Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-18

. M INSTANCES ffstS; gAAs'S, = =
! III rond, ions in the warrant u survey,
,he >se,usr has procesdsd TO OBTAIN no
,,r.,,. ass comparatively few. L,lils q ln-
70 srcaslsy by causes already oriehy epu.
s,-s.,rd he depended confidently on MS
n,,.s.ss,on. accompanied by his snryey );
gana n numerous instances, alter perform.
ing the conditions, the lands nave useu
transferred by repeated sales, or nave pas
sed by tessamenttsr descent through w.
mer,,,. heirs or deyisees, without any
other written evidence Of rlgh., t IaJ' q
warrant. followed BY a plat aud cer r
Of survey. Aged ingalids are now the
I.proprietors OF tracts, ,heid uaoe' az
granted. 10 .niaors; and numerous iaaili'es
!. Al this moment, subsist upon tue Prouue'
lions of lands, formerly granted TO those
who we're then unmarried and withoutsa.
miles. Indeed infancy, oelibacy, or the
wan. Of family, we're never thongns y
] az objections to the emanasion OF patents
uldsr the French or Spanish governM e en's'
and your memorialisss hum5ly presume .
can never furnish just reason ior refusing
! conformation OF incomplete claims unasl
the equitable government OF the on''ea
States.
Your menasrialis,s, therefore, eonaient, .
,rnst. thar your honorable body, aware OF
the injustice of changing the tenurss. oy
which their lands have heretofore .peen
held viii no, n,ake the titles OF the citizens
Of this territory depend upon CONDITIONS o IS
-, 49,, 70 them at.the time CT acquiring
their nroperty, net inserted IN their con-
crss;ons. and not contemplated by the laws
or usage. of the government, IRON Whlch
their claims are derived.
An inspection of the concessions or
warrants Of survey, issued by tbs spanish
sn,hor;,,es hers, will prove tina. manifest
Injustice will be done to numerous cia'm.
ants. shoald proof be required that the
land. were actually inhabited and enitisat-
ed ON the FIRST day of Octoeer,s 1900 oy
him IN whose favor the warrant was issued
or by some person tor his use. In tne
form Of these concessions or warrants OF
s,rvev. liuie variety is discoverable. IneY
s,.,e tha, the ROAD. and levies, where they
are NECESSARY, are to be made within 2
TEAR. thar ,hc land IS 10 be settled before
the expiration of three years, and is not
! 70 be aliened, until the condls,sns are per-
| formed Upon tbs most strict construc'
tion Of this instrument, it's clear thatthe
holder of il is allowed three years 10 settle
ms land. and that this period cannot De
,br;,teed without an act of maoliest lnlus.
nce. IN all instances, where the orders
&c survey are no, dated more than three
wears anterior to the hrst day OF October,
1909. shi. provision OF the act would oper.
ale 10 rhe great iHjnry of the hor.st claim.
AIT. Yoer memorlalists beg leave to be
INDUCED in repeating that the Spanish go
vernment never resuned their grants on
| account of ,he non-petformanee OF the
c,nd;tloos. uaiess the party claiming mad
eviaced some disposition 10 abandon the
lad Or s To- em,gra,e from the province.
T. NAV be proper also to observe, that IN
! o,any INSTANCES. where lands hao been
long settled, and every condition religious.
| " ne formed, the proprietor had either
| sr.,l...i on sue,e other tract, wh'chhe had
|aeoaised by purchase, or owed to the boua'
! ~ Of government, and had permitted MS
! f,.rmer acquisition 10 remain on the st Gay
of O.,obsr. uanhabised and uncultivated,
either BIZ him ,rlf, orby any person tor ms
| nse. Itwould seem superaaous to observe
on the injustice Of refusing to ooaflra a
| CLAIM, snder these circumstances, tor want
| of residence aud Of cultivation: and yet
! spah is the actual state otnumcrous claims
w,,n,n the e,ritorp Of Orleans. Your me
p,oriall.s< therefore pray, that 80 mach OF
| she &C, as rsgaires actual residence on the
land. and cut,iyation, may be dispensed
with, and the commissioners IN confirming
titles, shall be gaided bv the tenor OF the
,il- papers. and The lays and ussg=s Of ne
government from which the claim, are de-
lived.