The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-21
TIL: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT


R1oet7iag tie claim to land in tie Indian,
| fate Of Ohio.
BE taat7eSIy The Senate and R.uc of R..,.c,,.-
t9ff f8f United Slater Of Ameyiea, in CorgyeG or
6led, That the regiHers and receivers of pnbic
OF the diftras of Yincenne, and KaG,,n-;,, c
lively, be, and they hereby authorized and r.,
powered under the direction of the fecre,,rx sc -
ueaiury, to lay out one more tracts of land =;
their REFLECTIVE darias, for the purpofe of joc.,;
there tracts OF land granted by virtue of anv legs
rrench OF Britiih grants, of any refoutop mr. "a
Hohsrei,; fT'VideS, That the tracts thus laid on,
mall be, whenever practicable adjoining the tr,I9,
which, in conformity with former laws had b.sn
laid out Tor ilmlar Purpoes by the governors of tho
north welt or Indiana territories and the tracts time
Iau OUT mall not be ctherwIe dlpocd of. upler. bv
order of CoRgrefs "
Sec; 2. And6e it further ennd7eS, That anv merriam
PeriSns entitled to grants of land by virtue of
iofmer reoiution or act OF Congrefs, which are not
specifically degnated in the patents Iued Inv ,h
vernors atoreiad, which have not vet hesn L.,
cd hall have right to locate the fame in the ,
or tracts, to be laid out in each diGricf refne9;1
by virtue of the preceding fiction, the pror;tv If
iuen locations hall be determined by lot in prefnce
Oh the resiter OF the land Office with whom the To-
cation ihall be entered and the furvevor .ner,
csuie the fame be furveyed at the ex5enCe of ,ha
parties: PreViaed, That all the lands thus LOCATED
iha IN each tract laid out for that purpofe be laid
out IN body, without leaving any intervals of
land, and HAIL each be furveyed in the form, or
iquare or of paralelogram the length of which
not exceed three times its breadth
Sec g. lind be it fart5tr enacted That the reo1ers
and receivers aforeaid hall complete and tranCn;t
their reports to the iecretary of the treafrv before
the hrit day OF December next Each of the Ga;d Of
hcers HAIL be allowed additional commentator ae
live hundred dollars and each of the clerks of Ri.
respective boards hall be allowed an additional com,
Penlaton OF two hundred and fifty dollars in full for
ms ierSiees' as iuch IN relation to fuch claims
Sec. T. IND be further cnae7ed, That the reqiher
aud receiver of public monies in the diftria of Gin
cinnati be- and they hereby authorized to grant
certificates Of right of presumption to any perCon re
hding on any reierved fiction otber than fecton No
l60 Tor the tract on which he refdes, on the app
tants producing satisfactory evidence that his claim
was within the Provons of the fevenh fection of an
act, enttued, An act making provifion for the diff
Poia OF the public lands in the Indiana territory and
for other purpofes :" Pr0viStd, That the per(on
ial exhibit the evidence of his claim and Aa have
paid at leaff one twentieth part of the purchale mo-
ney, on or before the firt day of Auguil next dgd
pyODiSda, That fuch certificates lal nor be GRANT
ed for any lands previouly granted or fold or for
larger tract than quarter of felton, nor for anv
other tract than that which he reiides and f,ch
land ihall be granted the fame price and on tbs
payments being made for other public lands fold ar
private fals.
NATHL. MACON,
SSfaAer sfbt H0gis Of ReP,ejcnfatiVe,
S. SMITH,
P,s6dtaf Of tie Senate, PRO fe0eoy,.
April 81, 1906.
APPROVED,
TIL: JEFFERSON