The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-15

grccment, as hereafter Rated, ihall bavc been
declared.
Seco1dir-That all perfons who, on the TWEEN
ty-feventc day of O9ober one thoufand ieveD
hundred and ninety-6ve, were actual fettlers
within the territory tbss ceded ihall be con-
firmed in all the grants legally and fully exc
cuted prior To that day, by the former Britifh
government of Wei Florida, or by he govern
ment of Spain, and in the claims which may be
derived from any actual furvey fettlement
made under the act ofthe fate of Georgia, en-
tined 6 An act for laying out dittri2 of land
ftuate on the river Miliiippi, and within the
bounds of this fate, into country, to be called
Bourbon," paiIed the feventh day of Februa-
ry, one thoufand feven hundred and eighty
five.
7bnd4J-That all the lands ceded by this a.
greement to the United States, fhali, after fatf-
flying the above mentioned payment of one mil
lion two hundred and fifty thoufand dollars to
the fate of Georgia, and the grants recognized
by the preceding condition be condercd as :
common fund for the ufe and benefit of the u
nited States, Georgia included, and fllall be
faithfully difpoied of for that purpofe, aud for
no other ufe or purpofe whatever: provided,
however, that the United States, for the period
and until the end of one year after the afient of
Georgia to the boundary eitablihed by this a.
srecrlent ihall have been declared, may in filch
manner as not TO interfere with the above men
toned payment to the fate of Georgia, nor
with the grants herein before recognized, diff
po!e of or appropriate portion of the iaid
lands, not exceeding five millions of acres, or
the proceeds of the faid Ave millions Of acres, or
of any part thereof, for the purpofe of fatisying,
quieting, or compenfating for any claims other
than thofe hereinbefove recognized, which may
be made to the faid lands, or to any part there
of. 1t being fully underftood, that if an act of
congreiS making fuch difpolition or approbati-
on ihall not be paned into law within the a
bove mentioned period of one year, the United
States ihall not be at liberty thereafter TO cede
any part of the iaid lands on account of claims
which may be laid to the fame, other than thofe
recognized by the preceding condition, nor to
Icompeniate for the fame and in cafe of any
fuch ceiiion or compensation, the prefent cefiion
of Georgia to the right of foil over the lands
thus ceded or compensated for, fhal be conf
dered as null and void, and the lands thus ced-
ed compensated for, fhal revert to the fate
OF Georgia.
Fomrtbly--That the United States fhall at
their own expence, extinguih for the ufe of
Georgia, aseary asthef fame canbe peaceably OBJ
tanned objectionable TERMS the Indilnt title to the
county of Talaifee, to the lands left out by the
line drawn with the Creeks in the year one thou
iand feven hundred and ninety eight, which had
been previouily granted by the fate of Geor-
gia, both which tracts had formerly been yield
Cd by the Indians and totiie lands within the
forks of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers /; for
which feveral objects the prelie'ent of the Unit
ed States has directed that a treaty fhould be
Immediately held with the Greeks; and that the
United States fhall, in the fame manner, ALTO ex-
tingu;fh the Indian title to all the other lands
within the fate of Georgia.
FItfbly---That the territory thus ceded Hali
form fate, and be admitted as fuch into the
Union, as foon as it fliall contain fixty thoufand
free inhabitants, at an earlier period if con-
grefs ihali think it expedient on the fame con-.
ditions and restrictions, with the fame privileges
and in the fame manner as is provided in the or
dinance fcongrefs of the thirteenth day of July,
one thoufand ieven hundred and eighty-feven,
for the government Of the Weitern Territory of
the Unitea States which ordinance fhall, in all
its parts, Extend to the territory contained in the
tprefent act of ce6;on, that article only excepted
! which forbids flavery.
| ARTICLE II.
| The United States accept the cefIion above
mentioned, and on the conditions therein ex-
pre!icd /; and they cedc to the fate of Georgia
whatever claim, right, or title they may have to
the iurfdiction or foil of any lands lying within
the United States, and out of the proper boun-
DIARIES OF any other ftate. and htua1ed fnut, OF
the fouthern boundaries of the hates of Tennef-
fee, North Carolina and South Carolina, and
cat of the boundary line herenabove defcribed
as the eaftern boundary ofthe territory ceded by
Georgia TO the United States.
| ARTICLE III.
| The prefent act of ceion and agreement fhall
be in full force as foon as the Legislature of
Georgia ibali have given its afIcnt to the boun-
diaries of this cefiion provided that the faid az
tent fhall be given within fix months after the
date of thefe prefents, and provided that con-
grefs fhal not during the fame period of fix
months, repeal 70 much of any former law as
authorizes this agreement, and renders it binding
and concutive on the United States: but if Ell
ther the afent of Georgia fnall not be thus gil
ven, or if the law of the United States fhall be
thus repealed within the faid period of fix
months, then, and in either cafe, thefe prefents
! fhall become null and void.
In faith whereof the REFLECTIVE commifioners
have figned thefe prcfents, and affixed here
| unto their feals. Done at the city of Wafh-
ington il the dinret of Columbia, this twen-
ty-fourth day of April, one thoufand eight
! hundred and two.
JAMES MADISON, TSeal1
ALBERT GALLAT1N, fSeal1
LEVI LINCOLN, TSeal1
Coinmifioners on the part Of the u. s.
JAMES JACKSON, TSeal7
ABRAH. BALDWIN, Scal]
| IoHN MILLEDGE, tSea11
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