt from the treasurer of the United States,
or the aforefaid receiver of public monies, for at
least one fourth part of the purchase money, and
also for the payment of three dollars for each
half fedion or Smaller quantity, and shall pay
him the fees in like case provided by the a&
intituled '!an a# t,o amend the a# intituled, an
a providing for the file of the lands of the
PRICE 1 DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Annum.
Laws of the Union.
PUBLISHED B Y AUTHORITY.
Sixth Congress of the United States, at the second
Seffon, begun and held at the City of Washington,
in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday the ijtb
of November, one thousand eight hundred.
Sec. 8. And be it further enabled. That all per
foas availing thcmfelves of a pre-emption under
this aft, shall make application for a fedroo or
any part or part of a fedtion or feclions, accru
ing to the estimated quantity of fix hundred and
forty acres to a fe&ion, and the awon .rof the
excess or deficiency shall be added to. or de Ac
tion from the last pay nent, and the ; a fr hdef
ffiall make payment for and hoc! 17. quality
returned and expressed in the piv.i, let the q en
tity be more or less.
Sec. 9. And be it further enabled, That tire du
ties of the surveyor general, ol the nfooJaJ Re
gitter, and recover of puone m...., as nearly
a- may be confident with this aft find reflec
tively be the fame as direded in mi oy the left
recited ad, and the fxs and en.^mems fuall
respectively be the fame as provided in the laid
aft last recited.
Sec. 10. And die it further enable, That after
compleating the surveys. agreeably to tins nd,
reserving the lot 3 marke 1 fifteen each township;
or fradional part of a township, in which the
fame may be, for the purposes expr ffed in the
ordinance of congress of the twentieths of
May, one thaufand, ftven hundred an I eight,,
five, the residue of the lands, and so many of
the aforefaid pre-emptions, as shall become for
feited by reason of failures of payment, shall be*
fold agreeably to the last recited ad. j.
Sec. 11. And be it further enabled, 1 hat this
ad shall have full operation and effed, any
thing in any former law to the contrary not-'
withstanding.
THEODORE SEDGWICK.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAMES HILLHOUSE, <, r
President of the Senate pro tempore'.
Approved March 3> A. Dr 1801,
JOHN ADAM,
President of the United States.
DEDHAM, Mig 26.
Verdict of the fury of Inquest eh the body of Eliza
i^b Fair:. \' % % \
“ That we the Jurors, being under
oath, do fay, that Elizabeth Fates, here
lying dead, came to her deathby means
of sundry stabs on her body, cases on her
arms and hands, and having her throat
cut, with a small Jackknife: And also,
we do further fay, that fofon Fairbanks
was probably acceffiry to the said murder !"
She was on Wednesday lift followed
to the grave by her agonizing parents,
brothers, fillers and friends, with a pro
cefiion of nearly 200c people, who testi
fied their sympathetic grief,by observing
the greatest decorum during the whole
performance, of the funeral obsequies.
—Fairbanks has lipce been able to
be removed to jail, tyhefe he is to wait
his fo\ mu trial at the Supreme Judicial;
Court in Auguftnext,„
: While the Kime Pox is fuccefsfully operating in
the country, the town.of Providence is opening
a hospital for inoculation with the Small Pox.
The Brjtifh Commandant at St. Martins hat
opened that port to thgeffels of the U.' ^t,ttf>
for four months from the 7th ult, ,X . /
x. So much of the said tra&, as lies between
the northern boundary line, and the aforefaid
patent of John Cleves Symmes, and officiates;
and Israel Ludlow's southern boundary of the
seventh entire range of townships, shall be hid
off into fe&iens, agreeably to northwardly and
fouthwardly lines, run under the direaroo of
John Cleves Symmes, and the marks thereon
made at the time of running the aforefaid lines
for the corners of fedions, shall be established
by the surveyor general, and eaftwardly and
westerly lines shall be run to interfere the afore
faid northwardly and fouthwardly lines, in the
corresponding marked points.
X. And the residue of the said tradllying
north of the aforefaid foathern boundary of the
seventh entire range, shall be laid off into feaions
according to such uniform rule and method as
in the opinion of the surveyor General, fhal^beft
secure the rights and interest of thole, who are
entitled ' to preemption.,
3. Such division shall be made of fictions, ac
cording to the claim of fucli who obtain pre
emption right, and the contents of e^ch and ev
ery region, and such divilion thereof, shall be
afeertained, and the surveyor General fhal lpre
pare and transmit a plan thereof, to the afore
faid Register, immediately after the said survey
shall be compleated, and also forward a copy
thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States in the territory of the United
States, north weft of the Ohid; and above the
mouth of Kentucky River" shall admit such
person or persons to become a purch^fer or :ur.
chasers, of the land designated in the said certifi
cate, and shall receive the said certificate, and
preserve it on file, and make an entry of the ap
plication in his book, kept for the putpofc, at;J
on any of the three lift payments being made
in advance, he shall allow the purchaser t e tike
difeount, as is allowed bv-the fourth cliufe of
the fifth feaion of the a& lad above recited, and
on payment in full and a final fettlemcat had, he
shall give his certificate thereof, u,on produc
ing which to the Secretary of the i'redu.y, a
patent shall issue in like manner as is prociied
by the f^daQ rift above recited.
Sec. 6. Anl be it further enabled, That the said
receiver of public monies, shall he entitled to
have and receive, to his own use, from the re
fpe&ive claimants, the following fees, rharis to
fay; for filing a notice and evidence of claim,
or statement thereof, twenty- five cents, for giv
ing a copy thereof, twelve and a half edits for
every one hundred words • and the laid corn
niiffi)n^rs shall, as a full compensation for their
services, be entitled, jointly,to have and* receive
from the refyedtive claimants, that is to fay for
every determination and entering the refuk in
their book, at the rate of three dollars for every
fermion, for every certificate and recording the
fame at the rate of one dollar for every feaion.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled, That all the
aforefaid tra& of country shall be furvey^d by
the Surveyor General, as soon as may be, after
the firfl day of September next, in the manner
hereinafter directed.
WASHINGTON'S Legacy-.