Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-05-13

| VI 'hS STATE oi NoVtn carolina, and ahit&
are. good and valid in law, aud which.
were not actually located west and sou. Il
[ OF the herein before described line, before
! the tweDty-tifthday of February, one thou.
sand seven hundred and ninety, and all IN
teriering grants which are good and valid
IN law and which have been located east
and north of the said line, sc. shall be To-
Gated, aud the titles thereto perfected,
within the territory hereby csdcd 10 the
state OF Tennessee.
SEcoNpLY. That the state Of Tcnnes.
see shall! appropriate one hundred thou
sand acres, which shall be located in one.
entire Enct, within the limits Of the lands
reserved for The Cherokee Indians, by an
acs OF the state of North Carolina, emit.
tied, IAN acl for opening the land Office
f'r lhe redemption OF specie and ovher
certificates, and dschars ng the ar
rears due to the army" passed in the
year one thousand seven hundred and
eish'y-ihree and shall be for the use of
TWO colleges, one in east, and one i'm west
ennessee, TO be established nv The Ie.
gisiaturc thereof. And one hundred
thousand acres i'm one tract within ,he II.
m!'s last aforesaid, for the use of acade-
mics one in each county in said state To-
be established by the Legislature thereof:
which said several tracts shall b.. located
on lands TO which the Indian tile ba. been
exunguished, and subject 10 the disposi.
uon OF the legislature Of The state, bur
shall no, be granted or sold for less Than
TWO dollars Per acre, and the pyocesds Of
The sales of tic lands aforesaid, shall he.
vested IN funds Tor The respective. uses a.
ioresaid Tor ever. And That HE state of,
Tennessee shall mor. over in issuine.
grants ard perfrtliDg titles, locate SIX hut-
cred and forty acres, 10 every six miles
square IN the TERRITORY hereby cedsd
whete existing Claims VIII n'law the same:
winch shall be appropriated forthe use f
schools for the instruction Of children for.
ever. PROVIDED, That nothing contained
IN this acl shall be cons,rus d 10 ,b,.
Indian title, or TO subject the United
states to The expense Of ex,inroishincr
the same. dnd provided also, That he
lowest price OF all laGds grantt d or sold
withG' The coded territory sha, he The
same, as shall be established by CO or,.zs
Tor the lands of the Unit d States. nd
hroV'aea nevertheless, Tha, The peopiy -
siding IN said state, south of French Broad
and iiolston, end west CT Big Pict5D ~
vers, provided for BY The CONSTITUTION Of
Tie state OF Tennessee, shall be seen ID
ia iheIr respective rights Of accupyii.g 8 d
redemption and shall receive tri,3 f,r
such quantities as they may RESPECTIVE ,v
Claim, Including their Improvements rot
exceeding six hundred and forty aces
each, nor exceeding the quantities i!,ev
nave heretofore claimed respeEliye;y. &C..
cordlng to their conditional lines wbere
such have been established. a, = nr;ca ~
less than one dollar per acre. .a,.dhr
aea Iurfher, Thai nothing herein con2ain.
ed snail be Construed 10 enable any Ders
son or persons ur,il auth orised by tbe To-
S'sia'ure OF ;he state of Tennes &c Ia II.
cate any warrant issued under The an,I,ol
rlty OF The s,ate'of North Carolina wi,b;r
Inc limits OF the lands rese. we'd 10 The or
rokee Indians by he fab section NJ ,ba
&C, oi SAID stale, entitled " An aS Co,,Ls
opeFinS Tie land office for The redemn;iou
9! specie vrd other certificates and dis:
charging the arrears due 10 the a, INV -
passed IN he year one thousand sea
handred and sighty-three.
sec 3. .a'la be il further enacted. rid
Il the territory herein before cededto ,bs
, STATE OF Tennessee Shall not co,ta;n . snf.
flcient quantity of land fit for c,ltiva,;,1
according 10 the true inten, and meani,{
OF The original aG OF cessiop ibc,ud.po ,h.,
ianas WITHIN The limits reserved by The
STATE OF North Carolina, to The Cher5Lee
INDIANS, 20 perfect all ex' sing legal claims
charged iereon, by the conditions con.
famed IN this &C. ofcession, Congress will
hereafter provide by law for pericciine
such as cannot be located in lie terr; orc
Aforesaid, out of he lands lying west Of
south OF the before describe live.
NATHt. MACON,
Sneaker ofMe H.nsc Of Rctresea,a. sDess,
S.SNITH,
president efhe Senate fro ie5,nors.
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