Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-25

claimants ora haiisia'
:. ..'n,;n lor Copgrefs 10 eeclae, ~he'heI
'aS foeoial p,osiGoo hoald os made i"i
-. .so,. wbo aDandonsd the lanas IN The man
ner above GATED.
Is would require more eofTse' sh'o'i''a,
80 han hs. asen obtantd by tAe CON,
',;eions,s. 10 enable them 70 offer plan,
n arsssiIg fa,islatiory TO the,n:eises, on
=. Cnhiets Of thofe various ard claiming
sls;ms The following cutiirss, are
a;'b diGden>e fubmitted to the coailders-
Of Congress.
r. Thar pelfons, who were relldent
!, n. territory, on the a7'h day OF Otso,.
her ,7o5, be confirmed in their Claims,
- ,b,{e taas OF land, then actually eai
,;va,ed and inhabited, Tor which they had
received orders Of forvey, Gated before
char tay, either feom che Birth or
so7o 4, governments, in tie fave manner
s.;t their titles had been completed rro-
v;ded that no fuch incomplete title ihall
H. rs.ified, unleis the perfon. N Whole Ia
vor (o,h order Eued, was CT full age, at
the time Of It's date.
ii. That every head of family (lnclud.
mo lngle perlons of years Ct age, and
above. who cid rot rsilde with their pa
TeDts) who were reiident 10 the territory,
on The day Of 1897.
when the Spanih garrifons were evscuai-
ed: who claims no land in The territory,
cnder Britilh and Spanifh grants, and who
did, on that day, occupy and cultivate a
tract Of land, not o,herwife claimed, iha!l
beconfrmed in the pofefion OF iuch tract,
not exceeding $40 acres.
I'd. Tha, every head Of family, who
seGded in the territory on The
dav OF 1907,
wh.n the articles of agreement with
Georgia, were ratified by that fate, ard
who did on that day occupy and cultivate
asraa of lard not othefwife claimed,
GALL have right of pre- emption to iuch
uaef, nor exceeding $40 acres.
4th. That commiaioners be appointed
with fixed falary, and without tees !;
who ihall Immediately proceed to the let
dement's on the Mififlippi, and ors the
Mobile, with power TO receive, examine
and decideon all claims embraced by the
articles OF agreement with Georgia, and
by the preceding proviGons, and TO iiiue
certificates ttating, a. the cafe may De,
that the party is entitled 10 the land or
TO right of pre- emption TO the lame
but 70 patents ihall i1ue until after e
Iauds flall have been furveyed, and the
interference arifng from claiming claims,
alcertained nor lhall any other evidence
Of title, bu, the commitiiener's certificate,
ifrue in cafe where the land is claimed by
either BIi,ifh or Spanilh title, fully and
completely executed.
9Th That all claims derived from the a.
\ grsemcnt with Georgia, from Brltiih or Spa
Il Nth grants, or from occupancy, which
1 lhaII moi be fled with the commidioners
n within a twelve month, lhall forever at.
Il Ter be barred.
4 9th. That the commiHieners fhall
\ make full report to ccngiels, OF The
4 Bririfh grants filed with them, on which
n 10 improvement had been made by or tor
n the grantees, and which are not claimed
snder fuhfequent Splniih grants.
N 7th. That 70 muen of the five millions
N Of acres, rsferved for that purPole by the
agreement with Georgia, as may be ne
ce6ary to la,isfy the claims not confirmed
& by that agreement, and which are embrac-
ed by tie preceding proviiions, and all
thoie which may be derived from Bfi'iih
8 giants, be appropriated for that pu'poie.
The laG clals of claims, confiRs OF thols
y which are derived or pretended to be
n derived from Georgia. On the an
q December, 1859, the leginafure of that
fate pahed an acf, entitled, San act for
dipoGng of certain vacant lands or fer
rtory within that fate; by which il
is enacted, that two tracts OF land CON-
- pretending, together, the whole trae
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