Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-05-20

ted.
]. b. VARNUM, Speaker
OF the House of Representatives.
GEO: CLINTON,
Yice.President of the United States and
President offhe Senate.
March IS, 1908.
APPR0FED,
TIL: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT,
concerning the sale of the lands of the
United States, and for other purpo-
ses.
BE 10 enacted by tie Senate and Honse
OF Representatives ofthc Uniteli States o.
'amerfca, IN Congress assembled, That
whenever the President of the United
States has been or may be authorised
to cause the public lands, in any land
dIstric, to be offered for sale, it shall
be lawful, whenever he shall think it
convenient, to offer for sale at first. on
ly part OF the lands contained in such
district, and at any subsequent time or
times, to offer for sale in the same
manner, any other part, or the remain.
der of the lands contained in the
same.
SEC. 2. find be it further enacted. That
the fourth section of an act passed the
twenty hrst dey of April, one thnnsanA
eight hundred and six, entitled " An
act in addition to an act, entitled +" An
act regulating the grants of land, and
providing for the disposal of the lands
of the United States, south of the state
of Tennessee" be revived aad contin
ued in force until the first day of Oc-
tober next: and in any case where a
donation shall be granted in lieu of a
presumption certificate, agreeable to
the provisions of the said fourth Sec
ton, the money, if any shall have been
paid, shall be by the receiver of the
public money repaid to the person or
persons who have paid the same.
sec. 3. ind DC hfHrthcr enacted, That
certain settlers on the river Mobile, in
the Mississippi territory, (east OF Pearl
river, who reside near the line of de-
markation, between the United States
and Spain, run in pursuance Of the trea-
ty OF the twenty-seventh day of Octc-
Der, Que thousand seven hundred and
ninety-hve, and whose claims to land
have not been decided on according 10
law shall be allowed until the first dav
| of October next, to file notice in wri-
ting with the register of the Land-of-
flee, stating the nature and extent Of
their claims, together with plat OF
the tract or tracts claimed, and the said
Register of the Land-ofIice, and the re-
ceivcr Of public monies are hereby re-
CURED TO hear and determine such
claims according to the several acts OF
Congress, CIRCULATING the grants of
land, and providing for the disposal OF
the lands of the United States.
south of the state of Tennessee" and
to grant certificates in the form here
tofore prescribed by the board of COM
missioners in said dis riot.
Sec. 4. Hgd be 10 further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the registers of
the land-ofEicc east and west of Pearl
river, in the Mississippi territory, 20
transmit to the Secretary of the Trea.
sury OF the United States, on or be.
fore the first day of November next. a
full and fair report Of all the claims
of certain persons to lands in the Mis-.
sissipPi territory, founded upon Brit
lsh or Spanish warrants or orders of
survey granted prior to the twenty-se-
Venth day of October, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety.6ve, not
confirmed by former laws regulating
the grants of lands in said territory,
which have heretofore been regularly
fled with the register of the land Of
Zee aforesaid, together with the evi.
dence in support of such claims res.
Pectively, and to be by him laid before
Congress at their next ensuing session
[ And the land contained In such war.