The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-25
Ep aatbnritn.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT

EsffndGs tie h07:nf efhs a,ve,e- general TO lie se,
| '"'ry q Lsujjiaaa, aatfo, otGs,. S9ypefs.
I Be IL mated BY tie Senate AMI Ha,6 of p.o,,e,,..
ses u i6t United STATE, of 4ne,ie. in corr-IE ss,,
sf"h That the powers veA-db by Law in the furveyor
general all extend all the public lands Of III.
United States, in the territory Of Lousna To which
the Indian title has been, or hereafter iha be exte
ga"hed- 1t ihall be the duty of the faid fury.yo.
ge'eral to appoint iuieent number of aeifu fur.
'syors ms deputies, in the faid territory, one Of
whom he fha, villa the appropriations Of the lecretar,
fhe trsaiury, 6egnate ashis principle depatv fr
the fame Which !ad deputies ma: fevtrallv aka, an
oath, or affirmation, truly and faithfully co dfeb,tg.
the duties OF their respective Offices. The faid prinei.
deputy fall retide and keep rn office in the raI
r'tosy' and ihail, under the fupertendance of the
iHrNeyor general, execute caui to be executed nv
the other deputies, fuch urveys as MAY hereafter he
authorized ny law or as he may he directed to execute
ny the eonniioncrs appointed for the purpui of a.
eertainn. the titles aud claims to land sorea;d and
hall generally perform therein in conformity win
the regulations and ntru 4ions of the iad urv.vor
general the duties mPoied ty law on the fad fur
| veyor general.
SEC. 2 Ifnd Be Il fu,.se, e,.sei That all the ,,o,s
OF iurveys, and all other papers and documents per-
tanning, or which did pertain the Office of f,rveyor
general. under the Spanh government, within the
UNITS ct the territory aforeai. TO any other ofice
heretofore eaa'sihed authorized for the purpoe of
laid limits iha be delivered to the PRINCIPAL deputv
aforetad; and no plot of iurvey alI be admitted a,
evidence, IN any Court of nitice, unels certified by
the tad principal deputy, be true copy of the re-
cord i'll his Office.
SEC 3. lind Z: it fsrtbe, enai7sd, That 70 much of
me act, entituled, An af for afcertanng and adj
nitirg the titles and claim. 10 land yithin tire ,-rr;to
~ of Orleans, and the ditret of Iouara,' a, make,
1t the duty OF every claimant to lands within the ter
rory OF Louana, 10 deliver the recorder of land
titles plot OF the rlcf, tracts claimed hy him. be-.
and the fame hereby repealed 10 far a. relates to
claimants whole tracts had NOT been frvsyed by the
proper oihcer, under the Spanifh government, prior
the t~entieh day OF December ore thoufaEd eiph,
hundred and e1ref And the commissioners appointed
lot a!certanng the titles and claims TO lands within
either the territory of Eouiiiara or that Of Orleans
are hereby authorized tn d., the officer exsrcGpy
the powers OF iurveyor general within the fame TO
execute uoh furveys they may thiak neceIary for
the P"poir OF deciding on claims preies.ed for their
deelhon PToViRd, That the expence of execusinp
ueh furveys ihall be betrayed by the parties clanie
ths land unitis the fame be claimed by lee al Fren h
OF Spaniih grant, made and completed before The fri
day OF October ore thoufana eight hundred And
provided alio and is hereby further enacted thu,
every fueh iurvey, well every other furyey by
whatever authority heretofore executed thoe Ct the
above mentioned and complete titles only excepted
ha.l be held ard confderedas private frveys only
and all the trat, of land, the title to which NAV be
ultimately confirmed by Congrefs in conformity with
the proviions OF the act above mentioned hail prior
te the iiung of patents, be relurveyed if Judged ne
ceary, under the authority, of the perlon exereing
the powers OF furveyor general and a, the expence Of
the parties.
SEC. T. A13 Be /v.brr emitted, That the fbrvey.
or general iha tx the compensation of tie deputy,
nryeyors chain carriers and axe-men in the TERRITORY
OF l.ouiilaua ProVidtd, That the whole e1pence of
urveyirg and marking the lines, whether paid by the
United States, or by Individuals I,4 not exceed three
dollars per MILE for every mile that fa BE actually
run or furveyed and marked. And the principal de-
putty aforefaid h be entitled TO receive from ndiy-
duais the following fees, that isto fay, for examining
and recording the fryeys executed by any of H.. de-
Putes at the OF twenty FIVE cents for every mile
Of the boundary line ofuch furvey, AMI for certified
copy OF any plot of aiurvey in his Office, twenty-five
NATFL. MACON,
Spcstr eftbs Howt If R.tre/fnfat;4e,
GEO CLINTON,
Piee-Pyefdsat effIe United Sfatss amt P,eG-
dent Of tie Senate.
APPROVED,
TIL: TEFFfRsoN.