Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-03-30
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fs"'ey " muse VINO may uereratter lnn2
bit that territory, and various equitable
considerations, which may be urged in
iavor OF most of the present claimants
render 1t expediea, TO enter into com.
promise on reasonable terms.
| Under that impression, = plan is re.
spectlully submitted TO the consideration
OF Congress, which although it does not
give full indemnify to every claimant, is
believed from such information as has
been received, to give in the aggregate,
nearly as much as has been paid in the
wholc' by all the present claimants.
rs az rs u'idersfood and generally agreed,
fhcf ire fire millions Of acres reserued By
me agreement spish Georgia, constitute The
fund from zuhich RE indemnify is 10 be fiaid,
II is OF primary Importance, in order to
guard agains. any depreciation, that the
nominal sum in money which may be of.
Tered as an indemnity, should not exceed
what the sum may be thought amply suf-
ncient 10 discharge, the probable amount
oil the annual sales, and the price affixed
% the land by Congress, furnish the only
data by which that sum can be determin-
cd The commissioners have supposed
mat the sales could not reasonably be es-
imated TO yield more than three or four
hundred thousand dollars annually; and
ai'hough It has been presumed that i'm o.
pen'ng land Office, the price of the land
VIII, at present, b. ixed a, two dollars per
acre they have believed that il would be
ihproPerto assume the payment of any
sum out of the proceeds of the lands.
winch would bind Congress not to reduce
Inc price hereafter, il other considerations
shall rende: that Reduction expedient.
II is after having considered the sub.
jet in that point of view, that the COM
nissloners have been induced to submit
tue following propositions as the basis of
q compromise.
ist' That so much of FIVE millions of
acres as shall remain after having satisfi-
81 The claims of settlers and others not
recognised by the agreement with Geor.
ga, which shall be confirmed by the u
niied States, be appropriated for the pur-
pose OF satisfying and quieting the Claims
Oh the persons who derive their clai ms
irom an a{:t Of the state of Georgia, pass.
ed on the 7lh day of January, 1906"
They were specially Intended by the
commissioners of the United States, who
negotiated the treaty with Georgia; and
this intention, as have urged, plainly APP
pears on the face of the treaty itself. The
remaining branch OF this enquiry is, were
they specially intended by tie provision,
OF the act OF Congress. On the third day
OF March, 1905, the law upon this sub.
Ject vas ena@ted, and is to be found in yo-
lume 9th, page s73, OF the laws of the
United States, the 9th and 9th sections of
winch have reference particularly to this
subject.
Sec. 6. And be IL. further enacted That
so much of the five millions of acres re-
served Tor that purpose by the articles of
agreement aforementioned, as may be
necessary TO satisfy ne claims not con.
hrnsd by that agreement, which are en-
braccd by the two irst sections of this aet,
or which may be derived from British
grants for lands which have not been re-
granted by the Spanish government, be.
and the same is hereby appropriated for
that pnrpose; and SO much Of the residue
OF the said i've millions of acres or of the
nett proceeds thereof as may be necessa.
~ Tor that purpo.e, shall be, and is here
" "PP "Pi'1tcu lot the purpose OF salts
tying, qnieting and compromising, for
such other claims 10 the lands of the
United States south Of the state Of Ten
nessee, not recognised in the above men
toned articles ef agreement, and which
are derived from eny aet or hrctended cct
Of the STATE ef Georgia, which Congress
may hereafter think fit 20 provide for, pro-
vded, however, that no other claims shall
be embraced by this appropriation, but
those, the evidence Of which shall have.
on or before the frat day Of January next,
been exhibited by the claimants to the Sc
creiary oil State, and recorded in books
TO be kept in his Office FOR that purpose.
at the expense of the party exhibiting the
same who shall pay to the person en-
p'oyed by the Secretary of State for re-
cording the same, at the rate of twelve
and an half cents for every hundred
words contained in each document thus
recorded nor shall any grant, deed, con-
veyance, or other written evidence Of any
claim to the said lands, derived or preten-
ded TO be derived from the state Of Ceor.
gia, and not recognised by the abovemen-
toned articles Of agreement, ever after
be admitted or considered az evis,enc. =,