The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-20

nan occh och'cfeii wunn the tune limited by the
former act; but tic rights of such persons shall
neglect doing within the time limited by this
act shall, SO far as they are derived from or
founded on amy act of Congress, ever after be
barred ard become void, and the icy:dcncos of
their claims rcrcr after admitted rs evidence in
any court of law cqaity whatever.
Sec. 6. And 6eit further enacted, That the com
miss.oners appointed or TO be appointed for the
purpose OF asccrtaining the rights of pcrsonsclai-
ming lands'ln the territories of Orleans and Lou-
siana, shall respectively transmit to the sccrcta
~ of the Treasury and 80 the surveyor general or
officer acting surveyor general. transcripts of
tlc final decisions made in favor of claimants by
virtuc of this act, and they shall deliver to the par.
" certificate. stating the circumstances of the
case, and that he rs entitled to patent for the
tract otland therein designated, which certificate
shall bc fled with the proper register or record
cr within twelve months after cl:rc. And the re-
gistcr or recorder sll.N thcrcupon ca plat of the
tract of the land therein designated, bcise pre-
viously filed with him or transmitted to him by the
officer acting rs surveyor general in the manner
herein AFTER provdcd,) issue u certificate in la
vor OF the party, which certificate being transmit
ted TO the secretary of the treasury, shall cntlc
the party to Patent to be issued IN like manner
asis provided hy law for the issuing Of patents for
public lands lying in other territories OF the Unit
cd States
Sec. 7. Agd be Il fWthcy enacted, That the tracts
oiiand thus granted by the commissioners shall
BIZ surveyed at the eXrcncc OF the parties, under
the direction o. tho surveyor general, or officer
acting as surveyor general, in all cases where An
authenticated ?i1; of the land as surveyed under
the authority OF the officer acting as siryc Tpr ,r,
neral under the French, Spanish, or american
government, respectively, during The time either
oftlie said governments had tic actual possession
OF the SAID territories of Orleans and Louisiana
shall not have been fled with the proper register
or recorder, or shall not appear of record on the
public records of the said terrier les of Orleans
and Louis ia. The said commissioners shall al
so be authorised whenever they may think il ne
cessary to direct the surveyor general or officer
acting as such, TO cause any tract of land already
duly surveyed 10 be rcsurvcvcd at the expence of
the United States. And the surveyor general ol.
officer acting such, sh;,! transmit general and
particular plats ofthe tracts ofnd thus surveyed
to the proper register recorder, and shall also
transmit copies of tic said plats to the secretary
of tho treasury
Sec. g. 4ind be it further enacted That the.
commissioners aforesaid shall respectively report
to tho secretary of the treasury their opinion ON
all the claims to land within their respective dis
tricts, which they shall not have finally confn med
by the fourth section Of this act The cl.ins
shall in the SAID report or reports be arranged in
to three general classes, that is to say first.
claims which in the opinions of the commissions
crs ought to be confirmed in conformity with the
provisions OF the several acts of Congress for
asccrtaining and adjusting the tides and claims
TO land within the territories Of Orleans and ou-
isi"'la secondly, CLAIMS which though not en-
br&ccd by the provision of the said acts ought
nevertheless in the opinion ofthe commissioners
10 be confirmed in conformity with the laws. IL
sagcs, and customs OF the Spanish government
thirdly, claims which neither are embraced by
the provisions ofthc said acts, nor ought in the o.
pinion OF the commissioners to be confirmed in
conformity with the laws, usa},cs and customs of
the Spanish government +; and the said report and
reports being in other respects made in conformi
~ with the forms prescribed according to law, by
the secretary of the treasury, shall by him be laid
before Congress for their final determination
thereon, III the manner and at the time heretofore
prescribed by Jaw for that purpose
Sec. g. And6r it further enacted, Thatthe fol-
lowing allowances and compensations, shall be
made to the several officers hereinafter mention
cd, that is to say, to the principal deputy of the
surveyor general, for the district of Louisiana, at
tic rate OF five hundred dollars year, from the
time he entered into the duties of his Office in
addition 70 the fees which he Is entitled 10 r.c;..