Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-03-31


surveyor gcneralun the French, Spanish
or american governments respectively, du-
ring the time either of the said governments
had the actual possession of the said ter
ritories of Orleans and Louisiana, shall
not have been filed with the proper regis
ter or recorder, or shall not appear of re-
cord or the public records of the said ter
ritories of Orleans and Louisiana. The
said commissioners shall also be authorised
whenever they may think it necessary to
direct the surveyor general, or officer act
ing as such, to cause any tract of land al
ready duly surveyed to be rcsurveyed at
the expense of the United States. And
the surveyor general, or officer acting as
such, shall transmit general and particular
plats of the tracts of land thus surveyed to
the proper register or recorder, and shall
also transmit copies of the said plats to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec g ind be if further enacted. That the
commissioners aforesaid shall respectively re.
port to the secretary of the treasury their OPT.
MON on all the claims to land within their res
pective districts, which they shall not have final.
ly confirmed by the fourth section of this act.
The claims shall in the said report reports
b. arranged into three general clas es that is TO
say: first, claims which in the opinions OF the
commissioners ought to he confirmed in confor.
NIFTY with the provisions Of the several acts OF
Congress, for asceriaiuing and adjusting The Il.
ties and claims 70 land within the territories of
Orleans and Louisiana; secondly, claims which
though not embraced by the provisions of he
SAID acts, ought nevertheless in the opinion of
the commissioners to be cont med in conforni-
" with the laws. usages, and customs OF the
Sp 1n'sh government thirdly, claims which
neither are embraced bV rhe provisi ms of the
said acts. ought in the opioron of he com.
mssioners TO he confirmed in conformity with
the laws. usages. and customs of the Spanish
government; and he said reporr and reports be-
ing in other respects made in conformity with
the forms prescribed according 10 law, by the Sc.
cre!aTy OF the treasury shall b. him be laid be-
fore Congress for their 6nal dete-n'inaton there
on, in the manner and at the time heretofore
preso rbed by law FOR thar pu pose.
Sec 9. Ind he it ftrtbey enacted. That the
Following allowances and compensa.ion3. shall
be made to the several officers hereinafter mem
toned. that is TO saw, to the principal deputy
ot the surveyor general. for the district OF Leu.
isiana, a the rate of I'VE hundred dollars wear,
from ,he time ne entered into the duties of his
Office. IN addition to the fees which he is eur.
lied 10 receive by law. To the register of the
western district Of the Orleans territory and 70
the clerk Of rhe board of commissioners for that
district one Thousand dollars each. for the;r ser.
vice az commissioners and clerk respectively.
during the wear one thousand eight huudret ard
SIX. To each Of the deputy registers OF the ter
ritory of Orleans, FIVE hundred dollars IN fall.
for their services SUBSEQUENT 10 the FIRST day ct
January last, in addition 20 the fees 70 which
they are legally entslsd To each Of the com,
mssoneTs the 'a'e OF two ihouSpd dopars a
year 10 each Of :he clerks Of the boards, and 10
each of the agents employed by The secretary
o. he treasury, ~ he rate Of fifteen hundred
dollars year, and 70 each Of the transa,oTs, a,
the rate E six hundrei dollars n wear TO com.
menoe from the first day Of July next. in the dis
trict Of LOUISIANA, and from the first day # ia.
nuary next, in the territory Of leans, and 10
continue to the time when each board shall be
respectively dissolved: Provided, That no more
than eighteen months comAensation be thus al
lowed to the said commissioners, clerk, and
transla'ors, and that the compensation of Any
such officer absorbing himself from his district
or failing to attend 10 the duties of his Office
shall cease during such ah'ence failwe.
NATHL. MACON,
Sneaker oftAe House If RehreSentafiUes
6. SMITH,
President oftAe Senate, hrO temhore.
March 5, 1907.
APPROVED,
TIL: JEFFERSON.