The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-21

ted, or which may be hereafter appropriated
for completing the furveys of the public lands
of the United States.
Sec. 2. AsI Be II further enatFed, That the
boundaries and contents of the feveraI iectons,
half teSsions, and quarter fe6tions of the public
lands of the United States, fhall be aiccrtaned
in conformity with the following principles;
! any act or acts, to the contrary rotwithiland-
ing. N
/ II. All the corners marked in the furveys,
returned by the furseyor general, or by the fur
veyor of the land fouth of the fate of Tcnnef
Tee, rerpe ctvely, iha be eitabliihed as the pro-
per corners of ie6tions, which they were intend
ed TO defgnate; and the corners of half and
quarter fectiOns, not marked on the faid fur
veys, ihil be placed as nearly as poi,ible, equi-
diltant from thote two corners, which ttaDd on
the fame line.
I'd. The boundary lines, actually run and
marked in the inrveys returned by TIE fiirvev-
! or general, or by the furveyor of the land fouth
OF the fate of Tennellee, reipectivcy, ihall be
eitabliihed as the proper boundary lines of the
ieetions, or fubdivfouS, for which they were
intended, and the length of fuch lines, rs re-
! turned by either OF the furveyors aforeiaid.
ihall be held and conGdere6 as the true length
thereof. And the boundary lines, (which fhall
no' have been actually run and marked rs afore-
laid ihai be a!certaned by running itraight lines
from the eftabllhed corners 70 the oppoiite
corresponding corners; but in thoie portions
or the fractional townihips, when no fuch op-
| polite corresponding corners have been or can
| be fixed, the faid boundary lines hal be afcer-
| tanned, by running from the eitablifhed corners,
due north and fouth, or eat and wen lines, as
| the cafe may be, to the water courie, Indian
| boundary line, or other external boundary of
iuch fractional townihip.
! Sd. Each fection, or fubdvihon Of feGtion,
| the contents whereof, fiall have been, or by
virtue of the FIRE fiction of this act, fall be re-
turned by the iurveyor general, or by the fur
veYor OF the public lands fouth of the fate of
| Tenneiiee, respectively, fh2ll be held and con-
| iidered as containing the exact quantity, ex-
| preiied in iuch return or returns: and the half
| feetions and quarter fc6tions. the contents
| whereof nal! not have been thus returned, flall
be held and contidered as containing the one
half, or the one fourth part respectively, of the
| returned contents of the fiction of which they
make part.
Sec. 8. Hld be it further enaaeI, That 70
much of the act entitled g An act making pro-
vi!on for the difpofal of the lands in the India
ma territory, and for other purpofes," as pro-
vides the mode of afcertaining the true contents
OF tecfions, or fubdivifions of feetons, and pre-
vents tie iliue of final certificates, unefs the
| iaid contents ih2ll have been afcertained, and a
plot certified by the diitriet furveyor, lodged
with the RICHTER, be, and the fame is hereby re-
pealed.
NATHL. MACON,
Speaker efthr Hogjs Of Repyslsntatizes.
V7ee- Pre,f4ent Of fbs United States, and Pref
dent cftbe Senate.
| February IL, 1905.
| APPROVED,
tn: JEFFERSON.