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


81 Orleans and louisiana
r r. itreacted BY the Senate end House of Rea,..
- ie"t0tiSeS Of the United States of t,usr;co.
4" Congress 0sSen,bkcI, That so much of the :;-st
section ofthc act entitled An act for
ana adjusting the titles and claims to land within
uie 'errltofy OF Orleans and the district of Loui-
S'aha, IS provides tl.t no incomplete tile shall
De confirmed, unless the person in whose name
uie warrant or order OF survey had been granted
was at the time Of it's date either the head of IA
niy, or above the age of twentv-onc wears. he
and the sarncis hereby repealed
Sec. . ind Re it fuytkcr erected That my ,,oi.
son or persons, and the gal reprcs.ntat;ycs c{
any person or persons, wh0, N the twentieth dsy
OF occcmbcr, one thousanc! eight hundred and
tsce, n'd tor ten consecutive years, prior 10 that
usv' pccn III possession oi tract of Land not
ciaiHed ny any other person, ard net exceeding
two thousand acres, and who were on that d.S2
resident IN the territory of Orerns and o,Iisana
and mad still possession Of such tract of land shall
be confirmed iii their titles TO such tract of land
f'o'!3ed, ihat no claim to a lead mine, or salt
spring, Shall be confirmed merely by virtue of
thus section: ind brovidci also, That no more
land shall be granted by virtue of this section
than IS actually claimed by the party, nor more
than is contained within tic acknov ledgcd and
cscerained boundaries of the tract claimed
Sec. 3. ind be it faytse,- enacted. That the
claim OF the corporation OF the CITY Of Ncw-Or-
leans, 70 the commons adjacent to the said city,
ana within SIX hundred wards from the fortificati
ons OF the same, be, and the same are hereby re-
coSnized and confirmed P,ov;aed, That the said
corporation snail within six months after passing
TINS act reinquish and release any claim they NAV
nave to such commons beyond the distance of six
hundred yards aforesaid Hrooided 0Eso That the
corpoi alton shall reserve for the p,Irpose and
convey gratu'tonsly for the pnblic benefit 10 the
company authorised by the Legislature of the ter
ritoTy on Orleans, as much Of tie SAID commons
as snail be necessary to continue the canal of Ca.
rohuet from the present basin to the Mjssissip,;
ana shaI not dispose Of, for the purpose Of build
ing thereon, any lot within sixtv feet ofthc space
reserved Tor canal which Shall forever remain o.
pen as Puoiic hgh'ray Aaa proDided also, That
nou'mg hercin con.n.cd, shall be construed 10 af-
icct OF impair the rights Cf any individual or in
eiVouas to tire said commons, which arc derived
ments e''ii-
sec. +. Hnd6e ii. f2They rnacts9, That the com.
DhssioncFs afpoin;ed o. to be appointed fer the
purpose OF ascertainn the rights of persons claim
my land in the territories of Orleans and To,Iic;
ana sh'h nave ful powers to decide according to
lie laWs and established usagcs and customs of
INC FRENCH and Spanish governments, upon all
ti;'H'S 10 land within their respective districts,
where the claim is made BY any person or persons
OF the legal representative OF any person or uer.
SONS, VINO were on the twentieth of December
one thousand eight hundred and three, inhabitants
III LOUISIANA, and for tract not exceeding the
qIhnty OF acres contained in q league square and
"hch does not include either lead mine or salt
spring, which dcc:>ion of the commissioners
when in favor OF the claimant shall be final. a.
En'iSt The United States, any act of Congress 10
u1e contrary notwithstanding
sec. s. ind be IT /iytler enactcd, That the
TINE hxed BY tic set abe c-1ncntioncd and bv the
CtS supplementary 10 tic same. for delivering to
me proper register or recorder notices in yyrint-
aHthe written evidence 5 of cI.;ina1o L,nd. he
ara TIC sane is hCllhy cktrLdcd, for theterrito-
i'Ss OF Orleans and LW.sisla I'll the first dav Of